and zoo staff didn't really know in, especially later this why. he was brought to the state's evening. but notice all the clouds that will be rolling from south to veterinary center in redwood north. city. doctors there offered to give that is the humidity and that him an mri, something that would will keep our temperatures from cooling off that much tonight usually cost thousands of dollars and they did it for and then by saturday, the free. it's hard financial crunc humidity gradually starts to drop after the remnants of that tropical system move on by. for them and als the best we we combine the humidity with temperatures over 100 degrees. can. it's going to be oppressive any time we can help them out, we're happy to do it. tomorrow. so, make sure you're taking >> the zoo expects results in breaks and staying hydrated and just a few days and we'll watch for those results and hoping the then even for saturday as the hyena does okay. humidity continues to go down, laughing again. right now at 6:00, breaking the hot weather remains. we're still looking at hot news we're following. temperatures into the start of raging out of control. next week. if you're thinking of going to a wildfire in los angeles county the coast, well, even san forcing people out of their francisco will have a warm up. we're in the upper 70s here. homes by the minute. and, mike, you've been keeping flames race across thousands of an eye on several slow spots for the commute. acres. next, we'll have the latest on >> yeah, but, kari, the the firefight and the growing fire concerns right here in the bay area. temperatures the highway for 92 plus, looking for you. getting over towards half moon bay is especially crowded on a live vaccine trial getting under way right here at home and exactly who researchers want to

join. thursday, friday on a hot and unwanted visitors weekend exactly what we have. 92 right now the san mateo behaving badly in tahoe. bridge, that is jammed. look at that westbound crawling over towards the high rise. still no detail on any of my next the cost the region is sources as far as what is officially going on. racking up as "today in the bay" but i do believe from 15 years continues right noa. of experience, it's likely a crew there doing some quick repair work and that may clear . and a very good thursday morning to you. soon as sometimes the slowest thanks for joining us. drive happens just before they i'm laura garcia. do clear. the map shows you it's slow >> i'm marcus washington. across the san mateo bridge over mike is keeping an eye on that commute and, first, start out a half hour as you come out of with that forecast. hayward down to slowing for 880. meteorologist kari hall has been the dumbarton bridge is clearer talking and we have been tracking the creep up in the and easier getting through the temperatures and today may be area. that is great news for folks the last day we may get a little over there. the rest of the bay recovers relief. >> well, today is where we're well. bay bridge toll plaza a slower going to start to feel those temperatures going up. drive through berkeley on the let's head over to the trivalley approach because of the after effects. the ripple from the earlier and pleasanton. issue on the span, which has we start off this morning with a cleared. back to you. nice, comfortable start to the >> all right, thanks, mike. day with low 60s, but you can well, happening now for you, see how fast these temperatures climb. by 1:00, we're at 95 degrees rio de janeiro prepares to reopen the main attraction. the train and road that lead to here. in fact, some spots will reach over 100 degrees this afternoon. christ the redeemer statue along and then by this evening, the with the cable car up sugar loaf humidity starts to go up. mountain and the aquarium all

so, our temperatures won't drop back in business. the number of people who have that much tonight. we'll talk more about this and died from the virus in the city where we have the heat advisory has gone down during the past that will be in down for a lot y few days but by wednesday, the number had climbed. brazil has been one of the worst area>> that's right, kari. hit by covid-19. in fact, a couple issues for folks driving out of the east coming up next, a look at bay. let's start with the bay bridge. the top stories and "today in that's the big one kari is the bay" exclusive. we'll talk live with state talking about. look at the span from our superintendent of schools tony therman about kids not returning to the classroom. emeryville camera and all the experience the ultimate sports hub. way to the incline and quick, quick recovery getting towards treasure island. the sensors haven't caught up with that but the bay bridge moving smoothly and toll plaza out of the maze. 880 coming over that overcrossing and san mateo bridge and now the other slow down is in fremont north 880. there is a crew clearing right around auto mall parkway from overnight construction. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. well, this is breaking news we're following and a

