avery harper has been reporting live from the napa county fairgrounds. that's one of the centers. re with somebody who's actually from middletown and he say he's sure he lost everything. can you -- tell me about what happened yesterday. >> yesterday about 2:00 i got a phone call from a friend, and he asked me to look out my back window to see if i could see a fire. i looked out and i couldn't see a fire. i could just see smoke billowing. and about 15, 20 laters i got up to check and i could see flames come up over the crisp the of mountain and about 10 minutes later the management came around told us we might is have to evacuate. so back f pack a few things. >> and you -- your apartment was loaghted right tweeze those schools. >> right. >> it was high school and a grade school. i live one block from the high school and right across the street from the grade school. and they both went down farce i know. >> and were you able to take anything with you. whatter you able to grab. >> a pair of pants. a physical l xf of shirts and. stuff like that. >> and what does it mean that you're abl

>>reporter: in oakland avery harper kron4 >> download kron4 mobile news app. you can even track -- check traffic. >>> our other big story. holiday weekend weather. very nice day out there today. cooler by the bay. clear skies all around. let's find out what you need to know for labor day and the rest of the weekend. we have an eye and this guy. >>> things warming up and we will see temperatures climb another i've degrees to 10 degrees for tomorrow. even more still for labor day and by the time we roll into monday we are going to see some really warm temperatures possibly approach -- approaching 100 degrees. temperatures made it into the 70s and 80s. livermore up to 86 posted 90 for antioch. 80s by the bay. these numbers up about 5 degrees to 10 degrees. one big change we had today is the wind is not as strong coming off the ocean. live view at the golden gate bridge and it's a little breezy. just not his breezy is what we had yesterday. winds right now in the 15-25 all park. yesterday we were up at 50 miles per hour. by the day only about 15-20. because the on

. >> in oakland, avery harper, kron 4 news. >> make sure you're always in the know with what's happening. download the dron 4 mobile app. >>> our other big story we're following, it was a nice day today. our meteorologist brian van aikvn joins us now. what do we have in store? warm weather? it will be another 5 to 10 degrees warmer for tomorrow. it will be toasty out there. as we mention bid 5 to 10 degrees, we'll have more in store for tomorrow at the bay bridge, completely clear skies out there, no fog whatsoever. that's the way it will stay for tomorrow. right right now, temperatures are still pretty mild. for the day tomorrow, look for readings go to go up another 5 to 10 degrees, fran forecast to hit the upper 70s, low 80s for oakland. san jose in the upper 80s, and 90s on tap. attention gets even warmer for labor day. alicia? >>> a warning for parents on the peninsula. back to school for children in palo palto off to a disturbing start. for the 3rd time in 2 week witness kids startled by a stranger in the car. this time, police say the man had no pants on. >> reporter: in the world

avery harper are reports live now from the golden gate bridge with more on the possible toll and whate people think about it. avery, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marty. people are starting to run and walk and bike across the bridge, and right now it's completely free to cross the span on foot or on your bike, but some bridge officials are saying that it it could be a possibility that they would charge for you to do that in coming years. i have spoken to some people on the bridge this morning. one group of women who was doing a fund-raiser said they would change the way they did their fund-raiser in there was a toll on the bridge. take a listen to what they had to say. >> we come on training walks, and so we each have to pay, wouldn't be the end of the world, but i think if it was a donation based, you know, like at a national park, you put a dollar in to cross the bridge, especially for the tourists, for people who want to consider this beautiful view we have, i would hate for people not to be able to experience it because they couldn't afford it. >> reporter: now again br

and this morning kron 4's averi harper is live in middletown as the community begins to pick itself up again. >> reporter :people are starting to recover and figuring out ways to rebuild. i'm here with one of the victims today said the marshall--sydney marshall >>:it has been wonderful as they have been really taking care of us and i feel good today actually. my animals are going to be placed in a more permanent situation and i am able to focus and think clearly and i feel good today after two weeks of unbelievable surreal terror and sadness i have hoped i have real hope that we are going to stay in middletown because we love it here and we have friends and neighbors and we are going to stick together and we're going to rebuild because we are together >> reporter :i met yesterday and i was a rough day for you >>:it really was as my boyfriend of eight years had a heart attack and had surgery he is doing really good and i am keeping him, with less stress. i have taken the we'll hear an and the go to for our family and we have people that have donated property for our groups and i feel ha

