>> you're not alone. we'll show you the backups as well as the accident for 580 coming up. >> and giving you a live look that is san francisco, that is a nm on this monday, august 27th, this is "today in the bay."ç >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> our big story, tropical storm isaac, we have live team coverage this morning. stephanie chuang is live at sfo, where volunteers will be leaving in a few hours. christina loren is tracking the storm, but first let's go to scott gordon live in new orleans where a hurricane warningç is effect the day before thmç seventh anniversary of katrina's landfall. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning to you. people here along the gulf coast are waking up to a lot of uncertainty. nobody is sure where this storm

will roar ashore or how strong it will be when it gets here. what is certain is that it's carrying winds of about 65 miles an hour, at last report, still tropical storm strength. isaac is still a tropical storm at this point. keep in mind it would have to reach wind speeds of 74 miles an hour toç become a igimal category one hurricane. they expect to the become hurricane strength later tonight, perhaps in the overnight hours. it's not strengthening quite as fast as forecasters had predicted so that's good news. they expect it to come ashore as a category one, perhaps category two storm and that's also an improvement over the earlier forecast when they predicted category two. it's going to be a huge rainmaker, could dump 10 to 12 to 14 inches of rain on new orleans and the entire coastal area here in as little asç a 24-hour period so. a massive amount of çrain, it will carry wind and people are taking it very seriously.

there are mandatory evacuations in some of the lower lying coastal areas around new orleans, but here in new orleans itself, no mandatory evacuations at this point the mayor is taking a wait-and-see attitude. waiting to see what happens over the next several hours before deciding whether any large scale evacuations are necessary. so that's the situation here. people bracing for what will come in the next day or so. >> which is pretty amazing because it looks like the big calm before the storm right now, scott thanksç so much. >> reporter: it really is. you çbet. >> for the latest on where the storm is now, let's go right to meteorologist christina loren in the nbc bay area weather center. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. i want to start with this wide view to show you the size of this sprawling storm. it is just massive. you can see just about the size of the entire florida peninsula. right now it's skirting up the coastline. we talk about landfall we're talking about when the actual eye of the hurricane or the strongest winds are circulating. when that comes on shore and

right now it looks like isaac will make a çlandfall potentiay as a weak catego@y one storm with winds of about 85 miles an hour along the northern gulf coast. look where the latest advisory, this just came in from the national hurricane center, is taking isaac. that's right, right into new orleans as category one. katrina made landfall as a category three so. this is not as strong, we're still concerned. we're going to track this all morning, in addition we have your local forecast in a few minutes. ladies, back to you. >> speaking of local, red cross volunteers from the bay area headed to where they are needed most to helpç with tropical stm isaac.ç stephanie chuang is live at sfo where they are going to leave later this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this is an experienced group we're told, the american red cross saying the men and women leaving from bay area to florida have worked on disaster assignments before. there are 16 people headed out from here locally, four from the

bay area chapter, another 11 from the silicon valley chapter leaving for miami, tampa and orlando to help get ready for the arrival of tropical storm isaac. they are among hundreds across the country headed to florida where the red cross has beenç preparing to set up shelters across the state. there is also set to be 50 red cross emergency vehicles with 78 on standby and volunteers will be doing everything from supervising those emergency response vehicles to working in shelters, feeding people, assessing damages and of course counseling and emotional support. our men and women heading there will be on disaster assignment for two to three weeks. and they are leaving from sfo as well as mineta san jose international, most likely inç the afternoon. live at sfo, staanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. and we will have continuing coverage of tropical storm isaac throughout the morning, coming up in about 20 minutes we'll take you live to tampa to see

how it's impacting the gop convention. for updates head to our website nbcbayarea.com. >> in a few hours people living near a chevron refinery in richmond will learn more about what covered that recent fire at the plant. christie smith is live in wrchd more on this meeting. good;hmorning. >> reporter: good morning. the questionç that we kept getting over and over again from people in richmond is that they were concerned about the long term health effects, that areally for young people, old people, people with asthma so what's happening is that the county health department and city leaders are olding this community forum and they are going to be updating people on the investigation, in fact, there are five separate investigations going on at this same time. state, local, and federal agencies. this comes as chevron has closed its claim centerç set up after the massive fireç on august 6

