good morning, it is saturday, september 17th. 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside from mclaren park in san francisco. a little cloud cover out there, a little bit of wind this

morning, but ahead, a beautiful day. thank you so much for starting your saturday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a quick check of our microclimate forecast and that includes rain on the way for tomorrow. hey, vianey. >> hey there, kira. yeah, this is sort of a calm before the storm, right? we're going to be seeing great conditions today. notice the regional temperatures right now pretty good for san francisco 50s, pretty normal for this time of year. we have enjoyed some comfortable weather, but as we head into tomorrow, that is all going to change. if we advance to the next graphic we can see the a chance of seeing widespread rain, something that is not very normal for the month of september, and with that, we could even see anywhere from about a tenth of an inch to possibly a quarter, maybe even a half an inch. so it will be interesting to see the timing of this, how much rain we're going to get and the temperatures and the wind impacts heading into tomorrow. i'll have that coming up in just

a few minutes. kira, i'll go ahead and send it over back to you. >> all right, vianey, thanks. many are looking forward to that rain tomorrow, but others are rushing to prevent potential problems. pg&e workers continued clearing vegetation yesterday. the power company plans to dispatch crews to potential trouble spots before the rain arrives. and in san francisco, construction crews are working on a sewage and storm drain upgrade in the west portal neighborhood. you may recall wiwona and 15th avenue has been the site of major flooding over the last few years. as that wet weather moves in this weekend, you can keep tabs of the rain where you live. just download our nbc bay area app. it's free. you'll get access to our exclusive storm ranger radar, which will give you a minute by minute look at exactly when the rain will reach your neighborhood. and we have some breaking news this morning.

more than 3,000 people are without power right now in the east bay. it started just after midnight in alameda county. the pg&e outage map actually just cleared moments ago. it was showing areas east of the dublin hills regional park and west of the city of dublin, both in the dark. just moments ago it cleared. pg&e had initially estimated power would be restored by 5:30 tonight, but that is no longer the case. everyone now back with their lights on. turning now to a community in mourning. after an 8-year-old boy was hit and killed in a crosswalk on his way to school yesterday. "today in the bay's" stephanie spoke with the boy's aunt saying he will be remembered for his infectious smile. >> reporter: a solemn night with an entire community mourning the death of a third grader at

castlemont elementary. >> always a very happy boy, smiled all the time. >> reporter: jacob's aunt tells us jacob was loved by everyone who met him, with his infectious smile and playful personality, always making others laugh as he dressed up and pretend he was spider-man. according to witnesses jacob and his baby-sitter were in the middle of this crosswalk on their way to school when a car driving down castle mount avenue turned and struck them killing jacob and leaving his baby-sitter seriously injured. >> you saw everything basically? >> yes. >> was that really hard for you? do you remember what your mom did? >> she like grabbed my hand and like pulled me a little back and like i was about to tell jacob that go to the other side to like run, but i couldn't because

he already got ran over. >> reporter: police don't believe speed, drugs and alcohol were a factor. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. >> the estimated speeds of the driver are 20 to 30 miles per hour, but again, more information will be revealed as we go through the investigation. >> reporter: in tears, she tells me she doesn't understand why this happened. saying they did everything right, but now her nephew is gone and his 44-year-old baby-sitter will now have to undergo surgery. they say the city needs to make this crossing safer for the dozens of children that take this route to school every day. >> people are driving so fast just to go ahead and drop off their children, and it's like, whoa, slow down. >> they're asking for crossing guards, anything that could prevent another family from lose ago nephew, a son or a little brother like jacob. in the east bay, three children are being treated in the hospital after a driver hit them. it happened yesterday in

antioch. our sky ranger was overhead shortly after. you could see one of the cars ended up on the grass on the side of that house. as "today in the bay's" thom jensen reports, investigators say the car that hit the children may have been forced off the road by another car. >> reporter: the scene was heartbreaking. three children stopped at an intersection around 3:00 when witnesses say moments later they were hit by this tan car so hard that two of them were catapulted right towards a home. the third pinned under the car. >> one was under the front tire or near the front tire. he was face down and wasn't breathing too good. the other one was in the bushes in front of the house, and on the side of the house the little girl was knocked underneath the bushes. >> the driver of that car might not be to blame. witnesses told police another car, this red chevy impala tried to pass the tan mercury illegally and ended up slamming into it sending that tan mercury

