brentwood to make it easier for people to travel between those two cities in the east bay and contra costa countylly trying to build on the success of the recent antioch b.a.r.t. extension. the "east bay times" reports the contra costa transportation authority has received a $755,000 grant for a two-year study to look into how to improve connections to let's say the capitol corridor, ace rail services a long with a proposed ferry service between antioch and martinez. they're also trying to find ways to work with the existing antioch b.a.r.t. station, and tridelta local bus service, looking at fast mini shuttles for example running in the medians or express buses. that study is set to begin this fall. reporting live here in antioch, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. >>> also new this morning, brentwood may soon get a new fire station. "the press" reports the city council signing off on plans for the city to move forward with those building plans. the new station would be city own, on city owned land on grant street and empire avenue but funding to staff that station remains up in the

the rest of the contra costa county shows a nice easy drive. same thing for the rest of the bay, a little slowing out of the altamont as you expect, no problems from the south county coming into the south bay. >> hope it continues, thanks. >>> coming up, expanding the plastic ban in san francisco. what a new proposed law is calling for. plus how much it costs you, if you forget to bring your own bag. >>> plus avocados getting more and more expensive. what is fueling the higher prices? we'll take a look into it. you're watching "today in the bay." oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. shshow me homecoming. baby sloth videos on youtube. amy, do you uh mind giving someone else a turn? oh... yeah i made myself a little comfortable here. i got a pizza for amy! yes, that's me! xfinity lets you search netflix, prime video, and youtube with the sound of your voice. and i don't have my wallet, so... that's simple. easy. awesom

a new attempt to expand transit options in eastern contra costa county. "east bay times" says transportation leaders are gree at establishing more connections between antioch and brentwood. it's funded by a $755,000 state grant. the county's transit authority will look at how to improve connections to capital corridor and ace rail service a long with a proposed ferry service between antioch and martinez. bob redell will have a full report coming up in our next hour. >>> people on the peninsula are being warned about a mountain lion on the prowl. >>> belmont police say someone saw the cat near a backyard in the belburn drive, in another recent sighting two weeks ago a home security video in san mateo caught the big cat strolling by the sidewalk. >>> a furry visitor wandered into the south lake tahoe city hall this week, these were snapped by a local resident. the sliding doors like the rest of us. no word if there was any damage. >> wow. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," the cost of grounding those 737 max planes. up next, how much boeing is expected to

>>or much worse that's the latest here live in contra costa county dan thorn. kron 4 news. >>thank you dan and again a busy night for firefighters in contra costa county 37 fires in just 6 hours. >>at 9 o'clock firefighters are battling 11 of them. they say at least 5 are linked to fireworks all fireworks of course are banned in contra costa county coffers to christina tetro talk to steve hill with the county fire district. >>you know it's very dangerous for fireworks, we talked about the fire danger. there's another there's another aspect of this they are uncontrollable. labeled safe and sane or not there's there's nothing safe and sane about fireworks and we've seen grievous in the past on the 4th of july. last year terrible injury to a man many a lost most of his hands as a result of a firework that exploded in the last night we had numerous injuries, a couple of pretty serious ones. hope we're hoping nothing along the lines of what happened last year they're very dangerous and this is something for parents to think about. all of the fireworks injuries of all of them the

tonight and tomorrow night. >> so far contra costa fire has not responded to at least 38 fires blame from illegal fireworks. the fireworks were banned in contra costa county. it did or he didn't stop people from shooting them off. fire department officials say they have been warned about the dangers in contra costa county, but apparently some people just don't get it. >> as soon as the sun starts to go down and people start letting off their fireworks and firecrackers, we just pretty much go from incident to incident all night long. >> contra costa fire is staffing extra engine and fire trucks to be ready for the weekend. >>> this house behind me came breathtakingly close to burning last night. neighbors say it is all because of an empty gatorade gatorade bottle and fireworks. this man was house sitting nearby and got on the roof with a hose to keep the fire at bay. it is so hard to believe the flames of this size did not damage the homes. by just inches, the houses were spared. san jose fire captain says that quick responding firefighters saved the day. >> there are like four to 5 and juniper trees, they were very dry and the fire shoots right there. luc

in contra costa county felipe took all kron 4 news. >>and we're tracking several brush fires in the bay area as we speak they're burning in santa clara solano and napa counties on the far left a fire in the hills east of san jose and milpitas that started last night so far it's burned 80 acres. containment there is 65% and the 183 acre fire is a lot of county is now 80% contained tonight that fire started yesterday morning. a long 6.80 near fairfield and the fire in napa county is nearly contained tonight that started just south of lake berryessa on monday. they funded from the air and the ground with fervor that day it's burned 64 acres and is now 95% contained investigators. we're still trying to figure out what caused these 3 fires, you know while these fires broke out over the past couple of days, it is it just going to get hotter out there increasing the fire danger poisoned chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now with a look at the forecast lawrence, the conditions are not going to be in our favor. >>no i don't think so

