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"today in the bay" starts right now. and very good tuesday, goodness gracious, it's already thursday. only go back to see how far you've come. good thursday morning to you, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm in for marcus washington on this thursday morning. nice to see all four of you, kari. i know you have a forecast that looks gorgeous for the weekend. >> yeah and hot, too. we've been talking about how this weekend we're going to be heating up. excessive heat warnings will go into effect this saturday. so what we'll want to do is enjoy today because it's still going to be really nice as we ith temperatures in the upper 50s. as we go toward our lunch hour, take it outside. we'll be mostly in the mid 70s for many of our spots in the inland valleys. and then as we go into the afternoon, or this afternoon we'll see those temperatures in

the low to mid 80s. we'll talk more about this and that high heat ahead, that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the early morning commute? >> kari, we have a couple concerns. first a look at the san mateo bridge camera we have facing west. the taillights away from us going towards the peninsula and that's where the reports of a disabled vehicle somewhere along this flat section. about five minutes ago i saw flashing lights on the right side and i don't see them now. no slowing across mid span and the report is there from chp. oakland slowing now suddenly southbound and there is a crash and big rig and two sedans specifically blocking your slow lane through downtown and check on 16th coming up in the next few minutes. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. now to one of the most talked about stories of week. we continue to follow new developments in the illegal hair salon visit in san francisco by house speaker nancy pelosi, which the house speaker is

claiming was a set up. this morning we're hearing from the stylist and the owner of the salon. pete joins us live this morning. pete? >> the stylist agreed with house speaker pelosi that this was a set up, but the owner is, of course, disputing this set-up claim. she discussed that in an interview with tucker carlson on fox news that we'll get to in just a moment. here's video that everybody is talking about. this visit by house speaker pelosi to this salon. the house speaker receiving backlash for that hair appoi appointment and also wearing the face mask around her neck. now, jonathan dinardo is the stylist seen in that video and his attorney claims this was all a set up. statement with the statement with the attorney the owner of the salon has been illegally or claims that she has been illegally styling clients for months and also adding the owner gave denardo her approval for

the appointment but unhappy with speaker pelosi's role in covid-19 restrictions for her business. did that interview with tucker carlson denying it was all a set up. here is speaker pelosi addressing that salon visit yesterday. >> she had called the stylist or her assistant made the appointment. >> yes. >> the appointment was already booked, so no way i could have set that up. >> when they said we're able to accommodate people one person at a time and that we can set up that time, i trusted that. as it turns out, it was a set up. so, i take responsibility for falling for a set up. have been some mixed reviews on yelp for the salon. supporting or against the salon. in response to this incident, i

said she is probably done at the location behind me due to what she calls backlash from the incident. reporting live, pete suratus for "today in the bay." >> certainly one everyone is talking about. thanks so much, pete. take a look at this this morning. bay area just saw the highest amount of covid-19 deaths in one day. there were 30 reported yesterday. the most recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. in the meantime, 87,000 covid-19 cases in the bay area. more than 1,000 people have died since the start. statewide, nearly 800,000 cases with more than 13,000 deaths. so, where do we stand? we want to look at the reopening tiers and where each bay area county currently stands. if you take a look at the nap, napa, san francisco are in the different colors and below that widespread risk. that purple color indicates widespread risk. now, "the chronicle" looked at

recent data and it appears santa clara and marin may shift from the purple tier and those tiers are updated once a week on tuesday. new advice from santa clara county this morning to businesses. if your customers don't follow health guidelines, lawyer up. santa clara health leaders say instead of appealing to them, businesses should seek legal counsel if people are refusing to wear masks or not social distancing. the counsel will help tell each business how they should respond. if businesses need legal help, they can call the county's business call center to point them in the right direction. churchgoers continue to gather at a south bay church despite health orders not to. the north valley baptist church in santa clara is racking up some pretty hefty fines. so far more than $50,000 in fines for holding indoor services. that includes a fine last night after about 150 people attended. this week the pastor posted videos saying there is not a

spike in cases locally and he is following the protocols. santa clara county think ay se differently. >> very sad we find ourselves in this condition that the county is basically shutting down a church. >> concerning examples of folks not following the public health directives and, as a result, putting not only their own congregations but, in fact, all of us at risk. >> the county said the church is one of only two buildings that continue to defy the health o order. the oakland a's are back home waiting to be cleared to finally return to the diamond. this is after someone in their organization tested positive for covid-19 over the weekend. no players have tested positive. the goal is to return to playing on friday. north beach first fridays are back this weekend. of course, we'll see covid-19 safety precautions if you go. handing out masks and hand sanitizer while restaurants are

