Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20240712

Its 6 00. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Meteorologist kari hall is keeping her eye on the forecast and what we can expect throughout the day. Kari, hot in some places, cool and foggy in others. We are going to see the fog near the coast. Spots like walnut creek will be clear and temperatures will warm up quickly. Were in the low 60s to start out this morning but we go from 61 degrees at 7 00 to the mid80s by early in the afternoon. It continues to heat up from there as we get ready for highs in the low 90s. Coastal areas will stay in the 60s today. Well talk temperature. How is the morning commute looking . Lets take a look at the big map and circled the bottom for san jose. We saw a second surge of traffic just after 6 00. Looking at the bay bridge, tit a nice drive. Watch for low clouds. Back to you. Thanks, mike. For anyone even half a sports fan it may be the biggest news yet as we travel on this road to recovery. The boys of summer are coming back and will baseball be after all. Theres more on the venue. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live to explain how soccer may help with the sports fix for a lot of people. Reporter no fans will be allowed but it is a big day for the san jose earthquake as they are hitting the road for that mls is back tournament. Players will be tested for covid19. Again, no fans in attendance but you can watch on mls when the tournament kicks off in july. More excitement today. Team owners agreed to 60 games, less than a third of the usual season. Mostly within the division and no fans allowed. Spring training will be at home. Oracle park for the giants and the coliseum for the as. They reserve the right to move to a different city if the risk is too high. The nba also in orlando. We know the warriors wont be among those 22 teams because of health concerns. I asked on twitter and facebook how youre feeling about watching sports on tv, not being able to go in person. Two people said im all in. I think weve binged everything we could get our hands on since the pandemic started in march. It will be nice to get back to sports. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thanks so much, kris. 6 03. Moving forward or going nowhere, a live look in washington where Lawmakers Debate Police Reform. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with more and to explain why. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning, everyone. Democrats wanted to see Police Reform happen but they dont like this plan and think its the wrong way to start the conversation, so today they plan to block it. Republicans Police Reform bill up for a vote today. Those youngsters who today are afraid to jog down the street or get in their car and drive. Reporter todays vote just to debate that plan. Democrats plan to block it. They say the bill is fundamentally flawed. The question is this. Who do you trust, the naacp or Mitch Mcconnell . Reporter the bill crafted by the senates lone black republican tim scott collects data and withholds federal funds from police that use chokeholds but doesnt ban them outright. Republicans accuse democrats of hindering progress. We have Chuck Schumer with a chokehold on the justice act and our opportunity for Police Reform in america. Reporter meantime, President Trump lock them up. Reporter is promising jail time for protesters who deface statues of confederate leaders who supported slavery. Vandals and hoodlums and anarchists and agitators, rom his predecessor. Facts dont matter, science doesnt matter, he sees the Justice Department as simply an extension, an arm of the personal concerns of the president. Reporter justice in washington under the microscope and in turmoil. Now President Trump says he is ready today to sign off on Police Reform to make it a law. The republican plan, and its not even clear if there will be enough democrats to debate it. Back to you, laura. Ill take it from here. 6 06 this morning. Oakland is the first bay area city to follow through on plans to redirect funding for police. Councilmember nikki bas tweeted cutting 2. 5 million from opd. She says the vote is a slap in the face for those who sought much deeper cuts to funding and for not publicly posting the plan ahead of time. Santa rosa is another city debating police cuts. According to the press democrat councilmembers will continue the conversation today. Union city police are investigating the possible hate crime. A resident says someone vandalized his car because he had a black lives matter. Hes parked it for years without any problems. They say they are raising funds to help fix the car. They say no one should have had to endure anything like that. Continuing our coronavirus coverage, californias recent surge is continuing. On monday alone more than 5,000 people tested positive. 65 people died. U. P. S. Drivers say recent positive cases may be slowing some of your package deliveries. The union says five bay area u. P. S. Drivers have recently tested positive. Two in san bruno and three in San Francisco. The union is demanding tighter safety protocols including temperature checks upon entry, better social distancing and alerts when someone tests positive. I think the members would like to know who it is. That would give them some satisfaction of knowing they were in contact with this person. U. P. S. Says only if health was at stake would they release the names of workers. 