i am kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with the forecast. i saw some rain on the pavement driving in. >> yeah, just a little bit. we will take what we can get. we had a little rain in the north bay which is a big help because we have an active fire burning in the oregon area. we will wake up with some of the cloud cover in walnut creek, but heading into the afternoon it will be cloudy and it's going to be another great cool day. 63 degrees right now in san jose. let's take a look at satellite radar. we had some of that push through. i did see light sprinkles in through the south bay, which by the way, south bay doesn't give to give much rain, and we'll talk about that in the temperature trend this afternoon coming up in a few minutes. >> vianey, thank you so much. >>> happening right now, thousands of people waking up to find out their power is shut off in the east bay. you can see the orange parts of contra costa county, and mostly focused in the richmond area. more than 11,000 customers out of power

we'll check in with marcus and laura in just a few minutes, but i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with our microclimate forecast. a little cooler today. >> it is, kira. we're getting ready to welcome the official start of fall. and today it's going to feel like it. we have our storm ranger up and scanning. our mobile doppler radar. you're thinking why? well, we're monitoring incoming rain. light rain, but we'll take what we can get. here's a closer look at the system that we've been looking out for. in addition to the rain, it's also going to bring some wind and cooler temperatures, as well, into the bay area. so if you live around the coastline or areas north of the golden gate bridge, you're lightning going to be seeing some of that rain first. not everyone is going to get rain, but sonoma county definitely going to see the majority of that in through this late evening into early tomorrow morning. 57 degrees, and it is actually going to be rather comfortable and cool, but also cloudy today into tomorrow, go into full details on the changes up a

i'm kira klapper.ifornians are nine days away from decision whether governor governor gavin newsom should be recalled. newsom was campaigning yesterday in culver city in los angeles where massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, urging voters to mark no on the ballot so he can keep his job. hearing a standing ovation when he touted california as the nation's leaders. >> it happens here first, we're america's coming attraction. eat your heart out texas and florida. there's no other state in america like the state of california. >>> the highest vaccination rates, lowest positivity rates in america. >> even bigger political ally will be on the campaign trail with the governor this coming week. vice president kamala harris is said to appear alongside newsom here in the bay area on wednesday. if you have questions about the recall we have answers. our scott mcgrew put together an explainer on how to complete your ballot and find it on nbcbayarea.com/recall or click on newsom recall in the trending bar at the

i'm kira klapper. firefighters are slowly gaining containment against the caldor fire but not enough to bring back business to lake tahoe this labor day weekend. they're asking people to stay away. everything is shutdown except a few hotels housing firefighters. the visitors authority estimate closures is $40 million, among hotels, restaurants and shops. one brewery owner tells us they'll have to deal with losing the business. >> we were hoping this would be a big weekends because it would take care of the next three months. >>> right now the caldor fire is 32% contained, burned more than 32,000 acres. cal fire just released this new map of the fire zone which shows which properties burned and which are still standing. the black icons mean the home was saved, green and yellow means the homes took on damage and the red means significant damage or destroyed. we posted the map on our website, just click on caldor fire structure status. that's on top of our own page. >>> vianey arana has a look at our micr

i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a look at the microclimate weather alert because there's a spare the air alert for the p up to hazy conditions around the bay area. you're going to notice the orange glow. if you're around the coastline it's going to be a mix of clouds and smoke but here's a live look at walnut creek. the reason we are under that microclimate weather alert because of the spare the air alert. right now the bay area air quality management district is forecasting the aqi scale to be above 100 and it is unhealthy but especially for sensitive groups. as of right now, this is expected to remain in place through monday but not just because of the smoke. it's also because of the high pressure that's going to bring mid to upper 90s to the interior valleys and dry conditions. we're talking low humidity which brings elevated fire danger and it's even going to be warm near the bay. i'm going to take you through the timeline and what that means and what does high pressure a

