his wife. he did it right now at 6:00, face to face, scott peterson finally breaking his silence from behind bars. what he's revealing in his first interview in two decades. ready to take on price gouging? we're

live in washington with a new promise from presidential nominee kamala harris and how she believes her proposals may reduce your spending cost. plus, a full day for five year olds will go back to school with a look at one district now making kindergarten a full time thing. the reason some experts believe it actually benefits your child to development. this is today in the bay and also, does it feel like you just dropped him off and then you got to turn around and pick him up? i was like, i've been out of the game too long. i didn't even know it was a half day type thing. all right, time to get some kids. yeah good thursday morning. just that easy. we'll work on that during the commercial. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. mike's got you covered on those roads. we'll have that in just a bit. but first, let's talk about that forecast today. kari. yes. and it's going to be time to drop them off and pick them up again today. first day of school for a lot of kids. and we are seeing the fog lingering over san francisco for now. it will most

likely clear up a little bit more quickly today. and patches of fog, even in morgan hill for that first day of school, getting the lunchboxes and the backpacks, all of the kids out the door. and then you get to relax for a little bit. a pick up time. it will be in the mid 80s and sunshine. a significant warm up from the way we start the day to the afternoon, and our temperatures anywhere from mid 60s in half moon bay to low 90s farther inland. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes. mike, you keep checking in on the bay bridge buildup. yeah, because we were watching the san mateo bridge and there's a little slowing there for the disabled vehicle. westbound, but westbound at the bay bridge. that's your toll plaza backup. and it's not that bad. just started building in earnest over the last 6 or 7 minutes here. it's an easy drive off of the 880 overcrossing. and coming off the berkeley curve, the earlier slowing down past powell, there must have been a road crew there. it must have been a traffic break, because that all cleared out very nicely over the last 15 minutes. a smooth flow over here. highway 37 typical pattern. same thing for highway four. there is southbound 680 at torri. crash reported. i don't see any slowing. no injuries reported.

will track that drive into walnut creek and there is a crash over in 101, but no slowing northbound. that's your commute direction for san jose. back to you. thank you very much, mike. we begin this hour with new words from convicted killer scott peterson from behind bars. we are hearing him speak in a brief portion of his first public interview in 20 years. he didn't want to be a father. and this is the way he thought about getting out of it. why should anyone want to hear your side of the story? because i didn't kill my family. it is those few words are part of a new trailer for an upcoming documentary on nbc, owned by peacock, on peacock, owned by nbc. face to face with scott peterson explores the convicted killer's bid for a new trial. he's currently serving a life sentence for murdering his wife, laci, and their unborn son. the documentary, in part, follows the l.a. innocence project, currently working to free peterson and the exploration of new evidence as part of its

quest. the three part series also includes interviews with former modesto police members and peterson's former defense attorney. it premieres tuesday on peacock. well, just into our newsroom, a new campaign strategy taking shape for democratic presidential nominee kamala harris today in the bay's drew petrimoulx live for us in washington this morning. and drew looks like she's taking aim at cutting the bottom line when it comes to the checkout line. yeah, that's right marcus. vice president harris will call for a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging as part of a broader set of proposals aimed at reducing costs. the harris campaign says she's promising to target price gouging and fixing within her first 100 days in office. if elected, she plans to direct government agencies to investigate and penalize big corporations that violate the rules. this announcement comes as grocery prices are up more than 20% over four years. harris will also detail plans to cut prescription drug and housing costs in an economic address during a visit to north carolina

tomorrow. and you speak about cuts there. i know this is not the only cut when it comes to the democrats. they actually proposing more cuts. we're expecting an announcement today from the biden administration. yeah. both harris and president biden are expected to reveal details today about a plan to lower prescription drug prices. it follows landmark negotiations with medicare. we're told the u.s. department of health and human services has reached agreements with ten drug manufacturers to lower prices. the negotiated prices are expected to save taxpayers $6 billion in the first year. the impacted drugs are for several conditions, including diabetes, stroke and heart disease. the new prices go into effect in 2026. andrew, i want to talk to you about north carolina. that's certainly been in the news the last few days. on the other side of the aisle, anyway, republicans really making the economy a talking point. now on the campaign trail. well, at least that was what was supposed to happen in asheville

