right now at 4:30, an extra shot of protection is on the way for millions. the cdc expending eligibility to include one work group. who is eligible? we'll explain. deadlines approaching. >> and theranos' ceo back in

court today. let's get things going. good morning. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. let's start our morning off with a look at traffic but first let's start with meteorologist, kari hall. >> we're tarting out with a look at more smoke come into the bay area as we have to deal with the air quality for today. although the south bay is looking at good air quality this afternoon. we are going to see moderate amounts of smoke coming in for the east bay and santa clara valley. our temperatures will be heating up. look at some of the numbers and where we are headed for today. was make your way inland, another hot day reaching back into the 90s. we'll talk more about a weekend cooldown. also our air quality forecast going into the weekend before you make plans. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for commuters? >> we have slowing here north of

680 approaching 4. aside from the sensors that just showed slowing at 4:28 this morning, so maybe a tow truck and a little distraction, but other than that a smooth drive. west 80 heading toward the car canious bridge has cleared. we'll talk about san francisco coming up as well as the south bay, because there are things coming up later up this weekend. for now being things moving nicely on the freeways. included frontline medical workers, and anybody 18 to 64 that lives in a high exposure setting such as a prison or homeless shelter.

two anti-vaccination mandate marches. santa clara and san jose are requiring workers to get the vaccine. county employees have until thursday to submit exemption paperwork. meanwhile, tonight a march planned for in front of the police department. take a look at this map, a breakdown of an analysis done by the bay area news group. it shows the bay area with not a single county of 20 per 10,000 residents in the last ten days.

at least 64% of each county's residents have received at least one shot of the vaccine. the trial of holmes gets back under way yesterday. experts say it revealed the intimacy between holmes and her former partner, and one-time theranos board member, james maddice, was also on the stand. stick on the nbc bay area for the coverage of the elizabeth holmes trial. we are following the very latest on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. happening today, a hero will be laid to rest in the east bay. the funeral for crossing guard

ashley diaz is to get under way in lafayette. witnesses say he pushed another child from the direct path of the vehicle just before impact. the school held a remember kwrupbs during the web. the impact was so great here two children were thrown from the van. a good samaritan stopped the suspected drunk driver that now faces charges. there will be a car wash to support the family at fremont high school in oakland. the money will go towards their medical expenses. a desperate situation in shasta right now.

a palo alto woman stands accused of starting it all. thousands are still under evacuation orders right now. the fire has grown to 55,000 acres. we'll take a live look over walnut creek this morning. a air quality advisory has been issued for today. kari, how are things looking for us this morning? >> we are going to see more of the smoke coming from the fawn fire down into the bay area. we're looking at unhealthy air quality especially this afternoon. a lot of the smoke pushing off towards the east once it moves out of the north bay. much of the rest of the bay area won't have a big impact, but you will see how much smoke is moving across the region as the fawn fire continues to spread

unhealthy air across the region. we will head to the upper 70s, and northbound we have hot temperatures in the 80s and then we will have a cooldown into the weekend. mike, how does it look for the commute? >> a crash near concord, and we'll get you the latest any minute from crown prince. this very minute, the bay bridge moving smoothly into san francisco. there's a closure on the connecter here, and, remember, that is leading to a complication because it's closed all weekend. twitter getting into the cryptocurrency trend. plus, financial relief on the way for eligible

californians. let's look outside this morning. >> yes, let's! >> the bay bridge toll plaza with almost no cars, but here they come because they hear me talking. stay tuned here at "today in the bay." 4:38.

. happy friday. it's 4:40. as you are heading out the door in the east bay, let's check out pittsburgh right now at 66 degrees. a mild start. we are headed towards warm temperatures today, we see the trend headed to the upper 70s this afternoon. more in a few minutes. we're looking at a good, close look at traffic and at business. >> wall street set to open lower. the dow soaring more than 500 points yesterday on continued belief that the fed is not going to remove the debt policy.

in focus today we have a report on new homes sales and earnings from carnival. the apple iphone 13 officially goes on sale today. most tech analysts say early demand looks positive with preorders running ahead of the iphone 12 last year. the mini starts at $699 while the 13 pro starts the $999, and then the pro max is $1,099. and then twitter, four months after the company launched the tip jar feature where usersology over the world will have access to tipping, allowing to send

each other cash and twitter won't take a cut between users, yet. >> must be coming. >> that just means, if you want to send me a little cryptocurrency, go for it. >> i said the same thing. my handle is @khristinapart, with a k. you're making plans and also the air quality is going to be a big factor on whether or not you spend a lot of time outside. we are starting out good, but a few spots seeing air quality.

i'll have more on that in the forecast, coming up. if you spend a lot of time on 580, early your commute looks good. something interesting for the san mateo bridge coming up. the freeway where a sling shot attack keeps happening.

