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talking about uncertainty in san francisco. students who return today for the new school year. we are sitting down with the superintendent to learn the latest about school closures. when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for, and history is set to play out in chicago. presidential nominee nominee kamala harris, set to be named the first woman of color to lead the ticket of a major party. we'll take you live to the windy city, where protesters are already out in force, making their voices heard. this is today in the bay. good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is off this morning. so is kerry. but cinthia pimentel is here with our forecast. and you say it's a little scrambled egg this week. yeah, that sounds good. laura was saying cheese enchilada. now eggs. really that hungry? let's

get this day started. the right attitude. stepping out the door. beautiful microclimates right now. san francisco. we've got that fog rolling in through the city. it's patchy. and then we go out towards walnut creek. stunning sunrise out towards the east bay. i mean, my goodness, what a beautiful night with the full moon. and now we've got this to wake up to. that's beautiful. we're going to watch our temperatures go into the 80s. this afternoon. slightly warmer and definitely a toasty tuesday in store for our workweek ahead here as we climb up those temperatures in walnut creek, nearing the 90s for tomorrow. i think that's correct. we will take a look at the changes though, right after that. coming up in my full forecast. but for now, i want to send it over to mike, who's updating us on a couple delays out there this monday morning. wow. yeah, talking about higher temperatures, i'm not a fan, but i think later on in the week what you're talking about. so stick around folks. right here. we're looking at the backup. now this is the delay. that is not a

surprise. we have this bay bridge backup performing. but you know, we've seen the last few days kind of adjusting in the times when we do see this visible backup and that's what's going on right now. it's just starting to build. but at the same time, we also see more slowing at the richmond bridge, which is unusual. this part of the commute is starting to change. coming out of the area of contra costa county. interesting. over here, this area, we do have this portion of west contra costa school district that's starting the school. so i thought maybe there might be a little delay, but maybe folks are not really impeded by the back to school traffic. not all of us can stay home until those kids can take off for the school first day of school, so we'll watch that as it builds and we'll see anything else that may be unusual. a saw, an unusual slowdown. i thought it was early commute building for the castro valley. why late report comes in from chp. there was some debris on northbound 238. i think that's what happened because now i see a good recovery as more volume is coming in off of 580. so again, that's counter to what your commute build should be. so i do think that that debris added to the slowing. we'll see if there's a ripple effect there in

the south bay. it's north 101. we had a few lanes blocked, north 101 approaching the 85 split earlier. two crashes were reported. one is on the shoulder, the other one now blocking just one lane. we saw some recovery, but we'll track that. that's a delay. morgan hill getting into san jose. back to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. 608 right now new overnight. both directions of capital expressway in san jose reopen in the last hour following a deadly accident. it all happened before 11:00 last night near snell avenue, one woman died after being struck by a car. video appears to show personal belongings scattered across the intersection, and police say the driver remained at the scene. so far, they're not commenting on that investigation. we are. the new school year and some districts are now grappling with a serious cash shortage in san francisco. today, nearly 50,000 students will head back to class by this time next month. some of them may be learning their schools will be closing today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco this morning, and ginger, those concerns very unnerving for

families. that's right. good morning laura. i mean, you know, back to school very well as well as many parents. how exciting this time can be. but as you mentioned, unnerving because of this looming cloud. it's no secret that san francisco unified will announce a new school portfolio on september 18th. and that's just less than a month away. now, currently, sfusd has around 110 schools within the district, 13 early education schools, over 70 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, and 14 high schools. now, how many schools will be closed, relocated or realigned? that all remains a mystery at this point. i sat down with the superintendent of sfusd, doctor matt wayne, to talk about what the vision is for sfusd and why there are so little answers so far. we know people are hungry for information, but we need to make sure we're sharing accurate information that's based on what is going to be our real plan for

