Today. The same is true of many other locations along with the heat, though it has also been windy once again today, the gusty conditions posing a bit of a challenge for firefighters here in hayward as they work to contain a fire that burned dangerous close to several homes, as you see here, started around 11 this morning near poppy, wood court and silverthorne place. Firefighters say this may have started as a car fire that spread to trees nearby. Several vehicles burned. Some neighbors were seen using garden hoses and buckets of water to try to protect their properties. All right, lets give you a live look here this afternoon in the east bay. And this is the scene along highway four in the pittsburg bay point area. Of course, inland spots like this are really experiencing the heat this afternoon. For more on the weather, lets bring in meteorologist mark tamayo to tell us how long the warm temperatures will stick around. Doesnt sound like this is going to be any sort of an extended heat wave. No. In fact, by the weekend we are talking about a cooling trend, especially as we head toward sunday for mothers day. But yeah, it has been quite the warm up over the past several days. Its kind of started to say yesterday was the transition day. Temperatures well up above the average, about 10 to 15 degrees up above the average. But we are expecting cooling conditions as we move into the weekend. Take a look at some of the highs from today, not only the inland spots that are warming up, mainly in the 80s to right around 90 degrees, but even look out toward ocean beach in San Francisco 80 degrees. So the shoreline warming up with fog free conditions. Also, its that warm wind thats transporting that warm, dry air all the way to the coast. And you probably felt that breeze today throughout the day. Mount diablo, 54 miles an hour, Half Moon Bay, 39 miles an hour. San francisco, 29 miles an hour. Here is our live camera looking above Golden Gate Park this afternoon, completely in the clear. A bit of some haze out there, but still mostly sunny skies. As we check out the current numbers for the 4 00 hour, it is warm out towards San Francisco 73, so we do not have any heat advisories. No excessive heat warnings, but definitely a notable warm up for today and this pattern will stick around for tomorrow for the most part, except we could have some changes developing right near the immediate coastline. Well see a change in the wind flow. You can see those those wind arrows here coming in from the south that could begin to cool off parts of the shoreline in your friday forecast. But another hot day inland. In fact, well probably have some more 90 to talk about for tomorrow. Well have more on your forecast coming up in just a little bit. All right, mark, well see you in just a bit. Thank you. New at four this afternoon, the California PublicUtilities Commission approved a controversial plan that will change how pge and other investor owned utilities calculate Customers Energy bills. This plan will add a mandatory 24 fixed charge to most customers bills. In exchange, it will lower electricity prices by 5 to 0. 07 per kilowatt hour. Low Income Customers will pay a flat rate of 6 or 12. The money will be used for infrastructure and maintenance. The plan is part of a law approved by the legislature in 2022. Supporters say it will help lower income households. However, critics say it wont benefit everyone. We think that if you have a low Energy Footprint now, even in the Central Valley where it gets hot, this fixed charge could actually raise your rates. If youre a low energy user to begin with, california is one of a few states where utilities do not use the fixed rate model. Those in favor say the change will save customers an average of 30 a month, and they say it will incentivize people in california to go electric. This change will take effect in early 2026. Well, now to some developing news that were following in a meeting that is happening at this hour about the contentious name change of the Oakland Airport. Ktvu tom vacar is monitoring that discussion and joins us now live from the newsroom with an update. Tom well, it appears to be that the only winners in this thing will ultimately be the attorneys. Now, in a nutshell, the port of oakland officials believe that being named San Francisco bay Oakland Airport will make it clear to travelers worldwide that it is a part of the San Francisco bay area. But the city of San Francisco believes that that name is nothing short of a Trademark Infringement that will cause confusion, and for it to lose customers. I would guess that maybe combining the names, maybe, teaches people that they are close and affiliated with each other. I do know that when i first was flying here, that it was a little confusing which one to go to so i can understand that being an issue. Actually, i like it being oakland. I like it being, not not so confusing for somebody who doesnt fly in here all the time. San Francisco City attorney issued this statement that if oakland continues to rebuff our offers to partner, we will have to move forward with next steps in our trademark lawsuit and seeking a preliminary injunction to stop infringement on sfos trademark back to you, tom. Despite the threat of a of a lawsuit and legal action by the city of San Francisco, it seems to be that this board later on today is in fact going to take this final