good morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker, laura is off this morning. >> i'm scott mcgrew. live look at san jose. temperatures will cool off. it will still be hot. we'll check the forecast. >> depends where you're waking up and where you're headed to work. right to the short sleeves and even the tank top if you're so inclined. mostly at the coast this morning that impact of the marine layer returning as a result of that increased onshore flow. temperatures will drop by three to five degrees and meanwhile five to ten degrees of cooling at the coast and around the bay. we'll talk about when we'll really return to spring-like averages coming up in just a few minutes. but, yeah, i'm happy to report the good news this morning, we're done with the hottest

point of this warming trend. back with more in just a moment. right now back to you, scott and peggy. >> christina, thank you so much. new this morning a funeral home in san francisco heavily damaged after a semi truck trying to make a turn jackknifed right into that building sparking a fire. this happened early this morning on market street near sanchez street. christie smith joining us live and two people were hurt in this crash and then subsequent fire. >> yeah. that's right, good morning to you, peggy. i want to get right to it because it really is an incredible sight. that truck involved in that crash is still here off of market street this morning. consider this, this accident happened nearly five hours ago. the truck still sitting here after it caught fire and burned, hit the side of the building at this funeral home here but, also, i want to show you the building itself. it is burned from the bottom. the street side here all the way up to the roof. i just spoke with the owner of

sullivan funeral home she is amazed no one was killed in this and for the most part the damage is cosmetic. also very thankful that this wood building didn't completely go up in flames overnight. the driver and the semi truck told police that he was going down market street near castro in this refrigerated unit. that is what he was hauling when the unit blew up. he lost control and just clipped the side of the building and the fire spread and driver and passenger able to get on their own. two people transported to sf general. their conditions unknown. but i did have a chance to speak with san francisco police this morning and we asked what was going on here, why there are actually three tow trucks here and what they're telling me is that they actually have to drain the diesel out first before they can get this truck out of here because there is a potential hazard. they're waiting for that truck to show up and then they'll be able to move this on.

for the funeral home itself, they're telling me for the most part not a whole lot of impact for their business. they don't have a service planned until next week and they think they'll be able to carry that one off. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith. >> a real inferno there in the front of that building, christie, thank you so much. the police chief in mountainview said he's saddened and disappointed by allegations that one of his officers had child pornography. 36-year-old kevin was arrested by san jose police after they found evidence of child pornography on his home computer. he is a seven-year veteran of the mountain view police force and he is on paid administrative leave during the investigation. the san francisco ceo accused of causing a woman's car to crash and then taking off is charged with hit and run. yesterday we told you about how the alleged victim was suing for an accident on highway 101 last

august. speaking exclusively to nbc bay area, he said he is cooperating fully with investigators. officers say he told him he didn't call 911 because he was certain other people would and his car never made contact with the woman. tolia is the co-founder of nextdoor.com which raised more than $100 million in funding. the woman accused of beating a 4-year-old girl with a crowbar inside a crowded walmart will be in court today. the attack happened at the walmart on story road in san jose near 280 and 101. bob redell live outside the store where all this happened. bob, investigators think the woman went into the store looking for a fight. >> that's what police believe. good morning to you, scott. they tell us that this woman entered this wall moort here on story road already armed with that youb yocrowbar.

maria gratae targeted a child. an 18-year-old transient expected in court charged with assault of a deadly weapon and her alleged victim a 4-year-old girl who is at home with her family recovering from the attack that took place wednesday. the child is in pain but expected to be okay. in an exclusive area her father, whose name is tam, they were on a family shopping trip and his daughter was in the shopping cart and she allegedly hit his daughter twice. once in the head and once on the shoulder. that's when the dad put up his arms. >> and then hit me again. >> on the arm? >> yeah. on my arm. >> i know he did it out of love, but it was heroic. >> what was also odd about this attack is how she gave up. expecting to be arrested. this happened after she

allegedly hit the daughter twice with a crowbar. tam says he doesn't know who this woman is and they believe this attack was random. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. at 5:06. a developing story in san diego county crews are battling seven wildfires this morning and 9,000 acres have burned and none of the fires are near containment at this time. at least 13 homes and an 18-unit apartment complex have all burned down. schools in that area up and down the i-5 corridor many are closed in nearby cities, as well. jennifer bjorkland is live just north of san diego where one of the fires is burning. jennifer at one point yesterday it seemed like they were gaining ground on these fires and seemed to explode to the point they couldn't be contained. >> yeah, peggy, the fire really was just raging yesterday and it was erratic.

