i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike for a look at the friday morning commute, but what about the friday forecast? can we say friday any more? >> we can see it as many times as we need. we're try to go wake up and get our day going and it's going to be a cooler day. it's going to be nice all around. we take a live look outside in san jose and we're going to start out with clouds and see it clearing out, but our temperatures are remaining lower than much of the week. in san francisco, mostly cloudy, temperatures in the upper 60s. in oakland it's going to reach up to 75 degrees and 85 in martinez. in fremont, look for a high of 80 degrees today and mid-80s for livermore. tomorrow it does get slightly warmer as you make your way farther to the inland valleys, with morgan hill hitting 90 degrees, and 87 in santa rosa. but overall not too bad. we're going to talk about what else is going on. >>> we're expecting light traffic right now? >> granted. bay bridge both directions moving smoothly, a beautifu

. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get to the breaking news out of florida this morning, the eye of idalia is approaching the area between tampa and tallahassee. first, we want to start with our local microclimate alert. >>> kari, you have been monitoring the red flag warning. >> we do have a high fire danger for the north bay today, especially over the upper elevations above 2,000 feet. this is the mountains in the north bay where we are expecting the winds to really pick up as we go through the next several hours. we're also getting some wildfire smoke coming in, so it's a spare the air alert day. if you have any kind of breathing problem, you might want to limit your time outside. it's also going to be hot, as our valleys reach into the upper 90s and near 100 degrees. but let's talk about where that red flag warning continues, where it did start late last night, these areas shaded in red. that's around calistoga, just to the east of santa rosa, and heading up toward lake county for much of that county

i'm marcus washington.you. >> thanks so much. >>> at the anchor desk with our janelle wang working on the 5:00 news. >>> a trial date has been set in one of several criminal cases against former president donald trump. march 4, 2024 is the target date for the washington, d.c. based case. that's the day before super tuesday. the trump legal team insisting that's far too soon for a fair trial and proposed another date. we'll tell you what the judge said and how the former president responded. >>> a pandemic hobby for a san francisco art teacher has made him a sensation on social media. how he's using new technology and old technology to create ghosts. spooky. very creative. you don't want to miss it? >> just in time for hall bean. >>> the g.o.a.t. showed up in the south bay. simone biles puts on a display in san jose, takes home the championship. we'll hear from her when we come back in two minutes. >>> the mother of a controversial spanish soccer exec is taking extreme measures to defend her son. luis rrubia

. >> and i'm marcus washington. that los gatos mother accused of hosting drunk why not sex parties for her young teenage sons and his friends was in court today. this is after being hospitalized. kris sanchez joins us from superior court this morning. where do things stand this midday? >> reporter: so, shannon o'connor has been ordered to return back to court in person on november 6th for a preliminary hearing which will then determine whether or not she goes to trial on those 39 charges that she faces, including sexual battery. she told our investigative unit about that hospitalization. i have wounds packed if you will of gauze in two locations and added, i've been waiting for two years for this moment. i don't want this postponed. i want to move forward. o'connor told our investigative unit that she was hospitalized because she had brown bites or lumps that are getting infected. we asked the santa clara sheriff's office and they said there are no signs of bed bugs at the correctional facility. she has been in cust

we'll get to laura garcia and marcus washington in just a little bit, but first, thank you so much for starting your final weekend of august with us. i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. look at that fog behind you. >> i know! look at fog, but those kittens are so cute. "meow" is your chance to adopt your forever friend. seeing loke clouds in oakland mixed in with haze. the picture looks a little grace, if you can tell. down here in san jose waking up to low clouds but temperatures not so bad. warming up nicely this afternoon. how about. in downtown san francisco. a nice saturday there. 85 for you in dublin and low 90s going on into both fairfield and the south county. and as i get through the weather headlines, mixed in with hazy smoke from the pacific northwest but a warming trengd. all dames coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. kira, back to you. >> cinthia, thanks. >>> we want to begin this morning with breaking news out of the north bay where police are actively searching for a person they call armed and dangerous.

i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. want to get started with a look at that forecast. we'll get to you in just a bit, mike. cinthia, what are we working with this week? >> quite a lot. let's get you ready, out the door on this beautiful monday morning. looking at mostly clear skies over san francisco, 58 degrees. we'll also do some beautiful skies over downtown san jose. this is indicative of what is to come. we're going to be gradually warming up this week, final days of august. it's the last monday of the month, i want to get you prepared. we're going to see 70s and 80s, deeper into the valleys low 90s, and we'll ramp up temperatures as we go into tuesday and wednesday. i'll track you through all of those temperatures, but for now, mike is tracking a crash in the east bay. >>> we've been watching this for a few minutes, no slowing and no major injuries reported. the surface street, there's a section that is closed until january, there was some storm damage, but everything is moving smoothly, that's not as a result of

