these are live pictures from pleasanton firefighters battling a two alarm fire.e are now on the ground there and we will bring you a live report on the early-morning damage. >>> fire crews are engaged in the sense of -- in a defensive firefight in pleasanton of a commercial structure. we have the latest coming up. >>> remembering and honoring the queen of soul. this morning we are looking back on the life and legacy of aretha franklin. >>> i think a lot of us listened to her music all day yesterday. good morning and thank you for joining us on this friday morning august 17. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. we get friday morning weather from steve paulson. >>> we do. today's forecast high of 68. yesterday was 66. normal high is 68. low clouds and nothing unusual. d 70s. l burn off. inland the upper to mid-50s around the santa cruz area and mountains. warmer around campbell, santa clara, cupertino. a westerleigh component. water temperature in san francisco buoy is 57. that holds up the city --

pleasanton at this hour. good morning. i'm marcus washington. >> today in the bay live at the scene with bob redell. the flames were big out there earlier, bob. >> reporter: this is something you'll definitely notice between livermore and pleasanton. it has been burning for about an hour and a half right now. right now within the past 30 minutes i have seen a lot of white smoke. it is a good indication but there is a section over there that the fire department has been dumping water on far long time. not clear what burned inside of this building. i did ask a captain. he wasn't sure. it is hard to tell this is not on fire. if you're not familiar with the area that is what is near by. a lotover items inside still burning. three different agencies called to dump as much water as they can on here. you a bunch of lines on the ground. bob redell, today in the bay. >> thanks so much. download the bay area app. >> it was about the traffic surrounding that area. mike, what is it going to look like right now? >> we have this camera

pleasanton. good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m laura garcia. and i )m marcus washington. today in the bay )s bob redell just got on scene. bob -- >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. what have we found out? ing area. whatever was burning in there was very flamable. as you can see, it destroyed this warehouse. one of the challenges for the fire department is power lines were down. there are a couple of more trucks try to go extinguish this commercial warehouse fire. no reports of any injuries at least not in terms of the fire department. the cause is too early to tell. today in the bay. >> thanks, bob. >>> now we want to go to mike. any traffic concerns? >> yeah. right in the media area. from what i understand we don't hear about closures there. it should be fine. that fire will be local control and you'll see that glow for quite some distance. this is not presenting a problem. right now not so crowded throug. how is that day shaping? >> it is starting out nice and fairly mild as you get ready to head out the door. it

you can see it here in pleasanton in a commercial area. no shelter in place because of that smoke and also a transfer station for the garbage company. they're not impacted right now. this is called in around 3:30 this morning. bush road. near valley avenue. the flames were huge and firefighters decided it was too dangerous to send people in and fight it defensively. firefighters say the metal building houses a fencing company with mixed materials inside including vehicles. >> firefighters face multiple hazardous including energized fence and venting tanks. >> reporter: firefighters say there are homeless 'encampments in the area. they hope to knock the fire down within the hour and we will be here all day to clean up and of course watch for hot spots. live here in pleasanton, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> happening today, family, fellow officers and the community will pay tribute do a chp officer killed in the line of duty. >> a memorial will be held for officer griess. they were hit by a pickup truck in a traffic stop in fairf

. >> this time in pleasanton. the animal was spotted earlier this morning strolling up and down bonita avenue. noel pointing and describing >> kpix5 reporter mary lee is there right now and has the latest for us. mary? >> reporter: that's right. we're in downtown pleasanton where a mountain lion was spotted not too far from here. >> it was about here where i first sighted the cat. it was crouched down at the end of this road about where that red car is now at the end of the road. >> reporter: noel messenger was out walking his dog reba this morning like he does every day in his pleasanton neighborhood when he got quite a shock with an unexpected visitor. >> it at first appeared to be a cat in a crouched position not even facing me, but it stood up and turned around when it heard us coming. at that point i clearly realized what it was. it was a small mountain lion. >> reporter: noel captured this video on his cell phone and what animal control says is a 100-pound adolescent mountain lion roaming the streets. he sai

a fire in pleasanton.that makes wooden fences caught fire just before 3:30 this morning. it is located on bush road near stanley boulevard and the shadow clips regional recreation area. you can see how big that fire was early this morning. fire crews had to take a defensive posture a metal building on the property was also engulfed in flames firefighters could not go inside fearing it would collapse. >> there are other buildings nearby and the fires faced multiple hazards this morning including an energized fence with wires down. >> there are no reports of any injuries . the cause of the fire is still under investigation. leigh martinez is out there on the scene it has been there all morning. she will join us for an update at the top of 7:00. >>> the trump administration says it will take a smarter, more aggressive approach to preventing wildfires like the record-setting fires we have had this season in california. president trump has been criticized for blaming the spread of the fires on california's envi

let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you for staying on top of breaking news in pleasanton.irefighters are making progress against this, and early morning fire at a business . it started at about 3:30 near stanley boulevard and valley avenue. lots of tall flames and billowing smoke. you kid see it rising from the scene. just before 5 am firefighters told leigh martinez who is out there that they faced some challenges fighting this fire because of an energized fence and some wires that were down on the ground. this company makes wooden fences so the woodworking materials probably helped fuel the fire. we are going to get an update from leigh martinez at the scene coming up at 6:00. >>> the family of aretha franklin is mourning the loss of their matriarch in the world is honoring the queen of soul. her timeless music universally acclaime ashley is live in new york with more on aretha's legacy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. such an outpouring of love and respect for the queen of soul. many across the country are reflecting on the incredible legacy of aretha franklin.

