he'll have the latest information on our next newscast at 8:00, right after nhl on nbc. >>> also tonight, hair salon owners and stylists in alameda county are pushing back on what has been a devastating past four months for their businesses. salons are still unable to reopen their doors because of rising covid-19 numbers in alameda county. >> that's right. but as ginger saab tells us, some gym members are taking hands into their own hands to be seen and heard by county health officials. >> we have complied and we are done obliging. >> reporter: it was a sentiment shared by almost 30 hair salon owners and stylists from pleasanton, livermore and dublin, all looking to reopen their businesses, despite existing restrictions for hair alameda county. they say enough is enough.prtic county. >> we are already licensed to be sanitary. we're licensed by the same board that dentists and nurses are licensed by. 75% of our license is tested on sanitation. so you can't tell me that i'm not sanitary or ready. >> reporter: flaunt hair designs owner and co-organizer of the event christine palmer adds the

sure thaw join us for a back to school and this saturday night following our newscast after the nhl on nbc>> one thing that hasn't been changing is the great summer weather we have been experiencing all week. let's turn it over for the weather backyard to see if it is going to continue into the weekend. >> oh, yes. had to get outside again today. it is just amazing outside. you know when you are under the sun it is maybe too warm for you after a half-hour or so. don't worry. we have a cooler breeze moving on in tonight and i still think you will be happy with what is coming our way. let's start off with a look at the weather board that shows the current live sky cameras on the left-hand side of the screen and then you can see the temperatures and where the fog is right now. the great news for those of you in san francisco, we did get a break from the fog and the current live camera view we have sunshine with you and notice that the fog is right there near the immediate coast line. that will move back in easy tonight. 61 in san francisco. you have 90 in concord and taking note of sacramento

half hour back to school special this saturday night immediately following our newscast after the nhl on nbc>>> we're following breaking news right now out of southern california. firefighters are trying to put out the apple fire that you see here in riverside county. these are live pictures you're looking at right now from the cherry valley area. riverside county fire department says two wildfires are burning. you can see the flames there scorching parts of a hillside. so far, 700 acres have burned. hundreds of people have been told they need to leave before it's too late. now, we'll continue to follow this story for you closely. we'll bring you a lot more updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. >>> the vallejo police department is enlisting outside investigators to look into accusations of so-called badge bending. we reported on the practice earlier this week after open vallejo broke the story. there are long-running reports of vallejo officers bending a corner of their badge to indicate they've been involved in a fatal shooting. our investigative unit has spent months looking into

the rest of the response team is working to help your family prep tomorrow night right after the nhl on nbc. >>> stretches of downtown streets have been closed to cars to help small businesses during the pandemic. now the town of danville is reversing that, reopening its main drag again. danville has been shutting down the main part of harts avenue from friday morning through sunday evening. starting today a smaller stretch will be closed. the reason the town found that shutting down most of harts avenue to traffic was hurting small businesses. >> hoping to have more people walking down harts avenue. >> others believe foot traffic will not come back until the pandemic is over. >>> if you're look to go eat outdoors let's hear what jeff ranieri has to say about the weather. >>> cool, comfortable weather for the evenings. 60s to low 70s around dinner time through saturday and sunday. we'll talk about your entire weekend forecast. i'll take a look at a developing hurricane coming up in eight minutes. >>> plus, london breed like you've never seen her before. we sat down one-on-one with san franc

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we mentioned, the nhl is back today, by the way, jumping right into the playoffs beginning at noon eastern on nbcsn. check the chicago blackhawks and edmonton oilers right here on nbc> another check of the forecast from maria larosa. hey there, maria. >> good morning, kristen and peter. good morning, everybody. along with the hurricane approaching florida another level of extreme weather on the map. the heat. across the west it's another scorcher of a day. we have heat advisories and heat warnings up. millions of people involved. phoenix 110 today. they are coming off the hottest month on record. july average temp of 99. you can see the low temperatures, with the heat index factoring in the excessive heat, dangerous heat. we have some cooler weather in the central part of the u.s. and cool enough to bring the temperatures down by averages of 5 to 10 degrees. we will see that slide ever so slowly off to the east by tomorrow moving into the ohio valley and eventually touchin >>> and we are certainly seeing a foggy start to our morning around the coastline. look at this shot of san francisco. you can't even see the city through all of that fog in our live cam, 56 degr

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nbc bay area news. >>> today, no nba or nhl playoffs games, both leagues will resume their playoffs on saturday. we'll have much more on these stories later in the newscast including how a sharks star helps force the nhl into making its decisions. >>> up next, it is opening and welcoming in students. the school in the south bay started in-person classes today. the new 15-minute coronavirus test that the government just approved. i will tell you about in our bay area connections. stay with us. >>> the fastest and cheapest covid-19 testing kit is approved by the fda. abbott lab has offices from santa clara developed this portable covid test. it only costs 5 bucks. the fda says a negative result may need to be confirmed with another test. >>> also today a major reversal from the director of the cdc. dr. redfield said those who are exposed to covid-19 don't need a test unless they have symptoms. the cdc wants to emphasize testing for symptomatic people. the santa clara health director among the many people and doctor who criticized the move. the cdc reversed their position saying testing may be cons