live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, the first potential case of monkeypox in the bay area. what health officials are revealing about the patient. plus, an elderly woman hit and killed in an oakland crosswalk, right in front of a police officer. neighbors say it is just the latest example of lawlessness in their city. safety advocates are pushing back against a proposal that some bar owners say they need to survive. good morning. it is saturday, june 4th. thank you so much for joining us. i'm devin fehely. let's start with a check of the weather with meteorologist darren peck. >> good morning. it's not often we talk about an atmospheric river and a heat

wave in the same seven days. that's what's coming our way the next seven days. the atmospheric river is driving in rain tonight and tomorrow morning, and we'll get a quarter inch in the north bay. we might not get a lot of rain from the golden gate south, but we'll probably get some. first alert doppler shows the light showers. it'll take a while for the rain to get here, but that's tonight right there in the north bay. we're going to look at that in more detail. we'll take you hour by hour with the chance of rain tonight and tomorrow bay area wide. in the meantime, temperatures in the upper 50s. we'll warm up into the mid 70s for warmer inland spots today. upper sixty60s in the bay. back to you. live look at san francisco. the city is tracking its first probable case of monkeypox in the bay area. officials didn't provide much information, but they did say the patient traveled to a location with a known outbreak. the patient didn't have any close contacts in san francisco

when they were potentially contagious. now, if confirmed, it would be the fifth case in california. there have been more than 20 cases nationwide. monkeypox is rarely seen outside of africa, but cases have recently popped up in more than 20 countries. now, it spreads through intimate contact and bodily fluids. what are the typical symptoms? a fever, headache, bodyache, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes. there is a painful rash that lasts two to four weeks. masks are again required indoors in alameda county. the mandate took effect yesterday. kpix's andria borba took a look at whether people are complying with the new rule. >> reporter: if it seems everyone in the bay area are getting covid-19 right now, you're not imagining things. in response to the rising rates, public health officials are bringing back indoor mask mandates. hanging around wrists and pulled over noses, the indoor mask

mandate is again back in alameda county, citing rising case rates and more than 100 people hospitalized with covid-19. the mandate took effect at midnight. dr. hong of ucsf says it was the right move amidst a widespread and likely underreported bay area surge. >> we should definitely be masking indoors at this point. i mean, there is a lot of virus circulating. of course, the numbers that are official are not the actual numbers. probably two, three, even more times what the actual numbers are. >> reporter: at one alameda county gym, those looking to get their sweat on in the early morning hours were caught off guard. >> i was surprised by walking in, checking. had to go back to my car, grab a mask. >> reporter: among the bay area counties that put on the united front at the beginning of the pandemic, alameda county, so far, is going it alone this time. >> i'm always happy to do what

it takes to protect the vulnerable. i'm just very interested in the science to see how effective it really is. >> in general, i'm okay with it. it's just it's kind of annoying to go backwards. i thought we were moving forward. >> reporter: around the city of alameda, most businesses had dusted off their old mask mandate signs and had them taped up in windows again by friday afternoon. dr. chin hong says it is important to not only mask up but move from a cloth mask to at least a surgical mask. keep this in mind when pulling it over your nose. >> something well fitted, if you can feel warmth of your breath when you breathe. >> reporter: there is currently not an expiration date on alameda county's indoor mask mandate. now, it also applies to transit. meaning ac transit and oakland international as well as rideshares will require indoor masking, as well. in alameda, andria borba, kpix 5. police are investigating a

deadly hit and run in oakland. the victim was an elderly woman. she was doing everything right. she was in a crosswalk. the crash was captured, as you can see, on security cameras. it also happened right in front of a police officer. neighbors tell kpix's da lin it's an example of a troubling trend. >> reporter: the hit and run happened tuesday afternoon just after 5:30. a 78-year-old oakland woman was walking in the crosswalk. a white hummer made a left turn and ran her over. the driver sped off. oakland police say instead of chasing after the hummer, the patrol officer stopped to help the victim and sent out vehicle information via radio to nearby officers to look out for the hummer. police say the driver got away, and the woman died at the hospital. >> elected city official that cannot protect the citizens of oakland, it makes me feel sad. >> reporter: bruce's surveillance camera captured the

