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now for it there is a heat advisory in effect until tomorrow. future cash shows that we have one more day but extreme heat. adjutancy at the futurecast map. the '80s and upper 80s by 11:00 a.m. covered in red, '90s for the inland locations. no. date and the south bay. --no. that-- north bay and south bay. >> diane: pam, it is hot out here and wendy as well. >> pam: kron 4's rob fladeboe went to one campus.
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to check on the impact of this heat wave. >> reporter:the temperature was just shy classes were dismissed here at branham high school in san jose. the unprecedented decision to dismiss early blamed on a lack of air conditioning inside. >> we want to have a consistent message across the district. so, of course we will apply the same minimum days to the school that may have summer conditioning and some may not. so everyone will have these days for today and tomorrow. >> reporter:branham, leigh, del mar, prospect and westmont high as well as boynton continuation high school and the camden community day school got out of class early. some parents were >>helena cary/parent -- our state should our station have enough money to keep our children comfortable in school. as parents we work
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in and firemen to have air- conditioning. why not in school? >> reporter:the district says about half of it's classrooms have air conditioning. extra water and fans are being brought in while sports and other outdoors activities are either being cancelled or moved indoors. >> valerie royaltey- dist. -- we do have a bidding to do with some of the schools which are older. we are working on something that will include refurbishing of the schools including air- conditioning. >> reporter:the schools will dismiss early again on thursday. if the heat wave breaks, normal hours will return on friday. a decision on that is jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam: school will get out tomorrow at various locations depending on the school. branham will let out at 11:30a. prospect at 11:30. and westmont at 11:40. >> pam:boynton high will also be out at 11:40. leigh at 11:45. and del mar. at 12:25. >> pam:camden community day
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school will also have a shortened day tomorrow. parents can pick up their kids after 11:30. >> pam: in the east bay. the temperature soared to 101- degrees in martinez and school was still in session. >> pam: and as you might imagine. for a pair of schools with limited air conditioning. >> pam: kron 4's haaziq madyun went to class. to see what the school district did took today. to try and keep students from overheating. >> reporter:portable fans and ceiling fans are part of the make shift cooling system for students at a pair of elementary schools here in martinez >>"my concern with my grandbaby in there, is that she is going to get over heated" >>"las juntas elementary school and john swett elementary are two of our school that don't have air conditioning" >> reporter:the heatwave has prompted additional precautions says martinez unified school district spokesperson rami muth
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>>"what we have been doing is working with the students to make sure they stay hydratedhot at the end of the day" >> reporter:the hot temperature combined with lack of air conditioning in class rooms are major concerns for barbara penny whose granddaughter attends las juntas >>"she could pass out, any of them you know, not only my grandbaby the rest of the kids too, they all need that carethey need air, the heat is too much for them" >> reporter:kron4's viewers may recall earlier this year las juntas elementary received a lot of media attention after controversial remarks made by a schoolboard member, that students here can handle the heat because they have no air conditioning at home. fast forward to today and muth tells kron4 that at a recent schoolboard meeting the decision was made to use measure k funds to install air conditioning in both schools >>"that will take place during the school year and the actual work will take place in 2016 at that point all of our schools will have air conditioning" >> reporter: best for to
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today. say that at the recent school board million. meeting. there was a decision to install air conditioning and both schools. >> reporter:in martinez haaziq madyun kron4news >> pam: with extreme temparatures today. many people are stuck inside. >> pam: but if your air conditioner is not running you may have a big problem. >> pam: stephen opperman from walnut creek heating and air conditioning. is on a mission. >> pam: on days where morning temperatures are at ninety degrees, he is in high demand. >> pam: on a hot september day, no one wants to take a chance that the cool air won't be working. with the vent cleaned and unit checked. opperman says, this home is in great shape. >>.get the calls
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>> pam:and with one home down. and many more to go opperman was off to help another east bay family, deal with this heat wave. >> pam: the hot weather has even been making for some uncomfortable days in san francisco, where high temperatures are rare. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly was sent to wilt in the heat. during the hottest part of the day. >> pam: she joins live on the embarcadero. maureen, has it cooled down at all? >> reporter:it's still pretty hot in the sun.but there is a little bit of a breeze kicking up.take a look at the leaves rustling in this tree over here. >> reporter:it feels good after a long day spent in the heat. >> reporter:at lunchtime.it was so hot the inside tables at this ferry building restarant were full. >> reporter:but there was
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plenty of tables available outside.these diners venture a guess at why. >>perhaps the airconditioning. >> reporter:so why'd you brave it out here? >>because of the nice ambiance.and cold beer. >> reporter:which they'd already enjoyed.gotta stay hydrated! >> reporter:office workers on break rolled up their shirtsleeves. >> reporter:here you can see this man.actually panting it's so hot.his heat beating >>trying to hide from the sun as much as possible, drink lots of liquids.fortunately my office is air conditioned which is a good thing >> reporter:i saw this group making their own shade at justin herman plaza.using umbrellas and parasols >> reporter:they say it is part of their strategy to beat the heat >>umbrella sunscreen hat, as much protection as possible >> reporter:and how to you like it
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>>it's okay, we take breaks by the ferry building, which has a sea breeze which is >> reporter:here's a young family doing water.and letting nature help cool them down. >> reporter:back out here live.that breeze is doing it's work.but i am ready for san francisco's natural air conditioning.otherwise known as the fog.to come back. >> reporter:born and raised in san kron4 news >> grant: the biggest fire in the state right now is a a renewed is breaking a key to 10 forcing a whole new round of the evacuations. >> grant: and kings canyon national park close tonight.
