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plus, a vital union chooses to sit on the sidelines. the teamsters break tradition and decide not to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in decades. our washington insider breaks down the impact it will have on the tight race for the white house. this is today in the bay and here we go. it's thursday morning, 5:00. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at what's happening with that commute coming up in just a bit. but first let's look at that forecast. as for today. kari. yeah, it looks great. now we're starting out with a lot of cool temperatures and clouds, and we're still watching some rain close by the bay area. take a look at the activity that we have on the radar satellite for the parts of the central and southern sierra. we're seeing some showers, thunderstorms, and possibly even some snow for those very high elevation areas. and we're looking at also some thunderstorms just to our south. this is happening right there on 101 near king city. and soledad.

and the thunderstorms that have been developing are also producing some very heavy rain here in the bay area. we're going to keep it quiet. and i think a lot of the rain and thunderstorm chances will stay just to our south as we take a live look outside in dublin. this morning, we will see a cloudy start heading for a sunny day and just a touch warmer than it was yesterday afternoon. mike, you're tracking a crash in the north bay. yeah, highway 37 is where we typically see the first slowing. it's not here at merritt island, although there may be some in the next couple of minutes. there's already slowing around. lakeville highway because of an earlier crash. activity has been going on there for over a half hour now, and it sounds like a car might have gone off the roadway right at the transition with lakeville highway just got confirmed with chp. the transition is accessible, though, from lakewood highway to highway 37. there a little bit of slowing shows up in the westbound commute direction. we'll track that. it sounds like that avenue is passable, though. as you get toward the scene, the rest of the main moves well, we'll track down what's going on

road side here, 880 in oakland. back to you. all right. we'll check back with you, mike. new overnight oakland police so far not commenting on apparent shooting last night in the fruitvale district. it happened a little before ten on international at 27th avenue. video showed that large police response. the photographer on scene believes the victim died at the scene. again, we're not able to confirm that information with police, but as soon as we get new information, we will of course, bring it to you. new surveillance video in san francisco shows the moment a group of thieves slam a vehicle through the front of a corner store, apparently to steal lottery tickets. today in the bay ginger conejero saab joins us live in the city this morning. and ginger certainly looked like there was a lot of damage. and i'm sure frustration to that store owner. that is correct, laura. you know, this isn't the first time that this has actually happened to the store and that store owner. the store is in is on 17th and balboa, which is in the richmond district here in the city, it's typically a quiet residential

neighborhood. and about a year ago, an almost identical theft in an attempt to steal about $10,000 worth of lottery ticket. this time around, thieves only got several hundred dollars worth. but the amount of frustration does not change, and you can see for yourself here. this is when the truck pummels through the front of the store on 17th and balboa around 930 tuesday night. seconds later, you see a man walk in and moments after that he walks out with about $350 worth of scratch off lottery tickets in hand, according to the store's owner. thieves took just the lottery tickets. it's just sad that you know san francisco and the bay area in general. it's hard to be a small business owner. other surveillance video shows the moments before the crash into the store, and it appears another car and a couple other people were checking it out.

well, it wasn't just the thieves that did their own surveillance. neighbors helped police identify the getaway vehicles, and their tips paid off. sfpd says plain clothes officers spotted the suspect vehicles near i-80 eastbound at octavia boulevard. that's about close to the freeway entrance there and continued surveillance as the vehicles traveled to oakland. the suspect vehicle was disabled near eighth and center streets in oakland, and a total of four people have been arrested. not as much luck, however, for a nearby cigarettes or cheaper store that's about two blocks away in the same neighborhood. thieves recently broke in there not once, but twice in the past year. now the store owner there did not want to go on camera, but told us that the two burglaries in those two burglaries, the thieves have gotten away with more than $100,000 worth of goods and cash. there have been no arrests in that case, but possibly with

the help of neighbors. if it's not too late, or help of other people in the community. potentially, this can lead to some progress there. certainly in san francisco, ginger conejero saab today in the bay. thank you. there have been so many break ins and robberies. thanks for the latest, ginger. well, turning now to decision 2024 and the race for the white house former president donald trump addressed a crowd in long island, new york, in his first rally since the second apparent assassination attempt. he doubled down on false claims about haitian immigrants eating pets in springfield, ohio. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris, addressing the issue of the economy and immigration with the congressional hispanic caucus today in the bay's brie jackson live in washington with us following both of those candidates on the candidate on the campaign trail. good morning. brie good morning marcus. yeah, with less than 50 days to go. both campaigns are ramping up their efforts to reach out to voters. today, former president trump will be here in washington, d.c, while vice president harris, she will

