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Gray misty and yeah, i might need the wipers up in the east bay hills, too. What were seeing here from the Berkeley Hills is a pretty grave you over the uc berkeley right now, fog has gotten really patchy. So theres a few patches right there along the east bay hills, the coast in the north bay in between. Actually got some beams of sunshine now making its way down into the bay. So its all about where youre at, right at that moment, be driving through some bright spots. And then right back in the great temperatures right now are mostly in the 50s to 60s oakland and alameda in the upper 50s. While hayward unconquered right at 60 degrees. Mild cool morning. Get those jackets ready to go. Obviously foggy in Half Moon Bay right here at moment towards the afternoon. Skies. Clear out really nice and a more enjoyable afternoon for inland areas where instead of the 90s yesterday we trade them in for some cooler 80s. Ive got more on your forecast. Still to come right now. All right, john, were tracking a major hot spot on the mateo bridge of saying if that is your normal route, do not take it this morning. We have an accident blocking 2 lanes there on the bridge. 97 minute drive time. So just stay away from that altogether. Remember, you other options . You can stay on 8. 80, go down to the dumbarton bridge and take that drive times have gone up just a little bit there on the dunbar bridges results that just by 16 minutes, 8. 80, to menlo park. If you are going to take that, remember, you can also take the bay bridge if youre heading into the city. 18 minute ride may so that fremont street exit and you could just want to water to 80 traveling down towards the peninsula. Bartz also an option for you there. Just be mindful that the bridge, if you are going to be tried to maneuver that this morning, at least let them clear that accident off of the san mateo bridge and drive times to go down. Richmond center fell bridge 13 minutes there. And Golden Gate Bridge. No major issues. 20 minute ride darya. James, back to you. All right. Thank you. Reyna. 72 is the time San Jose Police have identified 2 people who were stabbed to death last week as a child and his great grandmother. Investigators found the bodies during a welfare check. Friday morning crowd was Justin Campbell has details. San jose police do not have any information on who may be responsible for this double homicide, but they spent this past weekend trying to find out who could a very shocking tragic incident that we are investigating. Now. Sergeant steve aponte with the San Jose Police Department Says. Officers spent the weekend collecting evidence and looking for possible witnesses to find out who the over killed an elderly woman and her greatgrandson. The motive and circumstances behind this incident are still under investigation. Sergeant pantazes officers arrived this past friday to the Vista Apartments in the buena vista area in san jose for a welfare check upon arrival, it was very clear that there was a crime scene. And afterwards he discovered the victims in the location. Police have not yet identified the 2 people killed, but upon tases a case like this one is dramatic and painful for officers any time our community, especially city of san jose very small city when it comes down to another afteriexperience, this type of loss. Police are asking any neighbors in the area with nest or ring cameras to please come forward with that video reporting here in san jose. Justin campbell kron. 4 news. Its 703, in the east bay, Antioch City Council member mike, a barb onyeka says that the city needs to do something about the staffing issues in the Police Department. There are only 31 officers. So theyre forced to have over time and he says this is going to impact the department. The police have already had to pull officers from the Traffic Division and he thinks they need outside help from the chp as well as the Contra Costa County sheriffs office. Right. Now we have approximately e 31 officers including supervisors to cover 7 beat on a 24 7, 365 day year operation. And it is my opinion that that is not enough officers for proper coverage. Its a matter of time before fatigue sets in. Councilmember about an ego says that the entire council would have to take action to request assistance from the chp or Sheriffs Department and us this issue to go before the city council. As soon as possible that could be at their next meeting or special meeting. It is 704, and new this morning, theres a lawsuit over the refusal to provide access to sunlight to prisoners. And those in solitary confinement is going on trial today. The lawsuit challenges the city and county of San Francisco, including the Sheriffs Department arguing that the total denial of sunlight constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and that it has been linked to severe chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease and migraines, cancer. The case could spark vital discussions on criminal Justice Reform on detainees rights. Well, in