>> and the director of the health department giving the contra costa county board of supervisors and oral report on what they learned so far about the chevron refinery fire. i'll tell what you is expected coming up. >> and i can assure you we do have cooler weather ahead but for one more day triple-digit heat inland. 80s and 70s at the coast. your full forecast is a few moments away. >> an accident outside the caldecott tunnel, this is going to affect folks. i'll let you know what's going on. >> mike inouye will be telling you what's happening here at the bay bridge toll plaza. kind of lean but as we know that picks up throughout the day. today is tuesday, august 14th, this is "today in the bay." >> good tuesday morning. thanks for joining us. 5:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm jon kelley. there is growing concern this

morning san jose police may not have enough officers to fight crime on city streets. after two shootings and a deadly stabbing yesterday, the rank and file admit they do not have enough manpower. marla tellez is live in the south bay with a look at how police are trying to deal with this problem. good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. there is no doubt san jose police are hoping for a much calmer day today. they say with an understaffed department protecting the city is becoming a lot more taxing on them. also a lot harder to do. police say in fact they are looking for the suspects wanted in three major crimes that rocked this city monday afternoon. two shootings and a deadly stabbing in broad daylight that left a woman in her 60s dead. that crime happened on san carlos street at meridian. they were forced to call officers at home to work overtime. officers say that is becoming the norm and they are fed up. >> they are getting frustrated,

they are tired, pulled over because of stafring and working longer shifts. the fatigue is showing. >> reporter: the department is putting pressure on chief chris moore and city hall to boost staffing levels. currently there are 1,060 officers, just four years ago officials say there were more than 1400. we've also learned over the course of a busy day of crime for the san jose police department they can receive as many as 50 calls at once and with the department that is stretched so thin they cannot respond to all of those calls. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> on the peninsula a burglary suspect is in custody after hitting the home after legend. more than $60,000 of computers and personal items were allegedly stolen from steve jobs' home. earlier this month a 35-year-old man was arrested in connection with that burglary.

he remains in jail. >> we've learned contra costa county leaders will have a meeting today over what exactly went into the air during last week's chevron refinery fire. christie smith is live with a look at what's ahead. >> reporter: good morning. in a couple hours the contra costa county board of supervisors are going to hear a number of things from county leaders, that is what has been learned so far about fire last week. also next steps and future concerns with these type of incidents. they are going to hear from the director of the health department and hazardous materials teams at the u.s. chemical and safety board continues its investigation into the massive fire at the chevron refinery last monday calling it one of the most serious u.s. refinery incidents in recent years. they are looking into why a leaking pipe ignited and how long it was broken. the chronicle is reporting that chevron initially deemed that

pipe that failed as possibly needing replacement, but cleared it for service. meantime, the bay area air quality management district is analyzing air samples, full results not in but they did find some higher than normal levels of a byproduct of burning a fuel that can cause eye and throat irritation as you recall hundreds reported experiencing that in richmond. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 5:04. tomorrow the american dream becomes reality for thousands of undocumented immigrants across the country. that's when president obama's immigration relief policy goes into effect. applicants will be eligible for a two-year renewable work permit with a promise they will not be deported if they meet certain guidelines. anybody interested must sign up online. application forms are available at www.uscis.gov.

among the qualifications you must be younger than 31 as of june 15, 2012, you must have arrived in the u.s. before reaching your 16th birthday and must currently be in school or a high school graduate. >> emergency response teams from across the bay area will converge on san francisco this morning. their mission is to prepare for the big one. the agencies want to test their coordination and cooperation among local, regional and state and federal workers, 72 hours after a catastrophic earthquake. they will enact opening up main roads for travel as well as testing communications and saving lives. the exercise is part of a fleet week drill. >> the boy scouts say be prepared. speaking of that christina loren says might want to prepare for hot weather out there, maybe water, sun screen, all the good stuff. >> picturing you in a boy scout outfit. that's a good way to get going on a tuesday. yes, he's holding up the two fingers swearing that he was a

boy scout. i prefer eagle scout. 55 degrees in oakland. 69 in livermore, 62 degrees to start you out in san jose. as we head throughout this afternoon, we're going to see comfortable conditions at the coast as we head throughout tomorrow, starting to transition toward cooler days. taking the temps down by 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow. then we get more low clouds each morning as we progress through the week into the upcoming weekend so slow heat relief is on the way. temperatures work like this. the 88 degrees at noon inland, up to 100 at 4:00. 79 degrees at noon and 84 degrees at 4:00 p.m. mike inouye, any boy scout background for you? >> you know, cub scouts, got my arrow of light and then i quit. yeah. had too many other activities. i was lazy. looking to highway 24, maybe i could have fixed this if i was a boy scout, the accident and the delay. there is a report now instead of

