which has people fleeing their homes ahead. the fire conditions firefighters will be facing

today as those hot temperatures continue to rise. plus, the post-debate concerns continue. president biden's campaign working to pivot following the president's poor performance last week. this is a growing number of democratic leaders call for the president to reconsider his candidacy. this is today in the bay. well, a very good wednesday morning to you. i'm scott mcgrew, and i'm kris sanchez. nice to see you, scott. marcus and laura are off. we want to get right to that. breaking news. the out of control wildfire roaring through butte county and the city of oroville. as of last night, more than 2000 acres were burned and it only started before noon. video shows, homes and vehicles burned in at least one neighborhood, though the fire department isn't stopping down to confirm that just yet. thousands of homes are under mandatory evacuation orders, and some bay area firefighters are arriving on the front lines to help. our ginger conejero saab is following the story and will

bring us the latest in a live report in our next half hour. for a look at the conditions that crews are on the scene are facing. let's turn to kari hall. yeah, we have it is a hot day. it is a hot day and we have numerous fires burning across the region. another one is the toll fire that's burning in northern napa county. and we're starting out this morning at 90 degrees. that's not the high temperature. that's the current conditions. they're dealing with. and the gusts at 24mph with extremely low humidity. so we're seeing that as well as that butte county fire that's really putting up a lot of smoke across the region. we are going to see this having a bit of more of a haze to the sky, but much of the smoke is blowing off towards the east and away from the bay area. but there still will be some impacts to our air quality. we are going to continue to monitor for the potential of more fires as we go throughout today. our relative humidity drops to about 5. that's almost no moisture in the

air as we go into the afternoon, and there's not much recovery where we see those numbers coming up to 80 to 90. we don't really see that in the next couple of days as our temperatures head back to the triple digits in some spots, it will be slightly hotter than it was yesterday afternoon, making it that much more dangerous. so we'll continue to monitor this with more updates throughout the morning. that temperature and humidity stuff is unbelievable, and we also know that hundreds of people are also waking up in the dark this morning because of power outages caused by this heat wave. today in the bay's bob redell is live in san ramon in a neighborhood that's still in the dark and people could lose power for longer than just today, right, bob? that's the thought. good morning to you, chris. i don't know if you can see, but the lights are out at this traffic intersection here, bollinger canyon road and talavera drive as is the power for a number of homes nearby. this is just one pocket of an outage here in the east bay.

there are several throughout the bay area. here's a live look at the pg&e power outage page. still hundreds without power in the region. the green circles represent up to 50 customers without electricity. yellow diamonds up to 500. these outages don't just drive the residents nuts, they hurt small businesses. yesterday, the danville brewing company and the peasant and pear restaurant, both in danville, closed earlier than usual because they had no way to turn on the lights or run their ac or the appliances in their kitchen. the owner of the peasant and the pear says just last year, his business experienced 22 power outages, and in the one last night, add in the one last night, he ends up subtracting from his bottom line. you lose several thousands of dollars of sales. but on a night like this, now you don't get any of that sales money and you're paying for labor. obviously, it's very frustrating for us, for the customers. you know, is we want to be a place

people can escape the heat, you know, have a nice cold beer, you know, some great food. pg&e says it's probable this week's heat wave will knock out power again for other customers. they're urging customers to conserve and put off those chores that use a lot of electricity until later in the day, or earlier in the morning, before the demand for air conditioning really kicks in. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell. today in the bay, there was so little relief overnight too. thank you bob. and we do have a great way for you to stay prepared by getting up to date, up to the minute updates sent straight to your phone for any breaking news or weather alerts. just download the nbc bay area news app for all devices. 505 turning to decision 2024. governor gavin newsom heads to washington to meet with president biden tonight. he won't be alone. he's set to join other democratic governors at the white house. video of the two coming face to face at sfo in november. all

this comes as a growing number of democrats calling on biden to reconsider his election bid following his performance in the first presidential debates. biden's campaign has just two months until the democratic national convention in chicago. today in the bay's brie jackson joins us live from washington. bree, the president's team got to be working overtime trying to ease concerns. yeah that's right. good morning scott. so the white house says it wants the president to get out there. president biden and house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, they spoke by phone on tuesday. and tonight, president biden is scheduled to speak with democratic governors to try to shore up their support. growing calls for president biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. i wanted to speak directly to the president about the need for him to step aside. congressman lloyd doggett is the first sitting democrat in congress to publicly raise concerns, citing president

