bay area. 90s inland, 80s at the coast and bayside, but some refreshing rain just around the corner. >> plus this wall of flashing lights creates this wall of brake lights. we have a sig alert on the peninsula. another accident on the san mateo bridge. we'll fill you in coming up. and taking a live look outside. beautiful look over the south bay. it is thursday, october 18th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. breaking news in the east bay this morning. a house fire crime scene in castro valley. this one happening on san carlos avenue and alameda street not too far from the 580/238 interchange. right now this fire is in progress. there are firefighters on the scene and we have a reporter there. christie smith, who is gathering information right now. we'll let you know what she has

learned coming up from authorities, but right now they're saying this fire, potentially a suspicious one right now, looks like a crime scene so they are investigating this. we will have more updates and go live to christie smith coming up in a matter of minutes. an update to a developing story in greece this morning where thousands of workers packing into downtown athens to protest the government for the second time this month. a protest march by 17,000 people ended peacefully but we're hearing reports of some violence. at issue, austerity measures which are basically cuts negotiated by the government to get more bailout money to keep the country from going bankrupt. they have had such problems there. scott mcgrew monitoring the situation for us in the newsroom. he's going to update us throughout the morning. also happening now, firefighters in southern california are getting ahold of a wildfire burning in the hills overlooking santa barbara. crews have contained 40% of the blaze which has burned 50 acres so far.

mandatory evacuations were just called off. about 100 homes were initially threatened when that fire first broke out yesterday. no reports of injury so far. investigators actually think downed power lines may have sparked that fire. bay area scientists working through the night to study a trail of fire that simply lit up the night sky. this morning only on nbc bay area we have surveillance video for you to see from the lick observatory. take a look right at your top sailing across, they caught the meteor streaking right through the sky. you can see it at the top of the screen. no reports of any fire or damage, just a very cool sight to inhale and to see. you're looking live right now in nasa ames and moffett field where scientists are trying to figure out exactly whether that meteor -- exactly where it might have landed. coming up in a live report at 6:30, arturo santiago will tell us why scientists want your security camera video and what it will tell them about last

night's big shocking event. this one a tough one to swallow this morning. giants playing catchup once again after a tough loss in the rain against the cardinals. and now the team is counting on the freak to even the score. >> timmy lincecum hoping to get it done. we have live coverage this morning from st. louis. i almost said san diego. let's start things off with scott reese. he is live at busch stadium in st. louis where the giants are putting the ball in mr. tim lincecum's able hands. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, jon. yeah, i'm sure christina will tell you san diego would be considerably warmer than here in st. louis, but the good news is clear skies after a lengthy rain delay last night. three and a half hours worth, to be exact. the bigger problem for the giants is they came up on the shortened when all is said and done. 3-1 is the score and now they trail this best of seven series two games to one. but tim lincecum takes the

baseball tonight and timmy has been nothing short of sensational this post season. albeit in a relief role. he's allowed just one run this playoff season and the giants would certainly take that line tonight from him as a starter. lincecum was fantastic back in 2010 as well when he won four games during the post season en route to a giants world series title. game time late this afternoon here in san francisco, 5:00, 7:00 local time and we're on the air an hour before over on comcast sportsnet bay area with october quest. all your pregame festivities, getting you set for tim lincecum versus adam wainwright, game four, giants and cardinals. we'll have more in the next half hour. for now i'm scott reese, live in st. louis. jon and laura, back to you. >> it must be cool there, he's got hi gloves on this morning. christina yesterday's game got rained out for a time. how does it look for today? >> we had a frontal boundary move right over busch stadium

yesterday, hence a 3:three hour8 minute rain delay. cold weather is not great when it comes to the ball traveling. it makes it hard for the pitcher and the hitter so we'll have to see how that fares for our boys. but we've got your back big-time here at nbc bay area. we'll have live updates throughout the day on that. 50 in napa, 60 to start here in san francisco and the south bay nice and cool this morning, 50s all across the board. as we head throughout this afternoon, the mid-90s return. that's inland. we're talking about the mid-80s bayside. and at the coast, even getting close to the 90s in some of your coastal cities like santa cruz. that's the place to be later on today if you still have that luxury. 80 degrees at the coast and places like pacifica and half moon bay. not too bad there. this is when the locals start to complain about the heat in half moon bay. let's find out, it's been a rough drive. any improvements mike?

