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corrosive thus>> top stories we're following this sunday, march 17th. thousands of people flood saint peters square today to hear the first blessing from pope francis. we'll have the latest from the vatican as well as local reaction from parishioners. >> a prayer vigil is held for two people who were shot during a brazen robbery at a berkeley nightclub. details on their conditions coming up. >> and saint patrick's day celebrations are well underway this weekend. we'll show you how people are displaying their irish pride from the bay area and >> good morning i'm marty gonzalez. we'll get to the top stories in a moment. first, let's get a quick check of your forecast with janu arasu. this is the view from the mount tam camera, you can see it's another breezy start to the morning. those winds are mixing up the cloud cover. mostly sunny

skies today. will the breezy today. and when time is getting pretty warm 70's and 60's along the bay and coastal areas. for the evening mostly clear skies are expected. we're waking up to 49 degrees in san francisco. already 50 degrees and redwood city, 45 in concord and low '40's and sunnyvale. afternoon highs a mix of '60s and '70s. the more '70's in the north as well this afternoon. with the upper 60s in downtown san francisco today. rain on the way, of the u.n. to get the umbrellas out later to the apparent>> developing story out of oakland this morning. police have set up a perimeter to try and make contact with a dangerous suspect. this is happening in the

14-hundred block of 25th avenue in oakland's fruitvale district. we'll bring you the latest on this story as details >> there's been another bad crash at a racetrack. this time in marysville. that's about 40 miles north of sacramento. and this one was fatal. authorities say two people were killed when a speeding race car ran off the track and into the pit area. the victims are identified as a 68-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy. they were part of the pit crew. and officials say they had a right to be in the area, but no more details were revealed about their >> you'll recall, a crash last month at the daytona international speedway in florida. dozens of people were injured when one of the racecars hit the wall, sending debris flying into the stands. officials there have since reinforced the protective fence. >> in berkeley. two people are recovering this morning after a robbery at a crowded dance club this weekend. one gunman is in custody. last night, a prayer vigil was held for the shooting victims. the shooting happened just

after midnight saturday at the ashkenaz nightclub. kron 4's alecia reid spoke to a witness of this violent robbery. >> comfort mensah describes the harrowing details of a night filled with horror. two gunmen stormed into the ashkenaz night club, robbed the place and in the process shot the manager and another member of the staff. her boss was behind the counter alongside her when gunshots rang out. he got hitsoon after another employee was shot. as soon as a bullet sent the employee by the

entrance crashing to the ground, mensah says one of the gunmen grabbed whatever cash he found at the door and took off. the other ran behind the counter to get what was inside the register coworkers tell us both men are in the hospital awaiting surgery. the employee by the door was shot in the shoulder. the manager was shot somewhere near the head. they tell us doctors are waiting for the swelling to go down befor attempting surgery. in berkeley alecia reid kron 4 news. >> for millions of catholics around the world. today marks the first sunday under a new pope. kron four's mike pelton has been following this story closely, he joins us live from st. mary's cathedral in

the first mass is under way. it began just half an hour ago. for the first time in weeks, worshipers are coming here without wondering who will be the new pope. the first pope in nearly six center years to resign. " francis. the first-ever south american polk. some british mass today in vatican city, and is known as a very humble man. fusty greeted the crowd. called francis chose his name after pope francis of assisi. people here is a marriage think that he is the man for the job. before polk

france's can't officially make headway on his goals for the church, he must officially become the polk of rome. the inaugural mass is on tuesday. there has been some concern over how a new pope and a former coke can coincide living so close together. >> thanks mike. >> a half-million people came out for the st. patrick's day parade in dublin, ireland this morning. it's less than 40 degress and cloudy but that didn't keep out of the capitol's streets for the irish culture celebration. this year's procession was led by eight-thousand tourists in town for the festivities.

that's part of a year-long tourism promotion organizing extended family reunions. >> happy saint patrick day. it's a great day, happy saint patrick's day. fire chief joanne hayes- white and police chief greg surh kept to tradition. leading off san francisco's st. patrick's parade saturday. following behind. a contingent of the city's finest and wide variety of fire trucks. thousands lined market street for a parade that had more than 150 different groups and floats, many reflecting the strong always received from the cities uniformed services. >> coming up on kron 4 news the results of yesterday's begun a buyback of debt in fremont.

