oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will

continue over inland areas through early next week. (vicki) it was a scorcher today in the east bay.... people there dealing with triple-digit temperatures. (steve) kron four's terisa estacio is out in

livermore for us tonight with how people are trying to cope. terisa estacio, live livermore it is really really intense in this east bay city today - right now the temperature is x - and i am in the shade. everywhere i went today in this area, people told me they were used to warm conditions - but nothing like this. (terisa estacio reporting) reggie johnson did not hold back telling me what he thinks about this heat wave. reggie johnson, trying to beat the heat. "what do you think, it is ridiculous, it is hotter than vegas, but it is here in the bay area, i am trying to take my break, but it is more punishing, because i am out of the ac." trish wong. "it is crazy, what is your strategy? stay in ac, and in the pool. this east bay mom choose the drive through so she didn't have to get outside and deal with the blazing temperatures. staying inside was certainly a popular route to take to try and beat the heat. andrew waran. yeah, we cranked up the ac, and we have these large fans it is like a cool cyclone in here.here at

1street brewing it was packed inside. scott beard. better to be inside? oh yeah, pretty low body count, it is too hot. i did find these guys braving the elements, but they had an excuse to suffere the heat. megan moon. "we can't leave the dog inside the car, so yeah, we are out here and it is hot, too hot. catching a movie with the ac blasting seemed to be another busy spot as livermore residents tried to cope with these painful temperatures. scott parker. we are going to see the bodyguard. does it really matter, no, i just want to be inside. (estacio live) i loved that answer, i found several people taking in a movie and they really didn't care what they were watching, just the fact that it was out of the elements was good enough. here in livermore, te

(vicki) we are following breaking news... out of texas. a fire broke out at a houston-area chemical plant that lost power after hurricane harvey. this comes after a container at the same chemical plant caught on fire yesterday. an executive at the plant said up to eight more containers could burn and explode. the plant shut down as harvey approached last week. employees and people living within a mile and a half of there were evacuated after it started flooding. that evacuation zone remains in place - we will continue to bring you more updates when they are available. (steve) and back here in the bay area... one of the largest wildfires burning right now is the ponderosa fire in butte county just east of oroville. evacuation orders are in place for some of the surrounding areas. the fire has burned over 36- hundred acres. it is 30-

percent contained. the fire has destroyed 20 homes and another five-hundred homes are threatened. fire officials say the fire's location is in steep and rugged terrain...and the hot and dry temperatures are complicating firefighters' efforts to put out the blaze. (steve) governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for the helena fire in trinity county. the fire has burned six-thousand acres and is zero-percent contained. it started wedneaday near the town of helena, west of weaverville along highway 299. people living between helena and oregon mountain summit are being evacuated. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (vicki) with brisk winds and hot temperatures today the berkeley fire department is increasing staffing for the holiday weekend. a red flag warning has been posted by the national weather service. berkeley fire has sent out a roving patrol through the twisting narrow streets of the hills above the city urging residents to keep the streets open for emergency vehicles just in case.

we have asked residents to take precautions including not parking their cars on narrow streets in the hills, it's very hard to get people out of a wildland urban interface setting when there's a fire and first responders are trying to get to the problem. in addition to that we want people to take special caution with barbeques over the labor day weekend, not to have any open flames near any kind of vegetation or flammable debris. we also ask people not to use small power tools that could cause sparks that could light fuels like grasses on fire. berkeley police are dispatching parking officers into the hills to make sure that fire hydrants are accessible and unobstructed. (steve) the south bay is also sizzling. record heat in gilroy at the south end of the sunk-baked santa clara valley. kron four;s rob fladeboe is live in downtown gilroy where folks are going to have to wait until sundown for some relief. rob?

(rob live) im here on monterey street across from the bank of the west building where the time and temperature sign says it isóóóóóóóóóóó. the high today was óóóóóóóóóóóóand that is a new record. the old record on this day was 102 back in 1976. how are the locals coping? let's take a look. the temperature in downtown gilroy was already 81 degrees at 9:30 this morning. many people work outdoors started early. so who's got the

hottest job on a day like this? roofers come to mind. his guys are going though a lot of fluids but jimmy shrull says it's extra hot up there on that roof.jimmy shrull/jimmy shrull roofing "....there's no protection from the sun up there above the trees. there is no shade, we're up there all day but my guys can take as many breaks as they like...."hoeing weeds is hot work anytime but extra sun protection is needed on a day like this. this crew gets a ten minute break every two hours. pedro the foreman was keeping tabs on the temperature and getting ready to call it a day.pedro ".....when it gets to 95 we go home.....so you are going to quit a little early today....yes...."construction is hot dusty work too but these guys were trying not to think about the heat. loader driver juan vasquez says the heat just doesn't bother him, at least not work.juan vasquez/construction worker "....you know what bothers me....going home.....it's hotter there than it is here...at least here i can keep moving...."back in downtown gilroy three hours later, it was 104. arrowhead delivery man mike sequera

admitted that he was consuming some of the product on his rounds.mike seqera/arrowhead water"....water is in demand today, the phones are ringing off the hook back a the office...we are super busy...." what we need is another eclipse said one of the few people to be seen on the sreets outside of their cars here on monterey street. and over at the local jamba juice? yep, busy there too..... (rob live) the all time record in gilroy is 115 degrees. that was on july 15 back in 1972. live in gilroy rob fladeboe kron 4 news

(steve) and make sure you download the free kron4 mobile app - to track the high temperatures. on ourwebsite - we've also posted a complete list of cooling centers set up here in the bay area. it's all on kron four dot com. (vicki) fire officials say black smoke seen pouring from a chimney at the russian consulate in san francisco was apparently from a fire burning in a fireplace. an odd sight in the middle of a heatwave. temperatures in parts of san francisco reaching into the triple digits today so there's no real need for a fire to keep warm. the smoke - visable

