And temperatures on the climb. Of subtle changes as we head into the weekend. All have a picture 7 day around the bay forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. Good morning george. George good morning erica. No hot spots but even though it looks like a rough ride to the bay bridge its not at all. Only 16 minutes coming from 580 and highway 24 there were Early Morning hoursproblems at the bay Bridge Street the league relies for activated a half hour above schedule. Metering lights. The Golden Gate Bridge is problem free. We usually see a little more traffic and the northbound direction but so far that does not appear to be the case. Mark now to our other top story. Another bart strike is coming closer to reality this morning as a 72hour notice has been issued. Negotiations wrapped up at around 9 last night and they are set to resume this the three unions in negotiations with bart announced the strike notice last night. This means workers could walk off the job for the second time if a new contract isnt reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say the two sides have not made much progress on salaries, pension, and medical contributions since talks were extended for 30days. Bart says that calling for a strike only stalls and delays important decisions that need to be made. it is our belief from the bottom of our hearts that we do not believe that the district has been negotiating in good faith. Mark barts chief negotiator tom hock says the tone in the meetings has been respectful and he is confident a deal will be reached by sunday. Darya theregardless of whats happening at the negotiations table, riders are already weighing their options should another strike happen. Kron fours Jackie Sissel is live this morning at the west oakland bart station with that part of our coverage. About good morning. Im here at the west oakland bart station. Here at preparing for the last morning commute to be for a potential strike on monday. Word has started to filter down to the writers that if they did not reach an agreement over the weekend a strike will happen. These are the people were stuck in the middle. Last time around they were scrambling for alternatives. It was the same scene across the bay area. Ac transit, the bay bridge, the ferries. A long line to people scrambling to get to work. Thats much of the same case thats being talked about this morning. I had a chance to talk to lots of riders. Some said they would stay in San Francisco. Some say they dont know what they are going to do. We have been talking with bart riders about what their plans are for monday morning. sesame. Gotta do what added to. Sucks for me. That do what i got to do. there is a lot of people who have to figure out alternative routes. The good news is thought it was so recently that we had the last strike all lot of people have already gone through what they have started to plan and they know what to do if they go to the San Francisco bay ferry were lined up but still lets face it, that does not make it any easier. Darya no it doesnt. And this time its not falling on not how the day so it could be worse. Stateowned kron4 and we will keep you posted on the latest periods mark fire crews battle a fire early this morning that broke out at a carport in hayward. Kron 4s mike pelton is live with the latest. Mike. Take a look at these car as they were burnt to a crisp. Six condor fully engulfed in flames. Witnesses said it sounded like multiple explosions that are going off which investigators they were likely tires. I went up and asked him did you start this fire. thought i went ahead and had a cup of water on me or by chance and i threw on there. As soon as i realized it was out of my control at the gas tank at a my neighbors car and told them to get out and call the cops. it can see its melted and he pulled out in such a hurry. The person who ever was 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. New unemployment numbers are in. Showing employers added 162thousand jobs in july. The fewest since march. But the gains were enough to lower the Unemployment Rate to a 4 ½ year low of 7. 4 percent. It was at 7. 6 percent. 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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. We will be back as a kron4 morning news continues. Erica good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. We have a lot of clouds out there. Gray over cast your morning. You notice it is chilly out there. That includes santa rosa currently at 48 degrees 36 of the door in concord. Temperatures will start to warm up once that fog starts to pull back. You see here on futurecast 43 by 12 00 50s along the coast line. Warmer spots take a look at this already climbing into the 80s. As we put the clock into motion we was thought to border were some of those 90s are. Grab a sweater you will probably need it and then later on tonight. As a breakdown afternoon highs started in the south bay. San jose at 78 degrees 30 70s expected in fremont. Were talking mainly sunny skies for with 80 degrees and sunnyvale. We will keep temperatures in the upper 70s for redwood city to about five degrees cooler to where we should be. Pittsburgh with a high of 9186 in fairfield and 70s for vallejo. As we slide to the peninsula take a look at san bruno. 694 today to reach cooler in San Francisco. Today could actually be the warmest day of the week but it looks like we will shake off a couple degrees as we head into tomorrow. For those of you spending your friday night at 0 got cold the as facing off against the texas rangers. At first it is at 7 05. Temperatures will began and the upper 60s of red cloud will relent and we are going to be about 60 degrees by the time the game wrapped up so bundle up. As wcuonhat ex, not much change just about daytoday fluctuations for the next seven days. At 716 thought was your weather. Heres traffic. George thanks erica. Conditions are getting a little worse at the bay bridge toll plaza. For a long time looks like we were going to quickly recover from the Early Morning back up an earlier activation of the metering lights up but doesnt look that way any longer. The drive time has grown from 16 to 20 minutes coming from the macarthur made in the 880 approach continues to back up around the corner from the berkeley curve. Your easiest approach interstate 80. That drive time 13 minutes from paul street into downtown San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge ride continues to look good but continues to look a little light in the northbound direction. Usually on friday to receive more northbound direction. So far that is not the case. But take a look at your e shore freeway ride. But at the 680 ride. Not much in the wake of heavy traffic leading into or through the san ramon valley. Sulfate freeways heaviest traffic as expected right at the guadalupe parkway on 11 north bound. At 101 southbound is still below 26 minutes from the bottle down to the Golden Gate Bridge. Darya thanks a lot george. 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 morning. Former san jose teacher, Craig Chandler, was found guilty on all counts of at ob whaley Elementary School. This is video from Chandlers Court appearances last year. The 36yearold teacher was arrested in early 2012 the female victims were between the ages of 7 and 9 when chandler molested them during recess in his classroom outside court on thursday the prosecutor said that she believes justice was served. Darya it was less than 3 weeks ago when a murder in oakland took the life of eight year old alaysha 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 loss of the little girl. im used to talking with her around the house so i dont want to be there very much. This is a big loss for everyone and it isnt coming along easy. Darya 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 programs she attended. Mark a new deadline for the mlb stars facing 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 desire to make sure he can cash out on at least some of the remaining 100 can cash out on at least some [ male announcer ]00 this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. The usual, bob . Not today. 