breaking news 5:00, a fire destroyed multimillion dollar homes in southern california. the evacuation now is in effect and the conditions firefighters face tonight. frustration over parking. a story you will only see on nbc bay area. postal worker spit up with having nowhere to park when they arrived for their job. a live report on why they believe personal safety may be at steak. this is today in the bay. it is thursday morning and we are glad to have you with us. don't forget if you are on the go we are on roku, amazon fire,

apple tv and online as well. take a look outside. a beautiful picture of the golden gate bridge from the sausalito side. >> turning to a look at the forecast. how is it looking? >> out the door and get to work this morning and clear. it is going to be a really nice day. take a look at the view from 580 in dublin. we see a lot of people heading to work this morning. in the upper 40s right now. we see the temperature trend start out with typical views of a mix of sun and clouds and slowly warming temperatures. 61 degrees of eventually making it to 64. still kind of cool for this time of year but really nice. especially with sunshine. we see highs in the north bay reaching 69 degrees in santa rosa and 66 in san jose. we talk about a big warm up in the forecast tomorrow coming up in a few minutes. how does it look in berkeley? >> we had closures but it is

gone. that's what i say head, past tense. 80 was closed again overnight in gilman. everything is right on schedule. we are looking at 880 northbound. still ahead crash reported on the grid. north 880 and davis, middle lanes were blocked hours ago . crews are still on the scene. just watch for flashing lights. 84, the middle of your screen, the winding parts just reopened again after the overnight closure. back to you. breaking news, this morning, southern california at least 20 luxury homes went up in flames because of a fast- moving fire moving through miguel yesterday in orange county. dozens more homes are under evacuation orders. about 200 acres are burned. firefighters last night said the wind was starting to die down, but, no word yet on containment. yesterday afternoon, the fire

exploded inside over the course of one hour, shocking people who barely made it out in time. >> i know during the summer it gets hotter and the embers can catch flame. they spread rapidly. but not like this at all we did not expect to. >> there is no word how the fire started but a lot of people say climate change has to be playing a role because although the conditions were cool, the wind driven flames burned across incredibly dry terrain. you can find the latest developments on the laguna niguel fire at nbcbayarea.com. in a story he only will see on nbc bay area , postal worker say they are hearing the brunt of development and expansion construction in the way you may not think about . thank you want to say literally are the ones paying for it. today in the bay we go live to sunnyvale. what is the message they are trying to send out here?

>> reporter: the message is clear. they need more parking. that is because there is a lot of expansion going on on the streets of sunnyvale. to make way for the development, a lot of no parking signs like the one jaime have gone up all around. the problem is nearby postal workers rely on the street parking and say they are paying the price for the city growth. >> i can hear half an hour or 45 it's religious to park. >> reporter: he is not alone. he and postal coworkers, some travel as far as tracy in san francisco made a part of their daily routine to look for parking up to an hour before their ship starts. still, that is not enough. he says there is no parking when he gets to work. he has gotten a ticket to show for it. >> i have gotten five or six tickets. i have paid them all off, but, it was an unnecessary financial burden on me. it is not fair. >> reporter: the development

has been going on for years now and they have been putting up with the parking situation. it has gotten so bad he reached out to the mayor's office and, the city engineer. but, to no avail. >> we want to come to work and park and go to work and do our job. >> reporter: safety is a big issue for martha florez who says she was followed walking the long distance back to her car. >> i feel unsafe and i went back inside of the office and they said when i told management, one of the management he said wow, at your age? i said this is not about that it's about my safety. >> reporter: we did reach out to local officials and the mayor's office got back to us saying in part the post office is a federal agency. it was determined the city did not have jurisdiction over its use. we were not able to review parking needs or issue any

parking requirements. the city also added street parking is available on a first- come first-served basis unless there are postage restrictions and as you can see there are a lot of no parking signs around and restrictions. the mayor's office also adds when google decided to begin the expansion project, they looked into the issue of limited parking and google says they have construction workers parking on-site to alleviate the demand for parking. happening today, the suspect accused in last month's san jose baby kidnapping are due in court. they were arrested april 26th. the baby was found unharmed. attorneys say they will ask for clients to be released on bail. we spoke with a legal

representative to see if that would happen. >> for the court if the defendants are released to see if the community is saved if the defendants are released. unless those questions are answered i think they will remain in custody. >> the kidnapping suspects have not yet entered a plea . the hearing is happening this afternoon. also happening today, from court justices for the first time since the league of the roe v. wade draft opinion. they are expected to hold a private meeting today. we do not know what it will cover but we know the court has been investigating. all this comes after chief justice john roberts confirmed the authenticity of the opinion also suggesting the draft may not be the courts final work. skyrocketing inflation. not only stretching struggling families but area food banks as well. the food banks says donations are so coming in. everything is costing more forecasts. everything is getting harder to afford. the need out there is great.

