>> thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. i'm stephanie lin. more than 500 women are claiming they were kidnapped, raped or faced other forms of harassment from uber drivers. our reporter spoke with an attorney representing those women and he tells us there could be even more victims. we have a reporter standing by with love live report on more details on this investigation. camila, what can you tell us? >> well, stephanie, like you said, there are hundreds of women who claim that they have been sexually assaulted while riding ubers. they have been sexually assaulted from these drivers. and like you said, i did speak with an attorney who is representing these women and he says that there could be more victims. >> in that moment, they're not just being sexually assaulted. they're also wondering whether or not ever going to make it back home. >> stalked, kidnapped, and raped some of the allegations. hundreds of women across the country are making in a lawsuit against uber. michael carney is one of the attorneys suing the company and representing who he calls assault survivors. the core of those lawsuits is the fact that the experience of assaults. >> well, writers for the out. >> carney says many women reported their attacks to the police and on the app. the lawsuit states uber became aware drivers were sexually assaulting and women. passengers as early as 2014. but the documents claim the company prioritize growth over customer safety because of obvious reasons, which is that their business and they want to keep their costs low. >> they want to keep the ridership high and they want to keep their level of drivers an uber spokesperson says the company will not comment on the lawsuit but is pointing out the rideshare giant safety measures. for example, passengers can call 9-1-1 through the app. they could active a ride those too long or off course. and drivers are required to go through an extensive criminal background check. >> carney says uber isn't doing enough to protect its riders. what they could be doing is doing actual real background checks. what they do now is the use of third-party to run a report. >> report whose accuracy they have no verification. they just take a work permit from another startup company. last month, uber released its u.s. safety report. that report showed there were 998 assault incidents. >> in 2020 alone, it also noted the company received more than 3800 reports of the most severe categories of assault between 2019 and 2020. the numbers are larger than we ever could have imagined. >> and i think that even their numbers that they put forward, you can trust the figures that they put out there because that's the room so important. >> now, carney says the goal is not only to bring justice to these victims, but also to eliminate assaults from the rideshare experience. stephanie, back to you. >> thank you, camila for following this story. and for that live report new at noon one local police agency is adopting live streaming technology to help officers respond to 9-1-1. calls. >> the san mateo police department expected to start streaming emergency calls to officers in real time before officers relied on dispatched teams to relay information from 9-1-1. calls to them after the calls have been made. the department says hearing the emergency calls live will help officers respond to emergency situations faster. they'll be able to hear the caller's location firsthand descriptions of what's happening, the emotion of the color and even background noise from the potential crime scene. also new at noon, oakland, police asking for help finding a missing and at and suffering from alzheimer's disease. gary mccree was last seen around one 30 pm wednesday and the 3,000 block of magnolia street. he's described as a 65 year-old black man standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. you can see his photo right there on your screen. he was last seen wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with white lettering brown cargo shorts and shoes. anyone with information about where he could be is asked to please call the oakland police missing persons unit. a 5, 1, 0, 2, 3, 8, 3, 6, 4, 1, the ongoing drought and hot weather sparking more wildfires throughout the bay area. the latest happening in the north bay, the herman fire popped up in benicia last night burning more than 100 acres before firefighters got it under control. good news is it's now fully contained pg and e crews remain on scene, though, to repair damaged power poles. nobody was hurt and no homes damaged. the cause of this fire still under investigation. but fire officials tell us the drought is not helping with firefighting conditions out there. the city of benicia recently asked people living in the area to please cut back on their water usage by 20%. and an overnight fire in pinole also fully contained at this hour. kron 4 sarah stinson takes us inside the firefighting effort. >> fire crews got to work putting this fire out as quickly as they could capping it at 7 acres. fire crews tell me that there were many factors that help them stop the fire. >> from going out of control grass is very dry. luckily the fire happened this morning. >> there's no wind whatsoever. but usually during the during the day, the wind blows pretty hard out here. >> the fire sparked up around 03:30am, in the morning on a hamburg valley road southeast of reno. fire crews climbed up the steep terrain to fight the fire in complete darkness. we've had several fires here. >> over the past 3 years past few years. this is probably the 3rd time i've been on this fire my career. i'm very familiar with it. darren johnson is the battalion chief for the rodeo hercules fire protection district. >> he says the water utility district east bay mud has put in a ton of dozer fire lines in these fire-prone area which paid off today. it saved a lot of work for us with these lines that were put in statement. >> plays a big role out here. as far as i'm taking care of the land and couldn't fire breaks in to make sure that these fires don't get out of control and 11 engines with 40 firefighters worked to put out the flames. the fire was contained in less than one hour to just 7 acres. crews spent the rest of the morning putting out hot spots. we have the guys up on the hill taking care of folks that are starting to pop up as the sun comes up, the ground starts to heat up. it starts to dismiss smokers start to show up. so we're out there with hand tools. >> and back on some water and i'm trying to stop those out. you can see all of the dry terrain behind me is so