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To rise following those devastating wildfires. Maui. And it could take years to recover from them. But first, an official air quality warning for the bay area as we go live near the port of oakland after a fire tearing through a recycling yard. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman, heavy smoke visible in oakland after a large pile of scrap metal caused a fire near the citys port. That smoke could be smelled all across the east bay. Well go live now to kron fours Charles Clifford. Hes on the scene or near the scene for us. As theres now an official air quality warning for the bay area. Charles. Right now im in alameda. If you look behind me here across the oakland estuary across the water that big black crane over there, this fire was burning just beneath that. It looks we cant see any smoke at the moment. Were just a little it looks like they may have a mostly under control is going to take a look at some video here now. The oakland Fire Departments been out there all day. Spring, a lot of water on the debris pile also has been a crane, sort of digging it looking for any hot spots and then they spray that down sort of an ongoing process. This fire, of course, started yesterday about 05 30pm, in the afternoon with the Oakland Fire Department responding to shun its steal to scrap Metal Recycling facility here near the port of oakland. They fought this fire night. Basically it was still burning pretty strong early this morning. Weve got under control now. There were no injuries in the fire is not threatening any nearby mentioned, there is now air quality advisory put out by the berry area, air Quality Management district. Theyre saying the folks in alameda and Contra Costa County could smell or see some lingering smoke from this fire. Anyone with any Health Issues who sensitive to air theyre advising people to stay inside. Keep your doors closed until this dissipates. Now, as for the exact cause of this fire, that remains under investigation. But for now in the east bay, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. Thank you so much, charles. And well talk about our forecast right now as we take this live look outside. Hear from our mount tam cam. A lot of fog from the shot and kyle is also tracking the winds because of this air quality advisory. Shes in the Weather Center with details. Yeah. So the good news is we are expected to have decent air quality today, but there are areas where hes slipping a little bit. And certainly that is because of the fires with a live look right now in the east bay shows you that got a few clouds out there and this is the forecast for the day. As far as our air quality is concerned. Having said that, lets look at where were at right now. And you can see a little bit of yellow dot showing up in samara fell and also over near in and around richmond and fairfield right now showing a little bit of moderate air quality. So thankfully not seeing a huge impact. But having said that, yeah, if you are sensitive to any kind of smoke, charles cover was just telling you what to make sure youre careful today. Now the wind, as you can see is kind of light and variable at the moment. And as we look at smoke tracker as we get into the afternoon, expecting that sea breeze probably to start moving this a little bit to the east of so that should help things improve as we get into the next 24 hours. But its always a little bit touch and go when youre dealing with fire things with them or containment. You know they get on it, the more control sounds like starting to get there should be. All right. But here is a current look right now at the embarcadero. We can see a little bit of sunshine starting to break through temperatures right now about 63 in San Francisco where its 70 in oakland, 80 in san jose, some low 80s in livermore as well in every warming up today. But just about average temperatures conquered about 77 santa rosa right now sitting at 74. So today, again, were going to have one of those kind of average or slightly below average day, some heat on the horizon. Well talk about that when come back in a bit as also update you on hawaii. Whats happening there for now . Send it back thank you. Well talk about whats happening right now in maui. At least 36 people are dead. Dozens are hurt as Deadly Wildfires burn on to Hawaiian Islands becoming one of the deadliest wildfires in recent years. The fire has destroyed more than 271 buildings. Winds coming from Hurricane Dora played a part in fanning the flames. Adults and children had to escape into the ocean so they could get away. Thousands are being evacuated on the island right now. And President Biden waited on tragedy. We have just approved a major disaster declaration of 4 which will get hands people desperately desperately need help. Now. Theyve lost anyone whos lost a loved home has been damaged destroyed. Hes going to get help immediately. The president went on to say that he has ordered all available federal assets on the island, including the u. S. Coast guard and the navy 3rd fleet, the u. S. Army as well in order to assist local Emergency Response crews along with the Hawaiian National guard. And tourists are being asked to leave maui right now. Kron fours Michael Thomas is at sfo with this part of our coverage. Travelers from hawaii and arriving here at sfo all morning. Some tell me that theyve not only been sleeping in the school gym there on the island, but also the airport for the last 30 hours. Travelers both to and from hawaii have been experiencing delays for days. And this morning, multiple flights flew into sfo with passengers who say theyve been stuck in maui and describe the situation is chaotic and devastation, sadness. Yesterday cried all day. Its just