the room, makes everybody welcome. right now at 6:00, remembering a bay area baseball hall of famer willie mays died yesterday. the say. hey, kid. a legend on the field and off. we'll have a look back at his career and a job in jeopardy. a long effort to recall oakland

mayor qingtao. now, voters will get a chance to decide whether to remove the mayor later this year. what she's now doing to stay in office. plus fires burning across northern california. we check in with the progress to fight those flames. this is today in the bay good morning to you on this wednesday, i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we're going to check probably a lighter commute today. it is june 18th. it's a holiday. kerry's got a look at our forecast. it's going to be a beautiful day. we're starting out with a few clouds here and there. but look at the hazy sky. and once again we're dealing with the bright orange sunrise due to a lot of the smoke. that's been moving around. so we are going to see that as an issue to our air quality today. but other than that, temperatures are pretty nice in the low 50s to start here in dublin. we're only going to make it into the mid 70s for today. and a mostly sunny afternoon in

san jose. expect a high of 77 and 80 today in santa rosa, san francisco. for the most part staying in the 60s. this afternoon we'll get a look ahead to hotter temperatures in the next few days. but mike, you just have one big backup you're watching. but it's really unexpected because it is counter or typical commute eastbound 580 as you're coming into san leandro right around fairmont drive, three of the four lanes reportedly still blocked by this crash. the backup starting to build a little more. now you can use the state route over here, or you can just take 880 down to the castro valley area. take 238 over to the y. that again is away from the bay bridge. this crash involves a believe three vehicles, and we're still waiting on two tow trucks to clear some of them from eastbound 580. but westbound, your typical commute toward areas like the bay bridge and also highway 37 out of vallejo show pretty typical backup the bay bridge show show show the typical flow pattern there in the north bay over here. there is no backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, as of last check, there was still no metering lights. i'll check again. not

that it's hoping for it. the light traffic back to you. very light out there. thanks, mike. well, san francisco is waking up this morning without one of its legends. willie mays. one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players of all time, has died at the age of 93. this is his statue outside of the ballpark this morning. look at the memorial growing as fans drop off flowers and pay their tributes to a great today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live in san francisco this morning with more on a man that really bigger than life, bigger than baseball. that's right laura and marcus. he is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. but bigger than that, he is a part of american culture, american history. and we here in the bay area and in san francisco had the distinct privilege of seeing him up close through the years. it's been a really, i guess, good run for me, because when you can come into a town and

people love you the same way where you came from, to me, that's wonderful. that is the say, hey kid himself at san francisco's oracle park. many years ago yesterday, the san francisco giants released a statement saying, quote, it is with great sadness that we announce that san francisco giants legend and hall of famer willie mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93. mays, in his own words, had a good run. the alabama native played for 22 big league seasons, starting with the new york giants in 1951 and then becoming a fixture in san francisco when the franchise moved west. he tried bringing the bay area its first world series title back in 1962, but the giants fell short. he ended his career back in new york with the mets in 1973, and soon after returned to the bay area during his legendary baseball career, mays hit more than 600 home

runs, banged out more than 3000 hits. he won two mvp awards, 12 gold gloves, and he was named an all star 24 times. in 1979, he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. in 2015, mays was also awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by then president barack obama. all i can say, thank you. thank the guys that i played with and hope they had a good time playing with me. and we certainly had a good time watching you. mr. mays base. major league baseball said he was one of the most exciting players of all time, and we can hear more about the impact he had, not just on the sport, but as well as on his fellow hall of famers and other fans who just watched him, especially here in the bay area. we'll have more on that in the next half hour. marcus and laura. yeah, i mean, he really continued to love the

game. yeah, heading out there and everything. he'll be missed that he will. thank you ginger. now our coverage continues both on air as well as online. there you can read more about his life and how he's being remembered. well now to the latest on the point fire. this is burning in sonoma county. 605 for you this morning. now fire officials tell us it is now 50% contained. now, since it broke out on sunday, it has burned 1200 acres, destroying two structures. and one firefighter has been hurt. now it's caused poor air quality in the area, especially in the north and east bays. air quality advisory has been extended into today. as for the sites, fire, it is just 5% contained this morning. this one has burned more than 15,000 acres, forcing the evacuations of campgrounds at east park reservoir and colusa county. that fire first broke out on monday. oakland mayor shengtao, facing a new challenge, a recall brought on by her constituents. today we're hearing from the group that says they have enough signatures to

