From all of the damage as fire crews are working to put this out. Lets check in again with meteorologist lawrence chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who can tell us a little bit more about the conditions not only fire crews are dealing with but obviously because of the conditions outside thats really just kind of fueling this fire. That really is in fact remember these last couple of weeks we have had 2 significant record breaking heat waves in today. Again the peak of the heat in the bay area, drying things out just walk outside and see the grass is all turning brown out there. And you know were getting right person fire conditions. Theres the very latest we are seeing more of the delta breeze kicking in thats that when it goes to the delta as that goes into them outrages tends to strengthen quite a bit and that starts to pick up right now not the strongest one whos ever seen, but still you get a fire started in these and the dry conditions and it can spread rapidly see those winds blowing 15 Miles Per Hour right now, but weve seen some gusts upwards of 20 Miles Per Hour want again for a closer look now as we take you down to street level in see there a maple street and elmwood street they are apparently evacuating that area. They apparently the fire started right one of the Soon Wildlife center that is located just to the south right here in this grassy area out here i believe some where the fire started but certainly right now the wind for a mentally out of the west and making their way toward the east but you get a fire started in any direction like this of course thats not just us and to the east, although the people down when shortly going to have a the most worried about. But were also going to the fire spread out across other parts. The area. So certainly a scary situation there this evening to amplify everything of course has been the weather and weve been talking about the record breaking heat today, 88 degrees in oakland that was a record sfo 89 degrees and a record how about that 95 right at the beach instead of just on all around it has been hot a 101 unconquered 99 in antioch 1 one in love more 80s and 90s all around the bay and even 70 degrees along the coastline. Up there now the breeze is kicking in going to be another hot day though once again i think inland before we start to cool things down temperatures will begin to drop those we head into friday drastically what a change it will be. So right now youre still looking at 97 degrees in concord near the fire still a 100 degrees firefighters are out there trying to handle that fire right now of course that is extremely difficult if the winds blowing at the temperatures this hot the fire can spread rather rapidly thats the very latest from here johnson back to you all right well well check back with you in a second lawrence, thank you. President barack obama addressing america this afternoon during a special town hall meeting. He talked about the death of george floyd the protest in the current coronavirus pandemic kron fours terisa stasio takes a look at the 44th president s worst of the nation. During a tumultuous time. You know, let me start by just acknowledging that. We have seen in the last. Several weeks last few months. The kinds of. Changes in events in our country that. There is a profound as anything that ive seen in my lifetime, former president barack obama participated in a special town hall meeting wednesday. With his foundation. My brothers Keeper Alliance foremost on his mind George Floyds killing and the protests that have unfolded across the country. And to those families who have been directly affected by tragedy. Rees know that michelle an hour and the nation. Read with you. You in our prayers were committed. The fight over creating a more just nation in memory of your sons and daughters. Mister obama did address and praised the unity. He is seeing and some of the marches, especially between protesters and law enforcement. In some ways as tragic as these past few weeks have been. As difficult and scary and uncertain as theyve been. Theyve also been an Incredible Opportunity for people to be. Weighted to some of these underlying trends. He also talked about reforms he attempted to put forth while in the white house. And encouraged Public Officials to take this time to look toward the positive and make changes for everyones sake. And they offer an opportunity for us to all work the chain. To take them all. America and make it live up to its highest ideals, the former president unlike another public forms of late did not criticize the Current Administration in its handling of the protests or the pandemic instead focused on the pain. The countrys feeling and steps that can be taken to heal it. Terry says stasio kron 4 news earlier this afternoon kron 4 anchor pam or getting a chance to speak with california, sen. Kamala harris about the new charges against those 4 officers in minneapolis involved in the death of george floyd and how we can now move forward. The greatest advances we have made in our country in terms of the just progress. You know the steps that were taking toward achieving those ideals that we hold dear but have never yet met. I do believe that the greatest progress weve made as more people the people speak and our heard that the people leave and thats what were seeing happening right now where people of every race and gender are coming together knowing for example, something that is very important for us all get which is that racism hurts everybody, not just black and brown and asian people not just our native brothers and sisters it literally hurts everyone. And so we see people joining brady holding arms marching together in unison understand this is a problem that america must deal with for the sake of america. And i see a moment i see a moment of opportunity right now to push through what had been longstanding issues that have plagued america and to get to the plant find solutions and actually want to look for solutions are right in front of us there within our grasp their