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First meeting. Vice president Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act. That measure is a top priority of President Bidens economic agenda. The spending bill aims to reduce healthcare and Prescription Drug costs while investing billions to fight Climate Change. Edits to the house for a vote as early as as friday. Lets check the weather. Lets start with first alert met alert meteorologist jessica burch. We had a cooler weekend. We did. We will see more sunshine this work week, especially towards the end of it. Lets break down why that is is even happening. We have been dealing with low pressure that has been part offshore. As that that continues to move north, we we will continue see a beautiful beautiful week, at least regarding temperatures and lower lower relative humidity. Lets talk about the daytime highs fi. Highs first. We have low 80s this afternoon. Not really any 90s insight, but we do have 60s from the coast all the way off into the bay. As we extended to the work week, partly cloudy conditions will kick off the week once we had into friday, saturday and even into the weekend, we have a different trend. Get ready for it, folks. The marine layer starts off dense closer to hayward and fremont, even livermore this morning. It is in the Sacramento Sacramento valley but it dissipates really fast this afternoon. We are left with beautiful, sunny skies. It will change over the next couple of days. We will break that down coming up in the full forecast in a bit. We are watching a look at the the super commute. There is a high wind advisory. It is more than 35 minutes from 205 to 680. 680. Lets take a look at some of the travel times. Westbound 80 two the maze is all in the grain. So is the 101 northbound from san jose to sfo. Lets take take a live look at 880 near the the colosseum. Everything is moving smoothly in both directions. The san mateo bridge bridge is about a 12 minute drive from 880 to 101. The bay bridge toll plaza, everything looks pretty smooth, seven minutes from the maze to san f. San francisco. Happening today, the first day back to school for students in Oakland Unified School district. Masks will no longer be teargassed, but they are strongly recommended indoors. The district is encouraging students and staff to test for covid before coming to school today. Teachers have been preparing for the start of the school year. There are a lot of open ta init is like a computer with a lot of open tabs. Just making sure i am refreshed, it is good. I feel anything i can do to support pee support people to get ready for day one. In San Francisco, the School District is scrambling to fill open spots with teachers. The district says they are short more than 100 teachers. San francisco unified could possibly possibly combine classes to handle the shortage, as well as redeployed Office Employees with with credentials back into classrooms. Also happening today, the California Attorney general will will help launch the California Student debt challenge, a Public Public Information Campaign about student loan forgiveness and how borrowers can apply before the october 31 deadline. About 1 million californians may may qualified but only around 10,000 have received it. Jocelyn . Developing, the San Francisco Francisco Police Department Arrested a man they believe attacked commissioner gregory chew. They have not said it is racially motivated but the suspect was no to police. Reporter five days after thd the unprovoked attack on commissioner gregory chew, police announced an arrest. Officers identified the suspect as 34yearold San Francisco resident Derrick Yearby. He was booked at San Francisco county jail on assault on charges of battery with great bodily injury, elder abuse , aggravated assault and also an an assault charge. Reporter police say the two men did not speak before Gregory Gregory chew was hit and knocked knocked to the ground. Investigators will be attempting to interview the suspect and see if they can determine whether or not race or or bias was a factor in the att. The attack. Reporter amount the local and state leaders supporting sundays rally against antiasian violence, in Washington Square park was supervisor matt dorsey. Gregory chew lives in his district. I really appreciate his courage coming for. I think it is equally important, if not more important, to highlight the the arrest. We have to send a message to the would be attackers who are contemplating coming to our city to do this, to attack asian seniors. They will be identified and arrested and prosecuted. Reporter dorsey pointed out that San Francisco Police Reported a 567 increase in antiasian hate crimes in 2021 and in a text to kpix 5 news, gregory chew said he was relieved to hear of the arrest. City leaders got to step up. In San Francisco , betty yu for kpix 5 news russia evacuations are still in place for the six rivers complex fires burning in humboldt county. Your pictures from the National Weather service. There are eight lightning fires, more than 1200 acres have already been burned and at last check there is no containment. With better news, the mckinney fire has containment that is still growing. Crews have been able to to keep this away from the town. Close to 90 homes have already already been destroyed. More than 60,000 acres have burned. It is 40 contained. More than 3000 firefighters are currently