fire next. plus the state considers massive fines for water wasters hoping to hit them where it hurts. seems like every time we do this story we're tracking showers on the radar. that's the case again today. otherwise, we're going to track these for you, tell you when it'll clear. noticeable heat relief for today, getting into tomorrow, the breeze is going to pick up, ocean air back in the bay area, and then a much cooler weekend on tap. i'll take you through the changes in your microclimate in moments. >> and i'll take you the through the changes we're seeing already in the bay area speeds and the moisture christina's talking about. we'll see whether or not that's playing a factor for your morning commute. peek outside this morning, live look at mike inouye because he is so handsome. >> oh, thank you. >> and you know, san jose pails in comparison to all that beauty on this early tuesday morning, july 15th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you, thanks

so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. new morning a key artery in loren county reopened for the first time for rush hour. crews working through the night repaving sir francis drake boulevard near san quinnton state prison. investigators say yesterday a big rig driver lost control, crashed, the truck carrying 1700 gallons full of fuel spilled across the road. nobody hurt. chp closed both directions of the road at 7:00 a.m. yesterday and finally cleared the scene just before 2:30 this morning. there is a little bit of moisture out there, but we are in a severe drought, and wasting water could soon cost you at least $500. in just a few hours, the state is set to vote on handing out fines rather to people who do not conserve. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now from santa clara county valley water district. when could those fines be issued?

>> reporter: we could see it go into effect immediately if the board agreeings to pass that -- agrees to pass that regulation. not just $500, but $500 a day, that's a lot of money, but they are trying to send a serious message. the state water board will vote today on whether or not to pass that, those regulations. this would affect anyone who overwaters their yard or who has a water feature like a fountain that doesn't recirculate the water or folks who wash without a nozzle on the end of the hose, they would be subject to a fine. the only way is wash down sidewalks or highways if there is a public health concern and that would spare city workers from washing down human waste. 20% as the governor said earlier this year, so far across the board, californians have only cut back by about 5%. now water regulators recognize that many folks have already cut back where they can, inside installing low flow shower heads and toilets, but because most

who live in the city use most of our water outside the home, that's where they are thinking that people can still cut back. not everyone is convinced that a fine will force people top conserve, but many say it is worth a try. >> i think we do need to conserve the water. you know, all over the place, it's not, what are we going to do? it's going to go dry, then everybody's going to be wow, what happened. you know, no, i think it's okay. >> even if this doesn't pass, there's still rules in place every local water retailer has a rule about wasting water. >> reporter: critics say that any money spent on enforcement would be better spend on educating people that conservation could mean enough water for 3.5 million californians for a whole year. now if the board enacts those mandatory measures they would go into effect immediately as i mentioned and they would remain in effect for nine months. by the way, police are not the only ones who could write

tickets. we're short staffed, especially here in the south bay, however, anyone who is enabled to enact laws, they could write a ticket as well so we could see more people writing tickets. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> one to watch, thanks so much. just to give you an idea of how serious the state is about these fines, here's how they compare. second violation during a spare the air day will cost $500. get caught violating car pool rules and you'll bay $490. distracted, $159. nbc bay area will be inside today's hearing in sacramento, and you can get complete details on the state's plan for water fines during our news at 5:00 and 6:00. well we have breaking news, at least 19 people have been killed when a subway train in moscow derailed during rush hour this morning. investigators say a power surge triggered that alarm causing a train to come to a skeeching

halt. the sudden stop caused the trains cars to run off the tracks. now in addition to those killed, at least 50 other people are said to be in grave condition. another 100 were injured, but should survive. developing right now in the middle east, israeli military denying it launched an air strike into gaza. hamas police say rockets hit an apartment building in northern gaza. it comes as egypt is trying to negotiate a ceasefire between both sides. hamas rejected the plan earlier firing at least 35 rockets at israel. israel had accepted the truce plan, but said it would hit gaza hard if hamas rejects that deal. muslim and jewish leaders will gather in oakland todayed to pray for peace between israel and hamas. the prayer individual sl open to the public ae -- vigil is open to the public. some will take part in a ceremonial breaking of the fast organizers say everyone should be able to live without fear.

