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price gouging. we're live in washington with the new campaign promise from presidential nominee kamala harris and how she believes her proposals may reduce your spending costs. a full day at five years old. we'll go back to school with a look at one district's new approach in making kindergarten a full time thing. the reason some experts believe it will benefit your child's development and tracking hurricane ernesto. the damage already caused as it churns towards bermuda. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a check of those roads coming up in just a bit with mike. but first let's talk about that forecast for us coming off of some nice days. and it continues today. absolutely. it's on repeat. we're not seeing any changes here at least for today. and it's been warm in some of the inland valleys. while the coastal areas have been cool. and we're starting

out this morning with low 50s in san francisco and a breezy wind. it's in the upper 50s in palo alto and in san jose it is 60 degrees. as you're getting ready to step out the door. looking at our highs for this afternoon, we're u in concord in dublin, 82 degrees and in hayward, 77, while half moon bay will be in the mid 60s. much of the north bay in the upper 80s. so you can see the range and temperatures that we'll see today as well as tomorrow, with some slight cooling in spots for the weekend. so we'll get a look ahead. that's coming up in just a few minutes. and mike, you've been tracking something on the san mateo bridge. yeah, we were looking for the lights to have any any problems. it's not westbound. westbound is just fine. your commute average for this morning. it's eastbound coming over to the hayward side. an earlier crash still on the grid, right near the toll plaza. now, the camera is a little bit farther out the toll plaza, right where it's marked. but the toll plaza is actually over here. in any case, no slowing on the sensors. we'll continue to follow that until it clears from the chp blotter. but there are

no problems on any of the bay bridges right now on the span north. 238 there was some slowing approaching the castro valley. y. i think there may have been a traffic break or the need to slow as a tow truck arrived on scene from a crash vehicle was in the middle of the roadway there. it looks like it may be cleared, judging from the speed sensors, but i'll double check with chp again. this is 238 just off of the castro valley y, but a smooth drive throughout alameda county. contra costa county. we'll check on that highway 4 crash coming up back to you. all right. thanks, mike. well, just into our newsroom, a new campaign strategy taking shape for democratic presidential nominee kamala harris today in the bay's drew petrimoulx is live for us in washington and drew a lot of movement there with the harris campaign. i understand that she's actually trying to cut the bottom line when it comes to the checkout line. yeah, that's right marcus. vice president harris will call for a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging as part of a broader set of proposals aimed at reducing costs. the harris campaign says she is promising to target price

gouging and fixing within her first 100 days in office. if elected, she plans to direct government agencies to investigate and penalize big corporations that violate the rules. this announcement comes as grocery prices are up more than 20% over four years. harris also detailed plans to cut prescription drug and housing costs in an economic address. during a visit to north carolina tomorrow. no, i understand this is not the only cut. democrats are looking to make their. you know, you have some information about an upcoming announcement from the biden administration. yeah. that's right. both harris and president biden are expected to reveal details today about a plan to lower prescription drug prices. it follows landmark negotiations with medicare. we're told the u.s. department of health and human services has reached agreements with ten drug manufacturers to lower prices. the negotiated prices are expected to save taxpayers $6 billion in the first year. the impacted drugs are for several

conditions, including diabetes, stroke and heart disease. the new prices would go into effect in 2026. let's speak about north carolina. they're on the other side of the aisle. no surprise here. but the republicans talking about the economy here, talking about just really making it a talking point. now on the campaign trail. yeah. well, at least that was what yesterday was supposed to be about in asheville, north carolina. but former president trump's rally ended up touching on many other issues, namely the people challenging him for the white house in 2024. the top the gop presidential nominee was in asheville talking to voters in what could be a crucial swing state in 2024, he attacked vice president harris, saying if she's elected, it will result in another great depression. but trump often veered off topic, turning to personal attacks rather than policy. you know why she hasn't done an interview? because she's not smart. i mean,

the clown that she picked as a vice president. this guy is a clown. does anyone here feel richer under kamala harris than crooked joe? than you were during the trump administration? is anything less expensive under kamala harris and crooked joe? the former president attacking the biden-harris, the biden-harris administration's economic record specifically, specifically highlighting inflation, claiming the economy was better during his presidency. but new numbers show good economic news. inflation in july dropping below 3% for the first time since 2021. the biden administration, taking credit for avoiding the recession that many had predicted. now trump will hold a press conference today in bedminster, new jersey, before hosting an event on fighting anti-semitism. when it comes to decision 2024. always a lot to talk about. drew, thank you so much for keeping us up to date. what's going on? also top of mind for a lot of families. many bay area schools headed

