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Rendon. At least six people have died in those wildfires. Local hospitals treating others for injuries as more than 2000 people are now in shelters. The maui county mayor says search and rescue efforts are going to continue for those who are still unaccounted for. Fox william longinus has the latest. Flames engulfed the popular tourist town of lahaina in west maui. Reports indicate the town is completely destroyed. The fire, one of three, sparkedtuesday that quickly spread across the dora. We drove past a couple of small fires on the way down and a lot of downed trees. So a little bit of a disaster zone kind of like something from a movie. A lot of smoke. Fast moving flames forcing residents to scramble to safety. This includes 14 who were rescued by the coast guard after jumping into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. This is not a safe place to be in certain parts of maui. We have shelters that are overrun. We have resources that are being taxed at mauis main hospital, reports several burn patients and others suffering from smoke inhalation. Weve had six fatalities that we were able to confirm, and we are still in a search and rescue mode. Early wednesday, hawaii declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to help. This is maui. Fire crews work on controlling the flames amid high winds and blocked roadways from downed trees and power lines. Power on the island also spotty with some 15,000 in the dark. Thousands of tourists have already been evacuated to oahu and others remain stuck at the airport due to flight changes and hotel closures. In los angeles, william fox news. All right. It is still a desperate situation on the islands to try to bring those fires under control. Lets give you a live look here from the island of maui showing you can see clearly very windy conditions still as those palm trees sway around in the breeze. And you can see, i believe, off in the distance some some of the smoke there from at least one of those wildfires. Again, crews desperately trying to bring those fires under control and they have already caused so much damage and taken a number of lives. They are meteorologist mark tamayo joining us now from the Weather Center. Youre tracking the conditions there near near the island of maui. Are the winds going to let up any time soon . They are trending in that direction, not just yet, alex, but yeah, that is we are expecting an improving forecast later on tonight and into tomorrow. But the key point, the winds are not going to go away. You know, typically maui does pick up some wind and the winds will continue to be a factor even into tomorrow. But typically were talking about red flag of fire warnings here. But you can see all these areas in red out toward the hawaiian islands. We have a red flag warning until 6 00. Hawaiian standard time. So about 9 00 our time. So strong winds around 40 to 50 miles an hour. That is pretty dry. Relative humidity down around 40 as we come in closer. Taking a look here at this one site, closer to closer to portions of that bay there in maui, you can see the wind timeline beginning yesterday. These are the wind gusts of around 62 miles an hour. Yesterday pretty persistent throughout the day today around 40 to 48 miles an hour. And we still have some gusty winds right now. These are some of the current wind reports scattered around the island right now. Winds are on 13 to around 30 miles an hour as the wind is still a factor. We still have the red flag fire warning and a wind advisory for this afternoon. Now, the hurricane, hurricane door even hearing about this system to the south, the category four storm. This is not produced by the winds focused with the hurricane, but its actually linked up with the pattern here. You can see that area of low pressure linked up with the hurricane, an area of High Pressure here that pressure difference sets up the strong wind event. Now theoretically, as the system moves out to the west, those winds should gradually back off. And that is the thinking. Heres one of the forecast model were showing you. The wind forecast in lahaina and still windy for later on tonight and then into tomorrow, we will scale back on those wind speeds. But once again, the winds will not go to zero miles an hour. Were still going to have some gusts maybe around 15 to around 20 miles an hour, but definitely an improvement tomorrow compared to today. A lot more in our forecast coming up in just a little bit. All right, mark, thank you. Senator Dianne Feinstein is back at her home in San Francisco after a brief visit to the hospital. The 90 year old senator fell at home in what her office is calling a minor incident. Our political reporter greg lee is here now with the latest on the long time senators Health Challenges. Greg yeah, alex, christine, a lot of focus has been put on the senators health as of late. She had just returned to the capitol in may after an extended absence. Congress, we should point out, is currently on its august recess. So senator feinstein and other lawmakers are working in their districts and states during this time. What we know about this latest situation is she fell at home yesterday. Her staff says she was briefly admitted to the hospital before being released. A couple hours later, a spokesperson for the Senators Office released this statement. Quote, senator feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home. All of her scans were clear and she returned home. