craig: that's all the time we have for today. i'm craig robinson hoping you all have been inspired to "play it forward" on your home courts. [music] 7:00 as we take a live look outside towards san francisco from emeryville on a foggy and chilly final morning of summer. thank you so much for starting

it with us. i'm kyra clapper and our director, aaron is back with us where he belongs. welcome back. aaron. cinthia pimentel has a quick look. he's like, move it along. he doesn't want to be talked about. cynthia joins us with our microclimate forecast. and you look perfect for the final day of summer. thank you very much. of course, the bay area wouldn't be summer without some fog as well. we are starting off our morning with some low clouds carrying through parts of walnut creek, palo alto and down into san jose, mainly in the upper 50s. so not a bad start to our morning temperature wise either, as we take a look at our daytime highs, we should see some upper 80s out towards the livermore valley and down into the south county. 60s and 70s out towards the peninsula. should be a nice day in san francisco with some low 70s there in the mission. now, as we take a look ahead, fall officially begins tomorrow, but those temperatures are going to be hanging on to summer for the next couple of days as we warm up into our upcoming workweek, we'll talk about the weekend forecast and how high those

numbers will go. coming up in a few minutes. keir, back to you. all right, cynthia, thanks. we begin with this just into our newsroom. two top hezbollah commanders are among those killed in a suspected israeli airstrike. it happened yesterday in lebanon's capital, beirut. it killed 31 people. hezbollah today says one of the top commanders killed was part of the terror group's political elite. and the other a leader in hezbollah's central training unit. israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but the terror organization told us told u.s. officials it believes the country is responsible. this attack comes on the heels of the explosion of hezbollah members pagers earlier this week. experts fear this could lead to far reaching retaliation from hezbollah. back here locally, for commuters in or traveling through the east bay, there is another freeway closure. this weekend. highway

680 is partially shut down again. here's a closer look. all southbound lanes of 680 are shut down from acosta boulevard in san ramon to the 580 interchange in pleasanton. that closure went into effect at nine last night. it will last all weekend until 4:00 monday morning. this is all part of that ongoing 680 repaving project. while all of those southbound lanes are closed. northbound lanes are open. caltrans says that the complete closure of the southbound lanes helps their crews get 40 nights worth of work done in just one weekend. two more 680 closures are planned for october. as you might imagine, not just commuters are inconvenienced, but so too are nearby businesse. yeah, we can use this one. this one. the mondays are weekdays are pretty slow, and the weekends are a lot busier than weekdays. town has families from other cities, so they bring their family from other, other areas, other cities, and if they're driving them by, by, by

themselves, it could be a problem. so if you are heading out in the east bay today or tomorrow, be sure to check traffic and map out your route ahead of time. we've posted helpful detours and more information about the ongoing closure at nbcbayarea.com. just click on the link at the top in our trending bar. now to a cal fire firefighter behind bars accused of setting fires while he was off the clock. robert hernandez is accused of igniting five small fires in sonoma county this summer. the most recent one burned last saturday. the 38 year old is an apparatus engineer at the cal fire. howard forest station in mendocino county. firefighters we spoke with tell us they're not only shocked, but disappointed, especially because the north bay has been so ravaged by fires over the last decade. the press release that came out this morning is a hard pill for all of us to swallow. you know, any

time someone is out doing something in the community that puts us all in harm's way, that's just really tough on us. it is disappointing to know that somebody would actually try to destroy other people's property intentionally. fortunately, all of the fires hernandez is suspected of igniting were put out quickly, only burning about an acre. hernandez is. bail is set at $2 million. police in the south bay have charged a man in connection with a cold case that happened almost 40 years ago. jesus ibarra was found dead from strangulation inside his san jose apartment back in 1987. now, investigators say dna evidence from that crime scene was matched with this man, joseph abeyta. yesterday, he was charged with murder in connection with ibarra's death. prosecutors tell us there are difficulties prosecuting a four decades old cold case, but they are up to the challenge. we're happy and eager to overcome

those challenges and obtain justice for the victim's family. they were present here in court today, and they just want justice. and for him to be held accountable for this murder. this is the ninth cold case homicide solved by san jose police this year. now to san mateo county, where there is a big shakeup within the sheriff's office. sheriff christina corpus has fired her third in command. assistant sheriff ryan monahan. this amid an investigation into complaints brought forth by department employees. the complaints focus on sheriff corpus chief of staff victor danielle. this month, the deputies union overwhelmingly voted and approved a no confidence vote against danielle, a san mateo county supervisor last night released a statement questioning the timing of the dismissal of assistant sheriff monahan, suggesting

