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Livermore, and san jose, good morning to you, write about 59. Temperature similar to how we o the afternoon. Mostly clear away from the coastline today and temperatures pleasant once again with not much change coming our way today. The onshore breeze in fairfield right now . He Miles Per Hour, oakland reporting 12. If you have some of those afternoon highs expected, mid80s for areas like amniotic. Into the north by 83 in santa rosa. Some warmer spots around the bay , low 70s in oakland. 66 is the afternoon high in San Francisco. Temperatures warm up as we get into the rest of the business week. I will have a look at that as well as the weekend. Right now we do have a nice looking commute starting off for the past and the tracy super commute. You will see that westbound 580 we have some pretty decent comi up through the area. Some early starters here driving out towards d ov bay bridge. 402, lets go back to the dash. 4 02, taking alive look at sfo him in San Francisco International Airport right now. Expected to be another day of flight delays and cancellations there as the runway repair project continues. This is day four of that 20 day project. It will make runway 28 left smoother and safer. It improves improving lighting and paving and all of that work is causing major headaches for travelers and flight crews. Yesterday 124 flights were canceled. 292 other flights were delayed, 30 minutes or more. Many passengers say they are missing their connections, they end up paying for car rentals and extra parking time. One Airline Passenger Advocacy Group says the rights of these passengers should be respected. The faa has the power under their Emergency Powers to limit the number of flights coming out of that San Francisco airport. s spokesman for sfo said the runway construction work has to be done because the ground under the runway intersection is failing. The runway is cracking causing unexpected runway closures. Repair work had to be timed the right way to miss the peak Summer Travel season and the possibility of bad weather. Today the Fremont City Council will flow on where to create a Housing Navigation center in the city for the center will help Homeless People as they look for permanent housing and jobs. But there has been strong opposition from the north fremont neighborhood that is considered the most likely location for the center. More than 2000 people showed up at a Council Meeting worried the cen will drop more Homeless People to the area which they say could lead to more crime and lower property values. The Council Meeting will be at city hall at 5 30 tonight. Another legal battle along the San Francisco waterfront making it to the courtroom. As it ktvus Kristin Kaplan reports a judge is allowing the decision to proceed but the fight is far from over. Reporter inside a San Francisco courtroom neighbors along the embarcadero asked the judge to temporarily block the construction of the center. The judge declined to stop construction now but agree to have both sides return to court monday september 23 to debate the issue. I really dont have any showing of irreparable harm here and that is not only a critical component but essential component to the court granting emergency injunctivecity has no received approval from the state Lands Commission to build it. It is violating law every day that it is proceeding with construction this project without complying with the law that it helped draft. They rel reading in part we are pleased the judge denied request to stop construction of this needed shelter. This project has undergone all the required Environmental Review and all appropriate land use laws were followed. The project will have a negative impact on the area it says president lee. It is a low barrier shelter which means it will attract mentally ill drug users, sex offenders. The mayor has been pushing the construction project saying it is a necessary step in solving the citys growing homelessness crisis. It is about identifying places that we can use for this purpose and if they are available, if it makes sense economically then we should do it. Supervisor matt haney who oversees the area where the embarcadero navi knot in my yard mentality. We have got to get Navigation Centers bill particularly in areas where there is a need but we also have to make sure we are building them all over the city. The city is hoping to open the doors to this temporary navigation sometime by mid december. But the longterm plans for the site call for housing to be built here. In San Francisco, christian captain fox 2 news. Apple is holding its annual unveiling event happening today. While big crowds are expected at the steve jobs center, expectations for summer not very high. Apple reportedly will update its ipad and mac lineup and also introduce streaming services. According to tech expert larry madden, early prediction say the new iphone will look a lot like the earlier iphones. Three models of the new iphone 11 with faster processors, better face id recognition, and new camera features ranging in price from 750 to 1100. They will say it is the best iphone yet and of course it will be the best iphone yet, otherwise why bother . But i think we will see a bigger development the following year when we see the 5g and complete redesign. New tariffs imposed on products imported from china, they are also excited to hit iphones and other electronics. Consumers are also keeping their phones a lot longer. The unveiling event starts at 10 00 this morning for speciathe event on youtube. Google is the target of a new bipartisan investigation being conducted by the attorney general of 48 states now. The initiative will examine whether the text company has be