good wednesday morning. 5:00 right now. welcome to "today in the bay." i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we begin this morning with

breaking news and within the last hour an amber alert called off in the north bay, with word of an arrest. the chp issuing that alert around 2:00 this morning for solano and sacramento counties. within the last two hours it was canceled. chp saying that this man has been arrested, damian castaneda and he's accused of abducting his three young children in vallejo. we know the children were found safe. the father was accused of taking them without permission at about 7:30 last night. it's not clear what charges he'll face. our bob redell is following the story and we'll have a live report coming up in the next half hour. >> good to start with good news that the children were found safe. let's switch gears and get a check on our forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what is in store for today. good morning. >> good morning. and it feels a little more humid out there. we've had a surge of monsoonal

moisture and still lingering thunderstorms over parts of the sierra and heading off to the east. it still feels a little muggy outside as we get started in santa rosa, where it's 54 degrees, it's cloudy, we may have patches of fog, and it's going to be a cool start to the day. as we go into late morning into the afternoon, the sky will clear and it's going to be another mild day. we're enjoying it because it heats up. i'll have more in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking already a couple of crash. we'll show you the overall approach where the commute typically starts and there's nothing going on for contra costa county, no problems down the eastshore freeway. i take you to the south bay. we have one alert issued by chp, southbound 880 to southbound 280. the transition ramp sounds like it's affected by an early-morning crash. i'll get more details from chp. that will be over here for the one specific transition. over here, not 101 but just off 101, this major surface street, king, there is a closure for a

couple of blocks because of a major crash that's happened. i'm going to hand it right back to you. that is the other breaking news we're following this morning, that tragic late-night accident in the south bay. three people struck by a car and police say, sadly, an infant has died. >> "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez is live for us at the scene. she's in east san jose. and, kris, it's just sad. two of those victims children? >> reporter: yeah, so as you mentioned, that baby was killed by that car, but we know that another juvenile -- so either a child or teenager was also hit along with an adult. those two people are now in the hospital. we expect that they will survive. the baby, the juvenile and the adult were crossing the street on king road near ocala avenue in east san jose about 11:40 last night. police tell us the baby died here at the scene, the juvenile and the adult were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, so their lives will never be the same. police tell us the driver

remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. we talked with a neighbor who says she's shocked by the loss of life but not surprised by the crash on the streets she says have gotten more dangerous every year in her 55 years living here. >> people cross these streets every day and cars are always trying to beat the light. everyone is rushing, sometimes there's traffic, especially down this street and everyone always -- they're always rushing, and, like i say, trying to beat the light. then they turn and sometimes they're not even watching if there's people here crossing the streets, and it's bad. it's just really bad. >> reporter: the baby is the 27th person to die in a car crash on san jose city streets. last year in all of last year, 32 pedestrians were killed in traffic fatalities here in san jose. i want to point out that there are some road closures associated with the

investigation, as mike said. i'm on ocala road which is going to be closed between cunningham and miami streets. we know that they are still working the investigation scene behind me, but the bigger thoroughfare is king road and that is also closed for about three blocks. you're going to have to reroute. in any case, wherever you're driving, slow down. we know that speed is a contributing factor in a majority of traffic fatalities. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there. we did send out push alerts on this breaking news overnight. you can get updates straight to your smartphone by downloading our free nbc bay area app. developing this morning, former president donald trump lashing out at his critics after his bombshell announcement. he says he's now the subject of a grand jury probe looking into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the aftermath. so far, no charges have been filed. "today in the bay"'s drew petrimoulx is live in

washington. either way, this is a big political opportunity for his rivals. >> reporter: yeah, you know, the circumstances here are truly extraordinary, a former president facing a barrage of legal action as he remains his party's front-runner for the nomination. donald trump in a town hall on fox news tuesday accusing the department of justice of targeting him for prosecution to keep the former president from returning to the white house. >> it's interference with the election. it's election interference. never been done like this in the history of our country and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: trump says he got official notice from the doj that he's the target of a grand jury investigation into the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the letter coming from the office of special counsel jack smith. >> he has made it abundantly clear that donald trump will be charged in connection with january 6th. >> reporter: legal analysts say charges could include in citing an insurrection and conspiracy

