niebla penetrando contra costa y alameda. el domingo con 75° para san josÉ.maciÓn la tiene en pantalla. ♪ deja de usar ese cuadernito ♪ ♪ con quickbooks te pagan rapidito... ♪ ♪ pa' que no se te quemen los circuitos. ♪ haz tu negocio más exitoso con intuit quickbooks. ramÓn: una oficina del alguacil estÁ en investigaciÓn por tocar a todo volumen una canciÓn de taylor swift. varios expertos legales ha seÑalado que las acciones de los policÍas infringen los derechos de los manifestantes. mÁs detalles en nuestra aplicaciÓn. por otro lado, la ciudad de san mateo continuarÁ a multar a aquellos que excedan el tiempo del parquÍmetro. la policÍa busca a un sospechoso de apuÑalar a un pasajero een un autobÚs. el pasajero logrÓ sobrevivir, pero la policÍa sigue buscando al sospechoso. ya regresamos. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] >> "contacto deportivo". ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] reportera: es un gusto saludarlos. continÚa la actividad en la copa amÉrica. brasil y chile, en donde brasil ganÓ y se mantiene favorito para ser campeÓn. 4—3 a favor de perÚ, que avanzÓ. bÉlgica enfrentÓ a italia en la eur

even if they do not live or work in contra, costa county. no appointments are required. >> has it made kron. 4 news. >> the cdc and a leading group of pediatricians are at odds over whether people who are vaccinated can go without masks. the american academy of pediatrics yesterday called for schools to enforce universal masking mandates. that's because many children, of course, will not be protected by the vaccine come fall. the group says schools have no way of verifying a person's vaccine status. it says the honor system has failed to keep people safe as the delta variant spreads. but the cdc says vaccinated people are considered safe from having a severe outcome with the breakthrough infection. it says immunized adults and teenagers including 12 year olds can go without a mask. that's a inside schools is a safe place for them. >> the group rescue, california, which supports the of governor newsome spoke in san francisco today. they were joined by family members of murder victims. the group says that they are working to create a safer cal

julio: pasamos a contra costa. un incendio de cuatro acres. el incendio estÁ contenido.s un auto en llamas. bomberos continuarÁn monitoreando la zona. un siniestro que se registrÓ al mediodÍa. afortunadamente no hubo lesionado. las causas del incendio siguen en investigaciÓn. este fin de semana largo se celebra el dÍa de la independencia en estados unidos, autoridades le piden a la gente no utilizar juegos artificiales debido a la sequÍa. reportera: algunos juegos artificiales podrÍan causar graves incendios. en el condado de contra costa, el departamento de bombero hizo una demostraciÓn de lo rÁpido que uno de estos explosivos puede originar un incendio. [habla en inglÉs] reportera: en el condado de contra costa no hay ningÚn tipo de juego artificial que sea seguro en estas condiciones, dijo el portavoz del departamento de bombero. en gran parte del condado de santa clara, tambiÉn estÁn prohibido los juegos artificiales, sin embargo hay personas que los escuchan a diario. reportera: l celebraciÓn del 4 de julio esta asociado con juegos artificiales, pero es importante s

busy tonight responding to a number of fires across contra, costa county. this is image of the con fire twitter page tonight where you can see not only are they dealing with that fire at the pavilion there. the concord pavilion, the side of the fireworks demonstrations. they're also responding to fires in martinez, pittsburgh. san pablo and in pleasant hill. many of these likely started by fireworks tonight. the very latest tweet saying that they are responding to a single family home fire on deems street in pittsburgh caused by fireworks shot into a backyard around avoid that area so crews can get to that scene in. crews get to that demonstration. more breaking news tonight. we won't take you back to concord where another fire has sparked once again from. i'm assuming fireworks. do we know at this point once again, more breaking news this is once again fire crews there on the scene. contra costa county fire crews trying to battle flames once again sparking as a result of fireworks in the area of a do do we still know if this was in the same area where the

contra costa county responded to 48 grass and exterior fires yesterday. the five-structure fires across the district, that's actually a 20 to 40% reduction from last fourth of july. >>> all firework in contra costa county are illegal. "today in the bay's" tom jensen continues our coverage on the busy night for first responders. >> reporter: it's become an annual headache for the protection district. fireworks bursting in air, even though they're illegal here and can spark a grass fire in an instant. >> come on, get out. >> reporter: sometimes structure fires too. fire destroyed part of a hercules home and fireworks are considered a possible cause. >> what culminates tonight is the simultaneous use of illegal fireworks brought out that causes multiple ins dmentsz our county. >> reporter: fireworks caused dozens of fires in 2019 and 2020. and once again, this year, more illegal fireworks and more fires. resources get stretched thin. n those incidents at the same time. >> reporter: in alameda county, fireworks are legal. in dublin the city sets aside seve li

