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 morning.

>> i'm scott mcgrew. new this morning crews will soon remove a semi truck cab from inside a san francisco funeral home. the truck slammed into the building after the driver lost control. this happened early this morning on market street near sanchez street in the castro. "today in the bay" christie smith joins us from the funeral home where the driver and the passenger, christie, escaped all these flames. >> yeah, good morning to you, scott and peggy. that's the amazing part of this whole story. when you look at how this burned wreckage looks just sitting here, the cab is completely gone. i have an update for you eastbound lanes just reopened and westbound lanes may be a while because they're waiting for more crews to show up. firefighters saying, again, it is amazing that the people inside made it out on their own. we do have a picture that was posted on twitter this morning of this big rig on fire after it slammed into the building here on market street between

sanchez. the driver telling police that he lost control and firefighters say that the truck crossed the center median and police say he heard an explosion in the truck which is refrigerated for food. this happened around 12:30. the truck on fire, at least diesel fuel burning down market street and sullivan's funeral home caught fire, too, on the outside. there was actually a woman inside who thought it was just a street crash, but then looked outside and saw the fireball and then the owners came down to see, too. >> stuff happens and, as i say, it's property damage and luckily nobody, i guess, they're maybe hurt, but nobody is killed or anything like that. and, luckily, looks like it's fairly easy to fix. >> fortunate that very little fire went in the building. where the char marks are that's primarily stucco.

look 20 more feet to the right of that, that's wood p. if the vehicle would have landed 20 more feet than what it did, we would have had a much more intense fire going. >> now, the two people inside were taken to the hospital. again, with non-life threatening injuries. in fact, firefighters say they don't even know if they suffered any burns. what they tell us now, though, is that they're waiting for a hazmat truck to come because they have to drain about 150 gallons of diesel fuel from inside the truck before they move it. so, again, what we have is that the eastbound lanes are open, westbound lanes may take some time. but again, the owners of sullivans are saying they think this is cosmetic. they say that they have an appointment next week and they don't think that their business will be disrupted at all. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> good no one was hurt. christie, before you know go, you said one lane of market is closed two muni tracks going down the middle. i assume those are still open, as well? >> what we were saying is that

the eastbound lanes on the other side of market those are open and we've seen some traffic going through and they said they want to get those open for drivers and for muni but the westbound lanes closer to us where the truck is they say they mat ta they may take some time. >> okay, fair enough. christie smith, thank you much. 6:04 a developing story. thousands of people in southern california have no where to go today as numerous wildfires are keeping them from their homes, their schools, their jobs. today all schools in san diego and in more than 20 nearby cities will be shut down. this includes cal state san marcos. a graduation ceremony scheduled there this weekend at the university. thousands of people in several cities were evacuated, in some cases, just minutes before flames completely devoured their homes. right now nine fires have burned about 9,000 acres and destroyed 13 homes and 18-unit apartment complex, as well, was taken down. the biggest of the fires is burning on camp pendleton and

it's caused hundreds of marines to evacuate. crews will have to battle high temperatures and strong winds yet again today. now, take a look at this situation here, a perfect mixture of fire and wind created actually a small twister of flames being brought up into the sky. this video here was taken at the highway fire which is burning in the deer springs area. now, that fire right now is only about 5% contained. a very serious situation there. >> indeed. so serious firefighters from the bay area are on their way south to help put out those fires including several from alameda county. the department sent several strike teams to san diego county yesterday and one team from santa clara county left from couupertino overnight. santa clara county putting together more strike teams down south. not the case here, although we did have a very toasty day yesterday. let's take a look outside for you right now on this thursday morning giving you a nice, calm look at san jose looking nice and refreshing with that sunrise and let's take you now to san

francisco, another scorcher of a day. but how about that view there, isn't that beautiful? >> fantastic. in fact, rising temperatures forcing alum rock park in san jose to shut down for the park. located in the east san jose foothills. the weather conditions just simply too dangerous to keep the park open. >> when you consider christina, especially what we were just looking at there in san diego, obviously, a different situation but they, too, had high weather. >> now, what's happening is that big ridge is moving to the south breaking down, pulling away from our coastline and as a result, as it breaks down, you see all that green, that's marine influence. that cool, ocean air returning this morning. 46 degrees right now in half moon bay and we'll drop your temperatures off in san francisco over the course of the next few hours as that marine layer starts to push onshore. a very welcome sight, i especially think so for the people living in san francisco without an ac over the past

