not your ordinary bike. stolen from a blind man, it was part of his plan to help blind people all over the world. we want to help you get out the front door, prepared for the summer heat today. starting out in upper 50s to low 60s headed towards the mid 90s. we'll let you know how long the summer sizzle stays in your full forecast. and smooth drive right now heading over the bay. but we have crews picking up, causing slowdowns in the east bay and south. we'll talk about those spots coming up things looking extremely smooth on the golden gate bridge. yes, welcome to midweek. is it wednesday, august 14th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we continue following breaking news out of alabama there is morning where we are getting our

very first look at dramatic video of a u.p.s. cargo plane that crashed and exploded out there not far from the birmingham airport. there are reports, you can see, several explosions going on following that crash. right now we're hearing crews, they're being told to stay back because the conditions there are just too dangerous at there is time. "today in the bay's" marla tellez joining us from the newsroom. quite a scene there. >> it is, jon. the latest information from the mayor of birmingham who tells nbc news the pilot and co-pilot on board at the time of the crash and at this point, no comment on their condition. we are still waiting for u.p.s. to make an official statement. i want to show you new, amazing pictures into our newsroom. it shows immediate aftermath when the airbus 300 u.p.s. cargo plane crashes in a field outside of birmingham shuttlesworth international airport where it was set to land. this happened about 6:00 a.m. local time. so about an hour ago.

the u.p.s. plane coming from louisville, kentucky. the mayor says priority right now to get the fire out. you can imagine that the fire personnel on scene very intense situation. we are hearing from our nbc affiliate wvtm that explosions continue to rock the area. jon, as you mentioned, media on scene has been told to move back as emergency crews say the debris field spans a half mile and is extremely dangerous. within the last 15 minutes, ntsb is launching a full go-team to investigate the crash. the team set to leave d.c. in two hours and will arrive in birmingham, alabama, at 10:00 a.m. local time. that is latest. this is a very fluid situation. i'm monitoring the wires and checking in with nbc affiliate. i'll check back with you in 30 minutes. >> thank you. 5:02. happening now, tensions high in egypt this morning after

violence erupted on the streets of cairo. live pictures just coming into your newsroom. egypt's health men ministry said at least nine protesters killed. the violence started when security forces moved in to clear two protest camps for supporters of ousted president morsi. police seen firing tear gas and removing roadblocks. one of the camps cleared and is under police control. protesters being moved oust a second camp. a fairfield man accused of intentionally drowning his father's dog expected in court today. set to be arraigned for animal cruelty as well as probation violation. investigators say he repeatedly pushed his father's pit bull terrier under the water at a city pond monday morning. that dog drowned. police say cavanaugh admitted to doing it but say his doesn't know why.

cavanaugh was already on probation for assault with a deadly weapon. today martinez boy undergoing another round of surgery after mauled by a pit bull. his name, 10-year-old hunter killborn, attacked back on sunday while visiting a friend in antioch. he was rushed to uc davis trauma center on that night where hehood has a first surgery. the pit bull knocked him down, bit him in the face and on the arm. the dog currently is under quarantine. investigators say if the owner does not agree to euthanize the dog, a hearing will be held. >> two people killed in i small plane crash that sparked a brushfire north of sacramento, that plane went down 11:30 in the town of paradise, five miles east of chico. the crash caused a bushfire that charred 15 acres. two bodies found inside that burned out wreckage. remains have not been identified, and the cause of the crash is under investigation this morning.

a man's dream of helping blind people ride bikes has been put on hold because of a thief. brian higgins says somebody stole his $3,000 light speed titanium bike. higgins, who is 98% blind, using his bike as part of a research session to help other blind people get around. he has invented ultrasonic sensors placed on top of handle bars to help people know what is in front of them. but without his special bike, his research has been called off. >> i'm going to have to really do some soul searching and sort of decide what i want to do from here. but i think that's what was taken away from me, more than the bike. >> higgins now says he may have to buy a cheaper bike sometime in the future. with proper funding, he says he's two years away from finishing his research. >> right in the middle of doing something to make a difference. >> let's hope somebody has a