here we go, friday morning. the weekend is almost here. this time tomorrow, we'll all be sleeping in. >> this time tomorrow, i just pray i'm still asleep. >> yeah, that's true. we all kind of still wake up early. >> waking up to a nice forecast, hopefully, kari. >> yes, we are. what is going to help cool us off will be our blanket of fog that we are seeing over san francisco right now. so that is going to linger for a few more hours, and then start to clear out heading into today as our temperatures warm up. the big deal for us lately has been the air quality and how much smoke has been coming in. as we take a look at our near surface smoke model forecast, all of the reds and bright colors we see over the north bay, that's the fond fire, so

with this smoke definitely impacting the north bay, you might want to think about that with your weekend plans. much of the big billows of smoke pushing off towards the east as we get an ocean breeze picking up for the weekend. let's head to the south bay with a look at the temperatures for this afternoon. the 7-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen. we will see our temperatures in the south bay just a little cooler than yesterday, but still pretty warm. we're looking at summer-like temperatures today. oakland will head towards 76 degrees. we'll see upper 60s in daly city. for san francisco, with the early fog we are seeing some of the temperatures heading towards the low 60s. you head over downtown, more sunshine and highs in the low 70s. in the north bay, anywhere from the 60s and 70s near the coast

to 98 degrees for ukiah today. another warm afternoon. i think the early-morning hours is the best time. as we head towards next week, we will have a good cold front sweeping in and ahead of that we will see showers. as it moves closer to the bay area, the rain dries us but we get the cold air. as we look at some of the our inland spots like morgan hill reaching the low 90s today and then 80s for the weekend, and you can see the cooldown we'll see early next week where it will be nice and fall-like. we do have 90s today and 80s for tomorrow and sunday and for next week, highs in the 70s in our warmest inland spots while san francisco will see temperature in the 70s today but then 60s for the rest of the forecast. kari, we have a weird -- i

thought it was weird. over by the san mateo toll bridge, these cars are just passing through there, and tre are reports of on the road. over here, there we go, a smooth flow of traffic right there. looks like everything is clear but chp tracking it for some reason. the slowing just about cleared. the big rig had to be moved out of the slow lane. everything should be fine at 680, and back to you. >> thanks so much. it's 4:50 right now. there's a reward out for anybody

tracking down an aggressive vandal. >> yeah, the vandal has shot at multiple buildings and now has shot at cars. >> it happened more than 20 times this year, typically at night. >> this has been escalating overnight. >> somebody has been shooting projectiles at building, shattering seven windows and shooting at the sap center and san jose museum of art. >> we don't know why they are choosing the things they are choosing. the d.a.'s office says whoever is doing shooting buildings.

>> the most recent victim was a woman driving in her car and her windows shot out. >> an individual driving that gets shot by a ball bearing, they could be injured. >> a $20,000 reward is being offered to find them before it gets worse. >> somebody knows. hopefully they will stop it. a devastating day for people near memphis, tennessee. the shooter walked into a kroger supermarket and started to shoot customers. one person was killed. 13 others injured. that shooter later killing himself before police were able

to get to him. >> i heard about five pops in there, and then i looked up and i see people running. >> he shot one person in the head and then one in the stomach. >> i was just thinking, oh, i'm going to die. i'm going to die. he's going to shoot me. >> my mother goes to church with one of the employees of the store, and that woman is okay. investigators are trying to learn more about the shooter. >> what is happening? additional relief on the way for some californians, the third batch of stimulus checks will be districted in october. people that made up to $75,000 could receive a one-time $600 payment. if you are claimed as a

dependent, you will not qualify coming up for us here on "today in the bay," a flight grounded at sfo overnight. how one new airline could make travel easier for many. and then a $25,000 plan to convert containers into transitional housing. they will debate that plan next tuesday.

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sticking around. look at sfo this morning, and a new airline can officially call the airport home. bamboo airways, and they officially touched down after 14 hours in the air from vietnam. that trip one of 12 nonstop round trip flights, and those were test flights taking place over the next two months, and it's the second vietnamese airlines to apply. we're tracking your forecast. kari hall will have details ahead. a school mandate for the east bay. we'll explain, coming up.

people just have to wait in line and trust the process. >> right now at five, boosters can begin but who will get them. we're live breaking down who exactly qualifies for the third dose of the pfizer shot. >> who will be the next mayor of san jose. a new poll is out thiorning. we'll tell you who is out the north bay county hoping to help with california's devastating drought. this is "today in the bay."

welcome to friday morning. it's almost 5:00. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. an air quality advisory has been issued for today and tomorrow. >> let's bring in meteorologist, kari hall. how are things shaping up, kari? >> i think it's mostly going to be the north bay we will have to watch for the air quality. looking at some of the forecast and the numbers for the air quality outlook, it's the same or lower than it was yesterday. we are still going to have drifts of smoke coming in and constantly changing. our temperatures will be hot today. we're headed towards the upper 80s and 90s. the north bay temperatures, 87 today in santa rosa. we'll talk more