parts of the bay area. finally when the normal bay area heat returns to the forecast. a live look shows you a light volume of traffic through palo alto. a new crash interest chp, that's also on the bay shore freeway. the latest for high way 101. the south bay. a live look outside. beautiful start to our wednesday morning, waiting for the sun's arrival. there's a blue moon on wednesday, august 21st. this is "today in the bay." very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm marla tellez. in for jon kelley. south bay, we are following breaking news in san jose. a would-be burglar shot by a security guard at an apartment complex in almaden. it happened near guadeloupe oak grove park on star wood place. bob redell just spoke to police. this happened a few hours ago.

is it an active investigation out there? >> reporter: good morning, marla. sjpd still out here, still processing the scene. but as far as trying to find suspects, they've given up on that search. they have the security guard in custody downtown being questioned. they're still trying to determine whether or not he will face a crime charge. they also have the person shot in the hospital this morning, suspected car burglars. we're here at the apartments, senior apartment complex, this is almaden expressway here in almad almaden. around 1:30 the security guard came across four people trying to break into cars in the parking lot of the complex. it's not clear, police won't tell us whether the security guard works for the complex. there was a confrontation between the security guard and the four people trying to break in the cars. the security guard ended up shooting at those people. they were in a car, hence the shatter of glass on the parking lot here. he ended up hitting one of them,

and they ended up taking off the security guard is downtown at the police didnepartment being interviewed. >> reporter: police found the car that had -- that the four people used to get away. it was a stolen car. they found it a couple miles away inside was one of the suspected car burglars. this person had been shot at least more than once. has been taken to the hospital. nonlife threatening injuries, stable condition. as for his three accomplices, their location is unknown, as i mentioned earlier. san jose police has given up on the active search because they have recovered the car and they don't have a description to go on. i suppose they're hoping once they interview the man in the hospital, he'll be able to give them information on who they were. live in almaden, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:02. breaking news out of east palo alto where a teenager has died

after being shot inside a car. this happened on emmett way near the university village shopping center. police say shot spotter sensors picked up the gunfire. they found a 19-year-old man slumped in the driver's seat of a parked car. he had been shot. he was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries. police say they're looking for witnesses. >> we have no motive. we have no suspect information. we just got the detectives here right now and we are doing a neighborhood canvass. >> if you have any information, you're asked to call east palo alto police. now to syria, where rebels are accusing the government of using tem cal weapons. we have to warn you, the video is difficult to watch. the syrian observatory for human rights says government forces fired rockets with poisonous gas heads during the attack.

more than 1200 people are dead, many reportedly women and children. the government is denying the claims, calling them baseless. nbc is working to confirm these reports. a 20-member u.n. chemical weapons team is in syria to investigate previous claims of chemical attacks. this morning, we are learning the french president plans to ask the u.n. to visit the site of today's alleged chemicals weapons attack. fast moving wildfire burns out of control near yosemite. the rim fire has scorched more than 11,000 acres and threatening homes and camps. the fire forced 10 obey area students and staff saying families evacuate. christie submit joins us from moffet field. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are many bay area firefighters that are already up there helping out with the rim

fire, and that includes the air national guardsmen with 129th rescue wing. still under the same conditions that we've been dealing with, the red flag warning. i wanted to show you some video of what crews are trying to fight up there. struggling to try and contain the rim fire here highway 120 by yosemite which jumped from 2500 acres to more than 11,000 with 2500 structures threatened. i just checked, right now 120 is closed, 4 miles west of groveland ranger station and 4 miles east of buck meadow. some of the structures threatened are at the family camp where the evacuations were quick, only 15 minutes to gather their things and get out. >> there was a point where it started moving quickly so it caught us sort of by surprise that cal fire came up and said, you've got to go. >> reporter: students and staff from maybeck high school in berkeley who were staying at the

camp are safely back home. reports that that camp is being used as a staging area to help fight this fire. also wanted to mention, in dublin, 160 acres burned at camp park. firefighters had to do structure protection. a reminder of the light flash fuels and low humidity and conditions we've been dealing with, these aren't the only camp evacuations. yosemite is not closed it may be a challenge to try to get there. live at moffet field, christie smith, "today in the bay." we are keeping our eyes on the wend out there. not us really. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. taking a live look here for now, nice and clear over the golden gate bridge but that will not last all morning long. through the next couple of hours an onshore flow. area of low pressure pushing into the las vegas region.

