on board this time this time over africa. we are live with details next. abandoned building and man found dead inside. what police say was going on when they arrived overnight. and we've had it easy so far, but that summer heat surges today. tomorrow, 105 degrees possible in some spots, and then as we get into that all important weekend, we are going to stay hot. your microclimate weather forecast is coming up in moments. and a live look outside, it's thursday, july 24th, 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. we begin with breaking news, there's a fire at a school in san jose. it's happening at the caroline davis school. this is a picture just tweeted out by the san jose fire department. the fire is torn through a

portable classroom so far, and it sounds like the fire is groiing. there are unconfirmed reports the fire spread to the school's auditorium. bob redell on his way to the scene, he will bring us more in a live report as soon as he gets there. also more breaking news, a passenger plane with more than 100 people on board, missing over west africa and learning clues about what was happening at the time it vanished from radar. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins with us theories about what happened, good morning. >> reporter: good morning scott. there were no disstress calls before that flight disappeared about 50 minutes into its four hour flight, but the transport minister in burkina faso told reuters that pilots asked to change course because of a storm in the area. here's an infrared map, weather channel meteorologist put up on twitter, it is the time that the plane lost contact with the control tower. our own christina loren says those colors you see on the map certainly indicate some pretty

serious thunderstorms. now that flight was headed from burkina faso to algeria on a route that goes over the shah hair ra desert. it looks like it one operated by air algerie, but owned by swiftair. this morning that airline put out a statement reading quote, up to now there is no communication with the aircraft. on board the plane are 110 passengers, six crew members, wf which two are pilots and four flight attendants. at this the time, company emergency personnel are working to find out what happened. looking at that route again, in addition to the thunderstorms, the flight path went over mali, which is the faa considers potentially hostile where civil aircraft are at risk of encountering fire and air defense missiles. it has been exactly one week since malaysian flight 17 was shot down over ukraine, so the possibility that a passenger plane was shot down suddenly seems horrifyingly realistic, however because of the storms in the area, that too is a real possibility. we're monitoring for you.

>> just hard to believe, here we go again on airplanes. thank you. well now to the latest on the malaysian plane shot down in ukraine. two more dutch military planes carrying remains of some of the victims will arrive in the netherland this morning. it's the second round of victims to arrive. yesterday two planes carrying 40 wood coffins arrived, and thousands lined the 16 mile route as the bodies were driven from the airport. the u.s. state department says up to 100 victims may be still missing. new morning, one man dead, another clinging to life after a car crash on highway 101 in santa clara. this happened about midnight near great america parkway. investigators say the car was northbound on 101, it couldn't make a turn, it flipped about five times. the passenger died. the driver has life threatening injuries. now this crash happened along a stretch that has seen two other deadly crashes just in the last week. it is 6:03, and apparent

copper wire thief is dead this morning. investigators say he was electrocuted in the act. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live by oakland police headquarters this morning, and stephanie, was a factor that he targeted the thief, should have been, was abandoned for some time now. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, good morning, laura. it's an industrial area where some former warehouses are being used. pacific pipe -- in this specific area, the vacant factory, the map showing you it's in west oakland at west grand and mandela parkway east of 880. now it was overnight more than a dozen oakland police officers as well as medics arrived at the empty building around 9:00 last night responding to a report of an electrical shock victim. they found the man electrocuted, pronounced him dead at the scene. the major burns were consistent with what you get if you handled live voltage wires adding he was likely trying to steal the copper wiring there. because it has been sitting vacant for years with graffiti

biltd up everywhere there, the man may have not thought any wires would be alive, carrying electric currents. we know copper thefts and the attempts have been on the rise across the bay area and they can quickly turn dangerous. last fall, uc berkeley was in the national spotlight after an explosion there on campus that injured one person and trapped 20 others in elevators. the power system failure was later linked to copper wire thieves who used victim to dig up and steal copper lines. it's happening consistently. back in january, a man was accused of stealing $10,000 worth of copper wiring from a vta station in san jose. so city leaders and police saying they've been on the lookout for this on the rise. live in oakland this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, steph. police are looking for witnesses in a potential knockout game attack in palo alto. happened a week ago near university avenue and cow pers street. a man walking in the other direction just punches him in the side of the head knocking him out.

