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Driverless cars are coming to San Francisco as officials rely their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies will help all that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news well, good friday morning. Thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news friday. August 11th, im reyna harvey. Its the weekend and i know youve got a whole lot of plans john, im thinking of maybe catching the Perseid Meteor Shower theyre going to you know what tomorrow night looks great for. Thats what its going to peak your saturday night after 10 00pm into sunday morning. Out there. Watch it. And hopefully thats something to get a chance to enjoy what weve got right now. Quite our is a little bit of a low gray. We are seeing skies that are clear for some patchy fog for others. That fog along the for some coastal drizzle, some mist out that direction and up into the east bay hills. Most of our visibility is okay. Current temperatures are right now in the 50s to 60s mild start. This is exactly where we were yesterday and the day before it. As far as morning temperatures go. So youve gotten pretty used to this feel during the morning hours. You know, the drill, get those light jackets ready to go. As for what we have later today, seasonably warm and nice and sunny later today, 60s of the coast, 70s along the bay shore and 80s further inland. A good one to step outside. In our last one. Youre going to be stepping outside without in the 90s on the map because after today, temperatures are about to get real hot breaking down that heating forecast as we go now. As for your roads this morning, its friday so far and its so for our friday light. Lets keep it going. I dont know if we will, but you know that the bay bridge will pick up a little bit. Hopefully we can keep that lighter traffic around san mateo bridge, 12 minutes. Nothing holding you up there. As for the Richmond Center fell 8 minutes to make your crossing in. Still pretty empty. And the golden gate bridge, you may find a little wet spot or 2 as youre making your crossing. But visibility is holding up fine. Reyna. Thank you, john. Well, developing news deputies in the east bay are now investigating a possible murder suicide. After they found an adult and 2 children dead inside of their home. Hofer is dan thorn has reaction from neighbors that live in danville. Right now, only be adult in this case has been identified as 44 yearold the monument, the sale of police first coming to this home on lark would circle wednesday night for a wellness check. And inside, they found sale of itch and 2 children dead. Investigators swarm of danville home after finding 3 people dead wednesday night. One of them has been identified as 44 yearold iman ya, sale of itch. Its believed the other were his children. You dont hear a lot a crime. And then this there, of that magnitude. It was shocking unsettling. Neighbor john sweeney says the family who lived an lockwood circle appeared to keep to themselves. It was unusual for this neighborhood to see caution tape cordoning off the street and Police Investigating a gruesome crime. Its its frightening situation psychology. Experts like doctor Thomas Plante of Santa Clara University say stress in america is off the charts. And with that, theres been an increase in new gun ownership. If you have a high degree of stress, Mental Health related problems, and easy access to lethal means. Things can get out. The controlled really fast. Doctor plante suggests a Mental Health and Public Health approach to address cases of suicide and murder suicide. He believes access to alcohol, drugs and weapons should also be explored. A simple thing. Doctor plante says could be for people to check up on each other. And we do more to kind of reach out to one another and say, u k do want to talk about this. You seem pretty stressed out. And so i think if we all can do some of that, that would help the tragedy has families in the neighborhood preparing for some uncomfortable but necessary conversations, something, you know, you dont want to talk to kids about, but i guess thats, you know, reality of of life something, you know, learn from the police have not yet released the names or the ages of the 2 children. They are still investigating in danville, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Well, if you or someone you know, is experiencing a Mental Health crisis, you can actually call or text that number on the screen. Thats 9, 8, 8, and you can talk to a trained counselor who can connect you to local services. The lines open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Turning now to a big story, more horrific imagery coming from hawaii has devastating wildfires continue to burn there. At least 55 people were killed in those wildfires. And Officials Say that number is expected to go up. This is the states deadliest disaster in more than 60 years. The fire ripped through the Historic Town of la hina, a popular shopping and dining district. You can see the cell phone video taken from the ground showing how so many Historic Buildings of sites have been leveled, gone. Now the residents say they had little warning before the fire overtook that out. Now, many of them are questioning while wise Emergency Warning System did not alert them of that fire officials confirm that Emergency Management records show no indication that the warning sirens were triggered. Governor josh green says search and rescue operations are continuing. California crews are on their way to help fight the flames, including a member of the oakland Fire Departments, fema urban search and rescue task force acting fire chief says oftentimes in disaster like this, First Responders are also victims. So the group will do whatever they can to try and help. And sometimes when we go into these communities, the people that are running their Office Emergency services are suffering tragic as well. So if they cant do their job, were going to support them. 7 of the rules. And we know we want to take over, but we want to support them and ensuring that the community is getting what they need and that thats the recovery pace. Well, a canine unit is also hard at work, helping to find bodies and make sure they are returned to their loved ones. She says the teen members will be there as long as needed, which given the destruction that weve seen could be quite a while. Now. Were going to continue to monitor the hawaii fires on our website. Kron 4 dot com. If you scan the qr code on your screen, its going to bring you the latest information on that hole. The fires taken as well as any uptodate evacuation orders as search and rescue efforts there. San francisco is now the first major u. S. City with 2 Driverless Car Companies going headtohead for passengers. Theyre competing against tax in Rideshare Companies, California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow waymo and cruise to start charging for driverless rides. Waymo says they will start in the coming weeks. Cruz is still working on their timeline and thats raising red flags for a lot of people. So theres a danger of emergency where these blocking the road and could actually kill people are people who have a house on fire emergency care, very serious issue. And the fact that cpsc didnt put that into their consideration. Is shows again that theyre putting the public in danger, something also hes going to happen. Well, mayor london breed spoke in favor of cpu seas vo but acknowledge the safety concerns tweeting there remain challenges. We got to resolve and work through the rival. Rebel Taxi Companies have been testing their cars on a restricted by bases in the city over the last year. Commission members say they continue to work to make sure problems are being resolved, including a push to improve communication with First Responders. The cbc you theyre going to be again in 3 months to get a Progress Report on how things are going. Well, a bill to raise bridge toll fees faces more opposition. This time the Foster City Council voted write a formal letter against temporarily increasing the cost to drive across all bridges except for the golden gate. Yeah. Local lawmakers are coming out against the bill. They are worried of the toll hike would financially burden the lowest earning commuters. Already paying steep prices across foster city city Council Voted unanimously to write a letter in opposition to sb 5. 