assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignments throughout alameda . assignm the audit came after a double e after a sheriff deputy was arrested and charged in the killing trick the audit reveals in 2016, despite the seeming nod marks on the psychological exams exams during the hiring process7 deputies were still hired. >> this is a mess that never she happened. >> reporter: she is a retired court judge. >> somebody new, or if no one knew in the sheriff's department, this is gross neglie this is gross negligence and non knowing what the departments aro a law enforcement person in california. >> reporter: the 37 deputies received this letter from the sf saying they acted on in guidance that allow them to hire candids them to hire candidates despite them being deemed psychologically not suited for the job. >> there's more to it than this score. it's being repr

, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in eastern alameda county, south in east of livermore here this area is likely to swing to the north ino livermore, right as we get to the busy time of day on i-580, o be planning ahead for slower traffic conditions as we head through the rest of this evening . looking outside, beautiful cls as you look at showers from the distance. the rainfall amounts o far, over two inches. half an ih to an inch in a lot of location. welcome to rain for most of us, helping to mitigate the fire threat to me but does not end ae season completely. we will takea look at our chances this weekeng up in the full forecast. > >> that wet weather is helping s on the front line of the mosquio fire in the sierra foothills. cal fire said, moisture from the the storm decreased fire behavior significantly. containment has now jumped to 39%, but

ktvu valley residents live at alameda crown beach, crown state beach in alameda valley. you know, the thing is, it's going to be really hot today. but that's not the case, actually right now in that area. no it feels almost comical talking about the heat when it is cold and windy and foggy where we are here in alameda. it's gotten windier just since we've been out here since 5 30 this morning. now no one on the beach right now, as you can imagine that the people who are out here are walking their dogs going for a jog, doing things that probably will be too hot and uncomfortable to do here. 48 hours from now. this weekend. as you heard sunday and monday is, rosemary said, is when it's supposed to be the hottest, not just inland, but also here in alameda and bay and coast side as well. now, if you're planning to go to the east bay regional park sometime this weekend, you may have to change those plans because of the heat regional park says all of their inland parks will be closed sunday and monday because of a high risk of fire danger. they don't want any grilling or barbe

lot of people are complaining on the alameda to baseball games and at the festival itself. there have been other problems. this is video of a crowd of people jumping barriers to get closer to the state. the event organizer says it's an isolated incident and no injuries were reported in alameda amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> still to come on the kron 4 morning news, new affordable housing is on track to meet lot walnut creek. >> well, one woman decided to help no home for families in need. >> people came to pay their over the weekend to fund her, a family member of the motorcycle >> why many people it was an honor to attend his funeral? continue. committee is prepared what could be their final last investigation into former president trump's role on the attack on capitol hill. have those details from washington. >> i will take a look at this. you get some swimmers made waves during the 17th annual swim across america event in the city. the swimmers left little marina green and swam 1.5 miles to aquatic park saturday morning. hundreds of swimmers in volunteers raise more than $

i've been driving around alameda all afternoon. most areas we can't hear the music festival this afternoon, but when you get close to water close the docks, we believe we heard it just a little bit. and when i was in downtown alameda, i spoke to some people that said last night late last night, they could actually hear the music at their homes. >> a lot of days. that's what people in we're hearing all saturday night. i kept thinking it was cars going by with music booming in their car. >> and i would open the window and then it would go away. closed the window. i thought was that the tva would turn the tv off. >> but i would hear it again, mary lou crowl and says she spent the night trying to figure out what the sound once i would more frustrated that couldn't figure out where it's coming from. she thought it may have been from a concert at the oakland coliseum, but it sounded too far away. eventually i fell asleep. it wasn't until the morning when she spoke to her daughter that she told her it may have been from the port hole. the

i've been driving around alameda all afternoon.his afternoon, but when you get close to water close the docks, we believe we heard it just a little bit. and when i was in

we're crown beach in alameda.y helping to cool things off out here. a lot of folks walking around some people brave enough to go on. the waters of the water is actually pretty warm as you get inside the bay compared to the coastal waters as the waters of the bay, they could be warming up the upper 60's. even some low 70's at this time of year. luke, warm out there. so we've got some nice weather ahead, though. it's going to be hot, though, in spots have to pick and choose your weather. the temperatures are going to soar. advisories are going up. some very hot temperatures showing up in the valleys in the next couple of days here right through the holiday weekend. triple digit heat going to be calm and advisories going up inside the bay too. right now you're looking at 90 degrees and live more. 94 in concord. 92 degrees. still hot in antioch. well, you head to the coastline. temperatures there, 30 degrees cooler got the sea breeze blowing there as well. and that will keep those temperatures much cooler through the

