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For most areas. We have thunderstorms on sunday morning a few of them yesterday too that moisture plume that bought us brought us that rain and thunderstorm activity is further out west Still Holding on to that potential to our north right across the very northern part of the state. But today youll notice that the bay area little drier, the whole lot calmer than what we had been seeing, but still just as hot. Concord in antioch at one 06 for your highs livermore morgan hill portions of the north bay like napa and santa rosa well into the triple digits. 80s return for oakland in nevado more details and the rest of your forecast all still ahead back to you darya. Thanks a lot john lets get back to the big news which are the wildfires, 4 of them burning in the east bay and in the north bay. Likely all sparked by lightning, lets take a closer look at the map james. And i want to start in the east base we have the marsh fire thats that complex its burning near the sun all regional wilderness in Alameda County right word border Santa Clara County. The burning since sunday and so were tracking that were also as we slide the map here looking at the deer zone fires, those are burning on the back side of mount diablo out of control right now they broke out sunday. So well keep an eye on that as well and then in napa county there are a couple fires that were following first off the hennessy fire that when it exploded in size yesterday right near Lake Hennessey and then up near Lake Berryessa is the gamble fire. That would also breaking out yesterday that one so far 600 acres in size lets go out and see then how these crews are doing Sarah Stinson is live in Alameda County at the marsh fire. Will tran is in napa county at the hennessy fire will lets start with you. Right now im at a checkpoint in you can see the chp officer right behind me as far as his car. This is as far as he is allowing. Anybody through this area unless its Law Enforcement or firefighters, im on Chiles Valley road. The officer tells me he has not seen anybody leave. This particular area which means that the evacuees there either gone or they have decided to stay inside their home despite the fire being very close to their location in fact let me quickly show you. Julius evans will move the camera over here you can see the officer has been very busy as some people are looking to continue to go down this path will pick up the camera and you can see he is speaking to the driver saying for their safety there are not allowed to go any further then this is at this location at chiles pope valley. And pope canyon intersection now lets get to the video this fire started really quickly. They dont know the cause of the fire but they do know there were lightning strikes. Early monday morning more than likely was caused by lightning. Just like all the other 60 fires in the bay area that they also suspect was caused by lightning it quickly spread through this area to the point where at 11 oclock yesterday morning. They decided to tell the People Get Ready to evacuate because this fire was quickly moving through rugged remote areas of napa county. Then at 11 oclock a lot of people started gathering their items darya and james unfortunately theyve had a lot of practice in this particular area, especially with all the wildfires that weve seen over the past several years, many people fled their homes are either staying at friends right nearby community centers. We got a chance to actually talk to one of the evacuees. He says unfortunately this is all been too common for them. World is prepared for a fire early prepare every year we we fire safer. Our structures we prepare and buildings and when things like this happen we just execute our plan to to keep it as safe end free from fires we can. The fires can be overwhelming and he just got to do the best you can. As far as my location i could feel the heat picking up right now there is a haze off in the distance in fact if we can show the camera there. The sun is rising, so you can clearly see light is being mixed with that the smoky conditions breathing not too bad at my current location, i know the fires just right down the road and that firefighters and the Police Officers they need all the room that they can possibly need and that is why they are setting up this checkpoint, right now were not hearing of any fatalities but we are hearing reportedly that one structure was destroyed by the lake hennessy fire in james, the gamble fire is right next door, so let me send it back to you yeah, lets get people updated on that thank you very much, well as i mentioned 2 fires burning. Up there and well mention the gamble fire. So heres the latest video from that this is burning up near Lake Berryessa right there along various a knoxville road. Its about 600 acres in size right now 0 percent containment and again were going to continue to track it. Let you know if Evacuation Orders are issued 300 firefighters currently working lines right there trying to get it under control. So lets continue our coverage now on the field and go to sara stinson who is in Alameda County where the marsh fire is burning sarah. Daria im live here off of calaveras road right near the seminole regional wilderness area and its