>> about 60% of the students, not reading at or above grade level because of the learning l. learning loss. >> right now on kpix5 news at 6:00, it's back to school week for many bay area students. what's being done to help them bounce back from pandemic learning loss . > >> new surveillance video showss shows moments before another attack of an elderly asian woman. what police are saying about the suspect. > >> it is another first alert weather day here the bay area. this time, it has to do with lightning and we'll break that down coming up in your full

full forecast. > >> as we take a look at the runways, an injury crash causing causing a bit of a backup in san san jose. we'll have details on that and workarounds coming up. > >> it's time for look at this morning's top stories. police are searching for the man who attacked an elderly asian woman in san francisco . new surveillance video from inside the restaurant shows the moment it happened to the video obtained by ktsf shows the stranger attacking the woman. the hack is seen here this happened at the intersection of 26th avenue and gary boulevard in the outer richmond. police say male suspect punched the woman multiple times before running away. the victim suffered minor injuries. > >> president biden has signed the inflation reduction act into into law. it is the largest climate bill in u.s. history and and will have a huge impact in california. it has new tax incentives to buy electric or hybrid cars. energy rebate programs, grants, and tax credits too, more

ficienalnts eagy resources and the state's infrastructure. > >> heat and air quality are not the only concerns today. cal iso iso is protecting record demand on the power grid pitted as wish wish you'd us they want flexibility to 4:00 this afternoon to 9:00 tonight. redug tonight. reducing energy use during those hours to prevent possible power outages. > >> let's get right to jessica. it's a first alert weather day, and we had warm temps yesterday. yesterday. they are cooling down down a bit, but things are getting active elsewhere. >> we can't catch a break this . this week. that's okay. we do need the rain, that's all we're getting right now. lets him closer to first alert doppler right now. things are still active in the atmosphere as we're waking up in the morning, and it will continue to be the trend for us. a concern for us is whether we're going to see dry lightning or associated with with the storms. led zoom in closer to home. we're seeing single cell storms pushing their their way north, and think about about it this way. heat rises.

as we head to the afternoon, the the surface level of the earth will allow a lot of instability as heat rises from the earth and and mixes things up. we're going going to see this all day long as we take a lookat futurecast. juone model.they are diff but ke a lo these pop-up storms this could affect your local area in the afternoon where daytime highs are still toasty. dealing with 90s in the east inland health, 60s and 70s along the coast. that's a pleasant forecast there, but we are starting cool down as we head in the next couple of days, just in time for for the weekend in front of us. we need that break. we're going to be getting it. we'll have more coming up. > >> in the east bay, dealing with with a combination of high temperatures, bad air, and possibility of dry lightning we have been warning you about your your comp fire is ready to deplore all three sources of hot, dry weather, and they have extra hand crews available to work overnight. if something din

did happen, they would be prepared. >> reporter: dry lightning is not something we can prevent , so we are reacting to what's given to us. >> two years ago, the august compex fire burned 1 million acres in northern california as a lighting strike started more than 30 separate fires had many residents our service of it happening again. >> we make sure it's cleared around the house and making sure sure we keep our eyes open and prep care if we have to evacuat. to evacuate. project several bay bay area cities have helped the area beat the heat by opening up up cooling centers. let's see what services behind you. ay rela stay n e h bay, the na be open till 8:00 this

afternoon. there is place to cool off in the centennial recreation center and sunnyvale public library. more supplies are available in contra costa county, solano county, and more. > >> if you're getting ready to make that right out of the south, we're getting word of an injury crash. this is a long 680 680 as you work your way north down, and injuries reported in this crash. that four-lane block, that is the second to fourth lane. if you want to use 101, it is a little slow in 101 as well and you can always take 1012, 880, but things are getting busy as we head out of the south bay because of the cr. the crash. if you're working your way toward the bay bridge, starting to out slowly. we are seeing a bit of a backup, but minimal as you head into the ci. the city. >

