At least there is some near the coast. It will be a tough day for some. List cloud cover and temperatures jumping up. 70s through 90s. One more hot day. Over to sal. See if theres anything new. Anything there . Nothing new. We are still okay. I like what i see. Slow Traffic Building at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is not a major deal. It is the normal commute we see. We dont see a line in oakland. A couple of earlier accidents that cleared to the shoulder quickly and didnt cause slow traffic. It looks like my 280 teacher is down. Lets go back to the headlines. We managed to get through yesterday without the planned Power Outages, but theres the possibility today that it will happen. Another day of tripledigit temperatures and we are being told to prepare for those rolling blackouts. Reporter the California Independent system operator said 3 Million People could lose power yesterday. That didnt end up happening, but there is a chance it could happen today. Cal iso said rolling Power Outages werent necessary because of conservation efforts and slightly cooler temperatures. With another hot day forecasted, it people to conserve, we could end up losing power. Cal iso directs pge and other to power when demand outpaces supply. This avoids putting to much strain on the electric grid. The bay area was spared yesterday, rolling blackouts were initiated friday and saturday. Governor newsom spoke against the Service Interruptions during his mondays news conference. He said an emergency proclamation to free up energy capacity. Large nrc can use backup to relieve pressure on the grid. We failed to predict and plan the shortages. That is unacceptable. The governor, i am accountable. I will ultimately take responsibility and have taken responsibility to immediately address this issue. We will move forward to make sure this doesnt happen again. Reporter a flex alert is in affected a and tomorrow. Cal iso asks people to voluntarily conserve energy. That will take pressure off the energy grid and avoid potential rolling blackouts. Pge sent an alert asking customers to conserve energy until thursday singing the blackouts could happen until then. Pge outage map shows several customers across the bay area without power right now. It is important to note those are unrelated to the rolling power ou big wildfires caused by lightning. The hennessey fire east of st. Helena is threatening to hundred homes. There are mandatory evacuations. You are looking at new video. Cal fire said the hennessey fire started yesterday morning. It has burned more than 3 1 2 square miles. It is 0 contained. Last night, a mandatory Evacuation Order was issued for 20 homes in the hills above rutherford. We are preparing so when the fire comes down the hill, if it does, that we are ready to protect these houses and the fire jumping across this side of the road. 200 other homeowners in the same area are warned be ready to evacuate at any moment as the hennessey fire keeps burning out of control. Theres another fire burning in napa county caused by lightning. It is the gamble fire near lake berryessa. It has burned 600 acres. It is also 0 contained. Stay right here with us. We will have complete coverage of those fires in napa county. A wildfire sparked by lightning that began sunday near milpitas is burning out of control this morning. Cal fire said the marsh fire has burned more than 2 1 2 square miles. 0 contained. No homes have been lost and Evacuation Orders have been lifted, but the fire has forced the closure of two large parks in the area. Containment also remains a 0 in the battle against the deer zone fire. Those are a series of fires that have burned more than two square miles of the brentwood area. Cal fire said the fires have not destroyed any homes, but they have forced the evacuation of about a dozen people. 17 rising stars in the Democratic Party are going to speak at the Democratic National convention. We are going to hear from jill biden and former president bill clinton. The first night of the Virtual Convention featured passionate please for change. Reporter democrats rolled out a virtual highly produced two hour special. Abnormal first night of the national nominating convention. Former First Lady Michelle Obama anchored the first night, providing a searing rebuke of President Trump. 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. Reporter the first night same way the people featured speakers from across the political spectrum. To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and who may have voted for donald trump in the last election, the future of our democracy is at stake. Joe biden is a man for our times. Times that call for all of us to take off our partisan hats and put our nation first for ourselves and of course for our children. Reporter the messages did not include policy details, focusing on bidens empathy and criticizing President Trumps handling of major issues. Stay with us for Convention Coverage through thursday. Live updates starting at 4 00 and uninterrupted coverage at 7 00. Next week we will have similar coverage of