scary. when fires spark up in this area because they can travel towards. >> the pinole valley. that's where a lot of homes are. but the fire crews got here quickly. the weather help them out and those fire lines definitely help them make sure this fire did burn out of control. i'm sarah stinson reporting in pinole. back to you. >> and with wildfire season fully upon us now, fire officials say it's a good idea for people to have a go bag ready. cal fire putting out this list today on your screen. there. you want to include your passport birth certificate, 6 social security card, credit cards and cash a contact list, your driver's license and any medical or insurance cards in that go bag, more ideas and how you can stay prepared at ready for wildfire dot org. all right. talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside over. agree jury again, she's not sizes. >> look at beautiful, lovely in our studio. she's going walk us through the drought, monitor him a those certainly very dry conditions out there. the only rain that we've been getting in the bay area, especially along the coast and east bay shoreline. >> coming in the form of drizzle. but the good news is we're holding steady with severe drought continuing, even with all the recent many heat waves and it's only going to get warmer and drier from here. so enjoy this snow sky july. for those of you out over golden gate bridge. fortunately, it's lifting just enough so that it's not causing any visibility issues for your thursday afternoon commute. but let's take a look at temperatures out there right now. definitely warming up for warmest inland valleys already in the low 80's. for those of you in livermore in concord fortin with 80's, for those of you in santa rose at 78 degrees. so you're noticing the biggest jump in temperatures out there right now. double-digit warming a little bit cooler along the coast. thanks to that strong sea breeze. we're going to see wind gusts 30 miles per hour less and a warming trend. and it's going to peak this weekend more my full forecast in just a few minutes. back to you. stephanie, thanks very abrasive for that update. >> a man bitten by a shark off the coast of monterey county last month survived to tell the tale. watch this. >> was about 150 yards from being done near the beach. one. >> 04:00am just this. most i don't even know exactly what happened. but it's just was well, that was bit ferociously by a sharp right across. >> my thighs. and and my abdomen ended grabbed me and pulled me up and then do me down in the water. >> yes, some scary moments that he's describing there. steve drummer was released from the hospital finally in salinas just this week he was swimming in the ocean in pacific grove 3 weeks ago when a shark bit him around the size and abdomen. and as you just heard, that shark did, let him go. he was rescued by to paddle boarders at a surfer who brought him to shore. a doctor says the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery. so he's a really lucky guy. now more affordable housing on the way for san mateo county daly city, putting up the walls on a major construction effort. we show you the latest live at 12, 30. and if you have a ring camera, some of that footage could be going directly to police without your permission. we explain. and a local doctor back home after helping save refugees fleeing the conflict in ukraine. his story coming right up. >> and he's a doctor is back home from overseas. he helped ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. he tells problem for many of those refugees were treated for health problems linked to anxiety. our ella sogomonian has the story. >> doctor larry percent flew to poland and first stopped at a convention center in warsaw. we're about 1000 ukrainian refugees are being housed. he said many of them had infectious problems related to being grouped in that space. he also suffered from medical issues that stem from anxiety caused by the war. ukraine's president has called the attacks on civilians. russian state-sponsored terrorism. doctor shots, an elderly woman in her 70's who he says had a shoulder broken for months from what could have been trapped on this, what she needed surgery, but he couldn't provide that. he explains that the work was limited to comfort a checkup and providing basic mets to a band-aid. basically a temporary fix. >> we show up. we do what we can. as you do. more of this in the organization gets in here and does more of this. hopefully find out where you fit in the system and you can help people get the care that they need overtime. but its wartime, it's chaos. it's not coordinated. there's no system. you know, the reason that where there's precisely because these people are getting care and they haven't seen doctors and months for trying to find a sweet spot of filling the where we can actually do something and help. people in a way with the medications we have. in a meaningful way that does help. >> left from a doctor not and doctor percent says he really could have used the help of a nurse to take blood pressure and administer needles. and he recommends more people to travel abroad to help out. he linked up with a group called es s f a french acronym for rescuers without borders. >> that was ella sogomonian reporting for us. the world economic forum estimates around 6 and a half million people fled to ukraine. >> a rather fled ukraine to neighboring countries since russia invaded in late february. an update now on the washburn fire burning in the yosemite national park. it's scorched more than 4200 acres and his 23% contained the community of remains under a mandatory evacuation order. fire officials say that they are confident they can protect their pose. a grove that's home to more than 500 sequoias, including the 3,000 year-old grizzly giant. the fire started one week ago today. investigators say they believe at this point the fire was human caused parts of yosemite national park and the sierra national forest are still shut down. 2 california lawmakers are co-sponsoring a bill to protect sequoia trees. san diego congressman scott peters and republican congressman kevin mccarthy proposing 350 million dollars to fund the move over 10 years. the save our sequoias act would streamline and environmental review for restoring sequoia groves. it would also recreate a reforestation plan. sequoias can grow 275 feet high and 25 feet wide in diameter. they are the biggest trees on the planet and just so beautiful to see. an air quality advisory in contra costa county remains in effect through today. the bay area, quality management