so we have the red flag warning in place for parts of the bay area. just parts. just the north bay. that stands until 5:00 p.m. after which time we're expecting more stability, and things will get comfortable around here as a result. 60 degrees to kick off the day in livermore. 58 in concord. 58 in san francisco. we have wraparound moisture, so it feels muggy. noon today all of the areas on your map shaded in yellow, that's where we get the comfortable marine influence. as a result, san jose 76 degrees at lunchtime. kids are heading back to school all over the place. san jose state is going back to school as well. 79 comfortable degrees for your first day back. 90 livermore. 83 later today up in napa. so, here's what we're expecting. throughout the next couple of days we'll see more of a dry pattern resume. temperatures are going to feel more comfortable, 80s towards the bay area. show you when that comes in my next report.

right now let's get a look at your drive with mike inouye. i'm here in the new studio. i don't see you, my friend. >> i see you. i watch you on tv every morning. looking here towards san jose northbound 101. easy drive now. no problems for the flow of traffic. but san jose state back in full session today. yesterday we saw a lot of traffic, orientation. today more. toward that south bay right now, easy drive. only thing marked on here is the circus is in town, but we have an issue here in mountain view, north 101, old middle field. we see slowing on the sensors just kicking in. a report on a crash, no details on injuries. two crashes might involve a big rig possibly in the area, at least pulled over to the should somewhere that's added distraction to the shoreline. chp still en route to the scene. 101 easier drive up the peninsula, no problems for san mateo or palo alto or san francisco for that drive on the bay shore. a live look outside, traffic

flowing westbound, interstate 80. headlights underneath university avenue. cal berkeley not in session, that's a week. that will be an issue as folks head through the east shore and the bay bridge as we saw yesterday. patterns coming back for fall-like traffic. >> 5:09. san jose taking a hard look at its taxpayer funded program aimed at getting rid of graffiti. is it effective. the city hired a contractor take care of the graffiti in 2011 to save money. a recent audit found things are going well. graffiti's removed within 48 hours. response times have been good when the public reported graffiti via a smartphone app. the program is costing more than anticipated and they'd like to see the city hire more than one contractor so prices stay competitive. menlo park has put off a decision on whether to increase the number of red light cameras in the city. the council was supposed to vote

on a plan to add a fifth camera last night but after hours of debate, the decision was put off until next tuesday. in the past five months, other bay areaties including redwood, belmont, hayward opted out of the red light camera contract saying they did not vastly improve safety. >> south bay, undead take to the streets again tonight in san jose for the annual zombie-o-rama. they are decked out. the event includes face painting, a kids' walk and the zombie crawl through downtown. event is a food drive for the second harvest food bank. festivities begin at 2:00 at gore park on williams street and south first street. >> one of the happiest zombie i've ever seen. >> looks like michael jackson's "thriller." 5:10. bay area city hoping to save lives by adding dozens of

defibrillators to city streets. >> a flight attendant for a major airline arrested after found on the tsa's no fly list. bracing for hewlett-packard. mark zuckerberg with a new organization.

lots of people in palo alto holding their breath, waiting on hewlett-packard. scott mcdegree, they have good reason to be anxious. >> most companies report profits, once a quarter. hp in the past few quarter announced disasters. we have no reason to think hp has bad news this quarter. but in just the last year the company's announced write-downs and losses worth $17 billion.

