Come to Little Saigon feeling forgotten. Businesses in one Community Says the crime has no signs of letting up. Also, one east bay School Finally saying goodbye to what some call a controversial mascot, but its going to be a minute. Details on the latenight vote signaling the end that an era. This is today in the bay. Good thursday morning to you. Thank you for starting your die with us. I am laura garcia. I am marcus washington. We will get a look at the commute with mike in a bit, but first lets get to kari hall. Its going to be a few degrees lower compared to yesterday. Instead of upper 90s, how about low 90s today . We continue with the elevated fire danger as well due to isolated storms that may fire up once again in the bay area. We will watch at the impacts it will have further to the south. And we are reaching 77 in oakland. Hayward, 81 degrees. 71 in San Francisco. San jose will be in the mid80s. We will talk about the weekend coming up. Mike, how is it looking in the south bay . We are looking at a smooth drive, and so three quarters of an hour before we will see slowing. We will tell you more about the fire and show you pictures coming up in a few minutes. The 5 00 reopening happened before 5 00, and now alameda, once again, no problem. Developing this morning a San Jose Police officer is in Critical Condition after what thoefrts are describing as an ambushstyle shooting. What are we learning about this officer, bob . Reporter good morning, laura and marcus. Weigh know we dont know her identity. The San Jose Police have not yet identified her, but last night, sadly, she was in Critical Condition and in the hospital, and she is the first female officer to be shot in the line of duty and the second officer should be shot in the line of duty this year in what was a heinous and cowardly act. She and her partner to a domestic situation, and a woman said her husband was drunk and was going to hit her, and the husband came out and shot her. What happened next is an act of undeniable courage, and without hesitation or consideration for himself, the officers partner extracted the victim officer from the line of fire to a place of safety where he began to treat her injuries. This is video of the suspect being arrested after a fourhour stand off with the police. Hes a convicted felon here in san jose county. Assembly member, evan low, tweeted out that his brother was the San Jose Police officer that pulled the injured officer to safety, and he wrote please send your encouragement to the officer in the hospital and my brother, and he is my hero. Reporting outside San Jose Police quarters, bob redell for today in the bay. You can see the thick clouds of black smoke racing up the hillside in the timelapse video. This is near coyote creek golf drive. And that smoke brought traffic to a near stand still. As of 4 00 p. M. It was 40 contained. And then new calls in the wake of the maui firestorm, and the number of deaths is 110 with search teams only completing onethird of the search zone. Some people believe the Electricity Company responded too slowly. President biden and first lady plan to visit the island on monday. We have a list of verified locations where you can help. Little saigon leaders and Business Owners will meet with police because of a surge in crime. Thefts like the one you see here at the 7eleven on international boulevard are happening all too often. Some say prostitution is driving some of the customers away. Crime big concern. I dont know what happens to us. I need more help. Without police, the cops, they are going to be a bad situation. The employees, i cant stop those people. Opd opened a Police Substation last year and while many say thats helping to improve the situation, they also say its not enough. A longtime debate over a controversial nickname settled last night. Mount diablo Board Members approved a mascot change from minutemen. Students last year decided to the change to bears, which the board now backed. Some alums argue the district is focusing on mnuchin. School is in disrepair, dirt, rocks, weeds all over the place. The estimated cost of the change will be about 2,000. A storm is upgrading from a tropical storm. Its expected to deliver widespread rain and winds by the end of the week, but thats not all. Lets take a look at the predicted map. The path of that hurricane right now, its churning off the coast of mexico. By early next week, the remnants will arrive here in the bay area. Kari hall looking at that. Yeah, its not often we see this magnitude of a tropical system making it that far into southern california. The water off the coast is very cold. Hurricanes need water temperatures of at least 70 degrees, so its not that warm off the coast of san diego, and its expected to weaken as it approaches. Right now its off the coast of mexico as a category 1, and its expected to intensify rapidly around baja, california and the cabo area. Right now the current track takes it east of the bay area, and a lot of the rain is on the eastern side of the system, so that will keep a lot of the rain away from the bay area, but we could also see some lightning with all of that energy very close by. It depends on the shifts in the tract and that tropical rain is expected to arrive late monday into tuesday as the remnants of hilary moves in, and that will affect the mountains and areas south of the bay area. The bay area will see some of the impacts, and we are watching that very closely. We will keep you updated as we get closer. Mike, you are giving us a look at where we can find lower gas prices . Yeah, a lot of folks heading over towards richmond this morning, but the best price is 4. 