smoke. as we wait for clearing skies, new long lasting impacts are starting to emerge from the onslaught of smoky skies. plus, more progress. crews make new gains in the fight against those wildfires in the area. others in the state continue to rage. kamala harris visits those fire zones. the very latest on the overnight firefight. and cover up or pay up, rules for covid rule breakers. live with a look at who the rules are meant to target the most. that's "today in the bay" right now. a very good tuesday morning to you. 5:00 right now. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. i like to call this a terrific tuesday. hopefully we have a terrific commute. let's talk about the forecast first. kari, there is something terrific to talk about. we'll see a little change in the

air especially with the air quality. yes, it's nice to at least see something in the forecast that shows we will be improving. let's talk about air quality still unhealthy so still limit your time outside as these numbers have been well over 100 and we've also seen just a very light wind this morning not really helping mix out the smoke. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast coming up. mike, how is it looking for the commute? kari, we'll show you with some live looks, the bay bridge toll plaza, for example, was just fine right now, an easy drive. a light volume heading over from berkeley down the east shore freeway. you get here with no problems. it is tuesday. we will see more traffic than yesterday. getting from here down to the san mateo bridge we'll take a look. things are moving smoothly on 92 as well. in between we have that construction crew on the nimitz

so the southbound side still slow down to one lane, i believe, overnight for the next hour. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 5:01. a live look across the bay area right now. we are in the midst of a 29th straight spare the air day. that smoke not only bad for your lungs but it could be bad for your wine. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in livermore to explain the growing concerns for winemakers now in the middle of the harvest. bob? >> reporter: yes, real threat of smoke taint is a concern for winemakers in napa, sonoma and here in livermore. we spoke with steven. he tells us if enough smoke gets on his grapes and permeates the skin the wine can end up with what he describes as an acrid, smoky, lick the bottom of the ashtray flavor. that not a good thing.

the scu fire burned miles away from his vineyard but in spite of that there was a lot of smoke and ash that blew through here. the problem is the laboratory is backlogged with so many test requests from other winemakers he won't get the results in time, so he's going to have to harvest his grapes, make his wine and wait until three years later to find out whether or not his grapes suffered from smoke taint. >> if there are issues and, again, we don't know this, it's like making a cake for the queen of england. you bake the cake and you don't know until you take that first slice if it was salt or sugar you put in the cake. we won't know until the cake is finished. >> reporter: the smoke may be transitory and little if not at all when they look at the test requests coming in. even though it's too early to

speculate they don't think the smoke would affect an entire vintage in any of the wine growing regions. this is a first for steven in his years of making wine. he reiterates he doesn't know if his lane is affected and if it was he wouldn't be putting that wine out on the market. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." thanks so much, bob. observing leaders will debate opening more shelters. people are being asked to follow social distancing rules if they do enter those centers. here is a look at some of the impacts statewide from what's been a full month of wildfires and it may seem like it's been more than a year. right now that fire, there are at least 26 fires burning across the state. so far this year 3.2 million

acres have burned and at least 2 dozen deaths linked to the fires statewide. more people are still missing. happening today napa county supervisors discuss fast tracking a plan to help lnu fire victims. supervisors will discuss authorizing hotel stays longer than 30 days and new price gouging protections for czu fire victims. san mateo county leaders plan to hohn first responders for their acts of heroism. wove a look at the latest containment levels for the big three bay area complex fires. scu may be contained as soon as thursday. you can see how they own city. visit nbcbayarea.com. san francisco leaders will meet today to discuss what to do with some of that money

reallocated from police defunding efforts. "the examiner" reports the city's office of economic and workforce development will receive 21 million additional dollars this fiscal years. now that doubles as overall amounts to $3 million. mayor london breed says it will likely be reinvested. other money redirected to the public health department. happening today berkeley city councilmembers plan to hold a no confidence vote on the police chief. it follows controversial comments made by chief andrew greenwood about the police response to protests in june. during a council debate on whether to block the use of tear gas, greenwood was asked what tools officers would otherwise have if their lives were threatened. firearms, we can shoot people, unquote. he added if police don't have a, quote, less lettal force to drive people back then police

are absent a tool. 5:06 this morning. also in berkeley, wear a mask or pay the money. councilmembers will consider a $100 fine for people who break into the -- who break the city's rules on mask and social distancing. several other bay area cities and counties have already taken similar actions including contra costa, marin and santa clara counties. new this morning b.a.r.t. is confirming its largest ever federal grant to help boost train capacity through the transbay tube. the federal grant will pro-void more than a billion dollars for what's called the transbay corridor core capacity program. it will cover 250 additional rail cars, train control modernization and enhance substations. combined it will boost the train capacity from the current 23 trains per hour up to 30 trains per hour by the year 2030.

