. >> jackie ward is live from brentwood. the heat is affecting the early days of the school year. >> reporter: no kidding. triple digit heat yesterday and more of the same today. football season is starting. we decide to go to liberty high school with the returning state champs. and the head coach is here. not just for us. you have the whole squad here.. >> we got to get it in and beat the heat. >> reporter: school starts in less than two hours. it's important to fit practice in for a couple of reasons. you have a scrimmage coming up and you have to beat the heat. >> it's going to be 110. we have to beat the heat. yo d theommisterday t hours ofut we've got to get the practice in because of ncs rules as well. >> reporter: and returning state champs. how is everyone looking? >> working hard and look good. the expectations are high and we're embracing them. >> reporter: practicing this time of day, you run the risk of kids sleeping through the alarm. why is it important for safety reasons? now they can play and practice fully p

as we get towards brentwood and clayton, maybe 96, 97. the winds will be light out of the south, 10 to 15 miles per hour later on today. right now they're under 10. 82 in fremont. palo alto. 69 in san francisco. we have the marine layer with us. it will stay at the coast, partial clearing there. a stronger onshore push tomorrow and the marine layer takes over the next several days which will certainly help us, even mist and drizzle at times in the morning. >> thanks, lisa. thank you for joining us here on "abc 7 news" mornings. i'm kumasi aaron with lisa argen. we will leave you with a live look at clayton firefighters working to put out that fire. make sure to follow us o announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody. i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." one of the most rewarding parts of my job is helping release animals back into the wild... what a neat thing to see. whether it's to restore a population... you get chills whe

the city of brentwood has issued an advisory that they have two community centers open. and we ran into an elderly couple who couldn't emphasis enough the importance of air conditioning. one lady we were speaking with said, you know, i just can't take the heat, i get sick, ditia in the community center open in 8:00 to 5:00, and the brentwood senior it didsh the city will, of course, extend those hours in the demand is there. in the south bay, there's a number of cooling centers open throughout santa clara, of course all the -- but if you south bay, if you need a ride to get to any cooling centers, the value legitimate transportation authority is offering free rides to the cooling centers via the bus and light rail starting now until 8:00 tonight. to give you an indeed of how hot it's been, liberty high school here in brentwood they see their football practice in the a.m. because they need if they could do it in the afternoon, they knew it was no way. i certainly can feel it. >> bob, you better roll up those sleeves, buddy. get in the shade, get some water. >>> nbc bay ar

brentwood police are looking for information from witnesses. if you were in the area this morning, give brentwood police a call. we just spoke with police over the phone, they're telling us the person who got inside the school brought into a classroom and lit a wastebasket on fire. firefighters quickly put the fire out. there was minor damage to the classroom. it's not clear if there's video to help police identify the arsonist. >>> left with nothing, an oregon band is singing the blues after having all their gear stolen in oak lend. friends of the band called this gofundme page. they woke up it is morning to find their van and u-haul stolen with about $20,000 of equipment gone. the band is from portland. they say they've been left with nothing before during the middle of their tour, but they do plan to go on with their show. >>> well, switching gears, if you've been bothered by the warmer temperatures, there is good news for you, most of the bay area is getting a bit of a cooldown. a welcome reprieve, where we've been seeing a nice d. kari hal

if you can, call somebody in brentwood and carpool. we're trying to spare the air today, improve our air quality. we'll be in the upper 60s at 7:00. at 1:00, 98. it doesn't stop there. all of our microclimates will have a big warmup by noon. upper 90s for danville. mike, you have a problem for commuters out of san francisco. >> you will be met with delays if you take highway 101 out of san francisco. 101 jamming up heading down towards sierra point parkway. the flair patterns have been reset, i don't know what they've been set to. we don't know the lanes blocked here. chp has a lot of vehicles at south 101. four vehicles involved in a crash. no major injuries. 280, if that's your option, take that. the rest of the bay looks good. crash on 237, i'll get the details. the north bay, 101 through san rafael, that's just fine. >>> next and all new for you a story to make you smile. >> hello, we're about to surprise somebody. >> you definitely want to see this video. we all would be so lucky to have an uber driver this nice. the act of kindne

the brentwood unified school district has launched a new app this year aimed at keeping kids safe. it's called "say something"... and it allows students and parents to submit anonymous safety concerns at school. the app encourages them to report any threats, dangerous behaviors, actions, or harassment. the crisis center behind the app will then review and send all submissions to law enforcement or school administration. (grant) coming up at five. deaths caused by red light runnerhitting a new high. what the rise is being attributed to. (vicki) plus. east bay officials warn of dangerous algae blooms --ahead of the holiday weekend... what they want you to look out for. (grant) and next. bracing for impact. florida residents rush to get gas and supplies ahead of hurricane dorian we're tracking the (vicki) and if you want to skip the commercials and get more news during the break - make sure you are streaming us on kron-on. go-to kron- on-dot-tto start watching now. just when you thought you were done painting... ...you discover paint bleed under your tape... not with frogtape! frogtap

