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Toll rising and the flames reaching containment. But first, u. S. Attorney Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden who he is named and why the case is now taken this turn. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman and we start with some breaking news as u. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. Garland says he is naming david weiss as the special counsel. Why says the u. S. Attorney in delaware who has already been probing the business dealings of the president s son. And this is coming after a plea deal broke down last month and a tax and gun case against hunter biden. So heres what the attorney general said just moments ago. Tuesday of this week, mister weiss advice me that in his judgment, investigation had reached a stage at which he could should continue his work as a special counsel. And he asked to be so appointed. Upon considering his request as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him. A special counsel. This special counsel announcement also comes as House Republicans are mounting their own investigation into Hunter Bidens business dealings. The doj says neither the white house nor Hunter Bidens attorneys knew that todays announcement was coming. New at noon Redwood City Police responded to a shooting near a Senior Center yesterday that left 2 people wounded. Police say it happened at the Veterans Memorial center on madison avenue. The 2 men were hospitalized and they are expected to recover. Officers say that the shooting was the result of a drug deal and that the investigation is ongoing. Now to the latest out of hawaii where at least 55 people have died in the maui fires. The wildfires have devastated entire hawaiian towns, including the Historic Village of a hyena. Hawaii governor josh green toward it. Yesterday. He said that the town is, quote, gone and an estimated 1000 buildings have been destroyed. People will now be allowed to go back starting today to check on their properties. The cleanup process is set to take years in order to get things back to the way that they work. And there are some questions this afternoon about hawaiis Emergency Warning System and why some say it did not alert them to the oncoming danger. Kron fours Michael Thomas in the newsroom with the latest. These stories of survivors saying they had no idea fire was happening. Match up with what many told me after landing at the airport yesterday. And now were learning that hawaiis famous Emergency Management system didnt go off to warn people at all. Parts of val, were completely destroyed with more than 1000 structures gone and a death toll that continues to rise. Some say they didnt even know about the fire until they saw smoke are heard an explosion and had to people are found in houses in a huddle each other because the fire surrounding their homes before they could even get out. Theres no way to go. And these are Beautiful Homes that are very old and in foot up like a matchstick. Nobody had morning according to wise Emergency Management records, no sirens went off at all in the past, hawaii has bragged about its outdoor all hazard Public Safety warning system. Describing it as the largest integrated in the world with about 400 sirens across the island. Thats supposed to warn people about situations just like this but never went off we saw before we it was going on. I was like you said the smoke. But 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 Officials Say instead emergency text message alerts were sent out along with tv and radio warnings. But keep in mind, the power there went out shortly after the fire started in cell signal is still spotty today, hawaiis deadliest Natural Disaster was back in 1960, during the tsunami which killed 61 people on the big island. The situation today may exceed that as numbers continue to grow. Officials continue to monitor the situation on the island along with searching for survivors. In the newsroom, Michael Thomas kron, 4 of the many buildings destroyed by the fire. There was also a bar and restaurant. Those owned by fleetwood, the drummer from Fleetwood Mac fleetwood said in a facebook post, quote, fleet was on front street has been lost. And while were heartbroken, our main priority is the safety of our dear staff and team members. Also the landmark 150 old banyan tree is Still Standing. This is video that was just released by the u. S. Senator brian schatz who was there and at the time of the video said that the tree was still smoldering. This was yesterday and was, quote, just about the only thing left other than the lighthouse that famous tourist site in la hina that banyan tree was imported from india and planted in front of courthouse and the harbor 18. 73. It sprawls along the towns front street and is the size of an entire city block. It stands more than 60 feet high. Thats according to go. Hawaii dot com and many people are happy. The bat is Still Standing and we will continue to monitor the hawaii fires on our website. Kron 4 dot com. You can scan the qr code on your screen. It will bring you the latest information on the fire as well as uptodate evacuation orders and search and rescue efforts as well as ways that you can help out. Well talk about our forecast now with a quick live look outside here along the conditions in walnut creek. We dont have heavy traffic and it is little cooler today. Thats not going to last that much longer. Kyle is in the weather center. First, though, with a look at whats happening in hawaii, the winds dying down. They have about 70 containment on the fire now. So some improvement, right . So they do still have some wind out there. No doubt about it. Youre looking at gusts now that are in the teens. So that is, you know, its not nothing