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The coastline and through the golden gate, most of us are sitting under nice sunshine now and temperatures are starting show some movement. San jose, youre at 70 getting close and brentwood in vacaville while still in the 50s over in timber on as well. San mateo and on up towards cloverdale as we move into the afternoon, temperatures will be right around the same as yesterday. So not a lot of changes just yet. Were going to save those changes for later on this weekend. And ill break them down for you and your forecast rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, we started off light. Then we got busy looks like things are light again, especially across bridges. 11 minutes meteor lights are still off at the bay bridge. So no Traffic Building at the toll plaza. 13 minutes 80 to 101 san mateo bridge. Richmond, sandra bridge about 8 minutes there. Maybe youre taking the Golden Gate Bridge right now. 37 to the tolls about 21 minutes. And lets look at our highways where were seeing that Traffic Building. Were down from 40 minutes was still at 39 along 1, 0, one. 85 up to menlo park. All right. James, back to you. Thank you, well, 901. Lets get to our top story this morning, which is the sad fact that the death toll has gone up. In maui, at least 55 now confirmed dead in those devastating wildfires. And thats potentially just the tip of the iceberg. Well, yeah, because theres no communications really. They have like 1000 people listed as missing, but theyre just unable to be able. They are to know where they are. And then some people are saying theyre upset because the Emergency Warning System did not even though you know, this happened so fast and in the middle of the night, you know, they wanted more warning, though, crawfords Michael Thomas live in the newsroom following when that part of the story, michael. Yeah, good morning, everyone. You know, most of the stories of survivors coming in not knowing about the fire really matches up with what they told me at the airport yesterday. And now were learning that ways famous Emergency Warning System didnt go off at all during these wildfires. Lets go videos. You can see just exactly how parts of maui are looking this morning. Now in total, were talking about more than 1000 structures that have been destroyed with a rising death count. A 55 as crews continue to search for survivors. Many there tell us they had no idea that a fire was happening. It wasnt until they saw smoke or heard an explosion that they had to run and try to find safety. And according to hawaiis Emergency Management records, theres no indication that the warning sirens went off at all or were even triggered. Keep in mind, hawaii has bragged about its outdoor all hazard Public Safety Warning System describing it as the largest in integrated in the world. About 400 sirens across the island. And its supposed to warn people for situations like this, but it never went off. And Officials Say instead emergency Text Messages were sent out along with tv and radio warnings. But keep in mind, the power there went out shortly after the fire started and sell signal is still spotty. Today. People say they just look for shelter anywhere they could. And that included in the ocean as they watch their homes in the city. They know and love burned to the ground. Saw before we it was going on. I was like you said the smoke and then 70 mile per hour winds use. I was really and no idea what was going on. I mean, the night for evacuated to start rationing red cross is on the ground now the situation along with multiple california agencies when it comes to the preparation for this fire. Well, officials on the island say they werent necessarily prepared. They only have about 65 fire. Crew members on duty at a time in maui and theyre responsible for 3 islands at that time. And they have no offroad vehicles, which led to many problems as roads were blocked. The deadliest Natural Disaster hawaii has ever seen was back in 1960, during a tsunami and that killed about 61 people on the big island. Right now. The death toll again is 55. And it is expected to rise which may make the situation, the deadliest Natural Disaster hawaii has ever seen. As of now, the fires are at a 70 containment. And we do expect to get an update at some point this afternoon, i should say, actually not this morning live in the newsroom. Im Michael Thomas i was. Thank you, michael, getting that its more than 1700 structures in line eli has gone along a line is the size of bank to about the same size. And right could imagine weve got a caliphate crews that are on the way and theyre trying to help in every way they can. Theyre fighting the flames and giving, you know, backup services. Members of the oakland fire departments, fema, urban search and rescue task force are going. One of them. And then the acting fire chief is explaining how First Responders when their local there are also the victims many times. And so we will do what we can to help them out. And sometimes when we go into these communities, the people that are running their office or Emergency Services are suffering tragic as well. So if they cant do their job, were going to support them. 7 of the rules. And we know we want to take over, but we want to support them and ensuring that the community is getting what they need and that thats the recovery phase. And then also canine unit is working hard. They working to find bodies and recover the bodies and the other way can return them to their families. The chief says that the team members will be there as long as theyre needed. Well, with the destruction caused by