Are coming down very slow. The 880 in back up reaches over the toll plaza. The san mateo bridge had a disabled big break. It is in a process of being cleared as well. The traffic is slowed just passed a mid span out to the west side of a high rise. Believe it or not there is an accident on the dumbarton bridge. So far there is not much of a back a but it is still early. It is a chilly start for your friday. As we head into afternoon the fault that we are seeing should clear out. We may see some upper 80s for the warmest and lesbos. I will have full details coming up. St. Fire crews are battling a fire early this morning that broke out at a carports and hayward kron4 mike pelton is live with the latest. When this fire broke out the Fire Department showed up and down this entire carport engulfed in flames. Here are some of the pictures that nearby relatives gave us. They tell us that they heard explosions early and that the Fire Department stated that it was of the tires from the vehicles that were popping. They spoke with one man who said that his wifes car was destroyed. The neighbors were hitting on the door and at the same time i started hearing the tires expo. I saw what was going on and will cut my girlfriend. By that pointthe flames were up to the garage. That our 6 ft. Tall. An arson investigator is on the scene to determine the cause. They are not sure whether it is suspicious but the neighbors stated that it sure seems like it. They tell me that the owner of this restaurant was hanging out around here. They are pourine pointing fingers at a resident. We will hear from him coming up. No injuries were reported to a firefighters or the residents. New this morning, a deadly crash in oakland with an s uv landing on top of a motorcycle. The accident happened around 1030 last night at 3rd and adeline near the port of oakland. Police were responding to a motorcyclist down, thats when an suv came speeding around the corner, hit a parked car and crashed, flipping over onto the motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. No one in the suv was injured. Another barts strike is coming closer to reality this morning. A 72 hour notice has been issued. Negotiations are wrapped up at around 9 00 p. M. Last night. The three union in negotiations with barts announced the strike notice last month. This means that workers could walk off the job for the second time is a new contract is not reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say that the two sides have not made much progress. This is not something that we intend to do. This is a sad occasion. We have tried so hard not to have this happen. It takes to party sought to avoid this. Up to now it is our contention and belief and i mean this from the bottom of my heart that we do not believe that the district has been negotiating in good faith. Bart says that calling for a strike will only stall and delay important decisions that need to be made. They say that he is confident that a deal will be reached. Regardless of what is happening at the negotiation table, people are already weighing their options because another strike may happen. Kron4 jackie hayward. Is live this morning at the west oakland bart station with part of the coverage. Lets face it. We talked about the negotiating and these are the people who are stuck in the middle. Here is video from the last time the strike happen. People had to scramble for alternatives. There were so many long lines and thousands of people were lining up. Travelers and commuters attempted to get to San Francisco. They wanted to across the bay for other alternative plans. I did have a chance to talk to people this morning to see how they feel. A lot of people are saying that they will make alternative plans. It will really affect me and us that way. This is not pleasant. It is very frustrating. What can we do. I spoke to one person who stated that he commuted from dublin and that he decided to drive and that it took two hours. This is the same story that i heard all over the place. These people are put in the middle of this. There are hoping for some sort of agreement before monday. Its like he said might did it will affect you whether not you drive barts are not. Even if you are just a regular driver this was still had more time to your commute. Line new unemployment numbers are in showing that employers added 162,000 jobs in july, both u. S. Since march. But the gains are enough to lower the Unemployment Rate to 4 and 1 2 year low of 7. 4 . It was at 7. 6 . The summer reserve will pay close attention to the figures as it decides whether to scale back its 85 billion monthly bond purchases. Watching wall street this morning. Futures trading shows all three indexes august got off to a positive start on wall street. Stock are back at record highs after better Economic News sent the market sharply higher. Heres a look at how the markets closed yesterday. The dow gained 128 points. The nasdaq composite rose 49 points. And the sandp 500 gained 21 points. Closing above 17 hundred points for the first time. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. We are tracking a hot spot. If there is a problem on the east shore freeway. There is an accident that is blocking the middle lane. This is as you head down to albany. There may also be a second incident. You will see the extent of the back of that is reaching to send papillote. We are trackinsan palo. Were also tracking a another incident. We had a disabled big rig that lost a tire. Caltran is towing it also the bridge the. There is heavy traffic. Us embassies in predominately muslim countries around the world will be closed sunday due to security concerns. There has been unspecified information indicating a threat to u. S. Facilities overseas. The diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day, depending on analysis of the threat information. The last major warning came last fall when embassies warned american diplomatic facilities across the muslim world of potential violence around sept. 11. Maybe the 40th time is the charm for a vote to repeal president obamas health care law. House republicans are scheduled to vote today on a bill that would prevent the Internal Revenue service from enforcing or implementing any part of the law they call obamacare. Such measures have died in the democraticcontrolled senate. Next year, the irs will begin enforcing the requirement that most individuals have health insurance, collecting fines from people who dont. A quick break. Here is a live look at san jose. The traffic is pretty light here. This is 1 01 north. It will warmup. It is a cool start in san jose is 56 but will get to a high of 86. Welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. We continue to track a hot spot for a ride on interstate 80. This is an issue are coming down the east shore freeway. You will hit really slow traffic. This is as you work your way past the albany exit. There may also be a separate incident. We are still looking at delays for the bay bridge but they may disappear. There was a stall and then accident. The metering lights were set and i you can see they are moving very quickly. It is possible that we may start to clear this out. The drive time is about 18 minutes. The san mateo bridges still recovering from an earlier problem with the disabled bit rate that blew a tire. The incident on the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge has been clear. If youre ride to the Golden Gate Bridge 1 01 southbound has no delays and it isnt easy trip through marin county. The drive times under 25 minutes. We have more salt over the Golden Gate Bridge. Take look at the fastyou concede the flag is blowing around. The temperatures a again are pretty similar to what we saw 24 hours ago. Upper 40s and through the north bay. 55 degrees in oakland. We are tracking the numbers and to the afternoon it will be a little one and what we saw yesterday. Pleasanton will have a high of 85 degrees. Low 70s for the east bay shoreline. It will be pretty comfortable and upper 70s for redwood city. Napa today it will have a very nice temperatures in the low 80s. Lets talk about the evening forecast. You will probably be out and about and you may have dinner plans. The temperatures will be a mild side. The same will go for oakland 66 degrees. If you are hanging out in lynn, concord will stay in the 70s. There is a quick glance International High and you will probably be traveling through the weekend and we do have showers in the midsection of the country. Were talking temperatures, new york city will have a high of 85 degrees. In the bay area the 7 day around the bay highlights temperatures will be cooler than where we should be. It will be very pleasant outside. A longtime teacher at a Catholic School in Southern California has been fired for marrying his partner. Ken bencomo taught at saint lucys Priory High School for 17 years. He married his longtime partner and pictures of the wedding were published in the local newspaper. Bencomo was then fired. The school says while they dont discriminate against employees for their private lifestyles, public displays of behavior not in line with the church are not allowed. Bencomo hasnt filed a lawsuit. He says he would rather settle the matter without one. In other bay area news this former san jose teacher, craig chandler, was found guilty on all counts of molesting five little girls at ob whaley elementary school. This is video from Chandlers Court appearances last year. The 36yearold teacher was arrested in early 2012 on charges that he blind folded five of his students and made them perform oral sex. The female victims were between the ages of 7 and 9 when chandler molested them during recesses in his classroom outside court on thursday the prosecutor said that she believes justice was served. When you look at their testimony there is no explanation for this kind of. Chandler is scheduled to be sentenced in september. He faces 75 years to life in prison. It was less than 3 weeks ago that a sensless murder alayshand took the life of carradine. The little girl, whom loved ones called ladybug, was shot and killed when she was at a sleepover at her friends home in east oakland. Alayshas