overnight. an update on the containment efforts and crews at that scene. plus, returning to class amid so much uncertainty. the major issues hanging over one east bay district as students start a new school year. suddenly, they started dumping fuel out the right wing of the plane like crazy. i've

never seen that before. a flight from sfo diverted shortly after takeoff for rome. the region it was forced to make an emergency landing in sacramento. this is today in the bay. a good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we'll check that early morning commute with mike as we move along. 6:00 right now. carrie's got a look at our forecast for today. it's going to be a great first day of school. we have a lot more kids going back today. and we're starting out with fog in san francisco. a nice cool morning there. it will be a cool day. and also providing a wide range in our microclimates. so for fremont, the wind coming off of the coastal areas will provide our temperatures a little bit lower for today. we're going to see our highs in the mid 70s at pick up time, bus going to be a first great first day of school. take a look at

all of our microclimates and what to expect today. highs in the upper 80s for napa and upper seconds for san jose. so we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, there may be some hopes for those trying to cross the bay. yeah. so if you're heading to richmond and then across to san rafael, hopefully this will be moving by the time you get there. but look at all the backup. it's from midway across the span. look oh yes. speeds are already improving quite quickly here as you're getting back toward the toll plaza where the cameras right here with all that congestion there is the build from richmond parkway heading over to the area. the earlier crash was able to get the vehicle off of the roadway and off of the bridge. most importantly, with no major injuries reported, we still have the bay bridge backup and that may be a little heavier as some folks head down there, but it doesn't look like a major shift either north or south and south of there. everything looks standard for your wednesday. back to you. well, new overnight evacuations now lifted in the north bay. this is following a vegetation fire. this one started around 1115 last night in novato. this is near the rush creek housing development along atherton avenue forward.

progress was stopped at about five acres. evacuation orders were lifted around 130. this morning and firefighters are still there on the scene. they're monitoring for those hotspots. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. now, this fire happened not far from another brush fire, which broke out in rural part of novato yesterday. this one starting before five yesterday morning and marinwood area. that fire burned a total of 18 acres. we know crews say that 34 year old colin crooks later admitted to starting that fire. this after he was detained by investigators. he's facing multiple charges and a superintendent working to move his district forward as a new school year starts today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live from the san ramon valley unified school district. and, bob, what would you say is the biggest challenge here this new superintendent is facing? a future shortfall of about16.5 million. we're outside coyote

creek elementary here, one of the many schools in the san ramon valley unified school district. marcus and laura classes will be starting a little bit after sunrise this morning, which you can see is coming up here on what looks like a very beautiful first day of school. our colleague kris sanchez recently spoke with the new superintendent, cgi karma. he's the new superintendent of the san ramon valley unified school district, who comes here from fremont unified, where he held the same position. superintendent karma says san ramon valley will be solvent this school year, but will face some very difficult financial challenges next school year in 2025, 26. that's when the district will have to make $16.5 million in reductions. reductions that he and his staff will spend this year trying to identify. we are definitely seeing some financial challenges based on how the state had miscalculated or mis projected their total revenue for the year last year, and districts across the state, including san ramon valley unified school district,

are dealing with that burden of having to address the shortfall in revenue that's coming forward from the state. and so we will have many challenges in front of us to identify how we can reduce our expenditures without negatively impacting student programs in our personnel. so, yes, enrollment is declining in san ramon valley unified like it is in many california school districts. but superintendent says school closures are not on his radar right now. i bring this up because other districts in the bay area have already closed schools because of declining enrollment. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you, bob. and make sure you stay with us here on today in the bay, because all week long we are taking you all across the bay area with back to school coverage. if you missed any of it, you can watch wherever you stream nbc bay area is your streaming place to be. we are streaming 24/7 on roku, pluto and other platforms. now

to a live look in san francisco this morning where a group of rv dwellers have now moved out. brand new video overnight shows. some rvs have already relocated. more than 20 families have been living in their rvs along zoo road near the san francisco zoo. the city was warning them they risked being towed by midnight last night. many of them moved to a location last month after the mta ordered them to leave a nearby location over on winston drive by stonestown. city staffers do say they're now working to find these families more permanent, long term solutions. well, passengers aboard one united flight headed to rome ended up back where it all started following an emergency landing in sacramento. now, two passengers shared video with our crew, shot from the air and then back on the ground. so according to the passengers, the pilot shut down one of the engines shortly after takeoff yesterday afternoon. they then dumped the plane's fuel and then eventually landed safely in sacramento. passengers say they were rattled, but they are relieved to have landed safely.