rights. Much calmer right now in the big island. And were expecting those winds to get a little bit better. As we start to see this major hurricane Hurricane Dora still just to the south here, its going to be pulling away. And this highpressure also starting to break down a little bit. So that will help to kind of get that wind gradient to be less. But right now, still a major hurricane, meaning category 3, category 315 miles per hour, sustained winds. This is the past is going to take when it finally just becomes a subtropical low. And again, as that pulls away, that should help things for them. Theyre also expecting just a little bit of rain, as you can see as we head into the next 24 hours. And that is also helpful, particularly on the big island. Theyre expecting a little bit of rain. What may not be helpful is the fact that weve got a couple other tropical systems that are lined up here, kind of ready to take the position that dora was in. So well be keeping an eye on that. It is that time of year when things stay very active in the tropics. Meanwhile, bring it back to the bay. We started off a little foggy. Todays take a live look from the east bay. Temperatures reflect that. Of course, were a little cool. 60 degrees in San Francisco. You can see some 80s popping up now in san jose and livermore. We will have that as seasonal or below average day today on the back a little bit, well talk more about our extended forecast for now. Send it back to the desk. Thank you so much. We have some developing news now as deputies in the east bay are investigating a possible murder suicide after finding an adult and 2 children. Dead inside of their home kron fours. Dan thorn has reaction from neighbors in danville. 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 2 were his children. Dont hear a lot a crime. And then this. Theyre 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. The 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, you learn police have not released the names or ages of the children. They are continuing to investigate. If you or someone you know, is experiencing a Mental Health crisis, you can call or text the number 9, 8, 8, and talk to a trained counselor who can connect you to local services. That line is open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This afternoon, were learning what caused a San Francisco bound flight to nearly plunge into the Pacific Ocean after taking off from maui. This was last december. Investigators from the National Transportation safety board say after taking off during heavy rain from a maui airport, the captain asked the copilot to reset the wing flaps, but the co pilot heard 15 instead of 5. The pilots immediately realized the mistake as the plane started pitching downwards and accelerating in just 10 seconds. The plane dropped more than 1000 feet before the pilots were able to regain control. Thankfully, none of the 270 passengers and crew members on board were hurt. That flight resume to San Francisco as planned. And now the faa says the pilots reported this incident themselves. The appropriate action was taken. Both pilots are still flying for united airlines. In the south bay. Now, if a deal is not reached between san jose and the thousands of its employees this Week Services will be in jeopardy, including the care of hundreds of animals. Mayor matt mahan floated the possibility of shutting down the San Jose Animal Care Center to cover much of the cost of the upcoming possibility of this threeday strike, the overcrowded shelter takes in nearly 1500 animals. Thats how many its taken so far this year. Its not clear what will happen to the animals inside the shelter if it is shut down while the city has not confirmed which cityrun services will be affected by the pending strike. Unions expect wide ranging disruptions, including the Animal Shelter Library Youth summer programs and code enforcement. Thats if an agreement cannot be made by next tuesday. The 15th. When that threeday strike could begin. And in the east bay Contra Costa County Animal Services says that their shelter is full and they need to find homes for 50 dogs. The agency says the shelter is now at risk of having to euthanize animals that are not adopted. And you can see all the animals that are up for adoption right now on their web page. If youre not ready to fully commit to a pet, you can also consider fostering an animal. So that would allow some space to be freed up in the shelter, at least for a little while. A lot more ahead here during kron. 4 news at noon. Coming up, the extreme heat is not just affecting our bodies but our minds as well. Well take a look at this new. Mental health study. Plus, members of the Foster City Council say they are not on board with the plan to raise bridge tolls in order to help other Public Transit agencies. Why they say drivers should not be burn with this cost. But first more Driverless Cars are coming to San Francisco as officials relight their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and rideshare companies. San francisco is now the first major u. S. City with to Driverless Car Companies competing for passengers against taxis and rideshare companies. The California Public Utility Commission spent thursday debating this expansion and hearing a lot of public comment. Well get the latest now from kron fours sara stinson. Since day one, not everyone has been on board with Driverless Cars, but with thursdays vote. This expansion is ago when most saying that they will start charging riders in the coming weeks. Cruz is still getting their timeline. Put together a threat to health and safety. This is a threat to the people. Sam says go 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 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 