Morning. Teachers in general spend a lot of money in their own classrooms. Tight on funding as students head back to School Across the bay area. Theyre also dealing with shrinking budgets. Ahead, how you can help them and help yourself at tax time. Frontrunners on a mission, President Biden and former President Donald Trump try to win over voters as gop rivals seek to gain ground in critical states. We zero in on the push to the primaries. This is today in the bay. And this is also wednesday morning, august 9th. It is wednesday. The band is back together. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Today is the first day of school for the Castro Valley unified School District. Wishing all of those students and teachers, as well as the parents, a great day. Were going to check the drive times with mike, but first lets talk about the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has a look at what kids should be wearing this morning. Its starting out cool and were going to see a few more clouds coming in. Temperatures right now starting out in the upper 50s and lower 60s. For the first day of school for Castro Valley unified School District, it will be 60 degrees and temperatures will reach into the mid70s. It will be a mild day but looking good, the sky will be clearing and well be headed for sunshine. In dublin, expect it to reach 80 today, 83 in concord, 83 in morgan hill and low 70s for san mateo. Tomorrow will be very much like today, with slightly cooler than normal weather. Well see how long that lasts in a few minutes. Mike, youre tracking a crash in San Francisco. Were looking at a smooth drive, as School Starts we will see shifts around the bay area. Right now were looking at a shift youll have to make as you approach 280 and the 101 interchange. We did have a crash. Debris was across all lanes, then all but two opened up and were hearing there may be an issue with the connecter, as they move vehicles and debris. You might have to cross at cesar chavez. Not a lot of traffic going on. The south bay moves smoothly, so does the east bay. There may be a new crash on 580 before it merges with 205. Im hearing about a new crash on highway 4. Well check that out coming up. We do start with new video overnight, a fiery scene in the east bay. You can see a car in a garage was destroyed by flames. It happened a little before midnight along Mount Hamilton drive in antioch. From the video, it looks like the rest of the house was spared. We did reach out to First Responders to learn more about what happened, but so far were still awaiting a response. Oaklands mayor facing new pressure from the Police Officers union to appoint a permanent chief. Mayor sheng too fired Leronne Armstrong in january. Since then, statistics show that Violent Crimes in oakland are on the rise. Just yesterday Police Responded to two new deadly shootings, as the union says mayor thao is overseas in vietnam. The union preside believes its time for action in city ll its get a Permanent Police chief. Its sevonths since the position wasvacated. What are we doing . Crims spiraling, theres significant challenges for the Police Officers and the citizens alike. Theres still no police chief. Mayor thao did not respond to our request for comment, but the Mayors Office calls her trip to vietnam critical in increasing shipping at the port of oakland. As for the recent shootings, an arrest has already been made in connection to one of yesterdays deadly shootings which happened near the b. A. R. T. Police headquarters. With students heading back to school, making it in the bay takes on a new meaning for families this time of year. Its not just parents who have to think about covering the cost of school supplies. Kris sanchez joins us liv in tain view whe teachers are getting creativ to sch cabinets c s, ill those it fhese kids, kris. S really in rter yeah mean, you need the supplies that you need in order to be successful, we all know that as parents. Want to wish a happy first day of school to the Mountain ViewSchool District, and here, as in most schools around the bay area, parents will get a wish list from their teachers or their schools, but they may also get a wish list from their childs own teacher as they try to stretch their dollar and avoid dipping into their own pockets. When you look around your childs classroom, you wont be able to tell which supplies and materials were paid for by their teacher, but according to the National Education association, more than 90 of teachers say they spend about 500 of their own money every year. What they buy supplements what they get from their School Districts and schools, and thats why more teachers than ever are using social media to put out their amazon wish lists and crowd sourcing requests to their students families and often to their own families and friends. Bill is teaching transitional kindergarten and because its a new class, his budget is 1,000. A far cry from the he usua gets. S wish list is posted to