a moment in history. the two pets meeting between the usa and russia. and new rules gun sellers have to adhere to. first heat and fire head to the bay area. triple digits coming in some spots. "today in the bay" continues right now. it's wednesday morning and good morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. we begin with the scorcher headed for the bay area. this is a type lapse from our pinole ridge inland, i think we have that video, expect to see the thermostat to jump today and with this comes a threat of fire danger. meteorologist kari hall, this this is why we issued the microclimate weather alert. >> yes, we have hotter

temperatures for today. i wanted to show you how quickly it's going to warm up in a spot like dublin. we're starting out nice and cool, upper 50s but look at the trend as we go throughout the morning, at 11:00 we're already in the mid 80s and reaching 90 degrees at noon. 11:00 is when that excessive heat warning goes into effect for parts of the tri-valley as well as the north bay, solano county and the areas shaded in pink, this is where we will see triple-digit temperatures possible today. heat advisories where we'll see some 90s this afternoon and you will need to make sure that you are listening to how your body is feeling and also taking care of yourself in this heat. we're going to see a high of 98 in livermore today. 95 in morgan hill and santa rosa reaching 96, even hotter tomorrow, we'll talk more about that and our fire danger coming up in a few minutes. tarting tomorrow, people in santa clara county willaccess t several locations will open from

1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for any residents vulnerable to the heat. this map shows a few of those locations, including cupertino library, gilroy library and milpitas library. for a full list you can head to nbcbayarea.com. as the weather heats up our nbc bay area app is great to have on standby. you can check the temperatures in your neighborhood, just make sure to download it, it's free on the apple and google play stores. president biden and russian president vladimir putin meeting at a time when tensions between the u.s. and russia are at their highest in years. we brought you the special report on the summit. "today in the bay's" susan maginnis is live in washington to update us on that. susan? >> good morning. just after 2:00 p.m. in geneva, the two leaders are inside the villa where talks are happening and they are under way, supposed to last about four to five hours but we shall see how things go throughout the afternoon. some of the items on the agenda,

these two leaders are expected to discuss nuclear arms and election interference and recent ransomware the attacks the united states blames on russia. not expected to be a lot of progress in those areas as russia denies a lot of that. for putin the stakes are especially low because the summit was not his idea, it was president biden's idea. from what we're hearing all he needs to do is show up experts say and it is a win for him but the u.s. president, president biden optimistic but armed with a warning the u.s. will respond if russian aggression continues. marcus? >> interesting to see how each of the presidents spins the meeting since they're not doing the joint press conference afterwards. thank you, susan. in the late night vote, the san jose city council approved new gun measures, measures in the works well before the recent vta shooting ram age. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live at city hall with those changes. good morning, sharon.

>> reporter: good morning, cierra. the proposed measures stem from 2019 after the gilroy mass shooting. >> jones row abouter toe. >> aye. >> reporter: the measures proposed in 2019 resurfaced after the vta massacre. it requires retail gun sellers to record video and audio of all firearm and ammunition transactions. the goal is to deter so-called straw purchases in which a gun buyer has someone else enter the store and pay for the weapon. the new law also bans the sale of firearms and ammunition from a home within the city limits. mayor sam liccardo reminded the public these measures have been considered for quite some time. >> it was focused on narrowing the flow of guns to those which are clearly legal and hopefully

doing something to deter the flow of guns that should not be as well, they're unlawful to own, that is the person to not legally entitled to own guns because of prior convictions or other reasons. >> reporter: and gunadvocates say the measures violate the rights of gun owners. reporting live in san jose, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> sharon, thank you. when it comes to making it in the bay, san francisco is still falling short in his plan to introduce new granny units. the city wants to create 1,500 new granny units but so far they're a third of the way there. part of the reason pushback from tenants. creating new units takes away storage, parking spaces and laundry rooms. the rent control require landlords to pay tenants for services taken away. states leaders approved a federal water release plan some

