tv Today in the Bay NBC June 23, 2020 4:30am-5:00am PDT
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right now at 4:30, schools and police. two major bay area school districts taking action on eliminating officers from campuses. we have a live report for you straight ahead. plus, a foggy start at the coast but kari is tracking changes that will unfold throughout the day. we'll want to hear about those. "today in the bay" starts right now. thanks so much for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. yesterday, it was hot in a lot of places, more of the same today. meteorologist kari hall is watching over those temperatures
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and, kari, you said this will stick around for a few days at least. yeah, and it's all about your location becau inland valleys reached over 100 degrees, so there will be all about location in those wide-ranging temperatures as we get a start this morning taking a live look at walnut creek, one of those hot spots as we start out this morning we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s and then we start to see those temperatures heating up by late morning and we'll see once again another hot day for the inland valleys. and this continues throughout the week. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, how is it looking for early morning commuters? the speed sensors look great. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, had to take a look because reports of a crash, a fender-bender, approaching the toll gate. we don't see a problem and, remember, all cashless. chp maybe helping with
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paperwork. as far as speeds go around the bay, a nice, smooth flow. there was an incident on highway 17. we'll follow up with that coming up. back to you, kris. all right, thank you, mike. new overnight fire crews possibly getting a preview of the fire season. san jose fire department responding to roughly six small fires in kelly park right around 2:00 this morning and crews there say the fires look like they were set around the parking lot and down into the trail. the fires were contained without any problems. the battalion chief on scene tells us the brush is so dry right now that it is on par with conditions that we usually see in october, prime fire season, and that it's already dangerous out there. we have a live report coming up in just 30 minutes. happening today community members in support of eliminating oakland unified school districts police departments are hitting the streets to drum up support. and they are not the only district looking to remove law enforcement from inside schools. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live this morning to
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explain. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus. both protests against police brutality wage on across the u.s., many cities are making the step to removing law enforcement from their classrooms. and two local districts are a step closer to making that a reality. now today in san francisco the board will vote on whether to end its relationship with sfpd as well as how to redirect those resources for student services. some include the street violence intervention program and municipal transit assistance program. and in oakland tomorrow the school board will vote on the use of police force. oakland unified schools has their own police department with 120 officers overseeing 100 district properties. now if a change would happen that would mean nearly $2.5 million spent on security and those sworn officers would be redirected. so starting this afternoon those in support of the move will march from eastmont mall that
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begins at 1:00. and this change isn't just happening here in the bay. major cities like chicago and minneapolis have already begun having those conversations about removing law enforcement from their classrooms as regards to the local boards we will bring you the latest as they become available. i'm live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." thank you, cierra. also happening today a potential landmark moment in the fight for equality in the south bay. the santa clara county board of supervisors is set to vet on two resolutions. one declares the black lives matter movement. the other resolution declares racism a public health crisis. supervisor cindy chavez is proposing the resolution. they say the move is the first step to requiring the supervisors to make meaningful reforms to the county's criminal justice and social service sectors. mountain view city councilmembers will also consider a similar resolution
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regarding the black lives matter resolution. happening today the report card is in for the south bay. the san jose state human rights institute is introducing the silicon valley pain index. that index looks at inequality and quality of life for people in santa clara county. the first initial index found that only 3% of black employees are working in the top 75 silicon valley technology companies. organizers say that the index will shed light on racial discrimination. the differences in income and opportunity in the county. that group will release more later today. and now to the total number of covid-19 cases. there are more than 20,000 cases and more than 500 deaths in the bay area. alameda county continues to have the highest rate of covid patients right now, more than 5,000. santa clara county and san francisco counties each have more than 3,000 cases. more for you that morning
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about a deadly outbreak of covid-19 at a concord nursing facility. according to state data "the chronicle" reports that 13 people have died. now this is all connected to confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases at san miguel villa. 62 residents and 13 workers tested positive. so far the facility is not commenting on "the chronicle" and nearly 2,300 people have died from covid-19. a new, free testing site is opening in san jose and will be at the s.a.p. center. most of us know where that is. the san jose sharks mascot got swabbed for covid-19 on his home ice. the walkup testing center at the shark tank is happening from 1:00 in the afternoon until 7:00 in the evening today through friday with more limited hours on saturday. and you don't need insurance,
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you don't need an appointment. if you get the test, you will get a little sharks or san jose barracuda freebie. we always like free. >> a gift for going through it all. now to decision 2020 and san francisco supervisors are considering a historic move when it comes to the election. today the plan is to discuss a charter amendment that would allow people as young as 16 years old the opportunity to vote on local issues. it would appear on the ballot in november. if it passes san francisco would become the first major u.s. city to do so. voters in 2016 narrowly defeated a similar measure. supervisors plan to conduct a final vote next week. here's a look at sfo live this morning where delta airlines is set to move into a different terminal. delta will be relocating to terminal 2 today for the next three years and this will allow crews to demolish the current delta ticket counter and
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complete harvey milk terminal in 2023. in a path of destruction, still ahead on "today in the bay," we'll talk about the damage left behind by devastating wildfire in california and the race to stop those flames. plus, streaming wars are ramping up. the all new way you can now use spotify. you're watching "today in the bay."
