News station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. At 9 it is mid october and the bay area has seen another day of record high temperatures good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im grant lotus in for ken wayne tonight, lets get straight to it. Several cities across the bay broke or tied daily record high temperatures today. A red flag warning was slated to expire this morning but has been extended for some locations until tomorrow morning of course were also tracking power shut offs and outages across the bay area pg and e says it aims to have the power back on for all customers affected by the Public Safety power shutoff by 10 oclock tonight. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian is live in our newsroom right now with the latest efforts on that l a. Thats right nearly 50,000 customers earlier this week were warned that they could have their electricity cut off by the Utility Company and today we learned that was true for about 41,000 customers thats because some neighborhoods were spared due to the fire danger weather having cleared up and theres areas so lets take a closer look at the parts of did have their power restored already these are the p g d maps of the outages there up on our website kron 4 dot com. Pink triangles no longer present here. Those are the areas that have the power shutoffs and you can see theyre just about 3 one in napa county one in San Mateo County and another further south. So you can just enter your address here to make sure if your home has had its power back on the process has been trailing behind mostly in the north bay up in the napa valley area because of the weather there and for some of the shut offs actually lasted about 48 hours tonight, everyone impacted by the psps event in alameda contra costa santa cruz counties have their electricity up and running again thats up to a 100 . There a couple of counties that are near up in the upper 90 percentage points. But as mentioned at the county at 50 and San Mateo County 83 at last check. 1000 p police have actually been on the ground inspecting 3400 lines for any damages. Again the goal here is to have the lights back on in the next hour live in the newsroom. Ella sogomonian kron 4 news. Thank u l a. All right the power restoration wasnt a smooth process for everyone today kron fours gayle ong is live in downtown calistoga tonight where pg e crews ran into a pickup you could say that affected thousands of people. Gayle what happened. A grand downtown calistoga is back open for business tonight. They did have their power out without warning and that was not related to the psps. Well the je ne crews work to restore power friday afternoon downtown calistoga experienced a power interruption for about 2 hours the areas covered by the citys microgrid generators that send power right into downtown and east of the napa river but even that wasnt enough in a statement a pg spokesperson says quote the microgrid pge created in calistoga has been working at its Maximum Capacity to keep the power on for 1500 homes and businesses for the past 2 nights successfully during the psp as we know the line re closer opened up or disrupted the power flow doing what it was supposed to do because it detected a fault pg says crews are fanned out across the area investigating what the fault was and the great in the area has been strained from damage infrastructure from the glass fire and the hot weather created demand on the lines. It is shocking to see how close the fire came to the town. Meanwhile betsy in jul barred still one on their wine country getaway visiting from cambridge massachusetts, but they did tell us maybe when we checked in. That that there might be a power outage but never noticed, but they did notice a smaller crowd this or just sent from merchants, its just. Choir and the stores. Restaurants obviously are doing as well as easier. A pg e says essentially all customers who can receive electric service are now restored. So that means customers impacted here in napa county should be seen and i am seeing a lot of pg e crews as if down here on lincoln avenue in downtown calistoga as well as many out of towners grant and pam people from the lake county over by tahoe, so theyre quite you said these psps reporting live in calistoga gayle ong kron 4 news all right gail thank you well, a frightening afternoon for People Living in South San Francisco, a fire that burned along the citys famous sign hill force residents to leave their homes today and then just a short time later another fire broke out at an Industrial Park sending huge plumes of smoke into the air. Kron fours and or live in South San Francisco tonight and he joins us with more on what was a very busy day for fire crews, an unnerving day for the people who live there dance. Thats right grant up and this was just a wild day for fire crews here in south city 2 big fires breaking out within hours of each other thankfully, no injuries to report tonight, but now the investigation is an end is underway into what caused them. South San Franciscos iconic sign hill on fire flames breaking out and tearing through the historic industrial lettering while damaging some homes along Mountain Road you could have been worse because the fire was big and they look like the whole neighborhood with gun and claims lindy seasons house was slightly scorched, but was saved by firefighters and his count thankfully