Education without breaking the bank. Bay Area Community colleges now offering bachelors degrees. Were breaking down the new program and how it compares with traditional fouryear schools. This is today in the bay. Thanks so much for joining us on this friday morning. Im kris sanchez. Laura garcia is off. Im marcus washington. Its time to get a look at what we can expect this morning. Developing right now, that situation still nowhere near settled in the island of maui, this from those wildfires. They have erupted this week causing massive destruction and theyre not fully contained. A new drone video shows how extensive the devastation is in the Historic Town of lahaina. The number of confirmed deaths now is at 55 people. Authorities are telling lahaina residents to stay away from the fire zone where they believe more bodies are likely to be recovered. Hospitals are now stretched to their limits, treating the injured, and thousands of people have no power at home. Many people, like this surf instructor, have nothing left but the clothing on their backs. Pretty much lost everything. Me and a few of my friends stayed back. We tried to save as much people as we could, pulled a few people out of the water. Ran into a burning building with just surf shorts and a bathing suit top. You need skills and you need to be smart. President biden has declared a major disaster for the state of hawaii, freeing up federal assistance, and the governor says it may take months to repair the infrastructure in the areas hardest hit. Were looking at weather conditions. Meteorologist kari hall is monitoring that. We know personally those strong winds can certainly fuel those flames. How are things looking now . We are seeing the winds calming down and we are seeing a little bit of a change in the weather pattern. We talked about the weather setup that happened with a very strong hurricane well to the south of the island and High Pressure setting up to the north. What happened was that the winds funneled through this area, moving from high to low pressure, and it caused whatever flames that did get started to move very quickly. We had about 60mileperhour wind gusts. Were seeing the winds coming down to about 32 Miles Per Hour and the weather conditions today are expected to be much better, with winds at about 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour per hour, and some of the gusts reaching about 30 with higher humidity, which could possibly slow the spread of some of those flames, and hopefully that will be the case as we go throughout today. Thank you, kari. A number of people in the bay area are still praying and waiting to find out if their loved ones survived the wildfire on maui. Today in the bays bob redell is joining us from sjc where flights have been arriving. We know the bay area is going to send resources over to the island. Reporter correct. Good morning, marcus and kris. The red cross, Northern California coastal division, says that 13 of its volunteers are already in hawaii or en route. We believe one of those volunteers will be departing later this morning for hawaii. The wildfires that began tuesday night, as youre well aware, sadly destroyed most of lahaina, thats a Historic Town, a huge tourist attraction on the island of maui. Thats where many of george kaleikinis family is. He is hawaiian, raised in the bay area. He says his family lost everything, his customers along his u. P. S. Route in the north bay where hes been delivering packages for about eight years, they started a gofundme to help his family rebuild. Hes waiting to hear news about missing family members. Weve located two of the relatives, including my oldest brother, confirmation theyre sound and safe. Were still waiting, we have a 98yearold grandmother who we dont have confirmation of whereabouts, where she might be. Reporter finding people, that could be the mission of firefighters who are headed to the island. We know of at least one firefighter in Contra Costa County who is leaving this morning to join the rest of the search and rescue teams there. Most of them arrived anywhere between two weeks to one month mission. Theyre bringing in specialized animals and trying to get communications back up. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you so much, bob. Its just such a hard weight for so many families. We posted a guide on how you can help with donations, if you want to do that. Go to nbcbayarea. Com and click on maui donations in the trending bar. There you will find a list of the organizations that we have verified. Antioch police say that a fight led to a deadly downtown shooting last night. This happened around 6 00 on west 20th street. This is near antioch high school. Investigators say four people were involved in that fight, one of whom pulled a gun, shooting and killing a 31yearold man. His identity has not been made known to us. Police so far have not made any arrests. A followup for you this morning, and as of about five hours ago, air quality advisory expired from that massive fire burning at the port of oakland. That fire started wednesday afternoon at the Metal Recycling plant, and Firefighters Want to fully clear it about 24 hours after. Bay area air regulators say the district has issued two violations in response to the fire. The incident is still under investigation. New this morning, more College Students are finding a way to avoid debt while still earning a college degree. Thats because some local Community Colleges now offer bachelors degrees at a fraction of the cost of our fouryear universities. 