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at 4:40 a cool, refreshing start to the day after some of us have to deal with some really hot temperatures yesterday. so right now oakland and livermore at 60 degrees. we're at 55 right now in santa rosa. we'll talk about how hot it gets this afternoon coming up. >> kari, i checked on the issue for highway 17. it looks like a disabled vehicle at the camden avenue on ramp. then you notice slowing also on the same map where the orange to the south on 87 away from the heart of silicon valley. right now we'll see what's going on in the world with business with leslie. good morning, i'm leslie picker at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street will try to add to the gains this morning. the dow snapping a three-day losing streak while the nasdaq rose for a seventh straight session, its longest stretch since december led by a rally in big name tech talks like apple and microsoft.
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in focus today a report on new home sales measures signed contracts. this could offer proof of what home builders have been saying about a recovery. you can now stream spotify right from your tv set. comcast subscribers can listen from spotify on xfinity flex and x1. you don't need to be a premium customer. you can use the free version as well. comcast, the parent of nbc universal, offers pandora and iheart radio. the new spongebob square pants movie is headed to the small screen instead of the big screen. paramount has decided to skip a release in theaters and will go straight to video on demand. "variety" repor he of the entire spongebob franchise. the pandemic forced paramount to delay the original release of
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the movie, and now it follows the path of universal's "trolls world tour" which made more than $100 million in its first three weeks on demand, so there is a model there, i guess. kari, back over to you. thank you, leslie. my son will be so excited about that spongebob movie. we'll have hot temperatures today. find somewhere cool. that heat advisory goes into affect for solano and parts of the north bay. we'll talk more about this and what's ahead up next. all right, we are looking at two notes for folks traveling across the golden gate bridge and, well, they're both there. i don't know if they contradict each other but i will pass it along. ♪
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and a good morning to you, 4:46 on this tuesday. taking a live look in san francisco and karl has made his appearance this morning. karl is here. that means it's cooler in the city, of course, but not necessarily in other parts of the bay area today. meteorologist kari hall has been keeping us up to date of what we can expect from those temperatures today. kari, you say another hot one for some people. yeah, we have that june gloom in full effect over san francisco. that means the low clouds and the fog will throughout much of today, especially right along the coastline. but as we head inland these temperatures really start to heat up. we're looking at concord and our temperature trend for today that
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starts out right at about 59 degrees at 6:00 and then we'll see it going to 77 degrees at 1 11:00, eventually reaching into the low 90s today. as we look at our south bay high temperatures expect it to reach well above normal. we should be in the upper 70s but today we're talking about upper 80s as we reach near 90 degrees in morgan hill. for the east bay we're going to see those highs reaching up to 92 in concord and 79 in hayward. so not too bad there. but once you get on the other side of the hills, it really starts to heat up. along the coastline that fog remains there all throughout today and so half moon bay will only reach 61 degrees. and then you head over to redwood city where it reaches 83 degrees. a look at the wide range in temperatures even in marina dis district at 68 degrees. 88 degrees will be the high in napa while clear lake today reaches 100 degrees. and so we're seeing high pressure, and it's just enough to keep a little bit of a
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coastal onshore wind flow for the coastline, but the inland areas have had hot weather. then as we go into the weekend we get more of a dominant weather system that will bring in breezy winds and a slight cooldown for some of our areas. as we look at our next seven days it's just going to be hot with highs in the low 90s at least through the end of the week. mike, you've been watching the commute. any new issues popping up? marcus talked about karl and we call the fog karl. karl the fog. it's the twitter handle. we take you to the golden gate bridge. chp did report both karl in the area as well as gusty winds. so both may be the case depending where on the stretch you are. there aren't a lot of folks on the bridge and no problems reported. we're looking at the map, i've you get a reference point. the bay bridge is just fine. green sensors even out of the altamont, barely any slowing there. and we're looking at san jose
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where the slowing we had on 87 has pushed down on highway 85. it looks like just a few slow moving vehicles, very light traffic. back to you. thanks, mike. we've been reporting that the fire threat across the state is getting worse. yesterday along the central coast two homes were destroyed in paso robles. 600 homes were evacuated at one point. investigators think the fire started in a nearby riverbed. reporters at the state assembly are being told about a co-worker who may have tested positive for coronavirus.legisl yesterday about that infected wo in the state capitol during budget proceedings and had minimal interactions with just one co-worker. the co-worker has already been contacted. meantime schools, health care and labor unions are all among those breathing a sigh of
