>> and giving awe live look, this is the san jose, that's hp pavilion on this friday, august 31, this is "today in the bay." >> it is 6:00 straight up in the morning. and final day of august. i can't believe the month is over. good morning. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we begin with breaking news out of new jersey. three people are dead including the gunman after an early morning shooting at a grocery store. the shooting happened at 4:00 a.m. in the town of old bridge, just about 25 miles out of new york city. the store was closed at the time. early reports say the gunman was a current or former employee wearing body armor at the time of the shooting. we'll bring you more details as they become available. >> new this morning, two years of construction goes on display 18 few hours from now.

san jose's trace elementary school opening up doors to show off brand new classrooms for if first time since a fire left the school damaged. bob redell is live in the south bay with a look at this morning's grand ceremony. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. yes, out of the temporary classrooms into this beautiful new building, students who have been attending school at trace elementary for the past two years no longer have to see the construction nor the scars of the fire that took place two years ago. that was a fire that destroyed a good chunk of this school. it was a 5-alarm fire, it gutted a couple of buildings, causing $10 million of damage. since it happened july 5th of 2010 the fire department thought it might have been started by fourth of july fireworks but soon realized that was not the case, it was arson. two teen boys were arrested. both did confess to police and

at least one of them is serving time in prison. there's going to be a ribbon cutting with the school, talking about students, parents, teachers from the school district are expected to be here. around 1200 people, going to make this quite a ceremony, a ribbon cutting and speeches, in a few hours from now around 8:30 this morning. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> this morning we're telling you about the san jose firefighter who collapsed from a heart attack while fighting a fire at st. patrick's cathedral. he is recovering in the hospital. frank ryan is in critical but stable condition. he was at the fire when suddenly he collapsed. his fellow firefighters were there to save his life. a registered nurse says he's lucky he was surrounded by people who knew how to restart his heart. >> the artery at this patient was blocked and it stopped the

rhythm, that is what we call sudden death and if it's not restored in moments you can lose the patient forever. >> a lucky man there. nobody else was hurt in the fire. investigators still examining the site to figure out the cause of the blaze. >> a developing story this morning, overnight a japanese court delivered its ruling in the patent fight between apple and samsung. scott mcgrew is here with all of the details. >> good morning. samsung won this, one of nine big cases that apple and samsung have been fighting around the world. in this case a judge decided samsung phones did not violate apple's patents with the way it syncs music and pictures. this is a different battle than in san jose federal court but the same war. though samsung is the top seller of iphones or phones in the world, it doesn't sell many phones in japan so it's not a

huge ruling but let's look at the scoreboard. apple with a win in the united states. it's won in germany as well. it gets japan in its first ruling. there are still trials in italy, france and the uk and future rounds in japan. courts take a look at each issue one at a time. coming up we'll hear from the foreman in the american version of this billion-dollar case who says not only did he not want to be foreman. he didn't expect to be picked. >> suddenly seems like more of a supporting event. thank you. the move to decision 2012. mitt romney hits the trail as the official republican nominee for president. >> and he accepted the nomination, last night the convention in tampa, he told voters the obama administration has failed but says he's got a plan to fix the country. >> you know there is something wrong with the kind of job you've done as president when the best feeling you had was the

day you voted for him. >> romney and paul ryan will attend a rally in tampa, then hop back out on the campaign trail to virginia. >> romney's spech is not the only thing people are talking about. clint eastwood was a guest speaker. he spoke to an empty chair pretending to address president obama. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely -- >> eastwood's speech set twitter abuzz. this morning invisible obama has 35,000 followers. the obama campaign is using twitter to respond to the speech, tweeted this photo with the caption, this seat taken. >> weakened isaac is over arkansas this morning, the storm

now a tropical depression and will move over southern missouri later today. they need rain out there. at least three deaths are linked to the storm. more than 820,000 people still without power. >> not a pleasant holiday weekend. here in the bay area we are treated to a different story. let's check the forecast. >> good morning to you. i want to start with this live picture of san francisco. this is causing us flight delays out of sfo bat an hour and the fog is so thick we might be dealing with those delays possibly until noon. it's just as cloudy in san jose this morning. the marine layer penetrated inland so you're waking up with a full deck of clouds, in the 50s to start. a crisp way to start out friday, just before a holiday weekend. we'll see the thick low clouds, 10 to 15 degrees dropoff. from the 90s to the 70s inlarnd.