bring the issue up for a vote in november. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us now. so what's the next move here? you know, so the oakland city council has to discuss this. they'll do that at their next meeting, which is in july. but the people behind the push, they are planning to speak this morning about what they say is an historic achievement. the group called oakland united to recall shang tower, oust for short, got notice from the city of oakland that the signatures gathered were more than enough to qualify the recall effort for the november election. the requirement was nearly 25,000 signatures. recall supporters gathered more than 40,000. we talked with people on both sides who mentioned the impact on public trust not to demoralize the city. we trust it, leronne armstrong. we don't trust mayor tom. it's made, you know, people question, why vote right. and i think that that consequence, is really what concerns us that

this is starting to turn off voters. we did reach out to the mayor's office for comment, but we were forwarded to her campaign team. they have not yet responded to our request. so i want to put this recall effort into perspective. we're hearing a lot about recalls now with the alameda county district attorney's office recall as well. i don't have specific data for oakland or for alameda county, but i want to show you the statewide numbers. there have been 180 recall attempts since 1913. so in 111 years, 11 of those qualified for the ballot, and just six times the recall was successful. now the oust campaign will speak at 11:00 this morning. we will update you on that at 11:00. but it is a really high threshold. all right. we're just hearing more of it right now. but they're also sending a huge message to absolutely, absolutely their right to so. absolutely. all right. all right. thanks, chris. well happening today a huge milestone

and donation for an affordable housing project in east oakland today. wells fargo set to present oakland's community development group black cultural zone with $1 million donation. that money is set to go to new housing projects is called living liberation park market hall and residences project. it will create 119 units of affordable housing in east oakland. it's also going to include space for small businesses, as organizers have worked all year to raise $50 million for that project. and today they will also announce a fundraising milestone. today marks juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved people in galveston, texas, learned they were free. two years after the emancipation proclamation. to honor the holiday, the east bay regional park district is having a free park day, and that means that fees are waived today for all the parks in east bay district. let's bring in meteorologist kari hall to give us a look at the weather out

there, just in case a lot of folks want to get out and just enjoy their time off and enjoy the weather. yes, it's going to be a great day for going out hiking. you can take as many steps as opal lee to celebrate juneteenth. now we are going to see a lot of smoke overhead to start out the day. if you are heading out for a hike at some of those free east bay parks, we're going to see temperatures starting out cool. with some mid 50s, you can head to the low 70s at 11:00, and then it will be in the upper 70s for the afternoon. overall, a really comfortable day with a light wind and a mostly sunny sky. now once again we are seeing some of the hazy skies across parts of the bay area, but overall our temperatures across the east bay will be very comfortable and heating up over the next few days, so we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, you've been tracking where we can find some lower gas prices. yeah, we'll start in san francisco as some prices rose a bit on the signs. we'll start with fell street at 459 at the arco in san francisco. now there's a contra costa county where we're looking at the low of 419 at valero in

concord and a couple cents more on the sign here in south bay. we're looking at the low in san jose 411 today instead of 409. this time we're looking at platinum gas on tully road. we're looking at all these prices. and so are you gasbuddy.com where you can share what the updates are for your neighborhood. on the roadways. we are looking at a smooth drive for most of the bay. we continue with this one issue, this crash blocking three of your four lanes though this is heading away from the bay bridge eastbound 580 just about fairmont drive. we now have one of the vehicles cleared from the roadway. looks like we're still waiting for another tow truck. this is an issue getting out of oakland and in toward castro valley. but the castro valley way and the rest of the commute moves smoothly. look at that middle number. we're still at 18 minutes for vasco road for the drive out of contra costa county. typically by now we'd have about ten minutes more. it'd be close to half an hour. so a light traffic volume back to you. all right. thanks, mike. 611 right now, coming up next. never too late to get a degree. and for one woman, never too

late to finally accept her masters, you're going to want to stick around to hear the story. she's in a 105 year old stanford graduate. what a fun story. meanwhile, some astronauts in space are going to stay there until they can figure out what to do with their ride. we'll have that we know you care. [music plays] but if this is all too real for you and your loved ones. make the call. because we care too. ♪♪