>> we are hearing from a lot of people that they are there because the cost of going to the grocery store is too expensive. the cost of gas is too expensive. people are struggling right now. >> volunteers say it's a problem and contra costa county as well. the food bank currently services about 270,000 people each month. more than the peak of the time of the pandemic. we want to look live over downtown san jose. it is nice and clear right now. we are expecting a copy of yesterday, right? >> pretty much. it is will be slightly cooler than normal and we will continue with the sunshine as you are heading out this morning. it is in the upper 40s now. we will see temperatures at 8:00 at 54 degrees. notice there will be a mix of sun and clouds, the typical start to the morning. then a clears out going into the afternoon. eventually we reach into the upper 60s in livermore.

60 degrees in napa. san mateo and oakland reaching 64 degrees. upper 60s down to santa cruz. tomorrow the heat starts to turn a little bit and some inland areas reach into the low 80s. we see upper 60s in san francisco. temperatures this weekend, we talk about that in a few minutes. where can we find cheaper gas? >> let's e. bus stop on mckay road, 529 don there. and dublin amador valley boulevard. 5:37. mountain view, $5.37 there as well. you need to swing by there probably later this week. hopefully they still have the same price. officially around a, mountain view near the top and south county no problem there. around the peninsula. the east bay it.

altamont pass. contra costa county not showing the flow but great getting into concord and the bay bridge. construction and the closure eastbound into berkeley has cleared, back to you. officially sold out. next on today in the bay, after announcing the continuation, apple ipods no longer available on the apple store. we show you where you can snag one. but at a cost. bitcoin plunges in crypto crunch. >> i am fly with me. >> summer travel around the corner. we are learning about summer travel and relationships. stay with us, you are watching today in the bay.

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smooth. we have more, coming up at. good morning, happy thursday two. the cryptocurrency world in a mess. the price of bitcoin has fallen below $30,000. infected is below $27,000. that is half of the all time high. one estimate says half of all people who invested in bitcoin are now underwater. in a financial filing yesterday, the san francisco company coinbase which lets you so bitcoin warned customers the cryptocurrency deposits probably would not be safe if the company declared bankruptcy. not that it was going to, but if it did, the depositors would be considered general creditors and you would go to the bank to get the assets back. coinbase insists it is solvent. the warning was contained in an otherwise routine financial filing. maybe bad timing more than

anything else. bitcoin thinking hard, coinbase warnings, an issue of what is called stable coin and world economic leaders are warning el salvador, the only country to have bitcoin is legal tender to get rid of bitcoin. the international monetary fund warns el salvador if it continues to treat bitcoin is money it may not be able to pay its debts in the future. tesla famously but bitcoin. not the bitcoin is causing as much trouble as other factors like the shutdown in china with tesla stock much lower yes it is. down 20% since elon musk announced he wanted to buy twitter. the stock putting the purchase of twitter into doubt. if musk is borrowing against shares he will have to find more loan somewhere else. the wall street journal says the security and exchange commission is investigating why musk took so long. he announced he had so much sample stuck. musk is criticizing

american workers saying the chinese were carter. musk tells the financial times chinese workers won't just burn the midnight oil, they will burn the 3:00 a an oil where as in america he says, people are trying to avoid going to work at all. remember, tesla has plans in fremont and texas and also in china. >> there you go. >> i would disagree. i think american workers work very hard, thank you. if you think about snapping up apples less ipod before they are gone you have to act fast. two days after the company discontinued using the ipod touch. the items are no longer available online from apple. you can still get them apparently at many apple retail stores or check out amazon and ebay to find out more as well. >> that's a lot of money for something we don't use. just in time for travel