the future of sfusd. now, families have expressed concerns and made their cases for why their school should not be among those closed or changed. the district says they welcome the feedback, but they need to make these tough decisions now for a more stable tomorrow. the united educators of san francisco believe the district is not doing enough. the announcement that they would be releasing the list of schools in september is quite shocking, considering that we haven't even heard what the structure or vision for how many even schools sfusd would have in the future. it's about letting families understand this is not just about their child's experience in first grade. this is really about making sure that when as a district, we can serve them well in fifth grade and eighth grade through high school and setting ourselves up for long term success. now, superintendent wayne says the months leading up to today have been filled with community engagement and conversations to

understand what families value most. this is his take away. our community has said very clearly that educational equity needs to be considered, that we do not want to disproportionately impact any one community. educational equity very important for the families and teachers at malcolm x academy. usf will host those families at 8:00 this morning for their first day back at school. while the superintendent is expected to make his rounds at different campuses. also this morning, that's happening at eight and nine. we'll continue to cover the first day back here in san francisco. both on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. laura back to you. always such an active time of year. and of course, all these different concerns as well for parents. thanks, ginger, for the latest two decision 2024 and the democratic national convention, which is kicking off today in chicago. let's take a live look

at the windy city this morning. this is where this week, kamala harris will formally accept the democratic presidential nomination. protests, though, are also on the horizon even before that convention starts today in the bay's alice barr is live inside the united center, which is where the convention is happening, and anticipation is hitting a fever pitch. chris. yes, we are expecting a whole lot of energy and momentum inside this building when this thing kicks off tonight, we're going to hear the biggest speech of the night from president biden, certainly in a very different role than he'd anticipated just a few weeks ago for this convention. he is certainly going to get a lot of tributes to his legacy as he passes the torch and endorses his vice president. as you noted, there are also protests going on outside, and between that and the new nominee, who's going to be formally accepting her party's nomination? comparisons are unavoidable to the 1968 democratic national convention here in chicago. but

one historian tells me there are key limits to that comparison. vice president kamala harris is in chicago as the democratic national convention kicks off tonight, previewing her focus over the weekend in a pennsylvania bus tour. when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. the vice president looking to define herself to the american people this week, in the still early days of her campaign, the candidate change up xin bao now and the protesters against the war in gaza gathering in chicago, calling comparisons to the windy city's 1968 democratic convention. it's impossible not to make that connection in your head, but northwestern university history professor kevin boyle says while that race was framed by deep divisions over the vietnam war, this is going to be a convention of profound unity. unity inside and de-escalation training outside, preparing chicago police to

avoid the violent clashes of 68. when president lyndon johnson stepped aside during the primary season, much earlier than president biden's move that led to vice president harris's unprecedented path to the nomination. do you think there's any credence to the people that are criticizing her for having been selected and not elected? there is no rule that says that there has to be an open primary process under these circumstances. so they followed their rules inside the party. that's the way it works as new national polls show harris picking up a narrow lead. former president trump is set to visit four swing states this week, working to counteract any post-convention bump for the democratic ticket. ahead this morning on today, we take a look at preview at what to expect at this week's democratic national convention. and our scott mcgrew

is going one on one with nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston to talk about what to expect as the dnc plays out in chicago over the next few days, and that's coming up less than 30 minutes in, right here on today in the bay. developing right now on the east coast, many places dealing with treacherous conditions as the eye of hurricane ernesto churns towards eastern canada this morning, it is once again a category one storm, and it's triggered life threatening rip currents. at least two people drowned in south carolina and in north carolina. emergency crews performed nearly 30 ocean rescues. connecticut, meantime, saw torrential rain and flash flooding, and more than 80 million americans remain at risk for extreme weather, rain, wind and flooding. they're seeing it all. let's check in with forecaster cinthia pimentel. she's got a look at where ernesto is heading now. yeah. as you said it, there it is. heading into parts of eastern canada. eventually making it into the northern atlantic. but really extreme is the word to use as we kick off this new

workweek. and i'll tell you why. look at this kind of wave pattern that we've got here through the south and out towards the east. we've got a trough digging down into parts of really from the lakes down into the south. it is hot and steamy. there those showers continuing, and we see the pinwheel of ernesto there as it continues to downgrade into a post-tropical system in the coming days. mike, to kick off our workweek, you're helping people find cheaper gas prices. yeah, we're trying to do that. start the workweek and some folks starting their school year. so san francisco that's a big school district. they lead our list today, 387 gaugh on mission street. to kick off that district's school year in sunnyvale, you'll head to the big box that would be costco at post 385 at lawrence station road. as far as i know, you can still use that gift card, despite the fact that they're checking those ids in the store itself. west contra costa unified starts, so we'll talk san pablo. their best is 425. the bottom of the list here. mobile on san pablo dam road.

