happy fourth of july. we have some natural fireworks lighting up the skies. severe line of showers and thunderstorms cross 10g 1 and north bay now. we will show you where this is headed and what you can expect when the sun goes down and fireworks go off later tonight. take you out to the bay bridge toll plaza. smooth sailing. yes. exactly. like a ghost town on the road. probably a good thing considering all the things that happening in the bay area with b.a.r.t. thursday, july 4. break tout celebration towel. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. happy fourth of july. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for spending part of your holiday with us and we appreciate that. lot of people do have the day off today. but do not plan on using b.a.r.t. to get yourselves around. union work others strike this morning. after a second day of contract

talks. ends with absolutely no deal. transit options you have on this fourth of july holiday. good morning. >> good morning. happy fourth of july. it is the holiday. i have to tell you, it is a ghost town here at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station parking lot completely empty. will may be a silver lining in that. that is that if you do have to ride a b.a.r.t. this morning, chances are the bus bridges they have set up, you probably won't have a lot of company there. ten hours of talks between b.a.r.t. and would biggest unions ended in oakland late last might. still no contract. no a agreement on day four. one union negotiator said they made progress on tuesday but the same person only said last might that they were working with state mediators. b.a.r.t. has been offering buses into san francisco from four of its other stations and spokesperson told me yesterday services is costing them about $100,000 a day.

commuters running out of patience and long lines on buses and ferries. at the coliseum, the as fans could not use the b.a.r.t. option. will is another game today at 1:05. fans should say look, they are not too thrilled with the strike dragging out. >> i'm a handicapped person so getting here so late has kind of impaired our ability to get in how we normally would with the shut and getting here. >> took a lot longer to get here. >> reporter: how much longer. >> about half an hour. parking was lot worse. >> reporter: something to keep in mind if you are going out today b.a.r.t. is running limited bus shuttles service today at power stations in the east bay. again, one here in west oakland. that's the one you transfer from. it is on the hour today. just -- once an hour from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

same story in the evening from 4:00 to 6:00. again, just three buses. you want to plan ahead. the other story here, negotiations do continue today at 11:00 a.m. reporting live in west oakland, christie smith. >> thank you very much. she mentions negotiations go on. there could be an agreement to end the strike later today. keeping our fingers crossed. stay with us on air and online. nbcbayarea.com for all of your latest updates. other top story of the morning, fourth of july holiday. east bay parks will be open to visitors today. that almost was not the case. park workers threatened to walk off the job on one of the popular days of the summer. east bay reege malpark district and union workers reached an agreement on a new four-year contract earlier this week. workers had planned to go on strike today and tomorrow if there was no deal. >> of course the fourth of july usually means food and lots of it which is one of the many reasons we love this holiday.

here is your chance to get your barbecue fix while doing something very solid for the troops overseas. 1:00 today, the south bay's blue star moms will hold a very special fund-raising barbecue on orchard city drive in campbell for a $10 donation you will get your fill of barbecue and big plate there, and some cocktails. this money will help fund the blue star moms. a group that's putting together care packages for the rooms and also supports the families of service men and women that have been injured or killed in the line of duty. >> all right. mice way to give there. for others, july fourth means fireworks. fans were treated to a special last night at the coliseum. special pre-fourth of july celebration. tonight will will be another show for fans. after the as take on the chicago cubs the fans will be allow flood the outfield to watch the fireworks. lit start after the final out and first pitch is at 7:05. >> a chance to get out on the peeled and be like the big

leaguers. in san francisco, big pyre works show, brace yourselves. 9:30 tonight sharp. video from last year. which was -- quite the sight to see. being told the best viewing always on pier 9. also on the embarcadero. >> here's another thing to add to your list. america's cup starts today. finally. opening ceremonies at 3:00. starts with a ribbon cutting at the gate of the all new america's cup park. located on the embarcadero. the sailors of the four teams will be introduced the racing fans of the new pavilion. the boats will go out in a the water in a parade led by the san francisco fire department boats. racing officially starts on sunday. p you are planning on i am bibing tonight, taking in a few adult beverages, never drink and drive. aaa out there to help you out if you happen to. they offer a free tow for anybody that had too much to drink and you don't have to be a

