oakland is going to reach up to 87 degrees. we will talk more about this coming up. mike, how is that looking for the commute? >> well, pretty good, kari, but i have to call out the east bay, because looking at the map, there is a green view of the sen source, but over here in freemont, northbound and 680 at the bend of washington and irving, showing the northbound slowing there with a crash perhaps caused by debris, and a larger boulder is reported in the roadways heading past washington and you can see the speed sensors changing. meanwhile in the same area as usual, we have the westbound commute from 580 and highway 84. in the same area, marcus, i hand it back to you. >> all right. staying on the breaking news for you, and this is the fires ripping through parts of the bay area, and in some cases coming dangerously close to homes, and prompting evacuation, and all of this is happening in the extreme degree temperatures, and talking about 100 degrees or higher in some place, and taking you to sunol where the marsh fire is burning, and dale is there live this morning, and this is a quest that is hard to follow with just the heat out there, bob. >> good morning, marcus. we are out here in sunol where the wilderness preserve is down there, and in terrain that we cannot access. but i got off of the phone with cal fire, and they have not received an update from the numbers, and this fire has burned 1,700 acres and last report they had zero containment, and ten homes are under mandatory evacuation, and several more homeowners are in mill creek road, and they have been prepared that they may have to eevacuate, and it is going t be a hot one and not easy for the people who provide the power. and we are being warned to conserve energy for the hot temps or we could see the rolling blackouts lasting one or two hours with little to no notice, and that is the same notice for the last few days. and they have decided against the blackouts yesterday saying that the lower temps, and people conserving at home during the hours of 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. helped to keep the electricity on. governor newsom issued an emergency proclamation to issue that large energy companies are shifting to the backup sources, and governor newsom said that it is unacceptable that the state failed to predict for this crisis. >> we will get to the bottom of it, and lay out in detailed terms to make sure that this simply does not happen again. >> reporter: in a tweet last night, mayor sam liccardo blamed the rolling blackouts on pg&e's poor infrastructure which is caused by years of negligent, and underinvestment. he says that the shutoffs are due to meet the high power needs statewide and not due to pg&e's equipment, and they cite the record-breaking heat wave and lightning activity. bob redell for "today in the bay." also breaking right now, the firefighters are battling two major wildfires in napa county, and the largest is prompting evacuations and threatening hundreds of buildings. the hennessey fire has burned 2,400 acres and it is zero percent contain and this is happening near st. helena and lightning is cauto be the cause this one. and the other one near lake beriesa. you can look at the evacuations under way by downloading the free app on your mobile phone. and today, the democrats will officially nominate joe biden at the convention. tonight, joe biden's wife and bill clinton will speak tonight. and we look at joe biden and president trump on the campaign trail. >> reporter: jumping ahead of the official nomination tonight, joe biden makes a surprise appearance on the virtual dnc stage with a word on the racial justice. >> we just have to keep pushing. we can't let up. >> reporter: his wife jill and former president bill clinton speak tonight continuing the convention theme of party unity. monday's kickoff featured former first lady michelle obama setting the stage for november's election. >> if you think that things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can. we have to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. >> reporter: four prominent republicans made the case for biden and running mate kamala harris. >> i'm a long time republican, and for me, the case is simple, vote for joe. >> it is not about democrat or republican, but about a person, a person decent enough, stable enough and strong enough to get the economy back on track. >> reporter: meanwhile, president trump is on a week-long campaign swing and railing against the universal mail voting. >> we have the win the election and can't play games and get out and vote. >> reporter: the president insisting he is not trying to slow down to mail service. >> no no, not at all. i would not do that >> reporter: he is continuing in arizona and scranton, pennsylvania, the hometown of joe biden and a critical swing state. tracie potts, nbc news. thank you. and the republican national convention kicks off next week and nbc news has confirmed that a st. louis couple who has admitted to waving guns at black lives matter group will be speaking at the event. they are still facing charges. and we have a plan your vote guide which has everything that you need to know to cast your ballot. and you can read up on the deadline and all of the rules. just go to the nbc news.com/plan your vote. we have new details for you this morning. san jose leaders will debate the release of police video that is tied to chaotic protests that were happening earlier in the summer. in some cases the things became tense between officers and activists angry over to death of george floyd. the release of the video is tied to a broader push for police reform in san jose. the oakland mayor's office so far, and not responding to a scathing new federal report tied to a deadly police shooting in march of 2018. the officers killed joseph pollock, and a homeless man, and police say they had a gun nearby and posed a threat to officers. now, the new report from the federal auditor finds that the report had gaps