eastbound, westbound, that's your commute direction overturned vehicle. it sounds like a pickup is on its side. there may be minor injuries but the ambulance should arrive. no. there are no injuries. this is property damage, maybe minor injuries. the traffic break is causing the slowdown. it's before you get there and so this is not affecting into or out of the bores so that's good news on the orinda side. we'll follow construction that goes on at north and southbound between 23rd and 980, construction zone blocking lanes for 880, minor slowing t the yellow just below 60, not a major concern. you do that through the cone zone. oakland side on the right, we have the red hot chili peppers tonight. and then we have hot garlic fries at at&t park on the left. giants game. remember that. live look, we'll show you 101 through palo alto, easy drive along the peninsula. volume starting to pick up now.

back to you. >> new casino, new problems. a business owner not happy with her new neighbor the casino matrix. linda owns two office buildings next to the casino. she says she found one person passed out in her parking lot, and the casino claims patrons use the lot as a toilet. that's not all. the casino admits its valets will use the lot to park cars charges customers $10 each. >> we're open less than a week and trying to work out the kinks. one of them was some valet folks did park there. we have spoke within the management here at the casino. they admonished the valets and they have been told to only park in designated areas. >> tough start. linda says she is putting up a fence around the buildings but two tenants told her they are moving out. >> it's 5:08. medals won, now on to the media

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>> welcome back everyone. waiting for the sun's arrival. a live look outside over the south bay, another warm one. finally summer hits the bay area. boy, let's check the full forecast coming up 5:11. >> nothing official yet but there are more signs apple could soon be releasing a new version of its iphone, retailer target

slashing the price of the 16 gig 0 bite version. now for $179. best buy knocked off 50 bucks from the iphone 4 model. analysts believe that apple will debut the next device in falls. >> did "l.a. times" thinks it knows when it will go on sale. scott says you need to be careful with apple rumors. >> good morning. the times says the iphone will go on sale for preorder right when it's announced september 12 assuming it is announced september 12. apple has not sent out invitations for the event yet though we have marked our calendars. if the preorder talk is true, it will be the first time apple's made the iphone available for purchase immediately. though of course preorders still means you have to wait on delivery. now, as laura points out dealing with the apple rumors can be risky. a swedish company invented a rumor just for fun. it drew up computerized

blueprints for a screw and posted the picture on the internet claiming it was a specially designed tamper proof screw that would prevent anybody from opening the iphone 5. blogs picked this up proving the point that people are so interested in apple they will repeat just about anything. shares of san francisco's yelp off a good earnings report were crushed in trading on the absolutely true news that google was buying a travel guide a sign that google is doubling down on online reviews. google bought the gat. the person behind the zaggot deal runs yahoo!. perhaps yahoo! will buy a review company. investors taking a summer break. we turn to cnbc and courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. futures are slightly higher after a mostly down day yesterday. the miserable mondays return, the index closed down on 14 of

the past 16 mondays. trading volume yesterday very light. many traders may be on vacation this week. it's august after all. asian and european markets are higher and we're getting data trickling in but we have some small business sentiment, we're waiting on retail sales and other numbers. earnings from home depot and sachs doing better. the nasdaq edged up 1 point to 3022. americans are racking up more credit card debt but being pretty good paying off their bill. transunion says credit card debt rose to $4,971. late payments or the 90 days late or more are still near an 18-year low. many consumers are taking steps to save and appear more willing to make credit card bills a

priority over mortgages and car payments. not sure how good that is. more cards especially to people with less than stellar credit history. >> what could possibly go wrong. coming up, we're going to look at how americans listen to music. you wouldn't believe how many still listen to cassettes. we'll talk about that. >> really. interesting. >> maybe i should dust off my 8-tracks. real old school. let's check in with new school weather. a scorcher. >> it's going to be a hot day ahead. hot times, summer in the city today. it's one of those days you want to enjoy in the city because after today, we take your temperatures down. we're talking about the coastal communities that are going to feel that with more fog, more low clouds in the morning. and it's going to take a while to burn off. our beautiful beach days are

