Im scott mcgrew and Marcus Washington took the day off. Im laura garcia im glad you are with us, look who is back this morning, cary hall. Yes, but would you have a chance of lightning this morning and a chance of rain, let me show you the radar as you get wakes up and going out the door, spotty showers moving through northbay and moving through south to north. If you are in richmond then you see little light rain, it is headed across the bay and into the north day, as we also track showers i do not see lightning strikes. That will be the possibility throughout the day, especially the next few hours with this monsoon moisture coming in. We do have the two systems were talking, the tropical system to the west, also the surge of the monsoon moisture, giving us another round of high humidity and a chance of rain and lightning. That will once again stick with us throughout tomorrow and even early wednesday. A lot we are watching with all of this heat and humidity. I will talk about the changes ahead in the forecast just a few minutes. Thank you. Developing now firefighters arent working around the clock battling the mckinley fire in siskiyou county. It has already burned 15,000 acres and there is no containment just into the newsroom we learned two people have now died. We have heard from one south bay man were flames went directly to his home in yreka, marion five row has his story. Reporter mckinney fire is fast and intense and headed straight towards Chris Hutchins home monster fire without the wind but when the wind came up and added that element, it was nothing ive ever seen, a firestorm hudson who owns a bmw motorcycle dealership in san jose said that flames descended down the hill near his home scorching is grassy field in minutes, leaving him little time to escape. I got my dogs and my truck and all my stuff and i drove on out. He returned the next day afraid of what he would find the house survived, the garage and my wifes potting studio on the hill, and nothing else. It burned out both the tenant houses, and the barn we were rebuilding down there which we spent 60,000, all the old houses and all the outbuildings, everything to the ground chris says he credits his friend with putting out hotspots with a garden hose and his own efforts to clear his property with saving his house. He knows it could have been much worse. We have a lot of good friends up here and they all lost their houses. The mckinney fire is californias largest, prompting bay area crews to respond, and Santa Rosa Fire Department said four firefighters and an engine saturday night joining cruise from napa, petaluma, and Sonoma County fire district, trying to save homes in yreka. Not only are they positioned around those homes, but they are essentially evaluating the homes, making sure that they are able to be protected and clearing brush, moving furniture away. And as for chris, now the fire has moved away from his home, as he assesses the damage the future seems daunting. I dont know if i am ready to start again. Marion five row, today in the bay. As the fire continues we will follow it all for you, find the latest updates on nbc bay area. Com, we have a link on the trending bar. 4 34 monday morning, this east bay bridge toll plaza mike has their eye on the road. The toll plaza is fine but then going across the span the issues getting into treasure island, ive been watching this, we have zoomed in and fact because it was on the reported writer on the tunnel, a slowmoving vehicle or perhaps it fender bender we are checking the latest from chp and i will track that. So far the live shot and the feed sensors are just fine in the other note is look at the green highlight. A little bit of mr. Drizzle in the north bay, nothing major as far chp reports, but that is whats going on and things are smoothly for the rest of the bay and a little flow out of the ultima with a couple more crashes, i will double check those because it may affect the merge office 205. Back to you. Now to a live look in San Francisco where the citys Public Health emergency is now in effect. The city is expecting to receive another batch of monkeypox vaccines, but Health Leaders say it still isnt enough. About 40,000 doses of the vaccine are on the way to San Francisco but leaders say they need at least 35,000 to meet their need. So far the city has administered just under 8000 vaccines. Only people at the highest risk are eligible for a shot. The monkeypox out break adding to a new dimension of concern and protocols when it comes to some festivals in San Francisco. The up your alley festival return to the weekend south of market and some call it a more hardcore version of the folsom street fair. Organizers have added more space for people to move around and change the way people interact on stage. It was why we had these affairs, during the a. I. D. S. Crisis to address the fact that information and communication were needed. Other measures included providing a lot of Hand Sanitizer and this is the first time the festival has gone full bore since 2019. Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting a short distance from the oakland zoo. A video from citizens out show the scene yesterday afternoon happened on 90th avenue near olive and east oakland, and police say the man who was shot died on the scene, no information about possible suspects. We first told you about this story on our app and if you have not downloaded it yet, take a look. Also three people were shot at and Oakland Technical School as well and in that case according to reports, police were gathered for youth football game, a sixyearold girl among the victims. None of those injuries believed to be lifethreatening. There is the app we were telling you about, if you not downloaded it yet do so, it is free on the app store. The two suspects in the kidnapping of a san jose baby are back in court, last month they pled not guilty to charges of kidnapping threemonthold baby brandon in april and roscoe said they plotted and tried to kidnap the baby three times before they finally succeeded and a judge will survive decide if there