which the chief had never questioned before signing off. later, released a statement calling the report purposely misleading arguing that the shooting was within policy. and that report cites that mayor libby schaaf calling the shooting harmful but lawful. and the death of an 18-year-old shooting in the canyon as he was helping a woman with her groceries. hundreds gathered to remember a young man who planned to attend college and play baseball. the coach who watched him grow up said it is like losing a son. >> after every practice, every game, no matter how good he did or how bad he did, he would walk up to each coach, and extend his hand out and tell them thank you, coach, and the coaches were appreciative of him, and not many kids do that. >> the deputies arrested the 23-year-old suspect christopher young after tracking him down from the car parked near the shooting scene. continuing the coronavirus coverage, some good news this morning for santa cruz county, because it is now off of the governor's watch list and meaning that the closures can be scaled back a little bit. at the same time five more counties have been added to list including mendocino, and sierra counties and all but 16 of the state's 58 counties seen here on the list right there are now on that list. sonoma county supervisors are going to be voting today on extending the sick leave from all private employees who have 500 or more employees. meanwhile, more unemployed californians are going to be taking advantage of the program that extends jobless benefits by another 20 weeks. it is called the fed ed program, and it is separate from the e.d.d. funding, and so far, some $30 million have been paid out by the fed ed program. and today, leaders in campbell are going to consider extending the outdoor dining rules. for the last few months, the streets have been closed, and now councilmembers will vote to extend the street closure program until the end of august. and now, if the weather will cooperate for the restaurants who need to make a little bit of money, but it is hot by the afternoon to be out there, kari. >> yes, it has been so hot in the past several days, and it looks like no major changes in the weather pattern. what is changing is the moisture that has brought us two mornings of storms has pushed to the bay area, and now as we are looking at what is left behind due to the fires that were sparked due to the lightning, and well, we have unhealthy air quality due to the drifts coming into today and the east bay and santa clara valley, and i will be monitoring that as well as the temperatures, and mike, how is that looking as the drivers are looking to go out of the door? >> a typical pattern except for here in freemont. looking at the map, and stretch here at northbound 680 pushing the curve over to washington district, and folks know that you will see the hillside, and looking at a rock in road and a car that hit it, so maybe a lane blocked with that 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[ barking ] this tuesday morning right now at 5:14 and we will get you out of the door ready for the commute this morning headed out to east bay from antioch, and we will see the temperatures in the mid-70s to start this morning. another hotday as we reach into the mid-90s by noon. we will take a look at the microclimates and more heat in the forecast coming up. and while we track that hennessey fire and we will look at san rafael, and look at the volume of traffic on highway 101 is moving smoothley and is unaffected as far as the fire goes. good morning and a very happy tuesday to you as well. i hope that your day is going well so far, and it is probably not going as well as elon musks and i will give you 8 billion reasons why that is. tesla stock jumped 11% yesterday, and that and some new funding for musk's other company spacex means that he is $8 billion richer overnight and catapults him to the fourth richest person in the world, and the three above him are household names, bezos and zuckerburg and gates. so we are all a little bit richer with the 401(k) as the nasdaq hit a new record yesterday. s&p 500 are close to a record. these are the numbers home depot and walmart reporting the profits before the opening bell, and both measured on the dow. home depot says that the sales were far above what they expected and perhaps as people are staying home to fix up the homes. uber and lyft have until the day after tomorrow to adhere to the judge's decisions to make the drivers employees under the california ab 500 gig law, and uber and lyft said they will suspend operations if they have to. and oracle is interested in buying tiktok. we knew that microsoft was, but oracle is a huge surprise. now, the u.s. government has all but said that the chinese company that owns tiktok has to sell it. oracle makes database software and customer service software and how tiktok would fit in there is a mystery, and now oracle's founder larry ellison is a trump supporter, and so perhaps that is part of it, but lauren and marcus how the dance moves and silly moves will fit into the oracle business model is a mystery to me. >> get your attention some kind of way. >> thank you, scott. it is 5:17 and look up from the phone, because there is something that you may have an idea about, because everybody is spending more time staring at the screen. consumers have spent 1.6 trillion hours in the first six months on 2020. and they spent 27% of the waking hours on their mobile devices in april. and that is more than four hours a day. and people spent about $50 billion on new mobile devices as well. well, trending this morning, the barden bellas are back, and the stars of the "pitch perfect" movies came together to sing together for a great cause. ♪ it is you the one i love ♪ you're the one i need ♪ you're the only one >> right there, anna kendrick, and rebel wilson and ther cast members covered beyonce's "love on top" to raise money for unicef to help people impacted by the explosion in beirut along