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of they work on putting all spot fires and protecting structures along highway 120 which has been close since this fire started almost 11 days ago. if over in yosemite national park the flames have reached hetch hetchy. we do not know if they have damaged any part of the reservoir. sprinklers have been on the trees hoping that that would be enough to stop. for the rest of yosemite it's pretty much business as usual >>: it cartel that there is a fire just 20 mi. away because of the smoke is flowing away from the valley. --its hard to tell. >>james: we have learned that the yosemite fire has reached the shores of the hetch hetchy reservoir
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which is the main source of water for san francisco. you can see all of the smoke correctly. the utilities commission says that ash has fallen on to the surface of the reservoir but so far has not impacted the quality of the water that may change though as more ash continues to fall three we will keep an eye on that. no disruption there. a san francisco puc said there would not be an direction and electric service. coming up tensions and syria continued to rise and countries all over the world are matt fisher of these chemical attacks don't happen again. a student injured and a california school shooting is speaking out for the first time. we will hear what he has to say about the shooting. and if you are park illegally on mission street and san francisco you may already have a ticket coming your
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if you're on mission street and your double parking may be getting a surprise in the mail. the camera records vehicle license plates and vehicle descriptions while buses are rolling and the department of parking lots and video and issue tickets. on like a parking enforcement officer of uc on the street you complete your case like this woman is trying to do. uc she parked in a commercial loading zone. the red top is an indication of so she gets a ticket for $85. she told the parking officer her passenger was disabled so she should get a break. >>: it has nothing to do
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with handicapped. >>: she tried hard to clear case but it was too late. that you just want to provoke me. >>: the cameras on the bus to have a slight benefit. no one is going to attack the bus was the giants win the world series. the same. - just saying. >>: the buses can't catch city worker's party legally and guess what this city worker have to pay the ticket not the city. so a
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little advice. does that add more cameras and buses, be mindful where you parked the you don't get a parking ticket in the mailbox and one final note. the so- called ethics teacher wasn't done with me as she rode by she blew me a kiss and backs up. and san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>james: sll ahead on the kron4 morning news. today marks a special day in washington's d.c.'s history. this is a live picture from the m l kay jr. memorial. we will take you back to the march on washington. and tensions in syria rising after the united nations confirmed chemical weapons were used in an attack last week. what countries are
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for downtown san francisco. i do want to focus on afternoon highs. let's start things off on the east bay. on the creek at 89 degrees. upper 80s for the san ramon valley temperatures mainly in the '70s on the east bayshore live in plenty of sunshine expected. they were today as 75 degrees it's going to be a beautiful day in the south bay. take a look at these numbers 80 the common number for sunnyvale cupertino. 85 degrees and campbell. downtown's san francisco just a degree cooler than yesterday low seventies for san mateo and low 80s expected the redwood city. last and not least let's focus our attention on the north bay. on country is having babies napa and sonoma. said lewis to that a high of 95 degrees. no act of whether to talk about what we are dealing with a
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heat wave for the midsection of the country. that will continue for the next couple of days street denver 93. upper 80s if you're dealing with albuquerque. plenty of sunshine for atlanta but storms are certainly possible down the eastern seaboard. your 7 day around the bay heights cooler weather and back of the 90s on friday. take a look at the weekend, conditions will continue to cool as we have a closer to labor day. as for traffic around the bay area, not my entering any hot spot but again we can't say enough, 8:00 this evening, bay bridge closed in both directions. here's the live look outside at the toll plaza right now. this may be your last time on across the upper deck. traffic is flowing freely. with most of the cars coming from the east shore freeway.
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syrian regime itself firm and its denials are now a warning. in washington i'm shannon travis print >>james: this will as president opposed outside military action in syria. nicholas maduro says it could lead to a disastrous war. maduro is a close ally of syrian president bashar assad. he says the allegations of syrian government carry out poison attack near damascus, " smells the same " as when the u.s. accused iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction.
