>> evens the best case scenario predicts we'll see 1,000 daily deaths. >> a live report on what we expect to learn from president biden this week. also the growing number of kids testing positive at an alarming rate. >> recovering from the pandemic. after a dip in ridership, the push to get locals back on trains and busses. >> blockbuster trial, theranos founder and former silicon valley titan elizabeth holmes heading to court. her fraud trial set to begin this morning. what you need to know as she faces a judge. this is "today in the bay." we are broadcasting live on your television as you're watching this morning and streaming online right now, live for you, go to nbcbayarea.com. want to say a good morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura is off this week. we want to start with another hot weather day that is on tap for parts of the bay area.

and the flex alert it's triggering. you are being asked to conserve electricity from 4:00 in the afternoon to 9:00 in the evening in order to reduce the strain o for you, lower your thermostat higher. this is if your health permits. avoidsing major appliances and unnecessary lights. how hot will it get? meteorologist kari hall has been tracking these numbers for us and kari, how hot are we going to get today? >> we're back to the triple digits today for the inland areas with the hazy look to the sky. the rest of the week we're going to be cooling off. watching out for a chance of lightning and high fire danger at the end of the week. right now the time to let the house cool down. 60s for our mooumtss. warmer in brentwood at 71 but where we will see the highs over 100 degrees. there will be a heat advisory in effect for solano county and areas to the east. take a look at these highs for today, reaching 98 in santa rosa

and 103 in livermore. all of the changes ahead coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. now to the pandemic, and more hospitals across the country are being pushed to the limit as cases are surging, more states are asking the military for help with treating patients at overwhelmed hospitals. idaho is the latest state to declare a crisis. and as millions of students head back to school, the number of children testing positive is hitting a new high. in just the last week, nearly 252,000 children have tested positive. that's the highest since the pandemic started. here in california, over 4.2 million kids have tested positive for the virus. with those numbers increasing, president biden is rolling out a new plan to attack coronavirus and it is expected to focus on getting more people vaccinated. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with more on what we can expect from this. already we've been trying to get people vaccinated and they've been resistant. how is this different?

>> the president is going to make a push we're expecting to see this post-labor day surge in cases. it's a six-point plan where we wants to bring in the private companies and form public/private partnerships to try to help get this done. health experts are expecting the surge after what we saw on labor day. a number of new cases with 75% of adults having at least one shot so far, there are still concerns about the crowded football staids and airports that we saw over the holiday and 100,000 people hospitalized. health officials saying things could get worse this winter. >> even the best case scenario predicts we'll see 1,000 daily deaths by the end of november and after that who knows. people would like to say we're done with covid, but covid is not done with us. >> reporter: there's also concern about the new mu variant of the virus that may be

resistant to vaccines. right now it's in every state except for one, including in california. in fact, california leads the nation in cases, but only a few hundred, so since the case rates are relatively low right now, health officials are not overly concerned about it. delta is still the predominant strain in the u.s. >> speaking of the delta surge, it is concerning, but there's a report that shows that there is good news for people who have gotten the vaccine? >> right. "the new york times" did an analysis of cases in three states and they found if you are vaccinated, you've got about a 1 in 5,000 chance of getting covid in an area with high rates of vaccination like the bay area that doubles to 1 in 10,000. kris. >> those are -- i'll take those for sure, thank you. this morning, san francisco leaders taking the next step to get everyone excited again about taking the bus or muni light

rail or cable cars. in a few hours they're hopping on board a grassroots push to include a ride along and yes, you watching or listening at home right now you will be able to be a part of this as well. cierra johnson is live in san francisco this morning. talk to us about what's going on here. >> well, good morning. as you can imagine many transit rails and facilities are experiencing a little bit of lull because of the pandemic but muni they're looking to get riders back on track by introducing what they call transit month. it's really just a form to gather some excitement as you can guess all month long, special transit related events will be happening including today's ride along and rally. so this event gets started at 8:00 this morning, mayor london breed and san francisco supervisors will do ride along to city halls taking the busiest lines, the cable cars which just began running again, the 38 gary

