everyone around you was a pittsburgh steelers fan.job, you know, which is so -- when you think about it now, so incredibly young to take on that responsibility you have a great story in the book about a season ending, and going out to dinner and your dad kind of forgetting that you were the actual coach of the steelers at the time. >> it was. it was at the end of the '92 season and you remember the '92 season. neil o'donnell got hurt. i put bubby brister in for, like, the last five games. and bubby played better as we went on. neil got ready, we had a bye week and i thought a player never loses his job to injury. so neil came in and played the playoff game against the buffalo bills. it was not one of his better games. the next weekend, we go over to my dad's house, in crafton, the same place we always had sunday afternoon dinners. my brothers are there, my kids are there, everybody takes their place at a seat. and it's kind of hectic, things are going on my dad gets up out of his seat, goes over gets a beer out of the kitchen, and say

i am picking up a hot spot up in pittsburgh. we had a vehicle collision here on state route 4 heading west near san marco boulevard. we have a lane that is blocked and you can see heavy traffic cars piling up there. it's moving very slow. take an alternate route. if your take plan on taking that any time within the next few east westbound 80 up here. and that i believe else to we had another traffic incident or accident. should i say. and some of the lanes were clip blocked, but it looks like it has cleared so traffic should actually be getting better within the next few minutes out there in the east bay. that's by karlsson boulevard. when you look at that heading into san francisco right before the toll plaza here. it looks like it's gotten much better cars moving fast. we don't have that slow way. unlike last time we checked right before the tolls. it's a quick drive into the city right now. other bridges also looking good. here's a look at some of our other drive times around the bay area. interstate 5.80, from livermore to d

it's in west yorkshire and no been but if i you have been know i'm from pittsburgh. so i know the, i know the rhythms of the steel mining town stuff like so show, imagine pittsburgh. but with like, 50 times more smog and dirt in the air and not a place that you know, you need to rush to. but that's where i grew up and my dad had a little corner shop and yeah, and it was like a working class sort of, you know, middle class working class childhood. and then in the early eighty's, my dad got a bug in his bonnet to, to get bonuses. what we wore to basically be moved to america. he was going to america where he wanted to move to canada originally. and then you realize, well, canada is just as cold as england, so screw that. and so then he had a friend who will 1st he wanted to move to west palm beach. and this whole plan. i'm going to go in west palm beach. we're going to set up who's going to open a bike store in a mall. he never written a bike before in his life like he, i don't know what he was thinking and he was, i would go in at west palm beach kids and it's beautif

they're also responding to fires in martinez, pittsburgh. san pablo and in pleasant hill. many of these likely started by fireworks tonight. the very latest tweet saying that they are responding to a single family home fire on deems street in pittsburgh caused by fireworks shot into a backyard around avoid that area so crews can get to that scene in. crews get to that demonstration. more breaking news tonight. we won't take you back to concord where another fire has sparked once again from. i'm assuming fireworks. do we know at this point once again, more breaking news this is once again fire crews there on the scene. contra costa county fire crews trying to battle flames once again sparking as a result of fireworks in the area of a do do we still know if this was in the same area where the fireworks were doing. okay. so we are learning once again that this was in the same area where the pavilion was, where their war, the fireworks demonatrations tonight in concord. we saw that small grass fire earlier where crews were able to quickly extinguish it. this is a second fire t

like many other bay area cities, fireworks are banned in pittsburgh. >>> back to the legal fireworks and shows tomorrow night. will be be able to see them? that is the question. spencer christian in. all eyes on the fog. >> fog will be present during the fireworks displays. let me show you what the forecast looks like. at noon, a mix of fog and son. mainly sunny skies in the afternoon. it will be mild to warm. the fog will redevelop quickly. by the times the fireworks began, we expect to have lots of fog. he was the forecast starting a new showing you how quickly the fog begins to surge over into the bay from the coast, about 7:00 in the evening. into the 11:00 hour, as fireworks are still going on, it looks like it's going to be a pretty foggy evening near the coastal they. inland locations may have a pretty good viewing. here in the city, it's not going to be ideal fireworks viewing conditions. >>> we have put together a list of events happening around the bay area for the fourth just had to our website, abc7news.com . you can see that but on our homepage. struck a fire near pleasa

so 55 right now in dublin, 59 out and pittsburgh nevado currently 50 and santa rosa 50 degrees. so the reason we're going to see these dry conditions and these high temperatures is because of high pressure that is building to the east of us and it's so just remember this weekend, especially if you live inland to keep water bottles in hand and put on sunscreen. if you're going to be outdoors. san francisco today. notice temperatures will be in the lower 70's. as for the coast here. we're looking at 60's at 68 in half moon bay 77 in millbrae for our daytime high today. out in san carlos down to mountain view. we're looking at mid 80's out in the south bay. we're actually going to be in the 90's in several places like saratoga campbell morgan hill expected to hit about 92 degrees today. livermore little higher 97 cooler out in hayward at 81 degrees and family and your today 83 in castro valley out in antioch expected to hit 91 we look at vacaville. we're actually expected to already hit the triple digits today 95 in fairfield, 90 in santa rosa and 89 in petaluma. again, we have tha

