nbc bay area's thom jensen joins us live now. tom, fire danger is causing a lot of park closures and people actually to lose power. it is good. good morning. and 112 degrees. that's a high number isn't it. it's already almost 100 degrees going to top that in the next couple of hours. and some of the homes here around rockville hill regional park, where we are in fairfield, are part of that public safety power shut off potential that pg&e is talking about thousands of customers affected in northern california. we'll get into that. but first of all, the park here is closed. like you were saying, due to fire danger, fairfield is closed. two more popular hiking and mountain open spaces in the city. because the fire danger is so high here and pg&e has already shut off power to dozens of customers scattered across northern california from vacaville to winters, and then northeast of healdsburg and windsor into lake county. thousands of customers in ten northern california counties face possible psps shutoffs, including in napa county, s

but we have thom jensen for us. he is tracking the trouble over at sfo, but first let's head over to nbc bay area's kris sanchez. she's live for us outside of the sunnyvale offices of the company at the center of all of this. now, kris, catch us up to speed. where do things stand at this hour? so things are still coming online, but i will tell you that the crowdstrike ceo was very fast to take responsibility for this global outage, assuring people that this was not a cyber attack nor a security incident, but rather an update that was supposed to make the system better, an issue with the microsoft operating system. and we identified this very quickly and remediated the issue. but the damage was done with that single update to microsoft's cloud system. thousands and thousands of companies that use it from our own television station to airlines. even police forces were taken off line. and on a morning when people really could use some caffeine, even some mobile ordering systems were down, too, a cybersecurity expert to

today in the bay's thom jensen. live for us this morning over at sfo. and tom, talk to us about what you've been seeing this morning. seems like more and more as the morning goes along. more people are being back to somewhat normal. good morning marcus and ginger. yeah, getting back to normal for the most part. here you can see people are moving through the departure gates and the checking in their baggage. here at the american counters, american is one of the airlines that had issues along with united and delta. they all sent a statement talking about some of the it issues. and overnight, though, it was a major ordeal, the flight screens here at sfo had those blue recovery messages on them confirming the airport had system wide tech issues. those, most of those reader boards are back up now. we only saw one that was down earlier. sfo officials confirmed they were part of the global software glitch that will go down as one of the biggest it failures in history. we talked to people who landed this morning and got caught right in the middle of it. some wa

nbc bay area's thom jensen is live near san francisco's aquatic park, where some of the fireworks are going to be launched tonight. tom. some people started to get there super early because they've heard they might actually be able to see the fireworks tonight, as opposed to other years. that's what every. right. yeah, exactly. everybody is hoping that it will remain clear because it seems like on 4th of july during the fireworks show, inevitably the clouds roll in, hoping that it stays clear this year. and you can look at the crowd. even since the last hour, it's really filled in. but some people, like you said, did get here early this morning and rolled out the blankets, the food and set up chairs. everyone, though, talking about the clear skies and hoping they remain this way. tonight, a show producer told us he's incorporated some new fireworks from italy and asia that will make this the best show yet. the mortars are fired from two different barges and it's all synchronized by computers to music. two families from the la area told us they began planning a 4th of july trip to see

thom jensen, nbc, bay area news i mean, it's been 20 years. so that evidence, i mean has been in storage for 20 years. thank you so much, tom. all right. let's take a live look out in san jose for you this midday. beautiful. the sun is out. it looks nice. and i think it feels nice as well. yeah, we're not whining. we're not complaining about the heat today. we're still in the 60s in san jose, and it's going to warm up a little bit more as we go into the afternoon. but we do have a lot of sunshine. even though we started out with some early clouds across many of our inland areas and as we take a look at san francisco, those clouds still linger. so that's keeping the temperatures now in the low 60s. we're in the upper 60s in dublin, san jose just now, making it to 70 degrees as we look at our highs for this afternoon, only up a little bit more from where we are now. so it does stay a very nice for mid july with our highs in some inland areas. a little warm, but definitely not the scorching heat we had last week. we'll talk about a slight warm up

