right now at 5:00, tracking a risk of fire danger. the potential of lightning in the bay area causing concerns for wildfires. we're timing out your hour-by-hour forecast straight ahead. plus -- >> the dogs and animals are dead. everybody is dead. there's dead people in the water. new developments out of hawaii this morning. nearly 100 people now confirmed dead, following historic wildfires. the new grim milestone the devastating situation is making as residents whose homes were destroyed are opening up about their incredible loss. plus, another possible indictment on the horizon for former president donald trump. the action prosecutors in georgia are expected to take today. this is "today in the bay." good monday morning to you. 5:00 right now. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. before we get started with the day, i want to welcome alameda unified back to school. big day for those students, the teachers and parents. first day of school. yay! >> were you like that as a kid?

>> i was, because you had the outfit laid out on the bed, ready to get it started. then the second day -- >> whole different story. we are concerned with potential wildfires here in the bay area this morning because we're tracking this possibility of lightning. we have a monsoon of moisture that came in yesterday evening that helped to spark off a few isolated showers. we saw a lot of the rain fizzled out and dried up before it got here. there's still the risk that lightning strikes could increase our risk of thunderstorms and increasing that wildfire danger as we go throughout today. so we're still watching out for that. as of now it's just spotty showers moving through and we're seeing that mostly in the north bay right now, turning to lightning once it gets off the coast. as far as what we've seen over land, so far, so good. the humidity lingers and we'll have a chance that we could possibly see as these temperatures heat up more energy

and potential of more dry lightning as we go throughout the day. we'll talk about that possibility coming up. mike, we saw flashing lights. is there a problem on the san mateo bridge? >> there was, but i think the flashing lights were the crew that was headed across the westbound commute direction. we saw a little bunching up at the bottom of the high-rise and then i was able to see cars slow and now completely clear. the disabled vehicle, i believe has been cleared from 92. there may be a new incident, perhaps two, north 101 around berryessa there may be a crash. turning to the tragic devastation and destruction on maui, as firefighters make progress containing the flames, people are getting a clearer picture of the rebuilding to come in historic lahaina. search and rescue efforts are going on as residents grapple with the loss of loved ones and their homes. the fires destroyed over $6 billion worth of important.

hawaii governor green says the historic town of lahaina is almost completely gone. at least 96 people have died in the fires on maui, and, sadly, that number is expected to rise. this is now the deadliest wildfire in modern u.s. history. >> we will build back together, we will find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. >> four people who lost their homes, the governor's office has set up hotels for them to stay in. airbnb is offering up hundreds of rentals for victims as well. >> while we know the fire was driven by winds, the utility is getting heat for its response in the first hours of the disaster. kris sanchez is joining us from the newsroom. we're talking about a class action lawsuit. there is no official cause for the fire that decimated that historic town of lahaina, but there is already that class action lawsuit you mentioned and it's against the utility,

hawaiian electric. the suit claims that hawaiian electric should have shut off the power before the fire when the weather service warned of high winds and extreme fire danger. a statement to nbc news says that hawaiian electric does not have a former power shutoff program, but it did follow its typical protocols. the lawsuit claims there was a downed power line near the site of the initial fire. for many residents, there's enough blame to go around. >> try to get us out and evacuate us, no. we're mad, we're mad. we didn't just lose our homes, we lost our town, we lost history. our kids are traumatized. you guys messed up real bad. >> reporter: another utility may be facing questions at some point as well, as firefighters say that as they responded to the lahaina fire, the hydrants were running dry, according to

reporting by "the new york times." the lahaina water system comes from creek and groundwater, but with the power out, pumping water has been an issue both then and now. we want to make clear the official cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> kris, thank you. new this morning, in the wake of those fires, so many people have stepped up to support the maui community. among them, oprah. the media mogul sunday made her third visit to the maui war memorial gymnasium bringing towels, sheets, water, and more for those who survived the fires. oprah says the disaster has left her feeling helpless and she felt compelled to do what she can. >> we all know that in a week or two all the cameras will be gone and the rest of the world is going to move on with their lives, and we're all still going to be here trying to figure out what is the best way to rebuild.