en contra costa habrÁn dos lugares.un oficial de la patrulla de caminos para que nos dÉ recomendaciones. gracias por acompaÑarnos. cuÁnto hay que pagar por una multa por exceso de velocidad? >> todo depende del condado. hay diferentes cargos. una persona que va a 80 mph puede pagar 400 $. hay que tener mucho cuidado. ramÓn: nos puede hablar del proceso luego de recibir un dui. >> es un proceso muy caro. ademÁs serÁn arrestados. les van a quitar la licencia por 30 dÍas. van a perder muchas cosas. tendrÁn que hacer servicio comunitario con el departamento del alguacil. el carro serÁ remolcado. lo mÁs seguro es que la compaÑÍa en la que trabaja lo despida. son muchas consecuencias y eso es sin lastimar a alguien. lastimar a alguien es una felonÍa. ramÓn: muchas gracias. representantes del var anunciaron transporte nocturno en el Área de san francisco. este servicio es adicional al que prestan cuando hay juegos. suheily: saludos. muchas actividades planificadas, especialmente en las costas. los que viajan a la penÍnsula pue

autoridades de santa clara, contra costa y san francisco úestÁn pidiendo a los empleadores solicitar pleadores pedir a sus empleados que se vacunen. >> vemos un aumento de casos en las personas que no estÁn vacunadas y por eso los oficiales de salud de estos condados solicitan este requerimiento. reportera: sin embargo, la peticiÓn no es obligatoria. rosa dice que todavÍa sus empleadores no se lo han pedido. >> no me han dicho nada. reportera: buscamos la posiciÓn del condado san mateo. [habla en inglÉs] >> algunos condados requieren la evidencia de vacunaciÓn, pero nosotros no. a partir del lunes serÁ obligatorio que en los edificios del condado debe usarse mascarilla. reportera: esta recomendaciÓn le cambiarÁ su opiniÓn para vacunarse? >> sÍ. ramÓn: la semana vuela y es jueves. vamos con suheily y el reporte del tiempo. suheily: gracias y buenas noches. vamos con el monitor de sequÍa. seguimos sin ver cambios. toca esperar hasta noviembre para recibir lluvias. tenemos tiempo seco. sequÍa excepcional en el este y norte de la bahÍa. suelos vulnerables. el viernes estaremos finalizando

of contra costa county. these are areas with some of the lowest vaccination rates. area county leaders are trying to get the shots, too. we're talking about diablo, bay point, and brentwood and others, and they are experiencing more cases in the last two weeks, and mid june, covid-19 cases across contra costa county have gone up nearly 50%. marcus? >> this is more news and why you should get that vaccine. a lot of people are hesitant, but probably the best thing. thank you. >>> hundreds of homes may soon help people make it south bay. residences. a public hearing will be held next month to discuss that proposal. >>> now to the drought and as water restrictions continue to grow, so does the worry. >> yeah, 1 in 4 californians are calling water supply and drought to the state's top environmental issue. more than 60% say that water supply is now a big problem in their region, and a majority says the state should prioritize renewable sources like wind. >> yeah, you see the farmers out there and the need for wate

but i've seen sheriff cruz here from marine county contra, costa county and alameda county. >> all right. hopefully something can turn up soon, too. bring him safely back home. amanda hari. live for us tonight in pleasanton. i want to thank you. are the big story this sunday night here on kron. 4 wildfires continuing to black in the golden state. the trifecta of scorching summer temperatures dry conditions and gusty winds are keeping fire crews busy across california tonight. cal fire had their hands full battling the diablo fire this afternoon. take a look for yourself tonight. the fire is contained but not before scorching nearly 130 acres right now, crews are monitoring hot spots that could flare up. meanwhile, the beckworth complex fire north of lake tahoe continuing to grow larger by the day. the fire has now destroyed homes in the town of doyle. the fire has now burned nearly 84,000 acres and is only set to be 8% contained tonight. and shows no signs of slowing down between friday and saturday. the fire doubled in size being fueled by gusty winds and dry conditions tonight. they're

even if they do not live or work in contra, costa county. no appointments are required. >> has it made kron. 4 news. >> governor newsome, i he is not ruling out the possibility of a statewide mask mandate. this is as the delta variant does continue to spread some counties have been taking the problem into their own hands. kron four's ashley zavala has the latest from the governor and how rules covid rules could affect his recall election. >> a growing number of counties across the state are starting to take matters into their own hands either encouraging or requiring mask use indoors regardless of your vaccination status. but governor gavin newsom is not yet ready to say whether that statewide mask mandate will return well, but most will see that the end of the day, the epidemiology, the spread. >> the variance make that determination. governor gavin newsome responding to questions about the possibility his administration will bring back a statewide mask mandate. state data show as of tuesday 61% of the state's population is vaccinated. >> n

she says despite contra costa health services. new guidance recommending employers require workers get vaccinated and provide proof they will stick with their current policies and will review and consider the county's advice in the coming weeks. i just hope that we get past this at some point. >> and that would be great for business to be great for the community in walnut creek mike hess brewing company does not intend to change any of its current covid-19 protocols, our management, our is not considering that the moments are tender. andrew freeman says employees have a good idea of who is facts the work force and that will see going about things the way they are a mask. if you want to or not and get vaccinated if that's your preference, it's nothing we you know, we judge each other on it's a it's a personal we all feel really comfortable working with each other honesty is the best policy in contra. costa county police to call on news. >> on the peninsula. san mateo county will require facemasks again regardless of vaccination sta

