spreading, destroying dozens of homes and threatening thousands of others. live to tuolumne county for the latest on efforts to contain the flames. and i just received the latest nasa image of the billowing smoke all the way into tahoe and it extends into canada. plus expecting thick fog. we'll let you know when that will clear up and your full forecast. see a glow here as well. san mateo bridge, a new issue for 116 in the north bay. updates from pg&e on that roadway. seems like we've been talking about it for weeks but tonight's the night. the official bay bridge closure for five days. i'm christie smith. what you need to know to get around, coming up you made it halfway through the work week. take a look at this live look from the south bay overlooking san jose. it's wednesday, august 28th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez, in for jon kelley. happening now, the rim fire's growing as is a number of resources attacking the flames. more than 4,000 firefighters are in tuolumne county, trying to get the massive wildfire under control. meantime, hundreds of residents wait anxiously hoping homes will be spares. live in sonora where several people spent the night at an emergency shelter. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marla. firefighters worked overnight and they are making progress. this morning the fire remains only 20% contained. right now, it's threatening 4,500 homes in the area. many of the people evacuated came here to this american red cross shelter in sonora at the fair grounds. linda sales says the smoke was so thick near pine crest she

packed up her dogs and headed to the shelter. now she's anxiously waiting to see if the fire will consume her home. >> i left behind a lot of things and hopefully they'll will be. but i don't know. >> reporter: some people drove their own camps are and trailers down to the shelter and have camped out here for days. firefighters on the front lines are focusing on setting up burn lines to protect tuolumne and other populated areas. so far, this fire has burned more than 100 structures and 31 of those are homes. now yesterday, the high humidity helped out firefighters because it added moisture to the dry grass and brush. and that helped things burn more slowly. but still the erratic winds are a big concern. reporting live in sonora, "today in the bay." the rim fire also releasing massive amounts of smoke into

the air. those plumes are traveling more than 100 miles, clouding skies in nevada, causing health problems for people there. christina loren has new details on the air quality around lake tahoe and reno. good morning. >> let me step out of the way here as a picture does tell a thousand words in this case. you can see that robust smoke plume. let me give you an idea where the bay area stands versus nevada. according to the daily tribune, smoke envoled lake tahoe, the surrounding area into reno, causing air quality to decline. our concern is a lot of people like to hit lake tahoe for labor day weekend, one last summer hurrah. it's not the same experience that you would normally expect this time of year with all of the smoke moving in. we are urging people to rethink those plans. now coming up, i'm going to show

you, we might get more showers. showers over the fire yesterday, very light. today a better chance for seeing shower activity heavy at times over the rim fire. that's coming up. a close look at your local forecast. it's that time when people are making plans and it's not the best year to visit lake tahoe. back to you. >> now to another fire that we're covering today. several families are dealing with a tremendous loss after a grass fire spread to a neighborhood in fairfield. this fire started near i-80 at air base parkway exit and winds carried embers into a neighborhood or marigold drive. two homes were destroyed, three others badly damaged. one point as many as 200 firefighters were on scene trying to put out the flames. investigators are trying to figure out how this fire started. now less than 15 hours away from a total shutdown of the bay bridge. come 8:00, the bridge will be closed to traffic so crews can

work to connect the new eastern span. the closure expected to last through the labor day holiday. "today in the bay's" christie smith live on treasure island with more on what we can all expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we drove in from the oakland side this morning. before you reached the incline, you can see all of the heavy construction equipment, all of the trucks lined up ready to do the job, work 24/7 over the next couple of days. i wants to show you what the bridge looks like from the tower all the way down the span towards the east bay. you can see it's lit up. the bay bridge closure starts tonight at 8:00. that will mean longer drive times and of course using alternate routes to get around for five days. as contractors build the replacement eastern span work to also realign lanes in oakland and yorba buena island with the new span. after 32 steel rods snapped, new

parts doing well, though. of course, the project moving along. something to remember, though, on treasure island, places like winery, hosting three weddings during the closure. guests will receive passes to drive in from the city side or shuttled in. residents and businesses get the same access, again, from san francisco. b.a.r.t. will have 24-hour service stopping at certain stations. ferries also boost their service to help people get around. the bridge will open 5:00 a.m. tuesday earliest, though, will be monday evening. when the bridge opens the first cars across will be chp motorcade followed by a procession of old cars built around the opening of the original bay bridge in 1936. keep in mind, it's not just the bridge itself but 15 access ramps in and around san francisco will also be closed as well. also, 2500 trucks involved moving asphalt from the east bay