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, this fire started in late july. now burning more than 100,000 a. almost 2015 of selling at 54 are packing up not knowing when they will need to get out at a moment's notice if--as the heat races on. >> pam: at least six acts racist graffiti spotted across san francisco. we first told you monday. >> pam: and today. police say they have arrested a suspect. >> pam: kron 4's dan kerman is live hit by vandalism. with more custody. >> reporter: well, pam we are standing in from the wall where the racist graffiti was painted and as you can see, it has already been painted over. people are happy to report that some lawyer now in jail as a result our
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our >> reporter: our >> reporter: >> as a result we had a special investigation unit to take over the investigation. >> reporter: 62 years old, and john a. san francisco residents. has been charged for that and vandalism. , five counts. >> we have heard 10, we have found the person responsible and we want to think the-- thank the community. >> reporter: now, police is
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also telling us that they have made an arrest for this case spirit of the want people to come forth and it could be something else more to this terrific to have more information. >> pam: back to school. causing frustration for some east bay families. >> pam: ahead at five. why one student started at one school. was transferred to another. then transferred back. >> pam: plus, the search is on for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in union city. >> pam: coming up. who police say the suspect claimed to be. >> pam: and apple unveils several new products today in san francisco. >> pam: next. kron 4 tech reporter gabe slate gets a first up- close look. at the new i-pad -pro. r
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>> grant:union city police are looking for a man claiming to be a comcast employee. back on august 24th. >> grant:the man sexually assaulted a woman who lives on san ramon court near alvaro niles road. the woman told police he showed up unscheduled for what he said was a service call. >> grant:she started to shut the door, but he pushed his way into the house. >> grant:police describe him as a white man in his
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thirties with short black hair. wearing a comcast shirt and brown pants. >> grant:police believe the man was not actually a comcast employee, and just impersonating one. comcast says sometimes do arrive if there is a technical issue. but they will always have their company id on hand. >> grant:if you are unsure about the can ask the employee to leave, and call the company to check. >> pam:a change in plea for five defendants. associated with raymond "shrimp boy" chow. all the men were scheduled to go to trial next month. but in court today, their lawyer said, they will plead guilty. >> pam:there are eight other defendants in the case, will go to trial. including chow. they are charged with organized crime, racketeering, conspiracy, and other crimes. one defendant pled guilty to almost one- hundred and fifty -counts. >> pam:one hundred and thirty of them for money laundering. the remaining trials are set to go forward october 19th. >> pam: kathryn?
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>> catherine: the california assembly has approved legislation that people to legally end their lives. >> catherine: next -- the senate is expected to endorse it. >> catherine: the bill comes after the highly publicized case of 29-year-old brittany maynard. the california woman with brain cancer who moved to oregon to legally take her life. >> catherine: the legislation would allow doctors to prescribe life- ending medication. >> catherine: a similar bill stalled last year. governor jerry brown - a life-long catholic - has not said whether he'll sign the bill. >>a guinness world record athlete. seriously injured on the california coast. >> pam: shawn dollar, a northern california surfer, broke his accident monday in big sur. >> pam: his neck was fractured in four places. >> pam: he also suffered head trauma and a concussion. >> pam: dollar has been surfing professionally since 2010. when he got surprising attention during the mavericks surf contest. >> pam: he was not competing that day, but surfed a
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fifty- five foot wave. dollar holds the world record for the largest wave ever paddled. at sixty-one feet. >> pam: officials in alameda. identify a man killed in a legend. on monday. agusta lee collins. died when he was struck by a car. collins worked as a session drummer for a number of bands. >> pam: he worked with herbie hancock, cannonball adderly, and bobby hutcherson. >> pam: collins was a fixture at farmers markets. and blues concerts throughout the bay area. in 20-10. he was inducted into the 'west coast blues hall of fame'. >> pam: next sunday's blues brew and barbque event in alameda. will feature a rememberance of agusta lee collins. >> pam: well the heat wave is on. diane is here to tell us for how long. >> diane: and delight the
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heat? >> pam: well is nice when you are off. >> diane: we are going to have two more days of the upper 100 degrees temperatures in the inland valleys and 90 degrees across the east bay shoreline. >> diane: upper 80s for the east bay shoreline, and still in the '90s for the inland valley locations. went speed will pick up until 10:00 p.m. and die off by midnight. slightly cooler temperatures. but not until 10 to 11:00 tonight and in the morning they will remain until a queen warms up to the 100 degrees temperatures. >> diane: 14 mi. per hour in
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hayward. the heat wave that we have with the high pressure system dominating our region, here. the concern of the minister of doubt in southern california. that will help us as we move along to the area comes saturday and sunday. with much relief that we were waiting on. we do have a couple more days of the heat until the high pressure system is in place. and then we have cooler temperatures for the weekend was in makes it way into the area. >> diane: upper 80s 47 for cisco and peninsula area. and we will talk more about the forecast coming up! >>"we have the biggest news in ipad since the ipad" (cheers & applause) >> catherine:that is apple c-e-o tim cook on stage. at their big press event in san francisco today. where he unveiled a new super- sized i-pad. >> pam:kron 4's tech
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reporter gabe slate was there today. he has a closer look at the new. i-pad pro. >> pam:here it is up and close . the new giant ipad pro. it's 12.9 inches. my first impression was. it's joke >> gabe:but it's real. it felt surprisingly light for being so big not much heavier than the existing ipads out there now. >> gabe:here it is laying next to the to the ipad mini and the ipad air. this is a good visual to see how much larger it is. >> gabe:this ipad is for people who really like watching video on ipads. it will offer the best experience yet for that on an apple tablet. >> gabe:but more so this is for professionals. on site jobs that require serious computing power. apple says the ipad pro will be as fast a desktop computer. >> gabe:with it's size the screen keyboard to type on. >> gabe:or for $150 you can pick up this accessory a case for the ipad pro that has a built in bluetooth physical keyboard. and in a first apple is
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offering a stylus with this new ipad >> gabe:this is the apple pencil make certain tasks easier on the ipad. >>- marco i honestly do not need this. but it is something that you would think that mother and father at home would need. >> like a split screen or style is. if you are and not architect this will sounds fabulous. ---if you are. >> gabe:the ipad pro will come in gold, silver, and space november. it will cost $800 and goes up from there depending on storage. >> pam: yowzerz. $800. so this is for serious ipad enthusiasts. >> pam: stay tuned to kron 4 news coming up at 6pm i'll show you the new device that apple says will revolutionize the tv watching experience.