- just a day after the trump administration ordered its closure. firefighters who arrived at the scene were not allowed to enter the building. witnesses say people who came from inside the building told firefighters that consulate staff were burning unidentified items in a fireplace. (vicki) the triple digits temps... (vicki) have moved into the bay area.. and they are here to stay. still ahead - pg&e sharing some tips and treats on how to stay cool while conserving energy - during the heat wave "nats of woman screaming" (steve) then - police body cam video captures an on-duty nurse being voilently arrested by a police officer. why the officer could now be facing charges. (vicki) but first - we are following breaking news out of texas where a chemical plant is on fire. we'll have the latest on this developing situation - next.

nat sobbing(vicki)houston is the scene of heartbreak tonight: emotions running high as as some residents manage to make their way back to their flood=ravaged homes.the governor of texas says recovery will take many years . (steve)and tonight a new development at a chemical plant outside the city, catherine heenan is here with the dramatic images. (catherine) these pictures are from the arkema chemical plant -

northeast of houston. fire is burning through trailers filled with volatile organic peroxides.they became unstable after the plant's refrigeration was knocked out by the floods. one trailer caught fire yesterday morning....the the company said it expected more than a half=dozen others would also burn. this is producing an acrid smoke that can irritate eyes and lungs. authorities have evacuated a mile and a half radius around the plant. and it's just one more sign that the region devastated by hurricane harvey a week ago is a long way from recovery. woah. the sink came up and the refrigerator is over lord, lord. woah. houston resident willie may burton spent her 66th birthday mourning her losses and counting her blessings.hi, lassie. hi. i know that storm scared you. but i'm glad you made it."in the parts of the city where the water has receded, waterlogged possessions line the streets. "these are peoples

belongings that they've worked all their lives for and you know, it's gone. it kinda ... breaks your heart."others could see standing water in their homes for days or weeks. < mayor sylvester turner/-d- houston:> "if you are living in houses with water, you have water currently in your home, i'm going to encourage you in the strongest of terms to leave your home.//things are not going to change over the next ten to 15 days."the latest estimate is that 155=thousand homes have been damaged or destroyed.so far, at least 72=thousand people have been pulled from the water."fema is still fighting the response effort. we're still up there rescuing people. a dramatic scene from beaumont ... an aerial rescuer is nearly caught in tree branches.(nat)beaumont's 133=thousand residents are still relying on bottled water. city officials were able to restore service to some customers today.as flooded refineries shut down, drivers across texas face long lines and rising prices."i've been driving around for 35 miles looking for gas. this is the first station that i found that had gas.

catherine) trying to put this catastrophe in perspective: the region devastated by the flood would stretch from the bay area to los angeles ... bigger than the state of new jersey, as much as 25=trillion gallons of rain fell in just four days.that's enough to keep niagara falls flowing for more than a year. vicki? (vicki) pictures of the flooding and devastation in houston are bringing back some bad memories for those who lived thru hurricane katrina. (vicki) diane evans relocated to the bay area after evacuating out of new orleans with her daughter and seven year old grandson 12 years ago. she says they could not move back, because the lack of jobs, schools and especially housing in the wake of the 2005 disaster.

she hopes that victims of hurricane harvey get a better response from the government, and not fall prey to fraudulent contractors, which she says descended on new orleans like locust after the waters receded. (diane evans, displaced by katrina) when you got a little bit of money you hire a contractor and they halfway do it or take your money and disappear. they weren't from new orleans. the government didn't regulate them when you complain and say these people rip me off nothing was done to them so they acted with impunity defrauding people and scamming folks and people had no recourse(vicki) the effects of hurricane katrina is still visable in new orleans, especially its demographic make up. there are 100-thousand fewer african americans living there than before it hit 12 years ago. (vicki) and if you would like to help the victims of harvey - you can find information by logging onto our website kron four dot com. there we've posted several ways to make a donation. plus - you can find the latest information

and how the area is recovering from this devastating storm. (steve) p-g&e is treating this heat wave as serious as it would a winter storm. the company has increased crews for the next few days and has stocked up on power transformers. even with the extra crews, officials say the power grid will probably fail with temperatures approaching triple digits. officials say the reason is because transformers are being strained to much."we are going to brng in crews from areas that are less likely to have outages to area that we do anticipate outages those areas are concord livermore san jose and the north bay." p-g&e offcials say it's ok to use your air conditioner this weekend. but they say you can save some power by using other appliances early in the morning. (anchor) time now to check on our weather...

with chief meterologist brittney shipp. oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will continue over inland areas through early next week. (vicki) coming up, (vicki) coming up,

parents at one east bay middle school are furious tonight... after learning their kids have been eating lunch outdoors - in the hot weather. reaction from the school - just ahead. (steve) and next - we'll tell you how the community of sacramento is honoring the officer... who was killed earlier this week in a shootout.

(vicki) tonight - friends and family members are remembering the sacramento sheriff's deputy killed during a shootout. (steve) he's been identified as 21-year veteran - bob french. rowena shaddox - shows us how the scaramento sheriff's department is honoring their fallen brother. close friends and coworkers described 52-year-old sacramento county's sheriff's deputy, bob french as "larger than life."capt. kris palmer, sac county sheriff's dept. "loved bob. just a real good guy, tried to outwork every one of my young deputies out here every single day. and he did."the 21-year veteran of the department worked under the command of capt. kris palmer. they've known each other for more than 20 years. capt. kris palmer, sac county sheriff's dept.very diffiicult

time for us. very difficult time for the communitycapt. palmer says deputy french was on patrol, when he responded to help chp officers at the ramada just after the initial shots were fired.capt. kris palmer, sac county sheriff's dept.if anybody needed anything, whether he had a trainee or was training somebody at the time, they could certainly go to him and ask any question because being out here as long as he has, he's seen and done pretty much anythingit's the reason french was considered a teacehr, friend and big brother. capt. kris palmer, sac county sheriff's dept.this is gonna take a lot. you know our department has been hit quite heavily over the last several years. so, it's toughtough for a family whose been through so much. 20 years ago to the day french was killed, his parents, robert and patricia died in a plane crash at the cameron park airport.capt. kris palmer, sac county sheriff's dept.one thing i told the briefing when we went out this morning, a lot of them are his coworkers, filing in today. do it like he did it. 100 percent. courage. and go out and give 'em everything you have today