that wildfire. If youre looking for a way to help those in maui, the Kauai Chamber of commerce of Northern California says that theyre still coordinating local relief stay tuned for that. But in the meantime, they say they are referring people to the Hawaii Community foundations, maui, strong fund, which you see on your screen. They are asking for money right now. This is the same charity thats being recommended by the hawaii governors office. The American Red Cross is also looking for monetary donations because theyre leading the efforts right now to help evacuees whove lost their homes to these fires. Volunteers, are they going out to says south stream with being out in the community . We know that there are a number of folks that have lost connection with their ones and so will be helping with reunification as well. If you would like more information on how you can help you just visit our website at kron 4 dot com. And thats where were also compiling all of the information regarding tragedy on maui scanning a qr code on your screen. Well take you to the dedicated page on our website where we collected all of this information. So feel free to check that out. Time now is 906, in the east bay. Police in antioch are investigating a homicide. A man was shot and killed around 6 oclock last night on east 20th street. When officers got there, they found him with a gunshot wound and he died at the scene. They havent released his name yet. And also we dont know about a motive or possible shooter. San francisco is now the first major city in the country with 2 driverless car options free to go to and theyre competing against taxi Rideshare Companies for passengers. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson has a look. Theres a threat to health and safety. This is a threat to the people of San Francisco. After weeks of hearings, protests and meetings, members of the California Public utilities commission. Give the green light for waymo and cruise to start charging for driverless rides. The vote came despite reservations from city officials, residents and Union Leaders citing erratic behavior from the unmanned cars. So theres a danger of emergency where these cars are blocking the road and could actually kill people are people who have a house on fire emergency care, very serious issue. And the fact that the cpsc didnt put that into their consideration. Is shows again that theyre putting public in danger, something awful. Whos going to happen . Mayor london breed spoke in favor of cpu, sees vote but acknowledge the safety concerns. Tweeting there remain challenges. We need to work to resolve, especially vs interfere with our First Responders. Were studying this decision and exploring our options for next steps. A woman with impaired vision says shes in favor of the expansion because she feels far safer in a driverless car of freedom that it gives just be able to have safe transportation door to door without being discriminate against any time. Taxis and Rideshare Services had left the standing on the side of the because i choose to navigate my world with a said in a statement that the new permits mark, the true beginning of commercial operations in San Francisco. Crews also released a statement saying theyre grateful for the leadership of cpu c. And it will continue to work closely with regulators. First responders and other key stakeholders. Now rideshare and taxi drivers will have to compete with the 2 companies. The teamsters joint council, 7 president says they will continue to fight for the jobs of drivers. Weve got. Millions of families that are supported by professional driving were not done here. Were going to keep fighting to make sure were protected, that our communities are protected. Our safety, our jobs from these robots in these green Tech Companies that only care about their profits. Well, speaking of getting around a bill to raise bridge tolls is facing more opposition. The city council in foster city is now riding a formal letter objecting to the proposed increase. Local officials are coming out against the bill that theyre worried will raise the toll and that high could be a financial burden on the lowest earning commuters who are already paying a steep price to cross the bridges. Foster city voted unanimously to push back against sb 5. 32. Thats the bill that would raise bridge tolls by a 1. 50 for the next 5 years. The problem here its not being assessed for the use of the bridge is being assessed to fund public transit. And for that reason, i believe this is a tax. Well, we did reach out to state senator scott wiener who authored the bill and he says that even after securing 400 Million Dollars for bay area transit there, still a 2 and a half billion dollar deficit which they need to address because if they dont, that would force service cuts to Public Transportation. And he says that would be devastating for lowincome riders who dont own come car. Well take a break at 9. 10. Still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a state senator says hes trying to create Affordable Housing in the neighborhood that he says was destroyed by urban renewal. Will explain. And after the break, they won of outside lands kicking off today giant Music Festival in San Francisco will have a live report in a sneak peek inside. And today is going to be the last over days where youre not seeing any 90s on this map. It 60s 70s and 80s as weve gotten used to this week. Things are heating up from here on out. Got your forecast. And before you leave the house, you need to know how your morning commute is going to fare. Weve been tracking that for you. Got all right. Right now. And i would go if i could. Haha ticket outsidelands ready to roll golden gate thousands of people will be there. 