announcing it made $8 billion mistake with eds, another $9 billion in write-downs with autonomy. and in that time, it's announced lay-offs, tens of thousands of people. we don't expect necessarily terrible news this afternoon, and there are signs that meg whitman, who inherited some of the problems, is stemming the bleed. we'll know more before the bell. but in the meantime, investors are waiting like this. also waiting on fed minutes. we get to read the fed's diary this morning we think it's going to say, dear diary i'm going to stop buying so many bonds. courtney reagan, good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are lower, after stocks closed in mixed session tuesday. dow faded into the final minutes ending the first five-day losing streak since december. today a report on existing home sales and the minutes from last month's fed meeting this afternoon. we are thinking they'll provide clues on when the fed may start to taper or cut back on the

massive bond-buying program which is part of the stimulus measures helped to keep interest rates so low. the dow slipped seven points yesterday. it will start trade agent 15002. the nasdaq did gain, starting at 3613 today. >> 5:15. mark zuckerberg has a new organization this morning called internet.org a partnership between tech companies and nonprofits to spread the internet to developing countries. primarily working on making the internet simpler, compressing data. the organization says, quote, no one should have to choose between access to the internet and food and medicine. i would say if somebody offers you food and medicine, take that first. that seems like a good idea. >> exactly. >> a good effort, nonetheless. >> thank you.

meteorologist christina loren, we have a blue moon outside on this wednesday. did you see me standing alone? >> i did. a dream in your heart. >> good one. >> good morning to you. a live look here. you can see, we still have active weather rolling around. not necessarily in the immediate vicinity. but mostly over the spine of the sierra nefda. still see wraparound moisture to the bay area. a red flag warning for parts of the bay area that goes through the north bay. keep that in mind. red flag warning posted up until 5:00 p.m. if we see thunderstorm activity the best chance here is up north over the mountains. uls usually between 3:00 and 6:00. if you happen to miss monday's light show, check out my facebook page. i posted some of the most spectacular photos across the bay area from monday. temperatures are running cooler. 56 degrees to start the day in

gilroy. 60 livermore. 57 san mateo. 59 in santa rosa. running cooler, feels more comfortable, not as humid. winds have shifted. all cities reported winds out of the west. onshore flow means a cooler day headed our way. 90 in livermore. 79 in fremont. 79 in san jose. the spartans are headed back to school today. temperatures remain steady. a little bit of a cooldown tomorrow. we'll loosen humidity. it will feel truer to the bay area normal. we get that dry heat this time of year. rare you see the monsoonal moisture to the north. as we head through saturday and sunday, temperatures will be where they should be as we get into the upcoming weekend. let's find out how we're looking on the roads with mike inouye. >> here toward 101 in mountain view. talked about the crash north of shoreline and it sounds like activity moving off to the shoulder. but we did see a little slowing as the crash happened.

that has cleared up. watching for one car, if not a big rig as well, on the shoulder and some activity. watch and see if there's any more slowing. you saw on the map, moffet field. north 288, 880, transition starting to reopen after overnight road work. tully road, chp a report of something in a roadway. a whole toilet blocking the hov lane at the connecter. that would be blockage, i guess. sunol, easy drive traveling south 680. frontage road on the maps, a report of a crash but no slowing. slowing for 380 which -- 580 which just cleared and west 84 as you travel through the areas. the bay bridge toll plaza, no big deals. just more company. accused serial killer has been found guilty in marin county. a jury found joseph nasoguilty of killing four northern

california women in the '70s and '90s. investigators are proved he raped and strangled his victims. one woman was found dead in fairfax in 1977. her brother says the verdict provides some relief. now he hopes nasois sent to prison and not death row. >> he gets anything he wants in sent to death row. he needs to go to a main line prison to be treated like he treated them girls, get what he deserves. >> prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. nasois being investigated as a suspect in several unsolved murders. two men accused of kidnapping a teenager for two months are expected in a san francisco courtroom today. the two men are facing kidnapping, drug, and rape charges. authorities say he kidnapped the teenager in los angeles and brought her to a home in

clearlake. the men allegedly raped the girl and locked her in a toolbox for days at a time and accused of using her to help cultivate marijuana at the home. the men are scheduled to be in federal court today in san francisco for a status conference. american airlines fired one of its flight attendant trainees after learning he's on the tsa's no-fly list. in an e-mail, american airlines says he was removed from the training program in ft. worth, texas in may. he was accused of making bomb threats to several united airlines flights headed to and leaving from los angeles and london. he was arrested in the spring, charged with making false threats, and later pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal. 5:20. palo alto is getting ready to install dozens of defibrillators across the city. right now city's training both police departments and fire departments how to use those portable life saving devices.

