unpaid wages that are just not sufficient. nowhere near

sufficient to allow them to live. right now, at six, health care workers across the state are waking up to a pay raise. this morning. the minimum wage increase set to kick in today. and the reason some say it is still not enough. a historic start to a high stakes election. the record shattering early voting totals in key battleground state as donald trump and kamala harris try to win over voters in the final three week push. and it may be a bit wet this morning, but don't let the chance of rain fool you. the bay area is bracing for fire danger with a red flag warning starting tomorrow. meteorologist kari hall is tracking these changes. this is today in the bay. wednesday morning is here. happy hump day to you and good morning. i'm marcus washington. aren't you chipper this morning? good morning, i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike inouye in just a little bit for that morning commute. but let's talk about the forecast with kari. a lot of changes. so we're going from seeing some wet weather

this morning in parts of the bay area to high winds and an increased fire danger by the end of the week. and we are also going to have gusty winds and warming temperatures into the weekend. but right now we have a cold front moving in. and so that's going to bring in those clouds, that chance of rain and the spotty showers that we are seeing right now across northern california has been very hit or miss. and unfortunately it's not a good soaker. this is not a lot of rain that we are seeing in parts of napa and sonoma counties, as well as now northern marin county and along the coastline. we are going to see that chance of rain coming through through about 8 to 9:00 for parts of the east bay into the tri-valley, eventually into the south bay before noon, and then the rest of the day we will be clearing out and the winds will be picking up starting tomorrow. so just in time for that red flag warning in the bay area app experience has been redesigned, so get your local weather your way from the people you know like me, so be sure to download the nbc bay area app

today and your local app store. and mike, you're seeing those low clouds around the bay bridge. yeah, i'm going to refresh that app because i'm not always sitting next to you. kari. so those phone calls get annoying, i'm sure, as we're looking over here toward the bay bridge from emeryville, we're still seeing those low clouds hovering right at the deck level, so it impedes our view into the city. but you can see from the back up here at ■the by bridge toll plaza, things are getting more crowded. i don't think they've slowed down the metering lights. so that means visibility on the span itself for the drivers. seems all right. you can tell by those speeds. good recovery for the richmond bridge. more building into richmond for westbound 80. typical build for the north bay highway 37. highway four through contra costa county. everywhere south there looking really good. there is a roadside fire reported in san jose. i will check on that for now. back to you. we'll check back with you. thank you. mike 603 right now moving the bay area forward today, hundreds of thousands of health care workers will see a significant bump in their pay as a new minimum wage goes into effect today in the bay's ginger conejero saab joins us live this morning. and ginger, the workers

have been waiting for this increase now for months. that's right laura good morning. sb. 525 was actually signed into law last year, and it was originally slated to take effect in june of this year, but it got pushed back to help close a state budget shortfall. nonetheless. months later, the day is here. more than 325,000 workers will see their hourly pay increase to $18 to 20 from $18 to $23 per hour. another 75,000 workers already making that kind of money will also see their pay go up indirectly as a result. now, this applies mostly to low paid medical staff and private facilities like people who provide dialysis for kidney patients and workers like janitors and cooks at hospitals and health care facilities. a professor at san francisco state university estimates this new minimum wage will amount to an extra 5 to $6000 per year, which

he acknowledges is still not a lot of money here in the bay area. but it's an indication of the depth of the problem that the wages for some healthcare workers were so low in these very expensive parts of the city. sorry, the states where especially accommodation costs have been skyrocketing, that something needed to be done to try to address this issue moving forward, or else we would face, you know, extremely severe shortages and retention problems which are not good for patient care. if you constantly have people having to quit their job. well, professor logan says los angeles and long beach have already passed a minimum wage for health care workers and hasn't seen any evidence of layoffs. now, you might recall earlier this year, this past april, the state bumped the minimum wage for fast food