california and alabama are not the California Attorney Generals Office says it is committed to fighting anticompetitive behavior but would not comment further. Google says its investments in research and developments spur innovation and Free Products divide benefits to consumers. Time is now 4 08. Turning out to the ghost ship warehouse trial. It has been five days since the jury issued a split verdict. The jury voted to acquit max harris but a mistrial was declared in the case against derek almeida. Henry lee talked to the jury foreman who said this case has been exhausting. Reporter ktvu spoke to a 55 yearold oakland man who works as an engineer and ended up being the jury foreman in the ghost ship trial. He did not want to go on camera but said the trial took a toll on him. He said he is emotionally spent and he has washed his hands of the case. The foreman and 11 others hung on the fate of derek almena and almost deadlocked on matt herricks as well. A woman on the panel insisted that harris was guilty. Onewoman who felt pretty strongly. She said that she felt, she didnt say that him getting off without anything was right. And that she would not budge. The vote in the jury was a very strong 111. So that meant we were hung and it was going to be no decision on max harris. But after a 12 day break the woman changed her vote not guilty and harris was acquitted. These are pictures of harris, second from left with his attorneys not long after he was released from jail but as for derek almena the jury foreman revealed many on the panel, himself included, were convinced he was guilty while two women held out for acquittal. The judge declared mistrial for almena. I was frustrated with the fact that we were left after all those months with basically nothing. Billings started out as an ultimate juror and ended up on the jury after the judge rooted three women from the panel. One had talked with firefighters she knew about the case. Ultimately harriss attorney said the jury shakeup benefited the client. I think that the one that we felt was leaning towards guilty at a very strong voice in the deliberation room could a jury foreman also told us he does not want to have any contact with his fellow jurors. Almena will be back in Court Next Month to see if he will be retried. In Oakland Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Henry lee has been reporting from the courtroom since the very first day of the trial. You can see all of his reports online at ktvu. Com. You can also find more interviews with the attorneys in the case. Right now 10 minutes after 4 00. A successfulweekend for bay area nfl teams. And what coach jon after the wi madonna making her way through San Francisco for a series of smaller, intimate shows. We will let you know when and where e material girl. Good morning, right now you can see traffic is off to a good start if you are driving on the macarthur maze. Close to the morning commute. We will tell you more about this coming up. Outside our door this morning partly cloudy skies and temperatures feeling quite nice. Another pleasant day in store as we look towards the days ahead. A big warmup coming our way. I have details in the extended forecast coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. The raiders beat the Denver Broncos on the ground and in the air. Wont give it to jacobs this time, a shot and williams, hes got it. Quite the catch from tyree williams. 105 yards, one touchdown, two days after brown was released and signed by the patriots. Rookie running back josh jacobs scored two touchdowns in his professional debut. Raiders win 2415. What happened here the last couple days may have been big news to some but there were no distractions, i think you could tell that tonight, our team is ready to roll. The raiders have another division right rival coming to town, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will be in town monday. The countdown is on for the rater nation. Only six home games scheduled. One of the home games will be played in london. On monday a bittersweet home opener. I am hoping this will be built in time for one year, one more year out of it. Come on 2020. Fans packed the parking lot early for that final home opener in oakland. Many fans we met say they will miss the camaraderie and lifelong friends they made while tailgating and the silver and black playing in las vegas this time last next year have a mixed reaction. I have been a season Ticket Holder for seven years. I dont know that i can do it. Maybe one game. I followed to l. A. And back but going to vegas, i dont like it. I just dont like it at all. Im going to miss all this. Tickets are Still Available for sundays game. The raiders to billiondollar Las Vegas Stadium is scheduled to open in july. Showtime is now 4 16. The oakland as will try to bounce back today against the Houston Astros after getting blown out. 150 last night. There were not many good things with the as last night. The astros had a Major League Record six home runs in the first two innings. While the as only had three hits in the home game. The as hope for better results when they played the astros tonight at 5 10. The giants meantime continue a series today at home against the pittsburgh pirates. Kevin pollard showed off his glove and need third inning. Look at this catch, against the wall. That preserved the one run lead lead. Brendan bell gave the giant some insurance and smacked this one off the wall. Nice. But the pirates came back, they scored four runs in the ninth inning and the giants lost 64. They will try for revenge tonight. Todays game starts at 6 45. Expect some heavy traffic around the giants game because there is a concert going on at the chase center in San Francisco as well. As we just told