Firestorm abruptly resigns. New questions emerging about whether more lives could have been saved. A bombshell from one of the Largest School districts that is headed toward a fiscal clift. The surprising reality check for district leaders and how that will impact students. This is today in the bay. Good morning, everyone. Im scott mcgrew. Marcus washington has the day off. Im laura garcia. Well check in with mike with a look at the morning commute. First, lets look at the forecast with kari. Its a great start to our friday morning and we also have more kid headed back to school today. Were seeing just a few clouds overhead, but a lot more of this. Well keep temperatures down today, it wont warm up as quickly as weve seen recently. So i think about 9 00 to 10 00, well continue to see clouds. The rest of the day were headed for sunshine and it will be in the upper 70s by lunchtime. If youre going to the Farmers Market or heading out for your lunch break, its going to be nice and mild. Were headed for the mid80s in the trivalley. North bay temperatures in the low 80s. This will be cooler than weve seen recently, but were also tracking big changes by the end of the weekend. We were talking a lot about the remnants of a tropical system coming in. Ill talk about that coming up in a few minutes. Mike is tracking a crash. How is it looking . Overall i wanted to give folks the big view. Trivalley looking good from the initial impression. Green sensors around most of the bay. We expect an easier friday. We have that except for a key spot, vasco road, a crash, possibly two reported. One around dalton, we see a jamup as folks are coming down making their way to 580. That might make 580 a little easier to the dublin interchange. But vasco southbound theres excess slowing. Over here, the bay bridge metering lights are on. No backup. Back to you. Thank you very much. We are covering breaking news this morning, an officerinvolved shooting in the east bay. Now, were working to learn more information as investigators are still on the scene. These are live pictures from Sunrise Drive in martinez. Police tell us it all started about 3 30 this morning when officers were responding to a burglary at the velvet cannabis and weed dispensary. There was a crash involving suspects. Now, police havent given us the circumstances that led up to the Police Shooting or if a suspect was hit. We do know that no officers were hit. Police have taped off the area. Theyre now asking people to avoid it, as we learn more information, of course, well bring you the latest updates and online. Also developing this morning, were learning more about the fbi raids of former east bay Police Officers. We have Surveillance Video to show you from oakley. Now, in it you can see federal agents raiding the home of an east bay officer. Hes one of ten officers now facing charges of fraud, distribution of steroids, and using excessive force. This is all a result of an 18month investigation into an alleged criminal network between antioch and Pittsburg Police officers. During the investigation, the federal government seized cell phones, and that is when we first learned about racist and homophobic Text Messages sent between antioch officers. The raids and news coming as a shock to neighbors, who say the officer moved in there about a year ago. Knowing that he lives there now, its a little distressing, but you never know who your neighbors are, anyways. Were getting statements from both police departments, pittsburgs pd saying consistent with our previous statements, we cannot expand on the details of this allegation, as there is an ongoing investigation, and now a criminal proceeding. Acting Antioch Police chief says the arrest of current and former Antioch Police officers is disheartening and undermines the incredible work our staff does on a daily basis. No individual, including a police officer, is above the law. One of the officers apprehended, morteza amiri, his Attorney Says he would have come in peacefully had he been given the opportunity. These dramatics that took place in the Early Morning hours were unnecessary. There were flashbangs, he was surrounded, and there was use, as i understand it, of a megaphone. Prosecutors agreed with a Court Decision to release the majority of defendants on 100,000 property bonds. All of them are expected to be in court later this month. Stay with us for the latest. This is the top story on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. We have the indictments and what the crimes are specifically that the officers are accused of committing. This morning, President Biden is headed to lake tahoe area. The white house just put it on his public calendar. Air force one supplying into reno and then its been reported that the president is expected to stay at an Incline Village hotel. No Public Events have been announced. We do know the president is expected to visit maui on monday. Hes expect to do meet with First Responders and families of victims following hawaiis devastating wildfires. Theres a Major Development in maui as the death toll rises to 111. The islands top Emergency Management official has resigned. Herman andaya left his post yesterday, citing health concerns. Hes faced Harsh Criticism for his decision not to sound warning sirens, as wildfires swept across the island. Andaya defended his decision yesterday, saying the sirens are used to warn of tsunamis. He feared the sirens would send people inland toward the flames. We have drone video of the widespread destruction as the search goes on for victims. At the same time, teams of federal investigators are working to determine the exact cause of the fire. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more from maui on what may have caused those fires. Reporter good morning. The wildfire Investigation Continues here in maui, with the death toll now at over 100. Theres been a lot of attention on hawaiian electric, the Power Company in this area, that some say had downed power lines during the massive windstorm, which may have led to several fires. Thats under investigation. The fbi remains here on the ground for their role in that. Meantime, the search area where at least 111 bodies have been recovered, is still being searched today. Coming up on the today show, well have the latest on the investigation and the search. I hope you can join us. Other news, former president trumps legal team asking to push back his federal trial over election interference to april of the year 2026. That is more than two years after prosecutors would like it to happen. Earlier this month, trump pleaded not guilty to several charges, including conspiracy. One of four criminal cases he faces as he remains the leading candidate for the 2024 gop president ial nomination. The trial date will be set at a hearing scheduled for august 28th. 6 07. New this morning, as San Francisco unified students return to school, the superintendent is delivering a sobering message, the district is on the verge of a fiscal cliff. In an interview with the chronicle, superintendent matt wayne says the districts facilities need about 6 billion worth of improvements. He says Staffing Levels have gone up, but theres still a 15 vacancy rate for teaching positions. The district is anticipated to have a more than 36 million shortfall this school year, with similar projections during consecutive years. The superintendent says possible School Closures and staffing cuts could be a part of future decisions. He plans to outline the current challenges at a School Board Meeting later this month. Were tracking hurricane hilary, which has strengthened to a category 4 storm, making its way toward Southern California, threatening to bring strong winds and heavy range, according to the National Weather service. This hurricane is expected to cause significant impacts. If hurricane hilary makes landfall in california as a Tropical Storm, it will be the first one in 84 years. Kari, youve been tracking the difference, i guess, between floridas coast and hurricanes, as their water is so much warmer than ours . Yeah, its so much warmer. We are also in an el nino year where our surface temperatures are warmer than average, so thats part of the reason why it could make it to san diego as at least a Tropical Storm and then quickly weaken thereafter. This is such a powerful hurricane as a category 4, and its still well to the south of us around baja, california, moving closer to cabo, but it has wind speeds of 145 Miles Per Hour. As it rushes quickly farther off toward the north and makes it toward san diego, that area around sunday afternoon, it still could pack wind speeds of 60 Miles Per Hour and have a lot of rain. So we are making preparations now in those areas to deal with the potential of some flash flooding as it spreads through, and then we see the track that continues to take it off toward the north and east. As of right now, it keeps a lot of that heavy rain just to the east of the bay area, but were still watching out for the impacts of this because a slight jog to the right or left could make a huge difference on where we see the biggest impact. Well continue to follow this over the next several days. Mike has been following where we can find lower gas prices. Kari, some things arent changing and yet theyre changing. Spartan gas in san jose no longer among the ten best in the state but Holding Steady with the same price. We see 4. 39 in san jose at spartan gas. In dublin, 4. 65 at a a express. Weve got two 7s, 4. 77 at Lucky Service on sir Francis Drake boulevard. Youre sharing the roadways nicely but westbound 80 jams up out of san pablo, a crash at carlson blocking one lane. This is the time we typically see the build, so this is bad timing there. This is keeping the timing better at the bay bridge toll plaza. Its keeping things from backing up where the metering lights are on. Back to you. Meta employees facing a new reality, head back to the office. Just ahead on today in the bay, the new mandate for workers postpandemic, and the severe consequences they may face for ignoring it. Also ahead, a big boost in bridging the digital divide. The essential donation now in th works for setu every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Good friday morning. Right now at 6 14, its the first day of school for emery unified. Happy start to the