crash. he owns the repair shop on 16th ave, and he said crime is getting out of control in the neighborhood. >> crime is like eating breakfast. you see them every block, every street, every corner. >> reporter: four doors down is this small market. a gunman robbed a cashier at gunpoint last friday. this man walked out with their etb card machine. 1/2 mile away from the intersection, a surveillance camera captured another hit and run in april. a white cadillac escalade rad a red light and hit a bicyclist, who was thrown 30 feet from the intersection. the man had severe head injuries, and the driver sped away. >> you can't go out at nighttime. can't go to the store without worrying about getting robbed, shot. it is unsafe right now. >> reporter: bruce has an open carry permit. >> i've been robbed with a

shotgun to my forehead. >> reporter: he lost count how many times he's been robbed. >> we're crying for help. when we get out of it? promising. it was broken. >> reporter: the councilwoman was not available for an interview. her spokesperson says they're working with the police department, the transportation department, and the violence prevention department to address the ongoing violence. in oakland, i'm da lin. kpix 5. a cal trans worker was struck and killed on i-80. the driver who sped away from the scene was later arrested. the crash happened on lagoon valley road friday morning. the driver allegedly responsible sped off but was tracked down and arrested in fair field. the chp is asking people to slow down near road workers. >> we always want to encourage you slow down. you're always buckled up. and make sure you minimalize distractions while you're driving. >> it is not clear what led to the crash. over the past 100 years, 189 employees have been killed while on the job along california

roads. on the fire watch, crews are mopping up a brush fire that broke out at 8:00 last night. it burned 15 acres near lagoon valley park. no injuries or damage were reported. napa county cal fire investigators say pg&e may be responsible for starting a larger brush fire. investigators are looking into whether a faulty power line sparked the old fire on tuesday. it burned nearly 600 acres and forced evacuations. it is 75% contained. a pg&e memo revealed a line near where the fire started had an issue about that same time. now at 6:00, if one bay area lawmaker gets his way, bars could be open for five more hours. kpix 5 is on the push for a later last call and the pushback. >> reporter: in the

post-lockdown era, christian knows people might need a cocktail pick-me-up. what about after 2:00 a.m.? >> from the businesses it makes sense for, like a nightclub or something, it is an excellent idea. the nightclub scene has been suffering hard due to the pandemic. >> reporter: that's exactly what california legislators are proposing with senate bill 930. a pilot program that would allow seven california cities, including san francisco and oakland, to allow bars to serve drinks until 4:00 a.m. >> when you think of why people move to cities, there are many reasons. one of them is that they want to have vibrant night life. >> reporter: the senator pushed for something similar in 2018, but it was shot down by governor brown. there are calls from bars after a relentless pandemic for a lifeline. >> many are drowning in debt, wondering how they'll pay their bills. this gives us an opportunity to increase the economy. >> reporter: bars would have to apply for a license, and

neighbors could object. christian says the 4:00 a.m. closing time wouldn't work for everyone. >> personally, i wouldn't do that for this particular business. for me, i think a lot about labor. i think a lot about security. you know, there's a lot of interesting activity that happens after 2:00 a.m. >> reporter: some public safety advocates have pushed back, including a sacramento area dad whose 21-year-old son was killed by a drunk driver going 110 miles an hour. >> it is insane to think letting people drink for another two hours until 4:00 a.m. is good for the public. >> reporter: but some bar owners say kicking everyone out on the street at 2:00 a.m. causes its own safety issues, like fights and competition for a safe ride home. they say at 4:00 a.m., it'd make for a more orderly end to the night. >> it allows us to stagger people on their own schedule, without jamming them out all on the street at the same time. >> reporter: in san francisco, sara donchey, kpix 5. 7:10.

still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs noews bay area -- >> we have a housing emergency. >> the problem isn't lack of housing. >> berkeley is moving forward with plans to build thousands of apartments near public transit. why the debate is far from over. a double dose of bad news for tesla. why ceo elon musk and his employees have reason to be nervous. here's a live look outside before we head to break. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. the time now is 7:14. berkeley city council green lit a plan to build housing near two bart stations. the vote was unanimous, but it took a marathon six-hour meeting to get there. kpix's andrea nakano has details. >> reporter: the seven-story buildings will go in the parking lot of two bart stations. one at north berkeley and another at ashby. it'll bring 3,000 units, but neighbors are concerned. >> i'm worried about it. >> reporter: andy lives across the street from the north berkeley bart station. he, along with many of his neighbors, have this sign in the yards reading, "neighbor, not towers." their concern is they would have to live next to a 12-story building. >> i think it's really scary. >> reporter: the berkeley city council ultimately ended up voting for a seven-story building that could possibly go up to 12 and bring in roughly 3,600 units.

