marianne favro is at moffett field now and she's expecting the president to disembark any moment now. marianne, what can you tell us? >> reporter: i can tell you that the president arrived about eight minutes early. you could see here on the tarmac that the motorcade is ready to take the president to the fundraising event in propertyola valley. there is a small group of about 25 to 30 trump supporters here to see the president come out of air force one. you could also see that the national press corp is here that travels with the president. they just got off the plane as well. so we have several vehicles here awaiting to take the president to that campaign fundraiser where people have paid anywhere from $2,000 to $100,000 to have lunch with the president this afternoon. the president is only going to be here for about three hours total here in the bay area. then he will get back to moffett field and take off heading for l.a. for a fundraiser later tonight in beverly hills. here is the president. you could see him waving to the crowd of supporters. wearing a yellow tie and a suit. a bl

nbc bay area's marianne favro has new developments for us. marianne. >> reporter: anoushah, the fire only burned seven acres, but people attending that birthday party say that the high winds fanned the flames and they had to run to their cars to get away. >>> this birthday party ended abruptly when flames engulfed a nearby building at the cornerstone sonoma wine tasting complex with strong winds, u pae quickly doubled in size. >> this fire started this big in the front of the street right here by the driveway. the fire started, it was a little bonfire. then within ten minutes it was a massive blaze, and everybody is running trying to get personal affects. >> reporter: patty said she warned people to get out. >> i smelled smoke and it was very clear it was close. so i ran out and told everybody, run, run, run, run, run. >> reporter: not only did the people at the birthday party run, but guests at two weddings at cornerstone were also forced to evacuate. in addition, a mandatory evacuation was ordered for about 200 people in homes and businesses

"today in the bay's" marianne favro with this report. >> reporter: a nighttime battle for containment, after six wildfires, some miles apart, scorch at least 128 acres. >> six fires is unusual and we have investigators out there right now. they are looking into this. it is u investigation and we're not ruling anything out at this time. >> reporter: just yesterday, cal fire responded to three fires that burned ten acres in this same area, adding to concerns about arson, and the air, blanketing the area with fire e retarda retardant. ground crews are dealing with tinder dry grass and steep hills. >> working in the terrain, it's working at nighttime. currently we have close to 300 firefighters out there, between the fire engines, the bulldoz bulldozers, the hand crews that are there. >> reporter: calaveras boulevard will remain closed. there are few homes in the area and no buildings burned. marianne favro, "nbc bay area news." >>> the high heat and fire danger has pg&e considering shutting off power in parts of the north bay and other areas are on alert for power shutoffs. on the utilit

"today in the bay's" marianne favro has more. >> reporter: this birthday party ended abruptly when flames engulfed a nearby building at the wine tasting complex, with strong winds up to 45 miles an hour pushing the flames, party-goers say the fire quickly doubled in size. >> this fire started this big in the front of the street right here by the driveway, the fire started, it was a little bon fire and within ten minutes it was a massive blaze and everybody's running to try to get person effects. >> reporter: patty warned people to get out. >> i smelled smoke and it was very clear it was close so i ran out and told everybody, run, run, run, run u run. >> reporter: not only did the people at this birthday party run but guests at two weddings at cornerstone wereorced to evacuate. in addition a mandatory evacuation order was ordered for about 200 people in homes and businesses within a one-mile radius of the intersection of highways 116 and 121 near shellville. more than 100 firefighters responded. the shell vista fire protection district chief says the fire is not considered suspicious, and

the boulders there are starting to roll them into the street and now as "today in the bay's" marianne favro reports, the city is responding. >> reporter: wesley house spent the day writing several quotes near dolores street in san francisco, including this one that says for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. these boulders compelled him to share his messages. neighbors in clinton park paid to have them brought in, in hopes of stopping drug use, camping and crime on their street. >> i just want people to stop and think and kind of just think before they act about what's going on, you know, because there is so much attention on this issue. >> reporter: neighbors are not anti-homeless but anti-crime. they've dealt with fires and drug dealing and say calls to the city and police haven't helped. so they pooled their money to put the boulders on the sidewalk but not all the neighbors here agree with the move. >> i definitely empathize with neighbors. there are legitimate concerns on the street. i've seen everything from mattress fire to poop on the street and nobody wants folk