52 defibrillators will be set up and several patrol cars in local libraries, community centers, athletic facilities and other locations in palo alto. next year the city plans to unveil an app that will lead people to the closest device. >> good to know. >> right. >> life saving information. 5:21. first the super bowl, now another big event. what could happen at levi's stadium in santa clara. ♪ all right, let's go ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocolate cross over [ male announcer ] fiber one ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over ♪ 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate

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lebron james could be in trouble with the police, and it's all thanks to a tweet. >> police escort on the wrong side of the street, headed to the concert, j.t., holla. >> james posted this video of himself on instagram over the weekend. that video getting a police escort to the jay-z justin

timberlake concert in miami. it wasn't a sanctioned escort by the police department. the department says all precautions were taken but the escort violated the department policies no word if the officers involved will be disciplined. 5:24. one of the people tasked with fielding foul ball at giants game getting national attention this morning. might have seen it during last night's game. chasing down a fly ball in foul territory when it looks like it's called off. arias doesn't listen and catches the ball managing to avoid a collision. the woman apparently understandably embarrassed and apologizes for the incident. covering her face there. >> first super bowl l, now wrestle mania. the showcase of smackdowns and body slams at the 49ers' new stadium in spring 2015. next week the mayor and 49ers

brass head to the world wrestling entertainment headquarters in connecticut to make their case, billed as the big money event. wrestle mania expected to bring in more than $100 million to the local economy. the winning city announced next year. >> just the size of the belt, did you see it? the size of the guys. thunder lips is here in the flesh, baby. that's rocky iii. >> i thought you were talking about me. >> works for you too. >> good morning to you. temperatures are nice and warm for today. but not quite as hot as where we ended up yesterday. 90 degrees in livermore. 64 in san francisco. still getting spoiled in the city. 71 santa cruz. around the bay, the place to be looking for the most comfortable temperatures. not bad in san jose. 79. more traffic with students heading back to san jose state.

let's go over to our wroteler mike inouye. >> let's go to the bay bridge. the traffic shot is frozen. i have to say something, right? if not, get to the maps. traffic flow is not frozen. the smackdown on the computer to see what's going on for the live feed. smooth drive from the maze and east shore freeway. ashby avenue showing congestion, that's typical this morning. easy drive through oakland. earlier slowdown through the construction zones has cleared. a's have midday game, so keep that in mind passing the coliseum through lunch hour. live camera here, san jose moves nicely. earlier toilet on the road is cleared. getting on at tully, northbound 101, easy flow. >> that's funny. 5:26. they have fire danger up and down across california paper car fire spreading to brush in the east bay last night shutting

down a major highway. we'll tell you if it will affect your commute. into we continue to follow breaking news out of syria. rebels accuse the government of using chemical weapons in a number of towns.

crews across the bay area help the rim fire in yosemite including air national guardsmen from moffet field. >> here in the bay area red flag warning has been lifted for most cities. i can tell you, it's stands for the north bay temperatures are going to be cooler. i'll let you when the humidity high-tails it out of here. emergency road work and closure in san jose. details as we continue to search for the best angle with our camera. flu video just -- new video just in. dozens of protesters pulled from

san francisco's city hall this morning. from san francisco to the bay bridge. there you have it. the morning commute started to wake up on this wednesday, august 21st. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. 5:30, i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. breaking news in syria where rebels are accusing the government of using chemical weapons in its latest attack near the capital of damascus. the video we're about to show you might be hard to watch. a rebel spokesman tells nbc news government forces fired several rockets with poisonous gas heads, hitting at least ten towns and villages. the number of reported deaths ranging from dozens to more than 1,000 people, many reportedly women and children. the syrian government is denying the claims, calling them baseless. nbc is working to confirm these

