Organizations are helping to get people back on their feet. Its helping. Reporter helping seems to be the theme. Will this friend helps them go through their burned down house, people all over town have been in action since firefighters said it was safe to come back. A lot of people are able to get back and see their places. Some people its because they lost their homes. Reporter the red cross has consolidated shelters now only operating as a twin pine casino. Pg e set up a station who have questions about their utilities after the fire. The Salvation Army center was offering drinks and more. The fire station has old items for families with no food supplies. As people look through the ashes they can see how unpredictable flames can be. This home is off of main street and burned to the ground. Take a look up the hill, that building was untouched. Over in that corner by this tank was a hot the. Reporter these 2 came back home friday night. A few special pieces survive. The pets survived and their friends are letting them sleep in a tent in the backyard. We told each other it was a new adventure. We are starting a new adventure. We have to start all over. Life is more important. Reporter the Red Cross Service center is in clearlake at the highlands seen the senior center. Is not us the caseworkers are ready to assess disaster needs. Fire officials have made progress in trying to put out a wildfire in San Bernardino anti. Weve been tracking this fire. The blue cut fire is 73 percent contained. Firefighters say they are going to start the mopping up phase soon. About 7000 people are the evacuation orders. From our partners at cnn we get reports that the flames have destroyed almost 200 buildings and 100 homes. Reporter this windmill is all that remains intact here. The home is a burnedout shell. While up the road he surveyed the damage to his familys compound. Its terrible. It changes everything. Some people might not come back. Reporter just over the hill gary could barely contain his emotions. Its devastating. All of it. Ive done my best, but this isnt good. Reporter a piece of californias pioneering history is gone forever. After the blue cut fire tore through the ranch near wrightwood. 2 of the historic buildings, the ranch has been here since before the civil war. Hopkins is the original families caretaker. That cavities nothing but ash now. Reporter firefighters continue to mop up hotspots. But with the fire seemingly out, some evacuated residents want to know why they cant go home. But this is the challenge in danger. Hundreds of power lines are down in the burned areas. 300 poles need to be replaced, transformers need to be fixed. From the Fire Management team, we got okay to go to most areas. From the california wildfires, its affecting the air here in the bay area. The cases covering mountaintops of walnut creek. The smoke with car exhaust is causing unhealthy air. This can make it hard for people to breathe, especially the young, old and those with respiratory issues. East bay residents say the conditions are cause for concern. Ive been noticing a treat itchy watery eyes. Its hazy with an orange cast. Troubles with sinuses etc. I noticed my eyes have been watering. It might sound a bit obvious but if youre having trouble breathing, experts say you should go to the doctor. It looks like weather conditions are going to start to improve around the bay area. Its tough going, especially in the central valley. Around california the fires are burning in the smoke is being pushed in toward the central valley. The San Joaquin Valley has an air quality alert in effect until monday morning. That may be extended. As long as the fires continue to burn and no major changes in the weather pattern, youre likely to see a lot of stagnant air. Locally we have been blessed with wind. Has kicked up in the afternoon to 28 Miles Per Hour. That is moving some of the pollutants out of the atmosphere. It will still stay hazy. Air quality is starting to improve a little bit. That being said, its not that great. We of moderate conditions around the bay area. The best are going to find is near the coastline. Nice clean air coming from the ocean. We will have more on your weather coming up. A less than flattering statue of donald trump is now in Police Custody as evidence. This comes as the artist opens up about the project. One San Francisco restaurant wants to give the art a sanctuary. We go live to San Francisco where this safe haven could be. Reporter if that sports bar owner gets his way, the controversial statute could find itself rooming with another icon. Ive heard things like the anatomy in the real mail region had to be lacking. They wanted it to be lifelike. With some characteristics that were again, caricature style. Almost cartoonish. It sounds harmless but they could be facing criminal charges for pacing placing the statute without permission. The replica has been taken as evidence. The manager at a local sports bar tragedy to hoped for a different outcome. We noticed there was censorship, knowing its wrong should put in here. It is filled with