at stanford, marianne favro. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> stay away from vaping for now. that's the alert tonight from the california public health department. 90 californians are sick from vaping. died. state and federal investigators are stumped on what's causing it. it is unclear if this disease i. the health department is asking people to stop vaping until they've got more information. >>> the flu season is off to an early and deadly start. two people in santa clara county have died from the flu. of the two victims, a child and adult under the age of 65. health officials say the adult contracted the flu in santa clara county but had an underlying chronic illness that put the person at high risk. the child likely acquired the flu while traveling abroad and died after returning to the south bay. >> what we can say about flu season is that it's always unpredictable. so i think that since we've had two flu deaths, we can certainly say that flu is here. >> health experts say anyone older than six months should get vaccinated before the end of october. >>> up next here at 5

in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. there's now an official trial date for more than a dozen people suing pg&e. this stems from the tubbs fire in santa rosa. that fire gutted parts of santa rosa and killed 22 people. today, the judge essentially fast-tracked the lawsuit setting a january 7th trial date. experts say it could be an uphill battle, though. investigators determined that pg&e is not responsible for starting that fire. pg&e has stressed that cal fire investigators cleared the company for the tubbs fire. >>> we showed you last week. it is official. exposed gas pipeline in lafayette poses a safety risk. that's the word from a contra costa county fire official. the group showed us the -- the regional park. mercury news is reporting that a deputy fire chief is concerned that that natural gas line is in, quote, fire hazard fire severity zone. they're worried it would be subject to direct flames during a wildfire. he also says someone walking on the exposed pipe could weaken it. pg&e sent us a statement saying the p

marianne favro live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: this gives you an idea just how large these boulders are. there are 20 of them and the city is no longer moving them from the street back onto the sidewalk. instead today crews came out and put out these orange cones. spent the day writing several quotes in san francisco, including this one saying for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. these boulders nearby compelled him to share his messages. neighbors in clinton park paid to have them brought in hopes of stopping drug use, camping and crime on their street. >> i just want people to stop and think and kind of think before they act about what's going on, you know, because there is so much attention on this issue. >> reporter: neighbors say they're not anti-homeless but anti-crime. they've dealt with fires and drug dealing and say calls to the city and police haven't helped. so they pooled their money to put the boulders on the sidewalk. but not all the neighbors agree. >> there are legitimate concerns on the street. i've seen everything from mattress fire to p

nbc bay area's marianne favro is classmates were two of their horities with the classmates died in a accident. >> steve salika and tia and her father died in the boat. her boyfriend was with them as well. they both went to school at this charter school in santa cruz. >> while this was not a school sponsored trip, our hearts and thoughts are with the families and victims and those yet missing, particularly those of our students and parents on board. >> parents we spoke to said they received an email last night letting them know the two girls were on the boat. this woman's daughter knew both teens. >> i just can't imagine, you know, their extended families, what they're feeling today and just how terrible this whole thing is. >> reporter: tia's father, steve salika, was an engineer at apple and a diver with 40 years' experience. we're told tia was a science lover and animal lover. scihece lover and about to turn 17. the students at the school are in shock that their classmates' adventure ended in tragedy. >> the mother is now meeting with authorities. marianne favro, nbc bay area news.

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> if you get in troubleon text 911, concord police say it started when texts to service on monday. when people can't speak in emergencies or for the hearing-impaired. give an impact location, describe the type you need, don't send photos and videos and silence your phone if you don't want someone to hear the police reply. >>> flat earthers, that's what a california leader called anti-vaks neigh t anti-vaccinators and now she's leaving her job. the director of health care services jennifer kent stepped down yesterday after she made a negative post antivaccine advocates, after protesters went to the capital to fight vaccination bills, both which passed cracked down on vaccinating children before starting school. kent did apologize for her posts and will step down, and stop working at the end of this month. >>> a contra kcosta woman is fighting her deportation. she has been in the u.s. 16 years, and has a rare disease requiring weekly treatments that she can't get in her native guatemala. she testified about th

in alameda, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> all right, marianne. news. you got a gorgeous sunset behind us, as you can see, and you got some nice cooler temperatures. >> it's going to be rolling in as we head through the next couple of days. we will see it drop. that's why we're out of this microclimate weather alert. let's bring you into that forecast, and we'll get you ready for the next couple of days, and you'll see the dangerous heat that was with us today. the hottest was santa rosa at 105. brand-new record there. concord also a new record at 99. san jose 99. san francisco even up to a hot 94. but the good news coming our way, yes, i come to deliver good news right now, 6:48, we have this system that is dropping down from the north. now tomorrow it starts to get a little closer, but we think once we hit friday, saturday, and sunday, this will be right on top of the bay area, helping to bring us milder air. so numbers begin to still going to be mild head out the door, but a little cooler for south bay at 69. peninsula 67. right over the tri-va

