good sunday morning. it is 7:00. here is a live look outside in san francisco right there along the embarcadero, a horn blower cruise, looks nice out with low clouds over the bay bridge there. thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our microclimate forecast. today is the first full day of fall. >> first full day but the temperatures will be slightly warm so that's okay, though, because it sets us up for a change up ahead you may or may not like. san francisco you could see there's a nice fog layer there. the marine layer we have about 1,000 feet so it's a little bit more shallow than the dense fog

we saw yesterday that made its way further inland. current temperatures nice and cool. look at pa row alto, 49 degrees to start off. so we're really starting to get into the weather pattern where it starts off chilly but by midafternoon you're shedding off all the layers because it starts to warm up. we were tracking slightly cooler temperatures but we'll stay warmer than we thought. we'll remain in the 80s for san jose, interior valleys are going to climb into the mid 80s and as far as the coast, well, 50s and 60s i'll break down your fall weather for this week or not coming up in 15 minutes. >> we'll see for some people that like it and some people won't. we'll see you soon, vainey, thanks. there is an agreement for ford to testimony to a senate committee this week about the alleged sexual assault involving supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the white house is firing back contradicting ford's claims. "today in the bay's" marianne favro spoke with some of ford's

close friends who say they're fully supportive of her. >> reporter: armed with pens, conviction and personal messages for chris tyn blasey ford, dozens of people met at the snake and butterfly in campbell to make signs supporting her. they say they believe ford and her claim that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party when they were both in high school, an allegation he's denied. christine's friend, kirsten padulca says when she learned christine will testify before the senate judiciary committee, she broke down and cried. >> she didn't ask for any of this. i cried because it's just, why is she having to go in front of the senate? why is she having to defend herself and continuing this nightmare? >> reporter: another close friend says she supports christine's decision to testify. >> i am thrilled that she is going to come out and tell her story especially in the face of

all the disbelievers and all the haters because i know she is a credible person. >> reporter: the white house issued a statement saying that since ford's allegation last weekend, all four individuals, ford said, were at the party when she was assaulted have "provided statements to the senate judiciary committee denying any knowledge of the incident or even having attended such a party." tonight supporters of the palo alto university professor say they hope, in the public pwar o words, these words will let her know she's not alone. marianne favro, "nbc bay area news." >> more details, the white house says all three alleged witnesses along with kavanaugh himself are denying knowledge of its incident and deinto igthat any party even took place. third potential witness a female friend of ford's spoke out through her attorney late last night saying she doesn't even know kavanaugh. dr. ford's attorney is firing back saying that female witness

probably doesn't remember the party because "nothing of consequence happened to her." the allegation against the supreme court nominee is our top story on nbcbayarea.com. we'll continue to follow developments on air and online leading up to the expected testimony this week. in other news now, the trump administration is getting pushback over proposed policy that would penalize immigrants seeking green cards. it allows the government to deny green cards to legal immigrants if they have received government assistance like good stamps, medicaid and section eight housing vouchers. immigrant advocates say it unfairly punishes people who already are struggling. the department of homeland security says the rule is "intended to promote immigrant self-sufficiency and protect finite resources." santa clara county leaders are condemning the proposal which could go into effect two months from now. look at this, it happened in an instant and smoke filled the b.a.r.t. terminal. new video showing the moments

after a piece of electrical equipment failed at san francisco's civic center b.a.r.t. station, causing panic and chaos. we first brought you this story last night at breaking news. many passengers we spoke with say they saw a flash followed by flames and lots of smoke, as you see there. you can also see what appears to be soot from the smoke on the wall of the station. in a series of tweets, b.a.r.t. said there was no fire and explained to passengers what happened. the transit agency said it was a failed track insulator which makes a sharp bang noise and creates smoke, almost like a tiny lightning bolt. >> i was on the train. i saw the huge flash of fire, so whether it was routine or not it didn't feel routine for me. it was pretty traumatic and probably more traumatic for other people on the train. >> firefighters treated two people for smoke inhalation. all b.a.r.t. train traffic was stopped but civic center for about an hour. our investigative unit provided a series of reports on b.a.r.t. safety and the transit system

technology. if you'd like to see what we covered go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigative unit tab. following a story now that we first brought you on nbc bay area, and you first saw on our station, a major victory for a north bay girl at the center of a historic case. she will now be allowed to bring khan in cannabis. 5-year-old brooke adams has been allowed to attend classes at village elementary school in santa rosa and use cannabis treatments on a temporary basis. she suffers from a rare form of epilepsy and has seizures that can be managed with thc oil. friday a judge ruled she can indeed use cannabis at school permane permanently. for her mother, it's a huge relief. >> she's already had at least three seizures at school so the nurse already administered thc to her, and you know, it stopped the seizures. they didn't have to call 911, and she slept for a little bit and was able to continue on with her day.

