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here's all it's expected to face a judge today, while pearsall, amazingly, is now back with his team. we're live this morning at levi's with the latest developments strengthening ties with san francisco's chinese community. the unique event aimed at helping law enforcement build relationships. and a live look outside this morning. this should be the hottest of the days coming up for us in this current bay area heat wave. meteorologist kari hall of course, tracking those conditions for us, including today's heat advisory. this is today at. the bay. good wednesday morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. we'll take a look at that morning commute with mike in just a little bit. but kari bringing the sunshine with that yellow today and the heat. right. we're going to have some hot weather for the inland valleys again today. and we are under a heat advisory for much of the bay, with the exception of the immediate coastline and parts of the peninsula. but we are now including san francisco in that heat advisory that

continues until tomorrow evening. so the valleys are going to see those highs in the 90s and even triple digits. the bay and the coast will be in the 70s and 80s. and with all of this heat, we will also have a very high fire danger right now. nice and comfortable. much of the bay area in the 50s and 60s. we're down to 55 right now in sonoma and santa rosa. the good thing is that we do have these cool mornings to start, but our highs today will be hot once again, headed to 103 degrees in gilroy this afternoon. cupertino 98 degrees and will also see a lot of triple digits for much of the east bay. so we'll be tracking this and eventually we will see those numbers coming down. we'll have more on that in a few minutes. but mike, chp has notes about the golden gate bridge. yeah, and that's a typical note across the bay. but one of the cool spots, i think, for the day, from what you're showing. carey, we're looking over here before it burns off. low visibility issue coming across from the north bay. no

surprises and nothing big enough to show up on our road. weather index here. smooth drive throughout the north bay. contra costa county, and easy flow of traffic all the way in through the south bay and south county. we have that overnight road work that should be picking up right now through niles canyon. one crash shows up where they're slowing as well, slowing out of the altamont. pretty typical. and the crash before you get to the altamont. so this will affect folks out of tracy before 205 and 580 merge together. and then things slow down a bit. pretty typical. back to you. thanks. so much, mike. well, later today, the 17 year-old suspect in the shooting of the 49ers first round draft pick, ricky pearsall will appear in court. he's being charged as a juvenile, at least for now. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us live from levi's stadium this morning, where the team is certainly as well as the community reacting to this shooting, kris. i mean, this could have turned out very, very differently. and we know that the team practiced here in santa clara yesterday without ricky pearsall. but general manager john lynch said it really seemed like a miracle that he was able

to make it out the way that he did. now, about 50 miles north of here in san francisco, district attorney brooke jenkins in san francisco was telling us that she filed attempted murder charges with additional firearm allegations, very serious charges, which the 17 year old will face at the city's youth guidance center as a juvenile. now jenkins told us that she has not ruled out requesting that that 17 year old be transferred to adult court. i have attempted to make it clear that there will be accountability when people commit crimes, most certainly serious crimes of this nature. now, pearsall will likely be back in uniform before all of that plays out. he is on the reserve non-football injury list for the next four weeks. john lynch says that he'll need the time to recover, not just physically, but also emotionally from that close call. he said that when pearsall was shot at union square while shopping for luggage for away games, the

bullet went in through his chest out his back, leaving major organs and nerves intact. nothing short of miraculous that he came out of this as good as he did. just so, so grateful that everything worked out the way it did. several other teammates saying that they are all rooting for ricky pearsall and his recovery. there's only so much information that we can get about this suspect because he is a juvenile until and if he moves into adult court, will be able to get more information. we know that he'll be at that hearing today and will be calling out to district attorney jenkins office to get any update that we can in santa clara, kris sanchez today in the bay. yeah, glad he's going to be okay. thanks, chris. authorities this morning have not yet identified the driver killed when two cars plunged off the road. this is near san francisco's historic cliff house. this is around 5:00 last night. police at this point will only confirm those cars were involved in some kind of

crash. the surviving driver suffered minor injuries. video from that scene also showing first responders rescuing a dog, which firefighters say was in one of those two cars. one witness surfing in the waters below at the time, describes what he saw. me and my buddy were out there and we heard this noise and we looked up and i thought the cliff was collapsing, but it wasn't. it was two cars flying through the air. it looked 50ft in the air. one of them now. police. so far are saying very little about the investigation or if they've identified who is at fault here. now they are still hoping to hear from anyone who may have seen what happened. happening today, san francisco's chinese speaking community holds its own version of national night out, meant to create stronger relationships with first responders. this year marks the event's 10th anniversary in chinatown. police staffers will be there to help educate people on crime prevention. among tonight's rsvp. sfpd chief bill

