6:00 a.m. top stories lawyers for death row inmate plans to ask the judge to block the execution. >> new legislation in debt improving national gas lines. >> as spare the air dave very hot temperatures today. let's go to the weather center. >> unusually hot it will be hot hurt the and the last few days. >> today could be the warmest day of the week in factor pull digits for the next few days. hotspots to show you think i'm guessing a lot of folks may be out and about today. maybe for a nice lunch break expect temperatures into the upper 80s plenty of sunshine. santa cruz

springs as a 90 degree reading than golden gate bridge park will get up to 82 degrees. everybody will get an abundance of sunshine today. right now '50s and '60s, '70s out there through antioch and fremont. we will warm up with today by the afternoon we could see triple digits in sonoma, fairfield, of fort 90s through napa valley, 82 for san francisco, redwood city palo alto jumping up into the '90s. a mixture of 90's and 80's or the east bay were about 92, 93 castro valley, check out some of these warm spots walnut creek to san ramon valley triple digits. the south bay 93 from long view 97 in san jose triple digits further south morgan

hill, here's a look at your beach forecast. one of the cooler spots today along the coast temperatures expected to say in the '70s, we could see some large waves against wells getting up to 10 ft. today. 7 day around the day brings this warm temperatures over the next few days cooling it down by the end of the weekend and into the weekend. >> pretty quiet start for the morning commute there was a police action a high speed pursuit on the shore freeway that has racked up. first will story with a bridge check no hot spots or problems to you can see it as a good ride heading to the bay bridge westbound. a bit of the delay for a few cars and the cash lanes. otherwise it's a smooth ride. you're right to the san mateo bridge is a good one this morning no problems here

headlights and then on commute direction westbound lighter than usual. usually by this hour we see more volume on the commute side of the bridge but not today. the golden gate bridge ride is a good one. they have been talking about fog this morning on the stand. that is a relief for those of us live in the city. 101 looks great. no problems and for marin county. on a show you the short freeway. interstate 80 from albany its eastbound ashby avenue that lanes were blocked where high- speed pursuit had terminated. they have cleared the lanes and there is no impact on the west bound to be side so that is good news. there's nothing to contend with from the upper to lower the short freeway. >> the extreme heat not just an uncomfortable but high fire danger. will tran and the santa cruz mountains with more.

>> this sign is an empty front of the fire station. it reads fire danger high today. it is very dry around here in the community level is low. curvet combination to give firefighters all kinds of trouble should there be a fire. reporting from santa cruz mountains will tran kron 4 news. >> ascus a career rate superior court judge to block his execution scheduled for wednesday. the judge is considering challenging on lethal injection. oliver brown is sentenced to die for raping and killing a 15 year-old girl back in 1982. brown refused to choose a method he is said to be executed just after midnight wednesday. he had until noon yesterday to choose between one drug or three drug mex. his

attorney calls the choice unconstitutional medieval. >> piccinni's reported cast line leaks are had during adder rate six times higher. 38 leak since 2004 along 1,000 mi. of pipeline serving high consequent areas. the nationwide reported leaks has declined pg and knees are up 40%. new legislation at improving natural gas pipelines will be introduced today. jackie spear will be announced legislation at 10:00 a.m. this as cleanup efforts continue at the side of the explosion. crews are removing debris and soil. >> california budget battle the state could pass a budget today

ending the stalemate according to the governor's office will sides are close to an agreement on how to fix our $19 billion deficit in fact we are told there could be announced today. we are 89 days past due when a budget that is a long this the state has gone without an approved spending plan. >> all eyes on the heat today a warm start to the day today. you get the light winds let you get right now temperatures really caught. 63 in san mateo rain fell, 86 and noon, near 94 height today. we will be right