couple nights. it can get very balmy out there and we haven't had much wind to stir things up and that's why we had that hazy sky and not sparing the air for today. mostly clear start at the coast and just spectacular way to kick off your thursday. hazy over the bay and you can actually see that moisture kind of returning from the shot here over the bay bridge. really good news. it's going to be cooler out there at the coast, especially. so, here's the deal, for today widespread 60s to start and about three to five degrees cooler in your inland valleys and, meanwhile, five to ten degrees cooler at the coast and you'll definitely notice the difference. when you adjust the thermostat in your home by one to two degrees, it's noticeable. this evening the sun will set at 8:08 and doesn't even get dark until 8:30 and temperatures are going to be warm overnight for one more night and then get that marine influence. mid-0 mid-90s and in the south bay about 85 degrees in the east bay and increasing clouds and, yeah,

looking more towards the cloudy sky as we get into the next couple mornings. mike, it was hot, but, hey, i'm happy we got through it together. the hottest point done with it, done with it, forget about it. >> in our air conditioned studio, we made it, thank goodness. thank goodness. let's rock, guys. let's go out here towards the bay. we're looking over towards palo alto and 101 very nicely into and out of san francisco. let me show you a couple slow downs on our maps and overall bay and you pick your path and pretty predictable. not a big deal and in san francisco, scott, you asked about the union rails that you saw in the background and little confusing because i'm not an expert and they have the k and the l and the m and that is part of the circuit and at one point we did get the m line disrupted. that's a light rail, you can't reroute that. haven't had an update in the last few minutes.

if you are a muni rider, make sure you follow on twitter and, again, not a lot of information that they sent out in the last few. the bay bridge, we have the slowing because of the metering lights and no big drama out of the maze. we'll get a live look out and show you the bay bridge is filled in, as you would expect. the sun changes the lighting on our camera. dublin has a slow down, as well, for west 580 you expect a typical slow pattern as you take a live look outside west 580 move smoothly but not a big deal. slowing out of the altamont pass. good spacing and 680 will start to build over the next few minutes. back to you. >> sounds good, very busy out there already. 6:09. the woman accused of beating a 4-year-old girl with a youbar inside a crowded walmart is scheduled to make her first appearance in court today. on story road near 280 and 101. bob redell is live outside the

store where this all went down. one of the most horrific parts of this story is the little toddler was in the cart at the time this happened. >> she is going to be okay. san jose police tell us this woman entered the walmart here on story road already arm would the crowbar with the intent to attack someone at random no matter what is maria garate targeted this woman. an 18-year-old transient is expected in court today later with assault with a deadly weapon and her victim a 4-year-old girl who you can see is at home with her family recovering from this attack that took place wednesday. she's in pain, but expected to be okay. in an exclusive interview with nbc bay area her father tells us they were on a family shopping trip at the store and his daughter was in the shopping cart and she approached them armed with a crowbar and alle d allegedly hit his daughter twice and the dad put up his arm to

prevent further harm to his young daughter. >> the lady hit me, again. >> on the arm? >> yeah, on my arm. >> i know he did it out of love, but he's heroic. >> reporter: what was also odd about this attack is how the woman gave up. the father show us how she lay on the ground expected to be arrested and she was. now she's in jail and the father tells us he does not know who this woman was and this attack was random, something the police say, as well. the woman, for whatever reason, determined to hurt somebody in the store. now in jail expected in court later today. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. time now 6:11. still ahead "today in the bay" crude oil shooting 30 feet into the air. coming up, new details of a pipe that burst overnight sending knee-high sludge into the streets. >> what a mess there. certainly not the case here. look at this beautiful picture here of the golden gate bridge. a really nice thursday morning for you here. 6:11.