>> no, but we do have information to give us a look ahead. i've turned the camera to face south so the headlights coming toward us northbound 101. that parking structure, that's ikea. we have home depot also on the side of the road coming up past university. and the backup forming, quickly building past the university avenue exit and starting south of there. slowing by the time you get to oregon expressway and heading up to the area. we're going to show this backup on the map as well. it goes all the way up toward just about marsh road, just shy of that on-ramp. and the accident still blocking three out of four lanes. chp says about 6:45 when they expect though lanes to clear, so this will be a big problem. you can use alma or middlefield getting back onto the freeway north of marsh. expect some slowing through the area just because of folks disrupting their flow. we're looking to the east bay as you approach the san mateo bridge toll plaza as well. an accident reporting three of

your middle lanes as you approach that toll plaza. the overturned vehicles and blocking some middle lanes. that looks like another 15 to 20 minutes so that will clear and no major injuries. a live look at the bay bridge. the toll plaza has a backup as well. likely more folks heading there so early backup to about west grand avenue. the south bay also shows the build with northbound 101 picking up the volume, guys. let's get you back out to that breaking news in the east bay this morning. a house fire crime scene taking place in castro valley. this all happening on san carlos avenue and alameda street. this is not too far from the 580 580/238 interchange and christie smith has just learned brand new information from authorities out there. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, a sergeant with the sheriff's department tells me that they are expanding the investigation. in fact more people are due out here. they do say this is a criminal

investigation after a body was found in a home here on san carlos avenue. i believe we have some video this morning of some of the investigators going in and out of the home. we were up closer earlier. they moved us back and closed down the street. what we know is this started sometime after midnight. a single alarm fire. when you look at the home itself, it's hard to tell there was any fire at all. in fact it was in the back of the home and the attic. i spoke with one neighbor who tells me that a retired lieutenant with the san francisco fire department lives in the home with either a girlfriend on a son. he said he just wasn't sure because sometimes people were coming and going so still trying to sort that out. we haven't seen the coroner's department come. i do know that i spoke with someone from the fire department, a spokesperson, and what she's saying is that because this was a fatal fire and suspicious in nature, she wouldn't go into detail on that, that's why they turned this investigation over to the sheriff's department.

fire investigators here as well. as soon as we know more, we will let you know. that's the latest from here, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:09 right now. coming up, catch and release. we have a happy homecoming for a sea lion that at one point was just struggling to stay alive. plus twitter does something it's never done before. we'll show you what coming up in business news. >> reporter: i'm damian trujillo live at the dew tour in san francisco. another sneak peek is coming up. ah.

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6:11 right now. >> oh, yeah, it is six:11. hi, everybody, good to see you. >> you're going to see lots of flips and falls at civic center plaza in san francisco this morning. it has nothing to do with politics. >> right now we're focusing on the extreme sports competition

known simply as the dew tour toyota city championships. that is where nbc bay area's damian trujillo is live right now. there's a nice little preview of all the opening events. a lot of action out there, damian. >> reporter: it's like a big carnival here at civic center plaza, john. let me bring in jerry randolph with mountain dew. you're right in the heart of san francisco. what's that like for the tour? >> it's really awesome for us. this year we wanted to go back to more premium property. we wanted to be out on the streets of san francisco where the action of sports culture comes through. we decided to bring it down and kind of celebrate that skate culture out here in san francisco. >> reporter: you have some pretty interactive material here. first, tell us about the recycling process here on some of the bottles. >> yes. that's one of our programs with burton where we're taking recycled mountain dew bottles and turning them into burton products, so t-shirts and now jackets and pants. the process you're seeing here

is one of our machines where you get to put in a mountain dew bottle and get a t-shirt back. >> reporter: again, these are made out of recycled material and here's the printing process on one of them. >> the fans coming out today, they will get a custom made t-shirt. >> reporter: walk over here with me and there's a t-shirt that was pressed. so it goes from -- describe the process here. >> so we take our recycled bottles and those are turned into p.e.t. and the material is then turned into yarn and fabric that's made into the product, the t-shirts and the jackets. >> reporter: that's jerry randolph. again, it's a carnival atmosphere out here at civic center plaza. everything is happening. the practice rounds begin at 10:00 a.m. this morning and then at 8:00 you won't want this miss this, the fmx triple finals.

