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>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news at 7. >> good morning and happy sunday to you. thanks for watching. kron. 00:00am morning news. i'm sarah stinson. noelle bellow is on vacation now. it's sunday. august 15th and we have a lot to get to this morning. but let's start by getting a look at the weather with dave sphar. good morning, dave. >> good morning, sarah. good morning, everybody. and yes, off to a start with the traditional morning fog and also along the coast as well. clearing out for hazy skies as what we're looking at. it looks like another day very similar to yesterday, although i maybe we'll get some of that fog cleared out for san francisco along the coast. a little quicker. we did from yesterday. there's the effort.
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you can see it half moon bay with the overcast skies. not a unusual at 7 o'clock like this. also to the golden gate bridge of the towers. all skewered by this fog. so again, we're expecting the next couple of hours for this to start to clear out for you and then you can see will go well hazy sunshine in the afternoon as we get to about the mid morning hours now upstream here in stormtracker 4. we're waiting for a front to drop south. it's a player. it looks like we back this up a little bit or pushed it should say for monday night tuesday. that's probably the most quote, exciting period that this will help kind of clear out our atmosphere a little bit. you'll see that in the forecast models, a reference that in a bit 60's cover, a lot of the east bay shoreline and inland. you can see lower 60's along the east lpbay shoreline 50's cover the north bay 62 san jose. all right to break things down for sunday at 11:00am at 7993 by 2 o'clock. again, hazy sunshine expected be popping about a 100 and some selected locations which we will have
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for you in the 4 zone forecast. >> i think it's become. commonly known among this population that they might not have had an inadequate response to the vaccine. >> extra immunity for those most at risk from the coronavirus following the fda and cdc's approval of a 3rd dose of the covid-19 vaccine. many have begun to receive the shots in the arms kron four's. amanda amanda hari takes a look. >> this is small percentage of the population. i'm told estimated to be less than 3%. but many of these people knew they would need a 3rd dose and started getting it as soon as the cdc approved. it mean that as soon as we had another thing to offer to protect them. >> that we made that available. >> associate chief medical officer of the santa clara valley medical center. doctor jennifer tong says a small group qualifies for the 3rd dose at this time. the mustin received the pfizer or moderna vaccine and be severely
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immunocompromised some examples of the people on medication that suppresses their immune system like organ transplant recipients or people in cancer treatment. >> but we know is that those who are moderately to compromised likely didn't have as much of a response to those first 2 doses of vaccine. this group is at a higher risk of all illnesses and infections, but especially something as contagious as covid-19 and the delta variant. we're trying to do is we're trying to catch this vulnerable population up to the vaccine response that the rest of us likely had doctor tong says right now the majority of people hospitalized with covid-19 are unvaccinated but they're seeing some immunocompromised people who are vaccinated experiencing severe breakthrough cases as well. we have had a handful of cases of vaccinated individuals. typically people who fall into this category. >> being the most vulnerable their immune system is already
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suppressed right now. there's no need for people with healthy immune system to get a 3rd dose. >> but hong says if you haven't received a vaccination yet. they still have first doses at our county operated shopping location. 0 can just to come in and ask questions. >> we are willing to give accurate scientific information provide the vaccine right then and there with or without an appointment that 3rd dose can be given 28 days. >> after your second dose. there's no negative ramifications or benefit to waiting longer. amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> a booster shot announcement comes as we're seeing another surge of covid-19 in california and right here in the bay area. now let's take a look at the current covid cases, state officials are reporting more than 14,000 new cases, 40 new deaths and more than 298,000 people have gotten tested in the bay area. alameda county has the most new cases with 458. but the
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good news is no new deaths. santa clara county reported 344 new cases. also, no deaths and then in contra, costa county, 308 new cases were reported. but there are 2 new deaths now stay with kron 4. we're going to be continuing to cover the coronavirus just scan the qr code with your mobile device and you'll be directed to our web page dedicated to the covid-19 coverage. it's all on kron. 4 dot com. happening today. nearly 2000 athletes from around the world will gather here in san francisco to take on the 40th escape from alcatraz triathlon. the event was canceled last year due to covid and this year to help ensure everyone's safety, new health and safety protocols are in place. kron four's, camila barco is live with more camilla. >> good morning, sasso. yeah. he said nearly 2000 athletes are competing in the escape from alcatraz it right at the lot and these athletes are not
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just from the bay area but they're coming from all over the world. there are also international and this race is minutes away from starting the first portion of the race begins in the water. that's why i'm currently on boat. these athletes will plunge into the water off all the trash island pencil on the name of the competition and swim for a mile and half to land, but then put on their running shoes and begin 18 mile bike. the presidio and the last stretch is an 8 mile run to the finish line at the marina and also said i just want to point out that i'm being told that these athletes are expected to this competition in about 2 hours. so they not only have to go on water. do a run and also my right knee are expected to complete this evening 2 hours and they said the race is about to start in the last that about. what the minutes or so and they will. not sure exactly how all this water is. so we're going to see they are able to swim on to land this
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competition, of course, will be live in the next hour to give guys an update sarah, back to thanks, camila. i've seen them do that is quite intense wow. 2 hours and >> we're also following the latest out of haiti where search and rescue efforts are continuing following a powerful earthquake magnitude of 7 0.2 earthquake struck the southwestern part of the island yesterday morning, more than 300 people were killed and at least 1800 were injured. hundreds of homes have been destroyed as well. it's believed the hundreds of people reported missing. we're trapped in the rubble. there are also fears the widespread damage worsen this week with tropical storm grace predicted to reach 80 late monday or early tuesday. tennis star alaska is pledging to donate all her prize money from her upcoming tournament to earthquake relief efforts in haiti the number 2 player in the world. and her father is
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from haiti. she tweeted she feels the country can't get a break. she will compete in the western and southern open in cincinnati starting tomorrow. the single champion will receive $255,000. the runner up its 188,000. and so my finalists will receive $100,000 while coming up on the kron 4 morning news we're following breaking news taliban fighters have entered the afghan capital. >> the u.s. is sending additional service members. we have the latest information.
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for your money this morning. the united states postal service is going to start charging you more money to help ensure holiday packages. >> are delivered on time. the postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset rising delivery costs. the price increases, which range from $0.25 to $5 per package would go into effect on october 3rd, a survey by intelligent dot com shows almost half of americans who took out student loans 20 or more years ago still carry the debt with them in 2020 student loan debt a balloon to its highest level ever. after forced lockdowns drove a major recession overall americans own astounding. 1.7 trillion dollars. meantime, we're
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learning that amazon has invested 81 billion dollars in california since 2020, the company says it employs 153,000 full and part-time workers in the state. it also supports more than 200,000 small and medium size businesses that sell products online, california has 60 fulfillment and sortation wind and solar farm and 92 whole foods markets. for your health today. you are looking at the last day sign up for coverage under the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. the government says more than 2 and a half million people signed up since by president biden order the marketplace to reopen during the pandemic. about 30 million people remain uninsured. most of them would be eligible for the ca plans or other coverage to 2020 to open enrollment begins november. 1st. >> and we're looking for a son
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hot spots and establishing line across the flames and around them. no evacuation orders were given, but authorities had initially issued a warning. now to the latest on the coyote fire burning along highway. 29, this is the look from fire from saint helene, the camera at last update. cal fire says the fire was burning 127 acres and is 95% contained. meanwhile, the massive dixie fire has been burning for a month now and is showing no signs of slowing down it has destroyed entire towns and forced thousands to flee their homes it is the second largest wildfire in our state's iphistory. more than 550,000 acres have burned across 4 separate counties this weekend. firefighters are bracing for triple digit temperatures. let me tell you, it was hot. there. and for the potential of dry lightning, which could spark more flames right now it's only 31% contained. now let's get
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another check of weather. let's talk with meteorologist dave spahr they would be looking at ok, good morning, sarah. good morning, everybody. a little bit of relief is what we're getting our way. that will be early into next week. now from the earlier forecast that we had. it looks like we're pushing this ahead by maybe a day or so. >> where the real action will be monday night into tuesday morning. the kind of change the guard, if you will, a little bit help clean air to take care of some of that haze right now it's fog controlling things and half moon bay and most of the bay area locations by the way, for the swimmers going on alcatraz island. you're talking about. they water temperatures about 66 degrees with that and it's only colder out of the pacific as well. however, that pacific going help us out a little bit early into next week. golden gate bridge is all covered up with the fog. that's at the ground level. as you can see, temperature check mostly 60's in the east bay 59 for freeman. 70 for antioch up in the north bay. we've got 50's hanging on their 62 san jose. there. it is way up towards the kind of like a front dropping south here. now let's
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go to the models where you can really see this was supposed to happen. well, late tonight into tomorrow looks like that will be delayed. we have our typical firing up of the showers and thunder showers in the sierra and some of that cloud cover does flow out our way but doesn't get too much progress. it will coming to the east bay a little bit before kind of swings around again, fire up again, those thunder showers, but they don't get anywhere because this front is dropping to our backyard. this gets interesting here. this is tuesday morning and you see coastal drizzle and light showers. even the east bay hills and all of that. it's just this a front that comes dropping south and pushes the air up and you get to higher elevations. it's like a wave when it hits rocks at the beach. you see the water jump up like that. that's what's happening with the air mass. now the winds, we do see an uptick in the winds in the north bay happening early. that will be tonight and we'll get a little breeze tomorrow. but the real show happens monday night. as you can see all over the coast and they hold together overnight. so it's going to be a good stiff breeze going on. most notably in the north bay for monday
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night into tuesday morning. it's all worth it because we get a front cools us off, helped clear out our skies, bring some moisture with it. just not really good rain. that's true. so for today we have hazy hot going on inland highs near about 80 for the bay 100 well inland for early in the week. it's a hot monday. still clouds drizzle, all that kind of stuff for tuesday and that will be at the coast and that will be on the east bay shoreline little bit. some of the hills as well. rest of the week at sunny highs near 91 on inland 70's cover the bay for today. again, those hazy sunshine 69 for san francisco variable cloud 75 for oakland and 85. meanwhile, for san jose. but still inland. we're looking at those numbers mid to upper 90's again today. 100 for antioch. that heat advisory still in place in northern solano county. but the lay hold. meanwhile at 75. we'll have more in your 4 zone forecast in just a bit. sarah. >> thanks, dave. this morning we're following a big story out of afghanistan. the taliban has entered the outskirts of the capital city
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kabul and we are now just learning that president ashraf ghani has left the country as taliban say they will move further into couple. the taliban says they won't take the capital by force and they're waiting for a peaceful transfer. they wanted unconditional surrender from the government and negotiators are headed to the presidential palace. boeing helicopters have been taking off and landing near the u.s. embassy this morning. president biden authorized an additional direct deployment of 1000 us service members to the country, bringing the total to 5,000. the president said the deployment will ensure and orderly and safe drawdown of view of the u.s. and other allied personnel. this is happening a little more than 2 weeks before the u.s. is set to complete its troop withdrawal. we have sports coverage ahead, including some bay area football. stay with us. breaks comes.