fear may jeopardize future salmon runs so "the chronicle" reports the plan involves water flows from lake shasta into sacramento river, because that water would be released earlier in the season, computer models suggest that river may be lower and warmer when salmon run during spawning season. water leaders admit there may be increased risk of extinction. nbc news is taking an in-depth look at the vulnerability surrounding the security of america's drinking water. >> the federal cyber security agency says at least half of americans water utilities are facing critical or high. jacob ward is here in california with more. >> reporter: good morning, you guys. back in 1930s, when reservoir systems were first constructed, the engineers at that time could never have imagined that they would be remotely controlling their systems via the internet, much less the criminal organizations might be able to strike those systems from across

the world. the question is how we as a nation are going to safeguard our water. 5:06, time to look at the forecast. kari we've been talking about the heat across the bay. people need to get prepared and have water available and listen to your body, pay attention to what it's telling you. >> definitely, heat exhaustion and heatstroke and hypothermia are things we have to watch out for as we go into the next couple of days. we are starting out cool and it won't be this cool tomorrow unfortunately. we see our trend way up early into the afternoon, by 3:00 we're seeing 90s, upper 90s in spots and once again temperatures coming down slightly before it heats up even hotter for tomorrow. we'll talk about what's ahead in the weekend in a few minutes.

mike, any problems for the morning commute? >> it's not weather related but a report, green lights, green sensors a smooth drive, south bay peninsula, east bay great drive out of the altamont a tiny bit of slowing and a little bit around central for westbound 80, typically a crew there. hot weather eastbound 80 near the truck stop the big rig is on the shoulder a tanker truck filled with coconut oil. i was thinking coconut oil but you're supposed to wear sunscreen, that's my weather related news. back to you. all right, your workout may leave you vulnerable to more than just sweat. the cyber security flaw making new med lines and how the company is responding. investors sweating this morning over what the fed will say. will they raise interest rates and when?

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right flou at 5:11, pleasant hill upper 50s and the trend going into the upper 80s by noon. we'll talk about all of our microclimates and higher heat ahead, coming up in a few minutes. yikes. hot this is 880 the nimitz, headlights bright because of the timing and the camera angle. southbound past the coliseum just fine at speed, same thing heading toward the bay bridge. good morning. happy wednesday to you as well. u.s. authorities charged a bay area science teach we are insider trading. saying he got inside information from his best friend who worked at a tech company and made stock trades based on that information. prosecutors claimed in ale thattian a. brown. we'll follow up with attorneys as their offices open up. you could always use publicly available information

to make investment decisions, that's legal and we can say we don't expect much movement on the stock market until the fed concludes its meeting today around 11:30 this morning. we don't expect a committee to raise interest rates but may indicate when that happens in the future. president biden appointed and the senate confirmed lena khan as the next head of the trade organization. she's tough on silicon valley tech companies. jonathan abrams more or less invented social networking, long before facebook, now at venture capital funding the next generation of entrepreneurs. we'll go over the early days of social networking and the future of silicon valley on this week's episode of "sand hill road." you can find it pretty much

everywhere including spotify and stitcher and tell you-know-who to play the podcast "sand hill road" and five times out of ten she will. >> we won't say her name. >> all over the bay area. like what, yes. >> before you get on the peloton bike listen to this. a popular bike and tread mail may be vulnerable to hackers. mcafee says hackers can get access to user's day tax even the camera or microphone on the bike or treadmill. the security flaw may be problematic in gyms, hotels or shared residential communities where users share the peloton cardio machines. peloton has developed a security patch to fix the problem. soon drivers will get behind the wheel of the new ford bronco. for the first time in 25 years it is off the assembly line headed to dealerships. more than 125,000 have already

been ordered. a florida man got an unwanted visitor from a scaly stranger. >> you see him down there? uh-huh. that's an al ator decided to visit this home in parish, florida, south of tampa. this happened over the weekend around 4:30 in the morning. scute camera caught the visitor. the gator game back moments later for a second visit before disappearing into the night. the question is what did the gator want in the house? >> yeah, or who. >> up in tahoe for us, bears. >> i don't need any of it. >> i don't know. kari, the rest would probably l weather because it's so hot. >> yes but we don't want them jumping on a flight to the bay area or anything like that.

