so let's say you don't want to take the bay bridge at all. y you want to take the san mateo bridge. it will take about 14 minutes. if you're leaving the house, let's check our other bridges richmond sandra fell bridge about 21 minutes and the golden gate bridge at 20 minutes there. but again, if you're just waking up this morning and you're looking at the traffic on the bay bridge right now. that's almost and still 55 minutes there to make it to that freeman street exit a fully engulfed truck. at one point the bridge was completely shut down on the westbound side, this accident. 80 westbound just west of that treasure island exit. and again, at this time, 3 lanes currently open and it's still a very slow and sluggish commute. john, i'll send it over to you. thanks for those updates right now to good morning to be heading into the city. you can definitely see just how slow moving any of that upper deck travel on the bay bridge is right now. >> barely seeing any of those cars moving currently. but i guess still an improvement from where we were

but now it looks like all lanes are currently blocked there on the bay bridge while they're trying tonder control. again, they're saying that. >> there are tar this tar all over the roadway there on the bridge. and so they're advising cal trends to come and try to help them deal with this. but you can see that still we just pulled up. that's what it looks like right now on the bay bridge. some looking at traffic drive times right now. if you are wondering about 41 minutes for you if you're trying to get into the city they currently have all lanes blocked there on the bay bridge originally started as a car fire. they had to close a couple of lanes now looks like they've closed. all lanes. looks like there's tar on the bridge and that fire may be actively spreading at this hour. but it's a solid 41 minutes to get there. if you're trying to take alternate routes, go ahead and quickly look at the other bridges. the san mateo bridge a little under 16 minutes for your drive time. so no major issues there. the richmond sandra fell commute traveling on richmond under 8 in the golden gate brid

if you are up early taking bay bridge, so far travel speeds are okay. your travel time is only about 7 to 10 minutes. golden gate bridge, good start with no delays. traffic moving nice at the limit as you work north and south bound. travel times for main freeways, not bad on highway 4. 101 is looking good out of south bay with no delays north from san jose to sfo. headed to the peninsula, that will take you 37 minutes. >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk. we go live to san jose and we are keeping our eye on the gas leak that caused evacuations. several families are out of their houses, families within a block or two of this gas leak that happened about 10:00 yesterday morning. a contractor apparently hit an eight inch gas line. this is near the intersection of race street and park avenue. pge shut off the line around 10:00 yesterday morning and started to vent the natural gas from the line. those families were evacuated. they were taken to the community center for the night unless they were able to find other accommodations. this is mid town san

reena don thanks for that, let's start of the bay bridge into the city this morning a little under 9 minutes for your drive time 5 1880. >>moving along nicely as well. the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula little under 30 minutes of things are looking great. as you're traveling across the san mateo bridge as well and the richmond sandra fell commute as you're heading out of richmond out under 9 minutes there. we have more on your traffic and weather coming up the get back to the news in the north bay woman claims to solano county sheriff deputies knocked her unconscious during a trip with her family in line about what happened. and now she's suing the department and the county. there's body camera footage of what happened and kron four's taylor per second gives us a closer look. alleged victim to kim porter says this all happened about a year ago in august but she pulled over onto a side road and dixon to change drivers with her father they just left oakland and were heading home to the sacramento area but things quickly escalated and body camera footage will show tha

you can watch the bay bridge series tonight on nbc bay area 6:30 p.m. start time, 20 minutes from now. >> okay, up next, ready to come back with gus toe. we'll give you a behind the scenes look, this is san francisco opera, returns from the pandemic hiatus. >>> he's due 1200 bucks, but not one, but two companies dropped the ball. i'm nbc bay area's chris chmura, nbc bay area responds. jeff? >> headed to the game? air quality, you can see smoke with a little bit of fog mixing in. we'll get you ready for that. when will the sun return across the bay? see you in about eight minutes. another day, another chance. make the most of it with the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses. and get the advanced cybersecurity solutions you need with comcast business securityedge. ask how to get comcast business securityedge to help protect all your connected devices. and get started with a great offer on fast and reliable internet and voice for just $64.99 a month. plus, ask how to get a prepaid card up to $500. call or go online today to learn more

a big back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. lots of company. lots of folks as they work from the east bay into san francisco. also first reports of another broken down vehicle near the high rise. that will slow your ride out of hayward as you work your way into foster city. >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk. let's go live to san jose where crews continue to work on that gas line that ruptured yesterday morning. hundreds of people were out of their houses all night long because of this. a contractor hit an eight inch gas line at about 10:00 am. this is near intersection of ray street and park avenue. pge shut the line off and started drilling holes to vent the natural gas from the line. more than 300 homes and businesses had to be evacuated. this is near the s.a.p. center. there is an evacuation center set up at the community center. pge says they're still doing an investigation into how this happened but apparently a contractor was using machinery when they were supposed to be digging by hand because it was within two feet of a marked