scott, mayor, london breed and district attorney brooke jenkins. chinatown night out starts at 4 p.m. in portsmouth square. turning now to developments surrounding the war in gaza in a largely symbolic move, hamas leaders now face charges from the u.s. department of justice. now, this is all due to their involvement in the october 7th terrorist attacks on israel, when individuals were taken hostage. now, this comes as thousands took to the street. this is for the third consecutive night in tel aviv. demonstrators are demanding that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reach a cease fire agreement with hamas to bring more than 100 remaining hostages home. their pleas come after the discovery of six deceased captives in gaza over the weekend, including a bay area native. this morning, pope francis 12 day trip to asia continuing with a stop in jakarta. new video shows the pontiff being welcomed by indonesian president joko widodo. the pope was greeted by crowds waving small vatican and

indonesian flags. the pontiff, who suffers from knee and back pain, was seated in a wheelchair as he left his car. pope francis and president widodo were saluted by an honor guard playing the indonesian and vatican anthems before heading inside for a private meeting. developing this morning in southern california, a desperate situation for homeowners in the seaside community of rancho palos verdes. this is about 25 miles south of los angeles. that's where power has been shut off to about 250 homes in the wake of the current massive land shift. now, that movement has already buckled, some of those streets, causing homes to crumble. the utility southern california edison cut the power which they fear the shifting of the earth could trigger fires. governor gavin newsom has issued a state of emergency. experts believe historic storms over the past two winters accelerated the land shift. it is 508 right now. taking a live look outside. kind of the calm before the heat. i'd say. probably the coolest part of the day right now, as we're

tracking that heat across the bay area, it's moving in carey. is this going to be the hottest day of the week? it's going to be pretty hot, but it looks like it's going to be equally as hot tomorrow. so we may not be all clear just yet as we're getting started. a little bit of fog over san francisco and that's going to keep those temperatures from heating up as quickly. but i do think this fog is going to clear out within the next few hours. and then at 8:00 it is starting to become mostly sunny and temperatures warming up there into the mid to upper 70s. and we will see parts of the city in the mid 80s today across to the bay oakland it will be 87 degrees, but look at all of these highs over 100 degrees. so that means there will be a major heat risk. and that is an impact on how this could affect your health. and so we're definitely needing to be a lot more careful and stay hydrated throughout the day. we will talk more about this in a few minutes. but mike has a look at where we can find some lower gas prices. keep that car gassed up. you might need to sit in there with air

conditioning if you're lucky enough. santa clara county. we'll talk about that. the best in the county. still 389. found one in cupertino. this time. cupertino auto repair and gas, apparently on stevens creek boulevard. next number up. we're jumping up to marin county. the low jumps up to 411 at arco on redwood highway in mill valley and higher still in walnut creek, where the best we find there in that city is 449. quick serve on south california boulevard. make sure you get and make those reports over gasbuddy.com on the roadway. happy to report. pretty smooth drive right now. we will take you to those travel times out of the altamont pass and easy drive. and so vasco road coming out of contra costa county, down toward 580, in alameda county. that's the main avenue out of there. brentwood, byron, discovery bay on the peninsula, everything looks great for 101 here in palo alto to the north, those taillights heading up through the construction zone up toward about willow. there may be crews clearing over the next half hour, i'd say so. watch for a little bit of slowing and flashing lights back to you. all right. thanks mike. climate change. putting a beloved south

korean dish at risk. ahead on today in the bay. the challenges, the challenges for the kimchi industry is facing as temperatures continue to rise and threaten crops and some potholes on wall street as stocks have a terrible day yesterday and looks pretty rough today as well. plus don't take these beautiful things that i've got, please stay, and just in time for the start of fall. billboard telling you the dispute over the song of the summer. stick around and stay with us to find out which artist came out on top

out the door. it's in the upper 50s in oakland. as you're heading to work, it's going to be partly cloudy, and it's a quick warm up. is on trend today, going from upper 50s to upper 70s by noon. eventually we'll make it into the upper 80s here. so we will be tracking some hot valley temperatures as well. that's coming up in just a few minutes. and live look over here from our fremont camera. it looks like our dial up modem needs to be reset. a smooth drive despite the picture here. an easy flow on 880. no slowing, no stuttering. we'll show you how things are shaping up on those speed sensors coming up. well, good morning to you and