made it out alive, im so glad that she fire crews on the ground and from the air worked quickly to put out the flames. The diamond fire burning 10 acres before it was under control in fear of any embers floating around john cord arrow. So the exterior of his house with water. This is pretty scary pretty close the workforce out city firefighters wasnt over friday afternoon as thick black smoke was seen billowing from a nearby bakery several departments rushed to the building on starlite street as fire could be seen shooting out from the roof. The flames were kept at bay. Have great job and that number has been heard today. People living near sign hill have been able to go back to their homes tonight, the sign itself seems to be okay and weve been told by the South San Francisco city manager that these 2 fires were a coincidence and they are unrelated reporting live in South San Francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. Thank you dan well, it was a very hot day across the bay today looking out over the San Francisco bay area tonight is a clear chris knight and out a bit of fog in this live shot as we go to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow for. What we can expect for the weekend hopefully we get a little relief here for fire danger were going to see yeah were going to see ease up a little bit with the fires is up with the temperatures but today just another amazing day record temperatures san jose 95 degrees 95 a record in oakland, San Francisco 92 degrees 92 in Half Moon Bay right out of the coastal edge, their map of china recorded 97 and that record 95 enrichment but all around the bay area simply amazing and these 2 numbers are really fascinated me. It was as hot in Half Moon Bay today as it was in livermore war you never really see that very often in fact during much of summertime means much as 50 degrees cooler along the coastline. But what a day it was today hot temperatures everywhere you go red flag warnings are still up have been extended until 8 oclock tomorrow morning. But only of the hills so are only about the hills above a 1000 feet or so as were expecting strong gusty winds there maybe 2030 miles an hour not the 5060 mile an hour winds weve seen last couple of nights, but its so dry humidity 10 to 15 . So certainly dangerous fire conditions continuing outside just because it is so dry out there right now the winds likely pick up a little bit overnight tonight, but right now theyre fairly calm out there combing the San Francisco, Coleman Oakland common the hayward its over the mountain tops that were seeing these winds in fact those winds likely to ramp up overnight tonight just a little bit just see the colors begin to move in you start to see some spots of the yellows orange was going to be winds gusting over 2030 miles an hour by late tonight tomorrow morning and then as we head throughout the day tomorrow things are going to change impact red flag warning coming down at 08 00am and by the afternoon. Now we not have a normally when we begin to see a bit of a sea breeze start to creep in that means were going to see a big change in the weather coming our way so tomorrow should be a warm day again kind of tricky to forecast these temperatures along the coastline. If that sea breeze kicks in a little bit earlier these temperatures are going to be cooler right now, im looking at about 84 degrees in San Francisco. You may cool down earlier in the afternoon 70s instead of 90s in the Half Moon Bay and still some hot 80s and 90s as you head well in my guys back to you. And well we continue to track the coronavirus numbers across california and the bay area the state has recorded more than 861,000 cases and more than 16,000 deaths from covid19 and the bay area now more than 107,000 reported more than 107,000 reported cases and more than 160 deaths and in fact one gilroy nursing home reports a dozen residents have died in recent months as a result of the virus was rob fladeboe reports now the facility has been accepting covid19 patients from area hospitals. Health care and Rehabilitation Center has confirmed that 12 residents have died from covid19 another 75 residents have tested positive. The facility has been caring for covid positive patients transferred from hospitals, according to advocates for nursing home reform attorney mike dark is that hospitals will send people with covid. Into nursing facilities to be cared often negative covid and some of the consequences as as you can just expect or catastrophic. Another 54 Staff Members have tested positive as visitors residents staff are now being routinely screened and tested. Transfers were quarantine in a special recovery unit. The facility says all of the transferred patients recovered insisting the virus was not introduced by the transfers and that a resident had tested positive here back in june. We should be able to do much better we should be able to do better than thousands of people dying in these facilities throughout the state and part of the problem problem is that this is really just kind of the halfway were entering now a period when were going to be seeing both flu and there are still restrictions on visitation so families cant get into these facilities see how people are doing make sure that they are safe. And so we will have other gilroys happening throughout the state for the next 2 months in a statement the facility said quote we have and will