partisan legislation that im working on. Senator harris also told pam that she still pushing legislation. To help Small Businesses hit hard by the covid19 pandemic for a complete full interview to watch that full interview just head to our website at kron 4 dot com. Still to come next in sports. The india set to approve its plan for return to its been about 2 and a half months since the nba became the First Pro League to postpone its season and finally weve got word on the legitimate plan for its return. The league released a proposal teams today it would put 22 teams back in action for 8 regular season games. The 16 teams with the best records when play was stopped and 6 others that were in contention for 8th place in their conferences. A short Training Camp would start in july followed games to be played in orlando at disney world. The nbas board of governors is set to vote on the proposal tomorrow. Major League Baseball meanwhile seems to remain at an impasse the leak has officially rejected a plan proposed by the Players Union on sunday that plan called for 114 games in the regular season and no further Salary Reductions for players. Now the league was expected to issue a counter proposal of a 50 game season and prorated player salaries this week. But so far that hasnt happened. In nfl news, one of the sports most popular players face backlash today for comments on the Ongoing National protest. Saints quarterback drew brees was outspoken in 2016 against the nfl protests in which players like Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem. In an interview with Yahoo Finance today. He reiterated that stance drawing criticism from teammates and other nfl players. I will never agree with disrespecting the flag of the United States of america or our country is everything right with our country right now no. Its not we still have a long way to go. But i think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the slide with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together. We can all do better and we are all part of the solution. Brees teammate Michael Thomas expressed disapproval of his statements via twitter and brees later told espn and that he hoped his actions as an activist and philanthropist which show what kind of person kron forcing on top of breaking news, this wednesday night from sin city this scene continuing to unfold tonight of a major wildfire. That is burning homes and forcing evacuations. The scene unfolding near kelloggs street and cornelia street in sun city. We do know that homes have burned some destroyed we do not know an exact amount at this point. We dont also know if there are injuries involved our news desk is working to gather more information right now. This is a very heavily residential area you can see right there on your screen, it backs up into. Open grassy area there and thats where that fire sparked and obviously you can see the damage left behind the result of that fire that does not appear to be under control at this point folks are being asked to stay away from the area, south of courtney lee road. Crystal Little School has now been designed designated, i should say as an Evacuation Center for people to go. We do know that fire crews from cal fire. Filet whoa contra costa and the Forest Service now assisting those crews from sassoon city on the ground trying to battle this blaze, were going to continue to get more updates for you throughout the evening make sure you stay tuned to kron 4 and kronon and kron 4 dot com for the very latest information. After protests in the city of oakland initially turned violent over the weekend but last nights demonstrations were peaceful and no arrests were made. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun has more. This was the scene in oakland after and forcing an 08 00pm curfew following mondays you demonstration protesting the killing of george floyd while he was in the custody of officers with the Minneapolis Police department however the following day the city chose not to enforce the curfew and a pair of protest ended peacefully. We asked Oakland City Council member dan call but he sees a connection or considers it a coincidence, so we dont really know, but i think it does make sense to be very selective and careful the enforcement of the curfew. First and foremost i think the concept of the curfew was flawed the city not using a curfew is something the executive director of oakland kids first wishes could have happened during the youth march so not only should the curfew never have been called given that the city knew that young folks to be out there are going to be up against it to try to get back to their destination before 08 00pm rolled around. Im especially since Public Transit have been shut down including as a transit bart. Regarding not enforcing the curfew for tuesdays Peaceful Demonstrations inter of Oakland Police chief Susan Manheimer says quote the oakland Police Department chose not to enact a curfew order as the demonstrators were exercising their First Amendment rights in a peaceful manner the curfew is a flexible tool that will be applied with discretion when dealing with crowds that create Public Safety threats or that require extraordinary resources after dark on quote most the demonstrations and most people in demonstrations are both very peaceful and this is also equally as important and very assets. Has it made you kron 4 news. Back in now with chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who can tell us more about the forecast that were dealing with right now in the conditions that fire crews are still. Being forced to fight right now with regards to that fire in sin city lawrence. You know we get in this time of the year this is probably the hardest time of the day to fight fires youve got the maximum heat at this time and then if we get that wind going would be generally do we get that dealt with when certainly that makes it even more difficult in fact i was watching some of the video we just played here on kron showing the fire and thats pretty concerning