memorabilia so its a perfect addition. If it isnt destroyed by police it would stand next to a were modest marilyn monroe. It sounds like its, i think the idea of selling it to lefty odouls is a good one. It would be a great addition. Reporter attorneys are working to free naked trump and in the meantime no word from the mayor. Now to the south bay where a son is a selected is suspected of killing his mother and Police Believe he took his own life. This murder suicide happened near santa clara central park on friday. Police believe the 68yearold son shot and killed his 89year old mother. The Santa Clara County Coroners Office will release the names once their families have been notified. In other big news, the search is on for a 16yearold girl who vanished a little over one week ago. Kendelle patton was last seen , she is known to ride bart to visit friends in richmond and San Francisco. She is described as a black female, 5 foot 9 inches and weighing around 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a light colored shirt and black jeans. A man is recovering after 8 total attack a brutal attack. The victim was stabbed several times in the face and hands. It happened near the bart station in oakland. Authorities have identified one suspect. That person is not in custody. Officers believe the suspect used a knife in the stabbing and took some of the victims belongings. The victim was taken to a hospital. No word on his condition. Another major bart closure. The daly city and glen park bart stations will be closed again for the rest of the weekend. This is the 3rd of 7 closures. Officials are saying crews are working to install sound dampening equipment in an effort to make rights quieter. Other work will include improvements to balboa bart station and tree trimming near the track. There are express Shuttle Services available to help commuters get to the destinations. All lanes of interstate 80 in san pablo will be closed. This is for construction. Heres a map to show you where the closure is happening. All lanes of interstate 80 will be closed in both directions between san pablo avenue in San Pablo Dam road starting at 1 11 00 p. M. It will not reopen until 7 am tomorrow morning. During the closure crews will be working on a new pedestrian over crossing at riverside avenue. This will replace the current over across. The new school year is here and kron4 is getting you ready. Coming up, a warning, scammers are targeting College Students. People in louisiana are trying to pick up the pieces after the devastating floods. People are not the only one impacted. We will explain. A hiker suffers a stroke well on a hike. The advice that help save her life. A bay area woman is recovering after having a stroke while hiking in fresno. You are looking at the incredible helicopter video of her rescue. Officers were able to find her after she activated her emergency personal locator we can. You can see how they got her to safety. We spoke to her about the device she says help save her life. Reporter she says she bought it one week before her long hike to the Pacific Crest trail. It was her daughter who suggested it so they can stay in touch. I knew it would be really reassuring for her to be able to reach me. And i didnt expect to need it but i thought it would be cool to check in and let her know what i am seeing and doing. It turned out, it at least save my quality of life is not my life. Reporter she was hiking on sunday and she realized she was having a stroke. Incredible rescue was caught on camera. Are you able to sit up . I she hit the sos button the her device. It alerted an Emergency Center that then sent out a local search and rescue team. This is an emergency locator device and you can find it at rei or online. It looks like an old phone but it does not use phone power. It uses satellite which is more reliable. You can communicate with your loved ones or call 911 from pretty much anywhere. You can call for help from anywhere but how long it takes for help to get you depends. It took about 3 hours for rescuers to arrive for her. 150 400 plus a monthly service. It is out with the old and in with the new at californias great america. The roller coaster is only going to be around through Labor Day Weekend before and even crazier ride takes its place. In recent weeks people have been filling the seats on the vortex the last ride. Its twists and turns, it was the state of the art thing when it was installed late last century and is considered the oldest standup coaster in the nation. But onto the new. Were less than a month for people to take their last stand on vortex. Were making room to bring in something a little better for 2017. Anytime you take something out people will reminisce and wish you had everything from the past. Stand up roller coasters are the rave when it started. Happy to have had a here for a long time. We are making a transition to a sitdown coaster for next year. The new coaster has no floor. It will take you 90 feet in the air before dropping you into a loop at 45 Miles Per Hour. My stomach, just hearing it. You dont