we thank you for letting us into your home, so early in the morning. thanks so much for joining us and waking up with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. of course we will get to that commute in a minute with mike inouye. first we talk with meteorologist kari hall. tracking the conditions, the times we could see the wind increase as well as the fire danger. >> high fire danger today, hot temperatures and low humidity, as we get started this morning, things are fairly calm and temperatures are cool, but it will heat up this afternoon, and winds will gust up to 50 to 60 miles per hour in elevations above 1,000 feet, and our winds will peak tonight through early tomorrow morning, that red flag warning staying i effect, and the winds will finally decrease on friday so we're going microclimate by microclimate, seeing our temperatures heating up today. we'll reach into the mid to upper 80s by early afternoon, and a few spots in the low 90s. we'll talk more about this and mike, you're tracking a traffic alert out of the east bay.

>> that's right, it is not here at the bay bridge but i wanted to show you the backup, we're on schedule. early backup formed but typical pattern through congretra costa county. there is one incident near the caldecott outside the tunnel, no slowing shows up for 24. the traffic alert is on the nimitz, just issued by chp, out of oakland through san leandro, and down toward "a" street where we have that truck that dropped seven carts out of the back, the report calls it mail carts. i don't know if this is related to the postal service at all but i know there's debris out of the lanes. issued the sig alert in the middle lane, they may have to close a couple more. the slow something souing south. the rest of the bay moves smoothly. pg&e still hasn't made a final decision on whether to cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the bay area. >> and we're expecting a decision later this morning. if the outages take effect in san mateo county, fewer than 1,000 homes are expected to lose power.

mostly in remote areas but including parts of woodside and la honda. in the north bay roughly 7500 napa county customers may lose power. it covers eight towns including calistoga, st. helena and lake berryessa. sonoma county, 28,000 homes and busses m be impacted, it includes santa rosa, healdsburg and sonoma. >> the south bay and east bay probably won't see shutoffs but that doesn't mean people should not stay on alert. bob redell joins us live in walnut creek this morning with some perspective there. bob? >> reporter: laura, that's cause there is still a risk of fire danger here in the east bay and pretty much anywhere in the bay area, that's why firefighters are reminding you to at least have 30 feet of defensible space around your home especially if you live in a wildland area like this neighborhood located in walnut creek. the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for contra costa county, where we're

at and every other county here in the bay area, except for san francisco. it starts again this afternoon, runs until tomorrow afternoon. the highest threat of wildfire according to nws will be in eastern coco county. because of warm temps, low humidities, and expected strong winds from the central valley. the city of berkeley is so concerned about this year's fire season, last week the city council passed a resolution to make fire safety a top priority, and you can understand why. many homes there and other parts of the east bay hills are built close together on steep terrain, suounded by lots of vegetation. we saw what happened in 1991, when 25 people died and 3,000 homes burned, which is why again firefighters are pleading with homeowners to clear the brush away from your homes. >> sometimes i almost think we're doomed, although thank goodness 36 years of living here, we haven't been doomed

yet, but it's -- a lot of it is luck. there's way too many trees, people don't want to trim trees as much as they should. >> defensible space is tricky in the east bay hills because houses are built so close to each other. it's hard to meet the standard of 30 feet that is what people strive for. >> reporter: you'll recall a couple of weeks ago, the 50-acre wildfire that burned in the hills behind a gated community not far from here in moraga, firefighters said it could have been disastrous if they didn't stop it in time. we have since learned that police believe a vape pen could have caused that fire since they did find a vape pen in the area where the fire started. reporting live in walnut creek, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. looks like we've been talking about those conditions out there, kari. this is what people need to be mindful of what's going on. >> absolutely today, tomorrow, we're going to start to see those winds picking up and the red flag warning going into

effect and once again here is another look at that map, as we get ready to see our high fire danger kicking in today for the north bay, begins at noon, and then for the east bay, we'll start to see the fire danger increasing, at 3:00 this afternoon, we could see gusts up to 35 miles per hour and 40 in the mountains, in the santa cruz mountains, we will see this risk going up later on this evening, as we look at our wind speed forecast and going hour by hour, we take it into early afternoon, with that red flag warning begins. we can see that for areas in the east bay, south bay, as well as the peninsula, winds are going to be fairly light, but it will start to increase in parts of the north bay, where we see the brighter color shows the winds will be higher, and that inudese of the hills in the north bay, going into tonight, and then we do start to see the oakland hills, as well as parts of the peninsula, seeing those winds picking up throughout the day but notice in the valleys, wednesday light for most of the time, especially in the tri-valley, as well as santa

