launch a new star link mission. politicizing the issue to win the re-election. 16 star links put into orbit and a month of spare the air when they launch from kennedy alerts now in the books. space center. the record books for us. the set of lights will deploy an but we're not in the clear just hour after liftoff, according to yet. the latest on nearby wildfires in the ongoing threat to our air starlink. well, new this morning facebook also teaming up with quality. ontinues right now. and a very good now thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us, the maker of ray-ban. mark zuckerberg not giving away i'm laura garcia. too many details but will be >> i'm marcus washington. branded ray-ban and mirror the we'll start with kari hall with a look at that forecast for display of a connected today. how is it looking out there for smartphone. interesting. trending this morning, us? >> still looks really nice for the bay area with blue sky but samuel l. jackson's voice on we're starting out gray. amazon alexa. getting a digital upgrade. that means some clouds will be >> iconic voice, it is. rolling through and we've also seen the fog and the drizzle as so the actor's voice featured on we head over towards concord. alexa adding more than 30,000 a cloudy start here, as well. but then we'll see those new phrases on the platform. temperatures warming up quickly jackson will also be the first as we go into late morning into celebrity to get his own wake the afternoon. we're at 76 degrees at lunchtime. word. this is allowing customers to and then eventually going to see those highs in the upper 80s say, hey, samuel, to activate that voice. today. how cool is that? while still in the 60s near the his voice is pretty cool, coast. we'll talk about a couple of though. >> very cool.

storm systems that will be >> you know, they could have nearby and how it will affect picked a lot of words associated our weather. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? with samuel l. jackson. >> kari, it is looking pretty laura, you can get waze to give good as far as the speed sensors go and the overall bigger you directions in batman voice. perspective. the golden gate bridge we're >> i heard you say that the used to the fog there. chp traditional advisory for the other day. what were you saying, mike? golden gate and also for the bay >> a few other words associated bridge for fog. as we look at the map, no major with samuel l. jackson but not problems. the highlighting yellow has cleared from the east bay and for all audiences. that includes the construction >> tell the kids to cover their ears. >> not yet, not right now. zone. still slow 880 through oakland. and the rest of the bay will see we're clean on this show, right, low clouds but right now visibility is okay, laura, out kari? >> yes. and it is nice to see some clean at the altamont pass. air across the bay area. as we get a live look out there over to you. >> thank you very much, mike. in san francisco. one of the bay area's with some fog this morning. biggest school district is going with distance learning through we're seeing that fog extending into the inland areas. the end of december. san jose unified just notified even the trivalley right now has some low visibility down to parents some of them are not happy about the prospect. three quarters of a mile. quarter mile visibility in we're joined this morning by oakland and about one mile in "today in the bay" kris sanchez this morning on why the timing san francisco and san carlos. is interesting on this one. but mainly clear in parts of the south bay while we are seeing kris? >> yeah, laura, we've been some light fog in the north bay.

talking about these tiers of let's go through our day and see criteria that the state put out how it shapes up because this and it's possible that within a fog lingers for several hours week santa clara county would keeping our temperatures down. but then as we go into late meet the criteria to allow more morning and into the afternoon, we'll see our temperatures in the 70s in the south bay and a in-person learning in this county so this decision by san few low 80s for the inland east jose unified might be just a bit bay, as well as the north bay.e basically matching where we were p premature. yesterday maybe just a couple of surveyed parents, teachers and staff and found a desire for degrees cooler in some spots and consistency for this entire fall then tomorrow morning we'll do it all over again as that fog semester. redevelops near the coastline. now instead of returning to but a couple more changes headed campus after the fall break in our way. october, students will remain at we're going to see the remnants home distance learning until of a tropical system. christmas break. this is the remnants of careana moving towards southern california and may spread some clouds our way later on this afternoon into tomorrow. now in a statement, superintendent nancy albarian but we're also watching the storm system that's moving into said while we believe in-person the pacific northwest that will bring them some rain as well as instruction is the best option for our students, we cannot ignore the data on viral dips of cooler temperatures into transmission in santa clara the bay area along with the stronger westerly wind. county and potentially we may see some of that rain compromise the health and safety of our students. making it as far south as ukiah parents we talked with are and then the rest of the bay feeling a little torn. area seeing more fog.

