the south bay fillingwi ash and. commute because there are closures to tell you about. another very busy morng. mornint kari is looking at the forecast for today. another hot one on tap, kari. 4:00 a.m. to berght development. >> especially for the inland areas as we take a look in i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. walnut creek and starting this mike is keeping an eye on that morning with smoke coming by and commute because a lot of we're also monitoring the closures out there. weather conditions around these we want to start with fires. they do have meteorologists on meteorologist kari hall. the ground helping those kari, talk to us about this picture behind you. firefighters get the area in >> yeah, so, we have access to a positions that they can do the lot of cameras around the bay most work and get more area that shows what's going on containment. right now temperatures in the and this was another camera that santa cruz mountains in the low 70s and humidity has just come was in the santa cruz mountains, up slightly with very light winds. we'll be watching this for our bonny doon and this was the other fires, as well. image taken before midnight and mike, how is it looking for the now we don't have that camera to keep an eye on what is happening road closures and the morning in the santamountains. but our weather conditions are commute? >> yeah, the closures holding not favorable for this, a lot of steady, kari. these fires around the bay area we'll outline those coming up. but i want to make sure the that continue to burn because our temperatures are still very morning commute is taken care of, as well. warm. humidity has come up just overall a smooth drive at the bay bridge toll plaza and we're slightly but also seeing some very dry air as we look at the looking at the circled area for fires coming over closer to mt. 24 just outside of the caldecott hamilton, as well as a lot of

and that crew is picking up or the diablo range as our should be picking up right now. that is the slower drive. temperatures have been in the 60s and 70s. we still have closures for mike, we have more people highway 9 and highway 1 over evacuating this there because of the fire where kris is monitoring and also more closures. updates on the overall lols should stay out of the areas hi situation, laura. >> that's right. it's been a very busy overnight and a very busy morning. your map. we have reporters covering it all. we're talking about the area as you saw fires throughout the bay mt. hamilton road and alum rock area and cierra johnson is covering what is going on in vacaville and we know a pg&e worker has died and kris sanchez is covering what is going on in we look at closures for highway santa cruz county. let's start out with bob redell 9 and the freeways you see on in san jose and we've been the map, though, they're all in the greens for your commute. talking about the evacuations the north bay, the good news is that took place in alum rock that i-80 reopened about 8:00 there and you can see this fire p.m. last night. we haven't had any further growing, bob. >> actually, it's hard to see closures but that fire still in the area, marcus. with the light around us, but hand it right back to you. you can see t gfoot hills espec >> thank you. it is a jam packed morning here. we have you covered on every end of the bay area. hamilton or you could earlier. kris sanchez in santa cruz the scu lightning complex. county and bob redell in san

jose and we want to begin with extending from east and north bay and sunol and here into santa clara county and take a cierra johnson. grim news from there this look from our downtown camera morning. >> yes, good morning. grim news, in fact we have located in downtown san jose and learned that a worker with pg&e you can see the glow as the fire has been killed helping those moves its way along the roadway firefighters in this fire out in and mt. hamilton where it's burning and appears to now have vacaville which is soloa solawn moved to perhaps the back side. also want to show you of mt. ha. this was shot from the firefighters from san luis county. obispo. one of many fire departments on the side of the freeway, you called in to help the local can see when the fire jumped the firefighters put these fires freeway are still burning. it's such a surreal sight. out. the slo firefighters were since we've been standing here, we've seen some of those embers spread creating smaller pockets protecting structures but when you look at that video, i want of fire and that gives you an idea of how bad things are in you to pay attention to how steep that terrain is. this community. now, we do have some video that one thing cal train has been saying is very difficult. we gathered in the overnight hours. you can see things are rough this terrain is steep and inaccessible and also a number here.sacramento and according t of areas where there's no previous fire history. the fuel there and they're old

