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kron 4 morning news. police now say the father of a 3 year-old girl whose body was found in the san jose recycling center is the person killed her. dozens of arrests and thousands of dollars in stolen items recovered in a retail theft crackdown. plus, jam-packed traffic expected in santa clara tonight as the rolling stones roll into levi's stadium. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> and thanks so much for starting your day every day with us on a wednesday and art and i'm james. yeah, 08:00am the time. still a little cloudy overnight they keep coming back. i know we're so grateful. one of these let's get started this morning with weather and traffic because obviously with the weekend approaching, people are

starting to make plans things are changing. good morning, gayle. good morning. and yes, we are warming up today. so that will be the change. >> starting today, you know, we've had a nice cool down since the weekend. so starting today, you'll notice the temperatures bumping up in the upper 80's and close to 90's even inland. so you can see it's still see. we have some cloud cover over at sfo. temperatures are currently still in the 50's during this 08:00am hour upper 50's across the region. we will be warming up, though, too, on the upper 80's as you make your way to livermore conquered. so basically the usual spots that are pretty warm. that's when you'll notice the warm up and then around the coast and that the bay will be in the 60's and 70's so around the noon time, we'll start to see some sun. no, usually we see the clouds hang out by the coast by think you'll see some sun today over at half moon bay by the late afternoon. that's when things heat up inland in 90's. and then those clouds return once again for the evening and an evening a light breeze and we'll be in the

upper 50's 60's and even mid 70's inland. reyna. all thank you for that. well, if you're in the roads this morning, thankfully we're not seeing major hot spot. >> lower just a just a little congestion out there. the meter lights on on the bay bridge. so 14 min arrive. everybody heading into the city. 25 minute ride 80 to 101 traveling across towards the peninsula's pretty busy across or santa temperature. most of the morning, 50 minutes for richmond, sandra fell and golden gate bridge. visibility is good. 27 min arrive. 37 to the tolls darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna say to one right now on our top story, san jose police trying to figure out why a father would kill his own daughter and dump her body. >> in a recycling facility, we have kron four's michael thomas in san jose with the story. >> still a lot of unanswered questions this morning. and when it comes to the details of this story, they can be a bit disturbing. so i do want to warn you, san jose police are now saying that the young girl eli's father is responsible for her death and dumping her body at a recycling facility in san jose early friday morning. take a

look. this is a photo of the young girl, 3 years old. her name is ellie. lorenzo. she was first reported missing last friday in fremont after not returning from a court-ordered visit with her father, jerry lorenzo. that same day eli's father was found dead by an apparent suicide in the city of san francisco. according to police eli's father jerry lorenzo left his home in fremont early friday morning. then drove to san jose where he removed eli's body from the trunk of his car and dispose of it in a trash bin then drove to san francisco. we took his own life. kelly was found saturday morning by an employee at the recycling facility. and as of now, when it comes to motive, police say it's still under investigation. ellie's mother be, however, tells kron 4 she believes her daughter was killed by her father because he knew it would be one of the last visit he had with her as she had planned to move both her and elly out of the bay area. in a statement saying, quote, ellie was stolen from me, her grandmother in the rest of our family and friends evil and brutal manner for years. you're constantly for ellie safety in the hands of

her father, even with his limited access under share custody, i want to desperately for her constant supervision and safety. each time she was with him for a court-ordered visitation. yet the system continue to grant him partial custody and access police family has created a gofundme which we do have on our website at kron 4 dot com as we get more details from law enforcement. we'll continue to keep you updated. that is a very latest reporting in san jose. michael thomas kron. 4 news. >> 803, is the time in the east bay. a 16 year-old is dead after police say a drunk driver crashed into his car according to richmond police. that crash happened just after midnight monday at south 20th street and ohio valley. police say both drivers were trapped in their vehicles when emergency crews arrived. the teenager died at the scene. the other driver suffered only minor injuries and was arrested. that person now facing charges of vehicular manslaughter and dui. >> 804, right now and some residents are voicing concern over the new west portal station safety program in san