thom jensen, nbc, bay area news. tom thank you.uld be a tumultuous few days in american political history. should president biden drop out of the race for the white house, pressure continues to mount for him to withdraw and allow another democrat to run for president. the latest call coming from senator peter welch of vermont. he's the first senate democrat to publicly call on president biden to step asid. he did so in an op ed for the washington post. congresswoman nancy pelosi still sticking by president biden, but changing her tune a bit. she was rather noncommittal in her support today, we're all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. the, i think, overwhelming support of the of the caucus. it's not for me to say i'm not the head of the caucus anymore, but he's beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision. he has me. he has said he has made the decision. he has said firmly this week he is going to run. you want him to run. i want him to do whatever he decides to do. and holly

thom jensen, nbc, bay area news. all right, tom, we shall see. thank you. the fierce battle continues to put out the thompson fire. it's burning on the outskirts of oroville in butte county. and so far, the fire has burned 3700 acres. it's 7% contained. four homes have been destroyed, 12,000 are still threatened. mandatory evacuation orders for nearby neighborhoods are still in effect. as well as evacuation warnings. fire officials say crews have made significant progress in stopping its spread toward oroville and the oroville dam, and we will continue to follow the latest on this wildfire and others burning across the state to get updates on our heat wave coverage, wildfire coverage and more, just download our free nbc bay area news app. well, conflicting information coming from the white house on when president biden last saw a doctor that as the president made some revealing comments about his own debate performance, the comments came in a radio interview with a wisconsin station. it aired in full today. president biden told listeners in part, i had a ba

thom jensen, nbc, bay area news. tom, thank you.as for president biden, he is back in washington, d.c, tonight at the white house after leaving delaware. you see it there earlier today. this is the first time he's been seen publicly since ending his campaign. over the weekend, mr. biden tested positive for covid last wednesday and was recovering at his home in delaware. tomorrow, the president will speak to the nation for the first time since dropping out of the race in the letter that he wrote over the weekend, mr. biden said he will explain his plans to the american people. the president will speak at 5 p.m. our time from the oval office. antioch city council voted on a resolution tonight opposing the decommission. the amtrak station. this comes after months of pushback from the community. last month, the san joaquin county joint powers authority moved to shut down the service it cited safety concerns involving unhoused people, assault on amtrak personnel and the new oakley station, six miles away, set to be completed later this y

our thom jensen is live in one county where shutoffs have already started by pg&e and just ahead, firstponders will lay out their extreme heat strategies as well. but first, let's head over to meteorologist kari hall. she's leading our coverage this morning with a look at the conditions right now. and we're starting out with some mild temperatures this morning. but we know that quickly that heat is going to be hitting today. and an 11:00 an excessive heat warning will begin for these areas shaded in pink and along the bay. it's going to be a heat advisory where our highs will reach into the 80s and 90s. this dangerous heat will be prolonged over a period of several days. so we're going to start today by day. see the effects of this hitting us harder as we're right now seeing temperatures in the mid 60s, it may not be this cool tomorrow morning or the day after. we're already at 87 in vacaville as we're headed for 109 degrees there today. a major heat risk and how this could quickly impact your health as we deal with hour upon hour of those highs over 100 degrees for those inland valleys

thom jensen this morning over at sfo tom thank you. updated on this breaking news throughout the day. don't forget we are on 24/7. whenever you want. we are streaming including on roku, pluto tv and of course over on our website nbcbayarea.com. make sure you download our free nbc bay area news app. if you haven't already done so. so that way you will get those alerts sent straight to your phone throughout the day. and that is the place to be if you want to keep tabs on where our breaking news is and our weather, let's look at a live look at san jose this morning. 540 for you on this friday morning. it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day from what we're hearing, cynthia. but a bit of some clouds. still, it's going to be a hot day. a hottest day of the week so far. but i offer you the cool marine layer if you're finding yourself in san francisco, marin we see the top of mount tam there, 54 in the city to 63 and mild start down here in san jose. we go out into livermore 63 to start our morning there. and how about this? it is the