clara valley. so some of our low-lying areas may not get this high wind event, but the mountains are going to be the high risk areas, as well as the hills, where we have a lot of dry brush, low humidity, and also these high winds, so that's something we'll be monitoring all throughout the day. laura and marcus? >> thank you, kari. 6:06. tomorrow we are going to come on the air early at 4:00 a.m. join us for an early edition of "today in the bay," try to keep you updated on everything going on in regards to these power outages. breaking news to tell you about from hong kong, where a highly unpopular extradition him has now been formally scrapped. the plan sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed into a campaign for greater democratic change. hong kong's security secretary today announcing a formal withdrawal of the bill, but as pro democracy lawmakers tried to question him, he refused to respond. also breaking right now, a horrible story emerging in southern england where 39 people

have been found dead in a locked big rig trailer. all the bodies are believed to be those of bulgarian immigrants. authorities say the truck came from ireland and entered the country on saturday. ambulance workers discovered it. a 25-year-old man from northern ireland is now in custody, accused of driving the truck and transporting the victims. british prime minister boris johnson pledged in a tweet to work closely with essex police to establish exactly what happened. we all know how expensive it can be to live in the bay area. this morning the south bay is getting a funding boost for affordable housing. kris sanchez joins us with a look at a project that will add nearly 200 units. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. not a lot to look at behind me but this is an exciting little plot of land because this is where some of that affordable housing is going to get started here in santa clara county. it's going to be for people who

are particularly low income, also young people who are homeless and folks with mental illness. the county voted to spend $33 million on two developments yesterday, about half of the funds coming from the housing bond, santa clara county voters passed in 2016, and about half of it from the state's housing and community development's no place like home program. one development is here on reyes avenue and the other at gallop and mesa near the al maden expressway in blossom hill if you're familiar. county supervisor says the county is on track with its goal of creating at least 4800 units of housing by the summer of 2027. neighbors here say they support it. >> i'm just as happy to have a low income affordable housing here as to have market rates. >> reporter: why? >> because we need something on the site and we need people to have a place to live and the homeless need a place to live as well as anybody else.

>> reporter: also yesterday facebook pledged to spend a billion dollars over the next ten years in the city of san jose the social media giant says this will help develop 20,000 units of housing, they say will help teachers, nurses, first responders live a little closer to where they work. you might remember that back in june, google made the same billion-dolla pledge. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks, kris. the annexation will impact alhambra valley, vine hill, mountain view and north pacheco. councilmembers cited problems with water service applications from property owners within the areas. tonight's study session will include public feedback. right now, at 6:09, as we get ready to head out the door, we have some cool temperatures, we are going to see some mid-50s to start this morning.

49 though in santa rosa, and it's 47 in napa. so very chilly in some spots. if you're about to head out to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. the, and the heat-up happens fast. at 56 to start out the day but look at 1:00, we're at 83 degrees. really heating up in some of these spots especially inland, where we could see some low 90s again today. some of our hotter temperatures will be in napa and santa rosa reaching 93 degrees. we'll talk more about this a the fire danger coming up. mike, you have another update for the traffic alert. >> that's righ we continue with that area out of oakland on the nimitz freeway. the upper east shore freeway has a couple incidents, no slowing. the big deal is this traffic alert headed south out of oakland toward the san mateo bridge, blending with the traffic off the castro valley y, 880 jammed all the way out of oakland and down in toward "a" street where this now the alert is called because the right two lanes are blocked, half your freeway restricted headed down toward highway 92, a disabled

truck as well as debris on the roadway. word of mail carts but we're still trying to find out whether or not that's postal service or if it's just a description of a type of cart that is out there. over here, northbound 101 shows a little slowing toward tully, another crash in the south bay, but light traffic right now. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:11 right now. next and all new for you, a costly morning tv mistake. >> this jerk was jumping around on everybody's cars. >> the consequence for one california reporter whose live shot inside a classic car show got him a rough situation on hand. the damage he calls. >> i promise you you'll not have as tough a day as mark zuck zuckerberg. i'll tell you why, when "today in the bay" continues.

