the mask ryan reynolds posted this instagram pic immediately after news broke that wonder woman's box office domestic total - $368.5 million - surpassed deadpool 's $363.1 million...hbo nowódeadpoolófull moviesot: : i know, right?vo3:...along with the sarcastic caption: "the merc (mirk) may be filthier, but her b.o. is stronger. congrats... hashtag box office boss. "gal gadot interview sot: unbelievable vo4:since it's release just five weeks ago, the gal gadot (guh-dot) led film continues to shatter records... vo 5take a look at itssuperhero scorecard:vo 6: it is now the highest grossing live-action film directed by a woman .... the highest grossing film domestically to come out of warner brother's dc extended universe ... and, now it's the 10th highest grossing superhero movie of áallá time. (----debbie----)we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7on the insider, for kron 4 news, i'm debbie matenopoulos back to you (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(granti) steve aveson

and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. ( steve ) breaking news in san jose at least two homes have been burned and others are threatened in a grass fire in the alum rock area. the fire was first reported around an hour ago.. on claitor way. we will have late details.(catherine) plus.. get ready to pay more for water. in the east bay, a proposal will raise rates by 20 percent. today's vote did not go down without a fight. ú the news continues in 70 seconds.. on kron 4 news at six. ( steve ) a fire has burned at

least two homes and is threatening others right now in san jose. good evening

i'm steve aveson.( catherine ) and i'm catherine heenan... pam is off tonight. this map gives you an idea of where the fire is burning. it's in the alum rock neighborhood.. on claitor way. ( steve ) this fire first came just about 45 minutes ago... we have not heard if anyone is hurt. but we do have a crew on the way to the scene right now. as soon as we learn more we will bring it to you. ( steve )(top vo) innovative but also controversial. both can be said of a new plan to house the homeless in san jose. (2-shot)(steve) building temporary, pod-like structures is an idea whose time may have come but the problem is where to put them.( catherine ) it's an issue that will be taken up at public meeting about an hour from now... kron four's rob fladeboe tells us about the growing opposition in one neighborhood. larry turner/park neighbor '....we don't want our park ti turn into another jungle...." larry turner is among neighbors who have signed a petition oppposing the possible construction of

what's called an "emergency bridge housing community" next door to the popular park. "...right now we have homeless people riding through here on their bikes, scoping out the neighborhood, i have caught them breaking into cars at night. the last thing we want is a pod community right across from our park..."san jose is hoping to locate emergency bridge housing communities, like this one in eugene, oregon, which would house up to 25 people in 2o pod-like units, on city-owned land. a parcel across from thousand oaks park is under consideration, along with as many as a hundred other sites across town. the shelters would be temporary. homeless people in transition to permanent housing would be given priority. but park neighbors are worried about crime, litter and the potential impact on property values. cynthia holmes/park neighbor"....they say its for families transitioning but there is no guarantee that we'll see drug addicts and alcoholics and people who are more dangerous..."peter

claus/park neighbor"...once the homeless get acclimated and the cit see's that it's working it will be difficult for them to move it, they will want to keep it there because they want to solve the homeless problem..."rob fladeboe/san jose".....the city is in the process of vetting all the sites on that list. ideally it would like to find a locate one of the emergency bridge housing communities in each of the 10 city council districts. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (catherine) many east bay mud customers are calling a proposed rate hike a slap in the face.(steve) this is the largest rate hike ever during a non-drought period kron 4's dan kerman is live in at east bay mud headquarters in oakland to explain.

ebmud rate hike vote 0711176pkg flushing the toilet, running the shower and turning on the sink just got a little more costly in the east bay. by a 6-1 vote east bay muds board of directors has voted hike water rates nearly 20 percent over the next 2 years.sot sophia skoda/eb mud finance director 16-19east mud has raised water rates an average of 7.1% annually for the last 10 year. this time around though, the proposal calls for a 9.25 percent hike this year and a 9 percent increase next year. why is it more? people conserved so much during the drought, the utility took in less revenue and needs to make it upsotfor the average household that means an additional $4.34 a month this year and another $4.63 a month next year.for top water users that translates to about $11 dollar more a monthsotthose opposed to the rate hike, especially for those on fixed incomes or below the poverty level made their voices heard during the public hearing but

the board was not convinced, believing the money is needed to keep the system operating and to repair and replace aging pipelines135/aging pipelines ( catherine ) we sent out the push

