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Seeing smoke as fire rages at the steel recycling plant near the port of oakland. The latest on what we know about air quality concerns because of this fire. Plus, wildfires across the state in past years have fire specialists looking for a different way to fight fires before they happen. Well talk about the new tool cal fire is using to do just that. This is ktvu fox two news at noon. Good afternoon. Im andrere senior. M allie rasmus. This afternoon, parts of maui are a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities. The results of several wildfires that continue to tear through the island, which has already claimed three dozen lives. And Officials Say the death toll could increase in the hours and days ahead. And while firefighters are starting to get a handle of some of those wildfires, now comes the massive and difficult task of sifting through the damage. Overnight, we learned that on top of the 36 deaths, more than 270 buildings have been destroyed or damaged, including most of the Historic Town of lahaina. Local, state and federal Officials Say aid is starting to arrive in hawaii now the mayor of maui posted a message of gratitude to wellwishers these past few days. The resolve of our families business and visitors have been tested like never before in our lifetime. Earlier today, President Biden declared a major disaster on maui, clearing the way for federal assets to help with the response. The president said the Hawaii National guard is using firefighting helicopters to help as well. Again, those helicopters from the National Guard tried to dampen the flames. The fireed tf thousands of others. Strong winds from Hurricane Dora are contributing to the fire spreading quickly and so quickly that some people jumped into the Pacific Ocean to escape the smoke and fire. And they had to be rescued by the coast guard. Now, along with the National Guard, the coast guard, the marines and department of transportation, those are the federal agencies that have stepped in to help with evacuation efforts and Mass Evacuation efforts resume today for stranded visitors and residents. Busses are picking up people in kaanapali, north of lahaina, and taking residents to a shelter in central maui, or taking visitors directly to the airport. Some of them are coming back home to the bay area after experience, seeing the tragedy and panic from those horrific fires, ctvs Amanda Quintana brings us to sfo as passengers landed this morning. Leaders in hawaii are urging visitors to stay away from maui and leave, sending thousands scrambling, trying to evacuate to get home safely. The hotel just put up a sign and said maui county says to get out, evacuate as soon as possible, head to the airport. Stacy snowden says for a while she and her husband didnt realize the magnitude of the maui fires until their friends showed up at their hotel door. They got screaming bangs at their door, their condo that said, get out, get out now. Theyre kids were just petrified because they were seeing the fires. They were seeing the smoke. And you know, they thought they were going to have to jump into the water. Many others took in friends and even strangers as the fire got closer, they sent us a picture right out of their window with fire coming to their house. So in the middle of the night, they came and stayed with us. Families. Theyre on vacation. Thats their first trip to hawaii. And i think itll be something they never forget. Forced to spend hours at the airport waiting for their chance to get out, some even shedding tears at the relief of being home. Many remembering their time in lahaina just days before we went out to dinner at the line of grill, really old, famous restaurant there. And we were there saturday night just having such a beautiful time. And its gone. Its gone now. Now watching footage of the Historic Town in ashes. It looks unreal. Yeah it looks like a bomb went off. Its unbelievable. Its just like Fishermans Wharf being burned down. You cant think about that, mickey pandit says just minutes after he and his wife arrived at their hotel, evacuations started with no food, water or gas stations open and the main roads closed. Everyone was sent the same direction. We had to take the treacherous route that goes through the back of the island, which is like a three hour, the most dangerous journey ive ever seen because like its probably size, the roads that big and there are two suv is trying to cross each other because it was like a panic. One of the biggest issues was communication nation. The response was really bad from the government side because they were paralyzed pretty much. They didnt know what to do with no power or cell service. People had no connection to the outside world. Were there with no information at all. And we were just hopeful that the world knows whats going on here because mauis in trouble. Hawaii is in trouble, and they need a lot of help right now. I mean, lives are being lost. Amanda quintana, ktvu fox two news. And we of course know that california is no stranger to destructive wildfires. And after the mosquito fire tore through the sierra foothills last year. Cal fire continues. Wildfire preparedness efforts and its led to the creation of a new tool. The chronicle reports that technology is called the Weather Research forecasting system. It was built by researchers at san jose state university, and its set to help the agency get a head start on fire spotting and weather influenced behavior. Now this new tool is set to help with predicting where embers from a fire might land and ignite new hotspots, as well as understanding how the hot and dry winds will influence the weather. Meanwhile in recent years of destructive wildfires, pgd has been at the center of blame here and pressure to improve safety. Now the east bay times reports this year the utility is working on Circuit Breaker technology to reduce fire risk and have it minimally impact most customers. But a recent spark and outages this monday as the city of lafayette