aaa member for the service. that's great. 800-aaa-hdlt and that will get you a pretow and up to ten miles going one way. free tow. available from 6:00 this evening to 6:00 tomorrow morning. 12 hours of great help there. while you are out celebrating today, we would like to see what you are getting into. shoot us your pictures. e-mail them to isee@nbcbayarea.com. be sure to keep a very close eye on the ticker at the bottom of your screen. rolling your fourth of july and transit options. >> as well as some of the temperatures now. i like to go to the pro right here and right now. >> hey, happy fourth of july to you. you know what, we are here for you on a morning like this. it is a good thing because we actually have quite a bit happening and even though we gave mike the day off we will watch your drive. the last thing you want if you

have go to work is an unnecessary accident or delay. we will keep you updated. start your temperatures this morning and you can see they are mild. we are running anywhere between two to ten degrees more mild than yesterday. except for novato where we have rain-cooled air and showers actually coming down right now. in combination with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s to low 70s. livermore starting out at 73 degrees. look at all the lightning firing off to the north. lot of this north of the bay area now lifting even further north. as you can see now, pretty dangerous conditions for ukiah to cloverdale. all the activity is winding down and pushing into the central valley. over the mountains a lot of it will fall apart. look at this. showers coming down now in the marin county area. this is enough to cool you down in novato. take down to south bay, western facing slopes surrounding san jose. little bit of moisture. we will see more of the clouds, thunderstorm clouds, developing over the local mountains today.

it is very moist out there. going to feel the difference when you walk out the front door. temperatures today are going to be just about as warm as yesterday. we are not going the heat you up. 102 for liver more and 87 in fremont. 93 in san jose. full fireworks forecast coming up. that's a mouthful. back to you for now. >> thank you so much. san jose fire fighters are trying to figure out what spark ad fire at a business on king road near mayberry. this one is an industrial area east of highway 101. our camera crews caught crews out there boarding up one of those businesses early this morning. the two-alarm fire started about 11:30 last night. firefighters there say they were able to finally get this one under control at 40 minutes. nobody was hurt and the cause right now still under investigation. less than a block away from that fire we are getting word from pyfirefighters a bicyclist was hit bay car.

unclear at this hour just how bad the collision was or whether the bike rider suffered any midge or injuries. we are still waiting to hear back from the dispatchers and we will update you as soon as we have more information. >> this is an odd warning to tell you about this morning. san francisco's -- police say that someone or people there in san francisco in the twin peaks say you should keep an eye out for poisonous meatballs. the warning comes after a dog ate a cooked meatball found. when the owner of the dog return prosecuted the walk the dog became very sick. that's when the owner went back and found more discarded meatballs. police say that the meatballs appear to be poisoned and investigators are running tests to determine exactly what is in those meatballs. and who put them will. >> keep an eye out for that. 5:09. would southern california officers under police protection this morning after shooting a

dog during an arrest. we have shocking video that has gone viral and what police said last mate in their defense. going head-to-head. would of the bay area's biggest lawyers step into the fight between san jose and major league baseball. >> another government program. this one is your mail. not e-mail. your mail-mail. coming up. >> to help you celebrate and get around on this fourth of july holiday, we will let you know fremont will be holding a parade. that starts downtown at the intersection of state street and capital avenue. that goes off at 10:00 this morning. >> redwood city will celebrate its 57th annual fourth of july parade today. the parade will start at marshall street at 10:00 this morning. >> also getting into the spirit. holding a community parade at 10:00. this one will go right down to downtown area. >> downtown martinez. the parade will go down main street at 10:00 this morning. >> i will not forget.

family of san jose woman who died in a storm accident in willow glen last month now filing a lawsuit accusing two drivers of being distracted behind the wheel. the woman was riding her bike to work when a delivery truck and dump truck collided at the intersection. the delivery truck then rolled on top of that woman pinning her right underneath. her family filed a lawsuit claiming both drivers were distracted by the cell phone at the time of the deadly crash. also followup this morning. we now know who will be representing major league baseball in that antitrust lawsuit filed by the city of san jose. the league hiring john kecker, partner in san francisco's law firm, kecker and vanness.

