co co county. and john, let's start with you and the numbers. you have nothing to complain about. i mean that you see so feeling for will, and they're out there as it is still fairly warm inland. we are seeing our warm evenings and obviously still are scorching hot day time highs yesterday, a historic day for many spots and jose seeing an all-time record high. same for areas like livermore. you're back up to one 16 for a second day in a row. that's the hottest temperature recorded in bay area history right there. just wild stuff to be talking. >> this morning skies are clear and it is a little bit. >> more mild to start near the coast in the bay. so i'd absolutely open those windows up this morning in areas like alameda, oakland, san francisco, on up to santa rosa petaluma at your cool in the 60's. >> some of us like brentwood in fairfield which barely cooled into the 70's, not quite the coolest to feel, but hey, at least he can get outside and it's not scorching hot just yet. we will see another day x of excessive heat warnings in pink for inland areas. a little good news along the bay shore. you're downgraded from excessive heat warning. now the heat advisory in the reason behind that is you'll avoid the triple digits right alongside the bay shoreline that these areas like oakland 80's to 90's. that's obviously still hot, but it's not triple digits. coastal areas out of advisories in general. you'll fall into the 60's and 70's a whole lot more comfortable podcast doesn't show any fog, but we will have a sea breeze today. this helps us out along the coast along the bayshore keeps us out of the triple digits inland areas. you're still right there in those 3 digit numbers. all the details on just how hot it will get right where you're at. still to come right now. john, thank you for that. things are starting to get busy out there. a brush fire northbound 87. >> just at all. but an expressway right off the highway there. so things are slowing down just a bit. you can see our other highways, 101, in 8.80, still moving pretty much at the limit traveling into the city right now. metering lights just went on, slowing people down right here at the toll plaza. 12 minute drive traveling into the city to that fremont street accident 80 to 1, 0, 1, 12 minutes. san mateo bridge as you're heading across towards the peninsula and your riches. sarah fell commute 7 it right out of richmond darya. james, back to you. all right. back to our team coverage of the heat affecting the commute for bart once again. bar having a single track now between pleasant hill and concord. >> the station says you should expect delays. we have kron 4 sarah stinson standing by to explain out in pleasant hill. good morning, sara. >> hey, good morning. that's right. and it's definitely a better morning than it would have if they didn't resolve some of the issues they were able to get that rain between pleasant hill bar where i'm at all concord. they're able to get that single tracking system up and running because last night it was not up and running will transfer shut down. you have to take a bus. and so they were able to get it going for this morning's commute. take a look at video. it's video of the derailment that happened just a few short months ago. and that is what we're trying to avoid by making sure our takes all the precautions. and that is whether that means delaying trains, slowing them down, doing single tracking systems, taking a longer time to fix problems, which is what they're doing right now. they're being extra careful because it's been nonstop with the heat 100 degrees day in day out. even right 6 o'clock in the morning. it's in the 70's, the high 70's. and so there was yesterday some major issues with the tracks. they had to stop the trains between pleasant hill and concord due to an equipment problem on the track. so buses were provided. bart says equipment did overheat along the track so they couldn't get a single tracks going until this morning. crews took advantage of the somewhat cooler temperatures overnight to correct alignment and they're still working on that. there's a crews are still on the tracks. >> and working on a small deviation that was in the track. so keep in mind, if you're riding board this morning, you're going to want to pack the patience. they also just put out passengers on the plane line will can expect up to 15 minute delays in the sfo directions. and if you're at the concord pleasant hill stations, they're going to also see some delays. a look at the schedule and it looked a bit longer than normal. some saying 15 minutes until the train arrives. some saying 30 minutes until the next train arrived. i talked to a man who's right in this morning. he said yesterday was brutal. the train was hot. >> and it took extra long to get to his work. so we'll hear from him in the next half hour for now. send it back to you james. >> okay. thank you very much, sara. and the heat also affecting vta service in santa clara county about 40 vta buses were pulled off the routes yesterday because of heat related mechanical issues. and that means you can see stranded commuters. make up those bus about 10% of the normal weekday schedule. so there was a delay and inconvenience and vta is warning customers check the route information because similar things could happen today. we don't know yet. we'll keep our eye on. 605, right now. let's take a look at the power outage situation. we've got pg and e's power outage map right now. you can tell just by glancing. >> that the vast majority of outages are in the south bay right now. you can see all the different areas in different colors, green being the least impacted anywhere from 0 to 50 customers. but as we scroll around, you'll see that there are areas of orange and that's where we have anywhere from 505,000 customers without power in these particular neighborhoods. no estimated time of restoration just yet. we'll keep you updated right here on the kron. 4 morning news and throughout the day on our website, kron 4 dot com power outages also sprawling across to the east bay last night, pockets of lafayette were left in the dark for several hours. >> and the first time this week that they had a blackout there, one was on sunday. they had to blackouts on monday and adding to all of that, the outages lasted for hours. one man we talked to says that he's lived in this area for 40 years and he's never seen blackouts this frequently. the basic question was. why is my street suffering power outages? 