incident. police activity creating a traffic snarl. we have your best alternates coming up in moments. plus knives and a fistfight. new details about the overnight brawl that sent at least five people to the hospital. and let's take a live look outside, this time from the south bay in san jose. the sun's arrival on this friday, july 25th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a very good friday morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. crank up the ac, your microclimate forecast is hot all around. hot zest inland in the south bay, the tri-valley, the north bay as we take, well that's everybody. as we take a live look at san jose, dublin, san rafael. it's just hot. >> this morning we have a team in place to make sure you are prepared for the heat. nannette miranda will tell us about a few popular places to cool off that are actually going to be closed today. let's start out with

meteorologist christina loren, how hot will we get? >> 108 degrees, scott and laura. that's antioch, but i can tell you, we haven't seen that so far this summer. the next couple days, although we will drop temperatures considerably tomorrow, especially at the coast, we are going to stay above average. and so, the dog days of summer, which we were able to bypass until now, have officially arrived here in the bay area. and we are waking up nice and mild. you know what, even though we're going to see the hottest temperatures inland, my main concern this morning is for people in san francisco who don't have air conditioners, same for those along the peninsula. you want to the make sure you are aware of the fact that it's going to be mild overnight. temperatures this morning in the 60s, tomorrow morning, we're expecting these numbers to be in the 70s. it's going to be a balmy night. we will shave like i said, five to ten degrees off your highs from today as we get into tomorrow. we're not going to be in the oe pressive heat for much longer. just one day. 99 degrees in the south bay. the peninsula's at 97 degrees,

east shore is 90 today. 85 for san francisco, hot spot out in the tri-valley, we'll see a high of 106 degrees in livermore. like i said before, 108 degrees is the forecasted high in antioch. here's the best thing we have to tell you about what when it comes to the beach, not only the best temperatures there, but also our ocean currents are still really warm. look at the water just offshore, monterrey, 65 degrees. we're going to hold on to that, maybe for one to two more days. winds are swifting and we'll -- shifting and we'll see the cooler ocean water return. traffic alert on the san mateo bridge, we'll be back with an update, back o you scott and laura. beating the extreme heat may be harder than you thought. >> nannette miranda is live in pleasanton with where a popular beach is shut down, good morning, nannette. >> reporter: good morning, one east bay regional park worker says in his 14 years on the job, he's never seen two beaches closed at the same time. here at shadow cliff in

pleasanton, the southern portion of the beach has been shut down due to e. coli concerns. the park district says drought conditions have pushed geese from the green lawns to the beaches where they've been going to the bathroom in low level waters. over at lake timscow in oakland, the problem is toxic algae in the water. now blue-green algae blooms are not new, but the high levels of toxins detected there last week are. >> usually have a blue-green algae bloom for a few days to a week, and this one's been going for three weeks. we don't know why this is happening. people can get stomach ailments from it, and they can get skin rashes from it. >> reporter: well you don't want that. with the weather so nice yesterday, the beach closures did ruin some plans to take a dip, but people took it in stride and just enjoyed the water from ashore. they agree the precautions are better than swimming in tainted

water. we do know that the lake is closed until monday. they are doing frequent testing here at shadow cliffs. it's good to check with the park district to see if everything's okay and that the southern portion has been reopened. the northern portion so far has been unaffected and remains open. live in pleasanton, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you. of course we will have continuing coverage of the heat all morning long, and our weather team is constant ri updating our website as well. nbcbayarea.com, you can just click on the weather tab on our home page for information for your specific microclimate area. well a developing story, new strikes in gaza city overnight. israeli aircraft hit dozens of houses inside the gaza strip. fishes say among those killed is the leader of the militant islamic jihad group and two of his sons. israel and hamas troops have also been fights on the ground. now away from the frontlines israel considering a pair of

ceasefire proposals. one would call for a five day truce allowing both sides to negotiate new terms. the fighting has caused a number of european airlines to cancel flights into tel aviv. air berlin both cite ongoing security concerns. earlier this week, hamas missile landed just miles from the airport. the faa is currently allowing u.s. flights to fly into the airport. it is 6:05, another developing story, journal wis bay area ties is reportedly being held in iran. the washington post reports jason rizzon is one of four being detained. he has dual american and iranian citizenship. his wife was also taken into custody. two freelance forever photographers have been detai takened. it's not clear why they're being held. new morning, police officers looking for the person, or people, responsible for the beating and stabbing of numerous victims overnight. the fight broke out near darwin and bermuda ways around 11:00

