good morning, it's saturday october 2nd, the first weekend of a brand new month as we take a live look outside, the fog blanketing the towers of the golden gate bridge. it's just a dreamy way to start the weekend. we appreciate you're starting it with us. i am kira klapper, vianey arana is joining us. we are under a weary alert because it's the spare the alert day. >> the reason for that because of the unhealthy quality.

let's talk about current temperatures right now at 58 degrees. current temperatures as we head out the door, pretty comfortable in the 50s. upper 60s in los gatos and san jose at 58 degrees. we do have overall moderate to unhealthy air quality for sensitive group. it's going to be so hot outside, what ends up happening is a lot of that smoke can mix down and get trapped at that ozone pollution levels which is why the issue spare the air alert area, it basically means you should limit your outdoor sports, try not to drive everywhere, keeping our pollution down. we are talking about cooler temperatures and a rain chance, a full forecast in just a few minutes. kira. >> that's a tease indeed. rain and cooler temperatures, thank you, vianey, we'll see you soon. governor newsom says all

eligible kids in public, private and charter schools in california will need to get vaccinated to be in class. the mandate will work in two phases with the first students needing to get their vaccinations by january 2022, some parents are fighting this sweeping new rule. here is sergio quintana. >> reporter: governor newsom says everyone is exhausted by the pandemic. his new mandate requires all eligible kids to get vaccinated will help everyone get back to normal. >> i believe we need a first date in america to move forward with this mandate and requirement. i do not believe it will be the last day. >> reporter: the mandate will work in two phases beginning in january 2022. the fda has granted full approval of pfizer vaccines for people 16 and older, emergency use of approval for 12 to 15

years old. the next phase will depend on fda approval of the vaccine for kids 5 through 11 years old. for many parents pushing to reopen schools to in-person learning, this is welcome news. the state needs to reach out under vaccinated group in the black and latino communities. >> i would hope that this is parallel by an effort of health campaign. >> reporter: the governor's news mandate is not welcomed by everyone. some are already suing the state over the order. nicky ford says she's dialing a few first thing monday morning on behalf of her kids. >> i want to say that i fought for you. i fought for you to be able to be free and go to school without having to take a vaccine that you don't want to take. even if i lose, i am still going to fight. >> reporter: public health experts say requiring kids to get the covid-19 shot will help

protect them and family members who may be vulnerable because they have not been vaccinated or they are older or immunocompromised. sergio quintana, today in the bay. >> if you have questions, we put together the new policy on nbcbayarea.com, go to the trending bar at the top of our home page and click on "explain student vaccine mandate." the state health department says 55% of children 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated. little more than 8% had at least one dose. there are about 36% of eligible teens who have not been vaccinated at all. promising news about a possible new treatment for covid. the drug maker merck plans to seek emergency use authorization

for the pill. nearly 800 people took part in the trial, they all had covid 19 and were showing symptoms. some patients got the pill and some received the placebo. the drug is effective at cutting the risk of hospitalizations and deaths. if the drug gets fda approval, it will be the first oral medication. water is back on after a water main break shut off service for more than 24 hours in ammo. an eight-inch pipe burst at danville boulevard before 1:00 yesterday morning. water was restored to about 160 homes, schools and businesses within the last hour. the water main break ruptured the pavement. you can see gushing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water down the streets and into the near by san ramon creek.

customers we spoke with say they are willing to pay more to help cover the cost of repairs and replacement. >> the parking lot was just flowing and probably about an hour and a half ago. >> i feel we are fortunate and privileged to be able to bike out or drive out and buy water. so many people are suffering especially during this pandemic. >> the utility says it's working to replace hundred of pipes. a woman was saved. she was trapped in the antioch marina. she says he was out on an evening walk and fell asleep on a near by walk. when she woke up, she found high tides was coming in and she could not come back to shore. they used drone to find the

woman. fortunately she was not injured. a deadly shooting in the east bay. it happened just after hward nee japanese garden. police are releasing little information, we know one person is dead. the shooter remains on the loose. we'll continue to update this story on nbcbayarea.com. san jose is cracking down on sideshows. a judge is ordering promoters to stop organizing it on social media. the location is posted and within minutes, hundreds of people show up. san jose made side shows illegal in the summer. it's the first of isd kind civil suit from the city.