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the san francisco forty-niners first pre season game of the year hosting the kansas city chiefs at levi stadium. jimmy garoppolo started the first series that it was done. then in his second series of the game. trey lance with the play that will be one of the niner fans. they will remember this one. a bomb to trent sherfield and your field will take it to
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the rest of the way not much else to show you from lance. his receivers dropped a few passes. he also missed a few himself in the end, the niners fall 19 to 16, but no one cares about that. the fans were just excited about some good old live football and the fans are excited to be there too. things do look a little different, though, this year because of covid but fans couldn't wait to return kron four's. gayle ong caught up with those fans before the game the flex fans are excited to be back. some have been tailgating since 04:00am. >> decked >> out in forty-niners and kansas city chiefs read. can't hallway want to see patrick mahomes, travis healthy today able girl has brought his one year-old to niners game. he's got to remember this for days. we have pictures the little ones. they see their picture like i've been here before.
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yes, you have the other little one. he's talking about his 8 year-old son robert, i'm excited to see drop alone. and i want to be a running back when i grow no proof of vaccination or proof of a negative covid test needed to get into levi stadium. there was no limit on capacity for the niners first pre season game masks are required indoors but not outside. but he was a cashless venue that only accept cards for food beverages and merchandise fear the family this longtime season ticket holder had her own covid protocols were going to have people helping serve food as opposed to everybody touching everything anna. >> lots of sanitizer and things out just for people to take care of each other and be safe. >> and fans. tell me they have been anticipating this game because it's the first time inside levi stadium since the pandemic at levi stadium. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> you can always count on 40 niner fans to have a good time now for some bay area baseball. the giants six-game winning streak has come to an
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end. the colorado rockies got a rare road win beating the giants 4 to one last night. unfortunately, brendan rodgers single do extend his hitting streak to 16 games for colorado. trevor story doubled twice and scored 2 runs the rockies have lost 5 straight away from home. and we're 13 to 44 on the road before freeland and 2 relievers held down the giants. at least one bay area team came on top. the a's taking on the rangers saturday night and this game was blowout. so let's just stick to some of the nice homers, the first maddie chapman hitting what? appraisal was the slider it with is made fade to matthew. don't care that his 16th of the season. top of the 9th and a little insurance coming off of the base there with seth brown, brown smoking the shot to the right hurries 15 oakland wins 83 way to go. a's. last night you saw the raiders beat the seahawks
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right here on kron 4 in the team's first game at allegiant stadium now be sure to join sports. director jason dumas and kate rooney next week for our all of our raiders coverage. we've got it all beginning at 6.30 with the pre-game show followed by the game. vs. >> the los angeles rams and then the post-game show directly after that all here on crime for your home for the raiders. good morning and
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welcome back to the kron 00:00am morning news. let's start this half hour with a look at our forecast far as in the weather center with the latest. how's it looking out there, david, for the rest of our hey, sarah, looking pretty good except it's still going to be hot like it was yesterday, particularly well inland. we do have this morning fog again, gracing its presence here and we'll see this afternoon. the fire up with those showers in the sierra. >> some of that blow off cloud cover moisture may drift into parts of the bay by the overnight and early tomorrow morning. here's a live shot of what it looks like on the east bay shoreline. yeah. filled with fog. as you can see, the shot from u c berkeley and the golden gate bridge also covered in fog. this next couple of hours as what we're waiting for way up in the top left-hand side of your screen is a front. just kind of getting its act together. kind of barreling out of the gulf of alaska in the northwest that is expected monday night into tuesday morning and that will say kind of a little bit of a game changer. sure, it
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will bring in some sprinkles. it looks like for monday night into tuesday morning. concentrated probably in the higher elevations and it will cool us off inland, particularly a lot of 60's right now in the east bay. 70 going on for antioch up to the north bay. it's mostly 50's 62 for san jose at 57 san francisco breaking today down for you. once we take care of this fog inland, particularly rocketing through the 90's this afternoon. despite all locations. but we may top off at 100 or so in a couple selective spots that coming up in a bit. we'll have your 4 zone forecast and check out the very active tropics as well. sarah, thanks, >> if you're in the market to buy a new home. you may be in luck. the east bay association of realtors says home sales in the east. bay are starting to slow down. inventory is up kron four's phillipe djegal reports this may lead to a busy buying season this fall. >> covid-19 has really changed the whole concept of the seasonal nature of real estate before the pandemic. david
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stark says peak single-family housing inventory in the east bay happen in the spring communities like pleasant hill, clayton and hayward year-over-year. more homes are listed on the market. the combined increase of 51%. but fewer are being sold. a drop-off of about 6%. something very interesting happened last year we saw a peak inventory in the spring and then a second peak in the fall. >> and we could be experiencing something very similar this year. stark speaks for the bay east association of realtors group that monitors housing trends for more than 6,000 real estate professionals throughout the bay area we've got both historically low interest rates which make it easier to qualify for a mortgage at the same time historically high sales prices. so even though mortgage interest rates may be low. you're still having to qualify for a large mortgage and make a large payment. so i think what we're seeing in some communities as what we're calling buyer fatigue and
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they're saying we're going to back off or second. see what happens with market stark says despite home sales in the east bay dropping this year from june to july on average single-family homes only stayed on the market. >> 14 days last month and that's a good indicator that buyers are out there. they're making offers and the mark the offers are being accepted. so that's a great way to tell just how healthy these markets are. the fact that homes are selling very quickly trends stark expects to continue through the end of the year. phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> in sacramento. the housing market has been hot for months. this is due to more people moving out of the bay area of san francisco searching for more affordable housing while working from home. well, after months of home selling left and right. new data now shows the market slowing down statistics from july of this year's show there was an 8.6% decrease of sales from june. one. realtor says he expected these numbers, especially this time of year. >> the kids go back to school.
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traditionally home taper off just a little bit sales start to taper. we've trained them or they trained each other to believe that it's red hot with no end in sight and markets do cycle. >> the real a realtor rather told us even with the recent price tips. there's no reason to be concerned adding that it's likely too early to call this tip a trend. also in san francisco. the yearlong program free muni for youth will kick off tomorrow to provide free buses and trams for kids, 18 years or younger san francisco unified school district welcomes back students for in-person learning on monday that actually invited us to check it out. fair instructors will not ask for proof of payment for kids and teens who appeared to qualify officials are still encouraging students to bring a student id just to be safe and the harvest festival in pleasanton kicked off this weekend after being canceled last year. do those covid restrictions. it's at the to event center there you
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can see lots of handmade crafts original art jewelry pottery today. people came to support the businesses that suffered because of the pandemic festival. organizers say they are following all health guidelines set forth by the county and the state tomorrow is the last day. so if you haven't checked it out, there's still some time. now. governor gavin newsome made a stop in san diego saturday as part of his campaign. the vote no campaign. >> newsome talked down with his republican rivals highlighting their opposition to addressing climate change gun control and vaccine mandates for frontline workers. >> michael shure has the latest. >> california governor gavin newsome now pressing golden state democrats to recall that there's a recall election. we talk about turnout. this is about turning in those ballots. it's a simple thing. very simple, says joe garofolo of the san francisso chronicle every california this week is going to be mailed a ballot. so nobody even have to go the polls just have to fill out
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your ballot it's 2 questions and mail it in. >> question one should newsom be recalled question. 2 who should replace him popular conservative radio host larry elder things that will be i'm going to win this election after recall, governor newsom now using elder to paint a picture he hopes will inspire democrats to vote. he's to the right of donald trump. >> to the >> that's what's at stake in this election. elder in the other republican hopeful seizing on wedge issues. reason for the rise in private and politics is a reason for the rise of homelessness and it's left impalas. there isn't just one celebrity candidate trying to peg homelessness on newsome. caitlin jenner chiming in this week from venice beach that has gone down so bad with the homeless issue. >> that you don't even want to walk down the street and nobody wants to come here. this has to change in deep blue california democrats hoping that reliable voting blocs like latinos will make the difference. latino voters
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are key because they is likely said they do vote. 2 thirds of them for. democrats in california. and that's that. that's one of the keys to why the democrats have twice as many voters in california as republicans. but this is a time of covid. the governor running to stay in office on his pandemic record using recent bad numbers and other states to get voters at home to stay the course. we could go up a cloak covid clip in just a matter of weeks. we don't take this moment seriously. >> all right. it's 7.37. and we'll be right back after the break.
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>> welcome back now the future of lake tahoe's health may be in jeopardy. u c davis tahoe environmental research center has released its annual state of the lake report which suggests climate change and above average temperatures may be affecting clear blue water. melanie townsend breaks down this report. >> the last time researchers were able to see 100 feet down in lake tahoe is clear water was in 1960. but in the last several years, the average depth of visibility was no more than 70 feet due to environmental changes. doctor jeffrey shaw toe with the environmental research center says this is keeping them from reaching their goal of
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improving tahoe, uc-health and clarity. the biggest factors being heat in microscopic put the same to change the way from this is how to pitch is increasing. >> so this temperature of 20 degrees celsius. 68 degrees fahrenheit. actually a society and that change into elite that does lake tahoe also dropped 2 and a half feet last year. this combined with the reduction of uv radiation from wildfire smoke in warmer surface water temps will only exacerbate the buildup of an invasive species of asian clans. >> in algae called men of fighting on the left. here beautiful, beautiful scene. there was a bottle of this is what i made bottom look like now. so what can be done to save the lake from bacteria and plants. >> turk researchers have come up with several different solutions. and one of them comes in the form of animal
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treats. >> and you change look of clues. thank, you know, the plan is to harvest these tiny yet. highly destructive trip isis then and then those don't reach as a way of engage people's awareness of the nation's change. for now. turk scientists will continue to monitor with drone flyovers divwng expeditions in psa keeping lake taco lu china just having tools could even having a new tool in sacramento. >> melanie townsend, fox 40 news. >> another hot day going on inland as we see some temperatures reach for the century. mark. a lot of upper 90's as well, which will explore in the 4 zone forecast. and check out the active tropics to keep it.
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>> welcome back. at some 45 in spain, residents endured the hottest day of the year saturday with temperatures topping 115 degrees a record of 116 degrees was set in the town of maan toro in the region of in his this comes as authorities in italy expanded the number of cities on red alert for health risks as a heat wave grips southern europe. the united states is also experiencing a heat wave.
