in the north bay for sonoma raceway, how about 91 degrees. from 53 to 91, and then about the same tomorrow with lots of sunshine. you are not going to see any fog in the south bay today. 87 in santa clara. los gatos, 88. 77 at our beach. santa cruz, one of the locations there in the south that will be warm, but closer to home it is comfortable. 68, pacifica. 84, redwood city. how about 73 in san francisco. 75, south city. in the north bay, some of the reds making up for the low 90s there, very warm. near east bay, getting hot for you. 82 in san leandro. 83, union city. inland, 90 in san ramon, 94 in livermore and 94 in antioch. upper 60s, coast. 84 around the bay, seems to be a popular number. the accuweather seven-day forecast, downloading the app you notice little change from today to tomorrow, the first weekend of summer, those long nights. and by monday, the sea breeze will reach around the bay. still in the low 90s inland but it will feel cooler. if you want cooler, it is coming your way midweek next week with highs just near 80 inland a

upper elevations of napa, i should say around eastern napa county and sonoma. right now the flags here are flat. looking at that sea breeze kicking up later on in the afternoon. heating up for the first weekend of summer. cooling begins early next weekend and we're talking about a bigzyndontis bythe middle of . so it won't last too long, and that is like the fog today as it is along the san mateo coast. then we clear and it comes back tomorrow morning. once again we will see a very similar sunday afternn, temperatures will be comfortable at our beaches today, warmer to the south. santa cruz, 77. 69, half moon bay. ocean beach, perfect at about 68 degrees. some events around the bay today. over into the east bay, it will be warm for the alameda county fair, upper 70s at noon time and 90 at 3:00, still warm, the sun setting. 81 on the peninsula. san mateo. 84 in palo alto. 87, vallejo, with the red flag warning. tomorrow, maybe even a few degrees warmer in the inland inland valleys. should be nice in san francisco. monday we are slightly cooling, holding on to a

it's at the sonoma marin fair grounds in petaluma. >>and now for a check of your 4 zone forecast let's take a look at your sonoma raceway forecast because the heat is on this weekend, especially for inland areas for those of you heading out to the raceway on saturday near 90 degrees. but you're going to hit that ninety-degree mark on sunday. it is expected to be the hottest day of the next 7 so stay hydrated and stay cool bay area if you want some relief just head to the coast because even though we're going to be about 5 degrees above average for the san francisco peninsula. temperatures will be above normal this weekend still very summer-like temperatures making its way to the bay area. downtown san francisco warming up to 73 degrees montero 65 degrees low 70's for those of you in half moon bay, 76 degrees for millbrae south san francisco in the low 70's for you and widespread 80's all the way from san mateo to mountain view 82 degrees for san mateo and palo alto in the low 80's and upper 80's for the south bay. campbell you're goin

napa 87 degrees sonoma 89 in santa rosa 90 degrees for your saturday afternoon and let's take a look at the allergy outlook. talk to allergens that you need to watch out for tomorrow and also through sunday and then we're going to warm up sunday with a gradual cool down by the middle of next week ken pam back to you thanks greece and coming up a significant week for the ghost ship warehouse fire trial defense starts calling key witnesses this as they try to convince the jury not to hold their elmen and max harris accountable for the deaths of 36 people and we want to go live to petaluma well we're going talk about the painted ladies in san francisco in the woman has dedicated herself to painting those, but look at this a live picture. >>that is a team, they're matching glasses not quite matching hairdos >>that is a serious contender in the world's ugliest dog contest taking place right now the judging underway in petaluma will have the winter when they annou ♪ ♪ off! deep woods provides long lasting mosquito protection. so you can keep living life your way. off! live on. sc johnson.

she's already in sonoma, so she's beat the traffic.e traffic just like every day because you know we're down 03:00am the a that's a good tip, definitely maybe avoid the area if you're not going to come, but you are going to come. it's going to be an exciting weekend. this the 50th anniversary for the sonoma raceway in nascar's here for the 31th there are 31 consecutive years so really exciting times and for this time they have some of these vintage cars for you to check out because you know a lot of good years here. diana brittan's joining us again tell me about these cars i mean they look awesome but obviously there. >>older we want to bring together some cars that really represents some of the best moments memories drivers from our 31 years of hosting cup series races. so we've got the infamous number intimidate her dale earnhardt senior car he won his first road course race here in 1995, the only one of his career of course the very recognizable 24 of jeff gordon, a native of the >>and then at the end there we've got a number for a

