he just paid more than $40 million for a historic cliff kolber cliff top home on the carmel coast. it is the dl james house. the sandstone mediterranean castle was built a century ago by a famous architect charles green and made to resemble a castle in cornwall, england. but why is a special other than the fact that it's very beautiful? according to legend that is that medieval fortress where king arthur was conceived. >> who knows who was conceived in that home? i guess we will find out centuries from now. yeah. i know. right now it's 6:00. bracing for a new rate hike. >> we understand the hardships that high inflation is causing. we are strongly committed to bringing inflation back down.

>> the federal reserve may be poised to raise interest rates for the fourth time this year but there are some big questions hanging in the balance. how the ultimate decision may affect your bottom line. and fire crews gaining ground on the fire burning near yosemite. we have an update on the conditions crews will face today and the lingering effects we are failing in the bay area. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. an we are happy to have you with this. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm marcus washington. first let's talk money this morning. we're talking about 10 figures. this is a live look outside that 7-eleven in the east bay and this is not the place where someone hit those numbers last night in the mega millions. no one anywhere hit those six numbers. >> and that sign isn't right. it says $999 million and that's because they can't get to $1 billion on the sign.

this has only happened in the u.s. a handful of times. three times. later this morning bob redell will join us to explain why it's taken so long to land a winner . but first we are already winners because meteorologist vianey arana is with us this morning. >> yeah. i got you covered and so does the fog. covering the cities guy out there in san francisco. you can barely make out what is behind it. starting out mild in the 50s. temperatures will be the 60s this afternoon and this will shape up to be a lovely afternoon, especially for inland areas. we're talking seasonable weather. warmer through antioch in the upper 80s. enjoy the sunshine and the dry weather. most of the roadways are moving nicely but we have an issue in the north bay. big slowing on west 80 through vacaville built up past lagoon

valley road. an update from chp. two separate crashes. one involving four vehicles and the other involved five. lots of chp and lots of slowing into fairfield. past fairfield, west 80 moves slowly and predictably across the carquinez bridge the build at 37 and highway highway 4 into concord and a little slowing at the bay bridge of the incline but nothing dramatic in the south bay we are getting back to a normal pace 87 has early slowing a little before curtner into downtown and are typical slowing on 101 no ripple effect. the impacts moving smoothly for the rest of the south bay but we will see if that lasts or if there is another repercussion coming up. we begin with the latest that effort to tame inflation. a few hours from now it will be all but certain the committee will raise interest rates again.

>> this is significant and entirely expected. >> so expected that the stock market will likely move higher this morning because of that relief of getting this out of the way. if you want a little tension on your wednesday morning, it could be what could happen. we can point out that everyone expects the fed to raise rates by three quarters of of a percent. it could surprise us and raise rates 14%. unlikely but the fed is behind in its race to raise rates to fight inflation and that's what this is about we know inflation is at its highest rate in 40 years and the way to fight inflation is to remove money from the economy. if the fed could take it from your wallet or purse, it probably would but it does the next best thing and makes it more expensive to borrow and increases the money that banks are required to keep in reserve. if it's locked in a safe, it's

not being loaned out. i've always liked the car metaphor. if the car is going to fast calm i ease off the gas. less gas in the engine and the motor slows down. the fed needs to figure out where is neutral. where is the right amount of discouragement in the form of interest rates that was slow the economy but not bring it into recession? federal interest rates are 1.6% right now and neutral is that 3.4% or 3.5%. i'd love to get a loan at 1.6%. that is a good reminder that the fed does not set mortgage rates or car loan rates or credit card interest rates but they do tend to move up when the fed hikes its rates and that's why we care but saving account rates will also about. if you owe you will pay more but if you save, you get more. >> that's how it goes. this will be the fourth rate hike this year. many people are asking, will likely happen again? will we see more? payment to get to the magic

neutral place, there will be a press conference after today's announcement and we should get a feel for where they want to go from here but they are still behind which is why i was speculating what if it's a full 1%? keep in mind the fed is not trying to hide this. the heat surprising us. if anything they want americans and wall street to be prepared for its actions. >> but there are five months left in the year. thank you, scott . authorities in the east bay are looking for a man they say they caught on camera vandalizing a bakery and assaulting workers. take a look at this video of that incident. he was pretty hot. this happened last week at the star bread bakery in pittsburg police have identified the suspect. video shows the man throwing items near the restaurant and knocking down the plexiglas. police were able to give us

