that are billions of dollars overbudget and decades behind schedule like, of course, folk, san francisco bay areaway extension to silicon valley, california's high speed rail project and honolulu's elevated rail line. democrats are proposing $10 billion more to support the high-speed rail projects alone. we can save tens of billions of dollars by canceling these gravy trains that are taking taxpayers for a ride, but you can probably guess what the democrats' play will ultimately be. draw 25. so, folks, let's lay the cards on the table. the democrats' borrowing, base budgeting is a real house of cards because you simply can't borrow your way out of debt. the bills will eventually come due in the form of higher taxes and drastic cuts to government services, and it will be the taxpayers who get lost in the shuffle. because the democrats control both chambers of congress and the white house, it may seem that the deck is stacked against our taxpayers, but i have a card up my sleeve. folks, let's put it in reverse and go in a different direction. instead of just throwing in the cards and going along wi

john dennis with the san francisco bay area republican party joining us live as we continue to watch those numbers come in. a lot of folks packed inside of this bar. obviously some cautious optimism tonight hoping at least on the republican side that they are able to do what they want to do, which is unseat governor gavin newsom from office and. >> potentially replace him with someone else that they believe can get the job pam and ken will continue to monitor the situation from here and bring you updates as soon as we get that is going to be a long night ahead. john mccall life in north beach for us tonight towards our grant lotus is with us here in the studio tonight. he's keeping an eye on all of the counties across the state of california and joins us now. just to do an early check in grant. that's right, pam and some of these numbers are just starting to populates as we go on throughout her. >> coverage for the next 3 and a half or so hours we'll see a lot more. but this is the only bay area county that has results that have come in. it's napa county. you've got about 62% of the

an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with exper

. >>> three bay area counties taking part in a pilot program designed to fix unjust prison sentences, san francisco, contra costa county and santa clarita have agreed to be part of the first of its kind program. it allows prosecutors to recommend reviews of old cases. former bay area prosecutor hillary blout. >> they will invest $8 million across nine counties in california to support the work of identifying people who are in our prison who are basically no longer need to be there. >> since the new resentencing law started in 2019, about 75 inmates have been granted an early release. >>> any way you look at it history was made at the u.s. tennis championship. on the men's side novak djokovic came to winning the first men's grand slam since 1969. he still got farther than any other man losing in the championship match yesterday to daniel med ved desk. on the women's side, 18-year-old emma became the first ever qualifier to win a grand slam tournament, men or women. on saturday the 18-year-old beat 19-year-old canadian leila fernandez becoming the first british woman to win a major since 1977. i thin

. >> other venues like this, all over the place, not just in the san francisco bay area need to existn order for communities to thrive and i'm not just talking about the arts communities, even if you are here to see a chuckle bucket comedy show and you are still experiencing humanity and in specific ways being able to gather with people and experience something together. and especially coming out of the pandemic, the loss of that in-person human connection recovering that in good ways is going to be vital for our entire society. >> it's a family club. most our staff has been working with us for 10 years so we feel like a family. >> what people think of when they think of bottom of the hill and i get a lot of this is first of all, the first place i met my husband or where we had our first date and i love that and we love doing weddings and i expect there to be a wedding season post 2021 of all the make up we haddings and i hope that many people do that because we have had so many rock ep role weddings. >> i told my girlfriend, make sure you stand at the front of the stage and i can giv

i would say i probably have the best view of anybody's office in the san francisco bay area. >> you do. we'll check out the adventure chat and don't forget o check out "california live" week days at 11:30 on nbc bay area. >>> there is a good chance you've asked this question. what is happening here? the fire in south lake tahoe just one of a series of explosive wild fires we've seen tear across california in recent years. fire behavior we just haven't seen before. at the same time the deadly hurricane in the south ida was a category 4 storm when it slammed into new orleans last weekend. and then just last night the remnants of ida causing the deadly flooding in new york and pennsylvania and delaware. are these severe weather patterns linked? how much can we be blamed on climate change? the climate reporter for nbc lx, devoted almost exclusively to covering the climate, chase, nice to have you on the program here. can you separate since you cover climate almost exclusively separate the politics from the climate and the science or is that a difficult challenge for you? >> i mean, it is d

