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 .

>> we want to get to that developing story. some progress being made on that washburn fire picked that wildfire in yosemite. as of last night it's 20% contain. also mariposa grove are hundreds of ancient sequoias are located, no longer in immediate danger but some homeowners are still on edge. >> i have a house there that my father gave me that we built together in the '70s. i really don't want to lose that house. >> flames have burned more than 2700 acres so far. >> yesterday, the smoke blowing this way to the west from the fire triggered a b area advisory. meteorologist kari hall tracking that. >> it is improving. you don't have to limit your time outside that we are seeing a lot of green numbers.

that means it's below 50. a measure of the particulate matter from the smoke in the air. much of that smoke is blowing further to the east, but also over the next several hours this will be blowing toward south lake tahoe so we will continue to see smoky conditions over the sierra as the fire continues. and also temperatures near the washburn fire and yosemite, it will still be hot picks starting with temperatures in the mid-70s and also a very light wind but it's very dry and temperatures will be cranking up once again. we will continue to monitor those conditions and slightly cooler air for the bay area and the forecast coming up in a few minutes. extremist is on the capital will be the focus of today's january 6th committee hearing in washington. want to give you a live look at the capitol. this is where it will all happen for you. this is where lawmakers will

cover the involvement of the far right group and the potential connection to the trump administration.. and what drove them to strum the capital generous 16th, or sick. some people believe former president trump's siren call to supporters was a key role. >> good morning. today the committee plans to lay out evidence surrounding thyroid extremist groups and their possible ties to trump associates and how the mob ended up at the u.s. capitol. the panel investigating the generous sixth attack including violent far right groups under the microscope. >> what was the call to action? what mechanisms were used to reach these people to incite this violence affects >> reporter: zeroing in on former president trump's words saying that in desperation to overturn 2020 results come he called supporters to the

capitol on january 6th and rioters answered. >> the president's tweet in the wee hours of december 19th said be there and be wild was a siren call to these folks. >> reporter: a former member of the oathkeepers is set to testify as the panel probes possible ties between trump's inner circle and extremist groups planning the attack. >> they had caches of weapons outside ready to last them for 30 days once they took over the capitol. >> reporter: a former white house counsel pat cipollone will also be featured in the hearing. committee members say he cooperated almost everything from prior witnesses including key details from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. >> he has clearly tried to talk president trump down from his efforts to override the election. he had been, apparently,

accepting and supportive of the lawsuits. >> reporter: making the case that trump and his allies plotted to spread false claims of election fraud ultimately leading to the violence that led to the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in a hearing expected to take place in prime time on thursday has been postponed until next week. it's expected to focus and what former president trump was doing about the u.s. capitol was under attack. >> we will be watching. brie jackson in washington. thank you. and you can watch the hearing right here on tran 10 scheduled to get underway at 10:00 this morning. new developments in the national baby formula shortage. abbott nutrition is producing formula once again at its plant in michigan and this morning we have a closer look at how the shortages impacting bay areas low income families. estate wide half of all eligible families have infants enrolled with the women infants children program. the special supplemental nutrition program for families.

80% are solely formula fed or use amulet to supplement breast- feeding. i spoke with jennifer calhoun coined to ask what steps she thinks officials should take to help us move forward. >> we want to make it as easy as possible for families to access whatever formula they happen to be able to find. we certainly don't want to see families having to go to multiple sites driving to multiple stores only to find one brand that maybe isn't the brand that wic allows. maximum flexibility is what we are hoping for from regulators to allow families to grab that formula when they happen to see it. >> a question for you. as people find the formula, they are searching high and low and finding sometimes the formula that is different from what their children are used to.

are you getting questions about that? do you have a problem with that? >> we are absolutely getting a lot of questions about that. people are understandably concerned about changing brands. and the good news is our pediatricians are telling us that most babies really can tolerate a change in formula and it is fine to go ahead and use a different brand if they can find it. >> the ceo of first 5 san jose and i talk about more including tips for all parents dealing with this shortage you can find the full interview on roku, amazon fire and apple tv by downloading the nbc bay area streaming app and click on the must-see playlist. lets turn to climate crisis but later today most of the largest bay area water agencies will hold their regularly scheduled bimonthly meetings and front and center of each will be assessing the current drought situation. bob redell is live in east bay and most of those water