you can check out wherever you need to go, school or not. gasbuddy.com you share those prices on the roadways? we're looking at a pretty smooth drive, but there's a lot of slowing. northbound 101. this crash continues with second of two crashes. north 101 at the 85 split. so i believe that we have a one lane that's still blocked there. you see the slowing that's unusual. that does delay a little bit of traffic getting in towards silicon valley. here's a nice drive through contra costa county. no major issues but we do have vasco road st

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one of the best in more than a year. head of the fed jay powell speaks at jackson hole, wyoming, on friday of this week. shares in big grocery stores. this is walmart. that's kroger. largely unchanged after kamala harris floated her idea of a federal ban on price gouging. she did that friday in a speech laying out some of her economic plans. there's no federal price gouging law currently. california has one, but it's not clear grocery stores are gouging you. if you look at the revenue a company like walmart brings in, or kroger and you compare it to the profits, it's like a 2 to 3% difference. we would consider that to be pretty razor thin as far as profits, the problem isn't your grocery store, it's the suppliers. and harris says she will go after them. trump over the weekend, meantime, once again talked about slapping huge tariffs on goods at stores like

walmart. and once again, he got it wrong. remember, if an american buyer like walmart buys chinese made goods. walmart and its customers pay the tariff. americans pay the tariff. here's trump getting it backwards. a tariff is a tax on a foreign country. that's the way it is. whether you like it or not. a lot of people like to say, oh, it's a tax on us. no, no, no, it's a tax on a foreign country. it's a tax on a country that's ripping us off and stealing our jobs. and it's a tax that doesn't affect our country. all right. not to belabor the point, but if china puts a tariff on american wheat, chinese definitely pay the tariffs. if america puts a tariff on chinese made pickle balls, americans pay the tariff a california law that would have increased protections for children online got stuck in the courts friday, with the ninth circuit saying laws that forced high tech companies to

determine if their products were dangerous for kids violated the first amendment. an expert i talked to reminded us of common sense. while government has a role in keeping kids safe online, make sure the number one protector in your family is you. the parent. but it still is going to be important for the parents to be monitoring these accessibility points in making sure that the children realize that the parents are going to be watching out for their health and safety, just as they do in any other instances of their care. i know it can be overwhelming, but you have got to stay on top and hey, we're all parents, right? you got to know what whatsapp is. you got to know what ai is. you got to know what roblox is and how they work. and understand all of them and monitor all of that. and it's difficult. there's a lot to keep up with. yeah but you wouldn't send your kid into, like, a roller rink if you didn't know what was happening. what about what was happening? right. that's a great point.

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movie. i haven't seen that in so long. it would be interesting to go back and look at it, because you go look at old films. i haven't seen it ever, because i know you haven't. well, you guys know i'm still scared about friday night, but our producer was asking. i was like, have you seen it? i'm like, no, i know enough. no, no, no. i was like, yeah, i don't say it out. all right. i guess that's why they let me read that one. yes. thank you justin okay. but it's daylight. everything's good actually. we're going to have well sorry to go back, but we're going to have some big moons right. yes. tonight it is the sturgeon moon. it's going to be beautiful. i mean, it was already bright coming into work doing surgery by moonlight sturgeon with a t okay with a t in there. good morning everybody. it's actually feeling like fall as you step out the door in the north bay. look at those temperatures. upper 40s and some low 50s from napa to san rafael. the rest of us waking up in those mid 50s through the peninsula and down in through the south bay, some 60s to get our day started as we go on and take it hour by hour

