"the richmond examiner" did not comply. they were very anti-davis, so it makes sense that paper did not comply. the others did, initially, but as soon as the trial for the rioters began, they began printing what was going on in the court testimony, so word definitely got out. and there were prisoners being exchanged who talked about the riots as well. even though the confederates tried to say this riot was just greedy people from the north, people who are outsiders, people who are not us, they had to actually recognize that there was a need. and so you see, after this, the richmond city council creating a free market and a fuel depot. and they handed out tickets to people that were deemed deserving poor. so, they closely examined and felt like if you were working or trying to find a job, you might be worthy of some of these tickets. but there was a process for that, and the confederate congress did follow up by passing one more exemption act on may 1. they decided that individuals who were deprived of white or slave labor,

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

hence, richmond failed. petersburg failed, then richmond, etc. reportedly, when lee is on the right back what will become a fanatics, he sees george picket right by him. he turns to his staff officers and says why is that man still with this army? which leads to the speculation of, did lee remove him? did the order night go through? did picket just ignore it? but the two men had been -- picket over gettysburg, and lee over fight forks. they are set to richmond, virginia. you've got to understand, when lee isn't a foul mood, lee would meet you when you would get into a room, he would meet with icy cold formality. icy cold. if he was under a lot of stress, for example, like after a fanatics, he did not want to talk to anybody. you would be sitting there, pacing back and forth after the surrender and his staff officers were just stay away from him because they did not want to get near him. when they had to introduce someone, they've would bring him up, which was the formal part of it, and lee wichita himself up to a full height. and he would meet yo

and, hence, richmond fell. petersburg fell, then richmond, et cetera. reportedly, when lee is on the ride back to what will become appomattox, he sees george picket ride by him. and lee turns to one of his staff officers and he says, why is that man still with this army? which leads to the speculation of did lee remove him? did the order not go through? did picket just ignore it? i mean, et cetera, et cetera. but the two men had been cross ever since. picket over gettysburg, and lee over five forks. and now they are set to meet in richmond, virginia. now, you got understand when lee is in a foul mood, lee would meet you when you came into a room, he would meet you with icy cold formality. icy cold. if he was under a lot of stress, for example, like after appomattox when everybody, the federal officers were coming in, he didn't want to talk to anybody. he would -- he would be sitting there pacing back and forth after the surrender. and his staff officers just stayed away from him because they didn't want to get near him. when they had to introduce somebo

he's had to retreat from richmond down to petersburg. he's retreated from petersburg and yet on april 4th, two days after petersburg, longstreet still wants to pitch into the union troops. he wants to fight them. it's almost like, okay, guys, let's bring it on now. you want to fight? we're ready for you. longstreet is not ready to give up by any means. on april 5th, the confederates are approaching the city. they thought the enemy's position too strong to warrant aggressive battle. i grew the command off and followed to the right across flag creek to march for farmville. as you can see from the map, when they got to jetersville you had the second corps of the army from the potomac, six corps from the army of the potomac and the cavalry under the general. that's whyl lee chose not to bring on a battle. they reached the area on the night of april 5th. on the morning of april 6th, ward was sent a bridge-burning party out to burn the high bridge over the river and denied to the confederates. on april 6th, longstreet arrives at rice's depot n

he's had to retreat from richmond down to petersburg. yet, on april 4th, two days after petersburg, longstreet still pitched into the union troops. it's almost like, okay guys, let's bring it on a. you want to fight? we are ready for. it longstreet is not ready to give up by any means. on april 5th, the confederates are approaching -- general lee was with us at jitters ville. -- i drew the command often fired to the right -- when they got to jetersville their was the army of the potomac. pierre -- the cavalry under -- that's widely chose not to bring on the battle at jetersville. tear meanwhile at burke hill junction, the army of the james reached the area on the night -- on the morning of april 6th royal, as the high bridge was burnt. meanwhile, early in the morning of april 6th -- speak why is virginia. his job is to clear the way for the main body of the army and the wagon trains to get through. he gets there furious about which is already passed to the rices station. it's the county commanders, major jonas colonel thomas mom furred,