like crazy. i never seen that before, but just dumping fuel in. so then the pilot came on the air and said over the intercom and said that they checked the right engine down. and so because of an engine oil valve heat temperature sensor was tell them that was overheated. now united not commenting on the mechanical issues, but the airline is now working to rebook all passengers. new at 6:00, leaders in santa cruz pulling the plug on a popular weekly nighttime summer event in the wake of recent violence, the crow's nest restaurant and bar holds a weekly thursday night beach barbecue, including live music. but last thursday, a gunman opened fire right outside the venue, critically injuring two people. no arrests have been made. the port district has decided to cancel the final three events through the end of august, calling it the most responsible course of action. developing for you right now tropical storm ernesto making

its way through puerto rico. the national weather service saying that the tropical storm will strengthen into a hurricane today. now, puerto rican leaders are urging people to stay in their homes and expect that widespread power outages because of the storm, the hurricane watch is also being issued for the u.s. and british virgin islands. meteorologist kari hall of course, been tracking ernesto's movement. carey. and you say the storm is a fast moving, which is good. it is good, but we're still expecting a lot of heavy rain on puerto rico and some of the virgin islands. as we get a closer look, we can see that this storm has wind speeds of 70mph and is moving to the north northwest at 16mph. so that means it will go on a track that mostly keeps it out over open water, but we'll have to watch its impact on bermuda the next several days, as it could become a major hurricane before approaching the island. so we are going to still see a lot of heavy rain in those areas that will be making headlines as we watch the track

and path of this storm looking here at home, it's going to be a day like yesterday where we're seeing our weather pattern stable and temperatures ranging very widely across the bay area. but for your microclimate, expect more of the same weather that you saw yesterday. and mike heading out on the roads and where can we find some gas prices for a little bit less? well, you know, some folks are heading out now again, back to school for a number of schools through santa rosa area. so those gas prices, you might fill the tank for 4.39. that's the best you can do at golf on sonoma highway. a number of districts up in that area. starting today, san mateo county redwood city, along with other districts in that area, belmont and the like. they have the best with 3.99 at central gas on broadway and then alameda county. we'll call out fremont unified will give the gold star to star gas on grimmer boulevard. 3.95 watch those school zones. and of course, update gasbuddy.com to share those prices with each other. as we look on the roadways, we are following the continued

improvement of speeds across that richmond to san rafael bridge. there was a big backup after a crash. no major injuries. the bridge is cleared. that's 580 in the middle, bridge above it, 37. and below it the bay bridge look like a pretty standard build. we haven't seen any major shift over there and the fix is showing in those speeds still backed up, but moving better at richmond. back to you. that's good to know. thanks, mike. bay area residents out millions. and it's all because of a tiny home builder. ahead at 625, the new legal twist that could be devastating for dozens. and what if you lost your job and everybody seemed like they were celebrating over it? it happened to a guy at starbucks. out to the futures this morning to see what wall street is going to do. mildly higher after good inflation numbers. plus, as joey chestnut met his match well after getting kicked out of from the most recent eating competition, the opponent he's set to face off in a new netflix special. keep it right here. we're going to talk

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happy first day of school for the kids in martinez today. staff and parents already up, but the kids may still be sleeping, so here's how to prep them for today. it's going to be in the low 60s, so you may need a jacket for the start of the day, but maybe shorts and short

sleeves for the afternoon. we're headed for the low 80s here today. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates coming up and giving you a close focus on the toll plazas. the bridge richmond to center field continues with improvement. the crash cleared about 20 minutes ago, and we've had a good move here. the volume still moving nicely out of richmond. again, that's a big treat. the bay bridge toll plaza just now. starting to see all lanes fill in from the middle, spreading out. typical pattern at the bay bridge. highway 37 sees a little more traffic, but not a big ripple effect from the earlier crash. again, getting out of richmond. it's cleared. well. good morning. very happy wednesday to you. the latest inflation data, the consumer price index came in right. as expected 2/10 of a percent month over month. that's good news. continued sign inflation is slowing. another hint the fed will lower rates a bit. next month. okay. even if you don't care about any of this, if you don't care about the stock market, i still want you to look at it. starbucks dismissed its ceo yesterday, replaced him with a ceo that they had snagged from