this photo of him. if you know where he is, contact pittsburg police . happening today a life- saving program from chp is hitting a milestone. the amber alert has been in service in california for 20 years. it was first activated in 2002. the program plays a critical role in rescuing children who have been abducted. there idea originated in texas after a nine year old, amber hagerman, was murdered by her abductor in 1996. talabani adopted the program statewide after regional testing in 2002 and it was not until february 2005 when all these states adopted the amber alert system. this afternoon chp will hold a news conference to highlight the system. and today community safety groups will hold a day of action on international boulevard in east oakland. volunteers will provide various services tied to work in healthcare on the stretch between 82nd and 90th avenue. organizers say this includes free haircuts and hot meals.

coming ahead at 5:30 make sure you catch our exclusive one-on- one sit down with oakland police chief leronne armstrong. he will talk about that and more. firefighters are holding the line on the states biggest wildfire so far this year. the oak fire near yosemite has burned more than 18,000 acres and destroyed at least 25 homes since friday. last night containment remained at 26% and 3000 people are still under orders to evacuate. lets turn to meteorologist vianey arana. the conditions in there, how are they looking right now? >> you know, it's been dry. it's been hot. and the biggest concern has been the wind but, thankfully come the wind has played in favor of the fire the past few days blowing it in the direction where it's already burned but we do see low

humidity and these are still favorable conditions for the fire to continue to blaze. right now we are in the 60s and if you notice we have decent humidity in the 40s but not enough overnight. at 1:00 we will be in the upper 80s for the -- oak fire area and humidity is a less than 30%. air-quality -wise, once again, that's coming up in the full forecast. we are tracking these lower gas prices, trying to get you started in san francisco. $5.35 a gallon. go to the argo on carol avenue. next is cupertino at the velero on north deanza boulevard. gas is $5.25. the best on this chart is castro valley at the stop and save at stanton avenue. gas is just $5.15 a gallon. on the roadways we have a bit of a break. an easy drive but

two spots we are worried about in the south bay north 87 with early slowing. 87 was unusual and that just cleared up. good stuff out of the altimont. holding steady in the tri- valley. slowing around oakland cleared around the coliseum. i know we have two crashes but speeds are improving as all lanes have cleared out of vacaville. turbulence for one of the world's largest airlines. next on today in the bay, the event happening thousands of miles away causing chaos for travelers in the bay area. while inflation is soaring, airfares in general are suddenly going down. we will tell you about the steep drop experts say you may want to take advantage of right now. >> reporter: no winner on last nights mega millions jackpots. the billion-do ll

good morning. 6:13 right now and if you're heading to work in oakland, you will get that cloud cover early on with breaks of sunshine by 12:00. upper 60s. topping out in the upper 60s and low 70s. breaks being tapped approaching the toll plaza. the metering lights are turned on just after 6:00.

10 minutes later we are seeing slowing approaching the toll plaza and at the incline. this will also be impacted by the volume attracted because of an earlier issue on i-80. wall street said to open higher as investors await the federal reserve decision this afternoon and like scott mcgrew said earlier, the fed is widely expected to hike interest rates by another three quarters of a percent as it continues to fight inflation. in focus today beyond the fed, reports of durable goods and pending home sales, plus earnings from boeing, foward, and meta. let's talk about chipoltle. it said it's raising prices again. i love that place but the food chain is crediting recent hikes for higher profits during its latest quarter but highest cost for food, patching and labor will translate to higher prices for customers beginning next

month. overall sales have slowed since may, one bright spot can be found in college town locations which are finally seeing seasonal traffic return to pre- pandemic levels. right now, a rough day shaping up for international travelers. lufthansa is canceling many flights because of a massive employee strike in germany. 130,000 passengers locally are feeling the impact. flights from sfo to get frankfurt and munich are now canceled. here's a look at sfo if you're thinking about air travel ahead of the holidays. fairs are making a slow and steady descent. the expensive airfares incredibly busy airports when summer first started. >> one expert tells the today show that conditions are changing. >> late august through october is averaging just under $300 per ticket, and that's down more than $100 from the peak in june. >> not only that, but as young

