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James fletcher. Thank you so much for joining us here on this wednesday. It is august second. It is. And were kind of continuing the august theme, which so far has been a little cool and a little listi. Yeah, its a bit more like fog us to the this to full force for sure. It has been cool. Missed the first 3 days of the new month yesterday today and tomorrow, both going to be cooler than average. Now were looking outside at views like this at the embarcadero, which are just not the sunniest just yet for sure. In fact, you may turn on the windshield wiper a time or 2, especially crossing or bridges, driving up and down the peninsula or up in marin and sonoma counties as these areas do have some mist. Some drizzle associated with that low grade temps. Cool, but not too terribly cold 50s and 60s for you right now. Light jacket kind of stuff as youre making your way out of the house this morning to get the day started. Now as we move into the afternoon, your daytime highs will remain on the cooler side. Low 80s to upper 70s inland and 60s and 70s along the bay rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, on a wednesday, if youre traveling into the city right now. About 15 minutes, not seen major issues here as youre making your way into the city this morning, our 7 to bridge around 15 minutes, a 80 to 101. Richmond, sandra bridge. Put you at 14 minutes out of richmond and the Golden Gate Bridge, even though you got the low lying fog, its not slowing down at all. 21 minutes on this wednesday morning darya. James, back to you. Thanks, reyna. 71. Lets more now on that massive fire that we cover here live all morning yesterday in the hayes valley neighborhood of San Francisco. So investigation obviously into the cause is still unfolding. But it turns out that a lot of the neighbors nearby had been warning the city for months about nearby homeless encampments in the fires that were being with there. And they were worried it could spread. And they think thats what happened. And kron fours. Michael thomas is live in the neighborhood again this morning. You talked to some neighbors yesterday and have you reached out to anybody this morninga . Yeah. Good morning. Everyone know i have not spoken with any neighbors. People are just waking up. But behind me, theyre still really deconstructing. Whats left of this coming light that was eventually going to be an Apartment Building. I mean, take a look. Theyve already taken off 2 stories. They tell me and honestly, it looks like its just one win blow away from completely falling off. And we talk about those neighbors in the neighborhood association. They say that they were afraid of this. Lets go video from yesterday. You can see just how massive this fire was. And this is exactly with. The Neighbors Association says they were afraid of any sent a letter to city leaders back on may 30th the saying that they wanted something to be done. And, you know, theres been a handful of fires here in the area around tent encampments and that at the end of march, a car was even lit on fire behind this construction site in early april. There were 2 more fires nearby. And in fact, one of them is listed as a construction site fire off hickory street in octavia boulevard, which is actually the cross streets at the behind the construction site that burned down yesterday. Lets get details up on your screen. You can see this is part of that letter that was sent. It says, quote, our neighborhood and our city i literally being trashed and set fire. And you all are doing nothing about it. Were asyou to take these issues seriously and remove encampments that pose a danger to ous community. When we throwing your hands up in the air and quote, and i mean, the aftermath video that we have, you can see this is what that construction site look like by about 8 oclock yesterday morning. In total, there were 8 that were displaced and it damaged 5 neighboring buildings back out here live. You can see again, as i mentioned, theyve already taken down to almost 3 stories of what what has been housing in this area. I did reach out to officials with the association. I reached out to the city to see if they had a response. Hoping at some point to chat with neighbors this morning. But the smell of smoke is still in the air. And there are a few encampments that are near the back of the building. Were going to get video show you at some point this morning with very latest here neighborhood. Im Michael Thomas started. James, well send it back to trusting, ok . Thank you very much, michael. Now lets go to the south bay on repeat us. Business owner has been arrested. Hes accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14 yearold at this point. Police believe there could be other victims out there. So. They want to get the story out. Kron fours amanda hari explains. Milpitas police say the Inappropriate Conduct happened at a Badminton Club that has classes and events for kids of all ages. They felt it was vital for the community to know the details. Its any parents worst nightmare. Their child in danger somewhere. They should be safe. Milpitas. Police say they started investigating inappropriate relationship. Between 51 yearold fue coo of fremont and a 14 yearold on july 13. During that time the victim get this close, inappropriate physical contact and communication with the suspect. Who is the coowner and a coach at being tang badminton in milpitas. He also coowns other being tank facilities in the bay area. Lieutenant Tyler Jamison says the inappropriate contact happened at the milpitas facility with this case, specifically out of an