all-clear three weeks before a stow away scandal. were warning signs overlooked. >> good morning to you, you got through the hottest part of the heat wave and the spring sizzle will continue for today. as we get into tomorrow, a five to ten degree and we'll show you what this means for your microclimate in moments. what this means for your commute, well, a little slower drive through san jose and show you that slow down for the bay bridge toll plaza and waiting for the metering lights where you're already waiting. live look at the sap center and we will talk about the sharks coming up in a minute, but for the moment, it's thursday, may 1st. this is "today in the bay." and a very good may day to you. thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. an update to breaking news. a preliminary investigation

shows a jail could have been flooded leaking gas since yesterday. investigators e-mailing those findings to pennsylvania city council members early this morning. overnight an apparent natural gas explosion caused the roof of the jail to collapse and about 600 people inside, two inmates were killed. as many as 150 inmates and officers were injured. the results of the investigation are, of course, preliminary, but parts of florida and alabama have received heavy rainfall over the last couple days. they acknowledged the jail was partly flooded. >> with 600 inmates in the building at the time, search and rescue teams have done three searches through the building and we're confident at this point we have everyone out of the building. >> this was video taken yesterday morning showing the heavy downpour in the area. official say the spring storm dumped up to 17 inches of rain

on pensacola in just a couple of days. time to check the forecast at 6:01. live look outside and san jose and san francisco on the right. warming things up, once again. checking it now with meteorologist christina loren. >> it was a hot one yesterday. i know a lot of people were complaining, especially about the overnight conditions because we didn't really have any wind. now, things will change. we got through the hottest part of the warming trend. starting off nice and mild and end up just about as warm in your inland spot for today with major cooling coming to your coastal areas as onshore flow picks up. if you head out and about this thursday, this is what you can expect weather story of the day is that mild start and then those clouds increase as we head into this afternoon. cooling clouds especially at the coast and then by sunset, temperatures five to ten degrees cooler than they were yesterday with that onshore flow really increasing. so, as we head throughout the day today, i've already taken your temperatures down by two to three degrees on average. you notice on your seven-day

forecast. as we get into the next couple days after that. we are talking about taking your temperatures down in ten degree increments. a noticeable cool down and that kicks in starting tomorrow. temps in the low 90s for today. what will happen big area of low pressure heads off to the east and for us that enables the cooling clouds to come back on shore as the ocean air is transported all the way inland. so, a five to ten degree dropoff as we head entotomorrow. we'll show you the weekend forecast coming up in just a minute. right now, let's check your drive, here's mike. i'm sorry, about that. top stories of the day, sorry, scott and laura, back to you. >> no worries at all. a burn back in most l.a. counties. that means even if you have a permit, you cannot burn vegetation. overnight firefighters had to move quickly to get a vegetation fire in antioch from spreading. the fire started near the intersection of pintail drive about 12:30 this morning. the three-acre grass fire was quickly put out and no one was

hurt. this morning state water officials expect to get more bad news from the latest snow survey from the season. workers will gauge the sierra nevada snow pack hoping to figure out how much water has or will melt into the streams and reservoirs. the sierra snow pack accounts for about a third of the water. the last measurement was a month ago and showed at 32% of how much snow the sierra usually gets. our weather team will have continuing coverage of our heat wave, meanwhile, throughout the day on nbcbayarea.com and on the other side of the coin, we'll post information about that snow survey when we get it on the website, as well. now, at 6:04 developing in southern california, officials fear the wind that whipped up this brush fire in the foothills of los angeles could start up again and undo all the work they did overnight. the fire started yesterday quickly burning more than 1,000 acres. the intense winds just pulled those flames into the night sky, spreading embers along the

hillside. at one point more than 1,600 homes were evacuated and those orders have since been lifted. the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for extremely dangerous fire conditions in parts of los angeles, san bernardino, ventura until tonight. hot and dry conditions with wind gusts between 60 and 70 miles per hour. new this morning, massive flames force two people and a dog out of their san jose home. one person burned on the hand but will be okay. this fire broke out just before 9:30 last night. they had a hard time reaching the flames and barrier or clutter in the front yard, they say. it all happened at foxworthy avenue and it's on the border of campbell. no word yet on a cause. the tsa says it's been working nonstop to figure out how a teenager from santa clara scaled a fence at sjc, made it past security and stowed away on a plane.