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike for a look at the morning commute, but forecaster cinthia pimentel is in for kari tracking what we can expect. >>> there are a lot of things to talk about. we'll start with right here and right now. a clearer picture over san francisco, not noticing that fog making its way through the city. 57 degrees. a beautiful start in downtown san jose, 60 degrees to kick off our tuesday morning. the warmest day is expected tomorrow, but today will feel warm out there, 70s and 80s along the bay, to some upper 90s in parts of solano county. through solano county there is a little bit of fire weather concerns we'll be tracking over the next couple of hours, tonight into wednesday, and of course we'll talk about idalia. stay tuned. there's lots to cover on the weather front. >>> we will go to mike. >> we're looking at 680, the split, 24, just off of the screen. very light traffic. the speed sensors are smooth off the benicia bridge and concord into walnut creek. highway 4, n

i'm kris sanchez, here for marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. certainly always fri-yay around here. >>> the morning commute, hopefully it's light, and we'll enjoy the forecast today as well. >> it's going to be fairly mild, a little warmer than we've seen. we have a cool morning. as you're getting ready to head out in dublin, we're starting out with a few clouds here and there. it is mostly clear in the tri-valley and temperatures are in the upper 50s. we are going to see upper 50s for the next few hours, but then we see clearing as we go into late morning, and by 11:00 it's all clear and temperatures will be just a touch warmer compared to yesterday. we're up to 81 today in dublin and reaching 71 in san mateo, novato reaching 83 degrees and 86 in santa rosa. so it will in some spots be a touch warmer compared to yesterday, but it does get really hot for the weekend. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >>> cinthia is already tracking a big issue for the roads. >> yeah, at 5:00 on this friday, we're going to head into the peninsula around sou

. >> i'm marcus washington. >>> before we get started with the day, i want to welcome alameda unified back to school. big day for those students, the teachers and parents. first day of school. yay! >> were you like that as a kid? >> i was, because you had the outfit laid out on the bed, ready to get it started. then the second day -- >> whole different story. we are concerned with potential wildfires here in the bay area this morning because we're tracking this possibility of lightning. >>> we have a monsoon of moisture that came in yesterday evening that helped to spark off a few isolated showers. we saw a lot of the rain fizzled out and dried up before it got here. there's still the risk that lightning strikes could increase our risk of thunderstorms and increasing that wildfire danger as we go throughout today. so we're still watching out for that. as of now it's just spotty showers moving through and we're seeing that mostly in the north bay right now, turning to lightning once it gets off the coast. as far as what we've seen over land, so far, so good. the humidity lingers and we

. >> i'm marcus washington. >>> time to get a look at that friday forecast. meteorologist kari hall has good news. >> it's going to be cooler today and it's going to be a great weekend across the bay area. let's get you ready for that commute this morning in san mateo, as you get ready to head out the door. it is all clear and we are going to see, hopefully, a good commute as you're heading to work on this friday morning. as far as temperatures, we are going to continue to see some milder weather for much of the bay area, including parts of the peninsula. i'll have a look at this and what's ahead in the rest of the forecast coming up. >>> mike has a look at the bay bridge backup. >> kari, we were looking at a bigger build sooner in our commute. the metering lights were turned on earlier and then things calmed down. i think the eastshore freeway, the traffic management folks were watching the volume and might have said things calmed down from the first burst and they may have sped up the metering lights. if you look at the map, there's speed sensor slowing the

. >> i am marcus washington.we will get a look at the commute with mike in a bit, but first let's get to kari hall. >>> it's going to be a few degrees lower compared to yesterday. instead of upper 90s, how about low 90s today? we continue with the elevated fire danger as well due to isolated storms that may fire up once again in the bay area. we will watch at the impacts it will have further to the south. and we are reaching 77 in oakland. hayward, 81 degrees. 71 in san francisco. san josÉ will be in the mid-80s. we will talk about the weekend coming up. >>> mike, how is it looking in the south bay? >> we are looking at a smooth drive, and so three quarters of an hour before we will see slowing. we will tell you more about the fire and show you pictures coming up in a few minutes. the 5:00 reopening happened before 5:00, and now alameda, once again, no problem. >>> developing this morning a san josÉ police officer is in critical condition after what thoefrts are describing as an ambush-style shooting. >> what are

i am laura garcia. >>> i am marcus washington.to begin with the breaking news this morning out of hawaii. this is where the devastating wildfires are burning on the island of maui. 36 people are now confirmed dead, and that was up from the 6 confirmed deaths last night. so far at least 271 structures have been damaged or even destroyed. >> thousands are now displaced and staying at emergency shelters, and firefighters are still trying to get a handle on the flames. ginger conejero saab is at sfo this morning where wary travelers are arriving from maui. >> first, let's get to kari. >> we are starting to see lighter winds, but anytime you have fires burning they can make their own environment. even as we see winds calm down, unfortunately we could still see the fires spread. a lot of that was coming off of a hurricane well away from the island, and the pressure gradient created the strong winds and when the fire started we had wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we are looking at calmer winds across the areas, and as we look at the

i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. and we will talk about the roads stretching with mike, but first let's get to kari with the weather. >> yeah, the temperatures are going to be tumbling down. ha ha. it's warm, it's 71 degrees in san josÉ. it was so hot yesterday, but it won't be as hot today. the numbers coming down as we approach the weekend. los gatos will see a high of 91, and we will mostly see upper 80s for much of the north. we will talk about what is ahead in the weekend coming up. >>> a deadly overnight shooting at an oakland homeless encampment. it happened about three hours ago near i-580 and telegraph avenue. one person was killed and we are still waiting to hear on a motive or if anybody has been arrested. >>> developing now in southern california, three people dead in a shooting rampage at a popular orange county biker bar. the gunman is dead as well and he died at the hands of the responding deputies. six are in the hospital, five with gunshot wounds. here's what authorities are saying about the gunman.