like doing loops . Try the gold striker. We will watch you. We have a Tropical Storm out there that is spinning off the coast of mexico. This is going to generate some bigtime swells. Right now a fairly strong Tropical Storm. Winds up to 50mph moving to the northwest at about 6 deep. It will begin to jog a little to the west. That will bring in cooler waters and it looks like the winds will start to come down. Storm should fall apart but not before bringing some bigtime ways to Southern California and also into baja. Outside right now we are socked in with low clouds and fog. Also we will see more of that in coming days. Tonight clouds will move inland. It will start off cloudy but afternoon hazy sunshine makes a return. Mostly sunny for the weekend although cool on the coastline with low clouds. Tipsters out the door, 57 in San Francisco. 61 oakland. 63 in san jose. 64 concord. If you plan to head out this evening, the wind is kicking up. Especially near the coastline. The fog will continue to fill in. Coolingoff to the fix the 50s and 60s for the midnight hour. High pressure still in control. Its beginning to we can. That will allow for the series to kick in. That will cool coastline and bring fog but no relief for the heat in the central valley. Triple digit temperatures there. Santa barbara a comfortable 71. High pressure, watch out. You may have to deal with thunderstorms lake tahoe on sunday and monday the temperature is generally comfortable in the 70s and return to sunshine tour tuesday. In san jose were going to see sunshine in the afternoon. After patchy morning fog. A little hazy toward the Santa Clara Valley because the smoke is getting trapped in the atmosphere behind the mountains. In San Francisco the air will be a little better. More sunshine as you make your way, not a lot of son for the zoo. Clouds along the coastline. In oakland youll find sunshine in the afternoon. After morning clouds. Comfortable weather. Overnight low cool in the north bay in the 50s. Almost 40s in some of the wjwjeo valley fair. Tomorrow a lot of 70s around the bay. More comfortable lynn. 60s along the coast line. It looks like over the next couple of days we will see the temperatures coming off a few degrees. And then warning backup for the middle of the week. Cooling down as we head toward next thursday, friday and saturday. A hint of fall like weather coming our way. Some overnight lows possible in the 40s. Well have more on that and the rest of the weather makeup. The damage in louisiana is extensive. Republican president ial nominee donald trump visited the flood area this past week. President obama is scheduled to visit on tuesday. We found out the estimated 60,000 homes have been damaged by the flooding. More than 100,000 people have registered for federal assistance. Authorities are still assessing damage to homes. The numbers could change. Louisianas Health Department says floods have damaged graves, tombs and vaults in at least 15 cemeteries. The state is slowly digging itself out from the massive flood that swept through last weekend. People can still not go home to see what if anything is left. I was ready to see if i could go today. To see what the damage is. But the water is still there. I might not be able to go in. Emotionally how is it . That is what i didnt want to do. Its going to be okay. Is going to be okay. They are not the only ones in need of help. Any animal shelters in louisiana are swamped with pets because people have not yet been able to reunite with them. More cases of zika virus. A florida officials confirms 2 cases linked to miami beach. That brings the total number of cases in the city to 35. Health officials were considering making them a beach a zika virus is mission zone. So far they have not. It would be a huge blow to the industry. The mayor of miami says they are not downplaying the issue. There is not a panic. Theres a lot happening. People love it here. We cannot downplay this. We must eradicate this. I know if we Work Together and get our governor to work with us you can get this done. Officials are urging residents to spray themselves and their clothes with mosquito repellent. Pregnant women are told not to travel to south beach. Coming up ryan lochte will be less Gold Medalist telling the truth. After the break, hundreds of fish are washing up dead in alabama. We will explain what is washing up on the shore with them. Health officials are trying to figure out how it got there. Alabamas department of Environmental Management says in those were hundreds of gallons of sulfuric acid came from. Officials are trying to figure out how it wound up polluting one of the states major rivers. From our partners at cnn with the latest. Reporter hundreds of fish are dead in the waters. He is with the river keepers. Its nasty. They are rotting. It stinks. Reporter alabamas Environmental Agency hadnt said when this bill happened but says american proteins build 900 gallons of sulfuric acid the water. 