>> we want to see some of those tricks. thanks so much, damian. 6:14 right now. there is one person not too happen about the dew tour today. supervisor john av los says the street closures around the event are not worth the traffic headache. avalos also wants to make sure the event is abiding by the city's wage laws and is wondering why the city is hosting an event sponsored by a drink company when they are trying to curb child obesity. breaking news right now in castro valley. firefighters make a gruesome discovery inside a home that caught fire early this morning. the sheriff's office says a body was found inside that home. investigators on scene are calling this fire suspicious. scientists are asking people with security cameras to check their video for footage that could help them track a meteor that flashed across the sky last night. scientists say the meteor may

have landed in the martinez hills after flying over the pay area around 7:45 last night. and your san francisco baseball giants looking for redemption in game four of the nlcs. rain delayed last night's game in the seventh inning more than three hours. it wasn't good for the giants. they went on to lose it 3-1. tonight's ball game, the bounce-back game starts at 5:00 p.m. the bay area boy scout being denied his eagle scout ranking because he is gay plans to file a petition with the boy scout council. 18-year-old ryan andresen is asking the organization to reverse its decision to withhold his eagle scout award. the scouts say andresen is no longer eligible because of his sexual orientation. his mother started a petition hoping the scouts will change its policy. so far 123,000 people have pledged their support. andresen's story recently went national after an appearance on the "ellen" show. new numbers this morning on

how much debt comes along with college diplomas. the new report finds the average college student graduates with more than $26,000 in debt. that's up 5% from last year. two-thirds of students nationwide finish college with loan debt. some new legal maneuvering this morning to try to get youtube to try to take that anti-muslim film off the of the internet enter scott mcgrew, papers actually filed in federal court but you have them now. >> that's right. this all happens when the court opens. the attorney for one of the actress's in the film will this morning file this temporary restraining order against the filmmaker, its business partners and youtube. it's the latest attempt to try to get the film taken off the internet. as always, we are not showing you the film itself. the movie was originally blamed for the terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, something the american government no longer thinks is true. but it did cause other violence like this in egypt across the

middle east, including egypt. san francisco's twitter meanwhile has done something it's never dub before, censored a tweet based on location. twitter's main attorney says the company has disabled tweets from a neo-nazi group in germany, but it's only censored in germany. hate speech is illegal in germany. for that matter, so too are nazi groups. and goodbye "newsweek." just a few minutes ago the magazine announced it will no longer publish. it will go all digital instead. its last issue will come out on the last day of the year. "newsweek" has been around since 1933. and we've been talking about this all week but today's the day we might hear from chip maker amd in sunnyvale about layoffs. i'll keep you updade the first thing i hear. >> thank you, scott. so much for going up, up and away. >> superman now staying at the warner brothers lot. a federal judge shot down a lawsuit against the movie studio filed by the heirs of super bowlman's co-creator.

they already make money off the man of steel but they wanted certain rights to the super hero as well. if warner brothers had lost that lawsuit, it would have been banned from using key elements of the superman myth, including, get this, his super strength, his secret identity as clark kent and his lovely girlfriend, lois lane, which would have pretty much blown up the superman franchise. >> you've got to love christopher reeve in that one too. >> that was a classic. the original. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. changing? >> it is changing and it's going to be changing quickly. today you want to make sure you dress the little ones for summertime conditions. however, by the end of the weekend into next week, temperatures drop like a rock. we bring in pretty significant storm system. it looks like this could dump rain over the north bay. we could even measure up to a half an inch right here in san jose as we get into next week. let's talk about what's happening out there right now. 48 degrees, it's chilly, grab

your coat in novato. 60 degrees to start you out in san francisco where we're headed towards the mid-80s. it's going to be a warm day in the city by the bay. you're at 25 55 to start in san cruz. high pressure is the reason for the warmup. it's driving our winds offshore. they pump from land to sea and warm up and dry out along the way. but we have some major changes just heed. area of low pressure is racing toward the coastline. that's going to bring about widespread rain as we get into next week and the temperatures will tumble into the 60s. so almost a 35-degree dropoff in your temperatures between what we're expecting today versus those next week. just want to put it in perspective for you. livermore at 95 degrees for the last day today. you'll be in the 70s next week. san francisco at 85 degrees as we get into this afternoon right downtown. you'll be in the 50s next week. so that means you have about 35 reasons to hit the beach today into degrees. 94 degrees today in livermore, glien santa teresa, 93 in

fairfield. here's where it gets interesting. let's show you that seven-day forecast. the next three days are already going to get interesting, from 95 degrees today down to 77 by saturday. and then look at this, the low 70s with showers monday into tuesday. heavy rain at times on tuesday. then we'll get some residual action on wednesday and temperatures tumbling into the 60s inland. i'm talking about livermore. major changes ahead there. if you're getting ready to hit the highway, hold up for one for two minutes. mike has some major issues to talk about. >> yeah, it's going to cost you more on the roadway. what you're looking at, the stream of headlights past that ikea parking lot is north 101 coming up towards university. it is jammed. now bear with me, this is very ugly for television. here's the move. we're swinging our palo alto camera away from the approach and now look at that. that's the backup that continues all the way up to willow avenue just past that off-ramp. we have an accident causing the sig alert. three out of your four lanes are blocked.