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taking a look at today's top stories. two people are in the hospital after a big rig on fire slams into a funeral home in san francisco. the driver of the truck says the refrigerated unit he was towing blew up causing him to crash. the extent of his and his passenger's injuries unknown. more evacuations ordered overnight in san diego county as crews struggle to contain at least nine wildfires. all schools in san diego and nearby cities are closed today, including cal state san marcos. at least 13 homes and an apartment complex burned down. president obama will take part in a dedication ceremony for the 9/11 memorial museum in new york city. a tribute for families, survivors, responders before the museum opens to the public on

may 21st. a live report at the grand opening coming up in 15 minutes. rescue crews have pulled more bodies from a collapsed coal mine where hundreds died in western turkey yesterday. officials say there were 787 people inside that mine when there was an explosion tuesday. so far crews have found 282 bodies. most of those people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. it's the worst mining accident in turkey's history. 150 miners are still trapped inside, but a fire is still burning underground and crews are having trouble getting to the men. meantime, pictures are emerging out of turkey. this one shows a senior turkish government aide apparently kicking a grieving mine protester. this adding more anger for how the prime minister is handling this disaster. the prime minister also being heckled by protesters. here's video. protesters surrounding the prime minister of turkey's car.

kicking it and throwing at it. the captain of the sunken south korean ferry has been charged with murder. 11 crew members have been indicted on lesser charges, all accused of failing to protect their passengers. the captain was among the first to abandon that ferry as it sank on april 16th off the coast of south korea. 281 people have been confirmed dead and another 23 still missing. if convicted, the decaptain could face the death penalty. spill under to streets of a southern california neighborhood after a pipe burst overnight. >> take a look at this. the spill spread out over a half mile area affecting several businesses south of glendale. kate larsen joins us now. we originally heard the oil was shooting 30 feet in the air. is that still the case? >> yeah, peggy, scott, that's exactly right. around 12:15 this morning when that pipe burst we had a geyser of oil. we'll show you that in just a

second. fortunately, they were able to shut off that pipe. i'll step out of the way because they have a major cleanup effort under way. i'm told by the fire department it will be at least 24 hours of cleanup. they have an oil slick all over the road. it's affecting five businesses, including a strip club. you can see it's the gentlemen's club right there. in fact, there is oil just covering the windows of that strip club and now we want to show you that incredible video of the oil geyser. 20 to 30 feet high in the air covering the roof of that strip club as well as nearby streets. another four businesses closed this morning while they try to deal with that mess. now, the deal with this pipeline is it's a section of above ground pipeline. the pipeline actually starts in bakersfield and carries crude all the way to texas. but, fortunately, again, they have the section of the pipe shut off and just off to a sticky and slick mess as they

try to clean it up in this neighborhood and, of course, as businesses try to get back to usual this morning. that's the latest in atwater village, i'm kate larsen for "today in the bay." >> kate, thank you very much. getting a look here at that forecast, as well. we take you out live here at 6:18. looking out over san francisco. how about this shot, isn't it beautiful? >> they're all gorgeous this time of year. just absolutely fabulous. >> it was hot yesterday. a little relief for today. and, you know what, it's actually going to continue to cool off as we get into this all-important weekend. you're so close to it. now y know the hot weather makes it more difficult to get the outdoor activity taken care of that you're used to and even biking to work has been rather tough lately. i can tell you, though, things are going to improve and we'll be back to those beautiful bay area standards as we get into this weekend. right now temperatures are starting out mild and in the 60s and getting substantial cooling

at the coast and santa rosa at 49 degrees. as you make your way out the front door this morning high, wispy clouds and mostly clear, very mild out there. we're going to see really good cooling today at the immediate coast. you'll see the clouds increasing all day long out your office window, take a look and by about lunchtime today, socked in with fog at the golden gate bridge. as a result, five to ten degrees cooler at the immediate coast and nice out there. this evening your sun will set at about 8:08 and we'll drop your temperatures off, even though our days are getting longer. not sparing the air after three consecutive spare the air days this week. 93 degrees in the south bay and 95 degrees in the east bay and 95 degrees out in the north bay and wine country cooling off substantially as we head through tomorrow. i do believe we'll see fog out there tomorrow morning as high pressure builds in and we get all that moisture for us right to the surface. keep that in mind, mostly up in the north bay. going to stay hot today, sharp drop in your coastal temperatures by tomorrow that fog really thickens up at the

