Right now at 5 00, tracking a risk of fire danger. The potential of lightning in the bay area causing concerns for wildfires. Were timing out your hourbyhour forecast straight ahead. Plus the dogs and animals are dead. Everybody is dead. Theres dead people in the water. New developments out of hawaii this morning. Nearly 100 people now confirmed dead, following historic wildfires. The new grim milestone the devastating situation is making as residents whose homes were destroyed are opening up about their incredible loss. Plus, another possible indictment on the horizon for former president donald trump. The action prosecutors in georgia are expected to take today. This is today in the bay. Good monday morning to you. 5 00 right now. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Before we get started with the day, i want to welcome alameda unified back to school. Big day for those students, the teachers and parents. First day of school. Yay were you like that as a kid . I was, because you had the outfit laid out on the bed, ready to get it started. Then the second day whole different story. We are concerned with potential wildfires here in the bay area this morning because were tracking this possibility of lightning. We have a monsoon of moisture that came in yesterday evening that helped to spark off a few isolated showers. We saw a lot of the rain fizzled out and dried up before it got here. Theres still the risk that lightning strikes could increase our risk of thunderstorms and increasing that wildfire danger as we go throughout today. So were still watching out for that. As of now its just spotty showers moving through and were seeing that mostly in the north bay right now, turning to lightning once it gets off the coast. As far as what weve seen over land, so far, so good. The humidity lingers and well have a chance that we could possibly see as these temperatures heat up more energy and potential of more dry lightning as we go throughout the day. Well talk about that possibility coming up. Mike, we saw flashing lights. Is there a problem on the san mateo bridge . There was, but i think the flashing lights were the crew that was headed across the westbound commute direction. We saw a little bunching up at the bottom of the highrise and then i was able to see cars slow and now completely clear. The disabled vehicle, i believe has been cleared from 92. There may be a new incident, perhaps two, north 101 around berryessa there may be a crash. Turning to the tragic devastation and destruction on maui, as firefighters make progress containing the flames, people are getting a clearer picture of the rebuilding to come in historic lahaina. Search and rescue efforts are going on as residents grapple with the loss of loved ones and their homes. The fires destroyed over 6 billion worth of important. Hawaii governor green says the Historic Town of lahaina is almost completely gone. At least 96 people have died in the fires on maui, and, sadly, that number is expected to rise. This is now the deadliest wildfire in modern u. S. History. We will build back together, we will find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. Four people who lost their homes, the Governors Office has set up hotels for them to stay in. Airbnb is offering up hundreds of rentals for victims as well. While we know the fire was driven by winds, the utility is getting heat for its response in the first hours of the disaster. Kris sanchez is joining us from the newsroom. Were talking about a Class Action Lawsuit. There is no official cause for the fire that decimated that Historic Town of lahaina, but there is already that Class Action Lawsuit you mentioned and its against the utility, Hawaiian Electric. The suit claims that Hawaiian Electric should have shut off the power before the fire when the Weather Service warned of high winds and extreme fire danger. A statement to nbc news says that Hawaiian Electric does not have a former power shutoff program, but it did follow its typical protocols. The lawsuit claims there was a downed power line near the site of the initial fire. For many residents, theres enough blame to go around. Try to get us out and evacuate us, no. Were mad, were mad. We didnt just lose our homes, we lost our town, we lost history. Our kids are traumatized. You guys messed up real bad. Reporter another utility may be facing questions at some point as well, as firefighters say that as they responded to the lahaina fire, the hydrants were running dry, according to reporting by the new york times. The lahaina water system comes from creek and groundwater, but with the power out, pumping water has been an issue both then and now. We want to make clear the official cause of the fire is still under investigation. Kris, thank you. New this morning, in the wake of those fires, so many people have stepped up to support the maui community. Among them, oprah. The media mogul sunday made her third visit to the maui War Memorial Gymnasium bringing towels, sheets, water, and more for those who survived the fires. Oprah says the disaster has left her feeling helpless and she felt compelled to do what she can. We all know that in a week or two all the cameras will be gone and the rest of the world is going to move on with their lives, and were all still going to be here trying to figure out what is the best way to rebuild. And so i consider myself a resident, i have my rainbow drivers license. My biggest concern is who is in charge and how does that money get directly to the people. Oprah is one of mauis biggest private land owners. She has more than 1,000 acres. And a lot of people have been wondering, how can i help the people of maui . Well, we posted a list of verified organizations collecting donations on our website. All you have to do is go to nbcbayarea. Com. Once you get there, click on the how to help maui in our trending bar. 5 06 right now. We are tracking a developing story, former President Trump could be facing a fourth indictment, this time out of georgia. The Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney is expected to present evidence to a grand jury today. Theyve been investigating the former president s efforts to overturn his election loss in georgia. That news comes as trump is on the campaign trail in iowa, and maintains his innocence. Is there any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. This comes as the Justice Department appointed a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. The president s allies worry this could put a wrench in his reelection campaign. 5 07 this morning, as we take a live look out in san jose. Getting started with the day and the first day of school for the Franklin MckinneyUnion School District in san jose. I know those students are excited. Their final sleepin for summer is over. Im sure theyre really excited about that. Kari, it should be a nice day. Cool start to the morning. Its a little warmer than we typically see because of the high humidity. So instead of mid50s, its right now 68 degrees in san jose. So it feels muggy and mild out there as we get started, and its going to be a hot day. Lets head to alameda with a look at their School District forecast for the first day. Its going to be 62 degrees by the time youre dropping them off and staying partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures headed to the mid70s. Were watching out for spotty rain chances and possibly some lightning. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Mike has a look at where you can find lower gas prices. Were trying. San jose is one of the lowest in the state at 4. 39. Nearly all of the reports in that county are around 4. 50 over there. Alameda county, 4. 49, diamond gas and mart on south front road. In solano county, families in vallejo, maybe looking for a backtoschool fillup, 4. 69 at grand station on springs road there. So watch for that price. Thank you for watching on gasbuddy. Com. On the roadways were watching the south bay where we had the crash north 101 at berryessa. There was a road fire that did clear around curtner as well. An easy drive just north of 280. Coming up, the billionaire cage fight almost certainly never g going too happen. N. Mark z zuckerbergg sayays its to movove on. Barbrbie continunues to m on, b breaking movie rececords that glass ceilingng. The reason the director, greta gerwig, is celebrating a big milestonone after thihis weekek office. 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Try y the roast t beef or papasi frenench dips totoday only at togos good monday morning. Right now at 5 12, i know its early, the kids are not up yet, but take a look at our first day of School Forecast for vallejo city unified. Dropoff time its in the low 60s and its going to be a very warm and muggy day, with high clouds overhead. Also watching out for a chance of rain in spots. Well have more on that and the fire danger ahead in a few minutes. It is early, but look at all these folks on the roadway. 680 south is going from the right side to the left side, heading south toward the 24 split. Picking up volume but not slowing the speeds. This is one of the spots for the early commute in contra costa county. Good morning. Very happy monday to you. Wall street still digesting fridays news that inflation is increasing a bit. Thats not the news we wanted to hear. We do get the fed minutes on wednesday, the notes from their latest Interest Rate meeting. I have meta and tesla on my board this morning because were going to talk about this battle of i dont know what it is between Mark Zuckerberg and elon musk. You remember musk challenged zuckerberg, a known expert in martial arts, to a cage fight. Zuckerberg accepted, proposed dates, times, locations, but no commitments from musk. On his social network threads, zuckerberg finally gave up on trying to get that fight under way, saying, quote, i think we can all agree elon is not serious and its time to move on. I offered a real date. And then he said, im going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously. Musk has called zuckerberg a chicken on social media, but as zuckerberg points out, its musk who wont commit. So zuckerberg and the Business World moving on from this. Other news, the best place to work in all of america according to a glass door poll is a Company Called game site. 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All three of us have reported on layoffs and we read that statement from the company, in these tough economic times. Nobody is really honest about how painful this is for everyone, and in this case its pure honesty. Its really refreshing. Hard to see. Thanks, scott. Have you been to the movies lately . Did you watch barbie . The movie breaking more box office records. The movie has grossed 1. 13 billion worldwide and has broken a record for the highest grossing film from a female director, passing frozen 2. Barbie is one of 20 movies to ever earn half a billion at the u. S. Box office, just 25 days after its release. Ed sheeran took a brief break from his tour this weekend to try his hand at another job. The british superstar stopped at a lego store in minnesota. This was on saturday at the mall of america. He stopped at the lego store, worked as a brick specialist at the store, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. Then he performed his song lego house. Hes touring for his mathematics album. A lot of folks are enjoying it. It looked like some of the shoppers were shocked. I watched the video to see if legos were available. Very cool. Lets get a look at the forecast, monday morning. Yes, monday morning, a lot of changes here. Weve seen some very strange weather, but this is actually not all that unusual, seeing that we occasionally get the remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms moving in and we are getting that surge of moisture. It feels muggy, but its coming at the same time were getting high heat. So today the valleys will once again reach into the 90s and over 100 degrees, from today through at least thursday. So its going to be really hot for a prolong period of time, and there will also be a high fire danger, higher fire danger because of the potential of some lightning as those thunderstorms over the sierra start to move into the bay area. So we saw that yesterday evening with a couple of spots getting some spotty showers, as far as the lightning a lot of the lightning potential really died out as it moved into the bay area, once it hit that marine layer. Were also seeing some of those lightning strikes really developing off the coast, but moving away from us. So were still watching all of this energy streaming through, especially for the north bay, with another chance of some rain and possibly some lightning by late morning in the north bay, and then more rounds of some spotty showers into the afternoon as well as later this evening. So were looking hourbyhour at that possibility of some rain here. We can see it moving through, by about 2 00 to 3 00, mostly in the north bay. Well be watching the trivalley and east bay as well. But its going to be very hot. Temperatures reaching into the mid90s in the valleys, and were going to, once again, see a few spots hitting the triple digits. A slight chance of rain and storms, but well also have hot temperatures over the next several days. Now, as we approach the weekend, that is when it cools off and it looks like its going to be a really nice weekend ahead. We just have to make it through the upper 90s and triple digits from today through at least thursday. Mike says so far its a smooth drive across the bay area. I know its early, but well take it. We had a number of incidents reported along the east bay, but 880, the nimitz is moving smoothly without incidents. Were looking toward the altamont pass, a little slowing for 580 just before it merges with 205. A little different pattern. Well track that. So far, Everything Else looks pretty standard. There is a build, you see sensors turning from green to yellow around dalton. We do have that 20 minute mark, still well under a half hour. Thats when things get crowded coming out of the brentwood and byron area. 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