line and the light rail and cross town 49 van ness as the agency tries to rebound from what's been a year and a half of extremely limited ridership. muni does not reveal specific numbers, but we know revenues dipped last april when it was down 88% and this past june revenues were still only 20% prepandemic in 2019. you can see on your screen bart's ridership was down more than 90% when the pandemic took hold and on a typical weekday it's still less than 25% of precovid projections, but they are inching upward every day. while bart is not technically part of this campaign the group that organized the transit month in the east bay, so there are several meetings and town halls planned throughout the rest of the month but today's rally specifically kick off at 8:30 when everyone is expected to

arrive at the steps of city hall and their trains and everything arrive on time. today really just wanting to spur interest for folks to get back on the transit lines. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> some of the folks weren't on public transit because they were staying home. some were just driving. >> yeah. and some of them are driving right now behind me. traffic volume picked up, of course. cierra is talking about mass transit, look, bart and caltrain participating in a month long pro motion moegs with the clipper card, you get half off your fare refunded back to your account. ace train expanded service and they're trying to get more folks to ride but they are seeing more ridership and they added the restored 7 and 10, one in and one out for the day getting to san jose. remember many forms of transportation including the over the water ferries. the backup at the bay bridge your usual suspects and also a crash westbound 80 at san pablo. perhaps a second in the area.

that's where we're focusing on the unusual slowing. back to you. >> thanks, mike. opening statements in the highly anticipated trial of elizabeth holmes begins this morning. want to give you a live look outside at the federal courthouse in san jose. holmes has pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy charges. the founder and former ceo of theranos is also accused of defrauding investors along with patients who relied on the blood test conducted by her tech company. once valued at $9 billion, investors poured hundreds of millions into the defunct start-up. stick around for us because at 6:30, "today in the bay's" scott mcgrew is going to break down what we need to know ahead when it concerns this trial. developing news in the dixie fire in northern california which is on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in all of california state history. the fire has grown to more than 919,000 acres across five counties. containment is at 59%. it has now been burning for

nearly two months. firefighters are hoping to get a break later this week as winds dissipate and conditions improve. and a follow-up this morning, investigators are trying to find out what sparked more than a dozen fires in healedsburg. we reported this yesterday, the fires monday damaged several hillsides but no structures. cal fire says it will take time to figure out what happened and it's leaving some residents uneasy. >> no idea on what started those fires at this point. that's a process we use with the scientific methodology to make sure we approach each fire in an unbiased manner. >> there's no wind so how do they just start up? it seems to me like something happened. somebody -- can't blame anybody but -- >> healeds burg last fire was the wall bridge fire that was sparked by lightening last summer.

the white house is requesting more funding after president biden toured the damage left behind on the east coast. the white house asking for an additional $24 billion for the ida response and other natural disasters. at least 50 people on the northeast died from that storm. as the climate in crisis worsens, a new legal battle, san francisco's reportedly taking the state to court over its drought restrictions. the state is now keeping some suppliers from taking water from rivers and creeks. according to the chronicle the lawsuit claims the state water resources control board doesn't have the right to suspend the drawing of water and hasn't made the cuts in a fair and legal way. suppliers say they want to be able to regulate how much they can draw out themselves to make sure the water doesn't run dry. also, travelers beware, next on "today in the bay," the reason a growing number of pilots and flight attendants are threatening to go on strike and the impact it could have on your next flight. a little movie magic.

some great numbers in theaters, perhaps because of a slight of hand. let's take you out to the futures this morning where it looks like it's going to be a bit of a flat open. plus -- ♪ ♪ you know it's me and you and my dog blue ♪ ♪ we can do anything ♪ >> look that is the tune, we're final getting all the new clues as to why steve left "blue's clues." >> he turned 100. that's why. >> we'll tell you the answer when we return. 6:11. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:14, as we get a look at our temperatures in pleasant hill, the east bay is going to heat up fast. stepping out the door in the mid 60s. look at how these temperatures go up. get in the outdoor activities early. we'll talk about this, the cool down and our chance of lightning coming up in a few minutes. you have time to beat the south bay commute. san jose starting to build. 87 clear. we have an issue in sunnyvale, the crash i've been tracking since slowing on 237. >> good morning. happy wednesday to you. like the rest of us, wall street continues to struggle to understand what the future is under coronavirus. the dow fell more than 260 points on tuesday and nasdaq able to stay afloat.