its really other travelers arriving say the island looks nothing like it did when they arrived for their vacation just days ago. And one native who arrived in the bay area says its going to take at least 10 years before its rebuilt, completely one san jose resident was there on vacation with her family and tells me the apartment that she had rented was destroyed completely and she and her family had just minutes to gather their things before it was torn into pieces. In the not an apartment place meeting for time to calm down. But it got really bad. And then the ceiling started still rule starts to fly and then and you got their vacation so in the 5 minutes to put everything in bag and and then the that he saw the smoke. Yeah. So flights coming out of hawaii continue to be delayed or canceled and many just trying to get home at thomas poor. In the east bay, the search is on for oaklands next. Police chief. The Police Commission is asking residents what they would like to see in their next chief. 60 colors joined last nights forum and they were asked several core questions. What should be the next chiefs priority . What characteristics background or experience should they have and what track record would suggest that they can respond to oaklands challenges. So here are some of the answers that people came up with. Caller said they want the next chief to be highly ethical, not cover up for coworkers and hold the police union accountable. They also want the chief to focus on reducing crime, increasing transparency and encouraging more community policing. Also, they want the chief to end a 20 year federal monitoring agreement and return oversight to local so the next step here is to narrow it down to 3 or 4 candidates and then there will be another community forum. The Police Commissions goal is to have this done by october. And then those candidates will go before the mayor for consideration. 4 men who allegedly waged a gun battle in East Palo Alto at a park there were indicted by a San Mateo County grand jury. The incident happened in may of last year as dozens of children were playing a jack for a park and fordham street that was cell phone video of the shooting from a girl who was at the park when that gunshots started to go out. She was taking video still rolling as she was running away. One man died in that shooting and that man turned out to be the cousin of Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver davante adams. 5 other people were hurt. Happening today, state officials will be voting on whether or not to expand driverless Vehicle Services in San Francisco kron fours amanda hari spoke with tech experts about the possibility of this vote passing. A cruise vehicle stalled on goff street wednesday afternoon. People honked. But there was no one inside of the autonomous vehicle. There are always problems. This is this is of the learning curve using the street to Test Software to test the hardware. And to test the different scenarios that they never expected. San jose state professor and Tax Specialist ahmed banafa. Says there are already hundreds of these cars on the road and soon there could be even more thursday morning. The California Public Utilities Commission will be voting on whether to expand driverless Vehicle Services. Throughout the city of San Francisco, thats going to be interesting to see how they respond to the concerns from people in San Francisco, principal analyst with guidehouse insights am avalos. Am it points out the issue . Wednesday is hardly the first one. Just 3 days ago, a driverless cruise car was involved in a crash. The semi Truck Driving in San Francisco. According to cruise, the truck was in the right lane when it tried to turn left and hit the cruise theres been a lot of issues with them. Causing traffic stops, traffic blocked blockages and emergency responders. And so be curious to see if the cpc actually takes that into account. But the says the hope is the companies will quickly learn from and fix each of these issues. This is a stop to it. But this is a glitch in the in the system. And its expected that of a complicated machine like autonomous cars. If theyre getting this feedback and immediately fix it and understand that this is not going to happen again, then we are really on the right track. Other have been small malfunctions with the driverless cars. There is yet to be a major accident in San Francisco. Samad says personally he feel safe taking a robotaxi. Theyre generally safe to ride. And ive written in the law numerous occasions. Now both cruise and waymo vehicles and ive never encountered a scenario where i felt unsafe. Those amanda hari reporting the cpsc is meeting right now. So well continue to update you on the story as soon as new information comes into our newsroom. Happening right now, the Oakland Police department is asking for Community Assistance in locating a missing 17 yearold girl. Who was last seen earlier this month . The Police Department saying terry ne Wilson Williams was last seen on the night of august 4th on campbell street in oakland. She is 5 foot, 5 inches tall. Weighs about 126 pounds has dark brown hair and brown eyes. According to her family, she is diagnosed with epilepsy and has partial blindness. So at this time at the time that she went missing, she was wearing an orange shirt with pokemon on it and gray black sweat pants and anyone who has information about her whereabouts asked to contact Oakland Police. Coming up. Experts are warning about a new covid19 subvariant that is now the dominant strain here in the u. S. Plus. And im stephanie land. We are live in south San Francisco for the first day of the asian global pageant. Its going to be a lot of excitement and we have a preview for you. Coming up. And back to school is in full swing. Well see all the excitement as San Ramon Valley Unified School District welcomed. Well comes in. Welcomed. Well comes in. Students and teachers. 