It will soon, we just have to make it through today and tomorrow and then well have relief. Today one of the hottest days of not only the week but the year. The heat advisory starts at 11 00. A look at our microclimates, up to 103 in antioch this afternoon. Well talk more about this and that cooling that will be coming soon in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commuters . The last 15 minutes ive been watching slowing coming into cupertino south 280. We see where the arrow is, within the last 90 seconds that slowing cleared. Down to the Construction Zone where you will have two lanes blocked. Well see slowing out of the Altamont Pass starting out early. Theyre doing overnight paving work. C california this week experiencing a sea of change in reopening for business. Leading the way governor gavin newsom who talks exclusively this morning with the today show about a wide range of topics. That includes his vote by mail plan for november which is being met with lawsuits and opposition from president trump. Lets take a listen. We want to prepare to keep people safe and allow them to have their Constitutional Rights protected, the constitutional right to vote without putting their health at risk. Californias new guidelines to reopening houses of worship. Bob redell is following that part of the story. Hell have more for us coming up at 5 00. So phase three means that salons and barber shops are able to see clients again. But only three bay area counties have the green light to move forward. We want to show them to you napa, solano and sonoma counties. They have to follow new guidelines including screening everyone for symptoms and make sure everyone wears masks, gloves, eye protection like goggles or glasses for stylists. Things like shaving, waxes, threading, eyelash extensions and manicures are not. Well, today the first indoor mall in the bay area will reopen to shoppers. The Solano Town Center in fairfield reopens at 11 00 this morning and shoppers will soon see some changes. Not just people but cars must social distance. Theyll have to be parked at least six feet apart. Also a limited number of restrooms will be available for those shoppers. Masks arent required inside the mall but individual stores may insist you wear one. An alert this morning from the south bay. The state and Santa Clara County Health Department are keeping a very close eye on morgan hill after a covid19 outbreak at a fish packing company. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live with more on these growing concerns. Kris . Reporter well, hi there, laura. Were talking about a cluster of 40 Different Cases in just one work place, so clearly there is reason for concern here in Santa Clara County. This is a Fish Processing plant. This is a material that is going out into the public. The girlfriend of a driver at lusa america foods says her boyfriend knew people were testing positive for covid19 but was too afraid to raise concerns about continuing to work there. He was afraid to lose his job. She and others are calling for the plant to be shut down. They should shut down their company, test everybody. He was out in the public. He was always told that he would be fine, just to continue wearing a mask and do the proper precautions. The county stood up testing in collaboration with the company and over the course of a day tested everyone there and identified 38 more people who were positive from the company. Reporter Company Officials release aased a statement sayin that, quote, all employees at the facility have been tested. The majority are asymptomatic and those tested negative will be retested as a precaution. We do know there is more testing scheduled for lusamerica foods later on today. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. 4 35 for you this morning and our next story, we want to warn you some of the images youre about to see may be disturbing. There is continued outrage this morning. This is coming out of minneapolis and really across the country over the death of a black man who died while in police custody. Thats a protest happening in minneapolis. This is the video we were talking about. A bystander captured this incident. It appears to show that officer kneeling on George Floyds neck as he begged for help saying he couldnt breathe. Moments later he went limpless, he wasnt moving. Four Police Officers have been fired over this incident and death. However, lawyers for floyds family say it is not enough. The family believes as many of us that the findings by the police chief and the mayor was the first step to justice, but they want them charged to the full extent of the law. The fbi is now on this case and, of course, were going to keep a close eye on whats happening and will bring you those developments as they happen. More coronavirus news from the bay area. New cases keep popping up. There have now been nearly 13,000 cases. Theres actually a surge were seeing in Alameda County with 112 cases reported. Alameda county remains the hardest hit in the region. A new testing site is opening in Santa Clara County today. It is right off central expressway in mountain view. Testing will start at 9 00 this morning. It ends at 1 00 this afternoon. No appointment or insurance is needed. Another testing site will be available at a Shopping Center off story and king road in san jose on friday. Happening today Santa Clara County leaders will sound the call for more help in getting their Contact Tracer Program off the ground. Contact tracing is considered essential for slowing the spread. But a new mercury news report finds the county has only filled about 57 paid positions it planned to fill. They want to get those hires in place by july. The push is on adding volunteer help. San Francisco Mayor london breed is under fire this morning from homeless advocates with the posting of Text Messages showing her ordering police to conduct homeless sweeps. Advocates obtained those texts through the sunshine ordinance request. Some of them to police chief bill scott and written candidly and seemed to contradict claims San Francisco does not do sweeps. A spokesperson for the Mayors Office tells the examiner the mayor is in contact Constant Contact with various Department Heads including social services and police. 