Weather. Today will be hot. Sal . Its going to be hot. Where did you hear that . I dont know. Good morning, everyone. If youre driving in the hot weather, good to get the road early because its not so hot right now. 80 in west vallejo, and 37 both look good. Traffic looks good on the bridges and theres the Richmond Bridge in the shot. This is all green so speeds are up. No problems on highway 4, no slow traffic antioch to concord right now. If you ever wondered when to go, this is it. This is a look at the bay bridge, with a small delay. Lets go back to the desk. Now a look at the mornings top stories. Pg e turned off the power in the sierra foothills for thousands of customers and just moments ago, they turnedcustome and sonoma counties. Its part of the Public Safety power shutoff that happens when temperatures are very high and therea big risk of fires. The shutoffs should continue until noon. Demonstrators today are calling for climate justice, 7 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. In downtown, part of the week long protests calling for governments to take action. The white house says later today it will release a transcript of a phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine. This comes as House Speaker nancy pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump. That probe focuses partly on r his powers and sought help from a foreign country to undermine joe biden and help his own reelection efforts. N to the. Ktvu dr. Lauren wright, a professor at princeton university. She says theres a huge shift in the political tide, giving Speaker Pelosi what she needed to begin that impeachment process. Reporter that tells you that the president is in really big trouble. And donald trump is no stranger to confrontation. If he wanted this story to come out and use that publicly, he would have done so. He did not want this to come out the way the whistleblower made it come out, and this is a very serious turn of events. Trump took to twitter after impeachment inquiry. In a series of tweets, he accused democrats of in a witch hunt and president ial harassment. President trumps advisors and top supporters say the impeachment inquiry will only help his chances of being reelected in 2020. Even those who are lukewarm about the president are going to find it unjust that democrats are such sore losers, that three years after losing the election, they are still trying to supersede the peoples views and get the president removed from office. That was after nancy pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry, and the Republican Party is asking supporters to donate to the official impeachment Defense Force and have already raised more than a million dollars. Political analysts this will galvanize republicans and democrats. We are at a point where these accusations against the president are serious. The probe puts pressure on moderate republicans in swing states who are up for reelection if theyre forced to take of vote on impeachment. Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will be in the next debate, qualifying by receiving donations from at least 130,000 people and reaching at least 2 support in four recognized polls. There will be 12 candof the few candidates strongly opposed to impeachment, saying the process will be terribly devisive. Happening today, Julian Castro will be campaigning here in the bay ea talking about the need for more affordable housing. Meet with people in the fruitvale neighborhood and meet with those living in a homeless encampment. He released a plan that includes investments to end homelessness around the country by the year 2028. British lawmakers are debating the decision by the British Supreme Court that Prime MinisterBoris Johnson acted illegally by suspending parliament. The High Court Ruled that he was trying to strip parliaments power. He left the meetings in new york and flew back to london, where there are calls for him to resign. Irans president is expected to address the Un General Assembly later today. President trump blasted iran in his speech yesterday. Iran has been accused of attacking structures in the persian gulf and shooting down an american drone. French president Emmanuel Macron has met separately with the president this week and is pushing for a meeting between the u. S. And iran. Irans president said he would only agree to a meeting if the u. S. Lifts sanctions. Talks must be based on those plans. But prior to that, we must create mutual trust. And the trust is something that mr. Trump took away. We had agreement mr. Trump exited. The white house has not commented on whether the president would meet with the iranian leader. Protesters are angry after 600 open positions are not filled. 