that could be a lot of improvement commuters would love. >> absolutely. we would like to see improvements with air quality we're receiving but, you know what, luckily change is coming soon. like you said earlier today, kari, not today. not today and we are still seeing a lot of that smoke right now as we take a live look outside in san jose. now we're stepping out the door to cooler temperatures and we're not having to blast the ac although it will be a little bit warmer as we go into this afternoon. our temperatures normally reach 82 degrees and we'll get very close to that today with upper 70s and you head over to oakland, 75 degrees. san francisco reaches the upper 60s and our north bay high temperatures mainly in the low 80s. we'll talk about our change in wind direction and a new approaching storm system coming up in the forecast. mike, how is it looking getting to work this morning? well, we have a while for

that commute, we hope, to approach. we only have a couple of slow spots. let's take you to the maps because that makes it much clearer. the green is go and that's most of the bay. i'll call out a couple areas. this one is unusual. the slowing through walnut creek as folks are traveling south on 680 heading down through the area around walnut creek and heading into concord. just cleared from the area. looks like my maps have frozen up. another area threw oakland is southbound 880. that has some slowing bracing for landfall. still ahead on "today in the bay" we're tracking hurricane sally as gulf coast states feel the impact. where the storms are headed right now.

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right now at 5:12 check out how our morning starts out. 50s and 60s for the next few hours. a little bit of clouds overhead but then, of course, still a lot of smoke in the air. we'll talk about our temperatures, our wind speeds and also the changes ahead in the forecast coming up. i wanted to show you how things are laying out for the speed sensors. slow 680 down to 24. the overnight road crew registering clear. i do see the speed sensors starting to change. that should be pretty short-lived there.

heading down off 980 into 23rd, there's a tra good morning and a very happy tuesday to you as well. it feels like the world is burning down around us. a number of high-tech companies are promising big changes as far as carbon emixes and climate change. facebook is joining google offsetting its carbon footprint, but to be carbon negative through the use of green energy. facebook says it will be able to do it within this year. facebook pushing back against its own users about why so much of california, oregon and washington is on fire. climate science information center. though it has a huge loophole it

will not correct statements from politicians. president trump yesterday, for instance, assured those around him as he visited california that the climate would get cooler, though he didn't explain why he thought that or how that would happen. we'll talk more about that in half an hour. here is something heating up. a ton of companies are heading towards their market debut this week. they have funny names. jay frog, sumo logic, snowflake among them. snowflake in san mateo could be worth as much as $30 billion. wall street seems to be over the jitters it had last week. remember september is always tough on stocks. a ton of money with those ipos. forecasters think we'll continue to use less oil. apple usually has events to show off new iphones. holding a virtual event.

probably no iphones. those have been delayed. remember, if you're on a 5g network you don't have 5g unless you have a new phone. today's event will likely be about new ipads and the watch, improvements to things we've seen before. a lot has changed. of course with coronavirus we don't have the in-person events either. it's been quite some time since apple has shown us a new device. i think it would have been the watch. lately, hey, we have a smaller ipad, a bigger ipad, a medium-sized ipad. the era of that wowser factor may be over. things change. everybody standing in line, we used to cover the los gatos story. >> you'd see tim cook, i think

we had him live once, too. it will be interesting. getting your email in your in box maybe people will check it out that way. >> something to watch. >> maybe they will. >> thanks, scott. 5:17 this morning and a thanksgiving tradition reimagined this year due to the pandemic. the macy's thanksgiving day parade will not be live this november. new york city mayor bill de blasio sharing details what we can expect but saying macy's will release more information soon. you will be able to watch thanksgiving morning here on nbc bay area. >> i always wanted to go see that. six months ago parks like disneyland, six flags and universal studios closed. now the california attractions and parks association have created its own plans to reopen