conscience and brings it back. >> meteorologist christina loren will look at our morning out there. pretty. >> it is nice. 5:05. you can still catch perseid. we got through the peak already. a couple shooting stars on my way to work. you can clearly see that sky. this is san jose. no low cloud cover to start. we are expecting a little bit to develop throughout the next couple of hours. the golden gate bridge, the same clear sky to start the day. temperatures are going to be warm with all of the sunshine coming in early. 60 degrees to kick off the day in concord. 59 in san jose the kids are going back to school. san jose unified a look at that forecast coming up. 7 fremont at lunchtime. 79 in livermore. 79 in concord. expecting 90 in gilroy. climb from livermore to fairfie fairfield, the hottest readings today. close to the century mark in fairfield, not quite yet hitting it.

i'll show you when temperatures soar in your seven-day forecast ready to go in my next report. first a man who knows the drive's going to heat up. heavier expected. >> there's a shift today and next week. more schools kick into effect around as well. a bump up later on in the commute as folks drop off kids and hit the roadways. 101 heading to the freeway on ramps later time, congesting things until everybody sorts out their morning. keep that in mind. here 101 moves smoothly through 680. no slowing right now. but again watching that shift. be careful as you're passing by school zones. heed warnings and watch crossing guards as well as flashing lights on buses. through the tri-valley, smooth drive. they don't start school until next week. smooth drive lieu livermore, dublin. slowing out of the altamont pass kicking in on schedule for wednesday. there's the slowing into

livermore before you get to greenville when you ease a bit. live look at oakland and coliseum, volume just picking up a bit and farther north slowing in both directions between 980 and path. that has cleared up as crews have moved out of the roadway. we have construction approved just northbound past 23rd, guys. >> well, a lot of families in the south bay are waking up earlier this morning as kids head back to school. today the first day of class for san jose unified school district. "today in the bay's" bob redell live at trace elementary school in san jose where students will be showing up in a few hours. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. if you look at all of the bay area school districts a marathon over the next couple of weeks of schools starting back up. east side union school district they started it off -- east side unified school district started off yesterday. san jose unified today. august 28th that he when the last district will start going back to school, districts like

san mateo, foster city, fremont august 28th. if you're a kid you've got the extended summer. what makes this school year different is that this is when the state will start implementing common core standards. over of the past few years 45 states including california adopted standards, same standards for english and math, benchmarks for what skun benchmarks for students know know after each grade. students generally perform better than american students. in theory aum students here in the united states who go to schools with common core standards get the same education even if they were to move to another school as long as it's in the state that adopted the standards. standards are controversial because they do represent such a change and they do require teachers to receive training throughout the year. "new york times" says it's,

quote, maybe the most far-reaching experiment in american educational history unquote. implementation of the common core standards is the top focus this year for dr. vincent matthews, superintendent of the san jose unified school district who we will be speaking with during the 6 hour. live in san jose, bob redell. >> one bay area city beating out new york when it comes to how much it will cost you to have a baby and raise it. >> you've got to save up pennies. researchers say one positive when it comes to client change. take a look at raiders, not oakland but corporates in business tech. ♪

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5:12, corporate raiders. >> carl icahn shows up from time to time. last time he was in town he bought lots of shares of yahoo! and by the time the dust settled jerry yang was out of a job. icahn tweeted and said he talked to tim cook on the phone. we're not sure how much stock he has. bloomberg says it's more than $1 billion whatever it is it's enough to get the ceo to take your phone calls. when people like icahn buy shares in companies like apple it's for one of two reasons. one they think the stock is undervalued, two, they think they can make some change that will force the stock to go higher. in apple's case, he wants apple to borrow money to buy back more of its stock which increases the value of shareholders' shareholdering including mr

mrmr. i mr. icahn's. let's get a market check. >> apple was the big story yesterday. futures lower after stocks recovered from early losses on tuesday. the dow managing to avoid a three-day losing streak. today look for data on wholesale inflation, producer prices and earnings from the like of beer, macy's, and cisco system. the dow rising 31 points in yesterday's trade. the nasdaq adding 14. helped by shares of apple. scott? >> thank you. cisco will come after the bell. we'll have full coverage at 5:00 and 6:00. back to school, bob was talking about that for many kids this week. san jose, it means the return of this, the parent internet viewer. truly one of greatest inventions in modern parenting. school districts have adopted something similar. go on the web. mom and dad can see whether you've turned in your homework. >> come on! >> i know. it changes everything.

