Areas. As i mentioned, youre still warm into the upper 80s. Only a couple of us holding on to the low 90s today. This is a forecast full of change. And i will tell you all about those changes. Still to come. As for our bridges were still pretty good out there. Bay bridge. Youve got a few cars making. Crossing towards the city, but nothing thats holding you up just yet. And the san mateo bridge, a lot of tail lights making your way towards the peninsula. But also youre rolling at the limit still below 10 minutes to get you across. The Richmond Center fell bridge a few more cars than compared to a few minutes ago. And i didnt see anyone making this crossing and the golden gate bridge. Its just a little bit of fog as youre crossing, but really all in all, not the worst fog weve been seeing just a few cars making your way southbound into the city. For 31, our top story this hour. Firefighters say we have been fortunate in the last few months. There have been not too many reports of major wildfires here in the bay area. Kron fours rob nesbitt talked with experts who say weather and preventative measures are helping a whole lot to prevent these fires. In the spring. I was reporting live at wild fires at several locations in the east bay and north bay. In past years, the months of september and october, they be the busiest when it comes to wildfires. But that doesnt seem to be the case in 2022. The giant flames of wildfires havent been in the headlines this fall in the bay area. But chief fire marshal at santa rosa fire. Paul lowenthal says that does not mean they arent happen ng. He said the reason wildfires havent gotten out of control is because the public isnt a better job creating defensible spaces heeding the warnings there at taking the the measure that were asking that and those efforts as well as the weather are both working and cooperated statewide calfire trains and works to make sure wildfires dont get out of hand learning from the past. So that 95 of todays fires are contained to 10 acres or less. Weve pretty aggressive on our response to mitigate the fires. Quickly and effectively when it comes to weather conditions. Kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan says were still in a drought but that rain in september and a lack of offshore winds have helped. If we get wind at the wrong time. And that set something off and were really far away from the time of year when we finally start to relax because we know were going to start getting these storms that roll. From the northwest and kind of bring us a little bit of rain. Thats we get in trouble. A slow wildfire season is a good thing. But lowenthal says theres an important balance with rainfall and its ability to lessen drought conditions. Yes, it absolutely promotes growth. And leads to more fuels in the future. He says that many parts of the bay area are still covered in burns scars. He worries that too much rain during the colder months will result in the same flooding and mudslides. Santa rosa saw last year after the glass fire. So theres a fine in beneficial rain versus rain that can cause problems. Cal fire has set up a website with helpful tips to create defensible spaces at your home. In case a wildfire does happen. You can find that link on our website at kron 4 dot com. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. Governor newsom is offering 50,000 for information. That could help solve the killing of a teenage boy in hayward. Investigators are still looking for the person who killed 16 yearold lamar murphy back in 2017. He was riding his bike near his home when he was gunned down. The Alameda CountySheriffs Office says he says the case has gone cold so they want anybody who may know any information to come forward with the tips lamars family has also offered a separate 10,000 reward. Its been nearly 3 years, 3 weeks, i should say since to berkeley brothers were gunned down at a house party in oakland. But the family has not been able to have a funeral yet because of an autopsy backlog in Alameda County as kron fours Philippe Djegal reports oaklands rising homicide rate is only making things worse. The community has helped raise more than 120,000 to cover the Funeral Services for 17 yearold jaycee and his 15 yearold brother Angel Sotelo Garcia services that were planned for this past monday but were postponed because their autopsies have not yet been performed by the Alameda CountyCoroners Bureau. My family and i we were really looking forward. To being able to honor our boys and give them the parker ceremony and as they deserve. A lot of time, energy and capacity into planning this. Just to have it. You know, lastminute canceled due to something outside of our control with lack of communication, extremely frustrating. The brothers cousin, melanie acs says the delay has been emotionally draining. This after the 2 were gunned down at the west oakland house party on october. 1st, police say the Berkeley HighSchool Students were targeted to have it last minute. So not us. Disrespectful. Sergeant eric 40 at the Coroners Bureau confirms there are 44 pending autopsies and 13 are homicide victims including the sotelo garcias. Today, 40 says the county has recorded 147 homicides and more than 100 of them happened in oakland. Sergeant 40s says they just dont have enough doctors to keep up. Have a service. Properly give them the respect they need and deserve is. A crucial turning point in our. Healing Sergeant Ortiz says the brothers autopsies are now scheduled for thursday. And if everything goes as planned, melanie garcia, u. S. Says there are few will be held next week. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. 4 36 now in the south bay election. Officials in Santa Clara County are preparing the equipment for election day. More than 1 Million People are registered to vote in the county and the registrar of voters says that people people could see pretty high voter turn out. We estimate a turnout of about 60 to 70 . That is based on a 50. 