don't have any cool downs ahead of us. skies are nice and clear out there across the bay, including right along the coastline. take a look at this view at half moon bay right here without a single cloud in the sky. looks a lot like yesterday. did so fog. obviously not much of an issue. no chances of rain ahead of us either. and this weekend, we are in for a change from last weekend. just a little breezy and brisk at times, winds have completely calm down. now and temperatures will rise pretty quickly today. right now we're sitting in the 40's 50's at the coastline. well, 50's to 60's for inland spots as we've stayed all night long for areas like pittsburgh in vacaville later on today, highs in the 70's 80's and even a couple of low 90's. and tomorrow looking very toasty as well of more in this forecast. still to come right i don't think even that well, that morning commute is already starting to build. we're getting busy. >> the bay bridge a 23 minute ride. thankfully, no accidents or hazards on any of your bridges this morning. but you're going to see a lot of

traffic. 19 81 runs a little slow going on. the san mateo bridge. you're just summer filbert about 15 minutes, golden gate bridge around. 22. and if you are taking bart, here's something to note. 20 minute delay on the sf line in all directions. they're doing some maintenance on the track so that slowing you down. darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot. right let's get back to the breaking news we're following. and after a fire happened at a local public market in castro valley talking to people and firefighters, was a big fire to the whole place. apparently ruined crawford's michael thomas there at the scene. michael. >> you know, you can really see just how bad the damage is now that the sun is starting to come up. take a how county fire calling this building a total loss of 3 alarm fire at lake chabot public market, which sits on a lake chabot road. and you can see that roof completely gone to get the perspective of just how bad it was. take a look. this is video from earlier this morning at around 3 o'clock or so. >> officials say they got the

call that around 2.20 at that point, they did arrive to find those flames going through the roof. and you can see those flames really not only is sparking up into the sky for breaking out the markets, windows everything in sight as of this morning is completely burned or drenched with water. >> as of now, the cause is still unknown. there is a gas line inside, but everything is still being investigated. according to officials, there were no injuries to report, but the neighbors here say, but this is a really special place to this community and they're sad to see it. go. take a listen. >> down here like i'm down ice cream. after dinner. we'll come get >> back out here live. you can see fire officials still putting out some of those hot spots from above at alameda county fire is leading this situation. however, they called in reinforcements from neighboring fire, firing agencies to help them in

total. we're seeing about maybe 50 firefighters or so. and there's multiple engines from what i can see there is for. and then a couple of fire trucks as well. now the owner is finally did arrive this morning. owns one of the storefronts inside. he is still very much in shock. he was not ready to chat on camera, but he was really sad about the situation. he says he's still trying to process. all of it is he woke up early this morning and got the news as we get more details from fire officials on the cause or hear from one of those owners. we'll keep you updated that severely to turn castro valley and michael thomas, tara and james. we'll send it back to the studio. michael, thank you. >> 702. and another developing story that we're following is the aftermath of a big fight. 8 students in nevada were arrested after a fight on campus and that's leaving parents now but worried about the safety of their kids. we have kron four's will tran out there sinaloa, middle school with more on this. will. >> many parents are keeping their kids home from school during this particular week as

the school district is trying to sort this out. we're seeing possibly a parents showing up at this very moment. but you can see that car in the parking lot. and i try to talk to an administrator and she had no comment as she kept going right by me. but we do know that 8 students were arrested on tuesday after a fight that took place on campus a few days earlier on friday afternoon at sinaloa middle school, there was possibly a fight a day before, but the school district as well as the school, they caught wind of it and they prevented on thursday. but actually delayed it because it actually took place one day later on friday with 8 kids being ultimately arrested. >> their ages shocking between 12 and 14 years old. the video quite graphic. we do see kids on the ground being punched. my other kids. it's a he say she said situation. some parents believe that the kids on the ground being punts were actually the bullies and the

victims are actually trying to retaliate defend themselves. and others are saying no, the kids on the ground, they are the victims. but one thing that everybody can agree on that bullying has been an ongoing problem. that's in the low and middle school for quite some time and nothing has been done about it to the point where even on tuesday night the parents met with the administrators to try to hammer something out at this particular point. we do know that school is in session. we will try to get reaction from parents. the school will have extra resources terms of security officers on campus to try to help the students move about without any violence taking place and then a battle police department. they have already mentioned if the school district calls them in asks for help, they will be here. in the meantime, it is been so serious that many charges include james and area felony assault. back to you. thank you very much. well. >> 705 right now in 20 years