last night. this is right next to overfelt high school. officers say three men were stabbed, two others appeared to be hit in the head by an object, maybe a bat. they're all expected to survive. nobody is in custody. not clear if the police know in fact who it is they're looking for. officers will be keeping, excuse me, close eye on highway 101 once levi stadium opens, especially after three deadly crashes on the same stretch inless than a week. the most recent crash happened wednesday night. a speeding bmw flipped five times killing a passenger and seriously injuring the driver. this hours before -- 24 hours before that, a motorcyclist was killed trying to pass a big rig. and last friday, a woman died when a car she was in crashed. the area is between lawrence expressway and great america parkway right where the stadium is located. chp says there's nothing that appears to make that area anymore dangerous than other parts of the freeway, and they also point out all three crashes involved speeding and alcohol. in the men time, we have the

situation on the san mateo bridge, we're going to bring in christina loren who's doing traffic for mike, what's the latest? >> well we just know it's police activity, but at this point, i can tell you delays have doubled. and we are getting that information, we have calls right now going out to california highway patrol, which you can actually see in the middle of the bring here, but what you'll really notice from the live picture is the fact that this is really, really slow. now these are your westbound lanes here. trying to get over to the peninsula this morning from the east shore, you'll be much better off if you take the dumbarton bridge, you'll notice here, we don't have heavy delays from this camera on the eastbound side, but as you can imagine, there are onlooker delays due to this police activity, and yeah, we have reports of a canine unit on scene. so something is happening over here. we're going get the details and bring them to you as soon as we have them confirmed. we like to get everything confirmed first. what else is can slow you down? tahoe this morning or sacramento, this could slow you down, this is eastbound 80 at

travis boulevard, sig alert, two lanes blocked. right now no backup, as you know the commute is building. we'll let you know as this changes. otherwise lighter than normal. back to you scott and laura. >> thank you very much, christina. fremont getting a makeover. the city will hold a special ground breaking ceremony tonight to celebrate the start of construction on the city's new downtown area. nearly $6 million grant will help fremont transform the downtown area that looks like this. treat improvements on capitol avenue and it'll create a new commercial section downtown. now to make sure nobody goes hungry at today's ground breaking, they have the weekly food truck event as well. 6:08, still ahead on "today in the bay," orange is the new black, the brown is the new green. we'll explain next. and fire up that grill. we are live at the gilroy garlic festival. coming up next.

you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back now. good friday morning to you, gepting into -- getting into that prolonged stretch of summer heat. today it will be the hottest day of the year so far. but even as we cool you down tomorrow, staying above average and that could be the case for quite some time. we'll dive right into your forecast, meanwhile, we are also covering a traffic alert this morning on the san mateo bridge. this involves police activity. we'll give you the latest in just moments. and here's a look at our top stories this morning, first look at the wreckage from the air al jer ra plane that crashed in northern mali. large pieces of debris scattered

everywhere. the president of france says investigators will turn to one of the planes black boxes recovered at the site to pinpoint what happened. all 116 people on board were killed. police officers armed with rifles and wearing bullet proof vests will storm san jose state university for a drill, active shooter drill today because of this, the martin luther king jr. library will be closed until 1:30 this afternoon. and if you live in the neighborhood, do expect to see lots of officers, maybe even some fake gunfire. disgraced state senator leland ye faces new charges this morning in addition to bribery, money laundering. prosecutors are charging ye with racketeering as well. orange is the new black, but -- >> yeah when it comes to the drought, brown is the new green. that's the slogan santa clara valley water district is launching today. it's part of its new campaign. the goal is to encourage people to let their lawns go, a little brown this summer. the district says half of all

the water used in households goes towards watering the lawns and landscapes. the district wants to reduce water use by 20% during the drought. all right. well 6:12, it is that time of year again, the gilroy garlic festival coming back to the south bay, and there's just these traditional for bob to go. >> exactly. so bob redell is there live this morning in gilroy. already tasting some scampi this year. sample something else? >> reporter: oh my gosh, i think i just got sunburned. okay, you've got steve and ashley janish, father, daughter, cooking up here on gourmet alley. that's, you're looking at roughly 500 degrees of heat. it feels more like you're standing next to the sun. this is how they cook garlic calamari. from 10:00, starting this morning, throughout the weekend. friday, saturday, and sunday. cooking up, look at the numbers here, five to $6,000 pounds of

