Alert oh, no. All right. So theres a delay. Youll hear me and then i hear her and thats where the disconnect happens. Microclimate weather alert. Right now look at that. Bright and early, already in the 70s down in san jose. 72 degrees. And there sapphire weather watch now in place in addition to the heat warnings. The reason for this is because we still have that High Pressure thats whats keeping you hot and dry. Now we have instability in the air to our south that could have the potential tore developing showers and thunderstorms. Accompanying with it, dry lightning. Any time we talk about dry lining with the dry brush out there that means dry fuel and that has a big factor when it comes to wildfires starting and spreading. As far as the heat warning goes this came went into effect for the red, the areas you see red is a heat warning. For areas in orange it is a heat advisory. So that went into effect since yesterday and expected to remain in place through next wednesday. So into the start of the work week, well into that. As far as our temperatures go, slightly cooler today compared to yesterday. Not see 109 or 110 but record breaking heat. Ill have a close are look at that in detail coming up in my full forecast. Even a slight cool down is welcomed. See you soon. Thanks so much. For the first time in a very longtime california is ordering rolling Power Outages to conserve energy. This is the first stage three power emergency for california since 2001. Pg e said it was directed by the california iso to institute rolling outages throughout the state. To clarify this is not a Public Safety power shutoff like what we see during the fire season when power is shut off for hours or days as a preemptive safety measure. Instead this is state and pg es way to conreceive energy in this heat wave. 220,000 customers across the state were impacted last night. This video from the peninsula where people lost power as early as yesterday afternoon. The heat is pretty brutal. Without ac open the windows and doors and just kind of enjoy the outside in the backyard. We were directed by the california grid operator, the california iso to turn off power to any where between 200,000 to 250,000 customers this evening because of the challenges that the supply and demand challenges as a result of the extremely hot weather. State officials anticipate another the strain on the grid between 5 00 and 9 00 tonight when there could be another round of rolling shutoffs. To the north bay which was the hardest hit by the Power Outages, not just residents but businesses already hardhit by covid closures. Many restaurants were forced to close during their typically busy dinner hour. Street lights out, neighborhoods dark but stefano was prepared with a generator. It took about an hour for things up and running and back to serving. Some people here dining in the dark were grateful just to buy dinner because they couldnt make it at home. We were cooking and we have electric, you know, appliances. So we ended up coming out to eat. Here you can see a dark Francis Drake boulevard flashing traffic signals. As of last night at 10 00 pg e returned athletic tick to about 100,000 customers. Of course here we are the hottest day of the weekend of the year. People are expected to try to escape to schooler area of bay yarea area. Beaches were packed. The worry is heat and crowd could make a dangerous combination in the era of covid. Reporter there will be crowds at the beaches this weekend. Its inevitable. People need to get some air conditioning from the owing. Temperature was 30 degrees cooler than san jose and people took notice. Try to get out and beat the heat. Come over here to capitola. Reporter this family made a last minute decision to come here for the weekend. We looked at the temps that would be here and we said lets go there. Reporter they are not alone. From monterey bay to marin county thousands of people heading to the ocean, its inee v ineactivity inevitable coastal communities will worry about. Reporter Health Officials say its important to stay cool in the heat but reminding social distancing rules still apply. Stay home if possible, and if temperatures within homes become elevated, we recommend people to go outside to find a cool place. Reporter for many people without ac it simply is too hot to stay inside and time to enjoy our natural coastal cooloff. When its 9 00 in the morning and you feel the heat, you know what im out of here . Reporter nbc bay area news. You can get up to the minute weather alerts sent to your phone with our nbc bay area app. Its free. Set it to get alerts just for your neighborhood. In our other top stories, back to the coronavirus. We have reached a sobering benchmark in the fight against covid19. Globally the number of confirmed cases have topped 21 million. The u. S. Now leads the world in infections with 5. 3 million. Governor gavin newsom says california has cleared a backlog of covid tests. The issues stemmed from a glitch in the states reporting system. Late last month it impacted 300,000 test results. Just yesterday the state reported 7900 new cases, more than half of those were stuck in that backlog. Those tests were done last month but werent reported until yesterday. Even with so many results officially being reported you can still see that were actually way down from the peak earlier this week, just a few days ago of 12,500 cases. Governor newsom said School Districts are ready for Distance Learning and the state provide the need technological and Financial Support for its safety first approach. About 170 incoming sixth graders here at Shepherd Middle School in san jose showed up to get their ipads and starter kits containing text books, art supplies, other things they will need for their online instruction that starts tuesday. School officials tell us the goal is to make sure it is engage and easytonavigate. The biggest thing for us has been access, access, access, really getting the message out to families has been key. The also on hand for this new school year a San Jose City year program called impact. Its job is to work with teachers to support students and help them remain engaged. We have much more ahead. Comi coming is your post at risk. A warning from the postal service. No fans in the stands but plenty of people outside the ballpark last night. Well tell you about the frustration that fueled this protest at oracle park. I got it t all from y you imm always pupushing thror i know w well makeke it to the f finish linene i know w youre waiaiting on the o other side e im like e you ondemand glglucose moninitor. Becacause theyrre always o. Another lilifechangining technologygy from abbobott. So youou dont waiait for li. You live i it. Wewe know thesese are challengining times. 