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a wave of bombings and i rack has left at least 58 people dead and many more wounded. bombings in and around baghdad targeted parking lot of our markets and restaurants and the city's predominantly shiite neighborhoods. and today's attack, two bombs went off in a parking lot followed by a suicide car bomber was struck onlookers. 10 people were killed and 27 were wounded. in recent months more than 3000 people have died in these violent attacks. the nfl players association has filed a grievance against the new england patriots to collect $82,000 an offseason workout bonuses that it says is owed to former player eric hernandez. the 23 year-old was dropped from the team after he was arrested and jailed on suspicion of killing 27 year-old odin lloyd in massachusetts. the
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association says hernandez earned 82,000 in bonus money for attendee off-season activities with the patriots from april to june while recovering from shoulder surgery. that money had not been paid when hernandez was arrested at his contract terminated. prosecutors say they will file criminal charges against former nba star scottie pippen for fighting with an autograph seeker. of 40 city autograph seeker was struck and exaggerated his injuries, including faking seizures. after claiming the former chicago bulls star punched him in the face. the los angeles county district attorney's office says there is insufficient evidence to bring us all charges against pippin for the fight with the man a sushi restaurant and celebrity hangout on the beach in malibu. the army psychiatrist convicted of carrying out the deadly shooting rampage at fort hood, texas has a one last chance today to
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give a closing argument. maj nidal hasan, who's been acting as his own attorney has presented no witnesses or evidence during the sentencing phase. a panel of military officers will deliberate whetherhasan should be given life in prison or the death penalty. at 424 we will take a break. coming up next, today marks 50 years since the march on washington. after the break we will take a look back at that historic moment in u.s. history.
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was the march on washington and lee schmidt has a story. >>: it's a day forever etched in american history sending forth lasting ideas and ideals for making the. i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed. it 250,000 people attended untold numbers, worldwide, were inspired. now, 50 years later at the same place some that generation and were once hoped to evoke the spirit of that paper it dr. king took us to another level. this was a high mountain moment of hope. >>: then as now dignitaries from all races and creeds are slated to speak. oprah winfrey, lee and rhymes and jimmie foxx. civil rights icons like john lewis and
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caroline kennedy and president jimmy carter, bill clinton, and barack obama. following up in 2011 dedication where the nation's first black president praised the first black man to receive a monument on the mall. without the shining moment >>: without the shining moment, without dr. king's glorious words, we might not have the courage to come as far as we have. >>: in washington, emily schmidt, kron 4 news.
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p.m.. workers will then make the transition from the old world way to the new eastern span. joining us from treasure island is kron4's mike pelton. we will first get an update with weather and traffic. good morning erica. >>erica: visibility is really bad right now and half moon bay. it is very foggy but the fog reducing will shine off. if our day planner indicates coastal fog impacting with a drizzle. not to back a temperatures. upper 50s currently in half moon bay. temperatures will clock a bit for the next couple of hours. was it the look at the afternoon which will be sunny mild and we will shave
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off a couple of degrees for the east bay inland spots now forecasting 90s 69 degrees expected and napa and holding onto 70 of on the delta. your extended forecast highlights a cooling trend over the next couple of days but we are back and the '90s as we wrap up the work week. if you have plans for the weekend it will cool down dramatically so for labor that we're only talking low 80s inland all '70s around the bay and the '60s for the close as for traffic around the bay overnight construction of course. take
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a look at the bay bridge toll plaza maybe a last time gone across the upper deck of the eastern band looking pretty good starting tomorrow we will see extra traffic >>james: we are just hours away from the closure of the bay bridge. all lanes in both directions will be shut down at 8:00 tonight. workers will then make the transition from the old span to the new one. joining us this morning from treasure island is kron4's mike pelton pretty good morning mike reid of the month of
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mourning jan spread into the lights behind me standing nearly ready to open to traffic but first it will shut down the entire bridge as they finish up some paving and structure work on the new span and most importantly connecting the new span on either side. here's some video of the new span. crews will first seek close down the bay bridge to traffic in both directions tonight at 8:00. the news that will open back up tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. after more than 10 years and $6.4 billion. cruised chose ween the new span because the holiday week and sees less traffic the chp will have transition rams to the bridge are blocked off diverting traffic to the san rafeal or san mateo bridge is. officials say don't try to be the last person to cross the bridge. across the span as early as possible because even though the bridge closes at 8:00 the chp will rollout prior to that for it and you want to avoid getting stuck on
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either side across the span across the span as early as possible. and that news and opens up on tuesday, certainly a lot of people are looking forward to that and use it all i thought behind me. the six days away this morning. >>james: we will continue to follow this project brought the morning. a fire sparked on a grassy hillside spread quickly in fairfield. this is video of the fire yesterday afternoon from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. fire officials said there were 50 evacuations, at least two homes were destroyed and three others were damaged.
