the city's police chief prepares to meet with the gang task force to talk strategy, deal with this spike in violence. i'll have the story coming up. >> lance armstrong says it is over, now he'll be stripped over his tour de france titles. why he decided to no longer fight the drug charges that threatened his legacy. >> incredible pictures out of southern california where flames close in on the goodyear blimp. >> and we don't have elevated fire danger when it comes to your weather today. instead we're going to get a picturesque weekend. change is on the way. we'll take you through your full forecast. >> i'm tracking slowdowns for the bay bridge as crews start to end their work week. an accident up the east bay, we'll show you what's going on for the east shore freeway. >> a live look outside this morning over san francisco. welcome to friday morning august 24th, this is "today in the bay."

>> good morning. it's 5:01. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with breaking news this morning in san francisco. an apartment building is evacuated in the tender loin after what police call suspicious items discovered inside. the building on is 600 block of jones street between geary and o'farrell. bob redell got to the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, the bomb squad has been out here for the past few hours. what they have done, shut down this block, the 600 block of jon jones. and just a moment ago we heard one of the officers with the bomb squad yell fire in the hole fire in the hole and we heard a popping sound as in something was being activated. that's how the police describe. it's quite possible they destroyed whatever the item was

that was suspicious that led them out here to begin with. we haven't gotten response from the bomb squad yet as to what happened because this, as i said, just happened a few moments ago so it's possible that they have destroyed whatever that suspicious device was and maybe they would be clearing the scene soon but we don't know. what they have done. there was an apartment building where the device was found. we believe it happened after midnight, they evacuated everyone from this building, police tell us around 75 people. there are also residents mingling in our area where we're standing becauseç they are not allowed back home, people who might have been out last night trying to get home and the police of course said you can't so we -- if you can see in the foreground you have the bomb squad technicians, the team ç there, and we believe the building is to the right of them. you can't see it but that's what we heard somebody yelling fire in the hole fire in the hole hearing the popping sound and an officer telling us they activated the device. if that means they destroyed it

it's possible that this situation has been cleared. at least as far as the threat is concerned. reporting live here in downtown san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> this morning san jose police chief chris moore will hold a meeting with the gang task force to talk about options dealing with a rash of violence. christie smith is live at san jose city hall with details of that meeting and what's expected to come of it. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. this meeting starts about 9:00 here at city hall where we expect to hear from the police chief but also the mayor. members of the city council and the district attorney's office as soon as that meeting is over. they are expected to talk with the media. this comes as san jose's homicide rate just rose by one after a deadly shooting before 11:00 last night at south king road and burdet road. the victim an 18-year-old, no arrests have been made and police don't know if the shooting was gang related.

hours earlier hundreds of people marched through the streets of east san jose and many said they had been personally touched by street violence in san jose. there has been a spike in violence, eight killed in 11 days and now people are calling for peace. >> we're not really safe, you know. stay home. not affiliate with them. >> reporter: police have announced arrests in two of the recent killings with the san jose police department short-staffed, some on the city council want to call in help so officers can focus on what's going on on the streets. it's believed that that could be the focus of the meeting with the gang task force, police also expected to address exactly what specific steps they are going to take. again, we are expecting to hear from the police chief as soon as that is over. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 5:04. new this morning a teenage driver accused of killing a concord man and his daughter will be arraigned in juvenile

court. david rosen is charged with two counts of a vehicular manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old solaiman nuri and his 9-year-old daughter hadessa in april of this year. police say rosen was speeding when the cadillac he was driving struck nuriç and his two daughters riding their bikes. 12-year-old nuri suffered minor juries. >> police need helpç finding a man of sexually assaulting a womt. police released this sketch. they found his baseball hat near the crime scene but no sign of him. the attack happened at kottinger park on sunday. the victim told police she noticed someone following her and then tried to get away. she was attacked and robbed. neighbors who live around the park are worried. >> this is a family oriented area and kids out playing.