very happy wednesday. molson coors is the latest company to announce it's scaling back its dei efforts. tap is how they trade dei diversity equity and inclusion. the beer maker will no longer report the makeup of its employee ranks to the human rights campaign. as part of that, backing away from dei markets. i mean, take a look at this hit hard yesterday. the worst dip since that big dip in august. nvidia lost more than a quarter trillion dollars in value overall. this is what the big board looked like by the end of the trading day. and futures are calling for a lower open this morning as well. okay, some good news. the world health organization says cell phones absolutely, positively do not cause cancer. the conclusion, reached after a variety of studies. but the simplest conclusion just about everybody has had a cell phone for at least a decade or so now, and brain cancer is no higher than

it was before cell phones were common. simple enough. the w.h.o. also says cell phone towers are fine and in fact use less power than they used to. and wi-fi is not going to hurt you either. vice president harris is expected to announce new incentives for small startups at an event on the east coast today, proposing a $50,000 tax break for small business. right now, that tax break is 5000. meantime, a warning from twitter, on twitter, from folks associated with the trump organization. several of trump's families say they were hacked, their accounts promoting a crypto marketplace, including the account of laura trump, the co-chair of the republican part. trump actually is working on some kind of crypto marketplace and sells nfts of his image, along with pieces of the suit he wore when he was arrested. nearly half of all corporate donations to trump's campaign have been from crypto companies, according to cnbc. and lastly, a new study from bloomberg shows

more than 40% of all energy created worldwide last year came from non-carbon sources. so solar and wind? yeah, but also nuclear and hydro, solar and wind, about 17%. nuclear and hydro 24. and obviously coal and gas make up the rest of it. and here in california, cal iso says there are days in which all of our energy comes from renewable energy. it's rare, but all of our energy last yesterday was about 18%. wow, look at that leading the way. yeah, well, speaking of climate change, let's talk about this because climate change continues to have an impact on so much of our planet. that includes a staple in south korean cuisine. new research is saying that rising temperatures are impacting kimchi, specifically the napa cabbage used in the popular dish. well, the vegetable thrives in cooler temperatures. however, intensifying heat over in south korea is threatening those crops. we're learning the reason why elton john won't be performing at the dreamforce concert later this month. the 77

year old superstar posted on social media that he's recovering from a severe eye infection, which caused temporary blindness in one eye. elton john says it will take some time before he fully returns to being able to see singer pink and rock band imagine dragons will perform instead. the conference starts september 17th in san francisco. it's going to be okay. all right. well, trending for you this morning. billboard's 2024 songs of the summer list is out, and the number one spot is a song which led the weekly chart for 14 weeks. take a listen. well, it ain't like i can make this kind of mess all by myself. don't act like you ain't helped me. post malone and morgan wallen's duet called i had some help just atop the summer songs chart, taking the title song of the summer. that's followed by the current number one single, bar song and that came in at number, i should say that came in at number two. while kendrick

lamar not like us diss track that took the third spot. number four espresso by sabrina carpenter rounding out the top ten is beautiful things by benson boone. okay. happy to see i know the entire playlist. oh, yeah. right. because i just rode to tahoe with six teenagers in the car. you're a cool mom. yeah, i had not heard of most of them. yeah, i think it's funny. i think it's funny. one of the songs of the summer is a diss track. yeah we still have a lot of hot to go happening today around here. kind of whatever. you know, it's been pretty rough and it's going to be even hotter for some spots. as we go into this afternoon. let's get a look at what to expect. and we're starting out with some cool temperatures this morning. but we are under a microclimate weather alert because you will need to take it easy as we go into the afternoon, try to stay in the air conditioning as much as possible. when we take a look at our highs around the bay area in spots like concord, it will be 105 degrees today, 102 in

morgan hill. and we're also seeing a lot of upper 90s and highs over 100 for much of the north bay, san francisco today, 84 degrees, which is pretty warm and will be in the upper 80s in oakland, while fremont will see a high of 94 degrees. look at all the color contours here. the major is the red. that means that this could have a major heat risk for people outside. people who are not do not have access to air conditioning. and so we'll have to watch out for that for today as well as tomorrow. another day with hot temperatures. and for some spots, it may be just as hot as it was today. not really coming down until about friday when we see it starting to dip just a little bit. not as many triple digits, but we're still going to be dealing with some heat in dublin up to 93 on friday, while san francisco is going to come down a few more degrees with upper 70s, the high pressure that's bringing the heat slowly sliding off towards the east will allow for a dip in the jet

