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Moraga at 56 to 63 livermore. Breeze out at concord gusting to 29. Fairfield due west at 23. South wind napa airport, also santa rosa cooler direction this time of year so look for low pressure to win out over the high today, 60s, 70s and 80s. Antioch still, sal . Yes. The accident is at buchanan road at balboa court, we have a reporter on the scene who will have a live report from that scene and we will get more information as the authorities are releasing it. Thats coming up very shortly. Right now im going to go to the bay bridge and im going to show you that traffic is backed up here as you come up to the pay gates. There have been no major issues. 880 traffic is still moving along very nicely but getting more crowded all over the place. San mateo and time yesterday. Hopefully it hold out. Silicon valley commute is looking good and again we will have a little more from the antioch deadly crash coming up in just a few ght here. 6 02. Lets go back to the desk. The wait will continue for homeowners in sausalito, frustrated about a big landslide that still has not been cleaned up. Ktvus Cristina Rendon is along Crescent Road in sausalito. You have the latest on the problem and whats happening out there. Reporter good morning to you, dave. If you look at the debris behind us, no time has passed since february here along crescent avenue. That debris pile still blocking the entire road as well as hitting over some homes, we understand. Now, people are growing frustrated over the fact that the cleanup process may not start until midseptember at the earliest. The city of sausalito is now restarting the big that specifi during the bid process and proposal periods were noires th opportunitbusinesses whenever possible. And at this weeks City Council Meeting a City Engineer says sausalito missed that requirement and recommended the Council Reject bids from seven Construction Companies so that they dont jeopardize receiving federal funds. Without taking these steps, any fema funds received by the city would be at risk or being demanded back for noncompliance with fema procurement requirements. And we have to wait another 30 days before it can be approved, which is pushing us back into the rainy season. Oh, dear. Reporter that woman is susan gordon. She lost her home in the february slide. She was actually inside her home and was trapped for about an hour before rescue crews could get to her and she told the council this is really becoming a headache. She is trying to find a time line on when she can get back into her home, when that for an days the delays will continue because that 30 day window is when they have to put out a new request for biand the concern here terms of starting the construction process, it will ultimately get closer to the rainy season. Thats something they really dont want. The city understands this. They are trying to do the best they can and working as fast as they can but they have to follow all of these requirements. Live in sausalito, Cristina Rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. We are also following the latest developments in antioch where one person has died in a crash. An suv slammed into a tree on buchanan road just after 1 00 this morning. Thats what sal was just talking about. Now ktvus Elissa Harrington just arrived on the scene where, elissa, theres a heavy police presence. Reporter there is and i got a chance to speak with one investigator. I asked him if he could give us Additional Details and he told me that the District Attorneys Office would be providing some information a little bit later on today. I want to show you that part of buchanan road is blocked off. This is an active scene. There are police right there by that suv that crashed. You can see it is still on scene and there is debris littering the street. Crime scene technicians with the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office are here, they are processing the scene. East county today shot video from earlier. I want to show you that. These are the moments shortly after that Early Morning crash that happened just after 1 00 a. M. First responders were seen breaking windows. They used the jaws of life to try and free the driver. It appears that car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it slammed into a tree. The vehicle caught fire, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. They have not identified who that person is. Now, buchanan road, again, is closed to traffic at contra loma boulevard during this investigation. Police are expected to release a little bit more information later on this morning. Live in antioch, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Send ck. A crowd in greenville, North Carolina chanted, send her back. This as President Trump continued his attack on minnesota congresswoman ilan omar during a campaign rally. Omar is one of the four democratic congresswomen of color the president referred to in a recent tweet saying they should go back to where they came from. Omar came to the u. S. From somalia as a child and became a u. S. Citizen when she was 17. The other three were born here in the u. S. They dont love our country. I think in some cases they hate our country. And they are so angry. I think the president is doing enormous damage, however, to