right now at 5:00, an east bay community in mourning. a crossing guard and a student hit by a car right in front of their school. we'll tell you what we are learning about the guard who was killed. we have more work to do, and we are still at war with the virus. >> president biden expected to announce a new plan to tackle rising covid cases. we'll take you live to d.c. to break down what it could mean for your family. this is "today in the bay." thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. we're off to a mild start so far. i'm kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew.

marcus and laura are both off today. first at 5:00, two big weather stories we are tracking. high heat expected for some parts of the bay. there's another flex alert issues and you are asked to conserve power from 4:00 this afternoon until 9:00 tonight. the other headline is there's a chance of storms with lightning and that could mean the threat of fire. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking all of this. >> yeah, we start out this morning with an opportunity for us to cool off our houses without running the air-conditioning, and that's the best thing to do when we are under the flex alert. our temperatures in the mid-60s, warmer than where we normally start. mostly upper 50s for parts of the north bay, and this is where we are headed for this afternoon. once again, warm temperatures for the inland areas, but these temperatures are about 10 degrees lower compared to yesterday when we were reaching into the triple digits. a little cooldown today, and once again, we're watching out

for that risk of lightning and thunderstorms for tonight. i will have a look at that and the timeline coming up in a forecast in a few minutes. >> kari, thank you. developing this morning in the east bay, what will no doubt be a difficult day for parents and teachers and middle school students in lafayette, after the death of a crossing guard. >> a suv slammed into the crossing guard and child right in front of the school yesterday afternoon. bob redell is live in lafayette, and drivers need to slow down. we've all seen it, bob. >> yes, a neighbor says people do tend to speed here, and somebody has put out a candle and flowers and a note for the man that was struck and killed out here, the crossing guard. police have not said if the driver was speeding when they hit him in front of the school,

just as school was letting out. the driver of an suv hit the crossing guard and child, and people had to pull the crossing guard out from under the suv, and paramedics performed cpr and sadly he died at the hospital. this was his second day volunteering as a crossing guard here. his child is a student at the school, however his child was not the one who was hurt. diaz' parents live near the school and was well known in the neighborhood. >> i talked with him a few times. we talked about how we wanted to put our kids in summer school because of the pandemic. he was just a very nice guy. i think the city needs to do a lot to ensure that that doesn't happen, because i have young children and this is scary, it could happen to anybody. >> law enforcement is

investigating the collision. the driver did remain at the scene and is cooperating with police. as i mentioned, at least one person around here says people drive too fast around the school. there's no indication from police whether or not the driver was speeding in this incident. one neighbor tells us she would like to see speed bumps on this stretch of road in front of stanley middle school. >> thank you, bob. new numbers showing the alarming surge of covid cases among children as children return to school. a record 250,000 children tested positive last week alone, but today president biden lays out a new strategy to stop the spread of the virus. "today in the bay"'s alison barr is live in washington. they say they need more guidance. >> president biden is under pressure to deliver on that, to give more guidance to school because the delta variant is out

there filling us hospitals and disrupting the back-to-school and back to work plans. the biden white house today launching a new battle plan to evolve the threat from covid-19. >> we have more work to do. we are still at war with the virus and the delta variant. >> president biden set to layout six steps to stop the spread, including vaccinations. better protecting those that are vaccinated, keeping schools safely open, increasing testing and requiring masks and protecting the economic recovery, and improving care for those with covid. with largely unvaccinated students now back in the classroom all over the country, last week a quarter of all covid cases were among children. a judge ruling florida must stop

enforcing governor desantis's controversy mask ban after three miami teachers died from covid since school began, all of them unvaccinated. >> as an educator and father, it bothers me because children should not be political ponds in this political chess game. >> more are winding up in the hospital. like this 11-year-old. >> it's past time for the people to take the virus seriously. it's affecting our kids now. >> a parent's plea as the president pushes a new strategy in the war on covid. one key in that strategy president biden wants to use public/private partnerships to get more americans vaccinated, especially those under 40 who

are lagging behind. >> back to you. >> thank you. kids 12 years and older may soon need to be fully vaccinated in order to attend school in los angeles. the nation's second largest school district will hold a special meeting to vote and likely adopt a vaccine mandate for eligible students. some say the plan may even become a blueprint for school systems nationwide. >> we should not be seeing cases of pediatric hospitalizations and pediatric infections. we, as a society, are not doing a good job protecting our children. >> if ulc approves it, the deadline could be sooner for extra curricular activities. ulsd already tests weekly. a new policy applies to anybody who is 12 or older, and the city is requiring people who work at