district air quality management district, rather extended the advisory because of the marsh fire that's been burning since may. investigators say the fire sparked at a homeless encampment in bay point it sends burned into large amounts of pete. that's a slow burning fuel in inaccessible areas. the fire protection district says peat fires are notoriously stubborn and that it's often better to let them just burn out by themselves. >> about every single day, you know case, gets annoying after a while. >> in contra costa, health services also issued a health advisory because of the smoke in the air. officials now asking older adults, pregnant women, children and people with respiratory conditions to stay inside as much as possible. hey, speaking of conditions out there by that fire talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside over beautiful san francisco just a little bit. >> hazy out there. but we are seeing the blue in the skies cover. meteorologist rodriguez standing by with more details on the air quality that we should expect when step outdoors. same of recent. hey there, stephanie, especially for those of you in the eastern portions of contra costa county, that air quality advisory extended through friday. we're noticing some pretty poor air particles because of smoke. >> that is returning from those nearby wildfires. but pretty good for most of the bay area along the san franciscobpeninsula. and right now, the south bay moderate air particles. but overall, we are going to see good air quality today and even into tomorrow as well. but let's take a look at our coastal flood advisory because we are going to see another round of king tides. the last one arriving shortly after midnight where we could see high tides a little bit more than 7 feet. and it's going to cause some minor coastal flooding in and around the bay area shoreline. so we are going to keep an eye on that, especially along our coastal communities. taking a look right now at coit tower. we're seeing calm sea breeze out there right now. but it's only going to get stronger throughout today. and that's why the marine layer going to hang tight along the immediate bay area coastline. temperatures for tomorrow, though, widespread 60's, 70's 80's and yes, even 90's with santa rosa going to be the toasty tuesday in the low 90's, 40 with 90's. for those of you in concord, in livermore, mid 70's along the east bay shoreline and seasonal temperatures for downtown san francisco at 68 degrees. but then this weekend the heat is on. we're going to see low to mid-nineties for warmest inland valleys. but those of you in solano county, an antioch could actually flirt in the triple digits this weekend. so stay cool. relief not arriving until early this upcoming week. back to you and thank abry some. >> happening now, san francisco's short supply of monkeypox vaccines is running out the department of public health says it's requested. 35,000 more doses from the federal government, but they aren't sure when or if they'll get here. kron four's. rob nesbitt spoke with people having a hard time getting ahold of a shot. >> the monkeypox saga continued wednesday as occur. berg san francisco general hospital's monkeypox clinic, only 50 doses were available. first come first serve and gone by the time jose luis gone to a arrived. she it storm. but then when you're san francisco department of public health says the clinic will be closed for the rest of the week unless new vaccine supplies arrive. gone drove to a weekly testing sites. team works in berkeley with the line was wrapped around the corner. his frustrations grew further when he found out that the business was letting people skip the line if they paid, $24 feels really, on when sure. also was getting the >> and to this property off finding >> really valuable service after 4 hours of waiting in line gone was finally able to get his first dose of the vaccine. >> while vulnerable populations are taking their health into their own hands. they worry about misinformation. >> i went to infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin. hong for answers. one of the questions i was asked was can i get monkeypox from someone who's not symptomatic from the time when you first of all the symptoms, all the way to the end of the rice is when you're potentially. >> infectious to others. doctor chin-hong says monkeypox commonly starts as flu-like symptoms around 7 days after infection. many viewers want to know when they should consider themselves safe from monkeypox after getting vaccinated. they're going to have full protection. >> probably even up to the first dose a week so after on the second dose is really as a booster. and unlike the covid vaccine, the doctor says the monkeypox vaccine helps prevent serious illness. even after symptoms start. >> with a low supply of vaccines, doctor chin-hong says 3 groups are being targeted. someone who has come in close contact with a positive case. those who have attended events were case was reported and those working in a lab where they've been exposed to the monkeypox virus. the san francisco department of public health says they've administered more than 1700 doses of the monkeypox vaccine at sites throughout the city. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> well, still ahead, a bay area judge rules in favor of tenants. more on the court room battle over a vaction protections. and president biden in the middle east with deal with iran. that's next. - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop one because we are going to reduce our energy use from 4-9pm. what now? i stepped on a plug. oh that's my bad! unplugging. when it comes to preventing outages the power is ours. in international headlines. president biden is in israel today over growing tensions in the middle east. he says military action is on the table. if iran pursues nuclear weapons development. washington correspondent trevor shirley now with the details. >> the president also said he won't wait forever. his words for iran to rejoin the nuclear deal that was brokered by the obama administration. the president spoke during a news conference in israel earlier today. the u.s. pulled out of that nuclear deal during the trump administration and resurrecting. it has been a top priority for president biden. israeli leadership says iran's progress on building a nuclear weapon has gone too far and is encouraging the white house to try to get iran back into the 2015 deal which limited its ability to develop nuclear weapons. but it's increasingly unlikely that iran will agree to rejoin the deal. the presi