a resident of gaza who's visiting oakland will address the crowd as well. well the man accused of killing a vallejo police officer is expected in court to set a date for his trial. prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against henry albert smith jr. in november of 2011 police say smith shot and killed officer jim capoot after that high speed car crash. he pleaded not guilty, capoot was 45 years old and leaves behind a wife and three children. it is 5:06, plan to split california into six separate states is apparently headed to the voters. today billionaire tim draiper is expected to submit the signatures necessary to put this idea on the ballot. we have a live look at san jose. if voters agree, the heart of the tech industry would actually become the heart of the state of silicon valley. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco, property posed northern border of that state. good morning, steph. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, laura. interesting idea.

a long way to go though is the bottom line. fix california is the initiative name. the backer posted that it collected enough signatures for sacramento today. and of course, the plan backed and led by capitolist tim draper, let's look at how this would happen. it'd be six different states, jefferson, wine country, and sierra nevada area, then silicon valley right here, san francisco down to san jose essentially and monterrey as well. west would be l.a. and santa barbara and south california, that would be the inland empire region as well as san diego. let's look at the youtube video posted by california's in orange county. in it he says in 45 years, the state has gone from the best place to the worst place to do business. 47th in the country for k-12 education, and rates way too high. >> the land of the free, home of

the brave. okay, so how free are we if we're stuck in a school that we can't choose, and we're stuck in a state that we can't excuse, then how brave are we if we don't challenge that? >> reporter: so draper wanting to challenge that of course. there are major hurtles, the u.s. constitution requires both congress as well as the state legislature to approve this idea. this division of the state, and if it gets on the november 2016 ballot, at least now it seems it may not pass, february poll revealed 59% of surveyed californians did not support the idea. so again, long way to go, but draper and the fix california baby, expected to hold a press conference with more information later today in sacramento. live in san francisco this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> he has a different state of mind so to speak. thanks a lot, steph. well it took three years of research, studies, and meetings, but the santa clara city council thinks it came up with a

solution to deal with traffic outside of levi stadium. personalized parking. "today in the bay's" bob redell live outside levi in santa clara, bob, the plan could be approved tonight, run me through it, what is personalized parking? >> reporter: well the individualized, customized turn by turn directions to your regular parking spot here at the new levi stadium, scott. the city is expected to approve this multimillion dollar parking plan. one design to avoid the log jam that drove fans nuts at candle stick. now that's not to say there won't be traffic to people getting the levi stadium, the city and team believe they've designed a way to get the 19,000 cars expected game day into the thousands of parking spots spread out over 28 lots which you can see laid out on the map. to the nuts and bolts here asking about, scott, to make this work, drivers would receive their own customized directions to their parking lot. one that they could access

either online or on the back of their parking pass. it would suggest which highway off-ramp, and once on local roads will provide turn by turn directions. also a series of temporary signs and upgraded traffic lights that'll herd fans so their parking spots. they would be set to the a synchronized skenl to about four hours prior to game time. instead of sending everyone on the same route or randomly to their same spots, drivers would be spread out to smaller groups so you're sharing your route with hundreds of other drivers instead of thousands. now of course this required that fans cooperate and follow directions. fans will have access to an app with realtime traffic and parking information. two lots that would have bicycle parking, private charters, taxis, like uber would have pick up and drop off areas and vta would be running trains every ten minutes. again, the city council expected to have arapahoe this unique

parking plan tonight, and don't forget, the ribbon cutting if they are thing behind me, its been a long time, it's just a couple days from now on thursday. reporting live here in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> it's amazing to watch, bob, thank you much. it's amazing how big that thing is and how quickly it went up. 5:11 right now, morning commute, let's cherk in with mike -- check in with mike inouye. >> they are moving well, especially, bob was talking about levi stadium, i'm wondering how i'm going to help out. that phone is going to be ringing off the hook helping out people individually. that's the reason why valley transportation authority, vta, is working on some of the mass transit solutions that bob was talking about as well as the stories in the redwood city. look at traffic flow, it's easy. redwood city and mountain view is involved because they're going to park and take cal train over there. we'll see how the parking situation works out for them. vta, there's bart, and the ferries moving smoothly.