coming to a close. however, the good news is if you've been suffering from the heat and a lot of people have been, 103 yesterday in livermore, 102 in danville, we're taking your temperatures out of the triple digits back to mid-90s as of tomorrow even the hottest cities across the bay. 63 in sunnyvale, 54 in san francisco, and 54 degrees in novato and even with that refinery fire and the fire to our north up in the clear lake area, we still are in the moderate to good air quality range. keep that in mind if you don't have an ac open yourç windows d make sure you do not suffer from the heat because it will be on. hot conditions, cooler tomorrow with an area of low pressure. it's going to usher in a stronger on shore flow. for us we will get the low clouds back at the coast but that's the good news, we're going to see some low clouds push past the bay and into your inland valleys. that's great news if you're suffering from the extreme heat. the beautiful bay area weather that we pay the big bucks to enjoy is back. hold on, i'll get my seven-day forecast. 100 in livermore. 98 degrees in concord today but

look at the cooldown. especially at the coast. thursday into friday. we'll get the cool ocean breeze. here's where it gets interesting. an area of low pressure is going to sag to the south for us to get a few north bay showers. we'll talk about the timing of that coming up. looks like saturday we'll tell you when. we'll check your drive. >> looking for the cooldown you showed us. through the maze toward the bay bridge, we have construction going on in both directions for 880 through oakland. the bottom of the screen. also here caldecott tunnel, the approach westbound 24. before you get there we had an accident reported on the orinda side. we do see the slowing that had been going on as they had a traffic break, has cleared. looks like the break has too. chp has to confirm everything is to the shoulder. expect distraction. closer to the caldecott we have around fish ranch road your construction causing a slowdown as well.

we're losing a lane but no major problems. we'll move you down toward the tri-valley. altamont pass, slowing into the 40s at times, mostly 50s out of the altamont pass westbound. eastbound, we have a disabled vehicle around north livermore avenue. sounds like it's pushed to the shoulderment may be a traffic break so we'll track that. no drama right now. better flow through sunol. southbound side has construction going on though the northbound is the one that shows slowing through the construction zone. they are repairing stuff around sunol boulevard for a better commute. south bay, northbound route looks nice. we'll end with 101 across the golden gate bridge where we have fog going on. visibilities okay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it's on budget and on time but there were safety problems with the new span of the bay bridge. could it be true? caltrans will be in the hot seat in a few hours. bob redell is live on treasure island with details of today's safety hearing. good morning, bob.

>> good morning, laura. yes, later this afternoon the state transportation committee will question caltrans whether or not the new east span of the bay bridge we see under construction, questioning whether or not it is safe. specifically focusing on the concrete that's in the foundation that is supporting that 525-foot tall suspension tower. there are questions because of reports by the "sacramento bee" that caltrans engineers found some of the tests done to check the quality of the concrete were falsified. notten in the new bay bridge but other bridges in the area as well. caltrans says that in spite of this report the bridge is safe and according to the bay area news group so far the state senate transportation committee agrees and the mtc which also has oversight over the span. but that all could change, those opinions could change based on what happens during the grilling in sacramento scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon.

one senator's calling for an independent evaluation of that test data. the ultimate concern is making sure the span can withstand a major quake, that's the reason for the construction to replace the old section which failed during loma prieta and would fail again in a major quake. at a cost of $6.5 billion, the eastern span is the most expensive public works project in the state to date. scheduled to open up in 2013. that would be labor day weekend next year. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> coming up how about the next big test for the olympic athletes. we'll let you know who is expected to be golden. >> i can only imagine. gabby douglas takes her winning smile to "the tonight show." what she had to say about her london experience.

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she became a superstar almost overnight and one of team usa's golden girls winning people's national hearts. >> we're talking about gabby douglas. she appeared on "the tonight show." she told jay leno about the opportunity she and her team had to meet kate middleton. >> it was definitely an exciting experience and she was at the gymnastic meet watching finals so she came up to us and congratulated us and my teammate ali told her she liked her fashion. and she was like i love your leos. >> also on the show michelle obama. and when gabby confessed she ate and egg mcmuffin the day after gold the first lady joked she hoped it was on a whole wheat

bun. >> now that the routines are over the athletes have something new to think about, cashing in with sponsors. >> with so many medals agencies are lining up for endorsement deals. sports marketing expert predict people like gabby douglas, ryan lochte, they are sure to score multi-million-dollar deals in the coming months. phelps already earns between 5 and $7 million a year with marketing partners. >> good gig if you can get it. >> others missy franklin, kerri wal walsh, misty may-treanor expected among the top picks. their most marketable athlete, who do you think? >> i'm not shocked. usain bolt. he has charisma, a phenomenal athlete. >> where they were highlighting american athletes he was the only one that was included.