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>> pam: apple also showed off new i-phones. the i-phone six- "s". and the six- plus, keep the same shape and size as existing models, but there are some improvements under the hood. >> pam: the camera bumps up to a twelve- mega pixel lens. that can shoot four- "k" video. >> pam: the devices will have a new feature called "3-d touch". and for the first time there will be a pink i-phone. apple is calling it a rose, gold color. >>gabe slate will have more tonight at 8pm. >> pam: next at five. a san francisco couple steps into the same-sex marriage fight. in kentucky. >> pam: plus. >> pam: two texas high school football players. suspended for targeting a referee with a brutal hit. coming up. why the coaches are now facing questions.
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>> pam: kim davis - the kentucky county clerk who denied same sex marriage licenses - will be heading back to work. >> pam: davis says, she should be back in the office on friday or monday.
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it is not clear whether she will allow same-sex couples to marry. or, if she will continue to deny couples of their legal right. >> pam: davis was sent to jail in issuing marriage licenses after the u.s. supreme court's decision back in june. a kentucky judge ordered davis free. after marriage licences began to be issued while she was in jail. >> pam: while davis was in jail. >> pam: a san francisco couple says, they traveled to kentucky's rowan county to wed. >> pam: mark shrayber and allen corona say, they wanted to make a statement for gay rights. the same-sex couple is the first to complete their paperwork. to be married in rowan county. >> pam: the couple says, they received their license on tuesday. and were married later that day. >> pam: both the men say, the response from kentucky and many residents there expressed embarassment at the situation. >>patriarchs abraham isaac jacob. they wrote the bible for crying out loud. therefore you never ever want to put them in unecessary dangerwhich this deal will do.
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>> pam:phil robertson of duck dynasty, looking a little like an old testament patriarch himself. condemning the proposed iran nuclear deal. as a mortal threat to israel. >> pam:catherine heenan is here with new developments on an issue that has divided congress. and the american people. catherine. >> catherine:the senate is in the middle of a debate on a resolution to disapprove of the administration's agreement. it would lift sanctions on iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program. >> catherine:at a tea party rally on the capitol grounds, donald trump led the attack on what he called the most incompetent negotiations he's ever witnessed. >>presidential candidate we are led by very very stupid people. very very stupid people. we cannot let it continue. >> catherine:trump was invited by fellow republican presidental hopeful ted
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cruz. >>presidential candidate this iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic." >> catherine:protestors showed up too. >> catherine:one of them was dragged away as sarah palin was speaking. >>"let's bring some sanity to this insane treaty that's before congress." >> catherine:the senate has eight days to approve the deal. right now supporters have enough votes to stop a republican filibuster and more than enough to sustain a presidential veto if they turn it down. >> catherine:americans are skeptical of iran's intentions. 49 percent now disapprove of the treaty. >> catherine:support has dropped sharply since july. today hillary clinton attacked treaty opponents for their rhetoric. >>presidential candidate several republican candidates boast they'll tear up this agreement in 2017 more than a year after it's been implemented. that's not leadership. that's recklessness. it would set us right down the very dangerous path we've worked so hard to avoid.