if you live in brentwood and need a place to cool down, the 5:00 this afternoon. in brentwood, jackie ward, kpix5. >>> cooling centers are open today and santa clara county and they offer free rides to any cool center until 8:00 tonight and for a list of the centers around the bay area and other ways to beat the heat, go to our website at kpix.com. >>> it's official. this july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration said the planet topped off at a little more than 62 degrees fahrenheit and the u.s. did not set records for heat as a country, but scientists said eight countries in europe set records as a result of climate change. >>> right now, wald street is regaining some momentum but stocks are jumping up and down and investigators are fearing a possible recession in the near future. the biggest drop yesterday, more than 800 points on right now, the dow jones is ab109 points. economists said a recession could be on its way after stocks took a massive tumble yesterday and for the first time in a decade, the

have a great school year at liberty high school in brentwood. >> yea. that made my whole day. >> can we get mr. key a flat screen? mr. key, i know times being what they are -- >> mr. key is doing his best, reggie. >> i'm not blaming mr. key. >> school resources. >> school resources stretched thin these days. >> yes, they are. >> we'll take that 19 z-inch monster he's watching us on. >>> pg&e has launched a new website warning about preemptive power shutoffs. >> abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is here in the studio to show you how it works. >> natasha and reggie, i have the website pulled up here for even one to see. it predicts the potential for shutoffs and ranks them in four categories, not expected, public safety power shut off watch and warning. if you move further down here, at the moment, i have the wind gust pulled up. you can see a number of different things here. for example, you can change it to wind speeds in your area or also the precipitation as well. there's cameras, humidiy and a number of other things. i want to bring you over to a vi

. >>> new details now on a mobile home fire in brentwood. investigators now say it appears to be suspicious. we also learned someone was injured in that fire. a man suffered burns to his legs and a firefighter was also evaluated for heat-related symptoms. the fire started yesterday afternoon and flames spread to a garage and property next door. firefighters say the mobile home along with vehicles, boats and other items were badly damaged. >>> today marks the fifth anniversary of the napa earthquake that rocked wine country. the powerful 6.0 quake hit at about 3:20 in the morning and was the largest to strike the bay area since the loma prieta quake in 1989. one person was killed and about 200 others injured. the most visible damage was downtown napa.ed the historic crt th postal station however still needs to be fixed and some roads are just now getting cracks repaired. >> meantime, they are preparing for another disaster this weekend in the north bay wildfires. sonoma county held its first full-scale evacuation drill this morning. neighbors

it's not representative of the family and the community we have here in brentwood. >> parents lined up to pick up their own kids say the accident adds to the fears they already have about children and traffic. >> i see a lot of stuff and i think it would be safe to have police every morning, at least one police close by to the school. >> if you don't have eye contact with the driver, just don't walk out in front of the car. >> reporter: if this all sounds terrifyingly familiar, it's because last september an 11-year-old middle school student also here at edna hill middle school was hit by a car while walking and had to be airlifted to uc davis medical center with head injuries. back here live at the school, the victim today also suffered head injuries and that's why she was flown to uc davis medical center. don't know if the sun might have played a role in this. the vehicle was headed east bay which would have been into the sun at 7:00 this morning. the young victim is in stable condition. live in brentwood, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> the oakland fire department is taking action to m

>>i'm here in brentwood where east contra costa firefighters are recovering from battling a 15 to 20 acre fire that occurred overnight and they're gearing up for the next big wildfire that could spark up at any time. >>the call volume has been extremely high and the fires are taking longer to put out. >>take a look at video from the fire that happened on vasco in marsh creek roads and no homes were impacted as this was a rule area near highway 4 and the communities, byron and brentwood. recently we've seen multiple fires ignite in the bay area along freeways, especially because there's been so much dry vegetation with the record rainfall we had last winter. >>were seen the and the and the hot temperatures we've been experiencing the last week. the fuel load is very very heavy and the fires are spreading rapidly. we're getting >>norma wind firefighters in every county are making sure they're ready to respond any wildfire that could spark up so it's from one to another and the hard part is that a firefighter wants to work as hard as they can as we head into another wildfire season, it'

for now live in brentwood sarah stinson kron 4 news. thanks a lot are. >>and speaking of the heat we've got the vta now the valley transit authority offering free rides to cooling centers along the beach here out there in the south bay from 8 in the morning until 08:00pm should say from 11 in the morning until 08:00pm you can ride buses. you can write the light rail just the operators of either of those transportation systems that you're heading to a cooling center and then you can ride for free, so that's one way the south is trying to keep you cool during these extreme temperatures. the pitch for unified school district by the way is also announcing that highlands elementary school is going to be closed for the rest of the week because there's no air conditioning and that's going to be impacting. parents kids. what you do with the kids during the day. now they're swapping out the ac system it's not quite complete yet. they have installed the state tried this week to install some temporary condition is but it wasn't enough so they went ahead made the ca

it's going to get to be a 106 degrees in the brentwood area. many cities will be in the triple digit temperatures as john trimble has been telling us so far crews will be on standby in every county making sure they're ready to respond to a wildfire. could spark up. but that means everyone at home also needs to get prepared have a plan in place with your loved ones and your co-workers make sure you know where you're going to go where you would evacuate 2 to 6 safe and make sure you have that go bad, you know it's a go bag or you have earthquake. a wildfire any sort of disaster things you would need desperately need if you had to leave your home for a couple days say that wildfire sparked up in a neighborhood where you live so make sure you're prepared because it is for sure wildfire season and we're seeing it right here in brentwood of course that fire wrapped up but as we said fire crews are still on high alert as another one of his car company time for now live in front would sarah stinson kron. >>ok thank you very much sara and if you are loo