i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. yesterday turned out to be quite lovely. >> it really was. it was nice. it wasn't too hot and we are going to see a little bit more of a warming temperature trend heading into the weekend. look at the sky over san francisco. >> wow. >> looks at the fog. that's live right now. i will step out of the way to enjoy the view of the rolling fog. 56 degrees right now and we are expecting another lovely day. it might be hazy at times, though. san jose, 85 degrees right now. we're going to get plenty of sunshine through the interior valleys. if you live around the coastline or the bay we'll stay in the 50s, not going to get too warm but in the interior valleys we're at 57 degrees right now. take a look at what happens around your lunch hour. bumping up to 87, 89 degrees and we are expecting to see some 90s in today's forecast. we're going to have high pressure roll if and talk about what that means for your forecast

i'm kira klapper.election is date after tomorrow and governor gavin newsom will be in southern california today continuing his campaign to get californians to vote against the recall. newsom was in oakland yesterday at a vote no event organized by the seiu. among the issues newsom spoke on was unity. >> californians live in the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy and that's a point of pride. that's a point of privilege that we celebrate our diversity. we don't tolerate our diversity. we celebrate all those interesting differences, but we unite. >> tomorrow president biden will join newsom in long beach for the final rally against the recall. recent polls show him keeping his job by a fairly wide margin. larry elder will continue his campaign today in southern california. >>> if you have any questions about the recall, filling out your ballot we have a section devoted to nbcbayarea.com that includes tips on where to drop your mail-in ballot, what to do if you would rather vote in pe

special following a, 9/11, 20 years later and then on nbc bay area watch "today in the bay" with kira klapper and vianey arana. that starts at 8:00 a.m. >>> 4:38 right now and an up expected twist. we'll take you to the dixie fire burning right now and we know that it continues to grow there in lassen county. there are more evacuation orders for folks who are living near hoover flat reservoir. the flames burned another 15,000 or so acres yesterday and the area is now up to nearly 1500 square miles. the fire is about 60% contained at this point. we want to go to meteorologist kari hall as we were driving into the station, i know scott saw some lightning i saw lightning in the south bay. last year when this happened we were like this is a cool light show but now we know how serious it is. >> absolutely. and so when you see those lightening strikes you think where did that hit and could it have basically hit some dry vegetation and some of the hills that we have. that's what we've been watching for here. as we get a look at storm ranger and some of the areas that are dealing with some of the lig

good morning, i'm kira klapper. thank you for joining us on saturday, september 11th. two decades ago when our nation was forever changed. we want to take you live to the ceremony in new york, in washington, dc, and in pennsylvania. happening now at the sites where all four hijacked planes crashed. the coordinated terror attacks took the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent victims. this morning, we pause to reflect and to remember and honor those taken much too soon. here in the bay area, there will be several events to commemorate 9/11 today. today in the bay, tom jensen in the mission district to report for us. good morning to you, tom. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this ceremony was about the firefighters and honor for all the victims, but especially for the firefighters. more than 340 of them who lost their lives that very day on 9/11 trying to rescue people in the twin towers. so many losing their lives later to cancer and other illnesses in the effort in the recovery there at ground zero. this ceremony was for all of them. >> gary p. guidel. >> reporter: the names o

i'm kira klapper.eries happened across these ten cities across the bay area. we have security camera footage from san jose police, you can see one of the attacks, the blue toyota sedan blocked in the victim's car at a san jose shopping center. one of the men walked over, breaks the window in her car, yanks the driver's purse and jumps back into the waiting toyota. according to the santa clara county district attorney's office, those men you saw there carefully chose their targets. members of the aapi community are voicing appreciation for these arrests. >> many victims really couldn't do a whole lot, but now we are seeing police doing their work, apprehending this organized crime, the criminals, this is huge. >> the most recent arrest was 27-year-old camera moody. earlier this week, two other men were arrested. let's turn to meteorologist vianey arana with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. a little cooler and possibly rain? >> yes, it's going to depend on where you live. not everyone is going

