shame, shame, shame. >> new, oakland council members working well into the morning, making decisions on on two controversial issues. we'll have the overnight developments, next. election results are in. who will be replacing disgraced south bay supervisor. plus, now open. the major change on the south bay freeway if time for the morning commute. how's this for up to the minute the minute you're up? live look outside. that is the bay bridge. doesn't look like fog. mike has your roads on wednesday, july 31st. this is "today in the bay."

good morning, 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. right to the forecast right now. checking in with christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, lawyer ra, jon. 4:31. temperatures are crisp. santa rosa, 53 degrees. 54 novato. cooldown continues for the final day of july but not long. we'll let you know when changes come in, when the heat returns. full forecast in a few moments. first, want to check on the roads. it's wednesday. something always happening. >> good morning. getting over the high point of the bridge, san mateo, 92, looks fine. no problems. you can see lights towards the peninsula or from, depends on your perspective. east bay, 205, 580, the merge. look at that. we rarely see it, sensors go to

green. westbound 205, 580, no problems. average speed at the limit all the way to the interchange. there's a shot of the traffic from caltrans camera a couple of minutes ago. looking at construction over toward the dublin interchange. west 580, causing a bit of slowing but not anything dramatic. typically what we expect. eastbound crews will stick around for a little while. >> thank you. after hours of debate, stretching into the morning, the oakland city council giving preliminary approve toll two controversial issue following demonstrations featuring violence and vandalism. the city council giving approval to a ban on specific items including hammers, wrenches, spray paint, slingshots, all potentially dangerous items. >> this is just a tool that we can give our law enforcement agencies are to be able to remove individuals from the

crowd when they bring whether it's hammers, bats so forth, that would create harm and destruction to our facilities. >> to increase the chances they're faced with charges for something innocuous like a pen or pencil or decrease the amount of women like myself who have to carry pepper spray, say, around oakland. is that considered a weapon if i'm at a protest? i need to get home safely. >> hot topics to debate. final vote scheduled for september. if it gets official approval, the ordinance would be subject to review after two years. >> shame, shame, shame. >> despite loud disapprovel from protesters early this morning, the council approving $2 million grant from the department of homeland security, adding 130 surveillance cameras to the city. most located at port of oakland. but a few will be in the city, including near the airport. the images from the security cameras will be sent to a

centralized location. just to begin with, the federal government knows this stuff is here. it doesn't matter what public privacy policies, what's the enforcement for that? you know? nobody's going to jail if they violate a privacy of this system. you can avoid this system -- you can't avoid this system. there's no way. >> the cameras are scheduled to be up and running by june of next year. 4:34. oakland police are hoping for women who may have witnessed a murder nearly two years ago will come forward. the police department released the photos of the women overnight. pictures were found on the phone of a 32-year-old derian stone of fremont. stone was shot and killed in 2011 at a halloween party. the women may have witnessed the shooting but took off before police got to the scene. we know who will represent district 2 on the santa clara

county board of supervisors. the election office reporting cindy chavez has unofficially won that race, taking 55% of the vote. she defeats manager theresa alvarado. chavez's win is a big-time win for organized labor. >> chavez's victory is important, not only for her, for liberal democrats and most of all organized labor, that has really taken its hit in the last couple of years. so, it really opens up an opportunity now to move the county and perhaps the city next year back in a direction that labor has done so well over the past decades. >> chavez, of course, replacing the disgraced supervisor who resigned in march, later pleading guilty to felony charges, including perjury. he's scheduled to be sentenced friday. 4:34. the man accused of kill two women at san francisco. jewelry mart will be back in