after a jury found him guilty of murdering his pregnant wife, laci scott peterson is trying once again to get his freedom. yeah, his lawyers have been arguing that dna evidence should be introduced into this case to prove his innocence cropper was rob nesbitt reports on what happened in court. scott peterson and his lawyers are asking for access to dna that they say will prove lacy was still alive. with pearson left their modesto home to go fishing. 22 years ago. >> on wednesday, the judge allowed access to dna testing of one item. it's been 22 years since the bodies of laci peterson and her unborn child. conner washed ashore in san francisco bay, her husband and the man convicted of her murder appeared in court via zoom wednesday. peterson's lawyers, but the los angeles innocence project have filed motions for access to dna evidence they say will prove laci was alive on december 24th and vanish. while peterson was away fishing in san francisco bay, prosecutors with the san mateo da's office have refused to hand over dna evidence unless court ordered on wednesday. judge elizabeth

hill ruled that a piece of duct tape down the lacey's pants will be able to be tested but deny dna testing on 13 other items. peterson's lawyers also claim shoddy police work saying the modesto police department's original investigation allegedly suppressed and lost court documents. they also claim that eyewitnesses who saw laci walking in the neighborhood at times after her husband left modesto, were never interviewed by police. scott peterson is being held at mule creek state prison about an hour east of sacramento. the san mateo district attorneys office will now need to consult with the ags office to determine what lab will do. the dna testing reporting in redwood city. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 76 and authorities have now identified a man who was shot and killed in belmont last friday. it's 27 year-old deontay gayden from san francisco. >> who was shot near irwin and hiller streets just off of 101, when police found him there, he had several gunshot wounds still searching for the suspect. now.

>> in the east bay, one man is dead and another in the hospital following a shooting in oakland. we have video here from the citizen app showing police tuesday night on foothill boulevard right near the stanley exit off of 5.80, when officers arrived. they say they found one man who'd been shot. that person died at the hospital. then a second man later showed up at the hospital to he, though, is expected to survive. motive into the shooting is still being investigated. >> take a look at this milpitas police said have a mountain lion sighting that they're investigating. this was. 04:30am, in the morning yesterday. imagine despite your house, this is unfair meadow way in milpitas. police are still looking for that big cat. and that's the second sighting that they've had. milpitas wonder if this the same as pretty big too. this was at a mobile home park in on dixon landing road in milpitas. and they went out there with drones and thermal imaging imaging trying to find this big cap. but they couldn't track him down.

>> in the east bay, this is what it looks like inside in apartment building on 26 avenue in oakland's fruitvale district. it's not the best of conditions. and top of that, the building hasn't had power for a month now following a fire back in january. tenants are now suing the landlord saying that landlord has made none of the repairs or reimburse them for loss of food or medication. the hotel stays that they've had to pay for no reimbursement there. either. one tenant says that while electricity u.s. has been restored to most of the units in that apartment building, 4 units are still being powered by a generator. a generator that sits outside her window. now she says the fumes have been making her family sick. >> we've been enduring for over 4 months now. i'm being on temporary light. we don't know when this building would power a power off again. >> kron 4 reached out to the landlord of the building. we haven't heard back yet, but

we're told the landlord does plan to meet with the tenants about the situation on friday. we'll see what they have to say. san mateo county now seeing an increase in the number of people living on the streets, according to their latest count back in january, more than 2100 people are experiencing homelessness. that's an 18% increase compared to the previous year. officials also say they saw an increase in people receiving shelter in emergency facilities. redwood city has the most homeless people in the county followed by pacifica and then unincorporated land along the coast. >> 709, is the time and a well-known bakeries. serving up moshi doughnuts and muffins around the bay area. now they're opening. they have 2 shops in area, but they're closing their san francisco location over the weekend. it's called 3rd culture bakery and they announced that their inner sunset locations, but going to be closing after sunday, june 2nd, that store on irving street opened back in 2022. so has been there all that long. but the owners decided they get to sell it.

they said that they're just too many challenges in finding and retaining workers. 3rd culture does have, like i said, those 2 other area locations in berkeley and walnut creek. 7.10, right now. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, homeowners in the east bay talk about their concerns from losing health insurance policies. i meet her home insurance policies. >> we didn't see that happen around the bay. and then look at this. a cowboy in the east bay is arrested. he pulled out his cell phone to record police responding to something that he wasn't even involved they ended going after him. and after the break, expect to see some improvements at muni stations will tell you where. >> and today going to be even warmer. one than yesterday was keeping the sunshine around. lot of 70's and 80's, even a couple 90's. i've got your forecast and temperatures start to get really busy in the 8 o'clock hour. but we're already starting to build out already starting to build out there. drive times are networko network for business.

