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kari tracking the heat and when we can see some relief. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> i say continues because we've been on the air since 4:30 this morning. love when you join us early. thanks for joining us. >> of course we'll have more of your traffic commute in just a minute. vianey has that. but first let's look how hot it's going to be today. >> still going to be hot today for the inland valleys, only the coast will get a little bit of some relief today. let's take a live look outside in san francisco this morning. all nice and clear. we can see the fog returning as early as tomorrow morning. one of the hot spots martinez, check out our temperature trend, it's going to be 76 degrees and then reaching in the low 90s again today and it's going to be slow to cool down this evening. we'll talk about a cooldown in the forecast in just a few minutes. vianey, you said it is not looking good zpl not looking good out there. we did he have n
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you can see the traffic map right now, still seeing a slowdown from tracey due to the earlier crash. we'll get to that crash in the south bay but right now i do want to get to the crash along westbound 80. it appears earlier it was reported as a stalled vehicle. it seems like now there is a crash just behind that. now i'm not quite sure if somebody hit the stalled vehicle or this is a separate incident. but we're starting to see light delays out of that area. expect to see some slowing still though in the south bay. this is causing the biggest h d headac headache. lane three remains blocked at this hour. south bay drive times 51 minutes. head out now. >> good advice there, vianey, thank you. 6:01. we begin with brabing news, the bay area in a soccer frenzy as the world cup is kicking off tomorrow morning but now we're learn being the bay area could have a shot at hosting the world cup games eight years from now. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live with the big announcement overnight from
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fifa, kris. >> reporter: hi there, laura, not just a shot but pretty darn good shot according to the evaluations fifa uses for potential bids in host cities. what a way to kick off it off starting tomorrow. as you watch the u.s. team and canadian team and mexican team take the field they might look a little extra proud. now we know that the world cup 2026 is coming to north america. we just got this statement from the 49ers, our bay area bid received the second highest technical evaluation from fifa during the review process so we're excited about our prospects for being selected as a host city. levi stadium has seen the world soccer stage and gold cup and we're humbled to be prepared for the once in a lifetime possibility of hosting the fifa world cup. this tweet does not contain the excitement of the bid company.
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united 2026, it reads the world will unite in north america. usa soccer writes the world's biggest sporting event is returning to our shores. the united bid committee show cased the bay area as one of the host cities. you see them on the map but noting the fact that the bay area has the half million kids in the region playing soccer, also they note our diversity and inclusiveness. this will be the biggest copa world cup ever playing 80 games, 60 matches in the u.s. 10 in mexico and 10 in canada. 16 stadiums will be the finalists or hosts levi stadium is on that list for the bid cities and hopefully we'll be making it to that list of 16 stadiums that are chosen. all right folks saying online, my facebook and twitter feed they are very excited about this, the fact the copa is coming to the bait area
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potentially and definitely coming to the united states. one person saying watch soccer yet, yet is the key word. by 2026 we'll be fans for sure. it kicks off on our partner station tomorrow. make sure you join our conversation on social media. >> you're exactly right. i remember when the world cup was here at stanford in 1994. i went to the game with brazil and russia. it was amazing to see. people out on the streets and excitement -- >> you didn't even have to have a team in the game. >> yeah. >> reporter: it doesn't matter, olympics but even bigger. >> big back then too. thanks, kris. our sister station telemundo your home for coverage starting at 4:30 as uraguay faces off against egypt. breaking news in the east bay. one person is dead after a house fire broke out early this morning in walnut eek.
