Fast. And then we got rescued on that bridge. They tell us that bridge has collapsed since. So, i know it was nothing but god. Tens of thousands in shelters. Amid catastrophic flooding brought by record rain fall. Dawn coles flooding evacuee at Houston Convention center i had to grab my baby, diapers, what i could. And try to swim. And hope that we could be picked up. Many more. Still waiting to be rescued. As emergency crews and volunteers race against time to reach those still trapped in their homes. Mos volunteer eat something and just dry out a little bit get a little bit of energy and a little bit of coffee in our system and were back out. Harvey has soaked some areas around houston with more than 50 inches of rain. Mos resident didnt expect this much water to fall. This is houston were used to weather like this. But, i believe this is a little more than we expected. Harris countys flood district meteorologist says that enough water has fallen to cover the entire 1800 square miles of Harris County with 33 inches of water. In richmond, texas, im omar jimenez reporting. darya good morning im darya folsom. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Accident on san jos enb 101 at 87, backed up beyond 680 280 james the brief cooldown continues this morning with mid to upper 50s to start james the brief cooldown continues this morning with mid to upper 50s to start the day. Sunny skies this afternoon will give way to high temps in the upper 80s for the inland valleys, upper 70s for the bay shoreline, and mid 60s at the coast. We have a major warmup for the second half of the week. Inland highs will rise to 100 starting tomorrow and last through the upcoming holiday weekend. In fact, temps reach 110 113 darya breaking news we are following this morning. Police in the east bay are looking for a truck driver after a deadly hitandrun crash. mark Tiffany Mcelroy is here with the details. Tiffany. tiffany this crash happened around 10 30 last night at the solano way off ramp on highway 4 in concord. We have new video just into the newsroom overnight. Police say the person driving this red car died after they rear ended a flat bed truck. Take a look at just how much damage was done to the car. Police say the flat bed truck took off after the crash. They found the truck about a mile away from the scene but they still have not located the driver. There was a lane closure on highway 4 after the crash but the scene has been cleared an all lanes are open this morning. I will continue to follow this breaking story and bring you updates through out the morning. Back to you. darya happening this morning. A facebook posts by somebody who wants to disrupt traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge but so far it is not getting any support online. mark kron 4s will tran is standing by at the bridge this morning to monitor the situation. Will. will happening today. There could be major problems if you commute across the Golden Gate Bridge. An antimarxist group is calling for a protest on the bridge starting at 9 00 this morning. The group wants to block traffic. Until the city of San Francisco agrees to call the group antifa a terrorist organization. According to chp. While everyone has the constitutional right to protest. Blocking highways is against the law and dangerous. The group also does not have a permit. mark breaking mark mark breaking news from overnight. The Contra Costa County board of education has voted to keep the Mount Diablo Unified School district intact. darya the vote came down early this morning. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live at Walnut Acres Elementary School in walnut creek with reaction. Lydia. lydia breaking news from overnight. The Contra Costa County board of education has voted to keep the Mount Diablo Unified School district intact. The vote came down just after midnight. More than sixthousand people wanted to break away five schools and form a new northgate unified School District. The new district would be in walnut creek with Northgate High School at the center of it. Parents who want the district to split say they believe it will better serve their communities and test scores. Those who want to keep the district together say the division would be costly for both sides. Despite the vote opposing the district split, the decision will ultimately be made by the state board. mark thanks lydia. We will check back with you through out the morning. mark a story you will only see on kron four. A bay area man is sharing his story after he is robbed and shot in the head just outside of a bart station. You can see the large black spot on oscar castenedas head. Its a bullet that has been lodged in there ever since he was robbed in berkeley two and a half weeks ago. He was walking home from the ashby bart station after work when thieves attacked him from behind. Oscar says he did not see the attackers, and didnt know he had been shot until he went to the hospital. He works as a chef at berkeleys comal restaurant. He says he still has pain all over his body, but he hopes to return to work soon. darya happening now. Police are looking for two gunmen who robbed and kidnapped a man in newark. Here is a sketch of one of the men that police are searching for. The incident happened monday afternoon. It started on cedar boulevard and Central