right into the children. >> my heart is broken for these kids and i hope and pray they're going to be okay. >> reporter: antioch p.d. tells us multiple witnesses reported seeing it all happen. two of the kids were hurt so bad they had to be life flighted to children's hospital in oakland and the third was taken by ambulance. >> while we understand that everybody is trying to get somewhere quickly, even more importantly than that is getting there safely. >> two adults were also injured and hospitalized. we don't have information on their condition. >> we do know that that red car was towed here to the antioch police department earlier tonight, but we don't know whether that driver is going to be charged. we've reached out to the police a couple of times and have not heard back from them. but the main concern right now is for those three children, all of them seriously injured and in the hospital tonight. thom jensen, "today in the bay yts. b.a.r.t. service is restored in oakland after a deadly crash involving a motorcyclist. it happened around 4:00 yesterday near the 19th street

station in oakland. investigators say the motorcyclist hit a b.a.r.t. right-of-way barrier and landed on the track below right as the b.a.r.t. train was approaching. he was hit and killed. tracks were closed for some time during the investigation. normal service resumes today. turning now to the outpouring of emotion being shown for queen elizabeth ii in london. we have a live look outside westminster hall where that steady stream of mourners continues. some people standing in line for as long as 20 hours or more just to spend a few moments at the queen's coffin. nbc's jay gray is outside of buckingham palace with a closer look at how tens of thousands of mourners are honoring their queen. >> their pace is deliberate, their demeanor stoic, somber. queen elizabeth's children led by king charles joining the vigil around her coffin.

>> they are amazing to be standing in front of their mother like that. oh, gosh. yeah. absolutely amazing. >> reporter: they stand with their heads bowed, mirroring, so many who continue to pass through westminster hall. the line to get there unprecedented, the crowds overwhelming. >> i have no idea what this is all about. >> this is what we've been told, to tell you guys to go home. >> reporter: officials pausing entry to the queue for more than six hours, the delay, though, no match for the determination of tens of thousands gathered here. >> quite simply it's our queen, you know, i mean, she would have done the same for us. she kept everything -- she kept everything moving. so and she never gave up so why should we give up? >> among those refusing to give up, soccer star david beckham, emotional as he stood at her coffin after spending more than 12 hours to get there. >> we're lucky as a nation to

have someone who has led us the way her majesty has led us for the amount of time with kindness, with caring, and always reassurance. >> reporter: while on the pitch more than 100 miles from central london after postponing matches following her death, premier league teams and fans honor the queen before resuming play. first a moment of silence, then in true football fashion raucous applause for a beloved leader and a life so well lived. >> it is a fitting tribute after so many stories this week about the queen interrupting state meetings or state dinners to check the score of a soccer lo. >> and you can watch the queen's funeral live right here on nbc bay area. our coverage begins at 2:30 a.m. on monday morning. at 7:10, we have much more

ahead on "today in the bay" coming up, a stanford student giving back to his community. what he's doing to make science accessible to all students in one locaschool dist.l tric

welcome back at 7:13 on your saturday morning, a live look outside in san francisco. the sun coming down, a little bit of cloud cover there. we have a mild day of 60s and

70s expected today before the rain moves in tomorrow. and the investigation continues on the peninsula after a balcony collapsed injuring four family members. you can see the aftermath in this video. it happened yesterday at a home on westmore avenue in daley city not far from west mor high school. firefighters say two adults and two children were injured when the balcony they were on collapsed. paramedics rushed all of them to the hospital. so far no word on their conditions or why that balcony collapsed. the massive fire burning in the sierra foothills continues to grow. the mosquito fire has now scorched 71,000 acres. there is no change in containment. it is holding steady at 20%. the crews are bracing for stronger winds expected in the area this weekend. with the bay area as his backdrop, yesterday governor gavin newsom signed a package of bills which may be the most significant climate change