. >> i am marcus washington. we want to welcome millbrae school district for their first day back to class. a big day for the teachers, students and parents out there. it's the first day of fourth grade. take those pictures. >> that was me yesterday. mom! >> you got to capture the moment. it goes by so fast. >> it does. >>> i can't believe summer is over, but it feels like summer. >> labor day, right? >> officially. >> yeah, we will have warm temperatures and also the first day of school as you head out this morning for the millbrae school district. it's in the low 60s at drop off time and at pick up time, the low 70s. a good day for a first day. temperatures will be warm and feeling like summer with concord reaching 88 degrees. san francisco will be in the low 70s. we are going to see big changes ahead, and there's a lot we will talk about in weather, and that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> mike, you have a clash in san josÉ. >> yeah, we have seen slowing where that crash was reported a few minutes ago, and t

marcus washington is off. >> i am laura garcia. some students are going back to school today. >> they are hitting the snooze right now. >> sorry. don't hate the messenger. >>> that let's get you ready for work, because we know students are not up yet. a breezy wind and a mostly cloudy morning. we will see clouds through the next several hours, and then we head into late morning and the afternoon with the sky clearing. here's a look at the temperatures across many cities, and many microclimate in napa expected to reach 78 degrees. this will be the last day it's going to be this cool before it starts to heat up leading into the weekend. i will talk about the big changes ahead coming up in a few minutes. >>> cinthia, you are seeing traffic in the tri-valley. >> yeah, not building up or heating up, but we have taillights going away from us. from the altamont to 680, 24 minutes. if you are making your way to fremont, just under ten minutes there. in the south bay we got a call about an hour ago that there was activity on the shoulder of

. >> i am marcus washington. >>> we will get to the breaking news for you in a bit, but first we want to get a look at the forecast for you. kari hall has been monitoring what i happening >> we were taking a look at how far hurricane dora is away from the hawn islands. as we monitor those itions, it will be clear and breezy with a northwesterly wind at 10 to 20 miles per hour. we are monitoring the air quality from the port of oakland fire. it will be unhealthy for sensitive groups, especially in that surrounding area. we will continue to monitor that for the alameda area, oakland hills and moraga a fremont and san josÉ. >>> this is your typical slowing in the northboundommute your commute is looking sÉ. standard. noncommute, southbound 101, but picking up volume towards the 85 transition. it's the left portion of trtion where go to the left and make the flyover making your way on southbound 85, and that still has an investigation because of a deadly crash there. just off of 880, we talked about that, and kari talked about the smoke and we will talk about that fire in oakland, but the

i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we will get to the headlines for you in a moment but excitement is building in the south bay this morning, the world's best gymnast getting together to compete in the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championships. we will get a look at today's competition. >> stick that landing -- well, stick that forecast. it's warmer. >>> yeah, it has been so warm these last couple of days, and it's the first day of school for a lot of kids. this is a lack at burlingame where temperatures starting out in the upper 60s and low 70s with a mostly sunny sky. it will be hot, low 90s for can concord. we will see low 70s in san mateo. tomorrow we will see some of the numbers coming down slightly, especially for the coastline. we will talk about the weekend coming up. >>> mike, you are tracking a crash. what is going on? >> i go by the speed sensors and the other sources we have, but the chp blotter, a little tough to access so could be networking issues. but there's slowing around the scene at central, and that wi

marcus washington is off. >> i am laura garcia. cinthia is in for mike today, and we are thankful for that. kari has a look at the forecast. >> you will be thankful for the forecast. >>> walnut creek enjoying one more day of cooler than normal temperatures. as we head over to palo alto, it's going to be a mild start. right now mostly clear. we will see a few clouds coming in and temperatures going from upper 50s to upper 60s, so still, light jacket weather for the next couple of hours. as we take a look at our high temperatures for the afternoon, around the bay area, a few cities and all the microclimates here coming up. >>> when we told you about the car fire in the middle of the span, and then another crash popped up around the bay bridge toll plaza, and if you have to head over to the bridge it will be a little wait as they try to figure those situations out. eastbound on highway 4, it's counter commute. onlookers, of course, as people head the commute direction. this was a crash that was reported about 20 minutes ago and it sin