coastline and as we get into this weekend, we're talking about a return of the 70s and the 80s. comfortable conditions. look at the dropoff. 93 today in san jose down to about 76 degrees for saturday with continued cooling into sunday. so, yeah, you know, it's not too bad out there. i had to run my ac and looking forward to giving it a break. how about you, mike inouye. >> i didn't have to, but i did. i wanted the kids to sleep. i'm turning it on. westbound direction for the bay bridge approach off the east shore freeway. that's the berkeley curve and we do have your slow down. look at the build coming down through emeryville and northbound 80 coming right off the bend and look at the map and show you the same thing as far as speed sensors are concerned. the east shore freeway for the most part moves very nicely just until the very end the berkeley curve that i just showed you. the rest of your bay approaching san francisco moves well and over here we do have that reopening, christie smith told

you about eastbound to market street between sanchez has reopened and still working on the big rig and the fuel they have to clear and the f-line, christie confirmed the f-line on the rails a bus in place and plan for the delays there. meanwhile looking at the slow of traffic. oakland has kicked in, once again, northbound side and southbound 880 and fremont typical build there. a crash at dixon landing road and no major slowing. here's the tri-valley, no surprises. 680 will start to build pleasanton into sunol and northbound 101 which has the slow down from 680 up to 880 and a beautiful look at san mateo bridge just picking up the volume a tad bit. that sun will be in your eyes. back to you. >> all right, mike, we don't tire seeing this video. there are guard dogs. now there are guard cats. some video you have to see. >> the feline lovers comeback

right here. look at 4-year-old jeremy riding his bike in the driveway in the bakersfield home when the neighbor's dog creeps around and pulls him to the ground. that's when the family cat comes out with two swipes. tara the cat attacks the dog and then retreats for cover. jeremy, by the way, had to get ten stitches. very serious attack. you see him hobble on his leg. his mother when she went to chase the dog away was bitten. the dog is in quarantine and will have to be euthanized. they'll be on "today" show this morning. that is an impressive cat attack. >> it was impressive. earlier we said you just got terrorized. there you go. 6:22. still ahead "today in the bay" a high-profile charged with hit and run even though his car never touched the woman. we'll explain, next.

welcome back. one firefighter calls it armgedden. you're looking at one fire of nine fires in san diego county this morning. we're continuing to monitor the evacuations and the school closings and the fire itself. we'll continue to cover it throughout the morning. this morning the veterans affair secretary will continue to testify to address the scandal that put his agency under fire. that hearing begins in about 30 minutes. eric shinseki is expected to defend allegations about a

secret waiting list that had health lengthy delays. nbc obtained an internal memo that showed the v.a. tried to hide long wait times for at least six years. president obama signed a close adviser to oversee the review of the policy. a ceo is headed to court charged with felony hit and run. nirav tolia was responsible for a crash where a woman was hurt. he is cooperating fully with investigators. officers say tolia told them he didn't call 911 at the time of the crash because he was certain others would and that his car never made contact with the woman's car. tolia is facing a civil lawsuit filed by the injured woman. he is the co-founder of san francisco-based nextdoor.com, which raised more than $100 million in funding. 6:26 right now. still ahead, a place of reflection and remembrance. coming up, we'll take you live

inside the new 9/11 memorial and museum that is opening in manhattan. out live to the bay bridge toll mrauza and you can see the sun coming up. another hot one, though, christina says a cool down is on its way. thank goodness for a bit of temperature cooling and a bit of winds calming down because, boy, firefighters need all the help they can get. bay area firefighters on their way to san diego to help nine wildfires that continue to burn.

remembering a day that changed our nation forever. we'll take you inside the new 9/11 memorial and museum ahead in a live report. and after breaking 24 temperature records over the past 48 hours, finally, a cool down in the forecast starting today, much cooler at the coast, heat really backs off for your friday and then this weekend that cooling trend kicks into high gear. your forecast in moments. and a sunny look at the san mateo bridge has traffic really starting to kick in crossing the bay, but a new crash in concord

to tell folks about coming up. a live look this morning that opening bell. this they will begin trading this morning starting at $9 a share. today is thursday, may 15th, this is "today in the bay." happy thursday to you. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker in for laura garcia-cannon this morning. a very special and very emotional day in manhattan. in less than an hour the 9/11 memorial museum will open. jay, president obama will also be there to dedicate the museum along side families and survivers and the first responders that were affected so personally by september 11th. >> yeah, peggy, this is going to be an emotional day, obviously. a difficult day for so many here, but a necessary one, according to the family members,