he has had to retreat from richmond down to petersburg. he's retreated now from petersburg, and yet on april 4th, two days after petersburg, longstreet still wants to pitch in to the union troops. he wants to fight them. it's almost like, okay, guys. let's bring it on now. you want to fight? we're ready for you. longstreet is not ready to give up, by any means. on april 5th, the confederates are approaching jetersville. and longstreet wrote general lee was with us at jetersville, and after careful reconnaissance, thought the enemy's position too strong to warrant aggressive battle. i drew the command off and filed to the right across flat creek to march for farmsville. as you can see from the map, when they got to jetersville, you had humphrey's 2nd corps from the army of the potomac, griffith's 5th corps from the army of the potomac, and the calvary under general sheridan. that's why lee chose not to bring on a battle at jetersville. meanwhile, at burkeville junction, major general eoc army of the james reached the area on the night of ap

the richmond bridge will be crowded. if you use the richmond bridge, you will notice plenty of company trying to get into san rafael. >> this is a look at the bay bridge. it is crowded as well. some of the other commutes have not been so slow. here is oakland. that commute looks all right. steve has the day off. let's bring in rosemary. >>> thank you, sal. we have nice weather coming our way as we get into the second part of the afternoon . in the days ahead, cooler temperatures. the marine layer is out there with fog along the coastline. we are seeing a few scattered showers over the bay. but we have not seen thus far, those thunderstorms in the bay area. the sacramento valley and the sierra has seen quite a bit of activity. for ross, just one strike of lightning. we have had light winds and higher humidity. a red flag warning will go one until the afternoon . we still have the possibility of isolated thunderstorms developing as that moisture continues to move through california. we have quite a bit of reports over area

thank you lawrence, thank flaring at the chevron richmond refinery early earlier today sent thick black smoke into the air you can see in this video. >>those sparking fears that the smoke could reach communities and possibly cause health problems. that smoke was visible for miles fortunately at this hour the flaring has stopped ocon forcefully chagall reports as it is material seems were still sent out to investigate. >>with temperatures surging into triple digits in the air already thick contra costa health services dispatched its hazardous materials teams to the area around the chevron's richmond refinery in the late morning just before 1130 chevron confirmed the disruption at one of its processing units resulted in flaring the heavy smoke, a potential health hazard for people with respiratory conditions but hazardous materials specialist maria de says the weather actually helped push the smoke out and the flaring eventually stopped in smoke had up so it's kind of high up and when one 19 and investigating may notice that the smoke was headed. >>towards the water fortunately not toward

here's a quick look at the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza cameras we check traffic around the bay, you get one set of headlights there making its way west bound on the 5.80 so you're doing pretty good if you're heading from richmond out towards sandra fell this morning. the bay bridge toll plaza camera has been showing us a nice ride so far this morning that still the case traffic building that's clearly evident here but you're still moving at the limit no problems no slowdowns at the toll plaza itself. >>and no issues on the span whatsoever more weather and traffic updates in a bit. now let's get back to the news. researchers are shedding some new light on which masks work best to protect yourself from coronavirus brian todd has more now on the study from duke university. >>they come in so many different styles materials and designs from a 95 surgical masks to bandanas knitted masks even so-called gators those stretchy bands of fabric that cover the neck tonight. a new study from researchers at duke university has advice on which masks work and which don't gators or fleece ma

we were done there more records falling redwood city a 102 richmond 96 degrees 99 at sfo international airport in gilroy tied a record look at that number a 107 degrees sizzling all around the bay area continue to look at some very warm even some hot temperatures even at this hour 97 degrees right now and palo alto we've still got 70's right along the coast, a 101 still in pittsburgh. that's impressive for this time of the evening to see those kind of temperatures and certainly we're going to see a return of some very hot numbers in fact, the national weather service has issued heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, we've got a heat advisory in the san francisco right along the peninsula all the way down to belmont redwood city mental part temperatures there 86 to about 98 degrees in the coming days, this heat advisories and excessive heat warning lasting all the way until next wednesday very hot weather into the south bay you see in red here that's where the excessive heat warning is in the san jose through alum rock also in santa clara in alameda salsa los gatos are told the cu

