people reclaiming the bay area from the national doom loop narrative. your neighborhood, your solutions and bridge building. >>> and looking to bay area helpers. we are in the south bay this morning with a man, his music and children that need it the most. >> my apple watch told me i had to stand up. somebody tell them my watch needs an update. i'm reed cowan. >> i'm gianna franco. >> i'm nicole zaloumis. your kids went back to school how did they do. >> they talked to me in the car after school. good conversation. >> off to a great start. good to hear. >> you know who is back to school or on set, darren peck. welcome. >> back in class. >> a quiz at the end of the broadcast. >> i'm taking notes. >>> in terms of the forecast, it was hot if you were near the water. oak happened 90. san francisco the warmest temperature so far this summer. here is how it will change. if you are near the water you will feel an improvement. a couple of representative spots, concord you represent the inland east bay. you won't change much today. san jose won't change a lot either. if you look at the differences for hayw

so if you want to avoid some of brake lights on the bay bridge and maybe you are commuting say out of's looking pretty good over towards 101. that would be a good alternate route. golden gate bridge, not bad. you can see it which is great. so not dealing with any visibility. but might be a little misty out there. so just be careful and other than that, it is all clear on 101 through san mateo as well as the ride through castro valley. >>> with all the wind and the rain we had over the winter, the lanterns really took a beating but this morning they have a fresh new look. just absolutely gorgeous out there. betty yu shows us though it's about lot more than just the aesthetics. >> yay. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: with that, san francisco's chinatown is officially brighter and more vibrant than ever. bay area celebrity chef martin yan was on hand for the ribbon cutting. >> the lantern is a symbol of life. a symbol of celebration and a symbol of happiness. >> reporter: after the iconic lanterns were destroyed by hail, heavy rain and strong winds earlier this year, the chinatown

you're still going to have to wait at the bay bridge toll plaza where we're seeing the backup after the metering lights were turned on. and the san mateo bridge is also looking good, earlier this morning i saw some lights coming across. but we haven't seen any major backups here, and hopefully it stays that way. so people are moving across the bridges. now the issue is in the south coun as you move through san martin. there's a three-vehicle major injury accident there, and so we are seeing it backing up with the red sensors from san martin to morgan hill. so we'll keep an eye on all of that. elsewhere, things are starting to get a little better here for the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you, kari. >>> a lot of kids already back to school, a lot of parents may be wondering, how can i help my child head back to school? coming up on "today in the bay," the advice experts say you can utilize when it comes to your kids' mental health and the steps you can take to help put words into action. >>> and a reminder that the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championship kicks off thursday at the s.a.p.

and today is that day at the bay bridge. we don't see a lot of slowing on 880 or 580 and oakland and the san mateo bridge is crowded, but it's beginning to get better. i do want to show you that traffic on the east bay commute is moderate. there's some slowing between hayward and union city and 682 pleasanton is slow. it's not as bad as it was yesterday when we had crashes. when we come back in just a few minutes, i'll check in with that silicon valley commute. but now, 732, let's get back to the headlines . all right. thank you, sal. donald trump has been summoned to appear in a federal court tomorrow. he has been indicted on four felony counts and accused of an assault on american democracy. ktvu is amanda quintana joins us now with the latest. well, pam, justice department special counsel jack smith laid out his case yesterday saying former president trump broke several laws in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost to president joe biden. the new charges include conspiracy to defraud the us conspiracy to

we will talk about what is ahead in our full microclimate forecast, coming up. >>> look at the bay bridgelights are on. this is clear, but traffic is not clear in the east bay. we have two key spots holding you up, and we will show you where and try to get you around those and keep you moving towards your goal, coming up. >>> happy thursday to you. shares in boeing are under pressure after the airplane maker discovered one of its suppliers was drilling holes in the wrong place on its 737 max. the company says it's not a safety issue but fixing it may slow production of the new airliner. boeing was one of the new stocks to fall yesterday. if you were not listening monday, tuesday or wednesday, you may have missed me giving a heads up on nvidia and why this is so important. nvidia makes chips used to run intensive calculations like computer graphics or self driving cars. artificial intelligence researchers discovered the powerful chips work really well for a.i., and last night nvidia, once again, showed investors how a.i. was for business. that stock is up 15% since monday morning, and set

a quick check on your bridge drive times, very light over the richmond, bay bridge and san mateo bridges this morning. shouldn't take you more than 10, 15 minutes. back to you. >>> good morning. very happy friday. apple reporting profits to investors said sales of iphones continue to slow. there is a new model coming in september. >>> futures mostly unchanged, slightly higher as investors digest the job numbers. the labor department reporting 187,000 new jobs created in the month ofuly. in hospitality and restaurants. unemployment rate down slightly at 3.5%. the numbers are just into the newsroom. unemployment lowest since 1969, tobs created smaller than expected. wth was 0.4% for t month. wages had been going up at a quick clip. workers were askor more moneecause prices were going uphi onlye the problem e. wage growth is strong, on track for 4.5% for the year, but it's mostly good news. >>> speaking of growth, the mexican peso is growing in strength compared to the dollar, up about 14% in 2023. currencies move against each other all the time and their upsides to a stronger peso, weaker

