thank you, erica. happening today, drug company pfizer is meeting with the white and officials there to talk about a possible 3rd dose of a covid-19 vaccine. president biden's chief medical adviser. >> so the covid booster shot could be needed in the coming months. but the fda and the cdc have not agreed with that assessment. doctor anthony fauci says it's still too soon for the government to recommend another shot currently only about 40% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated in some parts of the country have lower immunization rates and in those places the bell to the delta variant rather is surging. coming up here on kron, 4 news at 3, a brazen burglary at a south bay jewelry store all caught on camera. we'll hear from the frustrated store owner. >> and later, the city of oakland is implementing a new strategy to fight illegal sideshows. we'll tell you what's being installed to prevent more games are scenes like this one. and after the break, the bay area man now in custody for trying to flee t

thank you, erica. california california is the largest wildfires burning a lot of the data state line. the back with complex fire has burned more than 91,000 acres in lassen and plumas counties. and it's 26% contained. >> flames jumped us highway 3.95 over the weekend. the small town of doyle has been hit hard. 600 people live there in 20 houses were destroyed one man says everything he owns is gone. >> i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all these years. >> it's gone because they can do is focus on what's >> the back with complex fires. actually a combination of 2 fires. they're both started by lightning. no injuries have been reported. coming up at 3.30 dozens of wildfires are burning across the western united states and one is threatening the power supply here in california will have the latest on the firefight. now an airplane has crashed into a home near monterey. this is a picture sent out by monterey county regional fire details are still coming in, but we know it wa

erica, good morning. going to double duty for us both on the weather and the traffic for a good morning. yeah, good morning. james are right about that rain. and john, both off today. so i'll handling both. but temperatures today and some places inland. we'll actually see numbers. >> up about 15 degrees forces. what we saw yesterday for daytime high temperatures. >> along the coast so you won't see too much of a change. >> maybe temperatures will just be a few degrees higher versus yesterday. but yes, there it is. fog. and we're also seeing some patchy drizzle and some places. however, it should burn off by mid afternoon. as for temperatures right now, we're at 58 in hayward to 55 in dublin, 59 in pittsburgh petaluma currently 48 degrees. and in nevado 50 right now, we do have an excessive heat watch that will be in effect tomorrow through monday because of those high temperatures dry conditions as well. so you can see the pink there up in the marine county as well as out in concord and livermore, all tha

you're looking pretty erica is here with a look at the weather. good morning. >> good morning, james and darya at temperatures today. little warmer on day 2 of this warming trend tomorrow. even hotter. but taking a look outside looking clear can actually see the golden gate bridge behind me. we don't have that deep marine layer. unlike yes, wins also looking light as well. we have this ridge of high pressure over the desert southwest that's giving us these temperatures well above normal and it's also bringing in a dry air mass as well. our daytime high temperatures today in san francisco will be in the 70's along the bay over the coast. should i say we're going to be the 60's a 64 for pacific amid the 70's and south san francisco today 84 for foster city. if you live out on the coast actually, really not going to see too much of a change in terms of our temperatures. however, in the south bay, you will notice we're in the mid 90's for daytime highs versus yesterday. we're also going to see more triple digits out there for inland areas. so much hot

erica, we'll tell you in just a minute. visibility is on the good side for the vast majority of the bay as cloud cover sits right above us up in the sierra nevada. we saw some thunderstorms over the weekend that's going to diminish as we work our way through this week should just be a dry forecast up in the sierra. but as we'll be seeing in the bay area too. we're still in the midst of this on-shore push of ocean. cool there that's going to make its way on inland today. keeping temperatures moderated. this is the trend of weather that's going continue today, tomorrow and wednesday before we really start to run out of that sea breeze. and that's when inland areas start to get really hot 60's for your daytime highs in sf today and 60's right along the coastline too. temperatures along our bayside cities burlingame at 74 degrees. foster city 75 palo alto at 78 while south bay temperatures mostly in the low 80's today, east bay daytime high 70's 80's for you with livermore 86 oakland. a really nice 70 in lots of sunshine to loo

thanks a lot, erica. 07:50am.et's baseball the giants on a roll before they head into the all-star break next week. yesterday facing. >> the arizona diamondbacks. let's jump to the 3rd inning. austin slater at the plate hits a bomb over left center field. and that's good for a solo homer. the giants to tack on another 2 runs later on, maybe the d'backs 5 to 2. there was a scary moment during six-inning buster posey. watch this. >> foul ball off of his left hand. gloves flying. he had to leave the game edge x-rays were negative. so they say it's well, a contusion which basically means here's a giants manager. gabe kaplan marshals a catcher. he you see me smiling. that's that's my level relief. >> my my level of concern. obviously when when through his glove office. >> pretty high. obviously, you know, it's pretty even doesn't react. without much. you know, kind of emotion very often. so obviously we take that really went out there. give him a chance to kind of stand the game. obviously he's always going to fight fo