a little bit warmer but not by much. downright hot as we head through sunday and monday. temperatures swinging back in the up direction as we head throughout the weekend. we'll have that number coming up, help you make your plans, depending on what the temperature is in your city that's going to dictate. head to the beach or the mountains, maybe some camping. 6:07 first i want to check on your drive. a lot of people trying to get out of town. >> we have an accident right around san francisco airport. on 101 northbound at the off ramp there is a car on its roof. so the ambulance is trying to get to that. if you use that route keep in mind that it's going to be a slow go trying to get out of town in that location. another area of concern is 880 northbound and southbound, debris in the roadway here, so that's causing slowdowns. just got off the phone with chp, it's still there, working on it. in the east bay, 580 and the

alta mont pass, two accidents there. one at doherty road an also in almost as i mentioned that one is at dreamville avenue off ramp. if you're an early commuter take it easy. things are getting going. >> he knows he has won millions but not come forward yet to claim his prize. this video here of a man buying the $52 million winning mega millions ticket in fremont last month. he has physically checked his ticket several times at bay area stores but for some reason he has yet to claim the money. we talked to the cash year who sold him this ticket. >> yeah i know him. he used to come almost every week. he has a year from the date of the draw to claim the prize or lose that money.

>> japanese retail giant is set to open a super store in downtown san francisco. the stores are a huge hit with young shoppers who attract. the store is promising to create about 500 jobs and set to open on the sixth. the company hopes to open 15 stores across the bay area. >> 6:09. coming up more cases of the hantavirus. we'll tell you what park officials are working to do about it. >> 4.19 a gallon. is it enough to put a camper on your plans. so far not really. that story coming up. >> apple says no to an unusual map. the reasons why coming up. >> give you a live look of the low clouds on this friday.

we'll check the full holiday weekend. it's 6:10.

>> welcome back everybody. this is a nice pleasant shot, these are the intersections of 280, 17 and the south bay, looks like a blue purple hazy sort of sky out there. >> serene. >> 6:12. if you are just waking up with us a check of the top stories. >> three people now dead following a shooting in new jersey's grocery store. the shooter was a current or former store employee that gunman is said to be among the dead. >> san jose's trace elementary reopens in a few hours after two years of construction. the school will show off the classrooms for the first time since an arson fire left the

school seriously damaged. >> samsung winning the latest round of the pa tent battle against apple. a japanese court rejeking the claim. a three-judge panel awarding legal costs to samsung, last week a u.s. court did award apple more than $1 billion in damages. >> 6:13. fallout from isaac is making its way to the pump when millions are hitting the road for a long holiday weekend. christie smith is live in hayward with a look at how drivers in the bay area are dealing with the jump in the gas prices. christie, they don't seem to mind or at least they say they can't do anything about it, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's what they tell us. $4.19 a gallon for regular here and $4.17 across the street, filling up is expensive especially if you think of driving this weekend. one of the pumps, $90. another $150. the average in california now

$4.15 a gallon. that according to aaa. on wednesday alone the national average jumped 2 cents in one day alone. the number of reasons for this including concern over hurricane isaac impacting refineries. aaa is saying that more people are expected to drive this labor day weekend up 3% from last year. i spoke with one driver who told me that it's not a good thing but you actually get used to paying this much. >> you got to get around. there are more cars and people on the road. you can raise to the 5.19 and it's not going to change. >> you think so? >> i think so. >> reporter: i thought this was interesting. even with what people tell us they say that they would consider going somewhere but right now they don't have any big plans to leave. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> a lot of people filling up the tanks and heading to

yosemite for the long weekend but greeted with bad news when they get there. the number of hantavirus cases linked to the park has now increased to six. park officials closing nearly 100 cabins in the curry village. officials believe campers were staying in the cabins when they were exposed to the virus through deer mouse droppings. two people have died from the disease, four others are now recovering. >> new this morning, germany's national airline is canceling hundreds of flights, a strike by its cabin crew is grounding these flights. thousands are stranded. flights to and from the u.s. are affected but none in and out of sfo. >> to the ball yard, the giants kick off a series in the windy city. that game against the cubs starts at 11:20 at wrigley field this morning. the giants picked up a sweep in houston. they won in the seventh inning. giant goes on to win the ball game 8-4.