with covid-19 relief. that video has been seen more than 200,000 times so far. >> right as we are telling people that everybody is watching the mobile devices and, hey, take a look at this. >> and maybe on your mobile device possibly. >> yes. >> and there a lot of entertaining things out there, too, but lately, you want to find a cool spot to relax. >> absolutely. it has been really hot, and we have to settle in and get used to the heat, because i am not seeing a lot of changes here even as the humidity drops just slightly for today as we are looking at the hour-by-hour forecast to help you make plans for today and it will be the coolest earliest in the day even though we are starting out warm. we are heading at lunchtime to 91, and in san jose, we are at 92. and yes, this is at lunchtime today, and we will continue to heat up more from there as we are going into the middle of the day, and we are at 106 there in concord, and 103 in napa, and san francisco. we'll see some upper 70s for today, and while we go into the evening hours, and if you want to head out then, it is still in the triple digits to the inland east bay toward solano as well, and concord at 101 degrees at 7:00 this evening, and so as we are looking at what is happening here very hot weather due to some pressure that is causing the record heat across the region, and clockwise pressure across the area, and heat pumped across the area, and the high pressure across the area, and we have seen the storms and the lightning, and while it is beautiful to see, we know that it is going to cause some wildfires over the last several days, and as we go to the end of the week, that tropical moisture is going to south, and that desert heat is going to continue through the next several days, and we won't see the changes in the forecast and continue to monitor this, and take a look at the forecast coming up. and mike, any issues for the drivers coming up? >> yeah, kari, we are following this issue in freemont, and we will take you out there and show you 680, and the speed sensors are going across the bend, and toward sunol and washington irving, and it is looking like it should clear up, but meanwhile, the direction is out of the commute, and the altamont pass. overall, everything is great on the speed sen source and the live look at the bay bridge is showing a great flow of traffic, but it is starting to build it a little bit. we are tracking it, marcus. back to you. >> thank you, mike. and up next on nbc in the bay area, nba responds. >> he bought a microwave oven, but what he got was a mess in the kitchen. nba bay area responds. and it is the time of the year that we love for one of our favorite events. nba bay area teams up with the clear the shelters campaign for the entire month of august. good morning. patch things up quite literally and take a look at the photos from tom gomez who says that the holes in his kitchen wall were made by contractors hired by home depot to remove his old microwave and install a new one. besides the holes, they broke the glass panel on the microwave and scratched the range. so he asked home depot to make it right and when that did not happen, he turned to us. we asked home depot what happened and they did work with the contractor the fix the wall and replace the microwave and gave him a replacement range for $385.89, and kudos to tom for taking the photos. and when you have any work done in your home, takes lots of photos of what is being done, and they can be essential in resolving any dispute that arises. are you stewing over a problem? 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>> not much of a breeze, and in fact, the wind is calm this morning and that is contributing to the to the wildfires that is burning around the bay area, and smoke moving through, and there is unhealthy air quality in the inland east bay and santa clara valley as the temperatures are heating up today, and for the temperatures reaching 104 in concord and mike is keeping an eye on the commute this morning. how is that looking? >> it is an issue in freemont, and head's up in freemont headed up to sunol and up to the map, and stands out with the red in the tri valley out of the south bay would be one factor for 680, and northbound to washington, and cleared from the crash, and the chp report, and slowed from there, and southbound, and a crash report south to sunol exit, and live from the bridge, and no major problems and the build from the volume, and everything is slowing there, laura. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it is 5:32 and to breaking news that the fires are ripping through brush across the bay area, and sending homeowners to safer ground, and the latest areas of concern where firefighters are trying to tackle two out of control fires. today in the bay area is joining us with the latest there, sierra johnson. is that pretty active there? >> right now, we are late bit away from where the actual fire is, and we are currently positioned in front of the roadblock on silverado trail south here in napa county. we can tell you that the fire investigators do believe that the fires were sparked by the lightning that we saw in the last couple of days, and specifically this one here in hennessey, and right now, the crews are working to slow the fire which is located near several wineries here in st. helena, and latest check by cal fire, this fire has consumed 2,400 acres and 205 structures are threatened at this point, and it is zero percent contained. chp reported lightning strikes before the fire, and now a day later, business and homeowners are doing what they can to protect their homes and businesses like putting out the sprinklers on the roofs and take a listen to what one business owner and nearby winery owner had to do with the thought of losing his 130-year-old business. >> it looped around the canyon, and now it is just where that smoke is up there. so, it's kind of at our perimeter. it is important for us to protect the house that he built you