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families in one nearby dublin neighborhood were forced from their homes for about two hours. this morning, there's still no word on a cause of that fire. we are in for hot temperatures all week long, increasing fire risk across california. meteorologist kari hall of course has been tracking that for us and kari, the heat continues. >> yeah, we talk about how dry the vegetation is. you don't need the weather conditions because just one little spark could ignite a hillside on fire and today we do combine our dry conditions with high heat and a heat advisory in effect for all of these areas shaded in orange as we get a closer look from the north bay down to the east bay as well as a lot of our hills that are included in that heat advisory. you want to make sure that

between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. during the hottest hours of the day, you're drinking a lot more water, you're reducing the outdoor activities and also looking for the signs of heat-related illness. as we start out today, it's going to be kind of hazy out there, and unhealthy air quality. it is a spare the air alert day especially for the east bay and south bay. you may need to also limit your outdoor exposure to some of the smoke that's going to be drifting in from some of the fires. today our temperatures head for 97 in santa rosa, 105 in fairfield and livermore, 100 in san martin and san jose will reach 93, while san francisco will be in the upper 70s. we do have hot temperatures today but it does get better by the weekend. we'll talk about that. mike, it looks like you have a clear view of the golden gate bridge. >> beautiful. there was a quick traffic break as they moved some cones and equipment. now everybody's moving once again. as we take a look folks, the same shot this is a beautiful view. you can even see the north bay, a nice clear -- kari talked

about a hot day because there's no fog here, you could tell that's warmer. a smooth drive across that span and as we looking athe rest of the bay something is held up on the sensors here so my maps are not moving. we'll tell you everything is moving clearly here and kari, from the temperatures my daughter is very glad she has pe for first period because it could get hot. >> that is always key. smart, smart girl. >> there you have it. 5:03. one of the biggest political heavyweights is stepping up to san francisco's monkeypox outbreak. this comes as the city and the state for that matter are seeing a number of cases grow. >> "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco this morning. ginger, the numbers are still increasing. are health leaders saying what their priorities are at this point? >> reporter: they certainly are. good morning, marcus and laura. one of the leaders not just in the health sector but also as you mentioned one of the big heavyweight politicians here in the bay area. house speaker nancy pelosi will be giving an update via a

telephone town hall expected later today. she along with other health experts are expected to give an update on monkeypox and talk about available relief sources available to san francisco khans. as of yesterday san francisco is reporting 563 monkeypox cases. california's monkeypox numbers are almost at 2,000 and four bay area counties are among the state's top ten jurisdictions with the most monkeypox cases, those include san francisco, alameda, santa clara and contra costa. here is some good news, given supply, the hours at san francisco general hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic have been extended from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. monday through friday dependent on supply. the current supply should last until thursday and they're still waiting word when they'll be receiving their next allocation and how much they'll be getting. the hospital says they've become more efficient which means the lines at the clinic have been

shorter but they're still giving out 600 to 700 doses a day even if the lines are shorter. san francisco has ten sites which have the capacity to give 2,500 vaccines a day. >> i would just say that san francisco continues to have a higher rate of cases compared to the state overall. we're unfortunately proportionally have a high rate of monkeypox as far as i know the highest in the state right now, and we expect those numbers to continue to increase. we are not seeing a plateau which is why we're encouraing people to get vaccinated, take prevention measures. >> reporter: also expected later today more response to monkeypox. santa clara officials are expected to give a monkeypox update at a regularly scheduled meeting. we're live in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, "today in the bay." >> affecting a lot of people there, thanks, ginger. any questions you may have about monkeypox we have the

answers. head to our website for a list of answers to common questions about the disease. just click on the link. it's up in our trending bar. new overnight an apparent mass shooting outside of a hospital in memphis. authorities at this point will only say several people are shot. it happened in the overnight hours in the hospital's emergency room parking lot and we know there's a second crime scene at a nearby gas station where an assault rifle could be seen near the gas pumps. so far, police are providing few details on the number of victims, their conditions and whether the two crime scenes are connected. developing for you right now, today will be day two of a strike by kaiser mental health workers. i want to give you a live look right now at kaiser in santa clara, all calm for you this morning, but across northern california, santa clara california and the central valley, about 2,000 workers are striking including the counselors, psychologists and staff. it comes in the wake of stalled

