we have your commute and the change is happening in the east bay coming up. a live look outside san francisco where students headed back to school. parents will get a little help this morning from police to make sure drivers are obeying the law in school zones. it's monday, august 19. this is today in the bay. good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. san francisco police at this hour clearing the scene of an overnight standoff that ended in the city's mission district that started at about 2:00 this morning at the intersection of 23rd and hampshire street. that's not too far from general hospital. that's when police say they received reports of a number of people opening fire on a car and running into a house nearby.

police tactical special force units were brought in to search the home. none of the suspects was found inside, but two were arrested later at that scene. so far there are no reports of any injuries. >> we'll learn more today about what caused a deadly limousine fire on the san mateo bridge earlier this year. authorities have finished their investigation into the may 4th fire which killed five women. today that investigation will be released to the public. san mateo county coroner and district attorney as well as representatives from the chp, foster city fire department and the public utilities commission will be on hand to discuss their findings. a news conference will be held in redwood city at 1:00 p.m. the man named as a person of interest in the disappearance and murder of an oakland woman, now says they planned to get married. randy alana spoke to the bay area news group from the santa rita jail. he says he and sandra coke shared a home and recently

talked about getting married, even attended church together the day she disappeared. he denies harming coke. a judge revoked his parole last week. coke's family telling the newspaper they believe alana is lying. ac transit workers have voted to reject the latest proposed contract. the union which represents nearly 1,800 workers issued a strike notice earlier this month. since then the union and management did reach a deal which included a 9.5% raise, increase employee contributions to medical benefits and improved health and safety. yesterday union members voted overwhelmingly against that deal t. union's negotiating committee plans to meet to review its next step. the community will have a chance to speak out about the future of the contra costa county fire district. budget cuts have decreased services and forced fire station closers. a county supervisor says a series of meetings will give

people a chance to offer feedback critical to evaluating future of the project. the first meeting will be tonight at the pittsburg public library at 6:30. a lot of students in several school districts all over the bay area heading back to school. majority of schools in the south bay start their first day of classes this morning. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in san jose right now. he has so much more. bob, good morning. >> nice music there, jon. good morning to you. as you mentioned, schools all over the bay area are headed back to school this week and will continue on next week as well. there's almost deenz school districts today and a couple of college campuses ready to welcome back students. at san jose state student orientation begins with a speech from the school's president. in san francisco extra police will be out and around city schools today and tomorrow to enforce school zone speed limits. the city has a 15-mile-an-hour speed limit in school zones. other schools resuming class,

santa clara june need where workers spent last week putting finishing touches on classroom repairs, milpitas unified, high school, oak grove, cambrian unified, cupertino union, franklin mckinley, fremont union high school district and los gatos union. here in santa clara county for the previous eight years there had been gains in star test scores. talking about santa clara county schools. last year a drop, not a huge drop but a drop of less than a percent in both english and math. the santa clara county school superintendent shows that even though the test scores plateaued, they do better than most other schools in the test. i bring that up because that's going to be a challenge for teachers. we'll be hearing from dr. xavier

de la torre in about a half hour. live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." also this morning on back to school day, 45 new crossing guards will be in police t. sfrn municipal transportation agency deciding to boost that program after an increase in the budget. the guards will help enforce new 15-mile zones around 180 san francisco schools. extra police officers will also be out today and tomorrow just to make sure that the drivers follow the brand new zones and keep the flow going smoothly. we'll check the forecast as well. kids heading back to school this morning, christina. >> a lot going on in the weather department. good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. i want to start with the picture of the golden gate bridge. it actually tells the weather story of the day. you can see the lights not coming in as crystal clear as we typically see on our hd traffic consumers. that's because of all the moisture out there. you can feel how sticky it is

