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2. His a look at the scene in denver, color, as they celebrated the fourth of july with the red, white and blue celebration at the state capital. That is james brown you hear the background. There was a Fireworks Show in the performance from the Colorado National guard band. That was one of many Independence Day celebrations happening across the country. Many more celebrations to come. Im sure you have one planned for later today. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. Happy fourth of july. Im alex savage. Pam and dave are off today. We want to talk about your important holiday forecast later today. Rosemary is here with that critical forecast. People want to know what the grilling weather will be. Its going to be nice this afternoon and if you are around the water, what can folks expect . The fog will be with us once again. A lot of fun to be had today if youre heading to a prayed or grilling. Its going to be nice out there. We will remain cold at the coast but wasnt for the rest of us. At this hour you can see the fog is back over the oakland estuary. As we look toward San Francisco, they are checking in at 53. Upper 50s in oakland. 50, santa rosa. Upper 50s in livermore and san jose. These numbers are similar to yesterday. You can see that here with the 24 hour temper change. A few degrees warmer at sfo and napa. Cooler in fairfield. The rest of us are very similar. The onshore breeze remains. Fairfield reporting 18 miles an hour. Calm over novato and santa rosa. In the east bay, a light, north northwest breezes. In San Francisco today, 54 degrees at 7 am. We will be mostly cloudy. Into the afternoon, clouds will clear out of the way. Low 60s for the lunch hour and into the afternoon, San Francisco will top out around 65. These numbers, almost in your repeat from yesterday. Low 70s for oakland. Low 80s in concord. 86, antioch. The inner east bay is little cooler. For the rest of us, similar. 80 degrees in san jose. Low 80s expected in santa rosa. If youre going to the marin county fair, a beautiful day. Also nice that the Alameda County fair. Temperatures will eventually warm up as we get into the weekend. I will look at the extended forecast coming up. A new report from the California Department of justice is showing a spike in reported hate crimes in our state. In 2016 there were 11. 2 more crimes reported than in 2015. More than half of those involved bias based on race, at the city or national origin. Africanamericans were the most common racially targeted group. And jewish people were the most targeted based on religion. The report also shows that race based hate crimes jumped 21. 3 . Those involving Sexual Orientation or up sent. Uc berkeley professor jack glaser is a crime expert and said the data is important but only shows part of the total picture. If you look at the National Crime Victimization Survey which is a random survey of people you will see 10 or 20 times more hate crime as what you see reported to the police. The phenomenon is larger than the policing data is going to reveal. We checked the reports to see the number of hate crimes listed in the nine bay area counties but alameda had the most at 59. Santa clara had 40 and San Francisco reported 36. Napa county had the fewest with just 1 reported hits crime. We posted a link to the full reports on a website at ktvu. Com. One of 7 people charged with the killing of a 30year old mother from oakland is heading to prison. Jerry harbin was sentenced to 13 years in prison yesterday. Last month he pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter after accepting a plea deal that deal came after a jury convicted three other men of Second Degree murder in the death of ms. Pierce. This happened in west oakland in 2015. She was standing down the street from where the gunfire was happening. She was trying to get her children inside her home when she was hit by a stray bullet and killed maybe 80 or 100 rounds were fired on the day in question. It was only by the grace of god more people did not die. I think the suspect realizes that and is repenting for what happened. Two other men charged are expected to be tried later this month. Another suspect took a plea deal that called for a sixyear sentence in exchange for her testimony against the others involved. The fourth of july can be a difficult time for some of our nations veterans. For those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, fireworks can take them back to the battle zone. Experts say sudden and isolated sounds of fireworks can sometimes be a greater trigger than an entire show if the effects of ptsd are severe enough that many veterans say they will do what they can to avoid those sounds altogether. At that point into explained to your family and friends that i really cant do it, i cant do with it. Because it reminds me of being back in combat and i dont want to go there. Experts say if you know someone who shows symptoms of ptsd while observing Fireworks Shows, its best to encourage them to seek help. The fourth of July Fireworks may also scare your pets. Cats and dogs have better