is the second san francisco ninth player to fail a drug test this year. they say this is not a team of problem but this is a lead problem. >> reporter: kron talk with the giants fans at the ballpark about what we just mentioned. most had big hopes for the team and some people were worried. >> that is terrible how did that happen? now we have two players on the suspended list that is absolutely terrible. >> during the season the training staff should have

talked with these guys telling and these are cannot take. >> i cried when i heard that. now he is gone for the whole year and he led us down. >> will: one person that was not surprised by this was the victor contay who was at the center of a baseball scandal when it came to drug-testing. >> these guys they're using this fact acting testosterone and in the next day going to the park and testing negative with the testing positive. so but but it needs to listen to what i have been saying for a long time. let's fix this by introducing the ir testing. >> will: he says players can

take three times the normal level of testosterone and still test negative. back in 2005 he pled guilty to drugging and served four months in jail. >> will: if you have followed milky cabrera, you have seen his wake fluctuate on the left that is him when he played for the brave and on the right, that is when he was with the giants. he looks a lot more powerful swimmer and faster and he started hitting with more power. >> will: the wye fire is now contained at 75%. nearly 8,000 a. have been burned. >> will: still ahead on the kron4 morning news we have much more weather and traffic. let us take a look

outside at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is light at this hour erica is monitoring the situation and we will have another update in just a few minutes. [music]

>> will: the a's and giants have donated money to-- offset the cost of the petaluma little leak. the estimate will cost $2,500 for a family member to travel to south williamsport. this covers the expenses of the players and coaches could not-- coaches but not the player's family. $15,000 will go towards the family's travel expenses. coming up we want

to talk about weather and traffic. now this is walnut creek 680 get out there and enjoy this because we are facing a cool down over the next couple days be right back.

>> will: east bay officials are fogging sections after a mosquito tested positive for the west now virus. >> reporter: officials with the contra costa control department got the results from a dead bird earlier this month those birds tested positive for the west nile virus. they contracted the illness from mosquitos. they will be fogging throughout the night on wednesday at ground level. in years past the the

district has used helicopters to drop the insecticide but this ground fogging give them the ability to target the insects with more precision. they say the chemicals used to kill the mosquitos is not harmful to humans. >> reporter: the main thing is to kill as many of those skills as possible in order to keep the disease from spreading. west nile virus is harmful to me of those that contract the virus but there are some that come down with severe symptoms and they are sick for several days. the very young, the very old and those with compromised immune systems are the most vulnerable. >> will: west nile is not just a problem in california the mayor has also declared a state of emergency. 10 people have died so far from the west nile virus. >> will: the city will conduct the first spraying

insecticides since 1960 when more than one dozen people died. erica i know mosquitos love puddles meaning when is the rain coming to the bay area? >> erica: i did not even think about that, if you are absolutely right. we could see some rainfall beginning tonight. i will show you the future forecast in just a minute. but it looks like we have a 10 percent chance of rain and if we see any, it will be for the far inland areas. as of right now have a pretty cloudy start to the morning and we did not have any problems of visibility. in terms of your temperature is right outside of the door this is what they're looking like a. >> erica: i am originally was not going to show the future forecast because the models were not showing too much yet. by 12:00 p.m. on friday we just have some cloud coverage but as the advanced closer to 3:00 p.m. still may be nothing but as

we increase the time for the inland spots, we will see more cloud along the coastline. around 7:00 p.m. we still have no rainfall to speak of. as i was thin at the map from a wider vantage point i see some weather that may be reserved for the central valley. i do not think we will see much in terms of wet weather in the bay area but we want to keep you updated and you know that there is a 10 percent chance. it will be coming from the south sitting in a counterclockwise motion. >> erica: in terms of your afternoon high temperatures expect low nineties for a antioch and fairfield. we have 66 for downtown san francisco and your seven day around the bay forecast shows that we will continue with a modest gradual cool them. we do have a possibility for thunderstorms and as we start the next work week we will see more sunshine, however temperatures will continue to cool. of course

we will keep you updated throughout the morning on kron4 but as we take this outside to some of our bridges we have no problems here as the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza has a handful cars and we have no metering lights to deal with it on your west bound ride. >> erica: here at the golden gate bridge we do have a little bit of cloud coverage however not much traffic. >> erica: now looking at the traffic map, and looks like we do not have any problems. overall conditions are moving well. all of that green on your screen indicate speeds over 50 mph. >> will: thousands of people brought in to the united states illegally as children can now apply to stay and work. the program is formally called deferred action for childhood of rivals. catherine explains

