Coast guard urging folks to avoid recreational activities at Lake Tahoe this weekend. Officials say there could be fewer boat crews and first responders on the water because of the fires in the area because of that, they warned that it could take them longer than normal to get to you in case of an emergency containment. Meanwhile, on the dixie fire. Now up to 56 . The second largest fire in California State History has now burned nearly 900,000 acres across 5 Counties Today we learned more about that firefighter that we first told you about who died in this fire. We learned that that firefighter worked for the u. S. Forest service and died of an illness while assigned to the fire. Officials say that firefighter was not actively on the front lines when they passed away. So far the name of that firefighter has not yet been released. The combination of smoke small and high temperatures will keep the Bay Area under a spare. The Air Alert for the rest of this long Holiday Weekend. Kron four
Welcome back to the kron 4 Morning News if its 04 30am in the morning and youre watching us more than likely you have a job to do. You got bills to pay and our guy here. John shrable joins us now to tell you how you should dress, especially if your job takes you into the afternoon. John, were there, not the only was there to yes, we are looking at some cool weather this morning, which is obviously why were up so early, right. Because you want to enjoy the cool start. Either that or youre just about to prepare for a long commute in and which case we are probably going to be seeing some empty roads which is nice. But a little bit of fog out there, too. So i do want you to doubt that as you do prepared to venture out there. Look at this view of the east bay right now. Definitely some low Cloud Cover situated right there above the berkeley Hills Visibility is really only affected at least on this map and San Francisco, those berkeley hillsides as well as the Oakland Hayward hills definitel
More comfortable than those inland spots. We do have some fog in dense fog at times right along the coast this morning that i do want to note it has drifted into areas like daly city and it is shrouding the East Bay hills to so watch for those patches of it. As for Air Quality better at the coast moderate for bayside cities and then we do have some unhealthy pocket, some poor conditions in areas like San Jose as well as eastern Solano County this morning. As for our temperatures, 50s and 60s is where were sitting right now. Great morning for a Jog Venture outside. Get some chores down. Enjoy. What is a beautiful and clear morning for a whole lot of us before we do work our way into such a hot afternoon which ive got more about. Still to come, james. Thank you very much, john 71 is the time. Lets get to our breaking news from overnight. One person is dead in a crash in the East Bay involving a Wrongway Driver. Happened on eastbound 80 in oakland. Thats where kron 4 Sarah Stinson is for
Population that they might not have had an adequate response to the vaccine. Now at 10 extra immunity for those most at risk from covid19. Thats where we start this Saturday Night here on kron. 4 news at 10 oclock. Welcome jonathan mccall. Im justine waldman. Thank you so much for joining us here. We have a lot to get to this evening during the special edition of conference at 10 as the fda and the cdc have both approved a 3rd dose of the Covid19 Vaccine for those were considered moderately. Or severely immunocompromised. But first, one of harry is live for us now to talk with health officials in santa clara county. They say in the last 24 hours, weve already start to give out this 3rd dose to people. Good evening, amanda. We had another thing to offer to protect them that we made that available. Associate chief medical officer of the Santa Clara Valley medical center. Doctor Jennifer Tong says a small group qualifies for the 3rd dose at this time. The mustin received the Pfizer Or Mod
Video courtesy of the Citizen App showing us the scene to give you perspective this is just east of highway one o one at whipple avenue. Police do have that area closed off so far theres no word on if any injuries have occurred as a Result Kron fours Gayle Ong headed to that scene right now and will bring us updates as soon as she arrives tonight. Kron 4 is staying in contact with Redwood City Police and fire crews as they work the scene trying to bring you more updates as soon as they become available. Our other big story that were following this sunday night. A House Party overnight in the South Bay ends with 2 people shot. One person killed tonight. Folks in sunnyvale now talking to kron fours Camila Barco about that scene. Neighbors say this neighborhood is relatively quiet, but Saturday Night, this Street Navarro Drive turned into a party and as a result, one person died. Maybe about 45 minutes before there was definitely some fireworks that went but then around about 11. You hear