in fact all the ferries throughout the system this morning reporting no delays. we're talking specifically about the lunch for ferry terminal, you let folks know that we have reopened sir francis street boulevard at 2:20 this morning. you can begin cut through the 580 and the ferry terminal. that's great news because yesterday it caused a huge problem coming across the richmond san rafael bridge. nop problems this morning or coming over from the east bay. easy flow of traffic heading towards the bay bridge. surface street traffic through berkeley itself. no drama through oakland or for the south bay as we talked abouted. slowing through livermore, 580 out of the pass, the green and blue means moisture in the air. look at the live shot and we see a smooth flow of traff once you reach the street without difficulty. christina, we talked about the moisture on my radar, but yours is more detailed. >> it is impress thif morning, mike, good morning. look that the, we're tracking widespread rainfall across the bay area at this hour. and this is all ushered in by high pressure, not in the

traditional counterclock wise low pressure systems that originate in the good enough of alaska and into the bay area. high pressure is firmly situated over the four corners region. it pulls up moisture from just off the coast of baja and brings it right here into the bay area. so it's stick you, but we have showers and rain-cooled air. i have to tell you, it's a nice, refreshing change this morning. i am tracking a significant batch of moisture right here headed up 680, if you're headed towards 880 on 680, really slick conditions in the fremont area this morning. otherwise, we're looking good. these showers are all going to press to the north as we head throughout the next couple hours. but we're expecting this batch of rain in san rafael at 6:10 this morning, and we're going to continue to the see these showers move through as we head throughout the morning, but then by this evening, everything moves over to the sierra nevada. if you're headed that way, we could see flash flooding, keep that in mind. you want to travel cautiously and keep your radio on as well because they will update you on any sort of changing weather elements if you're headed that

way. otherwise we're looking good. we'll be done with the monsoonal moisture through the end of the week and a cooling trend on the way for the weekend. i'll detail that for you in moments. right now back to you scott and laura. >> thank you very much. it is 5:14, the article that caused a huge drop in gopro. free pot as they try to prevent a crackdown from going into effect this week. nbc bay area wants to help local nonprofits build stronger communities. that's why we're launching 21 century solutions. our annual grant challenge for new and innovative programs to earn up to $50,000. visit nbcbayarea.com to apply.

you're watching "today in the bay." well the power of the press, san mateo's gopro closed down more than 5% after yesterday's bell. the sudden drop in stock due in

part to a weekend article in barrens which pointed out our smart phones could make gopro's unnecessary. they call this the barren's bounce. gopro opened last month at $24 a share. the stock is higher than that this morning trading at 31, but it did suffer yesterday. yahoo announces its quarterly earnings after the closing bell today. analysts don't expect hear much from the company, but they will be listening if any insight into alibaba. it has a stake in the chinese company. success for the company will mean success for yahoo. and for the rest, a look at how the markets doing before the bell, let's turn to mary thompson, good morning. >> reporter: hey there scott, we begin with a wrap-up of what happened on wall street monday. the dow reclaiming that 17,000 mark. markets boosted by a flurry of merger news as well as citigroups better than expected

earnings. 17,055, nasdaq add 24d to close at 4,440. import prices and earlier this morning, we saw better than expected earnings release from j.p. mogen as well as goldman sachs, lastly janet yellen will be testifying before the senate on the economy. a lot for traders to watch on. back to you. >> all right mary, thank you very much. keeping check of the markets, now check of the forecast. christina loren. >> more unexpected changes to the forecast. 5:18 now. now we told you yesterday that that big ridge. high pressure would bring your temperatures up into the triple digits, which it did. it also brought up a lot of the sub-tropical moisture, and here's what happened yesterday. in the south bay, we hit the low 90s, then all the sudden, those clouds started increasing and limited that sunshine and we got by with a nice finish to the day. it was humid. now today, look at the difference, that ridge of high

pressure even stronger, pulling up more moisture this morning, and we are waking up my friends with widespread rainfall across the bay area. with the south bay seeing the most activity right now, all of this though is starting to work its way up the peninsula and into the san francisco. so yeah, i'd say at this point, if you're wearing something nice to work, i'd say go ahead and grab that umbrella. you may have to use your windshield wipers for the first part of the day. by lunch time, we're expecting this, lingering sub-tropical clouds. otherwise throughout the next couple of days, we are going to keep the monsoonal moisture in the forecast, but definitely not as strong as it is out there. muggy with a few stray showers for today, then by this weekend, on shore flow returns, and we are going to see just spectacular conditions for saturday and sunday. 85 degrees for the south bay, 81 on the east shore today and 70 degrees in san francisco. all be it it is muggy throughout, temperatures have fallen by about five to ten degrees, and it's going to feel a lot more comfortable as we get into this afternoon. i'll show you the weekend