fire, this fire is zero percent and more established and they're contained and burned about dry. very dry, which makesfor combus 120,000 acres for that napa and solano counties. kari was mentioning earlier you fires. the current numbers are that the fire has burned through over 100 can smell the smoke throughout or, excuse me, 102,000 acres. the bay and i still smelled it just 5% contained. when i woke up in the city. you'll recall 36 hours ago and how powerful the fires are and reporting on the scu lightning how strong those winds are. the entire town near this area fire complex, lightning complex, is on notes for evacuation. they have not pulled the 25,000 acres have burned. trigger, but folks are preparing to leave, if they need to. you can see the thing has quadrupled in size. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." take a listen to what one woman had to say about these fires santa cruz and san mateo county thousands of people are raging through her community. >> the fire was roared. sleeping in their cars at a friend's home or family's home. it was -- you could hear trees this is after being ordered out of their home because of the czu fire zone. falling. it was the scariest thing i have unfortunately, some of those homes have been destroyed. ever been in. kris sanchez is live this morning in scots valley. where the latest has been >> that's something we noticed when we were out here yesterday. happening. fire does have a sound. you get the latest information on what happened overnight,

we heard a lot of crackling and a lot of animals screeching in kris. >> well, hi, marcus. fear and a lot of trees just we'll get an update from cal randomly snapping as ewoo wewe fire santa cruz at 6:00 this morning and bob was talking driving through vacaville the about the reinforcements from hot spots in the middle of the other fire departments. freeway an indication of how hot these fires are. we are seeing law enforcement they are receiving some assistance from firefighters reinforcement. from san francisco and have been oakland pd and we've seen officers from the santa cruz out here to help knock down that blaze. we also heard the workers from sheriff department and alameda pg&e are spraying those poles sheriff department and they are now going to assist with evacuations and road closures. so, some other assistance coming with fire retardant to help them to this area, as well. not fall and snap. but we know that the fire it is good to take caution. doesn't care who's here. it's just hopping from spot to we're live in vacaville, cierra spot. tossing embers into the sky and johnson, "today in the bay." landing on communities. >> thanks so much for that update. this is what happened in bonny one of many fires burning in doon. many of those structures that santa cruz and san mateo you see burning there in the counties meantime, tens of video, those are homes. thousands of people are sleeping they are single family homes and people will not have any place in their cars. to return to. they're maybe at a friend or this is the 10,000 block of family's home if they can find empire grade road. it's also empire grade road near one after being ordered out of vices road. the czu fire zone. cars, other structures also

engulfed and we can confirm that "today in the bay" kris sanchez as of midnight the count was 20 joins us live in scots valley structures destroyed. with the overnight fire fight 22,000 people are still under that happened there. evacuation orders. it would be so nice if they we talked with people who drove could make some progress on out on their own early. this, but real ea tough we talked with other folks who conditions, kris. drove out. one man who drove out until his >> you heard cierra johnson the car caught fire. set fires and same thing >> coming through the woods and, described here. one fire captain said embers the man, it was really scary. size of a chocolate chip cookie i thought i was going to die. that were up and over and i thought it was the end and i was going to get cooked. setting other fires. that's how a lot of smaller spot >> he told us he suddenly felt fires are starting that are threatening home. something in the glove compartment exploding and he we want to show you what happened overnight in bonny doon knew he had to get out of his some people will not be able to go back home when this is all over. car and hike out and he had his little rabbit with him and countless homes burning there. picked up by a firefighter and 10,000 block of empire grade rescued that way. road and also empire grade road a lot of folks avoiding shelters saying it is better to stay in near vices road. their cars or friends or family cars, other structures also or hotels just because they want to avoid contracting covid on engulfed. as of about midnight, wetures t top of all of this. all areas west of 17 are on

evacuation warnings. includes homes that were burned. if you're there, be ready. 22,000 people under evacuation evacuation centers are open at orders and one property manager who chose to stay after the fairgrounds. evacuating everybody else. he says he's going to do fire this is a critical warning not to wait and because cal fire assessment damage for pg&e and says that this fire is still very erratic and spot fires are cdf. popping up where those embers >> i've been through way worst are falling and also we know things in my life. so far this is nothing. you can't even hear or see that the cal fire can't fly the flames at this point. fire, meaning they can't get a yeah. i wouldn't say i'm not worried, really good picture of how big i'm certainly worried. it is and how farn what directi. that it's going to get down here into the valley and if it hits so, if you get that warning or the valley and locks everybody if you get that order to in, all the houses are gone, for sure. evacuate, just do it. >> so, that's what you're in scotts valley, kris sanchez, talking about. that person is not even a "today in the bay." professional cal fire telling us >> you have to heed the warning. this is really erratic fire thank you very much. speaking of trying to get a better picture of. behavior and all areas west of look at this time lapsed video 17 are on evacuation warnings. from overnight showing the flames spreading so quickly. even people not out of their homes yet are being warned to they approached pg&e's camera up at bonny doon. have that three-day go bag ready to go. in fact, like many of the we talked with some folks who cameras that we've seen out drove out in their own cars. we caught up with one man who there, it looks like the flames completely destroyed them.