sally's here now and bay bridge toll plaza somewhere else. let's start with the east bay steve but i will show the toll plaza because i always do starting with 8 to 80 though we do have slow traffic heading south into hayward from san leandro because of a crash in the area of 92 southbound. you can see traffic is slow, but it's also slow after that heading into union city. we also do have slow traffic on highway four. i do want to mention that the south bay commute is busy. we're also going to talk about an altamont pass problem when we come back. but now at 701, let's get back to the headlines. okay thank you, sal. well, contra costa county health officials are looking for anyone who might have contracted legionnaires disease after visiting a day spa in richmond during the last two weeks. and this is after two deaths from the infection have been linked to that spa. let's go now to james torres live at the county health department to talk about the connection and the possible problems for the spa. james, good morning to you . claudine, good mo

>>> busy this morning especially going to the bay bridge. on the south bay in a few minutes but anyone making that commute into the city. is extra slow earlier than usual. that's because we had a crash on the upper deck of the bay bridge near treasure island. it's been cleared but the effect is certainly causing problems this morning with a lot of brake lights now coming out of emeryville westbound eastshore freeway and backing up into berkeley as we expected. so that's the slow commute for anyone making that ride. if you are coming up 580 backed up into the maze as well trying to get to the bridge. 880 right now is our best approach. as you head towards that macarthur maze into san francisco. so checking in on commuters also making that ride out of the altamont pass, into the livermore valley, we have some brake lights coming out of tracy and again once you get towards the dublin interchange. >>> right now it 16:33 and there's a lot to cover on the storm this morning. hilary was the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years

bay bridge is improving.ow, but it has been a slow morning had an earlier accident have blocked the left lane and even after that was cleared, we saw those residual delays and it was right at the start of the morning commute. so it just kind of set those backups all morning lot of you try to avoid the bay bridge in the san mateo bridge. got crowded, too. but things are starting to improve your down to 20 minutes now. dumbarton bridge still a better option. you don't have any backups out that way. richmond center fell at 12 minutes to make your crossing. and finally, the golden gate looks great. no backups and not even any cloud cover or fog. james. all right. thank you very much, john. 9.31, of the clock. and in national news, president biden and the first lady. >> visited maui to get a firsthand look at the destruction caused by those wildfires. want to know what kind of help they need. and they have vowed to help repair, maui and hawaii for as long as it takes our dc crisman reshad hudson reports. >> presid

haven't seen a single back up at the bay bridge toll plaza all morning. it's truly been a friday 70. oh, bridge. a 14 minute drive. all looking at the richmond center fell. that's at 12 minutes. you're only backup right there at the tolls, but it's not taking the long golden gate bridge 20 minutes, which is pretty close to the limit from novato to the toll plaza darya james. all right. thanks a lot, john. it is 701. in the breaking news that we're following this morning is out of the east bay where there's major police activity. >> happening right now in martinez. so let's get right to the scene. proffers tiffany justice is standing by with what we know so far. tiffany, what are you seeing? >> yes, this is a developing story i zoomed in right now at a car that crashed. police investigating that car involved in this incident. i did speak with a shop owner. it is it canada shot to the left of me. there are several agencies out here with the martinez, a police department along with the contra costa sheriff's office as well. speaking with the shop owners. they

gianna. >> it took 20 minutes for the metering lights and look at all the back up at the bay bridge. good morning to anyone out of the east bay into the city, grab that coffee, tea, hot chocolate, whatever you drink, and get going. bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is backed up and it is very slow as you work into san francisco. let's get a live look at the golden gate bridge. no metering lights but no fog either and no delays. a nice ride out of marin working into san francisco. a nice ride into the city at least from that perspective and that direction. taking a quick look at traffic in the south bay, we are seeing a few brake lights already, north 101 starting to get busy, it's a little sluggish around the 280, 680 connector. good news for anyone out of san jose, taking 87, 101, even 280. >>> talk about ending a game in a dramatic fashion. the moment little leaguers dream of. >> niners getting ready for the start of the season. their quarterback room just got smaller. we look at the decision to send trey lance to dallas. >>> good morning to you starting your week. this is a beautiful

the san mateo bridge is slow, but it's better than the bay bridges at 20 minutes to get you across. richmond center fell 11. it's about your best option right now. well, looking at the golden gate bridge. 26 minutes to get you from nevado through the tolls. are you? thank you, john. 7.17, for your money this morning. starbucks. >> pumpkin spice latte returns for its 20th year and offices across america are bracing for today because this is when people call out sick. >> today, more than any of the day today today on a random thursday. jane, what's the deal with that? you're here. i know. it's august 24th and i'm sec. i mean, it for us i've been 76 healthcare week so. americans bracing for the sickest day of the year. more people call out work bill on august. 24th. >> any other day, including the day after the super bowl. now flamingo leave tracker that to data from the measures. things says summit bugs were deemed to be the most common reason for sick leave accounting for about 54% of people calling out sick. moody's estimates the hawaii wildfires caused up to 6 billion dollars in eco

