it's going to cool us off a touch. but not bring us any rain. you know, sometimes in the winter months it does just kind of watches footprints here a little bit look. how are things turn off here for the far west. it really gets pushed off to the east. complements of that system. we have a little opportunity by the time we get to or on wednesday thursday for a minor. he pump and then this front will kind of correct things as we head into the following weekend. but with everything going on and all that traffic nothing in terms of any substantial rain from our vantage point temperature check for today. looks like a central valley will get up to be on 100, one. oh, one fresno. bakersfield. one. '04, san francisco again, 66, which we see, by the way, also in big bear in the case of socal. it's the elevation helped count. unlike just the cold ocean and 72 for la x. okay. the 4 zone forecast comes in like this again, 66 san francisco, 63 daly city and also half moon bay 73 for burlingame to the south will see 80 maybe palo alto 75 from mountain view r

thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 10. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. will this alarming new report warns that the. >> delta variant is far more contagious than the original covid strain and can spread faster than the common cold. and when it comes to transmission, the cdc says vaccinated, people can spread the virus just as easily as the unvaccinated kron four's. alice ammonium joins us here in the studio to break things down from this latest report. kind of unsettling. >> definitely just as soon as we thought that by the summer time as biden mentioned, he had that goal. july 4th to get things back to normal. now it looks like reporting on up him and as you mentioned, catherine can because it is so easily transmissible. that's why the cdc change their guidance on the mask. so even people who are vaccinated now need to mask up to due to how easily that is spread. the cdc says it's somebody's infected with the delta variant could end up spreading it to 8 other people compare that to the original st

it's an emergency for all of us. friday, california congresswoman maxine waters introduce legislation to extend eviction moratorium until the end of the year. i don't think any of us relish seeing what could happen to these families if we do not extend eviction moratorium but oklahoma congressman tom cole says this is a problem of democrats on making the biden administration in the majority of done. nothing. >> and now we're being asked to take emergency action to kick the can down the road yet again. >> house speaker nancy pelosi is calling on the cdc to extend the provision to give congress more time to work out the details. >> i think this is something that will work out. it isn't about any more money. the money is there. pelosi says state and local governments also need more time to set up the programs that can distribute the money not going away from this issue, whether it's now. >> or shortly thereafter. but west virginia senator shelley moore capito says the government can ignore the needs of the landlords. >>

they were canceled because parts of the fairgrounds have been used and are being used for covid testing vaccinations. but the fair is now going to focus on livestock, exhibitions admission and parking all free and some of the events. so if you can actually be there in person like the livestock auctions. those will be live streamed. the fair runs through august 7th and another fare that's ongoing already underway. the sonoma county fair. the usual covid rules are in place like requiring visitors to wear masks at all times. if they are not vaccinated and at some of the pavilions, it is required for everybody and that fair runs until august 8th. >> we at midnight and waited outside 5.30 when finally let us come on to the property in park on the property. and only to find the sign after waiting for 5 and half hours that they're actually closed. thank you for calling. and they come by sea. you can't get that early. you can't go on their website. you can't get through the people are driving all the way out here for no reason. we're sitting out here and now they're not going walk ins at all an

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thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan for pam moore. >> officials are recommending that both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents where their masks indoors to prevent the spread of the virus. kron four's. dan kerman is live in san francisco with more. dan. >> well, we have to tell you that this was not unexpected, that we would get this surge. but health officials are saying it is going a lot faster than they expected. and that is why likely next week they will start mandating masking indoors. san francisco is now averaging a 176 new covid cases per week. that's a tenfold increase in cases since june. the rate of increase actually happening faster. >> and what we saw during our 3 surges again consistent with the infectivity of the delta virus. hospitalizations are also up. but rates among the unvaccinated are 8 times higher than those who have been fully vaccinated during this. whole pandemic. >> of hospitalized. we've only had 16 fully vaccined people hospitalized. >> and that is i

flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. >> now. >> the giants and a's made some big moves before the mlb trade deadline this afternoon in one of the biggest pickups of the david giants acquired an all-star 3rd baseman from the cubs and to give you the name that person. kron. 4 sports reporter kylen mills. details on this trade and many others. a busy day in baseball hot off the press. a very busy day in baseball. and the name is kris bryant. now, i do have to say this with a little forewarning. i'm a lifelong cubs fan. so this one hurts to talk about. for me. he is like a beloved guy in chicago and like was the face of the cubs franchise now will here. so there's a little bit of a silver lining. but wow, this was like the talk of the day. this happened in just like the final hour of the trade this afternoon. >> the giants picking up slugger kris bryant, if there were any questions about whether the giants are world series contenders. those have been answered with this move seriously. they needed a versatile f

thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis and i'm justine waltman in for grant lotus tonight. and that report from the cdc also says the virus can be spread by vaccinated people just as easily as the unvaccinated. it says each person infected with the variant on average is affecting 8 to 9 others before and an infected person with the original strain was passing on to about 2 people on average. not good news. that report is a slide presentation from the cdc also saying that the variant causes more severe infections than earlier variants. but if you are vaccinated, the cdc does say that you're 10 times more likely to reduce the risk of severe symptoms or even death in 3 times more likely to reduce the risk of infection. so that's the upside. the news comes as a san francisco releases news of a 4th surge. kron four's, dan kerman to us now live with details on this. good evening, good evening. you know this for a surge. we knew it was coming. now it is here. city officials say they are concerned about it. anot

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most of us in the day. just looking at fog, if anything, as for temperatures today will be 60's 70's for 60's right along the n some coastline. half moon bay at 67 degrees. burlingame 76 millbrae at 75 temperatures further south a little bit warmer san carlos down the mountain view in the 80's and the south bay. yeah. you kind of on the warm side this afternoon. san jose 87 in morgan hill at 91. it's also back to the 90's. you go for pleasanton livermore as well as walnut creek concord in danville, oakland, berkeley and richmond in the 60's while temperatures in the north bay in the 80's 90's to triple digits vacaville at one. oh, one today. santa rosa down through center fell in the 80's looking ahead in our next 7 days. if you don't like the heat that we've had the past few days not to worry too much, at least temperatures aren't going up. they're going down a few degrees falling into the upper 80's on average as we move into the weekend john, thanks for that. look at this. >> highway 24, we're checking o

some of us are really sunny, some of us are really great. but overall visibility has improved everywhere, 50's and 60's for current temperatures double in livermore already close to 70 degrees oakland and san mateo now at 60 wall san francisco and berkeley each at 56. it's friday is a friday light, though it is finalized. we certainly won the lottery out there on the roads in your highways today. >> as ready from the east bay into the city. a little under 10 minutes for your drive time and they have not turned the metering lights on all throughout the morning. so things are looking pretty great out there as reading across towards the peninsula. little under 14 minutes for your drive times. so that's a nice commute for you. pretty light for you and our richmond. sandra fell comey as you're traveling out of richmond. a little under 9 minutes earlier we were up to about 14 minutes there. looking at the golden gate bridge again, about 20 minutes traveling into the city. a lot of fog there. so you want to take your time. so daria after know, did

that means for us. we've been spared another one as far as the air quality goes and that's a nice thing, especially to start the weekend. this friday, 60's and 70's for san francisco today. it will be 60's right along the coastline in 70's and 80's for bayshore cities burlingame at 76 foster city. 75 redwood city 86 degrees today. south bay temperatures in the low mid to upper 80's and even a few low 90's for this in london. morgan hill, those status. also our inland valleys, the east bay back to the 90's we go makes areas like hayward and san leandro in the low to mid 70's today seem pretty nice in comparison. the way 84 today while vacaville at one oh one in santa rosa down their center fell. also on the warm side in the 80's tomorrow's temperatures take a little bit of a dip. we don't see the major temperature differences in this forecast. but enough to at least remove some of that really hot feel that we've had the past few days inland temperatures will remain pretty steady all the way through the w

