i think it's not good for people to live along the creek. it's better for the environment, but the truth is at the end of the day where are people going to go? >> reporter: the water district's board of directors will vote whether to adopt a new ordinance that would reduce encampments and provide reencampments along waterways, water supply facilities and areas owned by the water district. >> the intent is to relocate camps to other, more suitable locations. >> reporter: the water district said the ordinance would help reduce pollution going into the creeks which flow into the bay and it would increase safety for water district staff who work in the waterways. in 2023 the district says there were 15 weapons-related incidents involving unsheltered people and district staff. >> people receive verbal threats, physical intimidation. there are vicious dogs. we've had incidences in the last several years where employees' lives have been threatened and these things just can't continue. >> reporter: estimates are sketchy, but it's believed more than

nbc bay area's marianne favro is live in walnut creek. with how people there are coping in these high temperatures, marianne. well, some people opted to spend the day in cooling centers like this one at the walnut creek library. it was 105 degrees here in walnut creek today. boy, was it hot. and that meant that many people had to change their plan. no hiking on the trails at diablo foothills regional park. it's one of more than two dozen east bay parks closed today because of excessive heat and fire danger. it sucks not to be outside, but i think it's for the best, you know, keep people safe. it is very dangerous. you know, some people don't know. they don't pack enough water with triple digit temperatures in walnut creek, people quickly learned to expect and adapt to changes here at this whole foods in walnut creek. the ice freezer is empty. grandson says the heat prompted him to change up his routine. you have to be smart. i mean, you get up and do chores in the morning and you stay in during the hottest part of the day and then you go

, adding so far this year, crews have cleaned up 2 million pounds of debris from creeks. the encampments are really affecting our waterways. the environmental degradation that's occurring has become increased and significant at this point. you need to be your top of your staff. the valley water board heard from both sides for more than two hours during a public hearing today. officials say the ordinance is not meant to criminalize the unhoused. at first, they would focus on education and give a warning to clear out. but if the homeless refuse after three days, they could be given a $500 fine and face up to 30 days in jail. this is a guadalupe rossmoor is a homeless advocate and says it's not fair to fine or arrest the unhoused who are just trying to survive. you can't just kick out people that are human beings with no place to go. valley water notes it has offered the city of san jose four of its properties to set up safe sleeping sites, but other homeless advocates say that needs to be established before this goes into effect. and why not find a place for them to go and

that includes the guadalupe river, coyote creek and los gatos creek.th bay health leaders are warning about a possible measles exposure from someone visiting from out of state. health leaders are focusing on three locations for possible exposure, including 2nd july. first, that's a starbucks on blossom hill road in los gatos and the taqueria los pericos in santa cruz. then san jose airport the next day. that person then got onto a southwest flight to chicago. those passengers are being notified. all right, here we go. a beautiful start to the morning. yeah, it looks great out there. it's going to be nice to have some comfortable weather. and by comfortable we're saying low 90s for the warmer spots. but it's going to be much hotter over the next few days. and more traffic. but only one spot we're really worried about this is the caldecott tunnel eastbound. one of the bores is currently closed. an earlier crash left oil spilled there. that's counter commute, but there is slowing. all right, well, the today show is coming up next. but we continue today in

also tonight, crews are making progress on the point and creek fires. evacuation orders have been reduced to just warnings for the point fire. burned 470 acres between bay point and concord. no word on containment. it is over 70% and forward progress is stopped in the creek fire that is burning just south free mont in the wilderness and despite that containment remains at 10%. it burned 730 acres since the afternoon and let's come in with why the terrain is such an important factor in that fire fight. >> and i want to talk about the creek fire. this is yesterday. just south of pleasanton. that's a d.c. 10 doing one of those incredible drops on the line. this is here. this is in the bay yesterday afternoon. some pretty spectacular imannualry here -- imagery here of just how intently they were working on the fire. let me show you part of the problem with this. the creek fire is the local standpoint which is the the more important one. the topography is the big challenge so when this is burning in the wilderness park, most may not know where it is, but the