>> pet a who ma's little league all stars get the a's started tonight. the oakland a's will honor the petaluma little league team which finished third in the little league series. there will be a special pregame ceremony at the coliseum tonight. the a's helped raise money for the petaluma team to travel to pennsylvania to compete in the world series. >> ready for football, the raiders wrapping up the preseason schedule in seattle last night. the seahawks honored marty malloy and others before that football game. silver and black, not looking too good on the field. fourth quarter, terrelle pryor sack bid bruce irvin and later on the radars trying to run -- that's a touchdown by seattle. raiders lose 21-3. the raiders hit the field september 10 to kick off the season on monday night.

49ers wrapping up the preseason against the chargers, backup quarterback put on a show. look at this pass. walker goes 32 yards for the touchdown. the niners up 14-0. later on at it again. scrambling, dancing out of harm's way. unloads it. niners take this one, 35-3. >> right now we're going to take the time to tell you about breaking news we're following, we're getting word of a 7.9 earthquake that hit right near the philippines, also word that this has put a tsunami warning in effect. again, a 7.9 quake struck near the philippines a short time ago and a tsunami warning is in effect. we're going to stay on the story to bring you the latest. >> 6:17. christina loren is back to talk about the weather. >> chilly today, warmer tomorrow. and then hot by sunday and monday. jon's been listening.

have you? you'll want to know, trying to make plans for you and your family. we've got an interesting forecast. it's really going to dictate what you want to do as we head through saturday, sunday, monday, things will be different each day. so we'll get to that. i want to start with what's happening now. the flight delays at one hour out of sfo and the only other major airport reporting delays is philly. about a half hour delay right now. that's just due to the volume out there. a lot of people heading out of town. sfo, we have delays there, no delays reported out of san jose. we'll let you know when that changes if it does. it's just as cloudy in san jose as it is in the city this morning. the low clouds will continue to lower as we head through about 8:00 a.m. temps are comfortable to start, pretty uniform for the time being. they will separate as they typically do. 56 in fairfield, 57 in oakland, 57 degrees in san francisco. we have real time flight delays

to report out of sfo at one hour f. you true i to get into the airport, anthony let me know they have a couple of accidents at the airport as you try to get in so we'll get an update. you might need those delays with the accidents. it's going to be jam-packed. flout the week temperatures are going to stay pretty comfortable as we head throughout the afternoon. 79 is not too bad. probably not need the ac in livermore. you have it cranking by the weekend's end. sunday, 98 from 78 today to 98 on sunday. monday, about as warm, 97 degrees, the heat is on. and we're going to see rough seas so it's not a great weekend to hit the boat. a lot of wind expected. if you want to hit the beach should be phenomenal. 75 degrees at the beach. i'm talking half moon bay come monday. let's get that update on the accidents. see what else is happening on a getaway friday. >> you said earlier we have two

accidents, 101 northbound right at the airport. san francisco looks like the north access off ramp there is completely blocked due to debris in the highway and then another accident, the east millbrae avenue off ramp, a car is on its roof. if you're trying to get into the airport you want to allow extra time. not only for your commute now but also for those foggy delays. also on the altamont pass, 580 into the bay, you can see slowdowns, one in livermore and one in çdublin. there is also a stall on the shoulder, 880 north, right around san jose's airport. those are going to be packed. just allow lots of time on your friday. >> thank you so much. >> apple has said no to an app which keeps track of drone strikes. >> scott says the developers are confused why. >> yes. apple shies away from overtly political apps and controversy but in this case this app called

drone plus keeps track of headlines about u.s. drone strikes and plots them. apple tells wired magazine the app was rejected because of objectionable or crude content. there are drone games in the app store where you can kill animated people using a predator uav. the man who signed his name to a billion dollar guilty verdict against samsung says he was a reluctant foreman. he tells nbc bay area only one vote was cast against him when it came time to decide who would lead the jury and that boat was from him. >> i really had not wanted to be forem foreman. i was voted in. the only dissenting vote was mine. so i knew how i voted so when i

leaned over, i said you and i are going to facilitate this together. >> mr. hogan will be one of my guests right after "meet the press" on sunday morning. yesterday we talked about how president obama went on line and told users ask me anything. one of the questions that i liked that the president didn't answer was, would you rother fight one horse size duck or 100 duck sized horses. 2,000 people reacted including a high school teacher, chris potts t teacher at posting butte high school, and his students took a poll, 53% said go with the big duck. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> words to live by. go with the large duck. 6:22. coming up the pentagon looking to take serious action against the former navy seal who wrote a book about the bin laden raid.