folks are just squeaking by over on the shoulder. as you see right here at the top of the screen, this wall of flashing lights, that's the reason for the sig alert. we're sounding like another 25 minutes, according to estimates from chp until this will reopen. southbound, there's some distraction but not a lot of slowing until just past university, which is a pretty typical build for the southbound side. the maps will show you what we're talking about. if you're getting to the dumbo, you're okay on university. then this gets congested for willow here. getting off of the dumbo, you're okay on the peninsula side because that does take you just north of that incident. so the dumbo bridge is okay. highway 84. san mateo bridge slow on the approach, but the earlier accidents just seconds ago, they said all lanes are now cleared so there should be an improvement just as the volume starts to build out of hayward and heading down toward the toll plaza. we should see a smoother drive. the span itself will get a burst but no problems westbound 92. that's your commute direction. now, in the south bay we have an issue as well, northbound 101 where we're starting to build. that burst of traffic starting

here as well as for highway 85 and 87. so there's the south bay build which starts as well, guys. and the bay bridge toll plaza, we have the metering lights turned on early this morning because of the problems at the san mateo bridge and the backup goes to west grand avenue but the maze is okay. back to you. 6:22. coming up, back to the bay for an injured sea lion. >> that's right. we have the happy homecoming after a very tricky rescue out in the bay waters. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts!

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we're looking at t101 in pao alto. it's jammed from university all the way to willow avenue. i do want to show folks we just got word from chp that all lanes may have reopened. let's try to reconfirm that with a camera move. the camera just froze up. we'll bring you that update in just a few minutes. >> that backup is a sight to be seen, though, this morning. thank you very much, mike. tough commute out there. what about the forecast? time to check it right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> one more day to soak up that warm sunshine, guys. things will change dramatically as of today but for today near record warmth continues. 94 inlane, bayside 83 degrees. at the coast right around 80 degrees today. so coming up we'll take a close look at which beaches are going to get the best weather as we head throughout this afternoon and i want to detail this storm system that's headed our way because we do have some major changes just around the corner,

guys. that's all coming up in the next half hour. 6:25. now back to you. an injured sea lion that was found on san francisco's pier 39 all set to be released this morning. >> he was found last tuesday with plastic packaging wrapped tightly around his neck. this is video of his capture. doctors at the marine mammal center have spent the past week nursing him back to health and he will be set free later this morning. >> pretty intense capture but all for the best. 6:26 right now. still ahead, a stunning sight as the flying fireball just lit up the sky. plus where scientists think this meteor may have actually landed. it's big. and patrol shortage on the streets. the new crime-fighting plan in oakland that's bringing officers from the outside in. right now we'll take you outside live. that is downtown san jose, a live hook at hp pavilion where your san jose sharks are holding during that nhl lockout.

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a massive traffic backup along a peninsula freeway. mike inouye has the details just ahead. and fire in the sky. just how big was that meteor that blazed over the bay area, and good question, where did it land? we'll have a live report with the latest just ahead. a battlefield strategy in bay area skies. why drones could soon be on patrol in the east bay just ahead. and right now we'll take you live to new york where they are poised and ready at the new york exchange, about to ring in that bell for the day to check out what's happening. we're moments away. they stand poised. on this thursday, october 18th.

the clapping is happening. this is "today in the bay." good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. bright now we're going to update breaking news in castro valley. firefighters there say they found a body during an early morning fire at a home on san carlos avenue. investigators on scene say the death is suspicious right now. that's what they're investigating, but they say the cause of death has not yet been revealed. investigators not releasing the age, gender or identity of the person who died in that blaze, but neighbors say a retired san francisco firefighter does live at that house. christie smith is at that scene talking to the investigators. she will join us live very soon coming up with the latest at 6:50. it's 6:30 now. we're learning new details about the meteor that lit up the sky over the bay area last night.