biden's poor debate, performance and fears about the country's future. we need to have the strongest candidate possible in order to assure that the values that we hold for our democracy are not traded for an authoritarian strongman bent on revenge against his opponents, white house officials are defending the 81 year old's mental fitness and accomplishment. this is a president who, over the last three and a half years, has demonstrated the right wisdom and the right judgment and the right character, vice president kamala harris is doubling down. joe biden is our nominee. we beat trump once and we're going to beat him again. if president biden does step aside, the vice president is seen as a strong replacement. congressman jim clyburn says he would support her, but wants to see biden push ahead. i want this ticket to continue to be biden. harris, former president trump is also weighing in. well, they say he's not getting out and they say

getting him out is very hard because he has the delegates. he has the votes, and that if he doesn't want to get out, there's not a thing they can do about it. president biden, looking to reassure democrats and the public that he's capable of doing the job, and the white house chief of staff will hold a call with white house staff today. and we're told that it's aimed at sending the message for staff to weather the storm and keep their heads down. now, some staffers have indicated frustration that no one is telling them anything. scott. all right, bree, thank you very much. well, breaking this morning, a unique look at the strongest storms so far this year. hurricane hunters yesterday flew into the eye of hurricane beryl. this is a group that's actually part of the air force reserve at keesler air force base. now, the storm, meanwhile, is on the verge of a direct hit on jamaica, which is where people have been preparing for its arrival. and fuel

supplies are said to be running very low. beryl is now a category four strength hurrican. at least six deaths on the other islands are being blamed on the storm. i know kari hall has been watching this carefully. what's the latest? yeah, so this storm is looking like it's going to make a very close hit or maybe a direct hit to jamaica over the next few days. it is out over the caribbean where the water is extremely warm for this time of year. and that's what's giving us a lot of that energy to continue to remain as a major hurricane over the next several days, as it right now moves just to the south of the dominican republic, it is giving it some of the outer rain bands, and we're not once again seeing the direct hit. there but here's jamaica right here as this category four storm is expected to make landfall there later on this afternoon into the evening, either passing directly over jamaica or just to the south, which still puts it on the bad side of that storm as it

continues on its westward track. we'll see it move into the yucatan peninsula as a category two, most likely by friday afternoon. we'll be watching that as it moves also into the gulf here at home. we're still dealing with some very hot temperatures, and it's going to be another day with a high fire danger, as well as a big heat risk to the bay area. and it's a spare the air alert day that continues throughout today. as we are starting out with a hazy sky and bracing for another hot afternoon, we'll talk more about this and what's ahead. coming up, mike's been looking around to see where the lowest prices for gas is. yeah, i know it's a spare the air day, but it's also a big travel week. so we're talking about the best price that i have is in san jose is still 395. we'll talk about platinum gas today on tully road. the low in concord, contra costa county is low, in fact, with 404 at dimond gas and mart and circle k on oak grove road and in marin county, you'll have the best price in san rafael. that's 409 at the mobil on

ritter street. so that's a little bit different than we typically see for the best in that county. but these are all being reported by you gasbuddy.com on the roadways, we have a smooth, easy drive. we've seen a lighter volume for the week. so far in the early morning commute, and that's what we're seeing as traffic comes back online for niles canyon highway 84. there was a car fire on highway i'm sorry, highway four up here over by bailey, but that did clear from the roadway. the bay bridge looks like it's a very smooth, easy drive right now. leaving earlier is better than later today. back to you. thank you. mike. well, keeping cool during this hot weather ahead on today in the bay. some places where you'll be able to take a dip for free are. that would be nice. plus a hollywood twist in the paramount merger saga. the preliminary agreement is set to unite those two big studios and a new warning for netflix users. the subscription plan the streaming giant is now prepares to phase out the impact and the price you'll pay. stay with us. you're watching today in the bay

as we continue our microclimate weather alert temperatures ramp up quickly, going from 81 at 8:00 to 91 at 10:00. that's a big jump in temperatures, but it doesn't stop there. as we head for a high of about 105 degrees, there at 4:00 today, it's going

