>> now with 3. you can see it and also smell it in the air. smoke from the northern california wildfires causing bad air quality here in the bay area how it could impact your weekend plans. and we're driving triple digit 10 near triple digit heat for our hottest inland valleys. little relief along the coast. >> mid to upper 70's for the beaches. details ahead on what your full weekend forecast has in store for you. also, american forces in afghanistan on high alert for more attacks after yesterday's deadly suicide bombing killed 1213, us service members. >> and experts say the mission

is entering its most dangerous phase yet. >> now from the area's local news station. this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> an uncomfortable weekend is ahead. we're tracking near triple digit temperatures for parts of the bay area combining that with poor air quality. we have live cameras across the bay area right now showing us the hazy smoky conditions in walnut creek. san francisco. also at san francisco international airport and in marine county right now by looking at the pictures, we can see it is gray out there and it is expected to get worse. thank you so much for joining us this friday right here on kron. 4 news at 3 o'clock. i'm justine waltman. a spare. the air alert has been issued now through saturday because of wildfire. smoke causing unhealthy air quality in the bay area. let's get a check now in the current conditions as well as a look at the weekend outlook with our meteorologists debris. so rodriguez with theresa. it

does not look good out there right now. yeah. it's just a bad combination all around. just be not only are the northerly winds. >> helping to increase our temperatures this afternoon. but also bringing with it smoke and ash from the nearby monument and dixie fires into the bay area. so no, that's not marine layer you're seeing. in fact, we're noticing a lot of haze and smoke particles out there right now in addition to above average temperatures were about 5 to 10 degrees above normal pacifica 75 degrees. so those of you looking to get relief from the beach. you're going to find mild temperatures there because we're tracking near triple digit heat as you make your way in london to our east bay valleys, livermore and dublin. both at 98 degrees. mateo flirting with 90's currently at 89 degrees and upper 70's for those of you in downtown san francisco in triple digit heat for parts of the north bay fairfield and san marino well into the low triple digit mark in petaluma 95 degrees

with santa rosa and avato both at 97 degrees. so we are tracking a warmer drier air mass because of those northerly wind for that change in wind direction really having a huge impact not just on our temperatures but air quality not august that you're looking at right now. this is just all the air particles. bring us moderate to unhealthy air at times specifically for those of you in the north bay and east bay. and we're going to see a little relief this weekend because the 2nd half of the weekend. still going to track those northerly winds. and that's what's going to bring us not only a spare the air alert but an air quality advisory in effect. so those moderate and unhealthy air particles going to stick around for at least one more day. and we're going to notice cooler temperatures, not arriving until oil early this upcoming weekend thinks that cool sea breeze not pushing away that smoke and ash until about tuesday of next week. full forecast coming up with your microclimate outlook in just a few minutes. just seen. back to you. thank you so much

for brees. and now parts of air quality from the wildfire. smoke this weekend and with covid still threat, especially in indoor settings. many restaurants are trying to come back from the pandemic and. >> they're also not gearing up for slow weekend of business kron four's. charles clifford is in contra, costa county with more. >> across the east bay on friday. the air quality was very poor right now. i'm standing in clayton where there's just a thick smell of smoke in the air. you can see it hanging in the air. i visited a business earlier today here in downtown clayton, and they are opening up, but they're not expecting it to be very busy. joan beltran for any works at the grove side beast row in downtown clayton, she knew the air quality was bad when she woke up friday morning, i got up this morning to go for a run. and when i looked on my. >> iphone, it the air quality is clear. it's fine. but i knew i smell something. >> and so i went outside to run. i just couldn't run. i go back inside and just worked out inside the house and close the windows upon arriving at the beast row. joan due to flee put out the tables and benches, but she knows that it

