National forest. At least three homes and several cars have burned. Thankfully, so far, no reported is injuries. Here at home, hot weather means fire danger. It also means the potential for planned Power Outages from pg e. Last year that caused a lot of problems, especially for small businesses. We are joined from los gatos on how theyre handling this, robert. Rememb reporter when temperatures start hitting about 100 degrease, ydegreases, you dont have to tell cal fire about fire deng ir. The white hearst fire that burned in 2008 started from a lightning strike. One of several lightningcaused fires that cal fire responded to that year. Today fire crews at the alma station reviewed the Response Plan for hotweather lightning storms. The unit has to be ready, because unlike other fires, lightning can strike in remote areas and in more than one spot. We may have to split the crews and a few more firefighters on the other fire. Whether its multiple strikes, lightning strikes with precipitation or light mining strikes with no precipitation or virga, well review that and make sure our firefighters have an understanding of what is anticipated. Reporter cal fire crews at morgan hill command center are monitoring the lightning situation, moving out from Southern California your fires have cal fire resources stretched to the limit. With the heat, with everything going on in Southern California, we have a lot of resources sent from Santa Clara County to Alameda County to assist. Reporter as if hot weather and lightning werent enough, crews have to deal with the required equipment needed to deal with a fire during a pandemic. Thank you, robert. Cooling centers will be open during the heat wave. Weve posted the list of locations on our website at nbcbayarea. Com. As the school year begins, frustration is durning into legal action. Some parents are suing governor newsom, because his restrictions are keeping campuses closed. We now how it works. If your county is on the state watch list, most schools cannot reop reopen for inperson teaching. All of our counties are on that list. Christie smith details the parents legal case. Reporter some of the parents shared stories of how their children were affected when schools closed. And the Attorney Says what the state imposed is really onesizefits all. The School Semester will look different during the democrpand. They are suing over those tha that that require mostly online instruction. She joined parents to speak out. My daughter, socially and emotionally has struggled. My son, through lack of interaction with peers and teachers has become more withdrawn and detached. Reporter Harmeet Dhillon is representing the group. What we are seeking in the lawsuit is that the governor get out of the way and let local parents, local school boards, and Small Schools make these decisions themselves to open safely. Reporter dillon says a range of political backgrounds are represented. Meantime, in cities like San Francisco, families are making plans. Theresa ariaga says while Distance Learning hey hot be ideal, most in thesy belie city its the safest at the moment. Families may not have somebody with a flexible schedule and they are getting outside help. For working families without extra resources it is really challenging. Reporter christie smith, nbc bay area news. Each day presents new challenges. Tony thurman spoke with us about navigating these uncertain times. Theres no question, this is the biggest challenge weve ever experienced in our lifetime, but as it relates to kids still getting a quality education, there are ways we can do that. I wan teachers, everyone is working hard. Were going to keep our kids safe and make sure they get a good education. The state is discussing child care pods, which would provide child care for working parents. It would have to be in districts not on the California Watch list. Stanfords campus will remain empty. For freshmen, sophomore and transfer students. In an email, they have scrapped the plans. Now most inperson classes have switched to remote instruction, and housing will only be offered to people in special circumstances. Stanford added that if allowed, they would be back only for the winter quarter. Juniors and seniors would have to wait until potentially the spring quarter to come back. Weve been watch beiing key indicators for months. Now it shows that the virus is declining across california, that includes hospitalizations and positivity rate. One number is still on the rise. This shows the number of daily covid deaths statewide. Lower numbers in april, may and june, but then it spikes. The peak hits july 31st with 219 deaths. The state reported 160 new deaths today. Okay, waiting to reopen. Theres one place that hasnt been able to reopen yet. Hoping for the green light soon. Happy hollow park and zoo in san jose. Janelle wang joins us with how its surviving with really no income coming in at all. Reporter yeah, nothing coming in. Fortunately, the San Francisco and oakland zoos are back open, but happy hollow, like you said, not yet. Its been closed since mid march. Its been five months, jessica. Its had to make budget cuts. Zookeepers are still working because they have to care for the 150 animals on the property. Fortunately, they will survive the pandemic because its owned and operated by the san jose parks and rec. Department and supported by happy hollow foundation. Yeah, so we dont have a reopening date yet, but we have definitely taken a safetyfirst approach and our happy hollow team has develop add very robust reopening plan. At this point, the plan is going through a thorough review process