the east bay, 76 in oakland and 90 in danville, and 91 for brentwood. south bay, a warm one, 90 in morgan hill and 88 in saratoga, and 88 for santa cruz, and low 80s in redwood city, and upper 80s for the city of san francisco, so beautiful weather, and along the west edge from golden gate park and daly city and pacifica, 66 afternoon high. here is a look at the extended forecast and a look at the warm up coming our way in time for the back to work monday, and not much change on tuesday, only slightly better for the inland cities on wednesday. upper 70s to the low 80s for the bayside communities, and temperatures will be better for the thursday time frame. >> all right. thank you. >>> football is back, and as we come back, the raiders and niners kick off the pre-season with winners with a couple of stand out rookies coming your way. >>> and coming up in the next hour of mornings on 2, we'll continue to follow the investigation into the death of jeffery epstein and will be joined in studio by a cal professor for his time this. (music throughout) >>> it's

brentwood 105 degrees. san francisco downtown, lower 80s. mainly in the mid to upper 70s later on this afternoon. san jose 94. gilroy 102, san mateo forecasted high of 90 degrees. take it easy, drink lots of water and seek the shade, maybe an ac. today and tool cooling begin on friday. 98 sounds hot to me. hot inland friday but heading in the right direction if you want relief and pronounced cooling towards the weekend by saturday into sunday. >>> a san francisco judge released redacted copy of affidavit that led to one of several police raids on a freelance journalist. warrants issued in may for brian carpaldy's phone and home and office. police were trying to learn how he obtained a police report. the affidavit identifies him as a free lapse videographer and his career is producing and selling news stories. a judge signed off on the warrant despite law that protects journalists from revealing sources to police. >>> the california supreme court is tightening up for standards when officers can enter a home. they can only enter with a warrant

. >> some cities are setting up cooling centers in brentwood and eastern contra costa county. and one at the senior center off ball forroad. >>> in santa clara county, several community centers in san jose are open so people can cool off. in gilroy, the compassion center is open. and morgan hill has opened up the centennial recreation center. the vta will offer free rides to the cooling centers. the service is free to anyone who tells a driver or fair inspector they want to go to a cooling center. the offer is good until 8:00 tonight. and we have a list of the cooling centers. go to www.ktvu.com and type in the word cooling in the search bar. >> my power went out for three hours, and we were sweltering, but it's back on which is good. let's talk about the weather. >> another round with temperatures back in the triple- digits fohottest locations of the bay area. yesterday and then today, it's a two day event. and then tomorrow we begin to cool things off although a few spots inland will be in the upper 90s. excessive heat warnings, all the areas in red. out to solano county. a

the school is hoping to have it up and running by monday big >>> the city of brentwood opened two cooling centers as temperatures reached double digits but the community center downtown and senior center of balfour road are available to those who need a place to cool off. >> we do understand that the heat advisory goes until 8 pm this evening. so if people are here for the cooling center, we don't turn them away and we will stay open through the 8 pm time if we have people using the cooling center. >> the brentwood community center has a water feature that residents can use to cool off. the cooling centers plan to be open again tomorrow. >>> for a list of cooling centers, open on the bay area, go to our website, ktvu.com. look under web links. >>> new concerns about recession in the u.s. and abroad sent stocks plummeting. the dow fell 800 points the nasdaq lost 242 and the s&p was down 85. there are losses of about 3% for all 3 major indexes. for people worried about their 401(k)s, and other investments, financial advisor james mcbride recommends toughing it out . >> i would remind them t

from 4 sarah stinson live from brentwood where that fire broke out. >>i'm here in brentwood where east contra costa firefighters are recovering. well after battling that 15 to 20 acre fire that happened overnight and they're gearing up for another fire that could potentially happen and any time they've been very busy and that's why we're joined now by gil guerrero he is the captain come right over here gill tell us how busy hasn't been. >>it's been extremely busy. it started a couple weeks ago. with a fire on mars creek near mount diablo which took 36 hours to contain and and close out that call then last week in oakley we had another extremely dangerous wildfire in the vineyard. followed by a bethel island fire couple days ago now this one in marsh street on on march creek. >>and tell me how hard is on you firefighters, you got to go go go. fire after fire specially because we're fully in wildfire season it not only with though with the grass fires in vegetation fires. >>but also structure fires vehicle fires medical aid were in an area with a lot of

hotter tomorrow than right now. 100 in brentwood tomorrow. 95 in san ramon. 96 in livermore. as the temperatures rise tomorrow, the air quality will decline. there's a pair the air day tomorrow. poorest air quality in the inland east bay so you'll see that layer of haze tomorrow afternoon. moderate air quality everywhere else. it locks like the air quality will improve by tuesday. here's the 7-day forecast. tomorrow, it's a hot day for many but the spare the air in effect. tuesday what you will notice, the humidity will be on the rise. as we get the remnants of tropical storm ivo in the atmosphere. it's muggy midweek and then the humidity drops and the temperatures and sunny and seasonable this time next weekend. >> looks good, thank you. >>> the bay bridge series thinking the color wept out on the tv is over. >> the special players' weekend. finishing the bay bridge series and a fun day at the coliseum for the '89 cha alright, so this is how you are gonna say:wn. you'll get the best deal of the year on xfinity tv and internet! and you even get this. mike, you're on balloons.

