right now. racing to save the sequoias. the washburn fire is burning in yosemite national park. keeping its strength as the fire continues to grow. the new efforts to preserve the trees. the bay area real estate market cools off slightly. some neighborhoods are holding up better than others. we speak with an expert about tips to improve your chances if you're looking to buy a home. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online.

good to have you with us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez >> i'm marcus washington. mike is patiently waiting by. first we want to start with a look at the forecast. >> it's cold this morning. cooler in here. we are waking up to clouds rolling by. this is a outside as you are heading out this morning. better air quality too. yesterday we had a hazy sky with some smoke. today we're looking at good air quality. look at these temperatures. slightly cooler for the valleys that have been so hot these past few days. fairfield at 88. the same in livermore. san jose in the low 80s. 70s for the interbay and 60s on

the coast. more changes are coming and we'll talk about that coming up. mike, you are looking across the golden gate. >> sometimes. sometimes we can't see it because of fog but we are looking here because we have a traffic from the marin side. we still have headlights coming across. some low cloud cover and maybe fog at times and we will show you the bay bridge coming up. right now the speed sensor show is smooth drive. right here is where the traffic is ending up approaching the bridge. no major issues just some cleanup after overnight construction. down here construction between cupertino leaves 85now firefigh working around the clock to protect yosemite national park as the fire continues to threaten and burn out of control. the main concern is saving the giant sequoias, some of which are thousands of years old. as cheryl hurd reports, crews from around the state are pitching in peerk

>> reporter: new video from the washburn fire. crews battling flames on highway 41 the roads leading into yosemite national park. stephen ballage has a house in why one and has been watching the fire burned for the past couple of days. >> i have a house there that my father gave me that we built together in the '70s. don't really want to lose the house. >> reporter: sofi the fire has scorched more than 2300 acres starting in a remote fuel bed with lots of trees. >> we have crews in there. started prepping and cutting brush from the road edge to allow the fire to back down slope. >> reporter: the buyer is not backing down quickly. two dozen special-teams descending on the area with 40 engines and six bulldozers. firefighters are working to stop flames from jumping the highway and are concerned about protect the mariposa grove, which is home to more than 500 mature giant sequoia trees.

>> the fire is on the outer skirts of the mariposa grove and it has backed a little ways into that but has not backed intensely into the grove. >> 10 times the size. >> reporter: brian fenske he is a bay area arborist who said the trees are several thousand years old. >> the fire is going to help the cones and the tree open up and drop seed into the ash from the fire and that's part of its lifecycle for giant sequoias to generate a tree. >> reporter: he said bark on those trees can be two feet thick allowing the trees to protect themselves from fire. >> out of all the trees, those are probably the most by a resilient trees and i think people are really concerned about these trees mainly because there are so few of them left >> reporter: firefighters say the flames have passed by the grove. they believe the trees are no longer in danger. cheryl hurd, today in the bay. 4:34.

we are diving deeper into home prices as many struggle to make it in the bay. the cost of a home is rebounding in downtown san francisco but in other parts prices are struggling to recover. i spoke with a senior economist to find out more. >> san francisco bay area is extraordinary nationwide for a few reasons. it's the most expensive major metro area in the country and it has this dynamic in the pandemic where it was the best example we saw in any city of the doughnut effect of the center of the city having really weak housing demand and even falling or flatlining prices that extends to some neighborhoods in san francisco, led by the tenderloin where prices are actually still down a little bit and i think it's because san francisco is the epicenter of remote work and

tech employers letting folks go away and it's a place where it was very expensive to be close to the downtown offices so many people got the chance to work remotely. they moved further out or never moved to the bay area in the first place and that's why out of anywhere in the country, central san francisco is unique as a place where home prices have not exactly skyrocketed and in a couple cases are still pretty much flat or down a bit. >> you were saying people working remotely. we saw many people leaving the city and going to suburban areas and housing demand remains high while the inventory is low and the bay area but your findings say we could sleep a change. tell me about that. >> yeah. this is an inflection point the market is going through and maybe has already gone through. in the last couple months demand is pulling back in the