offering outdoor urves ises. some stores will let in a limited number of customers. now to decision 2020 and the stage is officially set. mark your calendars because the details for the presidential debate are now set. the first is september 29th and it will be moderated by chris wallace of fox news. the second debate, october 15th moderated by c-span steve sculley and one final debate will be moderated by kristen welker. the trump campaign released a statement claiming some of the moderators are clear opponents of president trump. the biden campaign responded saying they are looking forward to participating regardless of who is moderating. 4:38. up next on "today in the bay" new orders from san francisco police. why the department says officers cannot take part in the 2021 pride march. plus, it might be hot this weekend, but walmart is already talking about hot toys for the holidays. just for the record, 113 days

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right now at temperatures starting out nice and cool. we will have a mild day ahead, but some heat for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in the forecast coming up. and there's a crash southbound 880

oakland right around where your crash blocks the slow lanes and couple chp cruisers are on scene and tow trucks are not. you see that slower drive and we're also watching construction heading towards the bay bridge and we'll talk about one that is closed for the next few minutes. coming up. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street set for a mixed open after stocks rallied yesterday. the dow jumping more than 450 points closing above 29,000 for the first time since february posting best session since mid july. nasdaq and s&p ending at fresh record highs. some high-flying tech names such as apple and tesla fell and companies tied to the health of the company such as dupont and verizon outperformed. data on the services sector productivity and the latest report on the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits. the hilton times square is

set to become one of the most prominent hotels that closed during the pandemic. the company that runs the hotel announcing it will shut down indefinitely and cut 200 jobs. hotels in times square are heavily dependent on overseas travel and broadway shows that are canceled at least for now. analysts predict 25,000 new york hotel rooms may never reopen. top rated by kids toy list today a few months ahead of the holiday season. three dozen of the hottest toys chosen by the real experts, kids themselves. the focus on trends including interactive and screen-free entertainment and outdoor energy burning activity. much of that spending has been online but more than half coming during the peak of lockdown measures all across the country this spring. i was looking at that "star wars" dark saber for myself,

kari. over to you. >> toys on that list for adults, too. let's get a look at what is going on with our temperature trend for pleasant hill. as we see our trend this morning in the upper 50s and a few clouds and a nice day ahead. we'll talk about that coming up, next. i might have to get that for frank. we're looking at a list of issues for east bay. one more added to berkeley. a fire on the freeway. we may have an off ramp that is closed, as well, coming up.

it is 4:46 right now. we're looking out our window over oakland this morning. things will be smoothly on the roadways. seeing mercury moving along in the thermometer, as well. not like it is going to move like when we get to the weekend, kari. you're talking about quite the heat up by sunday. >> i'm so not looking forward to that. i know. we're going to have some really hot temperatures, once again, as if we haven't had enough of that this summer. all right, so, let's start out this morning while it's still nice and cool. we are seeing some clouds moving in this morning. and we'll see the clouds gradually clearing out today. we also had some improvements in our air quality, as well. we'll continue to monitor that as our spare the air alert continues. we'll see those temperatures in the south bay reaching into the upper 70s and some mid 80s for the south county.

as we move over towards the east bay, we're up to 87 today in pittsburg while oakland will only reach 70 degrees and then we go towards the coast line with palo alto reaching 76 degrees and for san francisco, it's mostly in the mid to upper 60s today. north bay high temperatures, nice and comfortable in santa rosa reaching 77 and still going to be hot in ukiah as we reach into the upper 90s there. let's head to the weekend. as we talk about where we will be compared to our record high temperatures. and we're looking at for spots like napa, we're going to be normally reaching 84 degrees, but the forecast is for 98 degrees. that is 14 degrees above normal and it's going to be even higher for concord above normal as we reach up to 19 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. so, here's what we're expecting. we are going to see those temperatures going up much hotter weekend and mostly temperatures over 100 degrees

for the inland valleys with some 70s and 80s for the bay and the coast. now, our winds will pick up heading into early next week and that will increase our fire danger. and we're looking ahead to monday night into tuesday saying could there be the potential of power outages. that's something we'll have to watch as the winds increase and we'll have hot temperatures but we are going to have, once again, a very hot weekend for the interior valleys. mike, what's going on for the morning commute? >> well, kari, we have a lot of activity over in the east bay. similar area. first, we'll talk about the quadrant showing the bay bridge and the approach through contra costa county. everything looks pretty good. circled a connector on to west 80, that is the bay bridge toll plaza approach. that connector has road crews that should be clearing any minute there. then we'll zoom in to the big red section with this slowing sensors down through oakland, the southbound 880 at 16th.

