Bay right here not all that foggy although theres certainly cloud cover overhead. Half moon bay visibility in spots is falling below a mile as novato in santa rosa. But most cloud cover is sitting right above us this morning, see your work commute for most areas is holding up just fine a couple of pockets of poor air yet again dust the spare the air alert that robin was addressing you can see portions of marine county through the car came as all the way on to the Central Valley and then also portions of the Santa Cruz Mountains still affected by some poor air. Moderate air quality for really most of the rest of the bay area this morning. Temperatures right now were in the 50s and 60s with san matteo at 59 alameda right there with you. Well oakland to concord and areas a little further south like hayward on the low 60s to kick off this morning later today, were keeping the same temperatures as we had yesterday around no 90s in this forecast just 6070s 80s today and tomorrow after that things really switch up into the upcoming Labor Day Weekend when were not just talking 90s but triple digits by saturday which all have more about still to come in your full forecast back to you robin. Thank you sir, lets check in on the traffic shall we for the early birds. Heres a live look at 80 heading into San Francisco that trip up to the bay bridge toll plaza is looking good so far i dont see any problems across the upper deck. Were starting off hot spot free all the way through downtown San Francisco, the central the james like the all is well rolling into San Francisco. Lets take a look at some more shall we have 92 the san mateo bridge a little busy but not bad brake lights are filling in westbound on the right traffic leaving hayward to the peninsula getting a little crowded off and on but nothing major working right now, which means its a great time to just get on out there go ahead and use it because its gonna get heavier, nows your chance to beat the rush. Lets check in on one more we have the Golden Gate Bridge and sometimes its just covered in fog. This morning, not so bad, but you see all the flashing lights right bridge crews are out there doing their usual bridge Maintenance Work northbound heading out of San Francisco and remember when you see crews out there working caltrans and you always want make sure you slow your roll passing the cone zone passing that road work you should drive at a reduced speed and move over a lane if you can but in this case heading out of San Francisco looks like you only have one lane open northbound southbound thats the commute direction and its doing just fine well check more coming up a little bit later. Well to the east right now were getting a look at video of the moments leading up to an officer involved shooting, killing a black man in san leandro at walmart so the officer has been charged with manslaughter. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall reports. Months after the fatal shots that killed is Steven Taylor we now know the name of assembly under officer who fired them wednesday officer Jason Fletcher was charged with voluntary manslaughter in taylors death officer fletchers actions. Coupled with his failure to attempt other de escalation options rendered his use of deadly force and reasonable and a violation of penal code section, one 92, voluntary manslaughter it was back on april 18th of this year that fletcher responded to a call of a shoplifting suspect with a bat at assembly under walmart. But again video showed Taylor Holding about inside of the store officers asked him to drop it on Alameda County District Attorney Nancy Omalley announced the charges saying that deadly force was not a reasonable and that taylor did not pose an immediate threat. The review of the statement of witnesses and involve police officers, physical evidence and the review of multiple videos of the shooting. It shows that at the time of the shooting was not reasonable to conclude. Mister Steven Taylor pose an imminent threat of death a Great Bodily Injury to either officer fletcher or to any one else in the store. Back in april civil rights attorney lee merritt who represents tillers family said taylor was going through a Mental Health episode. And had previously suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar depression silly Andrews Police chief issued this Statement Wednesday saying in part. I know the loss of Stephen Taylor has deeply affected this community. Its important that we allow the judicial process to take its course. That was Jonathan Mccall reporting for us this morning fletcher will be arraigned on the charges later this month. Well in a developing story that were following for you to braun Police Confirmed that a sergeant at the center of a confrontation with the black store owner has resigned Sergeant Michael blasi was the supervising officer when the incident took place last month. This body camera video captured that inter action the store owner says, but he was racially profiled for being in his own store late at night confrontation continued until a white neighbor down the street shouted at police vouching for the owner to rons vice mayor later offered an apology. The town attorney iran says that Sergeant Lacey believe that it would be difficult to continue being affective as a to braun officer, the Police Department has hired an independent attorney to review the incident. Well now to the latest on all the wildfires burning in the bay area containment efforts on the 3 major fires burning across