yesterday. former president trump's rally ended up touching on other issues as well, namely the people challenging him for the white house in 2024. the gop presidential nominee was in asheville talking to voters in what could be a critical swing state in the presidential election. he attacked vice president harris, saying if she is elected, it will result in another great depression. but trump often veered off topic, turning to personal attacks rather than policy. you know why she hasn't done an interview? because she's not smart. i mean, the clown that she picked as a vice president. this guy is a clown. does anyone here feel richer under kamala harris than crooked joe? than you were during the trump administration? is anything less expensive under kamala harris and crooked joe? the former president attacking the biden-harris administration's economic record, specifically highlighting inflation and

claiming the economy was better during his presidency. but new numbers show good economic news. inflation in july dropped below 3% for the first time since 2021. the biden administration is taking credit for avoiding the recession that many had predicted. now, trump will hold a news conference today in bedminster, new jersey, before hosting an event on fighting anti-semitism. always something to follow here with the decision 2024 drew potrero in washington this morning. drew thanks. we've been talking about a lot of kids heading back to school, and those kids headed back to the classroom this week. but one east bay school actually trying to change its learning plan. hayward unified welcomed back its students for the fall. and it's trying a new approach for its youngest students. that's because hayward is piloting full day kindergarten at two of its sites. the superintendent says the early literacy, numeracy and socialization will benefit them throughout their academic career and full day kindergarten is a benefit to families as well. it

creates an opportunity whereby families can go back to work, and if you have more than one student, that's that's at a school, then you have a single drop off and pickup. superintendent riemann says the budget is set for this year, but next year the district is looking into some cuts. however, because voters said yes to a $550 million a budget there the school facilities improvement bond. schools are actually being updated and eventually a new bret hart middle school will be built away from the hayward fault. make sure you stay with us here on today in the bay all week long for your back to school coverage. if you missed any of it, you can catch up wherever you stream. nbc bay area streams 24/7 on roku, pluto, and other platforms. new at six. the federal government making a new multi-million dollar pledge to the tahoe basin. that's the takeaway from the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, who actually made that pledge yesterday at

this year's lake tahoe summit. that money will be geared towards environmental assistanc, funding clean transportation and boosting wildfire protection. and he says that it's already including $24 million. this is in grant money to extend tahoe's east shore trail, which critics fear will help lead to more car traffic. that's part of why we're trying to make sure that we're not just doing one thing in isolation. we're also supporting transit. we're supporting active transportation that will make it possible for people to have more alternatives to that single use vehicle. also announced yesterday, tahoe's west shore trail will be renamed the dianne feinstein west shore trail. she helped launch lake tahoe summit in 1997. developing now hurricane ernesto heading towards bermuda. it comes as a battered puerto rico. yesterday leaving behind massive flooding and a lot of damage. strong winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

meteorologist kari hall has been tracking this storm and it is moving away from puerto rico right now. we are seeing it strengthening now into a hurricane as a category one. and it is expected to strengthen even more over the next couple of days. currently, winds are at 85mph. it's moving at a steady speed of 13mph directly to the north, and it is expected, for the most part, to stay out over the open atlantic as it strengthens, but then make a direct hit on bermuda, possibly as a category two hurricane, by saturday morning. so we'll continue to monitor that. but we are also seeing that these hurricane conditions continue to get worse with climate change, as we are seeing some warmer than normal sea surface water temperatures. and that gives more fuel to these storms as they develop over this very warm water. and we are expecting this to rapidly intensify as it moves over a pool of some unusually warm water out there in the atlantic. so we'll be watching that. we head over to mike now

with a look at our gas prices. if they're going up or down. yeah, we're trying to get you back to school with the best value you can find. i know that's an issue for school supplies, and gas is one of those. if you're driving cupertino drivers top of the class 389 at great gas on north deanza boulevard for their first day of school. in that district. parents driving to milpitas unified may want to look at the arco on landis avenue. 409 is the best for that city, and vacaville starts school today as well. the best price for your pre school day fill up is for 14 at sam's club on helen power drive. check in and give those price updates over here on gasbuddy.com giving you the speed updates. things are getting a little more crowded out there. no big surprises aside from the san mateo bridge where we've continued to have to check on incidents. there. we have a westbound disabled vehicle. there's a slowing right by the arrow mid-span heading toward the high rise. i don't see the flashing lights there anymore, but they may be. i'll double check on that. meanwhile, you drive down into the bay bridge toll plaza itself. just your typical backup. back to

you. thank you. mike. well, it looks like colin kaepernick's football career could be making a comeback. next here on today in the bay, the new position one nfl team is considering tapping him for. and you know how an idea to work office party seems like a good idea at the time. and turns out it isn't. we'll have one of those stories plus out to the futures this morning. see what wall street is up to. oh, that's going to be a good day. we got more good economic news. plus the break dancers seen across the world while the olympic committee is stepping in to defend her questionable moves during that viral routine. keep it here. you're watching today in the bay