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bob dell is live at the scene on mandarin lane this morning and bob, what do we know about what happened here? >> well, good morning to you, marcus, according to the fire department this is a heart wrenching story and adult man lived here with his two elderly parents again on this two story home in the 700 block of the street here in walnut creek. and according to the fire department, the man was able to get out with his mother and did try to save his father but the smoke and the flames were just too much. the contra costa county fire protection district telling us the father had been asleep in the upstairs bedroom and they were the ones who were able to get him out. when they did pull the fire out, unfortunately he did not survive. that son and his mother were taken to the hospital for cuts and cuts and smoke inhalation, the fire department said they had it knocked down in 30 minutes. one of the biggest obstacles
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here were the solar panels on top of the roof. made it very difficult for the fire department and firefighters to get to the roof and vent the fire. the technique they used to get the fire out. the house as you can see in the video, it is a loss. and the fire department right now, they have afrn investigator out here going in with a smoke mask trying to figure out what caused this fire. they do believe it started downstairs but as far as what ignited the flames, still not sure as of yet. reporting live in walnut creek, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> so sad for that family. >> president trump this morning is back on u.s. soil and as far as he's concerned, it's the dawn of a new era for north korea. the president touched down at andrews air force base about three hours ago. back from his toric summit with leader kim jong-un. a tweet reads, just landed a long trip but everybody can now feel much safer than the day i took office. there's no longer a nuclear
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threat from north korea. meeting with kim jong-un was an interesting and very positive experience. north korea has great potential for the future. some lawmakers are less sure about north korea's intentions or what the response will be from u.s. allies in the asia pacific. >> it is 6:07. we don't know who will be the next mayor of san francisco but a winner could be declared as soon as today. here are the latest numbers, london breed currently beating mark leno by 1800 votes. city hall sources tell us the numbers are slowly trending towards breed. they are still about 8,000 votes left to be counted. we'll keep tabs on that. it's been more than a week since the june primary and there's still 2 million ballots that haven't even been counted. according to the secretary of state's office, we could take a few more weeks to count them all. tense time for those in the assembly and races. the mail-in model which requires every signature on the ballot to be verified in person has taken some time.
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kim alexander from the california voter association. >> they automated as much as they can. at the end of the day it takes a human being to verify that signature to make sure it matches the voter signature on file. >> secretary of state has until july 13th to count every ballot and certify the results. >> in preventing another tragedy. pg&e is warning you that power may be shut off during an emergency. it posted on its website that power could be cut off in certain neighborhoods during extreme fire conditions. just last week state fire inspectors determined pg&e contributed to the multiple deadly fires in wine country. the company's equipment mostly power lines came into contact with trees sparking the fires. happening today, you might notice something new. street cleaners will be dedicated to cleaning up crash in bike lanes. we're going to get our first look at that program starting at
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10:00 a.m. right now at 6:09, we wake up and look out the window. we see the nice sunshine we're trying to recover from the warriors victory parade yesterday. live look at oracle arena. beautiful start to this wednesday morning and the morning commute will be nice and comfortable for the east bay looking at fremont where we will be at 60 degrees at 8:00 and then mid-70s throughout the day. there it will be comfortable but still going to be hot for the interior valleys and antioch reaching 96 degrees and 92 in napa and morgan hill. san jose 88 degrees and 70 in san francisco. as we break down our temperature trend for palo alto, that's going to be coming up in a few minutes and vianey has an improvement. big update for the south bay. >> i have good news for the south bay. the rest of the bay area we have a couple of accidents reported earlier that are working to clear out. but the biggest one that was causing heaviest delays in the south bay along northbound 101 south of oakland road, chp
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reporting lanes have been cleared. earlier there was a vehicle blocking one of the roads but we're still seeing traffic recovering along northbound 101 from highway 85. earlier it was about 55 minutes, now it's about 39 minutes. a live look right now in san jose to give you a better look what to expect as you head out the road. even though it's recovering, still expect delays in the south bay. back to you. >> thanks, vianey. coming up here on "today in the bay," trouble for the popular fashion company guess. the reason the co-founder is stepping down. >> plus a big flip-flop in seattle could have a real effect on the bay area. and later, splitting california. the ballot measure moving forward to create three different states in california. why it probably won't happen coming up at 6:25. you're watching "today in the bay."