when you walk out your front door. you might be surprised to see we're starting the day at 71 degrees. 57 in gilroy, 68 in san jose where many little ones will be headed back to school. we do have fire danger. in fact, we've got the extreme fire danger for much of the day, especially the higher elevations. that means we have the potential for dry lightning strikes right here in the bay area. we'll talk about that all morning long. we're also getting a little shower activity on the radar this morning. you can really see that in the east bay. that is where we are expecting a few light showers to continue to develop as we head throughout the morning. then that chance shifts to the north bay as we head through the second half of the day. i've been tracking this system for quite some time. i told you it was going to kick in right when the kids head back to school. look at what you are in for today. 96 in livermore, 70 degrees in san francisco and 86 in san jose. meanwhile, 88 degrees, close to the 90-degree mark down in gilroy for today. coming up, i'll show you the seven day outlook and let you know how much longer we'll have

the high fire dublin interchanger in the bay area and who has the best chance of seeing the dry lightning strikes later today. first let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> it was hot this weekend over in livermore. my niese ace and daughter melte but we put them back together. in sunol northbound, traffic is again flowing past the truck scales. the overnight road work not completely picked up. the bright lights will be hitting you in both directions as you travel through the area. the only issue for 680. we'll look at the maps and see a smooth drive northbound. a little slowing around the bend over towards the lights. southbound side also a bit toward mission. that's not unusual as more traffic hits the road and heads to the south bay where all the schools bob was talking about coming online this week adding to the activity before 8:30. that will mean perhaps the commute will be shifted a little later as some parents want to see the first day of school, if you're lucky enough to do that.

that means congested on-ramps as well. a live look outside as well for the north bay, southbound 101 picks up the volume through san rafael. we're seeing an earlier volume increase. back to you guys. police are still looking for that driver that slammed this pickup truck into a petaluma home yesterday morning. the truck crashed through the front door of the home on cleveland lane not far from western avenue. the blue 1994 truck caused significant damage but did not hurt the elderly woman who was actually in the back bedroom at the time. getting ready for the nba season, harrison barnes getting his game together for a little table tennis, taking on san francisco mayor ed lee. has about two feet over him in height. probably wing span as well. this is at chinatown's 2013 ping-pong festival.

he stopped to take pictures and sign autographs before he showed the mayor what's up on the table tennis, the ping-pong smash. no word yet on who won this match. we'll do some hard core research. ♪ >> brace yourself. the sharks making a big time announcement via their facebook page and instagram. they posted this video about the next wave, a huge hint, team teal debuting new uniforms this season. you can see that, they're callinging it the next wave. #negligentwave. >> i have one of the first jerseys when they first came out and i went to a game. >> that's being true to your team. old school. >> showing my age more like it. >> we'll tell you about new

trouble for a san jose bikini bar. the lawsuit just filed against the gold club. >> yolk gets pulled into a fight it does not want. we'll take a look at business and tech.

this morning british police revealing new information about the deaths of princess diana and doty el fayed. scotland yard says they're not reopening the investigation into the 1997 death of diana and fayed. both were killed in a car crash in paris while being followed by paparazzi. a new investigation revealing links to stories about same-sex marriage mysteriously disappeared from the facebook pages of several newspapers. "the mercury" in pennsylvania first brought the issue to light

when they noticed stories were dropped off the page of the paper's facebook fan page. the story was reposted a few times and disappeared in each instance. the same thing happened to articles against same-sex marriage. facebook says it had nothing to do with the incidents and will look into it. groupon says it suspended its san francisco area sales manager after he threatened threatened a local restaurant with bad reviews. >> sauce published this e-mail exchange on its facebook page between its owner and what i says is the sales rep from groupon. the restaurant owner hung up on the groupon sales manager after he called the restaurant several times offering to sell the sauce a groupon deal. after he was hung up on the salesman wrote in an e-mail, as

a resident of san francisco for over 25 years, i have a huge network of friends, all extremely active on yelp and other social media, i will gradually let them know how you treated me as well as my feelings about people who run sauce. the blog allthingsdigital says they've suspended that person. customers logged on to yelp to count ernie bad reviews although you see one there. one unfortunate casualty is yelp which had nothing to do with the it. it doesn't want to be part of this at all. meanwhile, let's call it one star. the dow had its worsed week of the year last week. today is not looking all that great either. let's turn to courtney reagan live at cnbc world headquarters. >> futures pointing to makesed open after the dow had its biggest drop of the like you