the comments came in response to an intense grilling by senator barbara boxer. "today in the bay" christie smith is live and we learned the tsa inspected the airport just three weeks ago. >> yeah, good morning to you. that's right. that's what's raising eyebrows and senator barbara boxer said this really isn't about the teen stow away himself. about the fact that someone made it over a fence and on to a plane undetected after the airport passed security inspections by infectors here at sjc. a 15-year-old from santa clara who grabbed international attention when he scaled the fence and made it to hawaii in the wheel well of a plane. the fact that the airport passed inspection may increase pressure to go ahead and boost security measures at all u.s. airports. in the senate committee, senator boxer said, what if it was someone else? say someone who had explosives, but the tsa administrator said they have been working nonstop

to try to figure this out. the tsa did review things like physical barriers, electronic access and did find them in compliance and also said with 450 airports, there really is no one size fits all. >> their fencing was in fine shape, but at least one prior secretary of homeland security said show me a 15-foot fence and i'll show you a 16-foot ladder. no perfect solution. we will buy down risk in a measured fashion that allows us to make sure that we're doing everything possible. >> now earlier an airport spokesperson had said the fence meets or exceeds federal standards. that administrator said there could be improvements. things like better closed circuit tv and canine patrolling and even a second fence in some situation. but without money from congress, it's all just an unfunded mandate. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the

bay." the teenage stow away lives in a home in santa clara with his father, stepfather and siblings. so far it's unclear if he and his family are brought back home or if he and his family are still in hawaii. >> good morning, mike. >> good morning, guys. ease in towards san jose where we're looking at 101 easing into the morning commute. saw a lot of stalling here and live camera just north of the overcrossings right there and first spot to show the slow downs and good amount of slowing on the approach and first of all, wrong map. my maps are frozen. here in the south bay just for north 101 and 87 also build the volume into downtown. as we're looking at this tri-valley map, we'll talk about it. a smoother drive and a crash further back at grant line road and visible from the freeway and this big rig a distraction for folks come out of the altamont. i'll have to get off this map and go to the bay bridge toll

plaza and no big slowing to talk about anyone aside from this and the 580 slowing i showed you. the metering lights just reported on a few minutes ago and quickly building filling in this toll plaza and the rest of your bay, a standard thursday commute and nice, easy drive including the peninsula and the north bay. back to you. we have cars kind of frozen in place in this new video. a baltimore street collapse following days of all that heavy rain. cars plunging into the sinkhole. you can see some are just barely on the edge there. fortunately, nobody hurt and no houses damaged. cause of that sinkhole not known but certainly the flooding is entirely possible. 6:09. still ahead on "today in the bay" san jose made history just not in the way that everybody had hoped. we had the highlights and rather the lowlights for the sharks stunning collapse against the kings. live pictures this morning out of pennsylvania. we were talking about all the flooding in the south and on the eastern seaboard. here's what you see, live pictures in rural pennsylvania. the rivers overrun its banks and

we'll take a look coming up in just a bit. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit, call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com.

welcome back now, good thursday morning to you. heat relief is the story of the day, especially at the coast. we're going to drop back into the 70s. still holding on to the low 90s inland and mid-80s around the bay and i can tell you right now, temperatures will tumble this weekend and we're tracking showers. i'm going to show you your futurecast. where we're expecting the raindrops in moments. we're looking at fremont, a live look at 880 will show you nothing unusual about this drive. a smooth predictable build around the bay. the bay bridge metering lights are on, we'll talk about the delays for the b.a.r.t. system,

coming up. thanks a lot, mike and christina. here's a look at your top stories and we just learned a flooded laundry room may be to blame for the deadly explosion at a jail overnight. 150 inmates and correction officers were hurt. authorities say an early investigation shows the jail's laundry room which flooded yesterday during heavy rains may have been leaking gas. motetia san jose passed a security inspection just days before a teen was able to hop the wall and hop into the wheel well of a plane. they look under to perimeter fence and other security protocol. the airport passed all those standards. this morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused this fire at a san jose home. two people and a dog made it out. one was burned on the hand and should be okay. it happened late last night at a home on foxworthy avenue.

