up next on "today in the bay," the ongoing vigil outside to bury a hospital this morning. plus, new details about an officer-involved shooting that has a chp officer fighting for his life. nearly six months after she disappeared, a new push is underway to locate sierra lamar. and move over iphone and android, the announcement that could be a game-changer in the world of smartphones. a live look outside, this time from the south bay. it's how we start our wednesday morning, september 5th. this is "today in the bay." it is 4:30 on the nose. i'm john kelly. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check that forecast with

christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. yeah, half way through the workweek at this point. and we've got interesting changes ahead in the weather department. we were talking about thunderstorms today and not just in the south bay as we were originally thinking. we'll let you know if thunderstorms could roll over your rooftop later on. we've got a good-looking forecast, though, temperature-wise, stay tuned for that. 4:31, first want to check your drive. >> we'll take you for a wider look at the maze and an easy flow of traffic. pointing at a couple of road crews, that's all that's going on for the chp right now. the caldecott tunnel, we have a crew there and minor slowing as you lose a lane. that does not affect the flow of traffic. between 980 and that construction symbol just around the coliseum, northbound side loses a couple of lanes, southbound south of 980. and on the peninsula side, 101 with a smooth, easy drive

through palo alto. and we'll show you some more, spots around the bay coming up. >> thank you very much, mike. a chp officer clinging to life after what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. he was shot after being pull -- pulling over a black jeep wrangler on interstate 680 in alamo yesterday morning. we have an audio clip from the chp dispatch moments after that shooting. >> description of the suspect, suspect or anything like that. >> negative, he just said officer was down. i've been trying to call him. no response yet. >> it was a very calm exchange between the dispatcher and another officer racing to the scene. a backup officer was already there and fired at the suspect hitting him several times. that suspect later died. investigators are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting. >> as far as that, the timing, we're still looking at that. i'm not going to release any details.

that's part of our investigation. we do have some dash cam video that we're going to analyze to see exactly what happened. >> police think the shooter actually acted alone. well, we can also tell you the injured officer is a father of four. 37-year-old youngstrum is a veteran of the chp, and many of his family members flew in from california to be there by his side. the family at this point just overwhelmed by all of the show of support. from law enforcement and from the community. he says this one is a heartbreaking situation. >> a super individual, a man of faith, and support, encouragement, and to those around him and his family members. >> he is based out of the martinez office. he served in the u.s. army reserves before joining the chp. and we will have much more coming up on the officer in a live report throughout the

morning. police are holding a conference hours from now to address sunday's deadly shooting of a man who they say pulled a gun on officers. this is the gun the pd says he pulled from his waistband before being shot and killed by officers. they say romero was a gang member and on a felony probation for carrying a concealed weapon with a prior conviction. he was shot sunday in front of his home. family members dispute the officers' report. we have good news this morning about the san jose firefighter who suffered a heart attack on the job. we have learned he is awake and talking after days in a medically-induced coma. frank ryan collapsed while battling a firefighter at a church last week. ryan's best friend and fellow firefighter russ davis says ryan is not only speaking, but he also answering questions in his usual frank style with a little humor. >> i go who drives engine one, and he goes frickin dale.

and that's when i walked in and said, yeah, it's frank. >> the good news is, some laughter about this. doctors will reevaluate ryan today trying to determine if he'll be upgraded from critical to serious condition. volunteers, friends, and family of missing teenager sierra lamar will hold a vigil tonight. it's been nearly six months since sierra disappeared on her way to school. tonight's light the night vigil will start at 8:00 at the morgan city hall. guests will light candles and pray for the teenager's return home. l.e.d. votive candles will be on sale today at burnett elementary in morgan hill. proceeds will go to the sierra search fund. coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, we'll be live where we'll learn more about a new tactic in the search for the missing teenager. u.s. representative of san jose will visit the search site today as volunteers gather. the man suspected of taking