francisco. the project aims to make it safer for pedestrians. but some businesses say that the project is going to make their business is worse because people are going to be able to get to them. now, take a look at this. the original plan, which was to limit street traffic with a variety of safety precautions and expanding the bus station to a wider 10 block area and that neighborhood. but as a instead is seen in designs. the final plan details a clearly defining pedestrian spaces by adding more pedestrian space, installing speed bumps and physical barriers make the area that's for pedestrians. standout to traffic. back in march, a family of 4 waiting at the muni met west portal station. they wanted to go to the zoo. they were struck and killed by an suv going the wrong way. the driver identified as 78 year-old mary fong lau is charged with

speeding vehicular manslaughter. she is going the wrong way that for mom, dad and 2 kids were killed. some residents say that is tragic, of course, but they say the death of the family is the fault of the driver, not the transit layout. >> because they've closed streets and market. this businesses are suffering. they did on the businesses are suffering attempting to do the same thing. west portal. that's why the residents are concerned. they're not businesses are going to prosper. there's good feed in west portal the businesses. the help that money you're spending on, these changes could go directly to those businesses. they know how to run their businesses. you go. you guys know how to do transit. we don't tell you would put transit lines. why are you telling us how to run our businesses? >> all the added traffic calming measures from the beacon to reducing turns added speed reduction tools and treatments means designing roads for safety over speed. that's what we like to see. we

recognize that modernizing our streets to prioritize safety and to accommodate all the users can be difficult. but as the city, we have to embrace these changes to become a city where everyone can get around without risking their lives. >> the project is expected to be done by this fall. >> police in san leandro now investigating after a security guard at a target store opened fire while dealing with a shoplifter. so this happened sunday target on east 14th street. police say the suspect was trying to leave the store with the stolen backpack and as the security guard approached, the suspects, pit bull apparently got loose and ran toward the garden. that's when the guard fired his gun twice. those bulldts both hitting the floor. not that the dog with the suspects were hurt. suspect was taken into custody. police say at this point in their investigation, the guard's actions were not reckless. well, california to new milestone in its fight against organized retail crime. governor newsom says the chp has arrested 717

people this year and recovered nearly 7 million dollars in stolen goods that statewide here in the bay area. the chp apparently has made 61 arrests and recovered more than $26,000 worth of stolen retail goods. >> it's not just about responding to crimes that have already happened. it's also about identifying trends and finding ways to stop crimes from occurring in the first place. >> according to the governor's office, the state invested 267 million dollars in various communities to fight retail crime. the bay area received 43 million dollars of that money. >> we have new details now about the van that was swiped on sunday night from the east bay spca parking lot in oakland. we told you about the man being stolen yesterday. well, today we can tell you it is back. the san diego police department says the van was found only a few blocks away from where it was taken when a car rammed the gate and then that guy walked in and took

off with the spca van. it was found a few blocks away and towed back to the spca. >> it is back in our position which is great. however, it does still have significant damage to it. we're going to need to do some repairs on both are banned and our we're really not sure why anyone would take urban. it's unfortunate that any business would be targeted, but certainly nonprofit is, again, really trying to support the people and animals in our community would be the victims of such a crime. >> course, now have to come up with the money to fix that gate and the van. the van is used to transport animals from different shelters so they hoping they can get that in operation again very soon. >> all right. time now is 809. let's talk about what's happening tonight. the rolling stones coming levi stadium. yes, so i guess fans will get some satisfaction after all. kron four's will tran is live at levi's now is what you need to know. i will. you won't

have any satisfaction being stuck in traffic. and that's why the thrust of our stories to tell you if you don't want to be stuck in traffic. >> you have to be mindful of where you go and when you go because the concert we'll feel like as sunday night football game with the niners and all the traffic implications. only it's jagger, ron wood, and the rest of the gang. so be mindful of that. i can tell you in about 90 minutes are now they will shut down the road right in front of levi stadium. as far as the freeways, of course, that's going to be a huge problem as well. so you know what i want to tell you about 1, 0, 1, 8, 82. 37, those of the freeways around this location that will start to fill up with cars as the day moves on, especially with the parking lot open at 3 o'clock this afternoon. and then some of the other big thoroughfares include lawrence expressway and san tomas expressway. they will be a