4 38. Coming up on today in the bay, a step forward. L. A. Makes progress in reopening. The big Tourist Spots now open and whats still closed. Plus, disappointing news for sharks fans, why the team wont hit the ice when nhl games resume. Before using olia. My haircolor was less vibrant. I had to rescue it. Olia. Haircolor powered by 60 oils, no ammonia. The color is really rich. It looks healthier than before i colored it. My hairs happy right now. Olia. By garnier, naturally. Right now at 4 41 we are starting out with temperatures already in the 70s in parts of the bay area and normally we have a morning start of about 55 degrees so were way above that. Well talk about how hot it gets for this afternoon, and some relief in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Yes, kari, its hot up here already with all these studio lights in my home studio. Slowing across the Golden Gate Bridge am check out the live camera. Didnt see any problems but looking for whats going on further south coming through the presidio. You will have an issue coming up. Good morning, im Frank Holland at cnbc headquarters. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street is set to open higher, stocks rallied although they closed off the highs of the session. Continued optimism about the reopening of the economy and the hope for a potential Coronavirus Vaccine despite concerns about rising tensions between the u. S. And china. The dow jumping 530 points snapping a twoday losing streak. The index on track for its second straight positive month. Millions of recently unemployed americans are dipping into their retirement savings. A new survey by rank rate finds more than a quarter of working or recently unemployed adults have tapped into their Retirement Funds as an immediate source of income due to the pandemic. Nearly 20 are contributing less to retirement accounts. One quarter were either not contributing before the pandemic or even now. And walmart is getting into the Second Hand Clothing business with thred up. They can return products at their local walmart store. It builds itself as the Largest Online thrift store. Those are your cnbc business headlines. Laura, back over to you. Good to see you, frank. I think you like ice cream. Trending ben jerrys is getting in on the sneaker game. They partnered with nike to create the chunky dunky. The design of the ice cream pint there. So these shoes dropped yesterday, and theyre already sold out online. One of our crew members tried to buy them. Over 1,000. That will buy you a lot of ice cream. Were going to need it today. Another scorcher coming our way, kari . Yes, and it will be hot as we go late in the morning. At noon, 92 degrees. More on this and a cooldown for the weekend coming up. Kari, its been hot overnight for the folks on the road crews. Some clearing a. Freeway reopening. A highway that will be an issue perhaps for much of the morning commute. Were here for you and were open. Wow. Im an original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute better than you . Pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Ive encouraged serena, my best friend, to switch. Feels moisturized and clean. 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Yeah, and when we think about it its usually a lot cooler than that to start out in the morning, and so we only have a couple of hours to get in those Outdoor Activities before it heats up fairly quickly as we get a look at our air quality thats also been another issue. We will see slight improvement today. A little bit more of a breeze but high levels of ozone so if you have breathing problems you may want to limit your time outside, moderate air quality as we get a look at our temperatures and the way the day shapes up, we talked about how fast it heats up and look at the bright pinks we see for the inland areas. By noon, lunch time, were already at 92 degrees in antioch and well see those temperatures reaching into the triple digits today for the inland east bay, but it will stay cooler along the coast with Half Moon Bay at 72 degrees for the rest of the afternoon. Were going to see it cooling off. And then as we go into this evening still a very warm night. This dangerous heat starting to back off by tomorrow as we watch a storm system move up the coast and it will also bring in a chance of spotty showers on saturday. Still lingering clouds on sunday, and well have to watch out for a chance that it could bring in some isolated lightning but, of course, well be watching that as we get closer. Were just trying to make it through the heat. As we see the peak of the heat today still really hot tomorrow. Friday is looking better but with the cooling and the rain chances this weekend we are looking at big improvements at least over the next few days once weep hit the weekend. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . I feel badly because, as you said, its warmer than we have overnight. The crews in cupertino are getting started. South 280 on the map shows you the slowing heading down to 285. It was in the red zone. Now just clearing. Again, it only lasted about five. Theyre moving some equipment, i do think, getting in place because they have two lanes blocked as they have the last couple of days through the Early Morning commute. A smooth drive, though, shouldnt be a major problem. As you drive through the area theres still road work. I believe the southbound side is closed. Northbound should have a reopen. Watch through the presidio. Highway 24 over the caldecott tunnel has cleared from the right bore westbound. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. 