these businesses be fully vaccinated by october 15th or submit to weekly covid tests. happening today state attorney general joins san francisco leaders for a roundtable discussion on hate crimes. mayor london breed will take part as well in visitation valley. san francisco is still in the process of working to restore a sense of safety in the api community. city leaders met with the chinatown community last night saying changes are in the works. retired police officers are patrolling areas in chinatown. some neighbors who felt vulnerable is applauding the change. >> it's events like this that gives us hope. >> mayor breed is meeting today

with leaders and discussing hate crimes and how to combat them. and then helping to recover from the cache fire near clearlake. it destroyed more than 100 structures last month. the declaration will speed up cleanup efforts. the cause of the fire is not determined. deadline for tree removals extended for property owners in the north bay. pg&e says they have until tuesday to submit forms to remove the wood. speaking of fires, there's a concern about dry lightning this afternoon. let's check in with kari. >> yeah, so the national weather service put up a fire weather watch for parts of the north bay and in the inland east bay. this starts at 5:00 this evening and continues until 11:00

tomorrow. when we say dry lightning, basically it does not have a lot of rain with the storm. even if you get one lightning strike hitting the hills and dry vegetation, it could start a new fire and that would be of high concern go into this evening. we have a couple weather systems heading our way that will meet up over the bay area and give us a chance of seeing the thunderstorms for this evening into early tomorrow morning. we'll have more on the timeline and what you can expect where you live. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking getting out the door and heading to work? >> it's great, you expect this at 5:10 in the morning, the green sensors. and we're checking on details and let you know what chp is reporting. caltrans has a closure that will continue for possibly another 45 minutes there for the northbound side, so use 680 to highway 4

east. everything is nice towards the bay bridge. back to you. tech workers, are they leaving san francisco? seems like it. data seems to show otherwise. we'll tell you where they are hiding. >> behind the masks, maybe. the pandemic is wiping out the bay area's most popular pumpkin festival. we will show you what impact that is having on businesses and events in the future. to stay up on the latest fire dangers, get breaking news alerts sent right to your phone with the bay area app.

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good thursday morning. as you are making plans for the days, if you plan on hiking in the north bay, it will be nicer, cooler but breezy. we will not see as much sunshine as temperatures this afternoon head into the mid-70s, and this evening we have a chance of thunderstorms. i'll look at the timeline of that and what is ahead in the rest of the forecast, coming up. and then palo alto, easy flow, light traffic, and in san francisco that incident we saw may be reports of a wrong-way driver. that sounds dramatic. i don't think it is from the details. but first we're checking in with

bertha. >> thank you, mike. i am bertha coombs from cnbc. we are looking at a slightly lower open, and the dow and s&p 500 falling for a third straight session yesterday, and the nasdaq snapped a four-day winning streak. the fed says businesses are seeing rising inflation as well, and that's being heightened by a shortage of goods. those costs are starting to get passed on to consumers. today we will get another snapshot of the labor market with the weekly unemployment claims that we get every thursday. meantime, oil and gas giant shell is considering a vaccine mandate for its employees and also trying to decide whether to

fire those that refuse to comply. an internal memo says while all reasonable efforts would be made to avoid firing people, shell may be faced with no alternative under the circumstances. meantime, twitter taking a page from its competitors. they are starting to test communities. it's first dedicated space for groups. they are similar to a public group on facebook. members can post tweets to the timeline and each group has its moderator who set rules, and users must be accepted or invited a moderator.

i am sure there's one for cats -- >> yeah, you had us at dogs. >> yeah a. dog born right now in september with astrology would be a leberdor. >> she'll laugh. there's a delay. there we go. and then according to the city's chief economists, an average of 17% of tech workers are remote based. the city recently added 7,300 jobs to the tech sector. there are currently about 120,000 tech workers employed by san francisco-based companies. 5:17, and trending this morning, not horses in that pasture. you see the stripes. people in one madigan town got a

surprise when spotting zebras on the loose. the zebras are legally owned and crews corralled them with food, and you would know that would do the trick. when you here hoof steps, you don't think zebra. >> a zebra born in the month would be a zebralibra. okay. chp, they said there was a report of a wrong-driver. traffic is so light right now. an easy drive along the