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said he spoke to fine sign and said he was glad shes doing well. Now, as we said, this is the latest Health Setback for senator feinstein. She was hospitalized with shingles in february, which led to a three month absence, including her missing a number of votes when she returned to dc in may, her Office Confirmed she contracted encephalitis as well as recovering from ramsay hunt syndrome. Feinstein is the longest serving senator from california and the longest serving woman senator in history. She announced in february she would not seek reelection in 2024. And we know shes been under a microscope with her health recently. Is also kind of spurred a lot of talks about her age and mental acuity moving forward in politics. Yeah that conversation has certainly been spurred by this and it continues to be spurred by not just senator feinstein. Some pointed to a recent moment with her of confusion during a Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing last month support a yes vote on this. It funds priorities submitted. Yeah, just say okay, just. Hi. Thank you. The senator began making remarks during a roll call vote. Thats when an a jumped in and when Washington State senator patty murray prompted her to just say i. Feinsteins office said the meeting had been chaotic and the senator was, quote, preoccupied. Now a short time later, 81 year old senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell appeared to freeze at a news conference. He was quickly led back to his office. He returned shortly after and his staff said he had experienced some light headedness. Also 80 year old President Biden often fields questions about his fitness and mental acuity as he appears headed for a rematch with 77 year old former President Trump. I spoke to a Public Health professor who focuses his research on aging. He said chronological age is a poor barometer for someones health. The issue of age really should be removed from the equation, compared pletely i understand why. Why there are concerns. There are legitimate questions to ask. And theres no question that risks are higher as you get older. But my goodness, theres so many other very important things to be worried about. Dr. Olshansky also said theres a bit of a dilemma here because of issues of health, privacy and how the public might find out if an elected official suffered from alzheimers or other forms of dementia since that information is between a patient and their doctor, which is another wrinkle in the sort of ongoing discussion about lawmakers health. Right. And greg, obviously, we have reported on some of these calls for senator feinstein to step down because of the Health Challenges before her term is over here. What are lawmakers saying today after we learned about this fall . Yeah, those previous calls coming during that long absence and even within her own party, like local congressman ro khanna, weve also heard it from other progressive members of the house. The focus today has been on the senators recovery and, well being. Now, as for her future, a democratic consultant told me only the senator can say what she will do. Most voters knew she was old and when they voted for her again, but they trusted her experience and what shes done for california. Its very clear shes not in 100. But ultimately its up to her whether shes going to leave or not. You dont have to look at peoples age. You have to look at their capacity to do the job. Now, weve also heard those calls to step down from the other side of the aisle. Two. But again, the senator and her team says she has every intention to remain in this position until her term ends in january 2025. We should also mention that it is a heated race between multiple democrats, three of them fighting her for her seat in 2025. Interesting to see what happens. Well, we know we will keep us posted in in our studio. Greg, thank you. Well, as kids prepare to return to school in the south bay, theres a new effort now underway to get drivers to slow down. The Valley Transit Authority today announced a county Wide Campaign called showdown keep families safe. San jose mayor matt mahan and other vta Board Members gathered near Homestead High School in cupertino for the vta announcement. The Campaign Includes multilingual signs, billboards and other measures with strongly worded reminders to drivers to slow down. This is really about behavior change, whether its changing the built environment or its doing more enforcement or its just educating people at the end of the day, we just need to raise that awareness and get people to realize that every time they get behind the wheel, we make choices. Conscious or unconscious about how safe were going to be. This campaign is similar to san joses vision zero effort to try to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries. But this is happening on a countywide level. School starts tomorrow in the San Jose Unified School district, and a lot of students there will have new backpacks and school supplies. San jose firefighters today distributed new backpacks full of supplies to kids at Washington Elementary School this is the third year firefighters have supported students at the school. All of the backpacks were purchased by san jose firefighters and donated for the giveaway. Each