that sent a plume of black smoke over the stixt thousands showed up at the hospitals complaining of irritation and breathing problems, so far at least 18,000 claims have been handled by 7 ron and it will continue to maintain its 800 number. the claim centers have been shut down. meantime, an oakland attorney says that 3,000 people have signed on to try to take legal action against chevron. the meeting should giveç residents a clearer picture of the process and whatç investigators have learned so far. that meeting is at the council chambers, 440 civic center plaza right off mcdonald here in richmond. starts at 10:00 this morning. the first in a series of meetings. reporting live in richmond, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> the weather is causing concerns for firefighters dealing with the ponderosa fire near redding. a red flag warning is in effect. low humidity and high winds are

expected. the fire is expected to be fully contained tomorrow butç that could change along with the weather conditions. the fire began august 18, it has burned more than 43 square miles and destroyed more than 60 homes. 300 homes are threatening. >> i want to check the forecast with christina loren. how is monday looking? >> fantastic. good morning to you. temperatures are going to be just about spectacular when you consider where we could be, it's the month of august, and we see triple digits, this is the time of year we typically get the warmest. but not going to be the cases all weekç long holding on to comfortableç conditions. i'm talking about peak warmth even on thursday, 91 degrees, that's it. today's highs are going to run i'm going to say from the 70s and 80s all the way to the 50s and 60s. so it's going to be a nice day. you'll get better peach weather

throughout week. so our nights are getting longer, days shorter, hence our morning is cooler. give the ac a break. we'll talk about where your temperatures are headed and who is going to get theç best of t best when our pattern startsç lift. i think you'll be happy waking up with us at the coast. let's check your drive. >> there might be mixed emotions about this. an accident, no major injuries, westbound 580, bad news, at grant line road, we'll see about that. that might be keeping these folks through livermore and holding up some of the traffic heading to the dublin interchange. so we'll track that in the altamont pass. the approach to the bayç bridg and the bay, after an accident reported westboundç 80 at ashb avenue, highway 13 and sounds like it may be in the lanes. that's the commute direction. the backup in the cash lanes.

i'll monitor this. and a live look at the peninsula, a smooth drive for 101. back to you. >> we're waiting for pictures following an earthquake last night. a 7.4 quake struck just off the coast after then 30 clockç las night. an after shock hit the same area.ç there was a tsunami warning overnight but it has since been canceled. >> 6:09. hundreds of small earthquakes continue to rattle california. we learned a hospital was evacuated and the first day of school postponed. near the epicenter. the usgs says the strongest happened yesterday afternoon near brawley, more than 100 miles east of san diego. the shaking started at about 10:00 yesterday morning with a 3.0 quake, then theç hits keptn

coming. this video shows one of the stronger quakes shaking books off shelves. >> every year, unless you're in brawley you continue to have eve events. something around 3 1/2 right now. >> that will be continuing today and perhaps for many days. >> 30 mobile homes near the epicenter were knocked off their foundations. the pioneer memorial hospital evacuated patience and the first day of school isp&ayed until the buildings can beç inspecte. there are no injuries to report. >>en a anti-violence rally will be held outside city hall tonight. cou the city has had eight homicides in the last few weeks. much is gang related. a victory outreach in san jose. some of the members are exgang members and so are two of the senior pastors. the church is sending teams of former gang members into the

highest areas to try to reachç gang members with a spiritual message. coming up people in one san jose community have new neighbors. and the animals might be here to stay. >> plus, the boys from petaluma come home after a wild weekend at the little league world series. >> what's in store for them once they arrive. >> you know that's better than a billion-dollar jury strelection. how about 18.