>> brooke is the first student in the state of california allowed to bring marijuana on campus. her parents and marijuana advocates hope her case paves the way for other children and students who rely on cannabis treatments. a fallen officer is now permanently honored near the community where he spent his life before he was gunned down during a traffic skop. brand new signs for scott lunger were unveiled between oakley and brentwood now named in honor of him. the father of two and 15-year veteran of the force was from brentwood. he was shot and killed during a traffic stop in hayward three years ago. his accused killer is set to stand trial later this year. it is 7:07. much more ahead on "today in the bay." local leaders get an earful about the catholic church sex abuse scandal. the local diocese now taking its own action but do victims think

it's enough? the fight over a statue in san francisco leads to action. why it's caused so much controversy in that community.

welcome back, 7:so 10 on yo sunday morning. it's september 23rd. how is that possible? live look downtown san jose some cloud cover there. va vianey arana is along with your microclimate forecast in just a bit. the diocese of san jose is moving forward with its own investigation into clergy sexual abuse among its priests. this weekend, they stopped to listen to their parishioners and dozens upon dozens of people came out with something to say. "today in the bay's" christie smith was there and has more. >> reporter: dozens of people came to the hall at our lady of the rosary in palo alto for a listening session with bush an patrick mcgraw. >> i think this bishop is trying

to do the right thing. >> reporter: john hessler told us outside being here was important. cameras were no the allowed inside. >> i came because i was somebody who was abused by a priest myself back on the east coast many, many years ago, and part of the healing for me is to have a voice and to push for reforms. >> reporter: the event came after reports surfaced of claims of sexual abuse by priests in places like pennsylvania and coverups. the bishop called the details that came out horrific. the diocese is beginning its own review, and pledges to release the names of any clergy facing credible accusations. >> to me, a very good beginning now of a process of where we hope it will lead us to some healing in the future. >> reporter: bob roush said he made the difficult decision to

leave the church. >> what we need to do is the kind of thing that happened in pennsylvania, where the attorney general stepped in. >> reporter: some said a fundamental change was needed, a look at the church structure, and adding women in leadership. >> you can't heal until you address the wound. i think that's -- i love my church. i'm going to stay with it, but it's going to be hard. it's going to be really hard. >> reporter: christie smith, "nbc bay area news." we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, why did hundreds of people dive into the frigid bay waters this weekend? we'll explain. it was all for a good cause. good for them! that's amazing. i know how cold it is out there and even now it's a little chill ye. san francisco shot of the golden gate bridge, the marine layer not as deep but we've got some big changes ahead and you're not going to believe the change in temperatures as we head into the first week of fall. i'll have the details coming up.

welcome back. it is just shy of 7:15 on your

sunday morning. no sun, as we look out from emeryville toward san francisco across the bay. vianey arana has your microclimate folks coming up. today is the first fall day of fall. a controversial statue in chinatown hasn't been there a year but the debate is heated over whether it should stay. group backing the women's column of strength gathered yesterday for a celebration and a march. the statue shows three asian girls on a pedestal holding hands and a grandmother standing down below. it represents women from china, korea and the philippines who were forced into sexual slavely by the japanese military during world war ii. many japanese-americans want the statue pulled down. they say it's unfair to target japan for wartime crimes when so many other countries also engaged in terrible acts of war. they're also disputing the numbers of comfort women and how they were treated. supporters say people need to be aware of what really happened.