to be dangerous to be outside. we'll talk about this. and looking ahead, coming up in a few minutes. oh my. another one of those days with those temperatures over here. 580 another day with traffic, of course, because it's the corridor through contra costa county. disabled vehicle at the off ramp there. but look this vehicle able to get by without any problem. these folks probably getting to work. lots of folks still working. so let's check in with bertha coombs. good morning bertha. darsha wall street looks like it's set for a modestly higher open at this point. after a positive day that saw the s&p 500 close above 5500 for the first time, the nasdaq also finishing at a record high above 20,000. markets getting a boost from tesla, which jumped 10% after reporting better than expected delivery numbers in focus today. and the bottom of the hour, we're going to get data on hiring in the private sector. that's ahead of friday's jobs number. we also get weekly

jobless claims a day early because of the holiday. and then the minutes from last month's federal reserve meeting, the markets closed early today at 1 p.m. eastern, ahead of the 4th of july holiday. and of course, tomorrow markets are closed. deal is back on meantime between paramount global and skydance media. yeah, i know you've heard this before, but bear with me. talks fizzled last month, but reports say skydance, the production company behind the mission impossible movies, has reached a preliminary agreement to buy paramount's controlling shareholder, national amusements. now, skydance will then merge with paramount, a deal that must be approved by a special committee of paramount's board members. paramount owns its namesake studio, as well as cbs, mtv, nickelodeon, and paramount plus. we'll see how whether they can really close the deal this time. netflix, meantime, is starting to phase out the cheapest ad free plan for existing subscribers. the verge reports that some

customers on the basic plan, which costs 11.99 a month, are being asked to choose a new tier. the choices are the 6.99 ad supported plan, the 1549 ad free tier, or the 2299 ad free premium plan. most users receiving notices appear to be in the uk and canada right now. last year, netflix discontinued that basic plan for new or returning members. here in the u.s. so if you know somebody in canada, tell them to go ahead and binge bridgerton fast before the prices go up. it's pretty good, this one. i think my 15 year old was watching it and i was like, isn't that a little saucy? and she was like, no, not that bad. and i said, well, can i watch it with you? and she said, no, no. so i guess it's a little saucy. thank you for that. you don't want to watch with your parents? no. she'll poke my eyes out. oh my god. well, we've been talking all week about how it's, you know,

just hot hot hot hot. oh absolutely. and if you're looking to beat the heat in san francisco, your city is looking to help. the san francisco rec and parks department is opening all nine of its public pools to the public for free today. all pools open up at 7:00 this morning, and there is a list of the pools here on your screen, from balboa to kaufman. garfield, ross, sava, all of them. all nine of them are going to be open and for free. so that's such great news. sava pools will be opening in about two hours, i think. do i have a friend with a pool? no, i do not. none of us have pools. laura, you have a pool? my father has a pool. and i live at my father's house. yeah so we have a pool. so, i mean, you'll want to shield your eyes. absolutely absolutely. pool party. i mean, i remember looking at google earth and, like, who has a pool in the neighborhood? can i bring cookies? that's a good idea. like bring a bottle of wine, some beers and show up and hey,

hey there, neighbor. oh, my goodness. so it's just no relief on this. no unfortunately not. it's going to be a while, but take a look at this sunrise that we have behind us. i mean that is just gorgeous. it is a microclimate weather alert day. so we are seeing all of these beautiful hues in the sky as we are dealing with some wildfire smoke coming in, and also high levels of ozone. so we do need to limit time outside. it is a spare the air alert day and the high fire danger continues with more hot days and warm nights. and those warm nights is really what makes it so bad, because it makes it hard to sleep and there's not much recovery. so we have these dry northeasterly winds and low relative humidity as this heat continues here is a live look outside in san francisco as we're getting started this morning. our air quality continues to be unhealthy due to once again wildfire smoke and ozone. it's unhealthy for anyone with breathing problems or heart conditions, but we're seeing the

worst of that air quality in parts of the east bay, where it tends to settle in the valleys, and it's kind of trapped between some of the hills where it doesn't really have a chance to mix out. here's where we're starting this morning. it is anywhere from 54 and half moon bay. that's the cool spot to starting out at 78 degrees in martinez. so it's not really all that cool. and we're looking at some near record highs for today in santa rosa. it could tie the record of 103 degrees that was set in 2001. i don't think we'll be close in san francisco, but oakland may tie the record will be very close in livermore and just a few degrees shy of a record, and hopefully it stays that way in san jose. we're looking at temperatures up to 105 in dublin, 110 in concord, fairfield and vacaville, and a lot of highs over 100 degrees for much of the north bay, san francisco. it's going to be in the mid 80s, but could still reach into the 90s in parts of the city. the same thing tomorrow and still pretty hot as