and livermore were dispatched between bush road and pleasanton. building was engulfed in flames. they estimate the building at 12,000 square feet. and the company manufacturers wood fence. inside are wood fencing materials, vehicles and offices with a metal structure. they stray is a higher -- there is a higher risk of collapse. >> our firefighterred faced multiple -- firefighters faced more problems this morning. >> reporter: 11 engines and three trucks responded. they stop the fire from advancing anywhere else on the property. the cause has not yet been determined. we still have smoke here. we have fire crews out there. and they will be out here all day today. but it looks like they have the upper hand at this point in controling this fire. they said when they arrived on the property, they believe it was clear of people and no injuries reported. >>> also happening today shall the family and the attorney of nia wilson, the young woman stabbed last month at the oakland bart station will hold a news conference about a lawsuit against bart. she was

to bush road in pleasanton. fire officials say a large metal building on commercial property was engulfed in flames. fire officials estimate the building at 10,000 ft.2 and the company manufactures wooden fences. inside the building are wooden fencing materials, vehicles, and offices. with the metal structure on fire fire officials say there's a higher risk of collapsing crews had not yet gone inside the building. >> there are other buildings nearby and the firefighters faced multiple hazards this morning including energized fans, wires down, and venting a settling tank >> >> reporter: 11 injured sent three trucks responded. they stopped the fire from advancing elsewhere. the clouds has not yet been determined fire officials say they believe the property was clear of people and there were no reported injuries. pleasanton with ktvu fox2 news >>> firefighters are concerned that this weekend's weather will make their job much more difficult when battling the mendocino complex fire. one fire captain predicts an incr

a charter bus filled with children from a pleasanton youth program tries to maneuver the twists and turns on mount diablo. unable to make this curve, it crosses a yellow line into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing a bicyclist. >> the bus was completely over the double line and in my lane, so i had very little room to make the turn. >> rosie sipes says she thinks she is lucky she is here to talk about it and wants something done to keep buses off the mountain. even the bus driver told the man who shot the video o the incident, he doesn't think it is safe for buses to be on mount diablo. hundreds of bicyclists climb the mountain every day, and on the weekends that number could reach

if you're driving out to dublin and pleasanton it looks good. and eventually to the macarthur maze. it is a nice looking drive at the bay bridge toll plaza. a couple of lanes are beginning to get crowded so we will see if this evens out or becomes more crowded by the next time we see it. let's go back to the desk. >>> today thousands of kids in san francisco will start the first day of school this morning if they plan to write muni they may be late. alyssa harrington is in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. what is that all about? >> this is one of the reasons, the closure of the twin peaks tunnel for a renovation project for this is often called the heart of the city's rail system. both the west portal station and for us till stations are closed. riders are directed to shuttle buses instead. there is also a shortage of about 150 muni drivers. the san francisco unified school district posted a message that alerts parents and school staff to the shortage and says students may experience delays getting to and from school. it also says muni is working on these issues . the twin

a live look there pleasanton. a lot of smoke in the air.vard and valley avenue. firefighters arrived about 3:00 in the morning. it was fully involved as you see here. right now no reports of injuries. the building said to be vacant. so far no word on a cause. >>> other top stories, the family of nia wilson plan to file a claim in connection with the random stabbing that killed her last month. they arrested the suspect within one day. the stabbing happened on a platform. wilson's family believe bart failed to provide at kwdequate protection. >>> today the suspect in the ghost ship warehouse case are due back in court. the da wants two men to go to trial. they face 36 countsover involuntary manslaughter. the judge rejected a plea deal. now defense attorneys are pushing for a change of venue. >>> we are live this morning where a teacher accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor. he was arrested at his home yesterday. they say he had inappropriate sexual conversations with a girl back in june and asked for sexually explicit photos on socia

in pleasanton. this is video showing the fire at its peak overnight. kron 4's lydia pantazes is live at the scene with the latest. lydia. we spoke with we spoke with the owner of the business that is here behind me.he did tell me that no one was injured but as you can see, the building behind me destroyed.(take vo)let's take a look at video sent in from a kron4 viewer of the flames.the fire started at about 3:30 this morning on the 3300 block busch road in pleasanton. valley road is the nearest main this is a metal building that houses a business. inside the business are several welding and torch devices inside that exploded. at this point we don't know how many ch damaged was caused by the fire. reporting live in pleasanton, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( james ) we sent out a news alert to your phone at 4:34 this morning through the kron4 mobile app. you will also find full forecasts and traffic hot spots. you can download our app right now. ( darya ) a big story we ae following this morning... a south bay teacher arrested... accused of asking a minor