by the city of san joses Emergency Operations center to enlusure compliance wh all of the guidelines. Reporter when it does reopen, masks and a brief Health Screening will be required before entry, and only the two zoo sections will open first with a new virtual tour. Youre going to have to make a reservation first. Safari west in santa rosa has been doing that since it reopened. Its lost millions of dollars in recent years because of the pandemic and a wildfire. But the owners are happy it to see visitors again. You lose it much quicker than you can remake it. Its going to be interesting, yeah. But we one of the lucky ones. We able to reopen. We have all the space in the world for people to dine. Weve remodelled our vehicles, our safarigoing vehicles and done everything we can to make guests completely comfortable. And our phones been ringing off the hook. Reporter owner peter lang, you probably remember him, he singlehandedly saved the park during the fire in 2017 using hoses and moving the animals to safety. He had to choose to save his home or the animals. He ended up choosing the animals and rebuilding his home. So this family can weather just about anything. They call him a hero at the parks, but hes very modest and uncomfortable with that name. Back to you guys. Its a magical spot for so many families. The senate adjourned for its annual august recess, that means summer vacation, and they left without passing a new relief bill which would give more money to those who have lost their jobs. Mitch mcconnell smoke from thmc floor saying democrats are only pretending to negotiate. Nancy pelosi posted this on twitter. While on recess the members of congress could return with 24 hours notice if there is agreement. Kamala harris and joe biden hit the campaign trail, trying to show americans how a Bidenharris Administration would governor. Th they spoke to reporters about their plan to fight covid. Biden called for a National Mask mandate while harris attacked President Trump for failed leadership. Every single american should be wearing a mask when they are outside for the next three months at the minimum. There may be some grand gestures offered by the current president about a vaccine. But it really doesnt matter until you can answer the question, when am i going to get vaccinated . President trump responded in his own coronavirus briefing, criticizing the democratic nominee as playing politics with the virus. Well, joe biden has been playing politics from the sidelines. He has no clue. Weve been solving problems and delivering tremendous results. The president later criticized bidens plan for a National Mask mandate telling him he shouldnt tell governors what is best for their own states. Less than a second from disaster. This body cam video showing a Police Officer saving a man stuck on the train tracks in his wheelchair. With the train barrelling toward them. Plus, bringing the concert to you. Were going to introduce you to a San Francisco musician finding a way to keep the music alive and a way to bring people together during the pandemic safely. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. If you thought it was hot today, we have a big surge in temperatures tomorrow. Ill show you where we could get close to 110 degrees minutes. When we part of my conversation with the head of the cdc about the safety of sending kids safely back into the classroom, also viewing history through a modern lens and how its changing how and what kids learn, when we see you back here tonight. Ntral valley. With no time to spare she pulled a man to safety from his wheelchair on the tracks. Trying to get him out. Can you get up . Get up, get up, get up. Amazing. This is body cam coverage from lodi Police Officer. She saw the man stuck on the tracks at the same time the crossing arms started coming down. She quickly ran toward him as you saw, pulled him out of the chair. The wheelchair was stuck, she pulled him out of chair. They both fell to the ground, and as you can see, that train whizzing by. The 66 reyearold man was takeo the hospital with a leg injury. The officer is okay. Were hearing more details about how Santa Clara County will enforce its face mask fines. 5,000 for businesses, but the new law is motnot about punishm. Leaders say its about public safety. Fines can be appealed. It will also be used as a last resort. This is about making sure that theres a tool to handle those situations. So first, there will be education and outreach. And then, you know, there will be efforts to say, look, you need to come into compliance, and this is what you need to do to do so. Five other counties also have mask fines. Theyre san mateo, marin, sonoma, napa and contra costa counties. Its our new way of life, getting things delivered. Most times its meals and deliveries. Something very different being delivered, something that feeds the soul. Garvin thomas shares that. Reporter in the language of music, a rest is a moment of silence. But for andrew st. James Everybody Needs a new reporter the rest that covid19 imposed was way too long for him to tstay quiet. It is why andrew and scott padden have temporarily traded playing San Franciscos clubs and concert halls for its doorsteps and driveways. At just 25, andrew would see his t star grow on the music scene, regularly performing and producing shows around the city. 2020 was going to be a busy year, until it wasnt. Sitting around and doing nothing, yeah. Straight out doing nothing. Calling friends and complaining. Reporter but it was kmiwhil commiserating with Ashley Graham that the two came up with this idea, playing socially