we need trees, more than less. >> reporter: caltrans plans to do just that. >> plant 15 palm trees andpine trees in the same vicinity as the trees are now. >> reporter: replacing where the palm meets the pine with 30 new trees, a tree tribute that might just catch your eye. >> those new trees will have their own irrigation system which caltrans hopes will mean they're around for another 100 years. >> hopefully. you still have a year to pay your tributes to the original palm and pine. that project begins sometime next year. >>> that's it for the news at 5:00. cbs news bay area with sara donchey starts right now. >>> now at 6:00, the strongest heatwave of the year is about to hit the bay area, how long it will last and spots that will see the highest temperatures. >>> these can and will blow off your fingers and your hands. we see these every year. >> a big warning ahead of the 4th , a look at how dangerous fireworks can be for you and your surroundings. >>> people want to know why are the whales dying? >> how a local researcher is trying to solve the mystery of why so many gray whales a

i also want to thank our delivery partners treasure island development authority, sfmta caltrans and toll authority. the [indiscernible] provided the funding for $64 million project that secured and rebuilt the eastbound ybi ramps on and off the bay bridge. this project supports the growing naerbd on the island and futures intricate compact dezeen that reduce conflict and improve conductivity. thes project is the second in a trio of bay area ramp projects the transportation authority is delivering on the islands. the transportation authority received the 2017 interchaenge project of the year for the ybi east side ramp project and the west side bridges project is underway. each generating hundreds of well paying jobs and supporting economic recovery. thanks to carl and the whole south gate team. next i want to congratulate cynthia fong and anna who lead our financing and funding team on reafter aaa credit rating for 5th year in the row, the highest possible rating for a public agency bond program that is quite a accomplishment during this period of economic recover a. then again, give

was it the extent of what was needed to avoid the caltrans facilities or work with the caltrans facilities? i'm trying to dial down a little bit on why the contract amount has gone up so much since we awarded the contract? >> when we award the contract, we didn't foresee all this coming. at that time we were at planning stageo had general alignment and generally know what we are doing and in terms of scope, however, as the engineering design progressed and we worked more with caltrans, all the external agencies, these detailed requirements start spawning and also with greater detail there is the need for--we start doing review to make sure what we design is constructable and this is such a large scale project and dense community, so that requirement for the shoe fly and all these other requirements spawned unfortunately. >> sorry, what was the requirement for the shoe fly? >> for the shoe fly, is a temporary by-pass road around one of the launching and connection structures for the large sewer located on alemany and that is a street we can't temporary close for construction, so to maintain

with a statement saying caltrans is content neutral. posting of messages or objects on overpasses or fencing creates a distraction for motorists. chp went on to say it is illegal to attach or otherwise hang any sort of sign or banner on an overpass fence. it is not illegal to stand there holding the same sign or banner, unless they said it creates an unsafe condition for the freeway below city of lafayette said they are abiding by state polic. meanwhile, disbrow vows to continue putting up flags and banners in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> coming up here next, a police investigation into an armed robbery in san francisco leaves a man dead. and tonight, we're hearing from one witness who heard it all happen. >> it is 99. in livermore, 98, in concord with an excessive heat warning through wednesday. i'll let you know how long the heat is going to last. schroeder. that's close to golden gate park, and police say she's known to frequent that area. kinsey is considered at risk due to possible suicidal ideas. she's fiv

. >> still ahead here at 6, 100's of caltrans cameras go up around the bay area. why the agency says it will help keep pedestrians safe. >> caltrans has installed roughly 200 highway cameras around the bay area to help improve safety and manage traffic. we have a live view now from one of those cameras. these cameras are part of a pilot program that's intended to detect wrong-way drivers and prevent accidents. part of the goal here is to also protect pedestrians and bicyclists. the cameras are monitored. 24 hours a day. these cameras also have the ability to record video in order to help law enforcement. caltrans says they're not collecting any personal information from those cameras. and today drivers are paying $0.50 more across the golden gate bridge. the toll for fastrak drivers is jumping from 8.75. to 9.25. drivers who don't have fastrak. they pay $10.25 the carpool lane told that is now up to $7.25. those rates are going to continue to climb by $0.50 every year for the next 5 years. bridge officials are blaming a 220 million dollar budget deficit ferry and