6 08. Back outside live for you. In the east bay looking at walnut creek this morning, its going to be another hot day out there for many people in parts of the bay area. Meteorologist Kari Hall Hasse t. Kari, theyre going to be warm in some San Francisco will be another cooler day. Right, because of the fog that keeps San Francisco protected from the high heat. It will remain over the city today. More of that june gloom hanging over the city as it mists and drizzles here, and then it just rolls back to the coast and gives San Francisco a little bit of sunshine. Meantime as we work our way inland were going to see a lot of sunshine. Now i love to see the sunrise pictures you send me. I got this one of the sunrise over northern Sonoma County posted on my Facebook Page by lisa. I love when you send me those pictures. Send them to karihallweather. Lets talk about todays forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mike, youve been talking about the commute and so far it looks pretty good. Its a summertime commute just like your forecast. I forecast some slowing at the bay bridge, which we are starting to see now over at the live look and the toll plaza. We should see the metering lights turned on within the next 15 minutes. Usually they turn them on 6 22 on a wednesday. Theres no surprises coming through Contra Costa County or the approach through the maze. Also a smooth drive with san jose, the second burst, if it shows up at all, right where the circle is, will appear in the next five but i dont think it will. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. 6 10. Up next on today in the bay, music and hollywood stars joining forces to try to reform police. Next, the targets of their letter writing campaign. More advertisers are putting their ads on pause on facebook. Ill tell you why. Take a look at the futures this morning after records set again yesterday. Lets look at money coming off the table over worries of growing pandemic. And now it is time to celebrate, celebrate the class of 2020 here on today in the bay. We want to highlight the graduates who made it through the school year without that official graduation ceremony. So we want to honor you with our great grads segment, a big congratulations to these Six High School students send us so candid photos of your recent graduates, hopefully you will see them right here on today in the bay. You can send them to laura garcia and me. You can send them to her on facebook. Again, congratulations to all of the graduates out there. Right now at 6 13 lets head to the south bay and check out our temperature trend today as we start out with a clear sunrise. Well see a few clouds over the next couple of hours and then temperatures ramping up. Normally were reaching 80 degrees but today were in the upper 80s. Well talk about a cooldown in our weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. Love to hear about a cooldown. A buildup at the toll plaza. Middle lanes and them except ho. Well track the build coming up. Well, good morning and a very happy wednesday to you. More companies are deciding to pause their advertisements on facebook. Magnolia picture, ben jerrys, eddie bauer join north face, rei, patagonia among others. Critics say at a time when the vast majority of americans support changes to support equality, facebook is allowing content that divides us. The naacp says, quote, facebooks profits will never be worth promoting hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence. Twitter has slapped a warning on one of the president s tweets for violating the Networks Terms of service for promoting violence. Twitter has done this at least twice before. Futures are calling for a lower opening, about 200 lost on the dow on the open. Markets have been doing really well setting new records. Remarkable considering the threat of coronavirus. They have hit new daily records. Sections of florida have said they dont have enough hospital beds. Despite that you have these new numbers. Dr. Fauci said he was cautiously optimistic about a vaccine as soon as the end of the year. Cnbc says the United Kingdom is reaching out to highly skilled tech workers who have or want to come work in the uk. President trump monday suspended new h1b visas. Current visa holders are unaffected. There is the potential for a brain drain. As we face these tough economic times, marcus and laura, if you lose your job and have an h1b visa, you lose your visa, too, so countries like the uk and factoring in the depression or the recession canada said come live where we are, you will find a job eventually and in the process they get a highly skill person with a doctorate coming into their country. They see the value in that. And we see more and more people working from home, could really boost their economy. Trending for you this morning we want to tell you about a starstudded call for change, mariah carey, rihanna, lizzo, seeking the endorsement of the George Floyd Justice and policing act. This calls for Police Reform. The letter voices support for the black lives Matter Movement and the push for all forms of government to serve the community. Meanwhile to celebrate pride month lgbtq singers are sharing something good with the world. Im on the right track i was born this way thats, of course, lady gagas born this way, one of the songs featured in the soundtracks of pride, songs