it was unpredictable as fires tend to be. the weather conditions, especially for this time of year, really, really have been, you know, handful for fire crews that are working on these fires that are burning over 14 square miles. as sun set on one of the warmest may days in southern california history, the unprecedented heat and dryness made for catastrophic fire weather. >> i never thought our house would be in danger like this. but it's really a scary. >> reporter: homeowners forced to evacuate as flames chase them out of their neighborhoods. some will have nothing to come home to, despite their best efforts to clear brush and be fire safe. >> i tried to make it as good as possible, but, naturally, who cares right now. house is gone. >> i've never seen anything like this in 20 years. >> reporter: a dangerous fire season. the hot santa ana winds howling through southern california neighborhoods are not typical so early in the year.

>> this is something i have not seen in my career. i've been in this fire service for 27 years and i have. seen it this dry, this hot for this long in may. >> they've been asking to evacuate. >> reporter: homeowners like christopher plan to make a stand to save his home. >> just trying to prepare perhaps embers or something might carry over into god knows what, but definitely trying to prevent a nightmare. >> reporter: a nightmare that may be far outside of his control. and as tempting as it was to stay behind and defy those mandatory evacuation orders, the firefighters really don't like it. they don't recommend it. they say the last thing they want to have to do is come back in and risk their lives to save yours. i'm jennifer bjorkland live in carlsbad, back to you. >> jennifer when we look at some of those homes, some beautiful homes that were in danger and some really very, very nice neighborhoods and are these the typical areas in san diego

county that get hit with the summer and fall fires? >> yeah. i mean, these are areas that are sort of, i guess, typically in the line of fire and, you know, san diego has seen catastrophic fires like this before. but for these homeowners, they've lived through this before and they've survived it before. so to lose their home so early in the season and so unexpectedly, it's just devastating, peggy. >> as you mentioned, jennifer, they usually don't get that until later in the year, thank you so much. the images coming out of san diego amazing. you can see this plane here swooping overhead and dropping tardant on the flames below. firefighters bring us an update in about 25 minutes. as always, get the latest on the situation there in san diego county on our website. you can find that at nbcbay area.com. menlo park will talk

about -- currently ethe city lacks unnecessary water storage which leaves businesses and residences vulnerable in case of natural disaster. meteorologist christina loren joins us with a forecast and you say it's at least going to start to cool. >> it is. that natural ac will return by this weekend. so, you'll be able to give your manufactured ac a break as we get probably into friday at the coast and definitely, most definitely and clear and mild to kick off the day and another hot day inland. have to tell you that right off the bat. building ocean breeze. if you live i'd say around the inner bay and inner east bay that is the cutoff point for that natural ac as we head throughout the day today. another hot one, especially out in the extreme east bay, the tri-valley and temperatures, again, in the 90s. hazy over the bay bridge to kick off the day. sunrise just before 5:00 a.m. and temperatures are mild to start and 64 degrees right now in san jose and 64 in redwood

city and 53 in santa rosea and the reason why so much cooler up there is because you can see right here that wind is coming right off the ocean, finally. that onshore flow is returning and that is our cooling agent. temperatures are hot and the heat is on in the south bay and 81 for san francisco and significantly cooler there. if you live by the coast in san francisco, quite a bit cooler. 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. 85 degrees in the east bay for today. 95 degrees out in the tri-valley and hot sunshine here and 95 in the north bay, as well. we have to look at your weekend forecast coming up in just a few moments. keep in mind those cooling clouds will continue to move in as we get into saturday and sunday. right now, let's take a look at your drive, here's mike inouye. >> southbound 101 the curves is the curvy part you're looking at. this is southbound. your commute direction but not much of one right now. we'll talk about the map and show you the entire area. novato smooth from highway 37

which just opened both directions from that overnight closure that we have been seeing over a week there. a stall reported across the bay bridge just now at treasure island and blocking the slow lane. southbound to 101 seizer cha se moving smoothly. and here the south bay moves very smoothly and we'll show you the rest of the bay coming up, guys. back to you. >> thank you, mike. oil pouring into the streets of los angeles overnight and in some places, if you can believe this, knee-deep oil. we'll tell you how this happened, coming up. remembering the victims of 9/11, almost 13 years later and a memorial to the men and women who died in the twin tower attacks will finally open its doors. what you'll see inside, coming up.

