This afternoon that there is enough energy to power. The state and that your conservation efforts helped. However pg any which supplies power to most of Northern California says that due to weather conditions. Safety power shutoff could happen for 2 bay area counties starting as soon as 09 00pm tonight, those 2 counties are napa and sonoma counties this interactive map on the pga any website shows the areas where customers could be affected. We should add that parts of lake county will also be affected in total more than 158,000 customers across 21 counties could be affected tonight. I want to bring in Lawrence Karnow water talk about this excessive heat warning. And the weather conditions that might prompt a shot off port yeah were going to see some very gusty winds developing overnight tonight. Its tomorrow week air of low pressure kind of dropping over the top of that ridge and moving to colorado eastward as that moves through of some of High Pressure building in behind it. We start to develop those offshore winds those dry northerly winds is the kind of winds we see this time of year that bring us some very high fire danger and thats where were expecting to see in fact lets break down some of these winds overnight tonight is the wind gusts expected right now beginning to change direction little more of a northerly component in the north and then watch overnight tonight look at the colors just come flowing into the bay area you see the orange you see the purple even showing up so those winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. These areas, im showing you these areas are in the urban areas, but over the mountain tops well see the strongest gust certainly some gusts easily over 40 maybe were 50 miles per hour. Its going to continue though diminish a little bit throughout the day tomorrow as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. Still you got the heat got the blustery winds out there in high fire danger with some very dry air and then another round of some very gusty winds developing by tomorrow night. And early on wednesday morning and thats why a red flag warnings have been posted until this wednesday morning before things begin to subside alright that being said lets break down another red flag warnings course into the Santa Cruz Mountains above a 1000 feet not to worry about the most in the Oakland Hills youre seeing some strong gusty winds in those areas maybe 30 maybe 45 miles per hour. The diablo range, maybe even a little bit stronger than that county very dry air that northerly wind kicking in 25 to 40 mile an hour winds blowing across the area keep things stables far fires concern very dangerous fire conditions but maybe the most dangerous is in the north bay i think that were going to see the strongest gust some those gusts in and around napa you get the same lena. Well, the top of the mountains, there may be seeing some gusts upwards of 60 miles per hour. Not seeing it necessarily down the urban areas but up above above a 1000 feet, were looking at high fire danger has a very strong gusty winds and some very low humidity look at this as we take you through time of course weve seen some very dry air. Some record heat and then overnight tonight we head in toward tomorrow afternoon you start to see that northerly wind kick and even San Francisco down 900s there as far as the humidity very very dry bone dry inland down into the Single Digits in Napa Fairfield in the concord if youre dry conditions all around the bay area and were primed now for fire with the record he all right lawrence making us very nervous, i know youll stay on top of happening now a statewide flex alert is in effect the state grid operator cal iso says everyones efforts yesterday made a big difference to relieve stress on the grid. The flex alert is in effect until 9 oclock tonight as we mentioned earlier but. And added a short time ago that it does not foresee any outages tonight so heres some tips on how you can conserve energy. You might want to set your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher. Turn off any unnecessary lights. Closure blinds and drapes and keep your house cool and avoid using appliances and other electrical devices also use fans of you can instead of airconditioning whenever possible. And the rise in temperatures also increases the fire danger, a red flag warning has been issued for tonight starting at 10 00pm. For the north bay mountains and the east bay hills the warning will go into effect for the Santa Cruz Mountains tomorrow morning at 10. This red flag warning will remain in effect until wednesday morning. And with the increase in fire risk pg e says that safety power shutoffs are possible for 21 counties all across Northern California. Those outages could impact more than a 158,000 customers of those counties to are right here in the bay area thats napa and sonoma. The Utility Company says it theyre issuing the alert due to a threat of high temps and those strong winds that lawrence said told us about the company says that they are notifying as to who might be affected. And