>> some compromise has to be mist and drizzle and, once again, some cooler air. created where if kids want to go we continue with some improved back on the campus and the air quality into tomorrow, as well as saturday. but then on sunday as our temperatures warm up, it's parents want to be back on the possible that we could see that smoke starting to settle back campus. >> i'm not agreeing with it. in, once again. i think they should be in school. that's something we'll be watching. changes in our air quality, as >> now, san jose unified said well as our temperatures. they expect to issue a decision mike, how is it looking right about the spring semester some now for the morning commute? >> well, right now the morning time in december. so, stay tuned on that and the commute looks pretty good, kari, sign that reads distance as far as the speed sensors go. learning, we've got that. no real problems. it might need to read we got but you saw the fog levels. this a little bit longer. kris sanchez, "today in the the visibility levels pretty bay." tough in oakland. >> thanks, kris. right here the graphics are also new this morning north showing you green sensors moving bay child care centers dealing all over the bay and then a nice, smooth flow of traffic and with coronavirus outbreaks. press democrats reports 13 while i make a slight adjustment sonoma county facilities have on my machine and move you over where i'm concerned. reported more than 60 the construction zone is through infections. that includes 25 children. oakland from time to time the one preschool was temporarily road weather index has had a very tough to see there. shut down due to 30 infections. that's one note. fog in the north bay and a quick now, the announcement comes as look at san rafael shows you advocates plan to rally in that as you head south over the downtown santa rosa today. hill towards lincoln avenue low they are urging for more

clouds that will meet you there. in-class instruction. back to you guys. the district there just >> thanks, mike. announced plans to extend well, aloha, hawaii. distance learning at least low the end of the year, like san jose unified. well, you know what, laura, now that travel restrictions are finally being eased. what you need to know before you the road to the white house take your next trip to the squarely focusing on several swing states and a push for the island. plus, the sky high dinner. the restaurant taking social coronavirus vaccine. "today in the bay" tracie potts distancing to all new heights. is live in washington with a look at the vaccine spin coming >> very high. but, first, our team always on social media. from both sides. take a look at this. tra tracie? kris sanchez celebrating >> they're both talking about it today. the president in wisconsin and hispanic heritage month by joe biden in pennsylvania sharing this throw-back photo of talking about coronavirus, the vaccine and now the government's her entire family. big family there. new plan to get that vaccine out look, you can follow us on there as soon as it's ready. facebook, twitter, instagram. that way we're always keeping here's the government's newly you in touch with what is going released coronavirus recovery plan. on with our lives and with the drugmakers will start churning news. we'll be right back. 5:20 for you. out vaccine 24 hours after fda approval. free with the pentagon helping distribute in three phases. starting with health workers and high-risk groups. the cdc told governors be ready to distribute two days before the election.

but the cdc director tells congress a vaccine won't be widely available to the public until next summer. >> if we had a vaccine say released today, then it's going to take us probably in the order of nine months, six to nine months to get the american public vaccinated. >> i think he made a mistake when he said that. just incorrect information. i believe he was confused. i'm just telling you. we're ready to go. >> they are our best defense. i might even go so far to say that this face mask is more guarantee to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine. >> not more effective by any means than a vaccine. >> let me be clear, i trust vaccines and i trust scientists, but i don't trust donald trump. at this moment, the american

people can't either. >> reporter: democratic presidential nominee joe biden promising a national mask mandate if elected. tracie potts, nbc news. well, happening today health leaders in santa clara county plan to outline a month-long program aimed at providing free flu shots. the announcement comes as the county's advising residents to get that vaccine early because the flu impacts the same types of people, vulnerable to covid and the symptom s are similar. free flu shots given out at the santa clara county fair grounds and the program lasts through mid-december and no appointment necessary. developing for you this morning oregon declaring a public health emergency. this is due to the extremely poor air quality from the raging wildfires. the aqi is above 300. now in california, the august complex fire in mendocino county is now covering more than 800,000 square acres.