the new program. >> reporter: you are looking at one of the many long line of illegal immigrants waiting to sign up for a two-year break from prosecution. this was the scene in houston this crowd stretch over five city blocks. this is chicago where as many as 11,000 young people began lining up as early as 1:00 a.m.. some came with their parents. wednesday is the first day of the new federal initiatives that will grant work permits to illegal immigrants that arrived in the united states as children. the president signed an executive order in june. pam-- >> president barak obama: this is not a ticket to citizenship and it is not a permanent fix. it isn't--it is a way to focus our resources responsibly while getting a degree of relief to hopeful talented young people. >> reporter: they must have

arrived in the country before they were 16 and they must have come before june 16th. they must also be enrolled in school were have gradually from high school and then--or possibly honorably discharged from the military. this is the line in los angeles. since these deferrals must be renewed after two years when president obama may no longer be in office there was a lot of uncertainty about being able to reapply but they believe is all worth the risk. >> i want to be able to have kids and for them to live the dream that everybody wants. >> will: deferred action is being hailed by some as a first step toward comprehensive immigration reform. those eligible in the bay area are wasting no time to sign up. >> reporter: catholic

charities and other members of the new reform deferred action network are helping these and thousands of people to apply for new immigration status they hope will change their lives. >> we will be able to reach our dreams and go to school. >> reporter: nelson, claudia and gracia dawned caps and gowns at the foot of the application. they wanted to symbolize that they still want to stay in school. >> before i felt like i had to hide it was i say for me to come on tell my story and now it feels different. >> reporter: many of these people found sanctuary in the church after seen family members deported. >> people are afraid to report any problems in the domestic issues at home any problems at home because they feel like once they're on the radar they will be taken away. >> we allowed limit safety

harbor and an opportunity to give to work legally and to be able to go to school. >> reporter: these people are -26,000 south bay use that are thought to be eligible for this. the number is actually closer to 400,000. >> to know that we will be able to work and do things right is just great in know that we finally have an opportunity to show our potential. >> reporter: this will be a case by case basis. one hopeful african said that this is a dream come true. >> will: still ahead, we have much more when there and blow up did you on the tnt--on the dmv. >> will: here is a live look outside, everything looks well on the james lick. get out there and enjoy it.

>> will: the state luck computer outage at the california dmv is over but the ripples are still having an effect. those that returned yesterday still had to wait for hours. >> the line was a huge slide came back today. i waited for an hour just for a ticket and then when i got the ticket they said it would be a three hour wait. so i guess i will get some coffee ande back in three hours. >> will: we have a new 24/7 news channel. here is the key to tell you more. >> reporter: our new news

channel can give you up-to- the-minute weather information. let me show you, right down here cycled through a bunch of cities are the current temperatures and down here is the seven day forecast. this is the news crawl with the latest headlines from the kron4 newsroom all these are updated all the time. you can check to get a quick update on the weather and the news. in the big box this will be more weather and news. if you are not near a tv you can watch us at kron4.com. the new kron4 news channel is always on. >> will: still ahead, a richmond refinery fire at chevron that took place to tell you the possible causes and what they're looking into. here is a live look outside for mount tancam everything is clear is a little bit monday out there is still very comfortable we will be right back.

>> will: welcome back here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. we have new developments in the richmond chevron refinery fire. >> will: they believe that the fire heaters use in the refinery could have sparked the fire. >> will: all so we're learning more about the lawsuit filed again chevron. the refinery unleashed a plume of toxic smoke and a lot of people complained of eye problems breathing problems and many other

problems. >> this community deserves better. >> reporter: this attorney gastric to the point, they want chevron to pay. they wanted to pay--want them to pay for unspecified damages. >> is our view that we are in a position to get chevron to understand that you cannot page loosely for your mistakes. >> the question that will be brought up to this lawsuit is the concern of

safety. >> reporter: they say so far hundreds of people have come to their office that was set up in richmond and he expects many more. >> will: there are six people listed in the lawsuit that was filed by john burris and his teen we spoke with one of the six. >> i have had problems with my stomach, i have had a burning eyes, scratchy throat, i have had a new constrain. i am constantly like i am nervous inside. my