this heat wave continues into our 4th of july holiday. as well as friday into the weekend and we're only breaking it into the upper 90s in the beginning of next week. so that's really not much of a break from this heat. and looking at san francisco, where it does tend to ease up a little bit more quickly here, going from 88 degrees today to some low 80s on sunday and then back to the mid 70s for the beginning of next week. so we'll be watching all of this for you in the impacts. mike. it looks like a very nice scene at the bay bridge toll plaza. yeah. you know it's a beautiful sunrise. look at that in the background there. and i'm looking at the traffic flow i guess that's what i'm supposed to do. and it's been light all week. and we expect similar today. later on in the day, expect more folks to be hitting the roads as has been this week. it's been the late morning early afternoon when things start to ramp up, so we're looking at no major problems. a little blip here for highway 37 just starting with the drive out of vallejo. no delays through highway four after they cleared the earlier

car fire for west highway four around bailey, the toll plaza, you saw that very light traffic flow. we had the reopening for highway 84 from the overnight roadwork, and we're looking at a smooth drive right now across all bridges back to you. it's bridgerton's. saucy. well next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. they fork over more than 30 grand for a used car, but it isn't as advertised. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. and as we head to break, a quick reminder, leave the fireworks to the pros. there's just too high fire danger. but we have some other fun stuff going on, from parades to professional fireworks shows, we have a whole list of safe ways to celebrate the 4th of july all across the bay area you can point your smartphone camera at the qr code on your screen, or you can head to nbcbayarea.com and click the link in the top trending couple

contacted a consumer investigator, kris karma christian maja and andrew franklin told us they paid the online car dealer carvana, 32 grand for a used 2019 volvo xc60. they said carvana

advertised the suv with adaptive cruise control right here in the listing, but the franklin said the car carvana delivered did not have adaptive cruise control. so four days after delivery, the franklins contacted carvana for help with an exchange. but they say carvana told them they had to keep the car, so they contacted us. we contacted carvana. it responded immediately. it took back the franklin's volvo and let them choose a new car. a subaru with adaptive cruise control. that's a $32,000 win for them. in a statement, carvana said, we strive for 100% accuracy when listing vehicle features, but we always want to do right by our customers when we make a mistake. fun fact california law gives used car buyers like you the option to buy a two day window to cancel your car. buying contract. it's part of the used car buyers bill of rights. fair warning there are two fees. first, a fee to buy the cancellation option and second, a restocking fee if you return the car. state law limits

how much car dealers can charge you. usually it's a couple hundred bucks to buy yourself 48 hours to change your mind. we hear from car buyers often. you can join them, scan the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. well, next we have the top stories we're following today, including, of course, the ongoing heat wave. meteorologist kari hall tracking today's highs and the power problems also popping up because of that heat wave across the bay area, leaving a lot of people with no way to cool down. i'm ginger conejero saab in san francisco. fire crews from across the bay area have headed up to butte county to help fight the thompson fire. we have the latest numbers up ahead. stay with control of a

fast moving wildfire in butte county, and the crews from the bay area that are heading up there to help the family, plus taking off for the holiday. the record breaking number of travels close to coast as tens of millions of people head out for a summer holiday. this is today in the bay. thanks for joining us on this hot wednesday morning. i'm kris sanchez and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus and laura are off. we'll get to the latest on the thompson fire in a minute, but let's check in with

meteorologist kari hall about all this heat. yeah, it's not only the heat, but it's all of the fires that we have burning across the area. and it's not just the one fire that we've been watching here and there. we also have the butte county fire happening. the toll fire, the denverton fire. and then there's other ones that are smaller that are happening across the region. but all of this putting smoke into the atmosphere and giving us a hazy sky that we'll see throughout the morning, but we can see the bulk of the smoke going from that fire up around butte county will be blowing off towards the east and away from the bay area as well as the other fires that are continuing today. but still, it does have an impact to our air quality as we're dealing with this extreme heat and not much wind. and these are the conditions that firefighters are facing. this morning, even around the toll fire, the red flag warning continues. the current temperature is 90 degrees this morning and the winds are still gusting at 27mph. and usually

