for more than a dozen schools to reopen. all are elementary schools, some private, some public. the schools will be required to follow strict protection plans that they submitted during the waiver application to make sure those kids and the teachers stay safe. coming up on "today in the bay" wildfires in southern california get dangerously close to homes forcing people to right now at 4:30 breaking evacuate. news and a daring overnight we'll hear from those people who had to leave at a moment's notice. rescue mission. plus -- national guard pilots try to fly >> we need a vaccine and we need it now. into an inferno to save stranded we have to listen to the campers. new developments this morning. sciences. >> hard to hear but joe biden and lights out. says we need a vaccine, we need pg&e shutting off power it now. he's talking about the overnight in parts of napa and possibility of that happening. sonoma counties in an effort to prevent wildfires from sparking. how long the blackouts are he said he would give up to get a vaccine to the people. expected to last. and you won't find some plus, we are going outside items on amazon anymore. so you doan have to. the products it's pulling that we'll show you where could affect your garden. we'll be right back. record-breaking bad air quality ladies... check it out. continues because of all of these fires. the impact with the smoke and the haze is having on other states.

and a very happy tuesday to you. good morning as well. i'm scott mcg >> and i'm kris sanchez.f. kari, you're going to be temper air. yeah, we have a lot going on here as well as that red flag warning, the high fire danger today as we will see all of these areas shaded in red included in that red flag warning. that means that any fires that get going today can spread rapidly under these conditions. and we are looking at temperatures still pretty hot reaching into the mid-90s for the south bay. we're up to 103 degrees today in so strong. so... not ripped. what're we talkin about... antioch and 96 today in clear that's the hefty ultra strong bag hefty! hefty! hefty! lake. so still some really hot weather (whispers) gimme. in place along with that bad air quality and the fire danger. (confused) give me the bag? we'll talk more about all of get hefty ultra strong at a low price that coming up am mike, how is it looking for the early morning commute? it's looking great.

you did triple duty yesterday so thank you for that. we'll look out to the roadways where not a lot of issues reported. the speed sensors look great around the bay. we go up to the north bay, coming southbound 680 approaching industrial. sounds like there may have been a crash involving the big rig. the car apparently tapped the rig and went off the roadway just shy of the benicia bridge. watching for more detail as chp arrives. i'll let you know if any lanes are blocked. the speed sensors are clear across all these spans. back to you. following breaking news out of fresno county, that fast-moving wildfire, the creek fire has burned nearly 79,000 acres overnight. crews made another attempt to rescue about 50 people that are trapped near chinese peak and lake edison. bobome on and report the national guard had ceased their

rescue operations because conditions were so bad, but we've learned within the past 30 to 35 minutes they have resumed their helicopter operations. and so far they have rescued at least 13 people. i want to throw up a map so you get a sense where we're talking about. this is taking place in the sierra national forest. we know there were at least about 50 people who were trapped. 39 were at the vermilion valley resort at lake edison. 14 of those people did try to drive out but they only got as far as chinese peak where they're waiting for an airlift. we don't know who among those people have been rescued of the good tuesday morning. watching the wind speeds already 13. we know three choppers have been high in parts of the north bay sent out to four locations and and fairfield as well as napa and santa rosa. we believe rescue attempts are ongoing. winds at 32 miles an hour. we believe because of an apparent heart attack. now the national guard tells us we have a high fire danger. that overnight, this was more of that coming up in a few minutes. reported initially, they made kari is the meteorologist several attempts at different but i want to show you this shot outside as things are across the locations with chinook and bridge. i think it might be steam --

blackhawks. the soldiers were not able to okay, probably a little bit of low clouds. get in at the time and the things are moving smoothly. conditions were too dangerous. we'll show you what's going on the national guard was saying we are going to try to go after farther north coming up. sunrise but clearly something has changed for the better for the sake of these people, and and good morning. i'm rahel solomon at cnbc they have now been able to get in. the size of the creek foyer has headquarters. here are today's top business grown. it is now at 135,000 acres with headlines. wall street is set for a lower open this morning. dow futures dropped about 170 no containment. the latest, again, the air points. this as the markets come off a national guard is resuming two-day sell-off thursday and rescue operations. at least 13 people have been friday. stocks snapping a five-week winning streak after a big reversal in the tech sector. rescued. i've seen video on twitter of steep losses in apple, amazon, people walking out safely from the helicopter and they are microsoft and facebook which sending out others to rescue the have been leaders this year other people from different driving the nasdaq down more locations. rorling live, bob redell, "today than 3% for its worst week since in the bay." march. the dow and s&p 500 suffering >> some good news. their worst week since june. all right, bob, thank you. we're learning crews from many traders believe this santa clara county are helping weakness stems from worries that battle that fire. the massive run-up in techs may the fire department tweeted out these photos overteam on the sc. have pushed their value to very now despite that crew being out lofty levels. of the area the department said the nasdaq, by the way, up more than 70% from the lows in march. fire stations remain fully staffed ready to respond to any