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. Let me standing on the side of the because i choose to navigate my world with the 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, cpu see will be meeting again in 3 months to get a progress report. Im sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. Back to you. Talk about our forecast now on this friday. Heres a live look in San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. It was drizzly gloomy and dreary out there. But were looking forward to a hot weekend. Yeah, probably got that shot there behind you like you need windshield wipers today. I know youre really doing to be a little careful because the roads can be a little bit slick out there, too. Were talking about last night. I was taking a walk after work is getting a little mist in my face. But the that is that San Francisco thing and you can certainly see it there, the Golden Gate Bridge. So were going have another day to day where temperatures stay either kind of at or below average. You can see right now weve got some 60s around the bay. 70s as you head down spots like san carlos and then the 80s are popping up now in san jose livermore, antioch. And you can see still 60s, though, up in santa rosa there. So they are hanging on to those marine layer moments in the morning as i like to call them notice that we do have that system. The remnants of Tropical Storm eugene, that counter clockwise circulation, theyre starting to kick up a little bit of lightning over in the central sierra. It has brought us some showers. Happy to say that up to now. Look, a lot of lightning has been staying offshore, but that is something to keep an eye on. No doubt about it. But you can see where some of these very light showers now are just north of san louis obispo. And then as we head up to the bay area, a few sprinkles, certainly a little trace of rain has been spotted at the san jose airport, but not much other than that kind of misty thing thats happening where its combining with the marine layer for us. We do also have a little bit of wind and you can see its got a southerly component to it. Thats an indication of that system that is to the south of again, temperatures today similar to yesterday, only maybe a few degrees cooler for some of you inland in the inner east vacancy. Cocker looking out for about eightyfour degrees. Weve got some low 80s up in the north bay and a whole lot of 70s around the bay today. Fremont looking out for about 79 degrees. Just to show you futurecast, those clouds are going to be cast a kind of up and around us. And you can see a little bit of drizzle in the overnight hours before this finally kind of starts to clear out. And then we start to warm up by saturday inland temperatures going into the low 90s. Then mid 90s on sunday by monday were talking upper 90s and it kind of last right through wednesday. We start to kind of break it down on thursday. Back to you. Thank you so much. A bill to raise toll fees is facing more opposition from foster city. The city Council Voted to write a formal letter against that increase. Local lawmakers are worried that the toll hike well take a financial toll on the lowest earning commuters who are already paying steep prices to cross bay area. Bridges kron fours. Also the money has the story. All in favor say aye. Aye. Foster city Council Voted unanimously to write a letter in opposition to sb 5. 32. A bill which if passed would raise bridge toll fees by another one 1. 50 for 5 years. All city leaders raised several concerns. 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. Another councilmember criticized the bill wondering why wasnt a ballot measure . Like our 3 which voters passed and will already raise bridge toll fees in 2025. Why is this becoming a Senate Measure versus the citizens can vote on it. Another Council Member took issue with sb 5. 32. Saying california transit agencies got 4 billion dollars during the pandemic. And another 5. 1 billion dollars recently. And still writers arent interested in Public Transportation for safety and cleanliness concerns. Make it safe and make it. Clean and make it inviting for people to take the Public Transit. You could continue to throw money at problem. This money was not issue. Why we are here today. And all of them felt that the increase would financially burden the commuters who already have a tough time making payments. The effects of this will be monumental on the people that its actually trying to help. State senator scott wiener who authored the bill responded to kron 4 insisting that even after securing 400 Million Dollars for bay area transit systems years, there will be a 2. 5 billion dollar deficit which would force service cuts to ac transit. Bart Muni Caltrain that would instead deeply harm lowincome riders who dont own a car. He said, quote, sb 5. 32. Is about the entire region. Every county will suffer if Public Transportation begins to unravel. I welcome any and all ideas for how to solve this very real and present problem. But just saying no, isnt helpful. That was Ella Sogomonian reporting Foster City Council now joined 6 local congressmembers who together wrote their own letter. In opposition. On Trevor Shirley in washington, veterans suffering Health Problems related to burn pits or other kinds of toxic exposure. Now have a few extra days to apply for special benefits. Ill explain when the deadline is coming up. Just ahead. But first, the triple demic, the how states are preparing for the increase of rsv covid and flu cases. Across the nation again this fall. For your health this afternoon, states are gearing up to protect people against a triple threat of respiratory illnesses this fall. Health officials are encouraging everyone whos eligible to get vaccinated against covid19, the flu and rsv once the shots become available, pharmacy chains have started rolling out appointments for flu and rsv vaccines. Updated covid boosters should be ready by september. Its recommended that people get their vaccines before halloween. If its possible, according to the american psyche cattrick association, Climate Change is a big stressor. High temperatures are strongly associated with an increase in suicides. He has been linked to a rise in Violent Crime and aggression. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for mental disorders and deaths. Doctors say many of the deaths are connected to people with schizophrenia, dementia and substance abuse. A possible link between heartburn medications and dementia to talk about. Now, as the study was just published in the journal neurology in a focused on proton pump inhibitors, otherwise known as ppe eyes. Researchers found that those who use ppe eyes for 4 and a half years had a 33 greater risk of developing dementia than those who did not. 7500 older us adults were included in the study. The link between pp eyes and dementia is not confirmed. Experts recommend talking to your doctor before making any changes to your medications. Coming up next, new and improved. Railroad tracks are coming to san leandro. Well hear from the citys mayor and how this will make it safer for the people who live there. Plus, San Francisco is paying off Student Loans for people who attended city college. Well explain the dates. We had to go to school there to get your loans. Given. But first go live to the east bay where wildfire training is taking place right now with the focus on prevention and the focus on prevention and keeping everyone safe. There it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Who knows what you can do when you du more with less asthma. Ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. A wildfire training event in the east bay is burning 150 acres of grassland with a focus on prevention as wildfire season is continuing. Now. Kron 4 s Charles Clifford joins us now live from roggen charles. Well see just how dry it is the right there behind you. Yes, so right behind me here, this is the painted rock land trust in moraga of the plan, as you mentioned, is to burn 150 acres of what is essentially dried grass is going to take a look at some video here. Now. They started this work about an hour ago. Theyre going along setting intentional and this really is for 2 reasons. One, to reduce the fire danger on this hillside get rid of the grass. Now it cant burn later in the summer when the fire danger might be higher lake during a red flag. Situation also this is a Training Exercise lot of people out here doing some hand tool work. Im learning how to pull hose is, you know, so they know how to fight a wildland fire. There are 15 agencies here including Contra Costa County fire. Alameda county fire cal fire, oakland fire east Bay Regional Parks and they are doing this work and taking all precautions to protect the homes in the area. There are a lot of Residential Homes on all sides of this prescribed burn. Theyve run firehose. Theyve let the edges of the burn zone. Also, theyve used bulldozers to create a track and theyve done this in years past. So theyre very practice at this. But im told that if something were to happen, if the fire were to jump the containment lines, they would move quickly to bring it under control. We have 29 fire engines here, which is way more than a first alarm response with shutdown, the foreign operations redeploy inches from other parts of of exercise to go help any fire that outside the law. All right, back live. Now the plan is theyre going to keep burning until about 4 oclock and they should actually set fire on most of this hill right behind me here. And then after 4 oclock, theyll stop burning and spend a couple of hours cleaning up, making sure that the fire is fully out and contained. So its a very latest here in moraga Charles Clifford kron. 4 news cloud. Theyre getting ready. Thank you, charles. Taking a live look outside right now here in San Francisco across the embarcadero. Weve got some blue skies and the shot. Nice to see. Kyle is here now. Details on our forecast. Also, its happening as she or is using storm tracker. If youre tracking storms are using storm tracker. Well, either way, tell you, were going to talk about the heat, but you do see the areas in yellow. Those are severe thunderstorms. You can see 3 spots of it here and upper midwest kind of the central part of the country and then also down in the southeast, very active today. But all of those pinks and oranges, those are for heat. And in fact, we just had some go up on the west coast, mostly for oregon. But you can see just a little bit here in california as well. And this kind of kicks in sunday for some of the heat thats going to be heading our way here on the west coast. And were going to see some of that here, too, as we get into the weekend. But right now were looking pretty good. You can see temperatures upper 80s and reading. Thats the highest number you can see on the map right now in our state. And as we take a live look out at sfo, weve got a little marine layer still happening. That is why were going to have still another kind of seasonal to cool day today, looking up to top out basically in those mid 80s inland. See the difference as we get into saturday and then sunday, those inland temperatures start rocketing up above average and into the wanted to also touch on the fact that weve got some thunderstorms that are now popping in parts of the sierra. And you can see that right there. That is from that tropical remnant right of storm, a huge and that was kind of a storm. Gosh, i guess, for 5 or 6 days ago now. But these are the remnants of that that