you probably already realize this but the san jose sharks are out of the playoffs. other collapse. >> it was tough. this one will sting for a while. live look outside this morning at the shark tank in san jose. the sharks will take today off before cleaning out their lockers tomorrow. heartbroken fans were just pouring out of sap center late last night after the sharks playoff run cut short by the kings and especially hard to swallow this time around considering fans were hoping for a sweep of l.a. just last week. >> they got close. now, 5-1 loss last night, the sharks become only the fourth team in nhl history to blow a three-game series lead. fans say this loss is going to be hard to get over. >> this is probably the worst. i can't of all the years i have been coming, this has got to be the worst. >> as a loyal fan, how disappointing is this? >> well, we're getting used to it. that's all i can say. >> will you keep hanging in here? >> i am going to keep hanging in here. been a fan for many, many years.

tickets for many years and i guess i'm glutton for punishment. >> now, many fans are also wondering what is nextt for the sharks as major changes could be on the way. this is the team's tenth straight year making the playoffs. no stanley cup title. the sharks never made an appearance in a stanley cup final. one bay area teen that has a chance to beat l.a. warriors take on the clippers for game six of the playoffs. >> tipoff at 7:30 tonight and bob redell beating the crowds and gotten there already and live at the oracle arena. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott and laura. in just under 12 hours the doors will open here at the oracle arena two hours before tipoff and doors opening at 5:30 and tipoff right here center court in the arena at 7:30. of course, this is a make or break game for the golden state warriors and talking about game six first round of the nba

playoffs. they have to force a win tonight so they can get to l.a. for saturday. this is something that will be on their side. all the fans here will get these free shirts. they're already on the seats. they're talking about 19,596 seats. all of them sold out and the first 3,500 people who check in get one of these lovely mega phones. of course, they'll have the fans here to help cheer on steph curry. he is going to need it. you remember what happened tuesday night in los angeles. clippers 113-103 and steph curry not up to his game. not my analysis his teammates and he agrees eight turnovers and only ten shots. he admits he will have to do a better job tonight negotiating that los angeles clippers defense. >> had trouble trying to thread the needle and couple turnovers. you know, trying to split the defenders and that kind of deal. avoid those situations and we'll be fine. >> all right, scott and laura. so, again, a sold out game

tonight here at the oracle arena. almost 20,000 seats. this is the 82nd consecutive sellout for the golden state warriors. it's been a long time since they had something like that. i know you're probably wondering, hey, bob, did aant you once have an opportunity to play in the nba. the answer to that question is, no, never. >> be nice. >> you have played basketball. you played against the harlem globetrotters. >> i did on the washington generals and. >> folks earlier he sank a three-pointer earlier. >> oh -- >> restricted. >> okay. >> that made all the difference in the world . >> shooting 20%. 20%. that's when you see me again in 20 minutes, i'll be shooting 40%. >> don't wear yourself out. >> bob redell. let's check your forecast this morning and give you a live look at the sun rise over the

bay bridge. that's always a sure thing. that's a three-pointer right there. >> there's your three-pointer, bob. >> check your forecast with christina. another warm one. >> another warm one and nice to see the warriors back in it to win it tonight. they really have become the part of the map over the past couple years. really nice to see that. 6:18 right now. officially making us the primary location for sporting events right here in the bay area. we have some of the best teams in the entire world. so fortunate to live here. want to start with this live picture. you can see in emeryville a little gray out there. mostly clear and a lot of that will burn off as we head throughout the next couple hours and the sun is coming up. look at your temperatures 65 degrees right now in san francisco and the coldest point of the day and the average high 66 degrees and already one degree shy of that. get close to records today and not expected to smash as many as we did yesterday. happy to report, our air quality

did not suffer all that much through the hottest part of the heat wave. still in the good to moderate range. temperatures noticeably cooler at the coast and not notice all that much of a difference in the inland valleys. 92 degrees for the south bay and you will notice those clouds coming back and those low clouds and natural ac. as of this evening and then look at what we're headed towards as we get into this weekend, down right comfortable levels for the south bay, the peninsula and san francisco. we're talking about the mid-60s to mid-70s. looking a little bit warmer in the tri-valley and north bay for your saturday and mid-70s hard to beat. that is when you can give your ac a break and not need the heater and let mother nature do all of that for you. let me show you when it comes to your showers. overnight sunday into monday, a little disturbance is going to try to come through the bay area and going to kind of fall apart as it makes its way south. we could see a 20% to 30% chance of these showers moving into sonoma county and, overall, that

