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Pictures tell the story. You can see just how widespread and expansive this fire is. These fires plural are. Yeah. We know that the Hawaii National guard has been activated in all of this. Of the fires by some of the people, james, this morning described as apocalyptic scene. And youre seeing that firsthand from the images that have been coming down from that now. So far we have not confirmed any lives lost in this. However, all of this is just unfolding. We know that several people have evacuated as they try to get a handle on things. We know that on balis west side, theyre saying that the 911 services are currently down here. Fact, the lieutenant governor, sylvia luke came out this morning saying 911 is down. Cell service is down phone services down. Even going on to say, quote, our Hospital System on maui, theyre overburdened with burn patients. People suffering from smoke inhalation and they really wont be able to get a handle even assessing the size of this fire and how much its grown overnight until they get more daylight and winds calm down enough. They can get helicopters in the air because at this point everything is grounded which means they have to fight these fires purely just from ground position and as i said, with the downed trees and power lines across roadways, its been really hard getting the Fire Equipment where it needs to go let alone to rescue the people that still need rescuing. Weve been reaching out to officials in maui. Were going to try and get you the very latest throughout the morning. She want to keep it here to the kron. 4. But at this point, the weather conditions, there are still something fears, in fact, very reminiscent of what weve seen here in the bay area with some of our north bay fires. Dont forget a few years back. It was the winds that caused the north bay fires to spread into places like santa rosa, faster than anybody had expected. And thats the situation theyre dealing with this morning. Yeah, and im out this powerful category 4 hurricane that theyre talking about Hurricane Dora. Which is even just passing hundreds of miles south of hawaii, still, in fact, making enough damage to pick up the wind gusts that were seeing there now spreading this so quickly. So thoughts and prayers to the families all new this morning. The people that are on vacation also forced to evacuate. Yeah. In fact, we know theres a lot of people that have family back on maui. And people may have friends vacationing there. We did check with the airports and we know a handful of flights to and from the bay area. And now we have been delayed at this point. None canceled just yet. But a lot of folks there vacationing have been told to evacuate and many of them may be trying to get back to the bay areas quick as they can. But well keep you updated as we learn we will whole lot to get to this morning. Back here at home. Weve also been actually paid attention to our weather here. John. We were really hot at the top of the week. But today were starting to cool down just a bit. Yeah hurts. Definitely go out to our neighbors over there just to our west as they are dealing with something that we know all too well here in the bay area and across the state. Wildfires dry winds as High Pressure ridge just north of low. That is Hurricane Dora and that compounding effect of both of them just really flaring up those dry winds across the islands. Thats something that we see this time of year into the fall here in the bay area. But this time around, its calm. Its a little cloudy for us. Were in a pattern thats actually keeping us cool for the time being. We have this onshore wind. Thats just subtle enough to push in some low grade this morning. We will see some sunshine this afternoon. Then a very pleasant set up for the day ahead of us today. Much like yesterday, starting with some 50s and 60s. Nice and cool out there. Great for the job this morning. That extra long dog walk coming later on today. A very familiar feel as well as daytime highs. Well, again, not reach the 90s. Just 60 70s and 80s right on par with where we should be for this time of year. Going to keep you updated on what else to expect this week as we go back to you. All right, john, thank you for that. We had a busy morning yesterday. You might remember we had several major accidents. Slowed us down today. Pretty different story. So if you are going to be traveling this morning, thankfully, the bay bridge, 20 woman right there, our san mateo bridge. We had that major hot spot yesterday were just at 23 minutes. Richmond center fell bridge looks lower, but its still just a 20 minute ride. So not to worry. And the Golden Gate Bridge about 31 minutes. Thats 37 to tolls. Before is the time we have more breaking news to share with you this morning. Senator dianne feinstein, weve had it confirmed now has been released from the hospital after falling at her home in San Francisco. The senator fell sometime yesterday, but her Office Confirmed with us this morning that she was briefly sent to the hospital yesterday afternoon, just as a precaution following this. What they describe as a minor fall inside of her home. All of the scans they took came back clear feinstein, as we know, has been struggling with Health Issues over the last year. Affection was absent from the senate for about 3 months while she was dealing with various ailments from shingles to ramsay hunt syndrome to encephalitis. She missed a number of votes in that time. And that prompted a few lawmakers to call on her to resign. But the senator has held steadfast. She said she will not be stepping down but again, after this recent fall at her home yesterday, well see if that influences are anyway, any which way. Weve been told shes been released and is back home recovering. Alright, clashes at home recovering now. Weve got some developing news in the east bay. 2 deadly shootings break out just minutes of each other. This is in oakland. First. What happened yesterday around 2. 