>> it means so much to the world about the debraidatigradation t learn about the comfort women for the first time. >> since the statue was erected, it has been vantdalized repeatedly and become a sore spot between the mayor and japanese politicians. to an unusual sight on the bay. swimmers were braving the chilly waters swimming from the golden gate bridge to yacht harbor beach. eight a character builder, that's for sure but more importantly a fund-raiser for cancer research. all proceeds benefit the survivors of childhood kanter program. for many of the swimmers that's motivation enough. >> when you hear speakers talk about either they're survivors or parents of survivors or

sometimes parents of kids who haven't survived, and so even though we're all terrified to jump in the bay, after we hear the speakers, we realize that nothing compares to what they've gone through. >> more than 300 swimmers participated in yesterday's events. still waiting to get the tally, but last year, the same swim raised more than $620,000 for ucff benihoff hospital. god bless them. we check in with vianey arana with our weekend forecast. it was really foggy at the golden gate bridge brin. what will it look like today? >> i feel chilly just looking at that. the fog layer is not as deep today. we have that trough and that trough was keeping our temperatures slightly cooler the past two days, making its exit and dominated over by a different system but before i break it down for you, let me show you what you can expect as you head out the door this morning.

san francisco 54 degrees right now. you could see that fog barely visible through that golden gate bridge, because we've still got that marine layer sitting at 1,000 feet. san jose right now 55 degrees. you saw that fog creep in towards the inland areas making its way to the south bay yesterday. not as foggy now but a little bit more sunshine as we head in towards the afternoon. look at dublin, 53 degrees right now. wind speeds are nice and calm and we are expecting a gradual warmup as we head in towards the afternoon. i want to show you the 24-hour temperature change because this is going to range in temperatures as soon as we come into monday. the reason for that is because we've got a ridge of high pressure, and what that ridge of high pressure is going to do is dry us out and going to kick up those winds. it's going to bring in some dry offshore winds, making our conditions very breezy to windy into the afternoon. our daytime highs for today in san jose 80 degrees. through the interior valley check out antioch 86 degrees. along the coastline expect to

see breezy conditions start to kick up into the afternoon. as far as your air quality goes, we're dealing with moderate air quality for the north bay, bay and coast. inland east bay and the south bay still seeing good air qualiti quality but we expect to see more air pollution through midweek as the ridge of high pressure begins to dominate, that's going to raise concerns for high fire danger, which is why there is a high fire watch in place sunday night tonight through tuesday. we're expecting locally gusty winds as this ridge begins to approach. it's going to decrease our humidity and increase our temperatures up by a pretty big notch. let's talk about the next seven days. the ridge of high pressure will begin to dominate as we head toward tonight and into tomorrow and as that fire danger increases, you could see all the way down through portland, even down through los angeles, we're going to be headed down to southern california, that ridge of high pressure is going to be affecting you. as we head toward next weekend looking ahead you could see it's going to be trending slightly cooler from september 29th

through august 1st. we can expect to see -- october 1st, excuse me, rainness chas ahead possibly. we've got this system sitting off the shore but it's still too early to call for any chances of rain. we're going to keep a close eye on that. remember, i was talking about the ridge of high pressure, typically it affects inland areas, more noticeable, it will be noticeable for san francisco as well. look at the increase in temperatures so again we're going to see the high fire danger watch in effect through tuesday. the temperatures increase all the way up to 78 and 80 degrees as we head in towards wednesday and then we start to see a decrease in temperatures as that second system approaches. check out inland areas, we're talking hot, dry conditions with the elevated danger really kicking up into tonight and 90s really linger. not much looking like the first week of fall. i'm pretty surprised but not, because i follow the weather patterns but do you like it that cold? >> i love september and october in san francisco. it's warm and sunny and i'll take every bit of it, vianney,

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one turning the other )s photos welcome back. now to a story of awe muralist and a photographer, one turning the other's photos into murals. it's a special collaboration happening right here in the bay area. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas brings us their story in this morning's requesting b"bay" >> reporter: everything morgan learned larger than life she learned on the job. after nearly two decades she's not done learning what art can do. >> sometimes to sharpen up the image you have to back paint a little bit. >> reporter: morgan bricka has painted close to 500 murals in her 18 years as a professional artist. no two even remotely alike. >> just clarifying the details.