especially at the bay bridge. sive california dream cbs news poll out this morning. traffic ranks number 2 when it comes to the worst things about living in california. >> here in the bay area of course many of us ditch the cars to take public transit instead, trying to avoid the headache of being stuck on the highways that you are following every morning of course, gianna. >> we do have a lot of options, which is great. earlier this month, part service returned to newer pre- pandemic levels but did ridership make that come back as well? joining us live, right now is art spokesman, jim alisson. good morning, thanks for being here. >> reporter: jim, those trains running till midnight again? wait times cut in half. things are getting back to normal, but how are the ridership numbers looking? >> well, they are trending in the right direction. we are getting more writers every day. but, there are certainly not back to pre-pandemic levels of service. on sunday, we had 40% of our pre-pandemic level and that was kind of a

your forecast ahead. >> and even a close eye on a hot spot on the bay bridge. s like they were able to move that accident to this side. but we're still seeing residual delays from that. also get a look at other bridges and highways on your monday morning. we'll have that. we get back. >> 7.42 and more visitors are coming back to san francisco. but a full recovery of tourism is still years away. this is according to san francisco's travel association. >> they say nearly 16 million it. it sounded like 6016 16 million tourists will visit. >> san francisco this year. that's 5 million more than 2020. but still 39% off of what we saw in 2019 and international tourism is still next to nothing is down 76% compared to 2019 and that's because. weld. we're telling international church, they're not welcome like the eu. they can't come here and the eu actually today is thinking about on americans. we can't go there. less were vaccinated. nobody wants to spread the delta variant, which is really happening right now. so that's something that all countries are very concerned wi

metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza.most to the maze. >>> i am tracking drizzle along the coast and around the bay. a live look with our san francisco cam with the drops on r live camera. watch for some wet roads, might have to use your windshield wipers if you are about to hit the roadways. daytime highs will be four to seven degrees below average. we will catch clearing inland, 70s and 80s. around the bay, partly sunny to mostly cloudy, mid to upper 60s with afternoon sea breeze. around the bay, we are going to warm up to the 70s tomorrow. south bay, san jose into the 80s friday and into our weekend. inland east bay mid 90s by tomorrow. friday is the warmest day of the week. >> thank you. >>> thanks for watching kpix5 news this morning. >> we'll continue to monitor the breaking news in san leandro with the heavy police presence. don't forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, august 5th, 2021. i'm gayle king. that's

we're looking at your with the bay bridge here. ting - traffic starting to build still a little under 13 minutes to make it from the east bay into the city. so things are looking great. >> along the bay bridge. it is gusty take your time as a driving the san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. you can make that drive in a little under 13 minutes richmond center fell commutes gone from slower. 2 quicker look is starting to improve their little under 10 minutes from where we were earlier in the morning and the golden gate bridge traveling into the city to see a little fog there. not too much about 20 minutes for your drive time. we'll have more on your weather and traffic. for now. james, let's get back to the news. all right. and our top story this morning is the dixie fire continues to rage out of control here in northern california. >> we've sent it up. the cal fire map on the burn area. outlined in red. you can see it is a large swath of plumas county. 480,000 acres so far and growing containment is only 22% this mo

there's the east bay shoreline, as you will note and the familiar also hazy skies that we have at the golden gate bridge as well. a little bit of a modest onshore breeze. but it it's on the trick is this front is in our backyard, lower 60's line up the east bay shoreline. we see lower 60's well inland even up to the north bay to 61 to check in san jose and 59 for san francisco. you can kind of make it out a little bit. the low way up in the northwest and then kind of the dangling front behind all of that, not even producing much the way of cloud cover. we're really wins. we'll start off with that fog and then hazy into the afternoon with mild temperatures as inland. we're going to see only the lower 80's. however, as you'll see later on in the long range forecast. there is another heat spike coming our way. we'll get into all of that coming up in a bit. noel, thanks, dave. >> the fda is on track to fully approve pfizer's 2 dose vaccine on monday. that's according to a report in the new york times which states regulators are working through the weekend on paper work and negotiations with the company. the

the bay bridge is okay but you will have all the brake lights once you get across the span into san francisco problem free, no delays over towards the peninsula. >>> alameda ramping up push for residents to get the vaccine. it is one of the many counties across the bay focusing on being vaccinated. >> justin andrews is live at one of the five places you can get the shot. alameda has a high number of people vaccinated already. >> reporter: the county says the majority of the people who live here are vaccinated. of the 1.5 million who live in alameda, the county says more than 1 million people already got the shot but they say more still needs to be done. that's why we are seeing several of these vaccination clinics opening this weekend. the ones you see are opening today. there are quite a few of them. many of them, the times vary when it comes to opening. there are additional clinics saturday and sunday too. make sure you write these down this morning or go to kpix.com. keep in mind california is imposing a first in the nation vaccine mandate for state healthcare workers. they have to be full