the mayor says this is a big step to address the housing issues in the community. >> we have a housing emergency. the particular need for housing that is deeply affordable for our people and our community. >> reporter: the mayor says at least 35% will be affordable housing, and this is the best use of the expansive parking lots at the bart stations. >> the past four years, we've been working with bart and our community to plan for housing at these parking lots. i think land should be better used for housing rather than cars. >> reporter: many residents disagree. >> the problem isn't lack of housing. it's lack of affordable housing. >> reporter: their concerns range from the kind of shadow a seven-story building would cast on their neighborhoods to the traffic nightmare it would create, as bart users scramble to find street parking. >> one of the reasons this bart station is so successful is that people can drive here and park.

all of that parking is going to be gone. they're making an assumption that the people moving in will not have cars. >> reporter: the mayor doesn't expect shovels in the ground for several more years, but he hopes the project is completed in ten. in berkeley, andrea nakano, kpix 5. gas station was selling $7 gas this week. drivers just can't catch a break. the national average hit another all-time high, $4.76 a gallon. i think we take that in california and consider ourselves lucky. it is up 17% from last week. oil production is increasing, but it's still below pre-pandemic levels as we enter the summer travel surge. then there's the war and weather. >> the longer rushes, 10 million barrels, remain off the global market by sanctions. the worst it could potentially get this summer. will we see a hurricane disrupt refining? it could prolong how many we'll

see a reprieve in prices. >> prices in the bay area are far higher than the national average, well over $6 in most locations. tesla stock plunged nearly 10% friday after two pieces of bad news. tesla lost $65 billion after elon musk announced plans to fire 10% of the workforce, about 10,000 employees. the company also faces complaints over phantom braking. u.s. regulators received 800 reports of cars on autopilot suddenly braking at high speeds. that's more than double the number of incidents reported last year. the feds are demanding data from tesla as they investigate the issue. live look outside now. it is a gloomy weekend across the bay area. first alert meteorologist darren peck joins us with what we'll see the rest of the week. >> rain for saturday night into sunday morning. that's the first item, devin. not to be overlooked, there's a heat wave coming next week.

there's a lot to get into. let's start with the weekend. the south bay is a perfect example of what it'll look like today for just about everybody. the clouds, there is a steady supply just like them for the rest of today. we don't get a whole lot of blue sky teoday. there is plenty of showers sitting off the coast here, but a closer view and switching from live first alert doppler to the phu futurecast, it'll take a while to turn into rain. it is not until tonight, right here, where we see the showers making it onshore and into the valleys up through sonoma and napa. this is when we'll notice the showers. you get rain on the roadway, along 101 and other communities. scattered showers overnight,

sunday night to saturday morning. doesn't get to the golden gate until tomorrow morning, and even that, there's not a lot of it. noon tomorrow, it is done. overnight and early morning rainmaker. the focus is in the bay. maybe a quarter inch of rain in general. higher totals through mendocino. notice how the numbers really fall off as we go south of the golden gate. if we look at those numbers, it is only a couple hundredths of an inch if we get anything measurable. that'll come likely in the pre-dawn hours tomorrow morning, this time tomorrow morning. light rain left over if we're getting any measurable. by late tomorrow morning, it is done. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s with cloudy skies. day time highs go to the mid 70s inland. low to mid 60s for much of the bay. the system is unique for june. if you look at that long train of clouds heading out into the pacific, this actually is being

fueled by a weak atmospheric river. that's why this is able to hold together and give us a quarter inch of rain for some parts of sonoma county. that's about average for the entire month of june. this is not, like, way out of the ordinary. we're not breaking records here, but we will get the entire month's average in the next 24 hours for the north bay. look what happens up here. 9/10th inch of rain for eureka. they get 7/10th typically for the.of month of june. kind of interesting. then we turn the page. next week, look at the red bull's eye. that's the 6 to 10 day forecast. probability map showing the degree of confidence temperatures will be above average. that is a deep red bull's eye on northern california. look at san jose. we're going to be near the 90s. low to mid for daytime highs as we get to thursday and friday by the end of this week. yup, we had to cram in triple digit numbers by friday.