near pleasanton to the east side. keep your patience. the bridge, it's finally getting ready to open. christie smith, "today in the bay." while b.a.r.t. will be key during the one's bay bridge closure, the transit agency and its union still do not have a contract in place. san francisco examiner says no new talks scheduled between b.a.r.t. and its unions until the middle of next month. once negotiations resume on september 17th, two sides will only have three weeks to reach an agreement before a 60-day cooling off period expires. workers allowed strike as early as october 11th. the two sides tens of millions of dollar as part. the main sticking points wage increases, health care costs and pensions. a san jose leader wants to combat obesity by banning sodas and whole milk from city events. not everyone's on board with the plan. "today in the bay" live in san

jose with more on the sugary drink ban proposal. >> reporter: this proposal is making its way through the process. today the so-called soda pop ban will go before the rules committee of the city council. this is the brainchild of a council member. under his proposed ordinance, all sodas, including diet, banned on city property and at events hosted by the city. the ban would include sports drinks that have more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20 ounces. it would also include fruit and vegetable drinks that have added sweeteners and the ban includes milk that has more than 2% fat. the councilman says the city cannot stop the obesity epidemic but should do its part to help fight it. one of the most vocal opponents is council member pete constant. he says it's simple-minded to think that sugary drinks are

what cause it. the city should not be telling people how to live their lives. another big question regarding the proposed ordinance, would it include places like the s.a.p. center where the sharks play hockey and places like it? the meeting starts at 2:00 this afternoon. live at city hall, "today in the bay." >> a lot of talk about that one. christina loren, a lot of talk about the forecast. nice day in store for us. >> some people always find something to complain about. it's been nice. we haven't had substantial differences in the last few days. today, a touch cooler. a little bit warm in the east bay. wins are out of the west this morning. good morning to you. you can see that southwest win in livermore. west southwest in oakland. look at fairfield, 21 miles per hour sustained. that's cool ocean air. this is what we're expecting today. 61 to kick off a wednesday.

close to the weekend at this point in oakland. 61 sunnyvale. 56 in gilroy. kids headed back to school in fremont. 74 as they break for the hot lunch. up to 89 in the heat of the day. 91 in fairfield. extreme east bay getting warm. probably need ac today. also goes for gilroy, san martin, morgan hill, upper 80s. santa cruz, perfection. mike, your kids back in school. >> hours from now. hours from now. yeah. it will be a new adventure. i don't remember have to so many places, at same elementary. i won't forget any of them this time, i hope. north bay, smooth drive. southbound through san rafael, smooth throw of traffic to the freeway. speeds, major commute routes overnight a crash 116 at lone pine as you cut down on 116

state route. a power pole down reworking until 7:00. keep that in mind. green zone for routes through the north bay. in the east bay, west 580 off of 205 typical build here, in the 50s. north flynn, a shot from caltrans. smooth drive with headlights towards the dublin interchange, not a problem. the tri-valley, we'll stop here and send it back to you. why the air force banned a popular greek yogurt. safeway fined and forced to refund money to hundreds of customers at one of its gas stations in the south bay. we watch seyria carefully. so too does wall street.

5:13. greek yogurtmaker chobani removing hefrn semp seed from a flavor. the hemp seeds and blueberry flavor include trace amounts of the active ingredient found in marijuana. they say it's not possible to confirm with certainty the effect the yogurt would have on a drug test. things move quickly in the situation in syria. great britain will ask the u.n. to authorize, quote, necessary measures which could include strikes. scott mcdegree. oil prices higher. >> it's late afternoon in syria. nbc news has reported strikes could begin thursday, for syrians less than nine hour as way. this morning, our time, even the syrian envoy to the u.n. said chemicals had been used in last week's attacks though he did not