we want to show you current outages in the bay area according to pg and es website now most of these outages are caused by equipment issues or are under investigation until crews can arrive. The green circles on your screen mean between one to 49 customers are without power currently yellow indicates between 5499 customers that are without power. In orange indicates between 500 and almost 5,000 customers who are without power right now now there are no purple circles there. But once those begin and once you see those that indicates where power shutoffs are happening. And our coverage of this heat wave in subsequent outages continues right now at kron 4 dot com there you can find a complete list of cooling centers in your neighborhood. And the latest weather warnings and updates on potential power outages, its all there on kron 4 dot com. Other news, this labor day supporters of workers rights and black lives matter took their messages to the Golden Gate Bridge. The demonstrations were peaceful but some questioned why they were not allowed to cross over the bridge preference, Jonathan Mccall alive in the newsroom now with some details from the chp jonathan i think its an all since kron 4 news at 5 oclock this evening chp tells us they are still gathering information and details about todays event including why some demonstrators were not initially allowed to cross over the Golden Gate Bridge. Well show you some video how this all went down a few 100 folks attending this event called reclaim golden gate. But there was a very large presence from chp as well you see right there on your screen. Eventually demonstrators were allowed to cross the bridge blood officers were on bikes and on foot making sure that no one hopped over the fence impacting traffic on one oh one. Those taking part in the demonstrations raising awareness of the brutality against black americans specifically jacob like George Floyd Breonna Taylor in daniel prude some groups even using the event as a chance to get folks to register for the upcoming november election. Still though a lot of folks were wondering why the bridge was shut down even though organizers reportedly did have a permit for this event we also found video that showed officers putting at least one man in handcuffs from this event as well still plenty information we are working to try and get from chp they say that theres once again still trying to gather all the facts as soon as we get more details or any information for them, well pass a law live tonight in the newsroom Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. It doesnt look like anybody got hurt. But its pretty scary though. Terrifying moments at a walmart in American Canyon, this afternoon, a fist fight broke out inside the store. And Police Say One man pulled out a bb gun kron fours michelle kingston has more on the chaotic scene. They have officers with there inside the stores, rifles and guns out. Im not allowing us to go in a chaotic walmart in American Canyon is a fist fight going on with 2 men one with a mask and one. It didnt have a mask on and so i just went about my business and im whats getting my grossis bell of a sudden. There was this employees that was yelling and moving toward me and telling everyone to evacuate the store and then i just before or from exit. And being a split screen little kids were crying so its like ok, you know like what the heck is going blue sea korea had just pulled up to walmart when she noticed people running out of the store in cops with rifles running inside she recorded what was going on many telling her there were shots fired American Canyon police later confirming no one was shot, but that there was a fistfight and a 44 yearold man from alameda had a bb gun. He was arrested for the disturbance so long with his wife who police say was obstructing Officers Police say this was the mans bb gun later found in a trash can next to his car in the parking lot i was literally about to take my baby there. To just do regular shopping in think gotten any and its crazy how its gotten to this point where you cant even go to a regular store at 1 oclock in the afternoon and i have to worry about you know being in the middle the shooting walmart is now back open you wouldnt even know that there was a fight here earlier or any of that commotion all. Is back to normal in American Canyon, michelle kingston kron 4 news. News continues with donald trump and joe biden hitting the campaign trail today at 8. 30 why trump accuses harris of going against science on a possible coronavirus vaccine. And labor day is considered the unofficial end of summer coming up at 8. 