hearing than humans. The unexpected sound and bright lights can scare pets. Animal shelter worker safer them, this is the worst holiday of all. Some shelters estimate hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats across the country will be frightened and run off tonight. Experts say there are things that pet owners can do. Keep the petsafe to keep the mentors that they can. They can turn the tv on the radio on to help drowned out the noise of the fireworks. Avoid taking them to the fireworks displays. One of the best ways to keep pets safe is by leaving them at home, inside the house where its quiet and away from large crowds. The same applies for other small animals including rabbits and birds. Make sure your pets are also wearing collars in their microchipped in case they do manage to escape. First responders and emergency room doctors say the fourth of july is quickly becoming one of the most dangerous holidays of the year. Doctor say they treat many people for heat exhaustion and burns over the holiday. Many say its the combination of alcohol, fireworks and barbecue grills that makes the chances of an accident go up. I think that some of it is that when you open up the barbecue and a big oaks was in a fire comes in you not realizing your sweater is hanging over are you had your hair hangover, be aware when you are open nude open flame. The Consumer Products Safety Commission says on average more than 11,000 americans will spend part of the Independence Day holiday in the hospital. Just in time for the fourth of july, prices are down across the country on beef. Beef is the most popular thing to eat on Independence Day. Last year around this time, american spent 803 million on beef products. Its going to be a lot cheaper this year thanks to a boom in supply. Its estimated that 87 of americans are going to be grilling out at some point over this fourday weekend. Today is the 101st nathans famous hot dog eating contest in new york. Speaking of beef. Yesterday the content is weighed in. There is joey chestnut, the defending mens champion is hoping to once again take home the title. It would be his 10th title in this contest last year chestnut devoured 70 hot dogs and buns in just 10 minutes. That event gets underway at at 9 30 am. The east bay celebrating the fourth of july, coming up, preview of one of the longest running parades in the bay area to celebrate americas 241st birthday. This is happening in danville. If youre feeling tired this morning, grab some chocolate to snack on. The big booster can provide to your brain when youre sleepy. Temperature starting there is similar to yesterday. For the afternoon, more of the same. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay and 80s inland. I will break down what you can expect, coming up. Lilly. She pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. But once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. I use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. You are free to go. Tide and downy together. [brother] any last words . [boy] karma, danny. Karma [vo] progress is seizing the moment. Your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. Audi will cover your first months lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. Warriors star in nba finals mvp kevin durant has agreed to a new contract with the team and hes taking a pay cut. His agreed to a to your, 53 million deal. Thats about 9 million less than the maximum contract he couldve signed to stay with the warriors. He will also make less than he did last season. All the money that is freed up will give the team all the resources possible to recruit new talent and resign all the other players they want to re sign. Kevin durant also declined his player option next season to become a free agent. That allows the warriors to keep the rights to Andre Iguodala and shaun livingston. The oakland as had the biggest crowd last night since the game against the yankees in 2005. The fan support of the colosseum was not enough as they battled the white sox. Here was the scene, 40,000 as fans turned out for the game. Most were likely they are because of the Fireworks Show happening after the game. Also there for the ballgame. In the second inning, the white sox were struggling. The as were able to score 2 runs. The white sox made a comeback just one inning later. They wound up winning by a final of 72. Space x is set to launch a rocket once again after calling off another attempt yesterday. The countdown ended at 10 seconds to launch. Cape canaveral. The sunday night schedule lunch was great 10 seconds before lunch time because of technical issues. The falcon 9 rocket is supposed to send a satellite into orbit, a third attempt is being scheduled for tomorrow or thursday. U. S. Factory activity went up last month. The Manufacturing Index now stands at its highest level since august 2014. U. S. Factories have largely recovered from a slump in late 2015 and early 2016 caused by cutbacks in the Energy Industry and a strong dollar. Financial analyst say that is likely a sign of strength for the economy. A new study finds chocolate could boost your