is enough evidence to go to trial. Near yosemite more people been able to return home as firefighters an upper hand on the oak fire. It has burned over 90,000 acres and 60 for percent contain now. It is been burning more than a week in mariposa county, so far 182 buildings of been destroyed. Most of them are homes. Honoring a global trailblazer ahead on today in the bay. It is a sad day. But it is a life everybody will celebrate. Looking back at the life and legacy of the late nba star, bill russell, whose ties stretch from the bay area to the east coast. Stay good monday morning, as you head out to the north bay, we are checking out how our morning will be in the napa area reaching into the upper 50s to start out this morning. Then we will see more clouds and a chance of spotty showers as it quickly warms up. Very muggy today with breezy wind. Well talk about the high humidity and chance of lightning and the forecast coming up. Here on the palo alto southbound headlights coming towards us in passing by university, they were slowing, there was crash activity blocking two lanes, full recovery now because traffic is very light on the peninsula trucking the south bay, i have one crash im tracking. Wall street sets open lower after staging their best month in 2020. The dow jones, nasdaq s p 500 rising friday capping off a winning week, the dow jones nearly 7 in july and s p 500 gained 9 and nasdaq is up 12 . Focus this week will be data on the manufacturing and services sector, all topped off by the jobs report this friday. Roughly 150 Companies Report the s p 500 including names like huber, carpenter and starbucks did bmws recalling a small number of 2022 i for dais vehicles after investigating multiple incidents of mad battery fires involving the electric model. Safety regulators are warning owners not to drive their cars, charge them or parked them inside it is possible that the battery cells have a defect during manufacturing and the recall only affects about 80 vehicles, but the issue may be similar to battery fires with the chevy volt would bmw will replace batteries free of charge and no owners will expect an education letter by midseptember insiders reporting that Tiktok Parent Company filed a trademark application with u. S. Patent office for the tiktok music in may and the Service Without users buy, play and download music and it would allow them to create, share and recommend playlists, comment on music and live stream audio and video. There is exteriors in the music space lodging and app called resident in and in the, and brazil in 2020. Im seema modi. 4 43. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raising tensions overseas, the reason that her trip to asia is already sparking anger from leaders in china. And also how her office is responding. A lot more news ahd. Ea welcome back on this monday morning, 4 46 right now and you are watching today in the bay. A live look in downtown san jose, there was a little cleaning as the city saw much needed light rain over the weekend and you do see sprinkles on the screen falling in this video, but there is concern we could see lightning in the coming hours, kari watching that. A couple of weather systems acting together to give enhanced energy that could bring lightning. We are still seeing rain around parts of the bay area, as we trucking on satellite and radar you do see a lot of green. Mostly showing light showers as you drive to work this morning. Anywhere from around the hercules area to parts of marin county. It extends into southern sonoma and napa counties as well. Lets get a closer look as we zoom into showers around crockett, and other parts of the delta is you go out this morning. It extends just south of petaluma and also heavier rain right now falling around napa as well. We will continue to see this moisture moving through. And for san jose the light showers have tapered off the clouds right now and temperatures are in the low 60s, there will be the chance there could be light showers, turning on the windshield wipers they may have dried out so check them before you go to work this morning. We will see temperatures staying very warm, in fact headed for 80 in san jose. Hotter in the south county with morgan hill reaching 90, upper 80s and low 90s some of inland spots, mostly low 80s around nevada and San Francisco reaching into the upper 60s. And into the day tomorrow, humidity continues with a high of 92 in fairfield which will feel very uncomfortable with the mugginess we have seen recently. It will still be breezy if temperatures stay warm into wednesday and novato reaching the upper 80s. Note inland temperatures will get even hotter as humidity levels drop. All of this green shows the surge in moisture coming in not only further Tropical Storm to the southwest but we also the monsoon and the southwest as well but it is to the east of us. We will be dealing with humidity and a chance of lightning, always of high concern, especially this time of year because of how dry it has been. We will also see temperatures headed up to the middle of the week and back down for the weekend. Look at the sevenday forecast, a chance of showers off and on for today, still high humidity at a slight lightning chance tomorrow as well and headed towards the end of the week the skies will clear and temperatures go up, we reach into the low 90s for San Francisco we will continue to see the very warm and muggy conditions, highs reaching into the upper 60s. How is it looking for the commute mike . Overall it is a green like you see around me but behind me we track one crash in san jose, onramp capital expressway getting on 87 north. No major activity but there was an earlier crash in the soft light, local police are still probably doing work. Sounds like is on a surface street and not a major issue as far as the rest of the south bay. Looking at slowing that had popped up approaching this interchange but it is back up to speed, the opposite direction has a little slowing, a few cars have skewed the data because it is so light as far as traffic goes a steady stream out of the altamont