chipotle. but look what happened to starbucks. this stock rose by more than 20%. the value of the company overall increased by $20 billion. imagine that for a minute. you get fired and shareholders are $20 billion. glad to see you go. google showed off new phones at an event yesterday. phones with lots of ai something apple doesn't have. google way ahead of apple on artificial intelligence. better cameras to google's new pixel nine fold with two screens will cost you $1,700. big, big screen look at that eight inches separately, a number of reports say the department of justice may try to break up google. remember, google was found to be an illegal monopoly similar to microsoft back in the day. that's been decided. what's not been decided is what to do about it. and the doj apparently is thinking about separating some

of google's businesses and reportedly forcing google to stop paying companies like apple to make google the default search engine. this may surprise you. the saint louis fed has examined millennials bank accounts, real estate holdings overall value and says millennials people between 27 and 44 have more net worth at this point in their lives than baby boomers or gen xers did at their age. on average, 25% more wealth. the wall street journal covered this report also, and i like how their reporters put it. millennials are now wealthier than previous generations were at their age. they can't believe it either. and new at six mars, the candy bar company is buying kilonova. kilonova split off from kellogg's recently. kellogg's handles the cereal. kilonova is snack, so snap, crackle and pop keep their offices at kellogg's pringles. guy is going to move over to mars company. it's a $36 billion deal. that's $36 billion. candy is a big deal. well, yeah, and they make a lot of things. pop

tarts. nutrigrain cheez-its, pringles, all those snacks. eggos. yes. all made by. and i want to put marcus on the spot. what can you tell us about eggos? where were they invented? come on. the bay area. yeah. where specifically? he totally. i know you so well. i saw just your eyes. they were, where specifically? in the bay area. i'm going to read my mind. porterville no no no no no no no. san jose, san jose, san jose. no, and i can't i've heard this. i can't prove it factually, but i've heard that the family name, i can't remember the family name, but they then took the money, the kids and they own the classic car washes throughout the bay area. oh yeah. yeah, something close to that. yeah leggo my eggo. exactly. that's what i remember right? that's what i knew anyway. but now i know where they were invented. right here in san jose. all right. thanks, scott. you bet. live look at sfo and new at six. it's getting some high marks this

morning from the travel website. upgraded points. it finds sfo is among the top ten airports with the least amount of complaints from passengers nationwide. it officially came in eighth with charlotte topping the list. the study analyzed tsa data over the past eight years. now, at the other end of the spectrum, the airports with the most complaints start with newark airport in new jersey, with nearly seven complaints for every 100,000 passengers. that's followed by palm beach orlando, southwest florida airport in fort myers and cleveland. well, trending this morning, this labor day will determine the ultimate hot dog eating champion. so vallejo native joey chestnut and takeru kobayashi are going to battle it out in las vegas to be the greatest. oh, they make it so exciting.

they're so. look, we all know chestnut is the world record holder with 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. he's been dominating nathan's hot dog eating contest on july 4th and coney island. he couldn't participate this year due to sponsorship conflicts, but kobayashi is known as the godfather of competitive eating. he won nathan's hot dog eating contest six times until he was banned due to a contract dispute. of course. chestnut versus kobayashi unfinished beef will be streamed live on netflix on labor day. the promo for it itself. my goodness, what a matchup. unfinished beef, but also finished beef. is there anything that any of you could eat at such a big quantity that you could, you know, do that maybe. french fries. oh, really? i love french fries, but i'm sure those two guys would beat both of us combined. i was in a pie eating contest once. did you? yeah. me too. i loved it. and how'd you do? i'm a winner, too. should we do that? i'm down. woo! i don't know, but

mine was in seventh. no, eighth grade. so it's been a while. yeah. eighth grade. so you work it off by now? all right. take the picnic outdoors today. yeah, absolutely. it's going to be a great day. once again. warm temperatures for some of the valleys and nice and comfortable along the peninsula and cool near the coast. this is a live look at our start of the day in dublin, with our beautiful orange sunrise that we are seeing, and as we are heading out the door, temperatures are nice and cool in the north bay, santa rosa starting out for that first day of school with some patches of fog and in the upper 50s. cool morning, but will be a warm afternoon, so you'll need layers so that you can still be comfortable with the jacket in the morning, and then maybe shorts and short sleeves for later today as our highs head for the upper 80s. we're also going to be warm again in the south bay, and really, our numbers aren't changing much. what you saw yesterday will be what you see today, and that will be the same for tomorrow. we are looking at a few low 90s for antioch and concord, but mostly 80s for the east bay and