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the creek fire is burning in a remote area near welch creek and calaveras roads. to nearly 600 acres, and despite the rural area, cal fire says the fire is threatening structures. there is no containment tonight. and take a look at this smoke from the creek fire has reached fremont. you can see the dark plumes over the city there, and a brush fire in contra costa county gets dangerously close to homes. fires. fire crews working quickly to contain this fire, both through the air and on the ground. nbc's pete suratos has the details and it came down really quick. karen fiona of bay point describing the scary scene this evening of the fast moving point fire burning behind her house. her neighborhood along caskey street is covered in pink fire retardant, with fire crews deploying resources on the ground and in the air to stop forward progress. with a fire burning more than 400 acres. and by the time i went outside to leave, the firemen had already come in and broke our front gate out. and then our back gate, and they were ready to go back, put it out. the fire, beginn

sara stinson joining us live tonight from walnut creek with more on the hot weather there. hey, sarah. >> yeah, i'm baking in the sun out here and downtown walnut creek along with everybody else and unfortunately, as you not much relief coming in the forecast here, though, a lot to set people up for success. they can go into bookstore. >> there's even air conditioning in some of the restaurants like cheesecake factory. there's also the movie theater here. >> definitely can find relief in the movie theater that becomes a very popular spot for people to check out when it gets hot because it's it's like 06:00pm at night and we're talking 90 degree temperature out here and then we're going to see 100 degree plus temperatures as we get into tomorrow. >> and wednesday, wednesday being the peak downtown walnut creek is definitely going to feel it. so any place with a r conditioning will be seeing an influx of people. there's an excess of heat warning in effect from 11 o'clock tuesday through saturday at 08:00pm. then over the weekend, it cools down and we say cool kuz on to 90's h

mount tamalpais is 90 degrees upper stevens creek. this is around 2000ft up from los altos in cupertino. in the hills there also 90 degrees black diamond. that's above clayton, 89 degrees. that's at 700ft. sonoma mountain is 87 and mount diablo is a warm 85 degrees. mount veeder is 89, berkeley lab is 72, and boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains is 83. and these are warm. i think i saw 85 at ben lomond mountain. any way you look at it, that is warm air. so this will be the hottest day. and then temperatures will still be pretty toasty on friday. but i think they start to come down a little bit as we go into the weekend here. and then more so sunday, monday. but for san rafael, walnut creek, menlo park, los gatos, up we go, 98, 108, 96 and 99 4547. truckee south lake tahoe 54, arcadia to 68. in san diego and las vegas is a comfortable 96 hummus 54in point reyes. that's the water temperature that's come down point arena, that's come down san francisco boys 56. so what are the temps in the city? 54, 55, 56, 57 so not too bad. and th

it broke out in alameda county burns on welch creek road. so far the fire has torched over 570 acres with no containment. and multiple structures are threatened. we are keeping an eye on the fire and darren peck will have an update in just a few minutes. >>> going back now to the park fire in butte counties the wildfire only broke out on wednesday afternoon. it has turned into a monster. there is no containment tonight. the flames have already torn through 134 structures, many of them homes, and tonight, 4200 buildings are threatened. the fire torched an area larger than the entire city of chicago. the flames broke out in upper bid well park in chico area and marching closer to the town of paradise that was almost completely wiped out by the camp fire in 2018. the fire is burning so fast it is torching at least 4,000 acres every hour. now people in a third county are being told to evacuate. >> reporter: fears from the town in the line of the park fire. shingle town. a steady stream of cars tonight going the opposite direction, away from this

san rafael, walnut creek, menlo park, los gatos, up we go. it'll be hot for all, this will be the hottest day by far. but for many of you, it is just too hot to handle, that is for sure. especially away from the coast. the coast, though, is not going to get much above 60s, i think, but inland it will be hot. hot hot, no doubt about it. brentwood's already 80, livermore 78. i mean, there's some really look at half moon bay 55. we are running 13 degrees warmer in livermore and also morgan hill compared to yesterday. at this time, double digits warmer. napa airport, novato, petaluma and santa rosa. that's the high. and man, it's large and in charge there's no doubt about it. but watch this moisture coming up. we will get a lot of cloud cover on saturday. but in the mountains i do think there will be some activity popping up in the tahoe carson pass area. thick coast fog so they get 60s but inland. man it's going to be hot. 70s, 80s, 90s and then 110 would not surprise me. 112 maybe for some i think it starts to come down a little. a lot of cloud