this is a safe place people think they can go. it surprises us that that would happen here. >> again, another look at the suspect sketch. if you know any information you are asked to call pleasanton police. >> just in, a norwegian court found the right-wing extremist who confessed to filling 77 people in a bomb and shooting massacre last year is sane enough to be sentenced. after 10 weeks of testimony the court handed down a 10-year to life sentence against anders breivik, the anti-muslim militant said he carried out the attack in self defense to protect norway from being taken over, he says, by muslims. >> casey anthony is a free woman. what she plans to do with the rest of her life is a mystery. her probation officially ended last night. she was acquitted of murder for the death of her daughter last summer but was ordered to serve a year's probation for an earlier check fraud conviction. her trial in the 2008 death of

her daughter captured national headlines. the attorney says he has serious concerns about anthony's safety and whether she will be able to rebuild her life. >> lance armstrong will be stripped of all seven of his tour de france titles. he made it clear he's not admitting guilt. last night he announced he would no longer fight the doping charges levied by the u.s. anti-doping agency. the decision means he will be stripped of his seven titles, all other titles and earnings and a ban from cycling for life. it's possible the cycling union could appeal. armstrong continues to point out he never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. he wants to devote more time to family and his live strong foundation for cancer survivors. >> a suit has been filed against the san francisco 49ers, the nfl and security at candlestick park after a beating and shooting at

preseason game last summer. two men are suingç claiming th league and security did not do their part to keep fans safe. >> sacramento lawmakers are moving to ease regulations on utilities. a bill proposed passed unanimously yesterday. if it passes the senate the new law would reduce the amount of environmental review pipeline projects would have to undergo to do that. certain stretches of pipeline would be exempt from the environmental quality act. >> new this morning a compost fire outside after nursery near los angeles continues to burn this morning dangerously close to a blimp factory. the nursery is just yards from the good year facility in carson. firefighters brought in a bull doze tear turn some of the compost to keep it from burning. luckily the weather is cooperating. low winds and high humidity helping to keep the fire from spreading so. far no one has been hurt. >> it's looking like the weather's go withing to cooperate for us this weekend. let's check in with

meteorologist christina loren. >> it certainly is. good morning. we're at 54 to start in san francisco, 59 in sunnyvale and 56 in san jose. livermore and concord checking in with a comfortable 56 degrees start to the day. i wanted to show you futurecast because we're going to see an interesting setup. we stop the clock at 11:00 and you can see at that point most of the cloud cover will push back out to sea. however, looks like we're going to see the blanket of clouds hugging the coast all day long, the westerly flow will bring that natural ac off the pacific into your inland valleys. that's going to keep us a touch below average for today. so 86 degrees in places like livermore and forecasting 78 in san jose. 74 degrees bayside. 63 degrees at the coast. the micro climates are going to come into play when it comes to who is going to get the best weather for the weekend. we'll talk about that in my next report. first let's check your drive. it's friday. good morning, mike. >> good morning, folks. good friday to you.

580 westbound is your commute direction and we can never really deal without any slowing, that wouldn't be appropriate would it for the stretch through this portion, but a smooth drive through livermore and the dublin interchange. 680 and 24 t walnut creek interchange fine as far as speeds go and 24 cleared over at you approach the caldecott tunnel for the road work. those folks can get about their weekend as well. east 80 up toward the carquinez bridge away from richmond, away from the bay bridge, an accident blocking the shoulder so stay to your left as you approach the bridge, heading past comings skyway.ç no major slowing. there may be injuries, an ambulance might be on the scene but i haven't heard much beyond the initial report. a live look, see how things are shaping up at the bay çbridge. on the far, far right, you can see some flashing lights clearing. westbound no problems.

back to you. >> sometimes a little much for this early in the morning. >> 5:11. how the is a linda building could be brought back to life. >> something your baby may use every day is recalled this morning. we'll have the details next. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news in san francisco where a suspicious device has forced people out of their homes. we'll continue to stay on this and bring you live reports.