suppliers are looking at the tough realities that we are faced with right now. >> reporter: good morning. take valley water which supplies water for hundreds of thousands of people in the south bay. they will report that between june of last year and may of this year customers used 3% less water compared to 2019 which is a good trend during the drought but still short of the 15% goal established by the board of directors. a lot of work needs to be done there. we know other agencies are facing similar issues. the valley board will meet at 1:00 today. east bay m.u.d. will meet at 1:15. we don't see anything on that agenda about the job. san francisco puc will meet at 1:30. all meetings will be in person and virtual. this is the latest map from the drop monitor from last thursday. you can see the entire bay area is classified as in a severe

drought. head east, much of the central valley is in an extreme or exceptional drought. we can expect more restaurants to do this. look at this. this is bill's cafi which has a sign on the door letting customers know that in order to conserve we will be serving water only per request. we know restaurants have been doing this on and off during the drought over the past several years. north of san jose on the peninsula, the city of palo alto is it losing a local rancher stealing water and sticking ratepayers with the bill. the city said the pagemill pastures are page mill road to the former tesla headquarters has been pulling water from a hydrant, possibly for decades. the boarding stable is allowed to use the water from the hydrant come up but it's not free water. >> it is unlawful for folks to use water from the fire hydrant, however folks are supposed to rent a hydrant

meter from the city to meter the use and properly pay for it just like any water meter serving a home or business. >> reporter: nbc bay area spoke to the stable manager on the phone yesterday and she declined to speak on camera but told us this is , quote, fake news and had no further comment. bob redell, nbc bay area. >> we think about how much we take water for granted now that you have to request it when you go to a restaurant. thank you. is water you put in your glass and then the water you use to wash the glasses. >> be mindful of that as you are waking up you take a shower and brush her teeth or do this every day things think about how dire the situation is and we do want you to keep that top of mind as you were trying to conserve around the house and on your landscaping as we take a live look outside in san

francisco. we are heading out this morning to low clouds, fog come a drizzle and temperatures that have been held down thanks to the fog we've seen recently. temperatures starting in the upper 50s. not much of a warm-up until we see the sun peek out around noon and eventually reaching the upper 60s a high of 88 in livermore and 83 in san jose. valley temperatures are still warm but coming down from the high heat we've had recently. we will talk about changes ahead. mike has an idea of where you can find gas prices. >> lower-priced options in san leandro, the valero on 14th is $5.49. in redwood city it will be cosco at $5.55 and in south san francisco the cheapest option will be add fuel 24/7 on westborough at $5.54. let's get you out to the roadway where we are going slower south of the venetia bridge. some construction

overnight and that is picking up on schedule. use caution for those crews. contra costa county, alameda county all the way down to the peninsula and east bay are all operating at the speed limits. i know you showed us cheap gas prices but there is also a strategy to get savings. coming up on nbc bay area , our consumer team will show you the steps you take to not break the bank at the pump. and perhaps a small antidote for soaring inflation is amazon prime day kicking off today. the deals you may want to take advantage of in their products offering the best bang for your buck. and doing arm day and leg day. the american dollars

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68 zero, may be a hazard as you drive. we will check on the details and see what the chp has. good morning and dave barry happy tuesday to you. let's talk about the u.s. dollar. it's very strong and for the first time something important happened. the dollar and the euro reached parity. that is one dollar is worth one euro and one euro is worth one american dollar. that makes the calculating cost of something in a store in paris easier but the strong dollar has a huge effect on the profits of american companies and export. that's because other people's money, the euro, yan and canadian dollar are weaker than they used to be compared to our money and it takes more of them to buy american products and can even affect our gdp. a strong dollar in that sense is a bad thing. the reverse is true. our dollar goes further in that parisian store or to buy other

foreign goods. and starbucks is closing a small number of stores for safety. where employees reported customers doing drugs in the store and that kind of thing. it's also giving stores everywhere more power to close bathrooms and take other safety precaution. electric truck maker rivian is reportedly cutting jobs. bloomberg citing unnamed sources said the company will cut 5% of the workforce though the company has more than a dozen job openings posted for its palo alto labs. twitter sent a letter to elon musk saying it plans to force musk to stick to the agreement and by twitter and it denies mosque's claims that twitter violated the purchase agreement by not disclosing information about fake accounts sent on friday but disclosed in the financial filing monday afternoon. now musk claims twitter did not give him enough information but he never asked for it. in the purchase agreement that he signed.