season. perhaps getting out there to see the world. trending this morning a new study finds nearly eight in 10 people say they have made lifelong friends during that. a new poll sponsored by an adventure travel book asks thousands of americans about traveling abroad and 23% had a vacation romance. the quarter say that's how they met a current best friend. as for dating some of the on a plane, 30%. >> really? >> i am married. so it's a good strategy. >> thank you back, you hope no one would sit next you. i was doing it all wrong. >> that never happens. not to the states. has been quite a while. the skies should be friendly today. tracking what we can expect for the weather today. >> it's all clear. it has been nice to get

sunshine. yesterday was pretty perfect. we are going to see more of the same today. we start out thursday morning with a live look outside in walnut creek. a cold start, take a look at some of the temperatures. not as cold as yesterday but, we still are pretty chilly out there. walking up the door to 43 degrees. 50 in fremont and san mateo. as we take a look at the high temperatures today, upper 60s for concord and livermore. 68 with san mateo reaching 64 degrees. today mild, tomorrow a little bit warmer. still pretty nice. never reaching 70 degrees. 75 oakland. 77 fremont. saturday is when temperatures will be peaking. temperatures for some of the spots like fairfield reaching 91. 88 in san martin while san francisco will be in the low 70s. we will see the cold front and all of the rain stay in to the north of us. and our weather now has a large

area of high pressure across the desert southwest. nudging back the onshore winds and we are seeing the wind shifting direction. going into next week there will be surges of cooler air but we stay dry. take a look at brentwood and the ten-day temperature forecast. today, very nice and mild, tomorrow, starting to warm up a little bit and then saturday, air conditioning day. we start to go back to warm but not too bad weather for us out there as we get a lot of sunshine. inland areas, low 70s today, 80 tomorrow then, reaching into the mid-80s on saturday. still much more comfortable than some of the things you will see for inland areas. san francisco, breezy winds and low 70s for the weekend. other than that we are looking at 60s throughout the rest of the forecast. how is it looking now heading across the bay area? >> one fewer thing, one less

thing. we show you the sign is no longer lit up. were talking about higher wind. either it was a mistake or not a big deal. i can tell you they still call out the dumbarton bridge on highway 84. even high-rise will be more active. it's not a big deal. if not not on the chp report. lighter traffic right now and still under 20 minutes out of redwood and discovery bay towards the 580. as you head through the maze, the whole maze and the east shore freeway operating at the limit. in the east bay we have a crash in oakland that cleared, i'm sorry, the crash at 880 did clear from the on-ramp at

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luxury homes destroyed, dozens more threatened by a roaring brush fire. we take you live this morning to show you where things stand after a very tense night for firefighters. the bay area extending a helping hand to ukraine. a firsthand look at critical medical supplies. the war on a personal level. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning at thank you so much for making us part of your morning. if you are heading out, you take us with you, we broadcast on our app, roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. we want to go to breaking news in southern california right now where at least 20 homes have been destroyed after the fast-moving fire blew through

laguna niguel in orange county. hundreds of evacuees still out of their homes this morning. how are the conditions there this morning? >> reporter: the damage is extensive. overwhelming. take a look. this is an example how bad the says. you can see part of the frame there, active flames at this moment. when we arrived, i spoke with a fire captain and he told me the winds started to finally die down around midnight thankfully. yesterday, when the fire started around 2:45, the wins were whipping and gusts up to 15 and 25 miles an hour. this is a wind driven fire. we still are dealing with that and next-door you could see a silhouette of a home here. you can see the smoldering area

in the center of the home as well. fire crews trying to make sure all of the hotspots are out. you can see just how dangerous this has become. earlier we were seeing a lot of embers flying through the air. firefighters say they can travel up to a mile away. that's a huge issue they are dealing with. if you look around, there are palm trees everywhere. you know palm trees a very flammable. i also want to show you a look overhead from new chopper4 up above. you can see the entire block basically a smoldering. from the angle you can see all of the smoke in the air billowing over this community right now. something else i want to show you guys is that while this is dealing with damage, barely calling them homes. the other side of the street i want to show you some of the homes are not even touched. that shows you how sporadic the fire is. you look right next door to

that home that has been spared, there is a little fire overhead as well coming from the ceiling. from the roof. that is what folks are dealing with out here. firefighters, i mean all hands on deck. california mutual aid response teams is one of the best in the country. i'm talking to firefighters and they are saying they are doing their best to make sure they have a good handle on the fire. they say it is a 0% contained. they do say they have a really good had a lot of. we have more at 8:30. we been tracking the wind in the area. firefighters, are they catching a break this morning? >> yes, ma'am with the wind, it's not really that out of the ordinary for this time of year. we start to see breezy evening winds picking up and what is not the usual thing we see, extremely dry for may.