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weapons and distributed more than 50-thousand dollars at a gun buyback event on saurday. 339 weapons were collected from residents in fremont, newark and union city. they included 6 assault rifles, 149 handguns and 184 rifles. all weaons were required to be in working condition and and payouts were limited to 10 guns per vehicle on a first-come, first-served basis. >> coming up on kron 4 news ♪ yeeeowwww!

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>> taking a look at the weather. a beautiful weekend so far in the bay area. on the left, is a live look outside at the golden gate

bridge. and on the right, video from saturday in napa. toss weather! it is feeling more like spring out there. you concede it is a beautiful start today. we're expecting a similar conditions compared to yesterday. a bit breezy in the afternoon san for tomorrow. but we do have changes talk about. tuesday will see an increase in the cloud cover. shower starting tuesday evening and lasting into wednesday morning. drive by wednesday night. temperatures are now are sitting at 41 degrees and that up. 47 in santa rosa, upper 30's and vallejo. mid- 40s for the eastern shore street currently 50 degrees and redwood city. low to mid '40's for the south bay. by noon we will express the widespread '60s not quite

as hot as a gesture similar still expected to be very nice day. by about 8:00 or looking and nancy lee widespread fifties. afternoon highs looking good. upper '60s and '70s. 7 day around the bay. rain tuesday wednesday but take a look good next week and temperatures are no more right back up. >> next weekend, parts of interstate 880 will be shut down. construction continues on the new oakland airport connector. on saturday, bart crews began installing new railways over the freeway

just west of hegenberger road. next weekend, caltrans will completely close all northbound lanes of 880 at hegenberger road in order to finish the work. the airport connector is expected to open in late 2014. >> the investigation continues this morning in american canyon following a deadly officer involved shooting. saturday, a man was shot and killed by police after he led them on a chase. kron four's jeff bush picks up the story from there. >> about ten pm, friday night, an american canyon police officer attempted to stop the driver of this white pickup truck about a quarter mile away from this location at newell and donaldson. the driver did not stop and the chase was on. but, it didn't last very long. the pickup driver found himself at the end of newell road and ended up in a construction zone at the end of the street. for some reason the officer shot and killed the driver, who was the only person in the vehicle. witnesses

reported hearing several shots fired but it is unclear if all the shots were from the officer or if the driver fired a weapon. you can see a large police presence after the shooting. officers from several jurisdictions responded within minutes after the shooting. no officers were hurt during the exchange of gunfire. this is the first officer involved shooting since the town was created back in the early 90's. a special task force from surrounding agencies will investigate this officer involved shooting. i'm jeff bush in american canyon, kron four news. >> a high tech warning for california utilities. state officials say cyber hackers are increasingly targeting utilities. the result of those attacks could leave millions of people without water, electricity and other services. the public utilities commission is considering rules to increase cyber- security protections. the agency warns that utilities are becoming increasingly vulnerable as their networks add smart meters and other computerized gear.

experts say a cyber attack against an electric utility could lead to massive power outages and cause billions of dollars in damage. >> nato reports a fatal helicopter crash in afghanistan. the crash killed one coalition service member and injuring another. authorities say there was no enemy activity in the area when the helicopter crashed saturday, and the cause is being investigated. it's the second deadly helicopter crash in the south in a week. a black hawk crashed outside kandahar city on monday, killing five u-s troops.pictured here. monday night's crash brought the total number of u-s troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for u-s forces >> the conservative political action conference. or c-pac has wrapped up in maryland. the conference ended saturday with the g-o-p presidential nomination straw poll. it's considered a key gauge of conservative sentiment. senator rand paul of

kentucky took the top slot with 25 percent of the vote. senator paul finished just ahead of florida senator marco rubio. and, former house speaker newt gingrich had some harsh words about what he sees as the problems within the g-o->> gingrich called both parties "prisoners of the past." the republican national committee is releasing its post-mortem on the 2012 election next week. >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend

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>> in san francisco, a rescue truck for animals was on display at justin herman plaza. the 80 foot long truck is licensed by the american humane society. it travels to disaster areas and treats injured and sick animals. staff also provides temporary housing for animals whose owners lost their own homes. >> it's saint patrick's day. and as many get ready to celebrate. irish whiskey is seeing a big boom in sales right now. one of the hottest pours in

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official mass to inaugurate francis as the leader of the world's 1-point-2 billion roman catholics. >> also new this morning. a jury in ohio has found two high school football players guilty of raping a teenage girl. 17-year-old trent mays and 16-year-old ma'lik richmond were found guilty this morning for raping a 16- year-old girl who prosecutors say was drunk. this is all happening in small ohio town of stubenville. just west of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. the girl told the judge she had two drinks and then did not remember anything except throwing up and then waking up the next morning naked. the trial has received national attention because of racy text messages, cell phone pictures, videos and social media posts taken of the girl. the football players could be jailed until they turn 21. >> extra patrols will be out on highway one in marin county today between tam junction and point reyes. they'll be keeping an eye on packs of motorcycle and bicycle riders. the "sunday morning ride" is a tradition with riders because they love the curvy roads.

but some riders have ben making the ride into a race; blocking lanes, drawing complaints from other drivers. in addition to more ground patrols, the c-h-p is also going to use an aircraft to help spot reckless riders. >> let's take a quick look outside this morning. let's check in with faugh meteorologist for your first forecast. this is the view from san jose. it is a little bit hazy at their we are not dealing with some low clouds along the coastal areas. plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. very similar date yesterday. but what, 47 degrees and recommend. afternoon highs for the south bay getting to the '70s. willis beckham mourn

loss of '70s and the north bay as well. rain the forecast. outplay about it later. >> no performances today for the san francisco symphony. they cancelled today's event as well as last night's concert. as contract talks with musicians continue. the symphony says its unhappy with a propsal that would include a pay freeze and then a one percent pay increase during the next two years. people who had tickets to saturday night's concert at can get a refund, trade tickets for a future show or donate the money to the symphony. >> this is an agonizing weekend for family and friends of sierra lamar. one year ago.the 15-year- old vanished on her way to school in morgan hill. kron 4's mike pelton spoke

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the legend is expected to leave tampa this afternoon on schedule, as technicians continue to make repairs. carnival stresses that the legend's safety systems, steering and services onboard are functioning normally. >> in pennsylvania, a bus women's lacrosse team crashed. killing the head coach and the bus driver. authoities say the team was on it's way to a game when the bus slammed into a tree off the pennsylvania turkpike saturday morning. 30 year old head coach kristina quigley was killed in the crash. she wassix months pregnant. her unborn child did not survive. the bus was carrying 23 people. many of them treated for minor to major injuries. >> should people have to prove u-s citizenship before they can register to vote? supreme court justices are set to hear arguments about that very issue tomorrow. arizona voters passed such a requirement in 2004, and state officials say they have the right to stop non- citizens from voting. but opponents see it as an

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bay the spay and inland valleys as well as the south bay. william upper '60s for the space shores. low 60s expected for the coastal areas. satellite and radar shows the we're expecting some changes. a system is coming and from the southeast. that will combine with another system job now from alaska. pushing into our area tuesday night into wednesday. with a closer look of that coming up will check in with marty>> developing story out of oakland this morning. police have set up a perimeter to try and make contact with what they are calling a dangerous suspect. this is happening in the 14- hundred block of 25th avenue in oakland's fruitvale district. we'll bring you the latest on this story as details become available. >> there's been another bad crash at a racetrack. this time in marysville. that's about 40 miles north of sacramento. and this one was fatal. authorities say two people were killed when a speeding race car ran off the track and into the pit area. the victims are identified as a 68-year-old man and a

