of 51 years carol and their two daughters. >>> happening now, slow going for firefighters in santa barbara county. the fire has now grown to more than 15,000 acres and it's just 5% contained. highway 101 remains closed in both directions there. >>> still ahead, vaccine mandate stopped for now in california. details on the legal battle playing out that prompted that sudden halt. >>> plus, going to take more than covid to take down one bay area high school football coach. we show you the unique way he plans to take part in the upcoming game. >>> taking a live look outside as well on your thursday morning. let's not forget the giants are playing the dodgers tonight. we'll have more on that coming up in a live report. somebody in there? [ scream ] micheal myers is still alive. tonight, our family will kill him. i want to take his mask off and see the life leave his eyes. >>> a new covid vaccination mandate taking effect tomorrow in california state prisons is now on hold for guards and police officers. sacramento bee reports a judge blocked the order after the union requested a temporary injun

. >>> the fire in santa barbara has forced the closure of 101 north of tkpwau hraeta. so far no homes are destroyed, but evacuation orders are in effect, and so far firefighters say there's little to no containment. >>> let's look live at the san mateo bridge this morning. before you head out the door, you better find out if you need to grab a jacket and how long you will need it today. our fashion consultant and meteorologist, kari hall, joins us now. >> this morning i am seeing temperatures in the lower 40s in parts of the north bay and tri-valley. yeah, better grab a jacket and you need an umbrella, too. we will track the light showers move into parts of the north bay. once that clears out, and it happens quickly, we go to dry conditions, and solano county over towards sacramento valley starting tomorrow morning. we will have another red flag warning. it will be windy, and today we have a break and a chance to clean up the mess from everything that was knocked over in the past couple of days from the high winds. as we go into tomorrow morning, we're seeing some of t

." >>> strong winds continue to fan the flames in santa barbara county where the alisal fire has grown. containment at 5%, and highway 101, this is north of tkpwau hraeta. let's check in with meteorologist, kari hall. kari, how long will that smoke linger in the bay area? >> it's going to start to move in later on this afternoon, late morning into the afternoon. some of the smoke starting to come in from the south of the alisal fire. moderate air quality, and that means people sensitive to the smoke, children and the elderly should limit time out there in the south and east bays, and it may not make it all the way up to the north bay. by 10:00, we're in the low 60s. when the temperatures warm up, most likely that smoke will be settling in. we will see the temperatures in the low 80s for san jose, and 83 in napa. for livermore, expect a high of 85 degrees. we'll talk more about more changes ahead in our weekend forecast. >>> mike, you are saying the alert does continue right now? >> it does. you know where the casino is, we have slowing when you get to the expressway. we have a closure

looking hazy, we'll see a little bit of some smoke drifting from near by fire including down near santa barbara county and as well as the fire last night. the winds will be tapered. 50 degrees in san francisco right now. we are going to be seeing a warm day ahead. 53 in san jose. a lot of sunshine that's going to be dominated today because of high pressure. i want to show you how the air quality is doing right now. the sensors are showing green which is good. we could see periods of moderate air-conditions and that'll be into the afternoon hours. we head into sunday, we'll see a shift in our weather pattern. let's get to today's daytime highs. it's going to be sunny and warm. you can see we got upper 80s in morgan hill. 88 degrees in san jose. 86 and 84 in milpitas. out through the east bay, mid and upper 80s. almost 90 degrees and we are supposed to be in fall even around the coastline, we are talking about mid and upper 70s. san francisco is going to be in the upper 70s. wind will be in from the southwest but 15 miles per hour at the north bay. 82 degrees. hour by hour outlook, here is the bi