stepfather jesse fowler says that the family is still struggling with the devastating loss of the i am just walking through the house and i am used to hearing her voice. I do not like to be at home and i tried to be away. It is a real loss for everyone. We are trying to get through it. It is just not coming along really easy. Friends and family gathered to host a runway celebration in her memory. Alaysha had dreamed of one day becoming a fashion model. Proceeds from the event will go to support her family and the after school dance a new deadline for the mlb it starts to face suspensions for their ties to performance enhancing drugs. Monday appears to be the new deadline for new York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and 13 others to accept their suspensions. Negotiations between rodriguez are stuck on a rods a desire to make sure that he can cash out on at least some of the remaining 100 million that he is old and his contract. We will be right back. Geicos defensive driver, enginegood student andke 13. Multipolicy discounts could save you hundreds of dollus. Engineer uh geicos discounts could save you hundreds of dollars. It sounds like youre saying dollus. Dollus. Engineer if you could accentuate the r sound of dollars. Are. Are. Arrrrr. Arrrrr. Arrrrrr. Someone bring me an eye patch, i feel like a bloomin pirate. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Honestly, i feel like i nailed that. New this morning. Toyota reported Quarterly Sales from its first fiscal quarter were almost double from a year ago. The company says it earned 562 yen. Up 93 percent from the same quarter last year. In north america, vehicle sales totaled nearly 700 thousand units. An increase of 26thousand compared to the same period last year. However toyota says operating income decreased by 35 billion yen. Like other automakers, toyota saw a drop in sales in europe and asia. Ford Motor Company haspoint 4 million fine to the federal government for delaying the recall of ford escape suvs with gas pedals that could become stuck. A year ago, ford recalled 421,000 escapes in the u. S. For the problem. The settlement indicates that the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes ford knew of the problem for some time before alerting the agency and vehicle owners. Googles latest smart phone is f tade in theusa. Its called the moto x. The search giant unveiled the first phone of its own design since it bought motorola last year. Google says the phone isnt necessarily aiming to beat out competitors like the iphone or galaxy. Instead, the focus is on ease of use and helpful features. Workers at a factory in fort worth, texas will assemble and ship customized phones. Google says moto x will be available by the end of this we will be right back s the kron 4 morning news continues. Dow futures are down. There has been a drop in the unemployment numbers. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Welcome back. We have a monthly jobs report, for the month of july. It did show that the Unemployment Rate did drop. Its show step up only zero hundred and 62,000 jobs or added in july. It also shows that americans worked fewer hours and that theyre paid differs. Consumer spending did rise the month of june. Dow futures were down 18. Lets take a look at the weather and traffic. We are talking probably the warmest temperatures of the week. It will be perfect for your friday but we do have more clout cover. It looks like we was the upper 80s inland. Low 60s for the coast. It will be a little bit cooler as we head into saturday and sunday. Overall, it will be very cloudy. I will have a look at the 7 day around the bay coming up. There is an accident on interstate 80 that has been moved out of the traffic lanes. This is a better ride. The bay bridge toll plaza we are still looking at slow traffic for the westbound commute. Things became backed up with an Early Morning accident and install that has been clear. The metering lights were sped up. The 880 brand is backed up over the toll plaza. Off the drive time 16 to 18 minutes. This is unusual from a 80 approach. Developing news out of hayward, where several cars were on fire inside a carport. Take a look at some pictures we got in from neighbors, you can see how big the flames got. This happened at three this morning on the 22thousand block of pearce street near streets. 