vote and approve this controversial name change. It does appear to be that way, and theyre taking a chance because the city has already brought the first litigation. They can bring more. And at some point in time, somebody is going to have to blink or a judge is going to make that decision. In the meantime, whether or not those changes will actually apply, which is to say, whether the expedias or the southwest or the other companies that sell tickets, whether directly or through these intermediaries, are going to list it as that is an entirely other matter, because they do not want to get mixed up in that injunction. Okay i know youre going to stay on top of that meeting. It is underway now. Well wait for that final vote. Tom. Thank you. Yep. All right. Barts board of directors met earlier today in part to discuss a possible ballot measure that could give the Transit Agency a financial lifeline. Ktvu sally rasmus explains the crisis the Transit Agency is facing and why theyll need help from bay area voters to keep the trains running on a regular thursday morning at the walnut creek bart station, there are people heading up to the platform to take a train, but not the volume of passengers bart used to have. Luckily, i only have to go to work three days a week, so get to work from home mondays and fridays. And thats since the pandemic. Bart says its average weekday ridership is still about 40 of what it was before the pandemic. The bay area has the lowest return to office rate in the entire country. Because of that, bart is facing some serious financial challenges. The agency is predicting a 35 million deficit in 2026, which it says it can manage. But after that comes a financial cliff deficits of 300 million a year. The agency says if it tried to cut its way out of that budget hole, it would have to cut bart service by 60 to 80. At its meeting today, barts board of directors are talking about a possible ballot measure that they say is really their only hope. Its ultimately up to the voters. The voters will decide. California senate bill 1031 would allow regional transportation officials to ask voters to approve some sort of tax increase, sales tax, payroll or otherwise. The bill doesnt specify right now to give bart and other transit agencies additional long term funding. Bart riders have mixed feelings. We definitely do need a bart system. Absolutely. Its really important, i just dont know if i want more taxes to go up because of the cost of everything right now. Probably not. I feel like we pay enough taxes, right . You know, energy costs going up, property taxes are high. Good. Barts important because its a way to get home. I also think its nice to keep cars off the road because its really busy. Its really busy. A proposed ballot measure would also direct regional transportation officials to look at ways to consolidate the 27 different transit agencies that operate in the nine county bay area region, the bill says merging transit agencies like bart, muni, ac transit and others would help them survive long term. Bart is really the backbone of the bay area and our economy and the bay area wont be the bay area without Transit Service in walnut creek. Allie rasmus ktvu, fox two news up next here on the four this afternoon, a major Cybersecurity Conference is wrapping up in San Francisco today. Coming up, how local businesses around Moscone Center say theyre benefiting from the increase in visitors this week. And lawyers for President Trump wrapping up their cross examination of Stormy Daniels in his criminal trial. There in new york. We look at their strategy today, aimed at discrediting the adult film star norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . At the Moscone Center. Ktvu christian captain is joining us now live from downtown San Francisco with a look at the impact this Cybersecurity Conference is having on nearby businesses. Christian yeah. Take a look around me. You can get a sense of just how busy the whole city is and how many people are enjoying their time here in the area, going to hotels, eating in restaurants, really getting a kind of a taste of San Francisco now. Tropical music filled the warm spring air today as an estimated 40,000 rsa Conference Visitors made their way in and out of San Franciscos Moscone Center. Charlie garrett is a bureau chief in charge of operations. It operations for south carolinas department of health and human services, and he told us hes enjoying his stay. Love it. If yall wasnt so expensive with costs and everything, i would want to move out here because the food is awesome, the environment is awesome. Everything is just awesome. Ive had a fantastic time out here. A San Francisco travel says the rsa conference is the second biggest annual conference after dreamforce. And one final note here Hotel Capacity is either full or nearly full in the area. That means that it was the proverbial all hands on deck situation. The Hotel Council says hotels called in all of their available workers to accommodate all of the visitors that are in San Francisco right now. Guys, we are live in San Francisco, in the south market area. Christien kafton ktvu, fox two news and christian. Was there something about the way this conference, you know, sort of operated in the city as opposed to apec . We had a lot of closures the last time around, and this time it feels like things are more open. I dont im