27 california Community Colleges now offer bachelors degrees in programs like dental hygiene, respiratory care and manufacturing, with the number of programs expected to double. In 2015 state leaders approved the programs to help fill highdemand job positions and offer alternatives that are more accessible and affordable. For example, an Associates Science Degree in dental hygiene at Foothill College will cost you just under 20,000. Another 4,000 and two more years of classes earns you a bachelors degree, and that adds up to one year of cost for your typical fouryear university or college. Foothill graduate Holly Erickson just received her bachelors degree after 20 years as a dental hygienist. She says she has no Student Loan Debt and shes now interviewing for a job in sales. Its not a lot more money. Its pretty similar, actually, to what i make as a dental hygienist in clinical practice, but after 20 years of clinical practice, you know, it starts to wear on the body. You kind of start looking around for what else you can do. This is where we talk about leveling the Playing Field, giving every student the opportunity, no matter what their background is. Three bay Area Community colleges now offer bachelors degrees, De Anza College was recently approved for Automotive Technology management, Foothill College has dental and high jen and respiratory care. 5 08 this morning, taking a live look at san jose. Dark and early this morning. Meteorologist kari hall monitoring what we can expect this morning. Nice in san jose, nice in San Francisco, too. Yeah, we are seeing the low clouds, but it also feels a lot more humid this morning, as were getting a surge of monsoon moisture. Temperatures are a little milder, in the low 60s right now. Were going to stay in the 60s through at least the next several hours and also staying mostly cloudy. For the south bay, eventually its going to clear up and were headed back to temperatures like we felt yesterday, with some mid to upper 80s in the south bay, and looking at some upper 80s for antioch this afternoon. 88 in livermore, while walnut week will see a high of 85. Much of the peninsula reaching into the 70s and low 80s. Well talk about the weekend ahead in a few minutes. Mike has a look at rising gas prices. Were looking in the south bay, lets take a look at sunnyvales best, alliance on west el camino reported at 4. 45. Contra costa countys best is in antioch, star gas and mart on lone tree way, 4. 49 right here. In marin county, novatos best is 4. 69 at matt and jeffs on vintage way. Lets take a look at the roadways. A pretty smooth drive for the sensors. The san mateo bridge, despite the fact theres still all green, reports of a possible traffic break in the westbound direction, top of the screen, there are some flashing lights that were there for a second. There may be activity. Well track that on west 92. Back to you. Coming up on today in the bay, diamonds may be forever, but they wont be forever on sale like they are right now. Speaking of that, also, one Southern California woman rings in a special birthday, one a lot of people can only hope to achieve. After the break, learn her secrets secrets dupixent h helps you du more with less asthma. And can help you breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. Dudupixent is s an addonn trtreatment fofor specificic tyf moderaratetosevevere asthma thatats not or r sudden breathing g problems. Dupixexent can cauause allergc reacactions thatat can be sese. Get hehelp right a away if you havave rash, chchest pa, worsrsening shorortness of b br, tingling o or numbnessss in youour limbs. 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A look at that coming up in the full microclimate forecast. I was watching those flashing lights across west 92. The service lane looks like its clear on the highrise. A bridge crew reportedly got to the disabled vehicle and theyre helping escort it off to the peninsula side. Were going to track that. Good morning. Very happy friday to you. Yesterday we got the consumer Inflation Numbers in the form of the cpi, today its ppi, Producer Price index. Lyft has started to discuss actually its sending ads to users on their lyft app. The Company Found you look at your app about seven times when ordering and waiting for a car. Zoom, which brought people back to the office recently, is dumping its rule about no meetings on wednesdays. The company had been very proud of its no meeting rule, but in a memo the companys ceo told employees the prohibition on getting together was really a barrier to collaboration. x Ceo