>> thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. i'm stephanie lin. more than 500 women are claiming they were kidnapped, raped or faced other forms of harassment from uber drivers. our reporter spoke with an attorney representing those women and he tells us there could be even more victims. we have a reporter standing by with love live report on more details on this investigation. camila, what can you tell us? >> well, stephanie, like you said, there are hundreds of women who claim that they have been sexually assaulted while riding ubers. they have been sexually assaulted from these drivers. and like you said, i did speak with an attorney who is representing these women and he says that there could be more victims. >> in that moment, they're not just being sexually assaulted. they're also wondering whether or not ever going to make it back home. >> stalked, kidnapped, and raped some of the allegations. hundreds of women across the country are making in a lawsuit against uber. michael carney is one of the attorneys suing the company and representing who he calls assault survivors. the core of those lawsuits is the fact that the experience of assaults. >> well, writers for the out. >> carney says many women reported their attacks to the police and on the app. the lawsuit states uber became aware drivers were sexually assaulting and women. passengers as early as 2014. but the documents claim the company prioritize growth over customer safety because of obvious reasons, which is that their business and they want to keep their costs low. >> they want to keep the ridership high and they want to keep their level of drivers an uber spokesperson says the company will not comment on the lawsuit but is pointing out the rideshare giant safety measures. for example, passengers can call 9-1-1 through the app. they could active a ride those too long or off course. and drivers are required to go through an extensive criminal background check. >> carney says uber isn't doing enough to protect its riders. what they could be doing is doing actual real background checks. what they do now is the use of third-party to run a report. >> report whose accuracy they have no verification. they just take a work permit from another startup company. last month, uber released its u.s. safety report. that report showed there were 998 assault incidents. >> in 2020 alone, it also noted the company received more than 3800 reports of the most severe categories of assault between 2019 and 2020. the numbers are larger than we ever could have imagined. >> and i think that even their numbers that they put forward, you can trust the figures that they put out there because that's the room so important. >> now, carney says the goal is not only to bring justice to these victims, but also to eliminate assaults from the rideshare experience. stephanie, back to you. >> thank you, camila for following this story. and for that live report new at noon one local police agency is adopting live streaming technology to help officers respond to 9-1-1. calls. >> the san mateo police department expected to start streaming emergency calls to officers in real time before officers relied on dispatched teams to relay information from 9-1-1. calls to them after the calls have been made. the department says hearing the emergency calls live will help officers respond to emergency situations faster. they'll be able to hear the caller's location firsthand descriptions of what's happening, the emotion of the color and even background noise from the potential crime scene. also new at noon, oakland, police asking for help finding a missing and at and suffering from alzheimer's disease. gary mccree was last seen around one 30 pm wednesday and the 3,000 block of magnolia street. he's described as a 65 year-old black man standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. you can see his photo right there on your screen. he was last seen wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with white lettering brown cargo shorts and shoes. anyone with information about where he could be is asked to please call the oakland police missing persons unit. a 5, 1, 0, 2, 3, 8, 3, 6, 4, 1, the ongoing drought and hot weather sparking more wildfires throughout the bay area. the latest happening in the north bay, the herman fire popped up in benicia last night burning more than 100 acres before firefighters got it under control. good news is it's now fully contained pg and e crews remain on scene, though, to repair damaged power poles. nobody was hurt and no homes damaged. the cause of this fire still under investigation. but fire officials tell us the drought is not helping with firefighting conditions out there. the city of benicia recently asked people living in the area to please cut back on their water usage by 20%. and an overnight fire in pinole also fully contained at this hour. kron 4 sarah stinson takes us inside the firefighting effort. >> fire crews got to work putting this fire out as quickly as they could capping it at 7 acres. fire crews tell me that there were many factors that help them stop the fire. >> from going out of control grass is very dry. luckily the fire happened this morning. >> there's no wind whatsoever. but usually during the during the day, the wind blows pretty hard out here. >> the fire sparked up around 03:30am, in the morning on a hamburg valley road southeast of reno. fire crews climbed up the steep terrain to fight the fire in complete darkness. we've had several fires here. >> over the past 3 years past few years. this is probably the 3rd time i've been