lee, commander of the army of northern virginia, that they could no longer hold the army back from richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis soon after that would follow. he would finally catch up with his family right above the florida state line. it is here where a federal mounted unit was able to capture him and his family. jefferson davis was placed on a boat and moved back up here to fort monroe and incarcerated in this very cell. some people ask why. the main reason is that jefferson davis was indicted on three federal charges. one, for treason. two, complicit in the assassination of abraham lincoln. and three, the mistreatment of federal soldiers in prison by the confederate states army. in order to answer those charges in federal court, he had to be in a place where his last residency occurred, and that would be in richmond, the white house of the confederacy. it is here he will stay four months to remain incarcerated at fort monroe for almost two years. he would never see his day in court. h

>>but for now health services says it does not intend to send out a health advisory in richmond phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>with so many people staying at home during the pandemic pg e says it will not be shutting off power today tomorrow, or even over the next few weeks, however, things could change flex alert has been issued for tonight urging customers to try to save electricity during peak hours because of the high heat and electricity demand. that means adjusting your thermostats to 78 degrees or higher or just turn it off if you're going to be outside the home. fijian also says they have learned from previous experiences about how disruptive planned power outages can be to people's lives. pg e says it plans to send additional crews out to handle any possible outages that may result from this high heat, san francisco department of energy emergency management rather is reminding residents said even though it is hot outside we are still in a pandemic officials are asking people today to remember the precautions while they go out and. try to get a break from the heat or get clos

richmond police say the drive of this gold color toyota avalon struck the 41 year and thread the scene. with his son translating the coworker described the feeling of helplessness as the car hit his friend. the co-worker says the car was speeding and the impact of the crash launched reyes into the air. he landed on his head and died at the hospital. friends and co-workers drive today reyes, the one in the wite cap, as a talented, hard working landscape worker and he leaves behind a wife and three children. police say there toyota avalon has a sun roof and tinted windows. there is damage on rear apparently door on drive's side and damage to front headlight on the passenger side. friend are helping raise money. >>> a convicted sex offender has been charged with possession of child pornography. federal prosecutes said law enforcement begin investigating him when he sent a message saying h to fi a young girl to rape and kill. >>> now to kenosha, wisconsin where protests are going on follow the shooting of jacob blake. witnesses report multiple businesses and vehicles were set on fire or lo

he served for more than 24 years with the richmond police department. he worked with the neighborhood services team. he trained officers in the resource unit. he also coached youth baseball and softball. he was the head his wife and four children. >>> the state of 5000 new cases yesterday. once again, that is under the one day and 14 day average. the total is over 653,000. 120 more people have died from covid-19. the death toll is 11,836. the number of hospitalizations into intensive care is still trending down. >>> san francisco supervisor has tested positive for covid- 19. he tweeted that he is symptoms are minor. he will continue to serve his constituents remotely. he also said his family will be tested as well. as of right now, he says he does not know how he contracted the coronavirus. he followed the health guidelines, wearing a face mask, social distancing and getting tested regularly. he joined the board of supervisors last year. he represents the sunset district. >>> it looks like san francisco will stay on the coronavirus watchlist for now. th

coming up, richmond fed president on the central bank's moves to keep interest rates lower and later plunging mortgage rates, the outlook for buyers, sellers and housing stock investors. but we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. as stocks set records, there's a parade of tech companies announcing plans to go public. what does it mean for the market's next move? if you want to invest in electric vehicles but you're nervous about tesla's high voltage valuations, there are other stocks to consider. we've got the names. and forget for a moment about what a trump or biden election will mean for stocks. i'm worried about the market response to a disputed election. should i be? on the barron's round teabl, my colleagues, ben lev son, carlton english and al root. ben, let me start with you. give me a rundown of what happened with the stock market this past week and with the ipo announcements. >> i don't even know where to start. it was that crazy of a week. but the s&p 500 and the nasdaq both hit records this week, the d