Linda Yaccarino was on cnbc talking about all the changes at the company, defending the name change from twitter, and claiming the social network is now much safer than it used to be. By all objective metrics x is a much healthier and safer platform than it was a year ago. Since acquisitions, we have built brand safety and content moderation tools that have never existed before at this company. Now, many studies would disagree with her assessment that its safer. Racial slurs doubled since elon musk took over, according to the center for countering hate and the antidefamation league. Lets go from hate to love. It is easier to buy a ring for the one you love. Diamond prices are way down. Industry analysts tell the wall street journal there is a glut of polished diamonds, from threequarters of a karat to 1. 5, are priced at a tenyear low. The diamond industry controls the supply of diamonds to keep that price where it is. Apparently they were overproduced during the pandemic and after the pandemic, though there was a good demand because any time theres a trauma, a lot of people get married. Now the problem is nobody had been dating during that time, and so theres kind of this no engagement thing going on. The lull. Ill tell you, i have a 20year wedding anniversary coming up in september. You have my husbands phone number. Maybe you could offer him some financial advice. 20 years, is it diamonds . I guess it can be now. Now it is. It turns out its paper. A diamond can cut paper, so there it is. Dont give him any ideas. Thank you, scott. We would thank you more if you gave us diamonds, but thank you for the story. Its 5 16 right now. Trending this morning, an answer explaining to barbie fans everywhere where life and plastic really exists. If you havent seen the new movie, we have a sort of not really spoiler alert. The barbies and kens all live in barbieland. You have to travel by car, boat, spaceship, snowmobile, bicycle, camper, van, neon roller blades, of course. The famed scientist tyson said that he figured out where barbieland really is. It is the florida keys. The pink didnt give it away . On social media he posted he bases his calculations primarily on the moons orientation and he says the existence of palm trees in relation to where the sun and moon rise and set over the ocean helped lead to this conclusion. You know the neighborhood next to that, who lives there . The simpsons. The golden girls. Thats right, the simpsons are in springfield. Also trending, one Southern California woman is celebrating her 104th birthday this week and shes sharing secrets to her healthy and long life. We want you to meet betsy elliot. She was born in pennsylvania, lived in many other places across the country, settling here on the west coast. She says that she actually stayed for the weather. You can stay for a lot of other reasons, but weather is a draw. You know what . Now shes a proud nana of three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, whom she points out are growing up in much different towns. Cigarettes for 15 cents a pack, a hot dog was 15 cents. You could get a bottle of beer for 15 cents. You could have a big time for a buck. [ laughter ] take me back. I hope her grandchildren are not buying cigarettes. As for her secret to this long life, for one thing, she doesnt have a sweet tooth and she doesnt overeat. Pull back, marcus. I really think its safe to say that her active lifestyle is a big factor because she had senior aerobics for 25 years, and in her 90s she turned to line dancing. To the left. Motion, staying in motion. Back it up now. Go, betsy. Since she doesnt have a sweet tooth, did she eat any of that birthday cake, or do you every now and then be, like, you know what, im going to celebrate today . When is she going to cut loose. She was just talking about cigarettes, hot dogs and beer. Shes on brand. Stayed for the weather. Its looking pretty great today. Its been nice to have a cooldown for the inland valleys, even though its still warm. But its not nearly as hot as it is elsewhere and we have higher humidity this morning. Take a look at whats happening to our south. Theres a surge of monsoon moisture and an area of low pressure spinning off the coast thats bringing rain to spots in the Central Coast and even some lightning offshore. Here in the bay area, so far its been dry. Were kind of watching the south county area very closely to see if any of that rain comes in in the next few hours. After that, it clears out. Were headed for mild temperatures today. Great day for a hike and staying active. Were going to see temperatures at noon headed for the mid70s in the east bay, and then turning mostly sunny as we reach into the low 80s for the afternoon. For the south bay, its going to reach into the mid to upper 80s this afternoon, with cupertino looking at a high of 86 degrees. For much of the east bay, were in the low to mid80s and then vallejo reaching 75, and then hayward reaching 76 degrees. So mild along the inner bay, with redwood city reaching 80 degrees, and for San Francisco its about the same