have been made in contra, costa county camila barco kron 4 news. talk about the conditions outside with our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look at the city courtesy. >> courtesy of the camera here in san francisco. a live look downtown with the transamerica pyramid. >> in the background. there. erica caturay here tonight with a look at what's on tap for the rest of the evening. again, some good news. things are starting to ease up a little bit with that heat. >> yeah. you're right about that, jonathan. in today was actually cooler than predicted in several areas here in san francisco. we're seeing cloudy conditions as well as overlooking the san francisco international airport. they're also seeing a little bit of fog along the coast. so that's going to stick with us overnight tomorrow morning. we're actually going to more cloudier conditions overall throughout the bay area and temperatures again, a little lower compared to what we saw for today. here's a look at our wind conditions. you can see in that shot of the bush blowing. that's because it's

te quemen los circuitos. ♪ haz tu negocio más exitoso con intuit quickbooks. >> el condado de contra costal final, gracias por . continuamos con noticiero univisiÓn, ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ ♪ >> los equipos de rescate que llevan 14 dÍas sobrevivientes, tomaron la difÍcil decisiÓn de pasar pasar de la recuperaciÓn de bÚsqueda y rescate.

they are illegal in contra, costa county and many other parts of the bay area. costa county fire reports 40 people have lost their homes this year alone because of the firework related incidents. now people caught selling or using these can face hefty fines or jail time. >> and happening right now, california highway patrol's maximum enforcement period for the holiday weekend continues until midnight tonight. maximum for some periods of times. >> when more officers are out on the roads, keeping an eye out for ticketing for unsafe driving statistics are available for this in for some period just yet. but i spoke to an officer with the chp golden gate division and he says with the pandemic so far they've issued a lot of speeding citations and they've seen a lot of speed related accidents. >> the empty roads. we do tend to see got a lot the bears a very congested area because of so with you know, the empty roads, a lot of people are pushing those limits. but again, we want to remind you you know, people and its coach for a got of the state has to travel. just make

calidad de aire moderada en contra costa, alameda y san josÉ.erta hasta el dÍa de maÑana. hablamos de las temperaturas, Áreas en color rosa intenso. el este de la bahÍa, napa y sonoma con calor extremo. se esperan temperaturas en triple dÍgito. advertencia por calor en estas Áreas y santa rosa. las temperaturas realmente peligrosas para maÑana. livermore con 104° ramÓn: el condado de santa clara sugiere que cualquier persona vulnerable que no tenga acceso al aire acondicionado acuda a un centro de refrescamiento este fin de semana. al sur de la bahÍa hay varios de estos sitios, incluyendo la biblioteca pÚblica de morgan hill. no tiene que registrarse. >> todos los centros estÁ siguiendo las medidas del condado y del estado sobre salud. tienen que usar mascarillas adentro del centro de enfriamiento. se harÁn unas simples preguntas de salud. ramÓn: otro lugar abrirÁ sus puertas al este de san josÉ. segÚn el pronÓstico del tiempo que se avecina, varias familias del Área de la bahÍa decidieron visitar las playas de santa cruz. estuvimos en las playa

three bay area counties, san francisco, contra costa, santa clara with a push to force you to get vaccinated in order to go to work, three health departments calling all employers to require their workforce to be vaccinated as soon as possible. within the hour they helda joint news conference asking businesses to require documentation from employees before they enter the workplace. >> we are in a critical stage of the pandemic, one where collective swift action can change the course of the pandemic for good and save lives. >> they say majority of new cases we are seeing are from unvaccinated people of working age and would protect co-workers, families, customers of local businesses. health departments to jump on board. we will have much more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. we first brought this update live on cbsn bay area. watch 24/7 streaming on kpix.com or the kpix5 news app. one more note, san mateo employees and anybody visiting county buildings will have to wear a face covering starting monday where you are vaccinated or not. >>> three counties seeing case numbers that would put them back

ramÓn: le recuerdo que en contra costa hay centros de enfriamiento.s principales noticias. estados unidos en vÍa a agentes federales a investigar el asesinato del presidente haitiano . varios sospechosos detenidos habÍan sido soldados en colombia. a un segundo hermano del presidente de mÉxico lo captaron en vÍdeo recibiendo el equivalente a miles de dÓlares en

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contra costa water is offering rebates and incentives to get people to say water. that includes line replacements and free fixtures like shower, heads and timers reporting in danville. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> and because of the drought conditions. we are also heading into a very dangerous fire season. and berkeley's mayor and fire chief announced that the city is investing more than 12 million dollars into wildfire prevention that money will go toward clear and dry vegetation installing new evacuation warning sirens and also conducting neighborhood evacuation drills officials say they need to begin planning now for the wildfire season ahead. >> and not only planning season the season but planning what's going to happen. the 5 year, 10 year and 20 year program. this is huge for us. >> yeah. these prevention measures will be funded by measure f f which was approved by voters in berkeley last november. and bart is using goats to reduce fire danger on its property. the agency shared this video of hundreds of goats eating the dry brush on hillsides near the fremont st

all 9 counties in the bay area have seen increases with hospitalizations quadrupling in contra, costaand more than doubling in alameda sonoma and san francisco. they are something that we're very concerned about. >> this trend is not unique to san francisco bay area and california are all seeing the same trend now a new call for all healthcare workers to be vaccinated. the american hospital association which represents 5,000 hospitals healthcare systems and networks across the country. >> says ha strongly urges the vaccination of all healthcare personnel and support hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory covid-19 vaccination policies are institutions that are. >> making sure that their health care workers are vaccinated. early wrong side of history. they're putting patients at risk. u c berkeley infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg. >> says this policy is a long time coming and the right thing to do, especially since many of those in hospitals are the most vulnerable to covid-19. >> you're talking about a population of people who are at high risk for bad out

