Clouds before to talk all about that. And everyone gets there. Mood for the Holiday Weekend coming killed a little bit because of this forecast, youre looking outside at some cool coastal influence thats that fog thats pushing and its kept us nice the past few days and its going to keep us nice for one more day to day before the heat really settles in. Unfortunately were still going to be dealing with phase 2 and we still have some pockets that are smoky like right around the golden gate and then down around san jose also not the best of air quality this morning. 50s 60s for current temperatures, nice start we do have some gray skies overhead. Id say go ahead take some of the care of some of that yard work maybe some errands today and then tomorrow just stay inside and stay cool as much as possible. Highs today will be warmer than yesterday is conquered livermore morgan hill back into the 90s. 70s remain in philly hoedown through fremont but compared to tomorrow today is going to be a cool one were all going to be under either heat advisories and peach or heat warnings in pink as we make our way through saturday on into monday now heres why on the peninsula daytime highs will range from the 70s at the coast to 100s in those areas a little further away from our ocean influence south bay temperatures 90s to triple digits. Youll see that same range in the east bay were especially are inland east bay areas will be looking at daytime highs in some cases. Well above the century mark some of our hotter spots will be in Solano County where im expecting Fairfield Vallejo dixon rio vista to achieve daytime highs above 110 by sunday into monday for labor day. Also very hot for napa and sonoma counties a little cooler at the coast in marin county. But still upper 70s low 80s by sunday. Ive got more details about this heat still to come robin. Well, thank goodness were hot spot free in traffic. You dont have to worry about any major alerts are problems into San Francisco this morning no delays at all its only 8 minutes off to fremont street. Heres the Richmond Sandra fell west 5. 80 leading up to the pay gates still nice and smooth 8 minutes to the north bay and were checking in on 92, its the only bridge thats just a little crowded and thats leaving hayward to the peninsula 13 minutes thats a quick trip to make it off to one o one well check more traffic coming up a little bit later james all right, lets talk about whats happening right now and thats the power alert has been issued for this weekend of course we have the triple digit heat. That john was just talking about this going to be with us for wet leased 4 days in a row, how yeah kron fours will tran is live in Mountain View with the latest well. And thats why cooling centers, theyre stepping up change the robin because so many people dont have air conditioners or simply cant afford to pay their high bills. Cooling centers like the one right behind me a Mountain View ready to go starting tomorrow, you dont need it today you can clearly see the overcast a little bit chilly this morning. But we know its going to get warmer and warmer and extremely hot. As the days move on so pg and e they know its going to be hot as well which is why they already issued a flex alert which basically means please conserve power ice i scratch my head every time i do this story because we are the 5th largest economy in the world and we are told to keep your thermostat if youre lucky enough to have air conditioning and heres some bullet points if youre lucky enough to have air conditioning pg and he wants you to said at 78 degrees or higher, so it doesnt run all the time and of course if youre not home turn off the airconditioning if you are home in a lot of people they cant go to the beaches and they will be home try to get your heavy lifting done not during these hours and what i mean is between 3 oclock in the afternoon until 9 oclock at night from saturday sunday and monday. The major appliances which really puts a burden on the pga any system and if you dont have any use of say a lamp or power strips unplug those items as well because they also tax that pg and e system. P g says its simple math. Too many people not enough power. We see heat related Power Outages when the temperatures are triple digits for an extended amount of time because equipment just cant cool down fast enough and we also see Power Outages in areas that are used to having tripled it digit temperatures over an extended amount of time for example, coastal areas. Where maybe the equipment just you know isnt used to having that heat for an extended that money he for a long period of time. And robin james lets face it cooling centers like the one right behind me are more valuable than ever before because now movie theaters are not available the malls that Historic Places where you can go inside to cool cool down. Thats not available to you if you are going to cooling centers bring a mask because lets face it you have to practice social distance covid19 its still pretty much the way of the world now they will take your temperature too many cooling centers to tell you right now on Live Television thankfully we have kron 4 dot com go there and we will let you