it might be the case for pleasanton and oakland. a smooth drive right now. it may be a factor. i'm tracking that. this disabled vehicle on the shoulder getting down towards north main. not showing any of this. the metering lights are on. it has moved onto the fast track lane we -- lanes. we are seeing this starting today. we'll track that getting into the city. you guys have another big deal over there. >> we do. the grand central station gets the first real test. >> commuters will start using the transit center. we are live in the city talking to people using that brand new bus line. it is all shiney and new there. >>. >> yeah. they say it is being told they hope it stays clean and usable. what a way to start the day with balloons and confetti. one man came here and he said he was walking and he is really happy to be able to ride on into it. we talked with the spokesman and that is the goal to increase ridership. there are 37 bus bays here. they will occupy 30 bus bays. we know they will come through here eventually and in the years to come we'll see high speed rail through he

the encounter happened in pleasanton.y lee picks it up from there. >> it was about here where i first sighted the cat crouched down the end of this road about where that red car is down at the end of the road. >> reporter: noel messenger was walking his dog reba this morning like he does every day in his pleasanton neighborhood when he got quite a shock with an unexpected visitor. >> at first it appeared to be a cat. it was in a crouched position not even facing me, but it stood up and turned around when it heard us coming. at that point i clearly realized what it was. it was a small mountain lion. >> reporter: noel captured this video on his cell phone and what animal control says is a 100-pound adolescent mountain lion roaming the streets. he said first it was walking toward him, but the next thing he knew it was running toward noel and his dog. the mountain lion came just 10 feet away from them, a little too close for noel. >> obviously i was shocked to see it up close and personal. i was especially concerned when it s

in pleasanton it is unpleasant standing in the heat, where ever you are across california if you are at the dmv you are in for a long way. >> i was in this line a month ago renewing my license. i was here for five hours that day. i am already going on three now. >> it is very disappointing. the waste of time has cost to be quite a bit of money. time away from work. >> reporter: the lines have elevated the story from the slow dmv stereotype to a potential systemic statewide problem. republicans even took out an attack ad criticizing the dmv on social media today saying, californians deserve better. >> the dmv and california needs all the help we can get in shortening the wait times. >> reporter: in sacramento the director is in the hot seat for the second day. >> if we are in a systemic crisis that will easily move to a systemic crash of the vital services for the state i think we need to put it at the top of the list. >> reporter: on july 1st the dmv received $60 million to deal with long wait times. now the director wants $26 million more to hire 400 employees and she says an audit

. >>> breaking news coming in from pleasanton. firefighters are at the scene of an early monday -- early- morning building fire near stanley boulevard and valley avenue. these are live pictures. you are saying the scene as we see it now. we are told this is a two alarm fire. fire department units from the livermore and pleasanton fire departments have responded. leigh martinez is headed there right now to find out more about how this fire may have started. we will keep you posted on the progress against the flames and bring new details as we get them. >>> in the bay area artists and musicians, music lovers paying tribute to aretha franklin. last night aretha is hits filled the lounge phone in the castro in san francisco. fantasy aretha franklin's influence is undeniable and that she was a powerful female artist in charge of her own destiny. >> i found her to be very empowering to women and to people of color. just standing up for yourselves, doing what was right, believing in yourself. >> we just have to be grateful . i feel like

facebook community facebook community pleasanton to the will be posted information victims. information will be posted to the pleasanton community facebook page.live in the newsroom ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (vicki) the city of san francisco is stepping up efforts to keep sidewalks and streets clean.(grant)2 shot closeup starting next month, public works will deploy a special team with the goal of hopefully, cleanin up human and pet feces before anyone notices. kron 4's charles clifford reports. natsnormally when san francisco public works gets a call about a dirty sidewalk or street, they send out a crew to clean it up, but in recent years the department has seen a sharp increase in the number of service calls. so starting next month, a new six man team will be hitting the streets to try to be proactive about the problem.rachael gordon is with san francisco public works.sot we will have a dedicated crew going out to known hot spots around the city where there have been complaints of feces whether dog or human and they are going to clean it up. that's their new job.this s

. >>> this morning, pleasanton police say that are reviewing body camera video of a confrontation that edged with a man dead. officers rushed to a raley store wednesday after getting reports that a man was acting erratically. police say he was breaking bottles of alcohol, and slamming a shopping cart on the ground. they found him on the street a short distance away. then there was trouble as they tried to put him in hand cuffs. >> so the officers engaged in a struggle with him, an altercation with him that lasted several minutes. during that altercation, mr. bower actually bit one of our officers. most of firsecon devis. >> police say the suspect, 38- year-old jacob bower of pleasanton started having breathing problems as he was put in an ambulance. he later diede causofdeatis und instigation. >>> high winds are in the ich could fan the flames of wildfires in name. red flag warnings are in effect in multiple counties already. right now 18 wildfires are burning across the state. some are less than a hunt acres, but the sheer number of fires is causing a drain on firefighting resources.