problem. >> and then our mentioned the roadway right in front of levi stadium will be shut down so crews can get ready for jagger as far as fans. well, i guess what if he starts walking down the street casually walking a live interview with them, trust me. i will. >> but if you watch down, he will notice fans already here. they have spent a fortune. >> following him all around the world >> i have no pension that passed my pension twice. now. i still work that has work full time as all of our bills on credit cards, everything and say the miles we fly on miles. >> course, we need cash for the hotels and tickets. that our choice to stay where we stay. we stay the more expensive hotels. >> because we like being where the band is. >> and she told me that she tually saw ron wood, one of the famous members of the rolling stones yesterday, but they don't bother the band they're waiting for the ban to take the stage at 07:30pm,

tonight. and again, parking lot will open up at 3 o'clock this afternoon. so be mindful of that. come on down sooner than later. because if you don't, you'll be waiting on a friend, meaning you'll be waiting in traffic and you will not be jumping. jack flash >> i'm enjoying going. that will go with will later just hearing, although reference saying, you know, well. >> thanks well, 8.11 right now. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. elon musk says he's out of here. he is leaving san francisco and california and he's taking x and space x with them. we'll tell you why. plus a death row inmate in the east bay could soon be a free man because the state with the prosecution. way back in 1995. and after the break, dozens of hotel workers are walking the streets of san jose. they

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of clouds out there where we are cloudy and that should be mixing later this morning. hopefully it. but that's what models are showing that our typical summer bay area pattern, we're in the and the clouds and it's pretty quiet on our storm tracker. so here's that forecast model around 11:00am. we start to clear out, including parts of half moon bay. so you can see some sunshine. usually the clouds hang out all day around the coast. >> so doesn't look like they'll be the case today. and then the clouds roll back in this evening and lingers on into the morning like what we're seeing out now. let's talk about the heat because that ridge of high pressure that brought us that extreme heat looks like it's retrograding west and it's going bring us some 90's and some triple digit heat once again as the week goes by. so where seeing that happen next week, the 1st half of next week. but it's still going to be hot inland. starting today, actually. so in san francisco, temperatures for that, daytime highs are in the upper 60's over by the beaches. then

seasonally cool. this whole time in the upper 50's and low 60's over by the peninsula. on the other side, 70's and south san francisco, 77 over and burlingame. and then we start to see 80's in redwood city, palo alto. we start to see 90's now as you make your way towards santa clara county. so morgan hill, upper 90's there, 86 in san jose to the tri valley in the east bay. 93 expected in livermore. dan, you know, yesterday was in the low 80. so you'll notice that warm up today. 90's in contra costa county, a walnut creek and 95 expected over in concord, 70's by the east bay shoreline and more 80's and 90's in the north mid-nineties for you in santa rosa. upper 80's in sandra fell and 68 over by the coast at stinson beach. so here is the 7 day outlook will hold on to the low 90's. >> and then friday will notice the temperatures gradually warm up. we get a break from that heat for you inland on saturday and then the following week monday, tuesday, we're going to keep an eye on some triple digit

heat inland once again, not the extreme heat that we saw this month over by the bay will be in the 70's and 80's and 60's by the coast. and now let's take a look at the roads rain at all, right. thank you for that, gail. well, we had a brief issue pabon bar that was between the dublin and west of one station. >> but as quickly as it popped up to quickly resolve. so things are moving again, just fine. and if you are an bart, not seen any major delays there, a 15 minute drive folks traveling into the city this morning. while things look a little congested there, we're still under 20 minutes. so that's making great time. in the 8 o'clock hour. 23 minutes for your san mateo bridge. 1, 1, of the south bay around 48 minutes. we've gone up about 10 last check in with her at about 30 minutes. there. 2, 80 82 still looks nice and light. well, stanley injured animal pete about. 35 minutes started his back to you. thank you. reyna tate 18 2 bay area hospitals rank among the best in the entire country. this is a ranking by u.s. news and world report. and it says that john myhre health in walnut

creek is number 27 for obstetrics and gynecology. ucsf is number 3 furner rolla g and neuro surgery. there were over 4,000 hospitals evaluated and ucsf tied for number one in california with ucla and uc san diego medical center. john myhre ranked number 2 in the bay area and number 16 in california. for your money this morning. >> data shows americans didn't spend too much money last month's but sales were much better than expected purchases at car dealerships were down, but the economy was boosted by stronger sales in other areas, mainly retail, lower and middle income americans are feeling stretched and they're being more cautious about their budgets, affluent consumers, however, are continuing to spend, which is keeping the economy moving forward. analysts say lower gas prices most likely freed up money to use on other types of spending. home builder.