kids are hurting tremendously. my baby is having diarrhea. my little boy told me this morning his head hurt and he knows how he feels. >> will: simmons said he is so happy that burris set up the law office in their area to make easier for people like him more suffering to filing lawsuits. >> will: in the meantime, gas prices have soared taking a look. >> will: highway 20 is now open in lake county was closed because of wild fires there. some additional good news firefighters working a hold of those fires. they're now 75 percent contained the two fire spread to nearly 8,000 a.. investigators have not said so far how the fire started. 1100 firefighters are working to put out the

final two homes have been destroyed. another building was damaged. charles clifford shows us where this fire fight is not taking place. >> reporter: 2 fires make of this incident one is the walker fire and the other is the wye fire that burns close the clear lake. these are burning north of san francisco this is an overhead view looking north across the area. let us move in on the walker fire. since yesterday this bonfire has split with the east. the good news is that the evacuation order in the area has been lifted. people in this area are being allowed to return. there has been slower growth overnight

containment around the flames has helped to keep the fire in check. the evacuation around this burned joan has also been affected people have been allowed to return home. wednesday afternoon the california highway patrol reopened this highway. they're asking drivers to use caution if working in the area. >> will: let us send it back over to erica to tell us what to expect in terms of weather and traffic. >> erica: good morning will, one thing i can guarantee is that we will notice a cool down. we are tracking wet weather and i have been looking at some of our extended models. i do not see any wet weather whatsoever can get as we take it outside to the james lick freeway we do have some cloud coverage of the above boiler really no problems

invisibility overall. as we head into the afternoon temperatures will range from the low 60s to the low 90s. >> erica: looking ahead, we have the 10 percent chance for rain that is moving into saturday and sunday but overall it looks to be dry and sunny as we start the next workweek. our satellite and radar shows and a cloud coverage situated over the bay area that is affecting the coastline. it looks like a lot of that will burn off into the afternoon now in terms of where the temperatures will go, you can expect 80's for the most part in the south bay with mountain view reaching 78 degrees. we could see some low 90s really start to develop for fairfield and antioch. we have quite a difference for castro valley we're talking low 80s their mid-70s in union city and as we turn our attention to the north bay we have plenty of upper '70's and low 80s here. we expect a lot of

stubborn cloud coverage. >> erica: are seven day around the bay forecast shows a modest and gradual cool down. >> erica: we have a 10 percent chance of wet weather. we do have the potential for some thunderstorms the small chance diminishes as the stars that--as we start the next work week we have cooler conditions. not taking it with a year bay bridges, and having the hot spots just unroll work but nothing really to slow you down. your ride is moving smoothly at oakland into the city. >> erica: i have been checking of the san detail bridge for you know problems getting to the bridge. yes,

we do have some road work that is approaching the bridge, but other than that we have no delays. it is having little bit of cloud coverage to speak up. >> will: are suspected of stealing property and selling it. we have detailed in this edition of people being valley. >> reporter: according to the city recreation officials 30 employees have been let go for selling the equipment. >> reporter: the three employees use a third party to unload several hundred dollars the fee property at a scrapyard. according to the statement from recreational and parks, we

received an anonymous tip on august 2, 2012. >> reporter: the three employees were recreation and parks maintenance workers located here in golden gate park. this is also where the scrap metal was removed. sources say they use a third party to take the metal so that it cannot be traced back to them. they have confirmed that this was only scrap metal but they have no suspects in the park phelps. this is an ongoing and for--did not have any

suspects in the park deft. when i have more information i will give back to you. >> will: here is a live look outside at our roof camera. it will be slightly cooler than we have experience of the past few weeks.

>> will: as the president to campaign heats up no surprise that both sides are taking jabs at each other. >> the race for the white house has become a race of criticism. mitt romney lashed out at president obama after vice president joe,--vice president joe

biden one of the attack. the obama campaign described it romney's comet as strange. they said he was on hand. >> i would think that would be from the president's campaign. >> reporter: if the word unhinged sound familiar that is how the romney campaign describe new gingrich. >> reporter: one source says that the obama-care pannikin irani a taste of his own medicine. that is why the president has turned mit romney into something of a joke mocking the gop contenders three times in the same day for one strapping the family dog to his car. >> president barak obama: the i mean maybe yes tried it, he has put other things on top of his car.

>> reporter: the mitt romney campaign has shown its fangs bypass--by accusing the president of cutting medicare. >> president barak obama: my plans are covered for nearly a decade. >> i do nothing irani realizes what yes them to anyone. i for the morgan not think he is concerned. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign is serious about this to pat ad that says that mit romney is responsible for the deaf above a workers--responsible for the death of a woman' --risk of with the death of a gentlemen's wife. >> information turned

out to be no where close to be true. >> will: still ahead, we have more weather and traffic with you the latest coming up a first year and a live look outside this is one row one traffic is really like at this hour. we will be right back.