sorry, alex, im having some difficulty hearing you. I was sort of drawing a contrast between the situation here with the rsa conference and what we saw when apec was in town. You had a lot more street closures, and we know it hurt a lot of the businesses. A much different scene this time around. Yeah. It is a different scene this time around. You know, remember during apec there was all the security that was in place. We saw high fences, high walls up in the area, streets closed in the area. The businesses that weve talked to down here say it is completely different this time. You can see a lot of the visitors going in and out of the local restaurants and going in and out of the local businesses, the local businesses and restaurants telling me they really appreciate having those visitors come in. Yeah, the heightened security not really needed at this type of conference. And businesses certainly benefiting. All right, christian captain, thank you. Governor newsom is putting the pressure on Half Moon Bay now to approve an Affordable Housing project for senior farm workers. The governor releasing a Statement Today calling on the citys Planning Commission to stop stalling. The delay follows a deadly shooting last year that exposed the dire Living Conditions of farmworkers in the area. If approved, the city would build a 40 unit complex for low income seniors. The Planning Commission could move this Housing Project forward next week during its meeting on tuesday. All right. Less than six months now to go until the president ial election in november. And President Biden is on his way here to the bay area right now for a campaign stop. The president is expected to spend the night in San Francisco, and tomorrow hell be attending two Campaign Fundraiser events. Weve learned one of them will be in portola valley, at the home of the cofounder of sun microsystems. The other will reportedly be in palo alto and hosted by former yahoo ceo marissa mayer. Then the president will fly to seattle for Campaign Events coming up this weekend and first lady doctor jill biden is expected to arrive here in the bay area in just about an hour. Shes on a separate visit from the president s tonight. Shell be in the north bay in kentfield to attend a political finance event. Then tomorrow, the first lady is set to fly to Southern California for another fundraiser. Ktvu political reporter greg lee will have more on the bidens visits coming up in a live report tonight at 5 00. Former President Trump today lost a second bid for a mistrial in his hush money trial. Both mistrial motions were over testimony from adult film actress Stormy Daniels about alleged sex with trump. The judge delivered the ruling after he rejected a separate request to pare back trumps gag order. So the former president can speak about daniels. She wrapped up her testimony today after spending more than six hours over two days on the stand. This morning, during a heated crossexamination, a trump lawyer tried to get daniels to admit that her story has changed about being paid to not talk about a sexual encounter with trump. In 2006, daniels denied the lawyers accusations. All right, lets get back now to our warm weather here in the bay area. A gorgeous shot of the oakland estuary with the San Francisco skyline in the distance. Boy, this would be a fantastic day to be out on the water in your boat. Just enjoying this beautiful sunshine we have today. We have really cranked up the temperatures in a serious way today, mark, but the heat is not going to last for very long. You know, we are expecting some changes, especially toward the weekend alex. But yeah, we are expecting maybe some more 90s in your your friday forecast. But yeah, it has been a big change in temperatures. Remember last weekend were all shivering around here talking about the all the serious snowfall in the winter storm warning. But temperatures have been trending up quite a bit. Take a look at whats warm to hot today. You see the average highs across the bay area for this date 60s and 70s. And clearly we are up above the average. But this is not a major event. Were not talking about heat advisories, excessive heat warnings, but definitely a notable uptick in those temperatures. You want to be prepared because the heat can sort of sneak up on you. One place that has been warming up has been out toward the coast, and as you can see, its with the help of the wind, easterly wind, i should say, as it moves down the hillside, it warms up in a place like Half Moon Bay. The airport topped out 77 degrees this afternoon just with the with the warming air mass. But that also coupled with those winds moving in out of the east, here you can see the satellite not much in the way of cloud cover. We will see a change in the wind flow tomorrow that will probably bring in some cooling right near the immediate coastline. But current numbers out there, San Francisco 7386, in santa rosa right now, oakland 84 and san jose in the mid 80s at 85 degrees. Winds have been backing off. So weve been talking about a stronger offshore wind. But those winds have been decreasing for the most part this afternoon there are still a bit of a breeze in a few spots, but these numbers compared to earlier today have come down quite a bit. Sfo winds at about ten miles an hour. Heres our live camera looking out towards San Francisco bay, out toward mount diablo. In the dista