one of the most popular cars affecting hundreds drivers next. the president wrapping up his meeting with germany's chancellor addressing among other things the nsa's survey license program. and in a few hours, b.a.r.t. will announce a new review policy for its police force. nbc bay area received an early look at policy. details next. how are you feeling? a live look to jump start your day. that is in san francisco the golden gate bridge illuminated and very clear. not a car in sight on this wednesday, june 19th. this is "today in the bay." .

i'm thinking we call this good vibration wednesday. kind of help us get through. if you're in, i'm in. good morning, it's 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> everyone is in this morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. no one on the roadway at least the golden gate. what about the forecast? here's meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. temperatures now, mostly in the 50s. thanks for waking up with us, if you are one of many people at home not on the roads, i can tell you you might have an extra blanket on. temperatures cooler than any day this week. that will continue to trend down as we head throughout the next hour, getting closer to sun vooi rise. i'll take you through the forecast. somethingi something happening in terms of traffic. >> windy wednesday as far as chp reports. talking about gusty conditions they found.

they're letting drifkvers know about driving across the san mateo bridge and alta mount pass. toward the pinoeninsula easy dr. chp a report of car off of a roadway. its right around hillsdale south of 92. you'll see flashing lights. no lanes blocked. no slowing but watching activity south through san mateo. new this morning, tesla just recalled 800 of its model-s vehicles a few hours ago. elon musk in a sign of the digital times and social media let the world know about the voluntary recall via twitter. the model s vehicles affected made between may 10th and june 8th this year. the recall says mounting bracket on one of the back saseats is w

than intend and may not hold in a crash. it's not received customer complaints or reports of injuries. affected owners will be contacted over the next few days. happening now, president obama spending the last day of his trip to europe today meeting with leaders in germany. the president speaking alongside german chancellor angela merkel in berlin. the meeting follows two days of tough conversations of the g-8 summit in northern ireland and germans upset about revelations of the u.s. spying program. the president addressed the scandal saying he's committed to protecting the american people and at the same time protecting civil liberties. >> i've been able to examine and scrub how our intelligence services are operating and confident at this point we have struck the appropriate balance. >> in a few hours from now,

president obama will speak to the german people at the historic brandenburg gate where president john f. kennedy gav a defiant cold war speech 50 years ago. a live report from washington, d.c. in an hour. today's b.a.r.t.'s police chief expected to announce a review of department reforms take place after the deadly and controversial shooting of oscar grant. the current chief plans to bring in former chief patrick oliver to assess reforms. in july, looking at ten specific items including training, use of force, biased base police, internal affairs and discipline. attorney john burrs applauds at assessment. >> i think departments often do not examine themselves, certainly by outsiders. you can become very insular and not really have the critical eyes needed. >> the announcement coming one day ahead of the oakland

premiere of "fruit vale station" the days leading up to oscar's death. the b.a.r.t. officer claimed during a confrontation with grant he mistakenly pulled out his taser and shocked grant, who was lying face-down on a b.a.r.t. platform. and private screening of fruitvale station held in oakland. among the stars expected, michael b. jordan who plays oscar grant and octavia spencer who plays grant's mother. the film's gotten great reviews from fans and critics, won big wards the sundance. >> fire crews spend the night mopping up a grass fire that spreld spread to a hotel. started off interstate 80 in fairfield. embers from the fire blew to the

roof of a motel 6, damaging four rooms. fire crews will be back on scene to assess how bad the damage is. no one was hurt. fire crews spending the night in venetia checking for hot spots after a brushfire there. it was not contained until late last night. the fire sparked yesterday afternoon off lake herman road near interstate 680. a shed was damaged but, again, no one hurt in this one either. police and fire departments teaming up in one peninsula city. the redwood city police and fire departments holding a second town hall meeting a chance to voice concerns about safety issued in the community. the departments will give formal presentations about programs and services each has to offer. tonight's meeting starts at 7:00 at the peninsula covenant church on farmhill boulevard in redwood

city. pg&e customers in south bay have a chance to weigh in on proposed increases for their gas and power bills. pg&e wants to raise customers' rates to upgrade its distribution system to make them safe somewhere more reliable. the commission will hold two public hearings both at alfred alquist building in san jose. one at 2:00, the other at 7:00. out to the ball game, there, you have it. our own christina loren playing ball after yesterday's newscast. there emceeing the pregame festivities of the california carolina league all-star game. she's our all-star. helping out the home run derby as well. that big contest at municipal stadium in san jose. not sure if she stepped into the box but we'll ask her. carolina league won big time, 12-2. fans, many eyes, lining up to