this is the bay bridge. this is backed up all the way out to the maze, although it doesn't seem to be as slow. i think that the san mateo bridge may be even having more of an effect because the san mateo bridge slowdown is affecting even the south bay at 819. what about today's weather? it looks sunny at the bay bridge. steve it's a very good question. i'll answer that in the next minute. and 30s yesterday, though, hot for many, this will be it for at least 4 or 5 days as far as any 90s go. livermore 99, concord 98. santa rosa, 94, canfield and san jose 93. palo alto is 92. oakland 80. san francisco hits 77 degrees that time highs july 1st as the warmest temp so far this summer in san francisco. i mean, you've been pretty cool here. you've had twice when it hit 77. that is it. and temperatures don't look like they're going there anytime soon, although, you know , end of august in september, it starts to warm up here, 90 yesterday. now we are looking for 78 to 82, 78 and 80 on the forecast side. so a big drop

once again, i mean did you notice that on the bay bridge too? that's the case all throughout the bay. we've been dealing with for the past couple of mornings that dense marine layer giving us a little bit of rain up closer to peninsula. but this is a live look right now from our black mountain cam and overlooking the santa clara valley. a different picture down there. some high clouds. some low clouds and we're going to get to the low clouds in just a minute and show you the live look from the surface level and we're waking up to 60s down in san jose and 57 right now in san francisco and also in the low 60s from concord over into oakland. those low clouds you just saw, this is what it looks like underneath it right now as we're waking up this morning in san jose. later this afternoon the low 60s we have right now, only warm up in the upper 70s. a beautiful day for us kicking off the weekend. mild temperatures and light winds all throughout the south bay and head up into san francisco. where there's even a little bit of mist out right in the live

get you across that right now getting to the bay bridge that's going to take even longer, though. o the bay bridge had earlier. and now you're at 31 minutes. just a busy morning. and again, we've had 3 mornings in a row with issues. a richmond center fell 13 minutes. you're drive time is going down. gradually been a smooth one so far the golden gate bridge. 34 minutes from nevado through the toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you, john. 8.31. in the north. a dozens of people in sausalito are worried that they're not going to have a place to live or it's going to be too hard to move because they are old and they just got an eviction notice and they don't have much time to find someplace else to get got to be out by the end of october. >> and many of the residents, they they can't make that work. kron 4 sarah stinson explains. >> people who live here at portofino riviera woke up to an eviction notice on their door saying they have to be out within 2 months. among those being evicted, a 93 year-old who says she's absolutely heartbroken. that takes all my energy to. >> not to >> ursula

so good stuff getting in through the city, across the bay bridge, the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, all moving smoothly. a crash on the blotter, eden canyon road. the on-ramp might be affected. the south bay looks great as far as the speed sensors go. but the slowing that we typically see coming down through san martin and heading north is also not really here this morning. a mild slowing into morgan hill over the last few minutes, and over here there may be a crash as you're approaching the 101 off-ramp, but not a major deal for san martin. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> as we head to break, a reminder that here at nbc bay area, we are getting ready to clear the shelters, and this morning we want to introduce you to this handsome fellow. his name is falcon. he is currently being sheltered at the berkeley humane shelter. if you've never had a pet before, he might be perfect because he's 8 1/2 years old, he loves to nap, enjoys window watching and prefers to stay indoors. >> we're hosting several pet adoption pop-ups. there will be two next weekend and you can find the det

a live look at the bay bridge. it's officially -- we are now in the 6:00 hour, so that means we are going to start to see this traffic build and build and with kids heading back to school, it is certainly going to start seeing busier traffic pattern in the next couple of weeks. keep that in mind and don't forget kids are walking and biking to school again. so keep your eyes peeled for them too. live look at 880 area near the nimitz freeway or near the coliseum and you can see it's get. crowded too on the northbound side. >>> thank you g. time for a look at this morning's other top stories. we head to san jose. where police officer is in critical but stable condition. she was shot yesterday while responding to a domestic violence call. it will wife of the suspect, 44-year-old gabriel carreras called 911 yesterday morning saying he was drunk and trying to hit her: two officers approached the stairway at the midtown plaza condo complex, carreras allegedly fired a gun from a balcony hitting a female officer. after a fo

let's see how long it will take people to get to the bay bridge from the east bay.r 15 minutes from highway 4 to the bay bridge, and 880 in castro valley, that's about a 14-minute commute, just one more minute over 15 minutes if you are taking 580 to the bay bridge. otherwise, the only trouble spot is off to the shoulder there in the south bay at northbound 101. we will look at what else pops up on the traffic maps and get back to you shortly. >>> we are looking at breaking news since yesterday afternoon, and there's al fire that evacuated people out of their homes because of mysterious chemicals in a backyard shed. hundreds of people were evacuated. you can see the evacuations on the map, in fact. that area, still off limits and affected people are staying at the contra costa community college. a long night for them. people that live in that area not expected to be back until later this afternoon at the earliest. firefighters found boxes of toxic chemicals in a shed. bob redell is live at the scene and will join us for a live report in our next half hour. >>> new o