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namely in the pacific northwest. well, we've experienced that in california. dave. it's really hot there. but we've i saw that basically in chico. >> yeah, you know, and we're all going to be getting a break on the northwest and down in northern california. us included early into the week as a frontal system drop south. you know, this is kind of a treat this time of year because it's this time of year. we don't get a lot of traffic going on here that does much of but this is going clean things out and clean our air too. first things first is the fog covering up the east bay shoreline. as you can see there, that again will be mixing out as the morning starts to progress as a phone live shot coming in here. at least we can make a lot of the sun going on. just a fog bank off to the distance upper 60 york. see the lower 60's lining up most of the east bay, although little warmer off to antioch at 70 a mixture of some 50's and 60's up north. 62 san jose 58 for half moon bay. 57 for san francisco. all right. so the tropics, this is the first system hear a lot about mister frederick here. there's another one out in the
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atlantic called grace. that's going to be a player for the caribbean. looks like cuba's going to get yet another hit of a tropical system that being grace, but here's fred does something kind of strange here, if you will, not unheard of, but does a little dance here. as you can see before it starts to finally move. remember the latitudes hear word about 25 degrees here and the summer months, most of the traffic is to the north. that's one of the reasons we don't get front until we get into the winter usually. and so forth. so it's hard to get these things moving. sometimes at this latitude. but it looks like a landfall strike. now it's been moved to the east a little bit over panama some sorry, pensacola in panama city. looks like a strike overnight monday night, tuesday morning as a tropical storm, max winds at around 50 or so. it is a tropical storm now is a depression before and then expected to fall back to a tropical low. heavy rains into the appalachians released the southern appalachians and portions of the ohio valley potentially bac4 on our coast. we're waiting for a front to drop south. yes, it's been delayed a little bit. looks like that will happen monday night and here it is. tuesday
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can parading down may be driving a few little spotty sprinkles monday night a tuesday morning in the higher hills of the east bay and out of the south a little bit again by tuesday afternoon, sun comes out. it's all over. but the nice to get a rain shower treat cooler temps cleans out our air a little bit. look at the monsoon. it doesn't even poll say it like it used to. it's been pushed east. so we do have a real change of the guard checking things out for your sunday. now your 4 zone forecast 69 san francisco 67 daly city in pacifica 65 per half moon, bay. bayside 77 for burlingame. we head south business as usual. we got the 80's popping out here at redwood city palo alto mean won the south bay. it's all an 80 story with 90's south that is morgan hill at 96. los gatos 90 to 87 for cupertino. still the lower 80's on the east bay shoreline mid-nineties tri valley. looks like a walnut creek at 96 conquered at 98 73 for richmond vallejo. the cool
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spot. 75 vacaville, you still have that heat advisory again today. technically not fairfield at 9787 for now rosa noe valley might get some better clearing in southern moran here in terms of that fog will meandering around to convert over to hazy skies. so reflecting all of this slight drop on monday, but a bigger drop into tuesday. she can see a sprinkle south possible at the coast as well. and we'll keep those lower 90's in place the rest the week. sarah. >> thanks, dave. time to talk. the latest from samsung includes new foldable phones, new watches and more rich demuro explains in today's tech smart. >> samsung updated its foldable phones. the samsung galaxy z flip 3 and the galaxy z-fold-three both phones have foldable screens that samsung says are more durable than ever before. >> samsung's latest unpacked event brings upgrades to their foldable phones. the galaxy z-fold-three and the flip 3.
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>> the bay to the 5 videos and make lives better for the first time. both phones are now water resistant. the inside screen on the flagship fold. 3 isn't any bigger, but it is more durable. plus the phone has a thinner hinge and its overall lighter. samsung has hit in a selfie camera under the screen. also new the full 3 now supports a stylist. you can write on-screen the fold is $200 cheaper than last year. but it's still starts at a whopping $1800. many people are now looking to upgrade earlier so they can get their hands on a portable device. meanwhile, the more pocket flip has a bigger screen on the outside along with an improved selfie cam. >> here, an even bigger price cuts now starting at $999. $380 less than last year's model. we object to constraints in closed ecosystems. is your slow to innovate. >> and we tear down walls that stifle innovation and forced
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premiums other announcements include new galaxy watches with brighter displays. >> in or designs longer battery life and a new operating system, a new sensor measures body composition. samsung says you'll get better fitness and sleep tracking along with more accurate calorie counts. finally galaxy buds to are smaller and lighter. i love the sleek look and feel and they sounds good. but at $150. i just wish they state better in my ears. >> some pretty amazing engineering here. and of course, that's very possible. both phones will be on sale august 27th. they'll be testing them over the next few weeks. i'll have my full review soon. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> well, what is happening against funds are back. it's 7.51. will be right back after the break.
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>> president biden is teaming up with an online celebrity to get more people vaccinated. it turns out all it takes is a do with the sun. the do with the site. instagram page posted this yesterday. it was taken at the white house rose garden. the dude's sign rate reads. let's look out for each other and get vaccinated. president biden agrees with a sign saying this dude gets it, folks. this is the best
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segment of the show. i'm sorry. this is what you call a hot dog summer. this pack of of the dogs. they know hot and they're not just stay cool during this crazy way. look at him. and they have. good morning glasses. i can't get my dog org losses for the life of me. now they're out there. they're making sure they stay safe on the water wearing life jackets, which is good and some dust picked their eyes. but again, how they get the dogs or sunglasses. that's impossible for me. a new artificial intelligence platform is putting sick days to the test can make employees prove that they are actually sick. it's through a smartphone app. developed by an israeli company once installed it uses the camera to monitor a person's heart rate breathing in oxygen, saturation with what the company says is medical grade accuracy. the employee just
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has to look at their phones camera for 45 seconds. but here in the u.s. workers can't be forced to download an app on their phones. i think we've all been in need of this out before proving we're actually sick. now. still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news coming up, the next hour. booster shots have begun to be administered in the south bay where you can be. >> find one in hollywood who is eligible. plus the latest out of haiti after a massive earthquake leaves towns in rubble and kills hundreds where rescue efforts stand this morning. and we're also following the latest in afghanistan. breaking news as the taliban has reportedly entered the outskirts of-the capital. the pool. what president biden is doing to ensure an orderly and safe evacuation for the u.s. and other allies personality. stick with us. got a lot coming up.
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managing type 2 diabetes? on it. on it. on it, with jardiance. they're 22 million prescriptions strong. meet the people who are managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk with jardiance. jardiance is a once-daily pill that can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and jardiance lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems.
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ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare, but life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection, ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction, and don't take it if you're on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. lower a1c and lower risk of a fatal heart attack? yep, they're on it with jardiance. ask your doctor about jardiance.
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so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news. i'm sarah stinson well is on vacation now sunday always 15th and we have a lot to get to this morning. but of course, we want to start with weather with dave sphar. good morning. david. still foggy out there for most of the bay area home that it is. yeah. good morning, sarah. and good morning, after we take care of that morning. fog will be left with that traditional of what's been commonplace. >> that haze into the afternoon and still quite toasty in those inland valleys. but at least it's nice to start off like this waiting for a little system to drop south to kind of clean out our atmosphere coolest out of touch. it looks like it'll be kind of a welcome visitor, if you will. here's a look at what our temperatures stand right now. we've got the lower 60's lighting up the east bay shoreline. but still in 70's. you can see antioch 55 up to santa rosa with a again. 60 going on for now. but in 57, meanwhile, san francisco, there's the fog we just referenced. it looks like slight improvement as we're starting to get the fog peeling away a little bit from of the brush, as you will notice there on that. we're waiting for the east bay
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shoreline starlight up a bit. golden gate bridge is skewered by the fall going on again. give us a couple of hours to work its magic as we will see into hazy sunshine as we expect into the afternoon hours except along the coast that sometimes will slow going system is up in our northwest. that's expected to be number league game changer but will clear out our atmosphere. quite nicely cool us off. a touch may bring some sprinkles. it's way, way, way up there in the northwest will be referencing that throughout the morning. breakdown for you. 85 at high noon. it looks like by 3 o'clock 94, but many areas will be reaching near 100 or do 100 well, more than the 4 zone forecast. >> i think it's become. commonly known among this population that they might not have had an inadequate response to the vaccine. >> extra immunity for those most at risk from the coronavirus following the fda and cdc's approval of a 3rd dose of the covid-19 vaccine. many have begun to receive the shot in the arm. kron four's amanda hari takes a closer
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look. >> this is small percentage of the population. i'm told estimated to be less than 3%. but many of these people knew they would need a 3rd dose and started getting it as soon as the cdc approved. it mean that as soon as we had another thing to offer to protect them. >> that we made that available. >> associate chief medical officer of the santa clara valley medical center. doctor jennifer tong says a small group qualifies for the 3rd dose at this time. the mustin received the pfizer or moderna vaccine and be severely immunocompromised some examples of the people on medication that suppresses their immune system like organ transplant recipients or people in cancer treatment. >> but we know is that those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised likely didn't have as much of a response to those first 2 doses of vaccine. this group is at a higher risk of all illnesses and infections. but especially something as contagious as covid-19 and the
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delta variant. but we're trying to do is we're trying to catch this vulnerable population up to the vaccine response that the rest of us likely had doctor tong says right now the majority of people hospitalized with covid-19 are unvaccinated but they're seeing some immunocompromised people who are vaccinated experiencing severe breakthrough cases as well. we have had a handful of cases of vaccinated individuals typically people who fall into this category. >> being the most vulnerable their immune system is already suppressed right now. there's no need for people with healthy immune system to get a 3rd dose. >> but hong says if you haven't received a vaccination yet. they still have first doses at our county operated shopping location. 0 can just to come in and ask questions. >> we are willing to give accurate scientific information provide the vaccine right then and there with or without an appointment. the 3rd dose can be given 28 days.
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>> after your second dose. there's no negative ramifications or benefit to waiting longer. amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> the booster shot announcement comes as we're seeing another surge of covid-19 in california and right here in the bay area. now let's take a look at the current covid cases. state officials are reporting more than 14,000 new cases 40 new deaths and more than 298,000 people have gotten tested in the bay area. alameda county has the most new cases with 458. but the good news is no new deaths. santa clara county reported 344 new cases. also no deaths and then in contra, costa county, 308 new cases were reported. but there are 2 new deaths. stay with kron 4 for the continuing coronavirus coverage. all you have to do is scan the qr code with your mobile device and you'll be directed to the web page. you can get the story on there. it's all on kron 4 dot com.