back to the classroom this week and one east bay school changing its early learning. hayward unified welcomed back its students for the fall, and it's trying a new approach for its youngest students. that's because hayward is piloting full day kindergarten at two of its sites. the superintendent says the early literacy, numeracy and socialization will benefit them throughout their academic career, and full day preschool is a benefit to families as well. it creates an opportunity whereby families can go back to work, and if you have more than one student, that's that's at a school, then you have a single drop off and pickup makes it easier for family life. superintendent raymond says the budget is set for this year, but next year the district is looking at some cuts. however, because voters said yes to a $550 million school facilities improvement bond. schools are being updated and eventually a new bret hart middle school will be built away from the hayward

fault. make sure you stay with us here on today in the bay all week long for your back to school coverage. if you missed any of it, you can catch up wherever you stream. nbc bay area streams 24/7 on roku, pluto and other platforms. new this morning, it seems the state of texas is possibly easing up on its most extreme response to migrants crossing the border. that's mostly because the rate is dropping. new data obtained by nbc news finds an estimated 84,000 border crossings in june were down considerably from the record 300,000 last december, and it is the fewest since president biden took office. as a result, texas is following through less frequently on threats to bust migrants to other cities, including l.a, new york and washington, dc. developing now hurricane ernesto heading towards bermuda. this comes as it battered puerto rico yesterday, leaving behind massive flooding and damage. strong winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. let's check in with

meteorologist kari hall. she's actually been tracking this storm for us, and we are seeing the cleanup still underway for puerto rico. as this storm is now moving away. and they are reporting that more than half of the island is without power now, as they're also dealing with all of the massive flooding. now, the storm is to the north, and it does continue to strengthen. now that it is over. some very warm water over the atlantic. it is a category one wind speeds at 85mph. and for a while it's going to be out in the open atlantic before possibly making a direct impact on bermuda over the next couple of days. as a category two hurricane, and it may produce winds up to over 100mph. and they are bracing for about 4 to 10in of rainfall while it may produce some big waves for the east coast and the mid-atlantic coast as well, so with climate change, we are seeing that these storms are moving through some very warm water. the climate shift index that's coming out from the

climate central, they're showing that we are seeing some extremely warm ocean, sea surface temperatures as a result of global warming. so that is giving more fuel to these storms that are developing out and not only the atlantic, but also out in the pacific. now, as we take a look at what's happening here at home, we are in for a wide range of temperatures again today. it's going to be cool near the coast and very warm for the inland valleys. the hottest temperature we'll see today will be 93, in fairfield and vacaville, while in san jose we're in the upper 70s. so we'll talk about the range and temperatures and changes ahead for the weekend. mike's been showing us changes at the gas pump in those prices. yeah, i've seen some of the local prices drop, but we're still not on the ten best list. it's okay. we're going to feature some school drivers as well. getting back to school for cupertino drivers there in that district. top of the class 389 at great gas on north anza boulevard for their first day back. parents driving to milpitas unified may want to

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getting millions of dollars in bonuses. and he doesn't even have to come in to the office. plus this ain't texas. ain't no holding. hey, hey, queen bee already the queen of grammys. well, we're going to look at a slew of nominations she's now receiving. and we're not talking about the grammys here.

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today. they may still be sleeping, but we are going to have a nice cool start with some patches of fog and temperatures in the low 60s, and at pickup time it will be in the mid 80s. so layers to dress for today we'll talk about what's ahead in our weekend forecast coming up. folks traveling up 101 looks just fine right now. getting over here across the san mateo bridge may have gotten a little tougher. i just got a new incident reported westbound on the san mateo span itself, heading over toward where folks are starting school in san mateo as well. well, good morning. very happy thursday to you. stocks moved higher on wednesday. likely will today after that. good news about inflation. it's under 3% year over year close to the fed's target. a headline in bloomberg said this morning inflation is over. time to worry about something else. now at cisco they're worried about their jobs, the networking giant said on a phone call with reporters and analysts yesterday. it will lay off again, cutting about 4%