>> reporter: but the one she's working on right now at the stone ridge creek senior living community in pleasanton is unique in a different way, not because of the space, or the subject matter, but because of the company. >> you see the front legs coming together. >> reporter: with this job, morgan didn't just win a commission, she gained a friend and a collaborator in ray rignoski. >> ray is a sweetheart. >> the difference is interesting. >> reporter: ray wasn't part of the job from the start. morgan planning on painting a multipanel panoramic landscape with a few animals but then -- >> the first thing i show up and i meet ray, he starts to show me photos. these are super helpful. >> reporter: ray a resident of stone ridge creek for the past five years, has been an avid photographer for most of his 83. his regular hikes on the trails near stone ridge creek a gold mine for wildlife photography. >> i like the composition

because the wings are up. >> a little bit of sunlight. >> reporter: so morgan decided to incorporate ray's work into her art. not realizing it first that by adding the images, she was infusing the work with new meaning. >> for me, this project is reminding me of why i paint. it makes me feel like i have this special power and it's more powerful, because we're doing it together. it's like celebrating his passion with him. >> it's very special. in a way, i like the pictures displayed, but this one is going to be here a long time. the heron and the egrit we have both of them. >> reporter: morgan and ray have taken walks to some of his favorite locations. there's a plan to decorate all the utility boxes and these two have some ideas about that. the muralist and the photographer, it appears, are not done making beautiful art together.

>> i got a picture of a hawk up there. >> reporter: ray is very serious about his pictures. he says he will take his photography walks two, maybe three times a week and can he shoot as many as 300 or 400 photographs every time he goes out. garvin thomas, "nbc bay area news." >> 7:26. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a 5-year-old bay area girl suffering from a brain disorder wins a major battle. what she's now allowed to bring to school permanently and she's the first in the state to do it. plus, blending in, the bay area artist transforming people into places.

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i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our microclimate forecast for the first full day of fall. i can't believe it. >> i can. this year was flown by so fast. that was a magical shot though. >> it was. >> literally what you want to do this morning. >> the clouds and the sun breaking through. >> we have a nice layer of fog starting to build. look at this shot of woodside. we have a tad bit of orange glow that's probably as fall as it's going to feel for today because the temperatures certainly aren't. even though our temperatures are nice and cool right now, 45 degrees in santa rosa, 46 in napa, then we've kind of got 50s dominating in through the interior valleys, down through the south bay and even in san francisco, we are expecting a bit of a breakdown in terms of that trough that kept us cool and looking for something to do on the first official full day of fall there is a great event in san jose where they close down six miles of car-free streets and encourage the community to come out from 10:00

a.m. to 3:00 p.m., bring your bike, pet, families, i assume they'll have vendors and food and fun stuff. look at the icons, sunshine across the board, and then we've got some 70s before we warm up into the 80s, but i am tracking 90s and possible triple digits. so 15 minutes i'll have an update on that. >> i'm not into the 90s but today will be a beautiful day to get out and anyone going to viva kayei, no electric scooters alowed. an attorney for professor christine blasey ford said there is an agreement for ford to testify to a senate committee about the alleged sexual assault involving brett kavanaugh. today's marianne favro is in full support as the white house is firing back contradicting ford's claim. armt with pens, conviction and personal messages for christine blasey ford dezs of people made

signs supporting her, they say they believe her and her claim that brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party when they were in high school, an allegation he's denied. christine's friend kirsten padulca of pa low alto said when she learned christine would testify before a senate committee she cried. >> i broke down because why is she having to go in front of the senate, why is she having to defend herself and continuing this nightmare? >> reporter: another close friend says she supports christine's decision to testify. >> i'm thrilled that she is going to come out and tell her story especially in the face of all the disbelievers and the haters. i know she is a credible person. >> reporter: the white house issued a statement saying that since ford's allegation last weekend, all four individuals ford said were at the party when she was assaulted have "provided

statements to the senate judiciary committee denying any knowledge of the incident or even having attended such a party." tonight forrers of the palo alto university professor say, they hope in the public war of words these words will let her know she's not alone. marianne favro, "nbc bay area news." >> more details as marianne mentioned. the white house says all three alleged witnesses along with kavanaugh denied knowledge of the incident or denied any party even took place. the third potential witness a female friend of ford's spoke out through her attorney late last night saying she doesn't even know kavanaugh. dr. ford's attorney meanwhile is firing back saying that female witness probably doesn't remember the party because "nothing of consequence happened to her." the allegation against the supreme court nominee is our top story on nbcbayarea.com. we will continue to follow the developments on air and on line, leading up to this week's