now, with the help of state agencies like caltrans, state parks and department of fish and wildlife, the governor wants local leaders to act. >> now, i don't think there's anything for urgent and more frustrating than addressing the issue of encampments in the state of california. >> governor newsom wants to act now to clear away homeless encampments. >> today, i announced an executive order to move the process forward. we're done. it's time to move with urgency at the local level to clean up these sites. >> state agencies, including state parks and the department of transportation, would be required to prioritize clearing encampments that pose safety risks, such as those along waterways. john paul horn is assistant professor in the department of social work at csu east bay. >> the governor has control over state agencies. he has the ability to mobilize the state agencies in order to enact any of the executive orders that he generates. so in this example, he's asking caltrans, the department of transportation for the state of california to, step in and intervene in the areas where it

you're taking a live look now from one of those newly installed caltrans cameras. this is a highway. 92 in san mateo, caltrans has an interactive map and it shows all cctv cameras, locations where you can watch from home. >> in the south bay, the city of san jose reporting a drop in traffic deaths. senate's crediting what calls its a vision 0 initiative program launched in 2020. also a lot of work that's been done to improve local roads. the task force is developing a new 5 year plan to try to increase road safety. it will fall on san jose city council members to enforce all of that. they still need to review and adopt the plan later this year. federal prosecutors are offering boeing a controversial plea agreement over 2 separate fatal crashes. the company is facing a criminal charge after those crashes involving 7.37 max jets, which killed 346 people back in 2018 2019. those families of the victims say that they were notified about a deal yesterday. they want a judge to reject it. agreement would require boeing to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the faa in c

with a statement saying caltrans is content neutral. posting of messages or objects on overpasses or fencing creates a distraction for motorists. chp went on to say it is illegal to attach or otherwise hang any sort of sign or banner on an overpass fence. it is not illegal to stand there holding the same sign or banner, unless they said it creates an unsafe condition for the freeway below city of lafayette said they are abiding by state policy. meanwhile, disbrow vows to continue putting up flags and banners in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> a question to think about what grade should kids be in before they get their first cell phone? one school district in the north bay has an answer, and it wants to get parents on board to wait until eight. >> and coming up, the new delay for california forever and plans to build a new town in 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

now, with the help of state agencies like caltrans, state parks and department of fish and wildlife, the governor wants local leaders to act now. >> i don't think there's anything for urgent and more frustrating than addressing the issue of encampments in the state of california. >> governor newsom wants to act now to clear away homeless encampments. >> today, i announced an executive order to move the process forward. we're done. it's time to move with urgency at the local level to clean up these sites. >> state agencies, including state parks and the department of transportation, would be required to prioritize clearing encampments that pose safety risks, such as those along waterways. john paul horn is assistant professor in the department of social work at csu east bay. >> the governor has control over state agencies. he has the ability to mobilize the state agencies in order to enact any of the executive orders that he generates. so in this example, he's asking caltrans, the department of transportation for the state of california to step in and intervene in the areas where it w

and that was only bolstered when a caltrans truck showed >>>>up. >>lisa says they've been kicked off the overpass six times. >>>>now >>and with several media members. recording the exchange. she urged her friends to make a stand. suddenly. without explain. the caltrans truck >>>>left why do you think they just left? don't want you recording. this to me. many. eyes. yeah. eyes are on. them. today. was the alamo. >>>despite reference to the alamo. there are trump supporters who don't think politics should be a fight. to the death. joma. mueller was disturbed. by what she saw on saturday. >>>>were you surprised? that that would happen? but it could go that far. probably was, yeah. because if he hadn't turned his head just that little fraction he'd be dead now. i think it's really hard on all of us. yeah, i think that would be a lot of people would be very unhappy about that. and it would not be good. a little scary. very scary. yeah, i think it's scary times. we're living in >>>it's scary because it feels like the nation has stepped. over a threshold.