school year. Were going to have temperatures this morning in the low 60s. Its a cloudy start. Were headed for sunshine, and as the last School Bell Rings and you start the weekend, it will be a very nice 70 degrees there. Were getting a look at all of our microclimates and tracking the remnants of what will be hilary coming up in a few minutes. This is the berkeley curve. The taillights moving smoothly. Light traffic here because a lot of folks are held up on the eastshore freeway coming through richmond. A crash is still going on on westbound 80 and another crash on vasco road. Well show you both coming up. It is 6 14 on your friday. A look at the futures this morning as we get ready for trading in about 15 minutes from now. It looks like another down day on worries about china and interest rates. I think the dow is going to have about its worst week since the spring. Tough talk from Silicon Valley giant meta, telling workers they may be fired if they do not comply with its upcoming returntooffice mandate. Insider saying facebooks Parent Company issued that warning in a memo yesterday. Managers will apparently monitor badge access and other information to make sure employees are coming in at least three days a week. Meta warned workers back in june it would start requiring workers to come in to the Office Starting next month. New this morning, oakland unified leaders are announcing funding to help students connect to the classroom. The schools superintendent, along with city leaders, plan to announce a more than 13 million federal grant to give students laptops. It will help pay for wifi hot spots to connect to the internet. The funding is made possible from the Emergency Connectivity Fund through the federal communications commission. A News Conference will be held later this afternoon. Niners fans, maybe brock purdy is game day ready after all. Head coach Kyle Shanahan says hes not ruling out having purdy play a limited number of downs in tomorrow nights preseason game against denver at levis. Doctors have given him the all clear for his elbow. Trey lance and sam darnold will get most of the snaps as they battle for the backup spot. Are you missing jimmy g . Jimmy garoppolo is becoming popular in the raiders locker room. He may make his debut against the rams tomorrow night and he says he likes the teams chemistry. Im big on the group atmosphere, away from the field, how do you bond, talk to each other. I think those Little Things add up and that gives you a better chance to win on sundays. Its a team sport. New reports seem to solidify the story that jimmy g and the niners had a rough parting last winter. Its amazing what a new season can do to help everyone turn the page. Happening today, a trail that wraps around the bay area one step closer to being finished. The eventual plan is for the sf bay trail to entirely wrap around the entire bay area, connecting 500 miles of trails. And today east Bay Regional Park District will celebrate closing another half mile gap. This is at the Martin Luther king jr. Regional shoreline, which improves safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. It includes a renovated launch, a repaved staging area, parking lot, and a oneacre Marsh Habitat restoration that starts at 11 00. Time to get the hiking boots out, or the kayak. I love that trail. I was there for earth day to do a cleanup event. Its a really nice, calming area in the middle of a city. Its nice to see. Were so lucky, all the areas we have here. Absolutely. Were going to have some nice weather, too. Were very lucky in that sense, too, especially when you consider whats happening for the summer throughout much of the rest of the country and what were looking at for Southern California. As we start out this morning, looking at San Francisco, it is a cloudy start to the day. This is our usual marine layer that comes in and gives us a cloudy morning, keeps our temperatures milder. It also retreats back to the coastline and we get the breeze coming off of that and it keeps our coastal areas a lot cooler. Thats what were expecting today, San Francisco reaching 71 degrees, across the bay to oakland, 75, and 85 in dublin, with upper 80s in the south county. Tomorrow it will be just a little warmer for the inland valleys as we get much more sunshine, less of a breeze, and some in the inland east bay as well as the south county will reach into the low 90s. Weve been talking a lot about this, hurricane hilary, which has strengthened overnight, now a category 4 hurricane, a very powerful storm as it continues to move closer to the cabo area. We can see the outer rain bands making it into those regions as it moves into the westnorthwest over the next several days. This is expected to have a high impact as it moves up baja, california, into the san diego area, and makes landfall on sunday afternoon as a Tropical Storm. So this is the first one weve seen in about 84 years, on landfalling Tropical Storm for Southern California. And notice that the track takes it well to the east of us, and it takes all of the rain on the eastern side of that storm. So as we continue to track it, once again, expect it to move in on sunday afternoon, with