. >> and i am sierra johnson. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the weather. >>> this he defense will be continuing through the evening. for solano county were we over 100 degrees for several hours. it is pink which is an excessive heat warning. it is a step up from a heat advisory. make sure that you are staying hydrated today and there will be an increased risk of not only fires, but also unhealthy air quality at times. we are under a spare the air alert as unhealthy air and the high levels of ozone moves into the inlet east bay. if you are sensitive to smoke and particulate matter, live your time outside today. the temperatures are starting out warm. we are in the low 60s compared to the usual low to mid 50s. we are at 66 right now in livermore, headed to 99 degrees today. fairfield region 104. temperatures in sam martin reaching 100. santa rosa will be 99 degrees later on today. unfortunate, we are dealing with this. the good news is that it doesn't last long. i will have more in the forecast, coming up in j

sierra johnson life for us. i think that i can say that we all have learned a lot. >> reporter: yes, looking back life felt a lot different within that time. we did learn a lot. there was a point where all you could do was hang out and enjoy the nature. this time last year a lot of those restrictions were lifted and we tried to resume life as best as normal. as you recall the night before those restrictions were lifted governor newsom made it clear reopening did not mean we have beaten covid. told a group of reporters this is not mission accomplished. is that the state relied on higher than normal vaccination rates to resume. shortly after many communities reinstate mask mandates and six- month later learned of covid variance like omicron. take a look at your screen, this is information from the state. as of june 14 the state has a 9.1 positivity . the number vaccines administered statewide nearly 77 million in total and 41 new cases per 100,000. we did speak with an infectious disease expert who says right now

sierra johnson for today in the bay. >>> let's check in with cary hall. sierra mentioned those hot temperatures coming this weekend. what a change from the rain we saw. >> it was pretty nice rainfall. we take a look at the monthly average and what we typically get in june it is about 3/10 in santa rosa. we had six tents of rain. mill valley getting over an inch and a quarter. now is a good time to clear that space as well as clearing some of the weeds. right now temperatures are in the low 70s. we are going to see temperatures warming up and conditions drying out. today still staying nice and mild. we talk about the end of the week coming up in a few minutes. >>> san jose police giving an update on two deadly shootings. this is a live look at a news conference going on right now. one of them have been outside of a southbay safeway grocery store. coworkers say a young man was shot while fire -- trying to stop a robbery. >> reporter: safeway workers and the committee members who go to that store are feeling a rattle the death of this young man, who they des

live in the bay, sierra johnson. >>> helpful information there.cierra. >>> one of the slowest to bounce back from the pandemic? this can benefit you if you are a renter. a list of findings from a department of san francisco, saying, the only metro area in the u.s. where people are paying less for apartments now compared to before the pandemic. currently, a one-bedroom apartment in san francisco averages about $1900. that's about 3% more than the outset of the pandemic. about 5% of apartments, however, are vacant right now. bad news for the city, good news for renters. in san jose, you can see there, it is the slowest rate of recovery market in the country. the average cost for a 1 bedroom, nearly $2200 per month. >> san francisco apartment, overpays for no reason. >>> 6:35 this morning. this nuisance with crime and significant increases in covid antibodies. she understands some might feel skeptical, but she wants to remind you about the science behind looking at a slow drive right now. some spots, 80 south, by the coliseum, and wiczek of the san m

sierra johnson. >> the man had a mask and he might be wearing that and that bag. if you see somebody with that. sierra, thank you. >> a breaking story on our app yesterday morning. stay informed by downloading the mbc area map it is free and available in your app store. get my breaking stories and customize your weather alerts january smith committee begins its fifth hearing in a matter of hours and today lawmakers are going to focus on how former president trump pressured the justice department to declare election fraud. >> christopher long live in washington and chris, this is the last hearing scheduled for this month, right? >> yes. that is right, marcus and chris. good morning to you. the committee is expected to focus on looking at former president trump's threat to oust jeffrey rosen as a search for someone willing to investigate his bogus claims of election fraud. reformer justice department officials including rosen are expected to testify before the committee but after today the committee will postpone hearings until next month. he says the committee conti

