is urgent residents to donate blood. there is a source of blood along the east coast in the wake of the hurricane.--there is a shortage of blood along the east coast in the wake of the hurricane. blood drives were canceled because of the storm and now, they have a shortage. >> here is a look at the weather. we have a cool down just like yesterday. for >> here is a look at the james lick freeway. we are dealing with low cloud cover but not quite as widespread as yesterday. temperatures

will stay cool as we head into the afternoon. partly cloudy conditions and mild and land. the warm-up kicks into gear by tomorrow. temperatures will warm up tomorrow back into the '90s. in terms of fall visibility is not too bad. the fall will receive as we head towards the 9:00 a.m. hour. a lot of sunshine expected in the afternoon today. your temperatures are actually expected to warm-up from a fixed 50s and 60s this morning. by noon warm into

the '70s. your highs today will warm into the low 80s. it looks like we will be in the upper 60s around the bay and low sixties for the coast. the warm-up begins tomorrow. bezel into mergers will rebound and a stake into the '70s. horsham plus start our bridge check on the bay bridge toll plaza where the westbound ride still looks good. right around 6:00 a.m. we will see some backups on the cash lanes. so far we do not see much in the way of the

backups or delays. the metering lights have not been activated. the san mateo bridge ride along highway 92 looks good. the golden gate bridge is smooth coming in from marin county, so it is derived through marin county. drive times are under 30 minutes from navato to the toll plaza. it looked at the east shore freeway, interstate 80 right or 580 merges, you can see the traffic is moving smoothly on the lower east shore freeway and especially coming down through the s curve. drive times are told this from hercules to berkeley. >> a former san francisco giants employee has been arrested. she is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the team including players'

paychecks. she is the former payroll manager. robert o'connell is charged with federal wire fraud. the fbi says that she admitted to taking $600,000 from two giants players checks but there is more, after an audit to the giants say they found even more suspicious deposits into her account totaling $1.5 million. her salary is $80,000. investigators say that it looks like she used the money to buy cars and to purchase a home. >> live pictures into the kron 4 news room of a wildfire burning out of control in northern texas. take a look at these live pictures. we're looking at one of the homes that has

been burned to the ground. so far 125 people have been evacuated from their homes. excuse me 125 homes have been evacuated. the fire is at 7,500 a. and 0 percent contained. it is still growing. 50 mi. west of dallas for fourth. this is the worst fire season for dallas tx. 3.5 million a. burned. emergency crews are on the scene. look at how dry, burned and a black the ground looks because of a wildfire. that is in northern texas. >> we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a nice view of san francisco. it is a little chilly. --

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>> we have been talking about the cold out yesterday at today. it is really out there but they always are expected yoli eceves is live and pacific cut taking a look at the waves and the service. >> good morning. not too impressive but there will be a buildup throughout the day. there are big swells happening. that will affect our coastline especially beaches that are facing us other direction. when the

waves break on the shore line that will be stronger and harder. you will be prone to riptides and sneaker waves. it is more of a word of caution for people on the beach or the next couple of days after of the labor day weekend. be aware of those kinds of conditions. >> much warmer temperatures. 70's along the coast. we

will have some large short breaks. in terms of visibility we have been having problems into the no. 8 right now sing some improvements, we are over 1 mi. in santa rosa, 9 mi. and navato. coastal fog this morning. it will lift as we head into the rest of the morning. compared to yesterday we will see the fog burning off more faster. by the afternoon and looks like we will have a lot of sunshine. certainly an improvement from yesterday. current temperatures, 55 and san francisco, and '50s in the south bay. your active in highs are expected to warm into the 80s. we will stay with the 60s along coasts. 70's through the north bay and the warmus locations

through the doll to bringing the highs into the mid '80s. here is your 7 day around the bay. by martin richards will rebound into the low 90s in land and '70s around the bay and along the coast. warmer weather in the sunshine will stick around into the first part of your labor day >> 6:17 a.m., let's check in with george. >> we are not tracking any hot spots. the potential for what exists in fremont. i will show you that in a moment. a bridge check on the bay bridge toll plaza, the westbound ride is still pretty smooth. the westbound ride still looks good. for the san mateo bridge highway

92 we are still a problem free. looking at the commute on 101, the golden gate bridge, this is still an easy ride and fog free. so far no backups or delays. with one landlocked this could become a hot spot. the rest of the commute still looks good. there are no problems from marin.

