bay area. so if you live around the coastline or areas north of the golden gate bridge, you're lightning going to be seeing some of that rain first. not everyone is going to get rain, but sonoma county definitely going to see the majority of that in through this late evening into early tomorrow morning. 57 degrees, and it is actually going to be rather comfortable and cool, but also cloudy today into tomorrow, go into full details on the changes up ahead in just a few minutes. kira? >> lots of changes was we approach fall. vianey, thanks so much. >>> covid infections in children is on the rise nationwide and now the pandemic is impacting california governor gavin newsom's family. two of his four children have "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports. >> reporter: on tuesday, governor gavin newsom ended a hard-fought recall battle. now he's taking on a more personal fight as two of his children was diagnosed with covid. >> covid is really an equal opportunity disease. it doesn't matter if you're

some of those happening in the bay area. at least 20 of them. you can see this activity is moving from the south to the north. and we're focused on two different areas. one in the north bay and one in the east bay. you can see it is moving to the north. into st. helena at 11:39. even heavy rainfall toward cobb and middletown as well. let's bring it over to the east bay. we've seen this reason be the most active right here toward discovery bay, also bethel island. all of this moving to the north with the potential for some line. it is pretty scattered at the current moment. all it takes is just one lightning strike. let's home we'll be in the clear from that. as we head out here to 2:00 tomorrow morning, we have the instability over the north bay with the chance of thunderstorms into early tomorrow morning. we'll keep it over the east bay as well. the same thing for about 6:00 in the morning. really, the highest risk is to the north and also to the east of us. and really, anywhere we would get any line strikes, not good here with how much of the s

most of the bay area bridges are pretty quiet. a live look at the san mateo bridge. self about 13 minutes to go between 880 and 101. south bay, the traffic is moving at the limit in the area. >>> new this morning, the macy's thanksgiving day parade will be an in person event this year. last year you might remember the parade was a tv only event. limited to performances with no giant balloons or festive floats participants this year will be required to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask.>>> hollywood baby boom. your entertainment headlines are next. >>> what one theater chain is doing to make a comeback from its pandemic well. >>> and east bay crossing guard turned hero. how he saved the young girl's life. >>> don't forget to watch the all new cbs mornings airing right after our show. they bring you the news of the day off from the brand-new studio in the heart of times square. it looks pretty busy that this morning. cbs mornings starts at 7:00 ♪ ♪ have you seen those small bowl---? oh! careful with the... (dishes break) sorry, mrs. c! excuse me, could we-- ♪ ♪

lot of people grew up in the bay area, including the pilot. consultant was working sfo that day. >> just things that haunt me today i still remember, such as we had area for flight 93, family and friends to meet the flight from new jersey, and we put in clergy and mental health counsellors and got food and drink for everyone, no one came to meet the flight, couldn't figure out why until later. >> the 40 people had already called their loved ones and said goodbye. week long coverage, lester holt will commemorate the tragic day that changed our lives forward, 6:30 this evening. >>> final push towards election day. governor newsom and larry elder campaigning. and political heavy hitters set to join the governor this week. >>> also -- >> in just a matter of weeks, one nonprofit has helped 160 americans and others flee afghanistan. bay area volunteers helping in the mission. >>> seeing big heat to wrap up labor day weekend, still at 100 degrees in livermore with obvious air quality issues as well. more on the spare the air alert and when cooling co

you can see the bay bridge there just sparkling in the area. ave a troublespot coming towards that bay bridge area. we'll have that in just a few minutes. >>> we are still more than a month away from halloween. er your chance to get ou th a and ne of their seasonal event. all hallow's eve. if you are all for the thrills, features a lost in the house tour in the dark. it it begins tonight at 6:30. guests must wear a mask. >> i'm brave. >>> and it is officially halloween time at disneyland. ghosts and goblins are returning after a year off. a celebration that will begin through november. >>> and tonight, a performance will be broadcast live at or cool park. the sigh mull cast of the performance starts at 7:00. e. >>> it is now 523 ever 24. the threat is over yet. a live team. >>>ment biden lays out his plan to get more americans vaccinated. what it means for the bay area. and later. >> this is a story that needs to be told. >>> on the day before the 20th anniversary of nine/11. how one group is doing its part to make sure future generations rememb

cases are dropping in the bay area. how the drop could lead to big change for you at the workplace. >>> plus, firefighters making headway in the caldor firefight, but another wildfire is now sending more people away from their homes. the new evacuation orders for the dixie fire as it nears another new milestone. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. i am kris sanchez. >> i am scott mcgrew. marcus and laura both have the day off today. first, this half hour, we are tracking something potentially disturbing. lightning possibly in the bay area. kari, we did not need this. this is going to be a chance for more fire. >> yeah, and this is coming on that one-year anniversary of us dealing with the orange skies we had last year that were triggered by all of the lightning storms that we had in august. taking a look at what is going on for now, the national weather service put up the fire weather watch in yellow, and that includes a big chunk of the bay area and that's because we are seeing thunderstorms moving thr