>> it is a back to school week, and this morning, looking at the the effort to save students who are falling behind because of c. of covid. more on an oakland not oakland nonprofit stepping up t. to help. >> reporter: it is the new year elementary school. >> it put everybody behind. >> reporter: her 8-year-old son fell behind . >> this is it. he answered a question that i knew, but he did did not recognize it. might average to about 100 students a day not attending zooms. we all have 60% of the zoom in not reading at or above a late grade grade level because of learning loss. >> reporter: her school is working with a long time nonprofit with the new emphasis for helping kids make up that

lost time . >> reporter: all they needed extra support to catch up. jim juan buck is the director of children rising to the organization matches tutors with with struggling elementary school aged students from a dozen title one school and local local incoming neighborhoods fo- for re-weekly one-to-one mass sessions per day worked with kids many years prior to the pandemic, but one bot said the support is more critical. why is is there a sense of evan d there? >> the third and second graders in the schools that we have been been supporting are two or more grade levels behind, and if they they don't catch up with me, they will go to middle school, and they will be significantly behind. >> the kids just got behind. >> reporter: stephen nation is one of the math tutors. he realized students were falling behind . before covid, he would help kids understand arithmetic. arithmetic. >> we would help understand nums understand numbers.

>> reporter: he wants to help kids build confidence, which will help them getting caught up. >> reporter: it's nothing like sitting there helping a kid struggling with whatever the problem is, and you can see it on their face. the light turns on, and the covenants comes in. that makes it all work the effort. >> reporter: young's son has worked with children rising now. now. >> helped me with the reading. >> they help to boost confidence confidence in my 8-year-old. i know it's because of the tutoring. the tutor helped me find better ways to help my son. son. >> reporter: a new year with newfound excitement and hope the kids will catch up. >> it is a different field. this this is the second week of schol of school, and they are excited. >> reporter: children rising. there looking to recruit, place, place, and trade 160 new tutors this year. >> that access to help can make

all the difference for a lot of. of kids. students will be starting the new school year. sever major school district brought back students this week, , was contra costa unified, and their students had first instruction kid student is making his return to campus today as well as marin county's, county's, and tamil pius unified. > >> an updated mourning. of three three weeks ago, we told you about a crane that flashed into the ocean in southern california. the pilot was rescued from the waves, and we have learned that the first lifeguard to actually reach that that pilot was a 19-year-old from capitola. kpix 5's devin fehely has his story. per get honed by years of experience and and training as a junior lifegud junior lifeguard. >> i was thinking about i'm going back to my training and what i get to do and assessing this person and what is going to to be the next step.

>> reporter: his back was turned turned working a junior lifeguard competition. when the play nosedived into the ocean, within seconds he was sprinting. >> i ran to where other people were running, and i entered the water. i saw it, and i saw somebody tried to climb out. dane was the first to reach the plane. >> reporter: he still needed to swim ashore, as the plane emptied jet fuel into the churning surf >> there were lots of currants, lots of waves, and a lot of jet fuel in the water as well, so from the plan being destroyed, the fields could take weeks.

>> thankfully, the pilot was not not seriously injured. dane said said instinct that adrenaline and experience combines to assist in what's being described described as heroic whiskey. >> it was very successful here the base case scenario that could happen and he walked out of there, and i'm super grateful. it could have been way way worse >> reporter: in capitola, i'm david feely, kpix 5. >> when you're going to pilot training and you're starting with the additional training , your assistant always tell you always be outside and be on a search for so until he is in case something happens with the aircraft. the fact it was so congested in that area, but he had to head out to the ocean, that's pretty scary. that 19-year-old boy went out there and saves him and got him to safety. that is a scary situation, and definitely a gor them. >> thankfully, the pilot is okay. quick thinking just to be brave enough and calm enough to get out there. >> limited options. incredible. > >> the time is 6:00. the san

francisco restaurant on high alert this morning after being targeted for the fourth time by by thieves in just a few weeks. > >> what we're lear

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>> on the bay area beats, the strike involving thousands of kaiser mental health care workers will expand to more bay area cities. that include psychologist, therapist, counselors, social workers. workers will toward picket lines lines outside a bay area medical medical centers, including richmond, san leandro, san rafael, south san francisco, vallejo, and walnut creek. > >> health care workers are asking for better pay, better staffing, and more time to

complete administrative work after seeing patients. kaiser set the strike is making it harder to provide mental health care. > >> another break it in san francisco's chinatown . this is the first time for the targeted income sorter on a little over a a month. the latest was yesterday just before 7:00 a.m. you two people into the business business by breaking a lock, securing the plywood place after after the last break in. the owner said they did not find the the cash but did stela painting. a starbucks store in san francisco has become the first in the city to unionize . the's store is open that 15th street. a bay area may add another unionized star wars location for for the workers in berkeley will will have their votes counted monday. > >> and that's a look at your bay bay area beats. > >> it is such an active day over over here in the weather center.