a lot of really heavy rainfall spreading across Southern California. Were looking at the impacts of flash flooding there, as well as the potential of some heavy rain, some tornadoes possible, as well as a lot of lightning. And a lot of the rain staying east of us. We will have a slight chance of seeing thunderstorms and possibly some lightning with the storms so close by. Rainfall estimates give it anywhere from 2 to possibly over 7 to 8 inches of rainfall, and we will see a slight impact here. But definitely a bigger impact for the Southern California mountains and, once again, we talked about this being a historic storm as it continues to move closer, well be keeping you updated and were looking at dryer and quieter weather for the middle of next week. Mike, youre seeing a crash jamming up the eastshore freeway. One lane blocked, chp, and an ambulance on scene. Two vehicles still block the slow lane westbound 80, your commute direction. There may be another disabled vehicle, but that just populated on the map. Were watching for that affecting the eastshore freeway, the upper part. Berkeley, the bay bridge and berkeley curve are moving smoothly because the crash is holding some folks up. A lighter build for most of the rest of the bay. Contra costa county heading down to alameda county, that critical vasco road stretched backed up. We hear that folks trying to clear the crash at dalton are stuck in the backup because of the crash at dalton. Thats keeping 580 lighter. North 680 also slow. It sounds like there was a tire or wheel in the roadway, a car northbound hit it. Back to you. Thank you so much. Next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Theyre sweating, yes, because its summer, but also because some companies owe them some money. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds to t viewers wone back in the day, sneaker drops meant getting online to wait in line. Now with Xfinity Mobile. We get the Fastest Mobile Service and can get the freshest kicks asap. I got this. 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Were live with an update this our flights about to board, wheres grandma . And dog . phone buzzes oh. Grandma, where are you love . Aloha, tanny Alaska Airlines doesnt have change fees, so were in hawaaaiii. Grandma, wheres our invite . Sorry, gotta run, grannys got a wave to catch. Wait, was she on a surfboard . She was . We care a lot. Right now at 6 30, breaking news. A live look in the east bay where police are investigating a burglary that led tot sparked t overnight chaos. Students at one south Bay High School experiencing a violent start to the new school year. Were live there with details on the return to campus one day after two fellow students were stabbed. And bracing for a potential storm in Southern California that they havent seen in decades. We are tracking the path of hurricane hilary and its potential impact here in the bay area. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you. Happy friday. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im scott mcgrew. Marcus washington is getting his happy friday started early. Hes got the day off. Well start with a look at the weekend forecast. Meteorologist kari hall is here telling us what to expect. It looks really nice today. Cooler temperatures and were going to have a bit of a break before we head into very active weather as we continue to track the impacts of what will be the remnants of hilary coming our way. As we get a live look outside in oakland, right now we are starting out cloudy, our usual start to the day. We start out with a marine layer, giving us a nice, cool, foggy and cloudy start, and temperatures in the mid60s. Eventually thats going to clear up by late morning, keeping our temperatures a little lower today, reaching into the mid70s and some upper 80s for the inland valleys, coming off of the upper 90s weve seen recently. Mike, you have a couple of surprises for commuters. One thumbs up. Look how clear it is at the bay bridge. Lets show you why its so clear, because, surprise, look at the eastshore freeway. Things are jammed up for west 80. A disabled vehicle in the backup that was formed because of a crash at carlson boulevard. Two vehicles, no major injuries, but we have slowing, chp and an ambulance on scene. Quite a distraction as you approach the merge coming off the bridge from san rafael. Everything else is moving smoothly so far on the green sensors, but north 680 there was a wheel or tire in the lanes. Someone did hit that. It looks like they may be clearing to the shoulder in the northbound direction shortly. Back to you. Thank you very much. Breaking news we continue to follow this morning, an officerinvolved shooting in the east bay. These are live pictures from Sunrise Drive in martinez. Were working to learn more as officers were responding to give circumstances that led to the Police Shooting or if a suspect we do know that no was hit. re aing people to stay away from that area. Of course, well continue to bring you updates on air and online. Students have been returning to class and now theyre going back this morning after two teenagers were stabbed yesterday in the