clear that firefighters are having a hard time containing this fire because it is still 0 contained were heading into the 3rd day of this fire behind me you can see a charred hill of course its very dark still, but you can see thats all black charred land and then a lot of different hot spots is what were looking at all charred take a look at video though of during daylight you can see those flames raging on the hillsides here in this wilderness area. It is burned 1775 acres thats the last number we got from cal fire and that was nearly 24 hours ago so hopefully we can get an update this morning. The fire consists of 3 separate grass fires that broke out sunday afternoon in the area of calaveras road and welsh creek road again this is near the signal. Regional wilderness area and there has been mandatory evacuations that remain in place for those who do live on welsh creek road residents living in a remote area along kill care road were told to evacuate monday as the fire threatened their homes, those residents have been able to safely return but the fire continues to rage in this area. So additionally, an evacuation warning has been ordered for those who live in kill care canyon in signal. This was first issued as a mandatory Evacuation Order and has since been downgraded, we did catch up with a few residents to see how theyre feeling obviously if you live in the bay area you live in one of these remote areas you are accustomed to fire season. Its part of being in the woods, you and they all of us are ready all the time. At least hopefully everybodys ready not over which still got a good ways to go. Im thankful to god and the Fire Department that were were safe and sound now. Any residents are listening or watching a shelter has been opened for evacuees at the residence inn located at 5200 wolf house road in livermore so that will be helpful as people you know have that go bag ready because winds can change situation can change and firefighters are still troubled struggling to get any containment on this fire at all this morning, im not seeing any you know a huge flame us again its been very dark so this morning will be live to show you what it looks like out here and hopefully well get an update from cal fire sometime around 7 7830 thats what im expecting as thats whats happened about 24 hours from now. For now im live near signal. Sarah stinson kron 4 news, thanks or theyve got their hands full in the east battling the deer zone fires as well in Contra Costa County and that fire. Is more than 1400 acres near mount diablo there are mandatory evacuations for some people and its also advisable to get rid of some livestock at them out of the area and Evacuation Center is worried about the animals. Were still getting full of people who think we should go. Yeah accusation ordered its not mandatory shut out. It made its animals out in during a stay home stay home at animals on beltway. The last minute. So far the good news is nobody has been hurt and no structures damaged. Well fire burning in Monterey County is now threatening 30 structures cal fire says the river fire has burned nearly 400 acres near salinas. Only about 10 contained right now. 4 firefighters had to be treated for heat related injuries. This fire is also caused they think by the lightning that we saw sunday morning Governor Newsom has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant from fema. And thats to help ensure that the resources are there to help contain this fire in fact that grant will give up to 75 reimbursement for eligible Fire Suppression costs. And as we move further into fire season again another important reminder for you to download the kron 4 app that really is our best tool to immediately send you alerts when it regards cooling centers their hours of operation. The latest weather alerts and warnings along with the latest details on Power Outages as well so if you havent already make sure you download the kron 4 app from your App Store Choice today. Donald trump is the wrong president for our country. He is clearly in over his head. Former First Lady Michelle Obama with a stark criticism of President Trump as the democrats try to send a message of unity on the first night of the Democratic National convention and looking at yet another hot day ahead of us after this mild start to the morning daytime highs still in the triple digits for many inland areas, in the east bay there are going to be places you can go to get out of the heat because were still in the midst of a heat wave, so the Employment Human Services Department in Contra Costa County is actually opening their offices in antioch Pleasant Hill and richmond. So that you can go in and get some a c theyre going to be open from one to 05 00pm and there will be water there for you as well you do of course have to wear a mask. We have more information on kron 4 dot com. But its going to be hot again for sure so and ive been told i dont know if your neck of the woods to stand by for more Power Outages oh yeah we got to i got a message on my phone from pg e saying that the show was a 3 in 10 00pm be ready. Because it could be called on to shut the power luckily, that hasnt happened at least in my particular neighborhood, i know youve been dealing with a 04 15am i talked to the pga new guys in