fast-moving fire threatening thousands of homes in southern california. it is called the lake fire and burning just north of los angeles in santa clarita. brand-new video to show you, as well, into our newsroom shot by our sister station in southern california from their helicopter. kind of giving you that aerial view there. this fire has exploded in size from 400 acres to an estimated 10,000 acres in just a couple of hours. it all started yesterday afternoon and fueled by high winds and really dry conditions in the hillsides there. today temperatures are actually expected to be a little bit cooler so they're hoping that this will aid firefighters in their figre fight. officials set up shelters for people having to be evacuated from their homes in some of the where you can find games, news and highlights. parking lots but they're telling people that they have to stay in all in one place, right on your tv. their cars. the xfinity sports zone. we're continuing to follow what is going on as well as checking use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. in with our sister station in

los angeles for any updates. of course, we'll bring those to follow the teams you love. you. in the meantime, happening and, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. today pg&e is preparing for so you'll never miss an update. power shut off this fire season, but they're vowing that this with the xfinity sports zone year will be different. everybody wins. california public utilities now that's simple, easy, awesome. commission and pg&e will hold a click, call or visit a store for details. meeting on the company's preparedness for the upcoming shut off. the press democrat reports pg&e says it will cut the number of customers who lose power down by one-third due to making smaller sections in the electoral grid. that meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. well, as many states grapple with covid-19 cases and businesses struggle to stay afloat in these uncertain times, the medical community is forging ahead on the surge forsearch fo vaccine. cierra johnson is there to plain where researchers are on that search and how a lot of people can help out. cierra. >> exactly. in the midst of the pandemic those researchers were working to find a new vaccine and a new

vaccine with new technology and a critical part of that process is finding participants and looking for a specific pool. looking for african-american and welcome back to a "today in latino participants for that the bay" exclusive this thursday vaccine study. now, this call for participants morning as students are heading is happening both here in back to school, students across the bay area are starting to california, as well as in ore n oregon. thousands of kaiser patients are begin that new school year with distance returning. we've all been talking about it. being asked to take part in this joining us live to talk about some of the changes coming into study to test a few vaccine from the school year is california pfizer and a german company. the hospital system is looking for 1,400 participants in both state superintendent tony thurmond. thank you for joining us this states and hoping to have a morning. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome, laura. large three-state study to make sure that drug is safe. now, take a listen to why thank you. >> why hasn't the state made an researchers say this vaccine is different from others in the online lesson plans for all the works. >> what's called a dna vaccine district. all the districts are having to plan and purchase their own. do you think this is creating that you may have also heard more of a divide, though, about. a new technology for vaccines between some of the wealthy schools and those that are and no currently licensed really struggling? >> there actually are lesson vaccines developed using this plans for districts but what technology. >> now, researchers say those you're referring to is local who take part in the study will be given a placebo or a vaccine decisionmaking even though i'm

and monitored for two years. the state superintendent there are a thousand districts and now, the study has already begun they make up their own decision about what they want to use. where the divide is greatest is the lack of computing devices. enroll say if the study is probably still a million students without them. our office has worked with ucis ses f providers to make another successful, it will be set for computing devices with internet distribution and if you'more capabilities to our school districts as many of them are scrambling to get computing devices in hot spots right now. information on our website >> i know that's a for a lot of these districts. nbcbayarea.com for more hard to believe in our state of information on how to enroll. california we're dealing with >> thanks, cierra. this. you know, also, you're dealing continuing with the with the emotional needs and the coronavirus talk a new stanford social needs of these kids. study on why covid-19 affects people in different ways. they've been affected by the a sunnyvale family said they all pandemic, are you giving advice contracted the family and they to teachers on how to deal with all had different symptoms. that? >> there's no question that the he was hospitalized for a week. pandemic has, you know, caused his wife and two kids recovered an increase in depression and at home. other challenges for our students. the most important thing that say why family members who teachers and parents can do contract the same strain of the right now is care for the well being of our kids. virus have varying symptoms and they made a few discoveries make sure they're checked in. make sure they're okay. we will have plenty of time to here. >> interesting condition such as get to all the academic content.