that's more than four times the size of new york city. that fire only 30% contained right now. all 18 national forests in california including the four that you see here will remain closed at least through the weekend. the u.s. forest service cites. some states and big sur also closed likely closed for an cleanup begins today after extended period. hurricane sally left part of the a live look for you at san gulf coast in shambles. i want you to stop and take a jose this morning. take a look at this. yeah, something familiar is look at this live look in missing. the smoke. mobile, alabama. you know that record run 30 the top of a church toppled over due to the storm. straight spare the air days now over. two and a half feet of rain fell oh, what a run it was. so, look, the fresh air has in some areas. people excited to be outside. last night, you could actually sally's 125-mile-per-hour winds find giants fans on land and toppled trees, including one that went right into a bedroom water outside of oracle park. where a 91-year-old florida man and most could not hold back all of that happiness. was hunkered down. >> i saw blue skies and that got fortunately he was okay but some me excited. plus, it's kind of special say the storm took them by surprise.

tonight because tonight and >> alabama state line and it was tomorrow we have games that were not on schedule. >> all right. barely a hurricane and then wake you know the giants last night up to this. beat seattle and now smothered it just seems like it's a in wildfire smoke just like the bay area was. nightmare. >> powerful gusts also damaged a bridge that spans pensacola bay. certainly we're thinking about them. >> just something, something sally's landfall came 16 years just magical about going outside and seeing the trees and light to the day and the exact same spot where hurricane ivan rolled ashore. even my kids were commenting on it. we're kind of getting used to well, in southern california that smoky gloom. >> yeah. firefighters have come out we don't want to get used to it, victorious. this is a battle to save mt. kari. >> that was not a good thing. it was nice to see the wilson observatory. so for two days that out of improvements in the air quality yesterday. we'll have the same thing again control bobcat fire threatened today. the historic site and among the and we better take it in and enjoy it because just for the things, its home to the hubble telescope. thousands of homes there are bay area, the air quality is still evacuated. improved but for the central valley and the sierra, still also in southern california, new crackdown on short-term really bad. so, it's nice to have these housing rentals that are used fresh breezes coming in. for the party houses. as we go into this morning we're this week san diego county deputies learned about a flier starting out with a light southwesterly wind and that circulating online for an ocean breeze is really helping improve the air quality, once 18-hour pool party starting again. also have temperatures basically today in poway.

matching where we were yesterday needless to say, the party's off so if you enjoyed yesterday, when deputies talked to the you'll enjoy today, too. homeowner, he said he didn't have any idea. we'll talk about what is ahead >> he had no knowledge of it. for the weekend coming up. mike, what is going on for the morning commute? he was very grateful that we had stopped by and let him know that >> well, i hope you'll enjoy and he immediately canceled the rental for this week. that, kari. folks, we love our jobs and we >> so, authorities say that also love a smooth drive. we have that on the maps for the tickets were even selling on most part green sensors as we eventbrite and the event was look out one note an area where billed as the freak link pool we have slowing and not just the altamont pass but the nimitz and party. it may be time to consider heading back to hawaii. fewer cars on thursday than previous days this week about this time. aloha. oh, yeah, starting october 15th, we're looking at less slowing travelers will be able to bypass towards 23rd and still down to that quarantine requirement as one lane. no major problems. we're watching the speed sensors long as the test upon the arrival is negative. moving towards the bay bridge, that covid-19 test. laura, with no backup. travelers will have 72 hours to >> looks good. take the test ahead of the thank you so much. this was high winds, heavy arrival time. rain and powerful waves. still ahead at 5:25, a look at cvs and kwill also conduct the . destruction left behind by hurricane sally and the areas still bracing for the storm. at sfo major changes are coming to the airport, but not something you can see. back in 2018 sfo launched the