. >> reporter: it was nascar sunday at sonoma raceway. engines were revving for the monster energy cup nascar series. fans arrived early securing seats in the stands. for some this weekend's long event is an annual tradition. >> been coming here since i was little. so this must be like the 20th, 15th time i've been out here. >> reporter: pace cars navigate the track, the first time since 1997 drivers race on the original 12-hill course and the downhill corner known as the carousel. >> watching the carousel is one of the most exciting corners because the car so you can really hear the throttporte one of our signature turns from 4, 5, 6, 7, a sweeping 200- degree turn very challenging with a lot of elevation change. fans got up close with cars and drivers in the nascar garage. in the fan zone people enjoyed food and played games. this was one of the most amazing sights in the fan zone, this truck driven by one of the heroes of last year's deadly camp fire. a nurse drove this truck in and out of the fire to shuttle patients to safety. toyota

the sonoma county regional park after 2017. we realized oh actually fires a part of this landscape. >>and if you hike any of these hills every one of these mature trees has a fires kermit the which tells the story of how fire is part of this landscape so we woke up asia and his land managers were like oh we actually have to get ahead of the curve we have to be proactive only 34 acres will be black and on this day, but it's part of what's called the sonoma valley wildlands collaborative. >>of public lands parklands and preserves which you can see highlighted in grey on this map. the idea is to cut back or burn brush across 18,000 acres of the next decade or so. >>fire is planning other controlled burns outside the collaborative as there is a greater effort being made throughout the state to get in front of wildfire season. so controlled burns allow us to put fire in a lower intensity fashion. >>on to the landscape in reduced that dead and down component that doesn't on 5 fuels. so that when a fire comes through during a wild land fire. fire isn't as intense. >>cal fire is planning an

the sonoma county regional park after 2017. we realized oh actually fires a part of this landscape. >>and if you hike any of these hills every one of these mature trees has a fires kermit that which tells the story of how fire is part of this landscape so we woke up asia and his land managers were like oh we actually have to get ahead of the curve we have to be proactive only 34 acres will be black and on this day, but it's part of what's called the sonoma valley wildlands collaborative. >>of public lands parklands and preserves which you can see highlighted in grey on this map, the idea to cut back or burn brush across 18,000 acres. >>over the next decade. there are other controlled burns planned outside of the collaborative in sonoma county as there is a greater effort be made throughout the state to get in front of wildfire season when it comes to wild land fire here in california. it's not matter of if but when and so. >>if we can be proactive and reduce that fuel loading prior to a catastrophic fire event. >>then everybody is better off at the end. >>cal fire is planning anothe

you're here on vacation, 90 degrees there. 87 in sonoma, right over to santa rosa we are at 88.en-day forecast does have some up and downs coming our way when it comes to the temperatures. let's go ahead and get a look. you can see in san francisco we have low 70s next two days. for san francisco standards, that's some mild weather as we head into wednesday. it's going to drop by thursday and friday. we have a system off to the north. that will bring us back to the 60s. hold on, we're going to warm back up. sunday and monday 70s coming our way, high clouds, maybe humidity moving in from the south. we'll continue to monitor that, but maybe up to 78 next monday. inland valleys in the low next two days. it gets much more refreshing by thursday and friday. back down to the 70s with that storm system to the north. no rain for us. and then here we go. we're heating back up again once we hit sunday and also monday's forecast. we could be at 96 degrees. so we are close to summer starting and it looks like mother nature is finally getting the hang of t. >> we have air conditioning in the

. >> today fast times in sonoma as has car auto rns ter: gd morning. omo he is k5' n yes, a pretty fun place to watch the sunrise. i'm not complaining. we're here at the sonoma raceway because it is the 50th anniversary. i have diana brennan here. you have been doing this a long time. this is like a second home to you. this is one of two road courses. >> they are making left and right-hand turns. there is tackling elevation changes. it is a different type of circuit than they tackle week to week. the guys love the variety and different challenge. >> reporter: there are a couple hairpin 180 turns. we're here on the track. we want to show the viewers. explain what we're seeing here. >> you bet. you're seeing turn 11, our almost final big turn. really exciting passes there. a very exciting move. that is definitely one of our signature turns. this year with the kara sell coming back, that is a 200- degree turn so another tight hairpin. another tight one into rn when walk taplty of places for passion and places to th for years. with the tie-in with the 50th

cross us right up here to sonoma county in actually.ew area called the point the look he's already camping out for today's qualify else. out he has been ready for the past our he's got his seat here in the fan zone making sure he doesn't miss it, you know, he's a loyal fan and here to also give us some logistics and to talk about some of the fans we have miss diana how are you are you good. now kate you've been with the racetrack for quite some time what can you say about the fans who come out to this. >>they're dedicated they're amazing eli was just tell me comes up for moderates come up since this place didn't look anything like this and he loves supporting his local track sunday surrounded by thousands of our favorite fancy due to high love it and now we're hearing the point it's a new fan area this year. also it's a new fan area that's around kind of a traditional part.of the track tell us about that you're right this area has always been here but for nascar we can use it mu because they didn't use carousel the original part of our

we will drop the green flag, next. >>> welcome back, we are at sonoma raceway, this engine right here this is a 454 and give it a rev. and this is what we are listening to, let's watch them drive away, this is something you will see in the channel 5 garage, actually. that is something, maybe, ken would have. they are celebrating, they are celebrating half a century here at sears point, at sonoma raceway, since 1989, saying goodbye was the legendary broadcaster and race rubber, darrell walker. >> this is what i've been waiting for, for these cars to come out of this corner, and guys, it is showtime. let's go racing today, boys. >> one final timeout, the famous by dw. picking up the start of stage ii, defending champion martin jordan junior passed chase elliott for the lead, they would dominate the track, he went into the pit with 26 laps to go, kyle busch took over the race creed and even through a back, temperatures were running hot. back on that front, and with no caution in the entire race, and becoming a two-car competition. he kept busch in his rearview mirror the entire time. he