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it's a very easy way to get the latest on what's happening right here in the bay area happening today. nearly 2000 athletes from around the world will gather right here in san francisco to take on the 40th escape from alcatraz triathlon. the event was canceled last year due to covid and this year to help ensure everyone's safety. there's new health and safety protocols in place. kron four's camila barco is live with more camilla. what's it like out there? it sounds like it's a lot of fun. there's a lot of excitement as people wait for these athletes to make. >> their way to the second portion of great. run it right there making their way to the second portion of the race. but this all started out in the water and athletes jumped off from one go at dan there mile and a half to land and minded. there are thousands of athletes so right now we are watching thousands of
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>> green from marine agree they are putting on their running shoes and beginning to embark on 18 mile bike ride through the presidio and the last stretch of this race is an 8 mile run to the finish line back at the marina. so currently right now we're at the murray at marina green, where thousands of athletes are beginning their second portion we've already seen about. >> 5 athletes finish the first part and now they're beginning the second portion and then they have to make their way to 3rd and and you just saw one other runninp going right there. so, yeah, a lot of people are out here. they're watching these this try at the lawn. and i just want to say kids, don't try this at home this is a competition. and i just want to point out that i'm told. >> these athletes will compete
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this the bike ride and the run all in about 2 hours. it started at by 9.30, of course, keep you updated throughout this competition that can mail. it is no joke. i've seen them out there and it is a tense and i personally can't imagine doing. and these people are for sure athletes. >> talk to them. we can't wait to hear from you and to your next report and see how they finish up. but for now, we do have some very serious news. we're also following the latest out of haiti where search and rescue efforts are continuing. >> to follow a following a powerful earthquake rather the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck to southwestern part of the island yesterday morning. more than 300 people are have been killed and at least 1800 are injured. hundreds of homes have been destroyed. it's believed the hundreds of people reported missing are trapped in the rubble there are also fears widespread
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damage will worsen this week with the tropical storm grace predicted to reach haiti late monday or early tuesday. they just can't catch a break. now coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news we're following the latest out of afghanistan. another serious breaking news story. taliban fighters have. >> entered the afghan capital. the u.s. is sending additional service members. we have the latest. don't go anywhere.
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well, it's a 10 for your money this morning. the united states postal service is going to start. >> charging more money to help ensure holiday packages are delivered on time. the postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset the rising delivery costs, the price increases, which range from $0.25 to $5 more per package. we go into effect on october 3rd right before the holiday seasons. now for your health. today is the last day to sign up for coverage under the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. the government says more than 2 and a half million people signed up amid the pandemic. but about 30 million people still remain uninsured, most of them would be a little double for the ac, a plans or other coverage. the twenty-twenty to open enrollment begins november. 1st. >> and i want to take care of this. fog are looking for another hot day to be well,
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>> 8.14 now to the latest on the coyote fire burning along highway. 29. this is a look from our view of the saint helene a camera at last update cal fire says the fire has burned about 127 acres and is 95% contained. so good news on that front. meanwhile, the massive dixie fire has been burning for a month and they're barely gaining containment. every day. percent. if that it has destroyed entire towns and forced thousands to flee their homes and it is the second largest wildfire in our state's history. more than 550,000 acres have burned across 4 counties. this weekend. firefighters are bracing for triple digit temperatures and it is hot up there. the potential for dry lightning is a concern as well, which could spark more flames. right now. it's still only 31%. we just checked with cal fire still 31%. now let's get another check of weather meteorologist dave sphar here to tell us that it's much
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cooler here. then up there at the dixie fire. >> that's right. and you know, we had to come barco was talking about those the swimmers alcatraz island 66 degrees is what it is right there. yeah. not quite miami, florida for her. so kelly, the great lakes and july. so it's kind of what it feels there anyway. here's what we've got going on here. here's the east bay shoreline still covered in that fog. but the shrubbery at least to showing up. so it's starting to recede ever so slightly. it's still kind of the same picture. the golden gate is still covered up. now this couple of hours, we get back in the sunshine again today with the hazy sunshine until we get this atmosphere cleared up now the good news is we do have some help on that front as we've been talking about little bit here. it will help kind of clear out our atmosphere a little bit to get back to us. more of those blue skies and maybe bring a sprinkle along the way. most east bay locations. right now we're still settled in the 60's 73 for antioch up in the north bay. we're getting some 60's progress. 55 santa rosa 59 to bottle 57 san francisco and san jose comes in at 64. so on the satellite picture,
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there's the frontal pick frontal system we're talking about. we actually had different types of moisture going on here. this the monsoon here and this is some tropical moisture out at sea here. and meanwhile, along the coast, it's our typical marine layer that we know all too well. this fronts a little bit later than the earlier projections were. so all of this business about coming through tonight into tomorrow morning. well, looks like monday is going to be another hot day the well inland tuesday's when it really starts cracking when this thing gets far enough south to do this for us. and it's kind of we're celebrating because this time of year the systems don't get a lot of progress that this type of latitude as much as they do. certainly during the winter months going forward with future cast for there's the flare up in the monsoon showers in the sierra and the wave. you can see coming in our general direction, throwing cloud cover our way just before dawn. it looks like. meanwhile, marine layer will deliver a couple sprinkles and then tomorrow it flares up again. but it doesn't make it here because here comes the front. and as it goes over the hills and so forth. that might spark off some sprinkles or light rain showers with everything and help a fortified. the fog. but by the
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late morning hours, that should clear out and temperatures will be a little cooler winds. we do have an uptick happening up in the north bay, particularly, but. also inland because all that inland heating. but then when the front gets here, it's ready for business and this will be monday night into tuesday. look at some of these numbers are in the 20's. even some 30's going on there. so that will be some nice relief there as well. but certainly don't like it near the fires going on. getting winds regardless of the direction before that settles down into tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon for today. we're talking hazy sunshine, hot inland near about 80 for the bay 100 well, in that they'll be couple spots that will see in the 4 zone forecast early in the week hot on monday. still clouds and drizzle tuesday morning that shakes out. we clear out the atmosphere clearing for the afternoon and the rest of the week is sunny near 90 going on for the highs. we're talking near 100. we're going to shave about 10 degrees or so off this and 70's will be pretty much anchored in the bay today. we've got 69 san
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francisco hazy sunshine, mixed bag of sun and clouds 75 oakland 85 meanwhile for san jose. still hot for conquered at 98 the 75, but northern sullivan county still have that heat advisory. 97 santa rosa and 93 for nevada will check into the 4 zone forecast gets more details and check out of that about the busy tropics and the atlantic, sarah. >> warm one. thanks, dave. now this morning we're following a big story out of afghanistan. the taliban has entered the outskirts of the capital city kabul. we're just now learning the president ashraf ghani has left the country as the taliban moves further into kabul. the taliban says they won't take the capital by force and her awaiting a peaceful transfer. they want an unconditional surrender from the government in negotiators are headed to the presidential palace as we speak. boeing helicopters has been taking off and landing near the u.s. embassy this morning. president biden authorized an additional direct deployment of 1000 us service members to the country, bringing the total to
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5,000. the president said the deployment will ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of us and other allied personnel. this is happening nearly 2 weeks before the u.s. is set to complete its troop withdrawal. now it's 8.19 the morning. we have sports coverage ahead, including some bay area football you're going to stick with us. >> because we have some lighter fun sports to talk abou
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>> well, 22 time for some bay area baseball. the giants six-game winning streak has come to an end. unfortunately, the colorado rockies got to rare road win beating the giants 4 to one last night. brendan rodgers singled to extend his hitting streak to 16 games for colorado. trevor story doubled twice and scored 2 runs the rockies had lost 5 straight away from home. and we're 1344 on the road before freeland and 2 relievers held down the giants. well, at least one bay area team came out on top in q a's. the a's taking on the rangers saturday night and this game was a blowout. so let's just stick to some thanks homers here. the first chapman hitting what to be the slider. it has something to it. but matthew doesn't care. that's his 16th of the season. top of the 9th in a little insurance coming off the bat. the base with seth brown, brown smoking. the shot to the right out in a
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hurry. his 15th oakland winds 83 way to go a's. now, it was the san francisco forty-niners first pre season game of the year hosting the kansas city chiefs at levi stadium. jimmy garoppolo started the first series and then he was done and then his second series of the game. trey lance with the play that the niners fans. they're going to remember this. a bomb to trent sherfield and sherfield will take it. the rest of the way not much else to show you from lance. his receivers dropped a few passes. he also missed a few himself and talk about that in the end, the niners fall 19 to 16, but no one cares about that because the fans they were just excited about some good old life football, things do look a little different, though, this year because of covid but fans couldn't wait to return. you know, some people were out there from the early morning kron four's, gayle ong caught up with fans before the game. >> fans are excited to be back. some have been tailgating since 04:00am.
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>> decked >> out in forty-niners and kansas city chiefs read. can't want to see patrick mahomes, travis healthy today able girl has brought his one year-old to niners game. he's got to remember this for days. we have pictures the little ones. they see their picture like i've been here before. yes, you have the other little one. he's talking about his 8 year-old son robert, i'm excited to see drop below and i want to be a running back when i grow no proof of vaccination or proof of a negative covid test needed to get into levi stadium. there was no limit on capacity for the niners first pre season game masks are required indoors but not outside. but he was a cashless venue that only accept cards for food beverages and merchandise fear the family this longtime season ticket holder had her own covid protocols and we're
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going to have people helping serve food as opposed to everybody touching everything anna. >> lots of sanitizer and things out just for people to take care of each other and be safe. >> and fans. tell me they have been anticipating this game because it's the first time inside levi stadium since the pandemic at levi stadium. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> always count on the niners for a good time now. what about the raiders? you saw them beat the seahawks right here on kron 4 in the team's first game at allegiant stadium now be sure to join sports. director james jason dumas and kate rooney next week for our raiders coverage beginning at 6.30, the pre-game show followed by the game versus the los angeles rams and then the post-game show directly after that. that's going to be right here on kron for your home. >> for the raiders. we'll be right back after the break.