14-year-old boy. they were part of the pit crew. and officials say they had a right to be in the area, but no more details were revealed about their roles. >> you'll recall, a crash last month at the daytona international speedway in florida. dozens of people were injured when one of the racecars hit the wall, sending debris flying into the stands. officialsthere have since reinforced the protective fence. >> in berkeley. two people are recovering this morning after a robbery at a crowded dance club this weekend. one gunman is in custody. last night, a prayer vigil was held for the shooting victims. the shooting happened just the ashkenaz nightclub. kron 4's alecia reid spoke to a witness of this violent >> comfort mensah describes night filled with horror. two gunmen stormed into the ashkenaz night club, robbed the place and in the process shot the manager and

another member of the staff. her boss was behind the counter alongside her when gunshots rang out. he got hitsoon after another employee was shot. as soon as a bullet sent the employee by the entrance crashing to the ground, mensah says one of the gunmen grabbed whatever cash he found at the door and took off. the other ran behind the counter to get what was inside the register. coworkers tell us both men are in the hospital awaiting surgery. the

employee by the door was shot in the shoulder. the manager was shot somewhere near the head. they tell us doctors are waiting for the swelling to go down befor attempting surgery. in berkeley alecia reid kron 4 news. >> for millions of catholics around the world. today marks the first sunday under a new pope. kron four's mike pelton has been following this story closely, he joins us live from st. mary's cathedral in the second mass is now under way. it is nice to come here for the first time in a while without questions as to who will replace paul benedict the 16th. he was the first open nearly 67 years to resign. in today's program there also passing out a bio of the new leader

paul francis. the first ever south american polk. he is known as a variable that. we're losing the audio from mike pelton at st. mary's cathedral from mike pelton a we do want to mention that the pope has been celebrating mass today in vatican city. >> thanks mike.

>> a half-million people came out for the st. patrick's day parade in dublin, ireland this morning. it's less than 40 degress and cloudy but that didn't keep out of the capitol's streets for the irish culture celebration. this year's procession was led by eight-thousand tourists in town for the festivities. >> happy saint patrick day. it's a great day, happy saint patrick's day. fire chief joanne hayes- white and police chief greg surh kept to tradition. leading off san francisco's saturday. following behind. a contingent of the city's finest and wide variety of fire trucks. thousands lined market

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officials are lifting restrictions on bikes. however, unlike bart's last experiment, they're not allowing bikes in the first three train cars during peak commute hours. bart officials estimate that five percent of its 400-thousand daily passengers are bike riders. >> fremont police say they collected more than 300 weapons and distributed more than 50-thousand dollars at a gun buyback event on saturday. 339 weapons were collected from residents in fremont, newark and union city. they included 6 assault rifles, 149 handguns and 184 rifles. all weapons were required to be in working condition and and payouts were limited to 10 guns per vehicle on a first-come, first-served >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend

>> you're watching kron4's 24/7 bay area news channel. i'm marty gonzalez. here are te top stories. a dangerous situation is taking place in oakland. police have set up a perimeter on the 14-hundred block of 25th avenue. officers are trying to make contact with a suspect after an alert was issued around one-thirty this morning. two employees at a berkeley music center are recovering today, after being shot in an attempted robbery. according to officials two men entered the crowded music center on saturday and demanded money. they then proceeded to shoot the two employees. one of the suspects got away.a second suspect is in custody. the pinole police department has released a sketch of a suspect involved in an attempted kidnapping. the vctim says she was walking home from school on

friday when the suspect asked if she needed a ride. the girl says the suspect grabbed her wrist, but she managed to get away and report the incident. police hope someone will recognize the suspect and help lead to an arrest. and the saint patrick's day celebrations are off to a good start. on saturday san francisco's saint patrick's day parade made its way down market street. the parade was lead by fire chief joanne hayes-white. it featured the san francisco fire department and police department. as well as an array of dancers, musicians, and floats. those are our top stories. i'm marty gonzalez. thank you for watching kron4's 24/7 bay area news channel.