abundance of caution. We did want to share this information with the community. In case there were other victims out there that. Havent reported a similar incident being tank in also has facilities in campbell dublin, san carlos, burlingame and santa clara. Lieutenant jamison says parents should talk to their children about these types of situations and look out for signs of trauma. Time your kids are involved sports. You want to just make sure that you have open dialogue with your children, talk to them displaying im unusual behavior. Those definitely things you want to your eye out who was arrested and held on a 1 Million Dollars bail. He has since bailed out of jail. I reached out to the Badminton Club for comment and they havent responded at the time of this report in milpitas amanda hari kron. 4 news. Well, 706, in the north bay. The chp is now investigating a fatal crash that involved 4 cars. The crash happened last night. It was at 7 oclock on highway one 16 right near the community of lake. Fill up in sonoma county. The chp says 3 cars are traveling. Westbound is somehow got involved in a crash with a truck that was coming in the opposite direction. They say one person died in the crash. There were major injuries. They have closed part of that highway from old adobe road to walk my road for several hours while they investigated the accident. Happening today, fastfood workers in san jose are planning to go on strike. Theyre demanding the city address low pay and Workplace Violence and unsafe working conditions. The workers are going to be striking at these 3 different locations. Carls junior, San Jose City hall and kfc, ok . Well, all harmful algae known as the red tide apparently spreading across the bay area and kind of see it here in the video. Sounds ominous. Yeah. Its a Nonprofit Group called San Francisco bay keepers confirmed. Its on the shores in berkeley. It is. And members are investigating how far it is actually spread with kron 4 Sarah Stinson with a closer look. Be on the lookout for that brown water. Its already spreading to shores across the bay area. Scientists say since it was so deadly last year, theyre worried about what another bloom could do to our ecosystem. Francisco baykeeper received reports from its pollution hotline about discolored brown water in the Berkeley Marina investigation. Team. Went out scanned the east shoreline and found that the brown water actually extended from emeryville up to albany. Scientists took samples and confirmed to be the same algae that bloomed last year, killing thousands of fish hatteras xi. Well. Which forms a red tide when it when it blooms. This organism is an algae that occurs in the bay naturally. When it gets out of balance, it can cause a bloom harming fish. There are no reports of a big fish kill so far but the algae is reportedly spreading. Richman. Were getting reports from timber on and also off the coast of the peninsula that on the bay side and up into the and some public they keep are still investigating and testing the water in those areas. Normally the red tide is not known to be a Public Health risk, but there are some precautions you can take. Should the plume become worse . The advice is. Im just keep your eyes keeping those if water looks discolored or smells funky, then its probably best not to swim in or let your dog swimming scientists fear another bloom could be detrimental to the base ecosystem. It would be really bad. Our fish and wildlife in San Francisco bay are already struggling from a bunch of things to minimize harm bay keeper. Scientists are calling on the Regional Water board to limit the nutrient pollution that goes into the bay from wastewater plants. If you come across dead fish in the bay, youre advised to contact in report that. To the state water board and to bay keepers, they have a pollution hotline, but you can call we put all that information on our wabsite. Kron 4 dot com. Im sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. Back to you. Thank you, sarah. 79 is the time it might be more difficult to get where you need to go next year. If youre flying. Alaska airlines, the carrier says its going to be cutting more than 3,000 flights from its january schedule. Thats a lot of flights. In fact, half a million fewer Seats Available to book as a result, the service loss will affect sfo, the most sacramento as well. So just keep that in theres another thing that might hold of your travel. And that is your passport. If youre waiting for that passport renewal to come in. Youre not alone. And youre waiting longer because its now taking 10 to 13 weeks to get the passport is processed. It used to be 8 to 11 weeks back in february and now theres a longer wait time in a growing number of lawmakers are saying they are having travelers flood them with a request for help getting their passport. Some republicans accuse the state department of failing to prepare for this post pandemic rush of travelers and then democrats are arguing that things are only going to get worse. If republicans follow through on their plans to slash the departments budget. Congress must reject these cuts and instead support these agencies with increased staffing and reliable funding. Its sort of a misallocation of resources that the first job of government constituents is not doing very well. Always. The answer appears. Guys spend more money people how much it were already spending. State Department Officials say that they are trying to hire extra workers to focus on the problem of the best advice is a look at your passport. Dont go away you tomorrow. You know, you give yourself plenty of time to renew. Are we going to take a break here at 7. 