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book your annual eye exam now. water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? we must have a competent governor with management experience and outsider integrity. [sfx: bear roar] that describes only john cox. happy sunday. let's start this half hour with though. look at weather. we've seen a lot of fogginess, but agrees to that. we know it's going to get warmer later. >> let's check in with dave sphar is in the weather center right now. dave. >> sarah, good morning. and good morning, yes, fog rules the morning which is the case
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and we see it again this morning. that will be replaced by hazy sunshine until we get our atmosphere cleaned out little bit. looks like the front that the doctor order will get here a little later, though, into suh was cheese me monday night into tuesday. we're expecting maybe some activity developing early on a sunday night. >> but right now we have of the golden gate bridge, which is obscured by this fog, give it some time to kind of mix out here a little bit. that usually happens the late morning hours and we're right kind of snack down the in the middle of all this activity first bite at the monsoon in the southeast that will fire up some thunder showers or rain, at least in the sierra and the leftover clouds will drift over to the bay area perhaps by tomorrow morning. meanwhile, the front we're waiting for us the way the top of your screen, upper left-hand side. and that is due monday night and will bring some sprinkles with its approach to so green. you can see around the bay. you go inland. it's starting to warm up already 60 vallejo and napa 73 for antioch and 64. meanwhile, 4 san jose. breaking your day down for you 84 by high noon at 3 o'clock
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94. but it looks like some areas are going to pop in about 100 looks like just like yesterday and even as late as tomorrow. we don't see big, big changes on the temperature front yet that will happen on tuesday. so we'll put that all together for you coming up in a bit and also see what's going on with this tropical storm fred in the gulf of mexico. one of the 4 zone forecast. sarah. >> thanks, dave. now, if you're in the market to buy a new home. you may be in luck. the east bay association of realtors says home sales in the east. bay are starting to slow down and inventory is up kron four's phillipe djegal reports this may lead to a busy buying season this fall. >> covid-19 has really changed the whole concept of the seasonal nature of real estate before the pandemic. david stark says peak single-family housing inventory in the east bay happen in the spring communities like pleasant hill, clayton and hayward year-over-year. more homes are listed on the market. the
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combined increase of 51%. but fewer are being sold. a drop-off of about 6%. something very interesting happened last year we saw a peak inventory in the spring and then a second peak in the fall. >> and we could be experiencing something very similar this year. stark speaks for the bay east association of realtors group that monitors housing trends for more than 6,000 real estate professionals throughout the bay area we've got both historically low interest rates which make it easier to qualify for a mortgage at the same time historically high sales prices. so even though mortgage interest rates may be low. you're still having to qualify for a large mortgage and make a large payment. so i think what we're seeing in some communities as what we're calling buyer fatigue and they're saying we're going to back off or second. see what happens with market stark says despite home sales in the east bay dropping this year from june to july on average single-family homes only stayed on the market. >> 14 days last month and
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that's a good indicator that buyers are out there. they're making offers and the mark the offers are being accepted. so that's a great way to tell just how healthy these markets are. the fact that homes are selling very quickly trends stark expects to continue through the end of the year. >> phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> also in san francisco, a yearlong program you need for youth will kick off tomorrow to provide free buses and trams are kids 18 years or younger san francisco unified school district. there welcoming back students for in-person learning on monday. this is a big deal. ferrin structures will not ask for proof of payment for kids and teens who appear to qualify officials are still encouraging students to bring a student id just in case the university of san francisco. welcome sophomores back to school on saturday. the school greeted them with a brand new door. look at that. it took a decade to build. it has a gym outdoor courtyards and the 150 units equipped id with full kitchens and private bathrooms
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will address the students say they're excited about going back to school, especially after missing out on the experiences from freshman year. >> i couldn't be happier. honestly, i've made so many friends online and seeing them in person through throughout the halls and everything. it's amazing like being able to talk to be able build that connection again, just learning about everyone. >> sure that's exciting ucsf or for other also has strict health protocols in place. masks are required and everyone needs to be fully vaccinated on top of that, students will have to report their health status daily through an online survey. governor gavin newsome made a stop in san diego saturday as part of his campaign to get californians to vote no on his recall. newsome talked down on his republican rivals highlighting their opposition to addressing climate change gun control and vaccine mandates for frontline workers. michael shure provides the latest. >> california governor gavin
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newsome now pressing golden state democrats to recall that there's a recall election. we talk about turnout. this is about turning in those ballots. it's a simple thing. very simple, says joe garofolo of the san francisco chronicle every california this week is going to be mailed a ballot. so nobody even have to go the polls just have to fill out your ballot it's 2 questions and mail it in. >> question one should newsom be recalled question. 2 who should replace him popular conservative radio host larry elder things that will be i'm going to win this election after recall, governor newsom now using elder to paint a picture he hopes will inspire democrats to vote. he's to the right of donald trump. >> to the >> that's what's at stake in this election. elder in the other republican hopeful seizing on wedge issues. reason for the rise in and politics. this reason for the rise of homelessness and it's left impalas. there isn't just
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one celebrity candidate trying to peg homelessness on newsome. caitlin jenner chiming in this week from venice beach that has gone down so bad with the homeless issue. >> that you don't even want to walk down the street and nobody wants to come here. this has to change in deep blue california democrats hoping that reliable voting blocs like latinos will make the difference. latino voters are key because they is likely said they do vote. 2 thirds of them for. democrats in california. and that's that's one of the keys to why the democrats have twice as many voters in california as republicans. but this is a time of covid. the governor running to stay in office on his pandemic record using recent bad numbers and other states to get voters at home to stay the course. we could go up a cloak covid clip in just a matter of weeks. we don't take this moment seriously. >> well, it's a 36. and if you're up this early as much will stick around. we've got a lot of news coming up for you now, here's the break. stick around.
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managing type 2 diabetes? on it. on it. on it, with jardiance. they're 22 million prescriptions strong. meet the people who are managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk with jardiance. jardiance is a once-daily pill that can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and jardiance lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare, but life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this bacterial infection,
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ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction, and don't take it if you're on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. lower a1c and lower risk of a fatal heart attack? yep, they're on it with jardiance. ask your doctor about jardiance.
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yep, they're on it with jardiance. mistakenly opened up the wrong e-mail on his phone and it wasn't long before he found himself under financial attack and he's now out nearly. >> $20,000. shannon behnken has the story. >> i've been telling you about hacking into cellphones. well, you're about to see how a
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crook used access to a phone to launch an ambush to get a man's money. on june 21st larry krause checked his e-mail on his phone and believe chase bank was warning of a fraud it i just. >> cook time verify identity, but all the information and. name date of birth, social security number. address and then it stated. that was restored. i went online everything's fine hours later, a financial began starting with the disabled cell phone. and it says contact her eyes and nothing will go through your phone was just completely shut down. yes, larry went straight to horizon too, by the way, did you make called the rising sun and none of us. >> employees with rising can look at your phone and no. so these guys are good. that was just the beginning. the same time i rise in was. trouble shooting. >> they made a call. to chase and stated that they authorize a wire transfer from my online making. to bank of america.
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and the amount of almost $20,000. >> the crooks attempted transfers to other accounts to including $25,870 to the crooks online trading account with robin hood. by then, larry was standing in a chase bank branch and stopped it. >> so if you have not caught this when needed. they would have taken everything. you have. yeah. chase launched an investigation but more than 7 weeks later, larry hasn't seen a dime and no one from the bank is called him back in weeks and feeling helpless. he knew he better call behnken and chase spokeswoman told me she would has collate this case. an executive team member will contact them directly. they should take a priority and you know. >> return the money back as soon as possible. and continue their investigation to the extent to build a track where this came from, how it got started but not leave the individual like myself. you know, without this amount of
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money, this affecting your livelihood. >> the spokeswoman for chase bank tells me she will update me when she has more information and i will stay on this case to make sure that larry gets answers about where his money is. meanwhile, the manatee county sheriff's office is now looking into this case. i'm shannon behnken on your side. >> and still negotiating through this fog this morning as we clear things up it gets hot yet again. and those in the valleys. but there is some change is happening as we get into next week. we'll take a look at that in your 4 zone forecast and check out what's going on in the gulf
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>> welcome back. in spain, residents endured the hottest day of the year saturday with the temperatures topping 115 degrees a record of 116 degrees was set in the town of montoro in the region of andalucia. this comes as authorities in italy expanded the number of cities on red alert for health risks as a heat wave grips southern europe. the united states is also experiencing a heat wave. mainly in the pacific northwest and to get more on that. we're going to talk with dave sphar, dave, what about this hot temperatures can expect in the bay area california. i mean, and you said at least 100, one triple digit weather. yeah, it will be another hot one inland today, sarah, on the video that they showed you a 40 degrees. that's a core celsius. you know. >> you don't get a lot of movement was celsius. you it's one of the things the metric
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system it's riding its cousins that are much sexier like meters and all that kind of stuff. >> 20 degrees celsius 4 degrees celsius. not it's a lot of movement that when you use fahrenheit, though, that's what different different. so with all that 73 going on for antioch. 60 covering a lot of the east bay. for now that is 60 up to napa. but we're trying to get through all this fog. we are. that's right. east bay shoreline is filled with all this fog. as you can see, it's still hasn't lifted off yet, but least the shrubbery, which wasn't in view before looks like reading some peeling going on right over here. as you can see. meanwhile, at sfo, no delays happening this morning, but a fog bank off towards the distance once this lifts will be left with still that haziness that we've been having the last couple of days now what you're hearing a lot about on the national news going on as you saw a little bit overseas. is we're going to have some tropical talk on first things first, we have frederick care. it's a tropical storm. it was a kind of depression before way that 3 to intensify to the warm waters. the gulf of mexico does a little dance here. and
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finally starts to shoot up as you will notice with. it looks like a landfall happening some time overnight from sunday. tonight and undershooting monday afternoon evening as you will notice here, right around panama city pensacola area with the heavier stuff off to the east, which is typical of these tropical systems when staying a tropical storms or never becomes a hurricane again in its travels and overland like this quickly becoming a tropical wave yet again delivering a lot of rain along the appalachians. so appalachians expect some flooding that happened there on our front a little front to drop south across the pacific is going to some relief timing. now. we've moved this to tuesday morning. not so much sunday night into monday now. so monday, more baking going on all that stuff. inland. but then some changes tuesday with this front. it's going to be a little bit of picking up of some of the moisture along our coast and might have some light rain and drizzle going on in some of the hills to the south bay peninsula. that would be monday night early tuesday morning afterwards. it's clearing things out cooling things down monsoon with the
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pole station as it responds to this front gets pushed towards the east. so little quieter week coming up ahead and turning off some of those showers up in the sierra 60 degrees. 69 excuse me, san francisco today 67 for daly city. 67 pacifica 65 for half moon bay. we've got 70's lining up along the bay side of the peninsula. meanwhile, head south 83 for san carlos. these 80's will be gone probably by tuesday. 83 for palo alto in the south bay. more 80's to be had with morgan hill 96 los gatos at 92 86 milpitas sunnyvale about 85 got the lower 80's lining up the east bay shoreline tri valley. you're in mid 90's today. 96, walnut creek 98 for conquered same song expected pretty much tomorrow, east bay shoreline up here will see the numbers in the 70's will castro valley, maybe 8173 for richmond 7597 fairfield that could go one o 3 another day, heat advisory in place 87 napa 95 for sonoma. 97 santa rosa
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and depending on the fog trying to clear here. it's tough spot here in southern marin. no fog in and out in and out. variable clouds work as world. go for the forecast and san francisco in the seven-day. we have the drop by tuesday, a sprinkle happening south we're talking about hamilton, for example, also a santa cruz mountains, maybe got it early. sprinkle clearing out and clear out the air 90's prevail inland but lower 90's for the remainder of the week. sarah. >> thank you, dave. time to talk about movies. this is fun. a number of new premieres are hitting theaters this weekend, including a biopic on the incredible career of aretha franklin at her. that's going a dean. richard has more in this week's movie review. >> yes. i got a single fight as knew your name read the fine to be intimidating, to be chosen to play aretha franklin by aretha franklin in a movie
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about her life that was the challenge facing oscar winner jennifer hudson. and while no one could ever match the queen of soul's interpretation of the song. jennifer, does every single one of them. justice respect skims over the early part of a wreath us life and career. >> we really don't learn much of anything that's new, but that missed out. you're here is overflowing. it's tough for stories like this to do justice to such a legendary life and body of work. the movie felt abbreviated in rush no doubt to keep the movie at a reasonable length yet it's still clocks in at almost 2 and a half hours because the script pounced all over the place. the performances felt shallow stopping only when jennifer stepped in front of a microphone. another standout was when marlon wayans stepped in as her husband showing he can do drama as well as he does you'll constantly be comparing everything and respect to the real aretha franklin. it doesn't help that the show real aretha footage
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over the credits of this film. and we remind you that no one can come close to the real thing. even with its problems. this dean's list b is worth a watch. the other major release of the week is ryan reynolds free guy. an irreverent high tech comedy that puts you inside the world of video games. is a bank teller realizes he's really only a virtual background player in the world wide video game at the movie is self-aware and often winks. and i at the audience. it is heavy and all things gaming, which i am not so i felt lost in many of the references here while occasionally funny. the movie runs at a frantic pace with an avalanche of cliches. stop with the facts to replace any kind of actual storytelling my final level. a dean's list >> the best movie of the week is the touching drama cota. it's an acronym for children of deaf adults coming of age
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story about a teenager who is the only person who is not deaf in her immediate family. her whole world is her family. so when she wants to take on the outside world. she's torn between love of family and her own dreams. a coming of age stories come and go. all of the time. but this one is unique coming from a perspective that sell them told and mostly from a primary cast. it's almost exclusively death in real life. most notably oscar-winner marlee matlin this dean's list. a is in theaters and also on apple tv. plus, i hope you have a great weekend in chicago and the richards. >> interesting, ryan reynolds, funny movie got a d that makes me sad and i respect jennifer hudson for going after that, franklin will we have a lot more news coming up. stick with us. welcome back. 8.55
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president biden is teaming up with an online celebrity to get more people vaccinated. it turns out all it takes is a do with the sign. this dude with a sign instagram page. that's what it's called posted this picture it was taken at the white house rose garden. the dude's sign reads. let's look out for each other and get vaccinated. president biden agrees with a sign saying this dude gets it, folks. okay. that's cute. okay. this is
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what we call a hot dog summer. this pack of the dock sons. they know how stay cool during this crazy heat wave. they're also making sure they stay safe out there. how do they get their dogs to not only wear a life vest comfortably. and look, they look so stylish and their glasses sunglasses. i can't even get my dog to wear my sunglasses for more than link 5 seconds, maybe 3 max. so cute. a new artificial intelligence platform is putting sick days to the test. sick days to the test. it can make employees prove they're actually sick. it's through a smartphone app developed by an israeli company once install that uses the camera to monitor a person's heart rate breathing and oxygen saturation with what the company says is medical great accuracy. the employee just has to look at their phones camera for 45 seconds. but
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here in the u.s. workers can't be forced to download an app to prove they're not sick. but i think we've all been in the situation room kind of need that prove that move still ahead in the next hour on the kron 00:00am morning news booster shots have the gun to be administered in the south bay where you can find one who's eligible. coming up. >> plus the latest out of haiti after a massive earthquake levels towns of rubble. it kills hundreds where rescue efforts stand this morning.