(vicki) the man accused of killing officer french - has been identified as a bay area man - daniel littlecloud. littlecloud also shot and wounded two chp officers. he was injured in the shootout and is currently in critical condition. he's facing several charges including first degree murder and attempted murder. (steve) coming up - fear is growing tonight... as the hundreds of thousands of undocumated immigrants, brought here as children... face deportation. when president trump could make a decision - on wheter or not he plans to end the "daca" program. (vicki) and next - people all across the bay area are looking for ways to keep cool this weekend. chief meteorologist brittney shipp will be back - with when we can expect to get a break from the heat. our top story tonight -

at 5:30. the bay area heat wave. we are seeing record breaking temperatures - as the hot weather is expected to continue into the weekend. (vicki) an excessive heat warning is in effect for the entire bay area... (steve) that means - we are dealing with some dangerously hot temperatures. let's go now to chief meteorologist

brittney ship - with a look at our forecast. brit? oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will continue over inland areas through early next week.

(vicki) and we are following breaking news... firefighters are battling a brush fire north of los angeles that has shut down both sides of interstate 210. the fire department says high heat and shifting winds are helping the fire surge to 500 acres. about 200 people have voluntarily evacuated. huge flames are

burning on hilltops and smoke is visible for miles around. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates as they become available. (steve) up in arms... a brentwood mother is furious with her daughter's elementary school... after learning students have been eating their lunches outside this week rather than inside the cafeteria.(vicki) she tells kron four's philippe djegal she believes the school putting her child's health in jeopardy. (philippe) on this day... nisha de lany/upset mother- "it's hot." students at marsh creek elemenarty school in brentwood... are eating their lunches inside the cafeteria... away from the excessive heat and poor air quality. but nisha de lany (knee-shuh duh-lay-knee) says...nisha de lany/upset mother- "yesterday the air quality was worse -- it was just as warm, uh, it felt just as warm and the children were outside." the brentwood unified school district says the school principal follows district guidelines to determine when students will eat indoors or outside. a district spokesperson reiterates that these are guidelines and not policies adopted by the district board. the guidelines say the kids should eat inside when

it's in the high 90s... and, definitely anytime the temperatures hit 98 degrees or higher. on friday, it was 96-degrees by noon. so, instead of sitting at the covered tables on the blacktop, the kids were shuttled indoors. though de lany, whose seven-old daughter attends second grade here, believes the school district chose to keep the kids indoors, only because our cameras were watching.nisha de lany/upset mother- "they don't consider whether to put the kids inside the cafeteria unless it gets to those extreme temperatures. so, 90 degrees, uh, 91, um, i get the impression that since it's not 98 to the guideline, they're going to stay inside, even though its hot. (philippe) the district says the kids want to play outside -- they want to be outside. (nisha) oh, i understand that -- kids also want candy, um, they, that doesn't mean that you give them candy." a district spokesperson says that school staff will continue to monitor the weather conditions. it's supposed to be 90-degrees and above all next week. staff will determine weather or not it's safe for the kids to eat outdoors... or, keep them inside, like they did today. in brentwood, philippe djegal, kron four news.

(vicki) and make sure you download the free kron4 mobile app - to track the high temperatures. on our website - we've also posted a complete list of cooling centers set up here in the bay area. it's all on kron four dot com. (steve) in the white house... president trump is delaying his decision on what to do about undocumented children or "dreamers" in the u-s.(steve) the deferred action for chldhood arrivals program or daca, was created during the obama administration. republicans have criticized it's deportation protections as an overreach of executive authority. republican house speaker paul ryan says president trump should not do away with the program. the president gave a brief response about his decision today during a press conference.

we love everybody. thank you very much.">(steve) many lawmakers including paul ryan, would prefer a legislative fix to daca. several states say if the president does not make a decision by september fifth, they will take the issue to court. reporter: "the trump administration has halted a rule aimed at changing the equal pay gap. i'll tell you why advocacy groups say why this is a major set back. coming up.'(vicki) plus - it's this video that's gaining national attention... it shows the violent arrest of an on-duty nurse. why the police officer is now under investigation... (steve) stocks are higher for the sixth day in a row... the dow rose 39 points. the nasdaq... added a little more than 6. and the s&p - picked up nearly 5 points. we'll be right back.

a utah police officer's body camera video shows a hospital nurse being handcuffed and dragged off... after refusing to draw blood on an unconscious patient. as ladd egan reports - it's the officer who is now under investigation. july 26th. a fiery crash caused by a car fleeing police and traveling in the wrong direction. . sends the driver of thissemi-truck to university hospital's burn unit. the semi-truck driver is unconscious and not suspected of doing anything wrong. even so. . salt lake city police show up asking for his blood.natsot: "i'm just a nurse trying to protect my patients."charge nurse alex wubbels says the request for