>> 6:25. we follow breaking news out of the philippines. a 7.9 magnitude quake hit a short time ago. this is according to the u.s. g.s. there is a tsunami warning in effect for the philippines, indonesia and japan. we do not know if the quake actually did generate a tsunami. again, a 7.9 officials say

undersea quake hit off the shore of the eastern philippines. we'll update you on this breaking story as soon as we can. to give you good perspective here the famous 1906 earthquake that hit in san francisco, that was also a 7.9 quake. >> moving to other news right now, today marks 15 years since the death of princess diana. you recall a car crash in a paris tunnel killed diana on august 31 back in 1997. she was only 36 years old. still remembered for all of her hard work with dozens of charities and her support of the international campaign to ban land mines. >> the pentagon informed a former navy seal it's considering legal action against him. the former seal is the author of this new book detailing the raid that killed osama bin laden last year. the pentagon says the author violated agreements to not reveal military secrets. the book goes on sale tuesday.

>> 6:26. it's time to check back in on the weather department. christina loren is here to look at the weather ahead. we have a holiday with changing weather. >> it is going to be very different between the three days as we head through the holiday weekend. starting today, we already have major changes on the way. temperatures coming down by 10 to 15 degrees and we have night delays. if you are trying to get out of town could be problematic due to the thick fog. everything on time for now out of oakland. fog and drizzle over the east shore. san jose, everything on time for now. we'll have your full forecast coming up. first your drive, here's anthony. >> we want to keep you updated with the bum b.a.r.t.en bridge closure. a heads up this weekend that will be closed through tuesday when it will reopen at 5:00 a.m. we have an accident at sfo, 101 northbound at the north access ramp that closed the ramp. if you're taking the airport

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>> 6:30. we're continuing to follow breaking news in the philippines. >> that's right a. 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the shore of that nation. >> tsunami warnings for indonesia, philippines, taiwan and japan. we're waiting for details. we can tell you so far no injuries have been reported and we'll bring you an update as soon as we do have it. >> we want to move on to decision 2012. mitt romney and paul ryan hit the campaign trail today after the gop convention wraps up. >> that's where tracie potts is live now to bring us all of the highlights from the final day of the convention. good morning. >> reporter: big wrap-up. good morning. mitt romney had this big speech to make last night and he was talking very specifically to certain groups of voters, women,

latinos, and most specifically the middle class. the whole idea was for romney to make a connection with the average american. he tried to do that in his speech. here's part what if he had to say. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> reporter: now, that's him talking not only about family but criticizing the president and speaking of that, you know that mystery guest that we made so much, there has been so much talk about it, turns out it was clint eastwood and he had an interesting imaginary conversation with president obama here last night. here's part of that. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him that, to do that. can't do that to himself.

you're absolutely crazy. >> reporter: the jury's still out on whether or not that whole thing was effective. there was a lot of applause in the convention hall but outside people were sort of wondering if this was a political speech or just some sort of performance or what was going on with the empty chair. it's all over twitter and the internet. romney has canceled a joint appearance in virginia today with paul ryan, turns out he is going to tour hurricane damage instead. live from tampa. tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> much closer to home, 6:32. anxious homeowners in foster city say they are keeping an eye on a teen charged with burglarizing two homes and sexually assaulting a young neighbor. the suspect is seen here as justin shing is out on bail and back home less than a block from the homes police say he broke into. last night foster city chief

craig courten attended a meeting to reassure neighbors their safety a top priority. >> home is their sanctuary. it is the place on earth where we should all feel secure. and the fact that somebody entered while people were home made it that much more serious. >> neighbors say they realize the police cannot be there every second so they are going to watch themselves. the suspect is due in court next tuesday. >> police now teaming up with the fbi trying to identify a woman whose body was found stuffed in a trash can three months ago. police releasing the sketch of this victim but it's generated no leads. investigators now searching data bases and fingerprints and dna to try to identify the woman. investigators say the woman is likely in her 20s and either asian or hispanic. her death being investigated as