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highs '80s in san francisco, upper 90s san jose, and 900 on the peninsula, up near 100 degrees and over 100 inland. >> southwest is by the eritrean the new southwest eritrean operation will operate through more than a hundred million customers. the deal is worth 3.4 billion including air trans dead. southwest get more exposure to more markets and it can get into smaller markets that it does not already served. it comes a week after continental and united teamed up here >> stock futures are sharply higher after four straight weeks of gains. the dow was up 200 points. stocks continue sept. could the biggest monthly gains

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to be equipped to comply with the wiretap order. federal law enforcement says new regulations are needed because terrorist and criminal are increasingly >> communicating >> we will be right but a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a bit of the back up for the cash lanes. mid- 80s and noon near 94 high later this afternoon. over '70s at 8 this evening.

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clear 64 degrees by noontime will stuff up to 90 your time today 96 back down into the mid- 80s by 8:00 p.m. warming up quickly today even by 10:00 a.m. a mix of '70s also '80s as well. by bringing in '90s year highs today starting to fill in '90s. all of this purple indicating triple digits. plenty of locations breaking the century mark back down in the '80s by the 7:00 hour. the upper 90s in places like santa rosa, run the park, a triple digits and sonoma and fairfield, 82 in. for san francisco but we will warming up for their south you get. palo alto into the '90s east bay a mixture of 80s and 90s today 93 degrees in castro valley keeping it in the low 90s through san leandro and hayward.

livermore valley abimelech creek and concord seeing triple digits today even triple digits in the south bay in places like morgan hill and los gatos. were legal when you tried to exclude the he's the coast. here's your beach forecast 91st and chris today but mostly in the '70s. hopper '70s for debate for a big debate. 7 day around the bay keep this one the next few days even wednesday still dealing with temperatures into the '90s and tilly and of the weekend to the weekend we get much cooler back down into the 80s inland '70s around the bay and '60s for the coast. 6:17 a.m. to keep track and commute. >> quiet morning no problems or hot spots no delays. bay bridge toll plaza typical cash delays.

at the pages its right here in lanes 3 and 4 you will see the back up form. that is fairly typical. we are probably 10 minutes away from seeing and hearing lights being activated this morning. san mateo bridge still some of one the volume is fed up. it is more normal now for the west bound flow actually light earlier this morning. you're right at the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound cool trip across the span but no delays and no problems for marin county. highway 4 this morning out around interstate 680 of between 242 and interstate 680 westbound through martinez. traffic is light leading out to the six city freeway interchange. franklin canyon and is this was read all the way of. >> a delta flight from atlanta

been emergency landing. from saturday night's the flight experiencing landing gear problems. you can see the sparks. sparks flying outside the window. there was a problem with the landing gear to of its three sets of landing gear. none of the people were hurt. federal authorities are investigating. >> co-stars are trying to figure out how this ferry crashed into a landing at full speed. passengers were told to brace themselves. some people were taken the hospital. one person was pulled from the water. most of the more football fans headed to the game. they worried the pure could collapse if the tax is removed. >> honda i sonatas are being

recalled there is a problem with the steering column the recall affects sedans manufactured since december. they will update the steering software for free. sam francisco was one of the four cities awarded a $3 million grant from the foundation to boost college completion rates. it will help college expand programs designed to help students get ready for college. it will extend access to preschool and give students a chance to earn college credits at work. j other three cities are receiving funding our riverside california and new york city. >> to address each valued at reintroducing juveniles and adults to a been incarcerated

back into civilian society the third grant which is 2.2 million implements broad goals to curb violence. oakland is one of four cities to get these three grants. >> police officers go to a noise complaint and the shot and killed a man when he pulled out his gun. an officer and a manager may contact with this man yesterday morning the shooting is under investigation. >> swat officers converged on a building yesterday right here were police spend the entire day trying to dock a diet of his apartment. the got a call early yesterday morning about a man's cousin problems at a starbucks. it was tried again before it opened. there was an assault and then the man ran back to his building. >> we brought a team out and tried to talk him out for 10 hours. he failed to come out we deployed gas, the suspect would not come of it, we santa ana

