Visibility holding up well across the bay, no worries there as youre heading into work. As far as air quality goes also something thats a positive to kick off this new day were going to be seeing good conditions throughout the course of your wednesday that sea breeze its been steady the past few days really helping to keep the air swept out and those problem spots over into the Sierra Nevada or theyre actually also seeing some improvements these past couple of days. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with berkeley at 57 right now oakland at 59. While alameda hayward and fairfield each in person though 60s north bay temperatures are some of our coolest in the low 50s as for later on today do expect daytime highs to be very similar to yesterday upper 80s inland with bayside areas in the 70s and some 60s hanging on near the coast, im talking changes come this weekend in your forecast ahead robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at your Early Morning commute. Around the bay area and well start off with a check of the bay bridge toll plaza there it is 80 wesson to San Francisco picking up a not bad at all. We dont have any big problems here for the westbound trip across the upper deck clear and quiet on the skyway and also trouble free continuing over to one oh one and 2. 80 as you head out of San Francisco. Possibly a continuing to the peninsula no big trouble spot. So were off to a very quiet start. All right, lets check in on some more bridge, us were continuing the drive over to 92. This is a trip across the san mateo bridge very light very quiet off to a good start as well within the next 30 minutes or so were going to see much heavier traffic rolling out of hayward to the peninsula. So the earlier you can get out there the better while its nice and quiet and hot spot free under 30 minutes from the name its over to the bayshore freeway and we have one more and thats the golden gate there it is we have the normal bridge work on the northbound side if you look ahead on the right you can see some flashing lights. Thats bridge crews in caltrans out there doing the bridge work for the Early Morning hours. But its not impacting traffic. No reports of any delays or problems so youre good to go smooth and at the limit in both directions so far into and out of San Francisco will check more bridges coming up a little bit later. Now to our top story that were following for you this morning, the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will be remembered this morning at our nations capital, a private ceremony honoring Justice Ginsburg will take place at the Supreme Court this morning for the justices as well as her family and friends her casket will arrive there at 06 30am and once the private ceremony is over her body will lie in repose at the Supreme Courts building steps. Now that public viewing starts at 08 00am this morning and will happen again tomorrow starting at 06 00am and then on friday, the late justice will become the first woman to lie in state at the National Statuary hall in the u. S. Capitol Justice Ginsburg died last friday at the age of 87 from pancreatic cancer she served on the court for 27 years. Alonso services for a Justice Ginsburg are over on friday President Trump is expected to announce his nomination to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat on saturday. Now there is speculation that judge Amy Coney Barrett is the frontrunner to be the president s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. There is a former clerk to the late justice antonin scalia, she was also President Trumps pick for a seat on the 7th Us Circuit Court of appeals. She has worked as a professor of law at her alma mater notre notre dame. And sources say that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has spoken to President Trump suggested that there its nomination might move quickly because they know her record. Well republicans on capitol hill say that theyre tallying up the votes to confirm a Supreme Court nominee as soon as possible. But democrats warn that the new court couldcstrip millions of americans of their Health Care Rights and more. Our dc correspondent Raquel Martin reports. I think we should move for before election day Missouri Republican senator josh hawley says his party can not miss the opportunity to come from another conservative on to the Supreme Court i pledge that i would support and fight for pro constitution justices if i didnt do that now, but i said no we should we should wait, i dont hide explain that to my own voters hollys is already one candidate on the president s shortlist and ow i want to see justice who understands the significance of roe understands white wrongly decided i think to answer your question. I think amy baer certainly beats that standard abortion isnt the only issue the conservative court could determine democrats say Voting Rights lgbtq rights and more immediately obama care is on the line President Trump and senator mcconnell go through with their plan to jam through a Supreme Court nominee this year the Affordable Care act. Is doomed illinois democratic senator dick durbin is pleading with republicans to hold nominations until after voters weigh in there breaking their own promised the American People 20 million more people. Will be good not insurance missouri democrat Emanuel Cleaver an iowa democrat cindy axne me say republicans are making a huge mistake, especially as more people have developed pre existing conditions as a result of covid as the Missouri Attorney general hawley back the lawsuit against obamacare there are