see christina loren doing it big. hopefully she had a louisville slugger. how did you look? >> i looked all right. let me tell you who looked good all of the guys who had the best shot of making it to the show. eight players from san jose on that all-star team. a great night. weather perfect. today, more of the same. i want to point out we've got strong wind gusts, they have dropped off overnight. navato 23 miles per hour. winds relaxed. it's still breezy but not too bad. 56 oakland. 56 sunnyvale. uniform conditions in san jose. noon 60 and 70s. we'll round out the day in upper 70s. picture perfect, cooler than average weather. but then things change over the weekend. you're close to it now. it's wednesday. looking good. let's check the drive. >> winds have calmed down. chp did give wind advisories,

the weather service and chp two separate agencies, chp focusing on roads but their drive across they said you might get a gust or two. the camera shei shaking. folks with trucks or vans, drive across the bridge is smooth. light volume of traffic. no problems for delays. slowing down towards 60, 55 through the s curve. looking toward the altamont pass. wind farms, wind advisories there from overnight. a little slowing eastbound started to move better but down close to 55 through the area out of livermore, into the altamont area toward 205. now commute very light in the east bay. peninsula side as light, drive from northbound 101 towards university and san mateo without delays for the northbound side. 4:39. people in a flood prone neighborhood in east palo alto have more security.

crews have completed the first phase of a project to repair the bank of the san francisquito creek. the bank has been shored up with a new concreek dike. the creek overflowed and sending mud into homes. there's still work to be done and the cost of the entire repair project could reach $2 million. great news for you and your skating skills, skaters across the bay area have a brand-new place to practice tricks, just in time for summer. i've seen you on a skateboard, you are good. skate park in fremont. one acre, 2.2 million park located off the paseo padre parkway. park includes street course and bowl features as well as sfar cases with genuine hand rails. >> as opposed to fake ones. >> it's all of the cool kids

doing it 360, spinning off that. the skate park opened for a few weeks now. an official ribbon cutting ceremony set for 5:00 p.m. >> need action video there. >> and we need you on four wheels doing it big. >> if you can put a helmet on this head. 4:41. new pet food recall that could get your family sick. new numbers out this morning. the plan to reform america's immigration system. will it cost or save the country millions of dollars? we know airlines have business class, first class, and now one airline is adding an sl class. the new option when flying next. [ humming ]

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welcome back. good wednesday morning. we've hood really beautiful live looks outside. >> enjoying them, too. >> sun coming up. nice way to start the morning. cool out there. you'll neat ♪ ♪ tis a difference as you head out the door. we did. into. new pet food recall, could not only affect pets but family as well natura pet food products recalled eed peck rirration dan

or before march 24, 2014. the following brands cat and dog foods are affected. we'll put them up on the screen. california natural, evo, healthwise, innova and karma. if you fed your pets affected, contact your veterinarian. >> we give you this, taco bell taking aim at young men. the fast food chain adding new meals engineered for guys looking to look good, stay in shape, bulk up. live at cnbc world headquarters and has all of the details on keeping it sexy at taco bell with a look at how futures are trading. good morning. >> good morning. you went from animals to men, not me. i just want to make that clear. futures in the market are higher as investors await the federal reserve's decision this afternoon. the fed isn't expected to change interest rates but experts

believe the central bank will keep its options open on whether to start scaling back its economic stimulus programs. stocks rallied tuesday ahead of the fed decision with the dow posting its sixth straight triple digit news. fedex reports earnings. nasdaq up 30 to 3482. taco bell going after the health conscious consumer, the chain will test a power protein menu. it hopes will be a hit with the core customers, young men. burritos, double portions of chick on steak with corn, gawk ka mole la. taco bell will test the menu for six weeks at 40 locations in dayton, ohio before adding them nationwide next year. the move steps from the announcement in april it would work to find balanced menu options. samoa air finding an xl

class to accommodate overweight passengers. it's smaller planes with service between the pacific islands. in march it became the first airlines to charge people based on their weight. cheaper tickets, guys, for those eating off the new healthy menu. >> like the way you tie that together. nice work. when it comes to healthy living we think of taco bell. >> right. >> i don't know. maybe if you've got to get on a scale before a flight. >> how about that? luggage scale there. >> what's interesting, when i think of macho nachos i think of reduced fat sour cream. >> balanced. >> 4:47. all you men out there, good morning to you. of course, mothers, women, kids, everybody, come one, come all, gather around the tv, a great looking forecast to tell you about today. it's going to be phenomenal. i can't stress this enough. things are going to change

before you know it. we are running cooler by two, three degrees. it's not too bad. in the 50s. more 40s pop up through the next couple of hours. temperatures continue to drop off. one area of low pressure. that reinforced the cool air in place. another within on its heels, going to keep onshore flow in place for today. another round of breezy to windy conditions. the breeziest time frame in the afternoon. we're not going to see gusts as strong as yesterday as the disturbance came through here. look at temperatures. just about as warm, a touch warmer in some cities than where we ended up yesterday. 79 fairfield. 62, i've bumped up your number san francisco from 58 yesterday. noticeable difference. makes a big difference. as we get into thursday, late thursday into friday, summer sole tis longest day of the year will be friday. saturday into sunday, temperatures start to get on the warm side. look what happens. monday into tuesday, another

