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garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> a very good perspective by garvin. we bring in jeff ranieri. like garvin said, most of us know exactly what we were doing. but there are so many people now, whether in our newsroom or our community that weren't aware. >> you said were you here in the bay area. i was in oregon in my first television job as a meteorologist but got sent to the airport to cover it for the news department because obviously so impactful. real quickly, i met somebody that day whose mans changed. he was supposed to be on one of the trade towers, but his mans changed and couldn't make it. it gives me chills thinking about it. i remember where i was standing. >> it is nice for all of us to reflect, as difficult as it is, it is nice and helpful for us to reflect. take it away, jeff. >> definitely. as we bring it in to the weather forecast, we are setting ourselves up with good weekend weather. i know on and off for the past several weekends, the past self selfen to eight weekends we've had smoke moving in. cool air to the north, warm air to the south. we're sandwiched rig

we want to thank everyone who participated and, garvin, thank you for putting that together. right. let's check in with rob mayeda right now. he was talking about something about 90s, rob. when is that going to happen? >> yeah. it's a few areas out toward solano county managed to do that today. 89 in concord. but really, what we have outside are the summer microclimates well underway. 60s and 70s near the coast and bayside. and 70s right now around san jose where the skies are still beautifully blue. we have that rain that came through. a lot of lightning, too. thursday into friday. we dodged most of the lightning in terms of big-time fire danger. now, the skies really did clear out from the smoke last couple of days. still that way right now in san mow jose, it's 78 degrees. warmer temperatures inland. walnut creek, 89. around inland contra costa county, 87 degrees. in livermore, with mostly sunny skies. and there, you see pretty good sea breeze and low clouds moving into san francisco, currently. 66 degrees. west wind at 17 miles per hour. and still, good air quality as you

. >> garvin thomas is here with a follow up he's been following for years. garvin. >> janelle and jess, what i am talking about small, is not the rights being exercised. it is the people doing it. >> reporter: all this week at martin elementary in san francisco. >> focusing on another happening 90 miles away in sacramento. >> reporter: any day now the california state senate will vote on a resolution that can trace its origin to this very classroom. >> it is so exciting. it is so exciting. >> reporter: how many words are written in the white board. it was in 2017 during a discussion of a civil rights movement, she shared the story of ruby bridges. the courageous first grader alone and under armed federal escort integrated her new orleans school. a student asked if ruby like martin luther king jr. had a name after her. the answer was no. >> yes. >> reporter: maddie who asked the question is now a sophomore in high school. >> it is amazing to think of how one question could have started that. >> reporter: maddie made a movement picked up by the fifth grade cla

garvin thomas joins us to share such a story. hey, garvin. >> a 16-year-old lindsey yang says she was told adopting a pets saves two lives. the one you save and the ones that gets its place in the shelter. for her case, it was three. >> focus in me. >> reporter: lindsey yang does not know what it was about parker, her chihuahua mix that drew her to him. she knows when she first saw him three years ago as a puppy at redwood city, well, they needed each other. >> he was like this scrawny creature in the back corner and i walked straight to that and i said yeah, this one is mine. my mom is like, that one? anything else? no, this one. >> reporter: it's of course why parker needed lindsey. this story is about why lindsey needed parker. >> he helps me in ways i can't explain it. >> reporter: lindsey is competitive gymnast. three weeks before meeting parker, she suffered from concussion. for weeks she was confined in her bedroom. i am a social person and being isolated from society and sitting in the dark, it took a toll on my mental he

each thanking the other one for changing his life. >> garvin thomas reporting there.scott said his compassion was part of the reason for mike's success. robert was given medication to control schizophrenia that was keeping him on the street. we'll be right back. my barbeque bacon double cheeseburger. two 100% beef patties, hickory smoked bacon and award-winning barbeque sauce. ♪ mmm...award winning. ♪ try my bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. >>> in the best of times agriculture is a job where you work with what nature deals you. but with our changing climate it has become much more of a roller coaster. we go to a st. helena winery that has turned to creative measures to try and survive. >> the life of a winemaker sounds kind of romantic, transforming grape into prized wine. yet a reality check. >> we have fire. we have smoke. this year we have drought. you can see our pound right there. napa winemaker, he says it's a reality of wine making. >> it is a bit of a climate disaster area. >> but this year's harvest is on the vine, on its way to t