this whole country. We are being torn apart. The president also claimed victory as the house voted to table a third effort by Texas Democrat al green to file articles of impeachment. The house voted yesterday to hold attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross in criminal contempt of congress for their refusal to hand over documents related to the 2020 census. A bay area couple is due in a San Francisco courtroom today accused of killing the wifes father and then dismembering his body. Stephanie chang and Douglas Lomas are charged with murdering 73yearold Benedict Chang on may 20th and then stuffing body parts into a refrigerator. Investigators say later that day the couple fled to china, taking their two children with them. But they were arrested in beijing, taken to a Virginia Detention Center and then were extradited to San Francisco. The man charged with killing nia wilson and seriously injuring her sister at the macarthur b. A. R. T. Station will stand trial on murder and attempted murder charges. An Alameda County judge ruled john cowell is mentally competent to stand trial and can help in his own defense. He has a history of Mental Illness including psychotic and schizophrenic episodes. Three doctors examined him. The murder charge with a special circumstance of lying in wait make him eligible for life in prison without parole or the news to wilsons parents. The ultimate is death but we might not get that but we will be happy with life without parole, you know, and thats it. Throw away the key and let him go on his miserable life. Cowells next scheduled Court Appearance is august 2nd when he is expected to enter pleas to the charges. Later today the uc board of regents will wrap up their meetings in San Francisco. Yesterday the board heard from auditors about problems in the admissions process and the audit found holes in the system that could lead to fraud. The weaknesses include how the university monitors donations and also verified claims made on applications. Uc conducted that audit. It was a response to the nationwide College Admissions scandal. Ucla and uc berkeley are among the schools named in that forward with plans to build additional housing at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard despite ongoing contamination concerns. The examiner reports a City Commission approved two developments on tuesday. One design involved 68 market rate and nine below market rate units. The other project calls for 112 affordable units. 500 homes have already been built or under construction at the shipyard but several homeowners have filed a lawsuit claiming they were misled about the levels of radioactive contamination and other toxic materials. Time 6 09. A 19year legal battle over lead paint that began in Santa Clara County has now ended with a settlement of 305 million. Sherwinwilliams, conagra settled to help pay for cleanup programs. Most of the settlement money will pay for removing lead paint in older homes. That money going to be divided based on the number of homes with lead paint in each city and county. Sticker shock in san franci we will tell you how much the project is expected to cost and the reaction from the citys board of supervisor. In japan, dozens are dead this morning after what police are calling an arson attack in japan. We will have the very latest on this from overnight. Trying to get into San Francisco right now, the bay bridge doesnt look too bad here. Theres a little bit of slowing in the main lanes here, the carpool lanes, obviously better. We will give you an update on the morning commute straight ahead. And pretty good fog bank out there but more of an onshore wind versus the last couple of days, so it will be cooler. We will take a look at those temps coming up. Coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. 6 13. New this morning from the persian gulf, iran reportedly seized a foreign oil tanker accusing the crew of smuggling thousands of gallons of fuel. Now, 12 foreign crew members were on board that tanker but iran so far has not said where the crew is from. The tanker was seized as tensions are growing between the United States and iran. Just a couple of days ago an oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates disappeared in iran. U. S. Believes that vessels was seized by iran. Japanese authorities now report 33 people are dead after a fire ripped through an Animation Studio in japan. Authorities say a man broke into the kyoto anatouted, you d set the fire. More than 20 other people were hurt. Many of them are in critical or serious condition. At least 70 people were inside that building when the suspect sprayed an unknown liquid, then set it on fire. Survivors say the man did not work at the studio. The suspected arsonist was arrested and now in the hospital with burns. Time 6 14. Happening today the house of representatives in washington expected to vote on a bill that would more than double the federal minimum wage. Right now workers in this country are guaranteed a minimum wage of 7. 25 an hour. Its been the same for 10 years. Supporters say its impossible to live on that amount of money. But under the proposed raise the wage act, it would go up to 15 by the year 2026. Critics say that will hurt businesses. It could force mpies even go ou business. And even if the act passes in the house, the u. S. Senate is not expected to pass it. The californias minimum wage is 12 an hour. Though several cities including San Francisco, cupertino and san jose already have minimum wages at 15 an hour. And ajuly 1st emeryvilles minimum wage became the highest in the country, 16. 