from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> the toll plaza looks very different than it's looked since the bart strike started. we'll talk about the strike and that beautiful sunrise you see in the distance. thanks for joining us.

i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. >> at the coast we're seeing a little bit of fog. even as you saw from the video, it's a very thin sliver. it is cold this morning, kbrab that jacket. 39 in santa rosa. temperatures very comfortable today, 74 oakland, 74 in san francisco, half moon bay. our warm spots will be inland valleys, livermore at 84, and 'tis the season, talking about pumpkins and all of those things that go along with halloween. just about two weeks away from halloween. if you're headed down to half moon bay today for the annual festival, it will be nice with everyone go pick up a pumpkin and do some carving later on this afternoon. right? >> i think we can fit that in

this afternoon. bart trains still idle this morning. there was a glimmer of open last night that the strike would end the union sent bart this letter agreeing to wage, health care and pension deals hammered out at the bargaining table. this suggesting the side take the contentious issue of work rules are under vacation. however, bart says the offer will agree to take only the entire deal to arbitration. >> this plan would allow us to reach an agreement without going to the bargaining table and allow us to end the strike immediately on signing. >> we're going to cheri pick one

part of this offer and the rest of it is left out is not going to work financially for us in the future. >> with no deal, both sides are once again calling on the other side to start talking. >> this evening got off to a late start for even commuters in the bay area. california highway patrol reported heavy traffic across many bay area highways and on the bay bring last night. they say there were 30% more drivers during the morning commute than usual. commuters had the weekend to think about backup plans for next week's commute should the strike continue. >> if this strike lasts into the monday morning commute, you -- that nem it's is going to be no better than it was today. >> a lot of commuters turn to

the san francisco bay ferry to avoid the gridlock. the ferries carried 700,000 during the morning commute. >> "today in the bay" will be on ert without the latest upday. >> the district attorney is looking into fraud allegations first exposed by the nbc bay area investigative unit temperature sam. >> translator: which oversees, cal. he is looking into claims that they mishandled public will you.

>> what you have to have is an ad. in this case we're waiting for it, there's such an audit being done and we want to see the independent madd. >> a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition this morning at children's hospital in oakland after he was hit by a bullet while playing on the sidewalk outside his house. he was caught in the cross fire near 92nd avenue and sunnyside street. officers say the bullet came from some two blocks away. at this point doctors are hopeful he will survive. police have not named any

suspects in custody at this point. >> a follow-up to a menlo car crash. a 6-year-old boy pinned to the wall in an suv is in the hospital. t the. >> they estruck the 6-year-old boy and his twin brothers. their classmates are supporting them with get well cards. >> a very important exercise for the kids to do themselves. the teachers and the piers in the classroom to think that they can do something to copethis.

police has confiscated his license behind has five days to report to the dmv to be examined. if me does not report within five days, his license will be suspended. >> the six-alarm blaze started wart rchlts i can't even visualize being in a disaster like this. i can't even begin to tell you how important it is. these people need help and they need help right now. >> fire officials say the absence of sprinklers was a factor in the rapid spread of the fire. also in redwood city, if you were stuck in traffic, this may be the reason why. a big rig heading north on

highway 101 swerved and flipped on to its side. it landed near the center divider near the wood rose exit. the car damaged -- it crews three hours to upright the 18 wheeler and then clear the freeway. no word on the cause of this crash. >> police are investigating a fatal muni bus accident in which a bicyclist was killed in san francisco's south of market neighborhood. it happened during morning's rush hour. the muni driver is now on nondriver status, which is standard procedure in an investigation like this one. no one else was hurt. >> revolving door. 40 san jose police cadets graduated just three weeks ago

and already half of them want out at a cost of nearly $3 -- insiders point the finger at san jose mayor chuck reed's pension reform effort. it cost the city almost $. >> we are in the business of employing folks who want to work here. >> i see this crisis getting worse and worse. >> the department is struggling to bring back its image as one of the finest police force up to the approved rate.

. you're looking at an actual model from the first "star wars" film. we have a preview of the exhibit coming to the valley.

