. now at noon, the heat is on, i will tell you what is expected to be the hottest day so far this year. and a car crash in fremont, what the officer was doing at the time of the crash. plus things are safer, and a specific crime which has dropped significantly. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is just the beginning, get ready to heat up, this is a

live look at mt. diablo and temperatures are near triple digits and we have team coverage on cooling centers already open to the public and fire concerns, rose -- rosemary orozco, we are tracking the temperatures right now. a warm one and doors into the 80s and let's look at what is happening, santa rosa reporting 80 degrees, cooler in napa, around the bay, upper 60s and a few 08-degree marks -- 80- degree marks as well. if we shift south into sunnyvale, already checking into #0 degrees to near 80 at this lunch hour, 83 for walnut and 79 in san ramon and if you

are at 80 right now chances are you will hoover around 90 degrees and we will have a detailed look for what we can expect and the advisories expected with the hot weather as well torii? in the south bay crews have already been very busy, janine de la vega joins us live with that part of our coverage, good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: hello, torii, you can see there is lots of dry vegetation and nearby homes. anything like a cigarette and a lawn mauer can spark, even though it's just me, over the weekend there was a dozen fires they responded to in the south bay. it happened at this homeless encampment called the jungle and they had to hike down where

they were started with propane. there was lots of vegetation in san jose and the drought has made for dryer conditions and it is expected to be a busy fire season. >> we are getting low readings and it is already stating to get higher and we are getting close to critical conditions. >> -- >> reporter: in walnut creek they are working to trim down brush that is 4 feet high. they are working to protect it from any potential fires. with grass being watered, they are being asked to conserve to the drier conditions and that's

a troubling problem. >> every house over here would be gone and fire is something we are always worried about. >> fires recommend anybody who has a wooden porch to get that and check for debris that can catch on fire. ktvu channel 2 morning news. all right, thank you and with temperatures flirting with the sensory mark, they are offering -- century mark, they are joining us live with the various ways they are trying to stay cool, i guess, good afternoon, tara. >> they simply could not stay inside because they wanted to enjoy this beautiful day and they didn't want to risk it with these temperatures being so dram mattly and some areas

which is a coolingp center, the very young and the very old and officials say they will be cranking up air conditioning and doing out -- and doling out cool drinks. >> we are allowed to be much cooler because that is what is appropriate for seniors. >> they love it and they will just come here and stay for the entire day. a lot of them can't afford air conditioning at home. >> reporter: we found one senior, 77-year-old tom libby who said the warm weather drew him outside and he found a kaiak and it brought him out to the lake. >> my blood pressure goes down because it is so calming out on the lake. >> reporter: again temperatures

are expected to transfers to gilmore and antioch and stay about las fitting clothing. police are investigating a multiinjury crash involving a police car. they flew over fremont boulevard around 9:00 a.m. after crews arrived at the scene, it involved a minivan and sedan and two people were injured including the child and the police officer. it's not too far and the crews had its lights and sirens on at the time of the crash and was

responding to a burglary call. it feels safer on muni and you are right, they just released it and it has dropped significant clay and they are saying it pointed to a couple of reasons why. ice up phone down is a message to get people to be aware of their surroundings, the campaign came out which allows for more patrols on muni and it appears to be working. >> because of those two factors, we are seeing crime decrease. >> reporter: the trans mortgage station agencies -- transportation agency says it has dropped overall and 5% since july of last year and

cell phone thefts have dropped up to 70% since last may. >> overall criminal behavior has dropped. >> i have noticed afew more employees on the bus than before and i do see a few more muni checks going on but as it relates to problems and crimes, it has all been good >> a part of the police search, trust tip valdez, police showed several riders looking at their smart phones while the suspect

took out his handguns several times. >> they want people to keep their eyes up and their phones down. >> reporter: they say there is not enough finding for police presence until the end of the year. george gas cone is taking the time to urge riders not to walk and text and not to use your phone while on transit and even urging them to take down the right device 2 eto get stolen. it will be the focus of and i i'see vend and teaching them how to interact safely with one another. they have left the oh dual plaza from 5 to 7 tonight. and being banned from the nba,

donald sterling speaks out. what he is now saying about the racist comments he made. a lock down on a bay area beach after a boat filled with marijuana, the suspicious car is found nearby.

