Hills. You can see the damage from homes by a torpid that was whipped up by arthur. The hurricane reach add category 2 status. Winds of 100 Miles Per Hour last night and 22 thousand ,000 people right now are still without power. The storm is moving northeast after turning slightly west yesterday. Were going to have a live report in North Carolina in 15 minutes. Erica kato tracking the storms path. Lets look at it on radar imagery. You see it has made its way through North Carolina. The eye shrank which indicates an increase in wind speeds. It will continue to peril the coastline. Were going to continue with hurricane watches an warning. This has been downgraded to a category 1. It should die out by saturday morning. Heres a look at our satellite and radar. Patchy fog along the coastline. Its a little gray out here at the golden gate braj but were going to see warmer and sunny conditions later in the afternoon. Im going to give you a full forecast coming up in 15 inmanies. Were monitoring light traffic and no traffic around the bay this morning. So heres a quick commute check the you. East bay, south bay, north bay, they all look good this morning. If your choice this morning is to take transit, of course reduced schedule for most agency. Its a sunday schedule for bart, cal train, and the muny metro. Their Holiday Schedule is no service for the ace train. The wild fire, fire crews are making progress on it too. This started on tuesday. Napa county, it spread to lake county. As of this morning, the bus fire is now 55 contained. 4,300 acres have been charred. 15 aircrafts are working on this fire. Theyre working to control the fire. 2 homes and 7 out buildings have been burned. A number of bay area fire crews headed out yesterday to help out. Good news this morning, all of the evacuation orders have been lifted. No water . Were out of water. And to the south, the wild fire in san diego continues to grow and threaten home this is morning. Its only 15 contained. Evacuation orders for them have also been lifted. Thats some good fourth of july news. The fourth of july parade and the celebration in julian had to be called off. So no fourth celebrations there this morning. It is Independence Day though in several bay area cities are going to be celebrating with parties, barbecues, parades, and fireworks. There are certain communities that dont allow fireworks. Will tran joins us live where fireworks are legal. Dont pick them up and take them somewhere else. Dont think about doing that. Reporter if you drive to san jose or to hayward, guess what . Those Police Officers are ready for you. I know san jose does, they have extra patrol to monitor the neighborhood. Were not just talking about the Bottle Rocket or the roman candles. If you take any to those places, at the very least youre going to get those fireworks confiscated and you may get arrested if youre hostile. Theres no Police Department that like it is fourth of july. Newark, dublin, some parts of santa cruz are allowing that. They have to charge you more if you come down here and buy the fireworks. They charge you 8 more. They have a sign that says the extra money will go towards the police and Fire Department to patrol on fireworks on the fourth of july. This is something they have to accept on certain cities. All the other cities arent doing that. You ask yourself, is my city one of the cities thats allowing this . And the rule of thumb darya, if youre driving around maroon county, say redwood city. If you havent seen one of these fireworks stands, theres a good chance theyre not going to open up today. Union city is your place or newark. Light it up here, do not take it home. If they are legal, which ones are open . 8 00 all the way until 9 00 at night. Its empty. I thought they were done for the day. They have to take all of their inventory away when they leave for the night. We expect the owners to come here in the next hour or so. Were going to talk to them. Its been busy for a lot of those cities that say were going to charge you a little more but it goes into the cops and the Fire Departments. You know the sparklers, is that considered fireworks . Ask them about that. My producer is saying no, you cant have those. You know, the fun ones. Reporter yeah, the 5yearold holes those sparkles. Those can could cause a fire. Dont hit your hammer on a wood in san jose, you could get in trouble. For those cities that dont accept it. Yes, speaking of safe and sane. Thats sparking. We looked into the kinds of fireworks you can legally buy in city that is permit the use. In pacifica this was the demonstration on how safely you can use fireworks. Youre supposed to shoot off the fireworkses in a noncombustible area. So we see them using a parking lot there. Keep a garden hose nearby. Any one caught firing illegal fireworks is going to face a fine and in this case, its up to 1,000. 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The artist added that theyre not please that their song is tainted with black magic and all kinds of imagery they see here. She was also accused of copying the song brave. Erica. Heres a preview of the fireworks forecast around the area. San jose in the upper 50s. Were going to see an increase in cloud cover. Mostly Clear Conditions at 64 degrees. A look at your weekend forecast when we return. 