>> they can become the best advocate for their children's education. >> translator: she's taking the classes to help her children learn how to be successful. >> we know that one of the best ways to increase educational opportunities is to educate and engage parents. we know that the three elements to great student success are an enthusiastic student, a great teacher and educated and engaged

parts. and $ redwood city, giving parents the keys to a promising future for their children. >> coming up on "today in the bay," may the force be with you. the new "star worz attack. >> over will be a beautiful day, lots of sunsign. we'll talk about some ball

. good morning to you. looking live, we see lots of blue sky. we can expect a cool start but then a warm finish. we'll check in with that forecast with anthony slaughter in just a few. here's a question for you. did you see this last night? it was a punumbral eclipse.

last year they made section sections unin europe pb. >> it such a bummer to tell you folks about all these before things in the sky and then we don't get to see them because we have to go to bed early, right, anthony. >> that's right. and the best was in the eastern hem physical peer at we'll see one eventually. you'll notice we're talking about lots of sunshine all across the board. marine layer only up about 500 feet. we're not talking about any fog sicking around all day long.

it's warm and sunny. elts hard to believe because we're already in the 30s in the north bay, quite cold. 39 in santa rosa. meanwhile in hour, 42 in other cool sports. now we have high pressure in control of our weather and that's been the key factor in keeping us sunny all week long. because of those offshore winds, that will continue to aid in warming us very nicely, especially in our inland valleys. that's what's cooping the closed clear. we're not expecting a whole lot in terms of nothing. the coastal fog i was telling you about,that comes back into play. there's so muching this a if you

more clunds for tomorrow the fall vest val, $4 for adults, $1 for kids under 12 and you'll notice lots of sunshine and temperatures even warmer there, in the low 80s for today with a few more clouds for tomorrow. again, very comfortable and very nice for this time of year. we are the envy of the nation across the bay area with dry conditions and comfortable whether. 77 today in san jose. the seven-day forecast keep seeing dry all the way to the next seven but you'll notice temperatures do fall off. that's when 70s return in our inland valley and we're going back to the 60 for our coastal locations. get out and enjoy. can you always go to nbc bare

area.c area.com. >> it has half moved. our business reporter got a sneak preview. >> the actual model used to create the millennium falcon. >> he's a good guy. >> it's all part of an exhibit that will take you back to your childhood, no matter how old you were when you first saw star walls. it's a family. this inspired thousands of

silicon valley careers. >> science mean imagination and we go from magic continue to ovation to feed the world. it's a setup. >> and you can order an interactive -- you'll find good and evil with lots of details to reminisce about and pass on. scott budman, "today in the day." >> well, the force will be with star i "star wars" fans. the exhibit runs through february. as we spoke, some very talented undeveloped game develop eshs and their fans are live at play. they are 43 hours into a session meant to raise money for child's play, a nonprofit which helps sick sids in hospital have video

games to play. the marathon will continue until the donations stopped. last year 6 hours was the total game in. >> the biggest surprise was earning now to drive. >> as soon as i got behind the wheel, i realized i don't know how to drive. >> something as simple, being able to drive, and he spent years in prison for chases he's takenen. [ wind howling ]

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> our next story sounds a bit like a movie story line, which is fitting because michael's story begins with the movie

"scar face." he aspired to be tony montana, the movie's drug dealing main character. it was just the beginning of an amazing story of time, crime and redemption. >> did everybody check your e-mail today? i sent you ten questions. >> reporter: if any of michael santos began his biasking his teacher how he spent his summer, the area might have sprooid you. >> bob: mike emwas in federal custody. >> just want to share my experience are you from entrance to relief. >> it was in 1987 that michael was convicted in federal court of being a drug king pin.

of shipping kilos of cocaine from miami to his hometown of seattle. >> i made every and among the decisions, he made one very good decision. he picked up a flil pos if i book. >> particularly i have a right to change the laws and i have a right to break the laws. that transformed my life. >> reporter: michael decided to do his time, educate himself and do a being brilliant went to masters degree and was on whas to the phd until the warden shut that down.

zlt warden said this is a threat to our security. we're not a university, we're a prison. >> reporter: it was aided by his wife carol. they met while he was behind bars and have been married for ten years now. while in prison, mike empublished about half a dozen books about his experience and prison life in general. professors around the country began adding their wore. but it was myself. >> the transition, though, was not without its bumps. >> the biggest surprise was learning how to drive. i can't know that i'd forgotten how to drive. i didn't know that i didn't know how to drive but as soon as i got behind the wheel i realized season now to drive. >> but if you are the bright line that that institution cult vats. >> michael, true to form, is

traveling delivering what he believes is the biggest evil in our country. >> mass incarceration. everybody here knows somebody who has been cars rated and society and prisoners can overcome it. i think anybody can become more than the fabulous decisions of their past. >> garvin thomas, "today in the bay." clrk. coming up, it was the plot line of an acclaimed tv drama but former vice president dick cheney says it could have happened to him. >> plus it was 170 million olds only in a couple seconds for two boys to destroy it.

