Joining us. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im Catherine Heenan for grant lotus tonight pg and e is urging customers to conserve electricity during peak hours because of the high heat because of the predicted demand. They say they will not initiate a Public Safety power shutoff kron fours michelle kingston is live for us tonight with more on plans for the rest of the fire season. During these hot summer day michelle. Catherine it is hot out here and it is only going to get hotter pg and e is staging crews and equipment throughout the bay area over the next few days. So pg e is preparing for Power Outages and we want our customers to prepare for possible Power Outages as well if power goes out over the next few days pacific gas and electric says its because of the increase in electricity usage over the bay area and not because of a Public Safety power shutoff the Electric Company is sending out more crews and equipment to handle any possible outages during the extreme heat. Theyre also asking customers to conserve electricity in response to a statewide flex alert on friday from 03 00pm to 10 00pm they ask that you adjust your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher or turn it off if youll be away from home on plug in the power strips not in use in put off documenting laundry and dish washing until after 10 00pm the genie is not. Initiating a Public Safety power shutoff pg does not foresee the need to initiate and Public Safety power shutoff. For the next several days over the next week while pg e does not expect a Public Safety power shutoff during this heat wave, they are preparing for possible shots later this fire season but are hopeful they will be shorter than the one seen last year that infuriated more than 2 million northern californians. They say theyre mindful that so many people are working from home right now. And that they have learned from their mishandling of deliberate blackouts and wont disrupt as many peoples lives during the coronavirus pandemic this year the rest all technology on the line throughout the bay area in the high fire threat areas where we can pinpoint more accurately where we need to shut off the power due to the extreme. Weather threat thats coming into a specific area so the technology is helping us im more accurately pinpoint whos going to be impacted whos actually in the fires front area. Again that flex alert is from 3 to 10 tomorrow evening. Pg and e is urging you to use less electricity during those hours but along the creek, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Thank you michelle and to the north bay now where firefighters. They are on alert over the weekend heat wave. In recent years wildfire danger often kicks into high gear in late summer even fall fire Officials Say this is the time to be ready and to have a plan kron fours dan kerman reports from santa rosa with details on the advice firefighters have for homeowners. After the tubbs fire in 2017 and the kincade fire in 2019 Sonoma County residents need no reminder how fast the blaze can spread in dry brush, especially with high temperatures with much of the bay area on alert for high temps firefighters are concerned we have these increased temperatures. What were expecting for a Long Duration of time to look into potentially the next week. Its just continuing to drier feels out really pushes in those critical the fire weather pattern will many may take the weekend to trim back the brush Fire Fighters advise against it. We see a lot of people trying to do the right thing and trying to maintain their their seasonal grasses that have dried out get that second or 3rd cut in throughout the season. But all those type of activities or looking at its at the expense of temperatures like this or an opportunity did to ignite a fire from a spark. Instead they say to make sure your evacuation plans are in place. The Santa Rosa Fire Department has a check list on their website. They advise adding masks and Hand Sanitizer to your list and due to covid19 if you are evacuated heading to an event center wont be your first stop. Weve been looking at temporary evacuation locations. Back to aisha locations or areas that were looking at where we may need to move a significant number of people too to give them a place to go is not inside of a shelter. From these large parking areas people will be screened and then sent somewhere if we need to open a shelter will only have 50 people in shelters or sociallydistanced wall have our folks in protective equipment will have people as they come in and be checking their temperature doing Health Screenings will be work with Public Health department with practice all that we also will have an isolation area set up and the red cross tells us their first choice if they need an evacuation shelter. Will be to use hotels and possibly dormitories only once they are filled up will they go to the traditional shelters, but again with a lot less people due to covid19 in santa Rosa Dan Kerman Kron 4 news and thats going to take a look at our weather in the 4 zone forecast this is a live shot of downtown San Francisco as the sun is setting around the bay sun is setting on got hot meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez says going to get hotter. Yes still tracking very warm temperatures even at this 8 oclock hour and make sure to take advantage of that sunset. Beautiful colors out there with the clouds because of that subtropical moisture that we got from what was once Hurricane Alley double lets take a look at temperatures out there right now. Finally feeling some relief along the coast, widespread 60s and 70s there with 80s as you make your way inland. But the one thing that is going to work in our favor during this heat wave are pretty calm winds right now pretty light to breezy in the teens but any wind gust that we do see in the coming days will be a 20 Miles Per Hour or less. But dont let your guard down because with this hot dry weather heading our way even a light breeze can actually spread a fire if any do start in the coming days, we are going to notice heat advisories going into effect starting tomorrow through wednesday, mainly for areas away from the San Francisco peninsula coastline. So it is going to impact the east bay shoreline widespread valleys in the north bay and all of our inland valleys for those of you in the north bay east bay and south bay and excessive heat warning will go into effect starting friday morning through wednesday night because of temperatures really warming up upwards of about a 108 degrees for try valleys and were going to notice very hot and dry conditions even along the coast and along the bay with widespread 80s and 90s in the coming days, so we do have a spare the air alert in effect starting on friday for most of the bay area and the peak of the heat wave, it looks to arrive tomorrow but still tracking above average temperatures all weekend long more coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes of the d and catherine back to you thank of recent well tonight, california lawmakers are coming up why with some ways to try to boost state revenue amid the pandemic. One proposal rolled out today at tax on californias richest of the rich the spill as a b 2088. It would put an annual tax rate of 0. 4 on residents with a net worth of 30 Million Dollars or more. They would have to report all assets, including stocks and bonds cash private equity hedge funds and other assets to the states Franchise Tax board the board would manage collection. Lawmakers say this would be a first in the nation law generating 7. 