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didn't think that would be around long at all. >> could be a big house party there. >> against those rules, think about it. back in the day we probably could do that. not anymore. >> only when your parents were gone. >> all right. it's time to get a look -- >> let's take a look at our smoke we are seeing across the country. we are seeing a lot of that traveling from the west coast all the way off to the east. we will continue seeing that be a problem as we go into the next couple of days. it's been so thick and smoky. it's nice to see a change at the color meaning that we've seen some improvements in our air quality where we see the yellows it means this air quality still won't bother people with some of the health problems. as you head over to san francisco we're seeing moderate air quality but still those red sensors for much of the east bay

as well as the south bay. still smoky once again. as we go through the forecast we're looking forward to some improvement. we are going to see some changes in our weather patterns and we're still seeing a lot of red today but tomorrow for most of us we're looking at orange sensors which means it will be moderate and then will be unhealthy for sensitive groups as we head to the end of the week. as we look at what's going on in terms of our weather pattern and temperatures for today, still going to be cool in some spots. because of the smoke thinning out, we are seeing slightly warmer temperatures. we're not in the 60s like we were last week. we're looking at some low to mid-80s for the east bay. and then as we go into tonight that fog returns near the coastline, but we need something bigger to push out this smoke and it looks like that's going to be arriving by the end of the week with a strong westerly wind, the storm system will

bring in higher humidity as well as some rain possible for the pacific northwest. here we're looking at some cooler temperatures with some highs in the low 80s between thursday as well as saturday, but it does heat up again from sunday into monday. mike, what's the update on the morning commute? still pretty calm. i have to call out a couple spots, one on the nimitz, which is never good news. the other is more lanes blocked. we'll show you green sensors for most of what you would expect. the first thing over here southbound 880 the nimitz around 238. you see a little bit of slowing. one lane is blocked just as you're passing by 238. southbound 880 out of san leandro into hayward, a crash and a rig blocking one lane. no injuries. clearing in the next 40 minutes south 880 to 23rd where we have overnight crews blocked down to one lane at times there. and this is supposed to be

cleared south 680 approaching 24. registered clear on the grid but still see slowing into walnut creek. back to you. all right, thanks so much, mike. 5:21. up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: he needed warranty work but the shop was closed due to covid-19. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. experience the ultimate sports hub.

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>> reporter: good morning, luis walker called us about his lincoln he bought from car max in fremont in february right before the pandemic started. he says the suv's front end began drifting out of alignment and the sun roof would get stuck. the car came with a 90-day warranty good until may. because stores were closed early in the pandemic carmax said it provided a 60-day extension of the warranty. that took the warranty to july. he says carmax didn't respond to his request for repairs. we contacted carmax. it agreed to extend his warranty. the company said mr. walker's concerns are important and we're willing to extend through august 15th to allow time to partner with the store. luis wrote us and said, boom, that's what i'm talking about, chris. a mercury dealer then did repair work and swapped all four tires and invoinsed carmax $1,599.76 of which luis played zero. back to you.

the jersey shore is already known for its party like atmosphere. police had to break up a crowd of more than 1,000 people raising a lot of eyebrows during the pandemic. it was hosted by a popular youtube group just last week while organizing huge parties at illinois state university. current coronavirus rules in new jersey say outdoor gatherings cannot exceed 500 people. social distancing rules must be followed. hurricane sally inching to the gulf coast. the slow moving storm is expected to make landfall late tomorrow as a category 2. rain and strong winds made their presence known in parts of alabama over the past 24 hours. the current path could take it anywhere from louisiana to the florida panhandle. residents are filling up

sandbags, boarding up and stocking up supplies to prepare. >> lights might go out. just to be on the safe side. >> forecasters say the storm surge could reach 11 feet and some areas could see a foot and a half of rain. 5:27 this morning. next the top stories we are following for you including the back and forth between the president and state leaders on climate change and details on today's visit to the fire zone by senator kamala harris. plus, the clock ticks down for added benefits to recently unemployed californians. the life line now on life support and what has to happen to revive it. we'll be right back. another day, another chance to bounce forward.

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i wish science agreed with you. >> i don't think science knows, actually. >> right now at 5:30, polar opposites. president trump denies the impact of climate change while biden calls him a, quote, climate arsonist. where does that bitter divide leave californians? senator kamala harris visits the fire zones today. details on how pg&e's error cost people power in the middle of the heat wave. are and on the verge of reopening, the latest stores to get back to business in the east bay this week. "today in the bay" continues right now.

and a good, terrific tuesday to you on this tuesday morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. we want to check in with kari right now. some good news coming our way, air quality slowly starting to improve. yes, in some of our microclimates and parts of the north bay this morning. as we look at our forecast for today it will still be unhealthy. we do still need to limit our time outside and as we go to the end of the week we could see more improvement in our air quality. right now we have a light southerly wind. it's really not enough to mixs n the forecast coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? kari, we have a couple slow spots in the east bay. we'll take you to the maps. almost everything is green here.