>> good friday morning to you. safety hazards prompted a recall of about 119,000 care bear pacifiers.

pacifiers failed to meet safety standards. the nipples can separate from the base, posing a choke hazard. take them away from infants and small children immediately, consumers can contact for a full refund. >> as of next month no more free rides for clipper card users. a new $3 surcharge tacked on to every clipper card purchase will make it more expensive to cheat the system. this is for b.a.r.t. and caltrain. many passengers have taken advantage of the card's negative balance feature that allows people to exit a station without paying the full cost of a trip. it was under the assumption that users would refile the balance. >> 5:14. republican candidate for president mitt romney may agree with president obama more than he realizes.

scott mcgrew says romney saying similar things on the stump. >> good morning. the republican party has given president obama a lot of grief about a single line the president said earlier this spring. here's the president. >> as i said we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone, the private sector is doing fine. >> mr. obama was trying to say is when you carve up the numbers in the unemployment rate the private sector is growing but government jobs have been declining and that's why the job market has remained depressed. but the republicans were quick to jump on that sound bite, here's romney's pick for vice president paul ryan on wednesday. >> president obama said the private sector is doing just fine. this is the obama imaginary recovery. >> here's where the republicans may have problems with making hay with this in the future. just yesterday in a stump speech in minnesota governor romney

said, quote, i'm going to champion small business. we've got to make it easier for small business. big business is doing fine in many places. romney went on to say big businesses were doing fine because they had overseas tax havens. taken out of context as the president has been as wellç a tough sound bite to defend. all right. the stocks fell for the fourth day 18 row yesterday after comments from a fed. hampton pierson at the washington, d.c. bureau. good morning. >> hey, scott. something taken out of context in a political campaign? i'm shocked. well, let's get to the futures which are flat to slightly higher after stocks see a retreat the pullback was spurred in part by comments from the st. louis fed president on cnbc, he threw water on the notion the fed is closer to pulling the trigger on new measures to boost the economy a day after minutes from the last meeting suggest they had may be ready to take

actionment we get data later this morning on demand for big ticket durable good t dow falling to close at 13,057, the nasdaq down 20 to 3053. kodak is putting the business that helped put it on the map as a blue chip company on the block, looking to sell its cam remarks film and document imaging so it can focus on commercial printing service. kodak filed for bankruptcy. it hopes to emerge next year. earlier kodak announced it could no longer make digital cameras or picture frames. an early look at business. happy friday everybody. back to you. >> have a great weekend. speaking of friday, gadget friday, we've got a dummy coming on gadget friday. >> i think a good looking dummy too. >> really? i think you know a secret. >> maybe it's two dummies. >> i don't know. got you, scott. >> good looking forecast for this weekend. let's find out with meteorologist christina loren.

>> you might be a dummy if you don't make outdoor plans inland. temperatures are going to be so comfortable, not too hot. i'm going to tell you the beach, you'll still see the steady flow of traffic over 17 headed to santa cruz. they are not going to get the best weather as we head into this weekend. it's your inland cities, san jose, 75 degrees strong all weekend long. it's going to be perfect. the only caveat, these cloudy mornings and i believe we'll see flight delays as we have the four last days. the first four days of the week had flight delays so we'll track that. this morning it's comfortable in sunnyvale 59, 56 in san jose, and 56 degrees to start in livermore. cool conditions, we have an area of low pressure situated right to ourç north. we'll see breezy conditions with a tight pressure gradient. but that only makes for very, very interesting viewing when it comes to the america's cup world

series. you can watch on saturdayç at 2:00 p.m. comcast sports net bay area. today if you don't have a chance, to watch the streaming video on line we advise to you check out nbcbayarea.com. we have everything, all mapped out for you when it comes to slide shows, the best video, everything is there at your access. 78 degrees in san jose today, throughout the weekend, temperatures drop off, we'll see mostly cloudy mornings but staying nice and comfortable. you probably won't need the ac even in livermore on sunday. as we head through next week temperatures climb only into the low 90s for a couple days before another trough of low pressure cools us off again. here's mike inouye. >> here's some people happy to almost be done. construction crews for 880 and eastbound off the east bay side. looking smooth through the zones, the yellow dipping to about 60 so just about that. no problems through the area into the city on the bridge.