for you, help you plan this manic monday around the bay. we are seeing temperatures by noon in some mild territory. 70s there. maybe you can take lunch outside to kind of get you in the spirit of what is ahead. warmer temperatures today will be slightly warmer than what we had yesterday, and definitely from the saturday that we had some gloomy conditions at times mid 80s for santa rosa, 86 in concord, we'll do 82 in los gatos, and we'll continue those upper 60s and breezy throughout the peninsula. here is the changes ahead. very interesting. our first half of the week in antioch is actually going to start to warm up. tuesday will be the warmest day. not so much change for wednesday. but then look at that drop as we go on into thursday and friday. we're tracking a system that's dropping down along the california coast. that could bring some breezier changes about that cloud cover. so stay tuned for that. definitely some fall kind of wardrobe throughout the bay area. but then behind that, our models are looking at a bit of a warming trend as we go through the weekend and into next week. san francisco changes

will be mild. they're into the low 70s through downtown tomorrow, and then the 60s and breezy for the second half of the week. our inland seven-day forecast 80 to 90 back down into the 80s and possibly some 70s, but not too bad. mike. we had an early slowing out of richmond. yeah we did. we had a little more slowing than we typically see about early, early in the 5:00 hour out of richmond. so we kept checking, keeping tabs on the toll plaza there. the backup is officially there, and it's slow across the span. no incidents reported, so i think it's a good volume of traffic. remember, there is a school district right here, west contra costa, that does start today, but it looks like more traffic is actually heading through the area. that might be because much of contra costa county did start earlier in the last couple of weeks. we're looking at a slower drive for highway four, an issue a disabled vehicle on 680, but no major issues. most of the folks out of concord are taking that. 242 cut down toward walnut creek. the early slowdown off the castro valley y looks like it did clear when that debris

cleared. but now we're into the build. as you head south out of san leandro, a little build across the san mateo bridge and an incident may be going on union city. we'll check that for the nimitz. tri valley shows a build toward the dublin interchange, and we have still a lot of slowing traveling north on 101, there is a crash near the 85. split may be in lanes. back to you. the honking of the driverless taxis continues in san francisco's san francisco waymo's response to this latest disruption of people's sleep. stay with us. you're watching today in the bay

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awakening in one san francisco neighborhood. waymo can't seem to find the fix for its honking driverless taxis. a live report on the newest turn in this middle of the night parking saga. this is today in the bay. a very good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is off this morning. it is 633 now. and we have some breaking news. we do. breaking right now. legendary nbc, groundbreaking television show host phil donahue has died. i'll have more on that story in just a moment. but first, cinthia pimentel is in for kerry. this morning. temperatures right now looking pretty good. they're looking okay down here in the south bay, but up into the north bay it is jacket weather. as you step out the door to work or to school. 50 degrees and we will see some slow warming there throughout the mid morning into the 60s and then into lunchtime. that looks

much more comfortable into the upper 70s and sunshine. we are looking at a warm up ahead as we get into the first half of our workweek here. tomorrow, the hottest day of the week before we trend things cooler towards the end of it. some chances of seeing a summer rain or two, and then we'll transition once back again into some hot temperatures. so we're all over the place on this monday. back to you guys. all right. thank you very much. as i had briefly mentioned, that breaking news we're covering right now, nbc news learning that legendary groundbreaking tv talk show host phil donahue has died. donahue is considered the very first to use the live tv afternoon talk show format. the same blueprint later adopted by oprah winfrey and so many others. his show was originally based in ohio and first received national syndication in 1970. he won several daytime emmy awards earlier this year. he was awarded the freedom, the medal of freedom by president biden. nbc news learned he died last

night at his home following a long illness. he, of course, was married to the legendary actress marlo thomas. phil donahue was 88 years old. turning now to decision 2024 and the start of the democratic national convention, president biden will help kick things off tonight in chicago. and scott mcgrew joins us now. won't be a goodbye speech, but there are certainly going to be some farewell moments. yeah, i think that's fair, right? there are two things going on. he's still going to be president until january, no matter who wins. and his role tonight will be firing people up, getting them behind kamala harris. but sure, national crises this may be the last major speech we hear from the president. mr. biden will be one of several speakers tonight, including the first lady, jill biden, former secretary of state hillary clinton. here's biden on his way to chicago earlier. what's your message to democrats on monday night? win, win. well, doctor larry gerston is our nbc