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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. Ford Motor Company has agreed to pay a maximum 17 point4 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. A new report shows the mercedesbenz is the top comes to stealing luxury cars. The National Insurance crime bureau found the Mercedesbenz Cclass is the most stolen luxury car. For the bmw 3 series is in second place. Thats followed by the infiniti g, mercedesbenz eclass, and the cadillac c ts. Researchers looked at thefts of 2010 to 2012 model year cars from across the u s. Darya googles latest smart phone is first to be made in the usa. 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 month. Another bart strike is coming closer to reality this morning as a 72hour notice has been issued. In darya welcome back to the kron4 morning news. Warmup is on the way. Lets get more from erica. Erica you will notice we are dealing with our fair share of clouds. Now sitting low on the deck so we dont have any problems with visibility but over cast problems as you head out for work or school. Well 70s around the bay in the 60s for the coast. I will have full details of the week that forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. Time right now is 749729. Heres your traffic with george. George we are not tracking any hot spots. We do however have a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. A 20 minute ride out of the macarthur maze. The best approach is from the e sure freeway is this morning. Interstate 83 over at the san mateo bridge highway 92 is a light and easy ride problem free. Your commute to the Golden Gate Bridge, was southbound hardly gets any better than this. Drive times are still under 30 minutes from the bottle into the south street darya another bart strike could be coming up monday morning. This morning as a 72 hour notice has been issued. Negotiations wrapped up at around 9 last night and they are set to resume this morning at 11. The three unions in negotiations with bart announced the strike notice last night. This means workers could walk off the job for the second time if a new contract isnt reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say the two sides have not made much progress on salaries, pension, and medical contributions since talks were extended for 30days. Regardless of whats happening at the negotiations table, riders are already weighing their options should another strike happen. Kron fours Jackie Sissel is live this morning at the west oakland bart station with that part of our coverage. here is the video from the bart strike earlier this month. People started lining up predawn hours to get those off ferries. Theyre not that many of them there were long lines and it was repeated across the. Ive talked to some people and they said they are going to drive van. I even talked to one woman who says she is contemplating getting a hotel roo over the in San Francisco so that she can be a short she will be able to get to work on time. A lot of people scrambling right now looking for alternates to bart because of that potential strike monday morning at. Mark alright jackie think you. We are all waiting for some sort of resolution. And darya fire crews battle a fire early this morning that broke out at a carport in hayward. Kron 4s mike pelton is live with the latest. Mike. if you get a really good look at all of these cars. And see the six of on here. All of them pretty much burned to a crisp. Police responded around 3 00 this morning when they found six cars and golfed in flames. You could see pictures from nearby residents that show the flames shooting up into the air. Fire crews said fortunately no one was hurt and the fire itself and they contained it mostly to the carport but now several people are without a ride it but i think so the neighbors will come up and alerted them to the blaze. i was in a deep sleep. That i was getting ready for work and what my neighbors was pounding on my door. I was like whats going on. I opened my door and my neighbor was like its a fire. I couldnt believe that. while no one was injured in the fire itself one person did receive medical treatment. He tells me he was punched in the face of by a tenant another tenant. A lot of people have tried to place blame on this tripdoes this man because his truck was not largely damaged. If they do rule that person was involved in this incident they will turn their case over to the Hayward Police department. Darya. Mark one person is dead after a crash near the port of oakland. The crash happened last night at 3rd and adeline on the adeline street bridge. When Police Arrived they found a motorcycle down. And when officers were investigating the accident, a suv came speeding around the corner, collided with a parked vehicle and crashed. The suv landed upside down on top of the motorcyclist. First aid was administered to the motorcyclist but he was determined deceased on the scene. Here is what one witness according to Oakland Police fatal crash in oakland on thursday night at 3rd and adeline on the adeline street bridge near the port of oakland 10 30pm last night darya if the bart strike does happen, commuters are advised to make a back up plan for monday morning. Bart will offer a Free Shuttle Bus Service here is a map of the bart stations where you can get on the bus. Some buses stop in west oakland, so you can get off there. Others go directly to the transbay terminal in San Francisco. There are new stops in concord and san leandro. If there is a strike on monday, the buses will run from 5 to 8 in the morning. The evening commute starts at 3pm and takes you back to your original location. However you must have a roundtrip ticket. There will also be limited free parking at the bart stations. And many transportation officials recommend working from home if you can if bart workers strike, but the next best option is carpooling. The metropolitan Transportation Commission says 92 percent of vehicles that cross the bay bridge every day have at just one or two occupants. So there are more than enough empty car seats to take up the slack. Carpool drivers will be able to park for free at any bart parking lot. Caltrans also plans to extend the hours for hov lanes on i80 from 5 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M during weekdays. Additional carpool pickup spots will be set up along beale street and spear street in San Francisco transportation officials recommend working from home if you can. If bart workers strike on monday. And they say. Carpooling is the next best option. Darya good morning. As weve been updating you on the bart negotiations and bart workers are set to go on strike again if the deal isnt reached soon. Kron4 facebook fan are sounding off on the latest development. One person said i looked upped i looked up their salaries and these people are paid very well. Another person is saying these people are insane. They make good money with great benefit. Fire them and give jobs to them who want to do it fare work for fair play. Rebecca on the other side of the issue coming to their defense says i support the work the bart workers 100 percent. Fire them all. At the you honestly think others would put up with the same bs. Join the conversation by first liking at kron4 on facebook that sound off below the story in the comments section. Darya thanks anny. The food and Drug Administration will now require a warning on bottles of the popular pain reliever acetaminophen,saying the drug may cause serious skin reactions in some people. The fda will also ask manufacturers of acetaminophen products to add warnings to their over thecounter medications. According to the fda, the skin reactions are rare but can be deadly. Symptoms include blisters, serious rashes, reddening of the skin and even layers of skin falling off. The food and Drug Administration will now require a warning on bottles of the popular pain reliever acetaminophen saying the drug may cause serious skin reactions in some people. The fda will also ask manufacturers of acetaminophen products to add warnings to their over thecounter medications. Acetaminophen is found in numerous prescription and overthecounter products designed to treat pain and reduce fever. According to the fda, the skin reactions are rare but can be deadly. 