dog, he refused to come out he barricaded himself in a closet. we breached the closet and he is in custody >> there are reports of at their incidence with the same man. >> a wildfire has been contained. it burned 90 a. one firefighter was badly hurt he is in critical but stable condition the fire briefly threatened homes in the town of the dead at 1 outbuilding into cars were destroyed not clear how the fire started the investigation is continuing we will be back with more of a couple of minutes get ready for the key today is the hottest day of the we above 100 degrees. be ready for the heat make sure you kids are perhaps appeared to appeared in san francisco is 55 and nice juicy 82. we will be appeared in san francisco is 55 and nice juicy 82. we will be right back.

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what could be as low bay bridge ride. your right to this and it's a bridge, no problems yet. and no delays to the toll plaza. no delays to the highway each. the one it 01 ride looks good leading to the golden gate bridge. still no problems here. four lanes available for the morning commute in the southbound direction and we will have had here to san jose for the ride on the 101. here is the exit. and the guadalupe parkway

and you can see traffic is moving here very well. this is the right coming up from highway 87 and there is no delays here for the southbound can you either. it is a smooth ride. the northbound trip it is so far no problems. mark? >> the judge could rule today on the scheduled execution of the murder in san quentin. you're asking a federal appeals court which is now scheduled for wednesday. he is choosing and ask it of lethal injection. >> death row inmates and his lawyers followed the papers on sunday to block his execution. they were accused of killing a 15 year-old girl. brown was given the choice to choose to either be executed with one drug or three drugs. he did not

choose so at 3 drug cocktail will be used. there are no words on how soon that courts will release the ruling. if the execution happens it will be a california first in nearly five years. in the newsroom i'm dollars in for kron4 news. >> this could be the first execution in california in the past five years. >> me this morning and in wake of the san bruno explosion they find that the gas release is happening at that rate six times higher than other out line breakers. they vandalize records since 2004. along with pipeline. we will have the number of reported leaks nationwide. pg and these average, those leaks have been gone up 6%. there are one to be

grasslands introduced today. congressman jack e. spier along with the fire chief is going to announce the legislation at 10:00 this morning. this is the clean up. you concede the video here. the blast, the crews are removing debris and soil and that is the first thing in getting the affected area is cleaned up. >> decision 2010 on prop. 19 shows that the likely voters support the bill to legalize recreational marijuana use. nine percent are still undecided. reggie camorra's it speaks about proposition 19. at the pot up so. as you walk through the exposition you concede the usual items for sale to grow pot and to smoke it. tucked away in the back from one another or booths for and against prop. 19. they

wanted them to legalize marijuana use. supporters say that marijuana is not for a so- called gateway drug that will entice teams to use other and our car next that are more dangerous. >> if it does not pass we're going to maintain easier access to it and they will still have it. that will not change. if this passes it will give us the power to try and take it out of their hand. i'm selling it on the open market and license for businesses. >> let to shut pepper is of medicinal marijuana user and she's against prop. 19. she says that if the measure passes there will be too much government regulation. >> prop. 19 is going to not only take away existing rights of medical patients like me to grow marijuana for myself as much as we need to so that we can make our own medication

which is exactly what i have been doing. >> made what men and jerry brown are also against prop. 19. there are many other ways that we can solve california's budget crisis. brown says that as a top law enforcement officer i cannot put it california at odds with the government. reggie kumar for kron4 news. >> 80 6:38 a.m. and we'll be right back with more. it is a hot day. nothing is boiling, nothing is moving. take a look here and it looks gorgeous. it is going to be a hot day. we will be right back.

welcome back, what a beautiful morning. temperatures are great right now and is one to talk today. inland spots are over 100 degrees. it is 55, after 77 noon. still in this saturday's,

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you are ok but is one to be a hot one. take a look at the traffic here. there's a back the pure and metering lights are on. we will be right back. \