be in michigan holding a virtual campaign event with oprah from the under heightened security. former president trump addressed rally goers in new york. this evil would be assassin got within a few hundred yards of where i stood, but thankfully, our outstanding secret service agent and they are outstanding. mr. trump also doubling down on debunked claims about immigrants in springfield, ohio, pledging to travel there in the next two weeks. you may never see me again, but that's okay. got to do what i got to do. whatever happened to trump? well, he never got out of springfield. the city's mayor urging both campaigns to stay away, and the ohio governor agrees. i think the candidates should talk about the mess on the southern border. this is a real legitimate issue that the american people are very, very concerned about. speaking to a gathering of hispanic leaders, vice president harris stressed tackling border security and immigration reform.

understand we can do both. create an earned pathway to citizenship and ensure our border is secure. financial security remains top of mind for most americans and a key election issue. the federal reserve announcing welcome news that it's slashing interest rates by half a point. this decision reflects our growing confidence that with an appropriate recalibration of our policy stance, strength in the labor market can be maintained. this marks the fed's first rate cut since the early days of the covid 19 pandemic. an aggressive start to easing concerns about inflation. meanwhile, the powerful union teamsters made a surprise move of refusing to endorse endorse either candidate this election season. that's something that has not happened since 1996. marcus very interesting to see. all right. still a lot to follow until election day. brie jackson in washington for us this morning.

brie thank you. you see, leaders are downplaying a vote by regents happening today to approve the possibility of receiving military grade weapons and ammunition for campus police. but some questioned the timing, especially in light of the recent protests, which shook up some uc campuses. as of 2021, state law requires all enforcement law enforcement agencies to publicly request approval for new weapons and ammo, but uc police are not believed to be ready to do so. in part of a statement given to today in the bay, the uc office says, quote, this is a routine agenda item that is not related to any particular incident and ucpd equipment is not military surplus, nor is it military grade or designed for military use. universities. police departments do not use equipment from the u.s. department of defense. today, marking the final day of dreamforce at san francisco's moscone center. but some attendees may be experiencing a little ringing of the ears this morning. that's if

they attended last night's big private concert inside oracle park. now, this is the closest we could get. see, we're not there at all, but it included. imagine dragons, pink and kygo. tonight's closing event is going to include a sit down chat with salesforce ceo marc benioff and billionaire mark cuban. also among today's speakers, actress kerry washington, no relation. i'm really glad you clarified that. well, taking a live look outside where perhaps gary washington is waking up in san francisco this morning. oh, what a morning out there. and what a change in temperatures and everything across the board that we've been seeing this week. yeah, there's more changes coming our way over the next couple of days. we are starting out still kind of the same as yesterday with the low clouds, some mist and drizzle in san francisco and clouds over san jose. but eventually the clouds are going to clear out and it will become a very pleasant day. a look at tomorrow. it's going

to start to warm up for the inland valleys while still staying cool near the coast, and for the weekend, the summer heat will be ramping back up as we welcome in the start of fall. so here's a look at our highs for today. still pretty nice 70s with a few low 80s. some of the warmer spots will be in ukiah and clear lake with mid to upper 80s, while san francisco stays in the 60s. we'll take a look ahead to the weekend coming up. mike, where can we fill up for less? kari we're doing our best to find it with the help of gasbuddy.com. so today's best is up again from yesterday's best. it's in san jose. we have for 29 at quick serve on alum rock avenue. that's in the south bay and the north bay. solano county's best is also 429. in the middle. it's vallejo. we're shouting out bond fair on sacramento street and in alameda county, fremont's lowest listed is 435 as smart gas on grimmer boulevard. we shouted out gasbuddy.com where you can also help add to those price listings. there. as we look on the roadways, we have a smooth

flow of traffic for the most part, some slowing. now for south 101 out of san francisco into brisbane. there is a crash. vehicles. two vehicles went into the bushes. it looks like and some folks ran foot bail. it's called they ran into the bushes as well. so there may be something going on there with chp. they are on the shoulder of south 101. you see the slowing. we may have the slow lane blocked temporarily south 101 along the peninsula and the east bay. the earlier issue we saw is in san leandro. there's a small fire on surface streets. 1/40 just off the nimitz. no one injured, no problems. back to you. thank you. mike 512 for you this morning. the word is out ahead here on today in the bay. the all new reviews of the iphone 16. stick around because we are discussing the biggest differences people are noticing and interest rate cuts. you get a rate cut and you get a rate cut. the latest from wall street. plus teachout teetee audio. you can take me high to go. can't wait. faces both fresh and familiar. coming to studio

