you should be just fine. this is a look at highway 4 traffic looks just good. 24 traffic also looks good. it is a holiday. we will likely have very light conditions this morning. let's go back to the desk. this morning police are trying to find four children that are missing from their north oakland home. police are very concerned but adults in charge of those children are not talking. alex savidge joins us with more on that and a near drowning of a three-year-old boy that also lived at that house. >> reporter: oakland police started searching for those missing kids after their sibling a three-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital reportedly after a near drowning. he was found unresponsive in a bathtub. he was eventually revived. the boys babysitter, mother, and stepfather have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse. the search is on for the couples four other children that are missing.

police believe other relatives are hiding. >> reporter: no photos are available of the children but we are told they are all african american. based on the condition of the boy that is here at children's hospital he is showing signs of child abuse. oakland police are very concern this morning. they are worried about the well being of those missing kids given the condition the three- year-old boy here at children's hospital is in. this morning we are asking for the publics help. if you know where they are or how they can be reach, reach out to oakland police. today's chronicle reports the college has just eight months to prove it should stay in business or risk the lost of its accreditation. it comes after an education

panel cited the college. the commission could vote as early as june yank it's accreditation. the 49ers scored a legal victory in their fight to get back $30 million in stadium funs. last month the county voted to pull $30 million out of the stadium project saying it would rather use that money to improve schools. the 49ers strongly objected saying voters had earmarked that money for the stadium. this morning we are continuing to track severe weather in the mid atlantic and midwest where there are more than a million people still without power. coming up how those storms are effecting the south mall. police went to the home on street yesterday after

receiving a tip. inside they found 63 explosive devices and a handgun. they arrested 44-year-old jerry lopez a convicted felon. he was charged with possession of explosives, fire works, and a firearm. they say overall those fire works were the equivalent of 12.5 sticks of dynamite. tonight's fire works show will draw hundreds of thousands of people are all are hoping for clear skies. gabe gave ktvu a sneak peek atonies setup. more than 600 individual fire works shells will be blasted from a barge in the bay. every year they line the waterfront from goalen gate to treasure island. everyone causing their fingers that fog does not soy the view. if you can't see it, it's just wasted.

>> hundred willing hilt the the water to watch fire works show. many pay area cities are hosting holiday parades today. here are just a few. danville 4th of july parade gets urn way at 9:00 a.m.. san jose's rose white and blue parade kicks off at 10:00 a.m.. alameda 4th soft july parade where feature more than 175 floats and kicks off at 10 a.m.. expect to see more law enforcements on the road. it's all part of the dui crack down. the 4th of july is one of the deadliest days on the road. they started increasing dui patrols. >> speeding up, slowing down. drivers unable to maintain they

are diving in. chp is also reminding people to buckle up. more than 80% of people killed in traffic stops may have survive if they had been willing their seat belts. let's head over to sal castaneda. always good advice just buckle up all the time. >> you know they have more chp officers looking for anything. they will catch you if your are not wearing your seat belt. it's maximum. 80 westbound is off to a nice start. it should if very nice through the call et a commute. this is a look at the day bridge toll plaza. it looks good. let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you. a little bit of fog. mainly from about pacifica,

half-moon bay. inland no problem. well actually parts of the san mateo coast out toward santa cruz. north and east of that looks good. more of a northerly breeze taking over a westerly breeze. that will shoot up the fog yesterday. look for a repeat performance tomorrow. cool down starts tomorrow. and mid 40s for others. i would not be surprised to see upper 40s in the north bay. is a west, southwest at 18. travis not bad. yesterday these all turned northerly. that's why we have all warmed up. system will dig in right there. some patchy fog mainly south of the city. a cool morning. little breezy for some. 60s, 70s, 80s a few upper 80s to near 90 degrees. we'll go 88 today. there is a little stronger roll thursday. fire works will be good

tonight. and warmer weather looks like it returns late in the week into early next week. >> thanks, steve. that fire started at 9:00 last night in a rural area near palm dale. it quickly spray as winds up to -- spread as winds up to 30 miles an hour spread those flames. the fire burned more than 200 acres. there are several ranches in that area, but they were not threatened. a series of small earthquakes shook the area near pacifica last knight. earlier in the evening there were three other quakes with similar magnitude. the fault does run through that part of the peninsula. your time now 4:37. allegations of poisoning. >> it's being described as appalling. the conditions at a contra

costa county school that is prompting a lawsuit. >> good morning. if you are looking at 680 traffic, it looks great heading down to the bottom of the hill.