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about 55 degrees. all clear and lots of sunshine today it's going to be a nice one with temperatures staying in the 70s throughout the afternoon, a breezy wind and the coolest day we'll see in quite a while. we'll talk about a big warm up coming our way in just a few minutes. yeah, and this is lighter traffic than we've seen in a while this time, because today's a holiday. the san mateo bridge going away from us is westbound. your commute. no brake tapping and no slowing. sensors. flat section and high rise move nicely. we'll show you how nicely everything else is behaving itself. well. good morning. very happy juneteenth to you. so the markets are closed today for the national holiday. gives us a chance to talk about nvidia. nvidia is now the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, beating out microsoft. when you take nvidia stock price right here and multiply that by the total number of shares out there, you get the company's market capitalization, its market cap, its its value 3.34

trillion. bloomberg calculated if you measure nvidia shares from its ipo in the 90s till now, nvidia's 591,000. this is this is not a typo. 591,000. a new poll by the washington post and ipsos finds most americans approve of dei efforts to diversify corporate america. 61% said they were beneficial. dei is diversity, equality and inclusion. and there's been pressure from conservatives, elon musk in particular, to end dei programs. those two american astronauts who went into space on a boeing starliner capsule are supposed to come home in that same capsule. but boeing and nasa have decided to delay their return from the international space station because of various leaks and other problems. they'll be delayed two days, coming home on june 26th. now nasa and boeing says the most problems are not with the capsule. they're going

to return home in its with the service module that helped bring the capsule to the space station. it'll be jettisoned after they leave the station. so in order to study what went wrong in that thing, they got to delay their return. meantime, in washington, the ceo of boeing faced a senate subcommittee tuesday. lawmakers far more worried about boeing's airplanes and the traveling public. why haven't you resigned, senator? i'm. i'm sticking this through. i'm proud of having taken the job. i'm proud of our proud of this safety record. and i am very proud of our boeing people. you're proud of this safety record. i am proud of every action we have taken. now, he's not really sticking it through because he's going to quit at the end of the year. he's already announced that boeing's next challenge, along with the 787 and the fasteners and the door plugs on the 737 and the 737 max is finding a new leader who can get them through this. and somebody that wall street and investors and employees

really like, right. one to watch. they haven't found them yet for her. well thank you. thank you scott. that's very true. well, there's some confusion in the tiktok world. the social media app suddenly unverified. some accounts with millions of followers. tiktok's removal of blue check marks is causing an uproar among highly followed names including bethenny frankel, doctor miami, even duolingo. the exact number of accounts unverified is unknown. unlike unlike x and instagram, users can't buy blue checks on tiktok. tiktok has not said why it removed the checks, but some accounts tell nbc news they were asked to reapply for verification. well, you know, no doubt we are in graduation season and we all know the excitement of getting a diploma or earning a degree. well, how about 84 years in the making of getting one? well, this past sunday was graduation day over at stanford university. one woman walked the stage. her name is virginia hyslop. she is 105

years old. you heard me right. 105. she worked towards her master's degree in education at stanford back in the night. well, this was in 1940. virginia almost done when life intervened. it was the eve of world war two. her husband george in the army at the time. well, he was called up and virginia found herself 1500 miles away from stanford, raising her two children. however, virginia spent decades on boards and committees at every level of schooling, and her hometown of yakima gave it a great deal of thought and tried to improve the education where i lived. and i do think i made a difference in our community. wow. so you wonder how this all happened. her son in law recently contacted stanford. he actually learned that virginia had all the credit she needed to graduate, but she just didn't complete the master thesis. well, since then, that thesis requirement, it's been dropped. so virginia had all the requirements to get that

diploma, and she received it right there. i'm just blown away of how great she looks. 105 105 you see her sneakers, too. and she like, i'm keeping up with the times. you know, the kids wear sneakers now. so now she's starting a whole new career. yo. that's awesome. and her son in law, finally in her good graces. yeah, exactly. i guess it was worth it. congratulations, virginia. all right, all right, let's look at this forecast. i mean, congratulations to all of us to be able to experience it. yes, absolutely. bailey it's going to be one of the cooler places across the country. you've probably been seeing the national news where there is a major heat wave out east today. much of the bay area is going to be in the 70s and a few low 80s. here's a live look outside in san rafael. one of the bad things that we have to deal with is that wildfire smoke. and we've had numerous fires burning , including the sites fire that's putting up massive plumes of smoke. and for the most part, it's been pretty localized to the north bay. and we're going to see it kind of spreading out