a homicide. so far no cause of death has been determined because her body was badly decomposed. >> the trial in the death of michelle le, the nursing student's body was found. the date was set for september 17. yesterday the same judge denied a motion to exclude some key evidence against the woman accused of killing le. the attorneys claim statements regarding her whereabouts on the day that le disappeared were gathered during an illegal search. >> two years of construction go on display in a few hours. trace elementary school opening its doors to show off new classrooms for the first time since an arson fire left the school damaged. bob is live at the school with a look at the ceremony. it's a long time coming. >> reporter: two years, good morning. this new school building, the

students and teachers here at trace elementary an opportunity to have a new start, also to erase physical reminder of that tragedy that took place two years ago. for the past two years some of the students have had to go into temporary classrooms but starting this year no more. you can see why this beautiful building that will be dedicated in a couple of hours from now. it replaces the structures destroyed in a five-alarm fire that gutted part of the school. causing $10 million damage. since it did happen on july 5th of 2010 the thought initially was perhaps these had been started accidentally by fireworks. turns out that wasn't the case. authorities realize that this was arson. two teen boys were arrested for starting the fire. both ended up confessing and at least one is serving time in prison. that ribbon cutting will take place at 8:30 this morning. the district and the school is making a big deal out of this

invitine ining the whole school. the ribbon cutting around 1200 people. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:36. this morning the storm that was once hurricane isaac has been downgraded to a tropical depression. the slow moving storm produces heavy rainfall, gusty winds and the threat of isolated tornados. thousands of people are in shelters after heavy flooding and last minute evacuations. officers rescued 145 people. the rain had over loaded pumps. >> you scared? it will be all right. >> two people are confirmed dead in southern louisiana after their home was swallowed by the water. hundreds ever thousands who didn't lose their homes still have no power and likely won't

for days to come. >> lots of devastation there. we go back to christina loren to find out what's happening for our holiday weekend. >> good morning to you. we're still trying to get the latest information when it comes to the breaking news t earthquake off the coast of the philippines. more information coming in as we speak. we've got a really good looking forecast for today. great looking forecast for your inland cities. however, thick fog out there in san francisco is forcing flight delays. this is the day you don't want to deal with -- anthony's tracking crashes. take you to san jose. it's just as cloudy here. temperatures are going to be comfortable at about 75 degrees. we have to deal with gray skies. for the first part of the day. your hour by hour forecast tells the story of the day. temperatures are going to climb

into the 70s as we head through about noon inland, 79 at 4:00 p.m. 69 bay side and 60 degrees at the coast. your daypart forecast looks pretty good. let's check on the drive. looks like the cars are flowing nicely in san jose. what are you tracking? >> the traffic collisions and the northbound 101, right around the airport area. both cleared so we're not hooking at accidents going to the airport. north on 101 southbound now we have two sents to report. another at the san bruno off ramp, try to avoid those, and another accident continues to cause slowdowns westbound at greenville and livermore there is an accident there and on the south bay you can see traffic that's moving the best, smoothly along the south bay area. >> still ahead pg&e's settlement is revealed accidentally.

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>> 6:41. breaking news, in the philippines the national weather service has just told us they have downgraded the magnitude of the quake from a 7.9 to a 7.6. we also know there is now a tsunami watch in effect for

hawaii right now. if it happens it would come ashore at 3:00 hawaii time. noon right here in the bay area. at this point we can tell you a tsunami warning is in effect for places like indonesia, new guinea, taiwan, japan, guam and the philippines. we're following this quake that has been downgraded to a 7.6 that struck not long ago off the eastern portion of the philippines. we'll update you with more details as soon as they come in. >> we all know it's tough to find a good mechanic out there and apparently we're on the verge of a shortage. usa "today" concerned whether there will be enough master mechanics. mechanics of the future need to be highly trained technicians and there's already competition to hire the best and of course try to keep them. experts say the jobs are good and those jobs pay pretty well. >> coming up we're heading into the labor day weekend.

gas prices are climbing. we'll take a look at how much you could expect to pay.