the bay area are growing the lnu lightning complex fires in the north bay are currently at 70 containment with more than 375,000 acres burned the czu complex fires burning in the east and south bays are currently at 76 containment and more than 391,000 acres have burned there and the czu lightning complex fires burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties are up to 46 containment with more than 85,000 acres burned. Happening now in Boulder Creek a do not drink order has been issued after the czu lightning complex fire destroyed a key pipeline kron fours rob fladeboe reports. And heavy duty water pipe are arriving in Boulder Creek. Were a do not drink order is in effect as a result of the czu lightning complex fire. These are pictures of whats left of an aboveground pipeline that was destroyed when the fire swept through the watershed on Ben Lomond Mountain owned by the san lorenzo valley Water District we have a 7 mile road water pipeline, highdensity polyethylene line. That crosses that watershed picks up water from several different surface water intakes. And brings that water into our treatment plant. 100 of that pipeline was destroyed by fire. The pipe literally melted into the landscape the do not drink order issued amid possible contamination of benzene and other toxic resulting from the melted plastic, the scenario that arose following 2018 is paradise fire. We have a very positive results coming back were not showing contamination yet. But its were still a ways away from lifting the the do drink and we dont want customers to the think were getting good samples that they can go back to using water they need to wait until we get the allclear the district is stockpiling in making deliveries of bottled water for the roughly 3100 connections impacted by the order. The new pipeline will likely be underground and since the fire also claimed some 4 million gallons of stored water. Customers are being urged to conserve water and reminded not to drink or boil their tap water. We dont recommend the water for. 4 other than you know like you know flushing the toilet in and they may be watering outside. But right now until we lift. Do not drink. We recommend bottled water. In Boulder Creek rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Well now to the latest on the coronavirus here in the bay area here is where each bay area county stands on the states new tier system. So all bay area counties except 2 are showing widespread infection. The purple tier. This means that many non essential indoor businesses are closed San Francisco and now the county show substantial widespread infection, the rat here, orange and yellow are the next years with yellow being minimal infections. Governor newsome says that this new tier system provides new guidelines and replaces the states covid19 watchlist some most counties in the state are actually in the purple right now and moving up on the ladder is based on 2 factors gauged over a 3 week period, new cases per day and percent positive of covid19 testing counties that do more testing can have the rating adjusted for the better, but its still up to the counties to decide what businesses can reopen and in what capacity. Labor day weekend coming up, you know its right around the corner counties want to avoid a spike in cases. Missing trans could be quickly reversed right we can very low levels of transmission which can turn on a dime. So the trick is is if youre going to have gatherings. Have them for your for your household ok, nice Backyard Barbecue for house bill perfect. If youre going to have another family over. I have some degree of social distancing. Orange county Health Officials say theyre expecting to move from the purple to the reds here as early as next week. Well tracking coronavirus cases in california the state now reports more than 700. And 21,000 cases and more than 13,000 deaths. Now here across the bay area there are more than 85,000 reported cases and more than 1100 deaths. Well happening today all children in oakland will be allowed to pick up meals from the Oakland Unified School district even if they do not go to school there 22 sites across the district will be open from 08 00am until 01 00pm in the afternoon. Children up to 18 yearsold can get 3 meals for each weekday and 2 mills for each you can find a full list of locations on our website check it out at kron 4 dot com. Next on the kron 4 morning news after years of involvement, the sfpd are now banned. From participating in next years 2021 pride parade will have full details on that decision coming up. Plus you can now get a hefty fine and alameda or for violating Health Orders this as the county pushes to stop the spread of covid19. And democratic president ial nominee, joe biden and his wife are heading to kenosha wisconsin today for the purpose of his visit coming up after the break stay with us. Welcome back everyone, the manager of californias electricity grid issued an alert for Labor Day Weekend as it tries to avoid more rolling blackouts to an unexpected major heat wave for more on how hot its actually going to get this holiday weekend, lets check in with meteorologist john travel john, i know you said our earlier this this morning that were going to experience some record heat every talking like triple yeah, definitely triple digits and above triple digits to record heat looking really likely on sunday, especially so i know weve got Labor Day Weekend around the corner, Everyone Wants to do a Little Something for Labor Day