pass, no problems. There is a wind advisory from chp and they said they were pushed around a little bit by the wind. Now this little bit of drizzle in the north bay, that is causing damper areas, skyway and highway 4 and also through richmond. Once you get past that it should be fine. Now back to you. People across the globe are mourning the passing of nba legend, bill russell. He died early yesterday at the age of 88, before he ever became one of basketballs leading figures, russell grew up in oakland and helped lead usf to two straight championships in the 1950s. Not only that, but the manner dominated the nba for more than a decade may best be remembered for what he accomplished off the court. Today in the bays tom jensen looks back. Reporter bill russell may be best known for his dynasty years in boston as both a player and coach, but he has strong ties to the bay area. After his family moved to oakland when he was eight years old he won two straight basketball titles while playing at the kleiman high, and then to ncaa championships and the university of San Francisco. It is a sad day, but it is a life everybody will celebrate. Former usf dogs basketball coach, don bella many, grew up in San Francisco and was a teenager when russell and he went undefeated in that year winning backtoback ncaa championships. Got to sit in the stands and watch all the great santa clara usf games and followed the dons, because they were the talk of the town a gold medal with team usa also in 1956, and almost immediate success continued when in his second season, the 610 center and has bostics Boston Celtics when the teams firstever nba championship. 11 total titles in russells 13 seasons with the celtics, and the last two he won as a player and coach. We all lost a giant, not only somebody who was one of the alltime greats on the court, but also someone who fought for Racial Injustice off the court his whole life. President obama awarded russell the 2010 president ial medal of Freedom Award for his lifetime of civil rights leadership that began in the 1960s. He marched with king and he stood by ali, and when a restaurant refused to serve the black celtics he refused to play in the schedule game. Nbc sports nba insider, monty poole, like russell grew up in oakland and host race in america, a candid conversation. He made a difference in the black kids in boston revered him. Revered him he said he will always cherish the two personal interviews he had with the man who had such a profound influence on so many lives. We look at what he meant on the court, fantastic but look what he did off the court, even bigger, fantastic, but also he was a man that transcended basketball and became one of our leaders at a time when we need leaders to speak up and stand out. Russells family posted a statement of social media saying that he passed away peacefully with his wife janine by his side did people from across the world, including celebrities and World Leaders emma followed with their condolences. And the memory of this 12 time allstar shines bright on the screens, and in the hearts of millions. Tom jensen, today in the bay. Our coverage on the life and death of basketball star bill russell continues on the today show, starting at 7 00 right after today in the bay. Happening now, bay area house Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the start of the whirlwind trip across asia. Early this morning she arrived at one of her first stops in singapore, these are photos with her meeting with leaders there. But it isnt clear she plans to make a stop in taiwan as today in the bay monica alba explains, the international Sticking Point is putting a major strain on americas already tense relationship with china. Reporter good morning, Speaker Pelosi left for an overseas trip to asia this weekend, leading a congressional delegation to singapore, japan, south korea, and malaysia but making no mention of a potential visit to taiwan, fueling tensions with china who claim the self ruled island as its own. The chinese president warner President Biden about meddling in the contested territory. The u. S. Has remained steadfast in his commitment to taiwan, and the Biden Administration has been clear that u. S. Policy has not changed. We will have much more coming up this morning on the today show. 4 50 for now, putting pets first during the dog days of summer. Next on today in the bay, a Favorite Campaign to place more cats and dogs and kittens and puppies into forever homes. We are really excited about one of our first time events this year, where you could find your next furry friend you may want to check your cabinets, popular sunscreen has recalled, the maker of banana boat sunscreen said batches of its hair and scalp formula may contain traces of benzene which can today marks the return of the campaign near and dear to lots of us here at nbc bay area and telemundo. Our annual clear the shelters campaign. All month long Nbc Universal family will help organize clear the shelter events nationwide, partnering with animal shelters and rescue services to promote pet adoption, and raise money for animal welfare. Among the events planned on august 21st, nbc bay area teams up for the first time other ever with oakland zoo for the pet adoption day held in the childrens zoo. Got to have a sunroof. So tackling climate in crisis, next on today in the bay, the new push by Senate Leaders to pass historic legislation as the nation grapples with extreme weather patterns. We are live from washington with the very latest. Right now at 5 00, a raging wildfire explodes north of the bay area. Within the last hour word of a tragic turn. We went in coverage in the firefighting efforts underway in siskiyou county, and where containment stands this morning. Underfunding of the Public Health system is detrimental to the health and wellbeing of all communities. Tackling health inequities, the one push by a new group to guarantee a better response to the next Global Health emergency. This is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. Good monday morning to you, thank you for joining us on