spread quickly. we're going to be under this high fire danger as we go through the next several hours, it continues until 8:00 p.m. it's for these areas shaded in red. it's farther to the north, so this includes some of the upper elevations in parts of napa and lake counties, also farther off toward the east. so we're going to see at least in our area those areas monitored very closely, as we could see that red flag warning continue and the high fire danger. at the same time, we're also getting smoke coming in. so if you smell smoke, if it looks really hazy, that doesn't necessarily mean there's a fire very close to you. we are going to have a spare the air alert day as a result of fires that are burning elsewhere, sending smoke into the bay area. it's going to be hot today. we're talking about temperatures in the mid-90s here, now we're also tracking hurricane idalia that's made landfall, now it has weakened to a category 2 hurricane, now that we've seen

the other side of that eye wall cross over land, and it continues to send a high amount of storm surge and high winds across much of the panhandle of florida, and then moving off toward the north and east, moving across southern georgia and south carolina today, before it emerges back out over the atlantic. so here is what we're expecting today, king tides also making that flooding even worse, with sustained winds at 120 miles per hour. we're going to be talking a lot about the storm surge, because we're expecting it to surpass anywhere from 10 to possibly 15 feet coming along with heavy rainfall and hurricanes can spawn tornadoes, which can be a threat. back to you, laura and marcus. >> thank you very much. hurricane idalia made landfall about an hour ago along the big bend region. this is a look at the island city of cedar key near the eye of the storm. look at all the water.

idalia grew to a category 4 overnight but then was downgraded to a category 3. the front end of the storm leaving some areas inundated with water. >> many of those at-risk areas left for higher and dryer ground, they left a long time ago with concerns over potential catastrophic damage. now, we get more from "today in the bay"'s damian trujillo, who is outside of tampa this morning. >> reporter: we're here in pasco county, the city of hudson, about 50 minutes north of the city of tampa. the wind gusts have been coming and going for the last four or five hours or so. the eye of the storm is roughly two hours, two and a half hours north of us, but the wind gusts are here. we get some rain clouds and a lot of heavy rain that sometimes lands here in our area. but this is an area that a lot of rescues are taking place. the rescue teams are here, the boats are ready to launch. we've witnessed three rescues so far, people who either refused to leave when the evacuation

orders were given, or people who were in the middle of evacuating, but they got stuck in the process. so now these rescue teams are having to go in and perform some of these rescues. we were told that a 1-year-old child also had to be rescued at some point. some folks, authorities tell me, are refusing to evacuate, even though the water levels have been rising. when we got here a couple of hours ago, i was able to walk on that street where that tow truck was pulling out right now. now you can barely drive on it, if you have a big truck like that. so there are a lot of rescue teams still here, they're going to be here for the remainder of the day until they feel like the folks here are safe and they've been cleared out. the water is expected to rise more in the next few hours or so, but the brunt of the storm, the brunt of the hurricane is still north of us. but the damage is all across the gulf coast. we are in hudson, florida, north of tampa. i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay

area news. >> damian, thank you. coverage of hurricane idalia doesn't stop here. the "today" show will have live coverage all morning, along with correspondents and crews across florida's panhandle. plus, al roker tracking the latest data coming into the nbc climate unit, and the storm head inland. an oakland elementary school will have added security when it reopens for classes this morning. this is after a bomb threat triggering a campus-wide evacuation, and that's bringing in the fbi. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab joins us. investigators say this all may have started with a play date invite. >> reporter: that's right. it's definitely not what parents were intending to happen, though oakland unified school district believes yesterday's chaos was a response to that invitation. police this morning are still trying to verify those claims, only saying the bomb threat contained racial undertones. here is the flyer that is said to be at the root of the chaos.

it was an event on saturday that promised to bring together black, brown and aapi families at chabot elementary. it caused many comments on social media and even threats to the parents who organized it, some users accusing the event of not being inclusive to everyone. anonymous email threatening a race war. parents from the school's equity and inclusion committee say the threats started on sunday, a day after the event. oakland mayor sheng thao calls the threats against the school and parents unacceptable. >> there is no excuse, there is no excuse in this world that you can give me that will allow for this kind of violent response, this kind of threat, to not just a whole school, to our children. >> oakland police say the bomb threat came through email, triggering the evacuation of a few dozen students and staff around 7:30 yesterday morning. police say the threat also extended to two other homes.