the north bay contract negotiations between the Sausalito District Teachers Association and the saw are in School District have apparently failed. The Teachers Association is asking for better pay. They work without a contract since june. 30th of last year. Theyve bargaining for months now theyve already had to mediation sessions. The district says its raised its offer to 4 for the Upcoming School year. But the Teachers Want more slated Teachers Association says if contract negotiations dont resume and produce an outcome, leaders will call for a strike authorization vote. This point. The district hasnt commented on that potential for a strike. Turning to another big story this morning, people working at a medical facility in redwood city were evacuated after a chemical least. That leak was reported at an Office Building on island drive yesterday afternoon. People in the building began to complain about symptoms, including nausea, even some bloodied noses. Officials say more than 20 people were exposed to free on which is a chemical commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning units. They say 5 of the evacuees were treated on scene. Nobody had to go to the hospital. Firefighters are still trying to figure out what caused that leak. Well, firefighters in san jose responded to a house fire at 4 oclock this morning. Heres some pictures from the scene on raf to drive. This is in the lone hill highlands neighborhood. No word yet on if the residents were home at the time or if there are any injuries were still trying to track that down. Fire Department Says in its social media post that motorists in the area are advised to use caution right near where firefighters and all that equipment is laid out. Its 707, and east bay. A down tree has shut down a road in pleasant hills. Fair oaks, neighborhood. It was about 5 in the morning that the Police Tweeted out this image and they advise drivers avoid the area. This round claire drive between buskirk and gear. Our gear dine. Drive that this tree has fallen down. We dont know yet. So theres no estimate on reopening it. Thats all have a lot of work to do. It is 707, and a cruise car. You know, the driverless ones and a semi truck. Were involved in a crash that happened yesterday afternoon in San Francisco crews. The company says that its the truck that was in the right lane and it tried to turn left and it hit the crews vehicle. And obviously since theres no driver of the car, you know, there was a driver, but theres also passenger at the time. So nobody was hurt in that crash. Thats good news. Yeah. 707. Right now state lawmakers gave the green light to a plan to temporarily raise the tolls on several bay area bridges. It did, but a group of local congressmembers are banding together now to oppose that rate hike with kron fours lcec money in to tell us why. S p 5. 32. Is a bill introduced by senator scott wiener known the state to clean reliable public. Try have a jack. I could hear everything into silent money for struggling. I had to travel. Like i can hear if signed into law, it would temporarily raise toll fees by one dollar and 0. 50 on all bridges except the golden gate. The goal is to raise about 900 Million Dollars over 5 year period to prevent service cuts. But local representatives mark on anna eshoo, barbara lee Eric Swalwell John Garamendi and Mike Thompson all disagree. The Congress Members wrote a letter opposing the move saying they dont want to offset any budget deficits to drivers who already face tolls as high as 9. 50. They argue that lowincome residents will be burdened with the higher bill to commune into the city. In a statement they wrote, quote, an analysis of toll fines shows that low income communities across the bay area have much higher rates of unpaid tolls and wealthier zip codes indicating the disproportionate impact. An increase in tolls will continue to put on communities. Theyre already financially strapped and have a tough time paying for them. The letter has received support from the Bay Area Council who is a staunch transit supporter, but says a rate hike is a shortsighted approach that its going to disproportionately hurt lowerincome folks who come from communities of color primarily in the east bay were. Who you know, that many cases . Rely have to rely on on their automobile to to commute. Well, that was Ella Sogomonian reporting the Bay Area Council also points out the california transit agencies recently received about 5 billion dollars in state funding. Time now is and 79. The red cross, by the way, is expanding. Who can donate blood, some and bisexual men can now make a donation after the fda updated its guidance. We have kron fours. Michael thomas live in the newsroom with more on the story. Michael. Ultimately, they approved this back in may. And now with the American Red Cross implementing it. You know, it could be seen as a win for a lot of activists and also medical groups. But other say that its still counting some people out. Lets get video on your screen so you can break it all down for i think that it started