garlic calamari. 3500 pound of scamp ri. that's why they have the pyro chefs out here. there you can see they have of the sauce there. looks like its got garlic in there. here comes the actually garlic itself. i'm going to pull this bucket out here from underneath steve's feet. they have literally 2,000 pounds of this garlic here. everything here is garlic. and not only garlic scampi and calamari, you have garlic bread, garlic fries, garlic ice cream. have you had the garlic frog legs. >> i have. >> and? >> marvelous. anything with garlic is marvelous. you know that. >> reporter: garlic chicken, everything tastes like chicken. >> yeah. >> reporter: what about the kettle corn? >> oh yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: garlic water melon. >> have you seen it? >> i would imagine they probably soak it in garlic. >> reporter: how much sunscreen do you wear when you're out here on the gar may alley? >> quite a bit. we have a big tub back here someplace, and we lather up

frequently. >> reporter: here, you have to take that off the grill, we'll walk with you, how much of the flame-ups are you doing throughout the weekend, personally. hundred times, couple hundred times. >> probably at least, i would imagine probably at least 100 times. >> reporter: and demand's there? and you're keeping up with demands? >> yeah, keeping up. yeah it goes on the combo plates, then we serve it by itself of course. then saturday's of course the big day out here. sometimes we go nonstop for a couple hours on occur kags and just cook as we need it. >> reporter: you've been doing this a long time, when you first started, how many people were coming out. a few thousands? >> well, it was in the tens of thousands, you know, the first year was, you know, first year alone was ten or 12,000 feet. >> now over 100,000. >> doesn't surprise me at all. gilroy throws a great party with we know how to do this. >> reporter: i'll let you get back to gar may alley.

quickly, that's his daughter, ashley, she's got a sizable burn from last year, what happened? weren't you looking out? >> it was a whoopsy. >> oh well. >> reporter: are you going to be okay? >> bill okay. >> it's your badge of honor. badge of honor. >> reporter: i think mine is just a singed eyebrows. 10:00 is when the garlic festival is starting. they'll have one, two, three, four, eight pyro chefs out here at the time. it's quite a spectacle to see all these pots flaming at once. this is the end result, it's wonderful, very wonderful. >> how do they keep cool, bob? with all the flames coming off the oven, really hot weekend as well, do they have fans or somewhere to mist off? >> reporter: what do you call those, steel cover they have up there. and it does lick, you can see the flames are scorching up there, but it's not wood. it doesn't go, you know, they're not burning the place down.

>> and that is how the roof works, all right bob redell, live -- >> he couldn't hear me. but it is going to be a hot. >> reporter: i couldn't hear you. >> that's okay buddy. i'll text you in a minute. it is hard to hear, so you know, we're talking about the heat because it's going to be one of the hottest days of the year. christina's checking that forecast as we take a live look outside downtown san jose this morning. >> but bob did confirm that the roof is not on fire. right. the roof, roof, and what a roof it is. 6:17 now, and laura brings up a really vapid point, if you're one of the people head the out to the garlic festival, you might be dropping water all over yourself as you're out there. it's actually a good idea to go ahead and plan on the heat. and that is one of my techniques. i like to get my clothes nice and wet, then kind of just, you know, cool off, walk around a little bit, get that wind moving because always you want to do whatever it takes to keep cool. temperatures are going to be

warm out there. and really warm, not just a little bit. this is going to come on strong today. 64 degrees in livermore. another great tip is to try to park in the shade, and yes, definitely tonight. count on a balmy evening. if you have a fan, you want to pull it out of the closet, tonight's going to be hot. you can see that from the live picture of tiberon. golden gate bridge, you can make out the top tour here. i want to show you san francisco. taking a live look here, beautiful shot over hayes valley this morning as the sun comes up, cloudless sky and temperatures hot as a result. 102 degrees in the north bay. hottest day so far this year for the south bay. 99 degrees. we haven't hoit 100 in san jose just yet. that could be the case for today. 90 degrees on the east shore, 85 degrees in san francisco, and the big winner when it comes to the heat. 106 degrees out in tri-valley, meanwhile, 108 degrees for places like antioch. it's going to be toasty out there. tomorrow, we'll take five to ten degrees off of your highs from

today. still staying hot. mid-90s for your saturday, sunday low 90s in the south bay. san francisco, really choice conditions for the beach, but if you live in the city, just count on warm nights as we get through the next three nights at at least. let's switch gears, mike has the day off. we're tracking your drive here. we told you about that police activity. earlier this morning, these are your eastbound lanes here, right now looking pretty good. at this point, we had a nice clear drive here, but it looks like they're backing up again. let me show you what you it looks like here on the map. looks like stackup here. right now looks all green. we're going to monitor that because it happened here on the san mateo bridge. police activity involving a canine unit. we'll have all the details on this coming up for you. a bizarre scene here. three youth, handgun, yeah, police activity happening. we're getting all the details as we speak. stick around for that. looks like it is clearing, at least partially. we'll find out what's happening. i'm going to do that right now,