say by what side. home individuvideo from the u. n inspectors. they have enters rebel -- american marks open amid uncertainty as to what's going to happen in the next nine or ten hours. unrest in the middle east never good for regular consistent investing. these things are moving quickly. the "new york times" says it's back up and running after members claiming to be of the syrian electronic army took the site down. not by attacking it directly but fooling technicians in australia who handle the internet traffic. hackers gains some access to san francisco's twitter but did not take it down. it was by anybody's standards a clever and sophisticated attack. other news back here at home, walmart has taken a major step that's going to provide benefits to same-sex partners. the arkansas-based chain is going to have one policy across

the nation instead of trying to manage different policies in different states. some where same-sex marriage is league, some where it's not. anybody who has a partner who lives with them, plans to stay with them, they have to be together 12 months, is eligible starting right away. >> interesting news there. it's warm in the south bay. not sure if you need a jacket. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. taking a live look at san jose right now. you can see here plenty of cars on the road. we'll get to the official traffic report in a moment. partly cloudy conditions. mostly cloudy start to the day at the immediate coast. expecting thick coastal fog. south bay everybody 62 to kick off a wednesday in san jose. you're at 56 degrees in gilroy. that's one of the only places

you might need a sweater. people are telling me santa cruz over past couple of nights has been balmy. they had trouble sleeping because it was so warm. if you can get out there, 75 santa cruz. a strong sea breeze at the coast. that's going to keep temperatures in the 60s and 70s with cloud cover, an on shore flow here. high pressure has its grip. 80 and 90 inland. temperatures drop off, not a lot, but they will drop off as we get into the weekend. labor day usually kicks off the unofficial start of fall. as you know, warm days are numbered at this point. tracking potential for north bay showers and drizzle. i'll show you that in your seven day outlook. 89 livermore. not a bad day in the city by the bay. san francisco yesterday beautiful.

next couple of days, temperatures will climb back up to 90. by friday level off. saturday 85, drizzle on the way for sunday. look at labor day. late monday into tuesday, we've got a system just offshore, could produce light showers in the extreme north bay. tuesday, we'll warm up as high pressure comes back in. mike inouye, it has been really tough on the roads lately. >> yesterday was crazy. maybe a lot of folks trying to get last commute in because they might be taking tomorrow and friday off to avoid the mess in the area. weather playing a factor as well. now here we're showing you the same shot, we have a good flow of traffic, this is 280. the reason impointing this out, southbound a few taillights through the area. the map shows slowing through the same area. didn't see phleproblems. we

slower moving vehicles skewed that sensor data. kids are going back to school. looking toward the northbound routes, smooth drive for the south bay. looking for anything unusual going on. tri-valley smoothly. peninsula has a nice drive. familiar with the dumbarton bridge and san mateo bridge, highway 84 and 92, respectively, two alternates as the bay bridge closes tonight. live look from the hayward side toward the peninsula side. san mateo bridge moves smoothly towards that peninsula. westbound, good volume of traffic. highway 92 over the course of the weekend likely, because this is your alternate through the south. oakland good volume. no slowing, no problems north of the coliseum towards the bay bridge toll plaza which is clear now and still open this morning. >> thanks so much.

5:19. customers at south bay safeway is getting money back. reimbursing 700 rewards members overcharges at the gas station on hamilton in campbell. a customer first reported the problem two years ago when she noticed she did not receive the discounted gas price when she used her rewards card. the chain also paid a civil penalty of or than $46,000. an investigation shows the issue was caused by faulty software. a popular restaurant fame use for its coffee cake will close doors today. hob hobees will shut down in los gados. it will try to replace employees at other locations. >> sad to see it go. two eggs over easy. >> campbell scramble? been there too often. new competition for google.

company says it's getting ready to build affordable, driverless cars.

good morning. live to washington, d.c., as we give you a live look at martin luther king jr. memorial. what an amazing sight on this historic date. 50 years ago he gave his famous "i have a dream" speech. there will be celebration of that coming up later in d.c. 5:23. new competition for google and its driverless cars. nissan plans to start testing such vehicles by next year. hopes to have driverless cars cruise the street business 2020.

