>> it's still wednesday. you can catch all of these live shows, of course, "america's got talent," right here on nbc bay area. that's on tuesday starting at 8:00 p.m. make sure you check out what's trending on our home page. head to nbcbayarea.com. we have the trending bar for you at the top of the home page. click, watch and laugh. right now at 6:00, an investigation under way after flames destroy a car inside a garage. there's lots of lingering questions this morning. protecting abortion rights. we are live in washington this morning with the important message from those delivering by voters in one state critical to both political parties ahead of next year's presidential election. teachers in general spend a lot of their own money in their classrooms. >> tight on funding, as students head back to schoolteachers across the bay area dealing with shrinking budgets. now you can help and help yourself at tax time. this is "today in the bay."

a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. it is a big day, back to school day for a lot of students across the bay area. today we're wishing a great first day and year for all of those returning students in palo alto. welcome back to school today. >> summer is over. >> yay. >> i'm not ready for back to school just yet. the weather is cooperating. it feels nice. we're not dealing with extreme heat, even in the inland valleys. let's head to martinez where we are going to see temperatures in the low 60s as you head out the door. then we see the trend going from 60 to low 70s. not a big warm-up, at least for the next few hours. we take a look at our high temperatures for today. we'll reach 78 degrees there and in concord, as well as livermore and morgan hill, 83 degrees, matching temperatures for some of our warmer spots in the inland valleys. most of us in the 60s and 70s

from the coast to the inner bay. overall, really nice for the afternoon. tomorrow it's going to be slightly warmer. take a look at santa rosa, headed for 82 degrees, and los gatos reaching 84. that will be the trend as we get closer to the weekend, but still nice and mild and even a little lower than normal for this time of year. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. mike, you've been talking about a lot of traffic issues this morning. >> great job in our operations center, showing us what's going on eastbound, getting off of the bridge on the oakland side. a car fire. no one is injured from what i understand. i'm going to keep scanning the reports. it is a bit of a distraction, but more for folks getting into oakland. there's light smoke and flashing lights. most folks are focused on the bridge span getting to the san francisco side. we also have highway 4 with the alert for westbound at bailey. the crash still blocks two lanes. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we have new video overnight, a fiery scene in the east bay.

there's a car in that garage that was destroyed by flames. it happened a little before midnight along mount hamilton drive in antioch. from the video, it looks like the rest of the house was spared. we did reach out to first responders to learn more about what happened or if anyone was injured. so far, we're still awaiting a response. oakland's mayor sheng thao is facing new pressure this morning from the police officers union to appoint a new permanent chief. mayor thao fired leronne armstrong a few weeks after taking office in january. since then, statistics show violent crimes in oakland are on the rise. just yesterday police responded to two deadly shootings and this as the union says mayor thao is overseas on a trade mission in vietnam. the union president believes it's time for action. >> let's get a permanent police chief. it's seven months since the position was vacated. what are we doing? crime is spiraling. there's significant challenges for the police officers and the

citizens alike. there's still no police chief. >> mayor thao did not respond to our request for comment, but the mayor's office calls her trip to vietnam critical in increasing shipping at the port of oakland. as for the recent shootings, an arrest has been made in connection to one of yesterday's deadly shootings, which happened near the b.a.r.t. police headquarters, and a sight line of b.a.r.t. security camera video captured that. 6:03. with students heading back to school, making it in the bay takes on a new meaning for families this time of year. it's not just parents who have to think about covering costs of school supplies. "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez is live in mountain view where teachers are getting creative in trying to stretch dollars to fill cabinets, right, kris? >> reporter: yeah, for sure. so we are in the mountain view school district, happy first day of school to you. here at the elementary school, along with many other schools

around the bay area, parents will get a school supply list from their students' teachers, but may also get a link to a wish list as they try to avoid digging deep into their own pockets to fill those supplies. when you look around your child's classroom, you won't be able to tell which supplies and materials were paid for by their teacher. but according to the national education association, more than 90% of teachers say they spend about $500 of their own money every year. what they buy supplements what they get from their school districts and their schools, and that's why more teachers than ever are using social media to put out their amazon wish lists and crowdsourcing requests to their students' families and often to their own families and friends. bill hotter is teaching transitional kindergarten for the first time in his 28-year career and because it's a new class, his budget is $1,000. a far cry from the $200 he usually gets. his wish list is posted to

