We let the animals go. We put phone numbers on their backs. Opened their gates. Dan the Better Business bureau is warning people to be careful if you plan on donating to relief efforts. Do your research. It is recommended you give money rather than goods. Ama we have Team Coverage on the fires and the impact. Suzanne phan will join us from sfo with a look at what travelers are dealing with. Dan Dustin Dorsey will bring you stories from bay area families with local connections to the island, including loved ones at risk. Ama lets begin with sandhya patel, checking on conditions for firefighters. Sandhya right now, the winds have dropped off compared to the last couple of days. They are weaker. Gusts, 31 miles an hour, as you will notice, gusts to 29 nearby islands, still gusty. The good news is they are coming down. As you look at live doppler 7, satellite radar issuing you the cloud cover is increased. They are also seeing showers passing through today. As highpressure pressure to the
Can you watch all ohese stories iding that one ahead on the toda show coming up at 7 00 after today in the bay. We have a trending bar at nbcbayarea. Com at the top of our home page. Now at 6 00, breaking news. Devastation in hawaii as wildfires ravage the island of maui. We have been pulling people out since last night and trying to save peoples lives. Overnight the number of confirmed deaths increases and a new look at those areas reduced to ashes, and a look at the evacuations. This is a fire at the port of oakland, and theres a warning for those that live near it and where that firefight stands today. This is today in the bay. A very good thursday morning to you. Thank you for starting your day with us. I am laura garcia. I am marcus washington. We will get to the breaking news for you in a bit, but first we want to get a look at the forecast for you. Kari hall has been monitoring what i happening we were taking a look at how far Hurricane Dora is away from the hawn islands. As we
Theyve been attacking it from all angles, getting help from across the bay getting help from alameda. And yeah, just a difficult situation have to go through. But thankfully, crews have been able to have it contained and theyre expecting to work here throughout the night. Theyre hoping to be able to have it all under control by the end of the night. But they will be hanging out probably through the morning just to make sure that this fire is completely out. The fire chief right now says that they dont have a cause at this time, but they do not believe that it is suspicious. A fire investigators on tia is on scene here. The Hazardous Materials person is on scene here. Essentially what caused this fire . This is the explanation were getting right now is that it was a larger pile of scrap metal. That was laying there because of one of smiths larger shredder machines has not really been operational. So this large pile of combustible material has just been hanging out there for a while and
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Be talking about. I always thought inflation was going to tick its head up again and were starting to see that. The producer level kind of forewarned you whats going to happen three or four weeks down the line when it goes from the producer into the consumers hand. Inflation is here to stay and really has more to do with we cannot get spending under corral. I dont know if weave hit that Tipping Point but were close. All that Government Spending stoked inflation and how can you add more kerosene to the fire and say the fire is going to go down. People understand whats happening. Stuart good morning, everyone. It is 11 00 on the east coast of these here United States. It is friday, august 11. On the markets, very much a mixed picture. Dow is up 90, nasdaq down 66. Theres a feeling of kind of summer dull drum about the market today. Show me big tech, most are down this morning except for apple, which is struggling. Its up a mere 32cents. All the rest are down. The yield on the 10year trea