measures in history. the signing took place in vallejo. the legislation is all part of the state's $54 billion commitment to fighting climate change. the new laws include a deadline for the state to be carbon neutral with a goal of reducing greenhouse emissions by 85%. they also aim to establish a 100% clean electric grid by the year 2045. >> this is the future that the folks out there don't understand, but everybody here does. the bay area is dominating in this space. >> critics say the new laws are too ambitious and require californians to change too much too quickly. they also require the state to commit to dramatic infrastructure changes. in oakland, more than a dozen people don't have a place to stay after flames tore through their homes. a fire ignited yesterday afternoon on the westbound side of interstate 580 near the 35th avenue and quigley street

intersection. it quickly spread to nearby homes. one firefighter had to be taken to the hospital for heat-related injuries. we spoke with the man who says he was able to save his own home by hosing down the embers on his front yard. >> by the time it came up, you know, i tried to fight it, you know, with fire extinguishers, that kind of thing. even then, the fire guys threw a hose over and said if i can, you know, douse the house, which i tried. >> at one point more than 7,000 people were without power because of that fire. crews are investigating what sparked it. today house speaker nancy pelosi is going to armenia after clashes between that country and neighboring azerbaijan. the fighting over a long-disputed territory has killed more than 200 people this week alone. speaker pelosi is going with another bay area congresswoman,

jackie speier and another member of congress who's also armenian american. it comes on the heels of the g-7 meeting in berlin. speaker pelosi hopes the delegation can calm tensions. both armenia and azerbaijan blame one another for the renewed fighting. back here locally, an oakland tech grad is moving his community forward by getting students more interested in science. >> is this positive or negative? >> positive. >> what about this one? >> positive. >> that is 19-year-old ahmed mohamed. a few years ago he was oakland tech's first black male valedictorian, now he's a sophomore at stanford, and the founder, his goal is to provide students with free hands on science kits they can use at home or school. his nonprofit organization has expanded to a thousand students or more than a thousand students with his team hosting classes in 20 schools throughout oakland unified. his goal is simple, get more

minority students exposed to and interested in scientist. >> we're bringing the resources to the kids, and so they can actually engage with them for the first time in their lives and have fun doing so zblrt kits cube is holding a s.t.e.m. fair at oakland tech today. they hope to create a culture of fun and accessible learning that goes beyond the classroom. they currently have more than 1,500 entries. >> wow. >> if you and your family are looking to get out of the house this weekend, our mike inouye has you covered in today's weekend calendar. >> good morning, kira. let's start our saturday off celebrating a quince in san jose, the 15th luna park chalk festival. the word on the street is there will be words on the street, along with artwork and entertainment and food trucks, look up lunaparkarts online. next up, here we go on the peninsula to burlingame, the pet

parade. traffic-wise i need to talk about street closures along broadway starting at 8:00 a.m. no cars, not even mustangs or rams or barracudas but plen tu of other animals. pets from parrots to i'm actually a museum guy. i'm thrilled it's smithsonian museum day. new museum los gatos and cartoon and art museum in san francisco and the rosa center for contemporary art in napa. look for a full list, search for smithsonian museum day. that's what you got. >> and we like it. thanks, mike. time to check in with meteorologist vianey arana for our micro climate forecast. >> we've got some changes ahead. i think it's a welcome sight to some extent. we haven't seen rain for a long time, so the preparations are going to be there, get your tires checked, your windshield

wipers checked, all of that will factor in once the storm moves in becoming widespread by tomorrow. first let's take a live look outside and see the calm before the storm. look how beautiful this is in san francisco. you can see the cloud cover there moving through and by tomorrow, this is all going to be very stormy. let's take a look at san jose. look at the sunrise. we've got that orange glow. enjoy that sunshine, at least for the first half of today because we are expecting for that cloud cover to move in. now, heading over to walnut creek, i also want to give you this other view. you can actually start to see the gray in the sky there and that's in anticipation for that approaching storm system, so first let's go ahead and take a look at some of those current temperatures across the region because so far we've been doing okay when it comes to those daytime highs, right? we've been a little bit cooler compared to the triple digits that we saw during that intense heat wave. if you take a look at san francisco, 57 degrees, compared to the rest of the nation, we're actually doing pretty good. moving on to satellite and