reporting live in milpitas, marianne favro. >> that's not the only fire we're tracking tonight. they're considering shutting off power in the north bay if things get dangerous. >> christie smith spoke about the utility threat. >> reporter: right now it's hot in santa rosa, but not windy. these are the kinds of conditions that pg&e keeps an eye on. they have a ebb web faj that tells customers about the potential of power being shut off. it is still very, very low and most people we spoke wit the more information t better. >> living through a wildfire, no. that really home. like, it can happen anywhere. >> lisa christie lives in santa rosa and wants to be prepared and that includes as much notice as possible if there is any potential the power can be shut off. >> for a couple of reasons and one is that i like to make sure i'm ready at home so i would keep a half tank of gas in my car. >> the potential for public safety power shutoff is now at elevated for three zones monday and tuesday and that includes parts of the north bay. >> to be clear the public safety power shutoff event h

reporting live in los altos, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> our thoughts are with her. thank you, marianne. and we have much more coverage of the boat fire on our website, including this video showing conditions the coast guard faced right after the boat caught on fire. >>> slowly but surely, hurricane dorian is coming. the satellite images showing exactly where the hurricane is at this hour. can you see north florida there, that's jacksonville, and then the carolinas. it's about 150 miles below charleston, south carolina. as for the devastation it's left behind the bahamas over the weekend, the death toll there in the bahamas has risen to 20 people. that number unfortunately is expected to increase as recovery operations continue. and up the coast of the united states, people are preparing for the storm. this is in north carolina. some last-minute preps before a lot of people start to evacuate to safer areas. here's another view for the hurricane from the space station. nasa's camera on the international space station. you can see just how huge this is. let's take a wal

reporting live in redwood city, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> more fall weather in this final week of summer. rain for many of us across the bay area. tonight, though, we are dry and in for some drastic changes,tho. here's live cams in walnut creek. even the clouds today were gorgeous this afternoon. >> very, very refreshing outside. we'll be in for hotter weather once we hit the weekend. napa, four hundreths of an inch. right now on the satellite radar picture, you can see we are drying out. and that's going to set us up l fog at the coastline. i'll be back in about six minutes with a look at our climate in crisis danger zone. >>> a young woman and her father dead after an early morning fire in san francisco. shortly after 2:00 in the morning crews arrived at a home in the mission terrace neighborhood, near balboa park, to find the house engulfed in flames and smoke. a neighbor says he heard the trapped woman calling out for her father, and the same neighbor who asked that we not show his face says the father kept yelling for the daughter to get out of the house. >> i could h

marianne favro talked with him about what he saw there and the difference he's making. >> reporter: homes crushed. trees snapped in half. crumbled businesses. this is drone video douglas shot on abaco island. for two days, dorian sat on top of the island, pummeling it with 25-foot waves and winds up to 200 miles per hour. >> literally, there was not a tree, a house, a car, that had not been overturned, shredded apart. >> reporter: the hurricane killed at least 50 people, and 1300 are still missing. douglas is an aerial cinematographer who has worked in the aftermath of many disasters. he helped locate lost pets after the camp fire, but he says this devastation was different. >> dead dogs, cats. there were still dead people underneath all the rubble. so i just made it a vow to myself that i would go out there and keep helping as much as i can. >> reporter: using his drone, he spotted this dog he nicknamed duke and brought him kibble. duke was later rescued by relief workers and airlifted to nassau where he's doing well. he was able to help rescue a dozen other dogs and cats, but there's st

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thanks very much. a woman claimed to throw blood in the state senate chamrs lawm rebec rebecca dalelio is from the san francisco area. this morning senator steve glazer posted a photo on social media saying he was getting checked for possible exposure to blood. he was among the several senators who were hit. pictures from the senate chamber show red splatters on paperwork a feminine hygiene product. they also denounced the incident. >> the people need to stand up and say we want to defend our democracy. we are not going to allow people who try to interfere democracy by basically attacking your elected representatives while we're doing our jobs. >> deplorable, it's disgusting. nobody here would condemn that. >> dalelio's first court appearance is scheduled for tuesday in sacramento. >> last call will remain at 2:00 in the morning.nator has been p that would allow bars and clubs to sell alcoholts bl was one of the last ones that was heard last night after all that commotion in the senate and it didn't fa

