>> yeah, they are better at monterey through the glass. through the glass. some neighborhoods might want to brace for the 90s. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking that, and also the countdown to the cool down. ahead in a live report, the impact now expected from the string of winter storms on our fire season. this is "today in the bay." thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. marcus washington has the morning off. i am here. i am kris sanchez. >> i am glad kris is here, and i am laura garcia. we are starting off with cloudy conditions, but this is quickly going to change. meteorologist, kari hall, leading our team coverage talking about the hot temperatures we are going to have. how hot are we talking? >> we are going to have a range of high temperatures, and if you are seeing fog and clouds now most likely it will stay in the 70s for you.

but if you are making your way inland and it's already clear, it will hit the 90s this afternoon. it's a spare the air day where the most unhealthy air quality will be in the interior east bay. we will see a hazy sky with a high amount of particulate matter in the air. our temperatures hotter than yesterday, but not expected to set a lot of records here. in concord, the high expected to reach 90. today's high, 94 degrees. it was really hot on this date in 2004. as we look at san francisco, the record was in 1921. we are expected to hit 77 degrees. we are going to talk more about what to expect coming up. now, let's turn to today in the bay's bob redell joining us in livermore, and that's one of the spots that will be hot today. >> reporter: good morning, kari. that bank sign, can you see it right there reading 54. we expect that temperature sign

to be reading 30 degrees hotter once the sun comes up here in the tri-valley. it's the first spare the air day of the year, and the bay area quality management issuing this because they are afraid the air will be too unhealthy because of the combination of the high temps, the smog and the pollution. fire season is upon us, but fortunately we could see below normal fires because of all the rain we had. a san josé state professor specializes in wildfire research. >> the good news is because of the snowpack we have still, and we will have throughout the early summer, that will keep things moist in the central sierra in the mid elevations across the sierra nevada. with that we wont expect large fires in july like we seen in the past drought years.

>> reporter: he says the recent analysis of the shrub-fueled moisture in the santa cruz mountains indicates the plants contain higher amounts of water, and cal fire is already working to reduce vegetation in the bay area that could one day dry out and turn into fuel for a wildfire. here's how cal fire is preparing for the fire season. in contra costa county the agency is creating 200 miles of roads for firefighters to reach hot to reach places if there's a wildfire. the app is a good resource to have on the go. you can get alerts and you can customize alerts in the neighborhood where you are or where you are going to be.

it's free. a suspect that killed a mother in a crash, he was driving a stolen suv and he slammed into another car in rodeo. the driver of that car, a mother and one of her 6-year-old twin sons died. white is facing murder charges. today could be a pivotal day in the case of a unhoused man accused of beating a former fire commissioner. the public defenders released two videos, one that shows the police commissioner, carmignani, approaching a unhoused person with bear spray. they say carmignani, the former commissioner, may be responsible for similar attacks against

unhoused people. >> eight separate acts of violence. these eight separate acts of violence were perpetrated against people who are homeless. >> carmignani's team, meanwhile, released video they say shows the confrontation, and they say the unhoused man grabbed a metal object from the trash before swinging it at carmignani. the court has asked carmignani to testify today and depending on what happens, the district attorney may consider dropping those charges. a first major move in the attempt to raise the debt limit, and that battle is just beginning. today in the bay's brie jackson is live in washington, and if nothing else, it's a big win for speaker of the house, kevin

mccarthy. >> this was somewhat of a legislative victory for house speaker kevin mccarthy, who is able to win gop holdouts to pass the bill. it includes efforts to raise the debt limit and cut spending. the measure faces an uphill battle in the senate. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy passing his first major test by a slim margin. securing just enough votes to press ahead with a bill that raises the debt limit by 1.$5 trillion. >> nobody in america believes there's not one place you can find where you have savings. >> the cuts includes rolling back unused covid funds and stopping president biden's student loan cancelation plan. >> we should pay our bills.