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firefighters were part of setting homes in the neighborhood. but some residents still lost parts of their home. >>: i hope everything will be are right. >>james: soon after the fire broke out the red cross set up an evacuation center at fairfield high school to help people displayed by the blaze and those who need it safe haven. the red cross is hoping at least one family with food, shelter, and clothing. the red cross also tells kron4 many people have also come in to find out if their dogs have been spotted. now to developing story the yosemite wild fire. it has now grown to 184,000 a. and is only 20 percent
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contained. we have learned fire has reached the shores of the hetch hetchy reservoir. that is the main drinking water supply for san francisco parade at this time, officials say water quality is not affected. right now, about 3800 firefighters are on the scene working around the clock to get the situation under control. take a look at some of the other images are we are seeing from the rim fire. it is still growing three large trees and huge funds from rimfire one of the issues firefighters are facing. large, burned trees fall into the ground. crews have to be very alert and aware of several dangers. to thieves who posed as utility workers to get inside people's homes and vallejo have been identified according to police. they say, these men
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are responsible for an august 7th home invasion robbery and vallejo. rate for ady fernando fraire whose uc on the left has been arrested and is facing armed robbery charges. a second suspect there'll lee cox remains at large, and is wanted for questioning in the same arm robbery crime. --darryl lee cox. police said, similar crimes have been happening recently in several cities where these are posing as city workers. utility employees and tree trimmers are more. all get in a more all to get inside people's homes to steal. we
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the september 10th date. the expected date for the iphone--apple president to rebuild the iphone 3 it but no one knows the real date of the event. they typically send out and invite a week before. i do believe they will be holding this press event before september 20th. and i believe whatever devices they show what will be on the market before november in time for the holiday. the biggest iphone rumor is that they will offer an iphone and gold. pitchers have leaked of the gold iphone but apple has not confirmed and there are real. there's also been unconfirmed leaked pictures showing an iphone with what looks like graphites color print i like that more than the gold.
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much. >>: he made people around him happy every single second of the day. he was such a happy person. >>: to many as san ramon valley high school he was known as porkchop. a nickname that his former coaches said he wore with pride. but he came back from playing football and i guess the coach told him to envision the quarterback as a pork chop. chop was someone that i wanted to represent. last night i couldn't fall asleep or cry. it was just so shocking. it was unbearable. >>: he can see the crash
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site separate you heard those baseball stories. he would have been on the the varsity golf tame. and danville, j.r. stone, kron4 news. >>james: friends and family stop by the orlando home to greet and shared their family-judge their favorite stories bridge many remember he loves to go fishing with his family. people said he could light up your room like no other. his parents are having a difficult time >>: that are in shock, numb and they are grief-stricken. energetic, entertaining and caring young man that meant a lot to a lot of people. >>james: and memorial at the crash site continues to grow. people have stopped
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throughout the day to leave flowers and cards. funeral is scheduled for next week. >>james: let's get an update with weather. >>erica: the fog is back with a vengeance. visibility is under a mile. in dealing with some drizzle. very misty as you head out to work or school. temperatures between one or two degrees warmer than where we are 24 hours ago. i do want to track the fog for your print you notice your own fog track 4% 7:00 this morning, you will notice that the fog is pretty patchy so we're already seeing clear skies along the delta. most of the livermore valley. as to put the clock into motion, you will notice the fog starts to pull back. it's going to hug the coast line for early
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afternoon i do want to focus on those afternoon highs. you will notice '70s and '80s and the south bay today. the odds my valley at 85. we are going to shave off between one and two degrees. really not talking 90s today but getting pretty close. downtown san francisco just a degree cooler and mid '80s expected and napa. in terms of your extended forecast, you will notice cooler conditions for the next few days. we're back and 90 degree territory as we wrap up the work week it is going to get cooler as we have into the holiday weekend. that was your weather. in terms of traffic now monitoring any hotspots. overnight construction is in the process of were wrapping