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 students at the San Ramon Valley Unified School District are now back in school. Some of them are excited. Teachers, parents and students at alamo elementary this morning talked to kron fours Tiffany Justice about what its like to be back. It is that time kids are getting ready for the first day of school and for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District there kicking off their first day of school today. Thank you for taking your children over the summer. We know that was not always easy for some of you. And many of parents of said thank you so much for openings. Go back up tag. Youre it. A nice welcome display greeting all of the students, parents and caregivers thursday here at the Alamo Elementary School where some of these kids will be starting school for the first time today. Thursday was all about getting to know your teachers, classrooms and classmates for this dad. He said it was difficult dropping off his daughter for the first day of school, but he says just part of the process, its cool. You this is the first time we got the jump on my second daughter. So was a. You know, it experience. School officials want to remind parents of students, class assignments and schedules can be found on the districts infinite campus portal. The superintendent for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, along with the principal of the elementary were out here thursday, greeting the kids as they arrived to their first of school for the 2023 24 school year. Weve been working for the last wild to ensure that we are focused on helping all of our students thrive. That is our big focus. The superintendent also says for parents or caregivers, if you have any questions, reach out or teachers or staff members, theyre ready to help reporting in san ramon, Tiffany Justice kron, 4 news. Santa clara county is launching a campaign to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety. San jose mayor matt mahan introduced a program that promotes Traffic Safety as kids head back to school. Mahan says the strategy will invest in protected bike lanes. Better Street Lighting and a Pilot Program for Speed Enforcement cameras. We dont want anyone to die or be injured on our streets. Im happy to say we have reduced this year far at this point in time we are seeing a substantial reduction in fatalities, but frankly, even one fatality is too many. The city of san jose has seen 29 traffic deaths so far this year. Happening today, the oldest asian pageant in the country is getting underway in the bay area. Is the 38th year for the miss asian global pageant. And part of the proceeds will be going towards several local nonprofits. Kron 4 Stephanie Lin joins us now live from south San Francisco where the first round of judging is just getting underway. Stephanie, tell us all about it. Yeah, just in. Were super excited to be here. Were having so much fun. Were going to give you a little bit of a preview in terms of whats to come because the glitz and glamour, thats mostly going to be happening on saturday night. But take a look at the itinerary. But these girls are going to be going through today. Thats why you might be wondering, well, where the ladies that because right now they are prepping their in another room. Theyre getting ready to get mentally prepared for the big interview thats going to be coming up pretty soon. The judges interview, the girls are going to be camera ready, makeup, ready . Answer some pretty tough questions about their platform, that social cause that theyre really passionate about. The going to be talking about that and you can see some volunteers here, different actually beauty queens from different states. Theyre actually here volunteering, helping to set up and get this room ready because this facility right here in room, were in. This is where the girls are going to coming in later to do some rehearsal get their dance routine prepared. And we have a look at the signage right here. The miss asian global pageant used to be called the miss asian america pageant. But they expanded and they changed the name to miss asian global because they wanted to expand. The contest is to introduce people from outside of the country, which is really exciting. Now, want to bring in frances congo is one of the organizers of the pageant now, francis, you actually met back in 2015 because i participated in this pageant myself. And so tell us a little bit about how youre feeling today. Pure excitement all so. Happy to see you again, natalie member, stephanie or stage, she became asian america. And having back here, its just so much sunshine, warmth and pride that i express my gosh. Laying it on thick, their friends. Thank you so much. But tell us a bit about how the girls are doing right now. This is a whole new year with that. So many changes here that added some platforms where should emissions. Now in a very business pitch when. And so weve shifted. A lot of our if this is from being a beauty physical pat, too much about public speaking leadership, mission oriented. I would say almost 50 are scores not based purely on leadership now. Yeah. And the interview portion actually takes up a huge percentage of the score. Exactly. 