has a firefighter logo on it. The firefighters say the event also inspires Young Children to want to be a firefighter when they grow up. Kids look up to firefighters and i know were role models to them and maybe we can inspire them one day to be a firefighter. Two in their community and help out the community they grew up in. This school year. Firefighters are donating 1000 backpacks to kids in need. In san jose, americans kidnaped in haiti now return home. The nurse and her daughter freed after nearly two weeks in captivity. Plus, President Biden continuing his western tour discussing Clean Energy Efforts as california works toward its zero emission goal visit your local volvo retailer, to experience a volvo fully electric vehicle during the summer safely savings event. Husband confirmed theyre safe release. In a statement, the Christian Organization offers medical care, education and other basic services to people in the countrys poorest areas. The state Department Gave few details, including whether any ransom was paid. We have no greater priority of course, than the safety and security of us citizens overseas. We express our deepest appreciat and us iny partners, the Us Government officials had ordered the departure of nonemergency personnel over security concerns in the country the same un repot , more than 1000 people were kidnaped in haiti between january and june of this year. President biden said investments in green energy are bringing jobs to the west. The president speaking in new mexico at a plant that used to make so low cups, its now manufacturing wind towers. Foxs Lauren Blanchard tells us this visit comes as the white house is trying to break through pessimism among voters on the economy in new mexico at a new wind tower manufacturing facility, President Biden is using a Western State swing to infuse some much needed voter enthusiasm into his climate and environmental agenda. Wednesday day, he talked about the Inflation Reduction Act he signed last year and what it has done for clean energy manufacturing. It moves us away from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies like wind, but it means were going to make things and new technology here in america. The problem for the white house, most americans say theyve heard little or nothing about the massive piece of legislation. According to a washington post, universal marye president to be resonating eith, according to a cnn poll, more than half say the economy is getting worse. As we know, polls dont show everything. Consumer confidence is up and so when you see unemployment is lower than 4, that has been steady for some time. Progressives want the president to go further on the environment and declare a climate emergency. Meanwhile, republicans say the president s policies are hurting the economy after he restricted mining on a million acres of land in arizona on tuesday. Its not going to help america have cheap and readily available energy, and that is the number one thing we need if were going to break this crazy inflation brought to us by joe biden, the last stop on the president s western trip is salt lake city, utah. Hes going to be focused on veteran benefits and the pact act. In washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox news political leaders from california and nevada are once again stressing the need for action due to the effects of climate change. California senator alex padilla. Representative nancy pelosi and nevada governor joe lombardo attended this years lake tahoe summit. It attracts tribal and officials. This is the 27th annual summit, and this year it highlighted lake tahoes future and its environmental improvement program. But i think its important for you to hear some very important points today on behalf of the state of nevada to include the state of california, because this is all about partnership, right . Its about bipartisan partnership. And thats the complete intent of what were trying to achieve to ensure that we maintain tahoe into the future for todays generation and future generations. Thank you. This years keynote address was given by former House Speaker nancy pelosi. She talked about combating the Climate Crisis and efforts to save and preserve lake tahoe, which she calls the jewel of the sierra. Turning now to our bay area weather and a live look toward lafayette this afternoon. You can see traffic heavy in the eastbound direction is always in smooth sailing into oakland. Mark is back with us now in our Weather Center with a look at whats ahead. Hi, mark. Either christina yeah, we get a break from the heat for today. No triple digits, not much in the way of 90s, just some 6070s and 80s. So kind of a comfortable pattern out there for your wednesday. You can see the overall trend. Of course, we started off warm range for todad into tomorrow. Heres a satellite asome moisture linked up to our south. This is linked up with with one Tropical Storm, eugene and already producing some clouds and maybe some showers approaching Southern California as were watching out for this, because this could impact the bay area weather pattern somewhat as we head into, what, thursday and into friday. For us right now, though, we still have the low clouds and fog. In fact, they backed up out toward the west earlier this afternoon. Now theyre making a comeback closer to half moon bay, close for two San Franciscos ocean beach, the Marin Headlands and