upper 70s across the bay bridge into oakland. we will be dealing with low 80s in the north bay, 90s in santa rosa and we cool back down to the low 80s by the weekend. >> you are talking about the micro climates and you can see that reflective on our freeways. it looks sunny at the bay bridge but it is backed up. no fog, so that's good. look at the cars for anyone making the ride. start giving yourself extra time. get that coffee brewing and get back because this is reaching almost to the 880 over pass. it is slow off the east shore freeway. this is the golden gate bridge. that's certainly a tough spot. visibility is going to be an issue. look at the fog hovering over the span. it's going to be there for sometime. hopefully it will burn off as morning progresses. give yourself extra time there. we are showing you lots of views from around our area because we will keep a close eye on the north bay. talking about maybe some drizzle or wet roadways. that can make things slick. this is 101. you see traffic moving okay out of petaluma,

i'm happy to tell you the bay bridge doesn't have a big backup right now. it's looking pretty good now. we were looking for a crash on that san mateo bridge and it does look like they found it, but it hasn't affected the bridge traffic just yet in a major way. we're looking at some of these commutes and looking at it. there's a little bit of a backup near the high rise that's about all dumbarton bridge looks good. no problems on 880 or on the peninsula. definitely looking like a light day at 710. let's go back to the desk. thanks sal. big win for driverless cars. still to come, the expansion of robo taxis throughout the streets of san francisco and a neighborhood business that's been teaching kids life lessons for more than half a century is now in danger of shutting down the help. supporters are trying to provide. at the 11th hour the crash happened on sunday as firefighters battled a brush fire in riverside county. people from multiple agencies came out to pay their respects to cal fire assistant chief joshua bischoff and captain tim rodriguez. chp led the

whert's not so green is the bay bridge.will take a look at what is going on over the span, coming up. >>> happy thursday to you. the bank of england raised interest rates by a quarter point and they are dealing with inflation, too. salesforce is cutting more jobs, just 50 and in ireland. stocks in general under pressure as fitch downgraded america's credit rating, pointing to what it calls a deterioration in governance. that left both sides blaming each other, democrats saying the republicans are not taking america's credit seriously, and they are constantly threatening to default on america's debt, and republicans are saying deats are running our debt upith too much spending. adp that processes paychecks for millions of americans companies says it expect the government to say more than 300,000 jobs were created last month. the american economy, though, doing well. inflation is less than half of what it was at the peak, and the jobs report has been consistently stronger than expected as well. meta's new facebook that you we

yeah, we do have some slow traffic on the bay bridge. and we also do have some traffic on the san mateo bridge. i'll show you the bay bridge first. you can see that traffic is moving along. okay. if you are driving in this area here, you won't see any major problems on the bridge. but you will see some slow traffic at the toll plaza. highway four has slowing. this has been very routine. steve mentioned the san mateo bridge. it looks pretty routine heading out to the high rise and to the peninsula 701. let's go back to the desk. thank you, sal. we're monitoring the developing story in the south bay where san jose police officer remains hospitalized after she was shot. reporting to a call. ktvu reporter bailey o'carroll is at santa clara valley medical center. with what we know about what happened and how the officers doing. bailey hey, allie, good morning. that's right. this officer is being treated here in san jose this morning at this hospital right behind me. now, according to police, she is in critical, but stable condition. they have

not light at the bay bridge though. metering lights are on and it is busy heading into san francisco. let's take a look at other parts of our communities in the bay area. if you are getting ready to take that ride along 880, san leandro, hayward, right here you can you can see traffic is already stacking up on the southbound side and we've got brake lights heading into the altamont pass as well. all the supercommuners good morning to you. getting ready to head out the door, this is what's in store for you. busy here and you see some busy conditions near the dublin interchange as well. >>> it is 6:21. the niners are stacked on defense this year, with talent up front and in the secondary. but one of their playmakers has a hidden talent. we're going to show you that in this morning's "red and gold report." amanda? >>> ooh. who could it be? plus a live look outside near the port of oakland and you might be smelling smoke right now if you are nearby. the fire still smoldering from a recycling facili >>> it's no secret the 49

sounds here bay bridge toll plaza, are we going somewhere else? g to the richmond bridge because there's an injury crash and usually when there is a crash on that bridge, it really gets slow because there's nowhere to go. there's not a shoulder lane that's a minor injury. so no major injuries. but one of the cars is not drivable. richmond fire department still heading out to evaluate one patient with minor injuries. look at the richmond bridge, though. it is at a standstill. i mean, you would not go there right now. i certainly wouldn't go there to the richmond bridge. i would perhaps do something else, use other options to put my arrow on this car. will it move? will it move? we'll give it 10s. well, it doesn't look like it's going to move. and this is this picture is not frozen. that's the way it is. all right. let's go to the bay bridge. you can see that traffic is okay. it's getting better. and we see improvement on the ramp there. and that means the whole commute should improve pretty soon. see that ramp? it's empty. when that ramp empties out

