right now at 4:30, high fire danger sparking power shutoffs. next we're tracking wind, high temperatures and power outages county by county this morning. "today in the bay" starts right now. a good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. good to see you back, marcus. and vianey is in for kari. another warm one? >> definitely. with the high pressure building in, the off-shore wind event that will dry us out and even though it's not 5:00 a.m.,

current temperatures in the 70s in hayward and redwood city and that just sort of gives you a preview of how warm it expects to get into the afternoon and the big concern here is the dry northeast winds and the red flag warning in effect through 11:00 a.m. and gusty conditions and i'll go into more detail on that coming up in just a few minutes. mike? >> all right, vianey. one little segment closed roadway and over in the trivalley. as we get a look over there. eastbou eastbound 84 just before 4:00 a car hit a tree. doesn't sound like anything major. the tree is across the eastbound lanes and that will be a problem. very dark right now of course before sunrise we'll track that. the main commute through the trivalley is fine and oakland where we already see slowing northbound towards the construction at 29th. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike.

among the thousands of customers in the bay area impacted by the public safety power shut down the city of calistoga. >> the people there just trying to get back to normal life after the entire community was forced to evacuate just weeks ago. "today in the bay" has more from the north bay. >> in downtown calistoga plenty of people took a stroll warm evening because there is not much to do at home because the power is out. happening a lot the last couple years. >> if we don't have our power, we lose everything. >> we're a working class community and you can't keep replacing the contents in your refrigerator over and over again and medical conditions and that's the most challenging. >> reporter: calistoga mayor says the power went off at 5:57

and most of the town is still lit because of a power generating station that was recently set up on the edge of town. the lights are still on in downtown calisoga, but about 40% of calistoga went dark. all the homes and businesses on the west side of the napa river are not connected to the generators because of fire people oncerns. getting through the night by candlelight or fumbling in the dark with candles or flash lights. >> it's hard to see. it's really hard. >> reporter: some residents and business owners have their own generators but for those who don't, this will likely be a long night and even more to come pospably. >> nothing to do. just live in the darkness and do nothing. now a live look for you across the bay area. still dark but those areas really right for fires.

last night pg&e turned ouf power to many of the east bay hills and people who are actually living there will be waking up this morning in darkness. now, ahead of the shutoff oakland's public works department put out signs for traffic control. this is as pg&e prepares. it started at 8:00 a.m. for alameda, san santa clara county. pg&e is tracking current wind conditions which could create some problems later today. >> it will be followed quickly by another period of winds thursday night into friday. so, it's really looking to us like two periods of winds. >> our son's best friend is coming over tomorrow because he's not going to have power. >> we saw a lot of people scrambling to buy those generators before the power went out. >> we're going to stay on top of the new power outages as they pop up throughout the bay area. you can find the pg&e outage map

that's at nbcbayarea.com. this is really great because you can type in your street address and track the outages in your neighborhood. just a reminder for you, if your power does go out, make sure you check out our free app on your phone that way you can get any of our newscasts. turning to the supreme court hearing nominations of judge amy coney barrett. a live look of the capitol where the hearings will wrap up and the first vote is expected today. the senate judiciary committee is expected to approve her nomination. yesterday once again barrett spent much of the day trying to deflect away questions on her specific views, but tried to show the country that she certainly does not have an agenda. barrett would replace the late ruth bader ginsburg. yesterday he declined to say roe v. wade superprecedence a case so settled no serious push to

overturn it. the last democrat to question her joe biden's running mate, kamala harris. >> would you consider the 135 million people who gain protection under the affordable care act when deciding a case that challenges that law? >> senator harris, if i were to be confirmed and conclude that i was able to sit on the case pursuant to the recusal statute and then if i heard the case and decided the case, i would consider all the protections that congress put in place. >> if things move as scheduled, the final confirmation vote would happen in two weeks. republicans are expected to have the votes to approve barrett's nomination. 4:36 for you this morning. time to get a track of what we can expect from the forecast today. vianey, another warm one out there for us. >> not only going to be warm, but it is going to be dry. the three things we look out for

when we talk about elevated fire danger is windy, how dry is it going to be and how hot is it going to be. a red flag warning in effect through 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. on and off mountain gusts. so, if you were at a lower elevation, you might not even see winds in your area. elevations above 1,000 feet above upwards of 40 miles per hour and that's where the major concern comes in. not only that, but a heat advisory in effect through tomorrow night. napa already managed to tie a record yesterday of 97 degrees and we could see more near record-breaking temperatures yet again today. upper 80s and even for the coast and the bay. interior valleys in the low 100s which means you may have to limit your outdoor exposure and you want to watch out for heat-related illnesses because definitely going to be one of those hot afternoons. a closer look at your mic microclimate highs for today. mostly clear conditions and beautiful and sunny, but those windy hills and the temps in the