>> new this morning, the four months search for new general manager for bart's appears to be over. they will most likely named a new general manager. >> board has not had a full- time general manager since april, since it forced its general manager to step down. the agency has had to deal with many controversial issues including the shooting of a 45 year-old transient man, cutting off selfless service to prevent a protest and the protests that followed. here is a picture of a woman who will probably be general manager. she is the former head of the seattle department of transportation. she also worked under the clinton administration. she is not without controversy herself. back in 2008 as the head of department and transportation she caught

heat for failing to respond to a snowstorm in seattle that crippled the city for two weeks. >> more on the eastern span of the bay bridge that is being replaced, once the new span is up and running the old span will be there for years to come. it will have to be taken apart piece by piece. it is being replaced by a self anchored suspension bridge. now will be completed in 2013 right before the start of the america's cup in september. >> we have a follow up on a story we brought you yesterday, pg&e was being blamed for last year's gasoline explosion in san bruno that killed eight people and damaged 38 homes. the issue a final report saying substandard welding and other problems dating back to the 1956 installation of the pipe for

the direct cause of the accident. yesterday they revealed the report. yesterday they said the company's an adequate inspection program for pipelines helped to cause the accident. they also issued more than two dozen recommendations. here are some of them. >> on our facebook fan page i have been discussing with viewers whether or not they were surprised by the findings. it looks like this is exactly what people were expecting. take a look at some of the responses.

>> if you like the leader of commons or participate in the discussion like us on facebook. >> here is a live picture of the charter aftermath, another wildfire in northern texas burning around a lake. there are a lot of a luxury homes around a lake. about 5,000 a. of land have been scorched in northern texas near the oklahoma border. we will be right back.

>> the dow futures are of 150 points. adt reported private sector hiring for the month of august, they

reported 91,000 jobs added. we will follow the novels and bring you the opening bell coming up in just a few minutes. a serbian came out by adp, excuse me, this is the other survey. this survey showed 51,000 jobs cut in august and months of increasing layoffs. the government cutting 18,000 jobs. adp report shows 19,000 jobs added. the big numbers are coming out tomorrow. that is what we will find out about the numbers for the united states for the month of august. everyone will be looking for those numbers tomorrow. >> 6:27 a.m., we are back in a couple of minutes. let's go live low from the mt. tam cam. in a beautiful shot.

>> the dow futures are pointing up 115 points. we are following the latest numbers throughout the morning. we are ending the month on a positive. this is a month many people would like to forget. the dow lost 15 percent of its own value. it has sprung back a bit. right now the dow is at 11,607. 1100 points lower than it was in july. >> we did find out that the amber alert we told you about has been cancelled. they found little girl and she is ok. police were

afraid that she was affected by her father. there were looking for her father in the car that he was traveling in. and they did find the car. they took him into custody and the girl has been safely recovered. >> we are tracking a tropical storm katia. it is expected to strengthen the to a major hurricane. everyone watching the storm as it makes its way towards the united states. maximum winds at 65 mi. per hour. everyone is watching this hurricane that will hopefully miss the united states. we are still dealing

with cleanup efforts from hurricane irene. been been >> many of the streets are impassable. this is an aerial view of vermont. you can see the raging waters. more than one dozen towns in vermont have flooded. the roads are inaccessible. some streets are caved in, others are washed out. the national guard is doing what it can to drop off food, water and medicine. take a look at the railroads in vermont as well but are also affected by the flooding. they are still assessing the full extent of the damage.

>> fema is broke. the economic condition is in dire. put a billion dollars against the deficit, cut money from overseas. i think that is very reasonable. we're in the midst of an economic crisis. >> the man has less than $800 million remaining in its emergency fund. they say recovery efforts will go ahead regardless of the agency's dwindling reserves. let's take a look at a local weather. >> we are going to stay dry. the good news is we have a warm-up happening. we do

have some low cloud cover along the coastline. partly cloudy and mild especially inland. in terms of the fall of this morning, not quite as widespread as yesterday. visibility is not too bad. right now current temperatures are in the fifties for the most part. through the east bay temperatures through the upper 60s. by the time we hit the 9:00 a.m. hour we will continue the trend of '50s and '60s. the yellow indicates 70's warming up.