the Republican National convention. While the democrats are holding their national convention, President Trump is making Campaign Stops in battleground states. Yesterday in wisconsin, he spoke at a rally and told supporters democrats want to raise taxes on everybody. In 78 days, we are going to stop the radical left. We are going to win the state of wisconsin, and we are going to win four more years. After that, we will go for another four years because, we should get a redo of four years. The 22nd amendment does not allow anyone to be elected to the office of president more than twice. Today, President Trump goes to iowa. He will see the Hurricane Force wind damage from a week ago. Then he goes to arizona where he will be speaking about immigration and border security. Today marks 100 years since american women were given the right to vote. The Women Suffrage Movement was a decades long fight, on august 18, 1920, tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment. It was the last state needed to get a two thirds majority. The federal government certified the amendments adoption on august 26 which is known as womens equality day. Lets talk about the weather. Everyone looking for a break from the heat. A few days of it now. How much longer . 24 hours. It looks like a break tomorrow. Maybe not the break you want, but it looks a little cooler according to the information that i look at. The cloud cover will not be as extensive today. There is a lot of smoke in the sky. Cloud cover to the south is falling apart. A few clouds around but the bulk are northward toward Sonoma County and Mendocino County. It will be mostly sunny. The fire conditions are not going to be very favorable today. No thunderstorms. We dont have to worry about the lightning. Around 1400 v, 78 degrees at hennessy road. High today of 106. The wind is slightly offshore. It is not strong. The direction is noticeably northnortheast. These will make it tough today. Hopefully by tomorrow we will have better news. 50s for a few. Bodega bay. Napa, 68. The city went from 61 to 63. Dont have to go far to find 70s. There is no onshore breeze. By franklin, 54. 68. 64, sacramento. Temperatures will bump up. It will be a day where temperatures are in the 100s again. Hurricane genevieve up to category 4. Wind 130 miles per hour. Once it starts to hit colder water and fall apart, tropical clouds may pay a visit. Something to watch for on sunday into monday. If the parameters came together, we could see another round of thunderstorms. It doesnt look as hot sunday and monday as it has been. More sun today. 70s through 90s. After today it looks like some relief is on the way into wednesday. More toward the end of the week. San francisco family still mourning the shooting death of a little boy killed on the fourth of july. I am begging and pleading for somebody to reach out and help us, please. Help jason. The large reward being offered to find who killed jace young. Its back to students across the bay area. What is being done to help with Distance Learning. The World Health Organization has released a new study that is far different than its earlier research involving who is spreading the coronavirus. Its latest study found people without symptoms can be just as dangerous as those with symptoms and the viruses spread by young people who often dont even know they are infected. The new study comes two months after the World Health Organization stated the spread of coronavirus from asymptomatic people is very rare. The Santa Cruz County board of supervisors will consider closing beaches on Labor Day Weekend because of the pandemic. The county has made major strides curbing the spread of the coronavirus. It was just removed from the state Office Monitoring list. If the county remains off that list for 14 days which is through august 28, certain businesses and facilities may be allowed to reopen such as schools, churches, gyms, and here nail salons. The white house logged by a federal judges order in an attempt to rollback Health Care Protections for transgender people. The Trump Administration policy was supposed to begin today. It would only protect male and female genders from discrimination in health care coverage. The judge indicated this regulation went against a Supreme Court ruling back in june. The discrimination protection to lgbtq employees. A former chief of the staff at the department of Homeland Security says President Trump tried to use the department for his own political purposes including trying to cut off fema funding for wildfire victims in california. He told us to stop giving money to people whose houses burned down from a wildfire because he was so raged that people in the state of california didnt support him and politically it wasnt a that statement by miles taylor is part of a new ad produced by Republican Voters against trump. Fema did not cut off the aid to california and over the past five years, the agency has providedin california. Classes begin for students at sonoma state university. The majority will be online this semester, but the Chancellors Office has