september is always hard on stocks. the futures, a flat day, dow may lose 50 points on the open. don't be surprised if there's a pull back in the next few days. it's been on a roll and september is the coolest month for stocks. the elizabeth holmes criminal trial starts today, a silicon valley hero to many who believed her claims she built the impossible. she was suspicious to others who pointed out she was trying to build something that was impossible. we'll talk more about that at 5:30. apple will announce something at a virtual gathering, presumably improvements to its phones and also lost its top car engineer. apple had been dabbling with cars but yesterday, ford announced it had stolen away apple's top guy. the movie theater chain amc said the new "shang-chi" was most successful labor day release in its history. more people went to the theerts in a pandemic to see this movie than any other labor day weekend ever. even before the pandemic.

now there is a huge asterisk here. normally hollywood doesn't do major releases over labor day. the best labor day release is like t bskiing in july. it's kind of relative. we were talking yesterday about how bitcoin is legal tender in el salvador. merchants who have computer connections are required to accept it. they become the first country to accept as legal tender. it didn't go very well. the computers were overwhelmed. here's a ikts from a government official showing off how starbucks in el salvador accepts bitcoin much to my chagrin. i bet someone once that starbucks would never take bit coin. i think el salvador counts. i need a ruling on that. the value of bitcoin fell a lot as people were excited about this and then discovered when you put it into practice as a transaction it's tough for computers to handle. sounds like i owe somebody a

nickel. >> you have to pony up. >> we'll see. >> i can lend you a nickel. >> you will pay more to transfer the money. >> does he have to pay capital gains on that? all right. thanks, scott. new this morning, american airlines pilots are making plans to pickett major airlines hubs in dallas, miami and other cities this fall. they are protesting fatigue, overscheduling and a lack of hotels for crews over the summer. american pilots and flight attendant unions are in contract talks with that airline. listen to this, amazon are opening two cashierless whole food stores to allow shoppers to grab what they need without having to open their wallet. the camera and sensors will track what's taken and the items are charged to the customer's amazon account. the store will be in sherman oh and in washington, d.c. trending this morning. >> many '90 kids, you probably

know about this. now it gathered all the clues about why a famous children's tv host left the hit show. to celebrate the "blue's clues" 25th anniversary, steve, he shared a heartfelt message about his exit from the show in 2002. >> we started out with clues and now it's what, student loans. jobs. and families and some of it has been kind of hard. >> steve talked about how he was getting older and his departure was he left for college and taken off by his brother, he thanked the fans saying memories will stick with him forever. >> he looks the same. >> i don't get it. he looks younger to me.

>> it happens. >> time to get a look at the forecast this morning. we've got the clues discovered. >> what? okay. everybody gets older and leave children's shows. what's the deal? i don't know. i don't know. >> i didn't watch the show. >> let's look at the sunrise as we're starting out looking from san bruno mountains, nice start to our day and time to get the kids up and ready, maybe watch "blue's clues" and see temperatures in the low 60s in cupertino, at drop-off time. by the time you pick them up nice and sunny but the temperatures are going to heat up fast. take a look at where we're headed for today. looking at triple digits and another day of those really hot temperatures and you need to get in those outdoor activities early in the day. napa heading up to 96 and 101 in morgan hill. a lot of changes here. we're seeing some rain very close to the bay area. as we get a look at some of the spotty showers that we're moving just farther to the north of us,

that's part of the reason why it fells muggy. an increase in moisture but we're going to see something else in play as we go into the next couple days. by tomorrow afternoon, there will be these isolated showers and thunderstorms popping up to our north. possibly for our north bay mountains. a chance that we could see some lightening here. really concerning. because the vegetation is extremely dry. in fact, that record dry levels. going into early friday morning, we see these light shades of blue. that indicates a moderate to high chance that we could see some lightening farther to the north and our east bay hills and that's before sunrise on friday. we will have to watch that closely. models going back and forth on whether or not we'll see that. something to watch. as our temperatures cool off, heading toward the upper 80s for the weekend going to be a nicer weekend ahead, especially for the valleys. over to you, mike, updating the crash in sunnyvale. >> we're looking at 237.

