time since exiting the race for reelection. this as enthusiasm surges for the new democratic front runner. we're live this morning with vice president kamala harris's message to voters about the changes on the national level and right here at home, the brand new measure san francisco voters will weigh this november and the major overhaul in store for the city if voters approve. this is today in the bay. good wednesday morning. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. okay. wednesday, halfway through our workweek, a little closer to friday, a little closer to opening ceremony of olympics and a little cooler. yes, a little bit closer to some better weather, too. it's still going to be very warm today, and we'll have a heat advisory in effect for parts of the east bay down to the south bay and the santa cruz mountains. but we're not seeing the excessive heat warning, which was in effect for

parts of the east bay yesterday. no longer that's the case, but as we are starting out this morning, can already feel it's a little bit warmer out there. we're in the upper 60s and low 70s from the south bay over to walnut creek, san francisco in the upper 50s, and it will still be a hot day with a high of 91 in san jose and 100 today for the inland east bay. and mike, it's wednesday, but it seems fairly calm. it is pretty calm. we had the traffic adjusting the volume is now steadily, slowly but steadily building at the toll plaza. no surprises here are on the approach throughout the east bay, generally slowing across westbound 80. that's the bay bridge. everything else looks pretty mild, including this lightning of traffic. the first burst is kind of coming to a close here for san jose. back to you. thanks, mike. well, new for you this morning. and first, at 5 a.m. we were telling you about the november ballot. just got a little more interesting for san francisco voters. they now have two important new measures to consider after the

vote by supervisors today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning. and, ginger, the thing about here that these measures really could change the face of the city. that's right. marcus, good morning to you. supervisors approved two new ballot measures yesterday. one would authorize a pay hike for veteran san francisco police officers while the other is about a bond measure. a nearly $400 million bond measure that would revamp the city of san francisco. let's start there. now, the $390 million bond would require two thirds approval from voters, and here's how that money would break down. over $200 million would go to improving health care facilities like chinatown public health center, laguna honda, as well as zuckerberg san francisco general. over $70 million would go to public spaces, including a $25 million renovation of harvey milk plaza and about $40 million to go to

other public spaces, including improving the mayor's office. $50 million would go to housing homeless families and nearly $65 million would go to repaving and redesigning city streets. now voters will also have a ballot measure on police staffing that that has to do with the police staffing retention measure, allowing san francisco police officers to defer retirement for five years. so instead they would stay on payroll, performing neighborhood patrol or investigative work. supporters say this would help stop the bleeding in the department's dire staffing crisis. now, marcus, yesterday you sat down with the mayor to talk about many things. san francisco, ahead of the board of supervisors meeting that saw the votes of these two ballot measures. now what was discussed was many things, including homelessness, which is a decisive issue in the mayoral race. and on the november ballo.

here's mayor breed on pushing for progressive penalties at this point, we are offering them housing. we're offering them shelter. so it's not like we're not offering them anything and they are refusing. so when they are refusing, then we are going to enforce the law. and that means progressive penalties. now we'll have more on marcus's one on one with the mayor at 630, as well as on nbcbayarea.com. i know marcus, i listened in to some of that interview and you really did talk about many things, everything from, from the vice president now, and the presidential bid for the vice president to many other key issues here in the city. so, definitely a lot to watch out for. yeah. marcus. two key races right now, presidency and san francisco. so there you have it. all right, ginger conejero saab, thank you for that. well, speaking of that presidency, so much going on in politics. turning now to decision 2024.

democrats are really experiencing a surge in enthusiasm for the party's new front runner, vice president kamala harris. it follows news over the weekend that president biden will not seek reelection. a live look at the white house on this wednesday morning, where biden is expected to address his decision. in a speech from the oval office tonight. today, in the bay's brie jackson joins us live from washington this morning. and, bree, what do you think we can expect here? good morning laura. so the president is expected to provide a detailed explanation for withdrawing from the presidential race and also lay out his vision for his remaining months in office. president biden, preparing to address the nation tonight about his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. i expect that he'll lay out a governing vision for the balance of his term. the 81 year old's speech follows his endorsement of vice president

