And a lot of areas so be prepared for that. As youre getting out there. Its a little mini free car youre walking into work close to coast. Your view outside at coit tower down looking grey under all that cloud cover that isnt just at the coast but has pushed well inland this morning. It is having a cooling effect this morning. A lot of areas. So not only are we going to see a grey start, but its going to be cool over the next several hours. Snow forget those jackets, 50s 60s for current temperatures. Fairly mild. So the light jacket will just fine as youre getting outside. Later today. Were going to continue this cool trend we had yesterday and are very warmest only making really the low 80s for some of our inland spots of more details on when to expect the heat to return. Still ahead, rain. All right, john, thanks that. Lets get you rolling on this wednesday morning. 11 minutes traveling into the city right now may so that fremont street exit. The meteor lights are on at the toll plaza san mateo bridge. 13 minute right there. The richmond, sandra bridge about 8 minutes and a bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this wednesday. Darya james, back to you. Thank you. Reyna lawn and this morning, the cause of that massive building fire in San Francisco is under investigation. Yes, but residents in the area have been warning the city apparently about. Nearby tent encampment fires for months. Kron fours Michael Thomas is live in San Francisco with the latest. Michael, can you tell us . Hi, good morning, everyone. Will you know all through the night, crews are really working to deconstruct whats left of this burned down construction area that was supposed to be an Apartment Building. Take a look. You can see those top floors are already starting to be taken down. And as you mentioned, i mean, not only residents, but also the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association has been alarming. This city officials that this may happen. Lets get and a video from yesterday scene. You can see just how massive it was. And Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association actually reached out to city leaders on may. 30th saying that they were afraid Something Like this that youre looking at what happened at some point. And, you know, there were a handful of fires, according to them around tent encampments that took place towards the end of march. A car was lit on fire behind the construction site in april. There were 2 more fires nearby. In fact, one fire is listed at a construction site off hickory street in octavia boulevard, which is the back end of the construction site that burned to the ground yesterday. Lets get details on your screens. You can see part of this. Quote, it says this is again from the association to city leaders saying, quote, our neighborhood and our city, its literally being trashed and set on fire. And you all are doing nothing about it. We are asking you to take these issues seriously and remove encampments that posed a danger to our community. When we report them instead of throwing your hands up in the air, end quote. Now these are visuals from the aftermath of yesterdays fire and the cause of yesterdays fire still under investigation. 6 best a geisha excuse me, but it was massive and it totally, you know, displaced 8 people in families and it also damaged 5 neighboring buildings. And back out here live, you can see its still a very active scene. And this is 24 hours later. So far, it looks like theyve taken down at least 2 stories of that. But we are expecting them to take down more throughout the day. I reached out to city officials to see if they had a conversation with the Neighborhood Association regarding that letter sent out on may 30th. Also reached out to the association to see what their responses this morning regarding that fire that took place yesterday. So as we get more answers in the sun starts to come up. A neighbor start to wake up. Were going chat with them and continue to bring the latest live this morning in his neighborhood Michael Thomas and thank you, michael. Time now 603. And in the south bay of milpitas Business Owner and has been arrested, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14 yearold this point. Police are concerned there might be other victims kron fours amanda hari with the story. Milpitas police say the Inappropriate Conduct happened at a Badminton Club that is classes and events for kids of all ages. They felt it was vital for the community to know the details. Its any parents worst nightmare. Their child in danger somewhere. They should be safe. Nope, he does. Police say they started investigating inappropriate relationship. Between 51 yearold fue coo of fremont and a 14 yearold on july 13. During that time the victim get this close, inappropriate physical contact and communication with the suspect. Who is the coowner and a coach at being tang that men in milpitas. He also coowns other being tank facilities in the bay area. Lieutenant Tyler Jamison says the inappropriate contact happened at the milpitas facility with this case, specifically out of an abundance of caution. We did want to share this information with the community. In case there were other victims out there that havent reported a similar incident being tank in also has facilities in campbell dublin, san carlos, burlingame and santa clara lieutenant jamison says parents should talk to their children about these types of situations and look out for signs of trauma. Any time your kids are involved sports, you want to just make sure that you have open dialogue with your children, talk to them. Displaying im unusual behavior. Those definitely things you want to your eye out who was arrested and held on a 1 Million Dollars bail. He has since bailed out of jail. I reached out to the Badminton Club for comment and they havent responded at the time of this report in milpitas amanda hari kron. 4 news. Thank and well, and north bay. Now weve got chp investigating a fatal crash that involved 4 cars. Crash happened last night at about 7 oclock. It was on highway one, 16 right near the community of lake villepin, sonoma county. Chp says 3 cars were traveling westbound somehow got into a crash with a moving truck. It was traveling in the opposite direction. They say one person died in that accident. 