in the city, we have giants came tonight so expect traffic, most work traffic around at&t park and along the embarcadero, christina talked about the america's cup and if you want to head out in person, embarcadero is going to be crowded. it's still going to be crowded because of the activity. also note in the city, we do have the police activity. bob redell is on the scene. suspicious items around geary and jones, 38 and 27 bus lines go through the area. that will mean a minor reroute because a couple of blocks are closed. look for sfpd and where they have it blocked off. that will mean another two or three minutes through the area. as long as the signals are okay for you. coming off of the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive westbound. eastbound away from the peninsula a smooth drive. a flat section here, look at that, you see folks coming off the bridge. to the south.

no slowing. but over labor day weekend it's closed, starting friday at 10:00 and the south bay construction. 880 at 101. back to you. >> good to know. >> 5:21. why republicans plan to do things a little differently at this year's national convention. >> plus, the question is are they unstoppable? we hope so. petaluma advances in the little league world series. meet the only other bay area team to win that title. here's a hint. it was decades ago.ç >> reporter: i'm bob redell. take you back here live to san francisco where a city block on the outskirts of the tenderloin has been shut down because of a suspicious device.

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>> continue to follow breaking news in san francisco this morning where suspicious items force dozens of people out of their homes in the middle of the

night. their apartment building is in the tenderloin, it's evacuated, it's on jones street between geary and o'farrell. that's where bob redell joins us live from the scene. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you. this entire city block, on the s been shut down. the bomb squad is in the middle of the road. we've seen one of the bomb squad technicians in a bomb squad suit coming in and out of an apartmentç building down the block, that's at jones and geary. and this call came in around midnight. the description of a pipe bomb like device found in the basement. last time you checked in with us it was at 5:00 straight up, we heard fire in the hole fire in the hole, then a loud popping sound. we learned that was the bomb squad testing a device it uses to destroy objects. it's our understanding that they have not actually approached the device itself yet.

the suspicious device. they looked at it but not done anything to it. when it comes down to the bottom line this is still an active scene. they have this device in the building and trying to figure out the best way to handle the situation. if you looked in the foreground to the left you would see the bomb squad truck and in the back they have a sealed container they can put devices in. it's not clear if they can handle this in the building itself. 75 people have been evacuated from the buildings and the apartment building itself. 45 of those people are receiving help from the red cross. if you have business in this area, just so you know, jones from post to geary is shut down and geary from taylor to jones is also shut down. the bomb squad tries to figure out the best way to take care of this suspicious device and get it out of there so they can get this building back open and of course the streets back open as well. reporting live, bob redell,

"today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest, bob. >> we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren to talk about the weekend forecast. >> it is looking so nice. especially if you live inland. not everybody gets the luxury of living by the beautiful pacific ocean and temperatures can soar this time of year. we're talking about mid-80s and that's about it. things do change as we head into next week. your full forecast is coming up in a few moments but this morning, grab a light jacket. 54 degrees out there in san francisco. just a touch cooler than it has been every morning so far this week. let's check your drive. it's friday. we don't want problems. >> so far no major problem except for the darn other drivers on the road. speeds coming down to 50 instead of 60. no major problems once you get to livermore and a smooth drive to the dublin interchange. heading to the carquinez bridge, eastbound ç80, all activity

cleared from the area around cummings skyway. a live look to the north bay, we'll show you that san rafael maintain as clear drive. we'll end with this shot of the "s" curve. >> gorgeous. thanks, mike. still ahead on "today in the bay," a rash of violence prompting san jose's top cop to take action. the big change coming to the streets of san jose. >> a teenager who killed a man and his daughter last year after losing control of his car appears in court for the first time today. what the victims' family is asking of the judge.

