South bay due to triple digit heat. Dangerous heat friday into the weekend. And ill have detaiwthe bay bridge commute . Its already getting busy. If you are headed out the door and you plan on taking the bay bridge, check this out. Weve got a bit of a backup kind of earlier than usual this morning. Metering lights are on. An accident near the upper deck near Treasure Island. The lanes have been cleared now but look at that backup all that red on the sensors so its a slow ride working your way out of the east bay heading into the city. A back up all the way into the maze, westbound 580 and the eastshore freeway also slow. You have got brake lights as well as you work your way on the west grant exit over to the bay bridge. And the Altamont Pass, also heating up. More on that coming up in the next report. Len . Right now, crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that have triggered flooding in parts of emeryville and berkeley. Hollis street is closed in both directions right now and east bay m. U. D. Says fluctuation may be to blame for the trouble. Right so venear lake hughes at the Angeles National forest. Thats in the Santa Clarita valley and you can see the smoke in the area and some flames down there. Residents at about 500 homes near there have been urged to leave. And weve got new video of the extreme conditions overnight. The blaze exploded to 10,000 acres in less than 24 hours and we still dont know what sparked this fire. But temperatures yesterday in the area were just under 100 degrees. And it is still 0 contained. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. Taking a look at some of the newest unemployment numbers we got. It is a positive step. Still 963,000 people applied for new Unemployment Benefits within the past week. But this is the first time that number is below 1 million in five months. Since march. So that is a step in the right direction. For the economy. But looks like wall street is not overly impressed with these numbers. Were going to take a look at the opening bell when it rings inlethan a half an hour. But stock futures not the greatest at this point. Also keeping an eye on the continued negotiations which seem to have stalled over the new federal stimulus bill in washington, d. C. The hill reporting that House Speaker pelosi and the treasury secretary spoke by phone yesterday but made no progress. Total cost is a big sticking point. Democrats are moved down to a total of 2 trillion but thats still looks to be too costly for the white house. Of course President Trump took his executive action over the weekend which is renewing 400 a week in federal Unemployment Benefits. But its still unclear at this point where that money is even going to come from. Well keep an eye on it. Back to you. Campaign 2020 now. Later today democratic president ial candidate joe biden and senator Kamala Harris will receive a briefing on covid19 from Public Health experts and then speak to the prez. Yesterday the former vp and the senator from the east bay appeared together for the first time in wilmington, delaware to officially launch the democratic ticket. We dont have to accept the failed government. Of donald trump and mike pence. In just 83 days, we have a chance to choose a better future. For our country. Many bay area politicians are showing their support for harris, also getting a glowing endorsement from Governor Newsom. My insight in terms of the character and the competency and her devotion to the cause that i think unites the vast majority of us, her empathy, her compassion, her her her learnedness and her doggedness and her commitment to solving problems. Not just identifying problems. And Governor Newsom says he is not focused on replacing Kamala Harris senate seat just yet. But some political experts say theres no way he is not already looked at potential candidates. Especially since Dianne Feinstein could retire soon. Shes 91. One popular choice is karen bass, a los angeles congresswoman. Only her service in congress but her service as the first black woman speaker of the lower house of a state legislature. Some of the other names being floated are newly elected Orange County representative katie porter and barbara lee of oakland. In a statement padilla says quote it would be an honor to be considered but right now focused on ensuring the november election is accessible. Secure and safe. This is the most consequential election of our lifetime. Whomever it is, they would serve out harris term in the senate ends in january of 2023. Why biden picked harris, thats coming up in the next half hour. This morning, oakland close reaching a Distance Learning deal. The district announced yesterday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers and staff. Critics say its a less than ideal situation because school already started three days ago. First week of school is the beginning of the process of this building this relationship. And so it is an incredibly difficult thing to do through the computer. For months, oakland unified and the Teachers Union have been trying to agree on several issues from live versus rerduct the number of hours