Rest of the country. So why all this crazy weather . The Prime Minister outlines plans to boost gas power to stop possible blackouts. Well be possible blackouts. Well be speaking to the government on this shortly. This shortly. And in the sport this morning. Carl palmer shines as chelsea beat newcastle. Emma raducanu loses it. India wells, whod have thought . And pinnacle of jump racing. The Cheltenham Festival gets underway today. Festival gets underway today. Hello there. Politics leading for us this hour. Plenty of unease on conservative benches as lee anderson takes his place as lee anderson takes his place as reform pm uks first mp. Well, in an interview with Patrick Christys on gb news last night, this is what he had to say about the defection. It was my parents who had a big part to play in this. I know there are some idiots online saying that lee anderson has done what his mums told him to do, but i think your mothers and your fathers give good advice, even get you even when yo
Strikes, 2,700 in the past 24 hours. Were checking the entire bay area here and you really only see about eight strikes so far. But that obviously can change through the rest of the day as the storms develop and grow and then shrink back down again. Reporter and as cal fire likes to point out, it only takes one or two positive lightning strikes to change everything. Coming up at 6 00 how cal fire is prepping to respond to any lightning fires while also dealing with all the other fires going on armedound the state. Live in san jose robert honda, nbc bay area news. Fascinating to see that lightning strike. Thank you, robert. A live look on the peninsula over palo alto. Our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is with us. I felt one sprinkle not many but one on the peninsula today. That monsoonal moisture moving from the south producing lightning strikes as we heard from robert honda. Over the past hour there have not been any cloudtoground lightning and that is good news at least for our fir
Wooden ties and rails. A shutdown thats needed to ensure they wont need to do it again for another 40 years. The end result is going to be a smoother quieter ride. Reporter the estimated 180,000 transbay riders now forced to the freeways and ferries. Its a very big interruption for the bay area. Reporter this San Francisco group has a dance battle at the art and soul festival in oakland. Have to catch a ride to the battle. Reporter b. A. R. T. Is running buses from the 19th street station in oakland to the temporary transbay terminal in San Francisco and back. And if you have to cross the bay bridge by car, expect the trip to take an hour longer than normal. It was frustrating. But we can work around. Im someone that adapts. I will adapt. Reporter b. A. R. T. Will have 94 buses going back and forth across the bay bridge during this stoppage. They also say theyll have to repeat this maintenance over labor day weekend. Reporting live on Treasure Island ian cole nbc bay area news. Thank y
He was here in california to help. The 38yearold is the father of two. His body was discovered this morning on the fireline. Now, the fire he was battling is northeast of reading. You can see it here or the map. This evening, there are 23 large fires across our state. Closer to the bay area the rocky fire continues to burn. The latest up date coming to us just a couple hours ago. About 18,000 acres burned thus far and its only about 10 contained. Some highly flammable trees in the oakland hills. Nbc bay areas cheryl herd is there. Cheryl, about half a million tree ins question. Will they be cut down. Reporter some people believe these trees are what actually fuels these wild fires while others believe that tree cans actually help stop fires from spreading. Theres a widely held belief that the 91 fire had something to do with eucalyptus trees and nothing could be further from the truth. Reporter a meeting where people talked about saving some 400,000 trees from being cut in the east bay
No reports of any injuries and no word yet on what caused that blaze. New this morning, a c carjacker faces charges. Just about 11 30 last night, police on routine patrol attempted to talk to a group of people. One of the men ran away. As officers chased him, he pulled a gun and started shooting. Officers fire backed as that suspect attempted a carjacking, failed and then successfullied carjacked another driver. The chase made it to onto the freeway where the suspect tried to drive into an officer. Witnesses say they saw the driver speed by in upwards of 100 miles an hour. This guy was shooting at the police. Shots fired three times on 101 and 28th in santa clara. He was hopping on the highways and going crazy. No officers were injured. The suspect did hit another car in the chase and both people in that car were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The suspect was taken to the hospital. Investigators say his injuries are not from gunfire. He will be booked to count