right now at 6:14 on this wednesday morning we are under a microclimate weather alert. we get ready for a hot day and high fire danger. san jose is going to see our temperatures in evergreen going from 59 this morning to low 80s and normal is 72 degrees. we'll talk about winds picking up today in less than five minutes. >> the traffic alert continues right here, southbound 880 in

hayward right around "a" street the disabled truck, the debris across the right two lanes. jammed from davis to the scene, to the san mateo bridge. good morning. very happy wednesday to you. tesla reports its profits today. now, we care less about the profits and more about how much cash tesla has on hand, and how many cars it built. the ceo of service now in santa clara john donaho is leaving to become the ceo of nike. they liked john at svice now and the stock moved lower on the bad news. i was talking about existing home sales. it shows a slowdown and you think that would be good news for buyers but looking deep into the data, it's not. it's more reflection of the lack of homes out there for sale and that low supply keeps prices high. today is the day mark zuckerberg will return to congress, talking to the finance services committee ostensibly to

talk about lib rah, facebook's new cryptocurrency but i'm going to make that bet that doesn't come up much because members of congress in both parties have all kinds of issues with facebook that have nothing to do as something so obscure as cryptocurrency. >> 03, it's harvard i apologize for any harm don as a result of my neglect, 2006, we really messed this one up. 2007, we simply did a bad job. i apologize for it. 2010, sometimes we move too fast. 2011 -- >> and so son and so on. it could be tougher this time around because he's talking to the house financial services committee, that is a tough group. you have smart really direct to the point members, the chairwoman is california's maxine waters, she's really tough and new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez seen here questioning michael cohen, turned out to be savvy and a prosecutorial questioner.

yesterday she asked twitter, "hypothetically, if you were, say, a member of congress sitting on the financial services committee given five minutes to question mark zuckerberg, what would you ask?" one of her twitter followers answered "ask him, did the russians really pay for their election ads in rubles? really? really? really? repeat until time expires." yes, they did. so tough day ahead, i think for mark zuckerberg. >> it will be interesting. >> you saw him setting these up the last couple of days. i'm not saying the billion-dollar contribution was necessarily connected, but it was a billion-dollar contribution, he appears on "nightly news" he's talked at georgetown. this is the day he's been preparing for. >> see how he does. >> thanks, scott. 6:17 for you this morning. trending a classic car catastrophe, a former reporter with "good day sacramento" is looking for a new job. this is what happened. he was fired after getting a lot of criticism for jumping on top

of a classic 1950s thunderbird and striking a silly pose, as some would say. then he jumped here on top of this new suv. angel cardenas was reporting live from international auto show. >> that kills me there. >> in between there he dinged another classic t-bird's door. according to "the sacramento bee" kmax tv fired him. >> laura, i know you love cars. >> i really do. >> my dad used to paint the flames. >> really? >> he brought a love of the cars for me and i'm sitting there going, oh my gosh. >> i was cringing, the thunderbirds are beautiful. they put a ding in it like that. >> not easy to fix. >> no, i mean they're classic. people looking for a job this morning. >> not an auto shop, i'm sure. >> maybe he should work at the auto shop. all right, so let's get started this morning. we've been talking about the

high fire danger, the red flag warnings going up for today, and we're going to see a high fire danger for most areas, except for san francisco, where we start out with some nice cool, calm conditions, the winds will still pick up today and going into tomorrow. let's head down to mountain view as we check out our temperature trend for the morning, we're going from 57 degrees to 69 degrees at 10:00, and some upper 70s by early afternoon. our south bay high temperature is going to be pretty high up there, reaching 86 degrees downtown. we were talking about the normal high temperature for this time of year, it's about 72 degrees, so we're way above that, but i don't think we'll set a record today. we're looking at low 90s in antioch, pittsburg, as well as danville and hayward reaching 85 degrees. we'll also see some mid 80s in redwood city today, san francisco up to 80 in the mission district, mostly some 70s, and for the north bay we're up to 91 in novato. napa today reaching 93.

