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wildfire burning in yosemite national park. we'll have the latest on the "rim" wildfire. a teenage boy is dead and two others are injured this morning after their car slammed into a tree. details in a live report coming up. and we're now just one day away from the bay bridge closure. we'll tell you what crews are doing to make sure the new span is completely safe. let's first get an update with our weather and traffic. at the morning erica. >>erica: good morning. today could be the warmest day of the week. i will show you your extended forecast and when we should expect that warm-up coming up. good morning george. >>george: the morning erica.

not any delays or problems. but traffic is building at the bay bridge, second day in a roper it we already see a complete back up even on the 80 approach to the bridge. here we are already backed up past the first over crossing for it the old oakland base horseshoe there. we're already starting to see delays building and hear your quick commute check shows a we are looking at a moderate conditions for most of the east bay with heavy traffic already on highway 4 and 580. even slowing on 238. south freeway still pretty light as our peninsula freeways and the north bound ride is a smooth one as well >>james:developing story out of danville where there's been a tragedy on the first day of school. last night, three teens lose control of their car killing one of the passengers. a 16 year old boy. kron 4's will tran is live at the scene and shows us what happened. will.

>>will: what sam their driving northbound. they believe according to a investigators that speed was a factor although they don't know the speed the car was traveling at the time for if you can see skid marks. they painted the ground war as markers for its third loss control. there are skid marks on boy from here to across the street and to that tree. here is a video. this all happen shortly after 9:00 last night. i learned that the teenager that died was hitting and the right passenger seat. he was a 16 year-old boy. his name is not been released. to 17 year-old, the driver suffered a broken rib and the other passenger suffered a broken leg. those two are recovering ed chow york hospital. john muir hospital. investigators are searching to see how fast the car was traveling through it we had a chance to talk with the sergeant read here's what he had to say.

>>: it's too early to tell. there is no obvious time of anything. that's what our investigators will be working on to make sure they can pinpoint speeds and other things. there is nothing obvious such as evidence about caller anything like that. >>will: the families have been notified. i can tell you that school starts at about 90 minutes from time. we are trying to nail down what school they attended. we do not know where the teams were traveling at the time for it did >>darya: sad story but think you will for the update. >>darya: new this morning out of east oakland. fire crews are currently battling a two-alarm fire at a house near international boulevard. it started just before 3 this morning on the 12- hundred block of 50th avenue.

firefighters say they saw smoke and flames on the first and second stories of the house. the home was vacant and its possible squatters may have been inside. we have no word on any injuries. now on to the latest with the wildfire burning in yosemite national park. the rim fire has grown to nearly 161-thousand acres. making it the 13th- largest fire in state history. the flames are now 20- percent contained. that number is up from 15- percent.

crews are relying on air tankers to help stop the spread of the fire. governor jerry brown toured some of the burned area. evacuations are still in effect for communities near the fire. take a look at this new youtube video we have

found. you can see just how big the flames are. utility officials are monitoring the quality of the water at the hetch hetchy reservoir right now. ash from the rim fire is raining into reservoir. officials say water is being diverted away from hetch hetchy to avoid contamination. but this is normal protocol to divert water to other location for winter maintenance. officials say the water is safe to drink for now, but there is a worst case scenario. utility officials say they're monitoring the quality of the water in a

reservoir that is the main source of drinking water for san francisco. ash from a huge wildfire in the sierra nevada is raining into hetch hetchy reservoir. the 230-square-mile blaze is only 15 percent contained. officials say more water is being piped to reservoirs in the bay area, 150 miles away.please tease the berkeley tuolumne camp vigil at 5:30. the hetch hetchy reseirvor provides water to 2.6 million people in the bay area. coming up at 6-30, we will show you the berkeley tuolumne camp vigil. stay with kron four as we continue to bring you the latest information on the rim wildfire. we will be providing updates on our 24-seven bay area news channel, comcast 193. we will also be updating we will also be updating that headband looks ridiculous. your dog is ug. nice tail, ler. when you don't have a good breakfast, it makes you grumpy. that's why i've got warm and flaky croissant sandwiches made with fresh egg and melting cheese