low hundredths coming our way. back to you. striaight ahead in sports, how about the san francisco giants last night? they put on a batting practice clinic. a season high in runs. that means a highlight that's appealing on the eyes, and we have it after the break. >> barely give a dab right now. when you need help it's great to be in sync with customer service. a team of reps who can anticipate the next step genesys technology is changing the way customer service teams anticipate what customers need. because happy customers are music to our ears. genesys, we're behind every customer smile.

good morning, all. giants and marlins in the lead-off spot. both had a position player lobbing 50 mile an hour pitches in the ninth inning last night. that is yourreshading, that this one was an absolute blowout. as for who won, roll the tape. a tropical storm greeted the giants in miami. lone depot park, though, is inside. couldn't keep out lightning courtesy of san francisco bats. three-run shot the top of the second. giants took the lead and never looked back. third inning, yung joc, it is going down. 13th of the season.

how about one more just for one? crawford, bases loaded, and he will unload those bases. give him all four of the rbi. giants win, 15-6. good pitching matchup today. logan webb against pablo lopez. duelling aces. celtics fans getting the double dip with the red sox at the coliseum. sixth inning, boston leading oakland, 2-0. trevor story waits on the hanger, hammers it off the wall. penders slipped. one of those nights for the a's. two coming to score on the double. ninth inning, xander bogaerts going to give it to ya, maybe. yes, just sneaks it in. and it is the red sox who win this one, 7-2. the a's have lost seven of their last eight games. stanford baseball opening up the ncaa tournament against binghamton. that's out of here. second inning, drew bowser with the home run.

not just any home run, a grand slam that caps off a ten-run inning. second ranked stanford wins their 16th straight, 20-7, the final score. they face texas state in the winner's bracket today. i told you jayson tatum went 3 for 17 and the warriors had a 15-point lead in the second half, you would have assumed warriors in a runaway. but the fourth quarter, it was all boston. there was a 17-0 run in there that put the celtics ahead for good. the run was due to incredible shooting. celtics shot it 75% from three. they outscored golden state 40-16 during the final 12 minutes. boston takes the 1-0 lead. a huge statement by them. but no fret. >> you know, it's first to four, not first to one. we've all been through situations like this. we realize it is going to be very hard.

best part about it is, you know, we have another opportunity sunday. nhl playoffs, madison square garden popping last night. rangers aiming for the 2-0 series lead. third period, lightning in white turn it over. zibanejad makes them pay. rangers win it, 3-2. the series now goes to tampa for game three. that can be seen on sunday. and lastly, the 49ers will be looking to replace pro bowl center alex mack this upcoming season. mack announced his retirement yesterday after spending just one year in santa clara. that does it for sports. i'm charlie walter. have a great day. coming up on kpix 5 and cbs news bay area, a fighter jet crashes in southern california. what we know so far. the third time was the breaking point for one bay area jewelry store owner. the crime that forced her to call it quits.

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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> welcome back. the time is now 7:29. thank you so much for joining us. i'm devin fehely. let's start with a quick check of the weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> we have an interesting week coming our way, devin. it starts with the rain coming

our way late tonight into tomorrow. skies look gloomy already. that's the salesforce tower looking off to the east. focus on the rain for the weekend, but i don't want to leave out the fact there is significant heat coming our way late next week. we'll look at that, as well.e r day. once we get to the late afternoon and more likely early evening tonight, we start to see the showers coming together for the north bay. that's 9:00, 10:00 tonight. that's when we're seeing the better rain. overnight into tonight, we may have a few showers holding together in the golden gate south, but we'll look at the complete forecast in a few minutes. back to you. new this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a navy fighter jet to crash, killing the pilot. friday, the fighter jet known as the super hornet crashed in the mojave desert in san bernardino