. >>> tens of thousands of nascar fans ventured to sonoma today for the nascar cup series. >> ktvu's elissa harrington was there as fans got up close with race cars and their favorite drivers. >> reporter: it was nascar sunday at the sonoma raceway. fans arrived early securing seats in the stand. for some this weekend's long event is an annual long tradition. >> been coming here since i was little. this must be like the 20th time i've been out here. >> reporter: silas montgomery from santa rosa watched pace cars navigate the track. the first time since 1997 drivers raced on the original 12-turn course which included the signature downhill corner known as the carousel. >> up 0ing the carousel is one of the most exciting cornerbeca balance downhill. on camber there's a lot of grip. >> the carousel is one of our signature turns from 4, 5, 6, 7, a sweeping 200-degree turn very challenging with a lot of elevation change. >> reporter: fans got up close with cars and drivers in the nascar garage and the fan zone people enjoyed food and played games. this was one of the most amazing sights i

deputies say the crash happened on broadway in sonoma sometime about 7 yesterday morning.saw the truck in a ditch and asked the driver if you needed help that's when the victim said the driver ran towards him with what looked like a hammer. doctors arrested the driver 37 year-old wayne 48 as he was running through neighborhoods in his underwear. investigators say 48 tested positive for methamphetamine. >>today the first defense witnesses were called to the stand for derick almena in ago ship warehouse fire trial in oakland. a burning sofa outside of the warehouses, the lake between the 3 witnesses and the defendant kron four's haaziq has the story. >>go ship president a childhood friend of the master to did and an unlicensed contractor who installed a still fired or the worked on the electricity being supplied to the warehouse that is the first line up of defense witnesses called to the stand for derick almena here at the goal ship trial in oakland, something the witnesses have all 3 testified that they saw oakland firefighters taking a tour of the go shipped led by derick

kpix 5's jackie ward joins us from sonoma this morning. call gig you have jackie. >> reporter: no kidding. i'm not complaining about it. it has been 50 years since the sonoma raceway opened and we're have diana to tell us about nascar, this race in particular, why this is more special. >> we have hosted since 1989. it is a huge part of what we do every year. we decided to go back to a course they haven't run since 1997. the dryers are excited. they will have the full 12 turn course when it opened in 1968. this will be a futile learning for them. a yes. we're adding a couple turns and almost a 200-degree turn they have to tackle out there in these stock cars. >> they are going very fast and they are used to going in circles so i know the drivers are excited for the challenge. >> what is it like every year like christmas weekend, christmas morning? >> that is exactly what it is like. i always say you prepare for the big party and a couple days later you're left with the mess but it is a lot of fun. for northern california, race fans come fro

.>> reporter: it has been 20 years since the driver one back to back races here in sonoma. the driver had the chance to do that today. we will drop the green flag, next. >>> the extension leaves the shore now named sonoma raceway and i say this because i don't hear me. >> i can actually hear you, the motors have come two-income top and good race actually, clean, not a lot of flack. they are celebrating half a century of racing here at sonoma and it was the final goodbye for darrell alongside broadcaster and racecar driver. last time you will hear that call. the crew would dominate and went into a 26 laps to glow -- go. had time to throw a bag of ice out of his car. back out in front and with no caution in the entire race and ended up a two-car competition. they cross the finish line becoming the first driver since jeff gordon in 1999 here in sonoma. >> it is great to be here. >> next year if you are in winners circle again i would say should have been for. and it should've been. racers don't forget the ones who get away. >> reporter: a few minutes and the rest of that inter

my name is leanna whistler, and i'm a sergeant with the sonoma county sheriff's office. the last few years, we've struggled to provide education services to our inmates in our detention facilities. we're basically out of options. so about 1.5 years ago, we heard about five keys, and my staff and i went and visited the san bruno site, and we were very impressed with the services and instruction that they provide. with that, i went to my sergeant and the sonoma department of education for their support. the sheriff's office's goal is to be able to provide high school diplomas to the inmates that are incarcerated there, and we have no way to do that without five keys. we're very impressed with the instructors and the educational services that they provide. we also have good community support, and we're just excited and looking forward to bring five keys to sonoma county, and we would appreciate your support with us. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. okay. the rest of the folks that were called, please go to the podium. [inaudible] >> i'm susan sauter. excellence i