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we're in the upper 70s. a quick warm up happening as it will be just a touch warmer than it was yesterday afternoon, but we are getting a lot more sunshine and the warming trend continues into the weekend. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates coming up and the fog here again this morning at the golden gate bridge, or at least some low clouds and no traffic coming toward us. that's the southbound out of the north bay. there's some slowing on the approach. we're watching for crews to clear about. now, that may be what's going on. we'll talk about two issues coming through the north bay as you approach the golden gate bridge. well good morning. very happy thursday to you. the big headline is the rate cut. i'll get to that in just a second. so this is salesforce. dreamforce has its last day continuing in san francisco. mike's been telling us how to get around traffic on howard and third shares. in truth social, which trade under donald trump's initials djt. lowest since the merger. and there's a reason for this. the lockup on shares of truth social ends today. that means trump can sell shares. he

previously could not if he wants to. trump owns about 60% of the company he's pledged not to sell, but if he or other insiders were to sell a large number of shares, the price would likely fall hard. the stock's already down about 81% from its all time high, but trump's shares still worth nearly $2 billion. president biden will speak about the economy today. two economists. biden has a lot to celebrate. the fed yesterday cut interest rates by a half point, a sign the fed thinks inflation is back under control. and yet there are still things that cost more than they used to. but you can't argue with the numbers. headline cpi, cpi rather close to 2%, right? where the fed wants it. the rate cut yesterday was bigger than many expected. a poll of economists by bloomberg found just nine out of 113 economists expected that full half point critics of the fed, which include donald trump, will smell something political here.

but the fed had a regularly scheduled meeting. jay powell explained the reasoning behind the cuts, including concerns about employment. the fed's other job dot plot shows more cuts coming. fed designed to be independent. trump, for his part, thinks the central bank should be more connected with the white house with the president getting some sort of say on interest rates. iphone 16 goes on sale tomorrow without many of the ai features that apple touted at its announcement last week. apple plans to roll much of that out later, but the phones will be upgraded to handle the ai. older phones aren't. the reviews are starting to roll in, and reviewers note without the new ai, there's not a lot to talk about. better battery, better camera. separate camera button, new colors. chris velasco over at washington post says, if you're coming from an older iphone, the extended battery will feel huge. ted hazelton over at cnbc calls it a solid upgrade. the incomparable

joanna stern over at the wall street journal says she likes the colors, all the new ones. but she says, you know, don't choose an iphone on color. you're just going to put it in a case anyway. the extended battery life is great. apparently, if you're coming from an older phone, say a 12 or 13, it's enormously better. yeah, which is good because about every afternoon my husband calls drop off because he's been on it all day. right. yeah. what will husbands do is an excuse. that is a. speaking of colors. i like the glasses. well you know, that way i can whip it off and say a full half point. now i'm going to get a dramatic mascot in a pipe. next hour on today in the bay thanks, guys. you bet. 519 for you right now. a new era starting for today the san jose sharks. that's because the team opens its 2024 training camp over at sharks ice in san jose. now, this will indeed include the top overall draft pick, mclain calabrese. the future of

the future. there is looking wide open for the sharks. it's certainly more hopeful than last season, when they finished with the worst record in the league. the sharks play their first home preseason game on october 1st. they open in anaheim on september 26th. well, there's t minus nine days until the premiere of the new season of saturday night live and i can't wait. and this year, it's extra special as the show is celebrating its 50th season. the first five celebrity lineups are out season, starting with jean smart from hacks and designing women, joined by musical guest jelly roll. other great pair ups include ariana grande, stevie nicks, michael keaton and you hear billie eilish there, along with former snl writer john mulaney and a rising pop star, chappell roan. the season premieres september 28th right here on nbc bay area. you can watch it live at 830. that's always great for the early birds. then there's that encore at 1130. i remember having to