in hayward, 77 for that high temperature, mid 60s near the coast. and it will be a little bit more breezy today. will really feel that wind in san francisco with those gusts up to about 2020 five miles per hour and highs in the upper 60s and north bay. highs in the mid to upper 80s, and we'll see a high of 89 in santa rosa for this afternoon. we still have the dominance of high pressure across the region and a low dipping near the coast. that's going to bring some rain across the pacific northwest, and that will also bring down those temperatures eventually. but for the near term, we're just seeing some minor changes in our temperatures through the next week in san jose. the weekend is looking perfect. highs near 80 degrees with sunshine and then it will be in the upper 80s for some of our farther inland spots, while san francisco will continue to see highs in the upper 60s. mike, you're tracking a big backup. yeah, a tale of two toll plazas. the bay bridge toll plaza looks pretty standard. there may be a little

more traffic heading over there, because some folks in this corridor may be heading south. hearing about the crash on the richmond bridge. that cleared, but there is a slower drive on the approach from the toll plaza across the span. everything is clear coming through richmond. you might have a little more slowing. everywhere else is looking actually pleasantly smooth. back to you. thanks, mike. well, yesterday we told you about bay area residents out of millions due to a tiny home business. when we return, our consumer team has an update that could be a devastating blow to dozens. but first, it is time to help us clear the shelters. want to meet you. to introduce you to angel cakes. here she is, a three month old medium cross breed mix who is looking for her forever home. and she's available at the humane society silicon valley in milpitas. now you can find a full list of the pets out there up for adoption. just point your phone to the qr code there, right there on your screen. also, if you go to our website right now, you can learn how to adopt and make donations at any of our shelters here in

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now exploring bankruptcy. that leaves a lot of bay area homeowners who prepaid for adu construction in a costly lurch. construction suddenly stopped in the yards of people like maria in walnut creek and katy in san leandro. they were paying hefty amounts following their payment schedules on time, but then subcontractors walked off the job because they said the main contractor anchored tiny homes, stopped paying them. that's when i lost it because we when we're invoiced, we pay them right away. i don't know where my money went. online, droves of angry customers spoke up. now the company is shutting down anchored tiny homes. ceo colton paulus contacted me. he declined to speak on camera, but shared this letter saying anchored tiny homes and its franchise arm have suspended operations and are currently evaluating bankruptcy options. he went on to say, our intention is to file personal chapter seven bankruptcy for all officers of the company. so what happens next? generally, the

u.s. bankruptcy court ends up selling assets to pay back creditors. homeowners that we talked to are eager to line up in hopes of getting their money back. but they are not the only ones. we searched state corporate records and found more than half a dozen lenders just filing liens on anchored tiny homes for money. the builder owes them, too. so where did all of this money go in this supposed $100 million firm? one local d-a's office tells us it's going to look into it. the state contractors board also says it is investigating. if you were an anchored tiny homes customer, you can file a complaint with the state at cslb dot ca.gov. you can also tell us snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. good information. thanks, chris. well, we've got a lot more ahead for you at 630, including under investigation, the overnight multi-car crash in the south bay leaving several people hurt. plus, i'm ginger

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francisco. just look at that. before and now after. we're live with the now nearly empty location with more on where families say they will go. now those folks can tell you rent is extremely high. we just got the latest inflation numbers. rents still a problem, but we do have some good news. plus, leading the way to zero emission future later this morning kris sanchez joins us live with more on the new funding and incentives to add green vehicles to the road. this is today in the bay at 630 on your wednesday morning, halfway through that workweek. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. let's get over to meteorologist kari hall. she has a look at what we can expect from that forecast today. and certainly a lot of beautiful sunrises across the bay area. yeah, it's beautiful this morning, and it still feels nice and cool even though we've seen some warm afternoons. and even though it's wednesday for the workweek, it's the first day of