>> catherine: kron 4's averi harper went to a local restaurant to see whether the sky-high cost of lineer:at lefty odull's near union square eggs make up most of their breakfast menu. >> reporter:and the breakfast staple are undeniably a favorite for lefty's manager john fair. >>"i actually like them basted, but you can have them fried or with ham." (cheers & applause) but the prices of the morning meal must-have are through the roof. >> reporter:up as much as 150 percent restaurants like lefty's are watching those prices closely. (cheers & applause) "it hasn't affected our bottom line yet but the eggs have doubled so we do feel it." >> reporter:according to the usda egg production is sluggish in california because of prop 2 which requires that hens have more space on farms. >> reporter:that, coupled with avian flu in the midwest has driven prices up. >> reporter:at lefty's it's changing how they do business they're shopping around for the cheapest egg prices. (cheers & applause) "we have actually a special >> shopper who goes around for any items that are overpriced." now manager john

some state lawmakers don't want kron 4's averi harper has more on the possible toll. and what people think about it. >> reporter: people won't have a problem have not cashed. >>: if you mix the cleaner want not. >> reporter: people don't want to be compared barrier to a jury the area. >> vicki: the oakland a's honored their famed "big three" players before today's game. pitching trio barry zito, tim hudson, and mark mulder were each given a bottle of specially engraved cabernet savignon as a lasting momento of their time with the oakland a's, the three will go down in history as some of the most dominant starting pitchers ever to play with the athletics franchise. minutes before the game started, zito, hudson and mulder threw out the ceremonial first pitches as a group. >>: being out has been fun enjoying time with my family but today is nice with these two guys. >> vicki: the a's also made a video tribute to the three pitchers that were drafted in the late 1990s. today's game is the a's final home game of the 2015 campaign. >> reporter: we are keeping an and hyatt th

avery harper is live in san francisco and she's been there all morning. minutes. how are things looking right now? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and the buses here between san francisco and oakland have been running for an hour now. a little more than an hour. there's no wait for riders and can't takes train now because the two is closed. workers tell me they're running aings faster than the trains would run. they're satisfied. one even told me he would give bart an a-plus for their service. listen to what he had to say. >> it was actually pretty easy. they had to go like -- i come from coliseum so they had to go -- get on a shuttle at coliseum, take you to 19, get off at 19 and get on bart. you know? it wasn't that bad. >> reporter: and so bart officials tell me that, you know, construction on the transbay 2 laying out thousands of feet of rail. there are planning to reopen the transbay 2 train service at 4:00 a.m. on tuesday. i'll be here with any updates that i can bring you. wail? >> thank you so much. those bus bridges have designated lane

kron 4 news avery harper is reporting live from hidden valley.den valley lake where you can see the homes behind me there is not much damage here. they're still intact and its neighborhood is just like these that officials letting residents return today. take a look at the neighborhood that you are able to return today. >> just like yesterday in midtown, you will need to provide proof that you live in this area and bring along your photo id or any sort of documentation that uch or live you have or live in this area. >> here at the following locations, hartman road at state road, 29 grange road, and butte canyon road. again, be sure to bring your photo id or some sort of documentation that prove that you live in the area. some people have been tweeting me when their neighborhoods will be able to return to their neighborhood. you will not be able to return to other neighborhoods just yet just because of the fire behavior and basic infrastructure is restored. back to you. >> all right, thanks for the live report. >>> a bare company bay area company

kron four's averi harper is live at the elementary school this morning as kids return to class. averi? >>reporter: he says it is important and the come back to school we want to have them to be normal and we want them to try to sell like we're ready for them and they're ready for school and life is going to go on. fifth >>: 01 to be doing a lot art and writing about their experiences in their feelings in the evacuation telling us what they did with it when shelling this story's about half of fun activities his once bill long day were going to enjoy the day off is a voluntary than so will see what we get one of the key to will not begin we're ready for her class to join the other classis to ask the have this problem and the has more buses blasted down to proclaim buses is a disservice you're quickly self for the ax to have a car full situation will figure about and see how many of them comes through for the seventh to suffer never evacuated their been waiting to come back to school if all been evacuated but we have not heard any loss. >>reporter: again we will be here as to his a