sierra, 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres was arrested and charged with murder, but sierra's body has never been found. he's due back in court on september 26th. 4:36 right now. police right now hoping someone will help locate a missing woman who disappeared. the 35-year-old last seen on august 9th. employees at one store remember seeing her wearing an orange dress, saying she came in alone. detectives eventually found her bag containing a cell phone and wallet at another store. her car was later found in the parking lot in santana rowe. they have been tracking her atm and credit cards when she disappeared. when she did not show up for work the next day, her family called police. >> she hasn't been with anybody. this is a confusing case as to why she hasn't made contact with her family. >> she stands 5'6", weighs about

135 pounds, she has a visible gap between her front teeth. because she left rockland on her own, police at this point are treating this one as a missing persons case. the legal drama could soon be over for uc davis and students in the center of the infamous pepper spray incident. lawyers for the students and university have reached a settlement. the uc board of regents is expected to consider the deal next week. 21 people filed suit after that incident you see on your screen. campus police dousing them with pepper spray during a protest last fall. the officer at the center of that case was fired. 4:37 right now. and we all know that september in the bay area can be a little cool. but what we don't expect are thunderstorms, is that what you're telling us? >> i'm talking about thunderstorms and showers. good morning to you. finally something to talk about

of interest in the weather department. it's been so nice. there's only so many ways you can say it's going to be beautiful today across the bay area. and today i can tell you it's going to be nice with the exception of a few isolated thunderstorms. 50 degrees in sunnyvale. good morning to you in livermore, 57 this morning. it all works out like this. as you're picking out your wardrobe, trying to get ready, you can leave the umbrella at home. what i can tell you, it's going to be muggy today. especially in the south bay, two competing systems, high pressure pumping it into the bay area. so today, we could see some isolated activity as of 11:00 a.m. when we meet back here for the midday broadcast. a more likely chance as we head through your thursday. and we're talking about showers on the radar tomorrow morning as you make your way to work. you might want to already plan ahead on giving yourself a little extra time tomorrow for those showers. today, it's the fog that could slow you down at the coast. 68 degrees in san francisco, full deck and clouds until about noon in the city. the temperatures are still going to be nice.

78 degrees in oakland, 83 in san jose. and your full forecast. we'll show you that future track when it comes to showers, who's going to get them and when coming up. first want to check your drive. here's mike. >> no accidents as far as the incidents on the chp blotter. 680 through danville, san ramon valley basically north from sycamore valley road up to the southbound side, the same stretch, you lose one or two lanes at their worst as you see from this map. no slowing through the area. alamo all the way down through san ramon, a slow drive for 680 south of that 24 interchange. 580, not any slowing out of the altamont pass yet. a smooth drive in both directions, that yellow blip just around 60 because of a light volume of traffic. the averages are kind of low right now. down into the south bay, smooth drive, 237, 101, 280 not a problem. we'll give you a live look at the volume as we northbound on 101 just north of that 180, 280

interchange. another live look to the north bay this time and we'll look at southbound 101, taillights on the right side away from us, just a few northbound lights coming up toward the curves, san rafael, and novato. a family plans to sue american airlines claiming they were denied boarding their flight to california because their 16-year-old son has down syndrome. joan and robert were supposed to fly on sunday. they even paid the difference so their son who is an experienced flier could travel in first class. but the family was never allowed on the flight. they were told their son was a flight risk. this morning, the airline confirms it never received a single complaint about his behavior from other passengers. the family was eventually rebooked on a united airlines flight. they were put in the last row and tells us no passengers were allowed to sit within two rows of them. the time now is 4:40. and we can tell you this,

there's a new smartphone out on the market and we have the details in a live report. plus, we could soon get a look at the new iphone 5. when apple may reveal. it's almost here. what do you think? its latest creation. and former president bill clinton getting ready to take that stage for day two of the democratic national convention. we'll tell you what else you can expect from charlotte. and, of course, for all your news, weather, and traffic, come check us out on facebook. just search nbc bay area or any of us on this team individually. we'll be happy to hear from you.