stream, and that's going to help cool down those temperatures and eventually, by the middle of next week, this low will be dipping in. that will bring us significant cool down and possibly even a slight chance of rain. so we'll be watching out for that. a look at walnut creek. we'll see some more triple digit temperatures today, and it may be slightly hotter here tomorrow, but then on friday we're in the mid 90s. and then we have a lot of 80s in the forecast extending through next week. so we do have a few more days to deal with this high heat. eventually it's going to start to feel a little bit better, but the weekend it's still pretty warm with upper 80s and low 90s for those hotter spots inland, while san francisco will go from mid 80s today to upper 60s for the weekend, so there will be a significant drop there. and mike, you have a look at the san mateo bridge. yeah. no worries folks, starting with the san mateo bridge because it looks very nice over here westbound with those tail lights nicely filled in these lanes. good spacing. look at the great spacing and no crazy lane changes. be careful out there,

folks. i mean, you know where you're going, but not everybody knows when you're going to change the lanes unless you signal across the westbound direction. we're looking at dumbarton bridge, easy flow of traffic and in fact both sides of the bay. no major issues. this zone here still has. crews reported on 101. so watch that on the peninsula and down here in the south bay. san jose should start that first slowing right there up toward oakland road in about 15 to 20 minutes. there a small crash reported in san francisco. no major disturbance to one or 1 or 280 getting into or out of the city, though, and up here in the north bay, right around as we're coming down in toward fairfield. another crash reported on the shoulder. the first signs of the commute for highway 37 typical. there check highway four. little blip. brake tap coming in toward pittsburgh and bay point. no big surprises, although i'll watch. 242 that little slowing should clear up. we'll watch that as you come down in toward through contra costa county, toward walnut creek, and a little slowing on the incline, but no backup at the bay bridge. back to you. thanks, mike. 522 for you, this morning, and we are working to clear the shelters this morning. we want to introduce you to bruce. this is a three year old and it is

available for adoption. cute little pup there. you can find it over at the animal community center in milpitas. and if you or your family are ready and looking to adopt, we actually want to invite you out to berkeley humane bark and meow around the block event that is an adopt a thon in the street fair. it is going to be held this saturday. and who's going to be there? who's going to be marcus and laura? hey, it's going to take place over on ninth street. if you know that area in berkeley, it's from 10 to 4, but we'll be out there extra early. we're going to be there really early in the morning. it's going to go into 4:00. stick around. we've got much morahead. we'll ofe

and the first thing you should do is obvious. but i'm going to say it anyway. you should save your receipts. next check the federal government's airline customer service dashboard. it's online at flight rights dot gov. reimbursement policies vary by airline, so the dashboard lists carrier by carrier what each airline offers or doesn't offer. there are sections for meals, ground transportation, hotels, and more. the reason for a delay or cancellation matters. airlines don't cover expenses for things that are beyond their control, like weather, but they can cover things like maintenance issues, and it meltdowns on the dashboard. each airline name is a link to its full policy. we follow the united link and found it's pretty clear for example, when

controllable delays or cancellations go overnight, united's policy says it will offer you a free hotel. or if you have to book one yourself, you can submit your receipt to our customer care team and will reimburse you for reasonable hotel costs. what's reasonable? we couldn't find a definition, so there might be some gray area if you want to file for reimbursement, do so fast. while the airline's records are still fresh, include your confirmation code, ticket number, or boarding pass. if you write a letter, be succinct. stick to the facts, then share your receipts. expect a reply within a couple of weeks. if it doesn't go your way, you can file an official complaint with the u.s. department of transportation. although no airline offers cash compensation when it inconveniences passengers, many do offer an olive branch in the form of airline miles or vouchers. a future free flight might make a sour travel experience a little less bitter. thanks, chris. well, coming up

next, the top stories we're following for you today, including a disturbing story emerging just outside the bay area. authorities investigating the shooting of about 100 farm animals. it happened on a farm just south of gilroy. new reaction this morning from shocked neighbors. a driver is dead after their car goes over this cliff here behind me in san francisco. the search for what caused this dely accident. stayad

san francisco, now under investigation. two cars plunging off the road near a san francisco landmark. we're live at the scene this morning with frightening accounts from witnesses. plus, south bay neighborhoods in the dark, the result of widespread copper theft. the new bay area widespread push to stop this growing trend. and a live look outside. get ready for another hot one. we're tracking today's heat advisory with even warmer temperatures than yesterday. this is today in the bay so get your lemonade, your iced tea, and a good fan. sit right there. good morning. rocking chair. yeah. i don't know why we turned that. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. if you're one of the folks who just can't get enough of summer, we've got you covered, weatherwise. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can