teachers work a day. In a just a moment statement, both parties wrote quote while we dont always agree on the details, both oea and ousd are passionate about serving oakland students and families. Aside from the statement, both the groups did not release any further details about what the deal will mean for students. For details on whats happening in schooldistrict, just head to kpix. Com backtoschool. Its 6 07. We just checked the latest covid19 numbers from around the bay area. The total number of confirmed cases now tops 65,000. Alameda, santa clara and contra costa counties have the highst numbers. Theres also a total of 941 deaths. Well, this is a bay area first. You can soon pay a covid surcharge when dining out in palo alto. Kiet do is live in palo alto with whey the mayor says this could be a lifeline for struggling businesses. Anhe bht it up during been a City Council Meeting earlier this week. And the way it would work is pretty simple. The surcharge would be either a flat rate or some kind of percentage. 10 pizza. 10 surcharge and that busindo the City Attorney says palo alto cant do this without going through the proper proceedier. Only endorse the idea of a surcharge. It would not be a tax that the city would collect. Its 5 , maybe its 10 is. So its for things like hygiene and cleanliness supplies and increased cost of labor. If we dont do something, were going to lose a lot of restaurants and retailers. Reporter still lots of details to work out as this idea Gains Momentum. What weve heard is that some Restaurant Owners want to be up front about where the money is going. They dont want a surcharge to affect tips or upset the customers. And then drive them away. City staffers have been directed to come up some eas and thene cil. By wa the es and outdoor seating that you see out here, the road closures, this will be extended all the way through to the end of the year. Were live in palo alto, kiet do kpix 5. Happening today in the south bay, a new covid testing site is opening up. Its at Los Altos Youth Center on san antonio road. Santa clara county Officials Say testing is by appointment only from 10 00 this morning until 4 00 p. M. San mateo county also has a new testing site on uric lid avenue in east palo alto. Doors open up at 9 00 this morning and no appointment today, you have another chance tomorrow. And for a full list of all the testing sites across the bay area, just head to kpix. Com. Oakland is getting the late stages of a covid19 vaccine study. The phase three Clinical Trial will test the vaccine in 1400 volunteers between the ages of 18 and 85 in california and oregon. The vaccine was developed by pfizer and biontech. The next goal is to enroll up to 30,000 volunteers at more than 120 sites around the world. Its about 6 10. Students stuck paying rent at apartments theyll never live in. Next in project home. Some tips to get out of the lease. And im tracking a strong ridge of High Pressure building in for us. And with it temperatures on the rise. So lets talk about that excessive heat watch coming up. And metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. Plus weve got a want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time fit against covid19. Jo do your part. Slow the spread. My momma. Ys, listen up. Our grandpa. My daddy. Our dad works on the highway. Its so scary. Please be careful. Slow down. And pay attention. Be alert. Be work zone alert. Dearand with summer here,these energy bills are rising. Together, we can save energy and money. By taking steps to stay cool while using less. Keep safe and keep it golden. Some people drive we havway too fast. Why are they driving so fast . Zoom. Please, be careful. We get scared. My mom. My dad. My jijis at work. Welcome back. 6 13 on this thursday morning. And an excessive heat watch kicks into effect friday at noon through sunday at 7 00 p. M. For the areas highlighted in yellow. Thats the east bay hills, east bay interior valleys and for the south bay due to dangerous heat. Ill have the full forecast how hot it will get, coming up. New video this morning shows some High School Students in folsom apparently disregarding social distancing as they gathered for an annual tradition. Not too many masks either thseniorsuinatsix sanctihas more than 12,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. This morning, in project home, millions of College Students being forced to pay for apartments theyll never live in. With classes online, many students wont be heading back to campus and students like this 19yearold a san jose state student. She doesnt feel safe sharing a room right now she says so shes moving back in with her mom in long beach. Now shes worried she may have to drop out to pay for it. Am i going to have to be a parttime student now . You know make up for the money that im going to have to pay . I have to sacrifice my education for an apartment. Attorneys say there are not many options for the renters like her right now. One attorney advises offering to pay a fee to get out of your lease before seeking legal advice. Maybe incentivized to come to a deal up front to take some you know, lesser