in a tweet musk seems to think twitter's secrets will have to come out in court if twitter takes into court but the special court called the chancellery where this what happened would not necessarily ask for evidence the way that discovery works in normal court. musk also tweeting about donald trump saying he's too old to run again. trump would be 82 at the end of his term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the united states and he goes on to praise ron desantis of florida who said he would make a better candidate. biden is even older and a pole and the new york times said many democrats think biden should not run again. my suggestion to musk would be the same thing that his lawyers had suggested to him and that is just zip it. why get involved? >> what is the point? what is the endgame? spina pushing away potential tesla fires and pushing away the liberal tesla buyers with a lot of his actions.

and no i think he will push away some of the trump fans you are trying to sell cars here. >> and he wants to be in the news. >> he loves being in the news. this may be the biggest non- holiday shopping event of the season and you need to head to your computer device. amazon prime day promising some of the best deals around. this will run through tomorrow. although some deals have been available since june 21st, analysts say there is still some great deals and the best offers could come from one source in particular. >> the biggest discounts from amazon are often on devices that amazon makes like the echo devices that use alexa and kindles and fire tv sticks. >> later on the today show your full guide to the best amazon prime deals starting at 7:00 right after nbc bay area. >> i want to know what you want

to buy. trending, it's a big day for the networks and streamers as this year's emmy nominations are announced. >> i would say to diane sawyer and she asked me on a date, yes please. >> how many more matches before you hit the panic button? >> i never like hitting panic and snooze picks >> i still haven't watched that. >> ted lasso one last years comedy series and perhaps the creators are eyeing a repeat. this is us may be a contender as well in the drama award category. some people are still wiping away tears from the final episodes. other fan favorites on the nomination list include hacks, succession, squid game. the announcement will happen later this morning. succession is good. >> it is good. it gets old watching a family treat each

other like garbage like that. my family is not like that. >> 5:20. and it's time to get a look at the forecast. may be peca light jacket. >> it's starting out comfortable but it will also be a nice day. a live look at dublin as we are starting clear as you head off for work in berkeley. mostly cloudy and temperatures at 57 degrees. it will be a mild late morning into the afternoon and then look at the south bay high temperature. it's going to reach 87 in los gatos and morgan hill. and we will see east bay temperatures barely warm for this time of year but i think we've gotten used to it while the coastal areas will be cool today. 67 in daly city.

san francisco mostly in the 60s with fog sticking around longer. and look at the range and temperatures in the north bay. 60 in bodega bay and 98 in ukiah and napa it will be 79. palo alto over the next several days, mostly temperatures in the 70s. not a huge range. highs will reach mostly into the upper 80s in inland areas and then we see morning temperatures around six d. upper 60s in san francisco. how is the commute looking in fremont? >> mostly clear but fremont has some issues we are checking. 680 northbound at mission, reports from chp. we had an issue, a bedframe in the lane so don't snooze on the roadway. they may have a quick traffic break. 84 did reopen, that's the other fremont issue. that has reopened and there is slowing off of the carquinez bridge. that should clear in the next

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so much of this story is about climate when you talk to firefighters and frontline. we tell you these fires are burning hotter and burning for longer periods of time. >> right now on the front lines, crews making progress overnight to contain the big wildfire burning in yosemite and meteorologist kari hall monitoring the bay area is improving air-quality outlook. addressing the monkeypox outlook. leaders say to push for more aggressive vaccine campaign for people in the highest risk population. this as more cases are reported nationally . and is the bay area real estate market cools off slightly, some neighboring areas are holding up better than areas. we speak with an expert about the tips to improve chances of making it in the bay.

this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online . thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez >> i'm marcus washington. we went to get a look at things and how they are working for us this morning. many people this morning are looking at this and talking about this. firefighters are making headway on that large wildfire burning in yosemite. containment as of late last night was at 25% and that is thanks in part to that mild condition from yesterday including almost no wind. and a parks spokesperson said the fire is no longer an immediate threat to mariposa grove come home to some of the world's oldest sequoias. firefighters there are hopeful they can make headway. >> meteorologist kari hall is tracking air-quality conditions and it sounds like there is a change coming in wind direction . >> that will help. our wind is coming off the ocean

bringing in better air quality for the bay area today. as we take a look at these measurements of particulate matter and how much of that wildfire smoke is moving into the bay area when it is below 50 that is good air-quality. we can see all the red and purple spreading toward south lake tahoe staying in the immediate area of the washburn fire and we will still see a lot of smoke coming up into the atmosphere but once again blowing away from the bay area. slightly cooler temperatures today. how's it looking into fremont? >> the keyme direction typically comes out of the tri- valley into fremont but we are looking at the opposite direction because that's where there are some issues. we told you about the possible bedframe on 680 near mission. no traffic issues reported. the arrow is around scott creek where there are reports of a minor crash and there could be a bumper in the lane and a car in the center divide. both north 680 into fremont out of milpitas. north sioux san