7 14 right now and our developing story. Arthur is moving off the banks now. It had winds of 100 Miles Per Hour, joining us live from kill devils hills North Carolina is tory. Still looks windy there. Reporter oh yeah, its still windy for sure. We just got some good news from emergency officials saying that theres minimal damage and minimal flooding and that welcomed news for everyone. Heres what people are worried about today. They put up these red flags because if you look at the surf, its just strong out here. Theres going to be major danger for rip currents. Lets look at what this looks like during the overnight hours. Hurricane arthur roared as a category 2 storm. Reporter if you look at a traffic lights, you can see them blowing in the wind. Were feeling some of the horizontal rain right now. More than a dozen county are under a state of emergency as thousands are left without power. Most people have been concerned and directly on the coast, and now we have concerns of people inland who may be impacted by potential flooding and rivers going over their banks. Reporter the governor is urging residents to stay inside until arthur has passed. Many of the locals took it all in strides. This is just a little bump in the road when you live here. You just have to be prepared and if it get to a point where you need to go, you just need to go. Reporter the National Weather service says arthur wont stay in North Carolina long. Its going to speed up and dumping rain all the way up to maine today. Reporter there are about 44,000 people without power this morning. People are going to be dealing with that. It looks like theyre out here taking pictures of the water instead of watching those fireworks. Tory, i knew you were going to ride it out but i didnt know you were going to stay up all night. How was it . You reported on hurricanes before, you were out there and the rain was hitting you sideways. Reporter yeah, i mean for a brief period of time, it was just a couple hours or so. It was pretty bad out there. We were seeing gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour or Something Like that. Horizon rain, sand blowing everywhere. For a while it was pretty crazy but it was short lived in this specific area. At what point do you say i dont get paid enough to do this tory . Reporter i think i always say that, regardless of the situation. All right, thanks a lot. Hold on to that hat. Shes done a lot of reporting on tornados and hurricanes and Severe Weather so shes ready for it. 7 18 right now. A different story here in the bay area. We have cloud coverage an beautiful sunshine thats coming up. Erica. Yes, a live look behind me shows that the skies are starting to clear. Temperatures arent bad at all. San francisco 56 degrees, getting closer to 60s. Now were back in the low 50s, all in all mild conditions as we head out. By the afternoon, say 3 or 4 00 youre going to see your afternoon highs. Its going to be warmer than yesterday and warmer than the average. Mountain view 78. Evergreen hitting a high of 87. So nice weather if you like 90s, thats reversed for the east bay. Temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s along the east bay shoreline. Now the sea breeze is going to limit our along the city. If youre headed out to the San Francisco to watch the fireworks, expect temperatures in the upper 50s tonight. I think most people will be headed home by that time. So it looks like visibility will be clear for everyone that wants to enjoy the fireworks. You can check out our special starting at 9 00 p. M. , our sevenday forecast shows warmer conditions in the weekend. Sunday into monday, temperatures peak with upper 90s. Upper 60s for the coast. Happy fourth of july george. And to you erica and any of you that will be driving around. Your ride will be an easy one wherever youre headed as were not tracking any delays or problems. Lets look at the bridges here. Were going to start with the bay bridge where traffic looks great. No delays out of the mcarthur maze. Oh, you know what . My little my switcher. Its not working. George, you have no traffic. Do know that george is unprepared for this. He knows everything. How many people signed the decoration of independence on july 4th . 28. No, just 2. Im going to give you one more. Hold on. Which president was born on the fourth of july . Not Yankee Doodle dandy. I know a number of president s died. Adams, john quincy, Thomas Jefferson died on the fourth of july, and no, thats as good as i can get. I know there were but i dont know the names. It was john adams, Thomas Jefferson and james monroe. You can study up. Theres more to come. 7 21 is the time right now. Happy fourth to you. Lets look at the freeway since george didnt do any traffic and theres none to do as you can see there. Looking good in San Francisco. Safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. Thats why they have lots of ways for you to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. Celebrate the fourth with envy apples, just 1. 