when our humidity is the highest as around this time of day, it's only at 15. so fires tend to spread very quickly when the air is very dry and our temperatures today heading back over 100 degrees widespread across the north bay, as hot as 111. in ukiah today. all of this posing a major to extreme heat risk and how quickly this may impact your health is all dependent on how long you'll have the exposure to this kind of hot weather that we'll see, and we'll talk more about what's ahead over the next few days and that fire danger coming up in a few minutes. kari. thank you. continuing our breaking news, thousands evacuating as that out-of-control thompson fire rages on this morning, 3000 acres plus burning bay area crews are headed up to butte county to help on the fire lines. well, today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. ginger. those crews are dealing with scorching temperatures. you heard kari

talking about the morning temperature right now, about 90 degrees. those are some really tough conditions. good morning, scott and chris. and that's why fire crews are attacking this fire from the air, as well as on the ground. we know that the flames have reached at least one neighborhood this morning. we are learning that at least five homes have caught on fire. possibly other structures have been destroyed as well. i want to show you some new video that we got in to our newsroom this morning of crews battling the flames overnight. they are still on the scene. you can see those flames. they light up the darkness. and as you mentioned, chris and scott overnight it grew from 2000 acres to now over 3000 acres. take a look at those flames that have been spreading fast. this is some video from yesterday when the fire erupted in oroville just before 11 yesterday morning. thousands of people are under evacuation orders and crews are focused on protecting homes and structures in the area. now, fire

departments from across the bay area are heading to the fire lines to help san francisco fire, posting a video on social media saying 18 of their firefighters left for butte county crews from san jose, milpitas and san mateo are also in the fire zone. the fuels are very dense. the brush is dry, and as you can see, any wind will move a fire out very quickly. we have resources coming in from out of butte county, including 3434 strike teams of engines. meanwhile, kerry mentioned this fire as well. crews have been working on the toll fire in calistoga. it's much smaller at about 40 acres, but it is only 15% contained. an evacuation warning remains in effect. so far, no structures destroyed there. cal fire keeping dozens of firefighters on the perimeter of the fire.

there is no word yet on the cause of that fire. now heading back north to butte county, there are evacuation, places. evacuation centers, i should say. there's one set up at the nazarene church in oroville, as well as the butte county fairgrounds in gridley. we'll keep a close eye on this fire. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning, but for now, send it back to scott and chris. all right. ginger thank you all. the spike in power outages actually started yesterday as triple digit heat overwhelmed some of the power sources. and that included neighborhoods in danville. one lengthy outage led to an early closing time for the danville brewing company, and peasant and pear restaurant downtown, and we were able to talk with management in each business. they admit outages are never good for the bottom line. obviously, it's very frustrating for us, for the customers, you know, is we want to be a place people can escape the heat, you know, have a nice cold beer, you know, some great food, lose several thousands of dollars of

sales. but on a night like this, now you don't get any of that sales money and you're paying for labor. pg&e could not confirm whether the extreme heat was the reason for that outage, but in nearby san ramon, the same issues impacted a whole shopping plaza. businesses there did plan to keep normal hours, whether or not there were more outages, and bay area cities are opening up cooling centers to provide water and power outlets and free wi-fi and air conditioning. our team has compiled a list of the locations near you. you can just use your smartphone to scan the qr code and or you could go to nbcbayarea.com to find a cooling center near you. it is 535. a live look at the white house. that's where gavin newsom tonight will join other democratic governors in a meeting with president biden. biden campaign spokesperson says newsom wants to be there in person. some of this is on video, so they can be seen showing his support by standing alongside the president. the face to face meeting comes as a

growing number of democrats are calling for biden to withdraw from the presidential race after that dreadful performance during last week's debate. as those calls grow louder, at least one democratic congressman, the white house, is defending biden's record and mental fitness. we need to have the strongest candidate possible in order to assure that the values that we hold for our democracy are not traded for an authoritarian strongman bent on revenge against his opponents. this is a president who, over the last three and a half years, has demonstrated the right wisdom and the right judgment and the right character, the white house chief of staff will hold a call with other staff members today aimed at encouraging them to weather the storm and keep their heads down. some staffers, meantime frustrated about being left out of the loop. well, now we want to take a live look at sfo and the bay bridge this morning because folks are traveling. today is supposed to be the busiest day this holiday weeken,