thanks to reset to some bay area baseball san francisco giants.hey get to padres yesterday. guy whittaker was a coma for that. buster posey and his 18th home run of the give the giants the lead. and then watch the 7th inning darin ruf gets the rbi double here and that extends the lead. finally, when it was over san francisco wind 6 to one that is 9 straight wins for the giant street. yeah. they're going to go for 10 today playing the padres at 6.45 how the weather the job. you know what? it's going to be a lot clearer than it is now, ok. it's kind of on the gray side for san francisco still. >> we will tap lot of sunshine this afternoon in the next few days will bring plenty more of that too. >> temps continue to cool and that chance of rainfall sunday morning. okay. and fingers and toes and i know that the years as your last day filling in it want us to call you at 02:00am tomorrow just way saturday and tomorrow just way saturday and sunday what asking. you know when you're at ross, ooh! and the fall finds are everything? and those brands at thos

san francisco fire commission acknowledges that the ramaytush ohlone people are not a mythical population of the past but an integral and active community in the presence of the san francisco bay area region and beyond whose visibility denied the ncaa tiff american's inclusion and respect, and whereas the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that the city and county of san francisco was founded on unceded territory and that the existence of the city and county on this land continues to contribute to the erasure and exclusion of the ramaytush ohlone people, the native american people, and their history. and whereas the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that the association of ramaytush ohlone has actively worked to preserve ramaytush ohlone history and establish respect for the contributions of the ancestors of the inhabitants who cared for the land before us, and a land acknowledgement respects and acknowledges native american peoples of this lands, and whereas the san francisco board of supervisors, the h.r.c., and the office of racial equity have urged all boards and commissions in the city and county of san francisco to begin each meeting with a land acknowledgeme

. >>> downtown san francisco and oakland, both bay area cities are dealing with spike in homicides that is prompting plea to end the violence. in a rare display of unity between d.a. and police chief in san francisco the number of homicides in 2021 is on pace to surpass last year's total. dozens gathered last night to remember the lives lost to violence. law enforcement community leaders and others say pandemic related stress may be a contributing factor in homicide up tick. but there is no concrete answer as to why. >> we will do whatever we can together in our departments. >> we always are trying to work together to make things better. these families deserve that. >> this is the third year san francisco has lit up the dome in honor of murder victims. congress designated national day of remembrance in 2007. >>> oakland is also grappling with a violence crisis. they've recorded 102 homicides in less than nine months. that matches total for all of last year. the city reached the milestone after a double homicide early sunday where two brothers were shot and killed in front of their home.

bay area. it was en route to san francisco. the heroes on that plane who fought back are providing inspiration to many on a day of remembrance and reflection. here is nbc bay area's christie smith. >> sandra bradshaw. wanda green. >> reporter: each name was read including tiffany jackson's aunt wanda green, who was a flight attendant. >> all the emotions come back, wondering where she was, if she was okay. >> reporter: she came to honor the passengers and crew who died on the hijacked flight on september 11th. she reflects 20 years later. >> it's just taught us again to appreciate each moment that we have with each other and love each other. she was an incredible, loving person, very nurturing. and so that's what it reminds me to be. >> reporter: first responders and city leaders. the event was slimmed down because of covid but the emotions were the same. this memorial in union city was dedicated in 2007. >> me being a marine corps veteran, i really feel that. >> reporter: in los gatos, a powerful ceremony by the flame of libert

standard for the mayor of san francisco and her individual activity and see a standard for the elite and the top-down that doesn't apply to them so if you look at the san francisco bay areai am right now talking to doctors pediatricians about covid there is extremely low levels of infection there is 90 or 95 percent population and the highest vaccination rates in the country and if you look at the cases there are ten per 100,000 which is the magic threshold that we always said was a criteria to return to normal doctor fauci himself said we are ten cases below we return back to normal free and clear we are there and adults all over the area san francisco and where they needed exit criteria to remove the mask mandate and they did not execute it. >> i can testify to that. literally today outdoor event. they made you present your vaccine card and you have to wear a mask so what possible planet does that put together makes sense quick. >> it is a perception of the risk that it is equally distributed in the population. once people are immunized with the public health threat with the common cold people are now willing to accept that this will be an endemic virus we need to live