faceboe's hoping the pleasant hill pta wiull >> i very lucky to have the a tdo, they will eventually take care of me. so i think all of my wooden puzzles that i'm asking for will eventually be in my classroom. >> reporter: sarah huckabee started teaching kindergarten during the pandemic. when she finally got her first non-virtual classroom, her online wish list supplemented what she got from the evergreen school district. >> i got a ton of donations from both the parents and my friends and family through facebook. so, really, that amazon wish list totally ended up supplying almost everything in my classroom. if social media didn't exist, there's no way i would have gotten so many donations. >> reporter: teachers in some districts don't get their own specific classroom budgets, but they do get to choose from the stock of supplies, as san francisco's tenderloin community

school, many teachers create wish lists through a nonprofit that allows anyone to donate money or supplies to classrooms. the teachers help each other out, too. >> at tenderloin there's a strong sense of community and i think a lot of it is just sort of teachers passing each other on stuff or sort of helping each other out with what they need. >> reporter: i know that my sister has gotten and given a lot of supplies over her 25 years of teaching. by the way, teachers can only write off $300 in supplies in their taxes, but for those of us who donate, we don't have a limit, so long as we're not donating specifically for our own child. if we donate to the classroom or school, we can write it off if we itemize. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> that's good to know because a lot of us who don't have kids would certainly be willing to give and it's helping full circle. >> reporter: we'll take your pencils. >> i've got some school shopping

to do. >> reporter: yes, you do, marcus. >> we're all lining up for uncle marcus. i've got three charity cases. >> uh-oh, a little too much. [ laughter ] >> thanks, kris. let's talk a little politics on this wednesday morning. 6:07 right now. voters in ohio delivering what's seen as a major victory for reproductive rights, by an overwhelming margin they rejected a republican-backed effort tied to the future of abortion in that state. brie jackson joins us to break down what it all means. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. so for more than 100 years, ohioans have been able to amend their constitution with a simple majority. that's 50% plus one. following that decision yesterday, it will stay that way. in february, reproductive rights activists filed an amendment to make abortion access a constitutional right. that's when conservative lawmakers started pushing issue

1. if it is passed, ohioans would need a super majority to amend their constitution. that's at least 60%. but their proposal seemed to fall on deaf ears with voters overwhelmingly rejected it, with tougher rules for groups by requiring signatures from voters in all of ohio's 88 counties instead of the 44 now required. now, yesterday's special election comes ahead of an abortion rights referendum on this november's ballot, laura. >> brie, since the supreme court overturned the landmark roe v. wade that legalized abortion, the issue has become critical during the race for the white house. but even before ohio's special election, polls seemed to indicate that pro poents of the issue were really facing an uphill battle even if it passed.

>> reporter: yeah, that's right. according to the numbers from the "associated press," 59% of midterm voters in ohio last year indicated that they believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases. when you're looking at states like kansas, kentucky and michigan, which all have introduced similar measures to restrict the procedure, you find a very similar narrative. 50% to 60% of voters in those states support legalized access to abortion. it should be noted that former president trump did win ohio's electoral votes in 2020, coming out ahead by 8% in the buckeye state. >> we'll see where we go from here. brie jackson live from washington, thank you so much. 6:10 right now. new at 6:00, bay area biotech giant has agreed to pay a hefty fine tied to allegations of hazardous waste violations. the environmental protection

agency says the company will pay more than $150,000 after inspectors say it stored waste without a permit in august of 2021. genentech is also accused of failing to meet requirements for monitoring hazardous waste emissions, marking equipment properly and maintaining protection controls, for overfilling a hazardous waste tank. the announcement comes as the company earlier this year announced plans to close its south san francisco facility and lay off all workers. so far, the company is not commenting. 6:10 on yourednesday morning. taking ae loo out. e sun coming up over the bay. the cloud cov hanging on as we take a live look at the bay bridge this morning. kari has a look at our forecast. it's been a mild week. >> it has. even though the sun is up, we can't really see it thanks to the marine layer that's keeping temperatures nice and cool. we're starting in palo alto, kids getting ready to head back to school.