people head back to school, travel will likely become less stressful so check the entire story out on the today show this morning after us on today in the bay coming up at 7:00 . and if you are wondering if you are america's newest mega millionaire, we've got bad news for you. you are not but there is good news to tell you. on friday night, you could be america's latest instant billionaire. bob redell is live from dublin. billion is a number we often hear in the bay area but we don't see that often with the lottery jackpot. >> reporter: no. and this is only the fourth time in u.s. history where we've seen a billion-dollar lottery jackpot. you can see at behind me at the 7-eleven. this is so rare they don't have enough digits on the lottery sign. the highest it can go as 999 million. that does not reflect the fact that friday's drawing will be at least $1.025 billion.

someone did become very rich last night when they picked five numbers come up but they did not get the mega ball. that ticket is worth $2.9 million sold in san bernardino county in the town of baker. more than $1 million tickets in california matched one or more numbers and could be worth anywhere from two dollars to $12,000. even though you do not win the big jackpot, you may have one something so double check your ticket. the winning numbers are 29, 63, 66, 7 and 60 with a megaball of 15 . i had three tickets and i got one number. that's how bad i am at this that the current mega millions jackpots is the fourth largest in u.s. history. you can see on your screen there was a $1.6 billion powerball in january 2016. a $1.5 billion mega million in october 2018 and $1.05 billion mega millions in january of

last year. friday's jackpot is $1.025 billion and is expected to grow and it could become the third largest in u.s. history. by the way if you were to take the cash lumps on it would be just over $600 million minus taxes and here's a number you will enjoy. your odds of winning are 1 and 302.6 million. two dollars per ticket. maybe you want to buy a cup of coffee instead. >> you said one there is that one that could win. i'm taking a chance. and if you have two dollars to spare, why not? >> or if you want to get that candy bar. i think they have a $100,000 bar. >> 100 grand? >> got me right there. time to get a look at the forecast. 6:18. let's go to vianey .

>> and it's wednesday morning. expect patchy fog around the coastline come up but also clouds in inland areas. he was the and mix of sun and clouds to the afternoon with daytime highs in the 60s and 70s around the bay and the peninsula daytime highs in the south bay, mid and upper 80s. san jose, 82. gilbert, 84. and through the east bay, concord, 87. dental, 88. oakland and hayward in the upper 60s and low to mid 70s. in the peninsula , breezy wind at times, especially in san francisco. mid-60s. sonoma, 85. santa rosa, 79. this will set us up for a comic weather pattern. we may catch a morning drizzle on the coastline but by saturday and sunday we will once again see the return of cloud cover and temperatures in inland areas of the upper 80s until friday and then we keep a steady pattern as we edge

toward saturday and sunday making for a lovely weekend to look forward to. folks may not be looking forward to slowing but you have that and you typically have it in this area through vacaville pick speeds are improving. the gradient shows a yellow with the easier speed toward green but it's improving through this stretch of vacaville into fairfield. a crash come at two crashes. one involving four vehicles and the other involving five. this is traveling into fairfield. after that everything is moving smoothly. 37 has letter volume at a vallejo. highway 4 not bad toward concord and the rest of contra costa county moving slowly. the bay bridge toll plaza is slowing down a bit and the metering lights are on so we should see a build over there right now and that's what we see. 880 over crossing moving smoothly. 880 is also nice with a little slowing south through hayward and that's about it back over

your pick 6:20. next, nbc bay area response. after the break we show you how we are supporting local schools and how you can help out . and as we head to break we want to share this photo of mike and instagram. another nail in his tire. the same tire. different nail. >> i reported that even after the other. >> you can keep up with mike following him on instagram, following him on instagram, twitter and facebook. when i make decisions