stay with us. we've got see more. still to come out. majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >> it's 6.20 right now. and they're in extra time. second extra time for the usa women. some us so there fighting it out with the netherlands right now in soccer as we speak. it's tied to 2 and they just. >> nobody can win it yet. so we'll stay tuned. we'll keep you updated. yeah. we've got once again live from tokyo. melissa marino joining us with all things olympics related. the latest going on their latest with covid all of that good news and some bad news. what would you like to start with. >> yeah. you know what? let's start with the bad news. those covid numbers are trending in the wrong direction. today. 3300 cases. they're seeing all time high cases. yesterday they broke a record 3800 cases in tokyo today. they extended their state of emergency

most of us are in the 50's. but a lot of our inland areas really only settling into the mid 60's overnight. so for some of you further inland. you probably weren't too thrilled with how slow the cool down had been last night. i've got good news in the form of cooler temperatures and wind and the rest of your forecast john, thanks for that. we do have a hot spot this morning already. this is along southbound and north of 92 eastbound and hayward. >> at another traffic collision. 80 south and north of west a street in hayward. so again, this one further down the one that's just north of knight who east that one actually is a fatality. at least 5 lanes earlier, a block. now just 2 of them are open at this hour. and we have another traffic collision, stolen things down along 8.80. so a few problems there, you wonder if the san mateo bridge is impacted by that. it is not thankfully head in a cross towards the peninsula under 13 minutes for you to make that drive heading into the city also looks pretty great. a little

most of us are in the 50's. but a lot of our inland areas really only settling into the mid 60's overnight. so for some of you further inland. you probably weren't too thrilled with how slow the cool down had been last night. i've got good news in the form of cool

this is great news for us. obviously that's not the case. once you head up into the sierra nevada or even pockets of the central valley. so if you're heading that way this weekend. watch for some smoke as wildfires still burning south of lake tahoe continue to put those up and north of lake tahoe to up into lake and plumas arp loomis and butte counties. as far as the sierra went yesterday. look at this. another day of thunderstorms and not a ton of rainfall associated with some of these systems that does up your fire danger will continue to see monsoonal moisture in the sier%a resulting in increased fire danger. very similar set up to what we've had so far this week. we've been in this holding pattern of this continuing to send smoke mostly to the north and east continuing to results and thunderstorms in the sierra and continuing to see good air quality and some fog here in the bay area. this does take a bit of a turn this weekend, though, and i'll get to that in your seven-day forecast. first of all, your 4 zone forecast. what we got for hi

they're the ones that are supporting us and they're there for us. and that's why we're here. >> both google and apple say they are planning for most workers to return to the office this fall. lyft says its employees will work from home until february. in san francisco. there is a new defense fund to help small businesses in chinatown combat a series of disability lawsuits. mayor london breed says says the chinatown merchants are being targeted by a southern california law firm representing serial plaintiffs. the funding will help business owners. offset the costs associated with their legal defense against those cases. the city is also providing $550,000 to help businesses comply with ada rules at a time when you have so many businesses that are actually struggling who are barely beginning to start to season business comeback. >> that's a funding challenge that many cannot afford. >> city leaders are asking any chinatown merchants who have been served the lawsuit or received any letters demanding money to come forward. >> in the east bay a team of a

dan thorn live for us now in san jose. he joins us with more. a bar there that's adopting these new roles. how's it going down. >> well, just vicki, the owner of the have a dasher bar here in san jose says that he is doing the proof of vaccination requirement for his customers in order to keep everyone safe, including his staff. the pandemic is not over as the delta variant continues to infect people all across the bay area and the owner says that this decision is not political and he's hoping that more businesses get on board with this idea. as the delta variant drives covid-19 cases up bars and restaurants are taking more steps to stop the spread have a dasher and san jose will not only be looking for your id but also your proof of vaccination. for some reason it's controversial. i. >> i don't understand why wait is what politics have to be involved with this. just feel smarter to protect ourselves as much as you can bar owner cash, poor and says the space within a speakeasy is a big part of his decision. but more importantly, he wants his sta

dan thorn live for us now in san jose. he joins us with more. a bar there that's adopting these new roles. how's it going down.

flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. >> with the world's attention on the olympics in tokyo. we continue to look at how japanese culture is celebrated here in the u.s.. yeah, we've been bouncing around different cities across the country. if you're looking for a lesson on japanese art and culture. chances are you can find we're looking for the japanese culture center of chicago. shannon halligan reports. >> through the windows of some chicago businesses. what may seem just like floral arrangements are actually part of a japanese art exhibit known as it keep idea was generally to be able to view them from the outside and so, you june 11th people that have this opportunity to safely. enjoy the art. of course, learn about japanese culture. and then of course support the local businesses. steven toyota is the president of the japanese culture center which put on makeup on a walk. it's just one of many traditional events and classes put on by the center dating back to 1977, i guess my reason or inspiration to h

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andrew marden for us in tokyo. thank you so much. >> and right now the nba draft is underway and the warriors have some big decisions on their hands. do they ever the dubs have 2 picks tonight and they have just made the 7th overall selection in the 2021 draft. our sports reporter kylen mills live for us at chase with who the next warrior. well, let us know. they >> okay. ladies. yes, very exciting news this pick just came in literally moments ago. the warriors have selected jonathan from democratic republic of congo to be there. next warrior. he was the 7th overall selection in tonight's nba draft. and that's not the last we'll hear from the warriors. however, coming, though, was a guy who was projected to go right around 7. so not a huge shock. this is who i saw the warriors picking on. he is a versatile defender. he's a power forward or small forward at 6 foot 6, 2, 100, 10 pounds. he's actually from the democratic republic of congo. like i mention move to the u.s. in 2016 just to play basketball. now he is a fa

they're the ones that are supporting us and they're there for us. and that's why we're here who chose hopes that the youtube and walmart customers will return soon despite the challenges he's vowing to keep going i mean, not be the last soldier here, but i'll be standing and i'll keep the doors open. google has said it hopes to have employees return to the office is starting in october. but for now in san bruno, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> and starting today, apple is requiring customers to wear masks, whether they're vaccinated or not. apple has encouraged its employees to get vaccinated. but it is not required at this time. apple started mandating face coverings for employees earlier this month. and now masks are required for all customers at more than half of its 270 us stores. >> awesome that they that because, you know, a lot of people vaccinated yet and those people that are and should be vaccinated for is not to at least that's another way to keep others safe. and i think it's smart for apple to do that and their customers and their >> n

they're the one that are supporting us and they're there for us. and that's why we're here who chose hopes that the youtube and walmart customers will return soon despite the challenges he's vowing to keep going i may not be the last soldier here, but i'll be standing and i'll keep the doors open. all right. back live now google has said it may return employees to the offices there in san bruno, possibly in october. >> but for now in timber, no child's clifford kron. 4 news. thank you so much, charles and from or covid information, including vaccines. the latest mask guidelines and covid numbers just scan this qr code on your screen. >> we'll take you to kron. 4 dot coms page dedicated to pandemic information. let's talk now about our weather forecast as we take a live look outside at a very gloomy picture along the golden gate bridge, cooler temperatures today will see if that pattern will last through friday as we check in now with our meteorologist mabrisa yeah, our warmest inland valleys still in the low to mid and even upper 90's. but overall

but it makes us feel really good. like to know that his memory is here and other people care about him they care about us. a small move that his family says will have a lasting impact for generations to come. >> it's it's it's a beautiful thing to be able to turn a deaf into something meaningful and that doesn't happen very often. >> jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >> time now is 8.26. coming up next on the kron morning news just a few weeks to go now until students are back in school in the south bay. this as a unified school district has some new rules, though, for teachers when it comes to vaccines will take a look. >> it 29 and we're taking a peek outside of the flag is a little much wind right now. no, but there's plenty of fog. you can see the gray skies overhead in that shot john's been tracking it for us this morning. and we'll find out when the sun will really come out to play later morning, john. yeah, it's been slow clearing guys taking its time this morning for sure. especially the closer to the coastline you