forecast in a few moments, right now let's say good morning to mike inouye. >> hey good morning, christina. pick your path around the bay, smooth drive, a lot of green on the speed sensors, yellow down to just below the speed limit there. also the green blotches around again they share the same data. i'm getting reads on the radar that christina's talking about and we're showing the areas where you're getting more mist. fremont, 680, 880, mission boulevard, somewhere around here you might get drops on your windshield. i had them earlier for 101. we were watching for the travel around the bay, no major problems reported there because of that. we're just watching for the effects, west 580 shows build and we have more green and blue might be actual rain instead of mist and drizzle coming out of the pass. the typical build here for the tri-valley and no big surprises nop surprises on the morning commute. easy drive for 24, here's 580, 880 and down at east shore freeway. bays moving smoothly and toll

plaza ipts, live look out of there. no problems coming off of the berkeley curve. all lanes moving smoothly. different look for the golden gate bridge, tougher visibility, but the traffic flow from the north bay is smooth, back to you. we're learning this morning about a scam spreading across the bay area. scams these days usually prey upon eagerness to make money. we've discovered one of the fastest growing scams uses the irs and the threat that you could go to jail. tonight steve stock travels to washington, d.c., to talk to people who oversee the internal revenue service find out how scammers are using the irs to cheat people out of millions. >> part of the scheme would involve the person pretending to be the internal revenue service, actually having some digits of your social security number. and they tell you those digits, and when that matches, a lot of times people are then inclined to believe that it is the irs. >> now investigators believe multiple groups of people have

successfully ripped off victims to the tune of millions, all within the last eight or ten months, and get this, californians have been targeted the most. coming up tonight on bay area at 11:00 tonight, the investigative unit will take you inside that scam, show you thousand works and how to keep from becoming the next victim. tonight at 11:00 p.m. on nbc bay area. hunt is on for a man accused of tooking a woman at a peninsula store. san mateo police are looking for this man. he followed and videotaped a woman last wednesday. it happened on south delaware street near el camino and 92. the man left the store, but when the woman went outside, he was standing next to her car. man walked away, but the woman found a suspicious substance in her car that prompted her to call for help. well the time now 5:2i, the world -- 5:22, world cup champs returned home this morning, the happy homecoming next.

new video this morning, a giant party going on in germany. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in ber tloin welcome home the -- berlin to welcome home the world cup champions. they stepped out to the meet fans just over an hour ago. germany, in case you missed it, beat argentina 1-0 to win the biggest trophy in soccer. big celebration there. well now that lebron james is headed back to ohio, people there are doing what they can to butter him up. his new campaign to name the butter cow and calf sculpture at ohio state fair after gentleman. -- james. >> why? >> currently running a contest for the most creative names, among the suggestions, lebutter james. the one time you'd be honored, interesting. >> i highly recommend a state

fair like ohio, iowa. it's awesome. it's really awesome. >> put that on our bucket list, christina, let's go. >> sacramento state fair. >> that's true. >> sacramento, in town, that's a big one if you haven't been out there. 70 degrees nor san francisco for today. don't you love leifing here in the beautiful bay area? 82 for the north bay, 85 in the south bay. showers lingering along the peninsula. we're goingen to see those roll through this morning. tracking those every ten minutes right here on "today in the bay." we have to check your drive, we don't want you to get slowed down on your way to work. >> no. at least i can warn you. i can't change that though. over towards the san mateo bridge which is moving nicely. it will change, it'll get slower later on. look at the glow to the lights. christina reports that, she can't change the weather. it's humid out there, don't get upset. smooth drive across the san mateo and dunn barton bridges, green showing you the moisture in the air, there may be missing drizzle on the windshield.

we're looking to the south bay with no delays throughout that area. also approaching the bay bridge, the entire quadrant approaching the plaza with no metering lights and no backup. we'll talk about roads and rails and remember that vta's republicans report no delays. also the ferry system, no delays and no problems because sir francis drake reopened overnight. now a smooth drive between 583. >> thank you, mike. new images this morning, the man accused of at least two holdup robberies on the peninsula. plus breaking news out of russia this morning, at least a dozen people have died after a train derailed during a commute. latest details next. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.

what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. we could hear today from the south bay man accused of trying to trick teens into sexting him by pretending to be of all things, their father. and the final pieces being put into place so san francisco

can make new accommodations for tech shuttle buses. buses, trains, and of course cars lining up here at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll talk about the slowdown that's building, coming up. and good morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. this, my friends, is your doppler radar. activated for good reason this morning. look at all the shower activity. we'll show you how long this is going to last, how much we're expecting, and more importantly, will you need that umbrella? your full forecast coming up in moments. and we have a live look outside, you can see the mugginess, it's tuesday, july 15th, and this is "today in the bay". from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." well good morning everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. punishing water wasting.