mentioned. with both the dow and s&p closing. the s&p fell five to 1,655. there is no economic data on this monday, but invaefters will wait for the release of the latest fed minutes which come out on wednesday. you know traders are watching for signs of when the central bank might begin to pull back on that bond-buying stimulus program. back to you. >> courtney, thank you. 5:15. the head of wikileaks posted an enormous amount of information on the internet in an encrypted file, the kind of file that no one can read unless julian assange provides the key. it's assumed to be a secret video. wikileaks calls it insurance. edward snowden who provided information to wick ki leads promised not to reveal anymore secrets as part of his temporary asylum in russia. if the file is from snowden,

technically he's kept his promise because nobody can read it. it's out there in case anything were to happen to him. >> thank you very much, scott. time is 5:16. it's an active day, active day in the weather department. that means christina loren our meteorologist is active as well. >> 5:16 now. we do have some action that we have not seen very often so far this summer. in fact, we've only had a red flag warning a couple of times. that goes for today and tomorrow. that's mostly for the high terrain across the bay area. if you live in the east bay hills, if you live in the santa cruz mountains and the north bay mountains, you want to stay on guard as we head throughout the next few days with a chance of thunderstorms. look at this crystal clear start over the city by the bachlt once the sun starts to make an appearance, you will see the low clouds. the temperatures are down right balmy, 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. in livermore starting in the 70s, 71 degrees.

68 degrees to kickoff a back-to-school monday in san jose. i'd say just to be on the safe side, you might want to send the kids to school in san jose and especially the snn cruz mountains with an umbrella. we've already had shower activity in the east bay this morning. here is the deal. high pressure is a dominant feature. that's why it's going to be so warm today. just offshore we have this area of low pressure, a cut-off low kicking off the instability. the two systems are competing against each other. that means we'll see the fireworks in the sky later today. temperatures are going to be warm. look at livermore, 96 degrees with humidity, feeling more like 102 degrees when you factor in that heat index, 82 for fremont today, 70 degrees straight up for san francisco. a warmer-than-average day there as well. we keep the chance of thunderstorms for tomorrow. looks like we'll cool off as the area of low pressure starts to move inland. we'll cool off even more so into wednesday, 89 degrees. then we'll jump back into the

90s thursday into the weekend. temperatures will be a little more comfortable because we'll see more of a dry heat, what we're accustomed to in the bay area. let's get a look at your drive with mike inouye. going to be a dicy one this morning. >> 580 and 205, as they merge out of tracy, you see the slowdown out of the altamont pass. you see the speed coming down, average speed below 50 miles per hour. the bulk of the slowing and before you get to north flynn, here is our shot right at north flynn. we see the westbound and eastbound traffic starting to pick up. we're looking further west. we have a slowdown continuing over toward about first street. then things calm down toward dublin interchange. is a typical pattern as the volume starts to increase into and through the tri-valley. as we're looking over toward the

live shot for fremont, 880 southbound moves nicely over here as well. a smooth drive past the truck scales and tesla, toward mission. the south bay also moving smoothly, as bob redell has been telling you, more schools coming online this week. watch throughout the south bay, santa clara county as well. keep that in mind as folks hit toward the freeways, around 8:00, 8:30, you'll see a lot of activity. this shot of the bay bridge, low clouds hovering, not a problem for visibility. back to you. >> thank you very much. it's 5:19 right now. a woman who ran a cat shelter out of her san jose home before it caught fire last month has stepped down as president of a rescue organization. carol miller's home was destroyed by fire last month. 100 cats were inside that home and they all died during that fire. miller was president and co-founder of the stanford cat network, a non-profit group that cares for ferl cats. the news group reports the

organization is now on the verge of losing its contract with the university. the new president says he hopes university officials will reconsider as the group now gets reorganized. a new bikini bar in downtown san jose has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. the gold club on santa clara street that just opened for business is now being sued by a san francisco club of the same name. according to the "mercury news," the san francisco gold club claims san jose club used much of the same branding even though the clubs are not affiliated with each other. a lawyer for the cher clubs calls the claims baseless. we could say a turf war is under way on the peninsula. the san mateo city council meeting tonight to talk about the proposal to convert local fields there to synthetic turf. the san mateo parks and recreation department recommending the installation of turf at five city fields.

