Rob is tracking all the conditions for us tonight. Rob . Yeah. It was a really amazing sight to see this this morning. Perhaps you woke up like many of us. We began to see these lines of very intense thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorm warnings in literally more than 2,000 lightening strikes around the bay area. We have seen a few showers here offshore. The connection is still there offshore. Just offshore to the south. This location will move to the north as we head into the overnight hours. As we head towards tomorrow morning, we will increase the shower coverage with another chance of thundershowers like you saw today. Same conditions in place tomorrow. The reason why the red flag until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Wouldnt be surprised to maybe see that expanded a little bit later for north bay. More record breaking heat, too. We could see temperatures as high as 108 degrees tomorrow around livermor. Were talking heat and air quality. Were seeing localized smoke advisorie advisories. Temperatures, red flag warnings and your air quality coming up. Look forward to it. Thanks. Nbc bay area sky ranger was overhead the deer zone fires this afternoon well before the evacuations were ordered. You see the flames burning. Very rugged terrain that shifted towards homes. Theyre being told to get out and get out now. So far two Evacuation Centers have been set up. Firefighters still trying to battle the flames which have burned more than 400 acres. Again, its burning near clayton and brentwood east of mount diablo. Evacuations are in place. New further south, fire crews plenty busy. This is the marsh creek complex fire. It is actually three fires. Altogether, those fires have burned about 850 acres. There is zero containment. 10 homes are in danger there. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for people. In santa clara county, the marsh fire burned more than 300 acres. Three separate fires burning in the area of a royal condo. Firefighters have not made if i progress on containing them. So far, though, no evacuations are in effect. But that fire has plenty of people nearby keeping a close watch. Marianne favro takes a look. Across the bay area from mill valley to san jose, a dangerous light show played out overnight. And lightening strikes may be the reason why firefighters are battling three separate fires. There was a lot of lightening. That could potentially be a cause. Right now were not sure of the official start. Weather also posed another challenge as more tan 60 firefighters took on flames in triple digit temperatures. So far the f 850 acres. All day jerry has been keeping a close eye on where the fire is headed next. Hopefully it doesnt come this way and the winds will stay the way theyre blowing. Reporter right now no homes are threatened. But tonight additional crews are coming in just in case. What well do is obviously keep an eye on where the fire is moving, what the wind is like and if we have to do any evacuations. Reporter crews are also bracing for the possibility more lightening may hit tonight. Marianne favro. Now to a live look at San Francisco where the lights will stay on tonight. Pg e have said the state power grid should hold. More than 200,000 customers could have been affeaffected. But they did not have to roll for rolling blackouts as it had to the last couple nights. It will continue to monitor the grid and blockouts could still happen if necessary over the last few days. Fridays rolling blackouts for the first in nearly two decades. Even with no rolling blackouts, Power Outages do happen during a heat wave. Here where customers are in the dark right now. The biggest in the south bay and the east bay. New details on a substantial power outrage. Silicon valley power says more power has been restored after a lightening strike hit a tower. Workers discovered more damage than they suspected. It could be related to lightening strikes. It is not just the bay area. Here is a map of several of areas burning right now. They are just the one cal fire crews are battling right now. Tonight with dangerous conditions ahead, you can count on our today in th to keep you updated all coverage starts at 4 30 a. M. Two local communities are stunned after a young man working at a safeway shot and killed in the parking lot. Tonight police are looking for clues as family and friends are looking for answers. He was looking forward to heading off to college. Heres sergio. Reporter a candle and a balloon. These are the first items in a small area for nathan. Friends have been coming by to sign a condolence book and leave flowers. This is a shock for everyone who knew him. I have known him for nine years. Great bay. Reporter part of the memorial includes a baseball hat. He was one of the star players of the baseball team. He loved his baseball. He always preached about his baseball, how he was going to play for the as. A candle light vigil is already being planned. This all happened at about noon just outside of one of the entrances to the safeway super market. A couple witnesses have told me off camera they heard