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6:23 and we are nearing the finish line for months of supporting school initiatives so we are helping about thousands of free backpacks and school supplies. >> the only time we went to see backpacks all piled up. consumer investigator chris chmura said viewers like you have donated more than $15,000 and this more. you have a chance at a freebie if you donate this friday. >> reporter: good morning from sunnyvale. this is a family giving tree warehouse and it's been busy here where there are volunteers packing up the supplies that go into backpacks. fgt has a goal of 26,000 backpacks. al is here. morning. how's it going toward the goal of this year? >> really well. >> reporter: how important is

it for families to receive that backpack? >> it's multifaceted. it helps the families out. this is money the folks don't have to spend. i've learned this helps teachers out because a lot of teachers will purchase supplies from their own pocket. >> reporter: thank you so very much. you can participate in this and you don't necessarily have to come to the warehouse in sunnyvale. first we will have two locations set up on friday. one in mountain view at the pizza my heart on almonte avenue and another in concord at todo santos plaza. in concord is where i will be we have an incentive for you. people who bring that backpack there may be able to receive free tickets to six flags. we will have 200 tickets to give out so first-come, first serve. if you don't want to meet us in person, you can help out online. we will put up a qr code on the screen. take your phone and snap that. packet back virtually online and make a cash contribution. we appreciate your generosity.

in sunnyvale, chris chmura, today in the bay . the 49ers playso hit the field today but jimmy g's time could be fleeting. >> camp opened yesterday and head coach kyle shanahan, excuse me, wasted no time addressing the topic on everyone's mind pick what's going on at quarterback? >> this is trey's team and that's nothing against jimmy. we made the decision a year ago and we are going with that and we won't mess around with that anymore. jamie knows we are going with trey. trey knows we are going with trey and the team does that and everyone likes both guys. >> how was your summer? who's the quebec? >> last year's first round pick, trey lance, maybe the guy but what it is may also be a distraction. at least until the 49ers can move jimmy g and those options are pretty thin. the regular season starts september 11th in chicago. 6:26 and the top stories we

are following including addressing violence in oakland. >> i think it's important we build trust with this community in this moment. >> my exclusive one on one conversation with police chief armstrong is next. >> reporter: as monkeypox infections continue to rise, some communities

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. the u.s. now reporting more monkeypox cases than any other country in the world. the bay area communities hit hardest by the virus. he's been working around the clock to address gun violence in the city of oakland. we know our efforts are working but still not good enough. >> the reason chief armstrong is ensuring the agency's strategy is working. the changes he admits the police force still needs to work on. this is news in the bay today streaming live on roku, apple tv and ob line. good wednesday morning i'm

marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. good morning. good morning, we are starting out a little gray out there. cloudy around san jose. taking a live look outside. we will have a really nice day when it comes to the temperatures because once we get the sun peeking around 10:00, look what happens in the icons. we clear out and the temperatures warm up comfortably into the 70s. so we are expecting a nice overall pattern, that system that impacted us yesterday is now off to the east and we're going to set up for a calm weekend ahead. a closer look at your extended forecast coming up. let's talk a look out there. how things are shaping up. green sensors including the south bay. that second slowing for san jose shouldn't start for another few minutes. slowing 88 coming off 238. northbound heading up pass davis and marina. a disabled vehicle. there may be an issue traveling

north through san leandro. looking at traffic coming up towards the coliseum. look at that good volume of traffic. there's a build at the bay bridge though. back to you. >> thanks mike. new images of the fire that heavily damage san diego a san jose restaurant. it started after 4:00 a.m. along the deangelo boulevard at country inn. so those flames caused a partial roof collapse. the cause still under investigation. luckily, no one was hurt. first at 6:30, the u.s. reporting more monkeypox cases than any other country in the world surpassing 3500 and in all 50 states. california now leads the way. today in the bay, ginger conejero saab is live getting a closer look at the communities feeling the impact so much more than others, good morning ginger. >> reporter: good morning, kris. the gay and bisexual men demographics have been the

highest risk for this outbreak but we're now learning here locally that latinos account for nearly 30% of all cases in san francisco, even though they make up only 15% of the population. that is data from san francisco's department of public health. the city is reporting 215 monkeypox cases as of monday and healthcare leaders are recommending community members protect themselves amid a limited supply of vaccine doses. just yesterday the clinic at san francisco general had to close its doors because of a lack of supplies. it's still unknown when that clinic will reopen. napa county is also reporting its first case which means all bay area counties now have cases. but health experts stress there are other ways to decrease risk of infection including avoiding ways of transmission. >> the way that monkeypox is spread is through close, physical skin on skin contact potentially also again can occur