we should ensure that we don't hit this crisis. >> the bill now heads to the senate where top republicans say they support speaker mccarthy's efforts. >> he laid down a reasonable proposal and it's time for the white house to negotiate. that's the way a two-party system works. >> democrats who hold the majority wont back any bill that includes conditions. >> a clean debt ceiling. that's how it has been done, twice under trump and once under biden. to tie the two together is reckless and will lead to default. >> the white house calls the measure reckless and vows the president will veto it. >> not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. that's not negotiable. >> the biden administration and republicans must reach a compromise soon or risk a default. the treasury department is taking what it calls extraordinary measures to pay

the bills but warns that those funds will run out sometime in the summer. the clock is ticking for members of congress and the white house to act. laura. >> get the job done. we will see what happens. brie jackson from washington. thanks for all the latest. let's get the latest when it comes to the forecast as we take a live look across the bay area. we keep talking about it because we are facing hot temperatures today, probably the hottest we have seen for this year. >> yeah, especially for the inland valleys. san francisco has its saving grace for today. yeah, natural air-conditioning thanks to the fog. we look above the fog in that shot there, but as you are driving across the golden gate bridge you can barely see there. we will be at 69 degrees at 11:00 in novato, and you can see the trend and making it up to 85

for this afternoon. 90 in concord. 91 in san josé. it will be cooler, especially by the end of the weekend. we will talk more about that coming up. mike has a look at where you can find lower gas prices. >> kari, one of the ten best prices in the state is the $4.05 at costco in sunnyvale. and then vallejo, the shell on tennessee street, that's $4.11. and then dublin, it's 4.19 a gallon. that's all reported through gasbuddy.com. we are looking at a issue by the ge exit there, and there's a crash that could be blocking part of your slowing so watch for that distraction. it has not grown as far as the

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680 moving nicely. those are the taillights heading towards the peninsula. we will see the build over the next half hour. happy thursday to you. all kinds of companies reporting profits. comcast, our parent company, and southwest airlines. meta is surprising investors with better earnings and lower costs than expected. disney is fighting back and accusing desantis in court of using the power of the state government to punish disney for its political speech. you may recall disney opposed the so-called don't say gay which drew the ire of the governor. there's no room for disagreement about what happened here. disney expressed its opinion on

state legislation and then was punished by the state for doing so. the first reading of the first quarter gdp showed economic growth slowed during the first three months of the year, and inflation is to blame. gdp rose at 1.1% for the quarter. that's small. even worse, a key inflation, a key gauge of inflation showed high prices were still a problem. stagnant growth in inflationary times -- or inflation combined with stagnant growth, that's stagnation. you have to have high unemployment, too, and we don't. stagnation is dangerous because we don't know how to solve that. the first reading of the gdp is never right and they will do two more readings to figure it out, so we will see. today's numbers are not encouraging.

>> tough to see. >> it is. >> thank you very much, bob. have you seen this chaotic tiktok trend sparking concerns over house social media affects your brain. these are called sludge videos. it's a bunch of videos overlaid on top of each other. some kind of soothing, and others think it's causing people to have short attention spans. we can't point to one kind of video as the culprit for short attention spans. some say it's something playful, you can sit there and watch things unfold in front of your eyes. >> that did not help me relax. take a look at this. a peacock escaped from the bronx zoo causing havoc after it bit a man on the street. i dependant know peacocks bit. the man saw it on the sidewalk

and tried to capture it and that's when the bird attacked and then flew into a tree, and it's still there now. they are hoping the bird will come down. the man was not badly injured but shocked. >> probably just pecked at him. check out what one person who lives in san francisco caught on video. ♪ making my way downtown ♪ ♪ >> i love that they put that music to it. >> a roomba on the lose strolling down market street on tuesday, and somebody took this video on tiktok. the tiktok user tells us the owner of the roomba has not been found but has a busy job attempting to clean up the streets of san francisco. >> maybe the city hired it. >> we should dispatch those around the freeways and all