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>> taking a look at the weather. a beautiful weekend so far in the bay area. on the left, is a live look outside at the golden gate andon the right, video from many of her sixties for the east bay stores today did 7 day around the bay shows to

the wet weather. the weekend will be wonderful. >> pinole police have released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to kidnap a 12 year old girl friday afternoon. take a look. he's described as a 19 or 20 year-old caucasian man, about six feet tall with a thin build. he also has a goatee and a piercing in his right >> the attempted kidnapping happened around 2-30 friday afternoon on appian way. from school and passed by this home. the suspect was leaning up against a four-door silver vehicle. she told police he grabbed her, and tried to pull her over. >> ".it is, but i think it's kind of a wake-up call that people need to be more aware of their surroundings. and their children need to be supervised at all times regardless of age." thethe girl reported the >> the investigation

continues this morning in american canyon following a deadly officer involved shooting. saturday, a man was shot and killed by police after he led them on a chase. kron four's jeff bush picks up the story from there. night, an american canyon police officer attempted to stop the driver of this white pickup truck about a quarter mile away from this location at newell and donaldson. the driver did on. but, it didn't last very long. the pickup driver found himself at the end of newell road and ended up in a construction zone at the end of the stree. for some reason the officer it who was the only person in the vehicle. witnesses reported hearing several shots fired but it is unclear if all the shots were from the officer or if the driver fired a weapon. you can see a large police presence after the shooting. officers from several jurisdictions responded within minutes

after the shooting. no officers were hurt during the exchange of gunfire. this is the first officer involved shooting since the town was created back in the early 90's. a special task force from surrounding agencies will investigate shooting. i'm jeff bush in american canyon, kron four news. >> a high tech warning for california utilities. state officials say cyber hackers are increasingly targeting utilities. the result of those attacks could leave millions of people without water, electricity and other services. the public utilities rules to increase cyber-security protections. the agency warns that utilities are becoming increasingly vulnerable as their networks add smart meters and other computerized gear. experts say a cyber attack against an electric utility could lead to massive power outages and cause billions of dollars in damage. >> nato reports a fatal helicopter crash in

afghanistan. the crash killed one coalition service authorities say there was no enemy activity in the area when the helicopter crashed saturday, and the cause isit's the second deadly helicopter crash in thea black hawk crashed outside kandahar city on monday, killing five u-s troops.pictured here. monday night's crash brought the total number of u-s troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for u-s forces >> the conservative political action conference. or c-pac has wrapped up inthe conference ended saturday with the g-o- p presidential nomination straw poll. it's considered a key gauge of conservative sentiment. senator rand paul of kentucky took the top slot with 25 percent of the vote. senator paul finished just ahead of florida senator marco rubio. and, former house speaker newt gingrich had some harsh words about what he sees as the problems within the g-o-

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>> in san francisco, a rescue truck for animals was on display at justin herman plaza. the 80 foot long truck is licensed by the american humane society. it travels to disaster areas and treats injured and sick animals. staff also provides temporary housing for animals whose owners lost their own homes. >> it's our response vehicle for disasters so we take it to wherever there is a disaster and use it for a base of operations. we care for the animals on it and we responders. it was designed for twelve responders so we eat, sleep and work out of the truck saving cats and dogs. the animal rescue truck has helped out at the scene of hurricanes sandy and irene as well as joplin, missouri when that city was ravaged >> it's saint patrick's day. and as many get ready to

celebrate. irish whiskey is seeing a big boom in sales right now. karin caifa has a look at plenty of the irish brogues drank but also lot of whiskey. a lot of people have ties to irish whiskey. irish whiskey was the

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the san mateo bridge. we can see that there are some hazy conditions. the fog over tester beginning to burn a marty yet we are dealing with some high cloud cover up their but it is mainly sunny conditions. it will be breezy afternoon but still pretty nice in and lend areas. he was the '70s and the inland areas once again. in the evening will be mostly clear skies. taking a look to our partners are sitting and now it is warming up nicely up there. afternoon highs bringing in the upper 60s.

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>> in ports this morning. the world baseball classic is well underway. wandy rodriguez pitched six strong innings. and three relievers completed a three- hitter to help the unbeaten dominican republic top puerto rico 2-0 in the world baseball classic. carlos santana broke a scoreless tie with his second home run in the fifth inning. both teams had already at a-

t and t park. but following yesterday's loss. puerto rico plays japan tonight. while the dominicans face the netherlands on monday night, with the winners advancing to the championship game tuesday. >> former san francisco 49ers tight end-- delanie walker held a fundraiser at a san carlos restaurant saturday afternoon. walker signed autographs at izzy's steaks and chops-- the money raised benefits mother's against drunk driving. c-h-p officers also came out to show their support. this event was held to honor walker's aunt and uncle alice and bryan young-- the couple was killed by a drunk driver the morning after they watched their nephew play in super bowl 47. >> the oakland athletic league is inducting its first hall of fame class. the event honors oakland's homegrown high school stars who went on to become national athletic icons. notable names on the list include rickey henderson, joe morgan, frank robinson and bill russell. the honorees are selected by a committee of local athletes, coaches, and other community members.

