Fortunately, the high winds didnt bring many reports of downed trees. We continue to track it. The roadways starting to see more traffic. More traffic, more reports. Theres something new over here in pleasanton. We track the city and get more details from chp when they arrive. Chp is here, southbound 680. North main. Jams up out of concord. A crash blocking the fast lane. This is a tough time where the commute builds. We have the build at the bay bridge. Lane 14 is closed from the deadly crash on saturday. Theres the back upcoming down the berkeley curve. Its more significant than we see. The good news is the transition off 880 moves smoothly. These folks are headed toward cash lane 14. That may be the issue if that is your route. The slowing on the berkeley curve, you are about a half hour. 30 minutes from highway 4 to the toll plaza. Thank you. We continue to follow breaking news out of Southern California. Take a look at the pictures from overnight. This is from the thomas fire. It broke out about 6 00. Burning through so many structures. 150 structures destroyed. Crews are continuing to battle the flames. We want to take a look at the overview of where the fires are burning. Again, those strong winds, the santa ana winds are spreading. The fires expected to spread as they continue to evacuate. Right now, we want to take a look at the fire. As you can see, it started in santa paula and ohi on the border there. Since then, it burns into fillmore and ventura. We want to listen into our nbc cyst irstation right now. Hes been there all morning long. Also on the Ventura Thomas fire. Several hours since the fire evacuated them. Only time to grab a few things, family members, pets. As you have been moving throughout the area, near high point drive and foothill. This is where several homes are burning. As we speak, rick, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning. I was dispatched out here last night about 8 00, getting out to where the fire started. Of course everybody feared the fire would spread. Of course you can see behind us, it has done just that. This is a home on the next block over that has just erupted in flames in the last 2030 minutes or so. We have seen this growing. The hillside also burning next to it. This is the unfortunate tragedy of all of this, these fires are spreading. They are burning home after home in this area. We want to show you up here, you can see where some of these other homes have burned as well. This house here, we didnt realize it was someones property until we noticed that Chimney Stack standing. Thats the only thing Still Standing right now. Everything else burned to the ground. The homes here, on fire. Several homes on fire on this street on high point road, just north of foothill. You can see the flames are whipping, the trees are blowing and i can tell you, these wind gusts have really felt like they kicked up, pretty strongly in the last half hour, i would say, that we have been out here, noticing these conditions changing, still stronger winds. Video i want to go to and show you other homes burning in this area, burning throughout the city that we spotted overnight just hours after the Evacuation Order was sent out to these homeowners. So, of course, this is why it is so important to get out right away. We saw several homes burning in different areas of town and i believe we have another video clip to show you of an Apartment Building we were in front of in our last couple of reports. This morning, a huge apartment complex, the Hawaiian Village apartments burned down to the ground. We could only see just the foundation, essentially of that massive building. As we come out here live, its unfortunate to have to show this, these homes burning out here. You know, these are peoples worst nightmares that these homes are burning. Firefighters are working as quickly as they possibly can to try to get these fires out, but, as we were talking a few minutes ago about this, they have a hard time doing this because they are being sent from one place to the next. They are trying to prioritize what they are responding to. Sometimes they will show up, they were here in front of this house a few minutes ago spraying water, but they had to leave to another high priority radio call to get to throughout the city. The crews, police, fire, sheriffs department, all these agencies from across Southern California are staying busy this morning. Unfortunately, for a lot of homeowners, bad news that a lot of homes have been lost so far in this thomas fire. We are keeping an eye on things. Well have updates throughout the morning. For now, back to you in the studio. Rick, we have been talking about the we will continue to follow behind the scenes what is going on in Southern California this morning. As we come out live to kari, talking about the santa ana winds, is this not reminiscent of what we went through with the north bay fire . It is. As he talked about the conditions changing minute by minute because of the strong wind gusts. With those santa ana winds, it funnels the winds over the mountains, through the valleys and we have three wildfires we are watching in Southern California. You can see those locations there, wind speeds over 70 miles per hour. As we look at this, this is the drought monitor. It highlights those areas where we have had