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. Darya following the latest on a potential bart strike. Jackies this vote is live are right now getting reaction from riders. i think they get paid enough. They also pay 92 a month for health insurance. Bart wants t raise it a little higher. a report this past week shows that the average worker makes upbart worker makes 76,000 a year. Workers argue that is inflated with high management costs factored and read it some say the employee still deserved better. long hours, working six days a week and they have to deal with irate customers. I think they deserve a raise. The my the people of San Francisco, the workers are being held hostage by both bart and the union workers. it just a little ridiculous of zero people hostage. At least have limited service. Erica we are waking up to overcast conditions of still pretty cloudy and San Francisco but the fog of a lot higher and its not really impacting visibility. So you can make at the tops of buildings. We wont see the sunshine until a couple of hours but once we see it we are talking slightly warmer conditions compared to what we saw yesterday. First lets talk about current weather as you head out to work or school. If still dealing with some authorities in santa rosa right now. 62 degrees so very mild and antioch with 50s of doubt and east bay shoreline. Downtowns and debtSan Francisco currently at 53 degrees. As we head into the afternoon today could actually be the warmest day of the week getting pretty close to 90 in some spots. Concord plenty of sunshine for today. And height of 86 degrees. Flirting with the 70 degree mark in san mateo. San jose 74784 today. Temperatures still cooler and where they should be this year but very nice weather where it is not too hot or too cold. We will mother is an increasing cloud cover but temperatures not too bad. Perhaps youll baseneed a sweater. Back here and the bay area air 7 day around the bay forecast shows temperatures dont really change over the next seven days per it will fall into the pattern of morning fog at afternoon sunshine again we are a little bit cooler than where we should be for the next seven days. As 749 but take a look at traffic with the george. George we are looking at a bigger bay bridge back up for it from an early problem from which we havent really covered. Drive times peaked at 20 minutes and already started to drop. Its the 880 approach that is unusually slow this morning that a 16 to 18 commute into San Francisco. This morning your fastest ride to the city from the bay bridge is if you approach from the east shore freeway. Still 813 to 40 minute commute time. For the san mateo bridge, we did have Early Morning problems and they never really backed up the ride. For the Golden Gate Bridge, for some reason we dont see the usually heavy traffic and the northbound direction. That is so typical for fridays at different from other days of the week. The south found right of it directed looks great. I wish i was made of money. I wish you were too. Chances are, youre not made of money. So dont overpay for motorcycle insurance. Geico motorcycle. See how much you could save. Darya Oakland International airport will be adding nontop 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. Sfax hamas iraq but attend andnow to our other top story. Another bart strike is coming closer to reality this morning as a 72hour notice has been issued. Negotiations wrapped up at around 9 last night and they are set to resume this morning at 11. The three unions in negotiations with bart announced the strike notice last night. This means workers could walk off the job for the second time if a new contract isnt reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say the two sides have not made much progress on salaries, pension, and medical contributions since talks were extended for 30days. Bart says that calling for a strike only stalls and delays important decisions that need to be made. Barts chief negotiator tom meetings has been respectful and he is confident a deal will be reached by sunday. Regardless of whats happening at the negotiations table, riders are already weighing their options should another strike happen. Coverage. Fire crews battle a fire early this morning that broke out at a carport in hayward. Kron 4s mike pelton is live with the latest. Darya new this morning, a deadly crash in oakland with an suv 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. New unemployment numbers are in. Showing employers added 162thousand jobs in july. The fewest since march. But the gains were enough to lower the Unemployment Rate to a 4 ½ year low of 7. 4 percent. It was at 7. 6 percent. The Federal Reserve will pay particularly close attention to the figures as it decides whether to scale back its 85 billion monthly bond purchases later this year. Us embassies in predominately muslim countries around the world will be closed sunday due to security concerns. 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. 810. The state department has just issued eight world wide travel alert because of an outside up brett. No specifics at this point coming from the state department other than this brought the travel alert so if there are more specifics on this morning we will give them to you as soon as we come. As we get them. Because of an alq aeda threat. Mark 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. Sfax darya 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. 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Murder with special in the middle of a heat wave crisis chinese meterorlogists have made it rain. More on what was launched into the sky that created rain in three minutes. Chinese meteorologists have made it rain. Erica good morning we have fog at on the satellite and radar. We are dealing with more clout covered than yesterday. And over cast arts here friday morning but looks like early clarain. In fact all lot of you already san sunshine. Futurecast 4 shows by 12 00 we are in the 60s along the coastline. Take a look at places like oakland and hayward border terrain than 70 degree mark. As we put the clock into motion permitted you will notice the 90s border of the bay area predominately and the Central Valley but places like pittsburgh can climb into a lot 90s today. We are expecting mainly sunny skies. It will be breezy in some spots of blood by 8 00 p. M. Tonight Still Holding on to mild weather. A good mix in the 60s perhaps some 70s for the north bay by 8 00 p. M. Tonight. If the outdoor planting does bring a sweater just in case. As a focus on your afternoon highs, pittsburgh and sunny skies with a high of 91 degrees. Brentwood 86, 85 and pleasanton. Upper eighties through the san ramon valley. As a ticket to the east bay shoreline. Take a look at oakland. 74 degrees today. South they will feel very nice with temperatures mixing and the 70s and 80s. Los gatos on the one side. A high of 84 degrees. Upper seventies today san jose, Mountain View with a high of 75 and as we focus on the bay shores. Downtowns San Francisco pretty mild as 67 degrees. Redwood city and 78. Temperatures theyre still about five degrees cooler the where we should be pre as the focus of the north bay heading up to wind country caught 82 for napa and sonoma sports. 