anause allergic reactions that can be severe. tell your doctor right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines including steroids without talking to your doctor. when you can get more out of your lungs, you can do more with less asthma. isn't that better? ask your doctor about dupixent, the most prescribed biologic in asthma. and now approved as an add-on treatment for adults with inadequately controlled copd with a specific marker of inflammation. team coverage. as hurricane milton is set to make landfall in a matter of hours. meteorologist vianey arana tracking the powerful storm as people who live there scramble to get to safety. plus, a little overwhelmed, a little anxious

about it. we really liked this school, so we're really sad that it's closing. on the chopping block, we now know the schools, the district will possibly close in san francisco, impacting hundreds of students. reaction. as families are left feeling distraught. also, end of an era. the iconic las vegas tropicana hotel implodes and is reduced to rubble. the plans now in store for the site. this is today in the bay. good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. well, first, all eyes remain fixed on florida as hurricane milton moves closer to landfall. in fact, we have a live look near the state's western coast. hurricane milton restrengthening to a category five storm once again with winds fields expected to double. local and federal officials are drilling the importance of evacuations as this storm

approaches. we've got live team coverage meteorologist vianey arana tracking its path. but first, let's head to today in the bay's alice barr, who has more on the federal response. and alice's sense of urgency certainly is growing. no question, laura, this is expected to be an historic storm hitting florida and areas that have already been battered by hurricane helene. and as the federal response ramps up, part of that is pushing back against misinformation, because the overriding message is to take this storm seriously and get to safety as what could be a once in a century storm closes in on florida's gulf coast. secure your home or business. evacuation orders are growing more urgent. you must leave. i'm not asking you to leave. i'm telling you. you must leave. hurricane milton expected to make landfall late today or overnight into thursday. along florida's west central coast. local officials warning of unsurvivable conditions with

powerful winds stirring up debris left from hurricane helene. that's going into everywhere, and a storm surge of up to 15ft in places. i can't imagine. i don't know what will be left. many not waiting to find out. highways clogged with people fleeing. some gas stations running low on fuel. one station has it for a while, and then they don't. and you got to find another station that has it. president biden speaking with state leaders in the storm's path. i've told them anything they ask for, they can get. as federal officials ramp up their response with hundreds of workers on the ground and thousands of national guard members mobilized, they're warning of another hazard misinformation about the help available. it's just really creating an interference for us to be able to do the job that we need to do. former president trump elevating false claims, including that fema disaster money, was diverted to help migrants and that storm victims are only being offered $750, even though they can qualify for

more. individuals lose trust in their government. they are reluctant to seek the assistance that they need a race to reach everyone in need in the final hours before landfall. after delaying his overseas travel, president biden and vice president harris will be briefed throughout the day on hurricane milton's path and the preparations underway. former president trump is set to campaign in pennsylvania today after postponing a town hall that was supposed to happen in florida last night. laura and marcus. all right. alice. barton. washington. alice. thank you. let's check in now with meteorologist vianey arana. she's been tracking milton's path all along. how are we looking? we are less than 24 hours from potential landfall. and unfortunately, we have seen the extreme rapid intensification of this time and time again. and it does still appear to be growing in size. now, landfall is expected to come in as early as late tonight into early thursday morning. so

somewhat into the overnight early 2 a.m. hour. look at the line right here. we've got tampa, sarasota and fort myers. that first zone of impact between tampa and fort myers. we're talking about max winds sustained potentially of 125mph. but really it's that storm surge range that is extremely concerning. 3 to 15ft with rain totals expected to be anywhere from 3 to 15in. now, as this continues its path through florida, as you know, with hurricanes typically they tend to lose steam once they get over land. but even as it crosses over the state of florida, no matter what, it will be crossing as a major hurricane as it reaches over to daytona beach on thursday evening, wind gusts will still be at about 80 plus miles per hour, likely down to a category one at tampa, orlando. but the storm surge extends all the way from perry down to cedar key, extending

beyond that point, which is why this has been such a historic event. now, coming up, we'll talk more. of course, about milton and your local impacts about the cooldown that we've got expected for the week ahead. all right. vianey. thank you. now, the today show will have team coverage across the region as the state prepares for the storm's potentially devastating landfall. that's coming up for you at 7:00 this morning, right after today in the bay. new overnight. this may hit a little too hard or too close for a's fans, but while you were sleeping, a legendary vegas hotel reduced to rubble. a spectacular implosion took down the tropicana resort on the vegas strip. it happened at 230 this morning. a drone and fireworks show led up to the implosion, which also included aids inspired light designs. it all culminated with the city's first casino implosion in nearly a decade. the tropicana first opened in 1957, and you probably don't have to ask what's supposed to go there next, but we'll remind you anyway. the plan calls for a new a's