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>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news at >> good morning and happy sunday. thank you so much for joining us on the kron 00:00am morning news. i'm sarah stinson. well, bellow thankfully has the day off because she's on vacation today. it's sunday. august 15th. >> and we have a lot to get to this morning. but let's first start by checking in on the weather with dave spahr. good morning, dave. what's it looking like out there. well, good morning, sarah. good morning, fog is gracing its head yet again as we start things off with that covering over a good chunk of the bay. >> mixing out to still those hazy skies as what we're going to see into the afternoon hours now temperatures are still going to be pretty lofty until we see a change in the guard going on with a little front in our backyard. that is a little delayed for murder forecast. that's going to be push now to a monday night
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tuesday morning affair temperature check for you. lower 60's along the east bay shoreline 73 for antioch 57 san francisco. the fog temperatures haven't moved yet much along the east bay shoreline. but we do see a little movement in fog. it's ripping away at least parts of the east bay shoreline. you can see. meanwhile, the golden gate. that has been pretty much unchanged that takes in a few hours to get going. speaking of that fog. most of it will be taken care of except along some stubborn areas such as point rays and a little bit along the coast to the south. as you can see, but looks better into the afternoon hours on this map a way up in the north west. there's a front. that's what we're talking about. it's actually going to have some impact on us, which is not real common this time of year to get those fronts the to trap. he's right through the bay like that to help a clean us out. we're going to get much in the way of rain from it. but at least it will clean our air in. give us some cooler temps 89 at 1 o'clock by 4. we're talking 93 and yet we're going to do it again at 100 and some selective spots. we'll have them. the 4 zone forecast in just a bit. >> i think it's become.
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commonly known among this population that they might not have had an inadequate response to the vaccine. >> we're talking extra immunity for those most at risk from the coronavirus following the fda and cdc's approval of a 3rd dose of the covid-19 vaccine. many have begun to receive the shot in the arm. kron four's amanda hari takes a closer look. >> this is a small percentage of the population. i'm told estimated to be less than 3%. but many of these people knew they would need a 3rd dose and started getting it as soon as the cdc approved. it mean that as soon as we had another thing to offer to protect them. >> that we made that available. >> associate chief medical officer of the santa clara valley medical center. doctor jennifer tong says a small group qualifies for the 3rd dose at this time. the mustin received the pfizer or moderna vaccine and be severely immunocompromised some examples of the people on
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medication that suppresses their immune system like organ transplant recipients or people in cancer treatment. >> but we know is that those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised likely didn't have as much of a response to those first 2 doses of vaccine. this group is at a higher risk of all illnesses and infections, but especially something as contagious as covid-19 and the delta variant. we're trying to do is we're trying to catch this vulnerable population up to the vaccine response that the rest of us likely had doctor tong says right now the majority of people hospitalized with covid-19 are unvaccinated but they're seeing some immunocompromised people who are vaccinated experiencing severe breakthrough cases as well. we have had a handful of cases of vaccinated individuals. typically people who fall into this category. >> being the most vulnerable their immune system is already suppressed right now. there's no need for people with healthy immune system to get a
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3rd dose. >> but hong says if you haven't received a vaccination yet. they still have first doses at our county operated shopping location. 0 can just to come in and ask questions. >> we are willing to give accurate scientific information provide the vaccine right then and there with or without an appointment that 3rd dose can be given 28 days. >> after your second dose. there's no negative ramifications or benefit to waiting longer. amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> stay with kron for continuing coronavirus coverage. all you have to do is just scan that qr code on your screen right now with your mobile device to take out your camera scan. that code will be directed 2 web page dedicated to covid-19 coverage. it's all on kron. 4 dot com. happening today. nearly 2000 athletes from around the world will gather right here in san francisco to take on the 40th escape from alcatraz triathlon. the event
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was unfortunately canceled last year due to covid. but this year they're going to help ensure everyone's safe with some new health and safety protocols as we have kron four's camila barco live out there. it's been really fun to see everybody. those athletes are impressive coming alive. boys been astounded at what they can do. >> impressive is an understatement. sarah, i'm currently here at the finish line and waiting for these competitors to make their way here. the of athletes are is right now. i'm on the last stretch of the competition. and sara, i just want to say that all of these athletes have had nothing and energy in this competition which started almost an hour and a thousands of athletes began their journey as they plunged in the water for a mile and a house when until the water was at 63 degrees not made then made their way to land at marina green where they changed into running shoes. they had half a mile walk to the bike station
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where they embarked on 18 mile bike ride. many of them are still on that track. but a few are on the last stretch and 8 mile run right now. i'm told that in the lead, as the could new from phoenix. he's won this competition 3 times and he's going for his for and the woman leading the competition holly warrants from great britain who she went back in 2016 i'm told that ben, can you the person in the lead in this competition and actually an olympic were winners. so you can see that many of these are actually professionals. but besides professional. there's other people from all around the world have prepped for this competition are now on their last drive. some of them are still on that. and i'm right waiting to cross finish line. of course we're going to keep you updated on who makes it to the finish line first and will have that information for you. use. a kron 4 dot com. sarah, camila. remember, i was at the finish
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line reporting a couple years back and they came across the line and they were just on the ground. some people bomb and some people just need water. >> you heard from any of the fans out there where people are from. i remember hearing people from literally all over the world. haven't heard where they are from, but i've heard different languages. so i don't i'm not an expert, but i've heard spanish. i heard maybe in so we we have seen plenty of people from all over the world and people who work in this competition tell me that today not marked foreign countries just all over the and it's just so exciting to see that this is all happening in san so true, especially because of the pandemic. people are probably really glad to just get out there and compete. all been using their time training i'm excited to see who crosses finish line first. thanks so much. coming >> all right. coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news
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to help ensure holiday packages are delivered on time. the postal service is requesting a temporary price increase on a variety of mail services for the peak holiday season to offset rising delivery costs. the price increases, which range from $0.25 to $5 per package. we go into effect on october 3rd. >> for your health. today is the last day to sign up for coverage under the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. >> the government says more than 2 and a half million people signed up since president biden ordered the marketplace to reopen during the pandemic about 30 million people remain uninsured, most of them would be eligible for a ca plans or other coverage the twenty-twenty to open enrollment begins november. 1st. >> here's a look at what it looks like as we get into the afternoon 90's expected in the inland vall
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>> and now to the latest on the coyote fire burning along highway. 29. this is a look. our view from the saint helene, a camera at last update. cal fire says the fires burned 127 acres. it's 95% contained. so that's good. but meanwhile, the massive dixie fire has been burning for a month and they're making slow progress on containment. it has destroyed entire towns and forced thousands to flee
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their homes. it is the second largest wildfire in our state's history. more than 550,000 acres have burned across 4 separate counties. this weekend. firefighters are bracing for triple digit temperatures. let me tell you what when i was up there. it's extremely hot and then they're also in front of flames. so can be really tough. the potential for dry lightning is also a really big concern which could spark more flames right now. it's only 31% contained. they really haven't made a ton of progress because it keeps growing now let's get another check of weather. meteorologist dave sphar gives us a closer look. we see, you know, up there to fire its really hot down in the bay area where people are competing in a triathlon. but the colder. >> yeah, good morning, sarah. good morning, everybody. the fog is just starting to lift a little bit along the east bay shoreline. we're getting some improvement there. but across the bay itself. it still lingering in quite chilly as well with the cold air and the cold water. now we're going to get some progress on this from a front dropping south. it's
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been somewhat delayed from what the earlier forecast. we're so it's going to be more of a monday night tuesday morning affair. but that's going bring some of those inland temperatures down a little bit for us as well, which is kind of a nice treat. here's the golden gate bridge. the towers all covered up and that fog that probably won't lift until maybe about noon temperature check about the only spot getting into the 70's thus far antioch. everybody else almost in the 60's. we have a couple 50's hanging on here and there. so in the big picture, the front is way up here we have some in the way of tropical moisture out to sea here and the monsoon. when you add daytime heating flares up and we'll see that again in the sierra this afternoon, handing it over to future cast for boom. there's the flareup of showers. the exhaust clouds drift over to the bay just before dawn before breaking out here comes the front still on monday going to be still warm day. we have the typical fog that will burn off. then the front drops south. there you can see the monsoon showers don't get much progress coming west this go around. that means monday night into tuesday morning and
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we get some little sprinkles going on in the higher hills of looks like as this front gets into the bay. you can actually see the footprints of the winds too with this. here's what happens for tonight. we have the typical onshore winds that occur. they died out real quickly tomorrow, though they really spark up in the afternoon and hang on a little bit overnight too. all associated with our front in our backyard here. so we've got going on hazy and hot inland again today near about 80 for the bay 100. well inland or least upper 90's more the same. it looks like for a monday. but monday night tuesday is that little transition period and then afterwards it's sunny near about 90 going on inland here. 70's covering the bay 69 san francisco will called variable clouds to cover and some of the fog clouds come leftover bit, 75 for oakland in the hazy sunshine for san jose which you will see. well inland as we strike numbers near 100. you can see antioch, 90's and 80's also up in the north bay too. and we'll get into this in the 4 zone forecast and check on what's going on frederick and the gulf of mexico. thanks, dave.