here is what's going on. we're seeing our winds shifting, coming in from the north and northeast, creating a high fire danger, as that wind moves over parts of the sierra, down to the central valley and into the bay area, as it does so, that air dries out, and it also really starts to move fairly quickly across the bay area, so with a high wind event, and low humidity, we're going to see any sparks spreading rapidly. here is a look at the relative humidity in the forecast for today, and then the bright colors show where the winds will be gustino sha a lot of gusty winds going into this evening, and humidity levels below 20%, and even dropping down into the teens as we go into tonight and early tomorrow morning and throughout the day tomorrow, we could see some single digit relative humidity numbers and that's going to make it very dry and also very hot. look at the temperatures, we're going into the low 90s for today and tomorrow. temperatures peak tomorrow. it's still going to be hot on friday but it won't be as windy

and then saturday it's going to be very warm, but we get some major cooling on sunday, but that cooling also comes with another high wind event. so i'll have more on that coming up. mike, you're saying the traffic alert still conditions tinues i hayward. >> the backup out of oakland the nimitz, the bottom to of the screen, leaving oakland helpeded down toward 92, give you a second to look at the rest of your map, mild build there in walnut creek, and that fire, a grass fire off the freeway over there, around highway 4, nothing threatened from what i understand but it's a distraction. the big problem again south 880 is jammed up, davis all the way down to just shy of "a" street to 92, wynton, foothill boulevard take you past the backup here which is holding steady. the truck and the debris block your right two lanes, that's the problem for the nimitz, headed down toward 92. anywhere south of there other side of the bay also moves very smoothly. san jose we do have the earli

incident north 101 at tully. looks like it's out of lanes, still a distraction as you see the build approaching capitol expressway, things clear past the incident through the rest of san jose, silicon valley. northbound 101 through the earlier construction zone, looks like we got done with the last of those traffic breaks through the area, and so that's a smooth drive, getting over there, again, traffic held up in san leandro, keeps the san mateo bridge westbound moving pretty smooth. back to you. >> thank you, mike. still ahead for you this morning, 6:22 right now. more local news, and the next election change in one city of contra costa county, and what they're considering. and our team is always sharing fun moments on social media, this is a photo of kris sanchez's cute little dog, cole, getting ready for halloween with a boneyard in the backyard. follow kris on facebook, twitter and instagram. we'll be back with more news. it's 6:22 right now.

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of civil rights leaders. there's no word on what exactly led up to it being removed. looks like the city of richmond will be the latest in the bay area to move to district based city council elections. that's what councilmembers indicated last night during its meeting. cities with at-large elections like richmond have faced costly civil rights legal challenges that they've ended up losing. richmond leaders say that rather than fight legal action, they may draw up districts in time for the next election. as a result, up to half of the current council may have to run against each other or step down. today i get to do something pretty cool, this afternoon i get to help honor women who have made significant contributions to their communities. i once again with the honor of emceeing the notre dame high school 11th annual women of impact luncheon. it's being held this afternoon at the san jose convention center. this year's honorees are alumnae and journalist rita beamish and hp's president of strategy and business managemennd chief legal officer kim rivera. i'm that little speck in red in

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due to the previous power outage, we learned that you have to stock up on ice. if you like to cook your food, you have to have propane. >> we'll have the latest on the power outages and live interview with pg&e just moments away. and facing backlash, the we ni peninsula city at the center of an immigration protest, the claims some activists are making against the sheriff's department. plus -- >> a wet start for emergency responders in the east bay this

morning. the damage this fire hydrant caused, spraying high into the air. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us for this wednesday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now we want to get a look at what you can expect as you head out the door today, with that traffic. mike inouye is looking at that commute for us. >> we have a traffic alert we've been following this for the last half hour, at least, as you travel away from the bay bridge, getting to the bay bridge you're okay. metering lights are standard. you're jammed on the nimitz from san leandro at about davis street all the way down to just shy of "a" street. i see the speeds improving but that's because the disabled truck and debris are blocking the right lane. it was in the middle of the freeway for quite some time. that's still causing slowing and delays folks down to the san mateo bridge that will be an issue. you can get toward foothill boulevard or "a" street. because of the jam in the east bay you may have delays for ac

