Darya and im james. Thank you for joining us. Its 09 00am here on this wednesday. Were halfway through the week on this august second already wednesday. Thats right. So that means that that big heat wave is coming or heat spite of the but for right now, kind of cool. Just get the latest. Yeah. Looking real cool out there today. Again, your first 3 days of august, which kicked off yesterday. And into tomorrow, all of its nice, cool and well cooler than average for this time of year. Youre to get a little sneak peek at this quite our view. But heres another look at it. Youve got the gray up above a little bit of sunlight. Now starting to pierce through in San Francisco. That low stratus is a sign of some ocean cooled air that continues to swing across the bay area and keeping us real cool all the way inland. Brentwood pittsburgher for this inland spots still hanging out in the mid 60s. Similar to what youre feeling like an oakland at 63 degrees. Well, sf santa rosa and a few other spots like alameda and san mateo still in the 50s. Now later today, its 70s to 80s for daytime highs cooler than average for this time of year. But i think a lot of our inland areas enjoying this break from the heat. Im going to be talking the return of the hotter temps still to come rain. All right, john, thank that. Well, if you are making your way into the city this morning here in the 9 oclock hour, things are looking much better. No longer building at the toll plaza there. Down to 16 minutes down from 25 our mateo bridge around 14, traveling across towards the peninsula. Many things are starting to line up along 8. 80, is youre hopping on that bridge. Richmond center fell bridge 11 minutes. Golden gate bridge. Yeah, you have your share. Fear fog. 21 minutes. Thats not taking those drive times up the highway for a 22 minute ride. If youre heading from antioch into conquered doritos, back to you. Thanks. A lot rain, a 902. And this morning, the cause of the massive fire that happened in San Francisco yesterday is still under investigation. And were hearing more from some of the residents in the area that they say theyve been warning the city about. Encampment fires nearby for months. They think it might have something to do with what happened. Kron fours Michael Thomas is following this live from his valley. What can you tell us right now . Michael . Hi, good morning. Everyone will dari. I actually spoke with the association and they tell me that the city specifically did not respond to their letter a few months ago. And this is exactly what they feared. Take a look at. Crews have been here overnight, really deconstructing whats left of this construction site and ultimately fire chief tells me that its really possibly just one win. Blair away from falling apart completely. You know, this is right at the corner of octavia boulevard and oak street. And again, theyre really taping things off, having people avoid the area because it is so fragile right now. Lets get video from yesterday. You can see just how massive this fire was. And the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association tells me that they reach out to leaders on may 30th and at that time, they told them that they were afraid that this fire or Something Like this would happen. Now, there were a handful of fires in the area. They tell me from tent encampments and at the end of march, the Association Says there was a car that was lit on fire behind this construction site. And actually this construction site had another fire in it in april. You know, they say that they really were just nervous. It was going to get bigger. And it obviously did. Take a look. This is part of the they sent out saying, quote, our neighborhood and our city is literally being trashed and being set on fire. And you all are doing nothing about it. Were asking you to take these issues seriously and remove encampments that pose a danger to our community. Wh we report them instead of throwing your hands up in the air and quote, i spoke with one neighbor who says that she agrees with that message and sometimes its hard for her even to walk through the streets. Its light. Sometimes like a little bit aggressive. Make it to have a dozen something and walking made of and then they yell something new. Back out here live. You can see just the aftermath. There are a lot more people waking up. So weve got lucky lewers. But again, the association tells me that they did reach out. This is exactly what they feared of. And they say that this specific construction site that theyve had multiple people that were sometimes inside either having fires to stay warm and that there are a growing encampment around here. But in the neighborhood specifically, she says theres also just a lot of encampments in general and she hopes the officials with the city at least start to acknowledge it and do something about it. Thats the very latest here in hayes valley. Im Michael Thomas started. James, well send it back to you. Michael, thank you. Its 904. And lets go to the south bay now on Business Owner is arrested accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14 yearold and the worry among investigators is might be other victims. Out their proffers amanda hari has 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 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. Well, 906. The california high patrol has taken more than 15,000 grams of fentanyl off the streets of San Francisco since they started doing it back on may. 1st, all of this is according to a tweet by the governors office. Its part of operation San Francisco, safe streets, which was launched back in may. Chp says that it only takes 2 milligrams of fentanyl for a person to overdose. So theyve taken off the streets. A lot of fentanyl. Happening today. Fastfood workers in san jose are planning to go on strike. Theyre demanding the city address low pay and what they say as Workplace Violence and unsafe working conditions. Workers are set to strike at the various locations you see on the screen from carls junior to San Jose City hall to the kfc on east santa clara street. Its 907, and a harmful algae called the red tide has started to spread in the water in the bay. A Nonprofit Group called San Francisco bay keeper confirms they found red tide on the sures at board at berkeley and theyre investigate is how far it spread. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson has details. 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. Almena a rich man. 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 that 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. Thank you very much, sara. 9. 10, the time might be a little more difficult to get where you need to go next year. If you plan on flying alaska airlines, we havent heard the carrier announced. Its cutting more than 3,000 flights from its january schedule alone, which equates to about a half million feuer seats to book. So. The competitions going to be going up for those seats. The service loss will affect a couple of airports here locally the most and include sacramento and sfo. Oh, gosh, i dont know. All right. Get ready for that. California lawmakers have announced a new bill that will provide relief for farmers impacted by natural disasters. The agricultural emergency relief act aims to streamline the process for seeking and receiving relief. The bill is going to create a permanent process to cover the loss of crops and trees and bushes and vines to natural disasters. The bill would also require farmers to apply for relief to purchase Crop Insurance for at least 2 years after receiving a payment. Its 9. 