it's congressman cedric richmond of louisiana. congressman richmond, welcome back to "meet the press." i want to start with a column from george packer who writes the following and says this. ordinarily it's the incumbent president's job to show up at the scene of a national tragedy and give a unifying speech but trump is temperamentally incapable of doing so. biden then should immediately go to wisconsin. cedric richmond, is joe biden going to be going to wisconsin tomorrow? >> i don't know the answer to that. but also i think that vice president biden has a responsibility to not make things worse, to make sure that the policea accommodate his visit and i think he is weighing all of those things right now. >> given what we saw overnight in portland, given what we've seen take place all week in kenosha, what are your concerns about where the biden campaign is right now on this issue in particular? >> well, i don't have a concern where we are on this issue. i mean we have been very clear that police reform in this country is a nece

and the breezes will keep richmond, berkeley in the mid to upper 70s and everybody else along the east bay shore 80 to 82. independent land val inland valleys, 91 to 97. tonight we'll have low clouds penetrating a little bit more in our neighborhoods. when we close out the show, i'll show you the current air quality, we're under a spare the air through at least sunday. the 100s try to return saturday, and then sunday night into monday again we'll keep an eye on those storms. >>> breaking news at the live desk, steve bannon, former adviser to president trump, arrested and accused of fraud and money laundering. a federal prosecutor saying bannon was indicted in new york on fwraraud charges relating to

antioch, pleasant hill, and richmond. water is available at all of those locations. face coverings and social distancing are required. >>> well, flaring at chevron's richmond refinery this afternoon raised some concerns. the reanyone rerequire you add level 1 community burning back of the plume from a smokestack. according to a post on the refinery's facebook page, it was due to an upset at the process units. flares allow for refinery's safe operation byrelieving pressure when something goes wrong. the center for biological guess diversity said chevron has had more flaring incidents than other area refineries, and the soot that is emitted fouls the air people breathe. >> we move to this now. this was a seen in gilroy about an hour ago, as firefighters knocked down a fire at christopher and pallets were involved. it has been around since 1965 and is the nation's largest garlic farm. >> to southern california now, where we're monitoring the latest on the lake fire. this is a wildfire that started on wednesday. it has burned about 65 miles north of los angeles, and we u

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

you can see traffic that moving -- is moving well if you are driving on the richmond bridge. also, we are looking at a commute on highway 24, it looks pretty good. 80 westbound, it looks like there's a stall near the maze off to the right hand side. placing lights, at the bay bridge it is light. let's go back to the headlines. >>> shall, thank you, a developing story and oakland, police shot and killed a man overnight who was armed with an assault weapon. this started at 11:00, and san leandro police started chasing a stolen car. the driver crashed near apple and pyramid street in oakland, that is where the shooting happened. san leandro police officers who opened fire are now on administrative leave, during the investigation. that is standard procedure.

light no problems for young west bound 5.80 through richmond. across the span into foreign county, so things looking pretty good for you as you head out the door this morning at least for that stretch a bay area freeway also looking nice here at the bay bridge we've got westbound 80 traffic moving at the limit your barely slowing down as you make your way through the toll plaza and you're at the limit across the span. so so far so good if you're making your way around the bay this early morning or back to the headlines now we have oakland's popular first friday events canceled for months and now it faces yet another obstacle, vendors and businesses are concerned with a new street safety projects kron four's gayle ong takes a look. >>oakland department of transportation install these bollards on telegraph avenue for safer bike lanes but it's the same location where first fridays vendors set up the popular monthly block party has been canceled during the pandemic but organizers are concerned these safety measures will hurt businesses when the even