back to you. >> it was a hit and run crash that happened and there were four youth that were on the run. that's why they brought out the canine unit. live look outside at at&t park this morning, the giants, they are back home after a winning road trip. tonight is a big game for the g-men. battle for the top spot in the nl west. the giants lead by a game and a half. tonights game will end right here and coverage starts at 10:00. first pitch is expected about 7:15. in fact show up early and catch orange friday happy hour. today at 5:00, giants going to open up seals palace za inside the park for drinks and dancing. 80s night featuring the local cover band tainted love. you can always get the garlic fries, gourmet sandwich at the ball park. >> now at&t park, they're adding a new item to the menu. it's specialty pizza. tonight the slice house will open in the view level, section 314. to start, there will be two

options, new slice of cheese or pepperoni for $6.50 each. they will make their dough on site. it'll be run by the same people behind tony's pizza, which is named the top pizzeria in the country by forbes. gourmet pizza. >> sounds good. here's another idea, ahead "today in the bay," landed on the mono, now here, what brings buzz to the bay area this weekend. very cool. california judge says bring the firing squad back to death row. we're going explain why those controversial comments all came up, next.

police say the driver who ran down a man in san jose did it on purpose. the victim was walking in the south part of the city yesterday afternoon when the suspect began chasing him in his car. the victim took off running, but the suspect followed him into a nearby shopping center and hit him. it happened in the shopping center parking lot near roth and branden. the driver sped away. the victim eventually taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. police have no idea why the driver went after the man. one of the top judges on the west coast coming under fire this morning for controversial comments he made about the death penalty. he is the chief judge of the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals in san francisco. recently told the chronicle it's time to face up exactly to how

brutal executions are and bring backfiring squads. he's claiming lethal injection makes it seem very fast and sure procedure like putting animals to sleep he said, but in fact, they are brutal, savage events he said. the comments come after another questionable execution, the third this year. arizona's execution director says wednesday's execution was not botched, and the inmate was never in pain. some witnesses don't think that's the case. it did take joseph wood nearly two hours to die. california attorney jury room harris says it's too soon to know if arizona's execution will have any effect on california. happening today, president obama is back in washington to meet with leaders of three central american countries to talk about the situation at the border. the presidents blame the u.s. for the influx of undocumented immigrants in texas. they say people are fleeing violence in their countries and american drug dealers are keeping central american cartels

in business. plus they blame congress for not passing a immigration reform. >> it is a matter that arises we believe from the lack of clarity, not to say the ambiguity that has become the hallmark of the policies and the debates that are being carried on. >> the president's request for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to deal with the immigration crisis is stuck on capitol hill. former astronaut buzz will be in the bay area this weekend to reunite with the ship that recovered them after the historic space station. >> he'll take part in an event celebrating the first moon landing. the hornet, which is the commissioned now birthed in alameda picked up he and his crew from the pacific ocean where they splashed down. they just returned from the first moon landing on july 20th, 1969. >> very cool. 6:26, still ahead, the peeping professor, why police say a bay area educator secretly

recorded several of his students. and for the first time, new video as investigators arrived at the algerian air crash in africa. we're live with new details, next. let's take you out live to pleasanton and a lovely sunrise, and if that looks hot already, oh are you right. we're going to have an incredibly hot forecast for you, coming up.

no survivors, we're live as investigators arrive to examine the wreckage of a jet crash in afterkpap. and good morning and welcome to the hottest day of 2014 as we head through your weekend, sizzling temperatures persist, and then, we are going to get some gorgeous beach weather. i'm going to let you know how much longer those warm ocean currents will last and yeah, we're also tracking your drive. traffic and weather together this friday morning. collision-free bay area. traffic though, stacking up in some spots. we'll talk about this in

moments. and a live look at the opening bell this morning. there's the bell on the nyse over ant nasdaq as well. >> chicken. >> today's july 25th, it's friday, this is "today in the bay". from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. live look at the san mateo bridge, this is the hayward side where traffic has backed up slightly. there are police on the other side of the bridge with canine units looking for four men. they were involved in a hit and run crash on the bridge about an hour ago. police do think these men are hiding nearby or at a nearby hotel or maybe in the marina. police and canine are looking for the men involved in that. do avoid the area if you can. right now investigators are

trying to pinpoint exactly what caused an air al jeer plane to go down in mali killing all 116 people on board. it comes as we're getting our first look at the wreckage. "today in the bay's" tracy potts joins us live from washington, d.c. this morning, and tracy, weather appears to play a role, but it's too early to rule anything out. >> reporter: right, they haven't ruled out terror, they haven't ruled out some sort of missile from the ground, but they are leaning towards either a technical problem with the plane, or a weather problem. that's because the last they heard from the pilots, he wanted that plane rerouted because they had heavy rain. the wreckage has been found. identified both on the ground and in the air. in fact a french drone pinpointed that wreckage overnight. it was not far from the site, not far from the border of the country where it left earlier that day. and it turned out not to be, they think, a situation that was