currently funds homeless outreach teams dedicated to the bart trains and stops in the city and contra costa county now they'll also help pay for hot teams in alameda and san mateo counties, including sfo may ask the homeless individuals can i take you to a warming center. do you need something to eat can i take you to a shelter. what services you need when was the last time you saw doctor. one woman who says she's been homeless since the spring thinks it's a good idea because a great idea for some of barr says the idea is to connect the homeless with resources to keep them from using the transit system as a shelter maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we are getting a better idea about where the extra money from rising bridge tolls is going the metropolitan transportation commission is setting aside 9.3 million dollars from the bridge tolls to build commuter parking lot in alameda county. one new parking garage will go near the dublin pleasanton bart station construction on the garage is expected to begin next spring with the opening scheduled for mid 2021. 3 other parking lots will be built in oakland an

pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. >>> other news a carpool crackdown in contra costa county. 75 drivers were caught breaking the law yesterday, this one probably takes the cake, chp contra costa county tweeting this out, a mannequin riding shotgun so the driver can use the carpool lane. they got caught. chp calling the mannequin angel based on the sweatshirt. i'm surprised they caught that. that would be tough to catch. >> we do these stories all the time, every once in a while. people still try to get away with it. >> 75, yes, great, we got 75 violations but i see perhaps 75 every week. >> oh, yeah. keep cracking down. keep the carpool. >> keep it safe out there folks as well. cars are supposed to be on the roadway, not pedestrians, but unfortunately sounds like we had a pedestrian in richmond and that's the scene of our traffic alert. we'll show you there's a full closure of eastbound 580 as you exit the area, coming over from san rafael and off of the bridge, headed into richmond. the freeway is closed about harbor way because of someone who was apparently in the fast lan

a smooth drive coming through contra costa county. we have a crash west highway 4 at san marco approaching the concord area and willow pass road. we don't have any major problems but there is slowing at the scene. sunol a disabled vehicle south 680 around highway 84. sounds and looks like everything is off to the shoulder from the speed sensors. we have a build toward the san mateo bridge toll plaza from hayward, the crash, it's a fedex truck on the shoulder. if you expect a package early morning, it may be a few minutes delayed over there. nice flow of traffic, that crash in san jose over on the shoulder. i'll show you the live camera because it looks green from this shot, might be a little slow. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," the expensive move boeing is making this morning, after deadly crashes and mechanical malfunctions. when we should know some more. >>> and later, not your traditional airbnb. the famous vehicle you can rent for a night or two, but there's a "ketchup." get it? you're w

live in contra costa county, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, sharon. holiday travel is off to a rough start at sfo. look at the bins out there sitting on the tarmac at sfo. sky ranger as bag screening at the airport ran into major technical problems. flights were delayed and the airlines are trying to connect the bags to the rightful passengers. it's all fine now, but there is a lot of bag stos match up. >> drivers are feeling lighter and the state's se went up again, paying the highest in the nation. we all have to pay an extra 5.6 cents a gallon which means you are now paying 55 cents per gallon in state taxes alone. add to that more with federal excise and sales taxes. it's to improve roads and pay for mass transit. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. the fees went up by 35 cents. pay as you go is 20 cents more than that. the tolls will increase each year by the same amount until 2024 as part of a five-year plan to create revenue and improve public transportation. >> going into effect, stores that sell ammunition are subject to a backgroun

a lot of the firefighters had yesterday all throughout all throughout the night now contra costa contra costa county fire told us that they had 37 fires they had to go ahead and battle last night within just a 6 hour shift throughout the evening when many were probably outside barbecuing throughout their fireworks shows kind of in that late evening early late night time period now that 37 they says extraordinary number for a normal week night and 5 of those confirmed their investigations finished up that those were caused by fireworks and i talked to con trick. a contra costa county, a fire officials this morning who say they're in the middle of investigating the other 32 and they said most likely all of them caused by firefighters are to me by fire works, especially illegal ones here in contra costa county. now again. i did speak with those officials and they tell me the big worry that they have right now is that this is going to continue through the weekend because 4th of july was on a thursday. we saw friday saturday and the weekend and they are worried that a lot more people are going to continu

contra costa county fire protection district said it appears it was started by fireworks. a black and 24 acres and threatened homes.>>> i'm at the end of the canyon. at the east end. from a wind that comes off the ocean.>> reporter: he said he take steps to protect his property. in the animals he is raising.>>> i trim the trees and mow the grass. i do the weed abatement on property that is not mine.>> reporter: the fire comes on the heels of 36 other fires on july 4 in contra costa county. that were caused by fireworks. including this one in pittsburgh.>> you can see the debris on the ground.>> reporter: this homeowner shows us where a small fire caused by fireworks burned near homes in his neighborhood thursday night. he said the threat of fire from fireworks is a constant concern.>>> i make sure i'm home before dark fourth of july weekend.er: officials say fireworks along the heavy rains of the winter and spring create what is called a fuel load. there is a very high fire danger this weekend in the coming months.>>> we are looking at the same kinds of relatively dry rela