in addition to honoring their achievements, the ceremony will also raise money for oakland high school sports. >> just two days after beating the reigning stanley cup champion l-a kings on thursday night. the sharks are in l-a facing that very same team. but last night, they fell flat. losing to the kings by a final of five-to-two. the kings piled it on early jumping out in front. scoring two goals in the first period. patrick marleau and matt irwin each chipped in a goal but it's too little too late. next up the sharks will stick around southern california for a matchup against the ducks on monday. >> its an event that brings to life five thousand years of chinese history through classical dance and music. "shen yun" is a grand

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restaurant by taking this live look outside. it is a beautiful start of the morning. it will be a breezy afternoon. similar conditions to yesterday. same goes for tomorrow. tuesday will have an increase in cloud cover and rain. bush again tuesday night we'll get the raid and it will go through monday and wednesday morning. every large and the drive by wednesday evening. low fifties in the south bay. year afternoon will bring another round of nice tempters. 74 for cupertino 74 for los gatos. looking at low 70's there's a wall. 71

for livermore. we're looking me in the upper 60s for these patients. once we get to the showers we have a great warmup at the end of the week. production

involving nearly 100 artists, 400 costumes and an impressive orchestra.shen yun makes a return to san francisco this week. and joining us this morning to talk about it is david zheng with new tang dynasty television. it really is quite a production. one thing that is so impressive about it is the growth over a relatively short amount of time. that's right. it started in 2007. in a matter of seven years it grew from one group the three groups. every performance is counted the very highly. the performances and mainly a classical chinese stance. it

has brought together many of the world's top talents. in a sense utero banquet for filling in emperor. the specific dance performances are chosen house. it is because classical chinese dance is so rich. it is used as the primary medium to tell stories. a lot of the stories people are familiar with. the mission is trying to revive the 5000 years of lost culture. it has been systematically destroyed. china's trend to revive that. the old china mystique. and presented on the big stage. what's ironic

is that these two were all over the world however not in china. it's been seven specialize six years and will be a matter of time for go back to china. the base outside china we can do whatever we want. we have visited more than a hundred cities in the last year. we go to places like taiwan is always sold out. were the main factors the trend of the year. for thousands of years the artist believe that to create a true art

the arm must have an inner beauty. and the purity. we're following the noble tradition try to keep it alive. there are plans to expand from three touring groups to more. >> the 2013 shen yun performances are happening march 20th through the 24th. at s-h-n's orpheum theatre in san francisco for more information go to >> thank you

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the troubled carnival cruise ship returned to tampa today it will be relieving this afternoon. everything is working couples this just needs to have a few mechanical fixes. >> coming up monday on kron four. close to a dozen peninsula law enforcement agencies joined forces in a "operation shoulder tap" it targets adults who purchase alcohol for anyone under the age of 21 years old. minors involved in the operation are closely watched by law enforcement. and if the adult fails to pass the test, you will find out what happens on kron >> and here you can see there'll be one way to pay

period after this page. case life has the story. there is a map of these locations on the golden gate bridge web site. the locations of things like convenience stores gas stations. it shows you the menu of things you can do. you have funds your fasttrack account. if you want to pay cash for a trip over the bridge you can do to license plate. and how it crosses you wanna pay for. this is my receipt it

tells me that i bought it today. it has my license plate number of my confirmation #how much it paid and reminds you it is good for 30 days. with some changes in store there's rain on the way it on tuesday and wednesday. >> thats kron4 news weekend for this sunday morning. i'm marty gonzalez. for all of us. thanks for watching. we'll see you right here. at 7 a.m. saturday morning. be sure to join watch kron4 news tonight at eight