a wall of fire coming down, where you can see where it where it was right now at 6:00, a new fire burning in napa county. the impact the smoke is having on people who live in the north bay and how today's heat will affect firefighters on the front lines. plus donald trump arriving in the bay area fresh off his conviction. we'll tell you about the campaign fundraiser the former president is attending and the protest that will no doubt meet him when he lands. plus, the community on alert. the search underway after yet another wild cat was spotted in the south bay. this is today in the bay 6:00 on thursday morning . now, i thought it was wednesday for a second. no, we're moving towards the weekend . thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has already started his weekend. he has a

day off or two. let's see what we're going to do here at 6:00. i think we'll start with the brush fire in the north bay, causing an air quality advisory to be issued for some cities in napa county. crystal fire in saint helena erupted yesterday afternoon. crews stopped the fire from growing larger than 60 acres just before 5 p.m. no homes damaged, but five firefighters were hurt. sean mora, of saint helena, lives in the burn area. at one point, the fire was threatening some homes on the hillside, including her parents. she's house and dog sitting while they're out of town. so with the fire growing, she had to act fast. i just had to drive up and go get the dogs and get everyone out. so the fire has many living in the area on alert. it was so close to where the glass fire was in 2020, that fire damaged more than 1000 structures, burned more than 60,000 acres. as far as this fire, 65% contained, you know, in the hot temperatures that we're having, certainly not helping out the situation. well,

let's check in now with meteorologist kari hall. at least a little cooler conditions today. yeah. so we are going to see those temperatures coming down. humidity coming up. but we've also seen that smoke affecting our air quality not only from that fire but the recent fires that we've had and also the pollutants that are being trapped by the high pressure that caused that high heat. we're seeing the air quality still moderate in much of the north bay and parts of sonoma county, as well. and we are seeing the humidity levels coming up now when you have relative humidity at the 80 to 90 to 100% range, that slows the spread of fires. and so that's definitely hopefully going to help with the containment of the fires, especially that new crystal fire. and our temperatures are much lower. we're in the mid 50s right now. as you make your way over toward the east bay, you're stepping out the door to some mid 60s and it won't be as hot as we saw yesterday with mostly 70s 80s and a few low 90s across the bay area. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. mike did you

find out what caused that crash you mentioned? you know, we don't know the cause in fact, we don't know a lot about the crash. but i did confirm that it is there. chp says indeed, westbound 37, just about merritt island, where we typically see slowing. there is a crash. i don't see any additional slowing coming off of highway 29 and out of vallejo, but we'll continue to track that. it's important. behind me, another one just pops up. just north of the benicia bridge. no slowing shows up, but again, it might take a few minutes for that to show. so we'll check those two critical spots for the north bay. looking at the east bay, a smooth drive and no problems and no surprises anywhere south of there. back to you. all right. thank you very much. new overnight. dozens are killed in an airstrike on a gaza school, which the israeli military claims was being used by hamas. local health officials say at least 30 people have been killed, including 23 women and children. dozens of others were injured. the israeli military says there was 20 to 30 hamas militants using the school to plan and execute attacks this

morning, top leaders from the u.s, france, spain and several other countries issued a joint statement calling for a cease fire deal to be reached. talks involving mediators are still underway, but so far show no sign of a breakthrough. it's 603 turning to decision 2024 and fresh off his criminal conviction, former president donald trump will be here in the bay area today. he'll attend a fundraiser in san francisco held by co-hosts of a popular all in podcast. tickets start at $50,000. now this fundraiser comes exactly a week since the president's felony conviction, which his campaign has been using as a successful rallying cry for donations. this morning, testimony is expected to resume rather in the criminal case against hunter biden. a jury heard from an ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend of president biden's son today in the bay's alice barr joins us live in washington. alice their testimony specifically focusing

on hunter's drug use. and this is deeply personal testimony, for sure, for the president's son. prosecutors do say it's possible they could wrap up their case by as soon as today. as you noted, scott, the jury heard from both hunter biden's former girlfriend and his ex-wife yesterday. he was married to kathleen buell from 1993 to 2017. she testified that she found a pipe belonging to the president's son in 2015, and he allegedly acknowledged to her that he used crack. so he cast in an ex-girlfriend who met hunter biden while she was a dancer at a gentlemen's club. also testified that he used cash to pay for many things, including drugs. biden faces three charges tied to gun possession while using drugs. the prosecution is trying to prove he knowingly lied on a federal form when he purchased that gun in 2018, but hunter biden's defense team is focused on that word, knowingly saying