the suspect ran off, passerby helped the victim to the police station. officers say no similar cases have been reported in palo alto, but this knockout game, in which people randomly punch strangers has been popular elsewhere around the country. 6:06, six flags discovery kingdom should be back open today after a small grass fire shut down part of the park. it was it started yesterday afternoon. ember from the fire landed on the roof of the thriller gorilla ride. television not in operation at the time. but we're told it will remain closed until it is inspected and found to be safe to operate. several other ataxes were shut down temporarily, no one was hurt. let's check your forecast. we're going to give you a live look at san jose this morning and the hills, let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. yeah, it's a really, really nice start to the day. if you have outdoor plans you're trying to take care of, i have to tell you, it's going to be hot out there as we head into this afternoon, but you know

what, the time is 6:056 and that is why -- 6:06 and that is your sunrise time in san jose. this is as cool as it's going to get. by this afternoon, lunch time in fact, heating up rapidly. we're talking about the 80s in san jose by noon today. so overall it's going to be warm day. i want to make sure you're ready for that, and i like to put things in perspective for you. yesterday was nice, today, we're going to climb by five to ten degrees from yesterday's highs. and if you adjust your thermostat just a little bit in your home, it makes a big difference, just a degree or two, you will notice that for today. 85 on the east shore, 94 degrees. that's your forecasted high today out in the tri-valley. and it's going to be warm out there in wine country as well. now it's thursday, i want to show you what's coming your way for the weekend, help you make those plans. it will be a beautiful weekend to hit the beach, and we're still getting the ocean currents bringing up that warm water. so your temperature in the water still in the 60s at this point, the warmest water just offshore, santa cruz. and that's a great place to hit

this weekend as temperatures are going to be in the mid-90s here in the south bay. meanwhile, upper 70s to low 80s this weekend in san francisco. let's switch gears and talk a little bit about your morning drive. i want to show you the entire bay area, which is starting to see a little bit of stack up in the usual spots at this point. couple thicks to point out, out of the ordinary though, we do have slow traffic on 101 in san jose at this point. sluggish through there. little more so than usual. also 680 southbound in sunol, this is a new crash in the median. and we are seeing some pretty significant delays. although from this camera, you can see once you get past that accident, you're going to be okay through the actual sunol grade. traffic there up to speed. overall we're looking good, keep you updated all morning long. great news is, no serious crashes thus far. back to you, scott and laura. >> thank you very much. time now 6:08, still ahead "today in the bay," woman shot and killed as she begged for her own life. >> she says don't shoot me i'm pregnant, and i shot her anyway. >> coming up, hear more from the

man who said he shot her or it defend himself and why he has no regrets. plus a massive highway sign dangering dangerously above cars. we'll tell you how it came loose, next. and we have a live look out at dublin this morning, and christina's doing a great job filling in for mike who's getting a well deserved break. she'll have traffic and weather coming up. >> let's call him and wake him up.

you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back, now taking a live look at woodside, where we're getting plenty of low clouds this morning. i have to tell you though, temperatures on the peninsula

approaching the 90s for today. we'll dive into your microclimate forecast in moments. i want to show you what's going on in the traffic department, mike has the day off. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza, the back-up, really starting to stack here. we have a couple other areas that we're watching in sunol, we'll get to that in just moments, back to you for now scott and laura. here are today's top stories, the search is on for a plane carrying more than 116 people, the air algerie plane was about 50 minutes into what was supposed to be a four hour flight when it disappeared from radar over mali. there are reports the pilot asked to change course because of a storm in the area. in oakland, police say a man was electrocuted while trying to steal copper wiring. last night officers found the man's body at the old pacific pipe company factory at west grand and mandela parkway. the factory was vacant for years. and firefighters in san jose just knocked down flames at a school auditorium.

broke out about 5:30 at the caroline davis intermediate school. no word yet on a cause or any injuries or whether there will be school today. there's new criticism of the lethal injection process this morning. it took almost two hours for an arizona inmate to die. joseph rudolph wood was put to the death by lethal injection yesterday. he was supposed to die within ten minutes, but witnesses say he gasped hundreds of times, didn't die until one hour, 57 minutes later. arizona's governor has ordered a full review of the state's execution process. this is the third botched execution so far this year, inmate in ohio took 26 minutesen to die in january, and then of course the oklahoma case, an inmate died of a heart attack when the drugs were not administered properly. elderly man killed a woman who ransacked his home in long

beach. >> she says don't shoot me, i'm pregnant, and i shot her anyway. >> you have no regrets about this, do you? >> none whatsoever. and i've never in my life shot anybody, killed anybody. >> greer says he came home tuesday to find a woman and a man inside his home. they tackled him, but he got away, and got his gun. the couple ran out the back door, but greer tracked them to the alley behind his house and shot the woman twice. the other man got away. now it's unclear at this point if the woman was actually pregnant. greer was treat the at the hospital for severe injuries to his shoulder and collarbone. new this morning, mother free from sedan month after being sent to death row for being a christian. she arrived in rome overnight. she gave birth to her second child inside a sudanese prison. she was sentenced to death on charges of denouncing iz ram. she was released after an international outcry, but arrested again last month as she and her husband tried to fly to