opponents argue it's more expensive and simply ugly. the city of san carlos recently rejected a similar proposal. los gatos town council will consider adopting a new ordinance that would ban plastic bags. the ordinance would ban all retailers except dry cleaners, restaurants and thrift stores from providing free plastic bags. if approved, the bag ban would go into effect in february. time is 5:21. police say this man implicated himself in this crime. how facebook helped investigators catch a teenager suspected of vandalism after a south earn california surfing festival.

welcome back everyone. a live look at washington, d.c. we're headed back to work this monday morning. so is the president fresh off vacation at martha's vineyard. we'll see what gets done. 5:24. thanks to facebook investigators tracked down a tagger so proud of his work, he liked his picture on the department's facebook page and shared it with his friends. a series of tips led to his id. he's one of three people that have been arrested in connection with the riots that followed a surfing competition. this is a pretty unique move. the seattle police department serving up a cure for the munchies at the city's annual hempfest. they handed out free doritos, each bag displayed a sticker surrounding the new rules surrounding recreational marijuana use in that city. they call this one, it's a plan

called operation orange fingers. last year voters approved a brand new law making recreational use of marijuana legal there. >> look, they have don't drive high, dos and don'ts. >> make sure to use a napkin or some sort of wipe to get rid -- it sticks. >> want to check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren, something keeping her busy. >> hey, heads up if you want to avoid those orange fingers, go for the cool ranch. temperatures are so balmy out there, you're going to have to probably keep cool somehow this morning. might be woken up by the very warm weather. a lot of people don't have air conditioners around the peninsula. this morning it is toasty out there. red flag warning in place. we have a high fire danger. the reason why is we have an area of low pressure just offshore. that's working against a big ridge of high pressure, sucking up the monsoonal moisture bringing it into the bay area.

we get those fireworks as a result. this morning we've had light showers mostly in the east bay hills. we'll keep tracking this for you. ly show you coming up on a map who will see the best chance of thunderstorms today. i like cheetos. i don't know what your preference is, mike. >> i love cheetos. me and my friend shannon used to talk about that. looking toward southbound 101 where we have a nice smooth flow of traffic. this severalier than when we've seen. schools come online as well. we're talking about that. looking toward the san francisco approach off of the east bay and the smooth drive for the cash lanes. they're starting to stack up a bit. the span itself moving smoothly. the approach towards san francisco and treasure island, a little slowing but not a big deal. traditional slowing westbound highway through antioch, typical, loveridge to lone tree,

that stretch always slow during the morning commute. this is no exception. san francisco fire officials releasing details about the helmet cams. we'll tell you about five people from the south bay arrested and accused of kidnapping and trying to force a woman in to prostitution. all the new details we're learning this morning coming your way.

>> reporter: good morning, i'm christie smith. today the chp will release details on what caused the deadly limousine crash on the san mateo bridge. the search for a driver who hit and killed a man on a south bay street. now investigators are hoping that you can help out. cupertino unified school district headed back to school today. i don't think you'll need an umbrella there, but you may need

it in other parts of the bay area. showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. i have your full forecast coming up. >> that will affect your drive. i have the bay bridge and changes happening right now around the bridge. a live look at san jose. as we mentioned, students all over the south bay getting ready for the start of a new school year. get the backpacks ready. it's monday, august 19. this is "today in the bay." it is 5:30. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us with more on the scheduled press conference scheduled for this afternoon. >> reporter: the chp expected to release their findings after about a 3 1/2 month investigation into what went