49 on san pablo avenue. And then on north matilda in sunnyvale, 4. 49, the same price. On the roadways we are looking at a pretty predictable calm drive. The Speed Sensors, no major issues right now. Highway 4 is where theres construction, but the exclamation point is where that there could be a wrongway driver. Coming up on today in the bay, fewer than 1 in good thursday morning. In San Francisco, we are starting out cloudy with drizzle and will be in the 60s. We will get clearing, a little sunshine around 2 00 this afternoon. While the coast stays cool, the valleys heating up once again. A look at all of our microclimates coming up. Yesterday we had a big volume of traffic on the roads later in the morning, and right now fremont, we will see how they shape up but so far, an easy flow. I have an interesting stock symbol, its vfe, and its jumping to very high levels as investors tried to get in on the next tesla. Money coming out of the very volatile stock this morning. A lot of the red you are seeing on the board comes as the fed might raise the Interest Rates again. Remember, money is not destroyed. It just moves. It feels like its destroyed when it comes out of the pocket, but it just moves. The overall cost of buying a home, the mortgage rate, the actual price of the home and everything put altogether is now the highest its been in nearly 40 years. Its a perfect storm. Those that own a home dont want to sell because they want to keep their 2 or 3 mortgage, and that means fewer homes so higher prices. And the median price of a home is its like 16 of californians can buy a house in california. Its tough. Big time. Its near impossible. Stick around. We have something we want to talk about, because theres something to celebrate. Thats right. Its scott mcgrews 25th year anniversary. Look at that. Every morning we wake up with scott here on today in the bay and we find ourselves more informed, educated and empowered by what he breaks down. On a personal note, hes also a wonderful person to work with and is a great friend and he has been sitting next to me in the news room for a long, long time and always willing to go the extra mile to get the information. Its a gift just hearing that. Well, its once a year. Its a huge milestone. Was, 1998, and now my child was in preschool, now hes a firefighter. I admire so much your relationship with your sons. When you talk about it i could take the rest of the newscast just for me to talk about them. You should. And that the other one is a u. S. Navy sailor. Apples dont fall far from the tree in success. And if the apple follows anywhere else, he will follow that, too. Yeah. Thank you, all of you. Absolutely. Congratulations. Its going to be cooler, and that will also be a treat. We are starting out with a partly cloudy sky. Temperatures in the upper 60s at dropoff time, and then pickup time in the mid80s. A very warm afternoon. Lets get a look at the high temperatures for today. 90 in dublin, so we are coming out of the mid to upper 90s, too, and low 90s today so making a little progress as we approach the weekend. It will be mild in san mateo reaching 77 degrees. 88 for novato, and San Francisco in the low 70s. For tomorrow, temperatures continue to cool off. San jose will reach 83 degrees. Mostly low 80s and about the same on saturday. The valleys will be heating up. Lets talk about the rain chances, still, and that chance exists especially for the north bay as we get a lot of activity moving over parts of the central valley. Then for the weekend we will be watching hilary, and this is expected to intensify off the coast of baja, california, and as it moves into cooler water near san diego it will weaken and still spread rain across southern california, and that will move towards tahoe. Right now with the current track, it keeps rain to the east but there will still be spotty showers, and unfortunately the lightning potential will continue with that as it moves across the region. We are keeping Storm Chances in the forecast because of a slight chance in the track that could make a huge difference in the kind of weather we will see. We are looking at hot temperatures with highs in the low 90s into the middle of next week. San francisco will have a mild weekend. A lot of low clouds and fog with mist and drizzle and 60s in the forecast. Also, Storm Chances early next week as temperatures heat up in the mid to low 70s. Mike, you are watching a couple big issues out there on the road . We talked about slowing on highway 4, and then a wrongway driver report, and chp said somebody was going the wrong way on the offramp, and it looked like somebody was just getting off, and there could be something going on with flashing lights. Chp does not h looked like somebody was just getting off, and there could be something going on with flashing lights. Chp does not have an active report, and so watch this out of antioch over towards summersville. Lighter slowing because folks are held up in antioch. The rest of the contra costa drive, no problems. South bay, no issues either. Back to you. Thank you, mike. As we head to break, we want to remind you all this month nbc bay area and telemundo, we are working to clear the shelters. Look at derek well, not a pup, but almost nine years old. Hes sweet affection and loves treats. Hes young at heart. You can adopt him at the oakland zoo this sunday. Get all the details on our i need it cool at night. 