book and hesoping the easant hill pta will p through like they usually do. Im very lucky to have the pta, they will eventually take easant hill pta will p through like they usually do. Im very lucky to have the pta, they will eventually take list totally ended up supplying almost everything in my classroom. If social media didnt exist, theres no way i would have gotten so many donations. Reporter teachers in some districts dont get their own specific classroom budgets, but they do get to choose from the stock of supplies, as San Franciscos Tenderloin Community school, many school, many choose wish list and a nonprofit allows anyone to donate to classrooms. And the teachers help each other out, too. At tenderloin theres a strong sense of community and a lot of it is just sort of teachers passing each other on stuff or sort of helping each other out with what they need. Reporter my sister is a teacher. I know shes both given and gotten supplies from other teachers. By the way, teachers at the end of the year, tax time they can only write off 300 worth of sflies they buy for their classroom. Parents, we can write off an unlimited amount, so long as supplies arent specifically for our child and we are itemizing on our tax returns. When we give, everybody benefits from this. Thanks a lot, kris. Turning to decision 2024, this is as gop president ial contenders zero in on new hampshire. Now, that state is considered one of the key early voting states in next years primaries. Meanwhile, a new court date has been added to the schedule this month for republican frontrunner donald trump. As today in the bays brie jackson reports, this all comes with President Biden on a quick run through several western states to gain muchneeded support. Reporter good morning. A federal judge scheduled a hearing for friday regarding prosecutors requests for a protective order in the election case against former President Donald Trump. 2024 president ial candidates on the campaign trail this week. President biden in the western part of the u. S. Touting climate commitment as communities across the country battle record heat. Last year i signed the largest climate bill in the history not only of the United States, but literally in the history of the world. Reporter on the other side of the aisle, republican president ial candidates are making their pitch in new hampshire. I am unapologetically pro life. Leaders dont follow polls, they change them by the arguments that you make. Thats why im in this race. Thats why im here. Reporter many in the crowded gop field are still working to separate themselves from the current frontrunner, former president trump. He has multiple indictments against him and vows to continue talking about the election interference case, even as a federal judge weighs a protective order limiting what he and his legal team can share. Im sorry, im not allowed to talk about it. Somehow thats not good for votes, do you agree . I will talk about it. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment right. Reporter voters are weighing in. I think its a political witch hunt. I think that rather than getting into the legality of it all that i would prefer someone younger than the two candidates who are in the top right now. Reporter republicans hopefuls looking to make their case during the gop debate later this month. And former Vice President mike pence appears to be one of the latest candidates to qualify for the gop debate on august 23rd, but it remains unclear if hell go face to face against his former running mate, former President Donald Trump, who has said he plans to skip the event. In washington, brie jackson, today in the bay. Lets take a live look outside before the suns arrival up in the north bay in san rafael. Kari is keeping track of temperatures for us. Another good day on tap . Another good day. Its going to be very much like yesterday, were still enjoying nice, seasonable weather and starting out with clouds and a marine layer. It will clear out and keep temperatures nice and mild. Its 58 in dublin, a light wind. It is mostly clear but we will see a partly cloudy sky through about 9 00, clear the rest of the day and our temperatures headed for 80 degrees. Also looking at upper 70s and low 80s for much of the south bay, 81 in san martin and a high of 77 in novato. We continue this weather tomorrow, but it will heat up again for the weekend and ill have more on that coming up in the full microclimate forecast in a few minutes. Perfect. We look forward to it. 5 11 right now. Youve probably heard of deep fake videos. But how does deep fake music sound . Lets just say for artists and performers, not quite the music they want to hear. Ahead this morning on today in the bay, how Silicon Valley and the Music Industry are teaming up to make sure that musicians reap the potential rewards. You might be eyeing that electric car, is it cheaper to fill up an electric car than a fill up an electric car than a gas oh ms. F flores, what w would we dodo without y . Leader of f many, and pepet wranglerer too. Oh ms. F flores, what w would we dodo without y . You u report to o your b, every afafternoon. Oh ms. F flores, what w would we dodo without y . 