the former zones controlled by east and west emerged as new nations. ah, the capitalists, federal republic of germany, and the communist german democratic republic at the peak of berlin was one of the most strategically critical places in the world. the in the early hours of august, the 13th 1961. the 1st barriers of the berlin wall rose along the eastern border. the concrete block put up in the days, followed, marked an immediate new reality. cutting off families and friends and the world of freedom, the proudest on. yeah. the clear statement of us policy in the week of the construction of the wall me soviet leader nikita khrushchev maintained that as long as the concrete rules still stood, western leaders could not declare victory. but as the soviet union power and influence began to decline in the late 19 eighties, it spelled the beginning of the end for the eastern block. ah, the east german government couldn't keep functioning without the support of the soviets. change was coming in the early days of november, 1989 east germans turned out in huge

. >> this afternoon, particularly in the east bay. we're going to see temperatures take a nice print to about 100. it looks like for high temperatures today. today, tomorrow the 2 days we want to watch. then a little bit of breather as we head on to the weekend, particularly next week. looks pretty good there, too. here's the progress of the fog along the east bay shoreline. and you can see just above everything. it's the blue skies that will take over that. we do have some scattered clouds are going to keep in the forecast. that's a loft above all of this fog that we have. meanwhile, the golden gate bridge. pretty socked in from right there. that's kind of a fog trap. any rate the major players we have obviously the high pressure in the west or west coast. that's going provide a little bit of a flow pattern to bring up some scattered clouds later on, though that low in the gulf of alaska usually brings us rain in the winter months. but this go-around will cool us off as we head into next week. temperature check. it's been the 60's al

peel away from the east bay shoreline. as you can see, as we go into a kind of a mostly sunny mode on balance. but we'll see some scattered clouds, though, in the afternoon and even some of those inland spots as well. a quick check in the temperatures were about 60 on the east bay shoreline never called off that much in the east bay all 60's overnight. 74 already antioch up to the north santa rosa's trailing at 5560 for napa. 56 san francisco in 63 for san jose. so there's the big h it's pretty much in place. it's going to be challenge next week by that low up in the gulf of alaska. but until that time we do get the southerly flow going on. that will provide the thunderstorms up in the sierra. we'll see some scattered clouds today in a little bit of a resurgence of the monsoon on saturday that's not sounding alarm bells or anything. just something look out for. we'll see what that develops to. we get little closer. the long-range forecast very thing. here's a little event comes crawling up here quite more active in the 4 c

but we continue to -- it's groundhog day and the middle east -- in the middle east every day. there is a new dictator and a new expansion of power and you have to go back in and work with partners in the region. it has succeeded good the region has contributed to global growth. it is critical for energy and for other reasons. and i believe this policy, all in all, can work. the problem right now is, if the biden administration does completely withdraw from afghanistan, which i believe it will, and probably signs the nuclear agreement with iran, people in the region will wonder, is this the beginning of an american withdrawal? that opens the door to all kinds of nightmares. thus, it will be important and imperative that the biden administration take action to show, again, not with huge armies but with diplomatic presence, that it will stay engaged in the region and work with partners and friends to preserve stability. that is key. steve: an earlier caller made reference to the a umn -- a um -- aumf. >> it is the authorization for the use of military force. it is one of the cute

east bay you've got the clouds. we will talk about this small chance of thunderstorms which becomes focus by this afternoon and tomorrow. that's coming up in the forecast. >>> it is a busy monday morning commute for your ride into altamont pass. i will have an update on a crash we have been following plus a look at highway four. >>> a live look outside before break from our mark hopkins camera. kind of 's only serves one kinda breakfast a better one so chuck your old soggy egg-wich, and pick up two of these freshly made sandwiches at wendy's for just 4 bucks. choose wisely, choose wendy's 2 for $4. [baby crying] i got it. i got it. ♪ ♪ give grandma kisses. mwah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ getting some help with the little one, from her biggest fan. some real face time. just an amtrak away. >>> to give you a preview of what happened overnight. you are looking at southern california where the lightning is really moving through inland empire. if we go to the wide view, our chance may come later today into tomorrow. it won't l

some fires in the east bay, actually. but before we get to that, we want to give you a quick check of your weather forecast is going to be another scorcher many parts of the bay area. dave spahr has got all the details for you. hey, day. >> and good morning welcome morning, everybody. got that to fog. that's already settled back kind of the business as usual. there. we're still cool around the bay, but it's really inland. we're going to see those temperatures starting to pop because really around the immediate. they were going to see a little improvement for today. here's the shot from u c berkeley. we really can't make out the east bay along the east bay shoreline that will happen later this morning. golden gate bridge is also socked by the fog for right now a look at what the map looks like still keeping everything in place until 00:00pm tonight with that excessive heat warning for the red and the oranges indicate an advisory. but there is an improvement we see down in the south a little bit on the north bay to with num