3,000 unionized City Employees have been working without a contract since june. The city offered a 1 Salary Increase over two years. The employees are not on strike but will picket between noon and 1 00 this afternoon. San francisco parks will be offering free swim time. Temperatures reached 90 in the city yesterday and its expected again today. And that type of heat can be dangerous. Reporter a fall heat wave has gripped the bay area, sending temperatures soaring around the bay. The heat can be dangerous in areas like San Francisco. People in San Francisco do not have the same adaptation. Its kind of a big word to say were not used to it. We get seriously alarm and temperatures that other people think are usual, its not. Reporter the design of the city, big buildings with no air conditioning can hold the heat for hours, even days. We live in heavy buildings made of stone that heat up. Then it traps that heat. The indoor temperature can be 5 to 10 degrees hotter than the outside. Reporter temperatureby san standards but for others the beach is a relief. Pretty miserable. For one, all the wildfires and stuff, pg e is shut off i think until tomorrow night or something. So were without power and just came up here to get away from that. Reporter for those who cant get to the beach, the citys Parks Department didnt charge pool. And stay in communication with those who may be especially vulnerable as temperatures climb. Breaking news just in about a first images from that scene. Plus, two deaths blamed on early season flu here in the bay area. Coming up, what Health Officials are telling us as they encourage everybody to get a flu shot. Mountain View City Council members vote to ban oversize vehicles. Welcome back. We have breaking news to tell you about in vallejo. We are getting more information on this fire on mare island. There is limited water for firefighters to use and this is a vegetation fire. You can see some structures there in the foreground. Allie rasmus is just arriving and well bring you more information very soon. A new United Nations report says the oceans are under severe strain because of Climate Change. The report says Climate Change could be hurting the ability to harvest seafood and hurting the futures of hundreds of millions of People Living along the coast. Rising ocean temperatures, reduction in oxygen levels, and the rise of acidity is adding to the reduction in fish populations. The report recommends reducing greenhouse emissions. Puerto rico is reporting landslides and flooding after Tropical Storm karen swept through the region. You can see the dangerous water there, caught on camera. One of those rivers overflowed into a construction area. Officials warn people to stay indoors as the storm made landfall yesterday just hours after a 6. 0 earthquake hit 45 miles off the island. Puerto rico is still recovering from hurricane marias devastation two years ago. Santa clara county is reminding people to get flu shots. The Health Department there says two people have already died from the flu, one adult and one child. It appears the flu season is starting earlier than usual. What we know is that we dont usually see flu deaths september, and today we are reporting two. Whether this indicates an early season, we dont know. The cdc says 80 of people who died from the flu were not vaccinated. Health professionals recommend everyone six months and older to get the flu vaccine. Authorities in Santa Clara County today will announce a test to 911 service. Calling 911 is still the preferred way to get help but the text service is being rolled out for when a caller cant safely call or they are hearing or speech impaired. If pg e cuts power in your area, Smartphone Service may not last long, according to all five major wireless carriers in the state. A complaint was filed with the fcc. The companies have backup generators in place and mobile cell note works they can roll out to a hot spot during an emergency. But if a wildfire breaks out, all the carriers say they cant guarantee service. During the camp fire, 17 cell towers were destroyed, causing major problems. Supervisors have agreed to form a new superagency dedicated to improving fire safety, including everything from Vegetation Management to improving evacuation routes in the event of a fire emergency. We want to get people out first and foremost, protect their homes second, and third, create a landscape that tolerates fire. The county could put a parcel tax on the 2020 ballot to fund that superagency. Fire crews in the east bay are getting ready for potential wildfires, spending yesterday at tilledden park to slow down wildfires. Their goal is to eliminate anything that can fuel the flames. They are almost done with the first phase of the wildfire prevention project. After spending months in the classroom, the san josi Fire Departments new recruit started a new phase of training. Dozens of recruits were at the fire academys outdoor headquarters to take what they have learned from the books and use what they know in realistic drills out in the field. They are due to graduate from the fire academy on friday, october 4th. City leaders in Mountain View approved a new ban for oversize vehicles parked on residential streets. Reporter city leaders voted 43 to outlaw the parking of large vehicles on all residential streets and voted to ban parking on streets with bike lanes. The only places are these parks and wider industrial streets. The second highest concern, after the first one being waste and spills, the second highest one, we had about 1200 responses in january and it was obstruction of sight. Reporter residents call it a safety issue, rvs blocking their view of traffic. Over 200 people live in oversize vehicles in Mountain View. The ban would go into effect june 30th of next year. They want to start a petition to appeal the ban. Oakland city leaders are debating adding bus only lanes along parts of broadway and they are sending the idea to the full city council. More transit buses run on broadway than any other street only lanes will reduce commute times for passengers by about 30 . Dedicated bus lanes would run on broadway between 11th and 20th streets in oaklands downtown. Back to sal to check the morning commute. How is it looking . Pretty good so far. Starting from tracy, youll see the traffic is a little bit slow already. 