let's bring in jeff ranieri. we had a red flag warning and we were concerned of dry lightning and fortunately nothing major happened. >> there was some rainfall with it. the fact that we didn't get wildfires, good news. it was also beneficial to just get everything a little bit wet, wipe things clean and look at this camera. probably some of the best air quality i think we have had in about six or seven weeks. you can see how blue it's back here in san jose. hopefully you had a chance to get outside and enjoy today. if you didn't today and you are heading out, out tonight, you know what i mean? we got some great weather for you. we have 83 degrees for the average right now. we got some 70s coming in at 7:00 or 8:00. we have 67 degrees right now and 60s as you roll through tonight. san francisco, that fog is starting to return. currently 51 degrees. some 50s once we hit 9 and also 10:00. a spectacular afternoon for us. i think we are setting ourselves up with an awesome weekend. nothing major, we have cool air off

chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking it all. >> that's right. we're on the tail end of this red flag fire warning. expires at 8:00 p.m. tonight. winds in mountains 15 to 40 miles per hour for northeast and parts of the south bay. by 11:00 p.m., winds two to seven miles per hour, starting to calm. tomorrow going to see temperatures upward. 60 at 7:00 a.m., not bad. 2:00 p.m., 92 and 3:00 p.m., 94 degrees. smoke forecast, expecting smoke to move up from the south. i'll show you the worst in ten minutes. >>> download the nbc bay area app to get on the go weather updates, tailored for your area. >>> more questions for pg&e over power outages in name of wildfire prevention, u.s. congresswoman wants answers. people living around los gatos have protested saying the power has been turned off way too many times and take too long to get back on. customers in mountain towns of felton, boulder creek and ben lomen. urging to take steps for safety and reliability. >>> four members of local extremist militia admitting they tried to derail the investigation int

damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> let's turn to jeff ranieri. we are talking about the labor day holiday weekend coming up. and all the fires. >> it's going to be so tense like it was last night as the firefighters really try to get a hold and handle and keep this fire as far back from south lake tahoe as possible. i wanted to continue our climate coverage tonight and take a look at our increasing wildfire days. can you see on this chart right here, this ranks those days, the increased number. when you get into the pink, you're around 50 to 100 additional days per year, deep red at 200 plus. and notice california is all in that 100 to 200-day category. we have definitely seen that, experienced that. and for the sierra, they're averaging 74 more days. this year it has been explosive, especially across the sierra. with the caldor fire it continues to grow on that eastern flank of the fire, pushing those flames closer to the lake tahoe airport. sustained winds not that bad, but within the fire zone wind gusts at times of 20-50. and we're looking at

when this stretch of highway 1 will fully reopen. >> okay, let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, hopefully that driver is okay. we saw the fog in pacifica. it cooled down quite a bit today, jeff. >> so much better outside. we had those mid and also upper 90s earlier this week. look at the difference. santa rosa, you are 10 degrees cooler. 18 degrees cooler compares to this time yesterday and concord, livermore down 15. let me show you what else is going to be helping us the next couple of days to keep us out of the hot 100. it's about this cooler air that's dropping down from the north. you can see right there. not only over seattle and oregon but right onto northern california. these two things really helping to keep our temperatures comfortable as we head even right into this upcoming weekend. let's get you ready to go tomorrow morning. you can see the coastline is thick there. clouds for the north bay and low clouds going into in land and contra costa and a little in san jose. we see some of that fog moving in from the south in gilroy. i do anticipate a good amount of sunshin

let's bring in jeff ranieri.talked about the lightning, which is something we don't want. >> it can be very, very dangerous. we are going to take a look at the fire weather watch. and talk about some microclimate extremes. out at the coastline at san francisco we're currently dealing with temperatures in the 60s. then you head out to the inrapid valleys, and it is a hot 99 tonight. it is going to be a slow cool off this evening. it's going to be a tough next couple hours if you don't have air conditioning. the hottest air is going to start to much off to the east tomorrow and give us cooling, but the other thing that's going to happen, it's going to make way in the weather pattern for this area of low pressure. and the thing we're watching with this is as it continues to move closer it's going to bring up humidity and thunderstorm chances. the interesting thing about this, the way it's setting up, the moisture is really going to need the higher elevations to set off these thunderstorms. the higher elevations woul