welcome back, everybody. on this wednesday morning. give you a live look at the san mateo bridge. looks like things are fairly smooth. mike inouye will be on the way to tell you about it. talking a little facebook this morning, jon. shares of the menlo park stock got a boost yesterday after mark zuckerberg announced he will not sell his shares for nearly a year.

it all comes after the menlo park-based company has already seen a steady slide in the stock price since its ipo. also from the tech world, apple now the subject of a password scare. hackers claiming they have access to unique i.d. numbers and other sensitive information of 12 million apple products. the hackers claim they stole the information from the laptop of an fbi agent. apple not commenting at this point, but the bureau says there's no evidence indicating an fbi laptop was compromised or that the fbi had the apple information in the first place. meantime, there's a little hint about what's coming next from apple. it's probably talking about a smartphone. look at the release here. this was just to a few select reporters. this one confirms the apple event on september 12th. and you see that shadow there, yeah, if you look closely, it's kind of not so subtle. you can see that five there. many believe that's the hint

they'll be unveiling the new iphone 5. our tech reporter will be all over that attending it all week long and scott mcgrew will be along to talk about it. it is not the iphone, but a new smartphone hitting the market today. for details on that and the rest of our news before the bell, let's call on hampton pearson. good morning, hampton. >> hi, laura. well, we start, first of all, the futures are lower after a mixed session on tuesday. the dow fell on a report showing a decline in u.s. manufacturing output last month, the nasdaq rose on more speculation about what you were just talking about, apple's new iphone, which is expected next week. fedex could weigh on the markets today. warns the weak global economy is cutting into the profit. we get data this morning on productivity and labor costs, the dow falling 54 points on tuesday to close at 13,035. the nasdaq closing up eight.

get ready for gadget palooza, the market will be flooded with devices over the next several weeks, nokia kicks things off this morning with an event in new york, it's expected to unveil its first smartphone based on microsoft's new windows 8 software. this afternoon, google's motorola unit takes the wraps off of what's expected to be a new hd destroyed razor phone. tomorrow, amazon is expected to show off a new kindle tablet and all capped off next wednesday when apple shows us what's behind door number one, the new iphone 5. all that technology, all those consumers, christmas in september for i.t. >> exactly. we've come a long way from the maxwell smart days, right, hampton? >> you got it. >> thank you so much. >> hampton doing a little monty hall. >> i know, exactly. gadget palooza to weather palooza. >> mother nature's going to give

us a mixed bag. good morning to you. it's wednesday, if you had to work on monday, yeah, labor day, we tip our hats to you. abbreviated workweek for many and temperatures are going to be comfortable today. what i can tell you is we've got some thunderstorms on the way to the bay area and you'll probably notice right off the bat when you walk out your front door, it's kind of stickyicy out there. a little bit on the muggy side. as we head throughout the day, we've got an interesting set-up. the weather is going to impact us, the monsoonal flow. good morning to you, 57 in livermore, and 58 degrees in san jose. so taking a look at what we're expecting today. high pressure brings up that subtropical moisture. the remnants of what was once tropical storm john. john's going to be moving in today in a big way. thunderstorms as we head throughout this afternoon. but mostly over the western facing slopes surrounding the south bay. santa cruz mountains might see a little activity. this is how it works out.