calling on pga to provide updates on that situation as a result, the utility is planning on Holding Community events soon to address questions and concerns in lafayette, as well as los gatos. Across california, Water Management groups are taking steps to prevent another repeat of some of the problems we saw earlier this year. In the wintertime, were talking about levee breaks. Governor gavin newsom signed an executive order to make it easier to repair levees and remove debris ahead of this coming winter. Last year, levee breaks caused flooding and significant damage along the river. It also refilled the long, empty tulare lake. The la times reports that this order will also suspend many environmental laws with the goal of speeding up the process of repairing damaged levees. None of this story a live look now from where more than 20 hours ago, a large pile of burning steel debris near the port of oakland is no longer producing those plumes of smoke. We saw over the last day or so. The fire broke out at their steel off embarcadero west. As dave ktvbs dave dowling reports, the concern now is the air quality. It was crazy. It was like you could see it early, like start to smolder and then it was a big giant plume. It was this constant plume of smoke that had everyone talking across the bay. Couldnt really differentiate between either one. Figure out where the cloud was, where the smoke was, if it was over. Yeah, its surreal. So i was just wondering what was on fire. And then typical coming from this direction, being in oakland, i thought it was another homeless encampment. It was no encampment, but rather a large pile of steel debris that somehow caught fire at the schnitzer steel recycling plant wednesday off embarcadero west in oakland. Not only could you see it, but you could smell it. It burned for nearly 15 hours. We saw it from our window. So i was like, im not going to open my windows or take a walk outside. So we just kind of hunkered down and just watched it from our window. Yesterday was real bad, and today we had other people asking about the air quality while most of the smoke has dissipated, theyre still concerned about particles in the air from the burning debris. We saw readings last night and this morning from particulate matter in the east bay and south bay. Those readings are picking up levels from the unhealthy for sensitive groups category on the aqi or the orange range. All the way up to the unhealthy range or red. The bay area air Quality Management district says its monitoring the air around the steel site and beyond and will continue to do so until conditions improve. An air quality advisory is in place through midnight. The first and best defense to protect yourself from the smoke is to remain indoors with windows and doors closed. We also advise people to either turn off your ac units or set them to recirculate to avoid pulling in that smoky air from outside for people who need to be outside, officials recommend wearing an n95 mask until the advisory is lifted. As for the debris site at schnitzer steel crews continue to hose down the debris pile to minimize flare ups, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. In west oakland. Dave devlin, ktvu fox two news, San Francisco 49 ers ceo jed york is facing multiple lawsuits stemming from his business interests outside of the nfl. Two lawsuits accuse york of Insider Trading and violating federal laws in his role with a santa clara based Education Company. According to the San Francisco chronicle, shareholders claim that york and executives from that company concealed their role in helping students cheat in online exams. Shareholders say york and Company Executives sold stock without informing investors of the extent of the cheating scandal. Now, in a statement, a spokesperson for that Education Company called chegg said, quote, the recent securities related lawsuits against us are without merit. We are vigorously defending ourselves in these lawsuits. Chegg takes academic integrity very seriously and has invested significant resources to protect it. China has been helping millions of students learn and thrive for many years, including during the pandemic, creating a Digital Learning platform to improve outcomes, end quote. In a statement yesterday, 49ers spokesperson brian brokaw said, quote, the 49 ers are proud of the work we accomplished with chegg to provide scholarships for First Generation College students, end quote. Brokaw did not address the chronicles questions about the pending lawsuits against ceo jed york. Now a group of low income students can indeed file a lawsuit against the state of california for Remote Learning inequities. Studies show educational inequities increased from 2019 to 2022 between Public School students of different races and income levels. Alameda county superior court judge Brad Seligman said evidence shows that the state implemented a Remote Learning policy that failed to provide all students with computers and technology. He said a trial would determine whether the state violated Discrimination Laws and a state constitutional guarantee of educational equity. While workers are protesting here in the bay area, the emmy awards are confirmed to be delayed as a result of the hollywood strike. Details on the upcoming negotiations, plus, a vote will be determined today about robo taxis on the streets of San Francisco. When we come back, whats expected to happen at that meeting today and in bay area, whether more sunshine this afternoon. We still have some low clouds and fog hanging out near the coastline. Were watching some activity to the south, some showers and well see those showers could approach the bay area. Well have the update from the mountains to the coast. Heatin up the kitchen we got somethin different spreadin good vibes all day todos a la mesa que buena la mezcla it dont get no better livin in the golden state lovin this land everyday norte a sur lo puedes ver nada se puede comparar livin in the golden state vive en el estado dorado. Yeah for this rally. Sagaftra union