continue to purposefully augment our systems with new ways to operate. That will enhance protection and prevent the spread of the virus to both staff and residents by doing the following screen staff and essential personnel prior to entry and follow cdc guidelines provide ppe based on staff rules and assignments. Observation unit created for newly admitted patients for the purpose of quarantine and for care of covid19 positive patients designated separate rulings of the facility since the pandemic broke out Nursing Homes have become known hotbeds from covid19. The 4500 people who died in them so confort 27 of all deaths in gilroy rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Needles and syringes are in high demand as people rushed to a local pharmacies and elsewhere for flu shots, but some people actually being turned away because some facilities are running out forcefully to go reports. Doctor really bergen is a pediatrician and the lead for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California is flu vaccine program. Were ready and to to to the members. He says his Health System ordered more than 2 million doses of the flu vaccine in anticipation of high demand and says in just the past month more than 1 million members have received their shot and he does not anticipate running out of the vaccine or supplies on a macro level the supply is fine. But but but on micro levels that there may be issues that includes local pharmacies like cvs and walgreens some stores are struggling to keep up with demand but not to worry. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says manufacturers have projected they will supply up to 198 million doses of influenza vaccine. For the flu season. The cdc says well no significant delays have been reported in some places robust demand for vaccines and supplies like needles or syringes may mean some providers may run out of shots and supplies before their next shipment has arrived, but more will be ordered and eventually the supply will be expected to catch up to them and over 16,000 patients had their flu shot Online CenterBay Medical Foundation say their clinics are well equipped to vaccinate people through the flu season not to panic coming. We we will have supplies, its best to get vaccinated now before the height of the flu season december through february. After the shot it takes 2 weeks to build up immunity from the virus. Phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. Not oakland kliemans high school is said to be safe for students in back open after it had to close for months because of that toxic chemical found in ground water on the campus you may remember the school first closed back in february that happened in fact just weeks before the classroom instruction was stopped because of covid19 School Officials say the campus has gone through rounds of testing and air purifiers have been installed to make the high school safe for students to return, according to the district official today, the chemical tce or try clore ethylene was first discovered in february. Maki the missing lemur is back home tonight after being stolen from his enclosure at the San Francisco zoo, this is new video tonight the zoo shared shows blocky back last night right after he was rescued. He apparently was hungry, good appetite. Thats good news said to be in good health and certainly where he belong scott force justine waltman tells us how he was found and has the bizarre new details about the person who police have arrested for his abduction. The families who spotted maki the missing lever stop in their tracks when they see the wild animal wandering around the parking lot of the Hope Lutheran church in daly city at first they thought it was a raccoon jumped over the gate and they went on once inside the preschool playground, Daly City Police and animal control safely captured maki who was almost 22 years old. Enticed him out of the playhouse with grapes and bananas and he did come up at the zoo, they are relieved to have their aging and rarely more back. Where he can get the special care that he needs while hes back here we still are determined to hydrate and Hungary Police credit tips for leading to the suspect and have arrested 30 yearold cory mcgill away from los angeles. It was sandra fell police who pulled over a stolen marine sanitation truck on thursday night that they say was driven by mcgill away and on his phone they saw pictures of maki which they found odd after questioning he was arrested and charged with multiple felonies including burglary and grand theft. But police did not release a motive. It really comey dont know if its kind of unbelievable this time. Can understand with all the sharp eyed kids will not forget this day. And cannot wait to see maki again at the zoo. The zoo will donate the reward money to the church and then gift the little boy who first spotted maki a family membership to the zoo. In the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. The wealthy donors loveless and special interests who got rich leading america, dry and by the way i could call these guys every one of them would give me millions of president i caused heads of wall street firms i say hey do me a favor could you give me 5 billion every single. I cant do that though because you know what if i do that. I got to do things for them. President trump saying he quote could be the worlds greatest fundraiser, but he