Very good wednesday morning to you. 6 00 right now. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im kris sanchez. Marcus washington has the week off. We get a ladies night in the morning. Good to have you with us this morning. Thats right. Well have more on a lot of news going on right now. First, lets check the forecast with kari. A mild day today . Yeah, weve been talking about how it cools down for the middle of the week. We are going to see temperatures dipping today. Looking at novato as you get ready to head out. Its in the upper 50s. Temperatures will remain about the same. As we go around the bay and take a look at what were expecting for today and whats average for this time of year, santa rosa today will reach a high of 78 degrees, but we normally on the second day of august hit about 83 degrees. You can see that we are going to be lower than what we usually see, but were going to try to take it in because we have high heat ahead in our weekend forecast. Well talk more about that in a few minutes. Cinthia, youve been tracking a couple of crashes. This one is still going on, came up about ten minutes ago in the east bay, as people are making their way over westbound 80 around pinole. So you have trader joes right here, pinole valley high school. Were seeing the backup extend into parts of rodeo. This crash, not sure how many people have been involved at this hour, if there are any injuries. But its right in the area as you get off into the appian way offramp. Were going to check on details and check whats going on in the rest of the bay in a few minutes. For the first time in u. S. History, a former president is charged with trying to overturn an election. Former President Donald Trump facing a new indictment. This is his third, and hes calling it fake. Federal prosecutors say trump tried multiple strategies to remain president , even after he knew he lost the election. Today in the bays drew petrimoulx joins us live from washington. Drew, trump is certainly fighting back here. Hes been comparing prosecutors to nazis as he really tries to continue even his run for the white house. Reporter yeah, he certainly is, and these allegations are truly extraordinary. Federal prosecutors say former President Trump tried multiple strategies after an election he knew he had lost. Trump, as you said, fighting back, comparing the prosecution to nazi, germany, as he continues his push to return to the presidency. Former President Trump indicted on four new charges for what prosecutors say were trumps multipronged efforts to remain in the white house after losing the 2020 election. The federal indictment accuses the former president of taking part in three conspiracies, to defraud the United States by trying to stop the counting and processing of votes, to obstruct official proceedings by stopping the certification of votes on january 6th, 2021, and a third broad conspiracy to disenfranchise voters. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Attorney general Merrick Garland appointed smith and says smith is acting independently. Mr. Smith and his team of experienced, principled career agents and prosecutors have followed the facts and the law wherever they lead. Reporter but trump and his defenders say the prosecution is politically motivated. This is the first time that the First Amendment has been criminalized, its the first time that a sitting president is attacking a political opponent on First Amendment grounds and basically making it criminal to state your position. Reporter trump taking to social media, writing, why didnt they bring this ridiculous case two and a half years ago . They wanted it right in the middle of my campaign, thats why. Former Vice President mike pence had a different take. In a statement responding to the indictment, he says anyone who puts themself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. A sharp rebuke from the man who was once trumps running mate. Amid all this legal trouble, trump is still campaigning for the 2024 election. California Republican Party announced donald trump will be its keynote speaker at its convention later this month. That convention happens september 29th to october 1st in anaheim. More bay area Tech Companies are cutting jobs, and this time its Thermo Fisher scientific and jabil. Thermo Fisher Scientific makes analytical instruments and is laying off employees in pleasanton and south San Francisco. Jabil is a Global Manufacturing company and is cutting jobs both in livermore and in fremont. Also this morning, covid cases are rising across the bay area and doctors say they are seeing more positive tests, along with more serious cases, leading to hospitalizations and emergency room visits. So is this another summer surge . Today in the bays Ginger Conejero saab is live in San Francisco for us. Good morning, ginger. How does this surge compare to the ones weve seen before . Reporter good morning to you, kris. Now, we are seeing these numbers increase, with the differently markers, but it is being categorized as more of a swell rather than a tsunami, which is much more reassuring than it has been when weve heard of increasing numbers in past years. Now, according to the city and county of San Franciscos Public Health website, the current sevenday average of new cases here in the city is 38 as of july 24th. That average was in the high 20s mid july, and it crept up in the third week of the month. Now, Infectious Disease expert dr. Peter chinhong says in terms of the number of cases were seeing now, it is far lower than what we saw in the last three years, but omicron and its subvariants are still around. He says carry on with your life and be careful. In terms of the pattern