bay area political analyst, larry, good morning. thanks for getting up early with us. this is a speech really with two different emotions. i mean, he's stepping down. he re-energized the democratic party. on the other hand, this was supposed to be his convention. you're right, scott, i don't know if people realize how much and how hard it was for president biden to give up that torch. this is the most powerful job in the world. a person sits atop everybody else and he found it in him to give it away when he knew, he learned, unfortunately, that he just wasn't going to have the gas to get through. this was tough for him. so tonight he comes with a lot of sorrow, but also giving a lot of hope. and that's the needle he has to thread as he goes through his speech and people are looking forward to it. there's a lot of love for biden, not only for what he did for harris, but also what he's done over the last 50 years. and somehow he's hoping to translate, translate, if you will transfer that, if you will, that love to kamala harris. there will be a lot of energy

tonight. let's talk briefly for a moment, larry, if we could about israel, secretary of state antony blinken, right now meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. obviously, the number one beneficiary of a cease fire would be the palestinian civilians. but if they negotiated a cease fire in the next couple of days, even the next few hours, that would help heal a rift in american politics, particularly in the democratic party. yeah, this would release a lot of tension for the far left of the democratic party. we're expecting demonstrations in chicago over the next few days. and if for some reason, some way, somehow they can come to some agreement, yes, this will let a lot of hot air out of that balloon. but but it's a tough one, scott. they've been going back and forth for months, maybe more than a year, almost a year, i should say. and they haven't found the formula. one side or the other is always found it difficult to go along that last inch. so we're going to see if blinken can can pull that rabbit out of the hat tonight. all right. well, nbc bay area political consultant larry gerston, i'm sure we'll be

talking a lot this week. thanks for being with us this morning. president obama speaks at the dnc tomorrow. vice president harris accepts her nomination at the culmination of the week on thursday. now, chicago would like to remind you they had a totally normal democratic convention in 96 when bill clinton was nominated. but it's the convention of 68. everybody thinks of when a police riot. and yes, the final determination of the walker report was it was the police that rioted against anti-war protesters, a black eye on the city that lasts until this day. so there's tension over planned protests today. this is obviously a time lapse. we sped it up because we want to show you how many people there are antiwar protesters who want to stop the war in gaza. as they marched down michigan avenue, a protester ran onto the stage during a welcome party shouting free palestine! kamala harris tim walz donald trump, all in pennsylvania. over the weekend, the democrats took a bus tour with walls. speaking to a high

school football team, a stop at a convenience store to get doritos. here's candidate for vice president tim walz talking about his running mate. but the reason they're picking up the phone, and the reason that they're standing thousand deep in 109 degree heat in las vegas is she's bringing out the joy in the hearts of americans. she's bringing out. she's bringing out the kindness that ties us together, the decency, the vision of a better tomorrow. her biggest advantage is that she's a beautiful woman. i'm going. i never thought of that. i'm better looking than she is. and her speech yesterday, kamala went full communist. donald trump campaigning in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. yesterday, the keystone state may end up being the decider in the race. it is that important. both harrison, their economic policies, or at least some of them. late last week, harris proposed a federal price gouging law. that's the communism that

trump is referring to. trump, meantime, continues to suggest a 10 to 20% tariff on imported goods because americans would pay that tariff. economists worry that would cause inflation. our coverage of the democratic national convention begins today. president biden will speak and you'll see that live. laura, right here on nbc bay area. and, you know, we also sent our damian trujillo to chicago, watch his live coverage tonight. and throughout the week right here on nbc bay area. happening today, waymo plans to address whatever the problem has been vexing people in san francisco. it is leading to some very sleepless nights for a lot of folks, and it is the result of loud, honking horns at odd hours. today in the bay's bob redell live this morning and bob waymo, people are listening to what they have to say, listening to those honks. yeah. good morning to you, chris. and later today, the director of product management at waymo, which operates those driverless taxis