drove out until his car caught breaking news for you this fire. he got out of his car and then morning, pg&e now confirming to tried to hike out of the danger us that one of their workers has zone until he was picked up by a died while assisting in the fire firefighter. so, definitely, if you get a surrounding vacaville. that utility says that it warning to evacuate, do that so you don't find yourself in a happened when that worker was trying to help first responders. similar situation. there are two evacuation centers it's believed to be the first death of this fire fight. open for this particular fire. the santa clara county right now we want to go live to cierra johnson live in vacaville fairgrounds in watsonville and also the civic auditorium in this morning. santa cruz. cierra? >> good morning. but because of covid, a lot of very sad news and speaks to how dangerous the situation is. folks are choosing to stay in i heard kris mentioning some of their cars with their animals those embers spreading and and friends and family going to making those hot spots. that's exactly what we have here hotels because they don't want on 80 on the westbound side and to risk one disaster on top of another one. kris sanchez, "today in the we've seen these hot spots just continue to travel along that bay." >> it is quite amazing. this is all happening, as you median. this after last night the fire mentioned, right in the middle jumped from the west side to the of the pandemic. thank you for the latest, kris. east side of this freeway. now, the fire has been raging for days now and the folks here cal fire posting it to still working to evacuate. twitter, this is actually the we have some video from the view from inside the helicopter overnight hours. flying over the empire grade in this incredible scene there boulder creek in santa cruz really just a fire storm in

vacaville. we learned there are about 170 county. the fire that kris was just talking about. structures that were destroyed flames burning up trees. because of that fire. this is what firefighters are up 50 more were damaged. against. want to give you another aerial at last count, 120,000 acres view from over uc santa cruz. throughout napa, solano and cal this video taken by jack o'calaghan. shows that really eerie orange glow over the santa cruz fire saying this is at 0% mountains. and all that glow in the south bay was visible, as well. containment. take a listen to what one family in fact, if you're waking up that did have to evacuate had to this morning in the south bay, you may be seeing flames in the say about this entire situation. >> it's just terrible. what else is going to be next hills above san jose, as well. a lot of ash in the air. this year? want to check in with bob >> it's terrible. but we also think they're lucky. redell. he is live in alan people who lose their house and had no time to get out. we had an hour. >> so, just if you're out here, rock. the smoke and the ash is so please use caution. thick. >> if you're looking towards mt. you can see those spots in the hamilton, you might be able to middle of the freeway still see that glow. burning. an indication of just how bad we were able to see it until maybe 30, 45 minutes ago. things are out here. there is a little relief coming we believe that fire is now in the form of firefighters from san francisco. burning on the back side. you can certainly see it from they're coming in to help fight

downtown san jose if you're near that fire, but as chrkris the upper tall building. we're looking east towards mt. mentioned, it doesn't matter who comes to fight the fire. hamilton and you should be able we all need to be aware. to see at least one large area that is glowing on top of the pg&e is in the area spraying mountain. those poles down with the fire that forces one of several retardant to prevent things falling down. fires, 20 of them that are part a big effort solano of this scu complex fire that erous scene.till a very, very was labeled by cal fire. we're live near vacaville, started by that lightning storm sunday morning, this past cierra johnson. sunday. you have fires burning here in live look outside for you right now. if you've been out there, you santa clara county as you head north in the sunol area and the know that weather is not preserve and even further north cooperating as far as the air in brentwood and farther east in quality out there. that smoke and ash we have seen. the central valley in san a major presence across the bay joaquin county. right now the acreage is at area now because of all the 105,000 acres. fires. we want to look at the air district air quality map. you can see there just about yesterday it was at 85,000 and everywhere in brown indicating the day before that, 25,000. the poorest air quality. a lot of growth in that fire here in the bay area, and, unfortunately, only 5% meteorologist kari hall monitoring that and we've really contained. now, cal fire called in a lot of seen a lot of those areas and we have poor air quality. really unhealthy. mutual aide including from down >> yeah, it was so bad