32. The bill, which if passed what actually rage bridge toll fees. Another one 1. 50 and 5 over the next 5 years. All city leaders raised several concerns, including why this wasnt a ballot measure. The problem here it is. Its not being assessed for the use of the bridge is being assessed to fund Public Transit. And for that reason, i believe this is a tax. We have state senator scott wiener who actually offered that bill and responded to cross for insisting that even after securing 400 Million Dollars for bay area transit systems operating for the next 4 years. There will be a 2. 5 billion deficit which would force service cuts to ac transit. Bart Muni Caltrain and now a deeply harm. Lowincome riders who dont own a car. Foster city council now joins 6 local congressmembers who together wrote their own opposition and a letter to oppose sb 5. 32. Now were learning what caused a San Francisco bound flight to nearly plunged into the Pacific Ocean after taking off from maui. This happened back in december. So investigators from the National Transportation safety board say after taking off during heavy rain from a maui airport, the captain has to cope out to reset the wing flaps, but the copilot heard 15 instead of fine. The pilots immediately realized the mistake is the plane pitch downward started accelerating in just 10 seconds. The plane dropped more than 1000 feet before the pilots were able to regain control. Thankfully, none of the 270 passengers and crew members on board were injured. The flight then resume to San Francisco as planned. The federal Aviation Administration says the pilots reported that incident themselves appropriate action was taken. Both pilots are still flying for united. Still ahead of the kron 4 morning news investigators trying to figure out what caused the fire at the states are still as the smoke continues to doctor air quality across the bay. And after the break, day one of outside lands hits off today. Were going to give you sneak peek at this years festival peek at this years festival will be right back. California sky todos alcanzamos Las Estrellas sunny state of mind flexin all the time todo es dorado y nos gusta picante cause this place is caliente tamos enchilado feels so golden livin in the golden state with you feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado oooh we got that drip, drip, drip come take a sip, sip, sip feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado are 4 things for you to know today. A tanker truck tipped over spill more than 500 gallons of cooking. The San Francisco. Happened yesterday afternoon on boulevard on the rant. The southbound 101. Now the man accused of assaulting a Security Guard and home depot pled not guilty to all charges during his First Court Appearance San Mateo County Sheriffs Office is Jonathan Mackey. Try to shoplifting, hit a Security Guard in the face and with a baton. The guard then shot mackey. Former House Speaker nancy pelosi agreed to let defense lawyers representing the man charged with assaulting her husband, inspect their home before the trial. If a deal is not struck between san jose and thousands of employees this week, its service will be in jeopardy, including the care of hundreds animals. Mayor matt mahan floated possibility of shutting down the San Jose Animal Care Center to cover much of the cause of the upcoming threeday strike. Happening today. We got outside lands. It kicks off in just a few hours at Golden Gate Park of the 3 day Music Festival is expected to draw some 70,000 spectators a day. Well, gayle ong has a preview of that. Ranger dave is dressed and ready to go as crews punishg to Golden Gate Park thursday, eve of the annual outside lands Music Festival cant wait to get the gates opening. Get have everyone come in. Outsidelands cofounder alan scott is expecting a large crowd more than 225,000 tickets have been sold. In fact, this weekend is sold out. Headliners include kendrick lamar, lana del rey megan, thee stallion foo fighters and of and new this year festival goers can enjoy club. Dolores it open air dance space that celebrates the and Trans Community that is so vital to San Franciscos culture. And we are partnering with 3 local clear promoters. Each programming a different day that that is going to be a lot of fun. And i think you may find me there outside lands is also about the food and beverages with more than 100 local vendors to choose from 99 of the restaurants that we work with are actually from the local bay area. 63 are local to San Francisco, specifically and 10 or hyperlocal to the richmond in the sunset district. So we definitely keep it local work with all those amazing local restaurants that we have here in the bay area in San Francisco. Gayle ong kron, 4 news. All right. Looks like a whole lot of fun this weekend. Hey, if you are going to be in outside lands. Maybe even youre just going to wait a little later and check out the meteor shower this weekend. Lot to get to john. So the forecast that we need to know is going to yeah, you know, outsidelands Golden Gate Park and get a little foggy little windy sometimes. Today were starting the day with a little bit of that fog. The good news is skies will clear out. Pretty nicely come this afternoon, youll get your dose of sunshine out there early in the day. Then that gray is going to push back in. So just be prepared with that extra layers youre getting out there. What we have in east bay hills right now is definitely some gray skies push of cool air is offering us one that last day of our warmest temperatures in the 80s today. Were still in the midst of the remnants of some tropical moisture. This low pressure area can to anchoring some cooler air across the region. High pressure ridge to the east of us that builds back in. So today we get that sunshine and even Golden Gate Park, youre going to see a solid dose of it. Fog is going to stream right back in into the early evening tonight. Going to start off tomorrow with a little bit of a grey start before we see that increase in temperatures and marine layer push further and further back out towards the coastline. Good news for your outside lands tomorrow. Bad news for those inland areas which are going to start to get really scorching hot. As for todays temperatures, areas like Golden Gate Park, low 60s. So you can see that it is mild enough, but you definitely want that extra layer. Well also be in the low 60s along the immediate coastline. Lot of 70s along the bay shore today with areas like san carlos in palo in the upper 70s, san jose, a identical to yesterday. Youre it to 81 for your daytime high. Also pretty similar to yesterday across the east bay mid 80s inland 70s in oakland, berkeley and richmond in the upper 60s, antioch, 87 right around the same as yesterday. And yet again, our hottest spot santa rosa nevado and center fell at 79. Okay. So lets get you a look ahead today. The last day were seeing 80s is our peak temperatures starting tomorrow. Weve got a few low 90s returning and then come sunday monday, tuesday and wednesday. The core of our heat ahead over some inland areas. Well hit 100 degrees as we make our way into the start of next week. Notice bayshore cities, you mostly remain in the 70s. So its really just our inland areas that are getting so scorching hot. They in coastal areas will remain at least moderated by that cool sea breeze. As for your rose things out there doing just fine. Its friday. Hopefully we can keep the friday light around at least so far. Were looking great. San mateo bridge is at the limit 12 minutes. Thats as fast as you can get across it. Richmond center fell at 7 minutes. Well, looking the golden gate just a little bit, a low gray overhead, but fog is not blocking out your view reyna. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, san franciscans who attended city college within the last 5 years. Are getting their debts erased by using taxpayer dollars. Mayor london breed says the city allocated a little more 2 Million Dollars towards the San Francisco<\/a> as officials rely their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies<\/a> will help all that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news well, good friday morning. Thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news friday. August 11th, im reyna harvey. Its the weekend and i know youve got a whole lot of plans john, im thinking of maybe catching the Perseid Meteor Shower<\/a> theyre going to you know what tomorrow night looks great for. Thats what its going to peak your saturday night after 10 00pm into sunday morning. Out there. Watch it. And hopefully thats something to get a chance to enjoy what weve got right now. Quite our is a little bit of a low gray. We are seeing skies that are clear for some patchy fog for others. That fog along the for some coastal drizzle, some mist out that direction and up into the east bay hills. Most of our visibility is okay. Current temperatures are right now in the 50s to 60s mild start. This is exactly where we were yesterday and the day before it. As far as morning temperatures go. So youve gotten pretty used to this feel during the morning hours. You know, the drill, get those light jackets ready to go. As for what we have later today, seasonably warm and nice and sunny later today, 60s of the coast, 70s along the bay shore and 80s further inland. A good one to step outside. In our last one. Youre going to be stepping outside without in the 90s on the map because after today, temperatures are about to get real hot breaking down that heating forecast as we go now. As for your roads this morning, its friday so far and its so for our friday light. Lets keep it going. I dont know if we will, but you know that the bay bridge will pick up a little bit. Hopefully we can keep that lighter traffic around san mateo bridge, 12 minutes. Nothing holding you up there. As for the Richmond Center<\/a> fell 8 minutes to make your crossing in. Still pretty empty. And the golden gate bridge, you may find a little wet spot or 2 as youre making your crossing. But visibility is holding up fine. Reyna. Thank you, john. Well, developing news deputies in the east bay are now investigating a possible murder suicide. After they found an adult and 2 children dead inside of their home. Hofer is dan thorn has reaction from neighbors that live in danville. Right now, only be adult in this case has been identified as 44 yearold the monument, the sale of police first coming to this home on lark would circle wednesday night for a wellness check. And inside, they found sale of itch and 2 children dead. Investigators swarm of danville home after finding 3 people dead wednesday night. One of them has been identified as 44 yearold iman ya, sale of itch. Its believed the other were his children. You dont hear a lot a crime. And then this there, of that magnitude. It was shocking unsettling. Neighbor john sweeney says the family who lived an lockwood circle appeared to keep to themselves. It was unusual for this neighborhood to see caution tape cordoning off the street and Police Investigating<\/a> a gruesome crime. Its its frightening situation psychology. Experts like doctor Thomas Plante<\/a> of Santa Clara University<\/a> say stress in america is off the charts. And with that, theres been an increase in new gun ownership. If you have a high degree of stress, Mental Health<\/a> related problems, and easy access to lethal means. Things can get out. The controlled really fast. Doctor plante suggests a Mental Health<\/a> and Public Health<\/a> approach to address cases of suicide and murder suicide. He believes access to alcohol, drugs and weapons should also be explored. A simple thing. Doctor plante says could be for people to check up on each other. And we do more to kind of reach out to one another and say, u k do want to talk about this. You seem pretty stressed out. And so i think if we all can do some of that, that would help the tragedy has families in the neighborhood preparing for some uncomfortable but necessary conversations, something, you know, you dont want to talk to kids about, but i guess thats, you know, reality of of life something, you know, learn from the police have not yet released the names or the ages of the 2 children. They are still investigating in danville, dan thorn kron. 4 news. Well, if you or someone you know, is experiencing a Mental Health<\/a> crisis, you can actually call or text that number on the screen. Thats 9, 8, 8, and you can talk to a trained counselor who can connect you to local services. The lines open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Turning now to a big story, more horrific imagery coming from hawaii has devastating wildfires continue to burn there. At least 55 people were killed in those wildfires. And Officials Say<\/a> that number is expected to go up. This is the states deadliest disaster in more than 60 years. The fire ripped through the Historic Town<\/a> of la hina, a popular shopping and dining district. You can see the cell phone video taken from the ground showing how so many Historic Buildings<\/a> of sites have been leveled, gone. Now the residents say they had little warning before the fire overtook that out. Now, many of them are questioning while wise Emergency Warning System<\/a> did not alert them of that fire officials confirm that Emergency Management<\/a> records show no indication that the warning sirens were triggered. Governor josh green says search and rescue operations are continuing. California crews are on their way to help fight the flames, including a member of the oakland Fire Departments<\/a>, fema urban search and rescue task force acting fire chief says oftentimes in disaster like this, First Responders<\/a> are also victims. So the group will do whatever they can to try and help. And sometimes when we go into these communities, the people that are running their Office Emergency<\/a> services are suffering tragic as well. So if they cant do their job, were going to support them. 7 of the rules. And we know we want to take over, but we want to support them and ensuring that the community is getting what they need and that thats the recovery pace. Well, a canine unit is also hard at work, helping to find bodies and make sure they are returned to their loved ones. She says the teen members will be there as long as needed, which given the destruction that weve seen could be quite a while. Now. Were going to continue to monitor the hawaii fires on our website. Kron 4 dot com. If you