focusing southbound 880 we do have a crash. actually it's closer to 238 blocking your slow lanes. crews should get there quickly. more slowing because of the construction on 23rd that should be clearing up over the next 20 minutes and this should have cleared up at 5:00. the slowing you see over there 680 down to main street. we'll talk about that more. back to you. >> thank you, mike. arguments heat up over wildfires and climate change after a visit to california from president trump. and today that issue remains in the spotlight as democratic presidential nominee kamala harris visits the fire zone in fresno county where so many people were rescued. bay by's kris sanchez is joining us now and, kris, this is one area where the president and biden campaigns really differ. >> reporter: if you want to know how different they are, the president talked again about forest management and about cooling temperatures in addressing the devastating wildfires in our state which

right now have killed 25 people and decimated entire communities. you've seen the video. you know for yourself. california launches its biggest firefighting plane. governor newsom was there as president trump pointed to how other countries manage their forest to mitigate the danger of wildfires. but more than half of the forest in california, 57%, are actually federal land. and thus federal responsibility. governor newsom was there, too, and pointed -- i should say he also urged the president to reconsider his position on climate change which, based on this exchange, was the state's natural resources secretary. he won't. biden then pointed to the consequences of that. >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wish science agreed with you. >> i don't think science knows

actually. >> you give a climate arsonist four more years in the white house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of america ablaze? >> reporter: today biden's running mate kamala harris will spend time in fresno. her camp says she will focus on the fire victims who have lost so much and how to get them assistance. the president department offer much comfort to the families who have lost so much and instead blamed them for being part of california and the responsibility. >> really interesting. thanks so much, kris. it's 5:34. let's take a peek outside in oakland and in walnut creek this morning, the historic spare the air alert being extended once again through tomorrow.

most are feeling trapped. some people desperate to get out to exercise but it's doing more harm than good. >> the equivalent of smoking a pack or half a pack of cigarettes in a day going out into this air right now. >> you can feel it in your lungs. if you are inhaling that ultra fine particle in the air. an n95 mask can block part of the particles from getting in your lungs. 5%, though, can still get through. 5:35 this morning and pg&e is reportedly citing a misstep during the rolling blackouts. the utility mistakenly ordered a

power plant near fresno to scale back when it meant to tell the smaller plant to wind up to full capacity. that mishap reduced capacity to less than 1% at the highest point of the usage. pg&e had that issue cleared up in less than 30 minutes. a san leandro police officer is due in court today tied to the deadly shooting that happened in a walmart. two weeks ago prosecutors filed charges against officer jason fletcher in connection with the death of steen dven taylor. investigators say less than 40 seconds passed from the time fletcher arrived to when he tased taylor and you will matly shot him. fletcher will be arraigned on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. san jose councilmembers discuss tense confrontations between poe less a

police and protesters. in a new report provided to councilmembers objetained by "t mercury news" cites inexperience with large crowds for the chaotic response. some good news for the bay area. the number of new weekly cases is going down. according to "the chronicle" more than 1,400 cases a week were reported during the peak of augment now down 64% compared to the numbers reported last declined. the county is at the most restrictive level on the four tier level and restrictions are more sever than what the state requires. starting tomorrow they will be allowed to reopen, meaning personal care salons and cardrooms can open provided they operate outdoors.

tonight as we continue on black businesses making it in the bay, to the storied wine o shortage of reds and whites but rare the person creating them is black. meet the black livermore winemaker working to change perceptions one glass at a time. be sure to watch on nbc bay area news tonight at 6:00. here we are at 5:38 and we're getting ready to get started with the day. kari, how will it look out there for us? i know the air quality will start improving soon. yeah, we will see some improvement end of the week as we look at still some cool temperatures heading out the door this morning. we have low 60s for san jose. over to pleasanton to see how our morning shapes up.

clouds and of course smoke still lingers today. we'll talk about theup mike, what's going on with the morning commute? we still have a few low spots. looking over to the nimitz a couple of slow sections, the top and bottom of the screen. as we take the map to full we're looking at the southbound side. around 238 there's a crash. speeds are starting to improve to the bottom of the screen. down to one lane at 23rd and that still has no word on clearing but also it's scheduled to be there until 6:00. over here this is scheduled to clear at 680 approaching main. the backup because of that construction crew must still be there. that's a slower drive out of concord. no problems through the maze. we'll show that you coming up.