scientists now say they have an idea of where it may have landed. arturo santiago is live at nasa ames at moffett field. just how big was this one? some are saying the size of a small compact car? >> reporter: that's exactly right. around that size is what they're saying. one astronomer here was monitoring this meteor very closely. he's hoping to have video from the sunnyvale cameras. in the meantime we have video from the lick observatory in san jose. here it is. the meteor streaking across the sky is at the top of your screen there. it actually entered the earth's atmosphere over the bay area just before 8:00 last night. now, this is not part of the orionid's meteor shower we'll see the next couple of days. it became visible when it was about 70 miles above the earth. again, one astronomer believes it was about the size of a car when it hit the atmosphere at

around 25,000 miles an hour and then started breaking up. people reported hearing a loud boom and then saw the bright orange and red fireball. >> the color of the meteor you see can tell you a little bit about what the meteor is made of. if you see yellow, it's sodium and iron. magnesium will glow greenish. calcium will give a violet hue to a meteor. a lot of people reported this particular meteor as being fairly yellow and some red and this broke up into multiple pieces so people saw different colors at different stages. >> reporter: and if those multiple pieces made it to the ground, they could be hitting the earth at speeds up to 200 to 400 miles an hour. and this morning scientists are trying to figure out exactly where those pieces ended up. to that regard people are being asked to check their home surveillance monitors to see if those cameras picked up any images of the meteor going across the sky. that's because the location and the trajectory could tell

scientists a great deal in finding locations of any pieces, if there are any at all. >> an amazing phenomenon of nature here. we're also following a crash on highway 101 causing a big-time backup this morning. >> mike inouye has been monitoring the situation for us. traffic backed up for miles. >> but look at this shot. this is 101 just north of university heading toward willow avenue. we used to have a wall of flashing lights. they just cleared all lanes northbound 101, so the traffic is flowing now at willow avenue. but then look at this, we still have to clear all of this backup. i apologize for the jerky movement but i want to use that same camera to show that it's now smooth at university but still slow on the approach. so slow as you approach out of palo alto and into menlo park. we do have the backup that's also coming out of san jose and i was very concerned about that. here's 101 with that burst of traffic from 680 all the way up

to the airport. we see slower speeds. better news, as they reach the peninsula they should see a smoother flow because of the earlier sig alert that has cleared. also the bay bridge had an early backup. we have a live look outside to show you the san mateo bridge as well because that had a sig alert approaching the toll plaza. all lanes there have also cleared. now slow off of 880 heading toward the toll plaza and the westbound direction does have a good volume now, but no slowing across the span. back to you. >> we'll take good news where we can get it. thank you. new this morning, a rally is planned in alameda county over that sheriff's plan to use droughns for city surveillance. the alameda county sheriff's office says it wants to use remote control devices only in emergency situations. but the aclu wants them only deployed if a warrant is issued. the sheriff's office hasn't specified what it would do with any information it gathers. today's rally is in front of city hall at 11:00 a.m. on the streets of oakland they could soon be patrolled with some outside help.

city leaders there considering a plan to hire sheriff's deputies and chp officers. this is because of the high attrition rate within the oakland pd. councilmembers say this would be only temporary until the next batch of police academy cadets graduates. the city has not said exactly how many officers it plans to hire or how it will pay for their salaries. 6:35. the bay area air quality management district is developing a monitoring system to track pollution from refineries. the move comes after last august's richmond chevron refinery fire. air district officials say their current monitoring system was not designed to track big toxic releases. the new monitoring system could be in place within two years. and this morning a settlement after more than 30 sewage spills in the north bay. the novato sanitary district will be paying out $344,000 in that deal with the san francisco regional water quality control board. now, the spills and overflows happened before the district's new plant opened in 2010.

that deal also settles a fitc 15-month federal investigation as to whether the district broke rules. support is growing in san mateo county for caltrain. a recent survey shows 66% of county voters would support a quarter cent sales tax increase to provide funding for caltrain and san trans. caltrain survives on fare revenue, grants and funding from three partner agencies. sam trans, muni and the vta. it's time to check back in with meteorologist christina loren. it sounds like the heat will still be on. >> yeah, last day, though. get it while it's hot. 6:36. like you said, look at this clarity for 6:36, very unusual to be this crystal clear at this hour of the morning. even more unusual is san francisco. let's go ahead and show you that live shot, just a beautiful morning. as we head through the next half hour, 45 minutes, you'll start

to see though yellows and oranges. 62 degrees to start you out in sonoma as the sun is starting to make an appearance. 53 in san jose and 54 to start in livermore. you're going to get some great beach conditions today. santa cruz one of the best places to be right on the sand. 85 degrees at 4:00 p.m. there. elsewhere it's going to be a little bit on the warm side. 94 degrees inland, 83 bayside. at the coast, right around 80 degrees. but if you're sick of the heat, we have a nice cooldown just around the corner inclusive with some showers. back to you guys. still ahead, secrets of a boy scout child sex scandal revealed. the confidential files that could lead to a new round of criminal charges. protesters versus police. throngs of thousands take to the streets of athens for a new round of anti-government rallies. [ woman ] dear chex cereal,