85 degrees for asomugha and low eighties over and chicago. Omaha. Prepare itself for some foggy mornings with plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. The subtle changes for the next seven days 3817 west take a look at your traffic now treat george as we continue to monitor a hot spot a slow trip to the bay bridge toll plaza. The backup due to an Early Morning accident. Other days this week traffic being as light as it has been we very quickly in recover from the backups of but we have been unable to do so so far it the Longest Drive time out of the macarthur mace. The aid approach which is usually the easiest is not this morning. You are going to find a bigger backup then you usually would for the north bound 880 approach to the bay bridge toll plaza upper it to the san mateo bridge still a pretty easy trip. No problems there. A 30 minute commute time and your ride to the Golden Gate Bridge is no problem free for 101 southbound. Anonymity can result in mark 819 right now. 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 morning. Social networks are starting to ask. Twitter responded to the great threats by announcing a simple on line but and make it easier to report abuse of the tweet. This puts twitter on the same page as facebook which already has a similar but and on every message. Now of course the issue is what happens after you push the button. unfortunately this is not a simple issue and they are providing mechanisms for it what they have to do is be more responsive to people when people make complaints. But active policing of contents of facebook is a wildly dangerous issue for them and one at that they are likely not going to get into permit them is the very anonymity since the media is good and bad. Secure the faceless problem somewhat sides are releasing that are dismissing nnamdi anonymity. And just a Young American boy was believe after he sang the u. S. National anthem and a Traditional Mexican outfit. Freed dozens of twitter users attacked him with racial comment 3 darya that some of what is going on to prevent cyber bullying. Mark we will be right back as a kron4 morning news [ male announcer ] with at t, youre sure to get a better bundle. Just choose the 2, 3, even 4 services you want to build the bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at t now choose a uverse triple play bundle for just 79 a month, our new low price. Get the same great price for 2 years. Plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] with uverse high Speed Internet connect all your wifienabled devices to your wireless gateway with uverse tv, you can record up to four shows at once with a total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ female announcer ] so call at t now. Choose a uverse triple play bundle for just 79 a month. Thats our new low price. Youll get the same great price for 2 years. Plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. Why wait . [ male announcer ] choose at t and build your bundle. Its whatever works for you. Darya 825 right now. News this morning. Toyota reported Quarterly Sales from its first fiscal quarter were all thatalmost double from a year ago. The company says it earned 5. 6 billion. Up 93 from the same quarter last year. In north america, vehicle sales totaled nearly 700,000 units. An increase of 26,000 compared to the same period last year. Mark ford motor co. Has agreed to pay a maximum 17. Million 17. 4 million fine to the federal government for delaying the recall of ford escaped suvs with gas pedals that could become stuck. A year ago, ford recalled 421,000 escaped and the u. S. From the problem. That judge 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 in vehicle owners. Darya a new report shows the mercedesbenz is the top choice among thieves when it comes to still in luxury cars. The National Insurance crime bureau found itjudge found of mercedesbenz c 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. Well be right back. At univenirsity of pho pix wx is wisre irecan cake yke. Tionti now aowrriviniv cit chosphol whicwhh is wis we w pro p to htop cop ect ecr str ents with lea lding engmployelo acroac the tatioat next exstop opfinancnal celr lets ges to wtok. Erica breaks of sunshine over the san mateo bridge. Temperatures are looking at the lower to upper 50s right now. But take a look at the after known mainly sunny skies and we will climb into the upper 80s for the warmest inland spot. Today could actually be the warmest day of the week but it will be breezy at times into the afternoon. Full details on your we cant forecast. A look at the 7 day around the bay forecast coming up at a 45. Good morning george perry george a little slow and san jose and the northbound direction. Heres a quick bridge check. 831 right now. And another barge strike is closer to reality now that the unions have given 72 hours notice after theyve wrapped up a meeting at 9 00 last night. A bart to print the three unions announced that strike notice last night and that means that the workers could walk off the job and there could be a bart strike on monday morning. That would be the second time weve seen a strike. Union members say the two sides have made much progress on salary and pension and safety. Mark after what happened , during the first strike commuters are anxious. Kron4s jackie sizzle is live now at the west oakland bart station. the the reality is starting to set an for riders out here at the bart station. They may have to find alternatives to bart for the second time in less than a month. As hears seen from the San Francisco bay ferry. People lined up at predawn hours with a long line some as long as two hours waiting for ferries. It wasnt just the ferries it was a. C. Transit the bay bridge and all of the bay area freeways. 400,000 folks that one normally a ride bart on a daily basis. Ive been talking to people this morning. So far all lot of people have decided theyre just going to roll with the punches. Theyve already been through it once. They have their plans that permit some are taking even more extreme measures like this woman was a she made a stand to the city. were thinking we should just pay and the city at work all week and so it can benefit us if we are stuck at work. we have been talking about negotiations between the union and the bart management but lets face it. These are the people that are stuck in the middle and now they have 72 hours to make alternative plans. Like i said about 400,000 people out there looking for alternatives. A matter which we turn its going to be long lines. Mark thanks for the update. Darya as commuters are making their backup plans, one that may include a Free Shuttle Bus Service that bart is providing. We want to show you a map. Some stop at west oakland and others go directly to the trans bay terminal and San Francisco. There are no stops and concord and san leandro. These buses will run from 5 to 8 in the morning ended the evening commute starts at 3 in the afternoon and they take you back to your original location. You have to have a roundtrip ticket also keep that in mind and there will also be limited free parking at the bart station. Mark many officials recommend working from home if you cant read the next suggestion is car pooling. Say 92 percent of vehicles that crossed the bay bridge every day just have water to occupants in them so there are more than enough empty seats to take up the slack. Purple drivers will be able to park for free at any bart lot. Hon mike you can see six cars chartchart. It was largely not damage to this one car. That has residents pointed the finger at the person owes the truck. They believe he started the fire. I spoke with him he said not only did he notdid she said not only did he not start this fire but he also tried to jump in and help. i went in and i had a cup of water on it by chance and i threw it on and it looks like it was going down and thats why realized it was out of my control. There was an extra gas tank and my neighbors car. I said get out call the cops. for this to be the only car to be ok he did receive medical treatment after another to get punched him in the face but have been a fiveyear period thedoes blaming him for the fire. They did contain