the enabled in contra-costa county that's turned into a street party. why neighbors are asking the police chief to do more to stop it. that story and more is coming up at 6:00. >>> finally at five, the final season of hbo's "game of thrones" may have gotten mixed reviews from fans, but it was a winner in today's emmy nominations. "game of thrones" received a record 32 nominations including acting nods to kit harrington and amelia clark. "this is us" is up for best drama with milo ventimiglia. mandy moore scored her first nomination. "the hit place" is up for nomination featuring ted dancen. the emmys will be awarded in september. >> that is a good roundup of nominations. >> it is. >> september is the big emmy show. >> all right. yay. rest of the week. >> we're looking pretty good. 80 comes our way wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday into next monday and tuesday, we get a little morning fog, afternoon sunshine. definitely looking really beautiful. >> we're in a hot streak. no pun intended. >> kind of warm. i'd say hot once we hit 90s to 100. >>

all fireworks are banned in contra costa county. kron four's christine at teatro talked with the county fire district. >>the name of the game in a situation like that is to those fires. the fast and hard well, they're small and keep them small. we had a number of them that were had the potential do a threaten structures. fortunately we were able to keep them all small and they didn't know where in some of the worst fire conditions now we've had in years we have a much higher that we've had in years gone by because the rains there's a lot out there to bird we could have those disasters deadly fires like we've seen in to the north of us. the rain is gone by here and we need the help of everyone too avoid these risky irresponsible behaviors of when it comes to fireworks that could lead to one of those fires getting away from us and turning into a deadly disaster. >>and we have new video tonight of a fire that was caused by fireworks in san jose this was at luke court and mccreery avenue that's just a couple of blocks away from the 1, 1,

. >>> breaking news in contra costa county. major police activity in a neighborhood in rodeo. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos worked hard to find out what happened. he just arrived there to the scene and pete, where are you exactly and what can you make out of this situation? >> reporter: we're on third street and vallejo avenue in rodeo and look, we're trying to gather more information. we know the hercules police are the lead agency on this. i want to show you in the past couple minutes, rodeo hercules fire just showing up to the scene. there is a police scene behind them. we know that on contra costa county sheriffs and hercules police are on the scene. i want to show you video from earlier, from one of our camera crews on scene, when there was a bit more police activity. as i mentioned this at third street and vallejo avenues in rodeo, a residential area where we see the police activity. an officer told our camera crew earlier that a shooting may have taken place in this area. we're still working to confirm that inform

contra costa county 242 a fire on brush on the shoulder there.ger is headed over to that scene as well. we have dry hills all over the bay so that's always a concern whenever we see the smallest brush fire reported. >> when the temperatures get hot as well. i think they'll do that come this weekend? >> yes, it's going to be hot throughout the week. take a look at this seven-day forecast, as you try to make some plans. it's going to be in the 90s for our inland areas. pretty much from now through at least saturday and sunday. we're up to 92 on saturday, and not much cooler on sunday, 88 degrees, but we do catch some relief along the coast and in san francisco, staying in the upper 60s there. so we are going to have some places where you can go and cool off. so if you're making beach plans, it's going to be in the mid-70s in santa cruz for both saturday and sunday, just a few clouds passing by at times. if you're going to yosemite this weekend, expect it to be warm, going from 82 degrees on friday to 85 on saturday, and up to 86 degrees on sunday.

the contra costa county fire department is still on the that spread 22 homes. this began shortly after 6 a.m. at drake and streets 50 fire chief says both homes are unoccupied and under construction. nobody was hurt. >>> sealed documents related to the federal probe into the trump organizations hush money payments are expected to be made public soon. the documents are from the state of new york criminal case against michael cohen. the longtime lawyer for donald trump. >>> 19 your legal struggle over lead paint is finally over. paint maker, sure you sherwin- williams, conagra and in all industries agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with san francisco, santa clara, alameda and los angeles counties. >>> one person dead after a crash in antioch. it happened on buchanan road in bob mayo balboa court. cruz found an suv crashed into a tree. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> left take a live look at the embarcadero bart station where you can see that it is shut down. that is the result of flooding. there on the scene and trying to clean it up to figure

. >>> still no word if there's an grass fire in eastern contra costa county that destroyed a home. the fire in oakley, not far from highway 4. flames reached a big rig, destroying its cab. fire crews were able to contain the fire before flames could spread further. sheriffs deputies detained a man suspected of starting the fire. no word if he was arrested. >>> another grass fire also in contra costa county, this fire breaking out yesterday at the intersection of highway 4 and 680 in pacheco. the flames spread to a storage facility. 27 units destroyed or damaged. nobody hurt and no word on the cause. >>> a troubling discovery at stanford. counselors for the summer say they spotted a noose hanging frompus dorms. the program has several minority students and they believe the noose was a message for them. sharon perkins, one the young women who spotted the noose, said it left her fearing for her own safety. >> my immediate thought was just nothing but fear because i had never actually physically seen a noose. so i was jusdistraught and didn't know how to feel and immediately, to be hon