very dry conditions. As we look at the l. A. County area, ventura, they are still in a moderate drought in those areas shaded in tan. As we look closer at the bay area, we have had enough rain to be taken out of the drought status. Its not as dry here and its also not as windy. As we look at the wind speed forecast throughout the day, it is going to stay strong. Winds coming in and going offshore. Thats going to keep it dry, windy even into this evening. Unfortunately, we may still see more of those flames spreading. Well continue to track that here. Thank you very much, kari. Interesting listening to the reporter, the firefighters are leaving some areas because we saw that here in northern california. When they see destruction, we cant do anything else, we have to move on. These are live pictures as well. Look at this, they are having buildings, homes, medical centers go up in flames. It is tragic to see. It is something we have seen here before. Thousands of people affected by the fires. As you look here, you can see that that home is just burning. Thats potentially someones home. It falls right there. We are continuing to monitor this on air and online. Go to www. Nbcbayarea. Com as we continue to follow this coverage of the Southern California fires burning right now. Happening today, City Services coming to a stop in oakland. This morning, thousands of city workers set to walk off the job. They are prepared to strike indefinitely. The unions say negotiations with the city have broken down. The majyor say that is move is illegal to force workers to come to work. Every city facility and Program Plans to shut down. That includes head start and Early Head Start classes. Senior centers and libraries. No parking enforcement. No street sweeping, no crime or traffic reports. Police officers and firefighters will remain on the job. It is 6 09. New this morning, a petition is gaining traction this morning to name a san jose street after former president , barack obama. Kris sanchez is live along al d almaden boulevard with more. Reporter the Community Activist spearheading this says this would be a perfect pick in san jose because they have four streets that bear the almaden name. We did look up the city code. It is a process that takes time and public input and money. Theres a 7,0 7,000 applicatione to apply for the name change. They hope they will pitch in. Also a testament to history. Now, maybe more people can believe anyone can become president. We want that hope to live on. We want it to live on here in san jose. A u. S. Boulevard. A boulevard named after a u. S. President. Why not him . Reporter now, in addition to that application fee, supporters have to gather 1,000 signatures. They are doing it through a change. Org petition. I posted that on facebook. We are continuing the conversation. Tell me if you would support a name change honoring president barack obama. There are ten other roadways, by the name, baring the president s name across the country and one in tanzania. We are going to break down here. We know some local crews are headed down to the Southern California wildfire and the fire fight there. Thats where we will see you next. Thats coming up at 6 30. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Fremont, hayward, oakland, all lending efforts to the fires burning out of control in Southern California. Big fight ahead. Coming up on today in the bay, the run one city could raise the tax rate. Breaking news for the massive wildfires burning in Ventura County. Your next car may have a doughnut button. Yeah. When today in the bay continues. Goods tuesday morning. Its breezy. As the sunrises, all clear in san jose. The winds will calm down as well. As we go to santa teresa for the temperature trend, highs reaching the low 60s by this afternoon. Well talk about what else is ahead this week and also king tides. Thats coming up in five minutes. Here is the san mateo bridge. Good volume westbound with taillights. A concern there may be more than normal traffic here. And a couple reasons to say hey in the south bay. Thank you. At 6 15, we follow breaking news from Ventura County where a wildfire is burning out of control. At least 150 structures destroyed. 27,000 people have been evacuated as well. The fires are burning out of control. They have at least 500 firefighters on the scene trying to battle the fastmoving flames fueled by the strong winds. We have crews from the bay area headed to the scene as well. All right. We are also following another fire near fillmore. This is video near six flags Magic Mountain. 