to defraud the u.s. government. trump already faces charges over his handling of classified documents and hush money paid to adult film actress stormy daniels. meanwhile, a grand jury in georgia is preparing to hear evidence of 2020 election interference in that state. >> we can't keep dealing with this drama. we can't keep dealing with the negativity. >> reporter: some of trump's republican opponents using the news to step up attacks, others echoing his claims of a political prosecution. >> today i think the doj continues to try to find a way to weaponize its powers against a former president. >> reporter: so far trump's legal woes are not harming his status at the front-runner for the republican nomination, setting up the prospect of high-stakes jury trials as political campaigning kicks into full gear. now, a judge in florida will soon decide when the case involving trump's handling of classified documents will go to trial. the case involving hush money payments to stormy daniels is

set for trial in new york in october. reporting from washington, i'm drew petrimoulx, nbc news. >> it could be a very busy fall. thank you for the very latest. 5:07 now. defense attorneys for the suspect in the violent attack in nancy pelosi's san francisco home are scheduled to argue today for a change of venue in the upcoming federal trial. david depape is accused of breaking into pelosi's pacific heights home last october and striking her husband, paul pelosi, in the head with a hammer. depape pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges. his federal trial is expected to take place first and that trial is scheduled to start in late october. new this morning, a southern california city divided. this in the wake of a conservative school board and members rejecting curriculum mentioning bay area gay rights pioneer harvey milk. >> excuse me, where is my yellow card? you said i would get a warning. >> people on both sides packed

last night's chaotic school board meeting. speakers were escorted from the room several times during lengthy public comment t. controversy is playing out in the city of temecula. it's around a three-paragraph mention of harvey milk and text materials for grade school students. >> you guys are trying to exclude curriculum based on an organization that deals with communism. you are well within your authority to exclude this curriculum. >> you want your world view to be the defined world view of our community. we are a diverse community full of every walk of life, nationality and sexuality in this city. for you to believe in only representing those who voted for you, that's not governing. >> governor newsom recently stepped into the battle. he calls it a case of cancel culture going too far, suggesting radical conservatives are rejecting a text used by

hundreds of thousands of students. state attorney general rob bonta is also requesting background on the district's decision. it is 5:09 on your wednesday morning. taking a peek outside overlooking san jose, awaiting the sun's arrival now. how warm will it get? let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. she's been tracking those temperatures for us. >> for most of us around the bay area we're still taking a break from the extreme heat and we're starting out with our nice, usual cool morning that gives us a chance before those temperatures heat up in the valley. so we're in the upper 50s right now in livermore, we're in the mid-50s in sonoma, and we take a look at mountain view where we're going to see temperatures in the upper 50s in the next couple of hours. and then a mild day for today, with a mostly sunny sky. around the bay area we'll see temperatures in oakland reaching 69, 89 degrees in gilroy. you can see the range in temperatures with brentwood today still hitting 100 degrees. we'll get a look at some hotter temperatures in our forecast in

a few minutes. mike has a look at where we can find lower gas prices. >> livermore are back in the top ten for the state but it's the same price, so everything else is changing. $4.09, diamond gas and mart on south front road. solano county, vallejo, the low is shell on tennessee street at $4.11. and san jose at the bottom, we have $4.19 at express gas and mart on redmond. thank you for reporting through gasbuddy.com. on the roadways, the two big issues are in the south bay. the connecter south 880 to south 280, that connecter ramp may be closed for another couple of hours because of a crash that did impact the structure there of the over-crossing. so we're going to get more details and i'll talk you through the alternate through the area. this is where the deadly crash happened overnight, so part of king road is closed between cunningham and miami. you can use mclaughlin or capital expressway as your