. >>> police in pleasanton say they are reviewing body camera video of a confrontation involving a stun gun that ended with a man dead. officers rushed to a store on central boulevard after getting reports that a man was acting erratically. police say he was breaking bottles of alcohol and slamming a shopping cart on the ground. they found him on the street a short distance away. then there was trouble as they tried to put him in handcuffs. >> the officers engaged in a during that altercation, mr. bauer actually bit one of our officers. both of our officers deployed their elana control devices. >> police say the suspect, 30- year-old jacob bauer of pleasanton, started having breathing problems as he was put into an ambulance. he later died at hospital. cause of death is under investigation. >>> an x drew -- uber driver is facing up to a year in jail for killing a 6-year-old girl. 61-year-old siakam so far syed mouzzafar. he struck sophia liu as he made a turn at paulk and ellis. mother and brother were also hid but survived. he was working that night but did not have a passenger at the

abbas moloo is co-founder of the jafria islamic school in pleasanton, and is regional vice president for mutual of america of northern california. also with us is rabbi marvin goodman, newly retired from the board of rabbis of northern california, and he was the spiritual leader of the peninsula sinai congregation in foster city for 19 years. thank you all so much for joining us today. >> thank you for having us. >> what a journey. and i can't wait to get started. erin, i want to start with you first. >> sure. >> israaid led the group, and your co-c.e.o., yotam polizer, was actually on one of those visits not with this group, but with susan sarandon. >> yes. yes. >> and we have some pictures of that. >> so exciting, sure. yeah, she came to visit our site in berlin. we were so excited to have her join us. >> so, how did the bay area group come about? how did that visit come about? >> yeah. so, israaid's u.s. office is brand-new. we're based here in the bay area. our office is in palo alto. and one of the best parts about being here is the opportunity to bring interfaith trips to see o

. >>> still ahead, concerns after a man died in police custody in pleasanton. we will have the details surrounding his arrest and his death after he was tased by police. >>> residents -- president trump intensifies his attack on the news media. we will have more on that next. >>> so far so good when it comes to driving in and out of the valley and in and out of san francisco. southbound 101 looking pretty good heading to the golden gate bridge. . >>> a foggy and cool start this morning. we will check on the current conditions and show you what you can expect for the afternoon as we are tracking bay area cool down for the weekend. more on this coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. the most personal technology, is technol

tonight he was remembered at a summer concert series at pleasanton city hall..kron4's ella sogomonianns us live from there...ella what ties did he have to that concert? (michelle) (ella)it was the appropriate setting for a tribute to martin nelis...he is credited for putting on this summer concert series along with many other events around town...creating a community environment everyone could enjoy. (nats: music)a tom petty tribute band - the big jangles - played a tune dedicated to martin nelis at pleasant hill city hall during a summer concert series he organized...just three days after nelis was tragically killed in a cycling accident while riding in lafayette. nelis worked as the city's public information officer since 2007...he and mayor tim flaherty became fast friends at work where on sunday the flags waved at half mast in his honor.ssot: mayor tim flaherty, city of pleasant hill// "we became very close friends myself and a numebr of us at pleasant hill martin was a quintessential irish man that he had tremendous wit, unparralled intellect, loved people and so generous and giv

southbound 680 through dublin and pleasanton it will be slow. it is slow on the altamont pass approach and tracy commute. we have a new crash reported on northbound 280 at 85. this one just came in. no slow traffic yet. we will see what happens. let's go back to the desk. >>> today's students in the san francisco unified school district are heading back to class. christian captain is at hillcrest elementary. the school superintendent is due to visit there today. what are some of the new teaching strategies they will be using in san francisco schools? >> reporter: here at hillcrest they will be focusing on new ways to learn mathematics. you can see the school getting prepped right now. we are anticipating the students will be arriving later this morning and discussing throughout the district on how supportive practices help the entire school community. meanwhile, the district has been working for years and will continue to prepare high school students for life after school by giving them a taste of her life. this year the district is getting kids

once you get on 580, sluggish. 26 minutes to the dublin- pleasanton interchange. we are still tracking an earlier crash that's no longer blocking lanes along the altamont pass road and greenville road. it was a rollover crash. you may see some activity out there. over at the bay bridge toll plaza, we are starting to back up in the cash lanes. back to you. >>> today the defendants in the ghost ship warehouse fire are due back in court and a plea deal is off the table. derick almena and max harris are now facing trial on 36 counts apiece of involuntary manslaughter after district attorney nancy o'malley wrote a letter to the judge saying she was withdrawing all offers. she wrote, the grief of the families, the pain and shock of the community, is as strong and deep today as it was in december 2016. these lives were lost at the hands of the two defendants. judge kramer rejected a joint plea bargain last week saying almena failed to express sufficient remorse. defense attorneys will seek a change of venue. they say they won't get a fair trial here. >>> a bay area uber