3 4 times in the last 3 days. >> and we've checked with neighbors in orinda, rog and so forth. they've not experience the same thing that really caught our part because out so temperatures in the house close to 85. 0, man. it's so frustrating, right when they describe like, ok, their house has no power. and it's 85 and somebody maybe one block away. >> they're fine. and they're expected triple digits again today in lafayette. so they're really hoping that they don't have any power shut off today. we are under a flex alert. that's what's happening today. the statewide flex alert issued again because this is just so hot and at the such a strain on the grid is the 8th straight day at cal iso anticipating some relief today as temperatures come down a little bit. so they don't think >> stress of the great is going to be as strong as it was yesterday. but again, that flex alert is in effect from 04:00pm to 09:00pm in the fall. if we all do our and reduce use of any sort of large appliances during that window. we hope any blackout and you are doing a great job. i said everybody, including you, james. i mean, people are keeping their houses at 79 degrees what we can now speaking of load on the grid, peak electricity demand did hit 52,000 megawatts overnight. that is a new all time record. the old record was set back in july 2006. and that's when demand exceeded 50,000 megawatts. they were worried that we would do that yesterday. we did. luckily it didn't bring the grid down. thankfully, we did learn some lessons from previous blackouts, which did lead to power companies and customers being notified. you may have seen a text message yesterday saying, hey, the grid is real close to collapsing. shut down. anything that you can right now and a lot of people got those messages and did i did? yeah, i did it. an engineering professor from san jose state university, though, says that the state's energy problems are the result of a bigger issue. more needs to be changed. it's climate change. we have to be serious about climate change because >> one of the sources of the power that we have it as a backup is coming from the for the hydro pilot, which is basically using the water, the noel with the heat. lot of those rivers and lakes are vape or eat it. so so this is a problem. so we have to look at it as the big picture here what is causing this weather and how can we had to close to reactive? >> yeah, the professor says that some simple called first conservation efforts do work. he you should do things like. turning your thermostat to 78 degrees and keeping it there. don't use dishwashers or ovens during those flex alert periods and the turn off any unnecessary lights, all those little things help the less power use. the more there is to go around to people who really need it. >> and we can't say it enough that, you know, you need to conserve or else we're risking outages. some of california's top energy officials doing just that, saying it again and again pleading with the public. they do not want to have rolling blackouts and that would be the worst case scenario. the governor expanded his emergency declaration yesterday and that frees up resources so the state can easily respond to the dangerous conditions. energy officials say saving a little goes a long way. >> most important message right now for anybody that would, you know, you're my voice or see this interview really is conservation little things that they can do. all of that will make a big difference in helping with our electricity supplies. >> some republicans have criticized newsom's administration saying they're focused on shifting to renewables too much instead of investing in the power grid. >> well, happening today, the dublin unified school district is going to be. adjusting some things to try to keep students and teachers cool and safe as this heat wave continues. yeah. they've decided they're going to go to half-days. let's go to kron. four's will tran live in dublin with more. hi will. >> well, you can see the lights on behind me. some of administrators starting the but it will be a short day for them because they are not certain that the lights will continue to be up and that's why they notified the parents yesterday afternoon. go ahead and pick up your kids today early tomorrow and friday because for the rest of the week, it will be half days because they just don't want the kids to be inside when the ac possibly goes out. so what's going to happen is usually they're out of school by 3.10. it's going to happen now around 12, 30, every day during this heat wave. but it's not just the stress on the grid is also a stress on the parents because they have to scramble to come to this location to pick up the kids yesterday, there was not a heads up. they just got a text and they all came down here to pick up their kids. they decided this don't catch the parents off guard. so just go ahead