over. >> let's see if we can get london breed to comment on that? >> we have a fog machine in san francisco. >> yeah, it's mainly for the coastline, and san francisco will see the fog drifting by. i saw it moving across the bay, and the bay bridge, we can see it there moving across the city. we have an early afternoon game in san francisco. beautiful weather for that. at first pitch at oracle park, it's going to be 70 degrees. not as much of a wind as we have seen in the past couple of days. it will get breezy as the sunshine continues, and we will reach into the mid-70s there. it's going to be really hot for the inland areas. it just looks hot as we take a live look at the view in san josé. the 7-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen. yeah, big changes ahead. this is the peak of the heat where we are talking about near record highs. it looks like we are within five

degrees of those records. it was really hot on this date in 2004, so today we are just about 90 when the record is 94 in concord. livermore we are up to 89 degrees, and the record was 95. you can see it's well above normal, and we could be close in san josé. if we hit 91 we will tie that record set in 2004. we will be seeing those temperatures around san josé, milpitas reaching 91 degrees and a light wind. for much of the east bay it's going to be dangerously hot for a few hours with antioch reaching 92 degrees, and 82 in oakland. we will see low 70s for half moon bay. much more comfortable there. palo alto will reach 86 degrees. 76 in downtown san francisco. 86 in santa rosa. 90 in ukiah. we will see drastic changes by the end of the weekend. a cold front comes in. we can see there will be spotty showers nearby, but we will also

have slight rain chances starting on tuesday. it's possible by thursday of next week we could see some widespread rain in the bay area. much cooler temperatures, and you can see the changing colors there. that blue indicates there could be snow for those upper elevations for the central and southern sierra. we have got a little bit of it all. we have summer and we have spring and then we take it back to winter next week. livermore goes from 90 today to a high of only 62 degrees on monday. don't put away those jackets and coats just yet. we are going to have summer weather for the next few days. our mornings start out nice and cool and that's the opportunity to open up the windows and let the house cool down. next week we will be back to mornings in the 40s and highs reaching into the 60s, and needing to dust off those umbrellas once again. i will keep you up-to-date on this as it changes day by day. mike, you are seeing fog at the golden gate bridge. >> you see the tops of the

towers. folks are managing just fine on the drive. you can see the immediate tpau vicinity in front of you, enough to stop. there's more fog registering up here with the orangish/yellow color. watch for the detour in berkeley tonight for transition roadwork over there. we have a crash reported on the shoulder of westbound 84 near the power plant, so we have a distraction there. back to you. >> thank you. next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> a family buys jewelry to represent their faith but they quickly lose faith in the store that sold them that jewelry. i am consumer investigator, chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. as the oakland a's are

moving to las vegas, we talk to sheng thao about that move and why she thinks the a's were not on the level in the

nbc bay area responds to a menlo park family that needed help with a department store. >> the family asked chris

chmura's team to step in. >> good morning. chad in menlo park says his faith is important to him and his family. that's why he bought five cross necklaces on macy's.com. one necklace for each member of his family. he paid $375 a piece. days later, they advertised the price lower. there's ten days to request a price adjustment online. chad called a couple times and still no refund. chad was ready to give up. >> i know. i thought about taking it back in person. >> but he didn't. chad called us. the store refunded chad $2,775.

macy's said we constantly strive to exceed our customer's expectations and are committed to ensuring their satisfaction at all times. scan the qr code on the screen right now to fill out a consumer complaint form online. tonight is the night football fans have been waiting for. it's the start of the nfl draft. barring some kind of tracy last-minute trade, the niners will not make any selections in tonight's round. management admits they are getting offers for tray lance. it's less certain how lance fits into the long term team after the emergence of brock purdy. as it stands now, the niners will not make their first selection until late in the third round. the bay area is heating up today.

