coming up and, mike, you've been increase in second hand buying and the growing number of women looking at the commute this morning. what's the update for us? who say that they're changing >> no major problems as far as the way they shop. can't wait to find out about incidents going on on the that, maybe to find a coat like roadways. we see what we expect, the that. we'll be right back. >> pop some tags. we're all doing our part by staying at home. green. a little slowing out of t 205. there's a little bit of slowing popping up heading south on 101. it just cleared the last couple of minutes. you see the yellow arrow and there is some fog there. we showed that to you. we'll check it in a couple. back to you, marcus. thanks, mike. for anyone who is even half a sports fan it may be the biggest news yet to really hit us on the road to recovery. the boys of summer are coming back and there will be baseball after all, and there's more on the menu for you. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live for us at san jose's earthquake stadium to explain how soccer may help your sports fix. kris? >> reporter: yeah, i feel like one of those days we go to the ballpark and talk about the new that could mean an increase in energy bills. food offerings. this is just about as exciting

you can save by using a fan to cool off... given that we are still in the unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... pandemic. before we talk about baseball, i or closing your shades during the day. want to talk about major league soccer, football, because the stay well and keep it golden. earthquake and san jose are headed for that mls is back tournament. they're headed to play at the disney resort in orlando. players will be tested for covid-19 and there will be no fans in attendance there. however, you can watch on the partner networks. the earthquakes' schedule is coming out. we expect it will be abbreviated. to the mlb, the deal baseball players and team owners finally agreed to means 60 games, about a third of the usual season, mostly within the division, no fans allowed there either. because of covid spikes, teams will practice at home. they won't be headed to spring training. the league reserves to move teams to a different city if the coronavirus risk becomes too high. the season is expected to start in just about a month on july 23rd or the 24th.

and as marcus mentioned a moment ago, the nba is hashing out who will play in that abbreviated season for basketball. also in orlando we know the warriors are not going to be one of those 22 teams because some players have been vocal about health concerns and we do know some of the players have tested positive for covid-19 during the pandemic. stay tuned for more details on that. but i'd love to know how you're feeling about the return of sports, even if you can't go be a spectator in person, join the conversation on twitter and on facebook. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. 5:02 right now. moving forward or actually going nowhere, lawmakers in washington debate police reform today. the democrats pushing for reform are expected to block today's efforts. right now at 5:43, hey, have i want to check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live you seen these pictures and this morning to explain. people talking about the saharan good morning. dust storm heading to texas? >> reporter: hi, laura. we're going to talk more about so the big question this morning if democrats want police reform, this and the view from the

international space station, what they're expecting today and why are they blocking this? because it's the republican plan our microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. and democrats think it's a i had not seen those, so i'm watered down version of where looking forward to that, kari. they want to go and not even a meanwhile, looking at san jose, great place to start the north 101 shows the slowing we conversation. expect to see right at this time. republican's police reform plan 680 up to oakland road. now being wednesday this up for a vote today. probably won't last more than >> those youngsters today who ten minutes. we'll check on this coming up in are afraid to jog down the street or get in their car and drive. >> reporter: today's vote just a few. laura? sounds good. to debate the plan. we'll check with you, mike. democrats plan to block it. it's 544 and just in time. they say the bill is take a look at this video. fundamentally flawed. a heart stopping rescue sunday >> the question simply is this, in stanislaus county. who do you trust on police reform? the naacp or mitch mcconnell? a truck drove off the highway in an embankment, burst into >> reporter: the bill crafted by flames, trapping the driver tim scott collects data and inside. another driver pulled over to help. a deputy arrived a short time withholds federal fubnds from later to assist. police who use chokeholds but despite the risk of the truck doesn't ban them outright. exploding the pair worked republicans accuse democrats. together to frep the victim who is now expected to make a full >> we have chuck schumer with a chokehold on the justice act and recovery. california lawmakers are now our opportunity for police reform in america. rushing to investigate an