take it to your future cast. stop the clock for your tomorrow morning, that's where we're expecting measurable precipitation. down in the south bay, the future cast agrees with me at 3:00 a.m. getting a little bit more activity up in the north bay and the south bay, as well. so tomorrow morning, you might be slowed on your way to work by some showers. yeah. first week of september, very interesting weather pattern shaping up. but we'll be out of the humidity throughout this weekend and temperatures will be crisp. back to that dry heat we're accustomed to this time of year. 85 degrees come sunday. 4:49, back to you guys. california's attorney general all set to step up to the podium tonight at the democratic national convention down at charlotte, north carolina. this one got underway last night to what many are calling just an electrifying start. tracie potts is in charlotte with all the details. >> reporter: democrats bring in their heavy weight tonight, former president bill clinton. the only person more popular in

a recent gallup poll, michelle obama. she brought democrats to their feet last night with a rousing speech about decisions based on family values. >> when in the end, these issues for barack, they're not political, they're personal because barack knows what it means when a family struggles. >> reporter: a message aimed at women. >> he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care. he didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically, no, that's not how he was raised. he cared that it was the right thing to do. >> not once did she mention mitt romney, but plenty of others did. >> so here's what we're going to say to mitt romney in november. we're going to say no! if mitt was santa claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves.

>> the woman who fought to make sure women don't earn nearly a quarter less than men. >> maybe 23 cents doesn't sound a lot to someone with a swift bank account, a cayman island investment. >> romney under attack as democrats prepare to nominate their president today. >> the first day of this convention largely focused on social issues and not what polls show voters care most about, the economy and fixing the national debt. tracie potts, nbc news in charlotte, north carolina. >> 4:51. at&t park doing double duty tonight. baseball tonight, but hundreds of people out on the field. we'll tell you why coming up. >> yes, we will. and a little house warming party of sorts for the newest professional hockey team. >> cow palace. over here by the block, 880 flowing smoothly through fremont. it's early wednesday morning. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home

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welcome back, everybody. how's this? we take you to outer space for a live look. an interesting look here. this is the space station out there. they're doing a little space walk today. a couple of astronauts are working on that. they're currently installing a power unit, been up there being told for just under an hour. actually outside there trying to put that power unit together. >> coming on, standby. >> that's very cool.

>> pretty cool. we get up early to work, look at them. >> space travel, yeah. they get real high on life. >> we hit the roadways, like many of you do. >> probably less traffic up there. >> let's check in with mike right now. i don't think you have a map for that one, do you? >> i'm all happy with my cameras and maps and you show me up. let's take it back to earth and we're looking over toward the maze. we still have going into the earth, roadwork going on right here, highway 24, let's call that -- two lanes, toward the caldecott, mild slowing, down to about 60. 880, a live look past the coliseum, we do have construction north of here. taillights not slowing around the bend. past high street, might lose a couple of lanes. southbound side, these headlights i just saw traffic break over the last few minutes, they started to move the construction. i don't see it on this shot anymore, but we may have some crews around 980 as you head downtown. and finally a live look at the

golden gate bridge, you can see the lights across the span. smooth drive into or out of the north bay right now, 101 has no delays. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. and we showed you this earlier, the san francisco bull showing off their renovations they made for the team's inaugural season. the echl affiliate of the san jose sharks have spent millions of dollars breathing new life into the 71-year-old famous cow palace. that's right at 1:00 today you can check out the new scoreboard, locker rooms, and ice-making system. that's important to have ice when you're playing hockey. tickets for the season will go on sale on monday with the team hosting a free pancake feed at the cow pal. >> that's a nice mix. head over there after you go to at&t park. if you're a fan of baseball and yoga, today's the day to bring your mit and mat.

the special tickets will allow 750 lucky yoga enthusiasts to attend a 90-minute session in the outfield, starts at 8:00 this morning. >> that's interesting, different. >> yeah. then you get to head back into the park tonight to watch the giants take on the arizona diamondbacks. >> they have time for a shower. cobra, down dog. >> don't get stuck. >> please. 4:57. the fight to bring the -- what san jose is accusing the giants of doing coming up in a live report. and a bay area city fighting back over a proposed tax on soda. and we continue to update you on the condition of the chp officer shot during a traffic stop. we'll have a live report from the hospital. plus, what one bay area police chief had to say about this incident.

at this hour, family and friends gathered