as we go throughout the morning in those areas. up until noon. and then as we go into the afternoon, the westerly wind picks up and it blows the smoke off towards the east. so mostly away from us and much of the bay area. but notice the wind direction once again in the north bay as a pretty light and variable. but once we get that strong onshore wind, we are going to see our air quality improving. today but it's still going to be breezy into the afternoon. 30 mile per hour winds will be fairly common into the evening, but that's also going to keep our temperatures down. we're seeing our morning marine layer. those low clouds and fog keeping the temperatures down for santa rosa. we're going to see a high of 80 today. and what's normal for this time of year is about 83 degrees. so we're cooler than normal in some spots by five, six, seven degrees. we're seeing in livermore a high of 77 and san jose slightly cooler than normal and going into much of the bay area with 60s and 70s today. but it will be heating up tomorrow

for our first day of summer. it's still going to be fairly comfortable with some mid 80s in the tri-valley into the north bay, but then look at friday, we're going to start to see some 90s on the map. and that's not even the hottest day we'll have. looking at livermore. we're up to 100 degrees on saturday. if you have some outdoor plans. just a heads up that that heat may be quite unbearable during the middle of the day, and we're looking ahead to some slightly cooler temperatures on sunday and monday will be a nice one, but none of these days will be as cool as what we'll see for this afternoon. and san francisco, so mostly remains in the 60s. mike, you're focused on the same crash in san leandro. but look, we see these speed sensors starting to change. and that's what i was waiting for because i did also sought out the clues on the chp report. it looks like both units that were on scene have now left. so that's good news. we should have all these lanes, opening speeds are recovering. eastbound 580 coming away from the bay bridge and in toward the castro valley.

y notice the castro valley y light traffic. same thing here for concord highway four through walnut creek. there may be a new crash causing an issue for the east shore freeway. we'll give it a few minutes for chp to give us the update, but there's no slowing there. or at the bay bridge toll plaza, this is holiday traffic. back to you. pretty light out there. thanks, mike. 622 this morning and next here on today in the bay. nbc bay area responds just in time for summer vacation. the bedbug population is growing. so how do you prevent them from infesting your home? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next

summer vacation. but before you do so, consumer investigator chris moore has a word of caution about bedbugs in hotels and vacation rentals because, sadly, they're bouncing back. bedbugs are hitchhikers. the pest control company orkin says they slowed down a little bit during covid 19 because people weren't traveling. well, people are traveling again. so now, orkin's top bug expert sees the bedbug population growing again. it's been increasing more and more. okay, so let's look at how to check for bedbugs on your next trip. orkin says immediately inspect the bed and box. spring close looks around there and the cracks and crevices. that's usually where they're going to be hiding at.

next, turn your attention to the headboard. bang on the headboard a little bit. see if they'll scatter from behind there. all clear, rest assured, but play it safe. just in case. try to keep your suitcase off the floor and away from the bed. don't like? open it up and leave it on. on top of the bed, because that's usually where the bedbugs are at . when you get home, fire up the washer and dryer. ben at orkin says the high heat will kill any six legged souvenir who is trying to infest your house. that is some strong incentive to do the laundry as soon as you get home? right. yeah, exactly. if you if you don't, who knows what's in them? the say, hey, kid has a bid farewell, but not without leaving an imprint here in the bay area and beyond. we'll have more of those impacted by his life. the great willie mays. stay with us. you're watching today ithe bayn

ball has lost a legend. longtime giant willie mays, known for his work on and off the field, has died. the bay area, remembering the icon. now, in voters hands, a decision on a new tax heading to the november ballot. the reason some people in richmond are pushing to charge the

chevron refinery a hazard on the roadway. eucalyptus trees causing troubles for drivers. the new project to clear highway 101. this is today on. the bay. 630 on your wednesday morning. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. time to get a look at what we can expect from that forecast today. meteorologist kari hall is tracking that and it's looking pretty nice across the bay area. yeah, it's going to be a beautiful juneteenth day. and a lot of people have the day off. so it's going to be a nice one to get outside as we take a look at some of our current temperatures heading to work for you, this morning. we are in the low 50s in dublin and san francisco. it's 45 in san rafael. kind of a chilly start there in morgan hill. we're going from 60 degrees at 9:00 to a 1:00 temperature of 77, briefly making it into the low 80s. and then we're back down to the 70s as the sunshine