and so i consider myself a resident, i have my rainbow driver's license. my biggest concern is who is in charge and how does that money get directly to the people. >> oprah is one of maui's biggest private land owners. she has more than 1,000 acres. and a lot of people have been wondering, how can i help the people of maui? well, we posted a list of verified organizations collecting donations on our website. all you have to do is go to nbcbayarea.com. once you get there, click on the how to help maui in our trending bar. 5:06 right now. we are tracking a developing story, former president trump could be facing a fourth indictment, this time out of georgia. the fulton county district attorney is expected to present evidence to a grand jury today. they've been investigating the former president's efforts to overturn his election loss in georgia. that news comes as trump is on the campaign trail in iowa, and

maintains his innocence. >> is there any chance you take a plea deal in georgia? >> we did nothing wrong. >> this comes as the justice department appointed a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. the president's allies worry this could put a wrench in his re-election campaign. 5:07 this morning, as we take a live look out in san jose. getting started with the day and the first day of school for the franklin mckinney union school district in san jose. i know those students are excited. their final sleep-in for summer is over. >> i'm sure they're really excited about that. kari, it should be a nice day. cool start to the morning. >> it's a little warmer than we typically see because of the high humidity. so instead of mid-50s, it's right now 68 degrees in san jose. so it feels muggy and mild out there as we get started, and it's going to be a hot day. let's head to alameda with a look at their school district

forecast for the first day. it's going to be 62 degrees by the time you're dropping them off and staying partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures headed to the mid-70s. we're watching out for spotty rain chances and possibly some lightning. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike has a look at where you can find lower gas prices. >> we're trying. san jose is one of the lowest in the state at $4.39. nearly all of the reports in that county are around $4.50 over there. alameda county, $4.49, diamond gas and mart on south front road. in solano county, families in vallejo, maybe looking for a back-to-school fill-up, $4.69 at grand station on springs road there. so watch for that price. thank you for watching on gasbuddy.com. on the roadways we're watching the south bay where we

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good monday morning. right now at 5:12, i know it's early, the kids are not up yet, but take a look at our first day of school forecast for vallejo city unified. drop-off time it's in the low 60s and it's going to be a very warm and muggy day, with high clouds overhead. also watching out for a chance of rain in spots. we'll have more on that and the fire danger ahead in a few minutes. it is early, but look at all these folks on the roadway. 680 south is going from the right side to the left side,

heading south toward the 24 split. picking up volume but not slowing the speeds. this is one of the spots for the early commute in contra costa county. good morning. very happy monday to you. wall street still digesting friday's news that inflation is increasing a bit. that's not the news we wanted to hear. we do get the fed minutes on wednesday, the notes from their latest interest rate meeting. i have meta and tesla on my board this morning because we're going to talk about this battle of -- i don't know what it is -- between mark zuckerberg and elon musk. you remember musk challenged zuckerberg, a known expert in martial arts, to a cage fight. zuckerberg accepted, proposed dates, times, locations, but no commitments from musk. on his social network threads, zuckerberg finally gave up on trying to get that fight under way, saying, quote, i think we can all agree elon is not serious and it's time to move on. i offered a real date. and then he said, i'm going to focus on competing with people

who take the sport seriously. musk has called zuckerberg a chicken on social media, but as zuckerberg points out, it's musk who won't commit. so zuckerberg and the business world moving on from this. other news, the best place to work in all of america according to a glass door poll is a company called game site. when other companies started laying off, they stepped in to help workers find new jobs, but then the other shoe dropped. they started to lay off employees, too. video here of the ceo with employees from a visit we paid the company just before the pandemic. we even had video of the message he sent employees breaking the bad news that there would be cuts, and they would be affected. this week on our podcast sand hill road i sit down and just drill nick with the toughest questions i can think of to get inside the mind of a ceo cutting staff. for instance, did he pluck some