those winds. Weve been around youve seen. The winds gusting 15 to 17 Miles Per Hour. But certainly could see some stronger gusts than that as we head through the evening in fact theyve already been evacuating in some spots right there to sin city at maple street and elm wood street these are the areas that they have been evacuating right along this area and the fire originally believe right now in this grassy area somewhere in and around here as those westerly Winds Continuing were going to see more concern is that wind is going to push some of those embers continuing right in toward of the delta and then of course you get some variable winds and so certainly you can see some other sparks moving in other parts of these neighborhoods. So thats a concern firefighters trying to set up lines there to contain any of those fires or those embers that should continue to put up right sparks in that area as we head through the rest the bay area. Those certainly some record breaking temperatures today. But you notice some changes a little more hayes developing out toward the Golden Gate Bridge that is a sign of that sea breeze kicking in and a change in the weather pattern but boy its still going to be hot in some parts the bay area even warm in the san francisco, but youd be in low 70s and so the low 80s tomorrow on 60s a breezy along the coastline were going to see a stronger wind tomorrow into the delta and of course should a fire start those conditions, alice we belong even faster 70s and 80s down the peninsula as you work your way into the south of those temperatures as high as 90 degrees a hot in san jose numbers could be running up a size midnineties into livermore 94 waller creek 96 in concord about 99. 97 and fairfield back toward the coastline still nice but cooler the next few days major change in the weather pattern much cooler even a slight chance of showers on saturday thats a forecast back to you. Lawrence thank you. Still to come tonight a missing world war 2 flag is returned. And if you like hiking in beer. Well, a drea kron 4 staying on top of breaking news out of sassoon city tonight weve been following the scene for the last few hours of a major wildfire that is continuing to burn out of control. We just got off the phone with fire officials there is a sin city they tell us as many as 8 homes have now burned as a result of this Massive Wildfire that is burning out of control in an area near kelloggs street and cornelia street there is a sin city. We do know that there is a major fire response there on that scene from contra costa. Calif fire. The Forestry Service as well as valais ho fire crews as well you can see an aerial view of the scene that is continuing to play out once again as many as 8 homes have now burned as a result of this massive fire. We do not know any injuries as of yet well continue to follow this story for you throughout the night on kron on and kron 4 dot com and tonight on prime Time Starting at 8 oclock. A world war 2 relic is stolen during protests. But the reason why may surprise you. Jeremy roth has that and more in todays take a look at this. In nevada a tumultuous turn of events was followed by a surprising turn of events after protests turned violent at reno city hall in world war 2 era flag went missing from its display case, the American Flag had flown on the battleship uss reno during the war days after the incident, a news producer who covered the story received an anonymous package i kind of pause for a second look around and everyone and im like you guys the flag and the flag, i wrote a story about included was a note saying the flag had been taken because it needed protecting the producer whose father served in the military returned the flag to city officials who say it will go back on display in an even more secure case this is a symbol of the goodness of human beings. Its a symbol resilience their community they want to go hiking and drink some beer who doesnt. Well a virginia brewery is looking to hire a chief hiking officer to track the 2200 mile appalachian trail while enjoying some group. Live nations are included as his gear and a 20,000 stipend but would be glamorous be warned no Hotel Expenses hiking higher will be expected to sleep under the stars throughout the journey home and finally fire officials in wisconsin put in some heroes working nearly a dozen ducklings that found themselves trapped in the storm drain crew members responded and used a makeshift tools and the little guys out to reunite them with their mom appeared to have never cracked. Take a look at this im jeremy roth. Before we go tonight kron 4 is saluting the class of 2020 each and every day were shining a spotlight on graduates and tonight, were highlighting what kill you shoot a mckayla is graduating from Castro Valley high school in the east bay. She said that in San Jose State University with plans to become an Elementary School teacher congratulations to mckayla in all those 2020 grands you can submit a graduate of your all you have to do to simply go to kron 4 dot com. Fund the salute to grads twentytwenty tab under the news tab submit a picture of your grad let us know their plans after high school and whats next for them. That wraps up kron 4 news at 6 oclock this wednesday night, thanks so much for spending time with us im Jonathan Mccall our coverage of the George Floyd Protests the coronavirus pandemic and breaking news of that massive fire from sassoon city continues on kron on our 24 local streaming news service is free right now well see you back here tonight, starting in prime time at it. Plywood city. The most Famous Stores in the usa, boarded up. And wrapped with razor wire. Some of the most beautiful windows in new york city, especially around the holidays, take a look at it now. Then the supermarket looted. For 15 straight hours. The shoppers cant believe what has happened. Oh, my god. There is absolutely no meat left on the shelves. And delivery trucks, targeted by looters. Amazon, fedex. Ups. Ambushed. 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