contract talks. workers are demanding higher pay, increased staffing and shorter wait times. kaiser says worker, getting a fair offer. >> someone has to wait three months and already in the acuity of a crisis, that crisis is going to become full blown where they'll need a lot more services and care at that point. >> the union's proposal to reduce time directly seeing patients comes at a time when we're faced with a 30% increase in demand for mental health care. >> kaiser says they've hired nearly 200 new mental health clinicians to cover the walkout and also say that patients will receive care during the strike from clinicians who choose to keep working. ticketers will be out there from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at oakland, santa clara and santa rosa. new details this morning in a shooting near the popular children's fairyland at oakland's lake merritt, it happened yesterday on bellevue avenue near the rotary nature center.

fairyland was closed to visitors at the time. police say one man was shot in the neck and is in serious condition. officers managed to arrest the suspect three hours later. investigators believe the suspect was targeting someone else and the victim was an innocent bystander. a top ultramarathon runner recovering after being attacked by a coyote and the video you're about to see we have blurred it out, it may still be a little unsettling for some. >> i just had something rather terrifying happen. >> okay, so nationally known runner dean karnazes grabbed his cell phone, seconds after that coyote attacks him. it happened as he was running on a trail, this was the marin side of the golden gate bridge at 3:00 in the morning. he believes that animal wanted his energy bar and it was big enough to knock him to the

ground. that's how he actually injured his face. >> i heard footsteps coming up behind me, i thought there's a big dog on the trail, and i turned to look and it was a coyote. honestly, it didn't know what to do. it saw me and looking like this, i think it was looking for the bar. >> he says it's important for people to know what happened to him. he also says that he does not want anyone to shy away from enjoying the great outdoors. >> well, you want to start the runs early because it is going to be hot as well. leave the energy bar at home. >> i don't know about that early, 3:00. >> it's dark out there this morning. taking a live look at fremont, see if traffic is picking up. we know the temperatures are picking up, a little bit of heat wave headed our way. >> we're starting out with low 60s for many of our microclimates, and it's the first day of school for the alum rock school district so happy first day of school. it's going to be cool but take a look at how much more it warms up by pickup time, 91 degrees in

san jose with all of that sunshine. and we're headed up for 93 later today, 101 in dublin, 104 in concord, while martinez will see a high of 99 degrees, oakland reaching 86 and 85 in san mateo. going into the day tomorrow some parts of the coastline and the inner bay cool down. we're only looking at slight cooling for the interior parts of the bay area but we'll continue to see temperatures coming down for the weekend. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, where can we find lower gas prices? >> we're doing the daily check of gas prices in berryessa road in san jose $4.79, and gas and shock in san an mel mow on sir francis drake boulevard for $4.82 a gallon. arco in san mateo gas $4.95 a gallon. good options below five bucks. good options on the roadways if

you're looking for the speed limit. north 880 there's a crew a few crews there that will be doing construction north, the last section of 880 as you make your turn around past the seventh street exit going on until possibly another hour. 6:00 they should be cleared in time for the build for the commute, a little slowing north of 980 right now. back to you. >> thank you very much. if you take vta, you certainly want to hear this clarification. yesterday we told you vta this week is taking the next step in rolling back its service to back to pre-pandemic start times. bus lines are already running at 15-minute intervals again. light rail lines will follow suit this october. we're tracking your productivity, whether you're working from home or at the office. coming up next on "today in the bay," the new high-tech methods to track your every mouse click. and stocks moving to a three-month high and i think we've got some more good news to share as well. during the summer sizzle, staying cool is atop of everyone's list. how some of our four-legged

