Ultimately, the end result goes beyond that. Its an important project for us in terms of welcoming the public and make the park residio and park open for everyone. Reporter its a plan put together by the Presidio Park trust. Its done by the same group that did the new york skyline. It will bring it to a new state of the art visitors center, but tho bike rental, new transit center, and from there, be able to go on 24 miles of trail and 19 mile of bikeway. Reporter and while this has been a nightmare for some. Google maps just said there was construction and couldnt give us an end route. Reporter the park says it will be a dream come true. Emily turner, kron 4 news. Residents who live in a san jose homeless encampment got a boot. Marshals came in and cleaned it all out. You go here and then you got to go somewhere webles so you come here and then you have to go somewhere else. Reporter many of homeless had been squatting for years. They just want a place to call their own. Awant to cook
Come this afternoon. Still well below average but i would call that comfortable for this afternoon we are looking at the bay bridge under mostly cloudy conditions. Forecast oakland we expect temperatures to be in the lower 60s. Gradual clearing once again for partly cloudy conditions today. By 4 00 p. M. Temperature will be 73. This evening temperatures cool down into the upper 60s by 6 00 this evening to mid 70s by 8 00. Right now. If you are just waking up temperatures are all across the board in the 60s. Santa rosa is 61 degrees. We have a check of future cast today. Temperatures will warmup but we wont have really hot temperatures. By lunchtime 60s and 70s. Most highs will reach into the 70s. Maybe a few spots in the lower 80s. Well below average especially for our inland communities. Ill let you know when it warmup comes our way and when we could see more showers. Happening right now the construction that has doil drive closed is moving smoothly. Officials say they are on track wi
To our other top story. We feel if kates law saves one daughter one son, one mother, one father kates death wont be in vein. The bay area mans daughter who was shot and killed while walking arm and arm with him down the embarcadero. He spent the morning testifying before the committee, the immigrant had no place on the streets of San Francisco. Stephanie troung is live in our San Francisco newsroom. Testifying just three weeks after his daughter was killed. Very raw. He spoke alongside four other people who lost loved ones to undocumented immigrants. They all are proposing their own laws. Everyone we heard from at this mornings hearing agrees there needs to be immigration reform. A one sized fits all solution will lead to many more problems. The u. S. Has suffered a selfinflicted wound in the murder of our daughter by the hand of a person who should have never been on the streets of this country. Jim held his daughter kates she died on pier 14 in San Francisco. His sole focus is passin
Record set on june 14, 2000, when the temperature hit 103 degrees. Bay area schools took precautions today to protect students, in san jose the district provided bottled water and fans. Some classrooms dont have air conditioning. Some districts decided to zen students home early because of the to send students home early because of the heat. With strain on the power grid flex alert was issued to coverage of serve energy. The states independent system operator made the voluntary request for people to scale back Energy Consumption between 1 p. M. And 10 p. M. Today. The agency is asking people to avoid using large appliances things like washers and dryers and dishwashers and to keep the thermostat no lower than 78 degrees. Youre watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6 30. The bay area hasnt felt this kind of heat in years. Chief meteorologist bill martin here now tracking the temperatures. Bill. The last time we had even close to this was 2006. Its been 18 years since San Francisco hit 100 degrees
Pounded. Light to moderate winds. The winds will pick up in the next couple of hours and continue through 7 00 while the showers start to taper through 7 00. Im surprised at how well the commute has gone so far. Well see over the next hour how this fills in. Very few crashes. This is one of them. We end 580, before park boulevard, a solo vehicle spinout collision that is facing the wrong way in the far left lane. So far thats not causing delays. Of course, that is the counter commute for this time of day. Also, eastbound state route 37, before 121 in the sears point area, a twocar crash. Sounds like thats partially blocking. A little onlooker delay. Well check the drive times coming up next. Thanks. Were following developing news in san jose. Pg e crews are working to turn off gas to a Mobile Home Park after a huge fire at a home there. Lonnie rivera is live along monterey circle. Lonnie . Reporter you can see the crews are wrapping up. There are only two trucks left. They hosed it one