as the sun set here in pittsburgh, a little bit earlier, we could hear the fireworks and even see them going off. even so close to this fire station, that's the reason why fire marshals and fire inspectors are out on patrol, tonight. >> so tonight, we have all our investigators. we have called them back. they're all working tonight. and we have up-staffed extra personnel. we have a task force that we have put together. >> reporter: already, tonight, fire crews were called out to respond to a small fire that's suspected to have been started by fireworks. the contra costa county fire protection district has actually had extra staff on patrol for several days now, leading up to this holiday weekend. the task force, also, includes local-police agencies, that -- that are out on patrol, and can write citations for people setting off fireworks. these types of patrols are actually happening, across the bay area, this weekend. the biggest concern is the potential fireworks have in starting a fire. that could quickly turn into a dangerous situation. >> even safe fireworks with which are legal, h

berkeley at 55 oakland, 58 pittsburgh. you're at 60 degrees later on today. we're still going to be hot inland, but we are in for some cooler changes just around the corner, which i've got more about still to come. reyna don, thanks for that. we are checking your morning commute this tuesday morning. and as you can see, we've got a little bit of traffic here at the bay bridge still under 11 minutes for your drive time. once you hit the may's. >> to make it to that fremont street exit 5, 1880 also pretty clear for us this morning. as you head across the words, the peninsula. no major issues for us there. little under 40 minutes, not tracking any major hot spots at this hour. and a look at richmond sandra fell commute as you travel out of richmond. a little under 11 minutes starting james, back to you. thanks a lot of 6.40, and the big story back in the bay area in san francisco. the police department stepping up patrols trying to. >> stop car break-ins and other crimes. we know they've been spiking recently of the says that increased tourism. >> is also drawin

the giants are back home after a successful series in los angeles, taking on the pittsburgh pirates. hopefully they don't have a letdown as they return home. temperature at game time, 6:45 at 60 degrees. pleasant be cool, not overly breezy by san francisco standards, and we still have some sunshine out there. the sun doesn't go down until 8:15 so you can enjoy that for the first half of the game. a little bit later in the weekend, the punk scene going on, temperature at the 2:00 showtime, 61 degrees with hazy sunshine of her head. i don't think the marine layer is going to keep things completely overcast. cool temperatureswhyo expect that closto the nd littl the day on sunday, if you want to head up to the north bay for the nhra sonoma nationals and watch cars go really fast, temperatures going to be in the upper 70s for highs in sonoma by sunday afternoon but with partly cloudy skies. looking outside right now, there is that marine layer and the fog. it's a pretty compressed marine layer. temperatures all over the place today, anywhere from 59 in pacifica to 95 degrees in concord. a

ktvu zambelli is live in pittsburgh and amber. couple says they are grateful they escape with them. injuries but they say they lost items they cannot replace. that's right, andre, the family home is now boarded up a fence surrounds it. the couple tells me they've suffered a double blow after the fire thieves broken twice and stole in valuable items. this is what happened. this is video from daniel jones as he surveyed the devastating damage inside his home, a place his grandmother has owned for decades. there's no house and we lost, you know, pictures and you know, but we have memories. the house has been. house has been everything to my family around 6 30 on the evening of june. 28th jones says he was fixing the kickstand on his new electric scooter in his garage when the battery exploded, causing a fire that spread quickly. it's like the worst nightmare you can imagine. thinking about my pregnant wife, my grandmother and my auntie being in the house, he says he managed to get everyone out of the house, including his wife, linda.

as of right now with concord pittsburgh dublin and livermore each currently sitting right at 58 degrees later on today do expect the return of 70's 80's for the most part talking more about exactly what to expect. for your july 5th. still ahead, erica. >> thank you, john. well, we are in the green for most of the bay area. as you can see, there was a minor traffic collision a few minutes in oakland on the 5.80, heading westbound at central couple of lanes were blocked briefly, but it looks like they cleared it very fast. and as you can see, it's looking pretty smooth out there and the east bay. if you're heading into san francisco, also looking good on all our bridges as well here in the san mateo bridge even on the high rise. i'm not picking up any major hot spots. it's a quick drive. 13 minutes out to the one o one from the east bay. and here's a check in on some of our other drive the 2.80 from san jose to cupertino under 25 minutes. and here's a few more drive times on the 4 from antioch to concord. 14 minutes. james. >> thank you very much, erica, for 33 is the time let's head the