just ahead, meteorologist, kari hall, tracking the temperatures in your neighborhood. >> reporter: thousands in san francisco woke up to a blackout this morning. i am emma gosk. i will give you the latest on the power outage from pg&e. and giving city leaders a short show and tell of new promises now being made to boost safety. we will

right now at 6:30, lights out in san francisco as thousands spend the night and the morning in the dark. we're live with new details on the hours' long outage and the growing likelihood this may be a long morning for residents and for visitors alike. a live look outside. some neighborhoods bracing for the hot weather today, but it won't last long. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking weather in the 90s in some spots. this is "today in the bay." it's 6:30 on your thursday morning. thank you for starting your day with us. i am laura garcia. >> marcus washington has the morning off. this morning, we are still celebrating with dub nation. >> can you tell? [ cheering ] >> another nail-biter goes down to the wire, and we couldn't

even go to sleep at half-time. we have a look at last night's fan reaction and what is at stake for tomorrow night's game six. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> yeah, they have been good down to the wire. they are bringing it home, kari, but they will come home to heat. >> yeah, i think they are bringing that from sacramento. we are going to see temperatures ramp up quickly. if you have things to do outside, try to get it done early while temperatures are like this. we have low 50s for much of the bay area, and martinez, 59 degrees, and 56 in san josé. our high temperatures will head for the low 90s in the south bay, at least for the peninsula we are going to see temperatures in the mid-70s. the tri-valley, we will have hazy skies, unhealthy air and highs reaching in the upper 80s. for the east bay it's in the mid-80s, and also looking hazy. san francisco, upper 70s. the northbound will reach into the upper 80s there as well.

the weekend cools off. we will talk about events going on. that's coming up in a few minutes. not a good day to not have air-conditioning, and that's what is happening in san francisco as all these folks in red waking up without power, and it has been out for hours now. the areas in red is close to 7,000 customers in total. the map in full shows you which neighborhoods are feeling it the most. today in the bay's emma gosk is live. do we know what caused that outage. >> reporter: the cause of the power outage is still under investigation. we can see that power is slowly coming back to parts of the city. we are in russian hill, and you can see a traffic light behind me, it has been out all morning and throughout the night. cars are going through it. some of them don't know how fast they should be going through it, and we have seen a number of traffic lights and streetlights that have also been out.

power initially went out just after 9:00 last night, and in total there were almost 10,000 pg&e customers without power. crews have been working throughout the night to get power restored. as of now, just around 7,000 people are still without power. the outage area covers knob hill, north beach and the financial district according to pg&e's outage map. look at the video on twitter from last night before 10:00, you can see emergency crews were out in downtown san francisco shutting down at least two city blocks where power went out. pg&e tells us there's no estimated time for when power will be totally restored to the city, but they are slowly getting power restored customer by customer. reporting live in san francisco, emma gosk for "today in the bay." >> 7,000. so many people. thank you, emma. law enforcement in two cities are asking for help to

find young girls at risk. this 12-year-old was last seen at her middle school yesterday afternoon. she's about 4'7", 120 pounds and has braces. jasmine white of union city was last seen tuesday night. she's 5'0", 140 pounds and could be wearing black slippers. in both cases you should call police if you see them. and then one neighborhood trying to shine the light on a cloud of violence and vandalism. the cadillac winchester last night held a walk for safety with city leaders. they walked together. they say for years they have been calling for better lighting, more police patrol and a commitment from the city to invest in their city. >> we have a lot of violence in this area. when you walk, it's so dark at night. >> the vice mayor attended that

walk and promised changes and added that some changes would take longer than others, but is pushing with collaboration with the neighborhood association. electrification supporters will gather in berkeley to voice their concerns. berkeley was one of the first cities anywhere to approve all electric restrictions for new construction to phase out fossil fuels. but a court struck that down, and the case is raising doubts about the future of similar requirements in cities across california and the u.s. environmental advocates will join berkeley leaders for a news conference at 8:30 this morning. score another one for dub nation, a big one. the warriors now have the upper hand in the playoff series with the sacramento kings. >> the warriors now one win away from moving on in the playoffs. last night in sacramento they

