breaking at 5:00, a busy night for firefighters. some fires set on purpose along roadways keep them busy. the search for an arsonist as we get word of more fires, this one in contra costa county. this is "today in the bay." thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura. >> i'm marcus washington. >> so we begin with the most recent fire fight in antioch where crews are investigating two fires in a neighborhood south of highway 4. right now there is a vegetation fire burning in the 3200 block of g street just blocks away from sutter elementary school.

there are several crews on the scene but about two miles away from there and a couple hours before that around 2:00 this morning there was a fire on buchanan road and lucena way. we don't know the extents of the damage there at this point nor do we know what the cause was. "today in the bay's" bob redell is just arriving on scene and he will have a live report coming up in our next half hour. and now to sonoma county where investigators are looking for the person who set fires along a road in the healdsburg area. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is here with more on that. such dry conditions out there, hard to believe someone would set these fires when we're dealing with so much out there. >> that's right. the crews as you can imagine were, indeed, busy this morning. residents are being told to remain vigilant and keep an eye out for any suspicious activity. take a look at this video. this is what crews found when they arrived. we received notification of that first fire in the healdsburg area a little after 9:30 monday

night. cal fire says crews were able to contain multiple fires of various sizes with the largest measuring about one to two acres. that agency says it will remain on scene this morning and they're expecting to have a more accurate count of the number of fires once daybreaks and while cal fire says these fires did not cause any damage or lead to any evacuations, state senator mike maguire took to twitter sharing uning. he did share a tweet if you live in sonoma county be vigilant, multiple suspicious fires started over the last several hours. fire engines, personnel have staged there in the healdsburg area to perform quick attack on each of the blazes. be on the lookout for any suspicious activity. again, there were no reports of any injuries, damage or evacuations, but this is not what crews want to deal with. cal fire tells us the fires are

under investigation and will provide any updates as that information becomes available. >> so disturbing to think someone with try to do something like that. thank you. want to bring in vianey arana because she's been looking at the weather conditions and we know that wind plays a factor when firefighters are fighting the blaze. >> there's a lot of dry fuels. we mean all of the dry brush. we haven't seen rain in a long time. current conditions are cool and comfortable, but by the time that we hit the, you know, 8:00, 9:00 hour once the sun comes up, these temperatures are going to warm up quickly. the winds are calm right now so things are looking okay. we get a little bit of a recovery or humidity overnight. however later into this afternoon, we are expecting for those winds to start picking up just a little bit by about 2:00 between 12 and 15 miles per hour, maybe even getting a little breezer into this evening. that's always going to be of concern because those three components, the wind, the hot

temperatures and low humidity bring elevated fire danger, what we're expecting to see for inland areas. there's the spare the air alert extended through today. we've got valleys in the 90s and triple digits, another look at the full forecast coming up. marcus? >> speaking of the fires, more on the caldor fire. evacuees are being allowed to return home. they're calling this the latest in a series of small victories to beat back the flames. firefighters are nearing 50% containment. this seems like it took forever to get here. a large portion of highway 50 has reopened. that fire has burned sadly more than 200,000 acres. >> happening today, president biden visits new york and new jersey to see the aftermath of hurricane ida in person. more than 60 people were killed by the storm. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with a look ahead at what he will see and how the federal government plans to help. we know, tracie, he's already

been asking for the federal help to move fast. >> exactly. some of it is already there. more on the way, kris. today the focus is going to be what happened when the storm went northward to new york and new jersey, both declared federal disaster areas. the president today bringing hope, but also bringing some money because with that disaster declaration it opens up funding to help with the recovery. >> reporter: president biden's tour today starts in manville, new jersey. cleanup there was delayed because roads were impassable. at least 51 people died in the northeast as remnants of hurricane ida caused catastrophic flooding. >> water just kept getting higher and higher. >> reporter: boat rescues created a scene that some described as surreal. >> we were watching people getting picked off their roofs with helicopters. it was like something out of a movie. >> reporter: the president visits queens, new york, today

