A warmup headed our way as our high temperatures reach into the mid to upper 90s in the south bay. More on that in just a few minutes. Mike, youre updating the crash on 080. There might be an additional delay about grant line road. An earlier motorcycle crash. The rider reportedly conscious but thats all i know. One lane blocked and slowing there. Another crash might be further down. Were checking with chp. Theyll update. A nice, smooth flow of traffic. No major problems. Back to you. Thank you very much. 5 01 right now. Anyone who rents in the bent area likely cringes when they have to fork up hundreds if not thousands of dollars of cash every month just to survive here. Today in the bays bob redell joins us live with the protections the new law provides for renters. Good morning, bob. Reporter well, good morning to you, laura. Its known as the antigouging rent bill ab1482, a first for california yons who live in old apartment complex. This was authored by four Assembly Members here in the bay area and passed yesterday, will increase to 5 plus inflation. This cap does not apply to apartments built within the last 15 years, only applies to Single Family home rentals owned by corporations and does not affect tenants already in a rent control in cities like San Francisco. The bill gives tenants protection against being evicted without cause. Landlords will soon have to show documented lease violations for tenants who have been there over a year and must provide the equivalent of one months rent for tenants forced out for renovations or condo conversions. In my district, in oakland weve had a 47 increase, 47 . We know the majority of that is because of economic displacement issues and that is what the bill is aimed to do is protect renters to keep them in their homes while we build the necessary housing we need. Reporter a number of democrats abstained. Opponents argue it could make it less attractive to build new apartments. Therefore further constricting the already tight housing supply. They also point out californians last year voted down proposition 10, a ballot measure that would have imposed stricter rent control. They argue this goes against the will of the people. Again, as i mentioned, this is still awaiting the signature of gavin newsom. Once he signs it, the bill goes into effect january 1st. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you, bob. On capitol hill lawmakers expected to address two important issues today, gun laws and impeachment. There could be movement on both. Today in the bays tracie potts live with more on these ongoing debates. Good morning. Reporter scott, good morning. Impeachment is something we havent heard in several weeks in washington. Lawmakers have been off. While its not imminent at all they are starting to lay the groundwork in case it happens. President trump expected to give some clue as to what type of gun law he might be willing to support. What Senate Republicans have been waiting for from the white house could come today. I think progress is being made. Reporter President Trump is expected to review options and could decide today and what gun laws he supports, expanding background checks to Internet Sales and gun shows. He has to be ready to go up against the nra and, again, im not sure that hes willing to do that. Reporter grants for red flag laws. And tougher penalties for people who buy guns for someone else. Were waiting for something we know if it passed would actually become law. You can be antipeople shooting up schools and churches and grocery stores. Reporter mean tim,he hse Judiciary Committee votes on rules today that would govern possible impeachment hearings. We have not made the decision yet to impeach the president. Reporter republicans say its a waste of time. We have six weeks back in the district of listening to our constituents. I didnt hear anybody talk about impeachment. Reporter the rules up for a vote would allow lawyers to question wites and allow the president s attorney to ask and answer accusations. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Also happening in washington, the u. S. Supreme court giving President Trumps administration permission to enforce its restriction on Asylum Seekers at the southern border. The justices late order means migrants cannot seek asylum if they did not do so first in mexico. It would apply to other seekers who come to the u. S. Southern border from other countries as well. 5 06. Salvage teams in Southern California today are expected to start raising the boat that killed 34 divers in a labor day inferno. A victim was discovered in the time for divers to gain access. The cause of the fire is still in question. The coast guard yes did issue a safety bulletin reminding boaters and crews who not only know escape routes and be properly trained but to be aware and alert when charging lithium ion batteries. Investigators are still trying to determine if any crimes were committed. A murder trial involving a local heiress is set to get under way in san mateo county. Tiffany lee is accused of arranging to have her exboyfriend keith green killed. Prosecutors say lee arranged with her then boyfriend. Another man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to disposing of greens body which was found on the side of the road in 2016. Green was the father of lees children