James waking up at 08 00am with a live look here at sfo behind us will get out there in a few minutes with kron fours michael one of the big stories, which is the maui fires and evacuations, right . First, we want to take a look at the weather. Were inching near the weekend. And it seems like weve weve. Were told when to routine these gray mornings and sunny afternoons. Yet been definitely a routine the past few days cooler than what we had seen this past weekend, too, which is at least made your afternoons a bit more enjoyable to step outside that sunshine where were at this morning. Yeah, theres the gray above the embarcadero right now. And were right back to some of those foggy conditions at the coastline. I turned windshield wipers a time or 2 this morning. Expect the chance of that as well as youre heading out there. Current temps are familiar yesterday. We were right here 50s and 60s. But after today and tomorrow, there are some changes that it involves getting a whole lot hotter
To rise following those devastating wildfires. Maui. And it could take years to recover from them. But first, an official air quality warning for the bay area as we go live near the port of oakland after a fire tearing through a recycling yard. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman, heavy smoke visible in oakland after a large pile of scrap metal caused a fire near the citys port. That smoke could be smelled all across the east bay. Well go live now to kron fours Charles Clifford. Hes on the scene or near the scene for us. As theres now an official air quality warning for the bay area. Charles. Right now im in alameda. If you look behind me here across the oakland estuary across the water that big black crane over there, this fire was burning just beneath that. It looks we cant see any smoke at the moment. Were just a little it looks like they may have a mostly under control is going to take a look
Clear side right now. Your view outside at the bay bridge, at least you have decent visibility making your crossing. But we are definitely looking at some misty spots out there and some lower visibility from the north bay down the coastline on the peninsula, even into some of the east bay hills. So watch for those spots of missed wet spots, low visibility. The deal that you see on those cloudy or greater mornings for sure, at least temperatures are nice and comfortable 50s 60s light jacket stuff. Just as weve seen the past few mornings and this afternoon, were also going to repeat a few factors that is clearing skies and a really comfortable feel for a bayshore cities in the 70s warm but not as hot as youre about to get for inland areas. Im talking this warm up as we go rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Lets get you moving on a thursday morning. Meteor lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. So leveled minutes. So were still pretty light. San mateo bridge. Were already sta
Not enough he vows to help hawaii rebuild from catastrophic flames. How california is now lending an effort to stop the fires. Plus. I time ago was on front street the it . Stories of survival and tragedy this afternoon as thousands of people are still racing to evacuate the islands where history has also burned to the ground since 2018, shooting 13 notice of violation. Just answer steel. And demanding answers after a fire erupted at an oakland steel plant choking our skies with potentially toxic smoke. What were learning about the sites history of alleged violations. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at just involvement and we will start with the thousands of people who are trying to evacuate maui right now as Deadly Wildfires continue to burn across the island. And as that smoke clears in some areas, the damage left behind by this fire can finally be assessed and that damage is significant with the
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