disturbance comes through. it's going to drop temperatures, the biggest influence. we might get a stray shower in the north bay. we're not expecting anything heavy. overall, no record heat in the forecast. >> thank you for that. 4:49. award-winning journalist and author michael hastings has died, just 33 when killed yesterday in a car crash in los angeles. he's best known for his rolling stones story in 2010 on general stanley mcchrystal. revealed open mockery of the obama administration, prompting the general, who at the time led u.s. forces in afghanistan, to resign. hastings famous for his iraq war coverage in a book about the deaths of his fiancee. the ohio man accused of kidnapping three young women and holding them captive inside his house of horrors will be back in court. a judge expected to set a trial date for castro. now facing more than 300 charges

of rape, kidnapping, torture, aggravated murder. attorneys for castro entered a not dpiguilty plea last week. a reporter saying, charges cannot be disputed. if convicted, castro could face the death penalty. a bridge that partially collapsed last month in washington state set to reopen this morning. a look at the skagit river bridge with a temporary replacement span over the collapsed section. a permanent fix will take much longer. last month the bridge looked like this. remember after a second fell into the river below, taking three cars with it. since then, commuters have had to use smaller surface streets to get around. making for long detaurs and a lot of traffic. scary scene in hawaii with a happy ending. a man recovering after bitten by a shark in the waters off the big island. that man was swimming offshore yesterday afternoon when a

14-foot shark swam up and attacked him member was reportedly bitten on the right thigh and his calf but managed to swim away and right back to shore. then flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital. he is expected to recover. that beach, right now, remains closed to public until further notice. >> a lot of people came to his rescue there. the immigration reform bill considered by the u.s. senate could save the country billions of dollars. the congressional budget office says, the bill would decrease the federal budget deficit by $175 billion over the next ten years. that number would grow to $700 billion from 2024 to 2033. the bill would add almost 10.5 million people to the population by 2023. more people, more tax revenue for the government. the senate is expected to vote on the bill before the july 4th

recess. a flag aim at celebrating gay pride. in one city it's causing controversy. the calistoga city council agreeing to raise the flag after a resident suggested doing it at a meeting. after a few days, some people started complaining and the mayor says residents want to know why they weren't part of the process and what other statement flags would be allowed. the pride flag has been since taken down. that happened monday. the city council now plans to develop a statement flagpole si. 4:52. the fair food not for the faint of heart. talking about a lot of food. more about the special menu next. a like funnel cake, corn on the cob, anything on a stick. the hollywood star hoping you'll help fund his next movie. that's all about going up right here in the bay area. >> we had "coma" the musical, we'll see. south bay, not reported, but i

did use this camera view to show you something. we'll show you not hidden picture but a scene picture coming up.

good wednesday morning. how are you feeling? 4:55 an james franco is a cool guy, hometown kid, doing very big things. the actor asking fans to help him out to fund his next project. turning to crowd sourcing,

looking to raise the $500,000 he needs to make a trio of films based on short stories he wrote about growing up in palo alto. franco hired directors for the films. also good news, this is very, very cool, any of the money raised from the films, it will all be donated to a charity helping children with serious medical conditions. hats off to that james frank co. posting his project on indigo go. as part of the morning, he has raised more than $44,000. good luck. >> see if he does it. maybe he can visit the alameda county fair. all about the fun and games. the highlight, they say, not the ferris wheel but the exotic food. we've heard of the deep fried twinkie. >> one of my favorites. >> had one? >> love them.

>> try some of these. deep fried pop-tarts, fruity pebbles. >> pass. >> pineapple upside-down cake, watermelon, red velvet cake. >> all of that. >> or something on a stick -- >> anything deep fried. >> pudding, macaroni and cheese and doritos on a stick. i don't know where you stick the stick. >> that's a stretch. >> today's opening day, $1 admission and rides. fair continues through july 7th. >> 4:57. san jose suing major league baseball over the a's plans to move south. what the torn for the city's citying about that case. and the reward continues to grow as police look for the person who gunned down a man you saw there briefly in the east bay after an apparent road rage incident.

b.a.r.t. police announced they're taking a rare step, applauded by a bay area civil rights attorney. taking a close look at reforms

made since passenger oscar grant was shot. i'm christie smith. what they're looking for, coming up. planes out of one bay area airport accused of putting lead into the air we breathe. we have a new report just out and that's up next. and we had intense flight delays, three hours plus, last night. that was due to the thick fog. this morning, expecting more of the same. cooler start to the day. we have a spectacular finish headed our way. i'll detail that for where you live. because i can move my cameras around i can snoop around as well. i'll show you what i found. you want to avoid this through san jose. >> start call you big brother. a live look outside. this one coming from the south bay. you made it to wednesday morning. it's a nice, beautiful, cool one. june 19th. this is "today in the bay."