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let's bring in jeff ranieri. we've got heat, serious fire danger. it all seems to continue to pile up these days. >> yeah, every single week. last week the wildfires and smoke. we're going to give you every bit of information you need because we know there's a lot on the table here on many different levels. you can see today the hottest temperatures, we saw sharon out there in the east bay, concord up to 102. livermore, 102. pittsburg, 101. san martin at 100. if you happen to not have air condition, it's going to be a tough go. take a look at the temperature profile in concord, and you can see while we cool off at 8:00 into the 80s, that's extremely warm for us. we'll stay in the 80s all the way through 10:00 p.m. eventually 70s coming in by early in the morning. tomorrow i do have ten degrees of cooling moving in as the heat starts to move out. but this system, it starts to move in. we're talking about humidity, also thunderstorm chances. coming up in 15 minutes, we'll go over a fire weather watch and our chance of lightning as we roll through the

. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. my updated time line in about six minutes. >>> why are california fires so fierce and so frequent? there are now government hearings in washington, d.c. >> over the past two years, the senior investigative reporter has been digging into what is fueling these historic fires. his reporting caught the attention of a bay area congressman. >> reporter: this all has to do with burned trees and what we choose to do with them after a wildfire. the wrong answer could leave california communities at higher risk of being caught in future fires. here's the problem. the federal government and top scientists across the country can't seem to agree on the solution. the u.s. forest service believes burned trees will eventually become fuel for future fires and should be removed and sold off to lumber companies. a growing number disagrees. arguing dead trees should be left alone since they can absorb moisture from the soil and slow do you mean fires. the congressman who chairs the subcommittee took note

jeff ranieri is here talking about this here. we can see all the plumes of smoke. it's massive. >> it is. they got such an aggressive attack on it last night. the fire did grow. i think it could have made it to the south lake tahoe area last night if they didn't get such a quick fix on it. with that said, it did go through parts of meyers. unfortunately t is spreading. the good news is we did have those cooler temperatures. it did creep closer to south lake tahoe. just four miles shy of that spot itself. we saw melissa colorado. your steady winds 5 miles per hour. >> when do we get out of the red flag warning? >> 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. tough situation there. back here in the bay area, we're on the other side of the coin. we have this cooler system to the north. it is coincidentally the same system helping to ramp up the wind for the sierra. but for us, we're getting temperatures to drop, fog at the coastline also helping push the thick smoke out of the bay area. i did want to show you this. it will feel different with the fog at the coast. spotty drizzle. low c

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. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll have more on a red flag fire warning, plus much needed rain making it back into the forecast. i'll have the update in about seven minutes. (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ 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. (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ >>> a lot of people asking when can i get that booster shot. well, here is the deal. we're kind of used to this by now. you have to wait your turn. >> however, if you're immunocompromised, you might be able to get the shot right now. chris chmura explains who that is and

jeff ranieri is standing by. that shot shows us dry brown everywhere. where should people be most concerned? >> up in the hills, in the north and east bay. our system is moving closer. that's helping to pull up some of this moisture and those thunderstorm chances from the south. we'll look at the red flag fire warning. this goes into effect 5:00 p.m. tonight until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow for that slight risk of thunderstorms for the north and east bay. some of the south bay there as well. we did see a few isolated showers earlier this morning. this is all moving off to the north. right now there is no lightning with it. any kind of rainfall would actually be beneficial because of how dry we are. on the current stormranger scan, you can see some of this making its way into the north bay with light showers over bodega bay. this is moving off to the north. we'll track more of this and our thunderstorm chances into tomorrow. details in about 15 minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> the absolute best way to keep on top of everything is to download our nbcbay area

jeff ranieri is here. >> we were in tokyo together.e, i was there, and steve kornacki. get who everyone wanted to talk to? >> steve kornacki. >> okay. all right. i wasn't sure. he is a rock star. >> that's awesome. how are we looking this week end. >> we have a storm system and eventually this will bring us rainfall. getting into tomorrow morning, we will start off with temperatures in the 50s with fog near the coast and also the bay, but by tomorrow afternoon that sunshine returns and some very comfortable temperatures. 72 in santa rose a. 80, concord. 75 in san jose and 80 at the coast. weekend chances with us for rain. best chance of bay area rain right there on sunday morning with a few spotty showers. highest rainfall totals to the north there, impacting the fire zones, a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain. on my seven-day forecast, 70s next tuesday and wednesday and across the inland valleys looking good this weekend. >> looks great. thank you, jeff. >>> up next, our next installment of our race in america series. every

. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. it's dry on storm ranger right now. check this out. just what we want to see, storm activity in the pacific. i'm talk about our weekend rain chances in about seven minutes. (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ >>> that cup of coffee is going to cost you and no end in sight for high coffee prices. coffee-producing countries have low supply because of covid and bad weather. coffee shipments from vietnam are slow because of a covid outbreak there. colombia, which also produces coffee, is low on supply because of the new variant triggering a labor shortage. in brazil, unseasonable frost and drought conditions are creating problems. the report by fitch solutions says coffee prices will remain high until these restrictions ease. >>> it's the end of an era for an iconic company. that's right, sears is closing its last department store in its home state of illinois. sears, which also owned k-mart, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in 2018. sears was foun

one final word from jeff ranieri here.his is not just new york but up the east coast seaboard. >> really hitting the tri-state area hard. one to six inches of rain. now the threat moves to new england. expect airport delays and cancellations as we head there tomorrow. >> a lot happening on both sides of the >>> tonight, breaking news the tornado emergency. remnants of hurricane ida slamming the east coast. the massive twister caught on camera a trail of destruction as the extreme weather pushes into the northeast. heavy rain and deadly flooding 56 million under alert. while in louisiana, the new images of a community nearly wiped off the map. long lines for gas, food, and water. nearly one million still without power. our correspondent with the governor we ask him how long will it last >>> plus, california's raging caldor fire exploding to more than 200,000 acres. the flames closing in on lake tahoe's famed resorts. snow blowers now being used to fight the growing inferno. >>> also breaking tonight, the deadly high school

one final word from jeff ranieri here. seaboard. >> really hitting the tri-state area hard. one to six inches of rain. now the threat moves to new england. expect airport delays and cancellations as we head there tomorrow. >> a lot happening on both sides of the country. we hope to see you tomorrow. >> be safe. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's the tonight show starring

. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri.s dry on storm ranger right now, but i'm tracking some energy right out here in the pacific. >>> when it comes to finding a treatment for covid, the feds have approved only one dru. our health care system still lags behind in treating the actual disease. >> reporter: here in the bay area, scientists have developed a potential miracle cure that could save lives in the battle against covid-19. and yet we covered that because of funding bottlenecks and the way research and clinical trials run, it's still not available for most u.s. covid patients. 18 months into this pandemic. last february, they were exposed. >> i got worried when i tested positive. i had chills and fever. >> reporter: a mother of two, she knew about covid firsthand because she works as a clinical lab scientist in santa clara. >> i know what's going on when the virus enters your body. >> we have a large number of our population that is immunosuppressed or very old or isn't responding to vaccinations. >> reporter: dr. sin

. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. hot today but not good enough for records. 97 in santa rosa. 84 in san francisco. details on some cooling and what it looks like for rain chances into the first-few weeks of fall. >>> a local community, a local county, i should say, is approaching a milestone many thought that was impossible to reach. 100% of eligible people vaccinated. according to marin county's dashboard, they're close -- they're close. nearly 98% of people 12 and over have had at least one dose of the vaccine. fully vaccinated, 91%. how is the rest of the bay area doing? take a look. look at your county here. san mateo is also very high. napa, san francisco, and contra costa counties all above 80%. solano county, if you notice, the rate there, 65% of eligible people fully vaxed. >> our healthcare system will have a new challenge during flu season. that's for sure. by the time flu season comes around, coronavirus booster shots will be available for people 65 and older, and children as young as 5 will probably be ab

chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is joining us now, tracking that rain. >> and jeff, it seems really muggy outside today. >> yes, we are seeing increased humidity from this system. and that is good news. because while we're not looking at a major storm system, every single bit of cooler temperatures and humidity we can get will help our immediate fire danger. you can see the storm system is now starting to approach the bay area, it's beginning to break up. but we'll continue to see better chances of rain over the fire zones to the north with chances of spotty showers in the bay area. a closer look at doppler radar shows activity near the coast, near santa rosa. drizzle in san francisco, equating to .500 of an inch. but the better rain is over clear lake with spotty showers . there's more on the way. right there across the northern fire zones. we're going to have more coming up on this system, when exactly it moves out of here and the timing on it coming up in about 15 minutes. >> >> thank you so much, jeff. he is constantly tracking what is going on. he tweeted just about the rain an

let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. ff, $15 billion. >> a lot of taxpayers' money on the line and i know folks are concerned about how it will be used and what are the most important things that money is going toward. >> you always say, where is that money going, and part of it, $4 million includes tax abatements for people to buy electric cars. we have electric cars. how much does it really help here? >> when we talk about zero emissions, that really could be key to mitigating some of the future issues that could come our way when it comes to climate change. so when we're talking about climate change, we're talking about the greenhouse gases, we're talking about exhaust from cars, also factories, and the new research that's out, and you'll hear about this a lot in the future, is keeping our readings to 2 degrees celsius or below, we could mitigate some of the big effects of climate change, again, if we keep it to 2 degrees celsius and below. if we don't have tax emissions, you could see it going to 4 degrees. across the

let's bring in jeff ranieri. what can we expect as we head into the overnight hours? >> this red flag area is isolated to these counties. it's also for the mountains. you've got to go up really high to experience some of this wind, 1,000 feet and above. down to lower elevation it's much less, only 5-10. you see the bright colors in red, those are those wind gusts of 15-35 miles per hour. northeast of santa rosa. as we head into tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon, you can see eventually, this wind will start to subside and will start to back off. now we've got some good news as we look ahead toward next week. rain starting to move back into the mix. i'll take a look at that rain outlook in about 15 minutes. >> thank you, jeff. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. can you stay in the loop with weather alerts and forecasts for your area. punch in your zip code and you are set. >>> let's talk about the pandemic and california's continued efforts to curb covid. case rates are down and vaccination rates are up all across the state. we are seeing 15 cases per 100,0

. >>> when we return, jeff ranieri will join us, and we'll tell you which restaurants made the cut for the michelin list. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area news tonight. this is a big deal, jeff, where shall we eat dinner tonight? >> i was thinking something pretty low-key, but. >> here's something really high end. the michelin guide announced its 2021 winners today, 52 local restaurants made the cut. six restaurants got three stars. among them, french laundry, yep, every year almost. manresa. among those getting two stars, campton place. you got to learn how to pronounce these. and adega. rasa and chez tj. we have the full list at nbcbayarea.com. >> we're available for taste testing. >> me too. >> my dinner tonight's $20 and below. >> mine's probably about $12 and below. what have we got in. >> a little heat coming our way. there is going to be just a little bit of wind from the north bay mountains as we head through the next 36 hours, 1,000 feet and above. and those temperatures are going to be warming up. but other than that, i think we've got some great weather. we're going to start

chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> most important thing for everybody to get out of this, fact thatire zones to north will have best chance of the rainfall and they desperately need that. on our storm ranger mobile doppler radar, it's dry. there's storm system and rain chance. and dealing with wind early next week. time line, tomorrow morning, storms over eureka, chance of spotty drizzle in the morning, then pushes down. best chances north but then shower chances by saturday night over the north bay. most of our sleeping sunday morning we see showers move throughout the bay area for a little bit of rainfall. we'll talk more about the totals that will really help out the firefighters in ten minutes. >> thanks jeff. >>> new at 11:00, critical path into south lake tahoe, highway 50, remains closed despite all the progress for the caldor fire. crews still need to assess the damage and safety of the corridor, in particular they're worried about downed power lines and damaged trees and poles. promising to reopen 50 as soon as it's safe. caldor fire now 71% contained. dixie fire continues