all right, we'll check back with you. thanks, mike. it's 5:39. the manhunt intensifies for the shooter who ambushed two southern california deputies. still ahead details on the growing reward and new concerns coming from the top of the sheriff's department. and the two major candidates for president have very different takes on science. we'll take a look coming up. plus, are you looking forward to hitting the slopes this winter? two words for you, book early. the changes you can expect to see at tahoe resorts and why it starts with shorter lift lines. >> reporter: our nation's racial reckoning could soon lead to pretty big changes inside b.a.r.t.'s police force. we'll tell you what it means for you with our new season of "derailed" our digital series about all things b.a.r.t. you can watch all of our new episodes right now on our app, youtube, apple tv and nbc bay

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let's head over to mountain view for a look at our temperature trend. warmer today as we start out with some upper 50s and then some clouds but still that smoke lingering today. low 70s by noon. the weekend is coming up in a

few minutes. kari, i'm looking at improvement for san leandro. construction in oakland and in through concord causes more slowing. the volume of traffic causing some slowing. folks tapping those brakes. marcus, back to you. >> thank you, mike and kari. developing for you now the l.a. county sheriff fears more deputies will come under attack after saturday's shocking ambush. surveillance video from a nearby gas station shows what happened after those deputies were shot. both are expected to survive. authorities are focusing that investigation on several nearby street gangs and now investigators are looking for two suspects, the gunman and a getaway driver. the >> that story so tragic. also developing right now in southern california firefighters are really having a tough time holding the line in the bobcat fire, the fire that's burned more than 38,000 acres and

starting about nine days ago in the angeles national forest. hundreds of homes evacuated in the areas that are is your rounding santa anita. yesterday containment dropped from 6% to 3% although no homes have burned so far. moving on to decision 2020, from wildfires to coronavirus, a question of science. >> the candidates have very different ideas about what science tells us. >> very different. good morning. we heard the accusation the white house was trying to alter scientific data coming out of the cdc. the spokesperson for health and human services, michael caputo, accused cdc scientists of, quote, sadition on facebook. we rarely see the president and his supporters wearing masks. indeed, he held a rally indoors

in henderson, nevada, despite nevada state rules that said he couldn't. the city of henderson will fine the company that hosted the rally, and the two candidates trump and biden have very different thoughts on climate change and the fires that are consuming the west. >> we know he won't listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands as any president should do during a national emergency. >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wish science agreed with you. >> i don't think science knows criticized california for mismanaging the forest saying we should rake the leaves. saying you have to clean your flores, you have to clean your forests. many are in federal land not state forests. bob woodward's book comes out tomorrow. it's called "rage." it was written with trump's help and participation.

woodward quite possibly the most famous reporter in the world talked to trump 18 times for that book. trump's son-in-law jared kushner will be on to push back against some of the claims made in the book right after "today in the bay." at the white house today a very important moment as leaders from bahrain and the uae and israel come together to sign what they're calling the abraham accord, normalizing relationships between the arab countries and israel. we haven't seen a copy of what they're going to sign yet and the k it's a really important moment. president trump was on "fox and friends" talking about an opportunity to kill bashir al assad. that confirms something in the book coming up from woodward. we'll be tweeting about that. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott.

continuing our pandemic coverage, despite a national moratorium landlords are filing for more evictions across major u.s. cities. data collected by an activist group called the private equity stakeholder project found 900 new eviction cases during the first week of september in eight major u.s. cities. critics argue it's only a way to delay and not prevent evictions. time is running out for the added $300 in weekly benefits by those without a job here in california. president trump lost wage assistance for at least three and perhaps up to six weeks. as long as congress cannot agree if the president does not extend the order, no more added benefits will come before november. californians who can verify they lost their jobs due to the pandemic and received at least

$100 from the initial claims have priority in receiving those added payments. continuing our coronavirus coverage here l.a. county health leaders say they will not allow any more businesses to reopen until the end of the month. the county is waiting to see if there will be a spike in cases after a big labor day who will did i weekend. health leaders say spikes happened after fourth of july and memorial day week. skiing may be the furthest thing from your mind right now but if you are thinking about it, you're going to have to plan a little bit more in advance for your next ski trip. five may injure resorts are discontinuing all walk-up ticket sales due to the pandemic. according to "the mercury news" they are citing social distancing guidelines to limit the number of skiers on the

slopes while prioritizing season ticket holders. well, when you head lot of bears. have you seen something like this? this is for a massachusetts man. the guy is sleeping by the pool when a bear walks up and pets him on the foot. isn't that amazing? watch him there. then he just ran away. tag, you're it. no one was hurt. maybe he was trying to tell the guy, hey, time to turn over, get tan on the other side. >> he's recording with the phone -- oh, the bear comes back, hey, buddy. a new friend. >> he must have some sweet feet or something. it's 5:50. wear a mask millennials. helping to spread the word.