back in may. And with thisunew policy, the American Red Cross will now have all donors answer the same eligibility questions regardless of gender or orientation. There we go. Theres some video. And, you know, ultimately it will look at individual risk factors and it will eliminate the fdas previous policy for and bisexual men from donating at all. However, individuals that are taking prep for hiv prevention will still be differed from this. The fda Officials Say thats because they have concerns that medications could calls negatives and they have gotten some scrutiny for that from the Lgbt Community and also elected officials like senator scott wiener who ultimately says banning those on prep that are less likely to have hiv and accepting those not on prep doesnt make sense. And were going to get some of these excuse me, texas, i should say on your screen, you can see there. He goes on to say and while its a big step, the policy still differs a lot of and bisexual men from donating. And thats because many of them are on prep medications so they dont get hiv. Now, this change also have had or people possibly being differ, depending on their activity. During the threemonth span before donating. However, it is important to keep in mind that all blood donations are still screened for hiv and hepatitis b and c darya. James, send it back to you. 7. 11 is the time. Still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news contra costa officials are calling on the Health Department. To investigate unpermitted spas after 2 people died from the disease. They may have contracted at a spa enrichment. Well be right back want more from your vitamins . Get more with natures bounty. From the firstever triple action sleep supplement. To daily digestive support. To more Wellness Solutions every day. Get more with natures bounty. From the mountains to the coast. Heatin up the kitchen we got somethin different spreadin good vibes all day todos a la mesa que buena la mezcla it dont get no better livin in the golden state lovin this land everyday norte a sur lo puedes ver nada se puede comparar livin in the golden state vive en el estado dorado. Yeah 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. Were back 7. 14, is the time in a massive storm system hammering parts of the east coast has left at least 2 people dead. And according to flightaware, more than 1000 flights into and out of the u. S. Have been delayed so far, more than 300 have been canceled outright at sfo. Theyre currently 38 delays. 7 cancellations this morning at Oakland International airport. Youre looking at about 13 delays. No, no flights canceled. Thats some good news. And were looking at the exact same numbers down at San Jose International airport. 13 delays. No and that i to fly when thats the effect becomes yeah. And you know, here in the bay area was a little bit of rain and clouds and stuff that can always cause delays. Do john . Yeah, definitely cant. But morning, they fully back here at home. Now so those delays any additionally that what seeing elsewhere. Now, what we are seeing in san jose right now, clear skies up above right there. We are going to be looking at clear skies through the day for areas like san jose, our inland areas, way coastal areas right there are in the midst of some cloud cover that is pushed up right along the coastlines. Big change from yesterday as we do see the that marine layer yesterday was warm hot. We have those inland temperatures rising into 90s. The out today is this is its going to last the rest of your work week, 10 to 15 degrees cooler for inland spots in yesterday. Thanks. Low pressure cold front for swinging through offering us this cool dip into the temperatures that we should be seeing for this time of year. Little bit of cloud cover near the coastline while sunshine for inland in south bay neighbors. As we move into tomorrow morning, another dose of the gray that hangs out with us in the morning. Kind of like were seeing for a lot of us today. Now we are in the 60s for your daytime highs in spots like San Francisco down the coastline, expect some more 60s and a mostly gray day out that direction. But 70s to 80s elsewhere with plenty of sunshine. A little more tolerable today under that sunshine compared to yesterday when we were reaching the 90s, its going to feel a lot nicer getting out there this afternoon. Livermore 84 walnut creek and concord, 81. Well, oakland through richmond in the 60s, antioch and back the mid to upper 80s arbery warmest spots on the map today. Santa rosa fell in. The 70s really is now. We stay pretty steady all the way through the rest of the week. Its 70s and 80s for bayshore in inland areas. 60s not going anywhere at the coast, partly cloudy, but times of afternoon sunshine. Now the weekend will start to heat things up again. Temperatures climbing back into it by saturday taking a look at a major hot. Standing by with that. All right. Well, thats right. Weve been tracking a major hot spots. So does drive times are at 120 minutes. So avoid san mateo bridge at all cost. You can the dumbarton bridge, for example, to navigate around that and a lot of people are doing just at this morning, 80 to menlo park about 18 minutes there. If you are going to be taking the any other bridges, the bay bridge this morning might be a good alternate there. 