sets up a showdown between kecker and another heavyweight, joe, who leads san jose's side of the case. the city accusing the league of violating federal laws you about blocking the as' efforts to move down to the south bay. california's biggest junior college facing an uncertain future this morning. city college of san francisco will lose its accreditation in july of next year. that accreditation commission for community and junior colleges says they did not do enough to fix financial and educational deficiencies. the school will be appealing this decision. the campus will remain open and acredited. san francisco's twitter doing its best to keep the rest of the world connected to the unrest in egypt. scott mcgrew is translating tweets from cairo as they happen. >> reporter: it is interesting history to watch. country that turned towards democracy on to see a military

coup a year later. we have been able to watch it unfold as egypt's first freely elected president protested his own ouster on twitter. you see it here. in arabic. twitter's automatic translation service was able to show americans what was going on. it is an automated translation so morsi's last wheat sounds odd. mohamed morsi confirm it is attachment to the constitutional legitimacy and rejected attempts to break them and call the forces armed. this coup may cause economic problems for egypt. the world bank and united states both pour billions of dollars in aid and loans into egypt. democratic egypt. american law restrict it is money that washington can sell -- send rather to a military. closer to home the new york times this morning reporting on the u.s. postal service program which tracks americans' mail. the times says fbi agents will at times ask the post office to

record the addresses of inbound and outbound mail to certain americans and does so without a court order. the program was first discovered when the post office accidentally mailed one of the tracking requests to the person it was supposed to be tracking. the stock markets are closed today for independence day. had worked a half day wednesday. the dow gained about 50 points. tomorrow we get the june jobs numbers and government and business goes back to work. lots of regular people are not going to. we are going to keep an eye on news releases tomorrow. companies tend to find the most obscure days to release really bad news. tomorrow would be a great day to do it. >> yeah. they are hope nothing one will notice. >> we will notice. >> eagle eye over there mcgrew. thanks. we saw usher there ringing in the bell on the wall street yesterday. doing a show on nbc. putting music out there. be a good time. in new york. in san francisco bay area, going

to be a nice one. >> it is going to be so nice out there. yeah. 5:17. it is going to be a hot one out there. 68 degrees to start the day. you know you are starting out the day where you hit average, san francisco, 63 degrees. it is going to be a hot one. san francisco, what a treat for all the people that came in to town for the holiday. 77 degrees. a little warm. make sure have you the sunscreen getting ready to go. moving now into central valley. finally starting to push over clear lake and eventually they are going to move into central valley. this is the strongest batch all morning long. continuing to track the showers and thunderstorms as they develop and move onshore. want to show you the general nature of how had work. you see the enhancement. lightning as they go over the mountains and once you lose that enhancement, into the valley,

showers just fall apart. not even hitting the five. cool stuff there on this fourth of july. what i can also tell you is that you get another science lesson later mitt because the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. you see the committeer and, yeah, you hear the boom about three to five seconds later. that's cool. watch for that tonight. same thing will happen when it comes to thunderstorms. this is the clockwise rotation that we have been tracking all week long. showers and thunderstorms kind of soupy pattern continues. kind of tropical feeling out there. that will be the case for today. today we have the highest humidity and the best chance of those thunderstorms that we have had all week. that keep your eyes out for that over the south bay mountains and north bay mountains and the east bay hills. 102 for livermore today. 87 degrees in fremont. let's get to the fun stuff. good news is that most of that activity is bogey to clear out before we start to see those fireworks. 9:30. show starts in san francisco.

it is going to be mild and you will be able to see them this year. 60 degrees. what a good time. maybe your weekend starts today. want to hit big sur. here is your camping forecast. it will be absolutely lovely out will. highs in the 70s. all weekend long lows in the 50s and beautiful camping. make sure you check ahead. hard on get a spot. 88 degrees by saturday. much cooler weather. couple of days away. guys, back to you. >> all week long you have been talking about staying hydrated and people checking on the elderly. sad story here. health officials now reporting the state's first heat related death from the weeklong heat wave in the state. the county sheriff's department says a 77-year-old man was found dead on the floor of his mobile home on tuesday night. apparently his air conditioner had malfunctioned and blagoing in hot air over 100 degrees. >> new this morning, live pictures from tahrir square to show you where hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered to celebrate the country's new