11 . Still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, San Jose City workers are voting now on whether to strike. Tell you what their demands are. Now. The citys mayor is responding. Plus, there are new efforts right now the State Capitol to help area farmers impacted by natural disasters. More on that and more women are looking for companies to work for that offer. Support for 7. 14 right now and youre going want to Pay Attention to the weather today i think i think you need a jacket. But, you know, im just that way. Im acting mom least in the morning because just a little grey and misty out there and work has the best bay area advice even on a sunny day, always at least keep the jacket with and especially on a day like today where we are looking great and a little bit cooler than average. As far as our temperatures go as youre getting outside this morning, youll absolutely want it. A lot of cloud cover sitting over the east bay hills right here, something that we will be seeing over the next several hours. Youll get increasingly clear towards the late morning into afternoon, highpressure ridge, pretty the heat dome across the rest of the country is not really impacting as much right now with our mild temperatures. But it does build back in this weekend. And as that happens, were going to be seeing triple digits, making their return inland for the bay. Well still stay cool at the coastline. So in this cape, if you need to get away from those inland areas and that heat 60s arent going anywhere for coastal spots. That francisco down the peninsula. It not a lot of change in the days to come but for inland areas. The 4 zone forecast numbers youre seeing right here are about to be skyrocketing. Uphill areas like san jose, which will be really comfy at 76 today. Well be looking at temperatures rising into the upper 80s in the next few days. Well, Livermore Pleasanton dublin only in the 70s. That is not going to keep oakland at 68 degrees. While vallejo at 73, our warmest spots for this did land in the mid 80s. You can see the change is playing out your sevenday forecast today and tomorrow. Very like one another. Little on the cloudy side and definitely on the cool side. Friday is a day of transition. Temperatures rising up. Hell very quickly by saturday and sunday are inland. Areas are hovering right around 100 degrees with some 80s along the bay shore, right . All right, john, thank you for lets get you rolling this morning. If you are traveling along a t. Rocking out towards the maze. Youre definitely seeing pockets of slowing so through richmond and berkeley about 25 minutes crockett down towards the maze. 2 possible avenue. Always a good alternate for you. 18 minutes into the city right now. Meter lights are on. There is a traffic hazard. I80 westbound right of the Treasure Island exit. Theyre working on trying to get that off of the bridge as we speak. Mateo bridge around 17 minutes. Little slow getting on this morning as youre hopping on the san mateo bridge, nearly 40 minutes traveling at 1, 0, 1, 85 to menlo park and over in the east bay. Look at that. 31 minutes. Selanne to 37 darya. James, back to you. Thank you. Reyna 7. 16, and for your money this morning. The u. S. Just had its Credit Rating downgraded. And job openings fall as demand for workers is slowing down. Jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. Hi, jane hide area. Good morning. Will the number of available jobs in the u. S. Just fell to the lowest level in more than 2 years. Government numbers show the number of available positions drop for second straight month, falling to about 9. 6 million or thats 1. 6 jobs for every job seeker and ratings cut the uss longterm debt rating to a a plus from aaa. Its still a high rating, but its not pristine. Fitch is pointing to an erosion of governance and a growing general debt burden and lower Credit Ratings. Make it more expensive to borrow money, which will likely make the financial situation worse. Well, you can expect to get a cheaper cup of coffee starting next year. One of the worlds leading roasters you love. Says the cost of arabica beans is plunged in recent months after reaching the highest level in over a decade. Now, consumers are still paying up for coffee because were still buying expensive beans. But he does believe that over the next 6 months or so. Well see those prices go down. And taylor swift reportedly gave giant bonuses to the eras tour crew, including 100,000 each to the truckers have been hauling her equipment across the country. Tmz reports you give out the bonuses before the final concert in the San Francisco area over the weekend. Live from the Nasdaq Market site. Im jane king. Back to you. Taylor can do no wrong in my love obviously 50. Thank 7. 18 right now. Governor newsom appointed the first director of californias brand new oil watchdog division. And there he is. His name is ty milled are and he was going to lead this new division. Previously. He was the prosecutor and antitrust expert for the department of justice. Governor newsom says that this division is going to monitor the oil industry and identify if theres any price gouging going on. Something oil industry, corporations have long denied. Well, california lawmakers have announced a new bill now to provide relief for farmers impacted by natural disasters. The agricultural emergency relief act aims to streamline the process for seeking and receiving relief. The bill will create a permanent structure of the u. S. Department of agriculture Emergency Relief Program that covers lost to crops, trees, bushes, vines, anything to natural disasters. The bill would also require