know what places that you can go to and im already thinking about a cooling center james its nearer house costco said if you need to go in there for a zoo or ice cream dont be surprise ill hand it to you and tell you to shut the door because im going to pull up a seat right into the freezer back to you. Favorite destination for a lot of folks looking to stay cool will good tips. Thank you very much. And as People Get Ready to celebrate this Labor Day Weekend many people are planning to head to the beach sounds like a good idea but hold off on that get to take your beach carefully because some are going to close its right as they try and well hopefully curb the spread of covid19 so lets get out for more on this. Lets go live kron fours reyna harvey out in Half Moon Bay for us this morning here and good morning. You see on the top in this morning but in bringing thing to sit on the beach near Half Moon Bay. Well they just open up their gates in their lot of people out actually on the trails and join them right now so have little bays open and although this beach is open one of the supervisors just said. Please dont come to the beaches in San Mateo County because we are not trying to go back in terms of progress so you have beaches that are open. But still you know its kind of go at youreown risk at this point you know theyre asking people just stay away from beaches, although they are open beaches not in San Francisco are open as well and in alameda. Those beaches are open but a beach that is closed and will be closed over the weekend actually the one out in pacifica that i just left thats going to be close is open today but through the Holiday Weekend. Theyre going to close at also out in santa cruz. Those beaches will be closed and if you head over to monterey. Theyre going to closing their beaches as well so some beaches close altogether. Some are open like here in Half Moon Bay, but theyre still telling people dont go to the beaches now we spoke to people who are out at the beach we also heard from some Health Experts and heres what they had to say, but people going to the beaches and the closures take a listen. I think its talking make a difference you know, theres still to be a crowd here the come walk the trails are going to come from everywhere we all over the place. Americans have been set. Ripped off her. Together we need to get through Labor Day Weekend really protecting one another these dont have parties where people do not have masks on just because theyre a neighbor does not mean they couldnt be positive. Right now several parks and campgrounds are also closed and if people are going to venture out just at reminding people to practice that social distancing wear a mask and just be mindful that you are putting yourself at risk if you do decide to go to the beach over Labor Day Weekend for now reporting here in Half Moon BayReyna Harvey Kron 4 news all right, thank you for the update rain and well check back with you throughout the morning chase. So new this morning we have Lake Berryessa closed for the Holiday Weekend that includes all day use areas. Boat launching and concession operated sites as well napa county officials are telling people not to even try to visit the lake the area around the lake of course was devastated by the recent wildfires as we know, and they just dont want anybody near it. We can go to the parks east bay, regional parks will be open this weekend park officials are expecting a lot of visitors, this labor day people are being asked to stay local only visit parks near your home and theyre also being asked to bring mask water and Hand Sanitizer and even though the parks are open swimming boating camping are not allowed and picnic tables and barbecue areas are also closed. Well new this morning, a grim new prediction by a key coronavirus model used by the white house. Now this model by the University Washington now projects the u. S. Could see more than 410,000 coronavirus related deaths by the start of the new year. And that would mean another 224,000 people could die from the virus over the next 4 months. Now the scientist behind the models say that we could see 3,000 deaths per day by december. But even worse the model projects more than 600,000 people could die by january if all restrictions are eased across the country. So theyre not recommending we do that. But Scientists Say the model also projects a 120,000 lives saved if everybody continues to wear their masks in public to date more than a 186,000 people have died from covid19 for more go to kron 4 dot com. We have the full story there for you. Theyre also monitoring the latest with the actual numbers here for california and the bay area and there you see him on your screen statewide more than 726,000 confirmed cases so far with more than 13,000 deaths reported in the bay area alone 86,000 plus cases confirmed with more than 1100 people dying from covid19. Happening today, the east bay hair salons and barbershops and Alameda County will be allowed to open indoors until now silas could only serve clients outdoors the county announced on wednesday that its further easing restrictions on some businesses so far the salon says that they are having no problems booking clients. We send amassing now taxed and so on has been buzzing. Excited. Of course they happening today indoor malls can reopen at 25 capacity along with batting cages outdoor noncontact dancing classes, driving rain just a minute rick off you can find more details on our website at kron 4 dot com. Alameda county joins a growing list of bay area counties that allow indoor operations at hair salons and barbershops they include contra costa moran napa send details santa clara solano and sonoma counties. Ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the owner of the salon where nancy pelosi got her hair done is now defending herself well tell you how shes responding to the House Speakers claimed that she was set up. Plus the Oakland International airport expecting a small surge in travel during this Holiday Weekend. Well take a closer look. And if you are heading outside today. Id say its the nyces want to do so mid 70s in San Francisco and oakland all san jose in the mideighties unfortunately some heat in well happening today, the Oakland International airport is expecting a small surge in travel during this Holiday Weekend about 20,000 travelers are expected to pass through the airport between today and monday. Airport Officials Say that number is still down of course significantly as a matter of fact from past years because of the coronavirus pandemic but they are seeing travel begin to pick up just a little bit. Oh how i a or be packing up heading over to the airport getting ready for that Summer Vacation james, but this year well keep it local everythings different yes, well actually this weekend triple digit heat on an awful lot of folks are going to be one expensive time outside john maybe local as in the kitchen with cool off i know people find the weirdest ways to cool off. But i support any of it. Because yeah its going to be really hot youre going to find a once more for one to find something to keep you cool. This is your look outside at berkeley. There is definitely some low clouds overhead but brightness is working its way through a lot quicker than it did yesterday. Moran arena influence is already starting to wane and really going to start to see that inland hot air pushed out to the bay starting tomorrow so todays or transition day, although still cooler than not mill valley north and the San Francisco portions or richmond and berkeley still our worst of air quality we have pockets of good stuff pockets of bad air quality and thats the way its going to remain this weekend at times things will be good for you at times things will not be so good for stepping outside at all. Skies will remain clear after all this fog that we have this morning burnoff its already doing so and High Pressure means less and less of that ocean cool there were seeing less of it today and were not going to have much of an influence from the ocean tomorrow as hot dry air from our inland valleys has pushed to ride out to the coast that means even our coastal areas are in for quite the warm up areas like San Francisco will be well into the upper 80s for mission in financial districts, some of these spots could actually get up into the 90s locally in the city. Temperatures right along the coast, if you are at the shoreline expect 70s want you head away from the shore a few feet and youre going to notice the difference pretty quickly as the ocean influence is not going to be pushing into the they hardly at all 60s and 70s along the shoreline of the bay itself today. These areas will be way hotter come the weekend and the farther you get from the water. The heat youre going to find. Morgan hill, 9190s as well for pleasanton and livermore this is just the start of warmer weather ahead of us this triple digits will start tomorrow in ville in concord back to the 90s while oakland at 75 with at 75. Its going to feel really good compared to where were heading. Santa rosa through center fell all mid 80s today. So no heat advisories just yet. Those kickoff tomorrow heat advisories in the peach color on the map. Thats for much of the peninsula under bayside areas. Our daytime highs will be at their warmest in the 90s. What you had in the pink territory, thats excessive heat warnings, were talking triple digits in those areas and not just a 100 degrees but by sunday and monday the core of our heat wave. Some of our most inland areas like vacaville in antioch well see daytime highs in excess of a 110 degrees that makes for the most fun of a labor day to have off of work as for bayside areas, upper 80s to low 90s by sunday and even the coast getting in the mix with some mid 80s by the end of the weekend. Robin. Thanks john we are keeping a cool in traffic. We dont have any hot spots to report in fact your friday morning commute is off to a fantastic start were checking the bay bridge and were doing fine here so get on out there and use it now before it starts to back up her at 8 minutes off to fremont street over to the Richmond Center fell westbound 5 it is doing fine with no issues here into the north bay thats only 7 minutes and a really quick peak at wanted creek come on water creek there you go 6. 