possible retaliation against him for participating into the investigation into danielle. the supervisor is asking for an investigation into that claim. meanwhile, san mateo county sheriff corpus responded late last night, saying that retaliation claim is, quote, pure speculation. turning now to anfinally coming true for a san francisco athlete. 12 years after her race, the three time olympian shannon rowbury is now in line for a bronze medal in the 1500 meter race that she ran in the 2012 london olympics. rowbury finished sixth, but now she's third after several other athletes tested positive for steroids. rowbury sat down with our raj mathai for her first tv interview since the news broke about shannon rowbury, the second of the americans here. 12 years later. yeah, dq. doping ban. dq. dq. shannon rowbury and

her husband, pablo solares are watching that 2012 race in full for the first time. well, at the ideas, it's going to be turkey one and two. what about that? and now, as i watch it all these years later, it's like, what's even the point of watching the race? because half the field was cheating in 2012. solaris, her boyfriend at the time, was the first person she saw after the finish. and i just hugged him and sobbed. we all knew what was happening and i could only be there to support her, right? so rowbury, who will turn 40 this month, was on a bucket list family vacation in ecuador when she got a text from her agent. again, solaris was the first person there, and i handed my husband the screen, had the phone, had him read it, and he looks up to me and he's like, jenny, oh my god, shani, you're going to get bronze. and i just

started sobbing. she is an olympic medalist and no one can take that away from her now. that suspicion was valid, that that was the one aspect of my running career i couldn't create closure on. it's a very, very strong field indeed, as one would expect, that 2012 olympics race has been called one of the dirtiest races in track history. out of the top seven runners, four have been disqualified, including the first and second place finishers before the race. there were a lot of red flags. rowbury is now third after the court of arbitration for sport suspended the current silver medalist, a russian athlete. there's a ten year window where they can retest athletes. samples like urine and blood samples. the court retested the russian in 2021, something rowbury didn't know until a couple of weeks ago. i don't know what comes next. i don't know if i'll get that medal, and if i do, when it will come.

medal or not, nothing can give. shannon rowbury back what? she didn't get in 2012. the victory lap, the holding of a flag, the hugs and the tears that that i deserved to share. that my family and friends deserve to share with me. she is a world champion, world record holder and american record holder. she's also a mother of two young children. let me take you on a little tour of where we'll be broadcasting from. she was a track analyst for us at nbc sports during the paris olympics, and now rowbury can add a few more titles. shannon rowbury is an olympic bronze medalist, and the first woman in u.s. history to win a medal in the women's 1500. it's a dream come true. i literally thought i would never get to get to say those words. and shannon, we are

elated for you. still no official word on when or if rowbury will get that physical bronze medal. thanks to raj for that story. 710 right now we have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up, caltrain going totally green, unveiling a complete fleet of electric trains. i'll tell you more about it after this at ten past the hour. let's plan our day in discovery bay. good morning. lots of sunshine to get the day started. mild there by noon and into the afternoon. upper 80s. hotter weather though, is ahead. we'll talk about the forecast coming up

calendar before we switch to fall tomorrow, but a chilly morning out there. a blanket of fog covering the skyline of san francisco. cinthia pimentel will be along with your full microclimate forecast in just a few minutes. but first, another local leader is backing a proposition that will appear on your november ballot. antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe has announced his support of proposition 36. the ballot measure would increase punishments for retail theft and drug crimes. it also would create a new category called treatment mandated felonies under those people found guilty could opt for drug treatment rather than going to prison. several local leaders already

have voiced their support for prop 36, including san jose mayor matt mahan and san francisco mayor london breed. mayor hernandez thorpe believes this measure will help reduce crime. there is a reality that we're grappling with and that is people are stealing. there is no accountability for it and we need to start taking action and that's that. meanwhile, governor newsom has been outspoken and against prop 36. he says the measure would be too expensive to implement and would lead to mass incarceration ahead of november. you might want to check out what's on the ballot for a full voter guide. just scan that qr code on your screen right now. it will take you right to your app store, and you can download our free nbc bay area app. the folks from caltrain have been working towards today for quite some time. today's electric service launch party celebrate caltrans migration to a 100% electric

