Bridge toll plaza. Its a parking lot. Its in the yellow, 18 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. I believe our sensors need to catch up with each other. Its about 25 minutes right now. That is a check of your traffic. A perfect picture of the definition of summertime. This just says its summertime and july 12th, and temperatures actually are going to be seasonal. Right now, we dip all the way down to 49 in santa rosa. 60 in san jose and redwood city. Mid50s in livermore. Still some overcast in San Francisco at 58 although the skies are clearing a lot sooner around the bay this morning. Well see little change between yesterday, today and tomorrow. The warmup begins on friday. We still have that beach hazard statement in effect for today. Dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves right there in pacifica all the way south into santa cruz all the way north into stinson beach. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Take your pick. 90s at the delta. 80s at santa rosa. 67 in San Francisco. Full forecast 18 after the hour but right now back to you. Right now, Alameda County firefighters are currently on the scene of a twoalarm fire at a commercial building in newark. It started around 2 13 this morning near Central Avenue and kimber street. Three trucks caught fire and flames quickly spread to the buildings. At this time, there are no reports of injuries. In san jose, firefighters are keeping tabs on hot spots after a massive fire in the foothills. The flames broke out on lariat lane and claitor way yesterday afternoon. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live at the scene this morning with a look at the damage. Jessica. Reporter kenny, behind me you can see this home completely charred in that fire. Youre looking at the garage right now. Behind that a car completely burned but i also want to show you the view from up above. We have chopper 5 in the air right now. The hills are black all around this community in the san jose foothills, East San Jose foothills. You see some smoldering, just charred hills and what i can tell you right now, firefighters have been keeping a close eye on this fire all night. Those huge flames we saw yesterday are now out. But they are working on the hot spots making sure that the flames do not flare up again and damage any more homes. Now, this started around 4 30 p. M. Yesterday. Fire crews raced to contain the flames which eventually burned more than 100 acres and filled the sky with thick smoke that was seen for miles. One home destroyed. Another burned. The flames forced evacuations for 11 homes and fire crews remained here through the night making sure the fire didnt spread to more properties. Hot spots and potentially live flames and we are keeping an eye on it now. Its huge. What these people did was heroic. Reporter residents affected by the fire can go to the berryessa community center. So far were told about 10 residents have used that center. And out here live, the good news is, there are no injuries to report. Firefighters are still working to determine the exact cause of the fire. At 7 a. M. , well get a full update on their progress. Reporting live in san jose, im Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Turning to politics, donald trump, jr. , under scrutiny. He went on fox news to give his side of the now controversial meeting with a russian lawyer who during the president ial election claimed she had damaging information on hillary clinton. Trump, jr. , is saying it was nothing. This morning, President Trump is sticking up for his son on twitter. He wrote i think i wanted to hear it out. But really, it it went nowhere. Reporter donald trump, jr. , appearing on fox news insisting his meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower last year during the election was, quote, a wasted 20 minutes, a meeting set up because she promised dirt on hillary clinton. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. Reporter on twitter tuesday, trump, jr. , released the entire email chain leading up to the meeting. In the initial message, music publicist Rob Goldstone informed him that a russian official had, quote, very high level and Sensitive Information about clinton, part of russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump. To which don junior, replied, if its what you say, i love it. This is something thats most problematic thing i have seen thus far. This is moving into perjury, faults statements and reason it. And treason. Reporter special Counsel Robert Mueller plans to look into the meeting and those emails as part of the overall collusion investigation. California lawmakers including representative swalwell are reacting to the emails on twitter today on captiol hill a confirmation hearing for President Trumps pick for fbi director is expected to get underway. The senate j today on capitol hill, a confirmation hearing for President Trumps pick for fbi director is expected to get under way. The Senate Judiciary committee will hear testimony from christopher wray. He is expected to answer questions about those russia investigations. Another controversial speaker is set to visit uc berkeley this fall. Conservative columnist ben shapiro will be on the campus in september. Shapiro