31th consecutive year nascar has race here in sonoma county.rs will practice tomorrow. they will call 5 and sunday is the bigger but this is the first time many drivers of ever done this specific 12 turn course because it hasn't been done since 1997. this is a very big deal apparently it's very it's a sweeping downhill race with a very hard. this is called the carousel so the race starts sunday at noon and the national anthem and that will be performed by bay area so art is called. plus this is kind of cool comedians lush actor gabriel iglesias they're not as fluffy he will be in the pilot race pace or car to kick off. the event. so we will bring an interview to you dave smith again from novato within the next hour once he's ready and he's gearing up getting his car ready down their hope to see his car. show you what it's like in a behind the scenes look but it is so cool that we're going talk to a native from the novato i was told he he sponsored by ah the old coach so we will give you all the latest details then but for now i'm here on this a

why he's testing the track at sonoma raceway. >> plus spotted in the east bay, a bobcat in a tree right in the middle of playing golf, too. >> and a local favorite is moving on. >>> ali has moved back into san francisco bay and possibly back into the pacific ocean at this point. the hump back whale showed up in the sea plane la gun off the alameda shoreline in may showing signs of distress, lacking sheen and appearing under weight. the marine mammal in sauce lis o got word the hump back believed to be ali was four miles due west of san francisco's waterfront and has not been seen since. >> the pride flag is flying the first time above california state capital in sacramento. governor newsome's office tweeted this flag high above the building's west side. the pride flag flies below three other flags, california flag, w.o.w. flag honoring missing veterans. it's the modern birth of the lbbt rights, stone wall in new york. >> the hayward, new haven and newark unified school districts partnered to provide free healthy lunches for kids this summer. one of five sites for what school district ca

they line a 700-mile trail between san diego and sonoma. lopez says that history was anything but peaceful or honorable. >> that is a fictitious and cruel history and lie that is told. >> reporter: lopez, who is the president of the land trust and represents the tribal territory that uc santa cruz now owns started a petition a year ago to have the bells removed. friday morning he was joined by more than 100 students, professors and other tribal leaders. >> and so it was really powerful today to recognize that we have heard them. we have listened to them. and that we want to take this bell down. again, this bell that symbolizes death and destruction. >> most of the students, i don't think they even knew that the bell was there or didn't really understand what the symbol was. >> reporter: the bell will now be either melted down and turned into something peaceful or put in a museum. side by side, the story of why it was taken down from a tribal perspective. >> we're starting a journey and we have traveled one mile. we're very happy for that on

from sonoma they were celebrating 50 years of racing on the sonoma raceway track. a goodbye to legendary racer term broadcaster darrell waltrip. 47 years in the racing business probably best known for the boogie catchphrase. he was treated to a dominant day by martin truex junior. he let the tornado 350 59 of the 90 laps. he held up kyle busch to take the checkered flag. and becomes the first driver to win consecutive races since jack gordon in 1999. >> next year, if you're in the winning circle again inc. you would say it should've been four. >> it it should've been four. resource never forget the one that got away. >> brett anderson did not even make it through four innings to give up a three and -- austin meadows and they split the four- game series. the giants and diamondbacks tied at two in the tent but mark lanson serves up the walk off to tim like castro. nick stu gores for the arizona win. it would've been the giants first three-game sweep of the season. but again the big story, truex junior becomes a repeat champion here in sonoma. that's it. see you tonig

the money will include money for sonoma, napa, and lake counties as well as the cities of napa, santa rosa and clear lake. now the settlement calls for 9 north bay cities and counties to receive a total of $415 million. the town of paradise which was devastated by the camp fire is set to receive $247 million. $47 million is designated for the paradise recreation and parks district. a separate $252 million is allocated for butte county where paradise is located. pg&e issued a statement that said in part our goal throughout the chapter 11 process is to work collaboratively to fairly balance the interest of our many shareholders as well as the customers and communities we serve. >>> we begin our campaign with the best record, the best results, the best agenda, and the only positive vision for our country's future. >> president trump making a bid for four more years in office officially kicking off his re-election campaign in orlando, florida last night. the president tauting his administration's achievements. president trump also taking a few jabs at some of his potential democratic comp

. >>30 firefighters are creating controlled burns in sonoma county fire. they say those burns are critical to dealing with fire season. i'm alexandra known in washington with details on a plan aimed at stopping foreign interference before the 2020 election. 4 ov food banks, why many of us volunteer area today. >>and that fog >>here at kron 4 were celebrating founder stay for our company next our media kron four's charles clifford took a trip to the san francisco or in food bank were a number of kron 4 employees spent the day volunteering. >>well here at the san are in food bank on monday kron 4 was volunteering as part of our annual founders day we had teams not only here in san francisco, but also up and various food banks around the bay area. now here in san francisco, the food bank serves about 225,000 people per year sending about 48 million pounds of food through its warehouse and all that the food and all that distribution of needs volunteers to make it happen. they say year about 40,000 people help out here at the food bank crime for had 2 teams her

napa and sonoma tied for fifth. the statewide average unemployment rate is 3.5%.>>> these are historically low numbers. >> reporter: the former director of the state employment development department. he said this intense competition for employees has opened the door for people who used to find it hard to get a job. >>> i think the employment of cal works recipients of workers with developmental differences. of ex-offenders. >> reporter: tech companies are flush with applicants because they draw from around the country and world. it is the smaller local retailers like juice shop owner would have to come up with new incentives like cash bonuses for employees who get friends to come to work. >>> in san rafael simon perez. >>> is supposed to be a sweet song about san jose. tonight there is major backlash.>>> what does it say about our community if you can't acknowledge to local talent? >>> three overnight parking for people living in their rvs. but not just anyone. can stay here. free overnight parking. >>> nascar has