explosion of coronavirus cases >> reporter: meantime, president trump -- at state prisons including san >> lock them up. lock them up. quentin. >> reporter: is promising jail it's believed around 400 inmates time for protesters who deface are now infected. statues of confederate leaders until fairly recently they had no cases. who supported slavery. last month infected inmates were >> vandals and hoodlums and transferred in from a state these anarchists and agitators, prison in chino. across california 19 prison they're bad people. inmates have died from covid-19, they don't love our country. >> reporter: mr. trump drawing a rare rebuke from his most of them in chino. sonoma county plans to voice predecessor. >> facts don't matter. science doesn't matter. its support for the supreme court's recent decision on daca. they plan to hold a news sees the justice department as an extension, an arm of the conference to discuss supporting so-called dreamers and finding personal concerns of the alternative immigration relief. president. last week justices blocked the >> reporter: justice in washington under the microscope trump administration's effort to end daca, the program allowing and in turmoil. children of undocumented parents to avoid deportation. now president trump says he's ready right now to sign police joe biden's campaign is $11 million richer this morning reform into law, but it's the after a virtual fund-raiser last republican version of that plan, night with barack obama. and they're going to have to get some democrats onboard to even mr. obama said president trump debate it today. is, quote, disorganized and and right now, laura, it's not even clear if that can happen. mean-spirited, and the country >> we'll keep watching. is demanding change. biden also won two primaries tracie potts, thanks so much.

last night in new york and o kentucky. he's expected to formally accept the democratic party's nomination during the convention for police. in august. one of the councilmembers last well, a major hearing on night tweeting that decision to cut $2.5 million from opd. capitol hill this morning looking into politicalization of she says that vote is a slap in the justice department. the face for those who sought that's right. scott mcgrew joins us now. the accusation is that the doj much deeper cuts to police funding and faults the council goes easy on the president's for not publicly posting the budget plan ahead of time. friends. yeah, well, we certainly saw santa rosa is another city that with michael flynn, didn't debating police cuts. we? good morning. you remember flynn lied about councilmembers there will continue to talk about that his contact with russians, pled today. guilty, was prosecuted and developing this morning, sentenced, and then the doj union city police investigating a possible hate crime discovered decided it wanted to drop the sunday. charges against him after the someone spray painted racist guilty verdict. language on a car. we may see that again with trump associate roger stone, one of the career doj officials set to they also broke one of the car's windows. testify today says in a written police say the car has a black statement that prosecutors tried to cut stone a break, ease his lives matter bumper stickers. sentence because he was the president's friend. they're combing through security video for possible clues. former prosecutor will testify

california's recent what i heard repeatedly was that coronavirus surge continues. on monday alone more than 5,000 roger stone was being treated people tested positive for the differently from any other virus and 65 people died. defendant because of his relationship with the president. the accusation is attorney u.p.s. drivers are calling general bill barr is stepping in for more protections and say and influencing prosecutors for recent positive cases may be political reasons. he recommended stone's sentence slowing some package deliveries. be reduced the same day the union says five bay area president trump said the same thing on twitter. u.p.s. drivers have recently the department of justice is tested positive, two in san supposed to be nonpolitical and bruno, three in san francisco. independent. the union is demanding tighter former prosecutor szalinski will safety protocols including temperature checks upon entry, be joined to testify before the better social distancing, and house judiciary committee today. alerts when someone tests he is expected to testify that positive. >> i think the members would like to know who it is. bar ordered investigations into marijuana dispensaries simply because that would give them because barr does not like the pot industry. president trump inspected a some satisfaction of knowing they were in contact with this section of wall in yuma, person. arizona, yesterday and then >> u.p.s. says only public attended a rally at a closely packed church in phoenix where health was at stake would it he once again said people should release the names of infected not vote by mail. workers. the union would like to seeprot >> people went to the polls and