wait for it all the time and it's so great, but now you can watch it. everything all right. nice lineup. yeah. nice lineup. and we've had a nice lineup weather wise this week as well. yeah it's been pretty good for most of the bay area. i was hoping for a little bit more rain yesterday. it's still lingering across the region. and i do think that for us the rain chances have ended. but just to our south, it is still going very much with some heavy rainfall. and look at the lightning strikes that we're seeing there. also, some rain over the sierra. so it's been a pretty busy morning there with all of the rain happening just to our south on highway 101, kind of just rolling up the interstate. and we're going to see quite a bit of that staying to our south here. we're looking at clouds. let's head to martinez with a look at how the morning will shape up for you. it will be in the upper 50s kind of our usual start to the day. and then as we go into late morning, into the afternoon, gradually warming up. what you'll notice today is that we

will get a lot more sunshine, and it's going to be just a touch warmer than it was yesterday afternoon, but still really comfortable here. we'll see those high temperatures in the mid 70s and quickly cooling down as we go into the evening. as we zoom in to the south bay. here's a look at our highs for today 77 in downtown san jose, as well as 77 in gilroy for the east bay. it's in the low 80s from antioch to concord. walnut creek, 80 degrees and 71. in oakland, mid 60s for half moon bay and in redwood city 74 degrees and the san francisco, all of the city. we're going to stay in the 60s today. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and a lot more sun in the north bay with highs near 80 degrees. so the cool air is heading off towards the east. it will be replaced by some much warmer temperatures for the weekend, and by early next week we're going to have some very high summer heat. but the good thing is that we will have some cooling for the middle to end of next week. so as we take a look

at san jose, a couple of days with highs in the 90s are coming in with some of our inland valleys up to about 98 degrees, with the peak of the heat on monday, we'll be tracking all of those changes for you and mike. you were tracking a crash early on this thursday morning. we had a couple of crashes. the one still going on is west 37 at lakeville, but no more slowing shows up. still activity access to and from lakeville highway. but westbound 37 does show that initial kick off that we expect out of vallejo, heading in the direction of novato, then from novato, south. everything is smooth past the crash here, right around blythedale reports that there may have been a deer that was hit, so watch for some activity. should be toward the shoulder now. and there's more slowing. we talked about how we didn't see a lot of traffic across the golden gate bridge. i believe they're moving that crew from the north bay still have crash activity on the peninsula through brisbane. south 101 slows as you pass by some activity sounds like a crash into the bushes. back to you. thank you mike. growing worries for the future of health care. next here on today in the bay,

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real concerns about the health care. a new survey finds that 4 in 5 older adults are dissatisfied with the health care system because of rising costs. low quality care and difficulty getting services. the

survey was conducted by the john ai hartford foundation, an age wave, which is consulting think tank on aging based out of orinda. they like their doctors generally, but they basically felt that the system was confusing and was hard to access, was insensitive. that people weren't weren't trained on the problems they were having. and when we asked them, would you give the system overall a high grade? only 11% gave it an a. the rest felt that, boy, this system really needs some a revolution to fix it. in spite of the political divisions in the country, the survey found that a majority of older democrats and republicans both support the government, adding long term care to medicare coverage. 527 right now, the top stories we're following today, including cracking down on pickleball. the bay area cities making changes in the wake of the growing complaints. small businesses here in the south bay fed up

with robberies and break ins. the new pilot program that combats crime via video. stay with us.

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moving ahead with. and here is a live look outside in downtown san jose. you know what we're inching closer to the weekend. and meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we all can expect as we make those plans. this is today in the bay thursday is here. good morning to you. i'm marcus washington, baby. friday, right. yes. okay. i'm laura garcia. let's start with a look at the forecast as we inch closer to the weekend and the start of fall. summer's still hanging out. yes. so we have had a cool week for much of the bay area. it's going to be warming up over the next few days. so right now we're starting out with clouds and a nice mild morning. and as we go into today, it will still be comfortable out there. but we will begin a significant warming trend going into the weekend for the inland valleys. and then it will feel like summer this weekend as we officially welcome in fall. now we take a look at our temperatures today. this looks really nice. we have upper