workers to $20 an hour. now, the professor suspects states like washington, new york and minnesota might also enact a minimum wage for health care workers. and like the professor said, that extra 5 to $6000 may not be a huge bump, but i imagine it will be a welcome bump for many health care workers. just trying to make it in the bay in daly city, ginger conejero saab today in the bay. very much so. thank you ginger. well, new at 6:00. oakland keeping technology around that is aimed at combating violence. last night, city leaders approved a new contract for its shotspotter technology. as a result, it will remain in oakland through at least september. shotspotter uses sensors to detect gunshots. the information is then sent to oakland police. well, turning now to decision 2024. early voting underway in ten states from coast to coast. record in-person turnout happening in georgia, which is a swing state. 300,000 people already casting their ballots on day one of

early voting. now, casting ballots before election day is something both candidates are encouraging today in the bay's alice barr live in washington. this morning with us. and this comes as those candidates continue their crisscross across their crisscross across the nation, marcus. and as they're trying to get the message out, both nominees are going to be appearing on fox news today for vice president harris. it's her first formal sit down interview on that network, and she's trying to reach out to any persuadable republicans who might be out there while former president trump is also going to be appearing on fox for what is an all woman voter town hall, he's been trying to make up some ground with female voters. he's also speaking today at a town hall with for univision. and then vice president harris will be on the campaign trail once again in pennsylvania. early voting is underway in battleground georgia, and day one offered a snapshot of how eager voters are to have their

say. anxious to do their duty to do their to do their duty and vote. georgia election officials say a record shattering more than 300,000 people cast ballots tuesday, and a new nbc news poll finds half of americans plan to vote early or already have former president trump, who in the past has railed against early and mail in voting, now urging his supporters to join in as soon as you can go to the polls and vote. this couple, heeding the call, i think we are having an existential crisis. others motivated to cast their ballots for vice president harris. we need a new date. we need something special. while rallying in georgia tuesday, the former president addressed black and hispanic voters, where polls show him making gains. any african-american or hispanic. and you know how well i'm doing there that votes for kamala. you got to have your head examined, vice president harris said. a

radio town hall in detroit, hosted by charlamagne tha god, urged people skeptical of her to ask donald trump what his plan is for black america, while noting, my agenda is about tapping into the ambitions and the aspirations, knowing that folks want to have an opportunity if they want, they should have a meaningful opportunity to build wealth, including intergenerational wealth. the nominees stepping up their outreach as voters begin heading to the polls. developing overnight, a judge in georgia blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots by hand on election day. the judge wrote that it would cause administrative chaos to have to train poll workers so close to the election, and appeal is likely. marcus. all right. alice barr in washington for us this morning. alice. thank you. and in a historic first teens in berkeley and oakland will be

allowed to vote in the school board elections this november. later today, 16 and 17 year olds plan to gather at a ballot box off location on allston way to mail in their ballots. now, this is across the street from berkeley high school. a group of oakland teens will hold a similar drop off this afternoon. also today, santa clara county's registrar of voters office is hosting a workshop for voters. it is open to the public and it starts at 3:00. this afternoon. it's being held at the registrar of voters office on burgess street in san jose. live at eight. event organizers will be joining us on our streaming newscast. they're going to actually discuss today's event and key voter information. you need to know before you cast that ballot. happening today, the supreme court will hear a case about how flexible the epa and states can be in regulating water pollution under the clean water act. the court agreed in may to hear san francisco's appeal of a ruling which said it was failing to protect swimmers

and bathers from discharges of sewage into the pacific ocean. the ruling will determine whether local governments can be penalized for allowing pollution near the shores or whether the law requires them only to limit contaminants to levels set in advance. let's take a look across the bay area this morning for you, because pg&e they are warning of potential power shutoffs ahead of some increased fire danger. now, customers in contra costa sonoma, napa, solano as well as alameda counties could be affected starting tomorrow and last through sunday. much of the bay area will be under that red flag warning. now for more of these incoming conditions, want to check in with meteorologist kari hall because she has been monitoring this. so kari, we're going to see a lot of changes over the next 24 to 48 hours. yeah, absolutely. so we're going from seeing a chance of rain this morning to really dry and windy conditions. and these are the areas that we're getting those alerts from psp s about the psp s from pg&e, where we