some fog about pacifica south. a little bit to deal with. we should be fine for today and tonight. temperatures inland 80s to 90s. nato says a man in an afghan army uniform shot and wounded a number of coalition troops in afghanistan. nato is not releasing many details. it happened in eastern afghanistan. it all follows the killing of three british soldiers on sunday. so far this year, 26 nato troops have been killed by afghan security forces or infill traitors dressed up in afghan uniforms. truck carrying nato supplies will roll across pakistan's

border into afghanistan today for the first time in seven months. pakistan block the trucks after a u.s. air strike last month. pakistan demanded an apology from the u.s. and yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton released a statement saying the u.s. was sorry for the loss it suffered by pakistan's military. turning to the race for the white house for the first timezones april president obama opened up a sustained lead over mitt romney in the gallup tracking poll. pebbles romney 48% to 44% in the latest poll. it is the sixth con secondty day the president has pulled ahead. the july 4th concert at the national mall will be held tonight as scheduled despite severe weather in the washington, d.c. area. thunderstorms brought practice to a halt yesterday.

more than one million people are still without power following last weekends deadly storms. at the height of that outage three million customers from indiana to washington, d.c. were in the dark after hurricane forced winds knocked out power. long lines formed outside stores that sell generators. 24 deaths have been blamed on the storms. we took a look at the roads. there are still people out there. still people stuck going to work today. >> people are going to go to work. just not that many. most people that drive the morning drives we look at are not going today. but we are looking at it here. certain people are out there. for example i was out there a little while ago on my way here. there you go. so was steve. the traffic is moving along nicely here on 80 freeway. bay bridge toll plaza this

looks nice. this is a look at 880 right near san mateo those freeways are looking very nice. no major problems. and if you are driving in san jose northbound 280, northbound 101 are off to a good start. let's go to steve. >> i was out there, sal. >> i know. >> we zoomed in together. thank you, good morning. a little cooler. open that sliding door it's like we feel that cooler. overnight lows this is what we call july thunderstorm activity complex erupts over arizona. some of this if you are heading down, you could be some people head down to southern arizona. this could creep up the spine of the sierra. some of the fog yesterday got chewed up by a north wind. there is a little stronger component of a north breeze then a westerly breeze. the westerly breeze is still trying to overtake it. right now it's some fog but mainly south of the city. 50s and upper 50s but southeast san jose at 10.

west, southwest fairfield at 18. there is a little component of a sea breeze. i think tonight we should be fine. the fog doesn't look like it will make up too much of a charge. system dropping in for tomorrow will increase the fog. today some fog south and then warm to hot if you are far enough away from any of that fog influence. 60s and 70s and 80s. mid upper 80s near 90 degrees for some. all the forecast projections took temperatures down inland about one or two degrees. fog will be on the increase thursday and friday. there may be signs inland areas would get toasted. >> thanks, steve. a nine month long investigation has concluded that former palestinian leader yasser arafat may have been poisoned. he died in november of 2004 and no autopsy was ever performed. but a swiss science facility tells them they found abnormally high levels of a radio active compound on his

clothes, head dress, and toothbrush. it's the same substance that killed a russian spy. obama administration wants the supreme court to act fast on gay rights. they want them to bypass the appellate court. it's the 1996 law that defines marriage as only between a man and woman. it denies federal benefits to same sex couples one of the cases involves a san francisco woman. law enforcement will be out in force today to crack down on illegal independence day celebrations. >> ultimately what we want to do is make sure that di somebody get hurt? >> oak plan police -- they receive about 250 such calls

every fourth of july. so far 65 people have been arrested on various state, federal charges including conspiracy to commit murder. police say the gang was also involved in illegal firearms possession, narcotics trafficking, and fraudulent credit card activities. it involved several agencies and one of the harmest wiretaps. investigators have not identified the. it is a story we first report at 4:30 yesterday morning. that suspicious fire badged four homes. today's chronicle identifies the two suspects as ronald week and 48-year-old erin kennedy. both believed to be squatters. funeral service was hill for anet yep january immigrant shot to death last week in san francisco.