good morning. this is our golden gate bridge camera. i hope folks jogging by can see a little better than than we can. it's a foggy start. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. if we turn the camera in the other direction, we'd probably be able to see. >> much more because patchy fog gets very isolated, as you mentioned earlier. variable. not everybody is waking up to fall this morning. even our inland valley. we're not looking any delays if you are are doing any traveling. we've got green all across the board, not only on the west coast but in the east coast.

so lots of green. lots of bad news hearing about bart. that is a silver lining this morning. later this afternoon everybody back into the 70s and 80s, really comfortable and delightful. it's hard to believe we're talking about snow in the midwest and even frooes and importan importants. >> thinking of our friends and neighbors who have to travel that way to get home. nice work. >> bart employees despite a glim erp of hope last night that it might come to an end. an offer sent in the norm of a letter agreed to waive health care and pension deals hammered out at the bargaining table. then suggest to take the contentious work rules to ash

administration, that way say it will only takes the entire deal to arbitrate. not individual parts. >> this plan would allow us to reach an agreement without going back to the bargain table and therefore would allow us to end the strike immediately on signing. >> we're going to cherry pick one part of of this officer and have an arbitrator decide it is not going to work financially for us in the fulk. >> continuing coverage of the bar tonight starting at 4:00 in the morning with live team coverage and get the latest updates on nbc bare area.com.

a 2-year-old is in critical condition at children's hospital in oakland this morning after being hit by a bullet as he was sitting and the mother walks away. it was near the intersection of east oakland and 92 avenue and signside street. police say the bullet came from some two blocks away. at this point doctors are hopeful that he will survive. police have not named any suspects in custody at this time. >> a follow-up to a downtown menlo car crash. a 6-year-old boy pinned to a wall in the suv is in icu. his condition has been searatted. the good news, no spain, into

the wall stroot wall foking. >> a very important exercise for the kids to do themselves. the teachers and their peers in the classroom to feel like they can do something to cope with this traumatic experience. >> how we are also learning this morning that the driver was a 90-year-old man, a retired attorney. men low police say they have confiscated his license. >> they won't face any criminal charges for the tragic accident

in the aftermath of the plane crash. they rushed to the scene and one of the girls was run over. she survived the crash but was somebody who was -- i'm sure the fire department will examine it and decide should we do something differently? >> the district attorney sis who made miss did guy. the health care.gov web site will be taken down once again so experts can try to face some of the glitches in the system. millions of america have had a problem betting insaid for

almo there is no expected roll-out date but spanish speakers can enroll over the phone or in person. >> dick cheney fought terrorism by all means necessary. he even had heart surgery. the former vice president said he had an implanted heart defibrillator replaced because he feared terrorists would try to kill him by messing with the device. cheney has had a lot reported battle with heart disease and prior to twon, he had his heart wired so that terrorists could not send his heart a fatal shock.

>> a neighbor of a cleveland kidnapper ariel castro is now charged with two murders and rape. the fbi says the increased scrutiny of missing persons cases led them to 49-year-old elias as vcevedo. he left on the same block in which prosecutors kept three children captive. >> a telephone. >> hewe go to the utah desert. >> reporter: it's a beauty only mother nature could create.

♪ wiggle it, just a little bit >> reporter: this cell phone video is spurning outrise. the rock monday. >> reporter: glen taylor had his season the first thing is we saved a little kid, right here, could have been killed by this rock falling on them. it all about saving lives. >> they posted their clip

youtube. now they could be charged with felony vandalism. >> they say in hindsight, maybe they should have waited until after the day. >> people werely a guys are boy frerotte better. they are investigating the matter. >> still ahead on today in the bay, 1 half is set as the cardinals punch their ticket to the classic. and the warriors make a bold statement in china. what the team is saying offerively ski.