ballpark to open in 2028. that's even though the funding is still not locked in. the a's will open next season at their new temporary home in sacramento. new details this morning, families across 13 san francisco schools are now bracing for big changes. this is after the district leaders finalized their list of campuses that may be slated to close or perhaps merge today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us. kris, this all appears to be moving along really now a pretty rapid timeline, right? well, the district is projected to run out of money by next year. so this closure and merger of 13 schools is proposed to happen by the end of may. here are the elementary and k through eight schools that will be impacted. el dorado, san francisco montessori, harvey milk, spring valley, jean parker sutro, malcolm x academy, visitacion valley, redding and yick wo elementaries as well as san francisco community alternative. the high schools on the proposed list are june jordan school for equity and the

academy of san francisco. at mcateer. superintendent matt wayne made that recommendation at a packed meeting last night that three schools would close altogether, while the others would merge together or move to another campus. the elementary or k through eight schools on that list have fewer than 260 students, and lower than 50% composite scores, and the high schools have fewer than 400 students. this is a move that's projected to save the district more than $20 million, but some parents say it's going to cost more than money. if you close us, you are closing one of the most dynamic community learning spaces in the district. the numbers are not telling you the whole story. we want to maintain local control, and we want to ensure that we have a balanced budget and that we are not continuing to deficit spend. the superintendent announced that his office will meet with the staff and families of each and every 13 schools on that proposed merger and closure list. now, this is going to be

happening. there's also supposed to be a town hall meeting coming up on thursday. there will be several after that, but this recommended list is going to go to the board next month. and then the final vote could come in december, affecting so many people. all right. thank you chris. 508 for you this morning. turning now to the race for the white house, both vice presidential candidates this week, making northern california the focus of campaign fundraising efforts. republican jd vance making a stop today on the peninsula for a fundraiser in woodside. democrat tim walz attending the fundraiser yesterday at the governor's mansion. this is outside of sacramento. other sacramento leaders attended, including mayor darrell steinberg. that event raised more than $2 million for the harris-walz campaign. walz later flew to reno. this is where he attended another fundraiser and a rally at the grand sierra resort. now, here in the bay area, another race many people have their eyes on this november. that is the fight to replace longtime

peninsula congresswoman anna eshoo. former san jose mayor sam liccardo and state assemblyman evan low are competing for that seat. now they're going to face each other in a rescheduled debate this friday. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area at 7 p.m. nbc. bay area's raj mathai will moderate the back and forth, and if you're not able to watch live, you can check it out on the replay, which is later on our website and on youtube. happening today, san jose mayor matt mahan will get a firsthand look at the city's work to clear rvs and encampments surrounding three schools. council members in april approved a pilot program. advocates argue unfairly affects the people that are there. it bans vehicles and tents anywhere within 150ft of three east san jose schools. the city is still considering expanding the program, working to clear that area started during the summer months. this morning, the mayor will meet with students who first voiced their concerns last year. now to a live look in san

francisco, where students are planning to walk to school toda. it's all part of a global event called international walk and roll to school day. it encourages students to walk, bike, roll, skate, or even carpool to reduce traffic, improve safety and air quality, and also to provide a little fun opportunity to exercise. dozens of schools in the bay area will be participating. let's get a look at the forecast and see if it will cooperate as well with walk bike roll to school day. i think it will. and also the temperatures today will be much more comfortable for the kids, you know, around the lunch hour, maybe even might need a light sweater just for that initial start of the day, but it will still warm up beautifully. now we've got 50s and 60s right now on the map, 61 degrees in san jose. san francisco is at about 56, so in the city it is feeling a bit chillier. and just how much cooler are we compared to the past 24 hours? let's take a look at the difference here. we've got about nine degrees cooler in livermore, six degrees cooler in san jose, san francisco already running about five degrees cooler. as we enter

into that afternoon forecast, we are going to definitely notice more of a drop today compared to yesterday. yesterday, we still saw some 90s and even some triple digits into the tri-valley, which is why they had that heat advisory in effect. let's talk about the trend by about 9:10 a.m. we're still going to be in the 60s for san jose, which, by the way, the overnight lows in san jose haven't managed to dip down into the 50s the entire week. we've remained in the 60s, which is why it has been so hard to get relief overnight. by 11 12:00, we're going to be in the seconds. and today we're going to max out in the 80s. so it will be much more seasonable. i think you're really going to enjoy the week's forecast ahead. we're definitely going to see a nice improvement from the heat. all right. let's get a check of traffic with mike. all right vianey looking pretty good right now as you would expect. mostly green dominating the screen in fact, the only slowing we had was a construction zone. and northbound 680. it looks like in the last couple of minutes, all lanes look like they've reopened, or at least most of the lanes. there's no full closure. northbound 680 as you

