The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at night taking a live look over downtown San Francisco tonight, beautiful, yes, but we are bracing for a weekend heat wave that is expected to be felt across the bay area. Good evening. Everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight, the hot and dry weather could put us at risk for some fire sparking again over the weekend, a red flag warning is going into Effect Tomorrow here we go this is a look at how hot is expected to get tomorrow. Not really all that bad but saturday isnt the worst of it not by any stretch. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is with us now for more on what the brace for large yeah, this really just the beginning tomorrow, yeah, not to bet is to get toasty inland 90s there. Then we get into sunday, we really start to crank up the heat near triple digits in spots inland by sunday, 80s a few 90s even and around the bay 70s even out toward th
Local news station. That breaking news tonight at 10 takes us to oakland where more than a 100 people are protesting as we speak you say this is new video just in from the citizen app some of the protesters here taking those orange traffic barriers moving them out of the way you can also see some Police Officers walking the streets in riot gear, it is tense. This is happening near 14th street, the protesters of course for the 3rd night in a row demanding justice for Breonna Taylor after the decision was made wednesday. Not to file charges in her death. Good evening, everybody thanks for being here 10 oclock im grant lotus as we said the 3rd straight night of demonstrations, not only here in some parts of the bay area but in louisville as well in just minutes ago opd sent out this tweet the Department Says the crowd has started to become a little bit violent throwing bottles and cans among other objects you see this video froze but it will play right here. And as we saw earlier folks ar
Disperse and control the crowd. This video shows the protesters moving away from that smoke. Heres another Vantage Point from above. The person who shot this video says it was tear gas, but that has not been confirmed. We dont know how many people have been arrested or if anyone has been injured. The 12th street b. A. R. T. Station is shut down right now because of this protest. Were keeping a close eye on this story, and well bring you any updates throughout this news cast. Our other top story tonight, bracing for a hot weekend. More heat is on the way. This is a live look out at walnut creek, one of the places where temperatures to soar into the triple digits. But its not just the heat. Gusty winds also a big concern. Firefighters across the bay area are on high alert during an already busy fire season. Out in fremont, firefighters say they are fully staffed and stepping up patrols this weekend. We have been through this before many times. Jeff, what are you seeing now in these next
Now at 11 00, breaking news, confrontations between police and protesters calling for justice for breonna taylor. And here we go again, looking live outside tonight at what they are doing to prepare for fire danger this weekend. It is not just the fire danger. It is also the heat and the air quality. Im tracking all of it in the forecast. Frustrating over slow reopenings. It is so important for all of us to stand together. A power freeing a powerful response to a Staggering Number of hate crimes against one community. We start with aching news, protesters clashing with police in oakland right now. Things took a turn about one hour ago, as hundreds made their way toward city hall. They through bottles at officers and turned over barricades. They called for justice for breonna taylor. She was shot and killed in her apartment after her boyfriend fired at officers. This is the third night of protests after a kentucky grand jury decided no officers would be charged in her death. We will sta
This says it all. Fire danger today is high as we approach another heatwave this weekend. Firefighters are gearing up to respond to potential fires. Fall heatwave, fire danger, and smoke. Ill have your weekend forecast coming up. The doj says San Francisco may be violating the constitution with its rules around indoor worship. Tonight opposing reaction from the religious communities. George washington, Abraham Lincoln, dianne feinstein, names that could soon be scrubbed from San Francisco schools. Why alumnis say the efforts are misguided. Abc7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Temperatures are about to soar in the bay area as dangerous fire weather returns. Tonight pg e is warning about potential blackouts, some in napa county. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel begins our Team Coverage with what we can expect this weekend. Sandhya . Yeah, dangerous conditions are expected this weekend, dan and dion. Two rounds of gus