10s of thousands each day as a matter of fact. And kron fours will tran is standing by at the concert venue area in Golden Gate Park already where the . Well, the preps all going well behind. You looks like. Look at that. A whole army right behind me. They will have thousands of people, of course, working year because they expect 200 25,000 people to come through here by the time its over and you can see were getting very close to the doors opening up. It will begin at 11 oclock this morning. And we have some big names to tell you about. Megan, thee stallion foo fighters, Kendrick Lamar z. And thats just barely scratching the surface. As far as the preparations. Well, theyve been doing is for quite some time now. So they are pros started a few days ago. This is the 15th year of this. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by iris, probably here for the first year about side lands. And this year will be just as hot and heavy as maybe the other years because theyre so good at this that they had the music and they have the cozy. Worldclass cuisine. Not just from any place. Were talking some of the best restaurants right here in the bay area. 99 of the restaurants that we work with are actually from the local bay area. 63 are local to San Francisco, specifically and 10 . Our hyperlocal to the richmond in the sunset district. So we definitely keep it local and work with all those amazing local restaurants that we have. 100 local vendors as far as how you get here. Well, the best thing you could do is Public Transportation have like a buddy like james fletcher. If i were to go have james drop you off because parking, forget about it. By the time you find parking this whole event will have been over as far as the tickets all sold out. I checked just in case if i wanted to go well, it was 499. Im sure you can find tickets thirdparty site, but it was 499 for a single day pass quite comparable to bottle rock. So all these events pretty much the same. They have the music and good food. All they need is you and your credit card. And your credit card. Thank you very much. Well, haha. All right. And nice weather would be nice as if they got that, that would be good. And today is going to be drastically different outsidelands then saturday and sunday. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Its a good place to go to escape the heat elsewhere because outsidelands going want to think about the credit card, the extra layer too, because its going to be a little foggy out there at times this morning where well standing. Hes got his jacket on and i understand why we got that cloud cover up above temperatures will briefly arise out of the 60s mid afternoon. That will give you a chance to maybe take that jacket off for just a moment or 2 and allow that sunshine to warm me up before it rushes right back through and temperatures fall off pretty quickly into the Late Afternoon and early evening. So layers and layers out there at outside lands today as we make our way through the weekend is dari alluded to. Things are going to get hotter and hotter, especially for those inland spots. Were kind of cutting off access to that ocean. Cool there. And High Pressure is going to be Building Back in this low is incurring some cooler air with us for just a moment. But it is our last day with a teaser peak. Daytime highs this afternoon will hold on to a little fog and gray right along the coastline. Elsewhere, lots of sunshine in our day in the 80s isnt going to feel so bad when you compare it to 90s and triple digits for the same inland spots starting tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, were going to cut off access to the ocean air for inland spots. Shortened coast, though. You are actually going to remain pretty similar feeling. So not as many changes closer to the water as our inland areas will see 60s for your highs and San Francisco as well as right up and down highway one temperatures for the bay shore, mostly in the 70s. Really nice day for burlingame, san mateo and foster city. Warm but cool compared to where youre headed in santa clara in milpitas at 79 70s to 80s across the east bay. Only a couple of 60s and berkeley enrichment where you are tapping into that cool air streaming through the golden gate, antioch, 87, our warmest spot and santa rosa nevado in sandra fell your last day in the upper 70s for a minute. Tomorrow. Temperatures begin to climb and they will continue to into monday and tuesday. Well be at or very hottest with triple digits inland head out to the bay shore. If you need an escape from the heat as will only be in the 70s right around there. Great. How might. John, thank you for that. Lets get you moving out of friday. Things are now back pretty much smooth sailing. We started off pretty light. We start to get busy on our highways and bridges. Now were green across. 24. So walnut creek down to 5, a just a 12 minute. The bay bridge, 11 minutes. Lights are off. No access, no hazards there or the san mateo bridge. 13 minutes to make that drive. Richmond, sandra fell bridge in Golden Gate Bridge. Also fairly light about 60 minutes down from 26 across highway for can to conquer. If you are going to be traveling along a t just at about 17 minutes as you travel crockett down towards the maze. Darya. James, back to you. Thanks. A lot rain. Thats 9. 