caltrans says it hopes to complete repairs by next summer. and reservoir levels across the state have dropped due to this month's record breaking hot temperatures. the chronicle reports in the first half of this month about 4 billion gallons of water. evaporated from shasta lake, the biggest reservoir in the state. researchers say this is normal air is less humid above lakes on hotter days, driving up the evaporation rate. >>>it's another first alert weather day here in the bay area. we're in the middle of this heat wave and we're continuing to see daytime highs heat all the way up into the nineties. and communities like napa and sonoma stretching off into the east bay and down into the santa clara valley, a heat advisory still in effect right now, that's going to last until tomorrow evening, as well as successive heat warning some of our inland areas are heating up into the triple digits this afternoon communities like concord and walnut creek down into livermore and often in antioch, just like yesterday when we hit the triple digits, we're

>> reporter: governor newsom has been pushing caltrans to clear intendants for years now. oak street was an example of that. now the executive order describes guidance for cities and counties to do the same. >> our goal is to begin early august, and move as quickly as we can to clear encampments. >> reporter: when asked about the subject, maryland and paris describe her own efforts in san francisco. she did not address the governor's order, but those familiar with the city response say the only difference might be when the situation involves estate property. the city is now finalizing its own new policies, based on recent court decisions. >> when we go to various encampments, we have enough shelter options for the people we are offering shelter to. >> that is presumably what faces every city and county, given the new state guidance to close encampments . >> it just moves them around from place to place. it does not solve the problem. >> reporter: the guadalupe river in san jose, just one of the encampments where the wait for an answer has dragged on and on. now you have th

you may remember that caltrans helped clear the infamous wood street encampment in oakland. that was last year. today, amanda harry heard from a former resident with a lot of concerns about the governor's order. >> reporter: where i am standing is the site of the former wood street encampment. it is now used as a parking lot for oakland bowlers games. more than one year after the camp area was removed, some people who live there say they are still struggling to adapt to the change. >> it affects me to this day, because it was my home. >> reporter: john now lives in housing. but, for eight years, he lived here, on wood street. he was here the day it was dismantled. >> it was heartbreaking. it was -- you know, one of the most dramatic things that ever happened to me. it wasn't just an encampment, i'm using that word, but it was a community. >> reporter: this video from july, 2022, shows how large the encampment was before it was removed. thursday, governor gavin newsom called on local leaders to urgently and humanely remove encampments from public spaces. he says he was disapp

suddenly, without explanation, the caltrans truck left. >> reporter: why do you think they just left? >> they don't 20 recording this. too many eyes. the eyes are on them. today was the alamo. >> reporter: despite references to the alamo, there are trump supporters who do not think politics should be a fight to the death. joe moeller was disturbed by what she saw on saturday. >> reporter: are you surprised to to go that far? >> i probably was, yeah. if he had not turned his head that little fraction, he would be dead now. i think it would be really hard on all of us. yeah. i think a lot of people would be very unhappy about that and it would not be good. >> reporter: a little scary? >> very scary. scary times we are living in. >> reporter: it is scary, because it feels like the nation has stepped across the threshold. and no one on either side is willing to take a step back. >>> still ahead at 9:00, especial homecoming and oracle park. we will introduce you to a major-league baseball star returning to the bay area to play in front of his proud parents. >> they say it takes >>> we are

caltrans reported the car fire around 945 tonight near the right hand exit.ithin the hour, fire crews say it jumped to at least 100 acres. everyone did get out of the car safely. multiple lanes, though, are closed. we will keep you updated as soon as we learn anything more. >> tonight the son of the mexican drug kingpin known as el chapo and another alleged leader of the sinaloa cartel are in federal custody. the justice department says el chapo's son, joaquin guzman lopez, and ismael el mayo zambada, are facing criminal charges after decades of evading police. the sinaloa cartel is one of the most powerful drug trafficking groups anywhere in the world, the fbi director, christopher wray, says. garcia and guzman have allegedly overseen the trafficking of tens of thousands of pounds of cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl into the u.s, along with related violence. >> time to get to tonight's abc seven news advancer at 11. it's our way of getting you ahead. and on top of some of the key headlines you'll be hearing about in the days to come. a little over half an

