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Sometimes i listen for rain on my window when we lay in bed. We had some sprinkles the beginning of this week but were looking to the weekend with the great festivals coming into town. For saturday the new york city tricky because theres a small chance of rain. On saturday. And its been, you know, this was the fly in the ointment yesterday. We were talking about this 10 chance of rain for saturday. All day yesterday. Now thats at 30 chance. Still not a lot but its its slightly higher likelihood and im going to show you more on that coming up in the complete forecast in just a bit. Lets get you ready for thursday first. Thats a view looking across the entire Santa Clara Valley, thats a live lieu from the mountains on the west side of it. Heres the virtual set down here and put current numbers up. Marine layer is not a factor for us right now. Its not really filling in much of the bay at all right now. Mid 50s in the south bay and the trivalley. The one place where we see temperatures that are in the in the 50s would be the north bay. And even at that, its limited bud were seeing some numbers there in the 40s. Take a look at that petaluma number where were looking at temperatures at 48 degrees. Usually cooler in the mornings in the north bay so lets do a comparison. Were going to get rid of the currents and im going to bring in the daytime highs and heres the theme with today. Just as sunny and just as warm as yesterday. So you might be in the upper 40s now in the north bay, but you are warming up into the low and mid 80s and lets look at everybody else. Well take a look at the bay as a whole. And theres a theme. You will be low 70s in the bay. But look at the numbers inland. You are going back up to the mid 80s today. Concord you will be there. And antioch you will probably be right around 80. And ill show you everybody elses numbers coming up in the complete first alert forecast in bit. Also get into detail on the chance of rain. For now gianna, hows the drive . A little bit busy out there. Darren. Good morning to the commuters going across the san mateo bridge or getting ready to take 880. So far we are still doing okay if you are headed over to 101 westbound. Not too bad. Only 15 minutes between the nimitz and 101. Getting first reports of a possible Traffic Alert on the dunbarton commute. Might be countercommute. Ill will keep an eye on 84. Reed . Thank you so much. Good morning to our friends in the east bay. So lets talk about fire season. And the work by First Responders to keep you safe. Your community station watchingcontra costa county and their approval consolidating to protect Smaller Community lake brentwood and oakley and you know when you drill down on the strategy, its really to make sure that people get help and get it there fast. So Shawn Chitnis is live this morning with these Community Moves for safety. Shawn, this morning, i saw a stat that was really fascinating. Before this change, only nine firefighters for 120,000 people . Reporter yeah, reed, certainly a impressive statistic to help people appreciate why this was necessary. Were now more than a year into that change. And we know that some of the stations have only gotten that additional staffing they wanted just this summer. And its already helping part of the approach to make sure that the whole county is protected and they can move resources around when needed. Which is going to be so crucial because were still in the critical danger period for fires until winter rains begin. Shawnicia hoover spent part of her childhood in bay point and chose to come back here to buy a home last year. This is my community. This is a staple that i always want to have in bay point. So i was excited and a little apprehensive. Reporter she remembers the limited resources that pushed her family to leave when she was growing up. And had concerns about what would be there for her now. My major worry was that we wouldnt have First Responders in a timely fashion. Reporter leaders at con fire thought about this issue too. One of the things i worry about is not just the first fire. But its the second fire and the third fire. Reporter the eastern half of the county had tens of thousands of residents relying on just a few resources. Firefighters were getting ran into the ground and not able to adequately protect our communities as a whole. Reporter so unifying contra costa and east contra costa Fire Protection districts only made sense. Previously only using resources from central contra costa that had to surge in antioch and pittsburgh and then surge into far east. Theres a huge benefit even for central county residents that the far east county can now stand on its own. Reporter this summer, a recent example of the progress theyve made happened right across the street from where shawnicia now lives. My anxiety was at ease to know the Fire Department came and they handled it quickly. Reporter challenging an old view of her community and building a stronger connection among those who live here and the people who protect them. It helped me realize that were not a forgotten population. That, you know, were not too small for folks to remember that were here and we deserve safety. Reporter and its not just her and others told leaders at con fire that they were also very concerned about their safety even worried that someone could lose their life. Those concerns were told going away with this change. And theyre only going to add to the work that theyre doing trying to add more stations throughout the county. Reed and gianna back to you. Thank you so much for that and to all of the viewers if you see a First Responder this morning, just stop and say thank you and maybe even buy them a cup of coffee in the starbucks line this morning. Great idea. Its Good Neighbor day too. 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Well, his rivals jockeyed for traction and differentiation. And were going to be watching that throughout this morning. Stay with us and more on last nights debate in the next half hour as we watch for the california arrival of Florida Governor ron desantis. Going to be in piedmont for a fundraiser with executives. Meanwhile, were also keeping an eye on capitol hill this morning where House Republicans will try to answer the question of whether theres connectivity between the allegations against hunter biden and his father, joe biden. There is an impeachment inquiry against President Biden and theyre talking about that today at 7 00 a. M. That will be 7 00 a. M. Our time. Not d. C. Time. Republicans are really going to try to answer the question of why they think this inquiry is warranted. Democrats so far insistent that after months of investigations in their camp republicans have really come up short connecting the president to his sons troubles. By the way no comment from President Biden so far on the inquiry but we are following his journey from San Francisco to phoenix overnight. Today the president will speak at Arizona State university and hes going to be talking about preserving and strengthening american democracy. That speech follows what biden told audiences yesterday in the bay area. Need to be really aware of and that is Artificial Intelligence and treating the technology with care. Im going to take executive action