making the honor roll at pittsburgh high school.ning every summer during college in high tech health care and human resources. and, studying abroad in china as a double major in business administration and asian studies. success at times concealing a deep grief. >> it was something i felt i had to do striving towards the life my mom was preparing us to reach for, and to access. my resiliency is a part of my grief. i find myself, like, just breaking out in tears sometimes because i didn't use the years past to really let that emotion out. >> reporter: an emotional release for her coupled with self-care and a commitment to therapy renewing her peace and drive and she is heading to alabama state soon. >> the hbcu aspect can give me leverage and give me sense of community too. it's more about challenging myself and seeing what can come from that as well. >> reporter: for students rising above, i am elizabeth cook. >> she will be graduating from chico state since her semester in alabama is a program offered by the school, she says she al

antioch pittsburgh in vacaville being our warmer spots in the 80's.han you had been in the triple digits last weekend. now your next 7 days do eventually get warmer and there's going to be a different feel to start next week with 90's and some muggy conditions by monday. so what we've got to do the next couple of days. get out there as much as you can. enjoy our afternoon sunshine and are comfortable highs. john, thank you for that. we have an accident in san francisco right here. one oh, one northbound at market street. >> and again, we're actively tracking that we're seeing a little delay and it looks like there are no major delays along to a t also another accident out of benicia 6.80 southbound as 7.80, eastbound there. we definitely see that back up as you're traveling heading into the city under 14 minutes for your drive. time to that. famous to exit from the maze and then the san mateo bridge. no major issues a little under 15 and if you're taking bart a 20 minute delay there on that line in the daily city direction because of some pg e power i

pittsburgh vacaville in the 80's are only spots to do so. the rest of the bay area.retty once solidly either 60's or 70's. now, tomorrow is a little bit warmer. still a nice way to start the weekend, though saturday and sunday getting a touch warmer yet by monday, feeling hot and muggy for much of our valleys. reyna calming for that accidents. we have them out there. first one here in san francisco. 1, one. >> northbound at market street. you can see we have a delay along one o one. no major issues along 2.80, which is right adjacent to that. also down south here in san jose. 8.80, northbound and north bascom avenue. another traffic collision. there causing a slight delay along 8.80. but again, no major issues along one. oh, one as you travel into the city. a little under 30 minutes for your drive. time to make it to that fremont street exit the san mateo bridge. no major problems under 14 and up here in the nation. you can see this accident 6, 80 southbound at 7.80 eastbound causing a delay as well. james, back to you. rana, thank you. >> time for winners and losers

we're tracking along highway 4 and pittsburgh at bailey road.re on your updated traffic and your commute darya james, back to you. thanks a lot. 7.49 right now. and new this morning, the olympics are going to get underway. well, they're kind of already underway. but the opening ceremonies are tomorrow. >> and we're looking here at joe biden, the first lady and she just arrived this morning in tokyo for the olympics. she'll be there for the opening ceremonies which happen. i'm gonna call it tomorrow night even though. >> it's almost in japan right now because let's it's 10 minutes to 8, our time, which means. >> right now, this is a live look at tokyo where it is 10 minutes to midnight james there in the future. they will be in tomorrow in 10 minutes in friday. it's almost friday from them into his. and that said their version of the eiffel tower. yeah. the tokyo tower. yeah. beautiful. all lit up and ready for the games. but you know it and you can't go because i know you're not supposed to go because of covid. it's it's it's not good there. i'm

. >> reporter: chris moved his family from a pittsburgh rental to hi parents home in maryland to wait recent price hike. >> it's been an excruciating process. as a 35-year-old adult, it is not fun to move back in with your parents. >> reporter: in may, rents nationally made the biggest nationally jump since 2015. median rent is up 5.5% year-over-year, and 7.5% since may of 2019 markets like phoenix, arizona, and boise, idaho have seen double-digit price increases over the past two years even cities like new york, boston, and san francisco where rents are still lower than prepandemic levels are now seeing price jumps. >> people have confidence so they're ready to sign long-term leases, and renters are also willing to pay more for rent in order to have that extra bedroom. >> reporter: he hopes prices come down, but the market shows no immediate signs of reversing course >> this house, 1600-square-foot is $1200 a month. we're seeing rates here in pittsburgh at about $1800 to $2,000 for a similar property. >> reporter: experts say if you're having a hard time finding a rental in your pric

like many other bay area cities, fireworks are banned in pittsburgh. >>> live look at the embarcadero certainly a popular hotspot for the fourth. the big question is, will we be able to see tomorrow's fireworks? weather anchor spencer christian in for drew. >> nice, clear starry skies tomorrow night for the fireworks , that is not the truth. here is a look, middle of the day lots of sunshine, early evening hours, marine layer will make a surge from the coast over the bay. chances are pretty good we will have our view of the fireworks a bit obscured by the marine layer tomorrow evening if you're in san francisco. the further away you get from the coast, and then fireworks displays should take place under mainly clear skies. good luck. the fog will be present in the city. i will have the full forecast later. >>> sounds good. we put together a list of events happening around the bay area or the fourth. go to the homepage abc7news.com to check it out. >>> the number of people traveling through airports hit it pandemic record yesterday. the tsa screened more than 2.1 million people on the