20 minutes. Also have bar the richmond sandra bridge. Put you at a little under 14 minutes. Thankfully, no major issues there. And the Golden Gate Bridge around. 21 minutes darya. James, back to you. Just all right. Thanks a lot. 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Lets go to jane king in the nasdaq to explain regular review of your account statements is the fastest way to spot unauthorized charges. Do right now. Recognize or didnt okay. Contact your bank. Credit card issuer, other creditor immediately. Nerdwallet says review your statements regularly and use automated alerts to stay on top of transactions and keep a paper trails. That means whenever you have contact with a Customer Service person, take that persons name, contact info note the time and date the conversation occurred. You can also make it easy on yourself by setting a credit card alerts for every card in your wallet, your card issuers mobile app or website and what you detect unauthorized transaction determine whether its fraud or a billing error. Sometimes its just a simple mistake. Say youre accidently double charged by the same store. You may be able to resolve the issue quickly by taking it up with the merchant first for charges that you dont recognize, try googling the name of the merchant on the credit card to see if it does business under a different name than if you share the covid joint cardholders are authorize. Users asked them if they made the transaction order to increase your chances of successfully come betting fraud, you need to respond to a suspicious charge soon as possible from the Nasdaq Market site. Im jane king. Its 7. 21. And weve talked about a couple of districts in the bay area. One back to school yesterday and that means packing a lunch for your kids 17 to just, you know, throw pb j and every day. But as important a very early that they get more than just the same diet. Every day, registered dietitians for the cleveland clinic, for example, say that a healthy lunch includes a mix of good protein, a grain fruits, veggies, and the occasional healthy fat and for younger kids, you should make sure that whatever youre putting in there is easy to just open and eat because kids dont get a lot of time for lunch. You can even use like fun, pics, and theyre like little different shapes and staff to kind of stuck in their food and they can with that. It can be quicker and it can be easier for them. All right. An example because it always helps. If you have a model, a simple deli sandwich, for example, or wrap another option is a snap box that has some deli meat, cheese crackers and some kind of media crunchy veggie. Karen could. It is 7. 22. And coming up in the gravel morning news taxi drivers advocates protesting in San Francisco. 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And were back at 7. 25. The debate over Driverless Cars picking up some steam in San Francisco yesterday. Taxi drivers gathered outside the California Public Utilities Commission urging the commission to vote no on Driverless Cars to start operating as taxis. The San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance and united Public Workers for action are demanding more research and data before making a decision as of july. 25th, the california dmv has received about 627 reports of Autonomous Car crashes. The sfmta has also urged the state to collect more data before making its decision, citing more than 90 complaints in march and april. We need independent testing in if you are required have a drivers test, a 2 run of the vehicle, the streets of San Francisco, california. Why shouldnt automobiles on bills be required to do the same thing . Well, at the protest, people also said they want the city to impound Driverless Cars when they become disabled on the street. Crews also says they remain in Constant Contact with the sfmta with police with fire to get feedback. Utility commission will meet again this thursday morning to vote. Will be at 11 oclock. Well take a break. Time now. 7. 26. Coming up next on the kron. 4 morning news. 2 attorneys are calling on the department of justice now to investigate the antioch Police Department. Why they say the department has a pattern of discriminatory. Police say well be right b david im david goldberg, a bilingual Elementary School teacher and president of the california Teachers Association. As we start a new school year, theres something new happening in californias public schools. Jessie theyre called Community Schools. David where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. Damien its a real sense of community. Leslie we saw doubledigit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. David its an innovation thats transforming our public schools. 