south in san luis obispo. yesterday. and we are still looking at some unhealthy air quality for today. they put out on twitter. as we look at these numbers, we this is a fire crew on top of are seeing measures how much of mt. hamilton. that particulate matter and what you could see them protecting some historic structures. is tossed in the air due to that we know that the fire has burned smoke and how does it affect up there. you? if you're sensitive, if you have we know the observatory is up there and we don't know how breathing problems, if you're close it came to the observatory but i know it came close to some seeing the yellow or orange where you are, it's really going historic structures that are to affect you. close to the observatory based but then when it starts to get to the unhealthy range where on the fact that i'm looking at this video and i've been up it make you start to feel there and it looks familiar to me. we don't have any reports of sick if you have prolonged structure damage and any of these fires that are part of the exposure to this. limit your time outside anywhere from san rafael to the east bay scu lightning comflplex which i down to the south bay especially in the south bay today. great news. a number of homes threatened and we'll talk about the temperatures we're expecting. evacuations in effect in the that's coming up in a few east bay hills. minutes. mike, what is happening out there on the roads? go on our website for a list of >> well, kari, we're seeing which roads homeowners are being changes for the commute and also asked to leave. the continued closures because reporting live in san jose, bob of the fire zone. let's take you out for a live redell. look for san jose. it really looks like the this is right on schedule as we threat of rolling blackouts has look at your map.

now passed. for the fourth straight day, i've circled at the bottom of yesterday that grid held and your screen. to the east, the fire glowing in last night pg&e tweeting out thanks to customers for ndire was talking about an additional distraction conserving. although no flex alert today, people are being asked to save and the crew yet has not cleared energy as much as possible there, yet. especially from 3:00 to 10:00 they're a little late. p.m. >> all right, thank you very everyone across the bay area much, mike. being impacted from the smoke 5:42 right now. and haze from those fires. you know, the bay area isn't the i want you to take a look at the only place in california with satellite photo taken by nasa. major fire fight on its hands. take a look at that. crews in southern california thick plumes of smoke over the still taking on a very big fire. we've been watching it. entire state and much of it in it's been burning since last the bay area. week. spare the air alert is in place coming up next, the latest on the progress. until sunday. we'll bring you kari hall in washington this morning, because the air quality not so president trump wants to take great right now. new action against iran based on >> not at all. the iran nuclear agreement that we've seen some very poor air we left. we'll take a look when "today in quality anywhere from san rafael the bay" continues. over towards the east bay down to the peninsula, as well, as much of the south bay. the south bay is where we have the worst of the air quality right now with numbers at 160 and make sure you're limiting your time outside. we'll continue to monitor this

as our temperatures, once again, come down slightly. i'll show you those numbers coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks so much, kari. 5:11 right now. fighting for your vote. still ahead at 5:25. oakland's own kamala harris makes history at the democrat i national convention. breaking down barriers. hear what former president barack obama had to say about the future of democracy. meanwhile, silicon valley company becomes the very first company in history to be worth $2 trillion with a t dollars. you're watching "today in the bay." awesome internet.

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right now at 5:45. let's look at our high temperatures for today across the bay area. slight cooling for the coastal areas as we see that fog returning this morning but then for the inland valleys, still in the low to mid 90s today. we'll get a look at this and the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. and as we are focusing, of course, on the closures due to all the fires we're talking about. the morning commute kicking in. out of the caldecott. >> thank you so much. 5:46. happening right now firefighters in southern california have lost a little bit of ground in their

fire fight in l.a. county near santa clarita. this is the lake fire actually been burning since last week. the fire so far has burned 26,000 acres and is now about right now at 5:14 as we 35% contained. it is also destroyed at least 12 watch the weather conditions in parts of the north bay, we're still seeing temperatures in the upper 60s as the wildfires structures. they say at least 1,300 structures remain threatened and people remain evacuated from continue to spread very quickly that area. southern california family with some slightly higher humidity this morning and a calm is in mourning after the death wind. we'll be watching the other of a pilot helping to fight a wildfires and the conditions around the bay area coming up in a few minutes. fire in fresno county. so, of course, we're 52-year-old mike died yesterday when his helicopter crashed. concerned about those. you can see the fires from many of our freeways and also looking at the bridges. the bay bridge moves very his wife and daughters are in smoothly and san mateo bridge other shock. picks up the volume and very smooth right now. we'll show you where there may >> going to miss him so much. be some changes for closures this morning, coming up. good morning and a very >> i can't imagine their pain. happy thursday to you, as well. air bnb says it will fire fournier was the only person paperwork for an ipo to sell onboard.