Weekend. But with those triple digits in play might want to just rethink a few of your ideas that you had been having as far as we go this morning you can see low clouds across the bay itself. This cloud cover for the most part is sitting above us so we actually do have a pretty smooth driving to work for most areas this morning as for air quality most of us are back in that yellow moderate category there are some pockets of bad air up in the north bay as well as in the Santa Cruz Mountains but again a lot like yesterday we are starting this morning off better than worse than we have been still that spare the air alert is in effect though just a little spot of a drizzle right there up in the Santa Cruz Mountains where some of this low cloud cover is actually hitting those Higher Elevations, most of us though nice and dry and were going to stay that way as this ridge of High Pressure going anywhere its going to stay in place eventually reversing this nice onshore flow which is cool us off one of the reasons weve had these foggy to cloudy mornings as weve enjoyed some ocean cool their streaming right into the bay, well keep that going for one more day tomorrow after todays nice mild highs. Then come saturday and it all switch is up hot dry inland there now gets pulled out to the coast and that is where the heat comes into play not just for inland areas, but all the way up to San Francisco where daytime highs can be expected to be around 10 degrees warmer than what were going to see today and tomorrow same for you at the coastline, a little further south. The difference is going to be even more dramatic for inland areas with many of our daytime highs today only 70s to 80s, beautiful, comfortable weather today, check their quality maps than step outside and enjoy it because it will be a very nice day compared to where were heading. 80s for our inland valleys 70s along the bay side with oakland at 71 conquered 86, even our north bay temperatures holding on to the 80s for the vast majority anyways vacaville only one spot in the low 90s today, santa rosa down through nevado in the upper 70s so savor those numbers and now brace yourselves for what were seeing after tomorrow triple digit heat begins on saturday with our hottest days being sunday and then monday for labor day you see daytime highs not just at a 100 degrees. But well in excess of that up to a 107 on average for your inland highs on sunday. These are going to be record breaking temperatures for a lot of cities in dangerously hot were already looking at heat advisory starting on saturday and we will likely be seeing excessive heat warnings taking effect as we get closer bayside areas close to 90 degrees by sunday and for the coast when you see an average in the 80s. You know its going to be hot all across the board. Thats your forecast robin ill send it back to you thank you sir now lets check in on your morning commute, its picking up just a little bit but i dont see any terrible spots out there. The trip into San Francisco remains delay free at the bay bridge toll plaza as we take a live look we can see the folks rolling in but no crashes no stalls no hot spots so under 10 minutes to make it off to the fremont street exit. All right, lets check some more i believe we have one more and thats 92 always our busiest bridge during the morning drive. And we can see the traffic already filling in here west of the toll plaza all the tell lights theyre leaving hey bird getting a little crowded on the flat section, but its not bad at all overall its a really nice trip up and over the high rise into foster city and then the opposite side on the left thats traffic coming into hayward the headlights and you can see its doing just fine with no problems across the span and and a nice connection over to the nimitz freeway as well. Well happening today democratic president ial nominee, joe biden and his wife will be visiting the wisconsin city where the Police Shooting of jacob blake reignited protests over racial injustice. Melissa raney has details on whats ahead. Citing overwhelming request from democratic leaders. Joe biden and his wife jill will head to kenosha wisconsin thursday theres been a overwhelming request that i do come. World to do is we got to hell got to put things together bring people together bidens visit comes on the heels of president trumps earlier this week. Trumps visit drew criticism after he ignored local leaders who asked to not come. The president did not meet with the family of jacob blake saying the family wanted to involve lawyers. Bidens plans do include a meeting with the family, including the 29 yearold mans father, im not going to. To anything other than meet in meetings with Community Leaders as well as Business People other folks in Law Enforcement and to see a. Start to talk about has to be done. Not im not going to tell kenosha with their to do what we have to do together. Meanwhile, the attorney general william barr defending the actions of police saying shootings of African Americans often are racially motivated and not as common as protests, make them seem i dont think theyre 2 justice systems let you know i think the narrative theres a judge that the police are on pademic of shooting unarmed black man is simply a false narrative a and also the narrative that thats based on race as for the shooting of jacob blake barr asked for the public to be patient and allow for due process to take place. Im melissa rainy reporting. President trump appears to be encouraging voters to vote twice