19. Were learning now. What caused a San Francisco bound flight to nearly plunge into the pacific after it took off from maui. This happened back in december. And investigators just now the ntsb are saying what happened. So theyve investigated. And heres what happened after taking off. It heavily raining in maui at the time. The captain asked the copilot to reset the wing flaps, but the co pilot. Misheard. Exactly what was said and set the flap to the wrong setting, which made that mistake, which made the plane pitch downward, started accelerating in just 10 seconds. The plane dropped more than 10,000 feet before the pilots were able to regain control. Thankfully they did. And nobody, 270 passengers and crew on board. Theyre all fine. And the plane resumed its flight and to San Francisco, the faa says that the pilots reported this incident immediately themselves. Appropriate action was taken and both pilots are still flying for united airlines. New this morning. Police in hillsborough are warning people there are Mountain Lions that have been spotted. Somebody reported seeing 2 Mountain Lions on their property on marlboro road and somebody else said that they saw a Mountain Lion cubs nearby. Everybody knows if youre in the area and police say the say that Mountain Lions are spotted. They roam free around hillsborough show. Youre just advise keep your pets indoors, specially during, you know, dawn and dusk and make sure that you closure doors. San franciscans who attended city college within the last 5 years are getting their debts erased using taxpayer dollars. Mayor london breed says the city allocated a little more than 2 Million Dollars towards the Free City College program, which will forgive the debts of about 13,000 students who attended city college between 2017 and december of 2022, the citys hope is that by forgiving their debts, students who didnt receive their Associates Degree will elect to enroll in classes again. Meantime, another federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program is in legal trouble this morning. An Appeals Court in texas has blocked the Biden Administration rule to help out students who claim they were misled and defrauded by forprofit schools. The Biden Administration already approved roughly 13 billion dollars in Debt Forgiveness for defrauded students about half have already had their debts cleared in the lawsuit, though, careered colleges argue that the rule change would cause financial and reputational harm to forprofit schools and they believe that this is an overreach of the executive branch. While the new standards are on hold during this legal battle, eligible students can still apply for forgiveness under the rules of the previous program. Federal data shows about 30 million americans are unable to pay their energy bills, but only if you are receiving the much needed help for their summer bills. Federal data finds less than 3 of those in need are getting aid from the low Income Home Energy assistance program, the department of health and Human Services says that most states run out of federal funding every year, leaving many without assistance. The federal subsidy experts, they say the major Government Intervention is needed soon to prevent more people from becoming energy insecure. Its 9. 22. And still ahead, coming up on the kron 4 morning news, new improve Railroad Tracks are being laid down in san leandro. Well tell you how the mayor says theyre going make it safer theyre going make it safer for pedestrians. To celebrate doubling my sourdough jack, i got doubles for everyone in the office. Alright, my double looks nothing like me, and neither does yours. phone rings hr . Hey. Its our wife. Order my classic or double bacon sourdough jack today. 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The bill to replace the demolish homes is on the Assembly Floor now and it could go to vote in the coming weeks. Well, this just in the federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against donald trump in washington, d. C. , has agreed with his defense lawyers on a looser version of a protective order for evidence in the case. However, she did side with the prosecution on what sensitive material should be protected. The judge says that she wants to keep politics out of her ruling. She rejected the original proposal by prosecutors who sought to protect every bit of evidence that they handed over to the Trump Defense team. Were going to take a break here at 9. 26. Coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news gruesome discovery found in east bay home. Well tell you what investigators stumbled what investigators stumbled upon inside. affordable design. Endless possibilities. Ikea. 9. 29 right now and we are live taking a peek at sfo. Looks pretty good there. And were starting to see more sunshine. Yeah, get moving. He splashes of that. Theyre on the run was behind as john. Good morning. Yeah. Nice to see those brightening skies now and nice to see it. Especially being that today is our last over not scorching hot days, only 70s 80s that are very warmest. Youre starting to see all that cloud cover that pushed through the bay this morning in the form of fog. Lifting burning off and its not going to beihere for much longer. Were seeing more and more sunshine out there. Aside from a few holdouts right along the coastline. Current temperatures in the 60s and 70s brentwood in san jose right at 70 degrees each while oakland at 64 concord at 66 now still very comfortable and hopefully get a chance. A few minutes, at least this morning to enjoy it later today, 60s 70s 80s a whole lot like weve seen all week long. But its our last day that youre not seeing 90s or even triple digits for those inland areas. Tell you all about the rest of your forecast rain. All right, john, thanks for that. Will you make really good time here at 9. 