even if they do not live or work in contra, costa county.appointments are required. >> has it made kron. 4 news. >> well, we're also following another story out of the east bay where one parent is coming forward with her concerns after a covid outbreak at a church summer camp at least 3 campers at hume lake christian camps tested positive for covid-19 and one mother says the campus partially to blame because it only asked for proof of a test not proof of a negative result to determine if a child should attend its camp. she believes this is just one example of the lack of oversight by the camp to put her daughter and others at risk. >> if a parent knew that their kid was exposed and sent them anyway. i you're fault, too. but i don't play as blame on the parents i please play wants and the for letting this be the guidelines. >> and hume lake says the 3 kids who tested positive for covid-19 at the camp were not from 3 crosses church but a spokesperson for that church does say that some children have since tested positive after coming home high

we goal contra costa alameda county. now, not just the mountaintops but all the urban areas now currently under the warning is we'll see these temperatures soaring to a 100, maybe a 105 degrees. slama county going to the maybe a 100, maybe a 108 as you head toward vacaville and fairfield and dixon and those overnight lows only in the 70's and the 80's. and in the north bay 98 to a 105 degrees across the mountain tops same ran across the mountain areas me. this would occur. also force knowles and fairfax. you are currently under that warning starting on friday that continuing until sunday. but low clouds and fog have retreated. you can see moving back toward the coastline. there they go all the way down in the monterey bay. not going to see much of that in the coming days tomorrow we're cranking up that heat again. i think we're talking more triple digit heat, more widespread around the bay area and then friday likely going to peak the be the peak of the heat. those temperatures soaring and then cooling off slightly on su

live in concord with new information from contra costa fire officials. >> good morning to you. contra costa pavilion was the place to see a professional fireworks show but it wasn't enough to stop people from setting off their own show of illegal fireworks. fireworks lit up the sky, many did spark fires they spent weeks preparing for fourth of july seizing hundreds of pounds of fireworks. it's why the city of concord decided to go all out moving the fireworks show to the pavilion so people can enjoy it. >> people want to sit in their front yards and watch, maybe they won't do something silly like blow off illegal fireworks. >> the protection district responded to 48 grass and exterior fires and about 5 structural fires last night which were actually a 20-40% reduction from last year. the department thanking everyone who helped not using illegal fireworks and reporting fires when they saw them. live in concord. >> thank you. in the south bay, there were numerous reports of illegal fireworks last night. they captured a lot of activity in the hills >> there's cleaning up after the

as you see from the sensors it's green and contra costa county overall long drive from the north bay as well. east bay, you sees the mall mark on the map right there. clothing reported in the middle of the roadway so there may be a traffic break. again i'll warn you, chp lets me know if they're going to do that. shouldn't be a problem. light traffic flow shouldn't add much time. watch for flashing lights through the area in the east bay. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," how did they do it? more details emerge this morning on how russian hackers were able to pull off a global ransom attack. who the cyber criminals were targeting and the political plea that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. >>> a vehicle many considered their dream car. the volkswagen is pumping the brakes on all in the name of the environment. >>> and taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, not too busy right now. mike keeping us updated throughout the morning with a look at that traffic and commute. kari has a look the at the forecast and we have much more news ahead for you this morning. 4:39. you

in contra costa county, all fireworks are illegal.ountywide ordinance banning are the sale and use but clearly people are still using them. that's why fire marshal and inspectors with the power to give people tickets are stepping up the patrols this holiday weekend. >> tonight, we have all of our investigators. calling them back. we've up-staffed extra personnel. we have a task force that we've put together. >> fire crews were called out to respond to a small fire last night. it is inspected to be have ignited by fireworks, coco to w citations for people setting off illegal fireworks. the biggest is the danger posed for the fire that spreads. >> even the safe and sane fireworks which are illegal in contra costa county, how they can spread from a sparkler. >> people can be fined up to $5,000 depending onpeople ownine they're set off can both be held responsible. all counties are urging you to report illegal fireworks use. 833-855-2001. we did have a look at some of our traffic cameras from last night showing fireworks just lighting up

contra costa, the water district board voted to ask customers to reduce water use by 10%. contra costa water district serves about half a million customers in the northern part of the county from martinez to brentwood. much of the service area is along the delta. >> i feel like everybody is pretty much conserving water. i don't see anybody washing cars any more or anything like that. >> you have to go with saving. saving money, saving water. >> water managers say if people are able to conserve more, they won't have to move to more mandatory restrictive orders. >>> to marin where spray irrigation is limited to one day a week and drip irrigation is limited to two days. goal is 40% reduction in water use district wide. for latest conditions and restrictions in your neighborhood head to kpix.com/drought. >>> in oakland chances of a new deal of a ballpark at the howard terminal side may be remaining. will anyone budge or is the team destined to leave town? there is ngthe ballpark but fs the two sides are very far apart on who is footing the bill to improve infrastructure around