it's in the upper 50s. it's going to be a really nice and comfortable afternoon. by the time they get out of school, we'll see temperatures headed for the mid-70s. a high today of about 80 in dublin and about 78 degrees in martinez. a lot of these numbers cooler than we usually have for the start of the school year, cooler than normal for now. eventually it's going to heat up again and it's just in time for the weekend. i'll have more in just a few minutes. you've got to make sure you get all the way to school. in the south bay, you have sunnyvale, great gas on north matilda avenue at $4.39 a gallon. $4.49 is the best for contra costa county. richmond's arco on san pablo avenue. solano county, get to the marathon on sonoma boulevard in vallejo. those are your best prices as reported by you through gasbuddy.com.

on the roadways, we're looking at the green where it's going very smoothly, and better off of the bay bridge. we had a car fire just before the toll plaza. there's mild slowing. the smoke is out, there's no one hurt as far as i understand, but there are flashing lights and one lane blocked off of the decline. that will impact eastbound a little bit. westbound, the distraction is not the case anymore, but there may be a disabled vehicle, a flat tire near treasure island. back to you. >> thank you, mike. keeping tahoe blue and cleaning up, too. coming up for you, the recent scenee followiwing thehe fourtr july t that rattled locals. the bay area political heavyweight heading there today to support tahoe beaches. you heard mike talking about gas prices. is it really cheaper to drive an ev? we'll go over the numbers. speaking of numbers, let's take you out to the futures. looks like we'll get a positive start. plus -- >> like i said, it was a holy

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the day. you do need the jacket at drop-off time. it will be 61 degrees and low 70s at pickup time. a really nice day ahead. hopefully it's a great school year for all the students and staff. a look ahead to the weekend forecast coming up. san jose unified doesn't start yet, but we are looking at south bay schools like mountain view. 101 travels north through those areas without any delay. the big delay is in the east bay. good morning. very happy wednesday to you. looking at the numbers on the board, money coming off the table as investors bank their wins on tuesday. remember, we had a big rally on monday. these two stocks are funny numbers, maybe not funny to investors. wework, that's one company, and then ev battery company called proterra. wework warning about the possibility of bankruptcy, proterra going into bankruptcy. burlingame-based proterra built electric buses, sold a few

hundred of them. the company went public through a spac. we've talked about those in the past. they've fallen way out of favor. proterra has about 800 employees. the "washington post" this morning published an interesting study into whether it's cheaper to fill up an electric car with electricity or a gas-powered car with gas. the answer is if you're charging at home, so you can go to work and school, pick up the kids, grocery store, it's way, way cheaper to fill up an electric car, by far. the study also says it's cheaper if you're driving the family from the bay area to disneyland. the post looked at a number of cars, including the honda crv versus the tesla model y. public fast chargers are more expensive. only place you're not spending money was when you left california for a cross-country trip because chargers are much harder to find, much more expensive.

$27 more expensive to drive electric on that trip than a gas-powered toyota camry. these three people are going to a trip tomorrow. three civilian astronauts will ride into suborbital space. the first olympian, john goodwin and the mother/daughter pair, keisha and anastasia. >> hopefully this will inspire people to go beyond fears that's holding them back from the dreams that they have tucked in their little side drawer. open your side drawer, take your dreams back up, conquer your fears and go get them. >> it reminds me of the movie "up" where he had the dream and finally does it. her daughter is 18 and the daughter will be the youngest person ever to go into space. there's a lot more ahead on the "today" show and then the launch tomorrow. >> looking at that mother, i would imagine she thought about it because i know one of these has crashed before, right?

