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 the bay good

wednesday morning to you at 6:00 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at that commute with mike coming up in just a bit. but let's talk about those hot temperatures. meteorologist kari hall, of course. bringing the sunshine this morning with this dress. is that why it's going to be hot? is fine. she did it. we just don't want the excessive temperatures that we are going to see today. and so we are going to see a range in temperatures. but you know, just chill out. relax. look at this sunrise this morning. isn't that nice? yeah. it feels good out there. and we unfortunately we are seeing more smoke coming in. so that may be one of the reasons why we have such a beautiful sunrise this morning. and we will be under a heat advisory for much of the inland areas, the north bay, as well as the south bay into the santa cruz mountains. and it also includes san francisco. but what's not included today? the

immediate coastline, parts of the inner bay. we're going to start out across the bay area with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, and then see it quickly heat up. we're headed for the triple digits in moraga today in concord, 105 and 103 in fairfield will also see a high of 103 today in livermore. so we'll be talking more about this and more in just a few minutes. but mike, now the commute is on. yeah, the commute is on. the metering lights are on. the heat is on. from what kari is talking about. oh, my. but it's okay. at the bay bridge toll plaza. pretty standard build. you still see some movement, but it continues to build as folks come in off the berkeley curve. a little more slowing here through richmond, past golden gate fields. nothing excessive. a couple of disabled vehicles reported on highway 37. no slowing as you get over toward novato. but just watch for those crews, folks still building up over toward merritt island. here's the bigger issue. 242 started early with slowing and remains there as you're heading south on. 242 connecting highway four and 680. you can take the corner instead of cutting the

corner. that may be just about the same amount of time and save you from brake taps. no problems for walnut creek heading down 680 and through san ramon out of contra costa county. another way we're looking at toward walnut creek, a smooth drive. all these routes, including krueger pass and yvr ignacio valley road back to you. thank you very much, mike. 602 right now, 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, where the team is reacting to the shooting. and i want to say, as well, his resilience. yes, absolutely. and that was something that was repeated several times over the course of the post-practice interviews. gm john lynch said it was nothing short of a miracle that he really survived this whole incident. about 50 miles north in san francisco. this is where district attorney

brooke jenkins was talking about the charges that she filed against that 17 year old accused of shooting, ricky pearsall. she said that she charged him with attempted murder and with additional firearm allegations, very serious charges. but so fa, the 17 year old suspect will face these at the city's youth guidance center, jenkins told us she has not ruled out requesting that he 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. ricky pearsall will likely be back in uniform and on the field before all of this court stuff plays out. he is on the reserve non-football injury list for the next four weeks. john lynch said that he will need that time to recover, not just physically, but emotionally from this very close call. the gm said that when pearsall was shot at union square while shopping for luggage for away games, the

bullet went in through his chest and 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. now, there's only so much information that we can get about this suspect, because he is 17 years old and he is being tried in juvenile court. if that changes, if brooke jenkins does request that he be transferred, we'll get a lot more information. but we will continue calling da jenkins office to get the status on what happens today in that juvenile court in santa clara, kris sanchez today in the bay. yeah, it will be interesting to see how it all develops. thanks, chris, for the latest. 604 for you right now. and authorities this morning they have yet to identify the driver killed when two cars plunged off the road. this is near san francisco's historic cliff house. now you're looking at a live scene right now this morning. this all happened around five last night. police at this point will only

confirm those cars were involved in some kind of crash. the surviving driver suffered minor injuries and video from that scene also showing first responders there rescuing a dog, which firefighters say was in one of those two cars. one witness surfing in the waters below at the time of that crash, actually described 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 police so far saying little about the investigation or if they have determined fault, they are still hoping to hear from anyone who may have seen what happened to decision 2024 in the race for san francisco mayor. the latest campaign documents indicate billionaire michael bloomberg is giving incumbent london breed a huge financial boost. bloomberg is bankrolling an independent committee supporting breed's reelection bid and recently donated $1 million. that's on