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>> 7.13, right now it's a great day for a walk. i just say get in early ai wei is stripped it was quite hot and started to feel the heat already boiling. more of that today, john, i guess. yeah, today's get to really feel like it to were even warmer today than we were yesterday. so get the sunscreen out. keep hydrated and maybe venture out this morning, looking at quite our skies are beautiful and clear. winds are light and temperatures are still cool. if that's absolutely what you prefer. now, that low pressure that kept us kinda moderated last week is on the outs. and now we've got that sunny and warmer forecast as this high pressure builds in contributing what 2 will be our hottest days today and tomorrow, but also to a dry

extended forecast into the weekend and next week, looking outside at future cast, a couple of clouds passing by late on today as today. and tomorrow, though, we don't have a lot of fog in this forecast. we will start to see fog streaming back into the golden gate friday night into saturday morning saturday. temperatures will dip a little bit because of some of that ocean. cool there that makes today. and tomorrow, the warmest saturday and sunday still warm, but definitely not quite as hot. today's highs in the 60's and 70's for a staff and 60's at the coast. if you're looking for the coolest scape, those are your spots and some sunshine out there, too. which will make those temperatures feel nice. 70's 80's and a couple of 90's elsewhere, santa clara, 84 san jose. 86 east bay temperatures 70's to a tease for you near 90 in concord. well, oakland at 75 degrees. north bay temperatures. some of our hottest, in fact, vacaville at 92 pittsburgh in antioch, also reaching the low 90's at 90 degrees. each looking ahead, tomorrow's temperatures around

the same as today's saturday and sunday. we get a little bit cooler with the very cool. stay your forecast being monday of next week will quickly see temperatures climbing yet again after that. great. all right, john, thank you for that. already starting to busy in the 7 o'clock hour, traffic typically starts to build here along 8 o'clock. as you can see, richmond, sandra fell bridge. things are slowing down. 13 minute ride on a no accidents or hazards. there people are traveling this morning, 18 minutes into the city and the meter lights that was slowing you down there, checking out things over in the east bay starting to see that red, kraken out towards the maze start to build in san pablo all the way into oakland. 30 minutes. checking highway 4. we went up 10 minutes since our last check in. we're not. 44, that's antioch into conquered. if you are down in gilroy along one, 52, there is an accident there. so that's the little things down just a little bit. your morning commute, though, however, not seeing major scene just slowing traffic. a 42 minute ride along 1, 0, one. 85 to the low part. and if you're taking bart 20 minute delay,

that's on the sf line in all directions. they're doing some track maintenance along that line. all right. james, back to you. thanks. a lot of for your money this morning. another major retail chain is cutting prices and starbucks. a wait times are really going up. >> jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. i like when i order my coffee and i want like 30 seconds, i'm like, well, a look at are actually and we were busy >> starbucks wait times have ballooned this year. technomic says about 8% service customers way to between 15 and 30 minutes for their order. now, that compares to virtually no one waiting that long in the breeze just plain a new algorithm at the company that's supposed allocate and make the story later more efficient. but the staff says that it's actually left them short staffed and it's hard chat with customers and handily in-person drive-thru mobile and delivery orders. salt. same time. walgreens is cutting prices on more than 1500 items online and in stores, everything from snacks and vitamins to toys. this is

the latest retailer to offer these discounts when that customers have been burned by inflation, for example, an 80 count one and a gummy vitamins jarno costs 11 99. that's down from 13. 49 and the price of a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips from the nice brand is a $1.99. down from 2.79. well, apple may be pushing the smartphone into a new realm. the in telephone. it would have ai technology. apple's been quiet about its ai strategy, but it is expected to debut that at the worldwide developers conference in mid-june. and bank of america says this could add 20%. apple stock. well, scammers are preying on people who are interested in wellness products for it says often fraudsters, use celebrities to heart these goods. most of the ads do use generative ai to spoof endorsements which would usually bring them penalties from the federal trade commission. but ai technology is advancing so fast. it's hard for regulators to catch

the bad actors live from the nasdaq market site. i'm jane king. back to i let is just a name is telephone smart. but what i know. i love it and telephone. >> it's kind it's 7.18, muti is getting about 5 million dollars to help improve access to stations for people who have disabilities. the federal transit administration has given the agency 4.6 million dollars total to help the platforms and install wheelchair ramps at 5 muni light rail stops. the south will be along the jade church and oceanview lines. as home prices keep going up. there's a bill in the state capitol, a ming to level the playing field for families. the state assembly passed a bill yesterday prevent some big corporations from buying up single-family homes and turning them into rentals. is by a representative for parts of alameda and contra costa county. and that now heads to the state senate.