where the cloud cover is, we have the Cool Temperatures where we have the sunshine. It is warm, but not incredibly hot concord right now is 85. Fremont, 81, san jose checking in 80 and up in the north bay santa rosa and napa, both in the upper 70s. Heres a live camera this afternoon looking out toward the bay bridge out towards San Francisco. And you can still see some low clouds and fog. In fact , ramping up in coverage. Theyre going to push back into the bay as we head into the overnight hours. And thats what the forecast model thinks for your thursday morning. Overnight, temperatures around 52 to 62 degrees and then into the afternoon hours, kind of just like today, the clouds will clear back to near the shoreline, 6070s, warmest locations back up into the mid to upper 80s. But we could also be adding a few high clouds to the mix. Thats the change that could be approaching the bay area and be watching out for some showers and thunderstorms to our south. Will that impact our forecast . Well have more of that with your full update coming up in just a few minutes. Mark thank you. Coming up on the fourth today, its hpv vaccine Awareness Week here in california. And we will be talking live here on the four today with an expert about what this means in the fight against certain types of cancer urge people to get their hpv vaccine. That vaccine targets the human papillomavirus, known to cause several types of cancer , according to the cdc. Eight out of every ten people will contract hpv at some point in their lives, and the risk is costly. 35,000 people develop hpv related cancers each year in the us. For more now on how to prevent hpv related cancers, we are joined by raquel arias, associate director of the American Cancer Society in california. Raquel, thanks for being here this afternoon. You know, we just laid out these grim statistics on cancers caused by hpv. But according to the cdc, hpv vaccines can prevent more than 90 of those cancers when theyre given at recommended ages. When should parents consider getting their children vaccinated . Yes, the American Cancer Society recommends that all children be vaccinated at ages 9 to 12. We do also recommend what we call catch up vaccine for those 13 to 26 that havent completed the series. But the reason that thats so important is, as you said, when give it at the recommended ages of 9 to 12, we can prevent over 90 of cancers caused by hpv. So we want parents to know that vaccinating their children at ages 9 to 12 is the best way to prevent hpv cancers later in life. And lets if we could sort of break down the timing of when somebody gets the vaccine. I want to put a chart up here from the American Cancer Society on the screen. It sort of lays out the progression of the vaccines over time. It shows between the ages of nine and 12. Its considered on time and requires two doses while ages 13 and 14 is considered late. But also still only requires the two doses. And then when you look at someone whos between 15 and 26, you need three shots. Can you talk about the changes in how the vaccine benefits young people when its given at the earlier ages as opposed to when theyre older . Yes sure. So we do want to vaccinate at those earlier ages. Thats when you get the greatest immune response. So were vaccinating well before exposure to get the immune response that we are looking for to protect from cancer or from from the exposure that would happen later in life. And that might lead to hpv cancers. One of six cancers, as you mentioned. Does that mean that if someone is 26 or older, their immune response wouldnt work or respond to the vaccine itself . Yeah, thats a good question. The vaccine is available for those 26 to 45. The cdc recommends something called shared decision making, basically talking to your doctor about that and making that decision. The American Cancer Society, we do not have a recommendation above the age of 26 precisely for what youve mentioned. The Cancer Prevention value goes down very much for adults. Can i ask you about the current climate that we all sort of find ourselves in right now . Were seeing a lot more skepticism when it when it comes to vaccines broadly in this country for a variety of reasons. Are you finding you run up against that when youre trying to get parents to vaccinate their kids against hpv . Yes. Unfortunately we do. Its really unfortunate that any parent would have concerns about this Cancer Prevention vaccine. But i know theres a lot of misinformation out there. So, you know, anytime i come across that, i reassure parents that this vaccine is safe. Theres been over 270 million doses given since its introduction and over 100 studies and everything points to the safety of the vaccine, which is, of course, continuously monitored. So anyone, of course, with questions or concerns can talk to their doctor that doctor will be able to provide reassurance on the safety of the vaccine and help parents feel good about taking this important step to protect their kids. Rick, before we let you go, since it is hpv vaccine Awareness Week, w watchs and hadnt even considered this vaccine before to talk to your doctor about getting thd the word about hpv vaccination as Cancer Prevention. Thats how were going to achieve the first generation of free cancer free kids, hpv, cancer free kids that is the long term goal. Raquel arias, the associate director of the American Cancer Society in