6 cars are destroyed. We spoke with one neighbor, he describes what he saw. This fire tore through this carport and you can see the six cars that are burned. The Fire Department received calls about 3 00 a. M. Once the Fire Department arrived this of this. All the cars were engulfed in flames. These are some of the pictures that were taken. Residents say that some a lot more to zero explosions. Fire crews stated that the explosions was the sound of tires that are popping. Now the tenants are all pointing their tankers at one vesicular tenant. I wenoffendere tenants. They have interviewed him but at this point theyre not saying that he was responsible. They have been are some of mr. Gaidar on the scene. As you can see, there i a of damage. A are sent detectiven the the scene investigating. Fire crews had to take down a fence to get to the fire. It took about a half hour to get the fire under control. Arson experts were called in to investigate. One person is dead after a crash near the port oakland. The crash happened last night at third and adeline when Police Arrived they found a motorcycle down. When officers were investigating the accident, a suv came speeding all around the with a parked vehicle and crashed. It landed upside down on top of a motorcyclist. Spurs 8 was administered to the motorcyclists but he was determined to see some the scene. Commuters are now anxious about what to do on monday for transportation if a bart strike does happen. Many riders wish that negotiations were going better. But they agreed some give and take has to happen on both the sides of the management and the unions. On the other hand, a lot of riders say both sides are to blame for what is going on. A bart strike is now more of a possibility. Commuters are anxious about what to do on monday for transportation. Kron 4 jackie sizzle is live with more. You can see the riders here at this location. This 72 hour notice has been given. The reality of this is starting to be a reality for all lot of people out there. The last couple of weeks they have been talking about negotiating. These are the people who are stuck in the middle. These are the people will suffer the most. As you remember earlier last month when we had the barts strike thousands of people or stuck in long lines. Here was one personthats you can see that there is a long line. Not only at the ferry but at the ac transit and the bay bridge. We are approaching the 72 hour deadline which is on monday. People are starting to make alternative plans. I am going to have to get to work some not. If they go on strike i will have to do what i have to do. I am frustrated. I have to get to work. Last time, i went to work. I drove all the way from dublin. It was kind of a pain and it took me two hours to get to work. And earlier this morning i spoke to one woman who stated that it will have an impact on hurt and that she is just considering just stay in San Francisco for the duration of the strike. She said this will get a hotel room and going to work that way. She stated that this maybe a easier option for her. Theres so many to their ride the bart on a daily basis. Theyre all scrambling for an alternative. You can get the latest on bart strike was avenue, kron 4. You can download the new kron 4 news app. The time is 6 37 a. M. We will have more Team Coverage will what will happen with barts. We will let him know what people are saying on the face book page. Also, here is a live look at the commute to work. I will have more on that when we return. Here is a look at the temperatures in when we return. Here is a look at the temperatures in oakland at 55 degrees. With to make Peanut Butter so deliciously creamy. It always makes s the home team cheer. Thats why choosy moms ms and dads choose jif. Go morning. The time is 6 41 a. M. We have been updating you on the bart negotiations. Bart workers are set to go on strike again if the deal is not reached soon. Kron4 facebook fans are sounding off. Cliff martin, lay them all off, hire and train new employees and that would have no problem getting the money package the current employees are getting. Ruth vazquex ramirez, fire them all the base of the table that they have a good paying job what greeted does to d does to you jeff g goyer, if they strike again fire them all just like reagan did with the air traffic controllers. Join the conversation by first liking kron4 facebook. You can sound off below the story. Happy friday. The temperatures are off to a chilly start. We are in the 40s are right now vallejo is coming in at 49 degrees and the same for napa. Upper 40s out the door nth navoto. You should certainly bring in your jacket. It is 54 degrees for now in san mateo. There is warmer cloud cover compared to what we saw yesterday. The temperatures will warmup pretty nicely. We are inching our way closer. This is the story not only to marr button to the rest of the week. In fact, we would not see much in the next seven days. Broken down near afternoon high started in the east bay. An uncommon was the upper 80s. Take a look at this dirt with a high of 91 degrees. Plenty of sunshine for brentwood. The east bay shoreline, san leandro becoming as 74 degrees. Berkeley will be staying in the upper 60s. This will felt very nice outside in the south bay. It will not be too hot in not too cold. 84 degrees for campbell and upper 70s for san jose. The temperatures will want down the bay shoreline. 