30, and Martin Luther king junior. Thats that regional shoreline boat launch right near the oakland airport. Officers say they found a man dead with a gunshot wound. Now that second shooting just 10 minutes later, police found a man shot and killed right near the lake merritt bart station. Bart police say they used Video Surveillance try to help them pinpoint a suspect and took a man into custody within about 2 hours of that shooting police who people use the bar told us theyre really concerned to see Something Like this happened at such a busy station in the middle of broad daylight. Very, very challenging to, you know, see this happening within our community. Our bar police say theres no indication that the suspect or victims were bart riders. They believe they just happen to be near the bart station when this shooting happened. Okay. Well, from a shooting to a fire now, in fact, 100 firefighters had to jump into action to battle a burning apartment complex in the citys inner sunset last night. We have it from the citizen San Franciscos fire captain Jonathan Baxter said fire broke out about 8. 30, last night in the area of 8th avenue and irving. He said heavy flames were coming from the second floor of that complex. That fire spreading partly to a Hardware Store behind it there and then a shed behind that store. Baxter says nobody was hurt. Thankfully, its an unknown number of people, though, that have been displaced that have to find a new home cause of the fire is still under investigation. Well, the Oakland Police union, they are calling out city leaders there, asking them to step in and speed up the process, trying to hire a new chief to help with the spike in crime. Even seen according to data from the police union this year alone, thereve been more than 2000 robberies. More than 400 carjackings, 10,000 burglaries. A Union Spokesperson says the situation is beyond tire. See this process move forward. Is staggeringly frustrating. We cross over 2000 robberies in this city so far this year. These are incredible numbers seen come by on. All the city leaders focus on filling this position. Oaklands last chief Leronne Armstrong was fired early in 2023. Over the handling of an officers misconduct. Before we reached out to every City Council Member for comment on the unions, please for a new chief. Only Council Member carol 5 responded saying she had not seen call to action, but added, quote, ive reached out to the president for a better understanding of what they think. Chief allison and the Police Commission should be doing differently. Darren allison is the current acting chief currently the Police Commission is hosting community meetings. They want to hear from residents on what they want. And a new chief. The next meeting will be held tonight. Virtually followed by to in person meetings on saturday morning and afternoon. Now the Commission Says it will use the communitys feedback to select finalists for the job, which the agency plans to resent to. Mayor sheng thao by november. Lets head to other parts of the east bay now and acting chief has been named for the embattled Antioch Police department. Police captain joseph, the hill is the new acting police chief. The hill previously worked for sacramento and the Richmond Police departments. According to the interim city manager, captain v hill is not among the dozens of officers that are currently under investigation by the fbi and the Contra Costa County das office for alleged police misconduct. So hes clear of all that. The acting captain is set to take over as acting chief. This coming saturday. Happening today, the city of san jose. They are meeting with unions representing city employees. For another day of mediation all this in hopes that theyll avoid a strike thats already set to begin next week. Crawfords will trend live in san jose with the very latest. Well you were there when the vote came down. Next weeks the deadline. Right now, all systems go for a strike set take place on august 15th. But there is hope as long as the 2 sides are still talking. There is a chance that they could reach a deal and over to strike. They will be needing sometime this afternoon, either at city hall or some other place in san jose to try to hammer out a deal. Right now, the 2 sides are about 20 Million Dollars. In part, were talking 4500 workers in san jose spanning jobs like airport workers. That 1, one dispatchers librarians home inspectors. It runs the gamut. They are looking for a substantial pay raise city of san jose is offering 5 for the first year for a proposed deal. And right now the 2 sides. They have not reached a deal, which is why the union is hoping for the best. But expecting the worst, meaning a strike. So take a look at your screen. They did send out this statement telling their constituents as well as the public what they plan to do. They say we hope to reach an agreement that averts a strike. We hope that the citys stops disregarding the skyrocketing costs of living and the under staffing crisis that impacts our members and our community. However, until we have an agreement protects services for the community strike, preparations are still very much underway. But again, they will be meeting this afternoon if they cannot reach a deal. Obviously, they