continues. overall, this will be the coolest day we will see in quite a while. and also looking ahead, we are going to have a significant warm up coming our way heading into the weekend. mikey had some recovery going on in san leandro. the speeds are still a little bit of brake tapping, but good news all those lanes appear to be open eastbound. 580 approaching fairmont. the earlier crash had things tied up for three of those four lanes. i believe they've all four been cleared since chp also left the area. now, kerry, you talked about lighter traffic because this is i'm talking about lighter traffic because as you mentioned, it's a federal holiday today. so we aren't seeing really our typical slow spots. again, just the castro valley wide, just showing a little bit of slowing. there are a couple of crashes on the east shore freeway appear to be off of the freeway, and a lot of folks appear to be off the freeway at the toll plaza. back to you. yeah, pretty light out there. thank you. mike. well, he is considered one of the greatest of all time when it comes to baseball. willie mays has died. the city and fans he

played for. take a moment to look back at what he did, not for just the game, but also for his community. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab joins us live in san francisco this morning. ginger. those certainly close to willie mays and those who just watched him from afar both say the same thing. he was just bigger than life, bigger than baseball. bigger than baseball. he is part of american culture, part of our history. and whether you're talking to a fan or a hall of famer, those who got to play alongside willie mays, they do say the same thing. laura, let's take a listen. well, mays was just the greatest. i mean, just god gifted, i guess. but, i've never seen anybody better. great, great. he makes it so easy for us. his last year, i'm playing left field for the padres. he had a fly ball to left. it was a, you know, a little texas leaguer. i caught the ball. when i caught it, i flipped it in.

but i was shaking. my hands were shaking. you know what i mean? i just caught willie mays fly ball . and that those were words from willie mccovey, orlando cepeda and dave winfield. but hall of famer or not, you felt the magic of willie mays. we came out and i figured, well, i got my trumpet in the trunk, either taps or take me out to the ballgame. so he made a difference for everybody who loves the game. he was so sweet and congratulated me after and said i did great and signed a ball for me and hung out for a little bit. and it was just a peak childhood memory message popped up. willie mays passed away and i was like, oh, okay. hey, we didn't even finish dinner and we just came and paid our respects. and we can expect more people to be sharing those memories in the days to come. we

are waiting to hear more about details of a for a public celebration of life, for the say, hey, kid. yeah. most definitely. and the thing is, is that he was actually going to be recognized tomorrow. not only to major league baseball, but to the leagues. that's right. laura and, you know, if you think about it, this is it's just very , you know, the timing couldn't be better in remembering his contribution, not just to the mlb, but also to the league, a league that he played for before the mlb. and this thursday, that's tomorrow. the giants will face the cardinals over at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. that's in a game honoring mays and the league itself. the league itself. this was scheduled more than a year ago with willie mays in mind. and now he will be top of mind for thursday's game. mays played for the birmingham black barons, and he grew up just a few miles from that ballpark. now he was expected to be honored. he was not expected to attend, but

whether or not he was going to be here in the bay area and there in spirit now, it seems that he will be definitely there in spirit and celebrated in so many of the fans who will think back on all those wonderful memories. guys they say, hey kid, he certainly was great. thank you very much. now our coverage will continue on the legacy willie mays left behind, and you can find more of that on our front page of our website, nbcbayarea.com. well developing news in san francisco, police investigating a shooting near church and market streets. it happened just after 9:00 last night. the victim was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. no information about any suspects. so far or a motive. well, developing overnight, the city of richmond has pushed forward with a plan that could cost one of the area's largest employers ten tens of millions of dollars a year is today in the bay's bob redell joins us live this morning. and, bob, now it is up to those voters to decide whether to tax chevron. this is

for the alleged harm it's caused by its oil refinery. correct. good morning tim marcus. good morning to you, laura. late last night, the richmond city council voted unanimously, 7 to 0, to put on a november ballot a measure that, if approved by voters, could tax chevron tens of millions of dollars a year. you should be able to hear the audience applause. there it is, there. audience applause of approval during this late night vote and city council chambers, environmentalists and other citizens seen here rallying before the vote proposed this measure to tax every barrel of oil that arrives at the chevron richmond refinery to be refined. now, this new money would go to the city's general fund. backers of the measure hope some of that money would be used to help offset the costs of dealing with the health and environmental problems caused by pollution from the refinery. one woman, who grew up near the refinery says there are too many cases of cancers and asthma, and her family and neighbors for there