>> come on! >> you can track their cell phones, they're not at the library. >> nothing sacred? >> nothing. >> wow. >> really? >> all power to the parents these days. >> interesting. >> i'm glad that didn't exist when i was a kid. i would have been looking for the app that shows your dog ate the homework. >> my dad was superintendent of schools. parent viewer all the time. >> he knew before you came home everything you had done that day. >> on lockdown. >> good thing you're a good guy. >> already. want to check in with meteorologist -- >> you say that laughing. >> exactly. >> we didn't have theent net. i had to use -- we had to use the dewey decimal. >> we had to go to the library and checkbooks out. >> i'm getting my graduate degree, so much easier, so much easier. the kids these days, they got it made in the shade in other areas. 5:15 yeah. encyclopedia, yeah had to break it out, find the letter. 59 in san jose. the letter for today is "h" a

hot one. so spoiled this month. you didn't have to run your ac possibly until yesterday. i certainly kicked my on yesterday in campbell. we only hit 86. 97, yeah, a hot day in places like concord yesterday. today it's going to be warm. in the south bay and east bay, you're going to get the best weather at coast. starting out clear in san francisco. that means you'll hit 70 in the city. 65 at 9:00 a.m. if you're sending kids back to school, you want to leave them a light sweater or jacket, depends how sensitive they are to the cold. i was okay without one this morning. temperatures going to climb after 6:30 a.m. once we get that sunrise. 87 degrees is the forecasted high in san jose. that's a warm day for us. 90 gilroy. and 95 degrees in livermore where it'sage for this time of year 87, 88 degrees. we're going to continue to see above-average conditions for the next day or so. and then temperatures are going to start to moderate friday into

saturday. we climb and next week, looking like a strong stretch of heat. talking about a heat wave starting sunday and that kicks in as we head through monday into tuesday. look at that, mike. 100 degrees inland. >> she did it. fit three digits on this. more cars into the bay bridge toll plaza and we over the course of the morning. right now light flow. all except for one cash lane is open. east shore freeway, i look from the camera, volume good. as schools come back in session, one big one of note, cal get back in session. starts the 24th, 25th orientation, first session starting with students coming into the area going to start about now over the next week and a half. so, we're going to watch for more congestion for city streets and the change in the flow as you get on to and off of the east shore freeway. now it's fine there. the focus not here north through oakland but also going to focus heading south through the south

bay because the traffic flow on 880 and 680 into san jose might get more congested as schools kick off from dakota road, the dumbarton bridge, you're at the limit. cal tranz camera showing, they took this screen shot, south 880, light volume of traffic. no problems for 17 over the summit. south bay freeway looking good. with east side unified and san jose unified kick it in, this corridor for 87 congested on to the freeway. watch school crossing areas. palo alto will start tomorrow. but we'll show a nice easy drive. san mateo, another 10, 15 days. >> thank you. next timing you're at home trying to give yourself an at home mani/pede, you may need a valid i.d.

cvs taking stems to prevent asset tone scoops up by amateur chemists. customers must prove they're 18 and only purchase one 32-ounce bottle within a 24-hour period. >> wow. interesting stuff there. very strange. new research appears to show a positive effect of climate change. researchers including scientists from uc berkeley say warm temperatures might be responsible for a growth spirit in california's iconic coastal redwoods and giant see coyas. the study finds the massive trees have grown at fastest rate ever over the past four decades. this could be because of a longer growing season and trees simply getting more sun. the study's expected to last another ten years. researchers will be releasing initial findings today in berkeley. when it comes to raising a child for the first year of their lives, two local cities

are said to be pricier than the big apple. real estate blog red fin says san jose is most expensive city in america to raise a child. the site says it will cost you a whopping $41,600 after paying for your housing and child care. what are you buying? >> that's one year? >> yeah. second on the list, santa cruz, parents paid almost $39,000. new york city, third on the list almost $37,000. san francisco, fourth at almost $36,000 and boston is fifth. >> a lot of diapers and wipes. you understand and know that more than most. >> times three. >> 5:20 now. speaking of kids, today, the bay area getting into the spirit of back-to-school. great time of year. >> can you pick out this familiar face from our "today in the bay" crew? all i know, she's a cutie. we'll tell you who she is. >> superstar. [ female announcer ] no other system integrates holistic care with advanced technology