reports. 20-member u.n. chemical weapons team is in syria, investigating previous claims of chemical attacks. this morning, we're also learning the french president plans to ask the u.n. to visit the site of today's alleged chemical weapons attack. breaking news at home. suspected burglar is in the hospital this morning, after he was shot as he was allegedly breaking into cars. it happened in a quiet neighborhood. in the almaden area of san jose at an apartment complex for senior citizens. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from the scene. police took a security guard into custody. >> reporter: correct. good morning to you. security guard is trying to stop these break-ins here at the senior apartment home at coleman and almaden expressway. security guard is in police custody. the officer tells us he is being cooperative. they're trying to determine whether or not he did the right thing by intervening and shooting one of these people. they are interviewing him now to

determine whether or not he, too, could face charges, not clear whether he was registered to have that gun and whether he legally had the right to shoot at these people. it was around 1:30 that he confronted the four people who were already in a stolen car, a trolling the parking lot trying to break in other cars. the security guard pulled out a gun and started shooting at these people. if you see broken, shattered glass in the parking lot, that's where the shooting took place, presumably shooting at them in the car, the glass in the car shattered. those people took off. the security guard stayed, taken into custody. later this morning, the police did find that car that had the four people inside. three of them were gone. they found them a couple miles away. three were done, one remained in the car. he had been shot more than once. was taken to the hospital where he is under arrest, in stable condition, expected to survive. the whereabouts of his three

accomplices unknown. four people allegedly trying to break into cars here at the senior apartment home. one in custody, whereabouts of the other three unknown. as i mentioned the security guard is in custody, not clear whether or not he'll be facing charges. police say he's being cooperative. reporting live here in almaden, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:33. high fire danger all over the state. in the east bay a car fire spread to nearby brush, shutting down eastbound lanes of highway 4 near martinez. cruise contained the fire and reopened lanes early this morning. you see the car badly damaged. crews were lucky in that case. across the state firefighters battling at least ten major wildfires take a look at this map. fires stretch all over the state. one of the largest is the rim fire near yosemite national park. christie smith live where the

local air national guard just deployed to try to help out with the fire. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there is a massive effort under way to try to bring this rim fire under control. more than 700 personnel trying to fight this fire, including many from the bay area. including air national guardsmen from right here at moffet field. the 129th rescue wing, they left when the red flag warning was in effect and this morning there is concern about lightning in the sierra. this is what firefighters are struggling to fight, the rim fire near highway 120 by yosemite. last word it was 0% contained. it jumped from 2500 acres to more than 11,250 structured threatened. highway 120 closed. now for a time, some of the structures threatened were at san jose family camp, 46 acres along the river. campers say the evacuations came

quick, just 15 minutes to leave. >> there was a point where it started moving quickly so it caught us sort of by surprise that cal fire came up and said you've got to go. >> in dublin, 160 acres burned at camp parks yesterday. you may have seen the huge plume of smoke there. reminder of the bone-dry conditions in the bay area. also camp mather, some evacuations there. yosemite of course still open but just maybe a challenge to get there. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." let's go ahead and check the forecast conditions out there, particularly the winds. meteorologist christina loren, how it's looking for the firefighters? >> not looking so good for parts of the bay area. just north bay, that's where we're focusing today. this year, in california, 92,000 acres scorched. that's the equivalent of over

70,769 football fields. much of this in southern california near the palm springs area. as we head throughout the day, we have that high red flag warning, high fire danger in place. for santa rosa, san rafael and na napa, we could see the wraparound moisture, kicking up instability and could get dry lightning strikes here in the bay area. should expire as we head through 5:00 p.m. this evening. hopefully it will be able to expire on time. we've had this stubborn cut-off low, made things difficult in the bay area. hard to forecast the cut-off low because it has nothing to push it inland. detached from the jet stream. starting to fizzle out a by but we have the fire threat from las vegas up through tahoe and the reno area in particular. 60 degrees here in the bay area. feeling more comfortable as the area of low pressure moves inland. 57 in san jose. 57 degrees to start the day in sunnyvale. noon, we'll hit 80. livermore, 65. on the way to oakland as you break for lunch.