blood isn't allowed under the policy the hospital established with law enforcement."i'm going to arrest her."while she's calling management. . the officer becomes impatient. "she's going to jail."she even prints out a copy of the hospital's protocol."three things that allow us to do that are if you have an electric warrant, the patient consents, or the patient is under arrest."none of the conditions had been met."i'm just trying to do what i'm supposed to do. that's all." after that explanation and while she's still on the phone with a supervisor."okay. no. we're done. we're done. you're under arrest. we're done."nats: screamingthe officer makes the arrest for obstructing justice."somebody help me. stop, stop, stop." "this is my department and this is completely unnecessary.""please sir, you're hurting me.""then walk." twenty minutes later she's released and has never been charged.alexandra wubbles/ nurse:"i just feel betrayed. i feel angry. i feel a lot of things and i still am confused."wubbels reminds that blood is a patient's property. "i'm a healthcare worker. the only job i have as a nurse is to keep my patients safe." police say the officer is still on duty. . but that internal affairs is investigating.sgt. brandon shearer/ salt lake city police: "it was alarming. immediately after seeing the video, they started an

internal affairs investigation to look into what happened." the salt lake city police department has since apologized. and the officer seen in the video - has been placed on administrative leave. a utah prosecutor says he's called for a criminal investigation into the police officers actions. (steve) a georgia police officer is on administrative leave after he's captured on his dash cam... making racial comments during a traffic stop. you can hear the officer

say quote - "you're not black. remember? we only kill black people, right?" this stop happened last year. but the cobb county police chief said he didn't know about the incident until last week. the chief also condemned the officer's comments - saying they're unacceptable in any context. officer lieutenant gregg abbott says he plans to retire - to avoid being fired. the officer's attorney says the comments were meant to "de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger." (vicki) still ahead, the holiday weekend is here - however we have some major road closures and bart closures to tell you about. how it could impact your holiday commute - next. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break.

(vicki) we are monitoring breaking news in flood ravaged houston tonight. pam moore is in the newsroom with what's coming up on kron 4 news at six. (pam) vicki... we are

keeping an eye on a large fire at a texas chemical plant. the arkema plant is in crosby... which is about 20- miles northeast of houston. the plant had flooded earlier ... it has already had 2 explosions. officials say, the plant makes liquid organic peroxides. arkema shut down the facility before harvey hit last week. employees and residents were evacuated within a mile- and a- half after the plant flooded. we are watching developments there and will bring you an update on kron 4 news at six. vicki now back to you and steve. (steve) the trump administration has blocked a rule aimed at closing the gender pay gap, saying it's too burdensome for businesses. advocacy groups say the move is a setback for equal pay. our washington correspondent jessica smith has the story. pkg nats the white house says it's halting an obama-era rule meant to close the gender pay

gap.the rule would have required companies with 100 employees or more to report pay data by gender, race and ethnicity. aauw sot: "it would help workplaces that are doing the right thing show that they are, it would help workplaces that may have gaps, self-correct." the american association of women says halting the rule will hurt efforts to achieve equal pay for women and minorities. the nonprofit says american women make 80% of what men make. women of color make even less. aauw: the gender pay gap is really not a myth. jessica smith reporting: the obama administration proposed the rule last year, and it was supposed to go into effect this spring. now it's on hold and under review. in a memo, the office of information and regulatory affairs said parts of the data collection: "lack practical utility, are unnecessarily burdensome, and do not adequately address privacy and confidentiality issues." aauw sot: when you think about the amount of money that women in particular lose out on over the course of their careers//that's the burden we should be concerned about. ivanka trump has been a

vocal advocate of equal pay -- but now, she's facing criticism for her opposition to the data collection rule. in a statement she said in part: "ultimately, while i believe the intention was good and agree that pay transparency is important, the proposed policy would not yield the intended results." the aauw says they won't give up. aauw sot: we're calling on ivanka, on the white house on all policy-makers to take steps toward ending the pay gap. in washington, i'm jessica smith. (steve) ivanka trump says she'll continue working on other policies to close the gender pay gap. (vicki) and a reminder... happening tomorrow there will be a closure on the bay bridge and it could cause a traffic nightmare. crews will be removing parts of the old bridge. the work will cause traffic delays between 10am and noon tomorrow. thirteen concrete islands will be destroyed in a series of implosions over six weekend days. those implosions start this saturday and will continue through november. tomorrow... caltrans will

close the eastbound lanes of the bay bridge for 30 minutes. there is no set time for the closures. caltrans says it will depend on the conditions of the bay. (vicki) and a major bart closure this weekend. crews will be working on the tracks in the east bay and that means the lake merritt station will be closed tomorrow through monday. the closure will impact customers traveling on the warm springs, dublin- pleasanton, and oakland airport lines. bart will instead provide free buses for riders with tickets to connect to other stations. you should expect about a 30- minute delay. (steve) live look now outside out sutro cam - you can see coit tower there in the distance. however, we are dealing with some hazy skies and hot temps... chief meterologist brittney shipp breaks it all

down for us now brit? oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will continue over inland areas through early next week.

(vicki) up next, a netflix star was in the bay area - teaching kids how to deal with bullying. what he had to say in a story you'll only see here on kron4 news...

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when we report the news, we reveal the ugly side. but tonight, i'm going to take you to a middle school in the east bay, where the kids say no to bullies.... and came face to face with a netflix star - who is teaching them that kindness is cool. insecurity. self-doubt. and cliques. welcome to middle school. but there's no place for that here at sequoia middle school in pleasant hill. not today anyway...they have a special invited guest - the humble star of the netflix series "kindness diaries." mr. leon as the kids call him is here to say that kindness is cool. he travels the world with no money - nothing but his yellow scooter - depending only on the kindness of strangers. now, leon logothetis used to be a banker in london. so when a homeless

man in pittsburg gave him the shirt off his back - leon payed it forward and got the man a home and his dream of cooking school. the kids one by one tell their own stories of hurt feelings... and times they've felt kindness... and less alone. simple lessons learned this one day at school that can last a lifetime.