voted during world war i. they went to the polls and voted pacific heights today. this is outside the home of during world war ii. uber's ceo. so they oppose uber's effort to we can safely go to the polls fight california's new law and vote during covid-19. requiring drivers to be classified as employees and receive benefits. >> now the reason that that law took effect in january, americans, as you well know, but companies, including uber, were able to go safely to the polls during the first and lyft, and doordash are behind second world war is the first and second world wars were not the ballot measure to up-end the new law. fought here. organizers say the pandemic is now, ironically, in the modern hitting the gig economy workers day, one of the states with the especially hard with many unable highest turnout on vote by mail to pay their rent or mortgage. at 80% is arizona. it's 5:07 right now on your the other thing happening on capitol hill is police reform wednesday morning. and a stalemate there. i open the window and you can feel the cool air seeping our tracie potts has been covering that side of it. through right now. we've been tweeting about it. >> i hear the birds, too, you can find me on twitter @scott mcgrew. chirping. >> oh, can you? >> that's what i was thinking. >> sounds good. thanks so much, scott. >> it's a beautiful sound in the morning. 5:48 right now. it really is. >> they're excited. doctors in northern california >> i love it but it could say they're finding out more interfere, turn it on yet, steps to manage covid-19. a critical care physician for sutter health says she has seen

though. >> no, don't do that. three treatments that are saving we're taking in this cool air lives. the first is the drug remdesivir while we have it because it will be another hot day, and take a and then steroids and now look at the sunrise that we have happening right now over walnut avoiding ventilators. creek as we get started and listen to this. >> initially we all were ready to head out the door, our temperatures are in the upper thinking we had to put everybody on a ventilator. 50s. but then as we head to noon we'll be closing those windows now we're pulling back on that realizing the patients actually and turning on the air conditioning as we head to 84 don't need ventilators and they're doing much better with degrees. a look at our micro climates and high levels of oxygen and just waiting for their body to our high temperatures for today. recover on its own. now you'll still have the natural air conditioning in san >> dr. walker says as the francisco and along the coastline as well as parts of economy recovers there's a way the inner bay, but the valleys, to find a balance in reopening no help here even in santa clara and safety by continuing to wear valley, we're in the upper 80s those masks, social distancing, today and for the tri-valley we're up to 93 in livermore. and hand washing. the three things we keep saying the north bay reaching 98 in over and over. got to be a habit, marcus. >> absolutely. ukiah. so we'll get a look at our i do it all the time. microclimates and a much cooler forecast for the weekend coming -- up. mike, now you have a traffic >> you'd better be. alert. >> this one might be a shocker i do, kari, thanks for that. to you. amid the pandemic there's now a we're looking at the map. surge in shopping for overall things are just fine. second-hand clothing. the sig alert or traffic alert >> that's right. by chp is in the north bay and, maybe people are trying to save a little money here.

in fact, i've marked it as a the resale market, they say, is crash as you'll see on the on the uptick. graphic. now it's getting a boost from we don't even know if that's really the case. customers feeling the current we know there is an alert westbound 80 heading to travis, economic squeeze. 70% of women now say they're and i see it quickly slowing open to buying second hand starting back at air base parkway for folks traveling clothes. and trending for you that through fairfield out of morning it is now much easier vacaville and heading in down to for you to buy lost items found the split there at cordelia. at airport baggage claims. we will watch for updates from i'm sure they got some of my chp. all i can tell you is it is things there, too. slowing if you jump on i-80 or now you can browse those items on the internet. 680 across the carquinez and n for over 50 years those items have been going to an alabama store named unclaimed baggage. benicia bridge. i think there was even a show back to you. thanks so much, mike. about it. now it is online. 5:09 right now. you can buy everything from a disturbing discovery. expensive glasses, those still ahead at 5:25 on "today in sunglasses, to even hover the bay," the recent find in boards. i know i lost my beats earphones south lake tahoe now launching a hate crime investigation. as well as my ear pods on a plane traveling to paris earlier the stock market hits new this year. highs despite the bad news and >> i thought you were going to more advertisers leave facebook. say your hover board. ♪ >> i left them both there. yeah. that hit me hard.