so be sure to stay with us you. >> erica, thank you. you can get the latest conditions forecast and a list of cooling centers right your fingertips through the kron. 4 mobile app. just scan the qr code on your screen to downloaded the app is free in the apple and google play stores. tonight on kron 4 news at 9. still to come, saving the lives of first responders. the effort this weekend here in the bay area to prevent firefighters from taking their own lives. then we'll show you how the city of oakland came out today to demand a safer community after a number of violent crime so far this year. but first, we'll show you how the city of charlottesville, virginia still coping with a deadly races. super white-supremacist march 4 years ago. it's time for sleep number's lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it's the most comfortable, body-sensing, automatically-responding, energy-building, dually-adjustable, dad-powering, wellness-boosting, foot-warming, temperature-balancing, recovery-assisting, effortlessly life-cha

erica. good morning, james and darya. well, yes, today temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. but even hotter on saturday which will be the warmest day of the week. however, currently temperatures are still cool. we're seeing some low clouds. >> along the bank coast and a little bit of fog still, which should keep burning off as we get closer to about 1130 this morning. 12 o'clock, larry c berkeley still can't really see the view because of the low clouds and the fog right pretty light. right now. we're at 55 out there concord, 5655 in fairfield lower 50's from santa rosa down to novato at the moment and this afternoon, winds will pick up just a little bit as for satellite and radar here looking dry up and down the state. we have that pressure that's building and given us this excessive heat warning that will be in effect tomorrow afternoon through sunday night for all of the pink that you see there and it extends even further than the bay area. in case you happen to be traveling up and

erica. it's for 31 and a dangerous and hectic holiday weekend in vallejo has police now asking for help sideshows gunshots illegal fireworks. they all took place over several streets across the 4th of july. kron four's. dan thorn talked with police about their concerns and the changes they'd like to make in order to stop these from happening going forward. >> it's a part of bay area culture. but it's becoming a major problem here in vallejo. almost a dozen sideshows broke out across the city sunday night with a around a 1000 people taking part. police say they have limited resources to tackle this problem. and they're calling on city, state and federal leaders to help them stop the spontaneous and dangerous events. it's an issue. the delay hope police department is trying to mitigate illegal sideshows. they get distracted and vine. >> i understand that this is a large part of bay area culture however, you know our position as a police department is to protect and serve. >> one way of doing t

erica. thanks. you can get the latest conditions forecast and even a list of cooling centers right now at your fingertips through the kron. 4 mobile app. >> just scan the qr code on your screen with your mobile device to download it. the app is free in the apple and google play stores tonight here on kron. 4 news at 10 o'clock. we're monitoring the very latest on the bootleg fire burning in oregon. >> bay area fire crews now joining the team will show you how they're now helping in this firefight. 2 men in the east bay trying to break a world record on a teeter totter. how they did it. we'll take you there plus, saving lives of first responders. the effort this weekend here in the bay area to prevent first responders from taking their own lives. you're watching kron 4 news at 10. this weekend. there is an effort to save the lives of firefighters. >> according to the group red help more american firefighters are committing suicide, then those killed in the line of duty. the group uniting family and f

and for that, we've got erica standing by once again for us on this friday. good morning. erica. good morning, james. well, temperatures right now for our inland areas are actually warmer than what we saw 24 hours ago. in fact, i'm seeing some 70's still out there and we'll see that in just a moment. but take a look at this shot over berkeley much different than yesterday. we don't have that thick and marine layer covering the view out over berkeley as that dry air mass is pushing it away. as for temperatures right now in berkeley. we're at 64. they're out in the south bay still mid 60's 70 in livermore, 61 in alameda. >> notice. it's warmer 55 in petaluma out there still pretty similar to 24 hours ago along the coast. we do have that excessive heat warning that will be in effect to this afternoon. through sunday. so very hot temperatures. i'll tell you just how hot we can expect it to get in just a bit. but i want to transition over to traffic and see how the roads are looking right now and it looks fabulous if you're heading into san francisco right now, just a couple of cars o

i'm erica hill in for ana cabrera in new york. it is a pandemic that by now is both predictable and frankly preventable. today, covid-19 is preying almost exclusively on those unwilling or unable to get the life saving vaccine. and that puts everyone at risk. especially children under the age of 12 who aren't jyet eligible for the shots. the biden administration is stockpiling an additional 200 million doses of pfizer's vaccine in anticipation of authorization for younger children and the possibility of a third dose or booster. and with the new school year just weeks away, more districts across the country mandating masks in the classroom. this as concern continues to grow about vaccine hesitancy. that's prompting officials in areas with some of the lowest vaccination rates to sound the alarm. >> these folks are choosing horrible lifestyles of self-inflicted pain. >> that is it going to take people to get people to get shots in arms? >> i don't know. you tell me. folks supposed to have common sense. but it is time for to start bla