one victim from fairfield, the other from pittsburgh. about the same time, police say two men from stockton were involved in this crash. one was dead, the other wounded. >> while that was going on, we got a call from a local hospital that a vehicle had driven up to the local hospital. door opened, victim dropped on the ground. >> reporter: the victim died. officials condemning the night of gun violence and property damage. >> this is something you don't want to see in your town. where, a business here has its windows completely shot out. right in the middle of a busy downtown area. it is unacceptable. >> reporter: those bullet holes hard to miss in this concrete pillar. i got a statement from david spiller who says his staff is working tirelessly to bring the people who committed this crime to justice. his thoughts and prayers going out to the victims and their families. they are asking for any information the public might have on this crime. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> now to the major wild fires in california. the dixie fire in but

now one year later the giants have a major lead by 61 wins entering friday night's game against pittsburghnts fans rocking the hotdog hats. giants down 3-0, steven duggar deep to right, a splash homer into the cove and they'll fight for the baseball. look at this chaos in the cove. hope everything was waterproof out there, guys. johnny cueto five innings gave up three runs, got his first career stolen base. that will make the guy who shimmies smile. bottom of the sixth, still 3-1. alex dickerson, home run tied up at 3, but the wheels fall off in the seventh. ground ball to lamonte wade jr., bobbles it, two runs scoring on the play, part of a three-run inning and pittsburgh wins it, 6-4. >>> let's go to seattle, a's, mariners and this a's fan also knows how to od has not had a h thisbrought tolocal toyota deal game. matt olson hits a home run, his 26th of the year. the a's had five wild pitches tying a franchise record and also struck out 18 times. mariners win, 4-3. >>> the san jose sharks are proud to select from sweden william ecklund. >> the san jose sharks took swedish forward william

couple of 60's out towards pittsburgh in concord. well, oakland-alameda in hayward, each at 57 degrees. look at our daytime highs later on today. little cooler than yesterday only rising into the 80's for most of our inland areas as compared to yesterday's widespread 90's. so this is a step in the right direction. nice wednesday and thursday afternoon for that matter. tomorrow to get back out there. if you are in our inland valleys tom, thanks for that closely watching roadways this morning on this wednesday. >> traveling into the city from the east bay. this is a little un

it's 65 degrees currently in berkeley. 68 in pittsburgh actually in the 70's d

in other news, police have arrested a man who set multiple cars on fire in pittsburgh and this car was burned at a jack in the box restaurant on railroad avenue. 3 other cars at a nearby dealership were also set on fire. surveillance video helped police identify the suspect who we now know is 37 year-old jessie jackson of pittsburgh. he was just a few blocks away. he was booked into the martinez detention facility is now facing charges of arson and probation violation. fireworks, meanwhile, are believed to have sparked a fire in hercules officers responded to a fire in the area of sycamore avenue at palm avenue. this was monday night. they found flames beginning to spread up the hillside 3 fire agencies were called in. while officers began notifying residents in the area that they're going to need to evacuate. fire crews were able to extinguish the flames before any buildings were damaged. officers think it box of used fireworks that they found nearby. we're responsible for sparking the blaze. meanwhile, a wildfire broke out along well in the nation along interstate 6.80, the fire was

temperatures are warmer inland. 71 in pittsburgh. look at diablo, 85 degrees. the heat is lurking right above where most of us live. when the sun comes up, it heats the ground. they will heat the air and it will turn over. look how quickly we hit the 80s and 90s inland by noon. 90s and 100's by the after afternoon. if you are headed out at 7:00, still going to be toasty. >>> good morning. i think i will hang in san francisco. 64 degrees. that's pretty good. we go to the east bay now, the east shore freeway and the headlights headed towards the mcarthur maze in the westbound direction. it is busy but still moving at the limit. as we reach the toll plaza, we have reports of an accident involving a big rig at the toll gates. it is not affecting the flow of traffic here. no metering lights yet. heerg a look at the drive times, had hercules into san francisco, just under 25 minutes. a nice ride for friday morning. not light over the altamonte pass. west 580 after 205 split, accident, one hour commute westbound 580 from tracey what if you could push a button and less

none of that here in the bay area, 50's and 60's for your current temperatures conquered in pittsburgh at 6162 degrees. oakland dublin and livermore 58 while san francisco and berkeley at 55 degrees. a look ahead in our next 7 days does shows temperatures rising into the 90's. still inland by the afternoon, most of our coastal in bayside area. stay pretty close to the 60's and 70's, though, still tapped into that cool ocean air. i'm talking more about what else you can expect for this tuesday. forecast also have your full forecast dom things for that. we are actively watching your tuesday morning commute for you as you're traveling from. >> the east bay into the city. once you finally reach the maze to that fremont jackson will take a little under 2 minutes to make that drive 5, 1880, also all very clear to drive in this morning heading across towards the peninsula. no major issues or delays. look at that. a little under 30 minutes for your drive time there. and let's go look at the golden gate bridge. as you travel across into the city. a little overnight construction still on the bri