. >>> ahead of the holiday weekend, from contra costa fire crews, they are begging people not to set off any fireworks. wilson walker is live in antioch with how they are trying to get their message across 4 >> reporter: well, they have been sending that message out loud and clear for weeks now and here we are on the precipice of the weekend and theyma one last example for everyone and to do it, they set a hillside on fire. >> so the point of the demonstration that even with safe and sane, is that in approximately a minute, the fire can get out where it is probably aving your yard, getting into a neighbors yard, getting into open space and putting a simila sparkler, and this is what you have any matter of seconds. it is exactly what contra costa county fire knows is coming over the next several days ago they had seen it before. >> last year, on the fourth, any three hour period, we responded to almost 100 fires. much unprecedented. that is a months worth of fires in three hours ago >> reporter: this past memorial day in apartment building in antioch was destroyed by a fire started by

take contra costa county this. county has seen its covid hospitalizations jump 50% within the past 30 days. all bay area counties except for solano recommend that you mask up while indoors. that's just a recommendation. if the case rates don't decline within the next couple of weeks, dr. bob wachter, the head of medicine at ucsf he thinks the bay area will follow los angeles' lead and require mask use indoors. he's vaccinated and is already wearing a mask again indoors and he says you should, too. he says we're much more likely to be exposed to the delta variant which now represents 90% of the cases here in the united states. he doesn't want to catch that and spread it to someone else who would get super sick, and there's still a risk to yourself even if you're fully vaccinated. >> aim not worried about getting super sick, needing to be hospitalized and dying, but we know that people with mild cases of covid sometimes develop what's called long covid and have symptoms that are pretty troubling even months out so i

embargo algunos residentes prefieren utilizar a pesar de estar completamente vacunados >> desde contra costan a los tribunales deben utilizar mascarilla independiente de si están vacunados o no >> el departamento recomendara su música donde se debe al aumento de casos por coronavirus >> estamos a semanas del regreso que hace por primera vez en casi ni medio ya pasó año y medio los estudiantes volverán a sus aulas en persona pero en medio de un incremento en los casos y con una variante altamente contagiosa los distritos escolares mantienen sus mismos planes esa es la pregunta andrés habló con varios de estos y nos cuenta >> estamos en cuenta regresiva para que los alumnos de la bahía vuelvan aprender esta sus escuelas como era costumbre antes de la pandemia en persona y aunque ya tenemos una vacuna los casos siguen aumentando por nuevas y peligrosas variantes >> algo distinto que la reclamaría en copias en el futuro entidades del distrito escolar de zapote entre las car presenciales son muy beneficiosas para sus alumnos >> los estudios dicen que el mejor lugar para trabajar con los estudiant

and i'm vicki liviakis contra. costa county leaders say that they are looking into the requirement after an outbreak at a county detention facility as of monday. there were 23 new cases. nearly 3,000 new covid cases in just the past 2 weeks county wide and 4 times more hospitalizations this month. then in june when the state reopened across portions of the calls here tonight with the other concerns being raised from the serge thomas. in addition to those county facilities, detention facilities leaders are also concerned about school kids who are getting ready to go back to class. >> some of them as early as tomorrow in contra, costa county. the board is president says that some kids in their county will go back to school starting tomorrow and she worries that at this current rate there could be enough outbreaks that could prompt some schools to even close. >> a troubling trend in contra costa county we are more people testing positive and it's in those that are unvaccinated the delta variant now dominating new cases. >>

was one of 48 grass fires that the contra costa fire department responded to last night. in fact, at one point. >> 9 exterior and vegetation fires were currently burning at the same time across the district. >> causing the cost because contra costa fire department to form a 3rd task force to address the fires and in the 9.10 o'clock 09:08:09pm, 10:00pm, which was when this fire the contra costa fire responded to 37 grass fires and exterior fires and 5 structure fires. quite a busy night last most of those for deemed as being. >> caused by fireworks or at least a says the suspect that played a role in these fires. back to you. james. all right, thank you very much for that fact. let's. >> go over some of the fireworks that we saw yesterday that contributed potentially to some fires in san francisco. illegal fireworks were set off all night in parts of the city. firefighters put out 4 fires overnight. you can see on this map where they broke out. they were reported at one point at 20th and irving streets. then at 19th and york streets. then a fire broke out at 3rd and kirkw

contra costa county is one of the hottest spots on tap this thursday. let's get our first check of weather and traffic. we begin with darren peck talking about that heat wave and apparently it's going to last throughout the weekend. >> excessive heat warning doesn't start until tomorrow. it starts at noon friday but goes through sunday night. the reason we've got that camera in concord is you are like the poster child for this. you will see biggest increases, not only 100s, but by saturday 105 in concord. here is thursday morning. don't let the clouds fool you. whether looking at the city or tri valley where we have a good deck of clouds. that's still in effect. you don't notice any difference. temperatures are where they have about. if you look at the highs these numbers are 10 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday. 97 for inland locations. you were in the mid 80s yesterday. 78 today for the bay in general. most locations were in the low 70s. there is quite a jump already today. excessive heat warning, top line in the fine print, it says noon friday unti