kamala harris for president. she's also being backed by top democrats on capitol hill. we've seen the democratic party swiftly coalesce behind vice president kamala harris, president joe biden has made the selfless decision to pass the torch to vice president kamala harris, who is ready, willing and able to lead us into the future. harris is hitting the campaign trail. during her first campaign stop as the clear front runner for the democratic nomination, the 59 year old spoke to an energized crowd in wisconsin, a key battleground state. the former prosecutor laying out her case against former president trump. as a prosecutor, i specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. well trump was found liable for

committing sexual abuse. trump is ramping up his attacks. she was the worst. she was the worst at everything. she was the worst vice president. the former president says he's committed to debating vice president harris. now that president biden is stepping aside following concerns about his poor debate performance. and today, the dnc rules committee will meet to formalize the process for their virtual roll call. as of now, their plan remains to formally nominate a candidate by august 7th. that is, when the first state deadline comes up for certifying who is on the ballot. laura, here we go. brie. here we go. thank you very much. and following the attempt on his life, former president donald trump rethinking the idea of holding any more large outdoor rallies. that's what two sources are telling nbc news now. the trump camp did not respond to cnbc's request for comment. the

sources also say while the current plans will likely be to stick to indoor rallies, it is possible trump may take part in smaller outdoor events or even larger events in highly controlled environments like stadiums. in the meantime, on capitol hill, fbi director chris wray today will testify about the pennsylvania shooting. he'll appear before the house judiciary committee. his appearance was actually scheduled prior to the shooting. it was supposed to be a routine hearing, but now the near assassination is expected to dominate. most of the questions are likely to focus on the investigation surrounding the gunman. thomas crooks new at six san rafael police. they need your help in finding a suspect, they say started a fire outside of a target store surveillance camera capturing that incident, which happened late monday night at the store on shoreline parkway. police say that that man used an accelerant to burn small garbage bag and a cardboard box inside a bin near the exit door. that fire caused an estimated $2,500 in damage,

and it is possible that that man suffered. you see right there, that man suffered possibly some burns. they consider him dangerous and say he should not be approached. instead, if you see him, call 911. it is 608 on your wednesday morning. taking a peek outside the sun's up over the bay area, hopefully not heating things up too much. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. that's a live look over dublin this morning. boy they've had some hot temperatures inland. yes, yesterday was pretty rough. and it's going to be hot again today as we start out with a live look outside in walnut creek. we are for the most part in the 60s and 70s and 9:00 we're at 77 degrees. so if you have an outdoor exercising, some activities to get done, some yard work, try to get it in before 11:00. it will already be in the mid 80s then and then headed for the 90s. but as you're noticing, it's not going to be as hot as it was yesterday. a lot of our temperatures, though still well above normal with santa rosa's high up to 90 degrees for today

and usually for this date, we're up to about 83. for a high in concord, it will be 96 when our average high is 88 degrees. in san francisco, mid 70s today, and livermore reaching 98 degrees. that's about ten degrees above our normal high. and we'll see that in san jose as well. we will be cooling down as we approach the weekend. so we'll take a look at that in a few minutes. and mike's been tracking so far a smooth commute. yeah. pretty smooth i mean we expect the build on the bay bridge and no surprises, but there's a little slowing approaching the berkeley curve. so we watch that build still just mild build here for berkeley. and from time to time some brake tapping as you approach the richmond bridge over to san rafael. no real change for highway 37 over toward mare island highway for a little more slowing, i guess. steady slowing from pittsburgh and bay point. we're looking at also the build up coming off of 238 for south, 880 down through san leandro and hayward, san mateo bridge. let's take a live look because there were some slower sensors there. the south bay does have a smooth drive as well. easier than before. back to you. thanks, mike. a looming

strike in san francisco coming up next on today in the bay the demands thousands of hotel workers are making before they walk off the job. and it's never been more expensive or more difficult to buy a home. let's go out to the futures. this morning. nasdaq's going to get pulled lower by tech stocks including tesla. we'll take a look coming up. plus pico boulevard would you turn down the arguello street. oh my neck. it's not doing that. so a bay area woman spinning circles around the judges there on america's got talent. well, was it enough to get her to the next round? stick around and find out. you're watching today in the bay excuse me