we will stay in the low 80s. that is as low as we will get. places like oakland's may not even get out of the '60s. here is your 7 day around the bay. tomorrow highs will rebound to the low 90s. pleasant conditions stretching for the first part of your labor day weekend. for labor day a bit of a cool down. similar temperatures will we are expecting today. >> we were looking at a potential hot spot in fremont. 880 north oz. the right lane is blocked by a big rig that was involved in the crash. a developing hot

spot in the north bay for the ride out of santa rosa. an accident heading into petaluma. it is accounting for an extra 20 minute drive time for the southbound ride. normally the ride would be about 15-16 minutes out of santa rosa heading towards petaluma. you could add another 20 minutes with five times running 36-40 minutes for your southbound ride. close to the bay area, no problems. at the bay bridge toll plaza the back of its beginning. the metering lights were turned on or around 6:20 a.m.. pretty much right on time. the drive times are running 10- 11 minutes from the macarthur maze into san francisco. the san mateo bridge ride is a problem free. a 30 minute drive time

across the span. your commute on the golden gate bridge coming off the wall so great, no delays, problems or fog on the span, just a little higher volume. >> live pictures into the newsroom of this fire that is burning in texas and oklahoma. you can see some live pictures, the amount of area that is burned. already 30 homs have burned to the ground. more evacuations could be expected. this blaze is not contain at all. the fire is fast moving. it is being fuelled by strong winds and

triple digit temperatures. the damage could continue. you can see how dark and a charge the ground is. this has been the worst fire season in texas. luckily, no major injuries have been reported. there was ablaze in the same area earlier this year that started some 160 homes. they are certainly on edge in this area. >> we are keeping our eyes on wall street, somewhat encouraging employment data coming out. right now the dow was up 63 points to 11,624. >> 6:38 a.m.. we're back with more and a couple of minutes. here is a live look from the roof on van ness avenue and san francisco. it looks like a pretty clear morning. we will be right back. looming in an inner

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contained nearly half of a fire burning near yosemite. the flames sparked last week when a motor home caught fire. this one so far has black and more than 5,200 a.. >> we're watching several fires burning in southern california. the evacuation order has lifted. northeastern city of county, residents are returning home and the blaze is expected to be fully contained.

>> here is a shot of downtown san francisco, the james lick. as we get into the afternoon will keep things cool. in terms of a fall we're continuing to see a building in. right now visibility is not too bad.

by 9:00 a.m. we will warm up to the '50s and '60s. here is your 7 day around the bay tomorrow. we will continue to see a warm-up from thursday through saturday. >> we have been looking at a north bay hot spot and tracking a ride on 101. an

accident on petaluma had been blocking the left hand lanes but we just checked with the chp and found out that they just clear the roadways. elaine is no longer blocks in the south down direction. the southbound ride is already back towards the rohnert park expressway. the drive time is now running at about 40-44 minutes. when you're right on the bay bridge is not bad. the drive times are still under 15 minutes of the macarthur maze. you're right it was bound for

highway 92 at the san mateo bridge still looks good although volume is definitely building up on the span and at the toll plaza. from 37 to the golden gate bridge the drive time is under 30 minutes for 101 southbound. we have also been keeping an eye on fremont traffic, there is a big rig blogging at the right lane but is still only a minor back up not a hot spot. >> new this morning, president obama will be making a push for more transportation spending. the one the president to pass a bill that they believe will protect about 1 million jobs. the house is considering a six year bill paid entirely with fuel taxes. the senate is proposing a two-year bill that would cost 109

billion. president obama will be joined by the transfer terry secretary today. we will have a new cia director next week. many thought the trip is to become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff but president obama asked him to take the talks by job instead. pretorius said he is retiring so that there is no confusion over the separation of intelligence and military. >> 6:52 a.m.. the federal government is stepping up security around the country in preparation for the tenth anniversary of 911. the fbi and homeland's security are briefing local law enforcement around the country on ways to enhance security and be aware of potential threats. there is no specific indication that a terror plot is under way. the results of an independent panel will be

released on the waste and fraud in government spending. reports show that as much as 60 million in u.s. funds have been lost in fraud in iraq and afghanistan of the past decade. the commission on wartime contacting blamed these losses on poor planning and widespread corruption. >> a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. the fog is rolling in around mt. tam on this monday morning. runs wins fans

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news, despite the unfortunate suicide of russell armstrong, it looks like the show will go on. they will be preparing an episode addressing the tragedy and continue on with the season 2 as planned. >> we have some amazing video out of south east asia. check out the waves, nearly 60 ft. high. look at all of the spectators. look at this. the reporters back is turned. she could have been washed away. the waves are only this bid for 10 days in the lunar calendar. it is the tides mixed with the waves. it will not last

for too long, >> let's check out wall street. private sector hiring for the month of august is better than expected. the dow is up 111.