leader. chief justice who was sworn in moments ago after the overnight removal of president morsi. the egyptian military suspended the islam cyst drafted constitution calling for a new election and installment of the temporary civilian government. in the u.s., president obama called an emergency meet thing morning with the national security team saying that in a statement he is deeply concerned. the u.s. is now reviewing a billion and a half dollars a we are in aid to egypt. a special honor tonight for the 19 fire fighters that died battling a wildfire in arizona. earlier this week. the fireworks shot will be a tribute to the members of the hot shot team who died on sunday. fire officials say that even though there is a high-fire danger in the area the fireworks will be deployed safely. experts are still trying to determine what went wrong just before the firefighters died. about 500 firefighters still battling the pyre near yarnell,

it burned 8400 acres. 45% contained. have you heard about this one? officer in southern california right now fearing for his life after a video of him shooting and killing a dog goes viral. the graphic video which has now more than 3 million views shows d dog owner being arrested. as he was being put in the car, police car, 2-year-old rottweiler, max jumped out and rushed to the owner's side. the officers tried to grab the leash but fearful the dog would bite him or others he then shot max four times, killing the dog. since that department has gotten hundreds of angry calls and e-mails, even death threats. >> all police officers are not bad. >> the lawyer now says he will be filing a lawsuit against the police department accusing officers of excessive force. >> it is 5:21.

if you thought a maserati may be out of your league think again. we will explain coming up. >> put new the fast lane. lot of events going on all over the bay area honoring the fourth of july. including some fun runs if you want to get after the barbecue and sweat it off. in concord, stars and stripes 5k run starts at 7:30. >> you get your tennis shoes ready. it starts at morgan hill elementary school. 7:45. >> stretching out now. don't want to pull a hamstring. the firecracker 5k run starts at 8:00. make sure you hydrate. >> let's do it. >> you lead the way.

. welcome back. isn't that majestic? beautiful for a fourth of july.

right? exactly p.m. live pictures from new york this morning. ellis island. where the statue of liberty is officially reopening. in minutes, taken the boat out there. something we are keeping an eye on. 5:25 now. it won't be going very par. next year's tournament will be played at the silverado resort in napa. the tournament is in the final year of the contract in san martin. it was supposed to move to the institute near morgan hill next year but construction delayed switch. organizers say as soon as construction is done, the tournament will return to the south bay. if you have ever dreamed of owning a maserati, ladies and gentlemen, your time may finally have arrived to get the high-end luxury automobile. how about this? maserati company working to -- working hard to track more buyers and come to september expected to introduce the --

assuming the jubilee. mice little mid-sized sedan that will start at the relatively affordable price, $65,000. maserati hoping the car will then challenge bmw, mercedes-benz and audi in the luxury car market. it is a weird name. it will feature a ferrari engine with nice, smooth italian leather inform the interior. no matter what they call it, this one will be available at $57,000 all-wheel drive version available. >> work on the name a little bit. it was a nice try. >> call it maserati. inexpensive maserati. >> let's check your forecast now. >> good morning to you. we have a good looking day shaping up. if you are going to be driving right now, i say still postpone

the travels. up into the north bay, monitoring the strong line of hours and thunderstorms. although it is weakening at this point. we just had a lot of rainfall come down over 101 between hillsberg and ukiah. people traveling for the holiday. noticing the showers streaming onshore. we are going to track the showers and let you know what is to come for tonight coming up. back to you now. >> thank you very much. 5:27. b.a.r.t. strike putting a damper on many people's plans. we will give you tips on how to get around the mess. at farmers we make you smarter about insurance,

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another round of intense negotiations. now entering day four of the b.a.r.t. strike. talks called off late last night. but little bit of sunshine. good news here. they will be back in the bargaining table this morning. latest details coming up next. even show the trains aren't running there are plenty of ways to get to your fourth of july celebrations today. we have a look at your other options for getting around the bay. we actually have some

natural fireworks lighting up the sky in the north bay. we will show you those thunderstorms. also today will be hot and happy to report the final day of triple-digit heat inland, 20-degree drop-off tomorrow. more changes for the forecast. your full forecast in moments. going to be another chance to be very hot on this patriotic day. live look outside over is an plan. that's beautiful. nice picture to inspire you on the fourth of july. it is thursday. getting close to the weekend. "today in the bay." good morning to you. happy fourth of july. independence day. >> good morning, everybody. happy holiday. another day still no deal between b.a.r.t. and union workers. held talks late into the night. they departed without a resolution. >> b.a.r.t. work others strike for a fourth day. may have to rethink your travel plans if you have today off.

