The inland parts of the bay area where daytime highs will be into the triple digits. And well have some warm nights in orange daytime highs in the 90s and also going to be looking at some warm evenings ahead of us to cloud cover for a few spots in the bail though weve been noting some sunshine making its way through 4 other areas, a couple of sprinkles offshore all associated with the tropical system. Thats brought us the humid feel along with the heat yesterday into this morning. 80s 90s triple digits. Those are your highs today even up the coast. Were pretty warm. But inland, its just downright hot conquered 107 for the high with antioch at one 06, Livermore Morgan Hill at one 04 san jose at a very toasty 99, ive got more numbers on what to expect later on today in your neck of the woods still to come james all right john thank you very much time now is 8 oh one and of course one of the big stories weve been following all week is the fact that oakland native Kamala Harris. The senator has been selected as joe bidens running mate. And we also have the school year beginning in oakland, so the join us to talk about that and a whole lot more. Is oakland mayor libby shaft michelle thank you so much for joining us again. Oh good morning and i know its a hot day but i think something thats even hotter is that biden harris ticket yeah, how about that so we had that announcement earlier in the week. Looks like so far so good a lot of the reviews about that ticket have been fairly positive. Absolutely and they should be i mullah harris is a person of such integrity and she is a fighter thats what joe biden needs by his side during this campaign and shes not going to stop fighting once they get in the white house to advance a great agenda for america, but the part people dont see about hama is just how kind and compassion that she is as a person and i hope that that shines through i hope that as voters outside of the bay area get to know her they see that side of her also ive been proud to know her for 25 years or moms were friends and i love how shes really lifting up her oakland routes as part of her campaign yeah, its it is going to say we know her well here so its going to be a string to see. Of the rest of the nation to get to know her whole lot better although she already has obviously National Name recognition with her run for president earlier in the Campaign Cycle as well. How do you think the everybodys talking about the debate between her and Vice President mike pence how do you figure that i can not wait we have we have seen her on that debate stage she is fearless she packs a prosecutorial punch. She drills down to the truth she does not suffer fools so i cannot wait to see those 2 go head to head because i think it will be very clear who the real leader is it was pretty impressive to see her on her various Senate Committees grilling. Various witnesses that were before her panels it and you certainly got to see that sort of d uh attorney general side of her really come to the forefront. Yes, but i hope that people see that other side when i met her 25 years ago she was setting up a mentoring program in oakland long before either of us had anything to do with politics. She is someone who cares deeply about people about families and especially for our struggling workers in america so i really am excited to help people seen that Kamala Harris because that prosecutor we will see plenty of her im sure. I have to ask and im loath to bring it up. But its out there already people talking about this latest effort to try and bring up birtherism again you know comma you guys have been together a long time as you said your mothers knew each other was she in fact born in oakland. On people and this is what this election is all about are we going to be a country that comes together and celebrate our diversity or are we going to just continue to put up with the hate mongering that has been coming out of the white house. I know that the bay area its very proud of our diversity of our inclusion Kamala Harris being the first black woman first asian woman first biracial woman and were so proud that she is a woman from oakland. All right, lets play a hypothetical if you if youll indulge me here for a second. Lets say the biden harris ticket wind said they become the next president Vice President. Should the governor call you would you be interested in an open senate seat. I think we really need to focus on making sure biden and harris get into that white house. Obviously id be honored to be considered but sole focus is on that election. There are lot of critical things on the ballot. This november prop 15 the schools and Communities First Initiative is another effort, im very passionate about so i think weve got to keep our eye on the prize because we need change in that white house all right i see what you did there said way me nicely into our next topic of conversation. So its kids got back to school on monday. Laptops hot spots there in short supply and some kids desperately need them so whats being done right now to to bridge that digital divide. Listen i love how oakland comes together for its families and its children and we had done an analysis earlier that showed that 25,000 Public School students did not have distancelearning tools it at home and we launched the oakland and divided campaign we raised 12 and a half Million Dollars in just 6 days. Big thanks to jack dorsey for a 10 Million Dollar contribution to that goal and of we ordered the chromebooks a while ago we were not the only city that did that so they are finally arriving this monday so excited that every child that needs one is going to get to