live in san francisco, jackie ward, "today in the bay." >> jackie, thank you. the heat wave all around the bay area. bob redell is tracking the possibility of power shutoffs to fire danger -- because of fire dangers. first, thom jensen in brentwood with a look at the fire danger sparking so much concern. good morning, thom. >> reporter: good morning. you can probably see the breeze hyped us with the palm trees blowing. that increases that fire danger, of course, cooling down the temperatures a little bit. we're down into the 70s right now at 5:00 a.m. we were already at 82 degrees but that fire danger and then the health concerns with the heat and the smoke. despite those health concerns from the national weather service and from health officials about the excessive heat we found lots of people out yesterday during the evening and during the daytime out shopping and enjoying dining. some of the hottest parts of the bay and the tri-valley area. shoppers finding labor day deals, not scared away by the heat even if they have to stand in line to get the bargains. >

you gotta clean your forest. >> reporter: in san francisco, jackie ward, nbc bay area news. >>> today's presidential visit also came with some problems on the streets. hundreds of people there in the sacramento area gathering to show their support for president trump. on the other side of the street, counterprotesters. at one point they surrounded a chp squad car, and one woman climbed on top of the cruiser. that woman was hospitalized. no word tonight on her condition. the chp isn't saying if it's taking any action against her or the officer who sped off with the protester on top of the car. >>> well, tomorrow vice presidential candidate kamala harris will be in town in fresno to visit the creek fire zone near yosemite and meet with fire officials. senator harris telling us she feared that today's visit by president trump was just a photo op. she adds her visit will focus on fire victims who are in desperate need of some help. >>> well, trending downward. take a look at this graph. it shows the nun mber of daily w covid cases across california. cases began to dramatically rise, hitting

jackie ward, nbc bay area news. >>> tonight the oakland a's remain isolated in houston. a's season remains on hold. but good news this evening. all members of the traveling party tested negative for covid-19. however next two games have been postponed. follows one person testing positive over the weekend. team isn't saying i player or staff member. yesterday's game against the we tomorrow and wednesday's games against the mariners. >>> guilty plea and possible cooperation from one defendant, new details in gun permit scandal involving santa clara county. >>> missing mailboxes, temporarily removed this weekend. >>> chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the air quality, what it's going to mean with smoke tomorrow and much hotter weather coming our way in the seven-day forecast in about seven minutes. >>> can the postal system handle the mail-in the test, nbc and telemundo team up to send letters locally and cross-country. >> no question that policies have changed to slow down the mail. >> results are in. see how many made it on time, tonight at 11:00, nbc bay area news

nbc bay area jackie ward spoke with struggling prooivate gem y owners who are fuming. >> it's shocking. >> reporter: she's done everything she can to keep her gym alive. >> even though they are getting exposed, there are no repercussions, it's shocking. >> reporter: she reached out to couple of police officers asking them if they need place to work out since their station gym was spoe supposedly close. they did have access to the northern district police station on filmore street and police told us that spacing and cleaning protocols have been established in department gyms. >> it seems there's a double standard between what city employees are allowed to do and what the residents of san francisco are allowed to do. >> reporter: daifr ohe says the slight silver lieping. >> the city has created this great case study that says working out indoors is safe. at this point we're demanding they allow us to have the same work out privileges for the citizens of san francisco that the employees of san francisco have. >> reporter: it's not just police gyms. this sign at the hall of justice gym sho

jackie ward, nbc bay area news. >>> we mentioned in the red tier in contra costa county. superintendent of schools say this is a positive development. she also says it is up to each school to decide if they want to return. the county says it is distributed ppe to schools to prepare a possible return to campus. they are providing special training for teachers regarding safety measures. >>> let's check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, talk about the wildfires and conditions. seems like the winds have calmed down. a bit of a cool down, things are turning around and heating up again, jeff? >> more heat on the way as we move for tomorrow and we also may see the winds ramp up based on a brand new forecast change. let's get a look at some of the goods today that allows firefighters to attack the fire in a different way and that's less wind. a decrease from the 50 miles per hour winds we had on monday and sunday mornday. a big drop in that wind which has been good. a close look along the fire lines on my map here. you can see on the top down view i have created on the fi