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higher wednesday likely will today as well. you saw those futures numbers after we got that good news about inflation. it's under 3% year over year. close to the fed's target. a headline in bloomberg said this morning inflation is over. time to worry about something else at cisco. hey they're going to be worried about their jobs, the networking giant said on a phone call with reporters and analysts yesterday. it will lay off again, cutting about 4% of its worldwide workforce so that would work out to about 6000 people. now cisco also reported it made a ton of money, not as much as it made in its heyday,

but $10 billion for the year. cisco says it wants to use the money saved by not paying people on. i bet you can guess ai. nasa says it will make a decision on when to bring those astronauts home by the middle of the month. well, today is august 15th and you can't get much more middle of the month than that. the two astronauts who went up to the international space station on a brand new boeing built space capsule may not be able to go home on that same capsule. there's not there's a worry it won't bring them home safely. and nasa is thinking about leaving them up there until next year and bringing them home on a spacex dragon capsule. that decision should come soon. the new ceo of starbucks. i was telling you about earlier, the one that coming in from chipotle will work remotely. starbucks headquarters is in seattle. brian nicole lives in newport beach in southern california. they're going to build him an office down there. he'll come into starbucks hq as needed and finally, a strange story about a security company, palo alto networks, its ceo, apologizing

for a marketing stunt at a recent conference in which there was a cocktail hour and at the entrance, there were women posing with lampshades on their heads. let's do the apology first. let me begin, he says with a sincere apology for a recent marketing decision at an event hosted by palo alto networks. the misguided attempt to welcome guests with branded, lampshade wearing hostesses was not consistent with our values. and here is the picture of the said incident posted by somebody on linkedin. as those women pose with lampshades on their heads with the company logo. now, palo alto networks was sponsoring a party done by somebody else, that somebody else. if you do some digging, then hired a company called something like champagne events, which does these sorts of things. and i found this on instagram that they have done this before, that this is sort of a thing that they do, that you can hire the ladies with lampshades on their heads, which is funny because,

you know, before we went to commercial break, you said, hey, coming up, how? yeah, yeah. and i thought, would they have lampshades on their heads? do you remember that from childhood that like, you know that that was a thing that they did at parties on bewitched or whateve. it was like a sign they were drunk, crazy, crazy. i didn't realize it was a real thing. yeah. yes, yes. so there was at one party a long time ago. i mean, we don't we don't discuss that. yeah yeah. yeah. right. we'll talk about it later and i'll give you the details. all right. thanks, scott. you bet. well, one time, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick still wants to play football. but how about coaching? so apparently when he's ready, he's potentially nfl coaching material. now, this is all according to usa today, which says new chargers head coach jim harbaugh wants coached, who coached kap? this was when he was at san francisco. now wants to hire him as an assistant coach. kap last played with the niners back in 2016. this was the season he took a knee during

the national anthem, protesting against police brutality. now this week, kap told sky sports at age 36 he thinks he is still ready to help a team win a championship. as a player. well, new at six. attention haters stop the hating. at least when it comes to one now. rather infamous breaking competitor at the paris olympic games, you likely saw the video of the australian b-girl known as rega, who managed to not score a single point in her routine. well, now australia's olympic committee is fighting back against an online petition calling out her performance and the committee selection process as well. the committee suggests all the backlash reeks of bullying and adds some of the stories now about how she qualified have no merit. breaking, by the way, will not be a part of the next summer games in la. well, she made the team so congratulations to her on that. but i think if you took

some of the people who originated breaking, they may have something different to say. yeah, i'm just saying. well, it became very humorous. i mean, more people we mentioned in the break is that more people know who she is than the actual winner. right now, bronze medalist from the u.s. two. okay, so we're talking about the olympics to that point. how's your summer plan shaping up for years from now? yeah. so maybe you've been interested in volunteering for the la games. the call for volunteers now going out. it's all based on the application process. and paris getting the gig may not be as easy as you think. only about 15% of those who actually apply were actually chosen. organizers will be looking for people from around the world in areas including hospitality, event operations and language. we also know applications will have to be applicants. i should say should be at least 18 years old, so forget it. if you thought you just have a fun job over the summer break in 2028, it will be nice to be so much closer to us. yeah, yeah. we'll see. good opportunity usually. nice weather in socal up here. it's been great. you know, i did see