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good wednesday morning. it is 5:14. let's get you out the door in martinez. it's starting out cloudy and we're seeing a breezy southwesterly wind. it's 57 degrees. by 9:00 it's about 62 degrees and slow 70s at lunchtime as the sky clears. we're going to have another mild day here, but heating up in the valleys, and we have some high heat in our forecast. i'll talk more about that in a few minutes. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, i-80 is just fine right here. there is a crash that might be impacting 80 at 37 where we typically see some of our first slowing on the maps as well. we continue to follow those two crashes. one connecter ramp shut down in san jose, we'll continue to update on that and i'll give you the workaround. good morning. happy wednesday. the british government says this morning inflation has fallen to just under 8%, fallen to 8%.

compare that to our headline inflation of 3%. the uk is still struggling. a san francisco company called tempo is laying off half of its staff, according to papers filed with the sec. it's trading at 32 cents, so low we had to go out an extra decimal place to find the gains. microsoft, meanwhile, hit an all-time high as it announced a new subscription service for artificial intelligence. meta, which has been so focused on the metaverse it changed its name, is jumping on the ai bandwagon offering its own artificial intelligence programming. it will make open source to anyone, that means you can reprogram, readapt to your own needs. now, the upside is we could see some interesting new products. the downside, people worry it could be used by bad guys like spammers to flood your emails, your text messages until those systems are useless. meta says it's put guardrails in

place. there's a new bipartisan effort in the senate to bar some government workers, including members of congress, from buying stocks. they would be able to buy index funds and mutual funds, you have no control over those. a recent survey by the university of maryland says 80% of americans support the idea of barring members of congress from buying stock. the biden administration, meanwhile, new rules and guidelines for companies that want to buy other companies. they'll tell the ftc when to move to stop a merger. it doesn't mean the ftc is going to be successful in court in their attempts to stop companies from merging. in fact, the ftc has a lousy track record. but setting the new rules gets companies thinking about buying a rival a heads-up they'll likely be sued by the government. and google is experimenting with a new program cutting employees off from the internet, except for things like email and calendar. it's not punishment, it's a way of securing systems from cyberattacks. if the employee isn't connected, he or she cannot be hacked.

this is a very small program of about 1,000 employees. but if their job doesn't need to connect to the internet, my job, i talk about netflix and youtube and online shopping -- >> but you don't do any of that at work. >> it's research. >> exactly. >> totally research. >> you may have to tweet out information. >> like what is it like to binge watch a show? i've got to do that. >> what are we doing at 7:30 this morning? let's pop the popcorn. not at all, bosses, not at all. 5:17 this morning. we were talking about power ball, and he was asking, is there something going on? >> more than one. >> he's been traveling. maybe this will be someone's last morning to not be not rich. >> the thing about it is, scott, there's a billion on the line. actually, $1.7 billion when you add them both together. last night's power ball -- so

tonight's jackpot in the power ball, the third largest jackpot ever, and it follows another miss in last night's mega millions drawing, because no one hit all six of those numbers. now, that jackpot will roll over to $720 million for friday's drawing. at the same time, two bay area stores did sell lucky tickets matching all five numbers without last night's mega ball. those stores, the speedway express gas station on east capital expressway in san jose, and the m&a lakeside market on 14th street in oakland. the winners will receive $287,000. if you need to check the numbers from last night's drawing, 19, 22, 31, 37, 54, and the mega ball 18. >> for a second i thought it was the gas station i went to on winchester. kevin, we didn't win, but maybe on friday.

>> good luck. we're looking pretty good here in the weather department, and maybe soon we'll all be catching a jet and heading somewhere. we'll see. we're waiting on those lottery numbers. it's a nice start this morning as low clouds and fog lingers over san francisco to start out our morning. that's been keeping those temperatures down. we're starting out with some mid-50s and headed for the low 60s for this afternoon. we've also had to deal with some unhealthy air quality with near surface smoke coming in from a wildfire that's still burning quite a bit in parts of oregon, southwestern oregon and that smoke is coming into the north bay. we saw that layer of haze and smoke yesterday afternoon, so that will continue for today as well, unfortunately. so we're going to see temperatures a little bit cooler, reaching into the low 80s, 83 in san jose while lows gats will hit a high of 86 degrees, and morgan hill will reach 90 degrees today. there's a wide range of

