South. A strip club scandal involving for san jose firefighters while they were on the job. But first, were continuing our coverage of the devastating fires burning in hawaii and the effects felt by bay area families and travelers trying to get to the islands. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow. We are following breaking news out of hawaii this afternoon where a windwhipped wildfire has devoured structures and a Historic Town of maui. Fastmoving flames ripped through homes and businesses in la hina town. Video showing plumes of thick smoke billowing in the air fields that have been scorched. We know some people fled into the ocean with the coast guard having to rescue several people. Phone lines are down people. We spoke with this morning at san jose airport saying they were unable to get into contact with family. They were planning to visit flights from all bay area. Airports to hawaii have either b
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Oaklands police union called on city officials to speed up the search for a new chief as they continue to deal with mounting crime. And some Council Members in santa rosa are concerned changes made to a no camping ordinance. Well do more harm to the un house instead of actually helping people. Well have that and more coming up. From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good morning and thank you for what you get with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news today is wednesday. August night, the middle of the week. All right. Well, we started the week per any warm and then we are gradually inching closer and closer to a cool down. John tables been tracking that since the start of the week. John, where we sit today. Good morning. Yesterday was the first day of that cooler seasonable feel. And today were going to keep that around. So. Were definitely out of the heat that we had over the weekend and providing a nice break for those of you, e
Areas of this town, it looks like its night. Yeah, you know, it wouldnt surprise me. Just the mass hysteria thats been going on there with people actively trying to escape illustrated. The people added to jump into the water there matches just to escape everything thats going on. And its exacerbated. But 911, emergency lines. Yeah. Yeah. A large portion of the island there. They got no 911, service, no cell Service Really to speak of. Hardline services down all this, according to the Lieutenant Governor there, sylvia. Luke, she was talking to media this morning, kind trying to illustrate that. The dire nurse of the situation out there, state of emergency has obviously been declared. Theyve mobilized the coast guard. Theyve got the National Guard working as best they can to clear some of these roads that have downed trees, downed power lines. Thats really been impeding fire crews that are trying to get ahead of the fire to fight it. The can even get to it because of all the debris thats
Here from your Berkeley Hills camera that low cloud cover sitting above the bay. So aside from a few spots in the mountains right along the coastline, visibility has not been much of a concern at all. Its definitely just a cool and partly cloudy. Start 50s 60s for your current temperatures. Very similar feel as compared to this time yesterday and were going to keep that similar feel around all day long. Daytime highs right around the same as tuesdays in the 70s and 80s for bayshore and inland areas. I am talking the return of heat this weekend. Still to come rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets check on your morning drive starting with the bay bridge just under 13 minutes at the toll plaza there you can see its a little busy. The drive times are still pretty low. 18 minutes on the mateo bridge. No access or hazards there. Richmond center fell bridge about a 12 minute ride and the Golden Gate Bridge. 37 to the tolls. 20 minutes on this wednesday. All right. Were learning new