>> reporter: i'm bob redell live in san francisco where a suspicious bomb-like device still has a city block here evacuated and shut down. we'll have the latest(áájjt up. >> and this morning san jose's police chief meeting with a gang task force trying to deal with

the city's spike in violence. we'll tell you what's expected coming up in a live report. >> we are going to get a great looking weekend, congratulations, you made it to friday. 80s inland, 70s bay side today, 60s at the coast. slight change is ahead. we'll take you through those in the full forecast. >> i'll give you the latest developments as crews get on the move that might slow you down a tad. >> and here is a live look, you can see the overcast skies over san francisco on this friday, august 24th, this is "today in the bay." >> thanks for joining us. 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for john telly. often ranked one of the safest cities san jose dealing with its 33rd homicide of the year. this morning the police chief will meet with the gang task force in response to this

violence. christie smith is live with details of that meeting and what's expected to come out of it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. happy friday. there's going to be a press conference after the meeting sometime after 9:00 this morning here at city hall. the police chief, mayor, members of the district attorney's office, city council, all expected to address people concerned what steps the city is taking to deal with the spike in violence. this comes at the same time that the city's homicide rate, unfortunately, just rose by one last night with another deadly shooting. that was south king road and near tully road. the victim a 18-year-old san jose man. no arrests and police don't know if this was gang related. the shooting happened just hours after residents and politicians marched through the streets of east san jose, saying eight homicides in 11 days is too much. it's horrible and some say the

police department is too understaffed to keep the streets safe. >> seriously consider taking help from either the state, the chp or other agencies when they offer it. >> the expectation is that police staffing may be the focus of this meeting by the san jose chief chris moore. he is expected again to meet with the media after the meeting with the gang task force, talk about how police plan to deal with the surge in violence. one of the things they plan is to try to stop gang retaliation before it starts. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." ña teenage driver accus killing a man and his daughter will be arraigned in juvenile court. david rosen is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of 41-year-old solaiman nuri and his 9-year-old daughter hadessa. police say rosen was speeding when he swerved and struck nuri

and his two daughters. 12-year-old hannah nuri suffered minor injuries. the family wants rosen who was 17 and uninsured at the time of the accident, to be charged as an adult. >> turning to decision 2012, everyone knows mitt romney's a shoo-in for the republican nomination and gop leaders have arranged an earlier than usual vote in tampa. delegates will begin the roll call vote on monday to officially nominate romney for president. republican officials say the process will begin earlier than usual in part over concerns for ron paul supporters who remain staunch advocates for the texas libertarian. >> 5:33 now. petaluma's baseball stars will play in the u.s. championship game at the little league world series tomorrow. last night there was no doubt about it, take a listen. did you see it? this grand slam gave petaluma a 5-0 lead in the very first inning. the boys never looked back.

umpires called the game in the fifth inning because of the mercy rule. petaluma win, 11-1. there is excitement all over. fans packed bars and a movie theater where the game was aired live. >> boys and their baseball. 50 years ago before petaluma's stars another played in the big game and won it all. george kiriyama talked to one member from that san jose team. you better believe he is rooting for petaluma to go all the way as well. >> reporter: as petaluma continues its amazing run, phil kagel know what is it feels like. >> just throwing the ball and playing baseball. that we were so focused, that's what i remember about being back there. >> you see, 50 years ago, a group of 12-year-olds from san jose's moreland little league became the first and only bay

area team to win the little league world series, a baby-faced phil kagel played first base. >>ç over the years it's become more and more meaningful to me to think how many people in the world are a world champion. >> he has a scrap book of memories. >> this is on the planeç comin back. >> old newspaper clippings and team photo, autographed baseballs and even his old jacket which still fits, by the way. >> it's tight but i can do it. >> he says it feels like yesterday he was on the diamond. >> it's hard to imagine it could possibly have been 50 years have gone by. >> reporter: not only did this team win, they dominated. in the final game, 6'2", yes, 6'2" ted campbell threw a no-hitter beating kankakee, illinois 3-0. the boys were on top of the world. >> tears started coming down. i couldn't hold back that