during sexual interaction. but it can also occur in different ways as well. it can transmit by touching objects that have been in contact with someone who has monkeypox and also through respiratory secretions but not through the air or walking by someone at the grocery store but through extended face to face contact, like kissing is an example of that. >> reporter: here's ways you can avoid monkeypox transmission. experts say avoid places of higher risk skin to skin contact. wear more clothing to avoid skin to skin contact and get vaccinated although we know that's a challenge. the cdc acknowledges vaccine shortages but says supply will increase as the year continues and even more so into 2023. san francisco along with other centers in the country are a priority for resources including vaccines to prevent further spread. we're live in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, today in

the bay. thank you so much. we know we are anxiously waiting for more vaccine supply. more information about monkeypox on our website head to nbc bay area.com and you can find the story at the top of the age. the call for help in the vietnamese community is getting louder. this comes after several atm's were stolen from local businesses t. search is on for a suspect who shot and killed an uber driver near the little saigon neighborhood. chief armstrong, thank you for joining us. i want to start off talking about crime in major city, happens everywhere but i think the thing we're hearing more from people in the oakland community is these crimes of opportunity are becoming deadly. talk to me about what you all are doing within the department to better protect the people of oakland. >> first of all, marcus, i want to say my condolences to the

fung family. i have met with family members and shared with them my sadness in this incident like i have done with many of the 166 homicides we have had in the city of oakland. some things we're doing to deal with brazen crimes in the community is we are increasing our patrols particularly in little saigon area and bringing out our command posts, our very visual police vehicle so it can be seen by the community. we are also doing some patrols to address some of the shootings, human trafficking and robberies and even traffic enforcement. we have seen enhanced action by our staff. i've assigned a liaison to the little saigon area. it's important we understand that's a bilingual that needs an officer that can speak their language and community kate with them. it's important we build trust with this community. >> most recent crimes the uber

driver who was shot in his car. do you have any updates on that investigation? >> yes, yesterday the china town chamber of commerce announced it would be donating additional funds to help support our $20,000 reward that will be given for information leading to the arrest of the individuals responsible for this crime. last week our homicide investigators released some surveillance video that we believe voices are heard in this video that might be audible for someone. maybe somebody can identify the individuals that see in the video. that's critically important. we have followed up on every lead that we have received from community members and we ask community members to continue to share information with us and we believe at some point we're going to find the people responsible for this crime. >> one last thing for anyone in the community who truly is relying on police officers to

protect and keep them and their family safe and alive right now, what do you say to those people in doubt and fear? >> i say to them we have been working around the clock to address gun violence in the city of oakland. our cease fire strategy is being fully implemented so community is at the table. resources are being provided. the partnerships with the department of violence prevention and the faith community is working. homicides are actually down in the city of oakland, 12%. shootings are down over 20%. so we know that our efforts are working but it's still not good enough. i think it's our effort to do everything we can to demonstrate to communities that we are responsive to the violence and we want to prevent the violent acts from happening. >> i spoke with chief armstrong about so much more. you can watch the full interview by downloading our bay area streaming app. >> good to hear numbers are

coming down. happening later tonight in santa rosa, dave chappelle performs the second and third of his sold out shows there. he entertained a crowd last night in his first concert even though several hundred people signed a petition to cancel his show calling his material offensive to the transgender community. the center issued a statement saying it did consider those concerns but ultimately decided that it's not its responsibility to sensor artists. taking a live look at san francisco this morning. you're going to have to trust us on that one. it's in there. carl is really living it up. >> for sure. you know we're seeing drizzle as well around the coastline. it's going to be a really comfortable afternoon. not bad for a wednesday. we're in the middle of the woke. this is what you can expect when it comes to your daytime highs. you can plan out your afternoon.

half moon bay, upper 60s we are going to keep that fog of course lingering around a little bit longer in the coastline but look at the interior. nice day for the south bay. 82 in san jose. 88 in morgan hill. upper 80s through concord and livermore. beautiful clearing for the interior. napa 82. santa rosa, 79 and again, it will be a little bit slower to clear around the coast. but overall it's really nice so definitely something to keep in mind and enjoy the outdoors and a full look at your forecast, coming up. >> i got my forecast as well. i'll explain it in a second. we're looking at the recovery as we have two crashes a total of nine vehicles but no major injuries reported here up in vacville and fairfield. west 80 a longer distance for the slower drive but better speeds overall if that makes sense. still a delay coming into fairfield. everything else for i-80 is

fine. rio vista we're forecasting for a potential for delays there. mechanical issues yesterday but the real mccoy may still have an issue and you may have to drive local. highway 4 typical slowing. we're looking at the coliseum. a game there we often do but unlike the last two days today's game is at 12:37 first schedule pitched. that may mesh in with post-work traffic. prework traffic looking great including the south bay here. back to you. thanks mike. falling short when it comes to safe drinking water. ahead on today in the bay, the findings showing communities across california not doing what's required including here in the bay area. and why the state water board might be partly to blame. the latest on the doj's investigation into january 6th and its an important economic day with the fed set to raise rates. wall street is okay with that.