president trump pressuring republicans to put more money in quiet airport program trying to a stimulus bill. limit noise pollution. money that might go to you. now under new plan, sfo will only make announcements about boarding or flight delays at the >> say my name. aren't we organized. corresponding gate instead of the entire terminal and it will from too many snakes on this further limit the noise made by plane to the voice in your home. escalators and moving walkways, oh, yeah, alexa certainly has a as well. the goal is to reduce airport new headliner. you probably know who it is. noise by 40%. we'll talk about that man coming up. so you're a small business, they may still go, marcus washington, please board your flight. >> as i'm running. i'm almost there. i'm almost there. look, if i was in germany right now, i would be here almost, too. take a look at this. something good for you. customers in a restaurant in belgium are now able to eat dinner six feet apart and 160 feet in the air. so, dinner in the sky as it's called begins with a dramatic liftoff. yeah, pyrotechnics go off as you go up to 32 diners right there and they lift into the sky and belted into their seats and lifted by a crane above the city

of brussels. seats at the table offer a 360 degree view of belgium's capital city. wow. >> wow. they have to serve you ahead of time, i guess. >> i think it's already there and the waiter is in the middle is how it works. >> we'll investigate. >> we will. 5:27 right now. major league baseball dealing with more and more of a modern problem leading to delays these days. the latest victim chicago cubs. last night at wrigley an unmanned drone buzzed the stadium and then it landed and took off, again. the cubs and indians cleared the field for about ten minutes as francisco lindor tried to use an or a big one. umpire as a shield. you were thriving, faa bans drones near stadiums but then... oh. ah. before, during and after major league games. okay. plan, pivot. 5:27 for you this morning. how do you bounce back? next here are the top stories you don't, you bounce forward, we're following, including with serious and reliable internet. working to fix the covid-19 powered by the largest gig speed network in america. testing backlog. the changes one south bay county but is it secure? sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, is making to fix the issue.

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powell. he commented yesterday that congress needs to step in. you have quite the pressure. president trump tweeting yesterday republicans need to consider bigger numbers. white house says that includes direct payments to americans, something missing from the original republican bill. >> but it didn't include direct payment. he wants more than the $500 billion and he's very keen to see these direct stimulus payments and we hope that nancy pelosi will work with us in good faith. >> it is likely that pelosi will respond positively while no one's seen a new proposal. at this point just a suggestion from the president. it is a move forward towards a compromise. the stock market saw not one but two major debuts yesterday. fireworks and definitely we hear it throughout the night. >> right now at 5:30, neighborhoods on high alert. up next for you the crackdown in snowflake and just astonishing. one east bay community to stop wildfires from ever starting. it more than doubled in the plus, housing the homeless. first moments on the new york stock exchange. coming up, how bay area hotels and, yes, those are very strange are playing a permanent role as

names for companies. others struggle to stay open altogether. snowflake and j-frog. for that we'll add sumo logic and expiring soon. rent moratoriums on small that debuts this morning. businesses across san francisco. so, what happens now? we just published a new we'll take a closer episode of our podcast with a start-up entrepreneur who got very rich. we talked to john about the stress and more than just a and a friday little partying both before and after the sale. eve. but put him in a lot of danger. i'm marcus washington. >> as they call it. >> you know, that led to just a >> i'm laura garcia. lot of partying and other let's all take a deep breath behaviors that, you know, were together because finally some truly self destructive like clearing from the smoky skies, kari. towing the line of not waking up >> it's been so great to be able to spend more time outside and and then open your eyes and go not worrying about how this is affecting your health. be a ceo. we can all get up and head out apple, itunes, google play, et for an extra long walk this cetera. marcus and laura, i talked about morning. if you're about to lace up those this before. sneakers and go for a run, it's but as a long-time decades long going to be a good, healthy morning for you. we're looking at our morning television reporter, i'm amazed by the power of audio and that commute coming from antioch starting out with some clouds. people really tend to open up we've seen some fog around the bay area. when they don't have these we'll talk more about that and