>> welcome back everyone. a good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside. transamerica pyramid waiting for the çsun's arrival on this mony

morning. aç beautiful live look. >> if you are just waking wake-up us at 6:13, tropical storm isaac is churning over the gulf of mexico this morning. help from the bay area is on the way. red cross volunteers will leave from sfo later this morning. >> today, chevron will update people who live near the richmond refinery on the investigation into the august 6th fire. the meeting will be at 10:00 a.m. >> also firefighters hope to fully contain the ponderosa fire that's burning nearç redding tomorrow. but a red flagç warning is in effect. low humidity and high winds make it easy for more fires to flare up. >> people in one san jose community are on the lookout for coyotes this morning. arturo santiago is there to tell us what's going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're at forest hills elementary school on mccoy avenue in west san jose.

one of the obvious concerns is over small children and what's fueling the concern is recently a number of neighborhood cats have been killed. down the streetç from here on vanderbilt drive. people reported finding dead cats on their lawns. others say their cat has been killed by coyotes. some have seen and heard coyotes in their front yard. there isn't much that can be done. according to the department of fish and game coyotes cannot be legally trapped and relocated unless hurt, sick or orphaned. people here do want neighbors to at least be aware that there may be coyotes running around in the area. some experts say there are ç things, a few things that families can do, they can limit the things that attract coyotes such as fallen fruit, open trash containers and sources of water. in the meantime, neighbors will remain vigilent. >> samsung executive says

friday's devastating verdict against the phone maker was, quote, the worst thing that could have happened. >> but scott mcgrew says it is not over. in fact, it could get worse. >> the truth is the fight between apple and samsung is not over despite that çbillion-dolr verdict handed down. handle lists trying toç figure out what it means in a broader context. doesn't mean that apple is going to sue google, doesn't mean that phone makers go back to the drawing board. the details, first, everybody is going to head back to court in september so the judge in the case can rule what samsung products can't be sold in the united states. apple can and likely will ask for triple damages because the law allows that. and just a few minutes ago an attorney for samsung said the company will appeal and fourth, what aboutç another apple samsg trial. remember, all of the phones that the jury ruled on were old, the

legal system moves pretty slow. so samsung has phones out right now, so new they are not covered by this ruling. apple is going to want to take those on as well. there is some interesting math. apple at one point offered to license its technology to samsung, 24 bucks a phone. we figure that would cost samsung about a half a billion instead of the billion plus it has to pay çnow. apple stock up betfer than 3% in premarket trading. that's about $18 billion in added capitalization. this is when a billion plus in jury awards doesn't look that big when you talk about $18 billion. >> the percentages that go up. amazing. thank you. >> good perspective in giving us a good perspective on the forecast is christina loren. >> good morning to you ladies. we've got a great looking day shaping up. one of those weeks you'll want to get outdoor you have the luxury to do so, though many kids are headed back toç school today. but hey, they are going to get

it won't be too hot when they hit the black top of the playground. it's crisp out there especially in the north bay where we have our coolest readings. live shot, beautiful overcast conditions, beautiful because this is indicative of the cooler day that we're going to have with more low clouds to start. good morning in san francisco, taking a live look here, same deal. gray skies, full deck of clouds, marine layer about 2,000 feet this morning. going to take time to burn off. probably until about noon at the coast. we'll see the sunshine come out over the south bay and the east bay as we head through aboutç 10:00. 53 degrees to start you out in concord. we're at 51 in sunnyvale. 59 degrees in san francisco. close to 60. and it's that help, the 59-degree start that's going to help you reach 64 as we head throughout the day. that's indicative of two areas working against each other. low pressure to the north and high pressure to the south, a tight pressure gradient today

and tomorrow. the winds are going to pick up as we head throughout the day. you look to the key on the futurecast, strongest winds the bay we get yellows at 5:00, it's gk'g to be gusty today right at the coast. might want to tie down any loose objects. the higher elevations, you know the drill. temperatures today, goodness, when you consider we could be in the 90s in san jose, 78 sounds pretty nice. we're also going to see a high around 89, cooler tomorrow, then the 90s thursday into friday but not for long, temps tumble as we head into the weekend. 6:19, back to school for kids, back to break for parents. how is that drive shaping up? >> backç to slowdown for the et shore freeway. thav$ut get about 6:30, 6:19 now, we had an earlier accident now moved to the shoulder for your commute direction at ashby avenue. look at the slowing, speed below 50, toward 40. that starts to build through berkeley off of the merge on

