Noticed the humid feel to yesterday thats helped to keep temperatures a little warmer during our overnight hours areas like antioch still already close to 80 degrees to start this morning. Not a whole lot of overnight early from our inland areas from that heat yesterday, this sets us up for temperatures quickly rising today, look at how humid it is in San Francisco oakland and other areas like novato in santa rosa thats that muggy feel that get as youre stepping outside and that only adds to the impact that this heat does have on us today now pink areas on the map right here these are excessive heat warnings with temperatures not falling much during overnight hours you dont get that relief and then youve also got those hot hot daytime highs in the triple digits in these pink areas. The u. S. That extreme warning also heat advisories in orange for places like the immediate coastline of the bay in the north bay itself as well as the peninsula due to that heat that will be gripping the bay area today. One of the reasons we are so hot and so humid as the remnants of a tropical system that is working its way immediately to our west can actually see a couple of showers right there along the coastline may notice some dry lightning off shore this morning. Thats something that isnt expected to be widespread across the bay itself. But is contributing to the humid feel that the air does have today and is making for some showers just off the coastline. 60s and 70s for your current temperatures were your daytime, your current temperatures they should say oakland double in hayward each at 71 conquered youre at 73. Later today, this is what were looking forward to San Franciscos mid 80s for daytime highs in the financial district, oakland well into the 90s with san jose close to triple digits our inland valleys are the spots that are going to be well into the triple digits all of those numbers and all the rest of the details that you need to know as we enter this heat wave still to come back to you james all right, thank you very much john. Also happening today, we have several cooling Centers Across the bay area set to open up. This is a look at the list of cooling and weve got a whole lot more on our website kron 4 dot com. Now because of the pandemic everyone is going to be required to wear mask coverings and maintain 6 feet distance from everybody else whos there. Outdoor restaurants and shops across the bay area are also finding ways to deal with the heat in downtown los altos businesses have set up on bellas and canopies to try to keep their customers cool as best they can however some customers say they dont mind sweating it out to show little support for businesses in the area that im struggling through this entire crisis. Trying to encourage encourage people to still come and free to do whatever we can to keep people cool. But overall i think it should a successful weekend normally business hot here so it was pretty hot. The past though its been pretty i guess well see over a 100 degrees again and again some of relies and the me their restaurant and other businesses are helping to keep it going in for people its its wonderful. In fact some businesses are even offering sunscreen to their customers retail stores, however say that the heat has been less of a worry than actually getting customers to come inside. Well many restaurant and bar owners in the Central Valley are also scrambling ahead of this upcoming heat wave. A severe i should say a server at haha cafe in roseville says that shes worried the triple digit heat is going to really hurt their business as they cant really offer Indoor Seating right now and even for the staff inside the restaurant is not much better. As doors there have to be propped open in order to serve customers food outside. Like the koch has some fans on him but we dont have airconditioning running because it makes no sense to do that. A lot of restaurants or also re exact their menus to offer cooler foods and cooler beverages. State officials have issued a statewide power alert for this evening pg e is urging its customers to conserve electricity from 03 00pm until 10 00pm because of the high heat and a predicted increase in electricity is everybody cranks up the ac right now pg e hasnt. No plans at the moment is to actually shut off power. However, the Electric Company is sending out crews and equipment to handle any possible outages. During this extreme heat wave. Theyre asking that you adjust your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher if you can or turn it off altogether if youll be away from your house unplug any power strips that are not in use and put vacuuming in laundry and with the dishwasher off until after 10 00pm. Jimmy is not. Initiating a Public Safety power shutoff pg does not foresee the need to initiate and Public Safety power shutoff for the next several days over the next week or installing technology on the line throughout the bay area in the high fire threat areas where we can pinpoint more accurately where we need to shut off the power due to the extreme. Weather threat. Thats coming into a specific areas. Pg e also says that theyre mindful that so many people are working from home right now and that they have learned from their mishandling of deliberate blackouts and they dont plan to disrupt any peoples lives during this already difficult time. In the south of the Kaiser Medical Center in santa clara is taking part in a global race to develop a covid19 vaccine and is looking for hundreds of volunteers to participate in the trial that theyre looking to get underway. Kaiser plans to enroll approximately 1400 participants at 4 sites in california and in oregon. The vaccine tested in this trial has developed