can't really replace that. >> as far as the other larger fire in the area, the gambel fire, and like the other one, it is zero percent contained and it is at 600 acres. it is important to note that cal fire had to knock down as many as 60 other smaller fires that were about an acre large, and that good news is that it did not spread to make these larger. and the good news is that the wind died down which is going to aid in knocking down the fires. we are live in napa county, and cierra johnson for today in the bay. >> thank you. in contra costa county, the deer zone complex fire is still burning out of control, and no containment. so far, it has burned 1,400 acres and the fires are centered the around deer valley road and marsh creek road in brentwood on the eastern side of mount diablo, and evacuations are still in effect. in sunol, the marsh creek fire is still burning out of control. this fire has burned close to 1,800 acres since sunday in the area of calaveras road and welch creek road and ten homes are still under mandatory evacuation orders. get up to the moment updates on your mobile device by downloading the nbc bay area app. and now, nancy pelosi is using a break from washington to speak about at the postal service. and now we will have a closer look at what is happening there, chris, and who else is speaking out there? >> well, a number of heavy hitters talk about the u.s. postal service, and if you been waiting for something in the mail, and it is taking longer to receive it, it is because there are big changes happening inside of the postal offices around the country, and it is something that the democrats say is following, this the u.s. postal service has a new postal master louis dejoy, and he is a trump campaign donor, and he has slashed overtime. these are postal boxes that are taken away, and this is what they say will pause for 90 days until after the election, and dejoy says he will be asked about this at an emergency meeting monday. nancy pelosi called it a campaign to sabotage the election, and she is going to be speaking at a rally outside of the bay area post office, and representative eric swalwell will be doing the same thing, and congresswoman eschoo is going to be in pal low al low, and they are talking about suing the administration. >> he is doing everything in his power to sow doubt and undermine the vote, and i am telling you that i will not let him get away with it. >> reporter: president trump says that the postmaster is trying to make sure that the post office is running properly, but at the same time at the same presser he said that post office is working very well. so house speaker nancy pelosi is calling the house back from the august recess to vote on giving $25 billion to the post office to roll back some of the changes and to make sure that it is running efficiently in time for the election. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. perhaps a small sense of closure may come for some of the victims of the golden state killer with an emotional hearing starting later today. a four-day sentencing trial is going to begin for joseph d'angelo. he is going to receive life in prison friday, but starting today, more than 30 victims and survivors plan to tell their stories and confront him in the sacramento courtroom. he admitted to crimes targeting 40 people over two decades ending in the mid-1980s. continuing the coronavirus coverage, and number of confirmed cases in the u.s. topped the 634,000 with a number of dead exceeding over 11,000. it is coming as the cdc says that covid-19 is the third leading cause of death in the united states. that is right behind heart disease and cancer. in the meantime, here in california, the number of deaths fell to below 130 on sunday as the state's hospitalization rate also fell. santa clara county leaders today consider budget cuts to the largest hospitals. the largest hospital that is sup supervisors are considering reducing costs at valley medical by eliminating more than 100 jobs. last year the county purchased three medical facilities from verite health. dr. fauci is going to join the bay area virtually. he is going to be at the commonwealth club and speaking about being on the front lines with not only coronavirus, but aids and ebola. today, lots of inland areas may be just as at risk with rising sea levels as those on the coast. that is the conclusion from uc berkeley researchers reported by the l.a. times and find that any surge would also affect ground levels which would impact things from below the ground inland by polluting soil and destroying the infrastructure. all right. well, the time to get a look at what we can expect from the forecast today, kari, and a big problem that we are worried about are the fires happening around the bay area. >> yeah, we continue to monitor weather conditions around those fires, and parts of napa county that we have the gamble fire and the hennessey fire and the weather conditions are favorable with the higher humidity and calm wind, but unfortunately so dry out there with the dry vegetation and the steep terrain, and we have seen the lightning that sparked a lot of the wildfires have moved farther to the north with the plume of the tropical moisture moving away from the bay area. i'll monitor the temperatures coming up, and mike, how is that looking for the commute right now? >> well, kari, most of it is pretty predictable. we will look over to the tri valley where we have had a persistent slowing from freemont, and the reason why is that even though the crash cleared that set it off, it is the northbound side with the crews still there, and the map that is typical build out of altamont pass and 84, and then more slowing as well for the southbound commute because of the issue of the crash around andrade which i thought had cleared to the shoulder, but it has not, and so the slow build will affect the commute there, but it should be cleared over the next few minutes. the rest of the bay is an easy dry especially the toll