farmers to apply for relief to purchase Crop Insurance for 2 years after receiving a payment. Of women are putting their careers goals on hold and searching for jobs with companies that offer insurance plans to cover ivf treatments. Newsnations kelsey, christine has the story. Still long very selves is this is chelsea south are trying for a baby with her husband for the last 7 years with no luck like youre kind of stuck because you want to be a mom. But cant get there and its it. Feel alone. You feel worthless. You you know, someone worthy enough year. You build like a hatred for your body because because it doesnt do what other womens bodies do. Chelsea has a condition called pcos which makes it harder for her to have a baby. She knew it was decision time. I decided. What am i going to do . I get to spend the rest of the year moping around and and not doing anything or am i going to do and if i am going to idea how we want to support it went on a new type of job search. Does a Company Offer ivf benefits . She found Tractor Supply company. Only one problem. She has 0 experience with tractors. Still, she landed the gig. I would say i give myself a lot of grace i i use my employees and my coworkers help. And i its a learning curve for sure. I. Dont know anything about tractors or farming or maybe check parttime job states are major money. Can cost about 30 to 40,000 depending on how many rounds of ivf you have to do. And it doesnt just stop at ivf, its genetic testing, embryo transfers and freezing costs. All covered word is out now. Thousands of women talk about it and this facebook group, women choosing to work at target starbucks, amazon Tractor Supply just to get infertility help Premium Health care shouldnt cost a premium price tag. And you have to have like minded employers who are innovative and constantly thinking about. How to reinvent health care, to make it more affordable. Only way that. Infertility ivf becomes normalized and more insurance is pick it up or more companies offered to women is by talking about it. So why dont we talk about it more . That was kelsey kirstein reporting. Chelsea says she just completed her first round of ivf and was able to retrieve 40 eggs and her biggest regret. She says that she was she got started on the ivf journey sooner. 7. 21. Right now. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news lawmakers are hoping to tighten regulations. Clamp down on ghost guns im sherry and im john. Im a pharmacist. As we were starting to age, its like, well how can we help our cognitive abilities . We saw prevagen. I did read the Clinical Study and went ahead and gave it a try. I feel that prevagen is helping me with overall clarity and as a pharmacist, ive recommended it to, not only just customers, but also to friends and family as a safe product to try. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. In San Francisco, police have made an arrest for a shooting that injured 3 people. In the balboa terrace, neighborhood. The shooting happened june 10th on ocean avenue near balboa park, 2 men and one woman were shot. Police arrested. 42 yearold salvador rodriguez yesterday and he now faces charges of attempted homicide and assault with a firearm. In national news, lawmakers are considering a bill that would tighten regulations around gun safety. Theyre trying to clamp down on. Ghost guns. Well, a california congressman is pushing now to stop governor Gavin Newsoms plan to ban the sale of all gaspowered cars in california by the year 2035. Last year. The state move forward to phase out all new gaspowered cars in the state within the next 12 years. But congressman, j over now is calling the policy impractical and unaffordable over an old introduced a bill in congress to stop newsoms plan and any plan thats similar in nature across the country. The problem here is youre taking away consumer choice. Youre telling people government knows better than you do what your choices for buying a new vehicle should be. Well, the bill still faces an uphill battle. It still needs a majority from the house and the democratically controlled senate. And if it makes it that far, it would still need the signature of president joe biden. Were going take a break at 7. 25. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news name of many is set to stand trial now on charges that he murdered cash app founder bob after a ruled there is enough evidence to move forward with the case. Plus, the Alameda County board of supervisors has 7. 28 right now and were checking out the weather. Its pretty gray and most places. Yes, but well see what the afternoon and the rest of the week is shaping up to look like. Weve got john in the weather center. Hey, john, looking pretty good the next couple of days. If you like the cool feel because weve got a solid break from the heat, even for inland areas. But this weekend, right back to it. So enjoy the cool. If you like that cooler field looking outside at the embarcadero. Very gray this morning. If youre at the coastline, youre noticing its not just gray little bit wet in some spots. Misty drizzly, that cool marine layer is pushed well inland. So a lot of us even far away from the water. Were looking at some partly to mostly cloudy skies. Current temps are 50s to 60s. Cool. Cool enough for the light jacket. Not too terribly chilly. Nice refreshing morning for a lot of us as we move into the afternoon, 70s 80s for inland areas doesnt sound bad at all, especially considering weve got a few triple digits around the corner this weekend, which ill tell you about your full forecast, right, john, thank you for that. Well, weve been keeping a close eye on our morning commute. Traffic has are on the bay bridge right near the Treasure Island exit took a drive times up to about 17 minutes. Weve been fluctuating back and forth. 