investigators have not stock to the public for the very determined what caused that first time. crash. it's not said when and the we do have some breaking news for you this morning. paperwork filed is not a look at just into our newsroom, the latest weekly jobless numbers the inner workings of the which appear to show a slight company, but it is remarkable set back. the first time claims, once that a company that depends on travel which few people are again, surging past the million doing is moving forward in the mark with 1.1 million. forecast middle of a recession. that said, the stock market is doing unusually well despite about 200,000 above last week's red arrows wednesday. numbers. also 15 million americans filed we might see some pull back those continuing claims. today. more pull back as the meeting california is still trying to dot all the is and dot the ts on notes from the last fed meeting were pretty vague when the fed that deal added for the federal may step back in to help. take a look at apple there. jobless benefit. president trump's lost wage apple has gone from a company assistance program will kick in worth $1 trillion two years ago an additional $300. to a company worth $2 trillion this is from fema reserves and just in the space of those two also possible that the state could add 100 additional dollars years. it continues to be the most in the supplemental benefits. valuable publicly traded company according to cnbc, here are the 11 states that have already in the world. it's thursday, so we get reached a deal for the extra federal money. first-time jobless claims today south dakota has indicated it in about 15 minutes from now. will pass. and facebook says it has pulled it's 5:48 right now. thousands of qanon accounts from well, president trump has clearly been watching the

its system. a conspiracy theory based on the democratic national convention. idea that there is an informer >> scott mcgrew, he is tweeting inside the white house called q. in all caps. yesterday at a daily briefing >> all caps. yeah, he does not like the democratic national convention the president was asked about qanon and said, quote, i don't very much this morning. it is remarkable last night to know much about the movement other than i understand they hear president obama criticize like me, very much. which i appreciate. president trump. and salesforce says it will past presidents don't usually be next summer before it lets comment on current presidents. it's kind of an unwritten rule. anyone come back fully to the in fact, the presidency really salesforce tower and the other is sort of a club. books have been written about it buildings rather in the system. about 9,500 people work in and even former political rive salesforce san francisco locations and a traffic jam of rivals become good friends and work on projects together. elevators at lunchtime and that's certainly not going to work. son of george w. very close with you know, marcus and laura, we're seeing this with colleges the obamas, as well. and i know notre dame and unc on a policy front, the have said, we're not going to do president said he will ask the this. united nations for a snap back. here at home, we've all been working and most of us have been the reinstitution of deep working from home. sanctions against iran. >> today i'm directing the i have been working off a plastic card table in my little home office. i think i'm going to buy a desk. secretary of state mike pompeo i think i'm going to be here for to notify the u.n. security a while. >> might be worth the council that the united states investment. intends to restore virtually all >> they are saying that, you of the previously suspended

know, in-home desk systems and what not sales for those are up. united nations sanctions on you got one in your future, scott? >> hard to get. iran. >> all right. hard to get a breath of a snapback. fresh air these days. >> now, the snapback is part of fires burning across the bay the deal that we left. president trump had called that area, take a look from downtown one a stupid deal. san jose. that's the fairmont hotel. the u.s. is going to make the argument that we're still in the but see the glow behind it. that's the fire that is burning deal, as far as the snap back goes. president trump said earlier up above the lick observatory this week that the only way he this morning. you can actually see it from could lose the election is if it downtown san jose. we've got all the very latest were a legitimate election rigged, he said. information on evacuation yesterday press secretary was orders. asked specifically and twice, bob is right at the base of alum will president trump understand and accept he's not president for a second term if he loses rock. he'll join us with a live report the vote? coming up at 5:30.oo morning to. >> is the president saying if he of course, we want to talk out doesn't win this election, that he will not accept the results unless he wins? there because firefighters are >> the president has always said working hard, kari. he will see what happens. but conditions out there and make a determination. weatherwise is not really helping out in this situation. >> it's been so hot. and we've had very dry air, >> there is no determination if

