Burning man are finally able to return home. The latest conditions there in the Black Rock Desert and changes are on the horizon for bart. A look at what riders can expect for their daily commute as the agency looks to boost its ridership. Live from Jack London Square this is morning on two the nine. Today is tuesday, september 5th. Were looking live at the Oakland Alameda estuary. And a normal day you might be able to see San Francisco in the background. We do have some clouds and the weather is going to be mostly the same as it was yesterday. Were going to talk about the weather in just a bit. Youve probably heard the term opposites attract, but a new study is debunking those claims. Researchers reviewed Previous Research and then analyzed more than 130 traits in nearly 80,000 couples. They say between 82 anh just 3 ranking as substantialld religious views, levels of education, smoking, drinking and more. Welcome to the nine on well. Two of us are married and you are not. However youve been in relationships and ill start with you because do you think that the people that you end up dating are more the same or different from you . Well, i havent been successful, so, you know, theres that issue. So i dont know if im the best person to ask, but i always found it is interesting to date someone whos opposite you because you learned something different. But you know, when it comes down to the nitty gritty, the everyday stuff, you know, that turns out to be the hardest part, right . Thats what ive noticed. Day in, day out, day in and day out stuff. Do you have any and this is this might be too personal. You can tell god. Here we go. Do you have any nonnegotiables . Do you have any like this would automatically kick you. Lets dissect your dating life right here. So yeah, right. I had one. I mean, look, its been 100 years. Like, what do you mean, like. Like if the person does x, then we cant be together smoking was one of my nonnegotiables. Right . Right i couldnt see myself with with anybody who smoked, and that was. I mean, dont even i mean, i dont i dont think i have anything crazy like that. Unless you were ax murderer. Were fine. Were good. All right. Glad your standards are pretty high for me. Its someone who doesnt have the same core values. You know, like family, good to people, family, ethical. Thats. Thats interesting. Yeah same as me. You need to have that. Im not saying mine are the better. Better. I just want someone who has the same similar similar similar. Not the same but similar. Similar yeah. You got to raise kids together. You want them to be on the same page. Not like completely torn apart. Right . Right. You dont want to be fighting over. Like i said, dont give him the oatmeal. But he loves oatmeal. Like, yeah, oatmeal is not your problem. Okay. All right. Very good. Lets talk about some changes that we know are coming to bart in the next week or so as that Transit Agency is kicking off transit month, well turn to ctvs james torres live at the walnut creek station. Youve got some changes. Youre explaining here that well be seeing soon. Yeah, gasia. And it all kicks off with transit month this month. Its really bart and every other Transit Agencys way of getting more people here to the trains. We are just live outside of the walnut creek train. You see here, people rushing to the train. Stop here making sure they get on to getting their day and their routine started. Now, this event has gone on well before the pandemic, but now it seems more important than ever post pandemic. We know ridership not just for bart, but for all Public Transit in the bay area is still just a fraction of what we saw back in 2019. Those agencies say the new era of work from home is creating new challenge urges and forcing Public Transit to be more creative in retaining riders, safety and security has become another hurdle. I spoke to two different kinds of riders this morning. One who relies on bart every day, another who almost never takes the train, both saying they appreciate the efforts going on to keep bart going strong and improving more riders will see more riders. Yeah, more, more the merrier. Its a good way to travel the bay area, especially if youre not from here. Youve noticed that the ridership. Yeah well, theyre trying so well give it a try. We just dont use it very often, but we. We have used it to go to the ball games so well probably give it a try. Bart is planning a number of ride alongs with local experts this afternoon from San Francisco. Its transit month. Kickoff begins with a rally in the citys civic center. And along with todays events, expect some changes coming to bart soon. Next week, the agency will exclusively use its fleet of the future trains. Those are fewer, faster and more advanced cars. Its also planning to install large gates at each of its stops, starting in december, hoping to prevent fare hoppers from avoiding paying for those trains. Were live this morning in walnut creek. Im james torres ktvu fox two news. All right, james, thank you. An innocent bystander is in the hospital right now in oakland after she was caught in the middle of a running gun battle at lake merritt. Thats a scene right here, people. Police say she simply went out for a walk on the Labor Day Holiday and thats what she was shot and she was rushed to