30 an hour. The chp is trying to find whoever put an antitourism message on a famous bridge in marin county monterey county, that is. Someone went to the parking lot of the bixby bridge and used gold spray paint to write overtourism is killing big sur. The same person blocked the parking lot entrance with cones. Removing the graffiti will cost the state about 1700. The person responsible could face felony vandalism charges. The same slogan was on a banner that was placed on the side of bridge last week. 6 16. B. A. R. T. s plans to install canopies over escalators along Market Street reportedly now on hold. The project is expected to cost about 91 million. According to the examiner, the board of supervisor are raising questions about that price tag. They want more information. About half of the money will come from a voter approved transportation bond. Drivers who use the Richmond San Rafael binge happy to know that caltrans has finished a major stage of repair work. Crews have finished pouring the concrete for the joint repair project. They have also removed all the plates that have been on the upper deck. The plates were used to keep concrete from falling onto the bridges lower deck, but not all the work is complete. Caltrans says it still needs to finish applying a rubber sealant as well as finish cleanup work. All that work is scheduled for overnight hours when there will still be lane closures and caltrans plans to replace the joints on the lower deck next year. 6 17. On a lighter note, apple is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and at the same time apple is promoting its new peanut series, snoopy in space. Try to blast off, charles. Why cant i have a normal dog . Good question, charlie brown. Charlie brown will be on board with space flight in this new show. It has the Charles Schultz characters on a field trip to a nasa location. Snoopy and woodstock, they are selected for a Space Mission while the rest of the cast staffs mission control. This new show will launch on apple tv in the fall. The Schultz Family sold the rights to create new peanuts content last year. I do love snoopy. I know, i know. 6 17 is the time. Lets cha number of very things, including a fatal accident this morning. Thats right. The fatal crash on buchanan road at balboa court which is right near contra loma boulevard, we are going to have more on that coming what you need to know is buchanan road is shut down near contra loma until further notice. Go to the east shore freeway. I want to mention traffic is going to be slowing down but 22 minutes is much better than it was yesterday when we had trouble at the bay bridge. This morning bay bridge is normal. I want to mention embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station in the east bay direction cannot exit because of flooding at that station. I talked to a b. A. R. T. Dispatcher and she told me the water is coming from the muni tracks up above so this also may be affecting muni service at embarcadero. If you take the trains downtown, just exit montgomery and avoid embarcadero for now. This is a look at interstate 880. That traffic is looking good in front of oakland. San mateo and dumbarton bridge commutes are fine. I do want to mention that the east bay commute is better today than it was yesterday. Likewise for that Silicon Valley commute, driving to sunnyvale, cupertino, mountain view. Right now is a good time to get on the road maybe before something will happen and change this but it looks good right now. Speaking of looking pretty good sal, those days are long over. Looks pretty good for a 6 19 on a thursday. And for 39 years old too. Thank you, sal. We have baseball forecast we will get to first. Both bay area teams red hot. Giants home after sweeping the rockies. The new york mets in town. Nothing you havent seen before but partly sunny, partly cloudy. 6 45, 62 degrees. The as and the twins square off tonight in minneapolis, two of the better American League teams. To say its going to be hot and humid is an understatement. Its already 74 in minneapolis and there are some thunderstorms in the area, but the combination of the temperature and the humidity might make it feel about 105 and it will be even worse tomorrow. There is a heat advisory out for the heat index for the heat for the temperature and the humidity. Not a dome either. It is an outdoor stadium. That is correct. William tweety is back here in vallejo. A cool 59 with light wind at 84 humidity but 84 humidity when its 57 or 59 is much better than when its 74. 50s on the temps, although bodega bay says im down to 51 there. 55 novato. Penngrove at 52. But the onshore wind is in place to the delta. Big change from the last couple of days where youre sliding back below average to near average after three days in a row where most locations were above and temperatures will start to be on the cool to mild to nice side. Out of the 90s, 80s for some through the interior. 