caltrans says install roughly 200 highway cameras around the bay area to help improve safety and manageffic. and we've got a live view from one of those cameras right here. these are a part of a pilot program intended to detect wrong-way drivers and prevent accidents. part of the goal is also to protect pedestrians and bicyclists. the cameras will be monitored. 24 hours a day, the cameras will also have the ability to record video in order to help law enforcement. caltrans says they're not collecting any personal information from these cameras in the south bay, volunteers have been working on cleaning up the los gatos creek trail. >> san jose's mayor posted this video saying the 40 volunteers replace graffiti with artwork over the weekend. they've also been picking up trash along the trail. >> take a look at this. a kid and had to be rescued not once but twice in the same day in san ramon, a good samaritan saw the kid on the side of the freeway on friday morning. they picked her up, put her in the car, but on the way to the vet, the cat got stuck between the breaking the paddle and the

caltrans now says the road will be closed from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and the road will remain open friday and saturday nights. caltrans hopes to complete repairs by next summer. >>> firefighters are hard at work today in southern california's riverside county. a pair of brushfires have torched more than 1000 acres, prompting the evacuation of 1500 nearby homes . >>> this evening, former progress has been stopped on the harridan fire, now 20% contained after destroying three homes and damaging a fourth. investigators say flames were ignited by fireworks. >> the firework spread was rapid, getting resources into the areas fast enough proved challenging because the fire was moving faster than we could catch up, initially. >>> governor newsom, yesterday, announced the state secured a federal grant from fema to bring in more resources to fight that fire. >>> reservoir levels across the state have dropped due to this months record-breaking hot temperatures. the chronicle reports in the first half of this month, about 4 billion gallons of water evaporated from

first thing that comes to mind is caltrans and fact caltrans has already started to do this really since the governor's office already has data showing that they've already cleared several encampments since that's on the state side, for instance. but in the local side will that's a whole nother thing. then that is going to be up to the local governments to decide how exactly this is all going to be done. and that's where this executive order still has some gray area. and why local governments will have a lot of say in how this turns out. dorian. james, okay, thank you. ate on. and we know we've heard from san francisco mayor london breed, for instance, saying they're going start aggressively clearing encampments beginning next month. >> we actually have reaction from san jose mayor matt mahan this morning. he released a statement. >> in the wake of the governor's executive order saying in part, quote, we're eager to work with the state to responsibly and quickly remove encampments from state property in san jose, especially those adjacent to neighborhoods and in dangerous areas. we appre

what caltrans and the chp is saying about the rules. >> more frustration for travelers flying with delta. the airline still struggling to recover after last week's huge computer outage and it could be days before things are back on track. >> good morning. it is tuesday, july 23rd, starting with a check of our forecast with drew. >> yes, or inland. heat wave continues for another day. today is going to be the hottest afternoon, not only inland but across the region. heat alerts still in effect. we have those heat advisories in orange. those continue today. and then we have the excessive heat warning inland. those will find some of the hottest temperatures once again later on this afternoon. the morning we're looking at temperatures that are on the mild side. we're at 70 right now in brentwood, 73 in fairfield. it's 61 in oakland, near 70 in san jose. so we still are hanging on to some of that mild air from yesterday. and that will get us into a pretty quick warming trend over the next several hours. we'll look inland. first. we have that excessive heat warning in effect today is going to

caltrans is expecting repairs to be completed sometime next summer.sh safeguards for artificial intelligence that comply with guidelines set by the federal government, the biden administration says the tech giant pledged to help move toward safe and secure development of the technology. apple will join open ai, amazon, alphabet, meta, microsoft and others in committing to test their ai systems for any discriminatory tendencies, security flaws or national security risks. the justice department is accusing tiktok of collecting information on users based on their views of divisive social issues like abortion and gun control, federal officials say. tiktok employees sent sensitive data about us users. that is being stored on servers in china. us government lawyers argue the chinese government could have influence on us elections if tiktok continues to be allowed to be operated by its parent company, bytedance. well today is the first day of the downtown alameda art and wine festival because there's a whole lot of where my mama. dozens of people attending t