>> reporter: it's illegal to perform or be a spectator at a sideshow in san jose. violators could face up to a thousand dollars fine or six months in jail. police say they are dangerous and reckless. the city's attorneys are cracking down. for the first time filing a civil suit against two of the biggest alleged organizers, one under the instagram name sj boss and one is sj takeover who investigators say run by elijah moore. it had over 15,000 followers and shown drone shots over side show activities with caption that says "appreciate everyone who came out last night." >> it's happening in neighborhoods and nighttime and people are shooting guns during the side show activities.

>> we are trying new things and we are taking this to court. it's a new tool in our tool box. >> reporter: a santa clara county judge granted a preliminary injunction in the case prohibits the accused from posting or promoting sideshows at all. if the city wins, those defendants could have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines including money to pay for the police response to the events. >> bottom line is don't come to san jose to do your sideshows. ian cull, today in the bay. a live oracle park this morning. the giants are one game away from clinching the nl west. then after the game, they watched the l.a. dodgers rallied to beat the milwaukeebrewers. the giants can clinch the nl

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welcome back, it's just shy at 7:13 on your saturday morning. our camera is pointing towards a hazy and foggy san francisco. we have a warm up and a possibility of some rain. a little something for everyone with our meteorologist vianey arana. this time on capitol hill this morning where roadblocks remained for two significant bills president biden wants to see on his desk. today the house will take up bills again in a rare saturday session at issue now is the massive infrastructure bill tied to president biden's far more ambitious social policies and climate change package. progressive democrats dug on a larger social spending plan.

the president says the infrastructure deal should wait until democrats deal with the social and climb change package first. despite deep divisions, democrats are committed to pass both bills soon. a dramatic increase of food stamp in assistance. monthly payments for food stamps family will rise on average. the increase is permanent. the agency says program participants who used to receive $121 will see a $36 rise in their monthly benefits. food stamps are known as the snap program run by the department of agriculture with 42.3 million people benefiting from it. now to attorneys for theranos' founder, elizabeth holmes. they wasted no time trying to

tear his testimony apart. during cross-examination, defense unveiled e-mails appears to show they were aware in 2014 that the lab had many issues but kept holmes in the dark. that's critical. happening today women nationwide will take to the street to march for reproductive rights. demonstrations will happen in every state and every city here in the bay area. this is in response to the new texas law restricting abortion access for many women. the march in san francisco is on grove and hine street. in san jose the rally will be at city hall. in martinez, it will be at

susana park. all of those marches begin at 11:00 a.m. now to hundreds of santa clara university students gathering to support sexual support survivors. students claim there has been more than two dozen sexual assaults in the past few weeks. most of them reportedly happening at parties near campus and some involving drugging the victims. >> people at parties have witnessed or caught men i know, one man was caught putting something in a girl's drink. >> organizers say the specific person was not a student at santa clara and has been blacklisted from future parties but never been charged. the university tells us in a statement in part, it has received two third party reports of incidents of possible drugging since september 19th. one report of sexual assault but

the victim decline to report it formally. none of the reports had enough information to produce charges. the university is urging anyone with more information to come forward. as bay area home prices continue to climb it means harder than ever to make it in the bay. the median price was $1.1 million. that's a 12% increase over august of last year. alameda county saw the biggest price jump. the median price there is $1.2 million, representing a 24% increase over the last year alone. santa clara county, $1.5 million median price is almost 18% higher. solano county looks like a bargain of $557,000. even that is 16% higher than last summer. a historic drought in california is having a

devastating impact on the state's reservoirs, they're at the lowest levels ever. it's so bad that regulators say water agencies may not get any water from the reservoirs next year. that could be mandatory water restrictions for residents across the state. this year unusually hot and dry conditions meant nearly 80% of the water and the state's reservoirs had evaporated or absorbed by the soils. on a much lighter note, "saturday night live" returns for its 47 seasons. "snl" was the number one entertainment last season and won eight awards. two of the veteran cast members, heidi gardner and ego nwodim

can't wait to get started. >> i think that's a nice reminder that we are trying our best. >> trying our best. take it easy on us. you can watch the new season of "snl" tonight at 8:30 right here on nbc bay area. the host is owen wilson and the musical guest is kasey musgrave. all right, we'll check in with our meteorologist vianey arana. >> we got drifty smoke, in addition to that, there is the weather plain factor. spare the air alert in e if he can. valleys can expect to see another hot days in the 90s and looking ahead towards the note later portion of the forecast. i am going to get to it. we'll talk about the cooler

temperatures and rain chances on the way. let's get to your air quality outlook. now so far right now we have moderate to unhealthy unsensitive group. and that's what plays a role in addition to the drifting smoke and why we have the spare the air alert. try to limit your outdoor exposures and try not to drive o or things like that. wind speed. wind help clear some of that stuff out. not today. we are seeing calm wind speed overall. we have plenty of fog along the coastline and into san francisco and also of course half-moon bay. as far as your daytime highs, we'll see in land heat but it's