working on the same. Noaa satellite, this is crazy, caught smoke from the mckinney fire late last week. The flames on the left are actually from a smaller fire, it it is called the yeti fire. That that is home to local native american tribes. Tribal biologists say they are getting reports of large numbers of dead dead fish. They say the fish were killed by massive flooding and debris flows from the mckinney fire. We are just a few days away from the 49ers preseason kicking kicking off right here on kpix when the red and gold take on the green bay packers. During our countdown, we are looking at at some of the things that make this team so special, like ronnie lott. This 49er defense, ronnie lott. Reporter this team won four super bowls. In his retirement retirement we want to win. Reporter this safety has led led with generosity. You have all these incredible incredible stars, but you also have people have big hearts. Reporter the nfl heard hall of famer and his wifecycle poverty. They started a nonprofit, allstars helping kids, in 1989. It helps grow innovative nonprofits that helpd help disadvantaged young people. People. They have given more than 30 million in money and coaching to more than 600 organ. 600 organizations. Reporter what is your heart for the kids . My heart for the kids is pretty simple. How do you allow people to know they can fit in . You know, a lot of people of color never have a chance to fit fit in. Are you going to play, are you going to surrender, are you going to find a way to give up . Reporter the game plan in this room, we dont surrender. Reporter to level the Playing Field for underserved kids. We have been able to do that. That. We have played a role in helping a lot of young people see that there are people that care. Reporter have reached nearly nearly 160,000 children in the last decade alone. Like a high school student, who, years later, now works in hightech. I remember butting there going, what are you doing . Doing . He said, i am working at. At hp. Reporter he also volunteers with multiplying good, the foundation that partners with kpix to honored unsung heroes. His passion for Community Service comes from his mom and his dad, a military recruiter. I learned early on you or in the game ackerley. You are in the game, no matter what you say say because i will make you be in the game. That is my dad. That is my mom. Reporter just as past 49ers have inspired him to. We dont surrender. We dont quit. Reporter he is inspiring a new generation of fans and players to pay it forward. We are starting to see some of the younger niners participating and being involved. Reporter that is the team to to be on. You knowripeoplethe are amingsyot done. Report that is a winning its 2023 program. Yoivsh, cohing nntions and help. For more information, go to their websit. Their website. That are so inspiring. Now to a look at the sights and sounds of outside lands, the the event last night wrapped up with over 200 people. This years festival will go down as one of the biggest ever. It is like one of the only ones in the middle of the city. I dont know, you can look at it it that way. I have been to outside lands the last four years and it is the best ever. As we head into the weekend , weekend forecast, we have a live live interview coming up to talk talk about outside lands, if you you unable to make it. A lot of people had really a good time. I was out of town. I saw a lot of people had fun. It was good weather, too. It is 5 11. Still ahead on the morning mix, a new poll is without the right start to your day. Your morning could hit a wall. Thats not the door. I got it belvita breakfast biscuits are baked with slowrelease carbs and provides Steady Morning Energy to help you rise and thrive. Want more from your vitamins . Get more with natures bounty. From the firstever triple action sleep supplement. To daily digestive support. To more Wellness Solutions every day. Get more with natures bounty. In japan town, the Community Featured an event with car shows, clothing vendors and more. It not only honors traditional Asian Pacific heritage but brings a wave of business to japan town. Despited despite canceled after covid, people turned out in peace plaza. Officials are asking residents to avoid the lake because of algae blooms. Possible algae could produce toxins harmful to people and animals. Oakland Public Works Department staff inspected the area friday and plan to submit a a report to authorities. It is not clear when the report will be available. That is your a bay bay area beat. We have a beautiful forecast as we extend into the work week. Week. A little bit of a marine layer as we wake up this morning morning just over San Francisco. Francisco. It will start pulling pulling off into the noon hours with sunny skies across the boad the board extending into this evening. A low pressure is parked offshore right now. What that has done for us, it has brought lower relative humidity and pleasant temperatures. I am not complaining in the Weather Center. It has given us a change change in the direction of winds. That is beneficial what that fire burning just north of us. It will continue to circulate its way offshore, not impacting the bay by any means. We were in the green this morning. Wind gust, we are dealing with wednesday afternoons when we extend into the 3 00 hour, anywhere up to 25 Miles Per Hour at times, gusting to 35 for the late evening hours for friends in the the hills. Temperatures stay mild for us this evening, nothing too extreme. We will see see a little bit of a warming trend day by day for the next couple of days but nothing you will notice much. When we had into the rest of the week, we will see more sunshine in the f. The forecast. Even in the bay area. Daytime highs today are still in the 80s often the east hills, 60s near the coast, 70s near redwood city. The next seven days shows that is how it looks. 