will probably be a slow day at work when the air quality is not good just everybody loves to sit outside and eat here. watch their kids play. we don't really have much business and it's a small town. so it's all of us. you know, we just a couple of restaurants here in town and when air quality is bad people stay inside like they should jones says that the smoke is also a reminder that wildfires pose a very real risk to clayton. we're in a fire zone area. we feel horrible for the people are having to evacuate their homes and we know this could happen to us at any moment. so we have a we have a fire plan ready. we're always in contact with each other. they affect our mental state like what can you do each day. you know, i'm just kind of waiting for it to come to you. unfortunately the poor air quality is expected to continue today probably tomorrow. at the very least. >> health officials are asking that folks stay inside as much as you can trying to go out in the smoke if you do have to go outside, try to wear a good tight fitting mask. an n 95 like this one. if you're in

your car, make sure the air is on recycle. so you're not in that smoky air into your vehicle. but for now in the east bay, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> and speaking of masks, the combination of wildfire, smoke and covid-19 has medical experts saying it's more important than ever to be wearing a mask. and if at all possible it should be an n 95, but not just any type, make sure you're wearing one that does not have a valve in the front. that's because those mask will prevent you from breathing in the smoke, but they don't stop the spread of covid. >> they are one way bowels, meaning you are protected when you're breathing the air. but somebody isn't protected from you. so although good for wild fires and destruction. not good for protection of community. >> the downside and 95 says in the fact that they can make it a little bit difficult to breathe comfortably health experts recommend double masking as another option with

a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask. >> here's what's just and right now to the kron 4 news room. senator robert f kennedy's assassin has been granted parole. this after 2 of kennedy sons. >> spoke in favor of sirhan sirhan's release and prosecutors declined to argue why he should be kept behind bars. the 77 year-old 16th parole hearing was held today. he has been behind bars for 53 years. the new york senator and brother of president john f kennedy was a democratic presidential candidate when he was shot and killed on june 6 1968 at the ambassador hotel in los angeles moments after he gave a victory speech in the california primary. one of kennedy's sons who was a toddler when his father died said he was moved to tears by sirhan is remorse saying he is not a threat to others and should be released. sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder. but he says he does not remember the killing.

prosecutors did not participate or post your has released today under a policy by los angeles county district attorney george gusts cohn. the former da of san francisco. that's gone said he believes the prosecutor's role ends at sentencing and they should not influence decisions to release prisoners. the ruling by 2 person panel that will review this over the next 90 days and then will be sent to the governor who will then have 30 days to granted reverse it or modify it. a northern california police officer who was involved in a crash last weekend as he and a partner were traveling to assist with the caldor fire has now died earlier today. the gulf police department announced that officer. harm and or green wall died last night following the head-on collision sunday morning on highway 99 gray wall had been hospitalized in intensive care since the incident which also killed the driver of another vehicle. gray was partner

offer suffered serious injuries, but is in critical but stable condition great wall, a 2 and a half year goal. police department veteran is survived by his mother, father and brother. move on now. we'll continue to follow the latest in afghanistan following those attacks at the kabul airport yesterday that left 13 us service members dead. the pentagon said today there was only one suicide bomber in kabul. in addition to a gun battle and officials now are also saying as the evacuations continue the risk level remains very high. our washington correspondent alexandra limon brings us the latest. >> officials say the investigation into that bombing that killed 13 us service members is just beginning and while they did come from that ice is fighters opened fire after the bombing. they didn't say how many gunmen there were or whether those gunmen were killed. >> mission there. dangers.

come with a significant loss american personnel. white house and pentagon officials say another terror attack in kabul is likely. we're monitoring these threats. >> very, very specifically. virtually in real time. the pentagon said friday that operations will start to wind down as the u.s. approaches its deadline for withdraw. house republican leader kevin mccarthy says congress should come back into session to prevent that from happening to prohibit the president from withdrawing our troops. >> until every single american. is out of afghanistan. officials say 105,000 people have been evacuated since august 14th, including about 5,000 americans. >> the administration says it's also communicating with another 500 americans who are still in afghanistan. in addition to the evacuation. the white house says president biden has directed the