20 of that score starts today. Thats so important for the delegates because thats where they get the bond. The judges, their First Impression term and think almost dictate how they perform from that trickery and so today is day one of the pageant. There is a day to like i mentioned earlier where the girls are going have their evening gowns on going to be answering a surprise. Tough question on stage at hertz theater. Absolutely. So. Just going to be does the energy pushing 20 and theres going to be a social platform. Thats where 50 theres going to be an introduction that we worked 15 and then the q and a which is the last 10 for the finalist who scored the highest 90 so far to that point. And that ironically, though, thats at least that is what stressing the girls out the most because there on the spot light. 45 seconds to answer questions that it could be anything but their own personal mission, political current events, and last 10 seconds here, us through the significance of why its so important that we have a pageant like this. I think a lot helps women defending their own joining their own personal story and let you know who you are. Thats when you your difference. Well, because if Company World first going to yourself. Alright, francis, thank you so much. With the miss asian global pageant. We appreciate it. And were having fun out here in south San Francisco reporting live from the miss asian global pageant. Well take it back to you. Im stephanie thanks to steve. Stephanie. You won this pageant. How are we gloss ing over that right now . Oh, yeah. That was back in 2015. I try to, you know, try to be a little modest about it. But 15 might portion was a compilation. It does of couple asia different disney songs. Well talk i got to move were being forced to move on. But i have a lot of followup questions for you, stephanie. Stephanie lin is a beauty pageant queen and plays the ukulele kyla. Did you know all this . I knew a little stephanie has many talents. All just say that every time a doctor, i would wait a minute. You know how to got a lot of. Were lucky to have her. And it was so sweet to see proud they were of her to ever come back. I wanted to take you to hawaii, everyone to talk a little bit about the wind gusts, which you can see a little bit lower today than they were yesterday. Thankfully, as they continue to deal with some of the fires that are out there. Im still expecting gusts upwards of 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour today as that wind gradient is still present with High Pressure to the north. And of course, that hurricane to the south. But the good news is its going to get better tomorrow and its better today than it was yesterday, right . But we still do have a very powerful category 3. Now, Hurricane Dora that is in the pacific. Its got sustained winds about 120 Miles Per Hour. This is the track. It does weaken as it pushes away. And that will definitely help. So by tomorrow, we should be looking a lot better bringing it back to the bay. Weve got the marine layer in as we take a live look from our mount tam cam. So a very kind of repeat of yesterday. So you can see current temperatures right now, some low 80s in the inner east day. Some 70s are in the bay itself in just 60 degrees. Out at half. Moon bay, where are we going today . Well, pretty much where we went yesterday, right . Were looking out for about 66 in San Francisco, some low 80s up in the north bay. Some of those more mid to upper 80s as you head into spots like antioch and livermore. And then again, some nice mid 70s around the bay and south bay looking out for some low 80s. So if youre in livermore, one of my traditionally hottest spots out there looking out for high about 86 degrees today. So that means your ice cream cone. Yeah, you might get a few drips, but not too bad. It should be. All right for you today. We are going to see that heat return. However, when those ice cream cones are going to be definitely melting real quick if we head inland and that would be starting on sunday to see the warm up begins on saturday by sunday. Were up there into those upper 90s are going to stay there inland as we get into next week. Back to you. Im Trevor Shirley in washington. The fbi is investigating after their agent shot and killed a man in utah who they say was threatening to kill the president. Ive got the latest details on that investigation coming up just ahead. But first, dialysis workers want to end its statewide staffing shortages. What they say is needed to improve working conditions. For your health today, dialysis workers want something done about statewide staffing shortages and working conditions. Workers with satellite healthcare, delay are protesting until 1 oclock today saying that under staffing at the companys facilities are impacting the staff to patient ratios. And that makes them underpaid as well making as little as 20 an hour and often they have to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet satellite healthcare released a statement acknowledging the protest. They say that they respect workers rights to engage in legal union activities. Also for your health, experts are warning about a new covid19 subvariant that is now the dominant strain here in the u. S. The omicron subvariant is nickname heiress. The cdc says it makes up about 17 of new covid19 cases across the country. Thats a 5 jump since the numbers were released 2 weeks ago. Health Officials Say heiress does cause different or more severe system. Symptoms and other subvariants hospitalizations and cases are on the rise across the country. However, doctors say theres nothing to suggest that this specific strain is whats driving the increases. The Biden Administration is rolling out a new system to track heat related illnesses across the country. The new online dashboard will be overseen by the department of health and human services. It will map the Emergency Responses that are responding to heat related crisis calls across the nation. Officials say the system will help ensure people get the medical aid they need during severe heat waves. A robbery in alamo square has people in the neighborhood asking for changes . The story from San Francisco is next. Plus, a fall briefly land senator Dianne Feinstein in the hospital. What staffers are revealing about her condition. But for survivors of that they are outraged as the diocese of San Francisco says it could be filing for bankruptcy. The San Francisco diocese recently announced it may declare bankruptcy. The diocese is currently facing more than 500 abuse claims dating backs decades. Kron fours terisa stasio has the latest. Furious and fighting back. That is how one abuse survivor announcement that the San Francisco diocese will likely declare bankruptcy. They have a molesting kids for decades and wreaking havoc upon chip innocent children. Joey past the tally is a member of snap. The Survivors Network of those abused by priests. He believes the action is not because the church doesnt have the funds to settle lawsuits, but that it doesnt want the public to know the truth. They want to hide things that theyve and theyre trying to keep that out of the publics few. They look to the money and said we really dont want to pay these people. What we should. Rick simmons is an attorney who has represented abuse survivors who have successfully sued the San Francisco archdiocese of San Francisco. He is currently set for trial soon, but he says the bankruptcy with freeze all lawsuits. Well soon as the petitions filed all civil actions like my clients case that set for trial august 23rd and all of the efforts to obtain information called discovery our state. In other words, they stop alt. And cannot proceed until the Bankruptcy Court gives approval or the bankruptcy is resolved and usually thats thats a long time. In a statement, the archdiocese claim the bankruptcy would allow the archdiocese 2 very important goals. First, quote, chapter 11 is a process that brings all parties together in one place to resolve. Difficult claims fairly and equitably under the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court, allowing the archdiocese to deal with hundreds of cases collectively rather than one at a time further. They added that it would allow the process a faster resolution. However, could tell, he says compensation for the harm done is not the only point of the lawsuits. And i did defeat to the Catholic Church and the do things to it was vindicated. And i think a lot of survivors wanted be indicated and have to gain court and theyre going to miss that opportunity. Terry says stasio kron, 4 news. Solano deputies are looking for this person who they suspect used red spray paint to tag a saloon with swastikas and racial slurs. They say this happened Tuesday Morning in court. Delia, a thompsons corner saloon. Thats near the intersection of 86 ad. If you have any information, youre asked to contact the Solano County Sheriffs Office. Happening today. The man accused of allegedly shoplifting at a home depot and then assaulting a Security Guard will be arraigned in court. The San Mateo County Sheriffs Office says the 26 yearold Jonathan Mackey hit the Security Guard in the face and in the head with a baton after he was confronted the guard then shot mackey, injuring him. Mackey was booked into jail on robbery and assault charges. His Court Appearances at one 30 this afternoon. And San Francisco man was robbed at gunpoint while waiting for an uber near alamo square. Kron fours gayle ong has the story. It was 10 00am monday when a man was robbed at gunpoint while waiting for an uber near alamo square in San Francisco. According to sfpd, police say it happened near this intersection of fulton and steiner streets when 4 men wearing black clothing and masks pulled up in an suv, brandished guns and demanded the victim hand over his property scares me to hear longtime resident Shannon Gallo stunned the crime happened just down the street from the iconic painted ladies homes far as the stop own its thats quite brazen. And that our expect a Different Police say at one point a witness tried to intervene, but the assailants pointed their weapons at him then got away always about people getting her. Jenna duncan, another longtime resident says she is always checking the nextdoor app and trying to stay vigilant while out on walks with her dog. I try not to my phone out try to be aware. Its police say the suspects stole 2 bags containing laptops, medical equipment and clothing. Alamo square has seen a rash of death before just last month, Police Arrested one person connected to a series of cell phone robberies and near the park, broken glass from auto breakins. Many times i wake 5 was just the and then is scary. Need love the city say here in San Francisco, gayle ong kron, 4 news. New research is revealing that human caused Climate Change is causing the Arctic Sea Ice to decline and that is impacting global ocean. Temperatures. Scientists say the rapidly disappearing sea ice is devastating. Ocean currents around the world resulting in warmer ocean temperatures. The effects are already on display in the waters off of floridas keys where see temps have been very hot this summer. Carls are not happy with level of hot water. They are bleaching a lot or die. While Carbon Dioxide naturally exists on the planet, a planet environmentalist say reducing fossil fuel use and production is critical to preventing even more Arctic Sea Ice from vanishing. And kyle is here now with a look at whats happening, especially off of the florida keys and the map. There is kind of indicating to us just how warm it right . Lighter colors are cooler temperatures, darker colors are warmer temperatures. And you know, theyre talking about that in florida. How you do have the arctics ice melting way to the north, right . And then it changes kind of the trajectory of the water in the way that things work. And unfortunately, we get the heating