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i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. thanks for making us a part of your morning. >>> did you see this overnight? we were talking about the lightning spotted early this morning in san jose. this is from our camera overlooking downtown san jose, but you can see it striking in the distance. kari has been monitoring that. you say it's in the central valley as well. >>> it's farther to the east. even though it looked close, the sky was clear all the way up to that point. so you can see lightning in the distance when the sky is mostly clear. but that is really concerning because we are going to see an increased fire danger, even as we look at that same camera this morning. there's still been lightning activity here recently, but once again, it is happening well to the east of us. it's all because of a surge in monsoon moisture. we've seen the showers and thunderstorms, but what's happening this morning is not with any rain. it's with a thunderstorm cloud, but the rain evaporates before it hits the ground. it's very concerning

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. before we begin, we want to welcome morgan hill unified and lafayette students back to school. we hope it's a great year for students, teachers and parents. >>> we've got to talk about the extreme heat. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring that. where are we expecting to see the triple digits? >> it's going to be our usual hot spots like livermore and brentwood. most of the bay area in the 90s today. we've had a lot of high humidity that makes it feel even hotter. now we're seeing that surging farther to the north. but we're watching out for that possibility of any of that activity closer to home here for today. as we take a look at our high temperatures, we'll hit 100 degrees in livermore, but mostly 90s in spots like concord and martinez reaching 93 degrees. we'll see some upper 80s in napa today, 91 in santa rosa, and san francisco reaching 73 degrees as that fog lingers near the coastline. we're going to have a couple of days with heat like this and then we'll see those tem

marcus washington has the week off. >>> we get a ladies' night in the morning. good to have you with us this morning. >> that's right. we'll have more on a lot of news going on right now. first, let's check the forecast with kari. a mild day today? >> yeah, we've been talking about how it cools down for the middle of the week. we are going to see temperatures dipping today. looking at novato as you get ready to head out. it's in the upper 50s. temperatures will remain about the same. as we go around the bay and take a look at what we're expecting for today and what's average for this time of year, santa rosa today will reach a high of 78 degrees, but we normally on the second day of august hit about 83 degrees. you can see that we are going to be lower than what we usually see, but we're going to try to take it in because we have high heat ahead in our weekend forecast. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >>> cinthia, you've been tracking a couple of crashes. >> this one is still going on, came up about ten minutes ago in the east bay, as people are mak

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. good to have you back. it's 5:30 right now. >>> let's check in with kari with a look at our forecast for this tuesday. >> it will be great to have cooler weather, especially in the inland valleys that are going to see temperatures dipping today. let's head to santa rosa, where we start out at 52 degrees. it is partly to mostly cloudy right now and we will continue to see some clouds, with high clouds moving in throughout the day it will give us filtered sunshine. it still looks pretty nice out there. you'll see the cloud formations like you saw yesterday afternoon. in cupertino expect it to reach 80 degrees and still low 80s for much of the east bay. we're going to bring it down several degrees and the cooling trend sticks around for a little while until we head into the weekend. back in the 60s for san francisco, and the north bay anywhere from 60 in bodega bay to 93 in ukiah. we'll get a look ahead in a few minutes. >>> mike, you're still tracking that crash in san jose? >> it's the transition from 101 to

. >> i'm marcus washington. of course today is wednesday, and we're coming off of a muggy week. today is going to be warmer than yesterday, right? >> warmer, but not as humid. we're going to trade one for the other. you know, it's going to be fairly warm for the inland valleys, and our spike in temperatures comes later on this afternoon. as far as what we're feeling right now, temperatures are in the upper 60s in the south bay and in the north bay it's in the upper 50s in rohnert park as you get ready to head out the door. we're going to see temperatures ramping up quickly with sunshine throughout the day. we're going from upper 50s to low 70s at 10:00, and then 82 degrees at 1:00 today. a look at the highs, it will head for the upper 90s in fairfield today. be ready for that. we'll talk about cooler temperatures in our verk. that's coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we're moving you forward on a new crime fighting push at a popular east bay destination. walnut creek merchants are fed up with robberies. bob redell joins us live outside of t

marcus washington taking the day off. let's start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking our weekend. >> yes, it's going to be a nice, quiet weekend ahead of the storm. we're going to be talking a lot about that temperatures, with parts of the bay reaching into the 70s and the inland areas headed for the 80s this afternoon. we'll be cooler. we're still watching out for fire danger due to recent lightning strikes. then for the weekend we'll be lookth to see what's happening as that tropical moisture from the remnants of hilary continues to move on. as we look at our temperatures today, it looks really nice with san francisco reaching 71 degrees. we'll see mid-70s in oakland. in hayward expect a high of 79 degrees and upper 80s for livermore. tomo temperatures come up a few degrees for the interior valleys, with some low to mid-90s, but we're still keeping it mild for the coastline. we'll talk about the increase in humidity and when we could see rain chances coming up in a few minutes. >>> mike, you're seeing a couple of issues in the eas