. >> and we've got a lot of clouds moving over san francisco in parts of the bay area. now maybe a little rain attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yours? julie and bob are paying $700 less, every month. dee got comprehensive coverage for only $1 a month. and the navarros are paying less than $100 a month. check coveredca.com to see your new, lower price. the sooner you sign up the more you save. only at covered california. this way to health insurance. >> a talk radio host larry elder did concede his fight to become california's next governor during the recall election earlier this week he indicated at the time that his first campaign might not be his last but in an exclusive interview with inside california politics. it appears it elder may be changing his tune grant lotus is here with details. >> pretty revealing interview today and he was was candid or at least seem to open up about. yes, some of the practical hurdles that he could be facing. >> we

a san francisco woman who grew up in that music is now making it her own. here is nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. >> i grew up with a very heavy respect for traditional music. >> reporter: the colorful energy of san francisco's mission district. a culture soaked in food, murals, music. ♪♪ cecilia pena govea grew up surrounded by all of it, both outside her san francisco home and in it. >> yeah, i grew up playing music with my family, in our family van, la familia. both of my parents play music, and that's their first love, so they really brought that into the home. >> reporter: she and her sister started out as listeners of the family music. soon they were on the bandstand. >> i started playing professionally when i was 7 years old. my main instrument is trumpet. i also am a vocalist. so we had a lot of different types of music, there was salsa, cumbia, regional mexican. >> reporter: pena govea's grandparents emigrated from mexico. two generations later, the music of their homeland was alive with miguel govea and his family. >> there is a really strong link to the rich culture, you

the san francisco bay area earthquake in 1989 had a magnitude of 7.1.he other tragic numbers from that wrap up. the youngest passenger on the hijacked jets with christine hansen on united airlines 175. she was two on her first trip to disneyland. the oldest passenger was robert norton, an american airlines flight 11. he was 82. there were some 2000 children who lost a parent. 146 lost a parent at the pentagon. nancy from altoona, pennsylvania. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i was working at a local hospital. i can remember that there was such disbelief that is happened. what could it be? the feeling that started to spread word-of-mouth. the tv was on whether patients gather on our floor. somewhere watching it. what could this be? the feeling was disbelief at first. could it be an accident? it is something we have never experienced. the tv was on and things were developing. then the disbelief turned to the second attack knowing it was an attack. how could this happen was the feeling. these are the feelings that everybody experienced in

an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with exper

in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> this really is the question, will losing benefits push people back into the work force, and what about unfilled jobs at restaurants, hotels and rest of the hospitality industry? we're going to talk to former head of the edd about changes we could see in the bay area in weeks and months ahead. >>> two teens dead, another under arrest following crash in brentwood around 11:00 last night. walking or standing with group along byron highway when 2002 subaru hit them. driver arrested for driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter. friends and family went to the site to leave messages for those kids. >> it is hard to wrap your head around it, but saturday marks 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack that forever scarred and changed america and many of us. planning remembrances. union city holding a small and brief ceremony for covid concerns. moment of silence at 10:03 when flight 93 headed to san francisco crashed into a field in pennsylvania. lot of people grew up in the bay area, including the pilot. consultant was working s

the governor was mayor of san francisco first, see the san francisco bay area democratic attor turnout democrats turning there and quite confident as we get to the end this was in 2018 a blue state. it was in 2020 an even more blue state. they are confident when we count the votes tomorrow this map will be blue. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, forth korea kim jong-un firing a deadly test missile. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. and building it with my son has been my dream job. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ security at your fingertips. control feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. with voltaren arthritis pain gel my husband's got his moves back. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movement the first person to survive alzheimer's disease is out there. they're going to hold on to everything the disease steals away.

guys, we have sarah from the bay area, san francisco. in hitting the snooze button on her alarm. and the most romantic thing that's happened to sarah is her boyfriend on her birthday -- come on, classy guy -- flowers and a card yeah, it wasn't printed. >> no, it was handwritten. >> jimmy: handwritten. >> handwritten >> jimmy: he didn't just sign it, and give you a card. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: he wrote out something very nice and personal, and we won't get into it what did he say? just say -- no, you don't have to [ laughter ] roots, for this one, since i mentioned drake, can we do a a drake type of song ♪ ♪ oh okay okay yeah yeah ♪ ♪ too sexy for this eight i'm sarahh with a what can i say ♪ ♪ i'm too sexy fo san francisco ba drake album certifie lover boy ♪ ♪ yeah that is my jam but i'm too sexy to listen s i don't put it o too sexy for this show ♪ ♪ too sexy for my bro too sexy to hit snooze o that alarm i let it go ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: that's how you do it right there. thank you very much. that is how you do it

