Monterey. Some high clouds have made it to san jose already. The heat and tropical clouds in the clouds and showers are possible. It is clear over sfo. 50s and 60s on the temps. 63, and even down in the desert, it is that tropical cloud deck that will work its way in. There are numerous lightning strikes. Highs will be way above average. 70s to 100s. Lets head over to sal. I know we talk about the bridges a lot of the time. The bay bridge in san mateo bridge is crowded. We had a crash the cleared up. That had a crowded affect at the toll plaza. Some people haabout that. They will be trying to use other bridges like the san mateo bridge. San mateo bridge traffic will be slow or crowded. I would not say stop and go, but definitely crowded. We will have another traffic update in just minutes. Today, joe biden and senator Kamala Harris will get briefed on the Coronavirus Crisis by Health Experts. They were talking about the pandemic during an online fundraiser. Elissa harrington has the latest on the campaign. Reporter the pandemic has certainly become a hot topic on the campaign trail. Joe biden and Kamala Harris are on the attack. They attacked the president s response to the virus. Governors that will hip open up for hurting the economy. There is a reason it has hit america worse than any other advanced nation. It is because of trumps failure to take it seriously from the start. They want to keep these people in their houses and in their prisons. They call them prisons. And i think a lot of it is for political reasons. They want to look as bad as possible on november 3. The pandemic impacted by and harriss first appearance together. Typically they would be on stage, because of the pandemic, they spoke from a quiet gymnasium. The biden ticket has raised 26 million in just 24 hours. Congress is workanother Coronavirus Relief package. No deal just yet. Reporting live, ktvu fox2 news. The time now is 7 03. The number of covid19 gas stands at 750,000. If we focus in on whats happening in california, there are a number of confirmed cases that will raise 600,000. At this point, 10,750 people in our state have died from the coronavirus. Daily infection numbers are distorted because they include backlogged cases from Data Collection problems. The state is turning the corner against the covid19 pandemic. He is encouraged by new numbers that show hospitalization rates are down 21 . I see you in patients are down 15 . Doctors say the transmission rates begin slowing down this month. California will expand the efforts that help businesses to survive the pandemic. Governor newsom will ease and create loan programs. They want tax breaks to encourage more hiring. Some Business Owners say they cannot wait for that help. The company sonoma fit opened a 20,000 squarefoot exercise center just three weeks before the pandemic started. All of the businesses that i have or have done are closed. Every day i am deeper in the red. At some point, i cannot hold my breath long enough. They can only reopen outdoors. Number fell from 1300 down to 400. It keeps dropping. Tax breaks and loans may take too long. They want Governor Newsom to allow businesses to reopen with proper precautions. There is updated information on rhe openings in the bay area on the ktvu news app. Download the app to see what is open and where. Day two of Distance Learning for thousands of students in the San Jose School district. There were no children in the classrooms. For at least the first six weeks, classes will be taught through Distance Learning. Teachers have the option of working from home or from the campus generally the instruction is synchronous and more alive, just with the teacher saying to the students, we will release you to do some work on your own. I do not think this is anybodys choice for how we would open school. It is the safe way to do with. They will evaluate the first six weeks of online instruction and make a decision about allowing students back into classrooms if mandates permit. Teachers will vote on a tentative agreemendistance lear online instruction began on monday. The district announced a deal with the teachers union. No details have been announced. Both sides have been negotiating on everything from live instruction online to the number of hours teachers will work. Now is a good time to check out our School Survival guide at ktvu. Com. We have a district by district plan for the school year. There were so many resources for parents and children. Click on schools at the top of our home page. Happening today, the california puc will hold a public Virtual Meeting talking about plant power shutoffs. The shutoffs are a last resort for Utility Companies to help prevent wildfires. Pg e wants to limit the number of shutoffs this year and also following safety protocols aimed at preventing wildfires. Back to where we were weatherwise. Its going to feel like that real hot summer this weekend. No one told me when i was coming on. I was looking at the satellite picture. Surprise. It is pretty quiet now. A few high clouds of made it into san jose. There is a lot more down toward the