>> okay. developing news in inmate who escaped to southern california correctional facility has been arrested all the way up here in san jose. 38 year-old daniel lypez seville there's a valid escaped. the san benito correctional facility in hollister on tuesday. the sheriff's office says he jumped over a barbed wire fence ane says his girlfriend allegedly helped him escape. he was arrested last night at a hotel in san jose. sheriff's office says that's of allah associates with the with northern gang members and is charged on several felonies, including child abuse. the santa county sheriff's office is moving into its new headquarters this week. it will fully open its doors to the community on the first monday in june. the new state-of-the-art headquarters is located at 3.30, bradford street in downtown redwood city. >> time now 7.20, and we want to turn to the trump hush money trial going on in new york city and that jury began deliberations yesterday. no verdict reached just yet. but our washington correspondent, basil john, has the very latest from new york.

>> the jury was dismissed yesterday around 4 in the afternoon. jurors must now consider all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. and the jurors must be unanimous to convict. >> former president donald trump and the rest of the country must now wait for the 12 jurors to deliver a verdict in the hush money trial. we already have to wait outside the courtroom yesterday. trump continue to accuse the judge of putting him into unfair situation. we had a fair chance, the jury will determine whether trump is guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records involving hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 presidential election. the jurors have to talk about who they believe who they disbelief, why they just believe why they believe georgetown law professor gregory mize says this could be a lengthy deliberation, how much the jurors need to consider. it is a big task.

but i i think anything's possible. >> and i i i wouldn't dare predict. what's going to happen in this case. >> now the judge has offered the jury to work until 06:00pm each day going forward. reporting in new york city. i'm basil, john. >> thank you, basil. 7.21. coming up on the kron 4 morning news, aacommunity college program in pittsburgh wants to help high school students get those college credits. for more on that and after the break, $0.99 stores might be coming back just under a new name. we'll explain. unlike those other messy whole body deodorants,

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>> it's 74 and with how much it's cost. and to have kids in day care centers in california, san francisco's mayoral candidate mark farrell is trying to help out. he held a news conference. he's white plans to today. he's going to talk about his plans to establish universal health care for children in san francisco. he says the state reimbursement rates failed to cover the true cost of child care, which creates a financial strain on families. he says that parents spend on average about $40,000 a year between infant and preschool care. a popular asian grocery chain is opening in the east bay korean grocery store. h mart is opening a shop in pleasant 10. that will be the bay area's 4th location. the stores can open at the dublin retail center right next to the stoneridge shopping

center. the dublin h mart will also have outdoor dining to complement its mega food hall that has a variety asian cuisines. no word yet on exactly when that location open. >> meantime, dozens of shuttered. 99 only stores could reopen as dollar tree stores. dollar tree has made a bid. now for the 170 closed $0.99 stores here in california and across arizona, nevada and texas. $0.99 stores originally opened back in 1982. and quickly expanded to 371 locations before ultimately going out of business. this past april dollar tree also operates family dollar stores in california. we'll take a break as we're approaching 7.26. this morning. up next, a massive fire breaks out at a popular market in castro valley and proper. michael thomas is there live at the scene with the very latest will happen in just a few minutes.

>> 7.28 sun's up guns put sunscreen you're going to need that. yeah, specially today and tomorrow we've got john in the weather center. hey john. yeah. today tomorrow, sunscreen days staying hydrated, too, because it is hotter than i think a lot of us that are used to. >> we had that cool memorial day weekend. but temps have climbed since then. and today, tomorrow going to be especially warm. you look outside at san jose. nice and clear overhead. no surprise there, but we are seeing sunshine all the way out to the coastline with very minimal fog this morning. im pretty relaxed winds to our breezy spots up in the northeastern part of the bay area at the delta are actually seeing a dry offshore wind right now. and that's helping