will be the third from a string of conservatives invited to the campus by the Berkeley College of republicans. The first two talks never happened. Back in february, riots caused 100,000 in damage trying to stop a scheduled speech by conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos. And in april, ucberkeley administrators canceled an antiimmigration speech by conservative writer ann coulter. A ucberkeley Spokesman Says shapiro is welcome at uc berkeley. You might be getting a pop up message when you log online today. Several Tech Companies are warning users about possible changes to internet rules. Kpix 5s jackie ward live outside twitter headquarters in San Francisco with more about the big online protest. Jackie. Reporter its being called a day of action and twitter is just one of thousands of companies that are trying to drum up support for this day. Amazon, google, facebook, those are just some that are joining twitter to push back against big internet providers like at t, verizon and comcast. Under the obama administration, tough open internet protections were put into place to prevent providers from blocking or slowing down access to web content. But since President Trump took office, the fcc under its new republican leader wants to get rid of them. Turn the internet into what they have done to cable tv to charge you an extra 5 bucks a month to access netflix or use twitter a lot wouldnt it be great if you could pay us another 5 a month to access it faster . Reporter the fccs website says its exploring how best to honor its longstanding commitment to Internet Freedom and is accepting Public Comment until monday, the 17th. In a Statement Released on twitters blog last night, the Public Policy manager wrote, quote, Net Neutrality is foundational to competitive Free Enterprise entrepreneurial market entry and reaching global customers. The fcc should abandon its misguided effort to on vee iate all the work thats been done users. We got an email from San Francisco mayor ed lee who is supporting the efforts of the Tech Companies today and he is joining mayors from boston, new york city, seattle and washington, dc. But despite this effort, the fcc is saying they have already enough support to get rid of the Net Neutrality rules as we know them today. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. A proposal aimed at reforming the bail system in california is moving forward. Senate bill 10 was approved by the Assembly Public safety committee. It would change the way courts assign bail for defendants before trial. The legislation would also require counties to establish their own Pretrial Services agencies that would evaluate people booked into jail. Release would depend on two main factors, what threat does the defendant pose to the community, and how likely is he or she to come back to court . Today, San Franciscos Police Commission will review the Police Departments semi annual report on how it collects and analyzes rape kits. This comes as a proposal makes its way through the state legislature to reduce the rape kit backlog in california. That bill would create a voluntary tax fund to give Police Departments resources to decrease the number of untested kits. Today the family of a prominent San Francisco lawyer will make a new push to solve his mysterious murder. James juilliard was shot and killed outside his home in el cerrito last october. His wife victoria was inside the home at the time. But investigators have not found any eyewitnesses. A 50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of James Gilliland was offered shortly after that shooting. This morning, gillilands family will discuss the crime outside el cerrito city hall. Across the state, dozens of wildfires are still burning. In Santa Barbara county, crews are battling two different fires. On your left, the alamo fire has forced hundreds of people to evacuate. Its burned over 28,000 acres and at last check it was 60 contained. On your right, the Whittier Fire has burned more than 11,000 acres. Its about 48 contained. Air quality warnings are issued for Santa Barbara county because of smoke and ash from both the whittier and alamo fires. State officials are working to speed up repairs on the oroville dams damaged spillway. The department of Water Resources has asked federal regulators to let it demolish and replace an additional 240 feet of the spillway chute. The goal is to have most of the work completed before the rainy season this fall. Originally the plan was to replace the 240foot section next summer as part of a two year repair plan. Time now 6 11. [ music ] raising concerns. Why a San Francisco supervisor is calling into question a safety project thats looking to transform Market Street. And 680 through walnut creek looking okay. But just north of here, we are getting first reports of a crash. Well have the details and if there are any backups coming up. From the kpix Weather Center, good morning, everyone. Sure, its a seasonal summer day here in the bay area. But ill talk about triple digits and when you should expect it. Plus, working to help ease the impact of future drought. Whats next in the push to expand the los vaqueros reservoir. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. In on a Water Project that local lawmakers say could dramatically help ease the re droughts. In our bay area watch, tonight is your chance to weigh in on a Water Project that local lawmakers say could dramatically help ease the impact of future droughts. This comes after a dozen bay area water agencies approved an 800 million expansion of the los vaqueros reservoir along the alamedacontra costa county line. The plan would raise the reservoirs earthen dam by 55 feet. Officials say it would meet the water needs of 1. 4 Million People. Six public hearings are scheduled. The first tonight at 6 00 at the Santa Clara Valley water district. More than a Million People in the east bay are now paying the price for saving water during the drought, this after east bay m. U. D. Just approved a 9. 25 rate increas. An additional 9 goes into effect in july next year. The average water use customer will see an increase of 4. 34 cents a month on their bill. East bay m. U. D. Says that the money will go towards operations to make up for lost revenue from the drought and infrastructure to repair aging pipes. San francisco supervisors have just approved legislation establishing the highest Affordable Housing requirement rules in america for market rate developments. The ordinance requires 18 Affordable Housing in rental projects. The supervisors also approved a second piece of housing legislation charting out several proof of residency requirements for landlords planning to evict tenants so that they can reside on their properties. A plan that would transform San Franciscos Market Street may be on hold. Supervisor jane kim urged the Transportation Authority to vote to withhold 15 million for the better Market Street project. She has concerns about the 6 million spent during the 7 year planning process during which few changes have been made. The project aims to transform Market Street into a transit, pedestrian and bikefriendly space with construction set to begin in 2022. Of course, Market Street one of many roads around here where theres a lot of traffic. I dont drive on or near Market Street. Too stressful. So many rules, no turns here, lanes with all the arrows its confusing. Thats from the traffic girl we have a couple of problems. We were tracking a problem along 680 and this is right near willow pass road. Thats one crash. And starting to slow things down for drivers heading in that southbound direction as you connect with or as you are making your way from the no we are tracking slowdowns on highway 4 just south of that crash. 680 at main street looks okay as you approach highway 24. But just south of highway 24, we are tracking a new accident and thats 680 at crow canyon. Couple of cars involved and it looks like a big rig possibly blocking a lane. So you can guarantee theres going to be a backup. Right now over at the bay bridge toll plaza, well, looks the usual. We have metering lights on. The eastshore freeway is heavy. We had a stalled vehicle blocking a lane near powell street. That has traffic backed up and we are in the yellow so we are tracking about a 30minute drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Then at the maze its 25 into San Francisco. The good news is, we were tracking that earlier problem along the connector ramp from 280 at 101, in San Francisco, and that turned out not to be an accident and its cleared. Things are looking much better for driving approaching the lower deck of the bay bridge. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Lets do this. Live weather camera looking over towards the bay bridge this morning. Sun is making a appearance. We are clearing out a lot earlier across the bay this morning. Thats certainly good news. Theres the view from mount vaca looking out towards one of my favorite mountains in the whole wide world, mount diablo. We have clear skies, unlimited visibility. Temperatures 49 degrees in santa rosa, 60 in san jose and redwood city. It is now clear in livermore at 56. We are still socked in along the immediate seashore, but bayside we have been clearing out. The winds are calm and then up to about 7 out of the west in San Francisco. You will notice the north northeast wind at Mountain View is offshore. Southsouthwest in san ramon at 8. West at 16 fairfield. These are variable winds. They will kick in 10 to 20 later today. High pressure has been there for a week. And remember the winds are in a clockwise fashion around that high and its bringing in monsoon moisture out of arizona, out of nevada, into our desert southwest. Not reaching the high sierra. And, in fact, with that high, its going to expand. As it expands, we are back into the 100s over the weekend away from the bay into our inland areas. Meanwhile, satelliteradar, im just loving this. I have been tracking this for several days now. It was once a hurricane, then downgraded to a Tropical Storm with winds about 50 Miles Per Hour this time yesterday. The northnorthwest, sion off churning up the surf in Southern California. For us, a beach hazard statement in effect for our coastline including monterey at 64. 94 in the valleys at the state capital. 5 57. Thats when the sun came up this morning. When it sets, these are the temperatures we will report. Look at these numbers. This is a seasonal summer day in