face of both high prices and extraordinarily higher interest rates on mortgages then we had just six months ago. putting those changes together, we see the typical mortgage payment on a home in the bay area over $8000. that is off the charts. that is extraordinary. many people can't afford to pay that so they are pulling back. one of the first changes we see is inventory being superlow. it's begun to climb rapidly. that puts some competitive pressure between sellers and that is beginning to lead to price cut, which could -- we see the earliest evidence of prices beginning to decline a little bit month over month, especially around san jose which is the epicenter of the most expensive homes. >> are we seeing more condos being built? are we talking about single- family homes? >> this inventory increase is across the board.

all these market segments are seeing that demand start to slacken. the home sellers that are out there, they can't count on getting that offer over list price in a single week anymore so that time to time sell the home is taking longer and that means when the next crop of home come on the market a week later, they will be priced to sell. they're hoping to outcompete some of the homes stuck on the market. >> a lot of money. that's all i know. this is the focus of our investigative there is called overpriced, overwhelmed and over it. you can stream it now at nbcbayarea.com and you can also watch the series on roku, amazon fire tv and apple tv. a family of an ugly woman now presumed dead is sharing a handwritten note police believe may lead to finding her body. it's written by the man who police say killed her, her ex-

boyfriend pick police believe. the note list directions to pioneer, a remote area at 60 miles east of sacramento but does not mention alexis gabe specifically. authorities in amador county are said to be searching for her remains in the area but have come up empty. gabe first went missing in january. and they're looking to learn the cause of this fire that caused a traffic messenger the bay bridge. this happened during today in the bay entering the midday news. flames ripped through a homeless encampment near the macarthur maze and this is what oakland firefighters found when they got to the scene. flames torched cars, rv and blew up propane tanks. flames burned an old wooden railway trestle near the homeless encampment. it's not the first time a fire has burned their back. no injuries were reported. a $44 billion deal to buy

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look outside in dublin where we are starting clear but it's busy and we will see temperatures going from the low 60s to the low 70s. it will be pleasant and cooler today. we continue this trend before we heat up. all of that in the forecast coming up. and toward the san mateo bridge, those tail lights are moving across with no issues. late in the show yesterday we had a problem and that lasted for hours. clear sailing this morning for san mateo and dumbarton bridge. let's check in with the business world. good morning. waugh street is set to open lower extending yesterday's losses as investors look ahead to the start of what could be a volatile earnings season. watching whether companies will cut their forecast as they deal with rising interest rates and inflation pressure.

the dow falling 160 points yesterday. the s&p 500 losing 1% and the nasdaq dropping 2%. earnings from food and drink giant pepsico today. and twitter is accusing elon musk of knowingly breaching his agreement to buy the company. musk is seeking to back out of the $44 billion deal and in a letter twitter lawyers say the company has not violated its terms of the sale as it musk has claimed and is taking steps to close the deal took sources say twitter plans to file a lawsuit this week. twitter stock is now 40% below the buyout price. amazon prime day is now underway. the company has long used the event to get people to sign up for prime membership it costs $139 a year. amazon does not disclose total prime day sales but research firm insider intelligence suggested sales could grow this year because the event falls in mid-july allowing amazon to capture more consumers doing back-to-school shopping. back to you. >> and i'm not back-to-school

>> if you can find a deal, and of its a good deal, go ahead. >> why not? >> but then it's in the house and then i buy it again. i'm not really saving money. that happens a lot. 4:45. bridging the divide when it comes to protecting your family from hazards from wildfire smoke. coming up. the new findings