a report report found 3,000 people in sonoma county. join our better bay area group of facebook. >>> target is recovering from technical problems over the weekend that forced some stores to temporarily close. target says a vendor it uses to help accept payments had an issue at one of its davis centers. stores were unable to process certain card payments yesterday. on saturday, the retailer's checkout system suffered a national outage, a problem during routine maintenance is to blame. >>> if you have ragu pasta sauces in your kitchen, check them. they may contain something bad for your health. >>> the u.s. says it has more prove that iran was behind the attack on tankers in the gulf of oman. that story coming up. >>> this rare blue lobster became an internet sensation. it is not going to end up on someone's dinner table. >> that's all ahead. first, it's 4:36. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> temperatures 53 to 55. it's filling in most of our neighborhoods and keeping us in the mid to upper 50s.

they are celebrating 50 wares of racing at sonoma raceway. is one of the just two courses on the nascar circuit all season. they have added even more turns this year. the daytona 500 champion was in san francisco this afternoon for the annual luncheon. he explained by everybody loves the reprieve from the monday noble tracks. >> is being able to go out in the city and run from the police. you go as fast as he can left and right. it is our only opportunity. you just go as fast as you can. >> i into races in both oval tracks and road courses. you can't see all of the course in one place but where you do, you see bumping and grinding. >> they must love it. can often make a left turn. >> a lot of grease and well on the track. a lot of crashes. >>> cbs evening news is coming up next. >> we have a preview. >>> here's a look at the stories we are working on. >> i made a mistake. >> tension sore in the middle east after iran shoots down an american drone. in the persian gulf. >>> joe biden defenses work with segregationist senators. >>> desk duty. wh

at sonoma raceway, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> time now is 8:18.'s send things over to meteorologist lisa argen, keeping an eye on the forecast for us. hi, lisa. >> hey, chris. we have a 15-foot marine layer hee you can see from the san mateo coast where the fog son allowing for a red flag warning until 6:00 tonight in communities east of the caldecott tunnel. this is a view from on camera. the east bay will sizzle, even in the mid 90s in spots. from the sea breeze, they back off from this community. in the upper elevation goes we see the strong northerly winds allowing for a quick warm-up. you can see the camera shaking a bit here. 54 with half mile visibility at the coast, and look at all of the fog here. we are certainly going to see a comfortable and sunny day at the coast. it is going to take some time -- not too much time -- for the fog to erode, the marine layer compresses. 64 in concord. livermore, 63. 62, napa. we've had the north winds in napa and sonoma counties and that allowed for quick warming, anywhere from three to eight degrees war

expected at sonoma raceway this weekend for another edition of nascar save mart, 3.50.since 1997 drivers will be on the acts original 12 turn to a half mile along road course. anniversary celebration the event gets going sunday at noon. martin truex junior, the defending champion that it's going to be a fun one to get there early right, yeah, lots of trfic getting up us. and it's going to be hot murray's this is right. >>that's right pam ken and mark your full sonoma >>we have some new breaking news tonight, a twin engine aircraft went down on the north shore of oahu and we believe as many as 9 people were killed this is at dillingham airfield it on the north show north shore and local lou, a a and uh it's also a place where there is sky day diving activity, although we do not know for sure this was a skydiving plane, but it is a twin engine with 9 people aboard so that would lead one to believe that that could be the possibility as this is a more remote airfield on oahu but again 9 people aboard an aircraft a twin engine beach that crashed at dillingham airfield on the

here in sonoma gayle ong kron 4 news. >>the benicia fire department is reminding residents and fireworks are banned in the city and with 4th of july celebrations right around the corner, the risk for starting wildfires becomes greater because of heat and dry conditions. the city's encouraging those are staying in benicia for the 4th of july to simply go check out the public fireworks display hosted by benicia main street. firefighters are performing controlled burns to clear brush that could fuel a major fire. let's take a look at the smoke and flames along allison drive just last week in vacaville temperatures at that point we're well into the 80's on thursday, but they still decided to hold those controlled burns. crews say this is a proactive way to prevent fires from spreading. an oakland lyft drivers bigoted rant was caught on a passenger's cellphone jamie thompson was on her way to her hotel when she says that the rant started and simply never stopped richard budge or low has the story. >>very very >>they i felt tra

here in sonoma gayle ong kron 4 news. >>thank you gayle and to prevent any future brush fires the benicia fire department wants to remind people that fireworks are banned in that city with 4th of july celebrations getting closer the risk for starting wildfires becomes greater because of heat and those drier conditions like it was just telling us the city does encourage those staying in benicia for the 4th of july to go to the public fireworks display hosted by the nation main street. all right we are taking out. outside that is the embarcadero look in the. out there i know was very very gg are just a the last couple of hours how is thrt fog looking for us rebecca. well, it's pretty stubborn and noel chair that's for sure we're layer in the bac is the bay bridge toll plaza approach. camera but yes it is definitely a keeping things on the cool side. that's we're going to see into the overnight hours now, i'm looking at future cast for how stubborn is it going to be it looks like it's going to be with us throughout the entir