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia.e'll get to breaking news in just a moment. >>> first let's start with a warning from pg&e. public safety power shutoffs are possible in the north bay. >> forecaster cinthia pimentel is keeping a close eye on the heat. >> we haven't heard about planned safety shutoffs in a while. but on wednesday morning pg&e could cut power to seven california counties. let's take a look at a map they're highlighting in yellow. the areas receiving the warning include napa county and nearby lake county closer to the bay area, but it continues through the north. the big concern is the high winds. it would be the first energy shutoff for the year, and not just pg&e, but cal fire's north bay unit tweeted this out last night, the unit's engine and dozen strike teams are all back tomorrow after battling fires in other parts of the state. cal fire is saying it comes just in time, as the fire weather watch has been issued. just look at this scene yesterday in the santa cruz mountains. crews were able to conta

. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get a look at the forecast. welcome back, mike. good to see you. we'll get to the commute in just a bit. >>> kari, how is it looking today? >> it's going to be warmer for the inland valleys, but the coastal areas are staying nice and mild. in san francisco we've been looking forward to more sunshine, so we're going to get that today. here is a live look outside in oakland. you're heading out to a mostly clear sky this morning, and we're headed for the mid-80s there for today. so we're going to notice a big ramp up in temperatures, especially for the south county, with upper 90s today. dublin reaching 94 degrees, while napa will see a high of 98. heading into the today tomorrow, some of the numbers coming down a degree or two for some spots, with san jose reaching 87 degrees and 84 in mountain view. so we'll talk about what's ahead as we get closer to the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >>> moving you forward on a new crime fighting push at a popular east bay destination, walnut creek. merchants are fed up with the burglaries an

. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get a look at the commute in just a bit, but cinthia has a look at what we can expect in the forecast. >> i've got good news, the warm temperatures are going to continue, still feeling like summer around here, and we're only going to continue to warm up as we go through the rest of the early parts of this week. good morning to you. along the peninsula, san mateo getting ready to head out the door to school or to work, make sure that you're packing that water bottle and that sunscreen. it's going to be a nice, sunny day by the time you get to take that lunch break. around the bay area, we're in for a warm day, slightly warmer than we saw yesterday, some 70s and 80s around the immediate bay. 81 in mountain view. we'll get into the 90s as we go into the valleys, 93 in concord, 90 in livermore and low 90s continue through the santa clara valley. i'll guide you through the warm-up. >>> mike is going to guide you through where you can avoid this crash in the east bay. >> the

. >> i'm marcus washington. it is a big day, back to school day for a lot of students across the bay area. today we're wishing a great first day and year for all of those returning students in palo alto. welcome back to school today. >> summer is over. >> yay. >> i'm not ready for back to school just yet. >>> the weather is cooperating. it feels nice. we're not dealing with extreme heat, even in the inland valleys. let's head to martinez where we are going to see temperatures in the low 60s as you head out the door. then we see the trend going from 60 to low 70s. not a big warm-up, at least for the next few hours. we take a look at our high temperatures for today. we'll reach 78 degrees there and in concord, as well as livermore and morgan hill, 83 degrees, matching temperatures for some of our warmer spots in the inland valleys. most of us in the 60s and 70s from the coast to the inner bay. overall, really nice for the afternoon. tomorrow it's going to be slightly warmer. take a look at santa rosa, headed for 8

. >> i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington today. cinthia is in for mike, so we'll talk about traffic in a minute. we want to get right to kari. >> i'm going to be slapping your hand, like the person reaching into the pot while you're cooking. it's going to be really nice the next few days and cooler temperatures coming in. as we take a look at the marine layer, those morning clouds covering san jose right now, we're seeing that extending all across the bay area. but when we start out cloudy, we know it's going to be a cooler day and we'll be in the low 60s for the start and continuing to stay in the 60s through about 9:00, then starting to see the sky clearing out as we go into this afternoon. take a look at our afternoon highs. once again, back into the upper 70s and low 80s for much of the south, and for the east bay we're headed for 85 in antioch, oakland will be in the upper 60s. along the coastline, low 60s for half moon bay, with some upper 70s for other parts of the peninsula. so we're going to talk more about this coming up.

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura this morning. >>> the situation is still nowhere near settled in maui from the catastrophic wildfires that erupted this week. drone video shows how extensive the devastation is in the historic town of lahaina. it looks like san jose during the fire storms a few years ago. the number of confirmed deaths stands at 55 and authorities are telling people to stay away from the fire zone where they believe more bodies are likely to be recovered. hospitals are stretched to their limits treating the injured, and thousands of homes still lack power. many people like this surf instructor, have nothing left but the clothing on their backs. >> pretty much lost everything. me and a few of my friends stayed back, we tried to save as much people as we could, pulled a few people out of the water. we ran into a burning building with just slippers, surf shorts and a bathing suit top, because you don't need brains to try to save a life, but you do need skills and you need to be smart. >> thank goodness for her. president biden now declaring a major dis