comfortable conditions for people heading back to school. san jose 79 in the heat of the day. 83 gilroy. 64 san francisco. that means more traffic especially in the south bay. let's get an update on your morning drive with mike inouye. >> good morning. san jose state in session and that's a largely commuter school for much of the population. that's going to mean more traffic, 87, 280. today the first official day of instruction. here 280 at 17, 880, the connecter on to northbound from 880 to 208 is closed. between the two horizontal roads, there is flashing lights you can see. they've closed that on-ramp. they're fixing the sand barrels and going to repair that possibly until 7:00 a.m. could be a huge issue. we'll have the map oriented the same way as the traffic flow is going, 280 northbound toward us. you can get an idea what's affected as far as flow of traffic if this continues past

6:00 a.m. which it sounds like it will. more congestion out of downtown. san jose state back in session. a blip of slowing north of 680. that will see more slowing over the next half hour tri-valley new york big issues. a live look at fremont. the volume starts to bill coming south through 880 and past the truck scales. 5:38. new, tense moments at san francisco's city hall overnight as police moved in to clear out dozens of student protesters. about 150 students from city college of san francisco staged a sit-in last night, demanding mayor ed lee step in and do something to save the college from being forced to close its doors next year. >> unclear to us why the mayor won't even be willing to meet the students. collectively it was decided we would wait, hoping that mayor lee would listen to us and meet our two demands but inted of doing in he called the police to arrest us.

>> several protesters were arrested for disturbing a public meeting and trespassing. last month a regional agency ruled the college would be stripped on its accreditation unless changes made to the school's governance structure and finances. the protests came one day after college officials submitted a formal request for a review of the agency's decision. no one was hurt in the protest and so far, no word from mayor lee. here is something mike has his eye on today. south bay roadways will be extra crowded today as more students return to school. the big issue will be around san jose state after two days of orientation. classes will officially begin there. three san jose school districts return to school, evergreen, orchard, and union. the school year begins at livermore valley joint unified this morning. >> study hard, kids. 5:39. in over an hour the man who leaked thousands of documents to wikileaks will learn his fate. what we expect a judge to say. sacramento lawmakers looking

at limo safety in response to the tragic and deadly fire on the san mateo bridge.

welcome back. egyptian authorities have captured two more key islamist leaders. a top ally of the muslim brotherhood captured as he tried to escape to libya yesterday. a spokesman for the group was caught on his way to catch a fly out of the country. the egyptian military cracking down on the muslim brotherhood, the party of former president morsi. senator john mccain calling on president obama to take a stronger stance against einter. >> -- egypt which receives federal aid from the u.s. >> the united states has influence. so far the united states has sent a very, very mixed message to the people who have caused

mayhem in the streets of cairo and egypt. >> mccain has called on the u.s. to cut off the more than $1 billion in annual military aid it sends to egypt. today, president obama could make a decision on that aid. "today in the bay's" live in washington with what could happen at the white house today. good morning, melissa. >> nice to see you. that's right. this has been a big topic of discussion the past couple of days. no doubt, it's going to stretch out for the rest of the week. right now, this aid the president says under review. this is not something that is yet entirely stopped or slowed that much to the point. $1.5 billion in military and economic aid is what we're talking about. the president meeting with top advisers tuesday, talking about this growing concern. the outcry by some lawmakers like mccain over whether to continue to fund it. if a coup is declared, most

forms of u.s. aid continue since much is spent on promoting democracy and that is allowed. if the united states makes cuts, other countries promised to replace the aid, pledging $12 billion in assistance for egypt. >> just into our newsroom, we want to mention this, across the wires, egyptian court has ordered the release of mubarak. an egyptian court ordering the release of ex-president mubarak. >> major development there. 5:44. in more than an hour the man at center of the largest leak of classified documents in history will learn his fate. a military justice expected to sentence army private bradley manning at 7:00 this morning. manning faces up to 90 years in prison for leaking more than 700,000 secret documents to wikileaks while working as an intelligence analyst in iraq. the prosecution is asking for a