they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. need better sleep? try nature's bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from nature's bounty >> 6.29 right now and we are taking a look here at the exploratorium fun for the whole family. it is. yes. james often seen at the front of the line. push a little children out of the way. get to the fun is science the front that's on the less. the number some pretty nice conditions out there. if you are going to be heading out to the exploratorium today prague. pretty good. they do it. yeah, i know our joggers love these foggy mornings at their lord it's so nice and cool. >> i prefer the fog to the sweat, that's for sure. and we do have a dose of fog that is very noticeable across our coastal in bayside cities this morning. so if

it's not a big change, but it does get us back into the upper 80's that are warm us by next monday. so we're rounding out july on a warm and very dry note reyna. john, thanks for that. we're off to a pretty light start for you on this thursday morning. >> traveling from the east bay into the city under 8 minutes for your drive time there are no major accidents or delays. a long 5. 1880 is a traveling also headed a cross towards the peninsula under 13 minutes for a drive time. there. so things are looking pretty light. we're heading to the south bay to look at one. oh, one to 8085 in 82. no major delays. 27 minutes as you're heading towards menlo park and highway 4 also looks great traveling towards conquer to 42 from for a long one. 6014 minutes for your drive time there. we'll have more throughout the morning. the daryn james, back to you. thanks a lot. raise 5.16. let's talk wildfires now governors from nevada and california toured the devastation done by the tamarack fire. >> that's the one that started in california and then burned into western nevada. it's now 59% contained cre

so that's a nice commute for us. a little under 30 minutes for your drive time and we'll check out the golden gate bridge. look at that. a lot of dense fog about 20 minutes as you're heading into the city. we'll have more on your updated traffic. but for now, let's get back to the news. california now following the cdc and recommending people wear masks while indoors regardless, if you're vaccinated or not. the move comes as the covid-19 delta variant continues to spread well, state and health officials say that more than 90% of californians live in areas of substantial or higher risk of covid transmission. we're looking at a map of the bay area right now. you can see high-transmission areas are in the red that alameda contra costa san francisco and solano counties and areas that are considered substantial risk are in orange, although nearly all bay area counties adopted that mascot. it's nearly 2 weeks ago. solano county, which is in a high-risk area from covid transmission has not followed suit just yet. kron four'

can us 2 hits 2 rbi 7th inning. now 9, nothing and russ gets in on the fun dad drops into right stephen piscotty scores the 6.10, nothing final score. 10 for a snap, a four-game skid. the a's needed that one in the worst. earlier in the day oakland. they dropped a bomb on the major league baseball world. they traded pitcher jesus luzardo to the miami marlins. >> in exchange for outfielder starling marte a will be a free agent after this season. so he's essentially a rental and less a's decide to resign him in the offseason. got a better chance same pig fly. lazaro has struggled this season. but many still view him as a player with bright future that rate is singles, that management is still trying to make a push to win right now and hey, mark day fits that bill. the forty-niners had their first practice of training camp today and their rookie quarterback signed his brand new contract before he took the field for years 34.1 million dollars guaranteed guaranteed money. >> yesterday kyle shanahan said there's no quarte

up above for us down below. we're going to see some patchy fog overnight tonight. it's tomorrow morning as we head toward tomorrow afternoon. a mixture of sunshine and clouds for most of the bay area. the exception right along the coastline where you've got the fog and low clouds numbers tomorrow. 65 degrees, san francisco 68 the mission about 65 degrees in daly city. 62 in half moon bay 76 to find some sunshine, some high clouds in millbrae tomorrow. 80's as you head further south and some 90's in the south bay. so still hot. as you make your way inland. mid 90's into places like pleasanton livermore by tomorrow afternoon about 95 in danville, 96 in concord, 92 degrees in orinda. so you get away from the coastline, those temperatures heating up. kind of a typical summer day. looks like that will continue for the next couple days. then the monsoon probably rolled back in on saturday a bit. the temperatures likely to cool down, though, as we head into or good. yeah, i'm all for thanks, lauren. thanks. florence. >