Avenue while the victim was stopped at a red light. The victim says two men went up to his car, pointed a gun at him and ordered him to unlock the door. They got inside and demanded all his money. The Armed Robbers then ordered him to drive around before they finally left his car and ran off. darya all roads are reopen in pinole this morning after police find an explosive device near an elementary school. This happened last night on san pablo avenue and oak ridge road. Thats near collins elementary school. All roads in the area were shut down but they have since reopened. Police have not said what the device was. mark happening now. A wildfire burning out of control is forcing people from their homes in butte county. The ponderosa fire broke out yesterday afternoon just east of Lake Oroville. It is not clear how many buildings have been destroyed but in the video you can see the flames destroying a house. Several communities have been evacuated. Other neighborhoods have been told to be ready to evacuate. So far the fire has burned a thousand acres. There is no containment this morning. mark more hot weather is expected today. And people in the east bay are looking to beat the heat. People we spoke with shoppers in dublin who say they were looking for ways to stay inside and get a break as the temperatures started to rise. < 00 ed dean, enjoying weather in dublin 11 kristin ellis, enjoying weather in dublin we are going to spend the day in a pool, eating popsicles. 23 carol combs, enjoying weather in dublin i am shopping, better to be inside the nice air conditioning. mark and later in the week temperatures are expected to reach triple digits in parts of the bay area. James fletcher will have more on your forecast shortly. darya still ahead on the kron four morning news. Hundreds of thousands of cars could suddenly stop while youre driving. Find out if yours is affected. And a man is dragged by a driver. And he is the one who is arrested. Find out what happened. Plus. Officials in texas are reporting people are Looting Stores and homes that have been evacuated. Well show you the new video. darya and if you would like to help people affected by harvey. You can text the word harvey to the number on your screen. 90999 to make a ten dollar donation to the red cross. Weve also posted other ways you can donate on our website at kron four dot com. Our story begins more than 60 years ago inside an abandoned chicken coop. Where our founder discovered a retired teacher living. No home. No healthcare. So she said no to this injustice, and yes to transforming lives. Its this drive, this compassion, that inspired aarp. Today, we empower people to choose how they live as they age. We advocate for health and financial security. We strengthen communities everywhere. We are aarp. Creating real possibilities. mark darya getting a check of the hot weather ahead with james. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james the brief cooldown continues this morning with mid to upper 50s to start the day. Sunny skies this afternoon will give way to high temps in the upper 80s for the inland valleys, upper 70s for the bay shoreline, and mid 60s at the coast. We have a major warmup for the second half of the week. Inland highs will rise to 100 starting tomorrow and last through the upcoming holiday weekend. In fact, temps reach 110 113 on friday and saturday. An excessive heat watch is in effect from thursday monday and will likely be raised to a heat warning before the week is done. Heat will be at Dangerous Levels starting tomorrow. Sunrise in San Francisco is at 6 38 am. Sunset is at 7 41 pm. Dont forget you can always get the latest weather updates and traffic alerts with the kron4 app. Download it for free for apple and android devices. mark a bay area woman is using her skills as a pilot to help rescue pets that are displaced by the severe flooding in texas. Cindy smith says she is hoping to help find homes for the pets who dont end up back with their owners. Wings of rescue has been around since 2012. They go to areas where shelters are overcrowded with animals on the verge of being put down. They load those cats and dogs onto a plane and fly them to other parts of the country where they can hopefully be adopted more quickly. Now the organization is focusing on the houston area. They are trying to help empty the shelters there so there is more room for the pets that have been displaced by the storms. Store located outside of houston is housing nearly 300 evacuees. The owner says his team and his delivery trucks are able to get through the high waters. They were able to rescue some people. Locals have donated towels, shoes, clothes and toys to evacuees who are staying there. darya the mayor of houston has imposed a curfew to combat reports of looting and armed robberies. This is new video of a store that was looted overnight. The curfew started at midnight and went until 5 this morning in houston. Police have reported an increase in city have been evacuated. The Houston Police chief said violators would be arrested. mark new Mexico Police have identified the teenager who opened fire at a Public Library killing two people. Police say 16yearold Nathaniel Jouette killed two employees and injured four others at the clovis Public Library. The paster of a church the teenager attended says he would have