45 why Health Experts warn large crowds this weekend could reverse all the progress weve made fighting the virus. So far but first a wildfire in Southern California is sparked by a gender reveal device, what changes are charges that individual could face. And skies, mostly clear right now except for the haze out there all that smoke around the were living in uncertain times, but as californians well get through this together. If your income has been reduced or youve lost your job or your Health Insurance, covered california is here. We can help you find the Health Insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. And, you may even get financial help to pay for your Health Insurance. So, if you or someone you know is without coverage, visit coveredca. Com to learn more or enroll today. A massive blaze continues to burn tonight in San Bernardino county after smoke generating a pyrotechnic device ignited the fire during a gender reveal party at a park yeah and tonight, the el dorado fire has burned more than 7,000 acres and its only 7 contained reporter Lauren Lyster has more on what charges this individual could face. Tonight hundreds of firefighters battling the destructive eldorado fire now being blamed on a gender reveal gone wrong. Thousands of acres burned several communities evacuated, some structures destroyed we caught up with one krewe protecting this yucaipa home. Yeah it is. Nerve wracking and pension they everything out a controlled burn here to help get rid of brush that could fuel this fire and others. Right now you can get a bill that fire is raging below fire line to keep the plants were getting to this home behind me very close to all of the action and firefighters have been here all day instructor defense. This whole thing was a structure. The day Business Owner precious dykstra showing us the damage or oakland recreation complex the fire burning the hills behind her business overnight and while a few small structures couldnt be saved she is breathing a sigh of very 28 years, ive been through a couple fires up here but nothing like this one. Dykstra credits firefighters for saving the majority of her 40 acre property or likelihood they did it they they fought tooth and now Law Enforcement tracing the fire to a yucaipa park saturday morning as smoke generating pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal even tried to suppress the fire immediately however it was over a 100 degrees. It was 9 humidity. You see the brush around us is critically dry so the fire rapidly spread even though it was an accident the first lift that device could now face criminal and financial penalties. And that was Lauren Lister reporting for us tonight the woman best known for popularizing these gender reveal parties has a message for the world. Please stop blogger agenda. Carbonite us took to facebook saying in part stop having these stupid parties for the love of god stop burning things down and no quote this isnt the first time a gender reveal party is lead to catastrophe just this april a gender reveal party in florida. Also led to a 10 acre brush fire. Further up the state crews continue to battle the creek fire burning near Fresno County that started friday evening and tonight. Its burned more than 78,000 acres and is still at 0 containment. The blaze moved so quickly over the weekend. It trapped more than 200 people in Madera CountyNational Guard helicopters were brought in to airlift them to safety. Evacuation orders have been extended through several mountain communities in fresno and Madera County officials havent been able to determine how many homes were damaged or destroyed. But thousands are still in the fires path. You got to go now lets go now dont have time to cure your go. Well dramatic newly released body. Cam video shows a Police Officer desperately trying to evacuate people in the lnu complex fire in vacaville. The video shows the officer going door to door urging the homeowners to hurry up. The body cam captures the officer loading up a bag and homeowners vehicle and then hustling on to the next home in all the lnu lightning complex of forced some 15,000 people out of their homes. And tonight more than 2 million acres have burned in the state setting a new record as dozens of wildfires continue to grow despite the excessive heat all weekend long firefighters made more progress in the fires burning here in the bay area, the. Lnu lightning complex in the north bay is currently at 91 containment with more than 375,000 acres burned. The s c u complex burning up and the east and the south bay that is up to 94 containment with nearly 397,000 acres burned the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties or up to 80 containment with more than 86,000 acres burned and the woodward fire thats a point raze National Cease shore in marine county. Thats now 95 contained tonight. It has burned more than 4800 acres and were learning that fire crews will be stationed a point raised to monitor any fire activity for the woodward fire due to weather conditions there. Look at this the smoke from nearby wildfires covering yosemite yesterday dont try to just or screen. Believe it or not there is no filter on these images have really but it wasnt just use some of the poor air quality was seen here around the bay area, especially in concord we want to bring in lawrence for when we can see the air quality improved lawrence yeah, guys you know its interesting i was looking at some of those you 70 photos they look like old and slams photos from way back