temperatures. we're at 86 in martinez and 90 in antioch today. pleasanton hitting 88 degrees. and as you can see on the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, we'll be on a warming trend after today. so enjoy the 75 in san mateo. in half moon bay some upper 50s and the outer sunset at 58 degrees, and for the north bay ranging from 69 in mill valley to 97 in ukiah. and then we compare that to what they're feeling elsewhere across the country and there's been this really big heat dome everyone is talking about, especially for phoenix, hitting 117 degrees for today. that heat expands, also, across parts of the west. we're going to start so see temperatures ramping up in napa, peaking on friday and saturday, with upper 90s. so our seven-day forecast shows that heating trend that we'll be under for the next several days after a mild day today. it's going to reach into the upper 90s on saturday, but it's going to be nice this weekend in san francisco. mike, you still have that

alert for san jose commuters? >> we do. we may have one of these alerts for three or four more hours from what chp says. this is the transition between two freeways and it's not necessarily a big commute spot yet. it may be a bigger factor because of complications on major surface streets. south 880 getting onto 280, the transition, the ramp has been impacted by a crash and so i think they at least have to have an investigation done on the structure itself. so right now it's closed. so get off stevens creek and over to winchester will send you through a congested area later on in the morning. right now very calm. as folks travel past santana row, you're going to have to get back on. that's one alternate to get through the area. later on in the morning with more congestion, we'll track the progress. over here the progress out of the altamont is steady and relatively slow until you pass by north flynn and then everything clears up. vasco road not a major issue. this is a wednesday, we're looking at a bigger volume of

traffic than yesterday. there is one crash here, highway 37 is not showing the slower drive just yet. but 80 onto 37, that connecter may have traffic nearby because of a crash that's over on the shoulder or possibly blocking one lane that is in the north bay. that is not really holding traffic back from the eastshore freeway. but that's moving smoothly with no delays. back to you. >> sounds good. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a new school year is here and we are determined to help get kids on the right path with the right school supplies. right school supplies. you can introducucing togo's's new frech dip p sandwicheses. feataturing fresesh artisan n d piled hihigh with tendnder roast b beef,

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good morning. once again, we have partnered with the nonprofit family giving tree to help get kids the school supplies they need to start off the new academic year strong. they estimate a typical bay area family will have to spend $80 to $120 per child on essential school supplies alone. a lot of families can't afford that. so volunteer groups like citizens equity first credit union are working with family giving tree to donate as many as 28,000 backpacks full of necessary supplies to kids who need them. >> i want them to know that there are people out there who care about one another and that

they're not alone. >> here is where you can get involved to help reach the 28,000 backpack goal. you can contribute online. scan the qr code that's about to appear on this screen right now. or go to nbcbayarea.com/schools. then click the donate link. you can virtually pack a backpack. you stay for them and then fgt puts them in the arms of local kids. some viewers donated before we even started asking. thank you to the early birds who have already given more than $8,000. a plus. and please feel free to join them. we're collecting contributions through next friday. >> thanks, chris. coming up next, the top stories we're following today, including raising a new yellow flflag on robobotic taxis. bay y area transitit leaders wi new calall to halalt the expans of self-driviving taxi companie. ththeir requeuest t to s state regugulators ass new d details e

about the number of complaints connected to those self-driving cars rises. >> reporter: three young boys are safe after their father abducted them last night. the amber alert that might have

breaking right now at 5:30, authorities arrest a man in connection with an overnight amber alert. we are live in vallejo with details on the tense family

drama that ended in the best possible way with those children found safe. also breaking right now, a deadly double shooting overnight in the east bay. new information just confirmed by police. this is "today in the bay." a lot of news overnight while you were sleeping. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. want to get you started with a look at that forecast this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect today. how is it looking for us? >> it's wednesday, we usually call it hump day, but we're actually at the bottom of our temperatures. and we're going to be rising over the next couple of days as we lead into the end of the week. let's get you ready for the day in san rafael, looking across the north bay with our start at about 55 degrees. it is mostly cloudy. and as we go into late morning into the afternoon, we see that marine layer lifting up and clearing out, and we are in for sunshine.