james. >> alright, erica, thank you very much. at 6. '02, 1, of the big stories that we're following this morning is the fact that a lot of fireworks were set off last night. most of them illegal in nature. and we're not out of the woods yet. fact. take a look at this video from this high vantage point in the east bay. you can see just how many people were setting off fireworks last night. the contra costa fire protection district responded. that's set to more than 50 fires overnight. many of them sparked by fireworks. crawford's yulia 7 standing by live for us in martinez, where one particular fire broke out really close to some homes near highway 6.80. good morning. ali. >> yeah, good morning. james. yes, these people are very lucky that their home is still standing because the fire got really close. let me just show you i just pan over here and i up in between the trees. you can see the burned fence right over here. >> and you can see some more of burned to fence in hillside right over there. but let's show you the video becaus

erica. >> how right today. i'm going to start off with the weather, though. >> temperatures right now here in san francisco. still cool. we got that cloud cover and a little bit of fog still that marine layer should pull back to the ocean now as we get closer to about lunch time, but you still can't see the view out there in berkeley because of the low clouds and fog. >> for what we can expect this weekend an excessive heat warning that will begin tomorrow afternoon through sunday night. that is for the pain that we see there. and you also see it extends past the bay area as well. in case you happen to be traveling up and down the state as well as parts of arizona, nevada, the entire southwest of the seeing high pressure building and high temperatures and dry conditions but bringing it back home today in the meantime, here's a look at our temperatures around 11 will be in the lower 60's along the coast in our inland areas up to the 80's before hitting our daytime highs this afternoon now want to take a look at

erica, thank you. to the south bay where the valley transportation authority says it plans to have light rail service. >> back up and running by the end of the month. service has been suspended since may when a vta worker shot and killed 9 of his colleagues before killing himself. kron four's taylor the second learned more about the agency's five-point plan to resume service. >> it's still very tough process it's something that no one ever could have to us. and there are 2100 employees here is with our partners to try and do whatever we can to provide the services and support services. their employees know it's been almost 2 months since the mass shooting at the vta railyard in san jose. >> we're shooter sam cassidy opened fire on his co-workers and killed 9 people before turning the gun on himself since that day may 26 light rail service has not been running. but now the vta is working on a five-point plan to restore the service by the end of the month. the first phase is to make sure that our employe

erica has the details. good morning. good morning. to see more triple digits for inland areas. >> in the meantime, we're still cool out there, especially along the coast where you won't really see too much of a change versus what we saw yesterday. it's more of our inland areas. south bay parts of the north bay as well. so taking a look outside over berkeley seeing a beautiful blue skies and some high cirrus clouds out there. winds looking like right now compared to 9.30 yesterday morning or actually 21 degrees warmer out in fairfield right now in livermore, san jose. 10 degrees warmer along the coast. as i mentioned, not too much of a change we're currently at 55 in half moon bay. but 70's in palo alto are also up to the 70's and napa and petaluma right now. and 75 current me and nevado. so here we have this high pressure that we've been talking about that bringing us these warm temperatures and dry conditions. and that's what we can expect, not just here in the bay area but also down in southern california and the central valley. mos

erica, thank you. concord police know crediting a new community mobile app with helping them to find 100 illegal fireworks in the last month. >> police say this, the first week this app launched they received more than 450 tips. the app lets folks file real-time reports to let police know about specific locations where fireworks are being used. fireworks are illegal in contra costa county fireworks are also being blamed for sparking a house fire in antioch that now has a woman looking for a new place to live. the fire is among 4 in the same neighborhood that can fire crews battled overnight. kron four's camila barco has more. >> investigators say they battled for fire saturday night, 3 of them were smaller vegetation and property fires the 4th one was a home that is now covered in soot and ash. >> lisa, my house is on right now. anderson's home near the antioch unified school district is inhabitable right now after it almost burned to the ground there house of really everything i own is out on my front

erica, thank you. you can get the latest conditions forecast and a list of cooling centers right at your fingertips. >> through the kron. 4 mobile app. just scan the qr code on your screen to downloaded the kron 4 app is free in the apple and google play stores. starting tomorrow. the historic bixby bridge along highway one in big sur will be closed for maintenance during the overnight hours, the closures will take place from to 9 until 06:30am in the morning over the next 3 weeks. the bridge and road will be open on the weekends right now. there's no detour for the closure traffic control will direct drivers to turn around during the closures. still to come tonight are. the. the star of is resuming rail service. a very soon after the deadly mass shooting in san jose will let you know how they're planning to do it and what it means for the survivors. millions of families can expect to see some more money in their wallets starting this week thanks to the child tax credit will let you know when it will h