golden gate field down toward the scene and the toll plaza. that's going to cause more backup and we see more slowing through richmond and san pablo. a distraction. the rest of the approach to the maze and the toll plaza moving nicely. a look at the toll plaza, some oo the folks, that made things easier off theç curve but off 0 still jammed. we should see these fill in. metering lights likely turn on the next few minutes. see how things are shaping up north bay, no major delays. south bay moves smoothly. delays in san jose have started to clear as the traffic flow moves at 680 and the map shows you no longer the traffic bogging down north of 680. we have a spread out toward the airport but the volume builds, we'll see that kick in and 87 into downtown. >> they might have crowds around sfo as petaluma'sç little leag team is coming home after finishing their çincredible ru in the little league world series. >> bradley smith, nice shot.

>> yeah. that was nice. yesterday petaluma took on panama in a consolation game. they scored early and often, cruising to a 12-4 win to finish in third place. the team is scheduled to arrive at sfo at 11:00 this morning. petaluma leaders are planning a parade for next sunday. for the world series title çga, japan beat tennessee 12-2. nationals. the city of oakland is celebrating its sports teams. the mayor will lead a rally to announce details of the upcoming oakland loves its sport teams week. the mayor will be joined by business leaders, sports stars and fans at the theater outside city hall at 11:00. festivities begin september 10 when the raiders host the chargers on "monday night football." they will conclude september 14th when the a's host the baltimore orioles.ç

>> officials with the golden state warriors announce theç ne of two firms that they are hiring to build a new planned sports complex in san francisco. the owners say they are hiring the companies for the privately financed complex. one is a san francisco-based firm with experience designing sports facilities around the world, the other is a norwegian company known for its water front work. >> we worked with the great library of alexandria in egypt, the national opera in oslo, the world trade center museumç pavilion in new york city and recentlyç and exciting commissn has been the expansion of the museum of modern art in san francisco. >> the complex is planned for piers 30 and 32 and would serve not only as a sports arena but also as a concert and convention venue. >> coming up, tropical storm isaac forced the g.o.p. to change its plans in tampa. we'll have a live report next.

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>> 6:25 monday morning. the gop convention starts tomorrow instead of today thanks to a really big party crasher, tropical storm isaac. tracie potts live in tampa with the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. looks like at least here isaac leftç a building or given us a

break, no driving rain likeç w saw earlier this morning. it is that rain and the threat of flooding that caused the gop to essentially skip today's events. they are going to ceremoniously open the convention just for about five minutes, then really have everybody come back and do all of the speeches tomorrow in condensed two days into one. the biggest question is not only will perhaps localized flooding prevent some people from getting here, but more so with three days instead of four will they be able to get theç message ou the big idea isç this conventi is to introduce particularly swing voters to mitt romney, to convince them that he is the guy who can beat president obama, the guy who should beat president obama they will say, and that he is on their side in terms of fixing the economy. but can they effectively get this message out, one, with the shortened schedule, and two, with this hurricane that's now

headed to new orleans and may actually hit on the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. we'll have to see.ged by that.é- >> it will be interesting to watch. tagk you. >> 6:27. still ahead, there was hope you would no longer have to ditch your shoes at airport security but the tsa says the process will continue. we'll tell you why. >> tropical storm seems to be on the path to new orleans. we'll update you on the progress. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves.

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>> right now on "today in the bay," tropical storm isaac has already made its presence felt in florida, now new orleans is bracing for a possible hurricane. we have the latest. >> including how bay area volunteers will be on their way to help today. >> people get an update on the investigation into the chevron fire. a live report still ahead.