and for the first time in a while, people are leaving even earlier to get to their holiday destinations. according to triple a, our mike inouye is breaking down how many people we expect to be out there. we won't be among them, but there are a lot of other folks. there will be 17 cheerfully has big numbers kris we expect to see packed roads though crowded airports. we've already seen some folks leaving the area. we have a lighter morning commute right the rest of this week, as more than 71 million people are projected to travel for the 4th of july holiday. that's according to triple a, this year's triple a, and this year triple a analyzed the entire july 4th week. because of the placement in the middle of the week here, plus the saturday before this week and the sunday following this holiday. week long analysis gave more insight into travel trends for 2024, and many people are working remotely post-pandemic, so they're even able to get to their destinations perhaps earlier and doing a last couple of days of work there. they may already be at their destination, but triple

a found the amount of people traveling for the fourth is up 5% from last year and 8% from 2019. we're finding that post-pandemic, people are traveling differently. more people have remote work flexibility now, so what people are doing, many people, they're leaving the weekend before they're working remotely from their destination a couple of days, and then they're taking a vacation and then coming back. wow okay. well, if you can manage that and if you're flying for the fourth to beat the crowds in triple a advises to leave as early as possible and give yourself three hours at the airport before your boarding time. and if you're hitting the roads today for the rest of the week, then here's what you need to know. the best time to leave today or tomorrow on the fourth is before noon. as we talked about yesterday, the worst time is to leave in the afternoon. any time after, two things are really going to get jammed up, then starting to ease. probably about 7:00 pm. coming back home on friday. this weekend or throughout the weekend. the best time to leave is in the morning. of course, you'll arrive home in

time for everybody else as well. the time is the same. the worst times to leave are mid-morning and into the afternoon, because that's when everybody sort of gets up a little bit later and then hits the road. so you know, kerry, we've been talking about the numbers from triple a. you've got some numbers that are maybe triple digit. yeah unfortunately for high temperatures. and we're starting out this morning with some warmer air in some parts of the bay area, at least in san rafael, it's very mild with temperatures in the mid 50s, but it is now 67. in dublin, 64 in san francisco, and at 71, when you look at san francisco, that's usually about our high temperature for the afternoon. but we're headed up to 84 degrees, and there may be parts of the city still hitting 90 degrees for today. mid 80s for san mateo and oakland today reaching a high of 93 degrees, 105 in dublin and san jose looking at a high of 96, while los gatos will reach 103 and 107 today in clear lake santa rosa,

up to 103 degrees tomorrow for the 4th of july is really not much better. still a lot of highs over 100 degrees as you move away from the inner bay and even up to 106 for vacaville and san francisco in the low 80s in mountain view, we'll reach a high of 93 for your 4th of july. so we'll talk more about the impacts of this. the fire danger, and looking ahead to the weekend that's coming up in a few minutes. okay. kari. thanks. while scientists are hard at work trying to figure out which sounds most attract sharks ahead on today in the bay and inside, look at one new study to find out if sharks literally hear the difference between humans and ocean prey. plus you're never gonna get it. oh, never, never gonna get it. now headed to marin, where you can forge a signature east bay r&b band performed today. also closing the gap when it comes to

artificial intelligence, the learning curve users are finding when they use that new technology. but first, let's check in with investigative reporter kenneth nguyen. a year ago, the state told oakland to fix your 911 answering times or face harsh consequences. a year has gone by and that deadline is coming up later on this month in an exclusive interview with mayor sheng thao, she tells me that oakland is not going to make that deadline. we investigate these penalties and the implications for really anyone in oakland who calls 911 who has an emergency and possibly anyone calling 911 in the region. i'm candice nguyen. watch that story right now on