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install electric vehicle charging stations, and become more energy efficient. pg&e has allowed us to be the most sustainable organization we can be. any time you help a customer, it's a really good feeling. it's especially so when it's a customer that's doing such good and important work for the environment. together, we're building a better california. it's 6:13. starting out with 50s around the bay area and sunshine. going to heat it up again today. we'll be at 66 degrees already at 10:00 in palo alto. noon, 72 degrees and then some mid-80s by early afternoon. it's going to heat up today but then cool down tomorrow. we'll talk about the cooldown in the forecast coming up in less than five minutes. >> and we had a couple earlier before the toll plaza at the bay bridge and san mateo bridge but
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now those have been cleared off the right hand lane and 15 minutes from west side 92 towards the san mateo bridge. a better look at the bay area coming up in just a bit. >> a big day today in business. the fed will likely raise interest rates. that will come around 11:00 a.m. our time. watch shares in comcast and in disney. both of these companies want to buy part of fox. comcast owns this tv station. yesterday a judge ruled at&t and time warner can merge. that can clear the way for other mergers that comcast is jumping in seems like bad news for disney. disney is a dow component and that may pull the dow lower today. tesla says the cuts will not come from the production line. tesla needs to speed up the manufacture of cars so it can make more money. if it doesn't, it will run out of money and then it either has
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to borrow more or dilute its stock and really both of terrible options. elon musk assured investors he won't do either. netflix will keep the late anthony bourdain's parts unknown on the service for a while longer. it was due reto be removed over the weekend. here's a clip of the famous chef visiting san francisco. really unusual story coming out of seattle that should get our attention. the seattle city council reversed itself and won't levy a head count tax ton tech companies the astonishing thing about this, the seattle city leaders had voted unanimously just a couple of weeks ago and then amazon fussed about it, joined by microsoft and starbucks and all of a sudden weeks after the vote, seattle has said never mind. a number of south bay cities considered this head count tax which is a tax on every employee
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they have. they say if you're bringing people in mountain view, you don't ought to have to pay for insfra structure, that sort of thing. the other side says it's attacks on jobs not a slogan, bumper sticker slogan, it literally is a tax on jobs. >> the more they bring in. >> many consider -- companies could consider moving. >> to a different state. >> with different taxes too. all right, always something to watch. this morning the co-founder fashion label guess is out. company says paul marciano resigned as executive chairman. this is a sexual harass. investigation into his behavior. we reported on that before. kate upton among those who publicly accused him of wrong doing. >> in health news, more men are going under the knife for cosmetic surgery. the american society of plastic surgeons says 1.3 million american had surgeries last year. most common procedure, liposuction and tummy tuck and male breast reduction.
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the group says younger men typically want to improve their bodies and older men focus on face. male botox injections quadrupled since 2000. >> warriors fans, how cool was that? the victory parade through downtown oakland. you were a big part of it. >> it was so much fun to get out there and enjoy it. i was there with janelle and we had a great time as we talked about what was going on with the situations like this and you see the champagne and janelle and myself there as we anchor on the field right there at the starting line. everyone who came up, that came by us and got to see them first on the double decker bus as you see. jumped off of the bus running into the crowd. thank you bay area. >> why would you not celebrate? you won the championship. you need to celebrate. >> that's right. good reason. champagne was flowing out there looks like too. keeping people cool maybe. it was hot. >> it was a warm one out there.
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>> reached in the low 80s in in parts of oakland. you were out there also. >> she got some sun burn -- >> i don't know if you can see it, that's why i'm hide teenainr sleeves, it was so much fun. >> helped me out. >> wear a hat, sunscreen, bring lots of water because just being out in the sun can be draining. and also draining is this heat for the inland areas. and it's going to stick with us again today. dublin will be one of those spots where it will reach back in the low 90s today. we start out with some sunshine and you can see the haziness in the air. let's go to walnut creek, 74 degrees by 10:00. after that it's going to be uncomfortable with those highs today reaching in the low 90s. we'll be at 93 at 4:00 today. the seven-day is up at the bottom of the screen showing it will be cooling off over the
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next few days. looking at cupertino, the high reaches 87 degrees and winds picking up from the west and in concord, 95 degrees, hayward 81 and 79 in oakland. 63 in half moon bay. while in san mateo, it will be 79 degrees. 69 on the embarcadero. winds coming from the west at 20 miles per hour. still breezy there. upper 80s and low 90s for much of the north bay. if you're looking for something to do with kids today, maybe they are out on summer break, it's going to be in the mid-70s there. one of the nice more comfortable spots check out the fair today and enjoy some time outside. we'll see the storm track staying well to the north of us as high pressure and dry weather continues for the bay area. the good news is that the onshore flow will kick in for tomorrow and that will help cool us off as we head towards the end of the workweek into the weekend. and vianey has been tracking a couple of problem spots and it