some exciting news tonight for bay area foodies on a budget today, michelin added 18 new san francisco bay area restaurants to its big command list. that's different by the way, and then the ranking on the michelin star list. bib gourmand is the award given by michelin. for the region's best affordable restaurants. now in san francisco. new additions include dumpling home in hayes valley, yuma in the inner sun said, and rodier in pacific heights, now in france rodeo depicts a very casual roadside restaurant that is affordable and fun and wrote, your chef tells us that is exactly the type of place they wanted to bring to the city. he also says they are honored to be chosen for a big amount of ward. and we're going to be in the company that we are with. and you know, the big vermont's. it's some. some great restaurants and some of the restaurants. i personally enjoy eating it. in the east bay. nine restaurants, including tacos, oscar fob kitchen and horn barbecue, which there's always a line outside, where all honored also in the east bay, the same shape chinese restaurant in berkeley ha

on what we want to carry on every year and that is never forget. >> reporter: in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay areas. >>> quite a sight in downtown san jose today. firefighters lining up in formation. dozens of first responders gathered there, marched to fire station 1. san jose's mayor, several other leaders also took part in that ceremony. well, one of the most enduring local memorials is in union city for the victims of flight 93. community members, first responders, and city leaders gathered there this morning. flight 93 was bound for san francisco. the 9/11 commission concluded the hijackers were going to slam that plane into the capitol building in washington, d.c. the passengers, many from the bay area, regarded as heroes for fighting back against the hijackers. both, the house and senate were in session that day. there was a moment of silence today and the names of those onboard were read aloud. community members say it was important to be there. >> thank god for the heroes and the first responders, and just wanted to be here and spend some time remembering them. >> that plane crashed in a

the newsom campaign said the vice president will appear with the governor at a rally in the san francisco bay area next wednesday. no exact specific details have been given out just yet, but as soon as we get them, we'll let you know now. newsom does also expect president joe biden to come to california to support the governor in the closing days of the recall election fight and our coverage of the recall election continues on our website. kron 4 dot com just scan the qr code on your screen right now and will take you directly to our web page to get the latest on all of the candidates and also details and how you can cast your ballot. meanwhile, women in afghanistan protested for a second day today in kabul, demanding equal rights from their country's new rulers. they laid a wreath outside of the defense ministry to honor. former afghan army soldiers who died fighting the taliban. then the women marched to the presidential palace. their protest was ended by taliban special forces who fired their weapons into the air. >> president joe biden is set to visit all 3, 9, 11 memorial sites to commemorate

the newsom campaign said the vice president will appear with the governor at a rally in the san francisco bay area next wednesday. newsom said he also expects president joe biden to come to california to support the governor in the closing days of the recall election fight again. election day is september. >> 14, meanwhile, calling california a place of refuge. governor gavin newsome along with members of the assembly are proposing a nearly 17 million dollars package to help afghanistan refugees escaping the taliban in partnership with air bnb. that money would go toward providing free temporary housing for refugees looking to settle here in california. the proposal will also provide health care public benefits and other resources to help those afghan evacuees. the legislature is expected to take up that measure sometime recall election continues right now on kron 4 dot com scan. the qr code on your screen and it'll take you straight to our website on kron 4 dot com where you can get the very latest details on the candidates and details on casting your ballot. to come toniaht, officers going above

that's more of the size of san francisco, oakland and san jose combined. it is 29% contained. nbc bay area's thom jensen is joining us now. it is a popular spot where you are in the south shore, what are you seeing around you? >> reporter: a weekend like this would normally be packed with tourists instead of firefighters but as we came in here today, what we saw was an amazing fire fight. hundreds of firefighters who saved all of the cabins coming in at echo lake road and they even without a lower echo road here to protect historic and treasured cabin and doing it by the boat loads literally. just below a rocky summit. firefighters from as far away as texas and arizona pack in 4500 feet of fire hose to attack the flames above them. >> we are taking advantage of these great conditions to try to get this fire put out for good. >> reporter: along a smoky east shore, tahoe, one woman tells me she's breathing a sigh of relief because of the efforts of these firefighters. her home is safe and so are her friends' and family's home. >> reporter: with highway 50 closed, no one in the family have been