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. good tuesday morning. right now at 5:14, we are under a microclimate weather alert, and these morning hours are so critical to letting your house cool down, letting your body temperature cool down and santa rosa we're at 52 degrees but we're headed for the upper 90s. we can see that trend, how it starts to rise as we go throughout the morning. we'll get a look at all of our

microclimates in the forecast coming up. >> a quick look at 280 coming toward us through san jose northbound coming toward us across 17, 880 in san jose a smooth, easy drive. i'm looking at the chp grid, there's a new incident on the peninsula. we'll check out the bay shore freeway coming up. good morning. very happy tuesday to you. stocks are on a three-month high and i thought we might see some pullback today, and we might, but walmart and home depot just reported profits and both beat expectations. here's home depot, very good news for retail giants. now wti, this is not a stock, this is west texas intermediate, it's oil, it's below $90 a barrel. this is more good news. president biden will sign that big climate and health care bill today. we'll talk more about that, as we talk politics, but included in that bill is a new tax on stock buy-backs. stock buy-backs very popular

here in silicon valley. apple and google do it all the time. when a company like apple has extra money, it purchases its own stock from the open market. now a company can't have stock in itself, so those shares disappear like they were torn up. that makes other shares worth more, so it's a great way of boosting your stock price but critics say it doesn't create anything. the hope is by putting a new tax on stock buybacks, companies might go i have that extra money to shareholders in a dividend or fund more research and development. speaking of apple, it's once again setting a new deadline to return to work september 5th. apple wants people back three days a week. apple and other companies, but mostly apple have set and reset back-to-work dates only to reset them all over again. it doesn't look like we have any layoff news today, marcus and laura, and that gives us an opportunity to talk about layoffs in general, without

seeming like we're pointing out or picking on any particular company. we've been through this with the dot-com bust and the global financial crisis and the first companies to shed workers generally are the ones that were in kind of a weak position to begin with. they overspent or their product market fit was wrong or let's be frank, the whole idea behind the company was kind of stupid, and so you are going to see the people who are reimagining salad delivery laying off, right, yes. that doesn't exist but it totally could. >> i could see it. >> so those companies want to hear about those layoffs. i don't think that's a sign necessarily of recession and problems as much as it is venture capital money pulling back. >> pulling back a little. >> there are big companies with excellent ideas, peloton you mentioned that do have to layoff but not every layoff -- >> there's been changes and interesting to see. >> not every layoff is equal. there are some that you know

what, this is the weaker part of the herd and something was going to get them. >> something has to be trimmed. >> exactly right. so many people you mentioned working from home making adjustments. don't get too comfy if you are working from home. more companies are monitoring workers' every move. ard coulding to a new investigation by the "new york times." it found eight of america's ten largest private employers use software to track worker productivity metrics, many in real time. employees call it a tradeoff for working remote but one business management scholar argues all that tracking may actually hurt businesses more than it helps. >> monitoring employees makes them feel like they don't have control over themselves in their environment. >> the "today" show's vicky nguyen is tracking employers' tracking practices. she'll have the full story on the "today" show coming up at 7:00 a.m. following "today in the bay." trending this morning, what can only be called a hot topic for a very hot day, spluting.

>> you said spluting. >> i did say spluting. >> i was wondering what is spluting? i'm going to tell you. you're probably thinking the same thing. maybe we first should point out what it means for you. okay, so here you go. take a look at this. if this picture could be worth a thaw words splooting describes what some animals do to cool down on the hot days. new york city department reminding if you see squirrels like this one splooting in the heat it's probably fine. it became a common term in the last decade because it sounds like splat. maybe your dog likes to sploot on a hard surface. >> cool surface. >> my dog's been doing that various positions, not just splooting. >> what did they call it before splooting? >> i call him laying on the ground. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> what a thought. >> we needed to have a new term.

>> we have to work it, sit, sploot! [ laughter ] i want to try that. >> i'm going to do it, too. >> you'll get one of those -- >> exactly. >> what you talking about, willis? >> yeah, i think there's going to be a lot of dogs splooting today, maybe some squirrels. >> you got it from kari hall. >> let's talk about this air quality because we are going to see more smoke coming in today. you do want to limit your time out there especially during the middle of the afternoon. most unhealthy air quality in the east bay and south bay, if you are able to carpool, call somebody up right now or catch public transit, that will really help reduce the amount of pollutants that we're putting the atmosphere because there's already going to be quite a bit and so as we get ready for the kids to head off for school today, west happy first day in richmond. we start out at 56 degrees, and then we'll head for the upper 70s here. it will be a little bit warm for