580 at 205, theres a crash there. Unfortunately that was a hit andrun and there could be a little slow traffic there, and there is. Usually theres slow traffic here anyway. Westbound 580 at the dublin interchange, a little slowing. Slowing there but the east bay commute is off to a good start. East bay bridge, not much of a delay right now. Steve, have we mentioned its going to be hot today . Not yet. Little warm yesterday . Little bit. Yes, sir, same here. Wewewe have a red flag warning here. Highest gusts, up at 4300 feet, 51 miles an hour. As we peek out today, we start the trend going way down for the weekend. Forecast highs will be near record levels, some coming in just shy. Nothing would surprise me here. The low down into arizona, also into baja, producing Copious Amounts of rain for the desert. The high to the north doesnt like that so it fills it with the breeze. Fairfield 78, san josi at 70 degrees and the city at 68 degrees. Temperatures in the hills 76, very warm air aloft. San carlos 67 degrees, and livermore with a slight east wind. Sfo is trying to get a west wind together but its only 3 miles an hour, so not much. If you want to cool off, 34 degrees in truckee. You can see the air flow coming out of the north northeast. This will be blizzard conditions for parts of montana here. Some areas up there are looking for heavy snowfall, and some will get to the sierra. The main thing here, it will start a significant cooling trend as the fog comes back. Today were hot, few high clouds coming in, and much cooler for the next 24 to 36 hours. Today we have a lot of 80s and 90s. Cooling thursday then ramps back up again on friday. Coming up for you at 5 00, burglars so bold, they ate and smoked, even showered in the homes they broke into. Well hear from one woman describing confronting a man who walked into her house and sat down on the couch. Several thousand pg e customers have no power this morning because of the risk of see the back on. And an out of control driver slammed into parked cars near San Franciscos city hall. New video from the scene after the break. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Welcome back. A robbery suspect who tried to get away from police is now in the hospital after crashing a getaway car during a police chase. Police say the driver sped away when an officer tried pulling the car over, then the car crashed into a parked car near San Franciscos city hall. The driver custody then taken away in that ambulance. No one else was hurt. A former Google Engineer charged with stealing trade secrets claims hes innocent. Prosecutors say Corey Lewandowski stole documents and quit and formed his own self driving car company. Hes due back before a judge again at the end of october. Comedian Dave Chappelle will be performing in San Francisco today and tomorrow, with shows scheduled tonight and tomorrow at the punch line comedy club. Both shows are already sold out. Hes known for his sketch series broadcast on Comedy Central and got out of the public eye for several years, but came back with a flourish, with a new netflix special and standup tour. A new episode of the people podcast is out now. Sal talked to 13 reasons why actor austin aaron, talking about giving up to cal to becom actor, and helping him connect with the netflix series. Listen to the interview by searching for bay area people wherever you get your podcasts. Everybody in town knows whats about to happen. Power is out this morning for tens of thousands of people in california because of the fire danger. Nancy pelosi made it official as democrats decide to pursue the impeachment inquiry. Good morning and thank you for joining us this wednesday, september 25th. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Lets get to sal with the traffic. We have some traffic out there. Looks like i didnt put my computer into the right mode. That happens sometimes. We have slow traffic westbound on 580 because of two things. One, there was a minor crash right here on westbound 580. The other was just the normal slow traffic coming in on 205 and 580, becoming the normal thing. Then westbound 580 we have a crash at the dublin interchange. No major issues. On 880, traffic is looking good in both directions driving into downtown oakland. At the bay bridge, a little bit of a backup. This is nothing major but about 5 minutes or less before you get on to the span. Lets go back to the desk. I think the development around the whistleblower, i think these