going live to dublin, a red flag warning for bay area is in effect. there are concerns about dangerous fire weather in the east bay hills and valleys. >> over 7,000pge customers in 10 counties on alert for public safety power shut offs. in the bay area outages can begin any minute now. they were slated for 5:00 impacting over 1200 customers in napa, over 800 in solano. we have live team coverage. justin andrews is standing by with how people are preparing. >>> first mary lee joins us, tracking the latest conditions. >>> for the north bay mountains, mount st. helena, gusts to over 60 miles per hour. you see the areas in red under the red flag warning and that's until 8:00 tonight. really watching the north bay mountains for strongest winds but also for east bay hills and valleys under the red flag warning. we are dealing with hot temperatures as we head through our day inland. we are talking about 84 in san jose, 93 concord, 90 livermore, 90 san rafael. around the bay, a warm day with mid to upper 70s with sunshine. peninsula, low to mid 80s and 70 alo

a live look in dublin, red flag warning in effect for much of the bay area. there are concerns about dangerous fire weather right now in the east bay hills and valleys. >> let's get right to meteorologist mary lee. she has the latest conditions. >> low relative humidity values and winds picking up. the there is a red flag warning for the areas in red. that does include north bay mountains, east bay hills and valleys under this red flag warning. that's because we are looking at the dry air moving in. inland, also seeing hot temperatures as we head through today and also expected for tomorrow. we are looking at highs heating up to the 90s inland, 93 concord, san jose 84, north bay mid to upper 80s. around the bay, warming up to the mid to upper 70s and low to mid 80s for the peninsula. >> thank you. >>> more than 7,000pge customers in ten counties are on alert for public safety shut offs. >> betty yu has more. >> reporter: this sign in downtown points to extreme fire danger and long time residents know what that means. >> when i got the notice about the red fla

members of dublin unified were met with parents with the rallying cry.eep your promises, fix our schools. it leaks every single winter. every winner. they put a brand new roof on millions of dollars. it's still leaks every single winter. kristen spec. apparent of 1/5 grader, a dublin elementary took video of the current conditions. you can see how. the state by the window and then down here we have a shoving unit that goes to the extra wall, a school that opened in the 19 sixties now leaking full of dry rot and two small deep problems. families say that need more than a band aid fix my third grade class. this healings were kind of falling like there's pieces broken sometimes when it's a rainy day that could be a leaking roof happen anytime. in 2019. the school board allocated $33 million from bond measures to improve dublin elementary, then covid hit and financial concerns the district student population has grown significantly between 2010 and 2020. we grew over 90% and if you look at pleasant into our south, they grew in the low single digits. parents

into dublin, humanity looks fine. by sunrise, you will see the northeast winds picking up around dublin. and into walnut creek, 63 degrees. wind is calm. but atop mt. diablo, we have gusts up to 40 miles per hour. higher up, the hill tops, and the mountain peaks in the north bay, that's where the winds are heading. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. and highs will warm up a little more. 85 in san francisco. 75 in san jose. around the north bay, for the temperatures, it looks like a nice day. the problem is the direction of the wind is offshore, biccing up tonight. all of the east bay, from now until 8:00 tomorrow evening. the wind, right around sunrise. inland counties from sunrise to lunchtime. and the wind speeds should taper off. interesting to point out, look at the central bay. not a lot of wind. it will be one of the situation where's 75% of the bay area, you don't know what all of the wind gust talk is about. it's around the higher peaks. and later in the day, the wind speeds come down. the red flag warnings shou

we are up here in the foothills in dublin. this is looking a little south of mount diablo over the morgan area. and these are really big pops that we have seen in the past. just a couple of 60 seconds or so. if we hang out here long enough, we might see something happen live here on camera. we do have some footage that we have been shooting all morning long. this is to the north of our location. this would be san marone. these lightning strikes are hatchening at 90-second intervals. this was the scene over sanoma. and effort looks like it is moving from the west to the east. strikes happening adjust a couple of minutes or so. this was the scene. 700 block of becky court. lightning strike hit a large pine tree. destroyed that tree. some large chunks of it crashing down on the house, and also on two vehicles parked there in the driveway. and we spoke with santa rosa fire department. they have staffed up their locations. stations overnight as this red flag warning was issued at 5:00 p.m. yesterday. conditions not as volatile as t

live in dublin, kpix 5 . >>> the national weather service, an interesting look at the last 24 hours. you can see how lightning moved to the state and parts of nevada . >> people sharing their pictures and videos of the lightning on social media, we would love to see yours, use the hashtag kpix. >> to the north crews responding to a fire in mendocino county, they believe was sparked by lightning. the moment it started captured on an alert wildfire camera, in the hills north of cloverdale. early reports show the fire reached a size of 30 to 40 acres, we are waiting for updates from the fire agencies there. >>> the dixie fire continuing to cause new trouble, it has burned almost 1 million acres and forcing more evacuations. the new orders issued in gladstone county last night as flames continue to rip through the forest, in the lassen volcanic national park. the same storm system also brought the threat of lightning to the burns on. and evacuation order also expanded last night for the monument fire. the entire town of hay fork placed under and evacuation warning, it has burned over 204