diabetes and hypertension and right now our educators are doing a great job of preparing, our parents are doing a great age can have the effects on the job and our students. i want to commend them, our progression of the disease and the disease severity. administrators. right now our focus should just >> researchers say that it will stay on supporting the well being of our students. still take more studies to determine why some patients get we as a state have convened a sicker than others. 6:07 for you this morning. counseling coalition so school oakland school leaders and counselors are working together teachers come to a tentative to provide support to our students. that has to be among our top agreement of what the new school priority. year will look like. safety first, of course, which distance learning on monday and is why we're distance learning and then, of course, taking care both sides settled on terms that of the social emotional learning offer teachers flexibility and of our students. >> are you worried about, you ensure students have live interaction, but the exact know, california schools and the details, they're still being fine tuned. that agreement comes following a students really not being up to month of negotiations between the performance levels of where the two sides. they are going to need to be because of this pandemic? san francisco state university making it easier for >> there's no question that the students to transfer after a "e pandemic has exacerbated learning gaps that we were already working to close before the pandemic. university lost more than 2,000 but the reality is that students students this year because of the pandemic. are always learning. in the past, the transfer and we have to just think about students were required to be different ways to engage them. enrolled in community college

for two years. now, the biggest challenge is not the case any more. students will need to show they've taken the basic math and when students don't have access to computing devices. that makes it hard to keep up in writing classes and s.a.t. scores are not required. realtime with information and there are ways to off set that what a change. well, protest is set for with strong family engagement this morning as thousands of san programs to keep families engaged and make sure all of our francisco renters fight to make it in the bay. families know where to get meals as we've been reporting, the city is looking to end emergency and students need to be able to see their teachers and have some rule on evictions. this morning, in fact, supporters of the eviction live instruction and these moratorium plan to protest in things are important. front of the state building on no question this is the biggest golden gate avenue. challenge we ever experienced in back in april, the judicial council voted to ban from prosecuting eviction cases from do that. again, i want to command our people who couldn't pay rent students, parents, teachers, because of the pandemic. this is hard. but everyone is leaning in and now the council is looking to together we'll be able to do this and keep our kids safe and reinstate the rule. ensure they get a great well, hundr morning. education. >> we're running out of time here and i am glad you brought up the parents, as well. now, we just checked with east you need that family engagement. bay and it said repairs are you have working parents and being done right now to fix 16 water main breaks. single parents. what advice do you give to them? >> some school districts are working to create a child care 300 east bay customers in

berkeley, emery ville and parts pod for working parents even though 97% of our schools are of oakland are affected. they believe the cause of the opening in distance learning but those districts will create a break is because of aging pipes child care pod that creates an that couldn't handle the opportunity for working parents. pressure. some school districts are asking water is expected to be restored by this afternoon. for waivers that allow them to a warning going out to open up small class sizes in the tourists that head to lake tahoe. don't trash our home. lake tahoe residents say they're kindergarten through sixth fed up with people coming in grade. i just encourage everyone to droves to visit the area and continue to be safe and continue possibly spreading covid-19. to wear face mask and social a post on facebook is now going viral of a man saying the number distance. once we flatten this curve, we of tours coming every weekend continues to rise. people have been trashing can get our kids back where they belong in school and in person. beaches and they say that some >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, be well. cities in that area, they're all school is starting for so different cities and regions are many kids and it has already. not doing anything about it. starts for mine next week and we're just going to juggle and some locals plan to protest this get through it. weekend demanning that the city >> getting through it with hot prohibit tourists from this temperatures today, kari. area. >> it has to be a balance to >> yeah. help out some of the small and we always say, let those businesses up there, but you do really want to respect the lake. i mean, we're always saying keep it blue. kids run in the backyard and get very important. energy out. temperatures like this inland