involved in some of the discord that's been going on on the ground there. 116 people on board that plane. they don't believe there are any survivors, in fact in a briefing this morning, french president said no survivors, but they have found one of the black boxes, that's been sent off for analysis. today, the french military is on the ground, they've been in the region because there's been so much unrest there. they're helping with this investigation. they had about 100 soldiers brought in, 30 more vehicles being brought in today to secure the crash site to look for some of the wreckage and the evidence to preserve that evidence and of course, to try to recover some of the victims. laura. >> tragic, thank you very much, tracy, live from washington. meanwhile the remains of more victims from malaysian airlines flight 17 are on their way to the netherlands. bodies at the crash site continue to be found more than a week after the disaster that killed 298. this is the fourth plane to fly out of ukraine with remains, one

left on wednesday, two others on thursday. proormd-russian separatists continue to control the crash site. australian officials say a true investigation can't be conducted until the sites handed over. australia is working to send 100 police officers and some defense force personnel to the region to help the dutch-led team secure that site. in the men time, investigators have found the black boxes within the wreck ooj of a deadly plane crash in taiwan. 48 people died when a twin propeller plane tried to land during a rainstorm. ten people survived. well, let's check your forecast. we could give you a live look at san francisco and you can tell already, can't you, it's going to be in the 80s in san francisco, if i remember correctly. >> hot tab. >> holy cow. >> mid0u. this is dangerous heat if people overdo it out there. >> check on your elderly neighbors. >> always. >> and remember the little ones too. if they're headed off to summer camp, alms remember the animals.

don't want top see animals in hot cars. you know what, not that bad. i want to make sure you're prepared. it's always better to know what's coming down the road than to be surprised, right? 6:33 now, let's take you outdoors and show you what we are working with. good friday morning to you. thank you guys for waking up with us every morning. you know what else i love? how interactive you all are. i love facebooking with you. police continue to show me your weather pictures, ask me your weather questions, and that's the best part about waking up here in the silicon valley. it's all going down tech any lonlically right here. 64 degrees in livermore, 62, good morning, san jose. 62 in san francisco. and we're waking up at 55 degrees in half moon bay. little bit of fog this morning on the coastal side of the bay area. it's going to be burning off fast. from tiburon, beautiful. it's mostly clear throughout for now. i want to show you woodside along the peninsula, if you're waking up this morning, this is where we have a shallow marine

layer, it's going to be burn off, not making its way over the coastal mountains. now that it's going to be hot. we're getting into prolonged stretch of heat. it's going to stay hot for a while. 99 degrees is the forecasted high for today in the south bay. 94 tomorrow. we'll shave off five to ten degrees tomorrow. but still hot all the way across the board. we're into the dog days of summer, but you know what, i have good news to bring to the table. collision-free bay area right now, we still have that police activity on the san mateo bridge which was running nice and smooth about 10 to 15 minutes ago at this point, it is jam-packed yet again. serving as per usual out there on the roads this morning, back to you scott and laura. >> thank you, much. san francisco state professor cutesed of secretly taping students while they were going to the bathroom is out on bail this morning. mark landis not working right now, but he recently tougt accounting at the -- taught accounts at the university. student reportedly found a

camera hidden in a tissue box in the bathroom. investigators say landis invited students to his apartment in november, other students not so sure about having a party at a professor's house. >> i don't know how i would react to that. that's really surprising. i don't think a professor should be doing that. i think they should keep it in the school, school ground. >> landis has been evicted from the from that apartment. he's fact 15 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy. television 6:36, still ahead, dentists pull more than 200 teeth from a boy's mouth. the rare condition that led to a major surgery. plus porcelain dolls left on doorsteps in southern california, each doll looks just like the little girls who live there. the unexpected conclusion to a rather creepy case.

you're watching "today in the bay." and welcome back to you, 6:39, this is the scene from the san mateo bridge, traffic flowing reasonably fast, you can see the backup there, police are on the other side of the bridge with a k-9 unit, they're looking for four suspects in a hit and run accident who then fled the car. towards the hotels and the

marina on the other side. we continue to monitor this situation. we'll keep you updated all morning. it is 6:39 right now, teenager in india is recovering after having more than 200 teeth pulled from his mouth. >> yeah, the 17-year-old apparently has a rare condition which a tumor grows under the gum, creates smaller tooth-like growths. it took a team of dental surgeons seven hours to remove the 232 dent calls last week. he'll be okay and doctors say this is a world record number of teeth removed from a person's mouth. >> i would say. okay, here's a gesture, people thought was creepy. >> yeah, but it turns out the person behind it was trying to be kind. here it is, someone left these little porcelain dolls outside the homes of little girls in orange county. and the dolls resemble the girls in the homes, but didn't come with any notes. late last night, investigators found the person responsible, it was actually a woman who goes to church with most of the families who was just trying to be nice.