have a few days before the strike deadline. If they go on strike, its a threeday strike is not indefinite where theyre out until they reach an agreement. So its 3 days. But even so it will still be the biggest strike in san jose in 40 years. The city of san jose. Theyre working see if they can give them more. But they say if they do that will affect other possible services down the back to you. All right. Thank you for that update. Will. Well, still ahead of the kron, 4 morning news, were talking about santa clara county. Plan to use a new approach trying to pay people who use meth to stay sober. Were going to tell you what theyre offering. And in north Bay Police Department is warning its residents of several card readers found in the area are scanners found in the area. Have more on this coming up next. And today is going to be a now the relatively cool one 60s at the coastline in the 70s and 80s. Once you get away from the water, nobodys getting up to 90s today. So another subtly cooler day before keep things up this we are 14 is the time. And at the quarter hour early, we like to check the weather the what do you think . Yeah, we do. I mean, i had to guess i would say that might be really, really hot today, we offer well a little of the bar today, but i think your sense and something this weekend, so youre not too far off. We are looking at another relatively a comfortable one. Today. You are seeing outside some low gray out there push right into the bay. It is not necessarily a foggy morning because that blanket of cloud cover sitting right above us. So not so much. The low visibility, but for some of us, not the brightest of mornings. Now we have seen some ups and downs in the forecast. So understandable if you to think its going to be a fairly warm one because it certainly was that High Pressure ridge was in place. But now its been nudged out by this descending low and the cool air that its anchoring that pushed in yesterday resulting in our nice cooler temperatures anyways. And were going to continue to enjoy that today. But a High Pressure ridge builds back in this weekend and that allows temperatures spike again by sunday into early next week. Were going to be looking at those 90s back with near triple digits for now, todays daytime highs will be nice and cool, especially for a bayshore where youll be in the 70s and 60s only at the coastline. Another push that cool sea breeze tonight helping to moderate our temperatures. Highs on the map. 60s and San Francisco as well as up and down the coastline. Well, looking at some 70s for the bays i mention millbrae iseventy to foster city. 74 now view palo alto, warm at 77 while the south bay in the low 80s. Thats a full 10 to 15 degrees cooler than you were just a couple of days ago. Livermore, 85, which is certainly still warm, but well take it over the 90s. Oakland at 70. Well, looking at our warmest spots for this to inland, staying also below the 90s. Santa rosa through center fell only in the 70s. Now, looking ahead, we remain at least seasonable the next 3 days through friday. Wont be until the weekend that we start to see temperatures climbing. And by the time we reach sunday monday and tuesday, thats when the heat is really back on right now. All right, john, thank you for that. Look at your bridges on a wednesday. Heading into the city right now. Meteor lights are on about an 18 minute ride. There, san mateo bridge are at about 24 minutes. So much better than yesterday. Not great, but a better Richmond Center fell bridge a little under. 26 pretty busy for this time of the morning. And the Golden Gate Bridge. 37 to the tolls nearly 30 minutes for you. If youre traveling there. Ok, time now is 8. 17, in the north bay. The petaluma Police Department is warning people after several credit card skimming devices were found in the city and police found a small camera inside of one of those devices. Kron fours Tiffany Justice is live in petaluma with the latest on tiffany. Limit police say several of those devices were found on items around the city going. Take a look at your screen to see how camouflaged the skimming devices can be. But a little bit. Police releasing these photos of these devices found on items. The Police Departments Community Service members inspected all of these items in found a skimmer. The first one hanging off of atms ledge. They say the device found their contain a small camera connected to a video card set up to capture video and audio of the person using that atm. Another skimmer was found on top of a card reader at a retail store. Police say they use this method to access stolen card information. Now to avoid this from happening to you. Here are some tips to Police Department has released first inspect all items be before using them atm gas pump or card reader. And if you need to compare it to another nearby machine to see if it looks crooked, loose or damaged when using a keypad block the keypad, with your hand to prevent potential hidden cameras. Police also suggest using a mobile wallet as payment as its more secure and to sign up for bank alerts. Checking your account frequently now to review or revisit those tips once more. You can go online to kron 4 dot com. We have an online story up already to see those temps. Back to you. All right. Thank you for that. Well, a cal train hit and killed a person in redwood city yesterday. The agency says the train was moving south about 75 people on board. Thankfully, none of them were hurt. Now the victim has not yet been identified. This actually marks caltrains 8th fatal incident of the year. Homeless man accused of attacking a former San Francisco fire