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in honor of your return to school we thought we'd have fun to look back on our school day. >> here we go, ladies and gentlemen. of course we have to dig through all of the yearbooks and show you exactly what we all looked like when we headed back to school for your viewing enjoyment. forgot who that is? >> no way. attack a guess. >> that is -- it's bob redell. >> bob redell. you can see it in his smile. >> the smile. >> yeah. love that. >> cutie pie. >> who is walkirockin' the soms? >> i thought my outfit needed spice. >> you got a lot of spice. >> lunch pail, mickey house? >> it was. >> me on -- that's my senior year in high school. >> great. you had the growth spurt. >> exactly.

>> what a cutie. i see your kids in that. >> amazing. jon kelley there. here we go. >> ahhh, look at that little heart rainbow shirt. >> what a sweetheart that is. >> right? angel, ms. marla tellez. >> she's always our angel in the newsroom. hey! don't mess with this guy. >> look how thin those arms are. how does that guy play football. >> the shoulder pads are bigger than your arms. >> you didn't have the pythons you had like tape warm. >> girls waiting for him. >> no way. >> weebelo. >> they didn't have hair gel? >> no. >> i love this one. look at christina loren. >> okay. >> hair's lighter but the bangs stays the same. >> like the hair, too. good look. >> i love it.

>> happy back to school. >> that but was more fun than i thought it was going to be. i was nervous, to be honest. >> walk down memory lane. >> she had the most pizazz. >> sombrero? what was i thinking. >> i say bring it back. good luck. >> right. >> mickey mouse lunch pail she still carries. >> i was access rising people. >> good looking crew even back then. i jammed it. how about this? >> the goats. >> speaking of old school pictures, new landscapers on the job at chicago o'hare airport. the city get this, hired goats, sheeps and llamas to clean up unruly weeds tough to get to part of a sustainability effort similar to san francisco and seattle. the animals will graze a two of acre area for three weeks until the grass and weeds are gone. in late fall, when it sets in,

they will be returned to their original homes wherever that may be. if this sounds familiar, the san francisco airport also brings in goats every year to clear out the brush. llamas, that's a new twist. >> take a look. what appears to be art project has employees in best buys in southern california wondering what's going on. an artist who calls himself plastic jesus put up black boxes on shelves with price tags. if you look closely, useless plastic box 1.2, price of $19.99. it looks like the best buy kind of sales tactic. >> plastic jesus? >> that's his name. >> right. >> best buy says as soon as they realized it was aprank they pulled them from the shelves. artist says pieces were to highlight his obsession and frustration with latest must-have gadgets. >> i want to know how many they sold. i like whatever it is, it's new. got to get it.

>> 5:26. >> we continue to follow break news. u.p.s. plane crashed in alabama early this morning. we're getting rapidly changing new information into our newsroom. marla tellez monitoring it all. she'll join us next. we'll tell you why one of the big of the xloonts colleges here in california could get to keep its accreditation.

happening now, the egyptian military clashing with supporters of ousted president morsi. dozen injured overnight. we'll have the latest details next. fight over traditional chinese dish shark fin soup heading to court today. and good morning to you. it's a big day for lots of kids across the south bay. we'll take a look at your back-to-school forecast. what you need to know the heat is on. we'll let you know how long it's going to last. >> as we watch the commute into