60 minute drive for you. There or san mateo bridge because of a busy 8, 80, 90 minutes traveling from 80 to 101, Richmond Center bridge. No major issues. Their slowest of the toll plaza. 12 minute drive Golden Gate Bridge still got that fall chill. 26 minutes. And if you are hopping on bart 20 minute delay on the various a line in the richmond direction. Darya. James, back to you. Thank you. Reyna 7. 30, in the east bay. People cut attending sideshows in Alameda County could end up in jail. But not for as long as originally planned. Weve late word from the board of supervisors last night. They voted to cut that jail time in half for Stephanie Justice live in fremont now with what exactly that means. Good morning, tiffany. Good morning, right. Alameda county board of supervisors voted tuesday night to reduce the jail time for sideshows. Spectators. The updated ordinance now cuts down the jail time from 6 months to 3. We know the changes were approved by a 3 to one vote. The board of supervisors first put this ordinance in place stop the increasing number of sideshows are seeing in the county and the amount of people who are attending the sideshows. The first ordinance was passed on july. 11th include jail time and a fine geared towards spectators who were 200 feet of a sideshow. Besides facing up to 3 months in jail, spectators could be charged with a misdemeanor and be fined up to 1000. The board president says the original ordinance inadvertently failed to include an amendment. The board had voted ought to lower the potential jail terms. What it was originally passed on july. 11th. There is some pushback from attorneys who questioned the legality of changing people are charging people with crimes who are on public property who may or may not be viewing those sideshows. The Alameda County public defender, brendon woods is questioning the ordinance constitutionality and is concerned about people of color being swept up by this law as well for Law Enforcement to prove this violation. They must show evidence of prior acts of attending a sideshow the past 3 years. We do know the ordinance goes effect a week from today reporting live in fremont. Tiffany justice kron 4 news. Thank you very much. Tiffany, 7. 31. In the south bay. Roughly 4500 people who work for the city of san jose are voting over the next 3 days. Whether authorize a strike, they want better pay and benefits and they are proposing. Heres what they want. They wont pay raises over the next 3 years over 7 , 6 and 5 pay raises. The city wants to increase pay by 5 , 4 and 3 . So you can see there pretty far apart, is mayor says the citys offers more than generous. We want to pay our workers as as aggressively as we can. But we also have to fair to our residents who pay taxes and basic city services. Im not willing to cut Police Staffing a Library Hours to give raises be on 5 . Because the money simply isnt mayor mahan says that there might be some wiggle room in terms of the second and 3rd years. If revenue is higher than projected. But he says the first step is get back to the negotiating table. The results of this vote should happen on monday. Well keep you posted. Well name a moment. Is set to stand trial now for the murder of cash app founder bob lee. A judge ruled there is enough evidence for the case to move forward. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun has more. Moment he will stand trial for the murder of cash founder bob lee. That was the ruling from judge terry dorfman following a preliminary hearing that lasted 2 days here at the hall of justice in San Francisco, San Francisco assistant district meet allies, Closing Argument, characterize the defenses case for april 4th stabbing death of li in the citys rick on hill neighborhood has a bunch of maybe ease the prosecutors saying maybe the video was hacked or maybe the knife was contaminated. The assistant da ended by arguing that if had no evidence to back it up, defense attorney saam zandon is Closing Argument focused on trying to poke holes in the evidence against his client, including Video Evidence recorded minutes before the stabbing that the defense says didnt appear to show any hostility between will many in lee questioning the ownership of the murder weapon. Evidence of bob lees dna being found on the knifes blade, but not on the rubber handle when the Closing Arguments ended speaking directly to the defendant, judge dorfman said, quote, a decision s made to kill. Im not persuaded that manslaughter is the only reasonable conclusion. I am satisfied that the only crime charged murder occur and that you are responsible for it was we expected and that that is what our team have a strategy . We use the preliminary hearing to be able to facilitate certain pieces of information tell you what you dont know is our Defense Strategy and you wont know that until i feel that the the San Francisco police department, a check the crime scene, although know, names of the department. They are doing the best with what they have i dont think anything sloppy and that any of this, even many was ordered to return to court with his attorneys for a procedural hearing, 09 00am august 5th in department. 