held on for a huge game five win, but it came down to the end. draymond green scored 25 points off the bench coming up huge in the fourth quarter. in the final minutes, steph curry drained the clock before draining a big bucket and the foul which then sealed that 123-116 win. it was shear ecstasy for fans. >> i was on my seat the whole game. watching curry -- it was amazing. >> game six comes back to the chase center tomorrow night. can you wear your gold blooded t-shirts. the warriors move on if they win, and if not it's back to golden one for game seven on sunday. game six, friday night, 5:00 p.m., and set your dvr and you can watch the pregame coverage -- who is kidding,

we're watching it live. >> yeah, and speaking of live, let's look live out at san rafael. look at the sun. that's going to be heating up the bay area. kari, you are talking about temperatures in the 90s? >> yeah, it's going to be hot. when we get into the weekend it will start to cool down. talking about the game six for the warriors tomorrow once again, as you are going into the chase center it will be in the upper 60s and breezy. at least very comfortable if you are outside the chase center watching the game from there. dropping down to the upper 50s, so make sure you have a jacket. we have a friday game for the a's right across the bay for the oakland a's, and it will be about 73 degrees and sunny as we are going to see slightly warmer temperatures there. it will be cooling down significantly for the evening. if you are looking for something to do this weekend, how about checking out the cherry blossom festival in cupertino. starts off on saturday morning and it will be warming up so

stay hydrated and make sure you wear the sunscreen. santa cruz will be a great destination with highs reaching 66 tomorrow. 69 on saturday. then a little cooler on sunday with gusty winds. if you are lucky enough to go to tahoe this weekend, temperatures about the same as what we will see in santa cruz with upper 60s and much more of the snow will be melting. mike, the morning commute showing a couple snags. >> yeah, you see the san mateo bridge. the volume is the culprit, but we see traditional slowing there. not a huge slowing off the nimitz, but that's what is going on over there. building up a bit as far as backup goes all the way from ruby to the ge entrance. and then the crash on 680, that's showing more congestion. overnight you will have the

northbound closure there. we know about that one for 680 and north through sunol. over here this closure might catch you off guard. signs are up and there could be a detour, 580 will have a closure overnight and possibly tomorrow night as well. we are looking at the bay bridge backup of course coming into san francisco. coming in from the north bay, you will have a lane closure. there will be tree trimming work going on, but in the middle of that we have the giants playing and it's a midday game so midday traffic. back to you. >> thank you. heartbroken parents having to put on a brave face no parents should have to say. they have a perspective on mass shootings we don't often hear. the questions they are left trying to answer. is congress making progress on the debt ceiling?

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good thursday morning. temperatures will be heating up for the inland valleys. if you are going to the park you might want to try and get there early. by the middle of afternoon in danville, we will hit the upper 80s. of course with lack of shade it feels even hotter. we will have a weekend cooldown. i have will more on that coming up in a few minutes. the san mateo bridge is slowing. look at the right side heading west, and the commute direction quickly filling in the lanes. the dumbarton bridge, it's still okay and we will show you the bigger view, coming up. the parents of a man that went on a workplace shooting rampage two weeks ago in louisville, kentucky, are speaking out. their 25-year-old son killed five of his co-workers at the bank where he worked before he was shot and killed by police. his parents tell "today" that

their son had mental health challenges but saw no warning signs of what happened.oave a m victims' families. >> if you had a chance to say something to the families, what would you want to say? >> we are so sorry. we are heartbroken. we wish we could undo it, but we know we can't. >> that full interview is coming up on the "today" show right after "today in the bay" at 7:00. this morning there's more pressure on president joe biden to negotiate over america's financial future. >> the end of tax breaks for electric cars. the end of any talk of relieving student debt. cuts to all kinds of government programs. that's what house republicans came up with. they will raise the debt ceiling under those conditions. the measure passed the house on