80 nice and smooth. At the limit in both directions to and from that 24 split james all right. Thank you very much robert. Back to the headlines now the San Francisco salon owner at the center of House SpeakerNancy Pelosis controversial hair appointment is speaking out. Erica kious is demanding that pelosi apologize for her actions. The white house recently released the actual Security Camera video showing pelosi inside the salon wearing a smock with wet hair. Her mask was around her neck not over her face as we know salons in San Francisco still cant work indoors and yet she was indoors having her hair done. Archives says that pelosis claim about it being a setup is false. She says an independent stylists name Jonathan Denardo got a call from either pelosi or her team asking him to come to her house. But he instead scheduled appointment at the salon kious insist this is a double standard that needs to be addressed. In america, those in front of congress and lies they go to jail but apparently. When the most powerful woman in the road buys to america. We owe her an apology. The point of releasing this video was and is if a woman in a highrisk age group who spends much of her time on tv warning about the dangers of covid19 feel safe and comfortable in santa ana San Franciscos salon and can be responsible for being cautious and mindful, why cant the rest of San Francisco and the rest of america do that to going into her heres well as for the independent stylists dinardo his lawyer says that he stands by his previous comments. And is just looking forward to moving on from this because of the steady Death Threats that he says hes received in the wake of all of this. In fact he says because of what the salon owner did he and other stylists have reportedly quit. And the man of this country. More than a dozen women showed up outside speaker Nancy PelosisPacific Heights home they were wearing curlers and plastic drapes as though they were at a salon they hung blow dryers in the tree just outside and express their outrage. What she has done has slapped the face of not just the salon owner, but every woman every man everybody who is employed in the state of california has lost their jobs lost their livelihoods many of whom are my friends. Speaker pelosi addressed the controversial visit calling it a setup that says that she takes full responsibility for falling into a set up many times. Well new this morning august saw an additional one 0. 4 million jobs added to the u. S. Economy, but the country still a long way off from regaining the amount that was lost since the start of this pandemic the numbers released this morning show the economy is recovering albeit slowly. America still down 11. 5 million from february before covid cause the country to shut down just about everything. One bright spot, the Unemployment Rate has dipped now below 10 for the First Time Since march. Heres a quick check of the big board this morning. As we take a look at the numbers and what started off as a positive day with the dow jumping almost 200 points. As you can see here has turned around. The dow now under water below by about 500 points as you can see trading at 27,007 89 yesterday, the dow lost nearly 800 points. A callous reaction to a mother who was begging paramedics to save her son were going to hear from mother and how she says her son didnt have to die. Plus democratic president ial nominee, joe biden visiting kenosha wisconsin, well tell you how to strip deferred from the one President Trump did just a bit earlier and were also continuing to monitor the heat today temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s this weekend. Its triple digits as were back in dangerous heat territory. And were back now to the latest on the racial unrest in kenosha wisconsin as we know democratic Vice President ial candidate joe biden and his wife jill visited the city on thursday. His visit comes after violent protests erupted with demands for justice in the wake of the shooting of jacob blake President Trump also visited kenosha earlier this week but the tone of the 2. The visits were very different biden met with the blake family which is something the president did not do. And an opportunity to spend some time. We take up on the phone. Hes out of icu he talked about how. Nothing was going to defeated. They want to get it or not he was not going to give up. The trips from the 2 candidates serve a political purpose of course, wisconsin voters could be key to winning the white house in 2016 wisconsin along with michigan and pennsylvania catapulted President Trump to the white house. Coming up next some north bay students are getting ready to return to school next week, well have a look at the schools resulting in Person Learning and before we head to break, lets take a look at your forecast highs for friday, its going to be pretty nice today right way more tolerable compared to the next few days. Mother nature is going to crank up the heat, well have your full forecast coming up in just a bit. And welcome back everyone that im a 29 good morning and thanks for staying with us all right, lets get a check of the forecast right to john trouble in the Weather Center some Important Information people need know about this weekend john yeah talking all