and throughout south bay, school starts down here, talking about new crash in the east bay. tri-valley, it will affect 580, coming up? a live look outside, what a beautiful start to your wednesday morning. overlooking south bay. it is wednesday, august 14th. back to school for a lot of kids. this "today in the bay." it is back to school. that's why you brought the new notebook. spiral bound. looks good. >> right. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning to one and all. breaking news out of alabama this morning, our first looks at very dramatic video. a u.p.s. cargo plane crashes, not far from the birmingham airport. we have just learned the ntsb officials, they are expected to head to the scene this morning and check thicks out up close and personal. "today in the bay's" marla tellez joining us from the

newsroom. breaking details. scary scene. >> across the wire, rigeuters reporting the only two crew members on the airbus 300 are confirmed dead. this is the pilot and co-pilot for flight 1354 which left kentucky and set to land at birmingham international. let's take another look at these dramatic, unbelievable pictures coming from the scene. this is a scene outside airport property where the plane went down. u.p.s. has just released a statement saying is it determining the details of the crash and says, quote, as we work through this difficult situation, we ask for your patience and that you keep those involved in your thoughts and prayers, enquote. this happened 90 minutes ago, about 4:00 our timing this morning. faa official describes the area as open land with no homes on the property where the plane went down. the plane was coming from, as i

said, louisville, kentucky, set to land at birmingham. emergency crews working hard to contain ferocious flames that make up the aftermath. despite this unfolding close to the airport, faa says it's not affecting flight at birmingham international. 7:30 in alabama right now. the ntsb says its first investigators will be on scene 10:00 a.m. local time. ntsb holding a press conference in virginia, arlington, virginia at 6:15 our time. when that happens, we will bring that to you live. 5:32. another 45 minutes or so. >> thank you for monitoring that for us. happening now, violence erupting in the streets of cairo. live pictures right now as you see. the activity continues. egyptian security force tells nbc reporter there, four egyptian policemen killed, 12 injured so far. they are still taking to the

streets to try to concontrol violence. that started when security forces moved in to clear two protest camps set up supporters of ousted president morsi. police were firing tear gas and removing roadblocks. u.s. embassy in cairo closed early in response to the uncertain security situation. u.s. officials are warning americans in the country to avoid large gatherings. today we could learn the identity of the woman kills during aconstruction accident at san jose city college. the woman was hit by a front leader walking on a sidewalk during the project. investigators say the massive vehicle backing up to move a load of dirt when it ran into her, killing her. preston pipeline, the company on the job there, says the driver does have more than 35 years' experience. classes at city college of san francisco starting today but the future of that school still unclear. the college set to lose its

accreditation and is likely to shut its doors some time next year. as of right now, the u.s. department of education says, the commission that decided to revoke the accreditation broke several federal laws when it reviewed the school. this morning, it's unclear what impact, if any, the new information will have on the school's future. the california federation of teachers and city college of san francisco will be holding a teleconferen teleconference, starting at 11:o11 11:00. 5:34. grab pencils, calculators, do they take protractors anymore? >> classic. >> thousands of kids back to school in the south bay. east side union district had first classes yesterday. today, san jose unified back in session. bob redell live in san jose. be careful, slow it down out there, kids are back. >> reporter: a lot of traffic's out there. especially in the south bay. good morning, laura and jon.

this is the start of a two-week marathon of back to school in the south bay throughout the bay area. last school districts to go back to school august 28th. what is going to be different about this school year is that the state will be starting to implement their common core standards. if you're not familiar with these, these are something that over the past three years, 45 states have adopted including california, and embassically the same standards for english and math, benchmarks for what students should know and be able to do after the completion of each grade. the purpose to better educate the country and make the united states more competitive with other countries especially those in europe and asia where students generally perform better than american students. in theory, all students going to schools with the common core standards getting the same education, if they move to another school in a state that's adopted the standards. they require teachers to receive

more training. "new york times" says it's, quote, maybe the most far-reaching experiment in american educational history, unquote. implementation of the common core standards is the top focus of dr. vincent matthews, superintendent of the san jose unifies school district. we plan to speak to him in the next half hour or so. outside trace elementary in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:36. the debate over california's shark fins heads to federal court. two groups challenging the ban on possession and sale of shark fins, which took full effect last month. the group's claim the law infringes on their cultural heritage. shark fin soup is traditionally eaten in chinese celebrations dating back to 206 b.c. the 9th circuits court of appeals hearing arguments today. the people who rescues a dog in a dramatic fashion in the san francisco bay are now looking for its owner. the italian massive had a collar