erica, good morning. good morning.hile this afternoon, winds will pick up just a little bit throughout the bay area. as for the gray that we're seeing in san francisco. it's not just there right now, but it's also out in half moon bay as we can see in the shot here when so looking light and that should be mostly sunny this afternoon. and of course a little warmer versus yesterday. we see all this pink on the map that is an excessive heat warning for those areas that will start tomorrow and last through sunday night because. >> those temperatures are just going to continue to climb and you can see that also extends the past the bay area. in fact, most of california will see some excessive heat this weekend as well as parts of arizona, nevada because high pressure is building in the region there in the southwest. >> so dry conditions will also persist as well. have that high fire danger that will be in effect. >> so here's a lot look at our temperatures this morning around 11 o'clock is when we'll start getting into the

thank you very much, erica. it is 4.48 a home invasion in solano county turns deadly police say a man knocked on the door of a solano county home and when no one answered, he kicked the door in and that is when the homeowner opened fire shooting and killing the man. we've got really a shot. now with the story. >> the kind of blown lived here all my life. 18 years and thus far the most eventful thing that's happened in this neighborhood, a piece of plywood which covers the front door of this vintage valley drive home is the only indication that something happened here. >> police say the couple were having breakfast when they saw an unknown man through their ring camera knocked on their front door when the homeowners didn't answer the door. the suspect only did knock the door down. get off the hinges. >> an attempt to make entry in the house. the homeowner defend themselves and fire grounds. the suspect fleeing and then you obviously called us and has forced about police say the homeowner fired 2 shots with his ha

thank you very much, erica. now to our coronavirus coverage after months of progress of daily covid-19 cases in some bay area counties are unfortunately on the rise again, health officials are blaming the surge on the rapid spread of the delta variant which as we've reported, is the most dominant strain right now in california largely impacting those who are not yet vaccinated. studies have suggested that if you're fully vaccinated, then you should be fairly immune to the delta variant. but pfizer is nonetheless seeking authorization for a booster shot. we've got kron four's. dan thorn with more on that. >> in an effort to boost immunity against coronavirus variants. pfizer is seeking the potential of another vaccine dose. early studies of the company's booster suggest antibody levels jumped dramatically with a 3rd shot. there's no reason. >> to roll up your sleeve for a 3rd booster at this point. you see berkeley infectious disease specialist doctor john swartzberg says 2 doses of the pfizer vaccine should be e

still to come, erica. >> thanks john. what is still early. not too many people out on the road right now. it's looking great on all our bridges across the bay area. on interstate 5.80, from livermore out to dublin. it's a fast 10 minute drive time on the 6.80 from dublin to fremont just under 15 minutes, just a few cars out there on the road. 80 from san leandro to milpitas looking at 19 minutes. as for the peninsula down to the south bay looking great as well. no issues on the one o one as well as the 2.80, you're looking at 27 minutes from san jose out to menlo park right now. james. >> all right. thank you very much, erica, for '02 is the time in our big story this morning. growing concerns over the rise in crime in san francisco and its impact on tourism. this comes as officials are trying to get people to come back to san francisco and help the city recover from the pandemic crawford's taylor sackey with the story. >> it's videos like this that continue to raise awareness of fest in safety issues in san francisco, here. at least 10 shopl

erica. >> thanks, john. well, if you're taking a interstate 80 heading towards sacramento here closer to dixon. we do have an issue there's reports of vehicle swerving because the middle lane is blocked 5 gallon bucket. apparently. so just be careful this morning. if you're taking that route. as for the bridges right now, san mateo bridge. it's moving even though there's a lot more cars on the road about 13 minutes out to highway one. oh, one in the peninsula and then the richmond sandra fell bridge are seeing more cars here. approaching expect 8 minutes heading out to highway one o one in marion county and then along the peninsula down to the south bay when no one's looking excellent right now. you can see though, are drive time has increased a couple of minutes. that's because there's more cars out on the roads here looking at 30 minutes now from san jose to menlo park starting to see a little yellow there. as for the 4 from antioch 2 conquered. you're looking at 23 a drive time their increased as well as

thank you very much, erica. 5.31 the time.headlines this morning and in the east bay. >> the threat wildfires sparked by fireworks still exists even this day after the holiday their concerns of people may try and set them off today. kron four's camila barco has the warning now from fire officials, especially in a random. >> officials are cracking down on illegal fireworks they are not allowed here in contra, costa county and in other parts of the bay area. contra, costa county fire reports 40 people have lost their homes this year alone firework related incident. a lit up the city of orinda to celebrate the nation's birthday after covid shut down last year's festivities. >> and now we're live here where there are people and they can like take off my and it's just it's really great city. where is enjoying it with family and away from the fireworks will probably be making like hot cakes. as i said earlier, normally we do some sort of a game while her the 4th of july on. so normally probably do that and face time of relative. >>