on this fire my career. i'm very familiar with it. darren johnson is the battalion chief for the rodeo hercules fire protection district. >> he says the water utility district east bay mud has put in a ton of dozer fire lines in these fire-prone area which paid off today. it saved a lot of work for us with these lines that were put in statement. >> plays a big role out here. as far as i'm taking care of the land and couldn't fire breaks in to make sure that these fires don't get out of control and 11 engines with 40 firefighters worked to put out the flames. the fire was contained in less than one hour to just 7 acres. crews spent the rest of the morning putting out hot spots. we have the guys up on the hill taking care of folks that are starting to pop up as the sun comes up, the ground starts to heat up. it starts to dismiss smokers start to show up. so we're out there with hand tools. >> and back on some water and i'm trying to stop those out. you can see all of the dry terrain behind me is so scary. when fires spark up in this area because they can travel towards. >> the pinole valley. that's where a lot of homes are. but the fire crews got here quickly. the weather help them out and those fire lines definitely help them make sure this fire did burn out of control. i'm sarah stinson reporting in pinole. back to you. >> and with wildfire season fully upon us now, fire officials say it's a good idea for people to have a go bag ready. cal fire putting out this list today on your screen. there. you want to include your passport birth certificate, 6 social security card, credit cards and cash a contact list, your driver's license and any medical or insurance cards in that go bag, more ideas and how you can stay prepared at ready for wildfire dot org. all right. talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside over. agree jury again, she's not sizes. >> look at beautiful, lovely in our studio. she's going walk us through the drought, monitor him a those certainly very dry conditions out there. the only rain that we've been getting in the bay area, especially along the coast and east bay shoreline. >> coming in the form of drizzle. but the good news is we're holding steady with severe drought continuing, even with all the recent many heat waves and it's only going to get warmer and drier from here. so enjoy this snow sky july. for those of you out over golden gate bridge. fortunately, it's lifting just enough so that it's not causing any visibility issues for your thursday afternoon commute. but let's take a look at temperatures out there right now. definitely warming up for warmest inland valleys already in the low 80's. for those of you in livermore in concord fortin with 80's, for those of you in santa rose at 78 degrees. so you're noticing the biggest jump in temperatures out there right now. double-digit warming a little bit cooler along the coast. thanks to that strong sea breeze. we're going to see wind gusts 30 miles per hour less and a warming trend. and it's going to peak this weekend more my full forecast in just a few minutes. back to you. stephanie, thanks very abrasive for that update. >> a man bitten by a shark off the coast of monterey county last month survived to tell the tale. watch this. >> was about 150 yards from being done near the beach. one. >> 04:00am just this. most i don't even know exactly what happened. but it's just was well, that was bit ferociously by a sharp right across. >> my thighs. and and my abdomen ended grabbed me and pulled me up and then do me down in the water. >> yes, some scary moments that he's describing there. steve drummer was released from the hospital finally in salinas just this week he was swimming in the ocean in pacific grove 3 weeks ago when a shark bit him around the size and abdomen. and as you just heard, that shark did, let him go. he was rescued by to paddle boarders at a surfer who brought him to shore. a doctor says the shark came within a millimeter of severing a major artery. so he's a really lucky guy. now more affordable housing on the way for san mateo county daly city, putting up the walls on a major construction effort. we show you the latest live at 12, 30. and if you have a ring camera, some of that footage could be going directly to police without your permission. we explain. and a local doctor back home after helping save refugees fleeing the conflict in ukraine. his story coming right up. >> and he's a doctor is back home from overseas. he helped ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. he tells problem for many of those refugees were treated for health problems linked to anxiety. our ella sogomonian has the story. >> doctor larry percent flew to poland and first stopped at a convention center in warsaw. we're about 1000 ukrainian refugees are being housed. he said many of them had infectious problems related to being grouped in that space. he also suffered from medical issues that stem from anxiety caused by the war. ukraine's president has called the attacks on civilians. russian state-sponsored terrorism. doctor shots, an elderly woman in her 70's who he says had a shoulder broken for months from what could have been trapped on this, what she needed surgery, but he couldn't provide that. he explains that the work was limited to comfort a checkup and providing basic mets to a band-aid. basically a temporary fix. >> we show up. we do what we can. as you do. more of this in the organization gets in here and does more of this. hopefully find out where you fit in the system and you can help people get the care that they need overtime. but