toll plaza shot where we have a shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. n't have a scientific background for the traffic. it's just all by observation where you see the backup here and thinning out. that's great. because the bridge crew did arrive for the crash just past the metering lights, it's a light friday. we know this from observation as well. slowing for 37, a build for highway 4 through concord out of pittsburgh and bay point. the rest of the bay, little blips but so slight i have to point them out with the typical commute patterns. light friday commute. back to you. >> thanks so much. coming up next, a big sigh of relief for people living in washington, d.c. an hour's long standoff near the u.s. capitol is over. we told you about it in our midday news yesterday. we know about the man at the center of it and he streamed it all on facebook. what we're learning from police and what they found inside that truck. >>> down the street the white house, the president under pressure from pretty angry allies. we'll take a look at that and also the big board

a live look looking at the bay bridge. n drizzle along the coast and around the bay. watch for those wet roads. i will let you know what we can expects we te ug thxt vedasmokforeca iscomi uloo our mark hopkins camera before we head to break. the time now is 5:41. we'll be right back. z4ey8z zi0z y4ey8y yi0y >>> 5:44. a quick live look at our mark hopkins camera. a little drizzly. mary will have more on that. >>> one company says it is not going to follow new mask guidelines even though the mandate applies to almost all of the bay area. a few hours before the mask mandate went into effect danville bowl posted this statement on its facebook page saying it is aware of the guidance and will not be enforcing it. contra costa district attorney's office says this will be sending enforcement officers to the business. >> most businesses want to do the right thing. we don't want to be punitive. we are trying to work with them, educate them, ensure they can operate safely for everyone. >> if danville bowl does not implement the mandat

tonight, the oakland a's are hosting the san francisco giants in the bay bridge series and the first pitch just minutes away. kron four's. dan thorn is live outside the coliseum and. >> dan, how are fans feeling. well, catherine can as you said, we're just minutes away from first pitch. but we still got a lot of fans that are filing in a lot of smiling faces lot of excitement around this series because we're looking at some pretty good baseball teams here. the improbable best team in baseball. >> the san francisco giants and also the team that's holding on to the second american league wild-card that is the oakland athletics, the host of the bay bridge series this weekend. we often see that this is a situation that creates a house divided, right. we get people from all of the bay area that come out here to cheer on their teams but weren't we're going to see who ends up walking away with the bay bridge trophy. right. and maybe what these teams could meet later on down the road in the world series. the a's were sort of dealt a blow this week. i'm chris bassitt. their ace ended up havin

so slow on the bay bridge and the richmond sandra fell bridge golden gate bridge looks great, but 20 into the city. san mateo bridge. also little under 14 minutes of things. look great. there. let's look at things in the south bay as you're traveling along one, a one just 29 minutes towards middle part 2.80 looking to 85 not seen a lot of slowing along 8.80, or so on the right track there and looking at as you're traveling down from crockett to the maze. just 16 is really just those 2 bridges at this hour that are the slowest. we'll have more on that coming up daryn. james, back to you. thanks a lot a 6.31 and the breaking news. it won't be long before everybody will be able to get a covid booster shot. yeah. the shots could start potentially as early as next month. proper sara stinson live in the newsroom for us with more on this, sir. >> yeah, we know of 168 million americans are fully vaccinated. and now we're learning they could be eligible for that booster shot on the 8th month after receiving the second and final dose that booster shot could be. and a month now and we were hear

let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's busy as you ride out of the east bay into san francisco, a few brake light there's and traffic getting busy across the upper deck of the bay bridge. if you want to use public transit i know everything is on time right now. >>> as you saw the forecast a short time ago temperatures will be in the 9o's in parts of the bay area. it debuts today. g a pumpn spic earlier than also rng, the pump cream cold brew, schone and muffin. shout out to the person who first said, let me throw some pumpkin spice. >> it's so good. > >> it's too early but i still want one. >> not fall quite yet. >> yeah. super good. >>> coming up,. >> priceless items stolen from a storage unit. the sports fan hit with a double dose of bad luck over the weekend. >>> and a like look from the sales force tower camera looking north. we will me right back. grass looks great, zeus! hey could you maybe trim the hydrangea too? sure thing, kevin. do you want me to do the boxwoods as well? no. finding the right person for the

keep that in mind getting to the bay bridge.ill be slowing off the berkeley curve but traffic lighter right now. good news van ness at mission i've heard of no delays, reopened that after the weekend work, actually since last week and the rest of the bay shows an easier light drive. more folks seem to be out there. >> heading out the door. thanks. 6:53, happening now, marin county looking to create more affordable housing over a thousand new housing units. the chronicle reports a group bought vacant buildings on san marin drive in novato and would make single family homes, town homes and multifamily apartments. the buildings would sit across the street from the smart train between santa rosa and larkspur. >> next our top stories, no sign of stopping. the dixie fire, the grim milestone it reached. >>> just over a couple hours one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. the safety measures put in place to protect staff and students against the delta variant. you're watching "today in the ba

>> the bay bridge starting to slow down. the metering lights were turned on before 6:00 like last week. the metering lights may be slower a bit because there's an incident as you enter the treasure island tunnel. see slowing there. recovery may have started already. they may have cleared that. the rest of your commute westbound look at that, highway 37 just a little slowing toward mare island. been there ten minutes. the rest of the bay, an easier start. it's clear. hayward starting to see slow for south 880. back to you. >>> developing right now be the escalating situation in afghanistan. here's a live look at the city of kabul. thousands of americans are still frantically trying to escape, but the taliban having seized control. this comes after u.s. troops were recently pulled from the region. republicans are blaming the white house for the chaos while the biden administration points the finger at the deadline set by the trump administration and afghan security forces. "today in the bay's" jay gray live in washington, d.c.

so that lets me know traffic is improving just a bit here on the bay bridge. that accident is still there. we'll keep a close eye on that headed across towards the peninsula. no major issues for you. a little under 14 minutes via the san mateo bridge. so things are looking great. as you travel across towards the peninsula. richmond center fell can get a little under 8 minutes as you head out of richmond. still an ax that we've been following in fairfield, 80 westbound at abernathy road causing a slight delay as you're traveling, but you can still make it through their. we'll have more coming up next. the dorian j is back to you. thanks a lot. ray 61, breaking news from overnight 2 big wildfires devastating parts of northern california on the left. you see the river fire. it's forcing evacuations in placer county. and then on the right-hand side is video of the dixie fire which has destroyed much of the small town of greenville in plumas county overnight. >> for the very latest on both of these fires and the efforts to fight them. let's turn to kron four's camil

bay bridge is backed up.. >>> an 87 years old man joining his family to go on a nearly 100-mile motorcycle ride in vermont. >> he is a veteran and will be on a customized wheelchair trike designed by his own sense. >> a sense of freedom. enjoying what you are doing. >> he's had to put his passion of motorcycling on hold until now thanks to this very cool adaptive motorcycle. >> really cool. >> he will have a good adventure hopefully. >> thanks for joining us and watching goog toyou. it's monday augus >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it's monday, august 16th, 2021. i'm gayle king. that's anthony mason. that's tony dokoupil. let's go. welcome to "cbs this morning." here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> president biden saying you wouldn't see helicopters evacuating the embassy like saigon, and yet here we are. this is president biden's saigon moment. >>> desperation in afghanistan. we're on the ground in kabul where the taliban has taken control. >> the taliban is back in power on

warming up, we'll talk about air quality coming up. >>> and this is the bay bridge. we have cars. didn't for a second. that was very light friday. more coming up. >>> plus, wildfire smoke and haze making its way to the bay area. we've got a live look overlooking san jose. looks nice right now. we are following the latest on the wildfire. it's 4:58. >>> right now at 5:00, northern california wildfires sending smoke towards the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is tracking our air quality which is now starting to feel the effects as the flames rage on. >>> hospitals overwhelmed as the delta video variant continues to spread. the warning to the unvaccinated. >>> bay area gold, locals spiking to the top. we're live in tokyo. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> 5:00 on your friday morning. we begin with a live look outside this morning where smoke from the massive wildfires in northern california now drifting over the bay area. we're keeping our eye on it. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. governor newsom declared a state

pretty quiet on bay area bridges, live look at the bay bridge. metering lights and things moving smoothly into san francisco and the quick live look here at the san mateo bridge. 12 minutes between 880 and 101. >>> this morning smoke is blanketing the lake tahoe region as fire crews work to prevent flames from the caldor fire from causing more destruction. crews are working hard to make sure that some families who have been evacuated can return to their homes. in order to stop the fire in its tracks they are doing back burning, starting new fires, when the caldor fire reaches back burned areas, it won't spread any far. >> without these back burns, the uncontrolled fire line will be able to burn into those houses. are you not able to tell the difference between the back burns and the active wildfire on any of our wildfire mapping systems. yes this fire is actively growing in areas. not all of that growth is the wildfire. >> right now the fire stands at close to 123,000 acres. it's just 11% contained. nearly 650 structures have been destroyed. anoth

live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. light traffic to report so far. mike keeping his eye on all of that as the morning commute will progress throughout the day. more news ahead. 4:37. . >>> good monday morning. at 4:40, let's take a look at our current temperatures if you're about to step out the door. we're at 63 in livermore, 65 in oakland, and 62 in san jose. nice cool start to our morning but it will be another hot one for the inland valleys. a look at that and our microclimates coming up in a few minutes. >>> a live look at the richmond/san raphael bridge. one car. great drive across over towards the san raphael side. the bigger view, the longer drive, some folks are getting an early start. contessa? >> good morning. i'm contessa brewer from cnbc. wall street is set to open just slightly higher this morning. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 closed at record highs friday. investors breathing a sigh of relief after jay powell signaled the central bank could start reducing some of its monetary stimulus this year but said it's in no rush to hike interest r