en nuestra página web encontrará la información de los centros disponibles aquí en el condado contra costas en la ciudad y el condado aumentará a $16.36 por hora, el aumento se produce cuando el desempleo en san josé cae del 13 por ciento en abril de 2020 al 5.1 por ciento en mayo de este año. el salario mínimo en california actualmente es de $14 por hora para empleadores con 26 o más trabajadores y $13 por hora para empleadores con 25 o menos trabajadores >>> para poner fin a la brecha digital el distrito escolar unificado de oakland lanzó un programa de ayuda, sería una extensión de otro programa similar lanzado al comienzo de la pandemia, hasta el momento más de 25,000 estudiantes de ese distrito han podido obtener acceso a computadoras e internet. california trabaja en la aprobación de fondos que ayudarán a acabar la brecha digital en todo el estado . >>> el alcalde de san josé informó que la fundación en pantalla entregó $260,000 al fondo digital de la ciudad y el objetivo es cerrar la brecha digital y mejorar la alfabetización digital. en agosto de 2020 en plena pandemia la ciudad de

out towards contra costa county, the temperatures are pretty good. 73 degrees. but it's the bone dry conditions. the drought monitor doesn't get any more severe than exceptional drought. it extends through all of the y. even though we have the mild temperatures, the fuel moistures are way up here at the red line which is all-time dry. fire season is very active and any fires that get going could be pretty intense given how dry the fields are. coming up in ten minutes, we'll take a closer look at the hour by hour fog forecast coming up on our weather forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. we have an easy way you can get weather updates this weekend, download the nbc bay area app. it is free. >>> a series of fires destroys homes and threatening hundreds more. here's a time lapse. the salt fire in shasta county. at this hour, more than 5,000 acres have burned. it's just 5% contained. nearly 1,000 firefighters are battling three separate fires. take a look, including the largest one called the lava fire which has burned 23,000 acres. that fire is 27% contained. >>

health officials from san francisco, santa clara, and contra costa county made the announcements. we are hearing from one business that has successfully done this. amy holyfield has more on this. >> reporter: good morning. county officials putting the pressure on employers saying they can play a role in fighting the virus. this is not a a recommendation. they are asking that employers consider forcing their employees to be vaccinated. we found one restaurant owner in san francisco who has already taken the step. she says all 65 of the employees, her employees at rosa's cafe are vaccinated and she will not hire anyone unless they have proof of vaccine. san francisco, santa clara, and contra costa counties would like to see all work places do this. they believe the choice is to get vaccinated or get covid-19. >> unvaccinated workers pose a risk to themselves and the members of the public they interact with. >> we want to empower businesses with the recommendation and say that public health is fully behind these types of requirements. >> reporter: santa clara county announced it will

. >>> hay que contribuir pide condado contra costa a denunciar estos fuegos ilegales, llamando al nÚmeroosÉ tambiÉn pueden reportar esto, en lÍnea o llamando al 311 o al (nÚmero en pantalla). >>> bomberos de contra costa y los de a alameda estuvieron sofocando llamas para evitar daÑos mayores, varias familia temÍan por su vida esto en medio de una sequÍa. >>> des el cielo se veÍan bonitos estos fuegos en oakland por l la celebraciÓn lo que no lo fue la gran cantidad de pirotecnia lanzado ilegalmente hasta la madrugada. >>> a las 2 de la maÑana los empecÉ a escuchar. >>> tarde. >>> es peligroso para nosotros que tenemos bebÉs. >>> no podÍan dormir. >>> una noche ocupada para bomberos que in foro r marn retz beern 261 llamadas. y 61 incidentes en relaciÓn a incendios. >>> una de los mÁs preocupante en un almacÉn en la cuadra 900 avenida 77 residentes temieron por sus vidas. >>> llamÉ a la policÍa y a ver quÉ hacemos esto es muy grave y bueno gracias a dios llegaron bomberos. >>> esto hasta tempranas horas de la maÑana. >>> mi carro estaba aquÍ y no tenÍa por donde salir y. >>> y aquÍ donde

paola: autoridades de san mateo, contra costa, pedirÁn el uso de mascarilla. eportero: rosa a uno se ha vacunado contra el coronavirus. >> yo no me siento presionada en ese aspecto, pero si me piden que me vacune, sÍ lo voy a hacer. reportero: funcionarios piden a los empleadores que le pidan a sus trabajadores vacunarse contra coronavirus. >> ha habido un aumento de casos, especialmente en las personas que no estÁn vacunadas. oficiales de salud de estos tres condados piden que requieran a los empleados vacunarse. reportera: esta peticiÓn no es obligatoria. >> no me han dicho nada. es como una opciÓn si me quiero vacunar uno. reportera: en la conferencia sÓlo tuvieron presente tres funcionarios de tres condados. [habla en inglÉs] reportera: hay algunos condados que piden a los empleadores que le pidan a sus trabajadores si estÁn vacunados. las personas que trabajen en estos condados deberÁn usar mascarilla. creo que esto cambiarÁ la posiciÓn de los trabajadores de vacunarse? >> sÍ. paola: frente al aumento del contagio en santa clara puede ver en pantalla lugar

flowers are illegal in contra, costa county. a bold smash and grab robbery in the south bay hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry stolen. and it's not the first time the store has been targeted. the brazen break in happened at geoffrey's diamonds and gold smith and campbell, 3 broke through the window russian side smashed display cases took as much as they could before leaving in 5 minutes. they still up to $250,000 worth of jewelry. this is the 4th time the store has been hit by burglars in 5 years. >> they're not afraid anymore. they just basically coming here. they know they have good enough time. the police told get here manipulate think. i think we should have a little more police presence on down in downtown, especially between the hours of 02:00am and 05:00am because every single artery that we've had. it happened at the same time. >> the store owner does not believe there's any chance of recovering the stolen jewelry another jewelry store nearby is also experienced similar break-ins. and national news. the death to