actors have been on strike since july and thats shut down tv and Film Production performers and studios have not yet come to an agreement on working conditions, pay and the future use of Artificial Intelligence in creative projects. New at noon, the 75th emmy awards will be postponed another four months because of the ongoing actors strike. The emmys are now set to air on monday, january 15th, 2024. Now, the timing of that award show means that the emmys , which honored the best shows on television, will actually air weeks before the Screen Actors Guild awards for the following year. A number of other awards ceremonies like the Golden Globe Awards and the critics Choice Awards are also held in january. Again, ceremony will be happening roughly four months later than originally planned. Well, the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance rallied at a protest just a few hours ago in response to the meeting underway by the state Public Utilities commission to decide whether there should be more self driving taxis on San Francisco streets. Both cruz and waymo were hoping to get approval for around the clock robotaxi rides if its approved, it could make San Francisco the first city in the country to have two fleets of Driverless Cars competing for passengers against rideshares and taxis. But critics, including the San Francisco fire department, wants state regulators to reject the proposal because of safety concerns. Theyre talking about progress, safe roads for all. Well i would ask these people who are across the street looking at them, what about the cars that are stopping in the middle of the street . Is that safe . What about the cars that are stalling out . Is that safe . What about the cars that are blocking emergency exits . Is that safe . At the same time, other organizations argue an approved vote would create more jobs and opportunities for people. We cant stop the technology. Were really excited about the potential that these vehicles have for transportation and accessibility and safety and general improvement for blind people with access to transportation. So the meeting is currently underway and we expect the vote to come down later today. Time now is 1217. Lets check in with meteorologist mark tamayo for a look at the forecast. A little bit of a warm up, maybe this weekend, looking ahead to the weekend. Yeah, already thinking about the weekend, right . I guess were getting close enough and yeah, we are right. We are right with that forecast. Temperatures will be heating up, especially inland will be approaching the mid 90s as we head toward the second half of the weekend. For today, though, of course, you heard about the fire yesterday and this morning near the port of oakland impacting air quality. The air quality advisory is in place for today. But thankfully, as we take a look at these sensors, were showing you a lot of green sensors and a little yellow sensors here indicating some moderate air quality. So air quality is not too bad, at least according to those sensors. And heres a live camera looking out toward the sfo, some blue sky up above. But then we have some low clouds near the coast and kind of lingering near portions of the bay this afternoon. That is the headline, though, as far as temperatures, we are warming back up this weekend. Some more 90 is expected by saturday and sunday and into monday. Today, some 80s for a place like concord, 84 degrees and maybe some slight cooling into tomorrow. Heres a satellite just like yesterday. Were showing you the low clouds and fog trying to clear back to just offshore. As we looks like we e lingering patches right around half moon bay. Also toward the marin headlands, right around portions of San Francisco as well. Were going to move the maps now closer to southern and Central California because the remnant moisture, what we have been talking about over the past couple of days of what was once Tropical Storm eugene is moving into portions of the state. In fact, fairly active radar right now closer to a santa barbara. Some lightning strikes detected. And this is the activity well be watching later on this afternoon. Tonight and into friday for us right now, looks like a slight chance of a shower closer to monterey bay, but even closer to the golden gate. Well be watching out for that action. But it looks like the main focus will be towards south kurt number of San Francisco, 66, santa rosa in the 70s, 70s and some lower 80s for san jose and in livermore. So heres a setup. You can see this system has some cooling us off over the past few days, but we have this this what was once a Tropical Storm eugene. That moisture is moving into central and Southern California will be watching out for that over the next couple of days. So for today and tomorrow, we will increase the high clouds. Most likely by this evening, it could feel a bit humid out there, especially for your friday and the showers. Definitely watching that activity to our south, but it does not take much to for those showers to drift just closer to the bay area to boost those shower chances. But it looks like the main activity is to the south and also out toward the lake tahoe area. Heres a forecast models. We put this into motion. This is 5 00 this afternoon, keeping the low clouds and fog out there, coast side. And also the high clouds drifting in from the south. We will definitely bump up the high cloud cover tonight. Youll see that shower activity getting fairly close to the bay area. Maybe a few sprinkles or some drizzle linked up to the marine layer near the coastline tomorrow morning. And then some clouds kind of still moving through the region tomorrow afternoon. And there we go out toward the sierra. Were going to bump up the shower and thunderstorm chances for tomorrow and then into the weekend. Once again, the developing headline by the weekend will be some warming temperatures. Take a look at the numbers this afternoon. Coastal cloud, some warm temperatures inland. San francisco, close to 70 degrees. Lots of 70s around the bay. Lots of 80s inland. And it looks like the temperature pattern remains in place for tomorrow as well for your friday. Heres a look ahead to your five day forecast. If you cant see bump up the high clouds for your friday, it will be warmer by saturday. And then maybe some warm to hot conditions by sunday into monday, maybe another batch of cloud cover moving in by monday. But its always, you know, we talk about the low clouds and fog, but the thunderstorms chances. It always bears watching because right now the forecast model is saying to the south of the bay area, but it does not take much for us to be wrong. So well be watching the radar. Want the rain not the lightning. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Thankfully with these storms, if they do develop, it could produce both. But but but but still be one of that activity to kind of remain out. Okay. Thanks, mark. Mark, thanks. The war in ukraine continues and now a new crisis is growing. Ukrainian farmers are being heavily impacted. And what it could come as a result of all this. And were excited to announce a new streaming app for your tv. You can now watch our newscast live on amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv or android tv . Just search your device for fox local and choose ktvu fox two. You can also get instructions by going to our website ktvu. Com slash how to stream with nurtec odt, i can treat and prevent my migraine attacks, all in one. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. Allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. Most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. Talk to your doctor about nurtec today. Serving in the us senate. Last february, she contracted shingles. She missed several votes during the three months absence or her three month absence that revved up the calls by members of both parties at that time for her to step down. But experts say its not just her age that should be considered here. You can have a perfect functioning mind and a body that begins to fail, and then the reverse can also happen. So theres lots of variability that exists in the world of aging. Other members of feinstein party are defending her, saying her role on the Judiciary Committee would be hard to fill if she steps down. Senator feinstein has been adamant that she will serve her full term, which expires in january of 2025. Russia is escalating its attacks on ukrainian food sources and that has raised concerns that its going to create more instability with the global food supply. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palca reports from kiev, ukraine. As the ground war in ukraine grinds on, another massive crisis is growing. Russia stepping up its bombing and harassing of ukrainian ports, ships and warehouses, making a big push to stop shipments of much needed shutting off an important Revenue Source for ukrainian farmers and traumatizing residents of those port cities who say theyre always alert for the next attack. We are living on a powder keg. We dont know if we will wake up tomorrow or not. Only god knows, the targeting of food comes as ukraine is increasingly taking the fight to russian soil. Moscow says its air Defense System shot down at least two drones heading for the capital on thursday for the second straight day of air attacks, prompting a new warning from the Russian Military threats to russias military security require a timely, inadequate response. We will discuss the necessary measures to neutralize them and make appropriate decisions. The white house wants to keep the funds for those drones flowing. Its preparing a new request for billions of dollars in additional military aid. And while a growing number of lawmakers are questioning whether its too much. Most say its a win for both ukraine and the us. Most of the money that we spend related to ukraine is actually spent in the us, so its actually employing people here and improving our own military. And the Russian Military said on wednesday it plans to beef up its troop presence in the west to try to counter what it calls new aggression from nato in kiev. Greg tankard, ktvu fox two news. Massive wildfires continue to leave behind destruction in maui and multiple people already dead. Were live with the latest look at the status of the fire and current recovery efforts. Also chatgpt continues to draw in more users and more concern from lawmakers. The big problem, its causing for schools and universities dealing with plagiarism and how its changing the way teachers teach their classes woman why did we choose safelite . We were loading our suv when. Crack safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when theyd arrive with a replacement we could trust. Thats service the way we want it. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. Visit your local volvo retailer, to explore mild hybrid suvs during the summer safely savings event. Or or. Or. At least 36 confirmed deaths from the wildfires in maui make it the deadliest since the camp fire that wiped out the town of paradise here in california back in 2018. There may be some good news when it comes to the weather conditions actually helping firefighters with this fight. The powerful winds that had been pushing flames across the island are expected to decrease that will help crews gain ground against three separate fires burning on the island. Two of the fires are 60 contained as of this morning. But the entire neighborhood and the Historic Town of lahaina have been turned to ashes. People who live there cannot believe the devastation they have seen. In the meantime , officials are discouraging all travel to maui, except for people who have been away and are trying to get back to see if their homes are still standing. They are encouraged. All tourists, though, to leave maui. They want to make sure people who actually live there have places to stay as well as enough food and water and counseling services. The state transportation director says most tourists understand and have been very willing to stay at the maui airport so that they