. >> the last oil spill around this magnitude in california happened in 2015 in the santa barbara area. it killed hundreds of animals. >> thank you. >>> coming up at 7:00 a.m., the "today" show will continue the coverage of the massive oil spill off the southern california coast. that's coming up right after "today in the bay." >>> new this morning, congress wants a facebook whistle-blower to answer their questions and they want it to happen as soon as possible. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. as soon as possible is tomorrow. >> yeah, the whistle-blower revealed herself on the news program "60 minutes" last night. immediately the people running a senate sub committee look into what facebook said, they said they want to talk to her as quickly as possible. this is the whistle-blower. she used to work at facebook and provide the "wall street journal" and securities and exchange commission with tens of thousands of internal facebook memos and slides. employees inside facebook were worried the impact facebook had on teenagers' mental health. facebook provided the slides to the senate sub comm

. >> the last oil spill around this magnitude in california happened in 2015 in the santa barbara area, and it killed hundreds of animals. marcus and laura. >> it's tragic to see. thank you. >>> coming up at 7:00, the "today" show will continue the coverage of the massive oil spill off the california coastline, and we just saw that impacting the beaches and all of the wildlife. that's right after "today in the bay." >>> and then congress wants a facebook whistle-blower to answer questions. >> leading us to believe, laura, that people running the committee, look into what facebook knows and did know very well that all of this was coming. a senate sub committee last week after "the wall street journal" published a series of internal facebook memos and slides, showing employees inside facebook itself were worried about what impact it had on mental health. the whistle-blower revealed herself on "60 minutes" last night. >> facebook amplifies the worst of human nature. >> nobody at facebook is ma nevada lunt. the more anger they get exposed to, the more they interact and consume. >> and she

. >>> and hundreds of firefighters battling the wind-driven blaze in santa barbara. the new developments on the fight as thousands are forced to evacuate. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. >>> good wednesday morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we will get to the commute with mike in just a moment, but first let's talk about the forecast. it's cold out there this morning. >> yes, in some spots we dipped down into the 30s, and i have powered up stormranger, and we have a little green here. some of this may not be making it to the ground and not all of us will see it, but it's nice to see higher humidity and a little bit of showers passing by before we go back to warm and windy weather. we are looking at the hour-by-hour forecast, and it shows most of us will miss out on the chance of rain. we start out cloudy but it clears out today. our temperatures only headed for the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll talk about where we will have a fire danger in the forecast. that's coming up

barbara lee just posted this. he was a trailblazer. general powell served this country with decency, integrity and showed respect to everybody he encountered. may he rest in peace and power. he was 84 years old. >>> pg&e crews restoring power in places where electricity was knocked out during yesterday's rain. here's a look at the pg&e website map. there's only a few thousand customers without power now, but at the height last night 35,000 customers were left in the dark. >>> but bob redell is live for us this morning in san ramon. while the rain is great, we still need a lot more to get us out of the drought. >> reporter: we do. nbc bayologist that said we wou need to get 50% more rain than what we got and we would have to see the sustained rainfall over the next five to six years before we would be fine. we did get some rain yesterday. it was a light rain, not a downpour, unfortunately. the big issue is the reservoirs. you are looking at one of the reservoirs up in the north bay that supplies water in marin county. 70% of the rain th

this is the alisal fire burning out of control in santa barbara county. evacuation orders are in effect with about 100 structures threatened right now. >> the wind is a big concern when we are dealing with the fires. we're dealing with the winds here, kari. >> yeah, glad the crews are able to knock down any flames they see precipitation red flag warning continues until 5:00 today. we are going to see high winds and low humidity cause fires that do start to spread very quickly. there are wind advisories in effect for solano county. we will have a strong delta breeze through 2:00. take a look at what we already measured around mt. diablo area, 56-mile-per-hour gusts. mt. st. helena, look here. as our high temperatures come up a few degrees, only about 70 today. still cooler than normal. 71 in oakland. 64 in daly city. redwood city reaching 68. 65 in the mission district. our north bay temperatures up to 72 in sonoma. then we go from extremely dry and windy to a calmer wind and a slight chance for showers tomorrow morning. we're seeing a little green here as

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