but take a look at these highs. reaching into the low 80s for santa rosa, some mid-80s for the tri-valley and upper 80s for morgan hill and san martin, while san jose will be in the upper 70s. the peninsula will be in the 70s and low 70s for san mateo. a wide range of temperatures. we're going to be heating up in the valleys in the next couple of days. mike, now you're tracking an oil spill? >> it's from the crash i've been telling you about westbound 80 coming down to highway 37. the oil spill is in the middle lane, so one of the vehicles is leaking some sort of fluid. they're going to have to clean that up once the proper crew gets there. we may have one lane blocked until that clears. that will hold folks up from the carquinez bridge. over on the right side we have the slowing for highway 4 westbound into concord out of pittsburg and bay point and we have a pretty standard build for the rest of the bay. the better news is that the crash seen at ocala and king has

been cleared. both of those roadways have been cleared from that deadly crash that happened overnight. back to you. we are following that deadly crash overnight, and also this. this breaking news in the north bay, three young boys are safe after the chp issued an overnight amber alert. >> "today in the bay"'s bob redell is live for us at chp office in vallejo. so, bob, talk to us about what happened here. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus and laura. law enforcement says it was the father who abducted his three young sons around 7:45 last night here in vallejo. they issued an amber alert around 2:45 this morning and then a short time later, around 4:00 this morning, the father was taken into custody and, as you mentioned, the boys are safe. there's no details on how they were found. it's not clear if that amber alert played a role in finding the father and the boys. chp says the father, as you can see on his screen, his name is

damian castaneda. his boys are 4, 5 and 7 years old. the amber alert is canceled, the father is in custody and the boys are safe. reporting live in vallejo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> glad to know the boys are safe. thank you. also breaking overnight, police are investigating a deadly double shooting in east oakland. this happened on 89th avenue near d street. police are confirming both victims who were shot later died, but they are not saying what led up to the gunfire or if they're still looking for a possible suspect or suspects. in the meantime, the chp is investigating what appears to be a second shooting on the oakland freeway in five days. the victim showed up at a hospital without calling 911 but later told authorities it happened yesterday afternoon on interstate 980 in oakland near 18th street. we drove that corridor last night after investigators had left. the shooting victim suffered

non-life-threatening injuries. this is oakland's second freeway shooting investigation in less than a week. an 8-year-old boy is still in critical condition after being struck by a stray bullet last friday on interstate 580. investigators say he was caught in the middle of a gun battle involving people in two other cars. police are still looking for those shooters. a cyclist is dead in the south bay from a freak accident. this happened yesterday afternoon in gilroy on roop road. chp is saying that a large falling tree branch landed on top of that cyclist, killing her. her identity has not yet been released. san francisco transit leaders are urging the state to tap the brakes on plans to expand the number of robotic taxis operating in the city. four companies now have permits to operate in certain locations. four additional companies have permits to test driverless

vehicles. regulators recently postponed the vote to expand the services. at last night's meeting mta directors urged the state to collect more data before allowing expansion of current fleets, questioning the safety of their automated technology. the mta reports more than 90 complaints from driverless cars in san francisco over the most recent two-month period between march and april. laura, get ready for mayor taylor swift. yeah, she's coming to town after santa clara leaders approved a proclamation to name the international star honorary mayor and temporarily change the city's name to swiftie clara. so the idea is to honor her for the sheer volume of visitors she's attracting to two sold-out shows at levi's. her tour arrives july 28th for two sold-out shows and hotels are booked solid. the owner of santa clara's

sterling inn says, you know what, he gets at least ten calls a day from fans still trying to book a room. >> most of them, they book november and december 2022. that's more than six months. >> oh, yeah. so levi's is promising increased security at the gate and in parking lots and they remind everyone tailgating is prohibited. fans without tickets will not be allowed in the stadium lots. >> maybe we should airbnb some rooms. let's take a live look at san francisco where today is your day for kids on summer break because the rec and parks department is holding an annual summer play day. the events starts at 10:00 a.m. at kc jones playground, it includes carnival rides, sports, soccer and live entertainment. meteorologist kari hall is bringing in what we should think about here. really nice out there. >> if you're coming from the