commissioner has been arrested yet again was back in april. That garrett, though, he was accused of beating don carman yanni with a metal pipe in the marina neighborhood. Thats what youre seeing here in the video. The former fire commissioner was hospitalized with a Skull Fracture because of the stack. The homeless man was taken into custody, but then released several weeks later, a stay away. Order restricted tony from entering the marina neighborhood. But Police Arrested him last week on suspicion violated that order. Set to appear in court again at the end of the month. Oakland police are investigating an Armed Robbery at a cannabis dispensary called rooted in 501, for 5, 1, 0, sorry on telegraph avenue. All happened before noon yesterday. Police say multiple people were armed, went into the business and demanded personal belongings. The victims comply. They handed over everything they had. Police say the group also broke into several nearby vehicles before fleeing the scene. It is getting more and more expensive to live in San Francisco, according to the latest report from zillow, average price to rent in the city is up more than half a percentage point compared to this time last year. If you can bear month to month rates, if you sign a lease in may, you probably got a better deal. The rent prices. There was this one up almost a quarter of that percentage point by july. Says the average rate paid in San Francisco right now just under 3200. Well, former President Donald Trump continues to fight back against his latest indictment. The Justice Department is trying to limit the evidence of the former president and his legal team can share with the public. Trump argues that violates his free speech. Washington correspondent jessi tenure has that story. The former president made his stance clear during his First Campaign rally since facing a 3rd criminal indictment. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment. Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail tuesday where he promised supporters he would keep talking about the criminal cases against him. There was never a second of any day that i didnt believe that that election was rigged. It was a rigged election. Special counsel jack smith is asking for protective order to stop trump from publicly disclosing evidence related to his 2020 election loss. Smith says the former president is seeking to try the case in the media rather than in the courtroom. But trumps legal team is fighting the order. I will talk about it. I was a protective order is not a gag order. George Washington University law professor paul schiff, berman says the order would only prevent trump from revealing confidential information. Its not a relevant to his First Amendment rights at all. Schiff berman says this back and forth between the former president and the Justice Department is only delaying the start of the trial. Which he says is what trumps team wants, presumably in hopes that trump would win the election and could then somehow scuttle federal prosecution altogether. And the judge overseeing the case scheduled a hearing for the protective order for friday morning in washington. Im jessi tenure. All right. Thank you, jessi. 22 is the time. And coming up after the break, a new warning for travelers as scammers are trying to take advantage of canceled or delayed flights will explain what theyre doing. swords clashing had enough . No. Arthritis. Here. Aspercreme arthritis. Full prescriptionstrength . Reduces inflammation . Thank the gods. Dont thank them too soon. Kick pain in the aspercreme. Well, triple a is warning travelers about a scam targeting people whose flights were either delayed or canceled. Listen to this. So the scam targets, people. 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Because with everyday low pricing on quality instock products and ontrend styles, you can really bring your living room to life. Discover floor and decor today all right. Were back here at 8. 30, breaking news were following this morning coming out of the state of hawaii where fire crews on maui are battling multiple fires right now on that island, forcing many people to evacuate their homes. Yeah. And now were seeing delays to maui from bay area airport. Michael thomas is live in san jose. Michael, youve been talking to some folks down there. What are they telling you . Hi, good morning, everyone. What you know later just being canceled diverted. Take a look. This couple they arrived about 15 minutes ago. I asked if their flight still heading to maui and they told they werent sure. So theyre actually getting information from officials right now. When you talk about this fire, i take a look at some of video we from our sister station. Are now fires burning right now. And according to officials there, one fires burning in west which is a popular tourist destination. And another is burning at it area region. And according to the National Weather. Service, there is a passing thats making it hard because winds are really high there right some reports show 60 to 80 miles hour howard go ahead. And just take a look. You see these people are still trying to figure out michael, just interject here. Real quick. Were going to try and get your microphone square it out squared away. To pick it back to what michael was saying, obviously, got a lot of people being evacuated right now. Theyve got 911, service down right now. And theres a lot of problems with quite frankly, hospitals being inundated with a lot of people suffering from burned suffering from smoke inhalation. And thats causing a lot of issues and a lot of evacuations. A lot of tourists either