the city's hardest hit borough. the nypd released body cam video showing officers diving under water trying unsuccessfully to save a family trapped in their basement. a scene repeated across the north and down south. >> drowning and you're reaching up and saying "help me" and no one is coming. >> reporter: federal help is on the way. in louisiana the government's working with power companies. hundreds of thousands may be in the dark until the end of the month. >> we don't have any lights. we don't have any, you know, drinkable water. >> reporter: food and gas are in short supply. louisiana's governor expects the death toll to rise. nursing homes were shut down and senior center closed. >> mattresses on floors and they had a couple days of no air condition. >> not one person showed up to come check on us. >> reporter: so far at least 67 people have lost their lives. the president today offering help to those who survived. now in new jersey, turns out

this was the second deadliest storm in that state's history. back to you. >> that is so hard to see. thank you so much, tracie. 5:06. more than a week following the u.s. complete withdrawal from afghanistan, there's new push under way to find out who still is in the country. a group of 26 gop senators are calling on president biden's administration to release information on the number of americans, green card holders and special immigrant visa applicants who remain in the country. this is according to politico. their request comes as the taliban today says that it is in the final stage of forming its new government and says that it is preparing to announce those details shortly. police in antioch are investigating a shooting that sent three young people to the hospital. this happened last night. this is near eagle ridge drive. officers arrive and found three minors with gun shoth wounds. all are expected to be okay.

san francisco leaders on a big push to ban ghost guns. those are the guns made out of parts that make them untraceable. they can actually be bought without background checks. happening today, supervisors will vote on a new ordinance to ban possession of most guns that do not carry valid serial numbers. turning now to the pandemic, and the highly contagious delta variant that's fueling a record number of new infections. take a look at the numbers on your screen here. new data from johns hopkins university finds more than three times the number of new infections compared to labor day last year. that's not although. hospitalizations are spiking 158% over last year as well. this new data comes as health officials are worried that labor day travel and past events could lead to a new surge in a couple of days or weeks. data shows air travel over labor day was back to levels two years ago along with the return of

concerts at packed stadiums. dr. peter chin-hong says as we continue to live with covid the festivities will come at at a cost and the long-term future has serious questions. >> winter is a little more uncertain because of potential waning of immunity and a new variant coming on board. >> the positivity rate in california is around 4.5%. about what it was last labor day. the bay area has not seen an increase in hospitalizations. time to get a look at traffic and your forecast. vianey arana in for kari this morning with a look at that. i see red behind you so i know that means it's hot. >> that's the fantastic way to put it. well above seasonable. we are running several degrees higher than normal. normal daytime highs for san francisco would be 68. we're expecting temperatures in the 70s. that's sort of going to linger in through the next several days

before we even start to notice some relief. notice the pattern we're heading into over the next several days. it will be interesting to see because we might see some of the peak heat heading into tomorrow. tomorrow potentially could be one of the hottest days of the week. now concord one of our warmer spots typical day like today should be in the mid 80s. expecting triple digits potentially in through tomorrow. we'll talk about what to expect. looking out ahead towards our next cool down in a few minutes, first let's get a check of the roads with mike. >> i don't want to talk about that red. i want to show you green. here you go, marcus. green on the maps. that means good news for the traffic flow. the green is at speed. no major problems including out of the altamont, no major slowing. a little slowing here, highway 29. both lanes heading south may be blocked. probably get by on the shoulder there. there's a crash. no major injuries reported but major damage to one of the cars. they have to tow that with a flatbed. napa affecting you, highway 29 out of muller. that's about it.

the longer ride, good news, hey, one more train in, one more train out for ace. 7 and 10. they're back again, so that's better news for restoring more service. back to you. >> thanks, mike. coming up an emotional reaction to bill cosby's release. >> he's a sexually violent predator. >> we hear from the first woman to pursue allegations against cosby and send him to jail. what she says now about his release. >> to you is a historic day in the history of money. the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as legal tender. >> wheels up. the good news to tell you about if you're planning a trip this fall. flight prices are dropping. we're going to tell you how low coming up.

good morning. it is 5:14. another day of spare the air alert. we've got two. we've got an air quality advisory for the north bay down to the south bay, but the unhealthy hit for the santa clara valley for sensitive groups. we are expecting to see some cooling later into this week. i'll talk more about what to expect and guide you through it coming up in a few minutes. >> some of my drivers might be trying to help the air quality by not driving right now. fremont very smooth. the nimitz nice. at speed right here. the bigger commute and see how big it is shaping up. good morning. happy tuesday to you. i'll probably forget what day it is some time this week because we skipped monday or i did.