and notify them early enough so they can prepare. take a look at your screen. some of the other things that they're doing also includes once you're inside the classrooms, they will not be out for recess for that early and for the younger kids because no physical activities outside. they went ahead and canceled the games moving forward, at least for this particular week. and they're encouraging people to practice before or before school or after 7 o'clock at night when it's a little bit cooler school should start guys in about 90 minutes 90 minutes from now. and i'll talk to parents to get their reaction. what this is doing for their stress, not just the grid, but also the parents. back to well put. thank you will. it's tough when you suddenly find out. oh, my kid has a half day today and every day. >> yeah. yeah. definitely have to change even more plans than what you've already been adjusting. >> to just get through the heat the past several days, it's not been easy for any of us, especially if you don't have the ac or of the powers got out. now we are going to see this dangerous heat continuing all the way through friday and tomorrow is going to be another one of our hottest ones with temperatures above 105, even above 110 degrees overnight lows remaining warm to now. we do remaining warm to now. we do have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪ (...it folds in half.) you see i love my phone. i 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(gasping) ♪ >> 6.15, and the one spare the air alert in effect in the bay area. so it's not just hot air. it's smoggy air. and that is because of the hot air inland areas in parts of the south bay have unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups. so that means anybody who's really young, really old, you have respiratory problems like asthma. you got to be extra careful. don't go out in this. maybe if you have an air cleaner, you know, appear for now get those got going in the car to. we've got john standing by with a closer look at the air quality. our temperatures. >> and all of that. good morning, john added to the list eriz and stay on the couch still in the midst of the heat, still in the midst of the bad air quality. >> 2 things that we hadn't seen much of an issue with at least up to this point for the bay area. this week, we've changed all the factors, though. heat gripping areas all the way up to the coastline and their quality. certainly seeing an impact were moderate this morning likely to see some spots descending to poor later on today. as for current conditions, it's brightening up just a little bit. we're in our coolest temperatures of the day right now. enjoy that. we've been seeing historically hot conditions lately, livermore for 2 days in a row. you've got up 216 degrees, which is our hottest temperature ever on record for the bay area. also breaking records, not just for daytime highs but highest temperatures ever recorded by city by city. napa. one 15 santa rosa also won 15. the hottest you've ever been in record redwood city at one 10, san jose all the way up to 109. and although just a daytime high record, 81 all the way up to the coast in half moon bay. now today's daytime highs will be a little cooler than yesterday's. and you can actually think a little bit of that sea breeze for that allowing some ocean cool there at the coast in the bay shore, not enough inland to take you out of the triple digits, though. we're still scorching hot inland, but staying below 110 today. so, yes, that's the new threshold. the right? we were above 110 now below 110. it's better. it's still not by any means. good. still under excessive heat warnings for the in the north and east bay, south bay and also upper elevations on the peninsula. we've seen a downgrade and advisories along the bay shore yesterday was excessive heat warnings today. it's heat advisories along the bay shore. no advisories at the coast where san francisco only in the 60's to 70's today. big improvement from the 90's we had been seeing in the city 80's 90's along the bay shore. still berlin, given 89 san carlos to redwood city at 94 triple digits for some of the south bay, like campbell, over to morgan hill in the sky dos. well, fremont to hayward in the 90's, pleasanton and livermore at 1, 0, 4, 105. so full 10 degrees cooler for you in livermore compared to the past 2 days. you're still in the triple digits. vacaville are how to spot at 107. well, santa rosa through center fell in the 90's. a look ahead of next 7 days today. tomorrow, friday still triple digits, but we fall into the 90's after that for the weekend 80's towards next week. bayside cities you're out of the triple digits and back to the 80's and 90's. coastal areas 70's to 60's through this forecast. great job. thank you for that. will 92 westbound at his spherion boulevard. you got an accident there. so you are seeing slight delays. >> as you're traveling along 8.80, heading into the city right now. 15 minutes the meter lights are on. and so traffic is building. last time we checked in with brad about 12 minutes. now we're gradually just going up 13 minute drive 80 to 101 heading across towards the peninsula. if you are traveling uptick in 1, 0, 1, 31 minutes from 85 to menlo park to 18. 82 still at the limit. let's check on 8.80 again. 