right now looking at contra costa county with no major problems. little blips showing up here and there. palo alto no slowing up around university which is what it typically does this time of morning. >> we are following breaking news out of san francisco. a homicide investigation is under way, this is near 24th and capp street. this is brand new video in to our newsroom. police informing us a minute ago that a man is dead. the area is shut down as officers investigate. we are working out to find more details around the shooting. "today in the bay's" pete suratos will have a live report with the findings coming up at 5:00. >>> it's been almost a full four days since the shaking first began in southern california town of ere are more restless t ever. >> with the 7.1 quake that followed a strong and violent quake, a lot of families are too afraid to go back into their homes. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd is in ridgecrest with the latest. >> reporter: the city's hospital is open this morning, and public transportation resumes today, signs that thin

but now it's getting turned over to contra costa county, the new plan that's going to really benefit the community. >>> and speaking of contra costa county right now walnut creek into theed mid-90s, meanwhile off to the west, it's that winter-like chill of the strong sea breeze in sfis. only 59 degrees when the coastal will see warmer weather and the weekend forecast when we come right back. >>> we are following developing news out of somalia where a terrorist attack on a hotel killed at least 26 people. according to the u.s. state department at least one was among those killed one american was among those killed. possibly two. the group alshab is claiming responsibility. the hotel was used as a meeting spot for elders and politicians helping to plan elections in september. >> we are very suspicious about the act which coincides with the beginning of the campaign election campaign. everybody is preparing for the campaign. >> al shabab used to control the country. they have been largely ousted but they a of somalia and kenya. five people hurt today on the running of the bulls in explai

contra costa county will fine users. >> they are all illegal and dangerous, and with these fire conditionsr too risky for anybody to be using fireworks in contra costa county. >> anybody caught with illegal fireworks could be find up to $5,000. >>> a bit of a an unorthodoxed plan to get rid of rodents on one island and it's raising eyebrows. >> the sea bird refuge is 27 miles west of san francisco. according to wildlife leaders the problem is also being overrun by nonnative mice that eat the native plant seed and the mice are attracting animals that feed off the birds so they want to drop rat poison. >> they are going to fly across and die on the beaches and in the parks, and when they die they will expose other animals that eat them to the rat poison. >> they also have a plan to scare off the birds during the eradication effort and retrieve all the dead mice before they could be eaten. the commissioners will debate that plan next week. >>> right now, celebrating america. we will be able to see the fireworks over san francisco? or will the fog take over. kari is having a look at that no ma

currently funds homeless outreach teams dedicated to the bart trains and stops in the city and contra costa countyms in alameda and san mateo counties, including sfo. ask the homeless individuals can i take you to a warming center. do you need something to eat can i take you to a shelter. what services you need when was the last time you saw doctor. one woman who says she's been homeless since the spring thinks it's a good idea is a great idea to some of that. barr says the idea is to connect the homeless with resources to keep them from using the transit system as ne. >>in san francisco, 65 businesses and organizations are joining forces to try to find homes for people who need them. they launched what's called the all in campaign and the goal is to get 1100 homeless people off the streets across the city's 11 districts. >>starts with a safe place to live. >>the coalition includes big names like google lift uber and also the san francisco giants. >>in the east bay there has been a spike in residential burglaries in one neighborhood in rich spend burglars are targeting homes in that may valley nei

. >>> this week, contra costa county leaders are set to vote on an increased fire facilities fee, paid by home and building developers on every project. the fee itself raises money for needed for the fire district. if passed, newly proposed fee would be 64% higher. the current fee is $591 per single family unit and $376 for 1,000 square feet of office space. supervisors will vote on that issue tomorrow morning. >>> a follow-up to a heartbreaking story we told you about on friday. the mother of a little girl who died from cancer, says her ashes were stolen. they've since been returned, stolen last week from a san jose cemetery. 2-year-old kelly lopez died of cancer four years ago. eight not clear why the ashes

in contra costa county felipe took all kron 4 news. >>firefighters have managed to stop a grass fire burning in santa clara county. the swaggart fire started yesterday in the spring valley community. we just got word tonight that that fire is 100% contained. flames it did though burned 80 acres and fire napa counties also fully contained tonight you see here burning monday it started near lake berryessa. >>on monday burned 64 acres but again right now it's 100% contained investigators are still trying to figure out the exact cause of all these fires. >>yeah and fire is on our mind as we head this week even though we're looking out right now it's called keep bridge. it's fog been cool here but. words is warning about heat when we could use more of that throughout the rest of this week lawrence karnow here with us we know it's going to be how do we look at it windy conditions to this bill. that's that's probably the best thing is we're not going see the real strong winds but it's going to be so hot, i mean the fuels boy are these just goi