60s in san francisco, 80 in napa and 82 in concord, san jose will hit a high of 77 and 79 in morgan hill. we'll get a look ahead to that weekend forecast. and also what's going on around the bay coming up. mike, now you have an alert heading out of san francisco. southbound 101 heading into brisbane. here, the crash location. as we pull up to screen, you'll see the sensors slow around a lot away. as you're heading south out of san francisco. again, the earlier crash, apparently the right lanes are blocked because of crash activity, but folks were seen fleeing into the bushes through the area. only the fast lane is open right now, but i think there's a bigger investigation going on with why some folks fled the scene. we're looking at slow southbound direction south of that 281 one split, 280 is a better drive if you're just planning for time as you're heading down out of san francisco and in toward the san mateo area. as we look at the rest of the bay, a pretty smooth flow of traffic in this map, the bay bridge toll plaza seeing more traffic, but no big backup, your typical east bay slowing for highway four and north bay

for highway 37. back to you. thanks, mike. san jose business owners are getting fed up. the merchants are taking matters into their own hands, trying to track down burglars, taking aim at their livelihoods. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from san jose police headquarters this morning. and bob, police are teaming up with business owners to really combat that crime with the help of some cameras. correct. good morning, marcus and laura. we're talking about small businesses, specifically in alum rock neighborhood. later this morning at a press conference, they will announce that they are teaming up with san jose police behind me to participate in a new camera safety program. this is a pilot program to connect san jose police with any available video of crimes. people would be able to register their cameras on their businesses or at home to provide extra eyes, so to speak, for the police. now, this is the kind of video sj pd is hoping to access. this was captured this week at willow glen burdick lyles la villa

dahle. that's a obert we see a burglar was caught on camera from several angles, breaking through the glass front door going to the cash register. the thief didn't get much cash but left a pricey mess. unfortunately. and in addition to capturing surveillance video, the willow glen business association wants more patrols and better lighting. i think it's happening maybe at between 1 and 3 in the morning. so perhaps if they could be cruising around here at that time, it would help dissuade these people from doing what they are doing. trina's cafe in south san jose got security cameras and a hard drive for free. this was back in february when the city expanded its so-called capture crime program. in all, 50 small businesses joined that pilot program with the city footing the $75,000 bill. the cameras record continuously and store the footage for 30 days. the capture crime program first launched in

may of 2022. reporting live here outside san jose police headquarters. bob redell today in the bay. let's hope they catch who's doing this. it's really hurting a lot of small businesses. thanks, bob. well, recent string of shootings in one part of antioch have police ramping up their crime fighting efforts. police say that there have been nearly a dozen shootings in the same area since labor day weekend. one was fatal, and that area is called the sycamore corridor. one resident who did not want to appear on camera telling us that violence, there is nothing new. he even gave us a ring video of a shooting last fall, which sent people running for cover. just scary there. so look. while police believe much of the current violence is tied to deadly labor day shooting, that unidentified neighbor agrees that the situation has recently become far worse. of course, it did scare me because after that night, i don't feel like going

out. i don't want to, like, peek out of my house. the very recent one was yesterday. also a major concern here. the number of people struck by stray bullets. it happened at least twice in recent days. antioch interim police chief now assigning two officers to patrol that area full time for at least the next week. martinez is taking a harsher stance on encampments. the city will now clear areas even if shelter is not available. this is a trend we've been seeing across the bay area. it's following a decision by the supreme court, which gives cities the power to enforce sleeping bans in public spaces. it also comes as governor gavin newsom's executive order to remove encampments across the state, or risk losing funding. although encampments aren't a huge problem around martinez. the police chief says they're trying to get ahead of. the problem is there are certain individuals who don't want to accept the sheltering and so we encounter them on a regular basis, going between, for example, like shopping centers,

sidewalks. et cetera. and so by cleaning this up, we'll have the opportunity that if they don't want to go through those routes, we can take enforcement action. you can't keep kicking people out from town to town, from place to place. it's inhumane. last night's city council vote means the city can take immediate action on clearing out encampments. the police chief says it could take a few weeks before any action takes place. two decision 2024 and san francisco's mayoral candidates returned tonight to the debate stage. kqed and the chronicle moderating the debate gets underway at 7:00 tonight. candidates have also agreed to a town hall debate next thursday, focusing on the city's asian pacific islander community. our own gia vang will help moderate. turns out some of the noise from pickleball courts these days is unrelated to the rackets and balls. it's coming from frustrated neighbors tired of the constant swapping the ij reports. in the marin town of ross, leaders recently debated