68 today, 70 on wednesday wednesday and we average out for for the rest of the week. I was talking about that sunshine, it will be a lot more prevalent in the inland areas, even the north north bay, for example, getting up to 80 as early as wednesday. We will keep you updated in the Weather Center. Jocelyn, how do the roads look this morning . They look pretty good. Lets start with the live look right now. Our photographer is driving driving right now on 580 west approaching the 680 interchange in dublin. You can see a live look. Things are looking pretty smooth right now. The other look look we will give you is the Altamont Pass. It is already a high wind advisory a westbound. About 40 minutes from 205 to 680. As far as other main drive, drive times, it is green. 160 to to 80 in the green and so is the the 101 northbound. We are taking a live look right now at the san mateo bridge here. It is is about 12 minutes from 880 to the 101. The other live look we will give you his the bay bridge. It is pretty smooth right now, about seven minutes for the maze to San Francisco. That is a look at your traffic report right now. Amanda . It is 5 covid19. Still ahead ahead this morning, beyond the music and food at outside lands. Lands. A growing trend to add more vibe to the festival. How pot became big business at the three day event. In are mo panera chefs have crafted a masterpiece. Succulent, seared chicken. A secret aioli. Clean ingredients. In a buttery brioche roll. Made fresh, to leave you. Speechless. Paneras new chefs chicken sandwiches. 1 delivery fee on our app. Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer means being relentless. Because every day matters. And having more of them is possible with verzenio. The only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopause status. Verzenio fulvestrant is for hr , her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer that has progressed after hormone therapy. 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From noon until 2 00 we are dealing with upper 70s and 60s from the coast. We will take take it hour by hour. In the inland areas all the way from the coast, we are still expecting the same trend we have have been dealing with for quite quite some time. San jose getting to 77 just about the 2 00 hour. Napa getting all the way to 80. It is a mild day for us as we kick off the work week, week, however, we will see temperatures rise just a little bit more as we head into the next couple days. We will keep you updated on that here at the Weather Center. It should not impact your lunch too much. We will keep you updated. It is time now for the morning mix. Lets talk about this first story here. Companies Companies Looking to attract workers want to check out pennisi parks. I know i am paying attention to this one. The top of the list, hangover leave. Workers would also like. A break. Social media detox days. I could be behind that, for sure. That is to unplug for hours from screens. Some sports fans can just not work when things dont go well for their favorite teams. There are also houseplant bereavement leave. It it also made the last. I think the last one is silly. The hangover one, be res. Be responsible. There have been days where i have been like i wish i did not have to show up to work. I can totally feel the sports sports one. We know you can. The realistic one is the day after the super bowl. That should just be a day off, no matter what. When your team loses, your heart hurts and you dont want to come to work. This other story is also interesting. A lot of people are are talking about this trash bag. The drawstring bag is called a trash pouch. It is made made out of leather and comes in in black, blue, yellow and white. It also comes at a hefty price tag. It is nearly 2000. I will go by you guys some trash bags. Is anybody willing to pay 2000 . Kim kardashian was gifted it and posted it on instagram. I didnt see that. They always do silly stuff like that. They had the ikea type thing, thing, they did that a few year. Years ago. You know, they are probably in their studio, lets just throw one thing in there that does not make sense. I can think of other ways to spend 2000. This is the cincinnati zoos newborn baby hippo. The baby hippo weighed in nearly 50 pouns 50 pounds and is already walkin. Already walking. The zoo has not not revealed its gender. It will will stay off exhibit a few weeks to allow it to bond with his mother. The zoo has encouraged people to send in name ideas through their zoo wee zoo website. Any ideas . It is too early but i will think of one and participate later. Also, it is your zoo, remember in San Francisco, when it is your zoo, there would be baby gorilla as being born and you remember that when you go to to the zoo. You Pay Attention to to that when you get to name it. It. Thank you for those stories, jocelyn. Also new this morning, a company is holding a contest to to give away 40,0