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we will have some slightly cooler temperatures and we're in the low 60s to start out our morning. it's in the upper 70s at 11:00 and in the mid 80s at 1:00. today we're headed for 90 degrees here. it still will be hot, but we do have some more relief coming our way as we approach the weekend. more on that coming up in a few minutes. and we're looking at a nice smooth drive here. 580 through dublin. altamont pass, of course, has a little bit of slowing, no drama getting toward the dublin interchange, but we'll oh, i see something. i'll point it out. i get a better angle on it. the next report

coming up in a second. well, good morning. very happy wednesday to you. markets could move lower this morning particularly the nasdaq after some disappointment from google and their financial report. and then tesla expected to fall again after that company once again said profits did not live up to hopes. tesla's got two problems fewer people buying their cars and lower prices on those cars. both are cutting into profits. the company has been pinning its hopes on a fleet of robo taxis, which were set to be announced early next month. but that unveiling, now delayed until october. meantime, new this morning, company ceo elon musk asking tesla to invest $5 billion in his other startup, exci. he posted a poll about it on x, which he also owns, asking shareholders what they thought. meantime, analysts at bloomberg say chinese electric car byd could overtake tesla sometime this year, at least until america places more restrictions on the sale of chinese cars. other big question donald trump

says he'll get rid of tax incentives on electric cars. so a lot of uncertainty ahead. new home sales data shows it's never been slower or more expensive to buy a house. the national association of realtors says sales in june were 5% less than they were this time last year, and prices hit new records, up 4% from last year. 426,000 is the new nationwide median price. crowdstrike has an early report on what went wrong last week. pretty much what you'd expect. they pushed out bad code. crowdstrike says they'll stop pushing out new code all at once. they'll do it bit by bit, so they'll know if something is going wrong early canary style, they call it, well, silicon valley, full of people and ideas, good ideas. those people with these new ideas tend to be young. they tend to come out of certain schools, tend to follow a pattern. this week on our podcast, sand hill road, we'll talk to mike maples, who's

trying to find pattern breakers, people with great ideas who don't fit the mold. sometimes they come to him. he's got a baseball cap and a camera on his head, and he's got wires going into a backpack, and i was like, that guy looks kind of strange. and he walks in and i thought, i wonder what's up with him? never imagining that he was coming to our table. it wasn't a bomb, it was an idea. you can listen to the latest episode of sand hill road anywhere you get your podcasts, and listen to it on the way to work. now that ended up being just in. khan, who for a while broadcast his life in san francisco over the internet using that camera, eventually created twitch out of that idea and sold it to amazon. do you remember how much i don't a billion dollars, not bad. billion. not bad for a kid with a backpack, right? good for him. so much innovation. it's cool to be a part of it. all right. thanks. you bet. well, more than 13,000 unionized hotel workers

plan to vote next month on whether to authorize a strike. this is as contract talks with marriott, hilton and hyatt stall the workers at 125 hotels in san francisco, boston, honolulu and providence have been seeking a significant pay raise, better health care and pension plans. they also are asking the hotel chains to reverse pandemic era staff and service cuts. well, trending to trending for you this morning. a bay area aerialist is used to flying, of course. very high. that's right. last night she proved to america that she's got talent. oh my. morning is still going. i want to see her walk after that righ? right. petaluma native haley viloria, taking to the air last night, auditioning for america's got talent. performing to lethal woman by dove cameron. she works

as a performer at cirque du soleil and a coach, and now lives in las vegas. comedian howie mandel expressed doubts about her performance, and simon cowell encouraged her to change her wardrobe. that's what he saw out of that. well, ultimately, she received three yeses from the judges, moving her on to the next round of competition. follow her journey on nbc bay area. america's got talent airs at 8 p.m. on tuesday nights. it will be taking a brief break due to the 2024 paris olympics, but all that spinning will return and will root on the petaluma native. wow, wow, what a. how do you even practice that? i know, yeah, i always think about what happens while you're getting to that level. maybe a little mistake here or there made me a little nausea, i don't know. i hope she didn't eat before, you know. oh. all right. well weather wise today, feeling good? it feels good for most of the bay area. it's still going to be hot in the valleys. and we're dealing with still some 90s in some parts. but take a look at this refreshing shot. a

view of the fog rolling over san francisco as the sun rises this morning, looking from our sutro tower camera. starting out our wednesday morning. just gorgeous. all right, let's head to san jose where we are also starting out with some sunshine. and it feels nice for now with some low 70s. but this is already warmer than where we typically start. we're used to feeling some 50s. so you're stepping out the door like, oka, yeah, it's warm out there and it will be a warm afternoon as we head for the low 90s and sunshine in the forecast throughout the day at 5:00, it's starting to dip just a little bit. we'll continue to cool off for the evening in time for that walk before sunset. and we'll be at 89 for a high in fremont today. now, we're not under the excessive heat warning for the east bay like we were yesterday, but it still will be hot. 96 in concord today and 100 in vacaville and fairfield in clear lake today, 101 degrees and santa rosa up to 90 for today, while san francisco will be in the mid 70s, taking it into the