inland valleys, take a jacket if you're going to san francisco. >> if not, you'll buy one of those sweatshirts that says san francisco. >> we are going to have much cooler temperatures there as we're getting started with some mid-50s, low clouds and fog. as we take a live view right now, we're going to see temperatures only in the low 60s, breezy winds today and the sun just every now and then peeks out from those clouds. then as we head around the bay, a live look outside in oakland. busy start to the morning. we'll reach 69 degrees, while gilroy will see highs in the upper 80s. warmer temperatures and sunshine, while brentwood is headed for 100 degrees this afternoon. so a wide range in temperatures, and once again you need to be prepared for it all, packing up the car with all kinds of gear for today as you make your way around the bay area. we'll talk more about hotter temperatures and our valley forecast in a few minutes. mike has been tracking a couple of issues. >> one of them may be the bay

bridge toll plaza. no problems right now but the volume is definitely building up as folks are coming toward the toll plaza. we should see the metering lights turning on. i do see folks slowing as we saw at the edge of the screen. we see a build for highway 37 and highway 4, but what may impact highway 37 more is the oil spill after a crash approaching the area right there in the transition. i think things might be moving a little better over the next few. this evening we're predicting traffic around the coliseum, a midday game. the midday game means folks can go around 11:00, have a nice time around the noon hour and after the game that will mesh in with the after-work traffic. that's a big note as you travel by the coliseum. there's the overnight road work going on on east 14th or state route 185 through san leandro. so another note for your look ahead. in the south bay, one crash is cleared from king and ocala, but we have the transition for 880 at 280 still blocked. i'll talk about that more coming

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right now at 5:42 as you head out in morgan hill, it's humid, 54 degrees, and low clouds. we're going to see it gradually clearing out by 7:00 to 8:00. the rest of the day is sunny and temperatures will be warming up into the upper 70s by lunchtime, and hitting the upper 80s for an afternoon high. we'll get a look around the bay area with a wide range of our microclimate temperatures coming up in a few minutes. look at that. we spotted low clouds at the golden gate bridge. no surprise, nor is it a surprise the zipper truck is moving. getting ready for more traffic across the span. the bay bridge, we see more traffic. the metering lights are on and the slowing starts on the left side of the screen. we'll talk about what's going on farther south. we have more progress going on as well. back to you. 5:43 right now. the white house is staying mum on all the legal trouble former president trump is dealing with. >> as they should be, right,

scott? >> that's exactly right. good morning. this is how the system is set up. the white house stays out of the justice department's business, it doesn't always work but it's supposed to work that way. here is the white house. >> this is an ongoing case. i'm just not going to respond to any hypotheticals currently out there in the world. i'm going to be very mindful and give the department of justice their space to do this investigation. >> the president staying out of it, many of trump's rivals on the republican side seem to want to stay out of it. many trying to find that line between distancing themselves from trump but not trump supporters who they hope will decide to vote for them instead. governor desantis on cnn last night. >> i don't think it serves us good to have a presidential election focused on what happened four years ago in january. and so i want to focus on looking forward, i don't want to

look back. i do not want to see him -- i hope he doesn't get charged, i don't think it will be good for the country. but at the same time i've got to focus on looking forward and that's what we're going to do. >> desantis went on to say if he were nominated the republicans could concentrate on beating biden instead of trump's legal trouble. donald trump's lawyers were in a florida courtroom yesterday for a hearing about the documents case, one of two criminal cases trump is fighting. though that number may jump to four criminal cases very soon. the big question before the judge, when do they hold the trial on those federal felonies? trump's lawyers argued he's busy running for president, but that's not a legal reason not to have a trial. they do pointed out trump will be on trial in new york in october. both sides are concerned about the amount of evidence they have to comb through. we learned yesterday the prosecution has more than 1,000 days of surveillance video from the mar-a-lago cameras. that's three years of video. meantime, the state of

michigan has filed charges against 16 people who claimed they were michigan's official electors in order to award the state's electoral votes to trump, even though biden won michigan. >> that was a lie. they weren't the duly elected and qualified electors and each of the defendants knew it. they carried out these actions with the hope and belief that the electoral votes of michigan's 2020 election would be awarded to the candidate of their choosing instead of the candidate that michigan voters actually chose. >> and the former governor of arizona has confirmed special counsel jack smith's office has been in contact with him as well. president trump pressured republican governor ducey to certify the state's electoral college for him. it was biden that won in arizona. ducey did certify the election for biden. laura? >> thank you very much. 5:46 right now. new this morning, the push to get more young children to read.