>> a myve look outside, sun coming up over the bay area,!o o traffic picking up on this monday, august 27th, this is "today in the bay." good morning. it is 6:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening now, tropical storm isaac is swirling over the gulf of mexico. we've got a live look at radar pictures of the storm. they are bracing for it in new orleans this morning. a hurricane watch is inç effec. isaac could become aç category two hurricane and possibly hit the city tomorrow on the 7-year anniversary of hurricane katrina. >> already the storm left thousands in florida without power and hundreds of flights have been canceled. people on the alabama coast face an evacuation order. main of the major oil refineries are evacuating ahead of the storm.

isaac could shut down 90% of production. that means gas prices could increase following the storm. the american red cross is preparing to sendç volunteers miami, tampa and orlando. >> they0will work in shelters supervising response vehicles and providing counseling and support. stephanie chuang is live at sfo where they will leave later this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you both. we'll be doing a lot, we're told, it's a group of local volunteers heading out from sfo as well as san jose international in the south bay. we understand most of them will leave sometime this afternoon. a total of 15 of them from two different chapters up in theç y area and silicon valley ç chapters, that's with people from as far north as antioch, down to gilroy, they are among hundreds of disaster workers from around the country who are leaving for miami, tampa and orlando to help get ready before the arrival of isaac and before

major damage is done there. shelters across the state along with 50 red cross emergency response vehicles and another 78 on standby. as mentioned volunteers really will do everything across the board from operating andç supervising emergency response vehicles to working?xr' shelter, feeding people, assessing damages, planning, counseling and emotional support. our local men and women heading there will be on disaster assignment for from two to three weeks, we're told, on disaster assignment. that of course depends on what happens with isaac. this is an experienced group we're told, most have been on disaster assignments before. live at sfo, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. and stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of tropical storm isaac. we'll have çupdates and more le coverage also onç the "today" show at 7:00. for updates any time head to our

website, nbcbayarea.com. >> 6:33 now. in a few hours chevron will update the east bay community on their investigation into what triggered a massive fire. christie smith is live in richmond with more details on this investigation. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. when we went out to the chevron claims centers and covering this, people had a lot of questions about the long term health impact. today city leiddrs and members of the contra costa health depirument are going to try to answer some of those questions. based on what they learned so far, there are five separate investigations going on after the massive refinery fire at chevron on august 6. it sent a huge plume of black smoke in the sky. thousands showed up at hospitals complaining of eye and throat irritation. chevron has now closed its two claims centers that it set up in the city but it still is maintaining its 800 number for people who want to call in so.

far about 18,000ç claims have been handled by chevron. the comp)e did announce that after the fire it would pay for medical expenses and also property damage tied to the fire. that meeting today at 10:00 this morning, at the city council chambers, 440 civic center plaza here in richmond. this is the first in a series of meetings about this. reporting live in richmond, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:34. a woman who jumped off the richmond/san rafael bridge during a police chase is recovering in the hospital this morning. officers say the ç30-year-old woman was weaving in and out of traffic on southboundç 101 in n rafael around 2:00 on sunday morning. when they tried to pull her over she sped on the bridge, got out of the car, leapt into the water and started swimming. a coast guard swimmer wnlt in. police arrested her on the spot. >> round one of the america's cup world series is in the books and thousands ever fans were

treated to a thrilling finish in the san francisco bay. oracle racing swept the two championships, in the opening regatta yesterday. 18 race that sawç the lead chae hands three çtimes, russell coutts came out on top. the four-time champion bet jimmy spithill in a thrilling finish to win the match racing championship. >> it means that the old dog still has old tricks. maybe that the young guys forgotten them. >> another america's cup world series regatta will be held from october 2-7. >> if he considers himself an old dog then aging isn'tç that bad. want to check the forecast with >> good morning to you. we wanted to start with this live look over san francisco. we now have flight delays at about an hour and 20 minutes. what's interesting is we have flight delays out of sfo but everything is on time out of ft.