jose we have some break tapping. that could be an early start. we will track this back to you. today a call from our urgent response to america's monkeypox outbreak as the rate of infections continues to grow statewide. ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. some say there is not as much urgency on this because only certain communities are at risk right now. what do you know? >> reporter: well, regardless of certain communities being more at risk, california has one of the highest monkeypox totals and the country according to the cdc. there are 148 cases currently statewide and you can see from these totals that california is second to new york which has 156

cases. there are 866 confirmed cases in the country. later today at the san francisco supervisor raphael mendome and and other leaders are calling on the cdc and state department of health to lead a more aggressive vaccination campaign for at risk populations. so far monkeypox has does proportional effect did min. last week leaders called the federal government response a public health failure or not ordering enough vaccines for what they say is a foreseeable dr. david chin- hong points out monkeypox is different from other diseases and cobit and has a low mortality rate in developed countries and there are tools available to prevent infection and there are safe and effective therapies to treat even severe disease. >> there is a sense of urgency and the general population but it's completely different disease altogether but i do think there is work that needs to be done before we feel better in terms of getting

control of it. >> >> reporter: it is worth mentioning that monkeypox vaccines are being given up you must schedule an appointment at according to the san francisco department of health, more than 600 san franciscans have been vaccinated due to close contact. that's what we know so far. back to you. 5:35. we want to talk about the housing crisis. many people are diving deeper into home prices as many struggle to make it in the bay. the cost of a home rebounding in downtown san francisco but in other parts of the area real estate prices are struggling to recover. i spoke with jeff tucker comet sr. economist from zillow to find out more. >> the san francisco bay area is extraordinary nationwide for a few reasons. is the most expensive major metro area in the country and

it also has a dynamic in the pandemic where it was the best example we saw in eddie's city of what some folks have called the doughnut effect of the center of the city having really weak housing demand and even falling or flatlining prices. that extends to neighborhoods in san francisco, led by the tenderloin where prices are 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 those downtown offices so a lot of people had a chance to work remotely. they moved further out. maybe they never move to the bay area in the first place and that's why out of really anywhere in the country come in central san francisco is unique as a place where home prices have not exact he skyrocketed and in a couple cases are still pretty much flat or down a

little bit. >> and you were saying people working remotely. we saw a lot of people leaving the city to go to more suburban areas and housing demand remains high while the inventory is low in the bay area but you are finding say we could see a slight change. talk to me about that. >> yeah. this is an absolute inflection point that the market is going through right now and maybe has already gone through just in the last couple of months where demand is pulling back in the face of those high prices and extraordinarily higher interest rates on mortgages then we had even just six months ago. putting those changes together, is he the typical mortgage payment on a home in the bay area over $8000. that's off the charts. that's extraordinary. a lot of people can't afford to pay that so they are pulling back. and one of the first changes we are seeing is you mentioned

inventory being superlow. it's begun to climb really rapidly. that put some actual competitive pressure between sellers now and that is what is beginning to lead to price cut, which could actually, we are seeing 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. >> what about that? are we seeing more condos being built? are we talking about single- family homes here? >> this inventory increase is across the board. all these market segments are seeing that demand start to slacken so the home sellers that are out there are, you know, they can't count on getting that offer over list price in a single week anymore so that time to sell that home is taking longer and that means when the next crop of homes comes on the market a week later , they will be priced to sell. they are hoping to outcompete

some of the homes that are stuck on the market. >> california's housing crisis is the focus of our investigative series: overpriced, overwhelmed, over it!. you can stream that right now on nbcbayarea.com . you can also watch the series on roku, amazon fire tv and apple tv. now it's time to get a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been looking at what we can expect . oakland is starting up with clouds but this will clear out quickly today as we have a nice breeze picking up and temperatures feel mild. in antioch this morning you see those clouds but it will also clear out as we had into the next hour or two. temperatures in the mid-60s and reaching the mid-70s at 11:00. 81 degrees by noon and we will have another warm day for the inland east bay while oakland will see a high of 73. upper 60s in san francisco and

los gatos reaching 87. warm and some of our valleys but it will also cool off as we had through tomorrow. we will talk more about that coming up. like you are predicting a delay for tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow and the next day there could be delays for folks traveling to and from santa cruz because tonight and tomorrow night we are doing some of enclosures between laurel, the laurel club and scotts valley in this section. they are continuing to work on this wildlife under crossing to keep them safe from highway 17. that will be the issue on highway 17. this is between 8:00 tonight and 7:00 tomorrow morning. you may be driving through that . watch for traffic updates. over here we are looking at highway 92 and highway 35. at that intersection to are from half moon bay, caltrans signs are lit up i don't have much more information other than that will be construction work near the skyline so watch for that. meanwhile the rest of the bay is moving smoothly.