been from east germany. and do people still talk in the form of eastern life? yeah, totally. i would say even more than ever, and i notice it in myself. i never, i never wanted to be in the room and i just wanted to be a german. the meaning of the word has changed because you get stereotyped so much. it's germany, you, it's german. so you do that where your parents at this does he like at the scene for please. so did you have enough to eat all these sort of stereotypes from the, from the ninety's have changed. they're not, they're, they're not so crude anymore. the stereotype says little bit more elaborate, maybe i would say like you always in a position to explain yourself and to justify yourself. because because you're from the as a blue bar. but i've often osland printed on the front of our eyes, unless bunch of friends around the that's pretty minor. one particular what happened here, just over 30 years ago. this is significant. and exactly, so people were rushing to the border crossings like was in berl

the monsoon thunder showers fire up in the 4 corner states 70's in the east bay 60's line up the east bay shoreline as we will see up in the north bay. north bay will be warm today, but not as hot as the east bay will be today and breaking things down. 91 or so by 1 o'clock and 93 by 4 again, noting some of those afternoon clouds and some locations pushing to near 100 or so. we'll take a look at them in the 4 zone forecast taking a look at traffic reyna philae sent. all right. dave, things are starting to improve out there on our highways bridges and roadways. >> traveling along highway 24 heading towards at 5.18 on interchange. look at that. a little under 13 minutes for your drive time. so no major delays. our issues there. it is pretty busy, though, at the bay bridge a little under 17 minutes for you to hit from the east bay tillis make it to that fremont street exit again, we had some earlier traffic collisions along the bay bridge loan us down a bit as of since been cleared headed across towards the peninsula under 14 for your drive time there. so conditions are looking great in

our role in the plaza east rehab program. as folks may remember, our office brought a loan quest to our citywide affordable housing loan committee for rehab money and services funds. when we were last in front of this committee, we explained our role going forward, which is to monitor the construction and the financing and the performance of the team on that loan. so we have -- pardon me while i find my text. so in essence, the team has submitted their first pay application for the construction work, which kicked off at the end of may. we just received the pay application at the end of last week, and we're reviewing it right now. but essentially 12% of the repair work has been completed. that means 12% of the budget and 12% of the scope. 25 units are complete. 59 units are partially complete. of the units that were completed, 14 were already vacant and those are being used for in-house relocations. there has not been any overnight relocations off-site as of this date. the project continues to be on schedule and on budget. as

east bay shoreline, mid 70s. they'll climb to the upper 80s for valleys of marin, 90 santa rosa, 103 in ukiah, 102 in clear lake. across the seven-day forecast for san francisco, oakland, san jose, there is a cooling trend on here. since we didn't warm up a whole lot in either of the locations, there is not a dramatic cool down. we'll go from mid 80s in san jose to around 80 for the weekend. here is where the big change happens. inland valleys of east bay where we'll be 97, we will cool numbers to 90 for daytime high by the early part of the weekend. similar story for north bay, we'll get you back down to average. how does the drive look? >>> good morning. let's look at the drive into the altamont pass because that's our busiest spot. we see brake lights already building. ride west bound from 205 out of tracy near mount house, 580 near north flynn, that's our slowest spot. speeds are dipping down to about 22 miles per hour. your travel time, 37 minutes. that's what you will need 205 towards 680. we know that incr

east bay shoreline all lit up already. as you can see, the fog is pretty much lifted from this perspective. then the golden gate bridge. it's usually the last along the bunch in order to get clear about some morning drizzle with all of this. and again, that some nice relief and that will be insulating to some degree even this afternoon. san francisco the coast in a little bit along the east bay shoreline which the map reflects here excessive heat warning going on. that's the areas in red. you see the oranges or advisory and that does include the santa clara valley. sometimes you folks are not involved in these. but you're in this one and also to the santa cruz mountains, excessive heat warning. that is that will be until 11:00pm on sundays for the day to get through all of this as well. so with the overnight recovery, if you will. we've got the 50's going on for much of the perimeter of the bay. you can see the greens making their way across the delta so that marine layer pushed its way on east a little bit spilled into th

farther inland in the east bay, you're going to be the hotspots. no surprise there. temperatures into the mid to upper 90s to the, wednesday and thursday. it will be a warmer pattern for the northbay as well but only into the upper half of the 80s. mid-60s along the coast tuesday and wednesday before temperatures start backing up again. some ups and downs but nothing that's going to put you in mind of six flags and the roller coasters there. >> we can handle it. >>> listen up, niners fans. how you can get an early look at the 2021 team. we have a preseason overview, next. >>> we're live at the reimagined gilr >>> we are counting down to kick off. 22 days away from preseason foot all on kpix 5. >> today the team unveiling the schedule for training camp . chopper 5 over levi stadium and the practice field today. there was action. we saw a few people working out. the number of team practices will be open to the public. >> players report next week. >> i like the look of that field. tuesday, july 27th. the fans, they'll get to watch 13 scheduled practices starting july 28