we're going to have some hot weather and you do need to plan your day around the heat. let me show you walnut creek, if you're getting outside, jogging or you have some yard work to do, any outdoor activity, look at the temperature trend. we're starting out with upper 50s. you can see how quickly it warms up, by 10:00 upper 70s and then in the upper 80s by lunch time. we are headed here into the upper 90s for this afternoon. we'll see a high of 101 in fairfield today. livermore reaching 98 degrees. san jose looking at a high of 90 degrees, and palo alto 89. in santa rosa, we're reaching 96 degrees and 74 in san francisco. so it's going to be warmer today. our seven-day forecast shows that for napa, we are going to see highs peaking over 100 degrees tomorrow. it's still going to be hot this weekend, and if you're making plans, even though we're not talking about triple digits, it's still not going to be the best weather for spending long

periods of time outside. as we look at our seven-day forecast for a lot of our inland valleys, some spots will peak at 106 degrees, where we will see excessive heat warnings going up and then it's still going to be in the triple digits for friday. weekend outdoor plans 90s, but then look at what's happening for early next week some significant cooling headed our way, upper 70s and low 80s for san francisco. we have mid-70s in the forecast. here is where we can find some natural air conditioning even though it's still going to feel warm in the city, that's nothing compared to what we'll see in the valleys. next week we'll see some highs in the upper 60s so we will be cooling off after a spike in these temperatures. mike, heading out the door this morning, it's not quite warm yet but you have the ac blasting later today. >> so if you're fortunate to have that in the car that's great. not everybody has it in the house. we have the cooling centers cierra talked about and movie theaters reopening.

options for folks to stay safe and cooler. freeways looking great. a blip for vallecitos and held off in the altamont pass, easy drive coming into livermore and the dublin interchange. contra costa county highway 4 at speed. 580 just the slowing and by the time you get past north flynn you're just fine and a live look no problems through the maze, the east shore freeway and the volume just starting to build up just a tad bit at the bay bridge, that sun we know will be hot. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next here on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> hundreds of thousands of families held funerals for loved ones who died from covid-19. now the federal government is offering help to pay for those funerals, even if they took place last year. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how to apply, next.

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harry weinstein is headed back tole kaical, at yesterday's hearing a judge denied his request to deny extradition and ordered him sent back to l.a. immediately. the 69-year-old disgraced hollywood mogul was convicted last spring of criminal sex acts and third-degree rape. los angeles prosecutors want to bring him to california so he can be tried on charges of assaulting five women in los angeles and beverly hills from 2004 to 2013. weinstein maintains his innocence and contends that any sexual activity was consensual. a follow-up this morning, southwest is canceling another 500 flights as it struggles with connectivity issue. those include flights out of several california airports, the new round of problems come after the airline grounded flights on monday for a separate issue. the airlines third party weather program experienced coast to coast issues as well which have

been resolved. the problem resulted in over 1,500 delays. if you have an amazon echo you could be sharing your internet with your neighbor and don't know it. before you run to your kitchen, i want to explain more about this feature. it's called amazon sidewalk, it helps you find lost or stolen devices and it allows limited connectivity from other people in your neighborhood. as david kaufman's northeastern explains amazon plans to enable that feature by default. >> amazon said unless you tell us otherwise we'll share your internet connection with anyone else who has one of these twices that's compatible. that's a red flag here is you're not getting any benefit, we pay a lot for internet access and amazon devices. it's not clear why it's in our

