Now. And a very good wednesday morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on the commute this morning. First well start out with meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast for us. How is it looking for us today, kari . Its going to be a nice day for the bay area. As we check out Pleasant Hill and our temperature trend for the morning as we get this wednesday started, its going to be in the mid to upper 50s and then at 11 00 were at 76 degrees, a really nice morning for us with a clear sunrise. We look at our high temperatures, slightly lower in a few spots with oakland today reaching 73 degrees. For san jose expect a high of 80. Very comfortable. Were still reaching 91 in ukiah while San Francisco will be in the mid60s. Wide range in temperatures today and throughout the next several days. Well talk about that and a little bit warmer for the inland areas is coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . As you would expect and hope, things are moving very smoothly. Take you out to the maps and show you overall green sensors. No full freeway closures but the crews are out there so do mind that. Bottom of the screen our traditional slowing that shows up for 87 and altamont. Its starting to build the last couple of minutes. Back to you. While were you sleeping san Jose Councilmembers went late into the night in a heated virtual debate over the mayors powers. Now they adjourned without reaching a decision. That means later this morning theyll reconvene to take up the issue. That Debate Centers around a plan for voters to decide the socalled strong mayor proposal. It would give the mayor more power including hiring and firing administrators which is currently the city managers role. A lot of passionate citizens made voices and concerns heard. And you have an opportunity here to change the trajectory of our city. San jose has always been an afterthought to San Francisco in the bay area, and im sick and tirpd of it. The measure would realign the Mayoral Election with the president ial election in the process giving sam liccardo an extra two years in his term. Well have a full report at 5 00. Its 4 33. People across the state are wondering what kind of new shelter at home restrictions Governor Newsom may announce in just hours especially ahead of the fourth of july weekend. In the meantime were learning that some Independence Day celebrations will go on as planned. Bob redell joins us live from dublin. Bob, a lot of areas have already scaled back a lot of their reopenings. Reporter correct, laura. A number of counties in the bay area have paused the next phase. In Alameda County they are telling indoor diners, salons, barber shops to hold off for the time being. Today gyms and bars were supposed to open in Contra Costa County. Those have been delayed. Marin and San Francisco counties have also scaled back their reopenings in the wake of new sobering numbers of covid19, new cases are shooting higher, have shot higher the past two weeks. Hospitalizations are up statewide. More than 40 . Governor newsom is announcing new restrictions later today. He believes people everywhere are becoming too complacent. All of a sudden here comes uncle bob two hours late, gives everyone a hug. Hey, uncle bob, wheres the mask . I dont believe in it. The whole thing starts to take shape. Reporter while most cities have canceled their fourth of July Fireworks because of covid19, the city of gilroy is still planning on a small show at gilroy high this weekend, the sales for safe and sane fireworks will begin in the city. The mayor didnt want to choke off fundraising for Community Organizations who have been through so much from the pandemic to the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting last year. Here in dublin the city says the fireworks will only be allowed in neighborhoods with Single Family homes. This is a new thing. That means people will not be allowed to shoot off fireworks at apartment complexes, parks or schools. Reporting live in dublin, bob redell, today in the bay. All right, bob, thank you. As covid19 cases climb nationwide, the lines are getting longer at testing sites like this one you see right here in dallas. The Positivity Rate is rapidly rising in texas as tens of thousands of people are getting checked. The rate is currently 14 . Now thats more than double the rate here in california but were seeing those lines here for people getting tested to start to grow as well as the bay area reopens. Today in the bay shows us whats behind the sudden desire to get tested and why its a good thing. Reporter cars line up at cal state east bay. Drivers are waiting for covid19 tests. It was busy all day. Reporter hayward firefighter nichols said so many people showed up they had to close the line to complete testing by 4 00. Demand has doubled since last week. People need notes to get back to work. Thats one reason. With more people doing gatherings and things like that, that would make more people uneasy, maybe feeling like theyve been exposed to covid. Reporter in san jose people stood in long lines at Silver Creek High School for a test. We need to know who he is, where they have it and where they picked it up. Reporter dr. Ann lu says knowledge is power for Public Health officers. The increase and testing of people with and without symptoms will help them make better decisions about reopening. If we know a lot of transmissions are linked to a specific activity it gives us a reason to introduce ways to make that activity safer. Reporter dr. Lu says while experts get a better picture of where the coronavirus is and how people are getting it, keeping your distance, covering your face and washing your hands are the best