fires that could break out here. consumer credit tracks the last few minutes pg&e americans' borrowing habits. started coordinated power shutoffs in certain high fire amazon is banning seeds on its site after thousands of danger areas in the north bay. americans received mysterious shipments in the past few the shutoffs are because of the months. most have been postmarked from arrival of high winds. china, they're mislabeled, and downtown will be safe because some have been harmful to u.s. it's powered by a generator agriculture. it's speculated they are part of provided by the city. a scam in which vendors write people who live in the area say they are prepared, too. we have so many elderly bogus reviews to try to spur sales. people in here that we have to the u.s. is working closely with china to identify the source. and kohl's is launching a look after because a lot of them don't drive. they don't get out of their new customer loyalty program houses. today called kohl's rewards. we have to help them. it's free and members earn 5% >> more than 20,000 customers in kohl's cash daily and napa and sonoma counties are personalized deals and perks. expected to lose power today and could be off as long as 36 hours kohl's is rewarding the previous as pg&e makes sure it's safe to program on purchases that were turn the lights back on. then converted to rewards. we do have a crew headed there this should make it easier to and will have more coverage in our 5:30 half hour. understand what they are earning and how to redeem it. such an important reminder kari, back to you. to check on the elderly as thank you, rahel.

temperatures continue to boil let's get out the door in across the bay area. one peninsula city opening a livermore. we're starting out with still some warm weather and we have a hot day ahead. cooling center for people trying we're talking about this, the to escape the excessive heat and air quality and those wind gusts the smoke located at the for today. that's all coming up next. mitchell park community center. that's open from 10:00 a.m. kari, still tracking this until 6:00 p.m. through this friday. here in the bay area crews crash over by the benicia are making progress containing bridge. a better location and i hope i three large wildfires that we've have better location about any injuries as well. been talking about for weeks. we'll talk about the slowing coming up. there is still a lot of work on the czu fire, the lnu and the cscu fires. you can see the latest containment numbers here. the burn zones are massive. check out this video from the santa cruz mountains. you can see crews in the air working to put out hot spots that are still flaring up. all the smoke from the fires in california blowing across the country. take a look at this aerial image showing how far it's reaching. i have the power to lower many in kansas are dealing with the bad air. my blood sugar and a1c. here in the bay area another because i can still make my own insulin. spare the air alert is in effect. and trulicity activates my body

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good morning. looking at sfo. maybe some fog in the distance. a couple degrees cooler getting in the car, at least that's what the car said, kari. i'll take it. after yesterday, i'll take a few degrees. i beg to differ but i think it's steam. >> oh, it's steam. >> it's not fog, it's steam. >> it's so hot it's steam. it's been really sizzling across the bay area. today it will be about ten degrees cooler in some spots. we're making some progress here, right? we haven't seen a lot of progress in our air quality. that's been the other issue we've been dealing with taking a look at how unhealthy it will be for us to breathe in all of this smoke and ozone that will continue across all of our microclimates for today. so limit your time outside. we're probably already doing that because of the heat anyway. we're still going to be hot this

afternoon. east san jose reaches up to 98 degrees. gilroy, 101 degrees for a high temperature this afternoon. we're reaching 102 in walnut creek with oakland up to 91 today. and some low 80s for daly city and half moon bay. redwood city, 93 degrees. some mid-80s in san francisco. for the north bay we're going to see those high temperatures up to 96 for a high temperature in sonoma today. let's talk about our wind speed because it's already windy in parts of the north bay and the hills may have those gusts up to 50 miles per hour today. we're looking at wind speeds that will continue to blow offshore. this is our first offshore wind event where it even heats up the coastal areas and that air is so dry, so we're dealing with that today. and so with that along with the low humidity fire danger is really high. and then we add in the low humidity that we'll see today, and when you talk about single

digit humidity, relative humidity levels, man, it's just extremely dry and our vegetation is already very crispy. we do have to be very careful today. we lock ok at temperatures that will come down a few more degrees by the end of the week. we have some upper 80s. san francisco in the mid-80s today. and then 70s for the most part for the rest of the week. mike, you are watching a couple issues out there on the roads. how is it looking? overall pretty calm, kari. we are watching the benicia bridge has been a focus because of activity just before you get there. the overall view shows a smooth drive. you'll notice different than last week highway 1 open down toward the bottom of the screen. still watch for the traffic control. but the czu fire in that reason, continuing with progress but we have that going on. highway 84 as well as 580 typical slowing. a little more spread out for 580 into livermore. coming down to the benicia