banning courts in private property and in the south bay, saratoga leaders are getting an earful from residents who live near a popular public court in el pino park, saratoga, now attempting noise mitigation with special fencing. ross leaders are planning to pick up the issue next month. well, there is still time and ways you can get your hands on low cost covid vaccines in the south bay today, public health officials will tell people where they can get the cheap or free shots. as of right now, the federal program provides vaccines. is set to end. the cdc recommends vaccinating for covid as well as for flu for everyone six months and older. this is the second year that that annual update covid vaccine has been released in the fall. let's take a peek outside. how about to the east bay this morning? looking live at walnut creek? kerry's got a look at our forecast for this thursday morning. yes. let's make some weekend plans. how about the lafayette art and wine

festival happening on saturday and sunday? now it's going to be much warmer than the weather we've had throughout the week. on saturday, the high headed up to 83 degrees and even hotter on sunday with a high of 88. so stay hydrated and enjoy all the sunshine that we'll see if you're going to lake tahoe. expected to be in the upper 60s on friday and then dropping down to the upper 30s. cool nights, but very nice and mild days with our highs in the low to mid 70s there. and as the valleys heat up, you may want to head to the coastline. here's a look at the beach forecast. we are going to see highs in the low 60s for santa cruz on friday. and that continues. it will be mostly cloudy, very chilly. temperatures may be slightly warmer for stinson beach on saturday, and i do think it will warm up even more so on sunday. now taking a look at sonoma valley this weekend. going from low 80s for friday, 84 on saturday and sunday, 88 degrees. a nice little return of summer even as we officially welcome in fall. we'll talk about the bay

area microclimates coming up. and mike, you still see some slowing on the peninsula? yeah, still alert status from chp because only one lane of southbound 101 is open as you pass by alana weyant as you're heading south on the peninsula through brisbane, out of san francisco, it sounds like there may be some activity going on with chp looking for some folks who may have fled into the bushes, but that's just all looking at the details that i see over here. we also talk about dreamforce. scott's been talking about the business side of things over there, the traffic side. howard is still closed. so third watch that between third and fourth is the area where moscone center continues to have all that activity. so watch for the little bit of slowing as folks get off of the bay bridge and hit those city streets. there are those reroutes that will continue today and tomorrow, because they still have to clear out all the structures they built up in the area. meanwhile, getting into the city, no major surprises throughout the east bay. typical slowing for highway four. in the north bay highway 37 and at the bay bridge toll plaza, there's now just the first signs of that traffic buildup showing up at the toll

plaza itself. so you know it's going to be slower up the incline. that will make it better. on the approach to san francisco and anywhere south of there. typical patterns tri valley and no major issues in san jose. your first slowing expected for 101. back to you. good information. thanks, mike. it is 540 right now. natural alternatives to weight loss drugs. coming up next on today in the bay. a look at their rising popularity. how will they work and just how safe they are. president biden expected to talk good news about the economy today, though the white house says it's not a victory lap. plus, keeping our california coast clean the way you can actually help our climate in crisis on this year's coastal cleanup day. stay with us. you're watching today inhe bay t

part of the peninsula is fine. like this. these tail lights heading south toward the san jose area. as we're looking through brisbane, though, it's jammed up down to one lane past by alana way, an earlier crash and an investigation going on. they need another tow truck to pull a second vehicle from the bushes there. again, south 101 is jammed just down to one lane as heading south out of san francisco, through brisbane. and i'm also looking at palo alto with a look ahead for the day. we're starting out cloudy with upper 50s and it's going to be a cool start, but you'll notice that this afternoon will be warmer than yesterday as we get much more sunshine, we'll take a

look ahead to our weekend forecast coming up. and now, turning to our climate in crisis this weekend, grab some friends and family to volunteer and make our coastline even more beautiful. this saturday you can join caltrans clean california and stormwater campaigns and refuse refuse san francisco for a litter collection event at ocean beach this saturday. the 21st. so this is the 40th annual california coastal cleanup day to remove trash and other waste buildup during those drier months ahead of the first heavy rains of the season, waste is picked up before it can flow into rivers, creeks, streams, lakes and of course, the ocean. so volunteering is a great way to meet new people, clean our coastline and appreciate the beauty, the beauty of our beaches and preserve marine wildlife. it all happens this saturday from 930 to noon at ocean beach. we have a link on our website nbcbayarea.com. look for this story on our climate in crisis page to sign up. laura