thousas of homes in healdsburg, alameda, alameda, and palo alto lost power for up to an hour. it may have been all a big mistake. sarah tries to sort out this confusion over the power mixup. >> reporter: running a restaurat in the dark isn't just difficult, it's impossible. just just ask stephanie. >> we can't take any card. we don't have light inside. it's all dark. >> reporter: her alameda restaut had the power cut off during its dinner hour forcing them to close early. customers were told told it was part of a rolling b, but now it appears that was a mistake. >> crazy. we lost a lot of money. that's it. >> reporter: alameda along withg and palo alto began blackouts ag blackouts along the power crunch crunch leaving thousands without without power in the blazing heat. palo alto says that was a miscommunication and they simply simply asked utilities to be prepared. >> it was for a firming load ase as we communicated with other utilities in california at that time. we had not progressed to g outages. i don't know what happened this morning. we will be in touch and doubling dow

sanchez says her firm is aware of issues with an alameda county cps. it's very clear that the county of alameda more so than any other county in in the state is not investigating back coming in at much higher numbers than any other counties. harris says she becomes emotional thinking about the last time she saw sophia, knowing what she does now. >> i notice a little breeze and her hand and i asked if she was ok, and she said, yes. but what i learned in retrospect from that is because of all of these previous calls that have been ignored, she had learned not to because when she complained she was punished. >> well, that was amanda hari reporting for us this morning. now the county has 45 days to respond to the claim. on the peninsula. the arraignment for man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend was postponed. the district attorney's office says 33 year-old jose lynn data attacked karina castro with a sword outside of her home in san carlos last thursday, he was taken into custody on the same day and has been held without bail when data was expected to

and the alameda county fire department is also prepared. >> so the alameda county fire department, we'reemaining fully staffed right now. we sent two oes engines up to the mill fire. >> reporter: they're also concerned about the potential for wild land fires in the county, and they're sharing information about precautions with the heat. >> also really worried about the community and possibilities for heat illnesses, for the elderly population. so we tell everybody hey, stay cool. each of our five cities in the county, they stay alert with letting people know about where the cooling centers are at. >> reporter: around the bay area, people are making plans. >> get out in the morning before it gets too hot. get somewhere cooler, out of the sun when it does get hot. >> christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> a very scary heat-related situation for a family in east oakland. they accidentally locked their baby inside their car this afternoon. cars heat up very quickly when closed and in the sun. luckily, firefighters were able to arrive quickly, rescue that baby. it was 92 degrees outside at th

but lawrence, live for us at alameda in alameda crown beach. there.lawrence, what are the conditions of the fire conditions of for the rest of folks? >> if you can hear me because i the waves are crashing. >> i know. you can hear the sound of the waves, right? i mean, it does sound nice, especially when we're talking about a heat wave. there are a lot of folks that have been out here enjoying a swimming out here for a little bit there kitesurfing. this is one of the cooler spots around the bay area. of course, today. again, the temperatures sorey well in the 90's inland. but if you want to beat the heat, you could have to head awayl from those valleys. it is just going to be searing heat not only for the weekend, but i think really well in the next week. so i got to prepare for that. but looking nice out there over the bay right now, the sea breeze has been blowing in. that has been a good thing, of course, with fire danger. that's a concern. the winds kicking up right now not expecting any drastic winds, but we will see a sea breeze each day. fires g

the to love the service and alameda has shut off power to some of its customers. kron 4 ella sogomonian standing by in the newsroom with the latest l a >> that's right. we just got word that the alameda municipal power, agency has started their own rotating outages. they posted this message to twitter as well as a map about 10 minutes ago explaining that they were ordered to drop to circuits for one hour. we're also getting word that the same might be happening in palo alto as well. well, waiting to get word exactly on where their that this is a map that you can see on the page of alameda muni power and the rest of the bay area still waiting on pg e's planned outages. so let's take a look at how you can find out in case you want to plan so you can go onto their web site. we've also posted a link for your convenience on kron 4 dot com. so you can access that through there. once you're on the page, you can use that resource to type in your address in this box titled outage bloc. look up. so for example, we've put in the address of a high school in the south bay and

and alameda has kron 4 news. you can stay connected with kron 4 for the latest weather conditions as we get through this dangerous heat wave scan that qr code on your screen and will take you straight to our website. >> can find current conditions in your neighborhood and look ahead with the 7 day forecast. >> we have some breaking news to tell you about. this is out of richmond happening right now where we are following a major traffic alert. a big rig has overturned on the eastbound lanes of interstate 5.80, bayview avenue. again, this is in richmond, according to the chp injuries have been reported. all eastbound lanes are blocked right now during tonight's rush hour traffic. so you can imagine the backup in the area. traffic is being diverted off to bayview avenue. drivers are advised to expect major delays and to use alternate routes and avoid the area. there is no estimated time for reopening that roadway. at this point. we will, of course, keep you posted. a shooting at an east bay hospital leaves the secu

