Toll rising and the flames reaching containment. But first, u. S. Attorney Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden who he is named and why the case is now taken this turn. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman and we start with some breaking news as u. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. Garland says he is naming david weiss as the special counsel. Why says the u. S. Attorney in delaware who has already been probing the business dealings of the president s son. And this is coming after a plea deal broke down last month and a tax and gun case against hunter biden. So heres what the attorney general said just moments ago. Tuesday of this week, mister weiss advice me that in his judgment, investigation had reached a stage at which he could should continue his work as a special counsel. And he asked
Station. Youre watching kron. Bay areas suffering after a scrap metal fire at a recycling facility in the east bay. Huge plume of smoke there yesterday. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus. Fire crews are still on the scene of that fire at this scrap metal facility near the port of oakland. The smoke could be seen and smelled across the bay area. And officials are saying that the air quality all the way down to near the south bays taking a hit. The fire started around 5. 30, last night at the ships are steel scrap metal facility. That is right near the port of oakland, massive plumes of smoke could be seen across the bay in crews worked overnight to get control of the fire. Some good news. Nobody was injured and the fire is not threatening any structures. The exact cause remains under investigation. Tonight. And even though the fire is mostly under control right now, the air Quality Management district put out an advisory today saying might be sensitive t
I told james another friday near of darya. And thank you for joining on this friday morning. It is a little gray once again to start the day. I know was out there. My wipers kicked on once or twice. Mine extra fine mist in the the wipers. But just that moist and not so cold kind of warm us, john. Yeah, its definitely a mix of all the worlds this boarded for we are looking at is similarly morning to yesterday with patchy fog. Some of us coming out a little clearer than others this morning. Your view outside at the embarcadero. Misty eyed there. Its actually kind of clear looking out there that foggy blake sitting right above. Yes. So even though some of us are definitely turning on the wipers, the time or 2, others are doing just fine. You can see visibility is being affected in a few locales, especially closer to the coastline in further north in the bay. Those are the 2 spots and watching extra close current temperatures 50s to 60s right now. Alameda oakland conquered at 62. Well, ber
The coastline and through the golden gate, most of us are sitting under nice sunshine now and temperatures are starting show some movement. San jose, youre at 70 getting close and brentwood in vacaville while still in the 50s over in timber on as well. San mateo and on up towards cloverdale as we move into the afternoon, temperatures will be right around the same as yesterday. So not a lot of changes just yet. Were going to save those changes for later on this weekend. And ill break them down for you and your forecast rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, we started off light. Then we got busy looks like things are light again, especially across bridges. 11 minutes meteor lights are still off at the bay bridge. So no Traffic Building at the toll plaza. 13 minutes 80 to 101 san mateo bridge. Richmond, sandra bridge about 8 minutes there. Maybe youre taking the Golden Gate Bridge right now. 37 to the tolls about 21 minutes. And lets look at our highways where were seeing that
Meet a convertible. Yes, absolutely. Convertible. Top down a day later today. Only if youre inland, though, because at the coastline, if youre driving up and down the coastline, youll probably want to see a little cozier. Weve got a little gray out that direction. San jose and nothing but the sunshine. So go ahead. Enjoy that sun in full force. We are going to be seeing skies getting consistently a little cloudier right along the coastline Golden Gate Park. You get your window of sunshine and then that fog rushes back in late afternoon. 60s 70s for your current temperatures. Not bad at all. Were looking really nice out there right now. Berkeley cool. 61 livermore pittsburgh at 70 degrees. Good morning for the john. Get the weekend started right with a little Time Outdoors later today. It is our last day that were only talking 80s for inland areas. From here on out. We are lifting off into the 90s, even triple digits and went which ive got your full forecast for still to come. Darya jam