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 in

castro valley. this morning firefighters say it is almost entirely out. still no word on a cause. >> we're in for hot temperatures all week long, increasing fire risks across california. meteorologist kari hall here with what we can expect. is today supposed to be one of the hotter days this week? >> today is the peak of the heat but we are going to see still some hot days as we go toward the next couple of days. the heat advisory in effect starts at 11:00 this morning for all of those areas shaded in orange, and it's mostly the inland east bay and the north bay. you want to make sure that you're reduing your outdoor activity and drinking lots of water and there also will be the increased risk of heat-related illness for people working outside, trying to workout in the middle of the day. make sure you plan your activities around the heat. right now in san francisco it's in the upper 50s. it's a clear start. we know that without the fog near the coast, those inland valleys tend to heat up so we're still looking at some upper 70s and mild weather in san francisco but the farther you make your way inland, the hotter it will be, reaching up to 105

degrees in the tri-valley as well as fairfield. we are still looking at some hot weather ahead and we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you've been watching what's going on here around parts of the north bay. >> that's right, kari. this is unusual slowing. it's also unusually far north for what we typically cover but a lot of slowing, this crash over on the shoulder for west 80 is now a deadly crash situation and so that's unfortunate loss of a life here. we are also looking at the traffic flow which is slow because everything on the shoulder has a lot of life there, chp, fire department, davis into dixon held up traffic there and that's going to keep the traffic at bay a little bit longer as you get toward the carquinez bridge and benicia bridge. slower 880 approaching the bay bridge cleared. the bay bridge starting to build and san jose holds with its typical pattern as well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. one of the bay area's biggest political heavyweights is stepping up to take on san francisco's monkeypox outbreak.

this comes as the city and the state for that matter are seeing a number of cases grow. >> we talked about it on "today in the bay." "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco this morning. ginger, the numbers are still increasing. are health leaders talking about their priorities at this point? >> reporter: laura, marcus, the priority and the push is to really get people vaccinated with at least one dose, which is considered to be highly protective, expanding access to the vaccines remains a priority not just in san francisco but in other parts of the country. house speaker. number is expected to give a telephone town hall later today, she along with other local health experts will give an update on monkeypox and talk about available relief sources for san franciscoians. 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 and previously it only ran until noon, dependent on supply. the city says that the current supply should last until thursday and they're still waiting word when they'll be receiving their next allocation or how much they'll be getting. the hospital says they've become more efficient which means the lines at the clinic have been shorter. they're still giving out 600 to 700 doses a day. 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 encouraging people to get vaccinated, take prevention measures. >> reporter: also expected later today santa clara county 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." >> we'll continue to follow that, thank you, 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. >> 6:05 this morning. developing new, today is day two of the strike by kaiser mental health workers. we want to give you a live look at kaiser in santa clara. across northern california and the central valley we're talking about 2,000 workers striking, including counselors, psychologists and staff.

it comes in the wake of stalled contract talks. workers are demanding higher pay, increased staffing and shorter patient wait times. kaiser says workers are getting a fair offer. >> someone has to wait three months, six months, and they're 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. picketers will be out there from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at oakland, santa clara and santa rosa. new overnight a mass shooting in memphis, tennessee.

at least six people were shot by a gunman in an suv. four victims are in critical condition. the rush at the hospital had some initially believing the shooting took place there but police confirm it happened at another location. so far they're not saying anything about possible suspects or arrests. we have 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 is recovering after being attacked by a coyote touring a bay area race extending about 150 miles.

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. >> you see it right there. so this is 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. wow. but he's still running, up and running again. >> it is concerning. there's been a lot more coyote sightings in neighborhoods. >> we have talked about that. >> seeking out water, we're in a drought, it's dry and hot, and those temperatures are going to continue today as we take a live look outside at walnut creek this morning, that heat wave is hitting the bay area pretty much bay area wide, right, kari? >> yes, we are also going to see more smoke drifting in. you can kind of see it from that