our own garvin thomas has organized this whole thing. the bay area proud blood drive.nford blood center says there's critical shortage of all blood types. most worrisome is "o" negative, a universal type used to symptom ambulances. today blood collected at today's drive has the potential to help three people for each unit collected. we thank garvin for putting that together again, a great job. >>> the giants are rolling on and on. >> you've been worried all season long. >> i worry sometimes about my boys. >> they're good. the giants are more than two touchdowns against the clubs, yes, i'm talking baseball, not football. a crushing victory in chicago. stick around, sports is next. let us take you to a place you've been craving. where the aroma of authenticity turns into the scent of home. and the warmth of friends and family is in every bite. here, there's a story behind every meal. with cacique, you'll be inspired to add your own flair. so you can tell a story of your own. cacique.your auténtico awaits. >>> welcome back. i'm anthony flores. if you're like terry, you've

this is the fifth year our garvin thomas has organized the drive.d center tells us there is a critical shortage of all blood types right now. covid is a reason for that. most worrisome is it only has a three-day supply of 0 negative, that's the universal donor type used to stock ambulances. 111 units of blood was collected yesterday and each unit has the potential to helps us help three people. let's check in with vianey. >> just in case you missed it earlier i want to give you one more view of how beautiful the sunrise is over greater lake tahoe. using the alert wildfire camera network, they're still fighting the fires and it's going to be a tough couple days when it comes to the heat, but it's going to be a beautiful day today. we are expecting to see hazy skies at times with some smoke aloft, but overall good to moderate air quality according to the air quality management district. temperatures will be in the 90s so hot in concord, antioch, hayward, but around the coastline in the mid and upper 60s. south bay expect to see 80s on the map and get

each thanking the other one for changing his life. >> garvin thomas with that incredible story. it is just shy of 7:27. still to come on "today in the bay." the latest on the caldor fire and its impact on lake tahoe as people are forced to evacuate and tourists are being told to stay away on this labor day weekend. . >>> good morning, it is saturday, september 4th, 7:29 as we welcome the labor day weekend. good morning, san francisco. just a regular morning of fog and cloud cover in the city by the bay. we appreciate your starting this holiday weekend with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey join us with our microclimate forecast. >> good morning we have a lot to talk about because we're dealing with air quality concerns and people are going to be out and about, i want to make sure everyone is safe. live look over walnut creek right now, another day of hazy skies. current temperatures in the 50s and 60s as e you head out the door, let's talk about the headlines, what we'll deal with the next couple of days. overall we'll see the advisory in effect through the weekend into labor day on

"today in the bay's" garvin toms joins us to share a story of adoption helping both the dog and the human. >> look at me. >> reporter: lindsay doesn't know exactly what it was about parker, exactly, her chihuahua mix, that first drew her to him. she first knows when she first saw him three years ago as a puppy at the shelter, that they needed each other. >> it was this scrawny little creature in the back corner. and i walked straight to him and said, this is mine. my mom was like, that one? anything else? and i'm like, no, this one. this is it. >> reporter: now, it's pretty obvious why parker needed lindsay. he was in a shelter, after all. but this story is really about why lindsay needed parker. he helped me in ways that i can't even explain it. >> lindsay, you see, is a competitive gymnast. has been doing it since she was three. but just a few weeks before meeting parker, lindsay suffered a severe concussion. for weeks, she was confined to her dark bedroom. >> it really put me in a bad mental place. i'm a very social person, so obviously being isolated from society, sitting in the dark,