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that key point. but can't make up the ground in the west. brent moss it hybrid can to run homer off just timberland and oakland beat the detroit tigers 6-3 in the game cut short by rain. seth smith hit a leadoff homer in the sixth in oakland had the bases loaded with no one out when the tarp was pulled on the field due to the weather. it was called after a 80 minute delay. oakland starter tommy moe moaned allowed three runs in the first and then pitched four scoreless innings for the complete game. unfortunately for the a's taxes be seattle last night sold to remains to a half games behind the rangers. the giants take care of colorado on the back of a mammoth home run. hunter pence in poppel signed a
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mall hit back-to-back homers held in san francisco beat the rockies 5-3. pence and send all went deep in the opening inning, marking the first time all season the giants have hit back-to- back homers. brandon belt kept up his torrid hitting with four singles. he also scored twice to help san francisco went for the third time in four games. sergio romo pitched a perfect ninth to pick up his 32nd save in 36 chances. outfielder andrés torres is scheduled for season ending surgery today. the operation will remove bone spurs that are irritating torres left achilles' tendon. the 350 torres has been hampered by the sword tendon for much of the season and was placed on the 15 day disabled list thursday. manager bruce bocce said that torres is
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we're following this thursday, august 22nd. a wildfire continues to burn out of control in yosemite. more on the evacuations it has prompted and thousands of homes that are in danger. a warning for one east bay city this morning as thieves are posing as p-g-and-e workers in order to get into your home. we'll tell you what to look out for. plus, the kidnapped san diego teen is speaking out for the first time this what she said about her communication with her abductor right before she >>darya:police are warning oakland residents this morning about burglars imposing as pg&e workers. kron 4's mike pelton is live at the oakland police department with the latest on these strange burglaries. mike. we are just six days away from a shutdown of the bay bridge. all lanes in both directions will close at 8:00- pm on wednesday night, august 28th. that's when workers will transition interstate 80 to the new eastern span.
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we are just six days away from a shutdown of the bay bridge. all lanes in both directions will close at 8 on wednesday night. that's when workers will transition interstate 80 to the new eastern span. the bay bridge will re-open on tuesday, september third at 5:00 am, the day after labor day. during the five day closure of the bay bridge next week, bart will be running 24-hour train service. bart will run trains constantly through the night of september 2nd. overnight service will be available hourly at 14 stations between the concord and san francisco international airport stations and el cerrito del norte and dublin/pleasanton stations. oakland's macarthur station will serve as a transfer point for both lines. bart is anticipating heavy ridership during the bridge closure and will run longer trains. >>: coming up and a half an
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hour you will hear from one woman was up very early this morning out here taking pictures of the two spans print. that's coming up at 530. >>james:we want to see your pictures of your alternate commutes, or construction of the new span. you can send them to breakingnews at kron dot com, we will be posting the photos on our facebook page. our website. and on kron four's new mobile app. download it today. it's free. kron4's jackie system is a lot. >>: over the next five days fighting traffic as the bay bridge closes the alfred they said it will increase service going 24 hours over the next five days of the bay bridge closure. you have
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to go to the kron4 web site to check out with 14 stations there are but they're also other alternatives like the san francisco bay ferry. they will be running every 45 minutes. much like they did during the bart strike when they tripled their numbers. we had a chance to talk with jay allison and someone from the sap francisco bay ferry jim allison who talks about those plans. >>: during the daytime when the bridge is closed, we will have locker trying to bridge we have additional departures. >>: one of the other things you have to worry about as you ride bart. a lot of the trains start all the way out in pittsburgh and antioch area so by the time they get here, they will be " that would have the strength the
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other thing you have to worry about it is obviously if you decide to get your car. obviously you're going to have to be patient when you get out there. >>james: keep it soon tear to kron4. we will have updates throughout the rest of the week and the weekend for the progress. our website is a great resource. facebook twitter kron4 dark, and our brand new kron 4 news app. there is a section dedicated specifically to the bay bridge project. to get a look. it is free to download it today. >>mark:the wildfire burning near yosemite continues to threaten 25-hundred homes.