travel up toward the dublin interchange. over here, a new crash west 80 right around hilltop. we're watching. there's no injuries reported, but these vehicles may be in the middle of the roadway. so there may be a quick traffic break. we'll talk about that as you travel through pinole in toward richmond. meanwhile, there may be some slowing toward the golden gate bridge. i noticed they're picking up the cones right now. back to you. thank you. mike. all right. 512 for you this morning. i don't know if you heard, but there are talks of breaking up google. ahead this morning on today in the bay, the all new actions the doj is considering this morning following that landmark antitrust case. and maybe a mystery unmasked. they're searching for the true creator of bitcoin. plus checkmate ahead on today in the bay we catch up with a local grandmaster set to compete at the esteemed u.s. championship. keep it here. yo

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oil prices actually went down. even as we wait for hurricane milton to do possibly historic damage, we get fed notes today from the interest rate meeting last month, boeing aircraft has withdrawn its contract offer to its mechanics. home depot told its corporate employees they have to work in a store from time to time to better understand the hardware business. just into our newsroom, the highway national highway traffic safety commission says. honda will recall nearly 2 million cars over concerns the steering box may have been put together

incorrectly. it can cause difficulty in steering in emergency situations. this covers some models of the acura integra, civic and crv. these are court papers that spell out what federal regulators might ask a court to do to google. that court found google to be a monopoly and, among other solutions, breaking up. the company is on the list the same way a court broke up at&t into smaller phone companies. way back in the 80s. google break up. not a sure thing. maybe not even a maybe at this point. it's just one of the possible solutions. antitrust enforcers are looking at. another solution is forcing google to share search and user data with its competitors, something google says would violate your privacy. it will be up to a court to decide. google for its part, said, quote, government overreach in a fast moving industry may have negative unintended consequences for american innovation and america's consumers. we look forward to making our argument in court. tiktok says it plans

to fight a lawsuit against it brought by california and 12 other states, saying the app is deliberately programed to hook children. california's attorney general pointing out kids don't have the capacity to set boundaries around content. the congressional budget office tallied up the numbers, determined the government spending 1.8 trillion more than it has a big part of that is the interest on debt. just like you and me. interest rates hit governments to deficits have been higher in the past. it's not even the worst ever. but big deficits usually come during times of war or pandemic or crisis. the economy is incredibly strong, right now. everybody shares the blame. the white house and senate run by democrats, the us house run by republicans. you need all three to spend money you don't have. and a documentary premiered on hbo last night called money electric. it's the search for the creator of bitcoin. the founder goes by the name satoshi nakamoto, but nobody actually knows who that is. the film pins

it on a guy named peter todd from toronto, who says he talks to satoshi nakamoto but can never actually produce, you kno? yeah, it's like that girlfriend you have in canada when you're in junior high. nobody's actually seen her, george glass. george glass. exactly right. yes, it is 518 right now. well, trending this morning, a chess grandmaster who grew up in the bay area will once again make his move for glory at the esteemed u.s. championships starting tomorrow. sam shanklin was born in berkeley. his path later took him from moraga's glorietta elementary to the very best of the best when he became a u.s. champ in 2018 at the age of 26. he recently spoke to our mike inouye, and he has this advice for any parent who believes their child may become the next bobby fischer. i think they're more likely to choose to train hard and work hard. if their early memories of chess are fond ones, and if they really fell in love with the game young, as opposed to just seeing it as a as a means to pursue excellence or things like

that. so i would say the younger a kid is, the more you just want to make sure they're playing for the love of the game, he also says part of the beauty of chess is it's for everyone, and it favors no one. with the flow of information. in the modern age, it's completely accessible. the us chess championship runs through october 24th in saint louis and gave him a few tips. and then he was very polite. and then he said, mike, i think that's checkers. whatever. all right, well, a game of. yay yay yay yay yay. when it comes to the weather, much better when it comes to fall like weather. we're not quite there fully. but i mean, compared to yesterday, you could probably already feel it. yeah. coming out the door this morning, i was like, ooh, it's kind of chilly. it's about 52 right now. san rafael we haven't even seen 50 waking up to 60s all week long. and this is what the door or the temperatures out the door, as marcus said, are right now we are in the 50s and 60s. now, you'll notice some of the biggest changes, especially more noticeable for areas like