right at the chase center, sierra johnson will join us with a closer look at these highlights that are this morning. i cannot wa

has sierra johnson reports, over the past week, drivers pay another $.15 per gallon. >> if you had a chance to drive around the bay area, you have noticed that gas prices continue to rise. we are at a gas station finding gas for 7 dollars 09 for a gallon of regular gas. the highest grade going for $7.29. gas prices have increased $.52 in just the last month. triple the national average is still above the state average. sitting at $4.71 compared to a state average of $6.24 you can expect to pay on average $6.50 in the city of san francisco. experts at gas buddy say that ongoing conflict in ukraine continues to keep prices high. because supply is down with so many folks wanting to hit the road for summing vacation, believe may not happen anytime soon. >> we probably will see $6.50 a gallon maybe the next week or so. prices could continue to march higher. it is not impossible that at some point should we see a refinery outage major hurricane that the average in san francisco could reach 7 dollars a gallon. >> on july first, more costs will be added to your trip to the gas station. that

we are live at the chase center, sierra johnson. >> thinks, sierra. >> keep it going. >>> we get a look at that forecast for you today. bring in the sunshine. bring in the joy. >> we have some pretty nice weather for san francisco as we continue to celebrate waking up this morning. this is a live look from oracle park. looking towards the bay bridge you can see the palm trees swaying in the wind we have this morning. with a look at walnut creek. starting out with some low 60s at 8:00 afternoon it with 75 degrees. even for the afternoons, and evening hours they are outside as well. it reached 78 degrees in san jose. we will see a high of 82 in martinez, and 83 in santa rosa. we start to see a few of these temperatures coming up a degree or two. very mild, and also cool at times. we are also headed towards the stream. i will have details on that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. i've been keeping an eye on what seems like so far are pretty great view. >> you can see some of that heat from the sun there. i'm now looking forward to it. so, back up to the bay bridge. watch for that

. >>> as we go to break, we want to give a shoutout to sierra johnson. today is her last day here. ss that smile. she delivered a lot of great stories and given a perspective much needed here. sierra, we are going to police you. she is eye. >>> welcome back. 5:25. the hertz rental car company is offering to settle with some customers that ended up in handcuffs. some customers have returned cars. and they have been accused of stolen cars. hertz has offered a settlement. they are not disclosed the terms ofwoman who inspired many us to organize our home is now announcing that she is battling stage 2 breast cancer. she learned about the cancer after feeling a lump in one of her breast. >> you saved your own life? >> yes. >> by knowing your own body, trusting yourself and not letting it go. >> correct. >> i would have been in a very different breast right now. i didn't know it was cancer but i felt something. i have no idea what stage my cancer would be in. >> you can hear the full interview on the today show coming up at 7:00 right after today in the bay. >> 5:26 right now. we'll have m

we are live in san francisco, sierra johnson with today on the bay. >> thank you . >>> it is 5:06 this morning and we are hours away from the january 6th committee resuming. on capitol hill they will focus on what they say was an effort by former president donald trump and allies to overturn the 2020 election results. there will be people taking the stand to testify about interactions with the trump campaign including mr. trump himself. on the secretary of state who was on the infamous hour-long call with the president after the states were certified. >> i just want to find 11,700 80 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. >> what was donald trump opus knowledge before the call and what conversations did they have besides the call? buy another person expected to testify today is in atlanta poll worker who received threats several times after the election . the hearings are expected to start at 10:00 this morning and we will bring them live with the special report. we will also bring updates on nbc bay area news and on nbcbayarea.com . >>> and the trial of this m

. >> game one at the chase center and today in the bay's unofficial playoff correspondent sierra johnson been there a lot lately! >> yeah i deemed myself the unofficial correspondent here. we have been here so often and taken you on a journey of the games previously and the big one. game one of the finals. happening tonight and quiet nowt in a matter of hours,000s of fans and we have some media from outside of the bay area and folks from boston here, and you can feel this is in fact a big game and to walk you through if you want to make it to the game you have to pay a little bit of money. we have done the research and breaking down the numbers, so these are ticket prices according to ticket iq andthy are averaging over $3,000 a seat prices in boston where games three and four will be played. the resell average was second to the games between the warriors and raptors in 2019. those prices are averaging $4,364 per seat. so looking at the past match ups, this is the warriors sixth nba final in eight years and for the celtics, none of the players have even been to the finals. so, we love a