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the "rim fire" is essentially burning out of control. firefighters have only been able to contain about five- percent of it. so far, it has burned more than 25-square miles in the stanislaus national forest. the area is fairly remote, but it has led to the evacuation of thousands of people from campgrounds and private homes. this just in. >>darya: and fire spread quickly and fairfield. take
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a look at the video. this is from our helicopter partnership with abc 70 news. there were 50 evacuations were five homes were caught in this fire. to destroyed and three were damaged. >>: they had decided that they could save those two structures so they put a line and stand right here and those guys household like you never st to keep our houses from burning. it was very impressive. >>mark: with that. it was amazing how fast these fires went up as the fire spread from roof to roof and areas. 40 a. were charred before it was all done. we will have a live update from the st with kron4's will tran coming up in just about 20 minutes.
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all filed against him and the activists say syrian president is pressing on with military offense following the chemical weapon attack that left hundreds dead. and we are learning more about the secrets of the n- s-a. what the obama administration is saying about their orders to spy on american's internet connections. >>darya: traffic is the key word today. taking a look at the bay bridge which is fine now. but this is the big story. the bay bridge will be closing tonight right after the commute i hope. i hope you all get home by 8:00 when they close it down and find a different way to
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>>darya: traffic is looking good. today is the day the bay bridge closes so we will get to our team coverage of that as we continue in just a few minutes but first we do want to talk about the weather. hi erica. >>erica: we have some fog and drizzle out there. in terms of temperatures we are between one and two degrees warmer than tap 24 hours ago. 62 degrees and san jose visibility down to a half mile. any fog we do see will be pretty quick to burn off. tracking those temperatures. by 12:00 many '70s and '80s inside the bay. the eighties will grow more widespread as we had to 3:00 this afternoon and by later on tonight crowds that judge clouds will return in
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temperatures will be back in the '60s. focus in on your afternoon highs, '70s and '80s and south bay. 83 degrees in santa clara and upper seventies expected for mountain view. focusing on the east bay into rear spot, no 90s in today's forecast. getting pretty close vote in fairfield and concord. downtown's san francisco a decree " then yesterday with plenty of such unexpected grit mid 80s today for napa and mid-70s expected in oakland. your extended forecast highlights cooling trend for the next couple of days per it 90s back by friday. take a look at your weekend forecasts. by labor day we're talking low 80s inland, low seventies around the bay devil '60s for the coast. 5163 here is george st >>george: are going to start this report with a look at the bay bridge. this will be your last drive. it goes away after this morning's
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commute when the bridge is shut down tonight at 8:00 p.m.. this will be your last drive of a long this old box section. the delays at the toll plaza and no incidents reported across the span. continuing our bridge check, likely to be very happy for the next five to six days and it sees a lot of alternate traffic over the next two days. for the golden gate bridge while southbound foggy and drizzly what ride this morning bridge. let's update some drive times as we take a look at the traffic map st it's still just a 15 minute trip from hercules to berkeley. a 16 minute trip through the san ramon valley heading to dublin. we hope
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the traffic will kill lighter and lighter throughout the week entering the weekend as people prepare to travel for the holiday. >>james: u.n. experts already in the >>darya: new this morning a wave of bombings and i rack has left 58 people dead. comments in and around back dead targeted parking lots, restaurants in the city's predominantly shiite neighborhoods for it in today's worst attack two bombs went off in a parking
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lot followed by a suicide car bomber who struck onlookers. 10 people were killed in that attack and in recent months more than 3000 people have died in violent attacks. >>james: the army psychiatrist convicted of carrying out the deadly shooting rampage at fort hood texas has one last chance today to get a closing argument major has acted as his own attorney. the panel of military officers will be deliberating whether he should be given life in prison or the death penalty for it >>darya: just convicted of killing 4
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closing arguments are set to former nfl tight end aaron hernandez will be back in court today, where he may learn whether a grand jury has voted to indict him for odin lloyd's killing and other weapons charges. a grand jury has been investigating the case and hearing from several witnesses, including a man who is suing hernandez for allegedly shooting him in january in florida. hernandez has pleaded not guilty and has remained
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>> welcome back. watching wall street this morning. the increasing possibility of u.s. military strikes on syrria raised on worries of austria, and that sank stocks, escalating tensions and syria are sending gold prices of three month highs and crude rocketing to two years high above $112 per barrel in early trading. here is a look at the closing numbers. the dow dropped 170¢. the nasdaq fell 79 points. the s&p 500 lost 26 points. opening bell as sx 30 a.m..