expected testimony. a bay area woman taking a selfie while on vacation lost her life. according to the national park service 31-year-old tu thanh nguyen of sunnyvale was hiking by herself in the pictured rocks national lakeshore. she fell 200 feet from a cliff edge into lake superior pop two kayakers saw her fall and tried to rescue her. paramedics declared her dead at the scene. her family has been notified. it happened in an instant and smoke filled the terminal, this is new video showing the moments after a piece of electrical equipment failed at san francisco's civic center party station, causing panic among passengers. we first brought you the first story as breaking news last night. mae many passengers saw a flash followed by flames and lots of smoke. what appears to be soot from smoke on the wall of the station. b.a.r.t. said there was no fire

in a series of tweets and tried to explain to passengers exactly what happened. the transit agency says it was a failed track insulator which makes the sharp bang noise and creates smoke like a tiny lightning bolt. >> i was on the train. i saw the huge flash of light fire. whether this is routine or not it didn't feel routine for me. it was pretty traumatic and probably more traumatic for other people on the train. >> two people were treated for smoke inhalation. our investigative unit has provided a series of reports on b.a.r.t. safety and the transit system's technology to see what we've uncovered, go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigative unit tab. now to a big victory for a santa rosa student at the center of a historic case. she will now be the first in california allowed to bring cannabis to school. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana spokewith her family

earlier this summer. >> are you ready for school? >> reporter: at beginning of the school year 5-year-old brooke adams was allowed to attend classes at village elementary school in santa rosa and use her cannabis on a temporary order by a camical judge. she was the first student in california allowed to bring medical marijuana on campus, but this weekend a judge ruled she can continue attending on a permanent basis using her daily cbd oil and also get emergency doses of thc oil to manage her seizures. i spoke to the girl's mother moments ago. she says those treatments have already proven to be effective in class. >> she's already had at least three seizures at school, so the nurse already administered thc to her, and you know, it stopped the seizures. they didn't have to call 911, and she's slept for a little bit and able to continue on with her day. >> reporter: adams has a fair form of epilepsy called gervais

syndrome. the seizures can lost 30 minutes to three hours. the school had concerns because though it is legal in california it's still against federal law. the judges order say the two treatments are necessary for her continued education. sergio quintana, "nbc bay area news." we're tracking a brush fire spreading rapidly north of los angeles near santa clarita. it's grown to more than 3,000 acres. there are road closures and evacuation orders in effect. so far no structures have been damaged. mandatory fire evacuations are in effect near oakhurst, a town outside yosemite national park. the so-called oak fire broke out around 4:00 yesterday afternoon and burned 250 acres so far. it's close to the border with yosemite and the sierra national forest in madeira county. so far, it is 10% contained. now to a fun event in wine country, with a serious purpose.

people gathered for the annual sonoma county wine auction in windsor. this year their goal is to raise money to provide affordable housing, an important issue for that community in light of last year's devastating wildfires. the auction raised $5.7 million. that is $500,000 more than last year. as the rebuilding continues in sonoma county, there are so many stories still to be told. our own jessica aguirre is hosting a special show "wine country wildfires one year later" airs sunday october 7th at 9:00 p.m. artists will utilize many different materials to make their art. one painter has turned to something a little different and almost a human campus. joe rosatto jr. takes us along as she fleshes out her work of art. >> reporter: every fint art painter has a campus. the vehicle for their vision.