scan the qr code on your screen, its going to bring you the latest information on that hole. The fires taken as well as any uptodate evacuation orders as search and rescue efforts there. San francisco is now the first major u. S. City with 2 Driverless Car Companies<\/a> going headtohead for passengers. Theyre competing against tax in Rideshare Companies<\/a>, California Public<\/a> Utilities Commission<\/a> voted to allow waymo and cruise to start charging for driverless rides. Waymo says they will start in the coming weeks. Cruz is still working on their timeline and thats raising red flags for a lot of people. So theres a danger of emergency where these blocking the road and could actually kill people are people who have a house on fire emergency care, very serious issue. And the fact that cpsc didnt put that into their consideration. Is shows again that theyre putting the public in danger, something also hes going to happen. Well, mayor london breed spoke in favor of cpu seas vo but acknowledge the safety concerns tweeting there remain challenges. We got to resolve and work through the rival. Rebel Taxi Companies<\/a> have been testing their cars on a restricted by bases in the city over the last year. Commission members say they continue to work to make sure problems are being resolved, including a push to improve communication with First Responders<\/a>. The cbc you theyre going to be again in 3 months to get a Progress Report<\/a> on how things are going. Well, a bill to raise bridge toll fees faces more opposition. This time the Foster City Council<\/a> voted write a formal letter against temporarily increasing the cost to drive across all bridges except for the golden gate. Yeah. Local lawmakers are coming out against the bill. They are worried of the toll hike would financially burden the lowest earning commuters. Already paying steep prices across foster city city Council Voted<\/a> unanimously to write a letter in opposition to sb 5. 32. The bill, which if passed what actually rage bridge toll fees. Another one 1. 50 and 5 over the next 5 years. All city leaders raised several concerns, including why this wasnt a ballot measure. The problem here it is. Its not being assessed for the use of the bridge is being assessed to fund Public Transit<\/a>. And for that reason, i believe this is a tax. We have state senator scott wiener who actually offered that bill and responded to cross for insisting that even after securing 400 Million Dollars<\/a> for bay area transit systems operating for the next 4 years. There will be a 2. 5 billion deficit which would force service cuts to ac transit. Bart Muni Caltrain<\/a> and now a deeply harm. Lowincome riders who dont own a car. Foster city council now joins 6 local congressmembers who together wrote their own opposition and a letter to oppose sb 5. 32. Now were learning what caused a San Francisco<\/a> bound flight to nearly plunged into the Pacific Ocean<\/a> after taking off from maui. This happened back in december. So investigators from the National Transportation<\/a> safety board say after taking off during heavy rain from a maui airport, the captain has to cope out to reset the wing flaps, but the copilot heard 15 instead of fine. The pilots immediately realized the mistake is the plane pitch downward started accelerating in just 10 seconds. The plane dropped more than 1000 feet before the pilots were able to regain control. Thankfully, none of the 270 passengers and crew members on board were injured. The flight then resume to San Francisco<\/a> as planned. The federal Aviation Administration<\/a> says the pilots reported that incident themselves appropriate action was taken. Both pilots are still flying for united. Still ahead of the kron 4 morning news investigators trying to figure out what caused the fire at the states are still as the smoke continues to doctor air quality across the bay. And after the break, day one of outside lands hits off today. Were going to give you sneak peek at this years festival peek at this years festival will be right back. California sky todos alcanzamos Las Estrellas<\/a> sunny state of mind flexin all the time todo es dorado y nos gusta picante cause this place is caliente tamos enchilado feels so golden livin in the golden state with you feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado<\/a> oooh we got that drip, drip, drip come take a sip, sip, sip feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado<\/a> are 4 things for you to know today. A tanker truck tipped over spill more than 500 gallons of cooking. The San Francisco<\/a>. Happened yesterday afternoon on boulevard on the rant. The southbound 101. Now the man accused of assaulting a Security Guard<\/a> and home depot pled not guilty to all charges during his First Court Appearance<\/a> San Mateo County<\/a> Sheriffs Office<\/a> is Jonathan Mackey<\/a>. Try to shoplifting, hit a Security Guard<\/a> in the face and with a baton. The guard then shot mackey. Former House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi agreed to let defense lawyers representing the man charged with assaulting her husband, inspect their home before the trial. If a deal is not struck between san jose and thousands of employees this week, its service will be in jeopardy, including the care of hundreds animals. Mayor matt mahan floated possibility of shutting down the San Jose Animal Care Center<\/a> to cover much of the cause of the upcoming threeday strike. Happening today. We got outside lands. It kicks off in just a few hours at Golden Gate Park<\/a> of the 3 day Music Festival<\/a> is expected to draw some 70,000 spectators a day. Well, gayle ong has a preview of that. Ranger dave is dressed and ready to go as crews punishg to Golden Gate Park<\/a> thursday, eve of the annual outside lands Music Festival<\/a> cant wait to get the gates opening. Get have everyone come in. Outsidelands cofounder alan scott is expecting a large crowd more than 225,000 tickets have been sold. In fact, this weekend is sold out. Headliners include kendrick lamar, lana del rey megan, thee stallion foo fighters and of and new this year festival goers can enjoy club. Dolores it open air dance space that celebrates the and Trans Community<\/a> that is so vital to San Francisco<\/a>s culture. And we are partnering with 3 local clear promoters. Each programming a different day that that is going to be a lot of fun. And i think you may find me there outside lands is also about the food and beverages with more than 100 local vendors to choose from 99 of the restaurants that we work with are actually from the local bay area. 63 are local to San Francisco<\/a>, specifically and 10 or hyperlocal to the richmond in the sunset district. So we definitely keep it local work with all those amazing local restaurants that we have here in the bay area in San Francisco<\/a>. Gayle ong kron, 4 news. All right. Looks like a whole lot of fun this weekend. Hey, if you are going to be in outside lands. Maybe even youre just going to wait a little later and check out the meteor shower this weekend. Lot to get to john. So the forecast that we need to know is going to yeah, you know, outsidelands Golden Gate Park<\/a> and get a little foggy little windy sometimes. Today were starting the day with a little bit of that fog. The good news is skies will clear out. Pretty nicely come this afternoon, youll get your dose of sunshine out there early in the day. Then that gray is going to push back in. So just be prepared with that extra layers youre getting out there. What we have in east bay hills right now is definitely some gray skies push of cool air is offering us one that