>> laura, laura, we're getting a reaching into the upper 90s and text and it says that you are considered a local. even 104 degrees tomorrow. so, you're okay. that is going to be the hottest day also coming with some >> i do. humidity. mike, are there any issues for i think even viewers know that i the morning commute? >> yeah, the big issue, kari, is pretty much, if i'm not living here, i'm living there. the san mateo bridge. what you're looking at right now >> and you go to the same place. westbound on our right side and you're not going from one house to another house and, so, yeah. starting to move better over the last three minutes and from the >> no, no. speed sensors, it looks like it's very interesting. it's so important. whatever is going on at the high this is my bubble and that's my rises now moving slowly towards bubble. i just transfer my little bubble foster city. from here to there. avoid the san mateo bridge. >> sometimes you need two take the dumbarton bridge. bubbles. >> yeah. a lot easier drive there. few more miles. >> you need fresh air. i was spoiled, though. as it comes back to all of us, a it was so cool up there and reminder about highway 92 half pretty warm and gets cool at night and feels like it is kind moon bay and the coast that will of hot here in the bay area, be jammed during this hot weather. kari. >> yeah, it's going to be hot here and there will even be a >> all right, sounds good. thanks so much, mike. chance of storms over the sierra we'll put that intendent of this weekend. as we start out with a nice, schools online, as well. thanks for joining us. quiet start to our morning, this is the last little bit of the cool weather we have before those temperatures really start to ramp up. let's get you out the door in good morning. good morning antioch as you get ready to head

out for the morning commute and we're going to see temperatures good morning off and running. in the mid 60s, but if you're >> she's tough she's experienced. she's a proven fighter >> joe biden officially leaving later in the morning or introduces senator kamala harris running errands, expect it to as his running mate. heat up pretty fast. >> america is crying out for already at 93 degrees at 1:00 this afternoon. here's a look at high temperatures for today. leadership in some spots 10 degrees hotter yet we have a president who than it was yesterday as we look cares more about himself than at oakland today, we're reaching the people who elected him >> president trump on the 80 degrees while napa will be 93 attack >> she mocked him. degrees and palo alto reaching 87. talk about hotter weather in tomorrow's forecast. that's coming up. openly mocked him. that's why i thought that was a very risky pick. >> are the polling tightening mike, how is it looking for that with the election just 82 days commute? >> better than the forecast as far as i'm concerned. looking over here, we do have a very slow drive. the bay bridge, the back up at the toll plaza started early just after 5:20 this morning and it's still there. that is the focus of the morning commute right now. now, look at your map. we actually have very good recovery as far as how quickly it's happening across the span. the map shows speed sensors approaching treasure island are clear now and the backup at the toll plaza coming off the maze

and the 880 overkraucrossing no back in the green zone. that is how light the traffic is around the bay. everything else looks great and the san mateo bridge flashing lights westbound away from us and looks like they have cleared the span and around the right shoulder and double checking with chp and not reporting anything right now. we'll track it. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. all right. we're being all clean and sanitizing, right? what is on those surfaces? still ahead at 6:25 right here on "today in the bay" the everyday items we all touch that may have that covid-19 virus on it. what a new investigation reveals. lyft says it will join uber in the threat of shutting down its app in california for months. we'll tell you why, coming up. grab your popcorn and your bonbons as we take a lfutures. i want you to hold tight to those because soon we could see a return to amc theaters.

we'll talk about the reopening process that is being talked about right now coming up for you after the break. 6:12.

right now at 6:15, we're getting ready for excessive heat across the bay area and all areas shaded in red will be included in a heat risk starting

tomorrow at noon continuing through sunday. we'll talk more about this and how hot it will get. that is coming up in a few minutes. again, checking san mateo bridge live view and still see flashing lights off in the distance along the flat section. not an issue. looks like a cal tranand folks are slowing to move over. one lane might be blocked there. as we look at the other shot for fremont great recovery after that crew cleared. no problem for speeds just north of tesla. and good morning and a very happy thursday to you, as well. san francisco's lyft says it may join uber in that threat to shut down its app in california for several months. this all has to do with ab5 which forces so-called gig economy companies to be reclassifying their jobs. lyft and uber have been ordered by a court to consider their drivers employees under ab5 not

empty independent workers and neither company wants to do that. they appealed the court ruling but say if they lose the appeal, they may stop operations in california until november when a proposition ending ab5 appears on the california ballot. president trump says he wants to end payroll taxes altogether but that is what pays for your social security. he doesn't want to end social security either and the funding for your social security checks will come out of the general fund. we'll talk more about social security as we talk politics coming up in a half an hour. now we just got the first-time jobless claims. the number of people telling their states they lost their job and they need unemployment assistance. it fell below a million people for the first time in 21 weeks. that is good news, unless, of course, you are one of the 963,000 people who lost their job last week. that's every day.