it's actually doing fine with no reports of any major delays here heading to the richmond sandra fell bridge. here's a live look the backup that we have what 20 minutes ago, it's gone so a great trip here into the north bay once again you're overturn is eastbound opposite direction. a quick peek at 92 in has also thinned out nicely a little crowded leaving hayward but no big problems only 12 minutes to make your way to the peninsula. marty. >>all right robin let's go ahead and give you an update on the wildfires that are burning in the bay area will start with a closer look at the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties. the map on your screen shows the areas that have burned in kron four's will tran live at the cal fire base camp ensconced valley, he has the latest on the firefight and we'll we're hearing some good news. >>great news actually be live in scotts valley you're probably watching us this morning right from the comfort of your own home as they allow people is scotts valley to return late last night. you talked about base camp marty look over my righ

thomas the apostle is an elementary will located on balboa street in the outer richmond area. we have surveillance video of the theft inside that school. >> reporter: the computer teacher tells me he's determined to have the stolen laptops replaced and ready for students before school starts. helps the surveillance video will help identify the thief. >> this is our computer card with 100 laptops. >> reporter: those 100 laptops now stolen after a thief broke into st. thomas the apostle elementary school in the richmond district. >> basically took the laptop cart sitting at the top of the stairs, shoved it off and let it tumble down the stairs so it would just open. it ripped off the metal screens on both of these windows. >> reporter: computer teacher jerry model low so says the thief broke in through the window during the girls bathroom. the teacher showed me surveillance videos of the thief. he broke in at 1:00 tuesday morning and spent five hours inside the school calmly walking around and ransacking the place. >> he helped himself to popsicles out of the faculty room and he

you make a good time as you head from hayward out towards foster city and one final check for you the richmond sandra fell bridge toll plaza camera. where there is no activity this morning. so it's a pretty easy ride as you make your way from the east bay out towards warren county on west bound 5.80 whether traffic in a bit now let's get to the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic and this it's not all that pretty of the picture us continues to report more covid-19 cases and deaths than any other country in the world. doctor deborah birx with the white house coronavirus task force warns the u.s. is now in a new phase of the pandemic meredith wood explains. >>a new phase in the fight against coronavirus doctor deborah birx offering a dire new view on america's battle against the pandemic what we're seeing today is different for march and april it is extraordinarily right spread its way into the rural as equal urban areas, doctor berks is bleak outlook comes as the u.s. continues to report more cases and more deaths from coronavirus than any other country according to the latest data from joh

as a matter of fact, traffic looks pretty good as you drive through the area on the richmond bridge. we have had no major problems so far. right now, traffic continues to move well. if you are going near the toll plaza, traffic looks good. let's go back to the headlines. >>> we are continuing the coverage of wildfires burning around the bay area. it's morning, firefighters in the north bay are making progress in the battle against the huge lightning complex fire. it is now 25% contained. it has burned almost 550 square miles. mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in some areas. cal fire says it is still too early to say when everyone will be allowed to go back home. >> we are going to get active burning again. we are having active burning, like i said, in the east zone right now. that is having good fire behavior. >> these fires have taken a tragic toll. six people have been killed, at least, including a pg&e worker. >>> authorities in west marin county have issued the first mandatory evacuation order for homes threatened by the woodward fire. it has burned many acres, 1600 bu

well to the east right now the richmond police is mourning the loss of one of its all the department says that sergeant virtual thomas ers as picture right there passed away from complications due to covid-19 sergeant thomas served more than 24 years with the richmond police department, he also served as the president of the richmond police association leaves behind a wife and 4 children. well here in the bay area there are more than 74,000 coronavirus cases and more than 990 deaths and we're still seeing the most cases in alameda county with over 16,000 infections and the virus has been deadly is once again in alameda county with 231 deaths if you like to see the complete list of cases by county you can always find that on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. >>well joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination for presidents and warriors star steph curry and his wife aisha. >>are throwing in their full support behind biden. >>we want to ensure that our kids live in a nation that is safe happy healthy and fair. >>and so this election where vote for joe by every ele