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take a look at this. a napping bear who may remind you of the visitor that never leaves. don't be that guy. experienced that in this case, she's got a thing for southern california neighborhoods. wildlife workers in claremont first captured her, relocated her to a national forest couple weeks ago, and then she returned to another location in chatsworth. they've been monitoring. she has a tracking collar and observed her roaming the area for about 12 hours, climbing more than one tree, and they tranquilized her again before taking her back to the wild. that's not the kind of chopper high speed chase they're used to in l.a. well, the shark week, now in full force. research suggests that sounds may be what attract the ocean predators. the today show continues its shark watch series with a deep dive on hearing tests for sharks. and thompson joins southern california shark scientists to see how it works. most of the time, we literally see sharks swim right underneath people. they don't change their speed, they don't change their

direction. they just completely ignore them because we're not their natural prey. absolutely. yeah. we're not food for them. exactly. if that were the case, then southern california would be costco for white sharks. you can watch the full story on the today show this morning at 7:00. right after today in the bay. also new this morning. one company is launching a new tool to help workers adjust to the future of artificial intelligence in the workplace. walk me x helps walk users through how to use artificial intelligence on their own work. computers step by step, the ceo says companies need to remember the human element when implementing ai. it's not just the data and the models and the large language models that you have, it's you need to focus on the people. they are the ones that are going to use it at the end, and they are the one that are going to make that transformation work for you. so you need to make sure that in parallel with all the investment in the data and the llms and all

the copilots and so on, you need to make sure that people really know how to use it. now, walkme says its own research finds nine out of ten americans fail to effectively use ai on their first try. 7% say they've received extensive training. interesting. all 23 days and counting until the start of the paris olympic games, and authorities are already keeping a close eye on the river seine. i set it right. right. all right, so this is where the opening ceremony is going to happen, along with open water, athletic events. french president emmanuel macron already floating the idea of scrapping the river ceremony for a possible backup plan. french police say years of training in areas like diving and swimming are leaving them fully prepared to provide whatever security is needed. also, getting a good look inside the now completed olympic village. that's where athletes from around the globe will arrive starting july 18th. among things in the interior

prominently features the olympic mascot, the phryges. more than 20,000 athletes will call this area home. both the olympic and paralympic games and those run through september 8th. so i don't know if we mentioned this, but the olympics will be on our tv station. the opening ceremonies. for the 2024 games, 26th of july, bay area on the bed. maybe that's right. olympic sport. i'd win that one. all right. happening today, the official weigh in ceremony for tomorrow's nathan's famous hot dog eating contest in new york. and we expect to see nine time women's champ miki sudo there. the world record holder, san jose native joey chestnut. as we have mentioned, he will not be stepping on the scale because he cannot compete this year. he signed a deal with a rival hot dog brand, a vegan one. instead, chestnut plans to go to el paso, texas to go head to head against

soldiers at fort bliss during its own hot dog eating contest in fort bliss. they should be eating tacos, right? yeah. in el paso. yes. yeah. all right. closer to home, the imminent arrival of the 4th of july holiday weekend means the return of the marin county fair. it starts today. it will kick off the first part of a three year plan aimed at inclusivity with people with disabilities. for the first time, they'll have a lounge specifically for disabled people needing a break from the crowds and the noise, and it's equipped with noise canceling headphones and snacks and volunteers. we spoke with one organizer about what makes this fair stand out. we have a huge emphasis on the arts and a real connection to our community. our county fair. and if you grew up going to this, you'll know this. it's the kind of fair where you can actually drop your ten year old child off during the day, and they will be safe and have a fantastic time, and you can pick

them up at the end of the day. do remember to do that. the fair's theme this year is make a splash water will be one of the main elements. oh thank goodness many of the exhibits. and if you want to see live music, they got you covered there too. and vogue di dia, ziggy marley i love him los lonely boys all scheduled to perform. there's a special splash back music fest tomorrow for the fourth. the marin county fair runs through sunday, so it's quick. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. how fun. all right, your favorite minions. they are back and despicable me. the family of six is on the run as they adjust to life with a new baby. yes, some of the kids are finding it harder to adjust than others. take a look for your own safety. you'll all be assuming new identities, new identities? is that really necessary? girls cool. i'm blair britney, my name is brie. my despicable me for