in san francisco, is expected to do a live interview with the woman who runs this youtube channel. you should see it on your screen right now, which is live right now. and this channel provides a constant video feed of a parking lot in san francisco's south of market neighborhood, where the driverless taxis have congregated, congregated while on break, you'll notice the vehicles are quiet this morning. but that was not the case over the past few weeks. according to neighbors, they have been awakened by the cars honking their horns at each other. neighbors say it happened again yesterday morning when a string of cars approached this lot and honked repeatedly at 5 a.m. on tuesday, waymo said this was due to a feature that makes the waymo honk if other cars are too close. waymo said it updated the software so its vehicles should keep the noise down for neighbors. but then wednesday of last week, neighbors say the honking continued. you can see the cars got stuck in a cul de sac next to the lot. waymo said it fixed that problem, too. now,

the woman who set up this live youtube channel to watch these autonomous vehicles moving in and out of the lot, says her feed now has an audience that is global. we like having them there, like they're really fun to look at. we just like them to stop honking. that's sophia chung, who runs the feed, who again says waymo's director of product management has agreed to a live interview with her on the feed later this afternoon. we have reached out to waymo for comment on the most recent honking, but have yet to hear back. bob redell today in the bay. all right, well, whenever they decide to say whatever they're going to say, i know people will be listening. thank you. bob happening tonight. a rare sight in the bay area and across much of the world. a so-called super blue moon, which is not expected to happen again in more than a decade. the super moon refers to a full moon that appears closer to earth than usual. this is the first of four super moons this year. it is

also a blue moon, the third of four full moons this season. it's expected to reach its peak before noon and still be viewable when the sun goes down. cinthia pimentel is tracking the bay area skies for us. hopefully they'll cooperate. we won't get that cloud cover. yeah, and isn't it fun to say once in a blue moon and it's actually happening tonight? how cool. yeah, it's going to be the closest to earth. that's why it's going to appear so much bigger and brighter. it's called the sturgeon moon. really? because the fish in the great lakes are easier to catch. apparently, at this time of the year. the weather to watch, of course, will be by the coast and the bay. with the fog. we wouldn't be san francisco without our iconic fog. and as we go on into the inland east bay and the south bay, really we had a view of it this morning. if you can catch it again tomorrow morning or tonight, that will be just a spectacular way to kick off our workweek here. speaking of, we are starting our workweek 40 up in santa rosa. 50s and some 60s through the south bay. we'll

talk about what the day has ahead and the warmer temperatures for tomorrow coming up. mike, you are still tracking a crash and slowing in san jose. we had a couple of crashes and then we had just one remaining. it was in lanes. i've just seen the speed sensors. north 101, just passing bernal and heading up toward the split with 85. they're starting to improve. they may have removed the last of the vehicles from the scene. no major injuries reported, but this was a delay. holding traffic up from getting into san jose out of morgan hill, passing coyote creek golf course. there we are looking at a light slowdown here on 101 north oakland road, heading up past the airport. this may build as more folks are coming in out of that portion of the split for 101 northbound. now we have a slowdown developing here. an earlier crash as you're approaching alvarado. niles has just cleared from the blotter. we have a build for the east bay, but no surprises. and now we're looking ahead. we have events over here in oakland for the coliseum. the a's play tonight and the giants play tonight in the city. so keep

those two activities in mind. back to you. good to know. thank you very much mike. new data shedding some new light on making it in the bay. and the stark difference between the cost of renting or home buying in the bay area. national data from zillow and apartment list indicates it now cost an average of $352,000 to buy a home, which is a few thousand more than renting a home for 20 years. at $338,000. right now in the san francisco metro area, the average home costs $1.2 million. in comparison, it costs $609,000 to rent a home for 20 years, almost twice the cost. san jose, meantime, has the dubious distinction of having the highest price to rent ratio in the entire country. the median home price is $1.5 million. that's compared to 750,000 for 20 years of rent. home prices throughout california are at record highs. new this morning, schools across the country are still dealing with record high rates of absenteeism more than a