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Okay, looking at the numbers on my chalkboard, a lot of money coming off the table as Investors Bank their wins tuesday. Remember, we had a big rally on monday. So these two stocks, funny numbers here. Maybe they arent funny to investors. We work and then theres an ev company. Wework warning about the possibility of bankruptcy, proterra going into bankruptcy. They built electric buses and sold a few hundred. The company went public through a spac. Those have fallen way out of favor. Proterra has about 800 employees. The Washington Post published an interesting study into whether its cheaper to fill up an electric car with electricity or a gaspowered gar with gas. If youre charging at home, it is way, way cheaper to fill up an electric car, by far. The study says its also cheaper if you are, say, driving the family from the bay area to disneyland, youll save money. The post compared a number of cars, including the honda crv versus the tesla model y. The savings isnt as much because the fast chargers, the public ones, on the highway are more expensive. The only place youre not saving money, the post found, is when you left california and crossed country. Chargers are much harder to find and much more expensive. 27 more expensive to drive an electric chevy bolt than a toyota camry. These three people are going on a trip tomorrow. Three civilian astronauts will ride on virgin galactic. The first mother daughter pair. Hopefully this will inspire other people to go beyond these fears thats holding them back from the dreams they have tucked in their little side drawer. Open your side drawer, take your dreams back out, conquer your fears and go get them. I love that. So her daughter will be the youngest person to ever go into space. Shes 18. More ahead on the today show. And then, of course, the launch tomorrow as well. A lot of people are wondering about the safety. And i think oceangate, that was a father son pair. Someone has been killed in this vehicle. It was a professional pilot. The study or the crash report says it was the pilot. This is dangerous. But its not quite as fly by night. The design of the spaceship should be okay. Making history there. Thanks, scott. New this morning, imagine creating your own songs using your favorite artists voice, all with the help of ai. Thats what google and universal music are now trying to do. Those two companies are in talks to license artists voices for ai generated songs. This comes as the Music Industry is grappling with deep fake songs, this is where ai mimics a singers voice and this often happens without consent. Now the Financial Times is saying those Companies Want to compensate artists and those who own the rights to those songs. They also want to create a tool allowing fans to create legitimate songs using ai tracks. The talks are still in the early stages. Nothing deep fake about Arianna Grande and her voice and shes giving encouraging signs to her fans day dreaming about her dropping music soon. Her last release was in 2020 but she may be ready to return to her roots. I love the way i love the way you love you know that one featuring the late mack from her debut. Fans think she may be secretly rerecording the entire album. She posted several images, including herself in a Recording Studio with sheet music from songs from that album that came out ten years ago, august 30th. Still no official confirmation from the singer, but some of us at today in the bay are keeping our eyes and ears certainly open. Thats a fancy studio. Normally they have their hair pulled up. Shes got a whole thing going on there. Whole thing going on here, too, so you can get your forecast up to date. Meteorologist kari hall has that. You have your whole setup. The ball gown and all that stuff. Were going to have some great weather as we go into the next few days. Kids heading back to school today and its going to be busy the next few days. Here is a look from emeryville at the bay bridge and toward San Francisco, where it is a really nice start to our morning. You can see the low clouds and were also going to have cooler temperatures continuing for today. We have upper 50s right now, we have high humidity, and more clouds continuing through the next several hours. Its going to clear out around 10 00 to 11 00 as we typically see, and well see temperatures headed for the low 70s by early in the afternoon, reaching 83 for an afternoon high. Milpitas, expect it to reach 80 degrees and 84 in cupertino. Well also have the breezy winds picking up as we go throughout the day. Oakland reaching 71 and 78 in martinez, 83 in livermore. Upper 70s for redwood city and headed toward 80 degrees in palo alto. In San Francisco not much of a change from what weve