as weve seen throughout much of the week. Breezy, cloudy to start, and then peeks of sunshine. For the north bay were seeing temperatures ranging from 60s to low 90s, the farther inland you go its going to be much hotter. As we take a look at fairfield, what to expect over these next several days, weve been talking a lot about it heating up. This is whats ahead. Were going back to the 90s, even upper 90s for early next week. So our inland temperatures are going from 80s to 90s, and were going to stay there for a while. It does look like well have at least a stretch of four or five days of temperatures at least into the mid to upper 90s in some spots, while San Francisco will see temperatures in the 60s and low 70s next week. Mike, how is it looking for the san mateo bridge . We had a disabled vehicle, the traffic break and one crew looked like they were moving slowly across the westbound direction. The Speed Sensors stayed at green. West 580, we do have perhaps another disabled vehicle or a minor crash. It looks like things are starting to sort out on the report and no sensors slowing there. A couple of other smaller crashes, but i do want to go over to highway 84, overnight road work around the tunnel that may still be going on. The schedule is to clear up. Ill watch it for you. Back to you. Well, as we head to break, a reminder that here at nbc bay area we are getting ready to clear the shelters. 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Two companies can now do business any time. Details on that decision, putting the city miles ahead on a controversial technology. And celebrating 15 years, we are live in San Francisco to give you a first look inside outside lands. What you can expect if you are attending this years festival, including the allimportant forecast. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you on this friday. Thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im kris sanchez. Laura garcia is off today. We said we were going to start with that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking this. I see fremont behind you. Weve got to get to work and to school. Lets get that out of the way and then well celebrate this weekend with all the festivals going on. It is starting out cloudy and cool across the bay area, as we take a look at fremont. Right now it is 64 degrees, were seeing temperatures that will continue in the 60s over the next several hours, and then reach into the low 70s by noon. Eventually well make it up to 77. Still pretty nice. Then for much of the rest of the bay area, upper 70s and low 80s. It is a nice, fairly cool start to the weekend, but its going to start to heat up tomorrow. Ill have more on that and well talk more about some events going on coming up in a few minutes. To our top story now, the latest in that devastating fire out of maui. Thousands of people remain in the dark, whole segments of the island remain off limits. This is drone video showing the town of lahaina in ashes. No hard count on the structures destroyed, but hawaiis governor is calling this the worst Natural Disaster in history. This comes with a grim number on the lives lost and the struggles First Responders are still facing. Here is today in the bays Miguel Almaguer on the ground this morning. Reporter as the death toll continues to rise, now at 55, authorities are concerned theyll find even more bodies. Upwards of 1,000 people may still be missing, after 80mileperhour winds kicked up and pushed it out of control. The weather conditions are improving. Meantime, firefighters are on the ground as they continue to gain the upper hand, and say they are still searching for the missing. Back to you. Thanks, miguel. That firestorm hit so suddenly, many planes headed to maui Late Wednesday caught completely off guard. This is video shot by a passenger of one of those planes as it flew over the worst of those flames. Now empty planes landing on the island, this is to help transport thousands of stranded travelers. One family staying just a few minutes from the now destroyed town of lahaina are back at home. They say they were stranded at their resort, no power, no communication, and little food. Ive never been frightened this way. I thought this may be it. I couldnt even sleep in the room, so i had to go down to the lobby with my mom, and, like, there were other people there, so i felt safer. Now, for the locals planning to stick it out in maui, they may face months without critical resources, and it may take that long to repair the damage of that infrastructure. Miguel is just one of the team of reporters who have been live throughout the morning from maui. Coverage is going to continue at 7 00 right after us here on today in the bay. Back here at home, another sign that San Francisco streets may pave the way of the future for driverless taxis everywhere. Two companies have the green light to expand operations. State regulators last night voted to allow gms cruise and alphabets waymo to expand paid operations to fulltime, 24 7, anywhere in the city. That decision came down following