he did not knowingly lie on the form when denying he used drugs or was an addict. first lady jill biden has been one of his many supporters in the courtroom throughout the proceedings, and prosecutors say they have six additional witnesses to call. they're expected to not testify for as long as what we've been hearing so far, which could move the proceedings along. and if the prosecution does rest its case today, they're expected to ask the biden defense team who they would be calling for their witnesses. and then, alice, yesterday we also heard from the gun store guy, right, who actually sold the gun to hunter biden. yep. this is gordon cleveland. not only did he sell the gun to hunter biden, but he said he was there and he watched him fill out a form that asked if he used drugs. that's the form at the center of this. and he says that hunter biden did check no on that form. cleveland says the president's son paid $900 for the gun, allowing the clerk to keep $13 in change. that gun biden allegedly purchased was also shown to the

jury. biden's defense team began their questioning yesterday of cleveland by challenging his recollection, trying to poke holes and what he recalls about the events surrounding the purchase. they are expected to resume cross examination when court gets back underway this morning. and at the same time that this is all going on back here in washington, house republicans say they'll be issuing referrals to the department of justice for both hunter biden and the president's brother, james biden, for allegedly lying to congress. scott all right, alice from washington, thank you. well, there is a mountain lion wandering around a south bay neighborhood as we speak. folks in the edendale edenvale neighborhood, i should say, in san jose, spotted the cat last night. it's near l.a. drive and war admiral way, not too far from valley christian high school. and here's a live look at the neighborhood as the sun comes up the mountain lion was spotted walking in the front yards of a lot of homes. at last check. police are asking neighbors to stay indoors and

certainly bring your pets inside. officers are working with animal control to try to track it down. call 911 if you happen to spot that mountain lion. very important there. well, just into our newsroom. sad developments out of the monterey bay aquarium. it confirms on instagram that rosa, a beloved sea otter, has died. the 24 year old was the aquarium's oldest resident. she also raised 15 stranded sea otter pups during her lifetime. wild female sea otters typically live between 15 and 20 years, and rosa, at 24, was one of the longest living animals among her species. the aquarium says. animal care teams made the decision to euthanize her due to health conditions, compromising her quality of life. rest in peace, rosa. how sweet. she was adorable. 608 this morning, the happening today. the debate over bringing pandas to san francisco continues. the city's supervisors audit and oversight

committee will vote on what actions, if any, it's willing to take to bring pandas to the san francisco zoo. mayor london breed has asked for $25 million, the committee recently said no and postponed the request until today, calling it a distraction, saying there are more urgent funding issues as well. that meeting will be at ten this morning. okay, out to walnut creek, where the sun is coming up. it was warm even as we got into our cars early, early this morning. kerry, it will be another warm one. yes. just not as warm as yesterday. we're going to bring you down about ten degrees across much of the bay area and we're still seeing this hazy view this morning as you're waking up and heading out. don't forget the sunglasses in dublin. we are going to see the temperatures going from 70 at 9:00 to 80 at 1:00, and then that's where the temperatures start to slow down in that warm up. and we'll stay in the low 80s for the afternoon all across the bay area when we take a look

at what's average and where we're headed for today, santa rosa will see a high of 92, but usually for this date we're up to about 80 degrees. so it is well above average. and we're looking at concord's high temperature of 89. san francisco will be in the low 70s livermore 91, when our average high temperature is 80 degrees. and in san jose, we're usually in the upper 70s. but we'll see highs in the upper 80s. for this afternoon, we'll talk about more cool temperatures in our forecast for tomorrow. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, where can we fill up for less? you know, pick a couple of spots. drivers through concord. they're going to head to the valero on willow pass road for contra costa county's best for 29 solano counties. low is a new name on our list. in vallejo. it's j and r gas on serrano drive for 39. there. it's near the big kaiser complex and today's highest low is farthest south. santa clara with a 453. that's platinum gas on washington street. of course, at the bottom of the list here, it

says source that gasbuddy.com where source is also you. so please help share those prices on the roadways. we're looking at a smooth drive where traffic flowing pretty nicely right now. easy drive through the tri-valley, just the altamont pass with the slowing look at that sunol for southbound 680. looking great right now at speed . we're looking at great travel times as well. but vasco road now getting close to a half hour mark. that's slowing. of course as you just reached the edge of contra costa county and the edge of the bay here, the toll plaza has a traditional backup. back to you. thanks, mike. 610 right now, are you at your tipping point of next the new proof showing americans are fed up with tip requests everywhere where they go? i got one the ups store recently. with the hot weather, almost everybody would like to take a dip in the ocean. the viral video showing even wild animals need to cool down. keep it here. you're watching today in the