that includes areas like guadalupe river, coyote creek and los gatos creek. valley water tells us the problem has gotten worse since the pandemic, with a growing number of unhoused people polluting creeks with hazardous materials, trash and human waste. we're not looking to, find people or necessarily to put people in jail, although any ordinance is going to have penalties attached to it. but we're we're expecting that people are going to have a lot of opportunity to self-correct the prohibited behaviors. and even if it does come to, a stage where we require elevated enforcement, prosecutors have the discretion to, pursue any violation of the ordinance as an infraction rather than a misdemeanor. now, here's what the proposed penalties for violations would look like. first, there would be a warning and a notice. education for unhoused individuals to relocate. there would then be a 72 hour window to do so. now failure could result in cleanup of the encampment and its removal. that is also when other local agencies and law enforcement could step in. violations c

out here again on monday reporting in lnut creek. just moment. kron 4 news. >> and stay with kron. 4 for the latest developments. you can check out our web site to kron 4 dot com or download the kron 4 app. all right. let's take another a live look outside take a look at the forecast again. maybe. okay. i there it is. gail sfo looks pretty it was a beautiful day. it was an you may have noticed. we were cooler this weekend. >> after roughly 2 extreme heat. so current temperatures, we are in some 50's and maybe even 60's as you make your way towards the east bay livermore is a pretty mild evening. temperatures and we do have a bit of a wind out there. we have some onshore flow that is pushing that cloud cover over to the coast and even into our valleys. so we have 24 miles per hour in fairfield. you notice that that's that delta breeze. so overnight we see those clouds rolling in. you may see some coastal drizzle during your morning drive, we have some foggy conditions from the coast all the way to the valleysd and then by the late mor

walnut creek, we have widespread cloud cover this morning. look at current sky conditions out there. and you can see most areas are seeing that mostly cloudy sky far inland. we have a bit of sunshine and throughout the day we will see increasing sunshine. but very pleasant temperatures right now underneath the cloud cover. not too bad. we're in the mid 50s to the low 60s. let's talk about temperatures inland. look at these numbers. upper 80s, lower 90s. it's weird to say that'll feel nice, but it will compared to the heat of last week. and over the weekend. and our next heat wave arrives here tomorrow. so enjoy the one day of pretty average temperatures inland. full sunshine there around the bay shoreline. we have that cloud cover right now breaking for sun. very nice, very pleasant in the 70s today for daytime highs and then along the coast. we'll keep it pretty cloudy today. it's a pretty deep marine layer. we'll have mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 60s. now tomorrow the heat advisory is back and our next heat wave is short,

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make your getaway now and cache in at cache creek casino resort. shooting and killing four members of his family has been formally charged with murder. facing hundreds of years in prison. >> most of the time when i've known him, he was pretty cool, pretty level. but i've never seen him overly angry. >> a friend and coworker of the suspected shooter showed up to his court appearance after getting word his friend may have been behind that horrific crime in alameda earlier this week. good evening everyone. i'm alex savage and i'm cristina rendon. >> 54 year old shane killian did not enter a plea today after authorities accused him of shooting five of his family members, including his two young sons. ktvu joey hoard live tonight from where the family home is a memorial is growing outside joey. >> that's right. alex and cristina. there are now candles lit here outside the family's home. their stuffed animals that have been placed here for the young children who were shot. and there's a handwritten note that says, i hope you had a good life. a memorial i

but that is the very latest here in walnut creek. michael thomas will send it back to us live in the studio. all right. thanks a lot, michael. >> 806, is the time were taken to the north bay. now the leo police are investigating the shooting that took the life of a 16 year-old boy. we first told you about this yesterday here on the kron. 4 morning news and now fully chagall has an update. >> at least 4 cars along carolina street in valais hole punctured by bullets. most of the windows on one vehicle completely shattered its like that around here. a lot gunshots. nothing new to residents in this south allay community. but debi welsh says what she heard and saw standing on her porch around 11, 30 wednesday night. sounded different. is like machine you know it was a lot of bullets and it was really loud. >> and we know difference between fire can get share. the police say a 16 year-old boy was shot to death. >> when officers responded to the shooting, they rendered aid and eventually gave way to paramedics. victim did not survive shari