70s, 80s around the bay and san jose and 60s on the coast. Low clouds making a good push here and also local drizzle around the bay this morning but overall its the cool air aloft and the ridge of High Pressure losing its grip. 50s and 60s on your temps. Berkley 57. The water temp still cold,52 to 54. Gusting to 30, impressive onshore wind for them. 60 to ukiah to 63 in sacramento. Look for a cooler pattern to take us into friday. Rebound on the weekend but some of the hot from the last couple of days, low to mid90s is being replaced with more 80s and not much change really on60 tomorrow will day, looks like, according to the forecast models, more 60s, 70s with a few soft, soft 80s. 60s, 70s and low to mid80s today for some but out of those 90s for many as temperatures co few days. They will level off and start a climbup on the weekend, pam. Thank you, steve. We have some breaking news to tell you about. Not far from that deadly accident we have been covering, there was a fire now in antioch. You can see, we are taking you live to the scene of the response. Elissa harrington there. This is at d street and drake street in antioch. Again, we can see the firefighters there on scene. Not far from that deadly accident and more on that when we come back. Also new words in berkeley to reflect the new reality. 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With over 6,000 Hotels Across the country, a great hotel by wyndham is closer than you think. Book direct at wyndhamhotels. Com. Welcome back to mornings on 2. There are growing security concerns about that face app that lets you manipulate pictures to show what you might look like when you age. Senate majority Chuck Schumer is calling on the fbi and federal trade commission to conduct a National Security and privacy investigation. Thats after it was discovered the developer is based in st. Petersburg, russia. When you upload your photo, you grant face app a perpetual, irrevocable license to use your content. It could mean nothing or could mean they are using it for ads inside the application. It could mean that they are putting your face on a Bulletin Board in russia to advertise a spa. It could mean anything. Face app ceo says most images are deleted from their servers within 48 hours and 99 of users dont actually log in so facebook app doesnt have identifying information. He also said the company does not share user data with third parties. Uber says it has fixed a Technical Glitch that led to some customers being overcharged by thousands of dollars for a single ride. Now the issues surfaced yesterday when riders across the country noticed they were overcharged by a misplaced decimal point. A trip that should have cost 13 resulted in a 13,000 charge. Some people ordering mail deliveries through uber eat apps were also overcharged. They did not disclose how many people affected by the glitch but says their fares will be corrected, though they may temporarily see an inaccurate total on their credit card. The massive hummus recall to tell you about this morning. Houston based pita pal is recalling dips because of possible listeria concerns. The bacteria was found at one of the manufacturing facilities. The Company Makes hummus under its own brand along with others including seven select, which is sold at 7eleven stores. If you have any of the recalled hummus, return it or throw it o the recalled links. 6 27 is crash this morning in antioch. We are on the scene with the newest information coming up in just minutes. Also a florida town is taking a unique approach to drive homeless out of a popular park. First we want to take you up to sonoma. A Beautiful Day to hit sonoma square. Steve says its about 58 degrees but its going to warm up to about 83 to 84. We will have a lot of nice restaurants there. Youre watching mornings on 2. You. And mom also gets aoss shoppibacktoschool bag . Thats yes for less. Ross has the brands you want for back to school. And it feels even better when you find them for less. At ross. Yes for less. Ill never be benched, subbed, or picked last. Because ill be a little busy. Leave the bench warming to your tennis bag. Join net generation. Leave the bench warming to your tennis bag. And you score the you knperfect outfit . At ross ooooohhhh game on now, thats yes for less. 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We have a cooler day on tap from temperatures that have couple of days, but first the gast the new york 62 is what we are going with. Mix of some theres always sun there, low clouds. I would dress on the warm side. Onshore breeze in place and that has already kicked in for many areas out towards the delta, over san pablo bay, even out to davis. It was hot for some yesterday. Ukiah, also today cooler, santa rosa 87 to 81. The city down six, livermore from 92 to 84 and san jose down five from 85 to 80. Low clouds around, more than what this satellite image is showing us as the system deepens and the high backs off. 50s, 60s on the temps. I dont think they are going to change too much more on the peninsula. Mid50s, upper 50s to low 60s, but mainly in the 50s. Stanford at 56, foster city and san mateo at 57. Stronger gusts out of concord, buchanan and fairfield. Napa airport and santa rosa, a cooler direction. Thats the way its looking right now so the hot is being replaced warm. Temperatures coming down about five, 10 degrees for some. So cooler forecast will take us into friday. 