i think there's a crew there even though there's nothing on the caltrans grid.ou want to avoid the area in your commute direction, you have a lot longer drive and more slowing. that builds up off the castro valley y and into hayward. so i would say stay the course on 680. things will continue to improve heading south in toward the south bay. the south bay itself shows the northbound side. there's a roadside fire just around mckee. we're checking on that, but so far, typical slowing there and a little bit of a build at the bay bridge. back up. back to you. all right. thanks so much mike. well happening now. crews are mopping up the overnight fire. this is a home in sausalito. it happened a little before 230 this morning along atwood avenue. this is near southview park. marin firefighters say that they arrived and they did not find any flames. however, several lithium ion batteries were found smoldering in the garage. no one was hurt. yikes. our coverage of saturday's assassination attempt continues at 6:00. we'll take you live to the republican national conventio

, but caltrans has an interactive map showing all cctv cameras, locations and the like where you canch from home. if you're interested. >> well and stable home can cause stress and harm anybody but housing insecurity has proven to have lasting impacts on our kids. the study by the journal pediatrics found that he's with any level of housing insecurity, more likely to have for physical and mental health by age 15 pediatrics of long suspected that there's a connection between housing, insecurity and negative health effects. a lack of basic needs and early childhood in chronic stress from parents can transfer to the children in those situations. and nearly one-third of adults in the u.s. take a daily multivitamin to support their health. new research shows it might not improve your longevity after all. researchers from network found no connection between daily multivitamin. use and a lower risk of death. doctors do recommend eating healthy hoke of mills to get your vitamins instead of relying supplements. that's really good advice. let's describe by position as part of a medical treatme

caltrans reported the car fire around 945 tonight near the right hand exit.he hour, fire crews say it jumped to at least 100 acres. everyone did get out of the car safely. multiple lanes, though, are closed. we will keep you updated as soon as we learn anything more. >> tonight the son of the mexican drug kingpin known as el chapo and another alleged leader of the sinaloa cartel are in federal custody. the justice department says el chapo's son, joaquin guzman lopez, and ismael el mayo zambada, are facing criminal charges after decades of evading police. the sinaloa cartel is one of the most powerful drug trafficking groups anywhere in the world, the fbi director, christopher wray, says. garcia and guzman have allegedly overseen the trafficking of tens of thousands of pounds of cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl into the u.s, along with related violence. >> time to get to tonight's abc seven news advancer at 11. it's our way of getting you ahead. and on top of some of the key headlines you'll be hearing about in the days to come. a little over half an hour fr

caltrans says you should expect delays up to an hour.on is opening up about why she chose to turn down openai's offer to voice their chatbot. johannson tells the new york times it would have been strange for her kids and went against her core values. she also said she's apprehensive about a.i, saying it's, quote, nebulous. you may remember johansson is now suing a san francisco based openai. she says they went ahead and they used her voice anyway. the company has said they used the voice of a different actor. thousands of people took part in the annual aids walk san francisco. at least $1 million raised this year, adding to the $97 million that has been raised since 1987. abc seven is a proud sponsor of the event. all the money raised benefits bay area organizations that help people living with hiv aids. team ucsf leader dan bernal has been living with hiv for more than 30 years. >> i know that i would not be alive today were it not for the courage and the commitment and the hard work of the physicians at ucsf and san francisco general h