military to find the terrorists responsible for killing us troops. i think he made clear yesterday that he does not want them to live on the air anymore. and as the u.s. winds down operations in afghanistan. the pentagon says it won't be releasing details on the number of troops and other activity in afghanistan in the final days reporting in washington. alexandra limon. >> coming up at 3.30, today. we will hear from veterans who once fought in afghanistan to get their reactwon to the deadly chaos. we have much more coverage on the situation in afghanistan on our website, kron 4 dot com. you can scan this qr code to be taken directly to our web page. that's where you can find more on what is next for the country along with local efforts to help refugees coming up here at 3. >> a new cdc report saying and unvaccinated and unmasked teacher infected more than half of the students in the north, a classroom with covid-19. also one east bay school district is reassigning teachers after hundreds of

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>> we're back in the time to talk about the wildfires that are burning across our state. this friday. we'll start with the caldor fire that has been burning now for about 2 weeks. it has charred more than

143,000 acres and is 12% contained. this growing blaze has been slowly pushing towards lake tahoe winds and temperatures. we're expected to pick up in the coming days. while the humidity drops adding to the challenges for crews working very rugged terrain. and here's a live look now, one of the caltrans cameras showing us an yellow glowing sky. this is it at highway 50 at sierra tahoe sort of near echo lake that is a very bizarre shot to be looking at and our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here now with a look at the air quality conditions in tahoe that looked like a match. your dress the air quality. pretty much out once again matching with the weather. but we are tracking those northeast winds returning to the sierra and that is going to bring some relief as far as poor air quality goes. but. >> it's still going to be in that very poor to worse range, though. we are noticing, though not as hazy skies out there. i 80 at donner summit

but still very poor conditions for the northwestern portions throughout this year and it's going to be worse even by saturday afternoon. so that relief with those northeasterly winds. it is going to arrive tonight through saturday morning. but by saturday afternoon, in the sierra. it's going to transition back into a more southwesterly flow, not just going to push all that smoke and ash from the nearby caldor and dixie fires back into this year. but overall clear calm conditions, very dry out there. so in addition that firefighters battling those fires in and around the sierra going to also deal with warm temperatures south lake tahoe tomorrow. 83 degrees truckee also in the mid 80's with little relief on monday. very sunny skies and hazy conditions will continue. and for us here in the bay area, the peak of this heat wave set to arrive for the 1st half of the weekend. we're still going to be under an air quality advisory spare the air alert and possible triple digit

heat. more. my full forecast in just a few minutes. just seen. back to you. thank you so much of a breeze and we'll continue our coverage. now the caldor fire around south lake tahoe when kron four's, has he could you? >> spoke to a lake tahoe resident who decided not to take any chances of not being able to get out if conditions got worse. >> that smoke gets in the house and it didn't make a difference. if you had a kn 95 masks or n 95 nash mast. you could still. feel those particles that was a concern to this bay area resident john pickett is describing the conditions from the caldor wildfire. he and his family experienced earlier this week at their home in south lake tahoe. he took these photos for a vigil perspective. once we got up there you're right in south you know, it was clear in the morning. but in the afternoon, very quickly. >> the smoke came in with people don't understand is that smoke contains really harmful paschall not only. >> where we dealing with small but we're doing with particles of action. you know that ash as we speak in the house, that

means that asking kerry. >> fire. it was out of concern for his home safety. that prompted going up to southlake too clear defensible space around the prop to make sure our house. >> we did everything we can to protect it. and once we did that, it was time for us to leave, especially with that threat that fire pushing east and southeast which parkway according to officials at the lake tahoe visitors authority. a forecast of calmer winds and a major influx of firefighters using heavy equipment like this cal fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze is providing a sense of optimism after multiple days of aggressive spread. however, shine pick. it took no chances. he decided that he and his family would self evacuate before the possibility of the roll out of tahoe becoming impassable. we want to get out because, you know, it. >> highway 88. we don't know how long that's going to stay open. >> the el dorado county sheriff's evacuation map is a