take home an oakland and divided laptop. Theyre going to get Internet Connection tech support right in their homes, we need to keep our kids learning during this pandemic and Distance Learning is just what were going to have to do until this pandemic goes away. And i also wanted to bring up to i know part of the Campaign Cycle. Part of the social movement this year has really revolved around. Police Police Reform connecting with communities outreach talk to me about opd cares whats being done right now to try and build those bridges between the Oakland Police department and the communities they serve. Yeah well last year oakland made National Headlines when we announced a cut in gun violence in half. We can not reverse that trend we have got to keep the violence going down but last weekend was a tragic weekend in oakland with 5 homicides pd is trying to just show the community how much it cares. They turned a mobile command unit into a resource theyre riding bikes around the communities where these homicides took place and where the families and friends live just to show that we care every life lost is such a tragedy and we are committed to continuing to make this city safer and the police want to show up in a different way they have heard the calls for reform. And this department is absolutely answering them. Do you think just to bring it back to National Politics do you think. Senator harriss background in Law Enforcement you know in the in the prosecutorial sense does that give her an insight can she help effect change on the national level. She that she brought really revolutionary procedural Justice Training at the state level. She campaign for attorney general not being tough on crime but being smart on crime really focusing on prevention. But as someone who has kind of evolved and been on a journey herself. She is the perfect person to take the rest of this country on a Journey Towards a far more progressive vision of policing of Trauma Informed Care of prevent teen crime and harm and not having to clean up or punished after the fact thats who she is she has a great track record in that, but she also herself has evolved and thats why i believe she is the perfect leader not just to bring us together but to bring us along. All right and the short time that we have left to bring it up once again even though i know you cant say officially, but. If you would be open to Us Senate Seat just okay haha what you heard it here first on mayor shep. Thank you so much for joining us today. Thanks for having me 12 right now and were taking a look at the weather thats the big news today is the heat wave that were going into not fun to be talking about daria yesterday it was already hot enough today. Going to be even warmer than that by a lot going to be shattering records across the bay area come the afternoon as for this morning, its still comfortable were in the 70s right now where we spent the evening last night you can see a little cloud cover overhead still got a humid feel to it that will change in the afternoon as the remnants of this tropical system that is skirting the bay area right now begins to exit the region going to be replacing the humid and hot weather with some dry heat as High Pressure begins to build back in. So theres one plus unfortunately all the other pluses is temperatures going up which isnt so good. You can see orange out there right along the babies are heat advisories where were going to see daytime highs well into the 90s pink areas on this map are excessive heat warnings which well see daytime highs in excess of 100 degrees not just for one day but multiple days, theres not a lot of relief in this forecast ahead of us weve also got warm evenings and many of our inland areas which means even as you open the windows at night its probably not going to be as cool as youd like it to be 70s and 80s for your highs and San Francisco today, 80 in daly city and have happened pay right at 79 degrees. 80s 90s right alongside the bay with millbrae and burlingame in the low 90s today, upper 90s in san carlos redwood city and Mountain View at 96 degrees. Temperatures in the south bay in the upper 90s to triple digits. Campbell saratoga in los gatos at or above 100 degrees. Morgan hill at one 04 today. Also triple digit heat in the tri valley with 90s and Fremont Union city and hayward all the way up through oakland will be at 91 today. Concord in danville excessively hot 107 degrees today. While vacaville at one 10 fairfield out one o 9 our hottest temperatures of the year easily and very likely to be breaking records all across the bay novato at a 100 while sandra fell petaluma and santa rosa, very close to the century mark tomorrows temperatures remain at or above 100 degrees for average inland before falling a bid on sunday into monday, its still going to be hot but not as high. We warm up again into tuesday of next week back into the triple digits. Inland. 80s and 90s right along the bay and the 60s 70s and even a few 80s near the coast. James all right. Thank you very much john quick check of the roads out there this morning. Last time we looked at the bay bridge toll plaza it was nice and light that still the case here at 8. 