nbc bay area's thom jensen is outside the superior courthouse. the 79 year old suspect was surrounded by family and friends in court today, and afterwards, her lawyer made some claims about how this happened, something we had not heard before. mary fong lao leaves the san francisco superior courtroom after pleading not guilty to four felony charges of vehicular manslaughter. this has been just a horrible and unspeakable tragedy. her lawyer says lao has been traumatized by the march 16th crash, when her 2014 mercedes glk suv smashed through a san francisco bus shelter, killing an entire family of four. the father and two year old son died at the scene. mom and their infant died later at the hospital. the district attorney charged lao with four felonies tuesday, accusing her of gross negligence. i feel that the charges are completely unsupported. i think it's unfortunate that san francisco pd jumped to conclusions and arrested miss lao, which then created this political spectacle that requires some sort of accountability. attorney sam geller says h

so i'm so proud and safe in a city that welcomes her and all people with open arms, happy pride thom jensen nbc, bay area news, nbc bay area and our sister station telemundo 48 also taking part in the party today. check it out right here. some of our producers and anchors were out on our parade float dancing and showing their pride. san francisco police were out in force at pride celebrations today as well. the city deployed the entire police force this weekend and brought in regional and federal partners to ensure the public's safety. the heaviest security presence was at the civic center plaza, where the parade ended and the vendors were located. people had to go through metal detectors and had to have their bags checked. well, i think it's the first time that i've seen that we actually have to go through metal detectors. i haven't done that. being in the civic center plaza, it always feels like a lot safer to be around and like you're protected in this area. this all comes after the fbi warned of the possibility that terrorist groups could target large events during pride month, but fort

we're live in fairfield, thom jensen, today in the bay. to, but we know they're ready. thank you. tom our bay area cities are preparing for the heat wave opening up cooling centers to provide water power outlets, free wi-fi, especially when that power goes out. our team compiled a list of all of the locations, and you can use your smartphone camera to scan the qr code on your screen or you can go to nbcbayarea.com to find a cooling center near you. now let's take a look at the right time. mike inouye. all right, let's get a look at the south bay where things are getting more congested here for north 101. this is not a surprise. it's a tuesday 534 so we expect to see more traffic and a little bit of slowing on our sensors where the arrow is right there. the recovery for 87 is great. the overnight road work crews cleared without any incident. there are two new crashes actually down to one new crash. i believe it was the same double report here coming down on westbound 84. so just before you get to sunol, there may be as many as five vehicles

today in the bay's thom jensen live for us in daly city this morning., any word yet from bart about when those services will be restored? well, good morning to both of you. yeah, we've been reaching out to bart all weekend through the night. they did have some updates yesterday. nothing new this morning. we do have lines running here in daly city, but not the red line. still, this all of course, started saturday evening when there was a fire in an electrical room along the system in oakland that caused several stations to shut down on the red line and green lines. oakland firefighters put out the fire and helped evacuate about 300 people off of platforms, but the fire caused delays throughout sunday. saturday and continues to cause complete closures of the red line. bart use some bus shuttles for connections, but also ask riders to choose alternate routes. alternate transportation. while crews worked to repair damaged electrical systems. so that's what took so long to get service restored. but we did have service restored at fruitvale and lake merritt j

thom jensen today in the bay. all right. thank you so much, tom. 509 for you this morning as we take a live look out in dublin, folks on the road getting moving. and how are they feeling out there? well, probably nice and cool. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that forecast for us coming out the house this morning. kari again, i was like, oh, it's nice and cool. it is nice out there. and so great to know that we do have some cooler weather that will be sticking with us, at least to start out our new work week. and we're also going to continue on with sunshine. right now we're in the low 60s in the south bay. we'll stay in the 60s through about 10:00 in san jose at noontime. it's at a very comfortable 75 degrees and only headed for the upper 70s here today. we may even see a few spots around town reaching 80 degrees, but it will be a cooler day with upper 70s and mountain view. i don't know if it gets any better than this. this time of year we are still looking at a wide range in temperatures from mid 60s and half mo