to keep temperatures already pretty warm for inland spots. pittsburgh and brentwood at 65 while. the coast only in the 40's ocean. temperatures are pretty chilly right now and that will keep our coastal temperatures moderated. well, the rest of us see temperatures climbing really quickly right now. all right, john, thank you for that. well, just give yourself a little extra time this morning has already busy building in the 7 o'clock hour. 20 minute drive everybody traveling into the city this morning and thankfully that 20 minute delay we had on the sf line. >> in all directions that just went down 10 minutes. so a little improvement along barton least. 24 for the san mateo bridge. richmond, sandra fell bridge around 13 golden gate bridge just short of 31 minutes. get a snaoshot of those highways. you can see bay. we'll have the 4 a 8.80. so definitely definitely leave the house a little extra time is back to you. thanks a lot. 7.30, want to go back to the scene of a massive fire that damaged a local public market in gilroy. i mean, in a castro valley. yeah. which is where

kron four's michael thomas is standing by out in front of that very market. good morning, michael. >> hey, everyone. you know, you can see behind me just how massive this fire was. in fact, take a look. you know, that roof is completely gone. and firefighters are on the continue to try to put it out. it's lake chabot, public market. and again, it caught fire this morning and it just took everything out. take a look at this video. we have it started at around 2.20, or so. and this is video from around 3 officials say they got here and they saw those flames going through the roof and breaking out the markets, the windows, everything inside this morning, completely either burned or really just drenched with water. and as of right now, the cause is still unknown. officials say there is a gas line that's inside that when they arrived, it was adding more fuel to that fire. they don't know if it was because everything's still under investigation. neighbors tell us this a building has been owned by many people. it's always been either a market or now, you know, this

public market. they say it's really an iconic building here in castro valley. and we spoke with the alameda county fire. well, they say they're known they already knew that because most of them actually grew up here. take a listen to what some of their biggest issues were this morning with trying to put out this fire >> so the back there's as nina presented. problem just trying to make access now to get out. there was so much fire. there's already fire shooting through the roof. look like may be said by a gas line at some point. so that a pretty. >> now back out here live, you can see they're still trying to put out some of those hot spots from up above. they're now down to about 3 fire engines are so out here. they didn't call in reinforcements from neighboring fire such as hayward and so on. in total, there were about 3 chiefs out here and maybe about 50 or so firefighters. we did speak with one of the owners this

morning who owns one of the stores and side of it. she says she got the call this morning from the actual building owner. and i actually did see her arriving care. she was just shocked to see all of the con. as for what's next. she says she's still trying to figure that out, but hear from home or within the next hour or so. so as we get more details from fire officials what may have been, the cause will continue to keep you updated. but that's all we know for now. i'll send it back to to live in the studio. all right. thanks a lot. want to go to a yes to a fire for homeowners as well now, yes. so the homeowner insurance crisis is getting worse and worse, especially for folks who live in. >> healy tree lined areas like orinda. and so last night the city actually hosted a town hall meeting so that people could ask questions about their insurance policies. for sara stinson explains what happened. >> homeowners here in orinda tell me they've either been dropped by their home insurance company or they're on the brink of that. many saying they are desperate for answers and solutions. that's

basically why i came to see my worst fears were realized in they are. her brown is one of thousands of bay area homeowners experiencing the statewide insurance crisis. first hand. he's lived in orinda for 30 years and recently got told by his home insurance provider that he's being dropped this fall. don't have a plan right now. brown and more than 100 others packed into the library auditorium wednesday night for a town hall with the state department of insurance and the renda mayor. darlene, gee, you have been very, very hard hit. we were one of the hardest hit communities and but it, but it is very emotional. insurance providers say they are not renewing thousands of policies due to wildfire risk. state farm alone is set to cancel 30,000 insurance is statewide. nearly 2000 of them in orinda think it's really, really hard and it's it's terrible when you get dropped. the state does offer a policy for homeowners who are unable to get insured in the marketplace. it's supposed to be a temporary safety net, but the

commissioner's office says 1000 people are applying for it every day. the deputy commissioner explained the state's ongoing plan to stabilize the insurance market. the california sustainable insurance strategy includes requiring insurance companies to write no less 85% of homes and businesses in distressed areas that are identified by the insurance commissioner. the state hopes to complete several reforms by december of this year. but some say that's too late patients are dying on the side of the road. and there are your way from getting to the hospital. and we simply ask, keep moving as fast as possible because this is very real is very worrisome. even handed out this flyer here at the town hall for the second annual wildfire prevention and safety fair is this saturday. it's at the community park and it starts at 10 30. i'm sara stinson reporting in orinda kron. 4 news. >> 7.35 is the time investigators have a group arrested a man who they say