my conversation with katie ledecky and erica sullivan after they dominated a grueling new women's event. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. reporting tonight from tokyo. >> hello from tokyo. more than 5,000 miles from the u.s. mainland, yet part of what feels like an ever shrinking world under the pandemic. as this olympic city struggles to contain its own covid outbreak, the latest effort to reverse a surge in cases back home in the united states is causing confusion and irritation after the cdc reissued those new face mask guidelines for regions of the country where the virus is spreading rapidly. and for children returning back to school, though some local leaders moved quickly to adopt them, others are pointing to a loss in confidence as the agency's policies evolve. all of this comes as covid cases spike in some areas, leaving hospitals overwhelmed. miguel almaguer has the fallout. >> reporter: tonight mask confusion as the united states stands divided over changing guidelines, just hours after the cdc released this blotted map saying all americans should we

erica, 8 '02 and a big story this morning. a chaotic and dangerous holiday weekend in oakland. >> despite warnings. the skies were filled with illegal fireworks. we saw a video that you can see it there in the big wall. the streets. >> below police officers were busy responding to dozens of crimes. in fact, there were 8 shootings reported over the holiday weekend with 7 on the 4th of july itself. another happened early yesterday morning. and this is video one of those shootings from the citizens ap one of the shootings being investigated actually as a homicide and at least one of the other victims is in critical condition. >> officers were also attacked. the police chief says that officers were targeted when they tried to break up a sideshow. >> this sideshow reached a number of over 300 vehicles in over 200 additional spectators. a significant dangerous threats to our officers. why the use of firearms? that's well last lasers pointed at the officers and then objects being thrown at the officers. >> at least one person was inj

this saturday night kron 4 meteorologist erica caturay in tonight for bree so with a look at what's on tap for the start of your sunday. obviously more warm temperatures for the folks living yeah, you're right about that. another warm day tomorrow for those of you are in line and who live in the south bay parts of the north bay. but if you're along the coast or here in san francisco looking to be much cooler. here's a live look outside the golden gate bridge seeing low clouds there you can see in the distance the flag waving it is a little breezy right now. we're seeing gusts close to 25 miles per hour in san francisco right now as well as other parts of the bay area. we can expect. >> wind conditions to persist through the rest of the night. and tomorrow morning it will be light winds for you. our current temperature here in the city's 58 degrees. still in the 90's, though, out there and livermore an antioch 75 in vallejo. >> 63 in oakland and 74 in san jose. so excessive heat warning continues through tomorrow until 11:00pm. that is for all the areas in pink that you see. and then we

. >> louisville, kentucky police chief erica talks about the impact of the covered pandemic on crime. revamping from loss preventing crime. she spoke out of event hosted by the washington post. >> hello and welcome to washington post live. i'm a criminal justice reporter for the washington post today it's my pleasure to welcome police chief erica shields as we continue our conversation about the rise in violent crimes around the country, protecting public safety and the role of policing the police chief in atlanta, thank you for joining us, chief. >> thanks for having me, i appreciate it. >> i have no easy questions for you as you would expect and we will start with being in wlouisville, crime was up and t that time for you previously worked 25 years. crime is up in virtually every fixity, shootings, homicides up. recently you noteds homicide roast knives you present last year end they are authorized now 104 so far this year. why is this happening? for so many years of declines, we used to see it going down steadily year after year, what is the change in 2020 which continued into 2021

check it right, erica. right. yeah. speaking of san francisco are temperatures today for daytime highs. >> we're going to be in the 70's. a normal for us. around 66 this time of year. other places going to be above normal even more than 5 degrees along the coast. daytime highs will be in the 60's today. 65 in half moon bay. not too much of a change or increase in are temperatures compared to yesterday there. however, other parts of the bay. notice it's warmer. millbrae 81 degrees foster city 84 for daytime highs out in the south bay. we're going to see some mid 90's 95 in morgan now 94 in saratoga, the normals usually in the 80's this time of year out there and there you see more triple digits in places like pleasanton and livermore today hayward mid 80's down to union city as well. rock a triple digits there in danville and concord 70's in berkeley. little cooler out here and pittsburgh also triple digits. we've got another hot spot out there in vacaville at one. '05, i'm going to stay hydrated. wear your sunscreen if

erica, thank you. tonight, the death toll from the deadly condo building collapse in florida now stands at 90. >> during a news conference this afternoon. officials say that 31 people are still unaccounted for. first responders have been working tirelessly around the clock to try and bring closure to the families friday alone. we learned that 3 workers had to be hospitalized. one even going into cardiac arrest. crews have now removed more than 14 million tons of debris from that site. >> teens are continuously working. i to make progress on the site of the collapse. one shared purpose to bring closure to the families who are waiting for of their loved ones. >> tonight. we've also learned now started to be distributed. a tense night saturday at a denver hotel during major league baseball all-star weekend. 4 people arrested after an arsenal of guns found inside of a hotel room guests at even hotel were ordered to stay inside of their rooms with the doors locked as swat teams moved in the hotel just a blo