a quick flash of the golden gate bridge when they were talking about the 2028 olympics, so i was wondering if maybe they'll do some of the water sports closer to the bay area. yeah. we'll see. that would be nice. redoing sofi. i think down there too. all right. that goes. we do have some beautiful weather out there today. let's get a look around the in the tri valley. as our sun rises this morning, you can see a beautiful orange hue to the sky that looks very distracting. all right. we're also seeing that in san francisco with the low clouds and fog over the city. this is looking from our sutro tower camera. and the fog is what's kept the city a lot cooler. and then for milpitas today. happy first day of school for the kids and the staff going back. and yes, celebrating those parents too that are sending the kids out the door that our temperatures start out in the low 60s, so it's a little chilly. you need a light jacket. but later today at pick up time, we're headed up to about 80 degrees and looking at all of our high temperatures for today,

los gatos up to 8490, in gilroy. and these are some of the same temperatures we've seen where it does get really hot in antioch. a high of 92 compared to the 85. we'll see in livermore and upper 70s in oakland in fremont today, 84 degrees and 81, in redwood city. san francisco mostly in the 60s. a few low 70s there. and in the north bay we're in the mid to upper 80s overall, very warm and breezy, but we're going to see some slight changes ahead as this area of low pressure dips down the coast and then starts to move back up. but as it gets a little bit closer, there will be some rain just across northern california and areas farther to the north. so we'll be watching out for that and it will provide some very brief relief from the high heat. take a look at brentwood going from mid 90s on friday to low 80s on saturday. and then we're back to the 90s early next week. and we'll see. still some warm weather extending into next weekend. so just a few changes ahead but not seeing anything

really significant here. and at times some breezy winds, coastal fog. and that will keep san francisco's temperatures in the 60s. mike, you have an update on a couple of bridges. yeah, we got to check the bay bridge and it's been a slow build here. that's great news for folks traveling from oakland and off the berkeley curve. no problems. little build for the richmond bridge coming off the carquinez bridge. a smooth flow down through this area. hey, rodeo in through crockett. welcome back to school for folks there. the john swett unified school district. so watch that. this is the issue off the benicia bridge. 680 moves smoothly a little more slowing past treat, but i believe the earlier crash has just cleared down to the walnut creek interchange and continuing south. everything else moves very nicely. back to you. good to know. thanks, mike. surprise for snorkelers down in southern california. just ahead on today in the bay, the rare and very odd fish that swam up shore. but first, it is time to help us clear the shelters. now this right here. you see this cute face? that's marty. he's a one year old siberian husky mix. he is available at the animal

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slide. you're looking at a 12 foot oarfish, which can grow more than 30ft long and sometimes are called sea serpents. this one was about 12ft long when it died, but it normally swims in extremely deep waters. snorkelers on saturday found it floating in la jolla cove near san diego, and necropsy will be done tomorrow. one ucsd researcher says fewer than 20 oarfish have been seen along california's coast since 1900. so i was curious in the commercial break and i thought, well, what is this oarfish sea serpent? and i looked up and according to the ocean conservancy, they say that the legend is if you see an oarfish, it's a warning sign from higher powers that disasters such as earthquakes are soon to occur. and what's been happening in southern california? a lot of shaking, a lot of shaking. so who knows? interesting it's kind

of beautiful in some pictures, but then it's like at a distance. once again, things in the ocean at a distance. but they're all right. well, look, we've got a lot more ahead for you at 630, including cases of a highly transmissible respiratory virus on the rise. the reason pregnant women could be most at risk. plus, i'm ginger conejero saab in san francisco, where dozens of cases may be tossed today because the court has taken too much time in trying them. up ahead, we'll tell you the criminal cases involved. stay with us. you're watching todainy

set to be dismissed in san francisco. the legal reason behind the controversial decision and how it may impact defendants. i just saw all the blood coming out and i started rubbing her and told her, breathe, lupita. you know, we still need you. an unimaginable tragedy for eight siblings left without a mother. this is after a deadly shooting in the east bay. new details. this morning on the tense confrontation with drug dealers her mother says led to that gunfire. plus, another flight diverted from sfo to rome for the second straight day. united pilots are forced to land the plane. the unusual turn for this flight leaving passengers in one out of the way location.