school for a lot of kids in san mateo. and many school districts around the bay area and in san mateo. it starts out mostly cloudy. upper 50s and that pick up time. it's going to be nice. you may want to spend some time out there at the playground while you're also enjoying that. no homework. days before that gets underway, but we are going to see temperatures in the low 90s for spots like concord and along the coast. it's staying in the 60s, so we'll talk about that range and temperatures coming up in a few minutes. all right kerry thank you. well new for you this morning. looks like rv dwellers on one san francisco street not sticking around to see if the city is going to follow through with those threats on towing their vehicles. it faced a midnight deadline to clear out today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live for us this morning near the zoo, and ginger looks like everyone pretty much left. well, that's true, marcus, but it does. it may still have some room for some changing here. as you mentioned, we are on zoo road. this is where there was a midnight deadline for rvs who

were parked on this street to clear out that deadline was given by the city. this is what it looks like now. and as you mentioned, it does look a majority cleared. but as you can see up the road there, there's a large rv that parked just within 15 minutes ago. we're also seeing a truck and a trailer that appears to have been here since the early morning hours. now that we're seeing things more as the sun has come up now, this is what it looked like hours ago. i want to show you some video that was shot at around midnight. that was the deadline again, that was given for those rvs to leave zoo road, or else they would risk being towed by the city. there were only two remaining rvs left at that time. now, compared to weeks past, this looks much different. dozens of rvs lined this street. what's left now? the majority of signs posted by the city giving rv dwellers notice. now the clearing was supposed to end at midnight, but it began before that. this is some video from yesterday afternoon early evening. that is

when all of the uncertainty of being evicted from this space really sank in. for some people that have been living here, diana herrera and five family members live in one rv together, moore of her relatives and another. she says she understands they need to move, but they don't know where they are going. before zoo road, her family's rvs were parked near san francisco state for eight months. they were kicked out from there a few weeks ago, and the option yesterday was to move or get towed. but there may be more options for herrera's family as well as the 22 other families living on zoo road, about 60 folks total, with the kids included. so that's that's how many we have helped. not everybody is accepting the rapid rehousing because, you know, it's a subsidy. so it's not it's not supportive housing. it's not permanent. now, homeless advocates say all the uncertainty is especially difficult for families, and they believe it is the city's responsibility to prioritize the well-being of the unhoused. now,

as i mentioned before, zoo road rvs were parked by san francisco state. from what we understand, that road appears to is still clear of rvs. however, as i mentioned, there is that rv that's parked up the road here. this truck and this trailer that are here on zoo road will have to wait and see if there will be others that will return or if these vehicles will leave as well. and we'll wait and see, just to watch how the city will react as as these posted signs are very clearly saying that there is no parking on this street in san francisco. ginger conejero saab today in the bay, there's always that big question where do they go now? all right, ginger, thank you. well, east palo alto will soon join bay area cities cleaning up for those camps for the unhoused. now, mayor antonio lopez plans to hold a news conference later today outlining the city's plan, while also calling on other peninsula cities to follow suit.

the action follows that executive order issued by governor gavin newsom, calling on california counties to take down encampments on state property. that news conference is set for 11:00 this morning. 6.35 right now. and we have some good news to report. this morning. inflation continues to slow. 2.9% year over year in scott mcgrew. that's close to the fed's target. it is a 2% is what the fed is looking for. so we're way down from the 9% we can all remember from just a short time ago. we're getting this under control. prices up 2/10 of a percent month over month. you got that weak jobs report earlier this month. this means the fed will almost certainly cut interest rates at its next meeting, which should be good news for people that want to get into a home. a lot of people are renting. rent is very expensive right now. rent was a huge influence on today's report. if you could take the rent out of these numbers, there would be practically no inflation at all because it's weighted in the measurements. people got to have a place to live, right? so they give it

extra weight. it accounts for about 90% of the inflation in this report. so landlords take note. maybe some categories plunged furniture washing machines, major appliances. car parts were down 10%. men's clothing down 12%, schoolbooks and supplies down 6%. well not according to my bills recently. it never feels that way, does it? yeah, it really doesn't. and that's the thing. people are feeling the pinch right now. but at least we have some good news to report and we'll see what the fed goes from here. all right. thank you marcus. 636 for you this morning and new overnight five people are recovering. this is after a multi-vehicle crash in the south bay. it happened southbound 101 north of marsden in san martin. gilroy area. now, cal fire says that they used the jaws of life after two of those victims became trapped in one of the three vehicles involved. the total of three people were taken to the hospital. now, chp saying that one person suffered major injuries, the other two are expected to be okay. at least one of the people involved in