livermore, morgan hill, but also around the coastline in the city. so if you're in san francisco, you might even be thinking, oh no, we're back to being cold. because i did see people were enjoying that sunshine in san francisco. but notice today's daytime highs. we're going to climb into the 80s for san jose, 8585 for morgan hill, 84. in milpitas, los gatos, also at about 85 degrees in through parts of the east. but we've got a nice range here. we've got 70s around oakland and hayward, which, by the way, these are actually a bit more seasonable. and then in through the interior, some of the warmer spots that saw triple digits really all week long, including concord and livermore, into the mid 80s around the peninsula. we excuse me, we've got 70s. and then of course, san francisco back down to those seasonable 60s, up through parts of clear lake, though we do still have some warmth happening. but here's what to expect. so we've got a low pressure system. that's what's helping keep us cool. it's going to start to align into late friday, into saturday. a bit of

a cold front. now this is a weaker system. so not a big rainmaker but it could bring us the possibility of seeing some shower activity into saturday and even sunday's forecast. all right. let's get a check of traffic with mike looking at the bay bridge from emeryville. a nice flow of traffic. and here's some of that. we were talking about those low clouds hovering around. oh that's so welcome over here a smooth drive as we're traveling across the bay. a little fog through the north bay. not a major problem. this crash is now to the shoulder. i think that brake as they moved him to the right shoulder, is what causes a little bit of slowing out of pinole. no problems there. the rest of the bay is just a nice, smooth, predictable drive back to you. thanks, mike. 522. coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. they say a builder didn't build but took their money anyway. now the state is getting involved. i'm consumer invtigator chris chesmu

all, they're getting it. yeah. they say that the builder took their money and either stopped construction part way through the project, or never even started. consumer investigator chris chmura has a major development. good morning. the state just ordered the revocation of anchored tiny homes. contracting license contractor, state license board says it served the company with a formal accusation last month, including allegations of taking too much money up front and

abandoning projects. the state demanded a response, but the company did not. so the board ordered anchored tiny homes license be revoked. this is accountability. this is, you know, one of the many steps that we can take. but this is the biggest one that cslb can take. anchor tiny homes now has 30 days to appeal. its license is currently suspended. frustrated customers have been calling for the state of california to take action. but that's not all they want federal action too. we were on hand at the federal building in san francisco as customer katie lucas visited the fbi unannounced. she brought the kids and a file full of documents to share. i want them to investigate the entire family. i'm one of over 700 people who have been victimized and money taken. lucas was in the federal building a little more than an hour. she says an agent asked questions and took her files for review. we asked the fbi about lucas's meeting. it said to protect the privacy of people who contact the fbi. we cannot confirm or deny any

particular contact or the potential existence of an investigation. we would like to hear from anchor tiny homes management, but their emails keep bouncing back. as we told you about a week ago, one of the co-founders just filed for bankruptcy protection. his lawyer did not comment. we've heard from dozens of the company's customers. if you're one of them, let us know. scan the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. thank you chris. well, coming up, top stories we're following today, including the nobel prize for chemistry awarded overnight and the winners and their connections to the bay area. and we've got an update on hurricane milton now, a category four with wind speeds of 155mph. so it has been downgraded, but still just as destructive as it approaches less than 24 hours prior to landfall. we're going to see a timeline and what to expect. we've got all your detail

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that's what it's looking like right now. right now, at 530, we are tracking hurricane milton as it churns through the gulf. it is a category four now, barreling towards florida, triggering wide scale evacuation orders. ahead we have team coverage, including local help heading to the potential impact zone and the timeline when the monster storm may make landfall. this is today in the bay. good

wednesday morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. florida's gulf coast bracing for impact. in fact, we have a live look in tampa sitting squarely in the storm's path. it also is expected to bring a life threatening storm surge, tornadoes and extreme flooding. help is already on the way from the san francisco bay area. today, in the bay's bob cross's primary missions. asf you're well aware, is to help people recover from disasters, which is what we expect milton to become when it makes landfall on the gulf coast of florida later tonight, early tomorrow morning. according to its facebook page, the american red cross, northern cross, northern california coastal region has already deployed almost 70 people here from the bay area to the southeastern part of the united states. some already there to deal with hurricane helene, which hit the east coast a couple of weeks ago. and there's also some people there to support the future victims of hurricane milton on the

peninsula. the menlo park fire protection district manages fema's urban search and rescue teams. those are made up of fire departments from san francisco down to san jose. one team of more than 40 members already left sunday, and route to florida, and yesterday they got a call for another 40 people who will be leaving later today or tomorrow. their exact destination in florida to be determined. a lot of that's going to depend on, you know, how hurricane milton hits and where there is damage and where there appears to be life that needs to be rescued. we were also at sfo yesterday where we spoke with a couple from san francisco who had been in miami, but they decided to fly back home to the bay area earlier than planned to avoid any problems with milton. we suspect other people are doing that as well, reporting live here in the east bay. bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you very much, bob. now let's check