so, too, did the stock market. markets still thinking about friday's jobs numbers that came in less than expected. we're still seeing record growth, but it's been temperd by covid fears. we haven't gotten the latest covid numbers over the weekend, but it's been bad. the jobs numbers may get better next month for two reasons. schools are back in school now, all of them, so this solves a child care problem for parents. as of today the extra federal jobless payments go away, technically monday. the extra cash may have kept some people on the sidelines not looking for work and there is a ton of work out there. also, as of today, bitcoin is legal tender in el salvador along with the u.s. dollar there. the first country to make a cryptocurrency legal tender. polls show most salvadoreans didn't want bitcoin, most don't know how to use it, and the national press points out el

salvador uses funds from education to health care to buy bitcoin to use as currency. the key change is people in el salvador won't pay extra tax on the transaction. here in america if you buy something in bitcoin you pay capital gains and sales tax. if you bought more bitcoin and it got more valuable and use it to buy the tesla, the government taxes on the car but on the gains on bitcoin. one of the reasons among many bitcoin does not make sense as a currency in america. a new report shows last week social security is going to run out of money. if you retire after 2033 you may not get what you paid into it. a similar problem in great britain. prime minister boris johnson will go before parliament this morning to tell lawmakers they have to raise taxes if they're going to afford to keep retired people out of poverty, like george h.w. bush had to promise not to raise taxes in the future and took it back. johnson will have to do same. here in america, there's a push

in congress as you know to expand social services as part of the democrats' budget plan, two years of junior college money for elder care, that kind of thing. we'll talk about that as we talk politics in about 30 minutes. >> we'll see you then. thank you. we have great news for anyone looking to travel this fall and who isn't ready. according to the travel data site hopper, airfares set to drop for the start of the fall travel season by 10%. the average domestic round trip flight will cost about $260. for those traveling overseas, hopper estimates that september to november fares will be 15% lower than the fall of 2019. prepandemic. the average round trip $734. she's a woman about money moves but now cardi b is making baby moves. a look at this, cardi b and her husband offsets just welcomed their second child. this time they had a little boy. cardi posted this picture of the happy family on instagram.

this is the couple's second child together. the pair gave birth to a daughter culture back in 2018. no word on the name of the little fella there. congratulations. >> that's the most covered up i've ever seen her in my life. >> she's a mother of two now. an alabama police officer is going viral thanks to an uncanny resemblance to dwayne "the rock" johnson. >> we've seen this guy around before. he is eric fields, lieutenant in the morgan county sheriff's office. the similarity causes people to do double takes. even the rock couldn't deny the resemblance. which is which do you think. tweeted they have to sit down and have a drink. the real rock is on the right by the way. fields finds the comparison to johnson flattering and says it's helping him connect with his community. >> it's been a positive. it's been really good because it's been -- i've been able to meet people in a positive manner and really connect more with the community so it's been good.

>> vin diesel there. >> a little vin diesel in the sound bite. definitely in the picture he looks like the rock. yeah. check out the full story and more like this one on nbc lx. if you need more rock in your life, channel 11-5, xfinity 185 or on line at lx.com. do you smell what the meteorologist is cooking? >> not coffee. the coffee machine is broken. >> you know the coffee machine is broken. probably why i can't talk this morning. i apologize viewers. normally i'm on at least one but the coffee machine is legit broken and i like the rock, i'm all for it. 65 degrees in san jose. side note. 65 degrees in san jose. and yes, we are under a microclimate weather alert because the air quality continues to be of concern for us, especially if you live in

santa clarita valley for today. 66 in livermore. also we're going to notice the winds pick up into the afternoon so take a look at the 24-hour temperature change. five degrees warmer in livermore at this hour compared to the past the hours. your forecasted highs high pressure continues to dominate over the region. triple digits, concurred 103, antioch, 104. the inland heat will play a factor. low humidity. let's take a look at the winds. this is going to be of concern around the 2:00, 3:00 hour. look at this. it starts to pick up. 17 miles per hour in concord. through the north bay santa rosa 20 plus, livermore 20 plus. this is not what we like to see. so be careful out there. be mindful. but also i want to take you through the changes in the wind. once the wind kicks up it's going to push a little bit of smoke out, but even then if you live in the north bay down in the south bay there is an air quality advisory, moderate air conditions. santa clara valley still unhealthy for sensitive groups. this is according to the bay