assaulted another man at a light rail station. so according to deputies, the assault happened yesterday afternoon on a platform of the vta station in san jose right near children's discovery museum. the suspect then reportedly went home and barricaded himself inside. deputies say they were able to ultimately negotiate his surrender. he's now under arrest. deputies say the victim took himself to the hospital. no word on his condition and it's still unclear what prompted the attack. in redwood city. a woman has been arrested now after a car was set on fire. police say that fire broke out the parking lot of second avenue right near highway 101. the witness later showed police video of a woman starting the fire. they think they found that woman. she's been booked now on charges of arson and resisting arrest. time now 7.36 richmond man accuses police of assaulting him. >> while he was trying to y're responding to an and now a lawsuit's been filed against the city. we have kron four's dan kerman with the story. but they they

this richmond cowboys calling for the firing of to richmond police officers who he says attacked him and violated his civil rights rally. videotape them responding to an incident. this is surveillance video that may 5th incident near jos market on mcdonald. crazy gusts as the incident was almost over and he was in no one's way when officers turned their attention to him, i them. >> what do get out of the way. your point. >> and i've got do here me. tell the way. >> and then came back you know the start pushing pushing me pushing me pushing me of the officer came me. me in my face. >> roughly a real gust was arrested for resisting arrest and interfering with a police officer in trying suggest that this is either out of control

officer or as a pattern and practice that exist. that is allowed within department. but gus's attorney john burris says that was just an excuse for police to attack his client and violate his civil rights because of the basic respect person has a right to have as a citizen should be free from police abuse. and ought ought to be able to exercise a constitutional right with what out fear that they're going to be subjected to boeing type activities and essentially arrested and taken to jail for something that they didn't do that with the because they stood up for their right to exercise their rights. a news conference wednesday burst announced he's filed a claim against the city of richmond for the actions of police. sergeant alexander canine officer nicholas redneck. this is the first step before filing a federal civil rights lawsuit to this is the kind of conduct that i very much offended by as fergus, who is both a cowboy and a horse trainer. he thinks those 2 officers should no longer be on the job. i just don't want this type of stuff to happen. i'm worth because

they have to. >> you know, counties, young black men and then how many people they are aiming to do this to also that nobody knows about. >> dan kerman kron, 4 news. it's 7.38. we do want to add that richmond police say that they take all use-of-force incident seriously. they're investigating and they have reassigned. >> one of those officers to a temporary administrative position where they'll have no contact with the public. san francisco leaders say they're seeing progress when it comes to drug-related arrests. let's take a look at the numbers they've made about 3,000 arrests and seized 200 kilos of narcotics of the past year in the tenderloin and south of market neighborhood. most of the drugs seized were fentanyl and meth. and it's now been a year since san francisco launched their operation to crack down on drugs by bringing together local, federal and state officials at the state capitol. a new bill wants to prevent school districts from forcing teachers to notify parents if their kids identify as lgbtq+.

at school. >> the legislation would also keep teachers from outing children to their parents unless the child gives permission. so far, at least 8 school districts in the state of implemented similar policies. some parents argue it could be harmful to students mental health if they're out of to their parents without their consent. while others say it keeps parents aware what's going on with their own child. >> it is a safety issue. these policies are harming our students. and i know that because they reach out to me and they tell me. >> and they tell me how unsafe they are. and in fact, it makes all lgbtqia kids unsafe triangulate. the parents. >> i'm from what's happening in the school with the teachers in the school counselors. how can a parent care for their child? >> well, the democratic majority approved the bill to get rid of this notification policy. however, the debate still rages on because it has to go before the senate health committee next. it's 7.40 in the north bay, a popular nonprofit, which is called conservation corps north bay.

>> is going to be helping the community with providing on-the-job training for under stir of children, young people who are looking for a career in conservation. they're going to provide job training and prepare young adults for the work force. the trainees are as young as 18 up to 30 typically low income or unemployed. and the ceo of the nonprofit says the service is involved, paid training for green jobs, along with support to ensure that the participants get their needs met. community college in pittsburgh is paving the way for higher education for high school students in east contra costa county. that could get a jump on higher education loss. madonna's college is offering free dual enrollment where you can be in high school senior junior and you can take college classes at school. the dean of the student success program reports about half of east contra costa county high school graduates. don't go on to college and those who are

currently enrolled in this program. they're passing with a c or higher. the program is free and its offered at 9 traditional and alternative high schools in the district that you see there on your screen and they're offering about 50 courses. if you these are one of the schools that you're in this district, you can get a jump on college. okay, 7.41. is the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. the giants and the phillies played their last game of the series. but >> it was a bit of a conflict between the 2 teams that cleared the benches will have more on that coming up. and we are looking at a day today that is going to bring plenty of sunshine, warmer temperatures. san jose getting into the mid 80's today. some of us even touching the low 90's. i've got your forecast. ryan, as you hit the roads are going to notice seen a lot more traffic out there. >> not tracking any major hot spots on bridges. so that's fine. still lot of traffic