wrong, what may have caused this deadly limousine fire and whether any laws were broken and perhaps who may have been at fault here. five women were killed as nine nurses were headed to the hotel to celebrate the marriage of one of them who was in the limo and among those killed. on may 4th, the back of the limousine burst into flames as it crossed the san mateo bridge that evening. four of the women managed to escape through a partition between the driver and passenger area. the driver also escaped and spoke with nbc bay area shortly after that may tragedy. >> at that point, smoke, smoke, smoke, pull over. i'm looking. i finally kind of look back a couple times and i see the grief on her face. >> reporter: after this the driver's estranged wife had told reporters that he was arguing with her on the phone during the

ride. after that his attorney says they were not on the phone at the time of the fire. that press conference is set for 1:00 this afternoon. reporting live at the san mateo bridge, christie smith, "today in the bay." we have new information about the san francisco fire department and a controversial decision involving the airplane crash at sfo last month. at issue here, a firefighter used a helmet-mounted video camera during that rescue operation. that camera captured the moment a fire truck ran over and killed one of the victims. these are images from that camera. the fire chief says the fire department banned video cameras four years ago in facilities and now she says that ban was meant to include emergency scenes as well. critics say the ban is simply outrageous and aimed only at protecting the department from lawsuits. five people from the south bay under arrest this morning suspected of kidnapping a los angeles woman so she could be forced into prostitution. all of the suspects came from

san jose and gilroy. their alleged victim, an 18-year-old woman, escaped friday, called for help inside riverside county. she told deputies she had been kidnapped in the compton area the day before by a woman and four men with handgun. she said she was sexually assaulted by two kidnappers, then driven to her a hotel room where they planned to force her into prostitution. the five face charges including human trafficking, false imprisonment and attempted pimping. a pleasanton teenager is expected in court for a bail hearing. 18-year-old cody hall has been charged with murder. police say he hit 58-year-old diana hoov vort and her husband in pleasanton on june 9th, killing her and seriously injuring her husband. he was reportedly driving 43 miles per hour over the speed limit. police say hall boasted about it

on twitter about the speeding that led to the murder charge. a man accused of running naked through a b.a.r.t. station and grabbing several people is expected to return to court. yeiner are gary sab low was arrested earlier this year after cell phone video surfaced. he pleaded not guilty. a man plunged 100 feet off a cliff in half moon bay. he was walking close to the ritz-carlton when the cliff crumbled from beneath him sending him to the beach below. cal fire says he walked off the trail. the man suffered major injuries. it's that time of year students all over the area now in several school districts heading back to school today. the majority of those schools in the south bay. they start their very first classes this morning. that's where "today in the

bay's" bob redell is live with more on the fun day that's always full of all sorts of adventure. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. there are about ten school districts in the bay area going back to school. many in the south bay. you'll head back to school throughout the week and in to next week as well. right now we're joined by dr. xavier de la torre rhee, the superintendent of the santa clara county department of education. you have kids yourself getting into this not only professionally but as a parent. >> first day of school is always a big day at the house. >> reporter: the challenge, common core standards, 45 states have adopted these. what's the biggest challenge in trying to get those implemented? >> the common core standards reflect an increase in rigor, a focus on introducing students to 21st century skills, that skill set that they need as they get into the workforce.

so it promotes problem solving, critical thinking, communication both orally and in writing, working collaboratively and cooperatively with one another, the kind of environment you can find in a lot of our bay area labor markets. >> reporter: is it hard to try to implement something as monumental as this? >> it is. it creates anxiety, uncertainty with teachers. it's hard to define. the standards have to be introduced. you have to continue to provide professional development. it's not an inoculation. it's something instructional leaders at schools will have to continue to enforce, observe classroom instruction, identify areas where greater rigor can be applied and continue to provide teachers with the professional development and training they need to grow professionally. >> if you look at the standardized test scores, star are test scores, generally in santa clara county you have the eight-year trend. last year there was a minor

drop, less than a percent, english and mapth. what do you attribute that to? >> it was a minor drop. it could be any number of things. i think it's important to continue and remember that for the most part students in santa clara county outperform students throughout the state and the trajectory has historically been good for students. so having a year where you have a little bit -- it could have something to do with folks getting ready to implement the common core standards and doing and experimenting with pedagogy a little differently. >> reporter: thank you very much. roughly ten school districts throughout the bay area, primarily in the south bay, kicking off another school year starting today. live in san jose at price middle school, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> new outfits today for a lot of kids. >> showing off the new gear.