center. let's start with the fact that we're dealing with the the marine layer. this is a live live look from future tower behind me. we're dealing with a lot of instability in an atmosphere, bringing in pop-up storms for us this morning in the bay area. this is the trend as we head into the afternoon. as the earth's surface heats up this afternoon, we will see a lot of that list in the atmosphere, instability and mix up, and that's what is driving in this pop-up storms. we're going to see this trend's. but for now, let's rain. we need rain during this time of year, but what we need is lightning or or dry lightning associated with with these storms. futurecast showing us continuing to be the trend as we head into the morning hours. this is just one model, but it is showing it accurately. to add to that, our air quality, still out the best. best. we're still sitting in that moderate section. for those those of you who suffer from allergies, before, he adviser is is in effect until 8:00, but les

but let's break down the numbers. it's nothing like yesterday, nothing close to tha. to that. 90s in the santa clara valley, 90s as we head off to the east to the east lynne hills and yesterday we were dealing with 107 in fairfield, a huge drop just from yesterday alone. 70s and 60s, close to san francisco. as we head into the next couple days, it starts averaging out significantly. take a look at your microphone . . it was 103 just coast to concd to concord we are dealing with 90s and eventually hades into the weekend. > >> let's take a look at the roadways that you're getting ready to make that right out of the south bay. we have a bit of a snag if you are taking 680 northbound near mckee. that's where crews are working on a cross involving an overturned vehicle, and we've got brake lights and delays because of it. it. >

>> now that we see our sensors, hopefully they've got that cleared out in the number four lane to the shoulder. it is getting busy out of san jose, along 860, 101, to 80 traffic continues to be pretty slow into into that ride to the altamont packet 27 minute late over 680, and traffic telling of the bay bridge toll plaza also. meeting lights are on at the san mateo bridge westbound, if you're headed towards 101, seeing the extra volume this morning, but no major issues or brake lights in your travel time sitting at 15 minutes as you head over to 101. get yourself extra time now now that there is more cars on the roadway. > >> the time is 6:19. making a big splash in the big leagues. the draft rookie showing he's got what it takes. > >> why britney's x

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> >> welcome back. let's take a quick checkup that lunchtime forecast. i hope you are hungry. hungry. i'm kidding. not yet. let's take a look at our daytims daytime highs. we're still heating up into the 90s in the inland areas, but what's the concern for us is our first alert doppler hd had nothing is too bad right now that we have seen rain pick up in the atmosphere as we extended to the the afternoon. it's going to become more unstable. we're just just concerned about dry lightning or lightning associated with the pop-up storms. it does not look bad right now, but don't be shocked if you see a pop-up storm in your area heading into the afternoon here that will be the trend around the evening when things start cooling down. we are left without marine layer, so we'll keep you updated in the the weather center. it's another another first alert weather day.

> >> i am a little hungry. you guys were talking about soup du? soup dumplings? >> we're already taking you out for lunch. >> we'll have to plan that out. i need to find out what this is all about. > >> the ex-husband a pop star britney spears will be in court in napa county today. hello, b. hello, britney. he will be in c. in court. both charges are felonies. he's accused of selling a $2000 bracelet. alexander was booked into jail in napa county after being transported from ventura county. . he was in jail there on battery and trespassing charges after crashing britney's wedding. he's in trouble for a couple of things if you are following along, for stealing and then crashing her wedding. >> i'm curious about the wedding. why? why did he need to

to do that? >> he was married to britney for for like 55 hours, so clearly, just not over it and needs to go go to the next wedding. what's going on? >> it does not sound like he's doing so great. > >> you know what they say about a woman scorned. what do they s? they say? a woman in a small town in australia took out a full newspaper ad and did not hold back. it reads, dear steve. steve. i hope you are happy witr with her now, the whole town will know wow, what a filthy cheater you are. the letter is signed as jenny with, ps, i bought this ad using your credid credit card. the newspaper says they won't release any information on the woman who took out the ad despite what the the adway to do it, to get him to pay for the ad, but it sounds like she may have to pay for that.