may have to deal with some power outages, especially in those higher elevations, may not be the entire county, but if you're signed up for those pg&e alerts, you'll be able to get a notice at least in advance. but if you're out and about today, grab some batteries, grab some food that is nonperishable, and some of the things you may need as the wind increases. and so we're looking at the winds starting to pick up late tomorrow evening. and look at those early morning on friday. wind gusts coming in at 40 to possibly 45mph. and that's going to create those very critical fire conditions that we'll see lasting into the weekend. i'll be tracking that. we'll talk more about temperatures and what's ahead as well. that's coming up. mike's been tracking gas prices and where we can fill up for less. yeah, we're looking at contra costa county again kari because it still leads our list this time with 3.89. that's the cash price today. we'll call out richmond's quick serve on carlson boulevard. next up in the north bay, we're looking at

the best price of 401 in mill valley. hq fuels on shoreline highway and then in the south bay. this is the last on our list here. that's 405 is the low. and that's in sunnyvale for sunnyvale is low. you can get that price at costco on lawrence station road. you can get all these prices. look up your area gasbuddy.com on the roadways. we're looking at a pretty calm commute right now. we will take you to the south bay. that fire reported. we saw that it's 101 280 right near the interchange where our camera is. we don't see any problems. there's no slowing and no structures reportedly involved. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. are you fed up with how hard it can be to cancel a subscription? you're not alone. but help is on the way. next. what you need to know about new rules on everything from your gym membership to online shopping. plus, new proposals for 2,000% tariffs on imports. we'll take a look at that. we'll go to the futures as well. see what we're headed for. we set records this week. maybe not today. back

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contract said that money would have been better spent on their salaries. this is stellantis, the parent company of chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram. bloomberg reports that stellantis, which is in some financial trouble, is considering moving its ram 1500 truck assembly down to mexico. stellantis says that's not true. now, stellantis did make a deal with its union workers huge pay increases in exchange for more flexibility moving assembly lines. donald trump on tuesday proposed a 2,000% tariff on cars and trucks made outside the united states. that would make the sticker price of a ram 1500 pickup around $845,000. trump was speaking to the editor in chief of bloomberg at the chicago economic forum. he was asked whether google should be broken up after accusations of monopoly practices. here's his answer. should google be broken up? i just haven't gotten over

something the justice department did yesterday. where virginia cleaned up its voter rolls and got rid of thousands and thousands of bad votes, and the justice department sued them that they should be allowed to put those bad votes and illegal votes back in and let the people vote. so i haven't i haven't gotten i haven't gotten over that. a lot of people have seen that. they can't even believe it. the question is about google, president trump. yeah, look, google's got a lot of power. they're very bad to me. very, very bad to me. i mean, i can speak from that standpoint. they only have bad stores. in other words, if i have 20 good stores and 20 bad stories and everyone's entitled to that, you'll only see the 20 bad stories. and i called the head of google the other day and i said, i'm getting a lot of good stories lately, but you don't find them in google. i think it's a whole rigged deal. i think google's rigged, just like our government is rigged all over the place. you would break

them up. in other words, i'd do something so we didn't really get necessarily an answer. but that's how a lot of that forum went. it was interesting. and that's when he proposed that new 2,000% tariff. he often changes that number depending on who he's talking to. so we don't know exactly what that policy would be. interesting. all right. thanks, scott. you bet. well, new at 6:00, the federal government coming down on companies that make it much more difficult to cancel subscriptions. the federal trade commission gets 70 complaints a day from consumers saying how hard it is to quit. now they're implementing some new rules for sellers to make it just as easy to cancel, just like it is to sign up. companies have to make it as easy to cancel the subscription as it is to sign up for one, so they can't do things like, say, it's one click online to sign up, but then to cancel, you have to make a phone call or go in person. you can watch a full story on the today show to see the other rules. companies

will now have to abide by to make it easier for consumers. it's coming up at 7 a.m. right after today in the bay. 619 right now and trending this morning. a rare two for one spooky phenomenon in the bay area. the third of four supermoons this year will reach its full lunar phase tomorrow. so the hunter's full moon will get even closer to earth than last month's cosmic event. it's expected to appear up to 30% brighter and nearly 15% bigger than a full moon. and with a twist of cosmic fate, the comet is in the neighborhood. there it is. was discovered last year and has been wowing stargazers in the southern hemisphere. and the moonlight will wash out some of the comet's tail. but nasa says it is still worth a look up after sunset. hopefully we don't have that cloud cover in the bay area. yeah, it will be clear. so you may be able to see the comet this weekend will be the best