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>>darya: 610 is the time right now. here is a beautiful shot of san francisco from van ness ave. it is 57 degrees right now and san francisco. at the high today will be just 67 of the hottest inland areas are may be looking up to 90s this afternoon to for the kids heading back to school, you might want to dress them in short sprit >>mark: u-s defense secretary chuck hagel says u-s forces are now ready to act on any order by president obama to strike syria. the u-s navy has four destroyers in the eastern

mediterranean sea within range of targets inside syria. and the u-s also has warplanes in the region. meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry says there is "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in syria. .with intelligence strongly pointing to bashar assad's regime. kerry says "this international norm cannot be violated without consequences."

the man acquitted of second-degree murder charges in the shooting of 17-year- old trayvon martin. is now seeking legal fees from the state of florida. >>mark:george zimmerman's attorney has said that he plans to ask the state to cover at least 200- thousand dollars of his legal expenses. attorney mark o'mara says that because zimmerman was attorney mark o'mara says that because zimmerman was acquitted, stateunbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible.

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>>mark: welcome back. we're keeping our eye on a major heat waveschool's already out for students in several states in the midwest. we'll tell you why. they just started school, but already, students in the midwest are getting out of class early this week because of the sweltering heat. schools in nebraska, iowa, the dakotas and illinois are letting kids out of class early. temperatures in those states are close to reaching 100 degrees. and some classrooms do not have air conditioning. the national weather service says a prolonged heat wave of this magnitude is unusual for this time of year, but not unprecedented.

erica is definitely gate keeping an eye on this. >>erica: that's right. we do have some clouds along the coast line right now but that's really the extent of the marine layer. a lot of us looking to clear skies and sunshine and in the fog we do see will be pretty quick to burn off. so enjoy today. futurecast 4 shows by 12:00, 50s coast side, '70s around the bay and. it's going to be a bright day. very few went out there and a forecast and by 8:00 this evening, temperatures back and the '70s. we will pick up some 90s for places

like danville, pleasanton, 92 degrees and pleasanton. downtown's san francisco today, a high of 67 degrees in mid '80s for nevada. i do want to update conditions on the new ram fire. today temperatures will be an all '70s and so it will be cooler however. we have a slight potential for some scattered thunderstorms in the area. wins around the fire blowing at about 10 mi. per hour but because this is such a massive fire and such a complex system, it's actually creating its own weather system within the fire itself. the land could change at any point. a very hard to pinpoint exactly what direction the fire will go in. as a focus on the extended forecast we certainly have cooler weather on the way. good morning george. >>george: as we continue to monitor tearing pretty good ride. , no major incidents.

the meter and lights were activated a little earlier than usual. we already have a back up here both on the 580 approach to the bridge coming out of the macarthur maze as well as from the nimitz freeway. and little slowing their. the san mateo bridge and highway 92. still a pretty normal ride for the westbound trip towards the high rise and for the golden gate bridge, the fog is back this morning of securing the fan and there are no incidents or problems reported beneath it. of it is a drive times for you first looking at the e shore freeway 19 minutes from hercules the berkeley career began epsom's going there. west 580 looks good

and >>darya: up 619. in washington state, a second 16-year-old arrested in connection with the beating death of an 88-year-old world war ii veteran is scheduled to make a court appearance today. demetrius glenn turned himself in last week, on the same day veteran delbert belton died of his injuries. belton, who was wounded in the battle of okinawa, was beaten in his vehicle as he waited for a friend in a parking lot. his wallet was taken.