not to be a link. even though medical professional and health officials have not scientifically linked the two. in richmond. here's the city's vice mayor. right before last night's vote. it just makes sense that, the one who contaminates the ones who just do a lot of myths, pay for that, pay for the ability to refine and pollute the air, pollute the water, pollute the land, and pay for that. we work tirelessly to, operate our facility in a safe and reliable manner. this is an activist tax proposal brought forward by by two activist organizations and promoted by activist city council members. we spoke with that chevron spokesman before last night's vote. he says this tax plan was rushed without considering the fact that this new tax will drain funds that are earmarked

for improvements at the refinery or the potential long term impact on the facility's ability to produce union jobs and millions of dollars in local income, chevron notes. the facility has reduced emissions by 80% over the past few decades and lowered particulate releases by almost 40% since 2019. a petroleum industry trade group says this new tax could eventually rise, raise the cost of gasoline at stations like the one behind me. reporting live bob redell today in the bay. thank you bob. well, a popular local eucalyptus grove on highway 101 is raising some safety concerns for caltrans now , if you've ever driven to monterey county, you've likely passed through the patch of eucalyptus south of gilroy. well, now it's getting some attention of transportation officials who plan to cut down more than 200 of the large trees that are considered unhealthy or unstable. eucalyptus trees are highly flammable and have a shallow root that way, they can actually topple over, especially

when new ground is saturated. well, those trees have been blamed for several deadly accidents on various parts of the freeway. that includes a crash that killed two people after the tree fell onto a car back in 2022. now, since that deadly accident, at least five more eucalyptus trees have fallen in that same area. it's dangerous and as we all know, the traffic gets backed up there. the cars are just sitting there and those trees, drop branches. they are threaten a lot of different ways. and, you know, we've seen that we've seen that happen with people losing their lives. it's tragic. it shouldn't shouldn't be happening. caltrans says that the removal project will start this fall. a nonprofit founded by a california man helping connect black families to their african american history. and he's sharing his story on kelly clarkston today. john mills is the president and founder of the alex brown corporation. he says his experience finding out about his own heritage inspired him to help others feel the same family

history pride. but in the 90s, i'm a little older, i have a daughter, and i realized while i was in the workforce i wasn't presenting that way like i had biases against myself and i saw white americans as a little more valuable. like i had to self interrogate when i realized that was the case and that that freaked me out, i didn't want. you can see the interview today on the kelly clarkson show. it airs right here on nbc. bay area at 3 p.m. well, today is june tate juneteenth. it is commemorating the day in 1865, when enslaved people in galveston, texas, learned that they were free. this is two years after the emancipation proclamation. many events are planned across the bay area honoring the day. over in oakland at the oakland museum, there is a celebration is called juneteenth. the cookout in redwood city at cardinal hall, a juneteenth cooking demo with award winning chefs. they're going to make dishes rooted in black culinary tradition. both of those events start at 1:00. i want to bring you in.

meteorologist kari hall has a look at those forecast for us. because, you know, kara, a lot of folks are getting out today. now, don't forget a lot of folks did celebrate over the weekend with juneteenth celebrations across the bay area. so it's continuing into today. absolutely. and you may have the day off able to go to some of the celebrations around the bay area in san francisco. we're going to have temperatures starting out in the mid 50s, only making it into the low 60s for today. so we're keeping the jacket on. it's going to be cooler there, but a lot milder for the rest of the bay area. with temperatures in fremont in the low 70s upper 70s for livermore and in the north bay, we're up to 80 degrees in santa rosa. while in morgan hill, we're going to see a high of 81 degrees. tomorrow's our first day of summer, and we're going to see temperatures in some of the valleys reaching into the mid 80s. mike, you're looking there was a change at the bay bridge. yeah. the metering lights have been activated. look how bad it is now. yeah it's still juneteenth as kari talked about federal holiday. fewer commuters. but we do have more of a commute. also, we have a

couple of minor crashes reported right around university. both should be on the shoulder distraction and some slowing right by golden gate fields. that's it. the berkeley curve. really lighter traffic, but the volume building is probably what cued those metering lights on over here. the richmond bridge shows a little slowing near the toll plaza. highway 37 holding steady, and highway four now showing a little bit of slowing. hey, a note here. overnight closures started this week, so that's that note for highway 84 overnight. but right now everything's standard. flow through the area and watch your transit system. some of them have holiday traffic schedules. back to you. all right. thanks mike 642 right now coming up, living inside your favorite shows can become a reality. the new netflix creation for big time tv fans, that sounds interesting. plus, in washington, a new challenge, a record national debt. we'll take a look at the staggering numbers