have made their way to california. And that is why if you are going to head out to lake tahoe today, its its looking really nice right now. But we do have that chance of a thunderstorm possible. Now it is a slight chance, but you can see that lightning those out there just to the south of tahoe. So that slight chances friday, saturday and sunday, it means if youre going to be out there, just make sure you keep your eye to the sky. And youre aware of that. Right now, though, 73 degrees and sunshine looking beautiful in tahoe. So just to show you kind of how this happened in the afternoons, when we see this kind of start to kick up, when you get the heat of the day going. So there it is on saturday as well. Think the same theng happens on sunday. Ill be back in a little bit. Well talk more about our extended forecast for now. Send it back to the desk. Thank you so much. Union Pacific Railroad is fully replacing a section of Railroad Tracks in san leandro. The city is also making safety improvements for cars and pedestrians in that area. As it has become dangerous at times, kron 4 sweep to has the details. Leandro mayor 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 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 days. Well, dont plan on using caltrans this weekend between San Francisco and the millbrae stations. Service will be suspended for repairs. This is one of several closures meant to take place this month. People are being encouraged to look for other forms of transportation. There will be a bus bridge, though, but writer should also expect delays. A San Francisco lawmaker is working to create more Affordable Housing in the city. Senator scott wiener introduced a bill that would rebuild communities destroyed decades ago in the name of urban renewal. The term describes the demolishing of thousands of homes and businesses. Many of them owned by plaque families between 1955. In 1975. We talked with one resident who remembers what it was like watching that demolition in her fillmore neighborhood. Community was devastated. Felt like a tom of bomb dropped on the film on that. Instead because you seeing the buildings torn down. The bill to replace the demolished homes is now on the assembly for it should be voted on in the coming weeks. For your money. This afternoon, san franciscans who attended city college within the last 5 years are getting their debt 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 debt of 13,000 students who attended city college between august 2017 and december of 2022, the citys hope is that by forgiving their deaths, students who did not receive their associate degrees will re enroll in classes. Theres also another federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program thats in legal trouble right now. An Appeals Court in texas blocked a Biden Administration rule to help out students who claim they were misled or defrauded by forprofit schools. The Biden Administration already approved roughly 13 billion dollars in Debt Forgiveness for defrauded students and about half have had their debts cleared. The lawsuit. Says that colleges can argue that the rule change would cause financial and reputation harm to forprofit schools at his, quote, enormous executive overreach. Well, the new standards are on hold eligible students can still apply for forgiveness. Under the Previous Program rules. Veterans now have a little bit more time to apply for Health Care Benefits related to toxic burn panic, burn pit exposure. The extension comes on the anniversary of the legislation that made those benefits available in the first place. Our washington correspondent Trevor Shirley is in dc with more. Now, veterans have until this coming monday to apply for those benefits if they qualify, the extra help is retroactive and available to any veteran diagnosed with a Health Condition connected to burn pit or toxic chemical exposure. That includes agent orange veterans are getting the care they deserve in every corner of the country. The deadline is now extended through monday, august 14th. Its available to any veteran with a qualifying medical condition who served in vietnam through the recent wars in iraq and afghanistan. Many of the fittest and best trained warriors. And we ever sent me were exposed burn pits to merge same all sorts of toxic waste and garbage was destroyed and burn pits, especially on u. S. Bases in the middle east. President joe biden believes the brain cancer that killed his own son. Beau was caused by burn pit exposure. Youve read that talks cheering sometimes for much of the time. In the case of my son and his buddies for an entire year. Causing headaches, numbness, dizziness, cancer. The va says around 350,000 vets have already been approved. But as many as 4 million could qualify, at least 20 medical conditions, including respiratory diseases and cancer can qualify for packed at help. Any veteran comes to one of those hospitals are one of those communitybased clinics and present with one of those illnesses. They automatically get care. Qualifying conditions can mean between one to 3,000 per month, an extra benefits. You can apply for this program through the va reporting in washington. Im Trevor Shirley. Former House Speaker nancy pelosi agreed to let defense lawyers representing the man charged with assaulting her husband, inspect their home before the trial. David de pap is accused of breaking into the pelosi home brutally attacking paul last year to defense team and prosecutors are now set to do a walkthrough of pelosis home in San Francisco. Its located in the Pacific Heights neighborhood earlier this month. A public defender argued that this will help lawyer study the interior to better understand how things played out that night. The United States has now struck a deal