thom jensen today in the bay. all right, tom, thank you. well, taking a live look at dublin this morning and things are looking quite mild out there. traffic moving smoothly, but the weather is as well. kari says we're going to keep it cool. yeah. it's nice to have a break from the high heat. thinking back to last week when we had widespread triple digits and we have this beautiful view looking at walnut creek this morning, one of the spots where we can actually see the sunrise. we have seen the clouds moving in this morning and as you're stepping out the door in oakland, it will be in the upper 50s heading to work with a mostly cloudy morning which will hold those temperatures down. keep it from warming up too quickly, as we'll look at a high today of about 73 degrees here it will be 83. in dublin and in the upper 80s for morgan hill, while in san francisco it stays in the 60s. today, much of the north bay in the upper 70s and low 80s. looking great to start out this week we'll talk about what's ahead in a few minutes. mike's been eyeing t

nbc bay area's thom jensen snagged a first look at those images. and, tom, you also talked to a top webb team scientist. what are they finding? kris incredible views of the universe with amazing detail. and we're seeing what actually happened out in the endless galactic frontier billions of years ago. that's how long it took for these the light from these cosmic events and entities to reach the lenses of the james webb, which has was launched on christmas in 2021. the telescope captured pictures of one object that is almost 14 billion light years from earth, a record these colorful pictures tell stories about how some of the earliest galaxies were formed, according to a nasa scientist who has been working on the project for years, doctor amber strahan says the newest images are two galaxies called the penguin and the egg, which are coming together. this pair of merging galaxies essentially, is they're getting so close that they're interacting with each other. so galaxies of course, are just groups of stars held together by gravity. and most of the

nbc bay area's thom jensen shows us. the 2024 pride parade kicked off with the perennial roar from san francisco's dikes on bikes as they greeted the hundreds of thousands of people in the city for events this weekend. this is what we're here for diversity coming together. it's really just such a beautiful thing, you know, this whole month and even this weekend, events going on all over the city, the whole city comes out to support us. we've been to other prides and other states. there's no other like this one. it's a full weekend of events with music and dancing, yes, but also a place to address the lgbtq plus community's most pressing issues. we have people around the country in different states who are trying to criminalize queer people, trying to ban queer youth, and especially trans kids, a venue that draws thousands of people from across the state every year to a city where they feel safe, proudly showing their true colors. the central valley is a lot more closed minded. gabriella amaya, here with her mom this year

i'm thom jensen in fairfield, where the city has closed three popular open spaces due to high fire dangeres, red flag warnings are in effect and possible public safety power shutdowns over the next few days, including in solano, sonoma and napa counties. all right, so let's talk about this hot forecast with meteorologist kari hall. and we are already seeing temperatures warming up across the bay area. we're at 69 in san jose. it is 89 right now in vacaville. and that's where we're going to see a high of 109 today. and it's going to be dangerous to spend long periods of time outside. so make sure you're staying hydrated and stay in the ac when you can. laura. and don't forget to join us for today in the bay live streaming newscast at 8 a.m. we'll resume our live team coverage of the coming heat wave and the increased fire danger. join us to watch on roku, amazon fire tv, xumo, and streaming platforms including nbcbayarea.com ♪♪ when you're sick, you can't even be bothered to get up, to throw up. which is why you're currently looking at your popcorn bowl, like a toilet bowl. lucky for you,

i'm thom jensen in redwood city, where convicted killer scott peterson will appear in court remotelyntence for the murders of his pregnant wife, laci, and the couple's son. more than 20 years ago. the judge in this case could make a decision later on today about the dna testing of a key piece of evidence, as peterson tries to get a retrial in the case. we'll have a full report on the nbc bay area midday news coming up at 11 this morning. and starting today, the chp will quadruple the number of patrols in oakland and the surrounding area during a news conference last week, governor newsom talked about the boost that it's been for crime fighting efforts there. the program is being extended for at least the next four months since february, the chp has helped to make 562 arrests, along with the seizure of dozens of guns and the recovery of nearly 1200 stolen cars. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what is some cooler weather for a couple of days. yes, it's going to be nice to have near normal high temperatures, no extreme heat. as we look across the bay area now, there still will be a