lauderdale and miami with tropical storm isaac, the outer bands moving on shore. go figure. throughout the day temperatures are going to be comfortable by august standards. 59 to start you out in oakland, 59 san francisco, 48 in santa rosa, headed to a comfortable afternoon in wine cot'try once we get rid of the low clouds.ç at 9:00, seeing mostly cloudy conditions over the san francisco bay. by noon the greater bay area gets sunshine and temperatures work out like this. right around 89 in livermore, 74 oakland and 63 in san francisco. the full forecast in just a few minutes. let's check your drive. >> here is the map of the east bay which changed. four incidents reported on this map alone. we're looking at first westbound 80, that's the commute direction at ashby, the earlier accident is over on the shoulderç but a big distraction and caused a in that another accident has occurred as often happens, off

of the merge and the richmond/san rafael bridge. the bridge is moving smoothly. west 80 suffers. also west 24, the commute direction at old ridge road, an accident to the shoulder, out of the caldecott and heading to highway 13. and the on ramp to highway 13, we have reports of a small fire there, sounds like crews should be getting three but it's a distraction causing slowing. a look at fremoíté a smooth drive for 880. cf1 o >> 6:37. still ahead on the lookout for coyotes in one neighborhood. we're going to tell you why people might be stuck with the animals coming up in a live report. >> the tsa dashes hopes of ending a process some find annoying. why you are still going to have to ditch your shoes at the airport.

>> taking you live to new orleans right now. certainly the calm before the storm. they are bracing for isaac to roar through the area. we'll have continuing coverage. 6:40. >> airline passengers will have to keep removing their shoes as security check points because machines that scan footwear fall short.ç "the new york times" reports that theç tsa rejected systems that would allow passengers to keep shoes on. the reason, passengers with

metal weapons and explosives in their shoes were able to pass unnoticed through the scanners. that is a pretty good reason. americans are traveling far and wide even in these uncertain financial times and spending big bucks on vacation. new numbers from visa show americans upped travel spending on their visa cards more than $1 billion in the first half of the year, compared to the same time last year. >> çcharge, charge, charge. coming up we're diwe in a san jose neighborhood where people say coyotes have moved in on their territory. >> we'll check the markets, apple in play this morning.

>> the san jose community is on edge, residents say several unwanted guested moved in -- coyotes. arturo is live with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are at forest hill elementary school on mccoy avenue in west san -=mñ neighbors here say that theyç have evidence fthat is pretty gruesome. they are not only concerned for pets but for the children who live and go to school in the area. a number of incidents have taken place on vanderbilt drive. neighbors have found cats that look like they have been mauled. others say their cat has fallen victim to coyotes. one family has seen and heard coyotes on the front yard. if it is determined they are roaming the area not a lot can beç done. the department of fish and game cannotç legally trap and reloce coyotes unless they are hurt, sick or orphaned.

neighbors want to at the least raise awareness so that people can be prepared. according to coyote experts there are a number of things that people can do, like fallen fruit, open trash containers and sources of water, can attract coyotes so limiting those things can help to keep them away. live in san jose. arturo santiago for "today in the bay." >> a san diego man has been identified as the first person mauled to death by a grizzly bear inç alaska's denali natiol park. 200 miles of alaska back country remain closed to hikers after 49-year-old richard white was attacked there friday. >> a back pack and torn clothing was discovered by other hikers in the area, and they then turned around and hiked back to the road and reported it to park rangers. >> rangers say they found white's camera filled with photos of a grizzly taken from about 50 yards away.ç

hikers are told to stay at least a quarter mileúaíay from bears. rangers shot a 600-pound male bear that was guarding white's remains. tests confirmed it was the same bear that attacked him. >> talk about isaac but it's not the only storm causing trouble. a typhoon is sweeping across okinawa, japan, it is whipping up winds up to 90 miles an howahour. the storm has injured seven people so far. 70,000 homesç don't have power this morning. >> toughç video to look at. we have it made here in the bay area. what's in store? >> it's not just the fantastic dry conditions that we're enjoying compared to most of the nation where they are all bracing for tropical storm isaac. we're also getting some of the best temperatures of the entire country. good morning to you, bay area. starting with this beautiful landmark, the golden gate

bridge. socked in with fog. we have flight delays, keep that m traveler. we'll update you throughout the weather updates for you. let's get to it and show you sunol where we still have mostly cloudy conditions, i wanted to show you how far to the east the marine layer has penetrated all the way through the east bay and the trivolume. mostly cloudy conditions. the temperatures down in the heat of the day. right now it's crisp. 59 in napa and oakland. and 52 down in sunnyvale. throughout the next 48 hours an area of low pressure kind of sits and spins to our north. it's going to drive in a nice o onshore flow each day staying cool at the coast andñhey, kin of mild for august in your inland cities. 89 degrees for today in livermore and even in the heat of the week when we peak on about thursday, i'm only bringing your temperatures into the low 90s. so, hey, perfection, try san

