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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 8 20170621

Check in with jr stone live in livermore where at one point nearly 5thousand people were without power. Jr . steve alright turning now to our chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. pam brittney this heat wave is not letting up yet. This intense heat will be with us for the days ahead. Right . More very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least thursday. Therefore, a heat advisory remains in effect for most locations away from the coast through thursday. Interior north and east bay has been upgraded to a heat warning for thursday. More substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. pam a power alert still in effect statewide tonight. A flex alert calls for voluntary conservation. Due to high demand of electricity. Power officials are asking people to avoid using major appliances between 2 pm and 9 pm. Today and tomorrow. They are also asking people to set air conditioners to 78 degrees or higher. It is all an attempt to ease the strain on the states power grids. steve the east bay has seen the brunt of the heatwave hitting the region. pam tempertures in walnut creek approached 100 degrees. Many people there sought relief at the pool at heather farm park. Water temperatures in the pool were sitting at a bathtub like 88 degrees, but these aerating fountains were trying to cool down the water. Were going to have those things flowing at nighttime and hopefully bring the temperature down a little bit. Recreational swim hours are 1 to 430in the afternoon weekdays. There is an adult lap swim from 7 to 830 in the evening. steve the warm temperatures fueling a fast moving wildfire in southern california. This is happening right now. In the San Bernardino National Forest which is northeast of big bear lake. The fire was reported yesterday afternoon. A day with record breaking heat. Now more than a thousand acres have burned. The fire is 10 contained. About 450 firefighters are working to gain control of the fire. No homes are threatened at this time. Authorities say two firefighters have suffered injuries, one from heat exhaustion and the other a physical injury. steve when theres outages or wildfires well keep you in the know on our mobile app. You stay on top of the heat wave by tracking the weather in your neighborhood. , follow forecasts and stay on top of breaking news all by using our free mobile app steve in the north bay. A mother whose two children were killed by their father is speaking out. pam the six Year Old Girl and 18month old boy. Were found dead inside alvaro camaras apartment on fathers day. pam camaras body was found nearby in a bedroom. The couple. Had been seperated for several months. The father of two. Was supposed to return the children sunday night. That never happened. The mother said, she wrote the letter this morning, while wrapped in her daughters blanket. And was struggling to make sense of the horrific situtation. she said she never got the urgent help she needed. And signed the letter. A mother no longer able to hold her children. pam soldiers shot a suspect in the heart of brussels, belgium after a small explosion at a busy train station today. steve investigators are calling it. A foiled terror plot. steve the blast injured a suspect who appeared to be in his early 30s. The damage from the explosion was limited. It is not clear if the suspect survived. Witnesses say, the man was very agitated. Yelling about jihadists. He then screamed, god is great in arabic. Before blowing up a device on a baggage trolley. steve breaking news out of georgia. Where Republican Karen Handel has won a nationally watched special election. Democratic candidate jon ossof tried to pull a major upset in the sixth congressional district. Its been held by republicans for nearly 40 years. Republicans are claiming momentum ahead of the 2018 midterms. But the race was closer than expected. That trend leaves democrats hopeful they can win a House Majority in the mid terms. The special election in georgia attracted recordbreaking money including donors from california. pam a new stadium for the oakland as could mean big bucks for the city. According to a a new report. steve put together by the Bay Area Council, it predicts that over ten years a new stadium would pump more than 3 billion into the oakland economy. steve we dont yet know exactly where the stadium will be built. The team has identified three potential locations within oakland. Including the Peralta Community College District near lake merrit, Howard Terminal not far from Jack London Square and a new stadium could be built on the same location as the current oakland coliseum. pam thats where we find kron 4s Charles Clifford live tonight. He has details from the report and reaction from fans. Charles. Well, this report from the Bay Area Council shows that building a new privately funded stadium would create about 2 thousand jobs, many of those jobs going to locals. Natsaasss as the oakland as prepared to face off against the Huston Astros on tuesday, fans outside the coliseum weighed in on a possible move to a new stadium. Soti think jack london would be beautiful but im worried about the crowds and the traffic. Sotlake merrit. Thats nice because it has transit and you could be downtown for the games. Soti prefer it here. I think the infrastructure is better its easier to get to. A big concern for everyone we talked too was transit. How people get to and from these differenet locations. One big advantage that the Howard Terminal and lake merrit locations have over the coliseum is their proximity to downtown. The coliseum has excellent transit options but theres almost nothing around the coliseum. Fans we spoke to say that if a new stadium