its wartime, it's chaos. it's not coordinated. there's no system. you know, the reason that where there's precisely because these people are getting care and they haven't seen doctors and months for trying to find a sweet spot of filling the where we can actually do something and help. people in a way with the medications we have. in a meaningful way that does help. >> left from a doctor not and doctor percent says he really could have used the help of a nurse to take blood pressure and administer needles. and he recommends more people to travel abroad to help out. he linked up with a group called es s f a french acronym for rescuers without borders. >> that was ella sogomonian reporting for us. the world economic forum estimates around 6 and a half million people fled to ukraine. >> a rather fled ukraine to neighboring countries since russia invaded in late february. an update now on the washburn fire burning in the yosemite national park. it's scorched more than 4200 acres and his 23% contained the community of remains under a mandatory evacuation order. fire officials say that they are confident they can protect their pose. a grove that's home to more than 500 sequoias, including the 3,000 year-old grizzly giant. the fire started one week ago today. investigators say they believe at this point the fire was human caused parts of yosemite national park and the sierra national forest are still shut down. 2 california lawmakers are co-sponsoring a bill to protect sequoia trees. san diego congressman scott peters and republican congressman kevin mccarthy proposing 350 million dollars to fund the move over 10 years. the save our sequoias act would streamline and environmental review for restoring sequoia groves. it would also recreate a reforestation plan. sequoias can grow 275 feet high and 25 feet wide in diameter. they are the biggest trees on the planet and just so beautiful to see. an air quality advisory in contra costa county remains in effect through today. the bay area, quality management district air quality management district, rather extended the advisory because of the marsh fire that's been burning since may. investigators say the fire sparked at a homeless encampment in bay point it sends burned into large amounts of pete. that's a slow burning fuel in inaccessible areas. the fire protection district says peat fires are notoriously stubborn and that it's often better to let them just burn out by themselves. >> about every single day, you know case, gets annoying after a while. >> in contra costa, health services also issued a health advisory because of the smoke in the air. officials now asking older adults, pregnant women, children and people with respiratory conditions to stay inside as much as possible. hey, speaking of conditions out there by that fire talk a bit about our forecast now taking a live look outside over beautiful san francisco just a little bit. >> hazy out there. but we are seeing the blue in the skies cover. meteorologist rodriguez standing by with more details on the air quality that we should expect when step outdoors. same of recent. hey there, stephanie, especially for those of you in the eastern portions of contra costa county, that air quality advisory extended through friday. we're noticing some pretty poor air particles because of smoke. >> that is returning from those nearby wildfires. but pretty good for most of the bay area along the san franciscobpeninsula. and right now, the south bay moderate air particles. but overall, we are going to see good air quality today and even into tomorrow as well. but let's take a look at our coastal flood advisory because we are going to see another round of king tides. the last one arriving shortly after midnight where we could see high tides a little bit more than 7 feet. and it's going to cause some minor coastal flooding in and around the bay area shoreline. so we are going to keep an eye on that, especially along our coastal communities. taking a look right now at coit tower. we're seeing calm sea breeze out there right now. but it's only going to get stronger throughout today. and that's why the marine layer going to hang tight along the immediate bay area coastline. temperatures for tomorrow, though, widespread 60's, 70's 80's and yes, even 90's with santa rosa going to be the toasty tuesday in the low 90's, 40 with 90's. for those of you in concord, in livermore, mid 70's along the east bay shoreline and seasonal temperatures for downtown san francisco at 68 degrees. but then this weekend the heat is on. we're going to see low to mid-nineties for warmest inland valleys. but those of you in solano county, an antioch could actually flirt in the triple digits this weekend. so stay cool. relief not arriving until early this upcoming week. back to you and thank abry some. >> happening now, san francisco's short supply of monkeypox vaccines is running out the department of public health says it's requested. 