shot in walnut creek and we are dealing with hot temperatures as kids head back to school. let me show you morgan hill, what to expect as the kids go back this morning, it's in the upper 60s but then look at the pickup time temperature, 98 degrees so you most likely won't have any outdoor lunch and make sure the air conditioning is turned up as we get out of school. we have cool temperatures around the bay area as cool as 52 in santa rosa and 63 in san jose. this is a look at high temperatures reaching 93 san jose, 105 in livermore and 105 in fairfield. we'll talk about the end of the week cooldown. mike, where can we find lower gas prices? >> kari we're doing our daily check-in at safeway in berryessa road gas for $4.79 a gallon. san anselmo sir francis drake boulevard gas $4.82 and arco on

delaware street in san mateo gas $4.95, a shade below the $5 mark. getting you out to the roadways we're seeing more below the limit readings but not here on the peninsula. still watching this issue a disabled vehicle blocking your express lane south 101 past 92 approaching hillsdale, congestion on the northbound side not a concern. eastbound 580 we are looking at gilman, also a crash that may be blocking a lane. we'll track that getting away from the bay bridge. back to you. here's news you need to know if you take vta. we told you taking the next steps rolling the service back to pre-pandemic start times. bus lines are already running at 15-minute intervals again. light rail lines will follow suit this october. 6:10 this morning and making room for electrics. next here on "today in the bay" as more cars shift their focus to the future, two popular gas-powered models will soon

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happy tuesday. it is 6:14 and happy first day of school for the kids in benicia. it will be cool to start out, heading off to school with some upper 50s and it's going to be hot as you head throughout the rest of the day, at 2:00 to 3:00, it's already 93 degrees. it will be the hottest day of the week. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates and talk about a weekend cooldown coming up. >> i'm watching the stutter of the cars using their brakes even though there is space in front of them. ahead of the toll plaza there may be a crash. i'm checking with chp and watching the lanes carefully. we'll talk about the been been

and the issues that might be over there in the next few minutes. good morning. very happy tuesday to you. walmart and home depot beat profits, so both good news for the retile giants. now wti, this is not a stock, this is west texas intermediate, it's oil, it's below $90 a barrel. more good news there. 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 goosing your stock price but critics say it doesn't create anything.

the hope is by putting a new tax on stock buybacks, companies might give 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 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. people came up with dumb ideas those are the first ones you see and doesn't necessarily mean the entire industry is in trouble. there are companies no doubt peloton great product, market fit. >> it changed. >> there's change. >> it made sense when they soared during the pandemic. >> absolutely but some -- while it really hurts the families obviously. >> right. >> there are some companies that were never meant to be and you're seeing sort of a culling of that. >> interesting. >> should have been more like a pop-up shop. >> exactly. yes. and not 20 million in funding. >> right, there you go. thanks, scott. new for you this morning, the shift to electric vehicles marking the end of the road for two popular dodge muscle cars.

carmakers discontinuing producing gas-powered charger and challenger cars. it resurrected both models during the 2000s but each poses a missions and fuel economy problems. dodge says the models will not be lost forever however. ceos are hinting the charger and challenger names may be used for electric models in 2024 which makes sense. charger. just a whole new meaning. >> i used to want one of those, too. jumanji fans the popular franchise is brought to life. >> the new world of jumanji theme park which sony is helping developing in the united kingdom loading in chessington and include the overgrown jungle as its centerpiece and also promises 40 rides which you know i love and those attractions for a lot of people, a zoo and hundreds of animals as well as two themed hotels. >> they're hitting everything

there. >> i know. >> you got a zoo, animals, rides. >> if you're excited, get your tickets ready for next spring because that's when it's set to open. >> we have to go all the way to england to go see it? >> i don't mind going there. >> can't we make it down in, you know, put one here in the bay area? >> australia. >> you get to learn english over there? >> a different english. i've been told my accent is abysmal. below the ribs. >> yet you still keep trying to do it. >> here you go. >> because i'm a hard worker and i want to see it done. >> they get more of the accent online at apple tv. >> they can do that in roku. and online. >> you got to take it away, kari. >> oh my goodness. way downhill. [ laughter ] it will be hot today. that's what we've all been talking about, the heat coming into the bay area, and take a look at this hazy view we have in san francisco. we will see more wildfire smoke

coming in today. the bright blues indicate the hazy skies that we'll see the near surface smoke and it's coming from mostly the mckinney fire that's just to the north, burned over 60,000 acres and although it is mostly contained, a shift in the wind direction will push that smoke down into our area as we go into today, the reason why it is a spare the air alert day and your advice to try to, you know, take public transit, bike, whatever you can to do to keep from putting more pollution into the atmosphere. it's going to be most unhealthy in parts of the east bay and the south bay, moderate air quality for the north bay, the coast as well as parts of the inner bay where temperatures will be milder this afternoon compared to what we have coming for the inland valleys. it's still going to be pretty warm in san francisco, reaching into the upper 70s and i wouldn't be surprised to see some mid 80s. upper 80s for mountain view today. fremont reaching 94 degrees and