peninsula, and they were unable to locate anything, and that's good news. in contra costa county, the speeds are light. we're watching tonight in a lot of our inland areas and hills will be under the threat of a new fire starting with the weather conditions. we have a front off the coast and it's approaching us from the north. this will provide energy, and then to the south we have the remanence of a tropical system as it moves closer, it will provide the moisture. both of these two weather systems will merge together over the bay area and provides them energy and moisture that could fuel some thunderstorms, but unfortunately, it looks like as the rain gets here it's drying out. by the time it arrives in the bay area, you have the energy but not a lot of moisture and

that could mean dry thunderstorms for us. take a look at this model. this plots where we could see lightning. where you see blue, it indicates where we could see some of the thunderstorms popping up. it starts this afternoon further to our north with a chance of some lightning strikes just to the north of ukiah and around redding. then i will stop here at 10:00 this evening, and then we see the chance of moderate to high chances that we could see thunderstorms around the brentwood area and parts in east contra costa county, and then this fills in. it is very concerning as we go into late tonight as it shows we could see more chances of lightning strikes, very much a lot of blue here in east bay and the north bay for tonight and if we see this coming together it could spark fires as we are looking at the potential of just a little rain coming through. that would help us out, but doesn't look like all of us will

see that and there's a chance that rain will dry out as lightning remains across the bay area, and that's what started the complex fires that we had last year and we have that chance this evening into early tomorrow morning. temperature wise, it's coming down a little bit. we have upper 80s, and that's what we will see head into the weekend as well. as the sky clears, we will see definitely more clouds and san francisco will see temperatures in the mid-60s and then go into the weekend with highs continuing to reach into the mid-60s with fog near the coast. now, let's turn to our climate in crisis. nasa uses a lot of instruments to monitor how our climate is changing, and they are using satellites that could look at reservoirs and how they are changing and they can look at precipitation and how that is running off of the landscape creating ground water, and they have other satellites to monitor

the upper levels of the soil and how it looks different over the years. with some of the observation that nasa has observed, they have been able to put out the images of the wildfires. they basically took this picture of the dixie wildfire that went up 19,000 feet into the atmosphere. you could see that some of the largest plumes were visible from space. now looking at the dixie fire, the second largest wildfire in our history with over 922,000 acres burned, second only to the august complex fires we had last year. with climate change, these dry conditions are basically fueling longer wildfire seasons and more intense fires. so that's something we're watching as nasa is also able to observe this with new technology. can you find this and other stories on our climate in crisis

page. covid sank a lot of family vacation plans, and then the cruise lines said they were not giving their money back. that's coming up. this is kari celebrating one of our producer's birthday this weekend with wine tasting. make sure you follow kari, she's on facebook, instagram and on twitter. you're watching "today in the bay."

since covid-19 hit, nbc bay area responded to a lot of cruise complaints. >> many sails were canceled but many not getting their money back. >> cruises are not cheap. look at the map and dollar figures. these are just some of the viewers that asked for our help getting their money back from cruise lines, including bonnie street in palo alto. she paid $10 grand, and they only offered a partial credit when it was canceled. a federal commission has taken note. there's a proposal for new refund rules, and how you can sound off on them before they hit the books. if your money is tied up, too, go to nbcbayarea.com and click

on the responds tab or call us. i'll join you again tonight after nfl football. the half moon bay art and pumpkin festival is canceled because of the pandemic. for the second year in a row the city council voted to deny special event permits for that festival. one thing that will go on, though, is the annual pumpkin weigh off which is scheduled for october 11th in downtown half moon bay. i think i know what bob redell is doing that day. >> yeah. and then kari hall tracking dangerous fire conditions, plus -- >> data shows there's a fall in covid hospitalizations. coming up after the break we'll break down the numbers as well as could you not bewaring a mask inside of your office? where that stands, all new, coming up after the break.

right now at 5:30, a delta decline. cases are dropping in the bay area. how the drop could lead to big change for you at the workplace. plus, firefighters making headway in the caldor firefight, but another wildfire is now sending more people away from their homes. the new evacuation orders for the dixie fire as it nears another new milestone. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you.