. >> i'm marcus washington. >>> today is the first day of school for the castro valley unified school district. wishing all of those students and teachers, as well as the parents, a great day. we're going to check the drive times with mike, but first let's talk about the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what kids should be wearing this morning. >>> it's starting out cool and we're going to see a few more clouds coming in. temperatures right now starting out in the upper 50s and lower 60s. for the first day of school for castro valley unified school district, it will be 60 degrees and temperatures will reach into the mid-70s. it will be a mild day but looking good, the sky will be clearing and we'll be headed for sunshine. in dublin, expect it to reach 80 today, 83 in concord, 83 in morgan hill and low 70s for san mateo. tomorrow will be very much like today, with slightly cooler than normal weather. we'll see how long that lasts in a few minutes. >>> mike, you're tracking a crash in san francisco. >> we're looking at a smooth drive, as school starts we will see shifts a

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check that morning commute and see if anything is rolling out there with mike in just a bit. >>> another cooler day on tap for us today. >> it will be nice to have cooler temperatures, which we don't always get during the month of august. we're starting out with temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s and it's a bit of a milder start. i think it will be cooler the next several mornings. santa rosa now the coolest spot at 51 degrees, but it is 60 in san jose. then we take a look around the bay and our high temperatures expected for this afternoon, in petaluma expect it to be a pleasant 75 degrees, a mix of sun and clouds, breezy winds and warm temperatures. brentwood reaching 86 and the upper 70s for san jose. mike, you have a couple of concerns for the east bay. >>> one of them continues with the yellow arrow. folks are familiar coming off the 880 over-crossing, as you're approaching the bay bridge you can choose to swing to the right. there's a bus express lane. you can swing

i'm kris sanchez here for marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll get to the morning commute. we have some problems on the roads on this friday morning. >>> we also want to check the forecast because things are going to be changing. >> it's going to be heating up for the inland valleys going into the weekend, so we're making plans and incorporating the heat in some spots. as we take a look at novato, we have a cool morning, it is 50 degrees right now. we'll see a partly cloudy start to the morning and temperatures starting to warm up as it clears out. by late morning it's going to be in the upper 60s, at noon 73 degrees. really comfortable here. our high temperature reaches 83 degrees. san francisco reaching 66, 77 in fremont, and we'll see some mid to upper 80s in the inland south county, as well as the east bay, and even hotter tomorrow. >>> cinthia is tracking a crash. what's the update? >> not one crash, but two. this is in oakland as people make their way southbound 880. the first one right there at the 29th avenue off-ramp around the fruitvale area. we're already seeing

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >>> let's start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. >> we can start out with more humidity, it's been so muggy these past few days. this is the reason why, we still have this low spinning off of the coast. it's drawing in the remnants of what was hilary into the region, and we're still seeing the potential of some isolated showers and thunderstorms. this is a loop of the past 24 hours, so there was a lot of activity yesterday morning, especially in the north bay. and then for the afternoon we saw thunderstorms developing over the central valley into the sira, and now things are quieting down this morning. but we're still feeling the mugginess and it's going to continue throughout today, eventually drying out, and then our temperatures warming up. we're headed for the upper 80s in parts of the tri-valley, into the south county. 81 in novato, and in san francisco it's going to reach 71 degrees. for tomorrow, it's going to continue to heat up. take a look at these highs. this will be

marcus washington is off. >> and i'm laura garcia. the big day for thousands of students across the bay area, more than 20 different school districts are starting up today, including campbell unified, berkeley unified. the triplets head back today. >> hey, all right. >> i'm sure they're not even up yet. let's start with a look at that forecast. >>> meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect today. >> it may be hard to sleep with the excitement. >> it is middle school. >> and it's going to be humid again today. so as we get started, we are seeing that layer of fog rolling across san francisco, and it's pretty low and pushed down to the ground. when we see that, a compact marine layer, it usually does clear up fairly quickly. as we go throughout the morning into the afternoon, it's going to be mild there, but not another one for the enter tore valleys. martinez will see a high of 94, livermore headed for the upper 90s. so it's going to be hot again today, muggy. also watching for a chance of isolated

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >>> let's start out with green right now. kari hall has a look at our forecast. >> we'll call it a terrific tuesday. it's still going to be very warm and we're starting out humid this morning, as we head to santa rosa. right now it's cloudy, 65 degrees. it's going to be a fairly mild start to the day. no jacket needed because it's going to warm up, and actually shape up to be a pretty nice day. we'll reach up to about 80 in santa rosa, oakland 77 degrees. these numbers are cooler than normal, but it doesn't feel that way because of the high humidity. we're still watching out, also, for the chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorms. as the humidity drops, temperatures head up. for tomorrow, it's going to be in some spots about 10 degrees hotter. look at martinez tomorrow, reaching 95 degrees. so we'll talk more about this and what's ahead in the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good. we'll check back with you. >>> new overnight. transit police on the peninsula are investigating a deadly accident involvin

marcus washington has the day off. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike with a look at the morning commute. >>> first, let's look at the forecast with kari. >> it's a great start to our friday morning and we also have more kid headed back to school today. we're seeing just a few clouds overhead, but a lot more of this. we'll keep temperatures down today, it won't warm up as quickly as we've seen recently. so i think about 9:00 to 10:00, we'll continue to see clouds. the rest of the day we're headed for sunshine and it will be in the upper 70s by lunchtime. if you're going to the farmers market or heading out for your lunch break, it's going to be nice and mild. we're headed for the mid-80s in the tri-valley. north bay temperatures in the low 80s. this will be cooler than we've seen recently, but we're also tracking big changes by the end of the weekend. we were talking a lot about the remnants of a tropical system coming in. i'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >>> mike is tracking a crash. how is it looking? >> overal