and she was allegedly scared about losing a custody battle with him. She has pleaded not guilty. Uber promising to fight a bill that would designate its drivers as employees. Now that bill has passed both houses in sacramento. Uber, lyft, and door dash say theyre willing to fight the law at the ballot box as well. Some say it may drive up the cost for uber customers. Costs are going to go way up for the ubers of the world. That means less drivers will be hired, prices will go way up for passengers. The state stands to benefit, too, sechg more tax revenue. Uber argues drivers know what they signed up for and many enjoy the freedom to drive when and where they want. B. A. R. T. Will approve a new headquarter location. The lease ends in 2021. Agency leaders say rent could increase by as much as 90 if it renews its lease there. Its considering buying its own building at 227 million. It would be a few blocks from the current headquarters. B. A. R. T. Says the move would save them up to 150 million over the next 25 years. And happening today alameda will break ground on a new Ferry Terminal located at alameda point, the citys third terminal. Local leaders say the new seaplane lagoon Ferry Terminal has been part of the vision for reuse of the Naval Air Station alameda since the base closed back in 97. A celebration gets under way this morning at 11 30. Taking a live look outside, beautiful city by the bay from the distance. This is San Francisco looking up from san bruno mountains. Some of you probably can smell some of the smoke in the air drifting into the bay area from the walker fire burning north of chico. It has triggered a spare the air alert. Probably not a great morning to get out there and go for a jog, kari. The air quality will get worse as the day goes along and temperatures heat up. We wont have much of wind and the smoke will drift smoke into the bay area. In the inland east bay and the south bay. Here is whats going on. We have those wild farce to the north. Our winds will shift as we go into the rest of the day. Down into the bay area today, once again, the worst of the smoke will be in the north bay. Well be watching out for that as our winds shift and temperatures go up, look at how hot it will be today reaching up to 98 degrees in concord as well as antioch. 99 degrees in livermore today. San jose 94. Oakland reaching the upper 80s and 80 today in San Francisco with mid90s across the north bay. So ill have more on this and whats ahead as it gets even hotter tomorrow. Mike, right now youre tracking a backup in oakland. I am, kari. They had construction work overnight around 23rd, 29th,that corridor. Typical of the overcrossing work going on. You see one of those signs showing you lose the far left lane. From the coliseum, on the map up to 23rd and south down to 29th. Do allow that extra time, another ten minutes to be safe. Traffic is moving smoothly. There will be periodic breaks here and there. The rest of the bay shows the slowing here. Ill move my head. That crash still reported out of the altamont. It Department Show any slowing there. Back to you. Its 5 10. Mountain views google stepping up to try to help with the Opioid Crisis. The new website and services it offers next. And still on the market, the iconic full house home has been on the market for months. Good news, a price cut. Well tell you the new asking price. Coming up next youre watching today in the bay. Come try my really big chicken two patties for 4. 99, or three for 5. 99, or four for 6. 99. Thats an amazing deal, jack hey, thanks, stanley. Ow. Wait, whats happening . Stanley youre deflating hold me, jack only at jack in the box. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . Objection overruled. One hour. Sweeten the deal by doing the dishes and ill consider it. I wouldnt do it. I hate the dishes. One hour with the tablet, you walk the dog and do the dishes. If you insist. Congratulations. Only xfinity xfi lets you take control of your familys online time. Thats simple, easy, awesome. 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Well go of you an update and talk about ways around it you want to avoid. Good morning. Im kate rogers. Here are todays top business headlines. Wall street looks to add to yesterdays big gains which were helped by a rise in tech stocks. Investors continue to await more clarity on u. S. china trade talks and cut interest rates. The dow notching a sixth straight gain closing above 27,000 for the First Time Since july. The dow is less than 1 from its alltime high. On todays watch list reports of unemployment and consumer prices. Forever 21s denying reports it could file for bankruptcy as soon as this weekend telling usa today that is inaccurate and it will operate the vast majority of its u. S. Stores. The wall street journal reported forever 21 was expected to file for chapter 11 and close stores. So far this year there have been 40 more total Retail Store Closing announcements in all of 2018. Walmart races to gain an advantage in the fresh food business. Walmart will charge a fee of 98 which gets you unlimited same day delivery. It will be offered in 1,400 stores and 200 markets and will expand to 1,600 by the end of the year. Theres a 30 minimum on orders and a fourhour wait. People can also order online and pick up curbside for free. A pretty good deal. Thank you much. Its 5 16. Purdue pharma will pay out 12 billion to thousands of cities. Many of the states are not onboard with the deal saying the settlement doesnt go far enough and isnt holding the Company Fully responsible for the nationwide Opioid Crisis. Purdue has threatened to declare bankruptcy if its offer is not accepted leading to less money for the states. Mountain views google wants to help in the Opioid Crisis has launched a new website called recover together, Recovery Resources and the drug that reverses overdoses. 