california. We appreciate the time and the information today. Thank you. Thank you. Well, the American Red Cross implementing changes for how it assesses the health risks for blood donors. Were going to speak live with state senator Anthony Weiner about the new steps toward accuracy and inclusivity. Plus, former President Trump talking legal troubles on the campaign trail. The series of federal indictments looming over his latest bid for Office Dinner [sfx phone ping] what . Tween milestones like this. May start at age 9. Hpv vaccination, a type of Cancer Prevention. Against certain hpvrelated cancers. Can start then too. For most people, hpv clears on its own. But for others, it can cause certain cancers later in life. Embrace this phase. Help protect them in the next. Starting at age 9, talk to your childs doctor about. Hpv vaccination. They had to remain absent for three months before donating. These new guidelines focus sexur regardle behavior, regardless of sexual orientation. T of the fda, which changed long standing guidelines that led to medical associate actions and many lgbtq groups viewing them as discriminatory. However, these new rules do prevent people from donating who are taking prep. Thats the medication to prevent hiv infection. Some believe these updated guidelines still do not go far enough. One of those critics is state senator scott wiener from San Francisco. We appreciate the time, as always, to discuss these issues here. Why do you believe that gay and bisexual men will will still be treated under fairly even with these new rules in place when they go to give blood . Yeah. So thank you for having me. And thank you for covering this important issue. So for a number of years now, the fda has put out a series of supposed reforms to try to end discrimination against gay and bisexual men and allow us to donate blood. And every time the fda does it, it issues a press release claim claims that its ending the discrimination. But when you read the fine print, its abs continuing to discriminate and to deprive the blood supply of a lot of willing donors and so here the fda is saying, okay, were ending discrimination, but if you are taking prep, which is a once a day pill that essentially eliminates your risk of getting hiv, if youre taking prep, if youre doing if youre taking that step, not to get hiv, then you are banned from donating. That is going to exclude a huge number of gay and bisexual men, people like me. I have been very public that i take prep and it makes no sense because if you are taking prep, your risk of getting hiv just plummets, absolutely plummets. And it makes no sense to say that youre not allowed to give. This is the statement here. And you talked about a press release coming from the red cross. And heres a portion of what the organization had to say. They said, quote, the red cross remains committed to achieving further progress and will continue to provide data to the fda to make Blood Donation even more inclusive. We recognize the hurt that previous fda policy that restricted gay and bisexual men from Blood Donation has caused, and that these are just the first steps in repairing relationships with the broader lgbt plus community. What what additional steps do to be takef the red cross. And this is not a red cross problem. Its an fda problem. And the fda needs to not needs to get rid of this blanket prohibition of on donating for people who take prep. If you are taking prep and youre taking it consistently, you have essentially no risk of hiv. You know, just to put this in context, using a condom during sex reduces your risk of contracting hiv by about 70. Taking prep reduces it by 99 point something percent, almost 100. And so the fda needs to get rid of this arbitrary and non science based exclusion. Is it difficult for you to understand why you would would still have rules like this in place when we obviously have, you know, up to date screening capability to screen . Yeah. And the fdas rationale for not allowing people on prep to donate is that there is theoretically a possibility that it might take longer for your for your blood to test positive for hiv. If you are on prep. But balance that against the fact that if you are taking prep and youre taking it consistently, the chances of you having hiv is borderline zero. It it they just need to get rid of this exclusion. And unfortunately, i think the fda just struggles to get out of its own way and it has some sort of hang up about gay and by men donating and thats why weve gone over the last decade through like 3 or 4 different iterations of these non science based restrictions. And i think we just need to move past that. And i really hope the fda will reconsider this ban wid at some point in the not too distant future . Um, i, i wouldnt say im optimistic. I mean, the fda has been a little bit like a firehose over the last decade issuing all these this cascade of rules that make no sense. And then within a year or two, realizing that the rule made no sense and then issuing a new rule, that also doesnt make sense. So its just to be clear, this rule that they issued, this new regulation, it is less problematic than the ones before it. It is a move to an extent in the right direction. But when you then ban people who are on prep from donating, youre giving with one hand and taking with the other and not only is it discriminatory, but even more important, we have a blood