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645. and we're taking a look at santa rosa and our day planner today. it's a cool start with temperatures in the low 50s. there will be some high clouds filtering the sunshine as our temperatures here stay mostly in the 70s. throughout today. this will be the coolest day we'll see in quite a while. it's about to heat up and we'll get a look at those numbers coming up in a few minutes. this number 580. looking great. look at the traffic coming toward us. that's your commute to dublin. we do have some slowing, though, that is showing up, so we'll show you

how things are getting a little bit tougher for this holiday morning commute. the white house is keeping a close eye on russian leader vladimir putin since and his visit to north korea. scott mcgrew joins us now. russia needs more weapons from its allies. yes. exactly right. good morning. for its fight in ukraine. russia had been leaning on china and india, but we've been leaning on china in india to stay out of it, meaning russian president putin saw fit to make his first trip to north korea in two decades. north korean dictator kim jong un says his country backs russia's fight 100, while russia gets shells and bullets. us intelligence officials worry north korea is getting russian nuclear and missile technology. president biden yesterday took what has been called one of the biggest steps in immigration in years, announcing a new program to allow the spouses of american citizens, spouses who are here illegally to obtain permanent residency without having to return to their home country.

first. these couples have been raising families, sending their kids to church and school, paying taxes, contribute to our country for every for ten years or more. matter of fact, the average time they've spent here is 23 years. people were affected today, but living in the united states all this time with fear and uncertainty, we can fix that. and that's what i'm going to do today. fix it. former president trump, meantime, campaigned in racine, wisconsin, about 30 miles south of milwaukee, home of the upcoming republican national convention. trump denied reports from republicans that he had badmouthed milwaukee at a recent party meeting. wow oh, and you know, i love milwaukee. i was the one that picked milwaukee. i have to tell you, i was the one that picked it. these lying people that they say, oh, he doesn't like milwaukee. i love milwaukee. i said, you got to

fix the crime. we all know that. now. originally, the campaign had said trump would stay at his trump hotel in chicago during the milwaukee convention in july . he now says he'll stay in milwaukee. other news, the nonpartisan congressional budget office says the u.s. is on track to be $56 trillion in debt in the next ten years. increased spending, lower taxes and aging population, all leading to more money going out than coming in 56 trillion. hard to get your head around 1 trillion. it's hard to get your head around if you measured in minutes, one mathematician said. 1,000,000 minutes is two years, 1,000,000,000 minutes. the gospels were being written 1,000,000,000,000 minutes ago. marcus. we were learning to walk upright as a species. when you put it like that, it's just like, wow. and at 56 trillion, i know. yeah. and one second ago, scott tossed to me. all right. thanks, scott. all right. well, also new for you this morning netflix. in real life. so the streaming service opening new fan experiences at shopping

malls for popular shows like bridgerton or squid games, they're calling it netflix house. it's featuring replica sets, food and exclusive merch. now, netflix says that it plans to open several of these locations, but the first two will be in pennsylvania and texas. netflix house is expected to open all year with rotating experiences, although you don't want to do the squid games one, isn't that a little bit? well, losing that one's not so great. you know, the grove was that in la? oh yeah, i thought there maybe that was one of their pilot experiences because we did go in there. there was a stranger things kind of oh that's right. that's gonna be fun. it could be fun. all right. no, that one's scary too. sorry. let's just go outside of the bay area. i'm sure there are good reasons to go. it's going to be nice. absolutely. we do have some beautiful weather for us today. much cooler than what we've seen recently. and also what's ahead. but the problem is, we have a lot of fires burning, and so we are going to have to deal with the hazy sky at times. some drifts of smoke

coming in, especially in the north bay. but we have seen it localized to those areas around the sites fire and the point fire still putting up some plumes of smoke. and this is a look at our nearest surface smoke model. this takes into account fire activity as well as the wind direction and wind speed. and what direction that smoke may go. so it is showing a high concentration of smoke moving over toward the sacramento valley. but it's also going to, for the most part, be moving away. and as the winds increase later on this afternoon into the evening, it keeps our sky fairly blue and our air quality pretty good temperature wise. in san jose, we're starting out with some mid 50s. at 8:00 it is 59 degrees. and look at our trend throughout the morning until 11:00 it is 71 degrees. a lot of sunshine at noon. we're at 74 and going to see those temperatures reaching into the upper 70s. and then not really rising too much. that ocean breeze picks up right at about 5:00 on schedule, and then the temperatures start to drop