emotion of we've come this far. >> kagel says it's time for another bay area team to feel little league glory. that would be great to see them win. >> did you see george give the high sno5. >> meteorologist christina loren, you're excited as well and we're all excited about the weekend. >> it's hard not to be excited on a friday after completing a successful and productive week of work right, ladies. a good looking day shaping up starting with a live picture. san jose, not quite as much cloud cover as yesterday. it's still going to be just about as nice. temperatures in a degree or two of where we ended up yesterday. 56 in concord to start. 59 in sunnyvale. let's see the clouds clear by about 11:00. but they are going to roll back in and we'll see the westerly

flow, that natural cooling off the pacific pumping in that beautiful natural coolant all day long. so cool conditions, a touch cooler than average. you know it could be much warmer. you want to enjoy it. all weekend long we're talking about the 70s and 80s inland. your seven-day is ready to go. 5:37. are you ready to go to work? hold on. mike can help you. >> 45 seconds, we're looking here to the east bay. shows construction crews going on. toward fifth no major slowing. 880 and 580 smooth flew oakland. perspective now t other side of the bay, san francisco, the giants play tonight, post-work u)y right now we continue to follow where bob redell is on the scene of police activity, suspicious items and the major update coming up for the area around geary and jones which affects 27 and 38 union

mind. it sounds like things are changing there. they may be getting ready to clear the scene but bob will give that information shortly. the north bay, let's look at this orange area where the fog is affecting the drive. that will affect folks but no dimming the spirits at petaluma. sonoma, we have a grand prix activity. 37 already slow over toward 101. it will be slow all weekend because of activity there at the racetrack. back to you. >> 5:38. we learned that evacuation has been lifted, people are allowed to go back in their apartments. we'll check in with bob. >> ahead a storm continues to loom over next week's convention in tampa, florida. whether or not tropical storm isaac will become a destructive hurricane.

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>> severe weather could put a damper on the republican national convention. organizers keeping an eye on tropical storm isaac which could turn into a hurricane and threaten tampa, florida. claire leka is live on capitol hill with more on what isaac could mean for those headed to tampa. good morning, claire. >> good morning to you. tropical storm isaac gaining strength in the caribbean, up to 15 miles per hour and of course gop convention organizers scrambling, "the new york times," though, is reporting that mitt romney will be formally announced as the republican presidential candidate two days early, now on monday, instead of originally scheduled on wednesday. the reason for this of course

impending tropical storm isaac and what it may hold for the tampa area and they are also worried about about possible protests from ron paul supporters. now, rnc convention organizers working very closely with the national weather service, florida governor rick scott and other state and local officials about what is happening with tropical storm isaac. the rnc says there are contingency plans in place but it's yet to detail what those plans are. and it's still too early to predict whether or not isaac will even show up near tampa, but forecasters are saying to expect a wind and rain event at the very least for the tampa bay area on monday when the convention is supposed to begin. we're live in washington. i'm claire leka. back to you. >> either way a stormy year in politics seems to be. thank you. >> we want to give you an update

on news in san francisco that shut down a number of city streets for hours. bob redell is live outside the tenderloin district. you got an update. >> reporter: yes. the bomb scare is over here. this is a bomb scare that shut down this block here at jones between post and geary. since around midnightç last night. and the call came in that there was possibly pipe bombs in the basement of a building a block from where i'm standing. in the past 10 or 15 minutes the bomb squad gave the all clear. we have sergeant michael. thought there were pipe bombs. what was it? >> 12 to 15 sections of pipe cut and capped and contained a substance, i don't know the substance at this time but the bomb squad working with the fire department determined that those sections of pipe and the contents were not explosive. >> there was something else you found that made the situation