doesnt want to put in the work or have to do things in return for his donors, the president spoke during his rally in macon georgia today after his campaign released some new numbers his campaign raised 251 Million Dollars last month joe bidens campaign raised 432 million joe biden took his campaign to detroit today where he warned voters that the president wants to strip Health Insurance from 10s of millions of americans with preexisting conditions they also took aim at President Trump for suggesting in yesterdays town hall that the u. S. Says quote turn the corner in the fight against covid. He still live a dream world. He gives to all the key keeps telling us that this virus. Is going to disappear like america and experts have said and the bench saying last month and a half. That nearly another 200,000 lives. I like to be lost like last of the coming months between now the first of the year. We continue to refuse. To follow science. As of tonight more than 218,000 americans have died from covid19. Tonight the Investigation Continues into the states gop unauthorized ballot boxes which were marked official even though they were not the state attorney general and the secretary of state say subpoenas had been issued and discussions are ongoing with the Republican Party in the state. Earlier this week. Both of those state agencies sent a cease and desist order for those boxes saying that they violated state law. The california Republican Party said it made no concessions to the state leaders claiming they only requested information. You want to do anything because voters and our supporters. Despite our efforts to criminal. The republicans feel this has become a partisan issue and say they will continue using those boxes meantime the attorney general and the secretary of state say they will continue collecting information about it. And we hear kron 4 are committed to helping make sure your vote counts if you experience a problem trying to cast your ballot. Let us know well check it out you can email us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. A majority of American Voters believe the nation is deeply divided over its most important values and many say they have doubts about the health of the democracy itself. Thats according to a new Associated Press poll supporters of President Trump and joe biden alike think the opposing candidate will make things even worse if elected researchers say overall 85 of all registered voters described the nation as being quote greatly divided and only 15 say american democracy is working extremely or very well. 65 say trumps reelection would lead the country to be more divided while 35 say that of a by election. If you believe the polls president ial challenger joe biden has maintained a good lead over President Trump. And in some polls see has a double digit lead our Catherine Heenan host of inside bay area politics talk to one of our political experts to get his take on the status of the race now just over 2 weeks away from election day. And were talking about how likely there is to be a repeat of 2016 when the polls predicted Hillary Clinton would win the presidency. Its not 2016 thats a very good idea about kind of compare it because people are like look you know. But the polling and im not sure do i really believe that theres 2 things weve done. One is that weve tried to adjust for working class voters who participated in a larger a big way in 2016, so we have those in our polls other thing though is that joe biden doesnt have Hillary Clintons unfavorable its his favorable rating since january and in a head to head matchup against President Trump have above water President Trump has been under water and its that being under water carrying those negatives that dogged him in 2016 made it a close election, but in 2020 given covid given a recession given protests in the streets it may be a death knell for his presidency. Professor mckeown says mister trump has not managed to deliver a consistent message and he said probably needs the debate scheduled for next thursday night by the way if it happens kron 4 will be carrying that debate live starting at 06 00pm. And just a friendly reminder were 18 days from the november, 3rd election kron 4 is your local election headquarters. The suspects accused of plotting to kidnap michigans governor appeared in court today why the judge is moving forward with the case when we come back. A portland man calling for an investigation after he was apparently struck in the face by a Police Officer why he said the use of force was unjustifiable. And terrifying moments for a couple window washers earlier today in the east bay af at oroweat organic. We know that when we take care of the earth, the earth also takes care of us. Youd be surprised by our environmentallyfriendly way of baking breads. Our ingredients are farmed per strict usda organic standards. Our bakeries are powered by renewable wind energy. And we support environmental causes through 1 for the planet. Oroweat organic bread. Great taste thats sustainably baked. And now, introducing our super delicious and nutritious organic kids bread featuring disneys mickey mouse and minnie mouse again a lot of the smaller creek 2 window washers had to be rescued today after the scaffolding just collapsed for guys were dangling there for a time. Firefighters rescued the man this is at the California Plaza building on north california boulevard