upper 80s for concord and for brentwood. we're looking at highs topping out in the 60s for san francisco. 70 in berkley. emily. >>> yeah, here at 4:53 i'm keeping track of your commute as well as on the nimitz. thanks to the impending holiday weekend get ready to enjoy it. for those of you headed out of town just be prepared. there will be extra traffic in the afternoon. >> the curtain has finally dropped on the nfl preseason. we're talking raiders and 9ers. but chargers were in town to test the 49er non starters including quarterback jimmy grop low. and look at this we'll hand off to jeff wilson jr. left and then right and down field. cj beth the quarterback delivering a block. for a 41-yard touchdown. they led 7-6. a little over a minute left in the first. looking for kendrick bore. nice recovery. it was 20159ers up 4. l.a.'s derek gourd took it in. he scored. the game-winning touchdown. and now one of the big questions for the team to figure out who will be the backup behind quarterback jimmy g. >> how do you size it up.

some in brentwood. and in the areas where it's expected to get very hot. there are options and ways to cool down. we'll continue monitoring around the bay area as the temperatures start to creep up. christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the first day of school was supposed to be yesterday but it was postponed because the air- conditioning didn't work. a note sent to parents said the contractor did not replace the units on time. students will be back in the classroom when they are confident that the air- conditioning is working directly. >>> the city of fremont has a tough decision on where to build the first navigation center. at a packed city meeting, two possible locations were presented. one on surplus city owned land on decoto road and the other behind city hall. it would be a 45 bed navigation center which supporters say the needed. the homeless problem increased by 27% in two years. >> it will be modeled after the one in berkeley. >> they had navigators to work with the homeless to try to get them benefits and help them with mental health issues. >>

. >> reporter: the dozen fires between clayton and brentwood merged into what cal fire is calling the marsh complex. >> the majority burned together for 3 larger fires. >> reporter: 400 firefighters battle the fire from the ground. they were joined by helicopters and air tankers that dumped fire retardant. by midday, the temperature was high and the humidity low but luckily, there was little wind. them a number of fires at the same time in the same area is certainly unusual. but investigators are not jumping to conclusions . >> we don't speculate from the beginning. our investigators have to look at all options and rule things out and basically, deconstruct each of these fires. >> reporter: what is clear is that the fires off marsh creek on the north side of the road and worked their way uphill. we saw these fire investigators peering intently at the brush. other crews drove along the road , putting out hotspots. firefighters tell me they will be here for several days to make sure the fire is completely out and all of the hotspots taken care of. the good news is no buildings were lost

fire dangers only going to get worse now at some point going to be 106 degrees in the brentwood area. those triple digits yesterday and a lot of cities in the bay area actually saw triple digit temperatures so fire crews will be on standby in every county making sure they're ready to respond to any wildfire that may spark up. now as we head into yet another fire season, it's super important for you to have a plan with your loved ones and your co-workers about evacuating where will you go how we get say to a safe spot. also you want to have a go bag bag is stuff they would need in terms of an emergency things you would need for a couple days if you had to leave your home or your business and you want to make sure you have everything from water blanket you name it put that stuff in a go bag and have it ready because you never know when a wildfire is going to ignite in your area and then you know how long run be evacuated. so it's always good to be prepared. especially since we're seeing such high heat. those numbers are going up especially here in the east bay for now live in front what

it was 104 in brentwood this afternoon. >>> other top stories at 5:30 pm. fire crewshot temperatures in the south san jose hills the battle is 75 acre brushfire. the triple digit weather proved to be too much for one firefighter. they were sent to the hospital for heat exhaustion. fire crews are expected to be out for the evening dousing hotspots. >>> san francisco police officers association calling out a judges decision to release this man suspected of attacking a woman outside her condo building. the mayor also expressing disagreement with the decision. she is calling for stronger conversations on the mental health crisis in city streets. >>> several bay area politicians are condemning israel's decision to ban 2 u.s. congresswoman from entering the country. representative rashida tlaib and ilhan omar are outspoken critics of israel's treatment of the palestinians. israel barth them after the president encouraged to move on twitter.>>> the trump initiation has made it harder to claim asylum in the united states. california attorney general javier becerra

the sunny skies, 74 in brentwood. 67 in concord. you get close to the water, 58 degrees for downtown san francisco. 60 degrees right now in berkeley. for our south bay, 66 over san jose. a few more numbers for our inland community. we've got 60 degrees over areas of martinez. here's a look at the futurecast when it comes to the afternoon highs, the color coating here shows you the microclimate pattern that we see over and over again. 60s here. we've got 70s and 80s around the bay. 90s inland. that shade of pink for the central valley indicating 100 for them there today. the clouds are expected to remain along the coastline, especially our west facing beaches. our south facing beaches do get the afternoon sun. but for areas like pacifica and half moon bay, partly sunny for your afternoon today. 91 degrees over novato for the afternoon high. 75 for sausalito. east bay, 79. 94 in danville. 96 for pittsburg. south bay, yesterday afternoon high in san jose was 79. today it will be 89. you'll definitely notice. 91 for saratoga. a beautifu