the united states. now she arrived safe in rome around 1:30 this morning. bad weather blamed for an emergency landing disaster on a small island in taiwan. at least 48 people died when the plane crashed into buildings in a residential neighborhood. the plane crashed as the pilots tried to land during a rainstorm. ten people survived that crash. two french citizens were on board, the rest were taiwanese. faa lifted its ban on u.s. flights to israel, but several international carriers canceled flights to the area. the faa had imposed a 24 hour ban after hamas rocket hit near the country's international airport tuesday. the ban was supposed to last through this morning, but was lifted late last night after the faa says it's safe to land in tel aviv. 6:15, this morning residents of gaza city surveyed the damage from overnight air strikes. 29 more people were killed, including six members of the same family. more than 727 palestinians have

been killed along with 35 israelis. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east. he's reported some progress towards ceasefire. but top israeli lieder says a truce in the coming days is unlikely. well take a look at this photo taken by a german astronaut on board the space station. the caption says my saddest photo yet from iss, we can actually see the explosions and rockets flying over israel. new vid dwloe morning of -- video of what promises to be an interesting commute. overnight a driver cash crashed into a huge road causing it to fall on to the interstate. traffic has been diverted while crews try to get sign out of there. easier said than done. it should take a couple of hours. no such problems around here as we take a live look at the eastern approach to the bay bridge. little bit of low hanging clouds, if only somebody could do traffic and weather together. >> i have an idea. >> here's an idea. >> what about christina? >> i love sending it down to

christina loren, now let's check with christina. >> let's check everything. >> oh, i know, christina overload, i don't like it myself. i have to tell you, i goat wake up with -- get to wake up with them every day, i heard from people last nights, oakland a's are on fire right now -- at root beer float night. twice as many people out there as the previous year. and little something to do with the a's winning. and being the number one team right now. but i can tell you, we had a lot of "today in the bay" fans out there. i got shake hand, kiss a few babies, and i got to tell you, i -- >> yeah. >> we have some of the best viewers out there. thank you guys for coming up and waking up with us each and every day. i want to help you plan that weekend. and we're still getting those unusually warm ocean temps, but maybe just for a couple more days, and they are already dropping off a little bit as of

the winds are shifting at this point. still at 55 degrees in the pacific offshore. and santa cruz this time of year, you're at 63 degrees, waking up this morning. and so temperatures are really mild out there, great weekend to hit the beach. 91 degrees, maybe you have the day off. that's san jose temperature for today, but you're still going to get the upper 70s new san francisco at your local beaches. comfortable weather shaping up for you in the north bay, see tiberon, stockton with fog, it'll burn off later today. 94 degrees in santa rosa and napa later on today. we have a beautiful weekend ahead. outdoor plans, do so early in your inland valley spots and on the peninsula, i want to show you it's going to be hot friday, saturday, into sunday. temperatures in the 90s. in the north bay, temperatures close to 100 degrees for friday, saturday, staying nice and hot. and then we will start to cool you off, but just a touch as we get back here next week. monday to tuesday, only dropping the numbers a little bit. this will be a prolonged stretch of heat, temperatures on the

east shore, not too bad. upper 80s tomorrow, down to the low 80s for your weekend. let's talk about what else is going on out there. and that is the fact that temperatures for tomorrow will peek and see a little bit of a cooling trend saturday into sunday. here's the deal, san francisco rarely hits the 0u, 82 degrees on friday, saturday, 80 degrees, ocean beach will be jam packed. that's going to be a really, really nice beach weekend setting up for you. let's switch gears, talk about your drive. wide view of the entire bay area. stacking up in the usual hot spots. i like to tell you've what's out of the ordinary, what's going to catch you offguard potentially if you hit the road before you hear that report. 60 southbound and fremont, there's a crash in the median. here's the deal for now. this just occurred, we have no delays around it. however, we could see that stack up, just keep that in mind, maybe account for a few extra minutes for that. otherwise the metering lights are on here, bay bridge toll plaza looking standard for this time of the morning, and we're