15. Its a smooth ride here on westbound 80 from oakland into San Francisco. Now lets jump over to the san mateo bridge see what the right is like on 9 to 2 yeah still moving along just fine a nice friday right for you if youre heading out to the peninsula from the east bay, 92 looks like a good option for you no problems here on the san mateo bridge. In the buzz, a big disappointment for College Sports fans and athletes the nc double a Just Announced there will be no fall championships for any division, one sports, no soccer. No volleyball nothing except football because the bcs is in charge of that the acc sec and big 12 say theres still going to try to compete, but dont hold your breath because as weve seen covid is a runaway train. That can derail anything unless youre insulated by a 150 Million Dollar bubble. Thats how much the nba is spending to keep basketball players hold up in the happiest place on earth and so far its working. The corona free nba playoffs, start monday. A bubble is only as good as the players in it and they have to behave the seahawks just cut free agent rookie came a sever an for trying to sneak a woman into the team hotel. She was disguised as a player, but it didnt fool the covid cops the fortyniners love George Kittle even more than he loves jimmy g. Carol showed his love with a tshirt as you remember the niners show theres with cash 75 million to stay for 5 more years. Maybe now he can buy ger opera sure and some shoes giant cities get to stay in their own bubble, this weekend, the bay bridge series kicks off tonight. In San Francisco is the first of 6 games between them in the covid condensed to schedule which means these games are worth a lot more then bragging rights, no fans in the stands. But the uk has figured out a way for people to see concerts in person. Sam fender played an outdoor show in front of 2,500 fans who stayed at a safe distance as you can see in viewing boxes the boxes hold up to 5 people and you have to order your food in there with an app its delivered to you before and after the show you are privately assured to your car. So nobody mingles with strangers its more exciting than sitting in your underwear on the couch watching film. What you get dressed and go to the movies. If it only cost of 0. 15. I never find any change in the couch anymore and see is selling 0. 15 tickets at the 100 theaters that they are allowed to reopen next thursday now this is a one day only deal but even after that they wont nickel and dime you on the popcorn thats only in the 5 bucks through october. But you know what chief she cant eat popcorn with a mask so count me out you know, ill just stick to the county and honestly what movies are really in theaters right now and we did see yeah and they were talking about 10 and you know about this still wait for that to come so that will be like a big one, but i dont need to see a nofly zone a risk im not i welcome back still comfortable this morning. It was a hot day yesterday and weve got another hot one ahead of us today, this was your sunset last night in San Francisco. Its a nice little. Golden glow on those clouds that were still hanging on to this morning. Cloud cover will be much less evident this evening as skies really start to dry out and were going to be looking at temperatures really warming up this afternoon concord up to one 07 for the daytime high livermore in antioch well into the triple digits, too oakland down through hayward freeman san jose all in the 90s. Now even though today will be our hottest day. We dont have much relief ahead of us. This is a comparison of start to finish in the weekend in Fairfield Fairfield one 09 is your daytime high today by sunday it will be your coolest day of the week youll still be at 100 degrees. So that shows you this forecast. It is hot from start to finish. Daria. Thanks a lot john with the heat from the fire risks and theyve already got a couple raging in southern california, the lake fire has scorched 11,000 acres in the Angeles National forest. This is happening north of los angeles its 5 contained a broke out wednesday afternoon. And in the first 2 hours. It exploded to 10,000 acres, its destroyed 3 structures. And there are about 5,000 threatened right now. They think that its going to take several days before theyre able to get a close to a handle on this one and they still dont know what caused it. Theres another fire burning in the Angeles National forest as well the ranch fire that one broke out yesterday and it started as 2 acres but now its blown up to 2500. Lets go to the south bay, the Kaiser Medical Center in santa clara now taking part in a global race to develop a covid19 vaccine and theyre actually looking for hundreds of volunteers to participate in the trial kaiser says it plans to enroll approximately 1400 participants at 4 sites. Theyll be across california and oregon. The vaccine tested in this trial was actually developed by Pharmaceutical Company pfizer and a German Biotechnology Company called by and tech doctor nicola klein is the director of kaisers Vaccine Study Center and she says that researchers are also going to be looking at bringing in individuals that are already participants in their Health Care Network up maybe a Health Care Worker and people from various racial ethnic background as well. Were looking to enroll and adults who are between the ages of 1885 who are healthy but were also looking for individuals who a number of underlying conditions. Who year at risk for getting caught the disease to their underlying conditions have participants will get vaccine and half the participants will get to see them, but its a 2 dose and the doses are 21 days apart. Yeah, they really want a varied of ray of participants in the trial because they want to make sure this works for the most number of people. The participants nor the doctors will know if theyre going to get vaccine or placebo they dont know that to blind study volunteers are going to be monitored for the next 2 years so if youre interested in participating in this study you have to be patient with kaiser and we posted information on our website