this is not san jose bay bridge toll plaza. that's why it's so light here, because everyone has stopped before the maze that's coming out of, say, berkeley, emeryville further north in richmond, where we're also following a second sigalert. so spencer, it's a pretty messy situation right now. it certainly is. >> jobina okay, let's take a look at what's going on with our weather. we are off to a very warm start this morning. temperatures are approaching 70 degrees already at this hour or so. you know, it's going to be another warm to hot one. now we are seeing a little bit of a flow of some low clouds moving out over the bay through the gaps there through the golden gate. still those mainly sunny morning. and we didn't have much of much of a marine layer last night, which is why it was so mild. and that's one reason we're off to such a warm start this morning. so it's going to be warm to hot inland again this afternoon. breezy and much cooler, though, tomorrow because the marine layer is forming now this afternoon, it will becom

over here, the bay bridge metering lights are on. no backup. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we are covering breaking news this morning, an officer-involved shooting in the east bay. now, we're working to learn more information as investigators are still on the scene. these are live pictures from sunrise drive in martinez. police tell us it all started about 3:30 this morning when officers were responding to a burglary at the velvet cannabis and weed dispensary. there was a crash involving suspects. now, police haven't given us the circumstances that led up to the police shooting or if a suspect was hit. we do know that no officers were hit. police have taped off the area. they're now asking people to avoid it, as we learn more information, of course, we'll bring you the latest updates and online. >>> also developing this morning, we're learning more about the fbi raids of former east bay police officers. we have surveillance video to show you from oakley. now, in it you can see federal agents raiding the home of an east bay officer. he

as for your roads still doing all right out there, the bay bridge is virtually empty. what is going on here? just could not be more of a star change from yesterday or the day before. i will take it, though. why not? 9 minutes. look at the san mateo bridge. it's 12 minutes to get you across. a definitely a lot more cars on the bridge, but you're still moving the richmond center fell at 7 minutes while a look at the golden gate also looks great at 18. back to you. thanks a lot, john. and 6.20 to gop presidential hopefuls took to the stage. >> to debate in milwaukee last night. yeah. making their case. they should be the republican nominee. >> as we know the front runner in all the polls, former president donald trump was not in attendance so we'd see him on stage. our dc correspondent hudson is live now with the latest. good morning. good morning, darren james. during the debate last night, the candidates tried to keep the focus. >> on the issues as well as president biden, but they could not that wasn't in the room. former president trump. 8 republican candidates took t

all bay area bridges look good. golden gate bridge, no delays. the bay bridge is moving nicely. ng is clear heading into san francisco, no metering lights yet. that will happen in about ten minutes. if you are taking the san mateo bridge, the commute out of hayward to the peninsula is clear. 101 north, maybe you have an early flight at sfo, things are moving pretty nicely. bridge check as far as travel times, ten minutes across the bay bridge. all clear otherwise. >>> today students and teachers are back inside the classroom for the first day of school in oakland. this school year though teachers will be returning with a more than 15% salary increase among other resources after the two week strike we saw back in may. that is when thousands of teachers walked off the job demanding better pay. after weeks of labor negotiations the district did agree to not just a raise but more support staff lake counselors and even so called common good clauses. some are aimed at improving social and economic conditions. roughly 34,000 students waking up for classes for the first time in months th

bridge could taking a lot of the a heat off of the bay bridge as people decided, hey, i'm not going to bother with that other bridge. let's go cross in detail and backed it up as well. as for the richmond center fell, it's been consistently. alright, 11 minutes to make your crossing. and there's that little bit of fog that made its way through the golden gate. otherwise smooth sailing as you make your way through there. james. all right. time now to talk winners and losers on wall street where financial expert rob black joining us this morning on the morning, rob, where i expected after hearing that nvidia really beat expectations. i was looking for big pop today. >> now the markets are kind of negative right now across the board. what gives? >> keep saying and i guess, you know. said again august and september, really tough month for wall street. kids are back to school. we've been doing extended vacations were not really all that focus. we just finished earnings season minus nvidia. so things tend to fizzle out a little bit. but we're expecting a speech from the fed on friday and soo

the bay bridge toll plaza with the lights on. no surprise, but this issue here at carquinez bridge. 101 continues across the golden gate bridge with no problem. visibility is no problem. back to you. >> thank you. >>> combating juvenile incarceration rates? coming up, the new solution being proposed by people on the peninsula, and they believe it would lesson the number of minors in the criminal justice system. >>> and politicians you. the time is 5:44. we are still monitoring for the air quality advisory for today. it's going to be hazy as you head out in antioch and temperatures in the mid-60s. it will be warm today and we will take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. >>> slowing out of contra costa county, and then alameda shows slowing out of the altamont. we are back to our normal pattern for the morning, and we will track the build out of the east bay coming up. >>> helping kids stay out of trouble, last night community members held a town hall to talk about juvenile incarceration. now they are trying to do something a