>> there we go. and now to our tribute instead of going to alabama celebrating the class of 2020. we'll just go online. here on "today in the bay" we >> we will. >> all right, so no more birds actually want to highlight those graduates who have made it chirping this morning. through the school year, i had to shut my window and i turned the air on already, kari. graduating but not with the it's hot. ceremony because of the pandemic, of course. i know, it's going to be a our great grads segment is a big hot day, and it's definitely way to celebrate those going to be hot in texas today. graduates. these are six high school we're talking about parts of the students who graduated this year. south because you may have seen we want to say congratulations this on social media. to them and all of their classmates. i've seen it all over the place look, if you have a graduate you want to celebrate, send us one talking about this big plume of of those candid photos of the saharan dust traveling across graduate and you might see them here on "today in the bay." the atlantic all the way to the you can send them to me or southeast. so as we look at that video this laura. is coming from the satellite laura garcia nbc bay area and loops. you can see that brown surge marcus washington nbc bay area that goes over those caribbean both on facebook. islands and heads over across we can't wait to get those photos from you. the atlantic into the gulf. again, congratulations to all of you can see that saharan dust. the graduates. you say that customers make their own rules. now this actually happens every year. it cuts down on the tropical activity but it gives the sky this milky white appearance, and

i certainly saw that when i lived in louisiana. looking at lake pontchartrain right there you can see the people that are out there looking at those milky white skies and so that's what they're going to see today as well as tomorrow. as we look at how it looks on satellite imagery, it's so large and the reason they're talking about that. so we're going to continue to monitor that for today for let's talk data. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your louisiana and texas as well as wireless data whenever. over the next couple of days. i accept! 5g - everybody's talking about it. i posted some of those pictures on my social media. how do i get it? everyone gets 5g with our new data options at no extra cost. i'm @karihallweather. that's good. let's get to our forecast. next item - corner offices for everyone. we have an amazing sun rise this just have to make more corners in this building. morning, and i love to see your chad? sunrise pictures as well on my your wireless your rules. only with xfinity mobile. social media pages this is now that's simple easy awesome. looking to clayton this morning. switch and save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. and it is so beautiful, all plus get $200 off a new samsung galaxy s20 ultra. those colors in the sky, probably what they'll see in texas to make the sunrises and sunsets beautiful. as we look at high temperatures, we'll reach into the low 90s inland but will stay in the 60s near the coastline and, mike, you've been watching the

commute. what's the update for us? you know, not so bad. we're into the summer months officially now and looking at summertime lighter commute as we look at the bay bridge we have no problems. there are no major backups and a smooth flow of traffic getting there. the low clouds above the deck here and the golden gate bridge. the maps show you smooth drives through contra costa county and your bank can be virtually any place you are. you can deposit checks from here. across the bay. and you can see your transactions circle that slowing in san jose. and check your balance from here. a live look shows you it is and pay bills from here. because your bank isn't just one place. indeed easing up over the last few minutes, even getting it's virtually any place you are. lighter. back to you. just download and use the chase mobile app. >> thanks, mike. happening for you now a visit chase.com/mobile. confederate monument from north carolina's state capitol grounds is gone. overnight a large crane was brought in to remove that 75-foot monument. the memorial's two bronze soldier statues were toppled by protesters on friday. last week the state's governor ordered all monuments on the capitol grounds to be moved, quote, to protect public safety. much more ahead on "today in the bay" this wednesday morning including new video to show you

of the damage left behind in mexico and central america by the powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake. a lot more news ahead. it's 5:54. you're watching "today in the bay." look here, it's your very own all-in-one right now at 5:13 we check out our temperature trend in mountain view, we have a nice morning ahead. we start out with low 60s and reach into the mid-70s by lunch time. you'll want to take the lunch outside. we will have a wide range in temperatures across the bay area. we'll talk about this and the weekend forecast which is cooler for all of us coming up. and i still don't have much more detail but i do see more slowing in the north bay where we have our traffic alert westbound 80 coming down through fairfield right around air base parkway things are starting to