i am kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew. marcus and laura both have the day off today. first, this half hour, we are tracking something potentially disturbing. lightning possibly in the bay area. kari, we did not need this. this is going to be a chance for more fire. >> yeah, and this is coming on that one-year anniversary of us dealing with the orange skies we had last year that were triggered by all of the lightning storms that we had in august. taking a look at what is going on for now, the national weather service put up the fire weather watch in yellow, and that includes a big chunk of the bay area and that's because we are seeing thunderstorms moving through and the rain drying up so there could be dry lightning and a risk of that could create locally gusty winds into friday morning, and the fuels, the vegetation is extremely dry. what is happening here, we have a couple systems moving our way,

one coming in from the north that will provide energy, and one from the south providing moisture. these two systems on a collision course over the bay area and are going to produce a chance that we could see thunder and lightning starting further to the north and then right over the bay area later on tonight and into early tomorrow morning, especially in parts of the east bay, so we'll be watching out and will go hour-by-hour and will look at the timeline of what you can expect. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. we are following fire danger throughout, and you can keep up with the latest by downloading the nbc bay area app. you will get breaking news sent right to your phone. then covid cases are dropping, and that could lead to some changes at the workplace. >> cierra johnson, what do you have? >> good news on the pandemic

front in san francisco specifically, they have seen several consecutive days of decline when it comes to the covid hospitalizations. from the beginning of august to september, that's the latest data available. the total number hospitalized with covid in san francisco fell steadily from 110 to 89, and you can see that on your screen. and according to "the chronicle," the bay area reported 16 cases were day per 100,000 residents, and some of the numbers related to covid decreases, and some local health leaders are considering softening the mask mandates for some. it would likely be tied to vaccination status. full approval of the pfizer vaccine was significant for many offices in terms of requiring that vaccine, and so far no

timeline has been provided on softening the mask mandate, and it's something local health leaders are expiring because of the full fda approval of the pfizer vaccine and those falling numbers. and highest vaccination rates in san francisco, and that's a big deal. it's important that everybody remain vigilant and health leaders still urging folks not vaccinated to get that vaccination. >> yeah, remember, it was not a miracle that we got here but hard work and sacrifice. and then in india they are ramping up efforts to tamp down

another virus. transmission usually comes through direct contact or contaminated food so it's considered far less contagious. here's a stanford health expert. >> we should worry about it and it has a high mortality, and the transmission is different and in that sense we should not panic but be aware of its occurrence. >> covid, meanwhile, hitting india very hard right now while the nipah virus hit weeks ago and has not spread outside of asia. and then the trial of elizabeth holmes will continue, and prosecutors described holmes as a cheat that lied when her company ran out of cash.

there are reportedly inaccurate hiv tests, and holmes attorney arguing that while she made mistakes, they were not crimes. if convicted, holmes could face 20 years in prison. 5:35. five days left to vote in the recall election. candidates are crisscrossing the state, campaigning in the final stretch. newsom supporters will hold a rally outside superior court in san jose at 2:30. here's a poll suggesting newsom opponents are facing a uphill battle. the no vote favor by a 17-point percentage spread. larry elder is

president biden plans to visit some of the areas so hard hit by the wildfires. developing right now in el dorado county, efforts from the air and on the ground are paying off for firefighters battling the caldor fire, which is now 50% contained. the fire has burned 217,000 acres over more than three weeks and nearly 800 homes are destroyed. the dixie fire triggering new evacuations in shasta county. it started nearly two months ago in chico. it has burned nearly 500,000 acres. if it grows another 10% in size it would be the largest wildfire ever in california. >> we will be checking traffic, but when we talk about fire we talk about lightning and the danger there, kari.

>> yeah, and we are going to be watching out for that over the next 24 hours. as we head into the weekend, it does look like if we don't have any new fire starts we can enjoy a nice weather weekend around the bay area. looking at napa valley, we will reach in the mid-80s and a mix of sun and clouds each day from friday through sunday, and if you have weekend plans heading to the beach maybe around santa cruz, it will reach in the 70s tomorrow, and then in the weekend low to mid-70s for high temperatures, and then in los angeles reaching in the upper 80s friday into saturday, and fix will be the high on sunday. maybe your weekend plans will take to you pass yo robles.

alarming crash around 880 around 16th. all lanes went down to two lanes blocked, the two right lanes. a motorcycle crash being reported there in the center divide. the rider reportedly has a broken arm, and i am hoping they can clear everything to the right shoulder quickly, so we will stand by on that. there's a disabled vehicle around -- -- this earlier incident here, i think everything is cleared out of the lanes at the 280 interchange, and that's it for any caution. typical slowing through san jose right there. >> i like the green. coming up, next on "today in the bay," the images that

shocked the world, smoke billowing over the new york skyline after the 9/11 attacks. we will show you the before and after, 20 years in the making. and then it's back, macy's thanksgiving parade is returning to normal, sort of. we'll show you what you need to know before you book a ticket. can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys technology i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people are so moved by how much i understand about them.

they start including me in their lives. that's helen and her friends. i arranged a wellness retreat for them. look at those ladies. such wisdom. mmm. but it's really genesys that helps me understand people and what they truly need. i'm just glad i can help.