there said no its some kind of problem so i like a purposeful shut off. It was accidental doesnt make it any color now, yeah and john were talking about and what you say one more day of suffering through these 100s you have one more day with temperatures as hot as they have been at least after today, well still have a couple more hundreds but not near as many as what we have been saying so there is at least some relief in sight just around the corner. Today though is not that just yet still looking at a hot day ahead of us berkeley is nice and clear it is still nice and comfortable out there so go ahead step outside enjoy this quiet and cool morning. That moisture plume thats brought us thunderstorms the past few days, it is sitting further to the west still going to be drifting into Northern California resulting in thunderstorms to our north. Not so much in her own backyard, though, so we are staying calmer today, eliminating chances of thunderstorms so a nice quiet day ahead of us, quiet and hot though tomorrow will be a touch cooler as james was alluding to and thursday will be a little cooler yet even i want to stay cool too much though because its not going to be cool by any means just not near as hot as where we have been still under excessive heat warnings for most of the bay area you can see how much panthers out there with every county except for San Francisco county itself being affected todays daytime high 70s and 80s for San Francisco with only one 60 on the map and tear at 67. Elsewhere it 70s, 80s and 90s on the peninsula. Redwood city and san carlos at 93 each triple digits, our first one at least in morgan hill at one 04 san jose at 97 today. More century mark and above over into the tri valley and on up through walnut creek in concord oakland and berkeley check 85 for daytime highs today, san leandro 88. North day temperatures some of our hottest again vacaville sonoma pittsburgh and the on call at one 06. One 02 today in santa rosa. Now heres the good news temperatures after this not going to be as hot. Tomorrow will still be under excessive heat warnings but on average are inland highs fall out of the 100 back to 99. After that were a touch less hot thursday into friday with highs in the mid 90s to finish out your workweek highs for a bayside areas fall into the low 80s and even the upper 70s by the weekend. James right john thank you. Lets quickly update you on the roads before we continue with the news the bay bridge toll plaza camera showing us the usual back up here nothing on the chp lot to account for the backup, so this is just your usual slow and go. As the congestion in the commute bills. But once you get through the toll plaza youre fine the span itself is moving at the limit this morning, the san mateo bridge, lets get the update there highway 92 and heres a prime example once youre past the toll plaza. Its smooth sailing nothing slowing you down here as you make your way from hayward out towards foster city all in all not bad in fact the chp logs pretty quiet. For tuesday morning. We have got to vote like we did in 2008 2012. Weve got to show up with the same level of passion and hope. For joe biden. Michelle obama wrapping up the first night of the Democratic National convention incurring ever encouraging everybody to get out and vote. The former first lady also delivered a stunning rebuke of President Trump nadia romero is in washington with a look at the event. The first night of the 2020 Democratic National convention in the books virtually done because of the pandemic the headliner former First Lady Michelle Obama delivering a powerful speech slamming President Trump saying hes not fit for office. And throughout this week you will see progressive moderates and republicans speaking in unison to get President Trump out of the white house in Unconventional Convention underway in milwaukee and welcome to the 2020 Democratic National convention and across the country this week as democrats nominate former Vice President joe biden to the top of their ticket to ordain and establish this constitution. The coronavirus pandemic forcing democrats to go virtual with big name speakers addressing americans at home without delegates cheering from the convention floor. Mondays theme need the people focusing on working together to face challenges ahead the headliners prominent republicans like former Ohio Governor in 2016 gop president ial candidate john k sick, many of us can imagine 4 more years going down this path. And thats why im asking you to join with me in choosing a better way forward we could former 2020 rivals like vermont senator bernie sanders, the liberal favorite who was the final democratic candidate to drop out of the primary the future all of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future all of our planet is at stake and one of the most popular people among democrats former First Lady Michelle Obama delivering the keynote address donald trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. Right after the dnc wrapped up its first night the Trump Campaign releasing a statement slamming joe biden full of criticisms and every night once the Convention Wraps up the Trump Campaign heads to youtube for rebuttal of its own from the white house, im nadia romero. Well its not just democrats