south bay. Still a lot of Unanswered Questions for parents and students as police and the School District continue their investigation. Today in the bays Ginger Conejero saab is live at James Lick High School. Ginger, no arrests yet, right . Reporter thats right, no arrests have been made in relation to the stabbing that happened here at James Lick High School in san jose yesterday. You know, students at this high school have not been in their classrooms for too long. School started about two weeks ago and already a violent disruption that led to a stabbing, that led to a lockdown here. Students and parents feeling anxious about returning to the classrooms today. I want to know if its, like, someone went inside, if it was from inside. Theres too many questions and i want answers. Reporter that same mother says her daughter is scared to come back to school this morning, after two of her peers were stabbed at James Lick High School in the middle of third period classes. This is the video thats been shared by students to nbc bay area. You can see two altercations that eventually led to a stabbing. Witnesses tell us they believe one student was stabbed in the back, the other in the arm. I seen my teacher run outside and then she was on the walkietalkie, she was, like, oh, theres a fight. I went outside and then i seen people, two people getting jumped. After, she was, like, get paper towels because theres blood. Reporter east side high School District sent this letter out to families, informing them of what happened, informing them of the incident, and Offering Mental Health services. Now, at last nights Board Meeting president chavez said that the district is working with Law Enforcement and looking into what can be done to prevent situations like this in the future. She said the district will be assessing its safety needs. Again, police have made no arrests yet, but Police Officers were taken off patrol across this district several years ago. It is unclear if at this point bringing them back is one of the options thats being discussed. Both the police and the district have not confirmed if all persons involved yesterday were students at this high school. What we do know is that both of the victims in the stabbing are in stable condition this morning. Were live in san jose. Ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. Ginger, thank you. Well, happening today, the man accused of stabbing another man during a soccer match at levis is expected to be in court. Video shows the argument at the stadium during last months mexico qatar soccer match at levis. Police arrested Alejandro Garcia in connection with that stabbing. Garcia will be in court this morning for a plea hearing at 9 00. Police say garcia missed the victims heart by just a few inches. New at 6 00 this morning, cruise reporting one of its cars was involved in a crash in San Francisco last night. This is video posted to citizen app. Cruise says it happened at polk and turk and reports the vehicle, quote, entered the intersection on a green light and was struck by an Emergency Vehicle that appeared to be en route to an emergency scene. One passenger was treated on scene and taken to the hospital. Cruise says its investigating and talking with the city. Now, this comes as San Francisco leaders are pushing against the cpu cs approval of expanding Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco. To a followup, federal investigators releasing details on what led up to a deadly plane crash near a golf course in truckee. They say errors by two pilots onboard caused the aircraft to go into an aerodynamic stall. The crash six people onboard. The copilot apparently made the mistake of banking in the left turn and got too slow in order to fix a poor approach. Federal investigators say the captain failed to correct that mistake. 6 36 right now. A live look this morning in san diego, where were keeping our eye on hurricane hilary, which has strengthened to a category 4 symptom. The storm taking aim at Southern California with its remnants expected to eventually head to the bay area. People who live there and Business Owners are preparing as strong winds and rains are expected to arrive. Already recovering from winter storms, some say theyre preparing for the worst. Im just really worried because my deck sustained some damage from the blizzard and my house is about 100 years old, so i always have to be on the lookout to take Safety Measures when the weather comes. A lot of people are putting down sandbags and stuff like that to create a barrier around the houses, so im going to be doing the same thing. San bernardino fire Officials Say its unclear what will happen when the weather hits. They want people who live in burn scar areas to be aware of potential risks for mudslides and debris flows. We want to check in with kari right now. Its hard to say a hurricane in Southern California. They have a flood watch that will be going in effect starting late saturday night. If you do have plans to go to Southern California, you might want to make sure youre back by tomorrow afternoon, because after that, the weather turns downhill, or maybe you can bring some people from the