right now at 4:30, breaking news. a devastating discovery. the death toll from the wildfire burning in butte county grows. new concerns, a big concern today, all of this as president trump and senator kamala harris prepare to visit california in just a few hours. plus, relief and reopenings. the shuttered businesses getting a second shot at recovery today in san francisco. and b.a.r.t. looks to resume more service today amid the pandemic just one day after a system wide shutdown left riders stranded. "today in the bay" starts right

now. and a good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're all anxious to say good morning this morning. yay monday. hey, team, i hope you had a great weekend. we'll check in with mike in just a little bit and let's check the forecast with kari. hopefully some clearing from the smoke. well, today is still looking pretty smoky. unhealthy air quality continues as we take a look outside in walnut creek even during the night hours we can see how smoky it is. we're starting out this morning temperatures in the upper 50s and also staying cool because of the thick layer of smoke we have. as we go into today, though, we are going to see temperatures reaching into the upper 70s for the south bay, some low to mid-80s for much of the inland east bay, and our north bay high temperatures will reach into the upper 80s for ukiah and clear lake with some low 80s for santa rosa. i'll be tracking the air quality. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you're starting out with a

traffic alert? yes, kari, and continuing with an alert because i got this notification just about 1:30 this morning over in fremont. lower visibility given those conditions. 84 reports a car hit a power pole. the power pole is the issue right now. it is not an option right now. marcus, you have to go down 680 and use mission to get out of that sunol area or into it. new overnight, vallejo police are investigating a deadly shooting inside of a gas station store. an unidentified man died. now the woman claims to be the victim's cousin later showing up at the scene. she says the victim was a 30-year-old and had four children all under the age of 6.

>> we grew up together. he was a very loving father, very doting, always had his kids. they just talk about daddy. >> there are no details confirmed about the victim. no arrests have been made. it's not clear what led up to that shooting. now to the breaking news happening across our state, dry and windy conditions are fueling 29 wildfires now that are burning. president trump is set to visit california. the death toll stands at 24 so far this year. several people are still missing. so far this year 3 million acres have burned across our state. that's about an area the size of connecticut. let's go live to "today in the bay's" kris sanchez this morning to tell us what the president's visit will entail. kris? >> reporter: first we'll tell you where he's going to be. he's going to be at the cal fire, the main emergency operation center near the sacramento airport.

so you can expect to see more coverage about that today. he will meet with cal fire and other responders there as that emergency service center. he's been criticized, though, up to this point for remaining relatively quiet about the latest round of wildfires burning here in california, many of them still active. his press secretary reminds critics trump did approve a disaster credit and will arrive fresh off an indoor campaign rally in nevada stoking concerns about coronavirus. now also today presidential nominee joe biden and his running mate will address the wildfires burning in our state and the ones devastating oregon at the same time. kamala harris speaking here with nbc bay area's raj mathai will visit the creek fire zone. that's near fresno. you might remember that's the ilies were trapped by the flames and had to be rescued by military helicopter. this is a look at some of the damage biden and trump will have

to address today. my husband was on assignment for nbc news, got this video of phoenix, oregon, one of the towns leveled by fire. it looks a lot like coffee park after the north bay firestorm. and as we well know many of those communities are still rebuilding, so the conversation will be about today and what's ahead for people who will need to help for a very long time. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, striking video there. thank you very much, kris. for some san francisco businesses, it felt like today would never arrive during this pandemic. many more closed businesses will be allowed to reopen. of course with a limited capacity like we have seen. so here is a quick look at the indoor changes that we're seeing. hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, gyms and massage services as well as hotels, churches. but one person inside at a time and outdoor family entertainment

like mini golf, batting cages and go carts. even more restrictions are easing in alameda county. it will begin permitting additional car-based gatherings such as movie showings or live musical and theatrical performances. typically we've seen a lot of graduation ceremonies and religious gatherings but now it's expanding under the new order. the number of cars allowed will increase from 200 to 400 and you'll be able to preorder food for pickup at the event. a huge drop-off in tolls mean possible layoffs. some 240 employees have been warned that about 30% of the labor force could be affected. that includes bridge workers, bus and ferry employees. again, this is just a notice, no layoffs have been made official. starting this morning another hopeful sign for the bay area commute. b.a.r.t. is making its biggest

service expansion since the pandemic took hold. b.a.r.t. is adding more runs for three of its busiest lines. it follows the big glitch yesterday morning. jim allison says a key part failed but lessons have been learned. >> our engineers have been able to implement a new configuration change to the network which is expected to protect against one device shutting down the entire system. >> b.a.r.t. says ridership is gradually inching higher which is why it's moving back to 15-minute intervals for its busiest lines. are a very dangerous situation on the golden gate bridge. chp stopping a car and what they say they found inside sent several of them to the hospital. this happened after a suspected dui driver crashed into the median near the toll plaza yesterday. chp found an unconscious man at the wheel and a white powdery substance at the car.