will bring us the cooler weather. lelths let's talk to mike and see how the drive is shaping up. >> also the beginning of your commute and seeing the slowing for the south bay and little better than it was half an hour ago. starting to see the restoration of a few more cars and a little bit more slowing for northbound 101 and heading up towards 87 north of capital expressway and this commute pattern will continue to build now over the next half hour steadily. we have that early first burst and that wasn't a major problem. an easy drive, as well. westbound 580 into dublin and the dublin interchange and southbound 680 a tad slowing in through sunol and earlier crash had tied things up a little bit and slower recovery coming into livermore, as well. slower drive for north 238 and southbound 880 slows down just around that san mateo bridge and highway 92 and still blocks the slow lane early in the commute and a slow down which will stick

for much of the morning. down through hayward a problem for at least the next few hours. looking at the rest of the bay, though, as we get through the area and over on the peninsula, no delays and no problems getting over there on the span. we'll show you the approach towards the bay bridge with an easy drive down the east shore freeway. a live look at oakland past the coliseum and what you saw bob shooting there and heading over there to get his autograph because of his shooting percentage and a smooth drive and post-work traffic, as well, because of the warriors game and bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are on and backup here is standard. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:21. still ahead "today in the bay" severe weather leaving the south and heading north. coming up, rainy rescue after a bus is submerged in the water in pennsylvania. things certainly warming up across the bay area. little hazy out there as we take a live look outside over foster city, we'll keep checking in with christina for a look at that forecast and when the cooling trend will arrive.

a very good thursday morning to you. it's may day, as well. go leave a basket of flowers on someone's porch. 6:24 right now. happening now, the storm system that tore across parts of the u.s. killing dozens of people is finally losing steam. >> the storm now moving up through the east coast, alabama, florida panhandle under two feet of water there.

in philadelphia, fast-moving flood waters engulfed a bus. they had to climb on the roof of the bus to wait for firefighters to rescue them. nobody hurt. the same storm created deadly tornadoes earlier in the week. one of the torenados was an ef-4 twister with wind up to 200 miles per hour. at least 36 people died when dozens of tornadoes just tore through the south. right now crews in virginia cleaning up dozens of derailed train cars that caught fire. some of them carrying crude oil and a few of the tankers ended up in a river. authorities evacuated all nearby buildings, however, there are no reports of injuries. toronto's highly controversial mayor is taking a leave of absence. rob ford said he is seeking professional help for substance abuse. the leave comes after reports of a second video of ford smoking crack cocaine. despite the controversy, ford

refuses to step down and is even seeking re-election. last year ford publicly acknowledged that he smoked crack in a drunken stupor. 6:26. still ahead, a war veteran has been arrested on kidnapping charges and his father is apologizing on his son's behalf. >> came back completely emotionally, psychologically, spir spirittually devastated. new details about the crime spree that ended when a victim intentionally crashed her car on a highway. hundreds of acres torched in southern california and the wind could make things even worse today. let's take a live look out at san jose. the hot, hot sun. going to be a warm one today. in the meantime, live look outside at the bay bridge. here we go. look at the sun, up. gorgeous, gorgeous start to our day. another owarm one, as well. christina is going to get it for us and a lot more news ahead. it is 6:26.

a developing story. wind whips up flames in southern california and now the out of control wildfire is spreading even further. and the same ridge of high pressure driving those santa ana winds bringing our temperatures near record levels today. that hot sun over san francisco and san jose. i'll tell you when those temperatures drop like a rock any moment. and the speeds coming down in san jose, as well, because of the crowd that's building. beautiful weather that is what draws folks around the area and the traffic, that's what's going on right now. slow downs for the south bay and drama right now for the nimitz, coming up. a live look at the opening bell on the nyse. the dow industrials hit another all-time record yesterday. here is your bell and then over

on the nasdaq, as well. viggle, i think one of the real housewives if you look really closely as the nasdaq gets under way. this is the first of may, it's thursday, may 1st, this is "today in the bay." >> i don't want to know why you know that. >> i looked it up on the press release. all right, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're following crews in southern california getting ready for another fight as strong winds, wind gusts, rather, threaten to whip up a fire they have been threatening to put out since yesterday. the fire is burning in san bernardino county. so far it's burned more than 1,000 acres. at one point, officials say wind was blowing up to 70 miles an hour, spreading embers across the hillsides. more than 1,600 homes were