>> all in the context, isn't it? >> yes. 6:40, no place to cool off. why two lakes are closed to the public on one of the hottest days of the year. and today will be hot. look at your weekend, temperatures staying hot for both saturday and sunday, but today, you see that 94 on the way for tomorrow in san jose? try 99 degrees to finish off the week. i wanted to show you the cool down that we have in store for you, but i've got to tell you, hottest day of the year coming your way, bay area, i've got your records, let you know if your city might be breaking one today in moments. you know that heated's not going to keep people away from this fire happening at the gilroy garlic festival. they're firing up the pans. bob redell is there live, we'll check in with him, coming up.

you're watching 15 minutes of continuous news, weather, and traffic on "today in the bay." 6:44, time to keep hydrated and turn on your fans. your microclimate forecast, hot, very hot. inland temperatures spiking today, even temperatures along the coast will be warmer than usual as we take live looks outside san jose, san francisco, and the warm sunol grade. this morning we have a team in place to make sure you're prepared for the heat, "today in the bay's" nannette miranda will tell us about a few places to cool off that will be closed today, we want to start with meteorologist christina loren and how hot will it get? >> 108 degrees right here in the bay area. antioch. the extreme east bay, but nonetheless, we're expecting to break a temperature record in san francisco where we have been keeping records for over 150 years. the record for today, 82, the

forecasted high, 85 degrees in san francisco. and it's really hard to believe that we just had measurable precipitation roll through the bay area earlier this very week. sop we're starting out really mild, temperatures mostly in the 60s. and we want you to be very well aware that this heat really isn't going anywhere any time soon. we're going to be above average all weekend lock, into next week as well. i want to show you a live look, beautiful start, good morning in tiburon. overall, nice and clear, low cloud cover earlier this morning. that is starting to fade fast. as a result, we're going to hit about 102 degrees in the north bay for today. hot conditions out there. 85 degrees in san francisco, 90 degrees on the east shore for today. 97 on the peninsula, and a hot day coming your way, san jose, 99 degrees for us. so all things in perspective, right? doctors are -- dodgers are playing the giants who are back in town. that game tonight on northbound bay area, it's going to be hotter here than it will be in los angeles today.

85 degrees in san francisco versus 84 in los angeles. and yeah, new york city, we're even going to be warmer than new york, 83 degrees for today. so, it's going to be hot all across the nation. we're definitely taking the cake for today. we'll let you know when the heat is going to break just a touch and how much longer we're dealing with this above average weather. might blow your mind. stick around, that's coming up next. plus traffic. back to you for now laura. if you don't have ac, best way to cool down could be to take a dip, for some, may not be possible. >> nannette miranda live in pleasanton, one beach is closed, you started out with fleece zipped all the way up, and slowly, more and more of nannette. >> reporter: well that's it. no more taking off layers, but yeah, at 6:00, even at 5:00 i was really wearinthat big heavy fleece, now i'm in a t-shirt and ready for the day. now constant testing is being done at southern portion here of

shadow cliffs in pleasanton, for now it's closed because of the e co. sly concerns, you can blame the drought on this one. the park district says the dry conditions have pushed geese from the once green lawns to the beaches where they've been going to the bathroom into low level waters. beach goers say the precautions are better than swimming in the possibly tainted water. over in oakland, the lake's problem is potentially dangerous toxic algae in the water. blue-green algae blooms are not new, but the high levels of toxins were detected here last week. >> been with the department for 14 years and we've never closed two beaches at the same time. >> we brought sandwiches and drinks and we're going to have a picnic. and look at the water. >> reporter: now swimming in that algae can cause stomach aches and skin rashes and who wants that? the beach goers yesterday were happy to enjoy the water from ashore. whiem that's a burm when the