welcome back. for the first time google plans to release data showing the racial background of the people its employs. escalating pressure on the tech industry to hire more african-american and women workers. previously, google had been reluctant to share its data publicly. the move also follows reverend jesse jackson's push for google to leave that. for a quick check of your markets this morning let's check in with jackie deangeles. apparently jackie isn't here d . there is a good ipo today on the nyse out of san francisco. they're pricing at $9 last night. something we will watch. in the meantime, let's check this live picture of san jose and then check in with christina loren. i was talking to her earlier and she said it's going to cool down. there's the bay bridge. >> you know, we talk, scott

mcgrew and myself. whenever i get the chance. yeah, i could tell you right now, he's very concerned about this hot weather. as you know, there's a lot of people here in the bay area that don't actually have an air conditioning unit. so, i can tell you right now another one of those days you want to check on your elderly neighbors. you want to check on the young ones and make sure you send them off to school with plenty of water. so, it's clear and mild to start the day in san jose and show you the full moon what's left of it out there. hazy over the bay bridge and get that shot up for you in just a moment. temperatures are mild to start the day. 62 degrees in san francisco and temperatures are going to be comfortable as we head throughout the afternoon and that's because of a return of onshore flow and that is that natural ac. that ocean air comes off the pacific, we get that marine layer and it sets up shop right at the coast and then that cool westerly breeze transports that air all the way inland. so, for us today, we'll see a little bit of that as we get into the afternoon hours and that's going to keep our temperatures down by a few

degrees. but much cooler for today in san francisco it's still going to be hot out there in the tri-valley. 95 degrees there and 95 in the east bay and really sunny out there in the tri-valley. i can tell you, you don't want to go without the sunscreen there and temperatures will remain on the mild side for the weekend. keep the cool down coming and onshore flow will increase and that heat backs off substantially as we finish off the week. here's mike and that drive. >> keep that heat off right now. that traffic has backed off, as well. very early for any slowing. we see the yellow blips around the south bay and 60 miles per hour, no concern. the construction over here 880 and the 17 interchange and the connectors, though, have reopened after overnight closure. smooth drive for most of the rest of the bay. we told you we'd talk about that and that mois xhr off the coast and the cooling, you'll see some fog, as well. want to show you a little slowing leading edge west 580 coming through livermore and no

big drama and 84 a little build and over here the approach to the bay bridge moves smoothly but on the span an earlier report of a stall blocking your slow lane as you approach treasure island. we'll talk about san francisco, as well. in the city that funeral home that was hit by a big rig, christie smith just gave an update on twitter say they hope to have the market open at 6:00. that is over here in the area around sanchez through that area. the crash looks like everything is moving smoothly. live look out there and we'll show you things shaping up for the golden gate and over here, oakland area moves smoothly, as well. volume just starting to pick up, guys, back to you. the boy scouts may have to provide a santa barbara court with decades of personnel files because of a sexual abuse lawsuit. a judge made that ruling yesterday, but won't be finalized until after a hearing takes place tomorrow. lawyers for the teen who said he was molested by a scout leader years ago. copied the files from 1971 to

1991 but the scouts will not authenticate those files. the scouts will have to turn over the original files within 30 days. new this morning officials are trying to clean 10,000 gallons of crude oil off los angeles city streets. a pipe carrying the oil burst early this morning causing the crude to leak over half a mile area. we're told in some areas the oil was knee high. the pipe is above ground located in an industrial area next to a strip club. officials say about ten customecustomer s and several strip club workers were evacuated. the pipe was shut down remotely. san jose casino matics under scrutiny following allegations about lying about its revenue. san jose city councilman claims matrix hid as much as $60 million in profits keeping valuable tax revenue from the city. the casino is also accused of

skipping on money meant for a nonprofit which helps fight gambling addiction. the accusations are absolutely unfounded. the california gambling control commission is looking into the matter. time now 5:20. the new 9/11 memorial museum opens its doors in just a few hours. live to new york city with paa e preview of that incredible mu zeem, coming up next.

