our garvin thomas has partnered with the stanford blood center to host the eighth annual bay area blood drive. it's happening today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at princeton plaza on blossom hill road in san jose. and look who we find there. what a sight for sore eyes. our garvin thomas joining us live this morning. hey, garvin, we are so proud of your event. year after year. super excited to be here again for our eighth annual blood drive. the stanford blood center. they are wonderful to work with and have been wonderful to work with. now, for those of you, i'm going to give you all the details in just a second about how you can come down where we're going to are. but first, i want to just show you what to expect when you come down here, because these folks are professionals, danielle photographers going to head up into the van right now. these are the vans that we use. we have two of them set up here at the princeton plaza in san jose. you'll come here. you'll check in, and then these are the chairs, and it is all. these are the professionals here. they do this all the time. they are the bes

it was hosted by garvin thomas, of course, and stanford blood center. 92 people stopped by the princeton plaza to donate, and another 20 people visited other stanford blood center locations to give blood. stanford says if you donate once, it has the potential to help. three different people in need of blood and those who donated were entered into a drawing to win vip tickets for an usher concert. not bad. very cool. well, puppies. not the typical passengers, but today they were dozens of guide dog puppies in training. rode the ferry from the east bay into san francisco. after that ferry ride, the dogs toured a number of shops and had lunch on the embarcadero. last month, a similar outing introduced the puppies to the bart system. organizers say the goal of all these experiences is to make sure the dogs are comfortable taking transportation and being in crowds. members of the foggy doggie alumni chapter tagged along to. and we try to do fun events and have we do zoom calls with speakers, but about twice a year we really try to do a fun event. and coming to san francisco on the ferry is th

eighth annual bay area proud blood drive, of course, hosted by our friend garvin thomas and the stanford blood centerple stopped by the princeton plaza in south san jose to donate, and another 20 people visited other stanford blood center locations to give blood. stanford reminds that if you donate once, you have the potential to help three different people in need of blood. those who donated were entered into a drawing to win vip tickets for an usher concert. again, our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out and donated. well this weekend nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are celebrating hispanic heritage. it's observed every year between september 15th and october 15th. and today our own cinthia pimentel will host fiestas patrias in redwood city. it will celebrate mexican independence day, which is tomorrow. there will be food, arts and crafts vendors, a traditional flag ceremony conducted by consul general de mexico. it will be at courthouse square in redwood city, starting at 3 p.m. and i won't ruin the surprise, but i am so excited to see pictures because what you're wearing is going to be so exc

another 20 visited other stanford blood center locations to donate there. stanford says there's an urgent need for type o blood, and if you donate once, it has a potential to help three different people in need of blood. people forget. i think i was talking to gavin this morning, and since the pandemic, we've seen less donors coming in. and so i'm really hoping that this year is our year, that we kind of get back on track. now, those who participated got some pretty cool little perks. a $10 visa gift card, and they were entered into a drawing to win vip tickets for an usher concert. that sounds pretty cool. all right, well, dozens of puppies in training rode the ferry from the east bay to san francisco today. these dogs are in a program that trains them to be guide dogs for the blind. so a number of guide dog teams took part in today's ferry trip, which included a shopping tour and lunch on the embarcadero. last month, a similar outing introduced the puppies to the bart system. organizers say the goal of all these experiences is to make sure the dogs are com

blood donation day and people came in pleasanton to contribute to a community blood drive hosted by stanford medical center. it's a day that highlights the importance and need of blood donors >>i do know that i'm making a difference, and for me, it's just something that i've incorporated into my life and do quite frequently >liz>each year, nearly 7 million people in the u.s. donate blood all right. switching to weather now to our first >>>>alert >>weather blast >>>>of heat >liz>is here and >>>>there is >liz>a heat >>>>advisory. >>will change that graphic in just a moment. but there's also a spare the air alert. so a lot >>>>of things to look at >liz>right now. >>>>the >>heat is >>>>also >>not >>helping >>that >>fire danger. no it's not. or the rest of us trying to go about our lives just here at home, if not on the front lines. you got one more day. so let's get through tomorrow. i mean, the good news is the heat advisory expires tomorrow night. that's good. yeah. >liz>one more day. >>>>we >>can do >>>>it. and then there's going to be a cooldown. rest of the seven-day forecast. we're going to talk about a