slow heading to travis. again, don't know exactly what's going on in the roadway. we'll follow that and another issue for the south bay. a very happy wednesday to you. more companies are pausing their advertising on facebook. magnolia and ben & jerry's and eddie bauer are joining the north face and patagonia and rei among others. critics say at a time when the vast majority of americans support changes to support entertainment experience, xfinity x1. equality, facebook is allowing content that divides us. it's the easiest way to watch live tv the naacp says, quote, and all your favorite streaming apps. facebook's profits will never be worth promoting hate, bigotry, and now x1 also comes with peacock. ooh la la. racism, anti-semitism and this rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, violence. twitter has once again slapped a shows, news, sports and more. warning on one of president with x1, it's all at your beck and call. trump's tweets for violating the show me "parks and rec." network's term of service for see? the best really did get better! promoting violence. twitter has done this at least magnificent. xfinity x1 just got even better twice before. futures call for a lower opening on wall street this morning, but with peacock premium included for no additional cost. markets have been doing no strings attached.

remarkably well considering the bad news we continue to get about reopening the economy and the cost it has. california is setting a new daily record in infections. texas says it may run out of hospital beds in some cities. parts of florida has done that. the nasdaq has climbed to new records as apple moves to a new high. yesterday, dr. fauci did say he was cautiously optimistic about a vaccine as soon as the end of the year. cnbc says the united kingdom is reaching out to highly skilled tech workers who have or want american h-1b visas to come work in the uk. president trump monday suspended new visas. current visa holders are unaffected. we saw this, laura and marcus, this brain drain during the 2009 recession. a lot of people lost their jobs and, remember, if you're here on an h-1b job, you lose your job, you lose your visa. welcome back. so canada stepped in and said, 5:57. a louisville police officer

hey, if you can involved in the deadly shooting of breonna taylor has now been supply for yourself, fend for fired. yourself inre. this is more than three weeks after the incident. we'll host you. the police department released you can find a job eventually, the termination letter sent to become a canadian. >> wow. that's pretty huge. and then they can in turn boost brett hankinson saying he showed their economy eventually. indifference to the value of interesting. human life. this is when he shot ten rounds >> exactly. into breonna's apartment. >> thanks, scott. 5:16 for you that morning. they were serving a no-knock and trending, a star-studded warrant. it turned out the suspect did not live there. call for change. mariah carey, rihanna and lizzo are among those set to send a new details out of seattle. letter to congress seeking time to wind down on a police free zone that spotted up in the endorsement of the george floyd wake of protests. justice and policing act. this calls for police reform. the letter voiced support for there have been recent reports of violence. so leaders say now that peaceful the black lives matter movement and the purn for all forms of protests can continue during the government to serve the community. day but people have to clear out meanwhile, to celebrate pride at night. month, lgbtq singer who is authorities in south lake really sharing something good for us this morning and with the tahoe are investigating a really bizarre and disturbing discovery world. ♪ i'm on the right track they made and are calling it a

i was born this way ♪ hate incident. officers found a black doll with a rope around its neck hanging >> that's, of course, lady from a line yesterday. gaga's "born this way," one of they are now trying to find the the songs featured in the person or people involved. soundtracks of pride. different artists are making new details on an unusual play lists of songs that helped tree controversy. the world's 11th largest giant shape them in their formative years. the play lists are available on pride.com. sequoia will remain being named that is quite the video. for confederate general robert e. lee. this as two california national parks are removing all mentions of lee from exhibits, printed pamphlets and online. congress or the national park >> i agree that is quite the service director must agree to video. >> no kidding. all right. well, we're going to need our change a tree's name. bathing suits. i don't know about the bikini san francisco black-led just yet but when the organizations plan to talk today temperatures warm up, boy, you want to find somewhere cool. about boosting equity and financial disadvantages they believe black businesses face, seeking solutions to address hopefully you have a pool to those inequities. cool off if you're in the inland that meeting starts at 11:00 valleys. this morning. if not we'll have to take it in new video showing police and while we have it. we're looking at the fog over volunteers clearing debris from san francisco and it's been hovering over the city the past few mornings and what keeps the the middle of mexico. temperatures in the 60s here and then we had our facebook friend