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looks slow for parts of the south bay. >> a lot of earlier crashes managed to clear out nicely. an overall look at the bay area. we've got slowing out near the tri-valley but i want to give an update for all of those folks who drive along northbound 101. the lanes have been cleared along oakland road. that was an earlier crash. great news there, we're still seeing delays through an earlier crash west -- just west of the 205. there was a motorcycle rider down and it appears everything is okay now they moved it over to the lanes. east bay drive times 680 to 580, 13 minutes and looking now in palo alto, we also saw an earlier crash and it's all been cleared out quite nicely and the bay bridge as well. the metering lights have been on for quite some time. you can see palo alto and earlier crashes cleared out. bay bridge bumper to bumper as always on a wednesday morning at about 6:20. over to you. >> look at the bright sun too. >> coming up here on "today in
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the bay," around the clock battles firefighters try to gain the upper hand on several large wildfires burning across the western u.s. >> have you downloaded your car insurance company's app? consumer investigator chris chmura says there's a good reason to. >> your car insurance company's app might be able to get you out of $25 ticket. since 2013, california law has allowed drivers to show proof of insurance, trop electronically, police officer pulls you over and asks for proof of insurance, you can pull out your phone. otherwise if you don't have the card, it's a at a $25 fine. the number 888-996-tips or online nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> we're always talking on social media. pete shared this picture of his view right now. a beautiful shot of fisherman's wharf this morning. it is 6:21 right now. he'll join us at 6:30 for a report on the future of that area. you're watching "today in the bay." a secret, opium poppy grow
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welcome back, 6:24. it has happened again. a secret opium poppy grove discovered in santa cruz county. deputies found 400 opium plants at the watsonville property which had been vacant kant for more than three months. they were planted in between other plants and weeds as disguise. it is the ninth opium poppy field found in the area this spring. >> we'll continue coverage of the wildfire burning in
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colorado. this morning, it is now burning 91 acres. hundreds of people have been evacuated and crews say they are in full wildfire response and request a quote, big air attack. the u.s. forest service is closing trails in the area. a manmade wildfire continues in carson city, nevada, that fire started when a camper's fire accidentally spread. no homes are immediately being threatened but voluntary evacuations in effect right now for west side of the city. >> the radical plan to split california into three states will now be in your hands. it's called cal 3 and just earned a spot on the november ballot. the idea is spearheaded by silicon investor tim draper. supporters of the plan delivered 600,000 signatures in order to qualify for llot bay area and sacramento would be in part of northern california. and l.a. would simply be called california.
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and fresno all the way down through san bernardino would be considered southern california. if voters approve it, state lawmakers would have to give it the okay. federal government also has to agree. >> coming up here on "today in the bay," we continue to follow that breaking news. the bay area has a chance to host the world cup game eight year from now. a major decision from fifa. >> the plan to extend the subway line to fisherman's wharf and beyond. you're waufing "today in the bay." 6:26. we )re off to a cool startt
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it )s going to be another hot dy ahead in parts of the bay area. rightht now at 6:30, we're f to a cool start right now but it's going to be another hot day in parts of the bay area. taking a live look outside overlooking downtown san jose. the sun is already up. are you? good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's look at the forecast. kari hall, another warm one for us. >> yeah, it's going to heat up again today for spots in the south bay as well as inland parts of the east bay where we're heading back in the 80s and 90s and sunshine to start and campbell feels nice as you walk out the door but it's going to heat up. we go from wearing jackets to short sleeves, 81 degrees at 2:00 today and it continues to go up from there as we head towards 88 degrees in san jose. palo alto 86 degrees and 79 in
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oakland, mid-90s for concord and antioch 92 degrees. it's been hot and my munchkins went out to cool off at the water park. do you like the heat? i'm @@kari hal weather. >> i have a love/hate relationship with heat. i miss it when it gets too cold but when it gets here, it's too hot. we're expecting to see areas clearing up quite nicely including northbound 101 along the south bay right near that oakland street area. that's working to clear out quite nicely and bridge drive times not too bad. you're starting to see delays as we get closer to the westbound 580, 11 minutes westbound 80 and looking at 18 minutes and westbound 92 towards the san mateo bridge about 20 minutes.