gunshots and then people running from the parking lot. So far investigators say they have not saw a witness that saw exactly what happened and who pulled the trigger. Right now investigators are trying to piece together statements from several witnesses in hopes of zeroing in on a getaway car. Investigators are scouring the video to see if there are any details that may be helpful. At this point, detectives have not released any potential motive in this shooting. Happening judge will hear arguments about whether children can go to school in counties that are on the state watch list. Governor newsom ordered online learning. But a restraining order on behalf of parents. The governor says science drives the states decision and the state does have the authority to make these decisions. Now to the fight against the coronavirus. There are now more than 69,000 confirmed cases in the bay area. A thousand more cases than we had yesterday. The biggest increase coming from alameda county. It has been the hot spot, adding five more cases today. Cases also climbing across california. The state has more than 620,000 cases and a positively rate of more than 6 . Thats higher than any other state. More than 11,000 people have died since the start of the pandemic. Nancy pelosi is calling people back into session this week to vote on legislation protecting the post office. The controversy has democrats demanding action and answers from the man who has run the post office for just two months. Changes led to widespread delays. Election officials are sounding the alarm that they wont be able to handle all the ballots cast in november. If we can agree on postal, lets do it. If we can agree on stimulus checks, lets do it. This is a crisis of american democracy. Weve got to act and act now. Lawmakers are demanding answers directly from postmaster general louis dejoy, a major Trump Campaign donor. Salon owners are planning on breaking the rules tomorrow, and they want everyone to know what theyre hoping to prove. Also, cruise ships. They were one of the first places the coronavirus started spreading last winter. Now the first ship has left port as the pandemic continues. How safe is that . And were closely monitoring the radar tonight for our next round of thundershowers offshore. You can see the clouds here moving south to north. How much of that could impact your monday when we come right back. We made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. An army family who is always at the ready. So when they got a little surprise. Two . They didnt panic. They got a bigger car for their soontobebigger family. After shopping around for insurance, they called usaa who helped find the right coverage for them and even some muchneeded savings. That was the easy part. Usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it easy. Tomorrow salon workers in the tri valley plan to move operations indoors in violation of health orders. Organizers of the demonstration say salons should be in the same category as dentists and med spas. They invited lawmakers and the media to see a demonstration of their safe practice. I cant keep it safe outside. I cant keep it safe for our health. I cant keep it safe for the Clients Health with the temperatures. Look, tomorrow is going to be 104 degrees or something. So its just ridiculous. Bay area salons are currently allowed to operate outdoors, but stylists say it causes problems and cuts down on the services they can offer. In italy today a surprising sight. The first cruise ship to tour the mediterranean and more set to follow. Many wondering if a seven day cruise if thats a good idea while the coronavirus is still prevalent. Reporter tonight the mediterranean cruise industry setting sail once again. Its Maiden Voyage launching today. The crew is going to four estimation close to italy, all under safety procedures. First the fever checks from the ships doctor. If everything is okay, then you come here. The ship has elevated sanitation measures, social distance and mask wearing and more onboard medical staff. For these passenger, it is worth the risk. Coronavirus is here, there, everywhere, said this passenger. But even the tightest testing can leave gaps. Two weeks ago 21 passengers and 41 crew members tested positive in norway, one of the worlds first cruise ships to return to surface. But american cruisers will have to wait. Were seeing the cruise shi pop back up in europe. But it could be many, many months before americans could get back into the ship. Reporter until at least the end of october. In a statement saying it was in the interest of Public Health and safety. More than 12,000 crew members are still on cruise ships five months after the industry shut down. But Royal Caribbean reported that 2021. That may be enough to keep this massive industry afloat. Matt bradley, nbc news. Stay with us for complete coverage on the pandemic and how it affects you. Were putting together the latest headlines all in one place. Head over to our website, nbcbayarea. Com coronavirus. The Democratic NationalConvention Kicks off tomorrow in an election season unlike any