at kron 4 dot com that will help guide you through the process. Well stanford is also canceling all in person classes for the upcoming fall quarter and plans to provide on Campus Housing to undergraduate students. Those plans have also been suspended the universitys president announced the changes in a statement yesterday saying that recent state guidance for universities and colleges would make for a very limited on campus undergraduate experience this fall, so theres not going to do it. The university will invite graduate and professional students back as planned however along with about 800 undergraduates who had petitioned to return to campus. Time now is a 24 and today marks 4 years since the death of Terence Mccrary he was shot and killed by a stray bullet, while he was at a party in oakland in 2016. And today there are still many unanswered questions. This is what it looked like the night that 2016 party happened it was in the 300 block of 15th street. And you see all the people there what about the hundreds of them were seen running people from running from gunfire. And Police Believe there was some kind of a confrontation with a group of men and that resulted in a second person dying Craig Fletcher crooks. A suspect otis wyatt faces murder charges for the fletcher cookes death but its still unclear who pulled the trigger. In the bullet that struck mccrary. Bill that has gotten harder because the desire for a mother to want to see justice served for injustice. Its extremely difficult you dont get to see him have kids or create a family or you know change the world anymore we have to do it for you in so we want to make sure people remember we love. Terence his family is asking anybody who knows and knows anything about what happened that night to contact the Oakland Police. Buckle up bay area of massive heat wave is just hours away triple digits in the east bay coming up well tell you locations for cooling cen a 29 and i love when it gets hot like this and were going have were comparing like our fans like new strategy all i keep a dark up for the fan and when got all different ways to try to stay cool during this and looks like well have to do that for how many days john are we are we looking at this extreme heat line means haha eyes. I know i love talking about the end of the heat. Fortunately were not really talking about that in this heat wave is excessively high and at least he has got some practice to try to keep yourself cool last night because were going to have to keep doing that during these evenings. Now the Golden Gate Bridge its nice and free of fog this morning, theres some cloud cover up above and a humid feel as youre stepping outside to. Cool temperatures in the 70s and really cool down much last night though i mean any accurate 79 right now i youre waking up in your feel a little warmth because even with the window open you didnt get much of a cool breeze filtering in. You also got still a muggy feel to the air in areas like oakland, san jose San Francisco. Thats not going to be an issue so much into the evening tonight we will see our evening was cooling a bit further than what we just saw this past evening as this dry heat starts to take over as compared to the muggy heat that we had yesterday you can see pink areas on this map these are excessive heat warnings in effect from today all through the weekend into next week. Areas in pink our inland valleys will be well into the triple digits with warm nights expected in these areas are your orange areas on the map heat advisories, a lot of 90s in those areas and then the cloud cover that youre seeing this morning, not sticking around for long this is actually the remnants of a tropical system. Its made its way up the coast brought a lot of moisture with it. Now its going to be exiting the region so daytime highs are going to be hotter, but we are going to feel it on the drier side, a dry heat today. Temperatures in the triple digits for areas like concord livermore antioch morgan hill napa and nevado with the 80s 90s elsewhere in the bay, ive got your full forecast talking the numbers that where youre at still to come james all right, thank you very much john 8. 31 is the time now to help manage this heat wave, weve got cooling Centers Opening up across the bay area going to be vital for people who dont have ac in particular kron fours will tran live in Pleasant Hill with the information. You need to know good morning. Well. Good morning. James, yes, there are a lot of apartments that dont have air conditioning and if youre one of those people cooling centers just like the one right behind me they are for you there. Taylor made they helped me get through today and the next several days because its going to be a scorcher john scher able just scared me to death talking about it being all week or so so buckle up bay area cooling centers, however theyre here for you so take a look at your screen. We want to focus on the east bay cooling centers because its going to be sweltering here but there are complete, we have a complete list of cooling centers on our website at kron 4 dot com. If you live in livermore its going to be very hot there your location is 4, 4, 4, 4, east avenue, its at the Community Center at that location and the arc youre saying please is probably going to be hotter in any on your location if you want to go there. Its 2, 1, 3 f street in Pleasant Hill thats my location this at the county building and that location is at 400 allen would way i can tell you they will open up at noon today and then rich men its going to be a scorcher there as well, 13 05 mcdonald avenue, no matter where you go make sure you bring