Escape the nevada desert while others are prepared to stay for days. Good evening. More rain came down in blackrock city today. Thats where tens of thousands of people are quite literally stuck in the mud at burning ground. The mud making it impossible for people to drive out and now many are forced to shelter in place. Taking a live look at the festival. You can see a lot of people still there, wandering around. Its far less than you would normally see on a sunday night during this event. We continue to follow the situation unfolding in the nevada desert closely. Tonight the white house says President Biden was briefed on what is happening at burning man. Nearly 70,000 people are stuck in muddy campgrounds. The camp is located in the nevada desert, northeast of reno. Attendees have been told to shelter in place and conserve food and water since friday. Late last night we learned one person died at the event. Its not clear how or if its weatherrelated. So far no other major injuries are reported. Despite being told to shelter in place, many people spent the day packing. Those who have fourwheel drive vehicles are trying to drive out while others try to walk five miles in the deep mud to reach the road. I our photo journalist is there and spoke with one socalled burner who has been going to the festival for year. Who says his camp is trying to leave but has pleasant of resources if they cant get to the main road. Fortunately, were in a camp where we have plenty of resources and water and food and shelter. Were doing well. It makes me nervous to think about other people who dont have all those resources. And theyre probably struggling. I think theres a lot of them. Other festival goers are planning to stay put for the next few days, waiting for the ground to dry out. We had an emergency internet connection. People have changed flights and stuff. You know, speak to their loved ones. No real emergencies, so were plugging along. Organizers say theyre monitoring the situation and are asking people to stay calm. They also say they hope to burn the man later tonight if the weather holds up. Nbcs climate reporter chase kane is also at burning man. He was there with friends helping them convert their camp to solar power. He posted this update on social media about an hour ago. The mood remains relatively calm and pleasant here at burning man despite the circumstances. There are camps which have resources and folks are just trying to make the best of the situation. But then there are individuals in camps running short or out of things like food and water. So, they are getting desperate to leave and attempting to drive on these makeshift roads even though they remain closed. Because this dust is sort of like quicksand and that turns to a type of clay, a number of vehicles have gotten stuck. You may be able to see one off here in the distance. As of late sunday, the gates in and out do remain closed, so theyre asking people to just stay in place. Muddy, indeed. Lets give you some perspective on how big blackrock city is. The city is a series of semicircles. From the inner most street, this one right here, its called the esplanade, to the man is 2500 feet, just half a mile. Walking across the whole open area is almost a mile. Now, if your camp is on one of those outer streets, say, maybe down here, you may be caulking upwards of a mile to get to the outer edge. What about people who are choosing to walk out . Its 23 miles from blackrock city all the way to girlock. Thats where people are headed to, to take a bus to reno. Weve heard people getting a ride with someone they know or hitchhiking. That is what happened to dj diplo. He posted this video on social media with the caption, quote, just walked five miles in the mud out of burning man with chris rock and a fan picked us up. Good to have chris rock. A sense of humor would be needed at that time. Well be following this developing story all night long. Coming up at 6 00 hear from one burner who walked out after his bus got stuck in the mud. We saw all the rain in the video at burning man, but are they in the clear tonight . We have the very latest. We could see some activity push through as we go into the early evening hours. Satellite and radar has been active tracking the system that has pushed on mostly to the north and to the east of the bay area. What we see there in yellow is a bit far away from where the burning man is taking place. That is a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of nevada. As we give you a closer look at black rock desert. Well see unsettled weather and by 7 00 tonight could see brief heavier downpours show up. I wont say there will be better clearing until at least tomorrow and into tuesday. Behind this low pressure system theyre seeing is going to be some of that wind. A couple elements with the weather they have to keep an eye on the forecast. For us locally, we are going into our labor day monday. Well start out with some fog, but very much nicer weather is on the way for our labor day monday, compared to the cloudy, Cool Conditions weve seen over the weekend. Well warm up just a little bit into some 80s in the inland valleys and slowly warm up as we go into this first full week of september and onto the weekend. Well talk about that coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Our free nbc bay area app is a great resource. Well be sending news and weather alerts straight to your phone. You can type in your zip code to get a forecast customized to your neighborhood. Crews are repaving i80. That project has shut down westbound lanes from 780 pennel. The lanes will be closed until early tuesday morning. A live look at the traffic conditions. You see how much red we have going on. Its not just in the closed areas. Its the side roads people are taking. Got some red there as well. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith spoke to drivers with extra time on their commutes. Reporter this rest area on interstate 80 was a quick stop for people driving further into the bay area. Robert was headed from sacramento to San Francisco. Normally we would take the bay bridge and head over that, but it said due to road closures were going to take you a different route. He knew that detour would be part of the trip. 20, 30 minutes. When you think about that in terms of percentage, thats a big percentage, yeah. Its definitely affecting things. Reporter he made the best of it. Caltrans closed westbound 80 in vallejo and highway 4 in hercules for a major paving effort this Labor Day Weekend. Were well into it. Were about halfway through the concrete paving. Were laying down 9,000 cubic yards of concrete. Late last night our Excavation Team came down and tore up the old asphalt well be pouring. We have a threemilelong stretch were pouring concrete into today continuously. So, if you can imagine, thats a long run. Reporter the outcome will be a smoother, safer road with a long life. Caltrans says its doing the work over Labor Day Weekend because theres typically less traffic in the area. Friday was a tough day on the road for drivers and this is what the 780 detour looked like earlier today. Traffics not so bad today on sunday but we do expect it to pick up on monday. Motorists coming through the area if they can use interstate 5 and not come down into this space, youll avoid that congestion. Reporter some drivers we spoke with said they have been keeping up. We heard about the detour before we left. We live in San Francisco. We knew construction has been going on. This project is set for opening tuesday at 5 00 a. M. Its supposed to be closed the entire damon. We are expecting congestion. Were going nicely. Stay tuned to see if we can improve on that, but were on time right now. Reporter Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Authorities are investigating two separately deadly crashes that happened this morning. The first one happened around 2 00 a. M. On the Richmond Bridge stretch of westbound 580. You can see firefighters pulling one victim from a car right there. The other victim was laid out on the shoulder of the highway. No word on what led to that crash. The other happened just after 3 00 a. M. In san jose on winchester boulevard a few blocks south of 280. A driver hit a pedestrian. Officers arent releasing any other details about this crash. New information on the deadliest maritime disaster. The fire on conception dive boat in 2019 near Santa Barbara killed 34 people, including a woman from mill valley. The confidential report reviewed by the Los Angeles Times says the fire started in a plastic trash can on the main deck about 3 00 in the morning and quickly spread. One crew member and the boats 33 passengers were trapped below deck by the flames. The report by the bureau of tobacco, firearms and explosives has not been released because of Ongoing Court cases. Details on the death of jimmy buffett. What were learning about a secret illness the musician was fighting. Lets check in on walnut creek. Sunny, 74 degrees and a bit breezy. Well continue to cool and down and also start the morning off with fog to a cooler day. And fall is here. The popular Pumpkin Patch is opening this weekend and what you need to know before you go. For us, tens of thousands of festival goers trapped in the desert after heavy rain turned their site into mud. The new concern for new York City Schools facing that influx city schools facing that influx of migrants with school [narrator] every day, our lives are filled with choices, both simple and lifechanging. Whats not a choice . Addiction to opioids like fentanyl. 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Buffett was most known for his goodnatured and often comical hits like margaritaville and cheeseburger in paradise. Making sure brave kids battling aids have recognition. As visited Cancer Patients at oakland cancer hospital. They stopped by not only to spend time with the kids and their families but also to donate vr headsets for the kids to enjoy. You see them taking oh, getting autographs right there. In addition to childhood lieu keem that a childhood leukemia survivor threw out the first pitch. Fantastic. The nfl season kicks off this week which means fans will soon be returning to levi stadium. Were get a sneak peek of this years concessions. On wednesday the niners hold their annual concession showcase event. Media can check out the new food. After they may get to sample a bit. It will be a popular story in the newsroom. Reporters will be wanting to do that story. This past years levi has welcomed a new vendor or two each season. Well see if we got new stuff. Dont foet, you can watch the nfl Season Opener on nbc bay area. We have the Detroit Lions and the kansas city chiefs. Coverage begins at 4 00 p. M. Thursday. It is here. Very exciting. Guess what is also here . Fall. Fall is around the corner. Nothing signals the season like Pumpkin Patches opening up. One of the bay areas first Pumpkin Patches is open in half moon bay. Lemos farm has all of your favorite fall activities, hay rack rides, pumpkin picking. One family spoke to us after feeting the goats. Its a familyfriendly place. The goats as soon as you come in, its a good experience so far. I love the help from the little guy. The Pumpkin Patch runs through november 19th. Cynthia here. I tell you, september 1st we got autumn weather and today was another day much like that. Definitely the weekend to stay in cozy with the sweater, Pumpkin Spice latte. Things will start to shift back into summer as we go into the first full week of september. Lets get you a check on that microclimate forecast. Stepping outside, still a little breezy and keeping temperatures below average in livermore at 73 degrees. Beautiful weather overlooking downtown san jose. Well do 75 degrees with a few passing clouds out there. Sfo also very breezy. Were seeing those gusts anywhere 25 to 30 miles an hour and the fog is starting to come back into the picture. We continue to look at whats happening across the state, across nevada with those showers pushing to the north and to the east right around black rock desert. Well continue to see some activity in the overnight hours. Better clearing is in the picture for tomorrow and on tuesday. Hourbyhour in the bay area, were not going to get rid of showers just yet. Were tracking a few cells that could pop up mostly in the north bay around clear bay, calistoga. And as we go into tonight getting ready for our labor day monday, its going to be warmer, especially in the inland valleys. Before we get to that picture, were going to see a foggy start around the bay as most people maybe have the day off or still have to commute to work. Be careful of some dense fog. Mostly through the Sacramento Valley but more clearing is expected as we go into the middle of the day and People Get Ready for any labor day activities. It will start to usher back in as we go into the evening hours. What do the temperatures look like for the next couple of days . Well see some morning clouds. The temperatures still below average. We should be in those upper 80s, some low 90s. But well keep it with 69 in San Francisco. 