22 here at the hall of justice. In San Francisco Haaziq Madyun kron. 4 news. Well, sacramento woman now facing charges connected to an incident where shes accused of Walking Around naked on the bay bridge in firing a gun. Sequoyah sell, pled not guilty in court to all charges, including shooting at a vehicle and making criminal threats. She allegedly had been driving recklessly on eastbound 80 before getting out of her vehicle. Police say she was naked at the time. Start firing shots into the air. Even fired a few shots at passing vehicles. The incident happened last week on tuesday during rush hour causing a nightmare for commuters that were just trying to get to the east bay. Has set no bail. Shes currently in custody. Theres video of her walking across lanes, blurred out if convicted of all charges she faces more than 22 years in prison. Shes expected to be in court again next friday. Well, San Francisco police have arrested a man for allegedly attacking a Sandwich Shop owner Peterson Harter who owns and ease in the haight said that he was punched in the face by a man outside a shop about 2 weeks ago. Carter says he was trying to tell them and stop urinating on the stores trash cans. But thats when the man assaulted him. Police have since identified the suspect as urban rivera. They arrested him on saturday for battery. Time now 7. 36 and san jose mayor matt mahan launched a new Pilot Program on tuesday National Night out an event that helps to build relationships between police and the community. The program is called together as j and its been made possible by a 1 Million Dollar grant from the state. The focus is on Community Safety and reducing loneliness. The mayor says that this is going to start with getting surveys from people in their neighborhoods and then look at that data. Investment in training and helping them use 3, 1, 1, emergency preparedness. Enjoy Neighborhood Watch and organize cleanups that they are going to see a safer and cleaner neighborhood and have more trust in government. And then after this year than they a survey, the neighbors and well see if there are any changes that need to be made to make the community safer. And so that the community and the people live there feel more connected. Its 7. 37. Right now and the entertainment world still mourning in reeling this morning from the sudden death of angus cloud. Just 25 years old. And he died inside his familys home in oakland monday morning. Now send a a who co starred with him on hbo show euphoria. And shes also oakland native. Shes offering her condolences saying on instagram that words are not enough to describe the incident. Beauty that angus has. And im so grateful that i got the chance to know him in this life and also my heart is with his mother and family at this time and please be kind and patient as grief looks different for everyone. Oakland firefighters say they got that call about a medical emergency at the home in oakland on monday morning. And theyre still no word on the cause of death. His family has said that angus was struggling with the recent death of his father. On the peninsula, firefighters in redwood city rescued a man from his car after he crashed into a home. And heres video of the scene. It was yesterday morning on roosevelt avenue. Still waiting to hear more for about that mans condition. No other injuries were reported, but the pretty dramatic scene played out. The east Bay Regional Parks district now launching a Public Safety system that will make information about fire and Police Activity more accessible to the public. As of now, the public can see realtime mapping of activities in the districts parks on their web page. This includes the location, a general description and outcome of that activity in the districts parks. People can also sign up for daily or weekly email updates if theyd like. Time now 7. 39. And new fire restrictions are in effect in the Tahoe National forest. You can no longer start a campfire except in a designated area. And also smoking is only allowed in either an enclosed building or in your car and violators could face 5,000 in fines and 6 months in jail. The restrictions are going to stay in effect until november. 1st, theyre about they say 90 of wildfires are started by humans from either on attended campfires or discarded cigarettes. Well, former President Donald Trump is now facing a 3rd indictment. Washington correspondent Alexandra Limon has been following that. Yeah, these charges are related to the 2021 attack on the capitol. Lets take a look. And trump was already facing charges for the illegal retention of federal classified documents. And also for that hush money case out of new york with this indictment, hes now charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Charging Donald J Trump conspiring to defraud the united states. Conspiring to disenfranchise voters. Conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. A federal grand jury has once again indicted former President Donald Trump on 4 counts related to the january 6th riot and attack on the u. S. Capitol. It was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant. Targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u. S. Government. The indictment states that trump had 6 coconspirators assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the election and retain power, though they were not named and havent been charged. U. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland price, the special counsel and the Justice Department employees who have investigated this case and stressed its importance. In reaction trumps former Vice President mike pence said that anyone who puts himself over the constitution should never be president of the united states. But trump is pushing back against the charges and slammed the Justice Department on social media claiming this latest indictment is politically motivated and an attempt to stop his reelection bid. And in that indictment, prosecutors say that trump knew he had lost the twentytwenty election but still continued to spread lies and misinformation. Trump is now scheduled to appear in a Dc Federal Court house on thursday in washington. Alexandra limon. 