who were praising Michelle Obama speech last night even fox news acknowledged it went well take a listen. Over the course of the night the First Virtual convention of our history. I think they would say that Michelle Obama stuck the landing. Chris wallace, your thoughts. Well i agree with dana, you know its interesting Michelle Obama as she said doesnt like politics she said that this speech was her main contribution to the Biden Campaign it was a heck of a contribution. No the Democratic National Convention Program continues tonight, featuring a host of speakers, including former president bill clinton and joe bidens wife doctor jill biden and we will be streaming it the Main Convention speeches on kron on this week you can watch each night begins at 06 00pm just download the kron on app or visit our website at kron 4 dot com for the very latest from your local election headquarters. Happening today, the sentencing hearing for the man known as the Golden State Killer is supposed to get underway in june joseph de angelo pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder and admitted to dozens of rapes in all he committed a 161 Crimes Involving 48 victims as part of the sentencing process nearly 3 dozen victims. Well give impact statements on the pain. They suffered at his hands de Angelo Manisha avoid capture for 40 years before he was finally arrested in 2018. As part of the plea deal de angelo will spend the rest of his life in prison. Calling out nathan garzas name and 18 yearold safeway employee who was shot and killed outside his workplace. Dozens of friends and family and coworkers or outside in the parking lot in American Canyon where and killed on sunday. Witnesses say that he was working when somebody drove up shot him and took off. Always love you always. You didnt deserve this. This is. And to see it live. Investigators arrested Christopher Young from martinez in connection with the shooting. Napa county sheriffs deputies say that Surveillance Video shows young parking his car within minutes of the shooting and investigators found a handgun used in the shooting inside his car. Well take a break at 6. 22 coming up the heat wave across the state now having an impact on businesses will play about the changes being made by the dmv to conserve energy. And as we head to break, heres a quick look at some of the high temperatures will experience around the pay today. Well yeah 106 in concord andy off one 04 in morgan hill up in the north bay one 02. In santa rosa on through that and its going to be another tough one to get through. But we will and the temperatures will eventually start coming down. Well hav the virus is still spreading. Californias economic challenges are deepening. Frontline workers stretched too thin. Our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. Our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. And the costs to our economy, to our state budget . Mounting every day. We need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming. 6 2500s of salons barber shops and tattoo parlors across the state dont care if theyre not supposed to reopen theyre going to right now they are supposed to only operate outdoors if theyre counties on the watch list and every county in the bay area is on that list but to some of these Business Owners say that they cant do it, theyre not going stay in business so they plan to. Have business as usual indoors. Despite the fact that they will face fines and other disciplinary action for doing so. And the dmv is closing offices early across california for the next several days. Its an effort to conserve energy and protect customers and employees from the hot temperatures during this heat wave. Officers will close for the day at 03 00pm for the next couple of days. Customers will be expect or will be accepted until about 2. 30 and then theyre going to shut off the line. If the wait times are long theres a chance you might not be seen that day and if you have a pre scheduled appointment on the days that these officers are closing early. The dmv says it will cut its going to contact you to reschedule. The march complex fire in Alameda County continues to burn this morning and live and we are back waiting for the ringing of the opening bell this morning as were taking a live look here from the New York Stock Exchange and the nasdaq. But well have to wait and see so far futures trading this morning has been somewhat positive so well keep an eye on the numbers. Well see where they all go. Wake up to that every my for that sounds i much prefer the weather. But not if i have to hear the bad news more heat. Just a wakeup to be telling you the forecast came out a way to get anybody yet because more heat is in the forecast. Some definite temperatures that are not going to be comfortable again today, excessive heat warnings remain in effect across the bay area as daytime highs climb now this morning, San Francisco as well as the rest of the bay is actually nice and cool were starting off the morning in the 60s and 70s cat out there enjoy it now that the sun is coming up a little bit more you can step outside stretch those legs just enjoy a cool field to the morning before daytime highs do get really hot. Dangerous heat returns, almost all the bay area blanketed in these excessive