we've talked about this in the past, but now we have another bay area brewery and a few others that are stepping up to help out. enterprise brewing company on howard street has announced a special event for this saturday. it will be selling a specially brewed solidarity ale with proceeds going to anchor workers now bidding to buy the brewery for themselves to try to preserve it. the international conglomerate sapporo has the brewery and they're trying to buy it back. in two weeks, another brewery, fox tail in san jose, is set to release its own solidarity beer. they're trying to keep more diversity within the brewing world as well. >> thank you for teaching me how to pronounce sapporo. >> now we've got to get sushi. you can check out what's trending locally. head over to nbcbayarea.com, the trending bar is right at the top

of our home page. all right, back to our top story, tracking hilary's impact. the storm now moving north into nevada, as overnight storm damage comes to light we team coverage on the impact in southern california, as the outlook for the bay area is rain today. >> this is "today in the bay." good monday morning. thank you for starting your week with all of us. i'm kira klapper. >> i'm kris sanchez. we want to start with the historic storm, the remnants of hurricane hilary. it looks really active for this time of year, lots of rain still in southern california. this is video from oak glen in san bernardino county. one of the main roads was transformed into a rushing river for a time as rain pounded the area. a flood warning remains in effect, at least through this afternoon. neighborhoods are being warned it will take at least several

hours for the water from these storms to work through the local drainage system, especially in urban areas. we have a live look at downtown l.a. this morning. you can see a little bit of cloud cover. is that rain, meteorologist kari hall? i can't tell on the monitor. >> it's been off and on, still happening there. >> my sister and mom live in southern california and they said it rained a lot yesterday, then it stopped, then it cam back and the wind was pretty heavy. >> yeah, it really depended on where you are. because if you called someone in santa barbara, they had less than a quarter inch of rainfall. i was seeing rainfall totals, especially in san bernardino and that area in the mountains over 13 inches of rainfall. >> wow. >> that's just unimaginable, especially this time of year. a lot of times you have a hard time seeing t moisture soaking into the ground because the trees just aren't readily available to soak all of that

moisture up and keep those mudslides from happening. so we're going to continue to seehis t spinning across the region, having an impact. this morning we're seeing the rain shift toward the sacramento valley. the heavier rain is spreading toward reno and much of northern nevada. in the bay area, the north bay for now, as we continue to see some of the scattered light showers moving through, but the lightning has stayed off the coast. it's very muggy, we're seeing clouds overhead. there will be a slight chance of thunderstorms today. then midweek the heat will return. i'll have more on that and we'll go hour-by-hour with our forecast coming up. >> kari, we'll see you again soon. thank you so much. we are getting a look at some of that overnight damage from now post tropical storm hilary. >> "today in the bay"'s bob redell is in the newsroom tracking t developments. bob, show us the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. tropical storm hilary, post

tropical storm hilary is producing high winds and flash flooding in southern california. san diego county is one of the areas bearing the brunt of the storm. the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years. there's been flash flooding, as i mentioned, roads swamp by water, trees and power lines down, rockslides. yesterday there was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in ventura county. the two events, the storm and the quake, not connected according to seismologists. in palm springs, a local state of emergency was declared due to unprecedented rainfall and flooding of local roadways. officials say palm springs could see up to 10 inches of rain from the storm. authorities are also urging residence to stay home and avoid driving during dangerous conditions. >> the main thing is you don't want to drive through water that you can't see the road on, because the road can be washed out and it can look like it's only a couple inches deep, but it's actually a number of feet deep.