they are taking a vote for people who overwater their lawn without a nozzle. kris sanchez is live, kris, if proved -- approved, thoekd be handed out quickly? >> yes been laura, they would remain in effect for nine months as you mentioned, the water restrictions for people who overwater their lawn. let the water run off on to the sidewalk, anyone who washes their car without a nozzle on it or has a water freech in their -- feature in their yard like a fountain that doesn't recircula recirculate. the only way to wash down a sidewalk or highway is if it's a public health ksh which is a good news for public workers who have to wash down alleyways for human waste and such. it's to force people to conserve 20%. so far californians across the board have only cut back by 5% and since in our cities, most of us use most of our water outside the homes, they figured that's where people can still cut. >> the regulations recommend a

$500 fine per day for breaking any of these rules. locally, fines have not really been utilized by our water retail source they are usually able to get people to do the right thing by approaching them, telling them that you have a problem here, it needs to be fixed. >> reporter: again they could change today. critics though say that any money spent on enforcement would be better spent on educating people that conservation at 20% levels could mean enough water for 3.5 million californians for an entire year. if the water board approves the measures, we're not just talking about police, it would be any public employee who is able to enforce the law. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. we continue po monitor breaking news, at least 19 people killed when a subway train in moscow derailed during the rush hour this morning. investigators say a power surge triggered an alarm causing that train to come to a skeeching

halt -- screeching halt. the stop caused cars to run off the tracks. now notion the 19 -- in addition to the 19 people already dead, at least 50 other people are said to be in grave condition. another 100 were injured, but they should survive. a developing story just moments ago, the israeli military announced it is resuming air strikes on gaza after hamas rejected a ceasefire. meanwhile gaza militants fired at least 35 rockets in the israel today. proposed ceasefire came from egypt following a week of heavy fighting that killed nearly 200 people in gaza. israel originally accepted the offer this morning, but hamas leader said the proposal was not acceptable. egypt said it would consider easing a border blockade of gaza if it's accepted that ceasefire. 5:33, in today, the two men accused of getting into a fight outside at&t park are expected in court. investigators say the two got into an argument with a man and woman outside the stadium last thursday after the giants played

the a's. they reportedly punched the man and then hit the woman when she tried to stop the fight. she was knocked unconscious. both victims are okay. investigators do not think the fight was related to team rivalry. nals court this moerng -- also in court this morning, the sunnyville man accused of tricking teens into sexting him. lawyers expect him to enter a plea today. scott angelo sent pics to girls and believe they were talking to their own fathers. we don't know how hoe got the numbers. investigators have identified seven victims, but the assistant district attorney told us his team will announce today whether more actually came forward. police are also looking for a man this. morning going around palo alto with a gun robbing people. take a look at this the sketch. police say someone looking like this man committed two holdups less than seven hours apart. the latest happened just after 1:00 yesterday morning on hamilton avenue. the victim turned over his wallet and cell phone after the

suspect reportedly threatened him with a gun. hours earlier, a similar robbery happened two miles away in menlo park. today santa clara will consider a multimillion dollar traffic system described as unprecedented. the idea is to ease congestion around 49ers new stadium in a very unusual way. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live outside levi stadium in santa clara. we're talking about personalized parking instructions. >> reporter: we are and the city and team to want avoid the log jam that fans had to deal with on 101 back in the old days at candle stick trying to get to those games. but how do you make this work when you have almost 19,000 cars that are trying to get into the 28 different parking lots that are spread out around levi stadium as you can see in this map right now on your tv screen? they've come up with a plan, to make that this work, drivers will receive their own customized directions, one to access before or on the back of their parking pass. it'll suggest which highway off-ramp toe use and once on the

local road will provide turn by turn directions and a series of temporary signs and upgraded traffic lights that would herd fans into the specific roots to their parking spot. these are lights that would be set to the a special synchronized schedule about four hours prior to game time. if you think about it, instead of sending everyone on these random routes, or letting them figure it out on their own, drivers would be spread out to share a route with hundreds of other drivers instead of thousands, but keep in mind, this requires that the fans cooperate and follow directions. sop no one's saying there's not going to be a traffic problem, they're hoping it's not as bad as at the stick. fans will have access to an app with realtime traffic and parking information. two lot lts have bicycle parking, charters, ride services, pick up and drop off areas and the v ta will run trains it every ten minutes. the city of santa clara expected to approve this multiple dollar parking plan tonight. reporting live here at the brand new levi stadium, bob redell,