>> kind of warm but the new shoes might get mucked up by showers in the forecast. temperatures this morning are so mild you do not need to send the kids off to school with a jacket anywhere across the bay area, 71 to kickoff the day in livermore. take you to the south bay where many kids are heading back to school including campbell. 71 degrees to start there. it is balmy out there. we've got the humidity and it's going to increase. as we head throughout the day today, high pressure to our east. we'll get thunderstorms and elevated fire danger for today. a few showers and thunderstorms as we head throughout this afternoon, the chance for showers, any steady rainfall very, very slim. however, if you get caught under one of these stronger thunderstorm cells which we could say in the east bay hills and the mountains surrounding san jose, we could see brief heavy downpours, also very gusty winds, and our biggest concern when it comes to the fire danger is the potential for dry lightning strikes.

it's something we don't take as a joke around here. a very serious situation. here is the deal. if you see anything sparked, you want to pull over, find a nice safe place where you can call that in. it only takes ten, 15 minutes, with all the dry brush we have around here where we could see a serious fire situation developing. 96 in livermore, 85 in santa tear race is a. just mowing the lawn, you can hit a rock and cause a spark as well. on my next report, i'll show you when the dry heat returns. we're not going to be out of this muggy pattern at least for the next few days. that's all ki tell you for now. your seven-day from my next report. right to your drive with mike inouye. >> don't mow the lawn today, send. getting that out to the family. in the approach off foster city, a nice steady volume. look at that, all your laerns

filling in. that is your westbound commute. we'll see traffic shift a bit for patterns. we'll get another look outside. on your maps, the tri-valley pretty standard over here. seeing slowing for 84 around vallecitos and also 580 as you approach the same isabel interchange. out of the altamont pass folks are seeing a typical slowdown. on dire, a report of animals on the roadway. not unusual. but just a note. chp has it in there so i pass it along. we'll look over towards the bay bridge and the approach and look at the camera here, the cash lanes off to the left, showing a big backup. fast track still a big advantage. 5:40 right now. wildfires burning dangerously close to homes in idaho. thousands waking up in shelters as the fire continues to rage on. we will go live to idaho for an update. >> reporter: a driver involved in a hit-and-run that took the life of one man over the weekend

in east san jose. i'm arturo santiago in san jose. we'll have the latest coming up.

this morning authorities trying to track down a driver who hit and killed a man in the south bay. they're asking for your help. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago live in the south bay with what investigators are currently looking for. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this morning the chp is still asking for help from the public in finding the driver who was involved in that hit and run. investigators say on saturday night someone hit and killed a man who was walking on alum rock avenue east of harriet avenue in san jose. some people saw a pickup truck leaving the scene heading north on pick ford avenue. the description is that the truck is a late model ford pickup, white or beige in colors with oversized tires and a red

stripe on the hood. there would also be front end damage. traffic is not particularly heavy in the area and police are trying to find out more information about the victim. >> we have no description of the driver as it was 8:45 at night. the sun had already set. and in that area there are not a lot of street lights. >> reporter: the victim's identity has not yet been released. investigators are trying to figure out whether or not he was in the street when he was hit. if you have any information, you are asked to call the california highway patrol. live in san jose, arturo santiago, "today in the bay." 5:44. new this morning. a south african judge set a trial date for olympic splinter oscar pistorius. he's charged with premeditated murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp in february of this year. his trial will start in march.