upper 60's cool but definitely still comfortable pittsburgh 83 degrees for your high today. while vacaville are lone spot barely in the 90's, something that's going to be pretty common place come the rest of this forecast after tomorrow thursday and friday temperatures begin to climb and saturday and sunday are expected to be the hottest of the forecast with highs well into the triple digits. inland and solid 80's right along the bay, erica. >> thanks, john. well, no major, hot spots yet. we'll see how long we can last right now. richmond sandra fell bridge looking great in both directions from the toll plaza out to one o one. you're looking and only 7 minutes right now in the golden gate bridge also going smooth so far. you can see a few cars out there crossing. it's 18 minutes out to the tolls as for one. oh, one in 2.80. on the peninsula and in the south bay looking excellent. if you happen to be heading out to menlo park from san jose. only 27 minutes right now and out on state route 4 from antioch to concord just under 15 for your drive time. other drive times around th

now one year later the giants have a major lead by 61 wins entering friday night's game against pittsburgh fans rocking the hotdog hats. giants down 3-0, steven duggar deep to right, a splash homer into the cove and they'll fight for the baseball. look at this chaos in the cove. hope everything was waterproof out there, guys. johnny cueto five innings gave up three runs, got his first career stolen base. that will make the guy who shimmies smile. bottom of the sixtsi alex dickerson, home run tied up at 3, but the wheels fall off in the seventh. ground ball to lamonte wade jr., bobbles it, two runs scoring on the play, part of a three-run inning and pittsburgh wins it, 6-4. >>> let's go to seattle, a's, mariners and this a's fan also knows how to rock a good hat. top three, 3-0, matt chapman has not had a home run all of july until now, solo shot to right center. this home run brought to you by your local toyota dealers, 3-1 game. matt olson hits a home run, his 26th of the year. the a's had five wild pitches tying a franchise record and also struck out 18 times. mariners win, 4-3. >>> the

work this morning. 50's for your current temps with oakland at 58 dublin, alameda conquered and pittsburgh right now starting things off at 56 degrees. now, later today, daytime highs, as i mentioned, we'll start to get a little warmer climbing back into the 80's for a few inland spots. staying in the 60's 70's for most of our beside cities. >> reyna john, thank you for that. keeping close eye on your morning commute as you travel from the east bay into the city right now. once he hit the may's to that famous to exit a little under 11 minutes for your drive time there. it's also head over look at the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula under 13 minutes. and let's check out the richmond. sandra fell out of richmond. about 9 minutes till very quiet as you're traveling this morning. we'll have more on your morning commute for you this friday. but for now, let's get back to the news. a los gatos man is behind bars after police found weapons drugs and a manifesto threatening to kill minorities. it was a local businessman who realize something was wrong and called police kron four'

pretty warm at 65 while pittsburgh sitting at 67 degrees, our inland areas, especially comfortable at the moment while oakland-alameda in hayward in the upper 50's at 58 degrees after a hot afternoon. another hot afternoon ahead of us. you don't necessarily want to see those 60's to start the morning. you kind of want to even cooler field. but it is a relatively mild start to this day. gradual clearing continues by noontime that will set us up for partly to mostly sunny skies around that time and then increase sunshine even more. so towards the afternoon 60's near the coast 70's 80's by the bay and 90's for inland areas. again, reyna john, thank you so much for that. we're actively given a close eye on your thursday morning commute. >> from the east bay into the city can do that in under 11 minutes for your drive times that things are looking great. there. no major hot spots the south bay and do see report of a fire northbound to 80 on saratoga avenue in san jose doesn't look like it's causing much of a delay. looks like. it's one of the bush is right near the highway there. we'll kee

i mentioned are warmer conditions inland pittsburgh, dublin and livermore egypt 66 right now. so not cooling up a whole lot for those areas. i guess he still are in the mid to upper 60's for some of those current temps later on today will still be in the mid 90's for hottest of temperatures. definitely another warm one. but there is relief just around the corner into this weekend in the start of august. i'll get to that. still to come, john, thanks so that we do have some hot spots out there like one, 80 southbound north of 92 eastbound. >> and hey, working on ramp there is affected by that traffic collision. and i'm not seen any major slowdowns, but again, the on ramp is impacted by that traffic collision. also down in san jose 8, 80 northbound at stevens creek boulevard. there is a traffic collision. there and one of the lanes is affected by that traffic collision. and another one along 80 eastbound gilman street berkeley. so again, they just open up the lanes. there heading into the city to be the bay bridge. no major issues a little under 11 minutes for your drive time as