which allows those fires to you lose the vote, you're not spread more rapidly, along with the president. we'll be monitoring all of that, all of that very crisp of course. vegetation that we have around we'll be talking about it on the bay area. as we start out this morning, a few changes that we're seeing twitter and find me there right now. we are still seeing the heavy @scottmcgrew. even though the democratic vp candidate kamala harris was smoke in parts of the tri-valley as we take a live look outside far away, her mind still very in dublin. a lot of people heading to work close to home. this morning needing to turn overnight she was tweeting about that air conditioning on her concerns about california's recirculate. wildfires. as we look at the fog that has quote, when i visited now rolled into san francisco, firefighters in california who low visibility, much more of a were battling the camp fire who wind bringing in the higher had lost their own homes, i was humidity. struck by their sheer bravery but this will only help out the immediate coldline and san and commitment to protecting the communities they served. francisco right there as we're thinking of all the firefighters looking at the relative in california and their families humidity. once again, lower humidity right now, end quote. well, if you're waking up, allows those fires to spread more rapidly and an increase in you can certainly see all the the humidity and that is really smoke and ash in the air. going to be key over the next but i want you to take a look. couple of days. this is one of our live cameras as we go into this morning, that is stationed overlooking we're looking at lower humidity downtown san jose. that is the fairmont hotel you further to the north and the wind speeds fairly calm. can see. we're seeing a little bit more but off in the u complex fire. of a breeze in half moon bay as well as redwood city as we have you can see it from our downtown seen a lot of the lighter winds san jose camera. picking up during the morning this is burning up near the lick

hours and then it increases as observatory. no new word on evacuation we go into the afternoon. as we look at our high temperatures for today, for the orders, any new ones, we should south bay, expect in spots like say. they did evacuate areas of the gilroy, we're still in the mid 90s today. alum rock hills yesterday. downtown san jose will reach up mt. hamilton headed up towards to 87 degrees and for the east the lick observatory is closed, bay, not seeing all of those understandably. bob redell is in alum rock this highs over 100 degrees. in fact, we're talking about mid 90s for today, which will be our morning and he'll have a live report. no matter where you're waking up break before we see our in the bay area, that smoke is temperatures going up once again. along the coastline, we're back thick out there, dangerous in the 60s in half moon bay conditions. try to limit your time outside. while palo alto reach into the and really, you can see ash mid 80s for san francisco and everywhere. mostly low 70s today and along even my dog, i take my dogs the coast in the north bay, some 70s while you head over towards usually for so many walks. santa rosa and napa, we're in you have to dump all that water the 90s today. when you come back. and still some drifts of smoke, it's dangerous. >> saw it all over the cars the unhealthy air quality we can yesterday leaving the station. just certainly something a lot do it again tomorrow with much of people are dealing with. more of the same weather conditions and then a slight increase in our temperatures as kari, i know in a good way it's we go towards the end of the good we haven't seen wind gusts weekend into early next week to blow that out of here. while san francisco hopefully will be in the 70s with a return of some early morning fog over just a catch 22 in all of that. the next few days.

>> right. we're seeing right now some fog mike, how's it looking right now for the roads and those rolling in to san francisco. this is something we haven't seen in quite a while. closures? >> well, the closures still in low visibility. place. no changes overnight really. but we know when there is smoke in the air and fog, you get the let me clarify one more thing. but as we look at the map, we're smoggy conditions which could seeing a smooth drive for the make it worse. kind of like trapping it near morning commute. the changes that were in place the surface and all that may be up in the north bay. humidity. that humidity coming up may help at the bottom of your screen improve some of those wildfire here, you're looking at the corner there. the lower left-hand corner. fighting conditions as we look at what they're seeing in terms the closures still for highway 1 of temperatures and the east bay and 9 through the santa cruz and parts of the diablo range mountains and mt. hamilton road and the south bay. the temperatures right now in getting past the observatory. the upper 60s. you saw the flames and the keep in mind we're usually reason why that freeway is starting out in the mid 50s. in terms of humidity, still very dry. when you have dry air and fires closed. little slower and spring town has cleared for livermore and it spreads a little bit more move the map up here march creek rapidly and we haven't seen a lot of wind this morning. road which continues the closure but those fires, especially when out of brentwood and heading you have multiple fires over a towards clayton and we'll talk large area, can create their own weather conditions. more about your morning commute as we go to the north bay. as it builds, but right now the of course, we're monitoring all bay bridge toll plaza is clear, the fires up there especially guys. back to you. around hillsburg as we may get >> all right, thanks so much, mike. more evacuationered oers in coming up next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds. effect this morning and looking at the weather conditions, we've