90s are something we look out for and i'll go into more detail and how long this will last and the biggest threats are in just a few minutes. >> all right, vianey. a problem in the south bay. northbound 280 at bird. i think it's the freeway itself, but judging by the information i marked that right here middle of the screen. northbound 280 at bird. sounds like an rv pulled over to the shoulder because maybe a fire somewhere under or inside the back of that rv. they pulled over under a tree and the tree caught fire and, again, it sounds like the fire has 280 temporarily closed and it may just be the off ramp. i'll let you know. i'm tracking that as you come through the downtown area. doesn't sound like structures involved but we're watching this. the rest of the bay moves well but slowing at oakland. we'll talk about that coming up. back it to you. . >> coming up on "today in the bay." the pandemic is not uniting

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good morning. it is 4:41. we're under a microclimate weather alert. we're talking about elevated

fire danger and we'll talk about the highest threat areas and how long this is going to last coming up in just a few minutes. mike. >> we were talking about elevated temperatures meaning the fire there. rv involved. no injuries and now 280 is reopened. we're talking about on the map northbound 280 and good news for the ramp and lanes of traffic. little ing. everything else moves pretty smoothly and i see slowing northbound on 880 approaching 29th. that's in oakland but the construction tonight is only on the southbound side. i'll see if i can find any more reason why other than traffic coming up. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street set to open up lower extending two days of losses and first back-to-back declines in months. investors continue to weigh the odds for a stimulus deal being breached before the election. steven mnuchin yesterday saying

that is difficult as republicans and democrats remain far apart. the latest number for people filing for unemployment and earnings from morgan stanley and charles schwab. a long downturn in air travel and the company reporting a big loss in the third quarter and sales fell 30%. flown less than its rivals throughout the pandemic. it will help conserve cash for a possible rebound. a number of people going through airport security the highest level since mid march. but international flights those just remain difficult. many companies are hesitant to resume their business travel. sell to tickets and other events. previously teachers or performers used eventbrite and a new feature will accept payment through paypal. it includes music, art and photography lessons. back over to you guys.

>> thanks, thank. >> perfect. 4:43 this morning. coming up on "today in the bay." the reason why one drug bust in our state is making history this morning. >> that's right. big mystery at the san francisco zoo. police and zookeepers very worried right now. what they want you to be on the look out for. our home was burned to the ground in the tubbs fire. the flames, the ash, it was terrifying. thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires.

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jose. dark and early for you this morning. conditions out there very dry for us putting us in a red flag warning until friday. vianey will have a look at that coming up in just a bit. good to see you all and good to be back, too. >> welcome back. you were gone forever. >> celebrating the birthday. another year. >> happy, happy. >> thank you, thank you. >> you know, what we got you for your birthday is vianey. >> that is the best gift i could get. >> if kari is not here, vianey is the best thing. >> there is a lot we are looking out for and it's already warm right now and san francisco 64 degrees and normally that's our high in san francisco. not today. so, usually around the coastline in the bay we say you don't need ac, i hope you have one handy

and maybe even a fan because you'll need one today. san jose 65 degrees and winds are calm and the red flag warning. this will be in effect through friday tomorrow and it's important to note it's for the higher elevation areas we've already seen gusty conditions. it's not going to be windy and gusty everywhere, especially not in the lower elevation areas. when you think to yourself when you head outside it's not really windy, why red flag warning. elevations above 1,000 feet have seen gusty winds and 30, 40, 50 plus miles per hour. when you think of the concern of how much dry brush is out sprea. the humidity is less than 10% and we're talking really dry conditions. in addition to that, the high pressure that is hanging out tough over the last couple days is going to keep on hanging out. that means we'll see a rise in those temperatures near record breaking. we did see a record temperature yesterday for napa of 97 degrees and that is going to be similar to what we'll experience for today. so, let's talk about these