11 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, San Jose City workers are voting right now. Whether or not they should strike. Well tell you what theyre demanding and how the city is responding in terms of pay hikes and u. S. Lawmakers are hoping to tighten regulations and get a handle on ghost guns will tell you what they want to do. Plus, look what happened when a santa rosa teenager took her parents car out for a joyride with their friends. Thats how the story ends. Well show you how it all started job. And today, cool. Still like tomorrow is about to be. But that doesnt last forever because this weekend is going to right back up. So if youre a fan of that cooler feel get 9. 14, right now. And weve got a ways to go. Tell everybody see some shows sunshine this afternoon. Still little gray depending on where you are. Yeah, weve got john with our forecast. Lets get that update now. Good morning, john. Yeah, youre definitely seeing still some mostly cloudy skies for a lot of the bay area at this point. Your view outside from the east bay hills, this Berkeley Hills camera, a good sign of what you got along the bay and that is still pretty gray for most areas. Now, today is going to be a pleasant feel for inland areas. You still got that break from the heat for coastal areas. Its kind of business as usual. Maybe. Plus, a little extra cloud cover the High Pressure ridge. The heat dome across the nations midsection is certainly still in place but makes its way back out our direction. And in the process of doing so will contribute to a nice warm up this weekend. If you love the heat well, you got it in the triple digits for inland areas come saturday and sunday. 60s are not going anywhere towards the coastline, though, because were not cutting off access to that ocean air. That means San Francisco coastal areas, youre not budget, youre going to stay nice and cool. Now for areas further inland, you are going to be seeing a very dramatic change of pace 70s along the bayshore, the south bay and even for some of our inland spots like the tri valley are going to be gone a matter of the weekend. Livermore 78 degrees for your high walnut creek in danville. Also at 78 today. Well, oakland, a cool 68 antioch in vacaville again are very warmest spots at 84 for your highs. Looking ahead today tomorrow, the cool ones. And then friday starting to show signs of warmth. The heat really builds in saturday and sunday. Thats when weve got triple digit heat for some inland spots and even some 80s along the bay shore will back off that. He pretty quickly, though, by next tuesday. Were right back down into those 80s that the warmest rain. John, thank you for that. Will drive times are going down a bit. Were at about 45 minutes along 8 80s drive. Time for silly to milpitas now with 37. So we could spare few minutes here. The bay bridge. Thats great. Look at that. 60 minutes. Just to make it from the maze to that fremont street exit traffic is no longer building at the toll plaza. San mateo bridge just under 15 minutes. There. If you are in the south bay heading up 1, 0, 1, 43 minutes. 85 into menlo park. Well, a te crockett out towards the maze. Now from 25 to about 17 minutes, berkeley, youre seeing thats lois drive time there and antioch and to conquer. Its going to take just under 20 minutes. Darya. James, back to you. Time now to talk winners and losers on wall street. We have our financial expert rob black joining us this morning. Rob, where im seeing a whole lot of red on wall street. Whats behind that . Fitch ratings, their credit bureau. They can do your credit score, james, but they can also United States credit score their downgrade in us to double a plus, essentially saying that what happened with the debt ceiling negotiations 2 months was hoop show. They didnt like it and we have too much debt in the United States and the higher Interest Rates will be paying a more percentage of interest on our debt. First and down our debt for years to come. Its a great wakeup call that we just cant spend, spend, spend spend trillions of dollars every single year without having some sort of conservative nature with just cant keep spending like that. So its a good thing. Its a bad thing. Short term, its causing a little chaos. And stocks have been up for. 6 months 5 months in a so its causing the big winners to sell off a little bit. I like that. Its a little steam out of the very moment to market and ultimately businesses as usual. So will be fined. But when it stopped, i dont know. I would say somewhere between 5 and 10 as a buying opportunity. But theres also a nagging sense that we needed this 10 year treasuries at 4. 0, 1, 2 . So id rather save money in treasury or a bond or in a money market account that i but stock with a high valuation. But then we see what we have here. Jeremy siegel. Predicting stocks are getting hit alltime highs. So i dont know that does that mean youre not going to be doing great . Yeah, hes a retired hes the wizard of wharton. He says 30 chance of recession. But stocks will be make new highs because the economy is good. Economy is good. Then we have while jobs are there than the economy is good because we spend of the economy is we work in system of capital is more hits. The bottom line more often, not with earnings, which helps stock market. I dont think hes off base, i think is actually pretty smart and reassuring. I followed him for 25 plus years im more like him than i want to be clear. Do you want people be a little different than me . But i think you see preaching reason here. And then i do mean stocks have made headlines in the past. It relies tupperware, though, was one. Now whats going on with that . A little bit of a tupperware 800 in 2 weeks. Time. I would avoid its was companies thats teetering on bankruptcy. And it got onto the reddit platform and people are starting to talk about it to the its got a lot of short interest. So fundamentally. Poised for pop. If anyone showed interest in i just think thats interesting. Per 100 in 2 weeks kind of makes you feel stupid. But i should have known that. But dont chase that kind of performance. Its its silly. Lets get bit in the rear. When stuff like that goes on. All right. Quickly i guess theyre getting into the generative ai game. As well with chatbots, what what are they putting together here . And theyre generative ai if like your son has a project to talk about the civil defeat everything about li going into a buck and then your son will be able to talk to invoice. Hell talk back. What was the battle of gettysburg like a 15,000 old. If you want to get a recipe for tonight on cookies you can talk to Martha Stewart words in the voice of Martha Stewart. I want to talk in julia child. No word any, right . It would put all of her cookbooks straight and it would take her video from tv and put it straight pretty cool then you can get by. Safeway sponsoring Betty Crocker and civil war be sponsored by school supplies, for instance, because we know thats a kid asking its going start coming