people who were supposed to lose their jobs out of the good pile and into the let's keep them pile. he did. i asked him what he thinks of the future. >> are you gun shy about hiring the next employee? >> yes. it's funny, the typical ceo answer would be we're super optimistic about the future. no, we're not trying to get ahead of our skis again. >> you can find sand hill road wherever you find podcasts, apple, google. all three of us have reported on layoffs and we read that statement from the company, in these tough economic times. nobody is really honest about how painful this is for everyone, and in this case it's pure honesty. it's really refreshing. >> hard to see. >> thanks, scott. have you been to the movies lately? did you watch "barbie"? the movie breaking more box office records. the movie has grossed

$1.13 billion worldwide and has broken a record for the highest grossing film from a female director, passing "frozen 2". "barbie" is one of 20 movies to ever earn half a billion at the u.s. box office, just 25 days after its release. ed sheeran took a brief break from his tour this weekend to try his hand at another job. >> the british superstar stopped at a lego store in minnesota. this was on saturday at the mall of america. he stopped at the lego store, worked as a brick specialist at the store, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. then he performed his song "lego house". he's touring for his mathematics album. a lot of folks are enjoying it. >> it looked like some of the shoppers were shocked. >> i watched the video to see if legos were available. >> very cool. let's get a look at the forecast, monday morning. >> yes, monday morning, a lot of changes here.

we've seen some very strange weather, but this is actually not all that unusual, seeing that we occasionally get the remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms moving in and we are getting that surge of moisture. it feels muggy, but it's coming at the same time we're getting high heat. so today the valleys will once again reach into the 90s and over 100 degrees, from today through at least thursday. so it's going to be really hot for a prolong period of time, and there will also be a high fire danger, higher fire danger because of the potential of some lightning as those thunderstorms over the sierra start to move into the bay area. so we saw that yesterday evening with a couple of spots getting some spotty showers, as far as the lightning a lot of the lightning potential really died out as it moved into the bay area, once it hit that marine layer. we're also seeing some of those lightning strikes really developing off the coast, but moving away from us. so we're still watching all of

this energy streaming through, especially for the north bay, with another chance of some rain and possibly some lightning by late morning in the north bay, and then more rounds of some spotty showers into the afternoon as well as later this evening. so we're looking hour-by-hour at that possibility of some rain here. we can see it moving through, by about 2:00 to 3:00, mostly in the north bay. we'll be watching the tri-valley and east bay as well. but it's going to be very hot. temperatures reaching into the mid-90s in the valleys, and we're going to, once again, see a few spots hitting the triple digits. a slight chance of rain and storms, but we'll also have hot temperatures over the next several days. now, as we approach the weekend, that is when it cools off and it looks like it's going to be a really nice weekend ahead. we just have to make it through the upper 90s and triple digits from today through at least thursday. mike says so far it's a smooth drive across the bay area. >> i know it's early, but we'll

take it. we had a number of incidents reported along the east bay, but 880, the nimitz is moving smoothly without incidents. we're looking toward the altamont pass, a little slowing for 580 just before it merges with 205. a little different pattern. we'll track that. so far, everything else looks pretty standard. there is a build, you see sensors turning from green to yellow around dalton. we do have that 20 minute mark, still well under a half hour. that's when things get crowded coming out of the brentwood and byron area. the bay bridge toll plaza, a little building, but no slowing through the maze. >> thanks, mike. next on "today in the bay," we have been working really hard to get pets adopted right here in the bay area. >> this month we are clearing the shelters. some dogs and cats need a little help going the final mile to their forever homes. i'm chris chmura.

