it's thursday, july 18th, as we look o at the transamerica building and the fog that will no doubt burn off later this morning. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. >> let's check the forecast with kari. >> cloudy for san francisco, but not too bad for palo alto where we are seeing clear visibilities, but something is going. it's going to be a milder start but cooler afternoon so we will look at all our microclimates coming up. >> in palo alto, there's a road crew going on, and the slowdownh

bay, highway 37 just re-opened ov lf time where there was flooding during the rain season, they are doing road repairs and raising the road to hopefully keep it from flooding this year. the rest of the bay moving nicely. back to you. >> thank you, mike. and then asking a judge to limit asylum seekers at the border. >> the aclu already filed suit. >> meantime, thousands of president trump supporters chanting send her back at his campaign rally coming from pres

trump's tweets telling them to go back where they came from even though they are all american citizens. tracie potts will have a live report at the top of the hour. the race for the white house heating up right here in the bay area. donald trump jr. raised money for his father in san francisco. >> it all happened with billionaire democrat, tom steyer, kicking off istoo. >> it's san francisco. >> 70 people attended >> taxes are great. immigration, he's doing as well dollars for the campaign. as he can. >> how about my 401(k)? how about low unemployment? we all know what he has done since he has been president and we want four more years of that.

>> president trump hosted a re-election campaign in north carolina, one day after the house of representatives voted to condemn his tweets for being racist, and just hours after the house killed the resolution to impeach him. the president continues to criticize four congress women, and the crowd chanting send her back as he talks about ilhan omar. >> history of viciousgn event c. >> corporate has he's a criminal, and he's a threat to the constitution and dangerous for the american people and to see him continue that behavior is not surprising. developing this morning, chevron downplaying its most recent flaring activity at the richmond refinery. you may have seen it last night.

there's a trail of black smoke, and the refinery sent an alert, and chevron level one flare, and chevron said it did not pose a danger to the public. a lot of anger about pg & e's latest proposal to hand out millions in bonuses to top executives. the incentives are more than $60 million, and they call them justified. it's to reward top safety officials for safety improvements, and the head of the group said all the revelations about pg & e safety issues is proof it should be rejected out right. >> you should only be eligible for bone kwruguses if you are d outstanding work over a period of time and pg & e is nowhere close to that.

>> a bankruptcy judge will decide that at a hearing next week. a supervisor says he will delay a plan to t, and "the chronicle" reports there will be a similar tax measure on the 2020 ballot when far more people will be voting. and then the man accused of killing a man will stand trial. that same judge originally ruled the opposite in december, but a recent doctor's examination found him competent. he's expected to enter a plea as soon as next month. the deadly shooting of a

pawnshop in vallejo. police say the men ran into the store and shot and killed the owner and then shot the clerk who was in a wheelchair. while leaving the store one of them shot and killed the owner's dog. the three men arrested in connection to the shooting, nelson, summerize all facing murder charges. police are looking for a person that stole two puppies ten days ago. the border collie puppies are about six weeks old. if you can help call the east bay regional park police. dozen of baby birds also need your help after the tree they lived in snapped in half. >> the tree in downtown oakland

toppled over, and dozens of nests were inside, and 89 chicks were taken to the san francisco bay wildlife facility, and we will try and tweet that out as well this morning. >> tweet it? coming up on today in the bay, the reason the market. the bay area topped the new list of best large cities to live in. we'll show you where we stack up.

good morning. i am indicatestoc fell for a se economic data, and it's the worst day in three weeks. we have data on unemployment and earnings from morgan stanley and microsoft. keep an eye on netflix today, the stock is getting slammed. a number of rivals including disney and nbc universal are set to launch their service in the coming months. the new season of "stranger things" did not premiere until this month. the office saying that will allow it to spend more on original content.

80% of the country call cities their home. a new study b wallet hub finds virginia beach is the best launch city to live. they are tracking things such as affordability, life expectancy and property taxes. san francisco is sixth while san jose is eighth. back over to you. >> we're in the top ten! >> yeah. we love our high taxes. that's right. coming up on today in the bay, a check of your thursday forecast. we are starting out with clouds this morning. we will see it linger throughout the day, and that's a look outside and walnut creek as you get ready to head out the door. we will talk about cooler temperatures and a warmer weekend ahead coming up next.

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welcome to thursday morning. looks like folks are up and out this morning as we take a live look outside. mike is coming up with a look at the morning commute to help you pave your way through the bay

area. side by side photos of the sierra snow pack. on the left, it's a picture from april of this year, and there was enough people were still skiing on the fourth of july. the picture on the right was taken a few days ago, and on the high sierra tops you still see it there. it's a beautiful thing at lake tahoe. >> yeah. >> summertime, really nice this season. >> cold lake. >> yeah, 600 inches of snow melting, it's pretty amazing so we are hoping to be there soon. let's get you out the door this morning as you step out in cupertino, low 60s at 8:00. there will be a few more clouds today compared to yesterday but that's going to help keep our temperatures a few degrees cooler. we are heading into the low 80s by early afternoon, and our