definitely extra volume as you head westbound toward the dublin.e have the brake lights as you work out of tracy getting on to the 580 connector. as you head toward the dublin you can see in the live shot, headlights heading westbound. yeah, a lot of cars on the roadway. especially those super commuters going through that area. starting to see things slow down just a bit as we take a live look at the bay bridge. a little busy into san francisco. looks like traffic slowing down just a bit near the incline. no metering lights. travel times still about 12 minutes. about 12 minutes for your ride across the san mateo bridge. if you are going over to the peninsula, 880 toward 101. the live shot, traffic moving at the limit. no delays but extra volume on the westbound side toward 101 and 12 minutes between heyward and to foster city. >>> the raiders got a win in the opening game at a new home in las vegas. also known as the death star. the raiders anrawere tied at 24. the ravens took the lead on a field goal but then daniel carlson kicked a 5-yarder to se

are you looking at the dublin camera. you can see 580 in the background and westbound 580 getting busy. we will be right back. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> a couple got creative and tied the knot at the united states, canadian border. >> it happened on a quiet street in upstate new york with family and friends looking on. >> three months we would watch and it would say, border is extended, border section tended our fingers, toes, everything was crossed in august, august 21th then they announced that it was closed. we knew we had to do something to have mom and dad here. >> to have them here, to be part of it, meant everything to her and to me as well. >> and because of those travel restrictions the bride's parents and grandmother will not be able to go to a more formal wedding in the united states next week. why not have them all together? >> brought the wednesdaying to them. >> look at that. >> made a big

extra busy there. 32 minute is the travel time to go from 205 toward the dublin. if you are up early getting ready to go into san francisco this morning and you are taking the bay bridge things are pretty light. its been an easy ride for that drive out of the east bay into the city. only seven minutes, that's it for your travel time. if are you going over into san francisco. san mateo bridge 12 minutes both directions between 880 and 101. traffic is pretty light. we are seeing a lot of green. if you are up early good time to be on roadways. >>> time for a look at what's happening in entertainment. truck eye celebrating 55 years since the first episode of trek aired, a live stream packed full of panel, conversations from cast members will air tonight. >>> broadway is raising the curtain on at least 18 musicals and five plays this month after a forced year and a half long pandemic hiatus. theater goers must be vaccinated to attend. >>> and becoming led zepplin is debuting at the venice film festival. it follows their rise to super stardom. >>> straight ahead, trey l

how to live look outside using our dublin camera? >>> wildfire smoke is drifting back into the bay area, wildfire advisory extended through tomorrow. chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking hazy conditions. >> not sure how i can follow that up, people literally being launched into space. >> we all got goosebumps watching that but you can't help it but there is something about that moment. >> that countdown, three, two, one took >> everyone held their breath. >> quite a ride. feels like there's people are being sat on by wrestlers. let's talk about the air quality currently, we are in the moderate category pretty much across the board for the entire bay area. ground-level air quality is okay. if you notice that jesus in the atmosphere, there is more smoke above our heads. fortunately, it is going to stay there. let's look at the future cash smoke simulation, tracking bands of smoke making their way through, but this is through the holdups of the atmosphere. at ground level, our air quality will not get any worse than it was today. as

reporting live here in dublin, bob redell. >> thank you, bob. as wind picks up our nbc bay area app is a great resource. we have been sending updates about the red flag warnings and it's free to download. >>> good news for parents. covid protection is coming soon for elementary aged school children. pfizer just announcing this morning its data shows its vaccine to be safe and effective for children 5 to 11. kris sanchez joins us live with how soon that vaccine could be available. >> reporter: hi there, marcus. for a lot of parents with kids that are in that elementary school age group, it just cannot happen soon enough because covid cases have been going up as the kids have gone back to school in person with no vaccine protection, just the protection afforded by masks, social distancing and having the adults in their lives vaccinated. pfizer announced this morning that its data for trials in children 5 to 11 show that the vaccine is safe and produces strong immune response in the 2,000 children in the trial. the dose for children this age is abo

northwest wind at 9 miles per hour and for now, not a lot of wind in dublin.ooking pretty good at 78%. but tri-valley inland east bay under that red-flag warning starting at 11:00 tonight. and walnut creek, still pretty mild. 68 degrees no wind now. atop mt. diablo, though, by the morning, that is where you will likely see gusts above 40 miles per hour. 50s and 60s to start the day. bayside, you are not going to notice a lot of wind. most of the wind will be in the higher hills here, north bay and inland east bay. highs tomorrow trending a little bit warmer. 85 in san jose. low 90s inland. 75, san francisco. 78 in oakland and in the north bay, we will see highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. hill tops, inland east bay as we watch closely the peak wind gusts which are going to increase after midnight tonight. areas here in red and purple around the north bay and areas, these are where some of the power safety shutoffs are occurring in some of these isolated communities where the peak wind gusts are expected to be. notice also some stronger winds down near the dey