when but. They are actually real and that was real time, but you can see out this evening, the and the poor air quality even into San Francisco parts of mill valley rich men in oakland and very bad you get the san ramon and limb or getting a little bit better now in the concord but its so wafting about thats the way smoke does of these are very small particles are blown around in the atmosphere and again tomorrow, the winds will switch direction. I think everybodys going to support quality tomorrow, and of course that means even along the coastline get those offshore winds and you can see some of ugly pollutants in your neighborhood. All right lets talk about these temperatures they were amazing today record breaking heat of a 112 in livermore 111 in napa on santa rosa 110 degrees richman a 107 one o 7 in redwood city can feel checking in at a 106 we were done there more records in oakland downtown 96 degrees, San FranciscoInternational Board 97 and a record of a 112 in gilroy it was blazing hot all around the bay area the second day of record breaking heat, you can see places like even now the a 107 degrees hayward 103 degrees there to bottle a 112 91 in San Francisco actually cool down from triple digits in the San Francisco today and that trend is going to take us into the next couple days out there right now you see a little smoke out there on the horizon some of that looking off the coastline. We may see couple patches of fall later a look at the change in the temperatures now along the coastline got a very comfortable 59 degrees in half moon bay, but it is still 90 degrees over 30 miles inland in the live more 86 in san jose 75 in hayward out 73 degrees in oakland 86 in napa look at save a little boys a little bit of kick. The mom are there still a 103 degrees and hot. But it looks like this heat wave is winding down not coming to an end necessarily weve still got another hot day for tomorrow. Still some triple digit heat inland. I think by tomorrow afternoon inside the base to find a lot of 90s 70s out near the coast. Reaching tired. And then gunfire a deadly shooting in the area of an illegal sideshow in San Francisco. Still ahead, we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. A sideshow in San Francisco leaves one person dead and 2 others injured it happened just after midnight this morning in the excelsior district as kron fours Maureen Kelly reports for us tonight police are still looking for the shooter or shooters behind this deadly violence. The sound of squealing tires could be heard in this video shot by a witness stuck in the gridlock is a sideshow took over the intersection of mission and persia streets. Just after midnight shots rang out one man who did not want to show his face describes the chaos are searching for now this is a trend taking turns from the south. Eventually by im is into it. You get like 20 shots or everybody took off people on a muni bus. Were told by their driver to hit the deck as bullets whiz by i went to my party was like lane did this on my part. And again set to stomach started to go up in the head one man was fatally shot 2 others transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The witness who stopped to watch the display of the sideshow was left shaken their you know is im not gonna lie. This is my first side show to be very close to north this its pretty scary. At least one weapon was left on the street as investigators sifted through the Evidence Police say they were actually responding to a report of another sideshow a few blocks away at paris and russia streets. When they came across the shooting victims. Today both intersections were left blackened with tire tracks. Police say there has not yet been an arrest in this case. And they do not have a suspect description to release at this point. Were still waiting for the medical examiner to release the identity of the man killed. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Tonight wikileaks founder Julian Assange is extradition trial has begun in london and new charges have been filed against him assange is defense team lost its bid to have the court adjourned until january so that it could consider 18 new allegations which include recruiting a teenager to hack. The court also refused to sign his request for the new charges to be dropped. Assange is wanted in the u. S. Over publication of thousands of classified documents he spent nearly 7 years in Ecuadors Embassy in london to avoid extradition todays hearing was cut short due to technical problems the proceedings are expected to resume tomorrow. And coming up President Trump and the democratic candidate joe biden hit the campaign trail today with the la so youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. 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President trump he stated washington, the focus today jobs and the economy. At the height of the pandemic back in april the country lost more than 20 million jobs today, President Trump touted a stronger economy under his administration well joe biden said it wasnt enough. Weve added. A record setting 10. 