>> and the pilot was killed. this is a dangerous sort of thing to do and we will see tomorrow. but it also brings up oceangate, the submarine. this is different in the sense that these spaceships are solid, well thought-through devices. but going to space is dangerous. >> it can be exciting, too. thanks, scott. it is 6:19 right now. happening today, california leaders are working to keep tahoe blue. senator alex padilla is hosting a summit at king's beach. it's an annual event focused on ways to improve the tahoe basin. this year's keynote speaker will be nancy pelosi. it comes after a trash-filled fourth of july weekend where, after all the festivities, people left over 2,700 pounds of trash. the event begins at 10:00 a.m. trending right now, a classic car seemingly forgotten,

discovered in a santa cruz garage. >> i don't know how you forget about this. it turns out to be worth millions. this is a 1963 ferrari 250 gt. it is one of only 350 ever made. the owner recently died, leaving that car, along with the home and all the belongings, to family. when the family brought in realtors to start the process of selling the property, they had no idea what sat in that garage. >> the house was in intense disrepair. there was a door that was literally rotting off. when you see this gorgeous, vintage vehicle that's sitting there. >> that's cool. look, you can check out the rare find yourself, the vintage ferrari, appraised for $2 million, will be on display at several different events during next week's monterey car week. >> they needed to go visit him more often. >> i know, right?

>> they didn't know what was in there. that's sad. it makes me sad, kind of. >> i know. someone could have been driving it the whole time. >> oh, no. >> you don't want to do that. >> didn't you see ferris bueller's day off? >> then you just ride in reverse. we have some great weather for cruising around, and also enjoying the day. it's time to get back to the school year, because it's the first day of school for the castro valley unified school district. it's 60 degrees as you're stepping out the door in the next hour, and it's also going to be partly to mostly cloudy. at pickup time, by the time they get out of school you might want to plan on walking or biking home. it will be in the low 70s. a heads-up it's going toe a m b ie school zones and it's g to be w in the south bay with morgan hill reaching 83 degrees, 84 in cupertino. the east bay, low to mid-80s.

we're still in the 60s for the coastline with breezy winds and not much sunshine today. we're also going to see peeks of sunshine in san francisco. we're back to the mid-60s. for the north bay, it will reach 77 in novato, 71 in napa and 89 in ukiah. in gilroy we've enjoyed a nice cooldown these last couple of days. it will be in the upper 70s through friday. it will start to heat up for the weekend, especially on sunday into early next week. it looks like the warm weather lingers for a while. we better take in this break while we have it, because some spots will head for the low to mid-90s on sunday, continuing through at least next tuesday. san francisco, we'll see more of the cloudy skies, the typical august conditions with fog. then it does get a little more sunny starting on monday. mike, you're seeing a change for contra costa county? >> a bit of a change. we have this alert that continues for highway 4. now only one lane is blocked.

now three lanes are open, westbound at bailey. we see the shift, more folks are hitting buchanan to get down to railroad and kirker pass to get out of the backup as well. we're still over an hour and building coming out of antioch toward concord. back to you. 6:23 right now. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> back-to-school shoppers, beware. your choices might

6:26 right now. bright, shiny, even scented. when you're shopping for school supplies, some will certainly catch your eye or nose. >> and of course those little ones will likely love them. before you buy those glittery supplies, chris chmura shares another consideration. the question is this, are those glittery supplies pulling the kids' attention away from the teacher? for the answer to that question, we're going to tur tiktok. >>a teache'm her ll you tthe moasic you , the more youacher will appreciate it. >> that's the tiktok channel of a day with miss a. miss a teaches first grade in virginia and gave us permission to share her video on tv. she says, yes, kids will view funky pencil cases, scented glue sticks as toys and that will distract them.

plus other students. >> please don't do that to them. >> there's definitely some wisdom, i would trust the teacher. >> for local insight, we talked to pam chang, campbell union school district's director of teaching and learning. >> it's always good to think about anything that would be distracting, noisy, and take attention away from learning. you might want to reconsider that. >> our team asked, what if you've already bought those glittery or scented supplies? teachers told us, just keep those supplies at home to spice up home projects when the kid's full attention isn't required. or maybe you want to distract them. we're posting all our back-to-school stories online. you can watch them at nbcbayarea.com/responds. back to you. a number of people displaced after a three-alarm apartment fire here in san francisco. the new information we just received from the red cross. stay with us. stay with us. (warehouse ambience)