west 84 slow out of livermore and pleasanton area.there as well as the rest of the bay. no metering lights but look at the bridge to the north. there's a little back up. >> yeah. so that either means everyone is at home watching us right now or everyone is out of town, right? >> they are watching us online. >> yeah. >> yes. >> yeah. so for those of us still in town this weekend what will it be like? >> if you're heading to the giants game this is what your forecast is looking like. the game begins at 7:15 p.m. yes, typically a little cooler in san francisco. you probably already know that. if this is your first time going please do not forget at least a light sweater. you'll forget regret it if you take one. temperatures will drop down into the 50s but hey, look at the skies. it looks like they cleared out quite nicely. the bay will be in comfortable 70s. that's plenty of sunshine to go around especially if you're hanging around with family and friends. you'll have nice warm temperatures to enjoy the outdoors or if you'll be inside. i

we may be a degree behind in pleasanton at 89. let's take a look at tonight's temperatures and the lack of clouds once again like this morning, will be in the mid 50 to mid 60s. my accuweather seven-day forecast and what you're going to see is a steady pattern for tomorrow and then just a little bit of cooling as the sea breeze comes back sunday but look what happens inland. monday, tuesday, especially wednesday with the triple digits, mid 80s around the bay, but only mid 60s at the coast. all right. have a goo one. here's alexis. >> gooning. i have a little bit of good news here for our situation northbound 680 all lanes were blocked for about the last 20 minutes. just got word from chp that the far left lane is open. they are letting traffic by. this all started with a hit-and-run crash then that vehicle did catch fire and initially they were saying no injuries, but we have one person with minor injuries. the counter commute, northbound 680 past andrade about a 30 to 40 minute delay through that stretch. bart upcoming track work

the tri-valley, no real slowing in pleasanton. that's a great drive. looking towards san jose, mild slowing for 101 and a crash 87 at taylor. we see no slowing. we send it back to you for more breaking news. >> the other breaking news story we want to tell you about, a suspicious fire at cafe paradise in san jose. >> kris sanchez live with what we know so far. she was out there very early. what's the latest? >> hi, there. firefighters are investigating this as a suspicious fire. in fact, investigators are here on the scene. we want to show you the video of when the fire started. it was a very aggressive fire. it burned very fast here at cafe paradise on monterey road and old tully road. it burned for about 20 minutes before firefighters were able to get it under control. when we were here, we saw firefighters up on the roof looking down into the building or onto the rooftop. it appears perhaps that's where the fire originated. we can't confirm that yet because the fire is under investigation. what we can tell you is that the owner was out here and told

. >>> concerns this morning after a man died in police custody in pleasanton. >> they told him to calm down. >> the situation after his arrest after he was tazed by the police. -- tased by the police. police. >>> looking at that sam te'o bridge, i notice it is slow. they're clearing an accident and there was a stalled vehicle out there. and this is the one bridge that you can easily void today. i'll show you how to do it coming up. >>> a minor drop in temperatures coming our way for your bay area weekend. i'll have a look at what to expect for today and the extended coming up. get details on this state program. call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit >>> president trump continued his spat about the muse media in pennsylvania. and this is what the president said. >> reporter: good morning. this is a familiar trump strategy at a campaign rally where he stands in front of the microphone and specifically points at the media to call them out. presi

we have 88 in brentwood, and 85 in pleasanton, 87 in livermore. low for san francisco and warmer the farther north you go. around the mendocino complex fires, 97 degrees and 93 clear lake. seven-day forecast, you can see the temperatures start to bottom out tomorrow before they rebound for the end of the week. every day it's pretty much foggy and cloudy in the morning, maybe some lingering fog around the bay in the afternoon. it will be cloudy and cool along the coast, a pretty enjoyable week weather wise. >>> thank you. facebook, youtube and spotify have from alex jones and twitter is now in the spotlight, saying his content didn't violate twitter's rules. a report found his content did violate the rules, resulting in a one-week timeout for jones. >> as we receive reports, we va enforcement action, starting with warnings to temporary suspensions, which the accounts are now in, all the way to a permanent suspension. >> and there has been evidence temporary suspensions can change user behaviors. >>> happening today, a fundraiser for the family of f

we talked about pleasanton and oakland. a great story there. hopefully getting treatments she needs. looking at a smooth flow of traffic. we are getting thumbs up here. no problems for highway 4. richmond look over on the left side of your screen. the bay bridge is the only back up. that is pretty standard. getting there is not a problem for the travel times. it is across another popular bridge. it is not a popularity contest. >> yeah. >> i want to call it that as well. >> yes. >> i know. >> some times. >> yes. >> let's think about the weekend. we have our big clear the shelter event this weekend. hoping for some weather. >> of course. it is always good. we are going to be inside and adopting some cute little furry friends. here is a look at temperatures throughout the week. we check out our forecast trying to get you through the week. it will be slightly cooler for the next few days and heating up once again as we get a look at san francisco also warming up from the mid-60s to mid-70s by saturday and sunday. what are your weekend plans? it wil