time after we have that very bright supermoon. so yeah, really cool to see that. we're seeing some clouds this morning and we are going to also watch out for some rain. lots of reasons to look up to the sky. we are going to see this cold front quickly moving through throughout the next several hours, and as of now, it's only bringing some spotty light rain. parts of the north bay getting in on some wet weather around parts of napa and sonoma county, and also for northern marin county, and extending up toward the coastline. we are seeing that over the next few hours that rain will be possible, but not all of us will get in on that chance of having to turn on the windshield wipers and at least getting a little bit of water on the lawn. we are going to see this between 9 to 10:00, starting to push off towards the east, and by noon rain chances will be pretty much out of here. we're clearing the rest of the day and then we start to see the wind picking up as our temperatures will head for the low 70s for today. so nice and cool. only 73 in san jose and upper 70s for morgan hill. we'll

see a high of about 74 in cupertino and some upper seconds from antioch to concord. danville 78 degrees and 71. in oakland and near the coast. we're in the mid 60s for this afternoon, 73 in palo alto in san francisco, upper 60s there and for the north bay, 77 in napa and sonoma, as well as novato. so we're going to see upper seconds, and then it's going to start to warm up going into the weekend. we're looking at high winds, the low humidity increasing our fire danger from thursday through saturday. and then by sunday, the wind should start to calm down. but we're looking at for san francisco mid to upper 60s today. gusty winds here and highs in the mid 70s from friday to saturday looks really nice into early next week, but of course we're hyper focused on the fire danger that we'll see over the next few days. mike, you spotted something on the san mateo bridge? yeah, these flashing lights right here in the service

lane. but that distraction, along with the increase in traffic volume that happens about now, every day, that should tip those from green to yellow. as far as those sensors go, across the span. there we go. we see the slowing already passing by that disabled vehicle. meanwhile, throughout the east bay, things are moving pretty smoothly. we'll have more ws, traffic andne

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every drawer, every cupboard, every closet. and just make sure that you're not just sticking with the house, but so many people have stuff in their garage, too. when you're done, upload your video and any photos or documentation to the cloud in case your phone is destroyed or goes missing during a disaster. a full inventory can save you time, money, and heartache. there's a number of tools that are now available, many available through your insurance company, probably for free. ask your agent about those tools and apps. after all, that's why you pay them a commission. good information. thanks, chris. we've got a lot more ahead at 630, including facing an uncertain future. the mayor of oakland addresses the city burglaries car thefts and break ins are all down. we're tracking the critical speech as the clock ticks down to election day and a recall vote. and you may need windshield wipers this morning as some quick moving showers comes through the bay area. and

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at an overnight crash in the east bay. a driver's truck crashes falling off the freeway landing onto a neighborhood street into other parked cars. the new details on that investigation now underway. a

key decision in the south bay school district leaders expected to appoint an interim superintendent. this after an abrupt firing of a former leader. the show of support she's now receiving after getting ousted. be aware of your surroundings. be aware of the weather. be aware of the environment. despite a chance of rain, the bay area bracing for a red flag warning and power shut off. we have live team coverage breaking down who is impacted and the precautions fire officials are asking you to take. this is today in the bay. good wednesday morning to you. 630 right now. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. first we want to get right to that fire and wind danger looming for much of the bay area. we have team coverage for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall. timing out. just how long these conditions will last. but first, let's go over to today in the bay's kris sanchez. she's live with us with more on that potential public safety power shut off. i mean, a lot of

people concerned about that, they need to be aware. kris. right. good morning, marcus and laura. so pg&e is telling a lot of us around the bay area to be ready to be without power in the name of public safety and cal fire and our other fire departments are warning us to take those fire warnings very seriously. so i am in santa clara county this morning, but it is one just of five counties under that red flag warning. alameda, contra costa, solano and napa counties are all under the warning as well as well as the entire city of santa rosa. they will all see elevated fire conditions because of the heat, the dry conditions and the wind. yeah, definitely. we're in the peak of a fire season right now in october, november, these fall months where everything has been dry all through the summer with no precipitation since early spring. once our rain fall comes, whenever that is, that's when we'll see some lightning of