that helped shape them in their formative years. The playlists are available on pride. Com. And that song will certainly get you moving this morning if thats what you want to do, maybe an early run this morning with a little born this way. Oh, a run, yeah. Got to get it done early. You want to make sure youre out there before the temperatures heat up today. We are looking at that fog just hovering over San Francisco right now and this will gradually clear out but stay close to the coastline. In fact, jennifer sent me this picture on facebook showing the fog that was hovering over Half Moon Bay all day yesterday and thats the reason why it only made it into the low 60s there. The inland areas had some hot weather. We will have another heat advisory in effect for Solano County if you want to go for a run, pumping that lady gaga to get you moving, it will be in the low 60s this morning. Mid80s as we get ready for high temperatures to hit the 90s today. Thddle of the afternoon. Of 88. San francisco in the mid60s but then look at clear lake. Were once again hitting the triple digits there while santa rosa will reach 84 degrees. Hot weather, the ocean breeze is too weak to cool us off in the inland valleys. Then the winds will pick up over the weekend as the storm system passes through the north. Take a look at our sevenday forecast, from the low 90s to the mid80s on saturday in some of the warmest spots. And then were in the low 80s. Thats the kind of weather we should be seeing at the end of june, highs in the low 80s while San Francisco will mostly be in the 60s especially for the weekend as we get more of the cooler ocean air moving across the city. Mike, youve been keeping an eye on the morning commute. Any new issues coming up . Theres a nice slowdown. We have a nice smooth drive around most of the bay. San jose never showed up in that burst. Trivalley looks great. I believe theyve cleared the last of the crews west 80 at west texas. That means more traffic easily accessing to the carquinez and benicia bridges. The bay bridge is the only slow spot. You are slowing down for almost all the lanes as you approach the toll plaza. They should be turned on because of the volume here. Back to you. Thanks so much, its 6 20 right now. Coming up next, nbc bay area responds. Reporter they didnt spend the night in the hospital, so why were they charged for an overnight stay . Im consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. This cheeseburger is the best its about to get bester baby menutaur make it a double, yeah nice mane try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. 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At the same time the list is still being worked out and any final decisions have not been made. Nbc bay area responds to a milpitas family faced with a huge hospital bill. So they asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team to intervene. Reporter good morning. Last year the roy familys daughter was admitted to packard Childrens Hospital in palo alto under a doctors orders. They say they were there from midday until about 1 00 a. M. , but the hospital billed their insurance 16,000 for an overnight stay. Their copay was about 1,800. Since they didnt spend the night the roys thought that charge was excessive. They disputed it but the hospital stood by all of that. So the roys turned to us for help. We asked the hospital to review the case. It told us it cant comment because of privacy laws, but the roys said they got a partial refund of their copay, 569. 04. As the roys discovered your status in the hospital can have big consequences for the amount you are charged, like checking into a hotel. Once you are admitted to a hospital you might expect to pay for the room for the entire night. The federal government, in fact, recommends medicare subscribers ask whether theyre being labelled inpatient or outpatient. We think thats good advice for anyone. A belgian entrepreneur is bringing smiles to facemasks using a photo booth and software to make masks with customers smiles printed on them and now anyone can get their smile on a mask. Customers will get a link for an app that lets them take a picture of their face and send it to the company. The mask costs about 23 and they can be washed, hmm, up to ten times. I like that. Thats pretty cool. I mean its weird looking but pretty cool. Innovation. That it is. 6 26 for you this morning up next its what some people are talking about today, talking about that summer heat. Meteorologist kari hall with more on that and whats on tap with that, kari. Yeah, were going to see our sun rise looking very nice as we check out our view from the cupertino hills and temperatures warming up pretty fast. Were going into the mid80s for today. Well get a look at this and all of our microclimates up next. Reporter campuses cutting ties with police. The alternatives for Law Enforcement being proposed by school districts. Youre watching today in the bay. Right now at 6 30, all new overnight San Francisco schools make a decision on policing as Oakland School leaders gear up for a similar vote later today. Well talk about the details coming up in a live report. Plus were seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations. Coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise in the bay area and across the state. Next, whats fueling the spike in cases and what Health Officials are saying. And fog will linger near the coast today but temperatures inland are going to soar again. Meteorologist kari halls forecast just moments away. Today in the bay continues right now. And a very good morning to you. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute for us. First we have to talk about that weather today. Meteorologist kari hall keeping track of what we can expect and its a lot to keep up with because its so different in places. Well have a 40 degree spread across the bay area. Places like walnut creek has had hot weather and it continues today as we go into the afternoon. By 1 00 we get ready for the highs to reach up into the 90s. Oakland will reach 75 and only 60 today in Half Moon Bay as the fog remains overhead all throughout the afternoon. A look at a cooldown and the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. Youve been watching the commute. How is it looking . Easier than your micro climates. I have a micro commute, isolated to the bay bridge where we take a live look and see the effects of the metering lights which were turned on about 6 20 this morning. We have the backup there. No problems on the approach. The Speed Sensors are great into the maze through Contra Costa County. A nice drive as we look at the rest of the big view. Slowing out of the altamont. Marcus, back to you. A major move that will be watched around the bay area and the state. New for you, San Francisco unified ending its relationship with police. This as Oakland Schools are set to make that decision on whether to dismantle its campus policing. Today in the bays bob redell is live for us with overnight developments. Bob . Reporter the recent protests over the death of george floyd and the broader discussion about racial inequality in this country have raised questions about the effectiveness of Law Enforcement on school campuses. Just yesterday San Francisco unified decided it would no longer partner with or fund the San Francisco Police Department. Thats according to sfgate. Com. In a few hours from now the state superintendent of public instruction will announce how california will reevaluate the role police should play on campuses throughout the state and how that presence might negatively affect students. Incidentally late they are afternoon Oakland Unified School board will vote whether or not to dissolve its Police Department which currently employs ten officers and replace them with nonuniformed peacekeeping ambassadors. Yesterday, as you can see in the video, parents and students rallied to convince the board to say yes. Warriors head coach steve kerr also lent his voice to this movement which he describes as a real reckoning for america. To me this is what its about. You have to learn, to understand whats happening out there. There have been calls for Restorative Justice counseling, calls for trauma induced services. Reporter yesterday the Los Angeles Unified School District Board voted against a similar proposal to slash 90 of its budget. Some Board Members voted no because they said there wasnt an alternative plan to ensure the safety of their students. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you, bob. Some bumps in the road to recovery. Theyre now approaching 21,000. 538 people have died. Just yesterday Santa Clara County reported a big spike with 122 new cases. Sonoma county saw its largest single day increase since the pandemic began. Part of it centered around specific members of the community. I want to check in with today in the bays Cierra Johnson with a look at what Health Leaders are saying. Cierra . Reporter Health Officials here are on high alert after seeing a drastic spike in those covid cases. On monday alone they saw 50 new cases, thats 32 more than the day before. Now according to the press democrat the recent spike in cases is due to Community Spread with the countys Health Officers highlighting an unnamed business that provides services to the homeless in an unnamed Skilled Nursing facility. Health officials are working to contact those who they may have come into contact with and are working to relocate some of the Homeless Individuals to alternative shelter Like Community centers. As Health Officials continue to contact those who may have been in the Skilled Nursing facilities its important that we note it was a week ago that they saw the outbreak. Three employees at an unnamed winery did test positive but they did not have contact with the public. We will continue to follow the story as we learn more. Cierra johnson for today in the bay. 6 35 and new for you this morning, nascar driver Bubba Wallace speaking out on the today show saying he Still Believes that a noose was left in his garage despite what the fbi found. Now the fbi investigators determined that there was no hate crime when that rope was spotted in wallaces garage at talladega speedway in alabama. Investigators say that rope, well, its been the same one in that stall for months, at least since october. Thats when the previous race team used the rope to pull the garage door shut. Here is wallace on the today show this morning. It, in fact, was a noose. It was not a functioning noose but it was a noose. And whoever had the time to create that and tie it up like that, they were skeptical about it. The fbi says those types of things. Wallace has been at the front for a push for change in nascar, first by driving a black lives matter car and then asking