Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240714

That jam near the coliseum. Near the numbers that sound like the temperature range youre talking about, 66 here, 98 toward the bottom of the screen and at 66, we still have your right two lanes blocked by a disabled vehicle, thats jamming up traffic, counter commute unusual from the bay bridge through downtown, things are fine, then you jam up past the coliseum for southbound 880. That is the issue right there on the nimitz. Everything else moves nicely. Your commute of course takes most folks to the bay bridge, more folks to the bay bridge. Also north 680 sees slowing over the last half hour. Northbound 680 mtague expressway your two right lanes are blocked by as well as basically a delivery of a larger rig with big large payload on the back and half your freeway is blocked. Back to you. Thanks so much. 6 01 right now. Tens of thousands of people across the bay area woke up without power after losing it in the midst of the sweltering summer heat. The hardest hit was marin county. Thom jensen joins us in our newsroom. What is pg aying about all of this . So hot, a lot of people as well. We heard from pg e in the last hour, a Company Spokesman told today in the bay that they still dont know what caused this widespread outage. He says marin county alone had approximately 60,000 customers without power. Power went out at about 11 00 last flight. It was restored by about 1 30 this morning with no electricity, people had to go without power on one of the hottest days on record and in some inland areas overnight, temperatures were still pretty hot. Pg e is still trying to figure out how many lost power across the bay area, and says there are still small pockets of outages in some spots. Fortunately not as hot in marin county, where an estimated 60,000 customers as i said had no electricity. This is larkspur and you can see the entire downtown was still without power, just before midnight, despite the outage, some of the taverns remained open in the dark. Power has been out about a half hour now. Reporter did you see anything, hear anything . No, just instantly went out. There was no indication, nothing at all. Power came on a half hour before closing time at 1 30. For now pg e is trying to figure out how it happened and who exactly was affected. In the newsroom, thom jensen, today in the bay. Thanks so much, thom. 6 03. Another fire scare overnight in southern santa clara county. Weve got a live look along highway 101 in gilroy. You see just off of monterey street there. Things are quiet now, but you see it went eight case a couple of hours ago. That is where a brush fire is now out, after starting overnight near the monterey exit, this is video from our photographer who passed that fire just after it happened, about 3 00 in the morning. Crews were able to quickly put it out. A big heads up for people trying to get around the east bay this weekend, if youre using b. A. R. T. Or driving along a particular stretch of Contra Costa County, you might hit some delays. Today in the bays bob redell live in walnut creek to tell us why one project in particular is important enough to cause some of these problems for commuters. Bob . Reporter marcus, yes. B. A. R. T. Tracks are going to be shut down between walnut creek b. A. R. T. Behind us and orinda for this weekend, so obviously theyll be having plans of traveling, this could impact your getting to and from. This is the first of six weekend tracks shut downs between the two stops, taking place on different weekends through october. This will include labor day weekend. County connection and ac transit will be providing Free Bus Service between the stations during the weekend shutdowns to help those who rely on these stops touring these times so starting at 11 00 tonight, this is something if youre driving starting at 11 00 tonight and running through the weekend the two left lanes along highway 24 eastbound near the lafayette station and oak hill road will also be closed, this is so that they can position a 265ton crane and other heavy equipment being used for repairs. As far as what the work is that theyre doing, crews are replacing a 50yearold track component which b. A. R. T. Says will improve the noise level on trains and give passengers a smoother ride. What do i see . I think theyre terrific. You got to fix things. You got to do maintenance otherwise things break down. Well, it is what it is. It does need some improvements, yes. Reporter b. A. R. T. Hopes these improvements will benefit riders for decades to come but even with the buses in place between orinda and walnut creek stations during the track shutdowns, riders should expect delays up to 40 minutes and drivers along eastbound highway 24 should expect delays of up to 30 minutes. Reporting live at walnut creek, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you, bob. 6 05 right now. Kaiser permanente workers across the state are set to go on strike in october. 