the afternoon, but nothing compared to what we have for some of our inland valleys, headed for 105 degrees, in some of our hospitalest spots like fairfield and livermore, in fremont reaching 94 degrees and some mid 80s for san jose. 86 for oakland and 98 degrees in novato this afternoon. tomorrow we see some of those temperatures starting to come down while half moon bay is in the low 70s, we're still up to 99 in fairfield and 88 in san jose. on thursday, we continue to see those temperatures headed in the right direction, and it's right in time for the weekend, but there's going to be another factor here, humidity, monsoon moisture coming back, where we see the green shows a high amount of moisture coming in for wednesday afternoon. unfortunately, when we have heat and high humidity, sometimes that can cause basically the clouds to build up into the atmosphere and the rain evaporates before it has a chance to hit the ground but there may be enough energy to

produce some lightning. one lightning strike could spark a wildfire, and we know the vegetation is extremely dry, even from the fire that we saw in the tri-valley yesterday. so we do have to closely monitor that for the potential of some lightning strikes especially wednesday afternoon into early thursday. as far as what we're seeing on our hour-by-hour outlook it shows a couple sprinkles off the coast, more clouds moving in, the high humidity will be here once again for the middle of the week as the temperatures start to come down. today the main concern is the dangerous heat. we're reaching over 100 degrees. we still have some upper 90s in the forecast tomorrow, but then for the weekend, it's heading back to some more seasonable temperatures. san francisco in the upper 70s today, wouldn't be surprised to see some mid 80s but then we're back in the 60s by the end of the week. and mike, you're tracking a crash this morning? >> i am, kari. it's not a big crash but it is one that i'm concerned with because it's on 101 here on the we ininess la. the green sensors dominate the map. no big surprises for slowing but

this is one headed south through san mateo, just about hillsdale past the 92 interchange. reports of a pickup truck that hit the center divide but the person driving is needing medical attention or perhaps that's why they crashed so crews are on scene. you'll see flash lights. stay over to your right as you're passing 92 headed toward hillsdale on the peninsula and still some slowing because of still some slowing because of the crew north 880 californians have a choice between two initiatives on sports betting. prop 27 generates hundreds of millions every year

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5:25 for you this morning. you know the pandemic, inflation leaving so many americans tight on cash and with grocery prices skyrocketing, in some cases it's becoming harder than ever to find healthy food on a budget. >> nbc's "today" show correspondent sam brock breaks down why your grocery bill may be more expensive than a nice dinner out. >> reporter: good morning. so good to be with you. laura, i know for you and your triplets you understand the experience of going to the supermarket, you get five, six, seven eight items and suddenly i's $150. we're seeing a phenomenon that may not be repeated in our lifetime the gap between the rising cost for grocery store foods at 13.1% is significantly more than what you are seeing at restaurants 7.6%. that gap is the biggest it's

been in a half century which is not to say that you're getting necessarily a cheaper meal if you go out to restaurants but it is a relative bargain as we look at the inflationary metrics. why might that be? a couple of reasons to throw out there for you. one of them is that labor is very important for restaurants and certainly that is up, food prices and restaurants are up but for grocery stores, fuel is the biggest factor driving up costs and of course that's up 40% plus year over year. that's one thing. grocery stores are also more dynamic in their pricing, they can change the prices every single day. that's not the case with restaurants. so we're going to sit down, talk with a restaurant owner about what he's seeing, what tactics families are employing right now to save money and they're definitely getting creative. we'll also look at other ways you can save as people are seeing this very strange really phenomena that hasn't happened in so long. you'll want to watch in a little bit. back to you. >> thanks, sam, we definitely will, try to cut the bottom line a little bit. a lot of mouths to feed. >> for you, yes.

5:27. next on "today in the bay" we'll talk about the top stories we're following extreme bay area heat and how many people plan to escape it. re heat up, not only will we have to deal with the extreme heat but also smoke coming in. it's a spare the air alert day. we'll talk about air quality and how hot it gets, coming up. a heat advisory in effect for much of the east bay. the increased fire risk dangers, we'r expected toe

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right now at 5:30, a heat wave hitting the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is tracking a microclimate weather alert. ahead how hot it's expected to get in your neighborhood and how long this warm weather will last. also we're breaking down the cooling centers opening today in a live report. plus -- >> the most important thing, if we can't prevent them, we need to hold people accountable and make that arrest. >> addressing attacks. i sit town with san francisco's police chief to find out the steps the department is taking to help with the issue and also we discuss the town hall plan tonight and how you can take part to make sure your voice is heard. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington.