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You can see the cloud cover thats come along with it. Its very patchy grey this morning. There are spots of sunshine. In fact, youre getting a little bit of that and quite hour right now. Now we are seeing some sun ride along the bay itself and then some fog stacked up along the east bay hills. So its just patchy out there where youre running into it may even run into a few spots where youve got to turn on the windshield wiper for a moment. 50s 60s for current temperatures. Timber on at 54 Oakland Alameda sitting at 59 degrees right now. While hayward in concord hanging out right at 60 degrees. Theres the fog out towards Half Moon Bay and after this. Cool, great morning for some we will be increasingly sunny this afternoon. Temps mostly in the 70s to 80s going to be breaking down this cooler forecast that we have ahead of us. Still to come, reyna. And thats right, john. We still have the hot spot on the san mateo bridge. Weve been seeing major delays for everyone. Still try to take that bridge. I would say stay away for the morning until theyre able to clear that look at those drive times 115 minutes. So good alternate for you. Hey, if youre over in the east 8, maybe take the dumbarton bridge. That would be a good alternate for maneuvering to get around the delays. That were seen on the san mateo bridge this morning. You can also take bart, if you are trying to maybe stay off the highways. The dumbarton bridge drive times have gone up a bit. You can see drive times now. 24 minutes. Thats better than the san mateo bridge. You could take 8. 80, stay on that or maybe take the bay bridge. Then he will she make it into the city. May say that fremont street exit. 21 minutes you can have on to 80 or 101, to maneuver. Get down towards the peninsula. Richmond, sandra bridge around 13 minutes. Golden gate bridge. Thankfully, no major issues there. Were staying on top of that drive for you this morning, darren james, send it back to you. All right. Thank you. Reyna 7. 31. And attorneys are calling on the u. S. Department of justice step in and investigate the racist Text Messages that have played. The antioch Police Department has become a big issue. Kron fours dan kerman has the full story. The discovery that members of the Antioch Police force were sending racist Text Messages to each other. Not only created a scandal led to investigations by the Contra Costa County district attorneys office, the fbi and californias attorney general, not just in to the tax but additional allegations. Individuals have complained to us about the use of excessive force. Arrests. Asking on the screens taking confessions that they had not given taking them money when they should. And that recorded taken even a drugs. Now, bay area, civil rights attorney john burris, who filed 2 federal civil rights lawsuit against the department for discriminatory policing has sent this letter to the u. S. Department of justice asking that its Civil Rights Division also launch an investigation. We want the government to come in and say, look, we look at this this department and we see ongoing pattern of discriminatory Law Enforcement based upon race, homophobic. And make ideas and this department has to be change. It has to be federal control for us as the u. S. Department of justice has more experience with these investigations than californias attorney general having launched similar inquiries and installing federal monitors and more than a dozen cities across the country and what we want is new policies to be written. New training to occur. A new monitoring plays and that this can take place in a way says takes control of any acts mayor wont weigh in as to whether another agency should launch an investigation but did pledge this if they do decide to do investigations were going to do our best to fully cooperate and ensure that they get the information that they whatever recommendations they offer. Well do our best to try to implement those. Dan kerman kron, 4 news. And 7. 33, and today santa rosa considers tweaking the ban on camping in public spaces. Yeah. This after a federal law says that cities cant force unsheltered people out of public spaces. We have kron fours. Michael thomas in the newsroom now with more on all of this. Michael. Hey, good morning, everyone. Will rosa has pretty much been people from camping in a public space since the mid 90s. 1994, to be exact. But it does go against the federal law. Which is why the city now wants the council to update this ordinance. Lets get to some video so i can break it all down and explain it to you. Now back in 2019, courts ruled that cities cant force unsheltered people out of the public space if they dont have a place for them to go now to update and respect that law. Santa rosa City Council Ultimately is considering adopting an ordinance similar to rohnert park son that would be following the federal law. And it also has restrictions like camping to specific locations along with circumstances and hours and camping would be allowed in city parks, pedestrian areas, fire lanes near transit hubs por even