confidence is still under pressure this month. the national association of home builders reading has lowered to a reading of 42 in july, making it the 3rd consecutive decline and the lowest reading since december. this consistent drop is due to high mortgage rates. inflation is still higher than the federal reserve's target, but it is on a cooling trend. so it's heading in the right direction. builders, therefore, still hoping to have more single family homes constructed by the end of the year. more of those builders are cutting home prices just to keep sales up. >> time now is 8.19, and better pay and more respect is what hospitality workers in the south bay want. they're pushing for a new contract. they are and a large group of hotel workers rallied in downtown san jose kron four's jack moment. was there. >> many of the hospitality workers who were marching are actually part of a union. and they say that the cost of living here in the bay area has continued to skyrocket while their wages have simply not caught up. many of them having to work 2 or 3 jobs

just to 4 paying rent. >> marching. chanting. bringing the show right to the doorsteps of the hotels and restaurants. they work everyone out there. listening nodded has worked at spencer steakhouse for 30 years, says they have been fully open since the pandemic. they said they were going to be temporary. but another couple of weeks will be a year. she's fighting with other members of union called unite here local 19 and she says they have 4 priorities, better work conditions, better wages. >> health insurance, just respect. hospitality workers say these demands have not to go. she asians for a contract with the 3 large hotel company hilton, marriott and hyatt. i've been working there the same bird food. 1988. >> well, most the things and in the decades since he was hired at this hotel for his

says the pay has not improved. many on my goal was just have to work place for him. to the money pay the everything to getting this see it the heads. the message on most of these picket signs that meets what job should be enough. we make the money. >> for them. and they've they've been a sunday. >> get a lot of jorge moved from san jose to modesto years ago. he says the cost of living outweighs the will be enough. told by many of the people who are marching today told us that if they do not get a fair contract, they will continue to have these marches that we did reach out to marriott hilton and the hyatt hotels chains to find out how those contract negotiations are going. >> and we have yet to hear back reporting in downtown san jose. jack moment. kron 4 news. >> well, a 22 is the time. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a man is caught on camera. as you can see

here, obstructing a waymo in san francisco will tell you what police say did to the disabled person who riding side.

>> a 24 is the time in new this morning. president biden is preparing to endorse a series of changes to the u.s. supreme court. washington post says president biden wants to push the term limits for the 9 justices who currently serve lifetime appointments. the president is also said to be in support of enforcing an ethics code as well as a constitutional amendment to eliminate brought immunity for

presidents. progressive lawmakers have recently been calling for these reforms. the proposals would require approval by congress president biden formally endorses those reforms. he would become the first sitting president in generations to backed changes impacting the nation's highest court. will 2 u.s. senators want an explanation from a tnt about recent data hacks. democratic senator richard blumenthal and republican senator josh hawley want answers from a tnt about how its cloud platform was hacked in april, the stolen data included customer calls and text from 2022. the senators say that cyber criminals, spies and others could use customers. private data criminally and even sell it. att says it will respond to those senators directly. >> weren't safe behavior >> take a look at and blocking a waymo driverless vehicle and

san francisco standing there shouting at it and then he goes over and beats up the passenger of that waymo. this happened a couple of weeks ago on buchanan street in san francisco. now the police would love to find this man because the person who was in that vehicle, the family said had intellectual disabilities and now they're in the hospital fighting for their life. so if you recognize this man, the police would like to hear from you. it is 8.26. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news next. >> multiple cars broken into an advantage labor hood. and it is not what they stole a car that they stole. that has the neighbors on edge. it's more than that. we'll tell you what happened.

