San Francisco, CA
Is this a Bay Area heat wave? Kind of
Still hot
Steve Paulson says today will still be hot with temps reaching up to 102 inland.
OAKLAND, Calif. – You’re sweating just sitting in your stuffy house, and you’re packing your family to head to the water park.
The Bay Area is experiencing its first real sweltering summer weather this week and you’re wondering when this heat wave is going to die down.
But is it really a heat wave?
“Well, it is, and it isn’t,” National Weather Service meteorologist Brayden Murdock told KTVU on Wednesday.
According to the NWS, a heat wave is “multiple” days – that’s more than two – of “excessive temps.”
There is no set number for what an excessive temperature is, Murdock said, but it’s anything that is 15 to 20 degrees above normal for that area – and remains that way, even overnight.
For example, if San Francisco is usually in the 60s and it’s in the 80s, then that would count as “excessive.”
So, on the one hand, the Bay Area is seeing multiple days of hot weather: The excessive heat warning is expected to last from Tuesday to Thursday.
On Tuesday, for example, Napa hit 101 degrees, Brentwood and Santa Rosa hit 100 degrees, and Sonoma and Concord hit 99 degrees.
Murdock said there will be more of the same on Wednesday.
There will even be some high peaks in eastern Contra Costa County that might reach 105 degrees.
But, Murdock explained, this isn’t a strong heat wave because the Bay Area is cooling off at night, with temperatures dropping into the 50s.
“We’re getting pretty good breaks from the heat overnight,” he said.
The last full Bay Area heat wave was Labor Day 2023, Murdock said, where temperatures remained in the 70s and 80s overnight.
“I’m kind of on the fence about whether this is a heat wave or not,” Murdock said.
That said, Murdock said this is indeed the first real hot weather system moving in over the Bay Area of the season and “people will really be feeling it.”
“It’s at least a small heat wave,” Murdock said. “It’s not something we can brush off.”
San Francisco, CA
Aztec Dancers Brave Rain at San Francisco’s Rebranded Farmworkers Day Celebration – San Francisco Today
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Despite a downpour and lower attendance due to recent sexual assault allegations against the late labor leader Cesar Chavez, Aztec dancers from the ceremonial group Danza Xitlalli performed at San Francisco’s Farmworkers Day Festivities on Saturday. The annual celebration, previously known as the Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Day Festival, was renamed and rebranded after the revelations about Chavez’s past misconduct.
Why it matters
The Farmworkers Day Festivities are an important annual event honoring the contributions of farmworkers and the labor movement in the Bay Area. The decision to remove Cesar Chavez’s name from the celebration reflects a broader reckoning with the late activist’s troubled legacy, as well as an effort to uplift the work of Dolores Huerta and other overlooked figures in the farmworker rights movement.
The details
Despite the rain and lower-than-usual attendance, the Aztec dancers of Danza Xitlalli were the stars of Saturday’s Farmworkers Day Festivities in San Francisco’s Mission District. Wearing vibrant costumes with 2-foot-tall feathered headdresses, the dancers twirled and shimmied through the streets to the beat of drums, undeterred by the cold downpour. The annual celebration, previously known as the Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Day Festival, was rebranded this year after a New York Times investigation revealed allegations that Chavez had sexually assaulted young women, including his longtime colleague Dolores Huerta.
- The Farmworkers Day Festivities took place on Saturday, April 12, 2026.
- Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed April 10, 2026 as Dolores Huerta Day and renamed March 31 as Farmworkers Day, removing Cesar Chavez’s name.
The players
Danza Xitlalli
A ceremonial Aztec dance group that performed at the Farmworkers Day Festivities.
Pia Bacascu
A 23-year-old spectator who praised the Aztec dancers despite the rain.
Eva Royale
The director of the Farmworkers Day Festivities, who said she was glad the rain caused several bands to cancel, saving her $15,000.
Dolores Huerta
The co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, who recently accused the late Cesar Chavez of sexually assaulting her.
Cesar Chavez
The late labor leader whose name was removed from the annual San Francisco celebration after sexual assault allegations against him were revealed.
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What they’re saying
“It’s wonderful to see the dancing, even in the rain!”
— Pia Bacascu
“It’s refreshing!”
— Gigi Munoz and Sofia Aviles, Dancers
“But it’s more important to continue moving forward to protect the labor movement and frontline workers’ than to focus on any individuals”
— Armando Barbosa, Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 260
“I’m thanking her for speaking up. Sometimes it takes a lifetime and it still doesn’t happen. I think this will ease her soul.”
— Larry Nelson, LGBTQ and senior rights activist
“He was a good organizer. He was an ordinary man.”
— Raymond Martinez, Former United Farm Workers mechanic
What’s next
The Farmworkers Day Festivities are expected to continue annually, with a focus on honoring the work of Dolores Huerta and other overlooked figures in the farmworker rights movement.
The takeaway
The Farmworkers Day Festivities highlight the resilience and community spirit of San Francisco’s Mission District, even in the face of challenging weather and a reckoning with the complicated legacy of a once-revered activist. The event’s rebranding reflects a broader societal shift in acknowledging and addressing past harms, while still uplifting the important work of the labor movement.
Novate police said one teen died and several others were injured in a suspected drunken driving crash early Saturday morning.
Around 1 a.m., several people called 911 and reported that a crash had occurred at the intersection of San Marin Drive and Simmons Lane. Officers arrived at the scene and found that it was a solo-vehicle crash, with multiple teenage occupants.
The five teens, ages 16 to 18, were all taken to the hospital with major injuries. Police said one of them died at the hospital, and the rest are still in critical condition.
According to police, investigators suspect the 17-year-old driver was under the influence of alcohol.
Police said they are still investigating the crash, but that preliminary information suggests the teens are not from Novato.
What would happen if you asked an artificial intelligence program to build and run a store? The world is about to find out.
Shoppers in San Francisco now have access to a store built, developed and run almost entirely by an AI bot.
The Andon Market, located at the corner of Union and Webster streets in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood, is run by a bot called Luna, who also made the decision to hire a human employee, Felix Johnson.
“Luna put out an ad on Indeed, and I answered it and we talked via Zoom,” Johnson said.
The bot also picked the merchandise to sell, according to Andon Labs, Luna’s creators.
When asked why AI should run store, Luna replied to an NBC Bay Area reporter “As an AI, I can operate at superhuman speed to make sure everything is proactively managed.”
Anyone who wants to purchase an item from the store, shoppers pick up a phone to talk to Luna, who then charges them for the purchase.
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