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new video to show you this morning, as europe's most active volcano is at it again. mount etna putting on a dazzling display as it erupted last night sending hot lava and ash clouds high into the sky. the volcano is located on the italian island of sisily. it has been erupted since 425 b.c. all this month, nbc bay area and telemundo 48 family is clearing the shelters. we're helping place thousands of dogs, cats, kittens and other pets in loving families like yours. >> you're invited to a few big pet adoption events. chris chmura has a look at an effort to get the pets there. >> reporter: on the surface it's

all fun and games at berkeley humane, but behind the scenes, the staff is scrambling. >> so much of what we're doing is reacting to a crisis, and it's not just in california. it's all across the country. >> reporter: case in point, orange county. >> at the beginning of the year, we've taken in over 3,000 kittens. >> reporter: berkeley humane is answering that distress call. >> if there's too many animals and we think they have a better chance of getting adopted here, then it makes sense to bring them to the bay area. >> reporter: someone south drives north, while a volunteer up north drives south. >> we have a meeting point. >> this is the van that i will be taking. >> reporter: meet ellen jacobs and her dog coltrain. >> he's a berkeley alum. >> reporter: she's the volunteer chauffeur for the next kitten swap. >> it's about a four and a half, five hour drive from here. >> each way.

she'll log a grand total of 459 miles behind the wheel to collect as many as 30 socal kittens for adoption in berkeley. >> it is definitely a chance at a life for these animals, where they might not otherwise have it. >> reporter: you should see those kittens up for adoption later this month during clear the shelters. and if this story inspired you to help drive around dogs and cats or help out berkeley humane in some other way, scan the qr code on your screen to visit their website. >> cute little dogs. do what you can. for a look at our clear the shelters calendar, you can visit nbc bay area, our website. >> our team will be there at san francisco's spca this saturday and the oakland zoo on sunday. then next saturday we'll be at the berkeley humane society, laura and i, helping find some pets their forever homes. we're also going to be holding an event at the santa clara animal service in san martin that same day. so make sure you head out. 5:26 right now.

hawaii on top of our minds, and of course our hearts. nearly 100 people now confirmed dead following this devastating wildfire. coming up, the help some special southern california first responders are providing as the search for those still missing continues. shoplifters strike two

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elevated fire danger due to lightning strikes. not only that, but it's coming in with very high heat for the valleys again today. a look at the complete microclimate forecast. a gruesome discovery as outside lands wraps up. what san francisco police are revealing about a body found near golden gate park. plus, kids return to school in albany, sonoma and vallejo today. this as a major teacher recruitment effort is under way. we're live with details, plus now teachers can use artificial intelligence for help in the classroom. this is "today in the bay." very good morning to you. quickly approaching 5:30. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we want to get you started with that forecast this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. something we don't talk about too often, a potential for lightning. >> we had storms that moved through parts of the bay area yesterday, moving from the sierra over the central valley,

and we still have showers that are lingering in parts of the north bay as you get ready to head out. as we get a closer look over the past couple of hours, quick-moving rain moved through and the lightning is off the coast and moving away from us. but we have enough energy in the atmosphere today where we could see another round of rain and not enough to really help us out if there is some lightning and it sparks a fire. so we do have an elevated fire danger for today, as we continue to see the surge of this rain and possibly thunderstorms due to some monsoon moisture moving into the bay area. it's also going to be very hot. we'll talk about the heat in a few minutes. mike, we have such a great shot of the bay bridge commute. >> we had a little bit of low clouds in the area before, but look at these spark ling lights. i'm focusing into the headlights moving into the city. top of the screen, eastshore freeway from left to right, that's your commute westbound toward the bay bridge. it's moving well.