Southern California area into your home here in the bay as we wait to see what happens there. We have a lot going on here locally, including the as game tonight that starts at 6 40. Temperatures in the low 70s. Were going to see mostly sunny skies and a light wind. If youre going tomorrow night, there is a star wars themed drone show that will be happening after the game. Lots going on at the coliseum. Were going to have the king of the streets happening on saturday in San Francisco. Thats going to be a draw for all the low rider enthusiasts around the city, where temperatures start out in the low 60s in the morning. Its going to be a nice and cool day with sunshine. Were headed for the upper 60s there. The beaches may be a popular destination because our inland valleys will be hot again this weekend. Stinson beach will reach into the 60s the next few days, the mostly cloudy skies will linger throughout today. We should see peeks of sunshine, at least for a few hours during the afternoon. Santa cruz may get a little more sunshine, especially on sunday as we head for the upper 70s. If you are going to tahoe this weekend, a headsup that we are going to have showers and thunderstorms there. It looks dry tomorrow, but then the remnants of that tropical system are starting to spread in and thunderStorm Chances will be increasing on sunday just to our east. So well talk about the impacts were expecting locally. Mike, youre seeing it jammed up in richmond. I am, because of this crash still blocking one lane westbound 80, and if you join on with the eastshore freeway, anywhere from central down through berkeley and toward the bay bridge, everything is clear. In fact, its clearer because traffic is jammed up on the approach. There was a disabled vehicle in the backup as well. So far, no progress reported on the crash, but there are crews on scene, chp and an ambulance. Theres a mild build because its friday. Slower drive san pablo into richmond. No backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Kari talked about how some folks might head toward tahoe over the weekend. If you leave late tonight or through the weekend, remember, eastbound 80 is closed through this section. You have to take highway 4, i would advise taking the benicia bridge or i5. Remember, dual events at the coliseum and cirque du soleil, so that will be crowded through oakland. Federal help is on the ground for victims of the devastating maui firestorm. President biden will be visiting in a matter of days. Coming up, a live report on the millions of dollars spent to help survivors and an update on the investigation. Were also moving you forward on Covid Vaccines. New versions may soon be a reality and is there a reason to fear the most recent spike that weve seen in every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Hows the chicken . The prawns are delicious. Oh, i have a shellfish allergy. One prawn. Very good. Did i say chicken wrong . Tired of people not listening to what you want . Its truffle season ah thats okay. Never enough truffles. How much are they . Its a lot. Oh okay im good, that its like a priceless piece of art. Enjoy. Or when they sell you what they want . Yeah. The more we understand you, the better we can help you. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Right now on this friday morning, the time is 6 43. Happy first day of school for emery unified. We are starting out in the low 60s this morning, and as we go throughout the day, the sky clears and its going to be a perfect 70 degrees. Spend more time out there this afternoon. Well talk about changes across our microclimates in the forecast coming up. Happy first day over there. Were looking at the other side of the bay, chase center tonight, the drake concert at 8 00 p. M. Theres another drake concert tomorrow night. If you plan on taking caltrain tomorrow, theres no Weekend Service between San Francisco and millbrae, just like there wasnt last weekend. Theres a bus bridge in place that will alter your time. The u. S. , japan and south korea plan to announce defense plans against china and north korea and their missiles today. President biden hosting leaders from korea and japan at camp david. The white house just put it on its public calendar that goes together to go to reno after that. Its reported the president will stay at Incline Village hotel in that area in tahoe. No Public Events with the president have been announced in tahoe. We do know that the president is expected to visit maui on monday, along with the first lady. A team of atf investigators is on the island searching for causes of that fire. Nbcs Chris Pallone is live at capitol hill with the latest on developments. Good morning, chris. Reporter scott, good morning to you. As the president and first lady prepare to go to maui to see that devastation for themselves, there are now hundreds of federal and state officials, frankly, who have descended on hawaii to try to help. Ahead of mondays visit to hawaii, President Biden offered a message of support for the victims of last weeks wildfires. I want the people of hawaii to know your country is with you. Reporter the federal government and states across