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new this morning, a former democratic presidential nominee could be nearing death. the family of george mcgovern says the 90-year-old remains in hospice care but is no longer responsive. mcgovern lost to president richard nixon back in the 1972 elections. he was also a long-time senator for south dakota. after leaving capitol hill he focused his attention to help solve world hunger. 6:40. a developing story we're following in greece where tens of thousands of workers hit the streets of downtown athens today

to protest against government austerity cuts. the protests are part of a 24-hour general strike in that country. greece's massive austerity program is needed in order to secure additional funding from an international bailout in order to keep the country from just completely going bankrupt. if greece does not meet its obligations, it would have to leave the european union. the time now is 6:41. coming up, the boy scouts breaking their silence on a sex abuse scandal. the confidential files about to be released that could point to a cover-up and criminal charges. plus an east bay house fire becomes a crime scene this morning. a live report as the investigation into a suspicious death unfolds just ahead. and worry, deep worry this morning over a san jose chip company. we'll take a look ahead in business news.

good morning, folks. you're looking at northbound 101 with all of these headlights. a little heavier that you would expect because we had a sig alert. all lanes are clear. i'll follow and let you know as we continue to recover. mike, thank you very much. right now they are down but far from out. on course for a comeback. this morning the giants battling back from that tough loss an very rough weather out there looking to even the score against st. louis. this morning the giants now trail the cardinals 2-1 in that best of seven national league championship series. >> but we can do it. we have team coverage this morning. meteorologist christina loren tracking the game time weather, but let's start with scott reese live at busch stadium in st. louis where the giants are putting the ball in tim lincecum's hands. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, you mentioned down but not out, far from it. down 2-1 in the best of seven.

a far cry from where they were in the division series against cincinnati when the giants were down 2-0 in a best of five and came back to win three straight on the road in historic fashion. that said, they have got to get past the bumps in the road last night, not the least of which was a three and a half hour rain delay. the ball game was on track to be by far the quickest that they have played in the postseason and all told it wound up about six and a half hours thanks to the rain. the fans muddled in the concourse for several hours and the pleasure huddled in their own clubhouse but they understand it's part of the game and this is a playoff scenario, so they knew they were going to finish the ball game. >> you know, rain delays are going to happen. it's just a matter of just having mental toughness and just be ready for whatever. >> reporter: and we'll do it all again later this afternoon. game time is just after 5:00 out on the west coast. and of course pregame coverage begins at 4:00 over on comcast sportsnet bay area. the good news is that the

weather is clear and right now it's actually rather nice. the sun is starting to poke out, not a cloud in the sky. expecting cool and windy later but i'm sure christina will tell you more about that. >> it looks like a beautiful day for some baseball down there. christina loren to tell us. it looks like it's going to be another nice one here. >> it is going to be hot. let's start with that forecast for st. louis. i have a vested interest in this game as we all do here at nbc bay area, the proud broadcast home of your san francisco giants. cue the music. let's talk about first pitch. 52 degrees, cool conditions. by the fifth inning i think we'll see spotty showers, but they're used to showers at st. louis at busch stadium. if that does happen, they'll likely play through them. we're talking about sustained winds that could carry that ball straight out to center field. upwards of 15 miles per hour. so it's going to be interesting out there. we'll have updates for you throughout the day on the weather and of course from our sister station, comcast sportsnet bay area. 50s and 60s to start. it's cool out there.

if you want to get any outdoor activities taken care of now is the time to do so. temperatures are going to be hot today but this is the halftime day. we'll peak and see that high pressure ridge driving those winds offshore so we do have elevated fire danger yet again today. however, look at what is racing towards us. a very significant system developing. it's going to start digging into the bay area monday into tuesday bringing about widespread, measurable precipitation. and your temperatures today, subtract about 30 degrees from your daytime high and that's what we're expecting as we head through next tuesday of next week, so major changes just around the corner. scarf weather, mitten weather returning to the bay but not yet. 94 today, 88 bayside and 80 at the coast. mike has had a tough, tough job this morning. any improvement out there on the roadways? >> tremendous and humongous backup. tremendous improvement after the sig alert alecleared north of h.