the fire largely to the carport and this is unfortunately the fire did not injure anyone surrounding the in the Building Three we could see the extent of that damage. The carport has collapsed and. Those cars are burnt to a crisp. Mark and motorcyclist is dead after a crash at the port of oakland happen last night at third and adeline of the over crossing. Police arriving to a motorcyclist down three officers were investigating an accident when st became speeding around the corner colliding with a parked car, flipped over and landed upside down on top of the motorcyclist. First aid was administered to the motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. Heres what one would does have to say about the crash. i did see the motorcycle crashed but i heard itas i did not see the motorcycle crashed but i heard it. The car had to be going 80 are 90 mi. An hour. Hit the back of one of the cars that will stop there and went up on the kerb flipped over and landed right on top of the motorcycle driver. investigations are ongoing. Its unclear whether charges will be filed against the driver of st v. Darya we continue our it Team Coverage of the looming bart strike that could be coming monday. Anny hong is coming up with some reaction on facebook. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. 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It is sunny skies and upper 60s for downtown San Francisco. 73 will be the common number for oakland. We are shaping up to get a pretty nice day after all. We will continue with our weather for the afternoon. Future cast 4 highlights to 8 00 p. M. Hour. The temperatures will not be too bed. Will be in the 60s and 70s. You can expect low 60s and should bring a sweater prepared 73 degrees out the door in concord. For those of you who are heading to the game the first this is a 7 05 p. M. They will be planned texas rangers. It will bear little breezy and winds will be approaching from the west. Focusing on your extended forecast the 7 day around the bay, it will not be much change but a daytoday fluctuations. One thing for sure is that we will hold on to this parpattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine. Theres a potential hot spot for 280 southbound. This is going toward san bruno. Accident blocked a lane of traffic. There may be for vehicles involved. This has been an otherwise good ride. We are continuing to see big improvements at the bay bridge toll plaza where the westbound ride has really opened up. They 880 approach is still very slow to recover. This is due to an Early Morning back up. The san mateo bridges problem free and the volume is still high. Youre commuting to the Golden Gate Bridge one on one south bond has been without incident all morning long. This is fraud and navoom navoto down toe Golden Gate Bridge. And delta of announced that they will begin hourly nonstop your Shuttle Services between loss angeles and San Francisco. The shuttle operation will include 14 daily flights in each direction. Flights will depart at the top of every hour beginning at 7 00 a. M. Monday through friday. The shuttle operation will start september 3rd. Oakland International Airport will be adding nonstop flights to four hawaiian islands. Oakland be the only mainland city with nonstop service to the big island of hawaii, kauai, oahu and maui. Flights to oahu and maui will have Daily Services which will start in january. The two remaining items will have weekly flights, starting in june. The highest grossing film of all time is getting three sequels. James cameron has started working on the next installment of avatar. The original currently stands as the u. S. Alltime favorite taking an 760 million. Avatar 2 and is due out in december 2016, with avatar three coming in december 2017 and have a star for tentatively release in december 2018. Moviegoers at one oakland dear to our getting a nice reward for their patron is. They get to pay what they want to get man. This month, the new parkway theatre is a long customers to pay whatever they want, whether it is nothing at all or an amount well above the normal ticket price. The pictures and general manager says that as a way to say thankyou to the community. We will be right 8 bear in colorado is hungrier than average bear. Take a look at this video. Here you see the bear getting eight pick up order from a dumpster behind the edelweiss restaurant three the owner of the german establishment says a the dumpsters, when full of leftover food, we about half a ton. That was not an issue for the bear, who dragged one of the dumpsters about 50 ft. Away from its spot. No significant damage was reported. The owner says that they hope that chaining the dumpster will end this. If he would just returned a dumpster it will not be a problem. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news at 9 00 a. M. Notice has been given, and is an agreement is not reached by sunday night, hundreds of thousands of bart riders will be left stranded, and the morning. A former san jose teacher is facing 75 years in prison. More on the charges of a guilcoming up. Plus, are you looking for a fun weekend activity . Anny hong has our arts and entertainment report coming up in 9 40 a. M. 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. 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 and new this morning, the state Department Issues a Worldwide Travel alert because of an alqaida we will start of taking this live look outside from the san mateo camera. It is a cloudy start for the day but we are expecting sunny skies. Off the temperatures by noontime will be pretty pleasant. It will be upper 50s for the coast. We will get to about the mid 80s. Low 70s for the bay. We will break down the numbers for you come in about four report. We have had a strange mix at the toll plaza. We are not too badly backed up coming down the center of the toll plaza. It is still slow from the 580 fly over. It is very rare that we see this opened. This is still a 16 minute commute time from the mimic freeway. The san mateo bridge is looking good and they have no problems in the westbound direction. The Golden Gate Bridge has been without no problems. Another bart strike is closer to reality this morning as a 72hour notice has been issued. Negotiations wrapped up at around 9 last night and they are set to resume this morning at 11. The three unions in negotiations with bart announced the strike notice last night. This means workers could walk off the job for the second time if a new contract isnt reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say the two sides have not made much progress on salaries, pension, and medical contributions since talks were extended for 30days. Barts chief negotiator tom hock says the tone in the meetings has been respectful and he is confident a deal will be reached by sunday. Regardless of whats happening at the negotiations table, riders are already weighing their options should another strike happen. Kron fours Jackie Sissel is live this morning at the west oakland bart station with that part of our coverage. Have their opinions andoplate some of them are just waiting to see what happens. But as the commute mines down the reality of what could happen on monday is starting to set then. In reality it could be this. A repeat of what we saw last time. People getting out and they are standing in long lines peopl. Everybody was stuck in traffic. As far as of the people the right bart everyday reality is starting to see ken and it will have to make some alternative plans. A lot of people that i spoke with said they are born to roll with the punches. They stated they know what to do. They stated that they have made other plans. Other people, like this person is not hard to tell how he feels. I am a worker to. I do not think they have right to strike. I think they should be ashamed of themselves. The only bit of good news of this whole thing is that we have been through this. It has only been 30 days ago. So a lot of people