does east and west remain an issue to day? patrice buddha, bella is berliner specifically west berlin and t. v. presenter. how would you describe yourself these days? berliner does east and west of matter to you? to me it actually does, but just like barely because like some people don't even know. sometimes it's kind of i feel offended in ways when sometimes i like travelling around with people and they asked me, so is this the east? and i'm wondering why would they think it's the east although that we are in the west. so. busy because they're not really so familiar because so many things have been, have been billed or renovated within the last a few decades. so of course i understand it's really hard to tell you have some street signs which still indicates in which pods you are. it's very diverse, but also very chaotic and berlin. of course, it's not what it used to be like in the eighty's, which is not a bad thing, but we have to figure out if it's a good thing. ok with you remember when the war was exciting, the thing was

this is east germany specific issue? and with the nato members just focus their games is that how it works or what was? >> [inaudible] when west germany joined nato all of the nato states agreed to support west germany policies to not recognize east germany. all of the other states could, they need to also apply receive visas. some of those states and teams might not have received them. in general the warsaw past other than east germany were able to enter and play. what happened was always a complicated and kind of depended on the sport being played weathers a team sport or an individual sport and how strong the soviet union in that event us with all the other states were due. when east germany was not allowed a visa the did mass withdraw and boycott. they would wait until very close to the competition began even when they had decided several weeks earlier they were going to withdraw. there were instances particularly when the soviet team was really, really good at certain sports. they did not want to lose out on that. b

we are going to start to see a bit of haze for the east bay. as we look to monday and for tuesday, you can see some of the smoke pushing into the bay area. at this point we are looking at the hazy skies aloft in upper levels of the atmosphere. at this point still looking good to moderate for air quality though as we look to the next several days. we have our eyes on it and we are monitoring it closely for you. daytime highs along the coast, low 60s. peninsula, mid 70s san mateo. south bay mid 80s, santa clara, san jose. morgan hill 90. inland east bay 95 concord and pleasant hill, 97 antioch, close to triple digit heat in brentwood. 64 in san francisco, 70 alameda, 72 oakland, 87 santa rosa. ukiah, 102 this afternoon. san francisco and oakland, temperatures very similar over the next several days. south bay, san jose, a little bit cooler into early next week with a few clouds, mid level clouds streaming in. inland east bay, down to the 80s by sunday and monday and bumping up temperatures mid week. north bay, temperatures a bit cooler as well fo

over in the east bay. one man is in critical condition this morning after a car plow him all over this all happened in richmond. the driver of that car sped off the incident was all caught on surveillance video. we have to warn you, this video may be hard for some of, you know, watch this is the surveillance video from a nearby business of the moment court in bail was hit. it happened tuesday morning at around 4.45. near san pablo and solano avenues in richmond. silver suv just kept driving after hitting him. they'll sister like me. should gartner says it's still hard to wrap her head around what happened to her brother. so devastating. >> that this has to my brother, even been very loving. loving person kind. joe jones star of the family. >> bell is awaiting to undergo numerous surgery and is currently in a medically induced coma. the family tells kron 4. they understand this may have been an accident, but they're disappointed that no one and that person did not stop to help him. also over in the east bay

it may be problematic 71 antioch, mostly 60's in the east bay 50's line up the east bay shoreline and also up the north bay too 62 for san jose stormtracker 4. you can really see anything going on in our region. its way down to the south where the it is all balled up. complements of this low that's been kind of shielding us. we'll lose that influence going forward. now over the next few days. now, today, again, temperatures pretty mild complements of all of that. there's the flareup of showers that happen in the mountains. that's somewhat typical this time of year. but will be fortified later on with the monsoon really have some monsoon clouds coming in here tomorrow. just a little bit in the way some high cloudiness to kind of pass the day of that. here's how it breaks down today. we've got temperatures sub 90 just about everywhere on our map, got some clouds and cool conditions along the coast, particularly again, tomorrow. we're up in those temps a little bit near about 80 in parts of the east bay shoreline into the weekend. this we start to get the monsoon clouds in and out. and t

that's the view down 880 looking at the east bay. mid level clouds, stratus has filled in much of the bay. outside immediate bay, it's relatively clear sky. here is the big picture. you see the complex of thunderstorms. let's put it in futurecast and i will show you how this will play out. we'll take storms and slowly widen our view and watch a redevelopment right there. that gets us into the afternoon today. the complex of thunderstorms has shifted north. it centered in central and southern sierra for the most part today. as we get into the afternoon today and more importantly tomorrow morning, now the thunderstorms working through engh to home, there is our 20% chance some storms develop. a closer look just at us. we will look at tonight into tomorrow. you can see a wider spread area here where you get a decent chance for maybe an isolated thunderstorm or two for tuesday. granted it's only a 20% chance. it's not super high. that's high enough considering how dry the landscape is. we've got to watch it closely. this looks more impre