canceling the flights there. Many vacationers having a comebacker exactly know we have michael mike is fixed. Michael, so youre talking about the people there at the counter. They are being impacted there at the airport right now. Yeah, good morning, everyone. Thats right. You know, and theyre not the only you know, behind the camera. Ive got another family of 4 that says that their flight has been completely canceled altogether. I these people were not sure exactly whats going to happen to them, but in addition to them, weve spoken with other people who say that their travel agents have different them to head over to oakland and that theyre going to plan to another island and they dont even have a place to stay, but theyre still willing to risk it to get to hawaii. And we talk about these fires. Lets get video up on your screen. You can see these maui fires that are burning right now. According to officials there, the fire is burning in west maui, which is a popular tourist destination. And then theres another at an inland mountainous region. And according to the National Weather service, theres a passing hurricane right now. Thats making it hard for crews to fight the actual fires. And thats because winds are being reported from 60 to 80 miles an hour at the highest its knocking out power. And its really grounding firefighters from using any helicopters. I mean, in addition to that, crews are also struggling to get to some areas because of downed trees, power lines and everything. All the chaos that happening there at that situation, there have been about 1500 customers that were without power. And now we and weve got reports of hundreds of homes being evacuated. At one point, the u. S. Coast guard says that they were even rescuing about a dozen people out of the water. Were running into the water because of burning structures and burning fires in that area. So as of right now, the state is under Emergency Declaration and travelers here in san jose, like i said, are really just stuck with canceled flights in worried minds back out here live. You can the counters are starting to dwindle down and thats because people are all finding out that their flights are being completely canceled. If they have a travel agent and theyre being diverted to another area situation. Like i said, i spoke with one family that youre going hear from the next hour who says theyre still willing to risk it. Theyre heading over there. They dont have a place to stay on another island, but their travel agent was able to get them to fly out of oakland over to a different island. Thats the very latest turn sent his say. I will send it back to michael, thank you very much. And obviously, as weve been talking this morning, its really been the weather that not only is making the fire spread off also. Impeding the ability of firefighters actually fight this fire to the winds been so strong. Yeah, exactly. Michael talked about it briefly. Hurricane dora category 4 now john. Youve actually been tracking since this first came into the guy asked of the news, where is it at now . Whats happening . Yeah. The conversation yesterday Hurricane Dora passing well south of hawaii will result in the high winds. But of course, with those high winds and then the very dry air over hawaii because of the fact youre not getting any of the moisture from Hurricane Dora. And theres actually a very dry center of High Pressure just north of hawaii right now. So youve got this extremely low pressure area region, which is that category 4 hurricane, a very strong storm, High Pressure to the north. The exchange between those 2 is resulting in incredibly strong winds in the corridors between each of those islands, the western end of maui is the area that has a mountainside right next to it. The city, a la hina right there just been whipped by winds gusting 60, 80 plus miles per hour. That High Pressure to the north keeping things dry dust, the very high fire danger. Its a setup that is very familiar for us here in california. Seems very familiar to the santa ana winds setups that we get with opposing low and High Pressure areas and then those dry winds that funnel through our own mountain ranges. And thats exactly whats going on in hawaii. So youve got category 4 Hurricane Dora, about 500 miles south of hawaii. Again, not getting any moisture from it. It will continue to make its way westward and weakening as it does. So as it gets away from the islands, usage should see less Exchange Going on there and a calming situation going on around the hawaiian islands. We have heard reports that winds are calming down this morning, which is excellent news. But of course, areas like behind a smaller communities up in the mountain sides and western maui already having reported that devastation, sore heart certainly going out to them this morning. As for situation here locally, were in the midst of a bit of a cool down. Got a little cloud cover up above cloud cover burnoff. Lots of sunshine this afternoon. 50s and 60s for current temperatures. Nice mild start get out there. Enjoy it. We are currently in the midst of a few passing clouds but that sunshine is going to win out more and more and going to set us up for this comfortable afternoon. Highs will be warm inland in the 80s, but not as warm as the 90s. Were about to see this weekend, which ill get to your full forecast rain. All right, john, thank you for that update. And educating is there about that hurricane. All right. Want to get a look at traffic because you are traveling this morning. Many maybe heading out to work or school 14 minutes into the city right now. Remember yesterday we had that major hot spot on the san mateo bridge. Thankfully, no accidents, no hazards this morning. But still an 18 minute ride. So still factor that into your commute. A Richmond Center fell bridge has been the slowest this morning. 