30, on a friday. Traveling into the city, meteor lights are off 12 under 15. Its a great time. 13 minute. 81 want get your san mateo bridge. Maybe youre taking the Richmond Center fell bridge about 8 minutes there. Golden gate bridge. Youve been consistently around 20 minutes for most of the morning. So not a lot of fluctuating back and forth and over the east bay taken. 24 traveling from walnut creek down to 5. 80, about 12 minutes darya. James, back to you. Thanks a lot right now, ok, lets get to some developing news this morning. Deputies in the east bay are now investigating what they think might be a murder suicide. After finding an adult and 2 children inside of their home kron fours. Dan thorn has reaction from the neighbors and danville. Right now only be adult in this case has been identified as 44 yearold the monument, sale of police first coming to this home on lark would circle wednesday night for a wellness check. And inside, they found sale of itch and 2 children dead. Investigators swarm of danville home after finding 3 people dead wednesday night. One of them has been identified as 44 yearold iman ya, sale of itch. Its believed the other were his children. You dont hear a lot a crime. And then there, of that magnitude. It was shocking unsettling. Neighbor john sweeney says the family who lived an lockwood circle appeared to keep to themselves. It was unusual for this neighborhood to see caution tape cordoning off the street and Police Investigating a gruesome crime. Its frightening situation psychology. Experts like doctor Thomas Plante of Santa Clara University say stress in america is off the charts. And with that, theres been an increase in new gun ownership. If you have a high degree of stress, Mental Health related problems, and easy access to lethal means. Things can get out a controlled really fast. Doctor plante suggests a Mental Health and Public Health approach to address cases of suicide and murder suicide. He believes access to alcohol, drugs and weapons should also be explored. A simple thing. Doctor plante says could be for people to check up on each other. And we do more to kind of reach out to one another and say, u k do want to talk about this. You seem pretty stressed out. And so i think if we all can do some of that, that would help the tragedy has families in the neighborhood preparing for some uncomfortable but necessary conversations, something, you know, you dont want to talk to kids about, but i guess thats, you know, reality of of life something, you know, learn from the police have not yet released the names or the ages of the 2 children. They are still investigating in danville, dan thorn kron, 4 news. Thank you, dad. Well, if you or someone you know, is experiencing a Mental Health crisis, know that you can always text the number 9, 8, 8 and talk to a trained counselor. Theyre theyre waiting for you to help you connected to local services, whatever you need. That line is open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its 9. 33, and a developing story. The man accused of assaulting a Security Guard at a home depot pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance. Heres where to happen. The San Mateo County Sheriffs Office says that Jonathan Mackey tried to shoplift from the safeway. I mean, the shots are the home depot and then hit a Security Guard in the head and the face of the baton. The guard then shot mackey and now he has recovered from that gunshot wound and he remains behind bars in the District Attorney is also reviewing the guards use of force. Well, former House Speaker nancy pelosi has agreed to let defense lawyers representing the man charged with assaulting her husband, inspect their home before the trial starts, david pap hes accused of breaking into pelosis home and brutally attacking her husband paul last year. The defense team and prosecutors will each have a chance to walk through the home there. Pelosis home in San Franciscos Pacific Heights neighborhood. It was earlier this month that the public defender argued that a walk through the home and the study of its interior would help them better understand how things played out that night. Well, crews rescued a person who they say fell 50 feet from a trail in San Franciscos presidio right near baker beach yesterday. These are some of the pictures as dozen for a little more than a dozen firefighters responded to help rescue this person who you can see was laying there at the base of this drop. The victim was taken to the hospital. Were still looking for an update on their condition this morning. Now, take a look at this. A tanker truck tipped over spilling more than 500 gallons of cooking oil in San Francisco. This was yesterday afternoon on the alameda boulevard on ramp to southbound 101, crews didnt say if the driver was hurt, but we did see effects here. It is a picture of someone being taken to a waiting ambulance. Were still looking for more details from the fire department. Its 9. 