le let's head over to pleasanton. at noon it is 82 and then heating up to 92 at 4:00 today.orecast maybe heading to the pleasant hill bart station. it will be in the low 60s. you may need long sleeves early in the day. hot coffee and we'll switch over later in the day. we'll be at 86 degrees at 1:00 as temperatures heat up. let's get a look at our micro climates. it supper 80s there and up to 91 degrees today. we range from 73 in oakland to 97 in concord and 94 in livermore. still keeping it cool for the coast. half-moon bay a lot of low clouds. upper 80s for palo alto. san francisco 63 in the outer sunset and 69 in the mission district and upper 90s today. expect a lot of smoke to still move in this morning and also other parts reaching into the low 90s. here is an update on hurricane hector. it is out in the open pacific. we are watching this. this is going to move very close to hawaii. this is south of there. it will kick up large waves and may bring in rain bans as well for thursday as well as wednesday. wednesday and thursday time frames are watching for hawaii. if you

kron4's ella sogomonian reports from pleasanton city hall at a summer concert series he helped put onnian, @ellasogomonian// "the mayor explains to me that even those that never met martin nelis are touched by his work including those who are enjoying the summer concert series on this sunday night becuase its one of many events throughout town that hes helped organize ."(nats: " martin nelis was behind virtually every community event in pleasant hill throughout his 11 years and this summer concert series was his favorite.")(nats: music) his favorite band - the big jangles - played a tune dedicated to martin nelis at pleasant hill city hall during a summer concert series he organized...just three days after he was tragically killed by a big rig while cycling in lafayette on thursday.nelis became the city's public information officer in 2007...he and mayor tim flaherty became fast friends at work where on sunday the flags waved at half mast in his honor.sot: mayor tim flaherty, city of pleasant hill// " thursday i got a call from the city manager advising me that martin had been in a te

. >>> developing, a police confrontation with a suspect in pleasanton turned deadly. police responded to a report of a person breaking bottles and slamming carts yesterday. they found the suspect but the man did not comply with orders. he was subdued and went into respiratory distress and died test test test hospital. the officer were his also hurt but police are not saying if they used tasers or other force. >>> crews inveigating after a bulldozer operator died last month. >> reporter: the fire has been burning for 20 days now. a new report calls into question exactly what happened after a fatal accident that happened on the second day, july 14th. that's the day that the 36 year old was using a bulldozer to cut a fire line in lost radio c with him around 4:30 that morning while he was working in a remote area of the sierra national forest. a fighting pilot spotted his bulldozer about fi9:00 am after it tumbled down 200 feet to the bottom of a cliff. >> firefighters know this is a dangerous job but we don't ever want to lose one of them. so we thank everybody for thei

reporting live in pleasanton, lydia pantazes kron4 news.richmond police department will be hosting a gun buy back event tomorrow. it will be held in the parking lot at city hal...on civic center plaza. the event will be from 10 a-m to 2 p-m. all guns that are collected will be melted and re-purposed as material for art. people turning in guns can remain annonymous... no questions will be asked. gift cards will be given out in exchange for the firearms. (catherine) in the south bay... a man is behind bars... accused of murder. san jose police arrested joseph apodaca. they say he and another man - rene morales - got into a fight. morales' body was later found in an alley... on the 700 block of south second street. police say the two men did know each other. (grant) in the north bay -- sonoma-marin area rail transit is celebrating its first year of train service between the sonoma county airport and san rafael. to mark the occasion, there will be free train service saturday and sunday. there's also an event in novato...known as smart fest. tha

it is the first day of school in pleasanton. we'll have a nice first day for you. we start out with upper 50s heading into the low 80s by the time they get ready to head out of school. it will continue to heat up even more. as you're getting dressed make sure you're wearing something that will keep you cool to do. we'll have a slight increase in humidity today. where we see the blue, this is surging in because of the rem flants fla nants of a tropical system. we are getting a little bit more higher humidity today. you may feel that as you get ready head out. heading into the low 80s in parts of the inland area. it will heat up again for this afternoon. it is reaching the mid-90s by the weekend. we are looking at mid-60s staying at about 65 degrees all week long and warmer for the weekend. heading over the mike you have a couple of things scattered on the roadway. >> you're not supposed to be there. you're looking at a nice easy drive. first of all these showed up on 280. it doesn't look like anything major. i'll check with the crews as well. i'll let you know what

backed up their pleasanton heading down to 84 pick it is backed up big time heading to and drawdy road get on the freeway after and drawdy road it should be better. if you can get on s health mission it should be fine heading into san jose. highway four is low. 680 from the martinez bridge is not. 24 looks pretty good to the caldecott bridge. it looks like most of the commutes look good but the signal grade looks slow. >>> it is get away friday for many people today . the labor day weekend rush is on. that means our highways and airports will be busy. frank joins us from the oakland airport. are you seeing a lot of people out there? >> reporter: oh yeah. it is getting crowded. you could say it is game on here at the oakland airport your last chance to get away for the busy. summer vacation season as mentioned, it will be crowded here. over 200,000 people are supposed to pass through the gates over the holiday weekend. if you think that is busy you are right. that's an increase of 8% over last year. if you are picking up or flying out be sure to get here early today because today is the

