and don't take it if you're on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. lower a1c and lower risk of a fatal heart attack? on it with jardiance. ask your doctor about jardiance. breaking right now at 4:30, tens of thousands trying to escape the flames in northern california. a fire burning north of the bay area gets closer and closer to homes and neighborhoods. the startling new video we're getting in overnight of the north complex fire. and -- >> the lights, by and large, don't work, and we don't have tv. >> and power is still out for many people across the bay area. we'll talk about when the lights could be turned back on. plus, some good news for people living in the south bay,

the businesses now able to reopen. santa clara county gets updated on the state's covid-19 list. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on the commute. first, meteorologist kari hall, what is it going to look like for us today? well, we've had a lot of smoke around the bay area and it looks like that will continue today. the good news our temperatures are coming down so it will be slightly cooler today. let's head to san jose as we look at our temperature trend for this morning with some low 60s to start and then as we go into late morning we'll see mid-70s and only 80 degrees at noon. now we will be also tracking those winds as the red flag warning continues until 8:00 this morning. we'll talk more about that as well as the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minimum. mike, how is it looking for the commute this morning? kari, it looks kind of

yellow here on the map. we take a look at the golden gate bridge, that fog registering an advisory from chp, and you see why. the map will show you traffic heading over into the north bay. very smooth, though, out of san francisco into the fog and north bay where there are more patches. we have construction and slowing through oakland. 880, 29 to 23rd. that may stick around until closer to 6:00. meanwhile, the rest of the bay does move smoothly. i have another note for the alat this maltamont coming up. a wildfire for the of sacramento gets closer to those homes. now this is new video just in to our newsroom of the bear fire. very dangerous with those flames on both sides of the highway. that fire is burning northeast of lake oroville, two hours from the bay area, part of the north burning in

butte, yuba counties. at least 20,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. that fire is about 58,000 acres in size and is 37% contained. o bring that to you throughout the morning. well, new video shows heavy amounts of ash falling right now in oroville. it was posted overnight by a local emt on twitter. it nearly looks like a snowstorm and really puts in perspective the depth of the bear fire. the strong overnight winds are certainly fueling this fire. >> we want to bring in meteorologist kari hall for the latest. what are we talking about here? we had a lot of high winds for the upper elevations but as far as the valleys, it wasn't as windy. when we take a look at where we are now, our winds are coming in from the north and northeast, so that's also going to bring some of that smoke from the new fires

that are burning into the bay area. so we are seeing the winds calming down. a fairly light wind. the red flag warning does continue until 8:00 this morning for all of our bay area hills, in the east bay as well as the north bay, as we could continue to see some of the gusts as well as that low humidity. i'll be tracking that all throughout the morning, marcus. kari, thank you. in mendocino county the oak fire has burned nearly 900 acres. it's 10% contained and is threatening more than 3,000 homes and buildings. the fire started on labor day quickly growing due to wind and dry conditions. here in the bay area crews continue to make progress on the fire lines. the lnu complex fire in the north bay now 91% contained. the scu complex fire 95% contained. containment on the czu complex along the coast stands at 82%. the woodward fire burning at point reyes is 95% contained.

well, the power may start to begin going back on as early as today for more than 172,000 pg&e customers statewide who lost their service because of a public safety power shutoff on psps, that's what they call psps. about 22,000 north bay customers are in the dark, but many have taken matter into their hands. they purchased generators. things like generators can't power the internet which affects phone calls and delivery apps as well, something we've all gotten used to using. pg&e says some customers may have power back by tonight barring any complications there. the bay area continues a new record setting trend for unhealthy air. here is a live look outside of palo alto in oakland. no matter where you are, you most likely see smoke and ash from wildfires visible throughout cities in the region. bay area air quality management says it is expecting unhelpy air

quality, unfortunately, to continue. it has extended a spare the air alert through today. this is a record 23rd day in a row. people cleaning ash off their cars in san francisco say it's a reminder of the terrible fires and the impact on so many lives. >> it's just sad. you see the ash and you think about the slight discomfort thing you have and you think about everybody else is going through really bad stuff. >> the ash didn't keep people inside last night. medical experts say anyone with respiratory issues should close windows and sta the video we posted on our instagram page, a different shot just showing haze throughout the area. follow us to get those updates in your news feed. today marks ten years since the day that changed san bruno forever. that is when a gas line ruptured and the explosion wiped out an entire neighborhood. eight people died and more than