Santa Clara Valley. That looks to be the focus. The fog is gone. This is one of those forecasts where you really have to be careful. Look at all of that moisture. The layers of the atmosphere are extremely dry. That is deep moisture that remains. Nothing showing up at gilroy or san jose. Look at clear lake and ukiah. That would be for sunday morning. There is going to be a couple of little impulses coming through. Temperatures on their way up. 80s, 90s, two 100s. There was a huge difference on the highs. One of them is picking up on clouds and one of them is not. It will be warm to hot. 50s mill valley, 49. That is cool. Temperatures in kenwood are 52. It is not that far away from the monterey peninsula. A lot of cloud cover is working its way up to the coast. Not only from the south but in the four corners. 70s, 80s, 90s, and 100s. If we dont hit the size, it is because of this cloud cover. There is a possibility of a lot of cloud cover taking us into the next few days. Coming up, we will explain how it works. Cooking up a controversy. Why Business Owners in San Francisco are fed up with some food vendors. How city leaders are responding. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. You also have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. But what if you could startdo better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver. In new ways. To new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. 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The two defendants appeared in court accused of being part of a scheme to struggle mass dissolved in buckets of paint. It can then be taken out of the garage or warehouse in san jose and converted to the crystal form. Each face a maximum sentence of 40 years in jail if convicted. One person is in custody after a deadly fight at the medical center. Officials say two people started fighting in the lobby of a medical building on tuesday morning. A nurse arrived for work and found a man who died on the floor. People who live in the area say it is not the first time they have seen these violent encounters. I have seen fights here in the past. I have seen people brandished knives. Im not completely surprised. A 23yearold has been arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery. Business owners in San Franciscos Fishermans Wharf area want the city to crackdown on unlicensed food vendors. Street vendors are operating illegally. It raises health concerns. Holidays and weekends can bring one dozen unlicensed food vendors to the wharf and uncut licensed vendors. Where their food station is in bird one falls down. We want to treat our employees fairly. I see something here as unfair. The supervisor says hes working with the department of Public Health to start enforcement on the issue as early as this week. Two homes in the east bay have their water back. Repair crews worked overnight and had to fix several broken water mains. Here is some of the video we took a while ago. They finished up in emeryville. Here is what it looked like during the night. Water was everywhere. Engineers act the oakland Operations Center may have over pressurize the water lines in 16 water lines cracked. At one time, water was in 300 customers. People living in lake tahoe are fed up with visitors that show up every weekend. They are word that the terrorists are spreading covid 19 and trashing their town. A protest is plant tomorrow and sunday. Incline village oh kings beach, myers, and truckee. A huge wall of flame popped up. It is amazing. A big wild fire burning in Southern California. Hundreds of people of had to evacuate. It is called the lake fire. It is in the Angeles National forest near lake hughes. W up i it started yesterday afternoon. It went from 400 acres to more than 10,000 acres in just a couple of hours. So this huge wall of flames popped up rapidly. It went from 100 acres and quickly to several thousand acres an official with the Angeles National forest says the combination of thick vegetation that has not burned in years, combined with hot and dry windy conditions is making it horrible. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Lets talk about traffic on thursday. It has been a busy week for a number of reasons. We have had a couple of different crashes. We have had slowing on the bridges. Yesterday, we had a better day. We have traffic along the bay bridge approach. We are recovering after earlier things. This is interstate 880. The traffic is going to be moving along okay. No major issues and traffic will be a little slow at the bay bridge because of an earlier accident. We had a crash in the 5 00 hour. It was cleared a long time ago, but if you can wait it out, wait a little bit longer as we get to this back up. Also looking at the san mateo bridge. That traffic has been heavy. Some people have been avoiding the bay bridge. Otherwise, we are looking okay. 7 17. Lets bring steve back and with todays weather. We start off mostly clear. Fog is not a factor. A few high clouds are drifting in toward san jose. The leading edge of the big slug of tropical moisture will make a move here later today and into this afternoon. Mainly san jose south. It is a sign of things to come along with much warmer temperatures. Look at all of that moisture that remains coming in off the Central California coast inching into monterey. Nothing is forecast rain wise, some for fresno but look at ukiah. That will be on sunday for them. Two rounds of this. The heat and tropical clouds are something that we get used to. It will be hot and humid as we head into the next couple of days. 50s and 60s right now. 40s to the north. 