>> will: here is a caltrain worker out taking pictures these west l.a. had to be shut down. caltrans crews had to temporarily shut down or repair the structure to make it safer drivers to pass underneath. a big rig hit the over crossing about a 30 a.m. while carrying a piece of construction equipment. the riverside pedestrian bridge will

remain shut down until a permanent fix can be made. maureen kelly shows us the damage. >> reporter: here you can see the big gap that is left in this over crossing that measures approximately 6 ft. across and it is cracked 4 ft.. it was so badly damaged that he still read our was exposed and the impact that these long gouges. over here on this side of the road, you can see the piles of concrete that came raining down. some of these pieces like this one are really big but luckily no one was injured and no other cars were damaged. this is the big rig. over here you can see the excavator that it was calling. the chp said the driver did not secure the load properly and some how the arm of the excavator extended into the ear. the bucket is what smacked the bridge because it exceeded the 14 ft. maximum height. the truck was going 40 to 50 mi. per hour when the accident happened in the impact partially crushed the

back end of this equipment. >> reporter: even before the driver got on the freeway he also knocked off in a traffic light right before the war ramp he apparently did not even notice. the chp confess that the driver you see there has been cited and will most likely face some hefty fines. >> will: erica's mom to the traffic situation she would tell us how west bound 80 is doing well before she gets to traffic she would tell us about the weather. >> erica: we do have some cloud coverage to talk about a special for the coastline and for our bayshores. we have no problem of visibility temperatures are running on the cooler side this morning. low 60s reported and antioch and 60 waking up in fremont. now, your future forecast takes '50s and '60s into the afternoon and guess what, we do not see too much in the way of change. by lunchtime and looks likely to hold onto some upper 50s are wrong the coast. we have 60

through the heart of the bay and '70s for your warmest areas. your afternoon high temperatures will show temperatures in the way of '70s and '80s and we could see a couple of 90 starting to develop a we will not see any triple digits. breaking down the numbers neighborhood by neighborhood we have slightly cooling conditions. we have '70s and '80s for the most part we have an afternoon high of 80 degrees, 80 expected in sunnyvale. >> erica: now for the east bay shoreline expect low '70s here, 66 for downtown san francisco, 63 in daly city as we take a look at the big weather story of the class we will be contending with morning fog and drizzle. we have an afternoon cool down for the next several days. we have a slight potential for wet weather as we transition

into the weekend. i will have details on that in your seven day around the bay forecast. we could see some thunderstorms or a sprinkle here or there for some of the inland spots. i have been checking out some of the extended models and i do not seek to much hitting us in the bay area. it looks like the rain will be far to the east and to the south. we will be completely dry by the start of the next work with. we will see more sunshine but looks like we will continue with a cool down. over in the traffic center we are still not looking at any hot spots with a really quiet ride around the bay area. at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza we see an increase in traffic but no weight at the k gates and only during like to contend with. mersenne until bridge writer is moving smoothly the drive is just 14 minutes from end to end. as the ticket over to the golden gate bridge south bound 101, we have some cloud coverage but we have overall could conditions with no accidents to report. on the traffic

mess we have a lot of green on the road with centers. i have checked with the chp we have no accident is a smooth ride on interstate 280. as the attorney--as we turn our attention to your drive on the bay bridge you have a smooth ride. >> erica: now wildfires are threatening to drive more people from their homes, will report on the taylor bridge fire that is burning southeast of seattle. >> reporter: more than 900 firefighters are trying to contain this fire. at least 60 homes were lost and 22,000 a. scorched and about 900 people evacuated. a resident who lost her home describe her narrow escape with her four horses. >> look petrified, you could hear it, you could hear the crackling the trees were exploding it was coming

down the ridge just a couple hundred yards from us as we ran as fast as we possibly could run. i had to run about 200 yds into the pasture to get them because they were freaking out. then we came back down and tapping into trailers. i helped and we got them out. >> reporter: the incident commander was optimistic that it will be 25 percent contained by wednesday but he says they're not out of the danger zone yet. >> we have a much hotter and drier temperatures along with instability. thursday as we go into friday and also very big concern to us, fire is likely in the forecast for friday. >> will: let us take a live

about flat at the james lick freeway looks like traffic is picking up but we still have no problems out there. 0ñ@ñ

