Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more on the conditions theyre dealing with. Even some low 90s in the vicinity of the fire. The heat and the humidity are the number one things theyre battling. The good news which is probably helping them get that containment we just heard about is the wind is not extremely gusty. Right now we have winds out of the northwest at 10, occasional gusts to 20. So that likely has been helping those firefighters. Here you can see it on this map. South of Lake Berryessa. Smoke from this primarily blowing towards winters with the way that that wind is blowing. Once again, 128 and wragg canyon road. Tomorrow winds out of the west at 10. Tomorrow gusts also up to 20. Hopefully that lower wind would again help out the firefighters. Now, our fire danger going up all across the bay area. Today the fire burn index is 75. Basically putting our fire danger on a scale which is in the high category. Tomorrow goes up to 100, which is still high but getti
Fireworks. We want to thank katy perry for her song, aptly perfect on a day like today. 88,753 days ago, guess what happened. The United States became a country . Exactly. July4th, 1776. Okay. We all gather at my brothers house and if there is no fog or clouds, we get a good view of berkeley fireworks, San Francisco but rosemary, i know you had your fill of people asking you, it is awfully cloudy now. Lets look ahead about 12 hours. It may look a little like what were seeing right now, gasia. San francisco in jeopardy of the the clouds and fog just in time for the fireworks. We are seeing just a few bits of blue at this point. The clouds are beginning to break just some. We have folk heading out on the water. We see a sailboat leaving out of this water heading for perhaps the bay. We are looking at a very, very mild day ahead of us. The change expected as we roll through your afternoon today with mostly sunny skies away from the coastline. As we get into the numbers, temperatures wont
The demands. Plus, former President Trump is indicted for a 4th time now facing racketeering charges over his alleged efforts to stay in the white house. Were live in dc with the latest fallout from the charges. And heartbreaking workers under way right now in maui after the deadliest wildfire in modern u. S. History. Authorities are racing to try and bring closure to the victims. Families. Now from the areas local news station. This is kro. 4 news at 3. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. Im justine waldman. Our top story this hour, there will be no strike in san jose. This will keep essential City Services from shutting down the San Jose City workers. The unions have now confirmed a historic agreement has been made kron fours to assist has our top story. Im here in San Jose City hall. A big sigh of relief from union workers. But the mayor as a much different response early tuesday morning, the city council met behind closed doors to go over. The latest proposa
Station. Youre watching kron. Bay areas suffering after a scrap metal fire at a recycling facility in the east bay. Huge plume of smoke there yesterday. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus. Fire crews are still on the scene of that fire at this scrap metal facility near the port of oakland. The smoke could be seen and smelled across the bay area. And officials are saying that the air quality all the way down to near the south bays taking a hit. The fire started around 5. 30, last night at the ships are steel scrap metal facility. That is right near the port of oakland, massive plumes of smoke could be seen across the bay in crews worked overnight to get control of the fire. Some good news. Nobody was injured and the fire is not threatening any structures. The exact cause remains under investigation. Tonight. And even though the fire is mostly under control right now, the air Quality Management district put out an advisory today saying might be sensitive t
Driverless cars to San Francisco. And today, the puc agreed with them. The vote is three one. The item passes on thursday. The California Public Utilities Commission passed two resolutions voting 3 to 1 on each to allow more driverless taxi rides in San Francisco. So crews and waymo will now have the ability to expand driverless rides around the city. This is an incremental approval. It builds on existing approvals and its not the last action. The cpuc or the dmv will be taking in regulating these vehicles. Commissioner genevieve koroma was the only person to vote against expanding driverless car rides, citing opposition from First Responders who have expressed safety concerns. First responders say self driving cars have interfered with their jobs nearly 70 times since 2022. One woman says she ds advanced enough for more use on busy streets. The greater problem is that the cars dont dont recognize unusual situation. And like a lot of people said today, theyre still learning. Still supp