1,000 acres are burning and the winds continue to spread that fire. We continue to monitor this story out of Southern California here on today in the bay. Contra costa authorities continue to monitor harsh conditions. The county has a 6 million deal with i. C. E. To house detainees. Some believe their rights were being violated. They want the u. S. Attorney Generals Office to investigate. The sheriff, yesterday, provided an update. He says the investigation is ongoing and should be complete by next week. 6 16. Happening today, a supervisor will push for a commercial rent tax. The supervisor is going to propose a june 2018 ballot measure and increase rents in the city and raise almost 100 million every year. It comes after the city voted against a sales tax that would have generated the same amount of money. If it ends up on the ballot, it needs twothirds voter approval. Here is an idea. Press a button, get a doughnut. Scott mcgrew, this will be a feature in General Motors cars. This is the real thing. You have power windows. Why doughnuts . Heated seats. You have a doughnut button. General motors announced something called the marketplace. Putting buttons on the dash screen so you can order from various stores. Hit market plaplace, it comes u. Tap Dunkin Donuts and your car finds the nearest one. When you get there, the order is ready. The dow closed with a new high monday. Amazon and other tech stocks moved lower. Theres a push to stop the fcc from striking down Net Neutrality rules at the meeting later this month. The allegation is letters and emails received by the fcc in support of the move are fake. One of the fcc commissioners and attorney general of new york are asking fcc chairman to delay the vote because of the fake letters. Fcc commissioner says the fcc is on course to eliminate Net Neutrality guided by a record corrupted by hundreds of thousands with stolen identities. How does a sixhour flight to tokyo sound . Right now, its just under 12 hours. Japan airlines pledged 12 million to the maker of supersonic airplanes. Isnt it gorgeous . They are not flying yet. Their ceo dropped out of high school. Maybe i dont want to he started the first company. He went back to college. Before this, he worked at groupon. Maybe ill take the longer flight. Maybe so. No, he is building supersonic planes. Not the one there, but a smaller version. Richard branson signed up, japan airline. He says if you find the expert, you dont have to know everything, much like elon musk and rockets. Find the experts and you can do it. Surround yourself with the right people. Which is what i do. Very nice. So do i. 6 19. New this morning, more shoppers splurging on themselves. A survey found 19 of consumers plan to spend more on themselves this holiday season. 40 are considering spending more on themselves. They are mostly buying for themselves, sweater, boots and athletic apparel. You know if you were naughty or nice. I have seen people do that. I thought, you know, one for you, one for me. Not the complete truth. Right. Well see. A lot of Good Shopping weather. Going to be dry for a few days. People have a lot to do from putting up Christmas Decorations to going shopping. We are still feeling those wind gusts out there. I want to show you a live picture as we get a look at fremont this morning. People getting moving and the flags moving, too. Look at them being blown around by the winds. This is the kind of wind we have seen since sunday night and its gusting out there. The good news is the winds calm down as we go through the day and we have had a big spread in temperature. Santa rosa, dropped to the upper 30s. 33 degrees, one degree above freezing in morgan hill. Then drive up to san jose and its 49 degrees. Then 53 degrees in san francisco. So, a big spread in temperatures, but then we close that gap today. Warming up all around the bay area. The south bay up to 65 degrees in gilroy. 65 in danville and oakland, 61 degrees. 63 in redwood city. San francisco, a high of 62 degrees on the embarcadero and the north bay, up to 65 in navato. Sonoma, 63 degrees. As you head out for that commute this morning in the east bay, only in the mid40s. Nice, warm jacket or sweater needed. Hot coffee, too, to keep you warm. Warming to the low 60s. We have been talking about the king tides. This is when we have a big difference from the very high tide to the extremely low tide. It comes up to our high tide today, almost to seven feet by late morning. 11 06 is when we will reach the high tides. There may be localized flooding for the low lying trails and some of the streets. It looks like, for the most part, we will have this as the last day of the king tides. The storm tracks to the north of us through canada. No rain in the forecast all because of this High Pressure keeping it windy and keeping the winds blowing offshore. As we go into the weekend, no rain in the seven day forecast. We will start to see more clouds moving in. Temperatures staying in the 60s for the inland areas. Warm for this time of year, up to 66 degrees this weekend. We head over to mike, two reasons to say, hey, to the south bay. Thats right. Over here toward most of the bay, that looks great. This crash in the trivalley, not really paying much impact on the commute. Well talk about that in a second. Over here, hay, not hey, reports of a bail of hay that fell into the roadway. Chp is addressing that. Farther south, more hay and its scattered across the roadway. There must have been a truck traveling south there. Well track that. So far, it sounds like they are able to handle those things. There may be a quick traffic break to remove that hay. The crash is over to the shoulder. No impact to trivalley or the east bay. This is not bad for a tuesday. Crash at 680 and north main cau causes slowing. The worst impact is here at the berkeley curve. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Coming up next on today in the bay, climate change. Dozens of u. S. Mayors will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Buying a used car can be daunting. Chris chmura says theres one important word to understand, certified. Reporter California Law is clear about what a certified car cant be. Cant have frame damage or a lemon or forced to buy it back. If you are at a dealer and have a car that is not certified, find out why. Send us your questions at 888996tips or www. Nbcbayarea. Com responds. Alarming new research we discovered. Overnight we took a closer 6 26 this morning. New for you, alarming new research we discovered. Overnight, we looked at a study bih byharvard university and opioid deaths. Theres an increase. The patients are more likely to be white, low income and disabled. 6 26 right now. Happening today, dozens of mayors are expected to sign a climate agreement. This, after President Trump went to the paris accord. According to usa today, mayors from 36 u. S. Cities will sign a deal at the north american Climate Summit happening in chicago. It will outline ways to reduce greenhouse emissions and track each citys goals. Next on today in the bay, we monitor breaking news out of Southern California. Two wildfires burning, forcing thousands to evacuate. The weather conditions making it extremely hard for firefighters. Stay with us. We re following breaking news out of Southern California. A pair of wildfires burning right now at 6 30, breaking news out of Southern California. A pair of wildfires burning out of control this morning, fanned by strong, santa ana winds. New video coming in out of Ventura County. A second fire burning in fill mar, not far from Santa Clarita where six flags is located. The winds are whipping things out of control. We have full coverage coming up. We want to get a chance to say very good morning to you. 6 30, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Right now, we want to go to meteorologist, kari hall, tracking the conditions in Southern California and here, right here in the bay area. Its been windy across the bay area. Through the day, the winds will start to calm down. Its going to be a warm day, all clear skies. A look at the high temperatures, up to 64 degrees in san jose and palo alto. 64 degrees in concord. Oakland, 61 degrees and 64 for the high today in santa rosa. San francisco will be breezy for the morning as well as the rest of the bay area. Later this evening, it will be calmer. As we head through the forecast, really dry with our high temperatures above normal for this time in december. Ill talk about the weekend forecast, whats ahead, what are you doing . Ill let you know what i have in my forecast coming up. Mike, looks like a build at the bay bridge. You know what im doing, im watching the lights. Tracking how the build happens. Look, heez lanes off to the left, we have one truck trying to move over. Thats impeding the traffic for the fast track lane. The lanes to the left are looking great. To the right, one of the lanes is closed off the 880. As we look at the map, that is lane 14, the one that was destroyed in saturdays crash. It will remain closed indefinitely. We have the back up off the east shore freeway and west 580. Northbound 880, maintaining a smooth drive until the end. Thats the good news. Over here, we have a crash blocking the fast lane south 680 at north main. In concord, another crash before you get to the 242 merge. The rest of the bay moves smoothly. Im going to talk about the south bay. We have a couple issues coming up. Thank you. 6 32. We continue to follow breaking news out of Southern California. Live pictures from our sister station with the fire burning overhead. The aerial of the creek fire burning near sylmar. Its close to Santa Clarita nerima six flags is. Theres a lot of homes fl. Its burned 1,000 acres and out of control. Thousands of homes have been evacuated and medical facility completely destroyed by flames. The good news is they evacuated in time. We know 37,000 people have been evacuated so far. Look at the collapse. Terrible. We have been watching this as the fire exploded in acreage. Its burned more than 31,000 acres. 27,000 people have been forced out of their homes. This started near santa paula. Since then, it went to ventura. The Ventura County says the fire we saw burned through santa rosa. The evacuation notices. We saw the disaster and losses that happened up north in sonoma. A fast, very dangerous moving fire. So far, firefighters have only been able to send up one drop. They are waiting for first light to send up more aircraft. One of the dangers are the santa ana winds so send the smoke into the air as well. It can make it tough to launch the helicopters. We have crews from the bay area headed to the scene to assist. Alameda, fremont, oakland as well. Well continue to follow the breaking news on air and online. Well have more coming up in a live report in about ten minutes. Closer to home, thousands of city workers in oakland are planned to go on strike, shutting down major services. Bob redell joins us with the impact it could have an peoples plans. Bob . Reporter good morning to you, laura and marcus. The city of oakland buildings will be shut down today and most services suspended. Say the Head Start Program out of this church behind me on broadway and oakland will not be happening today. It is important to know, police and Fire Services would be resuming because of a huge Public Safety issue. More than 3,000 workers with unions including