it for attorneys to use as for victims and witnesses and accused of crimes to use to so they can have some kind of. record of what happened when the officers come out that this is a huge win. >> for the city. all of these eastern contra, costa county and the bay area as well as the country because people demanded police reform. we're delivering on that. >> the cameras will remain alive for an officers entire shift except when that person is dealing with personal matters. the video will stay in the police department's cloud system. at least 3 years later this week. officers will be using a later this year. rather officers will be using dash cams in their cars. >> in the north bay mill valley police are searching for the person seen in this video. they say he vandalized an art installation at 10. we'll pious high school last week. police say the suspect targeted to art murals and spray painted over the words equity and black lives matter. the department is investing in the act as a hcte crime. if you have any information, you're asked to call mill valley police. >> today marks 2 months

flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. >> the federal government is planning to invest 500 million dollars to expand the nation's meat processing capacity. this says nationwide beef prices have been going up. congressman jim costa from fresno. he's welcoming this investment. he says it will help expand beef pork and poultry processing capacity today, a house committee heard from industry representatives meatpackers grocery supply but other problems, too. and they include the growing threat of cyber attacks. >> we cannot allow food security which is national security and the protecting of our food system from foreign interference is to be disrupted. >> one of the nation's biggest meat processors. a j b s was hit by a cyber attack and may wants congress to take stronger steps to crack down on ransomware attacks. other lawmakers say congress also needs to find long-term solutions to protect cattle. farmers. >> some sad news for music lovers everywhere. zz top's longtime bassist dusty hill has died at the age of

thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan and for pam moore tonight, a new study shows that pfizer's 2 dose covid vaccine does remain affective after 6 months. >> but not as strongly as first thought. now pfizer is again recommending a booster shot. however, medical experts say that at this point studies do not indicate the booster is needed. >> kron four's dan kerman live for a cent at ucsf with more. dan. officials say what? >> would indicate that a booster is needed is if those breakthrough infections that those who are vaccinated or sending those folks to the hospital or those folks are dying. they say that is not what's happening and that is why a boosters still, it's not suggest. >> a new study finds the effectiveness of pfizer's 2 shot covid-19 vaccine diminishes over time the study conducted prior to the emergence of the delta variant fines. what initially was 96% protection from infection drops to about 84% after 6 months. however, the 2 dose vaccine remains nearly 97% effective

thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan and for pam moore tonight, a new study shows that pfizer's 2 dose covid vaccine does remain affective after 6 months. >> but not as strongly as first thought. now pfizer is again recommending a booster shot. however, medical experts say that at this point studies do not indicate the booster is needed. >> kron four's dan kerman live for a cent at ucsf with more. dan. officials say what? >>

flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. >> happening right now. there is a statewide flex alert that's in effect until 9 o'clock tonight, meaning people across the bay area are being urged to conserve power. the agency in charge of california's power grid says the hot weather could lead to power disruptions and rolling blackouts. the flex alert started at 4 o'clock. again, it's going to stay in place until 9. and during that time, everyone is encouraged to conserve energy and avoid using major appliances. >> chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now tracking all hot. yeah, parts that they're not an really hot weather day around the bay or california. so yes, i'm an unusual. got a flex alert. maybe that's where things going to be from now on. but temperatures just a hot summer day as the big dome of high pressure still continues along the 4 corner bulking all the way out in the california, the fog moved along the coastline. the coulee down. of course, the fire still burning and bring lots of smoke abo