we expect right now at 613. here's our temperature trend for concord. it will be in the upper 70s at 11:00. and today it will be in the mid 80s. yesterday in concord we hit 104 degrees. this is definitely an improvement. we'll talk about the continued cool weather in our forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. all right. yeah, we'll take any improvement over yesterday's temps over here. no improvement needed. you're still at speed but you're seeing a lot more company headlights southbound on 880, passing by

tesla a little farther south and then in towards silicon valley. we'll show you the builds, distributes around the bay. well, 614 let's take a look at the futures. about 15 minutes before the open. there they are. so the s&p 500 notched a new record yesterday. so it will open at a record. european central bank just cut interest rates. yes. cut interest rates. the justice department and well the federal trade commission have reportedly reached an agreement to investigate microsoft, openai and nvidia. they're going to look into dominant roles. those companies play in the ai industry. the new york times reporting that doj will focus on nvidia, the ftc will get openai and microsoft. neither of the companies nor the government have commented on that report. but in the meantime , the artificial intelligence boom powering nvidia to become the second most valuable public company in the world behind microsoft, surpassing apple. the

chip maker is now valued at more than $3,000,000,000,000 billion. it passed apple wednesday, when nvidia stock rose 5. nvidia, of course, makes those chips powering the ai boom. its stock is up more than 3,000% in the last five years. wow well, if you're cashing in on that and you got some extra cash and you want to tip a little bit more, new at six is tipping. however, reaching a tipping point, according to a new survey from bankrate, one third of americans think it's out of control. nearly 60% now have a negative view of it. many say they felt businesses should pay people better and that they are annoyed about pre-entered tip screens. they also say they'd be willing to pay higher prices just to be done with the process. a senior business correspondent for the today show says people are less likely to tip if it's not in person. the research shows people feel like they can skip on the tip. if it's an impersonal thing like you've ordered it on your phone and the

whole interaction is on your phone, and then there's some food that shows up at the front door. people feel more comfortable about skipping that tip. you're not seeing the face there. well, according to bankrate, tipping has gone down in several areas since 2021, like tipping servers, hairdressers and those takeout orders. well trending. this morning we told you about the return of the notorious surfboard stealing order last week. and now officials in santa cruz are warning beachgoers to stay away from marine life. new signs posted at streamer lane along west cliff warn people about aggressive sea otters in that area. california's department of fish and wildlife recommends keeping at least 60ft away from marine life at the beach. you let them do their thing and you do your thing well. if surfing sea otters weren't enough, how now you have body surfing, deep at the deep down in aptos, right? so okay. the students on a field trip, seacliff state beach got to see this on tuesday. parents took

video of a deer there. it is highlighted for you swimming near the shore. they say it came running out from a nearby forest . caught a wave wiped out. came back, tried catching another one, but then eventually changed its mind. eventually went back into the forest. i think just everybody is just trying to cool off. wow. who knew? amazing. i don't think i've ever seen that. yeah, right. wow. california i was just gonna say california deer. ask for comment. it's a dude, right? exactly. everybody is looking for somewhere to cool off. yeah, and the beach is definitely going to be cooling off. the next few days. will be in the 60s there along the coastline while the valleys are still hot. the changes that we're seeing this morning, the return of the low clouds and fog, you can kind of see it trying to make its return to the golden gate bridge, and that's what helps cool us down. not only for the coastline, but that wind coming off of that coastal fog cools us off in the valleys

as well. so we're right now seeing already a wide range of temperatures. we're in the low 50s in san francisco. but as you step out the door, martinez, you're like, oh, it's still kind of warm. it's in the upper 60s, right now. we're going to see highs in the upper 80s for the south bay. after seeing those 90s yesterday, this will be a little bit better in morgan hill, 92 or 91 today after hitting a high of 100 yesterday and we saw triple digits for parts of the inland east bay today. it's in the low 90s, so we're making some progress here. it will be in the upper 70s for hayward and then for palo alto 85 compared to the 66 and half moon bay, san francisco in the upper 60s, low 70s, downtown, 71 degrees, and in the north bay in the upper 80s for sonoma, while santa rosa will see a high of 92. santa rosa is going to also be one of the spots in the parts of the sonoma valley where we're going to see those temperatures dropping in the upper 70s tomorrow and then low to mid 80s