there was slowing until a couple minutes ago. the crash had been there all morning and the tow truck was able to clear that. no major injuries, north starti little bit farther north than we typically see the backup forming at oakland road now, 680 will see slowing shortly, 87 sees a volume build. 101 and 87 slowing before the end of the show. 880 a little slow down, crash on the shoulder there. these two crashes clearing to the shoulder in richmond. west 80, the east shore freeway has recovered toward the bay bridge where you have this waiting for you if that's where you're headed. back to you. >> extra sip of coffee. caught on camera next on "today in the bay," shocking video showing an unruly passenger going head to head with a flight attendant again. >> covid tragedy. multiple deaths linked to one florida school district. what's being done to prevent that from happening in the future. >> an inside look at what could be next for pop star britney spears after her father suddenly abruptly filed to end that

controversial court order that controlled her life for 13 years. we'll be right back.

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was abusive and that if she didn't comply she wouldn't be allowed to see her children. jamie spears, the father, has denied all allegations. many who support brittney say this is a move in the right direction for the pop star. >> i think, of course, it's good news if it means that brittney might be out of the conservatorship, but it's not going to be a victory until she is emancipated and has the opportunity if she wants to pursue action against some of the people who she feels wronged her. >> watch the full interview on the "today" show coming up after "today in the bay" at 7:00. now facing legal trouble after cameras caught police removing him from a flight this week. this happened on an american airlines flight to salt lake city. the man could be seen swearing loudly at the flight crew and other passengers. police removed him after the plane landed. an airport spokesman says the man cited for public intoxication and was taken to

the hospital. it's not clear what exactly set him off. >> i don't know, but i would be very embarrassed if that video was circulating of me behaving like that, right. to the latest on the coronavirus, after more than a dozen staff members died from covid in one school, 12 or more, in one school, a pop-up vaccine clinic is being set up to reach more people. all three vaccines are being offered to encourage more people to get the shot and while florida hospitalizations are trending downward covid deaths are rising. last weeks the florida health department reported 4433 covid deaths, that's 175 more than the same time the month before. this morning the mir rag ga police department will honor fallen officer corporal kevin moony who died august 21st from covid related compli sayings. moony joined the department and rose through the ranks to detective and also before that that served in the contra costa

county sheriff's office for 21 years and was a marine corps veteran who was -- did combat in iraq. today his comrades will hold a procession in moraga and orinda. up next the top stories including heading to court. opening statements get under way in the criminal fraud trial for theranos founder elizabeth holmes. the case being watched so closely coast to coast that we're breaking down what you need to know ahead of the trial. the governor's recall election is just under a week away. later today, the vice president's campaign trip to right here in the bay area. and a looming twindemic. why officials fear flu season could make covid even worse. 6:27. we'll be right back.

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right now, 6:30, from self-made billionaire to facing prison time, the first day of the elizabeth holmes fraud trial. we'll tell you everything you need to know. >> could california have a new governor after next week? what we're learning from the ballots that have been turned in. plus, a paradise shaken a quake striking a major mexican resort city causing aftershocks all night and into the morning. as the sun rises there, we are getting our first look at what's behind. this is "today in the bay."

>> good wednesday morning, i'm kris sanchez in for laura this week. >> i'm marcus washington. want to begin with a look across the bay area this morning because the hot weather is expected to make its return in many parts of the bay area today prompting a new flex alert. now you're being asked to conserve electricity from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. to reduce the strain on the power grid. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those temperatures for us throughout the morning and, kari, starting out nice and cool. >> this is the time to let the house cool off before the temperatures heat up. we're seeing temperatures in the low to mid 60s. right now 71 in brentwood. for our inland east bay as well as parts of the north bay, solano county under a heat advisory but much more spots off to the east of us are under that excessive heat. we're going to see those temperatures today reaching over 100 degrees, but this is the last day of the triple-digit temperatures. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. the fraud trial for