alert about this breaking news at 4-14 this afternoon. you can be the first to know about stories like this one through the kron 4 mobile app. it's free to download for apple and android devices. just be sure to enable the push alert feature. ( steve ) kron 4 called other water districts today to see about rate hikes, here is what we found. the santa clara valley water district says its hike went into effect at the beginning of the month. depending upon where customers live, rates could go up as much as 10-percent. the san francisco public utilities commission says a mandatory hike approved three years ago also kicked in july 1st. it says the average bill will rise by about 10- dollars a month. the marin municipal water district also bumped rates up on july 1st. its customers can expect to

pay about 3 dollars more each month. the contra costa water district however says it evaluating the situation and will consider a hike at the beginning of next year. ( steve ) a shark attack has shut down a popular santa cruz surfing spot tonight. ( catherine ) the attack was reported this morning...and the victim is a kayaker. grant lodes is here with a picture and some details on where this happened. ( grant ) the spot is called steamer lane... we'll get that in moment. the santa cruz police department posted a picture after the kayaker was pulled out of the water. here it is... the victim... he is in the middle. we are told he is perfectly fine... but his kayak... not so much. the shark did extensive damage... you can see some of the cracks in the kayak. we are told it was a great white shark that attacked. in response... santa cruz is shutting down several beaches

in the area. steamer lane being the main spot... the attack happened about a quarter mile from there. as a result signs are going up warning people to stay out of the water. main beach and cowell beach are also being closed off because of this shark attack. lifeguards are going to be monitoring the waters as well. kron 4 has a crew on the way to santa cruz. we will bring you an update on this shark attack tonight on kron 4 news at 8. (steve) a live look outside right now... (catherine) let's get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. weather conditions more typical of mid july are likely through midweek as onshore flow and the marine layer influences the region. a gradual warming trend is then likely late in the week and into the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds back toward the west coast. thus, inland temperatures will again warm into the 90s to around 100 degrees during the

afternoon hours this weekend. conditions then look to cool back to near seasonal averages early next week. ( steve ) a big story tonight:

an email chain reveals that president trump's son agreed to meet with a russian attorney set up by an acquaintance-- who was said to have incriminating information about hillary clinton. the source of those emails? donald trump, junior, himself. stacey cohan with our partners at c-n-n on what those emails contain. donald trump, junior -- taking to twitter -- releasing the email chain that led up to a meeting last june with a russian lawyer, who he was told had compromising information about his father's campaign rival - hillary clinton. the chain shows that prior to the meeting, he was told the information was -- quote -- "part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump."the emails -- adding to mounting controversy about possible ties between the trump campaign, and russia sen. lindsey graham/ -r- south carolina: any time you're in a campaign and you get offer from foreign government the answer is 'no.' trump junior's

release of the emails -- came moments before they were published by the new york times.the times first reported the existence of trump, junior's communications with rob goldstone -- a music publicist who entered the trump orbit via the miss universe pageant in russia in 20-13.goldstone brokered the meeting last june between trump, junior, and a russian lawyer who goldstone said, could offer -- quote -- "...some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia..." according to the emails released by trump, junior, he replied -- "if it's what you say i love it.'that lawyer denied working for the russian government, and said it was her intent to discuss u.s. sanctions -- not the campaign. natalia veselnitskaya/rus sian lawyer/from nbc news: "when it was suggested that i meet with donald trump junior, i met him in a private situation, it was a private meeting, not related at all to the fact that he was the son of the candidate."president trump responding in a statement tuesday afternoon -- "my son is a high quality person. i applaud his integrity". in washington, i'm stacey cohan reporting.

(catherine) republican lawmakers will be getting a shortened summer break this year... senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is pushing the august recess to the third week of that month. this comes as the senate republicans struggle to repeal and replace obama-care....an effortthat has partly stalled. although mcconnell now says he plans to unveil a revised health care bill on thursday - with a vote on moving the measure ahead next week. sen. mitch mcconnellmajority leader the news of the day is that as you think you already know we'll be on healthcare next week; we'll be laying out a revised version of the repeal and replace effort, the text of that on thursday morning. we hope to have a cbo score by the beginning of the week and a motion to proceed to that bill next week. republicans remain

divided on the health bill... today a top senate republican says the revised version will likely keep two tax increases thatpresident obama put on wealthier americans. including a 3-point-8 percent tax boost on investment income for couples earning more than 250-thousand dollars annually. ( steve ) we're learning about a dangerously close call at s-f-o. the disaster that was narrowly avoided just recently.( catherine ) also -- we have an update on another wildfire in california... this one in the sierra. the major highway that had to close for a time... ( steve ) plus a new look tonight at the fire that burned a huge construction site in oakland. also... the developments today with the investigation.