of its worldwide workforce. that will work out to about 6000 people now, cisco reported it made tons of money, not as much as it used to in its heyday, but $10 billion for the year. so why the layoffs? cisco says it wants to use the money saved by not paying people on, you guessed i, ai. nasa said it would make a decision on when to bring those astronauts home by the middle of the month. well, today's august 15th, you can't get much more middle of the month than that. the two astronauts who went up to the international space station on a brand new boeing built space capsule may not be able to go home on that same capsule. there's worry it won't bring them home safely, and nasa is thinking about leaving the astronauts up there until next year, bringing them home on a spacex dragon capsule. that decision should come soon. google decided that work life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning. that is former ceo of google eric

schmidt. in a video posted by stanford telling a class there he thought remote work put google behind on artificial intelligence. schmidt has said since he regrets the comments, telling the wall street journal quote, i misspoke and i regret that error. now that new ceo of starbucks, i was telling you about, the one coming from chipotle will be working remotely. starbucks headquarters in seattle. brian nicole lives in newport beach, and they're going to build him an office down there. he'll come into starbucks as needed. shares in starbucks rose 20% this week when investors heard the news the coffee chain was getting a new boss. starbucks has been going through some changes lately. customers and workers aren't happy with many of them, some complaining. the idea of, you know, sort of the automatic coffee machines take the joy and the handcrafted ness out of it. that's true. speeds up the line though. so there is that. sell more, sell more. yep. and i noticed they're trying to do some of those deals that we're seeing other, you know, fast food establishments. yes. you know, two drinks for ten or

whatever, trying to get customers in the door, $5 cup of coffee, all right. dwight isn't drinking, right? saving the money. all right. thanks, scott. plus, he doesn't like it. come on. all right, well, one time niners quarterback colin kaepernick still wants to play football. but how about coaching? so apparently when he's ready, he's potentially nfl coaching material. and this is all according to usa today which says new chargers head coach jim harbaugh, who actually coached kap in san francisco, now wants to hire him as an assistant coach. kap last played with the niners back in 2016. that's when the season he first took the knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality. now, this week, kap told sky sports at age 36, he thinks that he still can help a team win a championship. trending this morning, the beehive buzzing over beyonce, who is leading the way for people's choice country award nominations. texas ain't no holding. so lay your cards

down, down, down down. sometimes i say this ain't x is just to hear my kids go woo! well, in all, beyoncé received 12 nominations for her new album cowboy carter. that includes two nominations for her recent singles 16 carriages and texas hold em. she's also nominated for the top award, the people's artist of 2024. shania twain will host the people's choice country awards september 26th at the grand ole opry house in nashville, and it will air on nbc bay area at 5 p.m. so get your boots and your cowboy hats and get to sit on the couch and watch. all right, well, we can walk on out the door today and it won't feel like texas. yeah, it's going to be warm in some of the valleys, but we also have some cool temperatures that will continue near the coast. so

let's take a live look outside in san jose. it's going to be another clear and sunny day. and as we're getting the kids out the door for school and in milpitas, we are going to see temperatures in the mid 60s at drop off time. hopefully it's a great start to the school year and it's going to be very busy around those school zones again today. it's going to be up to about 80 degrees as the kids are getting out and then maybe heading to the park to enjoy the rest of the afternoon. let's go into the south bay with a look at what to expect today. it's still at or slightly warmer than normal, up to 86 degrees in san jose, 90 in gilroy. and we're not seeing as many of those 90s across parts of the inland east bay. but we're still up to 92 in antioch and concord today. upper 70s for oakland, hayward and up to 84 in fremont. while in palo alto, it will be in the low 80s mid 60s for half moon bay. you can see how these temperatures are still widely ranging, just depending on where you are. if