bright lights in front of them and they're just talking to you some cooler weather in our and that's exactly what john forecast coming up. does and he's very frank. how is it looking for that it is not, this one is not for kids. commute, mike? >> all right, kari. >> good to know that. >> very interesting. but the fog you're talking about >> thanks, and continue to talk about, as well, causing one concern for oakland and over my shoulder and on the map the yellow highlighting for the construction zone south 880. we've seen that from time to time this morning. 980 down towards 23rd and down to one lane and at times seeing near the bay bridge and san francisco peninsula, laura. no major problems. back to you. >> all right, sounds good. thanks so much, mike. 5:32 right now p. new this morning a warning for those living in or visiting near the east bay hills. cracking down on an activity that could spark a fire. cierra johnson here to plain. cierra? >> yes, good morning. i'll get to those sad updates out of butte county in a moment.

first, a warning for those who enjoy going to those hills and those turnouts to get a scene of the city. some local leaders warning folks to use common sense and use good judgment when they head to those areas because the area is dry and could be the perfect area for a fire. those local leaders are warning that the drought and d a serene look out like places like grizzly peak vulnerable to fires and mix that with visitors not following rules and it could be a dangerous recipe for disaster. take a listen to this warning from an oakland council member. >> do not come up here at night. if you're up here during the day, you should not be smoking up here. keep in mind that the risk that we have and let's all be the good neighbors that we're supposed to be to each other. >> and taking a look at that wildfire continuing to rage in butte county. the sheriff there has announced 15 people have been killed.

just yesterday two more bodies a man and a woman both in their 60s were positively identified using dna. the sheriff says one of those deaths was a result of refusing to evacuate. so sad news there. cal fire did say yesterday that they, the weather conditions were favorable it has helped es the fight there still very tough because of that rugged terrain. >> all right, cierra, thank you. santa rosa leaders are asking for public input on what to do with $95 million obtained in the recent wildfire settlement with pg&e. now, a portion of that massive settlement includes about $1 billion for cities and counties. santa rosa is now holding a series online surveys and virtual meetings to divvy up the share that they get. half of the $95 million already accounted for. this is to cover unfunded fire-related projects. one san francisco group

believed the city's police defunding efforts are not going far enough. they want more. leaders this year say they've already approved tens of millions of dollars in defunding and one activist coalition organized a meeting tonight in which it will call for much larger cuts. an update on bay area covid cases and now has more than 94,000 confirmed. to give you perspective here. our total population about 7.7 million. more than 1,350 people have died. and across the state and bay area testing still an issue. that's why santa clara county says it is now taking more action. the county now requires private health care providers to make more testing available to patients. we're talking about health care providers such as kaiser and sutter. they can now be fined thousands of dollars if they don't comply. one motel in the south bay and another in the east bay will now soon become permanent homes for the homeless.

leaders call it a win/win because it may stop the battle to spread, the battle of spreading coronavirus among the homeless right now. "today in the bay" bob redell joins us live in livermore this morning. tell us more about this plan. local governments are buying these properties. >> yes, with money from the state, laura. we're talking about a motel with 76 units in san jose and then the motel 6 with 176 rooms behind me here on loveridge road in pittsburg. both locations are already in use as a temporary shelter to house the homeless during the pandemic, as you had mentioned. but now under california's new home key program, the state is awarding contra costa county a $21 million grant to buy this motel 6 and turn it into a permanent housing for the homeless. the state has already awarded the city of san jose $14.5 million to do the same with that 76-unit motel that i mentioned. eight other projects throughout

the state are receiving $40 million in state grants for similar projects. the state recently launched project home key and the initiative to find permanent housing for the homeless. a cause that has become more urgent during the pandemic to stop the spread of covid-19. now, the homelessness is a problem here in contra costa county. the county says that it has only 20 shelter beds but more than 500 people living on the streets, especially in the eastern part of the county. as i mentioned, this motel 6 has 176 rooms with beds, showers and bathrooms and also on-site health care and meals and assistance in finding those people permanent homes. reporting live here in pittsburg, bob redel, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. as more san francisco businesses reopen, a looming deadline has them nervous about of the month, san y. francisco's commercial eviction moratorium expires. the examiner reporting that