approved several exceptions for inperson instruction including labs, clinical, and residency experiences. A limited number are living on campus into the university has designated apartments for quarantine if a student tests positive for covid19. The west Contra Costa School District is postponing till next week because of the potential of rolling Power Outages. Today is day two of instruction at both west Contra Costa County and berkeley schools. The building sits empty because the students are at home for online learning. Certain hours are devoted for students to connect with teachers if they need more attention. If we can get students in earlier, we want to bring students who have higher needs, they may not be as successful in Distance Learning world. West contra costa said when it is safe, it will be small groups back to campus to form learning hubs. They will work with teachers, education needs, and childcare staff. San franciscoses are deali unprecedented situation. San francisco and South San Francisco beginning fall semesters with distance instruction. The district said they learned from the spring which was the start of the pandemic, and so right now the top priority is finding time for students to interact with teachers and classmates. We need to engage. We need you taking part. We are taking attendance, but we are making sure we have activities that will keep you engaged. The San FranciscoSchool District has more than 50,000 students to make sure all students have online access, the district has made more than 23,000 Devices Available to students who need them. This is a second week of classes at oakland schools. Efforts are increasing to make sure students have access to computers. Hundreds of students and their families lined up at three schools to get chromebook laptops, which they get to keep. The mayor was out there as well. While this is part of the oakland undivided campaign to make sure every student gets a computer and has Internet Access at home. We are anticipating there may be weeks drawn on two months and more families that may be in need. Continuing Fundraising Efforts to make sure we are able to provide these resources to students. The campaign has raised more than 13 million with most of the donations coming from local tech leaders. We put together a School Survival guide on our ktvu. Com. The list of resources include each district plan for onsite and distance instruction and also free educational videos. Go to a, click the schools tab at the top of ktvu. Com. Under normal times, went back to school starts, the roads get busy and the traffic patterns change. These days, with people at home and online learning, we arent seeing that. As a matter of fact, right now, we see a little slow traffic in the northbay, 37, as you head west out of the alejo area. The rest of Contra Costa County and Sonoma County looking good. When you get to the bay bridge theres a little backup at the toll plaza. Nothing too major. The rest of the freeways look pretty good. A little more sunshine today. Still high clouds but not nearly the coverage we had yesterday. A lot has pushed northward. Not expecting a shower. A lot is up toward Mendocino County in northern Sonoma County is where the bulk of this is. To the south, there will be partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. It looks warmer here as we get more sun. Napa county fires, it is very warm. In the upper 70s looking for a high of 106. The wind is not strong but favoring a northerly direction. Hopefully it will stay below 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tough day for firefighters. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. A few 50s along the coast. Santa rosa yesterday, 91 up to 102. After today, it looks better. 78, 61 in the city. If you think the days are starting sooner and ending sooner, they are. Sunset, 7 58. We have gone rapidly getting dark much sooner. 90s, 100s. Some relief r hints we will se temperatures coming down a little bit. Cannabis sales are booming during the pandemic. How some cities potshots are benefiting from people working at home. A fun way to dine out. The reason these bubbles at a restaurant could soon be popped. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. 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. If you walk into a bar and they are playing southern rock, youve got to sit for a spell. Its going to be a good time for you. Thank you for the request. Send me a song, facebook, twitter, instagram and use hashtag ktvu. In the dollars and cents, bay area tech giant appears to be the latest company to by the american operations of tiktok. Oracle chairman is talking to venturecapital firms about partnering up to make a bid. Microsoft is another interested in buying tiktok operations valued at 20 billion and 50 billion. Gap has announced that is permanently closing its flagship store. This comes after they closed two other stores in San Francisco. That leaves the chestnut st. Location is the only gap store in business in the hometown of San Francisco. The pandemic has added to the recent financial