. >> i'm marcus washington. we continue to follow that breaking news out of hawaii.the past 90 minutes president biden has officially opened up federal funding to the area impacted by the devastating wildfire. at this hour the number of those confirmed dead stands at 36. officials warn that that number will climb. you see the smoke there. the situation is just devastating not only in term of lives lost, but an island that will never be the same. in addition to the dozens now dead, almost 11,000 customers without power in maui at last check. 134 members of the national guard have been sent to hawaii to assist with the response. just within the hour we received word of a mass evacuation effort now resuming for the town of lahaina. >> we are getting new video of some of the destruction these wildfires have left behind. i want you to take a look at this, piles of rubble, burned-out cars and multiple neighborhoods just burned to the ground as the western side of that island was nearly cut off, but only one highway out. the fire victims are looking back at the frightening

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off today. >>> we said we were going to start with that forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking this. i see fremont behind you. >> we've got to get to work and to school. let's get that out of the way and then we'll celebrate this weekend with all the festivals going on. it is starting out cloudy and cool across the bay area, as we take a look at fremont. right now it is 64 degrees, we're seeing temperatures that will continue in the 60s over the next several hours, and then reach into the low 70s by noon. eventually we'll make it up to 77. still pretty nice. then for much of the rest of the bay area, upper 70s and low 80s. it is a nice, fairly cool start to the weekend, but it's going to start to heat up tomorrow. i'll have more on that and we'll talk more about some events going on coming up in a few minutes. >>> to our top story now, the latest in that devastating fire out of maui. thousands of people remain in the dark, whole segments of the island remain off

. >> i'm marcus washington. >>> before we get started, we want to welcome alameda unified back to school today. a big day for those students, parents and teachers out there, getting started with the school year. >> we'll have more on the maui wildfires as well coming up. >>> we want to talk about potential wildfires in the bay area as we're tracking a possibility of lightning. >> we had a couple of showers that moved through the bay area yesterday, and now we're watching out for the chance that we could see a few isolated thunderstorms, not enough rain to really help put out any fires if we do get some lightning. we're watching out for that possibility. but at the same time it's going to be really hot today. we're going to see temperatures cranking up for this first day of school for the franklin mckinley union school district in the south bay. a drop-off time is in the upper 60s and it's a warmer start than we usually have, maybe wearing shorts throughout the day. it will be warm at pick-up time, p headed for the mid-80s. hour-by-hour we can see spotty showers possible, especially in th

i'm marcus washington.w there were several small aftershocks in that area. our seismograph is picking up some of that shaking. remember, the quakes in that area are always tied to geothermal activity. there's no major fault in that area. >>> meteorologist kari hall right now is tracking what we can expect today from that forecast. kari, nice and pleasant for us. >> yes, we're seeing the return of our usual weather pattern where in the morning we see the marine layer sliding in with some clouds and then sliding back to the coastline. it keeps our temperatures a little more mild. we're headed for the upper 80s for the inland areas, 90 on sunday. we will be on a warming trend going into the middle of next week, in the upper 90s in some of our hotter spots in the inland east bay and south county. for san francisco, it will be really pleasant. we will see clouds at times, afternoon sunshine, breezy winds and highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. we will see less in the way of fog by the middle of next week with te

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. that strike was suspended by union leaders yesterday as negotiations continue. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is outside of san jose city hall as leaders are meeting. what's the latest, kris? >> reporter: well, we saw san jose city workers showing up for work today as scheduled instead of going onto the picket lines because of that agreement that appears to be close between what the city wants and what the union wants. the san jose city council went into closed session just after 9:30 this morning to consider that agreement. no one signed up for public comment, so i think everyone is playing it pretty close to the vest. city negotiators and union leadership were close enough to put a 24-hour pause on the three-day planned strike which was, as you said, supposed to begin at 6:00 this morning. at this point the details of the deal are not public, but we know in terms of salary increases in the next three years, the city and the unions were about 6% apart. in order for this deal to move for

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> as of now, we are stilt talking about what's happening in hawaii. the death toll in maui stands at 55. but we expect that that is going to increase. there is ground gained in containing the flames. >> six fires are still burning in maui and the big island, but officials say that lahaina fire is now 80% contained. nearly 11,000 people remain wiwithout power, a and some of e outages are expected to last for weeks. but firefigighters theree on th grouound continue e to gain the upper hand. their focus now shifting to searching for those still missing. meantime, all new for you at 11:00, vice president kamala harris speaking about the situation while in chicago today. she says she would like to tour the damaged area, but she doesn't want to distract from recovery efforts. >> as with most of these kinds of situations, do whatever is in the best interest of the folks on the ground, and we don't want to distract from the resources that need to go to the vic