seen recently with downtown reaching 65 and highs in the north bay in the low 60s near the coast, upper 60s for mill valley and reaching 79 in santa rosa. Well see upper 80s farther to the north in clear lake and ukiah. Were seeing High Pressure still to our east and well see it moving a little bit closer going into the weekend, which is going to shift our wind direction and our temperatures will heat up. So instead of us getting a nice ocean bree well getore of a l breeznd that causes someter temperatur and also dryer condition as we look at gilroy forhese nextdays,ll settle into upper 70s through friday and then it will be just slightly warmer for saturday. Well be in the upper 80s for sunday into early next week. So you can see the changes ahead. Were going to see some of our hottest spots in the inland valleys going from low 80s to mid90s for the weekend, and it looks like that hot weather will continue for quite a while. San francisco in the 60s as we continue with fogust conditions, morning fog, drizzle and cooler temperatures. It will be milder next week. Mike, youve got a few crashes. Weve got a few updates. 280, that crash did clear from the 101 interchange. They had to stop traffic for a couple of minutes. Its all clear now. 580, that is not impacting the folks coming into the Altamont Pass because its before you get there, but it does affect some folks just before the merge over there out of the tracee area. Eastbound highway 4, as youre approaching bailey, i think this crash is just about cleared. Were looking at the westbound commute direction as youre coming toward bailey as well. This crash involves three or four vehicles. Look at the backup, so that may be a factor as youre coming into pittsburg. Thats one of the School Districts that comes on line today. As were looking across the bay, a smooth drive. In the north bay, no major problems. Its an easy drive. Southbound 101 through san rafael. Thanks, mike. Next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Back to School Shoppers beware. Your choices might derail your kids les how cacan you sleeeep on susuch a firm m setting . Gab,b, mine is a almost the same a as yours. Almomost is justst another word foror not as gogood as m. Save 50 0 on the slsleep numr limiteted edition n smart be. Plusus, 36 monthth financing on selelect smart t beds. Shop now o only at sleep numbmber. The question is this, are those glittery supplies pulling the kids attention away from the teacher . For the answer to that question, were going to turn to tiktok. As a teacher, im here to tell you that the more basic you go, the more your teacher will appreciate it. Thats the tiktok channel of a day with miss a. Miss a teaches first grade in virginia and gave us permission to share her video on tv. She says, yes, kids will view funky pencil cases, scented glue sticks as toys and that will distract them. Plus other students. Please dont do that to them. Theres definitely some wisdom, i would trust the teacher. For local insight, we talked to pam chang, director of teaching and learning. Its always good to think about anything that would be distracting, noisy, and take attention away from learning. You might want to reconsider that. Our team asked, what if youve already bought those glittery or scented supplies . Teachers told us, just keep those supplies at home to spice up Home Projects when the kids full attention isnt required. Or maybe you want to distract them. Were posting all our backtoschool stories online. You can watch them at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Back to you. A number of people displaced after a threealarm Apartment Fire here in San Francisco. The new information we just received from breaking right now at 5 30, dozens displaced in a fastmoving San FranciscoApartment Fire. Were live at the scene with new information and what firefighters are now revealing about the possible cause. A breakthrough as the clock ticks down. Where negotiations stand this morning as san jose leaders work to avoid a walkout by thousands of city workers. Also, new help for war veterans exposed to toxic chemicals. The new message for one bay area leader for those facing mounting medical bills. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you. Thanks so much for starting your day with us. 5 30 right now. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. It is another big day, back to School Across the bay area. Summer break is over for a lot of kiddos out there. Were wishing you a happy first day and school year. Students in newark among those districts starting. Meteorologist kari hall, of course, has been monitoring what they can expect as they head to school. A cool start for them, right . A cool start and its not yet feeling like fall. Summer is over, and then were going to have cooler than normal temperatures for today. For newark, were starting out with temperatures, dropoff time at 60 degrees. Its going to be aomfortable 74 at pickup time and really, overall, a reallye day. Great herwi and you may want to have the jacket for start of the day. Here is a look at all of our microclimates and the temperatures well see in the few select cities, with concord reaching 83 degrees, 64 in San Francisco, and 77 in Mountain View. So well have more on some of those schools starting and the forecasts leading into the next few days. Mike, you have an alert for highway 4. I do, and thats in the pittsburg area. Theyre going to start school today as well. This is highway 4, the early commute. Its building up a lot. Chp has issued an alert. Theres still just two lan blocked, t are two lanes that willtrict traffic, as u see the backup from somersville to just about bailey. If you jump on westbound 4 after bailey, youre fine. Thats easing traffic through the concord area. A bit of slowing for highway 37. Thats a typical build out of vallejo. And also at the bay bridge. We should see metering lights in the next seven or eight minutes. Ive circled 101. I believe this is the last of the crews around whipple. Ill doublecheck and make sure nothing else is going on. We are following breaking news this wednesday morning. Fire crews on the scene apent fi leaving dozens live in srancisco. It c less tha another huge blaze. Today in the bays bob redell is live at the scene. Everyone okay out there . And do we know the cause of this fire yet . Reporter good morning to you. Yes, everyone is okay. There are no injuries. San Francisco Fire Department is still investigating the cause of this fire that burned through buildings here in the inner sunset neighborhood in San Francisco, not far from the intersection of 8th and irving, not far from the golden gate park. The fire started around 8 30 last night and burned through a hardware store, a shed in the back of the store, and a threestory apartment building. Because this area is so densely packed, the Fire Department raised this to three alarms to get more manpower to keep it from spreading. At one point there were more than 100 firefighters on the scene trying to put this out. The fire was contained around 10 15 last night. Firefighters are still on the scene to make sure nothing flares back up. Everyone who lives in this apartment got out okay. There were no injuries. Red cross telling us this morning that they are assisting those people who were displaced, didnt have a head count. They say out of the 24 units in the building, seven units were damaged. The utilities have been turned off in those units. It has been a busy time for sf fire. You might recall last week there was another fire here in the city, a very large one, a fouralarm fire that burned through a building under construction in the hayes valley neighborhood. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks for the latest there, bob. Leaders in antioch have temporarily tabled a stopgap plan for the Police Staffing shortage. Theyre considering an ordinance to rehire retired officers. You may remember the department is reeling in the wake of that ongoing text messaging scandal. This is with at least 45 officers now facing accusations. Many are suspended. At least one has been fired. Council members adjourned late last night agreeing to pick up the topic in two weeks. One School District facing a lot of uncertainty as students prepare to head back to the classroom. The marin ij reports contract talks have reached an impasse following seven months of negotiations and recent talks involving mediators. The districts 600 or so students return to campus a week from today. Some Union Members are talking about calling for a strike authorization vote because teachers will now be working without a contract. A live look in downtown san jose, and city hall, this is where this week leaders are facing a deadline, now six days out. Thats when thousands of city workers are threatening to launch a threeday strike. Talks are set to resume later today and sources at city hall tell us theres a new Contract Offer on the table. During yesterdays regular council session, Union Leaders took to the podium and Council Members later met behind closed doors. If theres no late breakthrough, some 4,500 city workers plan to walk off the job, that includes inspectors, librarians and happy hollow zoo workers. New this morning, an arrest in the stabbing this week on San Franciscos busy market street. The video posted on citizens app showed the aftermath monday afternoon near 2nd street. One man suffered lifethreatening injuries. Police now say that stabbing escalated from a verbal argument. Witness identification helped lead officers to that suspect, who officers arrested near mission and 3rd streets. Happening today, military veterans face a key deadline tied to new benefits available for toxic chemical exposure. It springs from a law approved last year expanding Va Health Care for veterans exposed to chemicals like agent orange or from toxic smoke in burn pits. House democrat nancy pelosi met yesterday with veterans in San Francisco