6 million jobs since may wanna stock market is doing great. Everything ok sir you have everybody else who can climbers. Now the candidates battle out who will bring about a better economy millions of Americans Still have trouble making ends meet and are in desperate need of benefits. Tonight, congress and the white house are at a standstill over the next round of stimulus funding. President trump also defended his record on coronavirus as Jeremy Diamond reports. Trump is accusing bidens a vp pick Kamala Harris of going against science on a possible coronavirus vaccine. Today President Trump seizing on senator Kamala Harriss vaccine comments calling on harris and joe biden to apologize biden n. Theres very liberal running mate should immediately apologize for the reckless antivaccine rhetoric. Talking right now it undermines. Science but trump is mischaracterizing harriss answer when asked if she would trust the vaccine touted by trump. I will say that i would not trust donald trump, i would trust sort of public Health Experts and scientists but not Donald Trump Trump who has repeatedly undermined public Health Experts and pressure Government Agencies to russia vaccine. Insisting harris is playing politics. Shes talking about disparaging a vaccine. So that people dont think the achievement was a great achievement even as he continues to suggest without any evidence that a vaccine could be ready by election day were going to a vaccine very soon maybe even before a very special day, you know what talking about trump is also still defending himself from an atlantic magazine bombshell. Insisting he never referred to Fallen Service members as suckers and losers and touting a new denial by a former aide that was very happy to seize excellent as came out in size happy to see that jack came out and said its not true that just came out. Its a disgrace who would say a thing like that only an animal would say a thing like that flint a saying in a statement he quote did not hear potus call anyone losers when he told trump he could not fly to a world war one ceremony because of weather but point is also suggesting trump may have made similar comments another time saying sources may be quote conflating stories even as trump insisted he would never disparage the military he attacked the military brass, im not saying the military is in love with made the soldiers are. The top people in the pentagon probably arent because they want to do nothing but fight war so that all of those Wonderful Companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make Everything Else stay happy trump taking questions today after delivering charged political attacks on the front steps of the White House Biden says stupid person you know that falsely claiming the u. S. Is leading the world in suppressing the coronavirus were hopefully rounding the final turn. And the pandemic we are. An absolute leader in every way. That was Jeremy Diamond reporting for us tonight, many schools across the country are preparing to reopen without the funding they need to do so safely. President trump and democratic negotiators are deadlocked on a plan to help them and the president says hes taking the high road by refusing to sit down with house. Speaker nancy pelosi or Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer on the topic. In oregon, a supporters of President Trump held the cruise rally today, the caravan was dubbed oregon 4 trump. It was held in oregon city about 23 miles south of portland. A similar rally on august 29th led to the killing of Aaron Danielson a supporter of the president the suspected shooter. Michael forest of rand was later killed when officers tried to arrest him this pro trump rally comes as protests portland. Mark 100 consecutive days of demonstrations after the killing of george floyd by minneapolis police. Now lets take a live look outside at downtown San Francisco. The eye that is probably my favorite shop. View full you know, and its still pretty warm out there a lot of folks came in from outlying areas to where the Ferry Building you know because it was somewhat cooler but. I knew lawrence is 8990 degrees. Cooler know i guess severe and a 112 right every that some of those temperatures that theyre doing with that overnight lows thats been one of the big problems stay very warm even at night the low dropping off in the 60s even the mid 70s. You still see some smoke out there. From the berkeley can hear some of the smoke there on the horizon more of that to come now the winds begin to switch directions. Tonight, well see more of that on the way going to be interesting we had a little bit of a sea breeze along the coastline, the temperatures actually cool right along the immediate coast, pretty comfortable out there up toward the beaches then overnight tonight look at that as we head toward 4 oclock in the morning, you see a couple of patches of fog try to reform along the coastline and youre thinking all weve got a great cool day around the bay area. Then the offshore winds kicking in here you go clouds go away the fog