up-close look from neighbors and their long road to recovery. having to deal with smoke and ashes falling on your plate. >> poor air quality also continues today as wildfires elsewhere sent ash and smoke into the bay area. we're tracking a spare the air advisory and how long conditions will stay this way. this is "today in the bay." good thursday morning. it's the last day in august. i am ginger conejero saab. >> i am kris sanchez. laura and marcus have the morning off. we will begin with a live look at myrtle beach, south carolina this morning. at this hour what is storm tropical storm idalia is moving north. idalia made landfall in florida about 24 hours ago as a category 3 hurricane. we look at some of the damage

behind. it looks like it's raining once again, but we will turn first to meteorologist, kari hall, who is tracking the storm's path more closely. i know flooding is still a concern, kari? >> yeah, especially for north carolina and up around virginia as this continues to move off the mid-atlantic coast and back out over open water. we are going to continue to see conditions improve today as this tropical storm is still packing winds at 60 miles per hour, and moving to the east-northeast at 20 miles per hour, so that's the forward movement of this tropical storm that will most likely remain a tropical storm as it kind of wanders over the atlantic over the next couple of days. the good thing is that the conditions will improve, and that will give the people there an opportunity to start to clean up. so we are going to continue to track this and the impacts as we go throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you, kari. check out the new drone video from cedar key, florida. that's near where the eye of the

hurricane first made landfall. you can see the widespread damage to homes in that area. >> our team coverage with today in the bay's damian trujillo who is in the area north of tampa. we saw the water rescues happening in your live reports yesterday, and early this morning you are in the sunshine and now it's raining once again. what is happening? >> reporter: yeah, we just got hit by a rain cloud. we get them occasionally here, it's hot and humid and then the rain clouds hit. people are starting to dry out and then it rains. this is what we are seeing up and down this street here in hudson beach. this car was abandoned. it got stuck in the water, and it's not functioning now, so they need a tow truck to come and pick it up. up ahead, you see folks returning home after being evacuated yesterday. just beyond them is another truck that was also abandoned

here on this roadway. a lot of folks tried to get out, and there's nowhere to park on the street so they tried to drive out as the floodwaters were rising but they couldn't, the cars were too low to the ground and they got stuck in the floodwaters. here's some of the video we shot yesterday. again, passco county sheriff's office was evacuating, and they made 85 missions of evacuations yesterday, and some people, again, refused to leave. i talked to the sheriff and he told me constitutionally he cannot force people to evacuate. he can't drag them out of their homes, and constitutionally they have a right to not evacuate, but then if it becomes a crisis or emergency, the deputies have to risk their own lives to rescue some of these folks. people are taking some of the stuff that got wet from the

floodwaters outside, and damaged goods, and they are trying to air out their garages. i see a lot of homes here are two stories high. the lower story, which is the garage level, they are made out of cinder block, so there's no drywall that needs to dry out. they just have to dry out the floors, so the cinder block is helping out and it looks like they have been through some of this before. today it's all about drying out and cleaning up, and maybe, hopefully not, but getting ready for the next one. >> hopefully not and they do get a break. thank you, damian. 6:03 now. the search for victims in maui's fire zone. as soon as today, maui authorities are expected to post a new list of the people still unaccounted for. one victim severely burned in the fire is finally heading home

from the hospital. judy mccoral evacuated but later returned to her house when it was destroyed, and she stepped on a hot spot so hot she was severely burned and hoped others can learn from her mistake. >> it's the aftermath that people need to be warned about go into those areas that have burned. there's no painless way to get through it. >> very important there. she's one of nine maui fire victims being treated at hawaii's only burn unit located on the island of oahu. and then meanwhile, contra costa fire department is having an event called fill the boot for maui. a second event starts at 4:00 this afternoon in concord at the todo santos park, and that will

include live music and continue into the nighttime hours. covid cases are on the rise as new covid variants starts to emerge. the test rate in california is up 15% from last month, and daily hospitalizations are averaging 336 people, double from what it was just a month ago. the spike is happening nationwide as well. since july hospitalizations nationwide tripled and health leaders are now focussed on a new variant, ba.2.86, also known as pirola, which is spreading easier than other variants. >> ba.2.86 can possibly evade immunity, thus causing more infections. >> california health leaders say current cases here appear to be generally less severe thanks in part to our high vaccination rates. we are taking a live look at

dublin, the tri-valley. it's just one of the places where you can expect another day of poor air quality. our bob redell will have more in a live report at 5:30, but today the air district is issuing an air quality advisory, not an alert. it's due in large part to smoke from fires burning elsewhere yet blowing into the bay area. the smoky haze could be seen and felt in napa yesterday with some there saying the conditions are the worst so far. >> yeah. it doesn't matter what you call it for regular folks, they are, like, i can smell it, right? >> people kept asking yesterday, where is the fire? where is the fire? they thought it was so close. this is actually coming from oregon and the california/oregon border with the fires burning there, but the wind direction carried it right into the bay area. as we look at the microclimate weather alert and the air quality for today, there's a air quality advisory which is a step

down from yesterday's spare the air alert. we are seeing a slightly better day, but if it bothered you yesterday you still need to limit your time outside today. we are seeing a fairly decent amount of the particulate matter from the wildfire smoke coming in for today. moderate air quality, and we are seeing plumes of smoke come into the bay area. but with the reds and the yellows, that's the highest concentration of smoke and it starts to clear out as we go into the evening as a westerly wind picks up. that will bring in fresher breezes and cooler temperatures. we will talk about the big changes ahead for the weekend's forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. i was hoping your numbers will be dropping, too, mike? >> sorry. if you are talking gas prices, there is supply and demand and so the prices will probably not come down anyway. trending at 4.59 in sunnyvale. as we move along to the next

entry here, san ramon at 4.79, and that would be world gas -- we're talking about world gas already in sunniville, but this is just a couple dimes higher in contra costa county. san francisco, still under 5 bucks, and managing that 4.89 at castro gas and food on castro. we are looking at the build now, and contra costa county, highway 4, the slowest stretch into concord. vasco approaching the half hour mark but not there. more slowing, typical of getting down through 580. bay bridge, a early start and a quick backup and it eased off a bit, and there was a disabled vehicle reported but not in the lanes i am watching. the lanes are moving slowly. back to you. >> thank you. moving you forward into a

first day of a four-day closure of i-80 extending through the holiday weekend. all westbound lanes closed from 780 in vallejo to highway 4 in hercules, and that includes the carquinez bridge. they will repave the whole thing. the closure starts tonight until the early morning hours on tuesday. >> that's a long detour. something to mark on your traffic plans. you know those water filters everybody uses? kris, it turns out they may not purify your water as much as you believe. coming up, the new accusations one of the main brands is facing. how about clean windows? a ceo apparently wants to live in a class house. we just got information on the inflation. that will show us what is happening on wall street as well. looks like it's going to be another good day. it could be another fifth day in a row for the dow. plus --

>> bagpipes at sunset. it's a weekly tradition on a central coast beach. we will hear from the player himself about why he does this. keep i

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right now at 6:13 on this thursday morning, we are under a

microclimate alert. temperatures in the mid-50s in santa rosa. it will not be as hot this afternoon. we will take a look at all of our microclimates coming up. 101 in san josé, the headlights northbound. you see a smooth drive here, but there's a disabled vehicle i am tracking and we will see how that affects your morning commute and if it has a ripple affect for the south bay. good morning and happy thursday to you. four wins in a row for the dow. we are looking to see a fifth today. still not enough to make up the losses for the month, but today is the last day of august so that means we get the big jobs number tomorrow. san francisco's visa on the board this morning. "the wall street journal" reporting visa and mastercard are going to increase the fees they charge merchants. not your fees, the fees for the stores though they may wrap that into the expense of your prices.

credit card companies charge the banks fees, and the bank charges as well. the securities and exchange commission are investigating tesla over something called project 42, a plan apparently to build elon musk a glass house on the company's austin, texas, campus. the investigation is reportedly in the early stages and may not lead to actual allegations. it's not illegal to build your ceo a glass house or any kind of house, but that's compensation and you have to let your investors review it. the ceo of lego is looking into making another movie coming off the success of "barbie." the first lego movie called "the lego movie" was very well reviewed. if you have not seen it, it's worth your time even if you are a grown-up. it's beginning to look a lot

like christmas in costco. this costco in san josé has christmas decorations up, and it's still august, but if you are going to prepare, get your calendar out, 116 days until christmas, and 164 days until the super bowl. taylor swift for president, eligible in 835 days. and then halle's comment comes 13,000 days from now, so if we are going to plan for christmas today, we might as well plan for the comet. >> you are right about that lego movie though. >> everything is awesome in that movie. even if you don't play with legos and you are a grown-up, it's a cool movie. >> i do watch some animated stuff. >> i was going to say, we tried it but i think i slept, in five minutes, yeah. >> but the avocados you were

getting at costco, yeah. >> i joked earlier i was getting avocados for the super bowl party, but if you are planning for christmas, you might as plan for everything else. i wouldn't shop there for valentines day. >> well, they have diamonds. >> oh, yeah. new claims of false advertising from one man that says he can prove his filtration system does not work, and he believes brita does not work and the pitcher does not reduce or remove contaminants below the said level. now a glimpse of burning man

from space. >> that's cool. >> one spacecraft caught a glimpse of the makeshift city. some say it resembles a greek amphitheater. the burn happens saturday night, but the festival officially runs through monday. >> that's urban planning at work. >> it is. it's incredible. >> yeah, and, of course, we know people that made their way out there, and the planning, even if you just are planning a small camp, it starts month in advance. what a sight to behold. now, if you have been to carmel beach, you know the sunset there could be magical. >> it really is. another man is adding music to the magic as well. ♪ >> greg freeman started playing bagpipes at the beach during the pandemic. he said it was a way to try and

bring joy to people during a vulnerable time. >> the early days of the pandemic, my community was -- had a lot of anxiety and concern about things, about life, and i decided to come down and try and cheer people up and spread good vibes. >> freeman now has made this a post pandemic ritual, playing at the beach several times a week. if you find yourself in carmel and you want to catch him, it's best to go about an hour before sunset. >> very nice. >> bagpipes are cool. >> yeah. >> very soothing and calming, right. >> not beginning practicing bagpipes, but -- >> beginning practicing anything, no. those recorders. >> guilty. >> just you wait, my friend. >> guilty, getty, and i will probably be like get me out of the house and on that beach. the weather looked pretty nice there, but from the hazy skies from yesterday, and we have talked about it all morning,

kari, will they improve? >> we have seen slight improvements, but there's still an air quality advisory, and that's a step below the spare the air yesterday. if you have asthma or breathing problems, and if it made your eyes itchy and your throat burn you might want to limit your time outside. we will still have improving conditions once again. a hazy sky as our temperatures start to cool off. it was so hot yesterday afternoon. you will be happy to know in some spots it will be five to eight degrees lower compared to yesterday, so los gatos, expect a high of 87 degrees. instead of the upper 90s, we are headed for 90 in antioch today, and upper 80s for danville. in oakland we will see a high of 77. along the coast it's cooler with upper 60s and daly city, 65.

low 80s for palo alto. san francisco is heading back to the 50s for the marina district and the downtown area is expected to reach about 70. mill valley in the mid-70s while in santa rosa, we will see the temperatures topping out at 90 degrees. and even a spotty shower or two across the region, and it looks like for most of us tomorrow we will see clouds, mist and drizzle but that could be enough to add up in terms to a type of precipitation accumulation along the coastline. next week we will see temperatures heading back up. let me show you gilroy over the next ten days. upper 70s for today to mid-70s tomorrow. it's going to be a beautiful weekend ahead. maybe even a little taste of fall as we unofficially welcome it in on labor day. after labor day it gets hot again and temperatures reach in the mid to upper 80s. as we look at san francisco's forecast, it's going to be mainly in the upper 70s or low

to mid-70s. upper 60s for the weekend. we will watch out for that. mike, you were looking for changes in walnut creek. >> yeah, more changes after my initial changes, and i saw a lot of smoking south 680 approaching the 24 interchange, and the split going on here as we are looking at the two sections of freeway. this got lighter, and there's a crash just before our camera so that made things lighter there. and then we will watch that and see if it has a ripple affect through the rest of contra costa county. other than that, standard flows. this is not standard, and this will be blocked starting at 9:00, closing westbound 80 across the carquinez bridge to highway 4. we will talk about that again coming up. >> 15 miles more this time of day could be a long time. next on "today in the bay," we are closing out black business month by highlighting a new south bay brewery looking to

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august is black business owner's month, and we want to take the last day of the month to highlight one entrepreneur that never gave up on his dream to own a taphouse. >> he noticed a lack of a place for families to gather, and he created a taphouse and set an

opening in march of 2020, and that was, of course, before covid derailed his plans. and then this past may he and his wife finally opened bitter taphouse and bitter beer garden. >> once i had a set day, all of our network and friends -- it seemed like everybody in the city of gilroy was sharing the post about the grand opening. when the grand opening happen, the line was out of the door and sold out of 15 kegs, 15 almost 20 kegs. >> great to hear the community was behind him, right? but doesn't mean the road was easy, and they had to persist to make their business a reality, and from the experience he learned a few things to share with new business owners. >> number one, do it. go after it. number two, really do your homework because opening a business -- especially in california, is not for the weak, for sure. that's for sure.

>> he says his taphouse is a place for people to bring their kids and dogs and drink a beer and just relax. we are wishing him, the dickersons and people in gilroy many, many pours. and up next, team coverage on the microclimate weather alerts. good morning. i am bob redell here in the east bay where you can see the smoke from the wildfires way up north drifting here in the bay area. the air quality advisory in effect for today as a result. stay wh us. you'itre

right now at 6:30, hazy skies continue to blanket the bay area. we have live team coverage of the air quality advisory now in place. we will tell you when conditions could improve ahead of the labor day weekend. plus a nationwide emergency alert test. new details on the measures being taken by fema to make sure everybody is prepared for the worst. plus -- >> it's my birthday today, so bey day on my b day. >> breaking boundaries and impacting the culture. >> love the fashion. beyonce in full force as she rocked the stage at levi stadium last night, and we have more reaction from the fans that queen bey left mesmerized.

and one of our own team members took it in, and where is he this morning? this is "today in the bay" he's not here on this thursday morning. i am kris sanchez. >> that's why we are here. i am ginger conejero saab. laura and marcus are off this morning. now on to news, and many in the bay area are waiting for real improvement from the poor air quality. today there is no spare the air alert but still there is an advisory in effect. we have team coverage this morning. our bob redell is in the east bay with a look at how local businesses are coping with the poor air quality, but first we want to go to meteorologist, kari hall. kari, in some places yesterday, it was hard to see and you could smell it. what are conditions like today? >> we are starting out with unhealthy air quality across the bay area, and at times you are smelling smoke, but if you can believe it the smoke is coming from fires up around the oregon

and california border, and we expect slight improvement as we go throughout today. if it bothers you yesterday you might still want to limit time outside for this afternoon as well. we are starting out with some very thick smoke coating the bay area, but we are also going to see slight improvement as the wind direction changes. let me show you the hour by hour smoke model, and it shows the yellow and orange where the worst of the air quality is, starting out the morning with a lot of it still hovering over the bay area. take a look at what happens this evening. we start to see that moving off towards the east. we are going to see conditions improving, so one more day of this really bad air quality, and also, just kind of coating the bay area. today in the bay's bob redell is live in alameda county. bob, this is now an air quality advisory. are the conditions any better there in the tri-valley this morning? >> reporter: i don't smell the smoke this morning like i did

yesterday here in the tri-valley. you can certainly see it, and you can see the haze as the sun is coming up, and the headlights coming towards us is 580 through dublin. you are seeing that smoke from the wildfires burning up in oregon and northern parts of the california. and this is downtown napa last night because the sky was hazy because of the smoke. we are no longer under a spare the air alert but the aeurbg management district issued a air quality advisory for wildfire smoke. the district, however, does not expect the level of pollutants to go above the national health standard. this impacted local dining, and a server in napa says he actually saw ash falling from

the sky. >> not definitely a great experience when you are outside eating and having to deal with smoke and ashes falling on your plate. >> it concerns us, you know. we always look out for our local fires, and hope it doesn't make its way down here. >> reporter: that was the manager of another restaurant in the north bay called zuzu. he said even though the air quality is not that great, it's nothing like what he and others experienced during the glass fire in 2020 during covid. reporting live, bob redell for today in the bay. >> thanks, bob. download our app to stay connected with the weather conditions in your neighborhood. can you scan the code on your screen or search nbc bay area in your app store. and then many are upset about the reinstatement of a

once-fired police officer. the city of vallejo is in the process of granting employment and benefits back to the officer that shot and killed a man in 2020. it happened at the height of the george floyd protest outside of a walgreens store, and the officer mistook a partly concealed hammer for a gun. a review by an outside board led to the officer's termination and it was overturned this week in arbitration. and the family of the man is organizing the valley. there was a deadly shooting that happened about 5:00 yesterday evening near the port of oakland. a victim found at the scene later died, and the second victim self transported to the hospital and there's no update on their condition. on october 4th fema and the fcc plan to conduct a nationwide

test of the emergency alert system, and that means things like tvs, radios and even your cell phone will be sent a text message and an alert sound will follow, and it will last about 30 minutes. fema and the fcc are conducting the test to make sure the wireless emergency and emergency alert system are functioning because of a disaster or an attack. and last night many fans were blown away by a spectacular show at levi. queen bey did not disappoint last night. the concert ended late in the 11:00 hour, and the beehives

were decked out, as she requested. some made their way all the way from australia. >> my sister is getting married in new york, so we thought we would make a stop. we love beyonce. >> she's the queen, so we had to make our way out here. >> it was a very fun night for them, and a late night, too. the show also provided a boost to the local economy. santa clara leaders yesterday named beyonce honorary mayor and gave her a key to the city. just this morning, beyonce posted some behind the scenes photo and video from last night's show. check it out. wow. looks beautiful there. that's mayor beyonce with the key to santa clara. queen bey now heads to l.a. for three shows down south.

>> it looks like somebody had fun and pretty good seats to last night's show. our own marcus washington was just one of the members of our today in the bay team attending the show last night. we will admit this morning has been short on manpower, and marcus posted these videos and photos on instagram, and that was taken clearly at floor level. and you see a little tally yesterday when he was asking what viewers would prefer. he was definitely dressed to impress. look at the shimmer, right? love it. we know last night it was warm for those concertgoers, and hazy and smoky, and -- >> yeah, all the dancing and shaking it up, and the temperatures started in the 80s and cooled off in the evening. it was warm. we will cool off headed into the weekend. there's still a lot to celebrate around the bay area, including in san josé.

the weekend of wonder festival, and we will see this throughout the weekend and shape up with great weather. temperatures in the mid-70s for highs in the middle of the afternoon, but it will be cool early in the morning and late in the evening as the temperatures rise and fall. this is the last week for music on the square in redwood city. we will see temperatures tomorrow starting out in the mid-70s and cooling down into the mid-60s, so bring the jacket for that. you will also need to keep the jacket on for the biserkeley food fest in downtown berkeley. temperatures starting out in the mid-60s and headed for the upper 60s. just peeks of sunshine throughout the day. if you are lucky enough to spend your weekend in napa valley, it will be beautiful. the high temperatures go from low 70s on friday and mid-70s on

saturday. watching out for a spotty light shower or two, and overall we will just see a mix of sun and clouds. for tahoe this weekend, heads up about the chance of showers. it will be on and off throughout the weekend. pack a warmer jacket along with the umbrella, because we will see temperatures in the 30s and low 40s, and then upper 50s on sunday. we will watch out for that, and also the bay area cooling off and we will have more on that in a few minutes. mike, already helping you enjoy the weekend. >> yeah, we are thinking that far ahead so let's talk about it. over here, no surprises. we saw a crash and clearing so walnut creek should recover nicely. that's good news for today's commute, and lighter than yesterday's commute and that's what we expect for a thursday. and then a full closure all weekend starting tonight at 9:00, westbound 80 from 780 across the carquinez bridge including that direction of the carquinez bridge all the way to highway 4. that will stay closed from

tonight to possibly tuesday at 5:00, and for now plan on another 15 minutes if you are driving in tomorrow morning. that's a longer drive for you. not a lot of us can spare 15 minutes in the morning, so it will be at least that much time to take the reroute. and all weekend, you can take the benicia bridge into the bay. >> thanks, mike. dozens of death overnight from a fire oversees. we have a surprising new assessment about the majority of victims. back here at home, politicians setting politics

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good thursday morning. the time is 6:43. we are starting under a microclimate alert due to the smoke drifting into the bay area. that continues until early in the day but it will improve. it will not be as hot as we look at antioch in the mid-80s by 1:00 this afternoon. we will continue to see improving air quality and temperatures, and more on that coming up in a few minutes. while we just talked about the closure of the carquinez bridge westbound starting tonight going through the holiday weekend, san mateo bridge, typical timing. the slowdown we see westbound on 92 is showing up on the sensors as well. new overnight, dozens of deaths now confirmed in south africa as flames raged through an apartment building. we have a new update on the

building's occupants. the fire happened early this morning in johanious burg. at least 73 people died. the number is still expected to rise. it's not clear how the fire started at this point, but authorities now say the people living there were actually squatters and may have numbered more than 200 people. the white house says the president has been in touch with governors of states affected by hurricane idalia. >> this is interesting, scott, and one of the governors includes possibly one of his opponents? >> that's right. governor desantis of florida, and it's nice to see politics set aside for americans in need. the two have worked together in the past after president biden went to florida after hurricane

ian, and biden made remarks with the current storm yesterday and said he and desantis were getting along just fine. >> believe it or not, i know that sounds strange, especially the nature of politics today, but, you know, i was down there in the last major storm and spent a lot of time walking from village -- from community to community making sure he needed to get things done, and i think he trusts my help, and i trust him because this is not about politics but it's about taking care of the people of his state. >> mitch mcconnell experienced light headedness during a press conference. this is the second time we have seen the kentucky senator freeze up. it is hard to watch. >> what are my thoughts about what? >> running for re-election in 2026? >> oh, i see.

>> did you hear the question, senator, running for re-election in 2026? >> yes. >> all right, i am sorry, y'all, we will need a minute. >> mcconnell is 81, and dianne feinstein also having medical issues and she's 90 and said she would not run for re-election. and then rudy giuliani dealt a massive blow in court. giuliani already admitted he could not contest he defamed two women that volunteered to work on the 2020 election in georgia. ruby and her daughter were subject to death threats after giuliani and trump falsely accused them of trying to change the vote count. the judge in the case entered a default judgment against giuliani, pointing out he had not offered any evidence the

court subpoenaed him for. ginger? >> thanks, scott. the giants open a four-game series in san diego and maybe getting away from oracle could clear their minds. yesterday was tough. they had a tough loss to the reds, and thanks in large part to a bay area guy. his eighth inning home run helped to lead the reds to a 4-1 win against the giants. but giants fans still have the last wildcard spot, so every game matters right now. tomorrow's night game against the padres will hear on nbc bay area. give them support and watch. our coverage starts at 6:30. i will be tuned in. bay area star gazers had a beautiful sight to gaze upon last night. the blue moon making an appearance last night, and not the beer, folks, the blue moon refers to the second full moon

in a calendar month. make sure you keep up with this on x. the blue moon was special because this is extremely rare. it was not blue, though, it was really kind of orange because of the haze. >> yeah, we had to explain that to people, it won't actually be blue, but due to the wildfire smoke it appeared orange yesterday. >> yeah, looked like a cheese ball. >> for a little while it did. we will see it clearing upping and also looking smoky out there. look at the orange hue to the sun we have this morning as it comes over the hills. yeah, it looks so smoky out there. it's most unhealthy right now, because when we start the day there's a layer of air above the valleys and above the bay area that pushes all of that smoke back down to where we are, where we are smelling and also having to breathe it in. we are going to see this morning's air quality, the worst

of the day, and then gradually it will start to improve. actually the air quality advisory is a step below yesterday's spare the air alert. it looks like we will continue to see things improving. we are also seeing this return, this is from our sutro tower camera. yesterday it was clear all day, and now the fog is back and that's going to provide cooling, especially along the coastline and in san francisco. we're starting out there at 60 degrees. we are going to see temperatures stay in the 60s with a mix of sun and clouds and also giving us a slight cooldown for the south bay instead of the upper 80s and 90s. we will reach up to 84 today in san josé. east san josé reaching 86 degrees, and for gilroy expect a nice breeze and 82 degrees. moving over towards the inland east bay with antioch reaching 90 this afternoon, while oakland will be in the upper 70s. and then mid-60s for half moon bay, and san mateo will see a high of 75. for san francisco, expect it to

reach into the upper 50s as the fog continues around the marina district where you will get sunshine, it will be in the low 70s in the mission district today. for the north bay, warm with santa rosa reaching 90. the cool breeze coming through napa will bring the high temperatures up to about 80 degrees. big changes ahead. a trough moving in and scattered showers nearby. i think for most of us tomorrow we will see a lot of thick clouds to start out the morning and maybe drizzle that could add up to a little precipitation along the coastline. a significant cooldown is coming our way. take a look at walnut creek going from mid-80s today to low 70s for highs tomorrow. it's going to be a beautiful labor day weekend. then, next week, as we are heading back to work it will be heating up again. we just get a little taste of fall. our inland temperatures go from upper 70s to low and mid-80s next week, and then upper 80s by next wednesday. we will see san francisco's temperatures in the upper 60s

throughout the weekend. mike, you are seeing a slower drive through san josé. >> yeah, and it's throughout much of the south bay coming out of san josé, the build on 87, and 101 starting back at capital expressway and extending past the airport here. and this is early for thursday, and there may be a heavier volume and folks may be getting into the office today because they are thinking about not going in tomorrow, and maybe for some they are possibly going to stretch it out to a four-day weekend. the slowing you saw on 92 and i saw on the live camera got worse over the last couple of minutes, and that's going to continue as folks get through that area. the travel times including highway 4 and 680 jamming up, and the sensors are showing that slowing as well. you see there's the red sensors down towards walnut creek and

lafayette for westbound 24. no surprises for the northbound, holding steady. richmond and berkeley, that's the slower drive. and the westbound 80 from carquinez bridge to highway 4 will close tonight just before 9:00 p.m. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it's 6:52 right now. happening now, victims of sexual assault and domestic violence will have one more place where they can get help in the south bay. santa clara county is opening up a new location where there could be forensic examines and support. that help is being made available through the sexual assault health exam. details will be unveiled at 10:00 this morning. next, a look at the top stories including poor air quality that continues today from wildfires burning elsewhere. we are tracking today's spare the air advisory. plus, tropical storm idalia now moving out into the atlantic. we show you some of the new

damage after the storm made landfall yesterday as a hurricane. keep it here. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." we want to take a look live at myrtle beach this morning where at this hour what is now tropical storm idalia is moving out to sea after hitting coastal parts of the carolinas overnight. new images from the storm near north myrtle beach this morning, you can see the widespread damage to homes in that area. fire crews, rescue crews, still assessing the impact. as of early this morning about 300,000 customers were without power in florida, georgia and south carolina.

idalia made landfall in florida as a category 3 hurricane about 24 hours ago. a live look now in santa clara and alameda counties. improving conditions today, but that means there's no longer a bay area spare the air alert. but there is an air quality advisory still in effect due to smoke from wildfires burning elsewhere. this was the scene last night in downtown napa, and the sky was hazy impacting outdoor diners. in the north bay, sonoma issued its own advisory for some to take precautions. >> did you see that sunrise. this is a look from our camera in san josé. it looks so hazy and smoky right now, and that continues, especially with the air quality being the worst in the first part of the day. eventually it will improve as we get a westerly wind. that will help push all of the wind off to the east, and tomorrow is looking much better.

back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot, kari. happening later today, the first day of a four-day closure on interstate 80 that will expend through the holiday weekend. can you see there on the map. caltrans will close all westbound veins from 780 in vallejo to 80 on hercules, and including the carquinez bridge. they will pave that whole thing. it will last until the early morning hours on tuesday, at least that's the hope. it was a late night for beyonce fans, many of whom were blown away by the spectacular show at levi stadium. queen bey did not disappoint in last night's concert, that ended in the late 11:00 hour. the behave was decked out in their shimmery best.

and she was given a key to the city, and this is an image of her posing with that key before she took the stage last night. >> she will need a bigger key chain. kris, you did a great job reporting but the full closure with the westbound on 80, and coming home may be an issue if you are coming back from sacramento or tahoe. that's the reroute, another 15 minutes. >> take an extra day off. and then "today in the bay" continues on roku and good thursday morning. idalia causing new devastation across t good thursday morni. idalia causing new devastation across the south overnight >> those high winds and torrential rain not over yet it's august 31st