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jessica gallegos nos acompaña en vivo desde walnut creek.cual desencadenó una investigación que el departamento de trabajo de los estados unidos realizó. escuché muy bien, porque 1 de esos negocios aquí en walnut creek precisamente no pagaron horas extras a 14 de sus empleados luego de que trabajaran por más de 40 horas en una semana laboral. el otro restaurante estaría ubicado en la ciudad de hillsborough, donde la misma situación ocurrió con 3 de sus empleados y por eso fue gracias a las denuncias de 17 trabajadores que el departamento del trabajo de estados unidos abogó por los derechos laborales de estos empleados y los dueños de los 2 negocios. escuchen muy bien. tuvieron que pagar por daños y perjuicios. en este caso estamos hablando que el restaurante walnut creek tuvo que pagar 22.000.876 $ a 14 de sus empleados por esas horas extras que no les pagó y además recibieron una sanción de 2.581 , mientras que el restaurante en hillsborough, el dueño, tuvo que pagar 35.776 $ en salarios no pagados y una sanción de 11.212 . nosotros, por nu

that includes the guadalupe river, coyote creek and los gatos creek.the ordinance at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. i'm at the anchor desk now with our janelle wang, who's been working on the 5:00 news. it's been a busy monday. it has been. audrey. we have dramatic pictures to show you captured this afternoon on the bay. look at this nbc bay area sky ranger over this boat engulfed in flames just off the port in redwood city. we watched this live unfolding this afternoon. two people were on board. they had to jump ship into the waters. fortunately, they were rescued by good samaritans. we have an update from the coast guard and the boat's owner on what happened. and covid back with a vengeance. local data showing the virus is spreading at high levels, especially in certain cities in the bay area. we're going to speak with experts about the reason behind this covid surge. it's all coming up at 5:00. all right. we'll see you in a few minutes. janelle, thanks for that preview. still to come, top trending story as voted by you on my instagram survey. also,

that includes the guadalupe river, coyote creek and los gatos creek. all right, let's go and take a look at our weather now with our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. jeff, a little cooler today. we're actually even in the 60s right now. yeah, but how long is this going to last for us? we'll call it a mini break. so we had today and tomorrow. then we're going to start to see some changes and pretty fast here across the bay area so as we head through tomorrow's forecast, we still have the fog of the coastline. that's really going to help to keep our temperatures out of the one hundreds. and then the storm track trying to move a little bit closer with some milder air. so those two things keeping some of the hottest air away. let me show you more details on the temperatures tomorrow. and that second heat wave we have moving in later this week. and here we go. tomorrow morning we got monday out of the way. you're going to wake up. it'll feel refreshing with this fog kind of moving back in across the bay area and some patchy low clouds inland, even some dr

and in alameda county, the creek fire is 10% contained. since friday. ktvu betty yu has the latest on the firefight. >> you could see flames burning hillsides in the snow wilderness regional preserve. this morning, cal fire said. 14 residents were told to evacuate others living within a mile of the creek. fire near welch and calaveras roads are under evacuation warnings, cal fire said crews are working double shifts to get a handle on the flames. it hopes to get more resources in the firefight today. >> every year is the worst fire season we say that every year to our new recruits coming in our seasonal firefighters, but this year especially, it started off quick. so with all the precipitation and snowpack that we had over the last winter, everything dried out tremendously really quick. so throughout the state we've had a lot of extended attacks and major incidents. >> the creek fire began friday afternoon. it's unclear what sparked it. so far, no structures have been lost and no injuries have been reported. about 40 miles north, the fast

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berkeley lab 71 and boulder creek is 85. that is some of the warmest air aloft i've ever seen yet right on the coast. look at that. thick as thieves. fog. visibility can be really reduced on highway one. as in half moon bay saying sold out zero. you don't have to go far though to find, i think, a little bit of fog coming through the petaluma gap, and you can see that, but that won't that will be on borrowed time, no doubt about it. san rafael, walnut creek, menlo park, los gatos, up. we go, 98, 108, 96 and 99. heat of the moment is on the way, so it'll be a hot one today. 90 to 110 for inland temps. this will be the hottest day, no doubt about it, of course, elevated fire concerns. so if you want a cooler, don't worry. it's on its way. maybe tropical clouds. friday. saturday. much cooler on the weekend. >> all right. thank you. steve. a piece of duct tape will be at the center of the latest court hearing involving convicted killer scott peterson. we have details about what is expected inside a bay area courtroom later this m