transit and i guess kari looking at a smooth drive from b.a.r.t. lines, a breezy drive coming up i guess. >> the winds will start to pick up as we go throughout the day and that's the reason why we are under a microclimate weather alert, as a red flag warning goes up for this afternoon. it starts in the north bay, with winds increasing, going from noon through 4:00 tomorrow. some of the mountains may have gusts up to 60 miles per hour for the valley and the coast. we'll see gusts up to about 35 miles per hour. for the east bay, we're looking at this red flag warning beginning at 3:00 today, and here we're looking at valleys at about 15 to 20 miles per hour, with some of the mountain gusts up to 40 miles per hour, and then for the santa cruz mountains, we will see this red flag warning beginning at 7:00 p.m., and continuing into tomorrow afternoon, with gusts up to 35. so once again, the winds pick up in the north bay first, and our model shows that we will see the northeasterly winds up to about 30 to 35 miles per hour, and getting even stronger going into

tonight. we'll continue to monitor this with another update coming up in a few minutes. >> the wind gusts certainly a big concern. later this morning, pg&e is expected to announce if it will shut off power to thousands of households and businesses in sonoma, napa and san mateo counties. >> pg&e says the move would prevent downed power lines, which could lead to fires. pg&e's spokesperson melissa sabotine joins us to talk more about this. when do you expect to announce who will potentially have their power shut off? >> hi, good morning. we are continuing to monitor the weather this morning. we expect to have a decision by midday, and following that decision, if we move forward initiating the public safety power shutoffs that would begin around this afternoon. >> do you all have a list of those areas that you will look at first, or is it just kind of random what you're doing right now? >> yes, so that's a good

question. we expect in some shutoff areas if we do move forward would begin wednesday afternoon with shutoffs continuing into thursday, but again, that's subject to change. shutoffs for portions of san mateo and to our south, counties wouldn't likely begin until thursday. we continue to monitor the weather this morning. >> how are you going to get this information out? obviously it's our job to try to help you do that, but there were so many problems with your website. people couldn't access that information. >> yes, we certainly had some challenges with our website. we have addressed those. we worked with a third party vendor to provide a secondary site, pge.com, if functioning properly it's available to customers now, if they have any questions whether or not they may be included, but i want to note that if you did not receive

a notification from pg&e, you are not in the areas we anticipate would be impacted. >> how did you notify people? what do you mean? what kind of notification? >> we began notifying customers on monday, providing approximately 48 hours notice. that notification occurred by phone, email, and text message, and it's extremely important that customers ensure they have their updated contact information on file with us. if they haven't done so already, we enurge customers to go online or call 1-800-743-5000 and make sure we have the right telephone numbernd email address for them. >> how soon will you contact people? is there a certain amount of time, is it 24 hours, 15 hours? >> that's right, so notifications began on monday, so the vast majority of the customers included in the areas that we're considering conducting a public safety power shutoff have already been notified.

they received 48-hour notification and 24-hour notifications. they'll receive another no notification once a psps has been determined, that will announce their power will be turned off soon, and will remain off until weather conditions improve, and it's safe to restore. >> do you know how many of those notifications you've sent out, like close to 200,000? >> so the notifications for the power being turned off, those have not been initiated. those would be initiated once the public safety power shutoff has been determined, which we are forecasting for perhaps this afternoon. the 48-hour notification that this could potentially be happening, those went out to approximately 200,000 on monday. the scope is continuing to narrow. it's now at 184,000 customers. so we did send additional

notifications yesterday as well again to prepare that this may be coming, and once a decision has been made, we will send the customers who will be included a notification to say hey, this is happening. >> right, okay. we'll certainly be closely following this, and waiting for the announcement to come. >> this midday, melissa, thank you so much. the potential outages have a lot of people in the north bay there upset. they're scrambling, just as they were two weeks ago. >> right now we want to go to "today in the bay's" pete suratos, who is live there in santa rosa. one of the cities on pg&e's list, pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, guys. just listening to that pg&e call, seems they're clearly trying to work on exactly which areas will have their power out, as they're working to confirm that. we know hidden valley elementary in santa rosa will close early today in anticipation of these potential power outages, in fact i want to show you a few other schools that decided to close early today, will remain closed

through thursday. you can see the four schools there that are going to close early today in santa sa, and they will remain closed through thursday. friday is still up in the air depending out things go. at the santa rosa unified school district decided to do this ahead of potential outages, before pg&e, as i mentioned confirmed a little bit later this afternoon, if power will be out in this area. so this means that afterschool programs at the schools listed are not going to be available to students. now, this potential second power shutoff due to fire danger in this area means folks should get prepared all over again, and last night in santa rosa, folks were stocking up on pplies, and it's really a good reminder to have supplies on hand, such as flashlights, batteries, first aid kits, perishable food, coolers and water, you name t y it, you should that in the event of outages. for residents in santa rosa and beyond and impacted areas, it continues to be an adjustment.