with iran to bring home 5 imprisoned americans. The 5 are now under house arrest in the capital awaiting their eventual return to the United States. In exchange, the u. S. Has agreed to release several jailed iranians and free up a reported 6 billion dollars in frozen assets from that country which officials insist will only be used for humanitarian purposes. This is the beginning of the end of their nightmare. And the nightmare that their families experience. This will likely take several weeks before the americans are back on u. S. Soil. Coming up, we will introduce you to a teen gymnast in san jose who is preparing for the olympics. Plus, flipping out over samsungs new phone will get a review. See if its really worth the price tag. In tech, smart. But first, today is day one of outside lands. Well get a sneak peek into this years festival. Music lovers and anyone who just likes a good time get ready. The outside lands Music Festival kicking off today in golden gate park. Around 70,000 people are expected to attend each day. Kron fours will tran has more now from golden gate park. Look at all those people right behind me. By the time this is all over 225,000 people. Well have come through here for threeday festival. Do not bring any backpacks. Bring what that person has in their hand. Look at that. A clear backpack. Because they want to make sure everybody is safe. Plenty of music. Huge name performers. If youre looking for tickets, its already sold out. But if you were looking at one time, it was about 499 for a single day pass. They will add here to curfew, meaning friday saturday, they will shut down at 10 oclock. And on sunday will shut down at 9 40. But in the india food 100 local vendors with some of the best food that just mouth watering. And theres no such thing is watering. But get the point plenty of biggame informers. Got a chance to talk to somebody who is going here are some of the peoples shes looking forward im looking forward to probably you in g i d ids ul. I mean. A lot people. If you come here, do not drive because if youre looking for a parking spot by the time you find when this festival will have wrapped up on sunday night. Take Public Transportation, plenty of buses have a friend drop you off because as you can see by the time let all these people in. Well be to show. All right. Have fun. Happening now. The San Francisco Housing Authority is hosting a backtoschool giveaway. Theyre handing out backpacks full of School Supplies to students from low income households. From grades, 3 through 8th, it will be at the San Francisco Housing Authority building near bayshore boulevard. Its going to be hald until 3 oclock this afternoon and starting tomorrow, police in livermore are asking people to help stuff. The cruiser with School Supplies. Police will be out front of officemax. Cbs, big lots and walmart collecting supplies for families in need good locations because then you go in, you can get something. And then you can just stuff the cruiser. This is video from last years event. There are asking specifically for donations for older students, including dividers pencils, flash drives and calculators among some other things. The drive will last until 10 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon both saturday and sunday. A south bay teen gymnast is preparing for the 2024 olympics in france. There has not been a gymnast from the bay area on the u. S. Team since the 90s, Nola Matthews would like to change that kron. 4 s Justin Campbell has her 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. Why 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. Cleo 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. Amazing. The raiders and the fortyniners kick off their preseason on sunday and you can watch the game right here on kron 4. Heres a look at their joint practice from yesterday sundays game will mean the return of jimmy g who is now the starting quarterback for the raiders. Jimmy, of course, took the fortyniners to the super bowl in 2019. But the niners our quarterback now, brock purdy. Hes unlikely to play in sundays game head coach Kyle Shanahan says earlier this week that most of the fortyniners top players will likely sit out of this game. Pretty has been working his way back from elbow surgery during the first 2 weeks of training camp. And of course, as i said off the top because its probably most important part. You can watch the game right here on kron 4. We are your home for the raiders preseason football. Our pregame show starts at 12, 30 leads up to the game that stick around afterwards for our postgame special and the newscast later on in the evening football season is here, kyra. Theres no doubt about it anymore. Were taking a live look here at our camera in walnut creek. Nice to see some light traffic on this friday. Were looking for things to heat up. I saw when you did the sevenday little earlier, were going to start flirting with 100 degree temperatures starting next week. Yeah. Well, that creek will be one of those spots get close to that. Obviously today weve got the marine layer and as we take a live look here from mount tam our mount tam cam, as we like to call it. But we will see that warming for inland valleys, including those of you and most likely all of you in the inner east bay. So today were looking for 80s low 90s on saturday. But by sunday, you know, were up 96 degrees by monday. 