7. 41 the time. And still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the team takes her parents car for a road. Well, a road trip, but it was a joy ride ended up crashing in, as you can see. And now neighbors are reacting this morning. Samsung shows off its latest foldable phones at an event close to home. All have the latest from right here in south were back at 7. 44. In california is cruising towards offering digital drivers licenses by the end of the year. The dmv is currently testing a Pilot Program right now. Theyve got hundreds of drivers signed up. The mobile license would be available on a dmv. Wallet on your smartphone, youre seeing examples of it here on the screen. Its not intended to replace physical cards, but you can use it at certain locations to verify your age. Places like certain tsa lanes at select airports, including sfo and san jose and more and more places. If this Pilot Program goes well. So well see. 7. 45 right now and samsung has something that you might be interested in. I didnt think i was. But its the foldable phone. Yeah, a lot more companies seem to be offering this rich demuro gives a closer look at samsung and their whole line in history. Well, its common for apple events to be held in cupertino. This was the first time samsung held an event at its home in south korea. Really the culture here is one i think of love for technology. Theres a love for her fashion, a new things that i think a lot of that comes together with our full done. So its really unique time to be able to announce that in korea. Samsung brought me to seoul for exclusive tours of their headquarters and the city samsungs presence here is massive. Their names on buildings, signs and 10s of thousands of employees stroll the companys digital city. Theyre a museum shows off more than 60 years of electronics. There are research and development buildings. This was all to set up. How innovation is synonymous with samsung. They believe full doubles are the future were seeing every year. More and more consumers are adopting full was for the first time they do drop them that they love them. Theyre staying loyal to brand to the 4 factors. This years flip 5 features a larger outside screen. The full 5 has a redesigned pole to snap closed without a gap. A critical turning point for the technology and one that easier to hold and pocket. We find high loyalty as well. So tries foldable. They understand the value of those only on hold or use cases. And then they, you know, want the next one. I spent the day. And so with the phones and the foldable form factor does have some advantages, especially when it comes to taking pictures and videos in more unique ways. Is it necessary . Probably not put. It is a unique way of pushing the boundaries of what a phone form factor can be. But in the grand scheme of things is really just beginning for foldable technology. Im rich demuro and you are tech smart. And i consider myself a tough, tough cookie, you know, with the ads because im like, yeah, i dont need but i kind because it makes the phone twice bake. So some benefits to yeah, because i dont use a computer and now i can see in that i could, you know, and you can make a super big. Yeah. But they have they have system now. All right. Lets get it was centered on who i have not dip my toes into the ecosystem. I still use Google Photos and everything hybrid. Haha. But we are looking out there at what weve got going on across the bay, which is cooler than average weather. Its definitely not normal to be starting your first few days of august. The way we did yesterday today and will tomorrow as well, which is going to be on the cloudier side of things, not just for coastal areas, but pretty far inland, too. And also on the cooler side of things as well. Temperatures today will remain nice and mild. That High Pressure heat dome is still continuing to bring triple digits for much of the rest of the country, but does build its way back in in the coming days. That means this break from the heat is fairly short, lived this weekend. Were going to stay cool at the coast in the 60s, but inland into the triple digits for o some areas. So that means those 60s an sfa at the coast. Theyre not going anywhere. But elsewhere in the bay area, these numbers in your 4 zone forecast, theyre going to be changing pretty significantly feel like the cooler feel. Those 70s that weve got in the south bay will be a treat for ya. San jose. At 76. Same for you all the way inland in pleasanton while hayward at 67 richmond, 66 concord and pittsburgh, among a few spots in the low 80s very warm us. Some mid 80s for the stimulant. Tomorrows temperatures will repeat for one more day friday. We start to warm things up, getting back to the seasonal averages before we broke a pass that into saturday and sunday with the upper 90s to triple digits in london. Even some low 80s right along the bay rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Trump has been building along highway 4 this morning. So if youre heading from antioch into congress right now, about 40 minutes there, well see any accidents or hazards, but certainly an uptick. 17 minutes into the city. Remember, we had that traffic hazard near the Treasure Island exit looks like thats clear. But residual delays because traffic already started building. 22 minutes 8. 80, to 101 san mateo bridge because its starting to get a little thick along 8. 