for the weekend, so that's not too bad. we will still have our cooler overnight temperatures early in the morning, late in the evening. so then we are going to spend a few hours in the 80s. so if you have some outdoor plans, not too bad. now we're also going to see it gradually warming up as we go into the middle of next week. with those 90s returning, while san francisco brings it back to the 60s for highs for the most part into the weekend, low clouds and fog will be returning. mike, you're looking at a new crash on highway 24. yeah, we just heard about this. i waited for the direction clarification. it is eastbound, so it's opposite your main commute. usually we'll see traffic building up toward lafayette as we're looking westbound, but it's eastbound. maybe closer to us than moraga road, which is marked on the map here. again, it sounds like everything may be off the roadway, but a couple of light poles might be down watching for complications. nonetheless we're looking at the commute. walnut creek interchange, a smooth drive 680 coming down through contra costa county is fine. there's more slowing. this focus. slowing usually means the

traffic is getting ready to clear, because a crew is starting to do some breaks there. eastbound highway four just off to 42 westbound is your commute direction. you see the gradual build, but no surprises, no issues as far as that crash north of the benicia bridge and the crash over there near merritt island, west 37 seems to be operating for standard flow, so we'll just note that it's there. the backup is also here at the richmond side of the san mateo bridge towards san rafael. not san mateo. let's show you san mateo bridge is moving just fine here. a little build on the flat section, but no major issues. and that volume quite manageable coming off the nimitz. no delays past the dumbarton bridge south of there. the south bay shows a nice smooth drive. same thing for the peninsula. so back over to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. well, next on today in the bay nbc bay area response. he contacted his bank 90 times about a problem and nothing changed until he contacted us once. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura nbc bay area responds next

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to one find one's man's financial fiasco. he asked consumer investigator chris kamara's team for help. chris found a lot of other people facing the same problem. reporter. good morning, michael garcia tells us he opened a brand new account at sofi and online bank. he deposited a $1,368 check from his old bank.

well, then sofi did something unexpected. it froze michael's brand new account. he said his money was stuck and so was his complaint. he said he contacted sofi 90 times to unfreeze his account. michael said sofi flagged his initial deposit as a risk, even though the check cleared at his wit's end. michael contacted us. we contacted sofi, it responded. within four days, michael said. sofi then unfroze his 1300 bucks. here's what sofi told us. unfortunately, we can't share additional details, but we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. we searched the federal consumer financial protection database for complaints and found other people complaining about sofi freezing accounts. just last week, sofi added this article to its website called three reasons why you have a frozen bank account. the three reasons

suspected fraud, unpaid debts or illegal activity. the article recommends account holders contact them if you have banking troubles, you can contact us. scan the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. all right, chris 625 this morning, growing calls for better transparency on foods with excessive sugar. some public health officials say sugar and its harmful effects on our health should be spelled out for consumers with a warning label like you'd see on a cigaret package. on average, americans eat more than 100 pounds of sugar per person. that's three times the recommended amount, and it's not just candy. snacks and sodas have hidden sugar. also, processed foods, cereal, salad dressing, even yogurt has sugar. is there a difference between the sugar that's refined or processed and packaged foods and the sugars that we get naturally from something like fruit? yeah, for sure. if you're eating whole fruit, you're getting a complex matrix of food

with fiber, phytochemicals, nutrients. it's slowly absorbed. it's a very nutritious food, as it was opposed to fruit juice. or when you extract the sugar from the fruit or from corn or wherever else you're getting it from, it's rapidly absorbed. ahead this morning on today, everything you need to know about sugar consumption when it comes to health and wellness. and of course, that starts at seven right after today in the bay. but right now it is 626 and we've got a lot more ahead at 630, including an investigation underway in san francisco. shots fired late last night. the new details we're learning from witnesses at the scene overnight . plus california cash. it's still up for grabs as former president donald trump is set to pay a visit to san francisco to fundraise. we'll have more details on his visit today. and reversing course. the recent state farm is now letting some customers keep their insurance policies, but it does come with a catch the steps customers have

to qualify for. we'll be right back

season off to a busy start cruise, keeping an eye on a brushfire burning in the north bay overnight. an update on where containment stands in the potentially dangerous conditions on tap for today, plus the bay area getting ready for the arrival of former president trump. we're live with more on

the visit and no doubt, the protest plan remembering d-day the world pauses to mark 80 years since the invasion that turned the tide of world war two and changed the course of history. american veterans gathering overnight in normandy alongside president biden. the way he is paying tribute to the heroes and the fallen soldiers as well. this is today in the bay area. good thursday morning to you. 630 right now. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia, and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the rest of the week off new overnight san francisco police investigating a shooting at dolores park happened a little before 1030 last night. video shows crime scene investigators and caution tape at the scene. witnesses at that scene tell us they saw at least one person shot. but right now, police are not confirming any details. well, now to the latest on a brush fire in the north bay. the crystal fire in saint helena erupted yesterday afternoon.