the crash left the scene. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. today san francisco police chief bill scott will join a grieving mother to mark 18 years since the unsolved murder of her 17 year old son in 2006. a gunman shot and killed aubrey frasca outside of the home on baker and grove streets, close to the panhandle. in the wake of his death, his mother led the drive to install digital poster boards in sfpd lobbies to post information and rewards tied to unsolved cases. today, she plans to hand out fliers at the intersection where her son died. as she does every single year, a measure to boost funding for affordable housing is at risk of ending due to bad polling. so the bay area housing finance authority board are holding a special meeting to today decide whether to pull the measure. last month, the board voted to put a $20 billion housing bond on the ballot, but the housing bonds need two thirds vote to pass, and recent polling found

that only about 55% of bay area voters favored the bond. a pair of lawsuits could also put the measure in jeopardy. let's take a peek outside, shall we? fresh air. taking a live look at san jose this morning. kerry's got a look at our forecast. now, earlier you were saying if you liked yesterday you're going to like today. it's on repeat. we're in a steady weather pattern with our microclimates still widely ranging. but the weather that you're seeing in your specific location is the same. so as we take a look at walnut creek, we're starting out sunny this morning and a gradual warm up is headed our way. if you're in martinez, we're back to the mid 80s, but today is different. today is the first day of school for a lot of kids, so it may be a lot more busy in your household or even just getting to work with more kids. in some of those school zones. we're going to see some low 60s to start. we're headed for the low 80s, and we're going to make it a great first day, as we are seeing also our temperatures anywhere from mid 80s in the north bay to some low 90s farther inland. we'll be

tracking those changes for you coming up. and mike, you've been looking at a delay coming through richmond. yeah. and it looks fine now at the toll plaza for the richmond center. fell bridge. looks like a standard at least wednesday. but look at the approach to the area. this is probably lasting because of the early issue and the earlier big backup on the span itself. traffic has a memory, and so it will remember the slow approach. and as more traffic comes in, it's actually quite manageable out of richmond. it's just this two mile stretch heading across that span. so plan a few more minutes. if you're traveling across towards san rafael via that bridge. and the approach all the other areas throughout contra costa and alameda county look pretty standard for the morning commute. we have a little build south 880. there was a crash around a street. no major injuries. the slower build down the nimitz and across to the peninsula getting more company. back to you. thanks, mike. caltrain getting ready for the holiday season. up next, how you can score an all new christmas sweater. but that's not all they're selling. we'll have details on a train. yes, a train for sale. okay but

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24. tim walz made his first solo campaign, stop speaking to union members in la. his first solo speech, scott mcgrew as a candidate for vice president. yeah. i mean, he's done this before. i mean, he is the governor of minnesota, right? he successfully ran for the for the governor. before that, he successfully ran for congress. so he's not new to this, but we've grown used to seeing him at those big rallies with kamala harris. right. and this is the first time we've seen him kind of up at a standard dais, speaking alone, more sedate crowd, at least as a national candidate. as you know, jd vance has been attacking the governor on his military record. 24 years serving, and he responded, i'm going to say it again as clearly as i can. i am proud of my service to this country. and i firmly believe you should never denigrate another person's service record. to anyone brave

enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent. i just have a few simple words. thank you for your service and sacrifice. now, when i talk about those big rallies, you know what i'm talking about. those record numbers of people, the high energy. well, we're getting word. the democratic national committee would like to repeat that during next week's democratic convention, fill the stadium not just with delegates, but regular people, and they may choose to use the fiserv forum in milwaukee, wisconsin. if that sounds familiar, that is the same stadium the republicans used for their convention. harris and walz would appear there while barack obama is speaking in chicago. milwaukee is about 90 miles north of chicago. nbc will, of course, have full coverage of the convention, just as we had full coverage of the republican convention starting monday. but every night next week. meantime, the united auto workers have filed a complaint with the national labor board over the conversation that elon musk and

donald trump had on monday. trump said the auto workers should have been fired for going on strike. firing somebody for going on strike is generally illegal. threatening to do so also against the rules. but keep in mind trump's not in charge of anything. and musk, though famously anti-union, didn't actually say anything about it. so not really clear how they broke the rules. more of a political move by the automakers who remember support. harris. been a while since we've seen president biden in the first lady in public, but they were in new orleans on tuesday as part of president biden's cancer moonshot project. the push to cure cancer forever. here's the president walk into a doctor's office with your child and or yourself, and you get a diagnosis of cancer. how many of you heard that when you walked in the. it's frightening. it's frightening. of course, president biden lost his son to cancer during his remarks. the president announced an