>> well, due to the previous power outage, we learned that you have to stock up on ice, and if you like to cook your food, you need some propane, and coffee maker goes with the power, so you got to get a little coffee if you want to have it in the morning. so just your basics. >> reporter: of course pg&e's website did crash during the first shutoff, and they vowed to upgrade it to better communicate with customers. we know they addressed it in the interview you guys jus did there and they said they were addressing it through a third party vendor. we'll see how that works. sounds like the shutoff times would vary depending on the area. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> all right, pete. because we want to make sure that you are ready as you head out the door tomorrow, we are going to start early for you here on "today in the bay." we'll start at 4:00 a.m., that's tomorrow, thursday. in san mateo county today, the sheriff's office and i.c.e. will face renewed pressure from immigrants rights supporters.

protesters plan to gather outside the supervisor's meeting in redwood city opposing the county's transfer of undocumented immigrants in custody over t i. authorities. sheriffs office representatives are scheduled to attend this afternoon's meeting. new video from overnight, showing a sheered off fire hydrant, sending water shooting into the air. look at this. it happened a little before 2:00 a.m. at hayward on wynton avenue. that water is now off, but authorities are still trying to piece together how it all happened. certainly a hiccup in the morning commute for people in that particular area, mike. >> that parking lot definitely wet. free car washes overnight apparently. >> good way to look at it. >> always the silver lining. i love it. >> just like two issues, two sides to an issue as we let's showhe peninsula is looking great, but we have the traffic alert that continues for the nimitz. if you're coming out of oakland heading down toward the san mateo bridge, you are jammed up out of san leandro, from about davis, one lane still blocked at

"a" street, a big rig in lanes continuing to make progress that will slow you down coming from the north down toward the san mateo bridge. if you're traveling across 92 out of the city streets in hayward you're fine off foothill boulevard, things are lighter across 92. farther south 880 just about thornton, there's a crash between mallory and thornton a crash and currently three lanes blocked, reportedly will be just for a few minutes as they move some cars over out of the area, but we're tracking that buildup out of fremont toward milpitas and north 101 recovers. the earlier crash at tully is over on the shoulder. >> all right, sounds good. half way through the work week. >> headed to the weekend and that is where i like to have a lot of fun. >> i've seen all of the schools having the signs that they're having their fall festivals this weekend, and also leading up to the weekend before halloween, so what are we going to do. saturday is going to be pretty warm, so if you're wearing a costume, especially in the middle of the day, it is going

to be very hot. look at these temperatures reaching up to 87 inland. the coast will be in the mid-70s, while the bay is in the lower 80s. it's going to cool off on sunday, so we're looking at highs 69 degrees for the coast. the bay reaching degrees, and 77 with some gusty winds for the inland areas. if you're thinking of making beach plans this weekend, it's going to be the warmest on friday, reaching 78 deees, with some upper 60s throughout the rest of the weekend, and for lake shasta, we're going to have a pretty big cooldown here, going from 82 on friday, to 74 on saturday. more sunshine on sunday, but only highs reaching the low 60s. and for paso robles we go from 93 on friday to 70 on sunday. it's also going to be windy there and it's going to be cooling off in l.a. as well, so we're going from 85 for the start of the weekend to some low 70s and more clouds by sunday. so let me know where you're

going this weekend, or what's in your weekend plans. i'm @karihallweather on twitter, facebook as well as instagram. i'll look at today's south bay temperature trend coming up in about three linminutes. coming up, help wanted in california's courts. the impact analysts say a judge shortage could have on criminal cases across our state. plus our top story, which is that high fire danger, communities across the bay area that are on alert. this morning, the preparation in the east bay, where pg&e is not threatening to shut off power. plus someone who is as close to the ukrainian deal as you could get testifies to congress, we know much of what he said. let's take you out to the big board in new york city, dow industrials have had a bit of a calm week let's call it, gaining 51 points. you're watching "today in the bay."