nbc bay area's marianne favro is live inanz with w >> reporter: well, as students arrived here at pacific collegiate school here in santa cruz this morning, some of them learned for the very first time that two of their classmates likely died in that fiery boat accident. the school had grief counselors here to help the students. friends confirm tia, her father steve and diana were on a labor day weekend dive trip aboard the "conception" when the boat caught fire and sank. tia's good friend, 16-year-old baranisea felipe was with them as well. all four believed to be killed in the fire. they were both students heree s santa cruz. >> pacific collegiate school is saddened by the tragic sinking of the diving vessel "conception" over the weekend. while this was not a school-sponsored trip, our hearts and thoughts are with the families and victims, particularly those of our students and parents on board. >> reporter: parents we spoke with say they received an email last night letting them know the two girls were on the boat. this woman's daughter knew both teens. >> i said did you know these gir

cause firefighters also say they're going to be out here all night into the morning battling marianne favro nbc bay area news. >>> the fire spread really quickly making it harder for firefighters to get control over it. even though summer is winding down, clearly that doesn't mean we're in the clear from fire danger. roy mayeda is standing by with more to explain. >> we're already seeing warm ask dry conditions, but the extreme nature of the fire danger ahead will hinge on how strong the wind gets. as you can see right now, 70s and 80s bayside and coast, upper 80s inland. wind speeds for the moment still out of the west, northwest. watch the arrows on our futurecast moving forward. not only are those arrows striking offshore, you see the gusts. this is going to decrease humidity. we'll see wind speeds increasing in the north bay. that is the reason a fire weather watch is up for the north bay hills, inland east bay hills starting at 9:00 monday night as fire danger rises into tuesday morning, and temperatures could climb into the upper 90s in parts of the bay we'll have a closer look at tha

reporting live, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> you have not seen a morning commute with somesome time. rain is expected to return tomorrow. the heat is gone at least for now. let's get to rob mayeda. he's been tracking all this. wow, look at that bridge behind you. >> yes, some drizzle storms and we are seeing that right now at the golden gate bridge. radar to the south of the golden gate bridge. standing at the top, you can see some of the areas of light rain as low clouds forced to climb up some of the hill tops just enough lift to get us some drizzles tonight even though the main weather system is still up here on the north coast. that's going to start to approach during the morning commute. for the first time potentially light spraying, you could need windshield wipers. this would be the most. we'll take a close look at this hour by hour and now a second chance of seeing showers in the seven-day forecast, a closer look for you coming up in 12 minutes. >> sounds good, rob. >>> rob has been updating his twitter day throughout the day and night. he always does, you can follo

reporting live at stanford university, marianne favro, nbc bay areapext threat of fires looming, southe training to help the fight. see the links they go to through their own eyes when we return. >>> but first the first steps toward possibly impeaching president trump. we'll tell you what's happening late today and tonight. one of the most important things you can do is to make sure you call 811 before you dig. calling 811 can get your lines marked. it's free, it's easy, we come out and mark your lines. we provide you the information so you will dig safely. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. ago, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi is moving forward with impeachment proceedings against president donald trump. so, is this political hot air or a viable path forward to remove mr. trump from the white house? >> the action comes as new details have emerged about a phone call between the president and the leader of ukraine. >> late this afternoon, house speaker nancy pelosi announce aid formal impe

nbc bay area's marianne favro with the latest. >> reporter: terry, the fire burning here right now tonight is in the diablo range, 70% contaped and firefighters say it's been difficult to battle because of the steep terrain. they're hoping to reach full containment as soon as possible before the high winds come in tomorrow night. for the second day firefighters are battling six sturbbborn fir that broke out yesterday. now there's a new risk, a red flag warning has been issued here for elevations higher than 1,000 feet. until 5:00 wednesday morning. >> i live at the base of the east foothills and all the grass around the houses, they're all dry and stuff and not too many people clear their land up there, so it's sort of scary. >> reporter: a red flag warning has also been issued for the mountains of sonoma county and east bay hills. santa rosa fire department is adding engines tomorrow and tuesday. so is the sonoma county fire department. that's welcome news to this grandmother who's been worried about the tinder cry grass. we could see gusts up it 35 miles an hour ipthe east bay hills tomo

reporting live in san francisco, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> a follow-up to sonoma county fire. happened yesterday at cornerstone sonoma wine tasting complex. today the cornerstone was back open for business. you look at these flames, they're back open. they thanked first responders for their hard work. more than 100 firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading to the main property. the fire chief says the fire is not considered suspicious and may have started from something as simple as a cigarette butt. >>> get ready to pay more to fill up your tank. gas prices in the bay area are sitting at about $4 a gallon. you may be wondering why the sudden rise in prices. well, that's because the bay area refinery recently had some technical problems cutting production. state wide gas prices are sitting above $4 a gallon. that's more than $1 over the national average. good news, though, is prices are expected to drop back down in october. >>> the deadline to get your real i.d. card is looming. if you don't have one yet, you're not alone. we'll have the alarming new report