67 degrees for san bruno and redwood city will have a high of 78 degrees. We are five degrees cooler than or should be. Last but not least less focus on the north, very nice day for napa up with a high of 82 degrees. Heres a quick look at your baseball weather. The oakland as are on the facing off against the texas rangers. Their first pitches as 7 05 p. M. The temperatures will be in the upper 60s. Will will close at seven degrees as we pushed closer to the end of the game. Use a bundle of if you are going to gain. Your kron 47 day around a highlights temperatures will have a morning fog and afternoon sunshine. It is not too bad around the bay area. The bay bridge back up is not as bad as it looks. It is only slow in the westbound direction. This is from the beginning of the macarthur mayes. , i am sorry at the beginning of the 880 fly over. The good news is that the drive time is only 16 minutes. That is even coming from highway 24. The san mateo bridge had an Early Morning problem but it has cleared. This is a sense for 1 01 southbound at the Golden Gate Bridge. Lets track drive times. The shore freeway is 16 minutes from hercules to berkeley. There were problems earlier there was a hot spot but accident has gone and the traffic is going back to normal. It is a little bit of a slowing that julianne mckee. The north bay ride is still under 25 minutes from navoto sa out to the Golden Gate Bridge. Eight engineer was found guilty of killing his to two coworkers. He is charged with three counts of murder in special circumstances. He was fired from his job. Will he be eligible for the Death Penalty . The city of richmond is want to file a lawsuit against chevron. They burlingame law firm has been hired to file the suit. That also handle the suit against pg e. No word on how much money the city will seek. Theres an update on the giants fan who was attacked in 2000 and 11. His family says that he still needs immediate attention because the merc damage in his arm. They stated he cannot lift his arm or open his hand. The family says that his memory is unpredictable and they do appreciate the gratitude that they have received. They said despite what he is going through he is still having a good sense of humor. Oakland will be the only mainland city with nonstop service to the big island of hawaii 8. The flights will have Daily Service the was start in january. The two remaining items will start in june. Delta up will have an outside show that will be available. The shuttle operation will include 28 flies 14 each day. This is mainly for business travelers. It was start a 7 00 a. M. On light the delta is a new york version. The california operation will not have stand by and you cannot walk up and purchase a ticket at the kiosk. The shuttle operation was started september. Aerial castro was a sentence to life in prison and 1000 plus years. He had 937 counts. One of his victims michelle, was in court as he stated that her life is back after she spent 11 years in prison. She says that the two other women that he hailed want to see him locked away for life. Castro told the court that he is not a monster and that he blamed a sex addition for his behavior. The Death Penalty state is running out of execution drugs. Their remaining supply and expires in september and that texas is already has injected people are ready. There are five more that are said to be theyre trying to explore other options but have not found an alternative. The time is 6 62 a. M. Here is a live look outside at the james lick freeway. Cucut t i i hahaveve no idea whatss go. Mamaybybe e youre the originalo wiwithth c curly fries and. Whwhy y ththe cowboy hat . Yoyouurere the barbecue chi babacocon,n, cheese, and barb. Yoyou u alalso come with cu9 bububbbbleles i i hahaveve no idea whats goi. Jujustst go with it. Thisdidire. The highest grossing sam is getting three sequels. Sam ave three sepals. It took an 760 million when it first opened. It waltha when you go to the movies in oakland you can get a reward for going. This is basically letting you go for free or choose your price. The new parkway theatre is allowing customers to pay what they want. This is from nothing to the normal ticket that this is his way of saying thanks to the committee. Because they had to fight for this new there. Will take a quick break. We will have the latest on the cult down to another possible barts strike. We will tell you what is to get around on monday. There is a deadly accident that happened in oakland where and who suv slipped over and landed on a motorcycle. We are watching bay area weather traffic and we are watching a backup at the bay bridge. We will be right top stories that were following on this friday, august second. Notice has been given. The threat of a bart strike come monday is feeling more like a reality. The latest with negotiations and a look at alternate transportation options. At least a half dozen cars are destroyed after a carport fire that happened just a few hours ago. What investigators think happened and a look at the damage, coming up. And were watching wall street this morning following some mixed news on the july jobs report. But it to our numbers with the weather. Good morning erica. Darya we do have our fair share of cloud cover as we head out the door but we will enjoy it warmer temperatures. The Golden Gate Bridge thats where we are seen at mid to upper 40 so certainly grabbed a jacket as you head out for work or school. Check out your afternoon highs for today. Low 60s coast side all the way up to upper 80s inland