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breaking right now at 6:30, dozens displaced in a fast-moving san francisco apartment fire. we're live at the scene with new information and what firefighters are now revealing about the possible cause. plus, wind spreading flames in hawaii. look at that smoke cloud. the dangerous situation unfolding in maui overnight. hopes for a breakthrough as

the clock ticks down to a strike deadline. where negotiations stand this morning as san jose leaders work to avoid a walkout by thousands of city workers. this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. this morning we want to give a shout-out to all the students heading back to school this morning. many school districts are starting this week. today that includes san leandro schools. we want to say welcome back to all those students and teachers out there. >> good luck. have a good year. make sure you bring a light jacket this morning. meteorologist kari hall has a look as we start out with cooler temperatures. >> packing the backpack, bringing the water bottle, making sure the lunch is together and all those papers and supplies. we're starting out cool around the bay area, with temperatures generally around 60 degrees as you start out. we're taking a look at our forecast for the san leandro unified school district, where its sta out cloudy, temperes in the low 60s.

at pip time it'sng b the lows. as weo i theernoon still feeling nice andild. jackets may be off, so make sure the name is on the tag as well. we're headed for 77 in fremont and 71 in san mateo. in san francisco, reaching 64. mike, you've been tracking a crash. what's the update? >> we still have one lane blocked westbound highway 4. this has been going on for a couple of hours, out of antioch. you notice buchanan, folks are using buchanan to get over to kirker pass. it's not a big problem right now unless you're leaving antioch and heading through pittsburg, which, by the way, that will add more to the surface streets. they're starting school as well. be careful out there. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive, the build through san leandro, hayward, nimitz, a little build through 680. there is breaking news to tell you about this morning in

san francisco. this is where dozens of people have no place to live after a late-night apartment fire. this comes less than a week after another huge fire in the city. >> bob redell joins us live from the scene. everyone got out okay. do we know the cause of the fire yet? >> reporter: no, we don't. san francisco fire is still investigating the cause of this fire that burned through this apartment building, the salmon colored one over my right shoulder. we're in the inner sunset neighborhood of san francisco, not far from the intersection of 8th and irving, not far from golden gate park, a blocks from ucsf. the fire started at 8:30 last night, it burned through a hardware store and a shed behind the store. the fire department raised this to three alarms to get more manpower to keep this from spreading. at one point there were more than 100 firefighters on the scene trying to put this out. san francisco fire says they had this contained at around 10:15

last night. firefighters are still on the scene to make sure nothing will flare back up. everyone who lives in the apartment building got out okay. red cross tells us they are assisting those people who are displaced. they don't have a head count and they say out of the 24 units, seven units were damaged. it has been a busy time for san francisco fire in the past week. you recall last week there was another fire in the city, a four-alarm fire that burned through a building under construction. reporting live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. now, we did send out an alert last night when the news first broke. if you haven't done so, this would be a great time to download our free nbc bay area news app. that way you can get alerts sent straight to your phone. an arrest in a stabbing this week on san francisco's busy market street. video posted on citizen app showed the aftermath monday afternoon near 2nd street. one man suffered

life-threatening injuries. police now say the stabbing escalated from what started as a verbal argument. witness information helped lead officers to the suspect who they arrested near mission and 3rd streets. leaders in antioch have temporarily tabled a stopgap plan to solve its police staffing shortage. council members are considering an ordinance to rehire retired officers, to replace officers now on administrative leave. the department is reeling in the wake of the ongoing text messaging scandal, with at least 45 officers now facing accusations. many are suspended. at least one has been fired. council members adjourned late last night without starting the debate. instead, agreeing to pick up the topic in two weeks. a live look in downtown san jose and city hall where leaders this week are facing a deadline, now six days out. that's when thousands of city workers are threatening to launch a three-day strike. talks are set to resume later today and sources at city hall