is long gone and weve got a lot of sunshine coming your way again. It is going to be hot in parts of the bay area now along the coastline will bring those temperatures down a little bit but soon be toasting in the 80s in San Francisco again about 86 downtown 82 in the marine about 80 in the sunset 84 degrees in daly city about 92 in al gore not have to get a good downslope wind 91 millbrae 92 degrees in burlingame as you move further south you can see lot of 90s again odd inside the bay. And then we Start Talking about numbers getting close to triple digits new may hit that in morgan hill 100 degrees 97 and saratoga 97 degrees in sunnyvale 98 in santa clara 98 in milpitas the triple digits know youre not going to that 112 degree heat tomorrow, but still 100 of 4 so day after day of the heat really kind of where new down in the tri valley in the east 102 in dublin, 94 degrees and hayward tomorrow should be about 95 in san leandro 100 in morocco, 104 in walnut creek, one 04. In concord 97 degrees and hercules so certainly these temperatures a little bit cooler, but it still its pretty smoking hot spots around the bay area to you cant get around it. Numbers along the coastline, maybe some downslope winds about 93 that sends a beach in those winds will be the big factor tomorrow fire danger go to running high the hot temperatures the record heat now weve got some gusty wind red flag warnings are posted through wednesday. And then looks like well start to finally cool things down after tomorrow, the temperatures running below average that would be nice as we head in toward friday. All right. The flu season will overlap with the ongoing covid pandemic this year why he for your help tonight, doctors and nurses around the country are preparing for a fight against flu season and covid at the same time medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen explains why getting a flu shot this year is more important than ever for keeping you and your loved ones as healthy as possible. Last no regrets no body likes getting a shot, but this year its more important than because this year were going to have not just flu. But also covid19 i am worried. I do think the fall in the winter of 2020 in 2021 of the probably one of the most difficult times that weve experienced and the american Public Health. This year, theres not one not 2, but 3 reasons to get yourself a flu shot number one it will decrease the chances that youll get the flu or if you do get the flu, youll get a milder case. Number 2 you wont spread the flu to other people. Number 3 you wont end up taking up a hospital bed that someone else like a covid patient would need. And if you get sick getting the right diagnosis could be tough. We will be able to distinguish immediately between whether somebody has flu or whether somebody has covid. Flu vaccine manufacturers have ramped up production making 10s of millions more doses than last season and there are 2 new flu vaccines designed to protect older people who are especially vulnerable to the virus that this child right and this is right and 4 children the Trump Administration last month authorize pharmacists to administer the flu shot to children ages 3 and older hopefully this upcoming flu season will end up being relatively tame in the Southern Hemisphere where flu season is now ending theyve had a pretty easy season. Many of the physical distancing in Public Health and social measures that have been put in place which keep keeps people apart. May have actually played a role in reducing circulation of influenza. Even if that happens in the northern hemisphere, though its still a good idea to get a flu shot to keep you and those around you as healthy as possible. That was Elizabeth Cohen reporting for us tonight now in addition to getting the flu shot for the fall and winter. The cdc says it will be critical could to continue Wearing Masks washing your hands often and practicing social distancing. Next in sports. The giants looking to take 3 out of 4 from the arizo great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Take a look at this a long line of cars were seen trying to get into Stinson Beach today. This despite many peaches in the bay area being close to avoid large crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic in fact ocean beach parking lots had to be closed over the weekend after a burning man celebration saturday night. San Francisco Mayor london breed celebrations like these puts the progress the city has made curbing the spread of coronavirus at risk. And look at this crowds were seen at lake tahoe, this labor day probably trying to beat the record he seen all over the bay area. Large parties and busy beaches are normal during Labor Day Weekend as you know, but during this pandemic its a cause for concern as nick watt reports for us tonight top Health Experts are worried that large crowds combined with students returning to school could lead to his disastrous fall and winter. Is this the spark for another surge for this for this. Well find out in a few weeks things have stabilized things are much