marcus, thanks so much, kari. it is quarter to six right now. president biden will talk about the economy later this morning. and there's certainly a lot to talk about. scott mcgrew the economy is the top priority for most voters. yeah, especially inflation. right. so you know the fed just cut interest rates by a half a point. that's more than experts expected. the fed indicating it thinks inflation is under control as we were discussing in our business segment. yes there are still things that cost more. but looking in aggregate inflation is very close to the fed's 2% target. biden will speak about inflation to the economic club in washington later this month or this morning, rather not this month. the white house says it won't be a victory lap and that the president still knows there are challenges. president biden, yesterday you saw him celebrating hispanic heritage month at the white house. he made remarks about former president trump's continued attacks on both legal and illegal immigrants. we believe

in an immigration system that reflects our values. we don't demonize immigrants. we don't single them out for attacks. we don't believe they're poisoning the blood of the country. we're a nation of immigrants, and that's why we're so strong. former president trump, meantime, repeated his promise to travel to springfield, ohio. there are thousands of legal immigrants from haiti, haiti, that live and work there. he seemed to indicate he thought it would be dangerous for him. so i'm going to springfield and i'm going to aurora. you may never see me again, but that's okay. got to do what i got to do. whatever happened to trump? well, he never got out of springfield. now trump is speaking here in new york city, and anybody tracking the election should be like, wait, hold the phone. why is he in new york city? that would be like harris campaigning in texas. a waste of time and money. trump lost new york state by 20 or

more points the both times he ran previously. but if some in the trump campaign think that they can flip new york, that would totally upset the electoral college in the race to 270. it wouldn't matter if harris won pennsylvania and nevada and georgia. if trump won new york, the house failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open past the end of the month. the at issue is a bill tacked on that would force american voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. remember, house speaker johnson needs to attach bills like that, bills that sink the vote because if he doesn't, he'll lose support of the freedom caucus and likely lose his job. his counterpart over in the senate, mitch mcconnell, warns that's putting republicans into a situation where they will be blamed for shutting down the government, though, to be fair, if they did pass it in the house, democrats would vote it down in the senate and the government would close on october 1st. new york times,

for no particular reason. and i can ascertain, added taylor swift, to its presidential favorability poll, 44%, like the singer, who recently endorsed kamala harris. swift citing trump pushing fake ai pictures as a reason for her big announcement, making clear she supports harris, trump responded with a simple statement on his social network, truth social. i hate taylor swift. speaking of truth social, the lockup on shares in that company expires today. it means donald trump can sell part or all of the shares in the company, which could net him as much as $2 billion, he says. though laura, he will not. interesting. thank you very much, scott. it is 5.49 right now. weight loss drugs have been soaring in popularity for months now, but they're not always accessible for those who need them. drugs like ozempic and wegovy have been a hot commodity due to price and supply. well, now people are turning to natural alternatives to help

them shed a few pounds. key ingredient in these alternatives is a hormone, glp one. it is meant to suppress your appetite and mimic the feeling of fullness. but experts say supplements that contain say they contain glp one don't always do. they also say other kinds of weight loss supplements aren't always as effective as the popular prescription drugs. if you could just go buy a supplement and lose 20 or 30 or 40 pounds, it would be you couldn't hear the end of it. it would be all over the place, just like the glp ones are, but they're not. be sure to tune in to the today show starting at 7:00 this morning. for more on natural weight loss alternatives. that's ahead. right after today in the bay well, there's one certainty ahead of the niners week three game in los angeles this weeken. it's not who wins but who fills the seats. and you can expect another red wave over at sofi stadium. the niners head coach, kyle shanahan, says he likes the idea in certain situations. it's only cool if you play real well.

if you play real well and can kind of control the game, then it gets real fun. if not, then it's twice as disappointing. the niners play the rams sunday afternoon and they'll have to deal with two key issues here. injuries. wide receiver deebo samuel and running back christian mccaffrey both injure. trailblazer rita moreno was in walnut creek last night and it was a full house at the lesher center. the one the only the icon, rita moreno. the star sat down with our own jessica aguirre to talk about her career, which spans eight decades. moreno, best known for her breakout role as anita in west side story the performance earned her an oscar for best supporting actress, making her the first latin american woman to win an academy award. the puerto rican born actress, also an egot, one of 21 actors to

have been awarded an emmy, a grammy, an oscar and a tony. well, trending this morning, bad monkey, one of the breakout series of the summer and the star is so money he doesn't even know it. i'm in a bit of a jam here. dude, you're a murder suspect. maybe it's even a pickle. on a scale from 1 to 10. how screwed am i, a million? you couldn't just say ten. you don't think i'd understand that ten is bad? you know that guy right there? swingers fans probably better know him as vince vaughn. you might say that his new series brings florida at its finest. so. and funniest, of course, now it comes as the creator of scrubs and ted lasso. vaughn telling our kris sanchez that he really relates to the persona of his character, detective andrew yancy. i think the character's that way on the page to a large degree. he's sort of this, you know, kind of sense of humor and point of view about things and so it's nice to kind of go and have a character that's, that's fun that you can