>> darya: share of ross mirkarimi is expected to find out today if he can keep his job. we are following this case. and keeping our eyes out for whether we are looking at a cooling trend and we wonder if this will stay with us for a while. >> erica: right now looks like today will not be too bad it is similar to what we saw yesterday, so expect from low 90's inland. at least the next week again, temperatures will continue to gradually cool down. we do have some cloud coverage to talk about as we take a live look outside at downtown san francisco. into the afternoon expect sunshine inland and temperatures to get into the 80s and 90s. as we look closer to the coastline looks like temperatures will be significantly cooler. in terms of the numbers right outside the door would have 61 degrees and antioch, 57 in downtown san francisco it

looks like 59 is the common number for oakland and hayward. as the taking looks into the 12:00 hour looks like we will see '70s and '80s developing for our warmest inland areas. by 3:00 p.m. it looks like we introduced the red and it looks like we will see little in the way of 90's. here is a look at the afternoon high temperatures for you, pretty similar to yesterday's not a little bit cooler with 78 expected in mountain view, 80 for those in sunnyvale. we could see low 90s for those like fairfield and antioch, we have 75 degrees in san leandro and turning the attention to the east the shoreline expect low '70s and mild and comparable conditions. we have 66 for downtown san francisco. we have low sixties for ocean beach in your seven day around the forecast shows a continued modest cool down as we transition into the weekend. he may have a couple of raindrops and

isolated thunderstorms but as the start the next work week the have dry conditions but temperatures will continue to cool down. >> george: we are looking at an incident on highway 24 west bound that has theot spot. the word is there is a continent live in the west bound direction blocking the right-hand lane. it is unclear yet if there are any injuries in the incident. adjutancy we have no backup on westbound highway 24 so we have no delayed yet except pass this scene. however if this is not clear quickly it could be a snack for the morning ride. we will keep you updated as the morning progresses. >> mark: suspended share if ross mirkarimi will return one last time from of the city's ethics commission. he was suspended without pay at

least five months ago after he pled guilty to misdemeanor charges in a december incident where he grabbed and bruised his wife's arm during an argument. he has the right to contest this. closing arguments start at 9:00 a.m.. supporters are planning a rally. >> darya: a man and a san leandro car dealership to jump into action intact as a suspect that was involved with a car chase at the chp. the suspect crashed right in front of the dealership but did not escape thanks to this 23 year-old brian chase. >> this guy jumps out of the car after he just ran into the sky into a poll right over there. he jumps out he is running, and then i see him cross over on our property line and that is when i knew that it was going to be interesting. so, i chased him around these cars and then about right here my father grabs this guy's hair and pulled out a

chunk and we save it. it is disgusting but that is my dad. the old man got the assist. >> i am running this way, i am running this way, and then i tackled him. i pulled into the ground looked over and then we brought all this screaming at the guy because he hurt the guy. then the two police had guns out. brian did everything to stop the guy it was amazing. >> darya: the father and son of a cyst and they saved the hair. the suspect was driving the white honda the ec there it crashed into a pickup truck and then took off on foot. now the suspected serial killer joseph nee so says that he wants a new legal adviser and he complains about his court delays in his case. the 78 year old fired his advisers' counsel and now he

wants a court appointed counsel at the marin county expense. he also complained about having to be kept in a holding cell for several hours. this was on days he was said to be appeared in court while the judge to work through other cases. he has pled not guilty and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. >> mark: two separate fires on highway 20 are at 75 percent contained 8,000 a. have burned. we will see that number go up as the cruise revile with the scene. two homes have been destroyed and everyone that the lives in the area has been allowed to go back home. now watching wall street, u.s. stocks are opening slightly higher this morning. we are waiting for

the government to release some claims on the housing data. we are just wrapping up the corporate earnings season. the labor department will release the weekly jobless claims. that comes out in 30 minutes. 368,000 americans filed for unemployment. >> darya: thank you for waking of with the kron4 morning news. there are not many headlights out there traffic is like invisibility the could. [music]

>> darya: -- >> mark: we are learning that a helicopter crash in afghanistan, 11 people including seven international service members have been killed and three of those killed were american troops. the nationality of the other three were not i immediately identified.