other, the virtual fourday event jom packed with big names and a historic Vice President ial candidate nominee, kamala harris. Yesterday President Trump refused to acknowledge that harris is eligible to the job. There is so much at stake in this election, and im prepared to fight. And now a new snapshot of the race. The latest wall street journal shows joe biden leading President Trump by 9 points. A popular bay area attraction could open tomorrow, this, alcatraz. Ferry operations will resume tomorrow as well as access to the island. But the main jailhouse will be off limits due to crowding concerns. The number of daily visitors to the island will also be limited. It ran out of gas. The National Park service says the only service station in the area ran out of gas yesterday because of the number of visitors. Luckily the greenbridge station got a delivery of more gas today. Also dealing with some damage from the storm, including some downed trees and two small fires from lightening strikes. Lets take a look at rob again. Rob, you have got five days coming up and its going to be hot. Cooling a bit, but not cooling. Yeah. Cool is the operative term, right . Were going to get out of maybe triple digit temperatures. Well talk more about that trend. Right now starting to see a little bit of a sea breeze around San Francisco, but no fog just yet. 64 degrees after a high of 81. Wind on shore. Check out the High Temperature today in dublin 106 degrees. Well be in that ballpark again tomorrow. It is still 81. Chances are if you have airconditions thats still running at this air. Similar temperatures upwards concord. In san jose, numbers still in the mid70s outside. We hit 100 degrees tomorrow and similar temperatures for your monday. Air quality is an issue. We had more brushass fires and to lightening strikes around the area. It is impacting the air quality now. At times today it was unhealthy. The winds pushed that smoke to the south. Localized smoke adviser for tomorrow. But, again, depending on how the winds behave, a little shift out to the north will be unhealthy. You will have to watch for that. On the map, no orange or red regionally speaking but that is something that could change based on the wind. Radar is quiet, but still a lot of moisture offshore. Not seeing much for the moment, but this is the batch which does extend all the way down to a Tropical Storm, a weakening Tropical Storm that is potentially unraveling and sending the moisture off to the north. Notice the future cast for the morning. Best chance of showers will be north ward. It looks like the second round. Look at the temperatures again. Starting the day in the 60s and 70s. Notice that batch as it heads to the north. Maybe another round this afternoon. This is something the short range model has been hinting at. That might get extended a little bit to the mid afternoon. Once this band passes, though, should see most of the bay area pass out. From there, we lose the fire danger and lightening. From there were still focussing on those hot temperatures. A look at the numbers again, i think very similar to the highs we saw today. San jose south ward of 100 de hottest around the south bay. Temperatures climbing up into the similar range from 100 to 106 degrees. Again for tomorrow you can see up towards concord. Also extremely hot towards oakland. Peninsula hot. Briefly into the 80s around downtown and north bay temperatures for tomorrow will be climbing into the 90s. Above 100 degrees for another day. By tuesday, it looks like another round of hot temperatures just temporarily. Thursday and friday well get those numbers back probably into the 90s or low to mid90s inland. But the trend toward next weekend will be Building Back towards the bay area. You will notice the trend in the forecast. San francisco, this will qualify for inland valley temperature. Mid80s to the lower 70s into thursday and friday. Temperatures rebounding to the mid70s. For now that cooling trend takes us down to that brisk 93. Its at least better than 105 or 108 degrees. Record breaking temperatures possible. All right. Well, well have that sunscreen ready. Rob, thank you. Coming up, more children getting ready to start school. The steps being taken at one South Bay School to ensure Distance Learning goes smoothly. The virus is still spreading. Californias economic challenges are deepening. Frontline workers stretched too thin. Our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. Our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. And the costs to our economy, to our state budget . Mounting every day. We need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming. Schools in san jose are gearing up for distancethey go well virtually. Students stopped by schools to pick upstarter kicks. Tomorrow morning today in the bay for continuing coverage of this falls back to school stories. Whats old is new again. After more than 30 years being shut down, the city of santa clara is opening up its drive through window. Customers are drive up to the window to pay for certain utility bills. 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