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right now we have an alameda county sheriff's deputy, devin williams jr. who has been arrested for charges of murdering killing two people that happened overnight about 12 45 last night in the dublin area . police say he contacted police a short time ago and they took him into custody about 10 to 15 minutes ago, probably about 11 45 or so accused of killing this couple. it is not clear his connection, but we do know he is a deputy with alameda county sheriff's deputies, a stock and resident, um and he's now accused of killing two people. but the new development that's happened over the last 15 minutes. 20 minutes or so is that he was taken into custody down in the central bell in fresno county just a short time ago. incredible to hear the sheriff's department detail the phone call that made all the difference in this case. the police chief in dublin chief garrett homes, talked the men into surrendering over the phone , and that was described as a very emotional phone call. one can only guess what the possibilities might be that they talked about. it's impo

dublin police searching for an alameda sheriff's deputy wanted for mu. chopper 5 was over a home in dublin. two people were found shot inside a home. they later died at the scene. witnesses identified the shooter as 24-year-old devin williams jr.e is a deputy with the alameda county sheriff's office. invess office. investigators now searcg now searching for williams jr. warning he is armed and dangerous. police saw williams jr. may be driving either a gry a gray 2007 vw jetta with california license plates or 2015 hyundai with california le california license plates as well. if anyone cease him or his vehicle, please call 911 and do h to our first alert weather day. the heat wave rolling on for another day. let's get tout first alert metrologist. >> but no mean social security this heat wave over yet. these are current temperatures rightw temperatures right now still in the 70s in the plane. things are a lot better along that coastline with that onshore flow. our east inland hills is where i'm keeping a close eye on it. it is dry as a bone out there. hig

yet power companies in alameda, palo alto and healdsburg went ahead and cut power to thousands of homes and businesses. we wanted to find out what happened. so we sent nbc bay area's robert handa to palo alto to find the answers for us. robert? >> well, janelle, we're here off middle field road where palo alto utility told me it cut off power to about 1700 customers tuesday evening. now for many of the residents we talk to, it wasn't the actual blackout that concerned him. it was how and why it happened. many people in this palo alto neighborhood got the rolling blackout they were warned might happen last night. their lights were out for less than an hour around 6:30, and they were told it's because power grid operators had made the call to begin rolling blackouts. but today, grid operators say they never gave that order. >> it wasn't that inconvenient because it was short. and so, you know, it wasn't if it lasted longer, it might have been pretty inconvenient. >> reporter: palo alto, alameda and healdsburg are customers of the northern california power agency ncpa, a nonprofit collecti

and alameda county sheriff's deputy who swore to ud the law is now in custody for a double murder. end of ick joins us now with details on the shooting. they left the sheriff's department stunned tonight. >> the one thing we know is this this was not a random crime. tht the suspect did know the peoplee was accused of killing. investigators still are not surt led them into their home this m. this morning. the alameda county county sheriff's office says this is the deputy turned murderer. 24-year-old devin williams jr. he called police from caligula kalinga around noon today. the chief spoke with spoke with him until the chp could track him down. >> a great loss for our community. even more dishearteng to find out it was one of our on that actually was the person behind this tragic incident. >> investigators say -- then came to this home on cold rook lane at 1:00 this morning and used his duty firearm to shoot and kill the married couple living inside. they say there was never any red flags during his one year on the job, nor in his background. >> he grew up in an affluent home, well

the family of an 8-year-old girl now taking legal action against alameda county. this after a second arrest in connection with her death months ago which authorities say was the result of child abuse. the reason relatives believe the tragedy could have been averted. >>> facing a judge. the man accused in the gruesome death of a peninsula mother of two expected in court. we'll have details on today's hearing. >> and a final farewell. people by the thousands lining the streets to say their final farewell to queen elizabeth ii as her body is delivered to her final resting place. we'll look at the preparations now under way ahead of her funeral this is