>> mark: they say an investigation of the cause of the crash is under way. >> remember when the president used to say we are not blue states and read states, we are the united states of america. i will unite and not divide. this is the most partisan time we have had in memory. >> the ability to take care of the etch a sketch pad that they run these advisers said that etch a sketch is gone. this is written pretty clearly. it is pretty clearly defined. >> darya: joe biden and paul ryan are planning cooling rules in the race to the white house. they have been crisscrossing the country this week to help their running mates. joe biden is

being seen as a more effective in getting white working-class voters and ryan is a more effective with the conservative base a group that has been more skeptical of mit romney. president joe baum-- president obama and joe biden are in washington. >> mark: budget cuts could possibly can to shorten the school year by three weeks, proposition 30 will raise the state tax by a quarter said for four years and raise taxes on income for individuals who earn over 250,000 and coupled that earned $500,000 or more. we have a quick break the kron4

morning news is with you until 10:00 a.m..

>> mark: the winds blow to the san francisco giants. milky cabrera the mvp of the all-star game has now been suspended for using steroids. he is out for 50 games without pay. he tested positive for testosterone. the suspension will continue into the playoffs. this 50 game suspension will take the giants through the rest of the season. those in major league baseball say they will have to make do with the players they have and move on. >> we just have to continue to play baseball. >> he was such a great teammate he was having such a nice year for us. unfortunately, these things happen in baseball.

>> darya: -- >> mark: here is a statement from milky cabrera. we spoke with the giants fans they say they had hopes of a championship year for the team and now some of them are believed. >> to see an athlete with his talent like that i guess that is just something that is in sports today. >> that is terrible how did that happen? now we have two of them on the list. that is totally terrible. >> he should have known what he was doing was wrong. the training staff during the season should have said there are certain things that you do not do and that you do not take. >> i cried when i heard that. he was the most productive man and now he's gone for the whole year. he let us down.

>> mark: one person not surprised by the positive test is the valco founder he says before baseball can be cleaned up testing will have to be improved. he says they should introduce a new test that is call cir. >> it can detect up to two weeks and so these guys better using this fast acting steroid and then they'd show up the pot and a test negative but they will be testing positive. but it needs to listen to what i have the same for a long time let us fix this simply by introducing this testing. >> mark: he went on to say the testing is still bad because the players can take three times the level of the normal testosterone and still test negative. >> mark: coming up this morning we will talk with gary and what this means for the giants and their playoff

hopes. >> darya: not good. i do not a sports genius to tell me that. but let us check with erica to get a look at the weather because we do need your help getting dressed this morning. >> erica: we do have the potential for whether we could see some isolated thunderstorms and that is quite the minimal chance but i want to tell you about this and i will have the full details in your seven day around the bay forecast. we do have some cloud coverage and some missed right outside the door. expect that for your coastal spots with partly cloudy conditions inland. in terms of your temperatures we have 57 out the door in downtown san francisco, as we take the numbers into the afternoon we have slightly cooler conditions compared to yesterday. in the south bay we will see mostly sunny skies with '70s and '80s for the most part. it looks like santa clara could reach 84 degrees. or are in the east bay valley to the could feel

90's again this is far from the triple digits that we saw last weekend. we have quite a contrast for castro valley low 80s there with mid-70s in union city. up into the north bay expect the upper '70's and low 80s with mostly sunny conditions. we have 66 for downtown san francisco and a lot of clout coverage for those headed to ocean beach. as we take a look at your big weather story cannot be surprised if you see morning fog, drizzle, the afternoon a little bit cooler compared to what we have been used to for the last several days. we will continue to see the sun shine in then. coastal clouds will be prevalent and we have a 10 percent chance for wet weather as we head into the weekend. looking ahead your can--extended forecast, conditions will be slightly cooler in the we have the condition for slightly--some flight

thunderstorms. i will have your seven day around the coming up good morning george. >> george: the morning air, we have an overturn vehicle blocking the right lane on the west bound end of the freeway. that is because you direction but so far the center's indicates no backup or delay. if this is cleared within the next 35 minutes it is possible we could see no ill effects. but this does have the potential to come just to the west bound commuter so far we are problem free. here is a bridge check as we look for your ride to the bay bridge and the commute on interstate 80 is easy. your drive is just 14 minutes for hercules to berkeley. your trip is nine minutes out of the macarthur made with no delays. the san mateo bridge looks good and the check from the golden gate bridge shows and easy ride.

>> darya: george we have more traffic news, resurfacing construction work starts on a busy stretch in berkeley big delays are expected to get you more news faster we turn to our solo reporter who has a look at that and the details. >> reporter: i am right off of highway 13 right now, this whole area will go under a construction zone. >> reporter: they have been giving warning signs for the last month. >> reporter: during the resurfacing they expect some delays, there will be some rerouting to stop traffic. if you normally take 13 to get down to the claremont

area which a lot of people do it is not busy now but as the morning goes on definitely picks up. expect to have major delays, that should be up to 30 minutes at least. right now we have a lot of no parking signs. if you normally part in this area is not allowed today. >> darya: we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better.