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Try it for free at freestylelibre. Us right now at 5 30. Putting the brakes on the robo expansion. Plus, evaluating the presence of Police Officers at San Jose School campuses. The changes already in place this year in the wake of some recent alarming incidents. Also, new developments in the tragic accident that killed a 4yearold girl this week near oracle park in San Francisco. An update on her fathers condition and the new charges against the suspected driver. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you on this thursday. I am marcus washington. I am laura garcia. First day of school for thousands of students including those at Cupertino School district. Welcome back to the parents, students and teachers. Welcome back. Another year. Yes. It was warm yesterday. It was warm yesterday and it will be warm today. At least they are starting on a thursday, right . You have today, tomorrow and then the weekend again. Look at where we are starting. Mostly temperatures in the upper 60s. Also starting in Hayward School district. At pickup time its 78 degrees and sunny and nice for the walk home or for enjoying the time outside after the first day. Temperatures are headed for the low to mid90s with the interior valleys with livermore and morgan hill reaching 94. Novato reaching 88 degrees, and 86 in santa rosa. We will talk about what is ahead coming up. Mike, you are still focused on the report of a wrongway driver. Yeah, i think there was a traffic break. The reports chp says, the older reports said somebody did report the wrongway driver on the side of the road of highway 4, and then they cleared the reports and the Speed Sensors are starting to improve. Everything sounds like its safe with just typical slowing there. Highway 37 slows out of vallejo over towards novato. No major surprises now. The slow on highway 4 was just the report of the possible wrongway driver. And then Ginger Conejero saab is in our news room this morning, and robo taxis just got the green light to expand . Thats right. Now we might be hitting the brakes on that approval. Much like the videos that have gone viral on social media, there could be an unexpected stop to the expansion of robo taxis in San Francisco, at least thats what the citys Attorney Office is trying to do by asking the Utilities Commission to temporarily pause the expansion. You are looking at the confusion and congestion some robo taxis have caused. A car is briefly stopped in the middle of Mission Street before driving into a Construction Zone and then pulling over to the wrong side of the road. Now, over the weekend we also saw a whole slew of crews cars blocking a road, and now a pedestrian intentionally interfered with the car that created a chain reaction. Our Senior Investigative reporter has been looking into the debate for autonomous taxis for sometime now. They do say once one car in their fleet learns something, that actually the entire fleet learns it at the same time. They say the only way you will see the technology improve is by having these vehicles on the road. San francisco reportedly plans to argue in the new motion that the Environmental Impact they would have on the roads in the city could be issues. Thank you, ginger. 5 34. Fremont police are investigating an apparent shootout involving people in two cars last night. This happened around 8 00 around lowry and alvarado. Police did confirm officers found shell casings and no victims. Hawaii state leaders now promising a thorough review of the response to last weeks deadly fire storms. The number of confirmed dead now at 110 with about twothirds of the burn zone left to be searched still. And there were reports a utility crew blocked lanes as people were trying to evacuate, with new images seemingly supporting that allegation. Now Emergency Management leaders are backtracking on the failure of sirens to notify residents about the danger. Had we sounded the siren that night, we are afraid people would have gone into the fire. I should also note there are no sirens on the mountainside, where the fire was spreading down. Lawmakers are now calling on an investigation into the fire and the response. A followup this morning on an accident that killed a 4yearold girl two nights ago near San Franciscos oracle park. A 71yearold woman accused of driving the suv that killed her has now been arrested and charged. A memorial growing at the site where it happened at 4th and ki