105 in livermore. the hotter spots in fairfield and for the far north bay, santa rosa reaching 97 degrees. look at tomorrow, it's still hot for some of the valleys but the temperatures start to feel better for spots like hayward reaching 80 degrees and 77 in san mateo. on thursday, it's coming back to the 70s for a lot of those spots. san jose will have some more normal temperatures with some low to mid-90s inland. as those temperatures come down, the humidity will be going up. let's talk about our mid level moisture. the return of monsoon moisture and that will bring in more clouds and where we see the bright and even dark greens that shows a high amount of moisture, we will have so watch this very closely, because quite often what we see with monsoon moisture could be thunderstorms that develop, the rain dries up but there's still lightning and that could spark new wildfires. we saw that happen two years ago on this date, but it doesn't look like it's going to be that kind of event, but one lightning strike will be really bad for us, and as we look at our hour

by hour outlook it doesn't show any rain. it shows the clouds moving in. it will feel more muggy. as we go toward the end of the week, the dry air returns and the weekend is looking so much nicer, some of our inland valleys in the upper 80s coming off of the triple digits and san francisco will be in the upper 70s but we're back to the upper 60s starting on thursday. mike, you've been watching a couple of crashes and now looks like a backup. >> the backup at the bay bridge but kari, what i was watching was the backup was still stuttering as far as the approach, folks were tapping their brakes, i think looking ahead to see some activity determining if they should change lanes or not. not a lot of lanes shifting and things are packing in more steady. there was a crash reported at the bay bridge and we didn't see a huge amount of backup from the live shot there but it's still adding to the backup. also some slowing eastbound 80 at gilman, but that crash looks like it may have cleared the slowing still goes westbound at university, typical patterns for the rest of the bay and a nice smooth drive.

san jose will kick in again, there it goes starting again. back to you. >> thanks, mike. priced out of the grossry store? can't help but feel the impact from skyrocketing prices. next here on "today in the bay" we'll tell you how some restaurants are becoming bigger bargains for a l

welcome back. it is 6:25 this morning. the pandemic and soaring inflation are leaving many americans tight on cash and with

grocery prices skyrocketing out there and in some cases it's becoming harder than ever to find healthy food on a budget. >> i've noticed the prices go up. new this morning, nbc's "today" correspondent sam brock explains why dinner out may provide more bang for your buck compared to your growing grocery bills. >> 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 it's $150. that is a reality so many families are facing right now. we're seeing a phenomenon that may not be repeated in our life time, which is to say the gap right now 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 phenomenon that hasn't happened in so long. you'll want to watch in a little bit. laura and marcus, back to you. >> we will, thanks so much, sam. 6:27 this morning. >> coming up next, the top stories we're following today including extreme bay area heat. we have live team coverage. >> as the temperatures 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.

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meteorologist kari hall is tracking how hot it's going to get in your neighborhood, and just how long the temperatures will last. plus -- the most important thing, if we can't prevent them, we need to hold people accountable and make that arrest. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we are bracing for the triple digits across a large part of the bay area. we'll have team coverage for you this morning. "today in the bay's" bob redell will break down the fire danger and where to go to escape this hot weather. >> you'll need a cool spot. first we check in with meteorologist kari hall, busy tracking really the time line for today's warmup.

