Of our mornings in a whole lot brighter than weve been as well. Air quality has improved because of an ice, a sea breeze that has pushed steadily in the past few days we are seeing low clouds at the coast. So do watch some foggy spots out there, but dont have to watch so closely air quality today as we see good to moderate conditions all across the board only a couple of moderate pockets remaining so get out there and enjoy what will be a very nice one for definitely breathing easy 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with 67 right now in oakland, San Francisco and berkeley in the low 60s, little cooler up in the north bay im talking what to expect today and for the weekend ahead of us to still to come. Robin. Thank you john its quite busy on some of our bridges the bay bridge 80 west, its recovering from 2 earlier crashes so its still quite slow. Its still backed up through the bottom of the maze so just get out there early if you plan on heading into San Francisco because youre
San Francisco Police chief bill scott says a special sideshow unit has been for 15 new surveillance cameras will also be installed to help investigators catch sideshow drivers and participants for this to work effectively. Is we have to be able to put the driver behind the wheel. Then we can do something with that case increasing the penalties for participating in the illegal stunt driving events comes after labor day is deadly shooting in the citys excelsior district. Its dangerous for the participants is dangerous for the spectators is dangerous for all the folks who are within range of this particular event in San Francisco Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. Back to our continuing wildfire coverage now as catastrophic fires continue to burn across california today Governor Newsom announced that 25 people have been killed by wildfires so far this year, the flames have burned more than 3. 4 million acres destroying more than 4,000 structures, roughly 38,000 people still can not return to thei
They dont seem sure about where to begin. The Police Officers Association Says its officers are looking for a new chapter for the city and the department we see it as an opportunity move the department forward in a new direction, Philip Hoffman is a Union Representative says officers are on board with modern policing policies that would improve the department they position us as somehow an impediment to change and reform and to the contrary. We have reached out on numerous occasions to get the ball rolling on these reforms offices of recommendations from 2 City Commission studies are on the table. But so far none of them have been implemented. He says as crime rises across the city, the biggest need right now more officers on the streets. The department though has been plagued with several scandals in controversial shootings in recent years in just the last 6 months the department has faced the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa an investigation that was launched after evidence in that
And the improved air quality had customers for one business lining up around the corner. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight, a day we begin with that Health Update in the east because of the pandemic. If we want. People of the safety part of the solution not part of the problem. Contra costa county Health Officials are discouraging the traditional halloween celebrations, we all know and love but they told kron fours michelle kingston that doesnt mean you cant celebrate at all. Tracy nelsons family loves halloween. These are just some of their costumes from the past few years but with restrictions in place this year because of coronavirus she decided to get creative will be a little bit more work but it will still give them the opportunity to trick or treat instead of trick or treating in her neighborhood looking like this shes encouraging her neighbors to do a driveby celebration and put a table in the front yard with candy tha
Conduct raids. The longest day of the year and the sun came up at 5 48. What its going to feel like outside you can already tell, were not dealing with the june gloom today. There is little in the way of low clouds whether in the bay or the coast its going to stick around for the weekend. Its going to be a lot of sunshine around. Were going to be warmer than you may remember. How much warmer coming up in a built well be 712 degrees above average for the weekend. That means in the city, 74 today, 67 would be an average for us. If you dont have plans for the weekend, ill talk about the festival. Sunny and warm. 95 inland and yes, that is now hot. Not as hot as we were with the heat wave but its as much as 12 degrees above average and its going to stay that way for the weekend. Here are your headlines. Sunny weekend for all. Warm in the bay and much cooler for next week. More on that coming up in a few minutes thank you. And bart trains are expected to be back on schedule today after a do