couple of 60's out towards pittsburgh in concord. well, oakland-alameda in hayward, each at 57 degrees. look at our daytime highs later on today. little cooler than yesterday only rising into the 80's for most of our inland areas as compared to yesterday's widespread 90's. so this is a step in the right direction. nice wednesday and thursday afternoon for that matter. tomorrow to get back out there. if you are in our inland valleys tom, thanks for that closely watching roadways this morning on this wednesday. >> traveling into the city from the east bay. this is a little under 11 minutes for your drive. time across the bay bridge for you. there. >> also the san mateo bridge not seen any major issues as you're heading across towards the peninsula. you can do that. >> and a little under 12 minutes and things are looking great. there. our richmond sandra fell commute. pretty nice life for us this morning. as you're traveling out of richmond. and we also do have a traffic collision in the south bay. this is on highway 85 northbound at un

host: harry and pittsburgh, pennsylvania. -- harry in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. caller: i would like everyone to go on youtube and watch john coleman, a meteorologist. in 1991, he said he was wrong about a lot of things, including carbon dioxide. as far as this bill nye, he has nothing to do with science or a thing. another thing people don't know is scientists in this country are getting $1 billion a year to prove that there is climate change. if they say there isn't, they don't get the money. host: is there an environmental issue that concerns you that you think we are doing too little on? caller: yeah. with forest fires, and that lady brought up, they used to have safety grids. they stopped clearing out the dance vegetation. this is not started by the heat, you need a magnifying glass to start these fires. they stopped doing this years ago and that is why you are seeing more forest fires now. they said the debates over. when al gore said that, that is right after john coleman challenged him. host: a few of your comments from social media. from twitter, this is

pittsburgh antioch in vacaville. well, the and napa low 70's. if you've got a thursday to head up to wine country. why not do it. novato and santa rosa, you'll be at 75 today. now tomorrow's temperatures will be a little bit warmer and will further climb for the rest of the forecast into early next week. lots of sunshine during the afternoon hours. obviously we've got some great this morning, but we'll get the sunshine later on this morning. monday and tuesday of next week will be our warmest and also been on the muggy side likely so just enjoy this. good weather while we got it. reyna awesome thing for that time. >> let's check on your traffic this morning. ahead is the city. no major issues or delays a little under 10 minutes for your drive. time. things are looking great. there. the golden gate bridge. also, traffic is fairly light for you a little under 20 minutes for you to make that drive into the city to travel. i'm not seeing a lot of fog to slow you down. also the richmond, sandra fell coming in at a richmond under 10 minutes for your d

it was between concord and pittsburgh. da lin is there with the latest on the mop up efforts. >> reporter: firefighters knocked out this fire at about 3:30, about two and half hours ago and i should mention, right now they are mopping up any hotspots that the the. we want to show you a time- lapse video of the fire and this is located between pittsburgh and concord and people saw the smoke from miles away and cal fire and nearby agencies jumped on this very quickly and i am told about 100 people assisted and fought this fire and even deployed two air tankers to the area and it is unclear if they made any drops and firefighters contain the fire to 35 acres and it started out as a car fire and this picture shows that and they say the sedan had barrier and was hit by it and the flames spread to nearby vegetation. authorities say one person was injured and we believe it was the driver because of how quick we firefighters got on this, they didn't threat many homes and we are about a few miles away from the nearby homes and the

we're in the pittsburgh antioch area. and there are also several medical calls related to fireworks. they are supposed to give us some more details about what happened later in the week. >> and take a look at the mess that was left behind. this is from san francisco where on the left side is the before on the right side is the after pictures of 3rd street and burke avenue where public works. crews had a tough job cleaning up all the debris that was dumped by people who are setting off illegal fireworks. also a busy scene in the north bay to where police responded to several sideshows and illegal fireworks displays and explosions. and you can see here in this video posted on social media. the hundreds of people that had gathered for these sideshows kron four's. dan storm has more. >> huge dangerous side shows take over. the streets of a lay home. hundreds of people taking part as rings of fire were sent and cars were seen speeding and spinning donuts. video showing 2 of those spectators getting struck along broadway and il

still seeing some hot spots that for pittsburgh vacaville for tomorrow. 93 for a nap. to be mostly sunny. remember to stay hydrated. if you're outdoors and point reyes 74 degrees. so if you happen to be traveling, here's a look at some of our temperatures, south lake tahoe is going to be in the 80's. but man, fresno and sacramento and the triple digits. they also have temperatures well above normal as well dealing with what we're dealing with here for inland areas tomorrow. all right. just stay close to an ac. i now don't run it because we're also watching the power grid as well. >> tough times right now erica, thanks there with us. we'll be right back. >> starting this weekend, the golden gate ferry is operating back on its normal weekend schedule for service between san francisco in the north bay trips to and from san francisco larkspur in sausalito will resume with several trips throughout the day on saturdays and sundays. we can ferry service was suspended during the pandemic because of low ridership. don't forget, though your masks will be required for all of thos