area air quality management district. i'm going to step out of the way to give you an explainer. a spare the air alert is issued when the groaned level ozone is the worst aqi. pretty much today mid to afternoon before the sea breeze and the winds increase. notice the winds increase between 2:00 and 3:00. there's an air quality advisory because of the wildfire smoke. that cans also change depending on the wind and if a wildfire changes when it comes to the intensity. this is why they extend it and shorten it, because this is a changing situation. so what do we expect for the next five days? well right now, we are expecting to see wednesday, thursday and friday still pretty moderate but hopefully getting better by the weekend with the cooling on the way. how are the roads doing, mike? >> pretty good. i think a lot of folks may be taking it easy today and not making the commute. look at this. the bay bridge beautiful view by the way. look at the city lights.

i'm watching taillights which move smoothly along the incline coming down the opposite direction. headlines east bay on the bridge, eastbound headlights out of san francisco. everybody usually takes the commute going westbound, but not a problem right now. no slowing even for highway 37. just the tiny little blip around mare island and that sometimes can be there during lighter traffic. over here 29, a crash there. reportedly blocking lanes. we're going to jump and talk about airfare, i gave you a flight over here towards vasco at speed. tiny little bit of slowing out of the altamont. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. next on "today in the bay," remembering michael k. williams, the actor rose to fame in his role in "the wire." the touching tributes from his costars. >> you can always find us on social media. i posted this photo of my husband you might remember is a journalist covering the caldor fire. you can keep up with me on facebook, twitter and on instagram. you're watching "today in the bay."

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5:25 this morning. the entertainment world and so many fans this morning mourning the loss of an emmy nominated actor whose life was suddenly cut short. >> just like you. >> a culture of drugs. >> excuse me? >> i got the shotgun. you got the briefcase. it's the game, though. >> he was so believable in all

of his characters. so michael k. williams you probably know him from a lot of things, shot stardom playing omar little in "the wire." a great acting there. he later played chalky in "border walk empire." he died yesterday from a reported overdose in his brooklyn home. >> so unfortunate. >> "the wire" costar wendell pearce, one of the many paying tributes on twitter calling him someone who acted with true courage and in the face of fear. michael k. williams. just 54 years old. >> addiction is so terrible. so also new this morning, the woman whose accusations sent bill cosby to prison is speaking exclusively with the "today" show. >> when you watched him celebrate, how did that feel? >> disgusting. didn't surprise me given the level of the arrogance, having no remorse during the time he was incarcerated. absolutely zero remorse for what

he did to me. >> he has said he will never show remorse, because he, in his words, never did anything wrong. >> he's a sexually violent predator who was let out of jail. >> that is andrea constand and her reaction to the decision this summer by the pennsylvania supreme court overturning cosby's indecent assault conviction. that sent him to prison. she's out with a new memoir today. stay with "today in the bay" and continue to follow that story. bob redell is going to be live this morning in antioch with more on the busy night for firefighters. >> yeah. good morning to you, marcus. there's been two vegetation fires here in the east bay. one that unfortunately caused extensive damage to two homes. the investigation into what might have caused these fires, you're watching "today in the bay."

we're reporters from the new york times. no flights. no roads. we're trying to figure out what animals are being affected. galápagos is a really challenging place to work. el niño is starting to go haywire. everywhere is going to get touched by climate change.

. breaking at 5:30,on flames, homes burning, and a wild night for firefighters in east contra costa county. that wasn't the only place keeping firefighters busy while we were sleeping. we're live at the scene this morning as the story unfolds. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. as we broadcast live across the tv screen this morning. we're also streeling on nbcbayarea.com so if you have to head out take us with you with your phone. i want to say thank you for

joining us on this tuesday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia this week. first we once to head to contra costa county in antioch. a busy night for firefighters and a terrifying morning for some of the homeowners there. let's get out to "today in the bay's" bob redell who is in a neighborhood that is on high alert this morning as we know that some of those dry conditions are making things very difficult when people get risky with their fire behavior. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. we're on g street in antioch where one home, as you can see, suffered extensive damage and on the backside of this home there's a right of way where there's a lot of vegetation and on the backside of that another home. two homes that suffered extensive damage. this started around 3:30 this morning as a vegetation fire in the back of the homes and from there it was about an acre of wild land that burned that spread to these homes. this is the second fire of the