(vicki) the principal - mr. honey - says the kids really get the kindness message and not only from mr. leon.. they have counselors and coaches to help with bullying concerns on campus. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. steve aveson joins pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. (pam) thank you vicki... next on kron 4 news at six... a dangerous heatwave... shattering records. tonight how long the scorching temperatures will be sticking around and the impact its having around the bay area. (steve) and happening now... a protest at u.c.

berkeley... ahead of a big decision coming from president trump next week. kron 4 news at six is next. ( steve ) september starar

( steve ) september starts off with a scorcher. we are seeing records fall and temperatures in some places soaring well above 100 degrees. to top it off... smoke from wildfires is blanketing the bay area once again. good evening i'm steve aveson. ( pam ) and i'm pam moore. it looks like a replay of yesterday ... only much hotter. this view comes from our sutro tower camera... a haze is covering san francisco. and the temperature... a smoldering 106 -degrees... the hottest

day in the city's history. let's get right to chief meteorologist brittney shipp for our first check on the four zone forecast. a live look outside right now... as we get our first look at the four zone forecast with chief meteorologist brittney shipp.

( steve ) the heat is such a concern in the berkeley hills... the fire department has ramped up staffing and issued an alert to residents. with a red flag warning posted by the national weather service... berkeley fire has sent out roving patrols through the twisting narrow streets of the hills above the city. and they are urging residents to keep the streets open for emergency vehicles.

( steve ) in addition the berkeley police have sent parking officers into the hills to make sure that fire hydrants are accessible and free from parked cars. ( pam ) one of the hottest spots today is in the east bay... livermore.( steve ) the temperature came close to setting an all-time record. kron 4's terisa estacio joins us live from livermore with how people are trying to beat the heat. terisa?

i can personnelly tell you that it is brutal out here working out in the heat today in livermore. i talked with a lot of folks about their day and how they were dealing with this excessive heat wave. (estacio reporting) as the tempertures keep getting hotter and hotter - these workers told me that they were forced to take more and more breaks. savino lopez, i can't believe it. earlier in the week it was hot, but then my brother said 112, it is too hot. these two had hoped the forecast was wrong and it wouldn't be such a scorcher as they had to move this friday. but no such luck. ahmed rabi. "it was terrible, no wind, horrible." here at this brew pub - few were outside which was good for server laura silver. laura silver, waitress. "hey. not to many want to be out here, so that's good, it is hot." for jason carothers and emilio collisworth - they had water close by as they repaired this

circuit in downtown livermore. with the temperature around 113 at the time, it was not an easy task, but the two said, you just have to get the job done. jason carothers, it is hot, but you gotta do what you gotta do." a fellow electrician said his hat was off to those braving the elements. jason guillory. very impressive, yeah. bill buchanan, "i remember working in the oil fields it was 118. bill buchannan told me he was very glad that it was not working - but he remembered what it was like, instead today, he was able to catch a movie in nice air conditioning. bill buchannan. so nice inside. although workers shared with me their stories of hanging in there, they all told me they couldn't wait to get inside after work to cool off i would agree with that plan. te (pam) due to the extreme heat in the bay area... bart is slowing down all trains on

the tracks for safety reasons. (pam) bart officials say, the reduction of speed on the trains will be between noon and 8 p-m. bart offcials say, so nice inside. (pam) due to the extreme heat in the bay area... bart is slowing down all trains on the tracks for safety reasons. (pam) bart officials say, the reduction of speed on the trains will be between noon and 8 p-m. bart offcials say, extreme temperatures can cause rail movement on the tracks. the slowing allows operators time to react in case of any abnormal rail movement. officials say, it is better to play it safe than sorry. (pam) bart riders should expect some delays as much as ten minutes. bart says it

expects to slow down trains across the system until sunday. ( steve ) the excessive heat prompted administrators at marsh creek elemenatry school in brentwood to have students eat their lunches indoors today. by noon, it was already 96-degrees in that area. but the mother of a student there says yesterday... despite the temperatures also being over 90-degrees... administrators allowed the students to eat outdoors. the tables on the blacktop rest under an overhang... but nisha de lany (knee-shuh duh-lay-knee) says the school shouldn't even risk the possiblity of suffering from dehyration or heat exahaustion... and, that the students should continue to eat inside until this heat wave passes. nisha de lany/upset mother- "i'm not sure how many parents realize their kids, honestly, are eating outside unless they're asking their children. and, um, also i not sure how many parents realize this guidelines is being followed so strictly by the principal." ( steve ) a brentwood unified school district spokesperson says the principal is simply following district guidelines when it

comes to recesses and heat. the guidelines say students should remain indoors for lunch when temperatures reach 98-degrees... and, allows for more discretion when temperatures are in the high 90s... but the mother who you just heard from adds that its been hot all week... and, yesterday, the kids ate lunch outside. (2-shot)( steve ) gilroy is typically one of the hot spots in the south bay and today is no exception. we're talking record heat. ( pam ) downtown gilroy saw 111- degrees earlier this afternoon. kron fours rob fladeboe caught up with some people who arguably.. have the hottest jobs in town. the heat was oppressive. according to the sign at this bank onmonterey street, it was 111 degrees. across town, jimmy shrull andhis roofing crew were trying to conduct business as usual.jimmy shrull/jimmy shrull roofing "....when it gets over 100 we try to pick the best jobs but i always tell my men to be careful and drink a lot of water because you can get dehydrated up there..."it's a lot hotter up there on the

roof than it is on the ground. there is no shade and precious little protection from the sun. most roofers were wide brimmed hats and shirt with long sleeves.willie fox/roofer"....everything you touch up there is hot, the shingles the metal, it's all hot to the touch so you go to be covered...."it could be worse. happily, the crews won't be working with hot tar on this job but humping those 60 pound bundles of shingles around a steep roof can take it out of you. the guys were going through a lotgatorade and because the heat and the holiday weekend, it would be short day.jimmy shrull"....we started early, around 6:30 so hopefully we'll get some work down here i'll give them their paychecks and send them home about noon...."in gilroy rob fladeboe kron 4 news ( pam ) if you want to track the weather in your neighborhood... we'll bring you alerts as well as the forecast for where you live ... all you have to do is download the kron four mobile app. it is free for apple and android devices. and to get breaking news