this crash blocking your slow lane and tow trucks still waiting for two of those here. big rig and two sedans and this fire just north of the bridge eastbound 80 to gilman off ramp is closed by a roadside fire. we know usually a homeless encampment there and some sort of fire that sparked up there. sounds bigger than what is usual. we'll track that, guys. back to you. new this morning, organizers of san francisco's pride parade will prohibit uniform police officers from marking next year's event. the board said this is in response to a clash between demonstrators and officers last year. several efforts the police have made to make changes within their department. police chief bill scott said in a statement in part that he was, quote, disappointed in the pride board's decision. growing signs of fraud and abuse are prompting an investigation into the state's employee development department. this likely will lead to a big emergency audit.

about 40 state lawmakers yesterday called for that audit. it comes amid signs social security numbers are being used without people's consent as hundreds of thousands of people still await their first delivery of jobless payments and also signs of people across the country receiving random letters with other people's personal information. it hopes it will more quickly clear up the mystery. the session is over for the state legislature but governor newsom says more. bill for pandemic relief and police funding. governor newsom is open to have lawmakers come back in the fall for a special session to discuss those bills. another cal state school halting in-person classes in the wake of a covid-19 outbreak. all classes at san diego state will be online only for the next month. after dozens of students became infected. only a few classes are being held in person, including labs.

sports are now also on hold there. students who have already moved on to campus into housing there this fall, will be allowed to remain. s turns out the rock dwayne johnson had covid-19. he and his family tested positive and they recovered. shared the news in an instagram video yesterday detailing his diagnosis. >> this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family. and for me, personally, too, as well. and i've gone through somes duzies in the past. >> he and his wife had a rough go. in the rvideo, the rock said thy believe they got the virus from family friends. they said don't gather together. don't take that risk. 4:52. coming up, taking on a new role. what cheerleaders on the san

francisco's 49ers team will and won't be doing when the season gets under way. and happening now as fire crews get a better handle on wildfires here in california, washington state is now dealing with a growing wildfire. thousands of people are now under evacuation order as the evans canyon fire grows in size. it burned more than 30,000 acres in yacama county. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. we'll be right back.

so, if you're looking for a new place to rent, we have some tips for trying to make it in the bay. many landlords in the bay area are now offering some special

incentives for renters. a survey of apartments on zillow show 41% of rentals in san francisco had discounts. that's up from 16% in february. while in san jose, 40% of rentals offering some sort of concession. re aa is down about 1%, but that's compared to an average rent increase of 2% the previous five years. the nfl season kicks off 49ers cheerleaders will be among those following different game plans like most everything. this will be a season like no other for the gold rush. "chronicle" reports that they will not travel for road games and will not appear on the sidelines but some members will still be at levi's doing pregame performances for a virtual audience before those home games. the fans can watch on the team's home page. the season kicks off one week from today when the chiefs play the texans here on nbc bay area. i would have thought that maybe along with sidelines would be

okay, but we all have to think about things differently, laura. >> got to keep your distance. got to get a bigger mega phone to keep the distance maybe. >> a bigger one. coming up on "today in the bay" getting a hair cut. where you can get your ears lowered with ac starting tomorrow. we'll talk about that. and some students in bay area counties set to resume learning inside while another is trying to figure out a live plan. a new report on the learning directives going forward.

>> american warriors did not defeat to watch being trampled at home. >> we have to heal and put things together. vying for votes. key battleground states taking center stage on the campaign trail as tensions simmer across the country. some bay area schools now have the green light to resume in-person learning. a live report on what students, teachers and parents can expect. plus, the battle to stop three complex fires burning across the bay area as firefighters race against the clock and rising temperatures. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a very good thursday morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i hope whatever he planned is

indoors because, kari, it sounds like it will be a hot one. >> yeah, you want to try to find a way to stay cool this weekend and at least we still do have that cool air that will continue today and we're taking a live look at dublin. we've also seen some improvement in air quality but as we go into today, we're going to at times see the drifts of smoke coming in and our temperatures staying nice and comfortable. actually cooler than normal in san jose as we reach into the upper 70s and then for the east bay, we're going to see highs reaching into the mid 80s for our afternoon highs. so, it's going to be a nice day, but we will have some high heat ahead for the weekend. and some other concerns i'm watching. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking now for the commute? >> well, looking like i have an arrow pointed right at me because behind me i'm covering the scene of the crash. a lot of slowing right now south