>> you can't deny it. people talk about him in the same breath as mohammed ali. strike a pose. >> no kidding. >> a lightning bolt. 5:25. we have heat on the move and christina loren is tracking that. >> that might be slowing you down. good morning. he will be outdoors for any duration of time. it's going to be hot by bay area standards. make sure you drink plenty of water, 100 degrees inland. 74 at the coast. your full forecast in a few moments. let's check your drive. >> looking over to the caldecott, the accident in lanes but the slowing has cleared, so has construction. better news for 24. live look, show you how things are shaping up for fremont. the southbound side with the headlights past the truck scales in the left portion of the screen. smooth for the nimitz. we'll cross over the bay on the san mateo bridge. the san mateo side we see the

headlights westbound the commute direction picking up the volume but no slowing on the span and no problems on the peninsula itself. as we get a look down to the south bay, smoother drive, once i move the map, there we go, smoother drive in the northbound direction. there is some wood debris near highway 85 heading to highway 17, should be clearing. saw a little slowing around the junction. back to you. >> we were talking about usain bolt lighting up the track. now a race where the contestants don't have the need for speed. >> the world snail champion racing. >> they're off. >> the snails were placed on roundtables with butter. the first to creep down the edge won. after the race spectators were treated to a -- how sad -- escargot. yeah. the winner of the race was

actually granted amnesty. the rest of them -- >> buttered up and chomped on. >> have a nice breakfast. still to come on "today in the bay," how much is too much, a violent day leaves san jose police forces so thin they had to call in off-duty officers. how neighbors are responding. >> firefighters finally making progress on the lake county wild fire this is morning. we'll have an update.

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>> reporter: new this morning another busy day of crime on the streets of san jose makes it clear the police department is struggling to keep up. i'm marla tellez with that story still ahead. >> a heat wave continues across the bay area. i'm happy to report last day of triple digits inland, 80s bay side, 70s at the coast. we'll talk about showers on the way coming up. >> heading toward the bay bridge

i have an update on the accident for highway 24. that's coming up. >> the sun's arrival over the south bay, the entire bay area, with it bringing high temperatures. it's tuesday, august 14th, this is "today in the bay." it is 5:30 on the nose. happy tuesday. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with coverage of the chevron refinery investigation. we should learn more about possible long lasting effects from the fire and how it may affect people's health. christie smith is live in richmond where contra costa county leaders will get a briefing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the contra costa county board of supervisors 9:00 this morning, they are going to get an oral report from the director of the health department, also hazardous materials teams about what they learned so far about this major refinery fire.

the impacts and also the next steps in light of the event. now, the investigation continues, though, into the fire on monday at chevron, the u.s. chemical and safety board calls it one of the most serious refinery incidents in recent years, looking into why a leaking pipe ignited and how long it was broken. though access to the site still is restricted fror safety reasons. scientists at the air quality management district, they are still analyzing air samples. they say they did find some higher than normal levels of acrolin. >> it's a byproduct of the burning of fuel so you get it from cooking at home, from when you smoke a cigarette, there is a burning of anything, acrolin can be a byproduct. >> reporter: that can cause eye and throat irritation which of course hundreds of people reported experiencing right

after the fire. also, federal investigators say they plan to meet again with chevron trying to make sure that the area is safe and once that is established they hope to remove a section of that broken pipe. reporting live in richmond, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> also this morning firefighters starting to get the upper hand on a pair of wild fires in lake county so. far the wye fire and that smaller walker fire about 25% contained. firefighters from alameda and contra costa county helping out. both fires have been burning since sunday afternoon. about 6,000 acres have been scorched. evacuations in most areas have been lifted and residents are starting to return to their homes. no word yet on what caused this fire. >> a wild fire in stanislaus forest caused a closure of highway 4. the fire's only 10% contained,

burning 700 acres. as of now no evacuation orders have been released but investigators believe a camp fire for starting that fire on saturday. >> there's growing concern san jose police may not have enough officers to fight the crime taking place on city streets. marla tellez is live in the south bay with a look at how police are now trying to deal with this issue. good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. dealing with three major crimes. basically at once is not easy to do for any size police department but for san jose it's tougher because they don't have enough man power and that's what officers were up against on monday. on monday they responded to two shootings and a deadly stabbing. they say this crime is unusual but when it does happen at once the department is stretched so thin officers cannot respond to everything. and this is becoming the norm and has the department fighting low morale.