on when pulled from the water but no tag and no microchip. snapping a photo from the boat. you can see the dog in the middle of the windsurfers. one of the windsurfers spotted the dog in the bay. they asked him to take her to shore. >> took a while to get the6op d into the boat because it was so rough. the wind was blow, they couldn't swim to the boat. we couldn't back the boat up to them. >> the dog names -- nicknamed richard parker, after the tiger on the boat in the movie life of pi is doing well. resting at cohen's home in berkeley. family is asking anyone with information where that dog belongs to call the berkeley dog and cat hospital. >> very good. >> makes you wonder how it got out in the bay. did it swim off? >> right place, right time.

>> meteorology christina loren telling us you might want to be looking for water today because it's smokin'. >> it is. i mean, everybody's going to want to hit the beach especially as we get into the weekend and maybe you tonight have your kids going back to school yet. today's a great day to take them to santa cruz, ocean beach. live picture here. san jose starting out clear. whenever you see this when you whack out at door at 5:38 a good indication it's a warm day ahead with no low clouds, no natural ac to cool us off or limit the sunshine. 5:38 now. also looking nice and clear for the time being on the golden gate bridge. noticing low clouds set until on our san francisco cameras. we could see that as a factor throughout the next couple of hours. i don't think it's enough to force flight delays. 60 in concord. 50s in napa, santa rosa, navato. no clouds to trap in the warmth from the day before. you'll be at 61 degrees in

san francisco. at noon, rounding out the day at 70 degrees. a beautiful day shaping up in the city. 84 in redwood city. 75 santa cruz. 90 in gilroy. that's ac weather. we'll let's you know when triple digit heat comes into the picture. check that drive. it's a big day. >> yes, looking at wednesday with a big backup at bay bridge toll plaza. traffic will bump up around the bay. different schedules as schools back in session. east bay, not yet for the schools. we'll look at maps. look at map on the approach and the maze is showing nice flow. ashby avenue past cal berkeley will see more traffic as students arrive into town. they don't start until the 24th, 25th. tri-valley smooth. bump for 84 through livermore. 580 good flow but because folks are held up westbound here. jammed approaching vasco because of the crash on the eastbound

side. crash involves motor cycle and bike in the center divide. may need a medical chopper to the area. i'm waiting for chp. live look at san jose, shows you the volume. how that affects your commute coming up. 5:40 now. coming to a close, trial of accused serial killer mosh moves into a new face. >> submarine in india explodes, trapping a number of sailors. what we're learning. look at 'em.

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welcome back, everyone. good witness morning to you. 5:42. today the department of defense will announce new benefits for same-sex spouses in the military, including hose helping get a marriage license in state where same-sex marriage is illegal.

"todayn the bay's" danielle lee live in washington with ground breaking shift in policy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's true, it's a big step forward for same-sex couples who have been fighting for equal rights. the department of defense announcing that starting september 3er, less than a month from now, same-sex couples married will get the same benefits as married heterosexual couples and this is going to be occurring after the fact of the supreme court ruling that real lay struck down that key provision of the defense of marriage act which had been preventing the couples married from getting the benefits. the benefits are going to include health care, also housing, and one interesting change that goes along with this, something that you mentioned. those same-sex couples serving in states where they cannot legally marry will be given time off to travel to a state where they can legally marry, get that marriage lps, and begin receiving benefits as well. danielle lee. back to you. >> this morning, it's unclear

how many sailors died in a massive explosion on board indian navy submarine. a huge fireball went shooting hundreds of feet into the air. submarine docked in a port city of mumbai when the explosion happened overnight. an indian navy official says 18 sailors on board, some reportedly jumped into the water trying to escape the flames. the official believes some of them did die but at this point, it's unsure how many did. the cause of the explosion and fire remains under investigation. also new this morning, a deadly end to a tense 12-hour stand-off down in louisiana. just before midnight, police stormed the bank where an armed gun man holding three employees hostage. as police entered the bank the suspect reportedly shot two of the hostages. officers shot and killed the gunman. this morning, learning one of the hostages has died. the condition of the or hostage remains unmoan this morning.