fbiu, local 1012 and the professional of tech nickal engineers. Oakland mayor says the strike would be unlawful because negotiations are not at a total impas impasse. Shes promising to file to keep them on the job. We have asked the unions to put off the strike until we have the opportunity to bring their last offer to the city council. The soonest that we were legally able to schedule a closed session was wednesday at 1 00. Reporter the unions did say the they would postpone with the understanding both sides would continue to negotiate. Take a look at the services that would be canceled today. No city council meetings. Senior centers, libraries, rec centers. If you are driving into oakland, keep in mind, there would be no parking enforcement. Fire and police would be resuming normal operations. Live in oakland, bob redell, today in the bay. Well watch that all day. Thank you. 6 36. Emeryville reeling after a double shooting outside a very busy target store. This morning, one person is in custody. Investigators are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting. Its a story we brought you last night at 6 00. It is close to the ikea there in emeryville. Two people were critically injured. One of the victims was found near a Dodge Durango riddled with bullets. A second victim was able to escape to the Home Depot Store nearby where someone called for help. Holiday shoppers were terrified. All of a sudden, you hear pop, pop, pop, then another pop, pop or another round. Everyone started running into target. That target was locked down for 20 minutes. Happening today, the issue of fluoride goes back before leaders in santa clara county. A supervisor says shell talk about her recommendation to add fluoride to well water. It will strengthen your teeth and many add it to your water supply. Opponents worry about added chemicals into the water. 6 37. Hundreds of parents showed up to keep their neighborhood schools open. Its a story we have been covering since september. 600 parents, teachers and staff packed into a gym. The School District says they expect to close 35 schools for financial reasons. A sharp drop in enrollment meant 50 million in lost revenue over four years. The superintendent blames the high cost of living in san jose. S from. We see the majority of students have left the area. All these children want is structure. People are understandably very concerned. Here is a map of the Elementary Schools on the chopping block. A decision is expected in late february. Happening today, a plan aimed at making a muni line safer. The transit board could approve plans to add concrete boarding islands. They say the addition would make the line safer for passengers. Area Business Owners say the added barriers will make driving and parking difficult. Good news now. No delays for the muni system. The other transit agencies, bart and cal trains moving well. The Speed Sensors look not too bad for a traffic tuesday. North 101, we have a crash at highway 87, under the overpass. It just got to the shoulder. We see a distraction. 87 past the airport is an issue as well. The two bails of hay or multiple bails of hay have been cleared from 880 and 17. Thats good news. The truck responsible has been found and pulled over. Indeed, it was headed south as we tracked on chp reports. The approach to the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge where there was a high wind advisory. Traffic is steady, but slower right now. Didnt see red there. Looking ahead to the weekend weather. It is past monday. Thats whats important here. We are looking forward to the weekend. Kind of get it out. Saturday its all good and looking good in the weather department, too. 60s in the forecast from the coast to the bay to the inland areas. More clouds in the mix. We will, at times, have sunshine. Sundays forecast looks like more of the same. The temperatures, slightly warmer than where we should be this time of year. A lot of people going out to those Holiday Light displays and going shopping as well. Russian river valley is a great place to head. Look at the temperatures. Up to 67 degrees on friday. By sunday, it will be a little warmer, up to 70 degrees. If you are going to the sierra, here is a live look at the resort at squaw valley. Clouds lingering there. Snow on the ground. Over the next few days, you dont have to worry about bringing the tire chains. Temperatures reaching into the upper 40s throughout the day. If you are making it a beach weekend, santa barbara, upper 70s for weekend with mostly sunny skies. Let me know where you are going. Im on twitter. Ill have a look at todays temperature trend in three minutes. We look forward to it, thanks carry. Coming up next on today in the bay, continuing breaking News Coverage of the massive fires burning in Southern California. New video into the news room showing the flames in sylmar. We are going to take ewe there live and tell you how the bay area is responding to help. A day after the president endorsed roy moore, the rnc is now gaining support. Marcus . Thanks, scott. We want to look at the board. The dow is up one point there. The dow opened higher, but declined pressure s p 500 and nasdaq. It is now 6 41. You are watching today in the bay. When youre clocking out. Im the one clocking in. Sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. I can even help with a silent night. Does your bed do that . I dont actually talk, but i can tell you how you slept. Im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Lets meet at a sleep number store. It is 6 44. As you get ready to head out, windy, but all clear. As we take a live look outside in san jose, we will have still some of those tree limbs down from the wind gusts and going to evergreen. 