( catherine ) quadcopter four went up today over the massive construction fire in oakland. you can see just how extensive the damage is from this picture... and the long road ahead to rebuild. ( catherine ) federal agents got their first look inside that apartment complex which went up in flames. they gathered evidence as they try to figure out whether the huge fire was intentionally set. ( steve ) as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the mayor is calling a special meeting with developers in light of this most recent

fire. terisa estacio - it was a very busy day out here at the fire zone - as federal agents and local officials are working towards figuring out what happened out here and how to make sure another scene like this never happens again. crews removed that large crane tuesday afternoon crushed lying on top of what remains of the alta waverly apartment complex which went up in flames last friday. you may recall, during the fire, the crane spun out of control causing serious safety concern for residents prompting the evacuation of nearly 700 people in nearby buildings. now, officials need it out of the way, as the 22 members of the alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives bureau entered the fire zone for the first time. watch as they brought equipment inside looking for critical clues in hopes of uncovering whether this fire was a case of arson. mayor libby schaff, oakland mayor. we are going to find out what happened out there. i tracked down mayor libby schaff tuesday about the fire. she told me that a special meeting

has been set wednesday between city officials and developers to work toward new plan to ensure protection of the cities important construction sites. schaff. we are going to have a major conference of all major projects that are under construction this week and will be talking about how we can better coordinate public and private resources to tremendously increase safety at construction sites. the valdez fire is just one of a string of fires recently at construction sites in the area - the atf has deemed 3 as arson, releasing video of a person wanted in connection with the fires. kron four news has learned the complex at 2302 valdez - the site of the most recent fire had a large security presence with guards 24 hours a day and surveillance cameras around the site. video has been given to the atf for review. an atf spokesperson says they are just in the beggingin stages of their ivnestigation and it will be awhile before they have anyting to report. terisa estacio kron four news.

(catherine) the family of a teenager gunned down in hayward say they're trying to figure why someone would kill the 19-year old. police say he was not on their radar and had no criminal record investigators say one possible motive ---- the fact that a new business opportunity was launched the day of the shooting kron4's haaziq madyun has the story

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you not only get the product that is worth a lot of money, there is also cash">cash is something romero's aunt says the family desprately needs right nowdanielle duran/manuel romer's aunt: "we have a gofundme account in his name manuel romero. we were not prepared for this. no mom should have to be prepared to bury their child">in hayward haaziq madyun kron4news (steve) disaster avoided at san francisco international airport. just before midnight friday... a near miss was reported at s-f-o and now the federal aviation administration is looking into it. the f-a-a says that night an air canada airbus almost mistakenly landed on a taxiway with four planes lined up on it, rather than the runway. the f-a-a says an air traffic controller caught the error in time... had the pilot perform a go-around... and, on the second approach, landed safely

at the airport. retired commercial airline captain dick deeds says incidents like this are very rare. dick deeds/retired pilot- "those taxiway lights at night are blue. the runway lights are yellow. so, its hard to mistake the two." deeds says commercial airline pilots have a lot of technology at their disposal to help them make precise landings. he says the f-a-a will look into the pilot's actions leading up the initial approach. as well as the pilot's state of mind at the time.. and whether fatigue was a factor. (catherine) smoke from a wildfire that closed a 25-mile stretch of i-80 near the nevada- california border earlier has triggered air quality warnings.. the c-h-p closed a stretch of 80 today near the town of truckee....as high winds drove a wildfire within 15 feet of the highway. just a short time ago - 80 was open again in both directions. but officersare still putting

holds on traffic from time to time to make things stay safe over the top ofthe freeway. fire crews have been battling spot fires, debris and smoke... some rocks have fallen but no injuries have been reported. the 600 acre fire started yesterday....and at last word seven buildings are threatened. there's also the possibility of evacuations in an area called 'gold ranch.' battalion chief bryan farrell we have resources in gold ranch and they're evaluating the possibility of evacuation. obviously our number one priority is life and protecting life...getting people out. california wildfires have been killing a lot of animals..the c-h-p posted this video of a frightened and confused deer....which kept running towardthe flames....instead of away from them. their efforts to help seemed to make things worse until it finally took off down the road. tonight truckee fire authorities are calling this wildfire an "unpredictable situation."

let's take a look outside right now for the current conditions in the bay area... chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the forecast. weather conditions more typical of mid july are likely through midweek as onshore flow and the marine layer influences the region. a gradual warming trend is then likely late in the week and into the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds back toward the west coast. thus, inland temperatures will again warm into the 90s to around 100 degrees during the afternoon hours this weekend. conditions then look to cool back to near seasonal averages early next week.