about the heat guys and still going to be hazy to a combo that doesnt make the ideal Labor Day Weekend to be doing too much outside your view here sutro well its starting to get a little hazy or as cloud cover begins to lift. You are looking down at the clouds now as fog lifts and starts to burn off. Well be able to see that view for much longer as for air quality currently the worst is right through the golden gate outdoor Richmond Berkeley mill valley and northern parts of San Francisco. Hayward fremont Mountain View moderate this morneng while Petaluma Napa actually pretty good to kick things off 50s and 60s for your current temperatures go ahead get outside get some work done this morning before we work our way into what will be a weekend that you dont want to be doing much, especially not outside. Todays daytime highs will be warmer than yesterdays but not going to say todays a heat wave day were definitely cooler than we are about to be conquered livermore morgan hill at 91 antioch youll be at 9370s and oakland down through fremont pretty seasonable stuff after today tomorrow is when all these advisories kick into gear for peach areas, heat advisories for pink areas, excessive heat warnings that will last from saturday through monday for the peninsula daytime highs will range from the 70s right along the coast to even some triple digits. Temperatures in the south bay will be in the 90s to triple digits while in the east bay here from 96 to a 110 degrees for those areas really clark far away from the water. Contra costa county right there with in Alameda County. While Solano County could see some of our hottest of temperatures shattering some records with a 100 to a 112 degrees for your p ties, 92 a 106 by the time we work into sunday and monday for portions of marine sonoma and napa counties thats your forecast rob and i hope youre bringing us some better news and traffic oh yeah, no hot spots and traffic this morning were getting through the friday morning commute with ease were checking out 92. This is a trip across the san mateo bridge. Its always a little busy right during this time, but it is not bad at all your drive time has and budge was still at 12 minutes. Thats for both sides east and west between the hayward and send the tail so so far so good here the bay bridge normally we have a big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza but not this friday morning. Its only 8 minutes to make it in. And when you get into San Francisco, no problems on the skyway the central the james like 2. 80 all looking good and the drive times here for highway for 6. 80 and the minutes right on time with no trouble spots james all right. Thank you very much robert. So lets talk more about this labor day you may have plans to get together with friends but Bay Area Health officials of course want you to keep in mind that were still in the middle of this pandemic with more than 85,000 confirmed cases of right now across the 9 bay area counties more than 1100 deaths have also occurred and in the south bay, particularly Health Officials there echoing the importance of staying safe. They say you need to observe the health protocols. They also want people to stay safe from the extreme heat as well. Its kind of an interesting weekend because theres also a heat advisory. And so we want folks to know to be careful of the heat. So you know last year so make sure that you stay hydrated. If youre outside you know and in some cases it may be actually safer to just stay indoors away from the heat if you do plan on getting together with friends and family. Theyre asking that you least keep the group small dont share food or drinks with one another and remember to wear your mask and wash your hands. Well to the north bay now 15 schools in Orange County will start in person classes on tuesday next week. Now on the list are 12 private schools and 3 Public Schools with students and transitional kindergarten through 6th grade in addition, the special education and alternative education programs, well also have students in their classrooms. Each school will be required to comply with the covid19 safety protection plan. They have to. Verify that they comply with 30 different recommendations or orders for her safe reopening of schools, including establishing testing resources making sure that they have asked me to to screen individuals both staff and students are going to come and disinfection procedures et cetera. Well if youd like to see that list to 15 schools that are reopening for in Person Learning to set over to our website kron 4 dot com. In the south bay, the Campbell Unified School district will begin in person classes next week the district got its reopening plans approved by Health Officials so modified in person classes will start tuesday at forest hill elementary and for other schools, the district superintendent says the idea is to provide some extra help to students who are struggling right now with distance learning. Getting on their zoom lessons. If there are challenges or they just need to be redirected and reminded to get back onto their lesson. It will be supervised process for students to complete their work again not for every student but just