2 we want to see them held accountable. We want to see american proteins step up and put some robust measures in place to ensure that this wont happen again. Reporter heres what you see when you drive up to american proteins. The plant is behind me. You can see it from the road and it is not public awe. The river keepers tell me behind this is a body of water that feeds into mulberry fork. It flows under 65. American proteins is right here. Reporter 15 miles away at top hat barbecue people are talking about it. I would be incredibly concerned if i were going to the weekend river. I dont want anything dangers in the water. Reporter their solution is to stay out for now. I drink bottled water and bathe in chlorinated water. American proteins is a georgiabased business. In the east bay police are investigating a road rage incident involving a gun. Officers responded thursday to a call from a person who claimed that a tribal driver in a white ford focus was chasing them. The caller told officers the driver of a ford was pointing a gun at the car. The vehicle was last seen in the northbound lanes of 680. Officers searched the area but were not able to locate the suspect or victim. Still ahead, a pregnant woman died after a horrific car crash in san jose. Were getting to know the little baby she left behind. Plus the 1st picture of him and an update. As we get you ready for school, a warning for college kids. How they are getting tricked into losing a lot of money. This is your moment, this is your time. I believe in you. Congratulations bro on a job well done. Im so proud of you. You are amazing. Kron4 news at 10. Weird getting you ready for school. College students are preparing for a new semester. There are some things they should keep in mind. Students are targets for scammers. Now some common ways that students are getting tricked into handing over cash. Reporter College Students learn how to live on their own. And learning they can be targets of for people trying to rip them off. This is a demographic they are more susceptible than they think. Reporter i sat down with the Better Business bureau to talk about the most common scam. Number 1, companies that offer forgiveness on student loan debts. They are businesses that will charge a fee for services that are free if you go to the government. Reporter offcampus rentals. If you rent an apartment or room sight unseen, it may be offered to multiple people are people or may not exist. You wont find out until your money is cached. You should do a quick investigation of public records to confirm ownership. Whenever you see the word wire funds, its a red flag. Reporter credit cards. Students should have a parent review any credit card offers before you sign. Extremely high interest rates. Exterior youre working with a familiar name. Parents are just as susceptible. Reporter scammers are always come up this coming up with new ways. Scam tracker is a good idea, it is always updated. They are also using social media to target. Only add people you know on social media accounts and be wary of invitations to like pages. These are ways people can steal your personal information. Over 7000 freshman moved into the dorms at ss state. The Residence Halls were filled with people. See a couple. Parents unpacked cars and help their kids move into their new homes. Some of them have never been away from home before. Students we talked with say they are both anxious and excited to start the school year. It makes me nervous. To be away and not have my family close. I am from la. But i think also just meeting people and having a year with them is different. Movein day is the kickoff of the schools welcome days. A week filled with activities for new students. Classes start wednesday. Hundreds of freshman at san jose state started a little disappointed. Theyre not getting into the dorms they signed up for because of the construction project which is behind schedule. Many freshmen were expected to move into that dorm today. The brandnew one. Now they have to set up to live in campus dorm rooms built in the 1960s. San jose state says they have hired professional movers to help students transfer to the new dorms when they are finished. They are also giving out free sweatshirts and they 100. 50 credit for campus dining. Go to our website for a dedicated back to school section. You will find everything you need to know to help you get you and your family ready for the new school year. You worked for 50 years with another year . They can tough it up for little bit. The big story we are tracking, the health of the newborn baby delivered after his mother died in a horrific car crash in san jose. It is improving. We told you about this update last night. We are now getting a look at that baby. This is baby christopher. Doctors have upgraded his condition from article 2 serious. His mother was a passenger in a crash that happened early wednesday morning. She was rushed to the hospital. She later died. Doctors managed to save a be christopher who was born 2 months premature. The family is trying to raise money for his medical bills. A new trek check around the bay. And man was arrested for assaulting an officer after raising his gun at a Police Officer