this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. want to take a look outside right now in livermore valley. that's where one winery is set to celebrate the new grape harvest. our bob redell there is drinking it all in this morning. hopefully not too much. right. all right. we'll have more of that coming up for you at 645. all right. let's get a look at what's happening with that weather today. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect out there. i like those temperatures behind you. yeah. nice and cool. that's the reason why they picked this morning for the harvest. and we are now in the low 60s in walnut creek, while san francisco is in the low 50s. and we are also looking at a mostly clear sky for many of the inland areas. happy first day of school for the kids in hayward. and as you're stepping out the door jacket weather partly cloudy, upper 50s, and at pick up time it's going to be so nice in the

mid 70s. you may want to spend a little bit more time out there at the playground, and then looking around the bay area, we'll see. those highs range from low 70s in san francisco to upper 70s in san jose, and low 90s for parts of the east bay. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. laura. all right. thank you very much. kari. it's 632 right now and happening today. a san francisco court is reportedly ready to pull the plug on dozens of criminal cases. and all of it has to do with the passage of time. just too much of it. it follows a recent federal appeals court ruling tied to the legal delays that sprang out of the covid pandemic. today, in the bay's ginger conejero saab joins us live in san francisco this morning and, ginger, i understand you're learning more about what kind of cases may actually be tossed out. good morning laura. the standard is reporting that dozens of sex crimes, domestic violence cases and dui cases may be tossed today. both the district attorney's office as well as the

public defender's office, have gone on record to say that the courts are to blame because they didn't try these cases in a timely manner. now, this all stems from a state appeals court ruling back in july that said, a san francisco woman was denied her right to a speedy trial because of a years long delay that was attributed to the pandemic. earlier this year, the public defender's office sought dismissal of the charges under the sixth amendment. their motion was originally denied and upheld by a superior court's appellate division, but another panel on the same appeals court ruled that conditions had changed and postponements of criminal cases were no longer justified. several appeals appeals similar to the san francisco woman's case are reportedly now pending. now, according to the standard, one of those cases involves a car crash that killed two women and injured two others in san francisco's soma district. here's video from 2022. the crash closed down the intersection of third and mission streets. the driver

there is accused of crashing into a taxi, sending the taxi into the sidewalk, killing a mother and daughter who were visiting from florida. that is among more than 75 cases that are reportedly up for dismissal today. now we will continue to follow this story and have updates on nbcbayarea.com as well as our later newscasts in san francisco, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay affects a lot of people on both sides. thank you very much, ginger. well, a grieving mother opening up about the murder of her 33 year old daughter, who herself a mother of eight. now, her death comes after she was confronted with drug dealers in front of her oakland neighborhood. now, the gunman last week shot and killed maria ramos of on. this was on hilton way. her mother was at the scene when that deadly encounter happened not far from her home. blanca velasco says that ramos and her children were visiting from los angeles, and she had just

confronted a car full of people who just sold marijuana vapes to her child. i just saw her kind of like taking off, and i just heard the bang. and then i pressed on the gas to put my car in front of their car to shield my daughter. i saw my daughter going down, but i thought my daughter was taking cover. just heartbreaking. ramos was shot multiple times, dying. there at the scene. her children range in age from 15 to 1. now, police have already made multiple arrests, but so far they are revealing few details. a new warning for expectant mothers with a recent surge in a highly contagious virus. the cdc says parvovirus infections are increasing the rate of people showing antibodies is now more than three times as high as it was two years ago. one local health expert says bay area cases are also trending higher. those most at risk are pregnant women and their unborn babies, which can become anemic. although the rate of cases

showing severe symptoms is still considered quite low. anemia or low red blood cell count in a fetus can have much more severe consequences of the pregnant people who get parvovirus. only about 5 to 10% of people would have any consequence. well, some people will show no symptoms. others may get a fever, headache, cough, sore throat, or joint pain. also, face rashes can be common for children. a jet headed to rome diverted. the united airlines flight took off from sfo in route to rome yesterday. it was forced to turn around over canada, landing in edmonton. now, within the last hour, we just got word from united that this was due to a passenger with a medical issue. customers returned to san francisco and will head to rome this afternoon. now a plane with the same flight number was headed to rome from sfo on tuesday. however, it had to make an emergency landing in sacramento. passengers on board that flight flight say that the