wednesday showing kevin mccarthy can, indeed, rally his party. now the senate would have to pass that same bill for it to go to the president's desk, and the democratic-led senate is not likely to do that. the bill is dead on arrival. its value, though, is optics. republicans can say they are doing something and the president is not. >> the sad part here is now the democrats need to do their job. the president can no longer ignore by not negotiating. >> now, the big cuts in mccarthy's plans often overlooked is the freezing of government spending to previous years levels. that means cuts in government programs. where? nobody knows. the bill doesn't name them. defense? housing? education? health care? to be determined. florida governor ron desantis in israel looking very much like a presidential candidate. political insiders tell nbc the

governor will announce his candidacy in may. in new york the civil trial between trump and carroll is under way with carroll accusing trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago. she's suing in civil court. she's also suing trump for defamation, for calling her a liar about the attack. donald trump chose not to atend the trial, but he's posting about it and the judge is not happy about that. trump calling the case a scam. the judge warning trump's lawyers that trump is close to causing himself more legal trouble, perhaps you can spot the implied crime in here, quote, trump may or may not be tempering with a new source of potential liability. laura. >> thank you, scott. new this morning, developers are talking about a new bigger and better space being created

for artists in sausalito. last month's city leaders signed off on a space across seaside road. this is a plan called for demolishing the studios, and it will be protected from potential flooding. it's a treat to get to anchor with a good friend like kris, so when you are with a good friend, you may want to take a selfie, right? >> you might find deeper meaning in the experience, and that's the reason for the selfie. a new series of studies suggest people are trying to take selfies when trying to capture the deeper meaning of events, and people like the pictures more -- i asked on twitter, why do you take a selfie? most said they hardly do, but most people say they want to

document the experience. >> check your camera roll, and how many are of yourself? >> when i look cute -- >> mike said it. >> i have to stick my chin out. >> so you can be satisfied with your picture because you like how you look in the picture. it's not just about vanity. you can document it this way or that way, right? >> i don't know. i think our perspective is different because we have to do this for the news, right? if we were in regular real life, would we really take that many selfies? >> yeah, i put myself in the picture with the kids because nobody takes my pictures with the kids. >> yeah, you are right, i wouldn't take as many pictures with just me at an event. >> my husband is a journalist as

well and would go into war zones and stuff, and he was mr. selfie before there were selfies, and now we have pictures of him at the berlin wall and all these places, and he's not -- it's not just a photo -- >> it's documenting. i think that makes sense, it's better than, hey, look at me. >> i still like the hey, look at me. >> that's because you are cute. >> thank you. >> i am always snapping weather pictures because i am fascinated, by it, right? >> yeah. >> we will see images like this the golden gate bridge with fog rolling over it. if you are down on the bridge it doesn't look this beautiful. this is what will keep san francisco and some of the coastal areas cooler. instead of the 90s we're talking about 70s at the giants game. at oracle park at 12:00, we have an early afternoon game and it will be 70 degrees at first

pitch, a breezy wind and making it up to about 74. it's still going to be really pleasant. it's a spare the air alert day. looks hazy as we look at the tri-valley. in dublin, if you can carpool or catch public transit, that will help control the march particulate matter we are putting in the air. we will not have the wind mixing up the pollution. reaching 92, that's the hot spot in fairfield. novato reaching 89 degrees. tomorrow it's just about the same, maybe cooler near the coastline and in san francisco. most of our interior valleys and spots like concord reaching 89 degrees, and 90 in san martin. it will still be hot on saturday as well. we are going to have a huge change by the end of the weekend with a cold front coming in on sunday, and spotty showers across the region for early next