it's expected. it may only be julyt approa. this weekend getting in on the spooky fun. this attraction you can only see in california. we're going to show you when, when we come back.

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we have a live look over san jose. cloudy through the interior. don't worry though, the sun will eventually come out into the afternoon. and you can expect to see upper 70s very seasonal afternoon. the full forecast, coming up. a different camera in san jose. this one looking at the build for 101. typical timing for the slow down you see here. a build in traffic volume for this portion heading up towards oakland. i'll show you how things are shaping up at the bay bridge coming up. we're getting a first look at the damage from a deadly earthquake in northern philippines that 7.0 earthquake. it could be felt in the capitol of manila, about 200 miles from the epicenter. the quake happened more than 12 hours ago.

land slides along with damaging builtings there. at least five deaths so far have been confirmed but dozens of injuries reported. a lot of economic pressure on the white house this week. >> you were talking earlier that the feds are raising interest rates today. tomorrow we get big gdp numbers too. >> the first read on the second quarter gdp is tomorrow, could be a negative number. if it is, that would be the second quarter of negative growth. a preliminary read, notoriously inaccurate. believe it or not it hurts gdp but tomorrow someone somewhere is going to point out it's two back to back negative quarters and will call it a recession. most economists say no it's not, not with house price growth and historically low unemployment. we will know tomorrow but the white house sure doesn't want people using the "r" word.

here's president biden in isolation. >> we're not going to be in a recession in my view. the employment rate is still on the lowest we have had in history, 3.6 area. >> we'll have full coverage of the reading tomorrow morning on today in the bay. we'll have the interest rate hike on the midday today. other news, the washington post is reporting nbc has confirmed that the department of justice is investigating former president trump's actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the post reports prosecutors have questioned trump white house officials in front of a federal grand jury and they're asking about conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who south to substitute fake electors for certified electors. neither the doj or spokesmen for the former president has comments on that story.

just a really super simplified here, the reports do not say the justice department has opened a criminal investigation of trump. what we can say is the doj is investigating trump's actions as part of its criminal probe. lester holt talked to attorney general merrick garland last night on the nightly news. >> we pursue justice without fear or favor. we intend to hold everyone, anyone who is criminally responsible for events surrounding january 6th and an attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to the another accountable. that's what we do. >> trump and former vice president pence gave speeches in washington. trump complained about the previous election and pence talked about the path ahead. he never mentioned him by name

and he did say "some people choose to focus on the past but elections are about the future." i mentioned the rate hike that should come around 11:30 or time. we'll talk about it on facebook. >> scott, thank you. nearly 1 million californians lack access to safe drinking water including parts of the bay area accord to go a new state report which finds more than two-thirds of failing water systems are in disadvantaged communities. most are in the central value and inland southern valley but also includes. get expertise improving their water in a more timely manner. >> the water problems vary from county to county but can include better pipe resistant and

pesticide containment. turning to our climate in crisis, california's lingering drought impacting access to one bay area state park. starting next friday redwoods on the peninsula is closing its overnight campground. this is because of low flow from the parks main water source peters creek. the area is known for its towering and iconic redwood trees, the dangerous areas will remain open once the closure takes affect. universal studios gearing up for the spooky season and we're getting a sneak peek. >> so its theme park in hollywood and orlando partnering up with the award winning artists to create a new haunted house for halloween horror nights. take a look. okay, this sounds like my type of event. >> you can go by yourself.