this speed up a little bit, but overall holding the better rain chances off to the north of the bay areaght there by 11:00 a.m. on saturday, rain over eureka. then once we hit saturday night there is the possibility we'll get spotty showers right there over the north bay. and then the best chance for bay area showers would come as we head into sunday morning and then it breaks up for sunday afternoon. so rainfall totals, excellent news right there in the fire lines. a quarter to three-quarters of an inch there right across the northern mountains. for the bay area, spotty drizzle chance, isolated shower as we hit sunday morning and we get some 70s in san francisco by next tuesday and wednesday. for the inland valleys, 70s this weekend. then it does warm up to the upper 80s and low 90s as we head into early next week. so let's just hope this is the beginning of a very active period. it does look like as we roll into october, raj and janelle, we could see some additional wet weather chances coming our way, so here's to that. we like to keep jeff busy. >> bring on the rain. thanks, jeff. >>>

wildfires blowing smoke into the bay area once again. we're tracking your air quality. this is "today in the bay." >>> and a very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> welcome back. i'm kris sanchez. good to be with you. marcus is still off this morning. >>> we're going to start with smoke in the sky this morning. we'll get to meteorologist kari hall. good morning. >> good morning. as you're waking up and heading out the door, air quality looks pretty good. this is our current sensors where we see green that means good. but in the trivalley moderate air quality there as well as the south bay. a few spots waking up to smoke here and there. as we go into this afternoon, moderate air quality for parts of the north bay, the coast as well as the east bay. south bay should see some improving air quality and moderate for santa clara valley. this is as temperatures will stay very warm today, reaching into the mid 90 for the inland east bay. low 90s for the north bay and san jose and parts of the south bay in the mid to upper 80s and low

for the most part, good to moderate around most of the bay area for tomorrow. this is the forecast outlook. as we head into the weekend, i think we'll get locally unhealthy around the inland north bay, lake county, and possibly down along the diablo range where a weak sea breeze may be good enough to keep san francisco, the coast, and the inner bay seeing moderate air quality. cool start to the morning. 40s and 50s outside. temperatures start the upward climb tomorrow, not so much around san francisco at 67 degrees or 73 in oakland. it's livermore and concord seeing upper 80s tomorrow, and san jose close to 80 degrees. high pressure will strengthen. that is the lowering ceiling we'll be talking about that could trap more smoke as we head into sunday and monday. notice those temperatures too. saturday, low 90s inland. by sunday, mid to upper 90s for the tri-valley and areas south of san jose. very interesting ten-day forecast. spiked temperatures monday for livermore. similar trend for oakland. but watch the drop. it's almost like going off a cliff there, monday

. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. >>> right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking live from the sales force tower camera looking eastover the bay bridge. good morning to you. >> ready september. that flew by. good morning. let's get a first check on weather and traffic. we start off with mary lee. schooler temperatures but that red flag warning continues in the sierra. >> dealing a serious situation in the tahoe area as they are looking at gusty conditions. of course they have that smoke and we are still looking at winds gusting up to 30 to 40 miles an hour and low relative humidity down to 15%. caldor fire and we have been watching the flames push to the east because of those westerly winds. here in the bay area with those westerly winds and the on shore flow we are looking at good air quality for the most part. could see a little bit of haze. we are looking at better air quality for today. looking at temperatures, even cooler with that sea breeze. low 60's along the coast, mid- 60s'

reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >>> two major bay area school districts are now considering a rule that would require students to get a covid vaccine. if not, you can't go on campus. west contra costa and oakland unified will vote on this mandate as soon as next week. there's already a lot of pushback from parents. let's bring in ginger in the east bay with the details. ginger? >> reporter: raj, as you can imagine, this was a hot topic for parents and students. tens of thousands of students would be affected in west contra costa and oakland with a mandate like this. oakland's unified saying over 50% of its students are fully vaccinated while over 70% have had at least one dose. we spoke to sam davis, one of the board members pushing for this new proposal. he says his goal here is really very simple. it's to make schools as safe as possible. >> we really believe that what will make students safest is if all students age 12 and up are vaccinated. >> ginger, this is a big deal. a lot of students would have to get that vaccine. what's the time line here? we know the

the impact that smoke is set to have on the bay area. ay in the bay." >>> first want to say a very good monday morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for marcus washington. you look a little different today. >> get married. >> i did. i got married. >> that's why laura was off for the last week. >> yeah. >> hopefully we'll get more details through the morning. >> maybe a little bit. >> we want to take a live look over our windows about the bay area and we know that some of the smoke is going to be drifting into our area because of the wildfire. kari is tracking that for us. >> new fires burning farther to the north of the bay area and so that's producing some smoke. that will affect parts of the north bay. we're waking up heading out the door to good to moderate air quality right now. we are seeing a little bit of that moving into parts of the east bay and we expect drifts of smoke here and there. looking pretty good for the south bay. santa clara county is where some of the smoke wi