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executives lavishly and cut the tax bills while washington gets less money. >> darya: as the economy recovers single people are finding jobs much faster than mary pierce. single men lost about 5 million jobs during the financial crisis and have since gained back 90 percent of those lost positions according to the labor department. that is not too shabby s especially considering the job growth has been so low. married people make up in larger part of the adult population they loss even more jobs and they have gained back far fewer of the 6 million jobs that married people lost they have recouped only about 22%. at a loss angeles restaurant offering a deal to customers that are planning to look at their diet rather than their phone screen. they get a 5% discount to customers that would leave their cellphone with the staff when they're

seated they say it is not about other diners that could be an away--that could be annoying but it is an attempt to create an atmosphere restaurant goers would connect with each other instead of connecting with their phone. we ask the question of our kron4 we will update the status. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. it is foggy at the golden gate in we will have an update coming up.

>> darya: let us go ahead and get a look at the weather as we are inching towards the end of the week. >> erica: it looks like a cool down its in-store and we have some changes to talk about. we have upper 50s in downtown san francisco and

los 6010 san jose. >> erica: as we head into tomorrow morning we have the potential for a sprinkle or two in the evening hours. now on to traffic with george. >> george: this car and no ran but ended up on its roof. >> george: so far we do not have any big backups or delays. >> mark: share for ross mirkarimi will be returning the recommendation will begin on whether or not he

should remove from office. he was suspended without pay after a misdemeanor false imprisonment with a december incident involving his wife. seat could--supporters are planning a rally at noon. >> darya: investigators are looking into it a nearby fire trucks started a spark. >> darya: the toxic smoke

release from the fire choked and a lot of people. some people have filed a lawsuit as a group. this is the class action lawsuit is the first one. it has been filed for an undisclosed amount of money. it accuses chevron of failing to take precautions and harming human residents not only from the fire but from past accidents as well. >> the question we will be challenging and discovering is where is the culture of safety at chevron. i am reading from the complaint paragraph 30 on april 10, 1989 and explosion in the fire at the refineries in huge cloud of smoke at the surrounding area in 39 persons. >> darya: they say so for nearly 1000 people have come to their office recently set up in richmond looking for legal representation they say they expect many more. >> mark: knew this morning,

they say helicopter has not crash in afghanistan of seven people are killed and at least three of those that would killed where american troops. the national matties of the other quotation service members were not identified yet. >> mark: 80 green carrying a claim may not have had proper permits to transport the crane. we carry this for you live yesterday on the kron4 morning news according to the chp the driver did not have the correct permit to move this load on a public highway. if the trucking company is found to not have proper permits they could be forced to pay for the repair of this overpass. besides repairing the overpass it could be hit with fines. engineers will likely be out today to decide on the long-term

repairs. the overpass is closed to pedestrians until further notice. a professor has pled not guilty to charges that he set fires that his fund high school. this man was accused of setting five fires in all including one at the high school at his home. prosecutors say he was seeking revenge for a disciplinary action taken against his son up for his son committed suicide for profs 14 year-old son killed himself in a park in the area after he was disciplined by officials for stealing. he is being held without bail which is going to take place in september. >> erica: -- >> darya: an investigation of part of an operation that started in april led them to an international drug cartel called the millennium.

>> that uncovered a major methamphetamine distribution operation also seats, more than $100 million in american currency, as well as firearms. >> darya: in all 11 people were arrested and you consider mug shots there. >> mark: we have jobless claims, 366,000 americans filed a that is only up by 2000. this is lower than what was expected by most economists. we will see if this affects the markets, the features have been up just 10 points we have a small rise in the number of americans seeking unemployment. >> darya: we will be back with morning couple of minutes thank you for waking up with us on the kron4 morning as we are taking a live look at our mount tancam. [music]

>> darya: california has the most wild fires burning right now. the largest

single fire is the hallway fire and that better more hundred than 130,000 a.. >> mark: ecuador just granted asylum to the wikileaks founder. he is worried that sweden will have him over to the united states to face charges related to the document leaks. we are watching what look like to be a quiet hurricane season so far. tropical storm gordon is forming but it is east of the bermuda it will move well over the atlantic. it looks like it will hit the canary islands by monday morning. this storm is that