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>> a 29 right now. and on a wednesday morning, we're taking a look at the weather and starting to see a slow transition heading towards the weekend. people making plans to be outside. gayle, what can we expect? it's going to be warming up, though. saturday will taking a break from the heat. you will see that in the seven-day later on. but we are cloudy this morning and that should clear out later this morning and by the afternoon. so we'll see some afternoon sunshine today is actually the first day of that warm at the see that low cloud deck of red sfo. we're currently in the 50's across the region, but we will be warming up to the upper 80's and our usual warm spots like livermore concord and a santa rosa and the south bay over by morgan hile's. so the areas that typically reach triple digits, so you'll be like close to 90 degrees today. 60's around the coast. 70's around the bay and for the rest of the afternoon, you can see some cloudy skies are at half moon bay, mostly sunny

around the noon hour and then around the late afternoon. that's when you'll notice temperatures start to heat up for you inland. those clouds are to roll back in this evening and will be pretty comfortable in the upper 50's 60's and mid 70's inland all right, thank you for that. i'm seeing a lot of improvement in the 8.30. our here, our bay bridge right now, 60 minute ride. no accidents. meteorlogist a lawn. >> the san mateo bridge is gone down. so they were about 27 minutes now at 20 traveling across towards peninsula. richmond center fell 15 minutes and the golden gate bridge. visibility is great. 36 minutes. little slow on 1, up north. all right, james, back to you. thank you. reyna 8.30, and some people in danville are on high alert because burglars have been breaking into cars and using the garage door opener to get into their home. that's the problem. cropper's lezla gooden has the story. >> neighbors tell me that the safety bubble that they had in this neighborhood is ruined after they caught people wearing mask breaking into

their cars in stealing the garage door openers. now, 2 people tell me they came face-to-face with them inside of their homes on sunday morning around 07:00am bring door cameras off a blackstone drive. >> caught a group of people running away after breaking into jeffrey sues neighbor's home. so she chased them out of the house and out of the garage. >> and down the street here and just running and screaming and >> let's release sad and bizarre about this is. perpetrators while they were running from are we're laughing at her. >> jeffrey tells us the group was seen breaking into several of his neighbors cart looking for a garage openers. they managed to get her garage door opener out of her car on driveway. >> open the garage, take things from her garage. and unfortunately, a door into the house from the garage was left open and unlocked. so they were able to get into her house. she and kids were

inside they went into her house, took her car keys minutes later, a few streets away. >> mike pulaski came face to face with the same group. 3 guys were coming into my garage masks. black hoodies came in. they weren't expecting me. they're coming into the house. he says they broke into his car, stole several of his hunting knives and use the garage clicker to get inside. mike says he acted on instinct, chase them away and called police pd was fantastic. >> immediately responded. they sent units rather than coming to the house became an active pursuit. i sent a picture. they taste a pursuit. but soon as they got out the county. alameda county does not lead police chase. so they just let criminals get away. danville police tells us that they are investigating a series of car break-ins in neighborhoods. >> sharing that at least 8 cars were recently broken into with some resulting a residential burglaries and suspects gained access to at least 5 garages using garage door openers, found the cars

and many of the cars were left unlocked. citizens deserve to feel and right now we don't feel safe at home. and it's a direct result of the politics and the politicians, lawmakers that we put in power. and if you're not thoughtful about that, if we allow other people for other agendas to put people in power. >> that don't protect us in our home and that's on and police say they want to remind everyone to make sure that you're locking your doors to your cars. your garage is in your home. >> and the neighborhood says they plan to create neighborhood watch in the future in danville going kron. 4 news. >> a 33 is the time in a lawsuit has been filed against california's new law that prevents schools from forcing teachers to tell parents if child identifies as a different gender in class national law firm. the liberty justice center argues that parents have a constitutional right to know what their children are doing. it school and they want teachers to tell them. the lawsuit was filed on behalf of the chino valley

school district and some of its parents. governor gavin newsom's office responded by saying, quote, this is a deeply unserious lawsuit seemingly designed to stoke the dumpster fire on this website rather surface legitimate legal claims. we're confident the state will swiftly prevail in this case, end quote. >> it's 8.34, and a big story that we're following. elon musk is out of here moving the headquarters for both x and space x out of california and to texas so that the latest from him, the world's richest man citing that new california gender law that i just told you about as one of the reasons why. yeah, it seems like a sudden decision that would have had to than planned. but anyway, his reaction is posted acts. you can see here she said it was a final straw when he made this announcement saying he's frustrated with governor newsom's just signing that ban on school districts. they will not be required to notify parents about any gender identity that happens at