i would say, about 80% of the bay area tomorrow morning you my not even notice the wind. is really bottled up here into the hill tops of the north bay where you will see the areas in red and purple right over the hill tops in napa county, eastern sonoma county into sew la know county. should be the time of strongest winds, especially in the north bay peaking around mid morning. and eventually, those wind speeds do come down so as the red flag warning subsides, mid-to upper 90s in the forecast for the valleys on tuesday. we are watching that closely. and the air quality impact. the recent rain had a big impact on some northwest california fires. we will have a look at that. and possibly, shower chances trying to come back in your seven-day forecast. got a lot going on. closer look coming up in about ten minutes. >> rob, thank you. and rob's always tweeting updates about the heat, fire danger even when we are not on the air and he always makes it visually interesting. his twitter page, a great resource for you. make sure you follow him. his handle is at rob mayeda. >> live

nbc bay area news. >>> los gatos needs a new police chief. he is an east bay native. he led the police department for three years. earlier he spoke out against hate crimes against the asian community. he's been spearheading police reforms, addressing de-escalation topics. he says he will choose a replacement. >>> a fire truck rolled over in oakley this afternoon while responding to a grass fire. nbc bay area sky ranger overhead. the struck a water tender for the east contra costa fire department. unfortunately, a firefighter was hurt and paramedics did take them to the hospital as a precaution. the fire quickly put out. it appears one structure was destroyed. the backyard burned. at this point we don't know how the fire started. >>> the national park service wants to, charge parking fees for parking in some recreational areas. they say millions of people enjoy the sites so they need the tunlds to keep one repairs and trash collection. >>> this might explain it for you. all that wildfire smoke we've been inhaling over the past few weeks and years, it is obviously bad f

damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> okay. it's orange friday here at nbc bay area, the giants are in a dramatic play off race. a live look at oracle park. giants taking on the braves. two first-place teams, right, playing right here on nbc bay area. >> look how perfect that grass is. this could and preview. let's bring in jon miller and mike krukow from the ballpark. >> thanks raj and janelle. we have an outstanding matchup. two division leaders. the braves from the east, the giants from the west. >> on the hill for the braves, the first of three aces, for the giants, they're going to throw logan webb who is 5-0 and has one of the best home eras in all of baseball. it figures to be all about pitching tonight. >> giants and braves, the whole thing for you right after your newscast. >> we will see you shortly. giants and braves. of course you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. they will rejoin us, jon and mike, at 6:30. >>> still to come, she demanded immunity before helping the feds. the new witness testimony in the ther

kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >>> vice president kamala harris back in the bay area. at any moment with her attempt to convince voters to keep governor gavin newsom in office. nbc bay area's bob redell, he's live for us from san leandro. californians have a big decision to make in less than a week now. >> reporter: yes, next tuesday californians will decide whether or not to recall governor gavin newsom. vice president kamala harris is expected here at this electrical training center behind me. this is the center where they train people to be electricians here in san leandro. you're looking at a live picture from inside the event, which is scheduled to start within the hour. we are waiting for the vice president to arrive. you'll recall vice president harris was supposed to campaign with the governor last month, but she had to postpone because of the events in afghanistan. and the white house has said that president biden's expected to campaign here in the state with the governor next week. both biden and harris are here to make the case why voters should vote no on t

. >> it's rampant, all over the bay area. what's the best way to prevent catalytic converter thefts? >> so now, manufacturers are selling these plates underneath the car to cover up the catalytic converter, so it basically slows them down. my mechanic showed me a very neat trick recently, he put a couple of three pieces of rebar , and welded to the catalytic converter, very cheap takes no more than 30 to 40 bucks, it's not going to stop the saying but it will slow them down, and hopefully that will deter them from doing it. for toyota prius, i know they sell plate underneath to prevent folks from getting in. >> whatever works to throw slow them down. thank you. >> the shooting also happened yesterday in san francisco. it happened about 1:00 a.m. thursday, not far from the elementary school. police say the thieves opened fire at a man who yelled at them from the window. the man told officers he heard the sound of power tools, when he looked outside he saw two men lying next to his neighbor's car and yelled at him to stop. the