supervisors next week will urge the governor to allow the city to extend the moratorium but barring a change, it could trigger mass estrictivictions. one small business legal representative says sales are down more than 70% for many of those small businesses and no way to pay the rent. the problem is without the rent, landlords cannot pay the mortgages either. coming up tonight, we continue our week-long series on black businesses fighting to make it in the bay. fred jones took a while to find his path ultimately trading his corporate job for his dream. trading his suit for a camera as the pandemic arrived he saw the shutter closing on his picture perfect career. the crisis and determination have led him to new inspiration documenting the world as its reshaped by both the global virus and increasingly urgent demand for racial equality. you can see the full story tonight at 6:00 on nbc bay area

news. right now it's 5:39 in the morning and we'll check that forecast with meteorologist kari hall. all smiles in your department today. >> yeah, because the air quality has improved and we are definitely not taking for granted the nice air quality that we've had. we're also starting out with some fog and that's also helping to scrub the air as we've seen some mist and drizzle and visibility. that's the issue as you get ready to head out the door. we're down to three quarters of a mile in the trivalley, as well as napa. only quarter mile visibility in oakland. i'll continue to monitor that and about the day ahead coming up. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning drive? >> well, kari, we're starting to see a little slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza. typical pattern over there. you see the middle lanes filling in first and also the low clouds. kari talked about fog through oakland. the map will show you no major problems other than back up at the bay bridge and slowing at southbound 880.

that is still there and been there all week. we're looking at another 20 minutes, maybe 25 until they clear that. and the rest of the bay, watch that fog. really pretty extensive now along the coast. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:40. working to recover. still ahead on "today in the bay" a positive development for one of two deputies ambushed in southern california and an update on the manhunt. president trump arguing with joe biden and for that matter for his own, with his own scientist that he appointed over when a vaccine may be available. ready for kickoff. the surprising reversal that may just lead to an early return for cal and stanford football. plus -- ♪ i'm only 17 i don't know anything ♪ we're breaking down country music's biggest nights. the winners, surprises and big

performances from taylor swift still ahead. but, first, a reminder you can join our ongoing conversation about race in america led by jessica aguirre and me. >> how they deal with that death that mirror those of oscars. you can find the past conversations at in, nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica.

right now at 5:43 let's head to foster city as we start out this morning with a lot of fog. foggy as you go out for your morning walk and then as we go into late morning and into the afternoon, it will gradually clear and temperatures stay comfortable. i'm looking at a couple weather systems that will be very close to the bay area and how it impacts our weather. more on that coming up in a few minutes. yeah, kari, that fog is over here over my shoulder. that is what the yellow highlighting will be when i show you the map. i showed you on the map and i will show you here. north 101 slows just north of 680 up to oakland road right on schedule. about 5:40. that should start to clear by 6:00, marcus. back to you. >> thanks, kari and mike. the latest weekly jobless numbers are in and 860,000 americans filed first-time claims. that's slightly below the forecast and it's a slight drop from the week before.

12.5 million more people filed continuing claims. 5:45 right now. decision 2020. president trump is making sure vaccines stay in the headlines. >> scott mcgrew, the president, once again, disagreeing with his own scientists. >> yeah, particularly the head of the cdc. good morning to you. not only is dr. robert redfield a doctor but he taught medicine at the university of maryland and was head of infectious diseases there. yesterday redfield told the senate committee the best defense against coronavirus was a mask and that most americans probably would not get a vaccine until summer of next year. that led to a phone call from the president. trump telling redfield his own director of the cdc, he was wrong. >> i think he made a mistake when he said that. it's just incorrect information. and i called him and he didn't tell me that and i think he got the message maybe confused. maybe it was stated incorrectly. no, we're ready to go

immediately as the vaccine is announced and it could be announced in october, could be announced a little bit after october. >> now, looking back at the president's past statements about vaccines and his tweets about vaccines, he raised a lot of questions about the safety of vaccine before he was president and before there was a pandemic. it puts biden in a tough spot almost sounding sort of anti-vax himself as he worries about a rushed vaccine. >> what criteria will be used to ensure that a vaccine meets the scientific standard of safety and effectiveness? what is the criteria? second, if the administration green lights a vaccine, who will validate that the decision is driven by science rather than politics? what group of scientists will that be? >> now, the president said earlier this week that a vaccine could be available as soon as three weeks from now.