court. expected to be formally arrai arraigned on a dozen fellfully counts, including two counts of murder and several counts of attempted murder. he walked into the jewelry store july 12th, opening fire, kill two women, critically injuring the store owner. investigators are believe white was upset about the value of vulry vul jewelry he previously purchased. a group of thieves attacked a security guard before making off with thousands dollars worth of jeans from a department store. three women spotted stuffing jeans inside their bags inside of a kohl's in the san antonio shopping center at 4:30 sunday afternoon. a security guard says one of the women pepper sprayed him right in the face when he tried to stop them from leaving the store. they took off in a white four-door vehicle with nearly $2,000 worth of designer jeans. another robbery involving pepper spray, this one at a

verizon store in pleasanton. a man walked into a store on johnson drive near hopyard road 11:30 yesterday. they say the suspect grabbed several cell phones and apple ipads on display there. when the employees tried to stop him, the suspect threatened them with pepper spray. he was able to get away and he ran away. keeping hope alive, a candlelight vigil held for 21-month-old daphne webb, the toddler vanished exactly three weeks ago. her father says he left the little girl inside his car with his elderly mother who has dementia while he ran inside a store. when he came out, daphne was gone. last seen wearing orange pajamas with pink socks. the vigil organized by the klaas kids foundation. held near the sequoia community church. a transient in jail, arrested for stealing a little

girl's decoration, ripping it out of the front yard. police arresting the 23-year-old after he admitted to smachinatc the pink pig. the 7-year-old has autism and the decoration which features the pig riding the bike was given to her as a gift from her grandfather. she very much cherished it. the suspect says, he ended up selling the lawn ornament to another man for $5. a parent in the community did donate a replacement to the family. >> see if the wheels will be turning out there. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good wednesday morning to you. crisp start to the day. look how much cooler than yesterday. yesterday was jacket worthy. this morning, one to four degrees cooler in most cities. pull out the light sweater or

jacket for the day. temperatures are only going to end up in the 50s in san francisco. that's where you're starting out. 55 degree there now. cool westerly flow continues. still going to keep the smoke in the atmosphere today. we have fires burning to our north. air quality alert, yeah, it continues along the peninsula in the north bay and coast. highs today, just about perfect for the final day of july. much cooler than average. anywhere between 5 to 10 degrees cooler. 75 degrees, beautiful conditions, in san jose. 76 los gados. 59 in san francisco. it's wednesday, not too early to start thinking about the weekend. i'll have your forecast coming up. i want to tell you about changes headed our way. first, here's mike inouye. >> good morning. look at golden gate bridge. we can see it. we can see the whole bridge, lights, towers as we take a look there. clear at the bridge. no major problems. north bay, look at our speeds, and you're at the limit traveling south 101 through san

rafael. east shore, toward the bay bridge, smooth ashth the limit there as well. take a look at the maps to the south bias well. live camera here. come toward us. looking at flashing lights. construction going on still. but as you can see, traffic coming towards us north 280 approaching 17, not disturbed by the flow. easy drive throughout the south bay. you have changes occurring now as people hit the road, right? >> you know all about this, traffic in east san jose may be smoother this morning expecting to open the new southbound 101 exit ramp at the capital expressway. part of the highway 101 improvement project making the roadway safer for drivers. the project expected to wrap up early next year. a popular peninsula landmark getting ready to close its doors. after 35 years malibu grand prix

is taking its last lap, yeah. the family entertainment center features go-karts, miniature golf, batting cages. >> my kid's devastated. >> i stopped mike in his tracks as he was leaving the studio. >> even with the reduced rents, they haven't been making money. maybe the mike inouye family has not been heading out. malibu grand prix close august 18th. i see like a team road trip in our future. >> i'm all in. >> right. >> >> i bet the racing -- >> mike's pumping his fist. i love the go-karts. i can ride for hours on end. he's so tall, his knees would be sticking out. a shot of a lifetime. an american small business getting a chance to advertise during the super bowl, free of charge. >> wow. to catch a thief. ow social media pressured one wanted man to turn himself in to

local police. energy drinks and your kids, that's happening today. what it's looking into now.

welcome back, everyone. good wednesday morning to you. 4:44. facebook is more than a place to connect with old friends.