never suspected he would have done Something Like this council has condemned north korea to stop launching missiles. darya despite the threats from north korea, officials in guam do not plan on changing the threat level. mark new this morning. Volkswagen is recalling 281thousand cars because they can suddenly stall. The recall covers the passat sedans and wagons from 2006 through 2010. The cc sedans from the 2009 through 2016 model years are also affected. Volkswagen says a problem with the fuel pump is causing the engine to stop. The company will notify owners when a fix is available in october. We have more information about the recall posted on our website at kron4 dot com. mark take a look at this. A man tries to carjack a driver, and is dragged down the road. It happened in kent, washington last week. In the video you can see a man clinging to the drivers side of the door of an suv. He was dragged down the street and his pants fell to his ankles. When the driver stops, the man continues to try to get inside the car. He was eventually arrested and taken to the hospital. Police say the man tried to steal several other cars in the area on that same day. mark still ahead on the kron four morning news. In less than two hours. Protesters could take over the Golden Gate Bridge. Well have a live report at 7 30 with the details you need to know. Plus after the break. Well tell you how local companies are stepping up to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. And how you can help too. And heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. 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People who rent out their homes in the surrounding areas in texas are able to offer a place to stay for free to help the victims. darya the program was only supposed to last until this friday, but it will now be expanded to september 25th. Airbnb is waiving the threepercent service fee they normally charge hosts. mark right now there are nearly 400 homes being made available for victims in san antonio, austin, and dallas. mark and a warning before you travel. Thousands of flights are delayed across the nation due to Tropical Storm harvey. Well have the latest numbers. james tracking your morning forecast. Details coming up. darya mark welcome back to the kron four morning news. Lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic. james the brief cooldown continues this morning with mid to upper 50s to start the day. Sunny skies this afternoon will give way to high temps in the upper 80s for the inland valleys, upper 70s for the bay shoreline, and mid 60s at the coast. We have a major warmup for the second half of the week. Inland highs will rise to 100 starting tomorrow and last through the upcoming holiday weekend. In fact, temps reach 110 113 on friday and saturday. An excessive heat watch is in effect from thursday monday and will likely be raised to a heat warning before the week is done. Heat will be at dangerous no major hot spots. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. mark breaking news we are following this morning. Texas bracing for more rain as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey makes landfall for a second time. darya 11 have died in the storm and Officials Say they are preparing for the death toll to be much higher. Kristen holmes has the latest. Record breaking rain fall. Mos resident didnt expect this much water to fall. This is houston were used to weather like this. But, i believe this is a little more than we expected. Deadly flooding. Chief art acevedo Houston Police department unfortunately in the darkness Sergeant Perez drove into a underpass, its about 16 an a half feet, drove into the water and he died in a flooding, drowning type of event. Thousands in shelters. Mayor Sylvester Turner d houston we have now gone beyond ninethousand. We are looking for other shelter locations. And many still waiting to be rescued. Emergency crews and volunteers are scrambling to reach everyone still trapped. All members of the Texas National guard have been deployed, and more are coming in from other states to assist with the round the clock efforts. Harvey has already soaked some areas around houston with 50 inches of rain. And is also dumping rain on louisiana, where flooding rescues took place in lake charles early tuesday morning. Gov. John bel edwards d louisiana weve got high water vehicles. Boats, aircraft, rotary wing aircraft staged where we need them. We just need for this storm system to move on through so that we can start to dry out. All this, before harvey is set to swing around and hit the area for a second time on wednesday. In richmond, texas, im kristen holmes, reporting. darya and this morning. Tropical storm harvey continues to disrupt airports all across the country. This morning there are already more than 7 thousand flight delays across the country. Nearly 2 thousand others have been cancelled. Both major airports in houston are closed. mark and this morning more crews from the bay area are heading to texas to help with relief efforts. darya Tiffany Mcelroy is here with the details. Tiffany. tiffany the Marin County Water Rescue Team is now heading to texas. They will join crews from menlo park. Palo alto. San mateo. San jose and south San Francisco. Those crews arrived in texas yesterday. tiffany and this morning.