school and then he also said he had enough of dodging violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the x building in san francisco's soma neighborhood. so we talked with mayor london breed about that when she came to our studios yesterday about texas departure. and here is what she had to say. >> i don't know where this is coming from or if this is, you know, old back when he was here more frequently. and i think it's really you know, we have a communication relationships were we? we talk and my goal is to do everything i can to ensure the success of any business that's here in san francisco. you know, sadly, this is a distraction. i remain to any business that wants to do business here. and i think this is very unfortunate. >> will the building and the company were rebranded to last year after months took it over by twitter, firing the ceo and number of top executives there in 2022, he also fired laid off or lost the majority of the company's workforce is

well now last summer, he had that giant x sign installed on the building, but it was brought down after the city open investigation and filed a complaint about that signs. so that's one of the first things that are musk. he said at the time he had no plans of moving x out of san francisco, but obviously he has changed his mind. >> sales force is cutting 300 more jobs. this is just to in a new report now from bloomberg earlier in the year. the san francisco based company already cut 700 jobs. and again, 300 more now. but they have not said if these recent layoffs are going affect, san francisco will keep you posted. >> well, a death row inmate now could soon be a free man. thanks should say because of misconduct, potential misconduct on the part of prosecutors who worked for alameda county's previous district attorney. have federal judge has already current da pamela price to review alameda county's death penalty case is kron four's. dan kerman has more. >> in 1995 earnest was sentenced to death for killing

a 9 year-old during the commission of a robbery. but while his case was on appeal, helen, me to county prosecutors discovered decades-old prosecutorial notes indicating attorneys had purposely kept blacks and jews off his jury. any prosecutor. >> who engages in this type of misconduct who violates the constitutional rights of the defendant. also violates the constitutional rights of our community members of our victims and members and everyone who works in the criminal justice system to try to create fairness. a federal judge ordered a review of now. >> based on this misconduct in the state's racial justice act. is being re-sentenced which will result in his release next year. i do believe that that is a proper resolution at this time. we have thoroughly vetted that situation. we have spoken with the family members. we have worked with the court as well

as cdcr to ensure that in the event that we expect mister to be relief, that he will not be a danger to public safety. >> that is our first concern. >> and another death row inmate may be the first of many to be re-sentenced a federal judge has ordered price to review alameda county death penalty cases dating back to 1978 prices already found members of the lgbtq+ community. we're also excluded from juries and she's also uncovered that in 70% of these death penalty cases, prosecutor notes and jury selection are missing. there may well have been >> an effort to sanitize the files. we intend to look into that. hopefully with the assistance of the california attorney general's office. >> again, the da says they're still reviewing the bulk of those 35 death penalty cases. but so far they had found misconduct on the part of 5 former attorneys who used to work for the office. one

attorney who still works for the office is now being supervised and one judge. in oakland, dan kerman kron, 4 news, san francisco, oakland and fremont have been awarded a combined 32 million dollars from the california public utilities commission to expand internet access. >> the broadcast expansion, we'll help underserved residents by giving them more options for the internet. and also supply internet to people who are currently unserved. the cities are among the recipients of the first round of funding from the 2 billion dollar last-mile federal funding account grant program. >> and with that a new era in oakland, black panther, affordable housing complex, now ready for move in. this brand-new 5 story building is on 7th street right near oakland's main post office. it

features 79 homes and on the ground floor there at street level, there's 5 businesses, including a grocery store, a fitness center, even a restaurant. fact organizers say it will be former inmates and foster youth that will own and operate those businesses. all right. we're going take a break here at 8.40. still ahead, some new rules being drafted right now to better protect homes from wildfires will take a closer look. >> and also after the break, we're going to head out to arlington, texas, where the mlb all-star game took place. take a look at who came out on top. >> and we're off to a cloudy start, but we will be warming up starting today. >> and for you the road, you need to know how your morning commute is going. started off fairly busy and now things are star