top of the $200,000 he contributed to her campaign earlier this year. the sf standard points out breed endorsed bloomberg when he ran for president in 2020 after kamala harris dropped out of the race. our raj mathai just sat down with mayor breed yesterday. we posted the entire conversation on our website, nbcbayarea.com. just scroll down to the local section to watch i. well, our latest bay area heat wave is already complicating things for some firefighters out there. i want you to check out this video. this is from fairfield. yesterday, an explosion after a big rig crash. this sparked a grass fire or near bandon high school. two people. we do know they were hospitalized. and those flames burned 30 acres. wow. but crews, of course, they have managed to save a nearby office facility there. a building and storage facility in that area. now, that fire is only part of the concern. a spare the air alert

continues through at least tomorrow. this is all due to unhealthy smog out there. our sky ranger was over the golden gate park yesterday, and you can see right there the hazy conditions that were out there. meteorologist kari hall, of course. here. this morning. right now with a look at things. i mean, you can even see just a foggy start to the morning. yeah. air quality out there. how is it for us? so we are getting some drifts of smoke from some nearby wildfires. but then even when you have a thin layer of fog, that kind of just traps that smoke and gives us the smoggy conditions that we see. so we are going to see that once again. even after the fog clears, the smoke will linger, and you can just see it as you look in the distance and look around the bay area. the light shadings of blue show the hazy sky that we will see today, and parts of the east bay, as well as santa clara valley, will have slightly more unhealthy air quality compared to the rest of the bay that continues into at least this evening. and then going into the day tomorrow, it looks like there will be some clearing with a lot more of that smoke heading off towards the east. but the source of all of

this are all of the fires we have burning across the region, including a lot of them farther to the north. but the bear fire over tahoe, that's also causing a lot of concerns and creating a lot of smoke that we'll see linger over the bay area at least through this afternoon. i'll be tracking that for you. mike's been looking around to find you some lower gas prices. with all of your help, folks, we'll explain that in a second. we're looking over here toward the south bay. we'll start in santa clara. top number here. county's best is 389 again. this time, though, we found that price in cupertino. cupertino auto repair on stevens creek boulevard jumping up to marin county. the low jumps up to 411 at arco on redwood highway in mill valley. the middle number and then the bottom number here higher still the price in walnut creek, where the best we could find there is 449 in walnut creek's quick serve on south california boulevard. talked about how we can share those prices. that's gasbuddy.com where you can give or get those price alerts. as we look at the roadways, we're showing a smooth flow of traffic. we're going to

zoom over toward the east bay. contra costa county continued slowing the air shows 242 slow southbound as it connects highway four and 680. no surprises for the rest of that map there as we look over toward the bay bridge toll plaza. and then we're looking over to the richmond side of the bridge as well. we're starting to build that group over toward the north bay. back to you. thanks so muc, mike. well, climate change is putting a beloved south korean dish at risk. up next, here on today in the bay the challenges the kimchi industry is facing as global temperatures rise and the specific crop at risk. and some potholes on wall street really rough markets yesterday. and let's take a look at the futures this morning. and we're going to see more of the same. plus he has an iq of 165. malcolm what do you think that came from a 2000 and sitcom star. spent the holiday weekend just outside the bay area. we'll show you what bryan cranston was up to. keep it here. you're watching today in the bay

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57 degrees. but at 9:00 we're already at 71, 83 degrees at 11:00, and we're in the mid 90s by 1:00 today it heats up so fast as we go into the morning, into the afternoon, and tomorrow will be another day of triple digit heat. we'll get a look at

when those numbers start to come down, and feels more comfortable coming up in a few minutes, and from the south to bay the north bay, we're looking at san rafael, those taillights heading south toward the golden gate bridge. eventually, a smooth drive for this portion of 101. we'll talk about where there's a bill. we'll show you some other issues going out there for your morning commute. well good morning. very happy wednesday to you. molson coors is the latest company to announce it's scaling back its dei efforts. they trade as tapper dei is diversity, equity and inclusion. the beer maker will no longer report the makeup of its employee ranks to the human rights campaign. it says lyft is going to sell off some of its assets, like those rental bikes, and lay off about 1% of its workers. markets hit hard yesterday, their worst dip since that big dip in august. this is what the big board looked like by the end of the trading day. futures calling for a lower opening this morning as well. all right. 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 really the simplest conclusion is that just about everyone has had a cell phone for about a decade or so now, and brain cancer is no higher now than it was before cell phones were common. simple enough. the w.h.o. also says cell phone towers are fine. in fact, they use less power than they used to, and wi-fi won't 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 on twitter from some folks associated with the trump organization after several trump family members claimed they were hacked, their accounts promoted a crypto marketplace, including the account of laura trump. she is the co-chair of the republican party. trump actually