over the last few months, we dont expect there to be very huge changes, but rather just very incremental changes, so that the vaccine in september should be a really good match. Reporter and speaking of those vaccines, dr. Peter suggests that if you are immunocompromised or older, have a conversation wour doctor about whether or not you need to get boosted now or wait until september. Have a paxlovid plan, if you know so that you know whether or not you have drug interactions with paxlovid, and usthen you feel its k still and needed. The new vaccine that is set to come out in september, if you are healthy, you can go ahead and wait for that new booster, dr. Peter says, and if you are immunocompromised you may want to think of getting the vaccine thats out now. Vaccines will be available, guaranteed available, at least until the end of the year here in california. In San Francisco, Ginger Conejero saab, today in the bay. We were just talking about that with the family, is there going to be another vaccine. Thanks for answering the question, ginger. 6 07 right now. Oakland police are investigating a dognapping that ended with a teenager shot. It happened monday night at 11 00 on hunter avenue. Mercury news reports two men and a 17yearold had arranged a de toell two french bulldogs worth more than 3,000 each. Thats when three armed suspects approached the group, stole the dogs and robbed the victims. The suspects opened fire, hitting the 17yearold. The victim will be okay. Police have not released any information on the wanted suspects. Police departments across the bay area gathered with Community Members for National Night out last night. Officers were out in the east bay on the peninsula and in the south bay, and organizers say neighbors were most concerned about a rise in crime they say theyre seeing, and the Police Departments text messaging scandal, which involved a number of officers accused of exchanging racist and homophobic messages in antioch. At this event at an oakland Apartment Building in the laurel district, police shared Crime Prevention tips, they helped to raise awareness and strengthen relationships with the community. The organizer, sylvia san miguel, has been a National Night organizer for years. She says theyre getting more popular. It shows that we care, that we want to make sure were all safe together, not individually. Law enforcement tells us they did try to have officers stop by as many events as possible without compromising public safety, of course. Its 6 09 on your wednesday morning. Halfway through that workweek. The second day of august already, and look at that. Not as hot as we thought it would be. Theres something for everyone and thats going to come over the weekend. If you like the cooler weather, youre enjoying that now. If you want the warmer weather, thats coming this weekend. So we take a look at a big range in temperatures. Were Getting Started this morning in fremont with clouds and temperatures in the low 60s. Its going to stay in the 60s throughout much of the morning and only reach into the low 70s this afternoon. Take a look at our south bay highs, with cupertino reaching 81 degrees. Its going to be lower than we usually see for this date. And reaching the low 80s for East San Jose and also low 80s for much of the inland east bay. Hayward will reach a high of 70 and only low 60s for half moon bay. Breezy wind, and a lot of clouds and fog. The ocean breeze is also making temperatures up and down the peninsula only reach into the 70s. Well see mostly upper 50s, low 60s in San Francisco, downtown reaching 62 degrees, and for the north bay it will range from low 60s near the coastline to 91 in clear lake, while santa rosa is kind of in between with a comfortable 78 degrees. Well see this weather for a couple more days before it gets hot. Ill have more in just a few minutes. Cinthia has a look at lower gas prices. We sure do. Maybe people are heading to the office this morning or getting ready for some backtoschool shopping. Weve got you covered on where you can find some of these low prices. These are thanks to help who report them on gasbuddy. Com. Lets go to the north bay with 4. 39, this is at the Lucky Service on sir Francis Drake boulevard, and followed by that well go way over into the trivalley, livermore we have 4. 22 at the arco on east stanley boulevard. The cheapest one that i could find for you this morning will be in vallejo, 4. 11 at none other than costco on plaza drive. Lets go from the gas pumps to the roadways. How is the commute as we enter this second day of august . The good news is that officers have cleared this crash that was westbound 80 going off the appian way offramp, they have cleared it onto richmond parkway so we should see sensors lighten up just a little. South bay commute looks good, about a 20minute drive from 101 in morgan hill making your way into san jose. Well check on the peninsula in our next report. Ill get back to you real soon. Thank you. 6 12 right now. More changes coming to social medias site formerly known as twitter. Coming up, those blue checkmarks used to be in high demand, but not since elon musk took over. The reason x will now let you hide them. And the man behind the Star Wars Franchise facing a legal battle. George lucas suing the town of san anselmo and well tell you why. Taylor swift left the bay area but is now in l. A. Two fans almost missed her opening show after getting lost during a hike. How new technology on their phone helped get the swifties to right now at 6 15, as youre heading out in martinez and all around the bay area, it is a cloudy morning and also starting out pretty mild. Upper 50s there. Its also breezy and were going to see