still upper 60s in concord and brentwood, the official temperatures. what amy was seeing, that's surrounded by concrete, a parking lot. it's going to be a little warmer as is all pavement today. remember, if you're out walking around, you may feel that heat crawling up from your feet to your ankles to your calves. think about that for the pelts, also, that are going to be out. if it's too hot for you walking on the pavement without shoes on, they shouldn't be out there either. >>> 90s in palo alto. mid 90s to 100s in the north bay and over 100 in the east bay. >>> we're going to check out the roads. freeways, interstate 80 looking good. i always worry there are more accidents when the weather gets hot. so far it's pretty quiet. as you continue the ride to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is nice and light this morning. no major accidents or problems on the freeways reported at this point. we'll also show you the ride on 680. that's southbound traffic on the right past treat and gary down towards highway 24. drive times for you. southbound 680 walnut

. >>> a head-on crash this brentwood left a drive dead and another one hurt. it happened yesterday morning just before 9:00 on ballforroad road. a man crossed over the double yellow line. the drive he tried to pass described what happened seconds before that deadly crash. >> the silver nissan was going eastbound behind me at a high rate of speed, tried to pass me. hit me. swerved into the other lane and hit the toyota van head-on. >> so sorry for this poor man, sorry for his family. it is traumatizeing to see something like this. >> the name of the victim has not been released. the driver of the montecito van that was hit head of on was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. no one else was hurt. >>yward husband and father is being remembered. he was hit and killed by a car. grow nay died at the scene. tearful friends and family members attended a vigil last night and brought flowers and cards and offered support to his widow. she is thankful for the kindness but says she needs more details about what happened. >> i want answers. if witnesss can come forw

if you're headed out the door in brentwood, expect low 60s and we'll see a few clouds rolling by throughout the morning. we'll see every now and then the sun peeking out and that will keep our temperatures down, we're at 74 degrees still feeling very nice and for a lot of us, our temperatures are cooler than normal, as our high temperature in oakland reaches 74, we'll see a high of 81 in san jose, and livermore we'll also be up to 83 in clear lake today and san francisco up to 68 degrees, but this islook that green means rain, and it's a very light rain that's just off the coast, even reaching into parts of the mendocino coastline this morning, and so as we watch that, we could see a couple of sprinkles in those areas, but really not expecting much in the way of anything that could really total up to anything, and then going into the afternoon, that first wave moves out. there will be another one coming in early tomorrow morning, that could also bring in a couple of spotty sprinkles for the coastline and the north bay, but once again not expecting much in the way of any totals. if you're he

so far it doesn't look like anyone's slowing down in that area just around the brentwood area. as we head over toward the peninsula, highway 101 near whipple road, the off-ramp, we had the construction going on, sometime during this time of morning they start to pick up the cones, clear the construction and we start to see traffic slowing down. northbound 101 from highway 85 in san jose to highway 87 takes but 11 minutes, and northbound 87 from 85 to 101 takes about ten minutes. so i'll keep an eye on all the drive times as well as the weather forecast that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. >>> it was just a week ago we were sitting here talking about gilroy and the terror there. now we are continuing our coverage of two deadly mass shootings, these over the weekend, in less than 24 hours, both el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, were left ravaged by violence. >> in total, at least 29 people were killed, and more than 50 people wounded. nbc's jay gray is live in el paso this morning. jay, i worked there as a young reporter and the people there are so wonderfu

climbs to 95, brentwood, 95 and liver more at 90. now temperatures are go to go up more than this. we're gotoinging detail that for you in 15 minutes. i wants to show you if the heat's too much, head to the coast. half moon bay will be in the 60s. we'll have your full weekend forecast coming up in 15 minutes. >>> three people dead, two others hurt after this cliff collapsed right on to the beach. about 750 square feet of the bluffed wall fell down below on to a family sun bathing. emergency crews will clear the area. they tried to clear the victims trapped under the rubble. natural erosion likely caused that cliff to collapse. >>> and a north bay city targeted by burglars. most in the day time. nbc bay area in san rafael with the details. jean. >> reporter: police say burglars are breaking into homes here when people are at work. there are neighborhood watch groups here and tonight police are urging residents to take a look around before they leave for work. and report anything and anyone suspicious. >> i got in the bedroom and reali

sunnyvale 82. 80s for brentwood and fairfield upper 80s. lower 80s for san ramon. oakland 73. san francisco 67. petaluma eighty four. cloverdale and lakeport likely topping out in the low 90s. as i mentioned warmer for the holiday weekend. low to middle 70s near the bay. staying cool at the coast with clouds inland. your highs from the upper 80s to low 90s. we will cool off and be cloudier especially toward next wednesday and thursday. shooting across the stadium are excellent photographer alex is getting a view of the wind. looking to the north and the wind is coming at us. north to south wind which is normal for this time of year. it is warm but not crazy hot. we are in section 130 at levi stadium. the weather is pleasant. hey good night for football. alan regular season time. which means we will stay mild next couple minutes. >>> we feel the breeze and it feels good. let's bring in sports director dennis o'donnell. you know the players. what are you looking for? >>> the fourth and final preseason game. anything can happen. joe staley is a strong man. buckner on the d line i