looking good, northbound 101 at 280. we were sluggish earlier here and you can see that, slow drive, but once you get beyond 101, you're pretty good, 280 headedson in sn jose, back to you guys. >> thank you very much, christina. 6:20 right now, gm announced six new recalls, none of which are tied to faulty ignition switches. it covers nearly 718,000 vehicles in the u.s. the biggest recall involvings the loose bolt on power front seats and several models from 2010 to 2012, including the chevy equinox, camaro, and buick regal. gm has recalled nearly 15 million vehicles worldwide this year. four squares getting a major makeover, company launching a new app and logo. trying to rebrand itself. shifting away from checking in at locations and more towards helping people find things close to them. the goal, to be a stronger competitor to companies like yelp and google which have already done these things. shares of facebook today, the social media giant's quarterly profits more than

doubled as sales of mobile ads surged. those accounts for two-thirds of, they account for two-thirds of all ad revenue. facebook has more than 1.3 billion active users. the company now has the market value of $190 billion. the same as ibm. >> the best performing stock. >> amazing to see. 6:21, still ahead "today in the bay," will the olympic torch burn in san francisco? a new push to be bring the games to the bay area, next. taking a live look outside, we have so many great venues in the bay area, including here's a live look outside, downtown san jose, love the sunrise this morning. we love the heat up that's coming our way, we'll keep checking that forecast and your morning commute. a lot more news ahead, 6:21.

you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back everyone, and a very good thursday morning to you, taking a live look outside at o.co coliseum. the a's beat the astros last night, 9-7, they're back in action this afternoon, first pitch, 12:35. meantime, lightning lit up the sky in philadelphia just as the giants and phillies picked up play. following an hour long rain delay. the game was scoreless until the top of the ninth. here's hunter pence clearing the bases with a double. the g-men won 3-1 and will go far sweep in a few hours. 10:05 this morning. giants are up on the dodgers.

dodgers come to san francisco for a huge series starting tomorrow night. that game will air right here on nbc bay area. representatives from the bay area will be in colorado today, they're going to make a case to the bring the olympics here. the olympics committee has not even decided if it wants a u.s. city submitted for consideration, but if it does, here's your choices. san francisco, los angeles, boston, and washington, d.c. today representatives from those four cities are meeting the committee in colorado springs, and the representatives are giants ceo larry baer and others. they're going to talk about what would happen if the olympics were to be held here, obviously levi stadium could be a major venue. along with arenas and stadiums around the bank. today the 49ers will take the field for the first official practice. >> tight end vernon davis will be there. c.j. spillman posted this on instagram. shows davis being welcomed back

by his teammates at team headquarters yesterday. davis wants a new contract and he stayed away from the team's voluntary offseason workouts and mini camp last month, but guard alex boone still remains a no show. >> guys are so strong looking. >> and well paid. >> yeah. a group of giants fans meanwhile want your help. they want to build a statue, of the very great and highly controversial barry bonds. >> for all you guys that grew up watching barry play, this is your chance to say thanks. >> yeah, they launched a kick starter campaign this week hoping to raise $60,000. they want to build an eight foot bronze statue of the home run leader outside of at&t park. since it launched on tuesday, the campaign has raised nearly $4300. no word from the giants if the statue would even be allowed on the property. >> well, we shall see. time now, 6:26, still ahead,

the president's motorcade tied up traffic and maybe temporarily blocked a birth. coming up, the street closure that left a woman in labor to the hospital. another plane disappears as more than 100 people on board. we have new details just into our news room. and breaking news right here in san jose, fire rips through a school. we are live at the scene coming up next.

breaking news, another plane vanishes, this time in africa. new details, next. good morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren, waking up mostly clear near the point lighthouse. i want to show you what it looks like over tiberon. little bit of cloud cover, tahoe, thinking about the weekend, looking lovely here, we have a threat for thunderstorms. we're going to take you through the bay area forecast right here for this weekend and show you

what's happening in monterrey and tahoe in moments. and we'll take you out to the opening bell, town square media celebrating its first day of trading on the nyse over on the nasdaq, it's intersect ent, li lisa is ringing the bell. thursday, july 24th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." very good thursday morning, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. breaking news in south bay. middle school on fire. crews just managed to put out the flames at caroline davis intermediate school. school's in south san jose, "today in the bay's" bob redell just got to the scene, bob, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, scott, it was a neighbor who saw smoke coming from the middle area of davis middle school here in south san jose. this is around 5:30 this morning. the san jose fire department