>> reporter: so far about 120 people have showed up to this polling site in dublin. there has been a slow trickle of people showing up to this poll since it opened at 7:00 this morning. of course, this is part of alameda county. certainly not the kind of turnout you'd see in a general election. we do know that the republicans are relying on a heavy turnout today in person in order to counter the mail-in ballots that so far lean heavily democrat, but we don't know if the turnout today will be enough for them to win this recall effort and get governor newsom out of the job. >> why is this important for you? >> i think i'm looking at it. so it depends on our future. i'm really nervous about the election, and i've seen what happened in georgia and texas, and i don't want that to happen in california. >> i think everybody has to participate. you know, we only get what we give in. and we've got to at least let the politicians know which way we want our community to go. >> i think it's important what happens to california. everything changes from what happens today. >> repo

hey michael in dublin. we keep hearing. we haven't seen much evidence of it so far, but we do keep hearing that this is a very different taliban to the government in 1996 that they've learned lessons that they are willing to engage to hold and talk with argument. absolutely not. i think that they taliban house done a very good job on a building up their, their media operation. they over the past almost a decade to now they operated a political mission. and oh, how, which they used to put across the survey a rosy version of their reality, but it never really reflected what was going on the ground. i think that space, that's the case. now. i think that i think that the taliban leadership were going to find this a real challenge because it was, i was okay to have this gap while they were in the insurgency. and they weren't responsible for the fate of the african people. but. but now that they're in charge, if they don't find some way of becoming a bit more compromising, they will pay the price. and 1st of all, their people wil

. >>> a live look at the smog in dublin. >> speak something of dublin, tri-valley, 98 degrees. 102 infairfield. high pressure strengthening with the smog in place giving us more typical reasons for seeing a spare the air alert, and that's ground level ozone. more wildfire smoke will likely drop into the bay area tomorrow. east bay and the santa clara valley, two locations unhealthy for sensitive groups today with the ground level ozone, and a spare the air alert on monday, labor day. and then hot air temperatures will continue for another day, and another concern where fire danger looking over the next seven days, could be a chance of lightning strikes from isolated showers, and we will look at that on our 7-day forecast, and when cooler temperatures make a comeback coming up in about eight minutes. >> thanks. >>> also the spread of the delta variant is playing a role in holiday plans. nbc bay area christie smith caught up with people in the east bay to talk about how they are handling labor day 2021. >> reporter: people decided to head outside to the park for labor day weekend, and f

a new crash reported around the dublin interchange. we'll track that as well. we know we have a couple lanes northbound just off the 680, and the commute direction westbound and also south across the bridge is moving smoothly. light traffic flow right now. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> bay area health department giving out the first covid booster shots. >> health leaders say it's just part of the challenge with so many americans still unvaccinated. today in the bay's cheryl hurd. larry aims is over 65 and got his booster shot. >> i don't want the disease to continue and evolve. i want everybody to be protected. >> santa clara county health officials making it available to sign up and line up to get their covid shot. we know with some of the vaccines, immunity begins to wane over time. right now just the pfizer vaccine has been through the process and has approval for a booster. >> under cdc rules pfizer booster shots are available for those who are 65 years or older, who got their first round of shots at least six months ago. you can get a third sho

and in dublin. michael sample professor, the mitchell institute for global peace and security and justice at queens university, but fast a warm welcome to you all. let's begin in cobble 1st. now we often talk about the international community. now it might be international, but it's not much of a community, it's mishmash of competing interests and of nation states own interest. now, i'm going to look at some point you're going to have to deal with the taliban. that's going to be the reality. but until that happens, there's only really a couple of countries that are dealing with the taliban. that seems to be china and pockets on. is that the reality? do you think? i think the recent times we've seen many other periods emerge as well, especially central to them as part of if you see a pop up with regards to the airport functioning as well as the even within cobble, they have their offices set up in sabrina. they have been quite central to the communication between the international community and the p

it's the dublin interchange taking a look at 580, 680 connector and getting busy and westbound connectorards 6 # 0 and weather and back up traffic and more news coming ♪ ♪ today i'm reviewing "donuts." let's get into it. [coughing] guys, that is some good stuff right there. it's like donuts and cereal. no burn or anything. this is so good. a lot of nicotine in here. watch cbs in bay area with the kpix 5 news app. >>> good morning. i'm gianna franco. >> and i'm len keys. let's get a check with mary lee and the air quality advisory extended. >> yeah, moderate air quality with the haze and dealing with hazy skies inland but likely as we head through our day at the surface at ground level, still looking right for air quality and moderate category and looking at cooler temperatures for today. we have a weak little weather system and that's going to usher in that strong ocean breeze for us so we're looking at temperatures below average for this time of year. if you