were built next to the old one it might attract businesses like restaurant and bars. Sot build it and they will come. Sot build it and they will come. The teams goal is to announce the selection of a new site this year. It will take about two years to build the stadium. In oakland, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Ahead at eight. Oj simpson could soon be a free man. What he wants to do if he is granted parole. Plus. Out of control. Thats how a east bay company is describing the demand for air conditioners as the summer swelter continues. And next. A pastor says, when he saw trouble. He had to step in. How he helped a chp officer being attacked on the bay bridge. Putting news first. Pam moore. Steve aveson. Brittney shipp. And gary radnich. The kron4 news at 10 every night. pam moving to the north bay. A reckless driver assaults a california Highway Patrol officer all while a local pastor watched the entire incident unfold. steve but as kron fours Philippe Djegal reports, the pastor wasnt just a witness. In fact, some are calling him a hero. Hes a pastor who also happens to be a retired sergeant with the San Francisco sheriffs department. philippe early saturday morning. Pastors joel and Annalisa Jones jumped onto westbound interstate 80 in fairfield, headed to the east bay. When they noticed a man behind the wheel of a truck speeding at more than 80 miles per hour, bouncing into and off of several cars in his path. Pastor joel jones Good Samaritan he basically was a vehicle of destruction at that point. Jones wife annalisa called 911 while her husband continued to follow the man. And, after hitting the median, the truck stopped on the shoulder near suisun city. The jones waited behind the truck until a female officer with the california Highway Patrol showed up. And, thats when the situation esclated. Pastor joel jones Good Samaritan he walked up to her like she was a mannaquin and he was voicing some things that, this is it, im not going to take it nope, im not, and he went right into her as if she was a man and i was so glad that i waited at that point. At that moment, pastor jones said a prayer. Pastor joel jones Good Samaritan i asked the lord to be with me, to be in me and before i knew it, i was on him, and uh, i responded and i wanted to separate him from the gun. Pastor jones eventually knocked the man off the injuried officer. He restrained the suspect, while his wife consoled the officer until back up arrived. Pastor Annalisa Jones Good Samaritan for god to say it wasnt a black thing, a white human race thing. The jones say theyve heard from the chp, thanking them for helping out. The suspect was arrested and the jones say the officer will survive. Pastor joel jones Good Samaritan i was the instrument, uh, but i, id say it was the lord that did it. The couple will continue their work at spirit of the truth Church Worldwide in crockett. And, hope to share a prayer with the injuried officer once shes well again. In solano county, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. steve oj simpson could soon be out of prison. Pam is here with more on his parole hearing next month in nevada. pam the 70year old former football star and actor. Is serving time for an Armed Robbery and kidnapping conviction. From 2008. If granted parole he could be released on october 1st. Simpson will go before a panel of four parole commissioners on july 20th. The panel will question simpson by closed circuit tv. He has served more than eight of his nine to thirty three year sentence. The former heismam trophy winner grew up in the bay area and went to San Franciscos galileo high school. The daily mail says, a friend of simpsons revealed, if he is released, he wants to be with his kids and play golf. pam lets a live look outside tonight at sfo steve brittney has details. More very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least thursday. Therefore, a heat advisory remains in effect for most locations away from the coast through thursday. Interior north and east bay has been upgraded to a heat warning for thursday. More substantial cooling is then expected from friday into the upcoming weekend. steve new tonight at 8. The summer heat wave is bringing big business to an steve new tonight at 8. The summer heat wave is bringing big business to an east bay company. Norm connolly has been in the air conditioning business for twenty five years but with this hot weather hes got more than he can handle. Most of those hes heard from neglected a spring check up and just hoped for cool air the first time the turn on the ac. steve norm would be happy to fix whatever ails your air conditioner. Just dont expect him soon. Hes booked into july. When she went to pick up a dog toy. gary sports tease coming up a little later in this broadcast. The son of arguably the greatest warrior in history gets a try out today. Well hear from rick berrys son. And well check out what the giants are doing in atlanta. A little bit later in this broadcast. On september 9, 2010, pg e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. This gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. The explosion and fire killed eight people. Pg e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u. S. Pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. Pg e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. We are deeply sorry. We failed our customers in san bruno. While an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg e safer. And thats why weve replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new Leak Detection technology that is onethousand times more sensitive, and built a stateoftheart gas operations center. We can never forget what happened in san bruno. Thats why were working every day to make pg e the safest Energy Company in the nation. Lead