34 minutes there. So be mindful of that. If that is your commute and our Golden Gate Bridge around 30 minutes, pretty consistently a 10 minute uptick and traffic on this wednesday. Were not only talking the roads. Days are also talking about bart yeah, of mass transit. Bart saying its going to be installing some new fare gates later this year to try to cut down on fare evasion, which is a problem theyve been battling for a long time. But those you gates will first be rolled out in oakland and then will gradually see them. Fours gayle ong has that story for us. Bart will be rolling out new fare gates this december at the west oakland station. The conceptual design looks like this. Its a 90 Million Dollar project paid for by bart county, federal and state funds. I think itll be cool. Everything is cool so far riders we spoke with are looking forward to the upgrade river. You know, i think they can do and supportive of you know, theres like its not there increasing police here. And theres literally putting up caller gave the lord eric taylor owns a restaurant in San Francisco hearing about the new fare gates apart is welcome news because his customers often take Public Transportation to visit his business something these kind of things like, help travel easier safer and better not. Just barry says, hes been having people this area. We know barton loses millions of dollars, a fare evasion. At the same time we do offer lowincome discounts and discounts for youth and seniors. But we do charge a fair and we need people to pay their fair specially as remote work is popular and were trying to get more and more people to take part for other reasons than a work commute. Bart spokesperson alicia trump says the new designs will improve access. For example, if you bring a bike or a stroller or luggage our current, sometimes a clampdown. Everyone sort of has that story on how bar clampdown on to you too soon. These new fare gates wont do that. Well, that was kron fours gayle ong reporting for us this morning. The new fare gates are expected to be rolled out systemwide by the year 2026. 8. 38 in a Pilot Program aims to help people that are struggling with drug addictions. So starting in a few weeks, santa clara county, well give gift cards to drug users if they test negative for methamphetamines every week the payment goes up incrementally. So each week the max i can get over 24 week, period, 599. Project manager tammy ramsey says participants wont be allowed to buy alcohol, tobacco or lottery tickets with their gift cards. They can shop at a variety of Stores Including walmart, nike and even home depot. Its not the gift cards that are important. The intent of the program is positive reinforcement. So the whole concept of it is you are getting a reward for your positive behavior. Ramsay says theyre hoping to roll out the program in the next few weeks. He expects about 90 people to sign up the program. Costs are being covered. The reimbursements by com, which is californias expansion of medical services. And the north bay. With that teachers in sausalito and marin city, they could soon be going on strike. This is students are set to return to classroom sometime next week. The Teachers Association says their teachers have been working without a contract since june of last year. They say the district has offered a 4 raise this year and a 4 increase next year. The union says that doesnt even come close to covering the cost of living increases. The teachers have to deal with. Reached out to the sausalito Marion School district comment. But so far we havent heard back. On the peninsula, we have authorities in san carlos now investigating a home depot Security Guard who ended up shooting a suspected shoplifter. It all happened monday night at about 10 oclock at the store on old county road. The Sheriffs Office says the guard confronted the suspect has been identified as jonathan mackey. A fight broke out between them. Officials say thats when mackay grabbed the guards baton began striking him about the face and head with it and then ultimately through that. Through a glass door and that police say is when the Security Guard shot back. There was a a deputy close proximity who heard the shots responded called for additional units. The deputy quickly detained. The suspect provided first aid for the gunshot wound until medics arrived on scene. Mackey was released from the hospital and booked on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Authorities say that in this case it was a Security Guard intervened. But you as just a regular shopper, shouldnt they say dont insert yourself in a situation where shoplifting is occurring. Instead, they recommend you document what you see and call 911. A man is dead after his car hit a pole tuesday in pleasant hill. Chp responded to coggins drive right near Oaks Apartment shortly after 2 oclock yesterday. Officers say they found driver unconscious. Investigators are still looking into how that crash happened. The victims identity has not been released just yet. Were going to take a break. It is 8. 41 and still ahead on the kron, morning news protecting lake tahoe is top of mind for senator alex padilla. The legislation hes pushing to preserve the community for years to come. Plus, the giants trying to go for a win against the angels say fell a little short. Well have a look at the highlights. And today is going to be a cool one of the coastline. Some 60s out that way. Cool coastal breeze. So bring the jacket as we move into the afternoon for inland areas. 