we got you in the 50s across the bay area. clouds starting to return, thickest right near the bay and almost the immediate coastline and more of those 50s over the east bay san francisco and the north bay. daytime highs dropping off a few more degrees tomorrow. certainly feeling like fall outside and we got an approach system and cooler weather. 70 in martinez and 75 in livermore. that's more than 20 degrees cooler than what we had to start the week. 74 in san jose. 68 in oakland. and right at the santa rosa you are in the 60s. nice comfortable temperatures, we have been mentioning that chance of some rainfall. i have not seen any big changes in the forecast today. 9:30 as we head through tomorrow, that storm system lines to the north. as we hit tomorrow afternoon, it starts to slowly push closely to the bay area. the bulk of it again will be to the north of us. right across those fire zones. as we take you down to the bay area for a closer look. by tomorrow afternoon and evening. spotty showers will be right there over marin a

of the best adoption stories across the bay area and country, that's tonight at 7:30 on nbc sports baya. we want to give you quick, breaking news. we're getting reports from usgs of 3.2 magnitude earthquake few miles south of san ramon, if you think you felt something, you did. let's check in with rob flight. right now. speaking of feeling something, this morning, certainly in the southern part of marin and north bay feeling it was almost light rain but always all of a sudden getting right back into summer. >>> it's signs of the fall, bringing drizzle at times and later brief light rains, in 24 hours things will really start to turn, you will see a preview on the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. tempts now are cool but will be back into the '90s on monday. right now, clear skies and nice air quality, looking great in san jose. winds out of the northwest at 17. now more clouds in walnut creek with mist on the diablo range at 70 degrees and west southwest winds 17 miles an hour. and around the trivalley heading to the east bay hills 71 degrees and winds 17. into san franci

we have some cells through the bay area right now. you can see the showers there and push ago cross san francisco over the bay bridge and the east bay in oakland. you can see those cells popping up over the peninsula. san matteo, redwood city and palo alto this morning. as we head through our morning, up things wind down. at 9:00 or 10:00, it is all out of here as we look to the rest of our day. let's go live in dublin. it has been incredible to see our lightning video. i am so glad you guys are safe though. >> and this is about as close to the lightning as i want to get. we have been watching lightning. plenty of it. not a whole lot of rain. not necessarily the combination we want out here in the bay area. we are looking east of our location. this is pretty much straight due east over morgan territory at the range. if we are lucky, we might see a lightning strike happen as we are talking here. this was shot 15 minutes ago. these strikes are starting to fade overtime. we have been looking towards the north. lots of lightning strikes. t

and across the bay area, we have been talking about the possibility of rainfall. can you see on storm ranger we are currently dry from the north bay to the south bay, but i want to take you out on a quick tour to the pacific. and we can show you what we're tracking right now. it's a very active pattern for september. can you see all this storm activity. we're going to get a small piece of this energy break off and helping bring rain chances back to northern california. i don't want to you really kind of think at this point we're going to be seeing inches of rainfall. might burst your bubble a little bit there. but we're definitely going to get rain chances to california. i'll get a closer look at the totals coming up in less than two minutes. we'll get you ready to go for tomorrow's forecast. it will start off pretty easy. chilly, mostly clear. 54 in the south bay, peninsula 53 and tri valley at 58. also coming in with 50s over the east bay, san francisco and the north bay. and just a little bit of patchy fog there through sf. daytime highs, i don't see any big cha

next, a new camping opportunity in the bay area. a reminder you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more with our app on apple tv, fire tv and roku. just search abc 7 and downloaded -- download it. dan: music and dancing at golden gate park this weekend, with a free labor day concert. this is the 139th season. you can catch a few more free concerts this year on sundays through october 1. ama: sounded great. dan: finally tonight, bay area residents have a new place to camp without having to venture far from home. ama: the dumbarton cory camp ground is open at the foot of the dumbarton bridge. the site is close to the bay and features 63 campsites with full-service hookups for rvs. there are also showers, a playground and easy access to hiking and biking trails on the shoreline. >> bay area people that live on the concrete all the time, this is a good opportunity to see what it is like to cook your food on a stove and maybe have a little campfire. some kids don't ever know anything about that. ama: that is so true. t

what it could mean for air quality in the bay area. mary lee is tracking. >>> and then a new on the job requirement. the bay area first responders required to be vaccinated before they show up for work this morning and what happen itself they aren't. we are live. plus. >>> it was very painful to watch. >> shocking video shows a woman trying to set a historic bay area church on fire. it's not the first time this has happened. why the pastor thinks they were targeted. we start with the fire watch this wednesday. september 1st. >>> ann remains on assignment in south lake tahoe as the caldor fire continues to grow out of control. >> good morning. >> the evacuation orders have been extended past the state line. into nevada behind me. i'm in california south lake tahoe. this is where all of the emergency workers are staying right now in the casino hotel. this is sort of the brains of the operation. it is quite an operation. the caldor fire continues to burn out of control. this is new video in from echo lake last night. they have been dealin