37,000 employees voted in favor of walking off the job. They range from registered nurses and xray technicians to phone operators and janitors. All of them have been working under an expired National Contract since september. This is video from when Mental Health workers at kaiser went on strike back in july in San Francisco. Now continued healing after the gilroy mass shooting. Later today two more victims are expected to be are he leased from the hospital, this comes as a community continues to come together. The band that was performing when that shooting happened took to the stage again for the first time. Rmal. They had a concert at the san b that performance to the victims. I started tin all the proceeds are being donated to the relief fund at the gilroy foundation. Funeral services will be held this tuesday for the Southern California chp officer shot and killed in the line of duty. Officer andre moyier was conducting a traffic stop earlier this week when he was shot by a driver of the car. Two other officers were also shot. They are expected to survive. There is an all new escooter scare to report this morning. Take a look at this photo, this escooter reportedly caught fire at dropbox headquarters in San Francisco on wednesday afternoon. The twitter user who shared the photo said all employees had to be evacuated from the building and according to sf gate the scooter did not cause much damage. Its not clear yet if that scooter rey an translate to more ebikes hitting the streets in San Francisco. Ci saying lyft must make them available at all times. The move comes after the company struggled to keep a minimum number on the sts. If it cant, insiders tell the paper that San Francisco could let more Ebike Companies operate in the city. Recently lyft pulled its fleet from the city after two caught fire. Happening today the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk is calling all thrill seekers it is celebrating National Roller coaster day. The first 100 riders on the giant dipper will get a free cup. What will you put in the cup is the question. By the way, the coaster is the oldest in the state. Pepto bismol. Youll need it. Were hoping youre not throwing up in that cup. Uh, no its so early in the morning just in time for breakfast. Ugh. Lets talk about the cooler weather well have in santa cruz today. Its going to be great if youre headed there, rig bo allhe heat out with some hazy skies, as the sun comes up over San Francisco. This is looking from our San Bruno Mountain camera, right no. As youre getting up and getting the kids ready for school today in pittsburg, expect it to start out nice with upper 60s but its going to heat up fast. They may go out there early for recess but lunch will be inside today. Were up to 95 degrees in time for that last school bell throughout the day. Now we do have really hot temperatures up to 102 today in concord. Well get a look at our weekend forecast and mike, now you have a Traffic Alert. Thats right. Chp calls it a Traffic Alert now. I dont know when they slipped that in there weve been trying to call it a Traffic Alert alerting folks in the south bay of unusual slowing, north 680 jams up as you are trying to pass the right two lanes where there is a disabled big rig which has been there since before the beginning of our show at 4 30. More traffic squeezing over into the left lanes is the issue. Chp says another 30 minutes before they get the tow truck to move the big rig. Thats the problem through the south bay 680 fremont out of milpitas and san jose. The other issue in oakland, Everything Else moves smoothly, southbound 880 is jamming up as you approach the coliseum there. You see our live camera, traffic is jamming up because your right two lanes are flared off right now. There was a disabled vehicle i think the car crashed into the side structure as you pass under 66. Back to you. Coming up on today in the bay, 6 10. Data breach lawsuit, the specific tool some facebook users are angry about this morning. Did you see it . And welcome to the future. Forget airports. New this hour, were getting an inside look for the first at americas space port. Dont lace up your astronaut suit just yet. Youre watching today in the bay. Our microclimate weather alert continues right now at 6 13. It will be still hot today. If we could just make it through today, its going to be cooler this weekend, headed out the door in Pleasant Hill on the way to the b. A. R. T. Station, because were trying to spare the air, its going to be in the mid60s t early afternoon. Well talk more about this and a cooler weekend ahead in less than five minutes. Youll see the flares highlight highlighted, i show an arrow right there, your right two lanes are blocked for southbound 880, right underneath that 66 avenue overcrossing. That crash the crews there block half the freeway. Thats whats causing the big jam. Another for san jose. Well show you that coming up. Good morning. Im Frank Holland at cnbc headquarters. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street is poised to open up higher this morning, following the markets modest rebound yesterday. The dow leading those gains thanks to walmarts better than expected earnings. Still, the dow is having its worst week since may, amid growing concerns about u. S. china trade talks, a slowdown in the Global Economy ofd fe recession. On todays watch list a report on Housing Starts and consumer sentiment. Facebook are suing the company over a data breach last year. They say facebook failed to warn them about the risk tied to its single signon tool even though it protected employees. Single signon connects users to Third Party Apps and Services Using facebook logins. The suit stems from the companys worst Security Breach ever last september when hackers stole login codes or access tokens allowing them access to nearly 29 million accounts. Attackers took profile details such as birth dates, employers, education history, types