can take a flight and evacuate as quickly as possible. We got about a little over 11,000 travelers out of maui. If we add in the airline personnel, its 11,400 or so. Alaska delta, united and american have increased capacity by bringing in larger, larrre we get more st more people off the island. Southwest has dropped their their fares and increase their service. Were going to have another capacity of another 12,000 or so Seats Available for the about 1500 passengers that we expect to want to leave the island. Now of all the natural disasters that could possibly affect the state of hawaii, many tourists say they never thought it would be a wildfire that would make it hard for them to evacuate the island. One of the people who evacuated maui is San Francisco mayor, london breed. The Mayors Office released this statement this morning saying, quote, the mayor was in maui for a personal trip when the wildfire started. She has left the island and is now in oahu. The mayor was never in danger. This wildfire is devastating to witness. And our thoughts are with the people of maui, end quote. Experts say Climate Change is fueling conditions that are driving the devastating wildfires right now in hawaii. Hotter conditions, drier conditions, more variable rainfall. Its only going to exacerbate the problem. But the good news in the sense of the fuel problem is that thats within our control, right. Scientists say the combination of high winds drive vegetation and drought are making extreme events like severe wildfire on a Tropical Island more common. So you have dry vegetation. That is when theres a spark. Its easier for that vegetation to ignite and for the wildfire to spread. Climate change in many parts of the world is increasing, increasing vegetation, dryness in in in large part because temperatures are hotter in some cases because precipitation patterns are changing. Scientists think Climate Change is increasing the likelihood of events like this in hawaii here in california and across the world. Stay with ktvu for the very latest on the situation in maui and throughout the day, you can go online to ktvu. Com. Well new at noon former House Speaker nancy pelosi and her husband paul have agreed to let the defense team of the man charged with attacking her husband have access to their home in preparation for his trial. Lawyers for david depape argued that they need to inspect the inside of the pelosi home to reconstruct what happened the night the pap broke into the residence last year. In a court filing yesterday, both sides asked the federal judge in San Francisco for a protective order for the information obtained from the visit. The agreement follows hearings where prosecutors opposed the request for that visit. San francisco homeless advocates are proposing a deal with the city of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit over its encampment sweeps the aclu of Northern California is sending a nine page letter today to City Attorney david chiu, inviting him to the negotiating table. The letter reportedly outlines a settlement framework. It includes prioritizing affordable housing, expanding access to temporary shelters, and proposes leaving Law Enforcement out of encampment sweeps. David chiu has not yet commented on the settlement offer. Hundreds of kids in San Francisco will get new supplies and clothes for the start of the school year next week. 400 children have preregistered for the Saint Anthonys foundation two day giveaway of supplies in San Francisco. Some of the kids are in families that are experiencing poverty and homelessness. Each will get a backpack with school supplies, clothing, a new pair of shoes and a book donated by chronicle books. The foundations Free Clothing program is the largest of its kind in San Francisco. Well, today is the first day of school for about 100,000 bay area students. Now, kids at many of the bay areas Biggest School districts will go back to classrooms today. That includes San Ramon Valley unified, mount diablo unified, san jose unified, and many others. The bay areas largest district in San Francisco wont start until next wednesday in the San Jose Unified School District School starts today as we just heard. And a lot of students are going to be better prepared thanks to the help from san jose firefighters. Firefighters handed out new backpacks filled with supplies at washington elementary school. This was the third year firefighters supported children at that school. They purchased backpacks , which included some firefighter logos and themes and the hopes that they could inspire some students. Kids look up to firefighters. And i know were role models to them and maybe we can inspire them one day to be a firefighter, two in their community and help out the community they grew up in. This year, san jose firefighter purchased and donated 1000 backpacks for the students. Well some College Educators are rethinking how theyll teach courses this fall because chat bots have become the go to source for cheating on assignments and exams. Educators across the country say chatgpt and other Artificial Intelligence chat bots have become the go to source for cheating. They are now looking for ways to chat. Gpt proof test questions and assignments. Some instructors say that means a return to paper exams after years of digital only tests. Some professors will be requiring students to show editing, history and drafts to provide their thought process. This theatreworks Silicon Valley is in a bind and needs to raise 3 million to stay afloat. The Tony Award Winning nonprofit tells the San Francisco chronicle that ongoing inflation and pandemic aftershocks have caused their financial troubles. The artistic director says they have seen a decline in subscribers causing it to cancel its closing performance of the summer. The theaters board is projecting 8 million in expenses, but just 5 million in income. The Peralta Community College District is moving forward with the first time with plans to build an on Campus Student housing. The district has asked the state