so, that's roughly the population of sunnyvale every single day. vmware in the south bay are going to add to that. they're laying off, figuring out how many people that is. vmware employs about 31,000 people. cisco says it needs to cut costs, as well. cisco one of the largest employers in san jose. in a conference call with reporters yesterday, cisco ceo said sales were down, but no specific talk about job cuts. and take a look at this, marcus and laura. this is rei's new headquarters in bellevue, washington, near seattle. the company has not moved in yet and now they're saying they would like to sell it because this idea of having your entire corporation in one giant building seems these days like maybe not a very good idea. even perhaps beyond the pandemic. we've already seen this with facebook, for instance. facebook told its employees not only should you come back until

next summer but, indeed, some of them will never come back. they will just stay at home and work from home forever. >> we're able to see how we're able to function working from home. >> now the question is, who is going to buy it? all right. thanks, scott. 6:19 for you this morning. amc has detailed plans to reopen movie theaters throughout the country and the e-mail sent out to customers. now its plan is to have more than 100 theaters open august 20th and about two-thirds open no later than september 3rd. but the chain has actually pushed back those reopening dates multiple times since covid-19 broke out so, of course, we'll have to wait and see what happens here. now to something good. and, you know, with zoos partially closed across the country, some animals are going to have to pitch in a little bit to help things keep running. take a look at this. cincinnati zoo has a new office assistant. this is video that was posted to

social media of reggie the caw t cockatoo getting the hang of the machine there. >> well maybe they're all falling in one stack and easy to pick up later by someone else. >> that's right. >> you know -- >> i would love to have -- >> there you go. current management accepted, i think i send them something and it goes right into the trash. they don't read it. we'll see. >> be careful, your boss is watching. >> i said, roll back the tape. >> let's roll ahead to that forecast this morning because we need to talk about how we're going to stay cool out there, kari. hot in some places today. >> we want to be prepared. as we take a live look outside in san jose, we're starting out with a clear morning and at least it's mild right now as we

get up and get those kids on the comput computer. whenever you have the breaks in home schooling few clouds and temperatures in the mid 60s and you can see how fast it heats up today and the early morning hours are best. you want to make sure you stay hydrated later today. as we look at the temperatures and all the microclimates we take it through lunchtime and 90 degrees already in danville and upper 60s along the coast and san francisco and during the middle of the day, the low 70s. but then you see 100 degrees in concord and san jose will be at 92 degrees. now, notice the clouds that will start to move in. this will be a surge in humidity coming into the bay area. so, tonight, our temperatures really don't cool off that much, in fact we're staying in the upper 60s and low 70s. we can see the wider view of the radar and satellite showing the rain surging into l.a. due to the remnants of a tropical system and all those lightning strikes off shore. we'll be watching out for a slight chance that there could be some dry lightning, but it

looks like much of the rain fizzles out before it moves into the bay area. but the clouds will remain and will start out tomorrow morning with a cloudy sky and higher humidity even as our temperatures will be surging up. so, look at our inland areas. we're reaching into the upper 90s today. but tomorrow we're talking about highs over 100 degrees. more widespread combined with that humidity, so, you really have to be careful in this kind of heat. the humidity starts to drop on saturday but we're still going to have hot temperatures. if you're thinking of going to san francisco or the coastal areas, it's also going to be warm there. we're looking at mostly some upper 70s in the city throughout the next several days. mike, what's happening right now for the morning commute? >> kari, honestly, still trying to figure this out. we'll show you the live picture for the san mateo bridge. west 92 slows obviously across the flat section heading over towards the flashing lights that you see over on the right side really jamming up. what happens is if the emergency

repair work of some sort because it's not on cal tranand not on the chp grid either and we saw that truck on the flat section. clear of the slowing and you do see it by the arrow across 92 and one easy way to avoid that backup because of the rest of the roadways in the area are clear. south of there, no problem. great recovery across the bay bridge. the metering lights are on slowly but the recovery just slows for 580 over towards the span. back to you. speaking of recovery, take a look at this video. it was after the massive explosion in beirut. it all happened at a hospital. there was a nurse taking care of premature babies. what she did for three of them, coming up to save their lives. made her a real hero.