a live look at the bay bridge with that gray start to the day and i'm tracking low clouds and areas ofand with that strong onshore flow good to moderate air-quality for your monday. it's great to see and as we take you hour by hour in future cast you can see sunshine inland and for parts of the bay , a mix of sun and clouds to mostly sunny around the bay. those clouds sticking around along the coast, seasonal daytime highs for this time of year. >>> it is time for look at this morning's entertainment headlines. paramount home entertainment is releasing a new friday the 13th eight movie collection on blu- ray, the collection will be released tomorrow ahead of this friday, the only friday the 13th this year. the second season of star trek lower decks will be available, the animated series focuses on the support crew of one of starfleet's least important ships, the new season of star trek's lower decks is available exclusively on paramount plus and fans of stranger things are getting a stick he got season four with a newly released trailer. and an announcement that the new season is set f

the backup a bigger backup than is currently at the bay bridge. over the next half hour and the san mateo bridge moves smoothly. >> that's what's happening for "today in the bay." live local news at 7:25. >> the "today" show is next. have a great day. >>> good morning super soakers. henri still drenching the northeast after crashing ashore, washing out roads, damaging homes and knocking out power to tens of thousands. while in tennessee, the frantic search for survivors after a weekend of historic rain and devastating flooding >> i mean, this is -- this is almost of biblical proportions here >> at least 21 people killed, dozens missing complete coverage straight ahead. >>> breaking overnight, crowds and chaos. u.s. forces involved in a deadly firefight at the kabul airport

this time it's on the bay bridge. again, we have an accident right here on the bay bridge. 80 westbound near the toll plaza. so we're looking at those drive times. they're still staying pretty consistent that might change from 16 go up. but we'll keep a close eye on things. there head in a cross towards the peninsula. no issues all throughout the morning. so things have been great. we had an earlier hot spot that was on the richmond. sandra fell bridge on the eastbound side. they since been able to remove that tractor trailer. that was slowing things down and also here in the city. 1, one northbound just north of cesar chavez, street. there is an accident there. so we're seeing a slight delay along one, oh, one to 80 a slight delay there but not as bad as one. oh, one as you can see, we're staying on top of that and more of a dorian james, back to you. thank you very much. rain 82 is the time we have some breaking news out of the east bay to tell you about. there's apparently heavy police activity right now in san lea

looks like photograph sick moving okay there and at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> i'm tracking that the afternoon, warming up inland in to the 80's and 90's. 93 in concord. 81 san jose. around the bay with clearing, mid to upper 60's and cool, cloudy and breezy. tracking that afternoon sea breeze along the coast in the low 60's. you can see most us catch that sun through the day today. around the bay, sand for oakland, seasonal daytime highs, slightly cooler midweek and warming up by the end of the workweek. for san jose temperatures cool america to the 70's wednesday and thursday. then warping up friday, the warmest day out of the extended forecast for the south bay. 80's, wednesday, thursday u friday. hottest day of week for you and also for the north bay about 90 by friday and low to mid-60s's along the coast. >>> you are talking account the star liner test flight. >> cool stuff happening today.3 they will start their test flights. >> the problem is forecasters say that weather could delay the florida launch. it was supposed to blast off friday but it was delayed after a mishap f

we did have an earlier morning traffic collision on the bay bridge. el is down for too long, heading up the richmond. sandra fell bridge across towards richmond. we just had an accident that cleared the air on the san quentin side as your exiting and now you're still at under 8 minutes. highway 4, we had a stalled vehicle in a stalled tractor trailer up there earlier in the day, about 40 minutes now as you're traveling towards conquer to 42 and let's check on southbound 6.80, dublin as you're traveling towards fremont to 62. we'll take you 14 minutes. so now's a good time to get some things done because we're seeing a lot of the highways start to clear out daryn. james, back to you. >> 9.20 is the time. and in the south bay, a san jose mother is pleading for help. finding whoever was driving the vehicle that struck and killed her daughter. >> phillipa pen. ada says her daughter vanessa died after a hit and run accident on april. first and you surveillance video. it was dark. vanessa was crossing the intersection of monterey road and kerner avenue when

game two of the bay bridge series saturday afternoon at the coliseum.n oakland, anthony flores, nbc bay area. >> thank you. we are your official giants station. they are back on nbc bay area next friday. the giants in atlanta taking on the braves. our coverage begins at 4:00. we're back in a moment. >>> finally, a san francisco family is in the spotlight getting ready for america's got talent. >> they call themselves the curtis family c-notes. they were a big hit with the judges. they are long time faculty members of the community central. they teach voice, piano and choir. the kids have clearly been paying attention. they're like the partridge family 2.0. >> they have a lot going on here. we had our own jody fernandez and her kids and the chap kids that made it on agt. they're phenomenal. >> we are surrounded by talent. >> we are, we are. >> sunday is a nice day to get outside. >> we are still looking at haze across the country. the most unhealthy air right here. for tomorrow, we are going to see some of the unhealthy air kickoff. the blue color is the