the victims, survivors and first responders. part of this continuing process of coming back from the attacks almost 13 years ago. the museum is, frankly, very emotional and overwhelming. very well done but not holding anything back. all the memories from that day, a lot of the remnants from ground zero inside the images, the sounds, the words from those that were here. and from 9/12 and beyond this city and country came together like it never had before. it is especially difficult when you see the things that are left behind from the 2,977 who died at this site. and there is a lot of that, that is a part of this display. it, in fact, is so emotional that those who develop the architects who designed it strategically placed exits along

the route of the museum to allow people to take a breath, to get out, if they need to. it's built in the footprints of what were the twin towers and that along with so much that's inside is really something that organizers hope sends a message of resolve and of strength and they want people to understand that while it's emotional, it's also something that is sending a message that terrorists won't win. that they can't win here and in this country and that's something that they want the world to see, as well, when they look at this museum. it won't open to the public until the middle of next week after today's dedication, it will be open for private viewings by families of those folks affected and other groups. the official opening for the public is next wednesday the 21st. peggy, scott? >> jay, something that i understand and that i'm looking forward to seeing is that there

are profiles of some peof the people who worked in the twin towers and you can go inside and read about them and read who was so affected by this tragedy. >> that's a testimony to how involved the families of these victims were in this process. you're right, you learn in detail a lot about the victims and how they lived and, unfortunately, how they died. it really makes it personal. it really brings home the idea that these aren't numbers, that these aren't pictures or images that they're real people and real families that continue to struggle with this. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> thank you, jay. we'll take you over to a developing story meanwhile in san diego. more evaevacuations ordered overnight in san diego county as crews struggle to contain at least nine wildfires. all schools in san diego and nearby cities will be closed today, including cal state san marcos. at least 13 homes and an apartment complex, as we look at

live pictures. at least 13 homes and an apartment complex have burned down. there are nine different fires, all of them in san diego county. >> boy. let's take a live look outside here as we get a look at that forecast. first, look over san jose and beautiful sunrise here at 6:34 as we check in with meteorologist christina loren and, boy, yesterday, toasty hot. what about today. >> not quite as hot good morning to you, peggy, scott. live look out over alcatraz and a beautiful start to the day. mild and clear, look at your temperatures very mild numbers to show you. 60 in san francisco and 63 in oakland and 62 degrees to kick off a thursday in livermore. for today, you'll see an onshore flow already seeing that. you can see that here in santa rosa and wind arrow pointing from the ocean through your inland valleys and that is going to keep you on the cool side for today if you live anywhere near

the immediate coast or heading off to work that way. 93 degrees today in the south bay and 90 from the peninsula and you'll hit 95 along the east shore today and temperatures in the upper 80s and 95 degrees out in livermore and then i just want to give you a preview of the cooler weekend we have coming your way. temperatures are going to be really nice as we get through saturday sunday. the natural ac stays with us. all the way through next week and get this, couple big events and beta breakers and we'll look at the forecast for that, that's sunday, mike. count on a lot of foot traffic in san francisco and, as you know, that one could get a little bit on the wild side. over to you. >> people definitely wear shoes. all right, let's go over here towards westbound 580. sometimes they don't wear as much as they're supposed to. move smoothly through dublin and nice, easy drive here. look at the overall westbound 580 flow on our maps and see the sensors slow out of the altamont and through the orange zone and

680 and 50 miles per hour. you saw how light the traffic was and south 680 starts to build through sunol and uninterrupted that flow will build steadily over the next 20 minutes. towards concord avenue and we have a crash reported on that commute direction as you head down towards 680 and sounds like one lane. the fast lane is blocked and this should start to back off a bit and off the benicia bridge moving smoothly towards walnut creek. 24 to 580 to the bay bridge, that's the slowest drive. great flow of traffic there and across the bay market street westbound is closed heading away from 101 towards castro and we do have that closure because of a big rig crash and fire that christie smith continues to cover. eastbound has reopened and the f-line, well, that is an issue for muni. you can use the underground subway or bus reroute. looking that rest of the bay, smooth drive all the way through san jose and mild flowing starts