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definitely starting to see more traffic building up. may want to head out now. back to you. >> breaking news we've been covering all morning, north america certainly scored overnight. the world cup is coming to the u.s. in 2026. it's part of that joint bid with canada and mexico. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us outside levi stadium. this is exciting. there's a chance the games could actually come to the bay area. >> this could be more than a goal. the bay area is one of the potential host cities as the fifa world cup 2026 comes to north america and we just got a statement from the 49ers, they are very excited this morning. our bay area bid received the second highest technical evaluation from fifa during the review process so we are excited about our prospects for being selected as a host city by fifa. levi stadium has seen the world
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soccer stage and we're humbled to now be prepared for this once in a lifetime possibility of hosting the fifa world cup. now the tweet does not contain the excitement of the bid committee. united 2026 reads the world will be united in north america. usa soccer writes the biggest sporting event is returning to our shores. the united bid committee did showcase the bay area as one of the host cities noting the fact that a half million kids in the region play soccer and also noted that this region is very diverse and inclusive but you see some of the other contending cities as well there on your map. the world cup copa mundial will be the largest ever, 48 teams playing 80 games. 60 matches in the u.s., ten in mexico and ten in canada, all of them at 16 different stadiums, most built like levi stadium, already constructed and existing. if you're not a soccer fan, this is bigger than the bay area
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getting the olympic games at some point in the future. it is a very difficult process to get and certainly something that takes a lot of time planning because we won't be seeing action here if we're selected as a host city of 2026. but certainly a lot of folks are super excited. let me know what you think. you can respond or join the conversation on twitter or facebook this morning. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> be here before we know it. i'm not necessarily a soccer or football fan but you have me excited after this story this morning. looking forward to it kris. >> very cool. our sister station telemundo 48 is your home for coverage mundial, 4:30 as uruguay faces egypt. should be fun. the stadium is streaming all of the matches. >> 6:33. new this morning, police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who crashed into a 19-year-old
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woman as she was walking in the crosswalk. the victim was crossing capitol expressway in mckee road around 2:15 this morning when this all happened. that victim telling paramedics she's pregnant. san jose police say the driver was in a boxy silver suv. if you were there or saw something, you're asked to call police. >> at 6:34. new this morning, san francisco's central subway could end up extending to one of the biggest tourist destinations in the bay area. you know we're talking about fisherman's wharf and it doesn't stop there. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live to explain what this could mean for commuters in the city as well. good morning, pete. >> good morning to you. it could be good news if you work here or live outside of san francisco due to the cost of living, gives another option. maybe if you're just trying to get to fisherman's wharf, you have to think of other options, this extension could be a good thing but i want to point out it is a ways away from this
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happening here at fisherman's wharf. what you're looking at is a current game plan for mta you see for the central subway project it starts off at sole ma and makes its way to union square and end at chinatown. as far as the idea of the fisherman's wharf extension, this is what we're getting from the san francisco examiner, saying the sfmta says they've been doing public outreach in san francisco as far as this fisherman's wharf extension goes and been doing so in the past few weeks. 2014 study said that a wharf extension could cost as much as $1.4 billion. it would be costly. other options on the table for the central subway project include the marina district, presidio, conrad square and kirkland. as far as what's actually going to be done with this project, we know the southbound market to chinatown will debut later in 2019. i want to point out this is the beginning stages of the community outreach as far as
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getting this project going. it could be more than a decade away before we see an actual extension here at fisherman's wharf. we're live at fisherman's wharf, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> things got a little more serious for the man who stirred up controversy trashing a home las man's property. >> help me. >> hard to see there. but here's the reason, a new video clip showing henry in a violent altercation which you see there. the video appears to show him take the phone from a man filming him. the man confronted sentae about a separate viral video showing trashing a homeless man's property near oakland's lake merri merritt. faces theft and assault charnlgs and people in oakland are still thinking about the first video. >> why is he going to his space. why is it cause to go in his space? >> he is causing an online stir with people now referring to him
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as jogger joe. he's expected to answer the charges later this morning. happening today, we could get an update on a sexual assault case along the peninsula. a man accused of attacking a jogger is due in court. we expect him to enter a plea. we'll update you if he does. >> b.a.r.t. wants to turn a bad situation into something positive. you might have noticed some controversial ads at stations earlier this year. they call immigrant workers expensive underserving and inexpendable. now they want to use the money from the ads to restore a mural celebrating the immigrants, it overlooks the 24th street mission station. >> it is 6:37 at this hour. we're definitely still seeing a couple of fender benders out there but a lot of the earlier accidents have cleared out quite nicely, including the one that was causing heavy delays in the south bay along northbound 101 just south of oakland road.