alameda right at 60 degrees. berkeley, san francisco in concord hanging out of the cool. 57 right now. >> for right hitting the roads today. if you are traveling into the city right now, 7 minutes maze to that fremont street exit for you to make that drive this morning. san mateo bridge 80 to 1, 0, 1, 12 minute ride heading across towards the peninsula. richmond center fell bridge tolls to 1, 0, 1, 7, things are still pretty light out there and across our highways. 101. just a 26 minute ride traveling from 85 to menlo park darya. james, back to you. thank you. rain 5 o'clock in the east bay, oakland, police are in need of help as the city is dealing now with. >> 4 shootings that killed people in the last 3 days. city leaders are looking for ways to handle a reduced this violent crime that they've been seeing this map shared by the police shows more than 160 possible gunfire incidents in the city in just one week from september 12 to the 18th. and then between monday and wednesday, there were 4 deadly shootings. t

alameda sitting at 60 degrees right now. so some standouts for the cooler and warmer as we move into the afternoon. a few more of us inland will be in the 80's bayside areas in the 70's coastal spots in the 60's. so for your first day of fall, last moments of summer here,

agencies like the california highway patrol and the alameda county sheriff's office. so i have reached out to the sheriff's department. >> also reach out to the highway patrol and cooperation with our police chief to see what would it take. but it sounds like the primary hurdle of the first hurdle would be. >> funding. >> alameda county sheriff's office spokesperson lieutenant ray kelly breaks down the cost to contract deputies to patrol oakland. >> so just for example, on average, about 4 police officers will cost the city or county in the bay area about 1 million dollars. so for every 4 officers you deployed on the streets, you're looking at about a million dollars that includes salary employee benefits, health care, all that stuff. he says the best way to fund additional resources from an outside law enforcement agency would be a federal or state grant. however, councilmember dial believes open. residents are already entitled to protection from county and state law enforcement. >> you know where with an alameda county where the oakland is in alameda county and i as

kron four's amanda hari was an alameda tonight. she has more. i spent the afternoon driving around alameda most places we couldn't hear the music from the port hole of music festival. >> but near the docks in near the water, you can hear it just a little bit. we did speak to some people downtown but said they could hear it at home late last night. faced haha lot of days. that's what people in we're hearing all saturday night. i kept thinking was cars going by with music? >> booming in their car. >> and would open the window and then it would go away. close the window i thought was that the tva would turn the tv off. >> but i would hear it again, mary lou crowl and says she spent the night trying to figure out what the sound once i would more frustrated that couldn't figure out where it's coming from. she thought it may have been from a concert at the oakland coliseum, but it sounded too far away. eventually i fell asleep. it wasn't until the morning when she spoke to her daughter that she told her it may have been from the port hole. the music f

alameda, and palo alto. let's start at the top. people in one zone had their power cut for about 30 minutes. in alameda, 1400 of you lost your power for an hour, and in palo alto, roughly 1700 of you lost power for about half an hour as well. sarah is asking the questions. and we are on it coming up on the news at 5:00. > >> the power failed in valley medical center in san jose. see all those dark windows there? the emergency room was closed to to patients because of the power power outage. some lights were n were on in the main hospital, and emergency backup was diverted to those portions of the building. we understand dese understand despite people out there in the dark that electricity was restored about 3:00 this morning. > >> the heat wave has been making making it hard for some of you to get home on b.a.r.t. . in a point of it follows that story from the newsroom. hi. >> the evening commute is about to start picking up, and everyby is hoping for a smoother ride than what we saw on b.a.r.t. yesterday. so far today, b.a.r.t. ha

alameda county from preparing now.se resources are coming in the door and we know that the crisis is real, but we should expect that in 2 years time alameda county will be fully implementing these new mandates. >> okay. mayor schaff another topic on public policy. we like to get to as the push for license plate readers on oakland squad cars. this was something back by your chief armstrong, several council members did raise some concerns about potential privacy violations. if this idea where to go into place. so our question for you is, do you think that license plate readers are a good idea to stop crime? >> i do. i let's make the unequivocal. they are a very useful tool, particularly as we are struggling with police. stopping technology can be a force multiplier. it is being smart on crime. we have hundreds of cases of stolen cars that have been solved because of this technology and more than a dozen felonies. serious felonies. recent case we were able to rescue a minor girl from human trafficking and hold her to to c

but fog not really much of an issue for most spots, 50 60's for current temps, san jose hayward alameda each in the low 60's that a little bit. you're the upper 40's all over again. so some of our north bay areas are actually quite chilly 50's and 60's further south for in the in the east bay as well. so definitely jacket where the for those of you that are getting outside are early risers. as for temperatures later today, our hottest of the week, temperatures in the low 90's for some of our inland areas, bayside areas in the 6 80's with 60's and 70's near the coast in the bay itself. i will be talking where we're headed next. what the start of october is looking like all still to come back over to rain. all right, john, thanks for that. let's get a look at your bridges this morning about a 7 minute ryan mays to that fremont street exit. >> the san mateo you want to one. you're looking at a 13 minute ride on this friday morning. the richmond center fell 8 minutes tolls to 101. there. and let's check on the golden gate bridge. 37 of the tolls about a 20 minute morning right? well, the to