and the other thing is if the water hits the side of a car, it can push it right off the side of the road and into deeper water, like it is down here. it's roaring pretty good now. >> reporter: 911 phone lines are also down in palm springs, cathedral city and indio. officials say they do not know when lines will return but residents are being asked to keep an eye on social media accounts for updates. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. here is more video overnight from southern california. you can see several cars stranded on flooded roadways in san fernando valley just north of hollywood burbank airport. even though this is not the rainy season here in the bay area, experts point out this is still a good reminder to avoid driving through flooded roadways when you can't see below the water's surface. you know the saying, turn

around, don't drown. when we are not on the air, you can get the latest updates on our website, nbcbayarea.com, or by downloading our free nbc bay area app so you can get information straight to your phone. happening later today, leaders on the peninsula will break down the failures that led to heavy flooding during that huge new year's eve storm. you may remember that storm packed about 5 inches of rain and led to extensive flooding on january 1st in neighborhoods near the san mateo creek and marina lagoon. tonight san mateo city council members will examine a newly released report that finds the damage was made worse by multiple pump engine failures, including a backup pump that never took over. also, several alarms never sounded to alert city staffers. about two hours from now, president biden and the first lady will board air force one in reno to visit the devastated island of maui. the number of confirmed deaths is now up to 114 people, and a

short time ago maui's mayor issued a first update on the number of people still missing. he says 850 people are still unaccounted for. this is the first official estimate on the number of missing since the fire nearly two weeks ago. meanwhile, bay area residents are gathering supplies for fire survivors. malloy's tavern in colma hosted a supply drive collecting everything from personal care items and clothing to water filtration items and bathroom supplies. two local restaurants also took part, donating all of their revenues for the day to the effort. a bay area family with roots on maui organized the event. the search and recovery effort is still in early stages, and during the president's visit he and the first lady are expected to meet with first responders and also victims' families. ahead of the president's trip, the white house promised federal help will be available for as long as it takes. >> he's also going to be able to talk with people and hear their

stories and provide a sense of hope and assurance that the federal government is going to be with them as he has directed. >> critics are saying that it took too long for the president to publicly acknowledge the deadly fires, though aides say has been working behind the scenes from the beginning. here locally, a north bay pilot is talking about the quick thinking that may have saved his life after his small plane made an emergency landing in a vineyard on saturday. it happened in windsor when the pilot says his engine failed. he's been flying for more than 40 years, which certainly helped, but he still feared the worst on his way down. >> it might kill me, definitely in my mind, yeah. but everything got tucked away properly. >> wow. while he managed to walk away from that crash unhurt, the plane is now inoperable. faa investigators may issue a preliminary report as soon as

today. taking a live look outside at san francisco there on your left -- >> oh, it's monday. maybe that's right. bay area air quality management district extending the air quality advisory that went into effect yesterday because of smoke from several fires elsewhere, including the head fire burning near the oregon border and the fire east of santa maria. smoky skies may be visible in higher elevations and add the mugginess, it just fls so swampy. it feels swampy. we're dealing with wildfires and tropical systems at the same time, so, yes, it feels very weird out there. we're going to wake up to a colorful sunrise with clouds moving through and it's right now in the low 70s, mid-70s for dublin. we have a southwesterly wind. if you are sensitive to wildfire

smoke, make sure you're limiting your time outside and we're going to see temperatures heating up today. it's going to be a little lower than it has been, but because of the high humidity it's going to feel a lot hotter. we're also going to see temperatures in the tri-valley reaching into the mid-80s and watching out for rain and storm chances, too. so i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike, you were looking at a little more traffic this morning. >> it seems like that. the backup formed aggressively at the toll plaza. we do see movement, so things might have calmed down a little bit. the approach as well, seeing more slowing through richmond and calming down. that first burst hit a little harder this morning. we're watching for those trends to adjust as schools start. we do have another unusual slowdown up here. the road index shows there may be damp roadways and a crash on the shoulder. everything else moves calmly, though. coming up on "today in the " elon musk tackling the blocking on 'x', former twitter.