day tomorrow. we see the temperatures coming down a few more degrees, so oakland will see a high of 77 and in the low 80s for hayward in san jose, 86 degrees. and let's check out our friday forecast. this looks so nice. no heat risk. and we're looking at highs in the upper 70s for a high in san jose, 79 in dublin. and the warmest spots will be in the mid to upper 80s. so that's going to give us a break from having to constantly run the air conditioning. take a look at gilroy. our weekend features temperatures in the 70s. we don't all the time get temperatures like that. and even next week looking way ahead, we are not expecting any really excessive heat. so we're going back to what's normal for this time of year. looking at our 7-day forecast. once we make it through today and tomorrow, it's going to be so nice and we'll have a chance to enjoy some very comfortable temperatures. cool mornings and mild afternoons in san francisco, though you know

what that means. we are going to see a lot of no sky july and even some august with a lot of low clouds, fog and some mist and drizzle. mike, you spotted something on the dublin camera? i did, so i nudged it over a little bit. there we go. this rig right here, that box truck is just over. actually, it's a big rig over on the gore point. gore point is what we talk about where the road splits apart or comes together, that little triangle. so that's where it is at the gore point, at the offramp. it's not a problem for the westbound commute, but i did spot that it's not on the chp report. but that's why it's good. we have live cameras, we catch views of something sometimes that doesn't get reported there. we do see some slowing. no incident reported. however, farther south on southbound 680, there is a crash reported closer to mission. so we'll sort that out. meanwhile, the rest of the bay moving well, pretty much as you'd expect. back to you. all right. thanks so much, mike. okay well, we're just days away from the olympic opening ceremony, and there is so much to see. so up next here, we're going to break down what's

new this year at the games. and as we head to break a reminder, you can watch the giants take on the dodgers tonight at 7:00. right here on nbc. bay area big rivals. we'll be right back

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us talk about friday is the opening ceremony, but, you know, eight years ago, the olympics added rugby sevens and golf to the competition lineup. and in tokyo, climbing made its debut. now later this week, another sport will join the games lineup in paris will offer a few other twists. here's nbc's liz mclaughlin. reporter what started in the 70s in the bronx and flourished in the 80s is finally getting an olympic spotlight in paris. breaking is going to get exposed to, like, this broader audience. breakdancing, to most of us, is simply breaking for competitors like victor montalvo. i'm just so excited to bring the hip hop culture, the breaking culture, into the olympics and just show that that it's all about peace, love, unity and having fun. and for the first time, olympic medals. battling head to head competitors like sonny choi will improvise to tunes chosen by a dj in the moment and be judged

on elements including technique and creativity. it's an honor. i feel grateful to be able to carry this legacy forward to the olympic stage. the stage for track and field will make a style statement in the world's fashion capital, a first ever purple track which could add some luster. sydney mclaughlin la brea to potentially record setting performances. it will be a tropical setting for the surfing events. tahiti, a french territory nearly 10,000 miles from paris, will be host to a sport following up to its tokyo debut. and you know what? stick around. because later this morning at 645, our kris sanchez has more on a bay area doctor in paris hoping to help team usa score gold. and you know what? we've got a lot more ahead for you at 630, including my one on one conversation with san francisco mayor london breed, we actually sit down to discuss some of the top issues plaguing the city and her battle for reelection. plus, the san jose couple killed by dangerous surf

on the coast. the warning from first responders as more people flocked to the beach. we'll be right back.