3, a major injuries as well. They had to close part of the highway from old adobe road, too. Walk mile road for several hours dealing with that crash happening today. Fastfood workers in san jose are planning to strike. Theyre demanding the city address low pay. And what they say has been Workplace Violence and unsafe working conditions. Theyre going to strike at these 3 locations. Carls junior, San Jose City hall and kfc. Well, a harmful algae known as the red tide is starting to spread across the bay area and Nonprofit Group called San Francisco bay keeper confirm that the shores of berkeley have it and members are investigating just how far its we have kron 4 Sarah Stinson with more on exactly what we need to know about this. Be on the lookout for that brown water. Its already spreading to shores across the bay area. Scientists say since it was so deadly last year, theyre worried about what another bloom could do to our ecosystem. Francisco baykeeper received reports from its pollution hotline about discolored brown water in the Berkeley Marina investigation. Team. Went out scanned the east shoreline and found that the brown water actually extended from emeryville up to albany. Scientists took samples and confirmed to be the same algae that bloomed last year, killing thousands of fish hatteras xi. Well. Which forms a red tide when it when it blooms. This organism is an algae that occurs in the bay naturally. When it gets out of balance, it can cause a bloom harming fish. There are no reports of a big fish kill so far but the algae is reportedly spreading. Richman. Were getting reports from timber on and also off the coast of the peninsula that on the bay side and up into the and some public they keep are still investigating and testing the water in those areas. Normally the red tide is not known to be a Public Health risk, but there are some precautions you can take. Should the plume become worse . The advice is. Im just keep your eyes keeping those if water looks discolored or smells funky, then its probably best not to swim in or let your dog swimming scientists fear another bloom could be detrimental to the base ecosystem. It would be really bad. Our fish and wildlife in San Francisco bay are already struggling from a bunch of things to minimize harm bay keeper. Scientists are calling on the Regional Water board to limit the nutrient pollution that goes into the bay from wastewater plants. If you come across dead fish in the bay, youre advised to contact in report that. To the state water board and to bay keepers, they have a pollution hotline, but you can call we put all that information on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Im sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. Back to you. All right, sarah, thank you. 609, the time and might be more difficult to get where you need to go next year. If youre flying alaska air. The carrier is cutting more than 3,000 flights from its january schedule, meaning about half a million few receipts are going to be available to book the service loss will affect sfo and the sacramento airport, the most. If you have big travel plans this summer, but youre still waiting for a new passport. Well, its going to take a while. Apparently is taking 10 to 13 weeks now to get processed and it used to be like 8 to 11 weeks back in february. But its taking longer now. So a growing number of lawmakers say that they have been flooded with travelers asking for help and speeding this up. Some republicans accuse the state department for failing to prepare for this post pandemic rush democrats argue things will only get worse if republicans follow through with slashing plans for the departments budget. Congress must reject these cuts and instead support these agencies with increased staffing and reliable funding. Its sort of a misallocation of resources that the first job of government constituents is not doing very well. Always. The answer appears. Bash guys spend more money people how much it were already spending. The state Department Officials are saying theyre trying to hire extra workers to focus on the problem. Well, still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, San Jose City workers right now are voting on whether to strike. Were going to tell you about their demands and how the citys mayor is responding. Plus, theres a new effort now. The State Capitol area farmers impacted by natural disasters. Will talk more about that. And after the break, lawmakers are reacting to former president Donald Trumps indictment for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election will have a live report from dc. And keeping the cool weather around today. Look at these temperatures. San jose mid 70s for you today, oakland and San Francisco in the 60s. Ill be talking about a big change of pace this weekend involving a big warmup. Still to come. And before you leave the house, you need to know how your wednesday commute is. Kind of fair. Keeping a close eye on those and were back coming up on 6. 