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all lanes have recovered. we've seen some slowing within the past half hour westbound 580 towards the richmond bridge. you saw this one change just now, westbound 80 towards the bay bridge. you're looking at 19 minutes. quick check of your south bay drive times, northbound 101 from highway 85, 20 minutes and live look right now in dublin, this one was showing some slowing but it looks like so far a smooth commute out there. a live look right now also at the golden gate bridge camera. that one looking good as well. that one is always the best probably bridge shot out of all of them. >> it is pretty. >> you know what also looks nice? the weekend. kari has that weatherwise. >> we're excited because it's going to be cooler. we're not going to have these 90s we're dealing with right now. we're coming down into the upper 70s for a saturday. the bay will be at 74 degrees and the coast at 65. it's going to be cool for the
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beach maybe if you'reho taking d out on father's day. you can head to the golf courses or parks. it's going to be comfortable for the inland valleys an bay and highs in the mid-60s and if you make plans, maybe going to the june teenth parade, we're going to have great weather for that. sunny skies and starting out in the upper 50s in time for the parade. as we go through the day reaching in the low 60s and then we also have a pirate festival happening on saturday from 10:00 to 6:00. it will be in the upper 60s to start. mid-70s throughout the day sean also staying very comfortable with breezy winds. napa valley will be really nice all weekend long. upper 70s from friday through sunday and sunny skies and if you're going to the sierra this weekend, with kids out on summer break, it will be 64 on friday. saturday also looks good but then by sunday, we'll start to see some rain chances coming back in and there could be scattered showers there in
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carmel valley, low 7 0e's all weekend long staying very comfortable, breezy with some sunshine. i'll have a look at those hot temperatures for today in the south bay. that's coming up in about three minutes. >> look forward to it. thanks, kari. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," a key deadline for homeowners in the east bay. the steps one community wants you to take now to keep family and neighbors safe. >> continuing breaking news coverage in contra costa county, what we're learning this morning about the deadly house fires. >> and big promises this morning from the president. he says the nuclear threat from north korea is completely over. let's take you out live to the big board. another day of just sort of quiet growth on the dow. (time (
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it is 6:43. nice start to this wednesday morning. cool temperatures too as we go to los gatos, upper 50s at 8:00 and starting to warm up already by 9:00. and that temperature trend goes way up again today. starting out in the 50s and reaching in the upper 8 o's for parts of the south bay. now this will be the last day of this really warm weather before we get a nice little cooldown. i'll talk about that in the forecast coming up in less than five minutes. >> we're seeing some moderate delays for the tri-valley. drive times from grant line road, towards 680, look at 25 minutes, 580 to variousgas road,
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40 minutes and 680, about 16 minutes. i'll have a look at the bay area coming up. >> it is quarter to 7:00, we are following breaking news in the east bay. this is a live look from walnut creek this morning. one person died after a house fire overnight. really tragic. fire burned through a two-story house on mandarin lane. it started a little bit before 1:00 this morning. firefighters say there were three adults inside an elderly mother and father and their adult child. their child was trying to rescue the parents and do only get the mom out alive. the mother was hospitalized and she has some cuts and we understand suffering from some smoke inhalation this morning. unfortunately the man's father died. >> following last year's nightmarish wildfire, safety leaders are not messing around when it comes to clearing vegetation and people who live
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in the lanorinda are getting proof, warning about the fire deadline to clear the space. property inspections will begin after that. and any clearing that has to be done by fire district crews will be paid for by homeowners. you know how tough housing is in silicon valley. mountain view churches are trying to provide that call, providing a sanctuary to those in need. the pilot project is called lots of love. the lots they are referring to are parking lots. the goal is to secure parking spots to homeless people don't have to park along the street. the local leaders hope this will help cut down on the number of cars people live in on busy streets. >> just 40 parking spaces means there's 100 people who aren't on street. safe for them, puts them in touch with the help they need and i think it's going to be well received by the neighborhoods who are growing a little tired of folks out there