60s, 70s and 80s now through the interior. B. A. R. T. , antioch, where do you want to start . Start with b. A. R. T. Because b. A. R. T. Has water problems at the embarcadero station here. B. A. R. T. Was saying that they cannot take the b. A. R. T. Station eastbound at embarcadero and they just tweeted a little bit a little while ago that they may be letting people off. B. A. R. T. Tweeted this video of the water coming onto the tracks in the east bay direction from muni it they just twtra time. I would recommdont take maps. Fifth and market is a good area for you to avoid if please, because Police Activity in the tenderloin where there was a crash. The traffic is going to be a little slow and some of the muni buses and trains are not driving through the area because of this Police Activity. The five to six and the 31 in both directions are affected. You may want to think about giving yourself extra time if you take the buses, westbound bay bridge, 25 minute delay before you make it onto the span if youre using cash. 880 traffic looks good. The east bay commute is not so bad right now. Hayward to union city, some slowing and Silicon Valley drive is still okay. 6 33. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. We are following two developing stories in antioch right now. One is an Early Morning house fire near the intersection of d street and drake street. We take you there live right now. You can see what is left of that part of the home. This fire was called in just before 6 00 this morning. Again, we are out there live working to get more information for you, possibly on how this fire started that you can see firefighters on the scene. We will bring you updates on that fire as soon as we get that. Not too far from that fire, another developing story. A deadly overnight crash in antioch. An suv slammed right into a tree on buchanan road just after 1 00 a. M. Ktvus Elissa Harrington is out there on buchanan road with the latest information. Elissa. Reporter good morning. I want to show you what we are seeing this morning. The suv is still there and it appears it hit this tree at a high rate of speed. Debris all over the ground, broken glass. A group of investigators meeting going over what they know. We also see crime scene technicians out here with cameras, Police Taking pictures, the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office also joining the investigation. What we know is that this crash happened just after 1 00 a. M. On buchanan road. East county today shot video of the moments shortly after the driver. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle also caught fire. Now, this morning buchanan road is closed to traffic at contra loma boulevard because of the investigation. Police are expected to release some more information later this morning and say that more details will likely come from the District Attorneys Office. So we dont know what led to this crash but another thing we are seeing is a lot of evidence markers along the road. So again trying to determine what exactly led to this crash. No names have been released. Live in antioch, Elissa Harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. The Berkeley City Council is eliminating gender specific words from its municipal code and replacing them with gender neutral terms. Now, dozens of words will change. Some examples include manpower becomes human effort. Chairman changes to chairperson. Fraternal becomes social. And craftsmen is now artisans. Starting next month under the new ordinance a manhole will now be called a maintenance hole. The Berkley City Council passed the ordinance unanimously. Another change will be fraternities and sororities will be referred to as collegiate greek system residences. But the changes dont speak to everyone. I think they have gone too far. Like the reason why they are gender separated because they actually are gender separated, fraternities are male, sororities are female. Sounds like they want to include everybody including trans and the entire Lgbtq Community that gets left out. Its not only timely but necessary to make sure that our laws really speak for everyone. The existing berkeley muniswitch from he and she to they when referring to individuals. And theres more to come. All forms generated by the city of berkeley will eventually have a space for people filling it out to designate which pronoun they prefer. Our time now 6 37. Two window washers in San Francisco very lucky to be alive after being rescued 10 stories up from the side of the Millennium Tower building. The Fire Department tweeted this video from the tower there at 301 mission street. The window washers are way up there. They were stuck for four hours, but in the end no one was hurt. A group of homeowners in sausalito will have to wait longer before the city clears a landslide that dates back to february. City leaders now say the cleanup may not start until mid september at the earliest. Sausalito has to restart the bidding process for debris removal after learning that specific fema requirements during the bid process and proposal periods were not met. Fema requires that opportunities are made available to award contracts to minority and women owned businesses whenever possible. 