bridge over there at the bay bridge, and we will track it though as it is slowing. thank you very much, mike. it is 5:41 and under fire and still ahead on "today in the bay" claims made by a former trump aide wondering if some victims of the california wildfires were used as political pawns. president trump is indicating that he is not going to accept the results of the election unless he wins. we will take a closer look. and plus an end all around of those empty seats. and we will tell you why you should expect a change with the nfl. coming up, we will have a new dish on a new single. and the breakout star of the "tax collector" bobby soto all happening on "california live." right now at 5:44, the excessive heat warning continues today for the inland area that we will see the temperatures back into the triple digits for many spots. make sure that you are taking care of pets and friends and family who may not have air conditioning. we will talk about what is ahead in the forecast coming up. i am looking agent a l ing slowing in south bay 101 and things are picking up, and ing down at bay bridge toll plaza in the middle lane. back to you, laura. >> thank you, mike. nearly a week after it started the firefighters are battling a massive wildfire that is burning in northern l.a. county, and we have talked about this one near lake fire and it has scorched more than 19,000 acres. it is about 38% contained at this point so far. now, flames have destroyed 12 structures and 21 outbuildings and evacuation orders for the people in that area remain in effect. in the meantime, another fire is burning in southern california and keeping the crews very busy this morning. it is in holser canyon in ventura county. and flames have burned more than 1100 acres so far, and it is zero percent contained. white house is responding to explosive new political ad accusing president trump of withholding fema money for california wildfire victims. it is put out by miles taylor who says that he ordered wildfire money to be withheld because california voters did not support him. there is no evidence to say that federal aid was ever withheld. a white house spokesperson says that taylor is trying to cash in and never understood the president's agenda when he worked in going to accept the results if he loses. >> scott mcgrew, the way that the polls are looking, he may very well lose? >> yeah, we are still 77 days away, and there is a lot to happen, and goodness knows, marcus, the last time we went through this, the polls were very wrong, but the latest nbc and washington wall street polls show biden ahead nationally, and many are concerned with what the president said monday, because if he loses, it is because the election is rigged. >> so we have to win the election, and we can't play game, and get out and vote, and do those beautiful absentee ballots or just make sure that your vote gets counted, and make sure, because the only way that we will lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. >> and now, this is not the first time that president trump has cast doubt on the american democratic system. he said, the 2016 election was rigged while he was running, and was actually probably expecting to lose. then after he won, he still said it was rigged. here he is talking about the process in the last election. >> the system, and you know, the system is all rigged and this is why we have to win big, and on tuesday, everybody has to go out to vote, and we have to win big, because the system is rigged. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. >> and here's the trump tweet from the election before that one, 2012. he is not even in this election, and this is obama versus romney and he says that one was rigged as well. it seems to be working. the latest poll show fewer and counted. even though there is no strong evidence that should worry them. the latest poll by nbc and "the wall street journal" shows that nearly half of americans don't trust the process, and that the number is up a staggering 11% since the last election. president trump says he is going to pardon today, somebody famous he says, and that is no doubt part of the showmanship learned on reality television, and give the folks a tease, and this is all coming in the middle of the democratic national convention. we will be watching for that, and we will be talking about it on twitter and you can find me on cgrew. well, you will be finding fans in the stands when the kansas city chiefs host the first game right here on nbc bay area. local leaders signed off on the plan to allow the stadium to fill 1/5 of the full capacity which means nearly 17,000 die-hard fans will be there. the niner fans, don't get your hopes up, because you can't expect the same thing when the season opens up at levy's, but the team went full speed yesterday for the camp and the nfl is limiting contact as part of the distancing rules. trending this morning, joe biden is getting celebrity endorsement from cardi b. >> yes, she recently spoke with the democratic candidate with "elle" magazine and including topics such as parenthood. >> biden, when you have kids like my age, and like mine 2 years old, you know, things never go as planned. >> you are telling me? i have four kids and five grandkids, and come on, i'm an expert. >> and biden spoke about the importance of voting among young voters and former president barack obama released the summer play list and it is including songs from the last eight decades and it including the new "gaslighter" song, and "happy" by the rolling stones. there you go. happy is something that i would not describe the weather recently, but hot, kari. >> yes, hot, hot, hot, and more of it as we go into the next few days the and take a look outside for san francisco and fog free again, but the good thing is that we will gradually see the fog coming back to the coast, and keeping san francisco lower in the inland areas, but we won't get help in valleys and in fact, back to the triple digits and reaching 