way to control the spread. Jean elle, today in the bay. New details this morning, the deadline is now over for undocumented immigrants to apply for relief assistance in california. The mercury news reports this morning more than 150,000 immigrants applied for statefunded disaster relief. The state plans on giving out 125 million for people who were unable to receive aid during the pandemic due to their immigration status. So far the state approved over 30,000 applications in the bay area. The Program Provides undocumented immigrants 500 in payments. New for you this morning, today is supposed to mark a new day for pg e. The utility expects to reemerge from bankruptcy. Ahead of that, Governor Newsom yesterday signed a bill meant to safeguard california if pg e fails in that effort or falls short of reforming its operations as required by law. Peninsula state senator hill authorized the measure which the Senate Approved on monday. Its meant to hold the utility more accountable going forward. Coming up next on today in the bay, a wild chase spans multiple cities and ends with a car in the pacific ocean. The bold move the man behind the wheel pulled to try to get away. Plus, its frozen drinks, the favorite day of the year. The pandemic threatens free slurpees at 7eleven. What the retailer is doing to make sure that doesnt happen for its most loyal customers. Right now at 4 40 we have temperatures anywhere from the low 60s in concord where its a little bit more windy to some low 50s in parts of the north bay. Were going to see our temperatures across the board a bit cooler today. Well talk about that and a hotter weekend coming up. And i was worried about a hot spot in livermore just off 580 as we look at dublin, see traffic coming in and out of livermore. The little spot fire was taken care of at livermore avenue. No more problems there. Thats a look at the trivalley. A look at business with seema. Good morning. Im seema mody at cnbc headquarters. Todays top business headlines. Wall street is set to open slightly lower this morning after stocks rallied yesterday to close out the month and the second quarter. Snapping back from the historic selloff that was triggered by the covid19 pandemic. The dow rising nearly 18, its best performance since 1987. The s p 500 rising about 20 , its best quarter since 1998. And the nasdaq soaring 30 , the most since 1999. Its worth noting the dow also had its worst first half to a year since the financial crisis and is still down 10 year to date. In focus today a report on hiring in the private sector is expected to show an increase last month as people who had been laid off or furloughed started returning to work. Google is delaying the reopening of u. S. Offices by about two months to september because, of course, of the surge of the virus. They would reopen buildings at 10 in early july and scale it up to 30 in september if conditions allowed. Google has been 100,000 employees in north america. 7eleven canceling the free slurpee day. Members of the Loyalty Program will get a coupon added to their account today. 7eleven says the offer is good throughout july allowing customers to treat themselves when its convenient for them while helping everyone practice social distancing. Back to you. Thank you, seema. We dont all have to crowd into 7eleven. Lets check out the temperature trend. Were going to see it warming up today but not as warm as it has been. Its going to be a nice one. Well look at this and the rest of the micro climates up next. And well take a look at the south bay where i spotted flashing lights. Not exactly sure whats going on. Well talk about the traffic and what else we find out again for san jose. [narrator] did you just reward yourself for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Grubhubs gonna reward you for that with a 5 off perk. doorbell rings [crowd] grubhub fireworks exploding and here we go on this hump day wednesday. 4 46 for you right now. Taking a live look out at the bay bridge, cars moving along the road right now Getting Started with the day, and so are we. Dark and early for you this morning. Mike will look at the commute but not just yet. We want to get a look at the forecast first. When i walked out the door today, it was a little bit cooler which i welcome that. Yes, and we are going to have a cooler afternoon for parts of the bay area. Lets get a live look outside right now in San Francisco. We can see a little bit of fog in the distance as you look there over towards the horizon, and were going to see some warmer weather for still some of our inland areas. So why not make some time, get outside on the back patio and grill with the family. If youre planning to do that in san ramone today well see a warm afternoon but right around dinner time it will start to cool off and well drop down to the mid70s. Well see temperatures in san jose come down seven degrees with a high of 80 degrees. Well have a breezy wind that will help us out in the inland east bay. Were still looking at upper 80s here but then for the coastal areas mostly some 60s this afternoon. As we go through the next couple of days, we will be on a cooling trend for tomorrow as well as friday a stronger ocean breeze but then in time for the Holiday Weekend a big surge in temperatures as we start to see that High Pressure and hot weather coming in from the Desert Southwest moving into the bay area. We are going to have a hot weekend. Were looking at inland temperatures in the mid80s today. Lower 80s tomorrow and still pretty nice on friday. But then look at the changes we have for the fourth of july. If you like the warmer weather, a chance to get in the pool. Youll have that in the valleys as our highs reach up to 