self-made billionaire elizabeth holmes start a revolutionary bl testing machine that didn't do what she said it would. she's accused of fooling some of the biggest names in silicon valley and in washington giving her company millions of dollars. >> scott mcgrew, i know some pundits say silicon valley's fake it to your make it culture is also on trial here, but you disagree with that. >> i do disagree, because there is a wide gap between telling investors you're going to create a grocery deliver service and dating app and telling patients, people with illnesses you're testing their blood and they can trust the test results. holmes fooled people that a 19-year-old stanford dropout created a machine to test a single drop of blood for hundreds of indicators. you see the vice president of the united states getting a tour of what he was told was a

state-of-the-art facility. a lot of people were very excited. take a listen to the enthusiasm of venture capitalist tim draper one of the earliest investors in theranos talking back in 2015. >> she dropped out of stanford and she said i'm dropping out and i want to change medicine as we know it completely. i said you're dropping out of stanford. i had known this girl since she was 2 years old and she was now 19. i got so excited about her and what she was doing, i'll invest your first million dollars. >> and others would invest millions as well. did she commit fraud? that is up to a jury. but we can say definitively she repeatedly failed to show the world the machine worked, even as the company told patients their blood tests were accurate. had she showed the world the machine worked the way she did it did, these current accusations of fraud would hold

no water. she had a chance at a medical conference in 2016. we were told she was going to appear to release the data that would prove she had invented the impossible. not only did she not provide any proof, she announced she was building yet a new machine. it was "the wall street journal" reporter in his book "bad blood" that turned the tide exposing theranos for what it was. now kris and marcus, the fraud trial starts today. >> it would appear one of the ways that holmes' team might try to defend her is by saying she was really controlled by the company's then chief operating officer who she was also in a relationship with. >> sunny balwani. she was in an intimate relationship early on when she was ceo with him and based on those early defense filings, it seems like she may say it was all balwani's fault, that she will claim he was abusive and controlled her every action. balwani denies this.

this accusation is kind of upsetting because holmes had been vetted as the most powerful female ceo in silicon valley. her defense may be a man was behind all of this. balwani goes on trial after holmes, facing many of the same charges. i think we're going to see possibly her blaming him at her trial and he could blame her, after all she was ceo at his. >> and they're different juries that will decide. >> different juries. split apart. >> the blame game. >> thanks. look, scott, we know you and our whole team really following this trial step by step and, of course, we're going to take a look right now. this is a live look outside of the courthouse. this is where the trial is set to begin just under three hours from now. make sure you stay with us because we're going to have coverage for this all day on social media, as well as nbcbayarea.com and we have full coverage for you coming up this evening that's on nbc bay area

news at 6:00. developing for you right now, one person confirmed dead after the powerful earthquake near acapulco. one state governor says someone died from falling debris in mexico as you see right there. here's new video for you. this is the second after the 7.0 quake happened. this is a little before k p.m. our time. the chandelier swaying in the town of puebla. some four hours away from the epicenter is where that was happening. meanwhile, the mexico capital of mexico city the ground shook there nearly a minute and some briefly evacuated. many quickly went back inside due to the weather. no reports of extensive damage. authorities say 92 aftershocks were felt in the hours after the initial quake hit. >> a lot of aftershocks. in just under a week, californians will vote on whether to recall governor newsom on not.

vice president kamala harris will stop in the bay area to try to help the governor save his job. bob redell joins us live with what we can learn from the ballots that have returned so far. good morning, bob. >> good morning. you'll recall that last month vice president harris was supposed to campaign with governor newsom as part of this recall effort, but she had to postpone because of the events in afghanistan so that has been moved to today and as i speak we know that she's en route from d.c. here to the bay area. president biden alsop expected to campaign with newsom in california early next week. now newsom faces a recall because some voters are angry about his stay-at-home orders during the pandemic. job losses from businesses who had to close during covid. his dinner with lobbyists at the french laundry restaurant last year while most californians were being asked to stay home and also for the fraud in the state's unemployment agency which has cost billions of dollars. the recall ballot asks yes or