recommended resource for checking the status of road closures evacuation areas and shelter locations. has made you kron 4 news. >> while the threat of the caldor fire is forcing some vacationers to cancel their tahoe reservations. kron 4 news viewer is telling us air bnb is refusing to issue a refund crystal reached out to cry for saying that she booked a property through air bnb back in july and given the severity of the situation. she decided it would best to cancel her family's trip. she says she contacted the property host who refused to issue a refund. she says she's been contacted air bnb multiple times. they told her they would issue a refund if and when evacuations are put in place for the property. >> i felt and other folks that my position deserve a response at a reasonable response. not sorry. hey, we can't accommodate your do anything for you. the other message i would like to share. as you

know. booking on their website is based on customers booking rentals without customers booking them. the host make some money there for air bnb. nick, somebody. so i think air bnb just need to take a step back and really think about that because for myself and you know, probably for other folks may own situation. you know, it's it's it's really hard to swallow. you know, we kind of feel like we've got left behind like based on circumstances outside our control. and it's it's really not there. >> air bnb is terms authorize refunds. when the physical location of the property quote, contain safety or health hazards. that would be reasonably expected to adversely affect the guests. stay at the accommodation in air bnb is judgment. we did reach out to air bnb for a statement to get a response to situation. we're waiting to hear back in as soon as we get one. we sure to pass it along to you. in northern california. the dixie fire is

now 46% contained. according to cal fire's latest update. that fire has now burned more than 750,000 acres across 5 counties. more than 1200 buildings have been destroyed. the fire is still threatening almost 2000 others. it's now in its 5th week evacuation orders remain in effect for parts of plumas county. and here's a look at the multiple fires that we're also tracking across the state right now. the monument fire, which is located in trinity county has burned over 160,000 acres and is 22% contained. the mcfarland fire, which is burning in trendy, shasta and tehama counties has burned over 122,000 acres and is now 93% contain it. still ahead here at 3 afghanistan firsthand when we hear from veterans who fought in afghanistan. >> and get their reaction to the deadly chaos unfolding there right now. and an unvaccinated teacher in marine county is responsible for

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unvaccinated teacher first became symptomatic on may 19th here. she continued to work through may 21st. all while reporting feeling nasal congestion and fatigue which he or she attributed to allergies the teacher, then begin showing more symptoms including cough and fever. and at this point the teacher got a covid-19 test on may 21st and then reported to the school on may 23rd. but the tests came back positive. the cdc reports that the students began showing symptoms on may 22nd and were tested in the following days and that showed that 12 of the 24 students in that class all came back positive with covid. now here's a map from the cdc of the classroom showing us how this outbreak started the blue shaded squares indicate the teacher that's at the top and all the students who tested positive and also showed symptoms the squares that are outlined in blue show the students who tested positive

were asymptomatic. the report found that despite using safety measures like separating the deaths by 6 feet and students wearing masks. the teacher had transmitted the covid-19 delta variant to half of the class. the report's findings ultimately are explaining why it is so important for school staff members to be vaccinated against covid-19 since thes're all in closed indoor contact with young children who are not eligible for the covid-19 vaccine at this time. rising covid cases have parents at one east bay school district choosing to keep their kids at home today marks the 12th day into the new school year for the mount diablo unified school district already 47 students and 4 staff members have tested positive for coronavirus. now more than 500 elementary school students in the district are making the switch to remote learning. ever kept her home today. >> because i don't feel like

the covid protocols are going well. the school. there are many sick kids in her class. >> the spike in cases have the district asked fast. to change around teacher assignments at schools to accommodate the increase of students in remote learning. and if you want to enroll your kid into the remote learning program. you can fill out an application. but there is currently a waitlist. up next, we need to talk about hurricane ida, which is expected to hit the gulf coast during a somber anniversary. >> also local veterans of the afghanistan war weighing in today after the deadly attacks yesterday. the couple airport. also could your favorite sports bar restaurant be mandating you. me soon be mandating. for a vaccination proof. the discussion is happening right now in sacramento. and fracking, warm to hot temperatures for the end of your workweek forecast.