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay waets and bay" and we have a story of hope amid all the destruction. remember the explosion in beirut. take a look at this. new video shows a neonatal nurse working in the maternity wing of the hospital during the explosion. it happens right there. through all the smoke and toppled medical equipment and broken glass, she managed to rescue three premature babies and carry them through the wreckage to safety. the nurse ended up walking more than three miles to find a safe

haven for them. the prime minister and his cabinet resigned last week after the blast that killed more than 170 people earlier this month. well, new insight this morning on how widespread covid-19 really is. our sister station in los angeles conducted an investigation by swabbing 75 surfaces that people touch every day. 11 of them including shopping carts, public bathroom doors tested positive for the virus. the cdc says the virus can live for three days on those types of surfaces. an epidemiologist says despite the findings, she does not recommend you wear gloves. >> just because wearing gloves really plays with our psyche of getting a false sense of security and can result in cross contamination. tt did not specify if the virus was alive at the time. the swab used in the study was made by san francisco based. coming up next on "today in

the bay" keeping our eyes on this breaking news out of southern california. a fast moving fire just north of l.a. in santa clarita. a report from the scene, coming up. the city of san jose is giving businesses more room to serve, sell and see clients outside. i'm kris sanchez with why some business owners say it might not make business sense. you're watching "today in the bay."

good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first, let's start with the most favorite part of the day for kari hall. sunrise. we see it beautiful right behind you, kari. >> beautiful, nice and clear and also still comfortable across the bay area. as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, we are starting out with temperatures here in the 60s as we go into today it's going to heat up and fast. so, we're talking about highs over 100 degrees in the inland east bay as well as the north bay. we're reaching 89 degrees today in san jose and for some spots ten degrees hotter than yesterday. we're going to have more hot weather in the forecast along with some humidity. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you've been keeping an eye on the commute, what's new? >> well, you know, the san mateo bridge is the new issue for those just joining us. we've been tracking a slower drive as we take a look at the

live camera. best i can tell re because i saw flashing lights and saw a sign truck on the right. right here the service lane closest to us follow it all the way down and you see a set of flashing lights making its way in the service lane over towards the high rise. maybe something else going on there. the map shows you slowing across the san mateo bridge for that short section and the dumbarton bridge a great alternate for you and there is a build over in the maze and we'll talk about bay bridge coming up. >> thanks so much, mike. breaking news that is happening in southern california where hundreds of homes are in the path of this fast moving fire. it's happening in santa clarita, which is just north of los angel angeles. these are live pictures from the blaze and just tearing up the hillside more than 10,000 acres, in fact, and it just started yesterday.

mekahlo medina filed this report. >> the fire about 10,000 acres and 0% containment and here where the fire destroyed a few homes. take a look behind me. continue to burn right now. this is the driveway of at least one of four homes we counted that have been destroyed by the fire. you can see power lines are down right now. our camera will turn around and show you what's left of this home. unfortunately, not a lot. we see the fireplace standing a couple walls and you can see the fire still burning inside the home here. we are told by fire crews this is the area where the fire tornadoes ripped through as firefighters tried to battle this thing just a few hours ago. the fire broke out around 3:30 yesterday afternoon and quickly burning up to 1,000 acres and now up to 10,000 acres. and then a few hours ago, this is where it burned the hottest and the closest to homes and residents. destroying at least the four homes that we counted so far now. the good news to report this