of device used and pages followed. Facebook said hackers did not steal personal messages or financial information. And twitter is testing a filter for direct messages that contain offensive content. Those flagged can be stored away in a folder thats marked additional messages. Users can choose to view them or delete them. Twitter has taken steps without the need for human intervention and tested hide replies a feature that would make it easier to report offensive tweets. Back over to you, marcus and laura. All right, keep them at bay. Thanks so much, frank. Far away. 6 16 for you right now and only on nbc bay area, Space Exploration is getting a Silicon Valley boost. Nasa is reaching out for some tech help before it takes off on its planned trip to the moon and mars. Nasa is working with google and intel to use hightech mapping and ai to help guide us through space. Its also using the companys Ai Technology to help keep our planet safe from asteroids that might come too uncomfortably close to us. Certainly we know that impact on the earth has happened in its past. We know what happened on the moon. All the craters are due to impacts. Both nasa sean the Tech Companies say as the relationship grows and as we get closer to a mars mission, we can expect to see plenty of new Job Opportunities to help make that happen. Thats pretty cool. Look at this sight, that might have you say beam me up scottie. Virgin atlantic includes an interactive walkway and place where you can grab a latte. Of course it does. This is where people will one day wait before they head to their supersonic plane ride to space, but if you want to go, youre going to need to start saving that money now because those tickets are starting at 200,000 a flight. They will allegedly get under way next year. 200,000 for a flight. Going out to space. We have one spaceport, right . You have to go round trip . Wait, how do i get back . A first date maybe. All right, a lot of people probably wanting to get away from all the heat this week. Yes, but if we stay here, its going to come to us. This weekend we will have some cooling headed our way, and today we just have to make it through before those temperatures cool off. Thats a live look outside, and its still looking hazy. Its a spare the air alert day, meaning that we are still going to have unhealthy air quality in the inland east bay, as well as the Santa Clara Valley. A little bit of some smoke drifting in, the ozone and Carbon Emissions being trapped near surface level makes it unhealthy to breathe this air in, and this as kids continue their school and its going to be starting out in palo alto at 65 degrees, and its going to be at about 76 degrees at 10 00. So there they may be able to head outside and it warms up as we approach the last school bell for the day and before they k at all of our d. Microclimates going throughout the day, if youre planning to have lunch outside its going to be 93 degrees in livermore. At noon were at 84 in napa and oakland at of the bright pink showing extreme temperatures like we did yesterday but its still going to be concord, in antioch, as well as napa, fairfield reaching the mid to upper 90s, and then briefly touching 100 degrees during the middle of the day. Heading out this evening its going to start to feel better around sunset. 78 degrees in danville and san jose is at 77 so the wind picks up and we start to cool off later on tonight, and our temperatures will be lower for the overnight hours. So our High Pressure thats kept it hot is moving away as we go into the weekend, well see a shift in our winds as the ocean breeze returns, going into next week. There will be an approaching storm system for the Pacific Northwest, but for us, we are still going to have some hot temperatures inland, as that moves closer to the coast. As you make weekend plans, it is better, get outside and enjoy some of the Outdoor Activities, like the martinez vintage market happening and look at the high temperatures, its going to be nice, only reaching the low 80s for the middle of the day, and were up to 87 degrees in some of our warmer spots, after today, and on sunday were up to 84 degrees, and then were back in the mid90s next week. Also cooling down in San Francisco, as the fog returns tomorrow. Mike, youre starting out with the flares. 880 the nimitz a busy stretch of roadway. Southbound commute is jammed up right here just at that 66th avenue overcrossing. You see right two lanes blocked off. The updated app from chp, mickeys is 97. The tow truck from muckys company is on scene and that is good news. They needed a larger tow truck. There are two on scene and the two right lanes are blocked here, means you are for a couple miles, theyre slowing as you leave downtown pass by the f exit and head down toward the coliseum itself. South 880 is the stretch northbound, is just fine. Thats your normal commute ionut friday see a lighter commute headed toward the bay bridge where the metering lights were turned on but not until 5 35, about ten minutes later than they often are, 15 minutes later than they often are. The rest of the bay appears to be fine but here the south bay san jose we do have a problem northbound 680, we are jammed up as you head north approaching montague expressway where your two right lanes are blocked. Were looking at perhaps 6 30, closer to 7 00 before they can have that big rig cleared from the right lane where its been disabled and stuck there since about 3 30 this morning. Thats the problem, but look at over here, 880 headed up into milpitas is fine. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Time for you right now 6 2 1. More states linking Health Problems to ecigarettes. The number of newer chip cards are supposed to be more secure, but thieves are still hacking our accounts. One weak spot, gas pumps. Theyre not required to take these cards yet and wont be until 2020. Thieves know that, so one way to perhaps protect your account number right now . Pay for your gas inside with the cashier instead of at the pump. Let us know if you have a consumer complaint. The number is 888996tips or online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Dennys isnt just for breakfast. And steaks arent just for dinner. And right now we can have both for less because with choice sirloin. Dennys is elevating its new steak and eggs for just 10. 99. It new and its a pretty big deal. See you at dennys developing in tennessee, take a look at this video, retired nascar driver Dale Earnhardt, jr. And his family recovering after their plane went off the runway at an airport. He was on the plane with his wife amy and 1yearold daughter isla. Witnesses say they couldnt even imagine being on that plane. It was scary from my position let alone being in the plane itself, so my heart goes out to them. Fire Officials Say the earnhardt family and the two pilots survived the crash and were taken to the hospital with nonserious injuries. The faa or ntsb havent said anything yet about the cause of that crash. Doctors in eight states are now reporting vaping is now being linked to breathing problems in teens and young adults. One of those states right here in california. Doctors say most patients are otherwise healthy but showing symptoms of a bad respiratory infection. Here in california the department of Public Health is saying it is looking into 16 possible indications. Those vaping stats come as Health Officials are marking a new attempt at adding graphic images to cigarette packages. Officials hope to discourage americans from lighting up. 6 25 for you right now. Tomorrow nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are teaming up to clear the shelters. Our goal . To help animals find their forever home. At muttville senior dog rescue the focus is on finding a home for older dogs. The shelter is cage free, volunteers foster some of the dogs at their homes to prepare them for adoption. Things worked out peectly for one little girl who found her new best friend. She spoke to us about why she chose the dog she did. We should give older senior dogs a chance at having a new home. And i really love her. Oh, she loves you, too. Muttville one of 90 shelters and rescue organizations taking part in clear the shelters this saturday. Thats tomorrow for more information head over to our website, nbcbayarea. Com, just click on the clear the shelters section and find a shelter near you. Marcus and i will be at berkeley humane tomorrow morning. Were going to go live on the saturday morning show, and wed love to see you. Going to be a lot of fun. Youll see which animals we get to hold and play with in the morning. Its always a lot of fun. Theres animals of all ages out there, fees are reduced drastically, some are free in some cases. So find a new friend. Yes, maybe ill pick one. I think you should. Well talk about that later. Still ahead for you this morning, we have breaking news out of the south bay, flames breaking out along highway 101 overnight. Were there with a look at what firefighters did, a Quick Response and another sign of the season. Plus representative omar, thats another one. President trump once again bashing specific congresswomen as israel appears to budge slightly overnight on a ban against their visit. Youre watching today in the bay. Rodney you know what my favorite part really is is when i greet students when they come in. Because i know what great things we have in store in the classroom. Marisa when they come into my classroom, theyre able to really get in touch with who they are. Rosanne my favorite part of teaching has always been this opportunity to make a difference. Ever every student has the right to quality education. No matter what neighborhood you live in. Rosanne we are cta. Ever we are cta. Marisa we are cta. Narrator because we know quality Public Schools make a better california for all of us. Right now at 6 30, another day of sizzling temperatures moving into the bay area. A live look at dublin, walnut creek, san jose and San Francisco. We have the entire bay area covered for you just like we do every morning starting at 4 30. Glad youre with us now. Its 6 30. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Were under a microclimate weather alert for the third day in a row. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking every temperature we can see throughout the bay area, on here and kari, some relief today maybe . Some relief, but the real relief comes tomorrow, and so we still have excessive heat and a warning in effect for solano and lake counties this morning, that starts at 11 00, continues until 8 00 this evening. Some isolated spots may reach up to 108 degrees today. Its still going to be very hot with a high in livermore reaching 102 and 102 in the concord antioch, livermore 101 and san jose reaching 98 degrees. So well talk more about this and the weekend forecast. Mike, youre seeing at least one of our jams clearing. I just saw this as we came back out of the commercial break, starting the show at 6 30, a much easier flow for 880 southbound at 66, we had two right lanes blocked. Tow trucknd no majo backup from about 23rd, should qly lig. Getting toward the bay bridge, westbound for 580 and northbound for 880, those avenues are moving smoothly. The berkeley curve sees a build coming off of the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The south bay shows the only other issue is north 680, and. E widespread Power Outages across the bay area leaving tens of thousands without electricity. Most of the electricity is back on but at one point there were 54,000 pg e customers without power in in a marin county alone. Most outages have been restored in larksp sausalito a corte madera. Pg e crews cleared up the but as you can imagine the ntra outages made it tough for many families fighting without air conditioning. It itin all of this. Pg e is still investigating that cause. At 6 32, new overnight another busy morning for firefighters in southern santa clara county. A brush fire flaring up along highway 101 in gilroy. Kris sanchez is there live. A combination of high heat, dry brush making things prone to fire. Reporter yes you can see how much dry brush there is here along the highway, highway 101 here in gilroy and thats where the fire took off and it took off pretty quick. Smo smell of smoke is still in the air. This was the scene when it happened about 3 00 this morning off highway 101 where east luchesa avenue crosses underneath. Ed the progressftuion was way more ser in south san jose yesterday where only firefighters stood between the flames and those homes near santa teresa boulevard. About 75 acres burned before firefighters could put it out and though about 15 homes were evacuated, everybody got to go home eventually by the end of the night. That fire was sparked by a car crash that brought down a power pole. In california, 95 of wildfires are caused by people, mostly unintentionally, so cal fire reminds us to use power tools to landscape only before 10 00 in the morning so they dont spark a fire, never when its windy or too hot the last couple of days and maintain your vehicle making sure nothing iind and creating sparks, so certainly if you have a crash or an emergency on the side of the road, dont pull in to the high dry grass. I talked with meteorologist kari hall who says there is no red flag warning right now, because the winds are very calm, but weve had a run of really hot days, and that has really cooked and dried out all of this grass and this brush alongside our roadways, and on our hillsides as well so we are still in fire danger and it is wildfire season. In gilroy, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Kris, thank you. 6 . N in a few hours an assault suspect is expected to be in court. The man allegedly caught on camera attacking a woman as she tried to enter her building along the embarcadero. The video stirred up controversy over a new nearby Navigation Center some say will create more problems. 25yearold Austin Vincent was yreleased from jail after he yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to several felony charges. The judge allowed his release, despite the d. A. Recommending to keep vincent in custody. The San Francisco Police Officers association is demanding an investigation into the judge and says the judges decision to release the suspect puts the public in danger. I do believe he needs some Mental Health intervention and theres places they can put him to keep himself and the public safe and the judge didnt allow that to happen. The victim said she wants the judge removed from the bench all together. Bate is responding to homeless and cleanup issues at some of its stations. Many passengers have recently taken to social media to raise concerns about dirty needles left behind and Homeless People sleeping in hallways. The Transit Agency is planning to hire 15 new cleaners over the next six months. New employees will be focusing on cleaning the stations in downtown San Francisco on a weekly basis. 6 35 right now. Deliberations in the ghost ship warehouse trial will now enter a third week, as no verdict was reached. Jurors requested to rehear testimonies of witness carmen brido yesterday. Brido lived in the warehouse and told the jury she was there on the night of the deadly fire. They are focusing on fire safety conversations that took place during communal meetings. The jury w a few hours, demonstrators plan to gather in palo alto in front of headquarters of palanter. They demand the company end its contract with i. C. E. A public Radio Station in new york is reporting the story, says the agency is using palanters technology for deportation. The company has not commented. The rally comes a day after a federal Appeals Court in San Francisco denied an immigration claim by the u. S. Government. The feds claimed immigrant children may not necessarily need soap while temporarily in custody. Breaking news weve been following, israel appeared to budge slightly overnight giving kongwoman Rashida Tlaib permission to visit relatives in the west bank. This comes a day after israel said it was barring her and representative Representative Ilhan Omar from visiting the company. Craig boswell is with us with more information. Lots of developments in this. First President Trump taking credit overnight in a rally in manchester, new hampshire, for economic success while ignoring the recent