nothing was found at the locations. now, parents can expect to see an increased police presence this morning at chabot elementary. oakland police is investigating all of the threats, with the help of the fbi. and the mayor plans to take part in a community town hall next week to further discuss the investigation and the issue. back to you. >> a lot going on there, thank you for the very latest. a live look in san francisco where city leaders have their hands tied in trying to take action on clearing homeless encampments, but the issue has the full attention of san francisco native governor gavin newsom. in a new interview with the "chronicle," newsom calls the federal injunction blocking homeless sweeps preposterous and inhumane. he says ultimately everyone is going to blame me for everything, but they, meaning federal judges, need to be accountable as well. these judges are wrong on these overriding sweeping orders. last december a federal appeals court judge ruled the city cannot remove homeless people as

long as there is a shortage of shelter beds. the city last week argued an appeal with a ruling still pending. new developments for you this morning on the release of ash from an east bay refinery last november. contra costa county supervisors want to hear from you. people took photos showing the dust from the martinez refining company covering cars. some 20 tons of spent catalyst was actually sent into the air on thanksgiving day, and samples later showed elevated levels of aluminum and other elements sometimes tied to respiratory problems. an oversight committee later investigated, both that event and a timeline on the refinery reporting what happened. supervisors plan to go over that report and hear public comment on september 25th. 6:07 right now. taking a live look over dublin, one area that may be among the hottest places in the bay area today, combined with poor air quality, it is prompting the air

resources board to issue a spare the air alert. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the heat. >> we're advising people, if you can, catch public transit or carpool to help reduce the amount of pollutants we're putting out there, because there's although going to be a high amount of ozone and smoke coming in. there is the spare the air alert day. it's going to be most unhealthy in parts of the east bay for sensitive groups. anybody with any kind of breathing problem or health issues, this may affect you a lot more. and santa clara valley, we're also going to have a high amount of particulate matter in the air and we're also seeing that elsewhere across the bay area. then we combine that with hot temperatures. take a look at our highs for today. san mateo reaching 83 degrees, and 88 in hayward. concord reaching 101, and in morgan hill reaching 97 degrees. we do have some cooler air in the forecast. i'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking a crash in san jose. >> i am.

the sensors are recovering as i believe the three vehicles involved are off to the shoulder of northbound 87 as you approach taylor heading just past downtown san jose. we're looking at a smooth drive, and 101 itself easing from the first burst of traffic, which we saw on our camera as well right at the 101/280 interchange. things were a little more dramatic as far as the changes in the last half hour in san jose. we're looking for a heavier commute, but so far just mild slowing through hayward. there may be a new crash near the dublin interchange and i'm watching that closely. contra costa county really shows the build coming into concord on highway 4, and here at the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are turned on at the regular time. the backup formed quickly and built up for all the lanes heading toward san francisco. >> really busy out there. thank you. coming up, the battle over plans for a san francisco skate park once again heating up. many are calling it a great first step in adding appeal to an area that needs it. but it turns out not everyone is

on board. coming up, the new outrage from opponents. plus, a new clever way to send money. we'll have that. we'll go out to the futures, take a look at what's happening. we've had three up days in a row. could be four. ♪♪ the moment arrives for the hive. the beyhive, that is. marcus has been buzzing on set about it all morning long. we're going to have more about tonight's beyonce concert happening at levi's. before she takes the stage, see how some lucky dancers got to practice with her dance crew, learning some moves.