our critical fire weather. but until then, we're still deep in it and we could see any type of fire ignition. with the weather coming this weekend. now, because of the fire danger, pg&e is warning people to be ready for those psps. the public safety power shutoffs. you know, that's when they cut the power in order to deactivate the lines and minimize the fire risk. when there's high winds. so those could start tomorrow and last through saturday evening. if you live in alameda, contra costa, mendocino, napa or solano county, you particularly need to be ready. hopefully you can hear us. there's a trash truck just next door, so make sure that as you are making your plans for the next couple of days and the weekends, you consider that fire danger. don't mow your lawn during peak hot hours when you know the blade could hit a rock. spark something. if you have car trouble and you have to pull over, make sure you don't do that in dry grass and just be aware. overall, in san jose kris

sanchez today in the bay. always good to know. thanks, kris. and little spark could create something bad. all right so we're talking about the pg&e power shutoffs as well. you say this is most likely in the higher elevations right. a lot of times it's the hills that are affected. it's not the entire county, but some customers in these counties will be affected. make sure you're signed up for those alerts so that you can specifically type in your address and get the information on whether or not you will be included in this public safety power shutoff. watch that we are seeing. for now, here is the criteria for red flag warning that we talk about all the time. it's issued 12 to 24 hours in advance of relative humidity levels, dropping down 15% or less and frequent wind gusts that could reach over 25mph. they both have to happen at the same time, and some of this is caused by this storm system that's moving in right now. this area of low pressure that's sweeping through initially bringing us clouds and a chance of rain is going to give us a

chance of some spotty showers into the next few hours that we're already seeing happening in the north bay. so there's a lot going on. you want to keep up with the weather, but it's never been easier than with the nbc bay area app. so we're debuting this redesigned weather app, and it's the only way you can get your local weather your way from the people you know. so be sure to download the nbc bay area app today. marcus. all right. thanks, kari. well, new overnight, a deadly crash in the east bay happened last night just before 11 on eastbound 580 and macarthur in oakland. chp saying that the driver of that pickup lost control went off of the freeway and crashed into a fence and parked cars on porter street. this is near beltway. now, the driver had to be extracted by firefighters. that person died at the hospital. the reason the driver lost control and crashed is still under investigation. and oakland's mayor, sheng thao. she's highlighting her administration's accomplishments in her first term as mayor. last night, she delivered her state

of the city address inside city council chambers. now, among the progress she's highlighting is the work being done by the city's department of violence prevention. but opponents disagree with her claims that crime is trending down. dvp violence interrupters are now proactively in our communities every day, mediating through conflicts and preventing retaliatory shootings. we are a little delayed with reporting some of the stats for the city of oakland as far as crime goes, so it's hard to get a true accuracy to where the crime levels are at. mayor thao also says the recent sale of the oakland coliseum is a win for the city. however, members of the city council are questioning the deal and how it will impact oakland's current budget shortfall. the speech comes at a critical time for mayor thao. in november, voters will decide whether to recall her from office. santa clara school leaders are expected to appoint an interim superintendent of schools at their meeting tonight. the board expected to

appoint doctor charles hinman to the position, according to the east bay times. hinman currently works as the executive director of oxford preparatory academy. he also served as the interim superintendent at two southern california school districts. this all comes after former superintendent of schools mary ann dewan was fired by the school board. the board is still remaining tight lipped about the reason why over the summer. nbc bay area investigated complaints that while under dugan's leadership, the office of education misappropriated funds from a federal program called head start intended for low income children. yesterday, there was a show of support for dewan where teachers, parents and one current board member demanded a civil grand jury investigation and her reinstatement. this has destabilized the programs. it has caused injury to the students that we serve. it's left the staff in turmoil. it's left a lot of the work we do at the county office of education