today we see gusts picking up 15-30 miles an hour. very low humidity with temperatures coming into the upper 80s. when we see those fires develop in the low area, it quickly moves a pill. about 4 to 16 times faster than flattened ground. especially when you get the wins going uphill. the hot air rises from the fire and kind of preheat the grass and the trees a pill, making it spread extremely fast. really it is a good reminder in the bay area that you need to keep things low. that's the number one defense in these conditions as we continue to monitor it today. >> in the bay area waking up to clear skies and we are going to see a mix of sun and clouds in temperatures in san jose going from low 50s to the mid 60s today. a really nice afternoon. we talk about how the weather in the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. developing right now, they were in ukraine prompting a new push in finland to join nato.

the president talking about russian membership into part of that to expand the nato european alliance. russian troops are being pushed farther away from kharkiv towards the russian border. we are looking at some of the most recent damage right here from russian strikes. the u.s. commerce secretary says a ban on technology is impacting the russian military equipment production. the u.n. nuclear agency says again it is receiving data from the chernobyl nuclear plant which now is back online after russian forces withdrew last month. stretches into the newsroom right now, ukrainians say zelenskyy will address stanford students later this visited sta september. one south bay medical group now on the front lines when it comes to sending much-needed help to victims of the war in

ukraine. today we are live in campbell, tell us what is happening today. >> good morning. we are in the doctor's office. she is a plastic surgeon here in campbell. when she heard about the organization, she wanted to do something so she donated her entire medical supply closet and stockpile of medical supplies, items like this which actually were shipped out last week to the hospitals in ukraine we all feel something about ukraine. what made you do this? >> i have the luxury of having a private suite here and my nurse who grew up in ukraine was talking to me one day and asked if she could use our connection. she said she would donate her paycheck and i thought that was crazy. i mean wonderful, inspiring, but you know, she needed at. we can actually step in and provide support.

i didn't realize medical supplies were needed and this was the perfect opportunity. spoke about $20,000 in value. 3000 pounds? >> a forklift and a truckload of stuff we kind of just have been storing the past year with supply chain issues and so, it was more than we needed and it was the perfect opportunity. >> reporter: the organization hearts for ukraine is sending supplies to your homeland. you received feedback from these types of shipments. what have you heard? >> we are helpful. we have pictures from the doctors who receive them and they say how can you guys do so much? it's helpful. not only medical supplies but clothing and food and get into hands of the people on the ground. we have volunteers sending directly to the location

directing the supplies. spoke one quick question. if you don't mind. can you give us hope with what you heard back home about hopefully ukrainians winning this? >> i am sure they will win. the way they fight in the way they are protecting their homeland, i am sure they will win. hopefully very soon. >> reporter: thank you. hearts for ukraine. if you want to go to the website, you have a place for donations. reporting live, bob redell , today in the bay. covid cases are continuing to surge and health experts are alarmed at what they believe is ahead when it comes to those with long-haul covid. experts with john hopkins university say nearly 1 million people have no ability to function after becoming infected with coronavirus. researchers say long covid seems not to be impacting one

specific age group or race of people in particular. >> we really are interested also understanding people who live to the pandemic and did not have covid. even if you did not have long covid. because we are moving through the pandemic and as a result, there is a lot of stress and anxiety that could induce some disorders and disease. we are interested trying to understand what might be happening overall to each and every one of us. >> experts say they do not anticipate a return to virtual learning despite the current covid surge. happening today, the contra costa county fair makes a return from last year. it was canceled due to the pandemic. it starts at noon today and will run all weekend long. the location is in antioch. this means you have to have corn dogs and can't see,

concerts, animals, the carnival rides are my favorite. funnel cake. >> funnel cake. yes. >> it is opening and dollar day today. tomorrow is senior day. there are discounts for everyone. tomorrow, it will start to warm up. today is more comfortable compared to what we see tomorrow afternoon with highs in the low 80s. that is not bad at all especially going through at 10:00 it night. also this weekend, we have temperatures in the upper 60s in sunshine. sunday, the return of the data breakers. it will be perfect racing weather. we will be in the mid 60s for high temperatures. santa cruz this weekend. warming up nicely. very comfortable. tomorrow the high temperature of 77 degrees. also 77 saturday. just a little bit cooler on saturday with a breezy winds pick up your plans take you to south lake tahoe, also a nice warm-up there. nearly 70 degrees. still some snow on the ground.