kind of embody in that way. the ten part series is a mystery, but you know what? there's a lot of comedy in there as well. premiered last month, the new episodes drop each wednesday on apple tv. all right, a lot to watch, a lot to do in the bay area as well. let's check the forecast with kari. and our weather is changing quite a bit going into the weekend. it's been kind of a cool week, but i think a lot in the inland valleys, a lot of people in the inland valleys have really enjoyed the break from the high heat, but it will be coming back this weekend as we start out right now in the mid 50s in san francisco, upper 50s for palo alto and walnut creek, and in san jose, a little bit warmer there, 63 degrees. we've been watching some rain just to our south. this is all a part of that system that brought us the clouds and the spotty showers yesterday morning. but we've got some storms blowing up here, and we're seeing a lot of lightning strikes, not only over the sierra, but just to our south, right there on highway 101, south of the bay area, from king city to soledad. it is still

going. and we're seeing these storms firing up and basically redeveloping over some of the same areas. i don't think it will move into the bay area today. staying just to our south and our temperatures staying on the cool side for this time of year. fremont. we'll see a high there of 73 degrees and 78 in dublin, 82 in concord, upper 70s and low 80s for much of the north bay, while san francisco will be in the 60s. looking at tomorrow's high temperatures will be just a touch warmer compared to today. going up a couple of degrees, but it will continue to heat up. we'll really feel that heat on saturday into sunday with some low 90s in spots like clear lak, clear lake, ukiah, vacaville, fairfield and it will be in the upper 80s for much of the south county. the cool weather moving out of here and high pressure will quickly roll in, and that will be slow to move. so we'll have several days of some pretty hot temperatures and then eventually for the middle to end of next week, we'll get some

relief with this low that will be coming in by next wednesday into thursday. so looking at all of the temperatures here and what we'll see for inland spots like concord going from highs in the 70s and 80s to upper seconds on monday. oh my gosh it's going to be hot. but we will see those temperatures coming back down for the middle of next week. and mike you're still tracking that traffic alert i am kari not at the bay bridge toll plaza, but there is a crash here. wanted to start with the backup that quickly filled in the entire approach. so keep that in mind over there. getting into san francisco will be impeded by that one crash. but you saw the traffic moving. its the peninsula with the crash that continues to have the alert around it. this is south 101 at alana way, heading down through brisbane. you're down to one lane. an earlier crash into the bushes, and it sounds like some activity there for an investigation going on. that's in addition, as you look at the bay bayshore boulevard as an option to get past that jam, there may be another just past that. we heard about a new crash involving a bigger rig. as

you're heading south, 101 past candlestick point. so watch for that. through this stretch. 280 is just fine. heading down the peninsula. the rest of the bay is a predictable build back to you. thanks, mike. happening now, governor gavin newsom is working to keep gas prices more stable. state lawmakers are in sacramento for the second special session, focusing on gas prices today. the governor wants to require oil refineries to keep minimum levels of oil reserve. this is to prevent the spike in prices. but republican opponents say that requiring these oil tanks increases gas prices in california and other states and lead to the shortages. but newsom's office is disputing those claims. it said that they're looking to have backups to avoid shortages, and there's already enough storage to meet those goals. a different kind of smash and gra. thieves drive a truck through the front door of a local family owned business. ahead at 6:00 on today in the bay, the way officers were able to catch up with those suspects. plus

dreamforce is wrapping up how the conference is closing out in the city by the bay. and a reminder nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like or wherever you are on roku or other streaming platforms. a lot more news ahead. it's 556. you're watching today

a driver plowing into the front of a san francisco store. the items the thieves were after, and the way officers were able to catch up with the suspected drivers, and a shooting overnight in oakland. the new details we're learning as the investigation unfolds. plus military equipment on campus after violent protests. you see college police are asking leaders to approve a controversial proposal. the key vote and response from university leaders. this is today in the bay. and good wednesday morning to you. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we'll check that morning commute with mike in just a bit. but let's talk about the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. and we're starting out with some cloudsoo