we had a tremendous backup that we have to recover over here coming north through the area. here's the map. we'll sort it out for you and just use the colors. north 101 out of mountain view up into palo alto, we still have a good, good slowdown as you head up towards university. but the earlier sig alert that has cleared the last 20 minutes and we're seeing recovery. that's good news because many folks coming out of the south bay. look at this, northbound 101 from capital expressway all the way up past the airport, we have 280 really starting to bottleneck right around that 880 interchange as we typically see. 87 and 85 also showing speeds down into the 40s. there you go, the build is on right here. we'll show you also the east bay because i haven't had a chance to show you much of that. we have a typical backup through the tri-valley. over here 880 slows as well between the bridges and of course the castro valley y. the earlier accident that was at the san mateo bridge toll plaza caused an early backup and

that's why we see slowing all the way through the toll plaza. highway 92 westbound, that is your commute direction, that's the reason for a little slowing as you approach 101, but san mateo and foster city not so much a big issue. remember the san mateo bridge closes starting tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. through the weekend. also the next weekend because of retrofit work. the bay bridge toll plaza, things are pretty standard as far as the backup going past west grand avenue and into the maze, but no drama other than your usual backup coming out of oakland and over towards the span. back to you guys. >> thank you, mike. new this morning, we are learning that one of the two taliban militants accused of shooting a teenage girl was detained and released by the pakistani military back in 2009. the suspect had been arrested after a series of taliban attacks, but was eventually released because there wasn't enough evidence to hold him. in the meantime, "the new york times" reports the shooting

victim malala is now out of a coma. the 14-year-old was shot walking to school. she runs a well-known blog which calls for more education for pakistani girls. much closer to home a suspected domestic terrorist is being held without bail this morning. this is in new york city. federal agents arresting the 21-year-old bangladeshi man after he allegedly tried to detonate a home built bomb. prosecutors say he was planning to blow up the federal reserve building and it turns out the fbi was right on his case. during an elaborate undercover sting operation, agents supplied phony pabomb-making materials a they busted him trying to ignite that homemade bomb. today the boy scouts of america is releasing confidential documents related to sex abuse cases. more that 20,000 pages are being handed over to the public as part of a court order.

the files identify more than a thousand scout leaders and volunteers who were banned by the organization. the scouts have also been ordered to report suspects who were not turned over to police. the files date back between the 1960s through the 1980s. 6:51 right now. we continue to follow breaking news in castro valley. an early morning house fire is now an active crime scene after firefighters there find a dead body inside of a home while putting that fire out. this all happened on san carlos avenue on alameda street not too far from the 580/238 interchange. today in the bay's christie smith is joining us live from the scene. she has more on the fire and what neighbors and police are saying about it. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. i just heard from a lieutenant with the alameda county sheriff's department and he says this is a criminal investigation and they'll be here for most of the morning trying to piece this together. one person died in this fire. exactly how, though, is still unclear. what we do know is they got a

call for a fire at a small home here. after firefighters arrived sometime around midnight. they say only one person was in the home at the time. neighbors tell us that this is the home of a retired san francisco firefighter who lived here with a girlfriend. i just spoke with an investigator an here's what he had to say. >> sometimes people die in fires and it's an accident or something of that nature. also, people die in fires based on a homicide. we're not that far into this investigation to determine which one is which. >> reporter: now, most of the fire was actually in the back of the home and the attic, but the strange thing is looking at it from the front, you can barely tell there was a fire at all. the coroner's department has not been here. >> okay. we're losing our signal there, but the coroner's office we understand has been called out to that scene. they haven't arrived just yet.

christie smith will stay out there and gather information for us as we continue to follow this developing story this morning. meantime, it's 6:53. a prominent doctor in the south bay will be in court this morning facing drug charges. dr. marvin bonham, a pediatrician turned administrator at valley health plan of santa clara is accused of writing prescriptions in exchange for cash and other drugs. investigators say he was even providing drugs to minors. police say the doctor's los gatos home was filled with marijuana, drug paraphernalia and several guns. his former colleagues are calling the situation tragic. >> i was shocked, i was astonished and very saddened. he was at one time a highly respected and very caring, compassionate pediatrician and for some time an able administrator. >> bonham and his roommate were arrested yesterday. investigators started checking up on the doctor because his desk job involved no patients,