those gusty winds continue today, as that strong ocean breeze keeps our temperatures cooler than normal. We will have big changes ahead as we approach the weekend. Ill have a look at that forecast in a few minutes. And lets go over to the north bay, taking a look at southbound and northbound of 101 in san rafael. The commute looks good going from santa rosa, petaluma, down into san rafael. Well take a look at whats going on in the east bay in just a few minutes. A quarter after 6 00 right now. Wall street is set to open lower as markets react to the Credit Rating of the u. S. Dropping. The Rating Agency fitch dropped americas Credit Rating from aaa to aa . Fitch citing several fiscal challenges that werent addressed by congress and the white house following the debt ceiling showdown earlier this year. The white house and Treasury Department say they strongly disagree with the decision. Also in focus today, for investors, data on Mortgage Applications and hiring in the private sector, plus earnings from cvs health, yum brands and humana. Users on the social media formerly known as twitter can now hide the once sought after blue checkmark. Doing so will hide the checkmark on the profile and post, but the icon may appear in some places. According to the help center, this Development Comes months after x rolled out its paid subscription. Users of the Subscription Service pay 8 a month. Before elon musks takeover, the blue checkmark used to signify a user was verified. A nasa rocket launched last night and the spacecraft is carrying more than 8,200 pounds of science cargo, mostly experiments to be conducted on the space station. It is set to arrive at the iss this friday. And george lucas is suing the town of san anselmo over a land dispute. Lucas owns more than 6,000 acres and in may he filed a lawsuit to the heirs of his deceased neighbors over a road he and guests have been using as a driveway since the 1990s. The town council will decide the matter. A mother and son travelled thousands of miles to l. A. To see taylor swift, but the swifties almost didnt make it to the concert, they almost didnt come back from the wild. They are from the uk and made the long trip to los angeles to go to the eras tour, and on their weeklong trip they decided lets go for a hike in the Angeles National forest. They realized they were lost and had no cell service. Thanks to the emergency feature, they were able to get a message out to rescuers. The family remained calm but thought they may not make it to the concert. In addition to being eaten by wild animals, were going to miss the concert. Of course, its the whole reason its the whole reason for our trip. Crews say that without that emergency system, it might have taken them days to find the two. They were unhurt, but the swift concert should help them shake it off. Not a cruel summer after all. That could have been frightening, though. Yeah, yeah. I mean the Angeles National forest is thick. Good thing for technology. You dont need it this morning, im just going to tell you whats happening with the weather. Were going to have big changes ahead for the bay area. Its going to be nice and cool for these next couple of days. As we take a live look outside in san jose, starting out cloudy, these clouds will linger for a few more hours and then start to clear up. So as youre heading out the door in mountain view, were going to have temperatures in the low 60s, theyre going to stay in the 60s through at least the early afternoon. Its going to be a cool day with peeks of sunshine, and well see a few of those clouds overhead as we go throughout the day. Eventually well make it up to 81 in cupertino and 79 in san jose, with some low 80s for gilroy, reaching 82 degrees there. Youve probably already seen the sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen. Big changes ahead for the weekend. Enjoy the mild weather for now, with livermore reaching 86 degrees, but you compare that to the 69 in oakland and 70 today in hayward. Well see daly citys High Temperature reaching 60 degrees, redwood city headed for 76 degrees, and mostly low 60s from downtown to the mission district, down to the ingleside district, clear lake will reach 91 this afternoon. Still hot there, but its going to be much milder for napa, as well as santa rosa, reaching into the upper 70s. Weve had a surge in monsoon moisture. It still may trigger showers and thunderstorms for the sierra. But by tomorrow we see some dryer air coming in, and its still going to be mild. We still will have an ocean breeze. But then after that, thats going to cut off, High Pressure moves in and temperatures will ramp up. So take a look at the changes ahead. Our inland areas going from low 80s to upper 80s friday, upper 90s saturday, 101 degrees on sunday. So, yes, its going to be hot this weekend. San francisco is still going to provide that full range of microclimates, where we go from mid to upper 60s to mid70s for the weekend. Cinthia, youve been watching the roads and a couple of issues. A couple of issues on the roadways have since cleared within the last couple of minutes. Lets check on what the bridges look like this morning. Metering lights were turned on almost an hour ago and we can see the buildup as you make your way around emeryville and oakland. The san mateo bridge, all of these taillights heading into the peninsula. Lets check on our bridge drive times. Richmond bridge, getting from richmond into san rafael will take you under ten minutes. The bay bridge is a little heavy as you make your way onto fremont street, about an 11minute commute. The san mateo bridge just under 15 minutes as people make their way into the peninsula. As far as our south bay drive tim