hour-by-hour outlook shows fog and low clouds near the coast that will linger throughout the day and then stretch back across the bay into tonight, and even in gilroy we are going to see the clouds and the fog rolling in by early tomorrow morning. as you make plans for this morning getting out the door in san ramon, it's going to be a nice cool start to the day with upper 50s at 7:00. if you are heading to the park around 10:00, upper 60s and then reaching into t upper 70s by early afternoon, a lot of sunshine and breezy winds there. you will notice it will be cooler. morgan hill seeing a high of 83 degrees, and no 90s for the east bay. warm temperatures in antioch and pittsburg, but a lot of low 80s for some spots. half moon bay, expect a high of

drizzling.and staying cloudy north bay up to 92. novato reaches 82 degrees. our weather pattern will start to heat up into the weekend. we are just catching a bit of a break right now, and then a storm system move into the pacific northwest may bring in minor cooling next week. we will be hot from now to then with continuing in the upper 80s in the valleys, and san francisco keeping it cool there along the coast. a little more in the way of clouds and fog for today. mike, you were checking in on what was happening in palo alto. >> a hit-and-run crash called into chp, so we checked northbound 101 right there, no lanes blocked, no problems, so we thought we would do due diligence to see what is going on, and i see we, but i am the

traffic team. all the green sensors around the bay as you would expect right now. a smooth flow of traffic right here. we'll do a quick check of walnut creek, and we have been showing it to you every morning, and we have a good volume heading towards 24 with no problems. a steady flow coming off the bridge. back to you. look at this quick action by san jose officers that saved a man in a burning van. investigators say a man was yelling at officers, wouldn't step out of the flaming vehicle in the parking lot of one world montessori last week, and officers pulled him out and to safety and he was taken to the hospital and treated for minor burns. 4:49. the city will soon have one less fire station. it's one of four in the city,

and east bay times voted council members voted to close it, and firefighters say it may impact response times and right now th. and then another blow in palo alto. traffic will be impacted if the school is not able to expanded. tphaeub neighbors have been fighting the expansion plan since 2016. marriott is reportedly getting the green light to replace two hotels in the deadly bay firestorm. it will go up near the site where two hotels were destroyed in a wildfire.

marriott will have to get architectural approval from a city board. scary moments for two window washers in san francisco. they were stuck on the side of the millennium tower yesterday ten stories up. still no word about what got them stuck in the first place. trending this morning, parents are putting disney on blast. a new character, forkie, made his debut recently in "toy story 4." the prices range from about $10 all the way up to $59 if you want one that walks, talks and dances. people took to twitter expressing outrage saying it's nothing but a fork with eyes and a pipe cleaner, adding kids can make it themselves like the character in the movie did, and that's not to mention the fkie .

coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> it's supposed to be an even exchange and yet she's charged more than $1,000. an oil tanker accused much smuggling oil, and it's not yet clear where the tanker was heading, and the seizer comes as tensions rise.

welcome back to you on this thursday morning. some people are beating you out

the door but you are drinking a coffee and enjoying us, and we think that's wonderful. nbc bay area responds to a sonoma county woman stuck with a hefty unexpected credit card charge. >> she said it came up when she tried to swap online items with a retailer, and she asked dieta supplement, and she was exchanging her unused bodies for something else, and the sales rep told her she would not have to pay anything extra, and they charged her $1,200, and she called americare and they said due to an oversight in the billing department tracy's

refund was not processed. when itas her per her request i the amount of $1,200. >> thanks a lot. who is a fan of strawberries out there. five new varieties are expected to hit the market this fall. they were tkroefldeveloped at a program. they are environmentally friendly, they will useless water to produce. they are more resistant the disease. 90% of strawberries are grown in california. coming up on "today in the bay," a check of your forecast with kari hall. >> my strawberries are like this big, and then they get ripe. what happened?

> here's a look at concord this morning in our temperature trend. mid-60s to start, and then we will talk about the forecast more coming up next. let's look at the bay bridge, which is just fine. a smooth drive with the taillights westbound. we will show you changes a little further north. paying a city tax every time you take a uber or lyft. that's the proposal in san francisco. "today in the bay" continues in just a moment.

send back! send her back! >> right now at 5:00, president trump continues his attack on four minority congress women, and the crowd joining in on chanting send her back. we can't continue to have a huge cross in the middle of our public park and have it lit above the city from public land. >> the battle to keep a cross on east bay public property heads to a federal appeals court. a live report on who wants it gone and who is fighting to keep it. turning violent, protests erupt again in puerto rico, and this time a major star calling

for the governor to resign. thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. i am scott mcgrew. >> let's get to the forecast with kari. >> slightly cooler as we keep the fog in san francisco today. we will see it linger through much of the afternoon, and the high temperature only 62 degrees. we will be cooler in the inland valleys, reaching in the mid to upper 80s. we will talk about a slightly warmer weekend ahead. the bridge from richmond over to san rafael, no slowing shows up on the map but those crews are still working on the repair work going on. we know about that. the rest of the bay looks green, guys. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. >ews out ofjapan, 23 people now