>> reporter: good morning. happy fourth of july. i wish i could tell you the b.a.r.t. trains were running and the strike was over but it isn't. the silver lining in this my be that because of the fourth of july, will aren't very many people using alternate forms of transportation. i have only seen one person looking for the transit bus had morning. 9:15 when b.a.r.t. sent out a notice late last night saying we are sorry for the union's actions. they caused tremendous disruption to the people of the bay area. have to tell you i just spoke with a couple of them. they are still here. picket lines running. telling me they are hang something will on day four, started this morning at 4:00 a.m. this after ten hours of talks between b.a.r.t. and the two biggest unions ended in oakland late last night and still no contract. no deal on day four of the strike. when union negotiator has said they made progress. that was on tuesday. only said they were working hard

wednesday with state mediators. b.a.r.t. has been offering buses into san francisco and the station, spokesperson told me yesterday that service cost them about $100 thousand how a day. commuters running out of patience in all of this long lines on busses and fare in oakland. as fans couldn't use the b.a.r.t. option to get in. there is another game today at 1:05. fans tell us they are not too thrilled with the strike dragging out. >> i'm handicapped person. so getting here so late has kind of impaired our ability to get in, how we normally would, with the shut and getting here. >> took a lot longer to get here. >> how much longer? >> half an hour. actually parking was a lot worse as well. >> reporter: today b.a.r.t. is running limited bus service at the same five stations they have been doing the past four days.

it is much less today on the hour today, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and then again on the hour in the evening from 4:00 to 6:00. those talks resume today a 11:00 a.m. >> in the meantime b.a.r.t. strike has some people changing their fourth of july plans. >> creative to get around. fisherman wharf, bay area favorite for all the celebrations. restaurant workers say, hey, with month trains in service, they are expecting smaller crowds to come out. commuters will waiting for that ferry out of san francisco. late last might. they say the traditional trip to the war of this year is out of the question. there are things drawing a lot of tanks to have people coming to the city if they can figure out how to get there. marla, any great ideas to help out? >> reporter: to get here? yeah. right now it is -- you can come

on down. embarcadero wide open. we are live inside the america's cup park. such a gorgeous location. america's cup park officially opens to you, to the public, today. it is an exciting day for the america's cup. we have been talking about this for so long. i wanted to get you perspective where we are. we are along the embark dare oh formerly -- pier 27 and 29. you can see san francisco city skyline here to our right. and then, of course, over off into the distance we are right on the bay. treasure island is off in the distance here if we want to give you a live lot of that. live look of that. this whole park is so expansive. i just got a lay of the land from tim jeffrey of america's cup who goes -- knows all about this big-time event copping to san francisco. people come down to the park today and any time this summer, what can they expect? >> they can come to the america's cup venue. they can sxeet drink and be

informed and entertained. we have interactive displays. best of all you can see the race course. the first time ever in the america's cup where instead of the race is being -- way out to the ocean, it is not just in shore but actually in the city. >> and -- today is a big day. there is going to be a moon time ribbon cutting ceremony with some america's cup dignitaries and then at 3:00, it is the official america's cup opening ceremony where you can meet the power teams involved. >> four teams. is an plan team. champion team. team usa. america's cup trophy. then the three challengers. coming to san francisco. one of them of those three will become the challenger. by september they will be the team, team usa to decide whether the cup stays in america or not. >> okay. for you at home, stick around. it is very cool what we are going to show you behind here. awesome pavilion where you can

watch the races. also want to mention quickly that will is the san francisco pyre works show. if you want on come on is an plan, that gets under way at 9:30. best place to see it is along the embarcadero. >> thanks so much. without b.a.r.t. how do you get around this fourth of july? ferries will be running on a holiday service schedule with no service between south san francisco and east bay. or between harbor bay and san francisco. it will run on sunday's schedule. caltrain will run on a sunday schedule. but it will add extra trains for riders headed to fourth of july events. a.c. transit will run on a holiday schedule but with extra buses because b.a.r.t. is not running. >> it is reality. we suggest you stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of that b.a.r.t. strike. he will have the latest information on our website. that's nbcbayarea.com. it will have the up-to-date