6 38. After three decades in law enforcement, san mateos long time police chief will retire at the end of the year. Susan manheimer has been police chief for the last nine years. Yesterday she announced her retirement. Chief manheimer before that san tenderloin. San mateo police say chief manheimer ushered in an era of modernization and improved community policing. The city will now launch a nationwide search for a new police chief and that may take several months. Union city will move forward with plans to close one of its four fire stations. The city council decided to shut down station number 30 near the city border with fremont. Council members say that will save the city 3. 2 million a year. Union city has been dealing with a 3 1 2 Million Dollars budget deficit. The station wont be closed until the city works out a backup situation with Alameda County Fire Department. Police in the east bay trying to locate two stolen puppies hoping to reunite them with their owner. Investigators say two border collies were stolen from their owner at point pinole regional park. These puppies are working dogs. Again heres a photo. If you have any information about where they are or who may police. A new state report shows californias 12 oldest prisons need Major Repairs or need to be replaced completely. Those prisons include san quentin which was built in 1852. The 12 prisons house about one third of the entire inmate population in california. The consultants who conducted the study say all 12 have exceeded their expected useful life. They add it will cost more than 760 million to replace the vacaville medical facility which was built in 1955. The state has been sued several times for poor Living Conditions by prisoners and their advocates. Our time is now 6 39. And happening today the acting secretary of homeland security, kevin mcaleenan, he will testify on capitol hill about how migrants are treated at Detention Centers. The secretary will answer questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the trump administrations family separation policy. At least six Migrant Children have died in federal Detention Centers since december. Back here at ant who was th over to i. C. E. Jose Armando Escobar escobar lopez was arrested during a traffic stop. The sanctuary law bans police from cooperating with i. C. E. Unless that person is suspected of a serious crime. According to the San Francisco chronicleesque barr lopez did not have a criminal record but had a 2017 deportation order. The referral to i. C. E. Has led the city to review Police Policies and also reexpected to be released today related to the investigation of President Trumps former personal lawyer michael cohen. Prosecutors say the investigation into Campaign Finance violations is now over. Co plguilty to tax evasion and lying to congress. Later today a federal judge will decide whether or not Jeffrey Epstein can go free on bail while he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking young girls. Epsteins attorney is pushing for house arrest saying that hes willing to pay 100 million in bail to avoid sitting in jail until trial. Prosecutors say hes a flight risk. If convicted, epstein could spend the rest of his life in prison. Our time is now 6 41. Still ahead, improving safety along the smart train in the north bay. We will tell you about changes that will be made after several deadly incidents on the tracks. Police jump into action when a van burst into flames. The split decision they had to make once they realized the man they were trying to rescue was not a willing s coming up in t hour of mornings on 2. Good morning, allie. Good morning. Coming up in our next hour, 50 years ago Neil Armstrong became a rolemodel for children everywhere when he was the first person to walk on the moon, kids wanted to grow up to become astronauts but now American Kids would rather grow up to be Something Else instead. What that new soughtafter profession is now. As california grapples with its growing homeless population, one group claims there is a new threat linked to that crisis. Coming up in the 8 00 hour of mornings on 2, why some critics are blaming local leaders for that Public Health emergency. We will be right back. You got your homework . Yeah. Yeah . Hey, give me a kiss. Announcer whats the role of a car company . [ kisses ] announcer to take your kids to and from school . Dont forget your science project. Announcer we think it can be something bigger. Everybody take your seats. Announcer this summer, volkswagen is supporting americas teachers. Announcer visit your vw dealer to learn how you can join in. Announcer now durin volkswagen drive bigger event, get a 1,000 purchase bonus on 2019 jetta, tiguan, and welcome back to mornings on 2. Our time 6 45. San jose Police Released these photos and video of two Police Officers rescuing a man from inside of a burning van. The man did not want to be saved. The man who lives in that van parked on foxworthy avenue, was spotted last week by police. The van was on fire. The police eventually pulled him out of that burning van and they believe he was suffering a Mental Health crisis. He refused to get out. We saw smoke and by the time we were processing that, it was flames, by the time we were processing that, it was a rescue. Everyone that we deal with, with Mental Health issues is different. So sometimes reasoning with them works and sometimes it doesnt. And we try to