felecia dog reports from the east bay with tips on how to save. >> on average. the east bay municipal utility district says single-family customers use about 250 gallons of water per day. that number can vary based on where you and the size of your lot. but if you can soon 250 gallons of water on a daily basis. a 15% reduction amounts to 37 and a half gallons of water that includes water use for indoors like, you know, flushing toilets, washing hands showering. >> as well as outdoor water use a good place to start is the toilet older models can use up to 5 gallons per flush newer high efficiency toilets use about 1.2 gallons per flush by installing a high efficiency toilet. the state says a household can save 19 gallons per person each day. if there are multiple people in your home. you can achieve the 15% goal by upgrading the toilet alone keeping showers under 5 minutes go say saved 12 and a half gallons for a shower when using water efficient showerheads might actually has on devices that will mail out to folks. we raiders that you can install in your shower

that is katie in the east bay and she felt the earthquake. we surprised to find out the epicenter was in tahoe? >> reporter: it is pretty surprising only because of the distance that the shaking actually traveled for us to be able to feel it here especially so strongly in the east bay. as you remember, we just had another earthquake about a week or so ago. when i first started feeling the shaking and my first thought was is this the big one and i think for so many people who live here in california, you start to feel those initial rumbles, and your heart starts racing because you just don't know how big is this going to get in terms of intensity and how long will it last and how much damage is there going to be. based on what i felt here in the tri-valley area, it does not seem like this level of shaking was enough to cause any of the widespread damage that we have seen in other situations and other earthquakes. again, i think a lot of people right now are going through their homes and checking everything out and going to their businesses try

the diablo range for the east bay. and the red flag warning expires monday at 05:00pm live in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news, thank you so much. gallon right now on kron 4 dot com. we have tips and information to get you ready for fire season. >> just scan. the qr code on your screen right now with your mobile device and it will send you straight to kron 4 dot com. happening tomorrow. more than 100 animals needing homes are coming right here to the bay area on monday. this is to help an overcrowded shelter in tulsa, oklahoma, 13 shelters around the bay area are preparing to receive the cats dogs kittens and puppies. the animals will arrive via private charter jet and land at the hayward executive airport. >> tomorrow. still much more to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 8 after the recent violent attacks against members of the a p i community here in the bay area. >> we talk with business owners in oakland's chinatown to learn more about the impact is now having on their neighborhoods. >> and later as cases of the

as well as the inner east bay and our east bay hills. this is again going to go through. not only today but the next few days, so very hot weather to be aware of temperatures right now, anywhere from 5 to 20 degrees warmer than where we were at this hour yesterday. better details on the current conditions and what you can expect for the weekend. coming up, rosemary. thank you. many people in those inland locations will be looking for ways to cool off today and this weekend. ktvu james torres shows us how cooling centers are helping out whatever temperatures are expected to be above 100 degrees for consecutive days, places like the dublin senior center offer up its building. it's air conditioned. it's it has a lovely lounge books, puzzles, wifi access, so it's a great place for people to come and just relax. consider these cooling centers, relief routes. they're meant to give anyone a break from the heat who might struggle to do that at home. some of the older home almost may not have air conditioning. so we do find that some of the older residents do come and take advanta

and directly to the east of the dixie fire in plumas national forest. crews are still trying to gain an upper hand on the largest fire currently burning in california. it's the back worth complex fire. >> it has burned more than 105,000 acres and is now 73% contained mandatory evacuations remain in place for some people in lassen county, at at least 33 homes have been destroyed. and governor newsom declared a state of emergency this weekend to help local governments in siskiyou lesson and plumas counties. a red flag warning is in effect right now for the east and north bay hills as well as the santa cruz mountains all areas pretty pouch from the drought. but this morning was issued because there's a potential for dry lightning and some of those strikes could spark a fire. reese's been telling us all night long about the threat that we're now under. >> gayle ong, though, showed us how crews in the east bay. we're getting ready. >> they area. firefighters are staffed up with strike teams dozers and air support preparing for the worst and hoping for the be