your mask they will not allow you inside without your mask, they will take your temperature just to make sure that you are safe. If youre out and about of course dont leave your pets or your children inside your car for any amount of time its going to really cook really fast and i can confirm what john said that it is humid right now you can see it kind of overcast once the cloud clears make sure you have your sunscreen on may god have plenty of water in your car and by all means if you have a noaa research be cool like me have a red ferrari no i dont have the referee. I have a wife but i try to be cool because the last thing you want to do is still sweat really badly in this seat and i want to pass along the area. I have my tip. I know john talked about windows opening. I keep my window shot, no matter what because youre laying in that heat. Tonight though you want it as is going to get his overnight. So thats when you clear out any shot in the morning. He was shot all day all overnight i have i have fans pointed at me at all times at nighttime i sleep on top of the bed. And then i sit there and i count seeping when the lottery to my. Theyll do all right. The problem right now with the he is power to pg e is preparing and they say we should all be prepared. In case theres an outage because of the he covers reyna harvey is live in fremont with more on that hi rana. Hi daria you know theres a phrase that says if you stay ready, you dont have to get ready and so thats a pg e t is asking everyone to do but theyre also saying that they dont plan to shut off electricity today tomorrow for the next few days for families which is really good because a lot of people are at home right now working are taking classes. So there is a flex alert in place today it starts at 3 and goes until 10 00pm so that means theyre asking people to take the initiative to really control the heat in their house, so theyre asking people to adjust your thermostat keep that on 78 or turn it off altogether if you are at home. Theyre also asking people to unplug your electricity outlets along with putting off some of the activities that require electricity like washing clothes or vacuuming until after 10 oclock tonight, i spoke to some residents in the area and heres what they had to say about pg and es decision. Andrea good thing is not is not fired. Coming from where i like the mark of the uncomfortable for a few minutes thats not a good thing. But at the same time. No it was at home including kids tentatively working from home. So theyre not adding up for just one not 2 days. Im happy. One man and at the same time please make sure you got of these to death theyre not the fires have not come out ahmed out of im natalie we get into the bigger problem. Now pg and e says theyre going to be sitting out additional crews to handle any possible outages that may be caused by high heat and again it is asking everyone to stay safe as they are out and about today for now reporting here in Fremont Reyna Harvey Kron 4 news, thanks a lot of well outdoor restaurants and shops across the bay area are also trying to find ways to cope with the heat as well, especially for their customers in downtown los altos for instance, businesses there have been busy putting up umbrellas and canopies to trying to keep a little bit of shade on their tables and customers we did speak with Business Owners and customers and they say its. Yeah its hot but more importantly they just want to be there to support the local businesses. Were trying to encourage encourage people to still come and free to do whatever we can to keep people cool. But overall i think it should a successful weekend normally business hot here so it was pretty hot. The past though its been pretty i guess well see over a 100 degrees again and again some of relies and the me their restaurant and other businesses are helping to keep it going in for people its its wonderful. Well some businesses are even offering sunscreen to customers retail stores, however say that the heat has been less of a concern for them than just trying to customers inside to do little shopping. Its a 37 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, we have one bay area city now considering a surcharge to help businesses suffering from the coronavirus. Well talk more about that what San Franciscos biggest industry expected lose billions because of the pandemic will tell you how long that financial hit could last job. And what were seeing today some hot to daytime highs take a look at these numbers upper 80s and San Francisco low 90s oakland, upper 90s, san jose. Ive got triple welcome back thanks for staying with us on this friday morning 8. 40 right now and already warm never really cool down much last night though temperatures remain warm as conditions remain humid through the evening still have some cloud cover overhead and temperatures mostly in the 70s right now pittsburgh. Youre at 78. And its not even 09 00am yet fairfield at 80 degrees. Concord double at 75 this is your best chance to get outside enjoy at least what is tolerable weather before this happens this afternoon day time highs rise into the triple digits for conquered Livermore Morgan Hill napa novato just to name a few spots. Fremont hayward oakland and san jose. All easily in the 90s daria. Thanks a lot john its a 40 a grim new report from the San Francisco travel association predicts the city might lose nearly 11 billion dollars in the next 2 years because of the lack of tourism because of covid San Francisco is expected to see less than half of the visitors that we hosted it last year and only a 3rd of the revenue, not only does this mean San Francisco will lose money and not have enough for city services, but it also jeopardizes lot of jobs 1000 people last year were employed in the street, the streets are neighbors cards to friends and family members who dont have a job this year and also lot of Small Businesses that really depend on that tourist visitor in San Francisco, whether its a restaurant or Retailer Store performing arts group or art gallery you name. The San Francisco travel Association Says it supports the citys cautious response to the pandemic but its hoping that the ban on hotel rooms for leisure travelers will be lifted soon. 