ten cities across the bay area.ergio quintana reports that members of the aapi community are praising local law format. >> reporter: in video releases by the police, you can see why detectives describe them as well organized. blocks in victim's car. police say man breaks the window, yanks purse from her car, hops in the waiting toyota. >> savvy criminals. >> reporter: christian camarillo says the investigators worked with police departments to track the suspects. cameron moody the recent one to be arrested. they say he had a ghost gun on him. blanks and robinson arrested after chase and crash that injured a two-year-old in san jose earlier this week. according to the district attorney's office they carefully chose target. >> selected them in the parking lot, asian-american and pacific islanders. >> reporter: facing robbery charges and more than 70 felonies, the district attorney's office say they have evidence to prove bias in the crimes. >> charged with hate crime because evidence in case will show that specificall

fill the skies across the bay area. that is where we start this sunday night here on kron. 4 news at 6 o'clock. welcome. and i'm jonathan mccall. justine enjoying the sunday night off folks in south lake tahoe. meanwhile, forced to flee the caldor fire have now been given the green light to finally go back home. as for the caldor fire. according to cal fire, this fire has now burned more than 215,000 acres in el dorado and amador counties. the fire has also destroyed more than 900 structures. the caldor fired now at 43%. containment as we just mentioned, 10's of thousands of folks who were once forced to leave south lake tahoe from this fire have now been ordered to go back home evacuation orders downgraded this morning as crews continue to get the upper hand on progress on containment of the caldor fire officials, though, warning folks to remain on alert as crews continue to battle that blaze. meanwhile, the u.s. coast guard urging folks to avoid recreational activities at lake tahoe this weekend. officials say that th

bay area you are in, you probably noticed there is a little more smoke in the sky today. we will take a look at where that is coming from and what the next two days will look like, coming up. >>> now at 11:00. good evening. >>> our top story this evening as we look live at the state capitol. could a covid-19 vaccine be required for students 12 and older to attend in-person classes? well, that is something state leaders are discussing tonight. >> our health director said it today that it is on the table and debated over the next few days we will come out with some recommendations. >>> this all comes as a number of bay area districts just enacted their own mandates, katie? >> reporter: ken, so far, only three have that is oakland, hayward and here in piedmont. the big concern is now what will happen when the mandates take effect for student who's, at least so far, chosen not to get vaccinated? >> reporter: a small group of parents and students gathered for a match at the tennis courts this afternoon where the conversations quickly turned to covid-19. >> everyone should get

nbc bay area's covid specialist, dr. hong, from ucsf, says he is confident in what the data shows. >> i think given the vast experience we have so far in adolescents, in adults, we don't believe that there will be anything surprising in the kids. particularly, since we are looking at one-third the dose of adults and we know already from even the size of 2,000, that these kids in the trial have lower incidence of fevers and chills, compared to the 16 to 25-year-olds to whom they were compared in the trial to. >> now, when it comes to a vaccine for kids under 5, dr. peter says we should see data on that by the fourth quarter of the year. >>> when it comes to adults, pfizer got the green light last week to send out those booster shots for some groups. the white house says more than 400,000 americans have already gotten their third dose at pharmacies over the weekend. in the next few weeks, nearly 11 million americans are scheduled to get their third shot. be sure to head to nbcbayarea.com where we answer a lot of your quest

you can either go to the coastline and get relief but in areas like san jose, south bay, inland areas we're talking 90s in the forecast, even a couple triple digits. live look over san jose, another hazy afternoon if you're around the coast. we will see some of that fog mixing with some of the smoke. clouds at times and take a look, we've got these spare the air alert in place and we're going to be seeing 70s and 80s right around the bay right here, but if you look at south bay, 90 degrees in san jose, triple digits in antioch. 101. livermore 100. concord 98 through napa because of the high pressure and right now, it does look like that high pressure is going to be lingering just a little bit longer than we thought into the middle of the workweek so we will see what happens there. i'll have another look at that in just a few minutes. let's get a quick check of traffic. i did pop up the traffic map and i saw this accident pop up just now in mountain view. i'll see what that's about. as far as the earlier crash, the deadly crash within the early hours, no sigalert of that canceled. coul

for the bay area it remains largely unchanged. most of the region in the exceptional drought category for the entire north bay. entire east bay, try valley and parts of san francisco valley and parts of the south bay under the exceptional drought and extreme drought for the peninsula as well as for the south bay. with everything so dry, record drive fuels when we at the potential for dry lightning and we have a fire weather watch. this is a big concern.>>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area . >> health officials out with a plea on the peninsula. blood needed. how anyone can help with shortage.>>> now when i look at these names, i know they are family members. >> keeping the memories alive. how family members are making sure victims of 9/11 are never forgotten 20 years later. >>> later, i may not be as pretty. i'm not a cable tv personality or an entertainer like larry. i'm the businessman, the only cpa running for gov ernor. california is a mismanaged mess. taxes, cost of living, water, wildfires, homelessness. the