no, do you want to recall the governor. if you answer yes then it asks you to choose from 46 replacement candidates. two of those, businessman john cox and former san diego mayor kevin faulconer, they'll be campaigning later today in san francisco. now new research by political data incorporated shows 29% of ballots state wide have already been returned. of those returns, 33% were from registered democrats, 33%. 30% registered republicans. 22% independents. those not yet returned are in the hands of groups that tend to vote democrat. >> the voters that still is have outstanding ballots, young people, latinos, others, renters, those are generally not the kind of voters that would be fertile ground for a conservative republican running in california. >> whoever wins the recall on

tuesday will not have much time off the campaign trail. the next traditional election for governor is 14 months from now. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. head to nbcbayarea.com if you have questions about the recall. we have an entire section dedicated there. you can find out where you can vote in person, if you don't want to mail in your ballot or where you can drop it off. click on newsom recall on the trending bar. new evacuations are being lifted as firefighters are gaining containment in the caldor fire. that fire has been burning for about a month near lake tahoe. the caldor fire now 50% contained and this comes after the flames wiped out entire neighborhoods in el dorado county. so far, that fire has scorched more than 217,000 acres and nearly 800 homes were destroyed. new concerns among health experts that covid and flu could combine for a powerful one-two punch this fall. there's even a new term that's going around. you might hear it.

twindemic is what experts say could happen. they say that last flu season so many of us were keeping our social distance, staying at home so the twindemic never materialized. now the concern is that the flu season may have a different story this year. >> people need to have the vaccine before the beginning of november so when the coldest month hits and the flu season is maximum, that's when you have the protection. >> you want to get your flu and covid shot but experts say if you're not fully naited from covid you want to keep separation between the shots so that if you have any side effects you can pinpoint them. >> time to get a look at that forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the temperatures for us. really the air quality still a concern for us. >> it will be because of not only the smoke coming in, but also the ozone from the hot temperatures that we'll see and lot of pollution that we see

trapped in spots like santa clara valley. when you measure how much of that particulate matter is in the air it is at the moderate level except for the north bay where it looks good. heading out the door in oakland this morning, we have a nice cool start to the day, but it's going to warm up as some of our temperatures head towards the triple digits in the east bay and valley. >> a couple crashes, unusual slowing pattern. while 37, the richmond bridge and the bay bridge show maybe a little bit better movement worse movement the third incident of the morning through richmond and in toward the merge over near golden gate field. this time at cutting boulevard. another crash cleared at walnut creek and 24. that caused more slowing through that stretch. your east shore freeway taking 15 minutes longer, 10 minutes longer getting towards walnut creek. recovering out of concord. a crash here at the county line for vasco will slow you more. getting down for that critical funnel just two lanes down toward 580. the rest of the bay showing a

pretty standard pattern. back to you. >> thanks, mike. this morning, all new concerns about the crisis in afghanistan. next here on "today in the bay," the newly aut it this morning. mandating vaccines, the deadline come and gone for employees in los angeles. also the bay area cities making the same requirement. plus, steph curry and cryptocurrency. the new gig the warrior star is taking on this morning. stick around because this is "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:44, a cool smart cupertino at the drop-off line. taking the kids to school, low 60s and mid 80s at pick-up time. the changes ahead, cooler temperatures and what i'm watching in the forecast coming up. >> drop off and pick-up congested. dublin, moves smoothly. a problem on vasco road getting down here may slow you down at the county line. i'm tracking a couple other problems, delays through contra costa county. now to the latest on the crisis in afghanistan. this morning, growing concerns surrounding the taliban's newly formed government. outsiders say it's filled with hardliners and no women, despite promising a moderate approach, officials who serve in the old regime have been given similar roles in the new government. the interior minister responsible for policing afghanistan is on the fbi's most wanted list.

and pressure growing on the biden administration to protect >> scott mcgrew, pressure on misplaced. >> because these sorts of issues, people's legal rights, laws fall under the justice department. the justice department is supposed to be very independent from the white house. that said, president biden has been outspoken in his opposition to the new texas abortion law which prohibits abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. this is video of the president coming some of the wreckage left by ida. texas governor greg abbott signed another law tuesday. this one would restrict some methods of voting in texas. he was asked by a reporter about the abortion law. asked what he would say to a girl or woman seeking an abortion the victim of rape. the texas law says there will be no rapists in texas. >> let's make something clear, rape is a crime.