meanwhile you get into areas like the inner east bay as well as the east bay hills, the north bay hills, the santa cruz mountains. some of these areas are expected to hit 105 maybe even close to 110 for tomorrow. so this is why this area has the excessive heat warning goes until sunday. 11 pm when i comeback, i'll have a look at the current temperatures what we can expect for tomorrow and how long does heat is expected to last coming up? all right, rosemary. thank you. it's not just people withering under this type of heat. ktvu tom vacar joins us now live with how our aging infrastructure can buckle under the oppressive temperatures. tom. well, you really have to consider it this way, whether it's old infrastructure that we have to maintain and take care of and repair or whether it's brand new. you have to consider extreme heat with whatever action you take. urban areas due to high concentrations of buildings, parking lots and roadways become so called heat islands places that retain heat even overnight, potentially making the next day's heat up quicker and hotter. that results in incr

so red flag warning is in effect for the east and north bay hills. plus the santa cruz mountains. all areas. our parts from the drought. but this warning was issued because there's the potential for dry lightning and a couple of strikes is all it takes to start a wildfire. thank you so much for joining us here tonight. right here on kron. 4 news at 6. i'm justine waltman of jonathan mccall right now. kron four's, gayle ong live for us in berkeley showing us how firefighters there are. >> getting ready now. this red flag warning now in effect, bill. >> jonathan and justine firefighters across the bay area. they are stepping up extra patrols. the extra dozers in air support preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. firefighters are keeping a close eye on the hills and mountains. a red flag warning is in effect monsoonal moisture from arizona could create dry thunderstorms here in the bay area. >> the concern dry lightning sparking new wildfires. we do have. >> of the few dozers that we can our disposal. you know, department we also have plenty of resources within our jurisdic

also in the east bay up to the north. they were in the 5061 san jose for today 77 by 11 by 2, we're talking 89 again. we'll see some inland highs reaching about 90 or so, but nothing too terrible. a closer inspection of your forecast in just a bit. well. >> all right. thanks, dave. to our top story now that times have changed yet again in the battle against covid-19 new evidence from the cdc shows the delta variant acts like an entirely different virus. it's more contagious than the common cold flu smallpox and ebola virus. and it's just as contagious as the chicken pox studies from overseas show. the delta variant may pose a greater risk for hospitalization, intensive care treatment and death than previous variants. and as more and more breakthrough cases are starting to pop up health officials are recommending both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents mask up indoors yet again. san francisco now averaging 176 new covid cases per week, a 10 fold increase in cases since june. new data shows case rates among unvaccinated

amanda hari kron 4 news. >> in the east bay. the alameda county sheriff's office is investigating a drowning and like dell vow. now the east bay regional parks district responded to the scene of someone who went under the water near the dam. crews are still searching for the body. the family of a missing cal berkeley student now offering more money for information about her disappearance. the family of sydney west. that's her photo on your screen and offering $25,000 for information on where she could be the increase. a war money comes on her 20th birthday. she's been missing since the morning of september 30th when she was last seen on the golden gate bridge. happening today. cal iso issued another power alert starting at 4 this afternoon during a power alert. people are asked to set their thermostats to 78 degrees or higher. also avoid using most major appliances that alerts going to be in place until 9 o'clock tonight, the energy agency says the power alert is needed because of wildfires in oregon which are impacting transmis

a new situation for the east bay. a new report from realtor.com ranked berkeley number one on the list of cities that routinely sells the most homes for overing at, on average 19% more than the list price. one home sold for 1 million over asking. the midcentury home received 29 offers in just 11 days and sold for 2.3 million. double the asking price. the real estate market is so hot many buyers getting burned out. one real estate agent said record low inventory are why many buyers pausing their search. >> i'm telling them to slow down and wait until winter when there is less competition and we can get on idea of what they have to pay for that house. >> a new report from the naon realtors showed in may home sales fell. >>eeday here at kpix. it's michelle's last day before you move home to denver. your career started long before kpix5. >> yeah. it did. i'm a little afraid. >> this is from your first news job. it's a show called two bits. let's see if you remember this. you were just a kid. >> for kids by kids, here is t

. >> the effects are being felt in the east. >>> strong winds pushing smoke to the east coast. you can see the hazy skies here. 60 fires burning across 12 western states and canada. the largest fire is the bootleg fire in oregon. it has so far burned over 200,000 acres since it started on july 6. jeff ranieri joins us. yesterday you were showing us the map showing the trajectory of all that smoke making it all the way to the east coast. >> it's getting picked up in the jet stream. it's hitching a ride on that and going to the east coast. we're going to see the same scenario, the eastern seaboard getting the smoke. >> no smoke here. >> none for us. the way the fog pattern is blowing, it's keeping it away from the bay area. super, super enjoyable outside. you can see we are looking at lots of blue sky out here across the east bay, walnut creek. it was warm inland, but we weren't at the 105-degree category. thankfully wi place. some 60s are rolling 11:00. a nice break from the fog. temperatures got up into the mid and upper 60s today. currently, 64 degrees. a little breezy there,