we'll talk about air quality and our forecast ahead coming up. >>> the only snag on the bay bridge. i think that's clear. fremont, 880 and the overpass, looking great. plenty of folks getting to work right now over here in the east bay and let's check farther east with our friend contessa. >> good morning. i'm contessa brewer from cnbc. wall street set to higher open this morning. the dow up 170 points following a choppy week for the markets, the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p were in the red despite the rally we saw friday. investors are worried about a potential move by the federal reserve to pull back financial stimulus. they worry it could slow down an economic recovery. this already could be challenged by the spread of the delta covid variant. we could get more answers from the fed when policymakers hold their jackson hole symposium thursday and friday and announced it will be virtual, not in person as originally planned because of the delta variant. today we're focusing on a report that comes in on existing home sales. >>> more than half of the people in the workforce are likely t

bay area bridges, a live look near the toll plaza, no metering lights, things are quiet out of the east bay into san francisco. taking 880 north through oakland, live look near colosseum, traffic is moving at the limit, no delays. if you are headed from here towards the maze, things are moving pretty nicely through the oakland area. >>> next in sports, we are setting the scene for the most unique game in mlb history. >>> a home run party never hurt anybody. giants had a little derby at oracle last night. highlights bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgaur it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. bay area homeowners, learn how your neighbors are accessing hundreds of thousands of dollars with a

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we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> live look at the bay bridge, i-80 moves smoothly. e watching folks leaving taillights to the north bay. still that closure and we'll talk about that coming up. >>> the countdown to evacuate troops and citizens from afghanistan is on. why the president says he's not willing to extend the u.s.'s stay. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >>> right now at 5:00, the caldor wildfire advancing towards lake tahoe. a cautious new warning to residents as the flames spread and air quality gets worse. >>> evacuating if anything. u.s. forces have more than one week. the blowback this morning from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >>> a controversial vac

there is a trouble spot on the lower deck of the bay bridge. >>> i am anne makovec. we are following breaking news out of vallejo. a woman was shot while driving on 180 last night or i-80, rather, last night. the investigation is going on. she is in the hospital. her car was struck several times. this happened near highway 37 off i-80. she was able to pull over the freeway and get help before she was taken to the hospital but has some serious injuries. there is a crime scene at a chevron station after west bound 80 and red wood. we have reached out to police and we are still waiting to hear back on the woman's condition or if they have information on any suspects. we will keep you posted. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning desperate efforts to get refugees out of afghanistan. it's been a sleepless week for one nonprofit traying to help more than 300 employees escape the country. kenny choi has more. >> reporter: most of the group is working in its headquarters behind me. as they're getting updates they're sometimes hard to hear. warning, some of the images w

>>yeah and again hosting the giants tonight bay bridge series, so baseball fans here in the bay are going scene both teams face off against each other beginning at the funny thing is both teams in football are playing la teams well bay area >>don't think of the raiders okay first forty-niners get ready to face the la chargers in their second preseason game and the niners had their practice with the chargers and everything front went pretty smoothly offense in defiance. got some new know raps against the charges which is great. head coach kyle shanahan says. >>there were some. >>bad moments mixed in with the good serious. >>we're trying to get to working with their players and that's the biggest thing with all the stuff is fun to go against other guys guys want to get amped up and making a big deal which i get that it is but the main thing is getting better throughout all like everything that we decide on is how to put these guys in a position that allows and we learned something whether it's good or bad the better in the season really about winning the day all right so they got amped up w

they take game one of the bay bridge series with the loss.odgers and the dodgers when the giants lead in the nl west emissions. to 1.5 games also also our very own catherine heenan brought the is good luck with green blazer. tonight. we're going to give her some credit a stance. all right. another tense joint practice of former forty-niners training camp players got to mix it up with the chargers ahead of their preseason game in los angeles on sunday. >> on offense. trey lance got extended reps with the first team for the first time this training camp. >> his drive was relatively successful. he did get sacked after holding the ball too long on one play. meanwhile, jimmy garoppolo not his he went 3 for 7 and threw a pick 6 defensive coordinator. dimicco ryan spoke after practice he said the defense has their work cut out for them. facing emerging star qb justin herbert. but he's looking forward to seeing what his team can do in some game action on sunday. >> now it's on the sea guys tackle laws. can they do a lot and not just you know, that a

the bay bridge sees more traffic, a steady flow but no problems. is fine here but watch the golden gate bridge. you will have trouble from time to time as far as the fog goes. >>> all lanes of highway 4 in antioch are back open after a shooting. chp says it happened about 8:00 last night. the section between somersville road and hillcrest avenue was closed for hours. no word on the number of people injured or the extent of their injuries. last week two were shot along highway 4 in concord. one woman died. so far no word on the arrest in either incident. >>> southern california conservative leaders on the local level. >> they have actually come together for a virtual event today to support efforts to recall governor newsom. meanwhile, five of the more than 40 candidates hoping to replace newsom will debate tomorrow. governor newsom is choosing not to participate, political analyst larry gerston says while newsom has no plans to engage the candidates he must engage democrat to retain control. >> >> democrats outnumber republicans two to one in this st