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>> now at 3.30, california lawmakers are discussing right now, whether or not to impose a statewide vaccine mandate. according to the la times, the draft of a b 4.55 calls for anyone entering a bar restaurant. june hotel. any sports arena that they would have to show proof of

vaccination. it also calls for employees to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against covid or take weekly covid-19 tests with proof of a negative results right now. it's still in a draft form and is not yet a bill, but it is listed as an urgent. measure, which means if the bill passes by 2 thirds of lawmakers and is signed by governor newsome. it would go into effect immediately. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala is following the story for us in sacramento right now. she'll have a full report starting on kron. 4 news at 5 o'clock. happening today checks from the golden state stimulus plan are expected to start rolling out to qualified residents individuals will receive $600 families with children will receive an additional $500 to qualify residents must fill out their 2020 taxes by october 15th earn less than $75,000 in 2020 be a state resident for more than half of 2020. be a state resident the date. the payment

is issued and you can't be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer for more details. you can get them all on our website. kron 4 dot com. let's talk about our forecast right now as we take a live look outside at san francisco international airport. that is not the marine layer making the skies look so great. that is haze from wildfire smoke. that's coming in from all the fires burning in northern california. a spare. the air alert has been issued now through saturday and we'll turn things over now to our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. she's joining us now with a look at the hot temperatures and air quality. so my kids after school activities got canceled today because the air quality is so poor. yes, getting go outside. and i mean, really wanted to head to the beach and beat the heat or go inside and open a window. but we can't because it's a lose lose situation just to not only are we dealing with. >> very mild to hot conditions but also smoky hazy skies as well. so really can't find any relief indoors or outdoors in the bay area. temperatures out there right now. quite the

spread 6070's 80's and yes, even 90's near triple digit heat. for those of you in novato 30 degree difference, though, between half moon, bay and avato 68 degrees along the coast. a very mild temperatures and we are seeing those smoky hazy skies expected to stick around for one more day. unfortunately with that spare the air alert and air quality advisory remaining in effect through saturday night overnight lows tonight mid to upper 50's along the coast and east bay shoreline low to mid 60's as you make your way inland. so even tracking toasty temperatures for your overnight hours and daytime highs tomorrow. triple digit heat. for those of you and conquered in livermore, flirting with that triple digit weather for nevada at 97 degrees with low to mid 80's throughout the east bay shoreline and low to mid 70's along the san francisco peninsula coastline. so overall about 5 to 15 degrees above average and we're not expecting to see that much change on sunday going to see the return of that cool sea

breeze bringing us. i'm relieved, but really we won't cool down to seasonal temperatures until tuesday of this upcoming week. and with that air quality improving things to that cool westerly seabreeze were temperatures. finally rebound to near normal and even through the next 7 days as well. back to you. just in. what's going to be hot. thanks so much. worry set off of the gulf coast is now bracing for hurricane ida the category 4 hurricane is expected to have winds of up to 80 miles an hour it is forecasted to enter the gulf of mexico today. >> fema is already in texas, georgia and louisiana ready to help residents once the storm hits. >> we have been working to provide direct assistance and even get ahead of the storm. >> hurricane ike is expected to make landfall on sunday. and that is the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. this estimated that hurricane katrina killed as many as 1800 people. we'll go back after the violence that's

unfolding in afghanistan and kron 4 subject all spoke with 2 military veterans who served in the middle east and both are advocating now for more assistance to the refugees. >> we're standing in solidarity with the afghan people. danny garza was honorably discharged from the u.s. navy after 6 years of service, including 2 deployments to the persian gulf for both operation enduring freedom in afghanistan and operation iraqi freedom heartbreaking scene. >> the people of afghanistan they've been suffering for 20 years. it's just now the cameras and point out of bars and now spends his days in sacramento. >> he is a member of the nonprofit organization about face veterans against the war. a group of service members and veterans who are against all post 9.11 wars. >> he says the fall of afghanistan was inevitable. i think it's unfair to plane. put it all on on. >> biden. i think i think the president's cents a bushel the administration sense bush.