70s to 80s way cooler than you were this past weekend. Where that its about to be where that its about to be this with nurtec odt, i can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks all in one. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. Allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. Most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. Ask about nurtec odt. 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. feel the power of osteo biflex®. Taken every day, its clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. we are back in u. S. Senator alex padilla says hes in lake tahoe right now with a message of urgency. All this is coming ahead of a major bipartisan Climate Summit later today. Capitol correspondent Eytan Wallace sat down with padilla about the action the federal government is taking to try protect some californias most precious resources. Senator alex padilla is making this one of the hundreds of visits hes made across the state since taking office hammering home his message on a changing climate. Climate change is an existential threat. During a oneonone interview, padilla said that will surely be a theme of the 27th annual lake tahoe summit set to take place here on wednesday. Each year the forum focuses largely on protecting the environment, highprofile bipartisan elected representatives from nevada and california, including former u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be on hand for people who may not know the urgency of tackling climate. California is exhibit a we just came off a win true with 12 atmospheric rivers. You know, and thats after years of extreme heat, recordsetting wildfires and extended drought were seeing is weather whiplash caused by manmade pollution. Thats why he says several of his bills are climaterelated including one calling on the federal government to partner with local School Districts to shift school buses away from diesel another he says hes called the power on act, investing 5 billion dollars over 5 years to further transition. Californias power grid to green energy. We have to continue aggressively invested policies and projects. You can reverse the impact of climate. And as for the annual lake tahoe summit, well, it is set to get underway first thing wednesday morning reporting from lake tahoe. A tom wallace. Kron, 4 news. Well, 8. 45 . Lets get a check of the weather. Is me get ready to head outside on a wednesday. Right now. The lice. Nice day to get out into lake tahoe or any local a slight merit. Good morning, john. At lake merritt. A little bit of an easier drive if youre in the south bay, maybe get out there along the bay shore today and enjoy what will be a day only in the 80s. Its going to be a lots of sunshine today. Already seeing that in south bay. Little bit of stratus still hanging out towards the coast and in the bay. But that burns off as well. Weve seen lots of transitions past few weeks from highs to lows, which results in heat and then cool downs. We just recently are on the tail end of this highpressure ridge, which is on the outs now getting nudged out by a low dragging it along with it. Some cooler air that is going to keep us nice and moderated over the next several days. Now, once this low is out, you probably guessed it. The highs back in and temperatures this next weekend will rise as a result of that climbing right back to those 90s inland. So enjoy the school in between between what was a hot last weekend and whats about to be another hot one ahead of us skies. Clear out real nice today. If youre not already cleared out and then another push. The low gray tomorrow that moderating effect on whether that cool sea breeze keeping temperatures not budging from the 60s and San Francisco nor elsewhere along the coastline. Well, elsewhere in the bay area, were going to see a similar feel to yesterday. Lots of 70s and 80s pretty comfortable along the bay shore. Well, still warm, just not as hot as we once were for our inland areas. Pleasanton and livermore in the mid 80s. While hayward at 73 oakland, right at 70 degrees, north bay temperatures for the most part only in the 70s fairfield over to santa rosa down to center fell all in that comfortable range. Now tomorrow and friday, keep the momentum of seasonably warm weather going. We see the heat again this weekend and especially early next week when temperatures climb near triple digits inland by sunday, monday and tuesday. All right, john, thank you that. Lets get a look at your bridges this morning. They bridge right now. Just under 13 minutes heading into the city. So an improvement. 72 right, emma to bridge richmond, sandra bridge. 32 still there. And the Golden Gate Bridge. 37 to the tolls about 30 minutes for you. Time now is a 48 and the university of california has admitted a Record Number of first time instate students here for this fall semester. Overall, you see admitted 88,285 firstyear applicants from california. Thats a 3 and a half percent increase over last years admissions. Uc Officials Say that latinos were the Largest Group making up. 38 1 of admitted California First year, students. They were followed closely by asian students who make up about 34 . Ikea signs are now up at market and 5th street in San Francisco. The new store will be open august. 