5 16. A San Francisco judge ordered canned tuna company starkist to pay 100 million fine for price fixing. Starkist pleaded guilty last year. The tuna price fixing scandal included chicken of the sea. New this morning jcpenney launching a new store within its stores. The store will sell outdoor gear and wear. Introducing a new mens rugged clothing line today. The chain struggling to boost sales. It pushed stock up nearly 19 yesterday. Whatever happened to predictability . The milk man, paper boy, evening tv . Were talking about the full house home in San Francisco. According to the chronicle just got a little bit cheaper. Sellers cut the price by 250,000. If you want to buy it, it will now only cost you about 5. 78 million. The home wept on the market in may. Beautiful interior there. I like how in San Francisco we cut the price of a house by a house. By a quarter of a million dollars. I dont think i can afford the price break. No kidding. All right. So if youre out house hunting today or youre going to be doing, you know, every day thin things. Housework. Wow, theres a lot of people already out the door in oakland. We have to work to pay for this. As we start out the day heading to the fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station, we are going to have temperatures in the low 60s. It will be a nice start, but our temperatures will heat up fast. Here is a look at our temperature trend for oakland, 78 degrees at noon and then 82 degrees at 1 00. If you want to head out to the park in the north bay this is the forecast for santa rosa. You want to get out there early. We start out with some upper 50s. It will be cool. Look at 11 00. Were warming up and drifts of smoke coming in. At 1 00 its 88 degrees and unhealthy air quality. By 3 00 today we reach 92 degrees. Our high temperatures will head into the mid90s there. Were going to see antioch up to 98 degrees. Livermore, 99. Morgan hill, 97. And in palo alto expect a high of 92 degrees. And as you check out that sevenday forecast after tomorrow well start a gradual cooldown but then were also looking at some High Pressure moving in and High Pressure causes the air to sink. As it sinks, it warms up. So we are going to see that right overhead going into the next couple of days. But its clockwise wind flow will draw in some smoke. Going into next week well start to see big cooling ahead. Storm systems across the Pacific Northwest will drop some cooler air our way and then we go from the upper 90s, the triple digits, back to the 70s to start out the new workweek. Know how to prepare for the day. That heat peeks for the valleys and San Francisco as well, reaching mid80 tomorrow. Mike, youre tracking a track break. It looks like theyve cleared the lanes, released the traffic flow north from that willow pass overcross. Were looking at a slower drive. Were seeing crews from both directions in all areas. Plan for a little bit of a delay there. I would say there are options around it. Over to the bay through city traffic, bayfront expressway if youre coming off the dumbarton bridge. Stick to 101 and allow another ten minutes through that portion of the peninsula if youre traveling over the next 45 minutes. South 87, it was reported a car fire there, were looking at no problems, no injuries and just a little bit of slowing south of 280. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive over here. The toll plaza, we know about the backup that formed there. Metering lights should be turned on soon. North past the coliseum and delays for sfo. 64 cancellations scattered overnight. Good to know, thank you, mike. Coming up, the battle over plans to build in hawaii comes to the bay area. And jay leno stops by the Kelly Clarkson show today and we have a preview. The connection between clarkson and leno goes back to the American Idol days. Your business is up and running, but is it going beyond fast . 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However the regulations come out, i think it will exist now. Vape manufacturers including juul say they welcome the federal governments action and are cooperating with the fda. Some are blasting the idea of a White Houseimposed ban. 5 24. Happening today opponents of a giant telescope, video showing Dwayne Johnson joining those recent protests. Gordon moore. His foundation is one of the observatorys major backers. The project would desecrate a sacred location a harrowing rescue in fresno county. They zoomed in on him. Rescuers had to battle heavy currents to try to get to him. He was kayaking when a branch hit him in the face disorienting him, the dog or the man hurt and luckily rescued him there. Kelly clarksons talk show makes a splash. Former tonight show host jay leno, one of her first interviews after she won American Idol and it left a lasting impression.