it was a day of triple-digit heat and no power for hundreds in the north bay. pg&e shut off power overnight because of the high fire danger. right now it's working to restore that power before sunset. nbc bay area's ali wolf is live in calistoga with more on pg&e and how people there are dealing with this outage. >> reporter: well, terry, the power came back on in sonoma county and here where we are in calistoga just over an hour ago. that is the good news. throughout the day we saw the screens at the pump of this gas station. they were dark. tonight you can see they are lit up. but this outage had a big impact throughout the day on people and businesses in the area. closed signs were unome businesses on the west side of calistoga. the power was out because the fire danger was high. >> i have meat, milk, i have an ice cream freezer. >> reporter: as mary cardoza attempted to save her restaurant's food from spoiling

in the heat, she questioned why pg&e decided to cut power to roughly 1400 customers in napa and sonoma county. >> there hasn't been anyone here and it's one of the hottest days of the year. >> i hope they get it on right away. >> reporter: 87-year-old fern says her breathing machine stopped working when the power went out around 4:00 a.m. >> i don't have any air that's blowing in. >> reporter: pg&e chose to do a public safety power shutoff because of weather conditions that created a wildfire risk, something kevin bachmann understands because shea victim of the tubbs fire. >> i was one of the several thousand homes that burned down in north santa rosa. >> reporter: calistoga mayor chris canning says preemptive fires are the new normal, and the city is prepared with generators which were not needed this time. >> if we did end up with a total shutdown, those generators would have been able to power about 2/3 of the community. >> reporter: by mid afternoon pg&e began the process of restoring power, but warned it could take time. >> we start patrolling the lines, inspecting the lines by

foot and in the sky. >> reporter: so it really was a race against the clock. pg&e said crews needed to get this work done before the sun goes down. it looks like they will, though. pg&e expects sonoma county and napa county, whoever had the preemptive power outages, they expect them to be back up by tonight. reporting live from calistoga, ali wolf, nbc bay area news. >> okay, ali, thank you so much. let's take you out live now to walnut creek where it is starting to cool down as that sun sets. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking our changing weather. jeff? >> and very, very slowly, those numbers are starting to drop. the official numbers are now in, and one of the hottest day was santa rosa at 105, smashing the old record of 98 degrees. concord a new record at 99. san francisco, 94, beating the old of 93 set way back in 1954. san jose, 99. that is also a new record. so where are we right now with the temperatures?

slowly beginning to drop. 93 in napa. 85 in san francisco. and 96 in san jose. i want to get a closer look at the ocean breeze. it is moving out of the west at 18. so this is also beginning to bring some changes. it's not very large right now, but you can see in san francisco to oakland, we're 1 to 2 degrees cooler, and that is just the indication here that the ocean breeze is beginning to pick up. now through tomorrow, not quite as hot. 11:00 in the morning, we're in the 70s to 80s. we'll talk about this cooling system and how much it drops temperatures over the next couple of days in about 15 minutes. >> okay. we'll see you soon, jeff. thank you. jeff is going to be tracking the weather all night long on all our digital platforms. he tweeted out about what the models are showing about rain. make sure you follow hy hymn @jeffranieri. tonight the man accused of starting fires sseral charges. investigators arrested 68-year-old freddie graham on monday. they say the missouri man is responsible for starting the

fires last friday and saturday. a witness spotted the suspect on friday, and on saturday, firefighters also saw the suspect. same area. graham is now facing 13 counts of arson and starting fires during a state of emergency. a majority of house democrats say they now support some kind of impeachment of president trump. that's according to an nbc news tally. but that doesn't mean they will vote to impeach the president. some house democrats are asking for an impeachment inquiry to examine any evidence of wrongdoing. house speaker nancy pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry yesterday. it all stems from a phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader and claims that ukraine's president may have been pressured by president trump t iestiga joe biden and his son. we'll have a full report on all of this coming up tonight at 6:30. a democrat with his sights on the white house got an eye-opening look at the housing crisis here in the bay area today. former obama cabinet member julian castro was in east

oakland. that's where he toured a growing homeless camp and spoke one-on-one with the people who kuehl that home. here is nbc bay area's melissa colorado. >> reporter: it's a far cry from iowa or new hampshire. >> we need someone to come out here and deliver water. >> reporter: today the campaign trail led white house hopeful julian castro to a homeless camp in east oakland, homes to dozens of people in rvs, tents, and makeshift tiny homes. >> we need to put more resources into creating housing for people that need it. >> reporter: a swarm of cameras and reporters followed the former secretary of housing and urban development as he ducked through fences, walked by heaps of trash and heard the stories of people like this woman who lis her daughter. >> we need more low-income housing, not more high-priced housing. >> i know that we have dire needs out there when it comes to in and so that's why i made this a priority in this campaign.