winds. remember i mentioned they would be in elevations of 1,000 feet. it starts to sort of increase heading intonig tonight, which why we're keeping a close eye on this. once again, we'll see those gusty winds upwards of 20 plus miles per hour. if you're wondering about your air quality forecast. we're expecting moderate conditions but air quality can change hour by hour. if a new fire starts, that could change things. if the wind shifts, that could also change things. we're talking 80s and 90s. unfortunately this will stick around through the weekend and a little cooling heading into the workweek next week. mike, i'll send it back to you. >> all right, vianey, i don't like the higher temperatures, but we'll take it. we'll look to the roadways where we don't like the slowing, but i'll take it. i did find not in the regular transportation department grid but chp is helping out

northbound and you see the slowing. all lanes blocked very quickly for whatever work they're doing there and now they're back open, again. slowing northbound towards 29th and traffic break clear and southbound the construction in the area. now 84 eastbound through the curvy area and miles canyon and that crash and tree down. eastbound don't plan on using that. use mission to get around it and slowing 280 around bird from that earlier rv fire. still over on the shoulder. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. this is concerning. developing this morning, san francisco police have a mystery on their hands after someone stole a lemur from the san francisco zoo. lemur is named mocky and they reported him missing yesterday morning. they believe someone broke into the habitat. zookeepers say he's old and slower than the rest of the troop making him easier to catch. one expert said the highly endangered animal does do not

make good pets. >> they're not going to enjoy having this animal in their lives and he is not going to be part of this human world they can't survive in. >> authorities hope surveillance video provides them some clues or a tip from someone who knows something. the last time an animal was stolen from the san francisco zoo was 20 years ago when a tip helped police track down two stolen koalas. federal agents made the first and second largest meth bust in history just this month. more than a ton. about 2,500 pounds of crystal meth was seized in a narcotics stash house east of los angeles. the bust happened back on october 2nd. the investigation into large-scale drug trafficking organization with the cartel out of mexico began in june. well, 49er mourning this morning. the death of a legend from

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trending this morning music superstar john legend with a tribute to his wife chrissy teigen who recently suffered a miscarriage. >> he honored her in his performance last night at the billboard music awards. ♪

>> legend performed the song "never break" dedicating that performance to his wife. the couple had a miscarriage two weeks ago. post malone was the night's big winner. he captured nine of the 16 awards he was nominated for, including top pop artist and top male artist. >> i'm honestly blown away just by the love that everybody's shown to me and honestly i appreciate it more than i could ever express. >> look, also honored last night guitar legend eddie van halen who died last week of cancer and performed at the awards in 2015. >> nice tribute there. a happy moment turns sour at a wedding after a video goes viral of the guest catching the bride's bouquet. you see the bride throw her flowers behind her and the woman in the front catches in the

front, as well as the woman next to her. well, the woman in the flower dress ripped the bouquet out of the other's hands. she's like, yeah this is mine. she holds it up in celebratory form. everybody was a little shocked at it. but i guess the tradition has it if you catch the bouquet, you're the next one to get married. she's ready. >> she still has her purse in tact. >> i am woman, hear me roar. >> don't mess with her. 4:57 for you this morning. coming up here on "today in the bay" nbc bay area is under that microclimate weather alert. that's right. the red flag warning we are talking about means thousands of people waking up in the dark this morning. when it may be safe again for the lights to go back on. it's all coming up in a live report.

right now at 5:00, high fire danger continues at this hour. thousands without power. we're tracking winds, hot temperatures and the planned power shutoff. live team coverage straight ahead as "today in the bay" continues right now. i say continues because we've already been here since 4:30. good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington.

have that commute coming up in just a bit, but we have to start with vianey in for kari because we're in for another red flag warning today. >> yeah. that's going to remain in effect through tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. already seen some gusty winds in the hilltop areas and the air is extremely dry and not to mention hot so we'll get into more detail on that coming up in the full forecast. let's check in with mike. >> overall things are moving pretty nicely here. the issue was the closure for 84. gets you out to the map good news eastbound 84 reopened and car ran into the tree and no major injuries for the driver and they moved the car and that's a much easier gig eastbound 884 open. back to you. thousands of people in the bay area right now waking up this morning without power and it's all being done to limit the fire risk. >> that's right. we don't need any more