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Its not going to be pleasant to do so so these next few minutes to get out there enjoy it while we still have some 70s. Because already starting to get a few 80s on the map if you saw just a minute ago, you notice them looking at some cloud cover overhead above timber on still feeling pretty humid across the bay area this morning, although its still going to start to feel a little drier this afternoon that dry heat returns for your friday compared to yesterdays muggy feel so theres one plus Everything Else is not so much a plus its not going to be comfortable otherwise. This low pressure areas, the remnants of a tropical system brought us that muggy feel yesterday going to be replaced by High Pressure so get rid of the humid keeping the hot around though that means excessive heat warnings in pink all the way through the weekend for inland valleys, were highs will be well in excess of a 100 degrees some warm nights too orange areas on the map or your heat advisories little closer to the bay and the coast 70s and 80s for San Francisco and other spots on the peninsula today, even Half Moon Bay checking in close to 80 degrees. 90s for millbrae and burlingame in the low 90s upper 90s further south towards woodside Mountain View and san carlos, and then some triple digits in the south bay campbell most gatos at one o one each morgan hill 104 degrees for the high today. Dublin Pleasanton Livermore and seminole all triple digit heat and more triple digits for danville in concord at one 07 today, even oakland checking in the low 90s berkeley and richmond upper 80s for you are hot spot. Though thats a vacaville at one 10 today fairfield at one 09. Its easy to believe that. Yeah were going to be breaking a lot of records across the bay area today making today the hottest one of the year so far. Now tomorrow temperatures will be a touch cooler but still high sunday brings some relief a little closer to the coast but inland areas do remain toasty and then temperatures start to spike again into early next week taking us back to the triple digits by tuesday. James, all right, thank you john now, lets get a quick check of traffic around the bay were going to start off with a live look here at the bay bridge approach. And really all morning long its been nice and light we havent seen much in the way of any kind of a backup. On this friday morning which is i guess what youd expect with a friday light. Commute pattern and thats certainly what were seeing here and weve been enjoying really nice conditions to at the Golden Gate Bridge or southbound 1, one right showing clear conditions, no problems making your way from Murray County down into San Francisco. And one final stop for the Richmond Sandra fell bridge toll plaza and here is where we have things sort of gummed up as we can see traffic backed up here at the toll plaza, nothing major on the chp to indicate why. But it does look like there is a traffic hazard potentially on the span so it could be it looks like and a sig alert has been issued. Its a big rig that broke down in the slow lane. So thats whats happening on the bridge. Chp advising you find another way of crossing San Pablo Bay because the Richmond Sandra fell bridge is not going to be available for it doesnt look like theres any indication when they might get that big rig moved off so find another way around. Ferries to Alcatraz Island will start running on monday for the First Time Since march, the Golden Gate NationalRecreation Area they control the island they say theyre going to restore access to interior sections like building 64 and the wardens house and outdoor areas like eagle plaza visitors are advised to by ferry tickets online and make sure you review the safety guidelines. People on the alcatraz trail system will be required to proceed in one direction. So that they dont mix you know directions last covid tours of the former prison, however are not available still until further notice as local businesses are struggling to stay afloat palo alto city leaders are considering a plan to add a covid surcharge to customers bills but some Business Leaders are questioning if thatll work conference is the comedian has that story. Palo alto mayor adrian fine proposes adding a covid surcharge to help businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic extra amount on their bills and residents and visitors will be able to pay i think that is a way to cast their pockets i think. Given the tenor and generosity her commute i think a lot of coltons will be happy to pay an extra 2, 5. 