night. as you can see on the map we put on the tv screen there was another vegetation fire about a mile and a half away that happened around 2:00 this morning. that was at buchanan and lieu sen na way. we asked the question to fire, do you have any indication if these fires might be connected or related? he said not right now. we have an investigator out here where the two homes burned. there is no indication right now these fires are suspicious but typically when you have fires like this in his words human activity is likely the result. that is not definitive here. that's just -- just making a point in the past that's what's happened. they are investigating this to figure out what caused the fires that burned in this location two homes with extensive damage. no indication right now that they are suspicious. the people who live in the homes were able to get out on their own and they are not hurt. reporting live here in antioch, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> glad they were able to get

out. so tough with firefighters. >> where do you go in this covid environment. take you to sonoma county and the search for who is behind several suspicious fires there that started around healdsburg. take a look at the video here. flames could be seen along at least one roadway last night because folks were telling us about it. mostly brush along with downed trees is what burned. at least there nobody lost their homes. it is concerning for firefighters for sure as we are in that drought situation. vianey arana is tracking that. >> especially, you know, when dealing with fires, one thing you don't want to see are the winds pick up. they're calm but they are expected to pick up later this afternoon. that's going to be a factor through the forecast for the remainder of the week. current conditions as you head out the door in the 50s and 60s, but it's going to be another day in the triple digits and normally we see a nice recovery and the humidity around the coastline, the current humidity right now, you can see above the 90%%, but even in fairfield,

aren da, 32%. we're expecting for the humidity to continue to drop less than 20% by this afternoon. let's take a look at the wind gusts. around the 2:00 or 3:00 hour we'll see a breeze pick up in areas like concord, livermore, 23 miles per hour, napa and santa rosa. also in the 20 mile per hour range. we're going to keep a close eye on that because that brings concern for elevated fire danger. i'll have another look in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. now to the wildfires burning across northern california. conditions taking a bad turn for firefighters on the front lines of the dixie fire. firefighters talked about a tough battle to save homes in dixie valley and last night there was a series of power outages in plumas county tied to that fire. the flames have burned more than 900,000 acres in five counties. the fires have been burning nearly two months now and containment is 58%. all evacuation orders are lifted in placer county where

the bridge fire is burning in auburn. firefighters stopped the fire's progress and containment is now at 15%. the fire burned more than 400 acres since sunday. we should mention auburn's state park remains closed. you can keep track of the air quality in your neighborhood that's impacted by the wildfires. go to nbcbayarea.com. click on check your air quality in your neighborhood right there at the top in the trending bar. if you type in your zip code it will zoom in to that part of the map. happening now, apple is offering a helping hand to people in the homeless encampment cleared from the company's property. this is an area on component near san jose international airport. the tech giant purchased that land and says it's offering everyone nine months of temporary housing and one year of case management support. apple released a statement reading in part, as the challenges for renters and potential homeowners continue to increase,

we've accelerated our support to have already deployed over $1 billion in new projects since the start of 2020. live look at los angeles right now which is now dealing with a new and growing covid outbreak. at least 167 cases of the mu variant have been detected in l.a. county. it was first spotted in south america in january. now the new cases were discovered over two months in mid-june with most of those infections found in july. santa clara county is tracking 27 mu variant infections and the variant has been detected in all but one state in the u.s. it is said to be fast spreading, but scientists are still doing research. in the north bay now, starting today, all sonoma county workers will have to show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly testing. this is the new mandate that applies to all 4,400 county employees and there is a similar mandate for first responders but that one is delayed until september 24th. happening today, vice

president kamala harris will join governor newsom in the bay area for his vote no recall campaign. one week to go, governor newsom spent his weekend rallying with workers in southern california as he fights against his possible removal from office. so leading recall replacement candidate larry elder out making rounds urging a yes on the recall and a vote for him. millions of voters have mailed in ballot, most from democrats, but the president of the san francisco republican party says republicans will turn out. i think people are still deciding which of the candidates they want to support and so that's sort of dragging out the process a little bit. i think we'll see a floofds late republican ballots. >> san francisco republicans are recruiting volunteers to monitor polling places september 14th and ballot counting as mailing in is expected to extend past election night. and if you have any