28 minutes as you're traveling, silly and row down into milpitas james, back to you. thank you, anna. 6.19, and san jose police have identified this man accused him of the double shooting that killed a person. his name is jose rojas. >> and he was arrested for the shooting happened last thursday in the mckinley neighborhood. police say less than 24 hours after the shooting, investigators with the chp arrested him near the u.s. mexico border. now he's in the santa clara county jail. >> well, happening today, the suspect in the kidnapping of memphis teacher eliza fletcher, will be back in court this morning with murder charges added this comes as new chilling details are emerging about the crime. new surveillance video shows the suspect clear the app stun cleaning his suv following the kidnapping. tributes are also pouring in at a memorial is growing at the spot where investigators found allies us body. no word on the motive just yet. but investigators say it's an isolated incident. cause of the death has yet to be released. >> 6.20, is the time and senate lawmakers on capitol hill and just as the returning the white house covid response team is saying they want to see some action. they do. yeah. washington correspondent basil john joining us live from the nation's capital with the very latest on. >> all of this. good morning, basil. well, james darya, good morning. and yes, the white house says by the end of this week, more americans will have access. >> to the new covid vaccine. but what they're worried about is what can happen just around the corner. >> lawmakers have made their way back to the halls of congress. the senate gavels back into session after a season of immense productivity. but as soon as they have returned, the white house covid response team is urging congress to help get more resources out what we may have the vaccines today. 4. >> folks for this fall vaccine effort. we don't know what's coming next. hhs secretary xavier and white house covid response coordinator doctor ashish jha say it will get harder if lawmakers don't step up. congress is aware that if we do not continue to fund the response, things we can easily go backwards. additional funding would go towards more tests, ppe and vaccines. we need to play the long game against this virus that is going to require additional resources from congress. for now, the white house is encouraging everyone to go out and get the new vaccines. and chief medical advisor to the president, doctor anthony fauci. expect the covid vaccine to follow a similar schedule to the annual flu shot with annual updated covid-19 shots matched to the currently circulating strains for most of the population. now, the white house also says that those who caught covid recently can wait a few months before going out and getting the new vaccine. >> reporting live in washington. i'm basil. john, thank you. basil. >> time now 6.22, coming up on the kron. 4 morning news. could elizabeth holmes get a new trial? 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(gasping) ♪ you might already know that prop 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund real solutions to the homelessness crisis. so how will that new revenue be spent? new housing units in all 58 counties, including: permanent supportive housing, tiny homes communities, project roomkey supportive hotel units... and intensive mental health and addiction treatment. in short, 27 means getting people off the streets and into housing. yes on 27. >> 6.29 right now and everybody is thinking of how they're going to beat the heat is getting today. seems like a broken record with these temperatures, john. but good morning. >> yeah, i know we're talking another day of the heat and we're going to be talking this through friday, too. so it is that extended heat wave that going on. 1, 2, 3, 4 days too long at this point. we are going to see another day with triple digits, but not as many triple digits as yesterday. bit of good news and it's weird to even be saying that staying below 110 today historically hot temperatures the past few days. you know, there's a problem when you've been talking temperatures as hot as we have been. now today we are starting off a little cooler than yesterday. sorry, a bit of a better start 60's at the coast and right along the bay inland, you're still in the 70's. some of us just falling out of the 80's fairfield that 77 right now conquered in dublin at 71. so some of us getting more relief than others. at least you can open the window this morning. as for excessive heat warnings, those do remain inland. although bayshore areas have been downgraded from pink to peach, which is a heat advisory today. bayshore cities out of the triple digits. back to the 80's to 90's. tomorrow we'll see temps spiking again. but as for today, not quite as searing hot as yesterday was podcast shows clear skies all the way up to the coastline today. so if you want to coastal day, a good day to be doing so inland areas, i would still avoid too much outdoor exposure as our inland temperatures still rise into the triple digits. bayshore cities definitely seeing a difference in the 80's to 90's brain. john, thank you for that. traffic is picking up 80. if you're traveling from san leandro down to milpitas. >> about 30 minutes for you to make that drive heading into the city right now at 21 minutes. mace to that fremont street exit meter lights have been off about 2 hours now. 13 minutes, a 80 to 1, 1, heading across towards the peninsula. your riches summer, phil ridge, a timid iran out of richmond. let's check on another slowing highway. 