you're driving from one spot going to another, you're going to notice that difference in those temperatures. and so we're mostly in the 60s in san francisco, upper 70s for the north bay and up to 87 in clear lake. for this afternoon. an area of low pressure will be dropping in, bringing some rain very close to the bay area. farther to the north along the coast. that's expected to happen on saturday, and we just keep the same setup that we'll see going into next week. and in some spots, our temperatures will still get pretty hot. we'll see that in brentwood. at least we do get a break for saturday. but then sunday temperatures are coming back up to upper 80s and the 90s in the forecast for much of next week. and once again, that's for the inland area. so we're going to start to put those 90s back on the map there and along the coast. we're staying in the 60s here until about next tuesday. mike, what does it look like now heading to the san mateo bridge back here. take another look here. this time the eastbound direction seems fine. it's westbound. a new incident reported somewhere

along the flat section, i believe. still getting more detail from crews that are heading out there, but the visual seems fine on our camera view. the speed sensors also look just fine past the toll plaza and heading up toward the high rise. that's the commute direction, so we'll watch that carefully over the next few minutes to see if any delays develop. off of 237, there's a crash, but on the south bay freeways everything is fine. same thing getting over toward the bay bridge. mild slowing though, developing into emeryville. back to you. thanks, mike. a solution for staffing shortages on school campuses. coming up next on today in the bay the company allowing people to find temporary jobs here in the bay area. and it's time to help clear the shelters. this is marty. he's a one year old siberian husky mix mix. he's available now at the animal community center in milpitas. you can find a full list of the pets up for adoption right now. just take your phone, point it to the screen. there and you have the qr code that's going to take you right to our website. this way you can learn more

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gunfire. and another diverted flight from sfo to rome for the second straight day. united pilots are forced to land the plane. the unusual turn for this flight leaving passengers in one out of the way location. this is today in the bay. wow. all right, well, that and much more ahead. a lot going on here on today in the bay. want to say good morning to you? thanks for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. and first, at 530 this morning, we've got a live look at the tri valley for you. where one winery is getting set to celebrate the new grape harvest. we're going to check in with bob redell. really soaking. maybe drinking it all in. hopefully not this early in the morning, but he will join us in about 15 minutes at 545. right now we want to head over to meteorologist kari hall. maybe a great day to smash some grapes or something or, you know, cheers to the kids going back to school today. we are going to have. i like that one. yes we're starting out with a live look

outside in dublin before the sun rises this morning. you can already tell it's clear. and it is the first day of school for kids in morgan hill at drop off time. there will be some drifts of fog around. temperatures in the low 60s at pickup time. it will be in the mid 80s and lots of sunshine. nice little warm afternoon, but we've seen these temperatures day after day with your microclimate experiencing the same weather you had yesterday. so yes, it will be hot in the inland east bay, concord up to 92 and some upper 80s in santa rosa and in napa. while in oakland it's still pretty comfortable with a high today of 77 degrees. so we'll get a look ahead to the weekend coming up. mike, you're giving us a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. yeah, the toll plaza. we're picking up the volume as we expect. i was also watching the lights here along the east shore freeway as we pull this full to screen for folks to see those lights are moving smoothly across from left to right there. no major issues. despite some slowing on the sensors. i've circled it there between berkeley and emeryville. there's some sudden slowing now. there's an overnight roadwork project going on right around powell

that might have affected the traffic flow. we'll keep following that. it should dissipate as the build on the top of the screen happens for highway 37. and that's standard. and i'm circling over here. highway four westbound. your commute into concord. there's a crash at san marco in the eastbound direction. but the slowing westbound. that's your commute. we'll double check both of those spots approaching the bay bridge and approaching concord for highway 4. the rest of the bay. easy drive. back to you. thanks, mike. 531 right now. happening today. a san francisco court is reportedly ready to pull the plug on dozens of criminal cases. and it all has to do with the passing of time. actually, just too much of it. yeah. so this all follows a recent federal appeals court ruling tied to legal delays that sprang out of a covid pandemic. today in the bay ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning and ginger, i know you're learning more about what type of cases we're talking about that will be tossed out. good morning, marcus and laura. the standard is reporting that dozens of sex crimes, domestic violence cases and dui cases may be among those

tossed in a san francisco court today because of as you mentioned there, too much time passing. now, both the district attorney's office and the public defender's office have gone on record to say that the courts are to blame because they did not try these cases in a timely manner. now, this all stems from a state appeals court ruling back in july that said, a san francisco woman was denied her right to a speedy trial because of a years long delay that was attributed to the pandemic. the chronicle is reporting that woman lynette mendoza, was charged in 2021 with two misdemeanors for allegedly driving drunk, and a third for driving at night without her headlights on. she pleaded not guilty and was scheduled for trial years later. now, mendoza reportedly had her trial postponed six times. earlier this year, the public defender's office sought dismissal of the charges under the sixth amendment, which guarantees a person's right to a speedy trial. their motion was originally denied, with the denial upheld by a superior court's appellate division. but