>> get this, apparently a lot of covid is transmitted by us millennials. cuomo asked me, paul, you have to help. what are you, 26? i didn't correct him. >> yeah, that's ant man star paul rudd who, get this, isn't a millennial. 51-year-old a certified young man. i'm one of those, too. mike and i are certified young men here. the new psa to appeal to the millennials to wear those masks as if he was one. oh, he called billy eilish. you might be the one. >> exactly. >> i have billie eilish's cassette, just bought it. >> you just told on yourself. you're no millennial.

cassette tape. >> i hate when they get slack and you have to tighten them. >> oh, yes, with the pencil. th all right, kari, you'd better take it away. all right, let's talk about what's going on for our friends along the gulf coast. getting ready for hurricane sally just off the coast and right now has wind speeds of about 85 miles per hour. the problem with this system it is moving so slowly and it's going to possibly dump a lot of rain over the next couple of days as it continues toen aroun alabama and missisi. and then we have all these other storms in the atlantic we're tracking. another five storms weakening as well as strengthening and so we're going to see a lot more in the headlines.

you've probably seen it in your social media feeds. we've been talking about the smoke in the air and have seen some improvements in parts of the north bay. this is better than nothing, the improvements in san rafael, and then as you head over to san francisco, the east bay, well, that air quality is still unhealthy for us all. as we go through the forecast it looks like over the next couple of days we are going to continue to see some improvements between thursday, friday and saturday will not only bring in some cooler air but some westerly winds which will help us out quite a bit. may even bring in some rain for the pacific northwest but for us higher humidity as well as the westerly wind will improve our air quality. our high temperatures will reach into the upper 70s and low 80s and then it does heat up again

by the end of the weekend. for san francisco cool weather here and that extends into early next week. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? >> i guess the changes we see are better as well. out to the roadways. the commute is starting to build with volume. there are not metering lights, the middle lanes are filling in and so is the incline. the area circled. i showed you with the live cameras. as well as down to 238 looks like they are also clearing. less slowing into concord and walnut creek. that construction crew must be clear. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now for you a trio of humpback whales make a wrong

turn ending up in an australian tropical river. the marine ecologists discovered the three on a fishing trip two weeks ago. parks australia says it appears two of the three whales have since made their way out of the river and this is the first for the tropical inland habitat. much more ahead on "today in the bay" this tuesday morning including following the money. millions of dollars recently defunded from sfpd. and the march of the ducks, all new video of thousands of little ones on the move but, boy, do they have a purpose. we'll explain it next. you're watching "today in the bay."

5:58. welcome back to "today in the bay." san francisco leaders will meet today to discuss what to do with some of the money reallocated from police defunding efforts. "the examiner" reports the city's office of economic and workforce development will receive $21 million addition this fiscal year. that doubles its overall amount to more than $43 million. mayor london breed has previously said the money will likely be reinvested into the black community. other money redirected to public health departments. san francisco is slowly

reopening but a lot of hoe it tells are finding there's no rush to make a reservation. at the hotel on mason street rooms are ready for the first time in months. the covid-19 has really up-ended the tourist business. also hotels are not seeing all those big conventions or business travelers this time of year which really accounts for so much revenue. >> everything that sorts of makes this place hum is out the door with the exception of leisure travel. well, this week restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons also have the green light to invite customers back but at limited capacity. some businesses are reporting an overwhelming customer response. maybe we're not alone after all. scientists say they found evidence of certain gas suggesting possible signs of life on venus. however, other research warns it could just be an unexplained

atmospheric process gas. mars has long been considered the best candidate in the solar system beyond earth to have hosted life. check out this drone video, it's fascinating, 10,000 ducks taking over a rice crop field in thailand. after rice is harvested the birds devour pests like snails that are hiding in the rice stubble. this is a way of raising ducks in rice growing areas, a very long tradition. they call it field chasing ducks. fascinating. they're hungry. it's 6:00 right now and happening now, oh, tainted by the smoke, i think we all have it in our lungs these days, as we wait for clearing skies. new long-lasting impacts start to emerge from the onslaught of smoky skies. we'll have a live report next on th