shortage. We need more donors. And theres a large number of people on prep, usually gay and by men who are on prep who are extreme, low risk for hiv, extremely low risk, and theyre just being excluded. And that harms thend the time, asways. Su. Former President Donald Trump continues to push for the gop nominee, but as his legal troubles mount, trump is talking about it on the campaign trail. Madeleine rivera has the latest developments from washington. You know, every time you get indicted, i like to check the polls because one more indictment that i think this election is over. One more former President Trump cracking a joke about his legal problems, even as they become more serious. A Court Protective order may come as early as friday in the special counsels january 6th case, trumps team is proposing less restrictive rules than what federal prosecutors want over what details can be publicly shared from the investigation. The constitution demands due process not be conducted in private, but in public so that america can scrutinize the actions of the judiciary. And just because the target here is donald trump doesnt mean we should upend due process. The standoff comes as more details in the case are revealed. The New York Times reports a secret memo lays out a plan to submit a false slate of protrump electors. In the document, lawyer kenneth chisora admitted he was proposing a bold, controversial strategy that the Supreme Court would likely reject in the end, some republicans believe trumps criminal charges threaten his electability and could ultimately cost him the republican president ial nomination for an incumbent republican president to only be getting low 40 or high, 30 in a place like new hampshire, that means 60 of the people dont want them. Trumps campaign is moving full steam ahead. Hell be at the iowa state fair this weekend, but its unclear if hell attend the first republican primary debate two weeks from now. In washington, marla rivera, ktvu fox two news. Well, kids are headed back to school right now and there are concerns about a fall covid surge. Those are top of mind for a lot of families. Up next on the four, well talk live with the leading Infectious Disease expert about those concerns. And the new very that makes up a large percentage of the cases. Anna maria weather the low clouds and fog. They try to clear to just offshore, but already making a comeback, pushing back into the bay. We could be tracking a few high clouds by this time tomorrow and maybe some showers to our south. Well have the update com g up visit your local volvo retailer, to explore mild hybrid suvs during the summer safely savings event. warehouse ambience introducing togos new french dip sandwiches featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today only at togos wake up, achievers. Youre making the most of every hour of your life. Except the hours that youre sleeping. So why do we leave so much unyour circadian rhythms butt yg its not a competition. I know, but im still winning so, it is a competition. Save 50 on the sleep Number Limited Edition smart bed. Plus, 36month financing on ssleep number. Eds. Onlt Lucas Tomlinson tells us the white house is not sounding the alarm just yet. The cdc releasing new data on the current covid spike and the trends are not positive. Hospitalizations are ticking up across the country, increasing more than 12 in the pastiven b. Five, which now makes up a plurality of covid 19 cases in the United States. Right now, only about 18 of infections stem from age five. But doctors are expecting that percentage to increase quickly because the new strain is more contagious. That one appears to be more infectious, meaning people are more likely to get it despite the increase, the Biden Administration has not issued any new guidance or revised the covid 19 response team. And last week, white house chief of staff jeff zients told federal agencies to prioritize getting employees back to work in person, citing a number of experts who say the new spike isnt being fueled by a return to the office. This is likely based on a combination of summer time and people are getting together for travel. A lot of engagement. Meanwhile lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing the feds to restore funding for covid testing, claiming the private market isnt stepping up and the need is greater now than it has been for months. Right now it is not available. Private insurance has withdrawn the coverage. The cdc says it will issue recommendations soon for a new covid booster ahead of an expected winter surge. Its not clear how many people will want to take it in washington. Lucas tomlinson, kctv, wvue, fox two news. And as we head into fall, the concern now becomes seasonal illnesses, which now appear to include covid 19, a possible surge still a concern for medical experts and families alike as cooler temperatures and yearly activities will push people into closer quarters in the coming months. For more on all of this, we are joined by dr. Peter chin hong, Infectious Disease expert at ucsf. Dr. Jin hong, thank you so much for being here. First off, lets talk about this new variant. Its really hard to keep track. What number are we on now and what do we know about it . Were almost like a number, a million. Christina but it feels like it. Think the big point is that this new variant that people are hearing about call e. G. 5 or 5. 