for the northbound directions and quick look at san rafael and just starting to bottle neck and issue in petaluma, we'll point that out. back to you. still ahead, your black and orange update with amy g. a live look outside at mccovey cove. a beautiful start right here. we'll be right back after this quick break. 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 to you. happy thursday. you're looking at a live picture of at&t park where they have no bases. why? because gregor blanco stole them all. that's why. >> that's right. the giants are coming off a big win against the braves. now the g-men getting ready to take on the marlins. >> amy gutierrez has all had the highlights and a preview of today's game. >> good morning, everyone. i'm amy gutierrez coming to you from at&t park and won the series against the atlanta braves and tonight they welcome in the miami marlins for a four-game series. they are coming off a huge win in many ways yesterday. they put ten runs up on the boards and three different giants went yards. michael morse, hunter pence and brandon crawford responsible for the 66 home run right here at

at&t park. now, your san francisco giants have owned the atlanta braves so far this season taking five out of six. it's a different story with the marlins, however. like to say the marlins have ownage on the giants. for your pitching matchals matt cain is going to square off against nathan eovalor. sandoval exited yesterday's game with a sore big toe. lastly it is japanese heritage night at at&t park they welcome back the first japanese born major league baseball player and it is the 50th anniversary of his san francisco giants debut. he will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. from at&t park, i'm amy gutierrez and that is your giants update for "today in the bay." >> sandoval out after the fifth inning with a sore toe, that can happen. >> you have ten of them, it

could happen. >> don't want to take any chances. new video after a semi truck burst into flames side swipes a funeral home. we're live with a look at the damage. also, just a shocking story a 4-year-old girl attacked with a crowbar inside a south bay wall smart store. we speak exclosively to her father, coming up next. after people find a dentist through us, they often say,

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6:44 right now. a developing story in southern california where fire crews are battling nine different wildfires this morning. these are live pictures and, yes, they are undependable from our helicopter and now we have some tape pictures from overnight. about 9,000 acres have burned. none of the fires are near containment. there are fire crews from here from alameda county and from

santa clara county that are on their way down south to help. now, a short time ago, governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for san diego county. the schools there are closed. the csu in the area is closed, as well. and the tomahawk fire we're told now, 6,000 acres. >> terrible situation there, especially they had a graduation planned this weekend and that's been canceled. jennifer bjorkland has been following the story and joins us live this morning from carlsbad, good morning to you, jennifer. >> good morning, peggy. this morning we do have a little bit of good news on this fire. specifically this one in carlsbad. they have now declared 10% extra containment. so, 60% of this fire is now surrounded by secure fire lines. they have stopped the forward march of it, but not before it took with it eight homes. and as you can see from some of the pictures this morning, some of the live pictures from the air, there is still smoke rising from so many different areas

here in san diego county. the resources are being split up accordingly and everybody is doing their best to get priority towards those fires that are threatening homes, but, again, a state of emergency has been declared in san diego county. the temperatures near 100 degrees and gusting winds were pushing the wildfires into more than 14 square miles. we do have reports of two firefighter injuries, minor injuries. one heat -related and one from smoke inhalation and no major, major injuries. 21,000 evacuation notices went out yesterday. this morning the news a lot of those people have been able to go back into their homes and some orders have been lifted. a little bit of good news but still tough, tough work ahead. peggy, scott, back to you. >> gain a little bit of ground and get it a bit under control and then one step back. jennifer, thank you so much, we appreciate it. let's check your forecast

this morning. it's live look at san jose and san francisco. and the san mateo bridge. temperatures still expected in the low 90s. in fact, scorching temperatures have actually closed the popular alum rock state park. closed today because of potential fire danger. fire officials say the weather conditions just too dangerous to keep the park open. obviously, some of that is heat and is there wind involved, as well, is that some of the problem? >> people like to go out there and have barbecues and you don't want to leave any sort of barbecue unmanned. definitely very dry. 6:47. we had the stir the air alerts in place for the past three days. now, today, we do have a reversal in our winds. they're going to shift from off-shore back to onshore but even inn eabout i would say lunchtime hour until 5:00 p.m. in the evening hours and building breeze and not do much here for our inland valleys and still on the hot side for us today and it will cool you down