another panel on the same appeals court ruled that conditions had changed and postponements of criminal cases were no longer justified. now, several appeals similar to the san francisco woman's case are reportedly pending in the first district, and hundreds of misdemeanor cases in superior court are also potentially beyond the statutory last day to begin trial. this is something that we will continue to follow today. we'll have updates online at nbcbayarea.com. in san francisco, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. thanks for the latest there. ginger. well, a grieving mother is opening up about the murder of her 33 year old daughter, herself a mother of eight. this is after she confronted drug dealers in her oakland neighborhood. that gunman last week shot and killed maria ramos on hilton way. now her mother was at the scene when the deadly encounter happened not far from her home. blanca velasco. velasco says that ramos

and her children were visiting from los angeles. she had just confronted a car full of people who had just sold marijuana vapes to her grandchildren. i just saw her kind of like taking off, and i just heard the bang. and then i pressed on the gas to put my cart in front of their car to shield my daughter. i saw my daughter going down, but i thought my daughter was taking cover. now ramos was shot multiple times, dying there at the scene. her children range in age from 1 to 15. police have made multiple arrests, but so far are revealing few details. a new warning for expectant mothers with a recent surge in a highly contagious virus. the cdc says parvo virus infections are actually increasing the rate of people showing antibodies is now more than three times as high as it was two years ago. one local health expert says bay area cases are also higher. those

most at risk are pregnant women and their unborn children, which can become anemic. although the rate of cases showing severe symptoms is still considered quite low. anemia or low red blood cell count in a fetus can have much more severe consequences of the pregnant people who get parvovirus. only about 5 to 10% of people would have any consequence. while some people will show no symptoms, others may get a fever, headache, cough, sore throat or joint pain. also, face rashes can be common for children. postal service inspectors are asking for your help. this is after a mail carrier was robbed near danville. it happened near portola drive yesterday morning. now, the suspect implied he had a gun, telling that carrier to hand over his postal keys. he's described as six feet tall with medium to large build, wearing a black mask and dark jacket. any information that leads to an

arrest could be rewarded with up to $150,000. a jet headed to rome is diverted. united airlines flight took off from sfo en route to rome yesterday. it was forced to turn around over canada, landing in edmonton. united not commenting on why the flight was diverted so far. they have nothing to say. playing with the same flight number was headed to rome from sfo on tuesday. however, it had to make an emergency landing in sacramento. passengers on board say the pilot shut down one of the engines shortly after takeoff, dumping the plane's fuel. it's unclear if any of the passengers on tuesday's flight were also on board. during wednesday's diversion. at the time, united was not commenting on the mechanical issues, but the airline is now working to rebook all those passengers. well, it is still summer, but it is never too early to start thinking about snow skiing or just hanging out at the slopes. a few lake tahoe resorts are releasing their own opening day for the 2024 2025 season. heavenly and north star are hoping to open on november 22nd.

kirkwood hoping to open up december 6th. now those dates could be delayed if conditions change, but of course, it is always fun to think ahead and thinking ahead to cooler temperatures for some. but you know what? right now, deal with it. because meteorologist kari hall says it's not too bad out there because look, if weather like this, kari, you might want it to linger around just a little bit longer. yeah absolutely. i mean, it's pretty nice out there. and if you are going to tahoe to check out the sights and going to see where you'll be skiing this winter and going for a hike. for now, we are going to see temperatures in the upper 70s for tomorrow. and on saturday it's going to be in the low 70s. sunday upper 70s for a high and those overnight lows in the low 40s. so you do still need a nice warm jacket. this weekend we have silicon valley pride in san jose. the kickoff party on friday in the evening, and then the festival festival continues on saturday. on sunday will be the parade, so we do have some really nice weather this weekend. highs up to about 80 degrees for saturday