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>> welcome back the time is 5:30 a.m.. we are starting off on a cool and cloudy. >> right now we are dealing with misty conditions. the temperatures right now are in the upper 50s low 60's. you could expect upper 70's from the bay. we will be highlighting the nlabor day weekend forecast coming up. >> here's a quick look at the bay bridge. there is a
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slight increase in volume. we are still dealing with no problems. there are no cause oscar drive around the bay. the chp is vy quiet. there is slowing on the freeway. >> we're just hours away from the closure of the bay bridge. all lanes in both directions will close to mind at 8:00 p.m.. workers will then make the transition from old road way to the new eastern span. they will be opening the new eastern span and that would need five good days to get this transition worked out. >> and joining us from treasure island is kron 4 mike pelton.
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>> more than 10 years in this point this new span is finally gone and the set to open to traffic. you concede that the lights have been turned on. they do need several days to finish this transition. here is video of them working on it. it will close tonight at 8:00 p.m. and [tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m.. they have to do lane striping and paving. they also have to connect the paving on both sides. officials at stated that the holiday weekend will show less traffic. one woman came out here early and shared her memories of jogging on the bridge. >> my husband and i went across the bridge and we
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created memories. the shape that you see on the bridge, it is very--it depends on the time during >> the bay bridge closed at 8:00 p.m. officials are stating that you should cross before them because they will start to slow down the traffic. if you do not want to get stuck on either side and you need to get there before a p.m.. once the new span opened a will day at another project. >> after 8:00 p.m. you will
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not be able to cross this bridge. if they want to meet that deadline they're going to start going rolling stops. you will not be able to get across and they are recommending that to make sure that she did i get stuck. if you need to cross before 8:00 p.m.. >> california highway patrol officers have three road closures to detour east bay drivers. they will detour you away from the bay bridge before the ap and closure. i had a chance to speak to some officers of this is what they said. >> the 880 transition will be shut down as well as the 580. that 80 transition in emeryville as well. >> drivers trying to get across the bridge will be redirected towards the san
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mateo bridge for the richmond center fell bridge. another key piece of and buys from the chp is to do not stop her vehicle to talk to highway patrol officers was the detour begins. if you're not sure where you need to go the need to pull over where it is safe and call 511 and they give you directions. >> stay with kron4 as we keep you updated on the countdown to the shutdown of the bay bridge. you can also get the latest on our web site and our new kron4 mobile app. there is a special tile the boded especially for the bay bridge. >> now to the developing story, but yosemite wild fire. it has now gone to
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184,000 a. and is only 20 percent contained. we have learned that the fire has reached the shores of the hetch hetchy reservoir. that is the main draw of the mortars apply for san francisco. at this time, officials said, the water quality is not affected. right now, about 3800 firefighters are on the scene working along the clock to get this situation under control. >> take a look at some of the images. we are seen this from the rimfire that is still growing. larch trees and huge flames from the rimfire. one of the issues that the firefighters are facing. a large, but trees are falling to the ground, crews have to be very alert and aware of several dangers.
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>> at fire spared on a grassy hillside spread quickly and fairfield. kron 4 will tran is live with new details on the damage. >> there is no information to pass along. they now say that 15 homes have been partially damaged or completely destroyed. obviously, no one is allowed to go inside of here. they are afraid that roof could
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collapse. this is just one place, as you walked down this way, the home right next door is also destroyed. firemen remain on the scene just a monster in a hot spots. the flames are no longer a problem. there statinthey are staying here just to make sure that everything has been cleared. here is video that we c receive just after this started. cars were driving past and they saw the flames. the fire did not stop any of the traffic that was going through nonetheless it caused a huge problem because not only did they have to battle the grass fire but they also had to battle this month. they had to call for backup and unfortunate that could not say these to homes. the people that stay here has to
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be evacuate. this is what the victims had to say about their loss. >> everything happens for a reason. hopefully, everything will be are right in the lord will provide. >> we want to show you the second home and you can see this side of it was destroyed. this is, these to homes are destroyed but the homes over here are untouched. we know that about 50 people have been displaced once the sun comes up the firemen will look at this to see whether not the other residents are allowed to return home. as far as injuries, no one was heard perry airporurt. this will turno l.a. investigation to see how this fire started.