morning, if there is any, no one was injured because of this fire. that's certainly good news. one thing they're watching very closely as the day breaks the weather. how hot is it going to be. is that going to hamper firefighters as they continue the effort there and firefighting that does look like we're getting a little bit of rain. that could actually help out more for folks here in this area. once again, several homes, at least destroyed by this fire and 10,000 acres still 0% containment. i'm mekahlo medina. > back here at home for you this morning, you may have more dining, workout and personal care options in san jose. this as the city looks to expand the outdoor space available for businesses to serve clients outsi outside. "today in the bay" kris sanchez is live in a parking lot that is probably going to look a lot differentn san jose, you're probably familiar with downtown willow glen. very cute. on the other side of these

buildings here. this is the parking lot for that area. it is one of the first places in san jose that is going to be open to businesses who want to expand their services outside. the city just offered that up to try to help them stay afloat during this pandemic. parking lots and other open spaces will be available to any business within a quarter mile from here and the other locations that are opening. that is a large number of restaurants and hair and nail salons, gyms, personal training studios along with retail businesses. now, there will be businesses that want to move their businesses outside. things like heat lamps and tables and what not but paying a city fee will not be one of those expenses. >> we're waiving all the fees for doing it and we're accelerating the process to help our businesses to be able to stay open and really to survive. >> so here are the areas now available in san jose under the city's new expanded al fresco plan.

all city-owned properties and downtown plazas and city parks larger than one acre. all the parks in the city except for two. surface parking lots like the one we're in this morning and even privately owned ones and street areas where many are serving customers outside. now, for some businesses it might not make total business sense. as one salon owner tells us, she can't take her business outside and offer her clients their favorite services like color or blowouts and some bay area cities are already starting to roll back some of their street closures because with more limited parking, the customers just weren't showing up. according to yelp, about 2,000 businesses are now listed as permanently closed. that is just san francisco and hayward. not the entire bay area. so we know that when we come out of the pandemic, things will look different. this is why the city of san jose is trying to give businesses an oppo lives. in san jose, kris sanchez,

"today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. new this morning, facebook launched a new online tool with the goal of getting millions of additional people registered to vote for the polls in november. "today in the bay" bob redell joins us live outside the company's headquarters in menlo park. bob, the company has been criticized for how it handled the last presidential election. >> correct, laura. facebook has been criticized to not stop russia from spreading misinformation on its website and even criticized now for not fact checking president trump's misleading post about the upcoming election in november. today the company has launched on facebook and instagram both platforms the so-called voter information center. this is a new tool designed to help americans register for the november presidential election. the goal is to sign up at least 4 million people. this new tool is in part to the

response that many americans are expected to vote by mail due to the covid-19 pandemic. president trump has falsely claimed that mail-in ballots will lead to widespread voter fraud because ballots in places like california are sent to anyone regardless of who they are or where they come from. that's just not true. only sends ballots to mail-in voters. trying to set the record straight about voting in america and relying on neutral sources such as the bipartisan policy center. still, facebook will not fact check the misleading posts about a misleading election and not label it misleading. the new voter information center will help people sign up to be poll workers and allow users to receive voter alerts from their local election offices. reporting live here outside of facebook headquarters in menlo park, bob redell, "today in the" coming up next on "today in the bay" president trump takes a

new look at social security may make some major changes. also, dramatic new video of a central valley cop jumping into action to save a man in a wheelchair. struck by a train. well, we'll talk about this coming up.

right now at 6:41. we will have heat advisories in effect for tomorrow for all of these areas shaded in red, which

include san jose, much of the east bay and inland north bay valleys. we'll talk more about this and how hot it gets in the forecast coming up. and a quick look at the san mateo bridge. we continue to follow the westbound commute moving slowly but smoothly over towards what looked like some work going on just shy of the high rise that your commute direction. the bay bridge same direction westbound and backup at the toll plaza. earlier crash cleared from the span and that's good news. we'll see it how it affects the folks coming out of the east bay and the maze and east shore free way coming up. 82 days to go until election day and the two presidential campaigns are already swinging punches. kamala harris wasted no time laying it all out on the arguments on why she believes president trump and mike pence . she joined the first event in running mate. >> he inherited the longest economic expansion in history