by Pharmaceutical Company pfizer and a German Biotech Company called tech doctor nicole climb is the director of kaisers Vaccine Study Center and she says that researchers will also be looking at individuals through their Health Care Worker status or by being in a racial or ethnic minority. Were looking to enroll and adults who are between the ages of 1885 who are healthy. But were also looking for individuals who a number of underlying conditions. Who year at risk for getting caught the disease to their underlying conditions have participants will get a vaccine and half the participants will get to see them but its a 2 dose and the doses are 21 days apart. In neither the participants nor clinicians will know who is getting the vaccine and who will be getting a placebo. Volunteers will be monitored for the next 2 years and data will be gathered about safety immune response and efficacy as required for a regulatory review, if youre interested in participating in this Clinical Study you have to be patient with kaiser. We posted more information on our website at kron 4 dot com. Were also monitoring the coronavirus pandemic and as it continues to spread across the bay area currently there are more than 65,000 cases with more than 900 related deaths Alameda County leading the bay area for the 14,000 confirmed cases 216 deaths there. And if you want a more complete list on our web site city by city just go to kron 4 dot com. In the east bay, the Oakland Unified School district is now loaning laptops to students so they can attend school from home roughly 7,000 students couldnt logarithm on monday for their first day of class because they didnt have laptops or internet access. In spring. Citywide campaign called oakland and divided raised about 12 and a half Million Dollars so that the district could buy chromebooks and portable hot spots for students. District spokesperson, john sasaki says the district ordered the gear back in june but distributors have been struggling to get the products to the schools on time. I love love love is just ordering the computer itself. Were not the only ones doing it we are 25,000 to get border anyway, but the thing about all the other School Districts across the country all the other organizations across the country doing exactly the same time. The students are getting loan or equipment to tide them over theyll be able to keep their permanent equipment when they get it. I dont know how you can sleep at night and now you get took away a vibrant like that had so much life to live. And so much to give. A mothers message to the killer of her son Terrence Mccrary today marks 4 years since his death. Curry was shot and killed by stray bullet while attending a party in oakland back in 2016. Crawford taylor sacking has more. This is the area where terrence lost his life for years ago on friday. Back here his mom says it makes her angry knowing that his killer is still out here walking the streets freely i feel that its gotten harder because the desire for a mother to want to see justice served for ingested. Its extremely difficult as days months years now pass. Terence mcraes family desperately seeks answers. Friday marks 4 years since terrence his death when he was shot by a stray bullet and a party in oakland in the 300 block of 15th street. On thursday his mother florence father turned senior in sister erica stand in the same area where terrence died. It marks extreme emotion, he laid in the street here. All night long after being hit by one bullet, a stray bullet. A party where they were celebrating a friends life and yet he lost his a second victim Craig Fletcher cox also died. This was the scene from that night in 20 1600s of people running from gunfire that erupted after police say there was a confrontation between a group of men in fletcher cooks when he stepped in to help his girlfriend. The suspect is white now faces murder charges for fletcher cookes death. But its still unclear who pulled the trigger and the bullet that struck mccrary you dont get to see him. Have kids or create a family or you know change the world anymore we have to do it for them and so we want to make sure people remember we love now 4 years later. The mccrary family is pleading for terrence his killer to come forward but stand up be a man about what it is that you you know have that it holds itself accountable. We need some teens. A little noticed its half years. We need some peace. On friday turns his family will visit his grave site at a local cemetery. They say 4 years is too long without any new information were asking anyone who know something please contact the local Police Department in oakland Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Coming up on the kron 00 04am morning news, San Franciscos biggest industry expected to lose billions of dollars because of pandemic tell you how long the financial hit could last. Well Coronavirus Relief as stock. The senate was able to pass help for veterans. And just the 2 are in washington and all that story coming up. Confusion in the east bay about whether federal funding for covid19 is being redirected to hire sheriffs deputies will explain coming up after the break. And of course the hot weather is going to be the big story Going Forward as we take a look at our forecast highs for later this afternoon. One 07 expected potentially of concord one 06 a nanny out one 04. In livermore excessive heat warnings and advisories in effect for just about the entire bay area will get a complete breakdown with john trouble in the Weather Center coming up. Were back time now for 15, lets get right to the Weather Center john trouble looking at this heat wave that we have on tap. For the weekend ahead john yeah hot day