well tonight some exciting news from bay area foodies on a budget today, michelin added 18 new san francisco area restaurants to its bib gourmand list. that's a different ranking than michelin star. gorman is the award given by michelin for the region's best affordable restaurants. it's an francisco new additions include dublin home in hayes valley. yuma in the inner sunset area and rodeo in pacific heights. now in france, rodier depicts a very casual roadside restaurant that is affordable and fun and roll. your chef tells us that is exactly the type of place they wanted to bring to the city. we're honored to be in the company that we are with and you know the bed. vermont's it's some. some great restaurants and some of the restaurants that i personally enjoy eating it. in the east made nine restaurants including tacos, oscar fab kitchen and horn barbecue were also ordered. coming up the widow of a man shot and killed in the vita shooting rampage now calling for change. knowing he died in such a horrific manner brings tears to my eyes. every time i think of the tear he suffered after the bre

i'm the business representative forthe allied trade in san francisco surrounding bay area . lso aresident of this beautiful city of san francisco . i'm calling in tosupport , ask your support on this bond issuance. this is the type of infrastructurewe need to continue the investment and working people and the fan the flames of our economy here . basically local work puts the money into local families, working families pockets which they spend locally though don't miss this timely opportunity as was mentioned,we waste it will cost us more . along with the building trades, the painters and allied trade support this bond issuance and urgeyou to support this at board of supervisors . >> clerk: thank you, next speaker please. >> caller: my name is casey townsend, chief communications officer for caltran and where supportive of this project which would extend into the transit center providing better regional connections for people adding them to where they need to go and in the future we want to keep an eye out for more options forfolks to get to key destinations in san francisco a

truly is unfortunately, you know, it's not the case for a lot of other people here in the san francisco bay arealot of lives lost here due to drug addiction. but for victoria westbrook, she survive to share her recovery. journey. >> and now helps others coming out of incarceration to live a better life. she tells me that the key is accountability. >> seeing people who have been successful helps also being able to talk to people, other people that have gone through reentry understand things that people who just know about reentry on an intellectual level. don't get like that part about everything moving too fast and not fast enough all at the same time. victoria westbrook turned to drugs after losing her mother, her twin and being subjected to incest at 50 years old. she was caught dealing by the feds by then she had been an addict for about half of her life. this week. she's celebrating her 5th year of sobriety by helping others get clean too. westbrook is working on re entry at the san francisco adult probation office. >> she believes she is alive and well with family today because the criminal

amidst all this divisiveness. >> reporter: in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> and we invite to you join us tomorrow night for remembering the heroes of flight 93. some of the surviving family members share their story for the first time. tomorrow right here at 10:00 on nbc bay area. >>> another somber anniversary. 11 years ago tonight the deadly pipeline explosion on the peninsula that leveled a neighborhood in san bruno. that blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 home in the crestmore neighborhood. dozens of other homes were damaged. in 2017, pg&e settled a civil lawsuit paying out $90 million and spending another $32 they also fined pg&e $1.6 ll we have the video from the d fire is gaining ground tonight. this is near the town of old station. flames jumped highway 44 forcing more people to leave their homes. so far fires have burned more than 920,000 acres. at this point the dixie fire is 59% contained. >>> as we mentioned, rain and line in the bay area at this hour could could spark new wildfires. here's nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. >> reporter: a red orange glow in the sky

. >> reporter: siawash and the mostly afghan ÉmigrÉ staff back at roots of peace's san francisco bay areaare completing visa applications for their families and staff still trying to leave the country. and managing the critical afghan harvest remotely on late night internet calls to their colleagues on the other side of the globe. recent video sent back by thei afghanistan colleagues shows their harvest and export operations relatively back to normal since the takeover of the country. there are still major concerns with the taliban leadership's ability to control their fighters in the countryside. >> the taliban supports us. they sent a letter supporting us saying that we want us to stay, we respect your programs and we want you to continue so that we're using that as a shield to say, hey, your bosses are saying that you shouldn't be attacking us, you shouldn't be disrupting us. and so that's been very positive so far. >> reporter: for those who are listening to this, they are saying, well, this optimism is wonderful. but could it be slightly naive, do you think that the taliban can get s