tell us that there is a contract now on the table. during yesterday's regular council session, union leaders did talk at the podium and council members later met behind closed doors. if there's no late breakthrough, some 4,500 city workers plan to walk off the job. that includes city inspectors, librarians and happy hollow zoo workers. one small north bay school district facing a lot of uncertainty as students prepare to head back to the classroom. the ij reports that new contract talks in the sausalito marin school district have reached an impasse, it follows seven months of negotiations. the 600 or so students will return to campus one week from today. union members are now talking about calling for a strike authorization vote because teachers will now be working without a contract. developing right now on the island of maui, strong winds from hurricane dora are fanning

the flames of wildfires now burning along the north shore. one of the hardest-hit areas is a historic town of laheina. coast guard had to rescue a dozen people who ran into the ocean to avoid the flames. the hawaiian national guard is helping with fires burning on the big island as well. that breaks my heart. laheina, so many tourists, there's a lot of older businesses. meteorologist kari hall, you've been looking at what's fueling the fires, the winds. >> that was heartbreaking. i know you've been to maui. >> i've grown up going there. >> it's on my list but now it's not there anymore because of the destruction. let me show you what fanned those flames. hurricane dora was a category 4 hurricane but it was so far away they didn't have many warnings or anything about it. it was 740 miles away from the island. >> is it because it's just so

strong? >> it was so strong and we also had high pressure to the north that kind of fanned the flames and created a pressure gradient, so the fire got started and we were seeing 40 to 60-mile-per-hour winds and now we have several fires breaking out and a lot of smoke. heartbreaking video to see the residents there having to run from those fires. so we'll continue to monitor that as we do continue to see those high winds throughout today, even though hurricane dora, that was a category 4, is still very far away. now, here at home we're looking at some nice, quiet weather conditions, a little bit of a breeze. we're back to our usual weather pattern where we see the coastal fog and the low clouds. over san francisco right now a little clear but temperatures headed for 64 degrees. in oakland, expect a high of 71 for today and it's going to be slightly cooler than normal for san jose, reaching 79 degrees, and some low 80s for concord. we'll see temperatures about the

same for tomorrow as well. we'll talk about the changes ahead. mike, do you have better news for east bay commuters? >> we're trying. this is standard news, southbound 680, 880, the build continues. coming over to the peninsula, the san mateo bridge slows. that's your typical build for a wednesday. it's looking a little lighter. we expect things to kind of move around over the next couple of weeks as more folks join school. the better news is for pittsburg where we had the sigalert, the alert issued by chp has been canceled for westbound highway 4. more traffic heading toward concord, that's the bad news. the good news, all the traffic held up into antioch and pittsburg should move better. there may be a new crash, so watch again, highway 4 westbound will be slow out of antioch. the rest of the bay and the east bay looks like a standard build with the latest build through berkeley for westbound 80. that's your eastshore freeway heading toward the bay bridge. we do have a game over here, a

midday game, so keep that in mind, around the coliseum. go a's. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:40 right now. help at hand for military veterans exposed to toxic chemicals. coming up, the new message from one bay area leader for those facing mounting medical bills and today's key deadline. president biden continues his western tour and there's a critical vote in ohio. plus -- ♪♪ ♪ shake it off ♪ >> no shaking off what taylor swift has been able to accomplish. the taylor swift effect continues as the superstar gets ready to wrap up the u.s. leg of her world tour. we are taking a closer look at another economic mini boom she and her fans have triggered. much more ahead this morning on "today in the bay."