landing vo its summer time and that means more Young Drivers are hitting the road. Being a parent of a teen driver can be nerve reckoning. Kron 4s tech reporter gabe slate shows us an app that was created to offer parents peace of mind pkg the driver protect feature of the life 360 app, was designed around that fear and worry that parents have with their kids on the road chris hulls ceo, life 360 app says we offer a set of tools that lets you have insight into the most common areas of safe driving so are you speeding are you using the phone while the car is moving are you rapidly braking or accelerating which is the sign of reckless driving so we try to give a wide set of information and they can use it as they see fit and not only will help them know how the teens driving but how are their friends driving because it follows the phone not a car the app lets you see where your kids are at any time on a map and where they have been. It gives driving reports if they used their phone while driving or went over the speed limit it will be in the report. The app also provides 24 7 road assistance. Like triplea but cheaper as its included with the Monthly Price the sensors in our phones have gotten so good that life 360 can detect if someone has been in an accident and alert the other family members chris hulls ceo, life 360 app says telephone is like a supercomputer in your pocket you have tons of sensors you have gps and accelerometers have gyroscopes you have barometers we can use that data in realtime what is happening with the activity of that device so sometimes people ask cuz what if you drop it on the ground its a completely different set of information gabe slate tech reporter says you might be wondering kid the kid just turn off the track and features in the app on their phone and yeah they can so this is the outer system its a Bigger Picture of parenting strategy chris hulls ceo, life 360 app says because they have this at the parents arent calling all the time we even see that the family members are driving better we have a 58 reduction in texting while driving when people use the service so actually gives away from moms and dads to back off and teens like itwith your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. Ahead at eight. For the first time we are seeing dash cam video. From a controversial Deadly Police shooting. Hear the exchange that took place. Before the fatal gunfire plus. Six people die in a 25 car pileup crash. What police say set off the deadly Chain Reaction and next. Wild weather on both coasts tonight. The heat cooks the west. And a Tropical Storm threatens major flooding. brittney tease im kron 4 meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast. Details are right after the break. pam the first day of summer and you could feel it. Some places reaching 100 degrees. steve people doing anything to stay cool. Hitting the pools and eating ice cream. Kron4s chief meteorlogist Brittney Shipp joins us now. Brittney when can we expect relief steve if the bay area is boiling, the southwest is sizzling. Brittney, we have some near record temperatures todya an arizona tv station set up a webcam so viewers could watch the heat melting a 600 pound block of ice. It only took a few hours. American airlines canceled dozens of flights out of sky harbor in phoenix. Its smaller regional jets cant fly in temperatures above 118 degrees. As for the toughest job in phoenix today. How about being a firefighter. Its hot. Almost like an oven, yes. Thats exactly what it feels like. Imagine working in intense heat, in insulated fire suits and bogged down with heavy equipment. Capt. Reda bigler, Phoenix Fire Department weve got 50 pounds of gear with about a 25 pound air pack on our back and it doesnt include all the stuff they have in their pockets. In the high heat firefighters work for 20 minutes instead of 30. And they have a special rehab unit where they can cool off. Now lets go up in space to see the other big weather story. Tropical storm cindy is forming in the gulf of mexico. These images are from noaas newest weather satellite. Cindy, now heading towards a city all to familiar with flooding, we are expecting very heavy rain the city of new orleans and in the surrounding areas. Of course the entire gulf coast is going to be in harms way for the next couple of days. Nat alabamas governor has already declared a state of emergency. The high surf near mobile is just a sign of what might be ahead. We could see rising tides from one to we get rain over three hours. See that in some parts of the city. steve Tropical Storm cindy is expected to make landfall by this time tomorrow. steve last summer the shooting of Philando Castile was livestreamed by his girlfriend on facebook. The video went viral worldwide. And became evidence in the trial against officer Jeronimo Yanez pam but what happened outside the car. Had only been seen by a few people. Now, that dash cam video is released. And we do want to warn you. It is graphic. Hear yanez calmly speaking to castile. Who immediately tells him, he is carrying a registered gun. Yanez is heard telling castile not to pull out the gun. And castile says, he will not. Yanez again says, not to reach for the gun before he pulls his own weapon. And fires seven times. Castiles girlfriend says, he was reaching for his wallet and drivers license. Yanez told investigators, the smell of marijuana from castiles car was part of why he considered him a threat. Some people say, the new video does not resolve the question of whether yanez saw castille reach for a gun. A jury acquitted yanez last week. pam a dust storm in new mexico leads to a fatal, multi vehicle pileup. Killing six people. Take a look at this video. The vehicles all bunched in the same area. It happen

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