the hospital where shes listed in critical condition. Witnesses say the victim was walking on a path along the lake when two cars rolled up, started shooting at each other. It happened about 12 30 p. M. Yesterday on Lakeside Drive near the intersection of madison street. One witness who lives in a nearby apartment complex says from his balcony he heard dozens of gunshots. It was scary, you know, because you dont know whats going on and you dont know where the bullets are flying. Police described the victim as an innocent bystander, not targeted by the shooters, but caught in the crossfire. A regular cyclist in the area details what happened. A couple of cars like two white lexus is the guys were hanging out doing those shooting, shooting at each other. You know, point blank range. They went on and on and on for whatever, 10 or 15 seconds since it was a holiday, the lake merritt area was filled. Good samaritans rushed to her aid. These people didnt know that the danger was past, but they were willing to put themselves at risk to help this innocent woman. Neighbors say lake merritt is one of the citys jewels. But sadly still marred by violence. Now Oakland Police are still investigating the shooting but have not released descriptions of the shooters or description of their vehicles. But well keep you posted. Police in san jose arrested a teenager accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving a stolen car. It happened early sunday morning near the intersection of winchester boulevard and walgrove way just south of interstate 280. Police say the teenager was driving a stolen suv when it went off the road, hit and killed the man who was walking on the sidewalk. Happening today, parents of children whove died of fentanyl drug poisoning planned to file a proposal to have a Ballot Initiative targeting fentanyl drug traffickers to be decided by california voters. This after republican and democratic lawmakers remain divided on the issue. A Bipartisan Group of lawmakers tried to pass senate bill 44 that would require judges to warn fentanyl dealers they could be charged with murder if they dealt drugs that resulted in someones death. It has, however, remained stalled in the state legislature. Were running out of time. So that was the purpose of the letter, is whats going on with the fentanyl group working group. Whos in it . When are they meeting . Can i get one of my members involved at and can we have a bipartisan solution here . Which is what i think would work best. Democratic leaders in the state assembly and senate are not commenting on the bill or possible ballot measure. Well the covid era Eviction Moratorium in berkeley has now ended. Berkeley was the last Alameda County city to end the moratorium. Data show Alameda County saw a spike in evictions when eviction protections ended in other cities. There is help for tenants who are struggling to pay rent through the citys housing retention program. We might have just experienced the hottest summer on record. According to recent data, the average temperatures for june through august this year was about a half degree warmer than the previous summer record in 2019, and several cities in the us set records for their hottest Summer Season across the globe. July was the warmest month ever on record and Ocean Temperatures are experiencing record highs. With that sort of a tie in to the weather, lets get over to steve. Was looking at the pattern seems to be the same as yesterday. Not here for the summer. It was probably the nicest summer weve had in a long time. Thats right. And our ocean temps stayed cold the entire summer. So its a broad brush there. But there are some areas where. Yes, texas, arizona, no doubt about it. But for us, no. At and our pattern is one thats rather quiet and on the nice side, pretty good fog bank. It was bigger yesterday. So we had lows in the upper 40s low 50s 50s 60s mainly 60s right now, but i mean theres no extreme heat for us showing up anytime soon. 40s in the mountains and 50s they did get into the 30s and now were seeing 6070s in the valley. 70s 80s on the desert, but 50s to 70s up and down the coast, pretty good. Fog bank, but again it favors areas of about San Pablo Bay north far more than the south, even though the coast it is moving up the coast though up the marin sonoma coast seeing that fog making its move. Theres a couple of little lows that keep marching in here. Nothing compared to what we had on the weekend. That was a strong upper low for early september. But these lows will keep the fog machine rolling along an onshore breeze going. So its kind of a fight between those to the north and then High Pressure in the Desert Southwest where it always wants to build in. But it has been centered more towards texas, new mexico, and also no doubt about it, arizona. It will begin to make a little move by the weekend. So inland temps will start to come up. But if you see another front coming in, thatll hold it in check. So were just caught in between now. We had all that activity in the mountains, Northern California on the weekend, much quieter now. If youre going up to the mountains, it looks like no rain for at least seven, ten days, although i wouldnt be surprised. Something changes around third or fourth week. Sunny for all after that. Fog burns off 60s, 70s and 80s temperatures pretty nice here. A little cooler tomorrow with a bigger fog bank. Same on thursday. Inland temps. You guys do look like theyll bump up as we go to the weekend. Thank you, steve. Coming up, if youve ever been caught without your drivers license, you may want to go digital next here on the nine. The new technology coming to california drivers how to get in on the Pilot Project and why it wont completely replace your actual license. 