questions about the recall election, we have answers for you. you can head over to nbcbayarea.com and we've made it easy for you. that entire page dedicated to the newsom recall election. click on newsom recall in the trending bar. we are trying to keep you on track on the roadways as well. we'll be checking in with mike in labor. we also want to get a look at your forecast so you know what to wear as you're headed out the door if you're headed out the door. >> that's true. and you're not going to need a coat in the interior valleys. take a look at your daytime highs. inland heat once again a factor. down through the south bay, 92 degrees in san jose. 101 in morgan hill. up through livermore, antioch, concord, all in the triple digits and even in oakland in the 80s today. that's really warm, above seasonable for this time of year. a reminder we are under a spare the air alert yet again, but there's also an air quality advisory in place. take a look at this. if you live in the north bay down to the south bay, moderate

air condition but if you live in the santa clara valley there could be perz of unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. another day of keeping those windows closed. we're hoping this pushes out some of the smoke. we'll see what happens in the later portion of the week. check in with mike. >> we're looking out to the roadways where traffic is starting to pick up a bit over here at the bay bridge. i did see a burst of traffic about five minutes ago. nothing really cause an issue. at the visibility part of the toll plaza. just past there, heading towards the incline a little slowing that's grown over the last three to five minutes here. same for highway 37. more traffic volume. starting to slow down in our typical spot. we have this crash over here in napa, 29. we know about that one. over here another crash, this one in sonoma county getting closer to lakeville off 116. with you know those areas. that will be an issue in the north bay. everything else moves smoothly there. your predictable slow down in san jose but that means we are having the morning commute. back to you.

>> thanks, mike. coming up, remembering 9/11. as the alleged mastermind heads to court today, we hear from people who lost loved ones in the attack. >> in washington the first lady is going to make history by going back to work. >> and helping crews in oakland. we're going to show you how this young guy came to the aid of firefighters during an emergency call. dear ms, from day one you've tried to define me.

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good morning. it is 5:42. another day with hazy conditions especially for the santa clara valley. 65 degrees. the big story is going to be the heat. hot inland 100s. what we're expecting for the remainder of the workweek ahead and when can we see a cool down. the full forecast coming up. san jose, for the traffic because 101 right here that's where we see the slowing on the maps. it's not quite so clear with the headlights in our eyes. we'll show you a better view coming up. new overnight, what was supposed to be a fun night out at a club in kansas ended in gunfire. this left one person dead and several others injured. police say that a disturbance inside that club earlier in the night led to one person being kicked out. that man later returned, opening fire into the club from outside. that suspect took off and so far no arrests have been made. investigators are still gathering the information on the suspect and vehicle description.

as we approach 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks a criminal trial inches closer to starting. today the suspected mastermind of the attacks will be inside a courtroom. khalid shaikh mohammad will appear for the start of a pretrial hearing. this phase and a second phase will determine where the case goes from here. the hearing at guantanamo bay where he has been detained the last 15 years. if a trial takes place it could happen as early as next april. mohammad could face the death penalty. meantime ahead of saturday's commemoration a documentary is out and it is called "memory box echos of 9/11." it is produced in part by nbc news. the filmmaker gives people who lost friends and loved ones a chance to open up about their loss. one woman whose friend died in the south tower talks to the "today" show about her part in the film. >> it felt really private and safe. it felt like i was alone with my thoughts and it felt good to

talk because i wasn't talking to people because it was too hard. >> the documentary is part of nbc news's week-long series "america remembers, 20 years later" containing features on all nbc platforms. the president will travel to all three crash sites this weekend. new york, washington, pennsylvania. >> in the meantime scott mcgrew, the president is still busy with hurricane ida. >> i get the president's daily schedule it's busy, chock full today. the president will be in new york and new jersey today touring the damage there. just horrifying how the hurricane hit the south but it was new england where we saw the most deaths including people drowning in their basement apartments. the president and democrats in congress will push for quick action on the multitrillion dollar budget plan to expand social services by the biggest margin since the new deal. it's expensive, not every democrat is on board. in the senate they need every democrat. the president's back in the