no metering lights at the bay bridge yet, but we have areas where we see the first signs of the commute building for highway 4 on the right, highway 37 out of vallejo on the left. so it's a smooth flow of traffic. we are looking at the build not really impacting the folks in the tri-valley yet, but more folks feeding in out of the altamont pass. back to you. developing now, san francisco police are looking into a gruesome discovery near this weekend's outside lands music festival. investigators say around 7:30 last night someone found a woman's body at fulton near 22nd on the edge of golden gate park, not far from where the festival was wrapping up. san francisco standard is saying the body was discovered inside a duffle bag. police aren't releasing many details. they are asking nin with information to give them a call. police are investigating a brazen robbery -- robberies, that is, in the east bay. two beauty supply stores targeted by suspects. >> bob redell joins us live in

studio. have police made any arrests? >> reporter: good morning to you. as far as we know, not yet. the thefts are another example of how bold these shoplifters have become here in the bay area. in one instance they're not trying to hide stolen items, rather walking out with duffle bags full of merchandise. police say groups of thieves stole merchandise at two ulta beauty stores in san ramon and concord. police say on saturday two unarmed suspects stole about $1,500 worth of merchandise from the ulta on crow canyon place, and on sunday that same place was hit again by four or five different suspects. concord police say on saturday two men walked into the ulta on diamond boulevard and walked out with duffle bags i mentioned they filled with merchandise. all of these thefts happened in the afternoon. >> they're not scared of anything. the security guard, they know

they can't touch them. >> you expect to be safe out in the community, especially with your kids. that does alarm me. >> reporter: it's not clear yet if there's a connection between the ulta thefts in san ramon and concord. we've reached out to ulta for comment but have not heard back. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> getting so brazen. thanks for the latest, bob. 5:33 right now. people in maui get ago closer look at the destruction left behind by one of the country's worst wildfires. search teams are shifting through the rubble. videos show some of the destruction. 2,700 buildings and homes destroyed, totaling billions of dollars in damage. hundreds of people are in red cross shelters. the governor of hawaii says there are more airbnb and hotels for long-term housing coming soon. search and rescue teams have been out looking for survivors, but the coast guard struggled to battle smoke and hurricane winds. >> they entered a plume of smoke

and the only thing they saw was the flames and they couldn't even see the bow of the boat. >> search teams have combed through less than 10% of the burned-out communities. so far, 96 people have been found dead. help from l.a. county fire department is on the way. three teams left yesterday for hawaii. they'll be there for two weeks. crews were there after the campfire in 2018. last week governor newsom said he would be sending many more supplies and search teams. we have more coverage on what is going on in hawaii on the "today" show. >> reporter: good morning. we have live in maui, our team spread throughout, including at the scene of the deadliest fire in u.s. history. we're starting to get the full scope of the destruction as families franticly search for loved ones. we'll have the latest on the ground coming up on "today." well, it is a big week for

bay area schools, as several school districts head back into the classroom, and as they do so, with changes and significant challenges. "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live for us in san francisco. ginger, this is where the schools have a couple more days before they officially return, but today really is a big, important day for a lot of those teachers and students, right? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, marcus. students in san francisco have a couple more days to sleep in because these doors won't officially open until wednesday. schools don't go back until august 16th. but a lot of students and teachers will be paying close attention as others go back to school around the bay area and as key issues are being talked about around public education at the state level. let's start things with talking about students and teachers from school districts who are heading back into the classroom today. among them, alameda unified, albany unified, franklin mckinley, sonoma county, sonoma valley unified and vallejo city.

this back to school, ai tools and learning are becoming more widespread, in and out of the classroom, some of them learning to address the gap that was identified during the pandemic. one tool is from a company called quizlet that introduced a personal tutor using artificial intelligence. this is in collaboration with the company openai that created chatgpt. we spoke to quizlet about the use of ai in classrooms. they polled high school students and teachers about ai for learning and about 60% of students say they already use it. about half of those students and teachers polled say this could be a positive contribution to education. now, quizlet also found that over 40% of teachers and students believe ai learning could help fill in gaps to get back on track, but as with everything, even quizlet says there will be a learning curve. >> ai is a brand new technology, and with anything new there's going to be some comprehension,