nascar to ban the presence of confederate flags at races. You can watch the full interview on the today show starting at 7 00 right after today in the bay. The head of antiochs police union is reportedly in hot water after recent comment that he made on his personal facebook account. The post had to do with a meme that showed a protester giving the middle finger to a police officer. Now he replied, i firm ly beliee an openhanded slap to the face is 100 justified. He said it was taken out of context. Protesters, however, are calling for his resignation. A lot of great news as the county takes a big step in its reopening process. Bars, gyms, hotels, indoor museums, arcades and bowling alleys all have the green light to reopen. Nail, waxing, and massage can reopen as well as indoor dining. The total number of infections to more than 2,400 since the pandemic started. 62 people have died in Contra Costa County alone. Right now a look at that forecast for you because it is going to be really a hilly side when it comes to the weather, up and down depending on where you are, kari. Absolutely. We will have our microclimates in full effect today. If you want to enjoy some time outside, take a look at our view from volmer peak. It is going to be amazing to be out there. If youre going to be out there for a walk or a hike early in the day will be the best time frame to go because we start out in the mid60s. At 10 00 were at 71 and then by 1 00 youll have to stay hydrated and our temperatures will be in the mid80s there. As we look at our microclimates there will be a wide range in temperatures. Were at 60 in Half Moon Bay. San francisco reaching 66. 75 in oakland. But the inland valleys will not get that ocean breeze so were looking at some 90s in the trivalley. The south bay reaching 88 and up to 101 degrees in clear lake today. Well talk more about a cooldown for the bay area coming up and, mike, youve been keeping an eye on the roads. How is it looking now . Looking great for drivers. Well show you the overall picture. Big view shows you mostly green including Silicon Valley and the second burst yesterday although theres a bill build starting now and out of the trivalley and to 84 west in towards sunol and out of livermore is starting to build in the last 15 minutes. If you continue on the same latitude as 580 across the san mateo bridge youll see traffic flows very smoothly there, akoss to the peninsula, low clouds hovering. Back to you. 6 39 right now. Biden and obama together again. Coming up next, the pair with the purpose. Find out just how much cash they raised from their First Campaign event in years. On capitol hill this morning an important hearing over the politicalization of the Justice Department. Out to wall street once again worried about coronavirus. 748 americans died yesterday of covid19. Wall street has its concerns. Reporter baseball is coming back and so is major league soccer, but you wont need a ticket to get the best seat in the house. 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We can see the east shore freeway. Well show you where it may have more impact on up roads coming up, laura. Back to you. Thanks so much, kari and mike. 6 43. New video of firefighters braving some intense flames in newark yesterday. Alameda county firefighters posted this helmet cam footage. They say the fire started when a car caught on fire. The fire then extended into a home. The home was saved, and the good news here no one was hurt. Good to hear that. For anyone who is even half after sports fan, it may be the biggest news yet as we travel on this road to recovery. The boys of summer are coming back and there will be baseball after all. And theres more on the menu for you. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live for us to explain how soccer may soon satisfy some of the sports fixes that a lot of people need, kris. Reporter yeah, it is a big day for san jose earthquake because theyre hitting the road today headed for orlando for that mls tournament that will be played in july at the Disney Resort in orlando. All of the players will be tested for covid19. There will be no fans in attendance, but you can watch on mls Partner Networks when the tourney kicks off in july. More excitement for the earthquake today. Their schedule is coming out. So get ready for that. To the mlb and the deal that Baseball Players and team owners agreed to 60 games, less than a third of the usual season, mostly been the division and region, no fans allowed here either. Now because of covid19 spikes, training will be at home. Oracle park for the giants, Oakland Coliseum for the as. The league reserves the right to move to different cities if the coronavirus risk is too high. That season is expected to kick off july 23rd or 24th. And the nba is still hashing out their abbreviated season to be played in orlando but we know the warriors wont be among those 22 teams. Players on the 22 teams have until today to opt out. So at this point i put up a twitter poll, about twothirds of you say you are excited to watch on tv even if you cant watch in person. If you want the best seat in the house youll have to tell the kids and the dog to move over. The beer is cheaper and so are the hot dogs. You dont have to worry about driving home either after you have all the beer. Reporter thats right. I was thinking about it, too, the fact that we have been missing sports so much, it really is