last day of our warmest temperatures in the 80s today. Were still in the midst of the remnants of some tropical moisture. This low pressure area can to anchoring some cooler air across the region. High pressure ridge to the east of us that builds back in. So today we get that sunshine and even Golden Gate Park<\/a>, youre going to see a solid dose of it. Fog is going to stream right back in into the early evening tonight. Going to start off tomorrow with a little bit of a grey start before we see that increase in temperatures and marine layer push further and further back out towards the coastline. Good news for your outside lands tomorrow. Bad news for those inland areas which are going to start to get really scorching hot. As for todays temperatures, areas like Golden Gate Park<\/a>, low 60s. So you can see that it is mild enough, but you definitely want that extra layer. Well also be in the low 60s along the immediate coastline. Lot of 70s along the bay shore today with areas like san carlos in palo in the upper 70s, san jose, a identical to yesterday. Youre it to 81 for your daytime high. Also pretty similar to yesterday across the east bay mid 80s inland 70s in oakland, berkeley and richmond in the upper 60s, antioch, 87 right around the same as yesterday. And yet again, our hottest spot santa rosa nevado and center fell at 79. Okay. So lets get you a look ahead today. The last day were seeing 80s is our peak temperatures starting tomorrow. Weve got a few low 90s returning and then come sunday monday, tuesday and wednesday. The core of our heat ahead over some inland areas. Well hit 100 degrees as we make our way into the start of next week. Notice bayshore cities, you mostly remain in the 70s. So its really just our inland areas that are getting so scorching hot. They in coastal areas will remain at least moderated by that cool sea breeze. As for your rose things out there doing just fine. Its friday. Hopefully we can keep the friday light around at least so far. Were looking great. San mateo bridge is at the limit 12 minutes. Thats as fast as you can get across it. Richmond center fell at 7 minutes. Well, looking the golden gate just a little bit, a low gray overhead, but fog is not blocking out your view reyna. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, san franciscans who attended city college within the last 5 years. Are getting their debts erased by using taxpayer dollars. Mayor london breed says the city allocated a little more 2 Million Dollars<\/a> towards the Free City College<\/a> program which will forgive the debt of 13,000 student who attended city college between august 2017 and december 2022, the city hopes this by forgiving their debt students who did not receive their Associates Degree<\/a> will re enrolled in classes. Meantime, theres another federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program<\/a> in legal trouble. An Appeals Court<\/a> in texas blocked Biden Administration<\/a> rule to help out students who claim they were misled and defrauded by forprofit schools. Biden administration already approved roughly 13 billion dollars Debt Forgiveness<\/a> and the fraud it for different students. And about half of that, their debts cleared and that lawsuit you got careered colleges arguing that the rule change the cause financial and reputational harm to forprofit schools and is, quote, enormous executive overreach. While the new standards are on hold, eligible students can actually still apply for forgiveness under the Previous Program<\/a> rules. Veterans who might have been exposed to toxic burn pits now have more time to sign up for retroactive health care benefits. Extended that deadline to monday to apply for coverage under the pact act. Washington correspondent jessi tenure joins us live with the latest on that morning. Jesse. Morning to you as well. Rain as of the va says that extremely high demand caused technical difficulties on its website. As the white house is really trying to reach out to as many veterans as possible. Veterans are getting the care they deserve in every corner of the country. President biden celebrated the oneyear anniversary of the pact act thursday at a va hospital in utah. Compensate veterans and their families have suffered the consequences of this tragedy. The law allows veterans exposed to toxic burn pits to receive Health Care Coverage<\/a> for more than 20 medical conditions. Many of the fittest and best trained warriors. Ever sent me were exposed these Current Customer<\/a> to the president said one of those veterans was his son beau. Who died from brain cancer . Breed that talks cheering sometimes for much of the time. In the case my son and his buddies for an entire year. Causing headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer, nearly 350,000 veterans have had their claims approved in the last year. But the va said this potentially impacts more than 4 Million People<\/a> due to high demand. The agency extended the deadline to august 14th to apply for 12 months of backdated payments. Utah republican governor spencer said his state is working around the clock to help veterans get the benefits. We honor you. Thank you for your service. And President Biden<\/a> said its also important for survivors of these veterans to apply. He gave an example of a spouse and 2 children being able to get about 2000 a month total for the rest of their lives. Live in washington. Im jessi tenure. All right. Jessi, thank you for that update. All right. Still to come on the kron morning news as state senator says hes trying to create Affordable Housing<\/a> in neighborhoods actually destroyed by the urban renewal. Well be right back. W a lawmaker is working to create more Affordable Housing<\/a> in the city. Senator scott wiener introduced a bill that would rebuild communities destroyed decades ago in the name of urban renewal. The term describes the demolishing of thousands of homes and businesses. Many of my black families. This is between 1955. In 1975. We talked with one resident who remembers what it was like watching the demolition in her fillmore neighborhood. Community was devastated. Felt like of tom of bomb dropped on the film on that. Instead because you seeing the building is torn down. The bill to replace to demolish homes is on the Assembly Floor<\/a> and should be voted on in the coming weeks. Happening today after 100 days on the picket line, the Writers Guild<\/a> of america is set to meet with studio negotiators. Both sides tried to resume talks last friday, but little progress was made. The riders in the studio still remain far apart on the main issues. Streaming residuals in a the strike started on may second and the major studios. Theyve been refusing to budge, causing mounting pressure to settle the standoff. Its costing the Entertainment Industry<\/a> billions of dollars. In the meantime, the 2023 in the awards theyve been moved to 2024 because of the strike in the ceremony was pushed back for months from september. 