good wednesday morning. right now at 6:13, let's head over to the east bay. in martinez we're starting out clear and 62 degrees. try to get in those outdoor activities before it gets hot. temperatures ramp up quickly, and headed for the mid-80s at noon. we're monitoring for poor air quality, as well as some dangerously hot temperatures in the inland valleys. a look at the complete microclimate forecast coming up. i'm just starting to see the traffic ramp up in volume right here, southbound 680, and the split to southbound 24, now just seeing more traffic. not really any slowing on our sensors. the drive is a lot longer out of

pittsburg and toward walnut creek. it's the highway 4 section that's getting crowded. kirker pass road, not so bad. i'll show you the entire contra costa county build on the next report. good morning. very happy wednesday to you. stock market is coming off its third winning day. remember yesterday's news that the white house had released this list of drugs medicare would pay less for? we told you all about it on "today in the bay." well, this is interesting. these are both pharmaceutical companies, and investors reacted to that news of future lower profits with a, meh. video over the weekend of elon musk demonstrating tesla's self-driving software. apparently there's something called elon mode where the warnings do not come on if you keep your hands off the wheel. that has caught the attention of the national highway traffic safety administration, which has asked tesla for more information about elon mode. and the country of canada has added a warning to its travel advisory page about

travel to the united states, along with the usual warning, america has a lot of guns, it's added a non specific warning to gay canadians. the warning reads, some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 21lgbtqi+ persons. jimmy fallon teaming up with four other tv hosts on a podcast to support writers while they're on strike. the hollywood writers strike is in its 121st day. the force five will include fallon, stephen colbert, jimmy kimmel, seth meyers and john oliver. the money from ads goes to the writers. it's available only on spotify. a quick warning to parents, the podcast rated e, but john oliver swears in the rated e trailer. and just a few minutes ago, the

hallmark card company announced a new partnership with venmo. the code is hidden behind a perforated cover that you tear off when you're ready to assign money from your account. i do think chris chmura at some point is going to have a segment about this in the future, because you know the bad guys are going to figure it out. >> so, basically, i can venmo a birthday gift to my nephew. >> you use your venmo and then send it and they use theirs, and there's the 20 bucks. >> instead of sending a check or money. >> if you're not careful, $20,000. >> happy birthday! >> you're my favorite aunt ever! >> you better take care of her when she gets old. >> i'm sorry, this is who?

>> exactly. oh, my gosh. 6:16 right now. new at 6:00, protesters in san francisco plan to voice their outrage over the latest push to transform parts of united nations plaza. the park and recs department plans to open a skate park and replace parts of the bricks on the market street side in the process. they're moving over to a farmers market location. starting this sunday, vendors will have to move to the fulton street parking lot between the main library and asian art museum for construction. protesters say they were initially told the move would last six months, but now they're learning it will last two years. they're demanding added security. today's rally is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. trending this morning, beyonce, if you haven't heard it already, is in the bay area and we're going to take you to levi's shortly. two of her backup dancers own a slice of the bay area spotlight.

♪♪ >> yeah, so you're looking at les twins, and last night they taught a workshop at studio dance studios, they're identical twins born and raised in paris and self-taught dancers with a unique style of dancing. those moves earned them first place on nbc's "world of dance" in 2017. speaking of dance moves, i'm ready to dance tonight. i'm going to need your help. help me pick out what to wear. ♪♪ ♪ energy ♪♪ >> i went out and bought silver things, but i need your help on what to wear. i post thd video on facebook and

instagram. you can say i like that shirt with the black jeans or that shirt with the gray jeans. i think that one is the number one so far. >> i like the lighter jeans. >> okay, we'll mix it up there. i offered our halloween tin man costume. he didn't want to take that. >> i don't know if i could fit. i'm a little taller than him. >> it's still available. >> in that video, what stuck out to me is you have really short doors in your house. >> it looks like i'm huge, but it's average doors. >> people ask all the time, you're -- >> 6'4". we can go with 6'5". >> you're going to have a great time tonight. i say go with the jacket. >> i'm probably going to have to take it off because it's going to be warm. it's going to be in the upper 80s today and it's at the time where most people are getting lined up. we're monitoring the air quality. take a look at this live view in san jose, where we have an

orange sunrise as we usually see when we have wildfire smoke drifting in. that's also a reminder that you do need to limit your time outside, as we see drifts of smoke coming into the bay area. we're going to continue to see that smoke coming in, especially for the north bay, where we're seeing a higher concentration of the potential of smoke coming in and settling into the surface. let's take a look at our forecast as you get ready to head out. in the east bay, berkeley has a nice cool start to the morning. low 60s right now. throughout the day we'll see temperatures in the low 70s at 10:00 and eventually making it into the low 80s by early in the afternoon. this is going to be the peak of the heat, as san jose tops out at 90 this afternoon, and gilroy, expect a high of 99 degrees. for the east bay, it's up to 100 in walnut creek and mid to upper 90s across much of the inland east bay. along the bay, it's in the upper 80s still. in daly city, expect it to reach 80 degrees.