amount of money instead of going through the expensive and time intensive process of suing a student for unpaid rent and maybe never collecting it in the end. Also check their lease for a force majeure or act of god clause. You can terminate your lease due to events beyond your control. Another option giving the landlord the 30 day notice the vacate. The landlord is legally required to try to replace you. See all of susie steimles reporting on our website at kpix. Com. Happening today, touch free pedestrian signals will be installed at 25 expressway intersections in Santa Clara County. The new contact free devices allow pedestrians to activate the talk signal by waving a be installed at the crosswalk at the intersection between south baskom avenue and renova drive in san jose. And gianna, its a good idea i even think, you know, without a pandemic. Yeah, always right . Practicing and im ready. Yeah. I always use my elbow just keeps it safer altogether. Good idea. All right, taking a look at the roadways right now. Bay bridge, metering lights are on. And we are stacked up. We started the morning off with a broken down vehicle and a crash on the upper deck of the bay bridge. And it kind of prompted those metering lights to be flip on a little earlier than usual so now weve got a pretty big backup there. Very busy off the eastshore frd well backed up just into the maze at this point. So definitely extra busy as you head through there. Its improving though once you are past that portion getting on to the upper deck and we saw brake lights all the way to at least Treasure Island but now things just past the incline and getting a little better as you head into the city. At least once you get on the upper deck of the bay bridge. All right, take a look at traffic in the Altamont Pass. Westbound 580. Its pretty much the usual stuff. We did have an accident earlier right around grant line and looks like thats now been cleared out of the lanes but you still have brake lights coming out of tracy extending all the way into north flynn. So sluggish. As you head through there. Give yourself a few extra minutes as well. Checking the drive times, 39 minutes westbound 580. 205 over to 680. So traffic is slow as you head in that area. Westbound 4 looking pretty good. No delays right now northbound 101 out of the south bay. Just a little slow but overall moving at the speed limit for the most part. And 237 right at matilda. Still work on this accident but really not causing much of an impact the traffic. Thats a look at the morning commute. Mary, warmer temperatures starting today. Oh, yeah for sure. Continue with the warmup today through the weekend. Does get very hot inlarttoowher Salesforce Tower camera. Mainly clear skthmog for many of us and just some patchy fog. So you can see some fog rolling in across the Golden Gate Bridge. But its definitely not as foggy as what we have seen over the last several days. In fact, you can actually see on our Salesforce Tower camera this morning, its just been so foggy lately we havent been able to use it. But lets show you our temperatures this morning. So looking upper 40s and low 50s to start off the day. Concord 50 degrees and oakland 59 and 64 in livermore and 55 in San Francisco. 62 in san jose. And 50 for santa rosa. So heres what you can expect. Warming up today above average temperatures by about five to ten degrees. And then turning very hot and were going to be hot into next week. So because of those dangerously hot temperatures and excessive heat watch for the areas highlighted in yellow. So thats friday noon through sunday 7 00 p. M. For the east bay hills and interior valleys and for the south bay due to triple digit heat. It is going to get very hot for tomorrow through the weekend. And continuing even into next week. So warmer days ahead all because of the strong ridge of High Pressure over the Desert Southwest building in for us. You can see the moisture coming in and thats all because of whats left of elida once a hurricane and now turning post tropical. But it is bringing that tropical moisture into our region. So were looking at that left overtropical moisture with high clouds moving in late tonight erea ight erd i think for the most part, well just see the clouds tomorrow and temperatures heating up. So lets show you futurecast and taking you hour by hour. You will see that sunshine and there we go with the clouds. High clouds moving in tonight into tomorrow. But again, on friday, we are going to see the hottest temperatures so far of the week ahead. So looking at 89 in san jose and for santa clara. For the east bay upper 90s for concord and pleasant hill. 100 in brentwood and around the bay, 72 in San Francisco and 79 in oakland and for the north bay upper 80s to about 90 degrees for santa rosa. Heres heres the extended forecast and what you can expect. There we go. Friday the hottest day of the week. Still staying hot through the weekend and early next week. Back to you. Happing today a neighborhood in Santa Clara County will be sprayed for mosquitoes. And it comes after two mosquitoes tested positive for west nile virus. The spraying will happen tonight at 10 00 in parts of the 94022 zip code. And los altos hills. Time right now 6 20. Next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area,. Netflix touring america finding the funniest towns. The town just a few hours north that made the list. And remember, we want to see what back to school means to you this year. Send us a picture to backtoschool kpix. Com. Its game day live, here at bill and julies house. A fanfavorite venue, wanna grab a seat . Ey, amy . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xfinity. Start him. Sit him. Trade him. Xfinity delivers fast, reliable internet with speeds up to a gig. Learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, switch to Xfinity Mobile and for a limited time get 400 off an eligible Samsung Galaxy 5g phone. Click, call or visit a store today. Its 6 24 right now. New this morning, a small california town has become a hot spot for a netflix promotion. Were talking about weed. Its located just nas inmerica. Etf thats going to places across the country with funny sounding names. To promstandup comedy shows. On wednesday netflix covered takeout purchases at a local cafe in weed. That restaurant got 350 calls within 15 minutes. I told them i said hey you know what you are in for . When you say free you know what you are going to be in for and theyre like yep. E a great name. We think we have a great name. So were happy everybodys here. Other town names that netflix is recognizing include zigzag, oregon, no name, colorado, and sandwich, illinois. Time right now i get it len. Ive been to weed, california before. And we were making jokes the whole time. What about no name, colorado . Thats your home state. That one too. All right. Newest jobless claims report is coming up. It was released just moments ago. Coming up, what the numbers show and how wall street is reacting. Plus the plan from the biden harris camp to fix the unemployment problem. And to help restaurants and other businesses get through the pandemic theres now talk of a covid surcharge on your bill in palo alto its game day live, here at bill and julies house. A fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xfinity. Start him. Sit him. Trade him. Xfinity delivers fast, reliable internet with speeds up to a gig. Learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, switch to Xfinity Mobile and for a limited time get 400 off an eligible Samsung Galaxy 5g phone. Click, call or visit a store today. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, water spewing on to the streets in parts of the east ba overnight. The areas without water this morning due to several main breaks. And incredible video showing the moment a firenado sparks overnight. The dangerous situation unfolding right now in southern california. Good morning everyone, it is thursday, august 13th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning to you. So glad to have you with us on this thursday morning. Lets get right to your forecast first and you will notice its to be another hot one. Thats right len and michelle. Ill be watching the temperatures climb this afternoon and in fact, friday into the weekend. It turns very hot especially inland. So we are talking about a big warmup in store for us. So for this afternoon, were looking at that sunshine and temperatures about five to ten degrees above average for this time of year. Looking at 98 for concord and fairfield and 97 for livermore and 89 close to 90 in san jose and 70s for right around the bay. 72 San Francisco and 79 for oakland. And excessive heat watch will kick into effect friday into the weekend. Ill talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. But now lets its getting busy along the bay bridge. It is. Those metering lights were turned on before 6 00 this morning. And weve already got a pretty big backup as you head through there. So weve got delays coming off all approaches as well. So you are backed up into the maze at this point. There was a trouble spot on the upper deck thats now been cleared out of lanes. But look at maps there all that red coming off the eastshore freeway. A lot of red there seeing on the sensors coming off of 580 and even that west grant exit there that overpass some brake lights also. So definitely give yourself a few extra minutes headed to the bay bridge. The san mateo bridge looking a lot better this morning. Our drive time off the eastshore freeway 23 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. Altamont pass slow as well. Details on that in my next report. Anne . Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And im watching the water main breaks in the east bay and the ongoing repairs. Latest word from east bay m. U. D. Is that this mess might not be cleaned up. The lines light not be repaired until around noon. So sorry for the bad news. You might not get a shower this morning. If you live in parts of berkeley and emeryville. Several water main breaks methnight leaving is localized flooding and about 300 customers without water. So that means homes and businesses were talking potentially hundreds of people without water right now. Looks like east bay m. U. D. May have overpressurized the water system in that area. And the pipes were simply too old to handle it. Some of them more than 100 years old. So theyre still evacuating the cause and trying to figure out if this is one line or multiple lines. And in the meantime, again, the Water Service is expected to be out until about noon. And emeryville, this is the area of ocean avenue and hollis street. And in berkeley, it is the area west of sacramento and south of university. Were going to keep an eyen that. Back to you. Anne, thank you. On the fire watch now, thhesacl valley ayou can see this live look with all of the smoke in the area. And on the left hand side is the live look with all of the smoke. Deof with the and side, this is flames really burning the acreage there. And take a look at this. A firenado was caught on camera overnight. The winds causing the fire to continue to spread into the night. This morning, mandatory evacuations are in place for about 500 residents. Right now we do not know the cause of the fire. Lets go live now to wall street. The stock market opening just a few minutes ago and you can see the dow is now down in the red about 77 points to 80 points right now. This comes justhour after the latest jobless claims report. Fewer americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week and according to the Labor Department 963,000 americans filed jobless claims. This marks the First Time Since march that where claims have come in under 1 million. State your naming to campaign 2020 now. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden and his vp pick Kamala Harris are addressing the job market. Theyre calling it a major priority. Senator harris explained part of their plan. We have as many as 30 Million People who are unemployed or underemployed right now. We got to build back better as joe talks about. And thats that includes investing in jobs, job creation, and infrastructure and all of those issues. During their first joint appearance yesterday, biden praised harris for her work and explained to america why he chose the california senator as his vp. I have no doubt that i picked the right person to join of the unitstatesce president america. Shes smart, shes tough, shes experienced, shes a proven fighter for the backbone of this country. Biden announced his campaign has raised 26 million in the 24 hours since he named harris as the running mate. This morning, there are still some unease even in the bay area with harris on the democratic ticket. Shes not the first choice for vp among some progressives. But some say they will still get on board. As someone whos worked you know for well over a decade on issues of state violence, im not a harris fan. That said, the time that were in calls for you know, nuance and strategy. Biden harris, thats our option, frustrated that im in yet one more election cycle where i have pickhe lesser ofth are scduled to receive a briefing on covid19 from Public Health experts. And then speak to the press. Tech giants are working with Government Agencies to curb election meddling. Representatives from facebook and google among others met with federal officials according to the new york times. They shared leads about disinformation campaigns and other Deceptive Behavior on their platforms. The companies are trying to prevent a repeat of the widespread disinformation that circulated back in 2016. Im kiet do, were live in palo alto. Were talking about a covid cur charge that would help out businesses like restaurants get through this pandemic who are really struggling. The idea has been picking up steam among Business Owners and they have gong gone to city hall and gotten to the mayor and then the mayor brought it up at a City Council Meeting this week. Theyre still debating but so far either a flat amount or a pertage added to your purchase and then the business would keep all of that extra money. The city would get none of it. Its 5 , maybe 10 and so its for things like hygiene, cleanliness supplies. Increased cost of labor. Utilities are very none of it is coming down. New little bit that we can help to keep businesses moving. Already talking about a surcharge. Just jest interested to hear the city bring it up. Reporter and that was the owner of a restaurant. Hes had to lay off 39 of his 41 employees. Lots of details still to work out as the push Gains Momentum and weve heard some owners want to be up front about where the money is going. They dont want a surcharge to affect tips or upset customers. City staffers have been directed to come back with ideas to the council in a short period of time. By the way, all the outdoor seating that you see out here the road closure out here in the part of the city and in fact across the entire city of palo alto will be extended to the end of the year, were live in palo alto, kiet do, kpix 5. This morning, san jose is giving some Small Businesses more space to try to help them survive. The city is now expanding the Al Fresco Program which initially started a few months ago. Allowing businesses to expand outdoors on to sidewalks and street parking. This week, the City