a train caught fire in contra costa county overnight and then it cost a grass fire and hazmat response. >>kron four's will tran is in rodeo with the story. >>contra costa county and homeowners dodged a bullet in the overnight hours after a train catches on fire setting the dry vegetation next to the tracks on fire. you can see the crews there of this is off the highway for spending the day clearing out some of the dry brush. the fire happened in the overnight hours it was a bnsf train going through contra costa county. it was not a commuter train. but instead carrying hazardous material flammable material, including petroleum gas for whatever reason the train caught on fire. people jumped out they tried to contain the fire to the train in try to make sure that the flames didn't reach the gas. but it also caught the dry vegetation right next to the tracks on fire that they had to call the fire department. they quickly pounced on it kept the fire cpfrom reaching the gas as well as jumping from ridge to ridge in the end it only burned about one acre but he could have been disastrous becau

the contra costa county marine patrol, educating voters in discovery bay on the 4th of july. >>it's illegal to ride back here. >>while the vessels under way the latest statistics from the state show 59 boating accidents and the delta in 2016. >>resulting in fatalities with nearly 1, 4, of all access. it's happening during the holiday weekend like the 4th of july and both experienced and on the water in crowds people populate areas like ski beach. >>the delta sees more accidents than any other area in northern california. powell hopes to reduce that number by stopping boats in alerting drivers about the >>the water, our round out we stop a couple boats and they were both in violation of simple rules that if they had been educated they probably would not have violated the law in discovery bay, michelle kingston you guys have a safe and happy 4th of kron 4 news. >>it is 4.10 and still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news more on that massive earthquake that struck southern california, including what officials are doing to prepare. for weeks of potential aftershocks. and then l

there are new arrests the police are calling a robbery scheme in contra costa county. the other was caught on camera in the north a. check out this new video from santa rosa. this is video of an armed robbery at a shell gas station at 2575 4b avenue. a male suspect, as you just saw, walked in and stole, or allegedly stole something.

. >> >>> and contra costa county a small grass fire broke out. in antioch, chopper 5 this area. firefighters made swift work of it, and kept it to just an acre. they said a or they sent a controlled burn to stop a major fire from speculator. no word on how that started. >>> a city in east contra costa county just suffered a new setback and the struggle to keep businesses open. the amc deer valley on lone tree way and antioch abruptly shut down of the weekend. community leaders believe being a commuter city contributed to the closure. da lin explains. >> reporter: they are clearing out all the equipment for this megaplex theater, close down for good after sunday night. moviegoers were surprised by the locked doors and assigns. >> that is a shame they are shutting down the whole theater. >> i am upset about it, i always come to this theater to see movies. >> there have been a lot of first dates and kisses that happened in this place. it will be a sentimental moment for a lot of people when the sign comes down. >> reporter: the building owners were told they were losing money becau

>>even those that don't leave the ground or explode illegal in contra costa county and setting any off can possibly be considered a felony did is an issue every year the contra costa county sheriff's office says offenders can face jail time and a fine of up to $5,000. >>oakley city council member kevin rowe make says the police department will have additional officers working overtime on independence day looking for people breaking the law and this year they will be as a cruise through the neighborhoods. they will be stopping in confiscating maybe not given tickets in issuing fines. >>they will could be confiscating the east contra costa fire protection district is also prepared for a busy night. >>fire marshal baer says his crews typically respond up to 20 fireworks related calls every 4th of july we have 3 stations and protect nearly 250 square miles. so every illegal firework that causes a fire. generally pulls down all the resources that we have spread throughout those 250 square mile. >>add to that the bone dry conditions. it wouldn't take much to start a grass fire. most of the f

>>most communities in contra costa county are densely populated with lots of trees and grass which is why the fire protection district says some 67% of the county is considered a potential fire hazard every wildland fire. we dispatch on is another kit. >>opportunity have a devastating disaster us and deadly wildfire fire protection district spokesperson. steve hill says the winter rains really caused the problem. he says over growth has resulted in about double the amount of fuel to burn compared to last year. it's also more dry and the wind is expected to pick up by the time summer turns to fall we're seeing the fires we think early in the season. that wasn't the case in the last couple of years we tended to be fighting fires this time of year. >>up on the ridge lines on the hillsides. >>that sort of thing he adds that people are responsible for starting the majority of fires which means most fires are preventable. the fire protection district has already thought at least 125 vegetation fires this fire season. last year the fire season lasted 192 days and 390 fires broke out at so im

hot weekend as we've been talking about and there's an alarming warning now coming from the contra costa county fire protection district. most of contra costa county is at risk for wildfires and this wildfire season is expected to last longer then in years past forcefully triggle explains. >>every wildland fire. we dispatch on is another kit opportunity have a devastating disaster us and deadly wildfires. steve deal not mincing words he speaks for the contra costa county fire protection district. >>an agency he says has already fought at least 125 vegetation fires this fire season. last year the fire season lasted 192 days and 390 fires broke out our projections are that we will probably exceed last year's. >>wildland fires by about 25% using this fire from a few weeks ago off the highway before in which a coal as an example there was no. >>no space for us to get in and fight the fire still reinforces the importance of clearing your properties of tall and dry vegetation. a lack of defensible space resulted in this storage facility catching fire. we have >>150 to 200% of the fuel today that we h

contra costa county fire said they already responded to 11 fires within a 30-minute period. tonight that includes this fire in pittsburg. they already confirmed fireworks were the blame for a fire also burning in martinez. and in san jose, our cameras caught these illegal fireworks popping off tonight. you can see going off right in the middle of a crowded neighborhood. >>> and check out this video from east oakland. it is going to be a long night for people, their pets, and law enforcement officers who have vowed to track down the people setting them off. >>> and how is this for -- ooh, how is this for a close call with illegal fireworks? reporter hetty chang from our sister station in los angeles was next to her car. just a scary reminder of how dangerous and frightening illegal fireworks can be. >> ctainlyare. okay, we are back in 60 seconds. still ahead, that new earthquake warning system put to the test today. scientists got a warning, but most of the public did not. why?plus, dog treats making owners sick? the new warning every pet owner needs to hear. >> we're seeing