cover, even into the afternoon temperatures in the 50's 60's right now san jose in livermore at 62 pittsburgh. you're at 63 while san francisco holding on to 55 degrees cool morning still a warm afternoon talking sunny and hot conditions for your tuesday afternoon. still to come, reyna. john, thanks for that. we do have a hot spot it's out in concord. it's a disabled tractor actually. >> causing quite the delay and backup along highway 4 as well to 42 southbound just south of concord avenue. the alternate to get around. that would be 6.80 to 4. and if you're traveling that one, 16 antioch all the way to 2.42. it'll take about 37 minutes to make that drive. looking at a traffic collision down here in hayward, 8.80, northbound just north ripple road and we're seeing a delay along 8.80, there heading into the city under 14 minutes. no major issues or delays are traveling from the maze to that fremont exit pain across towards the peninsula a little under 15 and our richmond sandra fell me under 13 for us. we'll have more on your drive times. coming up. orange, it's back to you. thanks radios 3 an

yet on the cause of that fire in contra costa county fire crews on the scene of a wildfire near pittsburgh off kirker pass road in norton ville road. the flames broke out just after one o'clock this afternoon. firefighters around the bay area are preparing for our worst case scenario tonight. ktvu is greg liggins joins us now live with what some departments are doing to prepare. for possible fires. greg? yeah julie, even those so called safe and sane fire. works can still cause of fire if they're not handled correctly. so, for that reason, many communities around the bay area have completely banned all types of fireworks. still, that doesn't discourage some people from using them. so firefighters have to prepare. sunday afternoon, cal fire and contra costa fire joined forces to knock down flames burning in the hills off kirker pass road between pittsburgh and clayton. officials say a burning vehicle started this place that quickly spread to 40 acres before being contained. firefighters are hoping they don't have to contend with more of these sunday night, as they did last year, when scores

and pittsburgh and recently we were just one street over for fireworks. but on some grasses vehicles on fire. this is a good likelihood that this from the same. a lot of fireworks right here live right down the street both ways to white house. really everything i own is out on my front lawn. >> for what she did. i why they're doing it. makes sense. we have a drought the bloated public. it's 13 game. i don't even know. >> and her house is lost. as you can see here, the red cross is helping her at least she made it out, ok and police are investigating. no arrests have been made at this point. >> concord has an app that helping them catch people with illegal fireworks. take a look at what they found. a 100 illegal fireworks last month. they say the first week they launched this new reporting app. they got 450 tips. it lets people file real-time reports to let police know about specific locations where they have seen people using illegal fireworks and then the cops can show up and get the fireworks. fireworks are illegal in contra, costa county. >> another bi

a vacaville looking at triple digits tomorrow as well as in pittsburgh. it's going to be hot out there. wear your sunscreen. stay hydrated. and be careful. watch your pets. walk them early in the morning versus in the afternoon 74 4 point reyes is going to be cooler the closer you are to the water. so here's a look at our 7 day extended forecast tomorrow is going to be warm after that. you notice are inland areas. temperatures start to go down each day by middle of the week. we'll be back to normal for this time of year. jonathan. >> hopefully it can't come soon enough for a lot of folks, especially those folks living inland. erica, thank you and thank you guys so much for spending time with us here this saturday night here on kron. 4 news in prime time. we'll see you tomorrow. don't forget, make sure you well for kron 4 news in the morning starting bright and early at 7 o'clock. i'll see you tomorrow night at 6 some tied at one. >> i'm excited for colorado. i'm excited for denver. i'm excited for baseball fans in this region except for baseball fans acro

well, the way how at 74 pittsburgh antioch in vacaville. some of our warmer spots in the upper 80's just shy of 90 degrees. a look ahead of next 7 days here does show that chance of thunderstorms really arriving late on sunday into early monday has also be some of our hottest temperatures. so that's our highest a fire danger start to the weekend, though, does look absolutely gorgeous so enjoy today as much as you can little warmer than yesterday but still very nice with highs in the 70's and 80's bring a john. thanks for that. no major issues or delays along highway 24 as you're traveling. >> to that 5 8980 interchange a little under 30 minutes for your drive time. not tracking any major hot spots at this hour. so if you're heading from the east bay into the city. it'll take you a little under 12 minutes to make it to that freeman street exit also heading across towards the peninsula under 40 minutes for your drive time there and look at the richmond. sandra fell commute heading out of richmond under 10 darren james, back to you. thanks ray