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to have cooler temperatures today, but tonight we will watch out for the potential of thunderstorms and possibly even dry lightning. heading into the weekend, we will look mild and seasonable, but all eyes are on the next 24 hours. i'll have a look at the timeline coming up. look at the top of the screen, 880 jams up at the high street high-rise. you are jammed up to 16th where there's the motorcycle crash i told you about. there's a slower drive through oakland now heading towards the bay bridge. the fbi is intensifying the search for the person that planted two pipe bombs in washington, d.c. this is surveillance video they are working with. it was the night before the january 6th capitol riot. in newly released surveillance footage, you can see somebody sitting on a park bench with their face hidden, and they hope

the video will help generate new leads. a reunion more sweet than bitter, 20 years after the 9/11 attack, america's camp ran for ten years after the attacks. helping a lot of young people through some incredibly difficult times. >> tell me what that place meant to you? >> it just brought out so much light and sunshine for me. i just felt like it was a gift my dad gave to me, because he would always call me his sunshine. >> that was one former attendee that lost her father at ground zero. out of the ashes, ground zero in new york city has undergone immense change. nbc posted an interactive display showing some of the ways the areas changed over the two

decades from 9/11 to today. today's feature along with the interactive image display among a series of reports and other features that nbc is doing this week with "america remembers:20 years later." and then a state senate passed a police accountability bill and it's now on the way to the governor's desk. an officer's license can be revoked. they would be barred from transferring to other departments. california is one of four states without a way to decertify officers. state lawmakers putting the brakes on several bills requiring workers to get vaccinated. they believe implementing a vaccine mandate could help the stop of the virus and the variants. with cases slowing in many parts

of the state, experts warn there's no time to let our guard down but notably this pause comes with less than a week from california's recall election. tonight we get our first real answer. the nfl season kicks off here on nbc bay area. the pride of san mateo, tom brady will be at the center of it taking on the dallas cowboys, as a buccaneer, if you don't remember. the buccaneer's won the super bowl last season, and now the fans are facing a new covid protocol. >> kris, good morning to you. hello from tampa bay, and tonight the defending champs, the tampa bay buccaneers playing

the cowboys to kick off the season. you saw a slew of the covid restrictions because the virus so rampant, and then you had 24,000 here for the super bowl and now tonight they are expecting a packed house, and football is back and perhaps another sign america is starting to come back as well. another difference for football fans, you get one more game a., a 17-game season instead of a 16-game season. >> yeah, we're going to air our news at a special time at 3:00 this afternoon, and that's followed by nbc "nightly news," and the coverage of the bucs

coverage starts at 4:00. and then the macy's annual thanksgiving day parade will look more normal this year, and people will line the streets of manhattan, and marching bands and balloons and clowns are all back, and volunteers and staff will all be vaccinated. happening today, after more than a year night tours of alcatraz will resume. starting tonight people will be able to visit the rock tonight thursday through monday's beginning at 6:00 p.m. starting at pier 33. >> i will be honest, i did not know that was a thing. cool. >> yeah, and scary. >> what a scary is a chance of lightning and fires, kari? >> yeah, absolutely, we are getting rid of the smoke that has been over the bay area for quite sometime and we will see

it clearing out today. looks like a hazy start to our morning, and then go into the afternoon looks much better in terms of the air quality and the smoke clearing out. a lot of the smoke from the fires will be pushed off towards the north and east of the bay area, so once again improving here, but those fires are still burning. they are not out. that's something we will be watching as our temperatures today come down a few degrees. we're looking at lee 70s for san rafael, and low 80s for santa rosa, and 75 for a high in hayward today, and 82 in san jose and low 90s for antioch. as we go into tonight, we have quite a big concern here. we have a weather system approaching from the north that will provide energy in the atmosphere ask, then we have the remanence of a tropical system that will provide moisture, and the energy and moisture coming together over the bay area could