. >> caltrans has set up a roughly 200 highway cameras across the bay area to help improve safety andew from one of those cameras you're looking at i-80 at 6th street in san francisco. these cameras are part of a pilot program intended to detect a wrong-way drivers and to prevent accidents. part of the goal here is to also protect pedestrians and bicyclists. these cameras are monitored 24 hours a day and they have the ability to record video in order to help out law enforcement. however, caltrans says they're not collecting any personal information from the cameras. >> a sinkhole may be behind the closure of a trader joe's in the north bay. there were signs posted at the store in larkspur. that's o the location is closed for construction. multiple people telling us, but there is a sinkhole actually forming towards the back of the store. and while trader joe's hasn't told us if this is true, shoppers say the store has been closed for days. >> the weekend change ago. >> and at the same thing happened, actually a very friendly person met me outside and he said we're really sorry. we have

caltrans says repairs should be complete sometime next summer. >> all right, staying on the issue of roads now 716 is your time cells back up with a look at them. hey sal. >> all right andre and garcia, good morning to you both. right now we do have some slowing in the east bay. although it is not as severe as it was. let's say last week. at some points, highway four is slow, but 680 looks pretty good from benicia all the way to san ramon. we have a little bit of slowing here and there, but 24 is not really getting a lot of action, bay bridge backed up from beyond 880, so it is pretty slow there. 880 itself looks good. 716 still overcast in many spots. the spring in rosemary to talk about the weather. >> yes sal, i think it's going to be a slow clearing day for parts of the bay area as we remain in this very mild pattern across the bay area at this time. in addition to the low clouds, we have patchy drizzle start the day as well, and a live look here over the oakland estuary. you can see plenty of overcast sky as we look towards the oakland coliseum. a's are off today. they take on t

caltrans expecting repairs to be completed sometime next summer. >> time now is 616.ng hayward westbound 92 at hesperian. that ramp is closed, but it's look, there are people looking at it. and that's why traffic on 880 south making the transition to westbound 92 is affected. let's talk about the commute here at the toll plaza. it's getting a little bit more crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza. nothing terrible. but there is a crowd there now. and on the san mateo bridge, we told you about that little approach delay at hesperian. but the actual bridge itself looks good out to the peninsula at 617. let's talk about today's weather. here's rosemary. >> all right. good morning sal. happy monday everybody. only a minor changes coming our way for your bay area monday. we are dealing with a little bit of haze smoke haze will be an issue especially at the higher elevations for today. here's a look at a gloomy one over the oakland estuary. we have the low clouds. patchy drizzle out there this morning. i do want to check in on the air quality because at the surface our air qu

caltrans started work today on the intersection of encinal and oak street.l and broadway. they're going to be upgrading them to have better pedestrian signals, better ramps and new crosswalk markings. caltrans says drivers may see slight delays in the area during the work over the next few days. >> another beautiful day out there today. temperatures kind of on the mild, the cool side. nice sleeping weather if you will. plenty of low cloud and fog this morning. same thing happens tomorrow, except it will be a little bit warmer. the clouds and the coolness will stay along the coast and in the bay and in the inland. it will start to warm up as this high comes in from the desert southwest. it's going to poke its head in our direction as we go into the next few days. it really establishes itself more, more firmly on thursday and friday, when temperatures and some of our inland spots will make it into the mid 90s and along the coast, it will stay in the 60s and 70s and then 80s around the bay some monsoonal moisture comes in two on thursday, mainly into friday, an

caltrans has installed roughly 200 highway cameras all over the bay area to try to help improve safetytraffic. the program intended to detect wrong way, drivers and other problems and prevent accidents. we have a live view from one of the cameras. basically they show you this map, an interactive map showing all the camera locations and something you can watch from home. one person has died after being injured in an apartment fire in the tenderloin. and san francisco overnight was leavenworth. and gary, it has been put out the person had been rescued from the fire, taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. no word yet on what kind of injuries to the victim had or and identity. lot of new state laws taking effect today. among them, a new california law that requires bars and nightclubs too offer drug testing kits. also an 11% tax will be added to the sale of both guns and ammunition and police will no longer be able to stop your car if you've got an expired tag of less than one month and law enforcement agencies will now be required to adopt a hate crimes policy which t