first reports of a trouble spot at the bay bridge west bound past the toll plaza. one of the cars reported as a cal trans truck. keeping an eye on that, no word if injuries are involved. see all the yellow and red popping up for the ride into san francisco. no metering lights yet but things will likely change as we see slow speeds across upper deck as you head into the city. we are seeing extra volume out of the east bay into san francisco. we'll check the rest of our bay area bridges in my next report. >>> fda is expected to fully approve pfizer vaccine as early as today. it will be first covid-19 vaccine to move beyond emergency authorization. approval is expected to pave the way for more vaccination mandates from cities, counties, and private companies. >>> today, thousands of city employees in san jose must show proof of covid vaccination. >> san jose joins a growing number of local governments handing down those mandates. justin andrews is live at city hall in san jose. what happens if city workers refuse to show proof? >> reporter: g, if you don't, you have t

mild slowing at the bay bridge on the incline. back to you. >> thanks. >>> 5:52. arin county looking to create more affordable housing. more than 1,000 new housing units. "the chronicle" reports bay west development purchased vacant buildings on san marin drive in novato. they would actually make single family homes, town homes and multifamily apartments. the apartment buildings would sit across the street from the smart train that runs between santa rosa and larkspur. the planning process for the redevelopment will likely take two years. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay," including dangerous driving. a live look at your morning commute. huge spike in speeding tickets. the chp says they've been issuing them during the pandemic. >>> burning out of control, the dire forecast firefighters in greece will be up against. something they say they haven't seen in three decades. plus -- >> trapped. a hor fiing moment for a group of people after getting stuck in a flooded elevator. we're going to show you what happened next. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welc

the bay bridge, the bay bridge along the dunbar bridge. it's about a 13 minute ride across the worst peninsula heading into the city. it's up to 17 minutes here because more people are taking the bay bridge 5, 1880, a pretty slow and delayed about 26 minutes as you're traveling down from crockett to the maze. the richmond sandra fell commute a little under 15 minutes for your drive times. so things are picking up there and heading to the south bay to check on things here about 41 minutes because we had earlier accidents and some hazards and things like that from earlier in the morning. we'll have more on that throughout the morning. but darya and james, back to you. all right, thank you very to one is the time we have some new information here regarding the dixie fire looks plain these images here in a moment. but. >> right off the bat. want to let you know that the fire has grown in size the new update this morning is that it's now 501,000 acres in size. so more than half a million acres burned. so far. there is some good news containment

as we see more cars, things might get busier at the bay bridge toll plaza. 205 to 680, 45 minutes. w spots out of morgan hill, 101. headed to hellyer from sfo, peninsula. so far so good on san mateo bridge between 880 and 101, a 13 minute commute as you head into san mateo. >>> oakland unified, good morning to you with mostly cloudy skies now as we head through our afternoon, mostly sunny skies. clearing in the low 70s. looking beautiful in oakland. as we go through today, sunshine inland, highs heating up to the 80s and 90s, 91 in concord and livermore, 79 for napa valley. peninsula, mid to upper 70s to low 80s and along the coast, low to mid 60s. good to moderate air quality with the strong ocean breeze kicking in and helping push that haze and smoke out of here. around the bay san francisco and oakland, we will warm things. that seven-day forecast for wednesday warming up for the south bay starting tuesday and also inland east bay heating up especially wednesday, thursday, friday. back to you. >> thanks. >>> new, nasa wants to send you to mars or kind of, kind of pretend to. >> t

heading over to the bay bridge. we had an earlier hot spot here that slowed us down. e up to 24 minutes now a fluctuating between 15 to 16 also moving pretty quickly. but there's a backup here at the bridge that hits the foot of the maze headed across towards the peninsula under 16 more people are trying to take the san mateo bridge to get across towards the peninsula news that because of things going on out there and here in san francisco, one southbound at 80 eastbound. we have a traffic collision slowing things down along one o one, no major issues along 2.80 them tracking dorian james, back to you. >> olympic update. now we want to tell you that the u.s. women's soccer team has won the bronze about that. well done to you. and as we continue updating you on the latest with the competition. we're also taking opportunities too. sample. japanese culture. explore japanese culture. i like it when we explore the foods. yes, we'll do that a little bit here. well, we've got some amazing japan center in san francisco is awesome. but right now we're going to take you to a tas

taking the bay bridge. if you're traveling down crockett towards the maze will take you a little under 20 minutes at this hour. even our richmond center fell commute starting to improve a bit. a little under 11 minutes for your drive time as you're traveling there and to the south bay we go. we have finally back in the green here. 3 woman is towards menlo park. 2 8085 82. no major issues, also along 8.80 per start to also see improvement taryn james, back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street. financial expert rob black joining us is always to help us understand what we're seeing in the markets. and rob, it looks like, well, the nasdaq's off with the dow's up. we know we're waiting on inflation numbers what they tell us. >> inflation is kind of boring to talk about. but you're right, we're at record highs. the dow and the s and cpi. the consumer price index was up 5.4%, which most people look at inflation is anything over threes. too much. 2 to 4% force hot threes. good to okay. it's