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Theres also growing criticism about changes being pushed by president trumps newly appointed new post master general, changes which critics say are designed to slow down operations leading up to the election. Today in the bay city, we have a report. Reporter in palo alto these notices were pasted on several local Blue Post Office boxes. They were to be removed because of low volume. Its weird. I use it every day. Reporter the United States post office is now reversing that decision meaning the boxes will not be ripped up and carted away like these ones in oregon but the still doesnt sit well with neighbors. What this smacks of is an organized effort to what i consider blatant in your face voter suppression. Reporter over the last few weeks newly confirmed post master general has been under fire for shutting down hundreds of letter sorting machines over the country and slashing overtime for postal workers. President donald trump is defending dejoy who is a longtime political ally. The post master general to reverse some of the policy changes that occurred in order to prevent delays. We didnt the do that at all. I want the post office to run properly. Reporter this is happening in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. California and other states are trying to reduce long lines at the polls on election day so they are setting up ballots by mail to all registered voters. Any voters who are concerned about the post office as we get closer november they can avoid the post office. We have approximately 100 ballot dropoff boxes that look like mail boxes but they are boxes. Reporter california ballots will be mailed out october 5th and they can be returned immediately either by mail or they can be dropped off at any official ballot dropoff box like this, or can be taken to any polling station on election day. In san jose, nbc bay area news. We still have much more ahead. Theres a neutrally cry from People Living in lake tahoe and its directed at keeping tahoe tourist free. And the heat wave continues. Were monitoring heat warnings, fire watches and also those temperatures. Ill have a closer look at how hot well be this weekend and when we can expect to see somom reliefef. Our foforecast comoming up. 7 15 on your saturday morning. Were under a microclimate weather alert. Take a gorgeous look at the Golden Gate Bridge ahead of another sexualiweltering day. You dont want to travel the city. It will be stifling. Well have your microclimate forecast in just a moment. Now to workers at San Franciscos oracle park struggling during this pandemic. They protested outside last nights giantsas game. They work for the giant food service contractor. Without fans in the stands they are out of work. They say they are upset the team has not negotiated with bo bon appetit to help support them. The organizer said the team makes so much money it can afford to help these workers in need. The giants can stipulate and the do more. And the reality is that these workers may work for a subcontractor but when you look at the shirt it says giants. The giants take credit for these employees. They champion and they give they celebrate their employees and their workers. The giants tell nbc bay area they recognize that its a tough time for their ballpark family and they say thats why they raised 1 million when the pandemic started and gave hundreds of concession workers grants. In this era of coronavirus locals at lake tahoe are protesting the influx of summer visitors. Rallies last night and today around the lake, in truckee and other places. They are expected again tomorrow. Locals arent just complaining, those about the potential spread of covid. They say theres also been an epidemic of littering. Some of the signs protesters are waving this weekend will say dont trash our home. Speaking of the tahoe getting outside it is time now to check in with our meteorologist for a microclimate forecast. Were under a microclimate weather alert. You say well be this hot until wednesday. That heat wave will continue. In lake tahoe im tracking the possibility of some thunderstorms. A throat unpack. Well guide you through it. San francisco, great beautiful skies, no doubt about that. But lets talk about the current temperatures because you heard a lot of people say its so early but already feels very humid and muggy. Thats what were seeing right now especially down in the south and interior areas already in the 70s. This is probably the schoolest part of our morning and i want to talk about that dangerous heat. Weve seen this heat advisory and excessive heat warning that went into effect yesterday and will continue through wednesday. The area that you see in that lighter color is heat advisories. Darker color is excess heavy warning. The valleys are expected to see another day in triple digits, high humidity that gives us that muggy feel. Watch for heat related illnesses. Daefl day to limit any sort of outdoor activity. Watch out for your pets. If its too hot for your hand too hot for their paws. They