expect. more heat? i'm ready for fall. yeah, i think we all are. yeah it has been hot. it will be another hot day, and we are under a microclimate weather alert due to the high heat as well as the unhealthy air quality that we will see today. and so as we take a look at this map, it shows those areas highlighted in orange with the heat advisory through tomorrow night. now, as we take a live look outside in san jose, it's now nice and cool. we're in the mid 60s. there is a light wind. the sky is clear, but the temperatures will be heating up. and i'd say if you have the windows open, probably close them around 9:00 10:00. it's going to be heating up and the rest of the day we're going to see the high heat ramping up as our highs here head for the 90s. and even a lot of triple digits from the south county to the inland east bay, as well as the far north bay. so we'll be tracking all of these changes for you. mike has a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you're talking about when to close the windows. this morning. the window is closing on a clear drive through the bay bridge

toll plaza. because. 532 now we're going to start to see more traffic, of course, as the minutes tick. and in about ten minutes, we'll see the backup forming on the incline already starting to slow a little bit as more folks get toward where we lose about half of those lanes. as we're looking over toward the north bay just under where it says 101, you see a little slowing south 101 toward spencer lee zogsports toward the spencer lee. we should see a crew clearing from that area. typical bill for 37 and highway four shows more slowing. there's that south bay bill. we'll talk about san jose coming up. back to you. well, this morning, san francisco police are trying to figure out what caused two cars to go over a cliff near the city's historic cliff house. today, in the bay's bob redell joining us live from the scene. this is where one person sadly was killed. and bob, i mean, just a tragic story here. do we know what happened? we've got a pretty good sense, but we don't have all the details. you can see the broken fence behind me here, where at least one of the cars went through and went over a cliff on the other side. you can't see it right now because

it's dark out, but that's where one of the cars crashed. this happened just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon. this is by the cliff house here near ocean beach in san francisco. there were two cars involved, a white tesla. and then what looks like a gray station wagon or suv. we believe one of the cars was parked up here when the other car ran into it. both cars again went over the cliff. the driver of one of the cars died on the scene. the other driver escaped with minor injuries. nbc bay area. sky ranger also shows firefighters pulling a dog who was in one of the cars from a bush. this was here at the crash site. we believe the dog is fine. here's a surfer who witnessed this crash, and me and my buddy were out there and we heard this noise and we looked up and i thought the cliff was collapsing, but it wasn't. it was two cars flying through the air. it looked 50ft in the air. one of them. as far as what might have led up to this crash. sfpd. the police department did not provide us any details.

reporting live here by the cliff house in san francisco. bob redell today in the bay. must have been frightening to see as well. thanks, bob, for the latest. well, the teenager accused in the shooting of 49ers receiver ricky pearsall is scheduled to be arraigned today. district attorney brooke jenkins yesterday announcing the charges. and she's still not ruling out the possibility of arguing to try that 17 year old suspect as an adult. pearsall was shot saturday afternoon in union square and miraculously avoided serious injury. he will be out of action for at least the next four weeks. 49ers general manager john lynch says that pearsall must prioritize returning to full health before he retakes the field. he's going to need that time physically. he's going to need that time, emotionally, mentally. he was disappointed but understood that we that we put him on on that list and what that entails. now, lynch says that pearsall actually felt well enough the night of the shooting to facetime his teammates during

their annual preseason team party. our kris sanchez will have a full wrap up of the latest developments coming up in our next half hour. a string of recent copper thefts are leaving one south bay neighborhood in the dark. san jose police tell us copper thieves have currently knocked out at least 300 street lights across the city. that includes part of the reinhart neighborhood near independence high school. one neighbor says he first noticed the problem over the weekend. not from the lights, but ground covers surrounding his home. some of the covers on the ground were opened up with wires just sticking out of them, cu went all the way down the street. we realized that there was a bunch of lights out about 18 on the street alone, which with the high school, it's a safety concern. leaders in other cities, including richmond, tell us this is part of a growing trend. the contra costa county district attorney's office recently hired a crime analyst to unite bay area agencies in their prevention efforts. disturbing developments in monterey county. this is where one man is now accused of killing at least 80 farm

animals. the situation unfolding early yesterday morning. this is on a farm in prunedale. now, authorities say that that suspect was armed with a large collection of guns fired off hundreds of rounds. neighbors actually called 911. deputies say that he was arrested after his vehicle crashed in a nearby vineyard. the scene left even veteran law enforcement officers in shock. i just figured a neighbor was scaring away a coyote. second shot i heard. i thought the same thing. really? not that uncommon out here. and then right after that, it was just a boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom for like, 15 seconds. and then at that point, i knew something wasn't right. i've been doing this for, you know, 24 plus years now. and no, i've never seen anything like this when it comes to animal life. lost. it's very tragic, very unfortunate. now, no people were injured. that suspect is facing multiple charges, including cruelty to animals. happening now. firefighters still struggling to