one south bay police department using it to catch crooks. the morgan hill police department posted this picture of 22-year-old colby worsham on he its facebook page sunday. he was wanted for burglary, larceny, fraudulent use of credit cards. facebook followers responded sharing the photo more than 150 times. and 48 hours later, worsham turned himself in. morgan hill police say it's the first time someone has turned himself in because of social media pressure. >> family members, friends that may have known him, probably encouraged him to turn himself in based off of a facebook comment. >> morgan hill police say this encourages them to place more photos and video on their facebook page. hoping more followers will help in future cases. capitol hill, president obama making stops today, sitting down with democrats in both the house and the senate. this morning, the president meeting with the house democratic caucus to talk about job growth and tax reform. after that, he'll meet with the senate democratic caucus to

address the same issues. the meeting coming one day after the president asked republicans to craft a grand bargain. he says if they agree to close tax loopholes in certain deductions for big businesses he will agree to lower tax rates. what the fed does today could impact the markets this morning. jane wells live at cnbc's los angeles bureau with news before the bell. good morning. >> reporter: futures are higher after stocks ended mixed tuesday. investors paying attention as the fed wraps up the meeting on potential clues when the government will pull back money. our first glance at second quarter gdp which may show the economy slowed this spring. the dow slipping one point to 15520. nasdaq rising 17, 3616. still a way from its all-time

high over 5,000 in march 2000. ford will start selling a natural gas version of the f-150 pickup, the first u.s. automaker to off that in a light-duty track. factory installed valves, pistons and rings to handle natural gas and gasoline. buyers have to put in new fuel tanks, lines and injectors and could cost an extra $95. worth it? the price of nat gas averaging $2.11 a gallon, cheaper than gasoline, at least for now. small business getting a chance to suit up for the super bowl. intuit is launching a contest today to award one firm a 30-second ad in february's big game. commercial will air in the third quarter, could be seen by more than 100 million viewers. last year some of the 30-second spots sold for more than $4 million. businesses must have fewer than 50 employees to apply.

register smallb smallbusinessbiggame.com. >> could be one to grow for small business. >> awesome. >> thanks, jane. >> awe subpoena. >> right. >> we put a video, we do today in the bay ad during the super bowl. >> i like it. i like it a lot. >> feature you two, a lot of you two. >> pay for the advertising, too. >> exactly. >> you're the only one that can afford it. >> i'll be the producer. 4:40. you can be the director, too. let me direct your attention now to what we're working with this morning. 57 degrees in oakland. 55 san mateo. 53 to start in wine country. it is comfortable out there. some places where you are in the 60s, sunnyvale and as we head throughout the morning one more hour of cooling before lows come in. hour by hour forecast, by noon today look at this, we're going to see so much fog at the coast. we're only at 56 degrees at

lunchtime. in san francisco, keep that in mind. 64 san mateo at noon. 58 oakland. you need to keep the sweater or jacket with the sea breeze making it feel cooler until noon to 1:00 p.m. when we'll start to see the fog clear around the inner bay. that means temperatures will be just about perfect to finish in oakland. 72 degrees headed your way. 82 livermore. 82 degrees down in gilroy where you can still smell the garlic out there. air quality for cast today has changed. it improved. notice that smoke likely at the coast. once that fog starts to clear, it's mixed in with fog now. people have been reporting headaches, allergies, we don't flow for sure whether or not the smoke is triggering that. if you noticed a change, good idea to limit outdoor activity as much as possible throughout the day. we'll keep that going for tomorrow. by friday, high pressure moves in. that's going to switch our overall flow and some of the smoke will get out of here.