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>> and we are back at 8.43. and protecting homes from wildfire. risk is behind a new set of rules now be considered here in california. one of those rules would ban most plants and other combustible materials within 5 feet. >> of a home in a follow-up fire-prone area. kron four's theresa stasi takes a closer look. >> watch. this is a demonstration between 2 homes, the one on the right build with fire resistant materials and a defensible space of 5 feet. the one on the left lax a defensible space and has more traditional building materials found on many homes, especially in fire-prone areas. as you can see, the home on the left goes up in flames quickly. i want to hold

late nights. it's greater than 90% chance it will be completely destroyed. so we need to prevent. >> the ignition of the home from the start. >> steve hawkes is with the nonprofit insurance institute for business and home safety hawks was also with cal fire. he has seen firsthand how destructive california as wildfires can be like the caldor fire in south lake tahoe that burned nearly 222,000 acres and destroyed more than 1000 buildings, including many homes. he says that the institute is now helping to educate the public, especially in light of new rules that are expected soon by the california state board of forestry and fire protection. one of the rules being discussed to stop wildfires is to create 0. that means that there would be nothing flammable within 5 feet of your home. >> despite the immediately surrounding the home, that's where over the years we put a lot of flammable items. molt, as you mentioned, a wood fence

attached directly to the side of the house plants. other combustible items in there. but we found, you know, that that zone is just so important that it be non combustible. >> kim george is a fire marshal with south lake tahoe where they are already putting into place new measures. it doesn't guarantee it makes it different. so if we have an amber storm, we can't take i say a lot topic talk that we have so much to lose. this is such amazing place in community. we don't while communities way to find out the extent of the new rules and how that may help or hinder homeowners as they face a new landscape with insurance companies, raising fees. >> or canceling policies altogether. kron 4 reached out to find out when the new rules may be introduced. but no one from the state agen y responded to our calls. theresa kron. 4 news. >> it's 08:46am. we're talking about the weather and these, you know, these warm ups that

we have are always a dangerous they come with wind hopefully doesn't get near as hot as we've seen here in these past weeks. check in with gayle and find out what the weather forecast says. yeah, we will be warming up and not that extreme heat. as far we could see and we are off to a cloudy start. so this is certainly helping the fire weather. >> today, though, you'll notice that warm up starting today and we're quiet on our storm tracker and those clouds look like the role i'm dissipate and within in the late morning and afternoon and then overturned back in the evening. so our typical summer bay area set up so that let's talk about that heat. looks like ridges returning. it's moving west now and that will bring us some hot temperatures once again. so we're talking mid 90's, low 1, 100's, not the 110, 111 record breaking heat. saw this month, but we still will be warm. but today, though, we'll still be a pretty cool, you know, seasonable over in san francisco in the upper 60's, some 70's over by the mission

district, upper 50's low 60's by the beaches on the peninsula. 70's, it's out san francisco, 77 in burlingame. and then we start to see 80's in redwood city and woodside and palo alto, santa clara county, morgan hill. you'll start to be warm up in the 90's and the low 80's in a place like santa clara mid 80's in san jose. 93 expected in livermore 70's by union city and hayward or by contra costa county. 95 expected in concord, 90 in walnut creek, 70's along the east bay shoreline. so little cooler around the bay and we're still hot inland lake in vacaville, flirting with triple digit heat and you don't feel as well. mid 90's expected in santa rosa. so our usual warm areas and you'll hold on to the 90's for the inland communities for much of the week. and then saturday, back off at the heat just a bit until temperatures are bumping back up, starting at the end

of the weekend. and then next week. so next monday, tuesday, we're watching for more triple digit heat once again. reyna. >> all right, thank you for that. taking a snapshot of our bay area highways. you can see we're just little congested in the east and south bays along 88 1. you're seeing delays there as you're traveling bay bridge right now. no accidents. they are still around 15 consistently been about 15 minutes for most of the morning. there, 70 min iran on the san mateo bridge is down from 28 at the peak of the morning commute ad on the east bay hit richmond. things start to slow down all the way into oakland. about 30 minutes as you're heading for crockett on towards the maze, one of the south bay, almost an hour, 15 minute 2, 80 82 options for you to maneuver around that selanne do to 37. 42 minutes. all right. james, back to you. >> thank you, reyna. see 49 and players from bay fc are taking part in a special story time today at central park library in santa clara, the library has a get active.