suspicious. >> there was a small caliber ammunition that we'd use in a gun located in the same area of the basement. those two combine to trigger some alarm in the officers' mind. >> was there anything illegal about what you saw down there now that you've gotten a better idea of what's happened? >> at this point no. there doesn't appear to be anything illegal but an investigation is on going by the arson task force and the police department so we'll look into that, looking to see who may be responsible. >> how much time before the 75 people who were evacuated can go home and this street is reopened? >> that process started basically 15 minutes ago so i've been talking to the press so i don't know how that's progressing but we're in the process of getting folks back in their homes to start their school days and work days. the street will be open once the bomb squad is finished packing. >> the situation that started around midnight shutting down

this section of roadway between post and geary here on jones, will be reopened, you heard the sergeant saying once they get the equipment packed up, the bomb squad, and everything out of here. reporting live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >> i want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> yeah, you know great looking weekend shaping up. people always want to see the seven-day forecast before the weekend. we want to help you make those outdoor plans. the weather will accommodate just about ig you want to do this time of year even if it's hitting the beach it's not going to be perfect but warm enough to be comfortable on the sand in santa cruz as we head through saturday and sunday. scott mcgrew, a handsome friend you have there. can't wait till we talk to you. san jose is clear to start. that was san francisco, a few clneds right now. and no flight delays. we'll be checking on those all morning. san jose looks nice to start. it feels crisp out there, cooler than it was yesterday morning by a couple of degrees.

our temperatures are in the 50sç 56 in oakland, 54 in san francisco. area of high pressure is in control. we've got the jet stream just to our north. so as a result we've got the two systems working against each other. breezy conditions today. but moderate on shore flow is really taking over, so what that means for us is we'll see mostly cloudy mornings all weekend long and a sea breeze each afternoon saturday and sunday. so today's highs work like this. 77 in redwood city. 76 in san rafael. 85 for fairfield and 84 in santa teresa. some of the best readings coming in the south bay. as we head through the upcoming weekend, really no major changes, we're going to take your temperature down a couple of degrees and warm you up monday into tuesday. not too hot. we're talking low 90s, that's it. even when we peak on wednesday. a few more clouds thursday, friday, saturday as a trough of low pressure comes in and keeps us nice and mild. 5:46. let's see how mild it is on the roads. fridays you know can be rough or

it can be friday light. let's see how that's doing. >> it's friday later for the build-up especially this first week of school for almost all of the san jose schools. this will be an issue for south bay roadways, right now the construction for highway 85 is not a problem. that will be cleared well before the slowdown starts. here we have slowing for 880 down toward the 101, that is for the most part cleared between brokaw and 101, that construction crew clearing if not cleared by the time you get there because you're going to wait until the end of the report. 101 a slowdown. how many cars are showing up now. a few more. i'm not going to count them. but a smooth drive from 680 through the area. that's the reason for that mild dip. fremont, speeds close to the limit but heading south, over there where the pacific commons, the new theater a. smooth drive from fremont toward the bay bridge. a look at the san mateo bridge. the volumetics up.

here is the peninsula side traveling westbound, your commute still at the limit or 55-ish which is how fast you should go over this span and where the metering lights are off. no backup at the toll but look at the number of cars off the maze and the berkeley curve. >> thanks. 5:48. with all your car does fo, he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car.

>> it's peak season to go hot air ballooning. how safe is it and how regulated? a look at the safety of the popular sport. >> we discovered that accidents are rare but when they do happen, they can be deadly. and there is a common cause for many of those incidents.

with this picturesque setting napa and sonoma county are top destinations for balloonç ride. experienced pilot, scott, says accidents do happen especially with the high number of flights. he made an emergency landing that injured 15 passengers in sonomaç county. he blames an abnormal weather shift that caused him to land in 30 miles per hour wind gusts. >> certainly those are situations that are pretty extreme. >> we found that wind was the cause or contributing factor in more than half of all incidents in california investigated by the ntsb. pilot error or bad judgment was the other reason things went wrong. >> we have a saying i'd rather be on the ground wishing i was up in the air than being up in the air wishing i was on the ground. >> he is with the balloon federation of america.