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relief. this is with the state budget deal reached yesterday by lawmakers. it avoided those major cuts despite a $54 billion deficit. but it will tighten up the belt with a 9% paycut for state workers and deferred raises for two years. that deal still needs to be approved from the state legislator before governor newsom can sign it into law. and it has been a long wait for a lot of people to get things done at the dmv. if you're looking to get things done, good luck for you right here or something good for you. it is now continuing more services. so behind the wheel drivers tests are starting back up this friday. back in march the dmv canceled all appointments and can't close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. the dmv has a backlog of tests. more good news for you, the tests will be shorter. everyone in the car must wear a mask. there are a lot of excited
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16-year-olds this morning waiting to get their licenses. so it might hardly come as a surprise the pandemic may be what pushes california's high-speed rail project past the point of no return. expanding it past the central valley segment. the rail authority received a no confidence vote from legislators. "the chronicle" reports there are more funding measures in the pipeline despite california's budget deficit. and coming up on "today in the bay," an all new show of support for colin kaepernick. next on "today in the bay," the nfl legend brett favre and what he's saying about the former 49ers' push for change. plus, on display, where you can get an up close look at the new cyber truck. first, happening now, a federal judge says california cannot require a cancer warning label on the weed killer roundup. the golden state wanted to warn people because roundup contains a chemical which has -- which
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the cancer division of the world health organization says is a probable cause of cancer. the epa and others have not found the connection to cancer. roundup is the world's most widely used weed killer. cancer victims in northern california have won nearly $200 million in awards in three lawsuits. more for you right after the break.
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to fight police brutality and systemic racism is reminiscent of tillman's choice to forgo his career and join the army. kaepernick started kneeling during the national anthem as a quarterback for the 49ers in 2016. race car driver bubba wallace says he will stay the course despite the fact somebody left a noose in his garage at the talladega raceway. >> the deal that happened yesterday, sorry i'm not wearing my mask, but i wanted to show whoever it was, you're not going to take away my smile. i'm going to keep on going. >> that was wallace following the race. drivers and crew members rallied around him before the race even started. wallace is nascar's only full-time black driver. he led part of the race before running out of gas in the final lap. and trending this morning
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grammy award winning singer beyonce released a new song in support of the black lives matter movement and took it a bit further. beyonce released her song "black parade" on juneteenth. >> also on her website she included a list of several black-owned businesses. that list covered various industries like beauty, fashion and restaurants. >> the future of electric cars. that's pretty cool. tesla's cyber truck is on display at peterson automotive museum in los angeles. the company unveiled the new set of wheels just last year in a much publicized event. it was hit by a large metal ball to show its strength. i think i remember that. it caused the glass in the windows to shatter twice. the cyber truck is on display through saturday. just when you thought it was going to work out. 4:56 for you now.
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and taking center stage on capitol hill next for you here on "today in the bay," we're going to have a live report on what's expected as the country's top doctor is set to testify about the coronavirus pandemic. plus -- >> i can't believe someone has the heart to do this and why? my child did nothing wrong. >> a woman accused of assaulting a baby at a south bay yogurt shop. her cough has her in trouble.
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so instead of doing 25 million tests let's say we did 10 million tests, we'd look like we're doing much better. >> who thinks like that? right now at 5:00, president trump stands by his comments of doing less testing, but today all eyes will be on capitol hill as dr. anthony fauci prepares to testify for the first time in weeks. a live report coming up. plus, new images of the noose recently found hanging at the sonoma raceway. up next we're going to tell you how the sheriff's office and the track leaders are responding. and more heat inland today. while some areas fight to just cut through the fog. kari hall's forecast is just seconds away. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington.
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mike is keeping an eye on the move of traffic this morning. he's going to get to that in just a bit. first, we want to talk about the forecast, starting out pretty cool for us today, kari. we know in some places it will heat up. yeah, and that's been the trend we've had, a wide range in temperatures as we start out this morning with a live look outside. we're getting ready for the sunrise in the tri-valley as we check out what's happening in dublin and looking at our temperature trend, we have some upper 50s through the start of the day. if you want to go out for a run, you have some activities to do outside, get out there before noon because then we're already at 80 degrees and 85 degrees at 1:00. you can see how fast the temperatures heat up. as we get ready to reach into the low 90s today we'll still stay in the 60s in san francisco. so we'll talk more about this and what's ahead coming up. mike, you've been watching the roads and you were watching a problem in the south bay. yeah, it's a disabled vehicle. the on ramp to 17. and slowing as we
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