it happened around 7:15 tonight not far from richmond parkway. no word yet on the person's identity. amtrak says two of its trains were stopped as a result of the collision. one at richmond station in the second east of the station. >>> the bay area toll authority says too many drivers who have been crossing bay area bridges since the beginning of the pandemic are not paying their bills. drivers without fasttrack get a bill in the mail, but only 65% of them are paying on time. the toll authority says that's roughly $4 million a month in unpaid tools. >> we do want to collect the tolls and treat everyone the same who goes through the positive, so we will be making some decisions about contacting people and in some cases maybe applying fees. >> drivers without fasttrack have been getting billed in the mail since march when the governor removed toll tankers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. >>> developing news in southern california where a wildfire exploded in size from 400 acres this afternoon to more than 10,000 acres tonight. the lake fire

the popular moroccan restaurant just debuted in the richmond district. it was meant to give the acclaimed restaurant a boost, something that eateries in the city need. the city's chamber looked at credit card swipes to analyze sales activity. right now half the city's restaurants are closed either temporarily or for good. >> basically the amount of revenue that we're making is just to keep the lights on. >> the chamber of commerce says the richmond and mission districts are faring better than others during the pandemic. but so ma and the financial district restaurants are hurting the most. >>> san francisco based grocery delivery service instacart is facing a new lawsuit. the attorney general in washington, d.c. says the company charged customers millions of dollars in quote deceptive service fees and also failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sales tax. the suit seeks restitution for customers who paid the fees as well as back taxes. >>> talks on a new stimulus package have resumed and an unlikely pairing as microsoft and wal-mart team

richmond fed president tom ( ♪ ) ♪ i need it so bad don't call it a hobby. it's way more than just a job. this is how we live every single day. can we go and play? (roaring of engines) ( ♪ ) ♪ i needed to try ( ♪ ) ♪ needed to fall ( ♪ ) ♪ i needed your love ♪ i'm burning away ♪ ♪ i need never get old ♪ jack: on thursday fed chairman jerome powell announced a new inflation policy that would keep rates lower for longer. so why is this important now? joining me is richmond fed president tom barkin. tom, let me make sure i understand this. we were targeting 2% inflation, and now the fed says it's targeting an average of 2% inflation. if i've got the arithmetic right, it means that we can run a little bit above 2 the % if we've been running below it for so long. i mean, basically, that we could keep rates lower for longer while we wait to see what happens with inflation. have i got that right, and why is this important now? >> yeah, thanks. i think you are -- i see this as a codification of over the last two years. the haas time we revised th

officer richmond risked his own life and climb through the car window and pulled the driver safely out. both were treated for smoke and elation and they are recovering this morning. >>> the police officer safety man in a wheelchair from an oncoming train. now watch this. it happened yesterday. a man in a wheelchair was stuck on train tracks. that's when officer erika urea jumped into action, pulled a man out of the wheelchair, fell backwards just seconds before the train came through. the police department is praising the officers action saying, she prevented a tragedy from happening. >>> the time is 445, seven cisco police department showing solidarity with the black lives matter movement. posters are going up at every seven cisco police station explaining that the for all align with the black lives matter movement. the phrase, black lives matter is highlighted in the pan- african colors of red, yellow, green, and black. >> i think we have better values that you will see today and posters that we all can be proud of because it reflects the value of our police department. including the

the charging stations will be set up near the bart parking garage at 15 oh one mcdonald avenue, richmond mayor tom said that the partnership will help the city achieve its environmental protection goals. whites have been hard to find and it's going to stay like that for a while well into 2021 on with you haven't found any year clorox as it aggressively ramped up production but that still won't be enough to keep up with demand with a covid pandemic expected to last well into the new year on top of the upcoming cold and flu season. the company's incoming ceo says it will not take a year to reach the supply level necessary to meet customer needs we shall see. well can you get the coronavirus from secondhand smoke that's the big question experts say they don't believe that you can but they do say that infected smokers may blow droplets carrying the virus when they exhale now being able to smell the smoke might be a red flag that you're standing a little too close to the smoker. the respiratory people spray when they talk cough or sneeze are believed to be the main way that the virus spreads