37 minutes as you make it from any act in to conquer darya. james, back to you. all right. nothing like more bart help you out. when you're hot and grumpy, try to get to work. but that's what we get this morning. and bart blaming the heat for these delays. it was a hate related issue on the tracks. >> between pleasanton are pleasant hill and concord. and that's where we find kron 4 sarah stinson live for us this morning with the latest. good morning, sara. >> and triple digits yesterday. triple digits today. >> and that causes bar to slow down trains. it causes delays. so keep in mind, you're going to experience that again today. but things could have been worse because they had people on buses last night as they dealt with a track issue. now this morning, they a single track system for the trains. take a look at some video. just shots you can see for yourself. things are looking a little bit back to normal as people head to work this morning. they are riding bart yesterday, though, bart stop trains between pleasant hill and concord due to an equipment problem on the track. >> the buses were probably provided, but bart says equipment did overheat along the tracks. they couldn't get a single track going until this morning. crews are still out there, you know, working on some of the issues there. they took advantage of some the somewhat cooler temperatures overnight to correct alignment between the 2 stations and they are still trying to make sure they fix 100% of small deviation in the track. so i talk with a writer and i just want to say i want to ask him, how is it writing bar in this heat and with these delays? >> has been crazy. i mean, yesterday i got on board and i was just so hot in there. i step in and i just this heat wave. just it meant it in the area. and it's going to be like a ready along, right, especially since some community from the city all the way over here. i was and the bar, too, for a while. by the time i got here it was. it took longer than usual. >> took longer than usual. why? because they have to do some slowing of the trains to make sure take a look. we have video of a derailment. that's what happened just a few months ago during the summer. they're trying to do everything. they're in their power to avoid that from happening again. and derailment happened. you know, when the tracks get hot and then they have issues. and so that's why that is this week when you had flex alert after flex alert heat heat heat. we had to make sure that we take all the precautions possible. so daria, james, it's going to be another morning where there are some delays, but it's going to on the trains. but some people told me that they're just glad they're not driving because they don't pay for gas. some some you lose some you and talk about sacrifice, i guess. thank you very much, sara. and despite the heat and the blackouts, the owners of a bakery in livermore doing everything they can to keep their doors open. it swingin bakery. >> they lost power for hours on monday night coffers. amanda hari has the latest. >> the owners of the bakery tell me this week has been filled with constant anxiety. they say they're worried about losing product. they're worried about losing power and they're worried about their staff safety. we're just really hoping we don't have to close our doors. temperatures rising well over 100 degrees have left many businesses unable to operate. >> on monday, we bakery in livermore was busy all morning for the labor day holiday. shortly after owners, brian amy wing in close the store at 2.30 in the afternoon. they received a message. >> a notification that our security cameras went down. and so we assume the power went out. everything is it based on for space so all of our products we rely on for gration. they say the bakery was without power for 14 hours. >> they decided to bring as many perishables as possible to their home. >> where there was power. but even after that, they couldn't sleep. >> but 3.45? we look at came down here and we bought a generator last year and decided to get that out put it on to the fridges and freezers to save more of our person and a nomination. they're also preparing buckets of ice to put in the refrigerators if they lose power again to try and keep things cool. >> amy says they're going to try and get their baking done early wednesday morning. but even before the temperatures rise. >> well, 6.36 in the east out the lidge is going to be open today after it was closed yesterday because of the scorching heat on tuesday, classes were canceled due to a power outage and the entire campus shut down as high temperatures proved to be too much for the grid by mid-afternoon school officials sent out an alert declaring classes were over 3,000 pg e customers received word of an outage and a spokesperson emphasized the importance that everybody chip in to get through extreme weather like this. >> yeah. conserve conserve conserve. that's the name of the game. it's the 7th straight day that the state has called for a flex alert. this is really the time to buckle down the bay area's been doing really good at conserving its preventing those rotating outages. and it's working because the state not called for. those teaming up to. so we have to keep conserving today between the hours of 04:00pm and 09:00pm. really, it's it's unnecessary appliances. don't run them. could turn up see if you can. every little bit helps. you might be thinking, oh, gosh, have been doing this for several days now. but really, you know, don't let up. let's continue to conserve today to help out the state. >> but again, mount diablo college will be back open today. and just a reminder, the statewide flex alert was issued for the 8th consecutive day. so that affects us today all throughout the state, the california independent system operator cal iso is anticipating less strain on the grid because temperatures are going to be down slightly but still going to be hot enough that everybody's going to want to run their a c's. so they've issued this flex alert. it will run once more from 04:00pm until 09:00pm tonight. >> we parks in the east bay are back open. they were closed because the fire risks earlier