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no bay area county has reached a 50% response yet for those mail-in ballots. see from the map some of them are getting very close, particularly in the north bay. marin leads the way with 43% of the ballots returned, solano is all the way at the other end in the blue, 28% of ballots returned. remember, we all got one in the mail. statewide, the turnout is about 30%. remember you have an entire page dedicated to your questions on the recall election on our website. head to nbcbayarea.com and click on newsom recall. it's right there at the top in the trending bar. >>> let's go live across the bay area. we are keeping an eye on lightning strikes and the high fire danger overnight. you see the live pictures there. haven't seen any lightening as we've taken those live but we have a lot of video of that as well and you have records on your computer as well of the dangerous strikes. >> eyes and ears everywhere across the bay area. we're looking for the videos pictures you have of the very active weather. it is starting to taper off. that's the good news. we're looking

here's a view from locations across the bay area. the closest moon from the equinoxes making its view. it is pretty spectacular. the location of the moon near the horizon causes the harvest moon to turn bacon orange in color. low hanging moons are reddened by clouds and dust. dan: i have a small telescope. i looked at it last night. just amazing. sandhya: it is just stunning out there. if you had a chance to take a look, that is great. if you didn't, i want to show this to you from our time-lapse exploratory and camera showing you how gorgeous it was. the full harvest moon as it was rising under the bay bridge tonight. this was shortly after 7:00 this evening. skies is so clear that you could see this. we are expecting the skies to remain clear. it was a warm to hot day. 87 in oakland. upper 80's around san jose. temperatures a good eight to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. we are still hanging onto some of the warmth. 60's and 70's except near the coast. high pressure building in. we have the warm to hot weather today

♪ ♪ >> from the bay area's local news station.'re watching kron. 4 news at all. >> as we look at things right i think that that burned cautiously optimistic about the future and will be looking at a possible the isolation of masking rules. >> welcome to kron. 4 news at 5 everybody knew masking procedures could be coming here in the bay area. so far the 9 bay area counties have not made any changes, but health officials in some counties near the bay area are considering doing so. santa cruz county did just that today. thank you for being with us on kron. 4 news at 5. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis case. rates are improving. >> and vaccination rates are high. and that's why santa cruz county lifted its mask mandate. but where do we stand everywhere in the bay area. kron four's, dan kerman joins us now live with some details on that. dan. >> well, most of the bay area counties have put in their mask mandate. they said it be up to the health officer to determine just when they were going to drop that indoor mask mandate and sa

bay area video come into our newsroom all morning long. huge bolts of lightning filling the bay area sky. here is what it looks like right now. live team coverage all morning. we are tracking the thunderstorms and the high fire danger. >>> plus another bay area city telling you to keep that vaccine card handy. starting right now, where you'll be shut out without one. >>> day two of the his beth holmes trial now delayed. the covid issue in the courthouse. plus. >> for me, it is actually just like yesterday. >> the family of the bay area flight attendant killed in the nine/11 attacks reflecting their loss 20 years later. this morning, how they are keeping her legacy alive. good morning, it is friday, september 10:00. i'm giana franco. >> i'm lynn keys. we begin with high fire danger and lightning striking the bay area all night and all morning long. this new video coming into our newsroom from the fire department showing flashes. one after another. >> fortunately, no fairs are reported there but crews are ready if it happens. a viewer send t

the bay area officers are helping with evacuations and providing security and some of those really hard hit areas. they also been taking on patrol duties for the past three days. we'll continue our reporting online, head to nbcbayarea.com, we have an interactive map where you can see where the caldor fire had burned. it is right on the trending bar on our home page. >>> city of berkeley joining san francisco requiring proof of vaccinations at most indoor places. most notable. restaurants and bars. the new health orders go into effect tomorrow but won't fully be enforced until the following friday. the rules applied to anyone over the age of 12. it applies to gyms and yoga studios and in-door events. anyone working in those businesses must be vaccinated. almost 90% of people living in alameda, contra cost ta and santa clara have gotten at least one dose. we are getting a look at the number of break through cases in those counties. those are patients gotten the vaccines and still gotten infected with covid. you are looking at the seven-day average in alameda county. there is the yellow li

get that jacket because the bay area will be impacted by the chill. we have temperatures in the low to mid 50s from the tri-valley to the south bay. some fog near the bay. the thickest right there in san francisco. we'll start with 54. as we roll through the afternoon, the temperatures continue to look very comfortable. after the upper 90s earlier this week, we are back down to the 70s and the 80s for the east bay. 75 in martinez, 82 in livermore, same thing for santa rosa and napa. near the coastline of the bay and wus. we got temperatures on drop and here comes the rainfall chance. check back in the data last year. it took us until november, mid-november this weekend. so. much earlier than last year. here's the time line. 11:00 many other saturday, the storm system lines up with some rain in eureka. the bulk will be to the north. i think by saturday night, we could have some spotty showers over the north bay. the best bay area chance of showers is right there sunday morning. so firefighters off to the north. certainly going to get the biggest benefit