in chaos. a group of local elected officials sent a letter to trustees asking them to reconsider their decision to fire dewan. it is 637. taking a live look outside at dublin. this morning. we'll check that morning commute with mike kari is keeping track of the forecast. you mentioned some rain earlier as well. yeah, we are seeing that chance of rain in the north bay eventually. that's going to make its way into the rest of the bay area by about 8 to 9:00, and then our temperatures are going to be nice and mild for today. once that clears out by the afternoon, we'll head for a nice sunny afternoon and temperatures in the upper 60s in san francisco, 71 in oakland, and it will be 73 in dublin, as well as livermore, 77 degrees for morgan hill and san martin, and also upper 70s and low 80s for the north bay. tomorrow will be a touch cooler, feeling nice for a bit of a taste of fall, but we're also going to see those winds picking up late tomorrow night, so i'll have more on that in a few minutes. and mike, do

you still see those flashing lights on the san mateo bridge? saw a few more kari joining in right here. i just see what looks like a fire truck. maybe a paramedic, i don't know, injuries may be the case here. we don't have information from chp, but the live camera shows us these flashing lights in the service area. mid-span westbound commute direction. things are bunching up a bit as folks tap the brakes. now that more crews have arrived on scene, there may be more slowing across the san mateo bridge. dumbarton bridge maintains an easy drive. the traffic down there 880 bills the volume, but not a concern right now. out of hayward and union city, there's a crash westbound 80 right around el portal may be blocking one lane temporarily. no major injuries reported. no major slowing through walnut creek, but the build is there for south 680 towards 24. and a note that overnight we will again have that full closure of eastbound 37 from 9 p.m. it should be clear by 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. back to you. thanks, mike. a new blow to the san francisco zoo. up next, an all new. this morning, the action city leaders are officially perusing after a scathing report calling the

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positions across california. that includes 47 at its san jose offices. the layoffs are part of intel's plan to cut 15% of its global workforce. in oregon, another 1300 employees are part of this latest round of cuts. well, now to decision 2024 will voters are setting new early voting records in georgia and here at home. scott mcgrew. we've been able to vote for more than a week now, more than a week. and i assume you're getting these right. i'm getting them. i'm stacking them up, stacking them up. recycle. i'm getting these mailers to this is a yes on two. yes on five. and the county voter information guide for santa clara county. these are just from yesterday in my mailbox. but they're not

going to do any good because everybody in my household has already voted. so we mentioned georgia voting just got underway there yesterday, and within a few hours, the secretary of state said 134,000 people had voted. that's a new record, some waiting close to an hour to do it. in person, even though they do have another 20 days to do it. donald trump, not far away campaigning in atlanta, where he praised early voting. that is a turnaround for him. i'll tell you what, i'm hearing very good things now. it hasn't been going on too long, but we're seeing numbers there saying, wow, those are big numbers. so in fact, they set a record for the number of ballots today, right now, following his defeat in georgia, four years ago, trump blasted mail in voting in the state. he thought he had been cheated because the in-person voting was counted first, putting him ahead and then the mail in ballots were counted, which put him behind. he was so angry about it, he told georgia republicans they could not trust the special

senate election that was held just weeks later. he never told them not to show up to the poll, but some of his allies did. that gave georgia two democratic senators, and it was enough to give democrats control of the u.s. senate vice president harris will campaign with a group of republican leaders today in pennsylvania. here she is campaigning with republican liz cheney, who used to be the third most powerful person in the gop. harris will sit down for an interview with fox news as well. that should air this afternoon. three hour time. the host, bret baier, says he'll ask harris how she's different than biden, which is something many people ask. here's biden addressing that very question while stumping for harris in pennsylvania. kamala will take the country in her own direction, and that's one of the most important differences this election. kamala's perspective on our problems will be fresh and new. donald trump's perspective is old and failed, and, quite frankly, thoroughly, totally dishonest. new financial

filings show tesla ceo elon musk is now the biggest contributor to the trump reelection effort. musk contributed 75 million to his pro-donald trump group american pac. musk is paying as much as $40 an hour for workers to knock on doors in key states. and finally, a new survey from the wall street journal of american economists show a majority 68% of those economists say trump would run prices up faster than harris. 12%, answered harris. the issue is trump's plans for government deficit spending and tariffs. and we've talked a great deal about tariffs. in fact, marcus in chicago yesterday, trump proposed a new tariff on cars of 2,000%. oh, well. all right. thanks, scott. 643 for you this morning, new at six. the board of supervisors are considering an audit of the san francisco zoo. so this follows a report from the city's animal control and welfare commission calling the facility, quote, extremely