2 turnout in 2014. And a 70. 6 1 turnout in 2018. So what wide variance. Yeah, its a 20 difference in the same type of moving toward election and as we always say, turnout does depend. Also whats on the ballot . Mailin ballots are being sent to all active registered voters in california. If you are not registered to vote, the deadline to do so is this coming monday . If you do not register by then you can still vote, but you will have to register in person at your polling location. In the north bay. 2 men born and raised in southern are working to connect the community through fitness. Kron fours noelle bellow tells us about the partnership between a Youth Activity group and a luxury club. The eu. Of all of them an opportunity to have access to each other. 2 sides of the highway. One more. And thats how paul austin views the community. He was born and raised in. His nonprofit play. Has been offering youth sports and activities to local kids since 2012 growing from just one Basketball Team with 9 kids to serving about 400 kids annually so that the summer camps. Thats 2 out base are stable programs which basketball, track and field and then we do a lot of Outdoor Activities to. But its those indoor activities. Pauls hoping to upgrade for the kids in the near future. Currently play moran functions out of them are in city recreation center. I love it to death, but it is extremely small. The building being 7 years. We have had the recreation facility. Its a stark contrast to a new wellness, jim, that sits just across the highway, maisie fitness, wellness and social club club. The opened in february of this year. Owner warren gindele says the goal of the state of the art facility is to promote wellness from the inside out and giving back is a part of that. No reason why we as as a community here is something can help when city theyre literally have to from partnering with paul and play moran is in its early stages. But together, the 2 are hoping to create something special. We want to sell it. I personally. We love to have a facility with 3 quite sunny somewhere in city. Specifically like to do is take a portion of his membership and give it towards playing reason. We can establish casa cash flow for that. Partnering up to ensure everyone in have the chance to play. Well, im always trying to create more change. In the race of the community so it could be on par with the rest of the communities grand county. In marin county, noelle bellow kron, 4 news. And this weekend, the organization is hosting a walk, a thon to promote activity, diversity and inclusion. Its free to participate, but sponsors and partnerships are all welcome. Head to kron 4 dot com. For more on how you can also get involved. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news. If you live in the south bay, Santa Clara County may owe you some money. We will tell you how to collect. 4. 43, thanks for staying with us on this early thursday morning. Lets get another check of the forecast now yesterday, super out one, especially considering what time of year were talking. Daytime highs running as much as 15 to 20 degrees above average this morning, we do see the return of a little it of low grade. This is your view from the east bay hills. And you can see some of the low cloud cover thats pushed back into the bay itself. A sure sign of Mother Natures ac flipping the switch. Back on now. This will moderate temperatures closer to the bay shore and the coastline waller inland areas not really tapping into the air conditioned air just yet. Youre still going to be in for a warm one. But youve also got a cool down just around the corner. Keep a close eye on future cast here. So we are in the midst of some fog this morning, maybe even some drizzle and mist out into the Santa Cruz Mountains near the coastline tonight. Watch as we see those clouds rolling through the bay area from the north. You see it right here in future cast. This is a cold front that drops. And during the overnight hours tonight into early tomorrow morning and this will mean a whole change of seasons or at least it will feel like it into the weekend. Temperatures as much as 20 degrees cooler for daytime highs from our inland and bay shore cities yesterday on into the weekend ahead of us now, High Pressure ridge and pretty large stable, a warm air mass is built up across the entire west coast. This is keeping temperatures very warm from the pacific northwest, the Northern Rockies into the Desert Southwest and of course, here at home. But were about to flipflop with the east coast, which has been seeing in early season freeze. Theyre about to warm up and were about to fall right back into some fall conditions. These next few days. So keeping us on our toes, Mother Nature is some 70s for san franciscos highs today. So still a warm one. 60s and low 70s near the coastline and 70s to 80s along the bay shore. Were still in for one of our warmer days. Just not quite as warm as yesterday was for san jose. Youll be a 85 compared to yesterdays 90. Its a change for the better fremont. Union city and hayward in the low 80s while nearing 90 in pleasanton danville and walnut creek are only 2 spots actually getting to 90 degrees. Oakland enrichment at 77 for your highs of allay 82, fairfield and vacaville in the upper 80s. While santa rosa through center fell in the mid 80s. Just get a look at the 7 day forecast. So tomorrow we start or cool down, but it really settles in towards saturday and sunday when our inland temperatures thats at the very warmest will only be in the low 70s, get the jackets and sweaters ready to go all over again. Although you wont need them today, its still going to be a warm one today. Temperatures next week overall are going to trend cooler. And thats something that we can expect all the way through next week. As for bridges, bay bridge, looking nice and clear. You do have some low cloud cover overhead, but thats not interfering with the commute. San mateo bridge also looking good. Just a few tail lights making your way on towards the peninsula. Still at the limit, Richmond Center fell a few more cars than what we saw earlier. But nothing slowing you down just yet. And the difference with the golden gate from yesterday is the fact that we do have touch of fog, but visibility is still okay. Just not quite as Crystal Clear as it was yesterday. 