radar, you can see that storm system to our north. you see that light green cloud cover in the pacific. that was churning off the gulf of alaska, and that system is going to be pushing down south. if you live in the north bay, santa rosa, sonoma, anywhere north of the golden gate bridge, you'll be first to see the rain tonight. advancing to the next graphic, we're going to begin to see that spread a little bit further southward. when it comes to those temperatures, this is also going to be a finishing a with the weather. going to be a factor with the weather. we're actually trying to feel more normal like fall around here. let's advance to the next graphic so we can take a look at some of the other impacts we're seeing throughout the u.s. we do have that storm system that's approaching for us. mind you, this is very rare for september, especially when we're talking rain totals. we're talking anywhere from a quarter of an inch to possibly over a half an inch to an inch for some of those coastal ranges and elevated areas. if you live in the south bay, unfortunately for san jose, it's very common for us to fall

within that rain shadow. you'll see a little bit less rain. we are expecting rain, if we can move on to the next graphic, we will see some of that national satellite showcases the cloud cover up there in the north. you see it in the pacific just north of san francisco. we'll move in first and then the rain. >> get ready for it, i'm excited. thanks so much. it's 7:22. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, running toward danger, not once but twice in an effort to save people around him. garvin thomas introduces us to a brave south bay man who did just that

now to a hero among us. a south bay man risked his life not once but twice to save others. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has his story in this morning's "bay area proud". >> loyal, helpful, friendly. >> reporter: if you ever went looking for someone who fits the definition of an everyday hero. >> so let's go down to one at a time. >> reporter: you couldn't do much better than willie. the gilroy scout leader and youth football volunteer gives a lot of his time preparing local kids for their future. >> i do what i do because how it makes me feel. it makes me feel good. you do get to set a good example and help them out. >> reporter: the thing about this everyday hero, though, is that on two particular days both in the span of just one year,

willie found himself right in the middle of a crisis and proved himself a different kind of hero. >> how would i love with myself if something did happen and i did nothing. >> reporter: in september of 2018, willie was volunteering at a pop warner football tournament when a car approached the stadium. >> they started getting closer and more erratic and driving faster. that was our indicator that something was wrong. >> reporter: behind the wheel, a former police officer behaving erratically and threatening violence. willie confronted the suspect ultimately jumping into the man's car to try and stop him from driving into a crowd, ultimately giving police time to action. nd make t >> you don't have time to think about being scared or not, you just got to keep moving. >> reporter: it is a tactic willie would find himself having to use again in just a matter of months. in july of the following year, a gunman opened fire at the gilroy

garlic festival. >> we both heard shots fired on the radio. >> reporter: and there was willie volunteering on the communications team. he ran from his post, directing a bus driver to take fleeing visitors away from the festival grounds. >> the driver's like where do i take him? anywhere but here. >> reporter: willie then headed back toward the scene bringing a doctor right to the injured. like many heroes, willie doesn't think he deserves the title for what he did on those days. he was just a guy doing a version of what he does every single day. >> it's a matter of stepping up and helping out. i didn't really think about risking my life, you know. it was something that needed to be done. >> truly a hero, thanks to garvin thomas for that story. it is 7:27. right now we have much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up a bay area community in mourning after a parent's worst nightmare becomes a reality, a little boy hit and killed while walking to school. how his family and best friend are

kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30.