have already made their plans. One person that i spoke to earlier stated that she may just get a hotel and just then San Francisco for the weekend. People are just saying that some of the images stay home. Officials recommended this would be a good idea. Carpooling is also an option. Very week day 270 thousand cars drive over the bay bridge. The metropolitan Transportation Commission estimates that 92 percent of those vehicles have at just one or two occupants. That means 248 thousand cars could have empty seats inside. Now. By comparison, about 150 thousand people use bart to cross San Francisco bay everyday. So, in theory. If bart workers go on strike again. There are more than enough empty car seats to take up the slack. Vo the metropolitan Transportation Commission wants to fill up at least some of those seats by encouraging people to carpool or use ride share programs. If there is a strike, carpool drivers will be able parking lot. Extend the hours for hov lanes on i80 from 5 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M during weekdays. Additional carpool pickup spots will be set up along beale street and spear street in San Francisco and mtc teams will be handing out 5 peets gift cards to drivers who pick up passengers during the evening commute the mtc has also posted carpool and ride share Information Online at 511. Org or you can find details on our bart strike page at kron4. Com. In the newsroom, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Fire crews battle a fire broke out at a carport in hayward. Kron 4s mike pelton is live with the latest. And you concede that the damage is done. Take a look at all of these bills that are burned to a crisp. I want to show you these pictures of the firefighters just arrived. You concede the flames are just shooting up in there. More than a dozen firefighters battled the blaze. They did contain at. In total, six vehicles burned. Two lovers are damaged. Neighbors stated that a summer like explosions were born off. I was in a deep sleep. I was getting ready for work. When my neighbors was pounding on my door and i was like what the hell. I opened my door and my neighbor was like theres a fire as commission might i cannot believe it the fire did not injure anyone 0110 it waanyone but oneo seek help to do to 110 a punching him in the face because it thought he started the fire. If they determine that are some played a role in this fire that will have to bring in the Hayward Police department. The time is 9 07 a. M. New this morning, the state department has issued a Worldwide Travel alert because of an alqaida in a statement, us Officials Say that alqaida and its affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond. The potential for terrorism is particularly strong in the middle east and north africa. The state Department Says an attack could occur or come from the arabian peninsula. The news comes as us embassies in predominately muslim countries around the world will be closed sunday due to security concerns. We will take a quick break. We are seen sunshine of the san mateo bridge. We will have more on weather and traffic coming up. The time is 9 10 a. M. 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 there are a couple of bay area stocks to be watching. Slatthe Facebook Stock had dropped last september. But now it is climbing. Were also watching chevron. They have reported their quarterly profits of 5. 3 7 billion. This was down 26 from last year. Chevrons stock is down to 1 1 2 . New unemployment numbers are in. Showing employers added 162thousand jobs in july. The fewest since march. But the gains were enough to lower the Unemployment Rate to a 4 ½ year low of 7. 4 percent. It was at 7. 6 percent. The Federal Reserve will pay particularly close attention to the figures as it decides whether to scale back its 85 billion monthly bond purchases later this year. The time is 9 12 a. M. We are trying to get out of the assaults. We have a mix are right now and we are looking for some nicwe will be right ba. The time is 9 15 a. M. We are seeing some breaks of sunshine. You concede just that from our mount tam cam. It has been a number foggy start for the day. As we head into afternoon will see plenty of sunshine. It will be slightly warmer compared to yesterday. We are tracking the fall before you. It is sitting along the bay shore coastal area. As we put the clock in motion it will pill back. It is pretty similar to what we saw yesterday. The temperatures have been chilly it is 59 degrees in San Francisco and upper 50s in san jose. For your afternoon high we are expecting pretty pleasant temperatures. Upper 80s for loss gatos. Into the fremont we are expecting upper 80s for at danville. Menlo to mid70s for the east shore line. Downtown San Francisco will become in at the upper 70s. Where are expecting a mix bag of 70s and 80s. Your 7 day all around the bay shows that when i see much change in the next couple days but today may be the warmest day of the week. We will stick with the low to mid 80s for the a lesbos drop the week. The rest of the e westbound ride on the approach is still coming from interstate 880. This is usually the lightest approach to the bay bridge. We were backed up earlier due to an accident and as all that we have not recovered from. This is unusual for a friday. This week, we have had light traffic but not this morning we are still looking at delays of 1618 minutes for the san mattel bridge. It is a different story and their problem free. 1 01 south bond look at how heavy that the ride is. I suspect within the next 20 to 30 minutes was an extra lane added. A quick look at the traffic maps. There is a little sewing for 80 and the drive time is under 20 minutes. 680 is looking good. There is big improvements on 1 01 northbound. The marin ride, forget about it. It is problem free. 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 senate. Next year, the irs will begin enforcing the requirement that most individuals have health insurance, collecting fines a longtime teacher at a Catholic School in Southern California has been fired for marrying his partner. Ken bencomo taught at saint lucys 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 align a former san jose teacher, Craig Chandler, was found guilty on all counts of molesting five little girls and a Elementary School. This is video from the Court Appearance last year. The 36 yearold teacher was arrested in early 2012. The female victims were between the ages of 7 and 9. He faces 75 years to life in prison. It was less than 3 weeks ago when a murder in oakland took the life of eight year old alaysha carradine. The little girl, whom loved ones called ladybug, was at a sleepover at her friends home in east oakland. Alayshas stepfather jesse fowler says that the family is still struggling with the loss of the little girl. Not coming along very easily. 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 programs she attended. The results of the interstate80 challenge are in. No deaths on i80 were reported in california during the eight day crackdown. Chp joined agencies from 10 other states. Stepping up traffic enforcement. Research shows there is one death every 8 days on i80 nationwide. Chp says speed and distracted drivers are mainly to blame for deadly accidents. We are still waiting to hear from m. L. Be stars who are facing a suspensions for their ties to performance enhancing drugs. Monday now appears to be the day for new York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and 13 others to accept their suspensions. Negotiations between mlb and rodriguez, are stuck on a 8 rise a desire to make sure that he can cash out when at least some of his remaining 100 million contract. Here is a live look outside. We will be right back [ male announcer ] with at t, youre sure to get a better bundle. Just choose the 2, 3, even 4 services you want to build the bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at t now choose a uverse triple play bundle for just 79 a month, our new low price. Get the same great price for 2 years. Plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] with uverse high Speed Internet connect all your wifienabled devices to your wireless gateway and save on smartphone and tablet data usage at home. With uverse tv, you can record up to four shows at once with a total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ female announcer ] so call at t now. Choose a uverse triple play bundle for just 79 a month. Thats our new low price. Youll get the same great price for 2 years. Plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. Why wait . [ male announcer ] choose at t and build your bundle. Its whatever works for you. The time is 9 25 a. M. New this morning. Toyota reported Quarterly Sales from its first fiscal quarter were almost double the company says it earned 5. 