brainpower. Researchers studied women who did not get enough sleep and found that eating chocolate helped to think faster and clearer. Normally, a lack of sleep slows down your ability to think. The study authors believe that men would also see similar results. The effects were mainly found in dark chocolates and those without many additives at all. Boosting the brainpower. That sounds good. I could use some chocolate right now. Chocolate for breakfast dont tell the kids but im on board. The forecast is going to be nice. Yes. If you like what weve had recently, guess what . It will not change much as we get into the holiday. For most of the business week, infect. We will remain status quo. Here is of you of stormtracker 2. Notice some circulation off the coast line. We have a lo off the coast that is continuing to provide us with that onshore breeze, the marine layer about 2000 feet deep. With that said, not a lot of change going on. I want to point out High Pressure over southern california. That will not impact us today but into wednesday you may notice made in highlevel clouds increasing. If youre thinking about getting away to the sierra starting tomorrow, there is a possibility of some shower activity and thunderstorms. I thought i would point that out for you. Temperatures at this hour under partly cloudy skies, 53, San Francisco. Mostly cloudy at the coast. Upper 50s in oakland. 59 in san jose. And the north bay, 57 in napa. Temperatures are very similar to how we started the day yesterday. 57 in belmont. For the afternoon, upper 70s to low 80s for the north bay. Gorgeous in nevada and petaluma. Closer to the water, 69 for sausalito. The east bay sure, low 70s expected there. Alameda has a fair and oakland hills. 83 in danville where we have the fair. Alameda county in marin county continuing their fairs this week. 80 degrees in san jose. 83 in saratoga. 69 for santa cruz. The peninsula will be gorgeous. 79 in palo alto. Cool and cloudy at the coast. 63 in daly city. Here is a look at futurecast when it comes to the cloud cover. As we get into the afternoon, mostly cloudy at the coast what mostly clear elsewhere. I will stop it for you at 9 pm. Notice that fog creeping into the north bay. Back inside the bay and even infiltrating the east bay. Areas like berkeley. We are calling for fog as we get into the evening hours and that could impact the fireworks. Temperaturewise, low clouds and 55 at the coast probably cloudy around the bay with upper 50s and low 60s. Midsixties expected inland. Thats nice when we have those warm summer days inland. Heres a look your extended forecast. Not a lot of change through thursday. We do get back to warmer weather into the weekend but its not a huge dump. Its a mild one. It sounds like they are planning on having fog arrived for the San Francisco fireworks of i think i heard the fire them off at different elevations. They can get them under the fog layer. They do try to do that. In anticipation of what tends to roll around this time of year. Plans to increase the seven east bay reservoir is one step closer to reality. The contra costa Water District released new environmental studies on a proposal to enlarge the reservoir yesterday. The district also scheduled six Public Meetings on the issue. The plan would raise the height of the dam and 55 feet to increased water Storage Capacity to 275,000 acrefeet. The price tag for this project is about 800 million and 12 water agencies are expected to chip in. Firefighters are continuing to battle a wired fire thats burning outside of reno. This fire started yesterday afternoon and has burned 8000 acres so far. No evacuation orders have been issued but interstate 80 was shut down because of Poor Visibility due to the smoke. Because is still under investigation. A senator spent some time in the bay area. Next, how the visit helps to aim the disabled and the elderly get better healthcare. State lawmakers could reduce the penalties for illegal residents who werent truthful on the immigration papers. Right now anyone who falsifies immigration documents can be sentenced up to five years in jail and the order to pay a fine of 25,000. California lawmakers are considering a measure on the 2020 ballot that would let Voters Decide whether to decrease those penalties. Supporters say the current law is unfair because in underaged College Student can be charged with a misdemeanor for using a fake id to buy beer but an immigrant using a picket he would be charged with a felony. We want to be sure that we dont have one set of laws for one type of people at another set of laws for a second set of folks. Opponents say the new proposal is too lenient on people who are hill it illegally. The bill is still being considered by committee in the state senate. The California Supreme Court says judges can refuse to decrease the sentences of three strike inmates despite recent ballot measures designed to reduce the states prison population. Any ruling yesterday the court said judges are not required to reduce sentences for inmates, even those who qualify for reductions under proposition 36 which was passed in 2012 or proposition 