kron 4's averi harper was at pope valley elementary school as >> reporter: 10 students poured off a bus the normally carry 29 scenes and " valley of his attendance was low kim parker center in portland to return friday. born"rudeness will for getting back to normal lessons possible since a south the school never evacuated there really needed to be in school for their parents out there working every time a closed factor with day care and other situations." >> reporter: any since to go here mandatory evacuation orders were lifted and homes of still intact. "i can read because of the smoke. >> reporter: tennis's voluntary told by the principal they were doing feel good activities are projects and he. >> pam: care and other situations. now the latest on another enormous, deadly fire.the butte fire.in the sierra foothills. this is >> reporter:-oak tree 86 ft. wide trunk come crashing down crusade the once mighty oak tree could easily of crushed a person smashed a car killing anyone inside luckily no one was in this car when the street had it of the fire is out of danger is still very real pe

pines casino in middletown opening their doors to evacuees who need a place to stay and kron4 avery harperas been live all morning long, take a look at the folks getting help. >> reporter: good morning. i am here at the twin pine casino where there are nearly 80 evacuees is staying here this morning but they are getting ready for breakfast, all provided by the salvation army and i'm joined by the lieutenant who is here. tell me about the effort to feed evacuees that are staying here and people in the community. >> we are serving about 300 people out of this facility. we have teams that go out into the community, that are feeding as well. i think we have got about 120 breakfast this morning that we had fed out of this canteen. we came down from carson city, and we have a team. we have a team from tracy, that has gone out into the community. we are just glad to be here, to be able to serve. the community has been devastated by these fires. i know that i have spent a lot of time as a child. my family had property here and we came up every summer. when i drove in, from nevada, some days ago, i

kron 4's avery harper is live in pleasant hill with the details, avery. >> reporter: daria, i'm standing avenue south and shadow wood drive, and all that's left of the accident scene is that puddle there down the street. there was one chp officer who told me a mother was crossing the street, blinded by the street, the driver struck them. the officer says it was a low speed crash and two of the children were air lifted to the children's hospital and the others were taken to john mur hospital. the car was not damaged and able to be driven away, i'm trying to piece together what happened and i'll bring you the latest as i get it. >> and a major restaurant chain apologizing after the way a police officer was treated, what they did that has people so upset this morning. >>> and a whale photo bombs the governor of connecticut. this video of this baluga whale is going rival this morning. babies who are talked to from the time they're born are more likely to have a successful future. talking and reading to children in their first years has a huge impact on what they do with the rest of their liv

we also have avery harper, she's standing by at the evacuation center there in calistoga when in totalds of people had to flee their homes and hundreds of them have been congregating there where she is. good morning, avery. >> reporter: this morning, we've been talking to a lot of people and i've been here much of the week. yesterday i spoke with one woman who didn't know whether her house was standing or not. she's from middleton and she was able to go back to middletown and see her home. i'm here with chelsea ripley, and you are volunteering even though you didn't know, you know, the fate of your home. tell me you were able to get to middletown, tell me what you saw. >> it's devastating out there. it's just bittersweet to see my house there and my neighbors' homes are all gone. it was extremely devastating to see everything out there just the way it was. >> reporter: and you talked about sort of the random path of this fire. you showed me a video that you had and your neighbor across the street, their house is gone and your house is still there. what does it mean for you that your ho

. >> crown forests -- avery harper is hear from kron for. >>> three of the homes damaged have read tags see, they are in the process of fencing off these homes here on anchor drive in bay point. the fire marshall told me moments ago that because of the fire being actually illegal drug use in the back of this man, namer say there were many -- neighbors say there were many suspicious people that came out of this home and they complained in the past. look at what one neighbor had to say about it. >> the people leaving my neighbors make drug sales every day. >>reporter: the fire marshall tells me that the amount of damage, it amounts to $850,000 and they say the next step is to figure out who is responsible. at 9:30 we will talk to one of the vick comes to actually -- one of the victims who kicked through a window to extinguish the flames. >>> we want to get a look at the other hotspot, and traffic is a mess. the other big story is how hot it is today. three days, now. >>> unfortunately, another day of triple digit deep-sixed -- triple digit heat expected. you will deal with this and some a