>> today's warmup and the smoke coming in. we look at our near surface smoke we are seeing a lot of bright blue indicating the sky will be hazy but also unhealthy to breathe this in, in parts of the east bay and south bay as we see smoke from the mckinney fire pushed down into the bay area, pressed down to the surface by that high pressure that is causing the temperatures to heat up for today. we look at our air quality forecast, parts of the east bay as well as the south bay will have the most unhealthy air but it will be unhealthy for most people as we look at our air quality measurements around the bay area. it is a spare the air alert day. this as kids are heading back to school. richmond the mid-50s to start, headed for 78 degrees, it's mild here compared to some of the heat we'll see in the inland valleys reaching 101 in dublin. let's head to "today in the

bay's" bob redell in livermore. i hope this is one of the places people cool off. >> reporter: they're going to need to. it will be 105. good morning to you, kari. that's thank explains why there is a heat advisory in effect for livermore and much of the east bay. you definitely want to find a way to cool off today whether it's staying inside. you can come to your local community pool like the one here at the livermore community center, you can see people are out early. this is part of their normal routine regardless of the whether, people come out to get their exercise doing laps. with the hotter weather there's an increased risk of fire danger as we witnessed yesterday in dublin. 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: fortunately no one was hurt, no homes were damaged. people were allowed to return after a couple of hours. the cause of the fire, a car fire that spread to vegetation. today marks two years since the lightning complex fires burned in the hill south of livermore where i'm at, 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 will be open from 11:00 this is not a comprehensive list

by any means. you can find a more comprehensive list on our website. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 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. in terms of the investigative side, we doubled the size of our burglary unit for instance and we think that has contributed to at least a decrease statistically in the burglaries year to date. in terms of some of our aapi crimes, the most important thing if we can't prevent them, we need to hold people accountable and we need to make that arrest 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. >> 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. a live look outside, this is dublin, good morning to you out there. you're one of the places going to get some of that heat today. meteorologist kari hall monitoring what we can expect. we're talking about a large part of the bay area going to see some of the high temperatures today, kari. >> it will be hotter this afternoon compared to what we've had recently. this as kids are headed back to school. happy first day for the alum rock school district. starting out at 61 degrees in

san jose at drop-off time. at pickup time 91 degrees. so you make sure the kids have the water bottom refill and stay hydrated today. even though it's going to be very hot today, we're not most likely going to set many records here, with santa rosa reaching 97 degrees, the record is 104, and in oakland, 86 but the record is 93. livermore even up to 105 but the record is 96, and we are going to see these hot temperatures as we go into the next couple of days, and then the humidity, so we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you were helping us avoid a long detour. >> trying, to kari. timing is critical, just like in the morning, time something critical. if you don't get out of vallejo on highway 37 before 4:00 you'll see slowing as we do at mare island. they're doing roadwork overnight all week. to avoid the reroute, you can get through the area by 8:00 p.m. the reroute is substantial,

maybe closer to 45 minutes than half an hour, up 29, over 12 and over down 121. it's already got congestion as folks try to avoid the backup. that's been clearing just before 4:00 a.m., great for overnight roadwork. over here evening we'll have slowing at 6:45 game at oracle park. a couple hours before hand, local traffic control, local street closures and parking restrictions. do mind the restrictions. getting through the bay bridge and through the bay bridge the earlier crashes around the area cleared, just some slowing for berkeley, the bay bridge approach and the incline, everything else is moving pretty lightly, san jose just starting its build now. back to you. >> thanks, mike >> it is 6:40 right now. a beloved family pet suddenly stolen and it happened right outside of a convenience store. the bay area family now asking for your help to find their puppy. and breaking news, just into our newsroom, the first lady has covid. we will bring you all the

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happy first day of school for the kids in morgan hill. it starts out at 61 degrees as it is going to heat up quickly. we're headed for 98 degrees and eventually we'll top over 100 later today. stay in the ac. we'll talk about what's ahead in our cooler weekend forecast coming up. >> kari, i got some sunrise. i know i'm still focusing on traffic. 280 moves smoothly underneath 880 and 17 if you go over to the right and travel down toward 17, where i'm tracking a report of a fire. we'll give thaw update and see how it affects traffic into and out of the south bay, coming up. breaking news this morning, we told you just before the break, first lady dr. jill biden tested positive for covid. >> scott mcgrew joins us with the latest. do we know how she is feeling? >> the white house released a statement. they say she only has mild symptoms. the president and first lady were on vacation in south carolina.