"today in the bay." >> clever idea, thank you. beautiful morning, just take a look at that shot out there. a little moisture in the air as well. i want to check the forecast with christina loren. >> it is kind of sticky throughout work good tuesday morning to you, the temperatures are really not the weather story of the morning, it's the radar. temperatures right now mostly in the 60s, definitely mild. definitely overcast across the board, but this is what might catch you off guard this morning. showers on the radar, and let me kind of show you the general nature of these showers. they're moving in from the south pushing to the north. as we continue through the morning, we are going to see it activity for the next few hours, but it won't last all day. nonetheless, it is so welcome as you know we are in the heart of a drought. and so any moisture is a welcomed site. let me show you right now where the heaviest downpours are coming through. we had a pretty good batch of rain roll through the south bay working up towards the peninsula and up in the santa rosa area, you're fair game for your first showers throughout the morning, all that activity is pressing

your way. let me give you an idea as you're headed into this afternoon. by 7:00, all the activity slated to be over yosemite and south of tahoe and then as we progress throughout tomorrow, another quick rounld of monsoonal moisture come through and we'll clear out of here as an area of low pressure comes through the weekend, cooling us down, and bringing in the dry heat. 85 degrees for the south bay today. 83 on the peninsula, and 70 degrees in san francisco. i want to take a peek at your weekend forecast, remember, seven day forecast is always scrolling right here at the bottom of your screen. we'll go in detail in my next report. first, let's welcome in mike inouye. >> thank you christina. we're looking at a fast lane back up with knob meter lights, we're on schedule for a typical tuesday. look over here from emeryville, turned it toward the bay bridge where you can see the incline, but i cannot see the bend coming out of pressure island or into treasure island. the better news, i have checked out a stalled vehicle that was reported on our maps, and that has cleared from the roadway

without incident, there's your approach over from oakland or out of san francisco. so does the richmond center, fellbridge, it is reopened overnight, and that's great news for the morning commute over there. no problems, and no surprises for the tri-valley. little moisture, some rain over at the pass perhaps, but as you get into livermore and dublin, easy drive here. rest of the bay, pick your path and you're at the speed limit and the roads and rails also moving smoothly. no delays reported for any of the major systems. i'll hand it off to you guys, i think you have some as well. >> you sure do. transportation leaders in san francisco could decide today whether to raise fees for cooperate shuttles like the google glass. mta staff recommending they have to pay to stop at each muni bus stop from one dollar to more than three and a half dollars. they say the buss are making fewer stops than they thought. speaking of muni, the chronicle reports operates voted yes, greatly reducing the chances we will see another sick out like last month. the contract promises a 14%

raise over three years and require payments to operates pension plans. 5:39, congress looks for a foosz fix a multibillion dollar pothole in the federal highway and transit programs. what it's doing to keep america moving forward in a live report. plus splitting up the golden state. when voters will be asked to decide about california's future. [ heart beating ]

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xfinity internet from comcast. double the speed. [ heart beats ] welcome back everyone, it is 5:42, with a deadline looming, president obama is pressuring congress to take action to fund the nations deteriorating infrastructure. the highway trust fund will be running empty next month just as congress heads into a month long summer break. "today in the bay's" brian moore has the very latest from washington, good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi laura, today president obama heading to nearby virginia using some of those roads and bridges. he'll be looking at the very latest in highway technology,

even as he tries to get america's crumbling roads and bridges fixed. >> whatever -- >> reporter: president obama hits the road today to talk about highways and bridges. critical infrastructure, and repairs that won't get funded if congress doesn't act before going on its summer break. >> that would put at risk nearly 700,000 jobs across the nation and many active and highway projects would be effected. >> reporter: it runs dry next month. this bridge collapse in washington state is a cautionary tale. every pothole you hit, a reminder of the upkeep and repairs needed for an ageing highway system. the government estimates 65% of roads are in less than good condition. 25% of bridges need significant repair. to fix that, the white house wants $300 billion over four years. >> if we don't pass this transportation bill now, a lot of very bad things happen very soon. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner says the country doesn't