been in the upper 60s there and >> we want to make sure you're the winds very light and we're ready to evacuate your home in a looking at slightly higher hurry. after you do, you get reimbursed humidity there and also the dry for your expenses. i'm consumer investigator chris air and the warm temperatures that we have starting this morning makes it tough for those chmura, that's next. wildfires and those firefighters before we go to break, i want you to take a look at this video animation that shows out there fighting on those lines. wildfires from california since as we look at our high 1910 and highlights the state's temperatures for today. we're in the upper 80s in the ten largest fires. south bay and downtown san jose. watch that and share it go to still in the low 90s for the south county and for the east our website, nbcbayarea.com. bay, we are looking at some 5:22 for you this morning. highs up to 93 degrees in you're watching "today in the bay." livermore along the coast we're in the upper 60s. so, a nice change there. in san francisco some low 70s today and for the north bay, we're looking at high temperatures reaching up to 94. as we look at what's happening here, still this large area of high pressure. what we'll be watching towards the end of the weekend is if we can draw in some of that tropical moisture that would increase the humidity. of course, that's what sparked the storms and the fires we had and the lightning strikes that we had recently as we watch what's happening with hurricane

genevieve very close to cabo right now. this will continue to weaken and see humidity coming very close sunday into monday as those temperatures go up. that's something we're watching right now. right now it looks like the humidity stays to the south and dry air and drifts of smoke and temperatures in the 90s and no major breaks here. we're still going to be hot into next week. mike, how is it looking right now as folks get ready to head out? >> well, kari, there are concerns. obviously, the fire. stay out of though evacuation zones and request and orders. look out for the roadways where they're in transition. circle at the bottom of your screen north 101. crash around 880 recovery for those speeds. closures for highway 9 and boulder creek area and those are all due to the czu complex fire down there. over on the right the mt. hamilton road is closed and bob

redell is talking about the scu fire. i don't believe this is due to the fire, but avoid the area anyway. marsh creek road is currently kind of cut off between brentwood and clayton because of jean, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15% credit on car and motorcycle policies? some sort of hazard, but i believe even if it is not fire that's great! that's 15% on top of what geico could already save you. related, stay out of that area so what are you waiting for? during the darker hours. john stamos to knit you a scarf? still slow for highway 24 out of all finished, jean. the caldecott. enjoy! overnight road work there as we thank you. look at the toll plaza the road i give. work scheduled to be picked up the stitch work is impeccable. at 5:00 and the toll plaza it's just a double fleck pattern itself we have held steady here. with a reverse garter stitch. back to you, laura. no big deal. >> all right, thank you very is your hair this soft? much. it's 5:56 right now. softer. geico. save an extra 15% when you switch by october 7th. continuing our coverage, as well for you. the nfl is acknowledging unprecedented help may be needed in this season really like no other. the league is actually formulating an advisory committee of former coaches, players and general managers. the group will be leaned on to help decide potentially dicy issues like postponing or

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including president obama, hillary clinton and house speaker nancy pelosi. now, today president trump may try to steal some of the spotlight from biden. he is making an appearance not far from willmington in scranto, pennsylvania. he will appear in an interview tonight and the gop convention takes place next week. it is 5:27 right now. we're going to head back to our but what if you could do better than that? top story of the day. all the wildfires that are like adapt. discover. deliver. burning in the bay area. in new ways. to new customers. for a second night in a row, what if you could come back stronger? many causing panic. faster. better. our team of reporters with the very latest overnight. at comcast business, we want to help you not just bounce back. i'm kris sanchez in scots but bounce forward. and now, we're committed to helping you do just that valley. where reinforcements from oakland and alameda county just with a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution at a great price. arrived to help with evacuations and road closures. some of the folks that evacuated call or go online today. won't have any place to return to. i'm cierra johnson in vacaville where we have unfortunately seen our first fatality as this fire rages on.

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right now at 5:30, breaking news for you. pg&e worker has died in the fire fight in the north bay. those flames moving fast into neighborhoods. a live report coming up. those fires impacting every

inch of the bay area by filling our skies with smoke and ash. sorry to say, it's not going to be very different today. but cooler weather is coming to some spots. "today in the bay" continues right now. here's what we're all dealing with right now. fires burning in nearly every county in the bay area. we've got complete coverage for you to help you through now this latest barrage of news that is hitting the bay area. thanks so much for joining us. we actually went on early this morning at 4:00 a.m. to bring you his eye on that