scaffolding apparently collapsed just before 7 oclock this morning. And the 2 men were suspended on safety ropes. They were rescued and taken to a hospital for evaluation. No word on their condition. In the north an Investigation Underway after a man was fatally shot in a fairfield parking lot according to police 5 people were gathered at that lot on the 1200 block of arise and drive just before midnight last night when the suspect drove up and started to argue with one of them the suspect then fired several times at the group and hit one man who was taken to the hospital and later died. Fairfield police say the suspect is a male but a detailed description is not available anyone with information is asked to contact police. Up next the music was apparently true out one rapper ended up behind bars after releasing a hit song. And tension running high in voting lines. A fight broke out between pe i didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. But thats tough to do on a fixed income. Id be hit with a tax penalty for moving to another county, so im voting yes on prop 19. It limits property taxes and lets seniors transfer their homes current tax base to another home thats closer to family or medical care. Being closer to family is important to me. How about you . Voting yes on prop 19. The rapper in tennessee who bragged in a music video about getting rich from committing unemployment fraud was arrested friday in los angeles it turns out that rapper actually was allegedly committing the crime the u. S. Attorneys office says he now faces up to 22 years in federal prison Vanessa Murphy explains. Fun trail. Antonio baines also known as new is old is accused of scheming the unemployment system. Federal prosecutors point to this music video on youtube where they say is brags about getting rich by committing fraud. The songs title edd its Californias Employment Development Department listen to the lyrics. Investigators say they found 92 unemployment debit cards pre loaded with more than one 0. 2 Million Dollars. Baines and his co schemers withdrew more than 700,000 including in las vegas. And they also spent money on merchandise and services, the debit cards were issued to people other than them including Identity Theft victims and they used addresses baynes had access to in Beverly Hills and koreatown according to the department of justice. This criminal complaint states 74 claims were filed for one address 18 for another while the memphis tennessee native has lived in the hollywood federal prosecutors say baines was arrested on september 23rd by metro police in las vegas after he was stopped for speeding in a cadillac escalate they say he had 8 debit cards on him with other peoples names on them. He faces 3 felony charges with a maximum sentence of 22 years if convicted that money prosecutors say he stole was set aside thru the cares act and it should have gone to people who lost their jobs during the covid19 pandemic. That was Vanessa Murphy reporting tonight. In portland. A man is demanding an investigation by the citys Auditors Office after says he was injured in a protest that he says he was not participating it alijah warrant says tear gas filled his home during a protest on history and when he went outside an officer hit him, causing serious injuries. Warren said he was not part of the demonstration on september 25th but went outside because he wanted answers about tear gas that was burning his eyes and lows. The emotional part is still like. The biggest thing even over the physical not let my go too far to my site now im just afraid Walking Around the neighborhood. I just i just feel like when you stay with my dad. I i i all time. Warren says this is left in bleeding and can cost and now hes stuck with mounting medical bills. Meanwhile the portland city Auditors Office contacted warren and they say they promised to investigate the complaint against the unidentified portland Police Officer who is accused of hitting him. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the million man march in washington dc it was organized by the nation of islam back in 19 95 million man march called on black men all across the country to come to the Nations Capital and pledged to recommit to lifting up their families and their communities. Photo journalist jason the call on johnson documented the day in a series of iconic pictures he says that march gave birth to a movement. I think todays black lives movement. And black lives Matter Movement can be traced directly back to the meme in march. Because a meme arts. Set the bar very high it was a new standard. As powerful as his photographs are johnson says what he and thousands of other black men learned that day in 1995 is what is truly the legacy of that march. New video tonight out of west fight broke out in a voting line in columbus right near the alabama border. This is right before polls opened this week the video appears to show a man with a cane set up a chair near the front of a voting line you see in front of a woman after a few moments. They started arguing and then you see the physical altercation the video shows other people. Voters trying to break it up. Police were called no charges filed voters involved in the scuffle have not been identified. There is enough evidence to move forward and trial for the man accused of plotting to kidnap the governor of michigan that is according to a federal judge in grand