traffic is quiet out of east bay into san francisco under a ten minute ride from the maze into the city. most bay arearidges are pretty quiet, live look at the san mateo bridge, traffic is moving nicely in both directions. we might be seeing light rain, a few showers. slick surfaces are a possibility. golden gate bridge is clear, no delays out of marin heading into san francisco. 20 minutes from highway 37 into san francisco. >>> 4:50. still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> niners taking on packers for first home game of the regular season. next, the game winning moment for green bay. >>> let's take a live look outside before break. you are looking at >>> it is 4:52. hopefully you had a d,t enrscif like it. a weak cold front will bring a few showers our way as we head through the afternoon. you see showers across lake and mendocino. as we head through at 4:00 p.m., scattered showers for the north bay. here we are at 7:00 p.m. with some spotty showers. here is vern with sports. >>> good morning everybody. you saw it. i saw it. now we get to talk about it for the balance of the week unt

bay area news. >>> let's take a look at how some of the bay area counties voted. san francisco showed newsom the most support in the entire state with 87% voting no on the recall. 13% saying yes. he used to be the san francisco mayor. in the south bay, 76% of voters in santa clara voted no on the recall while 24% wanted him out. solano county is the only county where support was below 70%, with 64% voting no on the recall versus 36% voting yes. >>> president biden called governor newsom this morning to congratulate him. this afternoon the governor visited that school in oakland we showed you, and he confirmed he will be running for reelection in 14 months. here's nbc bay area's melissa colorado on campus. >> reporter: they were too young to vote in yesterday's recall election and will still be gubernatorial election, but that didn't stop these students atmel rose leadership academy in oakland from clamoring around governor newsom to ask for an autograph or ask a question about leadership. >> i feel a deep sense of responsibility. >> reporter: governor newsom set out his goals f

today in san francisco fans watching bay area artist mks field bala used mostly spray paint to create this painting. >> to do it in front of a crowd of san francisco 49ers fans means that much more. so it's really fun to be a very small part of a team's huge history and it's sim pactful for me as an artist. >> fans walking around got to take photos with one of the 49ers super bowl trophies. we have been waiting all week for sunday night at levi's. watch the game right here nbc bay area kickoff at 5:20. we will have a special pregame newscast live from levi's. that is at 3:00 p.m. the question of tomorrow night, which is weather is going to be good. it's not going to be wet? >> no, but it will be good. you want that cool cozy feel, light wind, right? no wind to worry about tomorrow. i think it will be good football weather for sure. that's absolutely one of the things if you are going to head out always take a light sweater. i always recommend it, especially because we are go be cooler this weekend. in san francisco right now live look, you can see the cloud cover. we have got a good m

we're doing it all over san francisco. >> reporter: in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area newsy, did you hear it? or did you even see it last night? those lightning strikes. the storm hit part of the sierra making things tricky on the front lines of the caldor fire. there were quite a few strikes on the west shore of tahoe last night, thankfully not too many strikes in the perimeter. crews have continued to gain ground. the caldor fire is 53% contained. >> we hear a couple small fires were sparked but nothing big at all. we escaped any major problems with that lightning storm. >> up across the sierra, a red flag warning is expiring tonight. as we roll into the weekend it's looking really good. in case you missed this view, i have to show it again. we haven't seen skies this blue in weeks. right here in san jose. we're setting ourselves up with a nice night. you can see 80 degrees is the average. 70s the next few hours. maybe it's not there, but you're headed to the bay, 66 degrees, lower 60s at 9:00 and 10:00. san francisco, we got that fog back. you can see it in the live sky

development, so we have a lot of work to do to build the affordable housing that we need in the san francisco bay area, but one step forward that has come about through abag and m.t.c.s work with the bay area housing finance authority, and this was established by state legislation, a.b. 1487 that assembly man chiu sponsored and that bafa will provide tools to address the region's housing crisis. and specifically, bafa -- or one key feature of bafa is its ability to raise significant new funding for affordable housing through a regional revenue ballot measure, and this was seriously considered from november 2020 but was put on hold after polling indicated that it would be hard to pass in the middle of the pandemic, but bafa continues to research funding strategies, and this is an important development that has come about through abag and m.t.c.'s funding strategies. and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you. i will report on my outside commissions. at the september 24 meeting, we approved the report from the finance committee of the d