fleet after having integrated a few trains into the flow in august. mike inouye joins us to remind us what this all means for you. yeah, kira, this should be great news for riders. when compared to the diesel fleet, these new trains are quieter, quicker and scheduled more frequently. they're quieter as they've left the diesel engine back at the yard. we all know how quiet evs are on the streets and no more diesel smell. i'd imagine quicker because a local train between san jose and san francisco has been reduced from the 100 minute travel time to just 77 minutes, nearly a 25% drop in the commute time and less of a wait between trains as well. they're scheduled every 15 to 20 minutes during peak hours, every half hour instead of every hour off peak and weekends. and while you're in the train for less time, your time could be used more productively on the train as the fleet has wi-fi and electrical outlets to keep you online for work or for school. as you commute, there are also

cars set aside for bike transport, and they've updated their accessibility and space for your packs or bags. i want you to check out their website, caltrain.com/launch party for what's going on at each station throughout this weekend. they've planned lots of special events, speakers, and free performances at some coffee and snacks at others. rides are free all weekend. what a great chance to try the bay's shiny new electric train set. back to you. all right, mike, thanks so much. time now to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast as we officially bid farewell to summer. i know it's crazy that it's come to an end. and diesel, too. we're going electric. we're leading the way, so get out there. it's a really amazing ride. i think everybody will enjoy it as we take a look at a beautiful day around the bay area. we are starting off with some cloud cover though. down here in san jose. maybe you're going to the diridon station. it's gorgeous there too. we will

mix out of it though as we get on into the eight 9:00 hour. should mix out of here fairly quickly, and as we plan your brunch time, our mild temperatures down here in the south bay, upper 70s a few isolated 80s for south san jose and los gatos, we'll see similar temperatures out there towards the east bay and the north bay along the peninsula. it will be breezy. a light sweater to get your day started, but then into the afternoon. should be a nice day there in san francisco, we'll do 69 degrees there, get into some more microclimates as soon as you cross over the bridge into oakland. 7578, in hayward, and we'll get even warmer from there. it's a comfortable day, though, for this final day of summer out there in the tri-valley, 88 for livermore, 86 down here in south san jose, mid 80s for wine country and will do 79 degrees in mountain view as you head on the train on caltrain tomorrow officially begins fall in the early morning hours. we're still looking though for that change in the leaves and that crisper

air to arrive. it's going to be a while. we are setting up a system of high pressure over the next couple of days that are going to bring in those warm temperatures once again, as we go on into our early part of the workweek here. and that should keep away those cooler temperatures that fall, like weather that we all want, of course, look at our temperature trends for monday. we are looking at some of our furthest spots, possibly getting into the triple digit mark, such as fairfield, up in ukiah, down into parts of the south santa clara valley. we could be looking at 98 for san martin and still some very toasty bay temperatures as well. some low 80s in san francisco to some low 90s as well as well in hayward, where that will continue on into tuesday as well. that valley heat will definitely be felt. so we're going to need to stay hydrated. watch for that fire danger in the hills. as some of that has just been completely dried out in the last couple of months here. some relief should arrive by wednesday here where we feel it just a touch cooler.

but we are of course playing with our emotions here with fall and summer just trying to battle each other out, we should be in for a nice weekend. transitioning to warmer by tomorrow. officials start of fall here and then even hotter as we go on into monday and tuesday. that relief for the middle of the week drops down those temperatures back into the 80s, and we should stay that way for the rest of the week. san francisco should be a spectacular weekend for anybody coming into town. or maybe you're just doing a little staycation warmer. definitely. by monday you'll feel that summer heat. so finding a friend with an ac sounds like a good idea. on this saturday morning. yeah, or a pool. i always like that too. cynthia thanks. it is 20 past the hour right now. the bay area legend and national treasure, betty reid soskin, is celebrating her 103rd birthday, three years after she retired from her post as park ranger for the national park service. middle school students celebrated soskin 103rd birthday with her yesterday. she was

welcomed back to the middle school that bears her name in el sobrante. she is perhaps best known for her long tenure as a national park ranger at the rosie the riveter national park in richmond. students yesterday were treated to an exclusive preview of a documentary about soskin life called sign my name to freedom. i've never seen that one. i that's i've never seen, and i it was amazing. betty reid soskin middle school was renamed after the legend in 2021. this is the second time she celebrated her birthday with students and staff there. her actual birthday is tomorrow. what better way to celebrate team usa's olympic gymnastics triumph than with the greatest of all time herself? you can do it tonight. when the g.o.a.t. tour descends on sap center, it's actually called the gold