at the coast. so, if you work in san francisco, you leave the city by the bay today at 79 degrees and get home to san jose and at 93 degrees. we'll continue this cool down as we get into the next couple days and by this weekend we're back to average by this time of year. just as rapidly as we warmed you up, that's as quick as we cool you off. head through your friday, notice more of the fog returning to the coastline and then that big cool down on the way for the weekend and temperatures in the 70s and the 80s as we get a return of that natural coolant, that onshore flow turns back on. here's what we're working with as we head through the next couple days. temperatures stay hot for today. down to 84 degrees and for tomorrow here in the south bay, more bearable. down right comfortable at 76 degrees for saturday and 73 on sunday and then we'll get a little disturb ps on monday. could produce a little drizzle at the coast overall, though. keeping our temperatures down a

little bit below average as we kick off next workweek. so, there is good news, heat relief in the near future. no triple digits, though, mike, that's the good news. what are you working with? the traffic alert. >> i asked our friend gary in operations control to move the camera around. there you see it, gary, thank you very much. northbound 280 approaching the 880 interchange. typically we'll show you the sunny weather here in the south bay, but that and flashing lights is approaching and reports somewhere behind these trees and the overpass. reports of a car -- look at the map. we'll show you how this plays out. 280 right here right to where the crash is. that willback folks here and 87 will find reroutes and surface streets through the area and also folks from 101 will hear about that and get more company as folks will join for the reroute for 87 and downtown, as

well. not a good point because yesterday by the time we had a series of crashes of 101 and that sent a ripple through the south bay and tough commute through san jose because of this crash happening right now. meanwhile, the rest of the bay pretty typical thursday commute for hayward and into fremont, slow down as it builds and north 101 through palo alto and no problem through -- south 680 continues with that slow down towards sunol and slowing through pleasanton and clearing past the golf courses and sunol grade. niceasy build and 37 shows a slow down. san rafael and novato looks lighter than typical because folks held up southbound and 101 at petaluma boulevard. couple crashes over the course of the morning and no major injuries, but more slowing here through the haystack area and that is an issue and look over towards oakland and a live look past the coliseum where traffic is starting to build northbound and your commute direction past

high street. the bay bridge toll plaza has your back up and in san francisco, that note, again, westbound market is still closed between sanchez because of that overnight work going on and the overnight fire and crash at the funeral home. back to you guys. >> we'll talk a little bit about that right now, thanks, mike. a hazmat crew is heading to a san francisco funeral home where a flaming semi truck crashed right into this building this morning. you can see the aftermath of that crash here. this happened about 12:30 on market street in the castro district. we were following that this morning and that lucky because it hit part of the building that was not wood or that fire could have been a lot worse. a woman accused of attacking a little girl at a walmart in the south bay with a crowbar was looking for a fight. it happened this week at the walmart on story road near 280 and 101. "today in the bay" bob redell live outside that store where the woman was arrested. bob, the suspect supposed to

make her first appearance in court today. what do we know about her? >> they believe that she is a transient 18-year-old woman. good morning, scott. expected to have her first appearance with a deadly weapon for attacking a 4-year-old girl who was on a shopping trip with her family at this walmart here on story road. >> just a little bit and she say -- >> hurt? >> and as you can see the young child is back at home with her father recovering from wednesday's crowbar attack. while her alleged attacker is in jail, police have arrested maria grate an 18-year-old, as i mentioned, a transient. she faces one charge of assault with a deadly weapon. according to police, she entered the walmart already armed with this crowbar. they believe to attack or someone at random no matter what. unfortunately, it was this 4-year-old child. in an exclusive interview with nbc bay area. the child's father tells us she

hit his daughter twice while she sit in a shopping kartd. dad put up his arm and took the third blow from the crowbar. then this woman stopped. the father tells us he never met this woman before and she was a stranger to him and her daughter. >> random violence and right in front of them. >> the father then demonstrated to us how the woman surrendered after the attack she lay on the ground, just gave up waiting to be arrested, which she was and, again, she is in jail right now facing a charge of an assault with a deadly weapon. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." also new as we told you about a moment ago, a hazmat crew is headed to the scene where the semi truck tried to take a sharp turn and ended up in the front of a funeral home. a big explosion there. christie smith is live on scene telling us exactly what