in with meteorologist vianey arana. she's been tracking the storm. really all week for us. yeah. and, you know, based on the wind scale, it is now considered a category four. but that does not make it any less impactful. wind speeds are at 155mph. still, and just to give you an idea, to reach a category five, sustained winds have to be 157mph or greater. so it's still very, very big and dangerous moving northeast right now at about 16mph. the pressure is at about 915 millibars. and over the next couple of hours, we're officially now less than a full day away from potential landfall expected to make its impacts late tonight into early tomorrow morning. we're talking overnight hours, so sometime between midnight to 3 a.m, the first zone of impact is going to happen between tampa and fort myers. look at that. sarasota right in the line of that. but if you notice the impacts the warnings extend really for the entire state of florida, all the way from tallahassee, stretching down through parts of miami, are

under some form of warning or advisory because of this, of course, the dangerous storm surge is likely going to be the most dangerous aspect of this, considering we're talking 3 to 15ft, it's going to be scary to watch this unfold. if i'm, you know, checking on everybody and we're going to keep you very updated on this. of course. yeah. so that water is going to be a couple stories high as 15ft. that's frightening. oh my gosh okay. over here above the water i'm talking about not frightening but an issue. i saw a slow moving crew head over towards san francisco and just off the bridge at harrison, there may be a crash over on the left side. on the right side is the exit, so there will be slowing on both sides of the freeway getting into san francisco. you see that on those sensors. but there's actually recovery. it ripples back toward treasure island. i think that crash has just cleared. judging by those sensor changes over there. we do have the build on the incline and you'll have a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, but no surprises down the east shore freeway coming in its way. the north bay, of course. highway 37 has that continued

build out of vallejo, highway 4 into concord, slowing right on their predictable schedule for wednesday. same thing for the rest of the bay. there is a disabled vehicle heading out of the altamont pass. not a major concern for west 580. we will track that back. over to you. thank you very much, mike. well, new this morning. three scientists were just announced overnight as winners of the 2024 nobel prize in chemistry david baker, demis hassabis and john jumper awarded the honor for their work on the structure of proteins. baker received his phd from uc berkeley. meantime, hassabis serves as ceo of google deepmind, an ai research leg of the search giant. he, along with jumper, who works as a senior researcher with the company, are based in london. as you well know, google's corporate headquarters located in mountain view. all three will share in the prizes more than $1 million. well, new overnight oakland police are investigating an apparent break-in at a cannabis dispensary. that investigation, all centering around a dispensary along lakeshore boulevard. this is video shot by

our photographer there at the scene, a little before 4:00 this morning. you can see right there police officers at the scene there checking out to see if a vehicle there is tied to the investigation. so far, there is no word on what led up to the break-in or if there are any arrests. now to a live look in oakland. this is where later today, america's acting housing and urban development chief meets with local business leaders. adrian todman will visit the home of chicken and waffles, a well known restauran. i recently covered the on fourth street this near jack london square. now she's here as part of her nationwide tour examining federal housing policies and community development. today's event is meant to spark new dialog and strengthen ties between the federal government and local business communities. that meeting gets underway a little after noon today. developing now. a fire growing in size in monterey county. the fire is being called the piney fire, and it's burning near carmel valley road at martin road. it sparked yesterday

afternoon. evacuation orders and warnings have been issued. pg&e says there is an ongoing outage affecting more than 200 customers so far. the fire has burned 180 acres and it has no containment. the cause is still under investigation. now let's check in with meteorologist vianey arana. how are the conditions out there for the firefighters? well, we're definitely going to see an improvement when it comes to the temperatures. but really because of this high pressure that has brought on this extreme heat in some parts, we have seen very dry vegetation. and as you know, when we see that dry vegetation, the relative low humidity that brings down the moisture levels for all of the vegetation, which is fuel for any sort of fire. now, right now, relative humidity still low, but we tend to see a nice recovery with the cooler air mass. and that's what we hope to see in the upcoming hours in the upcoming days. last night, when this was initially started, it appears to have potentially been wind driven. we did see some windy conditions