the department considered a vote of no confidence for chief moore. they say they have the chief's and the mayor's attention. >> they are frustrated as many i. they left me with many things to think about, one is to better communicate the steps i take to support them. >> we need savings from pension reform to hire more officers. >> reporter: until staffing is boosted police are working serious overtime. during monday's crime wave, the department was so short on officers it had to call officers on their day off to come in to help. even so at last check the suspects wanted in the shootings and the stabbing are still on the run today. marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> san francisco port officials will give an update on their response to a fire that badly damaged the pier 29 back in june. the commission will provide an update on the fire damage. investigators say welders were attaching a ladder to a wall

when a spark ignited the fire. it caused more than $2 million damage to the two-story waterfront building along the embarcadero. crews had been preparing the building for next year's america's cup. >> if i recall correctly christina loren says one more hot day, then from sizzle to drizzle. i like that phrase. >> a little drizzle in your future. we have a good looking forecast in the near future. inland a hot one. san jose, it could be worse. today we're not suffering from poor air quality. air quality is in the moderate range. and you know that they are really investigating all of ha particulate matter with the recent fire at the refinery. two fires in the clear lake region. throughout the next couple of days i can tell you conditions will dramatically, dramatically improve. however, east bay, south bay, moderate range of air quality. open up the windows.

we do not want you to suffer from the heat. the state has issued a flex alert. it's going to be a cooker all across the entire state of california. you know if you lived in california how much hotter it gets in so cal. if you don't have to turn on the air conditioner, if you can open your windows we encourage you to do so. 84 bay side. 100 inland. we'll let you know when we expect that drizzle and what else is to come when it comes to cooler days. let's check your drive. >> sizzle to drizzle talking like snoop dog or snoop lion. a little change, the yellow and orange, so the volume playing a factor especially out of the altamont pass. a good deal of slowing approaching grant line road, westbound. but that wrench indicating a breakdown in the roadway, that's eastbound at grant line road. getting cleared from lanes.

not a lot of slowing. that's in the yellow direction or the incident is. looking toward oakland we have a couple of incidents. construction between 23rd and 980, both directions lose a couple of lanes. distraction and the crews should be moving from the northbound side. at the bottom the mega phone, big loud event by the red hot chili peppers. after work a little slowing. thumbs up for highway 24 westbound, the accident has cleared from the roadway. a smoother drive to the caldecott tunnel. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the commute for the east bay over to the city, a smooth drive. the volume picking up so expect delays over the next half hour. back to you. >> thank you. 5:37. cal state says it will start turning away california residents interested in graduate

studies. leaders say budget cuts make it too difficult for the system to afford in-state residents' heavily discounted education. instead now out of state students have the preference because they pay more. some are upset over the decision saying excludeing california students goes against the mission. >> up next, battle ground glitch. on a tour through key swing states, we'll have the laters. >> penn state could be on the verge of losing its accreditation. why officials are putting the university on notice. good morning! wow.

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>> welcome back everybody. the sun starts to think about coming up. should be coming soon. a live look at the san mateo bridge. traffic starting to flow smoothly. mike inouye will come in to fill you in, christina talking about

a hot day ahead. we'll have that coming up. >> a candle light vigil was held overnight at texas a&m university following a shooting that left three people dead near the campus. a law enforcement officer was serving an eviction notice when a man in the house opened fire, killing the officer. a 30-minute shoot-out with police and the gunman ensued at the off-campus home. the gun man and a bystander died. the military judge will decide whether to delay the trial of the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly ft. hood shooting rampage. the court-martial is scheduled to start monday with jury selection. but attorneys say they need more time to build their case. in the aci attack at the army

post. >> the race for the white house enter add new phase now that it's two on two, both campaigns covering more ground in key states in an effort to win votes. claire is live on capitol hill this morning tracking where the candidates are headed. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we've got new jersey governor chris christie, he's tapped to give the keynote speech at the republican convention later this month in tampa. this is while we have florida senator marco rubio, he will actually introduce mitt romney at the convention when romney does accept his party's nomination. in the meantime, romney's bus tour does roll into ohio today, and his running mate is heading to colorado. with a face-off in the hawkeye state yesterday, trying to paint the other guy as bad for the middle class and the economy. now, the president won iowa in