thats happening in check this out and keep the keys right now. The water temperatures, 89 degrees, fun fact. Thats where i went to kindergarten. Its a beautiful place. Unfortunately now rather than kind of going out and maintaining the corals, theyre having to take them out of the ocean and bring them into tanks on land. Keep them in cooler water to keep them alive with the hopes of then transplanting them later. We obviously dont have that same issue. Here is we have a cold current that comes from the south to the im sorry. The comes to the north and south as opposed to the east coast that has the south to the north. Right . So we get the cooler air coming. Water coming down and we come into our bay area. Temperatures you can see here in the bay itself about 66 degrees come outside the bay and its only 54 degrees. But its just to say that were all kind of connected with a lot of these climate issues. And one thing happens one place and then kind of alter things in another and like it or not, were all in it together. Right . So want to take a look at current temperatures now across the country, 100 degrees in dallas. That heat still hanging on there in the South Central part of the u. S. 90 in vegas 100. Phoenix. Come on out to sfo. Its 70 degrees. So we still have some warmth inland. You can see that fresno about 88 degrees. Same story in but certainly were having a little bit of a cooler run today. And of course, my eye is down here, which is now Central California where some of the remnants of what was Tropical Storm eugene has been bringing in some precipitation, some clouds, but also a little bit of lightning. And that is what concerns me is the lightning because, of course, were in that drier part of the year. And im concerned about fire danger will talk a little more about that when come back in a bit. And well also get into our extended forecast are now back to the desk. Thank you, kyla. There are more questions today surrounding the reported and very sudden deaths of social media star little tay and her brother tmz is now reporting. They are both alive after all, anonymous post announcing their death was shared yesterday on the teenagers Instagram Account. No details were shared other than that, an investigation was ongoing. Her father also told insider magazine that he could not confirm or deny whether his daughter was still alive. However, tmz says they received a statement from the 14 yearold herself that she and her brother are safe and alive but are very heartbroken. She says her Instagram Account was hacked, although its not clear by whom the post announcing little to his death has since been removed. Fbi investigators say their agent shot and killed a man in utah on wednesday who they say threatened to kill President Joe Biden. Were now learning that the suspect also made threats against other politicians, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, washington correspondent Trevor Shirley has the latest. That shooting happened just hours before President Biden arrived in utah. For an event at a va hospital, Court Documents identify that suspect is 74 yearold craig robertson. The ap reports robertson was armed at the time of the shooting. Fbi investigators were trying to serve a search warrant of robertsons home after Court Documents allege he made threats about killing President Joe Biden on social media. Those postings include pictures reportedly of roberts wearing a camouflage suit and displaying heavy weapons, including longrange high powered rifles. Court documents also allege he made threats to kill other politicians, including Vice President kamala harris, new York District attorney alvin bragg, whose office indicted former President Donald Trump earlier this year. And California Governor Gavin Newsom on wednesday, fbi investigators could be seen removing evidence from robertsons house in provo, utah. Now the shooting is under investigation by the fbi. But so far officials that that agency havent said how long this investigation would take to wrap up reporting in washington. Im Trevor Shirley. U. S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is back at her San Francisco home after a fall center to the hospital. She reportedly tripped over a chair in her kitchen and fell at her home. Representatives confirmed the 90 yearold went to the hospital on tuesday afternoon as a precaution and say that her scans are clear. The fall follows a threemonth absence from the Senate Earlier this year after she came down shingles and also renewed questions about her Mental Fitness when she appeared confused during a july vote on the Senate Appropriations committee. Final decisions about bringing nuances of experience to those decisions gets lost. Their phone calls that only members of congress can make. We are also counting on members of congress to be present in hearings and asked hard questions that get better governance back for us. The senator has said that she will not seek reelection in 2020 for the senate is currently on its august recess and her representatives say she does plan to return when the Senate Reconvenes in september. Coming up next, writers are still on the picket lines, demanding better pay and regulations i will tell you how the strike now is breaking records. Plus Artificial Intelligence in the military. How the air force is now using ai to protect our skies with this groundbreaking achievement. But first, a popular restaurant on the fence left for almost 3 decades. Hes being evicted. Why a special document could be at the heart of this matter. On the peninsula, a Restaurant Owner in palo alto is facing an eviction after he says he was one day late on paying his rent kron 4 s Justin Campbell spoke to the owner who is now fighting back to save his restaurant from being