a powerful earthquake struck the jennifer kind of confirming that coast of southern mexico yesterday. fog just lingered all day in half moon bay with this picture. she sent it to hall weather so they cut off isolated villages. make sure you're following happening today ride share drivers plan to protest in the it's the sunrise or what's going pacific heights outside the home object in your micro climates. of uber's ceo. we know it's vastly different across the bay area especially this time of year. the new law requiring drivers to so as we look at our forecast be classified as employees and for today, once again a wide receive benefits. range in temperatures with our the law took effect in january highs that will reach into the but companies including uber, low 60s near the coast but it will be as hot as 101 degrees up lyft, and door dash are now behind a ballot measure to near clear lake for the inland up-end the new law. organizers say the pandemic is valleys and the east bay. we're looking at low to mid-90s. hitting gig economy workers in oakland today we'll get a little bit of that breeze and especially hard with many unable to pay their rent or mortgage. keep it in the 70s today while san jose will reach into the upper 80s. right now at 6:00, let's play our overall weather pattern shows that high pressure is just ball. the american pastime finally to the west of us and is nailing down its future. bringing in a very weak onshore we'll have a live report on next month's return and all the details fans have really waited flow. the inland valleys, we'll all months for. catch a break by the end of the

weekend as the storm system plus -- >> those youngsters who today brings in cooler air and are afraid to jog down the possibly a chance of sierra storms for us that's going to be street. >> who do you trust on police breezy and also much cooler. reform, the naacp or mitch so our seven-day forecast shows mcconnell? >> the senate hold a key vote on we'll be in the low 90s today, a republican plan to reform police. tomorrow. we'll drop it down to the low a live report on why democrats say the bill does not go far 80s by sunday and early next enough. week we stay in the low 80s and a hate crime which is normal for this time of investigation in the east bay. the search for suspects who year. it's been so hot, we've kind of forgotten what we're supposed to vandalize a car carrying a black be feeling for this time of lives matter sign. year. next the tough response from heading over to you, mike, you've been tracking the traffic police. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now.>> alert. what's the update now? i think i can clear traffic. > and a very good morning to you. there's overnight construction heading d cordelia around west texas. chp said it's no longer an alert, it's just a traffic advisory. i think they ran a quick traffic break and maybe another one to get equipment out of the area.

that may be what's going on. once you get past that everything is fine getting in to the rest of the bay. the bay bridge, the contra costa approach, everything is moving smoothly without issue. there's no fog at the golden gate bridge and no surprise, a car went off the road. i've circled it for west 580, no slowing near the livermore scales but i will follow that and let you know anything that affects your drive or the rest of our day here. we do have reports of a small roadside fire. we often see the overpasses at 85 and winchester. we're going to track that to make sure there are no buildings involved. back to you. sounds good. we'll check back. 5:20. a new surge in coronavirus cases, next on "today in the bay," the state is seeing the largest spike and one governor now asking everyone to stay home. but first, our team always on social media, how about a mog or anytime today, so it is the

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5:23 right now. new video shows police and volunteers clearing debris from a collapsed colonial building in the middle of mexico. a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the coast of southern mexico yesterday. at least four people were killed. the quake buckled paved roads and cut off isolated villages. developing now a louisville police officer involved in that deadly shooting of breonna taylor has now been fired, more than three months after she was killed in her home. the police department actually released a termination letter sent to the officer saying he violated procedure by showing extreme indifference to the value of human life when he shot

ten rounds into taylor's apartment. officers were serving a no-knock warrant during a narcotics investigation but it turned out the suspect did not live there. new details out of seattle this morning, that's where leaders say that it's time to wind down the police free zone that sprouted up two weeks ago in the wake of protests. activists have been occupying a six-block area but there have been recent reports of violence. leaders now say that peaceful protests can continue during the day but that area needs to be cleared at night. authorities in south lake tahoe are investigating a really bizarre discovery and it's disturbing as well and they're now calling it a hate incident. officers found a black doll with a string around its neck hanging from a power line yesterday. now trying to find the person or people involved. infection continues to surge across the u.s.