lots of possibilities. Well have to see what they what they rule on he said that Time Congress passed a replacement in washington Raquel Martin. Make sure you stay with kron 4 and the kron 4 morning news as we continue to cover the Memorial Services for Justice Ginsburg. Kron 4 will carry the ceremony live as her casket arrives at the Supreme Court this morning. Well 3 more bay area counties have received the green light to move forward with reopening alameda san mateo and solano counties were added to the red or second tier of the states color coded for tier ranking system. Now this category means that there is a 5 to 8 covid19 Positivity Rate in those counties. Now moving into the red tier means that restaurants can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen with 50 capacity hair and nail salons and barbershops can serve clients. Indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship and movie theaters can operate with a Maximum Capacity of 25 and gyms and Fitness Centers can operate indoors at 10 capacity. School districts that choose to will also have the ability to reopen, but well have to wait another 2 weeks. Contra costa county in Sonoma County are left behind in the purple tier while Contra Costa Health director says that theyre on track to enter the reds here next week. Sonoma county is being held back. So hard not being about upper indoors. We have about 60 of capacity outdoor here. How do they actually harder now that some counties to the people tear. Well we have the opportunity to kind of focused not site to understand that we have more Contra Costa County met the states rent tear criteria are for one week and could move into the reds here as soon as next week. Meanwhile, Sonoma County is still being held back. Theres a new tool for parents to track when schools can reopen in San Francisco. The county launched this dashboard there it is right there and it actually shows how many schools have applied for waivers. How many schools have been inspected and how many have been given the green light to reopen. Right now the only schools in San Francisco allowed to reopen our Redford School in the dogpatch neighborhood and the San Francisco school in the portola neighborhood we posted a link to this tool on our website. So if you like to check it out just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well to the east right now schools and alameda will be allowed to reopen its the county remains on the reds here for 2 weeks, but the Teachers Union for oakland Public Schools are warning against rezoning in person classes too soon. Safety criteria that still needs to be negotiated. And agreed upon before return to he doing any in Person Learning we have to make sure that were Holding Community safety student safety. In the highest regard because as weve seen across the country and even internationally. Casey of children contracting and spreading covid have been on the rise. Well countys most recent health order clarified that schools must continue Distance Learning until local conditions support in Person Learning. To the south bay now Santa Clara County has been in those states are at here for 2 weeks now, which means all schools can start in person classes. But the settles a Unified School District says it will continue with Distance Learning at least through the end of the year. A spokesperson says the district does not feel safe yet to welcome back students. Because there are other things that are in the county guidelines that are still prohibited right indoor gatherings for example and from my perspective if people cant gather indoors than it doesnt make a lot of sense to put 30 kids in a classroom together which seems similar to an indoor gathering. All 28,000 students go to school in san jose in the district says they are not yet ready to regularly test all students for covid19. Well to the north bay a Catholic Private School system in Solano County is working to resume in person classes as soon as possible. The schools are run by the diocese of sacramento, but theyre facing opposition from parents of the students. This is a psa provided by the diocese of what the new setting will look like theyve already implemented in Person Learning in Eldorado Hills and i want to set that up in Solano County families of an offer to keep their kids at home if they are uncomfortable coming back. The superintendent saying about half of the students surveyed are actually eager to do so some parents with kids who attend Saint Catherine and saint basils say that there schools represent a demographic proven to be much more vulnerable to adverse affects of the coronavirus. And so were very comfortable giving our families the option to act stay home, we know that that students are family members in in a household may have an underlying condition or that might just be a Parental Choice and were very respectful of that. Well the School System is continuing to make changes for Distance Learning and improved hygiene across 6 campuses in Solano County. Just in case there waiver is approved. Now if that happens their goal is to reopen sometime in october. Well coming up next on the kron 4 morning news San Francisco as out the lowest covid19 death rate of any other major us city throughout the pandemic will have the latest numbers coming up in just a bit. Plus Community Groups in the east bay are stepping up to help families in need during the pandemic and theyre handing out more than just food. And a disturbing report on the heels of the College Admissions scandal you see schools wrongly admitted some students over more qualified