dr. biden is going to stay in south carolina in isolation. the white house says the first lady is double vaccinated, twice boosted and only experiencing mild symptoms. she has been prescribed paxlovid. you see her in file video. president biden had covid a short time ago. we think today's scheduled signing of the inflation reduction act is still planned. this is that $750 billion climate health care and tax bill. it's a trimmed down version of his build back better bill. it still does a lot though. it reduces the deficit through new taxes on corporations, lets the government negotiate drug prices and expands health care under the affordable care act. two fact checks. the inflation reduction act does not raise taxes on you, unless you're a court reporting 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. you remember kenobi deliberately stops fighting and allows darth vader to strike him down. jonathan capehart of "the post" writes cheney's defeat won't be the end of the story. as with obi-wan it will make her hour powerful than trump and his enablers can possibly imagine."

cheney says if it's a loss of my job it's a sacrifice i'm willing to make. cape hart speculates cheney may challenge trump on the republican ticket for president, though neither cheney or trump said they're going to run. in the meantime, trump's lawyers are asking the justice department to release the affidavit that led to the warrant of the search of mar-a-lago. the trump camp got the warrant unsealed, that's how we know we're 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 watching any statements coming out of the white house to the health of dr. jill biden f we get one, we will post them on social media, of course, on facebook you'll find me at scott mcgrew tv. >> thanks so much, scott. new for you this morning, a fremont family want your help to find their beloved puppy, which someone swiped from outside of a

7-eleven. the dog's name is frankie, 3-month-old french bulldog. august 3rd someone stole him from the parking lot on fremont boulevard. the family says frankie was not wearing a collar but they are offering $700 for the safe return of frankie. police say these days french bulldogs are among the most commonly stolen dogs here in the bay area. the curtain rises today for south bay film lovers of so he's cinequest film festival is kicking off. it is the largest film festival returning in person for the first time in three years. cinequest willhowcase more than 200 movies, 130 of which will be u.s. or world premieres at theaters across silicon valley. it runs through august 29th. a san jose developer is teaming one a new artist to bring new life to the city. >> that's right. republic urban properties is moving into a new headquarters in willow glen on lioln avenue. the building will also be soon to a new restaurant

[ speaking in foreign language ] and the businesses are allowing aot of people, one of the artists there is able to make part of this, she's actually taking part painting a mural on the side of the building that canvas there, as the building owner explains, the hope is that art will actually 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 arounand experience it. >> the mural is of san miguel in mexico. the muralist says it will showcase the spanish culture. >> very nice. cool to see. everybody wants to know when the restaurant's going to open. >> i know, that's right. >> that's a hot topic. >> ooh.

>> beautiful mural though. >> there you go. outdoor dining today? i don't know, better make it early in the day. >> yeah if it's breakfast. other than that, it's like, no. we are going to have some hot temperatures and we're dealing with this, hottest day of the week as dangerous heat comes in, all of the orange shaded areas are included in a heat advisory that starts at 11:00 this morning. after that, you want to limit your time outside. you want to make sure you're taking frequent breaks if you have to work outside and pay attention to the signs of heat-related illness that's dizziness, if you just stop sweating or if you don't feel right, you want to make sure that you are getting in the shade, staying hydrated and try to find some air conditioning. now we are going to mostly see this for the interior parts of the east bay as well as the north bay as those temperatures heat up quickly, but at least we do have these early morning hours where it is still nice and cool. that doesn't last long, as the kids head off for school in the

alum rock school district, happy first day of school. it's going to be at about 61 degrees when that first school bell rings but by the time you pick them up, it's going to be 91 degrees in san jose, as we head for 93 today for an afternoon high. in oakland, expect a high of 86 degrees and 104 in concord. we're up to 101 degrees in morgan hill, and mostly upper 90s for much of the north bay. san francisco will reach into the upper 70s, wouldn't be sur pried to see some mid 80s, may get a little bit hotter in some of the downtown mission district areas and then for tomorrow, it starts to feel a little bit better, but it's still going to reach into the upper 90s, which is above normal as we head toward the end of the week. on thursday, it's looking so much better, more seasonable temperatures anywhere from the upper 60s to the mid-90s. you can still see that some of our interior valley also still be hot. as those temperatures start to come down, though, we're going to have an increase in humidity, so that means you're still going