technically now that's two weeks and five days from now. we'll be checking back with that often. moderna released a report on its latest progress on a vaccine. i am literally on page one, but i will get through that for you. but it definitely appears as if these vaccinemakers are trying to be as transparent as they can. other news in washington today, the president will get a report about tiktok today. you remember he demanded a chinese company sell tiktok to an american company. that's not what is happening with oracle. more of a partnership. we'll find out more about that. we are also aware of reporting by the guardian newspaper about mr. trump. nbc news is working to independently confirm details of "the guardian's" reporting. we'll be talking about that. i'll tweet out that report and maybe you can help me get through it. i'm on twitter @scottmcgrew.

new details overnight about attempts to control protesters outside of the white house in june. a military whistleblower said federal officials considered using a heat ray against the crowd. emitting a beam of energy that feels like fire on the skin. spoke to lawmakers into the use of force against protesters. well, new details and some good news coming out of southern california. one of two police officers that were ambushed really cold blooded style have now been released from the hospital. sheriff alex villanuava. the gunman still on the loose. hopes were raised yesterday when a lot of deputies took part in a traffic stop near the shooting scene. but the sheriff did not answer directly.

>> anybody possibility he is connected, yes, we will explore that. it would not be responsible to not do that. >> the sheriff des say investigators are pursuing promising leads. the reward has now grown to $300,000. new details coming out and coming to life this is crew members onboard the southern california dive boat that killed 34 people in a fire last year. investigators say those onboard the conception were not properly trained on emergency procedures. the information was included in a newly published and investigators have still not pinpointed an exact cause. a lot of colleges are dealing with their own covid outbreaks. cal has more than 200 cases. stanford 137. in the meantime, san diego state further south has 667 cases. that number is really weighing down that county's case count. it may even move the county into

a more restrictive tier. leaders there hope they may be able to exclude ucsd and sdsu from its totals. but yesterday governor newsom shot down that request. the woman who says she was forced to close down her san francisco salon after the controversial visit from nancy pelosi may be considering a new offer. "the sacramento bee" reports that they wrote a letter to erica kious inviting her to open a salon there. video of house speaker nancy pelosi seen without a mask in that closed salon led to backlash from both sides of the spectrum. pelosi believes she is the victim of a set up. new this morning, months into the pandemic most californians still support covid-19 restrictions. california's public policy institute finds 74% in favor of some type of limitation. 26% saying they want restrictions loosened. 61% say they're at least

somewhat concerned about becoming infected. looking more and more like the pac-12 including stanford and cal may be ready to bring football back early. this after the big 10 conference decided to begin play october 23rd. that announcement started a flurry of moves because pac-12 so closely tied to big 10. it's also led to san jose state and mountain west conference announcing that it may, too, reinstate the season. well happening today golf 2020 u.s. open will tee off at historic winged foot country club in new york. fans won't be allowed but the story line can he win his second straight major and tiger woods looking for his fourth u.s. open in a record 83rd pga title. breaking the tie with sam snead. they're both teeing off this morning actually in the same group. you can watch it live right here on nbc bay area at 11:00 this morning. well, laura, trending for people this morning, it was a star-studded night at the 55th

academy of country music awards. >> that's right. quite the show for a lot of folks to watch. the night featured a performance from taylor swift. the first time in seven years. >> but if i just showed up at the party. >> keith urban actually hosted the show. it aired live from three empty iconic nashville locations. the show kicked off with a performance from luke bryant, thomas rhett, eric church and luke comb. carrie underwood, as well. all were nominated for entertainer of the year. but in a twist, it went to thomas rhett and carrie underwood. some of the other big categories of the night old dominion winning for group of the year and luke combs winning for album of the year. also trending the 46th season of "saturday night live" is returning next month with some big names. have you heard this? jim carrey is being tapped to play joe biden and he will join