is working on some kind of crypto marketplace. he sells nfts as well of his image, along with pieces of the suit he wore when he was arrested, and nearly half of all corporate donations to trump's campaign have been from crypto companies. this according to cnbc. and a new study from bloomberg shows more than 40% of all energy created last year came from non-carbon sources. so solar and wind, but also nuclear and hydro, that's clean solar and wind accounts for 17%. nuclear and hydro carbon free anyway, 24%. and obviously coal and natural gas the rest. i like looking on my phone because my solar panels are on an app, and oftentimes we can get to the point if we're careful with the air conditioning, which we almost never are, right. we can get pretty close to not using any net energy. that's a nice feeling, right? it's a nice contribution there. yeah. everybody doing their part to help our climate. yeah. and speaking of our climate, let's

talk about this. yeah. and we have many of those. well, speaking of climate, let's talk about this right here. climate change continues to have really a big impact on our planet. and that includes a staple in south korean cuisine. so there's new research out right now talking about rising temperatures and how it's impacting kimchi, specifically the napa cabbage used in the popular dish. now, the vegetable thrives in cooler temperatures. however intensifying heat over in south korea is really threatening those crops. we are learning the reason that elton john won't be performing at dreamforce concert later this month. the 77 year old superstar posted on social media that he is recovering from a severe eye infection, which caused temporary blindness in one eye. elton john says it will take some time before his sight fully returns. singer pink and rock band imagine dragons will perform instead. the conference starts september 17th in san francisco. well, trending this morning, breaking bad and malcolm in the middle star bryan cranston spent the labor day weekend at the famous brookdale

lodge in the santa cruz mountains. yes, josh baldwin, the general manager over there at brookdale, actually posted these pictures online. he says that cranston was in town for a friend's wedding and stayed with them the whole weekend. cranston actually brought some of his dos hombres tequila, which the lodge is now selling after his visit. wow, looks like he mixed some drinks there to make it a business trip. what was the character? walter. walter. oh, walter. oh, shoot, i forgot. now i'm thinking walter matthau. it's not walter. no, no, no. walter white. walter white, breaking bad. walter white. all right, you're going to need something chilled today. yeah. water. water is the best thing. it's the best thing for today. not tequila. it's a mixing in. yeah but for real, you want to make sure that you stay hydrated today as those temperatures heat up. and it's such a beautiful sunrise. but we know there's often a reason for this. and we've seen a lot more smoke coming in. and that filters out some of that light. and we see the long waves coming through.

and that gives off the orange hue that we see in the morning as the sun comes up. looking live at dublin this morning and so we're also going to see that kind of mixing in with some of the low clouds and fog near the coast. and so over san francisco it's going to be smoke and fog. the smog that we'll see over the next several hours. so looking at our temperatures, once the fog clears away from the coastline, our temperatures will be heating up quickly inland. and san jose will hit a high of 97. a lot of triple digits here. from morgan hill to gilroy to los gatos, over toward the east bay, where martinez will see a high of 101 today, 103 in livermore, and will be very close in fremont with a high of 96. while oakland will be in the upper 80s and upper 70s for half moon bay, san mateo today, 90 degrees, and we're in the upper 80s in san francisco, downtown and in the mission district for the north bay 99 in napa, sonoma, 100 and 104 degrees in ukiah. today, a lot of high heat

that continues tomorrow as well. eventually, this high is going to move off towards the east and allow for a dip in the jet stream. the jet stream is the flow of those upper level winds that quite often separates the warm air from the cool air, and the cooler air is right behind that. but it takes a while, so we're not going to see the dip in temperatures until early next week. so we're looking at napa. what to expect over the next ten days, going from upper 90s to triple digits to the 80s on saturday. and we get some real relief next week. we're looking at 70s and 80s here in rain, very close to the region once that low comes in. so looking at our 7-day forecast for a lot of our inland areas, with a high of 102 today, it may be slightly hotter tomorrow in some spots, but then temperatures come down for the weekend, mainly sunday into early next week. and in san francisco it's in the mid 80s today, but eventually we'll work our way back to the upper 60s.