paramedics gave the driver two doses of narcan. the car was towed away. that's when officers and the bridge crew began feeling the effects of possible exposure. chp says one officer who was in the car immediately felt ill and became incapacitated. that mill valley fire department came in. they decon tataminated the car treated everyone. they didn't find traces of fentanyl but other chemicals were found. the officer and bridge employees are all okay. very early on our monday morning but we dealt with being inside more due to the smoke. hopefully we'll see some clearing today, kari. it won't be today but the air quality is still bad. a look at this smoky scene we're seeing this morning over san jose and we are seeing those

numbers in the purple category right now for the south bay but the overall trend for today is for unhealthy air quality to continue so we've been watching those numbers fluctuate going up and down. a southerly wind allowing the smoke to settle near the surface. as we go into the next couple of days looks like there could be some changes. mike, you've been following that traffic alert. what's the update? we have two issues including that traffic alert on the eastern side of our map. as we look over to highway 84 that's what is not accessible between sunol and fremont, going through the area. there's a crash and a power pole has the lower hanging wires. that does cut off an important section. you have to go down to mission boulevard and 680.

that will also have folks speeding over livermore and pleasanton. near the walnut there's a crash affecting only the on ramp. i'm tracking that. back to you. on the hunt, next on "today in the bay," the reward being offered in the search for a man wanted in the shooting of two l.a. county sheriff's deputies and what we're learning about the moment leading up to a brutal attack. plus, the bay area tech giant now poised to become tiktok's u.s. technology partner. we'll talk about it when we return. 4:40.

right now at 4:43 as we take a look at our temperature trend for the morning as you head out the door in antioch we are going to see those temperatures in the upper 50s it start this morning. and then as we go into the rest of the day still smoky but temperatures staying a little bit lower. we'll talk more about this and what's ahead for theg up in a f. kari, right over my shoulder this red squiggle, take a look at it. it might be very important for folks traveling out of the altamont pass through pleasanton and continuing in towards fremont. also important for folks out of free month to sunol.

the power line is down. the road is closed through that stretch. we'll talk about more coming up. good morning. i'm bertha coombs with your top business headlines from cnbc. wall street is indicated to open higher this morning. a series of corporate deals over the weekend adds some positive data on vaccines raising hopes that stocks that were battered last week might recover. last week we saw the stocks close up modestly on friday but ended the week sharply lower. the dow shedding. the nasdaq with the big tech heavy index dropping 4%, the worst performance since last march. in focus this week we'll get reports on retail sales, jobless claims, and consumer sentiment and we'll be watching the federal reserve to hold their two-day meeting with a decision due on wednesday afternoon. oracle appears poised to become

tiktok's u.s. technology partner after the chinese owner of the popular video sharing app rejected microsoft's bid. sources say bytedance abandoned the idea of an outright sale. microsoft says it was confident its proposal would have been good for tiktok subscribers while protecting national security interests. president trump set a september 20th deadline for a deal to get done. oracle does have ties with the trump administration. the company founder larry ellison hosted a fund-raiser for the trump campaign earlier in year and was a member of the trump transition team in 2016. amazon will be hiring another 100,000 people to keep up with the surge in online orders. the company says new hires will pack, sort or ship orders and they'll be working on part time

and full-time roles. amazon says these jobs are not related to its annual holiday hiring. business has been booming. amazon recently reported record profits and revenues in its latest quarter. it already had to hire 175,000 new people earlier this year to keep up with demands. last week it said it had more than 30,000 corporate and tech jobs it still needed to fill. back over to you, marcus. a lot of jobs out there for folks who really need a new position so they should get on those sites and apply. >> absolutely. sounds like some good news this morning. thank you, bertha. 4:46. and it's not just the bay area. we're following breaking news in los angeles county. nexter who on "today in the bay" we'll talk about the all-new evacuation orders as a fast moving fire is fueled by overnight flames. plus, the damage many in san diego county are returning home to this morning.