he says balloon pilots are tested every two years and their equipment inspected every 100 hours of flight time. >> the sport operates under the federal aviation regulation and that sets forth where we can fly in some instances under what circumstances we can fly in terms of visibility, weather, et cetera. >> according to the national transportation safety board since 1964 nearly 1,000 people have been injured hot air ballooning. we take a closer look at accidents and talk with a woman who nearly died when the balloon she was riding in rammed into a power line. that's tonight at 11:00. >> thank you very much. this morning more photos have been released of prince harry partying in las vegas. these photos of the, yes, shhht fun loving prince taken at the mgm grand, don't tell anyone, you can see the royal was having fun and appears to be the life of the party. harry and his gang hung out and

sipped drinks. the pool party was a day after the alleged game of strip billiards that led to the leaked photos of the prince naked. >> scott mcgrew and a dummy join us for gadget friday. >> he is good looking. we had him a long time. we used him in camera tests. there he is. yes. looking very handsome this morning. wearing something called zapper. what i'm going to do is walk in front and i'm going to hold up the ipad in such a way -- it's animated. isn't that cool. i apologize it's side ways. a huge difference. so there you go. this is a live look at my ipad, and if youç look at it just rit it animates any shirt. these are on sale from macy's. i have video of the hat in use too. look at this. this is cool. the founder of the company putting the hat on.

we put an ipad upç in front of him. and it becomes a mask. how cool is that. the app itself is absolutely free. the shirts cost you about $17. work with any android device, apple device as well. but they are great fun. now, the hat you're seeing for the first time. the shirts are available now. the hats that make masks over your face won't be available until christmas. you saw them here first. >> they should have them in time for halloween. >> you know, that would be a good halloween next year as they get everything ready to go. zappar. >> dry-clean snonl. >> that's a good question. no, it's a regular run of the mill swhirt a regular silk screening. the technology is in your ipad. it recognizes the picture, makes the animation. >> interesting. trick or treat. >> look normal then you pull out your ipad. >> cool. let's check in with christina loren.

how is that forecast? >> we're all looking through the rose colored glasses of a friday. good morning to you. that will top anything on a day like today you want to get outdoors because temperatures will be perfect. 74 degrees bay side, 86 degrees inland and 63 at the coast. and that dummy scott mcgrew, his real name is fernando and we've had a thing going since i started. here is mike inouye. >> looking to the south bay where we had earlier slowing. it's a little more significant. the map will show that you the orange shows speeds near 50 heading up toward the 880/101 interchange. so really now the focus of that early burst of traffic should smooth out about 6:20 when we see the build on a friday. we'll track this. live look, we'll show you the toll plaza. no major increase. east shore freeway close to the limit. and to the north bay we're looking at san rafael. southbound, really getting about

30% more traffic. but no slowing, we're close to the limit through novato and the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> this morning nasa is showing us video of curiosity, actually landing on mars. >> shot confirmed. we're safe on mars. >> i would say they were excited. >> that was a celebration from nasa's control room over the rover touching down on mars. nasa released the footage of the landing complete with play by play. you can see the rover racing toward the red planet, dropping 150 meters per second. the video shows the last 2 1/2 minutes before curiosity lands. you can findç the complete vid on nasa's website. pretty cool. >> still ahead, an unusually violent year has san jose's police chief looking for answers. what he is doing to help restore peace to san jose. >> a live look, look at that sun rise. san bruno mountains. isn't it gorgeous.

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>> the violence keeps mounting as police investigate another deadly shooting in san jose. how police chief chris moore is responding. plus -- a former police chief gives moore a vote of support. why he says he knows exactly what he's going through. >> and today looks good as well as that upcoming weekend. we're talking about the low 80s inland today. 70s bay side, 60s at the coast. and only minor changes ahead. lots to talk about in your full forecast. >> and the embarcadero will be crowded again today, america's cup continues, we'll follow the rest of your commute beforeou