artist trina merry prefers something a little more personal. >> it's actually a human experience. >> reporter: when mary says she paints people, she means she paints people. >> bend your head town a little bi bit. i'm a fine art body painter. >> reporter: mary has a certain knack for marrying model to background. on this day the grapevines of jordan winery in healdsburg. >> i'm retuunning back to an optical illusion. so for me the twinkle in their eye is beautiful. >> reporter: beauty may only be skin deep but for mary that's plenty. she's worked her artistic disappearing act around the world. >> i painted in front of pisa, in front of san francisco and the going going. that the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: the flash she takes

is permanent. >> from where i'm standing at the exact perspective point, she will disappear. >> you always know it's going to turn out good especially working with trina but you don't understand her full vision until you see that final product. >> there's a shadow i have to compensate for. i hope through a lot of my artwork that people are able to accept their own bodies a bit more and are willing to maybe think about the human body in a different way. >> reporter: when the sun has turned a golden orange, a final flick of the shutter, a work of art disappearing into a summer's day. joe rosatto jr. >> i just love it. >> reporter: "nbc bay area news." >> that is so cool. still ahead on "today in the bay," political analyst larry gerston joins us live to further the conversation about the senate judiciary hearing with dr. ford and brett kavanaugh. switching gears a live look at the oakland coliseum where there could be a big celebration

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before the judiciary committee sometime this week. as always, none of this has escaped political analyst larry gerston who joins us now. crystal ball, how does this dispute get resolved? >> we have a ways to go. there's no question. things we need to realize. on the surface it would seem dr. ford and judge kavanaugh are speaking really to three senators, susan collins, lisa murkowski and jeff flake, all three who expressed the desire to hear out dr. ford and said they would not vote until they heard what she had to say. beyond that, republicans know they have likely lost democrats joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp who seemed they'd vote because their re-election races in deep red states. the allegations against kavanaugh allow those democrats to vote no. the official list of confirmation persuadables still seems pretty small. >> wait, so you said the official list of persuadables.

are there others? >> yes, yes. look, the public particularly those likely to vote in the midterm elections now just six weeks away. in the year of the me too movement, voters particularly women may see the ford allegation as just the latest example of the sexual abuses that seem to make the headlines almost daily, given recent national events, they are likely to watch closely how republican senators manage the situation they never wanted. for the see-saw, for these reasons, excuse me, the senate republicans have reason to be concerned that they know this year has mobilized women to participate in the political process in record numbers, not merely as voters but also as candidates. >> right, and it's funny that you slipped and said see-saw, because most political observers it predict a blue wave in the house of representatives, and now it seems like it's going back and forth. could these hearings impact the senate election?

>> you know, politics is ironic really how things can turn on a dime in politics. three weeks ago, the senate democratic incumbents in red states felt compelled to vote for kavanaugh. now they no longer feel that pressure and suddenly, new republican senate candidates and open seat states such as arizona, tennessee's marcia blackburn they face tough fights and contests they were favored to win. worse yet for republicans some of the candidates for re-election, dean heller in nevada, ted cruz in texas face tough fights so suddenly, that slim 51-49 republican majority fits in play and so many people never thought that. of all the various factors, republican management of the hearing looms critically important, which is why republican chuck grassley went over backwards working hard to

ensure dr. ford's appearance in the committee. optics are huge in politics, i can kira. >> what are we looking for later this week? >> they report themselves beyond the he said/she said we need to see what arguments they make to bolster claims. how credible will they be? we need to see how each side keeps the antagonists, democrats need to avoid the gotcha questions like one by kamala harr harris and republicans accused of insensitivity need to avoid being dismissive or patronizing of dr. ford like orrin hatch when he said dr. ford was "mistaken." those things will fuel the already large gender gap between republicans and democrats in

this election year. >> it sounds like this judiciary committee showdown between dr. ford and judge kavanaugh likely on thursday is going far beyond just the judicial confirmation. >> yes, you know, more than anything, the ford/kavanaugh standoff shows how events like this can rock in an election year. republicans are still favored to hold the senate, but if the blue wave becomes a blue tsunami, once safe republican candidates may become casualties, and even if democrats somehow manage to thwart the kavanaugh nomination, on the other hand, within days, president trump will nominate someone as conservative or possibly more conservative than judge kavanaugh. so bottom line here, there's a lot at stake for everybody. just about everyone, blue, red, whoever you might be and most of all, the voters. >> right. it will be interesting to see what we talk about a week from today. thanks, as always, larry. still ahead on "today in the bay," honors for their bravery.

what a group of local scouts did that has them being called heroes. it's cool out there, and a little foggy in san francisco. live shot through there, but i am tracking a warmup in temperatures that's going to have you keeping your summer gear hanging on just a little bit longer. i'll have the details coming up. . monday - the very latest on the palo alto woman at the a make or break week ahead for the future of the supreme court. >> monday latest on the palo alto woman at the center of the confirmation controversy. and of course weather and traffic to start your work week. "today in the bay," join us 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. you could generate your own energy,