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current temperatures are mostly in the 50's with pittsburgh, an exception at 60 degrees. good morning. for the jog for the dog walk before heat builds back in later today and you want to stay inside the dc talking about all that still to come, john, thank you for that. we certainly have had our share of hot spots this morning. right now not tracking. >> any major delays as you're traveling into the city. the of the bay bridge a little under 10 minutes for your drive times. look, they just have not turned the meteor lights on there at the bay bridge. traffic is moving at the limit. also the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula. no major delays. a little under 12 minutes for your drive time there. things are looking great and look at the golden gate bridge as you're heading into the city, beautiful view about 20 minutes. now there is if you are taking our all our on caltrain. a train to all 6. a stop in the area of burlingame due to police activity. all trains are holding there. we're keeping a close eye on that. for now, let's get back to the top stories. okay

pittsburgh, 194 for fairfield, 81 for valais. whoa 93 for napa tomorrow and 83 degrees for a high in mill valley. again, that excessive heat warning and the heat advisory will be in effect tomorrow's or the pink and orange colors you senior map. so remember to just stay hydrated. if you want to walk your pets, try to walk in the morning when those sidewalks are still cool. if you happen to be hitting the road fresno sacramento. it's going to be a hot one out there. triple digit temperatures as well. but if you're here home in the bay area and you want to cool off san francisco's going to be pretty nice in the early afternoon. let's say you're going go to the giants game. that starts just after 1 o'clock temperatures are going to be 69 degrees. mostly sunny little breezy and our 7 day extended forecast here. so after tomorrow, n tice temperatures for inland areas will start to go down and then by about wednesday, thursday of this week. we'll be back to normal. jonathan. >> a lot of folks can't wait for that comes erica. thank you.

a cool one for alameda san mateo, age of 54 san jose in pittsburgh at 58 degrees while berkeley in sf hanging out cool at 52 degrees need the jacket this morning. if you want to stay comfortable out there over the tom, thank you for that. we do have a traffic collision already this morning. this is at the carquinez bridge toll plaza. and as you can see. >> we are seeing just a bit of a backup if you want to go ahead and take 6.80 to try to get around that accident. that's a good alternate for you heading into the city this morning. traffic is starting to build. we had a traffic, as you hear on the bay bridge, 80 westbound again. you see the also turned the metering lights on for you. so that's why traffic is going up a little under 30 minutes for your drive time this morning. the san mateo bridge as you head across towards the peninsula. no major issues for us under 14 and we're looking at a richmond. sandra fell commute as you head out of richmond down to under 9. we'll have more throughout the morning daryn. james, back to you. thanks a lot. ryan is 6. oh one. and our top story is t

double in pittsburgh. livermore and conquered all of the mid 50's to start. so get the light jacket ready to go for your morning and then just look for to some nice weather later today i got more about that. still to come. first, though, on over to rain. it's still early. do we have any problems yet. it's still early. no major issues. we did have some earlier construction overnight. >> that was 80 westbound on that ash the avenue exit all lanes are closed there. 5.80, was still open. so you can still get around that. they just lifted that at 05:00am as you're traveling into the city this morning. a little under 10 minutes to make it to that fremont street exit still fairly light. 7 minutes looks great. there. remember, if you are taking bart today, they're extendin that late night service. we have a full list at the hours and locations on our website at kron 4 headed across towards the peninsula under 13 minutes for you and look at the richmond. sandra fell commute we'll have more throughout the morning daryn. james, back to you. >> thanks a lot of rain 5 o'c

to lake erie to the places like ohio, where was unloaded and put in railroad cars and taken to pittsburgh for the shan angle furnace of company, which owned a fleet of boats in order to support its steelmaking business. at its time, it was the largest carrier and i remained the largest carrier, meaning it could carry more bulk material than any other from 1911 until 1927, which was a very long time when every, year a new book came out that was a little bit longer. the because this boat was built so wide in 1911, it could carry more cargo for almost 16 years than any other boat constructed between that time. so, we are now in the pilot house of the colonel james schoonmaker and the pilot house often called the wheel house is where the command decisions are made to operate a commercial vessel. so the captain, a first mate, would be in here as well as some other junior officers who would assist the captain with navigation, steering of the vessel, communicating with the engine room or with respect to how fast they want about to go or in what direction. kind of command central of the operating

in pittsburgh, rob roth, ktvu fox two news, alright, i was outside earlier.day than it did at this time yesterday. mark joining us now with a look at the big warmup that's on the way, especially for folks who are inland. yes, that is the concern. alex and gaziantep. richer is starting to warm up today, but the inland spots will be topping 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon, and it's not just for one day. it will be in the saturday and even into a sunday, so yeah, get ready for the heat up. it's headed our way. as far as the trend. you know, we've kind of been dealing with this nice pattern over the past few days, but we are trending up with temperatures for today. nothing too extreme. it's kind of setting the stage for the next heat event as we head into friday and into the weekend, so that's what we're showing you as we take a look at the graphic the inland heat, making a comeback temperatures up above 100 degrees. as we head into friday, saturday and into sunday, but this is not covering the entire bay area, the beaches the coast, mainly in the sixties around t