Will take place through late in the week and into the weekend as High Pressure builds off the west coast. Cooler temperatures returning early next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james bam our top story this morning. A Major Development in the investigation into russias meddling in the us election. The Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to oversee the fbi investigation. That man is Robert Mueller. He is a former fbi director who was tapped by president george w. Bush. Earlier in his career, mueller was the us attorney in San Francisco. Grant lodes has the response from the white house. The investigation into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia has taken an unexpectedtwist the appointment of a special prosecutor. In a statement, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein wrote. Special counsel is necessary in order for the American People to have full confidence in the outcome. Reaction from capitol hill was swift espcially from democrats who had insisted on a special prosecutor ever since fbi director james comey was fired last week. Rep. Jackie speier D Intelligence Committee everyone in this country should breathe a sigh of relief. Sen. Richard blumenthal d Judiciary Committee a very solid and significant steprosenstein who recommended firing comey has appointed Robert Mueller to lead the russian investigation. Mueller is a former marine and doj official who served as fbi director until 2013 after serving 12 years. Jeffrey toobin cnn senior legal analyst this is the single most respected figure in american Law Enforcement. this is someone who really embodies the best of the american criminal Justice System and the chips are going to fall where they may. The news comes the same day President Trump interviews candidates to replace comey. The white house has said the need for a special counsel in the russian probe is unecessary. In a statement President Trump wrote a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. james President Trump also said he looks forward to this matter concluding quickly. However, most legal and political experts say thats highly unlikely. And that we should expect a long and thorough investigation. james stocks had their worst day since september. Investors worried the washington turmoil will stymie the president s pro business agenda. The dow fell 372 points. The nasdaq was down 158 points. The sandp 500 was off by 43. james another big story we are following this morning. The suspect in a series of east bay car fires has been identified. Investigators are worried he may be responsible for dozens of other arson fires. Kron fours alecia reid has more on what we are learning about the suspect. James bishop iii describes himself as a struggling artist, who needed help getting his books published. But investigators call him a serial arsonist. Sot we are very confident that we have the person responsible for the series of firesthe 36 year old is being charged with over two dozen counts of arson. That includes vehicles and buildings with people inside. Sot where the fire in a vehicle spread to a structure is a different crimethe uptick in vehicle fires across Contra Costa County started back in april. And after careful investigation, authorities noticed a similarity between all of them. Sot we were able to tie them together due to commonalities like using an accelerant on the outside of the vehicles. Law enforcement also realized those types of vehicle fires extended to the beginning of the year. Sot right now were investigating fires in 2017 but part of the investigation is outside of that time frame. Nearby surveillance cameras at a number of the fire locations. Captured images of bishops toyota rav 4. Which investigators say tied bishop to the fires. The vehicles were torched in a number of cities in the east bay. Including lafayette jp , brentwood hm , walnut creek hm , and Pleasant Hill ha . Sot as the occurences increased in frequency, and became more dangerous, we assembled a task force with partners in Law Enforcement and the district attorneys officebishops go fund me page says hes been down on his luck for last 10 years. There hasnt been a single donation since he created the page in december. And investigators say he has a prior record. Sot the priors that are listed include some Sexual Assault chargesstandup if you live in the area where any suspicious fires occurred, and have information or surveillance that can help, youre urged to call the fire district. Reporting from concord. Alecia reid kron4 news. james emotional testimony and a possible drawback for the prosecution as the penalty phase of the sierra lamar murder trial continues in san jose. New information surfaced during the trial and it could have reperussions for the prosecutions case. The defense is now suggesting there is lingering doubt about the guilt of convicted murderer Antolin Garcia torres. The defense informed the court about a new development regarding lead detective herman leon. Detective leon oversaw much of the sierra lamar investigation. Last week, a judge found that leon gave false testimony in another case. james if the information about the detectives false testimony is not permitted in the penalty phase legal experts say it could be part of an appeal. Meantime, the prosecution will