those are concorde, el cerrito, hayward, novato, oakland, pleasanton, redwood city, san francisco, san jose, santa clara , santa rosa, and vallejo. how long will the way to be on saturdays? that is undetermined. back in july we stopped at the concorde office that started offering saturday hours and there are quite a few people there. is it worth giving up your saturday? that's another question for you. sundays will still remain closed at the dmv. you will at least have another day to try to get through the door. in hayward with ktvu fox 2 news. >> i think everyone can relate to that, waiting at the dmv. >>> hopefully we are not waiting in long lines of traffic today. >> no. we are not. we have had decent commute. a couple of problems that i will let you know about. the main commute, the main commutes are doing okay.  80 westbound this is one of the bay area busiest. we are always watching that from the 80 to the mac maze looks good. at the toll plaza we are seeing slow traffic as usual. 880 in both directions looking good. the a's have the day off today so you don't have to worry abo

they found the suspect identified as 38-year-old jacob bower of pleasanton. while trying to arrest him, police say that bower bit one of the officers, and as a result, both officers deployed their stun guns. the suspect was taken to the hospital for breathing problems, and then later died. >>> happening today, the city of san francisco is opening up a massive tent for more than a hundred homeless people in an unusual location. it is right near an on ramp on to highway 11 in san francisco. it is the first time a permanent shelter will be opened on caltrans property. jackie ward is live in san francisco this morning with some more details. jackie? >> reporter: kenny, because of the fact it's built on caltrans property, it took a little legislative finagling. it was a pretty dire situation by that 101 on ramp. now the state's able to lease this caltrans property to the city for a dollar a month for the purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program. staff at the centers also offer counseling for drugs and mental illness. cleaning up the streets is a campaig

pleasanton 5. breezier east of livermore. llow aitbreezybarely a breeze in the north bay and that's where some of the cloud coverage is settling this morning. visibility somewhat low, not too bad though. futurecast showing by 11:00, though, a lot of you will be sitting pretty under blue skies, sunshine, air quality today good. the marine layer will be back tonight. it won't be as widespread according to this futurecast. but tomorrow morning we are going to have that onshore breeze again but a lot lighter and so that means temperatures will be warmer so many today, low 60s at the beaches. 82 in sunnyvale. 84 campbell. these numbers a little higher than yesterday so we are slowly inching our way up. 73 mountain view. 74 in fremont. 90 possible for brentwood. 88 in antioch. 84 in danville. san ramon 83. right around the bay sausalito, san francisco, mid- 60s. alameda 69. berkeley 68. so overall should be comfortable especially when that sun comes out. should be overall nice. lakeport and clearlake still in the 90s, though, again

the dublin-pleasanton interchange. over at the bay bridge toll plaza, we are looking pretty good. i wouldn't mind heading through this stretch. this is not a bad ride. no metering lights or backup. we are in the green for our "bay area majors." of course, it is still early. not too many cars on the roads. but that is a good start to our wednesday morning ride. back to you. >> thank you. >>> an illegal immigrant is charged with murdering mollie tibbetts. the 20-year-old's body was found in iowa yesterday. kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live with new details on the investigation. >>> reporter: police say the suspect christian bahena- rivera led police to her body. they believe she was killed the day she went missing on july 18th. rivera is a 24-year-old man from mexico illegally in the states for years. he had worked on an iowa farm owned by a prominent republican who had previously served as president of iowa farm bureau. the company says he had passed the government's vetting process and was an employee in good standing. police say rivera has confessed to killing mollie tibbetts te

. >>> firefighters in pleasanton are trying to figure out what caused this fire. firefighters arooifd, the entire building was up in flames. nobody was hurt. >>> tomorrow nbc bay year and telemundo are teeming up to clear the shelters. we've been telling you about it all week. we're hoping we'll see a lot of you, a lot of families come out to find the perfect new addition to your family. sdp wouldn . >> wouldn't that be lovely. oute family. if your kids have been asking for one, this might be the right time of the year. i had puppies on wednesday. today we're showing some of the kitties. he's three months old. he's a sweetheart. we have a 5--month-old. look at t little face. if you be've been looking for a kitten, they have plenty of cats. he's been hitting the jigym. he's ready to find a new home. >> he'll play ball and run around and play. >> reporter: sounds like the raj we know. tell me about the event. how many dogs and cats do you have available and what's the cost? >> between the two facilities and we have larger facility in oakland. we'll have over 100 ani

reporting live in pleasanton, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( james ) thanks lydia.with you through out the morning. ( james ) we sent out a news alert to your phone at 4:34 this morning through the kron4 mobile app. you will also find full forecasts and traffic hot spots. you can download our app right now. ( darya ) a big story we ae following this morning... a south bay teacher arrested... accused of asking a minor for sexually explicit pictures.( james ) kron 4's will tran is live in palo alto where the teacher is also a conductor of the california youth orchestra. will. ( will ) in the south bay... a teacher arrested and accused of communicating with a student for sex. christopher florio was a music teacher at the harker upper school in san jose. he is also currently a conductor for the california youth symphony in palo alto. back in june... police received a tip that florio may have had inappropriate sexual conversations with a minor at a school related event. he is also accused of using social meda to solicit sexually explicit images. images. explicit images.