volatility on wall street. President trump at a rally in new hampshire, saying the economy will tank if he is not reelected. But you have no choice but to vote for me, because your 401 k s down the tubes, everythings going to be down the tubes. Reporter the speech coming a day after stocks plummeted sparking new recession fears amid an escalating trade war with china. Looking ahead six months to 12 months, if peoples anxiety grows as the trade war gets worse all bets are off. Reporter the trip off for two democratic congresswomen after the president pressured israel to block a planned visit this sunday by representatives ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib. They want to do boycotts and said horrible things about jewish people. The notion that you are barred from countries because of your points of view, this has to be fought by people on all sides of the political spectrum. Reporter israels Prime Minister said the cosss pl to meet with humanitarian groups in the west bank showed the sole intention was to harm israel. This morning israel granted representative tlaib permission to visit family in the west bank for humanitarian purposes. Tlaib is the daughter of palestinian immigrants and posted a picture of her grandmother calling israels initial decision a sign of weakness. Tlaib decided not to visit her family in the west bank, calling these oppressive circumstances, both sides of the aisle across the country have really criticized this initial decision to block these two congresswomen from that visit. Marcus and laura, back to you. A lot of backandforth with this story. Thank you, craig. 6 39 right now. Weather and traffic together. Lets check in with mike. Good news in the south bay, laura. Were looking at better speeds already, even within the last few minutes, word they cleared the big rig 680 at montague expressway. Speed sensors are starting to improve, a short backup from ho hoffstetter. 101 a build and 87 as well. This is true to form for friday. A lot of south bay schools came on line yesterday, cupertino, santa clara unified both came on line for their classes as well. San jose earlier in the week, were showing a smooth drive typical of a friday at any time of the year. South 880 is recovering a bit, the issue by the coliseum as well. Were ready to escort the heat out of the bay area this weekend. Fun times this weekend. Yes, and for some kids they havent made it back to school yet, well celebrate the last weekend before School Starts and its a nice one. Were going to reach into the upper 80s in some of our warmer spots. The bay reaching 81 and the coast staying in the upper 60s and well also see some fog on sunday near the coast, while the valleys only reach about 85 degrees. Were also hoping that you help us clear the shelters this weekend, get the family all together, head to the berkeley humane society, and check out what theyll h marcus and wl be there and all around the bay area will be participating in clear the shelters. We have details on nbcbayarea. Com. After you adopt your pet, maybe spend some extra time outside, it will be in the low 70s there. We also have the festival of india happening in fremont, and this is going to be a great way to spend some time outside, and also celebrate the culture. Well be in the upper 70s during the middle of the day, and that continues on sunday as well. If youre planning to go down to carmel valley, expect a high of 89 degrees today, but it will be much cooler by the end of the weekend, as we see a few more clouds rolling by and in napa valley look at how our temperatures change from today upper 90s but by the end of the weekend were seeing a high of 77 degrees. If youre planning to go to the sierra, a live look at squaw valley, well reach 80 degrees today. Tomorrow were up to 79 degrees, and then a high of 75 degrees on sunday. Follow me on facebook, twitter an am karihallweather fill me in on Community Events or let me know where youre headed and i can give you the forecast. Thanks, kari. Coming up next on day in the bay, one of our top this wg a lot of people who ride b. A. R. T. In Contra Costa County. Meet the girl taking the Little League by storm. Her message, at 6 50. Taking a look at the big board, the dow is up 100 points. The dow jumped 200 points, capping another wild week on wall street. Well have more after the break. It is 6 42. Youre watching today in the bay. Good friday morning. It is 6 45 and our microclimate weather alert continues. A very hazy start to the day, as we take a live look outside in the south bay, headed over to santa clara for our temperature trend, as the kids go to school today, its going to be in the 70s. 60s, and you head out to 91 degrees by early afternoon. Well talk about a much cooler weekend, and the rest of that forecast, in less than five minutes. And 880 past the coliseum, looks great. The southbound side believe it or not that was jammed about 20 minutes ago. That is cleared now and northbound getting toward the bay bridge a little slowing just because of that, look at that no problems for the travel times. Speaking of that traffic a big heads up for people trying to get around the east bay this weekend. If youre using b. A. R. T. Or driving along a particular stretch of Contra Costa County you might hit delays. Today in the bays bob redell is live to tell us why one project is important enough to cause all these problems. Bob . Reporter bate tracks will be shut down between walnut creek