and students and teachers have to learn how to use the new technology. >> reporter: now, some other ai tools that are known for helping students are quizlet and a website called grammarly, that uses ai to edit essays, fix spelling and grammar, while also checking for clarity. you might have heard of a language learning app called duolingo that uses ai to tailor lessons to see how far a user has actually come. and this one is mostly for teachers, gradescope, that uses ai to grade papers. a lot of people across the board using ai. now, as students from across the bay area go back to school today and this week, as you mentioned, marcus, there is still a scramble to address important issues at california schools, especially the teacher shortage. today california superintendent of public instruction, tony thurman, who host a teacher

recruitment summit. governor newsom is also expected to speak about schools today. we don't know too much, but we do know that that will happen before 2:00 in the afternoon. we're live in san francisco. ginger conejero saab, "today in the bay." >> ginger, thank you for that. happening today, a renewed push to solve a 17-year-old cold case. san francisco police say back in 2006 someone shot and killed this gentleman at the intersection of grove and baker streets. he was 17 years old and it's been 17 years since he died. his mother has worked for years to get justice for her son. in a new effort to solve the case, she has created a digital poster board installed at all san francisco police stations and it will have murder victims, pictures and rewards posted. she's also going to be handing out flyers about her son's case at the intersection where he was killed. taking a live look at downtown san jose, where in

about 24 hours some 4,500 city workers are planning to hit the picket lines. last week union members voted to authorize a three-day strike. workers are citing chronic understaffing and low pay. the city says it's committed to negotiating a fair deal, but it's concerned the cuts that could come to some services as a result of higher pay. workers planning to strike include city service employees, supervisors at sjc and librarians. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. yes, karl the fog is sticking around this morning. how will things shape up later today? meteorologist kari hall, of course, monitoring the conditions we can expect across the bay area. how is it looking? >> we'll have a wide range in temperatures, staying cool and cloudy near the coast while the inland valleys are going to be very hot today. as we take a look at where we're starting right now, as you step out the door, it's in the upper 50s in san francisco, but as you make your way to the east bay, the tri-valley, it's in the low 70s to start. livermore at 72.

it's the first day of school for sonoma county school district, and it's going to be cloudy throughout much of the day. feeling muggy. we're going from low 60s to low 80s at pick-up time. we'll talk about the chance of rain in the forecast coming up. mike, you're taking a second look at the day ahead. >> at first look we see the standard commute, things are moving nicely, typical slowing for 37. the bay bridge metering lights should be turned on any second with no surprises out of the maze toward san francisco. but looking ahead, in san francisco, we do have a giants games, three games for the next three days. tonight's game is at 6:45, so traffic in the area off of 3rd street there across the bridge. the rest of the bay shows a predictable build. something is going on for the east bay, typical slowing south 880. no problems on the span after an earlier disabled vehicle cleared. in the south bay we have another event at levi's stadium and you'll see signs on 237 and 101 in the air, carole g has a

concert tonight. back to you. >> thanks, mike. today marks two years since the caldor fire wreaked havoc. life is still far from normal for many living in the community. coming up, why so many are facing a long road to recovery. in politics, those who called for a special counsel to prosecute hunteter bidenen don' seem veryy happypy w with t thel coununsel who w was appoiointed. ♪♪♪ ♪ babyy breakak my heart ♪ ♪♪ give mee all y you've gotot ♪ >> she's's about to givee santa clara a all she's got.. karol g takes the stage att levi's stadiumum t tonight. details o on the showw and howo she's s making mususic historyr.