18th, january 15, that falls on the mlk holiday and one day after the critics choice awards. I good morning, everyone. Im michael thomas. Coming up, well have the latest on the details regarding the rising death toll coming out of maui along with what the state did and didnt do to war all right. Welcome back to the kron. Morning news. Lets get you moving on a friday. Whole lot happening this weekend with outside lands. In addition to that, the meteor shower, john. So a foggy weekend clear skies co whats happened . Eah, a little bit of that fog for sure. If you are heading out to outside lands, my best piece of advice for you is dont forget. That extra layer with you. Weve got the fog in San Francisco<\/a> this morning. We are going to be seeing the return of it as we move into the evening tonight. Fact, a little mist and drizzle right along the coastline up into the north bay and east bay hills as well. Watch for a few low visibility spots. Most of us are fine. As far as visibility goes few spots near the coastline, especially those that are really socked in temperatures really familiar at this point. Very similar to where weve been each and every morning this week so far. So if youve got that light jacket thats been serving you well, this week, get it out for one more day as youre making your way into work or just getting the day started. As far as where were sitting right now. 60s 50s across the bay area. Were going to keep those 60s around at the coast while 70s 80s will be what we see this afternoon inland. Now, i will be talking about a big warmup for inland areas for the rest of the forecast. Still to come, as for your roads, things out there doing just fine bay bridge, nothing slowing you down. Weve got 8 minutes to drive across it. No metering lights just yet. Maybe well keep that friday. Light around, hoping so san mateo bridge at 12 minutes. Well, the Richmond Center<\/a> fell is that a good thing . Youre crossing there and the golden gate bridge, despite some fog along the coastline is looking too bad right now. We do have cloud cover sitting right above us. A few wet spots. But the drive time is just where it should be rain. How right on the the top story this morning, the death toll has gone up in maui. At least 55 are confirmed dead in the devastating wildfires taken over the wine island. Now there are questions about a wise Emergency Warning System<\/a> and why some say it did not alert them to the oncoming danger. Proffers michael thomas. Michael, youve been on the story for the past few days. What are you learning this morning . Yeah, good morning, well, you know, it kind of matches up with what people were telling me yesterday at the airport and that death toll in maui continues to rise. But this morning were learning that hawaiis famous emergency system really didnt even go off during these wildfires right before this. 55 people lost their lives. I mean, take a look at some of these horrific images of what parts of maui look like now. You know, right now were talking about 1000 structures that have been destroyed with that rising death count. Again, a 55 and crews are still on the ground searching for survivors. Many tell us they had no idea that there was even a fire happening until they saw smoke heard an explosion at which point they had to run. And according to hawaiis Emergency Management<\/a> records, theres no indication that the warning sirens went off at all. State Officials Say<\/a> they did, send out emergency alert, Text Messages<\/a> that was from the county there along with tv and radio warnings. But keep in mind the power there was out shortly after the fire started and cell signal is still spotty today. I mean, people say they look anywhere for shelter that included in the ocean as they watch the city that they know and love in their homes at points just burned to the ground. People are found in houses in a huddle each other because the fire surrounding their homes before they could even get out. Theres no way to go. And these are Beautiful Homes<\/a> that are very old and in foot up like a matchstick. Nobody had morning. Now red cross is on the ground this morning helping the situation. Theres also multiple california agencies when it comes to the preparation, maui Fire Departments<\/a> had for a fire like this. Officials say they werent necessarily completely prepared. I mean, at any point in time, only 65 crew. Members of Fire Department<\/a> are on duty there in that county and theyre responsible for 3 islands and they have no offroad vehicles that may have led to many road blocks. Hawaii governor says that the death toll is likely to rise right now. The states deadliest Natural Disaster<\/a> was back in 1960. That was a tsunami killed 61 people. So this may eventually take the lead is right now. Were at 55. Thats the latest here in the newsroom. Michael thomas rain, send it back to you. All right, michael, thank you for that breakdown there. Now, the destruction caused by the wildfires on the island of maui has many looking for ways that they can help show. Youre watching this wondering how you can help eric talley, White Chamber<\/a> of commerce, northern california, says theyre still coordinating local relief efforts. And in the meantime, theyre referring people to the Hawaii Community<\/a> foundations, maui, strong fund, which is asking for monetary donations. Now, this is the exact same charity recommended by the hawaii governors office, the american red cross. They are also seeking monetary donations. They are leading feeding and sheltering efforts for ways evacuees and those who lost their homes in the fires. Heres the going out to assist with south stream with being out in the community. We know that there are a number of folks that have lost connection with their ones. And so will be helping with reunification as well. Whenever you donate to the maui relief, consumer advocates warn make sure the organization and the website all legitimate and the website secure places to verify an organization include the Better Business<\/a> bureau give dot org site. You can also verify if an organization is registered to solicit donations at the Hawaii Attorney<\/a> generals website. Well, crews rescued a person they say 50 feet from a trail in San Francisco<\/a>s presidio right near baker beach yesterday. More than a dozen firefighters responded to that rescue. The victim was taken to a hospital. No word on their condition just yet. Well take a look at this. Tanker truck tipped over. Still more than 500 gallons of cooking oil in San Francisco<\/a> sapp and yesterday afternoon on the al many boulevard onramp southbound 101, crews did not say if the driver was hurt but scenes and the pictures that show someone being taken to an ambulance. In the east. Bay crews worked almost 24 hours to put down a fire. Thats it. Massive plumes of smoke right near the port of oakland. The fire started wednesday evening at the stats are steel scrap metal facility. They say nobody was hurt and no nearby structures were damaged. The exact call still remains under investigation. Air Quality Management<\/a> district they put out an advisory same folks who might be sensitive to smoke. You should stay inside. Still seeing some smoke impacts localized around the oakland, berkeley area, smoke is all the whole way to the south bay. Meantime, the air districts inspector say theyre going to help determine whether were not any violations were committed during this incident. Fact, in 2021 and investigation of allege environmental law violators led to a 4. 