check out brentwood, 72 degrees. if you are heading out to the park around el cerrito today, it's going to feel muggy but we have the mild temperatures to start. a few more clouds at 11:00, and 73 degrees. at 1:00, 78 degrees, so it's going to be nice out there. overall a fairly mild day with highs reaching into the low 80s there. we will see a high of 88 in san jose. 94 in livermore. a few more degrees hotter than yesterday, while ukiah today tops out at 95. mike, you are taking us back to the golden gate bridge. >> yeah, the flashing lights tougher to see, and it looked like it was blocking the northbound lanes. no problem except the fog and low clouds. we will track that as the morning commute will build come into the north bay. in the east bay, there was a crash over on the shoulder at university avenue, and no lanes blocked, and the build of the toll plaza, we should see the metering lights come on in about ten minutes from now. i do have a new incident i will track around the san mateo bridge. there could be a

93 in santa clara and 92 in san jose and 92 in morgan hill with daytime highs topping out at 99 for brentwood, 99 in pleasant hill an 82 for berkeley and 78 for san francisco and 90 in novato. the daytime highs at 96 for windsor and st. helena. the seven-day forecast, triple digit heat inland wednesday and for thursday, slowly cooling down through the end of the week, especially by the weekend with daytime highs at or just below average by saturday and sunday. >>> thank you so much but the first day of school in san mateo, we will get to that drive time prediction in a moment. the overall big picture, mostly great out there, green, if you will. zooming in, let's go to a stall on westbound 90. at hillsdale boulevard, i'm zooming in because san mateo is back to school today. no problems for any of you hitting the roadways this early, very early for back-to- school but if that's the case, good luck and have a great day. the altamont pass, slow going out of the tracy triangle, 32 miles-an-hour westbound and when you get halfway toward livermore, good and back to regular running speed all the way

that's how this week goes as well. 81 in napa, 92 in brentwood, nice looking day tomorrow. home you got a good week planned. hope you had a nice weekend. everyone is getting ready to head back to school. if that's you, the weekend looks good, warmer saturday and sunday. >> thanks so much, bill. >>> the project to modernize caltrain is falling further and further behind schedule according to a new federal report. caltrain was supposed to be running on electricity by august next year, but now the san francisco examiner reports that federal monitor says the project is running 17 months behind schedule and that means there won't be any electric trains at salesforce transit center until 2022. >>> paper tickets will soon be a thing of the past at several b.a.r.t. stations. starting tomorrow clipper cards will be the only ticketing option at the 19th street station in oakland. in the following week san francisco's embarcadero and powell street stations will join the program and then downtown berkeley. the goal is to eliminate the sale of paper tickets systemwide next year. >>> spo

it happened yesterday morning on sunset road in brentwood. police say the girl was walking to school when she was hit by an s-u-v driven by a 50-year-old woman. the girl was airlifted to a hospital in sacramento. the driver left the scene ... but police tracked her down and made an arrest. the woman is charged with felony hit and run and suspicion of d-u-i. ( james ) oakland police are looking for the person who shot two men just off market street. these are pictures from the scene. police say, it happened just before 2:30 thursday on 61st-street. it is not clear what prompted the shooting. ( james ) a san francisco dog rescue is asking for the public's help in finding these three puppies. áfamily dog rescueá says -- two purebred huskies and a pitbull were stolen wednesday night during a break-in. the puppies range from just a few weeks old to four- months- old. the rescue is offering a reward for the animals safe return. if you have any information about where the puppies may be -- you are asked to call the family dog rescue in san francis

flames burned 20 acres near brentwood. fire officials contained the fire around 11:00. and luckily, no homes were in the way. firefighters finished up overnight by puttings out hot spots. the cause is under investigation. >>> meantime, fire crews in hayward had their hands full with a grass fire. it burns in the hills near fair view elementary school yesterday afternoon. firefighters quickly doused the flames. a tractor may have sparked it. >>> and this was the scene yesterday. a fire came close to a building in the afternoon near marina boulevard and doolittle drive. >>> this morning, pg&e falling behind on the fire prevention duties. that's what a court-appointed monitor told a judge in san francisco. the utility slowed down on removing trees that could start fires by falling on electric lines. they have until september 3rd to respond. there's a hearing september 17th. >>> and asian stocks opened lower after the wall street fall yesterday, i awarning sign from the bond markets. it triggered fears of a recession on the horizon. the dow closed down almost 900 points. th

in the east bay, 70s on the board. 72 oakland, 78 fremont and inland in the 80s again. 88 brentwood. 86 pittsburgh and 83 in san ramon. keeping our eyes on hurricane eric with winds of 115 miles per hour and the track continues to take it south of hawaii. however, tomorrow and into friday as it moves south of the big island, we will likely find rough spots, some spots near he local could pick up 4 inches of rainfall. a mild august day before warmer weather arrives to finish out the week thursday and friday. there's that nice but warmer weekend. both saturday and sunday and early parts of next week, fog to sunshine and temperatures still on the warmsid. >> a little bit steam bu but not too bad. >> the federal reserve lowers a major interest rate for the first time in a decade. what it means for your bottom line. that story next. >> at 5:30 on world news with david muir. >> coming up breaking news. osama bin laden's son believed to be dead tonight. the major explosion the ex-son mobile facility up in flames. a navy jet cra >> the federal reserve today cut account interest rate for the