6 billion dollars 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 ford Motor Company has agreed to pay a maximum 17 federal government for escape suvs with gas pedals that could become stuck. A year ago, ford recalled 421,000 escapes in the u. S. The settlement indicates Traffic Safety administration believes ford knew of the problem for some time before alerting the a new report shows the mercedesbenz is the top choice among thieves when it comes to stealing luxury cars. The National Insurance crime bureau found the Mercedesbenz Cclass is the most stolen luxury car. The bmw 3 series is in second place. Thats followed by the infiniti g, mercedesbenz e class, and the cadillac c ts. Researchers looked at thefts of 2010 to 2012 model year cars from across the us. Googles latest smart phone is first to be made in the usa. 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 month. The time is 9 27 a. M. Perry ed we will be right back in a few minutes. Here is a live look outside in San Francisco bre [ male announcer ] you know that sizzler grills the worlds best steaks. But did you know weve also mastered three incredibly craveable pastas . Sizzlers new incredibly craveable combos for just 10. 99, right now. Welcome back. We are still dealing with a lot of fog cover. Once again it will be sunny into afternoon hours. As for your temperatures, it will be a chilly start. Upper 50s for San Francisco and oakland. San jose is checking in at about 60 degrees and 62 degrees currently in livermore. We will take a look at where the temperatures will head. Compared to yesterday will looking at those in a moment. We continue to online at the bay bridge toll plaza. This is the slowest traffic that is left. It is heavy from 58880. Though the approach is still a good one. If we are tracking delays in the south bay for one a one in the northbound direction this is sort of a new pattern because it is still remaining heavy from the guadalupe parkway. It will remain heavy passed the Trammell Bell passed. Were getting ready for another bart strike is coming closer to reality this morning as a 72hour notice has been issued. Negotiations wrapped up at around 9 last night and they morning at 11. The three unions in negotiations with bart announced the strike notice last night. This means workers could walk off the job for the second time if a new contract isnt reached by midnight on sunday. Union members say the two sides have not made much progress on salaries, pension, and medical contributions since talks were extended for 30days. Regardless of whats happening at the negotiations table, riders are already weighing their options should another strike happen. Kron fours Jackie Sissel is live this morning at the west oakland bart station with that part of our coverage. I am here at the west oakland bart station. People out here are starting to set into reality that that will have to find another way on monday. This is what the scene looks like a ylast month. Not only here but across the bay area at ac transit and other freeways everyone was scrambling try to find where they needed to be. There are so many people that use of bart and they were all trying to get to work. I spoke to people this morning and they do know there is a 72 hour window where this could be resolved. Most of them stated that they have already made plans of what to do on monday. Some of them stated that would stay in San Francisco and other stated that they would just a home. Some of them are just plain angry. It is what it is. They are trying to negotiate the things that they really feel strong about. We will just have to make do. I am frustrated. What can i do . I will have to get to work some out. I think they should be ashamed of themselves. I consider them terrorists whereve f. Come monday morning we will see whether not a strike is on to happen. We will be live at 4 00 a. M. And will give you all kinds of information and use the states boom to kron 4 all weekend long and if this does happen we will be ready. Bart has rereleased numbers showing how little its employees pay into pensions and health care compared to other public employees. They say their workers do not pay into their pension fund at all, and pay just 92dollars a month for health insurance. Kron 4s jr stone is following the story and has more on how commuters feel about those numbers. Third they are paid 92 a month for health care. What is this is true, they are due for a wakeup call. They will not get that the real world. Some of the strongest words were heard. I am disgusted. A lot of us are not even in their situation. Their situation seems to be good. Theyre making 72,000 a year, is there anyone on our side. I have had ti think there ths fair and there are people will pay more than 92 a month for their health care. A report last week stated that they make more than 76,000 year. Bart employees stated that it was insulated. Some commuters that i spoke with said that they still deserve better. Long hours, seven days a week. They deal with irate customers. This should be compensated for what they do. It wilpeople will work as San Francisco, are being held hostage by bart and the union workers. It just feels a little ridiculous. It is just not right. J. R. Stone, kron 4 news. We just learned that bart is making themselves available for the latest Oil Negotiations at 2 00 p. M. This afternoon. You can also get the latest on the second possible barge strike and all other news matters where you go. You can download the new kron 4 news app. When you download have, you will find adedicated to art. We will be right back with arts and entertainment. Here is a live look outside the bay bridge approach. The cash customers are dealing 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. In this weeks bay area Arts Entertainment preview. Check out some art soul in the east bay or grab your hula skirt for the aloha festival the 18th annual San Francisco bay area aloha festival is back this weekend. The Pacific Islanders of the San Francisco bay area offer their talents in music and dance during this free twoday festival. Entertainment highlights include Pacific Islander music as well as polynesian dance and hula. The festival will also feature arts and crafts vendors and of course the delicious Island Cuisine the 18th annual aloha festival is this saturday and sunday at the San Mateo County event center. Admission is free and parking is 10 dollars. Celebrate oaklands vibrant art and music scene at the biggest street party of the year, the art soul festival in downtown oakland the 13th annual festival features leela james, john murry, and a host of other local performers and guests on three music stages. You can also check out art displays, saturday nights World Dance Party and a giant Family Fun Zone with rides and entertainment for the kids. The 2013 art soul festival is this saturday noon to 8 pm and sunday noon to 6 pm in downtown oakland at frank h. Ogawa plaza on 14th street and broadway Adult Tickets are 15 seniors kids ages 1317 are 5 and children under 12 are free expect to see more jerkins and corsets than jerseys and caps around san jose this weekend. Its the third