this morning diplomats from the european union discussing what action they should take in response to the crisis over in egypt. that meeting coming as violence continues in much of that country. this morning a security officer in northern sinai telling nbc news suspected militants ambushed two buses of off-duty policeman, ultimately killing 25 of them. the number of deaths in political protests has now climbed to nearly 900 since violence erupted just last week. supporters of ousted president mow hamid more say say they will not stop fighting until he is reinstated. in the bay area, dozens gathering in san francisco demanding the u.s. suspend support of egypt's military in the wake of all that recent violence. they rallied at the u.n. plaza yesterday. they say hundreds of innocent people have died since the ousting of egypt's president. solana county firefighters are heading to butte county to help battle a wildfire along highway 70.

the nearly 2,000 acre fire threatening more than 400 structures, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. california department of forestry say erratic winds mean the direction could change rapidly. as of last check, it is 45% contained. happening now, 34 wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western united states. one o of the most severe is the beaver creek fire in idaho. more than 2,000 homes have been evacuated. now that fire is threatening new communities. "today in the bay's" jay gray at the fire camp in haley, idaho, joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, laura. crews getting ready to fight day 12 of the blaze here. a lot of fire in the rugged idaho mountains here. it's being pushed by winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour, can push the embers for miles. it's a constant battle here both from the air and on the ground. we expect to see ten aircraft in

the air today. helicopters and planes dumping that fire retardant liquid on the flames. we've got 93 engines, more than 1,000 firefighters on the ground. really battling along the front lines, not only for containme c, protection as well. close to 5,000 homes or businesses that could be in the path of this blaze. that's why they continue to work around the clock trying as best they can do make sure the flames don't follow those strictures. it's a process that's going to continue. they're getting help from around the country. like we talked about laura, 34, 35 wildfires right now burning across the west. at some point those resources are going to be stretched thin. they're not at that point yet, that's what makes time of the essence here. only 8% to 9% contained. they hope to up that number today, laura. >> thanks for the latest, jay gray reporting live from idaho this morning. 5:47 right now. christina loren is here. we see that big full moon out

there. but i want to know how it's going to affect our weather? some kind of cycle happening we need to go about? >> there's a lot going on, including a giants game on nbc bay area tonight. back to school. we've got it all going on. we have our own fire danger we're concerned about here in the bay area. our resources are being spread thin as you just heard jay gray report. we're sending our own guys to help in idaho and butte county as well. let's talk about what's happening out there. temperatures in the 50s, 60s and 70s. it depends on where you live. no low 50s this morning, 56 in gilroy, for instance. you're starting the day out to the north of livermore at 71 degrees. those microclimates certainly making an impact. you hit l1100 in livermore yesterday, 102 in pleasanton. this morning it's nice and balmy as a result of that. also, a lot of subtropical moisture moving into the bay area. this is the fire danger. let me show you what's causing it. look at porterville to the south

of fresno -- i know someone who is familiar with porterville, laura garcia-cannon, of course. as you can see -- i worked in bakersfield, didn't do time in the pen just to clarify. i know that didn't sound that great. it's monday. cut me some slack. you can see here in the bay area we're mostly dry. some of the activity is going to make its way, slowly making its way into the bay area starting in the east and pushing to the north. if you do see any of those thunderstorms, it's mostly going to be in the high country, the east bay hills, through the north bay mountains as well. 90 degrees in santa rosa. 85 in santa teresa. you might be wondering why are we going to get showers from an area of low pressure offshore and stay so warm. typically we get a cold front that drops from the north and moves to the south. we're still under the influence of high pressure, so the two systems are working against each other.