75 in hayward. Well do 87 in fairfield. By tuesday well see less clouds, more of that sunshine coming through and a little warmer as we see some 60s and 70s. Wednesday i think well really start to ramp things up with more sunshine coming into the picture. More 80s. Definitely 84 in concord. Livermore. Well keep it cooler at the coast with some upper 60s. I think well be in the middle of High Pressure to the south, low pressure to the north. The bay area nudged right in with some perfect weather to kick off the first few days of the week. Slightly warmer temperatures as we go into, id say, thursday and into the weekend where that High Pressure returns, giving us more clearing. Slightly warmer temperatures. Well go from Pumpkin Spiced latte to something maybe in the iced coffee direction as we take you through the sevenday forecast here. A bit of a bumpy start for labor day monday along the coast with some drizzle. Then some 70s return to the map in San Francisco and our inland valleys. Well see more clearing as we go into monday, keeping it in those low 80s. More sunshine as we go into the weekend. Might even see 90s return to the picture for next weekend. Hey, summer is back. Yeah. I like that. We all do. Still to come, a restaurant plagued by crime. Why the manager says their business is being targeted. 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You just dont understand why it was happening. We had a swastika just drawn in marker on the front of our restaurant. We had the word aids drawn on the poles in front of our restaurant. During their burlesque show last friday, they were victimized again. Someone poured accelerant into the hood of three of our employees cars, slashed their tires and set two of the three cars on fire. I parked behind the bar like any other normal shift. Loel Logan Elliott is a bartender here and his car was set on fire. I look over the fence and i see three cars on fire on every front fender, the front and left side of the cars. This is really bad because my car is parked to a cabinet full of propane tanks. If people hadnt noticed or smelled that burning rubber, it could have been fatal. They caught it fast but still the fire damaged three cars and the string of crimes left the business scarred. The morale has changed and were trying to definitely bring it back, but we cant let that, you know, hold us back. Were not going anywhere. Were not shutting down. Were not stopping anything. But we are taking Better Safety measures and we are taking this very seriously. Still to come, celebrating vietnam. The bay area exhibit teaching families about their culture. When migraine strikes. Are the tradeoffs of treating worth it . Ubrelvy is another option. It quickly stops migraine in its tracks. Do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. Allergic reactions to ubrelvy can happen. Most common side effects were nausea and sleepiness. Ask about ubrelvy. [ tense music ] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. Just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. Aleve. Who do you take it for . And for fast topical pain relief, try alevex. Families were invited to take a voyage to vietnam at san joses childrens discovery museum. It recreates tet, the most important celebration in vietnam. Kids can try on wow, thats a big, giant lion dance mask. They can check out traditional flowers, learn about specific food served and dress up and have a good time. Families that have a special connection to vietnam talked to us. I really enjoy this voyage of vietnam display because my children are half vietnam meese. Its a great way to interact with their culture. They tried this lion dancing head. My son played with the bamboo. Its a great way to connect with their culture and their grandparents from vietnam. It will be open tuesday through thursday of this week. Very cool. Trains, trains, more trains. If you like trains, there is a festival happening just for you this weekend. The historic arden wood Railroad Museum in fremont. It started yesterday and continues through the weekend. Features trains, operating model trains, displays of Historic Railroad equipment. The Event Coordinator for the museum explained the significance of this event. We are have this event once a year. And its a fundraiser for our historic Railroad Museum. Were all nonprofit, all volunteers. Weve been here since 1985 when the park opened and ever since. Very cool. The festival concludes tomorrow. It will be open from 10 00 a. M wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. Its to die for, and its all right here. Streaming was never this easy, you know. This is the way. Switch to gig internet on the xfinity 10g network made for streaming for just 25 a month when you add xfinity mobile. Could we turn down the volume . Here, you can try. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. feel the power of osteo biflex®. Taken every day, its clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. Grand Canyon University specializes in helping you fit a masters degree in education into your busy day. 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We have to go shopping. What about barbie . If theres any dog barbie costumes, im all for it. Im betting its out there somewhere. It is. All right. Thanks for watching. Nightly news is next. Breaking news tonight. The alarming developments at the burning man festival with Police Investigating at least one death with tens of thousands still trapped in the