additional $150 million marcus in funding for research. all right scott thank you. 646 for you this morning. so when it comes to combating our climate in crisis, zero emission vehicles always considered key. and but today, you know, the next wave of electric work trucks off road equipment and transit busses take center stage in oakland today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us live outside the arena this morning. and kris, we're talking about dozens of companies getting a chance to kind of shine at this point. right. so at this point, we all know what our small passenger zero emission vehicles look like. but this is an opportunity for companies to come out and see what their options are as their bread trucks, their garbage trucks, their school busses try to go zero emission as well. i have tom brotherton here from cal star. thanks so much for joining us this morning. thank you. i think the biggest, newest thing

is that they kind of look like regular trucks. absolutely. from the outside you really don't know. the way you know is you don't hear them and you don't smell them. all right. let's see. they're going to be rolling here behind us. yeah. our friends at tech equipment brought down three of the trucks. and as you can't hear a thing, you really can't. and these look just like the same trucks that are out on the streets today. lots of these. the second right here. these are the tractor trailer trucks. we've got nine different manufacturers. all of the major manufacturers now make battery electric and in some cases hydrogen fuel cell versions of those very same trucks. i have to tell you, you've all sat in traffic before. it's wild to not hear those trucks rumbling by. there is a deadline, though, for companies, especially the ones with the biggest fleets, the stinkiest most polluting vehicles to get off the road. right? so california, over the next ten years is going to start implementing rules that require fleets to start buying zero emission trucks. and over the course of these coming decades or so, they'll at the end have to have all zero emission

trucks. but it starts with smaller fractions of purchases where you're right, the largest fleets, the most heavily polluted vehicles will have to start turning over those vehicles soon. so we're giving fleets an opportunity to come down here today, kick the tires, drive the trucks, get a feel for what it's like, and to see 59 different trucks all available today and off road equipment. so we've got things like excavators, backhoes, front end loaders and i think we're seeg . yeah we've got a boat. we've got a zero emission boat in the background. so all of this equipment is zero emission. it's all on the market today. you know companies, you know, business people might be scratching their heads going, how am i going to make this happen? times are tough, but there are incentives. yes. the state of california has generous incentives for both the trucks as well as off road equipment. it's available today. come down and learn the incentives. you can get up to several hundred thousand dollars for the most expensive, largest trucks. all right, well, maybe we'll trade

in our fleet of live trucks at some point. thank you, tom, for joining us. this is open to the public if you want to come and check it out. you do have to pre-register though. so we're going to put that information up on your screen. we are at the oakland arena. it's from 9:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. and you can go to zero emission trucks. dot org to register. and i'll say if you have a little kid that's not in school yet, maybe this would be a good field trip because some of these trucks are pretty cool. back to you. as long as you can do that, truck trucker, you know, get some of that going. i never do that all morning? did they honk back, though? are the horns any quieter? the trucks are quiet. their electric horns meet me. it's not the same. amit. yeah thanks, chris. all right, well, you know what it looks like caltrain finally getting on the bart train at least when it comes to those ugly holiday sweater. yeah, you know how those are big on bart. well, this year you can have another transit option when

those bart sweaters run out. this is a first look. you think it's on the right track here? the get it right. check the holiday sweater, available for preorder at about $50. you can find it on caltrain's new online store. to ensure delivery in time for the holidays, the agency says. order before friday and for the person who has everything. caltrain also offering this piece of history to recently decommissioned locomotives. caltrain says they were in service for more than 40 years, with more than a million traveled miles. however, there's no listed price. if you're interested interested, you're encouraged to use the online store to contact the agency. but you know, they sold some of those bart trains. the old ones, and i think one was taken out and turned into like an airbnb somewhere, right? they made popular creative space for another, and maybe a restaurant, kind of like the old victoria station. oh, yeah. yeah, yeah, exactly. so there you have it. you never know. good options. stick around for that parking lot in the back. yeah, that's a