heat warnings well into the afternoon and into tomorrow too. The only exceptions the immediate coastline and then San Francisco itself. We will still see daytime highs above 100 degrees in many areas, but something were not going to see today any thunderstorms that potential has shifted further to the north and so today we really calm things down just not cooling things off just yet. Todays daytime highs still triple digits for a lot of areas conquered in antioch each at a 106 degrees livermore Morgan Hill Napa and santa rosa all checking in above the century mark hayward oakland, San Francisco back to the 80s while fremont mill valley into the 90s so i got to stress this enjoy the morning as much as you can partly cloudy skies and a lot so heat by the afternoon upper 80s to 90s by the bay. Triple digits. I mentioned for for the state land valleys. Daria. Thanks a lot john lets get to the breaking news, the fires 4 big ones burning in the east bay and the north bay this morning. It looks like they were all sparked by lightning. Lets zoom in on a map so you can see better where they are starting to sound work our way up this is the marsh creek fire the marsh fire burning in the sun il regional wilderness, aaron Alameda County right were border Santa Clara County broke out yesterday. And a growing still out of control. Dear zone fires, those are the ones burning on the back side of mount diablo they also broke out yesterday and are also burning out of iontrol as are the 2 wildfires that were tracking in the north bay. The hennessy fire which exploded in size yesterday more than 2500 acres in size and then to the north the gamble fire thats one burning up near Lake Berryessa that one is 600 acres so far and containment is still set at 0 . Lets go to our Team Coverage then weve got will tran in napa county Sarah Stinson Alameda County. Sara were going to start with you tell us about the latest with the marsh fire. The march complex fire is still burning in daria it remains at 0 contained hopefully that number will go up as we get an update from cal fire this morning. I want to show you now that were getting more light out here actually moved to a spot. I was at yesterday right on calaveras road here is the road and here is this land and they stopped the fire from getting to the road jumping the road and then continuing to burn the land over there that was the goal yesterday when i was here. I left here about 9. 30 fire crews are still remaining on scene keeping an eye on this. They were here yesterday scrambling they drove up the road and tried to stop the fire that was raging up here. Some major flames and it was approaching the road they were able to stop it so that was a Success Story that i can show you. Firefighters are working really hard to be able to contain this fire take a look at video from yesterday this is day 3 of this fire continuing to rage the marsh complex fire. And it remains burning 1775 acres again that could change as we get an update from cal fire. But the far consists of 3 different grass fires. Theyve named it the marsh complex fire broke out sunday afternoon in the area of calver calaveras road and welsh creek road there was mandatory evacuations that remain in place for those who live on welsh creek road. Residents living in a remote area along kilker road were told to evacuate monday as the fire threatened their homes a scary situation. Those residents have been able to reach to return to their home safely. But the fire continues to rage in this area. I did just talk to a man he works for the San Francisco department of water they have a treatment plan out here is randomly i mean because you know the hetch hetchy runs through here. Told me that the fire continues to rage up by that Treatment Plant that is a major concern. So there are active flames. I know it can confirm that with you guys but im i dont think ill have cell phone service. Im not sure well be able to show you that life but i can go check it out additionally an evacuation warning has been ordered for those who live in kill care canyon in seminole this was first issued as a mandatory Evacuation Order and has since been downgraded now for those of you who live in the area shelter has been opened for evacuees at the residence inn located at 5200 wolf house road in livermore between the outlets and in the gulf range, we know that this fire they believe at least of started from lightning strikes so in the meantime you can see a cal fire with their trucks here theres of firefighters from all over the east bay specifically in Alameda County yesterday. Its a berkeley Fremont Hayward all out here working to contain its unclear if they made any progress overnight. I expect to get an update sometime within the next hour to 2 hours so stay tuned if you live in the area, well keep you informed as soon as we learn more for now im live in near son ul Sarah Stinson kron 4 news, thanks. A lot sarah and they are busy in the east bay with another fire to the deer zone. Fire in Contra Costa County has grown to 1400 acres now this one is burning near mount diablo and there are mandatory evacuations. 