rapids during a 2 day hearing this week. The judge heard testimony from the fbi which ran the investigation. The judge said the 5 mens cases can go to a grand jury which will determine whether to issue indictments. David eggert reports. Our client and his family are salt of the earth people all right, they are. Good People Defense attorneys for 25 yearold tigar been on the offensive outside the federal courthouse, were talking about. Guys who want to run around in the woods with guns and and say bad things about the government so what were talking about is a First Amendment right to assembly a First Amendment right to speech a Second Amendment right to possess guns own guns, but federal prosecutors argued the 5 terror suspects in court friday took multiple concrete steps to prepare to kidnap Governor Whitmer including physical surveillance of her home on 2 occasions. More evidence the plot was real says the government testimony from an fbi agent that 2 men initially involved in the planning backed out one saying he didnt want to go to jail. The agent testified 51 yearold Brian Higgins of wisconsin surveilled the governors house but later reversed course saying im out also in court friday testimony that the arrest came october 7th because the government feared one of its 2 confidential informants had been compromised Defense Attorneys made it clear theyll question informants credibility. There were also 2 undercover fbi agents inside the group saying something to an undercover fbi agent is one thing this is a sworn Law Enforcement officer that business presumptively telling the truth what not. Telling sings the confidential informants that hour. Being paid almost 9,000 in one case and 14,000 in another case. What if our clients said something on to those confidential informants like you got to stop this to the confidential informant. I want out i want no part of this. A judge ruled there is probable cause to continue and the men will be held without 6th federal defended. Barry croft is in jail out of state but set to come to michigan 8 other defendants are in state court. Weve got clear skies out there right now getting ready for the weekend. Weve got some hot temperatures coming our way to well talk about that next. Plus 24 people charged with federal crimes in an investigation about activity involving a White Supremacy group what we know so far tonight. And in sports. She cant run it well you cant throw well without an effective offensive line where the niners stand with that group is they get set to play the rams. Highland mills says the unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. You hate to say that week 6 is a mustwin but with the 49 ers sitting at the bottom of the nfc west. They can slip any farther behind in one of the most competitive divisions in the nfl. A lot is resting on the shoulders of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo after the worst performance of his career last sunday of course that was his first game back after recovering from a high ankle sprain week too so theres been a lot of speculation about just how much that was a factor. Coach Kyle Shanahan said jimmy g felt even better in practice this week, so thats a good sign. But for the offense to be successful. We also have to see better play from the line and shanahan said this week he like to utilize more of the run game. This week in practice was the first time or he most are deebo samuel flow were all healthy at the same time so hopefully we see things start to click. I was good, i mean just to get 3 days in a row of guys work you know put a lot of pressure on making work these guys took a lot of reps more ups this week than they probably had. Probably this year combined. So i know its tiring on its going to be nice skin. You know we went pretty much as speed today forget tomorrow to rest a long day on sunday before we kick off with the night came in hopefully itll help them out this week. And over to the diamond astros rays game 6 of the alcs top of the 6 astros leading to 1, 1, on for jose he lines this one down the leftfield line that will take a nice little hop on the walls, George Springer has weighed in and he will score out to in the second you see him there thats an rbi double astros lead 3 to one bottom of the 8th strolls up by 6 manny margot drives one to left center field, no doubt about it thats a threerun shot race cut the deficit in half by us too little too late asters take game 6. The final score 7, 4, and the astros must have broken out their trash can save one of the last 3 straight in the series is now tied game man 1 get your votebymail ballot . Woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. See . They got it woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. Breaking news just in to the kron 4 news room South San Francisco police are now saying 2 teenagers started todays fire on sign hill. According to police somebody who lives in the neighborhood saw 2 kids leaving the area right after the fire started. Officers say they then tracked down a 1416 yearold and question them detectives say the teenagers eventually admitted to being responsible for starting the fire they were released to their families and the South San Francisco fire marshal. Well now be finishing the investigation. All right weather time obviously the high temperatures in the winds may todays fire especially troublesome. This is a live look outside tonight at