>> reporter: castro's ambitious plan involves giving renters a tax credit to help with rising rent and expanding the housing voucher program to cover more struggling families. castro says he hopes he gets asked about housing in the next presidential debate. >> this is a dire need for a lot of americans, and i hope that those moderators ask a question about what we would do. >> reporter: but whether he'll make to it the next debate is up in the air. the dnc announced tougher kriet tear kragh that puts the former san antonio mayor from being shut thought the fifth debate in november. in the latest nbc news/wall street journal policastro is behind. are you concerned you will be able to make it on that stage? >> i'm working very hard to make sure that i'm good for the next debate in november. now, julian castro is in san francisco, celebrating a latinon breed. melissa colorado, nbc bay area

news. >> melissa, thank you. fighting the vaping epidemic by using technology. the redwood city school district is considering a new way to crack down on students who vape on campus. district officials will vote on whether to install sensor systems in eight bathrooms at the kennedy middle school campus. here's how it would work. once the sensor detects vape smoke in the air, it would send a text message to a school administrator. those sensors are not cheap. just one of them costs more than $22,000. the district says it is important to get ahead of this problem. >> this is a process step from the school district to make sure that obviously we're taking care of our students. >> the school board will discuss the sensors at a tonight. speaking of which, the ceo of juul stepped down today, and the departure comes after nine deaths have been connected to vaping. kevin burns joined back in teen

began he put out today the new ceo, an executive from altria which owns malbrough is stepping in. in a statement he said i have long believed in a future where adult smokers overwhelmingly choose alternative products like juul. unfortunately, today that future is at risk due to unacceptable levels of youth usage, and eroding public confidence in our industry. he says he is looking forward to earning the public's trust. is the tech industry going south? not in a bad way, but shifting to the south bay? after a migration to san francisco, several tech companies are looking to san jose to expand their business. maybe even santana row, where one of the fastest growing tech companies is building. our business and tech reporter scott budman spoke exclusively to the ceo of splunk about growth, big money, and interviewing a president. scott? >> reporter: well, good evening. splunk is getting a lot of

attention, both from the tech world and politics. and as it grows, it's doing here at santana row, known for dining, shopping, and now technology. it's not a typical scene for a tech company, but santana row has been a good fit for splunk. doug merritt is the ceo of the company that stores and collects data. and although it's headquartered in san francisco, it's going to build more here, with one building already full, this giant structure opens in march. >> the environment on san ttana row is awesome. the restaurants, the shops, the walking, the nature, it feels very main city like even though it's not in a city. >> reporter: splunk is on a roll, with a number of employees growing along with its stock price, it just announced a $150 million innovation and social fund to support smaller companies in the space. >> while amazon and google and microsoft and other wonderful

companies continue to get larger, the world needs alternatives. >> reporter: merritt also recently hosted president obama when he came through the bay area. >> that lineage of technology being important, data being important, inclusiveness and thoughtful and thorough listening and interaction. >> reporter: which begs the question to one of the fastest growing data companies, can data and politics mix safely and honestly? >> hopefully they're being used increasingly for the better, not for missed information, but for accurate information. >> reporter: splunk tells us it has lined up at least one company for its just announced fund. it says employees will be able to move into the new building early next year. live in san jose, skod bcott bu nbc bay area news. up next, a part of mare island goes up in flames. what investigators found that suggests this might not be an accident.

plus ready to react. the reason san francisco leaders say they need to carry narcotic can. the wind starting to change. a cooler breeze starting to move back into the bay area. we're tracking the changing temperatures and how much it drop, coming up in about eight minutes.