99, you can see what kind of stay there for a few days as well. And the reason thats happening is were going to see High Pressure from the Pacific Northwest are to bump in. And not only are we going to heat up, but theyre going to be heating up as well up in spots in oregon. So they are actually already putting up their excessive heat watches for sunday through thursday of next week. And you can see, again, just a little bit of extreme Northern California included in that. But it really goes all the way through that area in so thats what were going towards. This is where were at right now. You can see that remnant of the Tropical Storm, eugene. Thats all been making its way through california and bring in a little bit of lightning right now in the central sierra. You can see that starting to fire up as well. But as far as rain is concerned, you can see that counter clockwise circulation of this low pressure system. Its brought just some sprinkles to most places. Not a lot of measurable rain, but this is kind of more of the concern that i have with it, which is that it also brings a little bit of lightning now weve had most of this lightning say offshore. But again, you can see the starting to fire up here now, obviously, in this year we have a lot of rain. So still a lot of damp ground out there. That is some good news. But its just something i keep an eye on when we get into our fire season. But heres what weve got going on. So we get a little sunshine breaking through in san jose de the east bay getting some too Half Moon Bay still in the clouds in the Golden Gate Bridge definitely shrouded in some of those cloudy conditions right temperatures reflect that, right. So out in pacific about 66 degrees. But were warming up in concord at 76, 80 in livermore. Were about 73 up in the north bay. These are the highs for today. 60s at the coast, mostly 70s around the bay in 80s inland. If youre heading to see the giants tonight, take your jacket. Partly cloudy skies, a little wind out from the west and temperatures about 63 degrees. Little misty out we get into our evenings and well start to see that marine layer compresses we get into the weekend. So well see those temperatures start to rise up. And as you can see next week starts hot. If you are inland back to you. Is samsungs latest foldable phone ready for prime time. Rich demuro gives us his review in todays tech smart. Samsung has created what might be the first mainstream foldable phone after several years of refining the galaxy z flip 5 is the kind of phone i can recommend if you want something unique and different. Folding Screen Technology isnt perfect. But the z flip 5 works. And this years improvements make it a polish choice. If you want something fun, unique and different. I spent the day in seoul, south korea snapping photos and videos with the phone. And although i would like a dedicated zoom lens, picture quality is good to great. There are 2 major improvements over last years model. The outside screen is way bigger and more useful when open the inside screen looks like your typical for the first time z flip 5 snapshot without a gap. Making it easy to pocket and hold. On the outside screen, you can swipe to see notifications, change settings and see various bits of information. You can even run apps like google maps, netflix and youtube. More if you know how to enable them the form factor. Let you quickly snap selfies using the outside screen and the best cameras on the device. Profit open to take hands, free photos and videos. A feature called dual preview turns both screens into the same view finder. So your friend can see exactly the angle youre getting when you take their picture. You can also easily watch videos without a stand. Samsung says the hand is more durable than ever. And although its fully water resistant, the phone isnt rated for dust resistance at 1000, the samsung z flip 5 is still more expensive than standard phones with better cameras, but discounts and trade ins can bring that price down. This phone is for someone who want something unique yet fun and functional. Samsung says the z flip 5 should last for at least 200,000 fold. But just to make buyers feel more confident. Theyre offering one free Screen Protector replacement, and one discounted screen repair. If you want more information on the z flip 5, you can go to my website rich on tech dot tv. Im rich demuro im sherry and im john. Im a pharmacist. As we were starting to age, its like, well how can we help our cognitive abilities . We saw prevagen. I did read the Clinical Study and went ahead and gave it a try. I feel that prevagen is helping me with overall clarity and as a pharmacist, ive recommended it to, not only just customers, but also to friends and family as a safe product to try. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. California sky todos alcanzamos Las Estrellas sunny state of mind flexin all the time todo es dorado y nos gusta picante cause this place is caliente tamos enchilado feels so golden livin in the golden state with you feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado oooh we got that drip, drip, drip come take a sip, sip, sip feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado well, normally children of all ages gather in ohio to compete in the all american soap box derby. But this week, the young at heart had their chance to tackle the hill at derby downs and a crime. Take a look. It was senior day derby downs. They sped down the hill and adult sized cars. Among those taking on the hill was william wellborn. He did not make it as a soap box derby race or in the 1960s. But he was finally given that chance to fulfill his lifelong dream. I tell you. I dont want to sound like a corneal man, but this is the best thing is happening in a number years. Could bucket list . Indeed, not only even know if i have one, but i guess i along with all the highspeed action, the seniors were treated to some barbecue and live entertainment. Looks like fun. Thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman. Appreciate your time. Ill see you dairy kron. 4 news at 3, but now well send it over to live in the bay with olivia horton. Hav