and throwing it in the bush. That is the accusation. Here is a picture of a gun. Police arrived at a reported fight. The suspect with the gun was seen running away. Officers suspended spotted a man witnessing the description, officers stopped him, he pulled out a gun, pointed at them into the gun to the bushes. More officers came to the scene and arrested the 21yearold. A lowcost Mental Health clinic in San Francisco is now looking for a new face after getting evicted. The haightashbury Psychological Services has been around since the 1980s. The owners of the building are planning to tear down to build apartments. Clinic staff are clap scrambling to find a new place. The clinic might have less than 30 days to leave because it is on a monthtomonth lease. There is a go fund me page to help them raise money. So far it has raid raised 24,000. And police are asking for your help in finding a thief. A customer had his phone stolen. Surveillance footage shows the thief leaving in a maroon car. He is described as a hispanic man between 30 and 35 years old. He is 5 foot 6 inches. Raune eyes and brown hair. Rain to hundred pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call police. The newest addition. Its a type of lemur. The zoo unveiled the animal on friday. He is ready queue. It looks like he is wearing a red vest. This guy can jump long distances between trees. They are endangered from madagascar. You can see them at the San Francisco zoo. Coming up, we are talking sports, 49ers in action. It was a good one. Good 49ers news ahead. Donald trump is trying to boost his poll numbers with minorities. Owyhee is blaming the democrats for his drop in popularity. Donald trump is trying to win over lack voters. In an effort to boost his poll numbers. He is also pointing fingers at the Democratic Party for his drop in popularity. I am asking for the vote of every single africanamerican citizen in this country who wants to see a better future. Reporter Donald Trumps latest plea to black voters came during a Campaign Rally in michigan. To a predominately white audience. He accused them of kratz of taking lack voters for granted. He declared no other group of americans have been harmed by Hillary Clintons policy than the black community. Look how much African American communities have suffered under democratic control. To those i say, the following, what do you have to lose . Reporter Clintons Campaign released in response statement. Stating, africanamericans have everything to lose. Voting for a man who questions present obamas citizenship and courts weight supremacist. According to a recent poll black voters overwhelmingly support clinton and 1 percent to 1 percent for trump is trump thinks he can dramatically change those figures after his 1st term in office. At the end of 4 years i guarantee you that i will get over 95 percent of the African American vote. I promise you. The man who created the Backstreet Boys has died in jail. He passed away well serving a 25 year sentence. The 62yearold was in jail for a 300 million ponzi scheme. Officials dont know what caused his death. In 2008 he was convicted of fraud. Lantz tweeted word is he has passed away. He may not have been a standard businessman but i wouldnt be doing what i love today without his influence. Still ahead and 11, an 11 yearold girl has a message to share about her time in the hospital. A novel idea to spread the word. The fog rolls in around the bay area. Swimmer ryan lochte is saying sorry again. What he had to say today about being held at gunpoint in real. Rio. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Well at least hes wearing shoes. Well done champ. Get gooey, flaky, happy. Toaster strudel. Were joined by meteorologist. A beautiful shot. Its a beautiful shot. Its that time of year we have the festivals going on. Everyone is getting ready because before long we talk about rain. No rain yet. A lot of sunshine to come our way. Today a lot of sun around the area. The fog is moving onshore tonight. I think it will make a pretty good run. It will stretch all the weight to the interior valleys tonight. Temperatures today, below the average in San Francisco. 69 in oakland. Official high of 76 in san jose. Well below the average. 85 in livermore in concord. 79 in santa rosa. We are in for some changes coming our way. Temperatures are cooling down into the 50s in half moon bay. Its currently 57 in petaluma. At seabreeze has been picking up around the area with gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour into fairfield we are continuing to see winds up to 25 Miles Per Hour. Is good news if we want to improve air quality. Locally it moves it into the central valley. Tomorrow in the bay area breezy conditions. A mixture of sunshine and leftover clouds. 61. Oakland should be 68. 77 in san jose. Still hazy. High pressure is looking like it will weaken. That will allow for the cool air to filter further onshore and bring down the temperatures a few degrees. Temperature wise we are looking like this. 63 in open it 61 in golden gate park. 62 in pacifica. As we head further south 70s and 76 in santa clara. 