47, passed last year. Those ballot measures allow three strike inmates to ask for reduced sentences if they are third strike was a nonviolent offense. The court says judges are allowed to refuse a reduction if they believe an inmate poses a danger to public safety. Senator Kamala Harris is in the bay area speaking out against the proposed republican healthcare bill. Yesterday she visited a successful aging Care Organization in San Francisco. What may have been to that organization if the Gop Health Care bill passes. Reporter senator Kamala Harris came to the institute on aging at San Francisco. Is considered a National Role model for rating expert in human care for the elderly and disabled, the 300 service. She is fighting change with the house of representatives calls the American Healthcare act of 2017. Renamed in the draft senate version, the better care reconciliation act. Under the trumpcare bill, proposed by senate republicans, the inhome support Services Program basis a 400 million cut. One of the worst Public Policy proposals that we could really, ever imagine. The program for allinclusive care for the elderly is almost 100 funded by medical. If he cuts that are being talked about go through, most of those Program Services will be in jeopardy. Reporter nationally, said senator harris, that were put on no numbers of children and adults with disabilities at risk of losing the inhome care that keeps them alive and somewhat independent. Next year they have to do the surgery for the other foot. We dont i dont think i can afford a. Reporter shannon lost a leg. Normal things people dont have a problem with can be more complicated for me. Reporter it would put thousands of caregivers out of a job. I will lose out on the money for the family. Is going to hurt all the way around. Reporter and this caregiver worries about his patient of several years. He told me if he has to go to the hospital come hed rather stay home and die. The time when we should be talking about how we expand healthcare for seniors and those in need, we are in the position of having to play defense against a proposal that would have a devastating impact on our community. Reporter harris said the fight in the Nations Capital is not yet lost what youve been doing in terms of speaking out against it is working. And it matters and it makes a difference. Reporter but she said now is the time for the publics will to be known. Budget cuts are forcing hit San Francisco superior courts to limit their powers of operation. But criminal and civil courts will for low all clerk staff one day a month starting in august. The courts will also reduce their hours on fridays starting in september. These cuts are expected to last until next june. Caseloads could be impacted due to a lack of staff. The courts are facing a 5. 3 million budget deficits right now. The marin county fair is wrapping up today. That could be a great chance to check out the fun and try out the new smart train. We will let you know about the service being offered to get you to and from the fair today. Fourth of July Celebration started early last night and they will continue throughout the day today. We will take a look at some of the best bay area celebrations happening on this Independence Day. Fog out there this morning. Its expected this evening as well. We will check in on your neighborhood and look at the highs expected for the day. We will detail this for you coming up. Good morning. Today is Independence Day. We will give you preview of some of the big celebrations that will happen later today. An overnight house fire left a family homeless in the east bay. The condition of the family this morning and how bad the fire was. Mornings on 2 continues. Good morning. What a site here in the big apple. One of new yorks iconic buildings, the empire state building, already lit up to celebrate the train three all night long. Had the lights lit up in red, white and blue in honor of our nations birthday. This will be the backdrop for the annual fireworks display happening in new york city later tonight. In welcome back to mornings on 2. Its tuesday , fourth of july. Im gasia mikaelian. Good morning. Im alex savage. Im in for dave. The allimportant 4th of july forecast. Everyone want to know what they should wear to thes barbecues and celebrations later today. Rosemary is here with the answers for everyone. Good morning. Good morning. Happy fourth. I would say go with what youve been wearing. Thats what we are expected to land for the afternoon. Starting with clouds this morning along the coast and inside the bay. Temperatures are similar. Upper 40s in santa rosa. 53 in San Francisco. In oakland, 59. There is a view of the oakland skyline. 56 in livermore and san jose, 60. The onshore breeze is not as robust as yesterday but it is still with us. Fairfield reporting around 6. Concord, sustained winds at 60s. Bear phil, 17. Napa 5. Here is a view of what you can expect. Fog is expected to stick around at the coast. For the rest of us, partly cloudy, clear afternoon. Temperatures in the afternoon will be mild. At 7 am, 50s at the coast and low 60s inland. By noon, uppe