for the ones that are finding it especially hard with distance learning. The districts reopening plan also focuses on safetyp measures hygiene social distancing masks and other Public Health protocols. So far the 126 students have signed up toward a phase, one goal or a capacity of 266 students on campus. A north bay mother now speaking out after losing her son to a shooting. She says her sons life could have been saved. We have video showing her arriving at Center Hospital here in vallejo with her son who had suffered a gunshot wound, 23 yearold Damon Ferguson was shot on vanessa street and adele drive he was one of 2 shooting victims in that city in an eighthour span. The mother rushed him to the hospital because 911 calls. She says went unanswered and an ambulance never showed up after begging medics there for help she began videotaping them because she says what she witnessed. She described as careless and callous in their response to her sons death. If that i knew he was going to be treated like that how did just held him right there where it was on the car. And let him die my warms heartbreaking. But at the same time if youre eating to see a mother whos basically living a also being treated so callously we want to see that in our one medic who was involved is now on unpaid leave as an investigation is underway. That shooting is one of 2 homicides that took place in the Late Wednesday night and as part of a troubling trend there the Vallejo Police union warns that the city is on track to set a new murder rate and as of this morning, the city has responded to 21 murder cases, the highest number recorded was actually back in 1994 when there were 30 murder cases. Police are now calling for more steps to keep the city safe kron fours terisa stasio spoke to who represents the lay help police association. How are Police Officers feeling about the knowledge of of whats going on in the setting. Are allies would be probably the best way to put it in over when we look at the staffing levels. We currently have of agency rate of about 19 . A 100 sites for officers and the city is now currently budgeted for a 130. When he came on board in january said that he thought the never should be 180. Well the recent death of Sean Monterrosa however is not included in the figures because the case is being investigated by an outside agency. And on the kron 4 morning news people of color are far more likely to be infected with coronavirus and why people the alarming numbers coming up in just a bit. Plus we continue to follow the latest on the wildfires that are burning here in the bay area well break down the latest containment efforts in ju welcome back everyone now to the latest on the wildfires that are burning here in the bay area, the l in new lightning complex fires in the north bay are currently at 87 containment with more than 375,000 acres burned the scu complex fires burning in the east and south bays are currently at 82 containment. More than 396,000 acres have burned there. And the czu lightning complex fires burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties are up to 51 containment. More than 86,000 acres have burned. Well crews are also making progress in the wood fire thats burning in the rain county along the Point Reyes National seashore that wildfires 57 contained and has burned more than 4,000 acres. Inmates who have been helping out putting these fires at are going to be getting a chance to pursue a permanent career in firefighting all thanks to a state measure. The lawmakers approved this week, former inmates who took part in a Firefighting Program that was run by the department of corrections well actually get their records cleared so they can apply for firefighting job but only if their crimes dont include things like our sun of course an murder kidnapping assault any felony that could have gotten the death penalty. Theyll be disqualified for that. One of the bills coauthors believes that this will reduce the risk of them landing in prison again after their release as of august 25th there are now more than 1300 incarcerated members who have firefighting experience. Well today will be a bit warmer than we have been but nothing like the next few days are about to be 70s and 80s for your daytime highs in San Francisco to san jose. Well were back time now it is its 8. 45 in. We like to do in the quarter hours a check of the weather yes. Were in store for some triple digits. I think i heard one 10 possibly in some places in the next few days its going to be pretty hot hey john of unfortunately, robin you heard its going to be really hot, especially hot for those well inland areas like vacaville antioch in fairfield. Maria we can speed one facing one 10 by sunday and maybe even monday for labor day itself, one of our cooler spots will be Half Moon Bay. Thats not to say it wont be a lot warmer than it has been you can see theres some gray overhead thats beginning to lift an will burn off we are going to see less bahraini influence today as compared to the past few days. So were already starting to warm up today going to be getting really hot tomorrow though, so today is our last day of at least taller billy warm conditions, patches of haze do