interests. >> the feature requires users to opt out if they don't want the service. check out the full story and others like it, head to nbc lx it's 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable, any time you want after "today in the bay" go to lx.com. hundreds of thousands of families have held funerals for loved ones over the past year or so because of covid, funerals are usually pretty expensive. >> many families are eligible for federal health to cover costs but most people haven't signed up. consumer investigator chris chmura is here to show us how to apply. >> fema says families of covid-19 victims may receive up to $9,000 in funeral assistance per victim, for funerals as far back as january 20th of 2020. if your loved one was cremated at a cost of $5,000 you might get the full $5,000 back. on the other hand if the funeral was $15,000, your max benefit

would be $9,000. when we taped this segment, fema provided $190 million to 28,000 families, that's a lot of people but nowhere near the nearly 600,000 who are likely eligible, because that's how many people died from covid-19. let me show you how to apply. you have to call this number, 844-684-6333. fema says applying takes about 20 minutes. first you speak with a person who opens your application. then you send fema paperwork like a death certificate or other documents showing covid-19 was the cause of death. plus proof you or a life insurance policy paid funeral expenses. you can upload, fax or mail in your paperwork. after verification, approved families will receive a check or direct deposit. live look at the golden gate toll plaza where a piece of faulty equipment has been overcharging drivers for months. the bridge district says some

32,000 drivers are affected, some people who drove through the lane with the broken equipment were charged $23 instead of just $8. they are being calculated but it's worth checking your fasttrac bill. the water is heating up for night four of swimming olympic trials. katie ledecky has her final race in the 200 meters. she already secured a spot on team usa and ryan murphy from cal won the 100 meter backstroke. murphy won gold for that event in rio, going for another one and won gold for 200 meter. tonight murphy will complete and compete for a spot in tokyo for the 200-meter event. good luck to him. >> good luck to the team. swimming in college and at the olympic level, it's awesome. >> i wonder if he could beat me, though. hmm. >> maybe not. next the top stories we're following today including parts of the bay area hitting the 100 hot weather moving in and the potential for increased danger

as firefighters prepare for fire season. not stepping down, the well-known san francisco leader saying that he will continue to serve the community despite admitting questionable behavior.

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"today in the bay" continues right now. good morning, and thank you for joining us. i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we're going to check in with traffic in just a minute but first, we have to talk about that heat expected to really ramp up across the bay area. we have team coverage for you this morning on our microclimate weather alert. "today in the bay's" thom jensen is tracking the lingering fire danger but first, we want to turn to meteorologist kari hall. when can we expect the heat to move in? >> it's going to be moving in starting with our heat advisory at 11:00, temperatures are going to heat up quickly today, starting out with a clear morning over the south bay and also seeing that near the coast. this is where we have heat advisories, areas shaded in orange and highs reach into the 90s here where we see the pink it will be hotter and we could see triple digit ngs some spots. it's going to ramp up today but

the peak of the heat will be tomorrow reaching 102 in antioch. mid-90s for much of the north bay but a bigger concern as well with the heat is the fire danger and this is what you see as you go out hiking at some of the parks it shows you the fire burn index for today at a high level today and higher tomorrow as we look at how dry the vegetation is, a major concern as the hot temperatures continue and we're watching that more coming up in the next microclimate forecast. >> thank you, kari. along with the extreme heat in the forecast for days ahead comes the greater fire danger. firefighters in the north bay have their hands full putting out a grass fire that damaged at least two homes. >> "today in the bay's" thom jensen is live in the vallejo neighborhood just off of i-80 near the redwood parkway. thom, firefighters are they

still there? >> they are still here. two firefighters from vallejo fire department on the scene. this is one of six homes damaged and this is one of two that sustained the most damage. as we look in the doorway some of the damage the fire started in the back up into the front of the house. this was a fast-moving fire first reported about 5:35 last night and by 6:30, 15 to 20 homes in this immediate area here on skyline drive where we are and also two courts that are adjacent to this were evacuated. other homes in the area people were asked to shelter in place. meanwhile, homeowners were trying to do what they could with their garden hoses and firefighters were trying to stop this before it spread to more homes. >> we had 15 to 20 homes threatened and we had ember casting in the houses off of silver view and we had a few