they surveyed 3500 properties in unincorporated sonoma.ive it is looking for the kind of thing that will allow them to protect a home like this in the event of a fire. neighbors here tell us they are happy to see the increased focus on safety. >> there have been times when the neighbors don't maintain their property and its awkward, especially when they don't live here full-time. that's usually the problem. >> die cut other counties there isn't a fine for these violations at the county has to keep coming back for repeat inspections or to abate the property they are going to send you the bill for that. if you do not pick up the bill, the next step is a lien against your property. in sonoma county, wilson pop warner. >>> warm air but cool city, pick your favorite climate. >> it's interesting that can literally drive an hour or half hour even and it changes the entire climate. there it is. >> is like one or the other. >> it is 30 degrees cooler. >> kids in the pool and bring a jacket. welcome if you just moved here. it will be one of those we

he was arrested and sentenced to 21 years in prison for sexually abusing multiple victims, and sonoma county charles clifford kron 4 news. >>mark and kate will set you up a bay area sports night as the kevin duran frey agency saga is officially off and running. and tracking cool spring-like weather in the bay area for the next couple days until we transition to more summer-l right now, earn 60,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the hawaiian airlines world elite mastercard. plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. get closer to the travels and moments you'll remember forever with this special offer. need another reason? enjoy an introductory no annual fee. to apply, visit hawaiianairlines.com ♪ ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time. this is nissan intelligent mobility. ♪ >>sports world talking about kevin duran again. >>kate really talking about breaking it all down on the set of bay area sports night. >>that's right getting ready for bay area sports night 7 o'clock

chp has arrested a woman this past sunday on suspicion of dui at a parking lot at the sonoma raceway police say bethany garcia was driving a golf cart while intoxicated with her daughter on her lap that one point they say she hit another woman with a golf cart that victim suffering major injuries and had to be taken by helicopter to the santa rosa memorial hospital. >>stanford is offering billions of dollars to improve housing transportation and schools. it's part of a community benefits packages the university looks to secure a massive expansion of its campus. the offer includes million for the palo alto unified school district more than 3 billion to build housing including below market units and more than $1 billion to improve transportation. stanford is hoping to get permits for more than 3 million square. feet of university bet in land of universities hoping to secure permits for new academic facilities. >>happy tuesday ever on it was a nice normal summer day for us here in the bay area taking a look out in the south bay here seen some blew out there and a serious clouds out in t

yesterday firefighters burned 34 acres of the sonoma valley, regional park in glen ellen. >>so controlled burn in this area allows us to put fire on the landscape on our terms when it comes to wild land fire here in california. it's not matter of if but when and so if we can be proactive and reduce that fuel loading prior to a catastrophic fire event then everybody is better off at the head. >>cal fire is planning another 30 acre controlled burn for the outskirts of santa rosa near safari west that's going to happen today. well you you california firefighter that the state did not hire enough firefighters in its newest budget. so the budget put for 13 additional engines, a 131 new firefighter positions, new air tankers helicopters and dozers but the president of the union in sacramento says that's not enough. tim edwards says the job of state firefighters has gotten even more difficult over the years. and he also says that the state is not going to give them an a firefighters they hope that the public can help out. >>could be more vigilant clethat up. >>well ever says that

yeah, the sonoma recently as this weekend very hot temperatures far interior valleys, especially thosef you in the north bay. >>let's take a look at your forecast because as you can see by saturday we're going to warm up into the upper 80's to nearly 10 degrees warmer. then where you were today with that that warming trend continuing for the 2nd half of your weekend so make sure to stay cool and hydrated for those of you taking part in this weekend event let's take a checking or microclimate forecast for the 1st half of your weekend. 5 degrees above normal for most coastal areas, downtown san francisco, warming up into the mid 70's and yes today is the first day of summer but this weekend it's going to be above average so we're going to notice the heat for the end of june pacifica 64 degrees half moon bay, 72 degrees for your saturday afternoon highs burlingame in the upper 70's, but south san francisco, low 70's for you in san mateo 82 degrees. redwood city, 83 degrees for youraturday afternoon highs, breezy wind speeds from the north is going to help clear us out and dry us out and a

niÑos y gentes mayores >>> la madre naturaleza deja una huella, nuestro lente captó en el condado sonomae hacia las casas de la comunidad, de lo contrario tenemos que alertar a los vecinos para evacuar, lograron evacuar a familia de 50 hogares no se reportaron daÑos, cuando los bomberos controlaron el área, fueron destruidos, una muestra que reventó la preparación de muchos como la familia >>> especialmente habló latino, podemos tomar y no y tomarlo en serio será para los condado que son napa,, sonoma a las 6:00 de la maÑana es el momento para ser preparativo, , su teléfono cargado y hablando en detalles dos equipos médicos, ocupan electricidad estamos en san francisco en noticiero telemundo >>> gracias por la información >>> vamos con la meteorología con detalles de alerta del tiempo>>> buenas noches, estamo viviendo una situación de cerca sabemos los peligros por el incendio y es una situación que se puede convertir en emergencia pero esperamos que no sea el caso porque tomaremos medidas necesarias y damos alerta, en caso de cualquier tipo de eventualidad los avisos se mantienen hacia