within 100 feet of a school and camping areas wouldnt be allowed to be larger than 10 by 10 feet and unpermitted electricity would not be allowed. In addition, camps also cant be closer than 4 feet apart from one another. The city says it is taking this issue seriously. And in fact, in 2016, a state of emergency was declared and is now set to be renewed for the 67th time. The council is set to meet on this topic at 4 oclock this afternoon. Its end that were going find out more information and the details and specifics on what this ordinance will be. Darya. James, well send it back to you. Michael, thank you very much. Well, Oakland Police right now are investigating a shooting off garfield avenue in oaklands eastmont neighborhood. Police say the citys shotspotter system detected a possible shooting at about 9. 30 sunday night. Officers arrived on scene between 76th and 77th avenue to find 2 cars riddled with bullet holes. Not long later person who had been injured by a gun arrived at a nearby hospital. Police say the victims condition is listed as stable. Well, another mail carrier has been robbed here in the bay area. The latest incident happened in oakland over the weekend. The postal inspector tells us it happened saturday evening near the 30th and linden street areas. The inspector says that the robber had a weapon, in and of the carrier hand over the postal keys. Luckily, the carrier was unhurt. But as we know, mail carrier robberies have been on the rise now for past couple of months. Postal Officials Say a mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in antioch, not far from Park Middle School on friday. And then back in july, we had a kerry arrived in San Francisco and another one robbed in oakland that was in june. Time now 7. 36 and Health Officials in richmond are investigating 2 recent deaths linked to legionnaires disease and both people visited the zahn day spa just days before they started having symptoms, samples of the water in the spa. There are being tested to confirm the presence of bacteria and they also didnt have a permit for that spot. Contra costa county health Officials Say that they were operating the spa without a permit. And now theres calls for the Health Department to investigate any other on permitted spas and shut them down. These unpermitted facilities need to be shut down until they receive a permit which says that they are operating in a healthy and safe manner. Zen day spa is cooperating with the investigation. However, they could also be sued for liability. Well stay tuned and see what happens as far as that goes. And then anybody who may have visited that spas told to watch out for symptoms of legionnaires disease, which is treatable if caught. But its extra dangerous. If you have a lung condition or youre elderly, it is transmitted through the water. Its not person to person. And the symptoms include shortness of breath, muscle aches and fever. It really is a type of pneumonia to watch out for in the north bay. Marin county is seeing an uptick in covid cases. There have been a steady increase of virus levels are covid at detected in the wastewater in marin county since july. However, hospitalization rates remain low. Well, medical experts say that with the recent uptick in covid cases and the return to indoor classes, we could be looking at more and more children coming down with the virus going forward. Kind of was theresa stasi. Has that story . The American Academy of pediatrics says 15. 6 million children have contracted covid19 since the beginning of the pandemic and 2020. Now as students go back to school, medical experts expect the number to climb. And so were going to probably see is as school gets back in, well see more transmission of the virus. Whenever there are more cases floating around parents really understand. Well, from last 3 years, it does lead to potential more disruptions. Both doctors say having a plan to deal with covid is doctor peter chinhong, an Infectious Disease specialist with ucsf is encouraging parents to add a visit to a doctors office. To their kids, backtoschool checklist. Your kid hasnt been immunized is probably a good time to get it. You know, physical before school i knew is it. Its a great time to. Talk to your Healthcare Provider about what happens if my kid does get ill. And although we may see cases rise again as kids get back together. Doctor chinhong says hes not too worried about children. Im worried more you know, all the individuals and particularly immune compromised. But even with we do have some get out of jail cards, which is therapy like paxlovid a remdesivir according to doctor John Schwartzberg with Uc Berkeley Public Health school of medicine, there is promising news on the horizon about the next covid vaccine. Whats exciting this year . Because were going to have the new covid vaccine. That should be pretty active effective even brand new strain omicron e e 0. 