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>> we're also following the latest out of haiti. we just got an update on the death toll went up to 724 this after a powerful earthquake rocked the area now search and rescue crews are trying to find hundreds of people missing which are believed to be trapped under rubble. thurs quake was 7.2 magnitude and it struck the southwestern part of the island yesterday morning. hundreds of homes have been destroyed as well. and more than 1800 people have been left injured. they are also there are also some fears right now. widespread damage that will worsen with the tropical storm grace predicted to reach haiti late monday, early tuesday. they are just not getting a break. we're also following a big story out of afghanistan. the president flees the country this morning right after the taliban entered the outskirts of the capital city kabul. the taliban says they won't take the capital by force there waiting a peaceful transfer. they want an unconditional
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surrender from the government and negotiators are headed to the presidential palace. boeing helicopters have been taking off and landing near the u.s. embassy this morning. >> president biden authorized an additional direct deployment of 1000 us service members to the country, bringing the total to 5,000. the president said the deployment will ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of us and other allied personnel. this is happening. nearly 2 weeks before the u.s. is set to complete its troop withdrawal. now it's time for something a little bit lighter. baseball sperry a baseball. the giants six-game winning streak has come to an end. the colorado rockies got a raretroad win beating the giants 4 to one last night. brendan rodgers singled to extend his hitting streak to 16 games for colorado. trevor story doubled twice and scored 2 runs the rockies have lost 5 straight away from home. and we're 13 to 44 on the road
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freeland and 2 relievers held down the giants. unfortunately, at least one bay area team came out on top thanks, q a's the a's taking on the rangers saturday night and this game was a blowout. so let's just stick to some nice homers. the first with mattie chapman hitting what appears to be a slider has some fade to it. but matthew doesn't care that his 16th of the season. top of the 9th in a little insurance coming off the base for seth brown. brown smoking the shot to the right out in a hurry. his 15th oakland winds 8 to 3 oakland coming in hot. >> we have sports coverage ahead, including some bay area football as we know, the forty-niners preseason raiders. preseason. got it all coming up after the break.
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football back. some live football things do look a little bit different, though, because of covid fans couldn't wait, though, to just returned kron four's, gayle ong caught up with fans before the game. >> fans are excited to be back. some have been tailgating since 04:00am. >> decked >> out in forty-niners and kansas city chiefs red can go all the way. we want to see patrick mahomes travis healthy today. able borough has brought his one year-old to niners game. he's going to remember this for days. we have pictures the little ones. they see their picture like i've been here before. yes, you have the other little one. he's talking about his 8 year-old son robert, i'm excited to see drop below and i want to be a running back when i grow no proof of vaccination or proof of a negative covid test needed to get into levi stadium. there
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was no limit on capacity for the niners first pre season game masks are required indoors but not outside. but he was a cashless venue that only accept cards for food beverages and merchandise that out the family go this longtime season ticket holder had her own covid protocols and we're going to have people helping serve food as opposed to everybody touching everything anna. >> lots of sanitizer and things out just for people to take care of each other and be safe. >> and fans. tell me they have been anticipating this game because it's the first time inside levi stadium since the pandemic at levi stadium. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> those 90's are rolled up there having a good time. all right. so we saw the raiders beat the seahawks right here on kron 4 in the team's first game at allegiant stadium following them in a few weeks. the games will count for real. and as the regular season kicks off. if you're heading to sin city this season. check
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out the team. we want to get you ready kron 4 sports reporter kylen mills travel to vegas to bring you the scoop. >> from the moment you land in vegas. the bright lights and sounds overwhelm the senses. the flight from the bay area. pretty painless. less than an hour and a half from takeoff to touchdown and then the fun begins. allegiant stadium is located just south of the strip. >> the closest hotels are mandalay bay or the luxor. there's also a group of smaller hotels without casinos, just south of the stadium. if that's more your scene. the airport to the luxor is about a 10 minute ride, but be wary of marked ride share prices due to high demand. >> there's also an airport shuttle that goes strip hotels for $11, but it will take you longer because it makes several stops from the hotels on the south strip. it's about a 3 quarter of a mile walk to allegiant stadium. >> parking and traffic have been major problems during recent events there. so walking may be your best bet.
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>> but if you're heading to games early in the season. keep in mind, it may be very hot. >> average highs in vegas, in september, in the mid-nineties and the mid 80's in october rate or staff members tell me they will be setting up water and shade stations along the route on hot days. other options include the bus and uber lyft or taxi. once you arrive at the stadium, you should cool off quickly inside the enclosed climate-controlled dome, the state of the art facility seats, 65,000 and features all kinds of cuisine like barbecue, mexican traditional bar and grill fair and even sushi kick back in the stadiums. ultra sleek modelo lounge or taken local artwork while sipping on a cocktail near aristocrat club. now, keep in mind the stadium is entirely cashless step outside and check out the legacy bricks personalized in exchange for a donation to the raiders foundation. you can stop and rater image for some swag before heading out for a night on the town when it comes to the closest
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restaurants, bars and casinos. those same south strip hotels are going to be your best bet if you venture a little farther up the strip. you'll find excalibur and gm. grand and new york, new york caesars palace. the nation in the bloc. you are going to be a much longer walk and also check in advance. if you want to book tickets to a concert magic or comedy show. once you've had your fun and you're all war. now it's time to head back to the airport which if there's not a surcharge about a 10 to $15. uber ride. >> the raiders would love to see bay area fans come out to support the silver and black the season. kylen mills kron 4 sports. >> be sure to join sports. director jason dumas and kate rooney next week for our raiders coverage beginning at 6.30 with the pre-game show followed by the game. first of the los angeles rams and then the post-game show directly after that all right. here on kron for your home for the raiders will be right back after the break.
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>> good morning and happy sunday. thanks for watching the kron 00:00am morning news. we want to start this half hour with a look at the forecast. dave spahr is in the weather center with the latest one is that fog going get out of here. dave. >> well, good morning, sarah. good morning, couple hours will look this to kind of mix out. still going to be a hot day today. we have a little delay in this front getting here. so therefore we won't kind of clean up the atmosphere. so to clean this out is going to cool us down a touch. so it's going to a lot
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of nice things for us and we don't always get this passage. usually this time of year at the way using for the fall. the winter months to see that. here's the progress of the fog starting to lift, though the east bay shoreline coming into view. and you can see the fog getting press down from the loft but still hazy sunshine in its wake. this the golden gate bridge. as you can see, kind of covered up again with that fog upstream that front. again, it will take about a day or so to drop south. give us the impact not much going on yet at some daytime heating will see some action in the sierra 60's mostly in the east bay 76 for got 60's up to the north bay and 50's hanging on at the coastal areas. as you can see, happen bay at 5889 expected by 1 o'clock, by 4.94 and still looking some areas to reach the big c know today coming up, a little bit. of course, we'll have that 4 zone forecast for you and track what's going on with fred. >> thank you, dave. just in to the kron 4 news room. we are now learning that the u.s. embassy in kabul suspended all operations and told americans to shelter in place saying it
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has received reports of gunfire at the international airport. afghanistan's embattled president has already fled the country this morning right after the taliban entered the outskirts of the capital city kabul. the taliban says they won't take the capital by force a last check there waiting for a peaceful transfer. they want an unconditional surrender from the government and negotiators are there at the presidential palace as we speak. now, many of the millions who don't qualify for an extra booster shot are now left wondering how long does immunity from the covid-19 vaccine last. >> and will i ever need a booster shot. can i get it. site saudi explains. >> we've only had the vaccines now for a year and research studies in about 6 months out and the general public because of that limited data giving an exact timeline is tricky. months after the vaccine
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rollout as cases spike the question, how long does covid-19 immunity last 10. >> as more vaccine better. when is a booster shot going to be required do something right. it good for the next year, 2 years for my life. if you have a healthy immune system and completed the recommended series. the vaccine worked. >> it generated neutralizing antibodies that fight off the virus. >> right after shot you're filled with antibodies. but as time goes by, researchers believe the levels drop and a booster. >> we'll take you back to where you work before more antibodies. and even stronger protection. there are people who got this vaccine in july of 2020 who still have high antibodies. doctor jason wilson with temperature know hospital says due to the timing of clinical trials. we know you're protected for at least a year. he says even with reduced antibodies vaccines will most likely prevent severe disease. but there's a big f research shows
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those with weak immune systems have not had a good antibody response. mister chair transplant patients have pretty flat antibody response. have vaccinate jen. and so concerned about those patients. and we may just need to give them more vaccine. but the major take away if you're healthy, you're good to go for at least a year and maybe more. >> and the tampa newsroom. ad. >> the university of san francisco welcomed sophomore students back saturday. the school greeted them with a brand new dorm that took a a decade to build it as a gym outdoor courtyards and 150 units equipped id with full kitchens and private bathrooms. pretty luxurious. the students say they're excited about going back to school, especially after missing out on the crucial experiences from freshman year. >> i couldn't be happier. honestly, i've made so many friends online and seeing them in person through throughout the halls and everything. it's amazing like being able to
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talk to be able build that connection again, just learning about everyone. >> i can't imagine usf also has strict health protocols in place. masks are required and everyone needs to be fully vaccinated on top of that, students will have to report their health status daily through an online survey. that's 9.36. if you're in the market to buy a new home. you may be in luck. the east bay association of realtors says home sales in the east. bay are starting to slow down and inventory is going up. kron four's. phillipe djegal reports this may lead to a busy season of buying in the fall. >> covid-19 has really changed the whole concept of the seasonal nature of real estate before the pandemic. david stark says peak single-family housing inventory in the east bay happened in the spring communities like pleasant hill, clayton and hayward year-over-year. more homes are listed on the market. the combined increase of 51%. but
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fewer are being sold. a drop-off of about 6%. something very interesting happened last year we saw a peak inventory in the spring and then a second peak in the fall. >> and we could be experiencing something very similar this year. stark speaks for the bay east association of realtors group that monitors housing trends for more than 6,000 real estate professionals throughout the bay area we've got both historically low interest rates which make it easier to qualify for a mortgage at the same time historically high sales prices. so even though mortgage interest rates may be low. you're still having to qualify for a large mortgage and make a large payment. so i think what we're seeing in some communities as what we're calling buyer fatigue and they're saying we're going to back off or second. see what happens with the market. stark says despite home sales in the east bay dropping this year from june to july on average single-family homes only stayed on the market. >> 14 days last month and that's a good indicator that
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buyers are out there. they're making offers and the mark the officer being accepted. so that's a great way to tell just how healthy these markets are. the fact that homes are selling very quickly trends stark expects to continue through the end of the year. >> phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> in sacramento. the housing market has been hot for months. this is due to more people moving out of our area out of san francisco searching for more affordable housing while working from home. well, after months of home selling left and right. new data now shows the market slowing down statistics from july of this year show there 8.6% decrease of sales from june. one realtor says he expected these numbers specially this time of year. >> the kids go back to school. traditionally home taper off just a little bit sales start to taper. we've trained them or they trained each other to believe that it's red hot with no end in sight and markets do cycle.