( steve ) ( steve ) pulling the plug. one of tesla's main competitors is not going to build a plant after all. who lost out on the nearly billion dollar project.( catherine ) and a change of tactics. a look at how police are getting new training to avoid potentially deadly confrontations.

( catherine ) in this sizzling fire season... new pictures just into the kron 4 newsroom on the grass fire that has burned at least two houses in the alum rock neighborhood of san joseothers threatened.first reported just after 5 pmcrew on the waythis is video taken from 101 near the airport.. the grass fire is around claitor way evacuations are in effect. (steve) officials in nevada are looking for answers as an electric car startup backs out of plans to build a plant in the state. the faraday future plant... was supposed to bring thousands of jobs to the silver state. but those plans have been put on hold. right before the decision...news came down that a chinese bank had frozen more than 180 million dollars of the electric car startup's

money. faraday says the freezing of assets didn't effect it's decision. it actually plans to build a electric car factory ...either in nevada or california. ( catherine ) dramatic video... captured just moments before a robbery turned deadly. the pictures and what we know about the suspects.( steve ) also - why are people so excited about the regular visit of a certain whale? they've even given him a name.. where it's happening....( catherine ) and police officers face growing challenges on the street.

( steve ) a depressed man... naked... armed with a rifle on boat and randomly shooting at homes for hours. the situation came to end when police in washington state say he pointed the gun at their swat team. officers then opened fire... killing the man. ( steve ) many police forces are focusing on situations involving people with a mental illness or situations like we just saw.( catherine ) across the country officers are looking at ways to avoid that kind of confrontation with the public. kron 4's washington correspondent brie jackson tells us about the training

that officers are now getting.. these south carolina officers are learning how to de-escalate potentially tense situations.law enforcement across the country are participating in similar programs. one goal is to learn strategies when dealing with mentally ill citizens. so officers work with the national alliance on mental illness. north carolina sherrif sam page says the collaboration makes sense.sam page/ rockingham county north carolina sheriff."i can't speak to any other crisis training but we aligned with nami years ago and i think they have a good model because you know nami is not just made up of members and supporters but also family members that are affected by mental illness issues".chuck wexler with the police executive research forum says this type of training is becoming more popular.chuck wexler / police

executive research forum "states are seeing the necessity for having de- escalation training i think it's really a good thing"brie jackson/ wahington d.c..the council of state governments says most states have some form of de-escalation training. but the programs may differ depending on department funding.wexler"should there be national maybe. but for now that is not i think that what is important is getting out for de-escalation. i think what south carolina is departments to do their own research and look for best practices. (may need to shorten this)and give officers the training and tools to protect themselves and washington, brie jackson (catherine)in southern california. . . police have released video showing the chilling details of an attempted robbery that left one woman dead.now they're asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect.in that video . . the man points the gun at the motel clerk. . .as he demands money.it happened last month at an alhambra motel.he left empty- handed after shooting and killing the woman.police now have a person of interest. . .a woman who they say spoke to the clerk. . .right before the robber entered.a 20-thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest of the suspect. (dan kerman reports:)here at

east bay mud in oakland the board has voted to raise water rates water users will see their bills go up about 4 and a half bucks a month this year and about 4 and a half bucks a month next year.a third of the increase will cover operating budget, another third to replace aging pipes and the final third will be to cover lost revenue because everyone did so well conserving water during the drought. in oakland, dan kerman kron 4 news. here in oakland, a busy day at this fire zone -equipment was brought in to remove that big crane crushed on the site - during the fire, it spun out of control causing safety concerns for resdients living in neawry buildings. mayor libby schaaf told me that she has organzied a meeting between city leaders and developers to go over safety plans for construction sites. already there has been 3 arson related fires in the area. terisa estacio kron4 news. here in hayward the family of