. >> the appointments for those as young as six months old, now available, sierra johnson is life for us, discussing where those appointments are available, sierra? >> good morning, we will get to that availability in just a minute but take a look back, it's been about a year and a half since we watched the first nurse there in new york at that vaccine and so much has changed, the availability, the ability to even get those vaccines has really become a lot easier and now we've expanded it to include some of our youngest americans, folks as old as just a few months are able to get that vaccine. in terms of that availability, a lot of the shots will be administered by pediatricians, for many, that's the safest way and a lot of the retailers don't vaccinate folks at that young age, so a little about the vaccines, for those 5 years and younger, it's important to note that the is groups are given to vaccination options. side affects include headache, fever and fatigue, the vaccines are safe for children as young as six months, according to the california department of public health, that m

coverage this morning, we will talk with carrie about the fire conditions but we will start with sierra johnson near the fire lines and has an update on the firefight. good morning, sierra. >> reporter: good morning. right now we are in redwood city, one of several communities impacted by that brushfire, really a domino effect with a lot of folks impacted because they are without power. the fire here, near here just one of 2 that broke out yesterday, as you mentioned very dry, very hot conditions, the community that was near that fire in emerald hills, they are officially allowed to return but still there are several folks without power, this according to the pg and e outage website. right now, the cause of the first fire, the emerald hills fire has not been determined but it was shortly cleared, excuse me, cleared shortly after. now, a fire in a subsequent power outage, as i mentioned impacting several communities including parts of burlingham, san mateo, redwood city, as well as sam carlos and parts of stanford university. at one point as many as 10,000 customers were without power, so far, p

right at the chase center, sierra johnson will join us with a closer look at these highlights that are still ahead for you this morning. i cannot wait to see that. >>> mondays are fun as well, right? >> they are. we are so excited. mike is back as well. >> happy monday, welcome back. i do think that this makes it a lot better. we are looking at the tower camera over in san francisco. you can see that this is kind of just rolling across parts of the city. as you are heading out in palo alto, we are starting out with clouds and fog, but it will clear out as we get into the rest of the day. we will be in the 60s and, reaching 78 in san jose. we will be heating up, enjoy this and i will talk more about this a little bit later. >>> developing now, 12 people are dead following another weekend of mass shootings across america. the most notable file in took place in philadelphia where three people were killed, 12 were injured, and in chattanooga, tennessee, they saw the second weekend in a rowe of mass shooter violence. two were killed, 12 others were injured from gun violence. a third person

. >>> happy friday, good morning, i am sierra johnson in for laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington, time to pair wine with fast cars in sonoma. 50,000 people will be in wine country this evening for the annual race at sonoma raceway. we are live from the racetrack, we will have that coming up at 6:45 am. >>> we are tracking the road conditions, let's get to meteorologist cary hall. some places are getting pretty warm. >> it is warming up, it will heat upÃtoday. we will also have heat advisories going up within the next couple of hours, continuing through this evening. during that time, you want to make sure that you are drinking extra water. pay attention to signs of heat related illness. some of the bayside temperatures will be in the 70s to 80s, take a look at solano county, highlighted in pink, that will be an excessive morning, a step up from the heat advisory, we will be over 100 degrees for a few hours. in danville, the temperature trend is going to the upper 80s by 11:00, 94 degrees at 11:00. we will hit 104 degrees today in fairfield. we will talk about the weekend cool down