first at 5:30, we want to brace for today's triple digits hitting across large parts of the bay area. we have team coverage this morning. "today in the bay's" bob redell breaking down the fire danger and where to go to escape that weather. >> how hot is it going to get? meteorologist kari hall is tracking the time line for today's warmup. >> the earlier the better. i saw someone already getting in the pool behind bob this morning. if you can get out there around sunrise or before noon, we're going to see our temperatures staying mild but it will heat up quickly for the afternoon. the heat advisory for all of these areas shaded in orange starts at 11:00 this morning, continues through 8:00 in the evening, so around sunset. it's still going to be pretty hot in a lot of the far inland valleys. as we look at these high temperatures versus the records, even though it's going to be dangerously hot, we are not expected to break any new records this afternoon. santa rosa reaching 97. the record is 104. thank goodness we are not setting records today because it is going to be really hot, even

livermore may be just one degree shy of that record set in 2015. san jose reaching 93 but the record is 100. we can see how hot it's going to be this afternoon but there is some relief in the forecast. now let's head over to "today in the bay's" bob redell live from a pool there. i can see that's going to be one of the spots people will cool off. >> reporter: yes, there's also the kid side on the other side that's off camera. the heat advisory in effect here for livermore where we could hit triple digsou were mentioning, it's a day you want to stay inside, you want to come to your local community pool. could you see we have a few regulars out here that come out here to do their early morning laps. they're not necessarily avoiding the heat but later in the day you could imagine there will be people coming here trying to cool off. do whatever it takes to stay cool on a hot day and hydrated. with the hotter weather, there issen aincreased risk of fire danger. in dublin which is nearby the eden fire burned close to 60 acres, came very close to homes

near eden canyon road. families rushed to fill their vehicles with belongings in case they had to evacuate. only one side of the neighborhood was asked to leave. the other side put on standby. >> kind of more like panicked and i kept asking what can i do to help? what should i pack up? >> reporter: no homes were damaged. people were allowed to return after two fires, the car fire that spread to vegetation. today marks two years since the lightning complex fires burned in the hill south of livermore and into santa clara and santa cruz counties. three very large fires a couple years ago that were sparked by lightning that merged and burned more than 846,000 acres. now incidentally, kari is tracking possible lightning that could be striking tomorrow. now back to today's heat. many communities in the bay area will open a cooling center today for residents who don't have air conditioning. in the south bay the campbell community center will be opening as a cooling center from noon

until 8:00. the brentwood community center north willsot a comprehensive list, but you can logon to our website nbcbayarea.com for a list of cooling centers near you. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, stay cool out there. make sure you download our free nbc bay area app, that way you can keep an eye on the rising temperatures in your neighborhood. all you have to do is type in the zip code and get that forecast where you live. many are calling for swift action in response to an increase in recent attacks in san francisco and there is growing frustration and fear mopping the asian community. later tonight, a town hall is being held with community leaders to try to address the issue. joining us is san francisco police chief phil scott. thanks so much. i know your time is valuable. we appreciate you being here. chief, it seems that petty crime, crimes of opportunity really they appear to be getting worse in san francisco, robberies and burglaries as well

as many community leaders feel that there isn't enough accountability for some of these crimes. is it that bad? >> well, it's bad, definitely bad when you're a victim of it. in some categories, you mentioned burglaries, we statistically are below where we were this time last year, but that doesn't give any solace to people who are victimized by these crimes. with our aapi crimes, statistically we're lower quite a bit lower than last year at this time. >> are there any tangible actions that your department is taking right now that you're telling your force when they go out on the streets? >> sure, yes we are and there's a number of things we're doing. let me just name a few. in terms of the robberies and the street-related crimes, you know, of course an increase in presence is always helpful in that regard. you know, we have evidence-based research that shows when we're out there, assaults and certain types of crimes tend to happen