jose today. 78 degrees, 74 in fremont, mike's hometown, 77 in oakland and 64 degrees in san francisco. as we head through the week, no major fluctuations. we stay in the upper 80s, low 90s until thursday, then we get cooler days friday through sunday. mid-80s return.ç but something else has returned, the traffic onç the highway. lots of students heading back. >> and cal, their first week was last week and here is a dose of the east shore freeway. this is a big problem. major accident here now causing slowing. on the westbound 80, your commute direction. it causes backup around the bend out of san pablo and down off the merge with the bridge all the way to the bay bridge toll plaza because of an accident and then the metering lights are on. there is another accident at highway 24, clearing before you get to highway 13, causing more slowing because ofç the distraction out of the caldecott tunnel and toward the maze. live look shows you what things are like at the toll plaza.

we have lighter volume because of a lot of folks held up. so the metering lights are turned on. you can see more movement. coming off of the san mateo bridge, we see a smooth drive. here is your westbound commute kicking in now, speeds moving in the 50s across that flat section and the high rise over to 101 with no major slowing. we'll show you in the south bay, northbound 101 çslorksdown fro capital expressway past 680ç a toward the airport, 87 kicking in as well as 85. look likes 280, here we start to see the slowdown around the interchange, and the live look will show us that the volume has picked up over the last 10 to 15 machines, why we're seeing flowing making the way north or south to 17. back to you. >> happening now we're keeping an eye on tropical storm isaac this morning. we've got a live look at the storm on radar. you can see it swirling over the gulf of mexico. the storm can be aç category t

hurricane by tomorrow. >> it could make çlandfall at w orleans on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. already the storm left thousands in florida without power and hundreds of flights canceled. people on the alabama coast face evacuation order. many of the major oil refineries are evacuating ahead of the storm. isaac could shut down up to 90% of production in the gulf and that means gas prices could increase following the storm. >> republicans are in tampa ready to nominate mitt romney for president. but they have toç wait another day. in the first day of theç convention has been scrapped because of tropical storm isaac. that is expected to turn into a hurricane. the gop released a new shortened three-day schedule for the convention starting tomorrow. >> new this morning, two more american soldiers in afghanistan are dead, kill bid an afghan colleague. it's part of a series of attacks this weekend that killed 29 people.

officials say the soldiers were shot and killed by one of their allies in the eastern part of the country. authorities say the shooting appears accidental.ç >> in the south insurgentsç killed 17 afghan civilians taking part in a music festival. a leader says the taliban killed them to show their disapproval of that event. ten afghan soldiers were killed at a check point in the south. >> this morning we're going to learn more on the investigation after massive fire that damaged a chevron refinery in the east bay. christie has details of today's meeting. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. people here in richmond still have a lot of questions about the potential long term health o impacts, also the community notification system, andç the investigation itself, where does it stand. in about three hours the health department and leaders plan to address some of those rerns, let residents know how the process works. there are five separate investigations going on and

chevron closed its two claim centers set up after the massive fire on august sixth. chevron will keep its 800 number running. chevron has had about 18,000 claims so far, this meeting is at 10:00 thisç morning at the city council chambers in ç richmond, the first in a series of meetings to address community concerns. reporting live in richmond, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:52. a rally is held in the south bay tonight to call for peace and san jose. there have been eight homicides in san jose in the past two weeks, and much of the violence is gang related. some church members are ex-gang members and so are two of the senior pastors. the church is starting the 30-day outreach sending tesms of former gang members into the h[ghest crime areas of san jose and trying to reach those members with a spiritual message. >> i think what our experience

of being there at one time is able to relate to them and being able to say look, i was there at within time, i know what it's like. i know what you feel. >> tonight's rally at 6:30 in front of san jose city hall. >> they ended on a high note. petaluma played the final game of the little league series, now coming on home. the local heroes. stephanie chuang is live at sfo where the team will arriveç lar this morning. good morning. >> reporter: laura,ç good morning. japan might have taken the whole thing by getting tennessee but for us here at home, the real winners are our petaluma nationals street arrive around 11:00 this morning after winning the title of third best little league team in the world. >> bradley smith, nice shot. >> reporter: a lot of nice shots yesterday. our nationals taking on panama and winning the consolation game 12-4. couple of shout outs.