sentence of at least 60 years while the defense wants manning to spend no more than 25 years behind bars. no matter how the judge rules, bay area supporters of manner, who is gay, say they will gather tonight at justin herman plaza in san francisco. the demonstration start as the 5:00 p.m., one of several taking place across the country. supporters are expected to gather in front of the white house to call on president obama to pardon the army private. 5:45. a new report from the state auditor shows schools are taking a tougher stance on bullying but i not clear if it's working. the auditor studied three large school districts in sacramento, fresno, los angeles and surveyed almost 1400 others. the auditor found most have imposed policies to stop bullying, but administrators failed to communicate expectations to officials at individual schools. in the case of the three districts studied in depth, each working on a training program to

better prepare teachers to deal with bully. >> if you head outside right now you, may be able to see it. the last little bit of last night's blue moon filling the sky. we shot this video here in the bay area overnight. normally the moon isn't blue but over seattle, take a look, it certainly looked like it. a blue moon happens when there's a second full moon in the same month. the next one happens in two years. they're not just once in a blue moon. >> pretty sight to see. >> very nice. >> meteorologist christina loren, here we are on wednesday. closer to the weekend. you are keeping your eyes on blustering conditions. >> you just got back. thinking about the weekend. >> absolutely. >> it's on all of ur minds. 5:46. live look here, we have interesting things happening. a chance, a slight chance, for isolated thunderstorm activity. that goes for the north bay throughout the afternoon. what we're looking at for today, temperatures are refreshing out

there, compared to yesterday and monday where we were in the 70s to start across the bay area. the area of low pressure high tailing it out of here, headed into nevada. throughout the next couple of days a slight chance for high elevations thunderstorm. that's what we're watching for for today. 60 livermore. 57 san jose. 61 to start the day in sunnyvale. later today, temperatures will be on the warm side, only though in the extreme east bay. we'll see plenty of marine influence from oakland, fremont, san jose, santa teresa upper 70 rs. beach city, best beach today santa cruz, 71. temperatures are going to level off. we have a bit of a cooldown headed our way, 80s saturday and sunday. monday and tuesday, comfortable, especially bay side, mid 70s. mike inouye. >> a quick look first the live look here traffic coming toward me, north 101 at 680/280

interchange. this is jammed up. shell-shocked for some. yesterday we had another crash, same spot. we'll show you, the backup happening as this crash reported north 101 at oakland road. same spot as yesterday which kicked off a big backup for 101. we have san jose state in full session now, that means more commuters coming into the area. so this could be a big deal. we see slowing approaching tully and heading up past the scene of the crash. oakland road report of a crash. no information from chp yet. we'll track that. the rest of the northbound route's okay. this sets off warning. we're tracking this, north 85 at 101 make your turn on the connecter, that's a report of a crash. one vehicle in the lanes and slowing past the scene because of the activity. watching it through mountain view. live look outside, see how things are shaping up. live shot for palo alto. no problem along the peninsula for 101. san mateo bridge heavier volume

of traffic westbound. a build from the hayward side. the bay bridge we have crash lanes on both sides of the fas-trak lane that's your build filling under the parking lot for the cash lanes. a bill developed after the limo fire on the san mateo bridge will be the focus in sacramento this morning. >> right now, only limos reported to hold ten passengers or more undergo safety inspections. the limo that burst into flames on the san mateo bridge may 4th was only licensed to carry a maximum of eight people. five women died in the fire. this week it was determined the fire started after the limo's rear suspension system failed and no criminal charges will be filed. now to the latest on the america's cup. weather permitting.

the louis vuitton final rezrsum this afternoon. luna rossa and new zealand slated to take part. kiwis lead the best of the 13 series 2-1. weather has played a big factor today in each race. one of the competitors has had to drop out because of equipment problems. the races will air here on nbc bay area which means scheduling change. days of our lives will air at noon. and instead of 1:00. followed by the america's cup at 1:00. at 3:00, steve harvey, followed by ellen. 5:50. steph curry raps. how he did stepping behind the mike. the fed has big decisions. i'll plain why you need to care about it.