white house for a few hours. he returned home to wilmington over the long weekend meeting with union members as part of his observance of labor day. in texas, the governor there claims companies are moving out of california to texas because they agree with texas' social policies. which includes severe restrictions on abortion and a bounty like program for texans to turn over others who seek abortions. several companies are denying they support anything like that, including tesla's elon musk. in the spring of 2020, musk announced california-based tesla would move its headquarters to texas and sort of a huff saying on twitter the last straw after alameda county told him he couldn't force people to go back to work during covid. well, after hearing texas's governor on tv musk supported the abortion restrictions the ceo tweeted out he wants to stay out of politics but to the best kind of government stays out of

people's private lives. u.s. attorney general merrick garland says the federal government will help protect the rights of women in texas. the first of several perhaps moves by washington to challenge the law. in a statement, garland said we will not tolerate violence against those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services, physical obstruction, or property damage in vie having of federal law. the freedom of access to clinics prohibits violence or intimidation against people as they approach a health facility. u.s. marshal and the fbi could be there to enforce it. the first lady heads back to work, a teacher working at virginia community college, the same when her husband was vice president. she had been teaching on zoom. today is her first day back in the classroom. so we're searching around trying to figure out who is the last first lady to work outside the white house. it's a tough job being first lady, but who was and we're

mystified. if you know, talk about it on twitter. find me there @scottmcgrew. >> i have no idea. all right. we'll be watching for that one. lunch time, yeah, just got shorter for a group of kids in windsor. the press democrat is reporting that the school district will reduce lunch time from 20 minutes to just 14 minutes. that moves allows the students to have close contact while eating lunch but just under 15 minutes which would require them to quarantine for ten days if one of them turned up positive for covid-19. the masks are still required for children even while they are outdoors and while none of the district's 30 covid cases are linked to in school spread nearly 10rs of those student have been quarantined due to close contact. >> that is not a lot of time. i hope they can open up their yogurt and thermoses. states with the most unvaccinated children also have the highest rates of kids with severe covid cases. makes sense. for those states hospitalization rates are nearly four times

higher compared to states with the highest vaccination rates. emergency room visits in those states are about 3 1/2 times as high. trending for you this morning, who says that you can't show a little soulful side while in uniform. not military. police officers here. he's proving that theory wrong. ♪♪ >> that is a police officer in jasper, alabama, showing his version of "somewhere over the rainbow." he's playing it during his lunch break. the music caught the attention of a woman passing by who posted it to social. sounds like he may have a second career playing the saxophone, maybe do weddings on the side. >> probably does. >> right. take a look at this. >> look at that guy. >> the oakland fire department has recruited the youngest firefighter. look at that guy right there. responding to a fire along 65%th

avenue the fire crews saw the guy standing by and asked if he could help them out. he rose to the occasion. you see him there. the firemen better be careful because he is coming for your job. he says i'm ready to go to work now. you know what, i mean if he could i'm sure he would be helping with the fires. >> oh, yeah. >> so many going on. >> this is why we as humans need to be smart about the things that we're doing outdoors today because it is way too dry. it's going to get windy and way too hot. a lot of factors to keep in mind. spare the air alert in effect, valleys will be in the 90s and triple digits. and then once that wind picks up, this is going to bring even more concern. let's talk about your microclimate highs for today. inland heat is going to be a big part of our story because triple digits in the forecast, way above seasonable. by seasonable i mean what's normal for this time of year. yesterday was the unofficial end to summer, not feeling that way.

wind gusts, this is where i'm going to get concerned starting between the 2:00 to 3:00 hour. it's good at pushing out the smoke but this is not what we want to see when hot and dry outside. we've got 19 mile per hour winds in san francisco, concord, check out livermore and mind you livermore is one of those spots that's expected to see humidity less than 20% potentially heading into the afternoon. now the winds sort of continue on and off through the evening and then sort of taper off by tonight. what about the air quality. what's going on there? this is the bay area air quality management district forecast expected to remain moderate for tomorrow. as of right now i haven't seen them extend the spare the air alert for tomorrow. by thursday a little bit of clearing because of the direction of the winds and through the weekend for the north bay and south bay, and then sunday could be our best day of finally getting some green on that map. good air quality and cooler conditions. so cooling later tis week. that's going to bring in cloud cover. i wish it was bringing in rain