that the new electric shuttle service for ross, more senior center in walnut creek. that 7 passenger. vehicle will help seniors get around town starting august, 8th. coming up on kron, 4 news at 6. how governor newsom is urging oakland police to reconsider. >> the policy on police chases and health officials in san francisco now have some new >> back to the breaking news we've been following in contra costa county where a fire has been raging, prompting evacuation orders and warnings after a a fire started this afternoon, kind of between the cities of concord. in bay point, it has now grown to at least 200 acres. you can see all the the smoke people doing whatever they can to protect their homes. 20% containment on this thing. that is good news. that's new in the last half hour. it's burning near evora road and nichols road again close to home. so they've been really thrown everything at this from the ground hand crews and in the air as well. dicey situation there tonight. >> and we're also covering a fire that currently burning near as you can see there, this fire i

creek. it is not affecting southbound 680, which takes most of the commute traffic, but not all of it. let's see some video from the scene. this truck that we are going to see is still there. it's a jackknifed. you can see there. and they're going to take it's going to take a little while for them to unstick it, if you will, for it to basically undo it and then get it out of the way again. northbound 680 at livorno road. right now, it's not a big issue. there's a what about a one mile backup, but later in the morning it will be. we'll keep an eye on it for you at 507. let's talk to steve about today's weather. all right. >> now thank you. we'll start up in the mountains where they had pretty good activity again, not only in the sierra northeast california, northern sacramento valley, but i would expect more of the same if you're heading up to reno, tahoe, truckee, or points north or northeast, maybe up to burney, quincy, susanville. keep an eye on things there. we have some fog. i think our

. >> we have a fire running in a northeasterly direction is crossed year creek both sides of the creek. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> that was rowena shaddox reporting closer to home. firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the point fire in contra costa county that broke out on friday and evacuation orders are lifted now has burned about 471 acres. it is 92% contained lot bigger and on that. and alameda county, this fire is called the creek fire in seminole has burned about 740 acres. it's only 35% contained. so they're still got a lot of work to do there. this is just north. >> the calaveras reservoir. >> and because of all these fires, you may notice smoke in the air, especially if you have breathing problems is a live look at walnut creek and you can see i mean, the air looks okay there.

yes, we need to clean the creeks and a lot of ways. but more importantly, for now, let's get let's get to it. that's built for them to us those 2. and then playing at the creeks and waterways. valley waters had plenty of time to get this done. i think they're taking advantage of the supreme court ruling. it just came out a couple weeks ago enforce >> todd, we appreciate your time. and we want to get back into the meeting. we're following it. we've been showing some live pictures of what's going on at the meeting. so our viewers kind of see. and we're going update for our viewers and our next hour during kron for news at 4. todd. appreciate your time. >> thank you. thanks for doing the story. >> all right. a live look outside here from our mount tam cam. there's a little bit of fog coming in to keep the city kind of great. today. we have meteorologist kyla grogan here with our forecast. how's it looking across the bay area? pretty widespread temperatures sunday. i don't think the fog ever left now. why? after all, you to roll back in. b

and this area was called abbot's creek. it's the eastern part of rowan county, which at the time was this enormous county in western north, the north carolina backcountry at the time, the spurgeon arrived, there was the fastest growing in the fastest growing colony in british north america. so of people were going there. and jane and her family prospered in north carolina. within a few, william acquired roughly 700 acres of land, which was more than three times what he had owned in maryland and virginia, where land a lot more expensive. their family grew by 76. jane had given birth to 11, surviving, and there was probably a miscarriage or a stillbirth sandwiched in there somewhere as well. the spurgeon also became stalwart members of a thriving abbotts creek baptist church community, although when they had lived in maryland, they had worshiped at the local anglican church, the of england most impressive of all, though, was the fact that in 1764, less than a decade after he arrived in north carolina, william spurgeon got him

the proposal would ban encampments along many south bay creeks and waterways, and could include fines and jail time for those who set up encampments. but valley water says it is needed for safety. nbc bay area's ian cull explains. valley water officials say homeless encampments along creeks and waterways need to clear out and stay gone. now they're proposing a formal ban on the camps, citing two main reasons. the first, valley water, says its employees have been repeatedly threatened and even attacked when they go in to maintain the creeks or remove