"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in contra costa county with the latest there. pete?> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. firefighters dealing with the aftermath from illegal fireworks. back to the san jose incident we'll show thaw video. multiple trees catching on fire as a result of that incident taking place on the 1800 block of lute court in san jose. witnesses claim teens were playing with fireworks in the streets which led to that home catching on fire. the man stepped into action, using his water hose to try to put out that fire, but crews did put it out. no one was inside of that home and there were no injuries to report thankfully. now in contra costa county, let's go over to that area, contra costa fire responding to 37 fires in six hours in areas such as pittsburg and martinez. when it came to the martinez fire, we know that was due to fireworks. over there in oakland, specifically east oakland, you can see i that video illegal fireworks in the area, that continues to be an ongoing problem in that part of town so really a long night for resident

>>causing grass fires across contra costa county we've got details on how crews are battling the fires. tonight it's all caught on camera. after july the significant to you maybe have the day off i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher yes, the holiday weekend continues. i'm sure for a lot of folks if you're watching this is early this morning. why. >>but we're glad to have kind guy john america with weather and traffic. how the roads out there this morning, you know it it's looking pretty nice right now, i'm sure a lot of people are still you know sleeping from enjoying the holiday now. >>and of course there's probably still people go up and about you know working too so we'll see how it is this morning tracking and. >>how's the weather. >>you know what not too bad and i think everyone that is going out about today. hopefully you got to at least a couple hours sleep. if you didn't well, here's your sunlight so we get back out by the way conservatory is looking all right you can see above the clouds right here that are sitting right across the bay we actually do have quite a lot of sun

>>and napa counties just one area that will see the number of hot days triple contra costa county historically sees 20 days a year above 90 by midcentury that will increase to 51 days and by the end of the century. there will be 3 months of temperatures above 90 and solano county is the worst historically with 37 days above 90. it will increase to 77 days by midcentury and a 113 days by the end of the century reversing that trend will take some work. but the union of concerned scientists thinks it can be done if we aggressively reduce our emissions from things like. >>burning coal and burning oil and gasoline that we can contain the expansion of extreme heat in the coming decades. but that will mean that we need to quickly make a transition to clean energy to get our electricity and then we'll need to use a clean energy to power every car every truck. >>if that's not done. we're also going to see more days above a 100 degrees again. the worst of it happening in the county's we mention which was about 90 solano napa as well as contra costa county. that's the latest live on treasure island dan k

across the county and aroundfir illegal in contra costa county. officials are asking the public to do its part in preventing fires.>>> whether fireworks are people putting cigarette butts out. trains on trailers. it is all going to catch. >> reporter: officials say homes and businesses were threatened during the july 4 fires. they say increase in staffing a fire crews and property owners greeting defensible space made the difference. i am told no one was injured in these fires. >>> the fears confirmed. still the, why san jose neighbors brace themselves for a fourth of july fire hours before it even sparked. >>> i weather today we warmed up a little bit. some changes for the weekend. some more fog as well. your forecast coming up. >>> police on alert tonight after a wild sideshow left my. see how police broke up a sideshow involving more than 200 vehicles. >>> >>> contra costa county deputies are looking for the person who stabbed a man to the paddock bolton the city of pacheco where a man was found gravely wounded. at about 12:15 pm. present hill.

a continued fight in contra costa county.neighbors are putting up, and the new comments the owners are making. "today in the bay" continues right now. good monday morning to you, starting the week off right with "today in the bay," i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. you can see the cloud cover at the golden gate bridge and also over san jose and it is cooling things off nicely i think. >> i think it will be mostly cloudy for several hours this morning and we're also seeing the drizzle right now in san francisco and along the coast and as we get that live look outside in san jose, of course the clouds are a little bit higher there, and our temperatures in sunnyvale will be in the upper 50s, headed into the low 70s. we see our normal high temperatures about 82 degrees, we're not going to make it there today, but it is in the forecast. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes and mike, that alert continues for the dumbarton bridge. >> it does, and so sky ranr