19-year-old manuel romero is asking for the community's help to identify the person who gunned him down on hill avenue last saturday night

on a second approach. it eventually landed safetly. a retired longtime pilot believes fatigue may have played a roll in the near disaster. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. here in san jose neighbor of a popular park are banding together tooppose a plan to locate a homeless shelter in their neighborhood.the city is considering a parcel of land across from thousand oaks park as a possible location for what's known as an emergency bridge housing community. the city is looking to locate one such temporary community in each of the ten city council districts. each would house up to 25 homeless people who are transitioning to permanent housing. neighbors are worried about crime, litter and depressed property values. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now...

weather conditions more typical of mid july are likely through midweek as onshore flow and the marine layer influences the region. a gradual warming trend is then likely late in the week and into the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds back toward the west coast. thus, inland temperatures will again warm into the 90s to around 100 degrees during the afternoon hours this weekend. conditions then look to cool back to near seasonal averages early next week.

(catherine) still ahead.....why crowds in australia line up along the waterfront every year...waiting for an unusual visitor. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now,

it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. we have video of a rare

humpback whale....spotted off the coast of australia... and it's become something of a celebrity.( steve ) we're use to seeing them around the bay area... but nothing quite like this creature. from a distance, it might not seem all that unusual... but this a white humpack. this is off the coast of australia where the whale is making his annual migration. it's the first known white humpback....and was first spotted back in 1991. he's now famous with locals...and has required escorts in the past. it's named migaloo... an indigenous australian word for "white person." ( catherine )in sports... giants world series odds?... there aren't any... we'll explain...( steve )... and mayweather-mcgregor is off and running... gary has the back- and-forth from their first press conference... you won't want to miss this... coming up

the all-star game currently in progress in miami good news for giants fans. madison bumgarner is expected to rejoin the team after the all star break.he made his last rehab start last night with the san jose giants. and it went much better than his first rehab start.last night bumgarner allowed just one unearned run and two hits in six innings of work. he threw 86 pitchesnot good news for either ay area team the all-star break world series odds(wipe to word series odds)

the dodgers are the odds-on favotie to win the fall classic at 7-2followed by the astros at 17-4 and the red sox at 6-1the a's are tied for the highest ods at 500-1 but the giants are in even worse shape as odds aren't even being given for them floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor held the first press conferencefor their upcoming fight august 26th in las vegas today they were are the staples center in los angeles doing the 'ole stare down thingwhen mayweahter who reportedly owes the irs more than 22- million-dollars pulled out a

100-million-dollar check from his manny pacquiao fight mcgregor couldn't help coming with a tax joke(soit: mayweather & mcgregor) "let me show you (bleep) what a hundred million dollar fighter look like. still got a hundred million and he don't even touch this (bleep)""that's for the tax man""you're right. i'm the i-r-s and i'm going to tax your ass!"

venus williams has reached the semifinals at wimbledon for the 10th time. the 5-time champion advanced to the semis for the second year in a row by beating jelena ostapenko (oh- stah-penk-oh) in stright sets under a closed roof on centre court.williams who is 37 years old made her wimbledon debut in the same month that ostapenko was born. derek jeter's bid to buy the miami marlins just got a big joltmichael jordan already principle-owner of the charlotte hotnets will be joining a group headed by jeter and hedge fund billionaire bruce shrmanit was

not reported how much money jordan wil be putting into the marlins bid they are one of three groups bidding to buy the teammiami business titan jorge mas is reportedly the frontrunner the 3rd group includes jeb bush, tagg romney and former a's pitcher dave stewart the atlanta falcons open up a new stadium this season but

they won't be bringing expensive consessions wiith the new digstheir new mercedes-benz stadium cost 1.6-billiob-dollars but the food and drinks will be cheap by pro spoprts standardssodas will be $2 and bud light beer only $5 soft drinks for $2 and bud light drafts for $5:hot dogs arwe $2 nachos are $3 as is a slice of pizza tour de france stage 10a punishing stage in eastern france's jura mountains germany's marcel kittel powered past the pack on to win the 10th stagekenya's chris froome (fro-may) retained the yellow jersey as the overall leader

( steve ) more breaking news tonight on kron 4... this is a live look at a scrap yard fire burning in the east bay. what we have just learned... coming up next.

((steve))breaking news...heavy smoke billowing over san leandro right now.that's where crews are battling a scrap yard fire.((vicki))kron 4's daniel villareal just got to the scene..he joins us live with the very latest, daniel? final look at the weather with chief

meteorologist brittney shipp.

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