can also suffer from heat exhaustion. I want to talk about the hottest day we saw and that was yesterday. Friday was yesterday and that was the hottest day. Heres a look at what you saw when it came to temperatures. Livermore reached 107. Concord 105. Redwood city 103. That was the hottest day that weve seen since august since 2017. The if it felt hot yesterday its because it was. Today it will be hot but not as hot as yesterday. Triple digits look more 103, concord 104, antioch 105, san jose 97. It will be mostly clear. Yesterday we were under an alert. Today we are not but still dealing with hazy skies. I want to bring up satellite radar because i was mentioning the fact that were monitoring storms in lake tahoe but to our south we have instability that could make its way into the bay area bringing the possibility of thunderstorms and dry lightning which is why the National Weather service has issued a fire weather watch. What does that mean . It means conditions unfolding right now could be the possibility of a fire starting. So fastmoving thunderstorms. What is dry lightning . Its cloudtoground lightning with no rain. So you might have heard the word burga. That means precipitation evaporates before it hits the ground. Imagine a dry grassy area can quickly start a fire. Hourbyhour outlook, you see where the green is. Thats our precipitation. Move from south to north. Moving into the central part of california initially but the take a look right around 11 00 tonight santa cruz could see some showers sparking up in through lake tahoe into sunday. If youre traveling up to lake tahoe, south lake tahoe. Take a look at your seven day forecast. By tuesday triple digits. Wednesday, thursday and friday we start to get a little bit of relief from that heat but, man, a lot to uncover. Hopefully everybody gets a chance to stay cool today. Yes. Im so thankful to be back to work because theres air conditioning here among other reasons. Great to be back with you and the team. Boy, tough these next few days. Thanks so much. 7 21. Still ahead, well introduce you to a San Francisco musician finding way to keep the music alive. And bring people together safely during this pandemic. Welcome back. Our new way in life get everything delivered. In San Francisco its possible to get Something Like live music delivered. Today in the bay shows us in this mornings bay area. Reporter in the language of music, a rest is a moment of silence. But for andrew st. James the rest was way too long for him to stay quiet. It is why andrew and fellow musician have temporarily traded playing San Franciscos clubs and concert halls for its door steps and driveways. At just 25, andrew was seeing his star grow on the citys music scene, regularly performing and producing shows around the city. 2020 was going to be a busy year. Until it wasnt. Sitting around and doing nothing, yeah, straight out doing nothing, calling friends. Reporter it was while talking with his music promoter that the two game up with this idea. Playing socially distanced mini concerts who asked for one, for free. It was just friend at first but then andrew started posting about the gigs on his Instagram Page and requests started coming in from all over the city. He and ashley have put on close to 50 concerts since may. [ applause ] its larger than we expected to. Reporter thats because while andrew always knew he would enjoy playing for people he didnt quite expect how much it would mean to them. First time we did it, the reaction from people on the street was really incredible. Reporter ashley and andrew soon understood they werent just playing for people who missed live music they were playing for people who missed, well, people. Its a real privilege and real honor to get to kind of step into people hes lives for 25 minutes and have an exchange with a stranger in a very safe way, but in a really emotional way. Reporter and andrew and ashley both agree that introducing money into this exchange would ironically cheapen it. This way nothing stand in the way of letting music do what it does best. Bringing people together, or at least as together as we can be these days. Nbc bay area news. I love that. Music is great for the soul. We have much more ahead for you today in the bay. Opening a restaurant during a pandemic . The owners of this new spot in San Francisco tell us despite the timing, they are optimistic. Plus will you get in line . The eyeopening survey about covid vaccinations and how many pepeople are a actually wiwilli get one. E. Good morning to you. It is 7 29 on this saturday, august 15th as we take a live look outside at chavez park in san jose. Were under a pi crow climate alert as we head into yet another hot day across the bay. Thank you so much for joining us. We have a look at your microclimate forecast. I believe you have air conditioning which is one perk of working from home, isnt it . Yes. I do. Very fortunate to have, you know, air conditioning and i do notice it kicks on a little bit earlier and i have it set to, i think 72 or something. So that lets you know how hot it is. Right now, were under microclimate weather alert because of the heat wave. Theres a couple more components were look at. Dangerous heat. Today through wednesday were talking about valleys expecting another day of triple digits heat and high humidity which is whats giving us that muggy feel. It feels sort of tropical. This is the reason why. Watch for heat related illnesses and walk out for you pets. I have one standing by. Hell be taking his walk. I have to spell it out because knows that word. Our hourbyhour outlook 70s through 9 30. Then look how quickly we warm up. By lunch hour 12 00 already in the upper 80s and mid90s for the interior valleys. In danville 92. By 3 00 were talking tripledigit heat and the new component that were monitoring is some the instability just to our south and that instability will bring the positive see