and my administration is going to continue to work with Bipartisan Legislation so america leads the way toward responsible ai innovation. The president also addressed republicans directly as the nation faces a Government Shutdown in a matter of days. Heres that. If we have a Government Shutdown, a lot of vital work in science and health could be impacted. From Cancer Research to food safety. So the American People need our republican friends in the house of representatives to do their job. Fund the government. Fund the government. Will they . Well, congress has until saturday night at midnight to strike a deal. The senate is working on a continuing resolution to fund the government at least for six weeks. Some see that though as just a mere bandaid and critics worry this morning the bill just extends services that are really packed for ukraine and u. S. Disaster relief which could put the measures in peril. California speakers mccarthy wants spending cuts and tougher border policies. Theres also a local touchstone to a huge consequence of a Government Shutdown. Fleet week. We know thoughs of you have look forward to the iconic fleet week but get this. A Government Shutdown we understand could jeopardize some of the Main Attractions that we all enjoy and so proud of every year in the bay area. The blue angels show the annual celebration set the kick off monday in San Francisco. Organizers say that at this very moment, theyre still Going Forward with everything as planned and they are on standby and you think about that. The businesses who knew that thousands of people would likely fly in. Probably ordered more food to feed more people. What about our local Business Community . I know, just to prepare for this and all of a sudden it might not happen. Also the tradition of it. Its one of my favorite things to do is to come see the blue angels and really to celebrate our men and women in service. Yeah. We hope it happens. Were going to keep our fingers crossed they can get something done in washington, d. C. And work together. Were working with darren peck this morning talking about the weekend forecast. Ahead on thursday. We always cue up talk about the weekend. Darren. Get into the detail on that. A 30 chance for light rain now guys. So yesterday we were looking at it and talking about maybe theres this small chance. The odds are a little bigger now but the totals still look light. All the detail in one second. First lets talk about thursday morning and live look from the top of the Santa Clara Valley. You can see were clear there. But look what happens when we switch the cameras and show you the scene how from mount diablo. Thats walnut creek. Notice low clouds filling in parts of the bay there. Certainly when we get inland as well as in the bay. So what well do is were going to bring on some of the imagery to show what you the bay looks like as a whole and you are going to see kind of generally weve pulled in more in terms of the way of some low clouds. And some low stratus. But its not terribly foggy down on the ground. So what we would look for is to bring in the actual information for visibility. And when we do that, look at the numbers down here. Everybodys got a 10 for the most part except for two locations. Halfmoon bay, you are 1. Thats a little below that 10 miles in visibility. But thats to be expected at the coast. You can still see six to seven miles down the road. The other place where this might be a minor issue would be in the north bay valleys. Take a look at petalumas reading. Lets get a close look at that because that number has come down as well down to around six or so but even at that you are doing okay. Not like were battling much in the way overgoing on the road there. Temperatures are for the most part, you know, in the 50s to low 60s bay area wide. Lets get the forecast and spotlight the small chance of rain we have for saturday. When we look at the big picture on the satellite and radar, you can already see the system way out on the far edge beginning to bend the clouds a little. Its way out here. Futurecast can see that. Brings that across. Basin. And brings it right to us by saturday. Lets come in for a closer look at that. Slow it down. Watch these showers way out here. As we go to friday night into saturday. Come right over the bay. And its saturday afternoon where we see this little impulse come right across the bay. So the timing is likely going to shift on this. But at this point, with the 30 chance of rain, we should start thinking about this as probably a little more likely now than it was looking yesterday. Totals are still pretty small and we still only get about 0. 1 of rain out of this but start pack coring in the possibility. Not only when we get to our saturday, do we have a small chance of rain, its also going to be a little cooler. And it will be a bit breezy. It is not ha major storm and keep the outdoor plans for now is the best way ive been saying this. Theres a lot going on this weekend and i dont want you to think this is a rainout for those but it looks more likely that rain will play some small role in the forecast on saturday likely in the afternoon. More than likely in the north bay. But not today. Today low 80s for most of the inland valleys and just like yesterday. The numbers today are right where they should be for this time of year, well be in the low 70s for much of bay. Low 80s inland. You can pretty much replay what yesterday was like and you have a good gauge for what today is going to be like. The quick overview on the 7 day forecast. The odds for that saturday are up to 30 chance of rain. Still didnt put the drop on here yet. But just know that as we get to this saturday, we might have to start including a little more rain in the 7 day forecast. And in fact i think its probably likely that we should start doing that at this point. As much as we hate to do it. Probably should. All right, gianna, hows the drive . Its a tough one so far this morning darren. A Traffic Alert on the dunbarton bridge and things are already getting busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. So if you are waking up early getting ready to head out the door, definitely start giving yourself some extra time. You can see the metering lights are on and thats a busy ride adds you work your way through there. So traffic is sluggish for anyone working your way over into San Francisco. The san mateo bridge because this is going to be your alternate route to any delays or issues that we have right now on the dunbarton bridge. There is a Traffic Alert right now all lanes are shut down in one direction if you are working your way eastbound 84 from university. Through there. Near the pope. Halfway through mid span though it look like on the maps theres a Traffic Alert issued and injury crash and now just updating that. They may have shut down both directions. Do not use the dunbarton right now. Stick with san mateo bridge or even 237 as an alternate because of this crash again. This is both directions of the dunbarton bridge and you can see that purple right there in the middle of your screen. All right, zoom in here also south of there, north 680, right at 101. Right at that connector and this gets pretty busy for the morning commute too. Two lanes are blocked right now. Due to the injury crash and a lot of