. a portion of the beach is off limits at the moment while they investigate an alleged drug deal. santa clara sheriff's deputies say they are recovering a large quantity of marijuana from the boat which was found after a shell lay was stuck in the sand and the sheriff's narcotics task force and the federal department of homeland security are all investigating. controversial homeland security donald sterling is banned for life from the nba and he claims he was not arraysest after they were -- a racist and those comments were all a terrible mistake. he claims he was set up by his then girlfriend and he doesn't know how he could say what he did when he told her not to

associate with black people. he wanted to apologize to mike johnson -- what am i going to say? >> what am i going to say has he done everything he can to help minorities? i don't think so but i'll say it, he is great. i just done think he is a good example for the children of los angeles. >> two weeks ago, adam silva banned him for life fined him 2. $5 million and urged other league owners to force him to sell the team. today is the start of twitter and a group company who

is funding and a girl who has a lemon aide stand to help end child slavery. >> this is related to the success of our small businesses and the success is related to the success of others. >> every year since 1963, the small business administration has hosted this week to showcase small businesses from all 50 states. they are searching for suspects in a popular city park. it happened on archer street in east san jose. he is expected to survive and is he not clear what led up to the attack or how many people were involved. fire officials now know what sent the fire of burning garage. the fire burned for six hours

in north san jose and it could have been sparked by some machinery operated by landfill workers and no injuries were reported, winds carried from the trash dump and people complainted about smelling it as far as 6 miles away. a one-year-old boy is in stable condition after being pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool and they found the infant just under the water at home at decker court. the family performed cpr until paramedics arrived and rushed the boy to a hospital where he was revived. it is unclear how he ended up in the water and this close call call can serve as a reminder to other people. what we recommend is people put barriers around the pool gates

and also put alarms around them so you know if a child has gotten into the pool would the your -- without your knowledge. >> even though the boy was stabilized, it is possible he could have lasting evict are affects from the -- effects from the time he spent without oxygen. they are investigating this near drowning. four men are presumed dead after their boat capsized. yesterday emergency workers were suspended and they are trying to figure out what caused the boat to capsize. they are working to clear three feet of sand that has shut down the great highway in both directions. there is no estimated time for reopening but crews open to have the entire roadway opened by later today. portions were also closed over

the weekend because of san on the road. april and may are known as particularly windy months and it is a pretty common occurrence. a significant warmup continues for your monday and we had a warmup and by tomorrow we will be hot. giving a -- giving you a look, wall to wall sunshine and for many today, it is a beautiful day temperatures in the 70s for the afternoon and 80s around the bay and some of us will get to near 90s but the biggest heat up is still yet to come. we will talk about that in just a moment, now gaining control of our weather pattern, you can see that being pushed well to the north and this is going to be the case as the ridge

continues to strengthen but that is exactly as well as smart fast and and now the santa rosa stand. take a look. 80-degrees in santa rosa and the wind definitely has a lot to do with how it drives our temperatures. 08 in antioch lower 80s in walnut creek and in the bay hovering in the low-to-mid 70s. 08 outside into the south bay 78 for san jose and these numbers are a few degrees warmer than we were yesterday and as we get into the warm day, 86 for novato and upper

70s to lower 80ings, go inland and it heats up. pittsburgh antioch and brentwood, into the santa clara valley, 86 for san jose, for the peninsular this afternoon, we are talking lower 80s in san mateo, mid-80s for palo alto and san francisco and most live sunny skies and again a nice day for many of us today but the heat will continue and by tuesday afternoon lasting into wednesday night, east bay south bay and the short line again we are going look and notable temperatures for today still rather comfortable for most of us as we get into tuesday lower to mid-90s and up eastern 80s around the bay, hottest temperatures looks to be wednesday and some of the

hottest spots could actually hit the century mark. 90 around the bay, 80s around the coast and a cooling trend begins and it will take a day or two before they begin to fill it and your weekend always in view, temperatures do come back down and some of the hottest w. poisonous plankton is being blamed for a die off from three years ago. the none native fido plankton killed tens of thousands of muscles and see -- mussels and sea you are chins. it is increasing the risk of sea born illnesses in humans

but the abalone die off most likely benefits the food chain. they are making their ways across the state and they will make their way through the bay area. it is a weak long celebration of bear. ?.=(=pcpcpcpcpcpcpcpcpc2h

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compete in a 12.5-mile time travel. then stage 3 in san jose and at 10:45 they faced a grueling course which claims almost 11,000 feet and finishing at the top of mt. diablo, there is concern not just for the heat but for cyclists and spectators as well. a web team has posted information with a link under hot topics. some may consider it a perfect way to celebrate national craft beer week. they have nearly 2500 small craft breweries which have come up and craft brews made up nearly 8% of their beer market last year and they had a retail value of $14.3 billion. and a channel 3 investigation find you may be

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