low 80s for east san jose. heading over towards the east bay, we're looking at weather like yesterday. oakland today looking at a high of 70 degrees. cool, foggy and drizzly near the coast and half moon bay, and a little more sunshine and palo alto, and the high reaching 75. san francisco mostly in the mid-60s for today and a brisk wind and that will keep it cool from santa rosa on southward and doesn't make it over towards ukiah and clear lake, so still in the mid-90s there. and our weather shows we have a surge of monsoonal moisture, and most of the region getting a boost in the heat as well as humidity and bringing in some of the thunderstorms further off towards the east. we'll watch for a chance of more thunderstorms firing up today and tomorrow. if you are traveling there, that's what we are looking at, that potential of not only thunderstorms but lightning. and in the mid-80s for a lot of our inland spots. the coast stays in the 60s, and we keep a wide range of temperatures as we settle into the weather

and take a look at this out of the east bay. new video sent in to us by a viewer that shows a coyote wandering the streets of el serino kron. 4 viewer spotted the animal over the weekend. it was last seen on the corner of moser banking drives the california department of fish and wildlife say that if you see a coyote, you should not approach it keep children and small animals away and make loud noises to scare the coyote away. and now to our coronavirus coverage for british minister prime minister boris johnson today said inland is shifting from mandated covid restrictions. so a policy of personal responsibility. so instead of requiring masks and social distancing johnson is asking people to embrace living with the virus and use personal judgments restrictions will be lifted in 2 weeks on july 19th being dubbed freedom day by the british press johnson's conservative party welcomes lifting restrictions citing economic benefits. but health officials say it's a dangerous plan in light of surging infections driven by the delta varia

antioch got some 60's off to the east bay. east bay shoreline is upper 50's 50's litter the north bay with 56 san francisco for comparison sake. bit warmer happening inland. so off to a slight warm start slightly cooler along the east bay shoreline edge the winds kind of variable about. but generally speaking, it's up on shore flow pattern. so let's break it down for you. 72 at 09:00am by high noon. we'll try 87 and we're not done yet. some inland spots will reach to near 100 or so. but more of that in just a bit. right now rain was to check out what's going on with traffic right now. thanks for that. will you showed us the golden gate bridge. you can see the dense fog there. it will be about a 20 minute drive for you as you're heading into the city. >> but looking at the bay bridge a little under 2 minutes for your drive time there. so you're off to a pretty great start. 5, 1880 also going pretty fast for you this morning. heading across towards the peninsula. we had a major hot spot. the air yesterday slowed us down quite

this is one of those underground vaults in the a circle in east san jose. neighbors reported smoke coming from the vault. we're told the fire is out now. pg&e crews are working to restore power to 169 customers in the neighborhood. >>> we are watching the state's power grid this evening as the bay area is facing a heat wave. grid operators issuing a stage one power emergency because of a contingency reserve shortfall. kyle iso also asking people to conserve power between now and 9:00 tonight. we are monitoring the energy demand. we'll have more on the hot weather in just a few minutes. >>> first at 5:30, confusion and mixed messages swirling around covid booster shots. are they necessary a with the delta variant gaining ground? on juliette goodrich. >> you see fs infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi joins us now. first, doctor bhati, thanks for taking time. i know you're busy. we wanted to start with why does pfizer try to get emergency use authorization for covid is the shots when the cdc recommendation is that a booster isn't necessary right no

this is a few blocks east of 880. firefighters are trying to protect buildings on the sides of the original building. they were having to pull out deciding to fight this fire from a distance because it is engulfed in flames, too dangerous to try to go near the building. there are also reports of power lines down in that area. no reports of any injuries at this point but justin andrews is on his way to the scene and he will have a live report coming up in about a half hour. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's turn things to mary lee with a check on your weather and that red flag warning that was just canceled this morning. >>> thankfully so. we are looking at lack of monsoonal moisture and instability, activity to our east. tracking lightning strikes over nevada and the sierra, but not in the bay area. as we go through our day, quiet conditions and a very, very low chance of dry lightning. i think most activity will be over desert southwest and overseer are a. low 60s along the coast, mid to upper 60s to low 70s aroun

this is east 80. they have shut down all lanes due to this deadly accident that happened around peabody road. it occurred around 3:18 this morning. lane closures will be in effect for quite sometime. this is east 80 due to the deadly crash. motorists can re-enter east bound 80 at nut tree boulevard. we'll keep a close eye on this and bring more details. san mateo bridge is good. other than that, we have no major issues. traffic is clear all the way towards 101. >>> new developments on the big wildfire in the sierra, crews working aggressively to try to keep dixie fire from reaching more communities in butte and plumas counties. dixie fire exploded and is scorching more than 103,000 acres. that is almost the size of san jose. authorities say at least eight buildings have been destroyed d ordered. not everybody though is leaving. >> i decided to stay. i don't think there is enough fuel around here for us to burn. i live two blocks away. i just drove around the area for 20 minutes in every direction and