you will see the sunshine continues throughout the weekend for the sierra. we bring it back to the bay area coming up in a few minutes. house the morning commute? mostly green but i circled an area of san jose where we know we will see things be less predictable. about 5:40 things kick in on the 101. here i expected film crews. roaming closures because of a film crew until 10:30 today. keep that in mind for the local portion of niles boulevard. lower speeds to the north that we jump to the area near leisure town road and the i-80 in both directions. and express lane projects going on there. there will be zones where you have to slow your speed for safety. keep that in mind and plan for that. meanwhile the rest of i-80 with

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right now at 5:45. a light breeze coming through the valley. dublin 47 degrees with a southwesterly wind about 10 miles an hour. a few clouds in the mix through late morning. temperatures making it into the low 60s. still cooler than normal but we have a big warm up this weekend heading our way. we talk about the coming up. right here in front of the camera, the slowing showed on the sensors. we talk about the patterns, coming up. developing in north korea. covid outbreaks.

the countries first locked on announcement for the western world. this is the first acknowledgment of it since the start of the pandemic. most of all of the 26 million people are believed to be unvaccinated. president biden asking we work together to fight inflation. the prices are still high. >> staying high is a huge political liability to the democrats. good morning. facing midterm elections here very soon. such a critical election democrats barely are holding the senate's, remember. history tells you there is not a lot of things an individual president could do alone to some inflation. by then having the same trouble as his republican counterparts like jerry ford can. president biden on a farm in illinois yesterday talking to farmers about shortages and things like fertilizers caused by the war in ukraine. it drives up food prices.

democrats know they have a problem. it was a congresswoman who is a single mother in california reportedly told her fellow democrats during a private meeting she was taking things out of her grocery cart because they cost too much. the meeting was behind closed doors but there is a reputation for speaking plainly to fellow members of congress who tend to be overly male. what a single mom living in a minivan last year. she uses the minivan to illustrate a point. hershey's with 470 pounds of rice. she was showing how each crane represents an acre of federal land open for oil drilling. high food prices, she tells congress recognizes issues too late. colleague mentioned to me, we are not seeing it in the polls. well, you do not know what to add. democrats also hope fears over

women's rights as a way to get voters to the polls. the senate held a vote on advancing the bill protecting abortion-rights yes it is. democrats expected to lose and they did. they have folks in record on which way they voted. >> also makes clear a priority for all who care about the issue. the priority should be to elect pro-choice leaders at the local what we see around the country, extremist republican leaders seeking to criminalize and punish women for making decisions about their own body. as early as today fenlon letting nato know they want to join the alliance. that will take time for each country to approve the idea. here you see u.s. marines training with finish soldiers. one had a missile launcher. fenlon shares the longest border with russia in the

european states. we are watching what happens in washington at all times in answering your questions. such good questions. on twitter you will find me. the 2022 schedules finally getting released. selected dates early. fans already know the team will play in mexico city november 21st. again, arizona with the niners playing nine home games the season and akins on the road. warriors fans will be quick about it. last night's game was awful. one word. 55 points lead at one point. they won by 39. the warriors lead the conference semi finals series leading at two with game six back here at chase center tomorrow night. during aapi heritage month we are showcasing voices in the pacific islander committee.