distant, mini concerts for anyone who asked for one, for free. Well, i went down to see your resurrection reporter it was just friends at first, but then andrew started posting about the gigs on his Instagram Page and requests started coming in from around the city. Reporter he and ashley have put on close to 50 concerts since may. Feels like its become something a little bit broader than i think we really expected it to. Reporter thats because while andrew always knew he would enjoy playing for people, he didnt quite expect how much it would mean to them. And the first time we did it, the reaction from people on the street was really incredible. Reporter ashley and ann drew soon understood, they werent just playing for people who missed live music, they were playing for people who miss, well, people. Its a real privilege, and a real honor, to kind of get to step into peoples lives for 25 minutes and have an exchange with a stranger in a very safe way, but in a really emotional way in some instances. Reporter and andrew and ashley both agree that introducing money into this exchange would, ironically, cheapen it. This way, nothing stands in the way of letting music do what it does best. Bringing people together, or at least as together as we can be these days. Garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. That is lovely hear a little applause. Thats a great story. Jeff ranieris here. Were talking about our hot weather and some of the concerns going with it these next few days, jeff. Yeah, its going to be dangerous. Really, the most, as we head through tomorrow with another big surge in temperatures. We are going well above 101 degrees here for some of those inland cities. Also a little bit humid out here. I know you felt it if you were out here for more than ten to 15 minutes. A little bit more like the east coast outside. Lets get a look over the east bay. This is near concord. Right now, 98 degrees after hitting low 100s, but its going to be a slow dropoff. If you dont have ac, your house is going to have a hard time cooling off. Heres a look at the complex pattern. We have remnants of what was once Tropical Storm alita, pushing in some lightning, thunderstorms and humidity to california. And the bigger item, of course, is this hot air coming from that area of high pressure. This continues to move into place through tomorrow. Certainly, keeping that hot air with us. I wanted to take a look at the humidity and thunderstorms. And you can see the radar layer on top. Thats hittingfornia, only a sle for some thunderstorms for us. But also notice this purple color. Water vapor satellite. You can see the humidity moving up into the bay area. We dont get to use that map much, but its a great tool to show where the more moist and humid air is located. So lets take you down to the heat warning. This for tomorrow, at least through next wednesday, so a heat wave, a prolonged event for us where temperatures will krang from 95 to 109 degrease inland. Closer to the bay, a heat advisory. Check on your elderly neighbors, especially those without air conditioning, and dont forget pets. With the heat, temperatures start warmer, 77 in tri valley. East bay, 76, a little bit of a coastal breeze in San Francisco keeps you at 67 and the north bay 72. Sit down for this. If you are standing up you want to be seated. Temperatures are going to be dangerous hot. You are motnot going to be want to send the kids outside for recess. 105 in morgan hill. Even hotter, i had to bump them up. 102 in martinez. Even close to 100 for redwood city at 97. San francisco, were going into the 80s. 70s in the marina. For the north bay, 102 in sonoma, novato at 104 degrees. 70s next seven days. For the inland valleys, were dw going to 106 tomorrow and staying with upper 90s and low 100s through the next seven days. We talk about the heat, how dangerous it is. Very this infrared heat gun. You can use it for cooking. But you can also use it to get a read on the street or pavement, and some sidewalk material right down here below me is reading 135 degrees. No. In the sun. Yeah. Make sure the pets, definitely, arent walking on this too long and flipflops might be too long on that pavement as well, too. 135 degrees. Good warning there as well. For the first time in months, alcatraz is open, but there are noticeable changes. Yeah. All right, heres a new way to cross the street, hands free. Many of us have been using elbows, feet, and all parts of our body to push the crosswalk button. Today Santa Clara County showed off infrared technology to wave to trigger the walk sign. No touching or contortions required. Oh, my god. Yeah. Everyones creative with their knees, their butts, their elbows, you name it. Everyone is trying to not touch surfaces because of covid19. I forgot about your waist and buttocks. They will install the devices there. I have to admit i do the butt push. Reopening the rock. 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Up next, lester holt joins us, and then well see you again at 6 00. Tonight the showdown between joe biden and President Trump over wearing masks. Biden and running mate Kamala Harris calling for every state in the nation to immediately mandate masks for three months the president coming in front of the cameras late today doubling down on his resistance to a nationwide order. The u. S. Seeing one of the deadliest days in the summer from covid in texas, one in four people tested coming back positive. And my one on one with the cdc director after his dire warning that this fall could be the worst in history. The battle over a school as new guidance from top