the bay area home up in flames. how this could have been much worse. >>> and another air quality advisory taking over the bay area. when we will finally be able to breathe easier. it's wednesday. >>> good morning to you. we start with a live look outside across the bay area. enjoy summer for the next seven hours. fall is finally here almost. >> almost. >> let's get a first check of weather. we start off with mary lee. good morning. >> with relooking at cooler temperatures for the first official day of fall coming in at 12:21 p.m. today. so, felt like summer yesterday. we had the warm to hot temperatures. one of the hottest days of the year so far. we will cool it down about 10 to 20 degrees cooler today. you can see in san francisco that fog starting to roll in and that indicates the own shore flow picking up for us. that's why we are going to cooldown. we are look at temperatures in other's to 650's. as we head through the day today, check it out. 84 in san jose this afternoon. 89 for a high in concord. 88 livermor

also people and one bay area city are demanding changes after several crashes on the same stretch of roadway. and east bay. man is not behind bars on federal child charges. police believe there may be more victims. ♪ for millions of people in america, a daily meal isn't a choice between different dishes. ♪ ♪ it's a choice between food and other crucial needs, like medicine, electricity ♪ ♪ or childcare. ♪ ♪ food shouldn't be an impossible choice. now you have a choice too. how will you choose to end hunger? take action this september during hunger action month. >> police in brett would say there may be additional victims of a child suspect. police say 48 year-old matthew pelton from kelsey bill has been accused of offenses involving children and was indicted on federal charges including the manufacturing of child. the investigation into the offensive started back in august and police say their evidence suggests there may be more victims who have not come forward yet health and has been associated with alameda contra costa lake and sacramento counties. anyone with information or if the

on cbsn bay area, a late-night reversal . the cdc director overwriting her own panel. we will break down who can get the third dose now. >>> bay area school districts have done it and the states could follow suit. the vaccine mandate that could come down for california students. >>> a fast-moving fire tripling in size and one day. the bay area woman arrested. >> i do not have rashes anymore. >>> later, supermarket shooting. witnesses recall the moment that gunfire brings out in a grocery store. and a possible motive. >>> it is friday, september 24. i am len kiese. >> we are joined from the live news desk. >> reporter: a sizable earthquake of 6.1 hit just before 5:00 a.m. this morning. this was off of the aleutian islands in alaska. still, there is no report of any salami threat. we will let you know if that changes. i doubt it will, but it is 6.1 heading off the coast of alaska just before 5:00 a.m. in the meantime, let's get a check on how things will feel around here. >>> we are looking at the fog rolling and along the coas

right here for the bay area, no 100's. this weekend it will feel like fall outside. 70s on saturday and sunday. and then we have some 80s to also low 90s. you're celebrating metallica tonight. i am, too. that was really cool. >>> up next, what's the game plan? the new host of jeopardy, at least for now. and we have jimmy. >> hey, everyone. amy adams is here tonight. plus, in studio, and broadway week wins the a performance from six. a great show tonight. >>> happening now, a program that offers jobs to those who are homeless is expanding. the program is known as san jose bridge. it hires unhoused people to clean and beautify the city. the workers will make about $23 an hour as they clean up sites around san jose. the program will double in >>> tonight we're getting a look at the world's first all civilian crew, what they're doing up in space. they took off last night but now we see what it is like. spacex posting this on twitter showing the view from the dragon capsule. behind it, you can see the earth's surface. there are

we've got unhealthy for sensitive groups mainly away from the bay area. as we head towards tomorrow morning, another orange sunrise very likely as the smoke kind of settles into the east bay valleys. and on the higher elevations, it's the mountain peaks right around the summit of the santa cruz mountains, mt. diablo and the north bay hills which may get a test of unhealthy for sensitive groups air quality. as the breeze picks up, a little bit of improvement in the air quality around the coast and inner bay. the long-range view as we get into saturday shows with the active fires, for the bay area, it's mostly these fires in northwestern california and the smoke coming down the coast that gets brought in by the sea breeze. that's a problem. we really want our skies to clear. you can't have that smoke loading up off to the west offshore because that sweeps back in with the sea breeze. obviously worse conditions will be ongoing for the holiday weekend around lake tahoe and the sierra. so feeling more like fall. we've got mid-40s for lows now in the north bay.