backyards and porches catch fire as well. >> my mom's in the house with two other dogs >> we're expecting hot weather over the next two days. there's still a lot of brush down there. >> reporter: there was one person treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation. no other people were injured in this fire, all of the evacuees were allowed to return home last night at about 9:00, all allowed to return home except for the two homes that sustained the most damage. evacuees could soon be asked because of this heat that's just ahead to start conserving power. the electric grid folks, people who manage it could ask people very soon because of the triple digits coming inland to start conserving power in the late afternoon, 4:00 to 9:00, set thermostats up to 78 degrees. so that could happen to try to

avoid blackouts later this week as we really get into this heat wave. we're live in vallejo, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> conserving power and water, it's affecting us all. thanks, thom. the the weather is heating up. our nbc bay area app is a great tool to have on standby. check the temperatures in your neighborhood as they are ever changing download it if you haven't done so. it is free on apple and google play stores. in just a few hours, the danville police officer now charged in a deadly shooting heads to court. andrew hall is expected to be arraigned on a voluntary manslaughter charge. in 2018 he shot latimer arboleto when he tried to drive his car between two police vehicles. family members say he struggled with mental health. hall is under investigation in connection with a separate deadly shooting which happened in march. new this morning, stanford is reportedly facing allegations of anti semitism made by two

mental health counselors. according to "the chronicle" the counselors who are both jewish were included in an anti racism program with other white employees. during one session they claim the group ignored an incident involving swastikas despite objections which they believe amounted to religious bias. the two have since filed a complaint to state and federal civil rights agencies saying the program created a hostile work environment for jewish staff members. stanford is investigating the complaint and told "the chronicle" is forcefully rejects anti semitism in all forms. new this morning the details in the public battle supervisor's public battle with alcohol. he spoke yesterday apologizing for previous behavior as he seeks treatment. >> i owe you all a sincere apology. this is not how i hope to come out of this pandemic, but with or without alcohol, with or without stress, i am accountable for my behavior and i am profoundly sorry for and frankly

embarrassed by the tenor that i have struck at times in my work. >> supervisor peskin will continue to serve his role on the board while in treatment. other supervisors expressed their support for peskin as he gets help. happening today, reverend jesse jackson is coming to the bay area. he's partnering with the interfaith community and activists to promote solidarity between the african-american community and aapi community. today he will hold a press conference at the chinese cultural center in san francisco to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the murder of vincent chen, and to condemn the recent attacks on asian-americans. chen was killed by two white autoworkers while celebrating their friends at his bachelor party in detroit, michigan. the press conference starts at 11:00 a.m. alameda county supervisors plan to do more research on a proposed $1 billion new ball park at howard terminal.

a marathon meeting yesterday lasted several hours, as the future of the a's was front and center. the board plans will discuss this ball park plan again in august. on the field at the coliseum, the a's last night continued to roll. a sean murphy home run on the bottom of the eighth capped off the a's scoring, they won the game 6-4 to notch their fifth straight victory. oakland activists believe more needs to be done to help those most in need. the alliance of californians for community empowerment want to stage what they're calling an oakland budget tour. the idea is to convince leaders to invest more in struggling neighborhoods and redirect police department funding. several councilmembers have been invited to attend this meeting. a recently renovated commercial building and a prime south bay location reportedly just sold for nearly $18 million.