(music) >> welcome back to kron4 news morning the time as 646 and look at this beautiful smelt can. it is fog and the visibility is not too bad. this guy to be a hot one up there. santa rosa is now 52. it is going to be a high temperature of mid-90s is 98 degrees and the location is going to be warmer than this. you're expecting triple digits. our current temperature is starting to warm things up. it is about 65 degrees in antioch. its upper 50s for san jose and it will warm up quickly today because by 10:00 we could get

into the '70s and maybe the 80s and a noontime all of this red shows where the '90s are going to start moving into the picture. it is widespread 90s by the 4:00 hour. purple is bringing us triple digits. the triple digits today. record to remain there for it till 7:00. your afternoon high is getting to about the park. who also into fairfield and mid-90s it's getting to 82 degrees in san francisco. most locations are born to be warmer than yesterday. 94 in redwood city and east bay bringing up a mixture of 80s and 90s. its plan to be world triple digits fly. san ramon and deliver more and your seven day run today keeps

at around its core to cool off by the end of the week. here's your check of traffic with george. for >> thank-you the reason. we're already tracking. it's a fairly difficult start. so is this writing to the bay bridge toll plaza. it is slow in the right to the end of the 80 approach is geared to back up. the meter and lights are being cycled at a lower rate. it is in me during flight back up to me. on the west bound right. a look at your ride you do not have any of those problems. a slight delay at the toll plaza. a little heavy but there are no delays and no delays for traffic in

marin county for the 101 southbound. san francisco looks the way it and there is no delay in the james lick. we mentioned the traffic coming out. no delays there. one in three are both on side this morning and no problems reported. terry? >> thank you george. our team come true continues. the heat that we're expecting to see where we let jackie in his life in martinez and what are we looking at? as a back like going on. >> yes we're getting close to sunrise. or looking down at highway for an over to the right here you concede diablo. today, out here. we record to seek triple digits which is fine by me. i've no find problem with

that. there were a crank up feet a see this morning. >> absolutely. thank you so much >> depth. >> the giants are wrapping up their last trip to the regular season. the giant battles for the colorado rockies and they want it to from 42 their first place in the nationally. >> it is the best baseball. to a >> have in late september. we're excited to get them back in session in san francisco and a little tired of hearing from those guys. the need to win a couple of games. it makes them even more awesome. >> the is lost to the raiders

and they scored six times. >> there's a lot of heartbreak. there is usually money. the field goals deal the games and not raise able to escape. the cardinal's home opener with janet rakowski. this is 68 order. >> it included a trip like. it is completely flat foot. but there remain and be in. with a whopping 40 niners. they're rolled up 400 yds with new orleans and had a field goal. >> we will be right back for the

kron4 news it morning. the samoset bridge and waiting for the sun to come up over the east bay at the temperatures will begin in the day by day.

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starred in. it made 15 million. >> said accrues record-breaking turnout of volunteers willing to clean up the water safe areas for the coastal cleanup day. when six volunteers showed up they collected 7 t of trash. stanley roberts shows us in this edition of people behaving badly. that the clinic was much needed. >> the bay area has beautiful views as long as you do not look and. the bicycle sitting in the aquatic water at berkeley. the bay, a quiet park is dirtier than the day. and i can see why. on this block some be tight cost diapers in the water. there also plastic bakes and tennis balls swimming around. this is a regular at aquatic park he said is so dirty that many people

avoid it. there is trash on top and under the water. not just one and that there is another. even in areas not listed how trash and debris. and does anybody know what this as a guilt thing is? i founded over here. and over a short book park in berkeley this plastic bag floating in the water. this area is known as robert creek. this one off includes juice packaging and other forms of trash. i would love to have more of you this but whether i am looking up or down. to find out how you can keep these areas clean and save the day " to my people behaving badly. page or kron4 news. stanley roberts for kron4 news. >> is 6579 now will be back for more does a couple of minutes to get ready for the heat. get the

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