a very special and very emotional morning in manhattan today and just a few hours president obama will join the family members and victims of the 9/11 attacks as well as survivors and first responders to officially open the 9/11 museum and memorial. jay gray is live in new york city with a look at the museum. today is about the families getting a preview before this will be open to the public. >> no, peggy, you're absolutely

right. those most affected getting their first look. the museum won't be open to the public until some time of middle of next week. we did get a sneak peek inside it's emotional, overwhelming and at times really a journey back through what was a very dark time in our nation's history. the images and words immediately surround you. along with the haunting pieces of buildings and lives ripped apart. the world trade center tridents, the survivor stairs used by hundreds to escape. a msection of the massive antena and pieces of the jet that slam under to the north tower and ladder truck from company 3 mangled by debris as that tower collapsed. remnants of the terror attacks that now share this space with overwhelming memories, emotions and a strong message of

determination. >> you can't let this happen, again, but they didn't win. we came out of this stronger, more determined than ever. >> reporter: this museum and memorial is a clear symbol of that resolve. standing in the original footprint of the twin towers. >> at the very sight where terrorists sought to destroy us, we have rebuilt. >> reporter: creating a place where the world can gather to remember and reflect. >> for me, this is the beginning. the beginning of this institution's true mission to engage and inspire the generations that follow us. >> reporter: to make sure that they never forget. now, look, not only will we hear from the president in a couple hours but family members of victims, survivors and first responders all talking and the museum will be closed for a few days as those families and other groups get private tours. it will oepen to the public next wednesday, may 21st. that's the latest live outside the museum, i'm jay gray.

peggy, back to you. >> one of those installations we just saw in your piece there had that beautiful blue tile memorializing what a beautiful, blue tuesday september 11th was. many people think back to that day and how clear the sky was before everything happened. >> yeah, it was spotless. it was an amazing day here in the city and it all just changed so dramatically and so quickly. and you get that sense from being inside this museum. i think it's going to be a must-see for anyone traveling to new york. i can also tell you that while there's so many difficult memories there, organizers also want this spot to be one of resilience, one of pride and they want a message to ring from this area that it will never happen again. and that's something that you get once you finish the tour here. >> devastating day for our country, but a very moment to be proud, as well, as everyone recovered. thank you, jay, appreciate that.

let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, scott, peggy, everybody at home. we are getting so much closer to the weekend at this point and i'm happy to report, we are done with the hottest point of this heat wave. although it will still be hot out there. today temperatures starting out mild mostly in the 60s and a couple 40s out there with the return of onshore flow at the immediate coast. later on today, 93 degrees in the south bay and temperatures substantially cooler at the coast. 95, though, for the north bay. here's mike inouye and your morning drive. >> also want to show the best view from the foster city side that we get of the sun coming up and the san mateo bridge. you don't have to worry about the traffic right now, as well. peaceful traffic shot, i don't always get to show you that. san mateo bridge at the top and move smoothly in the peninsula and light flow of traffic and a tiny build for the south bay and a new crash, we may have one

lane blocked, a single car hit the center divide and we're still waiting as chp arrives. the rest of the bay, very light flow of traffic and tri-valley build through livermore now and just have the cash lanes starting a small wave. send it back to you. 5:27. the hot weather has shut down a south bay park today. we'll have details about that. wildfires continuing to burn out of control in san diego county. schools close, a number of cities and thousands of homes under evacuation orders, we'll get an update from firefighters and bring you the latest details just as soon as we get them.

new this morning, a flaming

semi truck slams into a funeral home sending two people to the hospital. and also take a look here at the san diego wildfires that are burning right now as we continue to follow more than nine wildfires out of control. crews there struggling to get control over these flames. meanwhile, we're going to get some heat relief for today. not as hot through your inland valleys, although it will still be on the warm side. coastal cities, though, getting significant cooling as that ocean breeze returns. we'll take you through your weekend forecast in moments. and we're looking at that build for your commute through the tri-valley. this is dublin and also the south bay. we have an update on that crash for highway 17, coming up. a live look outside at downtown san jose. this is thursday, may 15th and this is "today in the bay." well, good morning, everyone. 5:30, i'm scott mcgrew.