and sunday, and our evening temperatures will be cooling off very quickly. if you have the beach in mind, going to santa cruz this weekend, it's going to be in the mid 70s on friday. saturday. just a touch cooler as we get a few more clouds and a breezy wind. expect a high of about 68 degrees there and low 70s on sunday, but overall they're also looking very comfortable and hot. temperatures again for paso robles as our highs reach 98 degrees on friday, but then about ten degrees cooler on saturday, and then up to about 91 on sunday. mike, you've been watching the roads and more people out and about this morning. yeah. so the moore slowing shows up. but this perhaps is residual. now the traffic break i believe, was what happened to move a crew near powell that has cleared. whatever the case, it's a smoother drive. berkeley just gradually slowing at university. clearing by the berkeley curve. and then slowing again on the incline. look at that time for the metering lights over here. we do have a traffic break to move some caltrans material. crews from san rafael getting on

to that bridge eastbound for the bridge to richmond. westbound highway 37 typical build highway 4 sorted itself out. the earlier crash scene at san marcos looks like it's cleared from the eastbound direction westbound. your commute starts to build coming into concord. pretty standard there. let's get a look ahead again. today we have the fourth of four games here at oracle park, but today it's a mid day game. 1245 so disruption to that typical game pattern we had for the last three days. just note that because the game will get out about the same time, some folks might want to be leaving the city across the bay bridge. now, overnight road work continues on the golden gate bridge, so you'll be down a couple of lanes. but by this time tomorrow again, it will be clear back to its normal commute and easy drive. and in fact, we can see these lights across the span. so great visibility there right now. taking a look at the rest of the bay, we will show you there are no major issues as far as speed sensors go. the gentle build for 880 the nimitz down through hayward and into fremont. and of course, in the south bay. we're looking at your typical build for 101. and the good news is that blue and line

work we had for vta, that has been done for that one section, and they're going to continue on. we'll tell you when the next one comes up as it arrives in, and vta has to do some work on the tracks near you. perhaps it presented an issue near the station, but now it's all clear for those crosswalks. back to you. good to know. thanks, mike. 540 right now stepping down ahead on today in the bay the reason columbia's president is resigning and new details on that departure. plus, we're replenishing forests damaged by wildfires. the funding helping make the project happen and the importance behind it. and mark your calendar for a vice presidential debate on october 1st. but you know, use a pencil. and i'm bob redell. we're live here in the vineyards here in livermore, where you can see the grape harvest is officially underway. the potential impact of this spring's wet weather and hot summer could have on this year's vintage. stay with us.

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to be a very chilly 58 degrees and partly cloudy. you need a jacket early, but not so much for the afternoon as we get sunshine and a really comfortable day. a pick up time. it will be 73 degrees and we'll get a look ahead to our weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. that's right. starting schools in hayward that's behind

these tail lights. and san mateo on the other side of this span. but right now, i'm concerned about what i see on the span. looks like some flashing lights have just started going on here. the service area and your fast lane may be a factor. we'll track this and i'll scan those reports to see what else i can find coming up. perfect. and we'll check back with you, mike. it is 544 right now. and new overnight. the president of columbia university announces her resignation after a little more than a year on the job. doctor nemat shafik announced she is stepping down immediately. it comes after the campus became the center of a protest movement connected to the israel-hamas war. protests swept across college campuses nationwide, with thousands arrested and end of the year graduation ceremonies disrupted. shafik noted the protests factored into her decision. she was the first woman to take on that role as university president. vice president kamala harris will talk about her plans for the economy today in north carolina, and this is just a day after former president trump did

the same thing in the same place, same state. yeah. north carolina. you know, it's an important state in a long list of important states in the race for president, the economy on the top of mind for many voters. and harris will set out her economic agenda today. no doubt she will mention that big announcement today from the white house on lower drug prices. ten different drugs like eliquis for blood clots. jardiance for diabetes. the white house has negotiated with drug makers for much lower prices. jardiance, for instance, goes from more than $500 for a month's prescription to under 200. former president trump spoke about the economy on wednesday. now, his advisers have been pushing him to narrow and focus his message. and he told the audience, get ready. this speech, this speech will not be the usual. now, this is a little bit different day because this isn't a rally. this is we're talking about a thing called the economy. they wanted to do a speech on the economy. a