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good monday morning. happy first day of school forever green elementary school district. were srtin a out at drop-off time in the low 70s and it's partly cloudy. it will stay mostly cloudy and humid as temperatures reachnto the upper 70s at pick-upime. hopefully it's a great first start for staff and students. we'll talk about what else is happening in weather coming up in a few minutes. and what's happening in traffic is more cars are hitting the road. it's not a surprise, but we're seeing a little more backup a little earlier, at least so far this morning. san mateo bridge moves smoothly, these lanes are filling in. we'll show you where the bigger backups are coming up. good morning. very happy monday to you. china lowering its interest rates again as it tries to kick-start its economy.

a lousy chinese economy could really hit the world economy hard. palo alto network is a stock to watch this morning. the company delayed reporting its quarterly financials, kind of freaked investors out a little bit, theelay d turns out everything was fine. nvidia, the hottest of hot companies over the past few years, reports profits later this week. the russian space agency roscosmos says as unmanned probe crashed. india is going to try to land a probe in the same area on wednesday. it's a very difficult place to land, lots of rocks and craters. the california dmv says cruise will take about half of its automated cars off san francisco streets as california and the company investigate all the recent problems. they've been stopping in the middle of intersections, sometimes more than one car at a time in the same intersection.

a cut by half would still mean 150 cars were on the road. the "wall street journal" says meta will release a web version of threads this week. threads is the competitor to the company formerly known as twitter. when threads was first released, millions of people downloaded it, but it was for mobile only. elon musk, meantime, says he's order his software designers to get rid of the ability to block users on 'x', the service formerly known as twitter. people use blocking to avoid harassment by other users, and when musk said he would be getting rid of the ability to do that, it made a lot of people angry. musk tweeted he was going to block people who complained about him getting rid of blocking, which really makes no sense. a lot of people pointing out that apple and google require social network appears to have the ability to block users. i don't know if you've ever blocked anybody, but there are people out there who spend their

entire day just saying terrible things on social networks. what i do is mute them because i think it's even better because now they think they're getting through and i don't know they exist. >> i've never blocked anybody, but i don't get any of your tweets. >> yeah, that's a separate -- i thought you were being serious. >> that's actually a separate problem. people are complaining, i'm following this person and i don't get it. >> i would never block you. >> maybe you accidently muted scott. >> i see everything, even sand hill road. thank you very much. >> you bet. packed airports this summer could be a sign of what's ahead for the tourism industry. a report from the world travel and tourism council is projecting travel will generate more than $15 trillion in revenue per year over the next decade. that accounts for more than 11% of the global economy. the industry is forecast to employ up to 430 million people

by 2033. that is roughly one out of every nine jobs worldwide. the report finds that despite uncertainty about the economy, people really want to get out to travel and are prioritizing that in their spending. love is alive when it comes to two music superstars. >> married couple and form joyce judges blake shelton and gwen stefani are releasing their newest collaboration and they're kicking it old school. ♪♪ ♪ love is alive ♪ >> the pair just released this cover of the judds "love is alive". stefani says it's the first time blake is singing harmony on a song she's taken the lead on. it's part of a larger tribute album dedicated to the judds.

shelton and stefani tied the knot in 2021 after falling in love on the set of nbc's "the voice." >> oh, workplace romance. report that to hr. >> it ended happily. >> i was in dallas last week for a conference and it was muggy. then when i got off the plane in san jose, i said, my goodness, i brought it to me. you know what, it's going to feel like you're somewhere else, because we're not used to having this at this time of year and we're not used to having tropical systems. we're seeing the remnants of that continuing to affect the region as we're getting some showers and even some thunderstorms moving through. still meso rain moving through parts of the north bay. i wouldn't be surprised if anywhere across the bay area you had a brief shower at some point because the atmosphere is ripe for some kind of rain to fall. right now most of it has been in the north bay moving through the sacramento valley where there's been a steady rain coming down

and that's been rotating around an area of low pressure and moving into the north bay and off the coast where we've seen lightning. we're dealing with that and dealing with some fires. that increases the wildfire -- the humidity as well as seeing the near-surface smoke. so, unfortunately, we do have some slightly more unhealthy air quality today as the smoke continue to say move through, especially for the north bay. ce again, the target of singee the highest amount of particulate matter due to fires burning farther to the north. we're also watching out for the potential of some thunderstorms and lightning, and we're going to go into the afternoon with some of these cells starting to pop up in the north bay, but may also move into partsf the south bay, into the tri-valley for the afternoon. at the same time, it feels muggy, we have a little smoke in the air, we have temperatures ill reach into the low to mid-80s today. that's actually slightly cooler than normal, but it won't feel like it because of that high humidity. you just instantly break out