over america tour. it's a gymnastics extravaganza. 11 time olympic medalist simone biles is one of the gymnasts taking part, along with two of her recent teammates, jordan chiles and jade carey. biles explains how she came up with the tour name. my friend actually made the name for the tour because we were kind of stuck on it for a while, so we're like, what can we do? so it's an acronym for gold over america tour go! and i just thought that was perfect. and i was like, absolutely, because it's not about winning medals. it's really about each and every one of us have a story to tell, and each of each and every one of us have a piece of gold inside of us. we just have to figure out what that is and let it shine. oh my gosh, that's beautiful. the tour started earlier this week in southern california. it will stop in 30 cities over the next two months. tickets for tonight's show start at $50. 22 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up. we are honoring the rich history of hispanic heritage, which includes a san francisco man who

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light on just some of the people who make our area unique. nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. introduces us to one man whose path brought him from mexico to san francisco. there's something magical about music. and i think

it defines that element in us that is still undescribable. it could be just as difficult to describe the path of enrique ramirez con todo. so that's where i grew up in torreon. that's about eight hours south of el paso. my dad worked in the fields picking cotton, and my mom worked in tending the agricultural workers who were there. ramirez was a kid when his family traded life in mexico for life in east los angeles. recent arrivals from mexico were attacked. we were ridiculed. we were humiliated. we were yelled at. so he and other young mexican immigrants tried to fit in by hiding their culture of culture. are mexican american kids who think they're white, so they would change their name like enrique to henry or pedro to pete. but when ramirez was swept up in protests against the

vietnam war, he found a new voice in the growing chicano movement. in august 29th, 1970, we had the largest march in east los angeles against the vietnam war. and this new chicanos were no longer mexican-americans. they were proud of their heritage. they wanted to be mexican. they wanted to speak spanish. i became a very active student in walkouts, in marches. his weapon in the fight became a guitar in the process. in this recapturing of our culture, i'd always play guitar. i knew a lot of mexican ballads or corridos. the songs ramirez wrote were imbued with his politics. stop the bombing, stop the bombing. music became a big part of my life, but also politics. so that led me to think about becoming a lawyer. so ramirez came to san francisco to attend what was

then hastings school of law, finding inspiration in his fellow immigrants in san francisco's mission district. so i've been practicing now in the area of immigration and personal injury and discrimination for the last 40 years gave me such a sense of pride and satisfaction to be able to help and keep a family together, you know, family united, or avoid the deportation of a dad or a brother loves the land. the land. throughout his life, the themes of justice and equality have coursed through ramirez's music and his career. he traces their roots to a key figure from his childhood in mexico. that's my mother, olga rios. she's. she's the. she's the one that pulled us through seven kids on her own. it's in my heart at my age, i'm still in awe and wondering what the magic of music is. this child's play. at

73, ramirez is at retirement age, yet he can't seem to quit working because there are people to help. when i hear and of course, always a song in need of singing joe rosato jr. walking by. nbc bay area news.

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first 731. a live look outside that fog and blanket of clouds over san rafael. but clear there on the ground as we see people waking up already out, hitting 101. thank you so much for starting your final day of summer with us. i'm kira klapper cinthia pimentel has a peek at our microclimate forecast and you say it will get warm once again. oh yeah, and do you remember the 21st night of september? kira. i do, i wish we had that music rolling us in this morning. good morning. good morning kira. good morning everyone. it is cool and foggy up there in the north bay. 53 in santa rosa. careful with those visibility changes as you make your way out the door. that cloud cover down here for san jose as well. but a bit more mild. upper 50s. i was noticing some drizzle out there towards the east bay oakland camera showing us some of that. temperatures right now 59 degrees. let's stay in the east bay. find something for you to do. lafayette art and wine

festival this weekend. for today we're doing mid 80s for tomorrow. nearly 90 degrees. lots of sunshine. so wear those hats and stay hydrated out there. we will be in for a warming trend as we wrap up summer. get ready for fall tomorrow. those temperatures of course, typical for the bay area to get some of that summer heat as we enter fall. so we'll talk about that transition coming up in a few minutes. kara, back to you. all right. cynthia, thanks. a bay area family is celebrating a reunion that could easily be called a miracle. that's quite frankly, unbelievable. a little boy kidnaped from the east bay back in 1951, now reunited with his family in 2024. this is a picture of luis armando albino some time before he was kidnaped, when he was just six years old. a woman lured him away from an oakland park while he was playing with his brother. a massive search and years long investigation came up empty. as it turns out, albino was taken