with the heat wave. the east bay regional park district close 40 parks over labor day weekend. that's when he really started in the fire. us were high in concord livermore, everywhere else that had temperatures of over 110 and boy, we going north of there now? >> concord and they have decided they're going to keep their open spaces. >> closed because as we just heard, we're not done with the heat. they are keeping those closed through tomorrow. >> and one of most vulnerable populations is getting a little bit of help. now during the heat wave, the city of oakland has water misting stations set up now at 4 different homeless encampments. the city says this is the first time that they provided that particular resource for them. according to the cdc on house populations can be at. many cases, the greatest risk for illness during heat waves, especially if they are elderly or disabled are struggling with addiction or perhaps suffer from medical condition. so those mister is now being installed to help them out. also happening today, a few neighborhood pools across san francisco will be free and open to families who are trying to cool down 5 different pools are opening their doors, the locations and their times of operation listed there on the screen and don't worry. we also have all of this on our website. so you can check in any time today if you make the decision and i want take the kids to the water now can splash around. >> in national governor newsom rejected a bill that would reorganize union votes for california farmworkers. now supporters of the bill are getting some backup from the white house. alex caprariello has the story. >> at a time when all eyes are searching for unity among party lines. the president of the united states may be at odds with california governor gavin newsome. president biden has declared support for a proposed law, making it easier for california farmworkers to unionize. but governor newsom has made it clear he doesn't support this bill as it's currently assembly bill. 21 83 is already polarizing, sparking thousands of farmworkers to march hundreds of miles to rally in support. it would also ease restrictions on voting by mail. important. these workers argue because it would ensure they would not be intimidated by their bosses to vote a certain way. employers have systematically used deportation, not just the threat but actual deportation to retaliate. >> worker stand up for themselves, but it's that type of coercion that worries the california farm bureau which opposes this bill. but its concern is the potential threat from union leaders not far managers. we don't necessarily have a problem with farmworkers electing to be represented by a labor union. >> as long as they have a free ability without coercion or intimidation to be able to make that choice. >> despite president biden's support, governor newsom has his doubts. he wants to help california workers unionize if that's their choice but takes issue with the proposed election process writing, we cannot support an untested mail-in election process that lacks critical provisions to protect the integrity of the election. >> that was alex caprariello reporting. thousands of farm hands are waiting to see what the governor decides. governor newsom has until september 30th to decide on this latest version. it's 6.41 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a new law could help homeowners save some money. >> and make our homes more ee how works. craft cocktails mixed by a robot in seconds. plus the machine that's like okay cup. but for fresh smoothies. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up in tech. smart. >> and we may not be as hot as yesterday, but still really, really warm, scorching hot temperatures in the triple digits today. tomorrow, one of our hottest days of this heat wave back above 105, even 110 degrees dangerously hot conditions through friday. before we do see our cool down ♪hefty, hefty, hefty!♪ whoa... [john cena sniffs] how do they get these things to smell so good? ♪hefty, hefty...♪ ♪hefty, hefty, hefty!♪ must be magic. hefty® ultra strong™ with fabuloso® scent. >> well, a new federal law that aims to fight climate change might just help you save a little money to on certain upgrades to your house. advocates say that the rebates and tax credits that the inflation reduction act provides puts major home efficiency upgrades within reach of a lot of consumers. for example, low-income households could receive $14,000 for energy consuming systems in their house. that includes heat pumps, insulation, electrical wiring, all of that stuff could you can get money for. and that's on top of a 30% tax credit for installing things like solar panels and energy efficient windows doors and appliances. that's obviously a huge benefit, though. some critics say the act still fall short. >> provisions that focus exclusively on electric equipment without really focusing on weather improves overall, energy efficiency reduce greenhouse gas emissions. >> well, some critics also question if small savings on energy bills justify the high cost of these upgrades supporters, though, say the savings will be especially helpful to people who are already planning on replacing aging and broken systems. that's always a question of like going solar sisterwants on like how many years will take before you're even but it feels good and good. but if you're like our director, kevin, it gives you bragging sure. it's like this smog that comes with the car. when you have an electric car, there's them. >> same thing. all right. 