problems which has led to the stores closures. Mothers are being forced to decide between working or taking care of children according to the chronicle. Mothers with Young Children have scaledback work hours more than fathers between march and april. In a survey by cleo, a parent in 1 to 3 families chose to leave the workforce or dropdown in time. 70 of those cases, it was the mother. The San Francisco restaurant with dining bubbles has been told they have to remove those domes. The department of Public Health said the bubbles do not allow for proper airflow. The citys guidelines for Outdoor Dining during the pandemic states the outdoor structures need to be open on the sides to allow for airflow. Evacuation orders in affect. Wildfires broke yesterday. We will take a look at the fight under way to save homes and businesses. The governors calling for an investigation into the threat of rolling blackouts. What is behind the possible power shutoffs. Lets take you live to the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. There is the moment. Home depot reported Sales Top Estimates as people to time to complete projects around the house during this pandemic. Its stock has nearly doubled in value since march. We will continue to monitor those stocks along with other business and tech news in todays dollars and cents. Good morning to you. I am claudine wong. Im dave clark. You are not afraid of a heat wave, are you . I wouldnt say afraid. I wouldnt say a fan. I have a lot of fans going but not a fan of the heat wave. Steve, i ran outside. The sky has a beautiful color. The air is still like you have been talking about. Not much of a breeze. Maybe tomorrow. There are signs we could get some relief. More sun today. The cloud cover we had yesterday has pushed northward. Clouds dragging across eras from marin county north. Those to the south have thinned out. We could get good buildups but there will be more sun. Firefighters will have a tough time. 78, hennessy road south. 106 for a high. Theres a northerly breeze. It is not strong but it is a northerly breeze. Tough day. Maybe help tomorrow as temperatures come down a little bit. 63 to 73. 63 in the city. A few high clouds continue to filter in. A very warm to hot day. Fire danger. 70s, 80s, and 90s. Over to sal. Something you want to get to . We have slow traffic that we normally have out there. I see slowing approaching the bay bridge. 80 and 580 look good. Slowing of the toll plaza. Northbound and southbound 880 still look good. Lets get back to the headlines. Firefighters in napa county still battling two big wildfires caused by lightning. One of them, the hennessey fire east of st. Helena just exploded in size. There were mandatory evacuations. Reporter both of these fires sparked by lightning yesterday in napa county. They both continue to burn this morning. The hennessey fire and the gamble fire. The hennessey fire is the one that is threatening homes. Last night, mandatory Evacuation Order was issued for 20 homes along Hennessy Ridge road. The neighborhood impacted is near highway 128. Residents and another 200 homes in the area have been warned to collect their belongings and be ready to evacuate and leave at a moments notice. Lightning started the fire yesterday morning and the weather continued to interrupt the firefight throughout the day because of storm clouds overhead. Cal fire had to pause eardrops. As of right now, if theres a Lightning Strike in the area, the aircraft have to be grounded for a certain amount of time. It is house. We protected the property the best we could. We are as ready as we can be. Reporter the other tampa county fire is the gamble fire. It is burning near lake berryessa. It has burned 600 acres. The gamble fire is 0 contained. There is no lightning expected today, but the weather conditions are expecting to be challenging for firefighters because of the extreme heat with temperatures topping around 100 degrees. Another update from cal fire on their overnight efforts to fight these two fires sometime in the next half hour. Evacuation orders in affect for butte county because of a fire northeast of oroville. Its called the potters fire. This has burned more than 1000 acres. 0 contained. It started yesterday. It is the biggest of at least 26 lightning fires burning in butte county. There is no word of major damage. In ventura county, a wildfire has been more than 1500 acres. It is burning in unincorporated parts west of santa clarita. It started yesterday and people in the area are being warned, be ready in case they have to evacuate. According to firefighters, it spread from a vehicle that caught fire near a patch of brush. Governor newsom is demanding an investigation into the stays rolling Power Outages. Let me make this crystal clear, we failed to predict and plan these shortages, and that is unacceptable. He wondered why three separate agencies, cal iso, cpuc, and Energy Commission seem to be caught off guard and failed to handle the energy capacity. He said the Service Interruptions are unacceptable, especially during a pandemic when people are supposed