i talked to a young woman using her music to tell her story. ruby ibarra. she was born in the philippines and moved to the bay area when she was just five years old . she uses music and her voice to talk about her journey here in america. >> for a lot of immigrants, not just my family, you think about america and think about greener pastures, the american dream. i later come to realize as i get into adulthood, sometimes, what we deem or think is greener or more beautiful or the land of opportunity, it is not as easy. it is not is golden. it is not as beautiful as we think. >> ruby has so much more to say. you can follow her music by watching the story. you can watch the interview at 5:30. you don't want to miss that. we are celebrating aapi heritage month. not just on air but online. mixture you go to nbc bay area

and watch it all. we want to turn to the weather. a breaking route update. >> it came a minute ago. of course, we are seeing it worsening for the drought. we want you to keep an eye on the drought monitor from last week in all of these areas in red. the extreme drought. notice as we got the updates it's ago.. now we have 5921% of california in extreme drought. once again spreading in southern california. really not much of a change in the bay area. what we are seeing now is severe drought set below extreme drought. in southern california. we're saying drought conditions. another clear day and temperatures had to the upper

60s. we see temperatures jump up 10 degrees in some spots like concorde. take a look at fairfield friday. 91 for a high. we will see wanted to with the north bay and slightly warmer in san francisco. what is happening here is now the storm track heading to the north and a large area of high pressure building in the bay area. even into next week dry conditions as temperatures kind of go up and down. we are in the low 70s today. saturday next week. it comes down a few degrees. still warmer than normal for this time of year. for san francisco, low 60s today, a nice weekend ahead and slightly cooler for sunday with gusty wind kicking up again early next week. heading out, any promise for the morning commute? a new crash in the east bay. i'm tracking that south of 880, the slowing shows up in the

typical zone towards fremont. we will track that. meanwhile, the north 101. a typical pattern is kicking in. probably lightning up over the next few minutes and then in another hour we have the typical pattern on the 87 we expect for san jose. so far a lighter flow of traffic overall. keeping things moving nicely with a couple minutes towards the 580 with buildup on 84 and 37. back to you. happening now, chp showing off what it says is a few stashes of $700,000 worth of stolen merchandise. they say it is part of a larger organized crime. officers found the hall at a home of a man as well as a storage facility after arresting the men in pittsburgh. that man now facing multiple charges in connection with theft of retail, groceries, and drugstores. irking to preserve a bay

area national habitat. next on today in the bay, the new plan to keep the peninsula from bearing the brunt of climate change. at 10:00, -- >> it was an unnecessary financial burden on me. >> postal worker sped up with parking tickets. not in mail trucks but personal vehicles. they are sending a new message this morning. changes they are now demanding. breaking news out of southern california. a fast-moving brush fire destroyed multimillion dollar homes. the fire is not out yet. we update you on those conditions of firefighters that they faced overnight.

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welcome back. 5:57. you are watching today in the bay. climate crisis highlighting the protection of the peninsula and natural beauty from the effects of climate change. the open spaces celebrating 50 years of preserving the morgan city 5000 acre greenbelt of public open spaces in the santa cruz mountains. one of 36 biological hotspots in the world which means it contains a high amount of diversity. it is increasingly threatened by climate change and especially wildfires. >> proactively we increase these efforts because of the

changing conditions we are experiencing. so, we are through the wild and fire resiliency program doing a lot of work in the preserves, vegetation management. that is really aimed at making the forest healthy and making the landscape resilience to fire. the work that we are doing will keep any fires that do occur, keep them low in intensity. keep them on the ground and make sure the landscapes can recover and be resilient. >> we want to make sure there is a space of 100 feet from your house, making sure it is available for firefighters, a place to take a stand. we also ask people really think about hardening those homes. what this means is, you know, looking at your house and see

where there might be some sort of kinks in your chain of safety. you can watch the full interview at nbcbayarea.com . click on the climate in crisis page and look for this story. crews getting ready for the venues first concert in more than 1000 days. coldplay taking center e sunday. the event is nearly sold out. tickets available as low as $50. >> that is a deal. right now at 6:00. it can spread rapidly we did not expect anything like this and i'll. >> a fire destroyed multimillion dollar homes in southern california. the evacuation now in effect and conditions firefighters face overnight.

frustration over parking. this is a story you will only see on nbc bay area . postal worker sped up with having nowhere to park their personal vehicles when they arrive for their jobs. coming up, a live report and why they believe personal safety could be on the line. this is today in the bay. good morning to you this thursday morning. thank you for allowing us to be part of your morning. don't forget if you are on the go you can take us with you with roku, amazon fire, apple tv and our website. >> it beautiful shot from the sausalito side. we have breaking news this morning on california job numbers. >> unfortunately is not what we wanted to see. we take a look at the drought monitor and the uptick this morning.