so important. one in three will start kindergarten without proper language skills to learn to read. >> the american academy of pediatrics says we could avoid that by riding to our children in their first five years. researchers found 3 to 5-year-olds who are read to at least three times a week are twice as likely to recognize all their letters of the alphabet by sight and they're twice as likely to understand words and context. the nonprofit puts books into the hands of children visiting doctors' offices and it just got a big funding boost. reach out and read received an $8 million investment, the largest in its 34-year history. the ceo is driven to get those books into as many childrens' hands as possible. >> when i put my 5-year-old to bed and we snuggle with a book and we bond and create connection, every child in the united states should have that. >> now, the bay area has dozens

of participating sites which you can locate at reach out and read dot org. trending this morning, celebrating the end to the great legal battle surrounding the taco tuesday trademark. >> so the taco john's chain says that it could no longer sell out money to the trademark for that phrase and the chances are taco bell is celebrating here. the bell filed a petition in may with the u.s. patent and trademark office seeking to cancel that trademark and attorneys argue the term taco tuesday is generic and any restaurant making tacos should be allowed to use it. taco john's apparently crunched the numbers estimating that it could cost as much as $1 million to defend that trademark and it just wasn't worth it. taco bell is not commenting. >> a million dollars worth of tacos. >> lebron was in that commercial trying to free the hashtag.

maybe that helped. >> he did it. >> any time is a time for a taco in my book. >> wind back to tuesday so we can eat tacos today. we're going to have some great weather for lunch outside and enjoying your tacos under the sun. we're going to see a wide range in temperatures, but we've also had a surge in humidity, and yesterday that monsoon moisture caused thunderstorms to fire up to our south and east, especially over the higher elevations over parts of the southern sierra. so we're going to possibly see that again today. but all of those lightning strikes have been causing some wildfires, especially farther to the north as we take a look at where some near surface smoke is coming from in southwestern oregon. there is a flat fire, a really big fire that's been pushing smoke down into the bay area and we're going to most likely see that again today as the models show it moving into parts of mendocino county and spreading across much of the rest of the bay area with slightly unhealthy

air quality. and then our temperatures are feeling nicer, so maybe more people are trying to head outside. temperatures in the low 80s for san jose and 90 in morgan hill. there's still a big range in temperatures from oakland in the upper 60s today to 87 in walnut creek and 88 degrees in concord, while the coastal areas will be in the upper 50s, palo alto heads for 79 degrees. this is very much like yesterday where san francisco is looking at mid-60s downtown and the north bay temperatures reaching 82 in napa and 97 in ukiah. there's been this extreme large area of really hot temperatures, record highs with phoenix today, heading back to 117 degrees. that heat dome that's caused all of these record temperatures will start to nudge its way back toward the bay area just a bit and cause our temperatures to go up. so walnut creek going from mid-80s to upper 90s for friday and saturday and then back down for early next week. we're looking at a spike in

temperatures as we head toward the end of the week. the highest temperatures will be in time for the weekend, and then early next week we're coming back to some more seasonable weather, but we won't see the spike in temperatures in san francisco all thanks to that marine layer and coastal fog. mike, you were seeing something on one of our cameras? >> our traffic camera had been showing 880 and 280 and there's the alert that continues in san jose. southbound 880 to 280, the transition route, these flashing lights appeared over the last few minutes through the trees. i believe that's activity related to the inspection that has to go on for the structural integrity. there's a crash that may have impacted part of that structure and that's why we continue with this closure that keeps this transition right here blocked. that is your drive, south 880 to south 280, that is still blocked for the time being. your alternate right now, traffic is still manageable getting off at stevens creek boulevard down to winchester and looping back around. you can circle past valley fair