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now fire investigators are looking into the possibility that copper thieves could be to blame. nbc bay area jodi hernandez live on mare island where the investigation goes on tonight. jody? >> reporter: terry, the mare island preserve is a much cherished part of the city of vallejo, but this morning ten acres of the preserve burned after investigators say somebody used saws to cut into two power poles. >> the pole fell into the brush, igniting the brushfire. >> reporter: douglas buchanan shows us the origin of an early morning brushfire that burned ten acres of vallejo's mare island preserve. buchanan, who heads up pittsburgh power, the company that provides power to the island, says someone took a saw to two power poles this morning, sparking the four-alarm fire. >> the wrap of copper wire has a fairly high value to recyclers, anywhere depending on the market $1.80 to

$2.50 a pound. >> reporter: buchanan's team also discovered seven other down power poles on part of the island that isn't energized. most of that copper had been stripped away. it's been cut off, sawed-off. last month they found another power pole cut down. that attempt caused a power outage on part of the island, but no fire. but this time, the poles targeted led to a dangerous blaze during red flag fire conditions. and with 12 volts of electricity running through the lines, firefighters say it could have been deadly. >> they likely didn't realize these lines are energized due to the portion of the island they're on. of course, if they were to have come in contact with them, it wouldn't have just been a fire we were dealing with, it would that aren't used any longer, hoping to keep the thieves from returning. endangered species. again, a very impnt this city of vallejo. investigators say they're doing all they can to try to figure out who is behind the fires.

if caught, they face possible arson charges. reporting live in vallejo, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you very much. the climate change protests continue. look at this, more than 100 climate activists closed a section of the financial district. they weren't just protesting, they were painting. this is at the intersection of montgomery and sacramento streets. the activists painted more than a dozen different murals in front of businesses they say support fossil fuels. the group showed up about 7:00 this morning, left about 5:00 this evening, arrested seven protesters for trespassing after police say they blocked all entrances into wells fargo. a crisis. that's how one san francisco suisidemic in the city. today staff were invited to get trained on using the life-saving drug narcan. christie smith joins us to explain. christie? >> reporter: supervisor matt heaney says now that he's been trained, he plans to carry

narcan in case he needs to help someone who is overdosing here in san francisco. we spoke with him and came outside and it didn't take long to find someone who's used it more than once. near civic center, kenny lundsford says he is very familiar with narcan. he has used it to help people who have overdosed. >> i have, out here in these streets. and they make it easily accessible. >> reporter: he says that ongoing accessibility in san francisco is critical, especially now. >> it goes all the way up, right? that way it hits the charge into the sinuses. >> reporter: matt heaney invited supervisors and staff for training o h naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose. >> it's the most deadly epidemic facing our city and it's a crisis. >> reporter: he has called for declaring a public health crisis. city numbers show opioid overdose deaths jumped by 31% from 2017 to 2018. fentanyl death morse than doubled. >> i would ask members of our

community to understand what narcan is, to know how to access it, to know how to apply it, if that's something you're comfortable with. >> reporter: he argues some should not be using these drugs or should be in treatment, but that's not possible if they don't survive. >> that's the majority of overdoses that we're getting reported back. >> reporter: heaney believes the city isn't doing enough. the mayor's office points out all the effective programs, nurse, and outreach workers. narcan has been distributed here for years. >> and we want to make sure that people are prepared. >> reporter: the supervisor says that for those who are interested, there will be a community training in his district held nfrancisco, chris smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right, christie, thank you very much. joining us now, the man of the hour, jeff ranieri with some good news for those of you who have about had it with the heat. >> i know you like the heat. >> i do.

but whatever you say, it's fine. whatever you've got is good for me. >> okay, i like it. much cooler weather moving in as we head through the next couple days. if you don't have ac, you are definitely excited about this. we'll take you out to our live sky camera network in tiburon, looking towards san francisco. and no sign of any fog just yet. we still have a lot of hot, dry air over the bay area, and that's preventing any kind of fog from rolling in at the current moment. let's take you out to the north where it was the hottest in santa rosa. 105 degrees today. again, the hottest across the bay area was here. set a brand-new record. we're beginning to drop, albeit slowly, but some changes down to 94, and focusing on 11:00, we're going down to some cooler 60ss that ocean breeze does start to move in. so we're beginning to notice some changes with that ocean breeze filtering in all the way through tomorrow morning. you can see as we start off not nearly as hot. 60s from san francisco down to palo alto. so that's better for you. we still have 70s here, ce wth