San Franciscos embarcadero and were still not out of the woods in terms of fire danger, lets check in with lawrence yeah thats true red flag warnings continue of it up over the hills above a 1000 feet. For the north and the east bay, the rest the bay area. Well it just Something Else out there right now very warm temperatures all around the bay area gorgeous look over San Francisco across the bay you see the glistening lights outside and clears you can see is weve got no fog out there. But that fog well off the coastline with that nice offshore wind that same win that has been bringing the fire danger way up over the last couple of days so. Temperatures still Pretty Amazing outside it is 78 degrees in san jose 74 in morgan hill 71, in san mateo still 66 along the coastline and clear in the Half Moon Bay, 73 degrees in livermore 67 in dublin got 72 degrees in concord 76 in berkeley 80 in oakland hard to believe that, but certainly an amazing number 69 in san anselmo 71 in saint helene get these offshore wind you get some really unique numbers and seeing those warm temperatures stick around air quality and for just a bit a little hazy out there as you head in Mountain View of fremont parts of the south bay in the san jose, and morgan hill also a little haze booed building up in parts the north bay as well, but we are going to see a change over the weekend tomorrow temperatures going to be a little bit cooler and 7 90s in the San Francisco, probably back down in the 70s, some 80s in the afternoon oakland, you look at those temperatures in the upper 80s but looks like overnight tonight skies stay mostly clear models picking up on that offshore wind continuing at least for one more day. I think we do see the fog coming in tomorrow will be late in the day well be right along the immediate coastline and then as we head into sunday looks like pretty certain that fog is going to regenerate along the coast that suddenly surge as well start to cool down overnight lows going to be a little more comfortable overnight to sleep generally the 50 some low 60s. So you know put up those windows and let in some of that cooler air a little bit later on after midnight by day tomorrow near still got temperatures to 78 degrees in Golden Gate Park 74 degrees in the sunset 78 degrees in daly city 78 though downslope winds in the Half Moon Bay, but gordon of the 90s there you see a sea breeze, the afternoon along the coastline, not as much inside the bay with some 80s 80s and 90s as you make your way along the middle of the peninsula and then the south bay expected a lot of 90s tomorrow afternoon still on the hot side. Midnineties in places like livermore and pleasanton so going to be hot there about 88 in hayward 87 in fremont and sunny all day long 88 in san leandro 92 moraga 97 and hot and walnut creek in concord get the toasty temperatures but red flag warnings up until 8 oclock tomorrow morning that looks like fire danger will come to an end temperatures cooling down but we may see more offshore winds. More fire danger toward the middle of next week. Thank you lawrence well tonight, the Trump Administration is reversing course and granting Governor Newsoms request for a disaster declaration as after several wildfires have ravaged the state yeah its an aboutface first the white house rejected californias request which of course is for aid after damage from 6 recent fires, including the creek fire here that burned in fresno county. The president initially rejecting the offer yesterday but earlier this afternoon Governor Newsom tweeted that he had a phone call with the president and said that the president is now approving the request. Governor newsome added hes grateful for the president s quick turnaround. The request comes amid a historic fire season of course in california. More than 4 million acres have burned thats a record. Denials of relief like this are rare Governor Newsome has previously praise the Trump Administration for approving age related to fires. New video tonight at 9 one of colorados wildfires that has been pushed by strong winds there has been come the largest in that states history. This is video of the cameron peak fire in glynn haven. This fire has burned more than 160,000 acres, it is 56 contained tonight. The fire sent large clouds of smoke billowing into the sky over northern colorado. 24 people have now been indicted 3 different states some for Violent Crimes, including high ranking gang members allegedly tied to the White Supremacy group. The area encircled but Markie Martin explains what information investigators have been able to gather so far the states texas, kentucky and mississippi the allegations racketeering conspiracy Violent Crimes drug conspiracy and unlawful firearms trafficking according to Court Documents 13 of the 24 suspects are alleged members of the aryan circle of violent race based organization. Started with in the texas prison system in the mid 80s in recent years its influence has expanded outside prison walls into rural and suburban areas in numerous states only one of the 2 a dozen suspects remains on the loose and some of the alleged criminal acts include kidnapping shootings stabbings and patch burning. A gruesome removal of rival gang tattoos the department of justice says the White Supremacist Group is known to prooote discipline and enforce its rules through acts like murder assault and threat against those who break them the