People from all corners of the bay area will flock to the beaches, contract and spread covid and take it home with them. Before you come to half moon bay, dont worry about politics at all, wear a mask, period. Reporter mayor adam ivan admits it will be hard to enforce the rules to wear a mask and social distance on the beaches this weekend. Town has a small police force, hes hoping visitors will do the right thing on their own like this family. Were Wearing Masks all the time, we try at least. My daughter is four years old and shes trying to wear her mask all the time too. We are trying to keep private. We come here and see others involved, concerned about social distancing as well. Its a group effort with everybody practicing social distancing. Reporter more than 66,000 people have tested positive in bay area since the pandemic began. But visitors are not worried about it here. Because its outdoors, on a bike, not getting within six feet of anyone. Riding a bike with mask on is taxing, i have a mask when i go indoors. Not for this activity. Reporter mayor welcomes the tourism to survive but hopes the beachgoers follow the rules. Deciding whether or not to close for labor day weekend. Dont want the virus to spread, everybody wants to be done with this thing. Santa cruz police are banning vendors from selling in key areas where its too crowded and not enough space. Banned along the beach, whatever and west cliff. Carmel is taking a close look at beaches. Walk, run, swim, surf, cant bring food, coolers or hang out in large groups and fines, violators could be fined up to 500. Even easier than heading to the beach to stay cool is turning on ac if youre lucky enough to have it. Pg e says thats putting a strain on the power grid. Graph from cal iso. More people using energy throughout the day, peak usage around 5 00. Statewide flex alert in place until 10 00 tonight, ceiling fans instead of ac, drawing Window Coverings and turn off unnecessary lights. Then there are cooling centers. Contra costa county has three district offices. Face covering and social distancing are required. Open again monday and tuesday 1 00 to 5 00 in the afternoon. Other cooling centers will be open in the heat wave. We have list of their locations on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Firefighters are working in extreme heat to get handle on the lake fire in southern california. Scorched more than 11,000 acres, five structures have been destroyed. 12 contained now, strong winds and excessive heat making it hard for firefighters to get a handle on it. Look at this, time lapsed view of the fire. You can see the big plumes of smoke coming out of that canyon. Today California Governor Gavin Newsom undaunted by lawsuits and criticism says ready for distance learning. State has provided the support for the safety first approach. Robert handa from san jose, one school had students briefly on campus to get ready. Reporter students and parents got to come to school to get what theyll need for classroom instruction at home. Today about 170 students, incoming sixth graders to Shepherd Middle School showed up for ipads from Verizon Wireless and starter kit for online instructions starting tuesday. 11yearold is ready. Excited for my classes. Reporter you like online classes . Its quieter in house, more space. Reporter Governor Newsom said the primary objective is make online schooling interactive and easy to navigate. Biggest thing is access, access, access, getting message out to families is key. Small groups, getting more oneonone and small group instruction, then bringing group back together. Reporter program called impact. Work with the teachers, support the students to keep them engaged and help with social Emotional Learning as well. Reporter put together impressive list of resources to hopefully translate to a positive School Experience away from school. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. The state is finished reporting the backlog of cases. Today the state reported 7,900 new cases, 4,400, more than half from the data glitch in july. Unreported until today. Even with so many results officially reported were way down from the peak earlier this week of 12,500 cases. As weve been reporting, getting people to wear masks to stop the spread of coronavirus is a challenge. Six counties have passed ordinances saying they can fine you not wearing a mask where and when you should be. But will they . Look at the penalties and how theyre playing out. We would all be wearing the same mask if it matters. Can put me on facebook, i dont care. Reporter scenes like this one, woman refusing to wear a mask, are why many say its time to crack down. You should know this is serious, and we need everyone to cooperate. People not spracooperating i what prompted the board of supervisors to pass emergency ordinance authorizing the county to issue fines to people and businesses not complying. Still getting calls every day from Dance Studios to restaurants. Reporter Contra Costa County is fielding lots of complaints but havent started issuing tickets yet. Special citations need to be printed up. Plan to issue warnings first, saving the fines for repeat offenders. We can now fine them and will if absolutely necessary. Reporter checked in with all six counties but not a single one has written a ticket