gain any control over a large wildfire burning north of truckee. they call it the bear fire, and it is raging in the tahoe national forest, with at least 2000 acres burned since it started on monday. it is still at zero containment, with mandatory evacuation orders in effect for hundreds of homes. no word yet on a cause. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the conditions on the front lines. there this morning. and we do have some cooler temperatures, those early hours. it's prime time to try to get more containment on this fire. the bear fire that continues. but we are seeing some favorable conditions at least this morning. it's in the upper 50s. the wind has calmed down, but the gusts may pick up again today. some of that smoke coming in from the bear fire has been causing a hazy sky. and we'll see that throughout the day. today, some slightly moderate to unhealthy air quality for us for today. but it does look like with the stronger westerly wind, we may see that beginning to clear out by tomorrow evening.

but we can see the sources of all of that smoke. it's numerous fires burning across the region, including the bear fire, where we are going to continue to see that smoke have an impact on our air quality. for today. it's unhealthy for sensitive groups. that means if you have a heart condition, if you have any kind of breathing problems or asthma, you should definitely limit your time outside. today it's going to be unhealthy or most unhealthy in the south bay, santa clara valley, as well as the east bay, but pretty moderate elsewhere. and our temperatures are going to be very hot. dangerous for the middle of the afternoon, with concord high topping 105 degrees. so we will gradually cool off. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. and mike, you have a look at some predictable changes in san jose. san jose, we know it's 539 now as the clock changes we should see this slowing. and that's what we do have visible on our camera here on 101 northbound with these headlights starting to slow down just right about here. our cameras just south of alum rock. and you see the slowing up to

880 itself. and that will last for about 20 minutes, kind of start to ease up by 6:00 and then kick in again in about an hour from now. looking at the rest of the bay, a smooth flow of traffic, pretty predictable as you come through the tri valley and east bay. a little more traffic. there seems to be a new crash 880 north of the coliseum, so we'll check once chp gets the grid there. but i do know that ahead of us, we have another game at the coliseum. here's the note a double event tonight. we have a concert as well at oakland arena. future and metro boomin are going to be there about the same time as the game. so that means the crowds for both events will be heading into the area about the same time. watch for congestion and be aware of that. if you're going to either of those events. and then tonight be aware you cannot use that webster tunnel. that's the second of the two nights we had scheduled for overnight roadwork and the typical maintenance work there. so you have to use those bridges just to the south to get to and from or to alameda from the oakland side and know everything is moving very smoothly. we have a new crash in richmond. i want to check that out as well. and we do have slowing here for 242. no crews

scheduled. but it did pop up just as we saw more slowing through concord. i'm going to watch to see if that's an issue or if it's going to kind of smooth out. looks like the speed sensors are calming down, but we'll check that back to you. sounds good. we'll check back with you, mike. all right. well, here's a question for you this morning. are traffic deaths tied to economic status? well, coming up for you this morning, we're going to talk about the surprising new findings on driving patterns and car accidents. ever since the start of the pandemic. and one group, most at risk. also cracking down on rental car theft. the new plea from san francisco leaders to governor newsom. decision 2024 donald trump is back on the campaign trail after a break. we'll tell you all about it coming up. and football fans can't wait. nfl season kicks off just about 36 hours from now. defending super bowl champs the chiefs taking on the ravens in a thursday night game right here on nbc. bay area pregame coverage is going to start for you at 4 p.m. more news ahe for you rightad

take a look at the day planner for pacifica. it's going to be in the mid 50s and only headed to the low 70s there today. it's going to be a beautiful day all along the coastline. that's not included in that heat advisory. we'll talk about the range in our temperatures across the bay area coming up in a few minutes.

we're going to talk a little history. remember when it was clear at the bay bridge toll plaza just a few minutes ago? there's the backup starting to form as folks slow approaching the toll plaza itself and slow even more on the incline as we lose some lanes. show you the typical pattern and what may be atypical coming up. well, this month, a key legislation designed to support and protect people with autism is set to expire. now, parents and advocates for children with autism have been frequently visiting capitol hill for congressional visits at those offices ahead of the september 30th deadline. now, autism cares act was designed to fund in-depth research and improve health care for autistic patients, and it includes $2 billion in authorized federal spending, dedicated to health professional training programs. for the next five years. parents and advocates say that it is key to get the latest versions of the bill passed to support those with autism and their families in the future. autism research will inform autism practice and