>> i'm peggy bunker, laura is off this morning. san jose alum rock park will be closed today due to potential fire danger. the weather conditions are just too dangerous to keep that park open. we'll check in with meteorologist christina loren in five minutes and find out exactly what temps can reach today. new this morning, crews will soon begin patching up a san francisco funeral home. it was damaged when a flaming semi truck lost control and slammed into the side of the building. this all happened early this morning on market street near sanchez street. "today in the bay" christie smith joins us live at the crash site with an update including what happened to the passenger and driver of this truck that was on fire. >> yeah, good morning to you, scott. you have to see this wreckage is pretty amazing when you look at it and see it's still sitting here this morning as it ended up. there was a small explosion according to the driver who says he lost control and crossed over market street and then clipped the side of this building and

then a ball of flames and even firefighters say looking at this wreck sitting here, they thought, there would be fatalities. the two people who were inside of this actually made it out on their own. it was 12:30 overnight when firefighters arrived to find a big rig had clipped the side of sullivan's funeral home here on market street. the corner exterior of the building was burning, too. the driver of this big rig told police he heard some sort of explosion inside the unit and that's when he lost control. at sullivan's funeral home there was actually one person inside when this happened. >> we have a lady that lives here, she was here and she thought it was just a traffic accident out on market street. she went to look out the window and there was fire and so then they called the fire department and they called us and we came down and, as you can see, it was quite, quite a deal. but looks like just superficial damage, we're very lucky.

>> now, the two people inside were taken to the hospital. we're told they had non-life threatening injuries and firefighters say that part is really amazing. the tires had burned off and there was actually burning fuel leaking and running down market street when they arrived. it was pretty amazing scene. right now what they tell us they're doing is waiting for a hazmat truck to arrive because they need to drain about 150 gallons of fuel from this truck before they can move it. now, the owners at sullivan, again, they think the damage is cosmetic and shouldn't affect them too much in terms of their business. westbound lanes still closed and eastbound could possibly open at 6:00 this morning. before we go, i wanted to show you the damage on the corner of this building and what firefighters are saying really helped save it is that on this side where the damage is, it's stucco. you can see towards the door maybe 25 feet down the building becomes wood. so, they say that had the truck gone a little bit further they

could have lost the whole building because it is wood. but at this point they're saying two people hurt, nonlife threatening injuries and the damage to the building is mostly cosmetic. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> okay, thank you. now to a developing story out of southern california. we showed you the pictures earlier in san diego county. life is on hold for many who live around that area. nine wildfires burning down homes and blackening the sky and right now the various fires have burned about 9,000 acres, as well. they destroyed 13 homes and an 18-unit apartment complex. the biggest of the fires are burning on camp pendleton, hundreds of marines have evacuated and crews will have to battle high temperatures today and also strong winds. schools in san diego, all of them and more than 20 schools in nearby cities will be closed today, that includes cal state san marcos which has canceled a graduation ceremony scheduled for this weekend. in some cases just moments

before the flames took down their home. now, a perfect picture here as the issue that has the wind and the very, very dry weather that we've had created a small twister of flames in this video. this was taken at the highway fire which is burning in the deer springs area. look at this little twister shooting up into the sky. now that particular fire right now is only 5% contained. walnut creek police looking for your help in solving three suspicious fires. the brush fire broke out from regional spaces. in fact, three fires. the cause of the fire is unknown but investigators do think they're suspicious. you are asked to call the arson hotline. the woman accused of attacking a little girl inside a south bay walmart with a crowbar was looking for a fight. this happened this week at the walmart on story road in san jose near 280 and 101. "today in the bay" bob redell is live outside the store where the woman was arrested.