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we'll track the bigger approach coming up. a quarter until 6:00 right now. today marks two years since the devastating caldor fires started in el dorado county. >> many people are still facing a long road to recovery. the community was destroyed by the flames. many people living there did not have fire insurance at the time and the victims were denied federal aid from fema to rebuild their destroyed homes. most of those people were living in mobile home communities, but they say that they don't have what they need to fully recover. >> in spite of what you see here, i love the people and i want to stay here, i hope that we're able to do that. though we don't have resources to rebuild at this time. >> some caldor fire survivors have filed for damages against the u.s. forest service, accusing the federal agency of

failing to protect grizzly flats. if those claims are denied, the residents could sue. 5:46 right now. no comment from president biden, after the justice department assigned a special counsel in the case of his son, hunter biden. >> scott mcgrew with us now. it seems no one is very happy about this new development. >> nobody. good morning to you. even the people calling for a special counsel are not happy. on friday, attorney general merrick garland announced he would elevate david weiss to special counsel. weiss is the same counsel who has been investigating the president's son for five years now. just a few months ago, a group of republican senators wrote the department of justice demanding weiss, who was brought into the job by then-president donald trump be elevated to special counsel, all signing their names. now that weiss is the special counsel, some of those same people say they're not satisfied. senator marsha blackburn of tennessee now saying merrick

garland appointed david weiss as special counsel because he knows weiss will protect hunter. former vice president pence was on our "meet the press" sunday morning where he said he was satisfied with weiss. take a look. >> while i welcome the appointment of a special counsel, which is, of course, appropriate and is a minimum where the attorney general has a potential conflict of interest, i'm also comforted by the fact that congress is going to continue to do its work, i'm confident that house republicans are going to continue to bring forward the facts in this case. the american people have a right to know whether or not president biden's family benefitted or that he, himself, benefitted when he was serving in the job that i had as vice president of the united states in a financial way from foreign nationals. >> to clarify, those investigations have found that hunter biden very much benefitted, but no evidence has been offered showing joe biden benefitted. former president trump over the weekend posted a criticism

of the judge in his washington, d.c. case, despite warnings not to. technically it was a repost of someone else's criticism. but just days ago, judge warned not to interfere with the integrity of the court. here you see the repost on your screen. the judge has not said anything so far about this new post. we're watching atlanta. that's a whole separate criminal case. the fulton county prosecutor there putting new witnesses before a grand jury today over trump's alleged interference with elections there. an indictment could come as soon as this week. so this is a lot of judges, it's a lot of cases. excluding several civil cases that trump is facing, you have the indictments in manhattan over business records, there are federal criminal charges in both florida and washington, d.c., and then you have these potential charges in the state

of georgia. >> a lot going on there. thanks, scott. 5:49 right now. happening today, karol g is taking over levi's stadium. ♪♪ ♪ la la la ♪ >> she's fresh off making headlines at the lalapalooza festival. levi's is expecting about 30,000 people to attend tonight's concert. it starts at 7:00 and, as always, if you're attending or even just driving through that area, i probably don't have to tell you there will be traffic. plan accordingly. at least there will be some good music. >> i bet it will be. probably some good weather as well, kari. >> it's going to be pretty muggy out there. warm as well. but as far as what's happening at levi's, i'm sure whatever is happening above, they're still going to have a great time. >> no doubt. >> we've been watching a few

things that have been changing in terms of our weather. there have been some spotty showers and thunderstorms and even a little bit of lightning which could enhance our fire danger over the next several days. there's a low spinning over southern california. that's been producing a lot of showers and thunderstorms over the sierra, moving across the central valley. and yesterday evening some of us even got a little bit of rain, it was just enough to make your car dirty. it rained for just a few minutes before it moved on. we're still watching the north bay as we see this energy moving through, but the lightning has been developing off the coast. it is the first day of school for vallejo city unified. we're going to start out with some low 60s and head to a humid 79 degrees at pick-up time. it will be very warm as we watch out for that chance of quick-moving showers, possibly some thunderstorms. not only late morning, but into the afternoon. much more activity over the sierra that could come in later this evening, especially for the north bay and parts of the east bay. at the same time, it's going to be very hot this afternoon.