into a sweat when you step outside. we're going to have hotter temperatures coming our way when the humidity drops, starting tomorrow, so in the tri-valley, parts of the interior east bay, we're going to reach into the upper 80s. look at how hot it will be on wednesday. fairfield reaching 100 degrees. we're in the upper 90s for morgan hill and san martin. san jose reaching 90. walnut creek will have upper 90s as well, but at least we won't see the really hot temperatures lasting very long. it does look like it's going to be a nice weekend ahead and well deserved, after all this mess we're dealing with right now. mike, you've been watching quite a few issues out there building up on the roads. >> it has, the slowdown happened in the tri-valley. dublin looks fine, 580 has operated smoothly. getting to 580, early slowing at vasco road and toward dalton. this started early, but held. we're still at just about a half hour from marsh creek road down to 580. things have changed as far as, i

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welcome back. a viewer had a concern over gift cards, and reached out to our nbc bay area responds team. >> so the east bay woman asked consumer investigator chris chmura's team to step in because several companies were pointing the fingers at each other. >> good morning. here we go again. this time it's lori in castro valley. she says she went to a drugstore and bought a $40 amazon gift card. she plugged that card into her app immediately. then, the app flagged that card

as invalid. she says amazon told her, return the card to the store. the store refused, and told lori to call amazon. rinse, repeat, still nothing. lori was stuck in the loop and her 40 bucks was who knows where, so she called us for help. we contacted both companies. amazon then took action and gave lori a $40 replacement card, plus an extra $25 for her troubles. we wanted to know what happened in the background. amazon only told us in this case we have worked with the customer to fully refund their purchase. if you have heard this story before many times right here, we very much appreciate your loyal viewership. yes, we've solved a ton of gift card cases lately. so we're making a brand new video showing you how to protect your gift cards. we'll have that for you tomorrow morning, then we'll post it with all our other how-to videos on

on our website, streaming platform, and youtube channel. just look for the how-to playlist. i'm ginger conejero saab. we're live at sfo with an update on flight delays and cancellations in the aftermath of tropical storm hilary. stay with

right now at 6:30, assessing hilary's impact. a live look at our satellite

radar as the storm heads north into nevada. parts of southern california are absolutely saturated this morning. the impact from the strong winds and the heavy rainfall now downing trees and leaving streets flooded. this as the bay area braces for possible rain and some really thick humidity. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks so much for starting your monday morning with us. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm kira klapper. marcus aaure off this morning. the fast-moving storm you were just talking about delivered periods of heavy rain in southern california yesterday, trigger widespread flash flood warnings. many schools are actually canceling classes today with a likelihood of road closures and power outages, and the mayor of los angeles declared a state of emergency to speed up access to

emergency services. meteorologist kari hall joins us. you've been monitoring this storm since last week and it's not going away quietly. >> not at all. we've seen the rain just spreading out across the region and also affecting much of nevada this morning, over toward the tahoe region, as well as in the central valley and moving toward parts of the bay area. this is a loop of the past 24 hours showing all of that rain as it streamed through, as what was left of hilary continues to move farther to the north. still having an impact on the region as we are looking at the potential of isolated lightning strikes and more rain coming through. most of the rain has been farther toward the east over the sacramento valley and moving into the north bay. you can see lightning strikes off the coast. a closer look at the bay area does show rain, but across southern california we saw as much as 13 1/2 inches of rainfall in the san bernardino mountains, and we saw anywhere from about 3 to 6 inches of