going to be a nice day overall. we'll get plenty of sunshine and look at this. 90s, you would think we would be in fall, right? san jose at 89. san francisco is going to be running in the 70s. mid-70s which for san francisco is pretty warm. let's talk about those rain chances, looking out ahead, you know into thursday, friday, we do have a bit of an approaching system that may bring us a chance to see some shower activity and of course we need every rain we can get. it's a quick reminder of our drought conditions, 88% of the state of california still remains under extreme drought or higher, that's as of the latest number. san francisco, seven-day forecast, take a look on sunday, one more day of heat then we

drop down to those 60s as we start to cool off. we'll see what happens with the system heading into friday. we are far out but we could be seeing a chance and my graphics are doing their thing, they're going crazy. let's advance to the next. in land temperatures in the 90s again. through tomorrow by monday, the big cool down will make its way on tuesday and when. we go from 90s to 80s and 70s. that'll be a nice temperature drop. >> this week has something for everyone. vianey, thank you so much. it's 7:22 right now. we do have much more ahead. coming up, we told you a story of a grandmother abandoned by her family in san francisco but adopted by a police station. up next, an emotional update on how they made her birthday so special.

construction. opening date, spring of next year. >> just this past august, we shared a story of a student in los gatos. she produced and starred in a short film based on her struggles in school with anxiety. we heard the film was so well received, emerson is already in preproduction. now to a story that got a lot of attention when we first aired it in july about a

grandmother abandoned by the streets of san francisco in china town and the police officer from central station more or less adopted her as their own. a couple of weeks ago, the officers found the woman permanent housing in china town and this past weekend was it was her 63rd birthday and like any good family, they celebrated. they took her out to dinner at the capitol restaurant and even better she got her very own motorcycle parade right down the heart of china town. #. >> wow. love that story. thank you, garvin for the update. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." an east bay woman trapped on the water that rescue effort from first responders using a drone to get her to safety. and preparing for a fight, some parents vowing to push back

the governor's sweeping school vaccine mandates.

good morning, it's saturday, october 2nd, a live look outside for you as the sun rises and shines over san jose, what a gorgeous way to start the very first weekend of a brand new month. thank you for starting it with us on, i am kira klapper, vianey

arana joins us. >> so 58 degrees right now in san jose. i want to show you the temperature trend because look at how quickly we warm up into the 80s by 12:00. if you are looking to get away from the heat, don't go in land. napa, 51 degrees. 83 by 12:00. that's a big bump in temperatures by the around. livermore is going to be one of our warmer spots today. by 12:00 it's at 86. topping out in the mid-90s today. where can you get away from the heat? that's going to be around the coastline. here is a closer thing to look at. spare the air alert, i am going to talk about the temperatures but looking ahead at cooler chances of rain in the forecast

finally. kira, send it back to you. >> intriguing. we'll see you soon vianey. governor newsom says all eligible kids in public, private, and charter schools in california will need to get vaccinated to be in class. the new mandate will work in two phases with the first students needing to get their vaccinations by january of 2022. as you can imagine some parents are vowing to fight this sweeping new rule. today in the bay, sergio quintana explains cht. >> reporter: speaking at a school in san francisco, governor newsom says everyone is exhausted by the pandemic and his new announced mandate requires all eligible school aged kids to get vaccinated against covid-19 will help get everyone back to normal. >> i believe we'll be the first state in america to move forward with this mandate and requirements. i do not believe by any stretch of imagination will be the last date. >> reporter: the first will

include students in grade 7 through 12 and fda granted full approval for kids of 16 and older. the next phase will depend on fda approval of the vaccine 5 through 11 years old. for many parents pushing to reopen schools to in-person learning, this is welcome news. the state now needs to reach out to under vaccinated groups in the black and latino communities. >> i would hope actually that this is parallel by an effort of family health campaign. >> reporter: the school vaccines mandate is not welcomed by everyone. some attorneys in the bay area have already been getting calls from parents looking to sue the state over the order. nicky ford says she's dialing a few on first thing monday morning on behalf of her kids. >> i want able to say i fought for you. i fought for you to be able to be free and go to school without having to take a vaccine that