crews stopping the fire at 60 acres just before 5:00. it did cause an air quality advisory for some cities in napa county. luckily, no homes were damaged, but five firefighters were hurt right now it is 65% contained. let's ask meteorologist kari hall to join in here. you've been tracking some potentially dangerous conditions. not going to be quite as hot today. you said. yeah. and that should hopefully help the firefighters get more containment on that. humidity is higher. but this has had an impact on our air quality. and we've seen this and not only this, that fire, but all of the fires we've had recently. cause an impact to what we're breathing in out there. and so we are seeing that smoke settling into parts of the north bay valleys and then moving down into the rest of the bay area. but once again, the humidity is higher when you see humidity levels in the upper 80 to 90% range, even up to 100. that means the air is moist and under those conditions, fires tend to spread a lot more

slowly, which will hopefully help with the containment. it's also cooler. we're in the mid 50s now and it will be a cooler afternoon, but we're still hot in some of those valleys. headed up to 92 in santa rosa and ukiah. will still reach the triple digits, but we'll talk about those numbers coming down even more so tomorrow. that's coming up in the full microclimate forecast. all right. sounds good. we'll check back with you. well, this week's fire danger, especially concerning from homeowners. state farm says some customers at risk of losing their home insurance can keep their policy. but there's some steps they must take. according to the chronicle, the company says some customers can keep their policy if they also sign up for the california fair plan for fire coverage. the fair plan is a state created but privately run insurers. it covers damage from fire, lightning, internal explosions and smoke. state farm didn't say how many customers would be offered continue coverage, but interested customers can sign up at their next renewal date. following july 3rd. it all comes after

state farm announced in march it would not renew 30,000 home insurance policies in california. 633 on your thursday morning. two decision 2020 for san francisco continues to be an important fundraising stop today, former president donald trump arrives for a fundraising event. hours after vice president kamala harris visit today in the bay. ginger conejero saab is in san francisco with more. good morning, ginger. good morning scott. well trump's visit is set to be met with both fanfare and mockery in san francisco today, he'll be in town for a lavish fundraiser at the pacific heights mansion of venture capitalist david sachs. now, as you can imagine, tickets for that private event are pricey, reportedly selling for $50,000 for a single vip ticket. now, it hasn't always been a warm bay area welcome for mr. trump. here's some video from a previous visit back in 2016, when protesters tried to block

trump's motorcade from reaching the california gop convention in burlingame. the crowd then ended up blocking airport boulevard, causing trump's motorcade to pull to the side of highway 101. and then mr. trump walked through construction barriers in order to enter the convention late and through a back door. and then we went under a fence and through a fence and oh, boy, i felt like i was crossing the border. actually now, here's another bay area visit in 2019, when trump held a fundraiser at a tech executive's home in silicon valley, protesters were also there to greet him with a baby trump balloon. and today, an anti-trump crowd is also expected to come out. yesterday, a bay area group did a test run, inflating this 33 foot tall trump chicken balloon kept in storage. now trump's visit comes a week after his 34 count conviction in his hush money trial. and scott, it is

important to note that while the former president has been to the bay area back in 2016, again in 2019, it's been quite a while since he's been to san francisco, reportedly over a decade at least. so be interesting to see what his experience is like today. and of course, we'll be bringing you updates both on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. scott, all right, ginger, thank you. reporting from san francisco 80 years ago today. the course of history changed forever. the d-day invasion helped bring an end to the war in europe. we have a live look in normandy where people are gathering, including president biden and other world leaders. speaking earlier this morning, issuing remarks at the commemoration ceremony, 3000 american soldiers, sailors and pilots died in the first 24 hours of the d-day invasion. their sacrifice is seen now as the start to the end of world war two. president biden and first