a viewer in dublin says she felt it. another says she did not. a 3.2 near san ramon. >>> another top story, much needed rainmaking its way to the bay area much you see the raindrops on the windshield. i think this would be called a drizzle storm. let's check with rob as we look outside. you see the clouds moving in. are those rain clouds and is that a drizzle storm? >> or hairspray rain. we have low clouds as you see here on radar. enough lift as they rise over hilltops to get drizzle. this line is holding good around mendocino county. for the north bay between 7:00 and 11:00 later on tonight approaching midnight around the golden gate bridge, the roadway should be damp as you see this line pass by the south from midnight to 4:00 a.m. right over san jose. watch how the green is disappearing. the rain will probably be here on the santa cruz mountains. then it clears. unfortunately it clears rapidly due to dry north winds. so a complete u turn in the forecast. a fire weather watch for sunday night into monday. a big jump in temperatures from the pa

looking over here toward 580 that is clear fine heading toward that dublin interchange. avenue here, south 680 does show slowing. that traffic that was held up in walnut creek once the crash cleared from all lanes over there north of lavorn now slow as you head toward the dublin interchange for 580 and 680. a little slowing for 880 around where the lane shift happens. typical this time of morning. smoother drive westbound. gum up a bit. no problem at the bay bridge toll plaza or anywhere south of there. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> clearing the shelters is our goal this week here at nbc bay area and telemundo 48. so 16-year-old lindsey yang says she was told adopting a pet savings two lives. lindsey adopted parker from pets in need in redwood city a few years ago. this is after suffering a serious concussion while competing in gymnastics. she was forced to isolate in her dark room which sent her into depression. until parker came along. so, tomorrow, our big adoption event at berkeley humane, laura and i will be there. if you can't wait until then or probably can't

once you are past that, it looks better toward the dublin interchange. a wind advisory in effect as well, so 44 minutes travel time to go from 205 over toward 680. other than that, we're still doing okay westbound 80, highway four, all in the clear. northbound 101 out of san jose, right now traffic is moving at the limit. you can see traffic moving pretty nicely here as well, no brake lights or issues, in fact things are pretty clear as you work your way out of the east bay heading into the city and we will let you know when the lights get turned on. >>> happening today, president biden will be in california, his first trip as president. >> you will survey damage from the fire, and campaign with governor gavin newsom ahead of tomorrow's recall election. justin andrews is in marion county with the latest on the final push for votes today. justin? >> absolutely. it is crunch time for these candidates, and also, we know later today, in solano county, a gop event will happen later this morning, telling people to get out the vote. john cox, a republican candi

a 3-pint 2 centered just to the west of in between san ramon and dublin and it will get your attention. it got juliet's mother's attention. we know that much. >> september 18th and a little rain on the way. darren peck, let me be the first to ask this season, going to make a dent? >> no. the bigger concern is will it help with fire season and for parts of the state yes. way up on the northern part, two inches of rain. the river complex fire. this is good news. but let's come home and talk about the rest of today. rain arriving. where it is now, we did this, but to review, here we are at 8:00. still hung up here mainly sonoma county and through the coast. we'll get light rain up along 101, .10-inch of rain through 10:00. there is good rain working down to marin at that point. hasn't gotten to the golden gate bridge but that will happen to past midnight. this is 1:00 a.m. there is some rain holding together here as it gets to the heart of bay. that is not a lot. real light stuff and won't hold together to the south bay. then it is done. >> rainfall totals will be light. and down for the

it was a late night decision by the board voting 3 to 2 to upgrade dublin elementary. the school was built back in 1961. the money will come from a bond measure in 2019 that was put on hold due to the pandemic. changes to the school include improving the classrooms and building a new library. leaks every single winter. every winner. they put a brand new roof on millions of dollars. it's still leaks every single winter. there were no plans to expand capacity at the school parents at dublin elementary say they'll need $60 million to fully renovate the campus. a lot of rain still coming down across louisiana and the northern gulf coast. this as many residents are still cleaning up from hurricane ida reporter casey steagall has the story. nicholas dumping rain on southern louisiana today, the storm crawling over parts of the state still recovering from hurricane ida two weeks ago. officials fear nicholas could hamper those cleanup efforts, and some residents say their homes are still so badly damaged. they're not able to withstand heavy rain. we're still raining in the ins