the mainland have scrambled to get resources to maui. Thats why we took immediate action, surging hundreds of federal personnel, delivering thousands of liters of water, cots and blankets. Reporter more than 600 federal responders are on maui, including 250 search and rescue team members to help find those lost in the fastmoving inferno. This is a really hard disaster and this is a really difficult search operation. Maryland among several states sending those to help identify victims in lahaina. A lot of these people are firefighters already, so they come to work every day prepared to respond to the unknown. Reporter fema has spent nearly 4 million to help survivors find shelter on maui, a place where frustration is growing and questions remain about state and local efforts to evacuate people as the fire bored down. Where were you guys to try to get us out, evacuate us . Were mad. Reporter mauis Emergency Management director as resigned, citing health reasons, after defending the reason not to sound the emergency sirens. Had we sounded the sirens that night, were afraid people would have gone into the fire. Reporter several lawmakers now calling for an independent investigation into the fires cause and the decisions made leading up to this growing tragedy. And those wildfires being blamed for more than 100 deaths and for destroying more than 1,000 buildings. Many have speculated now that those wildfires might have been caused by downed power lines from high winds in the area at the time. Theres video that seems to support that theory. But thats just one of the things that this new atf team that landed in maui overnight will be looking at. Back to you. Thank you. Well, for the first time in three years, americans could head into the winter season with a measure of optimism, despite an uptick in covid cases. Experts say even though covid related hospitalizations have been up, the u. S. Is still nowhere near the level of severe covid cases like at the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Kavita patel, a Senior Policy Adviser at stanford, says there are some younger people with chronic conditions and thats why its important for them to get that new vaccine. We always try to watch and make sure that any variant is not more severe than others. So far, it does not appear to be so, but we wont know until we get more data, and unfortunately that means more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths. Moderna is updating its Covid Vaccine to target the new dominant variant, so its vaccine and new shots from pfizer and novavax are slated to roll out within weeks, pending potential approval from the fda. A reminder that all month long nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are working to clear the shelters. This morning we want to introduce you to kira, named after our own weekend anchor kira klapper. Shes up for adoption at the oakland zoo. The dog, not our kira. We are holding a pet adoption event this weekend. Kira just one of several dogs looking for her forever home. Join us sunday from 10 00 to 2 00 p. M. At the zoo. If you cant wait, tomorrow you can swing by the San Francisco spca. Then next saturday santa clara animal services, as well as berkeley humane where you can say hi to marcus and myself. They have a huge bark in the park. Even if youre not going to adopt, its fun to bring the kids and family. Find out all the details on our website at nbcbayarea. Com cleartheshelters. Ive been to san martin. Its amazing, incredible. A warning, if you want to go, well pet some animals, get it out of our system, no, youre going to walk home with one or two. A lot of loving arms, right . Its exciting. Got to take my dog out later this afternoon. The weather looks perfect. Its going to be really nice out there. Were enjoying some slightly cooler temperatures and were starting out cloudy now, but eventually thats going to clear out. Thats also keeping temperatures from heating up inland. Well reach into the low 80s today and we do still keep the elevated fire danger. We had a thunderstorm cell over the east bay yesterday. We were watching that to see if we got any cloudtoground lightning. Theres still the chance of isolated storms nearby. For the weekend, well be talking more about the impacts of that tropical moisture, especially for Southern California. Take a look at our temperatures today. Were headed for the upper 70s and low 80s for much of the north bay. San francisco reaching 71 degrees and san mateo headed for a high of 77. For fremont, well reach into the lower 80s and it will be a touch warmer tomorrow for the enter year east bay, where were headed for the low to mid90s. By sunday well see a surge in moisture as we track hurricane hilary, a very powerful category 4 hurricane. Right now you can see that it is still well to the south of baja, california, but the outer rain bands are moving into cabo right now. This is expected to continue on its westnorthwest track as we go into the next several days. It will weaken as it moves over slightly cooler water, but this is going to move into Southern California, most likely as a Tropical Storm on sunday afternoon, and then continue to move off