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>> this started as a grassy hill fire that raged homes. >> i am standing here at interstate 80 which is right about timing. i can hear the cars and driving past. that is the intersection right there and on the other side are homes. this is where the grassy area is. these homes were in the line of fire. they're were the first, the first victims to be affected. with the new mills that i have just heard was that 15 homes are partially damaged or just destroyed.
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>> common no. kron 4 morning nils. today marks the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. we will have a live report from washington d.c. at 6:15 a.m. on the celebration that will take place. >> a popular san francisco giant is having this season ending knee surgery. >> as if we have not seen enough of my early cyrus after mtv's ibm awards. if you assume find her in the dictionary.
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morning off with some dense fog. it is pretty missed the outside. the visibility is a half a mile on napa and about tow. you should certainly drive with extra caution. the good news is that the temperatures are running a few degrees warmer than yesterday. you notice how warmer it will be. we are waking up to 55 degrees and 53 and apple. low 60's in oakland and hay 50. it will d mild and the temperatures will not be as warm as just today. one of forecast in the '90s. all will have a high of 74 degrees. we will see low 80s for the south and have moon bay will have a high of 67 degrees. as we head into the evening the clouds will return and will see coastal fog and drizzle. the temperatures will be fairly mild.
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>> in terms of your travel forecast. if you are getting on a plane we are still dealing with a heat wave. st. louis will have a high of 95. 98 degrees for dallas. active weather and potential storms along the eastern seaboard. atlanta more have a high of 90 degrees. >> your extended forecast highlights: weather and we will continue with a cooling trend as we transition into the weekend. labor day will have low 80s. the time is 5:50 a.m.. >> we continue to monitor on it and we are not looking at any incidents right now. there is some construction at the bay bridge was wrong. we say a typical pattern of heavy traffic that is building in the left-hand lane. this is the last
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morning that you will be able to commute across the span. gold eastern span of the bay bridge. your san mateo bridge ride you should get used to the light traffic because it will be twice as bad tomorrow. so far, it is an easy trip. the golden gate bridge is looking good as well. there is no problems for southbound 101. the drive time through marin is also looking good. >> with the coming closure of the bridge for tomorrow i think thursday, friday, and saturday there are areas that you may encounter heavier traffic. this is really intended for those of you who normally commute these roads. you will have to be ready for extra cratraffic. a lot of people will be using the richmond san rafael bridge. it will be a narrow drive. you can
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expect harry air-traffic. 19 avenue and park presidio drive. you also find heavier traffic at the 1 01, 92 interchange. westbound highway 92 as well. if you use the san mateo bridge be ready for extra traffic and backups. >> the first day of school was a day that was marked with tragedy in danville. 17 year-old robert orlando who was about to begin his senior year in high school was killed monday night when the car he was and as a passenger, lost control and hit a tree. it happened near the crow canyon country club. two other students were hurt. kron4 j.r. stone spoke to the victim's friends who are devastated by their loss. >> i am beyond words. he was
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energetic, entertaining, and caring. he met a lot to a lot of people. >> friends and family stopped by his come to agree to insure their favor stories about robert. many remembered that robert love to go fishing with his family. a family friend, who has known the orlando family for decades say that, robert could light up a run like no other. >> the time is 5:53 a.m.. here is the approach to the bay bridge as people are using it this morning for the last commute. this is
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>> coming up on kron 4 morning news is 6:00 a.m.. we will follow the latest with the bay bridge closure. >> the federal aviation administration has now lifted a temporary landing restrictions for foreign airlines at sfo. >> we are keeping an eye on wall street. financial expert rob black will join as a 6:45 a.m.. úo
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>> plus, fire crews still battling a massive wildfire in yosemite national park. the latest on containment efforts, ahead. >> and families in fairfield are picking up the pieces this morning. after a grass fire burns out of on for control. the >> we're waking up to temperatures 05 degrees warmer than where we were before. the afternoon the temperatures will range to the upper 80s. we are in store for a cool down for labor day. i will highlight those changes coming up. >> tonight, it is out with the old and in with the new. here is a live look at the old span of the bay bridge which goes away tonight at 8:00 p.m.. remember, you will see the bridge close
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