year after the pandemic. new data collected by stanford indicates that nearly 25% of students were chronically absent in the 2023 school year. that means missing at least 10% of total school days in oakland, chronic absenteeism was already high before the pandemic. it was 29%, but it skyrocketed to 53% across district and charter schools last year. meanwhile, home for oakland a's fans will soon be no more next season. of course, as you likely know, they are playing in sacramento. i know the tradition is over. over the weekend, it allowed giants and a's fans to soak in one very last bay bridge series. the coliseum saw some season high crowds this weekend as nearly 40,000 fans attended each of the two games. for many, it was understandably emotional, with a lot of former players also on hand. yesterday's last game had some extra inning drama with the score tied at one and went into

extra innings. then in the 10th, back to back home runs gave the giants a lead. they would not give up the giants won the game 4 to 2, splitting the final series at one game apiece. all new this morning? get ready for a new chapter in a decades long dog eat dog rivalry on labor da, san jose's joey chestnut will once again face takeru kobayashi, this time in his netflix special hot dog eating event. kobayashi has not competed in five years, and he's coming out of retirement to settle this. beef chestnut is the current world record holder with 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. he's still the king of nathan's hot dog eating contest on the 4th of july, even if he wasn't allowed to take part. this year due to sponsorship conflicts, he tells the today show this morning that left him hungry to prove he's still top dog. i'm going to be eating hot dogs on labor day like never before, and i'm going to be breaking records and dude, it's maybe i'll make

it back to coney island next year, but i'm just focused on dominating this contest. the rivalry is real. you want this title. you're coming back to beat him. yeah. yes still has me blocked on instagram. yeah. like he's blocked. yeah i'm surprised you're sitting next to each other. chestnut versus kobayashi. unfinished beef streams live on netflix on labor day. stretch out the stomach. you can watch the full interview with joey. up next on the today show. that's, of course, right after today in the bay we were talking about it last week. if there was anything that you could eat in quantity, like to have a contest, is there anything i don't not in that quantity. right i don't know, sometimes i get in trouble when i'm popcorn in a good movie, i just the bucket's gone. i don't know where the chips and salsa. guacamole. yes. oh yeah. that's a good one. thanks. yeah. i just don't want my favorite thing to make me sick. yeah, i'll throw up. yeah. we don't want i can't,

i can't. no, we don't want that. yeah we don't want that. all right. let's talk about the weather. yeah yeah. let's talk about that before the stomach gets more upset. just drink your coffee and watch with me as we talk about what's going on the next couple of days. for today, 49 degrees. right now in santa rosa. we are looking at some cooler temperatures out there feeling like fall. so grab a sweater as you head out the door. but we're in summer fashion, so you lose it by the end of the day. 60 degrees to start our day in san jose and we'll get up into the upper 70s for today, mid 80s for the south county, as well as some upper 80s for parts of the east bay into solano county, and in through parts of the north bay the peninsula will remain in the 60s 70s by the east bay shore, and we'll turn things breezy into the afternoon, but that should carry us into a warm tuesday. here we go. with those temperatures quickly rising for our workweek here, 90 will return for solano county and san martin. the rest of us will be in a mix of 70s and some 80s out

towards dublin, and will continue those upper 80s into parts of the north bay. we'll drop those temperatures a little bit for our wednesday and then get ready for some changes ahead. we're going to have two seasons in one week. starting off with summer and then getting into a little bit of a more fall winter like pattern as we go on into late thursday and friday. a system is dropping in from the north, but this is going to do is we're going to feel the breeze kick up. we're going to notice some more cloudy skies and even track the possibility of getting some rain up into the north bay and the northern part of the state. so we'll watch as the models kind of put themselves together here through the week. our inland. seven day forecast will go from summer into the upper 80s and 90s to start off the week, and then back into some cool 80s and possibly some upper 70s by friday and the weekend will trend warmer once again. san francisco not so much change. there 60s to some low 70s overall, not a bad forecast for the city by the bay. now. mike