ferry information. >> bay area really packs with a lot of fourth of july events. like the one in san jose. rose, white and blue parade will hit the streets at 8:00 this morning. lit follow the route on your screen before ending on the alameda where the city will be set up for pick mix with food, music and carnival rides. you can find detailed list of all the bay area's fourth of july events on our website. click on the local point events image. it is at the top of your screen. >> bash cued chicken, ribs going out there today. cool beverages. with the temperatures you may not immediate a grill to get the stuff cooked. >> out of the east bay, it is going to be a little too hot to get that grilling going. i'm with you. i want to put that off until about 7:00 p.m. if you can. of course, the fireworks don't typically go off until 9:00, 9:30. that's a good time to get the

grill on. look at this morning. natural fireworks. right now the activity is winding down. we are still fair game for the isolated thunderstorms. some strong to develop and move onshore. yesterday we had another round of flooding up into the tahoe area. they had really strong storms up there. if you are bogey to be headed to tahoe and a lot of people will for the fourth of july keep that in mind and travel consciously. as we head throughout the day today. that activity is expected this afternoon into the evening hours. right now we are still tracking the light showers and moving onshore in marin county. providing rain-cooled air. little bit of a refreshing change for you. also san francisco starting to get light activity. taking you to the south bay. not much here. western facing slopes surrounding san jose and again, that activity will ramp up later on this afternoon. we are going the keep tabs on that for you. we will be here for you all day long. watching for thunderstorms. i think overall, though, the heat will be a bigger factor today. 102 degrees in livermore. 99 in concord. 77 degrees in san francisco.

if you want the coolest spot tonight, for those fireworks, it is going to be the city. 68 degrees at 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m., downright perfect. 60 degrees out there. you will be able to see the fireworks this year. lot of people in town. they are going to get spoiled. bay area will be nice tonight. >> thank you very much. right now a follow-up. man accused of killing two employees in oakland earlier this week now facing charges. that will happen tomorrow. police say that jermaine is being held without bail. he and another man allegedly entered that wing stop late tuesday night and when there was some kind of encounter with somebody. officers say girly and the man, other man, ran to the back of the restaurant and then they hid in a freezer when the two employees went to investigate to see what was going on, they were shot to death on the spot. police say that they are still looking for the second man but at this hour they will not say if it is a suspect. a story you will only see on nbc bay area.

several sources tell us a police officers association has locked its arbitration battle with the city. we are told the ruling means a cap on cashing out accrued vacation and sick time. it also means that the officers will not get back the 10% in pay they gave up to help the city balance the books. the city manager's office confirms there is a verdict but it cannot comment on the specifics. the time now is 5:40. here to tell you celebrations over egypt this morning after the country's president will being removed from office. but the white house is not thrilled about this. a live report coming up from washington next.

celebrations in tahrir square as the country welcomed a new interim president a few hours ago. thousands of people gathered in the square to celebrate the

ousting of president mohamed morsi. while they are happy, the white house is not. tracie potts is live in washington this morning. she has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's because the u.s. is trying to figure out how to pond to this. how do you respond to the new transitional government and how do you respond to the thousands of people gathered in that square. take a live look this morning. things have calmed down there from the fireworks and laser pointers and shouting that we saw earlier. this morning a new president was installed as we -- former supreme justice essentially what we would call the chief of the supreme court for that country. president obama callinging to his national security team and said they are concerned about how this happened. they are concerned about the military takeover and want to make sure that a democratic government ends up in cairo and -- the people who still support president morsi p, some of whom are demonstrating throughout the country, some of whom are armed, to make sure

their rights are protected. demonstrations here in washington, certainly not to that scale. but outside of the white house, americans expressing their support for the new government in cairo. >> thank you very much. also this morning, we learning new details about the arrest of former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez dead. investigators say they have uncovered a secret apartment maintained by hernandez. it is located about a dozen miles from the home where he was arrested just last week. officers at this point not sure exactly why he had that apartment but say inside of it they found several boxes of ammunition and also found a hooded sweatshirt, the same one -- looks like the same one, one hernandez was wearing on the night of the homicide. hernandez stands accused of killing an aquain nance back on june 17. right now he's also under investigation for possible involvement in a double homicide that happened last year. >> raef counselors are on hand