35. Dont plan to take caltrain this weekend between the San Francisco and millbrae station is because theyre going to be suspending service so they can make repairs. Its one of several closures that are going to happen this month. So youre encouraged to take alternate form of transportation. But if you go to those stations is going to be a bus bridge writer should still expect delays. Union Pacific Railroad now fully replacing a section of track in san leandro here. The city is trying to make it safer for pedestrians and cars of this has been a dangerous intersection at times are these tracks. And while forcefully juggle takes a look at why. San leandro mayor juan gonzalez, the 3rd and city associate engineer driskell surveying the repairs union Pacific Railroad crews are making to tracks along washington avenue thursday in the southern part of town. We all know that whale. And vehicles and pedestrians dont always interact. Well, and this intersection is no different than other intersections. Poses greater risk because of the angle at which the rail road tracks cross the roadway. The tracks are being fully replaced. The street is closed that chapman road and will remain off limits all day and night. Through at least sunday, the improvements here will make the rail traffic move more smoothly. Make sure the trains dont derail near gonzalez says it will also improve the angle at which pedestrians cross the Railroad Tracks, essentially at 90 degrees to increase the chance that the actually see and here trains passing through. It is certainly the case that weve had a fatality unclear whether it was due to the design, but clearly we do not want fatalities here in san leandro and any opportunity to improve safety. Is paramount in 2016, 30 yearold Vanessa Henriques and her 3 yearold daughter cd were killed after their car got stuck on the tracks in traffic. And were hit by a train at the time. Investigators said it was unclear if henriques saw the train coming because the tracks cross the road at an angle. Were also working on to other crossings here in san leandro. One on how seeing drive and the other and his spirit boulevard closures will be announced at a later date in san leandro. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 well, in the south bay, if a deal isnt struck between san jose and thousands of City Employees this week, well, services could be put into jeopardy, including care of hundreds of animals that mayor matt mahan floated the possibility of shutting down the San Jose Animal Care Center to cover some of the cost of the upcoming threeday strike, the overcrowded shelter has already taken in nearly 1500 animals this year. Its not clear what would happen to those animals if the shelter had to shut down. While the city hasnt confirmed which cityrun services would be affected by pending strike. The union say that wide ranging disruptions should be expected, including the Animal Shelter libraries, youth summer programs and Code Enforcement as well. In the south or in the east bay contra costa. Animal Services Says their shelters full and they actually need to find homes for about 50 dogs. The agency says the shelter is now at risk of having to euthanize animals that arent adopted. You can view all of the animals up for adoption right now on their website. If you are not ready to make that full commitment to adopt a pet, you could also just foster an animal for a temporary time that would at least allow some space to be freed up for a while anyway. Time now is 9 38 and in the east bay and Armed Robbery of a High School Student in concord and with the police arresting multiple teens and finding several handguns. The staff of Mount Diablo High School reported that a student was robbed at gunpoint yesterday on campus. And about 30 minutes later, the police found several teens in a Downtown Parking garage. They also identified one of them as a suspect and found multiple handguns. They also found several of those scenes were related to the robbery. Police in danville are warning parents about oversharing on social media than whats exciting. Kids go back to school. But look at what they did on facebook. So those officers posing and hes showing you the post on the left is fine. See how its vague. You know, show first to school but on the right, dont do that. They dont give out the home address the name, the phone number, the School Location because the police say predators and criminals can use that information and Identity Theft scams or other crimes. Happening today, the San Francisco Housing Authority will be hosting a backtoschool giveaway. Theyre handing out backpacks full of School Supplies to students from lowincome households. In grades 3 through 8. It will be at the San Francisco Housing Authority building on egbert avenue, right near bayshore boulevard. Theyll be handing him out from 11 this morning until 3 oclock this afternoon. And related news starting tomorrow, we have police in livermore. Theyre going to be asking people to help stuff. The cruiser with School Supplies. Police are going to be out in front of places like office. Max, cbs, big, lots walmarts, all those locations collecting supplies for families in need. And this is video some of the stuff they collected last year. Theyre asking pacific lee this time around for donations for older students. So that includes things like the fighters and pencils, calculators, flash drive stuff like that. The drive will last from 10 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. Both saturday and sunday. Its 9. 40, and coming up. Still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, were to see to a teenager who lives in the san jose area and shes preparing for the olympics. And today is set to be our last day where youre not seeing in the 90s on this map getting hotter this weekend and especially next week. Got and especially next week. Got your wherever you go. Wherever you stay. All you need is one key. Earn and use rewards across expedia, hotels. Com, and vrbo. 9. 