the automaker is not working with google on the new technology but working with teams from top universities including stanford and m.i. t. audi and toyota created driverless car prototypes. bay area drivers are some of the worst in the nation. ranked ninth on the list. the company looked at claims data in 200 cities in january of 2010 to january of 2011. other cities, oakland, 20, fremont, sunnyvale, san jose ranked 48, 49, 50, respectively. hayward 61. >> in case you're wondering, washington, d.c., had the worst drivers. the city with the best drivers, ft. collins, colorado. >> go figure. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. i did traffic in miami, let me

tell you, we are better than what they're working with there. temperatures are looking a little bit better than 24 hours ago. if you don't want to tote that sweater around with you, we're going to hit upper 80s today in livermore, concord, and slowly reach the 90s in fairfield. highs coming in 3:30, 4:00 p.m. 91 fairfield. 78 fremont. 82 redwood city. 80 here in san jose. this might be warmer than you like it. i've got news of a cooldown, plus we'll talk more about the conditions that firefighters are facing today when it comes to the rim fire. expecting showers. 5:25. >> we'll take you out to fremont for the live look at 880 past the truck scales. headlights southbound out of fremont heading toward mission boulevard. looking at the map and we'll see in the tri-valley, volume building dublin interchange a tad bit of slowing at 680/580.

livermore a verydown as you make the transition off of isabel. west 580 for the build. slightly lower speeds. speeds around 50 where it transexes fr transexes frtrans transitions. first worst slowing for westbound highway 4 out of antioch, pittsburg bay point. the morning commute started to kick in. pattern as expected. >> we continue to follow the rim fire burning in yosemite. a live report coming up from tuolumne county. bay area homes destroyed by a brushfire. crews forced to work quickly to keep flames from spreading. live look at the bay bridge hours away from a five-day long closure. what you need to know to get around the mess.

firefighters on the defensive as a massive rim fire spreads in yosemite burning dangerously close to the hetch hetchy reservoir. a live report next. one bay area county testing emergency alert system today after concerns the last emergency was not handled correctly. starting out in the 50s and 60s. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. a good looking day shaping up. microclimates make an appearance. i'll let you know how warm it will be where you live. the south bay, cloud cover hovering. need that to burn off. wednesday, august 28th. this is "today in the bay." good morning. just about 5:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon

kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. firefighters waking up for another day battling the rim fire in tuolumne county the fire's spreading, covering more than 280 square miles, the size of san francisco, oakland, and san jose combined. "today in the bay's" marry ann favro joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. this fire is stubborn and unpredictable. fire crews worked overnight, and they are making progress, but still the fire remains just 20% contained. many of the people who were forced to evacuate came here to this american red cross shelter in sonora last night. they stayed on cots. it gave them peace of mind to know they are safe and so are their pets. the rim fire is the seventh largest wildfire in california history and has scorched 288 square miles. this fire is less than six mimes from the city of tuolumne.

fire crews have been busy establishing burn lines to prevent the flame from reaching populated areas. so far the fire's destroyed 101 structures, 31 homes. this morning, as soon as it's light out, helicopters begin water drops. many of the people who came to this shelter last night say that they were not forced to evacuate but decided to come on their own, because the smoke was simply too much to handle. live from sonora, mary ann favro, "today in the bay." several families dealing with a tremendous loss after a fire destroyed two homes and damaged three more. this fire broke out 3:30 yesterday afternoon in fairfield off interstate 80. fueled by strong winds embers from the flames spread to homes on nearby marigold drive. 200 firefighters from several nearby departments responded.

crews were unable to save five homes. investigators trying to figure out the cause. >> could be as simple as a cigarette, a bottle on the side of the road that catches the sun the right way. with the grass and humidity as low as it is, could be a number of things. >> the flames were up high. it was -- the smoke was unbelievable. almost choking us. >> fighting back tears, one come telling nbc bay area she and her husband do not have renter's insurance, and they lost everything. the salvation army and red cross are helping the families who are left homeless. >> an emergency test could catch people off guard tonight. county is testing a new emergency telephone notification system from the new vender. the current warning system was heavily scrutinizes after the fire in richmond last august. some received alerts late.