77 in los altos. In east a the temperatures will be warmer. Cooler than today. 85 in livermore. 71 in castro valley. 86 is one of the warmer spots in brentwood. In the north bay, temperatures in the 60s along the coast line. 70s in the petaluma area. Napa valley very pleasant 76. Temperatures will come down a few before warming up. Cooling down again as we had in toward next we can. If you want to head out tomorrow, the arts and soul festival in oakland starts at noon. Could music and food. A lot of fun. The weather will cooperate. Ive never been to that festival but i would like to. Go check it out tomorrow. If you told me you were singing and dancing i would be there. Take pictures. Covering the olympics, swimmer ryan lochte clarified an apology in the interview with nbc. He said he over exaggerated when he told a story about being robbed at gunpoint the gas station in rio. Police claim for swimmers vandalize a bathroom and armed guards confronted them and asked them to pay for the damage. Heres what he said today. Whether you say its a robbery or extortion, or us just pay for the damages, we dont know. All we know is that there was a gun when did in our direction and we were demanded to give money. The u. S. Olympic committee has also apologized for the behavior of the 4 us swimmers. Kron4 sports. A big sports night here in the bay area. We saw the 49 49ers on earlier. The 2nd preseason game. Kaepernick not playing because of his shoulder. The niners defense comes alive. That is an interception and he takes it to the house. I got things going. He is looking for a handoff. A little shake and bake. Get out of my way. It was on denver. He had 28 yards and 6 carries. Lets hope he can stay healthy this year. The new quarterback later in the gamecock christian in the game says i can still play, get out of my way. He was painting his house last week. Ponder ran for a touchdown. He has a touchdown pass. He was 7 of 8. 49ers with this thing. Could ponder be in the starting quarterback . Things got better. Needless to say they won the game. San Francisco Giants are in the battle for 1st place. They were going for a 3rd against the new york mets. At the plate for the mets former oakland a, that would make it 3 0 mets. Bottom of the 3rd, if you can do it, i can do it, that ball is gone. A splash hit, 31 mets. 7th inning. This guy says his 2nd home run of the game, that would make it 82. He has 3 rbis in the day. Lets win 95. Oakland athletics in action. Taking on the white sox in chicago. Bottom of the 1st, its all white sox. A home run shot to right field. This gives the white sox the one0 lead. Will a lowlife left late in the game. He says i can hit homeruns 2. That goes to right field but it was of no use. Just a day after crushing the white sox chicago comes back to defeat the oakland a 62. When it comes to ufc fighting, it was a big one for stocktons own is taking on connor. You see some of the video. This one is from earlier in the week. Since it is a payperview we cant show the highlights hit. Word is tonight Connor Mcgregor be nate diaz. Tonight went to Connor Mcgregor. Hear theyre going at each other. Nate diaz from stockton says i want another rematch. He was not knocked out tonight. Connor mcgregor when my decision. A lot of people saying, i dont feel it. I thought nate diaz won the fight. They were both bloodied up and it was a sure good one. That is sports. After the break, an 11year old girl spent much of her life in the hospital going through 20 different surgeries. After the break, how she is spreading the word to help others in her situation. A fifthgrader was spent a great deal in the hospital wanted to make a difference. She is an 11yearold and decided she would write a book about her journey in and out of emergency rooms. An old friend of her father put the family in touch with a publisher who loved her story. A few months later she was offered a contract to have the book called my hospital journey published. Her family is hoping that other kids will get the message. When i read the story and get choked up, the fact that the editor called me and was choked up, i didnt know what to say. Am so proud. She is stronger, she has had 20 surgeries. She is hoping her book ends up in childrens hospitals across the country. She is already working on her 2nd book called the 1st day of 5th grade. 2nd time around. Much more ahead on kron4 news. This is the bay areas new station. Kron4 news at 11 starts now. Are big story, a less than flattering statue of donald trump is in Police Custody. The artist opens up about the project. Thank you for joining us. San Francisco Police are saying they could destroy the statue. Certain things like the anatomy had to be extremely lacking. They wanted it to be pretty lifelike with some characteristics that were again caricature style, most cartoonish. Reporter the group could Face Criminal Charges for placing the statue on city streets without permission. San Francisco Police have taken the replica of the nominee as ev
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