>> have. >> and equal share to take. and disaster that happening and afghanistan right now, chuck tyler agrees with garza. >> tyler is also a member of about-face. he is based in washington, dc tyler is a u.s. army combat veteran honorably discharged after a deployment during the gulf war and another during operation iraqi freedom. he says he is proud of the work done by the military. but at this point the focus should be on the refugees and allowing as many of them into america as possible, making them welcome. >> i'm helping them to assimilate in b. >> involved in. >> the united states. >> as a whole. you're not doing enough. because there's so many people. >> who. >> need to get out of so they don't have infrastructure. there. it's been completely

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>> so the weekend is here and a lot of people would be wanting to head to lake tahoe. but the best advice right now from officials as do not go there. that's because the hazardous air quality and also the growing threat from the caldor fire on the lake tahoe basin too. talk about this now is carol chaplin she is the ceo and president of the lake tahoe visitors authority. thank you for joining us here at kron, 4 news at 3. >> welcome. thank you for having me. so what's the air quality like now. >> it hasn't been good all day. we've had a couple of days. we're in the morning. it is been a little bit clear, it's very hazardous site. i think it's this morning when i checked it was over for 500. >> so is the concern more that you don't want people to become because it's uncomfortable for them or unhealthy for them to be outside or because it's of the wildfire threat and

evacuations for all these tourists and visitors would be almost impossible if so, many more people are in the area or is it a combination of both. >> well, it's it's a lot of things. actually, it's everything that you said and i think i think what we are first of all, it's, you know, the experience here, we always want people to have a great experience, a memorable one that brings them back again and we can offer that right now. the air quality is we just mentioned. you know, us forest service lands are are closed. activities are extremely our businesses right now are beginning to, you know, limit their hours or or close on certain days. so we we just can't offer a good experience not to mention. as you said, having of having visitors here and pending. luckily, we don't have any evacuation orders. we do have one warning. but but it's just we just have to err on the side of caution and make sure that that we are following the

instructions of our officials and making it the safest possible and is easy. our fire crews to move around where they need to go. >> so obviously this is just a recommendation. people who are packing up driving and going to show up there that i can be. asked to turn around and go back home. but what about labor day weekend. do you see this extending into like the last official weekend of summer. >> yes. i think that's a definite i i just don't see that situation changing that drastically at this point. hope. you know, if we say glass how full perhaps stay. the fires starts containment, but. you know, the wind conditions were not sure exactly what those are going to be and highway 50 remains closed indefinitely at this point. between and south lake so travel is going to be a little bit more challenging as well. >> how business take this kind of news with. tourists being

told to stay home. >> well, i think at this i unfortunately we kind of we kind of got some experience with covid last year when this happened. so i want to say we're getting good at this. but but it certainly is a little bit of a deja vu situation. i would say that they are very concerned about their family and their friends at this point that, you know, they're limiting >> their business hours as i it's reality. so bill, they don't like it. >> you know, mother nature kind of. often tells us what we're going to do up here in the mountains. and this is one of the times when she's really. >> you know, talking very, very loud in. she's screaming. >> do you think this is the new normal for the tahoe region or northern california in general come july august, september, october that that's

just not an area that's going to be great to visit during that season. >> well, i hope that's not the case. i mean, i think that, you know, this is another message that we have a lot of course that we you know, we have the hottest july ever. >> you know, i did. things are very, you know, humidity has been very, very low. our conditions for for wildfire. we're in may as if we were in october. so i would like. we have to acknowledge climate change and we will have to deal with this. but hopefully with all the smart people that are circling around this. this topic that there is some reprieve from kind of annual events and that we don't have to put that on our calendars. >> carol chaplin, the ceo and president of the lake tahoe visitors authority. thank you so much for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 3 and you hope that the situation improves and people can continue to enjoy lake tahoe for all the beauty that it not the smoky