morning, we have 70s to 80s returning, butuld that's going to -- well, of course, bring you some relief tomorrow. you can see across the inland valleys, 88 here in concord. 88 in morgan hill. san francisco 76 and half moon bay 69. numbers drop tomorrow, but the big thing i want you to be aware of, by friday major changes rolling in. look at this fog. pretty thick for friday morning, even the possibility of some drizzle. we'll talk about how much cooler it gets for friday and our rain chances. that's coming up in about 25 minutes. >> we'll see you in a bit. thank you. up next, forced to bail on the chase. the reason a bay area's tesla couldn't keep up. the juul recor.

they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c.

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they tried to pull over the driver. that's the driver. he sped away, drove the wrong way on an offramp, ended up on 680. soon after that, he gets off the freeway, ditches the bmw, runs into a nearby creek. police set up a perimeter around the area, trying to wait him out. they suspended that stakeout after two hours. they're still trying to find him. they obviously know who he is, and they say he is known to hang out in santa cruz. a fremont police tesla ran out of battery during a high-speed chase. >> i am down to 6 miles of battery on my tesla, so i may lose it here in a sec. >> the pd bought a tesla in march to see how well the car worked as a patrol car. this is a car on a practice run. friday night at 11:00, an officer was driving it, tried to pull someone over. the driver took off. that's when the officer noticed his tesla was about to run out of battery. he called for backup. some gas-powered patrol cars

showed up. they chased that driver until he started driving on the shoulder. officers called off that chase because it seemed too dangerous. the driver did get away. as for the tesla, police say they don't know why that tesla wasn't charged. those anxiously waiting for bart to connect to downtown san jose may have a longer wait. an updated design reveals the connection may not be ready until 2030. the vta, which oversees the construction says the original estimate of 2026 was made more than five years ago, and points out the updated underground design will take longer, but cause far less disruption. >> going with a single bore tunnel changes the construction from doing what's called a cut and cover construction where you would be tearing up roadways to basically doing the project, most of the work would be happening underground in the tunnels. >> the vta also says the new design helps get an early $125 million federal grant, and the

project could still still finish well before 2030. up next at 6:30, lashing out at democrats, president trump responds to the impeachment inquiry over his phone call with ukraine's president. plus -- >> what if you could stop mass murderers before they kill? maybe we can. i'm senior investigative reporter begad sheban. we investigate the mind of a murder, next.

right now at 6:30, there was no pressure. president trump firing back today, saying he did nothing wrong in his phone call with ukraine's president. today the white house released its notes of that controversial phone call, and top lawmakers are reviewing the notes tonight. >> the phone call at the heart of an impeachment firestorm. our janelle wang following all the developments. janelle? >> reporter: anoushah and terry, the note did ask the president of ukraine to look into his political rival joe biden and his family, but there is disagreement over whether that was an abuse of power. >> reporter: president trump in a late-day news conference again denying the claim at the heart of a congressional impeachment inquiry, that he pressured a foreign leader for political gain. >> no push, no pressure, no nothing. it's all a hoax, folks. it's all a big hoax. >> reporter: it stems from a phone call on july 25th, with ukraine's president who today issued a similar denial while at the u.n. general assembly in new

york. >> normally push me, yes. >> in other words, no pressure. because you know what? there was no pressure. >> reporter: and after resistance from the white house, the whistle-blower's complaint about the phone call was released to congress and reviewed by members of the house intelligence committee. today the white house released its official account of that phone call. the notes show immediately after president zelensky said he wanted to buy american missiles, president trump said, quote, i would like you to do us a favor, though, and went on to make a series of requests, including ukraine's help investigating former vice president joe biden and his son hunter, who used to work for a lucrative gas drilling company in ukraine. >> this is how a mafia boss talks. what have you done for us? we've done so much for you, but there is not much reciprocity. >> reporter: the noteses also show the president repeatedly urged president zelensky to coordinate the investigation with attorney general william barr and his personal attorney rudy giuliani.