closed. Mikes diner bar has been in palo for nearly 30 years and after undergoing a 2 Million Dollar renovation, they could soon be closing after the owner paid the 22,000 rent payment. One day late in july, paid the rent one day lead because my daughter disabled was in the emergency room. El camino hospital i had to get owner. Mike wallace says he pay the rent the next day but vent on a Property Services sent him this letter and files for eviction in santa clara, 2 milers trying to work with them and mediate and also is filing a motion to set aside the mike says a year ago he signed a stipulation saying he wont be late on rain. After being late during covid which took a hit on his business 3 in the morning and stared at the ceiling. Good how make this word have said to big investment into it. I can just walk away. But to be honest with you, just trying to get reopened and busy enough to pay all the bills. Has been extremely mike is Gathering Community support. A petition has been signed with 900 signatures and hes also planning to go to city council next monday. Well, i think the most that the council can do is help rally community and and try to convince the landlords to have dialogue and look at solving the problem this this mikes cafe is an institution in midtown here. Its valued by the entire neighborhood. Mike is planning to fight up any and ive been there. 29 years to keep his restaurant open reporting in palo alto, Justin Campbell kron. 4 news. The bart Police Department is raising its pay as it tries to fill almost 30 vacancies. The agency says its rage raising the wages nearly 20 . The website currently states the salary range from 118,000 to 181,000. Your next uber ride may be recorded riders and drivers in San Francisco can now use audio recording safety feature in ubers around the city. Uber says the in app safety feature will allow drivers and riders to record audio for the duration of the trip. The audio files will then be encrypted and stored directly on the users. Devices. The recordings will not be sent anywhere unless you attach it to a Safety Report and secretly also recording a trip is not an option. Uber says both users will be notified that the trip is being recorded. And if you dont want to be recorded, you can cancel the ride. Meantime, lyft says the company is lowering ride fares in order to better compete with uber. The ceo says lyft is eliminating surge pricing, which typically occurs when there are not enough drivers to meet demand. Lyft says the number of riders who experienced surge pricing fell. 35 1 last quarter due to their high driver supply. The goal is to kill off the surge pricing entirely. And we are about to see a surge in temperatures. A live look outside, though. Whats keeping San Francisco in the coast kind of cool and drizzly today. But kyle is here now with a look at the forecast for whats ahead. And were going to enjoy that kind of cool weather white last. Yeah, exactly. Because it is going to change drastically for those of you inland. Once we get into the latter part of the weekend. Right now, though, were doing pretty good as we take a live look at stormtracker 4. But of course, your eye goes down to Central California. You see some lightning there and some. Some precipitation, some rain falling and that has everything to do with what was Tropical Storm eugene, which this is now the remnants of. And so you can see its kind of spinning in that counter clockwise circulation bringing in those showers. And again, that lightning you can see is just south of san louis obispo right and i dont like the lightning this time of year. I really do but hopefully we will have no problems with that right now. Certainly were having a Beautiful Day as we take a live look from the east bay getting some nice blue skies out there just to show you futurecast how this works out again. Remember that counter clockwise circulation. So we get in tonight and well probably start to see some of the clouds from this. Its possible that the south bay sees a sprinkle or 2. I think monterey bay. Well see some, but thats about it really isnt about the rain so much as the cloud cover for us. And then also just this threat of lightning during what we are, you know, in our fire season. So as far as rain is concerned, you can see the numbers are low. Thats what were expecting in terms of that. But for us right now, were looking good. Were having a really nice day out there. Marine layer start the day with some fog. Were at 80 degrees in san jose that 68 in alameda concord about 77. And you can see him paddle him about 79 degrees. So were kind of reading in that at or below average thing. If you look across the country, notice a lot of places. This is a departure from normal temperatures. So for instance, chicago, 3 degrees warmer today, 6 on friday, 5 on saturday. See a lot of those reds. That means those people that are above average, whereas for the next 3 days here, concluding today, we are still running below average. But all of that is that to change as we head into our weekend because were going to see High Pressure kind of move in and start to control the forecast again. So for those of you who are inland by saturday, were in the low 90s, then were going into the upper 90s on sunday and notice the staying power of this heat here as we run sunday monday, tuesday, wednesday. Before we start to see things break down a little bit. So just make sure youre thinking about that as we head towards the weekend again around the bay is going quite nice in the 70s and out of the coast will see just a very looking out potential of getting even up to tripleu digits as we head into next week. Back to you. Thank you so much. Hollywood writers have been on strike for more than 100 days with no agreement with the studios and