jeff bring in jeff ranieri.ire battalion chief telling us the embers can blow one mile and then spread. >> we are seeing the winds pick up. specially in the canyons. at the lower elevations, it's not that gusty. once again, you get into the canyons, in the fire zones. winds 20 to 50 miles an hour. it is cooling off to 53. the wind direction coming out of south and the west the pushing any name or embers right toward the lake tahoe airport. we've seen some hot spotting there. it is now moving closer, just three miles away from south lake tahoe with a population of over 21,000. hopefully everyone has been able to get out. there is heavenly ski resort. the flames are extenting to part of the dixie fire. this is expected to expire 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. we'll take a look at our bay area forecast in about 15 minutes. >> you just mentioned heavenly. the same machines used to create snow are now being put to work to dampen anything can bump. we move over to the sister resort. firefighters protecting kirkwood mountain res

chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here along with rob mayeda. climate change, we talk about this so much, how is it really changing our weather patterns here? >> you look at it overall over the past several decades we're seeing warmer temperatures, that causes everything to dry out. we're seeing increased drought. so we're setting the stage for everything to be so extremely dry. so we get a fire that's sparked, whether it's human sparked or sparked by lightning, and it spreads so much more rapidly, like the caldor fire. as you talked about, the winds, as we go through tomorrow will be calming down, and they've put up that extreme firefighting effort to keep it away from meyers, south lake airport and south lake tahoe. >> with the more frequent drought, warmer temperatures, it's having a direct impact on the fuels for these wildfires. the hills around the santa cruz mountains, we were seeing summer dry conditions in april. fast forward to summer, we're seeing october dry conditions in june. so it's not just the fact that the fire season is gettin

. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. it was hot and hazy, up to 97 in concord, we'll talk about big changes to get these temperatures to drop in about eight minutes. >>> well, to our ongoing climate in crisis series. living in drought conditions is now the norm in california and continues to be that way for the foreseeable future. they are hoping to use new technology and infrastructure to address that issue. they are exploring buildings that can purify water. >> currently they use it for landscapes and agricultural purposes. we want to take the next step to increase our drinking water supply right here. >> the goal is to have the facilities up and running by 2028. climate change is impacting tools we have in place to protect our water and power supplies. california's second-largest reservoir is lake oroville and is at the lowest level it's ever been. the drought decimated the state's water supply, and the output of renewable hydroelectric power. >> reporter: this is kind of what i imagine walking on the surface of mars

our jeff ranieri is tracking the heat. is relief coming? >> it's going to get here by tomorrow. take a look at how hot it's right now, 102 in concord. pittsburgh at 101. san martin at 100. it's going to be a hot night. all of these locations and anyone reading in the 90s and 100s, you will stay in the 80s. temperatures are going to drop but slowly. tomorrow we'll see this heat moving off towards the east. it's going to make way on this brand new system here. it's going to bring in humidity tomorrow. unfortunately the chance of thunderstorms. i want to get out ahead of this. a fire weather watch here on thursday, 5:00 p.m. until friday at 9:00 a.m. the slight thunderstorm risk, any thunderstorms we could get some flooding and that may spark fires and we could get some gusty winds with any thunderstorms that do develop. we'll go over this in more details and take a look at where we get the best chance across northern california. more on this in 15 minutes. >>> what are the way you can conserve energy during the flex alerts? that's coming up tonight at 6:00. please download our nbc

chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. what's up with this alert now? is it the temperatures or smog? >> it's a combination here. seeing some smoke move in from the fire in sequoia national forest and the heat cooking pollutants in the atmosphere. but we're starting to see things improve later tonight into tomorrow on the air quality. i think good to moderate as we roll into the forecast. what about the heat? it was uncomfortable out here. 15 to 20 degrees above average. not good enough for records but hot 95 in concord, record 102 in 2015. 96 in livermore. san francisco 85, record of 99 in 1928. san francisco, we know a lot of folks don't have air conditioning. relief on the way. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, the 60s return. inland valleys, slower drop-off but we'll begin to see 70s moving in by then. first day of fall and cooling moving in, have that in ten minutes. >> that's what we want to hear, thank you jeff. download the nbc bay area app and get updates and tailored weather forecasts, find out where weather is like where you live. >>> good news for people in contra costa county as fire d

. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. a beautiful day outside. look at these temperatures, lots of 70s inland. we'll talk about the heat coming our way in about eight minutes. 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. >>> senator dianne feinstein is returning to washington tonight. however, questions arose last week when she missed several votes in the senate. there was speculation she might be having health problems, tonight we're learning that her husband was hospitalized for several days. he's recovering at the couple's home. >>> if the drought worsens and you use too much water it could cost you more. board members for east

let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, let's talk about those winds again. what's ahead? >> we are looking at the overall wind situation starting to calm down as we head into tomorrow. i want to start around the lucas valley. you can see the fire right here north of san rafael. a closer view will show the way the fire is moving. also back to green berry lane, you got to be on alert and of course if you got the message to get out and evacuate, you definitely want to follow those orders. we are looking at wind gusts 10 to 25. and keeping at that trend tomorrow, firefighters are again going to be watching out for those hot spots. let's bring you out to the caldor fire, the wind in the fire zone still at times gusting 20 to 50. tomorrow, wind gusts drop to 10 to 20 miles per hour. talk about a phenomenal effort by firefighters. they are literally changing the way this fire is moving. they put out such a strong containment line just north of myers, they kept the flames out of myers today. keeping it away from south lake tahoe. i will have more in my forecast in o

. >>> jeff ranieri is with us. a spectacular and chilly fall night. but it comes with a little danger in terms of the fire warning. >> that's right, in marin, napa, sonoma counties. it's in the mountains, 1500 feet and above. so i think we're going to be able to get through this okay, it's just for the simple fact that obviously we are so dry. we get a little wind, and we'll see these fire warnings pop up. but i have good news on some rainfall. we'll get to that real quickly. but i want to set it up for the next couple of days. it's this area of high pressure. that's going to be warming up our temperatures as we head through tomorrow and this weekend. so as we start it off for tomorrow morning, by all accounts we have a great day coming in. mostly sunny skies, the calm wind, temperatures starting off in the 50s. warmer temperatures about four to six degrees warmer. 90 in concord. mid 80s in san jose. 70s in oakland. san francisco or the coastline, upper 60s to also low 70s. so let's get to the good stuff. we all want rainfall, right? and there's incre

. >>> jeff ranieri has details of the incoming storm. >>> good evening. this sens about bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. a lot happening on this wince. two bay area stories that are getting international attention. let's start with elizabeth moment who prosecutors call a liar and cheat. people started lining up at 4:00 a.m. to get a glimpse of her. quite a scene it was. the 37-year-old with her husband by her side as she left the federal courthouse in san jose this afternoon. hundreds of journalists and onlookers. the underlying question here, did elizabeth holmes scam her investors and the people who used her product with her revolutionary blood testing company that didn't work. holmes was the rock star ceo and co-founder of theranos. marianne favro was at the courthouse. >> reporter: surrounded by a sea of cameras, elizabeth holmes entered the federal courthouse in san jose with her partner billy evans and her family by her side. she faces criminal charges of defrauding investors and patients about the success of her blood testing company. she lis

let's bring in jeff ranieri. what's the biggest concern as we head into tonight, is it wind again? >> it will be wind the next couple hours, but i really think overall there's two really great things to share about this. it's the fact that we're on the downward side of this wind event. it looks like the extreme effort by the firefighters to keep these flames back is really starting to help at this point. again, everyone needs to continue to listen to evacuations if you have friends or family in the area. but we are looking at some good news on that front. >> right now in the fire canyons and the fire zone, still could have those wind gusts of 20-50 tomorrow, but tomorrow it it drops 10-20. and as we talk about the extreme effort by the firefighters, putting up such a containment line, they've been able to keep hotspots out of meyers, the flames back from the tahoe airport and away from heavenly, literally changing the way this fire is moving and pushing those flames more off to the east. now let's take you to the other fire we've been following in the north bay. there has been incr

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. >>> let's bring in jeff ranieri.re in this extreme drought but the at that are going to come down a little bit. >> yeah. we are going to get on that downward trend. tomorrow we'll see a little brief warm-up. a short stint of some heat coming from this area of high pressure. it will move in fast and bring us hot, hazy conditions. expect the patchy fog. on the cool side to begin lots of 50s over the south bay, peninsula and tri-valley. 53, east bay, 57, 56 for the bay. it will heat up about five to ten degrees. it might get a little uncomfortable for part of the south bay. 85 in hayward. close to 100 in concord and antioch. let's move it through the peninsula. beach weather, back in play. 70 there in half moon bay. san francisco, some 70s down. then you head to the marina. we're at 68. let's go to the north bay, going to napa or sonoma. the hottest weather here at 99. colder weather this weekend and then we'll see the weather dipping downward with a larger california change. excellent news for those fires to the north.