>> if the president gets away with this, i'm not sure what checks and balances remain. >> reporter: republicans leading the same words, but seeing no wrongdoing. >> from my point of view, to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane. >> it turned out to be a nothing call. >> reporter: a call that makes him only the fourth president in history to face a threat of impeachment. the whistle-blower could meet with lawmakers as soon as tomorrow. also tomorrow, the director of national intelligence is sc leaders about his handling of the whistle-blower complaint. terry? >> janelle, thank you. ready to fight for endangered species, california's teenage up with 17 other states to battle president trump's proposal to tear apart the endangered species act. state attorney general xavier becerra held a news conference today at the bypass wildlife area up in davis. he says 18 states now suing the trump administration so the federal government cannot roll back regulations that protect endangered species. >> we don't challenge these actions because we want to pick

a fight. we challenge these actions because it is necessary. we're coming out swinging to defend this consequential law, humankind and the species with whom we share this planet depend on it. >> the trump administration's proposal would raise the qualifications for uninhabited land to be considered a critical habitat. it says the new rule would make the endangered species more consistent and efficient. >> reporter: could you stop a murder years before it ever happens? cutting edge science right here in the bay area aims to detect brain patterns that could help identify who might be at risk ir begad shaban has the story. >> reporter: well, the research centers around the mind of a murderer. scientists are trying to understand what makes someone not only think about violence but also act on it. the answer might be all in the brain.

seven people gunned down last month in odessa, texas. 22 people shot and killed just a few weeks earlier at a walmart in el paso. here in california, three people, including two children, died in a mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival in late july. more than n thu.s. each year. now two scientists, one in palo alto, another in albuquerque, new mexico believe they can stop the killers before they pull the trigger. >> you can intervene, you could perhaps avoid the dire consequences. >> reporter: dr. hans vogel is the director of neuropathology at stanford university. is there a specific part of the brain that actually triggers a mass shooter to act? >> i think we're getting -- getting there in terms of finding areas of the brain that

may explain homicidal behavior. >> reporter: at stanford university, on the second floor of a research lab, behind this door and inside a locked cabinet is some of dr. vogel's most infamous work. inside is the brain belonging to stephen paddock. he was the gunman in that las vegas mass shooting two years ago that left 58 people dead. >> i was asked to diagnosis and rule out certain disease processes that might have contributed to his behavior. >> reporter: and so they leaned on you to determine whether something in his brain may have led him to commit that act of violence? >> yes. >> reporter: whoo what did you find? >> he took his own life with a bullet wound to the back of the brain, but it still left a considerable amount of the brain that was amenable to examination. >> reporter: in the shooter's brain, vogel found large amounts of what could be described as a type of scarring of the brain

tissue. diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's can cause that, but pinpointing exactly how or even why it forms remains a mystery in modern medicine. >> the quasi scarring process in the brain was higher than the average 60 something-year-old male, yes. but the significance of it is totally unknown. >> reporter: so whether or not it could have played a role in his behavior that day, we don't know? >> don't know. >> reporter: that sort of scarring was spotted on parts of the brain responsible for fear areas of the brain. >> it's linked to parts of the brain that had to do with emotion and anger and so forth. >> reporter: and decision making? >> and decision making, yes. the frontal lobes are very interesting, and they're very complex in humans because they involve a balance between restraint and initiative. >> reporter: more than a thousand miles away in new mexico, cutting edge research inside prisons is revealing even

more about the minds of murderers. >> for such a big problem, it's really surprising that this is the first study of its kind. >> reporter: dr. kent kiel specializes in studying psychopaths. he is a neuroscientist and psychologist. he and his team designed a mobile brain scanner and drove it across the u.s. to study inmates at ten decade, he has conducted mri scans of nearly a thousand prisoners in order to examine the brain differences of killers versus nonkillers. >> there are regions of the brain in individuals that committed homicide that truly are different. >> reporter: he and his research team found the brains of killers are wired differently. specific sections of the brain responsible for controlling emotions, impulse, and social awareness are less developed among those who have taken a life. >> we're finding for the first time that they are quite different. now it's a question of how did they get that way, how might we

understand this information. >> reporter: kiehl says medicine or therapy can physically transform the brain to reduce the risk of dangerous behavior. >> we're going to try to imp. treatments that we know work on those systems of the brain, then we would hopefully see changes that would then prevent these types of things from ever happening. >> reporter: kiehl believes some people are born with those brain differences. and while that doesn't necessarily mean they'll commit murder, he says his research reveals some strong connections. understanding who might be even literally changing people's minds. dr. kiehl is already getting requests from parents around the country who want their kids tested for potentially violent behavior. the scans and analysis run about $10,000 per child. now this type of examination does raise some ethical question, but it could very well be years before this kind of testing becomes widely available here in our area or at other medical centers across the country. back to you.