50 others were injured. dozens of homes were destroyed and ultimately pg&e was convicted on criminal charges after that blast. well now to our coronavirus coverage. santa clara county has moved into the next tier of the state's new covid monitoring list and it is now in the red level along with san francisco and napa counties. now nail salons, body waxing salons can now reopen. so can tattoo parlors. gyms can reopen at 10% capacity as well as museums, zoos and aquariums at 25% capacity, and that is all indoors. now blossom nail spa already has safety measures in place. they sanitize their partition booths after every customer and at the end of each day. the county not allowing restaurants to resume any indoor dining. and santa cruz county also moved into the red tier. nail salons, gyms, places of

worship can all operate indoors. this is with modifications, of course. the county emphasized it's preparing for other covid surge since a lot of people who evacuated during the czu complex fire were forced into closed quarters with others. and you know, marcus, it's back to the classroom for some students along the peninsula today after being closed for nearly six months. some palo alto students are starting in-person classes. palo alto weekly reports small groups of struggling students and special education students are coming back to help families who can't distance learn. the superintendent says each middle and high school campus will hold one to two groups of students and more than two teachers will be allowed to teach those students. be a pivotal moment in the reshaping of the future of transportation through the tri-valley. alameda, contra costa transit directors will consider a plan to shift potential money now pegged for the b.a.r.t. expansion to a brand-new transit

agency called valley link. the service would eventually connect b.a.r.t. dublin and pleasanton station east through central valley to stockton. but it all hinges on voters approving that measure this fall. the transit directors meet today at 5:00 p.m. b.a.r.t. announcing plans for the first significant increase in services since the start of the pandemic. starting next monday more trains will be added during the commute hours lowering more wait times to about 15 minutes. and besides that breaking news near oroville we are following this morning, there are more breaking stories to tell you about. this one coming out of southern california. next here on "today in the bay," the dangerous fires burning out of control in l.a. county and the all new overnight video from firefighters on the front lines. and pushing to get your vote. the campaign stops joe biden is set to make today. also the growing debate over the upcoming election and mail-in

ballots. plus, a big announcement from apple. when the bay area-based company is set to unveil the latest version of the apple watch and ipad. 4:40. you're watching "today in the bay."

all right. we're taking a look at some video, a time lapse of those fires that are burning out of control. this one is the bear fire near oroville raging out of control

forcing evacuations. you can just see how explosive that fire development was and it's been producing a lot of smoke as well as ash across parts of the northern california area. we are going to continue to monitor that. we're waking up to cooler temperatures this morning. most of us in the mid-50s to lower 60s, and we will have some cooler air in the forecast today. we'll talk about that as well as our forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> overnight road crews. palo alto, a live look shows a smooth drive right now. those headlights were bunched up as they followed a vehicle slowing things down for a bit. i'm scanning the reports and will let you know if we find anything for that peninsula drive. good morning. i'm bertha coombs with your cnbc business headlines. wall street set to open higher as the market looks to recover some of yesterday's big losses. the nasdaq falling more than 4%.

the tech heavy index now lost more than 10% in the past three sessions. that means it's officially entered what's known as correction territory or a drop of at least 10% from its most recent high which was set just last week. it's the fastest we've ever seen it fall into correction. apple, microsoft, amazon, facebook and tesla among the big name tech stocks that led that huge, steep loss. tesla falling 21% yesterday in its biggest one move ever. apple losing $325 billion in market cap, which is what the company is protecting its total sales will be this year. dropping numbers. the dow falling more than 600 points while the s&p 500 fell nearly 3%. a number of analysts believes it stems from worries the massive runup we've seen in the sector since the lows in march may have

been too far too fast and we're due for a breather. apple, meantime, is inviting everyone virtually to its next event on september 15th. it's widely expected to unveil the latest watch and ipad. apple holds a flashy launch to show off its iphone. the newest phone will be equipped with 5g but it will be delayed a few weeks due to production issues related to the pandem generates the bulk of sales from t the watch has beenthe entire swiss . and waze lets you send directions from your computer to your phone. the process is straightforward. you use your desktop to get the directions and save them to the app and waze will send a notification to your phone which will let you start the trip.