35,000 more doses from the federal government, but they aren't sure when or if they'll get here. kron four's. rob nesbitt spoke with people having a hard time getting ahold of a shot. >> the monkeypox saga continued wednesday as occur. berg san francisco general hospital's monkeypox clinic, only 50 doses were available. first come first serve and gone by the time jose luis gone to a arrived. she it storm. but then when you're san francisco department of public health says the clinic will be closed for the rest of the week unless new vaccine supplies arrive. gone drove to a weekly testing sites. team works in berkeley with the line was wrapped around the corner. his frustrations grew further when he found out that the business was letting people skip the line if they paid, $24 feels really, on when sure. also was getting the >> and to this property off finding >> really valuable service after 4 hours of waiting in line gone was finally able to get his first dose of the vaccine. >> while vulnerable populations are taking their health into their own hands. they worry about misinformation. >> i went to infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin. hong for answers. one of the questions i was asked was can i get monkeypox from someone who's not symptomatic from the time when you first of all the symptoms, all the way to the end of the rice is when you're potentially. >> infectious to others. doctor chin-hong says monkeypox commonly starts as flu-like symptoms around 7 days after infection. many viewers want to know when they should consider themselves safe from monkeypox after getting vaccinated. they're going to have full protection. >> probably even up to the first dose a week so after on the second dose is really as a booster. and unlike the covid vaccine, the doctor says the monkeypox vaccine helps prevent serious illness. even after symptoms start. >> with a low supply of vaccines, doctor chin-hong says 3 groups are being targeted. someone who has come in close contact with a positive case. those who have attended events were case was reported and those working in a lab where they've been exposed to the monkeypox virus. the san francisco department of public health says they've administered more than 1700 doses of the monkeypox vaccine at sites throughout the city. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> well, still ahead, a bay area judge rules in favor of tenants. more on the court room battle over a vaction protections. and president biden in the middle east with deal with iran. that's next. - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop one because we are going to reduce our energy use from 4-9pm. what now? i stepped on a plug. oh that's my bad! unplugging. when it comes to preventing outages the power is ours. in international headlines. president biden is in israel today over growing tensions in the middle east. he says military action is on the table. if iran pursues nuclear weapons development. washington correspondent trevor shirley now with the details. >> the president also said he won't wait forever. his words for iran to rejoin the nuclear deal that was brokered by the obama administration. the president spoke during a news conference in israel earlier today. the u.s. pulled out of that nuclear deal during the trump administration and resurrecting. it has been a top priority for president biden. israeli leadership says iran's progress on building a nuclear weapon has gone too far and is encouraging the white house to try to get iran back into the 2015 deal which limited its ability to develop nuclear weapons. but it's increasingly unlikely that iran will agree to rejoin the deal. the president also travels to saudi arabia this week that leg of his trip is face criticism for the president's plans to meet with saudi arabia's de facto leader crown prince mohammed bin. some on the u.s. and much of the world believes bin salman ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. back in 2018 biden says despite the country's human rights abuses, saudi arabia is still an important regional and strategic ally. there's so many >> issues at stake. i want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum vacuum that is filled by china and or russia. >> against the interest of both israel and the united states and many other countries. >> it's also expected that president biden will push the saudis to increase oil production to hopefully help bring down the cost of gas back here at home reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley, katie. coming up next at noon, lawmakers taking aim at the doorbell company. bring what it is accused of doing without users permission. >> and later on in our show, the desperate call from bay area pet rescues for foster parents as sherter facilities fill up with abandon animals. and local leaders now celebrating a new affordable housing complex in san mateo county. we show you the construction efforts live. up next on kron, 4 news noon. >> happening right now, daly city is tackling the affordable housing shortage by launching a major project of its own kron four's. charles clifford is live for us now at the construction site where the walls are coming up on the new midway village. how's it looking out there? charles? >> it's looking pretty good. you know, san mateo county is working to add as much housing for folks as they can. we reported on a big development down redwood city that should be finished by the end of the year. and now daly city is working on their own project. let's going take a look at some video here. now. this project is called midway village there in the first phase of construction right quite a bit of work has already been done. they're building 147 homes here. 20 of those homes will be set aside for transition age youth, young people trying to find a place of their own. and they're also setting aside 25 units for teachers, educators. they want teachers to have a home as well. now, this is the first phase. as i mentioned, there are 4 phases in the and they're hoping to add 555 housing units in daly city and again, this is part of the county wide effort to try to get as many homeless people off the street as they can. >> leave no one behind. let's make sure people who want to be housed. get house and let this site in partnership with daly city with mid penn. let it be the beacon of hope that others in cities and counties follow. >> all right, back live now, midway village will also include a it will have an education center and provide programs such as after school and summer camps for kids. if all goes well, all 555 unit should be completed by the fall of 2023. but for now san mateo county, charles clifford kron, 4 news. thanks very much, charles, for that live report. >> the state's eviction moratorium is over amid the battle over housing rights is heading to the court. excuse me and the battle over housing rights is heading to the courts. 