4. 46. Now back to the news. The hotly contested issue of extending the use of license plate readers on oaklands Police Patrol cars is over. A compromise has been reached, which will decrease the amount of time opd can retain the information recorded on those cameras. Kron fours as he has all the details. Although mated license plate reader cameras will continue to roll in. Oakland should be worried now that the Oakland Police department will continue to have a license plate readers of thanks to some of patrol cars. Thats a question thats, you know, to be determined. Brian hofer is the chair of oaklands privacy commission, which recently reached a compromise with the city council for mending an ordinance aimed at regulating opd has continued use of license plate readers. We did increase the retention moment. The privacy commissioner recommended certain days. Its now its 6 months as recent as june and july. This year we were able to solve 2 separate homicides using this technology, according to opd spokesperson officer kim armstead, alpr cameras are used to solve an incident that occurred back on june 9th involving the shooting death of a 16 yearold boy. In another case, she says automated license plate readers are used to locate and arrest a suspect in the july 17 deadly shooting of an uber driver and the Little Saigon district. I want to be clear that we by no means, you know, are intending to be invasive. And anyway, you know, with the privacy of our community, again, this retention period just allows us simply allows us more time to effectively investigate these cases. However, the new license plate reader ordinance has an additional incentive from civilian oversight of opd in the form of quarterly reporting to deter any invasive privacy use. I feel more comfortable about the place. You know, the label finally went on. We understand how closely people are watching this issue. And i would expect that creating incentives for for better behavior. In oakland, haaziq kron. 4 news. Kron 4 is your local election headquarters. The city of san jose is about to welcome a new mayor for the first time in nearly a decade, the race for the citys top job is between Council Member matt mahan and Santa Clara County supervisor cindy chavez. The 2 candidates took part in a debate hosted by the rotary club of san jose and sparred over homelessness. Mahan said the san jose is putting too much faith in costly longterm, Affordable Housing as a solution. Instead of providing more emergency shelters. While chavez says the city needs to address the problem. Now, while also planning well into the future. We have a crisis on our streets. We should be acting like the house is on fire. Not waiting to build a fire engine grab a bucket and put out the flames. And i just i think. I think that weve been far too willing to say, well, you know, were working really hard. Were helping people. Weve got to just keep going. Were going to actually get there. Were not at this rate, frankly, what im calling for a significant change in direction because it 5 years to build an 850,000 or versus 6 months to build and 100,000 or clearly, we need to scale up the solution that gets people into a safe individual unit as quickly as possible. And frankly, that is not what weve been doing for far too many years. First of all, the problem is, is in complex and it is just wrapped in human suffering the law. And i just want to also say when you say we it. You joined this revolution very late and in 2015. We created. With all of our cities and approach that started to get people. How since 2015, weve housed 20,000 unhoused people. Were not waiting and i am taking this very seriously. And it is important to have every single tool available. And that does include interim housing. The part of the reason were building permanent housing is because eventually if youre an interim housing, have to get to permanent housing, which is why you have to build permanent housing. And by the way, most of the housing that we house people in this housing that already existed. Mahan and chavez also went back and forth over the topic of public safety. Chavez said that the city hasnt moved fast enough to increase Police Staffing while mahan claim that given chavezs role as a county supervisor, she should have already helped address Law Enforcement staffing. For your money this morning with inflation rising, the irs is making changes that could save taxpayers money next year for the upcoming tax season. All federal income tax bracket levels are being pushed up by about 7 . We will also see standard deduction increases. Both changes mean Many Americans may get higher returns than in past years. The standard deduction is increasing by about 900 for single filers 1800 for married filers taxpayers were actually being pushed. In the higher brackets, even though there are real incomes have risen and this is happening due to inflation. Some economists say other ways the irs could help americans is by making changes to the child tax credit. In the south bay, more than 100,000 in unclaimed money is sitting with the Santa Clara County and officials want people to come forward to receive their payments. The countys department of tax and collections released a list of 200 people and businesses all are potential owners of the unclaimed money stemming from overpayments duplicate payments and charge adjustment payments. All claims must be filed by december 9th. If you think you are on that list, check the county webs