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it happened just after seven this morning on sunset road at trailside drive in brentwood. police say the girl was walking to school when she got hit by an s-u-v. she was airflited to a hospital in sacaramento. police say -- they arrested the driver who left the scene. the driver faces charges of felony hit and run... and suspicion of d-u-i. (pam) happening now -- oakland police are investigating a shooting that injured two men earlier today... these are pictures from the scene. police say, it happened just before 2:30 on 61st-street -- just off market street. officers say - -they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. it is not clear what prompted the shooting. police have not released any updates on suspects. (pam) a san francisco dog rescue is asking for the public's help in finding these three puppies. áfamily dog rescueá says -- two purebred huskies and a pitbull ... were stolen last night during a break-in. the puppies range from just a few weeks old ... to four- months- old. the huskies -- levi and lara -- are siblings. the rescue is offering a reward for the

it's not really representative of the family and the communty we have here in brentwood. >> reporter: speaking of family and community, we had a chance . they said they often worry about the traffic around here because some people choose to drive a little faster than they should and traffic, of course, picks up at 7:00 in the morning or thereabouts while people are trying to get to and from work on these busy east county streets. once again, they want to remind everyone, please, school is back in session, as you can hear behind me. please drive carefully and pay attention because young people may be crossing the street in front of you some time soon. live in brentwood, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> eric, did school officials school this incident with the students? they could understandably be really shook up? >> reporter: i asked dr. dana eaton, the superintendent that question as well. he said they directly told students who share a class with the young girl, told them about what happene oer unli to anhoee it today. keep the counseling available for as long as it is needed. >> eric tho

two of them are opening brentwood in eastern contra costa county. one at the downtown brentwood center. the other at the senior center. concord has a cooling center on park side circle. and most libraries and community senior centers, they're offering a place to get out of the sun. >>> several community centers in san jose are open. so you can cool off. centers include the mayfair, roosevelt, seven trees and sitress. gilroy compassion center is open. and morgan hill is opening up its recreation center. offering free rides to cooling centers. services free to anyone. tells the driver they want to go to a cooling center. free rides are in effect from 11:00 this morning until 8:00 tonight. we have a list of cooling centers operating in the bay area today. go to ktvu.com. >> time is 7:06. i know the commute is heating up as well. allie rasmus is watching things. how does it look? >> we're going to start in san francisco, in the peninsula. south san francisco one of the crashes we were monitoring has just popped up. this is southbound 280. south of hinky

it happened yesterday morning on sunset road in brentwood. police say the girl was walking to school when she was hit by an s-u-v driven by a 50-year-old woman. the girl was airlifted to a hospital in sacramento. the driver left the scene ... but police tracked her down and made an arrest. the woman is charged with felony hit and run and suspicion of d-u-i. ( james ) oakland police are looking for the person who shot two men just off market street. these are pictes from the scene. police say, it happened just before 2:30 thursday on 61st-street. officers say - -they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. it is not clear what prompted the shooting. ( james ) in the north bay. police are looking for the people responsible for several car burglaries in vallejo. take a look. video shows the burglars breaking into a car in the parking lot of a shopping center off admiral callaghan lane. the thieves are using devices to search for bluetooth and wifi signals. they are able to detect any hidden phones, or electronics inside cars ..and then brea

it happened yesterday morning on sunset road in brentwood. police say the girl was walking to school when she was hit by an s-u-v driven by a 50-year-old woman the girl was airlifted to a hospital in sacramento. the driver left the scene ... but police tracked her down and made an arrest. the woman is charged with felony hit and run and suspicion of d-u-i. ( will ) oakland police are investigating a shooting that injured two men just off market street. these are pictures from the scene. police say, it happened just before 2:30 thursday on 61st- street. officers say - -they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. it is not clear what prompted the shooting. police have not released any updates on suspects. ( will ) a former treasurer for a teacher's union is charged with bank fraud and theft of union asssets. a federal grand jury indicted 50-year-old ákenneth morrisá of alameda with eight- counts of theft and bank fraud totaling more than 18-thousand dollars. according to the indictment -- morris was the treasurer for the american federa

a 12-year-old girl from brentwood had to be air lifted from the hospital after she was critically hit by a hit and run driver. it happened around 7:00 this morning on sunrise road and trail side drive. the young girl was walking to edna hill middle school when the driver of an suv hit her and kept on driving. the superintendent of brentwood union school district said students who had class with the young victim were told about the incident and offered counseling. >> i think that it's unfathomable that somebody would leave the scene after injuring a child. it's not really representative of the family and the community we have here in brentwood. >> the young victim was taken to u.c. davis medical center where she is now in stable condition. the female driver was found at a nearby parking lot on elkins way. she was booked into contra costa county jail on charges of dui and felony hit and run. >> a busy street in san francisco's chinatown is now being monitored by new security cameras after local merchants complained about crime driving away customers. city officials and neighborhood lead