evacuated but those orders have since been lifted. certainly dealing with the weather there and check our own forecast as we give you a live look outside at san jose. here comes the sun, but, goodness, it was kind of warm even overnight with no sun. >> that's right. 6:30 and looking good. now everybody has that song stuck in their head. balmy out there to kick off the day. 65 degrees in san francisco. you're one degree shy of your average high for this time of year. you can tell, another warm one and part of the reason why is because of that warm start. we will see onshore flow come back into the picture as we head throughout the day today and low clouds will return and we're starting out nice and clear. you can see that from our emoryvilemery ville cam. another hot one inland and mostly between the hours of 12:00 and 3:00 and then that stronger onshore flow starts to mix into the inland valleys as we head throughout tonight. temperatures when that sun

starts to drop off at 7:56 are going to be running about ten degrees cooler than the previous day and that's good news for anybody who had a sleepless night because of that strong heat. temperatures today in the 90s and major changes coming to your forecast. ten degree cool down at the coast and just about as hot inland for us as that sizzle continues. by tomorrow, a ten degree dropoff and then major cooling this weekend and maybe some showers. we'll talk about that coming up. right now, let's check your drive and say hello to mike inouye. just north of 280 and 680. north 101 from capital expressway and pretty gentle, pr and as you head into downtown, got that out. smooth drive there, as well. i'm looking at cupertino because

an earlier crash 85 at 280 and no drama there. slower drive for west 580 and south 680 folks come around the bend and into sunol and that's where we're seeing the gathering now. expect some slowing as we head down through fremont after the golf course you see more folks around washington boulevard. smoother drive approaching the bay bridge and slower drives southbound 880 as we get over here. a crash that has moved to the shoulder that set off slowing out of hayward and san leand row a crash at davis and watch for more slowing as you head south from 880 in oakland. building the volume through downtown and bay bridge toll plaza will look like this on their speed sensors and filled in all lanes and the metering lights are on and sun in your eyes as you get off the bridge from san francisco to oakland. 6:33. an iraq war veteran is in the santa clara county jail this morning accused of kidnapping two women and now we're hearing

from parents of one of the victims and the suspect. investigators say 23-year-old kenneth middlebrook kidnapped two women in two separate incidents in san jose and mountain view on sunday. each time forcing them to drive around. in the case of the first victim, it started with her giving him a ride, voluntarily. and then police say middlebrook demanded she get in the trunk. >> he jumped and tried to choke her. so when he tried to choke her, she's like, starts screaming and screaming and screaming. >> the woman got away by ramming her car into the car in front of her. when they pulled over to exchange insurance information, she ran. middlebrooks father apologized last night but said his son needs help, not prison time. after a tour of duty in iraq. >> she came back completely emotionally, psychoclaujical

sperchew. >> drove the woman's car away from the first kidnapping and two hours later he kidnapped a 61-year-old woman forcing her to drive him around for hours. he bravely stepped out of the car and the woman drove away. police captured middlebrook shortly thereafter. we could find out the name of the pilot who died when his plane collided with another one over the bay. they have the pilot's remains and the single engine cessna was pulled out of the water yesterday with the body of the pilot inside. on sunday the plane collided with another one causing the cessna to plunge into the water. the people in the other plane were able to land safely. san jose state student will have to find another way to reunite with his mother. she's in mexico after being deported by a bay area congresswoman to keep her in the country. earlier this week the student reached out to congresswoman for help. lawmakers were considering her

bill asking for an exemption based on humanitarian reasons. david gonzalez, who is an engineering student at san jose state got a call from his mother yesterday saying she had been deported. issued a statement saying, our dysfunctional immigration system continues to rip families apart. well, it is 6:36. still ahead, an orange and black update. as we take a live look at at&t park this morning, always aglow. amy g. talking about all things giants as tim hudson has a strong april on the mound. the dow industrials down 21 points and set an all-time high yesterday. we'll take a look at business news, just ahead. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit? call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcb theunit@nbcbayarea.com.

welcome back, everyone. and a very good thursday morning to you. first day of may, taking a live look outside. this is a look at the bay bridge from the eastern approach this morning. another warm one on tap. we'll check the forecast in just minutes. let's talk baseball. another live picture for you. how about right inside at&t park. of course, the giants are off today and headed to atlanta to kick off the long road trip. only 32 days into the 2014 season and the g men have