better, but we have seen as you mention spikes after a long weekend in part due to memorial day crowds celebrating the start of summer new case count soared from around 20,000 today, mid may to over 70,000 a little more than a month later and labor day. Were starting from a much higher baseline. I dont think it will take much to really bring us back up to 70,000. New cases a day. This weekend of course also marks the unofficial start of phase when people will be moving more indoors when infection risk rises and. People are exhausted thats another challenge trying to keep up our vigilance at a time when we know that this can spread more aggressively. Its also back to school time college is now in every single state dealing with outbreaks, 11 northeastern students just kickbacks in the entire semester without refunds after allegedly gathering in a hotel room. Keep them at the university in a place thats sequestered enough from the other students that dont have them go home because they could be spreading in their home state. 29 states right now seeing 5 in more tests coming back positive. A bad sign. Past few days west, virginia and north dakota seeing record infection rates missouri in puerto rico seeing record death tolls meanwhile as we near election day the president says weve turned the corner were going to a vaccine very soon maybe even before a very special day, you know what talking about i think the likelihood that were going to have a vaccine. For widespread use in 2020 is extremely low at least 3 potential vaccine producers rivals reportedly now preparing a joint statement that they will not seek government approval. Until they know for sure the vaccine is safe and effective this according to the wall street journal the fact were seeing the pharmaceutical companies sir protecting the u. S. Population from. From the government is something ive never seen before. That was nick watt reporting for Us Health Officials are most concerned about the imminent flu season. And the number of new daily covid19 cases in america in fact we went into the Labor Day Weekend with 40,000 new cases every school day. And heres a look at the latest covid19 numbers tonight global cases surpassed 27 million. In the United States there are more than the 6. 3 million cases california continues to lead the country in cases of more than 741,000 cases and in the bay area theyre close to 89,000 cases and close to 1200 deaths. And this just in to the kron 4 news room fresno fire has just confirmed one fatality in the creek fire. Were also learning tonight the due to heavy smoke helicopter crews cannot land to rescue more than 50 people. That are at 3 different locations there including china pekin like addison the creek fire has burned more than 78,000 acres, it is at 0 containment tonights. In sports from the team t fiber sports desk. The giants wrapping up a fourgame set over Arizona Diamondbacks early in todays game alex dickerson. Falling one off his knee olds going to be tough to look at. He left the game right after that xrays good news coming back negative diagnosis just as a knee contusion. Now go to the bottom of the 6th time one bases loaded for darin ruf and he smacks one up the middle for bay said bringing home 2 runs and just like that giants go up to take the lead. They would go on to beat the dbacks 4 to 2 the final score. Giants taking 3 of the 4. In this said against the Arizona Diamondbacks will host the Seattle Mariners tomorrow. Meanwhile, the 49 ers set to begin their season. This coming sunday at home against the Arizona Cardinals and one of the greatest strengths of the team that was a question mark. Coming into last season is running back. The niners will employ someone of a threeheaded monster in the backfield with the stirred Tevin Coleman and Jerick Mckinnon who is finally healthy after injuries sidelined him for the last 2 seasons. Most are was the breakout star last year rushing for more than 200 yards and 4 tds against the packers. In the nfc title game. The former undrafted free agent says this season is all about the group. No matter who goes out there on the field, you know youre on youre going get their best foot. And theyre going to theyre going to perform on the way its supposed to and then that some eyes in the room, we dont necessarily care who whos in on what player, you know what scheme. I just know that it comes down to an end you put the ball down your you do one of 3 or 4, 5, running backs that are in a room. You dont get the best out of him. And some news out of sin city this monday the las vegas. Raiders announcing today that they are placing mark quarterback. Marcus mary autumn on the injured reserve list, he said the missed the first 3 weeks of the season because of a pack strain mariota signed a 2 years 17. 