happened. you told us earlier this could have been a lot worse if it hit the part of the building that was wood. >> good morning to you, peggy. that's what firefighters are telling us. you can see where the big rig ended up and, basically, the cab there is completely destroyed. this end of the building is made out of stucco. but if you can pan over you can see the other part of the building is wood. had that caught fire, it would have been a much different scenario. but firefighters saying they're still amazed looking at it that no one was killed in this. that the two men inside actually made it out on their own. we have a twitter picture of the big rig on fire after it hit the corner of sullivan's funeral home here on market street around 12:30 overnight. a woman was actually inside the building at the time and thought it was just a traffic accident. we also have new video of what it looked like this morning. the driver apparently told police that he heard some sort of explosion in the refrigerated unit in the truck and then he crashed. there was diesel fuel spilling down market street and burning

and firefighters actually had two fires to contend with. the building and the truck. the damage to the funeral home mostly external. the owner says she is thankful it wassant worse. >> it just happens. stuff happens. and, as i say, it's property damage. and luckily nobody's, i guess they're maybe hurt, but nobody is killed or anything like that. and, luckily, it looks like it's fairly easy to fix. >> now, those two injured were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. firefighters say they don't even think they were burned. what they're doing right now is waiting for a hazmat truck to help unload 150 gallons of diesel fuel. some of it did spill into the street. earlier all of market was closed and right now the eastbound lanes are open. but what they're telling us they spoke with muni and basically the f line isn't rolling through and the reason for that because it couldn't get back up on the westbound lanes and they're telling people to use the subway or shuttles until that reopens.

but, again, they're telling us maybe 9:00 a.m. or something like that to get this cleared up. but, we've been told other times and it keeps getting pushed back. we'll keep an eye on it for now. for now the westbound lanes still closed. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. humboldt county officials charged two men with poaching wood from redwood trees. both of orkin were charged. investigators say the men sold wood burls, the knobby growth that were illegally cut from the trees. depending on the size it's worth from $200 to $2,000. and a judge, lawyers and other officials are heading to the beach this morning to tour a controversial piece of land near half moon bay. a nonprofit is suing billionaire khosla after surfers lost access

to martins beach. it was his decision to block a public road to the beach and the billionaire knew nothing about it. surf rider foundation sued sayi saying the california coastal act gives everyone a right to access the beach. pumping water from the central valley could cause earthquakes. the report was co-authored by a uc berkeley geophysics professor. water pumping, which is especially intense during droughts, of course, can create a pressure change on fault lines that can make small quakes more likely and lead to bigger events. >> a red flag warning, the earthquakes happens anyways. what this might do is just make an earthquake happen earlier than left if its own devices. the intense water pumping in late summer and early fall does lead to an increase.

an enormous internet company could open up a warehouse in the bay area. according to seattle-based amazon.com may be planning to set up shop in newark. amazon.com job listing was posted earlier this month that seeks a person who can work with machines and "at a fulfillment center in newark." fulfillment centers are what companies call warehouses. city leaders would not confirm whether amazon was coming to the area but they did say an internet company signed a lease for 575,000 square feet of a warehouse. >> amazon-size warehouse. let's check in with christina. one last look at the weather. good morning. >> good morning to you. not feeling as hot as the amazon out there for today as the heat breaks a touch, especially at the coast. five to ten degrees cooler this afternoon. but we're not going to see a c inland valleys until we get into tomorrow. for today, 93 degrees in the south bay and 79 in san

francisco and cool down for beta breakers this sunday. want to put that on your radar. don't want to forget about it, especially if you live in the city. what else is happening across the bay area when we meet back here tomorrow. right now traffic alert with mike inouye. >> looking at san jose and all this traffic jamming up northbound 280 at 880 and the crash now on the southbound side and a distraction for the north. look at the map and we still have this in earnest, the slow down northbound but the crash is between lawrence and 880 on the southbound side and that's why you see the slowing there. so, more complications for your commute northbound 101, 87 and 85 all starting to build. looks like a tough day around the bay as all of a sudden the last 20 minutes a lot of slowing. usual spots heavier than typical for a thursday. away from 101 and towards the castro as christie smith reported. the f line on the rail is not running past the scene of the overnight crash and back to you. >> all right, thank you, mike.

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