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still to come, first, though, on over to erica. we'll go with an early look at traffic. >> good morning, john. well, right now roads are actually looking pretty good just after midnight. we had couple of minor traffic collisions around the bay area. as you can no cars on the road here. if you're heading over to the bay bridge from the maze to fremont street are looking at 7 minutes and taking the san mateo bridge. it's going to be a great drive right now we're in the green just a fast 12 minute drive out to the peninsula to foster city of you're heading in that direction. there was a traffic collision out on the 5.80 just before the toll plaza heading east. this was around one 30 this morning. there was 2 vehicles involved. but i believe it might have cleared him trying to get an update on that. asked for out here in the south bay san jose looking fabulous. right now. i'm not tracking any major hot spots. as you can see, we are in the green. we're looking at a 29 minute drive from san jose out to menlo park and out here by livermor

erica. >> make huge on right now. bridges are looking good. if you plan on taking it this morning saying the richmond sandra fell bridge. it's only 7 minutes from the toll plaza out to highway one. oh, one. as for our golden gate bridge, both directions are looking good right now. just a few cars going by right now. you're looking at 20 minutes out to the toll plaza bureaucrat crossing that this morning highway one o one up and down the bay. area's looking great as well. the peninsula down to san jose. if you happen to be heading from san jose to menlo park. you're looking at a 27 minute drive time and here on the 4 from antioch to concord. just a quick 13 minute drive time right now. other drive times around the bay from livermore to dublin on the 5, 80 looking at 10 minutes. we are in the green for dublin to fremont on the 6.80 just 13 minutes. no issues and no hot spots right now on interstate 8.80, as well from san leandro to milpitas. you're looking at a drive time of under 20 minutes. james. >> all right. thank you very much, erica, for

erica. 6. oh, one. and today there's a critical meeting planned to review the oakland a's billion dollar proposal for a waterfront stadium at howard terminal. a lot of folks have their fingers green light today would move the project a lot closer to a vote by the oakland city council kron four's, camila barco live for us with the latest from the newsroom. good morning. camilla. >> good morning, daryn game. so yeah, according to the city of oakland, this proposed ballpark could be the largest private investment in any major league baseball park nation wide. and today will be the first time city leaders have the opportunity to discuss a deal. the terms for a potential deal and financing options. this is what the new oakland a's ball park could look like if the plan is approved. now the waterfront stadium at the howard terminal site which seat about 34,000 people. the project would also include a new vibrant district featuring a new hotel. 3,000 units of affordable housing and entertainment complex and new

is joining us with a look ahead erica.eah. well, here in the bay area. we're not seeing any rain on like parts of asia right now. in fact, i've been looking at. >> the forecast models there for the upcoming week. as you know, we do have the olympics going on out in tokyo. so. >> as you know, they do get hurricane season, but they refer to the hurricanes as typhoons. and you can see here north of taiwan there. a typhoon making landfall this weekend. and then we have another one. they're getting close to tokyo sunday into monday. so i'm keeping my eye on there's different weather and forecast models and they all show different paths. others also picking it's also picking another one possibly on thursday. so i mean, with thai food, they bring strong winds. a lot of rain. in fact, the one north of taiwan could bring 15 to 20 inches of rain or 8 there. so that's what we can expect. we're going to keep our eye on that. our temperatures here in the bay area, though, in the 50's right now as we're cooling off about to hit our over

and then i guess we're down in your cave erica. yeah, you're right about that right before the break, we see our daytime highs around the bay area and yeah, it's definitely warmer compared to yesterday tomorrow's going to be even hotter anyways. as you know, it's friday. some of you guys might be traveling if you happen to be headed out to say right now looking pretty nice. we have a live look. >> outside donner summit camera there. you can see the blue skies. i believe the daytime high temperature today out and see it south lake tahoe's about 92 degrees. there fresno the highs. one. '09. and if you're heading out to sacramento today. one. oh sevens is lynn. they have extreme heat out there. not so not just of the bay area's dealing with that. but other parts of the state as well. so here's a look at some of our national temperatures for those of you are traveling past california that high pressure is actually building over the entire southwest area. that's why we're seeing these dry conditions and hot temperatures coming up, i'll