palo alto will reach a high of 88. in san francisco, in the upper 70s downtown, mission district reaching 80 degrees. up to 95 in novato, with some mid to upper 90s across much of the rest of the north bay. as we take a look ahead, we're going to have big changes going into the weekend. an area of low pressure that will bring in just briefly a chance of showers on friday and much cooler temperatures for a little while. so as we run the model out to see how much rain could we get out of this, it does show most of it staying to the east of us. but there's still a chance that at least along the coastline we could see enough drizzle and light rain to add up to a little bit of something. so maybe a few hundredths of an inch. and this coming along with some much cooler temperatures. take a look at the changes, going from hot, hazy, smoky today, in the upper 90s inland, to mid-80s tomorrow. then mid-70s on friday and saturday. it's going to be a big drop. you're probably going to want to make some plans to get outside this weekend, especially on

saturday, it looks really nice. san francisco, temperatures going from upper 70s, sunny and hazy, to some upper 60s for the weekend. mike, you're watching out for the crowd in walnut creek. >> i've seen the changes. during the time when we were helping marcus pick out his concert outfit, we're looking at southbound 680 with more slowing. the build is just now starting in walnut creek. not enough to really trip the sensors where the camera is, 242 we're seeing slowing. it's built over the last 20 minutes westbound highway 4 coming in through pittsburg and bay point out of antioch and toward concord. a smooth drive through pleasant hill, but expect more traffic there. north 680 moves smoothly. there may be a disabled vehicle south through hayward in the south bay. nothing dramatic. just your second burst starting. >> thanks, mike. 6:22 right now. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds.

>> you've reserved your hotel. you've reserved your flight. but have you reserved your spot in the tsa line? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. in some places, you can, and save tons of time. we'll sh

6:25 right now. if you're flying for labor day weekend, you might find a huge time and stress saver at your destination. >> outside the bay area, some airports like lax are trying out

a system that lets passengers pre-reserve a spot in the security line, for free. consumer investigator chris chmura shows us how and where. the program we're talking about is called clear reserve, and it's your ticket to bypass the tsa line. here is how. you reserve a time slot in advance to clear airport security. when we made this video, clear reserve was available at these 18 airports. sorry, san francisco, bay area, no sfo, sjc or oakland yet. i used clear reserve recently in orlando. let me show you how easily it worked. the day before my flight, i went to clearme.com. next, i clicked for you at the top and then reserve. originally i tried to book seven days out, but it wouldn't let me and told me to check back closer to my flight. the clear website says the booking window varies by location. the rest of the process only took about 90 seconds. i shared basic information like my name, destination, flight number, and how many people were in my party. side note, ten is the max.

next, clear asked me when i wanted to clear the security checkpoint. i had a 6:00 a.m. flight, so i asked for a 5:00 a.m. slot. within a few second, clear emailed me a qr code to bypass the tsa line. i showed my code to a rep, who directed me to the clear reserve line. i was first in line, meanwhile i would say there were about 200 people in the regular tsa line. try to be punctual. clear says it only holds those reserve spots for 20 minutes after your reservation time. after that, you're back in the regular line. coming up next, the top stories we're following, including hurricane idalia making landfall just a short time ago. we're already seeing flooding along parts of the gulf coast. we'll have an update on the storm's path just ahead. i'm kris sanchez at levi's stadium, which will be transformed into the beyhive.