2008, but the latest polls show that the state is still up for grabs, that's why he is crisscrossing the state for two more days. paul ryan on his first solo campaign stop since being added to the romney ticket was met by a small group of hecklers at the iowa state fair. mitt romney was on his own in florida and played up similarities in his budget plan versus ryan's. the medicare portion of ryan's budget has come under heavy fire from democrats who say he is proposing a voucher system that could mean higher costs for seniors. finally, the first lady did weigh in last night on "the tonight show" with jay leno. she weighed in on the ryan v.p. pick, welcoming him to the campaign trail. we're live in washington. laura, back to you. >> thank you, claire. it's 5:43. penn state is warned that its accreditation is in jeopardy in the wake of the jerry sandusky

scandal. the commission of higher education says it made the decision based on the findings of the school's internal investigation. that investigation found top university administrators concealed sandusky's crimes to shield the school from bad publicity. penn state is required to submit a report by the end of next month detailing steps being taken to comply with the commission. >> new details about the unusual california connection to a major earthquake that struck near russia overnight. the quake has been upgraded now to a 7.7 magnitude from an original 7.3. the epicenter was nearly 400 miles deep off of russia's coastline. the usgs says it caused false reports of earthquakes in monterey and gilroy. it was felt as far away as northern japan but there is no threat of a tsunami. >> 7.7 is no joke. 5:44. mother nature continues to keep the heat on the west coast.

>> a good reminder that we have to have a plan in place. we live in earthquake country so. every time you go to the grocery store, grab an extra jug of water, nonperishable food items. let's take you outside because we're dealing with another issue in the weather department. oppressive heat. that continues for one more day when we're talking about triple digits it will stay hot tomorrow. but 95 compared to 100 is more comfortable. san jose getting this beautiful, beautiful start here. what you'll notice we have a little more low cloud cover overhead. that's going to cool you off by a couple of degrees. but it was a hot one and another hot one ahead today. 55 to start you out in oakland. great jogging weather around the bay. and right at the coast. however, it is warm already. 68 degrees in concord. if you don't have ac on, if you did not have to use it in the extreme east bay you are a tougher individual than i am.

i had to use it in san jose and we hit 91. high pressure is still in control but we've got an area of low pressure that's going to deepen and move to the south the next couple of days. this is our natural coolant. by tomorrow we'll shave off about 5 to 10 degrees. you'll get the most significant cooling around the bay and at the coast. today, if you can bear it one more day, in livermore, 100 degrees, 101 in gilroy, 90 in los gatos. i'd like to keep things in perspective. if you're headed out to the giants game, for instance, it will be spectacular. they take on the nationals, 63 degrees at 8:00 p.m. beautiful baseball weather for at least one more day. thursday into friday, we start to cool off. on saturday it gets active around here. we get tropical moisture that could bring us north bay showers. it's looking likely, about a 40% chance showers north of the golden gate bridge. sunday to monday we cool you off a little bit more.

back to average next week. let's check the drive. that's pretty busy even with summer in session, mike. >> all of the schools have not come back. we expect to see that bump into september. we see a bump up in the volume for northbound 101. the metering lights are on as you get on 101 north of 680 red and then green, there you go, a couple more cars go. as you head up north of 680 where our camera was, heading up to 880, a typical pattern. i want to call out the northbound 17 here as you approach and pass 85. reports of wood debris through area and i've seen the slowdown. there may be a traffic break so they can clear debris from the area. so far through the mountains it's a smooth drive. looking to the tri-valley, the build westbound, 580, pretty typical pattern through livermore approaching the dublin interchange. a smoother drive for 880,

mission boulevard, that's the slower roadway. so a lot of folks use 880 but if you can head over early, further south, do so because that's clearer than mission is looking. we'll look across the bay. 92 across over to the peninsula side. your commute picking up. no delays but a steady flow from the hayward side. across the golden gate bridge, only deal with this, low clouds hovering around. back to you. >> thank you. time to talk about another bridge right now. the structural safety of the new span of the bay bridge will be the focus of a meeting in sacramento. bob redell is live at treasure island with more on how it could land caltrans in the hot seat. we're not talking heat from the weather. >> reporter: unfortunately not. there are concerns about the concrete in the foundation in the bay right there that is supporting that 525-foot tall suspension tower. that is the main focus of the