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francisco mayor london breed on our plan to clear out encampments. my wide ranging conversation with her as she fights for reelection and an enthusiastic reception for kamala harris as she makes her first campaign stop as the de facto democratic candidate for president. and it's cooling down, but only slightly. meteorologist kari hall, tracking the lingering heat before changes arrive this weekend and they're good ones. this is today in the bay. that is, if you like, a cool down. yes. and these days, i think we could all use it. good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. well, let's get a look at what that cooldown would look like for us this morning. but before we get to that, let's talk about the forecast, because now and next, what do we know now? kari. yeah, it's going to be a clear start this morning. and it already feels kind of warm for some of the inland areas. a little

warmer than we typically start our day. and as we go into the rest of the afternoon, the heat advisory will be in effect for the inland areas 90s and a few 100 degrees. so it will still be hot today, but slightly cooler tomorrow, and we get more relief in time for the weekend. we're at 75 in byron. the warmer spot on the map here, 73 in san jose, and we're feeling some upper 50s for san mateo and in the mid 60s for oakland to start out. as you're heading out the door there, we're going to see a high of 80 in oakland, 90 in moraga and 91 in san jose. so you can see these temperatures are still hot with a few triple digits. but we will see a lot more of the 80s and even some 70s in the forecast for the next few days. so we'll talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. marcus. all right. kari. thank you. well, the san francisco mayoral race is heating up and the stakes are high for incumbent mayor london breed. she's facing four other high profile candidates, many who are challenging her over her current

state of the city. now, i got a chance to sit down one on one with the mayor to ask her about her vision for the next four years. if she's reelected. now. this as the city is facing critical issues, including sheltering the unhoused, increasing office vacancies and the opioid crisis. now, the mayor and other candidates are focusing on plans to revitalize downtown, which is responsible for 70% of the city's jobs and most of its tax base. my 30 by 30 plan is to bring 30,000 new residents and students to the downtown by 2030 to make downtown a new neighborhood, and there are plans underway to completely transform embarcadero plaza into a more usable space. now, the university of california said it would not open a new campus in downtown, but recently, students from 20 historically black colleges came to study downtown. as brie pushes for opening the satellite campus there. as for devastating blows to the city, such as the iconic macy's location in union

square announcing its closure in 2025, and the north face leavin, brie says not all is lost here, pointing that nintendo planning to open a new store, the conversations are. first of all, you know what can we do as a city? and in some cases, there are some things that we can do. another key issue in the race sheltering the unhoused. a recent supreme court ruling allowing cities to ban people from sleeping or even camping out in public spaces. breed says that the city will start clearing those encampments next month. it's not making homelessness illegal. it's making refusing to get off the streets when we have a place for you to go, it's making that a more uncomfortable option. now, as we mentioned, there are four other candidates in the race. as we will speak to all of them about the issues and their plans for the city. today at 8:00, supervisor aaron peskin will join us live. and then tomorrow, mark farrell, you can watch it live on roku, amazon tv and

other streaming platforms. the democratic party is finalizing its plans to hold a virtual vote to nominate kamala harris as its candidate for president. scott mcgrew joins us now. a huge amount of enthusiasm in this party all of a sudden, which i think would surprise most of us if we were looking back, laura, at her 2020 presidential campaign member, then senator, california senator harris was getting close to hash marks in the polls and she dropped out of the race before the primaries. even started. but that was then. this is now. americans didn't want a repeat of the 2020 biden trump race. and they're not getting one. here's harris at her very first campaign speech as the de facto democratic candidate for president. do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate? and here's the beauty

of this moment. we each have the power to answer that question. the power is with the people. president biden will speak about his decision to drop out of the race in a live televised speech this afternoon at 5 p.m, our time nbc bay area will carry that speech live. donald trump has complained he should get equal time. now there are actually equal time rules. still on the books, but generally don't count when the president is talking about matters of national importance. now whether this is about national importance and politics, that's debatable. speaking of debates, mr. trump now says he's willing to debate harris more than once. the original schedule, called for one more presidential debate september 10th. on abc, trump says he wants to do it on fox instead, but had already agreed to abc. more than one would make sense. most elections see more than one debate between the candidates, and the first debate

was with somebody who is no longer running for president. the two sides have not agreed on a vice presidential debate. then again, we don't know who harris will pick as her running mate yet. some of her top choices don't know either. i have not been asked for anything. i am not interested in doing anything other than this job for the next two and a half years. again, my plan is to serve my full term as governor. i love this place. i love our people and i love this job and everything we have been able to do. the only way i consider something different is if i thought i could help kentucky in a bigger, different way. it is her decision to make. she'll make it on the timeline that she so chooses, and she will, i assume like she does every decision she makes make it in the best interest of the american people. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will speak to a joint session of congress today. he's done that several times before. this time to a congress distracted perhaps harris as a constitutional