mike, you're looking at a crash in the tri valley. one of the reasons we saw the slowing i think the last reason we saw was the crew picking up. and then right about the same area, about brownley northbound 680, there is a crash may still be blocking one lane. there's still a distraction. at least you see the slowing again. counter commute, but the commute direction does see a little slowing there. the center divide may be low enough where folks can see that activity there in the commute direction. we'll continue to track that. that's the only thing really that's going on there. let's see if my clicker works. my clicker is not working. so let's see what they can talk about. we'll just mention the fact that the bay bridge toll plaza continues with the build up more slowing through. there we go. thank you. kerry, as we're looking at the rest of the bay, castro valley y southbound 880 through hayward and the build starting in the south bay should kick in in about 20 more minutes. we should see a lot more slowing for 101 peninsula moving slowly. and then on the east shore freeway, there's continued slowing there as well as the build at the richmond bridge and the toll plaza. thanks again, kerry, for running. the teamwork makes the dream work. exactly. let me go home and just phone it in now.

thanks, mike and kerry. yeah i know, all right. well, as the summer season comes to an end, many are trying to fit in last minute vacations. but what if that trip brings you some flight trouble and unexpected expenses? coming up next. nbc bay area responds tells you how to get some of that money back in your wallet. but first, we are working to clear the shelters. and this morning we want to introduce you to bruce here. bruce is a three year old available right now for adoption over at the animal community center in milpitas. and you and your family, if you're interested in ready to adopt this is the time to do so. we actually want to invite you out this weekend over at the berkeley humane. bark and meow around the block. that event is going to happen this saturday, and it's an adopt a thon right there in the street. it's a street fair. it's going to be held saturday, september 7th. laura and i will be there taking place throughout the morning. it's going to happen on ninth street in berkeley from 10 to 4 p.m. and there are so many

animals, not just dogs and cats, but so many animals. so if you're interested, that will be the event and the place to be this saturday. stick

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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. good advice. thanks, chris. well, we've got a lot more ahead for you at 630 this morning, including a teenager facing charges for the shooting of 49ers player ricky pearsall. that suspect, now set to face a judge. we have the new details being revealed about the investigation. plus, one driver is dead after their car went over this cliff here by the historic cliff house in san francisco. the search for the cause of this deadly crash. stay with us. you're watching to

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yesterday. sorry. it's going to be even hotter today. another heat advisory going into effect later this morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking triple digit temperatures. this is today in the bay summer seems to be hanging on. yes. good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. a stronghold that is rogers kari hall. of course, been following that for you. i want to take a live look for you this morning. right now, though, this is where most cities are still in the low 60s, which we like. right. but it won't stay that way very long. meteorologist kari hall, of course, been monitoring all that for us. you tell us. look, the beautiful sunrise that we're getting, you're like. but then that sun comes, you're like, oh, yeah. and that beautiful sunrise. you're talking about all the colors. some of that is because of the smoke coming in, and it's giving us a lot of different hues. as the sun starts to try to make its way through all of that smoke. so we're going to have quickly heating up temperatures. and this heat advisory begins at

11:00, continues through 11:00 tomorrow evening. so right now, as we mentioned, we are seeing a lot of 60s. it's 62 in pleasanton and livermore. and then we're seeing also a lot of temperatures in the 50s for much of the north bay. but then as we take a look at gilroy, how quickly it heats up, going into late morning into the afternoon, eventually headed for the triple digits there and in fremont, we'll see a high of 94 degrees, while in concord, 105. so we will be tracking a gradual cooldown in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. mike, you're still looking at that crash in pleasanton, and we might not be the only ones focused on northbound six. 80 is where the crash is around bernal. the southbound side, though, the barrier between the two directions is low enough where you can still see activity, and there's a few vehicles on the northbound side, so that might distract the southbound commute. i believe that's why we're seeing more slowing coming down off of the dublin interchange. and past stone ridge, then slowing toward bernal as well. both directions.