according to "the mercury news" the building is located between valley fair mall and santana row and steven's creek boulevard in san jose. the two-story building houses a verizon store on the bottom floor enat the other office space above. as we've mentioned all morning, it is going to be a warm one. listen to your body, drink water, do what you can to stay cool. meteorologist kari hall talks about what we can exactly see. >> you can't do it. you can't say it. >> air conditioning. >> yes, and if you don't have air conditioning, you want to make sure you call a friend, maybe somebody you haven't seen since the pandemic began. go ahead and hang out with them, find someplace where you can get some air conditioning. let me show you what we're expecting, because even though it's nice and cool now, the trend goes straight up for today, as it will heat up even hotter than yesterday. so even by late morning, we're feeling some upper 70s/low 80s and we're headed for the 90s

there. now along the coastline, this is where we will have some much cooler temperatures, staying mostly in the 60s for today, but there will be a wide range in temperatures, even though there will be 60s near the coast, for our inland areas, it's going to be almost 40 degrees hotter in some of those spots especially tomorrow, more widespread triple digits. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. mike, what's going on with the morning commute? >> having a heat wave is like winning the lottery, everybody comes out of the woodwork. a note for the north bay a crash, major damage reported for the suv but no major injuries. i'm tracking that information closely. south 101 is jammed up in petaluma right now. petaluma boulevard gets you around the east washington street, the location for that crash blocking two of your three lanes. this is 116 so it's just before you get to highway 116, coming southbound. over here the earlier crash 101 at cesar chavez we heard possibly a pedestrian was involved. no slowing i'll sayll

right, we'll monitor updates from san francisco and chp. a little bit of slowing starts in san jose, typical for 101. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next here on "today in the bay," a new sense of normalcy for giants fans. the one thing fans could celebrate at last night's game with the state fully reopened and the celebration that is carried over to the game. in geneva, president biden meeting with rush president vladimir putin, we'll bring you the very latest, coming up. . plus a southern california hiker missing for days in triple-digit temperatures, what she's calling the scariest part while fearing she might never be rescued.

. right now at 5:42, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we get ready for high heat. you need to plan your outdoor activities around the hot everyone it tours the earlier the better. in walnut creek upper 50s and low 60s, but you can see how quickly it's going to be heating up today. i'll have tips on how to beat the heat and what's ahead in our forecast, in a few minutes. we still do have that breaking news up in petaluma for southbound 101. the bay bridge toll plaza no breaking news, no urgent update. traffic starting to build, a little slowing across the span.

it turns out even the honors for bravery during the capital siege are politicized more than five months after the january 6th riot, house lawmakers agreed to award the congressional gold medal to first responders. 21 republicans voted against the legislation. none are from california. the senate is debating a similar bill. and new this morning, the latest twist is any indication don't expect a special recall election to take place before mid-september. that's because county election offices this week asked the lieutenant governor to wait that long in large part because the print ballots may not be ready before then. the recall question deciding governor newsom's fate appear on the ballot. because the contest is not certified it's not clear how many replacement candidates will be listed or how much paper will be required. giants fans celebrating not just baseball but maybe some newfound freedom. last night at oracle park, california's full reopening meant fans had the option to go

maskless and while the team is still recommending masks, fans agreed there were a lot more visible smiles. >> it feels like life is coming back. it's amazing. we're excited. the giants are here, we're awesome. >> our cameras caught magic out there, look at this, marriage proposal in the bleachers in the second inning, that couple ally and sarah, ally wanted the reopening before popping the question. as for celebrations on the field, check this out. >> the high drive to right, is it fair, down the line. it is a grand slam! into the water! >> grand slam indeed into the water, capped off a big comeback. the giants were down 7-0 and the diamondbacks before coming all the way back for a 9-8 win. congratulations there. switching gears, president

biden at this very minute meeting with russia's vladimir putin. >> and scott mcgrew, putin has met with sometimes gotten the best of u.s. presidents. >> putin's been in power since bill clinton was president so dealing with him as been a battle for five different presidents. the american and russian president started their meeting in geneva moments ago. putin and his cadre accused of poisoning political opponents, harboring cyber criminals, invading ukraine and of course interfering with the american elections at least twice. a live picture outside the hotel which they're meeting. we'll keep an eye on the scene bringing you updates with special reports. president biden has not said much about his planned strategy but it's reasonable to guess he will be talking with putin about things like election interference but not too tough. the ideal situation for biden