lady doctor jill biden arrived in normandy this morning. the bidens met with veterans and paid tribute to soldiers who died to bring an end to world war two. he compared the struggle of europe to defeat the to the current battle in ukraine, where russian president vladimir putin has stepped up his attacks. the struggle between the dictatorship and freedom is unending here in europe, we see one stark example ukraine has been invaded by a tyrant bent on domination. ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses but never backing down. tomorrow, president biden plans to give a speech from normandy's pointe du hoc cliffs, which will highlight the men who scaled those cliffs this weekend. he'll participate in a parade procession and will lay a wreath at the marine american cemetery, where world war

veterans are buried. 637 today, we're expecting to hear from the state supreme court surrounding the future of people's park. usually uc berkeley, which owns that park, wants to build student housing, but opponents want to preserve the park. earlier this year, the court heard arguments regarding an appeal in a civil action lawsuit. it's considering the school's environmental quality act took into account the noise of building more housing, and the agency is required to revisit alternative locations. the state supreme court is expected to publish an opinion at 10:00 this morning. today, volunteers and crews will be back at work in san francisco ahead of constructing an iconic display for pride month. crews will pick up supplies needed to build this year's pink triangle atop twin peaks. the annual tradition represents the pink triangle used by during world war two. concentration, concentration camps to identify homosexuals. installation gets underway tomorrow and is

expected to be complete by saturday. the triangle will stay up through june 30th. well, anyone heading up to help in the city? what are we going to? what are they going to see? it's going to be hard to see in the morning and then you'll have sunshine for the afternoon. cooler temperatures coming our way. after reaching 80 yesterday, we're back to the 60s throughout the weekend and there will at times be some low visibility and some fog in the early morning, late evening hours. but it's definitely going to be much better. and we also have oakland first fridays tomorrow evening, starting at about 5:00. we'll be in the low to mid 60s. it will be cooling off, so bring a jacket and enjoy a really nice evening out there. and in novato, the art and wine festival will be happening on both saturday and sunday. great weather throughout the weekend, upper 70s for a high on saturday, but it will be cooling off quickly into the mid 50s and then on sunday we'll see highs in the low 80s. there will also be the juneteenth parade and festival on saturday in san francisco. we're going to see temperatures throughout the

morning into the afternoon in the mid 60s, but there will be a lot of sunshine and a breezy wind and this is a live look at palisades tahoe this morning. it's going to be a warm one going out for a hike tomorrow. it's going to be up to about 80 degrees and then some upper 70s for saturday. and slightly cooler there on sunday with a high of 75 degrees. mike, are you still tracking that jam and concord i am now we expect the westbound jam, but the eastbound one is the concern because the construction crew, they've gotten permission to be on scene until 8 a.m. they may clear before that, but right now it's a big jam. building for highway four east from 680, past 242 all the way to willow pass road. the other side westbound. your commute usually eases up. willow pass road. about that. and that's the pattern that we do see out of pittsburgh and bay point. we're looking at the rest of the east bay and as well as the north bay, looking at a pretty standard bill, though. there we go. a little slowing starts right here, petaluma, heading south toward, novato. and that's right on schedule as

well. the rest of the bay looks pretty good. so we'll focus on this evening again, richmond park. the scene, the scene for tonight's ballers game, where kelsey whitmore will make history tonight as she starts the game as the pitcher. back to you. nice to see you. thanks so much. well, lending a hand to ukraine. up next, the major donation from one bay area city hoping to make sure first responders there have what they need as that war rages on. plus, start your engines. we're live at sonoma raceway ahead of nascar weekend, breaking down everything you need to know. keep it here. you're watching today in the bay

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the 32 days of war. now, one city in the north bay is making a donation to help deliver medical assistance to the front lines. sonoma mayor john gurney joins us live. mayor gurney, we understand you're you're donating a specialized ambulance to ukraine. what prompted that? and i suppose taxpayers might ask, who's paying for it? all right. that's a very good question, scott. good morning. good morning, so the sister cities organization for sonoma, we have a number of sister cities in the world, and we have a sister city in ukraine. and, in working with that organization, our sister cities determined that there were some definite needs within, in, ukraine under the circumstances. and and the, our the counsel

general for ukraine in san francisco had expressed a need for medical equipment and vehicles that could travel through difficult terrain and the city of sonoma's fire district, had a ambulance that we were taking out of service, and we were, we thought that we could deploy this to ukraine as a donation. on behalf of the city and the sister cities, so that donation specifically, going to i think it's called if i'm pronouncing it right, haneef but besides that ambulance, are there other interactions with ukraine or things planned in the future? well, we've, we've worked with, our, our counterparts in ukraine, and we have sent over $60,000 to support humanitarian aid. and so this ambulance is really just a continuation of that support,