to be honest, but right now, the showers will stay to the east and overall the next seven days we have to deal with the heat even in san francisco. 70s is warm for san francisco. saturday and sunday upper 60s and inland temperatures in the 80s by the weekend. all right. mike, how are those roads doing? >> no crashes in the important spots for the major part of the commute. two in the north bay, one in napa and one in sonoma county, closer to lakeville. the bay bridge, the reason why we're seeing slowing. look at all of these taillights up the incline. that's why we're seeing a little slowing on our sensors up the incline. not enough to have cued the metering lights yet. we'll see the metering lights on now. they're not on right now slowing for highway 37. the volume of traffic may be metering folks a bit slowing down for highway 4 as well. our three typical early slow spots over at westbound starring

to show that. down toward hayward and 101 through san jose look at those from orange back to yellow again. things are lightening up a bit. ace train added one train in and out today, restoring more service. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, new data is revealing the impact making it in the bay has on people living on the peninsula. according to information published in the mercury news 5,000 san mateo residents have turned to the state's food stamp program since the pandemic started. according to 2019 analysis by feeding america, nearly half of san mateo county's food insecure population earn too much to qualify for state assistance. it should be noted that san mateo is consistently ranked among the top overall median incomes in the country. more ahead on "today in the bay" including an investigation, the questions being raised after a child died at an amusement park. and the mounting covid concerns

after a busy holiday weekend of travel and large gatherings. ahead, what you need to know about the new variant, the mu variant, that's now popping up in nearly every state. but first, nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are honoring local animal heros for our clear the shelters positively good awards. go to nbcbayarea.com/positively good to submit your nominee today. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." developing right now an amusement park in colorado is closed after a 6-year-old girl was killed on a ride. it happened at glenwood cavern's adventure park sunday night. the haunted mine drop ride is where it happened. park employees began first aid until paramedics arrived and determined that it was too late to save the child. the park's general manager said in a statement that they are deeply sadnd. authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. no vaccine, no visit. a doctor in florida is going to stop treating patients in person if they're not vaccinated. the doctor cites the risk of exposing immunocompromised patients and staffers to the virus that has killed more than 46,000 people in the state and more than 648,000 nationwide.

the family practice physician based out of south miami sent a letter to her patients saying they will no longer continue serving patients not vaccinated from covid-19 by next wednesday. a few doctors going that route too. >> really. >> san diego researchers this morning are talking about the groundbreaking new study on weakening of the covid vaccine over time. research found that between march and june, vaccine effectiveness was about 90% and in july it dropped to 65% perhaps the delta variant and california's mask mandate. covid symptoms doubled among health workers most fully vaccinated. >> we believe that they've -- that the vaccine is waning. we believe that it might suggest that boosters are needed very

soon. >> now the researchers note that breakthrough infections for vaccinated people tend to be mild. happening today, the contra costa board of supervisors will be notified on their impending raises and will be getting $499 increase but they won't be seeing that boost in pay right away as it is expected to roll out in the middle of the month. the board of supervisors will be voting on a possible $58 million contract. this is to demolish the former county administration building and old jail complex in martinez. in its place will be a new county office building. the old building was decommissioned in december. this is when the county opened its new administration building on escobar street. breaking right now at 6:00, bone dry conditions. we know we have them here in the bay area and we are a tinderbox for fire. >> that's where we saw brush going up in flames, at least in two counties, and one place

leaving two homes damaged. investigators say the fire was set on purpose. another exhausting morning for firefighters. this is "today in the bay." good to have you with us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura this week. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll get to sonoma county in a moment. first want to talk about east contra costa county and the extremely busy morning for first responders there. >> bob redell is live in antioch where two homes went up in flames and bob, that was just one call the firefighters had overnight. >> reporter: there have been two separate fires in antioch this morning. i would say the larger of the two is right here. we're on g street where there was a fire to start in the back of this home and from there, that was a wildfire that spread to this home and another home on the other side, causing extensive damage to this home and the other home. the woman who lives here was able to get out on her own. she's still looking for her cat. fingers crossed she