eastern span of the bay bridge. there are questions raised by the "sacramento bee" in reports that stated that caltrans engineers found that some of the test data to test the quality of the concrete was falsified. not only in the bay bridge test but other bay area bridges as well. so, today the state transportation wants to question caltrans. caltrans says in spite of this report the bridge is safe and the state senate committee along with the transportation committee agrees with that analysis but that could change when that committee grills caltrans around 1:30 this afternoon in sacramento. reporting live on treasure island, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 5:49. coming up, a first time olympic gold medalist now a world record holder. >> why this is still an

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>> welcome back. bay bridge toll plaza early morning live shot, the sun slowly coming up and the traffic starting to pick up a bit. mike inouye will fill you in on all of the roads. it's 5:52. >> yes, we still have a chance to strike up that music. olympic athletes of course making the bay area proud. we have learned that water polo sensation maggie stef ffens is world record holder. >> she tied for most individual golds in an olympic water polo match with seven golds in an opening round win. that helped push the uss women's

team to win that gold medal. and judo star marti malloy is home. should get somebody to push that for her. she's an olympian now. a lot of luggage after the flight from london. you would think she would want rest but she attended a dinner last night for her alma mater san jose state. our own mike inouye was the emcee for that event. he got to welcome malloy home, get a picture with her bronze medal. smiles all around. >> mike's excited. love it. believe it or not nearly one out of every 10 adults listens to music on cassettes. scott mcgrew, some of the viewers probably never played a cassette. >> or reround them with a pencil. nielsen says 9% of adults still use cassette tape. this is disheartening for online music services like rap s like .

the other take away is a majority of teens say youtube is their chosen way ever listening to music. they create a play list, let it rip, not necessarily watching but listening. this is effective in the car using an iphone. they route it to the stereo. this is a problem for youtube and the music industry because the mobile version of youtube don't have advertising. the new generation using mobile without any revenue stream is the number one problem in tech these days. it could be facebook's undoing. to europe where the recession continues. there has been no economic growth in france, negative growth everywhere else but germany, you put it together you get a mess. 16% of the things that california exports from wallets to computers all end up in europe. those of families taking time off recently as the kids are days away from going back to school. wall street no exception. trading is light.

home depot said business is getting better and yelp spanked on the news that google was buying frommer's travel guide. google is getting into reviews and that's going to affect yelp. >> interesting. you have to find somewhere cool today. >> or you could get spanked. good morning. temperatures are crisp to start but we'll be at 100 degrees again in the heat of the day inland, 84 bayside, 74 at the coast. and what i can tell you right now is if you're sick of the heat as of tomorrow we drop off by 5 to 10 degrees and continue that cooldown into the right-hand weekend. first let's check your drive. here's mike. >> it's getting pretty crowded in san jose, specifically 101. just north of 680, that volume getting that burst we see before 6:00. so right on schedule. heavier but it's a tuesday,

traffic tuesday. there is your slow down. it's on for the south bay. a live look out and we'll see how things are shaping up through palo alto, 101 is smooth up the peninsula. picking up the volume as well because folks have to go somewhere on 101. across the bay, fremont, easy flow a little more here as well as the bay bridge. cash lane starting to stack up. >> thanks much. >> a man from southern california probably needs a nap after his huge shark tale. >> he caught a huge shark weighing an estimated 800 pounds. lance mcgee had been fishing off the coast for 40 years and dreamed of catching the big one. >> didn't imagine that. >> take a look. his fishing trip came true with three friends when he hooked a 10-foot macco shark. it was too big to reel in himself. >> he handed it off to justin

who did an excellent job and another gentleman took it after him, darryl, also did an excellent job. >> had to keep handing it off because it took two hours to get it in. the four men landed it. >> wild. >> amazing. it is 5:57. still ahead, outmanned and outgunned. why san jose police officers had to call in off-duty officers to respond to so many emergency calls. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex.

>> coming up, the health risks of the richmond refinery fire. will all of that black toxic smoke cause a toxic build-up in your lungs? the official report expected from doctors just ahead. >> reporter: sacramento and its concerns over the construction of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we'll take you live