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>> catherine: sanders was one of the few senators to this the nine. clinton was not. >> pam: start of the school year is proving to be frustrating for some east bay families. >> pam: next at 5:30. why one mom forced to switch schools several times. >> pam: plus. a settlement is freddie gray in baltimore. >> pam: coming up. why the
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>> grant: >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> grant: and the well fire has started just recently. the to the chopper shot going in and out of the ceasefire drop. ready to take on this fire, just east of jackson. i an not sure if you are familiar with that community. 100 degrees there, so they are suffering the same type of heat that we are. with 10 mi. per
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hour wind which is not helping. so the condition is right. >> grant: we will continue to monitor this and bring you updates as we get them. pam? >> pam:too many students, too few classrooms. >> pam:a kron 4 viewer contacted us. after her daughter got switched around to different schools - several times - at the start of the school year. >> pam:a frustrating and unsettling >> pam:to find out why they turned to kron 4's justine waldman. and she has tonight's my kron 4 story >>"my name is amanda anguelouch. and this is my kron 4 story." return to >>it's been a rough start to the school year for the anguelouch family. >> it's been terrible >> reporter:mom amanda tells
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me just as her daughter lilia started first gradeshe got moved around to different schools multiple times. >> reporter:the district blamed "overloading"meaning students are sent to schools outside of their neighborhood because there is no room at the closest school. >>had i known it was like this i wouldn't have moved here >> reporter:the 6 year old sums up her switch=a=roo experience in one word. >>crazy >>lilia went from cabrillo elementary school. to durham. >> reporter:then warwick. >>a wild ride with no end in sight. >> reporter:and amanda says she only had two days' notice to make all the changes. >> reporter:not enough time for this working mom. >>sot be transparent let people know in june not in august you might not be attending your home school >>nat our goal is to have kids go to their neighborhood school
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>> reporter:fremont school district superintendent jim morris tells me >> reporter:only 35 families got overloaded this year. compared to 800 last year. >>sot we are talking about families and children and a lot of disruption our goal is to do better next year we are going to move up the timeline next year and school starts do it two weeks before school starts >> reporter:amanda is just tired of all the moving around. >>sot this is a well to do city this should not be the state of affairs >> reporter:the anguelouch family hopes 2nd grade will get off to a better start. >> reporter:in fremont justine wa ldman, kron4 knows this story was brought to our attention by a viewer. >> pam: if you have a story you would like us to look into. go to kron-4 dot com and submit your idea under the my kron4 story tab. return >> diane: transitioning to
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about 1:00 to 2:00 toward you to see the pink area with the wonder degree temperatures. usually we are in the upper eighties or low 90's at this time of the year. it is quan to be another hot one for the east bay shoreline as well. >> diane: we have two more days, and the 100 degree range. before a clue doubt is in sight. >> diane: 03 tomorrow and will have clouds coming and to help us cool things down slightly. as the weekend approached by sunday we will drop to the upper 80s. i will talk to you more about the forecasts coming up later!
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>> grant:conduct of coaches questioned in texas referee incident round rock, texas - high school sports officials in texas are questioning whether the coaches of two players accused of intentionally hitting a referee should have done more to calm emotions in what had been a tense game. >> grant:executive board members of the university interscholastic league held a public hearing wednesday on the incident from last friday when two san antonio jay high school players blindsided the game umpire. the incident has drawn national attention. >> grant:board members called it an embarrassment for the state that will not be tolerated. committee members directed local school officials to investigate whether jay high unsportsmanlike conduct. board member gil garza, athletic director for dallas schools, said the game was filled with penalties and ejections and was a "time bomb" waiting to go off.
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>> reporter: family of for the gray calls the settlement with the city of baltimore positive. >> >> reporter: listed, city officials approved $6.4 million settlement to approve or to be approved. after a great suffered a spinal injury after being in custody. >> is decision to settle should not be interpreted as passing any judgment on guilt or innocence. of the officers. >> no grieving family. will like to go through that. and our city, would not want to
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go through that. >> reporter: >> knowing that police interaction with the public as recorded which is a coming of fat on the community curry it to help both sides >> reporter: not on board with the settlement is the police precinct. or department. >> why would we close the books quickly? why couldn't we see what happened. >> pam: the national football league is celebrating the start of the season for it which you can experience the kickoff to 50 coming up! >> pam: and why women in combat is getting mixed reviews.
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>> catherine:an experiment aimed at seeing how women perform in combat roles for the marines - has had mixed results. >> catherine:that's after many simply couldn't handle the stress of being on the front line. >> catherine:the trial took place over 9 california. >> catherine:and camp lajeune, north carolina. >> catherine:a report in the 'marine corps times' said only two women out of 24 were able to stand the physical and mental demands.and most dropped out. >> catherine: in roles that
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have brought them close to - or into - combat over the past 15 years. >> catherine:all branches of the military face a january 1st deadline to open all combat positions it--to women. >> pam: we will show you the super 0 hardware on display next! >> diane: will enjoy tomorrows heat. with talk more about the 74 cast coming up next!
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>> reporter: discuss today >> reporter: is an historic day for a number of reasons for it we are hundred and 50 days from super bowl 50 -150 days >> reporter: >> the memory of the super bowl is about the city that we played dan and i learn about the city during the super bowl. we know this
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area and we know how great it is anyone to show that. >> reporter: the big game is about boosting the the city's bank account. superbowl 50 will generate hundreds and thousands of dollars. >> me a lot of people all around and it will bring a lot of attention to the bay area. >> reporter: the consensus is that levi stadium and the city are both ready to tackle the event. >> it was a larger venue but there were no suites and there were things that were lacking. seoul, is a great city but i do not think the venue was up to standard as far as the national football league was concerned. >> is no reason why san francisco should not be on
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rotation. i will like to see that. >> reporter: since happening all over,events! >> reporter: the signature concert and leading up to the kickoff with the steelers and patriots. reporting live. kron 4 news >> diane: and love sun shines all around the bay area. and it is still hot bridge and the inland valley locations. 101 for pleasanton, even for the north bay still dealing with the 100% to rose but annette bucket--104 --santa rosa and napa
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>> diane: looking ahead for the rest of the evening and into tomorrow, at 8:00 p.m. we have a clear night. 81 degrees for the east bay shoreline and tomorrow at 7 am mostly sunny conditions and cooler temperatures, by then. those '60s in the noontime, the one tran and will return. --the market will return. >> diane: we do have a relief as you can see what the monster down south. making its way to the area which will coolest down quite a bit and give us the high cloud in place for the weekend. for right now we are still billing with he, for two more days of its separate we will have a
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degree temperatures and upper 90s would sell leandro. at 96 degrees in hot spots cities, where you're east bay cities. with 1 02 the the average. --san leandro >> diane: moving up to the north bay in will be a hot month as well with scattered clouds. quickly clearing up by the afternoon hours. >> diane: >> catherine: roller-coaster ride on wall street is not over print of the outcome of the drop is not as dramatic as before. >> catherine: not all economic news was-to that.