>> right now we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of the philippines. >> a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern shore of that island nation. we also know there is a tsunami watch in effect for hawaii right now. >> if that does happen we're being told that would come ashore about 3:00 their time in hawaii, noon here in the bay area. we'll stay on this and update you with more details as they come in. right now on to other news, the san bruno settlement revealed but not by choice. >> we know how much pg&e paid to a san bruno blast survivor.

a court accidentally posted the settle emt documents on line revealing the company paid a teenager $1.8 million in damages. and $677,000 for her attorney fees. another victim of the blast says the settlement is hardly enough. >> $1.8 million covers anything that this woman or young woman had to go through. >> the disaster killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. pg&e says it will likely spend $455 million on all of the san bruno lawsuits. the chairman and ceo tony earley announced the company will spend $250 million on short-term safety and equipment upgrades in san bruno. >> we are following that earthquake out of the philippines. 7.6. we got an update that the

tsunami warning that had been in effects for japan and qualm and new gouinea that has been canceled. let's throw it over to christina loren now. >> it's hard to tell with the underwater earthquakes at a high magnitude because they can trigger an underwater land slide hence you get tsunami. thanks for that information. throughout the day temperatures are going to be just about perfect inland where it has been very hot. we have the 90s yesterday. wanted to point out we're dealing with delays trying to get out of town sfo, we have fog and drizzle. delays at one hour. everything on time out of oakland and san jose. you want to give yourself extra time on the local bridges, if you take the bay bridge or the san mateo to work where we're getting pretty steady drizzle and that will likely slow you down. the official word from anthony slaughter covering traffic and he's around the corner. breezy conditions today. much cooler. you might need to dust off the sweater or jacket.

we're only expecting the upper 70s and warmest cities across the bay. through the second half of the weekend temps are going to soar. 60 in san francisco, 69 in oakland. throughout the next couple days pretty much something for everybody in the weather department. we'll be at 82 degrees inland tomorrow, 74 bayside and 65 at the coast. so not great beach conditions on saturday but look at sunday and monday. 77 degrees in half moon bay. yes, there's going to be major traffic headed toward the beach as we head through sunday and monday. >> we still have the accident on 101 southbound near the airport, again at paul avenue and san bruno avenue. two accidents, separate ones, that are not causing slowdowns but if you are making plans to head to the airport avoid that or find alternate routes. as far as the east bay we have 88 that is starting to slow and

an accident at marin avenue, the good news the south bay we're looking at good smooth conditions all across every location. sunnyvale over. smooth sailing across the south bay. that seems to be all we have right now. >> as you know millions of californians going to hit the road this holiday weekend but looks like they are going to have more drain on the wallets as well. christie smith is live in oakland with how the gas prices will impact all of the holiday travel. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can probably find it cheaper than this but at this station it's going for $4.19 across the street $4.17 but people tell us that they are willing to cut back in other areas to hit the road this weekend. maybe taking a shorter trip than they might have. but the national average 4.15 a gallon, on wednesday nationally it jumped two cents in one day. a number of factors including

tensions in iran and hurricane isaac still this year about 3.6% more californians will drive over the holiday weekend compared with last year. i just spoke with one man who said unfortunately, you get used to paying it. >> one weekend won't hurt so it will be all right. >> the prices are getting high. >> nothing we can do about it. >> can i ask how much it cost to fill the truck? >> about 85 bucks. ridiculous. >> reporter: in 2008 when prices went well over $4, california cut back on travel but this year seems to be a little different. something to keep in mind, though, if you're heading out today at 9:00 in the morning, starts the busiest time, the peak around 4:00 or 5:00 this evening. i'm told the best time to leave if you're heading out would be sometime tomorrow morning or later today. reporting live in oakland,

christie smith, "today in the bay." >> i want to mention we have an update regarding the quake that struck right near the eastern shores of the philippines. tsunami watch was infect for hawaii but that has just been canceled. a tsunami watch in effect for hawaii is no longer infect following that 7.6 quake. >> back in the bay area, anxious homeowners in foster city, keeping an eye on a teenage are charged with burglarizing two homes and assaulting a young neighb neighbor. the suspect is back home less than a block from the homes police say he broke into. last night the police chief attended a neighborhood meeting to reassure neighbors their safety is a top priority. >> it is the place on earth where we should all feel secure. and the fact that somebody entered while people were home made it that much more serious. >> neighbors say they realize

the police cannot be there every second so they are going to watch the suspect closely. shing is due in court tuesday when she expected to enter a plea. >> police teaming up with the fbi right now to try to identify a woman whose body was found in a trash can. police releasing the sketch of the victim in june. so far no leads. federal investigators searching data bases of fingerprints and dna to try to identify this woman. dental records are also examined. investigators say the woman is likely in her 20s and is either asian or hispanic. her death being investigated now as a homicide. but so far no cause of death has been determined because her body was so badly decomposed. >> alameda county court has -- the judge there, has ruled against the defense motion to exclude some of the evidence against the woman accused of killing michelle le. the defense claims that