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contra costa and solano counties will get up to around 90 degrees.santa clara valley, upper 70s and into the 80s farther into the valley. san francisco, mostly upper 60s. temperatures along the coast only in the 50s. a little baby warm-up for friday, then we just hover with temperatures near average over the weekend and into next week. hottest temperatures will be inland on friday with highs around 90 degrees. a little warm-up for the north bay as well. just think of it as a ride on the kitty coaster. >>> i know some giants fans that actually lost sleep over last nights loss. well giants fans, you will sleep like a baby tonight. tables turned at dodger stadium, next. >>> the monarch butterfly is on the verge of disappearing. a huge number have stopped migrating to the california coast. >> you feel kind of helpless on and how can we it>> icon ab telling us how our ecosystem is doing. >> tomorrow night, the statewide effort underway to throw monarchs a lifeline and what you can do to >>> last night the giants got beat on a ninth inning walk-off home ru

contra costa county seeing more new infections. you think, wait, didn't contra costa county have high vaccination rates? that's true. well, the delta variant more transmissible, and you are going to have breakthroughs. you can take a look at your tv screen. right now there are 2,700 active covid-19 cases here in contra costaed at the beginning of the month. new health department data shows 19 through 30-year-olds make up most infections. >> do you know exactly where in the county and is it just the unvaccinated, mainly? >> correctly. we do know most of the cases are in the eastern part of contra costa county. these are the areas with the lowest vaccination rates, as you eluded to. we are talking about diablo, antioch, oakley, pittsburg, crocket and brentwood. since mid june, hospitalizations of covid-19 patients throughout contra costa county have gone up nearly 50%. >> very concerning. >> marcus, laura? >> very concerning, indeed. bob, thank you. >>> a new plan for hundreds of homes may soon help people trying to make it in the so

was one of 48 grass fires that the contra costa fire department responded to last night. in fact, at 1.9 exterior and vegetation fires were currently burning at the same time across the district causing the contra costa fire department to form a 3rd task force to address the fires. now the bulk of the fires that they battled last night was in the 09:10pm which was when when this fire occurret here on row circle. now the fire department responded to 37 grass fires and exterior fires and 5 structure fires within that 2 hour span. >> most if not several these of fires are known or suspected to have been started all right. thanks a lot. you know lee, it's good thing nobody was hurt in san francisco. illegal fireworks. >> we're going off all night. some parts of the city. firefighters put out for fires in this map shows you where they were 20th and irving streets 19th and york streets 3rd and kirkwood avenue and 19th and bryant streets. nobody was hurt in any of those either. and new this morning, firefighters are mopping up the fire at this warehouse and oakland. you can see

varios centros de enfriamiento estarÁn disponibles en contra costa. vamos con los detalles. n uno de los centros en san pablo, en donde ya tiene todo listo para recibir a los residentes que busquen refugio contra el calor. reportera: en contra costa se preparan centros de enfriamiento para recibir a los recientes. la informaciÓn la tiene en pantalla. usted podrÁ llamar al telÉfono pantalla o visitar la pÁgina de condado para conocer un centro cerca de usted. >> no pedimos identificaciÓn. no tiene que tener servicios. tienen que usar el tapabocas. es un lugar para estar cÓmodo sin calor. reportera: las autoridades recomiendan tomar mucha agua y no dejar niÑos o mascotas en los vehÍculos. >> se llegan a desmayar. hay que protegerse y tomar agua. reportera: don arturo nos dijo que permanecerÁ en casa el fin de semana y mantendrÁ las cortinas y persianas cerradas. >> mejor es protegerse. yo me voy a quedar en casa. reportera: tome en cuenta que si va a la playa debe cuidarse de las corrientes. ramÓn: gracias. el condado de santa clara tambiÉn dispuso de centros de enfriamiento pa

tonight three bay area counties, contra costa and santa clara and san francisco are asking employers to require workers to get the covid shot. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez spoke with business owners in contra costa county. >> reporter: a lot of fine dining are among a lot of businesses requiring employees to get vaccinated. some health officials are urging all employers to make vaccinations a condition of employment. employment had to wear masks and all 38 of them had to show owners proofs they have been vaccinated against covid-19. >> every single person who work in our place are vaccinated. i think this is very important to any restaurant or anybody because you are a public service. you are dealing with a lot of people everyday. >> employers have an obligation to provide safe workplaces for their employees. >> r all businesses to do the same. with the delta variant causing a surge in cases, they say getting more people vaccinated is crucial. >> we know covid is not going away. the choice now is either to get the vaccine or to get covid. >> bottom line is we are seeing the virus co