rainfall across some of those mountains in southern california. so in addition to the rising water, another major danger during the intense rainstorms is falling trees. we're getting reports of hundreds of trees toppled across the area from southern orange county to the san gabriel foothills. lauren coronado from our sister station in los angeles is live where a couple had a frightening night. >> reporter: that's right, we're about ten minutes from pasadena in l.a. county. the couple had a really scary situation happen. take a look behind me. the couple was in their bedroom when this tree came crashing down. it's an oak tree and it was split right in half. in fact, the left part came down first, i just spoke with a neighbor who tells me it sounded like a mudslide hit. this left part of the tree fell down onto the couple's home, the

couple had to be rescued. they got out safely. then about 20 second later, the second half of the tree came down. it fell on the front yard and downed power lines. socal edison power workers were out here assessing the damage, two to three homes are left without power, and then here on the street you can see part of the roadway is blocked. this is just one example of the widespread damage across socal, and we also know our meteorologists have been tracking gusts as strong as 78 miles per hour in wind-prone areas, flooding and road closures scattered around socal as well. so a major cleanup operation is under way at this moment, and that's going to be the name of the game. right now when it comes to current conditions, we're dealing with some scattered showers here in the san gabriel area. it's just light showers for now. so the worst of it we know is

behind us. folks like this in this community, they're going to be waking up to all of this damage, and of course crews are going to be very busy all over l.a. county and surrounding areas. reporting live in sierra madre, lauren coronado for "today in the bay." >> it's remarkable. >> some places weren't hit at all and some got so much destruction. also developing this morning, rescue teams from here in the bay area are now in southern california assisting in that storm's aftermath. >> the storm is likely going to continue to cause big headaches throughout the day for people who are traveling as well. "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is live at sfo. ginger, even this early in the morning, the storm is already having an impact on flights at sfo, right? >> reporter: good morning, kris and kira. well, over the last 24 hours, flightaware reporting 69 cancellations at sfo. it's unclear how many are

specifically tied to tropical storm hilary, but we do know that passengers have been impacted, especially over the weekend. this morning there are 31 delays, some of those you can see on the board. four flight cancellations so far this morning. but, again, the big focus is on the amount of rainfall that hilary has dumped and will continue to unload on its path, needing statewide support. >> i'm worried about some of the more rural and remote areas in the eastern part of the state, some of the mountainous regions where people could be trapped, where there could be debris concerns. so that's where we're focusing a little more extra energy. >> reporter: that's why bay area teams are standing by to assist, including the california swift water task force 4, who was called in to help people in moving water in rural riverside county. so far, they have been called to cases like this twice before, and have seen how fast moving

water can affect a number of roads. another task force made up of firefighters from the south bay and the peninsula are deployed to imperial county, while yet another team from departments around marin county is being sent to the central valley. crew members recognize there is much work to be done to ensure public safety. >> what happens in these areas of the desert where it range for five or ten minutes and then the water comes down at once. >> we could see flash flood warnings continuing for the next several days in much of southern california. >> reporter: as we've heard, hilary is now a post-tropical cyclone, but it is still bringing flooding and dangerous winds. here in the bay area, there are some delays and cancellations. if you are expecting passengers to fly into sfo, it's a good idea to check on the details of their flights as they may be impacted by those delays and

cancellations. we'll continue to monitor how those flights are looking here at the airport as well as those rescue efforts down in southern california. both on air and online. we're live at sfo, ginger conejero saab, "today in the bay." >> i know this is a very serious topic, but, ginger, before we let you go, you look so pretty in that pink. >> if you're going to deliver bad news, maket i pretty. >> thanks, ginger. our team is going to continue traingck this storm. head to nbcbayarea.com for the latest updates there. now to president biden, he's heading to maui later this morning. it comes as the mayor announces 850 people remain missing and the all-out effort continues to provide much-needed relief for survivors. one bay area family is taking initiative to help. this is ashley meredith who grew up in the bay area and now lives on maui. her family is gathering donated supplies at bosco's restaurant