1 Million Dollars<\/a> settlement between since are still and the California Department<\/a> of substances control. Well, the man accused of assaulting a Security Guard<\/a> at home depot actually pled not guilty to all charges during his First Court Appearance<\/a>. Now, the San Mateo County<\/a> Sheriffs Office<\/a> says Jonathan Mackey<\/a> tried to shoplift that hit a Security Guard<\/a> in the face and head with a baton garten shot. Mackey. Hes now recovered from that gunshot wound. He remains behind bars on 150,000 bail. The district attorneys also reviewing the guards use of force. Well, former House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi agreed to let defense lawyers representing the man charged with assaulting her husband, inspect their home before they go to trial. David de pap is accused of breaking into pelosis home and brutally attacking her husband paul last year. Well, pass defense team and prosecutors are now set to do a walkthrough of pelosis home in San Francisco<\/a>s the city heights neighborhood earlier this month, a public defender, augie, this is going to help the lawyers study the interior to better understand how things played out that night. Well, police in danville, they are warning parents of oversharing on social media as your kids go back to school in a facebook post, Officials Say<\/a> one avoid revealing personal information like your home address your kids, names, phone numbers and where they go to school. They say predators and criminals could use that information and Identity Theft<\/a> scams or in other crimes. Happening today, the Housing Authority<\/a> of the city and county of San Francisco<\/a>. Theyre going to host a backtoschool giveaway that packs with school supplies. Theyre going to be given out to students from low income househulds in grades through 8 Additional Services<\/a> and Program Resources<\/a> will also be available. Its going to be at the San Francisco<\/a> Housing Authority<\/a> building on avenue, right near bayshore boulevard from 11 to this morning to 3 in the afternoon. Well, in the south bay, if a deal is not struck between san jose and thousands of employees this Week Services<\/a> are going to be in jeopardy, including the care of hundreds of animals. Mayor matt mahan floated the possibility of shutting down the San Jose Animal Care Center<\/a> to cover much of the cost of the upcoming threeday strike. The overcrowded shelter taking in nearly 1500 animal so far this year. Its not really clear what will happen to the animals inside the shelter if it shut down while the city is not a firm which city run services will be affected by the pending strike. Unions expect wide ranging disruptions, including the Animal Shelter<\/a> library, the youth summer programs and code enforcement. Over in the east bay. Youve got contra costa, Animal Services<\/a> say their shelter is full and they need to find homes for 50 dogs. Agency says the shelter is now at risk of having to euthanize animals that arent adopted. You can view all the animals up for adoption right now on their web page, if you are not ready to fully commit to a pet, you could maybe consider fostering an animal that would allow some space to be freed up, at least for just a music lovers. Get ready outside lands. Music festival is kicking off today at Golden Gate Park<\/a> around 75,000 spectators are expected to attend each day. We fours will trend live in Golden Gate Park<\/a>. Ahead of the festivities, will i know youre go. Enjoy yourself that door is open up at 11 oclock this morning. You can see the lights on right behind me and rain. If you do the math. 75,000 every day, 3 day festival. Were talking 225,000 people who will come and go before. This is all over starts today and will end on sunday night at 9. 40. Of course, it takep a lot of time to prepare for this. So we have video. They have been doing this for quite some time. They are pros. Get this this my age you and you might wonder where did all the time go . This is the 15th year of this festival and its bigger and better. Every passing year. They have all the big artists that you could possibly want to see, including lot of delray megan, thee stallion foo fighters, kendrick lamar, their music tastes will be covered. Speaking of tastes about culinary tastes. Were talking more than 100 local vendors will come out here. So just like weve seen a bottle rock, all these festivals. They cater to your ears and to your stomach. 99 of the restaurants that we work with are actually from the local bay area. 63 are local to San Francisco<\/a>, specifically and 10 . Our hyperlocal to the richmond in the sunset district. So we definitely keep it local work with all those amazing local restaurants that we have. Bring your credit card. Bring cash, bring, whatever. Because im sure the food will be tasty. But a little bit pricey. But youll get food here and just walk around as opposed to hopping all over the bay area to go to all those 100 vendors that she was talking about as far as coming year. Dont even think about driving on any given day. Its already hard enough to park. But can you imagine 75,000 people coming here . So they are encouraging public transportation. Back to you. All right. Well probably wouldnt even 5 park if they tried. So thank you for that. All right. We have a lot to get to this morning. Still ahead, new and improved Railroad Tracks<\/a> are being laid out san leandro. We hear from the citys mayor on how its going to be safer for pedestrians will be right pedestrians will be right back. There it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Who knows what you can do when you du more with less asthma. Ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. For you to know today. The California Public<\/a> Utilities Commission<\/a> voted to allow waymo and cruise the start charging for drivers right. Waymo says it will start in the coming weeks. Crews are still working on their timeline and the Foster City Council<\/a> voted to write a formal letter against temporarily increasing the cause. The drive across all bridges except for the golden gate. They feel the increase well off financially burdened low income commuters. Investigators from the National Transportation<\/a> safety board say a pilot error calls to San Francisco<\/a> bound flight to nearly plunge into the Pacific Ocean<\/a>. After taking off from ali back in december. San franciscans who attended city college within the last 5 years are getting their debts erased using taxpayer dollars. Mayor reed says the city College Program<\/a> will forget the dana, 13,000 students who attended city college to an august 2017 and december 2022. Calling any and all artistic san franciscans. Your design could be featured in the 2024 elections. The department of elections. At the i voted sticker design contest. Yeah. Little september 22nd to submit your design. The winning stick or will not only be issued to all local voters will receive 1000. So get all of your artistic creative fingers juices flowing. All right. Lets maybe im thinking about it inspiration this weekend and you want to go outside. John has been tracking that forecast for us. Weve got festivals. Youve got sticker contest and meteor so much going on. And today is my moms birthday, too. So happy birthday. And we are looking out there at a little fog to start the day right now. You can see some of that streaming right through the golden gate from mount tam right here. This is good news for inland areas offering us one last day without any 90s for a coastal areas, though it is going to make for a great start and most notably for outside lands which does kick off today. Your friday forecast today is going to start cool. We are going to get your peak of sunshine into the early afternoon. But fog is going to push back in fairly early on this afternoon and that will result in temperatures leveling out in the low 60s and then eventually dropping back to even cooler than that. So, you know, its all about those layers. Once you get out in Golden Gate Park<\/a>, you tap into the sun and it briefly feels warm and then it cools right back down. As for where were sitting the rest of the day today, we are going to be in the midst of our last of our not as hot days its not cool by any means. Just not 90s. Today, we are going to see that heat Building Back<\/a> in with this highpressure ridge building in the days ahead of us today, we tap into a good dose of sunshine for the vast majority of the bay area. Tonight, fog bush is right back in Late Afternoon<\/a> into early evening. Cools us off into tomorrow morning tomorrow. Were not going to see as much of that coastal influence pushing as far inland in the u. S. Temperatures inland. Well have a chance to get a little bit hotter for your saturday today. Its 60s and francisco Golden Gate Park<\/a>. You should only rise to 62 today. Well, looking at some 70s for most of the bay shore foster city at 75 palo alto Mountain View<\/a> at 78 degrees. South bay. Temperatures in the upper 70s to mostly low 80s. Well, the east bay anywhere from 70s to 80s to just a couple of 60s and berkeley and richmond. 