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parked in front of other homes and businesses. the churches will also provide access to restrooms and run water. the program starts next month. >> attorney general jeff sessions is expected to give more detail on the crackdown on immigration this morning. >> scott mcgrew, we're talking about the legal kind. >> appeals for asylum, that kind of immigration. we expect jeff sessions will give us more information today, why the u.s. will no longer allow victims of domestic abuse or gang violence to apply for asylum. remember, generally speaking, when people come to our border asking for asylum, they are not breaking the law. they may not get asylum but doing what they are supposed to do. we can limit the reasons to give them asylum. a important political lesson in south carolina. republican congressman mark sanford who has been a frequent critic of the president lost his primary. a candidate who unabashedly supports the president will be the candidate instead. trump tweeted at the last minute
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he supportedherrington and that seem the to do the trip. tweeting about the visit to meet kim jong-un and tweeted the nuclear danger from north korea is over. and that nonrth korea is a problem no longer and declaring victory in the bid for the world cup. as kris sanchez has been telling you, a combined bid of the u.s., canada and mexico has won the rights to host the 2026 world cup. president trump has been pressuring fifa members to choose north america over the competing bid for morocco and he wasn't subtle about it. in april he tweeted it would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the u.s. bid. why should we be supporting those countries when they don't support us. president trump no doubt noticed that france voted against us and for morocco, its former prote
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protect protectorate, so did the netherlands and north korea and allies taiwan and turkey as well. president trump won't be president in 2026 but current policies would ban teams like say iran from competing in soccer matches here. >> we examine the tweets and executive orders and speeches every day on "today in the bay." i love hearing what you think. you can tweet me @scottmcgrew. >> 6:48. never invite an nfl kicker to a kick ball game. carolina panthers kicker posted this video on twitter. where did the ball go? he was crushing the kick ball into the trees behind his house. the kids are like, dad. his caption says got home and my family was playing kick ball so i joined in. the only rule is i'm not allowed to kick it hard. here's my first at-bat. no word whether they got that ball back or hum they go through in that household when it comes
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home. >> all fun. >> definitely can afford a couple of those. >> i would imagine. >> let's check the forecast with kari hall joining us, a cooldown is coming, just not today. >> not today. i on-- let's look outside from emeryville, looking for oakland, a hazy start this morning but all clear and our temperatures go from the 50s which are stepping out the door to now in oakland and into the mid to upper 70s there. it's going to be 58 degrees heading out the door in fairfield and santa rosa now 52 degrees. we start out with 50s but let's check out the temperature trend in concord. 64 at 8:00. 75 at 10:00 and 85 degrees at noon and it just goes up from there. reaching into the 90s once again in concord with a high there of 95 free 95 degrees. also in livermore, 92 in morgan hill, san francisco, 70 today and 88 degrees in santa rosa.
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as you look out the window, standing in front of the closet, good day to start out with a jacket but maybe something light colored and light weight is always what we recommend when it's hot outside. t-shirt and shorts good options for you. we're going to keep the dry weather. high pressure still blocking any storm systems from moving our way keeping the storm track well to the north. that will slowly shift to the east and we'll be tracking this hurricane, hurricane bud that was yesterday at this time a category 4. good news that it has weakened as it moves closer to cabo and may move into cabo as friday as a tropical storm and quickly race off towards the north. something to keep an eye on if you have travel plans in that area. here close to home we're in the upper 70s heading into the weekend, much cooler temperatures inland, father's day is looking really nice and then warm up early next week, san francisco goes from 70 today to 63 on friday.
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vianey, you've been tracking an update on the roads. how is it looking for those crashes? >> we were doing okay then all of a sudden as i was heading out here i saw two incidents pop up. this is in the east bay right now. we've got one car crash just before 92 and you can see that it's definitely starting to cause delays in the southbound side and it appears to be involving multiple vehicles. one of them may be blocking one of those lanes as well. right behind that we've got more backup and another one popped up. and this is along stevenson boulevard. this one appears to possibly be a car fire which means it may be one or two vehicles involved in a traffic collision and now that has resulted in a car fire. crews are on the way to see that in terms of chp reports and things like that. chp and tow trucks are on the way to the car fire. we'll keep a close eye on that. that popped up as well. i want to give you a look at the east bay drive times, we're starting to see slowing along southbound 80 from 238 to highway 84. looking at about 24 minutes.