45 degrees at 8 00 this morning. A chilly start. Look at today into the low 60s. A nice one. What about the rest of the week . Ill let you know whats coming up in five minutes. Tracking the impact of the closure at the bay bridge. The east shore freeway moves well. A lot of slowing through concord. The two crashes, including this one marked by chp. The Speed Sensors and things are improving. We track it all. Thank you very much, kari and mike. We continue to follow breaking news from Southern California. Take a look at these live pictures. It is heart breaking to see what is happening there, similar to the fires in california a month ago. These are from Ventura County where 31,000 acres has burned so fire in a fire burning out of control. 150 structures destroyed so far and at least 27,000 people have been evacuated. We know at least one firefighter has been injured. These are live pictures that the photographer is trying to set up the shot there. We have been taking several live pictures in Southern California. As i was saying, one firefighter has been injured. We have crews from our own bay area that are coming. Well bring a live report on the crews heading out of town. Thats one fire that is burning. Here is another. In sylmar, this is Santa Clarita, close to Magic Mountain where there are a lot of homes on the hillside. These are live pictures from our sister station of the fire burning out of control. Its burned about 1,000 acres so far. Hundreds of people have been evacuated. Very tough fire fight. Nbc bay area is sending a ground crew to help cover this for you as our sister station in Southern California has been doing a great job covering this. We are sofa familiar with whats going on. Bay area Fire Departments are heading there to help with the fire fight. Kris sanchez is live with more. Its too familiar for them. Reporter when they hit the road, they are going to find very haunting conditions, very similar to what many of them saw in the north bay wildfires, not very long ago. We havent had time for those memories to fade. We do know that there is video of Alameda County gathering themselves together, getting ready to deploy with the other members of strike team 2870 c. That includes fremont, hayward, o oakland. They are all part of that team. Both the city and county are sending resources as well as santa clara. They are gathering in gilroy as we speak. They should be hitting the road in a short amount of time. The thomas fire, as you have been reporting, starting basically in the middle of the night like the north bay wildfires. The wind is whipping it out of control. It is likely when the bay area firefighters get there, they will have to deal with evacuations before they can start with the fire fight. That was one of the complications we saw in the north bay as well. The firefighters couldnt fight the fire. They had to help people get out. As you mentioned, 27,000 people out of their homes and other Evacuation Orders seem to be coming down the pipe as well. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thank you so much for that update there. Happening today, we are expected to get details in the possible lawsuit against the palo alto schools. They report the school board broke the law by not giving notice they had a closed session meeting to talk about the suit. Today, members have to correct the mistake and make that information public. Potential lawsuit comes from the family of a student who says she was sexually assaulted on campus back in 2015. That family claims School Leaders did not properly handle the report. The district is facing legal action from the family of another student with similar claims. President trumps former Campaign Manager in more trouble this morning. Scott mcgrew, Paul Manafort is already facing serious charges. Very serious. Good morning. He was under house arrest, marcus, the ankle monitor and everything. He walks out and special prosecutor mueller said that would be okay. Manafort broke one of the courts rules. The prosecution alleged the former trump Campaign Manager worked in secret with another man to write a news paper oped piece defending his actions in ukraine, where he worked as a political adviser. That would violate the judges gag order, dont talk about the charges or the trial. Worse, according to mueller, the writing partner is connected to russias spy agency. Just in this morning, bloom bbe reports they are looking for the personal financial records. The company owes the bank more than 100 million. What we dont know is what mueller is looking for. Specifically, anyway. The important part is the investigation is moved into President Trumps personal finances. The Republican National committee resumed some of the Financial Support for roy moore after the president outwardly endorsed him yesterday, go get em, roy, he said. Roy accused of sexual contact with teenage girls. Moores spokesperson was on cnn reminding the world there are women in alabama who have not claimed moore molested them. Poppy, we need to make it clear, theres a group of nonaccusers who have not accused him of misconduct or anything illegal. We will hear from john conyers today, the congressman from detroit, a democrat accused of Sexual Harassment. We think he will say hes not running for another term. Politicians urged he step down. As always, we examine the president s tweets and speeches every morning. You can contact me and tell me what you think. Im on twitter. Thanks, scott. 