the suspect is supposed to make her first court appearance today. >> yes, you are correct. expected at noon for assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly randomly attacking a 4-year-old child who was on a shopping trip here with her family at this walmart here on story road. >> if you just a little bit. >> reporter: and as you can see the young child is back at home with her father recovering from the crowbar attack while her alleged attacker is in jail. police have arrested an 18-year-old transient and faces one charge of assault with a deadly weapon. she entered this walmart already armed with that crowbar and attacked someone at random no matter what and they tell us it was this 4-year-old child. an exclusive interview with nbc bay area they tell us that she hit her first in the head and

then the shoulder. dad took the third blow from the crowbar and then she stopped. the father tells us he had never met this woman before and was a stronger to him and his daughter. >> every parent's worst nightmare. a random violence upon their child right in front of them. >> reporter: the father demonstrates how the woman surrendered. she lay on the ground, just gave up waiting to be arrested, which she was. again, her first court appearance expected a few hours from now later today at noon. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell. >> so random, so bizarre. thank you. a judge, lawyers and other court officers are headed to the beach today to tour a controversial piece of land near half moon bay. a nonprofit i suing billionaire cosla after he or someone working for him cut off access to martins beach. now this week in court his property manager says it was his decision to do this, to block a

public access road to the beach and the billionaire knew nothing about it. the nonprofit surf rider foundation has sued saying the california coastal act gives everyone a right to access the beach. his lawyers point out an even older law give cosla total control over his own property. 5:38 right now. might be a very good beach day as we look at those temperatures as meteorologist christina loren, boy, yesterday certainly was. >> not quite as nice as yesterday was right at the immediate coastline, but still pretty nice. you can see what's happening out there, though. tell you what your temperatures are doing here. take a look at this, 40s in santa rosa and half moon bay. you notice here on the contour map where you're getting that green and the ocean air is returning. as we head throughout the day, you'll notice much cooler conditions at the coast by five to ten degrees here inland and only cool you off to five degrees as we head throughout this afternoon. starting out widespread 60s out

there and a few isolated 70s out there and very mild. you probably don't need a jacket this morning as you walk out your front door. as we head throughout the day today, you won't need that jacket and five to ten degrees cooler at the coast and that will still lead to temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s even at the coast for today. but, hey, santa cruz yesterday hit 100 degrees. the first time we've ever seen so early on in the season and we've been keeping records for about 100 years. the fog returns to the coast this evening and the golden gate bridge will be socked in and a lot of people will be happy to see the natural ac kicking back in. low 90s for the south bay and along the peninsula and upper 70s to low 80s in san francisco and the east bay and we'll hit about 95 degrees in the east bay and tri-valley. much cooler as we get into the weekend. show you the numbers coming up in just a minute. right now, let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> seeing typical commute patte patterns. we'll show you what's going on

in the maps and the south bay, though, first wanted to give the update. southbound 17 at 85, we have one of the lanes blocked because of the crash, the southbound side approaching 85 and a car hit the center divide. on the northbound side right around lark approaching the area from the santa cruz side in los gatos and a smooth drive for the rest of the bay and show you the bay bridge toll plaza. the livermore slowing for 580 and cash lane slowing for the interstate 80 crossing. back to you. >> thank you, mike. the head of u.s. veterans affairs gets grilled on capitol hill. what he is expected to say about his department scandal around veteran deaths and a lack of response from the v.a. hospital. could the drought cause earthquakes? one uc berkeley professor says yes. we'll explain why, coming up next. nbc bay area honored with three national awards for excellence in breaking news cov coverage, feature reporting and

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this morning the veterans affair secretary will testify in front of a senate committee to address the scandal th al put h agency under fire. danielle lee is live on capitol hill. eric shinseki, how will he defend the v.a.'s actions? >> he will focus on some of the good things the v.a. has done in terms of expanding care and also face some tough questions from senators who want to know exactly how this scheme to basically manipulate schedules to hide long wait times for doctors was able to go on and what exactly needs to be done to stop it completely. documents obtained by nbc indicate that the v.a. had known about this problem and had been trying to address it for at least six years. those documents indicated to become somewhat of a game of cat

and mouse where you basically see the v.a. trying to stop the scheduling tricks and employees just finding new ones. president obama has now assigned one of his top advisors to oversee a review of v.a. policies and the president is standing behind shinseki and today he is expected to promise senators he will get to the bottom of this and hold the right people accountable. live in washington, i'm danielle lee, scott, back to you. >> thank you. rescue crews pulled more bodies from a collapsed coal mine where hundreds died in western turkey yesterday. officials say there were 787 people inside the mine when there was an explosion on tuesday. so far crews have found 282 bodies, most of the people who died, died from carbon monoxide poisoning. 150 miners are still trapped inside. a fire is still burning underground. so, crews are really having a tough time getting to those trapped miners. the captain of the sunken south korean ferry is now charged with murder. 11 crew members indicted on