county. the plane and pilot were based at the naval air station in california. it's not clear what caused the crash. the name of the pilot hasn't been released. san jose police arrested a school library aide accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. this is the suspect. brown worked at the middle school. the victim reported the crime to her parents last week. >> the charge alone is obviously heinous in nature. ovg them information from o en a library, were to do something like this is very serious. >> brown is booked into the santa clara county jail on one count of a lewd act on a minor. a former air force sergeant has been sentenced in the murder of a federal officer. steve caria will spend 41 years in prison after pleading guilty for shooting officer underwood in may of 2020. underwood was standing guard outside the oakland federal

building during protests against police brutality. caria admitted to plotting violence against law enforcement against the boogaloo movement, an anti-government militia group. an owner is closing her business after being targeted by thieves three times in the past year. the most recent break-in was this past week. shawn chitnis has more. the owner is giving up on trying to stay open and safe in the city. >> it's been the last year, year and a half, where the crime has really, really ticked up. >> reporter: meg shackleton turned a hobby from college into a successful business in san francisco. >> sounds good. >> reporter: the last ten years, she's run margaret elizabeth with its own store to showcase her jewelry designs. >> it is disheartening. >> reporter: shackleton says surviving a pandemic wasn't as much of a challenge compared to the threat of thieves stealing her inventory. >> when the third break-in happened, the writing was really on the wall.

[ sirens ] >> reporter: san francisco police confirmed thieves broke into the store back in august, april, and may. police have not made any arrests in all three burglaries. >> i just feel lucky our staff have remained safe and nobody has been hurt during this. but these are really brazen attacks. >> reporter: typically early in the morning, she still can't believe criminals are getting away breaking into stores like hers at 5:00 a.m. in the marina district. >> i do think that jewelry is a unique category. we have a product that's easy to resell or meltdown. there's a strong market for it on the black market. >> reporter: one burglary after another not only has the owner concerned about safety inside her store but also worried for people on the street. >> it is not safe for any of us, and it is not an enjoyable way to be living in the city of san francisco. >> reporter: in the last two burglaries, less than a month apart, thieves got away with more than $50,000 in jewelry each time. >> it's really disappointing. i would probably tell somebody

not to open a store right now, quite honestly. >> reporter: the entrepreneurial spirit she felt san francisco celebrated when she started her business isn't the same. she would caution others to take the same risk she did. >> i hope that something can be done to clean the city up, because it is a great city. there's so much wealth here. it's absolutely inexcusable that it is in the state that it is. >> reporter: reporting in san francisco, shawn chitnis, kpix 5. coming up, a doctor's prescription for a healthier life is helping patients on the peninsula. the program is the brainchild of this week's jefferson award

♪ we've got an election that's right around the corner, this tuesday. it's coming up. that's our primary. in the u.s. senate race, candidates are preparing for a special election. kpix 5 spoke to all the candidates and gives us some context. >> reporter: before we dive into the front-runners, know you're going to be voting for senator twice. the first time is for the partial or unexpired term that's left vacant after kamala harris left office to become vice president.

the second time is for the full six-year term for u.s. senator. the man currently holding the job is alex padilla. as california's first latino senator, he made history during the supreme court confirmation hearings by speaking spanish. [ speaking spanish ] >> i'm blessed to be bilingual. by having some of the conversation in the confirmation hearing in spanish serves the purpose of getting more people included in the process. >> reporter: in 2021, governor newsom appointed him to the in the year and a half since, padilla has been learning on the job, building alliances in the senate that is very white. >> how is the son of a mexican immigrant going to fit into a place like that? how do you win over friends? who wants to work with the new guy? >> i'm there to make a difference. i'm not shy about utilizing my experience and the relationships i've built with leaders at the state and local level throughout california to weigh in on the most significant of issues.

>> reporter: as for addressing gridlock on capitol hill, padilla says he reached out to texas senator john cornyn when a large storm knocked out power to the entire state of texas, and talked about how heavy wins in california knocked down power lines here and caused massive wildfires. cornyn and padilla worked together. >> we developed a bill known as the power on act, which would utilize federal funding to work with utilities, not just to improve the reliability of the grid but to be resilient because of the realities of climate change. isot colnflaon.ple that pole un >> reporter: the lead republican challenger is mark meuser, a triathlete and attorney, and opposes padilla on every issue. >> roe v. wade, it was a bad constitutional decision because it took power away from the state and turned it over to the federal government.