erica. >> thank you, john. well, it is moving a little slow there as you're approaching the richmond. sandra fell a bridge and about to hit the tolls. but after you get past that it is fast afterwards in both directions. about 10 minutes out to highway one. oh, one numbers. just a couple minutes. a higher then earlier and one. oh, one up and down the peninsula in the south bay not too bad 34 minutes from san jose to menlo park pretty normal for this time of the morning dumbarton bridge looking good 82 menlo park is about 13 minutes and out in the east bay here interstate 80 from san leandro to milpitas. you can expect about 26 minutes. if you're taking state route 4 from antioch to concord. you can expect about 20 minutes as well. and 6.80, from checotah danville. a 16 minute drive time ask for the 2.37 from milpitas to sunnyvale just 7 minutes. back to you. >> thanks. a lot of state 19 and today president biden meets with several federal agencies to try to find a solution to the rave of or wave of ransomware a

erica, thank you very much. still ahead in the middle of what is shaping up to be a yet another devastating fire season in california. >> new trolls are on the way to help fire crews quickly spot, wildfires and put them out before they spread and in sports, 49 or fred warner talking about his record breaking contract extension. plus, jason dumas has a look ahead at. >> giants dodgers game for coming up. plus a northern california driver arrested for impersonating a police officer how you use this card. a full others and the lessons we can all learn from this. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up, that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of

erica, thanks john. well, now's a great time to hit the roads. if you have to head somewhere because. >> traffic is excelling. you can see just a few cars right now out on the road. you're looking at 7 minutes from the maze out to fremont bay bridge, both directions looking good. san mateo bridge as well. the high rise looking good from 8.80. out to the peninsula. you're looking at a quick 12 minute drive time and then here the dunbarton bridges looking good. you can see we are in the green. it's only 11 minutes out to menlo park. if you're taking that this morning as for interstate 6.80, from pacheco to danville just 11 minutes and on highway one. oh, one from san jose to menlo park just 26 minutes. james. >> all right. thank you very much. it is 4.32 and let's turn to our coverage of the coronavirus and the highly dangerous and contagious. delta variant, which is now the dominant strain here in the state. it's now being blamed for 36% of all cases across california and that's a dramatic increase from may when the delta variant accounted for les

erica. >> thanks, john.'ve been keeping my eyes on the roads and still just a few a fender benders so far this morning, nothing major. that will be impacting your commute. it looks move right now as you're approaching the toll plaza into san francisco for taking the bay bridge this morning. 9 minutes from the maze to fremont street as for the golden gate bridge also looking at pretty smooth hair. 18 minutes out to the tolls and the rest of the bay area. bridges, dunbarton bridged. i don't see any issues there as well as the san mateo bridge on interstate 8.80, from san leandro to milpitas you're looking at 20 minutes for your drive time and out in the south bay right now on the 2.80, from san jose to cupertino. a quick 10 minute drive time. of course, these numbers will go up as we get more people out on the roads this morning on state route. 4 from antioch to concord. you're looking at 15 minutes. james and darya. >> thanks a lot. 5.32 in the east bay. the deadly weekend crime wave in oakland is bring a lot

so let's get right to it with erica in the weather center. >> right about that. diane fact places like vacaville already going to hit the triple places in the south bay can see temperatures 10 degrees warmer than what we saw for yesterday's daytime highs this afternoon. but right now still looking cloudy out here in san francisco as well as along the coast. we have a shot out overlooking half moon bay right now should be mostly sunny though, in the afternoon as that continues to clear. now, all this pink that we see here on our map that is an excessive heat warning for those areas and this will take effect tomorrow afternoon through sunday night. so it's going to be on out there. you want to stay hydrated. you can see this. also extends past the bay area up and down the state. we're going to see that excessive heat and those dry conditions because of high pressure that will be building here over california. arizona, nevada, that entire region this weekend. it's going be says, lynn. so here's a look at those temperatures these next few hours. we'll warm up to the

erica, thank you for joining us this morning.the intense heat wave over the last few weeks is this an aberration or potentially a future baseline, where we should start setting up expectations moving forward? >> it's a little bit of both. the magnitude of the heat wave, just how hot it was, probably was anomalous, but the fact that there are more heat waves is not surprising. as climate continues to change, we're both observing and continuing to project more frequent heat waves, longer heat waves and more intense heat waves. and also more extremes of all types. so it's not inconsistent with climate change, that cold spells also are becoming more common. and more intense during the winter season. >> now, you've gone on the record to say that oregon's infrastructure is not ready for these increased temperatures. help us understand what needs to change. >> infrastructure around the country and around the world, wasn't designed for the types of average and extreme climate conditions that are becoming more common as climate continues

erica. >> thank you, john. well, our bay area bridges have been excellent however, other places, not so much. we have a sig alert that was issued here in dublin and lanes are still blocked from this multi vehicle accident that happened about an hour ago. it involved a big rig. so just a heads up. if you're out there, you can see the red that's some heavy traffic. lot of cars piling up and that area asked for. to 80 northbound in san francisco near the mariposa street. exit. there was another vehicle collision in the sig alert was issued as well for that. we do still have some lanes blocked out there. but as you can see here looking much different than a normal workday. when we see way more cars out there seems a lot of people are still sleeping from the weekend. the san mateo bridge is looking excellent in both directions. we haven't seen any problems all morning. it's only 13 minutes out to one o one. if you're heading in that direction and the 4 here from antioch to concord under 15 minutes for tribe time as