we're talking mid to upper 90s, while the peninsula will hit a high of about 80 degrees. we're looking at low 70s in san francisco, the north bay up to about 93 degrees. in our seven-day forecast, we have mid to upper 90s today, triple digits for tomorrow and wednesday, and hot on thursday, with some milder weather for the weekend. and mike, you have some more slowing in the east bay now? >> we do. obviously the bay bridge toll plaza will be one of those spots because the metering lights have been on for about 20 minutes. so we have your standard flow here -- i should say 15 minutes, as far as the backup builds. there is more backup for southbound 880 approaching oak street. this crash just updated. instead of three lanes blocked, we have one lane blocked. no major injuries. back to you. happening now, berkeley police are investigating a pellet gun shooting that happened last night just before 11:30 on bancroft way and telegraph. someone was walking on a

sidewalk when someone in a black mercedes shot them with a pellet gun. the person is okay. berkeley police are searching for the suspect. if you have any information you're asked to call police. 15 years of outside lands. still ahead, the reason a tent got shut down this weekend and the unexpected traffic impact from the festival. ahead at 6:00, stories of bravery from maui. we'll hear from a man who saved a toddler from the fast-spreading flames by jumping into the pacific ocean. and a quick reminder, you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you would like. we're on 24/7 on roku and other streaming platforms. you can watch live breaking news, news conferences and even repeats of our newscasts.

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♪♪ i love that song. apple does not fall far from the tree when it comes to top pop star gwen stefani. her son, 17 years old, made his live music debut this weekend

with a little help from his country superstar stepfather. ♪♪ >> yeah, you're listening to kingston rossdale. he's singing a few rock ballads at blake shelton's bar. he introduced the guy saying he's an artist and he's the real deal. it didn't take long before gwen joined the stage as well. ♪♪ ♪ stop explaining ♪ ♪ don't tell me cause it hurts ♪ >> that's the best karaoke song. >> especially when she sings it, right? >> you can catch gwen as a coach on the new season of "the voice" this fall. >> i wonder what the dad thinks because he's a performer, too. >> i'm sure they're all very proud of kingston.

san francisco's outside lands has come to an end, putting its 15-year anniversary in the history books. hundreds of thousands of people there coming out to enjoy the music. of course the food and vibes all over the place. but this year there was some minor trouble. on friday night organizers had to shut down the soma tent after the stage partially collapsed. it opened briefly saturday and then again yesterday, on sunday. then another issue right outside golden gate park, so on friday night video shows quite a few cruise cars stopped in the middle of grant avenue causing a traffic jam. cruise says that it was dealing with a wireless connection issue because of outside lands, which caused a delay to those cars. it says it's working to make sure this doesn't happen again. those driverless cars, i saw some yesterday in the city. it's really cool to see, and i

saw one stop and go around. >> that's fine when that happens. i saw one stop and i went around. let's talk about what's going on in the south bay. we have a slice of hollywood coming to the south bay, the annual cinequest film festival returns. it will feature 82 films making their premieres locally, kicking things off at the california theatre and events will happen in san jose and mountain view as well, so throughout the south bay throughout the end of the month. tickets begin at 9. that's a deal. $14 for general admission. considering these are world premieres, that's a pretty good deal. >> really interesting. if you want to check out what's trending at home, head over to nbcbayarea.com. we're tracking it all with our trending bar, you'll find it at the top of our home page. quickly approaching 6:00 this morning. tracking the risk of fires, the

potential of lightning raising concerns in parts of the bay area. we're timing things out for you hour-by-hour in our forecast. their friends are dead, their dogs and animals are dead. everybody is dead. there's dead people in the water. >> heartbreak gross as the ash starts to settle in maui. nearly 100 people now confirmed killed following historic wildfires. the actions some island residents are taking amid the devastation. this is "today in the bay." good morning, and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. before we get started, we want to welcome alameda unified back to school today. a big day for those students, parents and teachers out there, getting started with the school year. >> we'll have more on the maui wildfires as well coming up. we want to talk about potential wildfires in the bay area as we're tracking a possibility of lightning. >> we had a couple of showers that moved through the bay area