you don't want to take. even if i lose, i am going to still fight. >> reporter: requiring kids to get the covid-19 shots will help protect them and family members who may be vulnerable because they still have not been vaccinated or older or immunocompromised. the governor's new order adds the covid-19 vaccines to the state's list of already required shots for school kids. today in the bay. if you still have questions, we put together a break down on our new policy on our website, go to nbcbayarea.com, at the trending bar at the top. click "explain student vaccine mandates." a little more than half of the teens in california are already vaccinated. the state health department says 55% of children 12 to 17 are fully vaccinated. more than 8% nearly 8.5% have had at least one dose. there are still about 36% of eligible teens who have not been

vaccinated. now to a developing story in the east bay where the water is back on this morning after a water main break shut off service for more than 24 hours in the east bay neighborhood. an 8-inch pipe bursts at danville boulevard in alamo just before 1:00 yesterday morning. the water main break ruptured the pavement and except water gushing down the streets and into the near by the way san ramon creek. >> the parking lot was full with water and flowing through here and probably about an hour and a half ago. >> i feel we are very fortunate and very privileged to be able to bike out or drive out to buy water. so many people are suffering especially during this pandemic. >> reporter: the utility says it's working to replace hundreds of miles of old pipes in the

system. new this morning, a woman is safe. police received a call that a woman was trapped in the antioch marina, she says she was out for an evening walk and fell asleep by a near by rock. when she woke, she found high tides and she was not able to swim back to shore. antioch police used drones to find her. fortunately she was not injured. also, new this morning, a deadly shooting in the east bay, it happened on foothill boulevard between hazel avenue in hayward. that's near the japanese garden. the shooting happens just after 12:30. little information is being released except we do know one person is killed. the streets are back open and the shooter remains on the loose. we'll continue to follow this story and update it on our website.

and the city of san jose is cracking down on these sideshows. a job ordered promoters to stop organizing them on social media. investigators say the location is posted and within minutes, hundreds of people show up. san jose made promoting sideshows illegal in the summer. ian cull explains the first of its kind civil suit from the city. >> reporter: it's illegal to perform or be a spectator at a sideshow in san jose. in june, the city passed its first law making it illegal to promote one on social media. police say they are dangerous and reckless. the city's attorneys are cracking down. for the first time filing a civil suit against two of the biggest organizers, one is under

the instagram name sj boss and sj takeover. recent posts show drone shots with captions saying "appreciate everyone who came out last night." these are happening during the neighborhoods and daytime and nighttime. people are shooting guns during their activities. >> we are trying new things and we are taking this to court. it's a new tool in our tool box. >> reporter: this week a santa clara county judge granted an injunction in the case which prohibits the accused from posting or promoting sideshows at all. if the city wins, those defendants could pay tens of thousands of fines and money for the police response.

>> bottom line, don't come to san jose to do your sideshows. a live look for you right now at oracle park this morning as the sun rises in the city. today is game two of a three-game series against the padres. the giants are now just one win away from clinching the nl west. last night, the series opener, the giants marking the giants 106th win, the most in the league. you saw lamont wade winning for being the most instrumental player, what you saw is his mom throwing the pitch to her. the giants can clinch the nl west tonight with a win this afternoon. let's hope for both. watch the giants take on the padres today at 1:05 on nbc

sports bay area. it's 7:39, still to come on the bay, we'll tell you a bay area man on a mission to honor survivors of california in ternment camp, one signature at a time.

. first, let's get to that air quality outlook. we are for the most part seeing moderate conditions from the forth bay from the coast to bay. when you look at the index numbers, notice in the east bay, unhealthy for unsensitive groups. so what tends to happen is during the warmer months, it traps a lot of that pollution at a lower level and that's a contribution to the spread the air alert. current situation right now before you head out the door, it's pretty warm. we got 60s on our map. we are seeing upper 60s right now in san jose or morgan hill.

we pretty much seeing these 90s the past couple of days and as far as the wind speeds, this tends to help with air quality. at least not right now anyway. it's going to stay pretty calm for the next couple of days. through sunday and monday, we'll see some changes ahead. let's get a look at your forecasted highs today. it looks good. we got temperatures in the 80s and 90s in the forecast. martinez at 91. concord at 93. san jose at 89 degrees. look at san jose and half-moon bay in the mid-70s today. talking about the shower chances. let's look ahead and see what our model runs and have in store for us. thursday and friday and next saturday, there is a possibility we'll see a disturbance and we'll get some shower activities and down to central california. as the system approaches, what's going to happen is it's going to cool us off. we are dealing with a major drought in the state of

california. 88% of california is under extreme drought or higher. there is also the exception category which is the worst of you will. san francisco's seven-day forecast, look at what happens heading in the tuesday and wednesday, 60s on the map. check out these temperatures. we go from 90s this weekend dropping down to 30 degrees in some spots by friday and saturday for in land areas. it will be a nice change of pace there. kira, i will send it back to you. >> looks nice vianey. the moratorium evictions expired yesterday. nbc bay area responds to your concern. >> you may be able to get a hand on paying your rent for the next year and a half. we'll show you how, next. but, first, it's time for our clear the shelters segment. this is lando, he's a