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microclimate forecast, and that includes the calm before the storm. rain expected tomorrow. >> great way to describe it, kira. if you notice in the sky, we will start noticing the approaching cloud cover and that's all ahead of that upper low that's going to move in, and look at san jose, enjoy that sunshine. by tomorrow, i should say by tonight, actually, depending on where you live, we are get that rain system moving in. in addition to the rain, though, we're also monitoring those strong gusty conditions. and this is a live look right now in fremont. you see the flag waving there with the wind. that's going to get even more intense heading into tomorrow, which means we're also worried about the mosquito fire as wind can cause erratic conditions. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. while many of us are looking forward to the rain, others are working to prevent problems. pg, and e contractors cleared

branches and vegetation near power lines in half moon bay and belmont. the crews to potential trouble spots today before the rain arrives. in san francisco, construction crews are working on a sewage and storm drain upgrade in west portal. wiwona street at 15th avenue has been the site of major flooding over the last few years. and as this wet weather moves in this weekend, you can keep tabs of the rain where you live. just download our free nbc bay area app. you get access to our exclusive storm ranger radar. it will give you a minute by minute look at exactly when the rain will reach your neighborhood. turning now to a community coming together to mourn after an 8-year-old boy was hit and killed in a crosswalk on his way to school yesterday. "today in the bay's" stephanie maga young spoke with the boy's aunt and his best friend to tell us how he'll be remembered. >> a solemn night in campbell with friends, family and an

entire community mourning the death of 8-year-old jacob. a third grader at castlemont elementary. >> always is a very happy boy. smile all the time. >> reporter: jacob's aunt hoes finau tells us jacob was loved by everyone who met him with his infectious smile and playful personality always making he'd pretend he was spider-man. >> always in my heart. >> reporter: according to witnesses, jacob and his baby-sitter were in the middle of this crosswalk on their way to school when a car driving down castlemont avenue turned and struck them killing jacob and leaving his baby-sitter seriously injured. >> you saw everything basically? >> yes. >> was that really hard for you? do you remember what happened and what your mom did to protect you? >> she like grabbed my hand and like pulled me a little back and like i was about to tell jacob

that like to go to the other side, to like run but i couldn't because he like already got ran over. >> reporter: police don't believe speed, drugs or alcohol were a factor, and the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. >> the estimated speeds of the driver are 20 to 30 miles per hour, but again, more information will be revealed as we go through the investigation. >> in tears, she tells me she doesn't understand why this happened saying they did everything right, but now her nephew is gone and his 44-year-old baby-sitter will now have to undergo surgery. they say the city needs to make this crossing safer for the dozens of children that take this route to school every day. >> people are driving so fast just to go ahead and drop off their children, and it's like whoa, slow down. >> they're asking for crossing guards, anything that could prevent another family from losing a nephew, a son or a

little brother like jacob. in the east bay, three children are being treated in the hospital after a driver hit them. it happened yesterday in antioch. our sky ranger was overhead shortly after. you can see one of those cars ended up on the lawn on the said of that house. as "today in the bay's" thom jensen reports investigators say the car that hit the children may have been forced off the road by another car. >> reporter: the scene was heartbreaking. three children stopped at an intersection when witnesses say moments later they were hit by this tan car so hard that two of them were catapulted right towards the home, the third pinned under the car. >> one was under the front tire or near the front tire. he was face down and wasn't breathing too good. the other one was in the bushes in front of the house, and then on the side of the house, a little girl was knocked underneath the bushes. >> reporter: but the driver of that car might not be to blame

because witnesses also told police another car, this red chevy impala tried to pass the tan mercury illegally and ended up slamming into it sending that tan mercury right into the children. >> my heart is broken for these kids, and i can -- i hope and pray that they're going to be okay. >> reporter: antioch p.d. tells us multiple witnesses reported seeing it all happen. two of the kids were hurt so bad, they had to be life flighted to children's hospital in oakland and the third was taken by ambulance. >> while we understand that everybody is trying to get somewhere quickly, even more importantly is getting there safely. >> reporter: two adults were also injured and hospitalized. we don't have information on their condition. we do know that that red car was towed to the antioch police department earlier tonight, but we don't know whether that driver is going to be charged. we've reached out to the police a couple times and have not heard back from them, but the main concern right now is for those three children, all of them seriously injured and in the hospital tonight. thom jensen "today in the bay." turning now to b.a.r.t.

service is restored in oakland this morning after a deadly crash involving a motorcyclist. this happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon near the 19th street station in oakland. investigators say the motorcyclists hit a barrier and landed on the b.a.r.t. track