>> the tests run through 7:00 p.m. if your cell phone is registered to receive alerts you'll receive the test alert tonight. it you've not signed up. you have time. we've set a link up on nbcbayarea.com. 5:33. less than 15 hours away from a total shutdown 8:00 tonight. bay bridge closed to traffic so crews can connect the new eastern span. the closure expected to last through the labor day holiday. "today in the bay's" christie smith live on treasure island with what we can expect. >> reporter: the bay bridge is such a critical connecter for the state. electronic warning messages that we've seen all over the bay area about this closure, caltrans placed those from the oregon border to southern california. tonight's the night. i want to step aside so you can see what it looks like this morning. good from the tower down to the

incline on the oakland side, lit up. little bit foggy here. between 7:00 and 8:00 tonight the chp will start rolling traffic breaks on the approaches to the bay bridge. 15 connecter ramps have to close down for the job to be done. contractors building the new eastern span, work round the clock to realign the lanes on the oakland side and yorba buena island before the span that was built toer more seismically safe can open. crews have to pave and restripe. a number of jobs going on. a bike path installation. this means commuters are going to have to find a plan b for the next couple of days. find ways to america's cup, cal football games, oakland a's games. what a bridge spokesperson said about the opening. >> the bridge will open when it's ready. the schedule's showing 5:00 a.m. tuesday. >> reporter: it's possible that it could open earlier than that. but when the bridge does finally

open the first cars across will be a chp motorcade followed by a procession of old cars built around the time of the opening of the original bridge in 1936. for those who live and work on treasure island, they can have special access, they'll be coming in from the san francisco side. for more ways 0 get around, check out nbcbayarea.com. live on treasure island, christie smith, "today in the bay." during the closure, b.a.r.t. will run 24-hour service between 14 stations. the plan is to run trains on an hourly basis. but that can change based on staffing. a spokesman telling us there are overnight shifts not filled by train operators. but he expects they will be filled in time. ferry service will be increased during the closure. three extra boats will head into and out of the city. expect to see ridership jump by 15%. of course, getting around during

the closure could get tricky. we are here to help. dris menti christie mentioned go to nbcbayarea.com, click on the tab in the left hand corner. we give you alternate routes and a link to the bay bridge camera. >> meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. happy wednesday to you at home. over the hump, enjoy the holiday weekend. temperatures today are going to be comfortable. 60 to start in san francisco. 54 in napa. take you down into the south bay. we have plenty of 60s to kick off a wednesday. 62 for example in sunnyvale and san jose. 60 degrees in concord. oakland at 61, getting hot on the east shore today. we're not going to see a lot of low cloud cover. at 8:00 a.m., all that's left over. right over the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and hugging the ocean beach coast. throughout the day, temperatures are going to be warm with not a

lot of natural cool ant to keep us comfortable later on today. forecasted highs, warm in livermore. 89 there. 80 san jose today. 82 in redwood city. i've got the seven day outlook. expecting showers over the rim fire today in addition to showers and potential for thunderstorms as well. a lot to talk about with you, especially if you have anybody working on the fire. a lot of bay area interest. first,!! check with mike inouye. schooling's pack in session. extra volume? >> over the last couple of weeks, we've seen craziness over the roadways as far as how packed the roadways are. yesterday all around the bay in particular. right now 5:37. we're seeing a standard flow of traffic through san jose northbound 101. good number of headlights. i want to update you. map to south bay. smooth flow of traffic.

a lot of slowing jamming up south of 280/880 interchange on southbound 280. the bumming of the slowing cleared up. it was a couple of slower moving vehicles and that may have messes the sensor data up. it averages based on speed. fewer cars can mess things up. it was not a problem. live look to palo alto. easy drive. north bound out of palo alto, san mateo, smooth flow of traffic. san mateo, foster city schools back in session. palo alto they've been in session over a week here. toward the other side of the bay, smooth drive. headlights westbound 80, east shore freeway off of the racetrack. racetrack towards berkeley. good volume but you're at the limit. >> people up and out the door. 5:38. do not feed the ducks. peninsula city considering a new ban. football players for one south bay high school may not abbe a to take to the field this

fall. live look at washington, d.c., where in a few hours there will be a special ceremony to remember the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. a look at the mlk jr. memorial there. a live preview, next.