week. there's the chance we could see widespread rain by next thursday. we will go from summer to spring to winter next week and possibly even sierra snow. let's head to walnut creek with our temperatures going from 90 today to 81 on saturday, to 64 on monday? yes, that's right. we will see those temperatures really heading downward over the next few days. we don't have to worry about skipping right to summer because we will see winter coming back in a few days. mike says the commute as of now looks smooth. >> it's smooth and calm but not green. we have the build through the north bay, and the slowing into novato. even the crash is there shy of highway 37 on the southbound side, it does move smoothly. the buildup at the bay bridge, no major issues. southbound 680, traditional

patterns here, and that includes the build for the san mateo bridge coming off with a steady traffic flow heading south on 880. the dumbarton bridge will be building up, and despite all the build we still have vasco showing under half an hour, so that's not bad. it's a nice smooth flow of traffic. we have fremont moving nicely. happening now, disgraced theranos founder, elizabeth holmes, remains free. she was scheduled to report to prison to start her sentence on the fraud charges, and holmes is in the process of appealing her convection. she remains free on bail until an appellant court can review that bail request. fire season with hotter temperatures coming, and how we

could be impacted by this year's spring of winter storms. lights out in san francisco. the growing likelihood this could be a long morning, not only for the people tt livhae

6:55 right now. we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." including the return of summer-like temperatures, and with the start of the hot temperatures heading our way, that concern for wildfire danger. >> bob redell is live. you are in one area where air quality will also be a concern today. >> reporter: yeah, and actually it's going to be unhealthy throughout the bay area. good morning, kris and laura. the air quality management district issued a spare the air day for today, the first one of the year because of the concerns about high temps combined with the pollution and smog and they think the air quality will become healthy. the fire season is upon us, but fortunately we should not see

large fires this summer because of heavy rain and snowpack. this is according to the san josé state professor who does wildfire research. cal fire is already working to reduce vegetation throughout the bay area, so one day there will be less fuels for the wildfires. cal fire is preparing for the fire season in contra costa county by preparing 200 miles of fire roads in case firefighters need to get there during a wildfire. >> thank you. kari will give us a final look at the forecast in a moment. remember, can you take the nbc bay area app with you as you go as the temperatures continue to rise, can you get alerts sent to your phone and customize them for your neighborhood. san francisco still without power due to an outage that

started a little after 9:00 last night. the cause is still under investigation. despite crews working through the night, there's still no timeline on when that power will be restored. this is the outage map showing the affected areas including tenderloin, north beach and the financial district. happening today a police chase suspect accused of killing a mother and son in a high-speed chase is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing. white was driving a stolen suv on march 23rd and during a chase he lost control and slammed into another car in rodeo. that driver of the car and one of her 6-year-old twin sons died. white is now facing murder charges. today may be a pivotal day in the case of a homeless man severely beating a former san francisco fire commissioner. two videos were released yesterday, one that they say shows the former commissioner,

carmignani, approaching with a can of bear spray. the homeless man, grabs a metal object from a trash can before swinging it at carmignani. the court has asked carmignani to testify today. we will be in court today and we will bring you an update during the midday newscast at 11:00 a.m., and online at nbcbayarea.com. kari, you are giving us that last look. we were putting it off. >> we can put off the heat as long as we want to, but it will still hit us this afternoon. 90s in the hottest spots inland. we are going from 90s to 60s by next week. >> wild. i dependant pack up my rain gear

and glad i dependant. >> yeah. we are focusing on the san mateo bridge, and on the hayward side, it's a slower drive. we are also seeing a lot of sun on the san mateo bridge. not so much here, the upper deck for the golden gate bridge. moving smoothly, though. we stream 24/7 on roku, xumo, and you can follow us on social for news as it breaks. >> the "today" show starts right now. have a great morning. good t. tens of millions waking up to good thursday morning. tens of millions waking up to a new threat of severe weather >> and we've got it all covered for you. it is april the 27th this is "today." breaking overnight, new emergency evacuations and growing damage from that