a third hostage was not hurt. officials say they found a book on hostage negotiations at the suspect's apartment and they say that man seemed to believe a device had been implanted his brain and the situation a planned attack. the southern california teenager at center of the nationwide amber alert opening up about the horrific ordeal on social media. 16-year-old hannah anderson now answering questions on the website ask.fm. anderson calls her captor a psycho and wrote about fearing for her life as she tried to escape. when asked what she did when learned her mother and brother were killed, hannah replied, quote, cried all night. hannah rescued saturday from the idaho wilderness, her alleged captor, james dimaggio, was shot and killed by fbi agents. back in court today, real tv stars theresa guidice and her husband joe, arraigned on a

total of 39 counts including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and bankruptcy fraud. this is video of the couple arriving at the first court appearance that happened last month. confrontation there with the cameras. indictment says many things they're being charged with, two overstated income when applied for loans right before the debut on the "real housewives of new jersey" back in 2009. former hollywood madam heidi fleiss in trouble with the law. deputies in nevada found 400 marijuana plants growing around her home yesterday. nice nfacing charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell. she report lid told deputies she was growing marijuana without a license and planned to sell it to a cooperative in las vegas. time now 5:46. let's check back in. meteorologist christina loren telling us the forecast keeps

climbing and climbing. >> i don't think people are upset. >> i like the heat. i saw 100. >> people don't like that, though. >> too hot? >> too hot to handle. >> we've got it good here. >> we really do especially when you consider places in southern california like palm springs, for example, hit 120 degrees. we still get hot around here. and that kind of weather that you have to use ac if you want to stay comfortable. if you have pets, make sure they're cool and hydrated. it will be warm. we've been spoiled this month. hopefully that will level out when it comes to your pg&e bill. second half of august looking hot. 59 livermore. 59 san jose. 56 to kick off a wednesday in sunnyvale. help you get over the hump to get to the weekend. and hit the beach. we've had really cloudy beach weather up until yesterday. that will stay for today. if your kids are led back tock school in san jose, warm day. 87 degrees. love seeing the kids in their finest new back-to-school gear.

you pick the best stuff for the very first day. maybe you have kids at home with you, they don't goat back until next monday or beyond. 75. take them to santa cruz, the best of the best. the best thing about living in the bay area is, 95 degrees in livermore. takes an hour, hour and 15 minutes to get to san francisco where it's cooler. 70 degrees headed your way today. 75 in santa cruz. 90 on the way to gilroy. that's bearable heat. as we head through next week, expecting real warm to kick in. that is when a lot of kids are going back to school, so keep that in mind. let's check on the drive. see if it's picking up in volume with mike inouye. >> we will see a shift over the next couple of weeks. talking about the schools coming back in session. as they do, that affects folks getting to two from the freeways. watch the school zones, please. watching the tri-valley. 580 off of 205, jammed already because of the build of traffic.

we expect that volume to be shifting down as folks are heading west on 580. average speed coming way down, really jammed up, as you're heading into livermore, right here. typical slowing out of the altamont pass. look at this shot from caltrans camera a few minutes ago, stacking up, westbound commute direction. lights stacking up in the direction as you're heading towards vasco road. a crash on eastbound side as folks are heading counter commute. two fast lanes in the eastbound direction blocked because of a crash. they may have to land a helicopter to get medical assistance. we're watching for that effect. we see the westbound jam up as flashing lights on the opposite side of the freeway. livermore and toward the dublin interchange lighter. we'll end with a shot of sunol. we'll get a quick look. southbound, 680 smoothly into the south bay. we'll talk about the roads there in the next report.