4 49. A scare in San Franciscos north beach where a Falling Tree Branch struck five people including a 2yearold. It happened yesterday afternoon at Washington Square park where a witness posted a video. All escaped serious injury. Happening today the start of a pivotal phase of pg e and its effort to emerge from bankruptcy with a confirmation hearing getting under way in San Francisco. Now this is considered the final litmus test for the utility and its 58 billion reorganization plan. It will have to be approved for pg e to exit bankruptcy by july 1st. Businesses won support from a majority of wildfire victims, but critics wonder if pg e will be equipped to increase safety Going Forward or if rate payers will be left to foot the bill. New details in a victory for environmentalists in their battle to make Oil Companies liable. Federal judges rejected a bid by Oil Companies to move californias litigation into federal court. Cities and counties like San Francisco and oakland want compensation from Oil Companies. Judges ruled state courts should hear the cases which some believe may be less sympathetic to big oil. Time is ticking for california lawmakers who are trying to tackle the states massive budget deficit. California faces a 54 million budget shortfall. This is because of the coronavirus. Yesterday Governor Newsom presented his budget proposing a 10 paycut for state workers. Cuts to Public Education and health care. The state assembly criticized the plan and offered another making cuts to highspeed rail projects. The state has until june 15th to approve that budget. L. A. County is actually starting to move a lot deeper into its second phase of reopening calling it a good day for los angeles. Mayor eric garcetti, as of this morning, says that stores can reopen if they meet certain guidelines including limited numbers of people inside. He also announced a popular park was immediately reopening with new restrictions in place but not everyone was impressed with how people followed the rules. Ive been watching about the last ten minutes or so and only 2 out of 15 people have walked in with masks, and there are no rangers here. L. A. County is not yet allowing salons, gyms, or restaurants to reopen their doors for inhouse customers. It is 4 52 right now. Coming up next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Reporter at a time when every penny counts, some upset concert goers say ticketmaster is holding potentially millions of dollars of their money. Now some consumers are heading to court. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Theyll make their case next. Happening now for you, hundreds of hong kong protesters are locked up after new demonstrations. Thousands are rallying against plans by the Chinese Government to impose new National Security laws. The proposed new laws are triggering the first big street unrest in hong kong since last year. When violent protests tore through the city. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Reporter good morning. Weve heard from a lot of folks including abby, rob, marie and tim. Now theres a class action lawsuit. People expect a refund for a show thats not happening. The San Francisco law firm that filed the classaction suit says ticketmaster changed its policy as the pandemic took hold. Here is what the suit says. On march 13th, the ticketmaster policy says refunds would be available for a canceled, postponed or rescheduled event. As of march 14th only canceled shows get refunds. With those tickets to postponed events, those folks have to wait. Ticketmaster says it has to see what the promoter or performer allows. Ticketmaster is the company that made the representation to consumers, set the policy for the ability to get a refund and took consumers money. Reporter ticketmaster says it doesnt comment on pending litigation. Ticketmaster announced it would give refunds for postponed events put on by live nation. Other events, however, remain in limbo. We made a flow chart showing your options. You can see it on our website, nbcbayarea. Com respond. Taking a live look at s. A. P. Center. The nhl is announcing its plan to return to the ice but not for our sharks. Nhl commissioner gary bettman says that after a short Training Camp the league will head straight into the playoffs. The top 12 teams will play in a tournament style playoff in two hub cities that have yet to be named. The sharks are in the midst of one of the worst seasons in team history. Were not in the top so were not playing. Always next year, hopefully. Hopefully. Thats why i said hopefully. 5 57 for you that morning. Coming up on today in the bay, well talk about Governor Newsom sitting down with the today show for an exclusive interview. What hes saying about president trumps lawsuit go californias vote by mail plan for november. Plus just so happy to work again. Its good to be sitting here. Happy dance. I know. Not everyone is dancing, though. Salons in parts of the bay area, some are scrambling to reopen. The one county where people are getting haircuts less than 24 hours after they were given the all clear. We want to prepare to keep people safe and allow them to have their Constitutional Rights protected. Right now at 5 00 an nbc exclusive. What Governor Newsom is now saying about president trumps opposition to send mailin ballots to every registered voter in california. Hear from the governor next. Plus, not ready to return. What a new study is revealing about teachers who are res tant to go back in the classroom even if theyre given the green light. And another microclimate weather alert, and were tracking a Third Straight day of heat waves across the bay area. Where temperatures could reach into triple digits again. And a good morning to you. Thanks so much for starting your morning right here with us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. You can already feel it. Its a warm start and its early, 5 00 in the morning. Is it going to get really hot today, kari . It will. Today will be the hottest day of the week and possibly the hottest day of the year as we continue to have this heat wave with us across the bay area. Take a look at our live view in walnut creek as we get started. I want to show you the temperature trend so you can make some plans. Well be in the upper 60s at 6 00 and you can see it wont be long before were seeing those temperatures reaching into the 90s. Well talk about a weekend cooldown coming up in the forecast. Mike, how is it looking for drivers about to hit the road . The big picture, kari, is pretty go
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