word is in walnut creek.aying cool alice, but tell us what people are doing to stay cool today. what are you hearing? >> well, yeah, right now it's fine. it's under, just about 60 degrees here in walnut creek where we're live. but it is definitely, as we heard steve paulson say, going to heat up, especially in the inland area of the bay area region, not unlike the rest of the country and the state, but it's also an important time to be aware of safety, fire safety, especially near the independence day holiday. and water safety. >> everybody wear life jackets because we are like you. we need to take care of the kids and we spent some time with them in the water. we put a tent inside the water and then we take care of them for sure. yeah now others will find relief from local pools and cooling stations. >> some folks told us they'll head out west to the bay shoreline. much cooler. as steve paulson was saying, near the san francisco bay. it's a great place to catch the bay breeze during the expected hot temperat

make your getaway now and cache in at cache creek casino resort. >> that is not thomas the tank engine, although i would argue that it looks like him, instead, it is the part mobile, neighbors got to celebrate his 20th birthday today. some people showed their love with bart themed sweaters, there were vendors, games and a dj for the birthday party. >> inland residents got to enjoy a nice summer breeze and cloudy weather today, ahead of a little warm spell, and the warm spell has come to an end, we talked to a concord neighbor. >> i got to sleep in this morning, it is nice and cool with a nice breeze, almost chilly. >> it is july in the bay area. and darren peck is here , after the cold out today, we will see what is on tap. >> it was like 25 degrees cooler today. when the marine layer comes back in overdrive, look out those windows, that is a look outside the windows from the virtual camera, we haven't seen blue skies from this set all day and it's not going to show up either because the marine layer, this is the time of day where it starts rebuild

road because of the creek fire. the fire started just before 4 o'clock this afternoon and quickly grew to nearly 600 acres still at 0% containment tonight. in the meantime, the point fire burned nearly 500 acres in contra costa county. and that's where we find kron four's jack moment tonight from bay point. so the big story this wildfire season in california so far has been these high winds and extremely dry grassy conditions that have just made it really difficult for crews to battle these fires that we have seen so far. but on friday, in bay point, we did find several neighbors who were just thankful that crews responding quick enough. >> keeping flames sometimes 10 to 20 feet away from their homes. >> a fire going you can see it from the band wrote a 450 plus acre fire ripping through the foothills between concord and bay point. the first thing i thought was going to get my son because it looked like it was really close by where my son school is located. >> amid several evacuation warnings and even one evacuation

out here again on monday reporting in walnut creek joc moment from for news. and stay tuned to kron 4 here on channel 4 for the very latest. you can also get the latest from our kron. 4. >> which is kron on and a kron 4 app. you get the news on the go or just go to kron 4 dot com. our website. a 3 year-old girl is found dead in san jose after her mom reported her missing on friday. her name ellie lorenzo and her body was found saturday morning at a recycling facility. o> her mom said she was missing after her father was found dead in san francisco. the girl was with her father and a custody agreement. supposed to be back with her mother on friday night. ali was last seen at the castle royal apartment complex in fremont. police have not yet released any other details. >> well, happening today, a hearing for convicted murderer scott peterson will resume this morning. today's focus is a piece of dna evidence that has been cleared for retesting. the question is who's going to pay for that? and where will it be tested find out more crawford's will trend live in red

i think it's not good for people to live along the creek. i you know it's better for the environment but the truth is, at the end of the day where are people going to go and how is it really going to look. >> reporter: the water district's board of directors will vote on whether to adopt a new ordinance that would reduce encampments and prevent reencampments along creeks and waterways and water supply facilities and property owned by the water district. >> the intent of the ordinance is not to criminalize people living on the waterways. the intent is to have encampments relocate today other locations. >> reporter: the water district says the ordinance would help reduce pollution going into the creeks which flow into the bay. and it would increase safety for water district staff who work in the waterways. in 2023, the district says there were 15 weapons related incidents involving unsheltered people and district staff. >> people received verbal threats and physical intimidation. there are vicious dogs. we've had incidences in the last several

proffers michael thomas following that part of the story from walnut creek. michael. >> hey, good morning, everyone. that's right. starbucks has been experiencing a lot of outages this morning not only from their online more a mobile system, but also they're actual pos systems in the store. and when it comes to those drive-thru lanes actually closed the drive-thru her for about 20 minutes or so. i counted about 19 cars that drove by within those 20 minutes. take a look. this is general video. we've got up on your screen. its been out all morning that mobile banking app rcb the mobile order app and when it comes to details as to when it's going to come back, we'll starbucks is it really have an eta right now, but a lot of their stores are just overwhelmed. the long lines, some of their cash years, saying that their systems are working. so they're down to one register in this store specifically rather than having all 3. take a listen to what some of those customers had to say this morning. it's down to just said order had not available to. yes, i wanted to orde