alerts ... be sure to enable the push alert feature. ( steve )fire officials say black smoke seen pouring from a chimney at the russian consulate in san francisco was apparently from a fire burning in a fireplace.temperatures in parts of san francisco reached into the 90s today so there was no need for a fire to keep warm. the smoke was seen a day after the trump administration ordered its closure. firefighters who arrived at the scene were not allowed to enter the building.witnesses say people who came from inside the building told firefighters that consulate staff were burning unidentified items in a fireplace. coming up... the president promising a decision within days on the future of "the dreamers" program .. tonight, many, even in his own party are already pushing him to save it. hurricane harvey is done, but new problems are still cropping up in the flood zones because of it .. we have the latest .. and harvey bringing back traumatic

memories for a katrina evacuee, now living in the bay area.. you'll hear her story.

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out at a houston- area chemical plant that lost power after hurricane harvey. this comes after a container at the same chemical plant caught on fire yesterday. an executive at the plant said, up to eight more containers could burn and explode. the plant shut

down as harvey approached last week. employees and people living within a mile- and a - half of the plant were evacuated after the flooding started. that evacuation zone remains in place. (pam) meanwhile... search- and- rescue operations continue in southeast texas tonight as people struggle to return to some kind of normalcy.(steve) there have been 47 confirmed deaths and officials fear that number could rise. kim hutcherson with our partners at c-n-n has the latest on the recovery from harvey. harvey's rain has stopped in southeast texas ... but the struggle is far from over. melinda scott/family lives in mobile home park:"these are peoples belongings that they've worked all their lives for and you know, it's gone. it kinda ... breaks your heart."authorities going door to door in some areas ... looking for victims ... but hoping to find survivors. officials say more than 72,000 people have already been rescued.many have begun the gut-wrenching process of cleaning up(nat - woman sobs)

but others could see standing water in their homes for days or weeks.mayor sylvester turner/-d- houston:"if you are living in houses with water, you have water currently in your home, i'm going to encourage you in the strongest of terms to leave your home.//things are not going to change over the next ten to 15 days."in crosby, texas, two blasts rocked a flooded chemical plant...and more could occur.and in beaumont, 118-thousand are relying on bottled water after two pumps failed at the water treatment plant.the failure has prompted the evacuation of the hospital there.mary poole/baptist beaumont hospital:"all of our critical patients have been moved. their families been notified as it went very very smoothly. we used helicopters and ambulances here in town and we just worked as an effort to get this done."there were long lines at gas stations in the region and a spike in gasoline prices across the country.about 20- percent of america's refinery capacity is offline due to the storm.i'm kim hutcherson reporting.

( steve ) a drone gives us a better view of just how extensive the flooding is in beaumont tonight. homes... roads... churches... all swamped. officials estimate it could be two weeks before cities in texas dry out from all the rain harvey dumped. some airlines are making accommodations to travelers headed to the houston area for the holiday weekend. both airports there suffered damage when hurricane harvey hit. while they are open now ... they are operating at limited compacity. southwest is offering travel waivers for flights involving austin, corpus christi, and san antonio through today... and new orleans and houston later into september. united has a majority of the flights in and out of housto n... it is advising passengers to postpone their trips. (pam) hurricane harvey made landfall nearly 12 years after what had been considered this country's most devastating storm, hurricane katrina.(steve) the impact

of that disaster is still lingers in the city of new orleans. kron4's maureen kelly talked to a woman who evacuated here to san francisco after katrina and says she hopes the people of houston are treated better. i would've loved to of gotten to have gone back i missed new orleans my heart is a new orleansdiane evans fled new orleans with her daughter and 7 year old grandson and now lives in san francisco's tenderloin. we came to san francisco after katrina after we got off the roof we came out heretemporarily but they were no jobs no housing no schools in new orleansthe pictures of the devastation in and around houston is bringing back some bad memories for her. i pray they don't have to go through what we went through she felt that those who didn't evacuate before hurricane katrina hit were blamed for what happened to them after. folks said well they should have left. folks didn't have money my daughters car would've made it to baton rouge.people were blame for their condition and by blaming the people you have no trouble just forgetting about them discounting them and i pray

that doesn't happen with harvey. she says the government and the groups who were supposed to help victims of katrina let them down...and there was a impact from that neglect.after katrina people started dying because of stress, old people young people dying just dealing with stress but a lot of that stress is on this was unnessary and that's what i hope is not visited on the people of harvey the effects of hurricane katrina is still visable in new orleans, especially in it's demographics. there are 100-thousand fewer african americans living there than before the diaster.you can go into parts of new orleans today and it looks like katrina left last month they refuse to build back up inhe areas that were heavily black she hopes this time around, there's more help to get evacuees back home quickly, so they can begin to rebuild their lives.maureen kelly kron4 news as texas deals with the devastation from harvey...

another storm...potentially more powerful... is looming in the atlantic ocean. hurricane irma has intesified rapidly.. and is packing sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. the storm is tracking toward the caribbean and could hit the islands as early as tuesday. after that... the forecast is wide open. a majority of the models have it tracking up the eastern seaboard of the united states. the storm is also expected to intensify over the weekend. (pam) the ponderosa fire burning near oroville is now more than 35-hundred acres, and only 30- percent contained. several communities have been evacuated north of sacramento... since the fire sparked on tuesday. the silver dollar fairgrounds has become a basecamp for firefighters -- a place to rest in between shifts on the fire lines. many of the firefighters involved in this effort.... were in this same area only about a month ago. scott mclean, cal fire spokesman: "you have the sleeper trailers over here

where people can sleep...air conditioning comfort. you have meals are set up here. everything is here as a little city to support, very easy to get to all the items that you need to get to."(pam) at least 20 homes have been destroyed by the fire, with hundreds more threatened. one man is under arrest, accused of starting the fire outside a designated area for campfires. ( steve ) happening right now... a wildfire in southern california is forcing evacuations. this is a live look at what is being called the la tuna fire... the fire is near burbank and it is threatening about 200 homes. it started a little over four hours ago and has forced the closure of the 210 freeway in both directions. firefighters are dealing with challenging conditions with the temperature over 100 degrees and gusting winds. this fire has burned 500 acres so far. let's take a look outside right now... a very hot and hazy day all around the bay

area.(steve) chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the four zone forecast. oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will continue over inland areas through early next week.