hundreds of people turned out at the service for 26-year-old ermias. he dreamt of returning to ethiopia to coach children on playing his favorite sport. soccer. >> he always brought that joy. he always brought brought that positiveness. >> the shooter remains at large. they denotable he was involved in any criminal activity. he was shot in the head execution style. san francisco's latest crime statistics show a disturbing trend. in the first six months of this year there have been 39 homicides. that is compared to 50 of all of last year. there was 50 homicides in 2010 and 45 in 2009. >> reek feelings those are just some of the -- they file a

lawsuit against the west con -- but the aclu says conditions are deplorable and students lack access to regular math and science teachers. if you are a big fan of chucky cheese mascot get a good look at him now. tomorrow they will unvail a updated version of their star mouse. the ipad could get a new look. apple isn't saying anything but there are reports the company will release a mini ipad before the enof the year. the new model will have a screen that is about two inches smaller than the regular ipad and wouldn't be high definition. there is no word yet on how much it could cost. your anytime now 4:49. a fourth of july tragedy.

we are learning more about a bomb threat. how they are defending their decision not to evacuate hundreds of people.

at least nine people were injured including two children after a fire work explosion in

new hampshire. a bunch of fire works blew up on a back deck. it sounded like gunshots going off. it caused a fire and filled the home with smoke. there were 30 people inside at the time. the owner of the home puts on large fire works displays every independence holiday. san francisco bay will be more crowded today than most wednesdays as boaters take to the water to enjoy the fire works show. the coast guard and police will be looking for people that violating basic safety rules. the biggest concern is life jackets. since 84% of all fatal boating accidents last year were not wearing life jackets. >> you were out in the water, we recommend you have to have a life jacket for every single person on the boat. and the life jacket has to fit. >> the coast guard also warns boat owners to be careful about boating too hard. boating under the influence are just like dui tickets for car drivers. 4:52. speaking of cars.

lots of chp out on the roadways today. right? >> yes. maximum enforce the period. you will see more chp officers out there. so be careful. let's take a look at what we have. looks pretty good driving out to the caldecott tunnel. and no major problem there is. interstate 880 north and southbound the traffic is moving along nicely. the traffic also looks good as you drive all the way up to downtown. and if you are driving southbound 880 not much of a commute on this fourth. i think a lot of people have the day off. it is light. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal, thank you. very good morning. mostly clear. fog about san mateo, santa cruz coast. a little bit of a north wind yesterday. by noon yesterday the fog was gone. temperatures up. coast bay and inland. today the fog is trying to work its way back. there is a stronger component of that north breeze then there is westerly breeze.

a little cooler lows. i expect a little -- west, southwest 18, travis. west at sfo. these all turn northerly. system digging in right there will plan into our weather. i think more likely tomorrow morning than today. high pressure will win out. we should will be fine for the fog today. fog, sun and than warm. a cool morning. a little breezy. looks like the cool down starts on thursday, takes us into friday. inland temps will warm it up on sunday. former jet blue pilot had a midair meltdown was found not guilty of interfering with a fight by rule of insanity. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing after clayton osbourne ran through the cabin

screaming about jesus and al qaeda. mayor ed lee says the city won't use taxpayer money to fly ross mirkarimi's wife back to san francisco. the mayor's office says eliana leo pose can pro-- lopez can provide video taped testimony. she had demanded the city pay for her round trip ticket which could cost as much as $2,000. we learning more about that bomb threat that briefly interrupted the mirkarimi hearings last week. his security detail with some out of city hall but the paper reports hundreds of other city hall workers were never told to evacuate. officers are defending that decision saying they were doing everything possible to avoid panic. right about now the search for a mountain lion that

attacked a man nebraska city is resuming. search dogs picked up its scent near the attack site they reported seeing a mountain lion in the area. the u.s. olympic committee says it will not make a bid to host the winter games in 2022. the lake tahoe winter olympic committee had been exploring the possibility to make a bid to host the games for more than a year. committee members say pushing the date back for a bid could work in their favor giving them more time to plan or work out environmental concerns. >> this is maybe half step backwards but there are many steps forward we will be taking. >> tahoe area businesses say they are disappointed by the decision. it has been more than 50 years since the olympic games were hell in squaw valley. the bay area gets ready to celebrate the fourth of july.

the best places for parades and fire works today. >> one child in the hospital and four others still missing.

oakland police need help to find four missing children they believe may be in harms way. the child abuse investigation that prompted this search. >> the sketch that police hope will lead to an arrest after a cupertino home is ransack while a woman hides inside. >> the bay area gets ready to celebrate america's birthday. we'll have a run down of the fourth of july fun spots. >> fourth of july forecast and the pressure is on for no fog on the coast. could we win that forecast? and good morning. it is wednesday july 4th happy 4th of july i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. pam and dave have the day off. sal and steve do not. >> you sure this isn't saturday or sunday? [ laughter ] >> happy 4th of july. >> we have some fog out there. temperatures on the cool side for some. low