near that area. as you know, once a fire starts it can quickly spread with any form of wind because of those embers. so good news here is that we're going to cool down. and as that cooler air mass settles in, we're also going to improve when it comes to that humidity. so temperature wise right now, just to give you an idea of how many degrees cooler we're running right at about six degrees cooler already in san jose, but even stretching down through the coastline, we're also going to see the return of the marine layer along with some fog. so that should definitely help when it comes to fire activity. now i will have an update on your extended forecast in just a few minutes. but first let's check in with mike vianey. you mentioned fog and there is a little bit on our road weather index. not enough to cause an alert or anything like that, but it is showing up and that's good. there's some humidity in the air and we welcome that as the temperatures come down. i don't like it hot and humid, but we're okay there. highway 37 moves well a little bit for richmond. pretty predictable there. the bay bridge, focusing on the travel into the city. things have held steady as the

volume builds, but that crash, it looks like everything cleared over there at the harrison exit there across the freeway. we had to get that disabled vehicles off toward the exit onto city streets. now getting into the city this evening, we're going to give you a little bit of a look ahead, as we do every day at this time. we're looking at chase center. there's a concert weezer is playing tonight at seven, so there may be some folks on the outside cheering not wheezing. we hope for the crowd there. and over here, the second of two concerts we had for hans zimmer last week, there were some big issues there, but this night, nothing problem, no problems. we hope for tonight's scheduled 8 p.m. performance. watch for crowds exiting there after their work crowd passes by, likely, and the rest of the bay moves very smoothly on those highways. back to you. thanks, mike. 539 right now, cracking down on screen time. still ahead on today in the bay, we talk to local researchers about the negative impacts of too much screen time could have on your preteens mental health. and all four candidates for president and vice president agree on one thing, and that is milton. it's going to be very dangerous. the latest from the campaign trail.

i'm ginger conejero saab. we're live at san francisco fire station 49, where shortly we will see emt paramedics and our military deployed in vehicles and out on the streets of san have more for the day. we'll

are already seeing the cooling in underway. 59 degrees right now in walnut creek. you're also going to notice more of a cloud influence this afternoon. that will certainly help us stay more on trend for this time of year. by 12:00, we're going to bump up into the 70s. we're not expecting to be any record daily highs today, which is good news. i'll have a closer look at your extended forecast in a few minutes. i like seeing those temperatures come down, the traffic volume coming up, as you would expect, right now in san jose at 542, as we're looking at the traffic in northbound 101, that's the reason the speeds are dipping right on schedule for your first burst of the morning. we'll talk about that pattern coming up. thanks so much, vianey and mike, it is 543. donald trump is returning to the campaign trail today with two rallies in pennsylvania and scott mcgrew. it seems like kamala harris was everywhere else, everywhere else. yeah. good morning big media blitz doing the view and howard stern and stephen colbert all in the same day. we may see a pause ahead here from the people running for president as hurricane milton hits florida.

could be terrible. here's the actual president. i've spoken to all the political leaders in the region, some of them more than once, and they they i've told them anything. they asked for. they can get. and we've given and we've gotten overwhelming response, positive response from everyone from the governors of florida up to north carolina, candidates for vice president tim walz and jd vance were also on the campaign trail. they spoke about the danger the newest hurricane poses. jd vance, acknowledging the false news about fema funds passed around by conservatives. fema is not out of money and says what it has, what it needs to handle. milton. but vance said what the fact checkers say, and we'll sort of, you know, we'll try to be as fair to the other side as possible. my friends, what the fact checkers will say is, well, there's a bucket of money that goes to illegal immigrants, and that's a different bucket of money that goes to disaster relief. well, i'm sure the biden

administration has never moved money from one bucket to the other. the russian government confirming this morning an allegation made in a new book by watergate reporter bob woodward that donald trump, when he was president, said covid testing machines to the kremlin. the trump campaign says nothing in woodward's book is true. putin is and was very worried about contracting covid. you may recall the rather comically long tables he would sit at when hosting guests at the height of the pandemic. trump's opponents have bristled at the idea that he provided putin with testing machines at a time when americans need it, but you could also see this as an international goodwill gesture during a time of historic worldwide crisis. vice presidential candidate tim walz doesn't see it that way. the one that i have to tell you as a governor and for many of you here, this one makes my blood boil. when we were struggling because of donald trump's incompetency during the covid pandemic, we were trying to get whatever materials we could, covid testing, whatever we could get. it turns out now that

donald trump was sending covid machines to vladimir putin, that we couldn't get in our states. as we mentioned, vice president harris on several tv shows and howard stern radio on the view, she suggested medicare pay more for home health care. so elderly parents and grandparents don't have to go to nursing homes. on howard stern, she promised again to put a republican in her presidential candidate cabinet. i'm guessing it's going to be liz cheney, who you appoint, am i correct? i got to win, howard. i got to win. you got to got to win. you got to win and listen. but the thing about liz cheney, let me just say she's remarkable. former president trump headed to a rally in scranton, pennsylvania, this morning. vice president harris in las vegas. president biden was supposed to go to germany, but he'll remain in the white house and deliver another briefing on the hurricane laura later this morning. all right. a lot to follow. thank you. scott. 546 right now. happening now.