1, theyre all flavors of omicron. First of all, its a very similar symptoms. And specifically they are very, very closely related to the kind of omicron thats been circulating for the last seven months. So thats the strain. And the reason why t is that the vaccine that all of the companies are working on, pfizer, moderna, novavax, theyre all based on gbs. So when it comes out in the fall, in late september or early october, it should hopefully carry us through to the winter. Okay. So then do you think it is the right move for the Biden Administration not to issue any newder that . I think so far its looking okay. Remember, were starting off from such a low point in the last five months or so that a percentage increase like 20 seems dramatic when you look at the numbers. Ill give you an example. Last year, this time in california, we had about 4700 hospitalizations. Right now we have about 890 hospitalizations for covid in the state, and thats up from about 750. So the percentage increase is high, but the absolute numbers is lower. But its still something thats significant because as people have heard, lots of people are getting covid again in the community and some people are going to the hospital. Yeah, exactly. I feel like thats a question that a lot of people have. You know, we talk about covid 19 being almost like the flu, something that we have to deal with every year. But yet people are still ending up in the hospital. So it seems like its that were dealing with. Yes, it is a different animal. And, you know, deaths have increased, but were talking about 3 to 400 people a week still dying in the United States from covid. So i think tl of that and not tune out of it, not be afraid of it, use the tools that we have and be respectful of others as much as we can. Okay. So then lets talk about the advice for parents. A lot of them are thinking about school. Their kids are going back, starting the new school year. Do you think kids should be Wearing Masks or do we see or anticipate a surge in infections among kids when the School Year Starts . I think there will probably be itll still be in the we havent crested yet from this particular increase in cases. So i think well probably meet a lot of kids when theyre going back to school soon. I think the main advice for parents is really to keep the child home if possible, when the kid has symptoms and to be liberal with testing. Because, again, were not only talking about infecting other kids in school, but probably infecting Staff Members and parents and other parents and teachers, of which there are fewer, you know , you dont want to have a shortage of substitutes. And teachers. And again people. Its just a matter of usng sure that everyone gets vaccinated if they so choose to do. All right. Dr. Peter chin hong with ucsf, we appreciate you always coming on and giving us the insight. Thank you. Thanks so much, christina weather here in the bay area. Well give you a live look here at highway four as you head through bay point and here in this part of the east bay, nothing but sunshine really Beautiful Day for everyone across the bay area. That marine layer in effect, mark. Right kind of keeping those temperatures cool and comfortable for most folks. Alex, you sound like a weatherman. You know what i watch . I watch enough of your forecast. There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Youre right on. We had the comfortable temperature kind of in that comfort range for today. And it looks like the heats going to make a comeback as we head toward the weekend. So, of course, you know, we started off the week was a pretty hot temperatures. Heres the forecast for a place like concord. As you can see tomorrow, right around 84 degrees friday, not too much change. And then we will begin to bump up those numbers into the weekend and getting hot by sunday into monday around 95 to 96 degrees. Heres a satellite where typically we look up to our north for some storms, but this time were looking to our south, the remnants of what was once a Tropical Storm. Eugene is approaching Southern California. The lingering cloud cover. And this afternoon, we had some some rain showers probably in the upper levels of the atmosphere, approaching Southern California and some of that moisture will be drifting closer to the bay area over the next day or so. Heres our satellite right now showing you the low clouds and fog near the coast out toward half moon bay. San franciscos ocean beach, the Marin Headlands and already a patch pushing into San Francisco bay. It is pretty warm but actually comfortable out toward concord and livermore, san jose checking in 80 degrees. Oakland upper 60s and San Francisco right now for the 4 00 hour. 64 degrees. Heres our live camera looking out toward the oakland estuary and we still have a bit of some chop on the water so we have that onshore breeze in place this afternoon, keeping our temperatures in check. As far as overnight. Well bring in the cloud cover. So mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be in the 50s to right around 60 degrees and the possibility of some drizzle as well. So heres a setup. We get a break from the heat, at least for today. This area of High Pressure will try to rebuild, as we showed you with that little graphical forecast later in the period. But right now, were watching this moisture linked up with what was once Tropical Storm eugene. You can see the clouds already