a bonding time for families as well as friends. I know some of my friends have come to town and weve gone to some of the giants games. Now you can just have that bonding time at home, sit back, relax, and have a good time. Reporter its nice. Yes, especially if youve run out of things on your dvr and things to stream on tv. Definitely sports can add a little drama to your life in a good way. People are starting to read more books. Reporter oh, no keep reading the books, though. I know your girls love reading books. Thanks, kris. So important. Although remember the sequels arent going to pick up after you. Moving on to decision 2020 this morning, joe bidens campaign, get this, is 11 million richer this morning after a virtual fundraiser he had with former president barack obama. Mr. Obama said President Trump is, quote, disorganized and meanspirited, and the country is demanding change. Biden also won two primaries last night in new york and kentucky. Hes expected to formally accept the partys nomination in august. 6 46 for you this morning. A major hearing looking at them. Thats right. And scott mcgrew joins us now. The accusation is that the doj goes easy on the president s friends. Yes, we saw that accusation in the case of michael flynn, the National Security adviser who admitted to talking to russians and then lying about it to the fbi. He admitted it. He was found guilty. He was sent to court. And then the doj said that it wanted to drop the charges. We may see it again with trump associate roger stone. One of the career officials set to testify today said in a written statement the prosecutors tried to cut stone a break, ease his sentence because he was the president s friend. Former prosecutor aaron szalinski will testify what i heard repeatedly roger stone was being treatedly from any other defendant because of his relationship to the president. Barr recommended stones sentence be reduced the same day President Trump said the same thing on twitter. The doj is supposed to be nonpolitical and independent of the president. Former prosecutor zelensky will be joined by current doj prosecutor john elias testifying today. Elias will testify we expect that barr ordered investigations into marijuana dispensaries because he did not like the pot industry. President trump inspected a new wall on the arizona mexico border and attended a rally in a closely packed church where he once again said people should not vote by mail. People went to the polls and voted during world war i. They went to safely go to the p and vote during covid19. Now, as you well know, the reason people were safely able to go to the polls in america in the First World War and the Second World War is the First World War and the Second World War were not fought in america. By the way, one of the states with the highest rates of vote by mail at 80 is arizona. Were watching everything thats happening on capitol hill this morning with those hearings including discussion over Police Reform. Well be tweeting about it. You can find me on twitter. Im scottmcgrew. Thanks so much, scott. 6 49 right now. So youre only as old as you feel. And with that in mind we want to wish the oldest california state worker a big happy birthday. She turned 100 years old yesterday. Shes worked for the department of General Services for more than 70 years. Plans for a big party had to be scrapped because of the pandemic, but workers say they cant wait to celebrate next year. Wow. No retiring there. And in a completely unrelated development were learning of a dog in tennessee now the oldest living golden retriev retriever. Augie celebrated her 20th birthday back in april. And thats old for a big dog. That is. Is that like 140 years old . Wow. Give that dog a bone, a hug, whatever you want. All right. Today is a good day to possibly take your dogs out for a walk but try to do it early in some parts. Meteorologist kari hall has been telling us how it will be a lot warmer in some parts of the bay area today. Yeah, its going to be warmer for the inland areas once again. Weve been talking about that. Weve also seen a lot of posts on social media about the saharan dust storm thats traveled across the atlantic making its way into texas and louisiana today. It really cuts down on the tropical activity but gives them a milky white sun rise and sunset and beautiful views especially early and late in the day. We are seeing that happening right now and so as that moves in people are talking about it because its unusually large and will last for a couple of days. So thats something were watching for those areas as it continues to travel through. I posted something about it on my social media pages so you can check that out, that saharan dust plume moving through. Im karihall weather. Lets get back to the graphics and well see our temperatures that today will have a wide range in the bay area. Were going to see Half Moon Bay only up to 60 degrees today, but then you look at some of our inland, parts of the north bay where we reach over 100 degrees. Oakland today will reach into the mid70s. And livermore today reaching 93 degrees while san jose will be in the upper 80s. And as we go through the forecast, were looking at the High Pressure continuing to build, some hot weather inland but that ocean breeze that were going to see is not going to make it into the valleys until this week. Thats when well all have a cooldown and the cool air coming