i agree, let's clean up our creeks and rivers. that's very important. but we're doing it backwards and it's inhumane. the valley water board heard from both sides, including those two. for more than two hours during a public testimony today. right now the board is having discussions as we speak. the public comment just wrapped up. so the board is discussing it, and we will certainly have an update before our full story at 6:00. all right. appreciate that preview. we'll see you at six. see you then. we do have new details coming to light now about a shooting in oakland targeting a good samaritan victim is expected to survive. it happened last wednesday at the chevron gas station along hegenberger road. investigators say the vehicle believed to be involved in the shooting was found along 85th avenue, which is not really that far away. it was involved in a crash. two suspects were caught a short time later. one of them was also shot and is in critical condition. a witness told police the suspects were trying to break into a car at the chevron when they sho

from our walnut creek camera.ing the sun right now overnight tonight fog expands across the bay. it will push into some of our valleys. that marine layer has deepened tomorrow. cooling continues inland and wednesday through friday we are expecting a return of the triple digit heat. so this prolonged heat wave is going to continue. but you're just temporarily getting a break from the extreme heat. the marine layer pushing in across the bay at 9 p.m. and even into some of our valleys by tomorrow morning. i wouldn't be surprised if some of you wake up to mist and drizzle first thing tomorrow morning. the fog will pull back to the coast and then return back into our in bayside communities later on in the evening. your morning temperatures will be in the 50s and the 60s. a lot of fog along the coast, and you will see partly cloudy skies elsewhere tomorrow afternoon, 86 in san jose in the south bay, 91 in gilroy on the peninsula, 77 in palo alto, low 60s near the coast. you're going to hang on to some of the fog well in

. >> the welsh creek fire started at about 4:00 this afternoon at welch creek and calaveras road. it's burned about 575 acres so far, and there is no containment. crews say it is burning at a moderate rate of speed. alameda county fire says cal fire is calling in additional resources. fire season isn't just causing problems here in california. coming up in west coast rap, the wildfires burning across a number of states tonight, and a teen goes missing after leaving home to visit a family member and is found safe days later. today, the shocking arrest made in the case. also ahead, a cyber attack takes down one bay area counties library computers. the fix, now made in the north bay introducing togo's new barbecue beef sandwich. it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue sauce. it's no fuss, no muss. just tons of flavor. the best barbecue beef is only a togo's. try one today. story begins tonight's west coast rap. the falls fire is burning near the town of seneca, at the edge of the malheur national forest. authorities reported t

many firefighters working 48 hour shifts to try and stop the creek fire. it's burning in alameda county in the sunol regional wilderness, and firefighters say it's spreading north from welch creek road. it is 734 acres with 5% containment. right now, 14 homes are under mandatory evacuation at this point, and the steep terrain there is posing challenges for firefighters, and they're also dealing with limited resources. with so many fires across the state. and you can track wildfires across our state with the interactive wildfire tracker, just go to abc seven news.com/fire map. now to new developments from the fatal crash at devil's slide yesterda, the body of a third person was found during the recovery of the car from the cliffside. today, crews shut down highway one between pacifica and montara this morning while they retrieved the vehicle and bodies. it landed more than 300ft down an embankment yesterday. the cause of the crash is under investigation and the victims haven't been identified yet. the oakland ballers are responding to accusations by an agen

walnut creek 105. in danville, 109. in antioch 108. in livermore. then you can see the contrast here. you go over those east bay hills closer to the water. it will be 84 here in oakland, 91 in hayward for the peninsula still coming in with 67 here in half moon bay down to redwood city. 91, san francisco a split picture for us 68 in the marina, then down to the mission 84 and for the north bay up to 101 here in sonoma. now not only scorching here for some of our inland valleys, but this is all across the state. look at these numbers coming in here for tomorrow. 113 up into redding, 111 in sacramento. 113 fresno, 116 in palm springs. and a lot of those cities up above 110 here for tomorrow's forecast. they've been stuck in the heat wave since last week. so it's just been brutal out there. now we are looking at temperatures dropping off once we hit this weekend down to 91 on sunday here in livermore. and right now no heat waves as we head through next week. now, as those temperatures cool off this weekend, i wanted to show you the setup here. we've got