garvin thomas is joining us now behind a dramatic change. >> the community we are talking about is north fair oaks. bordering redwood city. not all that long ago was a rough place to live with gangs and guns and drugs but not anymore. so, what changed everything? well, a better question would be who? >> reporter: sister christina helsey, one of those people when others see challenges, she sees nothing but potential. >> reporter: 20 years ago, she came to run st. francis center, it was a food and donation program run in a middle in a dangerous neighborhood. >> reporter: a challenge, right? >> i was a kid in a candy store. >> reporter: sister kristine potential is now a reality. under her watch, they opened a school and built an after school center. currently owned and managed of 200 unit housing permanently reserved for low income families. it had been a transformation not just in the center but the entire community. >> it was full of gang violence. unsafe. >> reporter: andrea hernandez grew up here. she's happy to raise her two children here now. >> the children have the opportunity and

but garvin thomas shares a story of museum who doesn't want things the way they were. >> not exactly the way they were. andrew st. james came up with unique way to perform music with traditional venues closed. ones that are opening again, he's happy to return, with a twist. of all the people happy to have live music back on the marquee, andrew st. james must be near top of the chart ♪♪ >> reporter: the san francisco singer/songwriter has been waiting what felt like a lifetime to head back into the city's clubs and concert halls. >> on the stage again, it's comforting for me. >> reporter: but just because andrew is back where he wants to be, doesn't mean he wants everything to be just like it was prepandemic. far from it in fact. it is something the past 18 months have taught andrew. >> meeting people from afar, from different walks of life and different circumstances really was informative of my own personal space, where i am. >> reporter: met all these people in the pandemic when he and fellow musician patton and producer graham offered socially distanced concerts in driveways for a

thank you, garvin.you have a story to share, head over to bay area proud at nbcbayarea.com. >>> let's get a check of the forecast for this tuesday. it seems like the fog cleared out in a lot of places and a bit of a warmup again. >> we'll see temperatures starting to climb, but what a day outside after a little bit of shower activity yesterday. no matter what you had going on, you had to run a few errands. the air put a kick in your step. 64 going to chillier 50s by 8:00 p.m. san jose, more blue sky through the south bay and temperatures at 76. a little bit of a breeze here, but we're going to drop off fast. by 7:00 and 8:00, we're already into the 60s. if you have any errands to run, got to go to the grocery store, wear your jacket. for many of our inland valleys, as we head into 10:00 and 11:00, we're going to be down in the 50s, and that's going to set us up with an even colder morning tomorrow. make sure to have the jacket out and ready to go for yourself and the kids. down to 49 in the south bay. t

jessica and garvin, good last weekend to fire up the barbecue. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, toileter troubles, again. costco now limiting how much tp you can buy. this time it has nothing to do with pandemic. working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company, recology provides good-paying local jobs for san franciscans. we're proud to have built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. let's keep making a differene together. >>> white house press secretary jen psaki is taking aim at facebook and instagram. he says it should be head accountable for negative mental health. she's outraged the impact it has on teens. she says that president biden thinks one of the platforms has too much power. the discussion then shifted to misinformation. she said big tech companies know that misinformation is harmful but they don't take any action. >>> get

. >> i'm garvin thomas. we're on early because the nfl season kicks off in an hour. it's the cowboys versus the tampa bay buccaneers. we begin with the big announcement from the white house. within the past hour, president biden unveiled his new strategy to get covid under control. >> it's a six point plan getting everyone vaccinated is number one. further protecting those who are vaccinated, keeping schools open, increasing tests and requiring masks, protecting our economic recovery and making sure those who do get covid have the medical care they need. >> let's talk about some of the finer points to meet those goals. the president says companies with 100 or more people must require the employees to get a vaccine or undergo weekly testing. all federal workers must get vaccinated with no option to opt out. he is also calling on states to require shots for teachers and school staff. >> the path ahead, even with the delta variant, is not nearly as bad as last winter. but what makes it incredibly more frustrating is that we have the tools to combat covid-19 and a distin