>> reporter: gun control. >> do you support universal background checks? >> i believe that the second amendment says shall not. congress shall not infringe. >> is climate change real? >> can you define what climate change means. >> the 2020 elections, do you accept the results? >> there are so many irregularities about this election that i do not feel any american who looks at it can have confidence that they know what the actual results are. >> can you say if you've gotten the vaccine or not? >> that's between me and my doctor, nobody else's business. >> doesn't match california voters at all. >> reporter: diana crane, a professor at san jose state, says each of the positions is a fatal blow in california with democrats outnumbering republicans 2-1. >> probably a nuisance candidate, running for another this messa. an'dowd,billionae se

unding spent mils blanketing the airwaves bashing tesla. >> you're running for senate, but the message is tesla software is terrible. is that right? >> that's the beginning, part of the message. the whole message is much bigger. >> reporter: o'dowd is running as a single issue candidate, using tesla to segway into the issue of cyber security. o'dowd says our infrastructure, power grids, hospitals, and, yes, self-driving cars, are all at risk of a cyber attack. >> what about homelessness? what about the environment? what about the drought? >> when they bring down the power grid, everyone will be homeless. they won't be able to go anywhere. you won't be able to live in your home. i just think it is a more important issue. >> i want to be polite about this because i think he is a good person and his heart is in the right place, but it is demonstrating naivety about how politics work. >> reporter: professor toobin at san frsco stys he'll have to talk about other issues than just self-driving

cars. >> basically, he just, as i said at the beginning of this, stays in his own lane, then what he is telling us is he is not comfortable discussing these other things. he is comfortable with what he knows. if you're going to serve in the senate, you have to know a hell of a lot more than that. >> reporter: kpix 5. stay with kpix 5 and cbs news bay area for continuing coverage. we'll inform you on all the big issues leading up to the june primary. ♪ the san francisco gay men's chorus is the oldest and largest l g lgbtq chorus in the world. sharon chin shows us how the 44-year old singing group brought hope and joy to one of the members who has been involved for decades now. >> reporter: when clint johnson joined the first openly gay chorus in 1987, he knew he was part of something special.

>> one of the first songs we sang, and this was groundbreaking at the time, we sang, "we kiss in the shadow" from the "king and i." that was revolutionary. >> reporter: he felt safe. ♪ sunshine ♪ >> reporter: and welcome. >> the music and the experience was so life-affirming. >> hello, everyone. >> and identity confirming. >> spectacular. beautiful. >> i couldn't imagine not doing it once i started. >> reporter: so he's kept singing -- >> one, two, three, four. >> reporter: -- for 35 years. >> we're doing stuff that has been fun to sing. >> reporter: clint says he is driven by the music and the message. he tells me they talk about each song. >> let's try that. >> reporter: and what it means. >> this is about the aids epidemic. many of them, many of the people here did not experience it. we have to have conversations about what that felt like.

>> reporter: the 64-year-old second tenor recalls the feeling all too well. you were a part of the chorus during the time when aids was still an unknown. >> yes. yes, yes. >> reporter: what was that like? >> terrifying. you would come to rehearsal one week, and the next week, so and so would be gone. they passed away during that week. ♪ >> reporter: the chorus lost more than 300 members to aids since 1981. this song honors those who died. ♪ thirty-eight thirty-nine ♪ >> reporter: vocalists turn one by one, signifying each life. decades later, it brings clint cry. >> it brings it back and makes it all so very real. >> reporter: but the songs also remind clint of the chorus' resilience, coming together in comfort and courage. >> you've got to see the depth of empathy, the strength of our community. >> reporter: and the more they felt the government and outside

world brush them aside, the more they stuck side by side. >> you're helping people try to live. you are helping people figure out how they want to die. then you have to go on. >> reporter: they finally ho andoy. today, the chorus rises again, bringing hope from the darkness of the covid pandemic. >> we get letters from people who say they were contemplating suicide, but a song they heard on one of our albums helped them see themselves in a different way. >> reporter: as they return to in-person concerns. ♪ we are here ♪ >> reporter: clint and the choir are spreading hope, joy, and pride in their 44th year. san francisco, sharon chin, kpix 5. the next performance for the chorus is july 13th, a farewell concert to dr. timothy, retiring after ten years as artistic director. we're posting our pride reporting on a special section of the website at kpix.com.