officer of the senate, has the option of presiding, but she won't. she's already scheduled, according to her campaign, to speak to a women's group in indianapolis today. laura. all right. thank you very much, scott. a new heartbreaking details are emerging about a san jose couple who died after being swept out to sea in santa cruz. pedro david serrano and his fiance, emma nelly, recently immigrated from mexico. the two were taking pictures last week when they were swept off the rocks along west cliff drive, making it even more tragic. pedro's father says the couple was expecting. we spoke with one first responder who tried to save them, he says. sometimes people are not fully aware of the potential dangers you might have a perfectly calm day where it's not a lot of wind. there's not a lot of chop on the water, but there could be a swell system that creates a wave every 15 minutes. you might not realize it. he also advises paying attention to blocked off areas or signs warning of

dangers along the coast. let's go live. look for you. this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza. you see there. the back of their mike has been tracking what's going on. i know you're dealing with a crash this morning. where is that? they're not at the bay bridge toll plaza. although that backup is filled in all the approach there. it is. westbound highway four. also a critical commute route we're looking at coming in just past bailey road. reports that all lanes are temporarily blocked. a crash involving a motorcycle. there are injuries. we don't know how extreme or how serious the injuries are, but we are looking at a backup that's getting pretty, pretty filled in very quickly over here as you're heading over in your commute direction on highway four. so we'll track that. hopefully these injuries are not major injuries and they can actually help the person get out of the roadway. it sounds like everything should be cleared to the shoulder in a few minutes. but again, we're going to track that critical drive coming out of pittsburgh and bay point that's keeping traffic from concord. so everything's actually clear on 242 and the walnut creek interchange and the rest of the east bay is pretty standard. highway four is tough coming in through pittsburgh and

bay point right now for westbound highway four. we're looking ahead as well this evening. this is the third of three nights we'll have the closure for that webster tube getting over toward alameda. folks know use the bridges just to the south and in the south bay. we have the big game here at chelsea versus wrexham, 7 p.m. so there will be crowds heading to and around levi's stadium. back to you. thanks mike. 639 cracking down on speeders up next, another bay area city embraces new technology to try to prevent accidents that all too often are deadly. we'll lay out the bold new strategy that should put drivers on alert. and the opening ceremony for the paris olympics. not happening until friday, but olympic action is already heating up. i'll tell you where you can see one of our first bay area athletes and competition. plus overnight news about flag bearers for the opening ceremony, and also when the games are coming back to the u.s. you're watching

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well, back here in the bay area, the city of oakland has a new plan to crack down on dangerous driving. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live this morning and bob, this is all starting out with some cameras that they hope will deter speeders. correct. good morning lauren. here is a stunning and sad statistic. each week within the city of oakland, two people are either killed or seriously hurt in vehicle accidents. that is according to the city itself. so in an attempt to make oakland safer not only for drivers but for pedestrians as well, the city will soon install speed cameras. now the city is now identified 18 possible locations for these cameras. these would be in areas that account for 60% of deadly crashes in oakland, and also in areas that are close to schools and commercial districts. the cameras will only take photos of rear license plates on speeding cars, and will be prohibited from using video or facial recognition. however, the city still needs to

find a camera vendor. do community outreach, and adopt new legislation that would govern the use of these cameras. they expect to have the cameras online by the second half of next year. by the way, these cameras were authorized under the passage of assembly bill 645, which was passed last october. bob redell today in the bay. all right. let's see if it changes some things around there. thank you very much, bob. well, new at six, a popular california lake reopens today, two weeks after closing from a massive fish die off monterey county parks workers. they say the extreme heat caused unusual algae growth in lake san antonio, which reduced the oxygen levels. rangers say that the lake has since stabilized and is safe to visit. however visitors are advised to use their best judgment and pay attention to any warning signs. the winter games are coming back to the u.s. and overnight. well, we learned which city will host them, and though the opening

ceremonies are still two days away for the paris olympics, competition is already getting underway today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us from san jose this morning with more on what we can watch today. let's get going, chris. all right. well, we want to go right off the top with the latest news, which is that the winter games are coming to salt lake city in 2034 so that you can start your planning there. we also learned overnight who the second flagbearer for the olympic ceremony is going to be, and that is coco gaugh. she will be the first tennis player ever to bear the flag in that opening ceremony. she's going to join lebron james on friday, and it was a really cute moment when she found out you have the honor of wearing this jacket during the opening ceremony and being a flag bearer with lebron james, okay, i'm not going to cry. i'm okay. you can cry. coco gaugh. all right, so one of our bay area athletes begins competition today with the men's rugby team. santa rosa native stephen