6 Million Dollar deal with the raiders back in march. Quarterback deshaun causer was signed to the practice squad earlier today to replace variada raiders set to hit the road in their Season Opener in charlotte, taking on the Carolina Panthers on sunday. Lets talk some hopes right now finally the nba playoffs celtics raptors game 5 in the bubble. And disney world kemba walker said he knew to be more aggressive after taking only 9 shots in the game 4 loss. Well, we look definitely looked like he stepped up that step back 3 pointer. Had 21 points for. He shot 15 times former cal star jalen brown at 27. The celtics up 27 at halftime they go out to blow out. The raptors one 11 to 89. The series now 3 games to 2 and the clippers just beat the nuggets one 13 to one 07. The final score they now go up 2 games to one and that series will have the highlights coming up later in sports sanaas vicki back to you. Jonathan thank you for that next on kron 4 news at 8 a man was able to shed a 3rd of his body weight during the pandemic he it was just a get together with friends. No big deal. Everybody felt fine. But now im super sick. Everyone is sick. I just wish we had been more careful. It would have been easier than this. So wear a mask. Do what you can outside. Stay six feet apart. Because some things you just cant take back. Do your part to lower the risk. During the pandemic many people have taken up new hobbies maybe learn a new skill or even started eating healthier and working out more that is exactly what one and vermont man did in fact during his quarantine has lost more than 110 pounds that is ambitions lauren grenada caught up with him to see just how he did it. 8 months ago, walter chestnutt would have driven 100 feet to get his tail. Today he walks. When it became apparent that that this virus was going to be everywhere or the sight of what really got to do something ive been wanting to for a long time before the covid19 pandemic hit walter weighed 342 pounds. Today, hes 110 pounds lighter i started with you know restricting calories to 1800. When the gyms close up on an elliptical machine in some ways ive been doing 50 minutes a day of cardio going from a size 2 x al to immediately if you want to get in shape and you want to be healthy. There is nothing stopping you. But it hasnt all been a breeze there were days where i would do everything right and the scale walter says persistence is key things are happening within you youre building up your metabolism and your building up muscle tone, patience is something this personal trainer says many lack while pursuing their Health Schools results still coming everybody wants to know that quick fix for the kill you she helping its a slow process of hard work. A slow process that for walter has been able to get him off of Blood Pressure medication. But he says hes gained so much more. Just really falling in love with life again. Or you go walter what a great story. That was lauren grenada reporting for us tonight, a test and also says he has never felt better in his entire life he looks pretty good too. He does lawrence i think his loss is my gain, put it on says this all started you know we do have the red flag warnings up around the bay area that continues now until wednesday around the mountain peaks above a 1000 feet going to see some very strong gusty winds developing there overnight tonight and the next couple of days so be prepared things are going to how across the mountain peaks out there right now you get some hazy conditions, no fog to speak of though we may see a couple patches of fog along the coastline tomorrow morning beautiful shot over San Francisco, you see the Golden Gate Bridge there in the distance temperatures for overnight lows. These are pretty darned warm 71 degrees for a low tonight in conquer 68 in livermore 66 in mount view and san jose and 65 degrees for a low in San Francisco, the highs tomorrow, well certainly be a little bit cooler, especially along the coastline. So these numbers hot inland, a 104 degrees in kaka 104 in la mora 104 in antioch get the idea so one more day of some serious heat that we start to cool things down much cooler weather expected. And less fire danger as we get toward the latter part of the week guys. Is hot now that wraps up kron 4 news at 8 primetime news continues at the top of the hour record setting heat wave is not going away just yet tonight. Pg and e will start Public Safety shut off in the north bay well have details at night. And heat not helping crews battling wildfires up and down the state how a gender reveal party, a smart one of the blazes thats forcing thousands to evacuate. Those stories and much more minutes away on kron 4 news at 9. Local news station. And we have breaking news tonight at 9 thousands of pg and e customers are in the dark right now due to power shutoffs pg e says were alerted the power shutoffs began a at this hour in parts of the bay area. Good evening. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im Sanaz Tahernia and for grant lotus tonight. Pg e says theyre shutting off power due to hot windy weather and dry conditions. This is a list of the areas that are impacted by tonights shut offs pg estimated that 5,000 to 28 customers in napa county are impacted. Over in Sonoma County pg e says if they go forward with the shut offs in santa rosa. The estimate 15,000 customers would be