>>> right now at a busy morning for police in part of contra costa county. the reason police officers rushed to a neighborhood in rodeo overnight. >>> plus -- >> so i jumped up and ran towards him, but i didn't make it all the way. >> rushing the gunman. a brand new story of heroics out of the gilroy garlic festival shooting. you'll hear it first here on "today in the bay." >>> and punishing berkeley. the reason cal is no longer officially one of the top-ranked universities in the country. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your morning here with us on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. it's a nice start to our tuesday morning. let's check in right now along with that morning commute. look outside with some up, and o have some very nice flow of traffic looking at h 101. let's get' lo a look at our temperature trend for south san jose headed to santa teresa, 58 degrees and a cool start, reaching into the low 70s for the early afternoon. as we get a live look i

two attacks within minutes in contra costa county.eputies are trying to figure out if they are related. the first attack happened last thursday night when a man was found unresponsive in the street in bay point. he later died. ten minutes later an assault with a deadly weapon nearby. the victim of that attack survived. authorities have now arrested a 20-year-old antioch man and a 24-year-old bay point man. both are charged with assault with a deadly weapon, felony battery and conspiracy. >>> fortunately nobody inside this new brunswick, new jersey, home, when a crane fell into it. someone who lives there says she has seven housemates. they were all attending rutger's. investigators will be there today to figure out why this happened. neighbors say it may have been from a fast-moving storm. >>> puerto rico's governor saying he won't run for re-election. protesters say that's not enough. they want him to leave office now. demonstrators have been demanding the resignation of the governor since the revelation of offensive leaked text mess

pacheco and contra costa county. the four and 680 has been shut down. because of course you have a lot of fire crews that are there on the ground trying to battle this fire and get it under control. >> we were speaking with our meteorologist mark tamayo and he says the winds have picked up in this area. right now gusting at 26 miles per hour. but as you can see here the damage already done at this storage facility with several of these units burned, crews remain on the scene of this fire trying to put out hot spots and make sure the fire doesn't continue to spread. of - - c o n tinues to spread. obviously this is affecting traffic in the area. >> and we're still working to get the name of the storage facility. welcome everyone to the 4. i'm alex sadvidge. >> and i'm heather holmes. >> the uscg says the smallest of the two earth earthquake was a 3.5. people here felt the earthquake so did people in stockton and san francisco. a second quake was a 3.5. the centerville fire department says there's no word on any damage or injuries as a result of the small

tonight and tomorrow night. >> so far contra costa fire has responded to at least 38 fires blamed on illegal fireworks. though fireworks were banned in contra costa countyn't stop people from shooting them off. fire department officials say they have been warnitomany people have ignored those warnings. >> and as soon as the sun starts to go down and people start letting off their fireworks and firecrackers, we just pretty much go from incident to incident and they could be -- >> all night long? >> all night long. >> contra costa fire has extra staff and engines and trucks on standby to be ready through the rest of the 4th of july weekend. >>> and three bay area women are accused of robbing a store in vacaville and then crashing their car trying to get away. now, here is what is left of their vehicle and another vehicle that police say these women hit after fleeing a traffic stop on highway 505. the suspects took off on foot but were quickly arrested. we are told that two of the women are from san leandro and the other is from an founhundre ofdollarwo clothing anthr ca bve that sawomen stole nearly of sunglasses from a store in napa just hours earlier. >

. >>> a tragic head on crash in contra costa county.what may have contributed. >>> and what caused a pilot to nose dive into a hanger killing all 10 people on board. >>> europe is heating up and not in a a good way. the triple digit scorchers now turned deadly. >>> that and our own minor heat wave and we'll have to wait for it as we look at the honey, this gig-speed internet is ridiculously fast. we are seriously keeping up with the joneses. we are seriously keeping with the anderson's. we are finally keeping up with the ford's. keeping up with the garcia's. keeping up with the harvey's. with the wahh-the-wahh. with the romeros. patels. carters. the allens. wah. wolanske's. right them. no one is going to have internet like this. no one is going to have internet like this. xfinity makes keeping up with the joneses. simple. easy. awesome. check out gig-speed internet or any of our other amazing speed options. click, call or visit a store today. >>> in contra costa county a driver and his passenger are dead after he went the wrong way earl

. >>> developing story out of c contra costa county, we don't know how it happened. >>> developing newssan jose, late hour search and rescue and dogs searching valley medical inventory and surrounding areas for ruby orman, battling dementia and details on apartme building in newark that erupted in flames and killed a family dog. off the memorial high. four apartments damaged, all 14 without power so all evacuated, luckily no one was hurt. still trying to figure out what led to the fire. >>> newly released video of police shooting involving an ax wielding man. two years ago when officers responded to bomb threat in san jose. today that body cam video was released under a new state law for police transparency. >> we have to take this door s down to find man carrying ax. repeatedly ordered him to drop it, he refused. kept coming towards them. tasered the man, then when it didn't work, opened fire, killing him. ruled lawful. >>> prominent fertility clinic accused of shocking mistake. ivf mix-up led to her giving birth to other couple's babies. raising questions how the industry is regulated