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we brought you live breaking coverage of the fire right when it started, about 6:00 this morning. >> nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. we heard from the fire chief who says this could have taken out that entire block at least. >> reporter: that's right. that four-alarm fire is contained and fortunately there are no injuries. but as you mentioned, the chief telling reporters this morning that this fire, what you can see, what's left of it, could have really severely impacted this entire neighborhood, the hayes valley neighborhood of san francisco. fortunately, it did not, but this morning, many woke up frightened, ready to evacuate. there are people displaced. fire and water damage. a mess in traffic because of the fire's location. these are the flames that woke up people living in the valley this morning, that four-alarm fire, believed to have been a residential building under construction on oak and octavia streets in san francisco. the fire started before

. >> and i'm marcus washington. we begin with that breaking news.fficers from antioch and pittsburgh taken into custody this morning. nbc bay area's bob redell joining us now. i know the legal proceedings are just now getting under way and get us up-to-date with what's going on there. >> some of those officers were scheduled to go to federal court in oakland 30 minutes ago. we are waiting to hear from our own jodi fernandez about those appearances. the antioch and pittsburg police department. we did reach out to the fbi in san francisco. they told us that they would provide information at a press conference that is scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon in the city. jodi did speak to the attorney of one of the officers that was arrested and his client it was a forcible arrest as the fbi used flashbangs and bullhorns and he called that, quote, completely unnecessary, says his clients would have surrendered if asked. in the course of the investigation in the past the feds did seize the officers' cell phones and they stumbled against racist and homophobic t

i'm marcus washington.the arrival of beyonce at levis tomorrow night. she will be made honorary mayor like they did with taylor swift when she rolled through town. businesses are sure to be booming along with traffic, which is expected to be heavy near the stadium. time for a look at the forecast. >> very warm temperatures. plan your outfit according think for the beyonce concert at levis. yes, we are going to build up the heat to the warmest day of the week which is expected to be wednesday. also expecting wildfire smoke to drift through. if you are sensitive to that, please be mindful of that. we'll see more relief in the bay thursday and friday when we get a system of low pressure bringing us more onshore relief. then cooler weather as we go into the holiday weekend. >>> we'll have another local news update in 30 minutes. 8:30 on this tuesday morning, the 29th of august we have a wonderful crowd out here with us this morning. good morning. >> this is the perfect temperature. summer starts to wane. a grea

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we begin with senator dianne feinstein's recent fall. she's out of the hospital now, but the incident is prompting renewed health concerns surrounding leadership in washington. >> scott mcgrew has that part of that story in just a few moments. but first nbc bay area's bob redell is live for us outside of the senator's san francisco home this midday. talk to us about the latest conditions. >> reporter: good morning. nbc news has confirmed that u.s. senator dianne feinstein was taken to the hospital on tuesday after she fell at her home behind me here in san francisco. her spokesperson says, "senator feinstein briefly went to the hospital yesterday afternoon as a precaution after a minor fall in her home. all of her scans were clear and she returned home." "the new york times" reports she tripped over a chair at 1:00 yesterday afternoon and was admitted for about two hours. feinstein, who is 90 years old, has recently had other health problems which my colleague scott mcgrew will delve into shortly. senator has however rejected calls to re

. >> i'm marcus washington. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab live for us near golden gate park. ginger, this is very shocking to a lot of people in that area. what are people telling you out there? >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. the details to this, the gruesome discovery, have been limited, but they have confirmed it was a woman's body found inside a duffel bag right over in that area behind us. that duffel bag was found by a dog walker at the intersection of 22nd avenue and fulton in the richmond district in san francisco. you're seeing some video from last night when san francisco police were on scene. you can see investigators placing the white tent where presumably the duffel bag was found. the yellow and red tape used to block off the area, that was being investigated. that area is not deep into the park or hard to find. it's actually quite the opposite getting regular foot traffic from people entering and exiting the park. there is a bus stop very close by. this morning we've seen plenty of people running by and people walking their dogs. you may also be abl

. >> one of the many pets up for adoption the marcus washington right now hanging out at the four pawso love shelter in santa cruz. the shelter says it has a lot of black cats who usually have harder time to getdopted because of the halloween nonsense but are hoping someone can see past that. black cats are super cool. very mysterious. the real marcus and laura this weekend will be at berkeley humane society with pets looking for homes. >>> tonight at 7:00 could the as share oracle park with the giants on a temporary basis? what the as team president said today. that story and more on our 7:00 newscast. >>> up next on "nightly news" returning to fukushima 12 years after the nuclear disaster. japan's government has started releasing treated waste >>> tonight, the breaking news in georgia. donald trump moments ago having his mug shot taken as he surrendered to jail on charges he illegally plotted to overturn the 2020 election results in that pivotal state the former president touching down a short time ago in atlanta. traveling in a motorcade to turn himself in for his fourth arrest in l