would be for putin to not be that much of an issue during his presidency so he can concentrate on the problems at the border, passing new bills. putin knows that's what biden wants. past presidents have tried to find that balance with putin, who remember is a former kgb officer, in russian intelligence. he used all kinds of maneuvers to stay in power in a country that is at least on paper democratic. president george w. bush says he was able to see into putin's soul. one of the most notable thing president trump ever said in a presidency full of notable things was that he trusted putin more than he trusted his own intelligence agencies during this summit in 2018. trump doubled down with that just the other day in a written statement. john mccain at the time called it the most disgraceful thing a president has ever done. president obama and putin with a staredown in 2013.

obama's successes with putin are overshadowed by his failure to convince the russian president not to interfere with our elections. nbc reporting obama's advisers urged obama to warn putin interference would be an act of war. obama chose not to say that specifically. we are keeping an eye on all the other things. president biden has a new director of the federal trade comission, we'll talk about that as we talk business and the senate has passed a measure to make juneteenth a federal holiday, if the house can pass a similar resolution and get the whole thing to the president they can get it done before juneteenth, three days from now. we're watching what's happening with the putin meeting talking about it on twitter, to see your reaction. reach e @scottmcgrew. >> thanks. new this morning, we want to tell you about a hiker who went missing on a southern california mountain, we can tell you hiker is back home. 64-year-old peggie fox got

separated from her group on sunday, spending three days and two nights alone. this is wooded areas during the triple digit temperatures. one of them is hundred and search and rescue crews scoured the mountain and found her yesterday afternoon. she ran out of water supply and power bars on monday night. >> probably the scariest was today getting out of the chute down into the canyon, because i had to do rock climbing across a very narrow ledge and just you know, really hold on tight. >> she seems definitely with it right now. so after she was found she was reunited with her daughter who flew in from houston to greet her mother. her only injuries were cuts to her legs. listen to this. maybe the weekend justin bieber and harry styles, those art is maybe can convince young people in the south bay to roll up sleeves to get a vaccine shot,

that's what leaders are hoping will happen. happening today they're unveiling a new incentive, concert ticket ravels over the next six weeks for anyone vaccinated at any santa clara county six locations sites or anyone bringing in unvaccinated friends or relatives. s.a.p. center concert tickets will be raffled and also include that money and marc anthony. new this morning a new warning from the state water board. farmers from the central valley to the bay are being told not to rely on water this yeesh from the delta watershed. smaller rights holders are told the spigot may be shut later this morning. according to "the chronicle" east bay mud may be impacted and wider restrictions will expand to include sf puc and it will mean utilities have to rely on other water resources. starting tonight, east bay mud is holding a series of virtual lectures on water conservation. they take place the third wednesday of june, july and august. we talk about the heat we're having, all the conditions affecting all of us in the bay

area, kari. >> yes, absolutely especially when you ramp up the temperatures and usually water is how we stay cool but really not recommended to turn on sprinklers or anything like that, that could waste our water but as we take a live look outside in mt. diablo looking over the tri-valley, as the sun rises this morning, we know it's going to be a hot day. so let's talk about taking care of yourself in this heat, make sure you're staying hydrated, drinking lots of water even if you don't feel thirsty and set your thermostat to 78 degrees. we don't want to put a strain on the power grid. use cooling centers like libraries, malls or if the city has cooling centers open and also beware of the dangers of being in a hot car. never leave your children or pets inside of a vehicle, not even for a little bit. check on children and the elderly, especially if they don't have air conditioning or the kids are outside playing and

also care for people if you provide a bottle of water or give shelter that's needed during the hot temperatures. inside a vehicle, these temperatures get so hot, and you may not realize it, even to 70 degrees, it could be 90 degrees inside of a vehicle within a few minutes and then you look at how the temperature goes up, and how the temperature inside of a car can go up, from 80 degrees, it could be 123 degrees over the course of an hour, but when you think it's 90 degrees, it could be over 133 degrees inside of a vehicle. we're going to see these hot temperatures starting today, as our highs reach into the mid-90s in the north bay, some triple digits for the far inland east bay, from fairfield as well as antioch and over the next several days we could be as hot as 108 degrees in livermore, starting tomorrow, continuing into the weekend, as we could see the hot weather into at least the weekend but much cooler early next week. mike, what's the breaking