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happening today, military veterans face a key deadline tied to new benefits available for toxic chemical exposure. it springs from a law approved last year expanding va health care for veterans exposed to chemicals like agent orange or from toxic smoke in battlefield and burn pits. house democrat nancy pelosi met yesterday with veterans in san francisco to explain how the new policy changes the response to many of their health-related issues. >> up to passing the bill, you had to prove if this was dependent on that, where you were. forget that. you have a diagnosis, you were there, you qualify. >> today is the deadline to register to apply for benefits retroactive to last year. but it should be a big benefit to veterans now incurring large medical bills. the white house says some 350,000 veterans have already received assistance.

a closely watched vote in ohio may give us a preview of how abortion affects voter turnout. this was part of a two-step process involving abortion rights. >> that's exactly right. good morning. the vote was over something called issue 1. it was about the rules ohio uses to change the state constitution. the question in front of voters was simple, should they stick to the current rules that it takes 50% plus one vote to authorize a change in the state constitution, or should it be 60%? ohioans voted to keep it the same, 50%. a win for abortion rights advocates and many on the democratic side. the reason this is all tied to abortion this november is because ohioans are going to go back to the polls in november to vote whether to protect abortion rights in their state constitution, the way we did in california. so it will be easier now to pass that protection because

yesterday they voted down the 60% requirement. president biden continues his tour of the west. he's in new mexico today talking about the chips bill and inflation reduction act. then he's off to utah. at the grand canyon the president declared acres a national monument, protecting it from mining. >> folks, preserving these lands is good not only for arizona, for the planet. it's good for the economy, it's good for the soul of the nation. and i believe it's the right thing to do. but there's more work ahead to combat the existential threat of climate change. >> the judge overseeing donald trump's washington, d.c. trial, the one over the election, has set a hearing date for friday to consider limiting what trump can say publicly about the evidence. here he is on the campaign trail. >> i'm sorry, i'm not allowed to talk about it. somehow that's not good for votes.

do you agree? i will talk about it. they're not taking away my first amendment right. >> this could use some context. he can talk about his own trial, he can say it's a witch hunt, he's innocent, all of those things. the issue is about evidence. the prosecution has to show the trump legal team all the evidence it has ahead of trial. it's only fair, it's discovery. you've seen this on a million tv shows. the prosecution says it's worried about what trump might do with that evidence. use it to name people who might be asked to take the stand ahead of time on social media, for instance. the prosecution wants the judge to set some rules about that. obviously once the trial starts, trump is welcome to defend himself any way he sees fit. now, let's see if i can make you a billionaire tonight. >> well, none of us are a billionaire today. there is a new billionaire this morning in florida. it turns out just one ticket matched all six numbers in the

$1.5 billion drawing last night. it was sold at a super market in neptune beach. there's a lucky loser taking home a little more than $3 million for matching everything but the power ball. if you're just landing after a flight from florida, here are the winning numbers. 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, with a mega number 14. >> when i was in florida a few weeks ago i bought some tickets. >> you did? >> didn't win with those. >> our office pool won $12. >> was i part of that? >> no, you were in florida. it's the end of an era, the final night of taylor swift's first north american leg of her era's tour. >> tonight's show will be her sixth sold-out concert in l.a. alone, bringing in an estimated $160 million in earnings for the

city. swift will soon head abroad. she's going to extend the tour, going overseas. a professor of finance at usc explained that one weekend of swift's concerts is like a traveling super bowl. >> when taylor swift comes, there is no public spending, per se. they're not taking tax dollars away. they're bringing stickiness to the economy in terms of spending, so you have tourists that come. they're not going to go to toronto or come to l.a. and just go to the concert and say i'm going to fly back. they're going to spend some time there and that is the dream of every public official. >> you can watch the full interview on the "today" show at 7:00 right after us here on "today in the bay." >> that was not a flattering picture of taylor swift. >> hard not to find one. >> i'm amazed we found one. >> the only one. let's check the forecast with kari. >> back to school for a lot of kids and it's almost time to

step out the door soon. parents are up, it's time to wake the kids up. let's head to the north bay. this may be your final day of summer here. in santa rosa, temperatures in the mid-50s. we're going to start out cloudy, cool and fairly mild throughout the morning. it's going to clear up and will shape up to be another nice day. we're basically back to the high temperatures where we were yesterday, with some slightly cooler than normal highs, reaching 83 in los gatos and downtown san jose in the upper 70s, and moving toward the east bay we're at 71 for a high in oakland today. in antioch it heads for 85 degrees. take a look at the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. eventually it's going to heat up and that's holding off until the weekend. we're enjoying it, while daly city will see a high of 62 degrees. in san francisco, it's in the mid-60s downtown, the outer sunset at 64, 68 in mill valley. and sonoma reaching 80 degrees.