10 advocate groups have sued the state for allegedly denying tens of thousands of applications for rent relief money kron four's taylor bisacky has the story for us. >> we're hoping that what this lawsuit eventually results in as the tenants can know why they were denied so they can fix it. jack eason area, senior attorney with alliance of californians for community empowerment, represents thousands of tenants in a lawsuit against the state. they argue the state unfairly denied and withheld money from low-income renters. who applied for covid-19 rent relief, money or organization have been seeing a lot of denials that spurious. we've been seeing tenants denied and they weren't told the reason they were being denied or they were pretty sure that they were eligible. >> but they were still denied. we know that as of right now about a 3rd of all applicants to the program have been denied. alameda county superior court judge frank roesch order that the california department of housing and community development. >> immediately stop denying requests for rental assistance and any rejected applications issued in the last 30 days be put on pause until he holds a hearing to review the rental assistance program, its practices and appeals process in order to >> issue this the judge had to rule that there's a likelihood that the case will succeed, meaning that there is a likelihood that the state violated the due process. that's right of thousands of tenants across the state. while the program ended in march an airy says that thousands are still waiting for checks or application approval. think that everybody should check on their application and the where it is in the process that they've been waiting to hear back. they can call the state hotline number. i'm taylor bisacky reporting kron. 4 news. >> state attorney general rob bonta addressing the issue of illegal evictions. he says the justice department received reports of landlords trying to evict tenants by changing the locks, shutting off water or electricity, even removing personal property. bonta announced new guidance to stop this from happening. he says law enforcement can legally intervene when called resolve the dispute between a landlord and a tenant. >> law enforcement should advise the landlord or other persons involved that it is a misdemeanor to force tenants out a rental property and should instruct them to allow the tenant back into the home. law enforcement should advise the landlord to seek legal advice if they have an issue with the tenant or to lawfully evict the tenant. >> fonda says the only legal way to evict a tenant is to file a lawsuit and wait for the court to order law enforcement to carry out the eviction. new at noon, amazon can hand over your ring doorbell video to police when it wants to even without your permission. u.s. senator ed markey published a letter revealing amazon has given footage to police 11 times so far this year without a warrant or a user's consent. ray says it will only do so. we will only give that footage away in emergencies where there and then in danger. now, most of the time ring video requests are handled through court orders. the company received over 3,000 demands for video last year. its highest number yet. for your money for the most rather, for the first time in almost 2 months, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in california. now under $6. that's about $0.45 cheaper than it was just a month ago when prices reached an all-time high in california here in the bay area, 6 counties are now at $6 or less. you can find the cheapest prices in marin and solano counties where prices are right around $5.90 per gallon. the highest gas prices in the bay area. now in napa county at 6.16, per gallon contra costa and alameda counties at 6 bucks. even. the average american household spent nearly $500 more in june because of inflation. that's according to new data from moody's. here's reporter alex caprariello with a price check for us. >> groceries, your gas, your utilities in your rent or mortgage payment are all soaring this morning. the june inflation rate jumping to 9.1% over the past 12 months. overall, food prices are up more than 10% from june 2021. costs at the grocery store up 12%. a dozen eggs, for example, are up. 33%, $2.71 last month compared to one $1.64 in june 2021. the price for a pound of a whole chicken averages. one $1.83 a pound compared to last year's one $1.47. a pound basically everything on the shelf costs more and him believe is it serious is up to 6.39, but inflation is digging its nails and the most at the pump in june, gas prices jumped about 60% year over year, but they've been declining for much of the country since mid-june. energy prices are up almost 42% over the past 2 months. electricity cost nearly 14% more natural gas. seeing an increase of about 38%. but it's a really important driver in inflation, particularly for folks who live in suburban and rural areas. it's a large share of their total monthly expenses. >> what's surprising is like i said, just how dramatically those elevated gas prices and energy prices have flow throughout the economy and those energy prices are also contributing to higher rents, which are up more than 5% from a year ago. many renters can't keep up with their payments and across the country. the limit is what the free market will allow. the rent is going up faster than inflation is compounding an already existing problem it was already difficult for people to pay rent. >> let's talk a bit about our forecast now as we take a live look outside at the transamerica building such an iconic building for us here in san francisco. and just nice and clear blue skies out there. but just how long is that going to last for kron? 