as a result we get those thunderstorms. it could be very active today. we're going to be on top of that all day long right here on nbc bay area weather center. i've got rob mayeda coming in later this morning. temperatures will be in the 90s today. 96 degrees inland, 82 bay side. 73 degrees at the coast. we'll stay nice and toasty for tomorrow. not quite as warm but more humidity headed our way. wednesday into thursday, temps level off a little bit. we'll keep the chance of thunderstorms for the mountains for thursday. friday into the weekend, the dry heat comes back. let's check on the drive with mike inouye. >> looking at a pretty nice drive right now. we're seeing a little bit of the change. in to livermore, pretty standard for 580 and 84. the big note after the last report, reports come in of a smauld big rig. west 580, your commute direction, at santa rita road, blocking the lanes. if they can't clear that soon, that will be an issue heading

toward the 580/6780 interchange. northbound 101 showing slowing. a little slowing on 880. things are building throughout the south bay where we have the schools all coming online for much of santa clara county. that will affect you getting to and through the freeways. we're looking tort palo alto, a smooth drive toward the peninsula with a live look outside. we'll show you there a nice smooth drive, traffic here. one more live shot before we end this. we'll end this with a shot of the san mateo bridge. westbound increasing, no big hang-ups, a heavier volume for 92 than we've seen for many of the summer months. back to you. legendary blues singer from right here in the bay area injured during an attack on stage, planning now to file a civil wah lau suit against the city of hayward. 73-year-old lester chambers dedicated a song to trayvon martin when a woman jumps on

stage, attacks him. that leaves him with bruised ribs and a hip injury. 43-year-old dina lynn andrews porter was charged with assault and elder abuse. chambers says the attack forced him to cancel a series of performances. >> if you can't breathe, you can't sing. it hurts to take a deep breath and apply pressure to bring out the lyrics. >> attorney john burress says the city of hayward is named, the concert promoter and those in charge of security. burress says he'll be announcing the amount of money at an 11:00 a.m. news conference later today. 5:52. the legendary rocker that asked mayor ed lee if he can play the farewell concert at candlestick. >> the first weekend of the steve jobs movie doesn't go very well. we'll take a look coming up. ♪

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welcome back everyone. good monday morning to you, 5:55 right now. before that wrecking ball hits candlestick park, there could be a repeat performance by sir paul mccartney. >> sounds like a good plan to me. mccartney floated the idea by san francisco mayor ed lee during his concert performance at the outside lands recently. he reportedly said, quote, if you're going to tear the stadium down, we should think about us doing the last concert there. when shea stadium was torn down, mccartney did the final performance there and then him and billy joel helped bring in the new citi field. how do you tell mccartney no. >> no kidding.

whatever you want. 5:55. the new steve jobs movie opened during the weekend and scott mcgrew says it left movie goers largely unimpressioned. >> "jobs" came in seventh at the box office. >> we can't afford to pay three people right now. >> we can't afford to pay ourselves. >> critics generally liked ashton kutcher's portrayal of the apple founder. many movie goers thought the film went over things that had been touched on times before and didn't have much new to offer. apple co-founder steve wozniak says he's been wrongly quoted as not liking the film. he posted online he did like the film and was entertained. he said the film concentrated on the wrong part of jobs' life at apple. he says the movie ends pretty much where the great jobs finally found product success. this movie portrays him as

having those skills earlier. the basic point is that the really fascinating parts about jobs came at the end of his life. it was all woz in the beginning, jobs at the end. >> interesting. didn't fare well. 5:57. a train crash in fresno overnight. we have details coming into our newsroom. we'll tell you exactly what happened there coming up next. new details we're learning about former egyptian president hosni mubarak, why he soon could be set free. look at 'em.

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didn't fare well. be set free. right now the blade runner back in court. why today's date has special significance of the family of the woman he's accused of killing. a month after the deadly limousine fire on the san mateo

bridge, we'll finally learn the cause of the fire. back to school for most of the south bay. we'll tell you what the santa clara county superintendent is saying about the upcoming school year next. we've got a beautiful day shaping up, a gorgeous sunrise out there. no flight delays out of sfo, but we are expecting thunderstorms. i'll show you where and who has the best chance to see those in your full forecast. you're starting your delays already for the bay bridge in other sports throughout the bay, the traffic is shifting as the schools come online. we'll talk about that and how to avoid it coming up. from the bridge, a live look over san francisco. a lot of light dancing here in the early morning dawn on this monday, august 19. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning everybody.