reporting live near brentwood, christie smith, "nbc bay area news." >> it is so hot outside. all right, thank you, christie. now we have continuing coverage of the record-breaking heat on social media for you. you can follow jeff on twitter. he's a great resource for everything that has to do with weather, as you know, and his twitter handle is @jeff ranieri. >>> now to a story only on nbc bay area. days after san jose's mayor introduced a historic gun control proposal, a councilwoman is going on the offensive against him. maya esparza says the mayor was grandstanding when he announced the idea this week to have gun owners buy liability insurance. esparza's cousin was killed in the gilroy mass shooting. the councilwoman sat down exclusively with damian trujillo, who is live with reaction. >> reporter: some very explosive comments by the councilwoman that today she rarely gives interviews but says today she felt she needed to speak out. [ gunfire ] she can still hear the tragic sounds from that july afternoon at the gilroy garlicmanaya espa cousin was stephen romero, the littl

>>hot day again today of extreme heat proper sara stinson live in brentwood. near where that fire broke out so a lot of firefighters on edge on alert with all this hot weather sarah. >>that's right i'm here live at the east contra costa county one of their 5 stations and and firefighters are just waking up from a nap really because they spent a long time the overnight hours fighting that fire and thing about 15 to 20 acres is what cal fire says take a look at this video actually can see it. the flames and the smoke at sort of a ow because it was at niaht when they were battling in. crews were then putting out hot spots in the burned area on vascond mar creek road. it is contained right now no homes were in fact id as this area is very to near highway 4 and the communities of firing and friends would the recently we've seen multiple fires again the bay area along freeways, especially though because of all that dry vegetation and with the heat were experiencing, today's definitely certain to heat up here in brentwood. fire danger is only going to get worse. now

if you live in brentwood. i'm sure it's going to be as hot if not hotter than conquered, you have a couple of options available to you. the community center opens up i'm actually open up about an hour ago and will shut down at 5 o'clock this evening. and then if your little bit closer to the brentwood senior actity ce nter.it is open will close at 04:00pm so plenty of options available to not just in those 2 cities. but i'm sure we posted the coulee centers all over the bay area on our website at kron 4 dot com. whatever you do if you can't do any of those robin winston talked about about parking the car in the shade your best option is doing what exactly what i'm doing. >>stay in the shade at least you have a fighting chance. it's incredibly excessive heat that amount james call in sick tomorrow in the anchor. >>frozen thank you well i live feed you the national day off it is your house this the coolest room in my house is my car. >>car lot. >>hour don't forget you can track the temperatures in your neighborh

(ken) a 12-year-old brentwood girl who suffered head injuries during a hit and run collision this morning is expected to surivive.(pam) this... after being airlifted to a hospital in the state capitol. and, not long after the crash... kron four's philippe djegal reports, police tracked down and arrested the alleged intoxicated driver. news.kron four news. (pam) (tele vo) the homeless man accused of violently attacking a woman outside her embarcadero condo in san francisco .... will stay in jail. that's despite the fact ... that new charges on a second accusation against him were dropped. kron4's maureen kelly reports, this latest development comes as austin vincent's case was presided over by a new judge. austin vincent was visibly upset and (pam) police arrested a 13-year-old boy... the third suspect to be arrested in connection with a shooting last week along san francisco's busymarket street. police officers located the teen in oakland and arrested him.. the shooting happened around 5:30- in the evening .. and reportedly involved one of three suspects, shooting several rounds toward a

>>parkside circle will be open from 9 to 7 tomorrow and again from 95 on thursday and in brentwood, the community center at 35 oak street will be open from 8 to 5 on both days. >>and the brentwood senior activity center at 1, 9, 3 griffith lane will be open from 9 to 4 and a strong graphic reminder never to leave children or pets in your car, especially in the heat, the mother in florida says she accidentally locked her daughter inside the vehicle, desperate efforts to try to save the child were captured on body camera. >>reporter megan mcroberts tells us what happened. >>she's a good kid 10 month-old maggie is christine it's hufford first child and her little side kick earlier this month taking her to run errands at loews i just took on a little stroll, the lows to do some far prodding. but in this body camera footage christina panicking after accidentally locking maddie insight. be in the car seat and use remote start to keep a car cool while she unloaded, but she also that the keys inside and all the doors were locked up close and she was inside with the keys. >>christina calling pol

opens and they will close a little bit earlier tomorrow at 5 o'clock if you live in brentwood which i would assume would be the as hot if not harder than concrete because it's further inland. well yeah, the community center available to that is open right now as we speak and that will shut down at 5 o'clock tonight and then there's the brentwood senior activity center opens up in one hour a little bit less than one hour at 9 o'clock and will close at 04:00am so plenty of options available to you not just in concord and brett we'll have the full list for you on kron 4 dot com and don't forget the sunscreen people it is starting to cook, i'm tired of my freckles daria rio. >>even putting here and sitting in. that's good. you know i don't at stake this is small and compared to skin cancer. much and will visit with will later to reapply in the meantime don't expect temperatures in your own neighborhood. >>just download the kron 4 mobile app will send you alerts if weather alert should pop up 8 oh 6 is that. >>and a big story this morning expect to see more police if you're traveling aroun