lot of people are very devastated by what's happened with inflation and all of the other things. so we're doing this as a intellectual speech. you're all intellectuals today. now, something that may have caught his advisers off guard. trump proposed 20% tariffs on all imported goods. he usually talks about 10% tariffs, usually anything made from china, which is many of the products you would find in a big box discount store when the american government, remember, puts a tariff on something, it's the americans that pay the tariff. economists worry putting a tariff on imported goods, particularly 20%, would create enormous inflation. democratic candidate for vice president tim walz has agreed to a vice presidential debate on the 1st of october. on cbs, he said earlier he can't wait to debate j.d. vance. the vance campaign says it's aware of the offer but has not yet committed, and president biden held a gathering

of social influencers at the white house yesterday, telling them at a time when there are so many lies, telling the truth on the internet is paramount. now i know i only look like i'm 40. you can smile. okay, but i've been around a long time and it's never been this bad before. i mean, the press, i mean the way we treat each other in politics. and it's literally getting incredibly difficult to count the number of lies people hear. they don't know what to believe. count on. but you break through. you break through in ways that i think are going to change the entire dynamic of the way in which we communicate. and that's why i invited you to the white house, because i'm looking for a job. biden also commented on the day's good inflation news, saying, i told you there would be a soft landing. carey staff tells me that. now let's turn to

our climate in crisis. wildfire activity in recent years is scorching more acres than ever, damaging hundreds of millions of trees in california. but a new grant from cal fire will help to plant more trees after fires to replenish forests in cooperation with cal forest public and private landowners can, across the west, get seedlings of conifer trees to help recover with those fires destroyed. nick larham from cal forest explains why this is so important. it's because of climate change. the recent wildfires that we're experiencing, they're burning with such intensity that they're burning the ground even. and that's killing seed that would naturally regenerate and grow trees out in the landscape. and so we're having to assist that process by by starting the seedlings here at the nursery so that they can then be planted in those areas that are not going to regrow. cal forest has grown

and shipped over 400 million seedlings across the west in the past 25 years, and this additional funding helps them collect more seeds and replace equipment. they're also looking for volunteers to hike out to those remote areas, to plant those seeds and change the future of our planet. if you're interested, we'll have the link to cal forest nurseries on our website, nbcbayarea.com. look for this story under the climate and crisis tab. thanks, gary. well, wine harvest is officially underway in the east bay. today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live from las positas vineyards in livermore, where workers are going to be picking those grapes there up before even the sun. how is this year's growing season going? bob well, that's a good question. we're asking for brant amos, the winemaker here at las positas vineyards. hey, good to see you. good seeing you. we see the workers out here like we see usually around this time of the year, though. this is a little bit earlier. yeah. is there something to read into that?

well, it's, you know, kind of a warm summer. so. so definitely sped up. i live out here, too. it was. i thought this was one of the hottest days. we've had more than kind of. yeah, yeah. in the hundreds. yeah, we did have the mild spring to start, and so that helped push stuff along and with plenty of rain. these vines are just nice and happy. i'll let jesse walk past us so you can show the guys picking. these are white grapes. these are verdelho. these are portuguese varietal, and you, obviously, you pick them for people who aren't familiar. you pick them overnight because you want the hot days and you let them cool off overnight. and that's the time you want to pick. exactly. you want the fruit basically as cool as you can get it, that way it's just helps preserve quality aromas, freshness in the wine. okay. and you were saying earlier when you came out here. hey i think we're going to pick about four and a half tons, but they've been picking for about 30 to 60 minutes already. and now you're saying it's gonna be a little bit more. so that's a good surprise, right? oh yeah. yeah, yeah. so it's fortunately picking out a little bit heavier than expected. and i'll never,

never, never say no to that. so and you, we, we knew you were going to be picking out here last week. so you made the decision with the, the right of first refusal last night? of course. so how did you know that it was going to be good. you know, seven days in advance. well, it's really just, you know, i've spent a lot of time with with this vineyard, with this varietal, grapes in general. and so i had a feeling it was about time and knowing that i could always cancel up to, you know, the night before, as needed. and this variety of verdello you won with the san francisco chronicle wine competition last year. so you obviously have some street cred here. what do you like about what you've tasted so far in these grapes this year, well, just a great vivid flavors, and i think the aromatics are going to be going to be, pretty much amazing this year, these guys are moving pretty fast. let's walk down here because i want to i want to get a taste of this. they're clearly are working hard here. come over here. you can see the. what do you like about