43 right now and the giants are back at oracle tonight. Theyre going to be reuniting with an old friend. They are covered. Sports director jason dumas, 6 planes. The giants had the day off on thursday, but all friday, they start a threegame series with westleading rangers. That means a very familiar face will be coming back. Oracle park for the First Time Since he retired back in 2019, bruce bocce manage the giants for 13 seasons and help bring 3 world series titles to the bay brandon crawford, who played 9 seasons under boat, said it will be good to see his old skipper garrow. I mean, would be excited to see boats for sure. You know, the recognition get from the fans and and everybody so that will be fun. Mean, i think just looking on the bright side, played well against good teams this year. So you know, kind of hopefully turn it around, get back home start again. Also this morning, the niners and raiders continue their joint practices all leading up to sunday when they face off in the first preseason game that you can catch right here on kron 4 news. But thats all i have for now for sports. All right. Thank you, jason. And as he said and will remind you once more kron 4 is your home for raiders preseason action. Make sure to tune in this sunday as weak broadcast. The raiders hosting the niners in sin city for the first game of the preseason. Weve got our pregame show at 12 30. Then the game from one to 4. And then after that, weve got our postgame special as well. So check it out. By the way, yes, on youtube, tv and hulu live. So in the glory of big screen yet were gunman john. We hate football, right, john, but were going to be watching. You know, thats a game. And as you care was late what we are more so fans of our bay area weather than las vegas, whether thats for sure, because its going to be hot over there. Scorcher for the game. Were warming up or selves though. San jose, youre only going to be in the low 80s today, but temps are going to climb the next 3 days where were sitting in san jose right now. Youve got the sunshine in full force up above. Definitely still enjoyable to be standing out there right now as we move through the weekend, High Pressure ridge thats built up over closer towards vegas is going to build more so our direction and its going to cut off a lot of access from that ocean. Cool there for the bay inland. Temperatures are going to rise quickly because of it. Weve seen the low grade this morning. Less of it already set for a few stubborn areas near the coastline. See another push of cool ocean air tomorrow morning. This is going to offer you a nice, comfortable saturday. Start saturday afternoon. Well start to see some 90s inland in temperatures will climb further through the 90s into sunday. Eventually getting us to the triple digits by monday and tuesday of next week. Its 60s for sf today as well as at the coastline. Nice cool day at the coast, but bring the jackets out there specially to outside lands in Golden Gate Park. Lot of 70s along the bay shore spots like palo alto, sunnyvale, santa clara milpitas hanging on to those upper 70s while the east bay 70s to 80s for most areas. Enjoy the look at those 80s for the inland east bay. Its the last day youre going to in many of these spots, antioch, pittsburgh, vacaville being among the areas that are in the 80s today, but are going to see some 90s tomorrow and the day after that. And then the triple digits monday and tuesday, the days after that we are going to see are very hottest days at the very start of next week. If you do need to escape the heat bayshore in coastal areas arent going to see much change remaining in the 60s and 70s in these spots. So just take drive closer to the water. Reyna, right, john, thank you for that. Right now is a really good time to get some errands out of the way. Before things start to pick up as the day goes on, they bridge them into overt. And richmond, sandra fell bridge all under 15 minutes. Terms of your drive times to make it across those bridges, Golden Gate Bridge. About 20 minutes there. Highways like in the south, they want to one 39 minutes. So thats under 40 to make it. 85 menlo park east bay san leandro down under pete 30 minutes there. And over here along 80 cracking down towards the maze. 17 minute ride darya. James, back to you. Thank you. Reyna 9. 47. In a south bay teen gymnast is preparing for the 2024 olympics in france. We havent had a gymnast from the bay area on the u. S. Olympic team since the 90s nola mask use would like to change that kron fours. Justin campbell has their story. Meet 16 yearold gymnast matthews from gilroy. She 30 hours a week Airborne Gymnastics in san jose and her hard work is paying off. Matthews competed against 7 time. Olympic Gold Medalist simone biles just last week at the u. S. Classic and came in 4th place, such an honor to be able compete on such a big stage like that. So just really cool. Nola says her goal has always been to make it to the olympics and feels the strongest on the bar event. What she says, her weakness is on the ball, but ive making a lot of progress on that event. The forest progress comes with good coaching. She is as of this moment on track to making olympic trials and then hopefully the olympics next year. Clia washington know this code says there are not many africanamerican coaches that look like her. Remember when i was an athlete and i did not see any coaches really, that looks like me. And so its hard to to not be in all different types of spaces or be represented in that way. And shes been coaching know there for 4 years after moving from delaware and knows the holder has to make to get to the olympics. I have been homeschooled since 5th grade. So ive been on this path for a long time and it hard mentally and physically. Just saying dedicated committed to the goals that i set for myself and just working towards know that will compete against biles in 2 weeks in san jose at the u. S. Championships on the past to the 2024 reporting in san jose, Justin Campell kron. 4 news. 9. 