heading into the evening as we approach sunset. you're going out for a walk after dinner. it's going to be in the mid 60s, so kind of cool. during the late evening. but we're going to see our high temperature hit 77 degrees here, 71 for hayward. and there will be some spots with some cool temperatures up to 70 in redwood city and san francisco in the upper 50s to low 60s north bay. highs up to 75 in sonoma and 88 in ukiah. let's check out gilroy. there will be some bigger heat ahead going into our weekend for saturday. that's going to be the warmest day here in the upper 80s and then back to the mid 80s for sunday and fairly comfortable next week. but there will be some spots inland that will be in the mid 90s and a few triple digits as well. so we are going to have definitely a summer feel, at least for a few days, and then coming down for early next week. san francisco's keeping it mild. there will enter into summer with 66 degrees. mike. now you have a

few slow spots out there. yeah, just a few. i mean look in san jose, typical area, much lighter than typical for 101 and a little build here for the nimitz heading down toward the san mateo bridge, which also picks up the westbound build, but not really enough to show much sense or slowing. we have a lot more slowing showed up over the last few minutes. westbound 80 approaching university. there are a couple of crashes in the area. i think they both cleared because those sensors are starting to show some improvement. but we also have more slowing that shows up here off highway 37, also out into concord and out of walnut creek, and also the richmond toll plaza . let's take a live look here. we do see now see folks slowing as they approach and just slowly getting onto the bridge. but the bridge itself moves nicely over towards san rafael. back to you. thank you very much, mike. it is 652 and happening now. santa clara county public health leaders are sounding the alarm about an outbreak of a highly infectious bacteria called shigella. most most cases have been reported in homeless encampments in san jose's columbus park. there have been three confirmed cases, but officials are investigating 19

others. shigella is a gastrointestinal illness that can lead to cramping, diarrhea and nausea, and possibly life threatening gastrointestinal issues. well, coming up next here on today in the bay, a look at our top stories, including remembering a legend the way baseball icon willie mays stole the heart of the bay area

welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at the top stories on today in the bay, including breaking news, sfo reporting a partial power outage affecting some but not all terminals. right now we have a live look at the airport. this morning. crews are on the scene working to fix it. no word on

how many flights are being delayed or canceled of course, we'll continue to follow this breaking news. our other top story san francisco waking up this morning without one of its legends, willie mays, one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players of all time, has died at the age of 93. now, this is what it looked like at his memorial outside of oracle park. it is growing there as people dropping off flowers, saying goodbye to the great mays and his good run. the alabama native played for 22 big league team seasons and breaking in with the new york giants in 1951 and then becoming a fixture in san francisco when the franchise moved west. he tried to bringing the bay area its first world series title back in 1962, but the giants fell short. he ended his career back in new york with the mets in 1973, and soon after returned to the bay area. during his legendary baseball career, mays hit more than 600 home

runs. he won two mvp awards, 12 gold gloves, and named an all star 24 times. in 1979, he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. and today is juneteenth, a federal holiday. but it's more than just that federal holiday. it is commemorating the day in 1865, when those who were enslaved in galveston, texas, learned that they were free. two years after the emancipation proclamation. now, there are some events today planned to celebrate the day in oakland. at the museum, there's a juneteenth. this is a cookout hosted by hella creative and last supper society in redwood city at cardinal hall. juneteenth cooking demo. it's by award winning chefs there. both of those events kick off at 1:00, and i think the weather is going to cooperate as well. absolutely. it's going to be nice and cool. a lot of sunshine for the afternoon. our inland area, some of the warmer spots only hit 80 degrees tomorrow, summer begins and after that temperatures will be heating up heading into the weekend. and

the commute is observing the holiday as well. the metering lights are working, they're functioning, they're activated. but you know, there's no slowing on the span itself, which is the goal. of course, the only slowing is at those metering lights. look at vasco road under 20 minutes. still usually we see about 30 33 minutes at this time of day. and a light flow across the san mateo bridge as well. not bad. all right, well, that's what's happening here on today in the bay. happy juneteenth. and if you can get out and celebrate the day, just remember what the day is all about and enjoy the weather too. that's true. very, very important. join us for our 8 a.m. newscast. we stream live at nbcbayarea.com or wherever you find your streaming shows. also join us for our midday show. that's at 11 a.m. have a great wednesday good wednesday morning. the baseball world is remembering one of its legends this morning. >> the great willie mays. good morning.

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