this directive orders state agencies to follow a similar plan to the one caltrans is used for.giving encampment residents 48 hours notice and holding on to their belongings for two months. >> a major legal victory for rideshare and delivery companies including uber, lyft and doordash. the state supreme court today unanimously upheld proposition 22, which classifies app based drivers as contractors rather than employees. labor leaders, though, say they are deeply disappointed by this decision. >> more than 1000 firefighters on the scene of a massive wildfire northeast of chico. this fire started yesterday afternoon. it's now exploded to more than 120,000 acres. the butte county sheriff's office has arrested a man who they say started the fire by pushing a burning vehicle down an embankment. >> are you watching ktvu fox two news tonight at 630 and vallejo police investigating a string of homicides. >> a man was found shot to death last night, the third killing in seven days. and police say one of the victims just 16 years old. >> ktvu jana katsuyama tells us this spike in gun vio

that's the name of the new statewide awareness campaign headed by caltrans law enforcement and officetransportation services. the campaign urges drivers save lives by slowing down. well, on the speed limit in a statewide survey on traffic safety nearly 80% of drivers said speeding or aggressive driving was the biggest traffic safety flaw. come over the next hour. we'll talk about protesters. they were out rallying in the >> the code pink group. they want a prime minister arrested. we'll talk more about plus, london breed holding a press conference today. this comes out there. she was endorsed by the san francisco democratic party. and jose. community leaders will continue their rally today outside of regional medical center. we'll have the latest on that. don't go latest on that. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. marshalls buyers hustle for the latest trends, from fashion... double denim is back. got it! to beauty, so you don't have to. that is a deal! we get the deals, you get the good stuff. marshalls. >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, the group behind oakland's mayora

rodriguez is the 194th caltrans worker to lose their life on the job since 1921. now to a follow up. the unsheltered living in an east bay homeless encampment could be cleared out as soon as today. the city of oakland put up notices for the encampment on the toll plaza beach. the group living in the area, who say they're all battling significant health issues, filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination after the city tried to clear their encampment a few weeks ago. a judge had granted a temporary restraining order after the group filed the lawsuit. however, the order is now expired. 508 this morning, as we take a live look from our emeryville camera, taking a look at the bay bridge and to the city of the bay, san francisco. meteorologist kari hall tracking the weather for us and this morning, very pleasant outside. very nice there. especially in san francisco, where we're starting out at 55 degrees. and we know that it's going to be much cooler compared to the inland areas. walnut creek starts out the morning at 67 degrees, and we're seeing upper 60s for a lot of cit

caltrans has an interactive map actually showing where all the cc camera, cctv cameras are located. can watch him from home. if you like. >> coming up on the ground morning news, how cupertino police were able to track down this man out the east and how many stolen items they found on him. >> and buckle up bay area. we are in for scorching weather and comfortable for you. but it could be downright dangerous red flag warnings >> okay. we're back. 7 30's the time on this first day of july. welcome to july. sorry, it's going to be so hot. so but it's ok, we will be offered to to in july. we'll get a break some point. it can't stay in the triple data like of it is really a scorching hot to the new month. we are not messing around with july today. already going to see a couple triple digits inland tomorrow and wednesday, going to be the very hottest days. let's look at an area that is going to be one of our hot spots. walnut creek. you got i wait. 24 moving along. just fine right there. but under that sunshine temperatures are going to rise and rise really quickly. today. you're one of o

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lisa disbrow with patriots of contra costa shared videos with abc7 news of her encounter with caltrans american flags and trump signs on the l cautela boulevard overpass in lafayette. it's become popular with groups hoping to get attention from drivers. this year, signs were posted on the bridge stating that it's unlawful to affix post or leave flag signs or banners. >> the sign is a is an intimidation strategy. it is meant to look legal and authoritative. >> disbrow says she's been told to take down flags seven times since memorial day because the state agencies fielded complaints. caltrans responded, saying posting of messages or objects on overpasses or fencing creates a distraction for motorists. chp adds it's illegal to attach signs. it's not illegal to stand there and hold them as long as it's safe. >> for drivers in the east bay, parents are outraged after a youth basketball player stomped another boy in the head during a game, and now they filed a report with the alameda police department. amanda is tracking the latest at the live desk. amanda kumasi. >> the game took place ove