seven states are reporting some of their highest numbers of new cases including right here in california with more than 5,000. meanwhile, texas is now urging all residents to stay home this is due to a record high number approaching 5,500 yesterday. 5:26. next top stories that we're following including a growing debate over police in classrooms. a live report on the east bay school district set to vote today on a proposal to remove officers. also ahead for you, nascar's bubba wallace reacts to those findings from the fbi that the rope found in his garage at talladega had been there for months. we'll have more for you coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 5:30 a crucial vote, oakland schools and the state superintendent plans to address the issue of schools across california. plus -- >> we're seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations. >> coronavirus rates and hospitalizations are on the rise in the bay area and across the state. xt, what's fueling the spike and what health officials are saying. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on the commute this morning. let's start out with

meteorologist kari hall who is dealing with a lot of fog throughout the bay area this morning. especially along the coastline. inland areas won't see too much of that and that's the reason the temperatures heat up quickly as we head over to the tri-valley starting out with a look at the temperatures in the upper 50s throughout the next couple of hours. and then we see that trend going straight up as we get ready for another hot day. we'll reach up to 82 degrees at 1:00 and our temperatures jumping several degrees an hour as we go into the afternoon as we get ready for highs to reach 93 degrees. for the coastal areas still nice and cool as that fog remains there today. we'll talk about the spread in temperatures and a cooldown for us all heading into the weekend coming up. mike, you've been watching the roads, and it looks like that one trouble spot is clearing up. that's right. no longer an alert for fairfield and i'll show that you closer coming up. i did want to show you a close-up of the golden gate bridge across the bay easier. kari is talking about the fog,

but right here where chp also warned about it it's cleared from the deck at this present moment. as we look at the map we see no delays across the golden gate bridge or across the bay bridge or the approach to the bay bridge, a good drive around the rest of the bay slowing out of the altamont. a crash for west 580 looks like a car is off the roadway. as far as traffic goes, no problem and no major injuries. back to you, marcus. a major move that will be watched around the bay and the state for that matter, san francisco unified is ending its relationship with police. this as oakland unified is trying to decide whether to end its police force. >> reporter: the recent protests over the death of george floyd and the broader questions over racial inequality here in this country have raised questions about the effectiveness of law enforcement on campus and mentioned just yesterday san

francisco unified voted to no longer partner with the police department according to sfgate.com. the state's superintendent of public instruction will announce how california is going to re-evaluate the role police should play on campuses throughout the state and how that presence might negatively affect students. incidentally the school board will vote later this afternoon on whether or not to dissolve its officers and replace them with peacekeeping ambassadors. yesterday hundreds of parents and students rallied to convince the board to say yes to this proposal. steve kerr also led his voice to the movement, which he describes as a real reckoning for america. >> to me this is what it's about, you have to learn and understand what's happening out there. >> there have been some corrales for counseling, calls for trauma services.