candidates, some of those students attended u c berkeley will have the details coming welcome back everyone the time now is for 14 good morning and thanks for waking up with us we appreciate the company were checking in with john to get a peek of the forecasts idle john you mentioned something about triple digits thing on the way sometime soon. Yeah, i know this weekend i was like we could see the return robin, i know you like hot weather not bad as hot weather weve had lately has been nice for sure though, and were going to keep that going for a couple more days at least golden gate bridge, look how clear it is out there this morning got a ship passing through right below and things looking really good and really no fog to expecting as you get on to roadways and really know about air quality either look at this we are green and good to go across the board thinks the sea breeze for that. Helping to keep things nice and swept out for us jet stream continues to be pushing just to our north resulting in nice cool weather keeping High Pressure just enough out of the region that were not in the mid server extreme heat just yet were saving that for this weekend, especially saturday onward into next week and thats when daytime highs are going to soar in the meantime we still have natures pushing in through the bay area which is that cool ocean air thats being continually swept through by the steady seabreeze weve enjoyed now for multiple days that means daytime highs today really not changing much from where we have been 60s and 70s for your highs in San Francisco and elsewhere right along the coastline. Well 70s for most of our bayside areas yet again bilbray at 76. Well san carlos in redwood city just a touch warmer than yesterday back into the low 80s, south bay temperatures upper 70s to low 80s for you to santa clara at 79 sunnyvale sharing that same number with you while freeman through hayward in the 70s do expect 80s in Pleasanton Livermore on up through conquered in walnut creek not much different than yesterday. Clinton i 76 upper 80s for our warmest of temperatures in the north bay. Well low 80s in petaluma and nevado so heres a look at your next 7 days and the big changes that we do have today tomorrow and friday looking great we have daytime highs like they have been nice unseasonably comfortable then come saturday, were going to reverse or sea breeze thats brought aside ocean cool there for hot and dry inland air being pulled out from the interior of the state. Back out to the coast that means all of us are in for a warmup but especially our inland areas by sunday and monday we will be in the upper 90s if not triple digits and also increase in fire danger is expected here too as we see those winds and very dry conditions pushing into the bay so enjoy the next few days and the next practice extreme caution as youre getting outside this weekend. As we will see the high fire danger returning. Robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic now around the bay area were taking a peek at our bridges here at the bay bridge toll plaza we are looking good with no problems into San Francisco trouble free smooth across upper deck clear right on through downtown San Francisco so come on in now its a great time to go ahead and commute on 80 because we dont have any big problems over to the toll plaza or across the upper deck in through downtown. Were checking in on the san mateo bridge, lets take a peek at 92, we have some busy air traffic here so its getting a little crowded west of the toll plaza right around them. Mid flat section approaching the high rise but thats about it if you take the nimitz freeway i do have word of a big trouble spot in union city northbound at to kowtow. Major injury accident still working we have several vehicles involved one of those cars caught fire. And it looks like theyre issuing a Traffic Alert because its going to take some time to get this out of the way so if you take the nimitz freeway prepare for heavy delays northbound 80 at the because of a major accident that may be blocking all lanes of traffic you want to get on after to kowtow. And then from that point after the cold all the way through union city and hayward will be fined up to 92, but you do have a little hiccup in your commute there well talk a little bit more about that coming up later. Now to a developing story that were following for you this morning, a state audit claims that there were dozens of admissions fraud cases at the university of california, including at its u c Berkeley Campus now the audit examined admissions policies and practices over the last 6 years. It found the system in appropriately admitted at least 64 wealthy mostly white students as favors to donors, families and friends auditors also found that at least 22 applicants for falsely designated as student athlete recruits because of donations from well connected families. State officials are now demanding you see is president. Take a robust role in auditing admissions at the 9 campuses. Really devalues all the hard work people do the study he could graze work hard volunteer and to prepare themselves for college. It really says that this backdoor is a way that some people a few people. If used to get their way into college. Not back door needs to be shot, shouldnt be open for any particular reason and we got to work with university to determine that they have 0 tolerance policy for anyone who gets into the university. Well the audit was requested last year in response to the national College Admissions scandal. You remember that which led to sentencing though some celebrity