at after a paulg rekilled a camp counselor and injured four others. it happened at camp tawonga, a jewish camp. kids at the camp were inside of the dining hall eating breakfast when that tree came crashing down right outside of the window. annais rittenberg, a student at uc santa cruz was killed. he worked at kzsc where she host ad two-hour world music show. the station manager says that news of rittenberg's death hit everyone hard. >> it is one of those things when you hear you don't really know what to think or what to do. and -- it still hasn't quite hit me yet. everything feels weird and surreal. >> the radio station plans to hold a special tribute soon. her fellow deejays will play world music in her honor as well as airing clips from her show. over in south africa, well-wishers keeping vigil outside of the hospital where former president nelson mandela

has been for nearly a month. 94-year-old remains in critical but stable condition. he has been in that hospital since early june. suffering with a recurring lung inspection. now a lot of people you can see leaving flowers and messages and other tributes outside of the hospital. some say they are very hopeful at this point that mendandela w recover. point. lot of people having the day off. celebrati celebrations. ready for parades, 5ks, barbecues, fireworks tonight. check the forecast. warm late. >> i it has been. i want to start with a live puck tour of san jose just to show you in beings with the heat we are still dealing with that humidity and you can actually see that moisture. some tropical moisture continuing to stream into the bay area and today we already have been watching pretty strong thunderstorms this morning. we have a better chance for that later this afternoon. and a good chance along the

sierra nevada. headed up there, keep that in mind. 68 in san jose. 63 degrees currently in gilroy. here is what we are watching. you can actually see we are getting a little bit more moisture at this point. starting to become a little bit more organized over the western facing slopes around san jose. as we head throughout the morning hours, you might actually have to use your windshield wipers. want to widen out for and you show you where this severe thunderstorms are moving through. that's up in the clear lake region. after all that pushes past clear lake. lit move over the central valley and start to fall apart. it is the mountains that generate the strong thunderstorms. we are still getting light shower activity in marin county and san francisco. keep that in mind today. i don't think you need that umbrella. it will be hot after all. hey, yeah. kind of a robust atmosphere. lot of moisture, low-level moisture. it is unstable out will. we will be watching that for you. 102 degrees in livermore. 77 in san francisco. and 90 degrees today in las

gatos. most of the activity will be out of the bay area. 75 degrees at 9:00. let's take you -- into the weekend. lot of people starting that weekend today. 100 degrees inland and 85 degrees bayside. 69 degrees at the coast. boy. my computer is on holiday. leveling off in the upper 80s to low 90s. back to you for now. >> all right. thanks so much. it is 5:48. if you are bogey to a fourth of july barbecue today, make sure the sunscreen you are using is nonflammable. the fda says that they received five reports of serious burns from people from using the spray sunscreen near an open flame. some cases, the users actually applied the sunscreen and they could catch fire. even if you believe that you waited long enough for it to dry. they say sunscreen, of course --

they recommend using non-flammable sunscreen or one that does not contain alcohol. >> another suggestion for a healthy fourth of july, do not try to eat dozens of hot dogs in just a matter of minutes. try to spread it over a few hours. few hours from now, chestnut will step up to defend his title at the nathan's hot dog eating championship. look at this man. weighing in there like a true champion. scoffing, laughing at the competition. then there is the staredown. people showing up at coney island now to witness this event. they are intense. had should be eating these. saving it for the big event. chestnut waiting -- weighed in at a svelte, lean, 210 pounds. he also is -- if you didn't know, defending six-time champion. this one goes off at 9:30 this morning. going for number seven. the winner is a man or woman who will scarf down the most hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. cool championship. gross that they dip it in water to help it slide down. >> to make it go down easier.