no major injuries. hopefully that will clear soon. the rest of the bay. pretty predictable. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. well, one driver is dead. this is after a car went over a cliff in the historic cliff house in san francisco today in the bay's bob redell joining us live there from the scene. sadly, bob, one person dead here after this accident. what are police telling us about all of this? reporter they're not giving us too many details. good morning to marcus. we know that two cars went over the cliff. we believe one of them was coming down the hill behind you at a very high rate of speed, with so much force. it broke through this fence. and you can see the building over there. that's the cliff house. you see the marks? see the broken windows. we believe it had enough force to go through this fence and fly into the air before it stopped hitting the side of that wall. so it gives you a pretty good sense of the force involved here. this happened just before 5:00 yesterday evening as i mentioned, two cars involved a white tesla and what looks like a gray station wagon or suv.

that station wagon or suv is what hit the cliff house. we believe one of the cars was parked up here when the other car ran into it. the driver of one of the cars did die 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 at the crash site. we believe the dog is okay. 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. so again, what caused this crash? what led up to this crash? did the driver lose control? did they have a medical emergency? we don't know. sfpd again, not providing much in terms of details. reporting live here by the historic cliff house in san francisco. bob redell today in the bay. such a sad and tragic story. all right, bob, thank yo.

the teenager accused of shooting 49ers receiver ricky pearsall is scheduled to be arraigned today. district attorney brooke jenkins yesterday announced the charges. she is still not ruling out the possibility of arguing to try. the 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 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. lynch also says pearsall felt well enough the night of the shooting to facetime his teammates during their annual preseason team party. kris sanchez will have a full wrap up on the latestvelop.

well, a string of recent copper thefts are leaving one south bay neighborhood in the dark. san jose police telling us that copper thieves currently have knocked out at least 300 street lights across the city. i know that includes part of the reinhart neighborhood. this is near independence high school. one neighbor says that he first noticed that problem over the weekend. but now from the lights. but the ground that covers the surrounding home. some of the covers on the ground were opened up with wires just sticking out of them, cuts that 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. now, leaders in other cities, including richmond, tell us that this is part of a growing trend. the contra costa county department district attorney's office recently hired a crime analyst. and this is to unite bay area agencies and their prevention efforts out there. well, happening now, firefighters

still struggling to gain any control over a large wildfire burning north of truckee. the bear fire 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, and they still don't know the cause. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the conditions on the front line this morning. a lot of concerns with air quality as well. yeah, absolutely. and so we're hoping that they can get some more containment while the weather conditions are more favorable. right now we're seeing that it's in the low 50s. the wind is calm. the humidity is fairly high. and we're also going to be watching how they get a handle on that as we go throughout the day. but as we look at our near surface smoke model, this shows how that smoke travels across the region. and the light blue shows a hazy sky and there may be slightly more unhealthy air quality for parts of the east bay and santa clara valley, as

it continues into this afternoon. into this evening, with some of the smoke drifting in. but it does show some clearing tomorrow. there may be some slight improvement in our air quality, but look at what's happening across the region. there's just so many fires burning, including a very large one up in oregon, and we're also seeing the bear fire there. and so we're going to have some of the most unhealthy air quality in the east bay, the south bay and santa clara valley. if you do have any health issues, you do want to limit your time outside and try to stay in the air conditioning as much as possible. when we look at the measures of that particulate matter, there, in some of those numbers, anything over 100 is unhealthy for a lot of people. and mike, you were watching the drive through cocoa county where we have more slowing. we saw this early slowing for 242 southbound. and we knew that would sort of show up here at walnut creek. and now highway 24 shows slowing off the walnut creek interchange in toward lafayette, moraga eventually in toward orinda. and no problems for the caldecott. but more

