right now at 4:30 a deadly string of violence continues in oakland. we'll show you how the community is working together to try to break that violent trend. plus -- >> they have a particular liking, it seems, for grapes and for vineyards. and so that's really where a lot of the concern is right now and we've already seen vineyards hit by this. >> a pesky insect threatening local winemakers. the terrible consequences it could cause wine country. >> now i'm itchy. it is the last day of summer. meteorologist vianey arana in with a closer look at our forecast. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon

fire, apple tv and online. and a good wednesday morning midweek for you as we move things along. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia has the day off. we're bringing all the color. we showed up this morning, i hope you wore your sunglasses. >> we still have some showers on the radar. you got some? >> a couple drops. >> you are not imagining it. we have plenty of activity, instability on the radar. you can see satellite radar popping up, even thunderstorm activity just off the coast. you could see it right here if i kind of zoom this in closer using our mobile doppler radar storm ranger you can see the shower activity pushing through santa rosa, petaluma, san rafael. if i zoom further south you can see the red scan. now there is a possibility we could see some of those thunderstorms move inland and we could get an isolated pocket or two of heavy downpours at times especially around areas in the

coastline. as far as our temperatures go, we'll start out in the 60s. we'll bump up into the 70s by the afternoon that will leave us with a very humid mix of sun and clouds for this evening. let's get a check of the traffic with mike. >> vianey, pretty calm right now. leftovers from the rain and as vianey has been talking about, a few sprinkles. i have them right around here in santa clara. keep that in mind. nothing major but they are scattered around. looking over to the nimitz around 98, just south of the coliseum, reports of a crash in both directions. we're looking very light right now. the crash is on the shoulder so you can get by without any problem. still slick in a couple of spots. back to you. >> thanks, mike. developing right now city leaders in oakland are demanding action. this is after seeing an influx of violence. the latest deadly shooting happening just outside of city hall. now that shooting actually interrupting the city council meeting.

seven people have been shot in the past two days in oakland, four of them dying from their injuries. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports it's a jarring wake-up call of the escalating violence in the city. >> reporter: the latest killing in the city of oakland taking place almost steps from city hall interrupting a council meeting. >> -- it looks like someone just got shot. >> reporter: and then there was silence. >> madam clerk, i want to make sure you all are okay. >> reporter: the city council forced to call a recess. >> this is the fourth homicide our investigators are investigating in less than 24 hours. >> reporter: oakland police giving a report on the city's latest body count, which includes fatal shooting downtown along with drive-by shooting leaving two members of the oakland islamic center dead, and a woman gunned down near 20th and 23rd streets. >> we are now at 91 homicides

for this year in the city of oakland compared to 100 lives lost this same time last year. >> reporter: oakland residents looking to city leaders for answers. >> we have to have more boots on the ground. >> reporter: oakland is in desperate need to hire people to join a force made up of 681 officers, that's almost half of what the city needs. >> we can't hold back. we can't normalize what's going on. >> reporter: lawmakers are banking on oakland's violence prevention program made up of citizens who try and stop shootings before they happen. >> there's a lot of mediation, a lot of groundwork that's happening to prevent the next homicide. and that's often not publicized because it's overshadowed by the incidents. >> reporter: pastor scott is bringing together clergy to deal with the crisis. >> we're not coming together. we're pointing the finger at everything and everybody else. we need a complete wraparound

around oakland. >> reporter: many say it has to happen quickly and stop the bloodshed. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." new this morning california's wine industry is facing a threat that is about one inch in diameter but it could devastate the entire industry. >> nbc lx contributor greg bledsoe has more on this. greg, tell us about why they're concerned right now? >> reporter: well, you mentioned how small it is. it's an insect, a spotted lanternfly is what you call it. you'll see it basically looks like a colorful moth. there it is right there. they're pretty. they're beautiful. but they can cause a lot of damage especially when it comes to grapes and vineyards. what they do is not only eat the fruit but leave a honeydew residue that can rot and kill an entire grapevine, an entire vineyard. they are devastating potentially. the reason we know they can do that, we're already seeing it not just around the world but here in the united states. pennsylvania has had vineyards hit by this.

there are 11 states in the country that have seen this insect. as far as the history of it and where it came from, they're invasive. scientists think they came over from china some time around 2014 or so and since then have been slowly spreading. i mentioned 11 states so far. all of those are in the eastern part of the country. we have not seen this yet in california, but it's coming. so the big question is, when is it coming? we have a pretty good educated guess about that in the summer. researchers at north carolina state university use the same technology we use to predict how covid would spread and plugged in the data how the insects have been spreading the last eight years and their best guess when it will get to california is in the next five to ten years, more likely on the latter end of that. you think five to ten years away, we have forever. not the case. we talked to winemakers, the state, this is a big deal. we have to start doing something about it now. we talked to a winemaker and here is what he had to say. >> i've been working in the wine group industry since i was old

enough to hold a shovel, and i don't remember another threat that was this scary to me. so if something were to happen to grapes in california, the rest of the country would feel it? >> absolutely. the rest of the world would feel it. >> reporter: the reason the rest of the world would feel it is because california makes 80% of the wine in this country and we export a lot of wine. this is a huge industry. the state is taking it seriously. the spotted lanternfly is already on the state's the cali department of and agriculture put it on the list. inspectors at state borders can be looking for this thing and not just the actual fly, the insect itself, but eggs, because they don't travel well. they don't fly but can lay their eggs on trains and cars and that's how they travel. we saw an egg match come across into california this past summer on a truckload of firewood coming from new jersey. they're looking for it. it's a matter of time when it gets here and establishes a population. that's where a lot of the concern is and because we've

already seen vineyards hit by this in pennsylvania and other parts of the world. it seems grapes right now are a big concern for the state. >> thanks, greg. you can watch a lot more series like this one on nbc lx. head to lx.com. you can watch lx on xfinity 185 or over the air on channel 11-5. 4:38 for you this morning. it's a major change coming to one popular live streaming service. ahead for you on "today in the bay," the content now banned from twitch. plus, the reason one airline is being forced to cancel dozens of flights this morning. will it impact you? you might be wondering. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."