welcome back. 5:52. warriors guard steph curry

can't count on a record deal anytime soon. >> after appearing in a commercial critiquing the singing of rockets' guard james harden, curry stepped behind the mike himself. how did he do? take a listen. ♪ harden i noticed you singing a song♪ so i sing an even better song ♪ yeah, yeah, we're in no hurry to hear more from you huh huh ♪ because stephen curry can sing better than you than you, than you than you♪ >> aleast -- i like the beat. good beat. he looks cute when he does that. >> a nice smile. >> he likes music. we recently showed him doing zumba as well. >> business and tech. business news. barnes and noble may be one step closer to doom this morning. scott mcgrew, that stock down big. may need to find a buyer. >> one of executives thought about buying a peace of the company but when he announced he

decided against it, the share price fell more than 10%. barnes and noble announced more big losses and the number of books purchased in each store continues to fall. what we call same store sales. it's an important data point pop one of the reasons people are buying fewer books because of the kindle. but barnes & noble says another big reason same-store sales fell this year compared to last was last year lots of people were buying "50 shades of grey." speaking of exciting news about bonds we get to read the meants from the federal open markets this morning. a lot of discussion whether the fed will continue to buy up government bonds and the answer will have a great effect on the stock market. i am well aware that you pay more attention to christina's forecast than me talking about quantitative easing. but qe affects you, it makes the dollar cheap which makes oil expensive, cheap dollar makes stocks attractive to foreigners,

so they buy them, drive up prices and keeps mortgage rates low. bottom line, cheaper gas, retirement account worth less and more expensive to get a mortgage. spoiler alert, it's going to be hot today. >> wow. taking her thunder. >> right. >> christina's up next. fighting words. >> that's right. he can have those fighting words with my 10,000 facebook fans, scott mcgrew. i'm not quite there yet. why don't you like me on facebook? you'll get a personalized forecast every day. red flag warning in place for the bay area. yachtville, you are included. santa rosa, san rafael, napa, you're in the clear at the immediate coast. i can tell you everybody in the north bay gaining wraparound moisture instability. we are the red flag warning until 5:00 p.m. a chance they may be able to chance it'll earlier. we have to watch the cut-off low. highs going to be hot in places

like livermore, 90. 86 concord. cool today in san francisco, not too bad. 64. that's a beautiful day. a little warm by local standards who live in the city. let's check on the drive with mike inouye. >> here to our live camera. nice look. oh we missed it. there was a clear view of the flares. now streaming past the headlines again. look on the left side of your screen, coming toward us, the headlights past flares closing the connecter from north 280 to north 880. closed for 0 possible another hour to finish barrel repair. chp called that before 5:30. that -- we had reported it earlier. a look at the map. there's no real flowing past the scene. volume picking up. that will be an issue as folks find a way around it. stevens creek connects you over there as well past the mall. don't stop at the mall, not

open. >> such a husband. >> i do the shopping. tully, slowing up towards the crash at oakland road. watch that from 101. the map and the slowing or that portion of san jose which could be an issue as it was yesterday. back to you. >> thank you, i think. 5:57. new claims this morning from the family of the man who kidnapped a san diego teen. why they say he may be hannah anderson's father and what the anderson family's saying in response. plus, police on the peninsula investigating an overnight homicide. a teenager killed while sitting in his car. what we just learned from police, coming up

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valley. a security guard shoots at a suspect outside a senior living center. out of control wildfire tearing through terrain at yosemite. we'll tell you about campsites under evacuation orders and the local national guardsmen called out to fight the fire. a bit of luck in the bay area. we are seeing that fire danger start to decrease. temperatures will be cooler and feel more comfortable. not as sticky out there. i'll let you know when the dry bay heat area returns. a crash, emergency closurcl. we'll sort out the san jose commute, coming up live to the golden gate bridge where it's too dark outside to see the golden towers on this wednesday, august 21st. this is "today in the bay."