lesser charges, but all accused of failing to protect their passengers. the captain was among the first to abandon the ferry as is sank on april 16th off the coast of south korea. 281 people confirmed dead and another 23 still missing. if convicted the captain could face the death penalty. another twist in the bizarre disappearance of radio broadcaster casey kasem. he was found in washington state just hours after his daughter filed a missing person's report. no word on his medical condition. the 82-year-old does suffer from dementia and reports that have left him unable to speak. kasem's children are tied up in a legal fight with their stepmother over his health care. a new report suggests that pumping water from the central valley could cause earthquakes. the report was co-authored by a uc berkeley geophysics professor. the water pumping, which is especially intense during the drought can create a pressure change on fault lines. well, that can make small quakes more likely and potentially lead to even bigger events.

>> so it's not a red flag warning. the earthquakes happen anyway. what this may do is just make an earthquake eventually happen a little earlier than it would have earlier if naturally left on its own devices. >> bergman says the intense water pumping in late summer and early fall corresponds to an increase in microquakes. 5:46 and let's get your forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> definitely feeling like summertime over the past couple days. that will continue inland for us for today. the good news we'll cool you off as we get into this all-important weekend. so close to it and then we'll stay pretty comfortable for most of next week. you know how it goes around here in the bay area. we warm you up and then cool you back off, never do we see average temperatures typically for longer than about four consecutive days. now, i am happy to report this morning, temperatures are mild out there and mostly in the 60s. we had three consecutive spare the air days going at this point this morning better air quality,

we are not sparing the air, but you can see that haze here still situated in the atmosphere over san jose. that's painting a really pretty sunrise this morning that will occur in 15 minutes from now and building ocean breeze meanwhile here on the golden gate bridge. you can see the clouds coming in just off the ocean and that is our cooling agent. that's what's going to drop our temperatures at the coast by five to ten degrees. let me show you your futurecast and give you an idea of what to expect. one little disturbance that will weaken the ridge of high pressure and send it off to the east and a reinforcing front that comes through here. that will leave us with comfortable conditions and as we get into the weekend, cloudy starts and sunny finishes both saturday and sunday and really comfortable levels, especially compared to where we were yesterday. 93 degrees in the south bay and down from 97 yesterday and 90 from the peninsula and hit about 79 degrees in san francisco and down from 90 yesterday. it was a hot day in the city and much cooler today, but here's

the deal, those coastal clouds are going to be kind of banked up against the coastal mountains not making it into the valleys. as a result, sharp drop at the coast and stay hot inland. as we get through tomorrow, though, that gradual cool down will continue and the fog returns to the coastline and thickens up over the weekend and then we really get that cooling back to the 70s and 80s. remember your seven-day forecast right here at the bottom of your skreeb screen. want to show you what to expect for the next fooive days in san francisco. talking about a june gloom in san francisco at 56 degrees and see comfortable temperatures here in the inland valleys and not talking about a lot of the may gray here and temps in the upper 70s for saturday and low 70s for sunday and 69 degrees by monday. there it is, mike, the cooler weather i promised you. i delivered this time. >> also, we know san francisco 66, that's what you expect and the tourists don't and that's why it's good for fleece market, as well, over in san francisco.

hopefully they can make some sales, again. we show traditional slowing for 101 and that is not a surprise, we'll track that. crash southbound blocks your slow lane and a kraush northbound blocks your fast lane. the cause of that crash is presumably a big chunk of concrete that somehow got on the roadway. we're checking things out. you won't see a lot of slowing. make sure that stays smoothly flowing as they can clear it. the rest of your bay moves very nicely. zoom into a couple spots and san francisco we have over here and a closure between sanchez and fire at the funeral home that christie smith continues to cover and westbound side should stay closed and the eastbound side should reopen in the next few. that is affecting your line across that area, as well. a smoolth drive for the tri-valley and west 84 through livermore and across the dumbarton bridges and live look shows you oakland and volume