use and the 4 victims and witnesses and accused of crimes to use to so they can have some kind of. >> record of what happened when the officers come out there, the cameras are a product of a 5 year. one 0.4 million dollar contract with the manufacturer. >> mayor lamar thorpe says bringing these cameras to the city of antioch is decades overdue. this is a huge win for the city. all of these eastern contra, costa county and the bay area as well as the country because. >> people demanded police reform. we're delivering on that. the dash cameras are not expected to hit the streets until later this year. >> the city still needs time to retrofit patrol cars for their use in antioch believe all kron 4 news >> so it started out as a fun girls trip and ended up being a nightmare of a vacation for marine county teenager all had just finished dinner with her best friend on a resort in mexico when she says they decide to take a walk down the beach and within minutes, she says a crocodile attacked her, grabbing her leg and pulled her under water. she says it was at least 12 feet long and she was l

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they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >> it 29 right now. and we're taking a look at well, a little bit of it outside our window in the lower half of the transamerica pyramid. the top half obviously still shrouded in fog. but i would say that the picture is getting better. it is. and you know what you can do to raise the roof thing. but. >> with the fog conserve your energy right on the pole and if you want to work out today see none of that data. yeah, too hot. >> take it easy. that's good advice there. good morning, guys. good morning, everybody. that's right. we're looking at temperatures could be inland 3nd the east bay particularly will favor with numbers getting to 100, even 100 plus for today. maybe summer performance going on here for tomorrow before we finally get some relief into the weekend, particularly next week. everybody gets a nice little break from summer. looks

us is in the lead. not when it comes to gold, but in the overall medal tally got 31 now be you know, it's not all about winning. >> a lot is about culture. >> yeah. and that's one of the fun things about the olympics hosted in a different city the times you get to learn different things about different cultures around the world and japan is one of the fascinating ones to study. and in new york that's one city that has access to the world's cultures when it comes to dining. so let's go there. and kristen cole explores. >> when one thinks of japanese cooking so she comes to mind first but it before day in midtown manhattan. they're turning to butter and fresh flowers cream and seasonal fruit and creating magic co executive chefs to a hero, and you should be both hail from japan. i start the game 5, 6. my my father that gets in fall. >> how cut the fees to make a everything but withdrawn to the fine food crafting of french cooking president to show baby. >> it's going to culinary school in osaka, japan and

you're not using and use fans to cool down. if you do the steps that will ease the strain on the grid during the evening when there is less solar energy available and darya james the last time there was a power alert issued cal iso said everyone listen to alerts and that was a good thing because it didn't strain the state's power grid. they're hoping people listen to warnings once again. all right. james, back to you. >> considered to this way, though, at least not as hot as it is in tokyo. this is true. yeah. we'll talk about so hot that the tennis players, some of them thought they were going to die and they had to have medical they were getting almost heatstroke stay tune. so all right. i want to conserve your energy 6.11 right now. and still ahead, the latest on the grass fire to another reason we got to be careful with the heat. >> south bay fires threatening homes. >> and the bay area teen attacked by a crocodile while on a trip to mexico. we'll have a story about what happened and american gymnast simone biles dropping o

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the air yesterday slowed us down quite

and again, dave sphar is joining us this morning to get us started for rest of our week, not even the we get the rest of our week lean into the weekend. good morning good morning. and good morning, everybody. and it's going to feel like it is very much like e watch those inland temperatures pop again for this afternoon. >> have a little flavor. the monsoon back left with some scattered clouds to kind of throw in there. and actually, if we get too much collection of that inland. we may bus the forecast high but we'll go with some of these near 100 or degree or so above for right now we're still negotiating through the fog in and around the immediate. they the east bay shoreline is all covered up, as you can see, but in the foreground, we can make out some of the shrubbery there. so here's how it looks like on storm tracker. 4 of everything going on. again, some of that month soon will be climbing up in terms of some cloud cover kind of left over. but what we're going to see next week is a slight a nice cooling going on and because of a low up in the gulf of alaska temperature check. we

thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 10. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. >> the cdc releasing new information tonight. and it does show a troubling spike in cases. >> take a look at this map of every county in the u.s. those in red and orange our where the cdc says the level of community transmission of covid is either high or substantial is recommending everybody wear masks indoors to try to slow the spread. the areas in yellow are where the spread is considered moderate and blue is low. >> and if we zoom all the way into our bay area. you can see the cdc's guidance applies to all 9 counties here in the bay area. according to the cdc alameda contra, costa san francisco solano counties all have the highest level of community transmission and in the spread is considered substantial in the remaining 6 counties, although on the surface this new guidance looks like a big reversal from the cdc, the agency's director is defending the move doctor rochelle walensky. she says the situation has changed since t