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the masonic lodge in san francisco where the big america's cup talent tour is going to stop off today. so if you're a fan of sailing, that's where you want to be this morning. >> to the national league championship series. the dodgers were facing elimination last night in st. louis. though they felt good about keeping their season alive because they had their best pitcher on the mound, though nobody told the cardinals they were supposed to lose. st. louis scored four runs in the third inning against cy young favorite clayton kershaw. they went on to complete a 9-0 whooping of the dodgers. the cardinals will now have to wait to face the winner of the tired. >> the warriors taking on the lakers in china. newcomer andre iguodala a --

>> growing up in southern california so playing against them is like a dream come true. it even sweeter when we beat them. we want golden state to be the team out west and it starts even tonight in the preseason so it's always fun and it's good fuel for trash talk when i go back home. >> we like the fuel for trash talk. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," it is being called the most valuable artifact from the tithic. how much this violin could sell for and why. >> and waking up to coastal fog this morning. you can see the fog being held at the bay. we'll talk about when that fog returns and moves inland coming up after this after this. [ female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents

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in fremont this morning. can you see a few more cars in this area as well because of that bart strikes. that continues into this weekend. if you are making plans to head outside, the good news, and, yes, there is some, we're talking about sunshine here in the bay. it's comfortable, low humidity, light winds. anything you want to do outside, it will be spectacular. more good news to pass along to you. we don't have any airport delays to report. the temperature right now at sf 0, 50 degrees. traveling across the nation this morning looks good to go. seattle with a little bit of fog up there. 39 in santa rosa now. if you get back off the to east bay, 49 in liver livermore, close to 50 in san jose.

high pressure has been keeping our skies clear all day long. that sinking air doesn't allow for any rising motion in the atmosphere. that permits any -- sinking air continues over the next 48 hours. lots of compressional warming. we will start off cold with 30s and 40s and that coastal fog is set to return as we head towards monday. even this morning waking up to a little cloud cover in half moon bay but that will clear out. mid 60s by noon and by this afternoon low 70 ds again. not too much archcooling wind down across the coast. >> 81 in redwood city, 82 in

concord today and 83. very comfortable at the coast. temperatures do fall off just a little bit but we're not talking about any real large fluctuation in temps. we go from the 80s today back into the 70 on monday. thank you very much, anthony. >> still ahead, a bay area neighborhood is stunned after an area police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> take a look at this live picture this morning. we can see through the buildings in san francisco, the traffic moving along the bay bridge. that's a nice picture to look up to, wouldn't you say? >> stealing from taxpayers or was this officer doing his job? a veteran san francisco police officer accused of spending hours at home when he was supposed to be on duty and on

patrol protecting his community. today in the bay spoke with his attorney. >> it's good to see a pa control car in my neighborhood. >> reporter: living a few doors down from a police officer put joan at ease. but investigators believe officer ron gerky, going home while on doout was more than occasional. it all began with an anonymous letter to o. >> they mind between 1 and 15 hours when he was on duty when he should have been not at home. he shouldn't have ban at home and accusing him $900 in pay and another $300 in benefits. >> reporter: no one disputing he was home. this map shows where he lives, about a mile and a half from the

police station, which is then a mile and a half away from his beat. as to what he was doing at home here, says relieving stret, aplay are sbchl he didn't do anything to hide this. it was all in mind, acceptable and known. and the problem is the supervisor can't say that because then they ket in trouble. >> as for long-time residents here, they say they're standing behind the officer 100 percent. >> he trusts you, you know, and we trust him. >> we did reach out to the mayor's office and police officer's union but we have not gotten a response as of yet.

the d.a.'s office says gerky was arrested december 19th and a week later was arraigned and has been suspended without pay. glerky is due in court on thours and faces up to a year in jail. >> still ahead, meet a nice terrier mix ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ]

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. you're watching "today in the bay." >> we have our friends from pets in need this morning. volunteer lisa simmons is here with sloan, ready for her new forever home. she's so super soft, she's really mellow. i like her a lot so far. >> well, not so much if you got to see how we've seen her. she's actually very active. she's about 2 years old so she's fully grown. we think she's got some corgi, a little tad of chihuahua and probably some jack russell

terrier. >> what gives the chihuahua away, the ears? >> and the corgi. >> you mentioned that she looked like a mini german shepherd and she kind of does. >> she does. and she actually sort of has the attitude of a german shepherd. a nice one. she's very confident, except with robotic cameras. >> the robots scare us all, they really do. >> if you want to know more about sloan or the other pets in need, go to petsinneed.org. >> if you are a bay viewer and go into the shelter and mention that you saw sloan this weekend, you'll waive the adoption fee. >> absolutely, saturday and sunday. >> and sad news from the pet world. the great deign known as giant

george passed away on thursday. he held the record of the tallest dog from 2010 to 2012 when zeus stole the title from him. he stood 43 inches tall and weighs 245 pounds. >> one of the biggest discoveries from the wreckage of the titanic goes on the auction block today. it was the violin played by the ship's ban master as the ship sank. it was found unsiinside a case strapped to his body. it goes on the auction block pore $430,000. we'll have more news for you

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