Council Approved the same plan for city owned parks, parking lots, and plazas. We arent making a profit. This is definitely a nonprofit restaurant at this point. At this moment. But at least its something that lets us have a shot to survive. There is an approval process for businesses that want to use city space to operate outdoors. And that may not be a new stimulus bill until next month. The senators could go on recess today and house lawmakers have already left dc. Democratic leaders met with the treasury secretary wednesday and both sides declared there is no common ground. My administration also stand ready to deploy cdc teams to support schools that are opening. And schools looking live at the no the trump stration remains adamant about reopening classrooms to children. It released eight general recommendations for schools including high standards of ventilation and hygiene in classrooms and the federal government will also provide up to 125 Million Masks to schools. While theres no mandate in place, the white house is encouraging students and staff to use face coverings. And the push to get students back in class comes as the u. S. Is averaging nearly 53,000 new cases a day. Right now, more people are dying from coronavirus in the bay area than during the peak of the initial surge. According to an l. A. Times analysis, the most deaths in a single week during the spring came in april when 67 people died. Two weeks ago, the bay area saw 81 deaths. Last week, 72. But the governor says california is turning the corner. Wn abo9 over the last two weeks. And icu admissions are down 16 . This new video takes us inside one of the largest coronavirus hospital wards in southern california. L. A. County Usc Medical Center was overrun with patients weeks ago. They put out an urgent call for help and the u. S. Air force came to the rescue. Its hard work. Its definitely a lot harder than our regular icu patients when you go rooms you have to wear gear. Head to toe. And its really, really hot. A warning this morning from the cdc director. He says if people dont wear mask, social distancing, wash their hands and be smart about crowds, this could be the worst fall in u. S. Public health history. Time now 6 40. Shfor soliriy the new addi l San Francisco police stations recognizing an important movement. Thats next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. And the market just opened about ten minutes ago. Lets take another quick check on the big board. The dow is now down about 100 points. Coming up well get an update businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver. In new ways. To new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. C busins,we wto hyold not juounce tronger . But bounce forward. And now, were committed to helping you do just that with a powerful and reliable internet and voice solution at a great price. Call or go online today. Time now for a look at whats coming up later on cbs this morning. Anthony mason joins us now from negoing len. Ahead on cbs this morning, were in lake hughes with the latest on the wildfire moving through southern california. Plus, the Trump Administration offers more help for schools to reopen as soon as possible. Well ask dr. David agus if if thats a reality. Also businesses in College Towns brace for the potential of a fall without football. James brown joins us with the reaction. And in our more Perfect Union series, meet the 8yearold artist whose drawings of Health Care Heroes are helping ease the nationwide ppe shortage. Hes a young talent. Well see you at 7 00. Anthony mason, thank you. Well see you then. New this morning, lyft is reporting a plunge in ridership and revenue due to the pandemic and related shutdowns. The San Francisco based Ride Hailing Company says it had 8. 7 million active riders in april, may and june. That compares to. 8 n a year earlier. Second quarter revenue physical by more than half. A first for the job market since the pandemic began, and the stock market is reacting. Joining us on the phone right now is kcbs radios financial reporter jason brooks. Good morning jason. Good morning michelle. Better news for the economy with initial jobless claims falling below one million after 20 straight weeks above that level. The government says first time unemployment claims fell to 963,000 from about 1. 2 million. Remember that remains high but claims have now moved lower for two weeks after rising so that trend is welcomed. The results have been proven in the number of people continuing to claim benefits with that number falling by about a half million to 15. 5 million. You mentioned list earnings and the stock is heading lower off the report. Shares in lyft down about 5 . Even worse start to the day for cisco. After it delivered its Earnings Results and shares of cisco are taking an 11 dive. Overall stock market mixed this morning. Dow losing 64. The s p nudging higher by about one point. Michelle . Back to you. All right, jason brooks, thank you. New this morning, tv networks are bracing for a financial hit from the postponement of many College Football games. Lost advertising revenue could approach 1 billion. Last year College Football brought in nearly 1. 