bomberos de contra costa batallaron las llamas en esta ciudad.os bomberos de contra costa que han decomisado este año más de 700 libras de fuegos pirotécnicos. el oficial dice que los recolectados son puestos en un contenedor seguro y son almacenados hasta que los retiran. en san josé incautaron más de 500 libras hasta el 4 de julio. la portavoz de los bomberos dice que cuando reciben fuegos artificiales u obtienen información sobre la posesión de estos la policía maneja el asunto. en muchos casos se usa equipo policial según el departamento. en la península. >> recibimos los fuegos artificiales, los ponemos en contenedores de seguridad. vamos a entregar esos fuegos artificiales a nuestro departamento de bomberos. >> muchos departamentos de bomberos del estado como el de contra costa entregan los artículos a autoridades. >> son explosivos, y son incinerados. >> por motivos de seguridad no nos quisieron decir dónde están ubicados. el mensaje de los bomberos sigue siendo el mismo, los fuegos artificiales usados de manera ilegal pone la vida de las

alameda, marin, contra costa issued an order to again wear masks indoors. the reason? the more infectious delta variant helping to drive up a spike in cases. here's a look at what's going on in the bay area. the curve is from the department of health and san francisco chronicle. it shows the average new cases since january. the right side the rises in the past month. although we're not seeing as many as the winter surge, we are being asked to mask up. 76% of the eligible resident vgs been vaccinated but it's not enough to keep cases from climbing. >> we have had a tripling in our number of covid cases over the last three weeks. and we think much of it may be to the rising, more transmissible delta variant. >> some businesses are already pivoting back to asking people to wear masks. >> it means it will go back to a mask mandate in the store t's easy to do. i'm going to follow the suggestion. >> the owners say they don't think will be an issue. most of their customers are wearing their masks anyway. the new recommendation is stricter than the current guidance, which says

reportera: alameda, contra costa y solano no respondieron a nuestra solicitud de entrevista.ontagios y hospitalizaciones. hablamos con el doctor sergio aguilar para hablar sobre este tema. buenas noches, doctor. ayer se reportaron mÁs de 33.000 casos en el paÍs. por quÉ ocurre esto? >> una de las razones, es el predominio de la variable delta, que es mÁs contagiosa que la variable original. es 60% mÁs contagiosa. estÁ ocurriendo que parte del contagio se debe a que hay un alto contenido de carga viral. es decir, un alto contenido de la variable delta hace que se propague mÁs rÁpidamente. marÍa: sigue siendo la vacuna la mayor protecciÓn contra el coronavirus? >> sin duda, la vacuna sigue siendo la mejor soluciÓn. la vacuna es efectiva en contra de delta. eso ya lo sabemos. sobre todo, cuando pfizer y moderna se han administrado completamente. los que se contagian y ya estÁn vacunados, tienden a tener infecciones mÁs leves y menos muertes. marÍa: muchas gracias, doctor. hay que seguirse vacunando. gracias. la agencia de salud de california estÁ ofreciendo vacunas a domicilio y

sake for, say, contra, costa county and on to the east bay as well. we see numbers approaching and even bettering a better battering better. whatever a 100 or so it's best besting. thank you. best thing. testing 100 like on conquer their one-on-one got 80's and 70's at work. as you can see it. i'll have more on the 4 zone forecast to learn some english. a light rain out what's going on with traffic help hey, there's a lot going on out here. we have a stalled vehicle on the e. >> san mateo bridge night. 2 westbound there near the high rise. so again, about 15 minutes for your drive time. we're up to about 1617 earlier looks like we're fluctuating. they're just a bit as you travel into the city at an earlier hot spot on the bay bridge that since been clear. now we're down to 15 minutes for you as your hay from the east bay into the city to reach that fremont street exit another tropical is in. this is up in pleasant hill. southbound at monument boulevard. slowing things down along 6.80 and highway 4 as you're traveling there and the richmond sandra fell

this includes much of solano, contra costa and alameda counties now online rob gives us a closer look at the winds in the fire danger and how coastal areas are faring. if you go to the article we have a break down county by county for today and feels like the morning is right. send it over to kari hall. >> also monitoring for the air quality. seeing the smoke today in the region. the shades of blue indicate the near surface smoke and going to unfortunately be more unhealthy and must have more moving off to the east. monitoring the fire danger and will have an update coming up. laura? >> thank you so much. >>> statewide flex alert from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. you're asked to conserve electricity. set the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher. avoid using major appliances and turn off all unnecessary lights. >>> all federal workers may be required to receive the covid vaccine. america adjusts to a new cdc recommendation that everyone even those fully vaccinated mask up where case rates are high. tracie potts joins us live from washington d.c. what do we need to know here? >> reporter: it is guid

contra costa water is offering rebates and incentives to get people to say water. that includes lot replacements and free fixtures like shower, heads and timers. >> reporting in danville. gayle ong kron 4 news because of the droughts we're headed into what they think going to be a bad fire season. berkeley's mayor and the fire chief announced the city's investing more than 12 million dollars into prevention. the money is going to go to clearing dry vegetation putting in new evacuation warning sign sirens and conducting neighborhood. evacuation drills officials keep saying they need to plan ahead and be ready. >> and not only planning season the season but planning what's going to happen. the 5 year, 10 year and 20 year program. this is huge for us. >> the prevention measures are funded by measure asked f which was approved by voters in berkeley last november. >> bart is using goats to reduce the fire danger on their property. their shows or i love this. when you see goats are us is my favorite provide. there's really a company called the agency shared this video of