49. The time and happening right now. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration and cdc say theyre investigating now a multistate outbreak that may be connected to ice cream cups. Put out by the brand called real kosher, all flavors of theyre soft. Serve on the go. Caps are included in this recall. 2 people apparently gotten sick. Both had to be hospitalized. 19 states sell the ice cream, including right here in california. The brooklyn based company says that they have temporarily shut down production of this product. Consumers should check their freezers. If you have any of this, want to throw it away or return it for a full refund speaking of refunds, if youve been to target lately and bought some candles, youre going want to check them out because the retailers issuing a recall. Now on more than 2 million threshold brand candles, both 5 and a half ounce and 20 ounce candles are affected. Target says its received 19 reports of the glass container for these candles. Breaking while does shattering because the heat from the flames that could cause a burn risk. At least one person reported an injury target will offer a full refund for those recalled candles. Its veterans who may have been exposed to toxic burn pits now have more time to sign up for retroactive health care benefit. Yeah. The va extended the deadline to monday. Now to apply for that coverage under the pact act. Washington correspondent jessi tenure has the story. The va says extremely high demand caused technical difficulties on its website. As the white house races to reach as many veterans as possible. Veterans are getting the care they deserve in every corner of the country. President biden celebrated the oneyear anniversary of the pact act thursday at a va hospital in utah. Compensate veterans and their families have suffered the consequences of this tragedy. The law allows veterans exposed to toxic burn pits to receive Health Care Coverage for more than 20 medical conditions. Many of the fittest and best trained warriors. And we ever me were exposed to these Current Customer to the president said one of the president said one of those veterans was his son beau. Who died from brain cancer . Breed that talks cheering sometimes for much of the time. The case of my son and his buddies for an entire year. Causing headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer, nearly 350,000 veterans have had their claims approved in the last year. But the va said this potentially impacts more than 4 Million People due to high demand. The agency extended the deadline to august 14th to apply for 12 months of backdated payments. Utah republican governor spencer said his state is working around the clock to help veterans get the benefits. We honor you. Thank you for your service. And President Biden said its also important for the survivors of these veterans to apply. He gave the example of a spouse and 2 children being able to receive 2000 a month total for the rest of their lives in washington. Im jessi tenure. Its 9. 52. And coming up on the kron 4 morning news, new wireless plan rates are coming for verizon customers. Can you guess do you think theyre going up or down . Well tell you. 9. 55. To time. Bay area American Indian to spirits is announcing their 13th annual to spirit powwow. Youre looking at footage from past events now in order to attend the next powell. Youre gonna have to wait a little pit. Mark your calendar. Its scheduled for february 10th of 2024. So next year you are welcome attend a Powell Committee meeting thats set for august. 28. So later this month, bates was the first ever to hold a to spirit powwow in the nations. So that makes a kind of special. Calling any and all artistic san franciscans. Your design could be featured in the 2024 elections. You know, you are the i voted sticker. Well, could be your design. So you design you submitted and you have until september 22nd to get your design in there. And then if you win, youre going to house and llars and will are all be where the little light vote stickers. The uh about that. It is 9. 56. Were going to take a quick break. But coming up on the kron, 4 morning news in the next hour. The death toll sadly is to is still rising in hawaii as people are dealing with the devastation of that wildfire on more on that coming up in a minute. Plus to Driverless Car Companies get green light to expand service in San Francisco. Taxi drivers, though, Rideshare Companies, theyre none too happy about and members of the Foster City City Council say theyre not on board with a plan to raise on board with a plan to raise bridge tolls. Tell you why. With nurtec odt, i can treat and prevent my 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. Talk to your doctor about nurtec today. Right now on the kron. 4 morning news doctors are stressing the importance of taking care of your Mental Health as police danville, investigate a possible murder suicide. The death toll continues to rise in hawaii as wildfires continue to rip through the island of maui. More Driverless Cars are coming to San Francisco officials giving it the green light. From the local news station. Youre watching morning team. Good morning and thanks for joining us this morning. Im darya and james and were waking up on this friday to lots of things happening this weekend from outside lands to football, kicking off a minor so size or to covering. Yeah, the preseason game happening. Fortyniners raiders going walk it and then theres driverless car thing. Would you rather get a ride from the driverless car . May you know, its a little topdown