(steve) coming up.. traveling around the bay up.. traveling coming (steve) next week.

(steve) coming up.. traveling around the bay area this weekend is going to be a challenge.. not only because of the holiday crowds.. but also because of closures set for the bay bridge and bart .. we have the details you need to know.(pam) plus.... all cal state campuses are taking a stand against smoking ... the big changes ahead.

(steve) it is going to be more difficult than usual to get around the bay area this holiday weekend... the lake merritt bart station is closed this weekend through the end of monday as bart crews repair and rebuild parts of the track.(pam) and part of the bay bridge will be closed at intervals on saturday. the closure will not only affect vehicle traffic . but also the pedistrian and bike bath on the bay bridge.. that is where our gabe slate .. talked to upset biciclysts. "i love this bike path i get to ride on a bridge, it's so cool" cj came here today hoping to do her ride on the bay bridge bike path but it's closed now until sunday. the bay bridge on this saturday will also close to car traffic for 30 minutes sometime

between 10am and noon in the eastbound direction. so that's coming from san franciso heading into oakland this closure is related to demolition work caltrans will be doing removing parts of the eastern span of the old bay bridge.. this is the first of many closersfrom now until early november every other saturday this stretch of the bay bridge will go through the same type of closure.. for 30 min. in the east direction sometime between 10am and noon. and on those saturdays the bike path will be closed for the entire day.cyclists i talked to said that is going to bum out a lot of people sound from cj / bay bridge bicycle path rider "it's jammed on saturday so many people" sound from armon / bay bridge bicycle path rider" this will effect a lot of people" and this holiday weekend lake merrit bart station in downtown oakland will close at the end of friday night and remain closed until tuesday morning. let's look at their map and go over this. so this means there will be no bart trains going between the fruitvale station and the 19th street station. if you find yourself at the

lake merrit station there will be busses taking people to the fruitvale station where there will be another buss bridge system in place that will transport people to the 19th street station. in oakland gabe slate kron 4 news ( steve ) a new month ... and big changes for every california state university campus. the campuses... like cal state east bay... are now smoke and tobacco free. this means no smoking anywhere... including the parking lots. the policy applies to all students, faculty, staff, volunteers and visitors. prohibits the use of anything used to smoke tobacco including e-cigarettes and vapor devices. there are a total of 23 campuses in the cal state system. (pam) just ahead.. special honors for a bay area

police sergeant killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop.(steve) some people want to extend last call at bars in california to 4-a-m.. we'll tell you the latest move on the issue out of sacramento. (pam) immigrant families on edge ... awaiting word on the presidents' plans for the future of the daca - "dreamers program" .. the new call by many to save it.

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promising a decision in a matter of days on "daca"... the deferred action for childhood arrivals program.. also known as the 'dreamers' .. this evening, supporters held a rally in berkeley. during his campaign... the president had promised to end the program .. it protects immigrants brought into the united states illegally as children. it affects some 800- thousand young people .. ( pam ) the attorneys general in several states are threatening to go to court over the constitutionality of daca if the president does end the program..( steve ) with the deadline looming the nearly one million udocumented immigrants are waiting to find out if they will lose all legal protections. kron 4's washington correspondent alexandra limon spoke to one dreamer planning a hunger protest in the nation's capital.

trt 1:45nat pop: im dacamented 27 year old misael garcia was brought to the us illegally when he was 13, he's currently protected from deportation because of daca.if president trump decided to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals programgarcia could be forced to leave the country misael garcia / dreamer :19-:21i feel disappointed, i feel anger, i feel scared. i think i feel all the negative feelings that a human being could possibly feel.daca provides renewable two year work and school permits to some 800-thousand undocumented immigrants who arrived in the us as childrenknown as "dreamers". sot trump we love dreamers lawmakers from both sides of the political spectrum are speaking out in support of daca including house speaker paul ryangarcia is joining dozens of others like him traveling from around the country to dc - to take part in a four day hungerstrike starting tuesday they hope to persuade the president to maintain the program.dan stein is the president of fair - which wants to reduce immigration . he says ending daca would not necessarily be

inhumane.dan stein / president, federation for american immigration reform 1:02 - 1:07normally you would say we're going to rescind the program and your work documents continue for six months during which time you prepare to go back home.misael garcia / dreamer 1:09 -1:19 that for me would be heartbreaking, knowing that like i mentioned earlier i have a baby on the way. i know that she's going to be dependent for me to stay here in this country.garcia adds that he hasn't left the u.s. in 14 years, for him this is home.and that's the case for most daca repeints they're assymilated and americanized... stein understands people like garcia are sympathetic, but says congress and not the president should make immigration laws. dan stein / president, federation for american immigration reform 1:28-1:40if they are allowed to stay in the long term, it has to be legislative and theoretically it should be in the context of a broad package that includes most of what donald trump promised his voters.the president promises a decision on tuesday.in washington alexandra limon (steve) people who were denied entry to the u-s after president trump's first travel ban can now re-apply for visas. this is part of a court settlement. two iraqi nationals filed a suit after

they were detained at new york's j-f-k airport. less than a day after president trump signed the executive order, a federal judge ruled the ban was unconstitutional. the supreme court allowed ásome of president trump's second travel ban to go into effect. they'll hear arguments on the issue next month. (pam) a hayward police sergeant... killed in the line of duty ... is being memorialzied with a section of highway- four. sergeant scott lunger was shot and killed during a traffic stop in hayward in 20-15. highway- four... from balfour road in brentwood... to laurel road in antioch.. is designated in honor of lunger. lunger is survived by his two daughters... he was a 15-year veteran of the force.