call more wtinesses today including sierras mother and father. james coming up. Robert muller has been appointed special counsel in the invesitagation of president Donald Trumps campaign and its potential ties to russia. A look at his San Francisco roots. And. Computer outages at several dmv branches around the bay area leaves hundres of people with a headache. What you can expect if you are going to the dmv today. dave a look at your weather, next. dave sunny and warm today with a heat wave coming our way for the weekend your forecast is next. james and heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge james welcome back. Checking in on your morning forecast. dave a significant warming trend will take place through late in the week and into the weekend as High Pressure builds off the west coast. Cooler temperatures returning early next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james bart is taking action to make sure riders do not get stuck in the dark during a power outage. Bart installed new batteries to power the backup emergency lights. This after a pgand e outage left riders in the dark at the montgomery bart station last month. Then, days later, emergency lights failed at barts richmond station. Bart says, an investigation revealed 14 stations did not have emergency lights. Thats despite the fact, inspection reports indicated, the systems had been tested and were working. Now bart is suggesting some of its employees were not doing their jobs. james new batteries are now in place in six of the stations, while a temporary fix is in place at the others until all 14 stations have new batteries. james and now a closer look into who Robert Mueller is. And his connection to San Francisco. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi spoke to a former fbi agent familiar with mueller the man and the professional. Robert mueller became director of the fbi during one of the toughest times in modern u. S. History it was the summer before 9 11. George w. Bush former u. S. President it is my honor to nominate robert s. Mueller of california to become the director of the federal bureau of investigations. A day after the attacks. Robert mueller former fbi director. The first objective is to determine, identify the high jackers on each of the planes, each of the planes. Having identified the high jackers on each of the planes we then have sought to identify any of the associates remaining in the United States. Skip george a 25 year veteran of the fbi says muellers handling of the attacks illustrated his commitment to the law. Skip george former fbi special agent he had to reestablish the types of investigations that were done in the fbi. He set up how the fbi fought terrorism. He was a tremendous leader and he was a good boss and i think he was one of the better directors that the fbi has had. Mueller is known for taking a stand against the patriot act which increased domestic surveillance after the attacks. The Justice Department had determined it was against the law. One of the pivotal moments of integrity that earned him respect in the intelligence community. Skip george former fbi special agent he was outstanding as a director. I think hes excellent choice if youre going to have a special counsel, i think hes an excellent choice. A good leader, a top notch investigator. A vietnam vet. Then a litigator and then eventually a federal prosecutor. Mueller served as fbi director for 12 years and two president s. Torbarack obama former u. S. President i want to thank your outstanding director Robert Mueller not just for the introduction because bob has led the bureau during incredibly challenging times the 72year old has also served as federal prosecutor in boston and San Francisco. He will be leaving his job as partner at a private firm. And as a professor at stanford for his new special counsel role. hermel aregawi skip george says james comey also has a strong reputation. But the difference is that comey got unfairly caught up in the politics of the last administration with the clinton emails. Reporting live in San Francisco. Hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. james the bay area air Quality Management district has issued four violations to the chevron refinery in richmond over a flaring incident in december. The flaring led to dozens of complaints about a foul odor. Ultimately, the district issued the refinery two citations for excess levels of Hydrogen Sulfide detected by groundlevel monitoring equipment. They also issued two violations for creating a public nuisance. Officials at chevron say they were aware of the air districts conclusion but do not agree. james people visiting the dmv were met with frustration after a system wide computer crash caused longer wait times. The statewide outage only lasted a few hours. Its the second Something Like this has happened in the last year. Kron4s Justine Waldman is tracking the impact this could have on the dmv today. A long line outside and inside people trying to tolerate the time spent waiting. Pretty typical for the San Francisco dmv officethough wednesday, frustration also filtered insot they really need to create a better system than the one they have this is really ridiculousaround noon, statewide computers at offices went black. Because of connectivity issues, according to the