>> 7.44, right now and get out there while the getting is good because it was so hot walking yesterday. i just flat and i just had like exercise pants and there are real son. i said i need the shorts. today is the day for the shores and tomorrow to against john. yeah. that 65 relived area is brutal. u i. >> looked at it said it was you know, everyone that like what they have. 90 85 today and yeah, i'm not to be doing any walks out that direction later on today. >> yeah, that's sunshine regardless of where your i

with you. doctor ya de. come down a pretty high, especially when you're not accustomed to it. just yet. lots of sunshine in downtown san francisco right now from the coast to our inland areas. temperatures will be a little bit warmer than yesterday that low that help to moderate us this past weekend. that's long gone. now, this high pressure ridge is firmly entrenched across the region, contributing to our hottest days today and tomorrow and just a dry and generally sunny forecast to head into the weekend and next week, too, today tomorrow, not getting a ton of that cool ocean air temperatures will skyrocket inland, especially because of that. we will start to see that sea breeze kicked back into gear friday night into saturday, though. and temperatures will take a little bit of a drop after that. partly due to that cooler ocean air on saturday and sunday. so you can look forward to at least a little relief this weekend. today's daytime highs in the 60's to 70's in san francisco, low 60's at the coastline. then a lot of 70's to 80's elsewhere in the bay. and as i've mentioned, we do have a few

low 90's, not for the south bay, all that we're getting close los gatos. and campbell at 87 temperatures in the east bay, mostly 70's to 80's, although we do have a couple spots like pittsburgh in antioch, which will hit 90 degrees in vacaville, our hottest at 92 today. a look ahead shows temps tomorrow almost as warm as today. essentially the same saturday sunday. we do see some relief, though. and monday of next week will be the coolest of the forecast. only in the 70's reyna. all right, john, thank you for that. taking a snapshot of your bay area highways. >> you see we're busy. the north bay along one, a one over the east bay along 88. how before and even the south bay, you start to see that traffic building this morning little earlier than we normally see it. people probably want to get a head start on their morning commute today. 20 minutes into the city right now. our san mateo bridge just short of 26 inching closer to 30 minutes. been around. 44 along highway 4, 5, say the past. 45 minutes. so we ended on a

2.37. about 43. let's check on 80 crockett out towards the maze. now at 40 minutes, some possible avenue might be alternate for you. they're all right. james, back to you. >> thank you very much. at 7.47, the san francisco sheriff's office now defending its use of chemical agents during a training exercise that ended up spreading to a nearby elementary school. it happened last tuesday, 20 students and a teacher at pirtle elementary school experience burning sensations in their eyes and throats. and it happened as multiple law enforcement agencies were conducting a training exercise at a nearby county jail in san bruno. san francisco sheriff's office said that uc berkeley police brought the chemical to use in the exercise, which the san francisco chronicle reports was decades old. san mateo county supervisor dave canepa says this should never happen again. >> were in 2024. there has to be protocols and processes in place that way. now what's deeply, deeply more alarm is

that now we find out that was a multi agency >> you know, police, various police departments and that we're looking at canisters that are from the 1960's that would be disposed. >> the sheriff's office said last week that they are pausing all chemical agent training classes while they review what happened. time now 7.48 and legislative leaders say they've reached a budget deal and they vow. >> that it's going to spare the state for major cuts to core programs. assembly speaker robert reavis and senate president pro tem mike mcguire. believe that their proposed budget keeps the state on track to tackle a 45 billion dollar projected deficit while still maintaining key spending for housing and education. the plan calls for more than 26 billion dollars in cuts over the next 2 years and maintains about half of the