6 50 right now. Quickly approaching 7 00. We have a look at weather and traffic. A lot of people ready to head out the door. Its chilly and windy. We have had the winds with us since sunday night. You probably heard them howling overnight. It is going to be gusty through the next several hours. Look how cold it is on the right side of the screen. The trivalley, 45 degrees. In the middle of the screen, peninsula looking at palo alto at 50 degrees and 50 in san francisco. Beautiful sunrise over the north bay where it is dropped to 39 degrees. Then, as we look at the high temperatures today, it warms up nicely with highs and low to mid60s. Seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen showing more dry weather over the next few days. A live look outside in san jose. A clear sunrise. Lets get dressed this morning. Another one where you have to grab a hat and coat because it is fairly chilly. As the day goes along with the highs in the 60s, you will still need long sleeves and a great day. Pants a great choice. Also, over the next few days, it will keep you warm. Looking at the school day forecast for san jose, only at 44 degrees as you head out the door. Walking to school is going to be chilly. Recess is still going to be cool. Those winds make it feel colder. The storm track is still well to the north of us. Unfortunately, we are going to still have some very dry weather over the next few days. Really unusual for this time of year. Normally, at least once a week, we see rain. Look at the seven day forecast. Not a drop of rain anywhere. San francisco stays in the 60s, above normal temperatures hitting the upper 60s by the weekend. Mike, you are saying its not bad for a traffic tuesday. Yeah, for a traffic tuesday. You are looking at the build around the bay as we expect in the patterns we expect. The south bay, the earlier crash is off to the shoulder, not presenting significant problems. The north push the typical pattern. Speeds in the 50s. Slower than you would like. The san mateo bridge over the last ten minutes saw traffic off the nimitz. No problems, just a build there. The dumbarton bridge and the toll plaza. A smooth drive down the east shore freeway. The crashes cleared from walnut creek. The traffic pushes to the bay bridge. A look at the toll plaza. Lane 14 is closed. Thats one off the 880 overcrossing. That will remain closed indefinitely after the crash on saturday. Look at the lanes to the left. They are lighter. That is the pattern we are seeing around right now on tuesday. Back to you. Thanks a lot, mike. 6 53 now. Next, a look at the stories we are covering on today in the bay including breaking News Coverage of the wildfires burning in Southern California. 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This is near where six flags Magic Mountain is. Its spread to 2500 acres. Here are live pictures of the thomas fire burning in Ventura County. It completely enveloped this building here. It started near santa paula. Its burned into sylmar and ventura as well. We have been watching the fire explode. Sad to see the destruction there. Reminiscent of the north bay fires. The fires there burned more than 31,000 acres. The wind whipping up the embers and flames, at least 150 homes destroyed and 27,000 people evacuated from thomes, so far. We have been tracking the story. Lots of images filling social media. Head to www. Nbcbayarea. Com for instant updates out of Ventura County. Coverage continues next on the today show. Live pictures from oakland this morning where thousands of city workers are set to walk off the job as you can see there. They are protesting outside. Now, that strike is prepared to be indefinite. The union says negotiations with the city have broken down. Oaklands mayor says the move is illegal, promising to file a formal complaint to force them to come to work. Nevertheless, every Program Plans to shut down. A look at the forecast. Certainly bundle up. Its another cold morning and gets colder tomorrow morning. It is windy out there. That makes it feel chilly. The winds will slowly start to relax today. Highs in the low 60s in san francisco, mid60s inland. No rain in the seven day forecast. All right. Right now, we look at the traffic. The speeds are starting to dip. Well look at the maps. The reds are coming in around much of the bay. The south bay holding up steady. Well see that slowing there. The san mateo bridge is slow. The dumbarton bridge starts to build. I thought it was a normal commute. It showed in the center part the service lane. I saw a flashing light. The tow truck, chp hasnt gotten the call yet. I suggest dumbarton as the alternate. Thanks for joining us this morning. We are back at 7 25 with a live local update. 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