pictures that we're showing our viewers. >> i appreciate it. thank you so much. >> we want to check now on the weather conditions in the tahoe region and reese rodriguez is standing by right now with a look at the smoke tracker. we were showing those images of just how orange and terrible this. the air quality is did you see that going away over the weekend or is it kind of here to stay. no. unfortunately, just seen it is going to be here to stay even continuing through saturday, which is expected to be. >> the warmest and driest day of the next 7 so we're tracking smoke tracker. well over this year and even the plumes of moisture making its way into the bay area as well. we're expected to see smoke and ash from the nearby monument in dixie fire because of those northerly winds streaming through the bay area through saturday. that cool sea breeze influence won't really arrive with mother nature's ac coming into full force by tuesday of this upcoming week. but we are also

tracking a very warm air mass out there today reached a daytime high of 80 degrees in downtown san francisco. still going to be in the mid 70's, though, by tomorrow above average temperatures and we're tracking widespread low 70's for daly city pacifica and even those of you at half moon bay going to see more of a northerly flow out around 20 miles per hour less a little bit breezy at times and low 90's for san bruno millbrae and even burlingame mid-nineties. for those of you in san carlos and san mateo at 94 degrees and mountain view in the low 90's with widespread 90's in triple digit heat for most of the south bay sonny bill going to hit that triple digit weather as is campbell a 103 degrees for your saturday afternoon highs so it's easy to say that tomorrow is going to be the hottest days, especially this weekend. forecast pleasanton and livermore in the triple digits and 98 degrees for walnut creek richmond and berkeley in the mid 80's with

the renda and moraga in the mid 90's for your saturday afternoon. highs vacaville a 104 degrees as is pittsburgh fairfield triple digit heat with low 90's. for those of you in napa. nevado 97 degrees in san revolt. also going to hit that low. triple digit mark. so taking a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook. we are going to see some relief on sunday, going to get some of that marine layer influence with that cool sea breeze. but not going to bring much needed relief until early this upcoming week. that's when we finally start to cool down to near average temperatures turning into below average for the next 7 days. that sounds amazing. but we still have 7 days to go on one more day of very hot weather. justine, back to you. thank you so much for brees and stick around. everyone will introduce you to a >> the winner of tsa's cutest canine contest. bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo

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to check in with newsnation to see what the team in chicago is working on for tonight. >> tonight on the don, the report, the deadline looms in afghanistan and new threats stand in the way how the u.s. can fight isis with a little time left and the president's options to stay or leave afghanistan moving forward. now here's leland vittert with a preview of on balance. thanks, joe. live interviews with fighters experienced afghanistan firsthand their take on the tragic situation in kabul and what they think the president should do next that's coming up on balance tonight followed by news nation, prime. >> you can watch news nation on the channels. listed right here. more details on our website. kron 4 dot com and very quickly, a final check of the forecast with rob risa. yeah. it's a warm to hot one out there. very unique microclimate forecast. those of you in pacifica 69 degrees getting some really or influence there. but in the upper 90's for livermore and dublin. 98 degrees. triple digit heat for fairfield. and

we're only going to get harder from here. saturday will be the warmest the hottest day of the next 7 days. widespread triple digit weather for livermore and conquered mid 70's along the coast and low to mid 80's for the east bay valley and relief not arriving until next week. just seen. i am ready for my siesta. only 20 to 25 minutes, though. here's what's coming up kron 4 news at 4 o'clock today. a homicide suspect from oakland has been killed by amtrak police in chicago. >> that's coming up at 4 o'clock and then we'll see tonight during kron, 4 news at 5 and in prime time right back here this weekend. have a great one.

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