to new york state, where another family raised him as their own. and now, 73 years later, long after his birth parents and the couple he called mom and dad passed away. his niece in oakland found him through dna and ancestry.com. luis actually traveled back to oakland in june and was reunited with his big brother, roger, whom he was with when he was kidnaped. that's roger on the left, and luis on the right. roger died of cancer just two months after this photo was taken, but his son tells us seeing his brother luis once again finally brought him peace. the family credits oakland police and the fbi for reopening the case and helping them find their long lost relative. after that, niece got that partial match with dna, they still don't know who kidnaped luis 73 years ago. we have new reporting now on the growing threat of conspiracy theories and the

quest to debunk them. our hallie jackson puts a new high tech solution to the test conspiracy theories about everything from the assassination of john f kennedy to what really happened on january 6th. persistent in politics and beyond. but now, new tech may point toward a potential breakthrough. meet. debunk bot powered by open ai and created by researchers at mit, cornell and american who say it can help reduce people's beliefs in conspiracies significantly. let's go in that direction because we tried it out with one of the brains behind the bot, thomas costello, with a conspiracy that decades of debunking hasn't eradicated. it's one small step for man. i believe the moon landing is not real. i don't believe that. i don't actually believe that. the bot asks us to elaborate on the belief. why is the flag waving? and to rate how strongly we feel

about it. i'm going to say 99% true. then, in a series of screens, the chat bot presents facts. lots of them. how can you be sure that what it's telling me here is accurate? so absolutely, we found that it tends to be quite accurate. we hired a professional fact checker to go through some of the conversations in our study, a subset, and in 99.2% of cases that we looked at, the fact checker rated the ai's claims as true. at the end, we reassess how strongly we feel about the belief now and it's here where researchers found something that surprised them. on average, people reduced their belief by about 20%. and consistent across a wide range of conspiracies on topics from princess diana to vaccinations, they found 1 in 4 participants disavowed the belief altogether. i think if you gave the facts to a semi-competent lawyer, the lawyer would make a much more persuasive case than the ai does. it's just that the lawyer has to do would have to do all this background reason or research and the ai can conjure

it up in 12 seconds. but in reality, getting folks to engage at all could be tough. what makes you think that somebody who believes in a conspiracy theory is going to go on here and type it in so that their minds can be changed? yeah. well, so i would say that a lot of conspiracy theorists end up being motivated by by truth and accuracy, going to, to a chatbot interface that provides factual information. it seems like a good way to do that to me. like most technology, it can cut both ways. you could imagine a version of this that spreads conspiracy theories. the debunked bot team now working on refining the tech, hoping it helps shine a light down conspiratorial rabbit holes. we can use facts to open up the top of the rabbit hole to begin to crawl out a belief worth further research. hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. back here locally, san francisco is doing the work to distance itself from the negative narratives out there. the city now hosting multiple events aimed at drawing

people back to the streets of san francisco at night, boys, boys, boys and some american. and that was just one of many options last night, a free concert at civic center plaza. portugal. the man performing to some 25,000 people who rsvp'd. it's the second of three free concerts. organizers are holding in the city. the area's rebound from the pandemic has been slow and difficult. celebrating san francisco and its march towards normal normality. if they can add all of that together and keep it going and have people book it, it will be what's done in downtown san francisco. another free event, oktoberfest at the city and state's first entertainment zone. that means if you're 21 and over, you can grab a drink at a business there

and drink it in the street. the next year, downtown s.f. partnership plans to use the entertainment zone every month. we are going to turn now to some breaking news just into our newsroom. we are getting word of a deadly shooting at the vta shibuya division yard in san jose. that's on seventh street, not far from costco on center road. it happened late last night. we've learned that one person has died. this is an active investigation, and we will bring you more as it comes into our newsroom, both on air and on nbc. bay area.com. 39 past the hour. still to come on today in the bay. keeping our coast clean. one piece of trash at a time. how you can get help and get involved today. 38 past the hour. maybe you're getting ready for your outdoor workout in sunnyvale this is great running and exercise weather through mid morning. once we get

into lunchtime, a little bit of a different story. more sunshine and temperatures warming up. we'll talk about the rest of the microclimate forecast