4 people theres also been some confusion about livestock and one emergency Evacuation Organization says. If they tell you its a good thing to remove your animals you should. Were still getting full of people who think we should go. Yeah accusation ordered its not mandatory shut out. It made its animals out in during the stay home stay home at animals dont dont wait for last minute. The good news is nobody has been hurt and so far no structures have burned. Well now we want to continue our Team Coverage of the breaking news by going over to will tran hes up in the north bay keeping our eye on napa county where the hand of 2 fires burning this morning and will of the 2 this is the much bigger one. Thats right. I mean its 2400 acres and counting because we do expect an update from cal fire in the next hour or so its right next door to the gamble fire which i know you will talk about just a few moments. You can see james the chp officer right behind me the lake hennessy fire is about 10 miles or so from my location. This is as close as theyre allowing anybody to get to that fire unless youre a first responder, im on chiles pope valley and pope canyon intersection. They are telling me they havent seen anybody leave this area from the top of the hill down meaning where the people live because they have all been evacuated. Theyre making sure that people do not get hurt or even worse killed by this fire. Let me show you video it was almost 24 hours ago when this fire started they dont know the cause of the fire but they do know that they were lightning strikes in the area at the time at first it grew to dozens of acres and then exploded to 600 acres and then it exponentially exploded to 2400 acres. To where they had to tell people to get ready to evacuate at around 11 oclock in the morning. So about 4 and a half hours after the fire started thats just to show you how quickly the fire spread through this area that they told People Get Ready to go and in fact they encourage people strongly encourage people to get out of this location because their lives could be in jeopardy and a lot of people they have their belongings prepared because theyve been through this unfortunately for the past several years with fires in napa county and right next door Mendocino County fortunately were not hearing of any injuries or any fatalities, reportedly one structure did go up in flames as far as the cause of the fire still under investigation. But we do know that it was flat last check 0 containment and again cal fire james and area they usually have an updated around 7, 7, 30 in the morning. You Better Believe they have as many firefighters as they can possibly throw at this fire because right now this appears to be the biggest fire at least in the north bay or in the bay area at this particular time back to you. Was secure time were having this heat wave in so tough yeah absolutely now will that theres the other fire the gamble fire burning in napa county. So lets quickly update you on the situation there. This is the one burning up near Lake Berryessa there and various a knoxville road. 600 acres in size. And so far containment is still set at 0 again we are looking for an update from cal fire potentially in the next half hour or so. So well see if those containment numbers have gone up any right now more than 300 firefighters are currently battling that fire. Right now theres a power alert in effect until tomorrow they are telling us the state is that if we dont conserve. We might see the lights go out. Theres a warning that this could happen from 3 to 10 00pm every day theyre saying thats when youre really need to conserve and consumers need to be prepared for an outage if were not able to save enough electricity so what theyre saying is set the ac if you have it pretty high 78 degrees or higher. Keep lights off the fridge or 8 or full just in case and closed. Everything charged up and ready in case the power goes out. Thats what i did not even but amazon yea oneday a little battery charger things so i could power a fan or whatever because let me tell you. If and when you do lose power in this heat, it is not fun, not even to have a. A lot of bay area people are in the in the eye of these rolling blackouts in one san jose neighborhood. Still they have no power 25 homes in the sales area have been without power. A look see that one since sunday night. Neighbors got a message from pg and e that the crews will be coming out to fix it in nobody showed up people down the road. Along there in that neighborhood. Theyve gone. So long an underground transformer failed. And theyre frustrated with the lack of communication. Were just trying to anticipate the power does go out again where our kids go to school because we need internet for them to participate in their School Classes we live in a rich California Country that. You know these outages shouldnt happen so theres something wrong and i as clients to pg and e. Paying our bills each or do something you know some type of response. I sometimes just just to any kind power would be great people are using as you can see generators, whatever they have got the heat and as we talked about theyre trying to do Online School with the kids. Its making for not a fun situation is not dangerous to james yeah, no kidding. And Governor Newsom by the way also demanding an investigation into this latest round of power shut off so were seeing across the state the governor sent a letter to the california