toward the north and east, keeping that track to the east of the bay area, but still having a major impact for Southern California. So here is a look at how the rain could evolve as we go into the next several days. Widespread heavy rain, flash flood threats, as well as a Severe Weather threat, with potentially tornadoes that could come out of this as we go toward the end of the weekend. You can see where all of the heavy rain moves to nevada where we have been talking a lot about how low lake mead is. This could possibly be a lot of rain all at once, but of course we dont want that much rain at one time. Now, were looking at still some scattered showers for the sierra and a little bit of activity for the bay area, but were looking at the potential of several inches of rain across Southern California and a quarter inch of rain here, but that could come along with lightning. Weve been saying that this could be the first Tropical Storm weve had since 1939 in Southern California and those impacts really hitting Southern California the worst, but were watching out for some isolated Storm Chances here. Mike, any changes for the crash in richmond . No, but that might be good news because we havent had a change. This one lane is blocked. We have the backup that extends toward san pablo, but its holding to the same distance. If you join the freeway westbound 80 at central or past that, everything is just fine on i80 westbound. It is eastbound 580 coming off the bridge from san rafael, were seeing a build, more traffic coming into the area. We dont have a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Light friday traffic throughout most of contra costa county. Jammed getting toward alameda county. Theres a crash still at vasco and dalton. Thank you so much. Happening now, nancy pelosi marking the 103rd anniversary of women getting the right to vote in the u. S. Today she plans to hold a roundtable discussion in San Francisco ahead of womens equality day. Pelosis office says todays discussion will focus on ongoing work for gender justice in San Francisco and across the country. It gets under way at 10 30 this morning at the Mission Neighborhood center. Womens equality day is august 26th. Next, a quick look at the top stories, including breaking news in the east bay. Police on the scene of an officerinvolved shooting that included a highspeed crash. Plus, students at one south Bay High School returning to campus this morning one day after two fellow students were stabbed and injured. The latest on their injuries just ahead. 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Sunrise is still closed at this hour. Students are returning to class at James Lick High School in san jose today, after two students were stabbed on campus yesterday. Both are expected to survive. Video shared to nbc bay area shows two altercations that led to a stabbing. Witnesses tell us they believe one student was stabbed in the back, the other in the arm. So far, no arrests. New at 6 00, cruise reporting one of its cars was involved in a crash in San Francisco around 10 00 last night. This is video posted to citizen app. Cruise says it happened at polk and turk and reports the vehicle entered the intersection on a green light and was struck by an Emergency Vehicle that appeared to be in route to an emergency scene. Cruise says its investigating and talking with the city. This all comes as San Francisco leaders are pushing against the cpu cs approval of expanding Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco. Were keeping our eye on hurricane hilary, which has strengthened to a category 4 storm. Its taking aim at Southern California with remnants expected to eventually head to the bay area. Southern california firefighters are advising people in burn scars to be aware or mudslides and debris flows. Normally we see californias oceans are too cold for a hurricane to gain power. Its a little warmer because of el nino, but this will continue to weaken. The reason were expecting it to still be a Tropical Storm as it moves into san diego, but its also going to be tracking just east of the bay area and it looks like well be on the dryer end of the system. This is going to have a huge impact to our south. The roadways are light, ut this is a problem vasco road at dalton. Crews should be arriving shortly. They have not cleared the one lane blocked on the eastshore freeway jamming up traffic through richmond. Look how clear it is at the bay bridge. You can enjoy our streaming platform. Today in the bay continues live on roku, samsung tv or wherever you stream. Join us now or whenever it fits into your schedule. The today show on television starts right now. Hope you have a great weekend. Good friday morning. A major shakeup in hawaii good friday morning, a major shakeup in hawaii. Mauis top emergency official is out it is august 18th. This is today. Stepping down the director of Emergency Management on on maui resigns. One day after suspending his agencys decision not to activate the alarm system as the catastrophic wildfires spread. The death toll now well above 100 people and set to rise with hundreds still missing this morning. A live report straig a