erica. >> thanks, john.o still seen any improvement out in pittsburgh following a traffic collision that happened. this is state route 4 heading west near san marco boulevard. we still got a lane blocked and heavy traffic up there. if you're taking that this morning. as for those accidents on interstate 80. it looks like it's cleared and traffic is starting to get better. we had a couple down. >> below as well as at san pablo avenue. >> but that's good news at all. so good news for those of you taking the bridges. it's gotten better and faster for your commute out too. the peninsula expect about 13 minutes. if you're taking the san mateo bridge, both directions looking good as well as the high rise and on highway one o one on the peninsula down to san jose looking much better now or drive time has gone down to 28 minutes from san jose to menlo park. so checking in interstate 6.80, they're heading out to danville 12 minutes. but notice up for a state route for a 30 minute drive time. it it might actually be e

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first, though, on over to erica. it's back to work for so many people where we had on the roads. >> yeah, you're right about that. well, right now we have that traffic collision that happened out on the peninsula on one. oh, one south that's causing heavy traffic because a few of the lanes are blocked. this is by millbrae avenue. it was a white honda sedan versus a dump truck. so that's why we're seeing traffic. there's because of that collision. we do have some good news for that collision. that happened on one. oh, one northbound santa rosa by todd road. it lanes are all clear. now. you can see traffic is flowing smoothly. there were in the green. again, as for those of you taking the richmond. sandra fell bridge this morning. also looking good as you're approaching the tolls here, it's flown smooth just 7 minutes out to highway one o one in marin county has 4 westbound 24 from walnut creek to the 5.80. it's just 12 minutes. you can see a lot of the green. we're back to the green and several places where we saw oth

erica, thanks john., i've been keeping my eye on this traffic collision. >> that happened out near just past the railroad avenue exit on state route we still have a couple lanes that's blocked out there. and you can see we're still in the red and the orange out there. so it's moving a little from antioch out to conquer in that direction. it's about 30 you might want to leave a little early. if you're taking that this morning and here just before you hit the toll plaza heading over to san francisco taking the bay bridge this morning looking normal for what we expect to see this. of course, moving slow. >> as we're heading into the city. but there's no major accidents or incidents in either direction on that bridge carpool lane. looking great. if you happen to be able to take bad instead have an extra person with you. golden gate bridge. both directions. looking good right now. you can expect 21 minutes out to the toll plaza here's a look at some of our other bay area drive times interstate 5.80, from live

erica, thanks john. well, there's less cars out on the road this morning as people are still sleeping in and off from work. >> our bridges have been excellent this morning. no major crashes or anything. you can see it's flowing smoothly there. if you're headed on the golden gate bridge out to the north bay and then richmond sandra fell bridge also looking excellent as well. just 7 minutes if you're heading out from the toll plaza to one o one. we did have this traffic collision that happened around 6.30 this morning that i've been keeping my eye on it still looks like it's not completely clear. they just opened one of the lanes that was closed a few minutes ago. but still you can see here the orange and a little bit of red still causing a little bit of a delay on the 5.80 westbound near haas and a tribe out in dublin. so leave a little earlier this morning. if you plan on taking bat as for midway elizabeth road up in solano county and between the 5. '05, and interstate or state route 80 there was a traff

good morning, erica. good morning, james and darya.y temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. but even hotter on saturday which will be the warmest day of the week. however, currently temperatures are still cool. we're seeing some low clouds. >> along the bank coast and a little bit of fog still, which should keep burning off as we get closer to about 1130 this morning. 12 o'clock, larry c berkeley still can't really see the view because of the

and the weekend warm-up all still to come, erica, thank you, john. well, right now not picking up any major hot spots. but. >> that will probably change in a bed. but right now, if you plan on taking any of the bridges. it's looking great bay bridge in both directions looking great as well as the san mateo bridge. it's a quick drive time right now of just 13 minutes out to highway one. oh, one in the peninsula has 4 westbound 24 year from walnut creek to the 5.80. looking smooth. you can see where in the green just 11 minutes right now. so not too many cars on the road just yet. southbound 6.80 from dublin to fremont just a 13 minute drive time and other times around the bay here highway one. oh, one from morgan hill to san jose just 9 minutes. and if you plan on taking barter caltrain this morning. i'm not tracking any delays just oo know. for those of you who do take the ace trains east 7.10 is still suspended. james and darya. >> thanks a lot. the big story this morning is in the east bay. 2 people are dead, several others in critical condition af