traffic coming through could mean some more slowing. so we'll watch for that. so far, the rest of the east bay moving pretty predictably there. we will give you a look ahead. dual events over here at the coliseum complex. so the a's are playing as well as the concert over at the arena. so watch for crowds to converge in the area. that will be congestion if you're heading to either of those events, do note that now if you're heading over to alameda, note tonight is the second of the two nights we talked about the closure for the webster tube. the scheduled maintenance, and the options are to the south there. those bridges, the rest of the bay moves pretty predictably, including the south bay with the build for those freeways. there we go. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. a disturbing story emerging just outside of the bay area. early morning gunfire on a farm south of gilroy. round after round. why even veteran deputies are calling the scene like nothing they've encountered before. decision 2024. former president trump, back on the campaign trail after several days of a break. let's go out to the big

board this morning. it's been a rough day yesterday. oh, it's much better today, but not making up for those losses. marcus. all right. well, look, there is a growing problem. it's a crisis happening in america, and it is now taking some patients months to get in to see a doctor. we're going to talk about that issue causing the delays. plus a fun night in store at oracle park. the special treat from the giants for those heading to the ballpark to honor mexican heritage

we are taking a live look outside in walnut creek, where we are under a microclimate weather alert. look at the temperature trend here. we're going from mid 70s at 9:00 to a 1:00 temperature of 95 degrees. and we stay in the 90s through at least 6:00. and then eventually see those numbers starting to come back down. it's going to be another day of high heat and also some times of smoke. so i'll be tracking the air quality and the temperatures in your forecast coming up. and we're tracking the volume of traffic here at the san mateo bridge. typical build here. westbound, these taillights going away from us to the peninsula from the hayward side. speeds are okay. we're looking at all those lanes filled in. we'll show you the build and the slowing. highway 24 was seeing a lot coming through moraga earlier. thanks so much, kari and mike. it is 643 right now. disturbing developments in monterey county, where one man

is now accused of killing at least 80 farm animals. the situation unfolded early yesterday morning on a farm in prunedale. authorities say the suspect was armed with a large collection of guns and fired off hundreds of rounds. neighbors called 911 and deputies say he was arrested after his vehicle crashed into a nearby vineyard. the suspect is now facing multiple charges, including cruelty to animals. that incident at arlington national cemetery continues to cause political problems for donald trump. scott mcgrew jimmy mccain is a son of john mccain, says that he's endorsing kamala harris because of it. because of this. yeah. good morning. there's no love between the trumps and the mccains, as you well know. trump, you'll recall, claimed john mccain, not a hero because he was shot down. mccain blocked trump from ending affordable health care. now mccain's youngest son, jimmy mccain, seen here at his dad's funeral, is speaking out after the incident at arlington national cemetery last week. the

u.s. army says trump staffers broke cemetery rules and shoved a cemetery official during a visit to the cemetery that turned into a campaign commercial. mccain told cnn the incident in his words, were a violation of hallowed ground. trump will tape a town hall with fox host sean hannity today 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 was going to be a town hall because nobody on his campaign told him. i figured i was going to come here and we were going to make a speech. i had a speech all set for you. i was ready and 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 federal court. the judge also said the recent supreme court decision that presidents are immune from some charges wasn't relevant in this case. most of

the crimes happened before trump was president. a republican led house committee, meantime, has subpoenaed secretary of state antony blinken, asking him to testify about america's withdrawal from afghanistan. that withdrawal, negotiated during the trump administration but took place during the biden administration, largely considered to be a debacle as that 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 new infrastructure law and the chips act. the president praised the work by the white house and the congress to benefit everybody. thank you all so much. it's about seeking my commitment. 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 new tax breaks for small business today.