congressman cedric richmond, a co-chairman of the campaign says those pleas have been heard that the decision is up to biden all of those letters all of the calls all of the statements. >>are being considered a very heartfelt lee i believe he's done to make. the right decision i believe in joe harris has long been seen as one of the strongest potential candidates on biden's list, but he met face to face last week with whitmer cnn has learned as well as at least a handful of other contenders. whitmer's handling of the coronavirus crisis in michigan impressed. biden people familiar with the search say the 2 have grown close. yeah, he's been in office less than 2 years a point we asked her about earlier this year i never had the call to washington d c. >>by the fact that there's even a conversation about what the future of our country looks like and that i'm included. >>a conversation that has some phenomenal women leaders across this country is truly an honor friends of biden say he's intent on finding a governing partner who could help tackle the tremendous challenges, awaiting whoeve

but that's the situation with the richmond sandra fell bridge. it is improving. >>it's a 56 and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. we're going to talk more about the heat wave use felt a little yesterday but and things are going to get really uncomfortable and dangerously hot over the next several days we've got live reports on that and preparing for possible outages because of the heat we'll tell you what pg and e is asking you to do. and also a south bay kaiser is looking for volunteers to participate in a covid vaccine study we'll tell you ho >>you're watching kron 4 morning news at 9. >>good morning and get ready for the heat was last night hot enough for you it was for me, i'm darya folsom and i've got all your headlines in a minute. well, john's got the real headlines which is the weather we've got live coverage of this heat wave that we're dipping into this weekend it's going to be locked into the bay area for some time will tran talking about how to survive the heat pleasant hill rain is doing the same in fremont and john is in the weather yes, still i

livermore unpleasant today, 86 degrees each oakland low 70's, well berkeley and richmond in the upper 60's a couple of 90's on the map something we didn't see yesterday antioch in vacaville in the low 90's today while pittsburgh 88 santa rosa 83 center fell right at 80 degrees. tomorrow and sunday. well there's the heat free of temperatures really starting to warm up with sunday being our hottest day of this forecast. after that there is relief in sight with highs falling back into the upper to mid 80's by tuesday wednesday and thursday a toasty weekend followed by some more seasonably warm weather into next week. james all right, thank you very much john we've got a quick check of the traffic for you this morning will start off the bay bridge and you can see traffic moving well. >>no problems reported here. there is an issue though on west bound 5.80 just passed the 5 8680 interchange over there by the stone ridge mall, we've got it single vehicle accident in the senate of isis blocking the number one lane that you're getting past it just fine so far as the traffic volume isn't too b

at that time i was this is like oh my god i can't stand, richmond hill i'm judging. they weren't backwards, i was backwards. they were fine. >> what was going like going back to the reunion? >> richmond hasn't changed, it looks the same to me. yet they say it has. i don't know. when i saw downtown, i said oh my god this place is the same. i like visiting but i'm not gonna live in california i'm sure they're glad i'm here. >> would you have sent your own children to black colleges? >> my son went to union but he didn't like. and he said mom i can't take. it is to country. but he did go to morehouse for undergrad. then that school in carolina i told you about for a grad. >> was that going to historical black college something that? >> i wanted both my children to. go but as i told you my daughter was only 15 when she started. she was too young. and my son, i think was 16 or 17, two young. but he was ready. she said she was too immature but she knew she was. >> so she wasn't? sure. >> right, right >>. >> what did i take out of it? as i said, i really had my eyes opened