99 a pound. Ranchers reserve tri tip roast is only 3. 99 a pound. For the grand finale, dreyers ice cream is just 2. 99. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. The answer to treating your dogs fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. Nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. 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One man is on a personal mission to prevent those cringe cringe moments for singers. Its a song that can sore or sink. On a mission to save singers egos and our ears. The worst part is those performances are bad for everyone. Theyre bad for the syringe and their horrendous for the listeners. How not to butcher the National Anthem or a list thats so exclusive of pop stars that came to him to prep. They avoid humiliation of learning the technique and the meaning of the song. The song has its hazards. Setting up is this crucial moment, that will [ music ]. It usually crashes and burns. The tricky lyrics written in not normal speech patterns but in poetry. Oh can you see, by the stars lining bright. And the rockets sledded red gears. He says many forget the lyrics because they dont understand them. If its a bunch of nonsense words, then the audience is going to receive it as so. So studying why this piece was originally written is important for the singer to do. Sadly it seems that these days the anticipation for a bad anthem is the normal. They dont feel moved or changed or inspired. Theyre just relieved that it wasnt awful. Hes seen working one note at a time. Yeah, relief, thats how i felt after judging the singing contest in San Francisco earlier this year. I was relieved when it was over. Its a hard song to sing. 7 27 this morning. Were going to be back in just a couple of minutes. Heat shields are compromised. We have multiple failures. Whats that alarm . Fuel cell two is down. Im going to have to guide her in manually. This is very exciting. But im at my stop. Come again . Im watching this on the train. Its so hard to leave. Good luck with everything. Watch tv virtually anywhere with the uverse tv app. With at t, the uverse revolves around you. Happy fourth of july everyone, thanks for spending the holiday with the kron 4 morning news. Headed to pretty overcast conditions. Were seeing patches of fog out there but temperatures arent too bad. Most locations, youre stepping out to upper 50s. 57 degrees in oakland. 59 in san jose. Youll see that marine layer here on the satellite imagery. Patchy clouds along the coastline. Temperatures in the low 90s. Low 60s for the coast. Boy are we going to warm things up as we head into the Holiday Weekend. Pleasant conditions. Your fireworks forecast is coming up in 15 minutes. Heres george. Was we continue to monitor light traffic around the bay area, were not tracking any problems. A quick commute check shows that the north bay, south bay, the peninsula, all very light. Not tracking any delays or problems. Most agencies are on a modified schedule. Holiday schedules in terms of the mun any, cal train metro. And at 7 30, wild fires have burned thousands of acres this week alone forcing hundreds of people from their homes. Fire crews are making progress on their fast moving fire that started on tuesday in napa county. Kron 4 clifford has a closer look. Reporter theyre dealing with 6 wild fires across the state. There are 2 new wild fires started by lightning strikes. Others in Trinity County and in kern county to the northeast of bakers field, there 150 acres burned. And the newest wild fire is in San Diego County right here. Its currently threatening 200 homes. Its just 15 contained. But the largest wildfire in california right now is about 60 miles to the north of us in napa counties. The bus fire has burned about a variety of local agencies as well as 10 aircrafts have been working on this wild fire. Hundreds of people are being allowed to return home. There are still evacuation advisories for people who live north of the burn zone. Cal fire doesnt expect it to burn much more. 6 fires set in the canyon area, the oakland last month is called arson. Thats what the oakland Fire Department said. This is the fire chief holding a town hall meeting. Theyre talking about how people can help to catch these arsonist if department is relying on citizens to put an end to it. We have to ask people to be vigilant. When theyre out and about and walking the trails, riding their bikes, walking their dogs, just keep a look out. Any whiff of smoke, they need to call 911. The only advantage we have is a quick response. Also, Additional Fire crews are going to be monitoring the streets for illegal fireworks today and through the weekend. This next story could have a big impact on your fourth of july barbecue. Dozens of foster farms chicken products are being recalled because of a salmonella contamination and they could be in your fridge or freezer this morning. Ken has the details. Reporter chicken products produced in marc