the traffic is slowing across the span of the bay bridge. then looking at palo alto in the usual 101 northbound commute direction, we are seeing still some cones, they're picking up some construction, so you may run into a few slow spots. across the south bay we're not seeing any issues as well, things are looking good. no accidents and our south bay drive times right now are taking you about the normal time as you ride at the speed limit. we'll keep checking on that. hopefully it doesn't get too crowded out there. we'll talk more about that, as well as another weather update in a few minutes. >> we'll look forward to it. >>> a warning for grocery store shoppers on the peninsula, thieves at costco, but not inside the store. up next, we're going to talk about the robberies police are saying are ramping up at one location and the tactic being used to target certain customers. >>> and a reminder that the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championship kicks off thursday at s.a.p. center. we'll have live team coverage starting thursday morning on "today in

traffic on the bay bridge was slowed.ed for a time yesterday afternoon because of >> several bicyclists that were in the lanes of traffic. this happened around 3 o'clock in the eastbound direction, causing delays for hours after that. this is video here fromd the citizen app. video posted to twitter by safe street rebel shows a group of bikers stopping on the east. earn span, taking pictures and videos with their phones. see images were posted alongside a vogue or anti car message. it is not clear if anyone was cited or arrested. you may recall the same thing happened on the bridge exactly a year ago. safe street rebel also posting about that event with the same anti car message. although the twitter accounts as it did not organize the ride. you can see here, bikers, some popping wheelies, weaving between cars taking over several lanes of traffic. in that case, the chp tells us mark zuckerberg would be streamed on the social media site x, formerly known as twitter. the 2 tech billionaires appeared at least over social med

the bay bridge.he residual delays. a 23 minute drive. still a pretty hefty back up there because of that. back up. a lot of you've chosen to cross go across the mateo bridge and you're also going a little slower because of it. 23 minutes to make your crossing there. no issues that the richmond center fell and especially 9 make your way across the golden gate. back to you. thank you very much, john. 7.45. is the time and kron 4 is your local election headquarters and this week is going to be critical. one for the republican presidential nomination. >> several contenders are going to face off with each other on the debate stage as former president, donald trump says he will not attend news nation's emily finn has the latest. >> 10 candidates say they have met the rnc's criteria to participate in wednesday's first gop primary debate. the rnc has not released an official lineup yet disputing businessman perry johnson and miami mayor francis suarez is claims they have qualified with one day to spare. form

so we'll go back to the bay bridge and we're also looking at the san mateo bridge.ing well at 610. let's go back to the desk. all right. thank you, sal. as the solar industry continues to see a lot of growth, there will soon be a lot of older panels that need to be replaced. we'll tell you what's being done to solve the problem of recycling all those old solar panels and five men have been charged now in connection to a robbery where more than $1 million in jewelry was stolen. while federal authorities are teaming up with the local agencies on this case subway's now slicing their deli meats fresh. that's why the new titan turkey is proferred by this football pro. and proferred by this football pro who actually uses her feet. and if we profer it, we know you'll prefer it too. i use my feet. have you seen me scramble? $7 million. armed robbery of a well known jewelry store in the east bay is allie rasmus joins us now live with the update, including federal authorities now called in to help find the suspects. yeah, this case revolves around a smash and grab holdup that

if you want to use the bay bridge, it's much better than it was even just 15 minutes ago. lso looks pretty good. 807. let's get back to the desk. all right, sal, thank you. china's famous banyan tree may be charred, but it's still standing. right now. a group of arborists showed up to the tree's location this weekend. they determine whether it can be saved. so maui residents say the tree is serving as a symbol of hope in that community. standing before this tree, because i hope that this also represents a sign of hope. and if we can get this tree to begin to re rejuvenate, it gives the rest of us hope. but i am here with a team of federal agencies, the sba administrator, guzman, is here to see for herself the kind of support that this community is going to need. certainly need a lot of help right now. this is happening right now in maui. the arborist say it will take time to come to a conclusion about whether the tree will actually be saved here. but many people have been asking about this because it's such a tourist destination when you visit lahaina and downtown maui, man

and as you drive down to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see some slow traffic at the toll plaza. it's not severe, but there is a backup of about ten minutes there. san mateo and dumbarton bridge look pretty good. they're crowded, but the traffic looks good over to the peninsula. it's 711. let's go back to the desk. okay, sal, thank you. well, we're moving harmful levels of forever chemicals from drinking water. coming up, the one city leading the way to punish those accountable. and we have details of a $10 billion settlement. and growing criticism over maui's largest electrical service provider. why the company's president and ceo is defending the decision to not shut down power lines when wind gusts hit over 80 miles an hour. and a quick reminder that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your fire amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv or android tv. all you have to do is search for the fox local app and then select ktvu whenever you're hungry, there's a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subw