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right now at 6:30, tracking high fire danger. this morning we are in a microclimate weather alert, parts of the bay area now under a red flag warning.

ahead, the precautionary areas being put into action. school closures may be closer to becoming reality in san francisco with the district battling a serious budget deficit. the warning going out to teachers and families. ♪♪ welcome to the renaissance. beyonce in the bay area, and we're going to take you live to levi's, where the hive is due to arrive in force. what you need to know before you head to the ball. "today in the bay" begins right now. we've been on since 5:00 this morning, keeping things going. good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. hoping to move you forward. we're going to put beyonce on the back burner for the moment because this morning we have other big stories to get to, including the red flag warning that has firefighters in the north bay on alert, and also a

big concern is the wind. >> meteorologist kari hall has been tracking not only the heat, but the warning pg&e is sending to customers. >> pg&e is following through with power shutoffs due to fire danger. the warning covers parts of seven california counties. here is the latest updated outage map from pg&e. from what you can see, it looks like the power is now out in parts of napa county, and the utility previously said only a handful of customers there would be impacted. right now we don't have any hard numbers on the outages, but parts of the nearby lake county are also facing outages. meanwhile, firefighters across northern california are on high alert, including teams in sacramento who are ready to mobilize. >> metro fire is fully staffed going into the six 24 hours and throughout the week. we have our dozer operations and helicopter operations. if there is a fire that breaks out, we can attack it from a number of different angles.

>> this is northern california's first emergency shutoffs this year. so we are seeing that we are under that red flag warning for parts of the north bay, that means there's a high fire danger. it's in these areas shaded in red, and that continues until 8:00 this evening, when we will see conditions ripe for any sparks to spread quickly into a wildfire. so we are watching out for that. we're also getting drifts of smoke coming in from other fires burning farther to the north. this is a spare the air alert day. our temperatures are headed for the mid-90s and near triple digits. we're going to see the worst of the air quality in parts of the east bay and santa clara valley. it's unhealthy for sensitive groups, anyone with a health problem, any kind of breathing problems, will also have to monday for for those conditions. we'll continue to watch out for that. make sure to download our free nbc bay area news app to stay connected with the latest conditions in your neighborhood.

you can scan that code on your screen and search for the nbc bay area app in the app store. >> thanks so much, kari. emotions running high at a meeting that may lead to san francisco school closures. community members met with the board members last night to learn with the massive deficit and declining enrollment. schools are facing a nearly $40 million shortfall, along with small classes and high teacher turnover. many say they want the district to improve schools, not get rid of them. >> your first principal says money will follow the students and where enrollment is. that does not in any way signal to me as a parent that you are caring about equity or caring about our black and brown students. >> right now, the board says school closures are only one possible option, but if the district went ahead with all required upgrades to school sites, it would come at a cost of $6 billion. back to our breaking news this morning out of florida, as

hurricane idalia makes landfall. now, the eye crossed along the big bend region of the gulf coast, this is between the capital of tallahassee and tampa. that was about 90 minutes ago. idalia made landfall as a category 3, briefly reaching the category 4 strength this morning. the national hurricane center experts, they expect the storm to surge to reach up to 16 feet of big bend region. the florida governor, ron desantis, actually held a news conference early this morning, warning that that storm is producing some dangerous conditions. >> it is a major hurricane, as we've been saying it was likely to be for the last couple of days, and we just hope everybody stays safe. don't put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point. this thing is powerful, if you're inside, just hunker down until it gets past you. >> now, desantis says that thousands of national guard troops are deployed to help the

most severely hit areas and many people in the most at-risk areas left for higher ground quite a while ago. i want to check in with meteorologist kari hall because you've been monitoring the path of this storm. you're saying the eye of it hasn't completely covered the peninsula? >> it has. it's moved fairly far inland and it's approaching georgia at this point. it has weakened to a category 2 hurricane, which is still very powerful, but it has picked up in forward speed. it's moving to the north-northeast at 18 miles per hour. we're still going to continue to see rain bands, as well as some of the storm surge continue today, because we are going to see more impacts as the category 2 hurricane moves across parts of the southern atlantic coast and then back out over the ocean. then we'll see what happens after that. but we were talking about the high storm surge that we're going to see today and that big bend area, that is anywhere from tampa all the way up to the tallahassee area, where there could be anywhere from a 10 to

15 foot storm surge above sea level. so it made landfall this morning at 7:45 local time, and the king tide is causing flooding to be worse. some of those sustained winds could top 130 miles per hour, although recently we've seen about 60-mile-per-hour gusts. so the life-threatening storm surge continues for the next few hours as heavy rain will continue to dump down, and there also will be the potential of tornadoes spawned by that hurricane as we go throughout today. so we'll continue to follow that. we'll talk about our bay area weather coming up. mike, how is that drive out of hayward shaping up? >> i was concerned because i saw it was almost stopped for a couple of second westbound out of hayward over to the peninsula. a slower speed now, i think it was just a burst of traffic as you travel west, you see the slowing past the toll plaza. it's held for the last five minutes. southbound 880 continues slowing. there was a crash east off of the bridge and getting onto

north 880. that just cleared the last few minutes. a steady flow toward the bay bridge, no surprises for the eastshore freeway. we are seeing more traffic and blips of yellow around the walnut creek interchange. we talked about the build toward hayward, and then the bottom of most of our maps, southbound 17, that will have a lane closed at 9:30 or so this morning. and, of course, we have the big concert at levi's. local roadways are starting to close. for the details, we have a special report. happening tonight, beyonce's highly anticipated renaissance world tour finally arrives in the bay area. >> the countdown is on. you might call it the final countdown. in the matter of horse, the queen bey will be taking the stage. you might as well call her madam mayor. >> let's head out to "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez, live outside of levi's this morning. okay, kris, what do fans need to know before they go?

>> reporter: listen, beyonce, if you're a fan, you know she's already asked everybody to wear silver if they're coming, in order to surround ourselves with a human disco ball. but if you know beyonce, there's one accessory that is more important. daniel, please cue the fan. queen bey will be playing levi's stadium for the fifth time. this will probably be th one so far, and we are expecting a lot of folks coming out tonight. the city named her honorary mayor for the day. but perhaps more important than the key to the city, mayor bey was granted a later curfew, meaning the show will go on until at least 11:00 tonight. and in tribute to beyonce's song xo, mineta san jose invited people to get free portraits in front of the public art structure by terminal b, of

course. >> i like her success and her work ethic and her women empowerment. >> she's an icon. i love jay-z, her husband. everyone loves beyonce. >> reporter: public transportation is going to be your best bet. they are boosting service, vta increasing service by 30%, and going one hour past the end of the show, which is supposed to be 11:00. caltrain adding mountain view to san francisco train, b.a.r.t. increasing trains and adding security at certain locations, and running past midnight. by the way, remember that levi's stadium has a clear bag policy that applies to any backpack, fanny pack, purse, no matter how fabulous, as long as it's bigger than 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches. don't bring a professional camera, no lights, tripods, selfie sticks. parking lots open at 3:00.

the gates open at 6:00. at 8:00, queen bey takes the stage. look around, everybody on mute. did it work? >> we did it. >> it worked. >> we've got big energy this morning. >> good for us, you guys. >> we follow instructions, kris. >> sometimes. >> reporter: you got in formation, marcus. >> that's tough for on-air people, because we don't like dead air. >> we don't. >> reporter: i'm sure our director had a little heart attack. >> kris, show folks your nails. see? >> reporter: i did it myself. it looks like i wiped the tin man's bottom. >> oh, my. >> beyonce is asking everyone to wear silver tonight in celebration of her birthday. >> and bring back that fan. i loved it.

we should have a fan every time. >> reporter: i'll be walking around like this. >> that's it. >> kris sanchez. >> reporter: my husband is probably wondering why it's so hot at home. >> thanks, kris. >> from traffic alerts to beyonce's set list, we've got you covered with everything you need to know. head over to nbcbayarea.com and click on beyonce in the trending bar. >> that would be nice to have a fan right here. travel about to hit another high point with the holiday weekend approaching. coming up, the record number of travelers expected to fly and when you'll find things busiest if you're flying out of sfo. plus, disasters can be make-or-break for politicians as the hurricane moves in. plus, beyonce might have some competition tonight, the show in the sky that may steal a small slice of the spotlight.

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good wednesday morning. right now at 6:45, we head to the north bay, with a look at rohnert park, where temperatures are starting out cool, only 56 degrees. it's clear, but it's going to heat up fast and it's going to be hot this afternoon. we're also dealing with some dry conditions, which may increase our wildfire danger. i'm watching that, as well as cooler temperatures in the

microclimate forecast coming up. fremont moving nicely, pretty cool here. southbound 880 picking up the volume. more headlights heading toward silicon valley through the east bay. contra costa county continues the build. look at the number at the top. highway 4 very slow, antioch all the way into concord. concord building on south 242. vasco road just reached the half hour mark from marsh creek road down to 580. we have a careful eye on hurricane idalia. more coverage in just a moment. the white house also keeping watch. >> certainly. scott mcgrew, big disasters, even potential disasters can bring out the best and worst in leadership. >> yeah, definitely the worst in the case of george bush and hurricane katrina. katrina was so bad and he got so much blame, deserved and undeserved, that katrina is a political word these days like

watergate. if you're a leader, you do not want your situation to be your katrina. ron desantis, running for president, knows that. he, of course, is the governor there, so he would be involved one way or the other. he set aside campaigning in iowa for the moment and returned to florida. >> a legitimate surge, it's going to be a big, big deal and very, very dangerous. there we go with our power here. we're back. >> desantis, of course, will have to work with president biden on disaster relief. that's a challenge for any red state governor, particularly in the deep south, at least politically. remember, republican chris christie, who was the governor of new jersey at the time of hurricane sandy, he still gets grief over the time, more than ten years ago, he praised president obama as they inspected the damage from the largest atlantic hurricane in history. the feds brought with them $50

billion in relief, but to this day, christie gets grief from his fellow republican for praising the president. >> give me a hug. give me a hug just like you did to obama. >> amateur. >> you'll help elect me, too. >> give me a hug like you did obama. that was seven days ago. chris christie's opponents have criticized the governor for hugging the president. fox news called it a great big bear hug but it never happened. president biden has been speaking about the hurricane. the federal government says everything is ready, governor desantis will get whatever florida needs. and of course let's keep our eye on maui. the biden administration just announcing it will send $95 million more to hawaii through the new infrastructure law to rebuild and harden the island's power grid. >> thank you very much, scott. they certainly need the help there. 6:48 right now. let's take a live look at sfo. the place is expected to see a

huge number of flyers between now and the labor day holiday weekend. tsa is expecting to screen more than 14 million people at airports across the nation. friday is projected to be the busiest day, labor day holiday travel expected to be more than 10% greater than last year. overall this summer, tsa says the travel volume is the busiest on record. everyone is out and about. happening tonight, bay area stargazers will focus on the moon. >> i want you to keep a watch out for the blue moon that's making an appearance tonight. a blue moon refers to the second full moon in the calendar month, and this one is extra special. this is because it's also the second supermoon in the month of august. astronomers say two supermoons in the same month are extremely rare. they predict tonight's blue moon will look about 15% larger in the night sky than the normal full moon. last night i went outside and it was really bright.

not as big as i've seen before. >> you said it looked about 13% bigger last night. >> that's about right. >> we're at 15% tonight. >> there we go. >> that's the peak. we've also had clear skies around the bay area, and what we saw during 2020 was when we had fires, the moon had an orange hue to it when we were seeing those full moons. so we'll watch out for that tonight. this is a look at the sunrise this morning, where we are seeing an orange sunrise due to wildfire smoke coming in. we're also getting a clear sky across the bay area, including the golden gate bridge, where we are waking up to a clear sky this morning. so we're going to continue to see a lot of smoke drifting in today, with this being the worst of it. it is a spare the air alert day where people are advised to carpool or catch public transit to try to reduce our carbon emissions as we get a lot of wildfire smoke, as well as high amounts of ozone. some of that is going to continue to move in as we go into the afternoon and evening.