in North Carolina says during an interview in the state the president said that voters to mail in ballots. Should also go to the polls. Go out of their vote and theyre going to go check to vote by going to the ball and voting that way if it if tabulate said they wont be able to do that. So let him send it in and let him go vote. And if this isnt as good as they say it is then obviously they want them to vote if it isnt happy elated to be able to vote so thats the way it is. President trump made the remarks after he was asked about his confidence in North Carolinas ability to count absentee ballots. The president has frequently criticize states for allowing widespread vote by mail. Election officials in North Carolina are telling voters that there is no need to vote twice in fact its a felony to vote twice in North Carolina. And friends gathered along the ventura coast in honor of 33 passengers and one crew member who perished as flames consumed the boat called the conception Labor Day Weekend. Now there were people aboard from santa cruz, San Francisco and mill valley, the captain and 4 crew members employed by truth aquatics survive whether someone is to blame is still ongoing the Court Documents say that criminal charges are imminent. All 6 crew members were set to be asleep. When that fire broke out which may violate coast guard regulations if there was no night watch. Prosecutors would only need to prove simple negligence or misconduct. Your life precious you need to cherish and honor them. You know that could be bought in an you know 3 of them coming on and fair. The coast guard has issued safety recommendations in the wake of the tragedy such as limiting the unsupervised charging of lithium ion batteries and the use of power strips and extension cords. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, a Small Business group is suing the Trump Administration demanding details on exact amounts of all ppp loans. Why they say there needs to be more transparency. Welcome back everyone, a Small Business group is suing the Trump Administration for the names of all businesses i got Paycheck Protection Program loans. The group says it so far americans have Little Information or transparency on how that tax money was spent washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports. The american Small Business league is suing the Trump Administration for the exact amount of all the ppp loans given out to us businesses just had a range of the race are huge just between 5 10 million. So we want to know exactly how our tech stocks reached that Lloyd Chapman is the organizations president public comes off on the New York Stock Exchange and billionaires getting this money while corporations and celebrity own businesses got ppp loans may filling their who owns a Fitness Studio in petaluma california with 6 employees was denied it was. Breaking for me as well as a true Small Business owner that is Massive Companies that i know you know their their name recognizable. You are getting millions meanwhile, a house subcommittee found that more than 1 billion dollars in ppp loans went to companies that had already received loans which violates the programs rules treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said the loans will be audited every single loan thats 2 Million Dollars in greater. Well go through an individual audit. All of the rest of the loans are also subject to audits of for now the administration is not committing to releasing a full list of names and exact amounts we want taxpayers know where their money goes we also want to protect the Sensitive Information of Small Businesses in washington, alexandra le mon. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, new details about coronavirus spread. Why patients possibly need more time before returning welcome back everyone the time is 4. 29 good morning and thanks for staying with us a lot to talk about regarding the weather. Its our 17th spare the air day thats a record for us we have a Labor Day Weekend coming up were seeing triple digits. I dont know im ready for those triple digits shot at best a little too hot. I know we had such nice weather because temperatures at least lately. Now triple digits. Yeah dont know about this in september but yes we do have a heat wave just around the corner meaning today and tomorrow you got to savor it get any work outside that you need to get done. Of course check the air quality is youre doing so because we still have some problem areas as for sfo this morning, some low clouds but not a whole lot of fog to be talking about most cloud cover sitting right above us a couple of problem areas in the north bay and then as you head into the hills along the coast in the east bay watch out for that cloud cover making contact with our Higher Elevations as for air quality most of us are in the moderate category which is yellow here couple of pockets of worst air in orange down in the Santa Cruz Mountains and then right through marin county up the richmond delay how into fairfield some not so good air too so were definitely not all in the clear nor will we be into the weekend to those pockets of haze still certainly swirling around the bay all depending on wind direction, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with concord Hayward Oakland in the 60s well, berkeley alameda, San Francisco as well as much of the north bay, some of our spots in the 50s this morning later today, not talking about temperatures at all its 6070s and 80s for daytime highs toy