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welcome back, a beautiful look as the sun rises through the haze. we are looking at san francisco clearing up to see straight the tower.

if you are facing evictions, you may be able to get help paying your rent and avoid eviction all together. here is consumer investigaor chris kumurra. >> you may be able to dip into a pot of at least $5.2 billion that can cover up to 100% of your rent and utilities. you can get help up to 18 months of upcoming rent or back rent. eviction experts says you should apply asap because the money won't last forever. if you apply before you get an eviction notice or within the first 15 days after received on, that application can pause your eviction. >> the fact that you apply will

protect you. >> first, let's look at who qualify. you have to live in california. in santa clara county, for a family of four, that's and someone in your family must have hardships due to covid. >> the easiest place to apply is on the state's website. housingiskey.com. it helps to have pay stubs and w-2s and tax returns when you apply. >> don't worry if i don't have all the proofs, get all the proofs that you can and there are many things you can attest

to. >> block some time. the state says it takes most people 30 minutes to complete the application. when you do, the next thing you should do is let your landlord know you applied and do that in writing so there is a record. . if you don't want to apply online, you can call the state. again, block some time. when we call midday and midweek, the hold time was longer than 30 minutes. >> thank you, chris, for that information. now to the story honoring an american family sent to japanese internment camp. johnny gogo is traveling the country with american flags with 48 stars. the same flag that flu over the camp. gogo wants to give internment families a chance to sign them. mike handa was the first to sign. he was an infant when the united states sent his family to

internment camp. handa says this project is meaningful. >> there are 700 signatures on three flags and countdowning. gogo plans to donate the signed flag to the museum to ensure the people behind the signatures won't be forgotten. he'll be at the japanese american museum in san jose for a flag signing today beginning at noon. what american fire station has the most beloved fire dogs? it's right here in the bay area, meet birdie in marin county. birdie won the title for fire service dog of the year. this is first time kita has held a contest. people were able to cast their

votes on facebook. you may know makes things like smoke detectors and fire extinguisher. what a proud pup? a quick look at our top stories we are following, including mandate for vaccines for students.

welcome back, here is a quick look at the top stories we

are newsom mandaing all eligible school students in california needs to be vaccinated. the governor says requiring all eligible school aged kids to get vaccinated will help everyone get back to normal. the mandate will work in two phases beginning january 2022. it will include students who are already eligible, 7th through 12th graders. the next would depend on emergency use for younger kids, the 5 to 11 years old. some parents are already vowing to sue the state over this mandate. new this morning, a deadly shooting in the east bay in hayward near the japanese garden. it happened just after 12:30

this morning. police are releasing little information except for one person is dead. the streets near the garden are back open. we'll continue to follow this story online and bring you the latest on nbcbayarea.com. a developing story in the east bay where we have a live look for you where the roads are reopened after a water main break shut off service and flooded the streets for more than 20 hours in alamo. crews are still working to repair the ruptured pipeline. an eight-inch pipe burst just before 1:00 yesterday morning. water was restored to about 160 homes, schools and businesses within the last two hours. the water main break ruptured the pavement and gushing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water down the streets the the near by san ramon creek. the utility is working to

replace hundreds of miles of old pipes in the system. our meteorologist vianey arana has a last look on our forecast. >> first thing's first for today is the spare alert in effect. it's also going to be hot. warmer temperatures do kick up some of those ozones and unhealthy quality. valleys are going to be hot. take a look at this. 90s, that'll bring some hazy skies and looking out ahead. we do have cooler temperatures on the way. that's going to be good. we are monitoring the chance of seeing some rain around here. let's take a look at your seven-day forecast in san francisco. we'll be in the mid-70s today. pretty warm and notice what happens on monday and tuesday. we start to see a drop in temperatures and heading in towards the later half of the week, we are going to be seeing a chance of some shower activities and the 90s are going to drop down the 70s for in land

areas, kira. it will be nice. >> usually october we start to heat up. it will be interesting to see the cool down. thank you all of you for making us apart of your saturday morning. we'll have all your local news tonight and all die on nbcbayarea.com, we'll see you back their tomorrow.

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