and santana row. we're looking at the northbound routes, more slowing for north 101 than we typically see on a wednesday. so we're watching for that trend right here in the south bay. the bay bridge toll plaza also has a backup and the lights may be slower because of a new incident reported around treasure island. we'll get more details. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. happening now for you, san francisco leaders are moving forward with plans for several hundred new homes. supervisors are giving the okay to three areas that would include a new campus for the french american international high school. 40% of the 671 proposed homes will be considered permanently affordable. district 5 supervisor dean preston authorized the measure. rescuing man's best friend. we take a look at what is trending this morning, including a big scare for a dog in utah. how one group of hikers helped get their four-legged friend to safety. then at 6:00, new

controversy over san francisco icon harvey milk decades after his death. the heated debate playing out in southern california schools. and a quick reminder, all month long we support our schools, actually we do it all the time. but specifically this month head on over to nbcbayarea.com/schools to find out how you can help us help students here in the bay area. you'reatching "today in the w wewe've got onone hope. a bomb.. 4.4... 3.3... 2...1... they jusust fired aa startiting gun.

5:55 on your friday -- oops, not friday. >> you're thinking ahead. >> that was wishful thinking. sorry, it's only wednesday. welcome back. we're certainly checking out what is trending this morning. an 80-pound dog is safe after a group of teenage hikers in utah rescued him. take a look at this video showing the group thing otis back to safety. brett peterson was backpacking with his son when his dog suddenly collapsed. he noticed his paws were bloodied and he couldn't move. people in another camping group gave them a tarp to carry him down the trail but he and his 17-year-old son were struggling.

the same group ran into them again and helped, carrying otis four miles back to civilization. no word on otis' current condition. let's hope he's doing okay. you know what else is going on? the final countdown, i know you're excited for the barrie movie. >> i'm wearing my pink. i've got to put my feet like this. >> let's talk about it. it's starring margot robbie as well as ryan gosling and scored 89% on rotten tomatoes. it opens this weekend. at the same time is "oppenheimer." and while one might think the audiences are totally different, the hype is being called barbenheimer and it's exploding. i want you to check out this fan-made t-shirt. many on the internet are reminiscing about another movie, i'm going to take you back a little bit. ♪

shining bright ♪ ♪ where you live ♪ >> so that is tara banks and lindsay lohan in the movie "life size" when tyra was a barbie and came to life. >> i was thinking of "mannequin". >> they must not have promoted that movie like the "barbie" movie. >> i remember seeing it on tv years later. >> that was enough of that dancing, i think. >> the song is in your head now and today there will be deals for frankfurter fans because it's national hot dog day. >> that should have been on the fourth of july. >> you can check out these deals, folks. sonic customers can purchase the beef cheese coney for $1.29.

wiener schnitzel will offer four for $4. and members of the target circle, you can get 25% off of ballpark hot dogs. joey chestnut might be taking today off after winning nathan's hot dog eating competition earlier this month. he ate 62 in ten minutes. back in 2021 he ate 76. so we have some higher numbers. but the discounts i gave you, you still have to spend money. >> i wonder why costco is not in there. >> they have the best one. >> this is giving me a little heartburn. let's talk about the something green that flashed across the sky and we're not talking about the beginning of a super hero movie. check out this video where a green flash streaked across the sky over the weekend and people in texas and louisiana got a good look at that flash. scientists are saying it was a meteor and it flashed green

because of the metals burning and green is actually the common color for meteors. >> it's so common. >> i saw somewhere else there was another city they had one not too long ago. >> i'm looking forward to the meteor shower coming up at the end of this month. >> because it's always in the middle of the night. >> you may see some green, red, yellow. >> make a lot of wishes. >> i'm still here. never mind. >> hey! that's not nice. get out of here. you want to check out what's trending at home, head to our website, nbcbayarea.com. we've got the yellow trending bar at the top of our home page. >> a reminder, you can actually watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. we are 24/7 on roku and other streaming platforms. you can watch live breaking news, news conferences, as well as repeats of our newscasts.