beat the heat. that it was simply too hot to deal with the elements outside. te > in brentwood... a mother is upset with her daughter's school for having students eat their lunches outside this week. on friday, the principal at marsh creek elementary school chose to have the students eat inside the cafeteria... but a mother tells kron four that that was not the case thursday. the brentwood unified school district says it is just following district guidelines that say students should stay inside when temperatures reach the high 90s. otherwise, they can recess at the tables on the blacktop under an overhang. in brentwood, philippe djegal, kron four news. here in gilroy. record heat. according to this sign at a bank in downtown gilroy the temperature hit 111 this afternoon. the old record for this day was 102 back in 1976. the all time high in gilroy is 115 on july 15 1972. farmworkers, roofers,

construction workers and others braved the heat but there were few people to be seen on the streets. in gilroy rob fladeboe kron 4 news chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with another look at the four zone forecast... oppressive heat is forecast across the interior and higher elevations today through saturday as strong high pressure builds over the region. in addition, very warm temperatures will spread to the coast as onshore flow weakens. a region-wide cool down is forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast, but very warm to hot conditions will continue over inland areas

through early next week. (pam) right now... last call is 2-a-m at california bars... we have the latest on the effort to add two additional hours to closing time.

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closing time at bars in california... is on hold for now. an assembly committee decided to gut the bill and is going to study the issue. if it had made it through the legislature... it would have allowed bars to stay open until 4 a-m. cities would have been given the option as to which night spots would be able to take part in the extended hours. they also would have the ability to keep the closing time as is. currently bars and nightclubs in california have to shutdown at 2 a-m. coming up in sports -- she's back for email friday ... gary is joined by his lovely wife alicia to read letters from fans. plus -- it was a big day for venus williams -- she advances to the round of sixteen in the u-s open and finds out she is finally an aunt -- gary has the details of serena's birth... and all the sports.

tomorrow will be the dealine for n-f-l team to name their 53-man roster the 49ers are not wasting anytime. the team cut four-year veteran quarterback, matt barkley. last night in the 49ers preseason finale -- he didn't play a single snap in the preseason he had 197 yards and no touchdowns rookie quarterback, c-j beathard wins the backup job... after his dominant performace against the chargers. beathard finished with 111 total yards and a 67-yard rushing touchdown.

serena williams is finally a mom -- she and fiance... reddit co-founder, alexis ohanian welcomed their baby girl. meanwhile, venus was in new york city to play round three of the u-s open. she was taking on maria sakkari for a spot in the round of 16 first set -- both players going back in forth -- but venus wins the net volley to take the set match point for williams -- sakkari hits the ball out of bounds venus wins in straight sets... 6-3...6-2 serena will be looking to return to action in january to defend australian open title

u-s-a's men's national soccer team playing in a pivotal week of world cup qualifier matches. first game was against costa rica in red bull arena in new york head coach, bruce arena yet to lose a game in his second stint with the national team. minute 30th -- quakes forward, marco urena (ure-yah) shakes off a couple of defenders to put costa rica ahead 1-nothing. urena (ure-yah) wasn't done -- minute 82nd -- the costa rican splits the u-s-a's defense and finds tim howard's net for the second time. costa rica wins 2-nothing

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>> sea of flooded cars. >> one million cars have been affected by hurricane harvey. >> any way to salvage the vehicles? >> then -- >> the tv reporter breaks down as she tours her flooded home. >> this is where i cook dinner

for my family every night. and the missing mom fears she has been the victim of foul play. >> did somebody use the chaos of hurricane harvey to do her harm? >> there is her car. >> cops were busting in doors to find out where the lady is. >> where is she? >> do you think that somebody may have used this hurricane as cover for a crime? then -- >> something is wrong. >> nurse is handcuffs. why cops hauled her out of the er. >> this is crazy. >> and the dude who dove into the ocean to flee police. one big problem. it's a shark. plus. whatever happened to video vixen amal and george clooney return to the most romantic city in the world.

now "inside edition" with deborah norville. >> deborah: thank you for joining us. more than 40 dead, 72,000 people rescued and 10% of the buildings in harris county flooded. then there are the cars. it's estimated anywhere between 500,000 to a million cars may have been destroyed. but which ones can be saved? here is steve fabian. >> it's a disaster on an epic scale. a half million cars flooded in the wake of hurricane harvey. all those vehicles abandoned on streets and highways when they became impassable. some drivers like this guy got out just in time. many were submerged in driveways. look. beneath that yellow police tape is a car, completely submerged. could any of ese vehicles be salvaged? i spoke with auto expert warren fix known as the car coach. >> these cars are full of water. how can you tell if it was

salvageable. >> if it was floating underneath, it is junk. get rid of the vehicle. if it is below this point, call the seal, all of the computers need to be checked. that is something that is important. now, if the water is halfway up the door, you're probably in trouble because all that dirty water has now flown into the vehicle. if the water is up here, it's totally garbage. >> one concern is that flooded cars may be patched up and sold in the coming months to unshe ising buyers across america. they could become death traps. >> safety systems don't work. antilock brakes don't work. it could stop or die at any time and there is zero warranty. >> there is an easy way to find out if a car is flood damaged. >> if you suspect a vehicle is flood damaged, turn the fan on high for the heat and air- conditioning and put your nose to the september. you smell mold or heavily perfumed, something doesn't smell