all the headlights working toward that dublin. no crashes. just those brake lights out of tracy getting in to the pass area. lots of green on the travel times. that's good news if you are going out early. east shore travel times 13 minutes westbound from hercules to the maze. if you are taking highway 4. 25 minutes over toward the east shore and that san jose commute so far so good. no delays along 101. northbound 101 to on nins th will go about 36 minutes. bay bridge toll plaza quiet. no delays here and a quick live look at the freeway. this is 880, not far from the oakland coliseum and traffic is moving facely. if are you going south of here toward heyward, so far so good. it's 4:49. >>> now more on the caldor. an animal rescue is glad they left ahead of the evacuation order. >> they used grant money to buy an animal trailer, and anxiety safe crates to load up the animals. >> we can't believe what our eyes are showing us. that the devastation and the speed at which fire comes through and the fact that these animals, you know, are running fo

so let's see how dublin is doing. 74 degrees right now. it's a little bit more sunny into the interior valleys. some areas. overnight lows dipping down into the 60s as far as our air quality concerns, the bay area air quality management district ex tebed the air quality advisory through monday because of good to moderate air conditions. take a look at this. these are our current air quality sensors and they are also so far showing green for the most part. we have some moderate conditions down in the san jose south bay area and of course we are doing much better in through the interior which is near sacramento. they are dealing with moderate to unhealthy and also extremely unhealthy air quality conditions because of the active wildfires. so we're seeing smoke drift interesting central and southern california here. it's also mixing in with the cloud cover. you have seen clouds today or haze. as far as our satellite/radar goes this comes into play ahead into sunday, monday and tuesday because we are talking about the chance for seeing a syste

live look at oura 80, 680 dublin interchange. the headlights working westbound. traffic getting busy for that ride in to the pass. are you looking at a 31 minute travel time right now. plus a high wind advisory in effect for the pass. keep that in mind. let's get a look at the rest of your travel times on some of our main freeways. east shore freeway westbound, 13 minutes, highway 4 to the maze. highway 4 to the east shore 25 minutes and 101 out of the south bay looking good with no delays. that's a at your mog >>ing. you said the hottest team in the bay were the giants you would be wrong. g men are closing in. closing in hard on the nl west crown. 103 wins now including four in a row. >>> and a like look outside on >>> i'm tracking a fire weather watch for the north bay mountains. that's in effect from 11:00 a.m. today until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's boof a thousand feet for the north bay mountains. i'm tracking gusty off shore winds and low relative humidity values. especially watching this evening into tomorrow morning for the strongest winds and the lowest,

let's get a live look at the dublin interchange. we are see th extra typical.d headlights worked toward 680. the bulk of the brake light also be around grant line, check this out. metering lights turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza. things stacked up quickly. we have a back up now to just beyond that 880 overpass. give yourself a few extra minute itself are you going out of the east bay in to the city. looking at about a 12 minute commute from the maze to san francisco. >>> just as thousands piled into their cars to evacuate the caldor fire animals hitting its roads. >> and one group said they are gradney planned ahead. leaving the tahoe basin before the evacuation order. lake tahoe wildlife care recently used grant money to buy an animal trailer and anxiety safe crates to let staff load up the animals they are care for which includes raccoons and ducks. >> we can't believewhat our eyes showing you. that the devastation and the speed at which fire comes through. >> now they are safe at shelters and the crews able to pack up their own homes and that may be in

bob redell joins us from dublin this morning.,000 customers in ten counties, and they are in the unincorporated areas of napa and solano. these public safety power shutoffs could start at any moment. they said anytime after 5:00 a.m., and they would have power restored by 10:00 tonight. the utility is concerned about the forecast high winds that could damage power lines and equipment and spark a wildfire. there's a red flag warning in effect issued by the national weather service, and that's for the north bay mountains and east bay hills, where i am at. let's send it over to kari hall, and right now it's calm out but i am assuming later today it will get gusty. >> yeah, we had wind gusts in the north bay up to 66 miles per hour in the mountains earlier this morning. it's already gusting higher up and it's going to be hot today. humidity levels dropping as we head towards the mid-90s for the next couple of days and staying warm through the end of the week. mike? >>> we had a quick recovery. 680, a good speed, and 84 recovering fro

we will track that off the dublin grade and heading over to the nimitz. pittsburg into walnut creek, highway 4 with a slowdown. we are still looking at your typical pattern right now at the half hour mark heading into walnut creek. the bay bridge toll plaza, this is the backup. it filled in earlier today than yesterday, and right now everything on pace getting over there. >> wow, a lot of traffic. don't want to sit in it. >>> an exclusive interview with simone biles. the superstar gymnast is in the bay this week and is opening up about her mental health struggles. >> this is not your burden to carry, and you need to go and take care of yourself. >> the message she wants you to hear. >>> and plus, a trip down memory lane, different locations in china town over the years, many are gone but you can visit the locations and learn how they made marks in san jose's history, and this is as the city will make the formal apology to the chinese community after the burning down of china town in 1887. we'll be right back. every single day, we're all getting a little b