5 vaccine or no vaccine. Doctor schwartzberg says everyone should be following the same rule thats been in place since the start of the pandemic. If your child is ill at all, keep them to recess. Stasio kron. 4 news. Well, a large crowds and tripledigit temperatures could also be fueling summer covid spikes. According to the cdc, more than 8,000 people are hospitalized with the virus during the week ending on july 22nd. And thats a 12 increase from the week prior. In fact, the biggest spike in admissions this year. But Health Experts say it is an improvement from this time last year when more than 44,000 people were hospitalized. That is not easy and people are not going to do it. And so thats why i call this the lead act. Its literally a onestop shop. You fill out one form as were information, all data brokers. If this bill passes. Well, Health Experts say that while most people will only see mild symptoms, they do recommend taking a covid test. If you are feeling sick and staying up on your vaccines as well. Drugmaker pfizer expects the fda to authorize its updated booster shot by the end of this month. Also in the news this morning, whenever youre scrolling online or just using an app on your phone, theres a good chance someone is collecting data about everything you do and then selling that information. And you do have the option to stop that data collected. But you have to contact each company individually. It is a process. Well, a bay area state senator wants to change that process. Simplify it with senate bill 3. 62, its called the delete act and it seeks to simplify the process for any californian to literally get 3rd parties to delete personal information that theyve collected on a consumer. That is not easy and people are not going to do it. And so thats why i call this the lead act. Its literally a onestop shop. You fill out one form to the were information, all data brokers. If this bill passes. All right. Well, many Big Tech Companies and the California Chamber of commerce oppose the bill that bill will go before the Assembly Judiciary Committee Later this month will see how it fares. Time now 7. 42. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news bay area. Sports legends came together on the golf course to support a good cause ahead of the new school year will show it to you. And lift bicycles are now in Golden Gate Park. Well take a look at where you well take a look at where you can grab them. With wendys bogo dollar deal, your dollar never tasted so good. So everyones gonna get. [all talking at once] i was gonna say a frosty and a frosty. You can do that . I dont know, willies really smart. Choose wisely, choose wendys buy one get one for a buck. [ telephone rings ] [ computer chimes ] sometimes it takes a different approach to see the possibilities all around you. Hey. Thanks. Thank you for coming together. 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The foundation has sent kids to college help provide School Supplies to thousands of children and really just aims to help empower kids who come from unfortunate circumstances. I was able to catch up with the donald and some other big names right here in the bay as they raise funds for the next generation. Personal information is an allvolunteer organization. So we dont have all is we dont get a walk mission complete. So im so excited. 20 is, you know, for addition that i started and i thought maybe, you know, when i retire, you know, has a son. But the work remains we continue to empower and uplift the next generation of young people been doing it for just 10 years. So being able add on to him and help him in the way that hes having. Has been great, especially for the have a good time half i was given an opportunity to make something of myself and to be able to take care of my family and to live a very blessed life, you know, in in the bay, you know, says places sometimes getting that opportunity to establish myself and create a home. And San Francisco also so being able to tie myself to anything any of the programs are the in the bay area . I have never struggled with that. You know, when when i was present, when i play for the times i was involved, you know, the Community Fund programs and whatnot also. Its just its just something you know, when i was kid, you their peopleato help me out. Easy. You love to see it. Great stuff. Great work from a donald foil. And make sure to tune into kron 4 this sunday. Were going to be airing the fortyniners raise it raiders preseason game and weve got a pregame show begins at 12, 30 leading up to the big game and then post game as well. After its finished. All right. But first preseason game. Im loving it. Lets talk weve got John Standing by in the Weather Center with a look at our forecast on this tuesday, which started out pretty great fact. Misty enough, youre saying some folks might needed there i did. And i dont want to call it crummy because actually its a break. Yesterday was hot. It is a nice break. A lot of people will be right there with and this is kind of what we needed after those past few days of scorching heat for our inland areas. So nice to catch a break. East bay hills. This is your view from the Berkeley Hills, which