5 billion dollars a year. Critics however they say this could push already valuable taxpayers to leave the state. We only have the highest income tax rate in america, its 13. 3 this notion of a wealth tax i think is it stream with for ocean and what frankly i doubt people getting traction even as progressive as this legislatures. Lawmakers say the proposal will not get a hearing or go through the legislative process before the end of the session august 31st. This is going to be a year unlike any that weve experienced a pretty much in the history of tourism in San Francisco. The pandemic is crippling San Franciscos Tourism Industry new forecast from the San Francisco travel association expects to see a loss of nearly 11 billion dollars. The next 2 years. Kron fours Maureen Kelly she has that story. San franciscos legendary palace hotel established in 1875. Now has its entrance blocked off by planters and plywood temporarily closed because of coronavirus along with 52 other hotels in the city. Some of the citys most popular tourist destinations such as china town nearly deserted with shops and restaurants gated shots. Last year was our 10th year in a row a record breaking numbers and this year, its just all collapsed the president and ceo of San Francisco travel has the grim economic outlook, were expected to get less than half the visitors. We got last year and thats going to cost us all a whole lot of money. In 2019 tourists spent nearly 10 billion dollars. This year that totals expected to plummet 67 to just over 3 billion. A 7 billion dollars that fund city services, but the pain will be felt in other ways to 90,000 people last year were employed in the street, the streets are neighbors cars to friends and family members who dont have a job this year and also lot of Small Businesses that really depend on that tourist visitor in San Francisco, whether its a restaurant or Retailer Store performing arts group or art gallery you name driving a lot of this the shutdown of conventions and large gatherings like outside lands they expect to see more visitors return next year but do not expect a full recovery until 2025. And even that hinges on a vaccine or an effect of treatment. The San Francisco travel Association Says they support the citys cautious response. But theyre hoping is banned on hotel rooms for leisure travelers to be lifted soon with so much of the citys iconic Tourist Spots outdoors they believe travelers could still get a change of scenery safely. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. For your money jobless claims fell below 1 million for the First Time Since march, 963,000 americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits last week, however, the continued jobless claims number and that counts people who have filed for Unemployment Benefits at least 2 weeks in a row that remains high that number 15 and a half million. Wildfires growing tonight in southern california, the lake fire. Is burning in the Angeles National forest between Santa Clarita and palmdale just north of los angeles at least 11,000 acres have burned so far more than 5,000 structures are threatened and 3 have been destroyed. Evacuation orders and road closures are in effect right now in that area the fire was reported yesterday afternoon and it is spreading quickly. Angeles National Forest a fire chief and telling. Reporters this morning that there will be a major fire now for several days. Coming up how well the city leaders theyre considering a proposal to add covid surcharge to customers bills while some local Business Owners say the timing on this is awful. And a big change for fall for stanford students who will no longer be allowed to stay in the Residence Halls. And more than 7,000 oakland students could not login for the first day of Virtual School monday, how the School District is its time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. You can adjust your comfort on both sides. Your sleep number setting. Can it help me fall asleep faster . Yes, by gently warming your feet. But can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. Will it help me keep up with mom . You got this. So you can really promise better sleep . 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Roughly 7,000 students with the oakland unified School District they could not blog and further. First a virtual classes monday, partly because not all of them have received the free laptops and hot spot devices they need to connect as kron forcefully. John reports for us tonight, the School District is now handing out temporary supplies to hold those students over until their permanent equipment arrives. 25,000 chromebooks and portable wifi hot spots are on the way to the oakland unified School District but their arrival has been delayed. The School District ordered the equipment back in june with money raised from the citywide oakland and divided campaign however, spokesperson john society says distributors have struggled to get the technology to schools. Thats because School Districts and other organizations have placed similar orders in the meantime oakland unified is handing out loaner gear students can use until the new stuff arrives and the new stuff will be theirs to keep many of our students dont have those resources and and its its just like anything else if if some of the textbook and you dont you cant do the same job that every student can do the new school year opened up on monday and some 7,000 students were unable to join the virtual classes ashenden has been struggling with her home computer so she stopped by Oakland Technical High School thursday for a temporary replacement to get her through the first few weeks of class still she prefers traditional education, but just makes me sad because. We dont know when were going go back to school and i was really looking forward to my 12th grade in all the oakland and divided campaign raised 12 and a half Million Dollars in oakland. Phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. And tonight, we know Stanford UniversitysResidence Halls will basically be empty for the 4th quarter. Today the University President released a statement saying freshman sophomores and transfer students will not be able to stay on campus. The university is also planning for almost all undergrad classes to be held remotely the school will continue to offer on Campus Housing for some undergrads who were previously approved to be in residence to the special circumstances and who wished to remain on campus. Despite the remote instruction. As local businesses struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic palo alto city leaders. They are considering a proposal to add a covid surcharge to customer bills about some Business Leaders are questioning the timing of this idea kron fours Haaziq Madyun has that story. Palo alto mayor adrian fine proposes adding a covid surcharge to help businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic extra amount on their bills and residents and visitors will be able to pay i think that is a way to cast their pockets i think. Given the tenor and generosity. Her Community Think a lot of coltons will be happy to pay an extra 2, 5. 10 . Our local businesses to keep them afloat. Palo Alto City Council member greg to knock us as he has his doubts about charging customers more money right now. Ive talked to quite few russian owners about this comes up and the longer really worried that if they. They include mister trumps comment. You know 19 surcharge that people are temple lot less so that means i want it to be a lot less money this Sandwich Shop owners cautions not to charge customers