>> reporter: yesterday los angeles school district board voted against a similar proposal to slash its police department budget. some board members voted no because they said there wasn't an alternative plan to ensure the safety of their students. bob redell, "today in the bay." now to the coronavirus concerns sweeping the country and the bay area. nearly 21,000 cases here. 538 people have died. santa clara county reported 122 new cases and more patients hospitalized. in the meantime there are added concerns in the north bay as well. sonoma county saw its largest single day increase since the pandemic began and some were specific members of the community. bay by's cierra johnson joins us

live with what health leaders are saying. good morning, cierra. >> reporter: yes, good morning. health officials here in sonoma county on high alert after they reported 50 new corona cases on monday alone. that's a 36% increase from the day before. shifting to two specific communities. skilled nursing facilities as well as the county's homeless population. now according to "the press democrat" the recent spike in cases is due to community spread. the county's health officer highlighting an unnamed business that provides services to the homeless and an unnamed nursing facility. now that paper reports health officials are working to contact those who tested positive to determine who they may have come in contact with and are working to relocate some of those homeless individuals to alternative shelters like community centers and this major outbreak comes one week after a smaller outbreak was traced to a

winery here in sonoma county. three people tested positive. they did not have contact with the public. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." new for you this morning, nascar driver bubba wallace is speaking out on the "today" show and still believes a noose was left in his garage, this is despite what the fbi found. the fbi investigators determined that there was no hate crime. this is when a rope was spotted in wallace's garage at the talladega speedway in alabama. investigators say the rope had been in the same stall for months. this is since at least october. a previous team said they used the rope to pull the door shut. this is wallace. >> it, in fact, was a noose, not a functioning noose, but it was a noose. whoever had the time to create that and tie it up like that, they were skeptical about it.

first by driving the black lives matter car and then he was asking nascar to ban the presence of the confederate flag at all racing tracks. the head of antioch's police union is in hot water over comments he made on his personal facebook page. the east bay times says it's prompting a protest later today. now the post from union president had to do with a meme showing a protester giving the middle finger to a police officer. he replied, i believe an open face flap is appropriate. the meme and comment have been deleted. he's since clarified it was taken out of context and he would never promote violence on anyone.

protesters are calling for his resignation. leaders admit change will come with a lot of time and effort. police unions typically resist, saying it may hurt an officer's promotion. one police commissioner believes there's still room for middle ground to be found. >> this is a time we should move forward with unsealing records. >> they tell us the new city contract is on the table. more transparency will likely be a focal point. there is a catch may help with the guidelines. one of the provisions gives governor newsom the right to withhold social safety net funding for any county that does not comply with state or federal

rules including his recent statewide mask order. critics blast it as a one size fits all mandate. they reached a deal monday but it still has to be approved. one week from today contra costa county takes a big step in its reopening process. bars, gyms, indoor dining, hotels, arcades and bowling alleys will have the green light to reopen. nail waxing and massage salons can we open and indoor dining can resume. 85 more cases were reported in the county yesterday bringing that to more than costa county alone. palo alto leaders have followed through on some major budget cuts they were looking at. palo alto online reports councilmembers this week agreed

to more than $41 million in cuts. affected areas include public safety, community services, libraries, planning, and transportation. 32 positions with the city's police and fire departments are also being eliminated. all right. it's time to take a look at that forecast for us today. we know the heatup will continue but then some areas will not feel it at all, kari. >> it's all over the place especially this time of year. as we look at our beautiful sun rise over mission peak this morning. if you plan on heading out for a hike, go early before it really starts to warm up. our temperatures will be comfortable to start out with our sun rise. we will be in the mid-60s. at 10:00 we're still good, low 70s. at noon you'll feel we're in the mid-80s.

a warm and breezy day, stay hydrated and we're going to see some of our hottest temperatures in the 90s and close to 100 degrees. we'll talk more about this coming up and, mike, you're talking about the morning commute. how is it looking now? kari, we still have slowing. chp did advise us that there will be slowing through fairfield around travis parkway and that's what we see there's a construction project that does demand more time. they didn't expect to be down below 20 miles an hour. everything is cleared by the time you get to west texas, cordelia, the benicia bridge is cleared. we're seeing a little build in san jose. i'll show that you live camera coming up. for now, back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:40. teaming up to push for your vote. still ahead on "today in the bay," the campaign cash joe bri deny just brought in with the help of his former partner in the white house.

and a major accusation that the doj is politicizing its job. we'll take a look. ♪ i'm going to pop some tags >> you're probablyhe big