less, so we are augmenting our staffing levels with as much overtime as we can work. our officers are working very hard, they're working extra shifts. officers are tired but they're out there and they're working, so that definitely helps.we dour burglary unit for instance and we think that has contributed to at least a decrease s year to date. in terms of some of our aapi crimes, the most impweeed to ma and then it's up to the prosecutors and we give the best evidence we can get our hands on, to make sure there's accountability throughout the criminal justice system. >> following growing calls from the community, you and the district attorney are holding a town hall tonight. tell us what you hope to gain from that. >> we want to hear what the public concerns are, we want to work with our community

stakeholders to solve these problems because policing we use the term community policing quite frequently. that really does mean something. we have to work with our community members because the community are the eyes and ears and oftentimes when they report crime, when they become witnesses, we have better outcomes, in addition to forensic evidence, fingerprints and dna and those types of things, it's still an old-fashioned game, if you see something, please step up and say something because that's how we solve crimes. >> got to keep that communication open. i talked to the police chief will so much more, you can watch the entire interview on our nbc bay area app or on roku and apple tv. the curtain rises today for a south bay film festival, san jose cinequest film festival kicks off, the south bay's largest film festival returning

in person for the first time in three years. cinequest will showcase more than 200 movies, 130 of which will be u.s. or world premieres at theaters across silicon valley. it runs through august 29th and kari, catching a movie might be the great escape especially for the folks who don't have air conditioning. >> absolutely, stay inside, just chilling out, that's what we want to do but we know some kids have to go back to school today. hopefully the class has air conditioning. let's check out morgan hill. we're starting out this morning with some upper 60s, happy first day of school, look at how hot at pickup time. this is going to be rough. short sleeves and shorts for today, as we hit 99 degrees by the time they get out of school in morgan hill. and we'll see unhealthy air quality especially in the east bay and the south bay, some more wildfires drifting in. it's a spare the air alert day as this high pressure causes hot temperatures, and also does it really mix out the air to get some of that smoke out of here. we'll be hitting 105 degrees in

fairfield and livermore, and 93 in san jose. and mike, you're helping to avoid a big detour. >> yeah, but it's going to be by timing, right? so right now, highway 37 has your typical build this time of morning. it's 5:40 almost and we're looking at a slower drive which develops around 5:15 in the morning. now overnight, starting at 8:00 p.m., they've had this closure for westbound 37 and that's mandated a detour a long one over half an hour, almost 45 minutes i think timing it out from 29 all the bay up to 12 and over to 121, so a big reroute, just before 4:00 it reopened. to avoid the long detour and get through the area toward novato using 37 before 8:00 p.m. we're looking over here toward the game but before the game there will be congestion in the city, again the game tonight at 6:45 at oracle park, that's in the city, that's the home of the giants. the old home of the giants is where we have the other issue, southbound 101, there is a crash

headed down toward candlestick deerpoint parkway. it should be smooth as you pass by on the shoulder. the rest of the bay moves smoothly except for the crew clearing headed through oakland north 880. >> going old school mentioning candlestick, thanks. taking matters into their own hands. coming up next on "today in the bay," the reason families across the country are turning to home schooling rather than the traditional in-person model. president biden today will sign a very big bill and perhaps a new hope for liz cheney. and beautifying san jose, the unique partnership between one developer and local artist and their creative work we all can admire. we're going to explain all of that and much more ahead for you this morning, right here on "today in the bay." stick around.

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vote yes on 27. it is right now 5:44 on this tuesday morning, and happy first day of school for the kids in benicia. we start out at 59 degrees. it's going to be a light, long sleeve weather for the start of the day but definitely rolling the sleeves up for the afternoon, at pickup time it is 91 degrees, really hot today but we do have a cooldown in our forecast and we'll check that out in a few minutes. >> we may be seeing metering lights on as you're crossing the bay bridge any minute now but you see the traffic is just starting to steadily build at the toll plaza. we'll have more slowing i-80

headed toward the carquinez bridge and that's because of a crash up there that's just turned more serious. we'll talk about that coming up. quickly approaching quarter to 6:00. president biden will sign the biggest environmental bill in american history today. >> the bill also expands health care and scott mcgrew, this is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. when biden was vice president, he had more freedom to kind of say it's a big deal with maybe another word stuck in there, you may recall. it is a big deal. it's a $750 billion climate, health care tax bill named the inflation reduction act. it's a trimmed down version of his build back better bill. it still does a lot though. it retduces the deficit and expands health care under the affordable care act. president biden is returning to the white house from a vacation