focused toward Southern California. And with that southerly flow that will bring in some tropical moisture. So high clouds for us, some humid conditions. Well have to keep it on the shower activity mainly to the south of the bay area and to the east. But lets keep it on the radar because if that activity were to approach the region, we might have to bump up the shower chance but it looks like the best chance will be to the south of the region, closer to monterey bay and also out toward lake tahoe. And in fact, they could have some shower and thunderstorm chances, not only for tomorrow, but right on through the weekend. Heres a forecast model tomorrow, bringing in the clouds and maybe some drizzle. So this is 7 00 tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. Look at this batch of high clouds. This is 5 00 tomorrow for your thursday. And then in a friday, this moisture continues to move in from the south. And so with that, we bring in mostly cloudy skies friday morning. Notice the shower activity closer to monterey bay and also out toward the sierra. This is friday afternoon, 3 00. Temperatures for tomorrow, no triple digits, no 90s. Were just thinking some 60s 70s and some 80s. So still in that comfort range for your thursday afternoon and thatll be the plan not only for tomorrow but also into your friday. Well also bring in some high clouds. It could feel a bit humid, a bit muggy around here as well as that tropical moisture moves in from the south this weekend. We will bump up those temperatures by saturday. Warmest locations, close to 90 degrees. The warming will continue into sunday and it could be hot inland by by monday , around 96 to 97. So we get a break from the heat, but it eventually comes back into early next week. It makes its return. All right, mark, thank you. Coming up in just a few minutes on the news at 5 00. It is a huge responsibility when you put a gun in a persons hand to expect him to respond. Perfect. Every time the ceo of a Security Company speaks out after a second guard from his company shot an accused thief coming up in just a few minutes, the equipment and training. He says all security guards need and a saratoga teen has not been seen in more than a month. And just days ago, her empty car was found in the santa cruz mountains. Coming up at 530, the shift in the search as a Community Works to bring 17 year old Catherine Schneider home whenever youre hungry, theres a deal on the subway app. Buy one footlong, get one 50 off in the subway app today. Thats what im talking about. 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So with that in mind, in our ktvu idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine a Subway Sandwich wearing a name tag with a humate back with. No name tag here. But. But im sure we could come up with something. Okay. What do you got . You know, we could call it bub. You know, bub, the sub bubba sub. Okay sure. Yeah, thats a great name. Alex. Also sammy savage. Subway. Savage. You should do that. Change your name. I like it. I like it. Well be right ack. Schools are already back in session and thousands more will reopen in the coming weeks. And the feds are working hard to make sure districts have the knowledge and resources they need to keep kids and teachers safe. The National Threat assessment center, a division of the secret service, helping schools prevent targeted violence through training and increased funding for security, while also putting a big focus on threat. Assess ments. The secret service in Law Enforcements role is to look at that information and try to find a way for that individual or an individual in the future to get off the path of violence. The goal, they say, is to stop School Shootings and other violent acts before they take place. A big part of that is helping schools build threat assessment teams. That includes teachers, Mental Health professionals and Law Enforcement all coming together to paint a more complete picture of a student who could be on a path to violence. There are always intervention points. And why . Because students exhibit concerning behavior in the months, sometimes years leading up to their attacks. Ultimately, the goal is to get schools to the point where they can recognize the threats themselves. And when the alarm is sounded to remove the student or faculty member as soon as possible. I know that that probably sounds like an unrealistic goal, but we are not going to stop until we get to as little in terms of School Violence as possible. The Threat Assessment Center says there were 51 School Shootings in 2022, the most in a single year in new york, tanya jay powers, fox news ktvu fox two news at five starts now. The answer is to provide training and to provide them a Risk Mitigation tool that will allow them to mitigate the risk and exposure to, but not take a life. Now, at five, the owner of a Security Service company speaking out after two of his guards were involved in shootings. One, a deadly incident at a walgreens in San Francisco. The other left a suspect excuse me, suspect wounded along the peninsula. He says the Common Thread between those incidents, a need for an alternative to guns. Good evening, everyone. Im Heather Holmes and mike mibach ktvu Crime Reporter henry lee live tonight in the newsroom with the latest on the story. Henry mike and heather, that owner tells me while the circumstances of these cases are different, he says