tomasin was also on the 2020 olympic team. you can catch tomasin and team usa taking on fiji on the usa network at 230 this afternoon, then catch the qualifying round at 7:00 this evening and the us men's soccer team also plays today for the first time since 2008, and bay area doctor orthopedic surgeon richard gale is there with the team. he is bbc's team doctor, but taking a time away to help out with the us olympic team. he's also worked with the earthquakes, the raiders and the us men's national soccer team. now, he may not be competing, but he's hoping that what he's doing there will inspire young people who are watching. this is probably why we do this. i love medicine, i love sports medicine. i hope in, in, in turn that i can actually be an inspiration to people who are also looking to do this in the future and, and be a role model for those that want to pursue this. and any aspiring

journalist can find a role model in jessica aguirre, who's working her tail off already in paris. she is leading our coverage there when she's done pushing around all that heavy equipment. she will join us live tomorrow morning on today in the bay. for what? she's been up to. by the way, if you want to catch that men's soccer game, you can catch that at noon today both on the usa network and on peacock as well. presenters today in the bay. perfect. it's always fun to watch these games because then you think, like, i could do that. yeah, and you really can'. and you try. it's good to dream. it's good to dream. dreaming. we do. two weeks from now we'll be talking about our sports injuries. i know well that hip is not what it used to be. you know, that whole pole vault thing? yeah. don't try it at home. breakdancing. not yet. all right. but things are going to be cooling off at least by friday. yes, and to the weekend. and i say the best weather is coming on the best day. all right. saturday i think that's

my favorite day of the week. we're starting out with a nice clear sky as we take a live look outside in walnut creek. you know, it's going to be another hot day. but instead of an excessive heat warning, we're under a heat advisory. so we're going from triple digits to mid to upper 90s. so there's not much improvement for us for today. and it will be slightly cooler tomorrow. we get more relief for our weekend as we take a look at how hot it's been this summer. when we compare livermore to last year, we've had six days a week. last year we had six days that were over 100 degrees in july, and this july we've had 11 days. and of course, the month is not even over yet. and we had 11 days last year of 95 plus this year. it's been 15. so if you've gotten your electric bill and you're like, this seems higher than last year's comparison, that's because it is hotter. and we're usually usually seeing the average high temperature at 88 degrees today, 99. and we'll be

hitting those temperatures between two, three, 4:00 today. several hours of those temperatures in the upper 90s, there. while in the south bay we're going to be 91 this afternoon, 95 in gilroy. and a light wind with mostly sunny sky and still feeling pretty humid. oakland will reach 80 today compared to antioch's 100 degrees, and along the coast will be in the low 70s, while palo alto will reach a high of 89. in san francisco will be in the mid 70s for the mission district. the marina at 66 and into the upper 70s for mill valley, clear lake, ukiah. we're still over 100 degrees and as we take a look at gilroy and what's ahead, big relief coming our way for the weekend. it will only be in the 70s and looking at friday through sunday. i mean, that is just perfect to have a nice cool down like that. even looking ahead through the next ten days into next week, i don't see any 90s or triple digits. so that's the good thing that once we make

it past this heat wave, we are going to have some relief for quite a while. looking at our inland 7-day forecast in the low 80s, and notice the overnight temperatures coming down as well this morning. we're in the low 70s, but by the weekend our mornings will start out in the mid 50s. and in san francisco we're going from mid 70s today to upper 60s tomorrow. although we won't see as much sunshine throughout the weekend. mike, you have an update to that crash on highway four? we do. and it's what folks who are driving to work in the next few minutes want to hear that crash has cleared. it was blocking all lanes for a short period of time, but it looks like they've got the motorcycle and the vehicle cleared. no update on the crash extremity. the serious nature of the crash was reported as possible major injuries, but i think it's more like moderate or maybe not even that much. they did say everything is cleared and to the shoulder and may be clearing from the scene as well as we see the speeds improving quite a bit past bailey and actually coming up toward railroad. so that is a slower drive rate there for highway four. but again, more traffic just starting to come in