parents including Lori Loughlin and felicity huffman. Lawmakers in washington have reached a deal to avoid a Government ShutdownHouse Speaker nancy pelosi announced the agreement with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and republicans yesterday the legislation would keep every federal agency running through december 11th which will keep the government afloat past the election. Now in exchange for democrats winning covid related food aid for the poor. Pelosi restored money for farms that democrats argue gave bell up money to farmers and ranchers. The deal is expected to easily pass through the gop Health Senate before next weeks wednesdays deadline. Well we are now 41 days away from the november election President Trump says that he is confident of winning his second term. Joe donlon sat down with the president to talk about his key decisions ahead of the november election. You know who is right now i have a pretty good idea havent made a final decision but pretty good idea starting with the Supreme Court opening the president said he will announce his nominee saturday as for the upcoming election. He said his strategy to get to a second term is to focus on his opponent. Well number one i think you have to convince people that joe biden you know hes not hes not fit for the position. Hes not you can handle this position. It couldnt do it in prime time let alone now as the United States passes 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus we asked the president if theres anything he would have done differently early on in the pandemic the only thing ive done poorly is the Public Relations but thats because of a fake press, the press is fake. They dont write the truth and we have done an incredible job considering the fact that this is a terrible situation. Mister trump it many familiar themes, attacking the press and listing his accomplishments saying hes done more in 4 years than most president s have done in 8. Adding the next 4. Well be incredible youre going to win on november, 3rd i think so i mean based on our achievements they should. Based on the enthusiasm i should. Based on the massive crowds are we getting i should ive had one of the most successful administrations in history, the first president ial debate. Is next tuesday, joe donlon at the white house. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, the coronavirus has killed more than 200,000 people across the country making the u. S. Death toll now the highest in the world. Our group of volunteers are remembering the lives lost. Welcome back everyone the coronavirus has killed more than 200,000 people across the country making the u. S. Death toll now the highest in the world. A group of volunteers memorialize the lives lost by placing 200,000 american flags on the Northeast Quadrant of the Washington Monument facing the white house washington dc correspondent anna werner reports. One by one a group of volunteers planted 20,000 american flags on the National Mall to represent the 200,000 people who have died so far in the of covid19 thats one flag for every 10 american lives lost to the coronavirus each 5 its just supposed to be remembrance of bad karma in wilkie a volunteer Organizer Says because of the pandemic many families were able to hold a proper funeral having room representation of nc year shows that in the capitol were thinking of them. We remember them they will not be forgotten on Tuesday MorningHouse Speaker nancy pelosi planted the final flag just look at the lives lost and multiply lucy says lawmakers need to Work Together to fight the virus not each other this was preventable. Not all of it. But much of it. And what could be lost in the future is preventable too. If we embrace science science instead of politics, theres a lot of the divisiveness in the country over the last several months, theres a lot going on in peoples lives 100,000. Our fellow americans dead as something that we really think people should take some time to honor their lives. The flags will remain in place through sunset on wednesday. In washington, im anna warren, a key. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the family of a man killed by an offduty officers falling a lawsuit. Why they say his civil rights was violated and before we head to break were checking in on conditions outside your door pretty calm and quiet at the bay bridge toll plaza but im tracking a major hot spot in union city on the nimitz ill have details in just a bit. Welcome back everyone, the time is 4. 29 good morning and thanks for staying with us its hump day were getting over the hump and going full speed toward the end of the week, but its going to be nice but its going to be hot like triple digit hot, lets check on the job and get an update a job yet embraced the hump because today is going to be a nice what its the weekend that we should be dreading which is obviously reverse of the way it usually works. But today, another beautiful one and then the weekend as robin about to be a scorcher looking outside of berkeley skies are beautiful unclear, theres some low cloud cover overhead a couple of patches right at the coast. But that is definitely not interfering with your drive into work this morning nor will any smoke be we are good to go across the bay area again with air quality looking good its all green, and all good is a study seabreeze helps to continue to sweep things out as far as. Any sort of haze goes and it also keeps us nice and cool today were right now at least in the 50s and 60s cool start to the day and it will be a pleasant finished the day later on y