it's going to be filled with medical supplies that we've also collected and, and so we hope that we can help support, the safety and, and medical efforts in ukraine. well, i understand there's news conference scheduled later this afternoon. you'll have the consulate general of ukraine there to highlight that. i'm sure we're going to cover that as well. and we'll we'll see you at that news conference, mr. mayor. all right . well very good. look forward to seeing you. thank you sir. thank you. 6:45. right now it is cancer survivorship week in one san jose man is sharing more about his health battle austin arceneaux says he was shocked when he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer at the age of 50. in 2022, he went to the hospital with abdominal pain and his doctor encouraged him to get a colonoscopy. that's when he found out he had colon cancer. he was given six months to live with no possible treatment plan. doctors at el camino health

helped him find treatments, and now, two years later, he has a message for everyone. if you don't hear the news, the good news that you want to hear from your first doctor, don't be afraid to go get a second opinion. because if i hadn't gotten a second opinion and i had just stayed with what my first oncologist told me, i would have been, i would not be here right now. so find somebody who will fight for you and fight with you. according to the american cancer society, 150,000 people living in the u.s. are diagnosed every year with colorectal cancer. 647 get ready to start your engines this weekend. the north bay rumbling with the roar of race cars because nascar, nascar is coming back to sonoma raceway should be a great weekend for it. dana ghirardelli is the executive director for the sonoma county farm bureau. she joins us live from the track. it's all paved

and nice and new and ready to go. you know, it should be a great weekend out there. dana i think it's going to be a great weekend. it's going to be a hot weekend. but we're looking forward to it. well, we know you've got the track repaved out there. are those cars going to go fast? i bet. i think we all better pay attention. they're going to fly right by. it should be a good weekend and exciting and looking forward to it for sure. you know i know you have a lot of people that return year after year, but talk to the person who's never been out there. they're considering taking the kids this weekend. what are they going to find? absolutely. there's so much that can be that goes on here. but this year we're doing something a little bit extra fun. we're we're kind of giving an ode to california agriculture down in the fan zone. we're going to have the farm to finish line. there's going to be all kinds of activities and interactive booths for kids and adults alike to visit with everyone. and we were talking with someone else earlier about these tickets. not very expensive. dana you can get

your family in there, show them a fun time and it's not going to cost you a lot of money. absolutely. it's very affordable. there's all kinds of things to do. it's not just racing interactive. activities with the ag community, interactive activities with the race community. it's just there's going to be some great energy here for a really affordable cost. and we're looking forward to seeing the kids and adults actually on our tractor pull races. so hopefully everybody comes out to the fan zone and checks it out. oh, it sounds like great fun. the toyota save mart 350 i think it's called thank you dana starts at 1230 sunday afternoon in sonoma. thanks again for joining us. all right. lightning mcqueen is supposedly going to be out there too. yeah. celebrity. exactly. big time. all right. and you know, dana mentioned that it's going to be warm, but at least not as warm as yesterday. not as warm as yesterday. in fact, it's going to be a nice weekend about what we usually see for the middle of june. and we are going to see our temperatures cool for the

coastline and warm in the valleys. it will be breezy, so that helps transport out that cool ocean air even into the inland areas. but it will start to gradually heat up as we go into the next week, when we take a look at what we're going to see today versus the record high temperature, we may tie the record in santa rosa to 92 degrees. that was set back in 2021. yesterday we hit 100 degrees. so that is definitely an improvement, but still well above normal other areas. i don't think we'll set new records, but we are above what we typically see even for this time of year. our high temperature in the south bay, ranging from upper 80s in cupertino and san jose to low 90s in morgan hill. gilroy today, 87 degrees. and yesterday we were in the triple digits in antioch 93. today it's still warm, but just not as dangerous to your health and the long time exposure. and we're going to see temperatures in the upper 70s for oakland. compare that to the 73 in san mateo, 85 in palo alto