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live look at bay bridge toll plaza. and look at that. ways amazed at how busy it gets so quickly for anyone making that ride out of the east bay over into san francisco. so grab that coffee and maybe a jacket. get out the door and get to work. and school this morning. and also for anyone commuting out of marin county. golden gate bridge, really socked in this morning. so be extra careful there. but i want to give you an overview. we are getting the thumbs up on some routes like 101 through san mateo if that's your commute right now, you are good to go. you have got extra time right there and taking 280 along the peninsula, that's lacking good also. i have to say san jose commuters, behaving as well. things are looking pretty good. so good morning to you out of the south bay. right now if you are hopping on 101. so far not too many brake lights or issues. getting busy along highway 4. that's coming up. >>> all right, well, grab your pencils and rulers and notebooks. it's time to go back to school. this week and last week, we've been seeing

we got up to about 20 minutes on the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, 14 80 to 101, richmond, sandra fell bridge. a co clear looks 7 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. the 20 minute right now. remember highways. that's what's a little busy traveling along 80 this morning. a 23 minute commute, pablo avenue. good alternate for that darya. james, back to you. thank you. reyna. >> all right. let's get to that breaking news once again where city workers in san jose have now voted to strike for 3 days. yeah. that announcement just made moments ago. let's go now live to san jose for more details about with kron four's will tran will. what can you tell it is official. 4500 workers for the city of san jose. they will be going on strike. >> in about a week and a half from now. we have deborah gravelle. she's the union executive and they just held a news conference saying >> that they have tried and tried to work out a deal with the city of san jose. but so far, no deal and they're hoping to send a message to the city of san jose, specifically the mayor of san jose to see if they c

the bay bridge metering lights are on, but no drama through the rest of the bay.eep looking ahead and talk about what's going on tonight and over the weekend. back to you. >>> 6:21, and coming up next, nbc bay area responds. >> some criminals' sole scam is draining gift cards, so you've got to protect that plastic. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next. >>> our own kari hall is a meteorologist, mother and wife, and also a fan of pumpkin spice lattes and we made sure she got her fix. you can keep up with kari on social media as well. her david: as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. they're called community schools. leslie: it really is shared leadership with families, students, educators, and communities. jessie: i feel like we're really valued as partners. david: it's a more innovative, holistic approach. grant: in addition to academic services, we look at serving the whole family. narrator: wellness centers, food pantries, and parental education. jessie: they're already making a di

quick look at the bay bridge itself.e wait before you make it onto the span. 717 let's bring rosemary back to talk about today's weather. all right, sal, good morning to you. a lot of sunshine across the bay area and inland this morning. just a little bit of patchy fog along the coastline and in some areas it is dense half moon bay is reporting anywhere from quarter mile to three quarter miles. visibility this morning. here's a live look from ktvu across the oakland estuary. we do have a compressed marine layer and that means it will be comfortable along the coastline as we get inside the bay. temperatures are going to warm 70s and 80s expected for us here and our inland cities 80s and 90s for the afternoon. it's not going to last though. today is expected to be the hottest day. temperatures will begin to trend downward tomorrow as a trough begins to develop off our coastline and then a system dropping in is going to merge with it and bring us very comfortable weather in time for the weekend. so temperatures today going

a live look at the bay bridge. no metering lights, no delays. great start for anyone making the ride out of the east bay into san francisco. we are seeing a few extra cars. getting crowded on the east shore freeway the slowest approach. that is good news for anyone making the ride into san francisco early this morning. the east shore freeway, on the maps, you can see we are clocking in nice speeds. 75 miles per hour. it gets busy richmond to berkeley where it gets crowded this morning. but no major things to slow you down through there. the south bay for the first time, northbound 101 moving great. no delays. nice commute there. heading on 280 through downtown san jose, moving along at the limit with no issues. heading to our bay area airports, those routes are looking good. 101 to sfo and 880 to oakland and 87, 101 heading to san jose airport. so far so good. >>> the quarterback controversy might be coming to an end in san francisco. why trey lance could be saying good-bye. >>> my first thought was this could be very successful. >> so, what do y

at the bay bridge. we're going to check in on some of the bay area bridges because that's where we're seeing a lot of brake lights and cars and no surprise here, metering lights were turned on at about 5:38 this morning. and look at all this backup. i'm always amazed at how quickly it just stacks up behind the toll plaza. no crashes just busy. for anyone making that ride into san francisco, now is the time to grab that coffee. might not need the jacket today but definitely getting ready to head out the door. b.a.r.t. is on time this morning. you could use that as an alternate route and san mateo bridge, might be good choice as well if you don't want to get stuck in all the backup at bay bridge. that's doing okay overall. not a lot of brake lights or issues. taillights heading to 101 this morning. keep that in mind. let's take a look at other bay area communities as you wake up and get out the door this morning. i kind of want to show you an overvie because it's not all bad. look at all this here all this