in sunol. their list includes flashlights, diapers, backpacks, new clothes and anything else. they plan to ship those larger supplies, but meredith herself is flying back and forth from the bay area to bring items more quickly to lahaina for family and friends who lost it all. if you would like to help, the red cross is still looking for people who can donate money or volunteer time. we also have a verified list of more organizations collecting donations on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on how to help maui. it's at the very top in our trending bar. taking a live look now at san jose, where it's time to wake up the kids in the evergreen elementary school district, because they're heading back to school. and it looks like fall, feels like miami. >> we've got a little bit of everything. it's the time of year when kids are heading back to school and

we're dealing with high humidity and it certainly feels very warm out there. so we're starting out with temperatures in the low 70s in san jose, you might want to me sure they're wearing shorts, something that will keep them comfortable throughout the afternoon, especially as we continue to see more clouds coming in and upper 70s, even a chance of rain. in fremont expect a high of 82 today and upper 70s in oakland. in santa rosa expect a high of 85, watching for a chance of storms. mike, you've got an eye on the tri-valley. >> we have a standard slowdown in san jose, the tri-valley suddenly slowing because there's a crash reported south 680 right around the sunol exit. so that does disrupt the flow there. we saw a slower flow at vasco that started early and held steady. things are moving smoothly for this time of day. livermore valley, all those schools starting, elementary through high school, so that may seen a shift in the commute pattern for 580. we're looking toward highway 4,

highway 37, typical slowing in the area. i will note coming up this evening and starting overnights for the next week, we have a closure for highway 29 around pa junction. there will be road work so locals need to know about that. and then local to say the east bay or traveling through, we have dual events at the coliseum, the a's playing and zach bryan playing with trampled by turtles. >> i know trampled by turtles. >> you do? >> yes. i didn't know they were playing tonight. i listen to not top 40. helping our students process and avoid toxic stress. coming up, advice experts say every parent should keep in mind to help students stay focused and stress-free as the new school year begins. president biden and the first lady are in tahoe, but will held to maui in just a short bit. we'll have a timeline and what they're expected to do coming

up. and a reminder, america's biggest stars in gymnastics are coming to the bay area this week, including the g.o.a.t., simone biles. the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championships start at the s.a.p. center in san jose on thursday. we will have live team coverage thursday morning right here on "today in the bay" and throughout the weekend. you can watch saturday's action on cnbc, on sunday you can watch right here on nbc bay area. we'll have coverage at 9:00 a.m. and again at 7:00 p.m. david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association. as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families,

students and educators are making decionsiss one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. david: it's an innovation that's transforming our public schools. narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education.

right now at 6:43, happy first day of school for livermore valley joint unified. we're starting out in the morning in the upper 60s and it's sunny for now. but we'll see some clouds coming in, partly cloudy for the afternoon and feeling humid as our highs reach toward the mid-80s. hopefully it's a great start to the school year. we'll talk about many changes in our weather in a few minutes. looks like a great start on the peninsa,ul partly sunny but haze. palo alto moves nicely with headlights moving toward the south bay where we see a build for 101, traditional. we'll show you more coming up. president biden and the first lady will leave reno bound for hawaii just before 9:00 this morning. scott mcgrew joins us now. the bidens will -- i don't want to say only, but they will only

spend six hours on the ground and go back to reno because they had a vacation. >> that's right, six hours on the ground in hawaii and then back. the president's critics certainly seizing on hawaii as a way to get at the president, but, honestly, when we look back at past presidential trips to disaster areas, they're usually about six hours, enough time for the president to meet with first responders and victims and then, more importantly, get out of the way. a presidential visit is a disruption in most cases. nor can we find any evidence the administration has fallen short in its response. fema and other federal workers are on the ground, thousands of them. money has been promised. the governor there says he's satisfied. former president trump said over the weekend he would not participate in the upcoming gop presidential debate because he's so far ahead in the polls. this isn't the first time. trump skipped the last party debate in the 2016 election and

lost iowa to ted cruz. ronald reagan did the same in his race and lost iowa to george h.w. bush. a brand new poll in iowa shows trump way ahead of ron desantis. in fact, trump is more popular in iowa ahead of the 2024 election than he was in the 2016 election. doug burgum, the governor of north dakota, down at the bottom, 2%. 2%, margin of error is twice that. burgum will not be in the debate. burgum has serious name recognition problems. he was on "meet the press" this weekend. chuck todd asked him was the election legitimate, fair question. burgum said he couldn't afford to take a position. >> i hear you on that, but it is interesting that you don't want to share your opinion. i think some voters will be frustrated by that. >> well, chuck, again, everybody is at a different place.