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reporting live in san francisco, i am sharon katsuda. nbc bay area news. >> if you still need to vote, you have until 8:00 tonight. if you in line by 8:00, you are allowed to place your vote. we have an entire page dedicated to the recall election. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on "newsom recall," we'll update this page as the results come in. >>> now on a disturbing incident, a bart train dragged a woman to her death because she got off the train to wave at someone. melissa colorado explains why federal investigators are now working the case. . >> reporter: it's a horrific accident. it happened right here at the bart station. a woman with a leashed dog ended up dragged and killed by a moving train. >> i see a lot of people holding the door open. it's a shame that no one helped out. i feel really bad for the lady. >> reporter: that lady is 41-year-old amy adams from san francisco according to the city's medical examiner. a little after 3:00 p.m. yesterday, bart says adams and her dog stepped inside the train, the two were attached to one another by

i'm the business representative forthe allied trade in san francisco surrounding bay area . n francisco . i'm calling in tosupport , ask your support on this bond issuance. this is the type of infrastructurewe need to continue the investment and working people and the fan the flames of our economy here . basically local work puts the money into local families, working families pockets which they spend locally though don't miss this timely opportunity as was mentioned,we waste it will cost us more . along with the building trades, the painters and allied trade support this bond issuance and urgeyou to support this at board of supervisors . >> clerk: thank you, next speaker please. >> caller: my name is casey townsend, chief communications officer for caltran and where supportive of this project which would extend into the transit center providing better regional connections for people adding them to where they need to go and in the future we want to keep an eye out for more options forfolks to get to key destinations in san francisco all the way down to tampa . you for your ti

bay area? >> this is the strongest democratic area in the state, 20% of the votes in the bay area. but go across from san francisco, contra costa county california, some of the most liberal counties in california. gavin newsom was the mayor of san francisco, a bay area guy, maybe a home area advantage. but look again, 26% for trump, 2/3 of the vote in, 24% support for the recall. it's got to be much higher than that. would take something wild in same day vote. state capital region, sacramento county, more than half the vote. early mail-in, little more democratic than the rest but trump is 36.1%, recall below it. sacramento county, look it up here, in 2020, donald trump first report had 35%. same group of votes, big early mail vote dump in 2020 had trump at 35%, he landed at 36%. went up a point. more republican went up a point. this would be at 35%. where does it need to be for recall to pass statewide? 52%, over 50%. same pattern. do we got anything new here? yes. is this -- let me check on this. >> that's 95% in. >> adam are you -- can you check on santa clara? let's get clarification on that. >> what about alam

bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old.igh school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i we

san francisco. with san francisco, we will get the benefit of federal money and federal partnerships with san francisco and the bay area. no homicides to report this week, although we did have a busy month of august. the good news is we solved a number of those crimes and we have arrested some of those crimes. however, one we have not solved was a 16-year-old in the bayview, 16-year-old young lady shot and killed, just minding her own business, hanging out with her family and friends. we need the public's help on that particular crime. we will need the public's help on that particular crime. [inaudible] >> -- and the victim was actually pronounced deceased at the scene. that's another one where we will need the public's help. we do have some leads that we are following up on, but if you know anything about those, please call 415-575-4444, and you can report anonymously. in terms of the district strategies to address some of our crime issues in the tenderloin, let me say i definitely want to appreciate commissioner byrd who has spent some time together in the community, and i know we'll have conversations on what we can

four firefighters from the bay area are among the honorees, including jason cortez, a san francisco firefighterho died last year during the training exercise. the south bay is getting a financial boost to help prevent wildfires. several million dollars will be going to los gatos, cupertino, and saratoga, as well as the clara county fire department. lawmakers presented the check today at the art and wine festival. local officials made the request for the funds after last year's devastating complex fires. the money will help with not only prevention, but emergency preparedness. the bay area cosign is cleaner tonight, thanks to volunteers who spent. to the annual coastal cleanup day. it is thompson creek in san jose. the valley water districts says cleanup events took place in every city in the county. >> last year during the california coastal cleanup, we picked up nearly 47,000 pounds of trash. this year, because of covid, we have smaller groups. we also encourage folks to register online and go out in their own neighborhoods and pick up trash. dion: 100 people registered online to volunteer on