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with energy upgrade california. it is 7:53 on a nice, cool sunday morning, and right now in san francisco, 54 degrees, and

we do have some fog. we've got that marine layer at about 1,000 feet. you can see it with our live cam here. we are expecting to kind of clear out in terms of the fog in through san francisco, not as foggy as what we saw yesterday morning. 55 degrees right now. taking it in through the dun bl area it's a little foggy but 53 degrees and a change coming. the trough that kept temperatures slightly cooler the past two days is going to shift and we're going to be dominated by a ridge of high pressure. but in terms of our daytime highs for today, san jose topping out at 80 degrees. we'll be fairly warm even though today is expected to be one of the cooler days of the week. ukiah 87. if you look at oakland, 70 degrees and san francisco 66 degrees, and it is expected to get a little breezier into the afternoon. the reason for that is because of that ridge of high pressure that's going to start building in, and it's going to shift our westerly winds to come in from the north-northeast. that's going to affect our air quality and also going to increase our air temperatures.

air quality for the north bay, bay and coast, inland east bay through santa clara dealing with moderate conditions. the south bay is pretty good. more air pollution is expected to kind of become dominant into the middle of the week. the reason for that is because of this changing weather pattern. now in terms of the high fire danger, this is because that ridge of high pressure is going to dry us out and it's going to warm us up and that's going to kick up some of the locally gusty winds, dry offshore winds will decrease the humidity and increase temperatures which means there is a high fire watch especially for the north bay mountains in through clear lake, napa, the san rafael area. this is from tonight through tuesday. we will be keeping a close eye on that, which means you have to remain mindful if you're going to be outside, try avoiding any type of fire near especially dry brush. over the next seven days, i want to break down what you can expect. in through today, we're expecting that fire danger to increase. you could see all the way from portland down through southern california, this ridge of high

pressure is really going to dry us out and warm us up. but just kind of looking ahead in towards the weekend coming up, september 29th through october 1st, we're going to be trending cooler. the chances of that is because of a low pressure system that could kick up some chances for possibly seeing some rain for parts of the north bay in through san francisco. we're still pretty far out but the models are trending the possibility so we're going to be also of course monitoring that. if you don't have anything to do today, the weather is going to be great, get out and enjoy viva kayei san jose. if you've never been, it's six miles, they clear out six miles of car-free streets so that you can go out with your bicycle, with your family, with your friends and your pets and enjoy kind of the beauty of san jose, really get a chance to look around and see what san jose has to offer. over the next seven days, the biggest notice in terms of the temperature change is going to come on tuesday and wednesday. look at san francisco, 80 degrees for the first week of

fall in san francisco, and then it climbs into the 90s, upper 90s, possible triple digit heat in through the interior valley. >> our best weather often comes in september and october. vianey, thanks. a special honor for a special group of sea scouts in san francisco, kids who saved a man's life. the coast guard recognized this local crew for rescuing a kayaker in july. the young crew of the peg success was on a nighttime summer cruise in the bay when they heard a broadcast advertising boats there was a missing kayaker in the area. the scouts spotted a man clinging to his kayak near the richmond/san rafael bridge. he had been in the 60-degree water for six hours. the coast guard credits the sea scouts with saving the man's life. great way to end the show this morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. we want to let you know there's no 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. news tonight. instead it is "sunday night football night in america" and

followed by a special edition of "nbc bay area news" at 9:00 and we'll be on again at 11:00 tonight. stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. we hope you have a great sunday.

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and how you can help keep your home and community safe, visit pge.com/wildfiresafety >> this sunday, supreme battle. brett kavanaugh's nomination in jeopardy over an accusation he sexually assaulted a girl when he was a teenager. republicans are divided. >> i would think if the incident occurred as she described it that would be disqualified. >> don't get rattled by all of this. we'll plow right through it and do our job. >> but president trump is standing by his man. >> he is a fine, fine person. >> and now there's an apparent agreement for kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday. my guests this morning, republican senator david purdue of georgia and democratic ser