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♪ feed your head he's from new york, and he was wanted for murder, but tonight he is in jail here in the bay area. interesting story. it all started yesterday when police say they spot these three men hanging around marina plaza shopping center in san mateo. it's a hot spot for car break-ins. that's why there were so many cops there. officers confronted the men, arrested them for having a stolen car and fake licenses. when police took their fingerprints, they found this man, steven martinez, wanted for murder in new york. new york police say martinez shot and killed this man, charles reynoso back in june. all three of the men arrested in san mateo are from new york.

a disturbing situation in an east bay neighborhood. a man ran around with a machete. it happened about 7:00 this morning near the kaiser building on broadway. police say the man attacked someone with the machete, wounded him that man was rushed to the hospital and went into surgery. it's unclear why the man went into attack, but police tweeted out they arrested him. it is a new way to get help. now people who live in santa clara county can text 911 in an emergency. santa clara board of supervisors launched thaer they say it will help in situations where a person in danger is unable to talk. it will also give better access for the hearing impaired. >> there won'te aatio necessari between the texter and the dispatcher, but they will get the basic details that they need in order to start the necessary response. >> but texting will only work if you are in santa clara county. otherwise police advise you to call 911. jeff ranieri is here. he is also going by the nickname

mr. good news. >> oh, i like that. >> don't flatter him too much. let's wait and see what happens. >> keep it coming, keep it coming. let's get you outside with our live sky camera network right now. we have mostly clear skies. it was record setting in san jose, 99. we're dropping down to the 70s by 11:00 p.m. but we'll talk about some major changes in the forecast in just a few minutes.

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until next year. you're looking at drone video that an east bay photographer took in the bahamas a little three weeks since hurricane dorian ripped through the bahamas. hundreds of pets left stranded and starving. now an oakland man is using his drone to rescue those dogs and cats. nbc bay area's marianne favro shows how he is making a difference. >> reporter: this dog survived the 25-foot waves and 200-mile-an-hour winds of hurricane dorian. douglas spotted the lost pet last week as his drone flew over great abaco island surveying the devastation. >> i was flying the drone over some of the hardest hit area, and he was literally right in the middle of a giant it like a nuclear bomb had gone off. >> reporter: the hurricane killed more than 50 people. another 1300 remain missing. >> literally, there was not a tree, a house, a car that had not been overturned, shredded apart. >> reporter: three weeks later, many pets, including this dog

douglas nicknamed duke are starving. douglas gave him food, and duke was later flown to nassau island where he is rehabilitating. using his drone, douglas says he has rescued a dozen other dogs and cats. he's rescued pets before after the camp fire, but he says this was different. >> it makes me emotional just thinking about it, because there were dead dogs, cats, there were still dead people underneath all the rubble. so i just made it a vow to myself that i would go out there and keep helping as much as i can. >> reporter: douglas plans to add infrared to his drone and return to the bahamas this weekend to help search for and rescue more pets. in alameda, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> all right, marianne. jeff, you got some good news. you got a gorgeous sunset behind us, as you can see, and you got some nice cooler temperatures.