emergency. Our Energy Commission and the Public Utilities commission along with cal iso with concerns that the and shut offs over the weekend happened without prior warning really didnt give folks enough time to prepare. But leaders of cal iso say that they did consistently warned the Public Utilities commission that this could happen saying the situation could have been avoided. We will lay out in detail, the terms. What were going to do to make sure this simply doesnt happen again see now the grid operators. And we tell me the regulatory authorities how the grid operates. People to do a lot of Different Things i guess what i have to do a better job of making our voices heard through all of that. Newsome also signed a proclamation allowing utilities and other energy users to use backup sources. Amid this record heat wave thats really just scalding the state right now. Still ahead. Several states are considering a lawsuit against the Postal Service will tell you why some attorneys general claimed recent changes for secretly designed to slow down Services Ahead of election day. And a little refresher on just how hot its going to be today triple digits do return for a whole lot of the bay area. Like our inland east, various parts of the south 6. 45 right now taking a look at the weather and how. When will it end they had john when the question were all asking right now for sure guys and it does look like after today we are going to see at least has some backing off the gas pedal on the he a few degrees. Still going to be hot not as hot though so positivity there looking outside at the Golden Gate Bridge this morning skies are pretty clear you do have some high clouds but definitely no streaming through the golden gate to start the day Something Else were getting rid of today that thunderstorm potential that is passing to our west and to our north you can actually make out that line of clouds that had formerly been streaming a little closer to the bay area and bringing us enough unsettled weather to be seeing thunderstorm activity that now for the north coast of the state bay area backs off of that were just keeping the heat around for yet another day futurecast shows you the dry picture that we do have ahead of us for your tuesday, few clouds here and there but otherwise a pretty sunny and dry one in addition to our hot temperatures. Tomorrow, another hot one and another sunny one same free on thursday just gradually less hot as we work our way through this forecast. Today still excessive heat warnings in pink basically lighting up the entirety of the bay area. The exception being just the immediate coastline and then San Francisco itself which is just going to be hot. Its not excessively hot with those warnings 70s and 80s for San Francisco, 60s and 70s right along the coast, some of your cooler temperatures out right along the shoreline 70s and 80s from brisbane through millbrae and burlingame while 90s from san carlos through redwood city palo alto and Mountain View today. 90s to triple digits in the south bay. Morgan hill familiar territory for you by this point that one 04 san jose also been towards a 97 to 99 degrees a lot lately and today is no Different Union city and hayward in the upper 80s fremont at 92 triple digits in the tri valley through walnut creek and the concord while oakland and berkeley 85 richmond, nice 84 compared to the triple digits elsewhere. Sonoma vacaville antioch pittsburgh all at one 06 hot spot today thats you and me out yacht bill that one o 7. Santa rose at one 02 while petaluma in sandra fell rounding us out at 98 degrees each now tomorrow, were still likely to see a future pull digits on the mouth, but your average inland high falls back into the upper 90s a sign of well i Better Weather ahead of us thursday and friday highs fall a little bit further into the mid 90s inland and will stay that way into the weekend. Bayside in coastal areas also finding some relief with highs falling into the 80s 70s by the bay and low 70s near the coast. James all right john thank you very much 6. 48 is the time. A legal battle may be brewing for the Trump Administration and the u. S. Postal service. A number of state attorneys general are now considering a lawsuit against the Postal Service and we have washington correspondent joe khaleel to explain why. Just mentally mailsorting machines theyre telling post appears they cannot work overtime they cannot take an extra trip they have to leave mail behind north carolinas attorney general josh stein and other attorneys general are concerned those changes are designed to slow the male in the runup to the election what we cannot have is north carolinians who are eligible to vote was vote to comply with the law not have their boat capsized says the changes may be politically motivated recently appointed postmaster general louis dejoy was a big supporter of President Trumps 2016 campaign is national has some skepticism president expressly said he doesnt want to encourage mail in voting. President trump said his aim is to improve the Postal Service i have encouraged everybody. Up to now not love about President Trump said structural changes to the Postal Service are necessary to address budget shortfalls that go back years before his presidency i also want to have a post