With temperatures today oakland at 94 napa got to 99 and concord at one of for so we still have another day or so with this extreme heat especially for tomorrow this is how was going to look tomorrow at 4 00 p. M. Upper 90s for the east bay shoreline and upper mid 80s for oakland and richmond area. San francisco peninsula will stay in the mid 80s it will gradually cool down as we head into the weekend i will talk more about that in your seven day forecast coming up in just a few minutes pam many patio chairs and tables empty, as people opted for air conditioning rather than the sunshine today. Tonight, kron fours Philippe Djegal is live downtown. Where he spoke with the brave few who chose to spend the day outdoors. Philippe. Phillipe pam. Thankfully, its cooled off significantly out here in walnut creek. The temperature , as we speak, still, it was shorts and skirts downtown during. Man was it hot. It was 103 degrees when i rolled into town. But before one woman jumped into the Movie
To check on the impact of this heat wave. Reporter the temperature was just shy classes were dismissed here at Branham High School in san jose. The unprecedented decision to dismiss early blamed on a lack of air conditioning inside. We want to have a consistent message across the district. So, of course we will apply the same minimum days to the school that may have summer conditioning and some may not. So everyone will have these days for today and tomorrow. Reporter branham, leigh, del mar, prospect and westmont high as well as boynton Continuation High School and the Camden Community day school got out of class early. Some parents were helena cary parent our state should our station have enough money to keep our children comfortable in school. As parents we work in and firemen to have air conditioning. Why not in school . Reporter the district says about half of its classrooms have air conditioning. Extra water and fans are being brought in while sports and other outdoors activities
We begin with the latest on the new jersey traffic jam scandal disrupting the administration of governor Chris Christie. Federal prosecutors have begun a preliminary investigation as has the state assembly, and 60 jersey residents have filed a federal Class Action Lawsuit against christie and the state. Christie says he knew nothing about the lane closings into the George Washington bridge last september. The closures led to major delays on what is the busiest bridge in the world. The scandal threatens to undermine possible president ial aspirations governor Chris Christie may have. At a press conference yesterday he was asked if he would consider resigning after what happened. Thats a crazy question, maam. Im telling you i had nothing to do with this. So, no, i never gave any thought of doing that at all, nor would i. Marlie hall is here in new york with more. Marlie, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Thousands more internal documents related to the scandal are scheduled to be re