if i had 100% national name recognition, if i had run for president before, if i was living in a major media market and everybody in the country knew me, that would be a different spot. but i know from the private sector, when we were launching our little company that we then built over a period of time into a billion company, you don't start out by attacking the market share leader. you start by telling people what you've got to offer. you don't have a basis to launch that. there will be segment after segment on every channel this morning, all the pundits lined up and i'm not running for pundit. i'm running for president. >> the republican debate is wednesday evening. what trump said is he's going to skip the debates, so it is possible if he wins the nomination, he means all the debates. we'll see. >> what does that mean for debates to come, will they remain important? there's so much to follow. thank you so much. it's the start of the new school year and we know it can be a stressful time for our kids. one group is trying to help.

first five california recently launched its stronger starts campaign. the goal is to help families address adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress from sustained adversity at school. the website says one in three kids are at risk of toxics stress in california alone. there are some things parents can do to help. experts suggest parents stay calm, remain consistent, so that's the strong and steady there. establish routines for your kids make connections on campus with teachers, bus drivers, crossing guards, so the child feels that support network. we talked about the executive director about the shifting mind-set when it comes to stress on kids. >> even though it may have been taboo and something we didn't want to talk about, we didn't understand that our littlest people have emotions, too. they have anxiety, they have concerns, they have feared. but we as adults can help guide them through those emotional,

stressful and anxiety-filled experiences. >> first 5 california says 2 million children in the state have at least one adverse childhood experience, 60% of adults also dealt with toxics stress as a child. we will be putting a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com, with more information. it actually surprises me, only 60% of adults had stress as a child. i would think more. >>. all month long, working to clear the shelters, and this weekend at the oakland zoo we got a little closer to the goal. we were there from 10:00 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon, and in those four hours, 43 animals were adopted, 17 dogs, 26 cats are now with their forever families. organizers say it is worth it for all involved to check shelters before turning to breeders. >> all these shelters, to keep these animals up for adoption,

some being puppies, all the way to trained dogs, there are perfect animals for perfect families just waiting, instead of just searching the web or going through breeders. you may actually find a lot of purebred dogs also at animal shelters waiting for homes. >> i'm sorry, sir, can you repeat what you said? i was just looking at the dog. you can help us clear the shelters this weekend. marcus and laura will be at berkeley humane on saturday. you can find the details on our website, nbcbayarea.com/cleartheshelters. >> i was up for adoption as a kira klapper cat and a kira klapper dog, and i was just telling kris, i have not been doing a good j of promoting myself. i think i'm also up for adoption this coming weekend in berkeley. i need to keep track of all of my identities. i also recommend changing the name once you adopt. >> or not, you know.

kira! [ laughter ] >> so much fun. it's almost time to take the dog out for a walk before you head out. it feels muggy. as you step out the door, you're, like, oh, where am i? you're in the bay area and it feels like miami this morning. we are seeing the tropical moisture coming in after all of that heavy rain hit southern california, and this is a loop of the past 24 hours. you can see the motion of the remnants of hilary as it continues to now affect a good portion of the sierra, as well as novato this morning. we're also seeing that rain coming through the central valley, moving into parts of the north bay this morning, with some light showers. we're seeing more coverage of that as it moves in just across parts of northern napa, solano counties, into sonoma county this morning. off and on rain will continue, and even a chance of some lightning today. we talk about what's next here,