to stay home. The agency that runs californias power grid said there are several reasons rolling blackouts have been needed and may require even more planned Power Outages. Cal iso said the extreme heat has meant a bigger than normal demand for air conditioning, and high temperatures have lasted for several days. The grid operator says there are fewer sources of power available than just 10 years ago. We have told regulators over and over that imports were drying up and the more imports should be contracted for. That was rebuffed. Investigation into market manipulation and all of the other reasons why there is an artificially control created shortage just like there was during the last deregulation crisis. A Consumer Advocacy Group says californians were promised a more Efficient Energy grid 20 years ago after the last big power crisis. At that time, the grid handled more power than it does now without blackouts necessary. When one of the worst heat waves in california history, hundreds of thousands of californians have lost power at some point. Most have heard the warnings, there may be more power blackouts in the coming days. Some pge customers say instead of the short blackouts they were warned about, they have lost their lights and air conditioning for days. That is what causes frustration. They are not honest at all. It took them more than three days to say what was going on. San jose mayor said part of the problem is Poor Condition of pges equipment. They should be held accountable for not living up to its responsibilities. Pge says it is hard to meet the high demand for energy after lightning, it badly damaged power lines and power stations. Pge is asking all of us to conserve energy, however possible, and brace yourself for more our judges. Tonight is the second night of the Democratic National convention. 17 of its rising stars will give the keynote address. Among them is stacey abrams, the first africanamerican woman to be a major nominee for governor. The lineup of speakers includes joe biden and former president bill clinton as well as alexander an thai company does. We will have live update starting at 4 00 and uninterrupted coverage at 7 00. Next week we will have similar coverage of the republican convention. President trump says he is going to issue an pardon today for susan b. Anthony who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws that only permitted men to vote. The president made the announcement this morning at an event at the white house signing a proclamation of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. 100,000 reward is being offered by San Francisco police in the search for the killer of sixyearold jace young. He was a little boy shot and killed on the fourth of july while watching fireworks during a Birthday Party in the bayview. We have more on that. My name is jace young and im six years old. Reporter this is video of him on the day he graduated from kindergarten. Mom said he was looking forward to first grade. His heartbroken parents told me monday wouldve beens first day of school. He would haves and sitting in front of his computer navigating Distance Learning. He was so excited. He loved school. Reporter the little boys life was stolen on the night of july 4. He was less than a mile from his home. He was watching fireworks at a Birthday Party when he was shot in the chest by a stray bullet. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. No one has been arrested. I am begging and pleading for somebody to reach out and help us, please. Reporter police are offering a 100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. The lead homicide investigator said people seen on Surveillance Video were wearing dark clothing, and thats the only Description Police gave. We have gotten numerous Surveillance Video footage that we are in the process of reviewing and have been reviewing to help us in trying to track down these individuals. The pandemic is helping one industry in marin county. The city of san rafael said taxable sales from the five Recreational Marijuana delivery businesses were up 24 . They took in nearly 141,000 for sales during april and may and june. Delivery services said customers are buying more than they did last year. San rafael has named Marijuana Delivery Service as essential so they never had to shut down during the pandemic. Everybody wants to know about todays weather. That is why we go to steve. Smoking hot. One more hot day then it does look like there will be a delta breeze. A little cooling. That is what the forecast projections are showing. There will still be high clouds dragging across. Not as bad as yesterday when i set up off a line of thunderstorms. There will still be some. Partly cloudy skies. The fires will be tough today. Not expecting thunderstorm activity. It would be very isolated. Going for a high of 106. Theres a northerly breeze. It is not strong but favoring northnortheast. That is not good news. At least it doesnt look like thunderstorm activity. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. A little more sun. There will be high clouds. It will be hot again. Some areas benefited from cloud cover yesterday and it will rocket backup. It looks cooler on the coast. We are trying. Its a slow process. This is a strong High Pressure system. Hurricane genevieve went to category 4. Some of the moisture might play into it when it moves into cold water sunday into monday. 70s through 90s and back into the 100s for many. We will have to keep an eye to the sky for the clouds. San Jose Police Department will be front and center at this mornings city council meeting. Some of the proposed changes for the police. The threat of rising sea levels. Not just a big deal for People Living near the coast. People in land could see their homes damaged. New curriculums for schools in the cal state system. Coming up, thousands of undergrads will have to do before they can graduate. You can have the Morning Headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. Go to ktvu. Com email and sign up for the daily service. Superfast internet. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. And now flex also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. The San Jose City council is going to consider several reforms to the police department. Right now, complaints about Police Misconduct are handled by the departments internal affairs office. The mayor has proposed having a other points include having a policy on when video shot by police are body cams is released to the public and making changes to the department manuals including what age minors can be placed in handcuffs and banning rubber bullets. Police are investigating an officerinvolved shooting that have been near a car dealership. It happened early yesterday, outside of the infinity car dealership located on tully road. Two burglary suspects tried to run over a police officer. The officer opened fire at the vehicle. No one was hurt and the suspects were taken into custody. Happening today. A coronavirus test site opens in oaklands chinatown. It will offer testing, information, guidance and support in 12 asian languages. Tests are available to everyone. Payment and insurance not required and you will not be asked about your immigration status. Health care and Manufacturing Industries predicts shortages of personal protective equipment and medical supplies could last for years. California Hospital Association expects coronavirus related ppe supplies shortages through 2022. The shortages will include hospital gowns, thermometers, and special beds. The cdc said Coronavirus Infections in kids are on the rise. The data shows children make up only 7 of all virus infections in the u. S. Only making up 22 of the nations population. The cdc said while children are less likely to develop a severe illness, they are still at risk. Newly sworn officers in San FranciscoPolice Departments most recent Academy Class our in quarantine and that is because they tested positive for covid19. The academy is closed while the infected week recruits self quarantine. Officials say they learned members of the 269th class tested positive for the coronavirus. It was one day after they had been sworn in. They didnt say how many, but said Staff Members also have tested positive. Dr. Fauci, the nation best known Infectious Disease expert will take part in a virtual event. Dr. Fauci is the keynote speaker in the online event which starts at 11 00 a. M. Hes the lead member the White House Coronavirus task force. A recent poll by nbc news said 51 trust dr. Fauci. 29 say they dont. 100 trust everything sal says about the traffic. Have you taken care of the folks this morning . We have slowing. I definitely see slow traffic out there for sure. Lets go to the bay bridge. The normal morning slow down that appears generally between 6 00 and 8 00. Sometimes it lasts longer targets there earlier. Thats about the average. Interstate 880, that traffic has been looking good with no major issues driving through the area. We also checked Contra Costa County. Slow traffic this morning on highway 4. Thats a typical backup coming over the hill, 680 looks good for martinez, concord into walnut creek. 24 looks all right. The new pandemic commute not as severe as it was before march. Lets bring steve in for the weather. It does look a little cooler for some. Another hot date inland. Some signs of relief tomorrow if everything comes in as advertised. Hazy skies. I dont see fog at the golden gate. Higher clouds. Maybe tomorrow. It would be very shallow but maybe tomorrow. You can see the higher clouds. The bulk yesterday were over the peninsula, San Francisco, marin county. It will still go to the north. Not expecting widespread thunderstorm activity like we had yesterday. It will be a hot day. 78 at 1400 feet hennessy road south. High today from st. Helena, 106. Temperatures will continue to be really hot. Theres a northerly breeze. It is not strong. That will add to the tough firefighting condition. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. Sfo, 61. Heat advisories out. Still high fire danger day. Cloud cover to the south could filter in. The bulk is to the north. There are signs the delta breeze will pick up after today. 