arrived and they realized they were going to need back up. they called far second alarm. they have the ladder truck extended over where it used to be shooting water down on top of the structure. turns out that structure was of the multipurpose room. that's where the fire started, and they said they were fortunately able to keep it not only contained to the multipurpose rooms and just that building, but also contained to the attic. there was no actual damage inside the room itself as far as there being a fire. now whether it was smoke or water damage, that's to be determined. they don't believe there's anything suspicious about this fire, don't know the cause yet, but right now does not seem to be anything suspicious. here is captain reggie williams with the san jose fire department. >> usually at school fires or any other commercial building fires, we look for other signs. and typically, we'll see things like vandalism associated with the fire, subject to the crime

or maybe a plant. we don't see any of those obvious signs here today. >> reporter: the power was connected though they don't know if that was any cause to the fire. took them about 30 minutes to knock this doup and again a two alarm fire here at davis middle scoop. captain was under the impression that summer school is not in session here. wasn't 100%, but that was his impression. reporting live here in south san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right bob, thank you. we have an update now to breaking news for you, plane carrying 116 people it is missing over potentially dangerous part of africa. the private spanish airlines that owns the plane say it vanished during a flight from burkina faso to algeria. it was missing for hours before the news was first made public. but we're told it disappeared over northern mali. the official algerian news agency says officials lost track of the plane less than an hour after the takeoff. president obama in los angeles planning to meet with college students to talk about

the economy. the president arrived in southern california yesterday. he'll visit a community college later today. talk about the importance of job driven skills training. now before leaving for l.a., the president was of course in the bay area for a whirlwind fund raising trip. a pair of fundraisers in fact, one at san francisco's four seasons, the other in los angeles, oh sorry, the home of real estate mogul george marcus. netting about $1 million for the democratic party. obama's arrival in southern california almost coincided with a less predictable arrival. take a look at this video, there goes the motorcade, posted on instagram shows a pregnant woman in labor who could not cross the street to the hospital because the presidential motorcade, unclear how long she waited, but police said she did make it to the hospital in time. we have yet to hear from the baby has made his or her grand entrance. >> i would imagine, for her sake, i'm hoping that it has by now. >> oh gosh, that's true.

>> very monumental day for her. 6:33 right now, time to check the forecast this morning as we take a live look outside along the sunol grade. picture perfect out there. very nice start across the bay area today. i want to check that forecast in fact, things warming up with meteorologist christina loren. >> yeah, and you notice from the cloudless sky over the sunol grade, it's going to be hot there, and i can tell you the whole tri-valley getting hot today. the reason why is the because of the lack of clouds out there. now your temperatures are mostly in the 50s and 60s, we have a gorgeous, gorgeous first part of the day ahead, and then it's going to start to heat up, especially in the inland valley spots. i want to make sure you're ready because it's going to come on stroong when you compare to -- strong when you compare it to yesterday. maybe you want to go for a bike ride, we have good to moderate air quality, but it looks like this will be the last day as we get this stagnant air mass overhead, air quality is likely to suffer, but we will keep you updated on that each and every day. i want to show you the trend,

take you through your hour by hour forecast, today for the peninsula, but this is a general trend for the entire bay area, rapid warming for today. up to 73 degrees by 9:00 a.m., then between noon and 3:00 p.m., it's going to be really hot. the hottest point of the day is 3:00 p.m. so if you're trying to stay indoors when it's hot outside, this is the point where you want to be inside. between 6:00 and 9:00 staying mild with temperatures in the 70s. so it is going to be mild out there, we are going to keep this heat in the forecast all the way through the next few days. potentially staying above average though for the next 10 to 15 days. 91 driez in the south -- degrees in the south bay, 85 degrees on the east shore, 78 in san francisco, and about 94 degrees today in the north bay. so, it's going to be hot this weekend, if you want to get out of town, this is a great way to beat the heat, head to the beach, the mountains, i want to point out, half moon bay, 76 degrees, comfortable conditions saturday. sunday, a touch cooler. saturday will be a better beach

day for you, but for the mountains, it's going to be a wliblt active on sunday. so as you're driving home from tahoe if you're trying to head back on sunday evening, you could run into some thunderstorms. you want to make sure to check the forecast, keep your radio on because we could have flash flooding from thunderstorms in the region over the past couple weeks. we'll keep you updated and tell you what's happening around the bay area this weekend in my next report, but right now, let's take a look at your morning drive. lots to go over here this morning, but really, no serious incidents. we told you about this crash earlier. and this is going to be something that does become problematic throughout the morning hours. we have a little bit of a backup here over the past ten minutes, it has become, i'd say a little bit better. 680 southbound in fremont, the crash is in the median. we have northbound slowing, onlooker delays here. looks like that is easing. that's the great news and overall, looking good, just backing up in the usual hot spots, metering lights on here at the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to show you the drive, 101 was sluggish at 280 through san jose, 280 and 101 both

looking good in the south bay at this point. we'll let you know when that changes and 10 at university and palo alto. look at how good this drive is. for now, we'll keep you updated, back to you, scott and laura. >> let's hope that stays that way, thanks a lot. 6:37 rather, still ahead in your black and orange update with amy g. >> that's right as we take a live look outside this morning, kind of a different viewpoint, coca-cola bottle there at at&t park. city there in the background, very nice morning. 6:37, a lot more news ahead, stick around.