6.46. is the time. john, good morning you know what it is definitely a good chance to save a little bit of money because we even feel those electric bills. lately. we've been feeling the inflation. >> sounds kind of nice. actually. a look outside right now. berkeley hills looks good. we got the brighter skies now temperatures are still comfortable enjoy this morning because even though we are as hot as we have been near the bayshore, it's still going to be warm out there into the 80's for berkeley and oakland. no triple digits. the right along the bay shore will keep those around inland, though, yesterday was a historic day all across the bay area. highest temperature recorded in san jose at 109 degrees. just did that yesterday. redwood city up at one 10 livermore. you spent 2 days in a row at one 16, the hottest bay area temperature ever recorded. you know, something's up when you're talking. temperatures above 110 degrees. and the fact that today's below 110 being a good thing, just really weird stuff to be talking about. still hot, humid today. we're just not quite as historically scorching hot. a little bit of a sea breeze today is going help to spare coastal areas, at least the hottest of temps 60's 70's near the coast. and we will be out of the triple digits along the bay shore. still in that triple digit territory inland where you're seeing the pink inland areas in the south bay. those are excessive heat warnings. that's where we'll still be triple digits. as for the bayshore downgraded from excessive heat warnings to just heat watches today, coastal areas out of advisory territory. much nicer day for san francisco's golden gate park. back to the normal at 73 60's and 70's at the coast. it will still be hot along the bayshore 80's to 90's for the spot saying carlos redwood city at 94 south bay, temperatures in the 90's to still triple digits for morgan hill over to campbell. still triple digits as well for the tri valley. fremont hayward to castro valley in the 90's while danville at 104. how to spot today is vacaville at 107, the 92 santa rosa to nevado each at 97 degrees. looking ahead tomorrow as temperatures right back to 110 or above the last remaining one of those days, still triple digits by friday, but remaining below one 10 and then the 90's arrive inland by the weekend bayside areas. some relief from yesterday's triple digits in the 80's and 90's today and tomorrow in 70's by friday, right, john, i'm looking forward to monday of next week for sure. >> if you're taking 5, 18, 80 at this hour, crockett down towards the maze. 25 minutes for you. make that drive. 24 walnut creek westbound down to 5.80, under 14 minutes for you. there heading into the city. 23 minutes maze to that fremont street exit. no accidents or hazards. an uptick in traffic meter lights have been on for over 2 hours now. richmond center fell bridge 11 minutes as you travel out of richmond, tulsa, one on one. let's check on 6.80, doubling down to fremont about 17 minutes to make it down to 2.62. and 101. if you're traveling up, it. 36 minutes from 85 into menlo park. darya. james, back to you. thanks, rhonda. >> all right. so more restaurants are looking at food automation as a way to deal with labor shortages and see some of the tech they're rich. demuro takes a look in today's tech report. recently today's tech report. recently i was at the western food expo over and over labor shortages. it's a problem for the restaurant industry. an automated solutions are helping them overcome it. >> it seems there's no limit to what engineers can accomplish. cases like they were part of the machine. this is a fully refrigerated cabinets that hold fresh mixers, san diego. based back far solutions is building a fully automated cocktail maker. this makes all the drinks for people than ever see. there the machine consists of a nice been a touch screen assembly area mixers and alcohol where the magic happens. drinks run over. ice gets dispensed and greens. get this offense this where you pick it there is going change. if they have to garnish, we're going to get up and take it back on the table. much to bartenders, focus on the cost to a person found out. it takes just seconds to mix a drink. and how does it do on making a drink? so it does really well. i can make a craft cocktail about 10 seconds and it's precisely one 20 them out. so to get the same drink every time for something a bit healthier checkout kubo, cuba is the kerry got everything juices checks for the soups the for c- machine uses. oversized pods iilled with ingredients. our sheriff has designed recipes was on the fruits. no added sugar, no preservatives, no food dyes. kubo gives away the machine businesses by the special pods to use it. we do need to be on the right now. we have all restaurants coffee shops, restaurants with limited kitchens, coe offices, breakthroughs, universities, lounges in airports, often a pod. and it takes just over a minute to blend and dispense case pretty fresh. actually the best part the machine cleans itself. jason, very fresh ingredients. and i feel like ginger to tell a kick in the. now, whenever we talk about robots, there's always a concern for job losses. but the companies that make these automated solutions tell me over and over. >> they're not trying to replace humans. they're just trying to help them out so they can focus on more meaningful tasks. all right. let me know what you think. you can find me on social media. i am at rich on tech. i'm rich demuro and you are tech smart. >> 6.51. right now. let's talk baseball. the giants were hoping to make it 2 in a row against the dodgers and it was a good start for the giants. very first pitch of the game. and lewis brinson hits his 3rd home run in the last 2 nights and that gives the giants the early one. nothing lead. but it was all downhill