the driver accused of crashing a part bus on 280, then running from the scene is expected to be in court today. 43-year-old facing felony dui, manslaughter, hit-and-run charges. investigators believe he was behind the wheel of the party bus when it veered off the freeway, hit a tree, and flipped near alpine road. this happened sunday night. the only passenger in the van, 38-year-old adam bloomquist died at the scene. closing arguments expects today in the trial of accused serial killer joseph naso. he's charged with murdering four northern california win between 19 77 and 1994. prosecutors are expected to again their final arguments today. his closing arguments are scheduled for friday. into the time now 5:50. lost and found, dozens of items accidentally left this weekend at the outside lands festival. how to get your hands on stuff that you may have left behind.

a rocket test goes sideways. that's good news.

the outside land music festival brought tens of thousands to golden gate park over the weekend. organizes are say they left a lot of stuff behind. >> of course they did. >> lost and found set up now atle bill graham civic auditorium, people can claim everything they misplaced. >> love him. >> best dance. >> do it. >> maybe stuff fell out of his pockets and he forgot it. he can fine it keys, smartphones, a few german passports. they'll hold on the stuff until friday. >> can we hang on to the video. >> he comes back. let's him do it. >> love it. >> feeling the magic brother man. >> that's a reversible --

>> love it. promise we will stop talking about elon musk when he stops being amazing. followed up hyperloop with nor test. >> you can see why they used him for the model of tony stark. a test of his space-x company's grasshopper rocket. what's interesting here, they've launched this before, but they've never gone sideways. here, they go sideways before and this is always an amazing thing about the grasshopper rocket, just lowering it right back down to where it was. so, something amazing out of elon musk again this week. microsoft hopes for it's rt operating system, the company facing a class-action lawsuit from its shareholders accusing microso the of hiding how horrible sales were of the new tablet, the one that runs the special tablet operating system.

microsoft lowers the price of the price of the tablet look $900 million write-down. but nothing in the history of tablets is more of a debacle than hewlett-packard. the company bought palm for $1 billion, had engineers work on this thing. good tablet, which it announced at a big party, and then canceled the entire thing 49 days later. the company would say the experiment cost them $3.75 billion. i liked it. but 49 days, that was it. >> didn't last at all. all right. i'm sure they appreciate you bringing it up, too. thanks a lot. >> ugly. they ain't got no alibi. christina loren, a smoker outside, so be prepared. >> be prepared. you need water bottle, spf-30 plus especially sending little ones back to school. 95 degrees inland. it's rather warm. about five to ten degrees above

seasonal averages for this time of year as an indication of 82 degrees bay side. at the coast, 71 degrees. check on the drive with mike inouye. >> good morning. things are getting more crowded here. 101, san jose, word from chp, there is a new report of a crash north 101 at story. we'll show you on the maps, the area that we see volume increasing here. this is typical. getting to the freeway is tougher today and yesterday as east side unified went to school and then also today san jose unified. so both districts around 101 and 87 affecting on and off ramps. watch the school zones. san jose kicks in, we'll watch as the traffic flow builds in around the colleges as well. right now south bay moving smoothly. we'll look at palo alto easy drive for 101 as well. palo alto schools kick in tomorrow. we'll see more warnings and talk about those around the bay over the next couple of weeks. time now 5:56. we continue following breaking news for you.

a large plane crashing in alabama, this happened early this morning. you can see the plane covered in flames. we continue getting new information into our newsroom. marla tellez getting all of the latest details. plus a possible strike in the works, the late-night move that could bring court cases in the bay area's biggest county it a grinding halt. right now also, it's just chaos out in the streets of egypt now. the rebel forces fought back by police. details as the uprising just mayhem in the streets.

right now at 6:00, a crash and explosion all caught on tape. we have incredible video of a u.p.s. cargo plane moments taft came down overnight in alabama. chaos erupts in cairo overnight. see what happens when supporters

of morsi clash with police. back-to-school time for thousands of students in san jose unified. we will be there live with the superintendent who has new information every parent should know. that's right. that fall semester starts today. but summer heat is going to crank. we'll let you know how long this heat wave will stay in the bay area. plus, bay bridge metering lights turns on early. a backup here and even backup through livermore. we'll give you update for that significant alert coming up. lots of live looks outside. look of the day progressing here in the south bay. san jose. thanks for joining us onnanwedn, baug 14th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. 6:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good wednesday morning. breaking news right now, down in alabama this morning. two cre