have the money and he doesn't have the votes. >> we're not going to get to a long-term highway bill here over the next couple months. >> reporter: today the white house is backing a shorter term fix, $11 billion to fund projects over the next nine months hoping to avoid gridlock on capitol hill and on america's highways. the numbers down for california, 34% of the states roadways are rated poor, 28% of the bridges, california stands to lose 73,000 jobs if this bill is not reauthorized, laura. >> all right. thank you very much, brian. happening today, radical plan to split california into six states will head to the ballot. stephanie chuang joins us in san francisco, stephanie, if passed, the city would be part of the state of silicon valley. >> reporter: right, silicon valley would be its own state. good morning, scott. this would appear on the november 2016 general election ballot. but the group saying it

collected the roughly 800,000 signatures needed to move forward of what would be a constitutional amendment. look at the new six californias. it'd. jefferson, the northern most part, north would be one country in the sierra nevada region, silicon valley, san francisco bay area. central, central valley, west would be l.a. and santa barbara. then south would be inland empire as well as san diego. tim draper is leading the plan, one of his points is that the state capitol is not accessible enough for most californians, something that would change with six californians. >> to our government, we're all going to be better off. better represented, we're going to have, we're going to have choice, we're going to be able to choose. i can't lay it out any simpler than that. >> reporter: there are major hurtles, of course, the u.s. constitution requires both congress and the california legislature to approve this. and so far, according to a

february field poll, it doesn't appear there'd be enough from californians with 59% surveyed opposing the idea. now draper, the next step would be for him to signature to each county register who would then have to verify if he got valid, enough valid signatures. live in san francisco this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> interesting idea. all right stephanie, thank you. backdrop of stephanie there and live look at the clouds, we live in a good state if that's where we are right near silicon valley. checking the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. the moisture, you can feel it in the air. >> yeah, i spent three long years in florida, and i'm happy to be back at california. oh yeah, i was like going, going, back, back, 5:46 now. you know the rest of the song. to cally, cally, it's raining this morning. look at that, showers on the radar. and we're talking about measure republic precipitation. this is not verga which is

precipitation that falls from the skies, but evaporates before the ground. as we head throughout the day, go ahead and pull out that umbrella though if you are headed out and about right now and you're wearing something you don't to want get wet because the showers are rolling through and they're going to continue to do so for the next couple hours. it's a welcomed sight as you know, we're in the heart of a drought here in this great state. and you know what, everybody, everybody can conserve and help out the farmers who desperately need this rain. i wanted to show you something, very welcomed sight for farmers in the central valley this morning, especially in fresno, we are seeing the showers roll through the central valley and that is great news. as we progress throughout the day, we are going to see some really cool weather, really beautiful sunrise coming in. let me show you all the different sights across the area, pacifica, same overcast sky over ocean beach, wood sade this morning, label the of fog on the peninsula. not much, antioch, look at this, you hit the triple digits yesterday, what a welcomed sight

to see all these clouds. that means temperatures here are going to fall by about five to ten degrees as we head through the afternoon, gorgeous start in san jose. overcast, muggy, back to santa clara. beautiful, beautiful shot this morning. when you drive home at about 4:00, 5:00, temperatures will be in the 80s, 85 degrees in the south bay. 83 for the peninsula today. 70 in san francisco. little taste of where we're headed, a very comfortable finish to your workweek. upper 70s by thursday, more of that cool ocean air, that dry air coming off the pacific headed your way. then getting into the weekend. stay nice and level and comfortable. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. towards 101 in san jose we have the first burst of traffic that kicksed in right on schedule. started to ease up right now, just before 550, that's a typical pattern again, look at the maps, we're showing you that is just this section between 680 where we had the live camera up towards 880 then it simmers down, over the next 40 minutes,

it builds again and kick in for the rest of the south bay. there you go for your northbound routes. there you go along the peninsula and east bay, no big unexpected traffic flow. southbound shows that build through hayward. we have the green blochs around as well. remember the traffic and weather systems share the data, i have the radar christina's talking about and we have moisture, maybe mist and drizzle along the peninsula. east bay and coming out of pass, no problems reported for 580 westbound heading over into the dublin interchange. huge drive coming across the bridges, and the north bay remember, sir francis lake is reopened, and you have an easy drive off the bridge and over towards 101, you've got that corner again. look at live shots we have, east shore freeway down towards the toll plaza, smooth drive coming out of the maize. smooth flow of traffic, but the low clouds are including the span itself. the toll plaza itself has the back-up. it's forming. looks like they may have turned on the lights a minute ago. if not, they'll turn it on any