texas will work tirelessly to make sure we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by going out and arresting and prosecuting them and getting them off the streesz. goal number one in the state of texas is to eliminate rape so that no woman, no person, will be a victim of rape. >> critics point out the obvious, you can't arrest someone until they commit the crime in which case it would be too late. texas has a backlog of unexamined rape kits, thousands of them. a houston based chemical company says it will open an office outside of texas, perhaps in california, because it fears it will have more difficult time recruiting people if they have to live in texas. the ceo told axios we've come to the conclusion after talking to lots of candidates that they want to join solagen but don't feel comfortable going to texas. it's a no-brainer to have r&d facilities elsewhere. the texas governor claims the

opposite he's talked to lots of california ceo because they prefer texas values, lumping in elon musk who quickly distanced himself from that claim. the vice president is in the air on her way to the bay area. we have full coverage of that coming up on our midday news on twitter we're talking about all kinds of things. i'll see you there. @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. 6:48 now and we are looking live at the city of los angeles where a vaccine mandate is in place for first responders. police officers and firefighters now have to show proof they have received one dose of the vaccine or ask for an exemption. the lapd says that as of the beginning of the month only 47% of its workers had been vaccinated for l.a. fire it's just under 60%. as for some bay area, the mandate deadlines that is in the south bay, starting monday, all santa clara employees must be fully vaccinated. first responders in contra costa

have until next friday to show proof and the deadline for oakland city workers is november 1st. now in the north bay, santa rosa is requiring all city workers to be vaccinated by october 1st. steph curry is the latest big name to get involved with cryptocurrency. specifically crypto exchange firm called ftx. the company announced the warriors superstar is its newest ambassador. his main job will be to encourage people to try to use cryptocurrency. be like steph. >> trending this morning, new beers are available for purchase on the san francisco ferry. it's a party of a collaboration made with three local craft breweries. they would be offered on select routes. >> that is cute. >> going across the ferry this morning it's going to be cold, a little foggy out there, probably not the best time -- >> 49. >> definitely different from the inland areas than near the coast. take a look at the view we have

this morning as we're starting out this beautiful sunrise. we are starting out with a hazy sky. we're going to see some improvements in our air quality in parts of the north bay but some of the worst of the air quality in santa clara valley where we're getting the ozone and the pollution trapped in the valley, seeing some spotty showers to the north of us. a lot of changes here. watching out for the chance of north bay showers now diminishing as we approach sunrise. it's going to be a hot day. heading toward 98 degrees in santa rosa. 95 in san raphael. but san francisco in the mid 70s and then as you make your way over towards the inland east bay up to 103 degrees in antioch and well in livermore, 101 in morgan hill and 92 san jose. here's what i'm watching. going to see a surge of moisture but not a lot of it. it's going to be in the upper levels of the atmosphere and the possibility that we could see some thunderstorms where the rain evaporates before it hits the ground. we may be left with lightening

especially farther to the north and our north bay hills. there will be another chance early on friday morning with the possibility that we could see some dry lightning that will be a very high concern because it could start some news wildfires. that as our temperatures come down we're in the upper 90s today, upper 80s as we go into the weekend. we'll be closely watching thursday afternoon to friday morning. mike, you have breaking news of a crash in hayward. >> an alert for folks, hayward along your way out of oakland and from the bay bridge heading south you jam up in san leandro, also coming out of castro valley, a problem because this crash at a street blocks three lanes. i heard a crash had cleared. there was debris and may have been a second crash. that's the big jam heading down to the san mateo bridge. good news the bay bridge shows lighter volume. a lot of these folks unfortunately were held up and still are slow through richmond, westbound 80. the earlier crash cleared in walnut creek that's better for 680 at 24. unusual patterns for the south bay. look at 87 and 101 237.

more slowing north of san jose, palo alto, this is farther north. clear, kris, that's good, back to you. >> thank you. happening now time ticking under california's sick leave policy. it is expected to expire at the end of the month. under that policy workers get two extra weeks of sick paid time if they are infected with a covid related illness. state lawmakers have until friday to act. >> next a look at the top stories including all eyes on silicon valley today. the blockbuster fraud trial set to get under way in the bay area and the time behind bars. theranos ceo elizabeth holmes could face. and 7.0 earthquake rocks a popular tourist spot in mexico. the shaking some feared would never stop. 6:52. we'll be right back in two minutes.