>> i don't know. do you want to put your dirty laundry out there there like that in a full-page ad? >> but if you are, put your last last name. we're we don't know what led up to that that what made her want to go that far. we we would like to think there is a reason there. >> i'm sure there was if she took out a newspaper ad to let everyone know. steve, sorry, due sorry, dude. > >> it is now 6:26. still ahead this morning, the housing market, cooling down what realtors are advising if you are are in the market to buy or sel. or sell. > >> and the monterey car show, making a come back this weekend

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>> time for a look at this morning's top stories. governor newsom is seeing more signature support for safe consumption drs consumption drugs sites. the democratic club announced the coalition of san francisco democratic love that wants mayor mayor london breed signed the bill. the letter sent to the governor's office said this bill bill could prevent debts and connect drug users to resources they need. if the governor proves the bill, the three cities would have to bow to optn opt in hit opponents of the bill bill say these sites could hurt communities and businesses. > >> liz cheney lost her bid for a a fourth term for her house

sepia cheney supper the defeat in today's primary to her trump endorsed challenger, harriet hegman. cheney's popularity in the heavily populated state fell fell after she voted to impeach a president after the january 6th riot. > >> oregon power company, facing lawsuits acute of working california's most destructive wildfire this year. the mckinney mckinney fire in siskiyou countt county burnt nearly 60,000 acres. it destroyed more than 100 homes and killed four people. five residents are suine suing the power company pacificorp, blaming it for igniting the fire because of the the company's poorly maintained. maintained utilities. > >> thank you for joining us today, and it's a first alert weather day. i know there's a lot going on, but we have to pae to pause and enjoy this right here. what a beautiful sunrise. >> it is so stunning. we have just been feeling a day after day. first alert weather day after first alert weather day in in the bay area you let soak this moment in because as we head into this afternoon, things things are shaking up a little

bit more. the sun is rising. we're going to heat up as we head into the afternoon, and speaking up heating up, it's a reason we are seeing so much instability in our atmosphere. we are starting off with a check check of the doppler. as we zoom zoom in closer to home, we're seeing pop-up storms happen. what's going on in science terms terms is there's a mini trough pushing its way in, and that he'd write this, he always will rise, and as we head into the afternoon, daytime highs will be be potent toasty. that will allow for instability in the atmosphere. we're seeing it this this morning as we're waking up. up. mostly rain, and that's not the concerned. the rain, we can handle that, but what we don't want to see if lightning associated with t-storms and multi-cell storms to a. as you take a look at futurecast, we will see pop-up storms happen into the afternoon. we will break that down more coming up in your full forecast, but for now, coming back to you. > >> i wish my traffic live shot looked as beautiful as your sunrise. we've got traffic as

you work your way into san francisco. those lights are on, and it is slow for that commute into the city this morning. plan plan for that. looking at travel travel times at 14 minutes from the maze to san francisco . meter lights turn on at 5:45 this morning. our other area bridges look good. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. looking foggy, but no advisories have been issued, and and traffic is moving at the limit with no delays down to the the golden gate bridge. that's about a 90 minute ride. right now, everything looks clear lung lung eight 80. no delays. > >> president biden shined the inflation reduction act into lay law tuesday, cementing a victory victory for democrats in his domestic agenda. republicans claimed taxes in the bill could increase prices. cbs' bradley blackburn has more. >> reporter: with some fanfare at the white house, president biden marked a major win tuesday, signing the inflation reduction act into law geared >> let me say from the start that this law, the american people won and the special

interests lost. >> reporter: the president called it one of the most significant loss in the nation's nation's history, committing nearly $400 billion to fight climate change. it also caps out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for medicare recipients. >> it's not just about today. it's about tomorrow. it's about delivering progress and prosperity to american families. families. it's about showing the the americans and american people that democracy still works in america. >> reporter: the bill passed the the senate without republican support and after west virginia virginia senator joe manchin won won some concessions for fossil. fossil fuels. >> you have to have a vibrant fossil industry able to produce the power we need today and be e the future, and that's what we're doing. >> reporter: while democrats called it the inflation reduction act, nonpartisan analysts say it will have minimal effects on high prices