in the sonoma county, kpix 5. >>> a massive pot bust. deputies seized more than 10,000 marijuana plants from two separate illegal growth sites. on one of the properties. authorities found thousands of plants inside 11 greenhouses. deputies called it the largest illegal cultivation site in recent history.>>> i am juliette goodrich in walnut creek where there is a growing memorial for miles. he was shot and killed by police yesterday. and today neighbors and police are calling this a tragedy. >> reporter: neighbors say miles struggled with mental illness for years. he sometimes had outbursts. they said his parents were constantly updating friends and neighbors about how he was doing, even sending out e- mails. >> we don't know what went down. we are heartbroken. took the police say around 4:41 yesterday afternoon, his grandmother called 911 saying her grandson was threatening her. one minute later, neighbor called and said they could hear fighting in a possible gunshot coming from a home on center court. six minutes after the first emergen

now in the bay area, those counties include solano sonoma napa and lake counties. this suspension bans anyone from burning landscape debris like branches and leaves outside. also a reminder for people in sonoma county today is also the deadline for property owners to have an effect defense of space so keep that in mind. well the deadline is coming up for property owners to clear. enough for that distance of space all around their property. that space around their property gives firefighters. you know a little bit of cushion room to save their homes. cal fire's very concerned about this summer in the hot weather that's coming up and after a rainy winter. grasses have just been growing when the dry out we dry out they die they become you know thing can easily catch fire and this is why officials started defensible space inspections in sonoma county. >>more warm days liked. >>i'm actually hot days in the summertime. so i think it's gotten us to think little bit more about. making sure all the vegetation is. >>well the fire marshal says that they expect to have 3500 pr

>>i am in the car we're about to go on the sonoma county raceway.f driver who is actually a nevado native this is dave smith and what's it like to be here for the 50th anniversary. >>it's amazing because they're gone back to their original what i call sears point raceway a date myself a little bit but i'm thrilled to be driving the original track. they should it change is a long time ago. it's a lot more challenging for the drivers, it's a lot fun for the fans as well there's some heavy heavy a passing zones that are going to be incorporated with this original traca and it's going to be a wild ride so all right well, let's take a look right you can keep your eyes on the road course wrong. >>we is called the carousel what do you think for people of never done this before which is most of the racers going to be here on sunday. what would you say for them doing in their first time. >>the young guys are race and now have another chance to see the new i'm the new original track. >>are asians that's going to be m challenge for that we're going up wanted r

>>as it does every june sonoma raceway is preparing to host northern california's largest sporting event this coming weekend. the toyota save mart 3.50. what to look at the entire facility now in 20 19 it's like night and day for when things first started here. >>i think we have now become one of the favorite stops on the circuit as opposed to the one that everybody dreaded coming to. >>1969 sears point raceway open to a small community of racing enthusiast's the track was active hosting stock car events motorcycles dragsters in open-wheel races but the road course was missing a major headliner and in 1989 nascar's cup series needed a new west coast track when riverside raceway closed we were probably not their first choice it turned out. >>fortunately for us we became the only viable choice but talk about primitive the teams had to work out in the back of their haulers because the track didn't have garages and the fans, the fans were sitting on the hillside and and a piece starthistle. it was just a really rough experience so steve page arrived in 1991 and it took him a full decade to f

. >>> just into our newsroom, a surprise plea in a sonoma county courtroom today putting an end to a haunting double murder case. sean gallum walked into his pretrial hearing today and surprised the court with a plea of no contest to murder. he is accused in the 2004 double murder in the coastal town of jenner. the victims were an engaged ohio couple in california working as camp counsellors. they were shot to death as they slept in their sleeping bags. now, their murders went unsolved until 2017 when gallon was arrested at his home following the murder of his brother, to which he also pleaded no contest. >>> another major departure from the trump administration. press secretary sarah sanders is leaving the white house at the end of the month. she is returning to her home state of arkansas. also today, intense fall-out after president trump's admission that he would consider accepting information from foreign powers on his 2020 rivals. >> it is not an interference. they have information. i think i'd take it. >> that's not the right answer. the right answer ishat involvem. >> three sa

the sonoma county regional park after 2017. we realized oh actually fires a part of this landscape.f you hike any of these hills every one of these mature trees has a fires current it that which tells the story of how fire is part of this landscape so we woke up asia and as land managers were like oh we actually have to get ahead of the curve we have to be proactive only 34 acres will be black and on this day, but it's part of what's called the sonoma valley wildlands collaborative. >>of public lands parklands and preserves which you can see highlighted in grey on this map. the idea to cut back or burn brush across 18,000 acres. >>over the next decade. there are other controlled burns planned outside of the collaborative in sonoma county as there is a greater effort be made throughout the state to get in front of wildfire season when it comes to wild land fire here in california. it's not matter of if but when and so. >>if we can be proactive and reduce that fuel loading prior to a catastrophic fire event. >>then everybody is better off at the end. >>cal fire is planning another 30