. >> reporter: it all started inside this busy raleys store in pleasanton. employees called police on wednesday afternoon saying a man had returned to the store for the second time that day and was ranting, acting irrationally, and being violent. >> he was acting deranged breaking bottles, alcohol bottles. also picking up a shopping cart and slamming into the ground. >> reporter: two officers found a 38-year-old jacob bauer on mission drive and tried to contain him. police say at first he was cooperative and then refused to listen to commands expect the officers engaged in a struggle with him that lasted several minutes. during that altercation mister bauer actually bit one of our officers. >> reporter: officers tased him and ultimately put him in a leg restraints device to control him. workers at a nearby it will change shop saw what happened. >> they were telling him to stop, calm down, stuff like that. >> there was so much activity you couldn't really tell what was going on. i assume the guy was on the ground and there was a bunch of cops trying to restra

louis was found outside the dublin pleasanton bart station 11 days ago. investigator says she died from a drug overdose just hours after being released from santa rita jail. as abc 7 news reporter vic lee explains, her family is now blaming the jail. >> see her on her way. it was too early. >> those here at the rally say jessica st. louis' early morning release from santa rita jail was a death sentence. jessica is with the women's freedom. >> with no support, with no resources, with no transportation is a harmful practice. >> 1:25 early saturday morning, july 28th. the 28-year-old woman walked out the doors of santa rita jail. she'd spent almost two weeks here for grand theft and several minor crimes. st. louis walked more than a mile down this road to the dublin pleasanton bart station. her body was found around 5:30 a.m. at the pickup area by bart. dead from what appears to be a drug overdose. st. louis' foster mother was at the rally. she said her daughter had no cell phone. >> well, i'm sorry jessica did not have a cell phone because had she had a cel

. >>> speaking of fire, breaking news in pleasanton where firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at a fencing company on bush road. that is live look at the smoke billowing from the metal building. officials say there are mixed materials inside including vehicles. firefighters say there are homeless encampments in the area but don't believe anyone was insi inside. crews hope to have the fire contained soon and look for hot spots. >>> and just a few hours, a procession will honor chp officer kirk griess. he died one week ago during a traffic stop on interstate 80. >> a man accused of distracted driving hit and killed griess and the man he pulled jamie manuel. >> reporter: reggie, jessica, there's already one chp patrol truck here at the chapel. we know that we can expect many more as the morning continues especially wouft 9:00 a.m. procession and memorial service. we want you to go to the map. we are at the start. officer griess' family, friends and community will make the way to the father's house at horse creek drive. last friday officer griess and the man pulled over both kille

this is the first day of school for district like palo alto, pleasanton, and oakland. the oakland unified school district is starting a week earlier than master because district officials wanted to align their schedule with nearby colleges. that we high school students are better positioned to take college courses. we will be live at one of oakland's 86 schools a couple of hours before kids head back to the classroom . >> and your kids are doing it also. psychiatric my son starts kindergarten tomorrow. a big day for lunch parents and teachers. >>> still ahead, 21st century problems for 20th century technology. details on potential cyber attacks on fax machines and how companies can protect themselves. >>> she is a lowlife. >> fallout from a tell-all book from a former reality tv star and white house advisor. the latest on secret recordings plus reactions from the president and his administration. >>> a lot of low clouds and fog today will equal a cooler monday. i will show those cooler temperatures coming up. >>> welcome back. today prosecutors plan to wrap up their ca

pleasanto pleasanton. head up daley city and we're dealing with a cool 67 degrease. the wind is not expected to turn dry and yaufr shoroffshore. for the north base, 78 in mill valley. napa, temperatures in the low 80s. my extended forecast will give us a little bit of a break on the thicker fog as we hit sunday's forecast. there you can see as we head through next week we have our usual 60s returning. for the inland valleys up to the warmer 86. by sunday, the warmest day at 90. once labor day hits, temperatures will tart start to on off. of course labor day is monday. we will get that adjusted. and low 80s as we head into next week's forecast. an a little bit of heat, not super hot, no triple digits. >>> coming up, talking about cutting out the middleman. a suspected drunk driver gets into a crash in the worse possible place for him. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. californi

the blaze started around 3- 30 on >>> we are following breaking news in pleasanton.ews are at the scene of a two-alarm structure fire. the blaze started around 3:30 a.m. on the 3000 block of bush road. a twitter user who posted this video says he woke up to sounds of explosions before he noticed the huge flames. investigators are providing few details at this time. they say the metal building is a total loss. no word on the cause. >>> thanks to cooler temperatures and lower humidity, firefighters are finally gaining the upper hand on the massive wildfires burning statewide. as of this morning, the carr fire burning in redding is now 72% contained. more than 215,000 acres burned since it started three weeks ago. and more than 1,000 homes were destroyed. meantime, the mendocino complex fire the largest in state history is now 76% contained up from 51% just last week. the river and ranch fires that make up the complex have burned more than 0 acres and that is about three times the size of san jose. good news in mariposa county. containment of the ferguson fire burning n