the republicans criticized the billions of dollars in spending. spending. >> democrats, more than any other majority in history, are addicted to spending other people's money. regardless, of what we as a country can afford. >> reporter: the law will be funded through higher corporate taxes and tougher tax enforcement by the irs here bradley blackburn, cbs news. > >> mystica live look from the south bay this morning where home prices are starting to fall. from the beginning of june june to the end of july, the median home price in santa clara clara county dropped by more than 5%. that's the biggest drop drop of any major market in the country. kpix 5's kiet do find out why. >> reporter: can we go in? >> sure. >> reporter: in a rough-and-tumble bay area market, either buying or selling selling a home is already tough enough. you're buying and selling right now? >> imp area just shoot me. >> reporter: christine burrows is selling her current home and

and is also looking for a new one during an unusual time. this this is the home purchase sentiment index put out by fannie mae that tracks how people feel about homebuying. it's now at a 10 year low. buyers have not been this this permit and sick in a decade. >> reporter: everything stopped when it was perceived that the media was saying the sky is fal. is falling. >> reporter: and it's not . >> not even close. >> reporter: is it as bad as people are saying? >> what we're seeing on the streets is a return to normal market. >> reporter: brad gill, founder founder of next home lifestyles, lifestyles, set after the pandemic, they saw sharp downturn. prices were up 30%. people wanted more room and wer. were upgrading. gilson with nasdaq to combine would record inflation and higher interest rates, it's cooling off buyers. >> we don't want that frequency approach is going so fast. we

don't want buyers out there over over bidding properties throughout the entire year by $200,000 because it increases prices to fast, and that's how we wanted to trouble. with home sitting on the market longer, buyers can make offers with lowr with lower programs. >> reporter: the market favors first-time homebuyers, gibson said. this has an asking price of just under 1 million. >> it's only going to take them 50% of the down payment or less than it was in the previous market because in the previous market, you need a 20% down as well as additional, in case there was any over bidding you had to do above and beyond with how it was appraised for. >> reporter: here's an opportunity. >> reporter: christina says if you are thinking of buying a home now, do not compare today's today's rates to the historic lows we saw during the darkest days of the pandemic. >> don't overthink the interest rates because it's all

relative. the interest rate is w is low as you compare it to the history of interest rates. this is nothing. this is still almost almost free money. >> reporter: in santa clara, kiet do, kpix 5 > >> let's talk football. being an an undrafted free agent can be a a tough start for young athletes athletes training to be in the nfl. as kpix 5's charlie walter reports, one 49er is making it easier on coaches. >> packers quarterback jordan love is being counted on to replace aaron rodgers in the near future, so to put this into into perspective, a pair of rookie defendants for san francisco intercepted the former former first round or three times, they got to them. the first pick was undrafted rookie, rookie linebacker, who intercepted the past, returned a a 57 yards to the house. back in in april when the team signed him, he was working at a home depot. he spoke about it this wk this week and his appreciation about being in the nfl. >> it sucked i did not get in. i i would've been and that i

would've been so hyped. i'm just just like appreciative just to be on that field for the first time as an nfl player. it's a big deal for me, and to be accepted by the guys on the team, from the coaches to the gs the guys in the cafeteria then make our food, i'm real deal appreciative of everybody that plays a part in my growing stage stage every day, you know, within this organization. >> with the red and gold report, report, i'm charlie walter. > >> update this morning. monterey monterey car week is making its return with more than $1 billion billion worth of supercars and lamborghini is debuting an exclusive standout featured at the show. kpix 5's betty yu, she got the chance to get behind behind the wheel. >> today is a perfect day for a spider. >> reporter: perfect day. 100 degrees in los gatos. >> let's get inside.

>> reporter: woo hoo. i was told it is just like driving a regular car. and you'll hear it? it? with a lot more power, theater, and performance. this spider takes care of the rest, with a top speed of 201 miles per hour, and a price tag of $230,000. >> let's try. >> reporter: about 640 horsepower, to be exact . to really wrap things up, ceo of lamborghini america andrea baldy showed us on winding roads. the the lamborghini's distinctive growl could be heard in the bacd the background. it busiest got a a chance to view the latest, the the first on display in the state. >> for us, the u.s. market is by by far the most important one around the world, and inside the

the u.s., the california is the biggest one. this is a vibrant a vibrant area, and it's in the week of the monterey car week, so it's important. >> reporter: chairman stephane said the italian brand is selling more cars than they can produce. lamborghini posted a record-setting sales result for for the first half of 2022. marcus thomas of union city received one of them here >> it was a bucket list item. i told myself once i can afford one, i will buy you. i am now on on my third of these. >> go, go, go. yes! >> reporter: as far as mine onn on loan? no speeding tickets were given. in los gatos, betty yu, kpix 5. >> los gatos is a little far, but betty, pick us up. >> we want to live betty's life.