in south carolina to sign that bill after he signs it, he's leaving the white house again to go to his home in delaware. now, two fact checks. the inflation reduction act does not raise taxes on you unless you're a corporation that makes $1 billion a year. there are no individual income taxes mentioned in the bill at all. secondly, while the nonpartisan congressional budget office says the bill will bring in more money than it spends, meaning it will reduce the deficit, there's no evidence that the inflation reduction act will reduce inflation. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney has a primary today and odds are she will lose. cheney as you know was the third most powerful person in the entire republican caucus and then she joined the january 6th committee, and many republicans turned against her. one "washington post" columnist compares cheney to obi wan

kenobi in the original "star wars" movie. deliberately stops fighting and allows darth vader to strike him down. jonathan kay of "the post" writes "cheney's presumptive te feet won't be the end of the story. as with obi-wan it will make her hour powerful than trump can imagine." cheney says if it's a loss of my job it's a sacrifice i'm willing to make. cheney may challenge trump on the republican ticket, neither cheney or trump said they're running. trump's lawyers are asking the justice department to release the affidavit that led to the warrant in the search of mar-a-lago. the trump camp got the warrant unsealed, that's how we know they were dealing with the espionage act. the justice department asked a judge to keep the affidavit sealed to "protect the integrity of an investigation that implicates national security." while we're checking everything that's happening in washington, certainly we'll be watching as

the president signs that major, major legislation today. talking about it on twitter where you'll find me @scottmcgrew. moving you forward with back-to-school month and school for more and more families may end up being within the walls of their own home. experts are saying that's especially true for higher number of african american families. new numbers indicate that the ratio of home-schooled children in black families is now at 16%. the last year before covid it was just 3%. the "today" show actually digging deeper this morning, talking with the founder of one group at the center of this growing trend. >> we're nationwide, so we're not just these moms here in new jersey but we've got a great group of moms in arizona, in the chicago area and florida, like this has really sur passed my dreams. >> leaders say that families' frustration with public schools were there even before the pandemic. that story airs during the third hour of "today" at 9:00 this

morning. new for you back home in san jose, a developer is teaming up with a well-known artist just to breathe some new life into the city. >> that's right. republic urban properties is moving into a new headquarters in willow glen on lincoln avenue. the building will also be soon to a new restaurant [ speaking in foreign language ] and the businesses are allowing muirlist lila gemello so to make a new location for her new canvas, painting the side of the building. the hope is that the art will draw in customers. >> the climate for developers post covid is tough. costs are high. what we try to do is maximize the beauty of a building that creates additional value and there's no better value to a community than public art. >> it's always tremendously rewarding to add to my city. i'm from here and i love being able to be a part of how people walk around and experience it.

>> it's very colorful. the mural is of san miguel in mexico. the muralist says it will showcase the spanish culture. really intois to see on the corner of lincoln and willow. >> and some tequilas out there, too, i was listening to the whole story. >> every detail. >> every detail. don't we say if you have something spicy helps to cool you down, makes you sweat. >> really? that's the last thing i'm thinking about. >> really? >> eating something spicy you break out in a sweat. >> you sweat a little bit and it cools you down, your body's natural cooling. >> should i put hot sauce on my salad? >> and the protein you have on the salad. >> we're starting to see the sunrise out there as we take a live look outside in san jose, it will be hot this afternoon, but also we have kids headed back to school for the alum rock school district. it will be 62 degrees at the start of the day and at least

it's cool early but at pickup time, air conditioning on full blast. 91 degrees and you want to make sure that the kids have that water bottle, it stays filled up. they're staying hydrated today. those temperatures head for 105 in livermore, also that hot in fairfield, 99 in martinez, oakland today reaching 86. san francisco will be in the upper 70s but there may be parts of the city reaching into the mid 80s. 98 degrees in novato. mountain view reaching 89 degrees. notice tomorrow some of the temperatures come down a few degrees with san jose in the upper 80s. by thursday it's feeling much better for a lot of spots but it will still be hot for the interior valleys. that at the same time comes with higher humidity, the monsoon moisture will be returning, where we see the green that shows a high amount of mid level moisture, and right during the middle of the afternoon on wednesday, when it's still pretty hot, we're going to have some very high clouds moving in, and a lot of humidity that's going to make it feel very