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The line of cars, rvs and trucks heading out, all funnels down to a two lane road that was even visible from space. Some people are waiting a day or two to leave the roads are drying out. People are moving and packing the best they can in slowly but its happening. Hopefully we will be able to start heading out very soon. The Pershing County sheriff told the chronicle. There are vehicles abandoned throughout the playa, stuck in the mud, along with the usual trash and debris thrown out along roads in the area. Meanwhile, investigators say that a 40 year old mans death at burning man was not related to the extreme weather, but all the heavy rain and mud made it difficult for doctors and deputies to reach the man. On friday after he was found unresponsive. The Financial Services company moodys estimates hurricane idalia caused up to 20 million in damages. Private Insurance Companies could be stuck with paying about half that amount and shared losses cover damages caused by winds, storm surges and flooding in parts of florida, georgia and the carolinas. As idalia is the eighth major hurricane to hit the gulf coast in the past six years. Bottom four feet of all the walls inside will have to be ripped out. Electrical is going to have to be checked. Theres a whole lot to be done just before we get power back on and start restoring the place. Well, tens of thousands of homes and businesses in florida still have no power. The red cross has relief sites set up to help the hardest hit communities. A new study finds Climate Change increases the risk of wildfires in california by 25. Researchers at the Breakthrough Institute in berkeley say Climate Change will drive extreme wildfires for the next several decades. They say even if planet war emissions are reduced, it will have very little impact on the biggest wildfires. The Scientists Say the best way to stop extreme wildfires is to reduce the amount of fuel available for fires to burn. San francisco supervisors are pushing to get the citys emergency sirens working again in the wake of last months devastating wildfires on maui. Supervisor connie chan, who represents the richmond district, says she plans to send a letter of inquiry to the department of emergency management. Shes demanding a timeline of the sirens restoration project project, which began four years ago. Chan also plans to introduce legislation aimed at improving fire safety, in part by strengthening the inspection process. Repairs to the capitola wharf will begin this month. As you know, the wharf was badly damaged during last winters massive storms that caused huge waves along the coast. Now the citys Public Works Department says a contractor has been selected to make repairs and rebuild the wharf. The project will replace many of the pilings holding up the wharf, fixed damage and replace railings and decks. Crews will also install bathrooms. The project is expected to take over a year. So a landmark in the east bay for hikers that was vandalized and reported missing last weekend has now been recovered. The sculpture, known as the Mission Peak Pole is in fremont and sits on top of the hiking area of mission peak and went missing saturday morning. And last night the park staff said the top portion of the pole that had been sawed off had been found. The vandalism outraged many of the people who regularly hike the three miles to the top of mission peak. Its metal. So someone had cut it with a metal cutter. So youd have to be crazy to hike that much and then do it. So i just dont understand. Yeah. For years, the Mission Peak Pole has been a popular spot for hikers and joggers to take photos. Park officials still havent said where or when the vandalized pole was recovered. I just did this whole thing just a couple of months ago, went up to mission peak my second time. The first time was when pandemic started and i had nothing to do. Right. Right. And so i was like, oh, what is that place . And i did it by myself. And just recently i went with someone up there and in one evening to, you know, took a little while. But its a lot of fun to go all the way up there, to hike, to take all your gear up there. You. Yeah, thats me on the top of the pole. So thats why i was like, shocked when i heard it was taken because its Strong Enough where you can climb on top of it. But let me ask you something here. If youre a hiker, is it hard to get up . Ive never been, believe it or not, a bay area resident forever. But i mean, i just walked it. There were people that run it there are people that run it. And its like, up, up, up, up, up. And like the final part of it is like, you know, you can really struggle to catch your breath up there. But how long did it take you going up . Less than an hour, i think so. It was a while. You know, i was talking with someone. Its a