i hope no one has issues, the roadways are looking great, contra costa county toward alameda county anderge, metering for the cash lanes at the toll plaza. a smooth drive despite a crash to the dublin interchange it's cleared to the shoulder west80 n breed took office. >> she pledged to clear out long-termown 33% since mayor breed took office a year ago, that leaves 380 tents across town. e our senior investigative reporter bigad shaban. >> reporter: the number of homeless tents is down, but the amount of homeless people is actually up. so is the city really making progress? >> well, i would say that getting almost 1500 people who were on the streets off the streets is real progress. >> over the last two years, the number of homeless people have spiked 17% in san francisco to more than 8,000. tonight at 11:00, hear more from the mayor and what she says she's accomplished in her first year, what she hasn't, and what she now believes is her biggest challenge facing san francisco. we investigate tonight at 11:00. >>> last night, mourners held a vigil for 16-year-old emmanuel moseby. he was

contra costa and alameda counties. pg&e has four helicopters equipped with light detection and ranging for lidar. that it now the technology is a part of a plan to manage vegetation after the 2017-2018 wildfires. >>> we are also getting information on any kind of patterns, any risks, so that we know if there is any vegetation that has the potential risk of falling into our lines. >>> you may see the helicopters flying fairly low, they go 300 to about 500 feet in elevation. they are there to measure how far the vegetation is from this distribution lines. >>> a lively now from our exclusive sales force camera. the evening looking very nice outside. halfway to the holiday weekend. >> let us check in with paul deanno on what is still in store for us. it is refreshing not to see the fog. >> it is a nice change because the onshore flow is not as strong today. let us check the winds as we talk about halfway, you're at the halfway mark of a four day holiday weekend. the breezes they're just not as strong. west northwest wind a

contra costa county, alameda county, they meet at the maze and things are moving smoothly through thatrea. no problems for the longer drive for highway 4, or 101, coming down from the north bay, aside from some fog at the golden gate bridge and some mist and drizzle as kari said at times around your usual suspects. tri-valley, altamont moves nicely, westbound 580 to the dublin interchange. no delays down to or through the south bay and the peninsula, we still have that roadwork blocking a couple lanes through palo alto. crews in some spots around the bay area now anyway, eastbound 580 getting away from the dublin interchange. there is the dublin grade. that would be the headlight direction because the tail lights is westbound, that's your commute. no delays for any other agencies, i say anymore, because b.a.r.t. wasn't running until just a few minutes ago, now two trains on time. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> tense moments for some people in the east san jose foothills. a fire raced up the side yesterday. fire destroyed a mobile home, a cottage, nearly 50 acres of land. good new

. >>> a federal crime unfolds in contra costa county. th that thief casually breaking into a wall of mailboxes in concord. a u.s. postal inspector tells us this is a county-wide problem. tom jensen joins us. how widespread is this problem? >> reporter: it is widespread according to the postal inspector. you saw how easily he got into those mailboxes. it's not happening just here in concord. it's happening across contra costa county, and federal investigators are beiworking wi local police. many are seeing the video for the first time. >> i think that's where my mailbox is. >> reporter: watch as this man opens an entire wall of mailboxes and helps himself to the contents. it happened late tuesday night. and one tenant tells us it helps explain their recent lack of mail. you're wondering why am i not getting any mail? >> yeah. >> reporter: another man wonders if this is the same person who ransacked mailboxes in his building. >> even my mailbox once it was opened, and i don't know if something is, like lost, i lost something or not. >> repo

over through contra costa alameda counties it's warm away from the bay. you have low 90s in concord, pittsburgh and antioch but you're down a couple of degrees. 88 and then you go closer to the bay perfect weather in hayward at 75 reegz. the peninsula anywhere from 62 in half moon bay 2083 in palo alto. san francisco a mild 69 in the mission but you head over to the marina and you have a cool 64 with gusty winds at times up to 22 miles per hour and across marin, napa sonoma counties upper 80s in santa rosa, ukiah, sonoma and napa. closoalley you'll grees. now, i do think the heat, hot 100s will stay away and that's all because the storm track which has some milder air with it is just off to the north. that's really going to keep a lot of the hottest air away. but we're going to be stuck kind of in between. we'll still have some warm weather but the morning fog will help kind of save us if you will. so good week coming our way. the only problem you might have is allergies. privet starting to bloom. it's been blooming for parts of the bay area for a while b

. >>> plus the contra costa county teenager who saw flames and helped save two lives. >> she ran past the fire that was coming out of the garage. >>> we are live with the new plan to deal with epic crowds at the chase center. why it won't cost you a dime. >> we understand everyone is concerned. >>> the new kpix news at 7 starts right now with the grass fire in santa clara county. i am ken bastida. >> i am veronica de la cruz. the fire now burning in the foothills east of san jose between sarah and filter road in the diablo range. this was taken from chopper 5 a few minutes ago. cal fire ordering four caretakers to battle the blaze. it has already burned 50 acres just within the past hour or so. as of right now, the fire is a zero containment. the fast-moving blaze already burning up 250 acres and one structure has been destroyed. black smoke can be seen throughout the santa clara valley. there have been no injuries and no evacuations to tell you about. >>> is the temperature rises, the relative humidity drops. we did see that today with values down below 25 or 30%. hotspots around 100