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good morning. an easy drive out of the altamont pass. mild slowing and that's typical. also typical in fremont in niles canyon with an overnight closure. road work on highway 84. mission and 680 of the alternates. should be picked up in the next 10 minutes and everything should be fine. over here on highway 4, nicely out of antioch. no delays. the drive down to the bay bridge. and in emeryville, i did see from time to time i almost lost sight of the bridge but there are some low clouds picks chp does not see it as a problem in the drivers don't look like they're having an issue . that is a nice shot as we look at those low clouds and fogs over san francisco. and we can see that from this

view. we are still watching those king tides that will begin today at 10:45 in the immediate coastline and some of our low- lying areas, trails and roadways we are expecting localized flooding again. slightly higher than last night. and in santa rosa, it's foggy in spots with temperatures in the mid-50s 56 to 61 at 10:00. hyundais cool morning with increasing sunshine and heading to 80 degrees today. dublin will see 82. 83, san jose. san mateo, 75. slightly cooler tomorrow. tomorrow will be the most comfortable date of the week, especially in the valleys with mid 80s in livermore and 87 in fairfield. napa, 79. toward the end of the week, the temperatures will head back up. we keep that coastal fog but

valleys will reach into the upper 80s and low 90s. across the country, the main headline has been the extreme heat by the south and expansion across the west. we see triple digit temperatures. san jose is catching enough of an ocean breeze to keep temperatures in the 80s. slightly warmer on saturday but next week if you're looking forward to cooler weather mac, we have that heading toward next wednesday and thursday. in the near term we are mainly in the mid-80s with upper 80s by the weekend but no extreme heat here through the next seven days with san francisco in the upper 60s for the high. morning temperatures in the mid- 50s and we will have those king tides every morning between now and friday and over the weekend we see that fog rolling in as temperatures stay in the upper 60s. over all, we will have some cool weather here mac. and as we turn to the climate crisis we know the next major wildfire could be around the corner and a stanford study

says we are not ready to deal with the smoke from that fire. the study looked at how neat to protect ourselves from hayes and that comes with those massive fires. it found your safety is likely linked to your economic status. i spoke with sam the a.l. who helped author the study to find out more. >> one of the main problems is wildfires and wildfires of fundamentally different from other types of pollution because they are more difficult to stop the source because of that the main policy response instead of stopping this pollution is to tell people to protect yourselves picked the main recommendation has been to stay inside and by yourself and air purifier if you can so we looked at indoor air quality mount across the u.s. and what we found was in many homes the indoor air quality during wildfires reaches very unhealthy levels and we were

surprised especially because our sample is people who purchase air-quality monitors come they presumably care about the air quality and are watching the situation closely. even among the script air- quality is often very unhealthy during buyers. >> for people in the near term, what can you do to try to protect yourself and other programs available to help if you don't have the means to do that? >> yes. there are certain programs like the bay area quality district has programs where they will lend out air purifiers to low income residents who can't afford them. i think those programs need to be scaled up so they are more widely available. the most effective way to protect yourself if you can is to stay inside and avoid the wildfire smoke keep your windows and doors closed and run and air purifier to maintain your indoor air quality. >> i spoke with sam about much

more including what you can do to prepare your home for wildfire season. you can watch the full interview on roku, amazon fire and apple tv by downloading the nbc bay area streaming app and clicking on the must-see playlist. 4:52. the new york times best-selling author christina guist is out with a special new children's book. this is her third and her buddy series called buddy's new buddy. she and her husband talk to our team at the today show about the release. >> i think we are all struggling with this a little bit right now to be honest after emerging from covid after so much time of separation and disrupted christine. it's important for my buddies to make strong social contact with their friends and a lot of it has been disrupted the last couple of years. >> you can watch the interview on the today show and her new book, buddy's new buddy, is out this morning. you don't have to break the bank to book your next summer vacation. next on nbc bay

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to save sequoias from the wildfire in yosemite. we have an update on containment and the latest on the smoke impact in the bay area. assessing the climate crisis. the bay area water agencies get ready to reveal the latest impact from the drought on the water supply and whether more actions may be needed moving forward. maximum flexibility is what we are hoping for from regulators to allow families to be able to grab that formula when they see it. tackling the baby formula shortage. the step one group is taking to get critical supplies to parents in need as u.s. production slowly ramps up. this is nbc bay area streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online one . good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez