good morning. it is saturday, september 9th 7:00 as we take this, wow, live look outside. a blanket of clouds over san

francisco, and just top of the -- the transamerica -- the tower, why die say that? the tower, my kids know from millions of miles away. thank you so much for starting the morning with me. i'm kira klapper and cinthia pimentel joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. how is that cloud cover playing into our forecast this morning? >> dense fog around the coastline over san francisco this morning. you might see some drizzle out there, too. just be careful of that visibility if you have to head out in the next couple minutes. 56 in the city also over on in livermore. more peeks of that saturday sunshine coming out through the south bay, san jose seeing tropical clouds moving over the south area, 61 over down town. result of those tropical clouds, moisture pushing through what was left of hurricane jova. not quite into the santa clara

valley just yet. close to gilroy, mainly interstate 5. going on through the central part of the state now and into the next couple hours and why we have a red flag warning. talk about that south of gilroy and of course your microclimate forecast coming up. back to you. >> thanks. see you soon. we are beginning with developing news overnight. a massive 6.8 earthquake hit morocco killing more than 1,000 people. the u.s. geological survey says the epicenter was in the moroccan high outlet mountain range injured more than 1,200 people and left a long trail of destruction from villages in the mountains all the way to the historic city of marrakech about 45 miles away. video shows people running and screaming near a mosque in marrakech. just moments after the quake. the popular tourist destination is home to 840,000 people.

new video also shows the damage close up. you can see the wreckage. buildings reduced to rubble. cars totally flattened. rescue teams are struggling to reach the areas most affected by the quake, because nearby roads are damaged or blocked. communication is cut off in some areas without power. the u.s. embassy in morocco is not a lot of any americans hurt in the quake. rescuers warn the number of daend injured could rise. back here locally in the east bay, an inhave -- investigation is under way after a man was shot in san pablo. calling for a mental health evaluation. her husband, andre smith, having a mental health episode. officers tried to communicate with smith but he refused to come out of his room. officers actually left after his wife said he wasn't being violent, but within an hour, police were called back when

someone reported smith harassing his wife outside of their home. when police responded they say they attempted to negotiate with smith on the front lawn for more than 20 minutes. but he began throwing pieces of brick at officers, leading them to use tasers and bean bag rounds. smith then use add folding chair as a shield and a three-foot pole as ran at the officers. >> mr. smith charged at one of the office swinging the metal pole at the officer's head. the officer ducked to avoid being hit. at that time another officer fired one round from his service weapon, striking mr. smith in the upper right leg. >> the contra costa district attorney's office will take the lead on the investigation. no officers injured but now placed on administrative leave. staying in the east bay. a desperate search for a hit-and-run driver who killed a

cyclist in hayward. chris pena riding his bike wednesday evening when a car hit him and the driver never stopped. as we report, a sudden and painful loss for his family and friends demanding justice and a change in the rules of the road. >> there's a fight for justice. >> reporter: a husband and father of three struck and killed riding his bike home from work. >> never have their dad walk them down the aisle -- never hold grandkids. >> reporter: chris pena riding down orchard avenue wednesday when hit. hayward police say the suspect took off in a mercedes and that the driver was speeding. >> find justice for chris and his family. this is like a family member. >> reporter: thomas romano says he worked with chris several years and bonded over bikes. created a mountain biking group in the '90s and continued to

lead up for trips. an avid cyclist, he says the tragedy sign as light on a bigger problem. >> sort of every man for themselves these days. and no one wants to get in trouble. no one wants to be held accountable. >> reporter: he calls it the open cyclist season, cyclists hit left and right. and increase of drivers and cyclists on the road. >> because of the pandemic as well. everybody got back in their cars, stopped using mass transit, and a lot of them haven't given up their cars since then. >> reporter: according to this man who bikes over the east bay as a member of the cherry city cyclists says it's lack of cycling infrastructure in the region is an even bigger problem. >> some roads done fairly recently that we won't ride on anymore because they made it suicidal for cyclists to be on it. >> reporter: reporting for "today in the bay." now to a live look in

oakland where two safety-focused meetings will happen later this morning. alameda county district attorney pamela price discussing crime and public safety. it begins at noon, an genesis warship center on hillside street, it will be there. before that, a community rally is inviting people to discuss a safer oakland. the group, neighbors together oakland, is hosting the rally at the same place genesis worship center that starts at 10:00 this morning. speakers include former oakland city councilman and oakland mayoral candidate and seneca scott. b.a.r.t. leaders are working to improve the rider experience for passengers by doing things like shortening wait times. b.a.r.t.'s plan is that passengers will not wait more than 20 minutes for a train. the agency also plans to remove cars from the trains that see

fewer riders on a daily basis making the trains run faster and riders can expect even more improvements over the next few months and begin using its new fleet of cars. all the changes go into effect day after tomorrow, monday, september 11th. if you woke up this morning before us and watched the "today" show you may have seen a new face. "saturday today" kicked off its newest chapter with brand new anchor laura jarrett joining alongside peter alexander. the show's newest duo on weekends moving forward. this is video from this morning's show, and jarrett shares with us how she feels to be a part of the team. >> kira, we are so excited. you know, it's always fun to be on saturday mornings, a special place to be, for us to occupy together. please, tune in, a great time. >> "saturday morning." >> laura, peter, we'll see you.

catch them every saturday morning right here before "today in the bay." we welcome laura with open arms. and at 7:08 right now, much more ahead on "today in the bay." we continue to see a shortage of blood across the u.s., and we here at nbc bay area are here to help. yes, it's that time of year again. coming up a live frort our own garvin thomas on the bay area proud blood drive happening today.

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welcome back. 7:11 on your saturday morning. a bit of a cloud cover there, but warming up, as cinthia pimentel will be along in a few minutes with the forecast. we may have wanted it last weekend for labor day. san francisco democrat nancy pelosi wants to keep her seat in congress. yesterday on msnbc the former speak herb of the house announced she will run for re-election serving a 20th term in the house of representatives. the 83-year-old says "san francisco's needs call for her to stay for another two-year term." pelosi was first elected to congress in 1987, and made history as the first female house speaker. a role she held twice. pelosi's decision to run again, democrats make a safe push to regain control of the house.

critics, including some republicans, raised questions about her age and whether it's time she pass the baton to the next generation. >> i think the congress has more than their fair share of senior citizens on both sides of the aisle. and i think it's time for new blood. she's been 30-what? 34, 35 years in congress now. i think it's time for somebody new to take over. >> two senior congressional leaders facing questions over their age and capacity to serve include 81-year-old senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and 90-year-old democrat california senator dianne feinstein. both recently had episodes of being episodes of confused or freezing several seconds in public. so far pelosi has not displayed or reported any health issues, but the announcement by pelosi took some by surprise inyou cruising nbc's chief political analyst chuck todd who spoke to

us ahead of his final hosting duties on "meet the press" tomorrow. >> surprised me. you know, she went -- it's not -- it's a bit unusual for a former speaker to stay longer than another term. i think it's very hard to give up something. sometimes hard to let go. i think it's pretty clear she believes she still has the energy. still has ability to do it. >> chuck todd's final episode includes a sitdown with california governor gavin newsom, inside the governor's mansion. newsom spoke about the 2024 election saying it's time to accept that president biden is running for re-election. he addressed his relationship with vice president kamala harris and his concern whether former president trump would be elected again. >> another four years of donald trump -- >> i don't -- i hope we don't have to experience that. but i worry about democracy. i worry about the fetishness for autocracy we're seeing not just from trump but around the world,

noticeably across this country. i've made the point about desantis. functionally authoritarian and worried more in many respects about trump im, transcends well beyond his term, time and tenure. >> hea what else newsom had to say about that debate with florida governor ron desantis as we mentioned, chuck todd's final broadcast of "meet the press" is tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. right after "today in the bay." by the way, the show isn't going anywhere. kristen welker, the new host and moderator moving forward. under way to stop a concerning pest from spreading in the south bay and east bay. spraying. we've reported the state is gearing up to fight an infestation of what's called the oriental fruit fly that can destroy more than 230 types of fruits and vegetables. so not only 112 square miles of santa clara county are under quarantine, including city of

santa clara and portions of san jose, milpitas, cupertino and sunnyvale. state leaders also lnched a similar quarantine ove in contra costa county involving brtwd and portions of oakley discovery bay andantioch. people in those quarantined zones cannot transport homegrown frt and must dispose of their pruc in double bags and seal them. both rooms, by the way, remain in effect until at least june of 20. food lovers in foodie heaven in the south bay. three-day foodie land night market kicked off yesterday at the santa clara county fairgrounds in san jose. the famous outdoor festival features more than 175 multicultural vendors serving all kinds of dishes, including lobster. foodie land runs through tomorrow. it's from 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. it costs $7 a ticket. you can only buy online through

eventbrite. no tickets sold at the door. now, to the american red cross saying it's seeing a major shortfall of blood donations this summer. even california has seen a shortage of donations. in hopes to fulfill that critical need, the bay area proud blood drive happens every year, and it's happening today. easy for you to help. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas joins us live from san jose where i feel like every september 9th-ish we see you standing in that same spot. princeton plaza in san jose, with the same plea. hi, garvin. >> reporter: and we've been doing it seven years now and i don't look a day older. do i, kira? >> no, no! >> same as seven years ago. >> same with me, i have to say. >> reporter: yes. super excited to talk with you again this morning, kira about this. our seventh area proud blood drive happening toes.

we partnered with the sanford blood center and i'll ask daniel to take you on a tour of a bus that comes down and they'll take care of you. these people are the experts. they know what they're doing. if you want to give blood they'll take great care of you and there is a really big need right at this moment, and one of the reasons is we're coming off the summer season. it's a summer season for blood donation, it's a tough one, because they get a lot of blood from school drives, and a lot of those obviously don't happen in the summer. so what happens is, they get low at this point. one of the reasons we schedule at this time of year is because it's always such a critical time to have the blood donations right here, before the school drive begins. super critical need for stanford blood center for almost, almost all types of blood. important thing, donate blood and come over here. show you what you get after you donate the blood. everybody cares about the snack

table. not all set up yet. i'm in the middle setting it p but we have doughnuts, chocolate chip cookies, homemade graciously by my wife and getting those set up. coffee, starbucks here. coffee in a moment. briefly put up a full screen to see what the details are, princeton plaza mall in san jose. it's on the side here from 9:00 to 3:00. this morning go online and make a reservation. reserve a time, but walk-ins on welcome. kira, i've learned doing this over the seven years doing this, many people show up in the, to give to the drive today saying they saw it on tv this morning right now. one of those people at home watching know you can still come down and donate 9:00 to 3:00 today. the need is big and you can save a life. kira? >> yes! we are touched when people say that. we are so grateful for the good they're doing and the cherry on top are the cookies made by your wife, and maybe meeting your

adorable children, garvin. it's always something wonderful to be a part of. see you again in about 30 minutes. thanks so much. >> reporter: see you then. cinthia is here with a look at your microclimate forecast. garvin wearing his polo, looks like a nice morning out there. >> trying to squeeze in a couple more summer days. the weather we wanted last week. >> yes! >> we're getting some of that today. get awe check oos you go out and donate blood or do any other of your saturday plans. we are talking about this, though. mostly for the south bay. some of those tropical clouds moving in. see it there over san jose. we do have a red flag warning i'll get to a inn a second south of gilroy. give everybody a check of warmer temperatures we wanted last weekend. do 69 in san francisco. and then our microclimate plays out. 85 in santa rosa. martinez. 77 for you in hayward and along the water an overall nice before

before we get into solano, fairfield and the santa clara valley upper 80s, maybe low 90s. keeping our attention in the santa clara valley around maybe over gilroy. could hear some of that thunderstorm activity rolling through already. this is because of what's left of hurricane jova, over the last couple days, it's been churning in the western pacific and now a tropical storm but we are pulling in moisture over monterey. heading over 5 later this morning, do be careful of that. we have this red flag warning just south of gilroy because of moisture moving through and as the daytime heating gets going, we could see some of that turn into some dry lightning and we don't want that for any wildfires sparking up. most of this will impact the central coast and down into los angeles. but as i give you a little closer look as to what we can expect here, not ruling out a chance for showers. mainly to the south bay and if you follow where the little blue squares pop up, lightning

potential from the coast into the central valley, up towards parts of the southern sierra. something to watch in our weekend forecast. of course, also i want you to be fire aware as we go south of gilroy into the carmel valley with some of that shower and thunderstorm activity popping on through. not ruling it out for this afternoon either. seeing just a possibility of a few showers in areas of morgan hill and gilroy. something to keep an eye out. tomorrow definitely warmer. less cloud cover, and warmer temperatures as we see a little bit of still holding on to that summerlike temperatures. 80s and 90s. >> yeah. about two more weeks. thanks so much. we'll be

welcome back pap story now about two sisters trying to save their mother's life and how they're using the power of social media. we have the story how easy it is to help by joining the marrow sisters. >> reporter: a san francisco bay metal smith, a jewelrymaker and can make all kinds of beautiful things and her career successfully matches her style with her clients. uses instagram to get her art out and took the lead from her big sis you may know from "crazy rich asians." a global recording actress, artist and tina signed to a major record label because of massive support online.

>> my entire career is entirely thanks to a bunch of incredible humans around the world, and i've just been so grateful, because the most recent chapter with all of these people is the chance i have to actually -- help make a difference with people that are looking for a bone marrow donor match. >> reporter: the sisters are passionate about donor matching because their mom needs one of them. >> it really started when i was a freshman in high school. she was diagnosed with a blood disease. i remember reading my dad's text that said, he said -- mommy no longer has -- for a brief second i was like, it's gone. then went on to read. it has now progressed into a blood cancer. right? just -- thinking, feeling -- >> she's currently stable but the doctors say that she, she

needs to have a bone marrow transplant and we, we still do not have a match for her. the same people that helped me kind of get to follow my dreams and play music and tour around the world are now the same people helping me get the word out to try to help my mom. >> reporter: globally will are registries of potential donors. tens of millions signed up but none proven to be a viable match for their mother trish, more affectionately known at mama g. she's of japanese descent and managing the most diverse registry in the world says odds finding a match difficult and further breaking down within asian or pacific islanders group matching donors with a recipient is tougher still. >> we know for asians and a lot of minorities it's much harder to find a match, because it's just not as many people of the same ethnic backgrounds in the

global registry and it's not impossible for a person of one ethnic background to match with someone of another. it can happen but you're way more likely to find one within your same pool. >> reporter: why these creators are engaging their community over 2 million across the social media platform to help spread the word how important it is for people of all backgrounds to take part in the registry. each could be a match they're looking for. >> we both feel very, very fortunate we had pre-existing audiences. helpful to just have a team of people and feel like we're a little, i don't know, solidarity and not just sile people on and not just sile people on ng

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good morning. it is saturday september 9th pap live look outside. ooh, good morning, walnut creek. beautiful sunshine! a little clouds a nice start to our weekend. you made it to the weekend. thank you so much for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel joins us with a peek at the microclimate forecast. lots of cloud cover in san francisco but luckily in the east bay. >> starting off the morning dense fog eventually mixing out through the morning. starting at 57. then by the time people venture out into the city, say lunchtime, much more sunshine and temperatures warming up into those upper 60s. good morning over in livermore. a chilly start in the mid-50s as

well but look at that. 70s by 10:00, 11:00 and brunch plans into 1:00 and 2:00 this afternoon. south bay, tropical clouds pushing through. talk why we have red flag warning close to the bay area, but south of gilroy with some of that moisture pushing through and get everybody a check of their temperatures. much warmer this weekend coming up in the microclimate forecast. kira, back to you. >> see you soon. thanks. developing news overnight, in case you missed it, a massive 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit morocco killing more than 1,000 people. the u.s. geological survey says the epicenter was in the moroccan high mountain range 40 mimes south of marrakech. the deadly temblor injured at least 1,200 people leaving a long trail of destruction from villages in the atlas mountains to the historic city of marrakech. video shows people running and

screaming near a mosque in marrakech just moments after the quake. the popular tourist destination is home to less than a million people. 840,000 people. new video also shows damage up close. you can see that devastating wreckage. buildings reduced to rubble, cars totally flattened. rescue teams are struggling to reach the areas most affected by the quake, because nearby roads are damaged or blocked. communication is cut off, and that's in many areas with no power. the u.s. embassy in morocco is not aware of any americans hurt in the quake. rescuers warn the number of dead and injured to rise. back here locally in the east bay, an investigate under way after police shot and kill add man. it happened around 1:30 yesterday afternoon in san pablo. police say they were called for a mental health evaluation pap woman saying that her husband 44-year-old andre smith was

having a mental health episode. officers say they tried to communicate with smith but that he refused to come out of his room. officers left the scene after his wife said he was not being violent. but within an hour, police were called back when someone reported smith harassing his wife outside of their home. when police responded they say they attempted to negotiate with smith on that front lawn for more than 20 minutes. but he began throwing pieces of brick at officers, leading them to use their tasers and bean bag rounds. smith then use add folding chair as a shield and running at an officer with a pole. >> a metal pole swinging at the officer the head. the officer duck to avoid being hit. at that time another officer fired one round from his service weapon striking mr. smith in the upper right leg. >> the contra costa district attorney's office will take the lead on the investigation.

no officers injured, but they've been placed on administrative leave. a look for you in oakland where later today two safety-focused meeting will happen. the first, alameda county district attorney pamela price and oakland mayor shane powell hosting a town hall meeting to discuss crime and public safety. it begins at noon at genesis warship center on hillside street between 80th avenue and ritchie street. before that, a seeming response rally, a community rally inviting people to discuss a safer oakland. the group, neighbors together oakland, hosting the rally at the same place. the genesis worship center. that starts at 10:00 this morning. speaker there's include former oakland city councilman and formal mayoral candidate lauren taylor and commune organizer seneca scott. it's been one month since the deadly fires on maui and the death toll still stands at 115.

yesterday the island held two memorial events known as -- this was yesterday, organizers say it was a chance for the community to gather together and heal. it went out at 8:00 a.m. and continued onland until sunset. this happening as first responders are still working through a list of missing people. it's a list growing almost as quickly as they can take names off. even as this recovery effort continues, the gravity of events still hasn't settled for many. >> some days are easier. some days are harder. it's not something that anybody can be perfectly prepared for, but we just have to understand that we're in this position and we haven't chosen it but have to -- >> for now, thousands of people are living in hotels or other temporary shelters as they wait to rebuild.

now to turkey where that ailing american who became trapped in a cave several thousand feet below the surface could soon see the light of day once again. nbc's matt bradley is in turkey with the latest. >> reporter: an explorer trapped in one of the world's deepest caves could be hours away from beginning his long journey to the surface. >> doing well, thank you. >> reporter: nearly a week since a frightening illness left mark dickey stranded below the surface. >> i'm up, alert, talking. i'm not heal and the inside yet so i need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: he suffered severe gastrointestinal bleeding on an expedition mapping a cave. turkey's deepest. the mouth of the cave, you see how steep. rescuers have to rappel down and climb up multiple times a day and tell me this is the easy part. the turkish rescue team is

waiting for all-clear from doctors using small explosives in parts of tunnel. this ranks a mong of handful of rescues attempted. this man fell ill before. >> what makes it uniquely difficult? >> being deep and very cold, also. and it's long. it's so muddy. heats up because of -- >> reporter: he says the american explorer is made of tough enough stuff to survive. >> he's rough. >> reporter: fating a gracest test. matt bradley, nbc news, southern turkey. happening tonight, a traffic alert to warn you about on highway 101 in the south bay. the southbound direction of 101 at moffett in mountain view closed starting at 9:00 tonight. drivers can look for the detour at north shoreline boulevard. they can exit the freeway there,

go to west middlefield road and re-enter 101 at moffett boulevard. caltrans cruis replacing a support beam. that stretch of highway closed through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. all right. we're going to turn back now to the american red cross. talking about a major shortfall of blood donations this summer. even california seeing a shortage, and then in hopes of helping that critical need are bay area proud, our blood drive, happening today for the seventh year in a row and the man at the helm of it all, "today in the bay"s garvin thomas who joins us live from san jose hosting the blood drive once again. such a great thing to do. and other than saving lives people get, i think, like, a gift card of some sort and treats made by your own wife. >> reporter: yes. treats made by -- chocolate chip cookies baked by my own wife and if i understand correctly, this year by donating you're in the

running for a $500 apple gift card. >> wow. >> reporter: not just saving lives, it's a $500 apple's gift card. 7:40. snack table set up. see one of the buss is here. we'll have three here. two more on the way now. ready for you and when you come down, open up at 9:00. checking the appointments. we're pretty busy from 9:00 to 11:00. a lot of appointments filled. if you want to come down, again, walk up. you want to plan your day, swing by in middle of the day and right before lunch and give some blood. should be able to get you in and out super quickly and, you know, one of the things i wanted to talk about was how great this drive is getting first-time donors down here. getting first-time donors, it's so important to feeding the blood supply and i wanted to talk what the need is for the blood supply and bring in alisa with the blood center. we're going to do our part here.

>> yes. >> reporter: but how much do you guys need for the blood center every week? >> each week somewhere between 1,200 and 1,500 units of blood just for local patients. you can know that your blood is going to somebody right here in the bay area. usually within one to two weeks especially because we're in need of all blood types right now. >> reporter: thank you very much and for being a part of this. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: think about your own family. somebody in your family in an accident or needed surgery where does that blood come from? it comes from places like this and from people like you who come down and donate. hope to see you later today. 9:00 to 3:00 in san jose. >> i'm tickled to hear a lot of the appointments are taken up already this morning, garvin, but we want to mention they take walk-ins. i always walk in and they take me. >> reporter: absolutely.

>> garvin, thanks so much. :41 right now. still on "today in the bay," a critical shortage of

at 7:44, find you something to do. how about the mountain view art and wine festival today and tomorrow? i believe starts at 11:00, and the weather out there is going to be spectacular today and tomorrow. upper 70s. maybe low 80s down there. go out and have a fun time. here's the weather we wanted for

our labor day weekend but finally getting it now. better late than never. right? 69 in san francisco. 77 in oakland and then slightly warmer as we go into areas like concord at 88. south bay, doing 85 in los gatos and upper 80s, maybe low 90s closer to san martin and closer there, too, trying to make its way into santa clara county is this midlevel moisture from what's left of hurricane jova. plans to head to monterey today, not only watching out for showers, also rough seas at the beach moving into interstate 5 and into the eastern sierra. with moisture coming through, daytime warming ramping up in a little bit, keeping an eye on this red flag warning extending in these areas of red through the carmel valley, and gilroy, moisture pushing through could lead to dry lightning and we don't want that, because then that could spark up wildfires.

very low humidity out there, and gusty winds in peaks of those mountains. get you and hour-by-hour look what to expect. clearing out mostly from cloud cover for majority of the bay area. keep the tropical clouds around morgan hill and gilroy and then becoming a little more thicker going on into, say, maybe 5:00, 6:00 this afternoon in areas like palo alto, san jose and out towards santa cruz. no more moisture with the system. that red flag warning expires around noon this afternoon. other thing we're tracking from the west on over into the east is hurricane lee. a category 3 hurricane. going into the next couple days, could gain speed once again, and turn into a category 4. looking at here is for it to make an important northerly turn so it avoids the eastern seaboard. that will happen next wednesday and thursday, we hope, and models are in agreement, but the atlantic coast continues to be on high alert. a look what we can expect for

tomorrow. warmer, less cloud cover. 70s in san francisco. upper 80s in cocoa county and the south bay. inland forecast, keeping summer around and cooling down going into tuesday. mild weather for san francisco at least until tuesday with more winds and cooler temperatures. >> thanks. 7:46.

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7:49 this morning. my director playing a joke on me. this is the transamerica pyramid. earlier i said transamerica because he admitted to me, he said transamerica in my ear! thank you, for throwing yourself under the bus in my honor. cloudy skies, sunshine later today. the u.s. is reaching a critical shortage of adhd drugs by 6 million children, and comes just as students head back to school. now, as doctors prescribe alternatives to adderall they've developed a secondary shortage of those medications leaving them with no option. most of these adhd pills are considered controlled substances by the dea with limits on how many can be produced. experts recommend checking other pharmacies than your own or mail order pharmacies. turning now to football. fans got their first taste of nfl action thursday night right here on nbc bay area and now