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all of us. and then plus with all the fire danger to see the that the trees go up in flames right there. immediately to he says an airplane real crash his friend's garage. the tree stop the plane from crashing right into his house. another close call. a school bus was on the street. the driver of the school bus stopped like 60 feet before the plane hit residents were contacted to see if any wreckage landed on their property. the search and rescue team was on scene to help search for parts of the wreckage, possibly human remains the jet that crashed typically requires a pilot and copilot. maybe the 2 other victims were passengers % recovering the flight recorders key. but the investigation will also include a check pilot histories. the maintenance records of the plane. >> it could be weeks or months before preliminary cause was released by the ntsb. >> that was lonnie wong reporting. witnesses are saying weather and visibility did not seem to be a problem. a low, the skies were slightly overcast.

that's what our coaches tell us. but gabe kepler still is acknowledging how important this series is for the giants. i know that. >> i know that it's important out this discount. how impcrtant this year is is i i just feel like every everyone is going to be that way for the rest of the and then i think we to stay focused on tonight's matchup. tough for him. a lot of the putting out there. and the dodgers knows what we know the dodgers it will feel good about our set up. >> football is back, baby. it was day one of training camp for the forty-niners. no practice. but everyone checked in with through testing had some meetings tomorrow, though, strap up and get to business. this is a niners team that heads into the year with extremely high expectation, the fans and the fan base expect them to win and more importantly, they expect to win. but kyle shanahan realizes health has had has got to be the main priority. i'm sorry. my phone is ringing. we shut this off quick. live tv. what happens sometimes. my mom anyway. george

lawrence karnow joins us now. more. so wind, of course, always a big issue when it comes to fire, especially this time of the day. we get those afternoon breeze and that exactly what we saw today. so firefighters jumped on this thing in a hurry and for good reason. you can the fire look at it right along coyote creek here. but in around that you've got. >> mill river lane in many urban areas. so a lot of buildings in and around that. so dangerous place for a fire to get started, especially if that moves along winds, not all that bad, although was breezy. we're talking about winds, about 12 to 16 miles per hour. but those will continue to blow into the evening hours and then begin to subside as we head throughout the night tonight. still be a little smoky in the south bay onshore winds continuing around the bay area and that is some good news that key bridges. nice fresh ocean, air high pressure overhead. all the smoke from those fires rotating around that ridge right now and today we did see some thunderstorms popping u

thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. >> today. lawmakers held their first to run for a newly formed and highly anticipated committee investigating the deadly attack on the capitol. 4 police officers testified today kron 4 washington correspondent raquel martin joins us live from washington, dc tonight. raquel this was a. >> very emotional hearing. tough to watch. and in sometimes.

so that's very, very fortunate for us to the winds. they've been mainly out of the west and that is that nice see breeze that carries the fog along the coastline and also all the smoke out of the bay area from the fires as well. and that continues out there for this evening. got that on shore or that offshore parts of fairfield that on shore just about everywhere else. and that means we're going to keep things nice and clear except thwt fog making its way back on shore later on tonight. thank you, lauren. still ahead tonight, new numbers showing support for a recall election. how governor newsom is responding to this latest poll and looking for a place to call your own if you're on a budget that can sure be hard to do where the bay area. you can still get a one bedroom. >> for less than $2000 a month. apartment rental prices increased 3.2% month-over-month in san francisco. that is even higher than. >> the national rental market which saw a 2 and a half percent increase over the same period. but believe it or not, you can still find a