to explain how the new policy changes the way it responds to many healthrelated issues. Up until passing the bill, you had to prove this was dependent on that. Forget that. You have a diagnosis, you were there, you qualify. Today is the deadline to register to apply for benefits retroactive to last year. But it should be a big benefit to veterans now incurring large medical bills. The white house says some 350,000 veterans have already received assistance. Lets take a peek outside before the suns arrival, overlooking the city by the bay. San francisco glistening in the lights. Kari has a look at our forecast. Were starting out with clouds and its going to be mostly cloudy throughout the day and Cool Temperatures settling in. Thats providing a nice breeze for spots like gilroy where we start with a mostly cloudy and mild start to the morning. Temperatures in the upper 50s. We are going to see the sky clearing and sunshine going toward late morning. At noon its only 70 degrees. I think you should enjoy more time outside today, especially with the lower temperatures that were seeing, not only there, but all around the bay area. In martinez expect a high of 78 degrees, 71 in oakland, and san mateo reaching 71 degrees, while novato will head for 77, San Francisco in the mid60s. A look at the weekend forecast is coming up. Mike, youve been tracking several issues for the roads. The bay bridge, this is standard. The metering lights have been activated and the volume is starting to build. It looks standard here. We do have an alert. We need to take you to the earlier build that would typically happen on highway 4. Look how expensive it is. Same thing for the bay bridge incline. It is highway 4 westbound, your commute direction out of antioch, through pittsburg, up to just shy of bailey, this crash involving three or four vehicles. Major damage to one of the vehicles. It blocks two of four lanes and theyve issued an alert. Chp says they dont know how long its going to take to clear and there may be more debris. Were looking at this big backup. Unfortunately, you cant just take kirker pass because its before you get there. The drive out of antioch toward 242 is over an hour if you go through that stretch. Plan for that and watch for surface streets to start getting more crowded, which could be a factor if it lasts much longer. I know schools dont start for a while, but that will affect some folks. Over here later on, a midday game might be affecting the traffic that we would predict around the coliseum for the nimitz, 880 through the area. Right now everything is fine with just the south bay, your typical slowing for north 101. Back to you. 5 39 right now. The taylor swift effect continues. Still ahead on today in the bay, as the superstar gets ready to wrap up the u. S. Leg of her tour, were taking a closer look at another economic mini boom she and her fans helped trigger. Plus, a big vote in ohio, closely watched. First, though, lets check in with bigad shaban from our investigative unit. Reporter if you havent seen one already, it may just be a matter of time before you spot a driverless car in your rearview mirror. 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The san mateo bridge starting to look a little more busy with taillights westbound toward 101. Everything is fine across the san mateo span. Its getting to highway 92 that might be a factor if youre coming up the peninsula. Well show you the slowdown and talk about why and see if its still there coming up. Its the end of an era in the United States for at least this year. Now, tonight is the final night for the first leg of taylor swifts north american eras tour. Is it too soon to do this yet tonight the show will be her sixth soldout concert in l. A. Alone. Its generating an estimated 160 million in revenue for the city. The next phase will be overseas and one professor of finance at usc believes that her shows will still continue to pack a huge economic punch. When taylor swift comes, there is no public spending, per se. Theyre not taking tax dollars away. Theyre bringing stickiness to the economy in terms of spending, so you have tourists that come. Theyre not going to go to toronto or come to l. A. And just go to the concert and say im going to fly back. Theyre going to spend some time there and that is the dream of every public official. Very true. You can watch the full interview on the today show at 7 00 this morning right after us here on today in the bay. No wonder santa clara made her mayor. All right, theres a closely watched vote in ohio that may give us a preview of how abortion affects voter turnout. Scott, i know this was part of a twostep process involving abortion rights. Good morning. The vote yesterday over something called issue 1 was about how ohioans should change their state constitution, the way they do it. Should they stick to the current rules that it takes 50 , plus one vote, to authorize a change, or should they change it to 60 . This