you, the game starts for the giants at 6 45 at oracle park. Then at 8 00 tonight the Dave Matthews band will perform at the chase center. Public transportation probably the best way to avoid traffic or get around anyway. If you have tickets to tonights show at the chase center you can ride unifor free. Is a good idea. I think so too. 4 18 is the time, lets check in with sal covering traffic this morning. Lets not forget iron maiden tonight at the coliseum. That too. From Dave Matthews iron maiden. That is quite a contrast. Yes. Lets go out and take a look at the commute now. Northbound 101 gilroy to san jose, no major problems coming through. You can see traffic is moving along pretty well all the way into the area. Hi getting into the west valley, no major problems as you drive up to this area, northbound looks pretty good. You are running free on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. This is a look at interstate 880 and the traffic is moving along pretty well. No major problems here at the bay bridge toll plaza. 4 19, lets go to rosemary. Good morning to you, we have another nice day coming our way followed by a warmup in the days ahead. Outside our doors at this hour partly cloudy skies around the bay area. We are looking at mostly cloudy skies right along the coastline. We will be mostly sunny getting into the second part of your day away from the kids for the onshore breeze has sfo reporting 24 sustained and gusting to 21. Onshore breeze about 8 Miles Per Hour for you there. Temperatures will remain very nice getting into the afternoon. A lot like yesterday. And the morning temperatures similar to yesterday as well. 62 at this hour in oakland. We go inland 59 in livermore and to the south bay 59 over areas of san jose. Winds are generally light out there. Again, looking at a breeze through sfo, perhaps through the delta this morning. Getting into your forecast with the inner east bay going into the low to eat to mid 80s. You can see very pleasant weather coming your way by noontime. 75 degrees and then low 80s expected into the afternoon for then we began to back as we get to about the 6 00 hour or so. A better look around at the afternoon high starting in the north bay. 70 degrees in san rafael, 83 for areas over santa rosa. How about the east bay. Low 70s for san leandro. Low 80s in pleasanton and 85 the warm spot for antioch today. Low 80s morgan hill, upper 70s for san jose. The water in santa cruz partly cloudy for the afternoon and 73 expected for either. Along the peninsula and nice one, 66 for the city of San Francisco. Low to mid 60s expected. Daly city over towards Half Moon Bay with partly sunny, partly cloudy skies expected for you there. Here is a look at the extended forecast and as we get into your temperatures for tomorrow we do begin to warm it up but the hotter days look to be thursday and friday. Take a look at our inland cities, back into the 90s, perhaps nearing 100 degrees by friday. Widespread 80s around the bay, it does not last though getting into the weekend. We return to pleasant weather as we see 70s in the forecast for our bayside communities. Upper 80s expected inland. Back to you. Time is 4 21. Still ahead relief and peace of mind returning to one Bay Area Community just as we are entering the peak of the fire season. It is scenes like this for a long time, the neighborhood is counting on it. Up next, the fire station now reopening after being closed for seven years. Plus the nra suing San Francisco after it was called a domestic terrorist organization. Welcome back, good morning, time is at 4 24. The biggest wildfire burning in california right now grew by 10 square miles since yesterday. It is now 69 square miles. It is the walker fire burning north of the town of quincy, south of susanville in the Plymouth National park. This fire is only 10 contained and Public Access roads and trails in the fire zone have been closed. Evacuations have also been ordered. So far no one has been hurt, no buildings have been damaged. Fire crews trying to contain the walker fire are getting some help from right here in the bay area. Teams from the Alameda County Fire Department are heading out to help those firefighters on the ground there. The fire burning into tama county is now 55 contained. For nearly 14 square miles west of wet red blood since it started thursday. Cal fire said it was sparked by lightning. Cal fire is gaining ground on the fire burning in butte county east of oroville. That fire has burned 400 acres and is now 55 contained. One home and two buildings were destroyed but so far no injuries are reported. Time is now 4 25. Pg e trying to resolve its bankruptcy case by offering almost 18 billion to settle claims from the devastating wildfires that were created by its equipment. The amount was immediately criticized by fire victims who said that less than half of that is intended for them for the preliminary plan filed in federal court is part of pg es efforts to get out from chapter 11 by next year. Pg e filed for bankruptcy in january saying it cannot afford billions of dollars in liability from the wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Among those was the campfire in butte county. 86 people were killed. It also destroyed the town of paradise. Time. Costa county will be soon up and running after it was closed because of budget cuts. It is fire station 16 and lafayette scheduled to open by the end of this month. It was one of seven fire stations that costa county closed back in 2012. Now it is completely renovated, the people who live nearby say they are relieved to see that fire station reopened including justin posey, the wife of star buster posey. Definitely a relief, i will feel a lot more safer during fighter season coming