office. Without losing in the billions of dollars a year within a run it well and were going to not lose so much money and white house chief of staff mark meadows said sunday, some of the changes were approved before dejoy came into his role the president of the United States is not going to interfere with anybody casting their their vote in a legitimate way House Speaker nancy pelosi is calling all us house members back to washington interrupting their august recess to vote on a bill that would provide an extra 25 billion dollars to the Postal Service an outlaw any Service Changes until after the pandemic because of their salt on the postal system. That being the choice people have to make between their health and their vote. Come election if they can vote by mail they want to bail out of federal agency york was a federal agency. So that they can mail ballots republican congressman larry bush on from indiana says democrats are overreacting especially on their funding plans. Theres no reason why the Postal Service. Cant deliver. Mail in balloting right now without an extra 25 billion dollars in washington. Im joe khaleel. Related postmaster general louis dejoy has agreed to testify before House Committee on monday the Oversight Committee chairwoman says that he will be facing her committee which is looking into the changes that hes been pushing at the u. S. P s theyve already led to slower mail deliveries as weve reported. Democrats are accusing the joy of doing the president s bidding in an attempt to suppress the vote now theyre also pushing into reverse those changes. The argument is happening as states are expanding vote by mail ahead of the november election. Plus a baseball, the oakland as on the road in phoenix playing the diamondbacks lets go to the top of the 8th, inning the dbacks were up when matt olson he hits the ball to left field and its job by a shortstop the as capitalize on the air there up with the diamondbacks hold off the as and they score another run to win the game in the 9th, inning the final score. 4 to 3 diamondbacks they play again today at 3 tenors. How about the giants wasnt any better for them on the road in anaheim taking on the angels and they were leaving. Up until the 9th inning when the angels hit a walkoff homer. To beat the giants i 76 and they play again. Today at one 10. A live look outside the got our camera at the bay bridge showing us a beautiful looking sunrise this morning to see if theyre picking up over the east bay hills, yeah, it is a little slow getting through the toll plaza but nothing out of welcome back. Lets round out the hour with another check of your forecast we are going to see some clear skies today than the past few days and much calmer conditions too so not near as high of a chance of any sort of thunderstorm activity. The heat remains though berkeley sitting under some high clouds no fog anywhere across the bay area yet again. 60s and 70s for current temperatures with san jose in dublin at 71 right now pittsburgh youve been our warm spot all morning long continuing to be that at 77 currently oakland and alameda in the mid to upper 60s. Winds will remain calm today really no big gust to be expected across the bay area. And daytime highs climbing yet again well be back to the 80s for San Francisco and Oakland San Jose near triple digits with a few more triple digits looking likely out to the east bay and especially the north bay. James all right john thank you coming up in the next hour, the kron 00 04am morning news. Hundreds of firefighters battling several wildfires burning across the bay area right now the weather obviously not helping. Well have live Team Coverage with the very latest for you. Plus governor Gavin Newsome demanding an investigation into this latest round of power shutoffs across the state well tell you how hes proclaiming something that could offer a helping hand and the Democratic National Convention Officially underway. Well the breakdown of what happ breaking news this morning for fires raging out of control this morning in the bay area were live as firefighters rush to get a handle on them before temperatures once again reach triple digits. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 7. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us and get ready for another hot day, im darya folsom, the im James Fletcher john troubles, the one has been keeping us updated on the forecast. The timing of when we might start to see some relief which i say that air quotes john yes, i like the air close early because relief is. In perspective. We are going to be as hot as we have been which will offer some relief at least looking outside at San Francisco. Theres definitely cloud cover overhead those high clouds are making for a bit of a grey to start the morning, but you can also see some sunshine working its way through in the San Francisco, 50s 60s and 70s is where were starting this morning with concord at 72, livermore at 73 hayward in oakland in the upper 60s right now. Now we do see excessive heat warning spreading even further up into the peninsula today. So it is still going to be a very hot one and dangerously hot one for many areas of course as you know cooling centers are open just bring your mask in your own water with find that cool place to go