november ohioans will vote on whether to protect abortion rights under their state constitution, the way they did here in california. It will be easier to pass that protection because they have voted down the 60 requirement. A big vote there in ohio. President biden continues his tour of the west. Hes in new mexico today talking about the chips bill and the inflation reduction act. Then hes off to utah for this evening. At the grand canyon the president declared a million acres as a national monument, protecting it from mining. Preserving these lands is good not only for arizona, for the planet. Its good for the economy. Its good for the soul of the nation. Now, a judge in former president trumps third indictment, the one in washington, d. C. Over the election, has set a hearing date for friday for the two sides to talk about a request from the prosecution limiting what trump can say publicly about evidence. Here is trump on the campaign trial. Im sorry, im not allowed to talk about it. Somehow thats not good for votes, do you agree . I will talk about it. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment right. This deserves some context. He can talk about his own trial, he can say its a witch hunt, that hes innocent. The issue is discovery ahead of the trial. The prosecution has to show the Trump Legal Team all the evidence it has, thats only fair. Thats discovery, youve seen it on a million tv shows. The prosecution says its worried about what trump might do with that evidence ahead of trial, use it, for instance, to name people who might be asked to take the stand and talk about them on social media, for instance. The prosecution wants the judge to set rules about that. Obviously once the trial starts, trump is welcome to defend himself however he sees fit. Well continue to follow. So much always coming out. Thank you. 5 47 right now. New this morning, record enrollment for underrepresented freshmen at uc schools. University of california president says this fall will see more than 88,000 firstyear instate minority students, 38 are latino, 34 are asian and nearly 20 are white, 5 are black students. In total, uc accepted nearly 158,000 total applicants, also a rd. Francisco ctown are san glowing this morning. Leaders late last night had a lighting ceremony, which included the dragons, and of course dancers. This comes after storms ovee winter apring left m ns bdamaged. The Association Head a donation drive and Business Owners say the lanterns are really great for added decoration, and of course a big draw for tourists who like to take pictures. Even us locals. Its great to go down there. Also for people who need light because theyre lanterns. It helps everybody. Very cool. Good day to head to the city . Absolutely. It will be a little windy. Were getting cooler temperatures and were starting out with a few clouds drifting over the city. Were seeing that stretching inland in spots like walnut creek. We can see whats happening as people are getting up and heading out f work. Maybe youre up early because s the first day of school, youre packing the bag or maybe it was hard to sleep last night. Were going to see temperatures in Castro Valley at 61 at dropoff time. Its going to be mostly cloudy and cool. A jacket for the start of the day. As go into the rest of the and mild. s going t be nice 74 degrees as we zoom into the south bay, willeach into thepper 70s in san jose, whilen cupertino were looking at high of 84. Also, breezy winds extending into the east bay, with danville headed for a high of 84 degrees and 78 in martinez. Well see low 70s in san mateo and also some mid60s in San Francisco. Breezy winds, about 15, 20 Miles Per Hour today. For the north bay, headed for 80 in sonoma and 79 in santa rosa. So were seeing the heat ease up just a little for us, but it will be coming back for the weekend. The High Pressure has been shifting back and forth, really changing our temperatures for the inland areas and shifting the wind. It always has a clockwise wind flow. When we see it closer, its forcing the winds offshore instead of a nice ocean breeze like were getting right now. Spots like napa, the lack of the ocean breeze brings our temperatures from upper 70s and low 80s to mid80s and then eventually into the low 90s. Well start out next week with hot temperatures that will continue for much of the week. Enjoy the break were seeing from now through friday because it looks like all of next week is going to be hot, and, of course, well be talking a lot about that with temperatures in the mid90s inland. San francisco will continue to see temperatures in the 60s throughout the weekend. Mike, youre seeing delays continuing for Contra Costa County . Yeah, look at the time. Highway 4 out of antioch, from 160 through pittsburg and bay point, we have over an hour right now. Here is the tough part. The crash were talking about blocking half the freeway is still located just before bailey. Folks are starting to hit s iley doesnt help you out. Th bac is here. If you exit at railroa thats one of your only alternates. We are seeing more traffic flowing down kirker pass road. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive but we have slowing north 101, i believe around whipple the crew is still clearing. Back to you. Thank you so much. Happening now, Santa Clara County deputies have located the car driven by a missing 17yearold from saratoga, but theyre still looking for her. Katherine schneider was last seen leaving her home july 5th. Yesterday officers found the car on skyline boulevard in los gatos. So far, deputies are not saying anything about foul play, but they are still hoping someone can help them locate her. San franciscos outside lands festival starts in a little more than 48 hours. Were going to check out whats trending, including an allnew addition to the lineup. The surprise some believe may be coming from this lastminute performer. Then at 6 00, facing a hefty fine. The serious accusations made against a bay area biotech company. A reminder, you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you would like. Were on 24 7 on roku and other streaming platforms. You can watch live breaking news, news conferences, even repeats of our newscasts. A lot more news ahead on welcome back, hey, welcome back. We are taking a look at whats trending, including a big change for one of the most commonly used features on every iphone. Lets talk about it. Apples new ios 17 is going to change the location of your hang button. This will sit in the lower righthand corner instead of the center where its always been on the bottom third of the screen. And it will mean actually retraining that muscle memory, for sure. But apple also adding real time voicemail transcription and an update user interface with the bolder font. So far, ios 17 is only available in beta form. It will be rereleased this. Got to get used to that. Usually you hang up like that. If youre righthanded, youre going to have to cramp that thumb and stretch. Youve got to get a new phone because you drop it. Theres hand surgeons out there, like, yes, bring it on. Put down the phone because were talking about serious girl power this morning. Mtv video music award nominees are out and there are no men nominated in the coveted video of the year category. Taylor swift, doja cat, miley cyrus, nicki minaj and Olivia Rodrigo are the nominees. Sam smith along with trans artist kim petras nominated for their collaboration. In the meantime, women a clean sweep for artist of the year for the First Time Since the category was introduced in 2017. Beyonce, doja cat, karolg, nicki minaj, shakira and taylor swift nominated. This is trending. Theres a new addition to this weekends outsideds lineup an francis call me t me you maniac hat is conan gray, the rise to fame started in 2020 with a youtube video. He will be playing on saturday at the twin peaks stage at 7 00 p. M. His manag have hinted he will debut new single. Thiseekend include Kendrick Lamar on friday, foo fighterssaturday, a on ay o foo feraking it back. My daughter tol me about conan gray back in 2020. Americas got talent, were talking about the show, wrapped up auditions last night ith one final golden buzzer. Wow they all joined in together. This is a group from japan. These guys are very talented. The audience and judge joined in and they wowed them with their performance, one they said was inspired by last years winner, which did a big ensemble with fancy costumes. The performance was so spectacular, the judges and the host got together for the seasons final golden buzzer, which you saw. Now the team is going to go begin ougust 22nd. Hows which it was late, so skimmed through theerformance this morning. Its an amazing performance. Usually theres fancy costumes. They had gray hoodies. As a parent, i thought, theyre going to trip on those because theyre throwing them all over the place. Its surprising that they stole our moves. You and me, all four of us, actually. Were fine as a duo. Exactly. Thats just waking up. [ laughter ] its still wednesday. You can catch all of these live shows, of course, americas got talent, right here on nbc bay area. Thats on tuesday starting at 8 00 p. M. Make sure you check out whats trending on our home page. Head to nbcbayarea. Com. We have the trending bar for you at the top of the home page. Click, watch and laugh. Right now at 6 00, an investigation under way after flames destroy a car inside a garage. Theres lots of lingering questions this morning. Protecting abortion rights. We are live in washington this morning with the Important Message from those delivering by voters in one state critical to both Political Parties ahead of next years president ial election. Teachers in general spend a lot of their own money in their classrooms. Tight on funding, as students head back to schoolteachers across the bay area dealing with shrinking budgets. Now you can help and help yourself at tax time. This is today in the bay