colossal case being investigated by a taskforce made up of some 31 departments across the country many whose agents tell news nation. Theyre unable to speak on the federal investigation at this time. And that was Markie Martin reporting tonight the department of justice made sure to include in its official release that an indictment is merely an allegation and at this time the defendants are presumed innocent of course until proven guilty. Republican lawmakers are going after twitter for blocking a post related to joe bidens son hunter biden democrats are pushing back against that uv rays they argue twitter was simply protecting the public from potential miss information days out from the election. Twitter originally said that it blocked the New York Post article because it contained potentially hacked or private information twitter ceo admitted the decision was wrong. But republican senators are now demanding that jack dorsey testified before congress saying its time to hold social media platforms more accountable. It is more urgent than ever if you get discriminated against if you get censored allowed to sue facebook allowed sue twitter they really trying to regulate in ways that will help consumers or mostly just in ways that will help their political aspiration. The Senate Judiciary committee will vote to subpoena twitter ceo next week in response to the backlash twitter says the platform will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by the hackers and dorsey says his platform will also label 2 weeks to provide context instead of blocking links tourism is picking back up in hawaii about 8,000 people landed in hawaii yesterday when the states new travel restrictions went into effect. Visitors can now skip the 14 day quarantine if they test negative for covid 72 hours before arriving this states Lieutenant Governor says separation so far going smoothly. The first flight that came in which was a 123 people. Past here in about 30 minutes. There was no conflicts. A few people who had not known that we had a quarantine still in effect understood when it was explained to them that there was a test that they should have gotten if they want to avoid quarantine but they accepted it. If youre planning a trip to hawaii certified a rapid covid testing at both sfo and oaklands airport are available. Its free if youre in oakland. It will cost you if you do it at sfo for more info you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. Up next what would you do if you encountered a wild animal thats the big question tonight is more and more encounters seemed to be recorded and then the video when was the last time your property tax bill went down . What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Yeah, maybe its just they were recording everything these days with their phones. But a kind of feels like more and more humans are having close calls with wild animals. Lately that mount lie, i saw this couple days ago, ive something about it. This is in utah. And it outline that basically stalked a hiker for at least 8 minutes and that was a really tense encounter and is now raising a lot of questions about what to do if you have a come. Encountered with a wild animal bone. Williams reports. Scenes like this are not all that uncommon here in east tennessee, but for those visiting from out of state like a family from louisiana this week it can be an eye opener. He says look at there. And. I know didnt think much of turn around and sure enough there. As a matter of fact confrontations with wild animals appear to be on the rise this week from this baby bobcat turning up at a Dollar General in martin kentucky. It is widely viewed encounter with a cougar in utah, the animals are out and about but as matt cameron with the tell us if y u experience an encounter dont panic. You dont want to turn wrong from wild animals or even know if the mess to animals because it triggers a predator prey response that the most animal still havent been cameron as that of possible intimidate the animal by standing your ground make yourself big be loud but if the animal keeps coming if it continues to approach you got to treat this is it. Its true that by going backwards but always keep your eyes on him all, but one of the encounter happens indoors. If youre in building that they are in tears we urge you to to get get out of there to leave it would have a space but keep this in mind that always lead and takes it dont enclose it in there because they can become very frightened and they can really destroy things start to get out of their bottom line be smart. Its whats best for you and the animal to care about life ayers in east tennessee dont see him dont approach him dont allow them to have access to it 3rd see because its only going to reserve result in was probably a bad situation for better. That is boe williams reporting tonight and that does it for kron 4 news at 9 yes, stay safe out there, everybody but keep it here and ill be back at the top of the hour talking about the preemptive power shutoffs that pg and e implemented there over but the threat of wildfires is not done just yet we have the latest on the weather conditions that have extended the red flag warning in the bay area plus muggy the lemur back of the San Francisco zoo tonight and eating up a storm coming up well show you the moment, he was found in here from the proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16