here is a look at a still photo from caltrans. this was updated last at 623. there as crews continue to respond to this. but the good news is it looks like there's no smoke anymore. the fire seems to be out and then a good commuter alert. everything's green as bart and caltrain. no delays on any of them. back to you at the desk. >> thanks, amanda. today we're expected to learn who will join a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of former president trump. and we have new details this morning about the actions of the accused shooter. in the hours and minutes before the shooting, federal officials say the gun seen an officer's helmet video had a collapsible stock, making it easier to conceal and carry. fbi director christopher wray told the white house judiciary committee the gunman flew a drone near the rally before trump took the stage. >> was flying the drone around the area, not over the stage. i would say about 200 yards, give or take away. >> the fbi director also revealed the gunman had looked up on the internet. how far lee har

that's the name of the new statewide awareness campaign by caltrans and law enforcement and the officetransportation. >> this campaign urges you when you're driving slowdown, save lives fall. the speed limit. there was a statewide survey on traffic safety and it found nearly 80% of drivers say that speeding or aggressive driving was the biggest traffic safety issue. >> all right. now let's turn to bay area baseball. the a's looking to sweep the astros at home and the giants make a turn around during their series with the dodgers from 4 sports director jason dumas has the highlights. >> kron 4 sports. >> the giants are scratching and clawing trying to find so momentum to make a run. time is of the essence and what a better time to start against. he los angeles dodgers in robbie ray making his season debut for the giants. he hasn't pitched since last march. great sept undergoing tommy john surgery had to pitch in the majors. i should say he started off a bit shaky now after allowing a walk with the bases loaded he gets chris taylor to pop out to get out of jam. he limited the damage to o

. >> the directive orders state agencies to follow a similar plan to the one caltrans has used for several years, giving encampment residents 48 hours notice and hold on to their belongings for two months. the governor also urging cities to apply for grant funding from proposition one, passed earlier this year to expand mental health care, where in the past we provided no support, no resources to cities and counties, to clean up encampments like this. >> today, we've invested now over $1 billion in encampment resolution grants not only clean up sites like this, but to address the underlying issue in the first place. >> san francisco's mayor, london breed, says she's already planning on proceeding with the city's plans to begin sweeping encampments in august, saying the goal is to get people into shelters and on the path to permanent housing. >> we're hopeful we make it so uncomfortable for people that they accept our offer. that's what this is about. this is not just about cleaning and clearing because these are people and they got to go somewhere. >> jennifer friedenbach from the coalitio

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caltrans started work today on the intersection of encinal and oak street.broadway. they'll be upgrading them to have better pedestrian signals, better ramps and new crosswalk markings. caltrans says drivers may see slight delays in the area during the work over the next few days. a charity in san jose is working to ensure students have the right materials when they return to school next week. sacred heart community service will distribute back to school supplies at its annual pack back event today and thursday. they'll be filling up new backpacks with school supplies for students in the san jose unified school district. it's part of a goal to provide high quality backpacks to 4000 students. the families all pre-registered for the giveaway. >> do you like the color pink? >> yeah, we prepare the materials that students will need based on the grades. they all have a binder, notebook, color pencils, pens, pencils, markers, scissors, glue sticks. yeah, pretty much everything that they will need like that usually is in there, materials that they are given at the

and while you're out there on the roads, no, the caltrans is watching.fact, they just installed about 200 brand new highway cameras around the bay area to help improve traffic safety and traffic management as well. the program is intended to detect wrong-way drivers and traffic accidents and incidents ultimately to make the roads safer for everybody and and essentially save lives. we actually have a live look at one of these cameras. newly installed this one is just south of cesar chavez. they're on to 80 in san francisco. and you can see. this and every other cctv camera location on caltrans website. they've got them all there. so you can watch them from home if you want. i can't wait to use some of traffic. >> are coming up on kron. morning news out virginia. police were able to track down this mail fees. now many items they say they found on. >> and get ready for a hot and even hotter over the next several days. and if it if you think that makes you uncomfortable, imagine being a firefighter conditions high. coming up, we'll tell you all abou >> we ar