alec baldwin and maya rudolph playing kamala harris. what a combo those comics will be. >> i never thought jim carrey but seeing them side by side i can see it now. >> what was that, mike? >> well, jason was doing it for a season he was doing joe biden impressions. so, interesting how they have that shift. but definitely a change in the energy, i think. >> jim carrey's visible comedy, too. i'm saying something very funny. i need to get my stomach muscles ready for the laughs. >> october 3rd. there we go. but today you know what we're all going to do, go outside and breathe fresh air. >> absolutely, kari. >> yes. i was going to go to the car wash and wash all that ash off my car but then the car wash was

broken and then all of the other ones were full. so, you're probably experiencing the same thing just trying to get your car clean and get up and out the door this morning. we're dealing with some low visibility as we take a live look outside in dublin and it's nice to see that fog because it also helps improve our air quality, especially when it's drizzling. that helps to wash a lot of that smoke and the pollutants out of the air. we're seeing some improved air quality for all of our microclimates today and our temperatures starting out fairly mild mostly in the low 60s and then as we go into today, by lunchtime we're at 76 degrees in parts of the east bay and spots like danville and you head up towards napa and 73 degrees. that's perfect for lunch outside. we'll see temperatures in the south bay reaching into the upper 70s but then as we head over towards the east bay, there will be some spots reaching into the low to mid 80s. along the coastline, mostly staying foggy today at half moon bay in the low 60s. for tonight, that fog rolls right back in and that will cool

it off, once again. so, let's talk about our wind speeds because that's had a dramatic impact on our air quality. southwesterly wind has cleared it out for the bay area and we'll see those gusts picking up today but then as you head over towards the central valley, that has not really helped to clear out a lot of the smoke for spots just to the east of sacramento and leading up to the sierra. so, they still had a lot of really big smoke. if you plan on traveling this weekend, it's still going to be smoky in those spots. and then for us, we're looking at a couple of weather systems that may have an impact on our weather. we're seeing the remnants of a tropical system that continues to weaken and heading towards southern california. that may spark off a few thunderstorms for the sierra this weekend and it starts later today into tomorrow. and then we have another storm system that we've been watching that will be approaching the pacific northwest that will bring in some rain and a stronger ocean breeze along with some cooler temperatures. and there will even be the possibility of some of that rain

reaching into northern california as far south as ukiah for a little while, but most of the bay area staying dry and our temperatures coming down. this looks so nice. at least for a couple of days. our interior areas inland valleys reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s and then look at what happens on sunday. as our temperatures go up once that storm system moves out, we may see that smoke settling back in once again. so, that's something we'll be watching for that weekend forecast. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> well, kari, we had some significant changes since the last report. nothing dramatic as far as your drive but important what we're talking about. look at the maps. we're showing you in the south bay we have the slowing and north 101 and that should start to ease up and look at all the yellow highlighting, as well. along the peninsula the left side of the screen there and that will be a factor for fog through foster city, san mateo and pacifica. showing you traditional slowing

out of the trivalley and now a little early for the castro valley but that highlighting into the pleasanton dublin area, that's what kari showed you. low clouds also through the area and maybe some fog tough to see, but the construction zone has cleared and now it's green where the arrow shows you. that's good news. right on time there. bay bridge with slowing at the toll plaza. there you go. remember that fog advisory from chp from overnight. low clouds. even areas like that 880 overcrossing, marcus. that could be a concern. the roadway that comes through the fog approaches the backup right here. back to you. >> eerie looking out there. thanks, mike. happening now for you. a better idea of when we're going to be able to read former president barack obama's memoir. "a promisedland" will be published in two volumes. the first out november 17th and cover his historic rise to the white house and his first term in office. that is two weeks after election. no word on when the second volume will be published.

well, much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up at 6:00 this morning, staying home. at least for now. the san jose school district plans to stick with distance learning through at least the end of the year. we'll have a live report on the reasons it's not allowing kids to return right now. experience the ultimate sports hub.

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