hey is right. time to talk a little giant's baseball as we take a live look, no, we're not going to do that. let's talk about the giants, they're going for a series feat today against the phillies, first pitch at 10:05. >> hoping to keep the momentum going against the dodgers at at&t park. here's amy gutierrez from comcast sportsnet. >> reporter: san francisco giants have come in with a revived vigor. they have guaranteed themselves a winning road trip today.

they're going to play the final game of a four game set against the philadelphia phillies. on the hill for your san francisco giants, tim hudson, he's coming off of a great start in miami where he threw seven plus innings, he gave up just one earned run. and he allowed no free passes. fans are probably already looking ahead to this coming weekend. when nl division rivals dodgers and giants go at it the right here at at&t park in a race for the division. now the giants are going to be down a couple key players this coming weekend. they have matt cain and brandon belt both on the disabled list and joe panik listed as day-to-day after spraining his right ankle. broornld belt is eligible to come off on sunday. either way, the giants are going to need contributions from every single player in their quest to beat l.a. that's your giant's update, i'm amy gutierrez for "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot, amy. coming up a dementia patient

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you're watching 156 minutes of continuous news, weather, and traffic on "today in the bay." at 6:44, we're following breaking news, getting reports of a missing passenger plane actually has crashed. it vanished from the radar from africa. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now, french media saying kris this is actually a crash now in mali. >> reporter: right abc news reports that french media is basing that claim on a statement by an algerian aviation official. additionally a spokesman tells the french newspaper that two

military jets are on the way to help search for that crash site. but if it crashed, why? here is an infrared map a weather channel meteorologist put up on twitter of the area at the time that the airplane lost contact. this is color, these are colors on the map which christina loren say indicate thunderstorms in the area. transport minister in burkina faso told reuterss that pilots asked to change course because of a storm in the area. that flight was headed from burkina faso to algeria on a route that goes over the shah hair ya desert. it is an md 83 that looks like this one, operated by air algerie, but owned by swiftair. this morning that airline put out a statement reading quote, up t now no communication with the aircraft. two are pilots and four are flight attendants. according to the algerian aviation official. they were from 13 different countries, none of them was

american. now looking at the route again, in addition to the storms, the flight path went over mali which is the faa considers spoeshlly hostile territory where civil aircraft are at risk of encountering aircraft fire. it has been exactly a week since malaysian flight 17 was shot down over ukraine, so the possibility the passenger plane was shot down seems realistic, horrifyingly of course but also rallyisting that it crashed in mali. and if that happens, the investigation could be more conflicted as we've seen in the ukraine where the territory is disputed and not controlled by the government. lau laura. >> coincidental or not, having the plane -- >> taiwanese plane as well. we're going to check your forecast this morning. we're going to give you a live look out at san francisco. what a wonderful shot. we really had pretty pishs all day as we look at the transamerica pyramid. it bodes well for the weather, i suppose. >> yeah. in some spots.

you have to love the microclimate because you can basically pick and choose what kind of weather you'd like to enjoy. especially in the summer time when we get that wide variety. so the time now is 6:46, you're going to stay pretty much on the warm side even at the coast today though. i have to tell you, and it'll be warm this weekend as well. temperatures have been so comfortable lately, even if you've had to use your ac over the past couple days, definitely not on full strength nap might be the case though as we get into this weekend and we get some of the hottest temperatures of the summer thus far. all right. 5. degrees in san martin, the sun's up, 60 in livermore, 61 in concord, and we're start agent 67 degrees, mild across the board, what little low cloud cover we do have is already fading fast for most spots, nice and sunny at this point. in the south bay, that's going to lead to a hot day. 91 degrees here. 89 on the peninsula and 78 in san francisco. you're at 94 degrees today out in wine country.