>> you probably saw that. the artist the weekend will have a haunted house base on his record breaking after hours album. tickets are now on sale. halloween horror nights starts on september 8th and this station both owned by comcast. >> this is the weeknd after hours horror. we just call it monday. >> will i be scared or just dance? >> do we have to wear the bandages? >> you have to keep adding them throughout the haunted house like he did throughout the year. >> i like the sound of that. it's 6:51. a look at the forecast now. it is wednesday morning expect to see that patchy fog around the coastline but also some clouds in inland areas. you're going to see a good mix of sun and clouds through the afternoon. daytime highs today will be in the 60s and 70s around the bay and the peninsula.

daytime highs in the south bay we're talking mid and upper 80s. san jose, 82. morgan hill 88. east san jose, 84 degrees. through the east bacon cord 87. danville, 88. around oakland and hayward upper 60s and low to mid 70s as well. for the peninsula and expect to see breezy winds at times, especially for san francisco in the mid 60s. up through the north sonoma 85. santa rosa, 79 and this is setting us up for a calm weather pattern ahead. might even catch the morning drizzle around the coastline. by saturday and sunday seeing the return of the cloud cover. temperatures in inland areas in the upper 80s up until friday and then we keep a steady pattern as we inch in towards saturday and sunday making for a very lovely weekend to look forward to. >> i'll send it over back to you. >> we always look forward to the weekend. looking at a lovely commute for the south bay. more signs of slowing here for 87 and we had an early start to

the back up. just got my eyes there. 101 starting to slow north of capital expressway. another slow down by sjc san jose airport and where the express lanes kick in into palo alto so a build for 237 as well. this general portion pushing this way is more traffic than we often see about this time on a wednesday so just watching that. no big red flags here for most of the bay. back to you. thank you mike, happening now oakland police are warning about a skimming device they found recently inside a 7-eleven on grand avenue. the surveillance video appears to show someone placing the skimming device on the credit card machine at the cash register back on july 16th. police are trying to identify that person and they're also trying to figure out how many credit cards might have been compromised. a quick look at stop stories

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at top stories. >> the federal reserve set to announce another interest rate hike in just a few hours. >> that's righthat should hike this year. three quarterers of a percentage expected. you may hear it called 75 base points, all means the same thing. americans feel edgy about the economy. inflation is up. employment is low. the economy is running on all cylinders, in fact that's one of the reasons inflation is so high and the fed will need to take action today. full ko ranl, coming up on the today show. >> thanks scott. and new overnight, oakland police are investigating the deadly shooting. this is new video from the scene that happened shortly after 1:00 a.m. near a homeless encampment at west grand avenue. one man died. so far no arrests have been made. police are asking the public to avoid the area as they investigate the scene. firefighters are holding the line on the state's biggest

wildfire so far this season. the oak fire near yosemite is burning 18,000 acres and at least 25 homes are destroyed and that's just since friday. last containment numbers were the same, 26%. and some 3,000 people are still under evacuation orders. a live look at a 7-eleven in dublin. no one took home that jackpot last night. but this is where someone can hit these numbers because no one won and you can see there, the sign is over one billion. only can go to 99. in fact, take a look here, you can see this is certainly something a lot of people are talking about. and just over a billion dollars. this will be only the fourth time in u.s. jackpot history that we have ever hit that ten digit mark. it was last seen a year and a half ago. >> wow, all right let's take a

live look at the bay area this morning. beautiful start to the day. our final look at the weather. temperatures are going to be in the mid 60s around san francisco. getting a little breezy. and yes, of course the fog is going to linger for the first half of our day. then we'll get some peeks of sunshine but overall, if you look at the next seven days even leading into the weekend, expect similar conditions. inland areas also seeing that fog this morning. temperatures will be in the upper 80s. all the way through the weekend and then we keep the dry conditions as well so we have got a nice, calm week ahead. back to you. we're looking over here towards good news for the north bay. finally that crash is cleared from the chp. your commute direction into fairfield, i know that's far north for a lot of folks but that means more traffic i-80 across the bay bridge starting to fill in all lanes. we did have the metering lights turned on but still a lighter

volume here. more traffic is coming. cleared from the north bay and oakland, the game at midday. >> that's right. good to know. that's what's happening today in the bay. hope you can join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. don't forget, we're back at 7:25 with a local news update. complete cage and the impacte. on your bottom line straight ahead. in the spotlight -- the justice department now investigating former president trump's actions as part of the january 6 criminal probe. this morning what the attorney general is telling nbc news exclusively. >> we rs