valleys and even east bay hills diablo range. also included solano county that excessive heat warning going to remain in effect through monday night. so you are going to have an additional day of excessive heat on monday afternoon. so don't let your guard down. but for those of you in the north bay mountains and even into the east bay and north bay valleys as well. going to see 90's and near triple digit heat as well. so extremely hot conditions as you make your way in land cooler along the coast and east bay shoreline, things of that cool sea breeze in shallow marine layer. that is going to stick around. so be thankful for mother nature's ac for that overnight lows, though, in all the areas that you saw that were under an excessive heat warning going to see little relief during the overnight hours. widespread 70's and 80's which should be near your average daytime highs for this time of year. instead, you're only going to cool down to an average temperatures in the overnight hours and it's going to peak on saturday. those of you

from the sierra back here towards the bay area, the north bay and east bay. so on top of those conditions, we will be seeing these red flag conditions for evaluations above 1,000 feet, getting started at 5:00 this evening, until about 5:00 on monday. notice, these elevations continue the east bay hills. the diablo hills and the north bay mountains. and get started a bit earlier southward down towards the los padres national forecast. these showers coming up from south the north. we'll have a complete look at it hour by hour. and where the highest risk for lightning will be in the bay area. >> rob, thanks very much. our weather team is tracking the conditions across the bay area and the state. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. you'll get up to date weather forecasts while on the go. you can tailor the forecast for your specific area. just punch in your zip code and you are set. >>> well, people living near the border are seeing just how real the fire danger is. this is video of the tamarack fire burning south of reno. this caused by lightning back on j

plenty of 80's in the east bay in the north bay too. east bay shoreline. look at that. lots of 70's at hand. 77 san jose coming up a little bit. of course, we'll be checking in at 4 zone forecast to see what's going on and you'll see what i'm talking about. those cloud tops here and there right now, rita harvey has little check of what's going on with bay area, bridges and roads and such. thank you for that day. all right. we are looking at your bay bridge right now as you're traveling from the east bay into the city this morning. >> once you finally do reach the maze and take you a little under 10 minutes to make that drive. there. no major traffic or delays along 5, 1880, as are keeping a close eye on your morning commute. let's head over and check out the san mateo bridge traveling across towards the peninsula. look at that. a little under 12 minutes for you to make that drive will have more on your golden gate bridge and richmond, sandra fell commute coming up. but for now, let's get back to the stories. pg and e has announced a new plan to prepare better protect co

east bay, that's you. look at the yellow and orange for inland east bay, deeper you get into the yellow and orange, higher than above average you will be. concord you will go to 97 for daytime high. we'll hit 98 for daytime high in livermore. you get to the city with the on shore flow and we are only going to slow 60s along the coast. if 88 would be average daytime high today for inland east bay locations, 97 is well above. by the time we get to saturday, we have gone down to average. i will show you the rest of the seven day. let's get everyone else's daytime highs. mid to upper 80s in the south bay. fremont goes to 84. here is the inland east bay numbers, all showing up in mid to upper 90s. that's where the heat will be. it gets better into the east bay proper. we go to 73 in san leandro. santa rosa is going to 90. the seven-day forecast for san francisco and oakland, san jose doesn't show a lot of change here. we need to look at the micro climates to see that big improvement. inland east bay is top line

in the east bay. one man is in critical condition this morning after a car plowed into him in richmond. the driver of the car took off. it was all caught on surveillance video. we do want to warn you that this video could be hard to watch the surveillance video from a nearby business. shows the moment courtney bell was struck. this was tuesday morning around 04:45am near sand policy on avenue is in richmond. that silver suv. look at that speeding just driving hitting him bell sister says that it's still hard to recovery ahead in that that could happen to her brother. >> so devastating. that this has to my brother, even been very loving. loving person kind. joe jones star of the family. >> bell is waiting for numerous surgeries that he has to have now, right now he is in a medically induced coma. the family tells kron 4. they understand that maybe this was an accident. but they're disappointed. the driver didn't stop to help. >> also in the east bay walnut creek. police are investigating a homicide. th

the east bay as well. when we take a look at the east bay down 880 here, marine layers in the short average, coming into the immediate bay. we're waking up to the gray if you're right in the immediate bay or up around there. we have seen the clouds get in there. the temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. right now, call 50s for santa rosa, under clear sky. looking at the clouds here, here they are. there they go. by the time we get to late morning, they're already back. there to the coast. the sun for everybody and daytime highs look something like this. low to mid 80s for most of the south bay communities. we will top out at 80 for the daytime high today for redwood city. we'll go to 71 in hayward. numbers for the far inland east bay will be right around 90. a little warmer than yesterday. east bay shoreline is upper 60s. we're low 70s and mid 80s as we get into marin. mid 80s in sonoma and low to mid 90s today in lake and mendocino county. let's talk about this fire weather concern for the bay area. sunda