free at last. free at last. thank god almighty, free at last. >> in just a few hours, america's first african-american president will take those very same steps and give his own speech. a special tribute to dr. king. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live at the national mall with a preview of what we will hear in a few hours good morning. >> reporter: talk about pressure, the president will stand in the spot to connect the

past to the present and the future when it comes to where we've come from and where we're headed as a society. and they are expected to be tens of thousands of people here to see him marching down constitution avenue. they are staging now on the other side of the national mall headed this way starting in 20 minutes. and then just over two hours from now, the program begins. it's a four-hour program here. they've been setting up for it for several days. the staging and such. there will be a number of speakers and entertainers, oprah's here, jamie foxx is here, shirley caesar, the gospel great. all here before president obama's speech. president carter and president clinton. a lot of security here. several members of the king family prior to hearing president obama at end of the program this afternoon. >> thanks so much. just in, united nations

envoy to syria says there is evidence suggesting some chemical substance was used, killing hundreds of civilians. envoy says any military strike on syria must have u.n. security council approval. u.n. team of experts has been gathering evidence from an area near damascus where activists say a chemical attack was carried out last week. britain will put forward a resolution condemning syria for the attack. new report claims african-american boys are rashly profiled by police in oakland. the black organizing project analyzes reports from 2006 to 2012. black boys made up almost 3/4 of all juvenile arrests in oakland, even though they make up less than a third of the city's under-18 population. the group will present its findings in a news conference birth the aclu and present a report during a meeting at oakland's unified school for at 6:00. closing arguments expected

to begin in the dirty dui trial of a former contra costa county sheriff's deputy. steven tanabo is accused of helping christopher butler arrange dirty dui arrest for the husband of butler's clients. those arrests were intended for leverage in divorce cases. butler's already serving an it's a eight year sentence and testified against tanabe in the trial. the city council will hear an appeal from an anti-abortion group hoping to stop this new location from opening. back in may, the council approved planned parenthood's application to open a new clinic on grand avenue. opponents say the new clinic would cause parking problems and draw constant protests outside. lawyers for planned parenthood say the clinic is unfairly targeted for ideological

reasons. the meeting starts at 7:00. mosquito fogging happening tonight. crews focus on the board of north and east san jose from berr ber berryessa road and alum rock avenue. the fogging starts at 11:00 weather permitting. watching that and what's go on in yosemite. the rim fire is not giving up. meteorology, christina loren you have a picture from nasa. >> that smoke plume extending all the way into canada. an update of where we are this morning. so far, 184,481 acres burned. as we head throughout the day, for the first part of the day, we are going to continue that southwesterly wind flow at about 5 to 15 miles per hour, gusting 20, 35 miles per hour time to time. later this afternoon, temperatures climb into the upper 80s, big ridge of high pressure that monsoonal moisture headed that way. let me give you an idea.

stop the clock on futurecast at 3:00 p.m. showers around. they did pick up light precipitation in the area. but wasn't enough to do anything except increase humidity. any little bit is going to help this time of year. let me do this again. slow this down for you on thursday afternoon, more showers headed into the area. what happens is, as these showers and thunderstorms creep up from the south, they start to change the wind direction. it makes it more difficult for the firefighters using bulldozers fighting it by air and on foot. it's another rough day for firefighters in the area. but if we see any brief heavy downpours, it could be a blessing for the rim fire. that's what we're watching for for today. we should get our latest update on contakenment. through the next hour and a half, we'll bring it to you as soon as we get it. 55 in gilroy. we're in the 60s in san mateo and san francisco.

a pretty warm day. the sea breeze will play factor picking up throughout the day. high pressure the dominance feature. another round of 80s and 90s inland. 60 ands 70s at the coast. 80 oakland. 70 fremont. 80 san jose. 88 degrees in gilroy. if you can get out there, santa cruz 75, building breeze throughout the day. blustery at times throughout the evening and afternoon. thursday into friday, upper 80s to low 90s. saturday and sundaying big weekend for people trying to get out to the beach. it will be nice. 67 degrees at the coast saturday. santa cruz, 70s. sun into monday, things start to change. temperatures drop off. because of that smoke, that is drifting into tahoe, we'll let you know why it might not be the best place to take your family for the labor day holiday. people like to get up there. i'll have that report soon. first, check with mike on your drive which is building out

there. >> it is. of course, it's 5:47 right now. we see volume building now in spots like the tri-valley where we have slowing here. westbound 580 approaching 680. more folks coming out of the altamont pass. we did have an issue reported, a disabled vehicle south 680 as you're approaching castlewood. you see sunol boulevard on the map. sounds like a few vehicles on the center divide. we don't see slowing. as you head toward 880 smooth drive out of san leandro through fremont. 84 and 92, done barten and san mateo bridges al nates to the south if you cross over the water. you can't use the bay bridge starting 7:00. just avoid the area. foster city side of the bridge, smooth drive coming into foster city. san mateo and millbrae, more traffic flow as folks head to and from the bridge to the city. oakland, traffic flows nicely