from barack obama and joe biden. and then, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. >> harris says there's the case against the president and vice president pence is, quote, open and shut. pence calls her a radical liberal. >> joe biden's decision to add kamala harris to the ticket confirms everything president trump and i have been that is that joe biden and the democratic party have been overtaken by the radical left. >> now, in a contradiction the trump campaign says harris is pro police. it is 6:43 right now. the white house is offering advice to schools that want to stay open. scott mcgrew, many of those just haven't had very good results. >> i mean, good morning. case in point, laura. that school in georgia. we saw the photographs of the

kids crowded in the halls. they had to shut that school down and hundreds of kids are now in quarantine. on wednesday, president trump said the federal government would distribute 125 million reusable masks to american schools and offered to send the cdc to whatever school requested it. his administration also offered guidance, really pretty straight forward among the guidance check for symptoms before coming to school. wash your hands, avoid groups, open windows, run fans and use masks. here's the secretary of educati education. >> we know that for students and their families, they can't be held captive to other people's fears or agendas. we have got to ensure that families and parents have options that are going to work for their child and for their children's education. >> president trump said several times yesterday that he wants to get rid of the payroll tax altogether. you remember he's suspending it

and i cannot stress this enough by just suspending it, you will still owe that tax come next year. but, by getting rid of it, well, that's what pays for social security. now, how would that work? president trump says social security would be paid for by the taxpayer out of the general fund. >> when we win the election, when i win the election, i'm going to completely and totally forgive all the deford payroll taxes without in any way, shape or form hurting social security. that money will come from the general fund. >> changing or even talking about changing social security used to be considered the third rail of american policy. just simply didn't do that. but then, again, president trump is an unusual politician and you heard him say, if i win, you don't owe them money. we'll take a look at that on twitter and find me on twitter and i'm @scottmcgrew.

>> thanks so much, scott. well, it is decision day for rest in the nfl. they must let the league know by today whether they want to opt out of the upcoming season. if they decide to do so, they'll receive a $30,000 payment and still get to keep their jobs for the 2021 season. in the meantime, the big 12 says it plans to move forward with college football season for now. the big ten and pac-12 announced they were postponing their seize n ens this week. amazing video of a heartstopping rescue. police officers rushing to save a man in a wheelchair. he was stuck on the train tracks. look at this. >> helping a man on the tracks trying to get him out. can you get up? get up, get up!

>> oh, so close. thankful for that officer there. that officer managed to push that man away from the train tracks just missing that train as it came by. his wheelchair became stuck right before the railroad crossing came down. unfortunately, one of the man's leg was clipped by that train and was taken to the local hospital and is expected to survive. thankful for that officer being there at the right place. >> they will really have to look at some crossings there. i mean, for someone to be able to get over those tracks. very concerning. >> right place, right time. >> absolutely. all right. well, look, switching gears now. we want to talk about something, i don't know how you'll feel about it. depending whether you like the weather hot or not. kari hall has that forecast. depending whether you like it or not, it is hot out there. >> it will start to heat up by this afternoon and we just want to be prepared and know what is coming our way, right? let's take a live look outside in dublin as we start out with

some sunshine and the seven-day forecast. coming up in the bottom of the screen right now. we're home schooling and we've been a couple days in in pleasanton. making those little opportunities to get outside during those breaks are really key to helping them focus a little bit better in front of the computer and, so, the morning hours will be the best time. it's still going to feel nice at 8:00. mid 60s. and then going into 11:00 and starting to warm up and it's going to be a little too hot for running around in the yard. if dwryou have a pool, you want take a dip as we reach into the upper 90s. triple digits in a few spots like antioch and concord and heading up to clear lake and ukiah. some temperatures ten degrees hotter than yesterday. while we stay in the low 80s in oakland and san francisco, expect temperatures in the low 70s. let me show you what is happening in southern california. so, we're getting a surge of some humidity and it's firing off some storms. we're seeing some storms also moving inland, but the bulk of all the lightning that we're

seeing is off the coast. now, hopefully this helps with the lake fire down there just north of santa clarita but as of right now we're also seeing some lightning strikes, which is not good. as this system moves closer to the bay area, the rain loo