temperatures for tomorrow morning, i don't really see too many differences here across the bay area. ill start off cool for everyone. low to mid-50s here. south bay at 53 degrees, right over the east bay 54. 56 in san francisco. and the north bay at 53. daytime highs tomorrow, it's going to bring us probably some of the best weather in recent memory. no smoke, temperatures are dropping even more. that will leave us in concord with 81. just days ago you had temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. napa 73. 60s here from san francisco to oakland. and then 70s from palo alto right over to san jose. so we have the temperatures dropping. that is the first great thing. the second thing is that rainfall is holding in the forecast. now it doesn't look like big rainfall for the bay area, because the way the storm system is dropping down, it's going to break apart by the time it gets to us. i can show you that better here in my rain forecast, and you can see by saturday night, the storm system lines up to the north. and once we hit sunday morning, we'll get a chance of showers there sunday morning

in fremont, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> california's top doctor says the state is now considering whether to require all eligible students to get a covid vaccination but two east bay school districts aren't waiting for the state to decide. the oakland and piedmont school districts have now passed vaccine mandates for any student 12 and older but there are some big differences between the school districts. eligible students in piedmont have until november 17th to be fully vaccinated or provide a medical exception. students who are not vaccinated by then will have to attend classes virtually so they can't come on the campus. in oakland it is a different story. not so rigid. there is no set deadline yet but the district hopes the eligible students will use their winter break to get vaccinated by the time they come back for january classes. oakland families will also be allowed to apply for a personal belief exemption. >> it definitely will give people i think an out because i think it is a pretty broad exemption. >> it won't take effect immediately. at the moment there are no paramet

well this guy was lit up overnight and into the morning lightning strikes reported across the bay area from the peninsula to the east bay and the north bay and runner park. a lightning strike sent branches flying into cars and onto nearby homes. rain also fell overnight, and there was a red flag warning but just a few hours ago. it was canceled. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo tracking the latest weather conditions. she joins us now, with more quite a show this morning, rosemary, it really was more than 100 lightning strikes, according to the national weather service. in fact, they have upped it to anywhere between 125, perhaps 1 50 over the bay area outside our doors at this time we are drying out. here is a look at sfo. just a few moments ago, we showed us fo being, uh, well entertained and struck with lightning in those areas, but no longer the case we do have the low clouds still there with the blue sky up above, and storm tracker to here is showing you that we do have the low clouds along the coastline outside of that the mid and high level clouds in that act of whether is begi

to be unhealthy for some neighborhoods. >> air district leaders are actually extending the bay area spare the air alert at least through today. "today in the bay's" bob redell has been live for us this morning, tracking all of what's going on here in the east bay. talk to us about that extension and the reason for it. >> reporter: there's a few reasons, marcus and kris. you have the hot weather that's expected today. more people are venturing out post- -- well not post-covid but returning to their precovid routines. more car pollution throughout and the smoke from the wildfires up north, especially the caldor fire, which as you mentioned it's just over 250,000 acres burned and now 44% contained. winds have let up, reduced the fire spread and made it easier to ups the containment. authorities started letting people back in south lake tahoe. 22,000 people from the south shore were forced to evacuate last week, find shelter elsewhere, not knowing if their home would be there when they returned. >> i was happy but at the same time i'm sad because many people lose their house over there a

we'll continue to see that smoke dropping into the north, swinging offshore and coming into the bay area while the worse of the air quality clearly continues around lake tahoe and areas north of redding. temperature trend as we head towards sunday, we are looking at in land area, mostly mid-90s. this the hottest day of the holiday weekend. we could be close to 90 degrees. 75 degrees, maybe a little hot around downtown. 80s for oakland, you can see scotts valley and los gatos, mid-80s. seven-day forecast, i have to say have some very interesting changes that could be coming towards the end of next week. look over my shoulder here and in front of me now, a chance of showers, it is been in the forecast for a while. we are taking a closer look at this computer models. it is possible some of the places seeing ongoing fires have a chance of seeing some showers. that could be welcome. the story of this holiday weekend is the warmer temperatures. 70s for you. valleys hot and cooling as the sea breeze comes back tuesday and wednesday. weakening high pressure i am prooifing our air quality as we h

so temperatures around the bay area tomorrow. ooler less plan on some 90's in the hot spots. well, inland instead of those triple digits. 70's neighbors around the bay and 60's along the coastline over the next 10 days. here we go. we're going to see those temperatures cooling off right into the next couple of days, maybe warming up a little bit on sunday but not by much. get a little bit hotter on tuesday and wednesday of next week before those temperatures cooling down. so this is going to be that time of year. we get those nice temperatures. cool nights. it's a nice warm days ahead. all right. thank you, lawrence. thanks all of you for being with us tonight. >> good night. ♪ ♪ >> narrator: joe grogan defends himself. >> he says his doctor prescribed course medication for covid. >> i literally got it from a doctor. >> narrator: and coughing karen. >> skews me, i'm coming through. >> deborah: racing form are floods after all they have gone through. >> narrator: and the worst first date ever? >> on my way to a first date. >> narra