weather's so hot, people understand that these precautions are necessary. now a dip in the lake is offlimits, at least until monday for shadow cliffs, check with the park district to see if it's safer in the southern areas, but for the northern areas of shadow cliff. it is safe to go in the water. it's not effected, so for now, that's the portion you'd to want go into. live in pleasanton, nannette miranda, "today in the bay." >> we'll have continues coverage of the heat all day long. our weather team constantly updating our website as well. nbcbayarea.com, click on the weather tab on our home page. interactive maps and lots of information about your specific microclimate area. and one of the main members of the weather team, christina loren, this time she's also pulling double duty, look at the morning commute. >> yeah, hey, good morning to you, laura, scott, everybody at home, happy friday to you. some pretty good news when it comes to your drive. overall looking a little bit lighter than average which is

what you would expect on a friday morning. we could see this build really start to stack up throughout the next couple of hours. people like to take fridays off and head out later. now we are monitoring a couple things for you. crash in benicia, westbound 780, injury accident, it's going to take a while to clear this area. count on delays. that just happened though. otherwise, we've been telling you about the police activity on the san mateo bridge, still very slow as a result, but i can tell you right now, you're going to be better off, at least for the next hour or so taking the dum barnt bridge as a really good looking drive is shaping up there. not so much the case here. metering liergts are on. we'll be watching that for you. otherwise, look at this, if you're headed into the north bay from san francisco, no problems whatsoever, completely clear sky over the golden gate bridge. traffic up to speed and south bay looking lighter than usual. we'll keep you updated throughout the today show. we're here with you until 11:00 today as well. may not have seen that show before. we have midday broadcast worth checking out.

hanks christina.now, scott and new morning, police officers are looking for the person or people responsible for beating up and stabbing numerous people overnight. it happened last night near darwin and bermuda way. police got there just before 11:00 and found five people either stabbed or beaten. all the men were taken to the hospitals. investigators say one of them might die. no one is in custody, and it's not clear if police even know who they're looking for. happening today, police officers armed with rifles and wearing bullet proof vests will storm san jose state university for an active shooter training drill. the martin luther king jr. library will be closed until 1:30 this afternoon. and people in the neighborhood should expect to see a lot of officers, maybe hear some fake gunfire. the state university system requires that schools to have drills every five years. this one was originally scheduled for last week of may, but it was postponed after a gunman opened fire near uc santa

barbara, killing six people, including three from the bay area. san diego high school teacher has filed a complaint against a san jose police department claiming he was the victim of abuse. this is newly obtained video of the scuffle which happened back in may. the teacher, nathaniel howard was visiting the bay area when it happened. he was questioning the way police were treating his friend when they threw him to the ground and struck him with a baton. he told us he was in town to give a commencement speech at san jose state. department officials did not comment other than to say they're looking into it. prosecutors filed new charges against state senator leland ye. in addition to the charges, ye is being charged with a racketeering, federal prfrts filed a superassading indictment replacing the original indictment with a new charge. ye and accused chinatown gangster raymond shrimp boy chow are central figures in the case.

san francisco work lers start on an art project with a purpose. on market street between fifth and 12th streets. crews will begin painting red lanes on the road, designed to designate between transit-only lanes and lanes that are opened to all drivers. now, they're going to get a new paint job to make it clear. some red lanes exist elsewhere in the city. construction on governor brown's $68 billion high speed rail project going on as planned, at least for now. according to the mercury news, state appeal's court upheld the proposed route, the railline would take that would connect the bay area to the central valley. several bay area cities argued that route through the pass would hurt the environment. the state argued it was exempt from california environmental protection because the project is being overseen by the federal government. the court decided the project could get through the pass, but it still has to follow state rules. if it does happen, i hope it happens in our lifetime.

>> we'll see. >> i hope it gets bart to the south bay. hey one way to head south this weekend is to the gilroy garlic festival. not for just the fun in the sun out there, but of course that precious good for you garlic. >> that's right. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live. what kind of dishes we got this year? >> reporter: all right scott and laura, when you're cooking garlic calamari, fire in the hole. whoa. whoa. oh my gosh. ho holy, wow. that was a little hot. i think it got at least up to 200 degrees. the good thing is these burns, they're only second degree. so you can see, this is what you call gourmet alley. these guys are the gourmet chefs, how do you keep from getting burned all the time? >> we're very good. >> reporter: you're not as

careless. >> we're not rookies. >> reporter: they're not rookies. i was downwind, but you're looking at some of the calamari, they just threw some tomato sauce in there. there goes some garlic, spices, and they're going to be cooking up around five to #,000 pounds of calamari this weekend. 3500 pound of gar ring scampi, and all those dishes are going to be created right here on gourmet alley. you have the likes of ashley and steve janish, father, daughter, they've been doing this for years. kevin as well. and they're going to be cooking up garlic, frog legs, chicken wings, this is a new one, garlic water melon. have you tried it? >> never tried it. >> reporter: okay what about garlic muss ls. >> sound very good. and fish. >> reporter: it's another fish. what about the frog legs? did you like the frog leg kps. >> yeah. >> reporter: steve did. >> alligator. >> reporter: everything tastes like chicken. so you guys, starting at 10:00 today, running through the