do what we can to get them the help that they deserve. Those Police Officers pulled a man out just before the van exploded. It was loaded with propane, spray paint and fuel cans. The hair of the man was singed. He also suffered burns on his arm. San francisco has pulled a controversial measure to impose a new tax on startups filing to go public. It was known as the ipo tax measure. Under the initial proposal the tax would have been placed on the November Ballot to nearly quadruple the tax on corporations for stock based compensation to 1 1 2 . Some Business Owners oppose the measure saying that it would drive startups out of the city. Supervisor gordon mar says he plans to put a similar but more comprehensive measure on the ballot next year. We do have a moral obligation to create a more economically just city. San francisco has the highest income gap in the nation, the highest housing costs in the nation and the highest concentration of billionaires anywhere in the world. Supervisor mar says he plans to make adjustments to the ballot measure that require a simple majority to pass rather than a 2 3 majority. Our time is 6 47. The state Supreme Court ruled california has to use a 331 million settlement to help homeowners. The money was californias share of a 2012 settlement with five companies that foreclosed on homeowners during the last recession. Some of the settlement money was supposed to be used towards consumer education. Hot lines to help foreclosed homeowners and also for legal aid. The state finance department used the money to pay off state housing bonds and debts that were owed by state agencies dealing with housing. Governor newsom says hes disappointed by the ruling but the state will comply with that court order. Theres a dangerous heatwave making its way across the country. Ktvus Lauren Blanchard has details about the weather and whats being done to keep people safe. An oppressive heatwave impacting 2 3 of the u. S. It is too hot. The weather is just getting warmed up with temperatures expected to reach Dangerous Levels over the coming days. Roughly 100 heat records are predicted to be shattered through friday and another hundred by saturday. A highpressure system stretching from coast to coast is to blame for the scorching heat. Look for cool places to be. Make sure you stay hydrated. Make sure you dont overexercise. People die from heat extreme weather could be especially dangerous for children, the elderly and people with chronic illnesses. So make sure you check on your neighbors. And humans arent the only ones affected by the dog days of summer. Your pets can also get sick in the heat. Watch out for like extreme lethargy, you know, if they are kind of panting excessively. Drinking lots of water is especially important. Experts say once you feel thirsty, youre already dehydrated. Lauren blanchard, fox 2. Time is 6 49. Beachgoers in georgia, they saved a group of beached whales, almost 50 of them, pilot whales swam into shallow waters along a resort community on georgias southeastern coast. Six of the whales stayed on shore. The beachgoers were out there pushing them back into the ocean. Two of the whales died but the rest safely returned to the waters. City officials in west palm beach, florida are using that popular kid song baby shark as detergent, trying to keep Homeless People from sleeping on the patio of the city owned banquet hall so city leaders are blasting baby shark and mini tacos on repeat through the night hoping Homeless People will leave the area to try to get some peace and quiet. I know our producer aaron will probably go running. That would make people run. I dont mind. I dont get sick of songs. I think its funny. But i guess if it was playing yeah, if it was playing outside my bedroom window all night, i would probably our time is 6 50. Sal is back and youve got very, very serious stuff to talk about on our morning commute. Thats right. We have a lot going on so we are guessing to get right to it. If youre taking b. A. R. T. , now b. A. R. T. Is stopping again at the embarcadero station both directions but muni upstairs has a flooding issue. You know how the two stations are essentially on top of each other. Upstairs immunes trains are not stopping at embarcadero because of some sort of a danger problem. Fifth and market a good place to avoid. A lot of buses are rerouted because of an accident about a block away. Thats where they have blocked the traffic. Bay bridge is backed up for a 20 to 25 minute delay before you make it in. East bay commute seems okay. I want to mention eastbound 80th, the richmond offramp, you cant get off the freeway because of a truck that flipped over. As we look at the peninsula and Silicon Valley commutes, those commutes are starting off okay, slowing as thank you, sir. After a couple of hot days inland, 90s, we will see a cooler pattern today, first, though, the giants are back in town and take on the new york mets tonight and i would expect some mild temperatures in the 60s, low clouds will probably be around, also a westerly breeze this evening. 