so far in redwood city, thom jensen nbc bay area news.date. appreciate it. and that does it for this edition of the fast forward. we'll see you at 430 with much more news. until then, hope you more news. until then, hope you have a lovely monday afternoon. (♪♪) hey man. whoa i'm you, from the future. huh? our doctor figured out why the constipation with belly pain keeps coming back. it's ibs-c and... linzess could help you get ahead of it. linzess is not a laxative. it's a once-daily pill that helps you get ahead of your symptoms. it's proven to help you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. and helps relieve overall abdominal symptoms - belly pain, discomfort, and bloating. do not give linzess to children less than two. it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. these aren

power outage today in the bay's thom jensen live for us in daly city this morning.think about it is it is a good thing because over the weekend the bart riders, they really had to scramble to get to where they needed to go. they really did. good morning marcus. yeah, bart had shuttles moving people around, and the red line service was shut down. so meaning a limited schedule. although by sunday morning, all stations were back up and open. by sunday morning after that, that fire saturday. and then earlier today, just in the last hour, we got an email from a bart spokesperson saying that the red line was open. all lines, all stations, now open fire. saturday evening in a system electrical room in oakland caused several stations to shut down on the red line and green lines. oakland firefighters put out the fire and helped evacuate about 300 people off the platforms, but the fire did cause delays through sunday and continues to cause a complete closure to the red line. until this morning, bart used some bus shuttles for connections, but also ask riders to choose alterna

least 19 people have died since the scorching temperatures topped triple digits today in the bay thom jensenol? good morning. well, we've reached out to, you know, the coroner's office about those deaths, but yet people are trying to stay cool by heading to some of those cooler areas like kari was talking about, you know, in the 60s in san francisco coming up and some of those cooler areas around the bay area also heading out to their pools. we did try to confirm that 19th death being investigated as a heat related death in santa clara county. today, we have confirmed yesterday, thursday, that 18 people are who died, are being investigated as heat related deaths, according to the santa clara county coroner's office. and we also talked to people around the bay area about how they're coping with this heat when they're out in jobs where they have to work outdoors, even during these heat waves. how do you handle it? make sure that the guys stay hydrated. you know, if they they reach the high temperatures, we allow them to go in their car with their ac, have their breaks. yeah. yesterday we were

least 19 people have died since the scorching temperatures topped triple digits today in the bay's thom jensen joins us from the newsroom. tom, how are people trying to stay cool? good morning to both of you. yeah, a lot of people are heading to other cities that are a little bit cooler around the bay, but this heat is very dangerous. according to mercury news reporting, overnight, another person died from heat related issues. we've reached out to the santa clara county coroner's office for confirmation. all week long, we've been talking to people who are outdoors to see how they are surviving in this heat. he's doing a good job. i mean, we're getting ready to wrap up. we started at 830, getting out of here before it starts really blazing. an ice cream vendor also said that heat drives his business way up, so doesn't bother him. and he likes the idea of keeping people cool and hydrated during the scorching heat waves that road crew that we talked to, besides knocking off early, they said before it gets really hot, they also make sure they drink plenty of water and take breaks in the shade or i

i'm thom jensen at the bart station in daly city, where red line service is now restored to all barto millbrae, was down along with the green line after a fire saturday, all stations were back open and running again by sunday morning, and this morning bart announced that the red line service is now restored as well. great news for bart riders as the workweek begins and carry our nice weather continues this weekend. it does as we are starting out with a cloudy morning and only seeing our temperatures for some of the warmer spots inland in the low 80s, it will be slightly warmer tomorrow, and we do continue to see that warming trend through the end of the week. the weekend is looking much warmer than the weekend we just had, and san francisco is looking nice and mild throughout the week. mid 60s for today. kris. all right. thank you kari. don't forget you can watch today in the bay live at 8:00. we are streaming and we are sitting down with san francisco supervisor asha safai as part of our mayoral election interview series. you introducing togo's new barbecue beef sandwich. it's piled