outdated and unsafe for visitors and animals. at yesterday's meeting, supervisor, one of the supervisors introduced that proposal, calling for that audit, which the commission also called for in its findings. the response to last week's report, the san francisco zoo released a statement saying, in part, that the report was created based on hypothetical scenario and prepared in collaboration with the defense of animals and panda watch. nevertheless, our animal care experts will thoroughly review that report and provide a thoughtful response at a later date. end quote. new for you this morning. one of the bay area's most famous and glamorous properties is about to give you the creeps. starting tonight, filoli historic house and garden in woodside will launch its first ever nightfall event. organizers have decorated the 54,000 square foot mansion and gardens that was built in 1917 with candles, pumpkins and other spooky items. the attraction's president and ceo says it's all

aimed at getting visitors into the spirit of halloween. we wanted it to be spooky, not scary. that was important to us and just taking advantage of the eeriness of night, which is why we named it nightfall as well, that it's just it's just a nighttime out in the middle of the woods in an old house, kind of thing, but with a lot with a lot of fancy touches, because we're still a fancy place and there are no reported ghost sightings in this property. well, not not really. no. i mean, they're they're it's just dark there. yeah. nightfall runs from 530 until 9:00 every night, starting tonight through november 3rd. this is open to anyone, including families with young children. for details on tickets, you can head to their website. although kari you checked in, many are sold out. some of the late late night late night ones are available. blue angels have jetted off from the bay area after fleet week. yes,

but trending for you this morning. a unique perspective from the air show is going viral. take a look. funny enough, i got to experience something just like that on friday. yeah. yeah, it's really cool if you're going across the beach at the right time. it's really cool. so that video from olympian bethany mitchell. she says that they were actually driving over the bay bridge into san francisco this weekend when the blue angels just flew overhead, and they somehow timed it out perfectly with the driver there directly overhead. so they were like part of the show in a way. part of you noticed the passenger was taking the video. yeah, you were mentioning that too. don't pull over. be careful. it must have been stunning. it was really cool because luckily there was a little bit of traffic, so it was a little bit slower and but i couldn't get the camera out in time to get, you know, i've got some shots, but they were far away. too busy driving right there. thank you bethany, for better shot. very cool. thank

you for keeping it legal. yes. well, i was an uber, so. oh, there you go. okay. okay. all right, well, good thing it was last week. yeah. we are going to see a lot of changes going into the weekend and super windy heading into our weekend. right now we're seeing some clouds rolling in and even though it may be clear where you are in parts of the south bay and the east bay north bay is cloudy and even getting in on some wet weather, we've seen the showers starting to pick up here for parts of sonoma and napa counties, and really starting to move into northern marin county as well, especially near the coastline. the best chance of rain will be between 7 to 8:00 for parts of the east bay. moving into the tri-valley down to the santa cruz mountains. during that morning commute, and then for the south bay. it's right before 9:00 when we see that rain moving through san jose and approaching morgan hill. and then as we go into the rest of the day, the clouds and the rain moving on out of here fairly quickly, and then we're going to have a really nice afternoon. our temperature is

headed for the low 70s for dublin livermore, 7380, in fairfield and 78 degrees in napa and san francisco will stay in the 60s. while in palo alto, we're looking at a high of 73. and then into the day tomorrow. it's a touch cooler, breezy, and our overnight lows will drop down to the low 50s, but we'll also start to transition from this low. that's bringing a chance of rain to high pressure. that's going to create a very fast pressure gradient. that's the flow of the winds that will be coming through the bay area. and a lot of that wind will be blowing offshore with very low humidity and gusty winds in the hills, increasing our fire danger. so that's the reason why the national weather service put up this red flag warning, in effect for pretty much the entire bay area, except for the immediate coastline where we are going to see some high wind gusts and low humidity. so we do need to be very careful. make sure you have that defensible space around your house, and don't drive on any dry grass. secure any tow chains that may create some sparks and also be