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here is from 4 mark >> the lay off at 1.1%. the unemployment rate 5 from 1%. there are a lot of new openings to out there that we will feel. it is all part of the cycle. >> reporter: we have all of the shares. seoul will we need to pay taxes on them is the?
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>> only bubba does business in china. --alibaba >> reporter: if they get taxed on the stand off it will be added $24 billion profit. this is a pretty big problem. >> reporter: concerns for the housing market. people are worried that mortgage rates will go up. at the federal government raises rates. >> china's stock market is going like this in world markets are struggling to rid investors say they will be--investors it will put money in the u.s.. the bond markets, helping keep market's low.
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>> fannie mae says, 30 year fixed mortgage rates should be 4.3% at the end of 2016. so about 16 months out a made changing one-quarter of% that it was today.
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now with new information on the wildfire that is raging near the town of jackson.grant? >> pam:another spare the air alert combined with car exhaust. will mean unhealthy ozone levels, >> grant: homes are threatened and you can see why. right now, d.c.--police of were reached after it starting over an hour ago creek and the conditions are so right with 100 degrees in this small town of jackson bridge the wind is expected to be about 10 mi. per hour. gus is certainly more than that and humidity at 9%.
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mother nature is just tearing this one up. and it proves to be a battle. >> grant: as we white now we get a little bit more prospective thrift with this cloud of white smoke filling the screen right now as crews worked to get this under control. >> grant: we will continue to monitor to this spirit is just one of the many options. >> grant: pam back to you. >> pam: ride their bikes to workit will be the seventh spare the air alert this summer.
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>> pam: and the third this week. >> pam: >> pam: diane tuazon is basking in the sunshine this evening. she is tracking this september sizzle from the weather deck. did we break any records today? >> diane: santa rosa matted to 102 degrees. with the record van 95. hayward, that to 94 parent and napa that to 99 degrees. with concord at 104. what a hot day today! and it will be another hot day tomorrow. >> diane: 104 for
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pleasanton, even parts of the south bay like san jose should be 100 degrees tomorrow. east bay shoreline and the '90s. and oakland at 89 degrees so we are dealing with a few more days of the heat. the average temperatures for friday with 101. so we get two more days with extreme heat. >> diane: along with the heat with the windy conditions averaging at 13 mi. per hour. >> diane: >> pam: the heat is on and that means classes were dismissed early at some schools in san jose. and as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the early dismissals are not because
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>> reporter:that was the general consensus here at branham high school where classes were dismissed early on wednesday. the kids again on thursday because of classrooms don't have air conditioning, which makes it hard to stay focused on school work says junior amanda gonzales. >>amanda gonzales/student -- it is not a pleasant learning environment. because of the heat for it you can now focus. >> reporter:it's not just branham. roughly half the classrooms in the district don't have air conditioning the campbell union high school district decided to dismiss early both today andbranham, del mar, leigh, prospect, westmont and boynton high community day school. extra water and fans are being brought in but students say it's still way too hot in the classrooms with out a.c. >>mos students -- we are in our history class, and we do not have any air-conditioned crypt and we have one fan and that is for the teacher. that is
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about it. >> we have a couple fans and is so loud that we cannot even hear what the teachers are saying. >> reporter:the district has yet to make a decision about whether classes will be dismissed early on friday. as for the schools that lack air conditioning, a new bond measure is in the works and it's hoped >> reporter:a facilities upgrade will be ready for next year and the next fladeboe kron 4 news sheaths >> grant: district officials are implementing indoor races and jan class. so regular class is can rotate and an all-purpose room to get a break if they needed. parents and grandparents to i spoke with said they are actually worried about children being in those buildings. both of
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these schools will have air- conditioning and kron4 haazig madyun is out at a football practice where he learned it to be a major problem. >> reporter: athletes. kron4's haaziq >> reporter: the bulldogs' athletic trainer says the system used by the coaches and training staff to keep students school during practice. >> it will have later practices so that are not practicing in the hot sun. most funds to help water breaks to rid--rather than designated water restaurant the day. >> reporter:
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>> will we were having the two a day right before schools started. it was really hot then garrett pretty similar to what it is now. we had kids that had to pull out and monitor your id have them drink water and to make sure that nothing worse happened. it's not something that we haven't had before occasion it, it does get pretty hot like this. >> grant: so just how dangerous can't extreme heat did? >> grant:the cdc says there are more than 600 heat related deaths each year in the unitedheat stroke occurs when the body is unable to control its temperature. >> grant:here's some warning signs to look out for. an extremely high body temperature, red, hot and dry skin. >> grant:a rapid pulse, dizziness and nausea. >> pam: most san franciscans are just not used to this hot weather.