reporting live in walnut creek. i'm jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news, airlines, hospitals, even our newsroom. we were unable to bring you our 11 p.m. newscast last night as our it department worked to get our computers back up and running. we will have more coverage of the outage in our 6 p.m. newscast. we're going to speak with a cybersecurity expert about how vulnerable we can be when we're relying on technology that could glitch or even face a cyber attack, a new possible solution to one of san jose's biggest problems the city has become the first in california to allow homeowners to sell their so-called granny units. city and state leaders celebrated the decision in san jose today that includes assembly member phil ting, who authored a bill ab 1033. the bill took effect earlier this year and allows cities to let people sell 80 years as condos separate from their primary home. mayor matt mahan says it will help people finally achieve the dream of home ownership. this will create a stock of naturally affordable

in walnut creek. the winds are slight, will be picking up later today out of the north and northeast, up to about 20 water temperatures 57 degrees. high pressure is the key component and we do have that little stratus. a faint hint of stratus next to the sea shore for the next couple of days. that will keep the temperatures there along the beaches manageable, bringing down the peninsula somewhat, but overall your average high in healdsburg is 8910 degrees above that today. pleasanton at 105, sunnyvale at 101, and san francisco ten degrees above normal. we do have your pinpoint neighborhood forecast looking at your community that's coming up next time around. >> all right. thanks a lot, roberta. gun violence is at its highest during the summer months. that's according to a new study. the research experts say this time of year and why it sees so many problems. >> and a lot of people are hoping for clear skies in order to see san francisco's big fireworks show. we'll show you the new display for the annu

good morning, walnut creek. you sit at 60 degrees. wow.o 66 degrees. here's the deal. we have high pressure. it's building into the bay area. it will be warmer today. and i'll show you by just how much. but first things first, sal castaneda, good morning, sir. where where are you drawing your attention to this morning? >> well, we're looking at the bay bridge. it quickly cleared up here. here it is, 801. and all of a sudden we are in much better shape than we were in the 7:00 hour. i can show it to you now. the bay bridge looks pretty good. and now the bridge traffic is still a little bit slow. you can see interstate 880 in oakland. looks good and things are beginning to improve. also in the east bay it's 802. let's get back to the desk. >> thank you sal. we continue to follow a developing story on this wednesday. berkeley fire crews knocking out a big fire to commercial area near aquatic park. ktvu tom vacar near that building, a building that's burning this morning for hours. crews have been out there using ladder trucks to spray water o

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on a hot summer day in downtown walnut creek. people tried to find relief at restaurants and clothing stores with air conditioning. we just got water because it's so hot outside. so we just hear a fresh here with my friends is we just shopping to get a little bit of sun in the municipal afterwards. now people are bracing for to get even hotter with triple digit temperatures in the forecast. >> an excessive heat warning is set to be in effect from tuesday through ready for that and more like winter type. i feel like you just have to like tough it out like it's kind of like a mentality thing. you know? >> well, it's so hot out here as we're trying to interview people about the weather, someone looked and saw how hot we were and a server at one of the restaurant's came out gave us some water. this is a key example is how we all need to look out for each other. you see someone who's overheated, all of them water. checking on your neighbors and your family in effort to cool down many soft lottie's creamery for a scoop of ice cream. mi

welch creek road, with warnings for those around one mile from the blaze. the fire started yesterday afternoon, it has burned 734 acres, it is 5% contained. and in the altamont pass, crews are mopping up after the flynn fire, they have that up to 85% containment, fewer than 400 acres burned. finally, all evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings for the point fire in bay point. it is 40% contained. and of course we are wondering how much of that smoke is going to make its way into bay area skies, darren peck has the latest. >> we have to go into a little bit of context before we get to the smoke plume heading our way. the fire burning in our own backyard, it still has some evacuation orders on it. the creek fire, this is the sonoma regional wilderness park, a few people have probably been there, if you live in the tri-valley, you probably know it. if you go south, you get to that canyon with all of that convoluted topography helping to funnel the flames up to the ridge tops and there has been southerly wind helping to fan that fire. it is close to hom