10 . Our local businesses to keep them afloat. Palo Alto City Council member greg to knock us as he has his doubts about charging customers more money right now. Ive talked to quite few russian owners about this comes up and the longer really worried that if they. They include mister trumps comment. You know 19 surcharge that people are temple lot less so that means a rocket and a lot less money this Sandwich Shop owners cautions not to charge customers too much or else theyll stay away here are some of the we feel the change one prison. What percent of the 5 of the most, although theyre fine says he believes that palo alto residents can handle paying a bit more to help out the local economy. Judy klineberg of the Palo Alto Chamber of commerce takes a different view and there are professionals there are lawyers and death yes, her salon owners and owners. So our viewers who are not able to just make the contributions that the mayor has been good intentions are. It may not be possible right now. Has it made you kron 4 news. Well lets go to the south bay where Santa Clara County now doing something that no other city in the nation is doing to protect you from covid19 its installing touchless crosswalk buttons and why did we do this before right from now on instead of having to physically push that button to activate the pressure crosswalk motion sensors will now see you coming and all you have to do is wave your hand. When you see this sign on a traffic signal and it says way that the button. You dont have to touch the push back. We just wave your hand in front of this sign one to 3 inches away. And that is that the signal will tell you to wait until its safe to cross that this technology can be used any of that its already out there you know if you look at some of the you know paper dollar dispenser things like that. You know theres already contactfree you are able to do that today so, but we just at never talked about doing that on a protest and push button. Has sometimes the answers right in front of your i just have to apply and thats certainly what they did here. The touch free activation devices are going to be installed at 25 expressway intersections with heavy pedestrian traffic. Throughout santa clara. All right well take a quick break time now is 8. 51, heres a live look outside we have a camera at San FranciscoInternational Airport it dont see is fog or low clouds and thats going to spell problems for you later on today, weve got High Pressure overhead and a heat wave. On the horizon its going to be really hot this afternoon you can see here a look ahead at temperatures today, were expecting triple digits for nevada and napa with widespread 100s across the wine country east bay even worse, one 04 to one 07 depending on where you are the south bay is not immune 99 in san jose quickly warming as you head south on 1, one towards morgan billed for. Theyre even along the bay and shoreline were going to be in the 90s josh welcome back a good morning to you know we are looking at some clearing skies gradually getting a bit more brightness through the clouds but as you can see through the golden gate still hanging on to some mostly cloudy skies at this point. Right now is your chance to get out there before temperatures get exceedingly hot this afternoon just look at where were heading conquered antioch livermore well above 100 degrees each 90s from oakland down through san jose vallejo 98 santa rosa 99 even hot out towards the coast now today will be the hottest day of the forecast. But were staying hot after this. Heres a look fairfield a 109 degrees today and excessive heat warning, well still be under an excessive heat warning by sunday, your coolest day of the weekend. And still 100 degrees. So not really an end in sight to the heat in this forecast. James. All right john thank you a quick update on the Richmond Center fell bridge issue you can see the traffic a bit blocked up here what happened was about a half hour ago a big rig broke down in the slow lane just past the toll plaza so didnt actually get on the bridge just yet. And there have some problems getting out of the way but the good news is it looks like they have been able to clear that big rig to the side. So the sig alert that was issued by the chp has now been canceled. You just have to deal with the residual backups that you see here in the shot so if youre heading there now its still going to take a little bit of time as we try to get this backlog out of the area. But thats the situation with the Richmond Sandra fell bridge. It is improving. Its a 56 and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. Were going to talk more about the heat wave use felt a little yesterday but and things are going to get really uncomfortable and dangerously hot over the next several days weve got live reports on that and preparing for possible outages because of the heat well tell you what pg and e is asking you to do. And also a south bay kaiser is looking for volunteers to participate in a Covid Vaccine study well tell you ho youre watching kron 4 morning news at 9. Good morning and get ready for the heat was last night hot enough for you it was for me, im darya folsom and ive got all your headlines in a minute. Well, johns got the real headlines which is the weather weve got live coverage of this heat wave that were dipping into this weekend its going to be locked into the bay area for some time will tran talking about how to survive the heat Pleasant Hill rain is doing the same in fremont and john is in the weather yes, still in the air conditioning daria thank goodness. They didnt have it last night as i was trying to go to sleep and it was just too warm out there remain warm all morning long to were starting to stay off with some cloud cover. Still muggy feel to it as youre stepping outside. This is where temperatures that at 9 oclock this morning and a young 81 degrees livermore concord at 79 right now nevado San Francisco oakland on the 70s so were already off to a warm start now its also on the muggy side this morning that is going to be something that fades away this afternoon, a drier heat is