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blazing heat. with no fog in sight. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly joins us live in san francisco. outside in the city.sweating. and wilting. >> pam: maureen? >> reporter:there is some occasional relief here out by the awhile we get a little breeze from the bay. >> reporter:but i'll tell you i have heard a lot of complaining out there today from people saying they are cranky from lack of sleep.because there city that have air has been uncomfortable. >> reporter:i went to cliff's variety hardware store in the castro. they've got their own fans running in the store.but they've been turning away customers asking to buy them.that's as you can see from this empty space on the shelves. they are completely sold out. >>the heat is definitely driving people in, in mad rushes, like this morning, first thing we get asked, do
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you have fans? and it's kinda unfortunate to tell them no.and they've been walking away since yesterday afternoon, we had a full shelve.i stocked them myself but by about 4 o'clock.empty shelves. >> reporter:they are still doing a brisk fans and misters. and their window screens are selling well.for people who in. but keep out the bugs. >> reporter:back out here live.i made my own purchase. school.and picked up a paper fan.to try and keep cool. it does the trick. maureen kelly kron4 news >> pam: cooling centers are open across the bay area to help people beat the heat. centers opened up today in sunnyvale, san jose, oakland, san ramon and santa rosa. we have setup a link on our website, kron 4 dot com.
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>> pam: most people chose to stay inside and enjoy some cool air conditioning during this sweltering heat. >> pam: new at six. >> pam: besides keeping cool, kron 4's terisa estacio talked to unique technique to keep his >> reporter:with the sun brightly baring down on douglas swartzs home this was not the day to take fortunately, swartz was able >>: 10 douglas schwartz hopefully everything is working espeically with this heat wave. >> reporter:schwartz says it has been so hot. that he has been slepping outside >> reporter:sharing the space with his sheep that's right, just up from kitchen. - schwartz has 8 sheep and these two donkies, shrek and coco the his home safe in these dry hot conditions - conditions that could spark a fire damage. schwartz's has 5 acres. and several years ago, a fire came dangouersly close to his home.
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>> reporter: the firefighters said the sheep saved the valley. >> reporter:hopefully, schwartz won't have to worry about any fire tonight just nice cool air with his smoothing running air conditioner. >> reporter: >>yeah, if not i will be sleeping in the pool. >> reporter:te >> pam: summer heat waves can be dangerous for your health. here are some tips to prevent heat injuries. the experts say - be sure to drink plenty of fluids -- at least 2-4 glasses each hour. secondly, drink fruit juice or a sports beverage during exercise. to replace your body's salt and minerals. heavy sweating removes salt and minerals from your body. >> pam: additionally, wear lightweight clothing, hats, and sunscreen. >> pam: and a reminder, the kron 4 mobile app is your source for up-to-the minute
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weather tailored for your neighborhood. >> pam: download the app for free in the android market and apple store. >> pam: scary story out of union city. police are on the hunt for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in her home. >> pam: police arrest a man for racist graffiti. >> pam: and live report from fan best for super bowl 50. [female announcer] through sunday, during sleep train's mattress price wars,
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>> diane: >> pam:authorities say he got inside by claiming to be a comcast employee. it happened august 24th at a home on san ramon court near the union landing shopping center. >> pam:police say the woman told cable appointment. >> pam:that's when he forced his way through the door and assaulted her. police released this sketch of the man they're looking for. >> pam:he's described as a white short black hair and a muscular build. he was last seen wearing a red comcast and brown pants. >> pam:police believe the man was impersonating a comcast employee, and doesn't acutually work for the company. >> pam:if you have any information, call union city police.