>> wet bun. >> see how many he takes today. one we will follow. >> all right. >> 5:49. >> all right. coming up, no, this is cool. secret wedding. did you hear about had one? >> i just did. >> 49ers marrying a hollywood starlet. >> good work. >> we will take a look at the jobs report coming up tomorrow as well. >> we are also trying to help you navigate the local fourth of july events this morning. menlo park will hold a parade at 11:45. >> brought the band in it for it. >> strike it up. parade will start at the parking lot of chestnut street, santa cruz avenue and end at burgess park.

welcome back, everyone. happy fourth of july. lady liberty is back open to the public for first time since superstorm sandy. what a great day to do it.

live pictures this morning. just minutes ago, ships left from new york and new jersey en route to the island. large crowds certainly expected for today's ribbon cutting ceremony where federal official and new york's mayor are expected to attend. zooming in there and giving you -- visitors will actually have to go through extra security in manhattan instead of the ellis island which actually still remains closed. in all superstorm sandy caused $60 million in damage to liberty and ellis island. also open just in time for the fourth of july, the gold striker roller coast and great america. coaster was temporarily shut down on tuesday. bob redell got a chance to try that one out. he is still trying to catch his breath. shut it down tuesday after park officials worried screaming riders would violate a city of santa clara's noise standards. 07-foot tunnel quickly built over part of the ride to help muffle the screams. this will be back open for riders this morning to celebrate

the holiday. new 49er nnamdi asomugha didn't just train this season. in the offseason. he got married. that's big. training to be a new husband. he reportedly got married in idaho on june 24 to actress kerry washington. she is the star of the tv show "scandal." the network reports washington's parents served as witnesses and one of his relatives performed the ceremony. keeping it in the familiar. >> i training to be a good husband not easy but worth the work. 5:54. wall street has the day off today. but no trading. scott mcgrew says everybody is back to work tomorrow and that's with good reason. >> tomorrow is the first friday of the month and get the monthly jobs report. will are a couple of ways this could go tomorrow. one, we could really get encure anning numbers. numbers that show the economy is recovering. wall street would really like that. two, we could get not very good

numbers at all. signs that companies are not hiring. you know what? wall street would like that, too. because that would lead investors to believe that will ease off the lets of pulling easy money policy. good news is good news. bad news is good news. if you are an investor. the clues we are seeing so far seem to show tomorrow will get good news good news. the inventor of the first computer mouse has died. his family says the pioneer pass wade in his sleep in his home on tuesday night. there he is in the blue shirt. he invented the mouse back when that was known as the stanford research much institute. he will be best remembered for that mouse and will show you that wooden box any time you asked. he had several. very first one is at the computer history museum in mountain view. you can see it. he did way more than that. his early work included computers talking to each other. imagine that. sharing data with links,

hyperlink. all of the many, many years before computer companies figured out how to do it. >> quite a visionary. >> way ahead of his time. >> decades. >> yes. fascinating. >> game changer right there. >> right. we have them right here. >> very cool. >> i like to raise the mouse when it gets inside when you are out here, too. good look at the day shaping up. things are really lighting up on the radar. look at this. rain on the fourth of july. almost unheard of in the bay area. that's in fact, what's happening now. a lot of the thunderstorm activity, lightning strikes, are up around clear lake. let me show you sonoma and marin county. yeah, we are still getting those lightning strikes. even here in the south bay, starting to see more organized rainfall along the western facing slopes. we will continue to track those showers and thunderstorms this morning. get ready for a hot dane land and 102 degrees at livermore. 87 in fremont. the place to be if you can get there, b.a.r.t. is not running. 77 degrees in san francisco.

tonight when the sun drops off 60 for the fireworks at 9:30. back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. 5:57 still ahead. the latest the b.a.r.t. strike negotiations. how they are going, next. >> also will tell you about being able to help you get around for the fourth of july. number of fireworks shows going on today. milpitas. they will be hosting the red, white and blue concert and fireworks show tonight at the milpitas sports complex. gates will open up at 6:00 with fireworks starting at 9:15. this one will cost you $3. quite the bargain. [ female announcer ] when you asked us to remove

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businesses are now up in smoke. >> he was effervescent. i don't think it sunk in she will not be back and doing radio anymore. >> a local college campus in mourning. we will tell you how faculty and students are remembering a young woman killed in a freak accident in yosemite. for this independence day, it is going to be warm and ending in triple digit heat. this is the final day and more importantly, we are going to give you the forecast for tonight when the sun drops off and those fireworks light up the sky. here is a clue. it is going to be nice this year. we will tell you where it will be the most comfortable. >> love the sound of that. right now how about this? nice look. looks like the bay bridge out will floating the clouds. strike up the band and get the fireworks regulated. gentlemen, break out the barbecue. it is the fourth of july. thursday. this is "today in the bay."