well, here we go. another morning for you here as you can see right here from this photo. the air quality not so great. the 28th spare the air day that we're experiencing here in the bay area. certainly another record hit today. the question is any relief in sight? meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that for us and, kari, can we expect it to change at any time now? >> it looks like it will

possibly change for the end of the week. that means we have still several more days with unhealthy air quality and seems like it's been forever since we've seen the sun shine. this is a look at how it moves through the upper levels of the atmosphere. you can basically see it's covering the whole west coast with the fires burning in oregon and across california. we're seeing it moving across the world. as it settled in during the early hours when we have an inversion, basically air that's sinking, and we also have the marine layer where we have a lot of fog near the coastline. elsewhere it's still pretty bad, even if you don't have health problems. this will start to affect you. it is not the morning to go out for a walk as soon as that sun comes up. as we go into today we're still

looking at unhealthy air quality and temperatures held down in many spots because of the smoke. mid-70s in palo alto. low 70s in oakland. as we head to the east bay you may see filtered sunshine but temperatures in the upper 80s for this afternoon. we look at the wind direction and it's coming in from the south and this is still bringing in some humidity but then those winds at about 15 to 25 miles per hour will continue. it doesn't help mix out the smoke. as we look at our weather pattern down the road there will be some changes as we head to the end of the week, the storm system approaches and brings in a stronger westerly wind around that area of low pressure. by thursday and friday we could see some improvement. that means still for most of this week we are still dealing with a lot of smoke. our temperatures will actually go up a couple of degrees over the next few days. check out friday, upper 70s. it will heat up again for the

weekend. mike, what's the update on the morning commute? one area you don't want to go. you will find chp there, fremont police and pg&e because of power lines down right here. this is the cut-through. that is currently closed because of an overnight crash that took down the power pole and lower hanging power lines are the big concern. you'll have to use mission. and 680. they will join you with the little angle below the area. chp and caltrans are having signs lit up. blotches of fog around the area and of course the haze. no backup. back to you, laura. breaking news out of southern california, a new weekend evacuation orders for the bobcat fire, the area near the santa anita racetrack. the fire started eight days ago in the angeles national forest

but has now burned more than 33,000 acres. no homes have burned. it is 6% contained. also in southern california devastating discoveries for evacuated families of the valley fire. one san diego county mother finally had her first look at the aftermath. kimberly leslie says said minutes to grab her kids and dog and get out. she had to leave her 11 horses behind. now back her home is a pile of rubble and ash, but, this is the great news, miraculously, her 11 horses survived that fire. >> some good news there. developing for you this morning some hopeful news for two l.a. county deputies shot in a cold-blooded ambush on saturday. the person who shot them has not been found. department leaders say both deputies are now out of surgery and expected to survive. new security video that we're not going to show you here shows a gunman walking up to their

patrol car and opening fire at gunpoint -- at point blank range, i should say. the gunman takes off running. a $100,000 reward is being offered to track down that shooter. the sheriff, of course, outraged. >> they just graduated. i swore them into office just 14 months ago. to see someone just walk up and start shooting on them it's -- it pisses me off. >> one deputy is a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy. the other just 24 years old. and both have been on the job for just more than a year. 4:54 right now. called out by kaepernick. coming up next on "today in the bay," why the former 49ers quarterback slamming the nfl for its new campaign in support of racial justice. happening now for you, israel is implementing a nationwide lockdown. for three weeks despite the coronavirus spread, the country is dealing with 4,000 new cases a day. the lockdown will start friday

and will include the jewish new year. it is the first to do it on a level level. they ban more than ten people congregating indoors. citizens can only travel less than half a mile from their home unless they're going to work. we'll be right back.

former 49ers colin kaepernick credited with first pushing the nfl for change has his own interpretation of the league's new racial justice efforts. he tweeted yesterday, while the nfl runs propaganda about how they care about black life, they are still actively blackballing

eric reid for fighting for the black community. eric set two franchise records last year and is one of the best defensive players in the league. back when kaepernick first started taking a knee with the niners in 2016 reid was the first teammate beside him. breaking news on the fires that have been burning across our state, the rising death toll, and the presidential visit that's happening today. plus, bob woodward discussing his latest book "rage." more coming up.

right now at 5:00 all eyes on california as president trump makes his first visit to assess the state's weeklong firefight. he's not the only one. next, how joe biden and kamala harris plan to address the crisis today. >> he said, well, we're doing everything possible. at that moment it's like franklin roosevelt after pearl harbor had told the american people the truth, a lot more could have been done. >> only on nbc journalist bob woodward speaks out after release of taped interviews where the president admits to downplaying the covid crisis. our washington insider is live with that full story in just moments. and the race for a vaccine. pfizer says it could have one ready for release in a few weeks. the steps that nee