annual san jose Renaissance Faire. There will be the popular jousting with knights on horsebacks and other favorites such as country dances, a magic show and close to 60 vendors. San jose Renaissance Faire is on saturday from 10 a. M. To 6 p. M. And sunday from 10 a. M. To 5 p. M. At the Guadalupe River green between santa clara and st. John streets, near the sap center, admission is 18 for adults, 13 for teens and seniors children ages 6 12 are 8 and children 5 and under are free. The San Francisco jewish Film Festival is in full swing now. This years slate of 74 films cover hot button issues from lateterm abortions to sexual experimentation and Israeli Palestinian tensions. Some films not to be missed include dancing in jaffa the trailer you see now. An inspirational documentary about a ballroom champions project to persuade jewish and palestinian israeli children to set aside differences and dance together. The San Francisco jewish Film Festival is running now throug aug. 12 with screenings at theaters throughout the bay area, including oakland, berkeley, palo alto, San Francisco and san rafael. For more information go to wwwdotsfjffdotorg and thats this weeks arts and entertainment preview. Im anny hong, kron 4 news. When you smoke, addictive ingredients like nicotine pull you in. Every day, over 1200 people die from smokingrelated diseases. Dont sink deeper into addiction. Pull yourself out hot temperatures apparently lead to a hot tempers and violence. That is according to a new study out of berkeley. The research from the aggressive acts, such as a Violent Crimes and wars began most likely with each added degree. The research analyzing such as the historic collapse of empires, recent wars, Violent Crime rates in the United States and even cases where pitchers deliberately threw at batters. It is upper 50s in santa rosa and low 60s through napa. We have a mix of low to mid 60s for the south bay. Your afternoon high is bringing in pleasant conditions. We have plenty of sunshine. Upper 80s for walnut creek. We are expecting ice conditions. 88 degrees will be your ride for loss gatos. That east bay shore has pleasant conditions and mainly sunny and places like oakland. 76 degrees for castro valley. Downtown San Francisco will get into the upper 60s. It will be a little bit cooler and we are expecting breaks of sunshine. 60 degrees expected for ocean beach. If you are going to napa they will get up to 82 degrees and upper 70s expected for santa rosa. For those of you going to the oakland as game the first pitch is as 7 05 p. M. They will have a few clouds and you should bring a light jacket. The seven day and all around the bay shows that we are not really expecting much change. The temperatures will be a slight degree cooler. The time right now was 9 47 a. M. Were still looking at some back up on the bay bridge toll plaza. This is in the westbound direction for your ride on highway 80. The slow traffic is now confined to the toll plaza and it is for cash customers. If you have fasttrack you will have a quicker commute. Your ride to the san mateo bridge has been problem. But the volume is higher. The Golden Gate Bridge has been fined and they have no delays. A last look at the traffic map and your trip around the bay starting in the south bay where we still have a slow going from 237 heading north to palo alto. Your ride through the east is still looking good. They have no problems for 24, 680, and even the shore freeway. The east shore freeway. Your drive past the time is 9 48 a. M. The city of richmond is set to file a lawsuit today against chevron over the massive fire at the refinery last year. A burly game law firm has been hired to file the suit. That same fund handled a suit against pg e by the victims of the 2010 s san bruno pipeline explosion. No word on how much money the city is seeking. An update now on the giants fan, of bryan stow, who was beaten outside of the dodgers baseball game in 2011. His family says that he still needs the Media Attention for nerve damage on his arm. He cannot lift his left arm or even open his hand. He also needs to have more surgery. At this point the family says that his memory is still unpredictable. They expressed their gratitude for all the support that they have received. A Silicon Valley engineer found guilty of killing three of his coworkers in 2008 will be in court today for his sentencing. 47 year old jing hua wu is charged with three counts of murder with special circumstances. He shot and killed his balls and two top executives after he was fired. He is eligible for the Death Penalty due to the special circumstances conviction of using a firearm in the killing. The food and Drugs Administration will now require a warning on bottles of popular pain relievers. The fda will also ask manufacturers of and to a feminine products to add warnings to overthecounter medications. According to the fda, the skin reactions are rare but they can be deadly. Americas Unemployment Rate is the lowest it has been since december of 2008. There is plenty of disappointment to go with the good news and the governments the july jobs report. Alison kosik explains. Ciller americans are looking for work. You have to be looking for work t be counted a steelworker americans are looking for work. To become to you have to be at least looking for work to be considered. The time is 9 51 a. M. Here is a live look outside the james lick freeway. You are watching kron 4 urs bay area news channel i am mark gannon. Here are the top stories. A former san jose teacher convicted thursday for molesting five young girls at an Elementary School is facing 75 years to life in prison. The child molester, and 360 Craig Chandler was found guilty on five felony counts of lewd and the bases ex. His victims were seven to nine years old. He is scheduled for sentencing in september. Former mayor willie brown was on hand last night ed johnson grill in samprass go to i kron 4 pam moore and five other icon and female journalists. Pam was all smiles along with rosy allen, barbara rogers, carol and tyler, Audrey Cooper and renel brooks moon. Photos of the ladies were hung on a wall the grill, pam and the others for all eternity. We have more of the same weather as we head into next week. A reminder that we have a new kron 4 news app. This is one of the best ones out there in my opinion. Its simple to use. When you download app, you will find a special section dedicated to barts. We will help updates all weekend with the latest and you can sign up for a push notification if there is a bart strike, but you will get sent to you. Moviegoers at one oakland kids are getting a nice reward for their patrons. They get to pay what they want to get in. This month and the new park will appear is a long customers to pay whatever they want, whether it is nothing at all or an amount weigh over the normal ticket price. The theater manager says that it is a way to say thank you to the committee. Community. It is friday, i hope you have a good weekend. Hold on, we may face this barge strike on monday. Stay with us on our web site and will bring you the latest. We have negotiations about to kick off in about an hour. Have a great weekend. Dr. Phil is next. Announcer today on dr. Phil. My dad was real abusive. Dr. Phil he would bring his friends over to molest you and watch this. Yes. Announcer and they were just children. My father would punch me. Were talking mangrown punches to a little boy. Announcer they were separated from their mom. Dr. Phil where was your mother . There were stories he beat her up and kidnapped us. Announcer they have not seen her in over 30 years. Dr. Phil your thought is where was she. If she knew he was abusive, why would she allow them to be taken . Announcer now a shocking revelation. Dr. Phil your mother is alive. Lets bring the mother around children together. Announcer will all their questions did their questions finally be answered . I have two daughters. I would die before i let somebody do that to my kids