with a muggy monday to start and showers at times. also a chance of thundershowers. as we head into the middle of the week, temperatures will be heading up. we've been talking a lot about how much rain fell across southern california, and you may call some family in santa barbara, and they're like, oh, we barely got anything. then you move toward the san bernardino mountains and areas north of santa clarita had about 10 to 13 inches of rainfall. it was really a lot over the hills. we're still seeing moisture streaming across the region, potentially developing thunderstorms as we go throughout today. temperature-wise it's going to be lower but feel hotter because of the humidity. so we're mostly only looking at low to mid-80s for the south bay into the east bay, and tomorrow it does get slightly hotter as the humidity will be dropping. a look at the seven-day forecast, we go from warm and humid to a chance of storms, to just downright hot for the middle of the week, with upper

90s for wednesday into thursday. but it does look like it's going to be a mild weekend ahead. mike, you're tracking a crash. what's going on? >> the latest, i hit refresh as you were giving your report, and we're looking at improvement because they just moved ything to the shoulder. but in this section of southbound 680, even a distraction can cause more slowing. we'll track this. that will be an issue from the dublin interchange down to just about the sunol exit. again, lanes are clear. there's a build for the east bay, typical, and feeding across the san mateo bridge, more slowing at the high-rise. >> thanks, mike. happening now, the so-called south bay party mom accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties for minors is due in court ahead of an evidentiary hearing scheduled to start tomorrow. shannon o'connor is being held without bail after authorities arrested her out of state in the fall of 2021. she faces several felony charges, including sexual battery, child endangerment and providing alcohol to minors. earlier this summer she and

prosecutors were unable to reach a plea deal. and at 6:53, up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following, including that deluge of rain in parts of southern california. some remain untouched, some, wow, look at that mud and debris, in some cases, making for a dangerous combination. we have a first look at the overnight damage and the bay area teams now assisting some of the impacted areas. coming up on "today," a money-saving travel hack that's growing in popularity. what you need to know about so-called skip lagging, and the airline's new crackdown before you try itut. o

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following on "today in the bay," starting with southern california as we are getting a better idea of all the damage left behind from now post tropical storm hilary. >> here is a look at the satellite radar. kari shared this with us. the storm's remnants are moving on north to nevada. many schools in southern california have canceled classes because this is what they're dealing with this morning. there are road closures and there are power outages, and the mayor of los angeles declared a local emergency ahead of hurricane hilary's arrival and before it became a tropical storm to speed up access to emergency services. as the sun is coming up, we're getting more video of the impact. you see several cars stuck on a flooded roadway last night in san fernando valley near the hollywood burbank airport. the last time a tropical storm made landfall in southern california was back in 1939. >> 84 years. leaders in palm springs also declared a local state of emergency ahead of the storm.

the city yesterday received record rainfall for the month of august, with more than 3 inches. residents were urged to stay home, avoid driving. the storm also knocked out 911 phone lines in palm springs, cathedral city and indio. so far, we hear those lines remain out this morning. >> scary situation. we're taking a live look at the board inside sfo because flights have been impacted because of hilary. flightaware is reporting 69 flight cancellations at sfo for the weekend. this morning there are dozens of flights either canceled or delayed, including more than 30 flights delayed flying into sfo. rescue crews in the bay area are down in southern california helping out, including swift water rescue crews helping people caught in the floodwaters in rural riverside county yesterday, and another task force made up of firefighters from the south bay and peninsula

are deployed in imperial county. another team from departments around the marin county area is being send to the central valley because they're getting a lot of moisture, too. >> when we're not on the air you can get the latest updates on our website, nbcbayarea.com, or download our free nbc bay area app so you can get info sent straight to your phone. a lot going on this morning, muggy, warm weather, it looks like good traffic to start our monday. thanks for starting your week with us. the "t good monday morning. mother nature's fury on full display this morning. >> california hit by a rare tropical storm and an earthquake. it is august the 21st. this is "today." >> state of emergency. widespread flooding in southern california as the remnants of