already done something the team hasn't done in more than 60 years. comcast sports net amy gutierrez. >> good morning, everyone. i'm amy gutierrez coming to you from at&t park. march and april have been really good months for giants fans. san francisco going 17-11 in that stretch. it's the club's most wins they have put up in the season's opening month since 2003 when they won 19. of course, they're coming off a 5-1 home stand and today they get a much-deserved day off. they're going to spend it traveling to the south where they begin a ten-game road trip. after a month and a day of play, giants have found a rhythm and they're looking very confident. they have a lot of swat in their swing. they racked up 34 home runs. that's the third most in franchise history to be hit before may 1st. posey, belt and norris with six home runs before may. the only other trio in giants history to accomplish this, mays

and bailey back in 1962. the road trip is going to be a fun one to watch. action starts tomorrow. i'm amy gutierrez. >> thanks so much, amy. 6:41, coming up, all on the line, really at oracle arena. coming up, bob redell. that man right there shooting baskets. take us live to center court as the warriors, yep, try to keep the season alive against the clippers. >> he's working, believe it or not. security at san jose airport given the all-clear three weeks before the stow away scandal. new concerns that warning signs were overlooked. and an update to breaking news. a deadly explosion inside a florida jail leaves more than 100 people injured. and our pollen levels have crept up overnight, but, still, we're not in the high range and the good news is, as we drop your temperatures onshore flow increases. we are talking about lower pollen levels and a really

comfortable weekend, which we are oh, so close to at this point. i've got your full forecast coming in moments.

an update to breaking news. investigators say the bad weather is to blame for a natural gas explosion at a jail in florida. two inmates died in that overnight blast. it happened in pensacola. 600 people were inside when the building blew up overnight and part of the roof collapsed. in addition, the two inmates who were killed, as many as 150 inmates and officers were hurt. now, just hours ago, investigators reportedly sent an e-mail to city council members saying the laundry room of the jail was flooded from days of intense rain and may have been leaking gas since yesterday. a developing story in southern california where a wind

driven wildfire is getting bigger this morning. it's happening in the hills above rancho o cucamonga. so far the fire has burned more than 1,000 achers and the hot, dry conditions not helping there. "today in the bay" adrian joins us live. good morning. >> good morning, to you scott and laura. we talked to a firefighter this morning and he believes progress was made. what is happening right now federal, state and local firefighters are meeting to discuss how much progress was made and what the plan of attack is for today. over to my left, you can see that cal fire getting ready. ready to deploy for the day. we can also tell you that as we pan over in this direction here, we have seen some hot spots flare up and down in the cysx a you will see smoke or wind blowing and that wind gust just picked up and the hope is that evacuations aren't going to be

needed today and that aircraft will finally be able to be used in this firefight. down in the disten, you can see the sun is now up and there were some trucks on the horizon and starting to move in our direction and up in the hills, again, some small hot spots but nothing major throughout the morning. emotional night for people in rancho cucamongo and the mandatory evacuations were lifted, rough fight for families wondering if their homes made it. evacuation center is still open in a park in this area. as far as the firefighting efforts are concerned, official containment at zero% and we're hearing that could jump up to 20% to 30% when numbers are updated today. winds so strong that aircraft could not be used out here. 700 firefighters working to keep rancho cucamongo safe and two firefighters suffered minor injuries. air quality a factor out here and see if that is the factor again today. again, we eare expecting red flag conditions out here. hot and dry conditions out here today. wind gusts relatively light

compared to what we were experiencing yesterday. today expected to be 50 to 60 miles per hour yesterday. 70 to 80 mile as one u.s. forest service worker told us he had one gust of 101 miles per hour. scott and laura, back to you. >> i was just going to say, seems pretty windy to us as we listen to you out there and see the winds whipping around. >> as soon as the sun came up, the wind gusts really started to pick up, but, again, we were out here yesterday. the same general area and this is really nothing compared to yesterday. yesterday we had a hard time just standing here. i believe we were in gusts of 80 miles per hour and then today we're starting to, i would guess the gusts are 40 to 50 right now. that's what we're experiencing. >> not a good mixture for fighting a fire. thank you very much, adrian. in the meantime, let's check in our own weather and christina loren. so close to the weekend and want to thank you for waking up with us each and every single day. you're part of our morning family and i have great news

forria. a cool down headed our way and much cooler temperatures. as we head through the next couple days and today is the last hot one and i want to start with your conditiurrent conditit there because the numbers are dropping a touch. right now 65 degrees in san francisco and as we head throughout the next few hours, going to start climbing, however, good news. we have a change in pattern for today. so, let me tell you that, this is the weather story and i want to focus in on and return of onshore flow as of this afternoon. we stop that clock for you on our futurecast as we head between 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. a little bit of low cloud cover start to develop, especially at the immediate coast and then as we progress throughout the rest of the day, look at that. a little weak disturbance comes through and that's what is going to increase the onshore flow and the cooling clouds return tomorrow and that's great news for us. what is happening out there in the atmosphere is that big ridge of high pressure that kept us so warm is finally going to break down. that's going to take your temperatures out of the 90s as we head through this afternoon and your inland valleys into the