hours of Public Comment and debate. Nearly 200 people signed up to speak. Among them, members of the disabled community who seem divided on the benefits. My concern is that we dont yet have an agreement on what accessibility looks like for our community, we dont yet have vehicles on the road or even in Public Programs to serve our needs. Im here to support Autonomous Vehicle deployment in San Francisco because this represents an amazing opportunity to increase transportation for blind people. Together, the two Companies Operate about 500 vehicles citywide and those numbers will not change. Also, the decision does not affect ongoing testing. Mayor london breed released a Statement Last night saying, in part, Autonomous Vehicles are a key part of the future of transportation, not just in San Francisco but in the world. As a city that leads on innovation, we are committed to integrating avs and improving how they can work safely and effectively in our city. 5 35 right now. Outside lands comes back for the 15th year to San Franciscos Golden Gate Park, which means a lot of music and a lot of crowds are back for the soldout threeday festival. Today in the bays Ginger Conejero saab is live in San Francisco. This is where those gates will open in just a few hours. Ginger, i can tell youre already excited. Do you have tickets . Reporter no. You know, this time in my life, theres not much room for that just yet. But i am excited for everybody, the thousands of people who are going to be headed out to Golden Gate Park this weekend, outside lands kicks off today. It will go through sunday. We can already see the lights set up and the entrances open. Now, this is what it looked like from up above yesterday. You can see the amount of space that the festival takes up here at the park, the iconic windmill you saw, the different stages and areas set up. Now, the food may not be the main attraction, but definitely it is something highlighted at the festival. This year the festival will feature 100 restaurants, nearly all of them from the bay area, and a majority are categorized as women or minority owned. Organizers say they take pride in the festivals evolution in the past 15 years, and in the ways outside lands has given back to the city of San Francisco. We have generated over a billion dollars in Economic Impact to the city of San Francisco, and thats something, particularly in these times, that is even more notable than when we started. Reporter the main attraction, of course, is the music, and this year has some heavy hitters, Kendrick Lamar is the headliner today, the foo fighters tomorrow night, and odesza closing things out saturday night. Lana del rey, Megan Thee Stallion and the 1975. There is a lot of information about the festival on the website and app, but i do want to briefly touch on the bag policy. Backpacks and bags made of clear plastic are allowed. Small bags with specific measurements are allowed that dont need to be transparent. Empty hydration packs with specific capacities are also allowed, but you want to make sure you check those out online and on the app. In recent years there was a heavy focus on pandemic restrictions. Those are not in place. But Health Experts are categorizing a covid swell taking place in the city a few weeks ago. So if you are someone who needs to take precaution, ucsf Infectious Disease expert, dr. Hong, has said continue to live your life but its not a bad idea to carry the mask just in case. The reason i wanted to touch on the bag policy is its definitely happened to me before where i did not make sure that i knew what the specific measurements were for the bag and that it needed to be clear. It is a big hassle if youre waiting in line and then you realize, uhoh, theyre not going to let me in with my bag. Anyway, some things to watch out for on the website and on the app. It looks already very, very nice. The trees are all lit up at the polo fields in Golden Gate Park. Looks fantastic. Thank you, ginger. The other part is when people go and theyre not properly dressed for the weather. Oh, yeah. So thats going to be the other part of it. Dont go just wearing shorts and a tshirt because youre going to be freezing. It is going to be chilly out there, foggy, breezy, kind of misting and drizzling. Its going to be cool this weekend. But at least during the middle of the day its nice and comfortable with sunshine and temperatures headed for the mid to upper 60s. So thats what we can expect today and through sunday. Were also going to have some warm weather, the san jose jazz fest is a huge draw for the weekend for the south bay, and some big headliners there as well. Lots of music going on, and were going to have warmer temperatures here. But you do also have to be mindful of temperatures dropping quickly in the evening, make sure you have a jacket, even though its very warm throughout the day. In redwood city we have music on the square and its going to be in the low 70s. It starts at 6 00 so the temperature after that cools down into the mid60s and then this weekend we have the aloha