heavy load. there all right. weather wise for us today. it's going to be a nice one. it's going to be a nice day very much like yesterday where our temperatures aren't too extreme. and we're seeing what we are used to our microclimates where temperatures vary greatly across the bay area but we're also not seeing anything that's too out of the ordinary for us. but it is the first day of school in martinez, so that makes things feel different, right? even though our temperatures are going to be the same in martinez, we're starting out with a partly cloudy sky. we're in the low 60s. and then for today, more sunshine as our highs head for the low 80s. we're going to make it a great first day and a great school year for all the staff and students there and across the bay area that starting today, we're going to see those highs back into the low 80s. cupertino, san jose, 83 and 88, in gilroy today. and there are still some spots that are having to crank up the ac once again, like concord, we're going to see a high of 91, while livermore

will be in the mid 80s. and we'll see upper 70s for hayward in oakland today, 75 degrees and upper 70s for san mateo in daly city, 65 degrees. san francisco's back. to the upper 60s. it may be a little bit more windy today compared to yesterday, and north bay temperatures reaching 86 degrees in sonoma and 88 in clear lake. our 7-day forecast shows that there's not much of a change here. some of our warmer spots that you saw on the map today that made it to the upper 80s will match those temperatures, at least into early next week. and in san francisco, where we're seeing upper 60s today, more upper 60s for the weekend forecast. every now and then. you may get some peeks of sunshine. and mike, you're seeing some slowing through san jose. in fact, the last five minutes suddenly saw a lot of break tapping those sensors, slowing for 101 coming up north of the airport and in toward mountain view and palo alto. starting back here, capital expressway 87 traditional build here and 85 in patches coming off the split and then up

through the almaden valley. so we're watching for more traffic there. the rest of the bay shows a typical build as well, including slowing across the san mateo bridge and your drive down vasco. of course, contra costa county, back to you. thank you so much, mike. it is 653 and happening now. san jose hotel workers could be hitting the picket lines soon. last night, hotel workers from the union unite 19 overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. this includes employees at hilton, doubletree, marriott and hyatt place in san jose. their contracts expired last month and since then they've been trying to negotiate new terms. they're asking for higher pay, better workloads and more work protections. we've reached out to hilton, which owns doubletree and hyatt, but have not yet heard back. we're back in three minutes with a look at our top stories this morning, including san francisco evicting rv dwellers near the zoo, where those families say they will now go. we'll be rit backgh

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seven on your wednesday morning. welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at the top stories on today in the bay. first, five people are recovering after a multi-vehicle crash overnight in san martin. gilroy area. it happened on southbound 101. a total of three people were taken to the hospital. chp saying that one person suffered major injuries. the other two are expected to be okay. at least one of the people still underthat crash left the investigation. now to a live look in san francisco, where a group of rv dwellers have moved out. video overnight shows some rvs have already been relocated. more than 20 families have been living in their rvs along zoo road in the near the san francisco zoo. the city was warning them they risked being towed by midnight last night if

they didn't move. passengers aboard one united flight headed to rome ended up back where it started following an emergency landing in sacramento. according to those passengers, the pilot shut down one of the engines shortly after takeoff yesterday afternoon. they then dumped the plane's fuel, eventually landing safely in sacramento. united is not commenting on the mechanical issues. a live look at coyote creek elementary school, part of the san ramon valley school district, where students are headed back to school this morning with brand new leadership. c.j. cammack is the new district superintendent, and he's taking over facing some financial financial challenges. while the district is solvent this year, it is facing more than $16 million in cuts. next fall, which he and his staff are now in the process of assessing. let's get a look at that forecast before we go. it looks great for today and it matches yesterday's temperatures. some of our warmer spots like concord and morgan hill as well as santa rosa, will be in the upper

seconds. and we'll see that continue into next week. and upper 60s for san francisco. a quick look at 880 here southbound, with the headlights coming toward us. and that's nicely lit. drive through fremont. welcome back to school fremont unified today. the today show is just moments away from more local news. stay with today in the bay. we stream live on roku, pluto and other platforms. live at 8:00 scott mcgrew talks with google about its new product line and ai developments. ai is everywhere except here. we're here, live in the flesh. or is it? although it could help with my hair sometime, probably. that would be nice. look, thanks for joining us here on today in the bay. today show starts now. good wednesday morning. all eyes are good wednesday morning. all eyes are on tropical storm ernesto. >> and yet another summer scorcher for millions waking up this morning. good morning.