we'll talk more about that on our 8 a.m. streaming newscast. marcus. all right. thanks scott. well, new at six for you this morning. if you're finding it harder to book a doctor's appointment these days, you're not alone. a new study from the health care group finds. over the past year, one third of those patients were denied appointments from their doctors. this is all due to availability issues. and 1 in 5 patients. they had to wait between 1 and 3 months to be seen. nbc news medical correspondent doctor john torres says that people need to be prepared when they're finally seen. first and foremost, you want to have a list of what you want, what the questions you want answered, and make sure on that list there's 2 or 3 that you absolutely have to get answered before you leave, because you might have a limited amount of time. use the nurse and the staff to get answers you might not get from the doctor. bring in test results. print them out because the doctor might not have access. the computer system could have gone down. it could be from a different system. they don't have those answers. so that way

you can get them answered and then don't leave the appointment without scheduling your next appointment. so here's what the thing is. medical professionals say that the appointment backlog is all due to a combination of factors. those include growing population needing health care along with an aging medical workforce. now you can watch that full story. for more tips. make sure you tune in to the today show and try to get that appointment that's going to come up for you this morning at 7:00, right after us here on today in the bay. 647 just into our newsroom, the bay area's brand new women's basketball team announcing a new sponsorship from jp morgan chase. the wnba golden state valkyries will wear the banking giants logo on its jerseys during its inaugural season next year. jp morgan is the team's first founding partner. here's a live look for you this morning over at oracle park, which is just about ready to come alive with the sights and sounds of mexico tonight. the team will celebrate mexican heritage night. it will include pregame music performances and special food options. fans who

purchased a special ticket deal will actually receive a hat designed by tattoo artist and graphic designer jesse hernandez. some of those proceeds will also benefit bay area mexican community groups. tonight's first pitch is at 645. and in san francisco, weather wise, shouldn't be too bad for them out there at all. it's going to be great this evening out there in the city. we're experiencing a lot of heat, but it's away from the coastline. and as we take a look at our microclimate, weather and our weather alert for today, it's a beautiful sunrise across the much of the bay area. we are seeing a lot of bright yellows and oranges as the sun comes up. temperatures also nice and mild. a lot of 60s. we're in the mid 50s right now in san francisco, but then when we take a look at our highs for today, it is going to be really hot. and when you take a look at the color contours on here, the orange is a moderate heat risk. the red is a major heat risk. so this is

how these kinds of temperatures may impact your health. and we watch out for those signs of heat stress. and we want to make sure we're staying hydrated. today it will be 105 degrees in concord 103 for that high in livermore san jose 93. but it will be up to 103 in gilroy. the peninsula mostly in the mid 80s. and then when you go to the north bay, a lot of upper 90s, santa rosa today, 97 degrees and clear lake 100. and then looking at tomorrow, it is just as hot in some spots, maybe even a degree or two higher. we're up to 105 in fairfield. in livermore, 101 oakland in the upper 80s and 97 in novato. friday we're seeing some of those temperatures coming down just a little bit. so we'll be 86 in fremont and 99 in concord. so there will still be some hot spots. this high pressure eventually moving off towards the east, and the jet stream, the flow of those upper level winds that usually separates the warm air from the cool air will

begin to dip and then allow for a dip in our temperatures for next week. and then we'll be watching this low behind that. that could bring in a significant cooldown. more clouds and possibly even a little bit of rain. so we'll be watching out for that by the end of next week. near term temperatures in walnut creek, it's in the upper 90s up to 100 degrees the weekend. we're always looking ahead to the weekend. it will be in the mid 80s and then you can see the cooldown that we'll see through the middle of next week. so a few more days of this high heat and then some relief ahead. but today and tomorrow will be the hottest days of the heat as we see the heat advisory continuing until tom for san francisco. a lot of 80s in the forecast today and tomorrow, but then upper 60s by sunday. and that continues through next week. mike, now you're seeing more slowing through the east bay. most of the pattern pretty predictable, but i want to point out even more slowing shows up. highway 24 coming off of the walnut creek interchange, where 680 shows that big build as well. so

that's a tough portion for the upper part of contra costa county, feeding down in towards 680 corridor eventually and 24 in toward the caldecott. again, no problems, but you see slowing right around the caldecott as well. so that commute is building through that portion into alameda county. as we're looking at the bay bridge and the richmond bridge more focused toward those metering lights as well towards the toll plaza, i should say cutting down through 680 and walnut creek, three avenues to get there. look at that krueger pass showing up over a half an hour. now as you cut down through ignacio valley road and eventually into walnut creek, a 40 minute drive so it might cut off a little bit of time, though, instead of taking the longer route. the rest of the bay shows a pretty typical build for the tri-valley. the east bay across the san mateo bridge. and now look at the south bay. there you go. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 651 right now and happening now, six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo looking to hire for seasonal positions. the park is looking to fill 200 jobs for fright fest. they include scare actors, gate keepers and makeup artists. auditions are being held at the park this saturday and again on friday, september