heat is easing up for a little while, but it's going to be coming back for the weekend. any time we see high pressure shifting back and forth, it can make a huge difference on the wind direction, and also just how warm it gets, especially in the inland valleys. so instead of an ocean breeze like what we're getting now, we're going to see a land breeze that's going to be coming in from the east. that's going to push those winds offshore and make those temperatures start to go up. so take a look at the changes we'll see in napa, going from upper 70s from today through friday to 85, not too bad for saturday, but it will start to get warm during the middle of the afternoon on sunday, reaching 90 degrees. we'll see low 90s for the middle of next week. as we take a look at our extended inland forecast, it goes from low 80s today through friday, looking really great. if you do have weekend outdoor plans, make sure you're able to get into the air-conditioning a little more often. highs reaching into the mid-90s,

but we keep the natural air-conditioning in san francisco where it will reach into the upper 60s next week. mike, you're seeing slowing in silicon valley? >> a little bit. things will continue to shift because over the next three weeks we have schools starting around the bay. today oak grove in this part of san jose will start, then san jose unified doesn't seem to be playing a huge factor in the commute right now. we're seeing the build. the build is more intense around capitol expressway and we'll see things shift over the month of august. a steady build here for 880 and 680 as you come off of 580. north 101, we showed you the slower drive. it smooths out up the peninsula. they willn with t traffic coming over the san mateo bridge. contra costa county, the alert cleared from highway 4 and it's just generally slow making its way to the walnut creek interchange. happening now, santa clara county deputies have located the car driven by a missing

17-year-old from saratoga, but they're still looking for her. katherine schneider was last seen leaving her home july 5th. yesterday officers found the car on skyline boulevard in los gatos. so far, deputies are not saying help locate her. g someone can a quick look at those stories we hahis morning, including that breaking news out of san francisco. dozens displaced in a fast-moving apartment fire. we do have new information this morning and what firefighters now are revealing about the possible cause. first, let's check in with bigad shaban from our investigative unit. >> if you haven't seen one already, it may just be a matter of time before you spot a driverless car in your rearview mirror. but serious safety concerns have some wanting to hit the brakes on the technology. we reviewed hundreds of crash reports and details surrounding thousands of close calls on the road to find out what's driving the controversy.

we'll show you what we found and take you for a ride. you can watch our full report at ticbayarea.com/inves

6:57 right now. welcome bac we do have breg news right w. tmz rng tator ne feinstein fallen at her home in franciscond is in the hospit are wor tofirm that right now. the 90-year-old senator has been dealing with health issues over the last year. she was absent from the senate for nearly three months earlier this year dealing with shingles. another breaking news story, a fast-moving fire that damaged a san francisco apartment

building. this is near 8th avenue and irving in the inner sunset. firefighters are still there to make sure that nothing else flares up. this all started around 8:30 last night and quickly burned through a hardware store, a shed at the rear of that store, and the apartment building. at one point more than 100 firefighters were there at the scene. it took about two hours to contain that fire. fortunately, everyone made it out safely, but seven units are heavily damaged and the red cross is assisting those people who are displaced. firefighters have just given us the first update on this scene in antioch overnight. arson investigators believe someone may have intentionally set a car in this garage on fire. they responded a little before midnight to the home on mount hamilton drive. most of the damage was limited to the garage. no one was injured. police say officers are questioning someone in connection to that fire. and the "today" show starts

now. "today in the bay" continues with live coverage for you on roku, samsung tv, or wherever you stream. make sure you join us whenever it fits into your schedule. >> a nice day on tap for us here in the bay area. we are going to have mild weather for the next few days, but then it will be heating up for the weekend. we'll have more on our streaming show at 7:00 a.m. >> i'll try to send out a link as well. that's what's happening on "today in the bay." >> have a great day. happy back to school for all those heading to school this morning and the teachers out there. good wednesday morning a key decision by voters in ohio >> and it is good wednesday morning