here. through the bay bridge toll plaza a light build for the cash lanes. back to you. >> thank you. no helmets, no shoulder pads, no football, that's what's 20 football players on the jv team in san jose are facing unless they and their parents raise $5,000 to get new equipment. more people trying out but there's not enough gear to go around. players can't get the money for the you equipment, they will be cut from the team. coaches say that's not good for the football program. >> they want to play. when you've got kids that want to get off the streets and partake in a sport you have to cut them or release them or let them go it hurts you. >> talk about having an offside car wash fund-raiser this weekend. the season begins next saturday. fresh off of passing a ban on styrofoam a city councilman talking about another ban. san jose councilman will introduce a proposal to ban sugary drinks and whole milk at

city properties and events. a move to promote healthier diets. he first needs proposal approves by the council's agenda-setting committee committee. yesterday the council voted to ban styrofoam in takeouts. city council considering a pan that could make it illegal for people to feed while life and feral cats in the city parks and open space reverves. last night it was voted to recommend the new law saying feeding animal is is causing ducks, squirrels and mountain lions to be more aggressive. if approved, getting caught will cost you $550. starting a freshman year at cal today. >> someone's throwing stones accusations against marissa mayers, take a look. .

>> several tell-alls about meyer, vogue a solid one. forbes, forbes says meyer is habitually late to meetings, micromanages and growing up in wisconsin curleded for those of you who need to brush up on curl, the sport where you slide stones across the ice, trying to come as close as possible to the car get. san jose's top curlers working

right about there. meyers says curling is fun but i've never plays. don't believe everything you read on the internet. smiley face. into other news, apple sent factory orders for the rumored iwatch, facebook shares fell 4% tuesday after a good run monday. oil prices higher on worries over the conflict in syria. great britain says it will ask the u.n. to authorize all necessary measures against asad. iraq said its forces were on full military alert. just before 4:00 p.m. wednesday in da mass ka. first air strikes could come thursday. let's take a look at forecast. meteorologist christina loren. nice day on tap for us. >> yeah. you know, our summer days are numbered at this point, marla and laura. good morning. today's a warm, seasonal day out

there. temperatures approaching the upper 80s inland. 89 there. 81 bay side. coast everybo coast, 69. a couple weeks away from the autumnal ex-questiquinoxequinox. first day of fall september 22, 1:44 p.m. it's so hard to live here. over to you. >> it's tough. we have it tough. traffic is no walk in the park. but it is predictable. bay bridge metering lights are on. backup at toll plaza. took less than five minutes to form after lights were turns on. back over 880 overcrossing. look at the maps, it's popular, folks want to take the last drive over the bay bridge. but folks want to get in early today, put in last full day and they may be telecommuting thursday and friday in preparation for the closure. hopefully everybody's adjusting, considering transit. the flow south toward san mateo bridge interrupted. a crash at lowelling.

there you go. >> mib thaybe they got distract. giants did something they haven't done all season long. >> bay area city councilman says milk does not do your body good. why he wants to ban it and other drinks from events. parts of the chico campus is closed after a student is killed. live at washington, d.c. a live look here at the martin luther king jr. member more jal where we are wait on a big event to start up in a couple of hours. the president and former president bill clinton and jimmy carter will thereby to mark 50 yea years since his speech.

a college student killed on the chico state campus. a while fire burning deep for in yosemite. how firefighters are pushing back against the flames, now just feet away from one of the bay area's big effort water suppliers. last morning commute on the bay bridge as we know it. we have all of the details before crews shut it down to put the finishing touches on the new eastern span. a mild start to wednesday morning. plenty of 60s in the south bay. we're in the 50s to kick off your wednesday up in the north bay. warm day headed our way. your full forecast in moments. we have a good patch of fog. i'll show it right now at the golden gate bridge. hidden in the fog. the warning that chp's giving us. look out for what you can see right here. >> foggy there at golden gate bridge. is it foggy in the south bay in live outside. san jose in the distance. plentyof