this is a live look outside now. we've got rain in the forecast and triple digit temperatures later in the week. let's get a closer look with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> we're getting it all the next seven days. rain tonight and tomorrow morning mainly in the north ba river. fun to look at that in a second. then there is a heat wave coming by the end of the seven-day forecast. the end of this next coming week, there are triple digits in the seven day. the look outside, that's the view from the camera on top of the salesforce tower. those clouds are not leaving. it is going to stay like that and look like that pretty much all day. bay area wide. in terms of the rain, let's track it using first alert doppler. the showers haven't quite made it here yet, so we switch into the futurecast. you see plenty of clouds for sure. here comes the rain. late afternoon to early evening in the north bay, that's how the rain plays out tonight. this is really going to be focused on the north bay. sonoma, napa, marin, up into

mendocino county. the system is coming in too far north to bring any impactful rain from the golden gate south, but there is a chance. now might still get late showers from the south. tonight, there is decent rain thug hf sonoma county to napa. early tomorrow morning in the pre-dawn hours, showers work to the golden gate south. not a lot to that. by, you know, noon, it is done. we'll get blue sky on sunday. we'll look at the rainfall totals on that in onesecond current numbers now have us in the mid to low 60s. daytime highs will climb to the mid and upper 70s. low 80s for the warmer spots. if we look at the system as a whole, there is a unique aspect to this. how are we doing this and getting decent rain in june? this is an atmospheric river. clouds show you one story. when we switch and look at the water vapor, you see it. brighter colors, the higher concentration of water vapor. pulled in from the subtropics and directed right at us. this is not a significant

atmospheric river. it is a weak one. nonetheless, it is important to at least recognize that to come away with at least a little deeper understanding of how this rain is coming together for june and why we would get an inch of rain in eureka in june. the average up here for the entire month of june is 0.7 for the whole month. they'll get an inch in the next 24 hours. at home, 0.2 inch for the north bay. i want to pull out the details on that. let me spotlight what rainfall will look like specific to the north bay first. i'm just going to advance that throughout the next 24 hours. when we do that, we see we pick up perhaps about 0.2 inch of rain on there. 0.2 inch of rain is, again, for santa rosa, that is about the average for the entire month for june. we get rain in june here. you're going to get the entire average for the whole month in the next 24 hours.

0.2 inch for santa rosa. total south of the golden gate, not impressive. couple hundredths through the early morning hours tomorrow. the next issue is that image. impressive bull's eye, high degree of confidence temperatures will be well above average as we get to the six to ten day period. here it is in the seven-day forecast. bottom line, santa rosa, your numbers will climb to the upper 80s and low 90s by the time we get to thursday and friday. temperatures in the microclimates, the warmest inland valleys, we had to cram triple digits on there for thursday and friday. that's when the heat sets in. >> you know i see the weather through the prism of how it affects me. as i mentioned to you during the break, i have a wedding in wine country on friday. shoutout cousin farren. i'm going to need -- i have five dais. w work on the triple digits. >> i'll work on your ability to fall into a higher degree of acceptance. >> okay. all right.

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this is a live look at san jose, where the sub zero festival is back for the first time since 2018. the festival is free, which is my favorite price to pay. it is located on south 1 st street. it'll run from 5:00 to 11:00 tonight. it is a celebration of the arts, and it is your chance to celebrate the creative spirit. it is also a spoe showcase for artists and musicians and dancers, many of whom struggled during the pandemic. >> we have some of the most creative people in all the world. it's all about that. it really always comes back to that. >> sub zero is the biggest event, like, of the year for artists, so it is the first one in the past three years. definitely looking forward to it. >> check this out. this is smalls and her new owner. this little kitten was adopted

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the first alert forecast recap. quickly, just to show you what it looks like on futurecast, yes, there is some rain coming together. gets you through the late afternoon and evening. this is a north bay thing, but we may see showers getting to the golden gate and south. we get a quarter inch of rain santa rosa. i'd like to turn your attention to the end of the seven day. san jose, 93 by the end of the next week. micro climates, now the warmup stands out. triple digits are making their first appearance in the seven-day forecast of the year so far. by the end of this week, it's going to get hot. devin, back to you. >> thanks, darren. thank you so much for watching kpix 5 news this morning.

the news continues all day on cbs news bay area. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 6:00. enjoy your saturday.

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