down from the north will also bring in a slight chance of some thunderstorms over the sierra. Here in the bay area were in for this hot inland weather for the next three days, and then the weekend is looking pretty nice. The mid80s for saturday. Lower 80s for sunday and thats the seasonable weather we should be seeing this time of year. It will be with us early next week. Mike, youve been watching the commute. How is it looking for drivers about to head out . Its looking great. We do see a little bit of slowing. We talk about 101 through san jose but this is right on pace. Even summertime build through Silicon Valley very light, just 101 up to 680. A little slowing out of the altamont and no major issues for the trivalley as folks are coming down through 84. The bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on, thats the only slowing from outside the maze to the bay bridge and were going to head it right back to laura with some breaking news. Thats right. Take a look at this. Breaking news right now out of new haven, connecticut, where theres a clash happening right now over the removal of a columbus statue. Our camera is moving around a little here. You see the crowd is gathering there. Supporters of the statue have actually shown up to block its removal after city officials allowed it. Its starting to become a tense situation with Police Officers lining up. Were going to continue to monitor this one. A lot of emotion there. Happening now for you in charleston, south carolina, the removal of john calhoun statue has been delayed. This is as they wait for more removal equipment. City leaders voted to remove the statue and others like it in the state. Calhoun was americas seventh Vice President and a strong defender of slavery. 6 54. Safely shop floor and decor your way comfortably explore our incredible selection. With safe instore guidance, or order online, and pick up your products curbside come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price however is perfect for you. Explore floor decor instore or online. Welcome back to you. Here is a look at the top stories were covering for you on today in the bay. Schools in San Francisco will look different this fall, this is after San Francisco unified voted to end its relationship with police. All eyes on oakland unified as the school board also thinking about dismantling the police force. They are talking about a vote and right now the district employs ten officers but would replace them with nonuniform peace officers. The state superintendent will speak to reevaluate the role police should play on campuses throughout the state. Oakland is now the first bay area city to follow through on plans to redirect funding for police. Dissenting Councilmember Nikki portunato was tweeted the decision to cut 2. 5 million from opd and says its a slap in the face for those who sought much deeper cuts to funded and faulted the council not for not posting ahead of team. According to the press democrat councilmembers will continue that conversation today. Developing this Morning Union city police are investigating a possible hate crime. A resident there says that someone vandalized his car because he had a black lives matter sign in it. He says he has parked his car there for years without any problems. Neighbors now raising funds to help fix the car. Police say that the responding officer helped clean up the damage saying that no one should have to endure Something Like this. New this morning ice cream maker ben jerrys is the latest to pull its advertising on facebook and instagram as part of the stop hate for profit campaign. The Company Says Facebook is profiting off hate speech and needs to do more to stop the spread of racism on its platform. Ben jerrys says ads will be pulled starting july 1st. Take a last look at the weather and traffic for you this wednesday morning. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the temperatures for us. Kari . And today were looking at another hot one for the inland valleys. Well reach into the low 90s. More of that through the end of the week and San Francisco will stay in the 60s today and over the next seven days. Mike, how is the commute rolling . You know, its rolling pretty predictably. That means you have a backup at the bay bridge. Look, its starting to lighten up. The middle lanes at the 880 overcrossing where youll have to slow and stop from periods of time. The low clouds here but fog was drifting across the golden gate bridge. Its not a problem at the present moment but you do see on the north side, actually, look, we lost sight of the tower so we cant see the bridge. When youre on it its clearer to see. Not unusual for folks driving. Back to the desk. There you go. Looks cool and refreshing. Thats going to do it for us on this wednesday morning. Yeah, leave you with a look of a foggy oakland as we get started with this wednesday. Lets make it a great day. Well be back at 7 25 for another local news update for you. Until then, the today show is next. Good morning disturbing surge daily records being shattered in states like california, arizona, and now texas where the governor is urging people to stay home. This morning the concern that young people are fueling a dangerous trend in the wrong direction. Breaking overnight. Fired. The officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor terminated. 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