yet. Lot of people are in denial about the virus and arent taking it seriously. Reporter many think its time to get tough, lucinda said her family doing whatever they can to stay safe, take masks wherever they go and people who dont need to face consequences. People know the law, when people speed, enforcement has to give them tickets, same thing. Reporter Contra Costa County will begin enforcing actively and writing tickets by end of the month. San francisco Fitness Studios has new muscle in demand to reopen. Moving equipment and coaching to the sidewalk. Saying not fair that physical therapists can operate indoors and they cant. Now a attorney is demanding explanation within seven days. Claims in recent meeting local Health Official couldnt give a solid reason why some personal services couldnt reopen safely. As america prepares for election day, reliability of the u. S. Postal service is becoming a certain. Usps running out of money. President trump admitted he was purposefully blocking funding for the post office to limit number of people to vote by mail. Said would allow it to go forward if democrats give him the relief bill he wants. Its not what i want but what the American People want. s President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both requested mailin ballots from florida. Flare up on the other side of the bay, what the refinery says caused it. Opening restaurant in pandemic, owners of new spot in San Francisco say despite the timing it works. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, dangerous heat today but ill show you when it cools down and few showers move close to the bay area in about seven minutes. When we welcome our west coast viewers tonight, warning to states from the u. S. Postal service about counting your vote as the president sows doubt about mailin voting. Well have the latest. Also investigation into death of teen at youth facility and troubling pattern on nbc nightly news. Unsettling sight on a blistery today. Smoke pouring out from refinery. Told it was caused by issue in processing unit. From sky ranger, richmond fire issued level one warning to the community, lowest level. Said there was no threat to air quality. Searching for person who caused assault that left victim badly hurt. All on camera on colfax street. Man on the right walks up to man in shorts and pushes him. Not clear what led up to the exchange. Californias ban on high capacity gun magazines has been thrown out. Banned magazines with more than ten bullets. Came in wake of deadly attack in san bernardino. The judges overturned it on grounds it violates the second amendment. Hasnt decided whether to ask the full panel to take up the issue or appeal to the u. S. Supreme court. Lake tahoe, locals are protesting influx of tourists in the pandemic. Truckee, meyers, Incline Village and kings beach. Not just complaining about the spread of the virus but says theres a litter epidemic. Some of the signs protesters are waving this weekend will say dont trash our home. San francisco eatery is bucking the odds, opening new location in the middle of the pandemic, its on the edge of chinatown, neighborhood hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from covid19. In San Francisco, she spoke with the owner about grand owning in the midst of closures. Reporter owner said he had a plan in november, the place designed and set up for pickup orders, no indoor or outdoor seating. And despite the challenges facing the industry and neighborhood, thinks can work. Chinatown taqueria. Reporter about to open second eatery in San Francisco. Mixture of korean and mexican food. They can come get it. Reporter designed to order, grab and go. Lot of businesses are closing. Hate to see this, but see it as motivation. Reporter first location Near Union Square and admits that business is way down but hes making it work. I was able to get ppe which helped me a lot. Brought all my employees back. Wish him all the luck in the world. Reporter in chinatown, theres big effort to bring visitors back after stigma of the virus hit businesses early and hard. Grant avenue is offered as Outdoor Dining room. Betty liu is with business association, seeing an uptick. A lot of stores wont make it due to many reasons. Reporter remains determined and points out restaurant is influenced by his mother. Fellow restauranteur who had to change. I told me, even now, this is just continuation of the legacy of your restaurant. Still fighting, been two years, shes healthy. Christie smith, nbc bay area news. We hope its successful. Doesnt matter what town you lived it, talk of the town was heat. I know. On my drive to work, thermometer never got below 100. High as 107. From the inland valleys to the coastline, sun blasting on me, after 10 to 15 minutes, got to head inside. Lets get perspective on this heat. Whenever we get this hot, always good to look at the numbers. One of our hottest typically is livermore. I did the research, hottest august day was 112 degrees in 1998. Where do we sit compared to that . So far today, 106. Not alltime record but definitely a sweltering day out there. Alltime hottest ever in livermore, 113 degrees. Today was hottest over the next seven days but staying near the century mark ahead. Bring you into the forecast. I want to take you to walnut creek camera towards