90 degrees. Mike, youve been watching the commute. Anything popping up early this morning . One thing in the south bay. I want to give you a look at the bigger congestion spots, the potential at least. On the maps no problem getting through Contra Costa County to the bay bridge, a little blip that should clear. Metering lights have been getting turned on before 6 00 the last couple of days. The rest of the bay does look smooth. The slowing on 87 cleared. Slower moving vehicles this morning. I circled 101 at 680 and 280. You see on the right side you might catch a peek at the flashing lights over there. They may have just cleared. The southbound direction remaining moving but there was activity on the shoulder. Nothing showed up from chp. I think its all gone. Ill let you know if there are any problems. Back to you. Hey, mike, take a look at this one. It was all caught on camera. A wild end to go a carjacking spree. It started in San Francisco but ended in the pacific ocean. Police say yesterday a man carjacked someone at gunpoint on vermont street. He drove down the peninsula and crashed near foothill expressway in los altos. The man allegedly stole another car and led police on a highspeed chase into santa cruz. That car went over the cliff, into the water. They ended up catching the guy. The driver is under arrest. No word if he was injured. All you can say is wow to that one. 4 49 this morning and only on nbc bay area allegations of racism within redwood city firet the department claiming one of its black firefighters has been harassed, ostracized and sent sexually explicit pictures. Joseph echema believes hes being targeted because of his race. Now for the past several years he claims that he has been the recipient of racial jokes and offensive we reached out to leaders and got a response from the city manager who says, in part, we cannot comment on the case in litigation. We are also committed to learning from one another as we work to strengthen the citys commitment to diversity and inclusion within all city departments, end quote. New for you this morning the Oakland City Council going back to the drawing board on budget cuts over an overwhelming demand to defund the police. Last week councilmembers approved the budget which included a 20 million paycut to opd. At last nights Meeting Community members demanded they revisit the budget and cut more from the department. Several people said the budget needs to be cut in half. Thats nearly 150 million. City council says theyll reconsider the budget by july 21st. San francisco appears to be launching a new youth movement, at least at the ballot box. Supervisors yesterday approved a ballot measure to lower the citys voting age to 16. San franciscos Youth Commission is organizing that effort. Voters over 18 will now have to approve the measure this fall. Well, a simple request turned into a sixfigure payday. A big one for a starbucks barista. Why her refusal of service to a customer is turning into a viral show of support. First, happening now, a unanimous vote to remove a controversial statue in boston. The Boston Art Commission voted tuesday night to remove the emancipation group. That statue depicting president Abraham Lincoln and a freed black man on his knees. That statue has stood in park square sin square. The removal garnered 12,000 signatures. 4 52. More right after the break. Welcome back. 4 54 for you this morning. New for you there could be a new cleaning rule for hotels and offices in the city to prevent the spread of covid19. Last night sf board of Supervisors Committee approved an emergency ordinance. The new rules require hotels and Office Buildings to regularly clean and disinfect common areas. Also guest rooms would have to be sanitized every 24 hours. But guests could request to have rooms not be cleaned daily. The Hotel Industry is fighting the ordinance saying the constant cleaning would come with a huge price tag and it would endanger the health of the workers as well as guests. The ordinance still needs to be voted on by the full board. Well, the first only adults casino and hotel is nearly done in las vegas. Its expected to open in october. The circa resort and casino is the first to be built in downtown las vegas in decades. It has nearly 800 rooms and a massive pool with a giant outdoor tv. Again, no teens or kids allowed. You have to be 21 to enter. Listen to this, a Southern California barista is receiving an overwhelming amount of support. This is after he denied service to a customer who refused to wear a facemask. Thats right. So last month a woman posted a picture of gutierrez shaming him for not serving her. People said he did the right thing. A go fund me page for gutierrez reached over 100,000 in donations. Gutierrez says he plans to donate some of the money to charity and use it to pursue his dream of becoming a dancer. Wow. Good for him. Coming up next on today in the bay, the decision the u. S. Senate just made to help Small Businesses across the nation deal with a shutdown thats certainly been costing them millions of dollars. Plus, your morning commute may get more expensive today. Well talk about the toll hike going into effect and how b. A. R. T. Is making it easier for you to avoid crowded trains during the pandemic. Right now at 5 00, a lastminute reprieve. The federal governments Paycheck Protection Program extended overnight. A live report from capitol hill on the billions of dollars Still Available to Small Business owners. Plus, Holiday Weekend restrictions likely coming later today from Governor Newsom as covid cases surge across the bay area. Up next well talk about that south bay senior facility. Thats the new hot spot. And itll cost you more starting