today, and low 70 downtown san francisco. while much of the rest of the city stays in the 60s 80 in mill valley for the afternoon. and look at that. ukiah still up to 102 degrees for today. so as we take a look at morgan hill and over the next few days, it's going to drop. it's going to be a nice weekend. low 80s there, sunshine and a breezy wind, but it will start to get hot again for the middle of next week with maybe a day or two with those highs back up to the low 90s. and looking at our extended 7-day forecast for the inland areas, we're headed down for those temperatures for the weekend. boy, that is just on time. and then it starts to heat back up for the middle of next week. san francisco sees the return of the fog and at times some clouds, cooler air and highs in the 60s through the weekend. mike, what's going on with that crash in orinda? yeah, we talked about it earlier. there was no slowing and everything was off to the shoulder, but a couple of light poles damaged and i think a crew arrived to at least do a little follow up. so that's why we see some slowing now eastbound right

around the salinas exit. but we're looking at a smooth drive in the commute direction coming to and through the walnut creek interchange. you're expected to build, of course, coming through contra costa county. we're looking at the backup at the bay bridge. a couple incidents in the city. the one right off the bay bridge is not the concern. it's the one heading up to the bay bridge. north 101. the crash around silver. a couple of lanes were blocked in the middle of the roadway and so hopefully they've moved it to the shoulder because we do see those sensors starting to improve. but it is slow coming up the peninsula on 101 to 80. that drive is fine and so is the extension over there into our king. we're looking at the slower drive building for the san mateo bridge, but no surprises anywhere south of here. back to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. 651 happening now. oakland police need your help looking for a man wanted for multiple sexual assaults. investigators say santiago pratt is wanted in connection to two such crimes, both taking place last week within a day of each other. the first incident happened at 85th avenue. the second along 40th avenue. anyone with information on pratt's whereabouts should call oakland

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look at the top stories on today in the bay, and we begin in san francisco, where police are investigating following a

shooting at dolores park happened a little before 1030 last night. video shows crime scene investigators and caution tape at the scene. witnesses there tell us they saw at least one person shot, but right now, police are not confirming any details. today, former president donald trump and current gop nominee will be here in the bay area. he'll attend a fundraiser in san francisco held by the co-hosts of the popular all in podcast. tickets start at $50,000. this fundraiser comes exactly a week since the president's felony conviction, which his campaign has used as a very effective rallying cry for donations. there is a mountain lion wandering around a south bay neighborhood as we speak. people in san jose's edenvale neighborhood spotted that cat last night. it's near l.a. drive and war admiral way, not too far from valley christian high school. be on the lookout and keep your little animals in. this is a live look in the neighborhood where the mountain

lion was spotted just walking in the front yards of homes. at last check, police are asking neighbors as i mentioned, to stay indoors and bring those pets inside. officers are actually working with animal control to try to track it down. you should call 911 if you happen to spot that mountain lion. so moments ago we got an update on that brushfire in the north bay crystal fire, saint helena 75% contained. crews stopped the fire at 60 acres just before five shortly after it started. it definitely caused an air quality advisor for some cities in napa county. no homes damaged, but at least four firefighters hurt, all expected to be okay. one outbuilding, though, was destroyed. tough one. it's so hot for those firefighters too, and all of their gear for safety. but a cooldown is coming for us. yes, we are going to see a cooldown and especially in the morning hours, that's when we're getting a break. some of our inland temperatures still headed up to 94 today, and then will be in the low 80s for friday into the weekend, and san francisco's bringing back those 60s after a warm one yesterday. it will be

nice throughout the weekend. and mike, did you at one point say there were cows? there were cows circled back to the cows. you know, we didn't have any update, which is good news because when cows are on the road, you don't want to really a follow up report. that's true. no incidents up there in novato. we're looking to the south bay now with the build. traffic is flowing pretty smoothly right on schedule, and we're seeing a summer lighter traffic flow on the early commute that tends to kick in later during summer months. we're looking over here toward the san mateo bridge, which is making you a little bit later if you're late because it's slowing down the volume. of course, across the span, some haze, but no problems today and no problem as far as visibility. there's a drive from richmond over in toward san rafael, westbound 580. this is the biggest backup over the last 15 minutes. this is the biggest change out of contra costa county in toward the north bay. no surprises. all right. things are moving along there. well, today show just moments away. but we continue today in the bay on roku, pluto and other platforms. live at 8:00. the fate of san francisco's pandas is on the line. the crucial discussion that's happening

today. and we'll also speak live with the organizers of an all new pride event that is set to kick off tonight in the city. well, that's what's happening on today in the bay. we will leave you with this live look at normandy in the 80th anniversary of the invasion there. today's show starts in just a moment with more tributes. hi, there. good thursday morning. we're tracking extreme weather, coast-to-coast. >> rare tornadoes in the east, more brutal heat out west and down south. good morning, it's june the 6th.