mindful of grilling. and only do that on paved surfaces and make that emergency plan well ahead of any danger that we'll see the fire danger continues from thursday to saturday, and notice the temperatures warming up for the inland areas headed back to the mid 80s for the weekend. san francisco is going to see some gusty winds starting tomorrow, and really starting to pick up late thursday night into early friday morning. mike. now we're seeing low clouds across the bay. yeah. so fortunately fleet week is over and no angels would be blue angels will be flying overhead anyway. and on the deck itself, traffic is managing just fine as far as we can tell, based on the view of those tail lights, as well as those speed sensors smooth across the span, the backup fills in the toll plaza. there is a slower drive down the east shore freeway. a roadside fire reported right around chris carlson, but no major issues as far as slowing, and it looks like the crash has cleared lanes at el portal. the build across from richmond into san rafael continues with the volume. same thing from the north bay out of novato and down

in toward san rafael itself still slow across the san mateo bridge, those flashing lights still in the service area, but those other emergency vehicles never stop there. they must have checked in and continue to cross. back to you. thank you mike. well happening now. two more listening sessions are scheduled to take place surrounding the shuttering of schools in san francisco. one at sutro elementary school and the other at harvey milk. civil rights academy. both are on the list of schools which could close or merge with other schools. a similar session was held at montessori school in pacific heights last night. a final recommendation on school closures is due to sfusd school board on november 12th. final vote is expected in mid-december, and we're back in minutes with a look at our top stories this morning, including that deadly and dramatic overnight crash in the east bay. the truck driver crashing, falling off of the freeway, landing onto a residential street and hitting parked cars. we have the new details on that investigation now underway. plus, health care workers across the state waking up to pay raise this morning. minimum wage

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in the east bay is under investigation. happened last night just before 11:00 on eastbound 580 and macarthur in oakland. the chp says the driver of a pickup lost control and went off the freeway, crashing into a fence and parked cars on

porter street near mabel way. the driver had to be extricated by firefighters that person later died at the hospital. santa clara county school leaders are expected to appoint an interim superintendent of schools at their meeting tonight. this all comes after the former superintendent, mary ann dewan, was fired by the school board. the board is remaining tight lipped about the reason the group of local elected officials sent a letter to trustees asking them to reconsider their decision to fire dewan today. hundreds of thousands of health care workers will see a significant bump in their pay as a new minimum wage goes into effect. more than 325,000 health care workers will see their hourly pay increase from 18 to $23 per hour per hour. another 75,000 workers already making that kind of money will also see their pay go up indirectly as a result. this applies mostly to lower paid medical staff in private facilities. let's take a look outside across the bay area this

morning. so pg&e warning of a potential power shut off ahead of some increased fire danger. customers in sonoma, napa, solano, contra costa and alameda counties could be affected. starting tomorrow. this is going to last through saturday, and much of the bay area will be under a red flag warning. kari certainly keeping our eye on the forecast for us. yeah, lots of changes. we're starting out with some light rain in parts of the north bay this morning. you may see some spotty showers here and there over the next couple of hours. and then a really nice day ahead with highs in the upper 70s. but tomorrow starts at high fire danger. tomorrow evening the winds are expected to increase and also very low humidity. so we'll be watching all of those conditions. a quick check on the san mateo bridge once again. as you can see, mid-span mid frame flashing lights still in the service area. folks continue past just mild slowing for the distraction in santa. the volume. look at that. northbound 280 coming toward us really picks up the volume. there's some moisture in the air. you can clearly see that from this shot. here.

today's show is just ahead. but today in the bay streams on roku, pluto and other platforms. live at 8:00 this morning, santa clara county voting officials join us live to talk about the security measures being taken to protect election workers and ballots. well, that's what's happening here on today in the bay. as we leave you with a live look this morning, a beautiful sunrise we have. well, i thought we had it, but it was. there we are. dublin. look how beautiful that is. yeah. welcome to wednesday, hump day. it is coasting down to the weekend today show starts next. have a great morning. good wednesday morning. the election day that's already here. >> the historic number of early voters that could make all the difference. good morning. it's october 16th.

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