earned runs in five çinnings, the plate he scored twice along with performances by bradley smith who ended up with the third highest batting average in the tournament. so great job. you may remember their heart breaking loss on saturday to tennessee, a hard one. so this was a great win to end that run. the fans can still cheer them on. a parade is planned for the team sunday, september 2nd at walnut park in petaluma. i'm sure lots of people will be there. theç boys started school last wednesday so they have plentyçf catching up to do with home work but i'm sure many will agree they have today to soak up all of the love waiting for them. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> 6:54. shares in apple hitting new highs. >> scott mcgrew, apple adding billions to its value. >> amazing. already the most valuable

company and investors are just now getting a chance to react to friday evening's verdict in the apple samsung case. buying apple shares.ç the jump in price men's apple is addingç about $18 billion to i market capitalization, up $ $14 .12. a jury told samsung it had to pay apple more than a billion dollars in damages for copying the iphone. we're also watching best buy shares jumping this morning, plus aol says later today it's going to give its shareholders money as part of a pay-off in some of the patents itç sold. how desperate are europeans to find safe places to park money? germany a few minutes ago sold bonds that pay negative interest. you lend germany interest and then pay germany for the right. do you that because you're still protected against inflation. boy, that is interesting.

back to you. >> thank you. time to check the forecast once again with meteorologist christina loren. >> good monday morning to you. as you're waking up starting to get the wardrobe ready you want to think two parts of the day. we'll be at 89:00 atç 4:00. and 63 degrees at the çcoast. we'll have your seven-day outlook every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show and we're dealing with hour and 20-minute flight delays out of sfo. 6:56 on a back to school monday. >> you have about 45-minute delay oun the east shore freeway because of two accidents which have now cleared but very slow, expect a burst of traffic at the toll plaza soon and the accident clearing coming out from 24 and off of highway 13 as well. a live look shows you the volume of traffic holding forç 880 an speeds through fremont, peninsula, similar case as well. 101 as we look on the other side of the bay we have a live look,

northbound, an easy flow southbound, down into the south bay, 101 starts to bog down. back to you. >> thanks so much. we could learn more today about a deadly plane crash in lake tahoe after takeoff from the tahoe airport saturday night. the crash started a fire that took more than 90 minutes to put out. the planeç was registered to identities have not been released but a co-worker says he took a day trip with his wife, their 7-year-old daughter and two friends and planned to return the same day. >> 6:57. we'll learn more on what caused a deadly air race crash in reno. they will release their conclusion. investigators focused on loose screws in the tail when a section tore off before the crash. last year's reno air races.g

11 diedç and dozens others injured. this year's race will be held 18 few race. extra preflight safety inspections will be used. >> here is a check of the day's top stories. tropical storm isaac is churning over the gulf of mexico, red cross volunteers later this morning. >> chevron will update people near the richmond refinery on the investigation into the august 6 fire. the meeting will be inç richmo, city council chim çbers. >> firefighters hope to contain a fire. a red flag warning is in effect. >> the "today" show is coming right up. >> here is a look at what they are working on. matt lauer, al roker both live with updates on tropical storm isaac. also a mother goes on a wild ride when the gas pedal gets

stuck on her car. you'll hear her 911 call. >> it's called mirrorç fasting. hear from a woman who went aç month without seeing her own reflection. wow. how do you do that? >> i don't know. not that i'm addicted to the mirror but you know, you've got to check it out once in a while. >> she didn't. we'll find out how in the world she survived. thanks for joining us this morning. we're going to be back at 7:25 with your local news update and every half hour after that. >> thank you for waking up with us. enjoy your monday.