concord. Up to 107 today, right now dropped to 106. But thing i really want to point out, some of you do not have air conditioning in some of the hottest locations and were still looking at mid80s at 10 00 p. M. , thats dangerously hot inside your house. Make sure youre Drinking Water and staying hydrated, this heat can catch up extremely fast. Heres the pattern and setup, High Pressure bringing in the heat but also a little bit of humidity will bring showers close by. So were going to go over that in the sevenday forecast. I want to turn it into what we can expect for another, another start with mild 70s, no jacket needed in trivalley, 77, south bay at 75. Quick warming in the east bay. 76. San francisco 69, and north bay at 73. My forecast overall tomorrow, temperatures dropping a couple of degrees, but its hot overall. 102 in morgan hill, 100 in los gatos. East bay, 105 in pittsburg, 103 in danville. Palo alto, 96. And San Francisco, mid to upper 80s from downtown to the mission. Could have a few low 90s remaining in downtown. North bay, 100 in santa rosa, 101 in napa. Seems like common sense but remember to drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks. Cool towel on the back of your neck hurts and hot car, could be 30 to 50 degrees hotter inside with windows rolled up. Double check for the kids, pets, everything. Were all busy trying to remember everything, do a double check. San francisco, we have cooling by friday, 69 degrees. Will get here sooner than later. And for the inland valleys, 102 tomorrow, little bit of humidity and sunday, 45 chance of some hours moving close by. Moisture to the south, were going to keep a close eye on it. Right now dont see anything for us but were watching. Eventually down to 90 by next fridays forecast. We have plenty of heat coming our way, some relief next friday. Janelle and garvin, i used this infrared thermometer i use for cooking to get a read on this sidewalk. Ill do it again fast, in sun, 141 degrees on the sidewalk down here. Wow. Whoa. Yeah. Its just so hot. Remember the pets and little kids feet. Take it seriously but stay hydrated and im sure youll get through it fine. Feet could blister easily. Thanks jeff. Thanks jeff. Definitely, you got it. Coming up, rental runway closing all stores. Why the company cant keep going. I am robert strickler. Ive been involved in communications in the media for 45 years. Ive been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. For me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. And i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. It has helped me an awful lot. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. The pandemic has taken a toll on many retailers. Latest is rent the runway. Closing five locations around the country, including San Francisco. Instead will focus on growing network of drop box locations. Business model revolves around women renting for special events, which came to halt when the pandemic hit. Big bay area names are doing their part to help hungry children. Kaiser is donating through steph and Ayesha Currys foundation. Access sto regular meals, education and a safe place to play. Were parents ourselves, we know firsthand how critical it is to a childs development having those three things that are just basic things, a necessity in making building amazing children and some children dont have access to that. Want to change that. Their foundation has given about a million meals to kids in need. Mountain view police force has a new officer, super cute and super fluffy, next. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. Tonight at 6 00, uneasiness over mailin ballots, talk to the secretary of state as the post Office Issues warnings about the upcoming election. One group of voters that could have ballots not counted in time, 6 00 news cast. Ivy League Universities accused of discrimination, twoyear investigation by justice department. Lester holt in about one minute. Mountain View Police Department has new addition to the team. Atlas, they tweeted out this photo. Hes no space cadet, hes the center of his partners universe. Has one of the longest running canine programs in northern california, atlas can play with other canine officers as he helps serve Mountain View community. Thats one good looking dog. Very handsome dog to serve and protect. Sevenday forecast, excessive heat warning, especially inland next five to six days. Hang in for another week before the cooldown on friday. Always strange looking forward to 97 as one of the cool days. I know. Go outside, golden gate bridge, blue skies, beaches at 70s and 80s. Lot will be there, keep your distance, wear a mask, if you can stay home, that would be great. Try to stay cool and hydrate. See you at 6 00. Tonight the escalating battle over the u. S. Post office, mailin ballots may be delivered too late to be counted in the november election. President trump even as he attacks mailin voting requesting his own absentee ballot. The postmaster general he appointed under fire and barack obama weighing in, accusing President Trump of trying to kneecap the post office. Also, the president adding fuel to a baseless birther Conspiracy Theory about kamala harris. A u. S. Citizen, born in america the Biden Campaign firing back. Thestruggle to reopen schools, the one county where 80 stud