so let's help you get that weekend planned. summer heat for the bay area, but let me give you an idea of what to expect. friday's going to be the hottest. saturday, you'll be at 92 degrees on the peninsula. 90 degrees for sunday, and looking pretty warm even in the north bay and the tri-valley, those will be the two hottest spots. temperatures approaching the mid-90s. both places for tomorrow, maybe even the triple digits out in the livermore by friday, and then we're going cool you off a touch as we get into saturday and sunday, but overall, not by much. we're not going to get that unseasonably cool weather back in the bay area. it looks like for a little while. so here's where we are. 95 degrees by saturday, san jose, san francisco for the weekend, upper 70s to low 80s coming your way. all right. let's switch gears, talk a little bit about your drive. and i've got to tell you, we've had some pretty interesting morning so far this week. but everything that i'm looking at, it's almost like it's friday light this thursday morning. here go, metering lights are on,

this is one place where we are stacked up, look at this the, really no delays, 101 at 280, in san jose, typically northbound, we're stacked up. here's an even better shot for you. look at 880 at high street in oakland, where we absolutely have no delays all the way from the coliseum to downtown. that's unusual, it's actually really good news on a thursday, back to you two. >> thank you much. we have an update to the breaking news investigators looking into what caused an early morning fire, and in a south bay school. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at caroline davis intermediate school. you got a firsthand look at some of the damage. >> reporter: we did and also spoke with somebody with the school, they tell us that summer school is in session here at davis middle school here in south san jose, but the part of the school that burned was being cleaned. so it was not being used for instruction. is to what's not clear is what if any impact that will have on classes today. they are sending out a public information person to fill us in shortly. let's look at that damage you

are talking about. the fire started on a corner of a multipurpose room, you can see it burned the roof and if you do get a look inside the classroom, you can see there's a hole in the roof and water damage to the floor. now a neighbor calmed this in around 5:30 when they saw smoke, fire department ended up calling for a second alarm, that's back up, they tell us they had this out within 30 minutes. keeping it contained to just that one area of the multipurpose room. >> protect some of the school belongings by moving them from the beneath the fire and they were protected from the water and the smoke. >> reporter: captain reggie williams say that on the surface initially they don't think there's any suspicious about this fire, but they do not know the cause as of yet. that's going to take time to figure out. the power was on to that building, but they don't know if that had anything to do with what started the fire. again around 5:30 this morning, they had it without within 30 minutes. kept.

contained, fortunate lip no one was hurt. reporting live here in south san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right bob, thank you. also new this morning, one man is dead, another clinging to life after a car crash on highway 101 in santa clara. happened around midnight near great america parkway. investigators say while the car was on northbound 10 # # couldn't make a turn and flipped about five times. the passenger died and the driver has life threatening injuries. it happened around a stretch of 101 that's seen two deadly crashes in the last week. apparent copper wire theft turned deadly, investigators say the suspect died after breaking into an oakland factory, that's where "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is. or no, i'm sorry, she joins us near police headquarters. stephanie, factory appears to have been abandoned for some time. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, skouts. that's the question, why there were live wires in the building that's been sitting empty for years. we know that a site next door is being used now as space by artists.

potentially that's why there was electricity in the area. the map shows you where pacific pipe fact have i located. the electrocution happened there. it's in west oakland at west grand east of 880. it was around 9:00 last night when more than a dozen oakland police officers and medics responded to a report of an electric shock victim. the man was electrocuted and dead at scene. the major burns were consistent with what you'd get handling live voltage wires. leading police to believe that the man was likely trying to steal the copper wiring there. presumably because the factory has been sitting vacant for years with graffiti build-up all around it. he may not have thought it was carrying electric currents. copper thefts and attempts of them have been on the rise across the bay area and they can turn dangerous. last fall in october, it was uc berkeley in the national spotlight after an explosion. a fire ball seen by people in an electrical volt at the heart of campus that jirped one person and trapped 20 others in elevators and that power system

failure was later linked to copper wire thieves who used equipment to dig up and steal copper lines. as for the catalyst, trigger for this, likely copper prices. it is up four times in value compared to what it was ten years ago. live in oakland this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. it is 6:53, investigators are dusting a shotgun and shells for fingerprints hoping to figure out who left a loaded gun at a santa rosa elementary school. the gun was found by several children at lincoln elementary on tuesday. police think gang members stashed it there so they would have easy access to it later. they say it's a new thing gang members are doing so they're not caught with weapons in their possession, but still have access to them. they call them community guns. >> apparently often marbles kind of roll under the building, i they went undered there being innocent kids, saw what they thought was a gun. they went home, this occurred last night, they told their mom about it, mom said just tell the staff in the morning.