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>> the realtor also told us even with recent price dips. there's no reason to be concerned. adding that it's likely too early to call this tip a trend. also in san francisco, the yearlong program free muni for youth will kick off tomorrow to provide free buses and trams for kids, 18 years or younger. this is a big deal. san francisco unified school district are finally welcoming back students for in-person learning on monday. and thus a long time coming. fair instructors will not ask for proof of payment for kids and teens who appear to qualify officials are still encouraging students to bring a student id, though. governor gavin newsom made a stop in san diego saturday as a part of his campaign to get californians to vote no on his recall. newsome talked down on his republican rivals highlighting their opposition to addressing climate change gun control and vaccine mandates for frontline workers. michael shure brings us the latest. >> california governor gavin newsome now pressing golden
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state democrats to recall that there's a recall election. we talk about turnout. this is about turning in those ballots. it's a simple thing. very simple, says joe garofolo of the san francisco chronicle every california this week is going to be mailed a ballot. so nobody even have to go the polls just have to fill out your ballot it's 2 questions and mail it in. >> question one should newsom be recalled question. 2 who should replace him popular conservative radio host larry elder things that will be i'm going to win this election after recall, governor newsom now using elder to paint a picture he hopes will inspire democrats to vote. he's to the >> to the >> that's what's at stake in this election. elder in the other republican hopeful seizing on wedge issues. reason for the rise in private and politics is a reason for the rise of homelessness and its left wing politics. there isn't just one celebrity candidate trying to peg
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homelessness on newsome. caitlin jenner chiming in this week from venice beach that has gone down so bad with the homeless issue. >> that you don't even want to walk down the street and nobody wants to come here. this has to change in deep blue california democrats hoping that reliable voting blocs like latinos will make the difference. latino voters are key because they is likely said they do vote. 2 thirds of them for democrats in california. and that's that's one of the keys to why the democrats have twice as many voters in california as republicans. but this is a time of covid. the governor running to stay in office on his pandemic record using recent bad numbers and other states to get voters at home to stay the course. we could go up a cloak covid clip in just a matter of weeks. if we don't take this moment seriously. >> in california. democratic party is reportedly filing an ethics complaint against the republican front runner runner in the recall election against governor gavin newsom. radio host larry elder for not
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properly disclosing financial holdings like his business income, his radio sponsorship deals and any investments democrats are demanding he disclose all of this and his sources of income, the party made the decision after the la times investigated his income and reported that he did not disclose the stakes. he held in the company. he appears >> and we're looking for still warm temperatures going on inland as those temperatures plow through the upper 90's in the far east bay. we'll check out your 4 zone california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?”
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>> it's 9.44 the future of lake tahoe uc-health may be in jeopardy u c davis is environmental research center has released its annual state of the lake report which suggests climate change and above average temperatures may be affecting to host clearview blue water. we all love it. melanie townsend breaks down this report. >> the last time researchers were able to see 100 feet down in lake tahoe is clear water was in 1960. but in the last several years, the average depth of visibility was no more than 70 feet due to environmental changes. doctor jeffrey shaw toe with the environmental research center says this is keeping them from reaching their goal of improving tahoe, uc-health and clarity. the biggest factors being heat in microscopic put
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the same to change the way from this is how to pitch is increasing. >> so this temperature of 20 degrees celsius. 68 degrees fahrenheit. actually society and that change into elite. that does lake tahoe also dropped 2 and a half feet last year. this combined with the reduction of uv radiation from wildfire smoke in warmer surface water temps will only exacerbate the buildup of an invasive species of asian clans. >> in algae called modified on the left here beautiful, beautiful scene. there was a bottle of this is what so who should look like now. so what can be done to save the lake from bacteria and clans. >> turk researchers have come up with several different solutions. and one of them comes in the form of animal treats. >> and you change she looked
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at clues. thank, you know, the plan is to harvest these tiny yet highly destructive strip isis then and the don't reach as a way of summing engage in people's awareness of the nation's space change. for now. turk scientists will continue to monitor with drone flyovers diving expeditions in psa keeping lake taupo flu which i beyond just having tools been having an improved in sacramento, melanie townsend, fox 40 news. >> and now we turn to weather dave spahr as in the weather center, dave, what's it looking like out there as we head into the 10 o'clock hour. >> okay. still the fog is lingering in certain spots. but it's starting to clear out a good chunk of the bay now and temperatures are moving inland as we can see, 76 already antioch up the upper 60's going on for good chunk of the east bay and the fog has lifted pretty much over the east bay shoreline. it's just covering over the immediate bay area and also
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around the golden gate bridge that use the trouble spot anyway, sfo no delays happening. they're just little fog bank off towards the distance sending off of the gulf of mexico because we actually are going to have 2 tropical systems to talk about this week. but this one's first, fred, it was a tropical kind of wave yesterday. now it's a tropical storm. it will never be more than that. it looks like a strike to strike a panama city pensacola sometime on monday or very late sunday night, perhaps there you have the heavier stuff off towards the east and it quickly loses its strength to become a tropical wave with heavy rains up the appalachians. grace's out to sea. now it's over. the caribbean expect to strike cuba later on this week before traverses to the southeastern coast on our coast here comes that front not real exciting from this map. but boy, it's going to clean air cool us off a little bit and turn off some of the monsoon pushed off to says you can see we're won't be quite as active in its wake says could be somewhat of a
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quieter week for us. after all of that 4 zone forecast check in. we've got 69 san francisco, upper 60's along the coast. we're back to the 70's to the peninsula here down to the south, 80 foster city 83 palo alto, the santa clara valley. pretty much mid 80's, but 96, as you can see, popping for morgan hill. 92 los gatos tri valley mid-nineties got the lower 80's in the southern end of the east bay shoreline up north berkeley at 72 and richmond. 73. we've got 96 still for walnut creek and concord at 98 solano county, northern edge. you're going to still be having that a heat advisory today. one of 3 for vacaville fairfield 97 the lake road. and i 75 there's air conditioner 87 for napa 95 per snowmen 97 for santa rosa and again fighting the fog in southern marin. sometimes with some variable clouds will keep temperatures down in the 80's while the rest of the county is probably going to be in the 90's. all right. so we'll drop to 87 with the front gets here by monday night could maybe sprinkle to the south into the east and 90's through the
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remainder of the week. >> torrey pines in southern california has some of the most beautiful views in california. and there are several ways to enjoy them. you can simply take a hike or you can go on a high flying paragliding adventure. heather lake. take a look. takes a look. >> it's a paraglider's playground. the glider-port is one of the only places in the world with perfect conditions for soaring here at torrey this is. >> possibly the world's best soaring site. the beautiful coastal breezes come in hit these that long straight cliffs and blow up and over like a big way for more than 90 years, this site has been a staple for people experiment
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ing and mastering free flight within teacher as much as you care to learn about the sport to be a chance to steer the glider. >> tell you a bit about its control in our strategy in flying along with like this is your artists. put that on my backpack. and after watching if you take offs and landings. i decided i might as well give it a try. and as it flying off a cliff isn't extreme enough. there's a new adventure where you basically get to go flying with a feathered friend us. >> away we go is is so crazy trying a style of tandem flight that's only done into unknown places in the world. and this is called. >> parahawking an expert in falconry and paragliding from the total raptor experience takes you along with one of his birds to see these animals in action. it really gives you that the sensation of being a bird. >> they appear next to a burden that a flying so close that. to me that's sort of the ultimate birdwatching experienced. >> and for those looking for a
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different clips. i did venture well. keeping your feet on the ground a few miles north is the tory pines nature preserve with 1500 acres of land and miles of trails with views of the pacific. from the hiking to the flying the sights and torrey pines are a day trip for the memory books in la jolla for destination, california. i'm heather lake. >> well, scary and if you scan this qr code with your phone. it will take you to our destination. california section on our website. kron 4 dot com, you'll find stories on fun things to do across the entire state. this summer. now you can now compare cell phone coverage from all the major carriers. and apple has some controversial new child protection features rich demuro has the details in this morning's tech smart. >> here's what's happening in the tech world. apple is defending its plan to scan photos on the iphone for see sam or child abuse materials.
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apple unveiled his plan last week which involves analyzing photos on device and ultimately alerting authorities if see sam content is uploaded to i cloud the privacy community. now chiming in some say apple should only scan items once they're up loaded, others say there's potential for a repressive government to force apple to add other content to its scanning database. basically anything a government doesn't agree with or doesn't want you to see. apple says they will refuse any such demands. the fcc has released a map that lets you compare cell phone coverage from all the major carriers in one place. the map shows 4 g lte coverage data from 18 t verizon t-mobile and us cellular. there are separate layers for voice and data coverage. now the information was supplied by the carriers themselves. so it might not represent real world results in every case. but if you're trying to see if a carrier has you covered at a certain address. it's a good
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>> doug summer that is sold us than it now through tension. i just can't get enough of it every time. dave, how do they get the sunglasses on the dog. i need to do outreach in one hand and the other hand boom, the glasses. go right on right this part, though, there like i do this all >> to my way here and slo-mo. you got to do doggie pizza 7 day forecast. we're going to cool off a little bit by the middle to latter portion of the week. but you can still do that kind of stuff. yeah, sure. can up. there creek hazy sunshine today. the front can clear things up. all right. let the camera out there by that. >> thank you for joining us. join us on kron on next.
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