through concord and pleasant hill. everything else looks pretty standard. there may be a crash near the berkeley curve, so i'll check on that once we get more updates from chp. right here, though, chp is addressing having a conversation with someone about the driver they had approaching the san mateo bridge. it's a distraction, but it's in the service area. so westbound the commute, the volume really is the factor here. there may be some slowing between the toll plaza and the span itself, just because of this distraction. over on the left side. but no major issues show up on our speed sensors. just your typical build there. and of course, down the east shore freeway or down the east bay, the nimitz freeway, all the way down in toward fremont. now, back to you. i like how you put that that chp officer having a conversation. all right. happening now. antioch leaders making a late plea to keep their amtrak station open this september. the san joaquin county joint powers authority will decide whether to follow through on plans to move amtrak service six miles away to a new station in oakley and decommission the antioch stop. antioch council members last night approved a resolution opposing the decommission plan,

and antioch's mayor is now on board. supporters say both stations should be available for riders and we are tracking the next news for you coming up this morning, our top stories, including my one on one conversation with san francisco mayor london breed, the changes that she's pushing for in the city as election day nears. stick around. we'll be right

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today in the bay, including two new measures on the fall ballot for san francisco mayor. one would improve pay for san francisco police officers. the other is a massive bond measure for improvements. nearly $400 million bond measure would go

toward improving health care facilities, helping the unhoused and improving infrastructure. city supervisors approving each ballot measure. just a short time after i sat down with mayor london breed for a wide range, one on one interview. now, the mayor addressed a new strategy on homelessness, including possible progressive penalties for those who refuse housing. so it's not like we're not offering them anything and they are refusing. so when they are refusing, then we are going to enforce the law. and that means progressive penalties. and we have to put an accountability tool here because this is what the biggest problem is, the people who are refusing what we're offering. now, there are four other candidates in the race, and we will speak to all of them about these issues and their plans for the city coming up in just a few minutes in our 8:00 streaming newscast, supervisor aaron peskin will join us live. and then tomorrow, mark farrell will join us. you can follow us and find it on roku, amazon tv and other platforms. president biden plans

to address the nation tonight about his decision not to seek a second term in office. right now, he's back at the white house after recovering from covid at his home in delaware. tonight's speech will be the president's first address since he announced his decision to withdraw from the presidential race. you can watch the president's speech right here on nbc. bay area coverage of his oval address begins at 5 p.m. eastern. san rafael police need your help in finding a suspect. they say started a fire outside of a target store. this surveillance video capturing that incident, which happened late monday night at the store on shoreline parkway. take a look at this as that fire starts now. police say that a man used an accelerant to burn a small garbage bag and cardboard box inside that bin, right there. this is near the exit door. that fire caused an estimated $2,500 in damage, and it is possible that man suffered burns. they are considering him dangerous, and they say he should not be approached and said, if you do see him, you're asked to call

911. all right. we're going to check the forecast. one last time with meteorologist kari hall. yeah, it's going to be a still warm day for a lot of inland areas. we're talking upper 90s, but we're looking forward to cooler temperatures each day as we go into the weekend. by saturday and sunday, we're starting out with some clouds headed for some sunshine and going to see those highs in the low 80s and the tri valley and parts of the north bay where it's been really hot. and then we take a look at san francisco. we're in the mid 70s today. more sunshine, but the weekend we'll see clouds, fog and highs only in the 60s. and we're back to that. the that activity in that service lane has been cleared. chp is no longer having a conversation. we're now talking about the slow drive that's building across the san mateo bridge and the bay bridge, which is pretty standard over here. no surprises. look at all that sunshine. but well, thank goodness carrie's forecast. that's right. we enjoy those cooling temperatures, don't we?

and before we go, let's pretend we're in paris. okay? yeah. not that i had a cone head, but. the eiffel tower, remember? jess is joining us live starting tomorrow and every day through the olympics. only right here on nbc. bay area will be a lot of fun that it will be. and look, that's what's happening here on today in the bay enjoy yourself. oh, boy. i don't know why i was moving over for the eiffel tower, but i think you need to, i know are we have a great one. i'll see you tomorrow morning. join us for our streaming newscast at 8 a.m. oh good wednesday morning. the harris trump race is on. what? brand new polls are revealing about the matchup. good morning. it's july 24th. this is today off and running. vice president kamala harris holds the first rally of her campaign pressing