they are holding it here at the sonoma raceway. it is the 50th anniversary.ry of this place -- and there is a preshow at 10:15. and the race starts at noon. heading to the area, you want to expect have your traffic along highways 37 and 121. a good crowd out here. everybody getting excited. we have seen some cars going around the tracks. definitely getting into the spirit. as for the weather, it is warm. we are getting a breeze. so pretty nice out here. ktvu, fox2 news. >> the drivers lose up to 10 pounds of water wait in the three plus hours that they drive. >>> coming up next, when it comes to summer vacation, maybe it is time to think outside the box. >> and checking into a unique hotel experience. >> a mother credits a police officer with helping to turn her life around from drugs. now she is talking about what happened years ago. coming up. >>> good sundamorning. this is called blue clear sky. david requested this song. pretty appropriate. we are seeing some clear skies. some fog and clouds around the coast. is shaping up to be a warm to hot day. i will

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all the vegetation is is under control sonoma residents marking judy crown wake. >>have a go bag ready after the area was evacuated during the 2017 north bay fires, it's very interesting process because you think you fact everything. you realize you forgotten, maybe catch. i shoot the gun, so many things so i think is says a good practice to have one handy. officials are saying now is the time to start planning for the worst just in case. temperatures have cooled down which makes it the perfect time. >>to do all the necessary defensible space work. it's also important to do so because we and deadlines have passed and some counties. so it's definitely make sure to check your local fire. fire fire departments and also if you don't you could get fined. we're live in snow michaela long kron 4 news. >>well, thank you so much gayle if you saw smokes and smoke that is in parts of solano county this week, no need to be alarmed they were controlled burn-off of allison drive in vacaville on thursday and friday, this is what it looked like you can see the smoke and flames in

marin, napa, sonoma county, it's going to be warm on the grapevine through napa and sonoma. low 90s. head to mill valley. also looking at a warm day, above average by about 7 degrees. 84 expected for that daytime high. so number one reason why we have this heat is high pressure, high pressure always brings the heat in most cases here for california. so we've got this for one more day. then this weather system is in what i'm watching. i think you're going like this. storm system off to the north is going to drop temperatures by thursday and friday. now rainfall will stay away. but we'll defel some cooler temperatures move in. let's look at the results of that cooler weather and give you the latest on that. san francisco, you'll drop down into the 60s thursday and friday. enjoy it. it will be back up to the 70s. this weekend probably is a little strange on sunday. we'll see some high clouds move across. olso a little bit of midity, ontinue into early next week. inland valleys, yes, if the heat was a little too much for you, back down to the 70s for thursday and friday. 92 on s

where live now at the sonoma raceway.fans know, this can be a lot more mistakes. >> reporter: you know, i have heard that, i think that they have too. it is the signature race here at sonoma, returned to this track for the 31st consecutive year. you alluded to it, there is a little bit of a twist of this year's race. it is and return to what they call the carousel. you're looking at it now, it is empty as we speak. just a short while ago, the best drivers in the world were out here familiarizing themselves with the new twist and turns. over the last 21 years, they have used a shorter track that did not include the segment. which goes from turn four, turns five and six, and now back to the longer, more treacherous course. so the drivers, had better be ready. >> is in exciting addition. they're accustomed to going to the same track. there was not much more to learn as far as the actual racetrack itself. it is more optimizing the racecar. now when we go there we are going to be working on not only making the car better, but

redwood city, 79. 60s throughout an, sonoma coun right here around 83.d forecast, through sunday. next week, warming coming in, looks like mid-70s right now. inland valleys, 80s through the weekend into father's day sunday. by next week, 90s do return, watch out f drier wds next tuesday. could increase fire danger. more details as we move closer. for now, sit back, relax and enjoy the weather that's lowering the fire danger and blood pressure. when it gets hot around here, everything is compounded. >> we get a little cranky. thank you jeff. >>> no down payment, no problem. bay area start-up helping people buy a home. >>> and jimmy. >> chris hemsworthnd coombiel naj ani are here, and music from the jonas brothers. great show. stay tuned. >>> happening now, president trump's comments once again drawing sharp reactions from democratic opponents. today said would accept dirt from foreigners on opponents. fired back, welcoming foreign interference again on american elections. back in a moment. ♪ we're not going to make it. oh, we're going to make it. woo. ♪ >

the sonoma county regional park after 2017. we realized oh actually fires a part of this landscape. >>and if you hike any of these hills every one of these mature trees has a fires kermit that which tells the story of how fire is part of this landscape so we woke up asia and his land managers were like oh we actually have to get ahead of the curve we have to be proactive only 34 acres will be black and on this day, but it's part of what's called the sonoma valley wildlands collaborative. >>of public lands parklands and preserves which you can see highlighted in grey on this map. the idea is to cut back or burn brush across 18,000 acres of the next decade or so. >>fire is planning other controlled burns outside the collaborative as there is a greater effort being made throughout the state to get in front of wildfire season. so controlled burn in this area allows us to put fire on the landscape. >>on our terms when it comes to wild land fire here in california and it's not matter of if but when and so. >>if we can be proactive and reduce that fuel loading prior to a catastrophic fire