for 50 million. This will go towards building a 300 bedroom dorm on its college of alameda campus. The peralta district also includes Laney College in oakland and berkeley city college. Most peralta students are considered low income and say its challenging to find affordable housing. We are so excited about moving forward. This is a long Time Commitment weve had at Peralta Community College District, which is our four colleges over the last several years, weve been working with our communities, finding out what they need and this opportunity thats come from the state is an exciting one. The 50 million grant from the state will only cover about half the cost of building those dorms. District Officials Say theyre working with other Community Partners to cover the rest. San francisco reportedly saw the highest population loss in the first year of the pandemic of many major us cities. When we come back, why some experts say it could take years, even decades for it to recover. And fog out toward the coast. Still lingering out to right around the golden gate bridge. As you can see here. But more sunshine inland now. Were watching some activity toward south, some showers and thunderstorms. Well let you know if were going to add some showers to our forecast, but well have the update a house on lark wood circle, where police investigated the scene. At this point, the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office says it is looking into this as a possible murder suicide. The search continues for a missing teenager from saratoga after her car was found a month after she disappeared. 17 year old Katie Schneiders 2019 honda was found on monday. She was reporting reported missing back on july 5th. The car was on highway 35, about a mile east of Castle Rock State Park in los gatos. Thats where investigators are focusing their search efforts right now. Saratoga City Council Members say theres a lot of concern in the community about the teens disappearance. Any time that a child or a young person disappears, it just breaks our heart. I mean, many of us have children and mine are all grown now, but it just breaks our heart. And so everybodys pulling together. Katies mother used social media to thank people for their support. Volunteers are handing out fliers and putting up posters, hoping that that will lead to new information and bring Katie Schneider home. Well a new report shows downtown San Francisco came in last in a survey of how well cities are recovering from the pandemic. Researchers compared individual cell phone numbers used in the downtown areas of 63 us and canadian cities in 2019. Against this year. Now, the university of toronto study found San Franciscos cell phone useas back in 2019. Oaklands cell phone use is just half of wha it least three quarters. El paso, fresno, bakersfield and Salt Lake City are all higher now than they were before the pandemic. The federal government reports that inflation did go up in july after 12 straight months of declines. Fox correspondent Madeline Rivera reports from washington to explain why some economists arent worried about those inflation numbers. Bucking that year long trend inflation got a little hotter in july. Prices are up 3. 2 compared to a year ago, an increase of 0. 2 from the previous month. Look this obviously was better than expected. The survey, had it expected at 3. 3. We came in at 3. 2. Housing was the biggest reason for the uptake. Prices for food like beef, bread and apples also went up. But the cost of airline fares used cars and trucks and medical care went down. I think the broad takeaway here is that the inflation that were seeing is in all the stuff that consumers really have no choice but to buy. So housing, energy, food economists are keeping a close eye on core inflation, which strips out food and energy costs. Theyre seeing a bright spot with that number remaining at 0. 2 from june to july. Inflation is still with us. Its not going down as fast as wed like, but it is increasing at a lesser rate. Overall, inflation has plunged from last sive Interest Rate hikes are taking effect. Still, its higher than the feds target rate of 2. You know, you dont raise rates and suddenly everything changes. It takes time. This price data will be one of the key measures that the fed will take into account when deciding whether to raise Interest Rates for a 12th time since march 2022. In washington , marla rivera, ktvu fox two news. President biden is wrapping up his west coast trip in utah today. This comes after an earlier stop in new mexico where he touted his Climate Change and environmental agenda. The president talked about the Inflation Reduction Act he signed last year. The white house says the legislation moves the country away from fossil fuels to cleaner technology. But republican lawmakers say this hurts the economy. Its not going to help americans have cheap and readily available energy. And that is the number one thing we need if were going to break this crazy inflation brought to us by joe biden. As we know, polls dont show everything. Consumer confidence is up. And so when you see unemployment is lower than 4, that has been steady for some time. The president is set to give a speech later today at the Va Medical Center in Salt Lake City. While new Research Shows Climate Change is affecting even the farthest points of the earth , scientists studying antarctica report the continent is seeing higher than usual temperatures for extended periods of time, and thats causing a change. Reaction in places where sea ice normally forms. Since thats not happening at the same rate as usual, its changing ocean currents, which results in warmer Ocean Temperatures globally. It has profound impacts on ocean circulation, primary through what is called brine injection, where when we form sea ice, we create a saltier residual water left over that is cold and dense and it sinks into the deep ocean, forming deep water with out this formation of deep water, we can slow down ocean circulation, which ultimately transports heat across the