temperatures are going to warm up as a result. we'll see that improvement especially sunday. that's if you suffer from respiratory issues or asthma, safe to get outside. it's 4:50. disturbing revelations about the horrific train crash in spain. investigators are say driver was talking on the phone with an official of the railway company when the train jumped the tracks killing 79. he was reading a document at the time as well. the black boxes recovered show the train was speeding down the tracks at 95 miles per hour when it derailed, going around a curve. the speed limit in the area is 50 miles per hour. the driver was freed from police custody sunday, pending trial on charges of negligent homicide. we could know the fate of several big baseball stars.

the drug investigation. the suspensions they could come as early as friday. top of the list, three-time mvp alex rodriguez, standing to receive the longest and harshest punishment. also part of the story, sources say oakland all-star bartolo colon and former giants outfielder melky cabrera will not be suspended because they served punishment last season. last week, outfielder and former mvp ryan braun accepted a season-ending 65-game suspension. some of the topmakers of energy drinks in america testifying on capitol hill today. executives from monster beverages and red bull america will answer questions at a senate hearing this afternoon. at issue, how the companies market the drinks to kids. a senate commerce, science, transportation committee will hear from the american academy of pediatrics.

>> you know how i get by? breathing in all of your energy. 4:51. the special guests expected to attend tonight's san jose giants game. plus, the new app that helps you out when you really need to go to the bathroom. the ball game savior, next. fremont moving nicely. 880. you can pull over, use the rest room, get back on the freeway. activities for the nimitz coming up.

soccer fans, brace yourself. two of the premier teams taking the filed tonight at at&t park. round one of the international championship cup. this one formerly known as world football challenge. the squads, 2 of 8 teams participating in matches across the country this week. this year, the only u.s. team taking part, the l.a. galaxy. the finals attack pla take pla the 49ers have a high-tech answer to take care of a low tech problem. when the new stadium opens, it will be equipped with a bathroom detector. >> detector. >> yeah. it's a new app. it's going to let fans find the shortest line for the bathroom. >> brilliant. >> maybe you don't care, but we ladies do. but it doesn't just handle needs but wants. the apple identified the

shortest lines for beer and food. >> that's what i'm talking about! >> get this boy some nachos. the stadium scheduled to open in time for the 2014 season. a lot of cool things sprinkled in there. >> very smart. we can use an app here for -- >> a lot of things. >> make the rest room closer. then you wouldn't have to sprint around in your heels. if you see how fast this one is. >> how i get exercise. >> 4:56. talk about the san francisco giants, they're out on the road. the minor league team san jose giants hosting special guests. >> the team posted a picture on facebook telling fans the royal couple and royal baby will be in attendance tonight. >> what are they royal? >> they changed it. >> fans invited to wear their royal best including morning suits, top hats and tiaras. if they do they receive two free tickets. >> they're supposed to look like the real royal couples. is that what we're saying? >> breakous tout the as scott.

>> the giants are leading the division after clinching a playoff spot. fun there. >> doesn't look like it, but it will be fun at ballpark. 4:57. new controversy in walnut creek. the city attorney quits. corruption in the government. >> a skin-crawling discovery at a local nonprofit. how many are affected after bedbugs discovered at two goodwill distribution centers.

good wednesday morning to you. we've got beautiful conditions to get outdoors. but air quality alert in effect for parts of the the bay area. we'll tell you where you don't want to spend too much time outdoors today. >> while worried about getting to work, we have folk finishing up work, which is causing slowdowns on the road between home and, yes, work. we'll show you what's going on,

coming up. >> the cold, hard reality, mike. live look outside. crisp and cool. a look at the bay bridge from a distance. early morning hour makes that orange look like tang. wednesday, july 31st. this is "today in the bay." >> do they sell that anymore? >> i hope they do it's a classic. astronauts used to drink it. thank you for joining us. 5:00 on the nose. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. after debate stretching into the morning, oakland city council giving preliminary approve toll two controversial issues. following a series of demonstrations featuring violence and vandalism, city council giving that approve toll ban specific items including hammers, wrenches, spray paint, slingshots, potentially dangerous items. >> this is just a tool that we