. maybe one day, we'll all get to drive a lamborghini. fingers crossed. > >> back-to-school supplies aren't just pencils and noteboos and notebooks anymore. coming up, we will talk with an expert about the gadgets your student may need and where to get them. > >> stop everything you are doing. look at the screen. the sun rises beautiful this morning . we're seeing a little bit of just instability in our atmosphere as we wake up we will will talk more about what's to come in this afternoon's forecast. > >> let's look at the market right now. opened up 10 minutes ago, and looks like the dow is down 200 points. we'll have mo

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money watch report. here is a quick live look at the big board board right now. the dow is down just over 200 points right now. now. dow jones industrial average, falling sharply ahead of the highly anticipated latest latest policy meeting. > >> big victory for walmart and its pregnancy discrimination case. a judge ruled the temporary light-duty policy lawfully only covered workers injured on the job and did not include -- illegally exclude pregna s walmart claimed walmart claimed it wasn't limited to workers on the job to to help reduce costs and help build employee morale. > >> mile might be a great job to book a flight at ticket prices are expected to drop for the second straight week, despite airfare costs being more than 25% higher than this time a year year ago airline tickets dropped dropped 7.8% in july and nearly 40% since may. according to the travel data site hopper, the average domestic flight is set to drop again next month before spiking again in october. >

>> students everywhere, including mine, are gearing up for a new school year, and for them, that means it's time for a a gadget refresh. with so many choices, sales, new devices launching this fall, it can be overwhelming for a lot of parents on where to start. that's why we're here to help, and we turned to our wired wednesday tech: west jennifer jolly to give us a scoop. my kids start school today. it is overwhelming just to get them prepared, so help us out. where do we start? >> got gone hands-on with more than 300 devices to come up with with my top picks for back-to-school gadgets this yea. this year. whenever i'm doing testing, i'm looking for something simple, portable, but a common problem like sleep. i know how many kids are going back to school in the bay area today, and a new study shows kids not getting enough sleep might hinder neurocognitive development, which impacts memory, intelligence, and well-being, so be sure to take gadgets out of the bedrooms,

using old-fashioned alarm clock, clock, or use something like this sleep training soother. this can help create ideal sleep sleep patterns and environments and stories, songs, a glowing ceiling projector, and a powerful bluetooth speaker backed by science and expertise. . this is one of the things i can't for one of my best friends friends over in almeda for her s her kids who are all under the age of 13. this has been a big help for them. just getting ready to go back to school. >> just getting back in the swing of things because summer, you have been sleeping in and getting to bed late, so it will her a lot of parents. so important. we see a lot of early education gadgets and reading for language, what about science and technology? what about s.t.e.m.? that's important as well. >> that is so important, we're seeing a push into this with this early education, gadgets and devices. science and educatn and education it it's a great

way to encourage creativity and curiosity, one of the gadgets that stood out was this geosafari scientific tool that can open a new world for your kids without overwhelming them. this is a fully functional microscope that comes with a times magnification, extra-large eye pieces, kids i focusing now, and a bright l.e.d. to illuminate all kinds of discoveries. a great first foray foray into science that isn't all about grabbing that microscope and accidentally setg accidentally setting something on fire. i may or may not have done that in my childhood. i'm not going to confess to anythin. to anything. >> you have to let me know the answer to that later, just saying. we know toddlers and kids as young as 5 and 6 are

really good at computers. i have have an 8-year-old and 3-year-old, and the 8-year-old is good. what is the right age to actually get them a device of of their own? i know during the pandemic, they were forced to be on computers earlier than expected. protect the common consensus for a pc, laptop, tablet type device is 10 is about the right age for a starter computer. these days, that really is the number one tool for hool, but it's re rdabe it one of the picks that stood out to me this year, lenovo's chromebook duet three. it's one of the best small two and one chromebooks around, and a great value for the price. the 11 inch inch tablet comes with a detachable keyboard, build and stand and cover for all the inevitable drops and spills. plus, it's lightweight, portable for homework, and feature solid performance. 10 plus battery life and build and virus protection, so those are a lot of the important things to lookr look for when you're looking for for that first device. >> that battery life is very important. thank you so much, jen it always that's good information and you can read jenna putting his weekly column on the local usa today" or go to