it's 6:46, we're under a microclimate weather alert as we prepare for a high fire danger today. we start out with clear skies and cool temperatures. in sunnyvale from 57 degrees to low 80s by early afternoon. we're well above normal for today. hot temperatures remain for a few more days. i'll talk about that and the winds increasing in less than five minutes. >> looking at three incident, south 80 around thornton should be off to the shoulder.

traffic alert for the disabled truck blocking your slow lane at "a" street in hayward and 680 jams up toward bernal, i'm gathering details. congress has now heard some of the toughest testimony against donald trump to date. it comes from somebody the u.s. government has trusted for decades. will yar or bill taylor is america's top diplomat in ukraine, technically not the ambassador, the senate hasn't confirmed him. as charge d'affaires he was in the middle of the talk withholding military aid in exchange for a ukrainian investigation that would benefit the trump campaign. taylor testified to the impeachment hearing behind closed doors on tuesday. but we've seen his opening statement.

he says he was there when diplomats working for trump and working outside the usual channels set up a quid pro quo arrangement. you'll remember we're talking about text message exchange. taylor texted, "are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations?" ambassador to the eu gordon sondland says "call me." thanks to the testimony, we now know what they said on the call. according to taylor, on the phone call, sondland said "everything" was dependent on such an announcement from the ukrainians that they were investigating biden's son, including security assistance. that is quid pro quo, this for that, and it's devastating testimony. who is taylor? taylor is a west point graduate who led troops in vietnam. he's worked for the government for decades and repeatedly was appointed to important offices by republican presidents. he is not a partisan. you know who else describes this to a "t"? robert mueller. he went to officer candidate

school, not west point, a marine, not an army officer, but the same. during this investigation, president trump accused mueller of committing crimes, being a democrat. i bring this up because it would be consistent for the president to attack taylor in the same way. president trump will make a public announcement this morning at 8:00 a.m. our time. the white house says it will be about syria and turvkey. nbc will carry it live and we'll stream at nbcbayarea.com and find me on twitter, i' i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you. environmentalists are blasting a new white house plan to govern water usage in california, that plan gives more water to farmers but critics say it will pose a threat in endangered fish, including dental smelt. the plan includes new money to monitor rivers and promises to reduce water pumping if necessary, but environmental groups are not convinced. they're already vowing a legal challenge. and new for you this morning, the california federal court district is facing a

shortage of judges. the eastern district includes over 8 million people in central valley. the main courthouse in sacramento and fresno. u.s. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris recently received a warning letter that says that criminal cases may have to be dismissed due to the inability to comply with the speedy trial act. staff members are now working to find qualified candidates. a follow-up in redwood city. tiffany lee is accused of arranging to have her ex-boyfriend killed. tiffany lee is accused of arranging to have her ex-boyfriend keith green killed. she was allegedly scared about losing a custody battle with him. prosecutors say lee arranged with her then boyfriend to kill green but her attorneys argue she's being wrongly accused for a crime by someone else. they argue that green was killed in a botched kidnapping.

all right, so today we have been talking about it all week now, kari. >> yes. >> the forecast what we can expect today. >> high fire danger starts today, and so far, things are all calm and quiet, and we have a beautiful sunrise under way. i wanted to show you that, looking live in palo alto, you know i love sunrise pictures, so send them to me on facebook and twitter. if you get this view, it is colorful, as we go throughout the day, we are going to see the temperatures warming up, going from the upper 50s to the upper 70s and low 80s, and to the afternoon. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen, showing some very warm temperatures, reaching into the mid 80s for the south bay, up to 84 today in oakland, and 90 in antioch. we'll see some low 90s in the north bay, with napa and santa rosa reaching 93 degrees. here is a look at the pg&e map on their website, it shows that they're issuing a psps watch, a public safety power shutoff, but

the website hasn't been updated since sunday, so we're waiting for an update on that, on which areas in the bay will see their power shut off today as the red flag warning goes up into effect starting first in the north bay. this is where we'll see the red flag warning in the high fire danger beginning at noon and it continues until tomorrow afternoon. for the east bay, the red flag warning begins at 3:00. all of these areas shaded in red, which includes the higher elevations, where we could see gusts up to 35. for the santa cruz mountains the red flag warning begins at 7:00 p.m., when the winds here will increase up to 35-mile-per-hour gusts, it's because we are seeing high pressure off to our west, bringing in a northerly wind and that wind starts to blow offshore, as it does so, it dries out. so we have some very low humidity and as it moves across the bay area and descends over some of our mountains into the hills, it also warms up, so we're going to have some hot