yet he was writing plenty of prescriptions. bonham is free this morning on a million dollars pail. today the bay area is taking part in the great shakeout. it is the annual earthquake drill taking place all over the world. this one is designed to teach families how to be prepared when the big one hits. right now, like on this demonstration there, a simulator. right now more than 14 million people are signed up to take part in this. 9 million of those people from right here in california. other western states will be holding similar drills along with parts of canada, italy an asia. experts say brace yourselves, there is a 99% chance another big quake will hit california within the next 30 years. that drill starts today at specifically 10:that i kn18 thi. the tech industry has been rethinking its whole business model as people move away from computers and more towards the tablets. >> scott mcgrew has been talking about this all week and the change in computing and its

effect on the local companies. scott. >> good morning. today is the day this could really hit hard what we've been talking about. we don't know, but we have heard from several sources that sunnyvale chip maker amd could announce absolutely huge layoffs today. again, this is partly from talk from company insiders, it's partly reliant on other reports from other newspapers, "the wall street journal" and honestly part gut instinct. companies often release big news when they release financials. the chip business has been very tough lately. intel recently point out it hasn't added a job to the state in ten years. amd has been warning about its financials. you know chips put the silicon in silicon valley, but amd and intel don't make the chips that you find in iphones and ipads. so there's your problem. >> that's kind of amazing how quickly things change here. thank you, scott. 6:55. some high-flying stunts going on

in san francisco today. the dew tour, toyota city championships kicks off today at city center plaza. this is a live look at the plaza. look at him taking off there. >> that's crash. >> and the mongoose tlamp ramp e see as well. it's pretty amazing the tricks these guys can do. we've seen them warming up doing some of their tricks. the dew tour brings out many of the world's top extreme sports athletes for events like skateboarding, bmx. organizers say the heart of san francisco is the perfect venue. >> you know, we want to be out on the streets of san francisco where the action sports culture really comes through. there's no big sports tournament out here, so we decided to bring that down and kind of celebrate that skate culture out here in san francisco. >> got to celebrate it. this year's dew tour has a focus on recycling and sustainability. you can even bring a mountain dew bottle to be recycled and get a t-shirt, for example, out of that vending machine.

it shows how it all works. the dew tour starts this afternoon at 2:00 and it runs through sunday. >> crash was just out there with a nice easy warmup doing the kind of stuff you and i might be able to do. then they start flipping like madmen out there. let's check in right now, it is a good morning to get out on a bike ride this morning. >> if you want to ride the mongoose, you want to do it early. 94 degrees inland later on this afternoon. it's going to be a hot one. if you want to hit the beach, it's your last phenomenal day to do so. we'll be at 83 degrees bayside, 80 degrees in pacifica today. by tomorrow we drop off by ten. by this weekend, 20 degrees. let's check on that drive right now. it's been rough out there, mike. >> it has, but it's sorting out to its normal roughness now. we're looking at north 280. the stream of lights northbound approaching the 880/17 interchange. the map will line it up. that's the red zone right through the middle of your screen. also the northbound push heading into palo alto for 101 where we

still are recovering from the earlier sig alert. slow coming out of mountain view all the way up toward university. a much better flow, continuing to improve. that sig alert has cleared, guys. back to you. >> thanks, mike. scientists revealing new details about the meteor that flashed through the sky last night. we're now finding out just how big it was and where it may have landed. arturo santiago is live at nasa ames and moffett field with the details for us. >> reporter: well, this was significant enough to catch the attention of astronomers here at nasa ames. it happened just before 8:00 last night. 70 miles above the earth, a meteor entered the earth's atmosphere. we have video from lick observatory in san jose. you can see what was described as a bright orange and red fireball streaking across the sky there at the top of your screen. a lot of people not only saw the meteor, but heard the loud boom which is most likely a sonic boom as it broke the sound barrier. meteors generally hit the

atmosphere at 25,000 miles an hour and then start slowing down and breaking up into pieces. it's estimated that pieces can hit the ground between 200 and 400 miles an hour. this morning scientists are trying to determine if there were any pieces left and where they might be. one thing that could help in locating pieces is if people would check their home surveillance monitors. now, those cameras could have caught video of the meteor and those locations and trajectories are just great data in their investigations. now, tonight we're supposed to see those orionid meteor showers. this meteor that fell last night is not a part of those orionid showers. live in nasa ames, i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." >> once in a lifetime citing there. we finish up with the day's top story. firefighters make a gruesome discovery inside a home. the sheriff's office says a body was found inside that home. investigators calling this one