14. And here are the 4 things you need to know today. A sacramento woman has pleaded not guilty to all charges in connection with a shooting on the bay bridge. Shes accused of getting out of her car naked on the bridge and firing shots into the air and at passing cars. Paul also making threats. San Francisco Police have arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a Sandwich Shop owner in the city. They say the man punched the owner in the face about 2 weeks ago. A 13 yearold now could face charges after santa rosa. Police say she took her parents car and crashed into a pole and 3 other cars. That crash happened yesterday morning on king street. And San FranciscoWater Treatment company is brewing. A beer made from recycled water. They say the water used to make the beer is sourced from showers and sinks and washing machines in a laundry Apartment Building luxury apartment wont its a luxury her water, so their waists takes taste better drink up 6. 14, right parts of the u. S. To get a little break from the high heat and that is good. But theyre still. Some really skyrocketing temperatures that going throughout the south. A new study finds the during a heat wave laborer intensive industries which you can imagine. Construction, agriculture, they see a big drop in productivity and outdoor restaurants see a dip in business because most people would rather stay in the airconditioning. We find that a one degree increase in the average summer temperature reduces the economic output by 2. 2 . So if you get a couple of degrees, that stuff starts. Adding up real fast. Yeah, i can imagine to industries have actually seen an increase, though in productivity with the heat, the oil and the gas utility sectors day do terrific. What is hot out with everybody turning on . The air conditioning. Well, speaking of air condition, lets find out what kind hot whether or not we might i have natural ac was a little chilly this morning when i went out. Yeah. Lets find out more. Hey, john. Mother natures ac on full blast right now for a lot of spots in its care. That swamp cooler field, too. Because its just wet out there closer to the coastline. Weve got this a very dense marine layer that is pushed in from the coast resulting in some fog, some mist, some drizzle, even a few wet spots on roads closer to the coast. So watch for that along 101 and highway one. We are seeing that low gray in treating a little further inland that will keep temperatures on the down today. The High Pressure ridge thats been contributing to heat. It might not be impacting us much right now with our mild temperatures today. But it does ease its way back into the picture. And along with that, were going to be seeing quite the warmup as we move into the weekend. Well stay cool at the coastline, but inland areas for the bay. Well make your return to the triple digits come saturday and sunday. So that means if you dont love that heat, especially not those very hot temperatures enjoy today and tomorrow it will be 60s at the coast. Some 60s 70s along the bay shore today, even cooler than yesterday was for many areas. South bay temperatures, mid 70s in san jose on over to santa clara. Well, only 60s from Union City Hayward up through oakland, san ramon, a cool 74 while conquered as well as pittsburgh. Barely making it to 80 degrees. Santa rosa at 81 today. Tomorrow will be just as cool. In fact, for some of us will be the coolest day of the forecast. After that, we start to see temperatures ramping up words. Real quick and by saturday and sunday, as i promised you, were hovering around 100 degrees in london, 80s by the bayshore. So if you thought the heat was in the rearview window, were just getting a little break from it with hotter weather. Still to come great. All right, john, thank you for that. Taken bar. We have a 20 minute delay in downtown oakland. Thats in the antioch and as a full meal right direction. So keep that in mind. If you take an bar today. Our highways, bridges right now, 11 minutes meteor lights are on at the bay bridge. San mateo bridge around 13, 81 to one. All highways starting to pick up certainly so te crockett out towards the maze. Richmond, youre seeing things slow down and as youre traveling through hercules as well, things are starting a congested bit. 29 minutes along 1, 0, one. 85 up to menlo park. The southbound side when one looks good, though, 2, a 82 still fairly light and over in the east bay san leandro downhill. Pete is about 25 minutes story. James, back to thanks a lot at 6. 18, and Governor Newsom appointed the first director of californias brand new oil watchdog division. Ty milder is set to lead this new division. He previously served as prosecutor antitrust expert for the department of justice. Governor newsom says the division is going to monitor the oil industry and identify whether price gouging is happening. Something that Oil Industry Executives have long denied. Well, california lawmakers have announced a new bill that would provide relief for farmers impacted by natural disasters. The agricultural emergency relief act aims at streamlining the process for seeking and receiving relief. The bill will create a permanent structure of the u. S. Department of agricultures Emergency Relief Program that covered loss to crops, trees. Bushs vines from natural disasters. All of it, the bill would also require farmers to apply for relief to purchase Crop Insurance for 2 years after receiving a payment. And former President Donald Trump is now facing a 3rd indictment is is related to the january 6. 2021 attack on the capitol in our dc correspondent Alexandra Limon is live in dc with a closer look at these charges morning, alex. Yeah, good morning. And you know, trump was already facing charges for illegally possessing classified documents as well. As for that hush money case out of new york. Now, this indictment charges him with trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election. Charging Donald J Trump conspiring to defraud the united states. Conspiring to disenfranchise voters. Conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. A federal grand jury has once aga