we begin with jeff ranieri, though. >> let's go ahead and take a look at my weather dashboard and show you this fire weather map i've put together. there's a lot of different stuff on here, but i think it pin points where we are watching and what we are concerned about. you can see a 14,000 acre growth over the past 24 hours. winds sustained, not

let's go to jeff ranieri right now. seems like the wind was very favorable for firefighters in terms of the wind. it blew it up the hillside away from homes. you're keeping an eye on the caldor fire and a red flag warning there. >> and great news about the wind we talked about blowing the flames away from the homes. it also helped to keep the smoke out of the bay area. that's why they were able to be so successful request the fire retardant drops and getting water on it. here's a locater on it. there's san rafael, there's lucas valley. we'll get a closer look at the street mapping. it's burning near mt. lassen drive. 80% on containment. winds have been fluctuating between the west and southwest. it's blowing any kind of smoke to the north and east, and the flames right up towards that hill. now as of last check, we still have evacuations north of lucas valley road from bridge gate. so you still want to monitor those notifications. get nbcbayarea.com, get our app. still some gusts at 10-25. and 10-25 mile-per-hour winds

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. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. tomorrow hazy skies from those wildfires to the north, but i'll show you my updated rain outlook on the rain coming our way. that could help firefighters coming up in about 8 minutes. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends. no! no! that's why comcast works around the clock constantly improving america's largest gig-speed broadband network. and just doubled the capacity here. how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we're building a better network every single day. >>> well, take a look. pretty impressive to see. want to take you back to southern california. this is the long beach international airport. you can see air force one just now touching down and taxiing down that tarmac right on schedule. president biden on board arriving from sacramento, now he is going to head to a rally in support of governor newsom at long beach city college. the

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. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll have the latest on the drought, also our rain outlook into october, i'm back with that in about eight minutes. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends. no! no! that's why comcast works around the clock constantly improving america's largest gig-speed broadband network. and just doubled the capacity here. how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we're building a better network every single day. >>> scrutiny over money and machines. the trial of elizabeth holmes focussed on those two issues today, how much money was spent and whether or not the theranos blood testing machines ever worked. holmes arrived in san jose federal court this morning holding the hand of her mother. once inside, the former theranos comptroller was called to the stand by the prosecution she testified theranos lost millions at the same time they were bringing in hundred

. >>> and i'm jeff ranieri, a much welcomed storm on the way for california. i'll have the updated numbers and continued good news on this in about six minutes. >>> and there's no shelter like it anywhere else in the country. we'll he show you what makes this south bay animal shelter so special. my name is on the front. but... i am more proud of the back. siggis: 40% less sugar, and more protein than the leading greek yogurt. >>> hurricane nicholas rocked the texas coast last night. it lost strength after reaching land, but flooding is the main concern now. the tropical storm reached hurricane strength just before hitting texas monday night. it's already dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of texas. nicholas lost strength after making landfall but had enough punch to do damage. >> got three feet of water if in here which fried all our equipment is probably going to shut us down for probably a week. >> the biggest threat from nicholas is rain and flooding, and that's obvious for people in louisiana who are still struggling to recover from hurricane ida. ni

let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri.made it to friday and the cooling. >> two good things. yes, tomorrow is saturday and those numbers will be super, super comfortable. we're tracking not only cooler air dropping from the north but fog at the coastline. that will really help to make a difference. let's get you into the fog for tomorrow morning. and of course, it will be at the coastline. even a chance of spotty drizzle. napa, sonoma county, a little through the bay, oakland, berkeley, down to hayward, milpitas, san jose. as we hit the afternoon, most of us getting some sunshine. up there to the north bay, you will see some high clouds moving through. i think it will be a lot better than the hazy, smoky skies we had this week. if you're up 7:00, 8:00, we've got you starting in the 50s across the bay area from the south bay to the peninsula. my chilliest temperatures in san francisco with that fog at 54. and the north bay will start off at 51. so we start off with these numbers. by the $gentleman, it will be cooler for us.

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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 right in between that. that's going to be setting us up with real