are shrouded in a lot of fog. Youre actually getting some sunshine in there right along the bay shore, though. So at this point, fog is very patchy. You are seeing more of it near the coast, though. So do expect some gray skies. And yes, that windshield wiper for a moment near the coast. We had been so high because of the High Pressure ridge yesterday. Obviously the 90s, some of our inland areas hit 98 degrees for your daytime highs yesterday. Today were going to see temperatures dropping around 10 to 15 degrees compared to that. And its that cool transported there along with that low pressure area thats diving in across the west coast. Along with that return of that sea breeze making for some great this morning, gray stays put for much of the coastline today while the rest of us get a good dose of sunshine. And tomorrow morning, we will repeat with more greatest art and some cooler afternoon sunshine in the afternoon. Todays daytime highs 60s for your highs in sf and at the coast while looking at some 70s 80s elsewhere, nobody is getting into the 90s today. So even though well still be warm in a few spots, not as hot as we had san jose from the 90s to the low 80s solid, 10 degree drop for you. Livermore. 84 today while hayward san leandro in the low 70s concord and walnut creek, 81 at are very warm us. Some of our for this to inland spots will hit the upper 80s, but not quite getting to the 90 degree mark and will stay that way through the rest of the week until friday. Highs will max out in the low to mid 80s with 70s along the bay shore and 60s going nowhere at the coastline. The weekend does start to get a little warmer, especially towards the end of the weekend. And the start of next week right now. John, unfortunately, we still have this hot spot. All the san mateo bridge has been there for the past few hours. Now. Start with Early Morning accident right near the high rise drive times over 137 stay away from the san mateo bridge because were moving very slow there. Now people have to take an alternate theyve been staying on 8. 80, taking the some barton bridges you can see here drive times have gone up. Theyre not nearly as bad as the san mateo bridge about. 25 minutes there. Thats a good alternate for you. Remember, you also have bar to take if you dont want to be on the highways, the bay bridge right now. 24 minute rise. You could take that. You can take 101, or 2. 80. Traveling to the city to make it towards the peninsula. There. The good news is a Richmond Center fell bridge at 60 minutes and the Golden Gate Bridge. No major issues there. So just be mindful. The san mateo bridge is pretty backed up and will be that way for undetermined amount of regions. Back to you. Thanks a lot. Reyna. It is 7. 51 and we have some new data that shows 116 Countries Air pollution levels are tied to increased resistance to antibiotics. Researchers think that air is a direct pathway for antibiotic resistant bacteria and they say controlling air pollution could lead to reduce deaths from infections. Zoom, which we all rely on so much during the covid pandemic. Stay together. Businesses together. Now looking to back into the office. Zoom says employees who live near in office. Need to be on site 2 days a week weight in this. Like do you got going to zoom brought to eye anyway. In recent months. Google, amazon sales force. They have similar policies, policies. We know theyre all trying to get more ablaze back into their offices. But i think well played is not to be there. And as soon as we can that be there and thats kind of funny time 52 and in california hear more and more people are choosing electric cars and trucks over gas, powered vehicles. According to the latest statewide sales numbers, one in 4 new cars sold in california. Were plugin vehicles. Thats a new milestone. Tesla is the topselling brand in california the model ys, most popular electric car. There are still challenges, though, to mainstream adoption buyers need even more affordable ev options because they can be a little pricey. They need more public charging stations and more viable ev startups to challenge the status quo. California plans to eliminate the sale of gas passenger cars by the year 2035. So we need more and more companies. Hey, want to lift around Golden Gate Park . You can bicycle yourselves on a list like San Francisco just over their first bike share stations inside Golden Gate Park. There are 8 of them up and running right now and there will be a another 4 stations added in just the coming weeks. So you can bike around live without, you know, the front desk. It like that guys got a fancy one. But you dont have to jog. You know that the walk you can bicycle. And the mayor says she is really happy that the citys able to get the bike share stations installed, especially before a big event like outside lands, which is this weekend. So festival goers will have more transit options. All right. Were going take a break here at 7. 53. Coming up in the next hour of the kron. 4 morning news. 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