there's the east bay shoteline. and even though we do have fog, at least you can make out the lighting along the east bay shoreline. so it's not that thick yet. quite a bit of a glaze, though happening at the golden gate bridge to get things off to the start. we do like this onshore wind providing this fog because that keeps temperatures down keeps the monsoon at if you know when the pun, here's the mix out of the fog by later on today at the coast. again, we might be dealing with some of those fog clouds lingering into the afternoon, although i think we'll see a little bit more sun than we did earlier this week fog returns again for tomorrow morning. and again, the typical drill. now the thunder shower action remain to the south. it looks like in southern california. a this is expected bubble up. however, as we get into

engagements and commitments to the states of the middle east, the people of the middle east. there are a lot of issues we did not have a chance to touch on today and we would love to have another opportunity to talk about some of the other things on people's minds. but we are delighted to have had this opportunity and delighted to have an old friend and colleague representing the great state of new jersey in congress and we look forward to continuing the conversation with you later. rep. malinowski: next, president biden eating with attorney general merrick garland along with lawmakers and officials to discuss efforts to reduce gun violence. then, legal experts testify before the house committee on the elections clause and regulating elections. after that, senator patrick lee on his $3.7 billion supplemental spending bill to address the needs brought on by the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol and the global pandemic. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of goven

i guess east teen. right. but received her first dose of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine while it may not be the ideal way to celebrate a birthday. she couldn't wait to get vaccinated. chip yost has that story for us. >> and we've >> getting a covid vaccine shot is not the most traditional way to spend one's 12th birthday. but for sydney, hogue of tustin. this is exactly where she wanted to be. and exactly what she wanted to be doing. >> i just wanted to get it first chance that i could so that i don't carry on to anyone and i we can help stop this pandemic. >> she wasn't the only 12 year-old at this whole vaccine clinic in twins cooper and brody mueller just turned 12 yesterday was idea. was this for you guys to get vaccinated today. >> well, they're getting their shots. those who still have not are apparently becoming harder to convince a new poll by the associated press norc center for public affairs research says of those still unvaccinated 45% said they definitely will not get a vaccination shot. and 35% said

one east bay of acid. a program is focusing on educating the community about the vaccine and helping people sign up to get the shot focuses in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood. one of the areas that has been hardest hit by covid kron four's tale of a sack explains. >> a community vaccine effort in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood is now extended due to the rising concerns of the delta variant. there are about 40 ambassadors in the district 5 days a week and they're going door to door educating residents about the vaccine and reducing barriers to get the shot. however, they now face more challenges as we get deeper into this pandemic. part is art. >> is that they are trying to come beings. >> people with don't want to get vaccinated. >> so in you know, like a 15 minute have even vaccinated. people say yes, but enough to make an appointment and right there. their support. >> is literally turn into a longer conversation of ok, tell me you're concerned. well, their efforts have helped many more people make an

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keep watch over there. >> in the east bay. the california high patrol now investigating a fatal shooting along highway 4 that killed one person and injured a second. >> the driver who died was a 24 year-old woman. a kid was in the front passenger seat in stable condition now and an infant who was in the backseat was not hurt. >> kron four's camila barco reporting. now the shooting on this particular stretch of highway 4 unfortunately is not uncommon. >> i drive on highway almost every day and the traffic is always very heavy. i avoided as much as i can. it's always been a negative experience. contra, costa county residents. a highway for is notorious for traffic jams and car crashes. >> over the last few months. it's turned into a killing ground. saturday evening bullets struck this black toyota camry and shattered the windows. >> the vehicle crashed into a metal guardrail. >> at the top of the port. chicago offering. >> the shooter killed one person wounded another and fled the scene and surprise witness price. i think that w

mainly for east bay valleys conquered livermore in antioch in the low 90's. so you're going to be about 10 degrees cooler than where you were today. san jose 81 degrees. not bad there with oakland in hayward in the low to mid 70's in downtown san francisco at 65 degrees with seasonal weather drier calmer conditions by tuesday below average temperatures wednesday. so wednesday is going to be the coolest day 5 degrees below average. but overall, looking at a very seasonal pattern after monday. so that's the good news is we have about 24 hours left of the severe weather in the bay area's. i think we can handle it. let's be safe out there off to be tracking it. they through things. meanwhile, if you are headed outdoors, experts are warning. >> hikers to be careful when using your smartphone maps. they say they've seen an uptick in injuries on trails having folks who need to be rescued and folks who have gotten lost all because they say that their phone's gps led them to remote areas. officials say. phone screens are often too small for folks to see important deta