we've had a hard time keeping forensic pathologists here in alameda county. finding replacement staff has been hard . lieutenant kelly says alameda county has had to bring doctors in from outside the area. we have a shortage of forensic pathologist people qualified to do um, forensic medical exams, particularly in the case of homicides and violent crime, where we need to do certain type of medical exams to recover evidence. my understanding is there's only less than 1000 in the whole country, and i know as of late. we've been flying in doctors to help us with our backlog of autopsies that has caused anguish for some victims , families the double homicide near the oakland islamic center monday took the lives of two muslim men with our muslim community. they would like to do a burial within 48 hours. lieutenant kelly says the coroner's office tries to respect families religious requirements, but investigators also need to collect the evidence. one chance to get it right. we want to get it right and at the same time, manage and balance the other side of this equ

the family attorney our combing through 450 documents they just received from alameda county.o far attorney carly sanchez tells me she has discovered eight separate referrals over sophia's lifetime of possible abuse. sanchez says only three were ever investigated. harris says her family was distraught when they were reported abuse but it didn't seem to get an adequate response from caseworkers. >> it was unfounded. all of the complaints. even sophia's complaints were unfounded. now that she's dead i hope that they can see that every single complaint was founded. >> reporter: we've reached out to the alameda council and alameda county administrator about the family's legal claim, which was filed on thursday. nbc bay area news has repeatedly had comments from children and family services about this case over the last several months. so far we have received no response. the county has 45 days to reply to the family's legal plan before they continue with a formal lawsuit. nbc bay area news. >> we have been following this tragic story closely from the start. if you have not already

sanchez says her firm is aware of issues with an alameda county cps. it's very clear that the county of alameda more so than any other county in in the state is not investigating back coming in at much higher numbers than any other counties. harris says she becomes emotional thinking about the last time she saw sophia, knowing what she does now. >> i notice a little breeze and her hand and i asked if she was ok, and she said, yes. but what i learned in retrospect from that is because of all of these previous calls that have been ignored, she had learned not to completely because when she complained she was punished. >> harris tells me no amount of money will make up for the loss of sophia. but the case could help save other children's lives. the county now has 45 days to respond to the claim. back to you. >> sophia's mother, samantha johnson was arrested in march and has been charged with murder and child abuse. dante jackson was arrested in new york over the weekend. he made a virtual court appearance in merced said today, but his arraignment was resc

alameda county has had to bring doctors in from outside the area.have a shortage of forensic pathologist people qualified to do um, forensic medical exams, particularly in the case of homicides and violent crime, where we need to do certain type of medical exams to recover evidence. my understanding is there's only less than 1000 in the whole country, and i know as of late. we've been flying in doctors to help us with our backlog of autopsies that has caused anguish for some victims, families the double homicide near the oakland islamic center monday took the lives of two muslim men with our muslim community. they would like to do a burial within 48 hours. lieutenant kelly says the coroner's office tries to respect families religious requirements, but investigators also need to collect the evidence. we have one chance to get it right. we want to get it right and at the same time, manage and balance the other side of this equation, which is the family and the religious beliefs. and the coroner's office is trying to be sensitive to those beliefs. the

luz pena spoke with experts who say controversy will only start there. >> it's a bombshell the alameda county sheriff's department admits was wrong. 47 deputies were asked to give back their badge and firearms after an internal audit into their psychological exams found they were not suited for the job. >> a lot of young people out of college do not do as well on the psychological exam as someone who has much more life experience. this has nothing to do with substance use issues or mental disorders or diagnoses. reporter: sergeant ray kelly said a contributing factor was their age. deputies qualify for this role at 21 years old. cordell, a retired superior court judge and former independent police auditor for the city of san jose, pointed out the psychological exam measures more than just age. >> this whole purpose is to determine whether or not that person is suitable to do the work of a law enforcement officer. free from emotional and/or mental conditions. that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer. reporter: a former san francisco assistant district at