muggy, but there will also be the slight chance that we could see some dry lightning, that's basically a thunderstorm without the rain, but there's still some lightning and that sparked the 2020 fires that happened on this date of just two years ago, all of the lightning-sparked wildfires that we had. we're going to closely monitor that. as far as our hour-by-hour outlook it doesn't show any rain for us. stays off the coast but we'll see a lot of clouds moving in. the mugginess really ramps up on tomorrow afternoon into early thursday and then we see drier air coming in, temperatures coming down for the weekend. san francisco in the upper 70s today, but upper 60s by thursday and a really nice weekend ahead. and mike, you were looking at a crash in the north bay. >> kari, i am and unfortunately this crash has turned into a deadly crash but it may not be as a result of the crash. the crash might be because of an issue that happened perhaps medical issue causing that crash in the first place for west 80, coming down toward dixon, this

is pretty far northmost of our viewers. the benicia bridge or carquinez bridge this will slow folks down. once you get down toward the carquinez bridge and bay bridges they move smoothly, typical slowing and the crew clearing from oakland north 880. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, today marks ten days since placer county teenager kiely rodni disappeared. investigators are hoping a new clue can help identify her missing car, a rams sticker under the rear wiper blade of her silver honda crv. rodni tis appeared while attending a party at a truckee campground. taking a stand against injustice, the unique way one activist and artist is creating change when it comes to inequalities black and brown communities face from our climate in crisis. plus at 6:00, fire concerns for the bay area set to sizzle,

an update on the grass fire that briefly caused a scare in the east bay. plus meteorologist kari hall is plus meteorologist kari hall is tracking the triple-digit

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and all that comes from a warmer climate affects black, brown and indigenous people the most. communities of color are taking a stand against environmental injustice by joining organizations and increasing awareness. i spoke with a community activist who is using hip-hop to add color to the green movement. >> hip-hop is the voice of our communities and we use that voice to highlight all the justice issues that we deal with as people in the hood. hip-hop has always been a tip of the social political sphere so it makes sense i'm from hunter's point and grew up next to the superfund site, the coal plant down there, a lot of black and brown people are dealing with the burdens of environmental pollution while a lot of the environmental industry is talking about polar bears a world away. i think right here in san francisco in oakland and the bay area we really need to highlight the things that humans are going through because we have kids

that are having issues with learning because of lead in fruitvale, because of the industrial kind of level pollutants that are going through the air and par tick particulates coming through the air. we highlight the young black and brown kids that industry is just sitting on the backs of. that's why we have this environmental summit and it's also a lot of fun, too. >> you can watch this full interview and find out more about the environmental justice summit happening this saturday on the main presidio lawn. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the "climate in crisis" page. >> thank you very much, kari. developing right now, the mexican government remains on high alert after a chaotic weekend. hundreds of troops remain in border cities including tijuana and others after drug cartels

stapled widespread arsons targeting tourists. experts call the violence a bold challenge to the government. >> and it scares people and makes a lot of noise and it puts a lot of pressure on politicians and figures into this history that really is the history of the two biggest cartels in mexico. >> so far, authorities have made at least 17 arrests while leaders there insist the area is safe, the u.s. is warning americans to reconsider if they are planning to travel there. major flight disruptions in new york city seem to be resolved this morning. here's a live look at new york's jfk airport. faa saying yesterday's delays were a result of unexpected air traffic control issues. those are the staffing issues that they have. the issues prompted warnings of two-hour delays, doesn't sound good when you're flying, right? this morning, they've added additional staffing. the faa warns some airports may still have some lingering delays. right now at 6:00, a bay area heat wave, this morning we

are under a microclimate weather alert. meteorologist kari hall is tracking those dangerous triple-digit temperatures. expanding access for monkeypox vaccines and response from one of the bay area's powerful politicians. and workers across northern california are in the second day of strikes and an update on their stalled contract talks. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's talk about the heat, the triple-digit temperatures and latest reminder of higher fire risk as well. dozens of tri-valley families are back in their homes this morning after a grass fire triggered evacuation orders. it burned close to 60 acres after starting yesterday about 5:00 at night near interstate 580 and eden canyon road i