remain including around richmond down through berkeley mill valley and northern into San Francisco thing some of your he easier spots this morning or you are noticing a bit of an air quality impact stormtracker 4 has dry skies today fog will burn off a little quicker than it did yesterday already starting to see some sunshine in spots for east bay neighbors. High pressure in place and that is going to replace that cool ocean breeze. The hot and dry in land breeze pushing out towards the coast going to keep a lot of that fog. Well offshore and going to keep us all on the hotter side come tomorrow. So today if you need to get some stuff done is youre good chance to do it 60s and 70s for San Francisco through Half Moon Bay while millbrae and burlingame in the 70s looking at a few 80s back now for woodside in redwood city as well saying carlos up to 84 today, little warmer for the south bay but not too bad just yet san jose 84 today while santa clara 82 70s from fremont through hayward while 90s return in Pleasanton Livermore up through danville into walnut creek or rather one that creek 89 conquered year at 91 oakland 75 a nice comfortable daytime high today and savor it as much as you can vacaville 94 while the way how a 7 to 9. Santa rosa through center fell in the low to mid 80s. Now were talking the he cant not talk about it i know a lot of us would just like to ignore it and be in denial today, but it is coming our direction come tomorrow into monday, excessive heat watches and warnings with the watches impeach and the warnings and pink those pink areas are where were going to see those triple digits and the been up to a 110 degrees potentially by sunday and monday for a few of our inland cities. I know thats not the way you wanted to spend your additional day off this weekend. As for bayside areas also getting hot some bayside areas into the upper 80s to low 90s by sunday and even at the coast getting in the mix. It is for some coastal cities by the finish of the weekend. Theres your forecast robin, i know youre bringing us better news yeah, no hot spots. John we dont have any major issues right now the bridges look fantastic. So for those of you who do have to commute a roll into San Francisco right now were looking good. We havent had any any backups here the toll plaza all morning long so youre getting a break this friday morning 8 minutes after fremont street were off to the Richmond Sandra fell were checking in west bound 5. 80 was no big trouble spots here at the pay gates and off to the golden gate we do have a little bit of slow traffic northbound heading out of San Francisco you only have 2 lanes available and im seeing its a little crowded there but southbound the commute side still at the limit 19 minutes novato to San Francisco james all right. Thank you robin. So statistics show people of color are far more likely to be infected with coronavirus than white people. And theyre also more likely to die. Jason carroll has more. Last pitcher my parents are rich and it has been 5 months since Keith Gambrell lost his father to coronavirus in overtime. His sad news has been replaced with anger. I find myself more. The temperamental i would say over my dead. I dont think is fair how he was treated, so it makes me very very very. Upset gambrell says days before his death his father had all the telltale signs of coronavirus high fever cough so much trouble breathing, he slept sitting up in a recliner he says his father gary fuller went to the Emergency Rooms of 3 Detroit Metro area hospitals but was turned 3 of the hospital saying they do not discriminate to adding they were following cdc guidelines only admitting the sickest patients here i just take me home that theyre not going to help me he turned me away to keep something is wrong card as i keep telling them that is not they wont listen to me. Gary fowler died at home on april 7th, he was 56 that would not be the only light the virus took from the family get rules grandfather also died from covid19 is very frustrating. Its heartbreaking is better. America. In the united states. The numbers show communities of color have been hit particularly hard by covid19 African Americans are dying at a rate nearly 2 and a half times higher than whites, latinos and native americans are dying at a rate more than one and a half times higher. There is a. Inequality. And social injustice that well. This part of the task that has existed and country in this country or for several decades. All covid19 has done is really just party doctor ismail porsche is the ceo of Harris Health system which serves a predominantly minority population in houston Health Experts say a number of factors put communities of color at greater risk. When it comes to covid19 including exposure at work Living Conditions and Chronic Health conditions their solution is improving the economic. Conditions of the populations because when you do that it by doing that you ready. Everything else that it all set up a nation how does this feel walking like this now. 150 improvement. Compared to the far crystal cadet a paramedic with the new York Fire Department suffered from asthma. She contracted the virus in march and ended up on life support every