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>> pam:a 62 year old man is behind neighborhood. neighbors about the graffiti on monday. >> pam:now police think they found the man responsible. kron 4's dan kerman is live in san francisco tonight with what we've learned about the suspect.dan? >> pam:the california assembly tackling controversial right to die legislation today. lawmakers approved a bill today that would allow terminally ill people to legally end their lives. >> reporter: the met is now behind bars. they are saying, that he will be a charge as early, as tomorrow or the next day. as you can see behind me, the racist graffiti has been painted over. >> reporter: wall on news as-- >> i can understand people
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being territorial print that is human nature. but the bottom line is we e all here on this planet and we need to get along >> i am glad that he was captured accurate because of what will happen, and you go from our key to actually hurting someone? >> reporter: our >> entire family moved here print sold the concern is that it is safe for my parents to walk the community. with all of these things happening? >> reporter: booked on five counts of felony hate crime and five counts of felony vandalism. police would not say if he had a criminal history or what his motive could have been. >> reporter: live in san
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francisco, dan kerman >> pam: it was a similar measure that stalled earlier this year. the vote was about split. >> pam: fourty two to thrity three in favor which advances the bill to the state senate. it comes after the highly publicized case of brittany maynard - a california woman legally take her life. >> pam: governor brown has not said if he would sign the bill. >> pam: if you think more solo drivers are ignoring carpool rules, you're right. it's also true that more of them are being caught. >> pam: the c=h=p is ticketingcaltrans says officers are on track to issue more than 22=thousand citations this year. >> pam: that's three thousand more than last year. and 55=hundred more than in 2010. state officials say an improving economy has put more temptation to risk that
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491=dollar fine. >> pam: catherine? >> catherine: the amphibious tour bus line has halted operations in san francisco. for 8 years the company took thousands of customers onland and water tours along the northern waterfront. >> catherine: the city's tour bus industry has been dealing with new rules that forbid tour drivers to act as narrators - and require a second person to fill that rule. >> catherine: the decision on 'ride the ducks' won't affect the company's classic cable car charter business.which has been around since 1958. >> catherine: >> diane: we will not deal with any ethnology or barely any clause as well. >> diane: 12 mi. per hour
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when and for half moon bay. --wind >> diane: by 7:00 a.m. partly sunny conditions. , the upper 60s for the inland valley locations. quickly heating things up. for much of the inland valley locations and 90's for the east bay shoreline. showing the satellite radar, no rain is in the forecast for right now. we are dealing with a high-pressure system which is responsible for the heat wave that we have been experiencing and more of it for the next couple of days. >> diane: also, helping to cool things down by the weekend quite significantly
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to print heights tomorrow, on route 4:00 p.m. on route 80 for the most part moving across the bridge for the east bay shoreline. upper 80s, and san leandro will get into the mid-90s. hayward at 94. moving over to the east bay shore. 104 for pleasanton. livermore, 106 for it much of it to break the records. >> diane: 4 year highs tomorrow, and in the afternoon scattered calls in the morning and then cleared in the afternoon with freak of sunshine. --with plenty of sunshine. >> diane: lee things slightly. for saturday and sunday. we will be back to
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where we should be around 84 degrees, that. >> grant:happening now. >> grant:kickoff to the 2015 nfl season is now less than 24 hours away.and san francisco has transformed into the hub for everything football. >> grant:from hall of fame exhibits to super bowl trophies, the city has it all. the start of the new year is being celebrated along the embarcadero. >> grant:and that's where we join at justin herman plaza. >> grant:mark? >> reporter: you could say that the national football league has taken over the embarcadero. down to pure 35. in effect, a sound check happened at this stage behind me. and we
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do not know the teams that will be played in super bowl 50. but we do know the excitement israel and the fans in the area love it and they cannot wait to x and s this big game. --experience >> reporter:from around 10am this morning-- fans were already in the area waiting to catch a glimpse of the eight lombardi trophies won by the 49ers and raiders. >> reporter:if you head further down the embarcadero at pier 35, crowds could see the hall of fame busts of greats from both of our bay area teams.and they could even get autographs from current players. and former players. >> reporter:earlier today, we caught up with one of the living legends-- two time super bowl champ jim plunkett. >> reporter:the qb led the silver and for him, it's a no brainer-- the raiders need to stay in >> no question about it. they need to stay in oakland. i will like to see
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a new stadium. and more superbowl spurted before i leave this planet. >> reporter:the signature event concert right here across the ferry building. featuring train and ellie goulding. >> reporter:that's at 2-30pm and it's all leading up to the first and patriots. reporting live from justin herman plaza, mark carpenter, kron4 news. >> grant:our football coverage isn't done just yet. coming up at 6-45 sports director gary radnich joins us wit more on the 49ers and raiders as they gear up for the regular season opener. >> grant:stick around for that. >> pam: arizona authorities are investigating a string of highway shootings that have fears of a possible
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serial shooter. >> pam: apple reveals their of products for it will be back with gabe slate for more.
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>> catherine: in the latest development -- a truck's passenger window was shattered on a phoenix freeway. >> catherine: no one was injured -- but it happened in the same area where cars have been shot at the last two weeks. >> catherine: there have been at least nine other shootings in the phoenix area. a public safety official is now calling the incidents "domestic terrorism crimes." >> catherine: he said the shooter is trying to frighten or kill someone.
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>> catherine: the attorney for the family of freddie gray is applauding baltimore'sfor helping to get a 6-point-4 million dollar settlement for gray's family. >> catherine: he's the 25- year-old black man who suffered a critical spinal injury while incustody. >> catherine: that settlement has just received final approval. >> catherine: the settlement doesn't enda second pretrial hearing is planned tomorrow in the casecharged in gray's death. >> catherine: protestors are planning to be outside the courthouse. >> pam: we will return!
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>> reporter: and the reason, some classrooms do not have air-conditioning brith, depending on if they have that extra seventh period, most germans can expect to be dismissed by 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for it in san
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jose kron 4 news. perrin >> reporter: and grandparents say they have major concerns as to how the school will keep children from overheating during the heat wave with no air- conditioning. what >> we have been doing is working with the students to make sure that the stay hydrated and if they are not outside at the hottest part of the day. >> reporter: in martinez, kron 4 news haazig madyun >> reporter: has been a scourge of the day creek of seeing many people out trying to beat the heat. some are up to the pier and the others are wearing shorts and sundresses and son had separate some even carry interest laws. --some are even carrying parasols
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this >> reporter: see the empty shells here where they are running low on fans. for those people who are trying to keep my skills out there are sold solely window screen spirit >> reporter: posing as a contest employee on a service call. she told him that there was no service is scheduled. and he forced himself into the home and raped her. the victim is now terrified in her own home and still believe in that horrible moment creek-- relieving >> pam: that's tim cook, apple's ceo, walking out on stage press conference where they unveil their fall line up of new gadgets. (cheers & applause)
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>> pam:this year apple is trying to revolutionize the tv watching experience with their new apple tv device. >> pam:our tech reporter gabe slate was there and gives us a closer look at the new apple >> gabe:we have social media reaction on today's apple event. connor lunt says, "really need someone to get me the new iphone 6s, my 6 plus isn't good enough anymore." >> gabe:megan bluestarre says, "new i-phone looks good but >> gabe: very annoying. new apple tv remote and siri could be great for user experience." >> gabe:and once you pick up that mobile app. it's free at the apple
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market. >> gabe: surging across all of the applications for contents by speaking into the more remote control. she >> taking that voice command and the level of voice command to make the tv viewing and experience not only easy, but you rather or really would not want to get off your soul for a period --of your couch.