second, back to you. >> looks like it. it's 5:49, san francisco firefighters say short staffing and higher demand leading to delayed response times. recent audit of the san francisco fire department finds paramedic are stretched so thin ambulances are not coming fast enough. firefighters say the goal is to have a patient on the road within ten minutes, but because staffing is so short, the response times are delayed minutes longer. the union says delays are becoming more frequent. the crisis the department says are working on. >> the increase in population, and an north carolina in call volume of about 20%. so that's gone up, our staffing has gone down, we're ramping that back up. it's a process. >> the ambulances are expected to help the situation over the next year. in the men time, city leaders are working on finding new ways to hire more staff. if you call your close

friend, your family, you may actually be right. >> that's right. new study from researchers at yale and uc san diego say we share dna with our close friend. they say people with similar genes, they meet, and they form friendships. they found friend share about 1% of their genes and are about as much related to each other as fourth cousins. the study also says close friend have a similar sense of smell, and that brings them together too. >> explanations for why we would tend to associate with people who are similar. and this adds another layer to it. a deeper layer than one we anticipated. >> researchers also found genes more similar between friends seemed to evolve faster than other genes. and that could explain why human evolution sped up over thousands of years suggesting the social environment zits an evolutionary force. one of the reasons you like your sfrends because you're a tiny bit related to them. >> and they smell good. >> and they smell good.

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you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back everyone, 5:54, cespedes, the slugger once again, he won that home run derby. becoming just the second player in major league history to win back to back events. ken griffey junior was the other in office that hit 30 home runs beating teammate josh donaldson along the way. and the all-star game is tonight at 5:00. the head of the fed jaent yellen will talk about the health of the job market.

she has good news since she last went to the capitol hill on february, the unemployment rate dropped to 6.7% to 6.1%, from 6.7 to 6.1. lowest since before the recession. on average, the u.s. economy added more than 200,000 jobs a month for the past five months. that's ts strongest -- the strongest sfrech since the late 90s. yahoo wants to bring concert to your couch. the streaming live shows each day for an entire year by dave matthews, kiss, justin timberlake. kell og is the first major sponsor. yahoo hopes it's a strong competitor to youtube. and there's a new chapter for the superhero batkid. >> last fall, even certainly fell in love with the 5-year-old leukemia patient. miles scott, his make a wish

dream was to be batman for a day. film makers launched a kick starter fund to make a movie about it. batkid begins gives you a look at how san francisco made miles's wish come true and why people all over the world just love and kind of need batkid. if you donate, your name could be in the credits, gets you involved in postproduction or be invited to some of the screenings. >> that struck a nerve with just everyone. >> really the nation. it was wonderful to see the bay area come together. it was. good thing. good things for good people. let's check in with christina this morning, good morning. >> i think a lot of people just love batman too. batman, love d.c. comics. good morning to you. great-looking day shaping up. as we head out the front door this morning, i've got tell you, taking a live look at your radar, weft showers -- we have showers throughout and rain fog. you could get caught under heavy down fall this morning. we've measured upwards of a

tenth of an inch. some cities could accumulate a quarter of an inch, but i can tell you right now, things are clearing up. in moments, but first, here's mike inouye. >> christina, we have to have that marvel d.c. debate again. we'll have that later. right here we have a slow drive northbound 101. that's a concern, but no incidents, look at the map, it's still right there between 680 and 880. very nice right now, typical build for the tri-valley. also approaching the bay bridge where the metering lights indeed are on, back to you. 5:5. possible transformer explosion shakes up an east bay neighborhood overnight. plus almost 24 hours after a big rig crash, a major commute is back open, why it took so long to get things fixed, coming up. no rush, andy.

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especially difficult for first responders. plus a $500 fine for washing your car or watering your lawn? the new drought punishment that could drain your wallet. and customized directions to levi stadium. we're going to tell you about the new parking perk in a live report. gosh, i love perks. how about this the one this morning? a free car wash, and your lawn also getting a free watering. i can tell you right now though, this is not going to last all day. what we will get out of the area of high pressure today, it's going to loosen nrnl, noticeable heat relief, the breeze builds tomorrow, then a gorgeous weekend, your microclimate changes in just moments. >> mine might take a lot more water than any storm we're going to have. golden gate bridge, that's what you're dealing with, again moisture from this and the fog in the air. we're talking about your slow down in the south bay as well. look at this, mike, live look outside, beautiful sunrise. today's tuesday, july 15th,