push to make sure that i was given all the care possible. Cadet says were it not for her mother who is a nurse and the Fire Department for outcome could have been drastically different i think without that support. There would have been a level of ignorance and blind and what i needed gamble says he knew what his parents needed the day his father died he says his mother Cheryl Fowler was turned away at one hospital the nurse looked at my mother until her. Man theres nothing we can do for you here go long drink, tea. Take time off for your fever. Get to a hospital if you feel like you really need to go to the hospital like were here for a reason why. Gambrell drove to another hospital across town where she was admitted and soon needed a ventilator she survived he and his brothers also ended up testing positive for covid19 1 day i have my facebook one day i will gamble says he has come away from the experience with a belief that if his parents had been white they would have received better treatment they would have been sent home to. Affect everyone in the household. If they were of another race. Now general says he is speaking up for his community and his family i could north and i think on a maid and anger but. Point anger in the right direction trying to get this story out there best as i can for my mom, my dad and my siblings. And just china. Make a change. Jason carroll, cnn, new york. Plus we head to break, heres another look at your forecast highs for this friday afternoon enjoy it because were expecting a dangerous heat wave is headed our way this weekend will give specifics on your city welcome back coming up at 09 00am we are looking at some cloudy skies still across sfo and monitoring airports today because on some big travel weekend for a lot of people so far as the phone or oakland or san jose are showing. Any delays as of this time, but keep an eye on those as we do have some cloud cover overhead that could interrupt travel fairfield in concord are breezy a spot has been has been the case this week weve had some cool ocean air in treating all the way into the central valley. Thats going to be less and less noticeable as we work our way into tomorrow trading in that cool air for some hotter conditions as soon as saturday so enjoy todays at least tolerable heat 70s 80s and just a few 90s for most of our daytime highs. Robin. All right, thank you john checking in on the traffic, im just getting word of a new problem in San Francisco approaching the golden gate bridge. Its reported as Police Activity with very few details. Its north of the battery tunnel, but its before you get to the toll plaza police have all lanes blocked this is approaching the golden gate bridge, not on the bridge itself, but traffic is definitely backing up quickly trying to get out of San Francisco. Now heres a look at traffic on the bridge which is still a little sluggish the people that you see heading out northbound theyre late getting on to the span because they were stuck in that Police Activity thats still there southbound its only 90 minutes rolling from nevado to San Francisco james. And time now 8. 56 coming up in the next hour a new projection released this morning shows how many people in the u. S. Could die from coronavirus by the end of the year if were not careful well break down those numbers for you. Plus if youre looking to head out this Labor Day Weekend but weve got you covered, well tell you whats open and more importantly whats closed across the bay area. And pg e by the way also issuing a power alert as we expect dangerously high temperatures this Labor Day Weekend. Well have details on cooling centers and other things you need to know about coming youre watching kron 4 morning news at 9. Good morning. Everybody thank you for joining us here on the kron 00 04am morning news, it is 09 00am on this friday, september 4th. Im James Fletcher we do have a very hot weekend ahead thats one of the big stories were covering as people are preparing to celebrate the Labor Day Holiday weve got Team Coverage for you this morning, everything you need to know. Weve got kron fours will tran as you can see there live. Hell talk about pg es power alert that could impact you and kron fours reyna harvey also tracking whats open or closed if you have plans on heading to the beach this weekend. First though we got to start with you john in the Weather Center. What kind of temperatures were talking not fun stuff to be talking about thats for sure james today will still be on the more comfortable side of things before that heat. Really starts to impact us come tomorrow. Sunday monday and tuesday thats the core your heat wave right there while the creek really brightening up there is some hazy conditions overhead but we are seeing clearing across the bay sooner than we have the past few days as marine influence begins to wane today, not as much fog and its a sign. Not a whole lot of marine influence by the time that hot weather arrives tomorrow. You do have just a touch of some hazy conditions right through the golden gate. Air quality is to gradually deteriorating, ive noticed right alongside the shore of the bay so pretty soon these will be por orange areas that are rr