statements from esteban where she was on the night le disappeared were gathered during an illegal search. the judge ruling the officer's conduct was justified and that the trial is expected to begin september 17, exactly one year after le's body was found. >> a new hope and optimism out of san jose community this morning. trace elementary school is opening the doors to new classrooms, a couple years after the campus was hit by an arson fire. bob redell is live in san jose with more on this morning's ceremony. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, with that there's no more physical reminders of the ç five-alarm fire that gutted a good portion of trace elementary here. in its place stands this brand new building that will be dedicated a little later this morning. this building's been open for a couple of weeks, ready for the start of the school year.

the two years prior some of the students, many of the students had to rely on temporary classrooms. today they will rededicate this building, this of course was the old building was destroyed in a fire two years ago, july 5th of 2010. the initial thought when that fire gutted these buildings and caused $10 million in damages, that might have been a july 4th fireworks that did that. but authorities did realize it was arson. two teenage boys were arrested, both did confess and at least one right now is serving time in prison. that ribbon cutting and the enormous ceremony they plan will take place at 8:30 this morning. teachers, students, parents and officials with the school district are expected to be here. reporting live at trace elementary, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:54. a lot of people heading to yosemite for the long weekend will be hit with bad news. the number of hantavirus cases

has been increased to six. park officials closing nearly 100 signature tent cabins in the curry village. officials believe campers were in the cabin when they were exposed through deer mouse droppings. in the past weeks alone two people have died from the disease and four others are now recovering. >> the move to decision 2012. mitt romney canceling a campaign eve event for today to tour damaged areas hit by hurricane isaac. >> last night romney told voters the obama administration failed and he has a plan to fix it. >> you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you hads with the day you voted for him. >> romney and running mate paul ryan will attend a send-off rally this morning. >> romney's speech is not the only thing that has people talking about.

how about mr. clint eastwood. he was a guest speaker. he spoke to an empty chair pretending to address president obama. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. >> that got a few laughs. eastwood's speech also creating the buzz on twitter. this morning in account called invisible obama, has already gotten more than 37,000 followers. >> speaking of obama, the obama campaign responding to east wood's speech. the caption, this seat is taken. >> it's last call for reality show jersey shore. mtv announcing after six seasons it will perform its final. it premiered less than three years ago introducing the world to people named snooki, the situation and pauly d, the final

season begin october 4th. >> speaking of reality shows, gadget friday contains our own reality show. >> we do have our own reality show. good morning to you. our gadget this friday is something called the brino camera and it is a time lapse camera. it does just what you think it does. you can stick it in most anywhere. it's battery operated. you can leave it running. take a picture every few seconds or minutes. it's about $200. that's steep. i think it will come down. it records on a common media card. i did set it up in our studios yesterday and here is what it looked like. yes, adding the benny hill music makes everything better. >> great call, man. >> here's what it looks like in the newscast behind the scenes. >> jon leans because he's had several cups of coffee. >> i was eating.

i ate quickly. >> robotic camera. i could watch this all day. >> back to you. >> scott, thanks. >> i never knew the back of our heads could be so amusing. time to check the weather. >> looking good for today. good morning to you. a lot of people trying to get out of dodge but why would you want to when temperatures are only in the upper 70s, even in the warmest cities across the bay that's livermore, at the coast 60 degrees, gray skies. you get better beach conditions as we round out the holiday weekend. we gave mike the day off but we have anthony slaughter in the house. yes, not too shabby. let's check on the drive. >> i am in the house. 101 southbound is slow, two accidents, one at paul avenue, one at san bruno avenue. another on 880 southbound at marina avenue. out to the bay bridge, the

lights turned on. and you can see traffic is moving right along, no problems in that location. >> thank you, anthony. before we go we want to give you another update to our breaking news from the philippines. >> the 7.6 kuwaquake, the tsuna watch was canceled for hawaii but the people in the philippines advised to move to higher ground because of the fears of a tsunami. the warning effects in effect for indonesia. >> this came in as a 7.9 quake, downgraded to 7.6. the 1906 earthquake in san francisco was a 7.9. it's a big one. >> absolutely. following that story. >> we'll be back in about 30 minutes.