bridge there's still a crash, south 680. not a major problem. still tracking it. no major injuries reported. a very smooth drive out of oakland and in towards san francisco. back to you. thank you, mike. a story that has a lot of people talking, the gender reveal stunt that went so wrong and started a massive wildfire. firefighters say in yucaipa. it took place and an i go nighter let the grass on fire. partygoers used water bottles to douse the flames and called 911. the family is said to be cooperating but could face criminal charges and be forced to pay for all the damage. a fast moving fire exploded in san diego county, the valley fire started over the weekend, quickly scorched about 17,000

acres, more than 30 structures were destroyed. only 3% contained. hundreds had to evacuate with short notice, and now wonder what's happened to their homes. one evacuee not so lucky. >> we made it. the animals made it. we lost the house. >> unknown if the people were hurt and how serious their injuries actually are. >> it's just so hard to hear. happening today south bay voters rights group will unveil new action opposing recent cuts to the postal service. santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez leads the group arguing postal service changes are slowing critically important deliveries. the brief encourages courts in washington to block the recent changes to benefit not only the upcoming election but people impacted by the pandemic.

in decision 2020 and our first solo day on the campaign trail, kamala harris met with the family of jacob blake. in a tv interview over the weekend, she voiced concerns about voter suppression and foreign interference in the upcoming election. lawmakers returned to session today with a lot on their plate including coronavirus. president trump has no plans to talk with democratic leaders but is optimistic about a coronavirus vaccine which he says could happen before the election. >> if i could get a vaccine tomorrow, i'd do it. if it cost me the election, i'd do it. >> it's politics rhetoric. >> even staff members who are running the fast track vaccine call a vaccine before election day extremely unlikely.

the world health organization says don't expect a vaccine until the middle of next year. now in a few hours president trump heads to florida and south carolina. the president is visiting two battleground states. first mr. trump will deliver remarks on the environment at the jupiter inlet lighthouse in florida and then to winston-salem, south carolina, for a campaign rally at the airport. college and coronavirus next on "today in the bay," the all-new demands students are making at uc san diego as they deal with that outbreak. plus, a bay area olympian facing a lot of backlash this morning after she said and explained why she didn't wear a mask when she went to the store. but first, happening now the u.s. navy is searching for a sailor who apparently went overboard in the arabian sea. a sailor went missing from the "uss nimitz" while on patrol with tensions with iraq. a crew of some 5,000 sailors and

marines. the missing sailor's name is being withheld.

it's 4:56. after seeing cases surge in places like san diego state hundreds of uc san diego students and staff are asking the university to drop in-person classes. ucsd is responding saying the return to school plan will include free covid tests for students, limited class sizes and social distancing, but they're going to go to class and some students still think that's too risky. >> it's going to be really difficult because when you have people that could easily have

temperature checks, again, you're playing with fire. >> uc san diego says it expects positive cases at the start of the year, but it believes the return to learn plan will curb large outbreaks. bay area olympic beach volleyball star kerri walsh jennings getting reaction from her fans both against and for a post she made on instagram where she talked about not wearing a mask while shopping. >> first she confessed she did do that before launching into a long statement about why. and part of that statement reads, i can mindfully and compassionately stand up for my rights and the freedoms our constitution has granted us all without being reckless or putting anyone else in danger. in the comment section, meanwhile, some responded by calling the posth. but according to "the mercury news" the comments from her own sister reads you're better than this. we are still following breaking news. an overnight rescue mission trying to get under way saving a

few people but more need to be saved. next, what we're learning about the heroic efforts being made. plus, it might be a sleepless morning in the north bay. the dangerous fire weather that's forcing power shutoffs as we speak. we'll show you where that's happening. you're watching "today in the bay." dear california, we know these are challenging times...

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people in the north bay impacting thousands of homes and businesses. we have an update just ahead on which neighborhoods are already in the dark. plus, breaking in the central valley, advancing wildfires lead to dramatic new rescues overnight. we're monitoring the very latest from the front lines. are and a live report and the bay area counties that could be ready to move forward with new reopenings and more relaxed restrictions. is it where you live? "today in the bay" continues right now. well, a very good tuesday morning to you. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. good morning to you, mike. welcome back. kari, you have been a very busy lady. so many different weather stories coming in. right, we've had the heat, the poor air quality, and