kenan adams-kinard was arrested yesterday. both teens will be tried as adults. new this morning-- students at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut head back to school today. in december 2012.20-year old adam lanza shot 26 people inside sandy hook, including 20 students. the school has been closed since the mass killing. in may a newtown task force approved a plan to tear down the school and build a new one on the same property. the proposal still must be approved by town residents. students will return to school at a new location and in a different building. a coalition of education and civil rights activists

says millions of at-risk students could fall through the cracks. .as a result of the obama administration's decision to allow states to ignore parts of the no child left behind education law. states now receive waivers in exchange for plans to better prepare students for college or career. the new rules have allowed almost 23-hundred schools to shed their label of seriously troubled. the education secretary says congress needs to rewrite the law. same-sex couples are now allowed to marry in three counties in new mexico. yesterday, a judge declared same sex marriage legal. .ordering clerks in bernalillo county to grant marriage licenses to same sex couples who apply for them beginning today. the decision comes on the heels of an order last week

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video game he was playing right before this happened was grand theft auto for. the popular and very violent game. >>: to some of this is a gun control issue. what is in the world have access to a loaded weapon the others say its the game. he was playing grand theft auto 4. a common popular game which is extremely the giants. characters run around punching stabbing and shooting people. a running people over with their cars. the game towards violent. that's how you are in your point. it has a m rating clearly shown on the case. and am rating means a is intended for people 17 year or old corporate the owners of the game say it is a tragedy to blame this on a game. they said this is about access to guns and not video games. in the state of

louisiana children under the age of 10 cannot be charged with a crime so at this point detectives are not sure what of action if any can be taken against the eight year-old priest gabe slate, kron4 newsprint-- kron4 news. >>james:congress has been warned >>mark: keeping our eyes on wall street. we had a sellout of growing fears of escalation and syria. the dow finishing down 64 after hovering at around 15 belsen market yesterday. the nasdaq 6. the s&p down a fraction

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>>mark: opening bell on wall street. the nasdaq on the right. we are expecting a sharp sell-off at the opening with doubt futures down 120.3 will put the dow jones industrial average are around the 14,800 mark. that's about 800 points lower than where we were back on august 2nd. the sharp sell-off continues here on wall street this morning as we sing a rough three weeks of trading as investors are pulling off some of growing concerns will bring you the numbers from austria throughout the morning. >>darya:developing story out

of danville where there's been a tragedy on the first day of school. last night, three teens lose control of their car killing one of the passengers. a 16 year old boy. kron 4's will tran is live at the scene and shows us what happened. in >>will: this is the curve here. the speed is 35 mi. per hour. you can see where they started to lose control of their car parade there are skid marks to carry them all the way through the street and into the fence and there was also a tree there. a 16 year-old. he was the front right passenger carried he was injured from the scene and rush to the hospital where he later died. here's video we got right after it happened around 9:00 last night. investigators don't know where the teenagers were heading at the time. they didn't smell any alcohol and

there that just on their breath or find any can't beer cans and the corporate they're out there taking measurements. at this point in on all house fast there. school is about the start about an hour from now. we are hearing reports that they go from to school and san ramon vary as as we find out we will let you know. >>darya: you have an extent of the other two injuries. >>: it will be in the hospital for some time but they should survive their injuries. we don't know exactly how the front ride passenger died but you can clearly see because of the skid marks that the right

tire was hit on the tree. he was under the direct fire of the tree and fire it he did survive here but when he was to identify hospital that was when he was pronounced dead from his injuries. a >>darya: thanks a lot will. >>james: let's turn our attention to weather and traffic. >>erica: some of the kids are heading back to the classrooms. we are working up to upper 50s and 60s and a lot of slick enough to sunshine. today could be the warmest day of the week. expect it will down as we wrap up the work week. and the capture 7 day coming up in the next report. >>george: its word that there is a problem at the toll plaza with an accident that occurred last night. we're problem free on the stand on the bart approach to the bridge. one of the fasttrack lanes is closed.