80, this morning, of the south and along the peninsula. 46 minutes. 85 to menlo park and about a 41 minute drive from san leandro down fee all right. James, back to you. Thanks. A lot 7. 49. In the north bay, a 13 yearold girl and santa rosa took her parents car for a joyride and it ended. With the crash. Take a look. This happened early yesterday morning on king street. The teenager took the car. The tesla without saying anything and by the way, had 2 of her friends in the car with thursday slammed into a utility pole and barreled into 3 parked cars after police say apparently were speeding and there was a dip in the road and thats how she lost control. So you have all these 13 yearolds and whats the amazing thing . Is that they werent hurt, especially when you look at this car. And and heres somebody who lives nearby, who heard the crash. They seem very young i was more just concerned that there were ok, i think, you know, that was a pretty that accident im just. Having everybody come out. The car was this would the bestcase scenario. Can you believe that none of these teens was hurt and that did look like a bad crash. They they didnt even have to go to the hospital. Heres the deal, though. So the the police have not arrested the girl, but she could face misdemeanor charges still for driving without a license. And, you know that shes going to face trouble with her parents because she took that he would without asking yeah, without asking or having a license. It u. S. Auto safety regulators have opened an investigation, by the into teslas a 280,000 teslas. Were talking about the model 3 and model y because there have been some reports of people losing steering control and power steering. One owner says they couldnt steer and they crashed into a tree. Another owner says that the wheel wouldnt steer and they narrowly missed opposing traffic. And then theres another owner who said, well, they had wait so long for service that they thought something was wrong, but they couldnt be until like 3 weeks late because theres a backlog in part. So if youre teslas involved in this, youre going to know about the company will tell you. All right, 7. 52 is the time and developing news this morning. The Writers Guild of america is telling itspmembers and its going to meet with the heads of the alliance of Motion Picture and television producers. On friday, well see if theres any progress to come out of that. Theyve been striking for about 3 months now. Theres that separate actors strike, which is also stop most Film Productions thats been going on since july heads of the top studio say they do want to find an agreement with better pay for riders and better working conditions as well because they, too, would like to see an end to this standoff. Well, layoffs are on the horizon for some cvs employees. The Company Plans to let about 5,000 of their workers go. They say most of these will be corporate employees. The changes are part of an effort to shave about shape costs and focus more on health services. About 300,000 people currently work for cbs. Well take a break. It is 7. 52. And coming up in the next hour of kron, morning news. Its been 3 months since. Governor gavin newsom launched a new effort to get fentanyl on the streets of San Francisco. Well have new numbers showing if those efforts are working this morning. Theres all right, 7. 54, weve got a lot to get through this morning. So let me tell you about this. San Francisco Water treatment company. They are brewing beer. Recycled water. Okay. All right. So stay with me here. Tell me for the souths good d oh, i love beer, epic, clean tech. Its called good name. Clean. Say its working with Devils Canyon Brewing Company in san carlos. And theyre using this water to make the beer. The water is sourced from. Showers. Sinks and washing machines. I like how they add this caveat from a love story Apartment Building james, because you see that their their fans who water their blank doesnt state. Yeah. Yeah. So this brew they came out of the sustainable building. Tech conference is available for commercial ucf because of regulations, but im sure approve that. Its purely filtered of level. But, you know, like you can sure get. Its not, of course. But you do have over that hump yet visual that every you know, that kind of the mind. Oh, wait a minute. This is im sure the same kind of Technology Like we have on the space station after recycle all of that water and well, theyre joke is yesterdays coffee is todays coffee on the space station . Because they have to reuse the water that comes out in ways that ok. So youre saying, you know how to filter the water is my point. And it is coming from wastewater. Theyre ok if its good enough for the astronauts right . Out right its 7. 56. Is the time coming up in the next hour of the kron. News. That big fire that spread to multiple buildings San Francisco. Well, People Living in the hayes valley neighborhood say theyve been warning the city for some time that could happen because of nearby homeless encampment fires. Well talk more about plus, a milpitas Business Owners accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teen. Tell you what police know so far about the case and scientists are concerned about fish in the bay as a harmful algae bloom continues to spread. Right bac from the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at thanks for joining us. Were following several stories for you this morning. First of all, were following investigation and what caused that massive construction fire in San Francisco. Turns out that neighbors say theyve been warning the city for a long time for months about fires and their concerns. Well have a