over the past week drivers are paying another $.15 per gallon, today in the base sierra johnson, liveuno, boy, we'd like to see some relief in sight? >> good morning, we would like to say that there's relief but experts say that may not be possible, we will get to that in a moment but we do want to set the stage for what folks here in san bruno can expect to pay at this particular gas station, take a look at that, $6.99, pretty hefty price to pay in the bay area. seeing as the average in the area is a little bit lower, but nationwide, prices continue to rise, $.52 a gallon just this month, right now aaa says the national average is still below the state average but again, on the rise, as of thursday, the national average, $4.71 compared to the state average of $6.24 and an average of $6.50 in san francisco but there are several factors that experts say tribute to a lack of falling prices, a major one, experts say the ongoing conflict in ukraine helped to keep prices high because supply is down. and with many folks wanting to hit the road this summer for the summer vacations, relief ma

we will see you. [ dramatic music ] [ engine revs ] [ roars ] [ roars ] >>> i am sierra johnson, theso-called old fire. cal fire says evacuation orders were lifted last night and there is an air quality advisory in effect due to the wildfire smoke. coming up at day, we will have an update on the progress made overnight. ny of my colleagues, i resigned in protest because chesa boudin interfered in every single case and failed to do his job. the office is absolutely in disarray right now. chesa dissolved my unit prosecuting car break-ins. now criminals flock to san francisco because there are no consequences. we can't wait. recall chesa boudin now. as a pro, floor and decoon materials, tools we can't wait. —they've got it all. and, they've got my back. at floor and decor, with pro benefits and services, we've got you covered. discover floor and decor today! ♪ ♪ we've come back.vered. i always come back. ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," platinum party. we're live across the pond as crowds and anticipation build ahead of queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee. >>> later, on

ready ready so i'm down jordan tow the top stories here now to sierra british prime minister boris johnson has survived a confidence vote within his party heading the result as decisive. but more than 4 .

sierra u. k. prime minister boris johnson has to face a vote of confidence by members of his party. later on monday. he's faced calls to resign over a series of scandals, including parties held at the height of corona, of irish luck, towns the threshold all 15 percent to the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the prime minister has been passed. therefore, vote of confidence will take place within the rules of the 19th which 2 committee that vote will take place this evening in the house of commons between 6 and 8 o'clock. and we will announce the result. shortly thereafter, there will be arrangements for proxy votes for any colleagues who can't be present in person in westminster, and we'll notify colleagues of those arrangements in the near future. investigators in bangladesh are working to determine the cause of a massive fire at a container depot. the killed at least 49 people injured. hundreds of us, south korea's presidents as the oldest weapons program poses a threat to world peace. sol in washington, $58.00 missiles towards the sea. a day after a similar laun

sierra u. k. prime minister boris johnson has to face a vote of confidence by members of his party later on monday. he's.

the world qualifies. special coverage on g sierra ah, britain's prime minister bars johnson survives a major leadership test that moves forward to the we can grip on his own path. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from tele, also coming up the you and warns of a human trafficking crisis targeting women and children fleeing the war in ukraine . leaders of the summit of the americas looked to address migration along the u. s . border. but mexico's president boycott to the event. an putting more than 11000000 students to the test, china's university entrance exams begin under the shadow of coping 19. ah 4th johnson has held on those british prime minister to surviving a confidence vote spock by members of his own party. he says the outcome was a convincing and decisive result. but the scale of the rebellion has raised questions about his future at westminster. 211 conservative impedes voted in johnson's favour. with a 148 against that means 40 percent of the prime ministers colleagues refused to back him. pull been reports from london, a victory for the prime minister,

changing time with trouble at home and now to sierra ah ah, again, this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the main news this op u. k prime at a subarus, johnson is to face a vote of confidence by members of his party. later on monday, his face calls to resign. over a series of scandals include parties held up heights of corona, virus locked elves. investigators in bangladesh are working to determine the cause of a massive fire at a container depot that's killed at least 49 people, fos box and exclusion. would it ignited chemical, stored in some of the containers of south korea? as president says, the north weapons program has reached a point where it poses a threat to world peace. so of washington, the $58.00 missiles towards the seat day after a civil launched by pyongyang, ukraine, this president to fill up a bit, zalinski has visited 2 towns near the front blinds of the wall with wash up in the eastern dawn bass region. he says he met with troops and listen chomsky and presented some with awards. the city is just a few kilometers from so that i don't ask where one of the was biggest battles is taking place. the frontline trips a ref, as th