13th from 4 to 7 p.m. if you're interested, you can also apply online at careers dot six. flags dot com. and we're back in just three minutes with a look at this morning's top stories. that teenager accused of shooting 49ers rookie ricky pearsall is expected to face a judge today, while pearsall, amazingly, is now back with his team. we have the latest developments there, plus san francisco mayor london breed scoring a major donation. the billionaire now backing her ahead of election day. but first, football fans, don't forget the nfl season kicks off in just about 36 hours from now, right here on nbc. bay area, the defending super bowl champs, the chiefs, they're going to take on the ravens thursday night and pregame coverage starts at 4 p.m. you don't want to miss that. and you don't want to miss the rest of today in the bay. coming up right after this.

six. welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at the top stories on today in the bay. authorities this morning have not yet identified the driver killed when two cars plunged off the road near san francisco's historic cliff house. now, here is a live look at the scene. this morning. this all happened around 5:00 last night. and police at this point will only confirm that those cars were involved in some kind of crash. the surviving driver suffered minor injuries. first responders there rescuing a dog there at the scene, which firefighters say was in one of the two cars. the teenager accused of shooting 49ers receiver ricky pearsall is scheduled to be arraigned today. district attorney brooke jenkins still not ruling out the possibility of arguing to try the 17 year old suspect as an adult. pearsall was shot saturday afternoon in union

square. miraculously avoiding serious injury. he'll be out of action, however, for at least the next four weeks. a string of recent copper thefts leaving one south bay neighborhood in the dark. san jose police telling us copper thieves have knocked out at least 300 street lights across the city. that includes part of reinhart neighborhood. this is near independence high school. leaders in other cities, including richmond, tell us this is part of a growing trend to decision 2024. in the race for san francisco mayor, the latest campaign documents indicate billionaire michael bloomberg is giving incumbent mayor london breed a huge financial boost. bloomberg is bankrolling an independent committee supporting breed's reelection bid and recently donated $1 million. that's on top of the $200,000 he contributed to her campaign. earlier this year. well, the heat wave isn't the only thing to worry about a spare the air alert is being issued through tomorrow. this is due to unhealthy smog. our sky ranger was over golden gate park yesterday, capturing not the fog

there, but that's a haze in the distance for us. this morning. and kerry's. yeah, kerry is tracking these hot temperatures coming today as well. yeah we were talking about triple digit highs for much of the east bay, the south county as well as the far north bay and it may be even slightly hotter tomorrow for some spots. the heat continues into friday, but then we are starting to see some relief this weekend. and that continues through much of next week. and taking a look out there, the south bay really kicking in now with the build. look at highway 85 along the bottom of the screen there, showing more slowing as you head up through saratoga out of the almaden valley. a lot more folks hitting the roadway. a smooth drive around the rest of the bay. san mateo bridge in the arrow in the middle. there we saw that volume on the live camera building up there, as well as the tri valley. but 680 northbound. that crash cleared around bernal over here. this is not clear. the chp still warns about fog at the golden gate bridge. i think we're going to be hoping or wishing we were there, though a little later on today. judging from kari's forecast. looking

for somewhere cool or at least a friend with a pool, right? today show just moments away. but for more local news today in the bay streams now on roku, pluto and other platforms. live at 8:00. using ai to stop the next wildfire. the new sensors that are coming to woodside. always a great time there on our 8:00 newscast. oh, i thought you meant in woodside. that's been there yet. got to find somewhere cool. yeah, it just looks hot outside already. nice sunrise for us this morning there. look, that's what's happening here on today in the bay. this morning. the today show is coming up next. hope you have a great wednesday morning halfway through that workweek. yeah. join us tomorrow morning as well. we're here early. 5 to 7 a.m. early. bird gets warm and the cooler temperatures. all right. worms have a great day good wednesday