. >>> a live look out at the skies over the bay bridge, and out in dublin on the right. you can see a bit of hayes. we have an air quality advisory until tomorrow due to the smoke from wildfires burning in central and southern california. the neurologist darren peck has been monitoring the air quality. i notice it today. >>> it's a really common experience. that will be the focus for the forecast right now. the temperatures are going to call down a bit over the next few days. but let's talk about air quality. that camera in dublin, looking right up 580, you can tell we have more smoke in the sky. this is one of those situations where a lot more of it is elevated, which is why it looks so bad. it's not to say we aren't getting smoke on the ground. we have a lot more air quality sensors meeting in the moderate category than yesterday. yesterday, this was all green. today we dipped into moderate, including all the south bay sensors, going up the peninsula, and right up to the city. but let's get over to the one place that actually him a surprisingly, is reading good air qua

we spoke to a family here in dublin that are aware of the high fire danger. >> we will probably keepn the set of winds and how that tracks tonight and if needed i guess we have to be ready with our essentials. >> we have done some additional staffing at the region level. we have our aircraft that are available for early up, and that means should an incident occur overnight we are able to get our aircraft up a few hours earlier than they normally would be available. >> reporter: the red flag warning runs through 8:00 tonight. reporting live here in dublin, bob redell for "today in the bay." >>> kari hall is tracking and posting about the dangerous conditions as they develop, and keep up with her and follow her on twitter, facebook and instagram @karihallweather. >>> and then pfizer says its vaccine is safe and provides a strong immune response similar to people in older age groups. subjects were given two shots 21 days apart at one-third the dosage for people over 12. pfizer and it's partner biointech plan to submit that data to the fda, and results should be released later this year.

. >>> looking live at of dublin and san jose, and air quality advisory across the bay area has been extended through tomorrow. smoke from wildfires across northern california is hanging over the bay area. >> chief meteorologist paul heggen is keeping an eye on the air quality. i noticed it today, it smelled a bit better. >> you can definitely see it on the horizon but the air quality was moderate across-the-board. it is not great, but it could be a whole lot worse, considering the number of fires still burning around the state. this isn't going to get any worse. the air quality advisory is for smoke elevated in the atmosphere. you will see it as you go up in elevation and maybe smell it but it does not trigger the spare the air alert when the air quality becomes hazardous. our quality will be the same tomorrow and again on friday. some improvement on saturday as the storm system gets closer to the coast. that is going to help to push a lot of the service level smoke at ground level away from the bay area for the second half of the weekend. that is the same storm system which is going to brea

and it's 87 now in dublin. so we know those temperatures are going to be hot. but we only have a heat advisory for solano county and lake county and areas off towards the east. but take a look at these high temperatures for today. over 100 degrees for concord, antioch, as well as livermore, morgan hill reaching 101, and some upper 90s for santa rosea. but once again cooling off. we'll talk about that chance of lightning coming up in a few minutes, marcus. >>> more evacuations are being lifted as firefighters gain containment on the caldor fire. that fire has been burning now for about a month. this is near lake tahoe. the caldor fire now 50% campaigned. this comes after flames wiped out entire neighborhoods in el dorado county. so far that fire has scorched more than 217,000 acres, nearly 800 homes have been destroyed. >>> and still developing south of the border, at least one person now confirmed dead after that powerful 7.0 magnitude quake near acapulco. now, this is new video of some of the damage left behind. one state governor says that someone died from f

we'll talk about more changes ahead, but like give us a look at dublin?yeah, 580 we had a big rig crash and a traffic break, and now as the volume starts to build, look at all these headlines, we do have all lanes cleared approaching the dublin interchange. highway 84 showed a burst of traffic, and no need to take that surface street, can you go to the freeways as they are moving at speed. right on with the reopen, the 101 up to oakland road. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> coming up, doubling up on your dose. the recommendation doctors are suggesting to follow to help deal with covid and the flu season. >>> in washington, things are reaching a boiling point. there are so many things for congress to do and they are doing none of it. >>> the governor of texas is under new fire this morning, and why new tactics along the border are drawing new scrutiny and what just set some of the detainees free. we're back after the break. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more

. >>> the santa rita jail in dublin is experiencing a spike in covid-19 cases. and alameda county sheriff's spokesperson says 46 inmates tested positive for the virus. nine symptomatic inmates are in isolation and under observation , and it is not the first spike at the jail. previously, they had 100 cases. none of the current cases are serious, we are told. >>> some good news in california's fight against covid-19. the test positivity rate is now 4.1%, a drop of 0.3% from last week. hospitalizations are just over 8000 patients. >>> concern is growing about the surge in covid-19's biking across the nation. with so many people traveling during the holiday weekend, health officials say they are bracing for the possibility of another surge. last week the nation average more than 150,000 new cases. this comes with more than 12,000 new hospitalizations. it is leaving health the specials especially worried about the unvaccinated. >> there were a lot of people unvaccinated that were traveling, and they did not wear mask socialistanc washin their hands. we could see a l

it's that area out of the pass toward the dublin. we will watch that.raph sick still moving at the limit. live look at that area. 580, 680. headlights working toward that connector and still moving at an okay pace. definitely seeing more volume on the roadway. just be careful this morning. things may be gusty. which are starting to see the brake lights. way all the way to north flynn. it's fairly quiet. only 12 minutes to go between heyward and foster city. tail lights. that's the commute direction. no delays and no metering lights. seeing more cars on the roadway as that morning commute heats up for that ride into san francisco. just a heads up this started on monday this week but it'll extend all the way through january of 2022. this is 3.1 miles of the pass between concord and pittsburgh. there will be ongoing road work there monday through friday from seven in the morning to five in the evening. >>> september is childhood cancer awareness month and the life saving treatments can be challenging. especially for children. boston a 4-year-old has been g