105 in livermore and morgan hill. san jose into the upper 90s and oakland at 87, and up to 103 for the high in santa rosa, and san francisco in the lower 80s. so as we are looking agent what is happ -- looking at what is happening, we have this heat across the southwest that is causing high temperatures such as death valley at 130 degrees and that may set a world record there. looking at the tropical moisture surging into the areas to the north of us, that is what is helping to spark the wildfires in the lightning that we had, but now it is north of the bay area, and we are still left with the heat that is going to go into the next several days blocking chances of getting cooler air into our area, and so we are looking at the highs coming into the 90s and up to 100 degrees and it is looking like it is continuing into next week, and san francisco is going to get some slight cooling by the end of the work week. mike, how is that looking for the commute? >> it is looking like the heat is on for your forecast. kari, over here, the slowing is standard and here at the 101 northbound, yo can look at tyou maps and typical slowing and southbound 680, and the crash is on the shoulder, but the distraction and the build is coming out of the sunol and pleasanton and livermore, there is a build there. and the construction on the 680 is taking a little bit of time, but the slow build there at altamont, and bay bridge plaza is showing up on the normal slowing. >> thank you. and now, a powerful earthquake is striking the philippines and killing one person, and flattening homes and leaving others trapped. that quake hit 8:30 local time. and it hit in the coastal town near the epicenter. there is much more ahead on "today in the bay" on this tuesday morning and including the bay area counties seeing a housing boon in the pandemic, and which ones are not. and plus, actor ryan reynolds has a message for america's young people. it is all coming up next. experience the ultimate sports hub. where you can find games, news and highlights. all in one place, right on your tv. the xfinity sports zone. use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. follow the teams you love. and, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. so you'll never miss an update. with the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. now that's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store for details. great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? 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[80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. welcome back to you. it is 5:56 and you are watching "today in the bay." we will get to the continuing average now to solve the killing of a 6-year-old boy in san francisco. jace young was shot and killed while watching fireworks outside on july 4th in the bayview neighborhood. police do not believe he was the intended target, but that sparked outrage. now there is a $100,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. when it is coming to making it in the bay, home buyers are having an easier time in the city, but tougher go in the suburbs. the latest proof is that home sales data for july, and the california association of realtors found that san francisco to have the smallest yearly increase in the bay area median sale price in little over 4%. santa clara county has the second lowest, and the other end, marin county saw the highest surge of 23% above last year's median with the contra costa county and napa counties close behind. trending this morning, ryan reynolds, a british columbia, canada, the leader reached out to him to inform teens that it is not safe to party amid the pandemic, and letting them know that they can catch covid, too. >> young folks in b.c. are partying which is of course dangerous, and they probably don't know that thousands of young people are not just getting sick from coronavirus, but they are also dying. >> reynolds also encouraged them to social distance, and something that all of of us should really keep in mind. right now at 6:00, still raging from napa to the south bay, multiple wildfires are burning right now threatening homes and forcing evacuations with no containment in site, and our team is live on both ends of the bay right now with the latest on the overnight fires. plus -- >> we have to vote for joe biden in numbers that cannot be ignored. >> democrats unite behind joe biden and kamala harris as the democratic national convention kicks off. up next in a live report, what to expect on day two, and both from democrats and the president on his campaign trail. >> and happening today on the covid front, bay area cities are consider i considering opening more businesses to the open as the watch list continues to grow. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington, and we will get to mike with more on the commute, but we have to start out with kari hall and the fire dangers with those hot temperatures. >> yes, we are continuing to monitor the weather conditions around the fires that we have in gamble fire and the hennessey fire, and we are now seeing favorable weather conditions, but the vegetation is so dry, and steep terrain, but we have higher humidity and cooler temperatures for the areas this morning, but we are also seeing the humidity and the lightning that sparked the wildfires now moving north of the bay area, so that steady stream of humidity and the active weather is moving away as we are dealing with the drifts of smoke from the fires that have been sparked. so unhealthy air quality today especially in the inland east bay and santa clara valley asane the numbers in the forecast coming up, and mike, any issues popping up for the drivers? >> we have slower issues is, and for the tri valley area, we will have slowing of the lanes as you are crossing over into san francisco, and westbound, the commute is slower in the middle lanes, and that going to change nor next 15 to 20

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