to instantly break out into a sweat, and when we see the darker shades ofgreen, this is monsoon moisture in the mid levels of the atmosphe and quite often what happens is we see the thunderstorms kind of billow up, the rain evaporates but there could be a chance of lightning. light thing in time of year is very bad. today we're at the two-year anniversary of the lightning complex that sparked all of those fires that we had in 2020, and we're seeing another plume of moisture that could come up by tomorrow afternoon that we will avery to monitor very closely because of that potential. as we look at our hour-by-hour outlook it shows more clouds moving in but no rain. temperatures triple digits to upper 80s by the end of the weekend. mike, you're looking at the south bay. >> we're going to start down here where we have our typical nice easy drive as we go up through the area. notice 101 through sunnyvale and toward mountain view slowing, slowing also as traffic comes off of 237.

more congestion here and that will be the case through 101 all through the stretch. this is a heavy flow for wednesday. traffic patterns may be shifting or maybe because folks are coming back online. kari you talked about alum rock. we're seeing schools farther south. roadside fire around the cats highway 17 but that cleared from reports but the slowing is building coming into morgan hill where morgan hill school district is coming online so a couple days as parents adjust to the morning schedule and might leave the house a little later. a crash in dixon, a lot of activity on the right shoulder that will slow folks getting over to the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges, moving smoothly right 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 disappeared while attending a party at a truckee

campground. the reward to find her now stands at $75,000. a quick look at the top stories this morning, including day two of striking, this is involving hundreds of mental health workers. you're looking live at the picket line in santa clara. we'll have an update on the negotiations when we come back in just two minutes.

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a very good morning to you. 6:57 right now. welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at our top stories today on "today in the bay." >> and that includes that heat advisory with parts of the bay area expected to sizzle today. want to give you a live look at one place likely to be popular today, the robert livermore community center pool, in the tri-valley. a dip in the pool might just be what you are needing when you want to escape the heat. there will also be increased fire risk. latest reminder for a fire in

castro valley that briefly forced dozens of residents around that area from their homes yesterday. that fire now almost entirely out, but it did burn close to 60 acres. make sure you download our free nbc bay area app that way you can keep an eye on the rising temperatures in your neighborhood. it is designed to do just that. once you get there, type in your zip code and you can see the forecast where you live. breaking news within the last 30 minutes, the white house revealed first lady dr. jill biden tested positiv vaccinated twice boosted and is set to be experiencing mild symptoms. she's receiving the drug paxlovid. president biden recently recovered from a rebound case of covid after becoming ill in may. kaiser mental health workers are starting the second day of the strike, this is in the wake of the stalled contract talks. we want to give you a live look at the picket line, this one outside of kaiser santa clara facility. across northern california and in the central valley some 2,000 workers are striking and that

will include counselors, psychologists, as well as staff, so the union is seeking higher pay, increased staffing and shorter patient wait times. kaiser is saying that it is offering a fair offer to the union and hired nearly 200 new mental health clinicians and also say patients will still receive care during the strike. everybody's talking about the heat that's coming on today, kari. >> you want to try to get outside before noon today and that's after that like all bets are off especially for the inland valleys because it's going to reach 103 degrees. >> wow. >> we are going to see still some upper 90s tomorrow and then on thursday we will see some mid-90s for highs but it's also going to be very muggy. it does look not so bad for the weekend. san francisco is going to be one of those places to go cool off. we have upper 60s by the end of the week into the weekend. >> i hear the cars starting already. >> these cars have already started and waiting at the bay bridge toll plaza. it started out to be a standard build here. the thing i want to point out is

what kari's been talking about, look at the sun, in the east bay. a couple large box stores you can walk into the refrigerator and check that out. >> just don't get stuck. >> sunglasses, hydrate, that's the meal for today. thanks for joining us. >> the "to hi, everybody. happy tuesday. we have two major stories, the battle between the justice department and donald trump. >> and the closely watched liz cheney race in wyoming. it is august 16th. this is "today." warrant war. the doj comes out strongly in search of documents saying it would compromise the investigation. but overnight, former president trump and other republicans saying it needs to happen immediately. >> to me, until we see specificity within the affidavit, we will not have the