streaming companies in sight. Some of the wga members protesting are calling this a milestone of shame for the studios back in 2008, the wga strike ended on day 100 while unity is still strong. Is growing after the last meeting between the 2 sides on friday ended with little progress. I started here on late day 40 and im not too optimistic. About whats going on upstairs. I kind of think theyre still trying to squeeze a small guy out and put people into the writers room that over to be making 60 70,000 a they have to live in studio city in a studio apartment with a roommate. Along with sag after the writers are fighting for residuals from streaming shows and the regulation of Artificial Intelligence. The actors strike is now nearly a month old and Industry Experts are saying both strikes have cost the california economy, at least 3 billion dollars just so far. In the east bayc there was a rally for a sag after at the Alameda Labor Council and supported the actors and writers strike. They want to remind everyone that local bay area performers will be directly affected by the results of these negotiations. Also happening now, the u. S. Air force, the Research Laboratory is demonstrating how a historic flight its going to work, hopefully paving the way for advanced autonomous air combat capabilities. Reporter Riley Phillips has more on this groundbreaking achievement. This is an ex que 58 valkyrie. Its rocket launched into the sky and last week was successfully test highlighted using ai. This is just one of the examples of the air force research lab developing new ways to integrate Ai Technology into its operations. And i plays a huge role not just in helping us develop these types of technology specht. More importantly, actually being able to use and to augment. You know, our capacities, you know, for the National Security advantage that we alexis fennell as the new chief Information Officer and director of digital capabilities, directorate of the afrl at Wright Patterson air force base. She says the technology is not replacing people but rather making sure they have all the tools and information they need to carry out a mission that might be quite frankly, just putting down the toy aisle. Of, you know, what might not be as high value work and making it easier for someone to focus on something that really improves the mission. Or it could be Amazing Things like. Right here. The sq 58 valkyrie the Technology Used in the ai piloted test flight was developed by the afrl at wright patt. It took millions of hours of simulations to train. The ai algorithm used to fly the plane but been else as it could open up new capabilities for airman and make their mission safer to be able to take the idea of having one to be able to have a lot of different capacity. At their back really supporting and thats important, right . Because its not just about. You know, winning the fight. Its also about making sure that that pilot is much more likely to come home to their family, but now says a big part of the success of this technology is its development in dayton, surrounded by aviation innovation. And she looks forward to continuing to create programs that keep the country pushing ahead. We do not know whats coming and i think many of can look back even at the last few years and say, wow, we didnt see that coming, right. And thats just the state of being that i think. Its our duty right to all american citizens that they can sleep well at night and that they know that we are bringing the very best technology again to make sure that we can pursue our economic security, you know, but also the values of of what america means around the world. A meteor shower is set to light up the sky this weekend. And this year since the moon will barely be visible, the perseid shower will be a lot easier to see. Media showers produced streaks of light across the sky. That all appear to come from the same what we call the radiant point the radiant point for this meteor shower is in the constellation perseus, hence the name hearst it meteor shower. The shower is set to start late saturday night and go until dawn on sunday. Experts say you can expect to see anywhere from 30 to 100 shooting. Meteors an hour. But you have to find a very dark place in order to see it. Next up here at noon, texas Border Agents found something. Very interesting inside of confiscated backpack. Alright, look very closely inside that backpack. 7 spider monkeys were discovered in it by Border Patrol agents in brownsville, texas. This video released by the u. S. Border patrol shows the animals huddled there in a backpack which appears to have air holes punched through it. The animals were handed over to us fish and wildlife. Thats according to Border Patrol. Spider monkeys live in rain forests from central mexico to bolivia. They say one person has been arrested. Glass there as a Florida Deputy saw a funny side of his canine as its not a dip into a church is baptism pool during a burglary call. This is in the panama city. Body camera video released by the Sheriffs Office is showing that the deputies confronted a suspect outside of this church and they were called there after a staffer fled for safety when a cinder block was used to break a window for forced entry. Thats what the Sheriffs Office says. Thats why they showed up there. The pool, though, prove very attractive to the responding canine with that body camera video showing the dog diving in much there to de it was hot. I s thats going to do it for us here during kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman. So glad to be with you all see during kron 4 news at 3 oclock today. But for now, well head over to live in the bay where host Olivia Horton is standing by with whats on tap for today. Show how you doing today. Im doing