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here with all the details for us. of recent. hey, there's 70 yet we can actually make it out today. so no sky july, not really an issue for the bay area today and that's contributing to our warming trend. >> especially for our warmest inland valleys. live look in the east bay over berkeley. temperatures. 65 degrees for oakland and already warming up into the low 80's for conquered in livermore. >> check out half moon bay though. 57 degrees with san jose. very pleasant temperatures in the mid 70's and avato also in the mid 70's at 77 degrees. so we are still seeing that marine layer hanging tight along the san francisco peninsula coastline. but overall, we're going to notice a lot of sunshine out there with clouds not returning until later tonight. thanks to that cool sea breeze influence but also it is going to be a a marine layer just because we are tracking warmer temperatures for your friday and that warming trend going to continue all weekend long. so overnight lows tonight, widespread mid 50's. those of you in san jose. a little bit milder at 58 degrees in antioch. only cooling down to 62 degrees. but temperatures tomorrow we are going to hold steady for your friday afternoon highs to what we're expecting today is also what we're going to expect tomorrow as well. very little change. a few degrees of warming for warmest inland valleys for conquered in livermore, flirting with 90's in the upper 80's. those of you in novato 89 degrees and check out santa rosa. 90 degrees for your friday afternoon. highs with the widespread 60's along the san francisco peninsula coastline, half moon bay. 61 degrees about 30 degrees cooler. then santa rosa. not only that, but we are tracking the giants taking on the brewers tonight. they're going to face off at first pitch 6.45. with low 60's expected an increase in clouds and also breezy sea breeze around 30 miles per hour. less than it is going to feel a little bit cooler just because of that stronger on onshore flow. but then the heat is on this weekend, widespread low to mid-nineties for our warmest inland valleys, peaking on saturday with relief not arriving until tuesday of this upcoming week. back to stephanie, thanks very embrace a summer travel is back. health experts warning people to be prepared to deal with the new highly contagious covid subvariants. >> kron four's terisa stasio here with more. >> if you are leaving on a plane soon or any other type of travel for some summer fun. health experts say enjoy also plan ahead. in case you get covid. >> who can help you? how do you contact public health? how do you contact a physician? what are what are the things that you're going to be? doctor john swartzberg is with uc berkeley school of public health. so we're dealing with a very, very contagious form of this first 4 were contagious than any of its previous iterations since this pandemic began. so with that data point to the doctor says get your plan in place. >> the time to think about do if you get covid is now when you're well a year ago, there wasn't that much you can do besides go to the emergency room now you can get tested. you can test yourself at home. if you're turned positive. you know, every county has a system where you can get paxlovid. if you're counting a candidate for that. and he says if you have tested positive and planned to fly home, even want to go to the airport, infect other people, you know, to be on a plane and infect other people. so >> you have to be responsible, even if you really do need to and want badly to get home. if not too far, you could drive home and have the windows open and mask to try not infect other family members or friends. >> he also says this. the data is showing the vaccines work helping to prevent hospitalizations. but avoiding is the best medicine. >> what some people get second, you know, we're seeing a lot of people get a 3rd infection. unfortunately, what we're seeing is that these people get a second infection. it mean not be just like the first one. it could be better. it could be the same or could be worse. each time we get a subsequent infection. the date is now showing that you're putting yourself increased risk for long-term complications to recess stasio kron. 4 news. >> coming up, the california state fair offering cannabis sales this year. our reporter explains. and if you're a fan of raising canes, we have more details on the chicken chain's new location. and a call for potential for ever families how you can help pets in need at the oakland animal shelter. welcome back. the oakland animal shelter is overcapacity. pets of all kinds now waiting for their forever homes. >> and now there are so many animals in the shelter is really not much room left to rescue more. joining us now is kay martin, a dog foster coordinator with the shelter to walk us through the whole situation and what we can all do to help. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you asking us. of course. >> you know, paint a picture for us. we've heard that shelters, our overcapacity. so what are conditions like for animals in your care right now? >> the cows are overcrowded. we well over capacity in our dog kennels, particularly for dogs that are over the size of 25 pounds. so instead of having a full panel for each dog, we're having to put the kennels in half. so the dogs are in a very small space and it contributes to the stress and just the anxiety, the dog still beyond being here in the shelter. yeah, that does some of the really difficult situation. i volunteered for a point at the humane society down think it on the peninsula there in san jose. so >> i have seen similar situations like that before the impact on animals can be quite difficult. i'm curious to know. so a great option for people. not sure if they want to adopt is fostering. we know the fostering can help get. >> the animals out of overcrowded situation. so could you walk us through what that process is like and what kind of are involved with fostering. >> yes, yes, we love our foster program. we love our foster homes. we about 50 dogs out and foster at any given point in time. and we're always looking to put more dogs into foster homes. it frees up candles here at the shelter for the incoming dogs. and it's just a better environment for the dogs to be in a lot of people think that they can't foster because they don't have a yard or because they have a job. but i assure you we have many, many fosters who live in apartments and who work full and it is conditions that they can provide to dog are far better living in a kennel in the shelter. we will match you up with the dog that is appropriate for your environment and their lifestyle the timing is some people worry that if they take a foster dog, they'll have it we have dogs that are in foster for us short as just a few anywhere up several months. so we're very flexible and we provide you with 24 7 support. we provide all supplies veterinary so we try to make it very easy for folks to help us out. and it's a great experience >> and you walk us through also, why so many bay area shelters like yours are experiencing this overflow of animals? and what can we do as a community to address that? >> it is a nationwide trend adoptions nationwide there are some theories that everybody who wanted a dog has one but i don't really know the reason. i don't think anyone knows the actual reason but shelter populations are skyrocketing and the dogs are simply not leaving the alive outcome going out to ways to address it. spay and neuter your pets. please do not breathing anymore dogs. we have so many wonderful dogs. your for and for the month of july, our adoption fees are only $20. so it's very affordable. the dogs come fully vaccinated. spayed and neutered. and that's the second thing is if you have a it a ton you get microchipped so that if your pet is missing, you will be able to find your cat many of our dogs. if you're in the shelter are strays and i know their family misses them, but we have no way of letting them know where the animal is. those are a couple things that could really help the the in incredible stress that the dogs are going right now in shelters all over the country. but especially here in oakland. >> and the last quick question here for you know, if people want to learn more about fostering or adopting, what is the best way to get in touch? >> you can go to our at oakland, animal services dot org and we links pier where you can learn all about don fostering about it's that simple, simple process. if you if you submit a foster interest form, we will get back to you. usually the same day, if not the next day ask you to come in and set up time to meet and take home. a foster dog. >> all right. wonderful. thank you so much. kay martin with the oakland animal shelter. we appreciate your time this afternoon and for your hard work on this. the california state fair kicks off tomorrow in sacramento for the first time since the pandemic. thousands of people head to the cal expo for classic fair food rides and games as reporter quoted stefani and shows us one new exhibit looks to surprise by introducing people to the world of cannabis. >> there's always going to be the naysayers that try to, you r know, keep cannabis down. but this is this. the time of revelation. >> when you think of the fair marijuana is the last thing to come to mind. but the organizers behind the state fair's very first cannabis exhibit. lot of clear the air teacher thing or 2 about the plan and now that it's legal, it's still fighting the same battles. it was fighting during prohibition for all those years. so it's really about educating the mainstream. >> cannabis cultivation will now join the ranks of other agriculture staples celebrated at the state. fair like wine, cheese and olive oil. ali dixon of sc lapse. once the science of the plan to buy past statements, nothing short of a in so many ways and the range of of benefit that it can provide to any consumer from. >> inflammation relieved to paint a helping treat cancer to, you know, to, to be able to like stop epileptic seizures to be able to help push back stress. and so there's so much range to this plan. and really, this is celebration of the range and diversity that this plan offers. people will be greeted by images of the plant's past the plant and physical