festival happening at the san mateo event center. Were starting out with temperatures there tomorrow in the mid60s, headed for the mid70s as the sky clears. Really nice temperatures there. As you make your way inland, temperatures will be much warmer. Today reaching 80 degrees in sonoma valley, and then well see some mid to upper 80s for the rest of the weekend, and morning temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Well keep an eye on all of this. Ill talk more about the weekend warmup. Mike says its friday light so far. So far. We have this big outside lands festival were talking about, so i do have a note about that. Roadways right now moving very calmly. San jose shows a little blip. A cash going on for eastbound 580 around eden canyon. The build, westbound highway 4, mild, same thing for westbound highway 37. Lets focus on what ginger was just talking about, as well as one other issue. There will be crowds around oracle park for game time at 7 15. Thats on this side of the city, the eastern side. Getting toward Golden Gate Park across the city, we also have outside lands by the polo fields. Remember that this is going to be a major crowd gathering in the area, lots of folks looking for parking. If you want to take mass transportation, thats advisable. Muni will get you directly over here, b. A. R. T. Then muni for this. And caltrain is an option, but there is an issue. Caltrain is not having service between the San Francisco and millbrae stations. Theres a bus bridge in place. You have altered service. You can transfer to other lines at millbrae. Back to you. 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President biden there to talk about new benefits for veterans. He raised Campaign Money in the very wealthy ski town of park city. The visit perhaps marred by the raid of a home of a utah man who the fbi said was a potential assassin. We now know after that man made threats against the president online, it was Donald Trumps truth social that alert today fbi to that threat. Otherwise, the president ial visit went off without a hitch. The republican governor of utah greeting the president at the airport, then telling the crowd before bidens speech how glad utah was the president was there, even if they disagreed on policy. And that it was insane to even discuss the idea that the governor wouldnt be there to greet the president of the United States of any party. The governor, spencer cox, has been pushing his state to become more tolerant and work across the aisle, much like biden did in his years in the senate. Biden spoke of bipartisanship as he praised the new act protecting veterans. Dont tell me we cant get things done when we work together, democrats and republicans worked together to get that done. Theres largely bipartisan support for ukraine. President biden is going to test just how strong that support is as he asks for 13 billion more for arms to ukraine, 8 billion more in humanitarian aid. There is a split in the Republican Party over ukraine. Trump, for instance, calling for a pause in aid. Youll recall he paused it on his own as president and that led to his first impeachment. His Vice President , meantime, supports our involvement in ukraine. I know hes been against u. S. Support from the very beginning. Ive met Vladimir Putin. Anybody that thinks Vladimir Putin is going to stop if he overruns ukraine has got another thing coming. Former Vice President pence speaking at the iowa state fair in des moines, that is of course home of the butter cow. Hip hop and you dont stop this is not a test. Today we are celebrating all things hip hop. This is because, believe it or not, today officially marks 50 years of hip hop. Here is how we know today is the 50th anniversary. So on august 11th, 1973, a landmark happened in new york citys south bronx. Were going to take you there right now, and this is one of our reporters at w nbc, our sister station. Shes taking us to one neighborhood thats getting busy. Reporter the south bronx is the birthplace of hip hop so it only makes sense to throw this party here in new york city, to celebrate, to talk about the music and talk about the movement in general, when we speak about hip hop. The concert is getting under way at yankee stadium, a lot of people that weve known through the years will be here, people like run dmc, lil wayne, snoop dogg. This is happening today because on august 11th, 1973, a dj party for back to school for a sister happened here on sedgwick avenue. He created a different kind of moment and people started to dance, and then he picked up his microphone and started speaking over those beats and that changed everything. Soon that style would spread across the northeast, the west coast, eventually the entire world. Obviously the United States included in that. So now hip hop is a massive part of art, culture, fashion, community, social justice, politics, sports and business. The artists wile here today and they say they wanted to be here to show respect and just to honor hip hop. I tell people all the time that i feel like hip hop is