builds northbound and more traffic right now and not a big deal and bay bridge toll plaza same thing and we should see the metering lights any second. back to you. pacifica police trying to lure a girl into his delivery truck. here's a sketch of the man. this happened last friday and authorities say the 10-year-old was waiting to be picked up after school when the suspect pulled up in the white delivery van and asked her to get into his truck. if you know anything about this incident or this man looks familiar, call the police. two men poaching wood from redwood trees in national and state park. danny garcia are accused of grand theft vandalism and receiving stolen property. investigators say the men stole wood barrels. you can see right here where they were taken. these from the bottom of redwood trees and illegally cut from the bottom of the trees. they're worth $200 to $2,000. you heard of a guard dog, but how about a guard cat?

it's a video you have to see. >> 4-year-old jeremy riding his bike. there's jeremy. the neighbor's dog comes around the corner and this is scary, attacks him from behind. now, the dog starts shaking the boy and that is when the family cat, you saw it, that's tara chases the dog off before dashing for cover. jeremy got ten stitches, his mother was also attacked and not badly hurt. the dog now in quarantine and will be youthenized. >> that dog really seemed to come out of no where. as for tara, she'll be on "today" show this morning if you want to see tara. jeremy's parents say that cat will be very well treated, like a queen, is the phrase. >> apparently followed the family home from a park several years ago. the warriors new head coach talking about why he chose golden state over the knicks. we'll take a look, coming up. the great american novel.

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5:54 right now. more clues this morning that is amazon which plans to open up a huge warehouse in the bay area. amazon.com might be planning to set up shop in newark. amazon.com job listing was posted this month, says they are looking for a person who can work with machines and "fulfill at a center in newark." fulfillment centers are what companies call warehouses they use those to store, pack and ship product. they did say an internet company signed a lease for a 575,000 square foot warehouse. not sure how many businesses need that much space. looking like amazon. from warehouse to warriors.

warriors have a new coach this morning. >> steve kerr has agreed to a five-year deal worth $25 million. nba vet and he tells nba.com he chose the warriors to be near his family. his daughter plays volleyball for cal and his son is also in san diego. >> the one thing that a lot of coaches i talked to said you have to have talent and golden state has talent. >> new york knicks were supposedly the front-runner to land kerr as their head coach. this morning new york is not taking the announcement too well. this image tweeted out by darren rovell. well, to football. technically we find out today where the ac-12 football game

will be held. not a well kept secret because the news conference will be held at levi's stadium this morning. during that time the details of the conference champion will be unveiled. the pac-12 has recently expre expressed a need for a neutral site for the championship game. the past three games have been held at one of the schools participating in the game, not levi stadium. we'll see what stadium is chosen. >> looking forward to that announcement. right now we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren standing by looking at the temperature changes headed our way. >> a lot of people looking forward to this announcement. not as hot for today. which one you want me to pull out? san francisco, south bay peninsula. peninsula it is from high atop san bruno mountain this morning, what a beautiful start to the day. temperatures are going to be crisp out there as we head throughout this afternoon, but i can tell you right now, it's one of those days we have better air quality, but the heat stays on. your full forecast in moments.

first, though, mike and your drive. >> all right. we're looking at this live look 101 northbound seeing a little break up and first burst kicked in and now ease off just a tad. southbound 101 is not the big surprise and the earlier crash and the rest of your bay does move smoothly and the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights were just turned on, guys. back to you. >> thank you. 5:57. the search continues, we do have new images of what appears to be a turkish official kicking a mourn mourner. we'll show those to you. a very serious situation under way and nine fires burning over 9,000 acres this morning. how crews now are helping out, coming up next.

new this morning a semi

truck bursts into flames and side swipes a funeral home. a look at the damage. burning down homes in southern california. which bay area fire crews are on their way to help. we're going to get a little bit of heat relief in your inland valleys for today. significant cooling at the coast, getting into tomorrow. those coastal clouds return, the heat backs off and then we get a cooling trend for your weekend. we'll show you how this plays out for your microclimate in moments. and we're looking at the build. the traditional pattern in most spots in san francisco. an issue for muni, as well as local traffic coming up. a live look outside this morning in the bay bridge and beautiful sunrise. it's thursday, may 15th. this is "today in the bay." well, good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us, i'm peggy bunker in for laura this