70s will remain for areas like napa allay as well as santa rosa. Nevado and center fell not a bad day to head up to the north bay and do a little wine tasting up in wine country. Tomorrows temperatures officially rise back into the 90s inland. Then you see the core of our heat sunday monday, tuesday into wednesday, inland highs will hover around 100 degrees that are hardest while bayshore cities not leaving the 70s. Its really an inland heat wave with cooler coastal in bayshore areas not seeing as much of change as for your roads, not much changing out there just yet either. Were still rolling along a ok at the bay bridge. Nothing slowing you down through the toll plaza just yet anyways. San mateo bridge drive time up. Just a measly one minute. Not much of a change either. Looking outside at the Richmond Center<\/a> fell bridge a 7 minute hall across it. And last look at the golden gate, at least for this hour. We are looking at 19 minutes to make youre crossing a little bit of low cloud cover up above reyna. Thank you, john. Jill planned to countering this weekend between San Francisco<\/a> and millbrae stations. The service is going to be suspended for repairs. This is one of several closures meant to take place this month. People are being encouraged to look for alternate forms of transportation. There will be a bus bridge, but riders should still expect delays. Well, road officials in the east bay are replacing a section of Railroad Tracks<\/a> leandro 70 years after a car got stuck on the tracks and was hit by a train killing a mother and her 3 yearold daughter how the deadly crash happened in 2016 at the time. Investigators said it wasnt clear if the mom saw the train coming because the tracks cross the road at an angle. The tracks that were built in the 18 60s. Theyre at washington avenue and chapman road. So improve the angle at which pedestrians cross the Railroad Tracks<\/a> essentially at 90 degrees, increase the chance that they actually see the trains as well as hearing them. Well, the intersection will remain closed to traffic through at least sunday. Well, crews replace the tracks. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> and cdc say they are investigating a multi strike. Multistate outbreak that might be connected to ice cream my brand called real closure. All flavors of theyre soft. Serve on the go cups are included in that recall. 2 people got sick and they were both hospitalized. 19 states sale. The ice cream clued california. The brooklyn based company says they have temporarily shut down production of the product. Consumers should check their freezers until the ice cream cups away or return them for a full refund. If youve been target lately and bought some candles, you want to check them. The retailer is issuing a recall more than 2 million threshold. Brent candles, both 5 and a half out in 20 ounce. Candles are affected. Target says its received 19 reports of candles breaking while in use posing a burn risk. At least one person reported an injury. Target will offer full refund for the recalled candles. Well, a south bay teen gymnast is preparing for the 2024 olympics in france. There hasnt been a gymnast from the bay area on the u. S. Olympics team since the 90s. Nola matthews could likely change all of that. Was Justin Campbell<\/a> has her story. Meet 16 yearold jim. This matthews from gilroy. She 30 hours a week Airborne Gymnastics<\/a> in san jose and her hard work is paying off. Matthews competed against 7 time. Olympic Gold Medalist<\/a> simone biles just last week at the u. S. Classic and came in 4th place, such an honor to be able compete on such a big stage like that. So just really cool. Nola says her goal has always been to make it to the olympics and feels the strongest on the bar event. What she says, her weakness is on the ball, but ive making a lot of progress on that event. The forest progress comes with good coaching. She is as of this moment on track to making olympic trials and then hopefully the olympics next year. Clia washington know this code says there are not many africanamerican coaches that look like her. Remember when i was an athlete and i did not see any coaches really, that looks like me. And so its hard to to not be in all different types of spaces or be represented in that way. And shes been coaching know there for 4 years after moving from delaware and knows the holder has to make to get to the olympics. I have been homeschooled since 5th grade. So ive been on this path for a long time and it hard mentally and physically. Just saying dedicated committed to the goals that i set for myself and just working towards know that will compete against biles in 2 weeks in san jose at the u. S. Championships on the past to the 2024 reporting in san jose, Justin Campell<\/a> kron. 4 news. All right. Coming up in the next hour of the kron, morning news, niners and raiders participate in joint practices as they get ready to face off in their first preseason game. All right. Well, new body cam video shows the Moment Police<\/a> executed a search warrant. Las vegas area home connected to the unsolved murder of rapper tupac shakoor. One of them is 60 yearold on keys. Davis notice keefe e d davis is claiming witness a driveby shooting of 2 pot. 1996 and may know the identity of his killer. Its unclear if any of the items seized during the raid are connected to course shooting. For your Health States<\/a> are geared up to protect people against a triple threat respiratory illnesses this fall. Health officials encouraging everyone who eligible to get vaccinated against covid19 flu and rsv. Once shots become available, pharmacy chains started rolling out appointments for flu and rsv vaccines. Updated covid boosters should be ready in september. Its recommended that people get their vaccines for halloween if possible. All right. Coming up in the next hour, we are talking about the death toll in hawaii continues to rise. People in valley are now questioning why they did not get an alert of fire before it was too to Driverless Car Companies<\/a> got green light to expand service in San Francisco<\/a>. Why taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies<\/a> arent happy about that decision. And members of the Foster City City Council<\/a> say theyre not on board with the plan to raise bridge tolls in order to help Public Transit<\/a> agencies. Why does driver should not have to burdened with the calls . Well be right back. Right now on the kron, 4 morning news, doctors are stressing the importance of taking care of your Mental Health<\/a> as police in danville, investigate a possible murder suicide. The death toll continues to rise in hawaii as wildfires rip through maui, destroying communities and more. Driverless cars are coming to San Francisco<\/a> as officials green life. Their expansion despite opposition. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. 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