planet. And so we can disrupt how planetary heat is distributed through ocean circulation. So lets talk about that for a second. Scientists say we can already see the effects of warmer water near the florida keys, the water temperature there has been in the 90s this summer and the usually vivid corals off the coast are bleaching with many dying. And weve had such an unusually cool year really. And summer mark tamayo that its hard to kind of be reminded theh temperatures. Yeah, not only hot temperatures, but to kind of extreme temperatures. Now, for us here in the bay area, we are warming up over the next several days into the weekend, but were not expecting really extremely hot pattern, not an extremely hot pattern just yet. You can see for a place like concord today and tomorrow in the 80s, we begin to warm things up by saturday and then into sunday. Monday, some low to mid 90s. And i think this this hot stretch or warm the hot stretch will continue into next week for tuesday and into wednesday, potentially. Heres a satellite this afternoon though its still picking up on this the cool end of the temperature range and thats the fog hanging out toward the coastline, some clearing near portions of the coastline closer to what looks like right around pacifica, but right around the marin headlands, we have the low clouds and fog. And were also watching this, some activity to our south. Now, weve been talking about remnant moisture from what was once a Tropical Storm. Well, its moving into southern and Central California. It looks like we have some clouds and some some rain showers approaching san luis obispo. And as you can see, that moisture is trying to work its way closer to the bay area. So we will definitely bring it some high clouds and the slight chance of a shower mainly closer to monterey bay. Current numbers right now it is warm and then you can see some 70s for walnut creek and concord, San Francisco, 67 and san jose right now checking in 80 degrees. Heres a live camera looking out to toward sfo. This afternoon. Some blue sky up above but you still see some some leftover patches of the marine layer here, some fog. So the beach is still some patchy cloud cover this afternoon for the past couple of days, though, it has been a break from the heat as this area of low pressure has been settling in. Were also watching the leftover moisture from what was once Tropical Storm eugene. And this is definitely approaching the southern half of the state for today. And so with that, at least, it will impact our pattern with increasing high clouds later on by this evening , some humid conditions and the possibility, some showers primarily to our south. But whenever it gets this close, we definitely have to keep an eye on the radar to see if the showers could drift closer to the area. Heres our forecast model. Here we are this afternoon. Its definitely picking up on this big batch of high clouds moving in from the south. Look what happens into early tomorrow morning. Those clouds continue to move into the bay area. Youll notice some shower activity trying to approach monterey bay and then this is 11 00 tomorrow morning. Some clouds out there and then some lingering high clouds into the afternoon hours. So sun cloud mix for your friday. If you are heading to lake tahoe, they could have some showers and some thunderstorms that develop in your friday forecast. Take a look at the numbers for this afternoon. No, its not extremely hot, but its still pretty warm inland. Some 80 out toward livermore and antioch, san jose, 81, oakland in the 70s and San Francisco getting close to 70 degrees. Heres a look ahead, your five day forecast. Temperatures may actually cool slightly into y. You could see some high clouds drifting into the area and the temperatures do warm up into the weekend, especially by sunday. And it looks like those hot temperatures inland may stick around for monday, tuesday and into wednesday. But with this pattern developing later on today into into tomorrow, you might feel it might feel a bit humid out there, something were not used to here in the main. Yeah. If i cant feel it my hair certainly will. There you go. Yeah. Well, report let us know what your hair says. Okay all right. Ill let you know. Thanks, mark. Here report. Appreciate it, mark. Well, there is a church in the bay area that uses socalled magic mushrooms to practice its faith. And now we are hearing from the head of that group any time that youre consuming any amount of mushrooms, as youre connecting with your soul in the work that i do, i do really high dose work. And at those levels, you get what can only be described as spiritual visions. David hodge is the pastor of the outside door church. He has locations in San Francisco and oakland. Hodges practices what he calls a non denominational religion, the church of ambrosia. The goal, he says, is safe access and use of hallucinogenic plants, including certain mushrooms. My most spiritual experience that i talk about is one where i was ripped out of my body, went through heaven, and everything in between. He says. More than 90,000 people are members of his church. He is still, however, involved in a legal dispute with oakland. Police investigate raided his facility back in 2020 and seized 200,000 worth of cannabis. Psychedelic mushrooms and cash. Police say his church was operating as a dispensary without a legal permit. Hot dog vendors who set up at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot will soon be asked to leave. Why the Coliseum Authority wants more control over who is able to get food permits warehouse ambience introducing togos new french dip sandwiches featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today only at togos the nietzsche Bay Foundation hosted the event at the conoco church 78 years ago. The worlds second atomic bomb was dropped on nagasaki by the us. 70,000 people were killed. The attack ultimately led to the end of world war two. I hope that people remember and this never forget this and well do what we can as individuals and as a