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>> pam: >> diane: went is picking up and temperatures are cooling down patrick altered overnight lows print temperatures will be in the mid-60s for the mid valley locations. we do have another day of extreme heat. at 4:00 p.m. and the after an and grit ranging from upper 90s for the east bay shoreline and the low 100. 102 for livermore and 89 for oakland >> diane: is another hot one. for the next three days it was still around separate the bay and 94 and the coast at 79 degrees per it we will have a cooling in sight for the weekend. temperatures will drop slightly for 95 degrees saturday, and 75 for along the coast. we do have to
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more days for a cooling trend. >> grant: uc a guy at the top, trying to hang 01 pricked with a 30 ft. fall in mali. >> grant: you to see the flash flood hitting the area electric he says, it looked like a wave coming. eventually, he cannot hold on to the waves in the long corporate he is lost right there. --any longer >> grant: resume interest you can see his head right there. he thought that he
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would picking's pont off the rock. he went into survivor mold. mood >> grant: they were lucky that they're not pulling out another dead body. >> pam: still ahead. >> pam: an historic day for the royal family. the milestone queen elizabeth celebrated today this is the dawn of an old day.
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>> pam: britain is celebrating a major milestone for queen elizabeth. catherine is here with how the 89-year-old has set an extraordinary record. >> catherine: we should raise a couple steve to her. -- a cup of tea to her! >> pam: (laughter) >> catherine: today - the queen surpassed her great- great-grandmother victoria. to become britain's longest reigning monarch. >> catherine: elizabeth has now served 63 years and 7 months.after taking the throne in 1952.after the death of her father, king george the 6th. >> catherine: most of her subjects love her.but even those with mixed views of royalty admit she's been a steady, hard-working and reassuring presence. in scotland.where she
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occasion. >> catherine: britain's prime minister is one of the many people praising queen elizabeth today. comparing her reign to a "golden thread running >> i think you all and the many others for your touching messages and your great kindness. --thank you all >> pam: >> pam: sports with gary radnich next!
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>> gary:good evening everyone! >> gary: to cut truck was extended and just remember, when the a's with three straight appearances with a couple of division titles. now, let's start over concept with many people saying, on, bob? >> so, to be able to get this extension during a year like this patrick is pretty rare print
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>> gary: giants are just on their way. >> gary:j.r. and bip have the author of the brook cronicling jim haraugh's departure form the 49ers to michigan >> gary: opener as well as the giants and a's sunday night at 9pm >> gary: the media to get very low. that was a couple of fans who snuck into the press conference with williams, picking are being picked to win the series. you figure, and that will give at the end of the year. it >> gary: st. louis, 14 to 3
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today of for the cups. -- cubs >> gary: bo jackson did things, that people just looked at his statistics this is the heat one he played for a short time creek but everything that he did was spectacular. >> gary: straightaway center, exactly. >> pam: grant knows everything. what should we say? (laughter) >> gary: the young
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quarterback, that people are excited about. people are excited about and is his second season. >> gary: here we go, against cincinnati. it should be on sunday night. against cincinnati >> this time more and separate we have a hold off season to prepare. now with to work on and what will happen. you have already seen it. there are a lot of the office--benefits. >> go out there to show the world what we have! >> gary: all right, the
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sports show on sunday night will review the raiders and look for to the foreigners on monday night opening we >> gary: have time for foreman's drew a lot of energy? it was not met all jackson or madonna. but, it was bruno our spirit during super bowl 482 years ago he just tore it up for it and the word is that he has been invited to headline super bowl 50. no one is safe ashore. >> pam: yes, i thought he was pretty good! >> gary: this is unusual to be brought back so quick. no word from bruno. >> gary:
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lachlan murdoch of 21st century fox, news corp. >> pam: t-v's funny ladies top this year's forbes list of highest paid actresses. "modern family's" sofia vergara and "big bang theory" star kaley cuoco- sweeting banked more than 28-point-five million dollars each between june 20-14 and june 20-15. >> pam: both actresses benefited big time from contract renegotiations. this is vergara's fourth straight year at the top of the forbes highest paid t-v actresses list. - >> pam: we hope to see you then with the latest on the high temperatures and all today's news at 8t-v's funny high temperatures and all today's news at 8t-v's funny ladies top this what can i make for you? how about our new flavor-packed italian hero, loaded with three authentic italian deli meats. including our new spiced capicola, our new cracked-pepper-seasoned mortadella and our always-delicious spicy genoa salami. enjoy this amazing taste combination on freshly baked bread, toasted with melty provolone, tomatoes and oregano. the new italian hero won't be here long, so try one today.
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