will lead to better interventions, better care, better understanding. that's part of the autism cares act. another part of this is data. information. when my autistic son was young, we had no idea. my wife and i had no idea how common autism was. advocates do tell nbc autism is not a partizan issue. it actually affects americans, regardless of politics and the confident lawmakers will work to extend that bill. it is 5:45 right now. former president trump will participate in a town hall this evening on fox and scott mcgrew one, hosted by trump supporter and fox news host sean hannity. that's right. you can watch it this evening. 6:00 our time. they're going to tape it earlier in the day. it's trump's first campaign appearance this month. and his campaign indicates he won't have another one until saturday. today's town hall is in pennsylvania. last week,

trump joined former congresswoman tulsi gabbard for a town hall in wisconsin, which he told the crowd he didn't know it was going to be a town hall format because nobody on his campaign told him. i figured i was going to come here and we're going to make a speech. i had a speech all set for you. i was ready, as they said, sir, you're actually doing a town hall. i said, oh, nobody told me that. a federal judge has ruled trump cannot move his new york fraud trial. the one where he was found guilty to a federal court. the judge also said the recent supreme court decision that presidents are immune from some charges was not relevant in this case. most of the crimes happened before trump was president. trump has pleaded nen washington, d.c. the special counsel, jack smith, filed a superseding indictment last month, updating it and narrowing it after that same supreme court case. the u.s. government still alleges trump interfered with

the election, something he actually admitted to the other day on fox. that incident at arlington cemetery continues to cause political problems. the youngest son of the late john mccain, infantry officer jimmy mccain, says he will endorse kamala harris. the u.s. army says trump staffers broke cemetery rules and shoved a cemetery official during a visit to the cemetery. a republican led house committee has subpoenaed secretary of state antony blinken, asking him to testify about america's withdrawal from afghanistan. the withdrawal was negotiated during the trump administration, but took place during the biden administration. is largely considered to be a debacle, as the country's government and military collapsed despite more than 20 years of american training and support. blinken is scheduled to testify september 19th. president biden met with americans who have benefited from the recent invest in america legislation, like the new infrastructure law and the

chips act. president praised the work by the white house in congress to benefit everybody. it's about seeking my commitmen. i'm speaking to the commitment i made as president to be president for all americans, whether you voted for me or not, whether you're in a red state or a blue state. kamala harris, meantime, will propose a new tax break for small businesses today. we'll talk more about that as we talk business markets in about 30 minutes. all right. thanks, scott. 548 for you right now. and let's take a live look for you this morning over at the bay bridge toll plaza. new for you this morning. we're getting a look at new findings on what researchers label the inadequate inadequacies of our nation's traffic deaths. and they say this is all because, especially since the start of the pandemic, people with less education spend more time behind the wheel now. triple a's foundation for traffic safety conducts an annual survey on american driving habits. researchers find that driving has mostly bounced back from the pandemic, adding up to a collective 2.7 million

miles driven just last year. people with higher education and more access to hybrid jobs are also driving less. experts say that most at risk groups are also driving at least reliable cars. we know about 40% of the car trips taken are taken in cars, vehicles of all kinds that are older than ten years, and these are also the vehicles that have the fewest safety devices, most at risk group of drivers. the bulk of those teenagers are in an older vehicle. the percentage of americans at least occasionally driving, stayed steady compared to 2022. drivers on average, are in their car just about one half hour each day. one san francisco state assemblyman pushing for governor gavin newsom to sign a bill aimed at cracking down on rental car thefts. if approved, it would allow companies to track stolen vehicles 24 hours after they are not returned on time.

assemblyman matt haney held a news event pushing for the signage of ab 2741 yesterday. he says many stolen rental cars are used in crimes. existing law currently prevents obtaining a renter's information using an electronic technology, except under limited circumstances. join us on our 8 a.m. streaming newscast. i'm talking one on one with haney about this proposal, as well as other pieces of legislation aimed at gathering more data on self-driving cars. join us on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms including nbc bay area, dot com. okay, it's getting hot in here. it's getting hot everywhere across the bay area. temperatures certainly rising, but let's just say later this month a heat wave also expected to make its presence known in the english band glass animals. they're out with a new album and tour, bonta running down my face, water running different ways, water like a billion waves. water just a tear in space. what're you