here's a look over alameda, starting out with the low clouds.ittle bit of fog, in fact, a little bit of patchy, dense fall against some areas. santa rosa reporting that 53 degrees and you can see the icon there. the clouds no sun over the airport right now. san francisco. partly cloudy 58 conquered mostly sunny and 60 hayward and san jose both reporting mostly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the upper fifties to about 60 degrees. the low clouds along the coastline expected to remain will call for partly cloudy conditions here, mostly sunny for the rest of us. and temperatures again, ranging from sixties at the coast seventy's around the bay nineties. for some of our hotter spots today, the visibility over santa rosa continues to fluctuate all the way down to about a quarter mile. right now, napa has improved at three miles in half moon bay reporting 2.5 so just a bit of fog. outside of that will call for sunny skies today. the onshore breeze for fairfield 14 mph, so it's there, but it's really, really weeks. napa reporting seven oakla

lot of people are complaining on the alameda to baseball games and at the festival itself. there have been other problems. this is video of a crowd of people jumping barriers to get closer to the state. the event organizer says it's an isolated incident and no injuries were reported in alameda amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> it's 9.36. and construction of a new affordable housing community. walnut creek is on schedule and they're still taking applications to live their habitat for humanity. east bay, silicon valley is building 42 town homes for families that earn low and moderate income. and here's volunteers over the weekend. kaiser permanente joined up with a group on saturday and they're helping to construct esperanza place. it's billed as habitat's first 0 net energy development. that means the homes here are going to produce more energy than they use. >> we'll finish the first 23 sometime in 2023. and that start on the final 19 homes of this neighborhood. after that. >> kaiser pledge $400,000. it's a total of 20 million dollars to build this thing over 4 years. and like i

officials at the alameda county coroner's office say there is a long backlog of autopsy. our country says made. you talk to the sheriff's department to find out why. >> prior to the pandemic, there was an average of 5 pending autopsies at the alameda county coroner's bureau. >> and how many are pending right now? >> right now there are 31 pending autopsies and there are a 91 to seems a corner. currently waiting transport to the general service. that is a major challenge, says the spokesperson for the alameda county sheriff's coroner's bureau lieutenant ray kelly. he says at its peak, the pandemic added up to top sees to the bureau's regular caseload. >> which was in addition to the homicide rate. during the height of covid and he says remains a factor today. this past week between oakland and or adjacent cities. there have been a number of homicides. some of those are complex investigations. we have to try to those cases done as quick as we can. >> he says religious burial traditions are also considerations taken into account by the corridor. we have to balance these inve

lot of people are complaining on the alameda baseball games and at the festival itself.here have been other problems. this is video of a crowd of people jumping barriers to get closer to the state. the event organizer says it's an isolated incident and no injuries were reported in alameda amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> 5.33. right now construction of new affordable housing in walnut creek is on schedule habitat for humanity. east bay, silicon valley, they're building. 42 townhomes for families that are in the low and moderate income category volunteers. the kaiser permanente joined the group over the weekend. this is on saturday. they were helping do construct what they're doing there. you can see it's going up on esperanza place billed as a habitat for humanity's first 0 net energy development. that means the homes are going to produce more energy than they use. >> we'll finish the first 23 sometime in 2023. and that start on the final 19 homes of this neighborhood. after that. >> cool. wow. that's amazing. i guess that means their solar kaiser pledged $400,000 to this pr

well, alameda hayward fremont oakland evenly at 59 degrees. regardless of where you're at, put on the light jacket this morning, you won't need it as you're walking home from work later today. right now, john, they infer that busy morning out there like this accident along i-80, we've been tracking northbound at our miles road in union city. so these are just a little slow as you're traveling through hayward and union city along 8.80. >> you have a traffic hazard on the bay bridge was blocking one of the lanes here. 27 minute, so that fremont street exit. so traffic went up about 8 minutes or so. there. 21 minutes heading across towards the peninsula. a 80 to one on one and the richmond sandra fell bridge about an 18 minute ride as you're traveling from the tolls to 101 darya. james, back to you. an arena for she got to fill er up. and this morning we're noticing gas prices are higher. that seems to be the law with gas prices in california. what goes down must inevitably come back up. and that's the case. >> yeah, we have will tran standing by

in alameda. you can see the temperature right now here we're at 67 degrees. but the cold front kind of bring down the temperatures a little bit for today. we're going to see that begin to move on out of the way as it moves on out. these temperatures are going to begin to soar as early as tomorrow. we're going to be back in the triple digits in spots inland inside the bay. not too bad. you're talking upper 80's in the south bay, but then we get to the east bay that we're talking triple digit heat again for tomorrow. be prepared for that. slow county again, going to be very, very hot outside. those temperatures soaring into triple digits out there as 103 degrees in vacaville about 103. >> in fairfield, so if you want to beat the heat, you've got to head toward the coast. that's the only place you're going to do it. it's going to be a lot hotter on sunday and blaze and he may be record breaking temperatures as we head toward this next week. guys, back to you. all right. thank you. large summit, extreme heat late this afternoon. governor newsom. >> expanded his e