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welcome back. before you head out the door, we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." in about two hours the trial will start for former silicon valley titan elizabeth holmes, accused of defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. scott mcgrew has been following this case from the beginning. >> we expect this morning opening statement, the prosecution going first telling the jury holmes claims she built a machine that would test a tiny

drop of blood for diseases and conditions, hundreds of them, convinced investors to give her millions. it didn't work and they're going to say she knew it didn't work and hid that fact by testing patient's blood on traditional machines. theranos hid from the public. even then got it wrong sending false positives and negatives to thousands of people. she faces potentially 20 years in prison. so sick days until the recall special election and governor newsom getting a boost from vice president kamala harris. bob redell is tracking that happening here in the bay area. >> good morning to you, kris. vice president harris is en route via airplane as i speak here to the bay area to campaign with governor newsom and the white house has announced next week president biden will be here in california to campaign as well to help newsom fight the recall effort. he's being recalled for a number of reasons. the vote of course taking place

next tuesday. the ballot asks yes or no, do you want to recall the governor and if you say yes there are 46 candidates you can choose from, two of those businessman john cox and former san diego mayor kevin faulconer will be campaigning later today in san francisco. new research by politico data incorporated shows 29% of ballots statewide have been returned. of those returns 33% were from registered democrats, 30% registered republicans, 22% independent. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. at least one person now confirmed dead after that powerful earthquake near acapulco. in mexico's capital of mexico city, the ground shook for nearly a minute. some people briefly evacuated but because of the weather conditions many went back inside. so far no reports of extensive damage. authorities say 92 aftershocks were felt in the hours after the initial quake. and san francisco leaders are

hoping and hopping on board a new push to get people excited again about taking the bus, muni light rail and cable cars. cierra johnson is live for us this morning. talk about what's going on here. >> good morning. yeah, that's exactly right. today the transit systems are kicking off something they call transit month all month long. special events targeted at getting folks back on the transit and today's event starts with a ride along rally. the event at 8:00 this morning with mayor london breed and other san francisco supervisors will do special ride along to city hall taking some of the busiest rides. this comes as the agency tries to rebound what has been a year and a half of limited ridership. today's rally kicks off about 8:30 when the mayor and some of the other city leaders will arrive at city hall. we will be there to let you know how it goes. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you.

hot weather is looming for many parts of the bay area this morning. a flex alert is in effect. you're being asked to conserve electricity from 4:00 to 9:00. dangerous hot. >> yeah. that's the concern here as we go into this afternoon. some upper 90s and some spots in the inland east bay even down to the south county 100 degrees as the heat fades we'll be watching another concern the potential of high fire danger by the end of the week. keep checking in on that. what's the update on commute. >> breaking news in hayward, the crash there southbound 880 at a street, three lanes are blocked. half your freeway. that's critical for the nimitz towards the san mateo bridge off the castro valley as well. your alternate coming from oakland may want to go over to the bay bridge at least that's moving. traffic held up in concord 680 earlier crash near 24 as well. >> thank you. that is what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with more live

local news. >> join us for our midday newscast at 11:00 and leave you with leave pictures this morning. beautiful sunrise. this is in dublin. good morning to you. have a great wednesday. we'll catch you back here tomorrow with the whole team. the "today" show is next. good morning. on alert, millions up and down the east coast waking up to another threat. new storms targeting the region ravaged by floods and struggling to recover from ida. president biden touring damage in the northeast and sounding the alarm about the gathering weather threat growing worse by the day. >> this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. >> al has the latest forecast, straight ahead. the virus and the variants. growing concerns over new covid drains driven by skyrocketing cases acro