foreign. and what makes cannabis cannabis winners of this year's california cannabis awards will also be displayed showing the top winners in categooies separated by how the plants were cultivated. matthew angle of mocha humbled will stand shoulder to shoulder with other vendors as a vendor. here is it will be a lot of fun because we're not necessarily selling anything. we're just educating people telling people what we do and talk about cannabis and >> making it accessible for people in general angles. business also won the most awards for this year's cannabis towards first time they've ever had these awards very historic. and we're really proud to be a part of it to be here representing humboldt county, hoping people will be open to hearing about another side to cannabis and not leave the plant up in smoke reporting from cal expo clot. it's tough onion. >> in the east bay, you can plan your parking ahead of time when flying out of the oakland airport. it's launching a new online reservation system. people can book a spot in all the different lots. you can make a reservation up to 2 hours prior to arrival. once the booking is complete, you'll get a confirmation email with a qr code which you will use to enter and exit the parking lot. so no tickets needed here. taxes and fees are included in the price. so there's no surprises there. and you can save your spot at book dot oakland airport dot com. in san francisco. the 14 acre presidio tunnel tops presidio tunnel tops. there we go project opens to the public this weekend. you can enjoy striking views of the golden gate bridge. they're also trails picnic areas and the nature play area for kids. house speaker nancy pelosi will attend saturday's ribbon cutting ceremony and the general opening to the public is on sunday. coming up next, a popular chicken fast-food chain arrives in the bay area. we'll tell you where they are. opening. welcome back. fans of raising canes rejoice, the popular fried chicken chain opened a new location in oakland today. this is that the shopping area on edgewater drive near the coliseum. and if you go, you can expect some long lines to celebrate the grand opening. the restaurant held a raffle this morning in 20 lucky customers won free chicken for a year. lucky them. some diehard fans spent a very long time in line to try and win that prize. what? >> i've been here since 8.30, last night, so show their support for canes. so now we do how how we support things when they come to the my daughter told me about it before i went to sleep last night, told if i woke up early at come out and check it out and hang out. >> she hasn't woken up yet. of course, dads do thing for the dodgers. >> definitely some diehard fans there. a local dj will be playing music the rest of the week to keep the festivities at the new store going. the other closest raising canes locations are in look at lodi and vacaville. a virginia judge denied amber heard's motion for a new trial. heard's lawyers claimed the wrong juror participated in the defamation lawsuit. but the judge says there's no evidence of fraud or wrongdoing and that hurts team should have raised the issue at the time of the trial. that leaves heard on the hook to pay debt 10 million dollars. and we got to see some breathtaking photos of outer space this week and the show continues. keep your eyes on the skies because a super moon will be visible for the next few days. scientists say it's the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. it's known as the buck moon, which you may have heard talking about this past week or thunder moon because of thunderstorms that happened during the summer time. the moon appearing bigger and brighter than usual this week because it's closer to earth. now, remember the moon's distance from earth changes throughout the year while it orbits the planet and taking me back to essex, green. haha, what we learned about the solar system. all last self-portrait by vincent van gogh found at the national x-ray image of the self portrait will be displayed in the gallery's summer exhibition. what a find. incredible piece of history there. and some good news for coachella fans plans for a passenger train from la to the coachella valley could soon become a reality. the riverside county transportation commission certified the first of 2 environmental reviews for the project. that rain would offer passenger service on amtrak twice a day. the 144 mile corridor would include stops in l a orange, san bernardino and riverside counties. the trip will take about 3 hours and the estimated cost not cheap to build this thing. it's 1 billion dollars but a good transportation option for, you know, music festival fans and that'll do it for us here at kron. 4 news at noon. let's send things over to olivia horton for live in the bay. hail will be any plans to head to coachella this coming year. hey, stephanie, i've actually never been, but i really do like the plan for a train. it just makes transportation easier for you have to let me know if you end up a hapa not hopping on board and maybe even come with a let you know. yeah. haha. >> thanks, stephanie will coming up on today's show, we're chatting with young actress jordan here at about her hardwood career. >> and how she's helping give back with a non-profit joins joy. then we're learning more about the july festival and how taste this classic african dish this weekend. >> plus, the movie that's breaking the barriers of gender in world. hear from the cast about what it's like working with a strong group of women. and we're bringing wine country to our studio with the