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5:43 as you are heading out vallejo we have a lot of clouds and temperatures in the upper 50s it's a typical start to the day. we will see slightly cooler temperatures this afternoon with the breezy wind and a cooling trend while last a little while. we will talk about a warm up toward the end of the week coming up . and we have a clear view. we cannot see the whole bay bridge from emeryville but now we have a nice drive. some fog around san francisco. not a major problem. volumes building on the span but the toll plaza is clear. we will show you where the slowdowns are popping up coming up. open police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead and another in critical condition at 7:00 last night on international boulevard near 86th avenue in east oakland. neither of the rooms were found at the scene. one of the men was found nearby at macarthur boulevard after officers responded to a possible shooting.

another drove himself to the hospital but later died. investigators are trying to sort out the circumstances. the family of an oakley woman presumed dead is sharing a handwritten note that police believe may lead to finding her body. it's written by the man who police say killed alexis gabe, her ex-boyfriend. he died as authorities try to arrest him last month in seattle. the note list directions to pioneer, a remote area dixie miles east of sacramento but does not name alexis gabe specifically. authorities in amador county are looking for her remains in the area but so far they have come up with nothing. alexis gabe disappeared in january . the body of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is being prepared for cremation after a private funeral in tokyo. crowds of bystanders yelled his name as the hearse carrying

abe's body left the temple where the service was held today. japan's current prime minister dined other cabinet members outside the prime minister office office. the procession also drove him one last time passed japan's parliament building. distracted biden administration is reminding doctors even in states that restrict abortions saving mother's lives is paramount. >> and i know the white house worries doctors may hesitate even when the mother's life is in danger. >> and because it's the doctor's making those decisions, he or she could in theory face a jury that disagrees with the medical diagnosis. it's one of the problems ahead for states that restrict abortion except in the health of the mother. 1a president biden signed an executive order that directs the department of health and human services to protect abortion access. in a letter to healthcare providers, the hhs secretary told hospitals and doctors federal emergency medical treatment laws supersede state law.

the fda meanwhile considering whether the so-called day after pills should be sold without prescription where a woman could just buy them off the shelf emergency contraceptive pill, plan b one step is already provided without a prescription. a number of competing companies are asking the government to allow women to pick up their pills the same way. so federal agencies led by the biden white house are responding to the recent supreme court decision but there is criticism they weren't prepared well enough. it's been known for months thanks to a leak that the court was set to take away a woman's right him up at the white house only now seems to be responding to it. there's another house select committee meeting today or hearing. nbc bay area will carry that live.

today's hearing focuses on the connections, if there are any, between extremist groups and the trump white house. we may also see videotaped testimony from former white house counsel pat cipollone. and prosecutors attend the court it doesn't matter that trump adviser steve bannon is now willing to testify he did not testify when he was ordered to and that's all that matters as far as contempt of congress goes. what he is willing to do now is not relevant to the crime, say prosecutors. a judge has ruled that south carolina senator lindsey graham come a trump supporter, must testify in the georgia investigation into the trump attempt to change the georgia vote in the presidential election trump and graham both called georgia officials shortly after georgia went to the biden column. we don't know much about ram's call. trump's call was recorded. >> i just want to find 11,000 -- 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have to i only

need 11,000 votes. phallus, i need 11,000. give me a break. there's nothing wrong with saying, you know that you've recalculated. >> trump is under investigation in fulton county. that hearing on the hill is today at 10:00 and we are tracking everything the white house is doing on twitter you can follow me. trending this morning someone must have been listening to us because the bay area is about to get a first taste of one of america's most popular fried chicken franchises. >> the first raising cane's fried chicken will open on thursday in oakland on edgewater drive according to the "mercury news" pick the grand opening will include a drawing giving 20 customers free raising cane's for a year. that's a good deal. all entries will be accepted between 6:30 and 7:30 that morning on-site you have to be 13 or older and you have to be there when it opens at 8:00.