b. A. R. T. Behind me and orinda this weekend. This is the first of six weekend shutdowns taking place through october including labor day weekend. County connection and ac transit will be providing Free Bus Service between the stations during the weekend shutdowns to help those who rely on the stops and also on the roads well see some issues there, starting at 11 00 tonight and running through the weekend and two left lanes along highway 24 eastbound here in lafayette station and oak hill road closed to position a 265ton crane and other equipment used for the repairs. As far as repairs are, b. A. R. T. Crews are replacing 50yearold track components which b. A. R. T. Says it will improve noise level on trains and give passengers a smoother ride. I think its terrific. You got to fix things and do maintenance. Otherwise things break down. Well, it is what it is. It does need some improvements, yes. Reporter b. A. R. T. Hopes these improvements will benefit riders for decades to come but even with the buses in place between orinda and walnut creek stations riders should expect delays up to 40 minutes and drivers the people headed on eastbound highway 24 delays of up to 30 minutes. Reporting live at walnut creek, b. A. R. T. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks for the latest there, bob. 6 47 right now. Despite being the Worlds Largest legal pot market, new numbers say californias black market is still booming. A new report says for every dollar users spend on products legally, 3 are being spent illegally. Heavy tax rates are blamed on the illicit sales. There is some good news for the struggling legal market, it is expected to grow to 3. 1 billion by next year. One of san joses most popular art instaugss is coming back but not everyone is happy about the price tag. Sonic runway wracked up more than 1 million social media posts in four months and it was near the San Jose City hall. Its costing about a half Million Dollars in taxpayer money to bring it back. Some feel like that money could have been spent better. Others say theyre happy its making a comeback. Reporter do you think 500,000 is steep . Yes, that is a lot of money. Its worth it, man. The arts is everything. People and culture is everything. What else do we have otherwise . San jose mayor sam liccardo says unlike the first fourmonth run, the coming installation will be owned by the city and it will be around for years. Breaking a Glass Ceiling with a home run, one player a second baseman for the midwest champs who is standing out is taking a swing at history. Thats right, 12yearold maddie fraking from minnesota is the only girl in this years tournament and the last girl since Monique Davis played last year. We caught up with her last night. Everybody treats me just like im another guy on the team. Never hear them say oh, its a girl. Thats right. You hear more of that interview, stay tuned to the today show come up after today in the bay at 7 00 a. M. Lets get straight to the forecast right now. Baseball weather summer is hanging on, right, kari . It will be very hot today and if you cant get out there early, we continue our microclimate weather alert, as we get ready for another hot day. Look at how hazy it is at the golden gate bridge, as the sun comes up, and so this is because weve seen a little bit of fog, a little bit of smoke mixed in and also high levels of ozone as our temperatures start to heato the most unhealthy air quality today as well as the Santa Clara Valley as we spare the out the door for school this morning, getting readiy ofor a t day that starts out mild. I think shorts will be comfortable all throughout the day, even as you head to school. Its going to really heat up again today, in parts of the east bay, concord, were up to 102 degrees. For san jose expect a high of 97, well above normal temperatures start to come down tomorrow. And whatever Outdoor Activities you have to do, try to get it done before noon. I think even in livermore, by noon, were too hot to be outside. You want to make sure if you are out there working youre staying hydrated. Mo will be most comfortable at ing. So our temperatures quickly heating up as you are getting dressed, once again all about the summer gear today, mainly sleeveless shirt and shorts or Something Like that. If you can wear that to work, its going to help you feel more comfortable. The High Pressure starts to ease off this weekend, thats whats caused it to be so hot and as we go into the weekd, and also some fog near the coast. Going into next week, there will be a storm system approaching the Pacific Northwest and for us thats going to provide some relief for the coastal areas, but for the valleys, those warmer temperatures really return, so were looking at some dangerous heat again today and for tomorrow, it feels much better, breezy winds, highs in the upper 80s and some mid 80s in some of our warmer spots on sunday, but look at next week were back in the low to mid90s by midweek and in San Francisco the fog is back early tomorrow morning. Mike, friday allows for more of a resilient commute. Thats right, which means basically the speeds have recovered and two spots we had earlier problems. Right here the top of the screen north 680 barely any slowing now as you are headed up toward montague expressway right here. Barely any slowing headed up toward milpitas because of the earlier issue with the disabled big rig cleared north 101 a little build, 280 85 tiny bits showing up, same