70s and 80s and 90s. Some relief on wednesday. We will continue that into the weekend. An old idea comes back again in santa clara city hall. Coming up. Dusting off an old way to collect money from people who want to make payments while social distancing. Michelle obama, the former first lady, gave a passionate speech during the first night of the Democratic National convention. We will tell you about her message and why something she was wearing went viral. The changes to the Ellen Degeneres show after allegations of racism and bullying in the workplace. Reinventing. Its what Small Businesses do. With comcast business, your Small Business can work faster, with powerful internet from the nations largest gigspeed network. Work safer, with all your connected devices automatically protected by securityedge. And work anywhere, with comcast business at home, our new businessgrade Internet Solution for remote workers. Whatever your business needs, comcast business has the solutions to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. Call or go online to find out more. , it is going to be hot. Olivia, a nice song. Thank you for the song. Go ahead and send us a request on facebook, twitter or inagram. Use the hashtag ktvu. Drug it is now 655 a. M. Research showing rising sea levels may cause flooding because of groundwater and also flooding at the coast. Berkeley researchers found that in the bay area, more than twice as much land could blood from ground water. As the sea level rises, water moves inland pushing groundwater up until it reaches the surface. That could threaten basements, foundations and roads. Two, four bait area members of conference will hold news conferences at post offices drawing attention to the current political controversy over the Postal Service. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congress Members will all make appearances at post offices in their districts. Nancy pelosi want house members to come back to capitol hill to deal with the concerns about the future of the Postal Service. Democrats say present trump is trying to sabotage the election accusing his administration to making cuts to the Postal Service that will cause delays in getting mail and balance to voters in time for the election. Democratic senators also want Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell to call back the senate into session to deal with this issue as well. Families of victims and survivors of the Golden State Killer will begin three days of victim impact statements in the courtroom. Ahead of Joseph Dangelos sensing this friday. He is guilty of several crimes blamed on the Golden State Killer and the east area. He has agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of murder and 13 counts of kidnapping with robberies. In exchange, prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty. Federal prosecutors want a judge in boston to accept plea deals for actress Lori Laughlin and her husband. Each would serve time in jail for paying bribes to get their daughters admitted into usc as crew team recruits even though neither were involved in the sport. If they are plea deals are accepted, Lori Laughlin would serve two months in prison. They are due to be sentence on friday. Three of the Top Producers of tvs ellen degenerate show have been fired. After an investigation by warner bros. Ellen degeneres wrote the news during a Video Conference call yesterday. According to variety, she was very emotional. She told her staff she was not perfect and that she realized some leaders at the show sometimes were not as sensitive to human beings as they should have been. This came after several former employees complained about intimidation, racism and mistreatment at that show. Federal prosecutors in new york have charged two men in connection with the murder of Jam Master Jay of run dmc. A murder that happened almost 30 years ago. The hiphop pioneer was shot and killed in his queens music studio in 2002. Ronald washington and carl jordan junior have been indicted. If convicted, the each could get 20 years to life in prison. It will be another day of scorching triple digit pictures and parts of the bay area and that means again, the positive ability of rolling blackouts. Many people could lose power today and what you can do to try to avoid it. Also the bay area heatwave is feeling two major wildfires burning in the north bank. The latest on containment efforts and evacuations. Also democrats rolled out a two hour virtual convection. We will look back at how it went and look ahead to whats happening today. It is 7 00. Good morning. Welcome to tuesday, august 18. Lets go to steve, hes talking about things Getting Better for us gradually. A little bit tomorrow. But today, it will be another hot one. I think you are right, thursday and friday should be better. We dont have as many high clouds but those have pushed off toward the north and partly sunny and partly cloudy skies but enough son to recover some areas that were cool yesterday. Tough firefighting conditions with a high of