this when you look at this and kind of talk to me like you're selling me on these grapes. of course, well, you know, look at the cluster. it's. it's a little bit loose, so, you know, that that helps, the grapes dry out if we do get any rain, so it just adds to a better, better quality, skins are just just. you can see they're just, kind of green, green to yellow. so they're, they're, they're just perfect. and they're delicious. tastes good to me. yeah. all the flavors in the skin. seeds are nice and brown and crunchy, which is right where we want it. all right, so, the taste is excellent. good, good. right. hey, brant. thank you very much. of course. thank you, guys. and thank you for letting us come out here and get in your guys way. this morning. so, the, by the way, the blessing of the grapes next wednesday here in the valley, it's the annual tradition between 1130 and 2 will be at three steve's winery. and of course, that's where the local clergy come out to wish you guys a great harvest. so,

back to you guys. i feel like you either need to get out of the way. they got seeds, man. they got the seeds. the table grapes, or should i or should i just. yeah. put it in my pocket or what do you want me to do? oh, yeah. you could grow your own. yeah, i was gonna say that might save it for later. so next week is the blessing of the grapes. they are very good grapes. very good. all right. bob's out there eating breakfast. you better move out of the way. i'd love to see how fast those workers, you know. yeah. a dedicated and, you know, on their back. so. and we thank you. the fruits of the harvest. yeah. all right. yes. it has been a very warm summer in the valleys. and it continues today. but it's been cool along the coast. so areas in between, like san jose has had some really mild weather. and we're going to see that again as the kids are going back to school. take a look at cupertino starting out the morning at 59 degrees, nice and sunny and at pick up time will be at about 80 degrees. so comfortably warm. and another really nice day with our highs

up to 90 in gilroy today. that's the one of the hotter spots. while we'll see some highs in the low 80s for cupertino and los gatos and much of the east bay, we're in the low 90s for walnut creek over toward antioch, with some mid 80s in livermore and in hayward, as well as oakland, 77 now in daly city. it's 66. but then when you head down to palo alto, it will be 82 degrees and 70. in the mission district, while the marina district will be in the mid 60s in mill valley, 78 degrees and about ten degrees warmer in santa rosa and 20 degrees cooler in bodega bay. so we're seeing a wide range in temperatures and this weekend we're going to get a slightly stronger ocean breeze and a slight cool down for the coast. we'll even be watching out for some rain just off to our north. and then in spots like brentwood, we do get a brief break from the high heat, but it just returns as we go into next week. we're going from 83 on saturday to 96 on tuesday, so

for most of us, we're not seeing as much of a change in our temperatures. still pretty hot in the inland areas and slightly hotter next week in san francisco. it's very mild with upper seconds and drizzle on saturday once again. mike, they're starting that san mateo bridge. yeah, i think this is the third time this morning we've had an incident on the span two westbound and one eastbound. the one westbound. there's nothing on the chp blotter. that means this was initiated in the field. not someone calling it. so either the bridge crew or the chp noticed something. someone in need here. looks like a flat tire. perhaps flashing lights fewer than before. they may be calming the situation down. traffic still moves smoothly, but there is slowing the brakes tap in the area, and that's why those speed sensors show that mid span again, that's westbound. as the volume builds out of hayward. a pretty standard pattern outside of that, the south bay. another crash reported north 101 right around oakland road, but not a lot of detail and no slowing just yet. a smoother drive right here as you cut through 680 and down in toward walnut creek. back to you. thanks, mike. well, happening now, chevron is making

a big promise to richmond leaders. the company is promising to shell out more than half $1 billion to the city over the next decade. now, that agreement came ahead of the city leaders pulling the proposed ballot measure from the november ballot. if approved, chevron would have had to pay a $1 barrel tax on oil and raw materials refined at its richmond facility. tracking, ernesto. still ahead at 6:00, a look at the damage already caused in the u.s. as the storm churns toward bermuda as a hurricane. then all new this morning, preserving lake tahoe. the millions of dollars being invested to address the challenges posed by millions of tourists visiting every single year. keep it here.

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