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san ramon valley and dublin unified both sent letters to families. parents tonight not surprised if it's happening at other school districts in the bay area. tiktok has removed videos with the hashtag devious licks, but new videos are popping up, frank. well, that little voice sure seems to get it. it's just a shame all those other students don't azenith smith live force tonight. thank you. in the east bay. a road rage incident led to gunfire near the caldecott tunnel today, just as the evening commute was getting underway. officers responded to the shooting just after 3 30 this afternoon and found the victim stopped on the right shoulder. the chp says the victim's car had several bullet holes. the victim, however, was not hurt. the tunnels right bore was closed for about two hours as officers investigated the scene. no arrests have been made. the closure led to huge traffic delays on highway 24 highway, 13 traffic finally started returning to normal after all lanes in the caldecott were reopened about six o'clock. we're going to look at dash cam vid

well, today we've been well expert professor, this or neil of trinity college. dublin has emerged as one of the key commentators on the ability of vaccines to triumph over crowded virus. but 1st few treats messages, email the response to i show last week. i mean you keep parties conference season session. this particular client says no one standing up to the 2 days in this says the program is very informative. i was never important enough to be authority. thanks. vena john o'connor. he says leave i too much to the right. now. of course, chris williamson affect his lifelong hero. 20 bed and last week. sure. and i'll newman says tony been was awesome. micro friendly says the english ship of state is hold below the water line. the only thing stopping it from the thinking completely is it might have public money or not that gordon mackenzie says adrena cutty is always of great interest. not necessarily politically or factually correct. but always interesting. and finally, william moore says in the listen to the ship of state ship more like a punctured thing, a with a captain and clueless

the travel time 39 minutes over toward the dublin interchange. see in the live shot this is the area near 580, 680. headlights going toward 680. you can see that extra volume. things getting busy. livermore valley area. san mateo bridge looking good between 880 and 10 #. right now no delays. golden gate bridge pretty foggy. no official advisory has been issued but definitely looking a little murky. limited visibility could be a problem if you are going out of marin into san francisco. just be careful if you are going through there this morning. not the bay bridge toll plaza. mitering plights off and things moving at the limit. we have no brake light its or issues off approaches in to the maze, 80, 580, 880 all clear. traffic looks good as you work across the span over into san francisco. a quick live look at the travel times. if you are taking the east shore, westbound 8o from hercul, s will take you just about 14 minutes. >>> going live now to new york city. cbs this morning shows new of news set is now in time square. right there in living colo

>> dublin. >> dublin. >> name a second one. >> glasgow. [ buzzer ] >> australia. [ buzzer ] >> morocco buzzer ] >> can you point out ireland on this map? >> right here? [ buzzer ] >> point out ireland on that map. >> i'm going to go with this one, it's green. [ buzzer ] >> fill in the blank. the blank irish. >> the drunken irish. >> the drinking irish. [ buzzer ] >> i really don't know, we're going drunking irish. [ buzzer ] >> the blanking irish? >> the [ bleep ] irish. [ buzzer ] >> what did st. patrick do? >> i don't know, i thought he was a leprechaun. [ buzzer ] >> name a famous irish person. >> how about mel gibson. [ buzzer ] >> the lucky charms guy. >> anna kendrick. >> mike myers. [ buzzer ] >> can you name a famous irish member of one direction? >> liam. [ laughter ] >> name a famous irish singer. >> oh, oh -- from one direction? is it -- uh -- niall? or louis? [ buzzer ] is the irish one niall? >> which one? >> i think louis? >> what's his last name? >> thomasson? i don't like one direction that much. [ buzzer ] [ cheers and applause ] >> niall: yeah. they're quite overrated

eastbound as well out of dublin and livermore. commute the westbound drive a minor crash reported between a big rig and pickup truck, from what chp has told and that is on the shoulder, though. safely out of the lanes. i was concerned because of the larger vehicles but 580 moves smoothly past the scene. 84 slowing there. same off the castro valley. 880 through union city and fremont. san jose holding on to the slowing. the bay bridge toll plaza should start a build but not a major problem. good news, ace train still on time and capital corridor a half hour delay. back to you. >> thank you. >>> happening now, restaurants along university avenue in palo alto start preparing for the street to reopen to traffic. they decided university avenue should reopen october 15th. california avenue will remain closed until june of next year. during the pandemic both have been closed to cars so restaurants could offer more outdoor dining space. >>> there's still much more ahead on "today in the bay," this tuesday morning, including all new fallou

reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right. thank you. >>> an emotional blow for firefighters on the frontlines of the dixie fire burning near chico. a veteran national forest firefighter died from illness. his death is not directly connected to the fire though not clear if he became sick while battling the flames. containment levels inched up yesterday and now at 56% containment there. the dixie fire has destroyed nearly 700 homes and some 6,000 more homes are still under threat. >> okay. >>> we want to take a live look outdoor across the bay area, the smoke and haze expected to linger. vianey arana has been keeping her eye on air quality so far. how is it looking for us today? >> you know, the thing is that because it's so hot, that's also playing a component, so we had a shift in the winds. they definitely called down which is sort of what helped. the tahoe basin air quality here. a spare the air alert is issued. when the aqi goes above 101. north bay coast, south bay, according to the air quality management district. here a

reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> 6:33.come of today's election has the potential to have national political consequences. whoever wins may possibly be appointing a replacement in the u.s. senate. some speculate diane fine stain -- >> who is getting up there in age in declining health if she were to leave that means the next governor of california are the current governor if he keeps his job gets to pick the 50th u.s. senator and i think democrats would be nervous if it's not newsom in that chair. >> check out the full story and more like it on nbc lx on 11.5 xfinity 185 or online at lx.com. look for live team coverage at 11:00 and we'll break everything down tomorrow morning on "today in the bay." we have an entire page dedicated to the recall election on our website. head to nbcbayarea.com click on newsom recall. it is up in the trending bar. >>> 6:34. this is a live look at the u.s. federal courthouse in downtown san jose where today testimony will resume in the criminal fraud for elizabeth holmes. shortly after opening

dublin headed toward 87, 66 morgan hill.r cooling and air quality coming up in a few minutes. you're seeing backup from the san jose crash. >> talk about 87 in dublin, i'm talking highway 87 through san jose. tough time. we had a crash at kertsner in the lanes. our security head over here, philip, went past and said it looked bad for the pickup truck involved. the lanes three and four, two right lanes, blocked and that has traffic jammed off 85 past capital expressway. choosing 101, the backup we traditionally see. this will ripple around through that traffic coming out of south county and the valley. seeing slowing for highway 85. the rest of the bay will show the traditional backup forming there for hayward out of union city and the worst slowing in the contra costa county area highway 4, 242 through concord. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> taking a stand on capitol hill, coming up next on "today in the bay," testimony from some of the nation's best known olympians. ahead in a live report the failures they plan to outlin

yes iannarone, val unified and dublin unified. both sent letters to parents.parador de valley high school several of the boys bathrooms have been vandalized and what these kids they may not realize their actions could lead to serious consequences. it's all over tiktok and now compilations are showing up on youtube. devious licks refers to a trend where tiktok ear's steel school equipment and flaunt it like trophies for all of tiktok to see. the trend is called the devious licks challenge and involves students posting videos, showing them stealing, damaging and taking items from school started by one tiktok user earlier this month, it's now happening at school campuses in the bay area in our bathrooms they've been feeling, uh soap dispensers, mirrors and. have also been trashing the bathrooms. we will take each case seriously. it is vandalism. we will involve our police as necessary. san ramon valley unified superintendent says at least four schools middle and high schools in the district have been vandalized and a letter to parents. doherty valley's principal

that's another discussion. bryan lucy, professor trinity business school speaking to us from dublin as sir. thank you so much for explaining a very complicated issue in very clear terms. thank you. thank you. now, the number of deaths from covey 19 in africa has just passed at 200000 the continental 1300000000 people hasn't suffered as badly as was feared at the start of the pandemic. that has been more than 3 times the number of deaths in the united states alone. but there are concerns over the future is only around 8 percent of people in africa as $54.00 nations. have received at least one dose of any kind of vaccination. more than 40000000 corona virus infections have now been recorded in the u. s. and that's our at the highest since last winter, the latest surge is being driven by the delta, very into and by those who are unvaccinated. now some health care workers are saying enough is enough. al jazeera is heidi show. castro has one a 70 year old woman had just died inside the shreveport, louisiana hospital. she'd been here 4 days battling cove in 19. now nurses prepare her for the

she is a leading pro choice advocate and was joining us from dublin. thank you bri. israel's military has shot and wounded to palestinians in separate incidents in gaza. israeli soldiers shot a young man while he was ne, the border in southern garza, 8th of con venus. the northern guys in northern gods arrive at the israeli navy shore palestinian fishermen. while he was working off the coast. the incident comes off to the government approved expanding. the garza strips. fishing on the fisherman's union says the navy, shoot a fisherman without warning.