49, point reyes. 49, but it could be a while before we see lows that cool again. This cloud cover is very dry below 10,000 feet. Deep moisture is coming in. One area of concern is the heat. It will be hot and stay hot. Some areas could get up to 106 to 108. Theres a lot of cloud cover coming in which could take the edge off. It will be warm to hot and humid. 70s to 100s. If that cloud cover comes in, it might not be as hot. After saturday, more clouds and possible showers taking us in too early next week. It could be the first of its kind workplace benefit. A major Food Delivery Service is offering female employees extra days off for a specific reason. The Trump Administration wants to change some of your morning shower. Ex all in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. Good morning. The son will start shortly here. And, it is 7 22. Morning sun two. It looks like my computer is having some difficulty here. Guy larson requested burning for you by blue oyster cult. Well, it looks like were not going to have it. Lets go back to the desk. We have some news about amtrak. They have hopes of making writers more comfortable and safer during the pandemic. It shows the percentage of Seats Available in real time. Amtrak has reduced the number of passengers allowed on the trains. 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I grew up in the bay area. Its exciting to reduce the local pollutants. It will reduce greenhouse guard, gases by more than 50 . They still have to approve the project. It is set to begin in the year 2024. It is reducing controls on methane gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines. The epa administrator will make the announcement in pennsylvania. It is a rollback of obama era policies in combating climate change. The change in regulations ignores the Scientific Evidence on the need to reduce methane admissions. A bug repellent is approved. The cdc says it has been registered by the epa for use in iinsect repellent. The chemical is found in cedar trees and grapefruit. It is considered nontoxic. It protects as well as many products already available. It can be used to repel and fight tics, mosquitoes, and other pests. Football fans, get ready. There is a chance at the nfl season will start on time. What they are doing to make sure that test i low among players. Ng workers. The threat made by uber and lyft and how drivers in california maybe affected. Lingering fears about the coronaviruss and clinton. We take a look at what the department of corrections is doing to keep people safe. From ktvu ktvu fox2 news this is mornings on 2. Good morning to you. Welcome to mornings on 2. I am dave clark. Good morning. A minute ago when steve use the phrase fresno hot, i knew exactly what you mean. Those of us who live inland are in for it. They could really be in for it if the cloud cover disperses. If it is there, it might not be as hot. It will still be fresno hot. We started warming up yesterday. Mid90s while the fog is going on. That will not be your friend here. All eyes are to the south. And not that far to the south. Look at all of that moisture with numerous lightning strikes. Some of those high clouds are starting to inch into the Santa Clara Valley. Clouds and showers when areas south. 50s to mid60s. Santa rosa did make it to 49. That cloud cover is not far away. That will move into the santa cruz mountains. The highs are on their way out. I bought into the hottest projections. 70s to 100s. San mateo bridge, the bay bridge, how are day . We are looking at all of the bridges and all of the commutes as well. We are also looking at highway 24 in lafayette. The westbound 24 is moving along pretty well. We are looking at the bridges. They are busy all across the Richmond Bridge. Slow traffic on the bay bridge. This is 880 and thats been okay. At the bay bridge toll plaza, they are recovering from earlier issues. The ceos of Ride Share Companies are threatening to shut down operations temporarily in california. The Companies Made that announcement after a judge ordered them to comply with the new state law. We have a live report this morning. Reporter ct earlier this year. On monday a judge ordered both uber and lyft to comply with this law and begin reclassifying their drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. Doing that gives the uber and lyft drivers benefits they dont have like paid sick leave, guaranteed minimum wage and mileage reimbursement for using their personal vehicles to drive. Under a normal company, if you get injured on the job you can get insurance on that.