south of there, we have a smooth highway drive through contra costa county, and back up in the bay bridge, metering lights on. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> 6:10 right now. going up. next on "today in the bay," prices for everything from gas to groceries to clothes all on the rise. we'll tell you how much more you are paying for meat prices and the big reason why. >>> here the thing, why are gas prices going up if oil prices are going down? and let's look at the market, a little going up and down and unchanged on the s&p 500. >>> we will show you the unique way one rescue group is helping animals find families. stick around because you may find your forever baby right here. we'll be right back. >>> good thursday morning. right now at 6:14, a live look at the golden gate bridge where you may feel a little something heavier than the typical mist we see this time of year. we will look at stormranger and the forecast coming up. >>> and then typical slowing for highway 101. atypical is the closure. we will talk about what is going on near one southbound high school coming up. >>> we get th

eastbound 580 getting away from the bay bridge. >>> next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> properly you wear them and care for them properly. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next. can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys technology i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people are so moved by how much i understand about them. they start including me in their lives. that's helen and her friends. i arranged a wellness retreat for them. look at those ladies. such wisdom. mmm. but it's really genesys that helps me understand people and what they truly need. i'm just glad i can help. >>> welcome back. 5:25. when smoke fills the air n-95 masks are people's go to choice. >> if you get a green light wear your n-95 correctly. consumer investigator chris chmura shows us how and when to get a new one. >> an n-95 mask you wear yours properly. in means ways, the elastic to y. people who let particles in. beards and mustaches might ne

an easy commute there, easy commute at the bay bridge, seven minutes out of the east bay from the maze into san francisco. traffic is light on most bay area bridges. we aren't seeing problems or issues. no troubles at the san mateo bridge. east bound, free flowing into hayward. west bound which is the commute direction is checking in with a 12 minute commute between hayward and foster city. if you are hopping on 880, nimitz freeway, traffic is clear in both directions. >>> flames bearing down on a small town of chester in plumas. 2,000 people are under mandatory evacuation as dixie fire rages. >> pictures, paperwork that we might have forgotten. >> i am kind of holding out, keeping an eye on the neighbors' houses, my house. if i start seeing spots in town, i will leave. >> a strike team from the bay area has been at the dixie fire for almost two weeks. it includes firefighters from alameda county, oakland, fremont. >> spoke to them about the conditions. >> reporter: this is cell phone video from one of the members team 2870 made of firefighters from the bay area, assigned to northside

still heavier than all week, but that's the bay bridge toll plaza. crash on the span that blocked three lanes and the top of the screen, highway 37 east bay. kari, everything else looks clear. the skies have clouds. >> yeah, starting out cloudy and foggy and once that cleared out it will be replaced with smoke. the near surface smoke model, parts of the east bay, air quality gets a little more unhealthy today and very unhealthy for the north bay as we see numerous fires burning across the state. a slight change in the wind direction will change things for us and possibly we will see the worst air quality we have had in a long time. it will be like it was yesterday, 90s in an ae talk, and further to the north we will see mid to upper 90s. the temperatures heat up even more going into the next few days, especially tomorrow. temperatures spike and then come back down. for san francisco we are going to see the highs continue in the upper 60s. >>> let's turn to our climate in crisis. the state's largest reservoir has dropped to record low water levels. it

we recovered a bit here at the bay bridge. under 17 minutes as you're making it into that fremont street exit 5, 8080 pretty slow at this hour as well. one. oh, one northbound north of one of the bay parkway in san jose, an accident. there. they just cleared that up. but still you're seeing residual delays report of a fire southbound one. oh, one story road in san jose. so that's why it is so slow right now along one oh, one and highway for about 41 minutes as you're traveling towards conquered to 42 taryn, james, back to you. thanks a lot, 50. we want to give you everything we know now about the breaking news story which is the attack at the kabul airport. this is file video over the last couple days. you can see how many troops and civilians afghans americans. everybody's there at the airport trying to get out. >> well, there were 2 suicide bomb attacks within the hour or so this morning, one at the airport gate like leading into the airport. the other at a hotel near the airport. and we understand that there among the dead

the backup at the bay bridge forming in the last ten minutes here. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> 6:11. coming up next on "today in the bay," closing impacting our climate in crisis. meteorologist kari hall is digging into how your wardrobe affects your carbon footprint and you can improve the outlook. >>> pfizer explains or tries to explain how it came up with that odd name for its vaccine. >>> there's no crying in baseball. before we get to that, a look at the futures. >> thanks, marcus. >> more green, so not much crying as well this morning. a look at that later for you. but as we were talking about no crying in baseball, look, one little toddler at the coliseum in tears. we're going to tell you all about this. it's a condiment conundrum. we'll talk about it when we return. can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys technology i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people are so moved by how much i understand about them. they start including me in their lives. that's helen and her fr