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we could be seeing heavy delays out of that area. definitely head out now and take service apps and use the waze app if you can. traffic not too bad out of there. if we head over towards san jose, this has gotten much better since the earlier crash along northbound 101 but still rather slow out there along southbound and northbound side as well. back to you. >> it's been a busy morning out there. thanks. >> coming up next, breaking news, being talked about around the world right now. now that may impact our area. the new local reaction just coming in. >> we'll take a look at the tightening race for san francisco mayor plus -- >> i'm pretty nervous about it. >> it's a story captivating the world this morning. a raccoon scales a tower in st. paul, minnesota, happy ending overnight for the little guy. >> first happening now at 6:52. victims of the golden state killer could soon receive
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compensation. crime victims have three yeersz after a crime to seek compensation but new language added to senate bill 858 could allow victims to receive compensation now that the suspect has been identified. plus a former dallas cowboys cheer leader suing the team. erika wilkins alleges unfair and unequal pay. according to the class action lawsuit she would often work more than 40 hours per week and not receive overtime. more news after the break.
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welcome back, the time is 6:56. here are the top stories on "today in the bay." >> taking you out to levi stadium, possibly a host tore world cup games in 2026. overnight fifa awarded tournaments to north america. it's a joint bid between the u.s., mexico and canada. in fact, take a look at the screen there. putting up a map showing the cities where the teams may play. the bay area is labeled there as well. 49ers president said the bid to host some of the games got the second highest technical evaluation from fifa. they are quote, excited about our prospects. >> still no announcement in the san francisco mayor race. but a winner could be declared soon. possibly by the end of this week. as of right now the numbers are favoring london breed. she increased the narrow lead over mark leno. she's ahead by more than 1800 votes and there are still 8,000
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votes that need to be counted. >> you might notice something new on the streets of san francisco today. the city debuting three new street cleaners they'll be geared to cleanup trash in the bike lanes. we'll get our first look at 10:00 this morning. >> the radical plan to split california into three states will now be in the hands of voters. it's being called a cal 3 and it's just earned a spot on the november ballot. the idea is spearheaded by silicon investor tim draper. the bay area and sacramento would be part of northern california. l.a. would be california. and fresno all the way down through san bernardino and san diego would be southern california. now if voters approve it, stay lawsuit makers and federal government will soon have to agree to it. nelook at fisherman wharf, o of the busiest places anywhere when it comes t driversnd traffic. that could soon be changing. according to the examiner, city leaders will talk about extending muny's new central subway line to the water front.
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that plan would have to clear several hurdles including funding. >> new overnight, a happy ending to a story you might have followed online about 2:30 this morning a raccoon finally reached the top of a minnesota skyscraper. you might think who cares. well let me explain, the story started trending worldwide yesterday afternoon as people were so preoccupied here of course the warriors parade but in st. paul, started scaling a 50 story building. office workers posted pictures of the animal, scared far off the ground. outside people were said to be lining the streets with binoculars to watch. fire crews decided it was too dangerous to try to rescue the raccoon but did put cat food on the roof so he would have something to eat. he made it. he got to the tough early this morning. just to show you how invested people were in this, here's reaction from inside our affiliate newsroom this morning. >> oh, my gosh! oh, my god!
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go go go! whoo! [ applause ] >> they were watching the play by play in their newsroom. in the past hour our affiliate reporting the animal is a safe. we weren't sure what happened to him but he was lured into a trap but now at least is safe. >> good for the raccoon. >> like a lizard. >> all right, weatherwise today, going to be another warm one. pack the -- >> heating up inland today. we're back in the 90s for the interior valley and upper 80s tomorrow. a big cooldown for the weekend. father's day looking nice. 80 degrees and san francisco cooling off as well. >> speaking of hot, car fire in hayward. >> unfortunately chp is reporting a car fire and this is along 880 and we have not one but two crashes along 880. it appears there is a car fire blocking one of the lanes right before jackson street. it's going to be a rough commute out there. >> we'll check back in with her.
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at 7:25 we have a local news update. >> bay area news at 11:00, we'll see you then. >> thanks for starting your morning with us. have a good one. good mornin. breaking news. good morning, breaking news -- president trump arriving back in the u.s. this morning in the wake of that historic summit meeting with kim jong un. >> great three days. thanks. >> but now the hard part -- getting north korea to live up to its promises. and has the esident already given away more than he got? we're live at the white house. inside the immigration crackdown. we take you to the border, as controversy grows over the administration's new zero tolerance policy. families separated, tensions running high. as congress gets set for two high-stakes votes. under fire -- officials at

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