>> it's going to be rolling in as we head through the next couple of days. we will see it drop. that's why we're out of this microclimate weather alert. let's bring you into that forecast, and we'll get you ready for the next couple of days, and you'll see the dangerous heat that was with us today. the hottest was santa rosa at 105. brand-new record there. concord also a new record at 99. san jose 99. san francisco even up to a hot 94. but the good news coming our way, yes, i come to deliver good news right now, 6:48, we have this system that is dropping down from the north. now tomorrow it starts to get a little closer, but we think once we hit friday, saturday, and sunday, this will be right on top of the bay area, helping to bring us milder air. so numbers begin to still going to be mild head out the door, but a little cooler for south bay at 69. peninsula 67. right over the tri-valleys, 73. i have san francisco starting off mostly clear and 66, and for the east bay, there is your

warmer start with 74. numbers by the afternoon, though i think are going to be stopped from some extreme heating just because of the fact the ocean breeze is coming back. 90s to low 100s. we're back down to the 80s. it's going feel a lot better to you. downtown san jose 86. and over the gilroy, 87 degrees. down to 88 here in concord. 88 in pleasanton. back by the bay, 83 in oakland. the coastline going back down to some cooler beach weather. half moon bay at 69. how about redwood city, 85 degrees. san francisco out of the 80s and the 90s. we remain warm in the mission at 79 degrees, and right up to the marina, 73. it's all about getting a little bit of a westerly wind back tomorrow at 19 miles per hour. that's going to help to drop the temperatures. marine, napa, sonoma county 79 in mill valley. it will feel like the ac is on after what you had lately, and 84 in sonoma. in the extended forecast, what i really want you to focus in on is friday. that's going to be a much more

drastic change in san francisco, not only cooling additionally here, but the possibility of some drizzle as well as we move through the morning with the fog. we'll hold on to some cooler 60s through this weekend, and that pattern holds steady as we move into next week. inland valleys going to get quite a drastic change once we move into friday. the possibility of some patchy drizzle as well. look at this daytime high. down to ld on to 70 the way it now for this upcoming weekend. so finally some fall-like weather starting to move on in. but yum see we stay dry as we head through the next seven days. so what about our rain chances? i'm going to take a look out through the next two weeks. and while we have this system for the upcoming weekend which is right here, we'll have two more back behind it. i think this third low-pressure system by the first week of october right around the 7th could start to bring us some showers close to the bay area. it's a little bit too early to tell how much, you know, and if

it's going to stay out of the bay area, but i think it's going to be our best chance, at least in the near future of maybe getting some rainfall right around october 7th. >> wow. >> looking down the road. >> you see that picture behind you? >> i know. >> so nice. >> thanks for getting that for us. >> you know, i do what i can. >> creating that for us. all right. thank you. shooting hoops on a golf course? yes indeed, folks. just another day for steph curry. we'll show you who he played with today. serious superstar, next. we are here to discuss jessie's online time. 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 i'll consider it. i wouldn't 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 family's online time.

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the only sports steph curry likes playing more than basketball is golf. >> he played with a real golfer, and a really great golfer. phil mickelson. they played in a pro am event today in napa. obviously it wasn't all golf. before the round, steph showed off his shooting skills, which you may have heard about. today's round is a prelude to the safeway open which begins tomorrow. despite the heat reaching nearly 100 degrees, the two had a great time. and apparently they even danced

a bit. >> very good. mattel, the company that makes barbie, is launching a new doll line that is free from labels. it's called creatable world. and the company says the dolls are genter inclusive. they also come in a variety of skin tones, but kids can change their look even more. each doll comes with two hairstyle options and mix and match clothes. how about a baby video that has people gushing all over the world. and thedeo of baby archie. prince harry and his wife meghan markle are in africa for their first tour together as a family. but baby archie wasn't seen until today there it is. these are the baby pictures. royal couple finally gave fans what they've been waiting for, a peek at the baby. it was during a visit with retired archbishop desmond tutu and his daughter at their foundation in cape town. >> cute baby. >> yeah. it look likes dad? >> i think it looks a little bit like dad. >> everybody has been looking for the red hair.

>> people were putting side by side photos of when harry was that age on twitter and facebook. and they look very similar. he's got like red-eye brows. did you notice? >> i didn't see. very, very insightful. very perceptive. weather-wise, a nice change coming. >> yes. we're going say goodbye to that heat. look at this in san francisco. >> cooldown. >> after 94 record-setting heat today, down to 76 tomorrow. you've got the fog. you got a little drizzle there on friday morning. 67 for the inland valleys also noticeable drop here. friday, 77 for the high. that's it. >> some people screaming hallelujah. >> i'm one of them. >> see you tonight at 11:00.

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