we understand it might have been damaged and early morning or late night accident marin to whether it will be open in time for the morning commute. is likely we will see bigger than usual backup for the westbound san mateo bridge ride. >>mark: now on to the latest with the wildfire burning in yosemite national park. far the rim fire has grown to nearly 161-thousand acres. making it the 13th- largest fire in state history. the flames are now 20- percent contained. that number is up from 15- percent. crews are relying on heavy

air tankers to help stop the spread of the fire. governor jerry brown toured some of the burned area. evacuations are still in effect for communities near the fire. the beloved tuolumne family camp, run by the city of berkeley, is also a casualty of the wildfire.

on the left side of you screen, you can see web photographs of what the camp looked like before the fire. and on the right. is video of the devastation. after flames ripped through the campgrounds. in berkeley. a crowd of people gathered for what they called. a vigil for camp tuolumne. the group lit candles, sung camp songs and shared memories about what they

remembered most about the camp. who the city of berkeley says, the camp is insured. and officials plan to work with the national forest service stay with kron four as we continue to bring you the latest information on the rim wildfire. we will be providing updates on our 24-seven bay area news channel, comcast 193. we will also be updating our website kron-four-dot- com and our new kron4 news app with all the newest

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>>mark: welcome back. we're watching a sharp sell-off from the doubt. the dow at 14,00862. well below the 15,000 mark. and now a lot of concern about syria and whether or not the u.s. is going to lead in air strike and to the nation after some indications they use chemical weapons on their people. why is this making investigators >>: syria is important. i want downplay the relevance of the strike--i won't. wall

street says let's send gold higher and would send oil higher. this is a nice time to a sell-off. it makes sense. wall street doesn't like questions. that's what we are looking at right now. >>mark: with that you're going to the conference to extend the borrowing ability. say the president is not going to negotiate and republicans want to use this money hostage to stop obama care as they are calling for the affordable care act. we're into a real nasty showdown coming this fall. >>: yes we could be. real cuts are what the republicans are saying. all i know if there are dysfunctional when they're on vacation the summer the

market to rally for it people are starting to fear what is going to happen. i don't have an answer to that one but again the market needs are a sell-off because we've had a great year. this could just be are excused. with that said, >>mark: so we shouldn't worry. this is just a typical cycle. if that were seen almost a hundred. pull back. >>: e. noel is interesting is real estate prices were up a crazy amount. the best sense to the six. san diego and las vegas were up 2.2% when the seasonal parents were taken out. san francisco up 24 1/2% without seasonal variances. 59 percent it's kind of like

that game you play were you people go too far. we're starting to go too fast with our appreciation. hedge funds are the biggest buyers there want to buy low and sell high. >>mark: we would check back with rob and i 15 for winners and losers on wall street. the >>darya: as 64091 to get a look at weather and traffic on this tuesday morning. good morning erica critic >>erica: good morning darya. here is the downtown san francisco skyline. we have a cap of fog over the city. an interesting picture as we head out to work or school. we do have closed the fog to do with for it fog and the city by the bay. a lot of us looking up to a fairly clear skies. in terms of temperatures, upper 50s the low 60s. 56 currently in san

mateo bridge as we follow these numbers into the afternoon, expect a sunny and warmer day. temperatures a few degrees warmer than yesterday's so yes we do have 90s for the board for livermore, pleasanton. upper 80s for antioch and. although today will be the warmest of the week we are still a little cooler we should be for this time of year. clouds will return to the skyline. futurecast 4 highlights and o'clock this evening temperatures for the '60s and tied the bay but holding on to mild weather. we're talking '70s for fairfield and napa. your 7 day around the bay forecast thai like a cooling trend that kicks in as we have

until tomorrow and check in the weekend. not to toasty as we have and to that three weekend. in fact delivered its self. >>george: a back up at the san mateo bridge.

>>james:

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>> the good morning, the top stories that we are following on this tuesday, august 27th. the battle continues as crews worked to contain the wild fire that is still burning in december national park.>> a teenage boy d two others are injured this morning after their car slammed into a tree. we'll have details coming up. >> we're just one day away from the bay bridge closure. will tell you