congressman cedric richmond, a co-chairman of the campaign says those pleas have been heard that the decision is up to biden all of those letters all of the calls all of the statements. >>are being considered a very heartfelt lee i believe he's done to make. the right decision i believe in joe harris has long been seen as one of the strongest potential candidates on biden's list, but he met face to face last week with whitmer cnn has learned as well as at least a handful of other contenders. >>whitmer's handling of the coronavirus crisis in michigan impress biden people familiar with the search say the 2 have grown close. yeah, he's been in office less than 2 years a point we asked her about earlier this year i never had the call to washington d c. >>by the fact that there's even a conversation about what the future of our country looks like and that i'm included. a conversation that has some phenomenal women leaders across this country is truly an honor friends of biden say he's intent on finding a governing partner who could help tackle the tremendous challenges, awaiting whoever w

richmond over towards san rafael and gentle build for most of the commute. i want to let you know that capital corridor talked detour but i don't know how you track so i'll tweet out the delays on an update. >> all right. that will do it for us this morning. glad to have been be you for the last couple of days. >> live look for you right now in oakland. coliseum's old home of our beloved warriors. thank you for making us a part of your morning. >>> orning. the running mate. joe biden >>> good morning the running mate joe biden reveals his vice presidential pick, california senator kamala harris. the first black woman on a major party ticket in americany will not take black people for granted. history. >> this says once and for all that the democratic party will not take black people for and republicans wasting no time going on the attack. granted. >> just ahead, behind the scenes of biden's choice including the offer of his job online. what she brings to the campaign, and republicans wasting no time

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

and let's go outside take a live look at the approach to the richmond sandra fell bridge cloudy skies but very light traffic this morning we'll be right back. in the south bay, san jose's longtime police chief is preparing to pass on the baton to a brand new leader. >>as chief eddie garcia announced earlier this week that he's going to retire at the end of the year. he has served as chief of police since 2016, but has spent nearly 3 decades in the san jose police department and during his tenure, the department instituted body-worn cameras a public use of force dashboard and other progressive measures. garcia presided over a rebound from low morale and chronic under staffing amid budget cuts and pension reform, san jose mayor sam liccardo and others praise chief garcia has a dynamic exuberant leader. you know it's a personal decision for everybody and then for me i feel this is the right time for me. >>you know it's going to be a police chief or ever our most valuable resource here are men and women that do this job and so the police chief that comes in here definitely needs to balanc

at that time, i thought i could not expand richmond, but i was judging. they weren't backwards, i was backwards. they were fine. >> what was it like for you going back? >> richmond has not changed. it looks the same to me and yet they say it had. when i saw downtown, i said my gosh, this place is the same. i like to visiting but i'm not going to live in california, i'm sure they're glad i'm here. >> what is in your own college students to historically black colleges? >> he went to virginia union, but he went to morehouse for undergrad, and in that school in carolina told you four grad. >> was that going to historically bad colleges thought would be important? >> i want to both my kids to go, but my daughter was only 60 -- 15. she was too young. my son, i think was 16 or 17. two young, but he was ready. she said she was too immature, but she knew she was. >> so she was to a mature. >> what did i take out of it? well, i really had my eyes open when i went to the reunion, the 50th year university reunion of the sudden people. i thought about how i was so jud

normally all the rosies gathered in richmond. the pandemic halted this year's gathering. so the rally went online with messages and tributes from women all over the u.s. >> i want to thank you, rosie, for creating an image of strength and resilience that still inspires women today and happy 20th anniversary to the national park museum in beautiful richmond, california. >> rosie the riveter became an icon representing all the women that went to work in ship yards and factories in world war ii. i've met and interviewed those women. they were tough and dedicated to the country during that time. >> they are so remarkable. during that story, you know what, the fact that they're virtual means they can be inside in the air-conditioning. drew, we definitely need it. at least the next few days. >> yeah. we are dedicated at staying cool over the weekend. the heat wave will still last for several more days. we're in the middle of a dangerous heat spike right now. live toper 7 along with satellite showing you high clouds to our south and east. but for many of us, it's that sunshine a