thing for highway 87, sameh thursday, a l and later for the build. No problems out of south county or across the Santa Cruz Mountain this is rn or across 92. Kari showed those temperatures were anything the only ones below 80 degrees all over the bay. Highway 4 recovering from an earlier disabled vehicle around bailey thats out of lanes. Mild slowing out of antioch and toward concord. Walnut creek one of the cities affected by that b. A. R. T. Closure all the way over to orinda, this stretch of the b. A. R. T. Line bus users will use this weekend because of the track work bob has been talking about and the smooth flow of traffic toward the bay bridge, no problems but no clearing at the bay bridge, just there, slowly making your way through the toll plaza. Sun in your eyes over from San Francisco, and sun at your back as you travel toward san rafael. Back to you. Thank you so much, mike. Happening now, california isnt the only place for wildfire concerns. Hundreds of homes south of denver are being evacuated right now. A wildfire has burned 13 acres so far but dangerously close to neighborhoods. At least 300 homes are under evacuation orders. Air support could start as the sun rises there. The cause of the fire is under investigation right now. Next here on today in the bay, a quick look at our top stories and were going to start with the overnight brush fire in the south bay. Our photographer caught this, he drove past it on his way to work. How close the flames came to highway 101 in just the latest fire scare in 24 hours. Plus a night at one point more than 50,000 people across the north bay went without electricity. Were going to take a look at the outages as the extreme heat returns for a third day. We have much more ahead for you right here on today in the bay. Were back in two minutes. Youre watching today in the bay. Welcome back to you on this friday morning before you head out the door, here are the top stories were covering on today in the bay. Our top story another day of scorching temperatures for parts of the bay area. Weve issued a microclimate weather alert for a Third Straight day, in just a few minutes kari hall will have another look at that forecast for you. Its a hot morning for us. The power is back on for thousands of people who had it suddenly shut off last night. This is video from larkspur. A pg e Company Spokesperson told us t still dont know the cause of the widespread outage. Approximately 60,000 customers lost power in marin alone. Most of the power was restored by 1 30 this morning. Its 6 57. New this morning, another fire scare overnight in southern santa clara county. A live look along highway 101 in gilroy, things quiet now but that certainly wasnt the case just a couple of hours ago. Arus was passing the fire just after it happened about 3 00 in the morning. Crews were able to put it out quickly. Yesterday afternoon firefighters had their hands full as well working to contain a small brush fire in south san jose that, one near santa teresa and bailey. Kaiser permanente workers across the state set to go on strike. 37,000 employees voted in favor of walking off the job, in october. They range from registered nurses and xray technicians to phone operators and janitors. All of them have been working under an expired National Contract since september. Strict new rules could translate to more ebikes hitting the streets in San Francisco. According to the examiner city officials are saying lyft which owns some of the bikes must make them available at all times. That move comes after the company has struggled to keep a minimum number on the streets. If it cant, insiders tell the paper that San Francisco could get more Ebike Companies to operate within the city. Recently lyft pulled its fleet after two caught fire. Happening today, Silicon Valleys comicon kicks off. Crews have been busy getting San Jose Convention center ready for the big event. Those doors open later today at noon. So its going to be a lot of fun times out there for a lot of people. Its indoors so theres air conditioning which is nice. Were going to experience one more hot day before the cooling happens. Its going to cool off a lot tomorrow, and some upper 80s in some of our warmer spots. 84 degrees on sunday inland and then were going to start to warm up again next week so enjoy that cooldown while it lasts. San francisco some pretty big cooling there, as the fog returns early tomorrow morning. We have some problems earlier, but ter vveume of traffic is still out there. We see live looks out here, 880, oakland, southbound was jammed up but a half hour to clear up and it is completely back at speed. Palo alto the other side of the bay just fine, 101 no problems this morning after an earlier crash at 4 30. The san mateo bridge slows because its popular. Indeed. That does it for us this morning on today in the bay. If you think you missed something, we want to get you caught up with Facebook Live in a few minutes, after the show. Thats right and 7 25, every half hour after that, weve got lo nupdates. Join us for our midday news at 11 00 and 12 00. Have a great day. Lucky to be al. A plane carrying good morning. Lucky to be alive. A plain carrying nascar legend Dale Earnhardt jr. And his family skids off the runway and bursts into flames. The fact no one was injured, were extremely lucky, blessed. This morning, the dramatic escape and the question how this happened. 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