not a genre, its a culture. You dress hip hop, you dont just listen. I eat hip hop, you dont just listen. You are hip hop. Its a culture. Once you have, you know, gotten embedded in this culture, it never leaves you. It never changes. Reporter this concert will be streamed online so there is a way to watch it from afar. Tonight the Empire State Building is going to light up gold to honor the fact that hip hop is 50. Thanks, erica. The bay area also Holding Events to celebrate. The san jose summer jazz fest starts today, its going to run through the weekend. It will offer a second stage of hip hop performances. Thats cool. Including the og big daddy cane tonight. That is awesome. Were going to have some great weather, too, for the festivals going on. Lots of music. As you step out this morning, it feels very humid outside. Here is why. Theres some rain falling just to our south. As of now, its missing the bay area. Weve been watching spots like gilroy, the south county, closely, to see if some of this rain comes in. Its definitely raining on the Central Coast and were seeing lightning strikes offshore. Once that clears out, were headed to 80s. Back to yesterdays temperatures in upper 80s inland, 70s along the inner bay, San Francisco will see 60s, and for the north bay it will reach 80 degrees in santa rose. Dont forget the meteor shower will be peaking this weekend. Take time to look up and enjoy the night sky. Then well see temperatures heating up for the end of the weekend into early next week. Were going toward 90s inland, while San Francisco keeps it nice and mild. Back to you. Thank you,kari. Happening now, the woman accused of being naked and firing a gun on a bay bridge will be in court today. You may remember that last month, the bay bridge shut down as police say she was pointing a gun and firing at several cars as they passed by. Chp says she eventually surrendered near 880 ramp and went on a Mental Health hold at a local hospital. She will face a judge at 9 00 this morning. Still ahead, we are checking out whats trending, after steph curry, paramore is calling it quits on tour. 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So at last, an answer explaining to barbie fans everywhere where barbieland is. We know . It might be on the maps. So if you havent seen the movie, its not really a spoiler alert, but barbies and kens all live in barbieland. To get there, you have to travel by car, boat, spaceship, camper, van, and neon roller blades. Now a scientist says he figured out where barbieland is. Its in florida. Look at the colors. On social media, he posted he bases his calculations on the moons orientation and says the existence of palm trees in relation to where the sun and moon rise and set over the ocean helped him reach that conclusion. Wow. Hes the scientist. I guess so. What im always worried about, where the doughnuts and the coffee are. Dunkin coffee, it may be a big part of your morning. Marcus, youre not a coffee person. Hes a doughnut person. The chain here, theyre set to release a line of spiked drinks, spiked coffee and teas. The Company Reportedly received approval for new labels with the phrase dunkin spiked. Theyve been on the alcoholic beverage game, but they have a collaboration with harpoon brewery and their website, dunkin spiked, its already been launched. It does ask if youre 21 or older and it has cans for tea and for the spiked coffee. The tea is 5 alcohol according to the label, and the coffee is 6 alcohol. These are definitely adult beverages. I turned 21 this year, so thats perfect. Go out and celebrate. Do we have to spike everything . Yes, we do. Drink responsibly. If you spike it with pumpkin, were good. Pumpkin spiked latte. I saw her with her pumpkin mug in the kitchen the other day. Everyone has their favorite kind of restaurant, whether its fancy, fast food. What about a buffet . After the pandemic, i cant. Theyre starting to make a comeback, buffetstyle restaurants were hit hard by the pandemic because of the social distancing guidelines. Now theyre becoming much more popular again, and according to one Industry Market research company, buffets were a 5. 5 billion industry in 2022. Thats up from about 10 the year prior. Increase in march of this year. We saw 122 increase in the biggest buffet concepts out there. So the family is definitely returning to the buffet concept. There are two kinds of buffet styles that are thriving, familystyle, budget, and highend buffets. We just had a new buffet restaurant open up in my city. I was, like, oh, huh, but then you see a lot of people coming in and out. I wonder if the sneeze guards have changed. If i was in college, that was the best. When they switched from breakfast to lunch, back again. Thats how you got so tall. I ate all my food. So much more on the today show, so stick around there. Plus, Kelsea Ballerini takes over the today show plaza with the citi concert series. You can check that out. Also, check out whats trending locally. Head to our website, nbcbayarea. Com. 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