i'm kira klapper. a difficult day for the nation as we remember september 11th. 20 years ago this morning the deadliest terrorist attack on american soil. >>> in oakland yesterday city leaders and first responders gathered to honor the victims and first responders. on the shores of lake merritt there was a bell ringing ceremony and a moment of silence. there are events happening across the bay area today. go to nbcbayarea.com for a full list. >>> and in other news now, a quick-thinking police officer saved the life of a newborn who was choking. mountain view police received a call about a one month old baby choking outside in-n-out on monday night. officer daniel garcia was on patrol across the street, he ran over and started doing cpr until the baby started breathing again. >> given the size of the baby i didn't want to do too hard of a compression so i was using my thumb to do the compressions. >> when paramedics arrived the baby started breathing again, they gave the baby oxygen, took it to the hosp

thank you so much for starting your sunday with us, i am kira klapper. our meteorologist was up really late last night giving you updates. >> make sure to catch me. san francisco you could see some of that fog. it's going to be cloudy. it's going to be comfortable when it comes to those temperatures. look at this. 59 degrees in san jose right now. 56 in san francisco. overall our daytime highs are expected to be in the 70s and low 80s i should say for some of the in land areas. the air quality concerns, there is a quality advisory in effect through tomorrow. things are looking good. we got this sensor looking at green which by the way means good. the yellow is moderate. i will have a closer look at how that is shaping out coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll see you soon. this weekend is the first weekend of pfizer booster shot is available for people. people older than 65, those with underlying health conditions and front line healthcare workers and teachers are among those eligible. >> today as marianne favro reports the rush to get that third shot is

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 monday but these 50s and 60s are going to bump up into mid and upper 80s, also 90s in the interior area, which means dry conditions, low humidity and elevated fire concerns. we saw the winds taper off, which helps but i'll talk about what expect when it comes to planning out your day and i have fire facts that you might be interested in a few minutes. >> we look forward to seeing that. >>> speaking of fire facts we begin with the caldor fire burning in south lake tahoe. firefighters u

i am kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with the forecast.

followed by an nbc special 9/11, 20 years later at 5:30 and then "today in the bay" with kira klapper and vianey arana that starts at 8:00. >>> heading to the home stretch of the recall election, we are now four days away and counting and no bay area county has reached a 50% response for return of mail-in ballots. see from the map some are getting close and the highest participation in marin at 43%. the lowest is at 28% in solano, but statewide, the return rate is just about 30%. and every registered voter got one in the mail. if you don't know whether you got one, check your mail stack. we have an entire page dedicated to the recall election on our website, head to nbcbayarea.com and click on newsom recall in the trending bar. >>> 6:48. our "today in the bay" team is saying farewell and thank you to one of the finest political journalists in the business. after two decades with nbc, today marks tracie potts final day on air. here's a quick look back at the highlights of her career. >> tracie potts, nbc news, cleveland. >> tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> tracie potts, nbc news,

nbc special 9/11, 20 years later at 5:30, on nbc bay area, you can watch "today in the bay" with kira klapper and vianey arana, that's at 8:00 a.m. >>> new developments out of afghanistan this morning, the first passenger plane to leave there since the taliban takeover arrived in cutter filled with more than 100 western evacuees. some were u.s. pa port and green card holders. since the taliban took over on august 30th, concerns run high for those at-risk afghans who assisted u.s. forces but don't have the proper documents to leave. >>> so we are now heading into the home stretch of the recall election. it is now just four days and counting. doesn't seem like a lot of time for us, but those candidates are maximizing the time. no bay area county has reached a 50% response yet for those mail-in ballots. see from the map some of them are getting very close, particularly in the north bay. marin leads the way with 43% of the ballots returned, solano is all the way at the other end in the blue, 28% of ballots returned. remember, we all got one in the mail. statewide, the turnout is about 30%. rememb