to her website for more information. > >> let's get a look at the forecast. kids are heading back to school. >> i'm so excited for anyone heading back to school. it's a very active weather day for us. i know yesterday was alarming for our east inland hills, where where we were dealing with excessive heat across the board. . solano county is still under that heat advisory today, but nothing like yesterday. let's break it down in our forecast, starting with first alert doppler. it's another first alert weather day in the bay area. there is a chance of lightning associated with all these pop-up storms, and you're probably wondering why is this happening? the scientific term behind this is a trough pushing through whitlow pressure come back and go on for days. heat rises, and as we head into the afternoon, we will continue to see heat rise in the earth's surface starts to warm up your daytime highs are still warm, so so at that heat rises and instability occurs, we're going to be left with pop-up storms

just like this, like what we're dealing with in the peninsula. it will be more severe as we head into the afternoon as he continues to rise, and that outlook continues to shake its way up into the bay area, but what we're concerned about is the lightning associated with the storms. we're seeing rain, and that's the way we like it in in the bay area, but we're still still keeping a close eye on the the doppler. air quality, not looking the best tht it's bette yesterday, we were sitting in the unhealthy section. today ist is just moderate. for people are are sensitive to allergies like me, be cautious as you head outdoors today. solano county, under heat advisory and extended extended until the afternoon hours, but daytime highs today, not like yesterday. we were at 107 yesterday. 97 today. we're going to cool down as we head into the next couple days. san francisco, sitting in the low 60s , 70s and the peninsula. we will stay mild as we head into the weekend, but we're cooling

down more often those in east bay areas all the way into the 80s as early as sunday. we'll keep you updated into weather center. > >> let's take a look at the runways right now. if you're getting ready to get up early, get out the door, if you're headed to san jose, it is low in in some spots, especially 101. you got a crashbacking traffic back there. visit northbound 101 101 at oakland road, and you can can see speeds tipping down 14 miles an hour. if you can use 680, that might be a good alternate. you might try 280 or 87 guadalupe parkway. that the pans where your commute takes you . 101 slow because of the as you work your way northbound near the oakland road exit . let's take a look at traffic elsewhere. if you are headed into the altamont pass area, if you are a supercomputer, your travel time is 50 minutes. no wind advisory, but it is coming out of tracy. you will see the bulk of delays and brake lights as you approach the dublin interchange. live look at the

toll plaza. metering lights were were turned on about an hour ago about 5:45 this morning. just looking at our live shot, you can see that backup extending beyond that 880 overpass with approach are starting to see that extra volume. live look right at the san mateo bridge. westbound traffic, building up as you work way across 101. no major issues along the san mateo mateo bridge. if you're headed to 101 , it's getting busy.directions as you're working your way out of san mateo. plan for that this morning and plan for things to be busy around school areas. > >> still ahead this morning, santa clara county gives an update on its covid transmissios transmission levels. > >> speaking of back-to-school, before we head to break, let's take a live

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>> live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. morning commute is in full swing. a lot of people , , headed over to work in school this morning, so give yourself extra time heading into the city. > >> zooming out from the bay bridge, a little bit larger now. now. we're seeing a little bit of a marine layer pushing its way in pure clouds,s. we will be seeing lots of instability as as we head into the afternoon and even as we take a quick look look at our doppler. we're seeing a little bit of rain in the bay area. no lighting associated with the storms, and that's been the case all morning, but if you live in palo palo alto, redwood city, san mateo, were texting sprinkles, and we'll continue to keep you updated here in the weather center. >> is it enough to make the roadways wet at all? >> barely. that's when you see moderate pockets of rain. when you see them yellow on the doppler, that the best chance. right now, it is dry. it's where where it dissipates into the

atmosphere. sorry, i had to nerd nerd out. >> not much of a concern. > >> tune in for the latest bay area ♪ ♪ welcome to "cbs mornings" and hello to you, our viewers on the west coast. we're all here. let's go to today's eye opener. it's your world in 90 seconds. >> two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. >> one of donald trump's strongest critics is out of a j job. what liz cheney's loss means for the gop. rudy giuliani is scheduled to testifyef