pilots shut down one of the engines shortly after takeoff, dumping the plane's fuel. it is unclear if any of the passengers on tuesday's flight were also on board. during wednesday's diversion. now to a live look at san jose. sun's up over the bay area. carey. we've kind of had repeat kind of weather lately, although we're in a kind of nice little trend right now. yeah, it's been pretty nice for the south bay. and as we make weekend plans, you'll want to get outside. silicon valley pride will be happening this weekend. the kick off party on friday evening and then throughout the weekend there will be festivities as well as the parade on sunday, and the weather is looking pretty great with a high of about 80 degrees on both saturday and sunday. temperatures drop quickly in the evening, so we'll be in the upper 50s and low 60s. if you do plan to head to the beach. santa cruz is looking pretty nice. it will be in the mid 70s on friday. on saturday, upper 60s a little bit more breezy and the clouds may be slow to clear, but we'll also see some comfortable weather on sunday with highs in

the low 70s. warmer temperatures in paso robles this weekend with our friday high temperature up to 98 degrees, and it will be a little bit better on saturday. sunday we're back into those low 90s, so we'll be tracking the changes. we'll see here in the bay area as well. more on that coming up in a few minutes. and mike, you're taking a wider view of cocoa county. yeah. give a nice perspective because we had some slowing through walnut creek for a while. that crash did clear a tree. good recovery as more build comes in off of highway four out of concord, pittsburg, pleasant hill, and down in toward the walnut creek interchange. still moving smoothly there. same thing for the caldecott alameda county. there, a nice drive into the bay bridge area with the toll plaza backed up. of course, getting into the city. we do have a new disabled vehicle reported right around that fremont exit, one of your first into san francisco. that is causing some slowing right now. hopefully they'll clear that quickly. they really push to make that quick work. now that will be well clear by midday, i hope. but that's when we do have that giants game as well. 1245 now the issue here is the game gets out about the same

time folks start to leave the area. so that will affect your traffic flow to and from that 280 interchange. san mateo bridge good recovery from earlier incidents, plural. all clear now building on the east bay. back to you. thanks, mike. 639 back on stage. up next on today in the bay. taylor swift set to resume her eras tour following a failed terror plot in austria. the all new safety measures being taken tonight to protect fans in london. plus, replenishing forest damaged by wildfires. the new funds helping make a crucial project happen. and we got a date for a vice presidential debate. october 1st, though, write that one down in pencil. plus, as the sun rises here in livermore, the wine harvest officially underway. this has been happening while you were sleeping. the impact on this spring's wet weather and hot summer could have on this year's summer could have on this year's vintage. stay with us. you're

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the european leg with five performances in london. security was tight in the uk. this is following the thwarted terror plot, which targeted her show in vienna. swift's team says that it's working closely with organizers to ensure the heightened security this weekend, as fans flock to wembley stadium for the second

time this summer. wembley officials say that no one is allowed to stand outside any entrance or at the front of the stadium. the president of columbia university announces her resignation after a little more than a year on the job. doctor nemat shafik announced she is stepping down immediately. it comes after the campus became the center of a protest movement connected to the israel-hamas war. protests swept across college campuses nationwide, with thousands arrested and end of the year graduation ceremonies disrupted. shafik noted the protests factored into her decision. she was the first woman to take on the role as the university president. well, vice president kamala harris will talk about her plans for the economy today in north carolina. and this is just a day after former president trump did the same thing in the same place in north carolina. so north carolina is very important in a long list of important states in the race for president. economy at the top of

mind of many voters, harris will set out her economic agenda today. no doubt she will mention that big announcement from the white house today on lower drug prices. ten different drugs like eliquis for blood clots, jardiance for diabetes. the white house has negotiated with drug makers for much lower prices. jardiance, for instance, goes for more than $500 a month in prescriptions down to under 200. former president trump spoke about the economy wednesday. his advisers have been pushing him to narrow and focus his message, and he told the audience get ready. this will not be a usual speech. now this is a little bit different day because this isn't a rally. this is we're talking about a thing called the economy. they wanted to do a speech on the economy. a lot of people are very devastated by what's happened with inflation and all of the other things. so we're doing this as a intellectual speech. you're all intellectuals today. now, something that may

have caught those advisers off guard. trump then proposed 20% tariffs on all imported goods. he usually talks about 10%, usually anything made from china in his speeches, which are many of the products you'd find in a big box discount store. when the american government puts a tariff on something, it is the americans that pay the tariff. economists worry putting a tariff on most imported goods, particularly 20%, would create enormous inflation. democratic candidate for vice president tim walz has agreed to a vice presidential debate on the 1st of october. on cbs. he says he can't wait to debate jd vance. now, the vance campaign says it's aware of the offer from cbs, but hasn't committed yet, and president biden held a gathering of social influencers at the white house wednesday, telling them they're at a time when there are so many lies. telling the truth on the internet has to be paramount. now i know i only look like i'm 40. you can smile. okay, but

i've been around a long time and it's never been this bad before. i mean, the press, i mean the way we treat each other in politics and it's literally getting incredibly difficult to count the number of lies people hear. they don't know what to believe. they don't know what to count on. but you break through. you break through in ways that i think are going to change the entire dynamic of the way in which we communicate. and that's why i invited you to the white house, because i'm looking for a job. biden also commented on the day's good inflation news, saying, i told you there would be a soft landing. gary all right, scott, now let's turn to our climate in crisis wildfire activity in recent years is scorching more acres than ever. hundreds of millions damaged in california. but a new grant from

cal fire will help plant more trees after a fire to replenish our forests. in cooperation with cal forest, public and private landowners across the west can get seedlings of conifer trees to help recover what those fires destroyed. nick laird from cal forest explains why this is so important. it's because of climate change, the recent wildfires that we're experiencing, they're burning with such intensity that they're burning the ground even. and that's killing seed that would naturally regenerate and grow trees out in the landscape. and so we're having to assist that process by by starting the seedlings here at the nursery so that they can then be planted in those areas that are not going to regrow. cal forest has grown and shipped over 400 million seedlings across the west in the past 25 years, and this additional funding helps them collect more seeds and replace

equipment. they're always looking for volunteers to hike to those remote areas, to plant the seeds and change the future of our planet. if you're interested, we have the link on our website of cal forest nurseries on our website nbcbayarea.com, and look for this story under the climate and crisis tab. well, that's an inspiration to go on a hike. all right. it is 648 for you this morning. you know, wine harvest season officially underway in the east bay today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from las positas vineyards in livermore, where workers have been up picking those grapes before sunrise. they've been so busy. so, bob, are they saying how this year's growing season is, was and is going? yeah, these are workers that have been out here for at least over the past hour since before sunrise. you want to pick your grapes while the weather is still cool. as you mentioned, las positas vineyards here in livermore, you're looking at the verdello varietal. this is a portuguese varietal. it's obviously a white

grape, and these workers are going to pick they're picking about five and a half tons this morning, and they'll be taking it down to the vineyards, the winery itself, where they'll have it pressed. the man in charge of that, brant amos, the winemaker here. hey, good morning to you. good morning. so a couple weeks earlier than normal, the picking for this varietal. we had a wet spring. you and i are both liver morons. yep. we've been out here for a long time. we had a very wet spring. a very hot summer. you have you still have to deal with the weather as part of your job, was this unusual for you? is this something you can handle? and how do you handle it? well, there's really no such thing as usual when it comes to weather. when you're a winemaker. yeah exactly. so with, you know, with, with the wet spring, we have plenty of canopy growth, you know, didn't have to irrigate much at all so far this year, everything, you know, a lot of great growth and then with the hot summer, you know, it was early enough that it really didn't affect quality. so it's only only good stuff. let's walk down here. i want to see

one of the bunches of grapes here. these guys work really fast, wow, well, here, let's come over here. well, they've made a lot of progress since we got here, show me what you like about these grapes and why you why you chose to pick today. yeah. so you can see. so verdello notice it's nice and loose, you know, that's definitely what we want to see. it allows the clusters to dry out, prevent any, you know, spoilage from getting into the cluster colors just right. you can see just a little yellowing, but no sunburn, which was definitely. you're looking for a good a good taste. yeah, yeah. so you want to have plenty of flavor in the skins you want to have nice brown, crunchy seeds and that's good. yeah. all right. yeah. it tastes good to me, you always spit out that's , that's a compliment because it's the seeds. he's on table grapes. so by the way, the blessing of the grapes are here in livermore. it's, every year, and it's going to be next wednesday

from 1130 to 2 at three. steve's winery. and i got to say, brant, this varietal last year, his wine won the san francisco wine competition for verdelho. is that correct? so you, you you kind of know what you're doing. i try we try, we try, but but livermore in general, so many great wineries here. yeah. so i agree. good place to be. hey. thanks, brant. thanks for having us out here. and these guys really? excuse me. they really know how to work out here. i mean, you see, i've been i've been living in this valley for 20 years. and every time around this time of the year, you see, these guys out here are busting their hump to get these things picked 20 years. and they've been saying, hey, buddy, can you move it out of the way? the only thing that can slow them down is bob. yeah yeah, exactly. yeah, exactly. all right. thanks so much, bob. it is nice to see year after year. you know the traditions continue. absolutely. yeah. and a cool start. like you said it's nice and cool to start picking those grapes. yeah. but it has been hot this summer in the inland areas. and that continues today. it looks like

it also extends into next week as well. so as we take a look at the cooling fog that's protected san francisco from that valley heat, we see that once again today as we take a live look from our sutro tower camera. that sure looks nice. now we're going to see temperatures in spots like morgan hill starting out with some patches of fog. but happy first day of school for everyone. heading back today. we'll see temperatures in the low 60s to start a drop off time at pick up time. it's a nice warm 85 degrees and sunny. and those are the temperatures we've seen recently. maybe even a little bit lower than what we've had the past couple of days. but we're still hitting 90 in gilroy today and 84 in milpitas. also, a first day of school there. and for the east bay, we're looking at a high of 92 in concord, in antioch, danville today, 87 degrees and 84 in fremont, with a breezy wind. we're keeping the coastal areas in the 60s, as well as daly city, up to 66 degrees. redwood city 81 for this afternoon. still warm there

while san francisco stays in the 60s and low 70s with some breezy winds in sonoma, 89 and in santa rosa 88 degrees. we will continue with this pattern, but slight changes ahead as this low dips in from the north along the coast. it brings the pacific northwest some rain, and that makes it very close to the bay area on saturday. and that will help cool down the temperatures even in one of our warmer spots like brentwood, we get one day of some mid 80s and then we're back into the upper 80s and 90s for next week. so only some very minor changes over the next several days. upper 80s low 90s in the inland valleys, while san francisco stays in the 60s. maybe more drizzle on saturday. mike, you're seeing changes now for the south bay and the tri-valley. typical changes for the south bay. right on pattern 8587 101 showing the slower sensors there. the surprise slowing is southbound 680 coming down in towards sunol out of pleasanton. there's a crash going on just shy of the koopman exit. so watch for the jam coming down through the tri valley. typical build now that

things are recovering towards san francisco on the bay bridge back to you. thank you very much mike. well happening now. chevron making a big promise to richmond leaders. the company is promising to shell out more than a half $1 billion to the city over the next decade. the agreement came ahead of city leaders pulling a proposed ballot measure from the november ballot. if approved, chevron would have had to pay $1 a barrel tax on oil or raw material refined at its richmond facility. and up next, we are following some breaking news just into our newsroom. an arrest made in connection with the overdose death of actor matthew perry. stick around for that because we have those new details when we return. plus dozens of criminal cases face a dismissal in san francisco. the legal reason behind the controversial

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top stories here on today in the bay. and breaking news just into our newsroom. an arrest was just made in southern california in connection with the overdose death of actor matthew perry. that is according to law enforcement sources. the actor was found face down in his hot tub at his pacific palisades home last october. the los angeles county medical examiner's office attributed his death to the acute effects of ketamine. los angeles police have been working with federal authorities to investigate the source of the ketamine perry had consumed. a san francisco court, reportedly ready to pull the plug on dozens of criminal cases. it's all tied to the recent federal appeals court ruling. sf standard reports dozens of sex crimes and domestic violence cases and dui cases are among those the courts

may toss. this is all from the long delays. those legal delays during covid pandemic and the court's ruling was tied specifically to a dui case that dragged through the legal process. the today show just ahead. however, for more local news, stay with today in the bay. we stream live on roku, pluto and other platforms. live at 8:00 this morning, san jose mayor matt mahan joins us live to discuss his push for more shelters, pedestrian safety and of course, addressing rising crime. well, that's what's happening today in the bay. today's show starts right now. all right. let's take a look alike outside. live for us this morning as we take a look at us. as you see behind us, the bay bridge. i thought we were going to have a live shot. we didn't. we're alive. but you see us. hey, have a great morning. we'll see . good thursday

good thursday morng.