49ers fans are waiting for their team to hit the field nap will happen sunday morning. tomorrow, in pittsburgh. niners squares off against the steelers. many questions and their super bowl aspirations. can brock purdy regain rookie form after off-season elbow surgery? will the defense take a step back with the departure of former coordinator demarco ryan? one man determined to make sure that doesn't happen is the newly extended nick bosa. the game kicks off sunday at 10:00 a.m. giants/rockies game. a wild one. giants down 4-0. wilmer flores and miami and jamie hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to tie the game. but then giants fell again, behind, three more runs bottom of eighth. two of which on consecutive bases loaded walks.

giants hold on to win. "star wars" night tonight at the giants game. 7:51. up next a quick look at stories we're following including a search for survivors after a deadly 6.8 earthquake hits morocco, plus -- >> reporter: the coffee hot. doughnuts fresh. already for the seventh annual bay area proud blood drive. i'm garvin thomas. all the details coming

welcome back. before we get to our top stories this morning, here's what you can expect tomorrow morning on "sunday today" with willie geist. >> good morning, kira. great to see you. tomorrow morning on "sunday today" my new conversation amusic sensation olivia rodrigo, as she released a highly anticipated follow-up album to a debut that earned three grammys with hits like adrivers licence," "good for you," making her an international super star. a sunday sitdown with olivia rodrigo plus the morning's latest headlines and another "life well lived," airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. not up at that hour on a send, set the dvr. we'll be ready for you whenever you're ready. >> thank you. and hope you're awake with us at 6:00 and stick right here with us for the local news on the bay at 7:00. a quick look at top stories

we're following this saturday morning. a itude earth wake hit morocco. the mountain range, at least 1,200 people injured leaving a long trail of destruction to the historic city of marrakech about 40 mile ace way. rescue teams struggling to reach the areas most affected by the quake because nearby roerds damaged or blocked. communication cut off in many areas without power. rescuers expect the number of dead and injured to rise. back here locally, happening tonight, traffic alert to warn you about in the south bay. the southbound direction of highway 101 at the moffett boulevard overpass in mountain view will be closed starting at 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 tomorro morning. there is a detour you see there in place. exit at north shoreline, go to west middlefield and re-enter at moffett boulevard back on to

101. caltrans crews replacing a support beam. and at 7:56, we're going to turn back now to the shortage of blood donations across the u.s. and the critical need here in the bay area. "today in the bay"s garvin thomas joins us live from san jose hosting his seventh bay area proud blood drive in a row, and garvin, the blood donated today stays in the bay area. >> reporter: that's right. often used just within a matter of weeks, kira. reviewing a couple things we've learned today. there is a shortage. talked about it now. one of the reasons why a blood drive this time of year is critical, coming off summer with no school drives. supply gets low. before schools get up and running and have their drives a drive like this is critical to boost supplies. they need 1,200 to 1,500 units a week. the need is always there. details. at princeton plaza mall in san

jose, coupser roadside of the mall and open from 9:00 to 3:00. ma an appointment onlinef you want at the website but also walk down here. happy to see you. find a way to get you in. not turning anybody away, because we love to see you and love to see first-time donors here pap wonderful time for people to donate first time. be there hold your hand throughout the entire experience. the blood center folks know what they're doing, ever thinking about donating, this is the time and place to come down and do it. and kira, i want to say how grateful to you and tell everybody what great teammates i have. last year we did, the 7:00 news, within a couple hours you, director of newscast and producer all showed up to donate blood. >> yes. how could we not? year after year. we love what you do and appreciate you for. thank you. see you later today. >> reporter: thanks, kira. garvin, poor things, staring straight into the sun talking. looks like a nice morning out there.

>> lots of sunshine out there. nothing stopping people from going out and having a nice day. keeping that summerlike temperature around a little bit. watching showers to our south and things stay a little cooler and breezier as we go on into the middle of next week. >> all right. cinthia, thanks. thank you for making us a part of your saturday morning. we will have more local news for you tonight at 8:00 after college football and 11:00 p.m. always on as nbcbayarea.com and hope you have a great saturday and we'd love to see you back here right here tomorrow morning and, please, if you can, donate and, please, if you can, donate at princeton

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