listening there? to tear in space. this is off the group's latest album. we actually spoke with them ahead of their upcoming show over at shoreline amphitheater in mountain view next week, and they say they have distinct memories of playing shows right here in the bay area, no matter the weather. i've got very fond memories of san francisco, the crowds there are some of the best in the world. actually, i think we played on treasure island in 2016. i don't know if that festival still exists anymore, but it was so windy that the stage almost blew away and we like, could not go on stage for several hours. and then when we did, we were just kind of like scared that the entire thing was going to get swept out to sea. that was exciting. wow. okay. welcome to the city by the bay. right glass animals. big show is a week from tonight over in mountain view. those tickets are still available, so maybe not as windy in mountain view. yeah. don't go to san francisco. i hope not, but the thing is, like

the weather here just changes minute by minute and you're just like, ooh, i'm hot, ooh i'm cold. it's sunny now. it's cloudy. so you know we're going to see that again today. and there's just such a big range from the coastal areas to the inland valleys. there is a range of about 40 or 50 degrees. and our highs, we're expecting for today. so as we take a look at the start of our morning, it's in the low 60s in dublin, 63, in palo alto, san jose, at 65 degrees and 56 in san francisco. so we're starting out pretty even, nice and comfortable. but here's a look at our south bay high temperatures for today. cupertino 98 degrees. it will be 103 in gilroy this afternoon. and we're also going to see those highs as hot as 103 in antioch, 105 in concord, danville and pleasanton, 100 degrees, with upper 80s today expected in oakland fremont, 96 there and also 96 in palo alto. daly city will be in the low 80s, while half moon bay will be

in the upper 70s. and we'll also see seconds and 80s in san francisco up to the upper 80s there downtown. and then 99 in napa for this afternoon, 104 in ukiah and bodega bay will be in the mid 70s, a high pressure that's giving us all of this heat will slowly move away. and then the jet stream that usually separates that warm and cool air. that's the flow of those upper level winds. we'll see that beginning to take a dip. and for us, that means a big change in our weather. but that's not happening until the middle of next week. and then this low coming in right behind that could possibly bring in at least some spotty showers across the region. here's a look at napa. we are dealing with the high heat, and it may be even slightly hotter tomorrow there compared to today with some mid 90s in on friday. but then the weekend will bring it back to the 80s. and then we do have some cooler weather ahead for much of next week. so we will have the high heat with us at

least through friday. and then the weekend is looking slightly better. we'll bring it down to the upper 80s on sunday and then mid 80s for early next week. but it does look like today and tomorrow are the hottest days, and there may be some spots that get even slightly hotter temperatures tomorrow and then going into the rest of the forecast, we'll see those temperatures coming down a very nice and mild weekend for san francisco with highs in the upper 60s through next week. and mike, you have a look now at that commute through cocoa county. yeah we zoomed in a bit over here. northbound 680 just fine. easy drive heading up through walnut creek. it's southbound toward the walnut creek interchange. seeing all these lanes fill in and moving south. still moving smoothly. those speed sensors are great here on 680. but look at 242. a lot more traffic coming in. no incidents reported. as you travel through concord and down through pleasant hill, we do have that slowing continuing there and more folks feeding in off of highway four, which just continues to show that slower drive pittsburgh and bay point

typical for 37 as well out of vallejo and the crash on the shoulder near san pablo avenue. no major issues as you travel through richmond, just the build heading toward eventually for a lot of folks, the bay bridge toll plaza a smooth drive once you get through the toll plaza and up the incline, the rest of the bay moves nicely. in the south bay, we're showing that san jose slowing starting to break up a little bit, but now there's a build north 680 through that construction zone still accrue there around brie. now back to you. all right. thanks, mike. happening now. six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo looking to hire for seasonal positions. the park looking to fill 200 jobs for fright fest. now this is going to include scare actors, gate keepers and makeup artists. the auditions are being held at the park saturday and again on friday, september 13th. that's friday the 13th. it's going to be from 4 to 7 p.m. if you're interested, you can also apply online at careers dot six. flags .com. why can't i picture you doing a side hustle? scaring people? well, the race for mayor in san francisco is heating up.

all new at 6:00. the major contribution made towards mayor london breeds campaign. then later a revealing social media post from elton john. the reason the music legend says he won't be performing at the dreamforce concert in san francisco. and don't forget nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms. we'll be back in just a mentmo

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of this nature right now at 6:00, the teenager accused of shooting 49ers rookie ricky pearsall is expected to face a judge today, while pearsall, amazingly now back with his team. we're live this morning at levi's stadium with the latest developments s.f. mayor london breed scores a major donation. the billionaire now backing her ahead of election day. plus, it is the hottest day so far of this current bay area heat wave. even san francisco is going to feel it. meteorologist kari hall tracking the conditions, including unhealthy air quality. this is today in th