7 billion in tv advertising. But now that stream of money is in jeopardy. After the pac 12 and the big 10 pushed back their seasons due to the pandemic. At least one conference will play this fall. The commissioner of big 12 says kickoff will be september 26th. So far the sec and acc have yet to make any announcements but previous plans show their seasons starting in september. New this morning, in a push for solidarity, San Francisco police stations will look a little different. These black lives matter posters will be placed at every station citywide. You can see its almost as tall it lists reasons of how the departments principle of safety and respect for all aligns with the black lives matter movement. The Department Says its committed to ending systemic racism. 6 47 right now. Lets get a check on the roads with gianna. Hey there. Hey, good morning. Lets start off with the travel times this morning. If you are getting ready to head out the door, headsup. Brake lights coming into the Altamont Pass and its a slow ride coming off the eastshore freeway commute. Y the. A 24 minute ride there. We had earlier trouble spot on the upper deck of the bay bridge and that caused a bit of the early backup there with metering lights being turned on before 6 00 and you can see traffic the still pretty backed up at the toll plaza there. Beyond that 880 overcrossing and you can see slow off the eastshore freeway. Still slow out of the east bay heading into the city. But past the incline traffic is moving better coming into San Francisco from the skyway. 41 minutes 2 680. Using the Altamont Pass. Weve got brake lights coming out of tracy from Mountain House over to grant line. That earlier crash near grant line has now been cleared out of the p left lane. Golden gate bridge so far so good. Extra volume now seeing more cars on the but your drive times Still Holding steady about 15 minutes southbound 101 from the richmondsan rafael bridge into the city. And right now no troubles to report on the san mateo bridge. Traffic is moving nicely at limit in both directions. Although we are seeing a few more brake lights there things might be getting just a little bit busier, but its getting over 10. W the recast thth and ill be tracking errise as we head through our afternoon and especially into friday and the weekend. Were going to see temperatures soar. Heres a gorgeous live look with our Salesforce Tower camera. And love to be able to show you our Salesforce Tower cameras because its just been so foggy lately that now you can see that beautiful start to our day. With that sunshine and just some patchy fog across the Golden Gate Bridge this morning, our temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Catching the sunshine in concord at 60 degrees and patchy fog in d 64 in livermore and 55 in San Francisco and 62 in san jose. And coming in at a cool 50 degrees for santa rosa. So we are going to warm up even more compared to yesterday. Daytime highs about five to ten degrees above average for this time of year. And as we look ahead to friday into the weekend, those daytime highs will get dangerously hot especially inland. So excessive heat watch friday staying hot into next week. So lets talk about the excessive heat watch for the areas highlighted in yellow for the east bay hills and for the south bay from friday at noon through sunday 7 00 p. M. Due to the dangerously hot temperatures were talking triple digit heat inland. Starting tomorrow. And in fact, tomorrow will be the hottest day of the week. So its all because of this strong ridge of High Pressure across the Desert Southwest bringing the heat. Warmer days ahead and you can see this moisture coming in from the south. And that is whats left of hurricane elida now post tropical. But the remnants bringing that tropical moisture into the bay area. So as we head through tonight, we are looking at low clouds starting to move in. So we are looking at that sunshine for the most part this afternoon. But watch as those clouds stream in for tomorrow. Now there is a slight chance for an isolated shower with that tropical moisture. And isolated thunderstorm. But i think for the most part, well just see the clouds and temperatures heating up for tomorrow. Daytime highs for today, looking at 89 in san jose and for santa clara. Close to 90. Upper 90s for concord and for b bay 70. 72 in francio and 79 in anand e bay upper 80s and close to 90 degrees in santa rosa. 98 for st. Helena. Heres the extended forecast and what you can expect. Were looking at triple digit heat beginning friday through the weekend. And into next week. Back to you. Time is 6 50 right now. Next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. A deal struck. The agreement several days late for Distance Learning in oakland. Reporter im kiet do and we are live in palo alto talking about a possible covid surcharge. Yes, an extra fee tacked on to the bill the help out businesses. Weve got a live report coming up. And the reminder, kpix 5 has a new app that gives you easy 24 7 access to cbsn bay area. And kpix 5 newscasts. You need to delete the old app and download [ ] alright, guys, listen up. My momma. Our grandpa. My daddy. Our dad works on the highway. Its so scary. Ful. Slow dow and pay attention. Be alert. Be work zone alert. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if it coected,s protth pera thiy. Es ]our info. Can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] some people drive we havway too fast. Why are they driving so fast . Zoom. Please, be careful. We get scared. My mom. My dad. My jijis at work. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are waiting for an update from cal fire on this huge fire burning right now in southern california. Taking a live look right now in the Angeles National forest. You can see a lot ke the air there. This is near lake hughes. More than 100 homes have been evacuated after this fire broke out at around 4 00 yesterday afternoon. And quickly spread to 10,000 acres. Its called the lake fire and we are watching that as firefighters say they have major challenges ahead of them today. It has been burning step terrain in an area thats not burned in about 50 years. Back to you. Anne, thank you. 6 56 right now. Time for a look at this mornings other top stories. Crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks in parts of emeryville and berkeley. Hollis street is closed in both directions. East bay m. U. D. Says overpressurization may be to blame. Teachers represented the terms of the agreement last night and still have to vote to accept it. No word yet on what the deal will mean for students in oakland. Wall street reacting this morning to another jobless claims report. And you can see the dow is down about 25 points. The jobs report shows 963,000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats the First Time Since march that the number fell below a million. Later today, democratic president ial candidate joe biden and his vp pick Kamala Harris are scheduled to receive a briefing on public covid19. They are then due to speak to the press. Reporter im kiet do and we are live in palo alto with what could be a bay area first. A covid surcharge to help out businesses like restaurants who are really struggling during this pandemic. The idea has been picking up a n of steam among business the mayor. Theyre still debating the details but so far, it looks like it might either be a flat amount or a percentage added to the purchase and the business keeps that money. This push Gains Momentum and weve heard from Business Front out whthe moy is o be going. Thont wasurcharge to afct their tips d then e them away. Now city staffers have been directed to come back to the council with ideas on how to move this forward. By the way, all the seating that you see out here outdoors the closure of the streets here in palo alto, that was voted and its been extended to the end of the year. Were live in palo alto, kiet do, kpix 5. Im Gianna Franco in the traffic center. And getting a check of the roadways right now. San mateo bridge look at this. We saw a backup here and i checked in with chp. Nothing specific, just a lot of cars on the roadway this making thae boun haywar 880 heading to the peninsula. Its a sluggish ride as you had had through there. About a 22 minute drive time to get across the span. Taking the bay bridge, kind of the same story here. Weve got a lot of brake lights with metering lights on and you are backed up into the maze. With the slow ride coming off the eastshore freeway. Now with a 23 minute drive time to go highway 4 to the maze. Westbound 580, 205 over to 680 into the Altamont Pass is a 37 minute drive time. Mary . Warming up for today gianna, were talking about five to ten degrees above average for this time of year. With that sunshine, 98 in concord and 89 close to 90 for san jose and 79 for oakland. And excessive heat watch begins tomorrow at noon through sunday. 7 00 p. M. For the areas highlighted in yellow. The east bay hills and interior valleys and for the south bay due to dangerous heat. To starting tomorrow, triple digit heat inland. Tomorrow the hottest day out of the week. Looking at that triple digit heat inland continuing through the weekend. And in fact, into next week. And friends, viewers have been commenting and saying please make it stop with those hot temperatures. Especially inland with that triple digit heat expected tomorrow. Yeah, no kidding. 104 on friday . Im going to have to run the sprinklers outside so the kids can jump through. You need to jump through too. All right guys. Yeah. You are absolutely right. Thanks for watching everyone. Dont forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. Cbs this morning is up next. Have a great one. Goo morning t our viewers in the west and welcome to cbs this morning. Its thursday, august 13th, 2020. Im Anthony Mason with Michelle Miller and vladimir duthiers. Deadliest day in months. Reported coronavirus deaths hit the highest daily total since may. Well show you how the president is renewing his push to reopen schools as tens of millions of parents face difficult choices. Fastmoving flames. 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