40 mi. per hour. it is 585 mi. east of bermuda. there are no problems expected here for the united states. now on to weather with erica she has more. erica there were left over tropical storms off of the pacific. >> erica: that is right we are talking about what used to be tropical storm hector. we have a lot of moisture coming in from that expect some sprinkles and the bay area with some isolated thunderstorms. it looks like we have a 10 percent chance of rain as we head into the weekend of focusing our attention on today and what is happening right now we have low sixties for hayward, 62 from now on view, 55 for napa and 54 in walnut creek. our satellite and radar shows cloud coverage hugging the coast line. we do have it of a

cloud coverage of the bayshores. one thing is for sure, we will see some tropical clouds and it could feel a little bit mucky over the weekend. in to 12:00 we could see an increase in cloud coverage for the eastern spots. look at this, by 3:00 p.m. the tropical clouds are holding on to our and the communities. around 7:00 p.m., we do not have any went of interest because of the we do have a lot of cloud coverage. breaking down today's afternoon high temperatures we have '70s and '80s for the most part. in the side temperatures will be a couple of degrees cooler compared to yesterday. 78 on tap for mountain view, 80 for fremont, we could have some low nineties for fairfield, antioch, and pittsburg. we have low eighties for castro valley, 91 in pleasanton. as we turn our attention to the

east bay shoreline check out the low '70s there. we have pretty mild conditions. your kron4 seven day around the bay forecast hast shows a gradual change. we have potential for isolated thunderstorms with dry conditions and more sunshine as we start the next work week. now i want to remind everyone about our 24/7 bay area news weather channel. >> george: this overturn has been cleared from the lane, it had the potential to turn into a major hot spots but it did not. we have no delays through the west 24 righted his back to normal. tracking the bridge as we look first at your bay

bridge ride. we still have an easy commute for westbound interstate 80. we have no delays down through the toll plaza. for your ride on 92 there are smooth conditions here as well. the commute to side is the right side of your screen in your commute for the golden gate bridge 101 south bound is still easy kid the crews have finish with the new configuration of the lanes. there are four lanes available for the entire south bound stretch. >> darya: the a's, giants and comcast has donated $50,000 to offset trouble cost to pennsylvania for the families of the petaluma little league team. that team is playing in the little league world series today. the petaluma little league estimates that it will cost a minimum of $2,500 for a family member to travel to south williamsport. it covers the

players and coaches but it does not cover the players' families. they play as west, so the whole west will be rooting for them. the game will be shown in downtown petaluma. you can watch this on tv it is nationally televised. >> mark: milky cabrera story overshadowed this story yesterday. lincecum is on a roll, the giants lose and

the dodgers win. now on to the oakland a's. brandon pitched well enough to win his seventh decision. >> mark: the kansas city royals rallied for a 32 victory over oakland. >> mark: now the a's are one game and half out of the wild-card spot. >> darya: we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. let us take a look at how the day is starting it looks spectacular, we will be right back. [music]

>> mark: there was a helicopter crash with nato forces on board and 11 people were killed. we knew that four of them were afghanistan and three of them were american now we are learning that four more

of them were american, seven american troops were killed in a crash killed 11 people and afghanistan. a spokesperson from television says that fighters shot down the helicopter but they are investigating right now whether in fact it was shot down or if it were mechanical failure. mayor learning that killed 11 including seven american troops. >> darya: today marks the five years since the death of elvis presley. there was a lot of love in memphis tennessee last night. adjutancy with all of these candles down below the up at the graceland mansion. tens of thousands of elvis presley fans gathered for this vigil on the eve of the anniversary of his death. fans got a big surprise when his ex-wife priscilla and their only daughter lisa marie showed up at the vigil. he died at the age of 42. was august of 1977 he had a heart attack after battling prescription drug abuse can use is 42 years

old. now earlier in the hour we to do about a las angeles restaurant offering a special deal to customers that agreed to turn in their cell phones. they will give 5% discount to everyone that will leave their cellphone with the staff when they are seated. here's what people had to say about this on our facebook page because we were curious as to what you think of this. a visit says this is a great idea until someone foam gets lost, misplaced or switched they will be on the hook for replacing this and smart phones are not cheap. that is the first thing i thought, would you lose my phone. >> mark: well, you check your all the time. >> darya: this is what another person says. >> darya: i second that, do not sit in front of me check

your phone. >> mark: now you have to go there with someone that you really like. [laughter] >> darya: that is true. you can go to our facebook page and check this out, we will be right back. @ñ