past the hour and it is a foggy, gloomy start out there towards pacifica and our coastline. we're also noticing some drizzle

out there as well, but as we go on into the rest of our afternoon should be a mix of sun and clouds. and overall just a gorgeous final day of summer there. temperatures in the mid 60s out in martinez. it is the pride celebration today out at waterfront park. plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the 80s there, so make sure you're wearing that sunscreen. it could get pretty hot as you walk down downtown. it should overall be a beautiful day around the bay area for any kind of celebration. for this last day of summer. we'll do 80s up there in wine country, santa rosa. a bit more toasty, though, for the livermore valley and those upper seconds. 84 in san jose, 69 in santa cruz. for you today, 75 in palo alto and 69 in downtown san francisco. we will be in for a warming trend, though, as early as tomorrow and carrying us through the better chunk of our early workweek here. as we take a look at san jose. we will go from the upper 80s tomorrow to those 90s feeling that heat return on monday and tuesday.

but then notice that drop in temperatures about ten degrees as we go on into wednesday. that will be the next system that kind of cool things down and keeps it pretty steady for the rest of the week. our beaches will also be seeing temperatures warming up and lots of people flocking from our inland valleys to beat that heat for the first couple of days. if you want to take an extended weekend, i won't say anything. stinson beach will look at temperatures for tomorrow in the upper 60s to those 70s for and for sunday 70s there upper 70s for monday. that's pretty warm there out towards the mill valley coast. we'll also look at that drop in temperatures as we go on into the middle part of the week here, where it feel more seasonable as we go on into wednesday and thursday. but then some warmer weather is also looking to be coming back here as we wrap up the workweek. so inland. seven day forecast. we are wrapping up summer. some of us want it to feel like fall, but that color change in the leaves and the crisper air is yet to arrive. as we take a look at our temperatures warming up here as early as tomorrow in

some spots into some low 90s upper 90s by monday and tuesday. so some of those outdoor activities might be pulled back a little bit as we start our workweek here. but you'll definitely feel it just a little bit cooler. more relief towards the middle part of the week, san francisco will be in store for some gorgeous september weather here as we go on through this weekend into tomorrow and our monday and tuesday as well. more seasonable weather though, as we go on into the 60s by wednesday. i want to take a second now to talk about our climate in crisis today. enjoy some sun and also make our coastline even more beautiful than it already is. we have caltrans clean california and stormwater campaigns and refuse refuse san francisco for a litter collection event at ocean beach that's happening today. this is the 40th annual california coastal cleanup day to remove trash and other waste that's built up during the drier months ahead of the first heavy

rains of the season. waste is picked up of course, before it can flow into our local rivers, creeks, lakes and the ocean. so volunteering is a great way to meet new people, clean up our coastline and appreciate the beauty of our bay area beaches and help preserve marine wildlife as well. it starts in just a few hours at 930. it goes till about noon at ocean beach and you can just hang out after and enjoy all of that beauty. we have a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com and you can look for more stories like these in our climate and crisis tab kira. very good. cynthia. thanks. 46 past the hour. coming up on today in the bay, the niners heading to southern california. what to expect. and i'll warn you, it ain't good when the team takes on the l.a.

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head into fall tomorrow and through the workweek. cinthia pimentel will have one last look at those warmer temperatures before we go in just a few minutes. but first, the niners are taking on the l.a. rams tomorrow afternoon down at sofi stadium. the team will try to bounce back from that rough outing in minnesota last sunday. nbc, bay area and telemundo 48 s carlos eustis is here with a preview and carlos, the niners might be without three of their biggest stars. kira we've

reached the third week of this nfl season, and the niners have a one and one record. after defeating the new york jets in week one and then picking up their first loss in minnesota this week. they have their first divisional matchup when they face the l.a. rams at the sofi stadium, a place that has been very good for the niners. however, the week started with some bad news for san francisco. the team informed that deebo samuel will not be available for this game. niners head coach kyle shanahan told us that deebo has a calf strain and that he will be out against the rams. the 49ers are already missing their superstar running back christian mccaffrey, who was placed on the injured reserve last week and will be sidelined for at least four weeks. and to make matters worse, the team also informed that their star tight end george kittle and the number one corner charvarius ward, did not practice on thursday. kittle felt some tightness in his hamstring while ward was just sore. overall, however, even though both players are listed as questionable, there is still a possibility that they will suit up on sunday. but if there's a team suffering with more injuries than the niners, that's