take a look at our temperatures today, reaching 97 degrees in morgan hill, 99 in gilroy, while san jose will reach a high of 90 degrees. we move over toward the east bay, where it's going to reach 90 in vallejo and 100 degrees in walnut creek, fremont headed for 90 this afternoon. for much of the peninsula, we're in the low to mid-80s, even upper 80s for palo alto, and along the coast it's in the upper 70s. in san francisco, 79 downtown, while we'll see 60s in the outer sunset. for the north bay, clear lake hitting 95 degrees. we're watching out for some of those hills in the north bay for that potential of a high fire danger for today. but we have better conditions ahead. as we get a low moving in for the weekend, it's also going to bring in rain very close by. it does look like a lot of that rain stays to the east of us, but it will bring in significantly cooler temperatures and some of the models showing that we could see enough light rain, maybe even some drizzle, especially near

the coastline, that could add up in terms of some precipitation hotels. take a look at our seven-day forecast. we're going from highs in the upper 90s to mid-80s tomorrow. so this is the hottest day we'll see, and then cooling down, with a big change in time for the weekend. mid-70s for friday and saturday. mike says right now the commute is fairly smooth. >> fairly smooth right now, but we are seeing that build. it's going to be stronger than yesterday's build, i believe. so we're looking at the flow, starting to slow through berkeley and richmond and building at the richmond bridge. blips through concord, slowing through hayward, same thing for sunol and pleasanton. in the south bay, the northbound route is really kicking in outside of the typical pattern, and on 37 a disabled vehicle. that's where the big concert is, avoid surface streets this morning. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:52. happening now, you won't be able to take care of business at santa rosa city hall today.

the reason, fleas. an infestation is prompting a full closure, so pest control teams can treat the property both inside and out. this is the second such closure there following one nine days ago. virtual appointments will still go on as planned and can be scheduled for people who need them. a quick look at the top stories we have this morning, including the red flag warning for parts of the bay area. we are in a microclimate weather alert with high fire danger in some areas. we're going to update you on conditions and the possible power shutoffs and those that are already in effect.

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6:56 right now. welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on "today in the bay," starting

with hurricane idalia, which made landfall in florida about two hours ago. >> the eye actually crossed along the big bend region of the gulf coast between tallahassee and tampa. it came in as a category 3 storm, after briefly reaching category 4 strength this morning. the national hurricane center expects storm surge to reach up to 16 feet in the big bend region. >> coverage of hurricane idalia doesn't stop here. the "today" show will have live coverage with correspondents and crews spread across the coast of the panhandle of florida. now, that starts for you in just a few minutes at the top of the hour. pg&e now appears to be following through in its planned power shutoffs due to high fire danger. the warning covered parts of seven california counties, and from this update outage map, you can see a handful of outages in northern napa county. parts of nearby lake county also facing outages, but no other bay area counties are expected to experience planned shutoffs.

moving you forward this morning, meteorologist kari hall is here now tracking the microclimate weather alert that we have today. this is the red flag warning that we have in effect for parts of napa and lake counties this morning, and it also extends toward yolo county and farther off toward the north and east. we are seeing quite a few of upper elevations dealing with gusty winds, low humidity, and any sparks could spread quickly. watching out for that red flag warning, and our air quality as we go throughout the day, as our temperatures heat up to near 100 degrees inland. oakland chabot elementary school will have added security when classes resume this morning after yesterday's bomb threat forced a campus-wide evacuation. the fbi has joined police into who is behind the threat. there was a recent play date invite which leaders say sought to bring together the black,

brown and api families but it led to angry social media backlash. a town hall is being organized for next week. today is the day, queen bey, beyonce, performs tonight at levi's. a live look right here. gates open at 6:00 tonight. the city of santa clara yesterday naming her honorary mayor for the day. she was also granted a later curfew, meaning the show will go on until at least 11:00 tonight. >> it's going to be a late night for some folks. >> that it will be. and getting in and out, people are going to have to deal with that. lots of congestion. we have some options. pretty much all the options lead to the orange and green line for vta. plan that for your final march toward the stadium for the bey area transit. >> there you go. the "today" show is starting now, but "today in the bay" continues live on roku, samsung

tv, or wherever you extreme. join us now or whenever it fits into your schedule. we're here for you. >> let's practice something. everybody on mute. >> easy. >> we've got some more talking on our social media apps, so make sure to join us there. thanks for joining us this morning on "today in the bay." the "tod" show s good wednesday morning. breaking news. idalia slams into florida as an extremely dangerous hurricane. >> and many are in the direct storm of the path. it's august 30th. this is "today". warn ashore. florida's gulf coast being