mountain view police are warning people about a new scam. they say criminals are spoofing the department's non-emergency line and trying to get money or personal information from whoever answers the phone. mountain view police say they never call people to ask for money or personal information. they will also never ask for cryptocurrency or gift cards to pay a fine or remove a warrant. if you get one of these calls, hang up immediately. new. this morning, santa cruz county leaders are putting their foot down on a new ban on the sale of all filtered cigarettes. supervisors yesterday unanimously approving that ban for all unincorporated areas. now it is the first county ban of its kind anywhere in the nation. supporters say that it will cut down on the volume of pollution from cigarette butts, along with promoting healthier lifestyles. sales of unfiltered cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and unflavored vape pens are not impacted. that ordinance will take effect in 2027. new this morning, more evidence is

coming to light illustrating the unhealthy impact of kids using their phones, tablets and computers too just much. ucsf tracked the screen time of about 9500 kids between 9 and 10 years old. after two years, they found the more screen time leads to a slight increase of feelings of depression, anxiety, inattention and aggression. we spoke with the study's author, doctor jason nagata, that says white children experience the symptoms more often than minority children. one of the reasons that we think this is that for minority youth screens and social media may help facilitate connections with peers who share similar backgrounds and expand support networks. and so, particularly for minority youth, they may be able to use social media and the media to connect with others that they may not have in their immediate environment. we've posted a link to the full study on our website, nbcbayarea.com. 548 right now, as hurricane milton closes in on florida bay

area public safety agencies are preparing for potential local disasters as fleet week exercises continue. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live for us this morning in san francisco. and ginger, i know we saw you on board a ship earlier this week, but today, back on land. back on land. both feet. back on land. good morning, marcus and laura. now, yesterday we showed you behind. behind us. yesterday we showed you something that was a little more rare. ch 53 super stallion. this morning we're seeing some vehicles that you're probably more used to seeing on the streets of san francisco or wherever across the bay area, ambulances or paramedics and emts right now doing a transition between their shifts and doing some walkthroughs with navy corpsman, who will be deployed out on the streets of san francisco with them today. that's part of fleet week exercises. so here to tell us more about that and what really is going to happen with this partnership. i see some of those guys already partnering up this morning. justin shaw,

spokesperson for the san francisco fire department. and justin, you were telling me just a little while ago that this is really a decades old tradition during fleet week, not just fleet week, but also just a partnership between our military counterparts in the field and also civilian emts and paramedics. we've learned so much over the decades from them about trauma care that we haven't had an opportunity to give back to them and show them a little bit of what we do stateside and let them take that experience back to their ships and back to the navy. so it's really a learning experience for both sides here. what are they doing to what are they doing today specifically? so the corpsman will be going out on ten and 12 hour shifts, regular shifts with our emts and paramedics here in the city. they'll have an opportunity to see the way that our fleet deals with a lot of the unique presentations that we have in san francisco, they'll be able to see how our paramedics assess patients, the equipment that civilian medics use and be able to be more familiar, say, if they're deployed to a hurricane or disaster area, they'll have a better understanding of how that system works and be able to help

out even more. and you mentioned the hurricane. i mean, that's been in the news. hurricane helene, hurricane milton, that's now closing in on florida. and the techniques and tools that we're seeing there are also going to be practiced later on today. that's right. at 9:00 on the treasure island training facility, we are going to have members from the us marine corps and also the us navy come out with our san francisco urban search and rescue experts, and they're going to learn techniques and have a chance to use some of the tools that we have to be better prepared in a disaster. that's always really important. i know we were chatting while the crowds see, you know, the blue angels and the parade of ships. there is a lot of work on the ground to prepare for this, but let's talk a little bit about the fun stuff as well, that people that the crowds come out and see. what's your most important favorite part, i should say, of fleet week, everyone is going to want to get up on their rooftops or go up someplace they've never been to try to see the jets go by. please use extreme caution if you're if it doesn't have handrails. if the balcony is too