weather today, and over the next couple of days going into the weekend, big changes ahead, as this low drops in from the pacific northwest. it brings in cooler air but the possibility of another wind event on sunday into monday, look at the temperatures for the inland areas, reaching into the low 90s today, and tomorrow. but then as we go into the weekend, we are going to see some cooler air moving in by sunday into early next week and we're going back to fall, but we have to stick it out with summer over these next couple of days. mike, you're tracking three east bay problems. >> that's right, and i have to shout out to the control room as well. i had auxiliary components but i'll stick with the maps because of the changes that we have here. a smooth drive for the walnut creek interchange and the upper east shore freeway and improvement here where the arrows, they were a concern 880 out of oakland, we will have improvement now that all lanes have just reported clear. look how quickly we see it going from red to orange now, the

speeds improving toward "a" street, all lanes clare from the earlier issue, disabled truck and debris from davis to "a" street and more traffic headed toward the san mateo bridge, released with all of that distraction gone, so that will mean more westbound 92 traffic. also more 880 south toward the earlier crash at thornton and another at mallory, i believe both of them are cleared from the roadway but there may still be activity around mallory so watch. once you're past both of those equities, mallory and thornton, you're fine for the nimitz. 680 slow through the same corridor and the tri-valley toward bernal an earlier crash and activity, may be the slow lane blocked but pleasanton, sunol moves freeway. south bay a typical build but not a major concern and can't get through here without showing you the bay bridge. we have the metering lights on, the left flexes with the ebbing and flowing of traffic flow. we have the lights on for everybody but the maze does move smoothly. law camera, back to yo

laura, back to you. happening now turkey's defense ministry is signaling it will not resume its offensive in northeast syria, this comes following separate agreements reached with the u.s. and russia. the u.s. says syrian kurdish fighters left the area held by turkey and some are there. it's now under russian control. next a quick look at the top stories, including another look at the big story of the day, the looming planned power outages set to hit parts of the bay area in just hours. we know you need to get out the door, but we'll tell you what we just found out from pg&e, two minutes ago. you're watching "today in the bay." before you go...

here are the top stories on today in the bay-- welcome back. it's 6:58. here are the top stories we're covering on "today in the bay." >> a live look for you at capitol hill. that's where happening today, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is scheduled to testify before the house financial services committee. this is the first time zuckerberg will be appearing before the committee, since answering questions about cambridge analytica a year and a half ago. the main focal point of today's hearing will likely be about the company's libra cryptocurrency. additional topics could include regulation and anti-trust issues. a live look in santa rosa, one area that may be faced with a power cutoff later today. still don't know, pg&e is yet to make a final decision about whether to cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and

businesses. about 25 minutes ago, we talked live with a pg&e representative, who says if you haven't been notified at least by now, your home or business is not on the list of potential outage areas. across northern california, about 185,000 customers have received notice. again, possible impact areas include parts of san mateo, napa and sonoma counties. so we're waiting to see sometime today we should hear who will have their power shut off. >> the planned outages have to do with the weather conditions. >> we have the red flag warning in effect that starts at noon today for the north bay, and it's for all of the areas shaded in red, including elevations above 1,000 feet. this is where the winds will start to gust, going into today, peaking tonight, and continuing through early tomorrow, and when we have very high winds and low humidity, any sparks or fires could spread rapidly under those conditions. so we'll be 340monitoring that throughout the day. >> tomorrow we're coming on at 4:00 a.m. to bring you the

latest. >> we'll have mor updates coming up for you starting at 7:25 this morning. thanks for starting your morning here with us with "today in the bay." good morning, damning testimony, the top american diplomat in ukraine comes before congress and directly contradicts the president saying there was a political quid pro quo with ukraine. prompting gasps in the room. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. >> this morning, the white house labeling it a smear campaign. some top republicans cringe as the president compares it to a lynching. >> given the history in our country, i would not compare this to a lynching. it was an unfortunate choice of words. >> straight ahead, who is coming to the president's defense this morning.