70s. over the course of 48 hours. low pressure comes through quickly, that warm air mass retreats and fog comes in and that ocean air is transported all the way inland. so, the big cool down comes tomorrow, five to ten degrees tomorrow as we head throughout our friday and you're so close to that weekend. temps will plunge over the weekend. just give you a taste of where we're headed. notice here on your five-day trend, temperatures are going to drop like a rock and look at your weekend numbers. 74 degrees by saturday and down to 71 on sunday. let's check your drive, here's mike. >> we're looking over here towards slow down and pretty typical pattern around the bay. look at this, no real issues for the peninsula. we'll talk about that in a second. looking over here towards the southbound direction of 880 where the most slowing 880 had an earlier crash and another at davis that caused all the distraction, but they moved from the shoulder so now jammed up from hayward out of san leandro and pretty smooth flow of traffic. an easy build here for westbound

580 and the bulk of your slowing, as typical down through sunol and pleasanton 680 and then once you get past the -- more slowing because of a crash which is trying to get over to the shoulder and chp helping these folks and mow major injuries reported just yet. major slow down heading into the area bringing more traffic off the highway 4. the approach towards the maze, look at 580 pretty well off of 24 and the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza because metering lights are on. that's typical here. san mateo bridge and look at westbound 92 moves nicely and haze there and not a problem for your drive and looking at the peninsula, as well. we told you we would show you that, easy drive into and out of san francisco freeway, back to you. massive flames forced two people and a dog out of their san jose dog.

one person was burned on the hand but expected to be okay. that fire broke out just before 9:30 last night and firefighter husband to call for backup twice. they actually had a hard time reaching the flames because there was some type of clutter in the front yard. it all happened on foxworthy avenue near the border of campbell. no word yet on a cause of that fire. senator barbara boxer and tsa administrator john pastolli agreed to disagree at a hearing. asked about security problems at sjc after a teenager from santa clara managed to stow away on a hawaii bound flight. christie smith is live. >> good morning to you. along those lines. senator barbara boxer asked a tough line of questions and kind of been out there since that story first broke. how could this teenager get over a fence, past security seemingly undetected and on to a plane. we're now learning this happened

three weeks after the airport was inspected and found to be in cupliance with federal security measures. what happened? what if it was someone else? those were among her questions. all because a 15-year-old from santa clara hopped a fence and got on to the wheel well of a plane and made it all the way to hawaii. incredible story certainly shined a light on airport security and a senate committee hearing the tsa administrator said they've been working nonstop on this. but inspected things like physical barriers and electronic access and found sjc met security and the airport has enhancements in place along their fence line, but with 450 airports, there is no one size fits all. >> if fencing was in fine shape, but at least one prior secretary of homeland security said show me a 15-foot fence and i'll show you a 16-foot ladder. what we do is try to buy down

risk in a measured fashion that allows us to make sure that we're doing everything possible. >> the tsa requirements call for a six-foot fence around airport perimeters. sjc has extra barbed wires on an estimated six miles of enclosure. at the hearing, they discuss things like extra layers of security and things like perhaps adding dog patrols, that sort of thing. but what that administrator pointed out is that without funding from congress, this is basically an unfunded mandate. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." that teenager, of course, lives in santa clara with his stepfather and and siblings. unclear if the boy has been brought back home or if he and his father are still in hawaii. 6:53. several may day protests are planned throughout the bay area today where activists will call for a variety of things from immigrant rights to an end to

evices and police brutality. protesters will march in san francisco and oakland where small groups of people clash with police during 2012 may day rallies. activists will focus on andy lopez, the 13-year-old that was killed by a sheriff deputy who thought the replica rifle was a real gun. two marches in san jose, the first starts at 4:00 p.m. from our lady of guadalupe church. the two groups will meet for a rally at city hall. a live look outside this morning at 6:54 of a very shady sap. you know, the bright sunlight. it's beautiful out there. fans are going to have to wait until at least next seizason to get their chance for that elusive stanley cup title. fans poured out last night after the shark's playoff run it was cut short by the kings. hard to swallow this time around