23rd sarah says a supervisor matt dorsey says reached out to ikea when whole foods announced their closure on Market Street in april over employee safety. They have eyes wide open about some of the challenges that were facing. But i think they agree with me that city policymakers, myself included, are taking Public Safety seriously. And were committed to making progress on challenge were facing. Sarah has brought in help from the california Highway Patrol National Guard and San Francisco Sheriffs Department too tackle the Opioid Crisis in the city. Well, now to bay area baseball, the giants looking to make it 2 in a row against the angels with kron. 4 sports director jason dumas with a look at how things went down. The giants got back on track on monday night with a win against the angels. Looking to make it 2 in a row and get back into a groove on the road. Something theyve been missing for a few weeks and it was a perfect night for baseball and anaheim. Hunger right there. Just tore up her food. Shes enjoying it all. Bottom of the first no score Shohei Ohtani doing show tiny things just past the glove of brandon crawford. And its one nothing giants. Same inning. Now its 2 to nothing. Hunter renfroe. He drives one to the gap going to hit off the wall. 2 more runs score and just like that, its 4 to nothing before could even blinked. The giants. They are one of the best teams in the majors coming back from a deficit. Right here. Wilmer flores goes back up. The middle 2 runs score. Its 43. Lets go to 8th inning now. So his 4th rbi. Evening. Its a onerun game, but unfortunately, thats as close as the game. Got a bill that in a run in 8th they take this one. 75 the rubber match is wednesday. And in other news, the as they lost again to the rangers. They look to avoid a sweep. Thats your look at sports. Thank you, jason. Well, in other news as well, fortyniners get ready for their first preseason game against the las vegas raiders. Tuesday was the practice of the week. The niners then left for las vegas. They did that last night. The team will have a day off today and then theyll suit up for a joint practice with the raiders tomorrow and friday. Head coach Kyle Shanahan says the brock purdy will take part in both of those joint practices. But its likely that most of San Francisco starters will not play until this sunday or maybe not play sunday at all. And dont forget, you can watch the fortyniners game against the raiders right here on kron 4. Our coverage begins at 12 30. Thats when we have our pregame show and then it will end with a postgame show right afterwards. Well have all your highlights and analysis. So make sure you tune in. All right. Outside lands just 2 days away and there might be things you need to know before you go. If youre planning to carry a bag, you can only bring clear bags, backpacks, packs purses empty hydration packs. All other backs will not be allowed. So if you bring them, you have to leave them outside. Get it take them home or them away. And if you are planning to drive to the festival, then you need to start thinking of another way to get there. So there is no parking at the festival. There is Street Parking in the neighborhood surrounding the park. Theyre typically only a handful of spots available. And as you can see, this video outsidelands gets pretty packed. Weve got a lot to get to in the next hour. The fall for morning news. Why some researchers say some older women are possibly being overdiagnosed with cancer. Well talk more about that. For High School Students from the central valley. They were honored by Fresno County leaders after winning in Engineering Design competition in new mexico for created an app called to know now the app provides information about the dangers of fentanyl signs and symptoms of overdose, local resources and even emergency 911. But inspired by we saw a lot of thats in our community to fentanyl crisis. So we decided to make an app to help our community about the start of the competition. Did not know how to code. And you took the courses came up the idea designed the app and we went process the product was that 10 right now that isnt available to the public, but they hope it will be pretty soon. Were going to take a break here at 8. 55. Coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news in our next hour of wildfire raging out of control right now on the island of maui. Well have details on this breaking news coming up at the top of the hour. Stay tuned for that. Plus, Oakland Police union wants the city to focus on finding the department a new. Chief of police as the city continues to deal with a spike continues to deal with a spike in crime. Well be right back. Floor and decor, my goto to get it all. Tile, wood, stone and laminate theyve got it. Installation materials yup. And all the tools i need theyve got those too. More importantly, theyve got my back with benefits and services i actually want and a pro app that makes my job easier. Floor and decor just. Gets it. And that means i get more done. 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Some cases jump into the ocean, walk into the water to escape the flames that have been marching steadily in the overnight hours. The coast guard saying theyve rescued at least 12 people from the water. Were getting word from hospitals there on the island that theyre inundated with a number of victims that have suffered both burn injuries and smoke inhalation. Boy, that shot right there. Just shows you the wall of fire and smoke thats marching its way through some of these towns, including the Historic Town of la hina town, which a lot of tourists will know. Its a popular destination. Yeah, its incredible. Youre seeing the long lines. Of people that are actively trying to escape the smoke and flames here. And we saw the flames in that video, james, its so fake and still does. Itsth