learn some professional moves me players kind of deal going on right now. and there's music involved and storytelling. the capacity is limited. it's first come first serve the bse straight time happens from 03:00pm to 04:00pm today. >> well, with football season just few weeks away now, star wide receiver brandon aiyuk is requesting a trade from the forty-niners and this just a week before he's supposed to report to mandatory training camp, still has one more year left on his rookie contract with the niners. he is due to earn a little more than 14 million dollars this season. but he does want to play with just one year remaining. he wants an extension, unfortunately, both sides haven't come to an agreement yet on a number that will work. source tells kron 4, quote, brandon wants to go where he's appreciated and fairly compensated and quote, according to espn, other teams have reached out to the niners about a possible trade for you but have been told forty-niners have no interest in trading him at the moment.

you can skip the team's mandatory mini-camp last month and that cost him a little more than $100,000 in fines. 8.50, right now and the stars are in arlington, texas. it's the mlb all-star game. yeah. 3 players represent of the bay area. one of them throwing the fastest pitch ever recorded at the all-star team. don't tell him how fast west sports director jason dumas will do that. >> kron 4 sports. >> 3 representatives between the giants and a's. we will show you how they fare and which superstar flexed his muscles? the most bruce bocce and the american league taking on the tory low and the national league homers pick things up in the top of the 3rd. no score to offer shohei ohtani. he is the best show in baseball right now. no doubt about it. nl strikes first. >> on that 3 run blast rock bottom of the 3rd logan webb in because he picked up right where he left off in his last start. wasn't good. juan soto

brings 2 runs in on that and ml cut the deficit to one couple batters later, david frei lines it into left field for a base and guess what? the couple more runs score and tie it up at 3 apiece. not a great outing for web bottom of the 5th same score man on jarren duran get this. that was his first plate appearance in an all-star game. those are 5 to 3 a l top of the 9th annual in to close it out and he does just that a l they get to the win 5 to 3. they have now won 10 of their last 11 all-star games and there and was also named all-star game mvp. now we mentioned we had 3 guys who play on various teams in this

game. one was closer. as you know, tony mason, miller of the aids and he lived up to the hype in his first all-star appearance. he threw a perfect 12 pitch ending in 2 with the fast. get this. he set all-star game record by throwing a ball a 103.6 miles per hour. he struck out both shohei ohtani and trey turner and he was credited with the win. so just i'm great night for mason miller and for the a's really got to take every win. they can get. already. that's a look at sports. thank you, jason day. 52 the time and we'll be right back. when we're young, we're told anything is possible... ...but only a few of us go out and prove it.

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is the timing on this world emoji day. can you guess the most popular emoji on the planet right now? >> that one? yeah. it is yeah. i mean, it could have said the puppy thing. the smiling cope everybody knows what it means, right? you're laughing so hard. gen z, though, more likely to use as you saw there, a scholarly emoji for for laughter. i never use this call for a laugh and so hard cocaine. what else? second most popular emoji. the red heart. i want a lot followed by the rolling on the floor laughing, ok, comes up. of course, i use that. all the time and cry on the right the far right use that one. but they say that's yeah. you know, there are more than 3,000 emojis right now to know from, you know, i use like growing 6. yeah, it's increased. actually 775% in the last 3 years. 92% of millennials now use emojis every day. in fact, we did a story the other day about how

they feel like a text is lacking and speaks about you. if you don't include them. used to be that i was idiot. mom, mom it. don't use them. oh, geez, you're stupid. but now it's a good thing. it's cool. don't use an emoji. it's what's wrong with >> smile. yeah. give the smiley face for anything. >> time now is a 56 right now. coming up in the next hour, the couple morning safety changes are coming to san francisco intersection, but some businesses say that it's going to change business for the worse. and dozens of hotel workers on the picket line. and san jose will tell you what they're demanding. plus, a free water shuttle launches in the east bay. we'll tell you where you can catch up to him from.

>> right now, the kron 4 morning news. police now say the father of a 3 year-old girl whose body was found san jose recycling center is the person who killed her. dozens of arrests and thousands of dollars in stolen items were recovered in retail theft crackdown. plus, jam-packed traffic expected in santa clara tonight says the rolling stones roll into town. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> and thanks for joining us on a wednesday. we're all in it together right in the middle of the james? yeah. looking forward to the weekend already. now that people start making plans and if it's going to be

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