ahead of hot tomorrow at of a son. Looks like the rest of the weekend and into next week is going to be just as hot to not the finest of weather to be talking about. But this is what you got to get ready for as far as the bay area goes this morning. It is Crystal Clear and were off to a warm start some temperatures inland are close to the 80 degree mark never really falling overnight so that relief that you typically do get on a area evening is not the case this evening we did see some very humid weather yesterday and that helps to result in temperatures remaining warm throughout the night as far as where were at right now you are seeing clear skies definitely no fog out there. But what you do have is a couple of pockets of some rainfall right there along the coastline. This is the remnants of a tropical system that is bringing us that hot and humid weather that we experienced yesterday and into the evening conditions will gradually dry off in the days to come as this remnants of Tropical Weather starts to exit the region and this dry High Pressure system starts to build in the eye pressure system is not going to offer us any relief sure its conditions wont be as humid but were going to remain hot through tomorrow through sunday. All the way into next week with those excessive heat warnings, inland and heat advisories right alongside the bay and even on the peninsula, lets get a detailed look at word temperatures are about to be today 70s and 80s for San Francisco notably mission in financial districts in the mid to upper 80s today. Daly city at 80 degrees half moon bay, even checking in close to 80 degrees right there along the coast. 90s in millbrae and burlingame with 90 solidly in saying carlos redwood city in Mountain View woodside close to triple digits. South bay temperatures in the triple digits for campbell Saratoga Los Gatos in morgan hill all at one 01, 104 degrees san jose at 99 today east bay temperatures either 90s or triple digits our inland valleys easily above or at 100 degrees while they were at 97 fremont at 95. Temperatures in san leandro and oakland in the 90s while berkeley and richmond very close in the upper 80s, triple digits in concord walnut creek Danville San Ramon on up into solano county. Were bunny show be at one o 3 vacaville at 110 degrees today. The way how at 98 santa rosa youll be close to triple digits along with sandra fell both just shy of that number well nevado at 100 degrees for the daytime high today as for tomorrows temperatures will be hot not quite as hot as today, but youre still in triple digits above the above triple digits for inland areas. Sunday a slight cool down were still hot just not as hot before temperatures look likely to kick back up into early next week with monday tuesday and wednesday. All going to be remaining toast, hes not a lot of relief in sight in this forecast. Well keep you updated through the morning back to you james all right john thank you very much. Lets give you a quick look at the traffic conditions out there right now were going to start off the bay bridge approach. As you can see there are no problems here youre making good time from oakland in the San Francisco, there was an issue in the south bay. There was a fatal accident northbound 85 just south of Camden Avenue offramp all lanes were blocked for a time there was a sig alert issued but as of it looks like 3 minutes ago that sigler was canceled all lanes reportedly reopened so that will be an all commute for you there. The san mateo bridge has jumped to that camera view next and you can see weve got our bright on westbound 92 moving well those those taillights from hayward out towards foster city, a lot of gaps between the car so all in all roads looking pretty good so far this morning, well keep you updated though if they begin to back up. Lets get back to the news in the east Bay Community groups are concerned that federal money designated to help stop the spread of covid19 may actually be redirected now to hire sheriffs deputies in a 4 to one vote. The Contra Costa County board of supervisors approved the hiring of 24 new sheriffs deputies to specifically help Mental Health professionals, give proper care to inmates who need special attention in their jail. A recent report claimed the one 0. 75 Million Dollars needed to cover the salaries would come from federal funding known as the cares act which was meant for coronavirus 8 supervisor john guy what who voted against the new hires agrees Mental Health support is vital for inmates but believes that existing resources should be used for that supervisor Candice Anderson who approved the new hires explains the incoming deputies salaries will actually becoming from money saved as a result of the general fund. The savings from the cares act and paid deputies who are going to be reimbursed because we are helping them do different jobs and they were doing in the jail previously covid related jobs that savings we can then transfer and utilize for these new positions that we need to have in the jail to really enhance the Mental Health services voted against expenditure because i believe we could located sheriffs deputies from another facility rather create new positions. But ultimately its the boards decision and they will revisit the issue again in september in the meantime both agree the county should continue to invest more into Community Support services that help people with Mental Health issues to avoid them from landing in jail in the first place. Died by suicide every day despite a rising awareness, but in the midst of the covid relief the senate has quietly passed legislation that lawmakers have been working on for years to improve Mental Health services at the va and beyond washi