last week on today in the bay it was national fried chicken day and we were talking about the best fried chicken i asked on twitter and some folks said they liked raising cane's so that was the wild card because it is not technically local in the bay area but kari , you said you had it you said the sauce is the boss >> the sauce is what makes it. it's regular fried chicken strips but the sauce is really good >> and to her they had buttered toast that reminds me of zaxby's in the south. >> that area of oakland where it's opening, just go about a mile away and there is some pretty well-known legit competition. >> gus's chicken in oakland. i don't know if it still open. it's based in memphis pick >> talking about that for breakfast. >> chicken and waffles now. >> we talk about the chicken yesterday for breakfast. let's get you started.

we are talking about that king tides and the flood advisory that will be returning again. all these areas in green will be under those areas where we may see that coastal flooding. it will be a little higher tonight compared to last night. if you do typically see some water on the roadways because of king tides, we will see that again tonight. gravitational pull of the sun in the moon is pulling that water further inland. what's happening here is we have those extremely high tides due to the moon and the earth being at its closest point to the earth and it's really causing some minor issues for us, even as these guys are dry. we see these clouds roaming by looking live in dublin this morning. we are starting with low clouds that it will be clearing out between 8:00 and 9:00. temperatures will stay on the mild side reaching into the upper 70s by early afternoon.

only reaching 82 today so we do have slightly cooler temperatures for the valleys thanks to that coaching breeze. we see the same tomorrow but thursday is when it starts to head back up if you're inland. if you're tired of the heat, we will see more of that coming in by the end of the week. as we look at san jose, much of a change but it will be cooler by the middle of next week. inland temperatures remain in the mid to upper 80s while san francisco will continue to see highs in the upper 60s. and mike, you are looking at san jose. >> early slowing so i was concerned but in the last couple minutes we've seen things thin out. an early start and that's just the case. an early start for san jose. the speed sensors are showing some build where the camera is around 680. things are starting to thin out toward oakland road. that's a traditional pattern. just a couple minutes earlier and it doesn't look like it will be any longer lasting. at fremont, that earlier bedframe we talked about, it

looks like it may have cleared from the road. now there's a mattress associated with a crash. watch that corridor. back to you. right now, help is coming for farmworkers trying to make it in the bay. santa clara county supervisors approving funding for a housing project in morgan hill for the community will be on monterey road near el monte avenue. money for the construction project comes from measure a the santa clara county affordable housing bond approved in 2016. the project is morgan hill's second apartment community to include units designated specifically for farmworkers. on today in the bay -- >> one of the main pollution problems as wildfires. >> bridging the divide when it comes to protecting your family from the hazards of wildfire smoke and new findings suggesting that breathing easier may depend on how much money you make.

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we're knowing the next major wildfire could be around the corner and a stanford study said were not ready to deal with the smoke from that fire and the study looked at how we are asked to protect ourselves from the hayes and that comes with those massive fires. it found that your safety is likely link to your economic status. i spoke with sam heft-neal who helped author the study to find out more. >> one of the main pollution problems with wildfires and wildfires are fundamentally different from other types of pollution because they are much more difficult to stop at the source. and so because of that the main policy resource instead of stopping the pollution is to tell people you should protect yourself. so the main recommendations have been to stay inside and by yourself and air purifier if you can and so we looked at indoor air quality monitors across the western 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 said they presumably care a lot about the air quality and are watching the situation closely. even among this group the 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 air 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 held 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 indoor air quality. >> i spoke with sam about moore including what you can do to

prepare your home for wildfire season. you can watch the interview on roku, amazon fire and apple tv by downloading the nbc bay area streaming app and clicking on the must-see playlist. the new york times best- selling author christina guist is out with a very special new children's book. it's the third in her series, the buddy series this one is 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 routine. it's important for my young little buddies to make strong social contact with their friends and a lot of that has been disrupted the last couple of years experiment you can watch the full interview ahead of the today show and her new book, buddy's new buddy, is out this morning. protecting an american treasure new progress overnight

as firefighters battle to save the agents and is finally wildfire in yosemite. we have an update on containment and the latest on the smoke impact we could feel in the bay area. assessing the climate in crisis. water agencies getting ready to review the latest impact from the drought on water supplies and whether more action may be needed moving forward. we are hoping for from regulators to allow families to be able to grab the formula when they happen to see it. >> and 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. we have the latest on that . this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez >> i'm marcus washington.