you are checking up on the bay bridge. yeah, and we knew it was going to build, but i just want to check if it was on pace. nothing unusual at this point in the commute. it did start a little bit earlier today, and we're watching to see if that trends for the next couple of weeks. as folks come back online. for the majority of schools around the bay area already. but this week, i think the remainder will come back online. we're looking at westbound highway four, holding steady with the build coming out of pittsburgh and bay point. concord is the slowest drive as far as westbound commute. we're starting to kind of ease up to our normal build over at richmond. some folks did get a little early, start heading toward that bridge and slowing through berkeley down toward the bay bridge as well. we now see these sensors start to slow across the san mateo bridge. this is a little more slowing than we typically see. so again, we're watching those trends in the tri-valley and in contra costa county, where it's still not at a half hour. so this vasco drive actually isn't as bad as it sometimes is on a monday. we'll keep tracking back to you. all right. thank you very much. well happening now, east bay regional parks are among those warning people that

it is calving season. so stay clear of young cows and their mothers, which are primed to protect their defenseless calves. rangers say avoid approaching or touching the animals or getting in between a calf and its mother. also, keep your dogs away. calving season runs through october, so just ahead, we'll have one last look at this morning's top stories, including what could be a bumpy first day of school in san francisco. classes will resume, but amidst a major financial crisis. we'll have the latest on possible closures as early as one month from now

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we're moving you forward with a look at our top stories on today in the bay. starting with breaking news and the death of a television legend. nbc has learned groundbreaking tv talk show host phil donahue has died.

he is considered the very first to use the live tv afternoon talk show format. the same blueprint later adopted by oprah winfrey and so many others. he won several daytime emmy awards, and earlier this year, as you see here, he was awarded the medal of freedom by president biden. he died last night at his home following a long illness. phil donahue was 88 years old. nearly 50,000 san francisco students head back for the first day of school today. and this comes with the district expected to announce plans for school closures less than a month from now. families, of course, are already expressing concerns, with some parents telling the district why their schools should not be among those on the final cut list. the district is not revealing how many schools will be closed, nor whether how many will be realigned or partnered with other schools. happening today, three men expected to enter a plea in connection with the shooting death of a security guard killed while protecting a tv news crew.

kevin died two years ago in oakland during what investigators say was an attempted robbery. alameda county district attorney pamela price added enhanced charges for sha'carri mitchell, hershel hale and lauren gilbert. if convicted on all charges, each defendant may face life in prison. well, the honking continues in one san francisco neighborhood, all because of some waymo vehicles. listen up. imagine sleeping through that. that has been going on for weeks. south of market. last week, waymo issued a software update to keep the noise down. but neighbors say it happened again yesterday around five in the morning. the director of product management for waymo is expected to do a live interview this afternoon with a woman who runs a youtube channel documenting that ongoing problem. two decision 2024 in the democratic national convention, kicking off today in chicago. we have a live look at

the windy city, where this week, kamala harris will formally accept the democratic presidential nomination. she is set to become the first woman of color to be named to the top of a major party ticket. however, protesters are also gathering as the event is set to get underway. chicago police are on standby. ahead this morning on the today show, there's a preview of what to expect at this week's democratic national convention. as well. and now a look at our forecast for this monday. starting a new workweek. starting a new workweek. it is a typical summer day. we start with the light jacket and then just toss it aside. warming up today actually, and into tomorrow. valleys into the 80s and 90s. but that will be the warmest day of the week here. before we start a bit of a cooling trend, turning things breezy and even actually starting to track the chances of some rain to our north by the end of the week. but then look at that. the weekend. stunning sunshine, warmer temperatures. so we're in a little bit of a roller coaster here, you guys okay. we'll hold on to think of

a weekend on a monday though, right? okay. well today's show is coming up next. we continue today in the bay, also on roku and other streaming platforms at 8 a.m, we're speaking one on one with the managing director of the washington institute about the push for a ceasefire amid the ongoing war in gaza. you can also watch online at nbcbayarea.com or on our smartphone app. and that is what's happening today in the bay. the today show starts right now. that's right. always turn to nbcbayarea.com, where we're constantly updating news there for you. thanks so much for starting your monday morning with us. come back for tuesday, wednesday, friday. we're always here for you. have a great one. good monday morning. the start of a crucial in race fo >> the democratic national convention kicking off in a

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