community and as a nation and as a people to help make sure it doesnt happen again. The first atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima three days before the bombing in nagasaki. Well, Petaluma Police are reminding people to be careful at atms, at gas station pumps and other places where card readers are used. Police say people have found skimming devices on some machines in the area. A skimmer is a card reader that can be disguised to look like part of the atm, but it illegally collects card numbers and other private information for thieves to steal and use later. Before you use an atm. Look for loose palm or damage that could indicate its been tampered with. They also say people should block keypads when they enter their security codes in case there is a hidden camera that could be recording your passcode. They also suggest people check their Bank Accounts for anything unusual. Starting today, San Francisco bay ferry is making changes to the boarding in order to speed up the december process. According to sf bay ferry. All passengers will now have to show proof of fare payment while boarding the ferry on all routes. The agency says clipper users will not be affected by all of this, while uber is rolling out a new safety feature in San Francisco. The Ride Sharing Service released the record by ride feature, allowing drivers and passengers to record encrypted audio during rides through the app. San francisco was the first city in california with access to the app function. The company says no one will be able to listen to the recording unless it is submitted in for a safety report. San franciscos outside lands Music Festival is this weekend, and the price of some last minute resale tickets has skyrocketed. Three day general admission passes are going for more than 1,000. A piece on vivid seats. Thats nearly three times more than their face value. The event starts tomorrow and ends on sunday at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. A popular toy making company is bringing some of its most popular toys to life, with a new theme park. Mattel says its new Adventure Park is expected to open next year in glendale, arizona. The theme park will feature iconic toy brand themed attractions. The company says fans will be able to experience a real life barbie beach house and ride on a hot wheels roller coaster. Well, dozens of hot dog vendors who serve customers in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot may soon be told that they have to leave the Oakland Alameda county coliseum. Authorities considering how to control which vendors are permitted and which ones are not. Officials say too many hot dog vendors took over during the pandemic, causing a fire hazard and health violations. Patrons want them. Thats not the issue. The issue is managed the number and not and being able to have a secure and safe parking area. So in the event of an emergency, people can get out. They dont need to crack down on all these people out here just trying to make a living. Its so expensive to live in the bay area. In recent weeks, police have educated, they say, vendors and urged them to get permits. Otherwise they may soon be ordered to leave or be hit with citations. Theres more doubt this morning about the future of cal and Stanford Athletics. Espn is reporting that the Atlantic Coast conference met yesterday to discuss the possibility of allowing the west coast schools to join. But this idea, quote, hit significant roadblocks. The acc didnt take a vote and will keep considering the proposal, which faces long odds because the conference doesnt think cal and Stanford Athletics will bring in much additional revenue. The u. S. Regents met earlier this week in a closed door session about the future of cal in the dwindling pac 12 conference. But no final decision was made. All right. To join us today for the womens world cup, the four will air on ktvu two followed by world cup pregame coverage starting at five. And then you can watch spain take on the netherlands and for those looking for our newscast, you can just find them over on ktvu. Plus we also have a special newscast at nine right here on channel two on ktvu, followed by the 10 00 and then 11 00 news. And then when the 11 00 game ends, pregame and pregame for the next game starts, japan takes on sweden at 1215 friday morning. So a lot to cover there. But after 11 00 newscast tonight, theres more, more soccer. There you go. The 40 niners are facing a will face a very familiar face today in the first of two joint practices against the las vegas raiders. Jimmy garoppolo is the raiders starting quarterback this season. Hes recovered from offseason foot surgery and is working out today and tomorrow in the joint practices between the teams. Jimmy g. Spent six seasons with the niners and says he is excited to meet up with familiar faces. Players and coaches niners players say they miss him too, calling him charming, charismatic and a great guy. Well, today is the first day of school for more than 100,000 students across the bay area. Kids that many of the bay areas largest School Districts return to class this morning. That included San Ramon Valley unified, mount diablo unified, san jose unified and many others earlier today, we spoke with the principal of alamo elementary. Thats in the san ramon unified school district. He says a normal and fun school year. Were having our first day oso l the kids back and everyones super excited. We had an ice cream social yesterday which allows all the students to show up, get a little bit of a sense of where their classes meet their teachers and pick up registration packets and things like that. So the buzz on the campus was palpable yesterday. So i know its going to be a very excited kids today. Oakland unified started the school year earlier this week on monday, and San Francisco unified students are back in the classroom starting on wednesday. What a busy parents out there getting their kids back back and gettig ready for school. 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