news you're tracking? >> i also have red and 101 but it's not the temperature of the forecast, it's the current jam-up from petaluma boulevard the exit down to just shy of lakeville highway southbound 101 jammed but they did remove one of the vehicles involved in this crash. you are jammed coming down through the area of petaluma boulevard as your alternate around that and join on south of lakeville highway and everything is fine. the rest of the map looks green except for the bay bridge, a little slow up the incline. the buildup should be forming approaching the toll plaza in the next few minutes. no surprises for the tri-valley, surprisingly light and san jose with mild slowing from 680 up to oakland road on northbound 101. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, palo alto leaders considering a new business tax to increase revenue. councilmembers there are debating a possiblehat would ch business based on how much space the company uses. it's reported that other options like head count or payroll tax

are off the table. a push for business tax was delayed last year due to the pandemic. the earliest voters will decide on the business tax next may. much more ahead on "today in the bay," including new problems for southwest, the issues causing even more northern california flights to be canceled, plus an all new warning about the makeup you wear every day, as toxic chemicals found in several products and the action lawmakers are now taking. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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welcome back. 5:56. you're watching "today in the bay." we want to tell you developing now the race to protect the river from runoff after monday's chemical plant fire in northern illinois. the focus has been to try to safeguard rockton's drinking water supply. this comes from the rock river. thick black smoke this hung over the village there as trenches were dug to help block the residue from leaking into that water. the cause of this fire is under investigation. >> now to a follow-up, southwest airlines is canceling another 500 flights including ones in california cities, as it struggles with connectivity issues. this new round of problems comes after the airline grounded flights on monday for a separate

issue the third party weather program experienced coast to coast issues as well which have been resolved. that problem resulted in over 1,500 delays. new this morning, a warn being your makeup. researchers say half of the products sold in the u.s. contains a toxic compound linked to certain conditions that cause cancer. a new have you haddy found high levels of chemicals found in foundations and lipsticks, some types of mascaras had levels as high as 82%. the chemicals are no the listed on most labels. they're introducing a bill to ban them from beauty products. trending this morning, the golden state is the best in the country to live, the state anyway. not everyone agrees. >> the results are in for which states have the best quality of life. new jersey just edged out

massachusetts for top honors with new york coming in third. california came in 27th on the list. wallet hub survey considered 52 different weighted metrics, including cost of living and property tax. >> that's what got us right there. property taxes and cost of living. quickly approaching 6:00, excessive heat warning the bay area is bracing for a major warmup. i a live look in san francisco temperatures are set to climb into the triple digits in some areas in the next few days. with that comes fire danger. nbc bay area is issuing a microclimate weather alert as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. it's wednesday morning and good morning to you. thank you for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm cierra johnson. laura garcia is off this morning. first to meteorologist kari hall with our first forecast, good morning, kari.

>> good morning. today is going to be the day we've kind of been dreading a little bit because temperatures will start to ramp up, hotter tomorrow as we see triple digit temperatures for our inland valleys and for the weekend, the warm weather will continue but coming out of those triple digits into the 90s, a closer look at this map shows the heat advisory includes san jose up and down the peninsula, it does not include the immediate coastline and where you see pink, where we could reach up to 108 degrees. we'll talk more about this and the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. thank you. starting tomorrow, people in santa clara county will have access to cooling centers. several locations will open from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for any residents vulnerable to the heat. this map shows a few of those locations including cupertino library, gilmore and milpitas library. for a full list head to nbcbayarea.com. and as the weather heats up, our nbc bay area app is great to have on standby, you can check

the temperatures, in your