considering fans were hoping for a sweep of l.a. the sharks became only the fourth team to blow a three-game series lead. the sharks will clean out their lockers tomorrow. >> but there is one team whose playoff dreams are still alive. the warriors take on the clippers tonight for game six of the playoffs. >> let's do it. >> tipoff tonight at 7:00. but bob redell beating the crowds. he joins us live inside oracle arena right now. you're taking a break from shooting all those hoops. >> i am. my arm is so tired and so is my pride after it's been basically trashed this morning. good morning to you, scott and laura. the quietest oracle arena is going to be all day. in 12 hours from now this place will be packed. everyone getting one of these t-shirts when they come in and everyone except for 100 clippers fans will be wearing these 19,500 and something seats here. going to be filled.

this is going to be the 82nd time that the warriors have sold out a game, consecutive game and they haven't had a streak like that in years. of course, they will be trying to force a win tonight because they need to win this game tonight to make it to los angeles which would be the final game, game seven. the clippers will be sitting over there in those chairs to your right and i want to let you know, i've been kind enou to already put some kleenex down for them so they have something to dab those tears. i hope i did not just jinx the warriors. steph curry has a lot of work to do because you saw what happened to them tuesday in l.a. when the clippers beat the warriors, 113-103. steph curry only taking ten shots, had eight turnovers and even he and his teammates admit you have to do a better job tonight stepping up and negotiating that clippers' defense. >> and that's kind of the game within the game in this series. we need him to be aggressive and

score the ball and doing all they can to put multiple guys on them to keep them from doing that. >> all right, here we are, center court here at the oracle arena and tipoff at 7:30 and doors will open two hours in advance at 5:30 for the sellout crowd to come in tonight. game six, first round of the nba playoffs and the warriors have to win tonight in order to advance to game seven and, if not, all clippers and, of course, steph curry will hopefully do a better job than me. >> want to take off your jacket. >> that is why, yeah, i will take off the jacket, the constriction. >> all right, come on. come on. >> breathe. >> come on. >> i want to apologize to people at home. that's 30 second of your life you'll never get back. >> occasionally he gets them. every once in a while. what a pleasure to be a reporter in an empty coliseum. >> what a job, are you kidding. >> to shoot baskets and we will point out, bob has played professional basketball against

the harlem globetrotters. i can't remember the name of the bad team. >> it doesn't count. they're really good that team. let's check in with christina right now. she has a look at our forecast. >> with what time i have left, we saw him make that dunk shot and 59 in livermore and 63 degrees in mountain view and who knew he could dunk. we have your seven-day forecast coming every 15 minutes throughout "today" show. stick with us in case you missed it, cool down coming your way. i will have that for you throughout "today" show. mike? >> a slow drive developing because of a crash farther north. let's show you, here's the coliseum, here's high street and look at the map. right around oak street downtown blocking the slow lane and maybe two and that is causing folks to back up all the way here. getting worse very quickly and rest of your drive is moving smoothly. through hayward after an earlier crash has cleared and a slower drive developing across that san

mateo bridge and no big drama here. northbound route 280 all showing a typical pattern here and getting over to the peninsula once you're there, an easy drive for 101 and 280. back to you. >> thanks, mike. time 6:59. one final check of the day's top stories. a flooded laundry room was leaking gas that may be to blame for an explosion at a jail in florida. two inmates killed, 150 others including correctional officers hurt. right now firefighters in southern california are planning their attack against a wind-fueled wildfire burning out of control near rancho cucamunga. so far more than 1,000 acres have burned. gusts between 50 and 70 miles an hour. this morning, crews in baltimore trying to clean up after this mess. an entire street collapse swallowing several cars and nobody hurt and no houses damaged and heavy rain could be to blame. that's what's happening "today in the bay" we're back at 7:25 with a live local news updau upda update. but, first -- >> here's bob redell with one

more shot. he played for the washington generals. >> we will quit right there. we will see you at 11:00. good morning. breaking news. . good morning. breaking news, a massive explosion overnight levels part of a crowded jail in florida. at least two people are dead. more than 1r0i6r9s and inmates injured. we'll go live to that scene. waug water logged, a regard shattering deluge up to maine, hundreds of rescues carried out. roads caveing in and swallowing cars. a leave of absence, toronto's notorious mayor rob ford leaving his post to enter rehab as new images emerge appearing to show the mayor once again smoking crack.