google, which owns waze, has had a similar feature for years. now the ability to view saved locations on the web which means you won't have to manually type in addresses for home, work, or your favorite store. kari, back to you. thank you, bertha. let's check out our live view in walnut creek as we start out this morning. i'll be monitin and temperaturet coming up after the break. and i wonder if bertha knew you could get the directions read to you by that man on waze as well. and other features. we didn't find other issues on 101. that's the good news. i do have an issue for the east bay. watch for slowing there. i'll show you where coming up. we saw the cloud of smoke

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we continue to follow breaking news and take a look at these pictures. the bear fight near oroville. that is people evacuatinevacuat. imagine people so close to them. there are 20,000 people under evacuation orders in that area right now. already 58,000 acres have burned. it is zero percent contained. e in the bay area. such a run here.

smoke and ash throughout the area that we all see when we walk out the door. kari has a look at our forecast right now, certainly this is tough. we have another spare the air day. yeah, and so we'll see if this will get extended. most likely it will though we'll see improvements in our weather conditions. we have so many fires burning all around us. as we take a look outside in san francisco a little bit of fog to start out this morning, and that's going to help us cool off just a bit especially along the coastal areas and let's go throughout the day looking hour by hour at our temperatures where we are going to see about the noon hours. for the south bay we're at 81 degrees. as we go into today we'll see those highs still reaching into the 90s but this is definitely better, highs over 100 degrees. we're up to about 90 degrees at

3:00 in antioch and 94 around concord and then going into this evening if you're planning to head out and will be doing outdoor activities, 70s and dropping back to the 60s overnight. we know that we have a lot of fires burning and they're causing these, what we call, cumulus clouds that are basically billows of smoke coming up into the atmosphere and that smoke is traveling well above the surface. a little bit higher in the atmosphere. the smoke particles across the country leaving the sky darker. we've been seeing a lot of that and the smoke can stay closer to the surface or just above the surface but we've also been watching our fire conditions here as we look at our wind speeds in the forecast for the morning. the red flag warning continues until 8:00. after that looks like our winds start to calm down just a bit,

but it will be quite breezy in some spots. a southerly wind will bring in some slightly cooler temperatures and then it turns more westerly as we head into the end of the week which brings back our natural air conditioning and will also hopefully improve air quality. we're looking at temperatures in san francisco mostly in the 60s after today but it will still be a little bit warm in the city for today as well as tomorrow. we're continuing to watch you'll of this going on, mike. do you have anything going on in the traffic department? you kn kari, we haut that. the yellow on the map as we take it full to screen reminds you there's fog throughout the north bay. no major issues but, look, i'm circling oakland, 880 as you travel southbound. that's the construction zone and typical of overnight down a couple lanes that may last until 6:00 but probably clearing up

about 5:30 if everything goes according to typical schedule. slowing out of the altamont where chp has given a wind advisory. just kicking in off the merge with 580/205. those are the only issues and they're pretty predictable. this morning may be really critical for firefighters battling that out-of-control bobcat fire that has burned in the angeles national forest. areas like monrovia are under evacuation orders. overnight and into the morning santa ana winds were forecast to reach more than 50 miles an hour at times. red flag warning remains in tonight. now here is new video from firefighters on the front lines of the el dorado fire burning in yucaipa and san diego county. this is the fire that sparked the smoke -- it was sparked by a smoke machine during a gender reveal party.

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breaking right now at 5:00, a dangerous situation blowing up overnight in butte county. high winds push a massive wildfire across highway noose homes as residents drive through flames to escape. the latest developments just ahead. at 3:30 in the morning everybody is up. somebody comes by and knocks on your door, get up, get ready. >> dramatic new stories of survival from pem wople who wer trapped and airlifted to safety. the long trek some hikers had to make as those flames closed in. and no way to avoid it -- smoky and hazy skies across the bay area triggering a record