getting busy at the bay bridge. a live look at that coming up in just a minute. >>> all right, thank you. we start with the developing story that's difficult fortous talk about. a family walking around san francisco last night had their lived upended when the 4-year-old daughter was hit and killed by a car. it happened in the crosswalk at 4th and king caltrain station and just down the road from oracle park where crowds of people were going to the giants' game. police stay girl's father was pushing her across the intersection in a stroller when an suv hit the two of them. they were both rushed to the hospital with father with life-threatening injuries but the 4-year-old however didn't make it. the driver who hit them stayed on the scene and cooperated with police. police say drugs and alcohol didn't appear to be factor in this accident. >>> over to the east bay. a group of voters believe price needs a push out. the controversial bay area da in alameda county only in her seventh month and already people are saying th

blue skies over that bay bridge. marine layer is holding along the coastline. alf moon bay, you will notice a little bit. for the rest of us, sunny skies even into the evening hours. it takes a while until it fills back into the bay. to the southwest, they've been dealing with triple digits. those range their way up to redding and sacramento this afternoon alone. the only spot we are seeing triple digits in our bay area really to be honest is to the east bay. brentwood this afternoon is 103. we are close near pittsburg and near antioch, a lot cooler close to the bay bridge and across the bay bridge into san francisco, sunny skies and sunshine lasting into the evening even near napa with 90s this afternoon. let's take a look at what's going on around the corner. we are warming up today but then we cool down into the next couple days. 98 today in antioch like we mentioned but then we see 80s tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, even friday. it takes a while and we start warming back up into the weekend. the area of high pressure is moving out and allowing for cloudy coo

no delays at bay bridge. in fact a complete look at the bay area freeways coming up. >>> and are you feeling lucky this morning? well, the estimated jackpot for the mega millions is the largest in the game. we're at a location where you can buy a ticket that's considered lucky. what does that mean? we'll tell you, coming up. >>> all right, a lot to get to today but first let's take a live look outside for you on your tuesday morning. looking a little foggy out there. good morning to you san francisco. it is 5:00 a.m. jess, what's it going to feel like today? >> a lot cooler compared to yesterday. yesterday we were above average by about 15 degrees in your neighborhood in the east bay and today we're sitting about ten degrees below average. a big change in the forecast is a trough of low pressure slowly starting to move its way in. that's allowing for a lot cooler weather for all the kiddos that are heading back to school this week. yesterday was probably a warm one out there at the playground. today a complete

we are looking at the bay bridge a foggy bay bridge at that from the camera on treasure island. cite across from the city this morning. it's a little cooler out today and i definitely could feel the breeze myself. so -- definitely feeling the difference. >> yeah. and into this afternoon, i mean, daytime highs just like yesterday, they're still going to be below average and it's cool and it's nice and it's pleasant as we kick off the month of august. starting off with a live look just over our mount diablo cam we're seeing a little bit of clouds still off in the east bay where temperatures were all waking up to all throughout the bay area actually in the upper 50s and lower 60s. mild start to start the morning. cloudy conditions even down into the santa clara valley. but those clouds are a lot higher than san francisco, for example. later into this afternoon, san jose will actually warm up into the 70s with mild temperatures into the evening hours tonight. for all of the friends throughout the santa clara valley, i take that step back. let's take a quick look at what's going on l

that was that actually experienced this other driver that was speeding around, hitting them on the bay bridgewe know right now that police have taken over a neighborhood in richmond, they're still looking for this person at this hour and a pretty for a lot of people out there on bay area roads.

i do want to bring in the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see improvement here at the bay bridge. it is only backed up to about the middle of that parking lot. and just as we suspect that if you want to wait till 8:00, it probably be a better commute for you there. driving into san francisco, we're also looking at interstate 880 as you drive past the coliseum. that looks good. and no major issues on that san mateo bridge. that traffic looks good heading over to the peninsula. now, let's go back to the desk. all right. thank you. well, the california highway patrol will now step in to help oakland police fight the rise in crime. amanda quintana is in our newsroom now to tell us more about which crimes in particular they're going to focus on. good morning, amanda. good morning, dave. chp will be partnering with oakland police to address the spike in violent crimes. they'll be strategically deployed throughout the city, specifically trying to combat vehicle theft sideshows, highway violence and organized crime. oakland mayor shengtao requested the help earlier this year. in a stateme

there's another angle of the bay bridge. the metering lights should be turned on in the next six or seven minutes. the entire bay is starting to wake up with no major problems. we have some kids concerned about what today is. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >>> well, today is one of the days that the bay area's largest school district returns to class. around 34,000 students will be in the classroom for that first bell in just a few hours. >> "today in the bay"'s bob redell joins us live from outside skyline high school in oakland. the fall semester not expected to be interrupted like it was in the spring. >> reporter: correct. good morning to you, kris and ginger. you'll recall that last may in the spring oakland unified teachers went on strike for over a week, so students were out of class during that time. the teachers and district, of course, finally came to an agreement on higher salaries and so-called common good changes that includes a reparations task force for black students. so today those 34,000 students will return