also bringing back all your favorites to face a new supervillain. this will hit the big screen tonight. we should of course. note despicable me is distributed by nbc universal, which is owned by comcast, which also owns this tv station. that's one of my favorite cartoon. like, yeah, i love the minions. they're very funny. i mean, i'm not just saying that because gru signs my paycheck. either that's a cartoon or is it an animated feature? real? no i'll carry it is just it's so hot. it was so hard to sleep last night. the temperatures didn't come down at all. yeah. and it's going to be rough these next few days. and that's what we get when we get days on end of these heat waves. we usually can catch a break overnight when it only lasts for a day or two. as we take a look at our live view in san francisco, it is a beautiful sunrise as we are dealing with this unhealthy air quality. it is a spare the air alert day. that means that if you can carpool or catch public

transit to get to work, it is going to be hot, but also not healthy to breathe in a lot of that air outside. as we not only deal with wildfire smoke, but we're also getting high levels of ozone. and when we get high heat, high pressure that causes that heat, it pushes everything back down to the surface. and it really settles in the valleys, so it doesn't have a chance to mix out in spots like the east bay. that is between two hills in parts of the east bay. and so we're going to see the highest concentration of all of the pollutants in the air. we're starting out as we talked about, not much cooler than what we typically see. we're in the low 70s. and that's the closer to our high temperature for the day. we're at 72 in concord, 80 in martinez, but we are in the mid 50s and half moon bay, as well as sonoma. and with the extremely dry conditions, you want to make sure that you are trying to prevent wildfires. definitely no fireworks, but you should already have that defensible space around your home and then don't drive on any

dry grass. and you can also just give it a rest with cutting the grass, secure any toe chains and then looking at grills and also just being safe with that, especially with those coals. keep it on a paved surfaces, a paved surface and are to today temperatures are supposed to reach very close to our record highs. and a lot of spots like santa rosa oakland may tie a record and will be close in livermore, san jose, maybe just a few degrees shy of a record, but it's still going to be very dangerous to be outside as our temperatures reach 104 degrees in morgan hill, dublin, livermore, over 105, 110, and concord and vacaville napa today, looking at a high of 105 and still very warm in san francisco. warm temperatures near the coastline as well for tomorrow, that heat risk and that risk index continues to be major to extreme away from the coastline in parts of the inner bay tomorrow into friday. once

again, that heat just extends into the weekend, as well as next week. we're only going to see some slight relief for the middle of next week, and that's still highs in the 90s, which is very warm for us. and even this time of year, we're looking at temperatures throughout the weekend, throughout the holiday, in the over 100 degrees, we've been seeing triple digits a lot here, but for san francisco, it's going to be in the 80s through the weekend and then dropping back to the mid 70s by early next week. mike, you have a look now at what's happening in the south bay. yeah, we saw the live shot a one on one right about there. so you see the green sensors. there's a little bit of slowing. just a brake tap or two by oakland road and also by the airport there's sfo, the runways, very light traffic. i know there's a little more coming. we check out the area around san martino. we do see light slowing coming up through the area. but this time on a normal week we'd see probably oranges and reds. as you travel up through morgan hill. the congestion lighter here, a lot of folks probably holding off or

left the area or leaving later on today. vasco road also shows just a slight build to 20 minutes. as you leave contra costa county, head down to 580, which is moving really well out of the altamont pass highway four. no major problems and getting toward the bay bridge. the metering lights were activated about 15 minutes ago, but we still don't see any backup. we just see a little slowing approaching the toll plaza for safety's sake, and it's an easy drive into san francisco. back to you. all right, mike, well, happening no, customers who use an east bay credit union still in a holding pattern on getting full access to their banking services. last friday, hackers targeted patelco in a ransomware attack. at one point over the weekend, all account access was frozen, but that's been restored. customers, though still forced to visit branches to withdraw money. on monday, the telco released a statement saying it's working with an outside cybersecurity agency and asking for patience. while we still have much more head on today in the bay, including that breaking news, a

fast moving wildfire forcing evacuations, hundreds of them in butte county, the damage already adding up as crews, including those from the bay area work to gain containment, plus traveling to washington. the key support governor gavin newsom is offering president biden following a poor debate performance. our washington insider is live, with the key meeting happening in just a matter of hours. and don't forget nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you want on roku, pluto and be right backng platforms. we'll

are working to control a fire wildfire which has thousands of people fleeing from their homes. the conditions firefighters are facing is temperatures already begin to rise this morning. plus, in the dark with no way to cool down, we are tracking power outages causing big headaches ahead of another day of heat. i wanted to speak directly to the president about the need for