trigger thunderstorms. i have overlayed the potential of lightning. that's in blue. it shows right here in solano county, and moving over towards alameda county, we could see isolated lightning strikes even if there's no rain. going into early tomorrow morning, before sunrise it looks like the chance goes down. the main timeline we are lacking at here is between 10:00 this evening and 2:00 to 3:00 before sunrise tomorrow morning. with that we're looking at the weather conditions needed for wildfires. the reason why we have the red flag warning, you need dry vegetation, low humidity and gusting winds. what could trigger a wildfire is a lightning strike, and with the vegetation at record-dry levels, that's something we will watch closely because one lightning strike could start a fire that

could spread relatively quickly. you want to have a plan in place because there may be evacuations in order as well as getting your emergency supplies put together ahead of time, and we want to watch out for the potential of thunderstorms, and if we get past this with no incident, we are in for a nice weekend. we are hoping that happens with our inland areas heading towards the upper 80s. we'll watch that. mike, what are you keeping an eye on? >> this, folks, 880, if you choose right now between the nimitz and 580 going up through oakland, choose 580. the backup here, there may be another crash. the big one we are worried about is the motorcycle crash, only a broken arm reported but two lanes blocked for the nimitz. the bay bridge itself holds a

lighter volume because of the folks held in oakland here. the bridge itself and toll plaza, not bad. vaccine developer, novavax starting a trial for the combined flu and covid vaccine will be conducted in australia. participants will receive injections of a covid vaccine and a flu shot. they expect the combination vaccines to be critical in emerging coronavirus variants. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay," including relief for people in need. the steps bay area based uber and lyft are taking. and then soon requiring you

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welcome back on a thursday morning. you're watching "today in the bay." a federal grand jury indicting a man, matthew coleman, facing two counts of two u.s. nationals. coleman's wife called police last month to report her husband and children missing. investigators tracked him to the mexican border where he was trying to cross back into the united states without his children. the children's bodies were later found on a farm in mexico. investigators say coleman referenced conspiracy theories when he admitted to killing his kids. the defense presented its closing argument in the durst murder trial. jurors were told how durst developed a playbook on how to get away with murder.

once the defense wraps its arguments the prosecutor with offer a rebuttal and then the case heads to the jury. medical examiners in louisiana's orleans parish are now confirming the deaths of 11 more people, all whom who died from excessive heat from a power outage after the storm. it brings the number of storm-related deaths in the south to 26. hundreds of people are still without power in louisiana, including 10,000 that reside in the new orleans area. lyft providing free rides to new jersey residents that lost their cars to ida. over the next two weeks, those in new jersey who need help accessing central services can text a hotline for free rideshare rides. when it comes to the pandemic, full fda approval not

making quite the dent in the number of unvaccinated americans. an analysis shows 2.91 million people received their first vaccination the week before the fda announcement. the next week it was actually lower, 2.78 million. in california the decline was more than 6%, down 21,000 from the week prior. a new study reveals no covid-19 side effects for those breastfeeding their infants, and they focused on those given a moderna or pfizer vaccine, but a small proportion of people did report a reduction in milk supply after their first dose. going green is still a growing trend and what is often

overlooked is the sustainability of new clothing. >> a research team released a climate report finding many top fashion brands did not use raw material in the closing, which they say has a huge impact on the climate. >> we are seeing increasingly in the sportswear sector and fashion sector, they continue to rely on polyester and nylon, and those have a huge climate footprint. >> watch the entire report on lx.com or you can watch it on air, it's 11-5 or 185 on xfinity cable. right now at 6:00, an east bay community in mourning. a crossing guard and student were hit by a car right in front of their school. i'll tell you what we are learning about that guar who was killed.

plus -- >> children are now making up a growing share of new covid-19 cases, so president biden is expected to announce a new push to try and tackle that issue. we'll take you live to d.c. to break down what it could mean for your family. this is "today in the bay." thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. i am kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew. marcus and laura both have the day off today. we have two big weather stories we are tracking. more high heat expected for some parts of the bay area as another flex alert is issues, and you are asked to conserve power from 4:00 this afternoon until 9:00 tonight, and then the other headline is a storm with a chance of lightning and threats of more fire. kari hall is tracking all of this. >> yeah, it's very concerning seeing what is happening in the atmosphere and what could possibly play out as we go into tonight. the national weather service putting out the fire weaer