small, please just go inside. maybe plan an outing to a part of the city you've never been to. or maybe go outside the city a little bit to see the blue angels. it's a beautiful display, but we need you to be safe while you do it. great. great reminders and tips, justin. we'll see you in the next hour. for more of that and more on fleet week exercises and the partnership, the strengthening partnership between our local agencies and our navy corpsman. for now, send it back to you guys. we're live in san francisco, ginger conejero saab today in the bay. nice to know they're all prepared. absolutely. hey, and don't forget. nbc bay area has you covered for all things fleet week on our website. you can actually find a whole list of events there. just head over there and you're going to see on the trending bar, you're going to select sf fleet week guide, or just simply search for fleet week on the website, mobile web, as well as your app. it's all nbc bay area dot com. there you go. all right. let's talk about some more conditions. what we're dealing with right here at home walked outside this morning and i was like, oh, it's kind of cool. yeah i think our

perspective has changed. yeah i know, and i was i was noticing that when they fly is it the weekend? yes. this week we are going to see an increase in cloud cover and the return of the marine layer around there. so san francisco will be one to watch when it comes to flying conditions out there. after we've had a week of clear skies. now marcus is right. it is feeling a lot cooler out there. it's about 61 degrees right now in san jose, and we're starting to finally see the influence of an onshore flow that's bringing up the humidity beautifully, which is what we want to see, especially because of that elevated fire danger that we've really experienced since last week. now, current temperatures in san francisco 56 degrees. concord 59. look at pleasanton 5649. in boulder creek, we have not seen overnight or early morning 40s in quite some time, but the influence of this cooler air mass is starting to finally bring us a bit more seasonable. now. we're still going to be above normal by a few degrees in some spots. here's a closer look

at your daytime highs in san jose 83 degrees. milpitas 84, morgan hill 85. in through parts of the east bay, we're going to get a nice range of microclimates with some of the warmest spots being in through concord. typical areas like pleasanton. look at fremont going to be 80 degrees, oakland 73 around the peninsula, san mateo 72, daly city 66. and the city is going to be in the 60s today up through parts of santa rosa and sonoma. we're going to be in the 80s. so if you notice on satellite radar, things are quiet. but if i zoom this out, here's what we are going to see on the approach. we've got this system that's beginning to develop. and as that makes its approach, not only is it going to bring this nice cooling that we're enjoying, but it's also going to bring the possibility of seeing some shower activity as early as friday into saturday. timing wise, right now it looks like it's going to be more of a saturday morning. and as far as how much rain? not a huge rainmaker. it looks a lot more impressive here as it lines up, but we could see some rain, some spotty showers, some

drizzle around the coast. the i think the main area where we could see more of a rain factor will be areas in the north bay. and then as we inch into that saturday afternoon forecast, though, you're going to notice this does start to spread a bit more south of the golden gate bridge, but we'll know more as we inch closer to this. one thing's for sure, though. look what's right behind that. we're going to get that cloud cover. you're going to notice it even more tomorrow for inland areas into saturday. it's going to feel cozy. and then as we inch into the 7-day forecast, here's what we can expect. so we've got 60s on the map for friday, saturday and sunday. and you'll notice your inland forecast really cools off quite nicely into the 70s as well into that saturday forecast. that's going to likely be our daytime high. and i think that's like a 30 degree drop from what we saw last weekend. all right. let's get a look at how those roads are doing with mike. all right. not that much of a dramatic change for the roadways, but we're looking at the slowing we would expect. there is a crash reported 101 around oakland road. i'm concerned because of that spot. that is where we typically see that traffic flux down through the south bay

northbound is showing a little more slowing after it was easing up, so it's probably in that northbound direction coming into the area. we know we have more traffic as well before and after san martin avenue. we do have slowing coming through the south county typical for the east bay. your build along the east shore freeway right here. back to you. all right. thanks so much, mike. well, happening now, antioch leaders plan to beef up police presence in the city. this is to fight violent crimes. though last night, the council voted to approve a half million dollars in police overtime money. it will also pay officers from outside agencies $200 an hour to help with patrols. antioch has seen a wave of shootings, including 15 in the last month alone, but the police chief says it doesn't have the staffing to cover the high crime in those neighborhoods. so the department lost several officers to police corruption investigation and remain short staffed, racing to get out as hurricane milton edges closer to florida. ahead at 6:00, we're going to take you to the gulf coast for a firsthand look at last second

preparations underway before the powerful storm makes landfall. plus, a new era for the a's is on its way. we're going to show you what the future home of the team looks like this morning. after an overnight implosion of its last tenant.

set to make landfall in a matter of hours. we're there on the ground as residents scramble to get to safety. a little overwhelmed, a little anxious about it. we really like this school, so we're really sad that it's closing. we now know which san francisco schools are on the chopping block. hundreds of students will be impacted. the outrage growing from families left feeling distraught. plus, goodbye tropicana and hello a's. the iconic las vegas hotel reduced to rubble overnight. the ballpark plans now in store for that site. this is today in the bay. and good morning to