dmv. This impacted driver license and vehicle registration transactions. And left lots of people unable to get what they needed accomplished. Sot i cant say on tv what i am feeling right now. This has happened before. Last october, an outage hit every single dmv branch in the state some were closed for days the problem was blamed on a hardware failure in sacramento. Sot there is nothing you can do but waitseveral hours later, the systems was back up and started running again. The dmv doesnt know what caused the latest outage the California Department of technology will try and determine the cause. Sot something is going on they should find out why this keeps happening james an Alameda County sheriffs deputy who was killed last friday has been honored. A procession from oakland made its way to downtown stockton yesterday afternoon. Sroeuy khin was on his way home from a 12 hour shift last friday morning. Chp investigators say a commuter bus crashed into the deputys volkwagon beetle on eastbound 580 near tracy. They say khins car was either stopped or traveling slowly. When investigators found out khin was a deputy they covered his body with a us flag and a procession led his body to the Coroners Office in Alameda County. Khins family has also set up a gofund me to help with funeral expenses. His funeral is set for this weekend. james in california news. Twenty one members of a brutal gang in los angeles have been arrested following a 3 year fbi investigation. During a predawn sweep agents and officers served warrants at more than 3 dozen locations looking for members of the notorious ms13 gang. Among those arrested were the former head of the gang, who faces a number of federal charges. Three other gang members are charged with murder. Los angeles is the us base for ms13 which has tens of thousands of members worldwide. Authorities count the gang among the largest criminal organizations in the u. S. james coming up. A place where you can buy things from stangers online. The safe place you can meet up in the east bay. robin and after the break. Summer is right around the corner. But the summer movie season has already began. A preview of what you can expect to see in theaters and heres a live look outside. Toll plaza 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. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. robin landing the summer movie season is here and with it comes the latest sneak peeks at what hollywood has headed to theaters. From planet of the apes to the transformers, Rick Damigella has a preview of these previews in the hollywood minute. We are not savages. Apes fight only to survive. Bad human, kill ape. nat explosion 20th century fox has released the final trailer for war for the planet of the apes. The third installment in the modern planet of the apes franchise stars andy serkis as caesar, and Woody Harrelson as a colonel waging war against the apes. The movie leaps into theaters on july 14th. Im not saying that women dont belong on the court. Who would pick up the balls otherwise . Oh my god. Theres not a single thing i dont hate about bobby riggs. Heres a first look at battle of the sexes, based on the true story of the 1973 tennis match. La la land actress emma stone is almost unrecognizeable as tennis champ billie jean king, while steve carell steps into the shoes of bobby riggs. Battle of the sexes services into theaters september 22nd. You hired me from a want ad. You think that comes with a super power . Grimlock drop the cruiser, right now. nat dinosaur belch and crash that is an alien dinosaur paramount has released a new preview for transformers the last knight. The teaser features several previously unseen action sequences, including bumblebee literally putting himself back together during a battle. The last knight arrives in theaters june 21st. In hollywood, im Rick Damigella. james coming up. A young boy is dead after being misdiagnosed. What the family is asking for this morning. dave a warm up today. Weather next. lydia Major Police Activity in el sobrante. dave and heres a live look outside. San mateo james breaking overnight. People in el sobrante are being told to shelter in place because of some sort of Police Activity. Kron 4s lydia pantazas is live at the scene with more. Lydia . lydia Major Police Activity in el sobrante. People are being told to shelter in place in the area of nottingham drive and olinda road area of el sobrante lydia Major Police Activity in el sobrante. People are being told to shelter in place in the area of nottingham drive and olinda road area of el sobrante james thanks lydia james now lets get a check of weather and traffic. dave a significant warming trend will take place through late in the week and into the weekend as High Pressure builds off the west coast. Cooler temperatures returning early next week. No major hot no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. james buyers and sellers who use craigslist or other similar websites now have a safe place to meet in the east bay and make your exchanges in person. It is happening in the town of danville and it is something knows as an Exchange Zone. And it is helping prevent potential crime. With more and more people turning to internet sites like craigslist to buy things directly from private sellers, the Exchange Zone which is in the <