definitely the l.a. rams. the southern california team lost their star wide receiver cooper kupp last week with an ankle injury and prior to that, they were already without their second standard receiver puka nacua. their starting tight end tyler higbee, three of their starting offensive linemen and at least six players in the secondary have injuries. besides the notorious absences in the in the rams rosters, the niners will also try to take home field advantage, expected that at least 63% of sofi stadium will be dressed in red and gold for the game. niners are undefeated at sofi stadium in regular season play since the building opened in 2020, the only san francisco loss in l.a. since 2019 happened in 2021, when the niners lost the nfc championship. and don't forget that you can join rod brooks and former niners safety donte whitner for a complete game day coverage on sunday that starts at noon on nbc sports bay area, and we'll also have a post game show coverage with everything that happened after the game, kira back to you, carlos. thanks so much. fingers crossed for tomorrow. today marks the first

night of six flags fright fest and this year marks its 25th anniversary. if you've never been after dark, six flags turns into a landscape of your nightmares. live, haunting entertainment like people running around to scare you. there are scare zones, all based on different themes like the murder mill and corpse crossing. and for an extra cost, you can visit five different haunted mazes. it all kicks off tonight and runs on weekends through november 3rd. i will not be going to that. 52 past the hour. up next, a quick look at the top stories, including the partial shutdown of highway 680. what you need to know if you're heading out in the east bay

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hey, willie. good morning. tomorrow morning. on sunday. today, my conversation with the multi-talented 16 time grammy winner alicia keys on a career full of beautiful music and the long road to the new tony winning broadway musical inspired by her own life. i loved the way you rearranged the songs that we all know and love. so how did you think about incorporating that into the story and into the dialog? i love that you said that because it's very intentional and

everyone had their eyes on the music. of course, putting it together. i intentionally wanted to deconstruct the expectation of what you might get from the song. i didn't want you to come in here and just kind of think you were going to get what you thought you were going to get. you're not. musically actually. and so there's so many ways that the songs are arranged and composed that tell the story of what you're experiencing, that even i'm like, why didn't i think to do that song in that way before a sunday? sit down with alicia keys? plus, the morning's latest headlines and another life well lived all ahead. tomorrow morning, on sunday, today we hope to see you then. we will see you then. and hopefully you're awake to catch willie at 6:00 tomorrow morning. and then just stick right here for your local news with us on today in the bay at seven. here is a quick look at some of the top stories we're following this morning, including. we are learning that two top hezbollah commanders are among those killed in a suspected israeli

airstrike. it happened yesterday in lebanon's capital, beirut, killing 31 people. but today, hezbollah says one of the top commanders was killed. they were part of the terror group's political elite, and the other killed was a leader in hezbollah's central training unit. israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but hezbollah told u.s. officials it does believe israel is responsible. back here locally. a weekend closure to tell you about for commuters in the east bay who are maybe in the east bay or traveling through it. another closure this weekend. here's a look. all southbound lanes of 680 are shut down from costa boulevard and san ramon to the 580 interchange in pleasanton. that closure went into effect late last night. it will last all weekend until we return to work. 4 a.m. monday morning. this is all part of that ongoing 680 repaving project. while all of those southbound lanes are closed. northbound lanes are open. two

more 680 closures are planned for october. and cynthia has one last look at the forecast before we go. we should call it a staycation there for people in the east bay that don't want to deal with 680, and the temperatures will be gorgeous for this final day of summer there. upper 80s tomorrow. a bit warmer, but notice though, as we go on into monday and tuesday. very typical of fall in the bay area to start off on a hot note as we look at those temperatures warming up into the upper 90s maybe some isolated 100. we'll see if those temperatures verify. and as we get through the middle part of the week, that's when the cooling trend should arrive and bring back temperatures to a more seasonable feel. they're in the 80s. oh, wow. all right, cynthia, thanks so much. and thanks so much to all of you for making us a part of your morning. no, 5 or 6 p.m. news tonight. instead, it's the big ten, right here on nbc bay area. the iowa hawkeyes at the minnesota golden gophers kicking

off at 430 today. our coverage starts at four. we'll have a special edition newscast right after that. until then, you can always stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com, as well as on our app and our streaming channels we are on all day long. we hope you have a great saturday. final day of summer. enjoy the 21st night of september. yeah, play earth, wind and fire for us since we don't have the rights to it. have a great saturday. we'd love to see you right b

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