6 45 p. M. The as are in minneapolis to take on the twins, two very good teams in the al but its going to be hot there. Hot and humid. Its already 74, there are some thunderstorms in the area, but theres a heat advisory out for southern minnesota due to the heat index being around 105. It will be even worse tomorrow, could be around 110 combination of the temperature and the humidity. Back home, beautiful morning in martinez, 63 with a slight breeze. Mount diablo, i have seen it a couple of times from the house this morning. Yeah, the low clouds out there but 50s on the temps, i see 61 martinez, close enough. Danville, 59 san ramon. 58 black hawk. 62 by the concord pavilion. So temperatures coming down, cool, mild, nice, out of those 90s for many, 70s to near 80 and 60s on the coast after a couple of days of 70s for a few. Theres a little bit more low cloud deck than what that satellite is slowing. Theres an onshore wind in place, cooler temps, 50s, 60s on the temps and we will see temperatures today, the highs getting kicked out of here. The system deepening to the north will allow this to give us a couple of days of cooler weather, thursday, friday. Friday the coolest day and start to see a little rebound on the weekend. 60s, 70s, now back into the 80s for some as we take a dip from some of those 90s through the interior. It doesnt look like they are coming back anytime soon. A little warmer as we go thank time is 6 53. Dozens of products that may already be in your house, they are putting you and your family in danger every day. And the Consumer Product Safety Commission may already know about it. Coming up in the next hour, we will tell you why the cpsc is blocked from telling you about possible recalls for years. First, though, the effort to teach First Responders spanish in San Francisco. And right now we are going to take you to a live picture. We are in berkeley. We will get to that picture. Its a foggy start to your thursday morning. If you live close to the coast, we are looking out over berkeley. And yowatching mornings on 2 on ktvu fox 2 news. At comcast, we didnt build the nations largest gigspeed network just to make businesses run faster. We built it to help them go beyond. Because beyond risk. Welcome to the neighborhood, guys. There is reward. Beyond work and life. Who else could he be . There is the moment. Beyond technology. There is human ingenuity. Every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. Take your business beyond. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Our time is 6 56. Three women from salinas facing charges accused of stealing lottery tickets in sonothey are the same women behind similar crimes in those cities. Sheriffs deputies say early Tuesday Morning they responded to a report of a suspicious car at the bonos Convenience Store in schellville. The deputies say they saw the women swap out one license plate for a stolen one and then smashed a store window trying to break in. The alarms went off and the women quickly took off. It looks like they have been doing a string of these late night gas station breakins where they have been stealing lottery tickets. The deputies say they tracked down the women, they seized tools and heroin, plus a notebook filled with the addresses of gas stations around california. The three women are from salinas. Investigators say the suspects often go to another city to commit a crime, figuring the police are not familiar with a kitten rescued from an unlikely place in Solano County has a new home this morning and thats thanks to sheriffs deputies. Heres a kitten. It was found during a controlled burn in suisun city along cordelia road. Solano county deputies were there to help firefighters as they burned several acres of dry grass. I saw the other cats with two babies in its mouth going towards the bushes in the back fire area. I heard meowing in the bushes. We both kind of looked at each other and we are like, uhoh. We started breaking down the bushes and listening for the cat and crawling around, trying to find it. The deputies say the kittens are only about two or three weeks old. Look at that face. One of the deputies decided to adopt the kittens and take it home. San francisco firefighters are going back to school. They are learning spanish. The goal is to make sure First Responders can act fast in an emergency. Firefighters have access to Translator Services but really knowing the language can save time during life and death situations. The departments Spanish Speaking Firefighters Organization is sponsoring this program. To have someone who can themselves assess the situation right on the scene thats very specific to their industry, thats what im trying to do. You want to help prepare ourselves to meet the needs of the community. And the goal is to eventually expand the class to a year round program. Am. A Traffic Alert at the embarcadero station in San Francisco really causing a headache for b. A. R. T. Communities and for muni. We are live there to show you this maintenance problem. Enance problem. It is thursday, july 18th. Im alley rasmus. Im dave clark. Dealing with a lot of problems on the roads. You have the latest on whats happening out there sal. Thats right. We have flooding at the bart station now. This is the water coming down to the platform a little while ago. Kristin and a half arrived on the scene. This is a mun first problem. Shes going to explain how this is affecting them in a moment. Lets go to the map. I want show you that a few blocks away at fifth and market. Theres a situation a Traffic Accident in the tenderloin block had