state's reserves. lawmakers say the state's rainy day fund has helped, but they acknowledge it's a tough budget year. >> we know the revenues generally coming in lower than the forecast and that's concerning. and so we are prepared for some very difficult choices >> you know, the governor made a quote a number months ago. i think what you know about budget is a reflection of your priorities, right? and so i really do hope the governor proves that out. you know, for all californians. >> the assembly and senate budget committees are set to review this proposed plan in the coming weekend. lawmakers have until june 15th to pass a fully balanced budget and send it to the governor's desk. it's 7.49 and new data from the u.s. census bureau shows california is one of 8 states that has seen its population shrank in the last year. the overall decrease was just point 2%, but some larger cities saw some bigger drops. and that includes anaheim and

long beach. they both lost nearly one percent of their populations in a single year. chula vista, san jose and stockton also saw population drop between 2.4%. on the other hand, several other cities saw moderate gains. okay, let's turn our attention to sports now. talk giants as they faced off against the phillies for game 3 of their series last. and that's a wrap. yeah. let's take a closer look at how they did then hair. ben ross has the sports highlights. >> welcome to sports. i'm ben ross. all of a sudden the giants are red hot winners of 6 of their last 7.10 of their last 12 yesterday trying to become the first team to sweep the league-leading philadelphia phillies. and we had some drama at the ballpark. bryce harper, right in the middle of it. not at his best move. that first. that was after a strikeout the 4th inning. look at this. the benches are going to clear. we'll have more on that in a moment. but first, let's get to the full highlights. kyle

harrison on the hill for the giants. the phillies gave him a rude. welcome. the 4th pitch of the game. kyle schwarber. a leadoff home run his 36 career leadoff homer. and before the fans could even get comfy with their garlic fries, it's one nothing phils right now to that 4th inning, phillies up 2, nothing second straight pitch that harrison delivered a pin in the heart for that one. it actually hit the bat, but everyone at first thought it hit harper. and so both dugouts, both bullpens are going to empty out onto the field. no punches thrown. just lot of stick during and talking. the replay showed harper was not hit. so cooler objections. just warnings issued to both sides by the outs. now to the 5th inning. still, 2, nothing as that will be a deep drive by nick castillo it will be a home run and so that will make it a 4, nothing ballgame, folks, if you know, you know, top 8, still 4 zip harper finally gets his first in the series.

he was o for his last 14 before that rbi single the phillies avoid the sweep. that's 6, 1, is your final. the giants off today before they host the yankees for 3 games beginning on a friday. let's toss it back to you guys. >> are you a high coming up in the next hour. we'll tell you what the warriors game would be without that guy. franco finn, trailblazing hype man became the face of dub nation will have his story.

>> 75 right now and tickets for this year's outside lands. go on sale today at 10:00am and the headliners take a look. look at the screen killers post malone >> i mean, there's so many bands and they're like a huge variety in its 3 days. i'm trying like pump it up so that, you know how much it's going to cost things off friday, august 9th last year's show was sold out. >> the festival at about 75,000 people per day. so now you look at all these artists, a one-day ticket prices start at 200 bucks. yari looking closely. anybody like so one day. so if you're looking at 3 days, you know, you can increase that price by a lot. >> all right. we're going to take a break. 7.56, that i'm coming up in the next hour. the problem morning news. we're going to continue following that breaking news story out of castro valley where that massive fire broke

out at a public market. so we're going to take you live to the scene. plus, home owners in the east bay are concerned this morning after some say and more and more apparently are losing their homeowners insurance because of the fire danger. and scott peterson asking a judge to allow new dna testing in his 20 year-old murder case will tell you what the judge decided. ♪ ♪ get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. ♪ ♪

we can tell you what it's capable of or you could find out for yourself. how we get there matters. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. >> right now the kron 4 morning news. a massive fire breaks out overnight damaging a popular market in castro valley. we're going to take you live to the scene. plus, multiple students arrested at

a nevada middle school after a fight breaks out, sending some of them the hospital. we're live there as well. warning to milpitas residents after reports of 2 mountain lion sightings within just miles of each other. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a thursday. it's going to had out there daria and i'm james. yeah. >> the 2 hottest days of the week, apparently today and tomorrow. yeah, but wait, it'll be more next week. but let's just talk about right now. i do write 2 are just the start. it's a little bit of a tease, guess what we probably have a lot more of later on as we move our way into june and eventually the hotter months. right now we're looking at a beautiful morning. nice and cool out there. so if you want to beat the heat and enjoy the school start, you've got all the sunshine for golden gate bridge. looks absolutely great without a lot of marine layer this morning. temperatures will rise quickly without a lot of wind. less chance for that cool oc a