>> i'm just in shock. the kids come to play. they will think it's a toy. and a tragedy's going to hit us right there. >> the neighborhood is known for gang activity. well happening right now, police searching the south bay and the peninsula for an elderly man with dementia who walked away from a hospital yesterday morning. this is henry scott, he's in his 70s. he was last seen walking away from stanford hospital just before 5:00 a.m. he had just gotten his discharge papers, his family though never saw him. he has dementia and high blood pressure, police say he often takes buses in san mateo and santa clara county. they are asking bus riders to keep an eye out. we could hear from the man accused of intentionally starting 13 fires in san jose. patrick brennan waived his right to enter a plea in april and might enter one at a hearing today. he's charged with ten counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson. after his arrest in january,

prosecutors say he admitted he knew there were people in most of the buildings before he set them on fire. because he has a history as an arsonists and sex offender, prosecutors say he faces several life terms in prison if convicted. well a california lawmaker thinks he has a way to make drivers think twice before leaving the scene of an accident. say the assembly men mike gatto is introducing yellow alerts. it would allow police to post descriptions and license plate numbers of hit and run drivers on electronic freeway signs kind of like amber alert, except only on the local freeway and not to your phone. the legislation is making its way through the state senate along with two other bills which would increase the penalty for leaving the scene of the accident of. 6:55, we should get more details today on the faulty bolt from the bay bring. the item is on the agenda for today's toll bridge program oversight meeting. the meeting is in oakland at 2:00. 6:55:00 with the santa clara valley water district coming up with more ways to enforce

drought regulations to get people to stop wasting water like that. this is new overnight video from a business near baring in san jose showing sprinklers shooting right into the street. the water district launched a free app allowing people to report water wasters like this. in addition to hiring the ten so-called water cops. u 56, algerian air official says it appears an air algerie flight with 116 people on board has crashed. the passenger plane disappeared over africa near mali just 50 minutes into its four hour flight. there are reports that the pilot had asked to change course but a of a storm in the area. hours after the faa lifted its ban on travel to israel, hamas fighters launched numerous missiles into tel aviv, those missiles were destroyed by israel's defense system. meantime, more than 29 people were killed by bombs in gaza city, including six people in the same family.

investigators in the south bay are trying to figure out what started a fire at a san jose school. it broke out about 5:30 this morning at a caroline davis intermediate school near brennan lane and monterrey highway. crews say the flames were contained to the attic of a multipurpose room, but you can see the damage there. speaking of multipurpose, christina has been doing multipurpose today, let's check in with her for everything. >> all right, look at that the. christina loren as you gooif it to christina loren. we're going to check with her for traffic and weather, i like talking about myself in the third person. how humble i am. 91 degrees in the south bay. peninsula's at 89 degrees. 85 on the east are east shore and 78 degrees in san francisco. so i can tell you, it's going to be hot out there for today. but we're still getting those beautiful warm ocean currents. and as we head throughout the weekend, that will be the case. temperatures are going to be warm out there. speaking of which, the san francisco marathon is happening

this weekend. so you want to the keep that in mind if you're taking place, drinking lots of water, also want to tell you about something happening in berkeley, kite day, yeah, you know it's beautiful. >> that's fun, i've been to that too. >> skylights up with the beautiful kites, gorgeous colors. 79 on saturday, 76 on sunday. temperatures are nice. we just received word that they've turned the metering lights off. >> really? >> at the bay bridge toll plaza because traffic is so light this morning. >> strange. >> no delays on 880, either direction from the coliseum all the way to downtown. and it lookings almost friday lights across the board. it's going to change at some point. we'll be here for you. >> thank you very much, christina. well representatives from the bay area in colorado today about maybe talking about bringing the olympics to the bay. >> yeah the committee of is not decided if it wants to submit a u.s. city for consideration, but if it does, it's already willed down its choices to four places, including san francisco, los angeles, boston, and washington,

d.c. today representatives from those four cities are meeting the committee in colorado springs. i say go bay area. >> well then we have this local theater team tag up with the south bay donut shop and offering a special plo prove motion. >> this is funny. city light theater company will debut spamalot this evening. psycho donuts will be selling, ready, spam wellington donuts. it was created by a graduate from the culinary center. the donut features spam, we knew that, layered with mushroom spread and put inside a donut topped with sesame seed. little savory with your sweet. they'll be available august 31st, get in line, that's when spamalot runs. >> bit early for that. >> yeah. >> that's what's happening today in the bay, we'll be back at 7:25 with a live, local news update. >> have yourselves a great thursday.

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