alameda at 59 oakland in dublin at 55. a couple of 40's having popped up in the north bay from time to time this morning. definitely bundle up as you're getting out there. today will be very similar to yesterday comfortably cool temperatures really only in the 70's and also like yesterday or inland areas. are seeing a chance of thunderstorms not as significant. a chance is what we saw yesterday, which did result in rain and lightning strikes but still keep an eye on the skies as we make our way into the

i can't even text the alameda county sheriff's office fired both deputies for seven years. the case has moved through the criminal justice system at the end of last year. both deputies accepted plea deals according to the san francisco district attorney's office, which says that deputy santa maria's deal includes diversion to a mental health treatment program and a probable misdemeanor conviction that could be expunged if he successfully completes his program deputy weber pleaded guilty last december. to one felony count of assault by a public officer according to the sfda's office if we were avoids getting arrested again that felony charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor and could also potentially be expunged. i was lord when i found out that they had received one was ultimately going to get a misdemeanor and the other mental health diversion and a dismissal. i just really didn't understand how something like that was appropriate district. attorney brooke. jenkins was appointed by mayor london breed after the recall of former district attorney chase a boudin doesn't just

oakland alameda at 59.ta rosa at 52 right now. so definitely a cool start for a lot of areas as we make our way this afternoon, though, get ready for the shorts and t-shirts again. great job. thank you for that update. well, if you are hitting the roads this morning. >> traveling into the city, the metering lights are on. so

sanchez says her firm is aware of issues with an alameda county cps. it's very clear that the county of alameda more so than any other county in in the state is not investigating back coming in at much higher numbers than any other counties. harris says she becomes emotional thinking about the last time she saw sophia, knowing what she does now. >> i notice a little breeze and her hand and i asked if she was ok, and she said, yes. but what i learned in retrospect from that is because of all of these previous calls that have been ignored, she had learned not to complain because when she complained she was punished. >> it was a man harry reporting. the county now has 45 days to respond to the lawsuit. on the peninsula. the arraignment for a man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend. that arraignment has been postponed. the da's office says 33 year-old jose landeta attacked karina castro with a sword outside her home in san carlos last thursday, he was taken into custody the same day he's being held without bail. when dana was expected to enter a plea in

luz pena spoke with experts who say controversy will only start there. >> it's a bombshell the alameda county sheriff's department admits was wrong. 47 deputies were asked to give back their badge and firearms after an internal audit into their psychological exams found they were not suited for the job. >> a lot of young people out of college do not do as well on the psychological exam as someone who has much more life experience. this has nothing to do with substance use issues or mental disorders or diagnoses. reporter: sergeant ray kelly said a contributing factor was their age. deputies qualify for this role at 21 years old. cordell, a retired superior court judge and former independent police auditor for the city of san jose, pointed out the psychological exam measures more than just age. >> this whole purpose is to determine whether or not that person is suitable to do the work of a law enforcement officer. free from emotional and/or mental conditions. that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer. reporter: a former san francisco assistant district at

alameda.also county and parts of the north bay, too, looks like much cooler weather coming our way this weekend. so this is going to be one quick hit of some super he then we start to cool back down again as we head in toward the weekend. but this ridge of high pressure, you've got a front come over the top of that you see right here that from moving by once that front moves by all of a sudden high pressure builds right back in kind of snaps right back. that sons, all these temperatures soaring around the bay area. so again, be prepared that we're not done with this heat wave just yet, even though it's cool down some parts of bay area blue, these numbers tomorrow, going s

officials at the alameda county coroner's office say there is a long backlog of autopsy.ays made. you talk to the sheriff's department to find out why. >> prior to the pandemic, there was an average of 5 pending autopsies at the alameda county coroner's bureau. >> and how many are pending right now? >> right now there are 31 pending autopsies and there are a 91 to seems a corner. currently waiting transport to the general service. that is a major challenge, says the spokesperson for the alameda county sheriff's coroner's bureau lieutenant ray kelly. he says at its peak, the pandemic added up to top sees to the bureau's regular caseload. >> which was in addition to the homicide rate. during the height of covid and he says remains a factor today. this past week