. >> reporter: jackie ward, nbc bay area news. >> that's san francisco. there is no getting around the south bay and the north bay. the air is bad everywhere. let's take a look at the air quality in palo alto right now. the meter is registering above 200 of the very unhealthy range. what will can you do about it? our janelle wang is here, i know you have been talking to experts and people with asthma and everyone is dealing about this. what can you do? >> even if you don't have under line health conditions, you are feeling it. the best thing is to stay in doors. today is the worst day of our air quality in the last few weeks. as you mentioned, this is our 25th consecutive spare the air day and it is extended until monday so that means 28th straight days. california is moving into the unhealthy range of the highest level of hazardous. doctors tell us walking around outside without an n-95 mask is like smoking a pack of zpr cigarettes. dining outside is a bad idea today because of all the smoke and ashes in the air. >> it causes inflammation in the lungs an

nbc bay area jackie ward spoke with struggling prooivate gem y owners who are fuming. >> it's shocking. >> reporter: she's done everything she can to keep her gym alive. >> even though they are getting exposed, there are no repercussions, it's shocking. >> reporter: she reached out to couple of police officers asking them if they need place to work out since their station gym was spoe supposedly close. they did have access to the northern district police station on filmore street and police told us that spacing and cleaning protocols have been established in department

jackie ward, nbc bay area news. >> thanks so much,californians for the upcoming holiday weekend. with labor day approaching, health officials are reiterating the same social distancing announcements before the fourth of july weekend. officials are worried people will flock to beaches and parks, a perfect recipe for spreading the virus. >> if you choose to be with others, pleased, keep it outside, maintain your physical distance, keep it small, make sure it's safe. >> human service secretary dr. mark galley reminded everyone that california's new four-tiered system is a useful tool for seeing at a glance how open for business the county is likely to be. the data will be reviewed every tuesday. >>> a follow-up now to our exclusive report on a south bay man accused of stalking and threatening santa clara county's public health director. today the sheriff's office released photos of the cache of more than 130 guns they say were confiscated from the gilroy home of alan. accused of writing nearly half a dozen letters threatening county public health officer sarah cody. a professor at g

jackie ward, nbc bay area. >>> businesses violating covid rules. this july the county looked into some 500 complaints. starting today, individual cities will take over that process. businesses can be fined between $250 to $10,000 for not following the rules. the county said so far it has issued 175 fines. >>> while the numbers are still high nationwide, covid numbers are trending down overall, but there are worries labor day celebrations and kids going back to school could change that. cases are up among kids according to the american academy of pediatrics. >> we have to protect one another, even if we know them, and maintain distance, even if family and other neighborhood gatherings. >> reporter: the coronavirus relief packages are at a standstill. congress is debating. capitol hill seeing its own surge in cases. at least 41 capital police have tested positive. >>> a curfew is in place to cut off street protests in kenosha, wisconsin. earlier today, president trump toured the city, seeing the impact of violence clash there is. >> reporter: we know

jackie ward scoped out the scene across the city to show us how fans were celebrating. >> i don't know if people understand about this pandemic thing, so we'll do our best over here. >> reporter: niners fans, raiders fans and football fans in general packed the bars. this season ticket holder said this was the next best place to be since he couldn't be at levi's. >> opening day you get the food ready, you get the whole gang ready. we can't do that, but at least we're still together and we're all healthy. >> reporter: key pub management had some rules if you wanted to sit and watch the game. no more than six people per table, wear a mask when you're not eating or drinking, and try to stay six feet away from members of your party. >> they're pretty cool. they told us how to act during the game, and people were very nice people. they understand that we work together. >> reporter: smoke was still visible all over the city, but for this niners fan, he said the situation improved just enough to make him feel comfortable sitting outside for a few hours. >> the air quality is much better now,

jackie ward "today in the bay." >> thank you, jackie. this morning we have live team coverage of the ongoing bay area heat wave. "today in the bay's" bob redell is tracking the possibility of power shutoffs to limit the fire danger and thom jensen is near brentwood with a look at that fire danger and how it's sparking so much concern. good morning, thom. >> reporter: good morning. yes, definitely here in this part of contra costa county, always faces possible evacuations during the fire danger and the excessive heat. also the associated health risk with the smoke that kari was talking about. extremely hot yesterday, expected over 110 and even in the neighboring tri-valley, highs posted, record highs topped 110 degrees. plenty of shoppers looking for deals last night when the temperatures were still close to or above 90 degrees. some finding it a little cooler in the stores since they don't have air conditioning at home. >> it bothered me more in the house than it does out here right now. we wanted to do something out and about since we d

. >> reporter: i'm jackie ward in san francisco on mission near ocean ave where police say a lot of violent last night. at 12:16 there was a reported sideshow at russia and paris streets and then nearby on mission and persia streets they found three people who had been shot. one of those people died. there was also a shooting that happened near ocean beach. a lot of violence and shootings in san francisco. >> reporter: i'm bob redell. pg&e is warning about possible public safety power shutoffs for today and tomorrow for just over 100,000 customers in the north bay and sierra foothills including over 5,600 in napa, 210 customers in sonoma. the utility is worried the strong offshore wind could damage equipment or power lines and spark a deadly wildfire. >>> and, of course, that air conditioning, we need it badly, kari. let's hope the power doesn't go out on this hot day. >>> yeah, we are going to have one more day of these extreme temperatures and also unhealthy air quality for this afternoon. as we look at tonight our winds will pick up and that will increase the fire danger. we do have the