weekend, 10:00 to 7:00 every day, friday through sunday. 36th annual gilroy garlic festival. they have a barrier here, and they have a second barrier. you won't be as stupid as me and get that close. can we fire this back up so i can cook the other side? >> sure. >> reporter: i'm glad i wasn't wearing my polyester, it sticks more, cotton is not as flammable. i'm going run to the er, and i'll be back for the midday. >> i think you'll survive. >> how many times do you say the chefs was there for a gazillion years. how many times do you think you've been there? >> reporter: got to be at least my tenth year. >> at least. i was going say the same thing. >> reporter: yeah. yeah, i mean i've got the burn scars to prove it. i should have a much, much more arm hair than do. >> i remember that one well. >> it actually sin savaged his hair. >> reporter: in 2010. all right. see you guys. >> yeah, apparently had a garlic fire back here somewhere.

yes. >> a lot of men head to that festival. >> apparently. a lot of people headed to pleasanton this weekend, despite backlash, thousands expected to take part in this weekend's great bull run bay area style. >> thrill seekers will grab life by the horns, running a quarter mile course trying to dodge 18 bulls along the way. organizers call this a festival, animal rights, not so much. the activists have filed a lawsuit, they wanted to stop this in its tracks. they say it's animal abuse. but the claim is tied up in the courts, so it looks as if the great bull run will be tomorrow. >> going to be a hot one out there. 6:56, final check of the top stories for you. first look at the wreckage from the air al jer ya plane crash. killing all 116 people on board. large pieces of debris are just scattered everywhere as you can see from the pictures. investigators will now look at the planes black boxes, recovered at the site to try to pinpoint what happened.

israel's security cabinet will meet today to consider a ceasefire proposal. senior palestinian official says one plan calls for a five-day humanitarian truce. today alone, the israeli military says it struck 456 hamas target -- 45 hamas targets in ga za. two beaches are shut down today, shadow cliffs in pleasanton closed because of e. coli concerns. also others due to toxic algae in the water. let's check both traffic and weather with christina. >> yeah, let's start with the heat. strong today. we're talking about hot temps. 99 degrees in the south bay. temps we haven't hit so far this year. 97 on the peninsula today. 85 in san francisco, so today's going to be the hottest day of the year. we will gradually cool you off as we get into your weekend, but we're still in the mid-90s in san jose for saturday, we're in the low 90s for sunday.

san francisco getting the mid-80s for today. we'll be back in the upper 70s for tomorrow. but that weekend is looking really warm at your local beaches. meanwhile, let's switch gears, take a look at your drive, friday light across the board. we told you about this police activity on the san mateo bridge which typically does start to stack up westbound at this time. now i can tell you that police activity is not helping the situation, although the drive is improving there headed westbound. metering lights are on otherwise, golden gate bridge, light drive here, no traffic really being forced to slow down by that fog because there's absolutely none out there. yep. >> all right. thank you. this morning we have video of queen elizabeth as a child. >> the previously unseen clips are featured in a special expedition opening up at bucking hall palace. that toddler is the queen. yeah, pushing a toy stroller there. and another clip, the queen is dancing there with her younger sister, princess margaret. >> that's awesome. >> wow. >> and she was the only world

leader, or royal to serve in the second world war. >> that is true. >> look at what she did. >> she has a sense of humor we now know as well. she knows thousand make a statement, certainly we know on camera. have you seen it? >> this is the photo bomb to end all. see behind the fence there, there's queen elizabeth, modern day. jumping into the selfie. the queen making an unannounced visit to the commonwealth games in scotland. girls in the foreground taking a selfie. they were just in the right place at the right time. >> i love it. >> what a selfie, right? >> that's what's happening "today in the bay," try to keep cool out there. as we told you, hottest day of the year so far in the bay area. >> that's right, it will be hot out there. >> we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update for you. >> and join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 as well. have a great friday. >> great weekend as well.

good morning. breaking news overnight. good morning. breaking news overnight. protests over the shelling of a school in gaza turn deadly in the middle east. israel carrying out new air strikes today even as talks of a ceasefire resume. dangerous storms. a day after a deadly tornado rippedhrough virginia, another round of severe weather is on the way. the impact on millions from the midwest to the mid-atlantic. how would you feel? porcelain dolls left on the doorsteps of homes in one california town. dolls that resemble the young girls who live there. their parents creeped out, police puzzled.