at 11,013. overall, the bay area now with more than 68,000 cases. almost a thousand people have died because of the virus. this comes, as california reported an almost record-breaking number of cases today. the state confirming 12,614 new cases. that's just shy of the state's previous record of 12,807, back on july 21st there. okay. let's get a final check on our this comes just one day after governor gavin newsom announced weather. >> and our attention, now, is that the state had caught up ca. going to turn toward the santa let's take a look, now, at the cruz mountains and mt. hamilton. positivity rate. this graph shows you the 14-day and i want to show you satellite radar because it really showcases the amount of lightning strikes that have been

average for the positivity rate over the past ten days. firing up since this morning. you can see that it is, slowly, and that threat will continue, tonight, and overnight, here, rising there. on august 5th, the state had a locally in the bay area. so we are going to keep monitoring that. positivity rate of 6.1%. we've got a chance of showers, but look at yesterday. the state holding a positivity early on tomorrow. rate of 6.3% there. for san francisco, up to the governor newsom has a jump of . north bay, potential to see some dry lightning. again, that red-flag warning significant increase. will be in effect through tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. so, >> cases continuing to rise please, be careful out there. across the united states. more than 5.3 million cases have triple digits, once again, for tomorrow. and as always, you know, might been confirmed, nationwide. seem a little wacky but that's and today, the country hit a sobering milestone. why you are feeling this humidity. we got a surge of moisture more than 170,000 americans have now died from coronavirus. pushing up there also through reno. we have seen some impressive and if you want to get tested video and shots through there. so just, please, be careful out there. for coronavirus, here's where if you are going to be you can go, at least in santa clara county. today, there is a pop-up site traveling, also, something to keep in mind. for now, i will send it back to opened up at william c. high you. >> i'm just seeing something here from reno national weather school. again, in san jose. service. the possibility of a -- there's opened at 9:00 this morning. a tornado warning. as has been the case, it's free. so i don't think we've forgotten in this weather forecast. all you got to do is show up. that same pop-up site will also they have everything here. be open tuesday through friday >> yeah.

just had that expire. that has the potential to 1:00 to 6:00 in the evening. develop. actually, i retweeted that. another pop-up site will also be >> thanks for watching. we're back after the game. . opening in gilroy. and again, you don't need an appointment for either site and it is free. >> the arch diocese of san nbc sports, home of the francisco, allegedly, continues olympic games, the indianapolis to violate coronavirus health 500 and prime time's number one orders. according to "the san francisco show, sunday night football, chronicle" city officials have reprimanded the arch diocese for only on nbc. the third time now, in two months. the latest infraction was edmonton, alberta, another wedding inside peter and st. paul church in north beach. northern-most nhl city and rogers place, the place where it pastors at other san francisco will happen tonight and through to the series for the stanley churches continued to hold indoor prayer sessions, as well. cup. but tonight to the ice, led by a different goalie, marc four churches, in all, are named in a letter to the arch diocese from the city attorney's office. the economy is roaring back, if you ask president trump. president gave a coronavirus briefing this afternoon. covering everything from the economy to

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right here, along highway 1 near vandenburg village. at least ten fires broke out, as a result. >> isn't that the concern? we got the dry lightning. we got temperatures out of control and a lot of dry brush out there, right? >> yeah, exactly. you know, we saw that red-flag warning. it got upgraded from a fire weather watch, this morning. and that's exaseen play out. especially, on radar. and here's a live look, right now, at healdsburg. that heat wave will continue for the next few days. as far as when relief will come, coming up in my full forecast. i think my graphics here are freezing on me. there we go. so stay with us. with geico.

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his doorstep. protestors sending a message to the postmaster general this morning, as concern mounts over warning many states there won't be enough time to get absentee ballots delivered before election day. here is nbc's chris pollone. >> reporter: in washington, something you don't see very often. a protest outside the home of the nation's postmaster general. democrats accusing louis dejoy of changing the agency's operation to slow deliveries down. making it harder for americans to vote by mail during a pandemic. >> universal mail-in voting is going to be catastrophic. it's going to make our country a laughing stock all over the world. >> for weeks, the president has argued, without evidence, voting by mail is subject to widespread fraud. the industry warned dozens of states that ballots might not be delivered in time for election day. >> but now, the president has

made clear that he is holding this money hostage because he does not support mail-in voting. think about that. think about it. it's one of the most un-democratic actions i can think of. and he is admitting it. >> utah senator mitt romney, a state which already votes by mail, says he has no worries t about more states adopting the practice. >> my biggest concern with regard to fraud would be some kind of hacking of our electronic systems. and that voting machines or tabulating equipment would be hacked, either by an american or hacked by a foreign entity. >> voters weighing the risks. vote in person and possibly get sick? or vote by mail and possibly have that vote not count. >> i'm really just concerned, if i mail it, that it's going to get lost in the system and never get there. >> the president and the first lady have had their mail-in ballots sent tosidence at mar-a

in florida. krchris pollone, nbc news. >> switching gears now to the really hot weather in the bay. >> hey, you know, we are under a weather alert but also, now we are looking at the threat of lightning here in the bay area. we have been talking about it since the morning. and i want to give you a look at the central coast. this is a shot using the pg&e cam. they are able to capture images throughout the entire state of california. the reason i am showing you this is because you can actually see the thunderstorm activity there. and they've actually been able to capture some of the fires that have started because of lightning strikes. and that is a reason why the national weather service did go ahead and upgrade that fire watch to a red-flag warning. take a look at satellite radar. you can see hundreds of lightni lightning strikes that have been, you know, really since the morning hours, been really

active. and this is what we're going to be tracking heading into tonight. here locally, heading from the south to north. approaching from south to north, that red-flag warning will remain in place through sunday. so why are we under a red-flag warni warning? when typically, they issue these, we'd like to think of it as they have guksty winds. think of that dry brush out there as fuel. any sort of brush catching on fire that can spread. now, our main and that heat warning through wednesday. we are talking about temperatures over the 100-degree mark. we've seen triple digits today. yesterday, we did see a couple record highs so watch for heat-related illnesses. please, look out for your pets. right now, the temperatures even at this hour, still 105 in livermore. santa rosa, 103. and believe it or not, we're actually running a couple degrees cooler than yesterday.

so here is a 24-hour temperature change in san jose, about six degrees cooler. in san francisco, 9 degrees cooler. so let's take a look at the to that we're monitoring and tracking. you can see that line of storms. especially, a threat over the north bay. and again, as i mention, the santa cruz mountain area, the south lake tahoe area. possibility of seeing that develop late tonight into sunday morning. by tomorrow afternoon, we will see the chance of those thunderstorms diminish but continue for south lake tahoe. if we do continue to see that developing overnight. by tomorrow, temperatures will be in the upper 70s for san francisco. 90s for the south bay. and here is a look at your seven-day forecast. if you are looking for some relief, it looks like we're not going to get it until thursday.

and even then, that slight cooling will still keep those inla temperatures, in the low 70s, upper 60s. i am going to jump on instagram live right after the show. so i'll go and send it back to you. >> thanks very much. always a nice warning about pet owners. be careful with them. nice job. we'll be right back. back.

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