you're at 52 now novato at 55 oakland-alameda at 58 degrees. brentwood, one of her more mild spots at 62 degrees later today. look for to daytime highs. that will really only rise into the low 80's at warmest most of us staying in the 70's in sunset. time tonight for the first time below 07:00pm at 6.59. so those days starting to get a little bit shorter right now. john, thank you for that. ok, let's check out your bridges this morning. heading into the city right now. 7 minutes. >> may's to that fremont street exit san mateo bridge, 80 to 101, a 13 minute ride. let's get a look at the richmond. sandra fell bridge but a 9 minute commute to host a one on one and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 19 minutes on this tuesday morning. well, san francisco police are investigating a possible shooting on coal street in the haight ashbury neighborhood. this is seen from the citizens app. police say they first responded to reports around 8.20, last night. witness told police a person shot at another person. as of right now, police say they don't h

it goes back to critical levels to contra costa and alameda counties. 113 in livermore. it's the same in antioch and concord, right around 111 in walnut creek, 112 in danville. uncomfortable 107 in martinez, and hot in oakland without air conditioning, 95. the peninsula is 75 and half moon bay with some relief. if you have the day off you can escape to the coast. hundred and one in redwood city. san francisco is 89 in mission, 75 in the marina, into the north bay, 110 in napa, 111 in santa rosa, 96 in the valley. how about the cooling? everything i'm saying, right now, continues to show saturday and sunday a tremendous amount of cooler air moving in. that is from a system that will be based just off shore. that is great. we will cool down, but the other thing we are watching is the circulation around this looks like it would pull up some remnant moisture of hurricane kay. it's not going to be a hurricane , when it moves close to us. it will be weakening, but it will push in clouds, humidity, lightning, thunderstorms, even rain to california. at this point, the way that t

oakland alameda at 59. while hayward sitting at a cool 60 some low 50's up in the north bay with santa rosa at 52 right now. so definitely a cool start for a lot of areas as we make our way this afternoon, though, get ready for the shorts and t-shirts again. great job. thank you for that update. well, if you are hitting the roads this morning. >> traveling into the city, the metering lights are on. so about 17 minutes to make it from the maze. 2 that fremont street exit san mateo bridge, 80 to 101. a 60 minute ride heading across towards the peninsula. let's get a look at richmond. sandra fell bridge tolls to 101 15 minutes there. we do have some light fall across the golden gate bridge. it's going to take about 20 minutes to make it from 37 to the tolls. darya. james, back to you. thank you, anna. >> all right. for your money this morning, gas prices here in the bay have shot up more than $0.30 in the past week. % that's a huge bite. barely time to enjoy any relieved that we've got. now it's like 6 bucks a

live tonight in alameda, zack. thank you. police in hayward say a father and son were found stabbed to death inside a home early this morning. police say officers responded to the 100 block of lund avenue at about 4 30 this morning regarding an altercation inside a resident. once they arrived, they found the father and son unconscious with stab wounds. paramedics tried to revive them, but both were pronounced dead at the scene. police still have not released their names. anyone with information about this case is urged to contact hayward. police janice san francisco family, says burger alors targeted their home in the marina district three times. in one night. they say this happened on tuesday while they were asleep. security cameras show the first break in at 2 30 in the morning. the second break in just about an hour later and the final break in two hours. after that, the family says two men made way with the into their garage right near to visit their own bay after finding that the door was ajar. now they left with the tri

so far, we've yet to hear back in alameda. zac's ask ktvu fox two news at 11 striking mental health therapists have overwhelmingly rejected kaiser permanente is contract offer. the therapists have now been on strike here for six weeks. they say the offer did not adequately address understaffing or improve access to care. the final voting tally was 3 1049 to 222, a spokesman for the unions as the vote should jump start negotiations again. kaiser left the bargaining table nearly two weeks ago, confident that it's therapist would accept its offer . police in hayward say a father and son were found stabbed to death inside a home early this morning, police say, officers responded. to the 100 block of london avenue around 4 30 this morning regarding an altercation inside a residence. once they arrived, they found the father and son unconscious with stab wounds. paramedics tried to revive them, but both were pronounced dead at the scene. police have not released their names. anyone with information about this case is urged to call ha

there is one thing that will have the greatest impact on reducing the backlog of autopsies in alameda what would help us would be a reduction in homicides in the community and these surges in homicides that we've seen over the past week has made our job much more difficult has it meant kron 4 news? >> some breaking news in petaluma where firefighters are monitoring hot spots now at a grass fire near adobe road forward. progress has been stopped that about 15 acres, but crews are still asking drivers to avoid the area so firefighters can safely works. the scene no homes were threatened, but firefighters are noting that although we've got a good rain soaking sunday fire season is still far from over. and no lawrence karnow joins us now to a take back. i guess what said everything well, things could burn. i mean, you can get you get so much rain on the ground. it just makes it hard. >> for these fires to really become a big problem. so, yeah, hopefully they get whole on this one and not too long from now. but you see the winds out there in around the fire. you see adobe road right here.