from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." well good morning everyone, happy friday. it's 4:30, i'm scott mcgrew. >> it is friday, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. looking live this morning at downtown san jose. believe it or not, a spare the air day. expected to be a hot one. let's check our microclimate forecast with meteorologist christina loren, hi christina. >> hey good morning, kris, scott, everybody at home. today will be the hottest of the next seven. we're talking about triple digits in the extreme east bay. if you work outdoors, grab an extra water bottle. we are starting out at 67 degrees in livermore always here

in the bay area. looking for the cooler weather. just head to the beach. we have great beach conditions to tell you about. first though, let's check that drive, last day of the workweek, mike. we don't want any problems. >> no, we don't. unfortunately someone has had a problem in fremont, christina. live shot. southbound with the headlights, few in the northbound headlights past the truck scales. just north of there a look at maps. we're talking about 880 at automall parkway and some were there southbound, reports of a crash and no major injuries and in fact it happened just as i was passing through the area. i didn't see it, i don't think i was at fault either or no one around the me. i'm going to double check my record here. we're looking at a smooth drive through the yaer. connecting between 680 and 880 is all right. rest of the bay looking all right. zooming in towards san francisco. and the bay bridge is all right, but we do already issues part

muni system. we have bus bridge in place for muni. stephanie chuang's at the castro station. you have the issue with the castro lines for the electrical systems. you have more details, what do you have going on there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, mike. and this could be a serious problem for the morning commute if this isn't fixed soon. we're talking about no power inbound at the devote junction. video, second truck just pulled up half an hour ago at the junction where crews are rk woing on fixing the problem. it is an underground tunnel, that's at church and market that you have both the end juda and jay church lines that converge there. also k, l, and m lines, inbound heading into downtown. this means none of these lines can get past church. what this also means is you won't be able to get downtown. howell, montgomermontgomery, so people not really using it right now, in fact the castro street

station doesn't open until 6:00. what they planned is to run shuttle bus schs bus bridge between castro street station and the embarcadero station by the ferry building. that's the latest, and we'll keep e it tuned and we're talking to the officials for updates. >> major impact for those muni lines j through m. there's a bus bridge in place. that castro station doesn't open until 6:00 a.m. we'll track that as far as your traffic through san francisco meanwhile, back to you. >> thank you much. the new levi stadium in santa clara about to get its first official test. tomorrow night, the san jose earthquakes take the field, 44,000 fans watching. just in the couple hours, dozens of cleats will begin for the first time. >> "today in the bay's" derek shore is live at the stadium, derek, how's it looking so far? >> reporter: well, i think it looks beautiful out here. you can see this beautiful sign letting everyone known

prominently that the san jose earthquakes soccer team is set to take on out seattle sounders tomorrow evening. yesterday workers spent time making final preparations on the billion dollar plus state of the art facility. it'll mark the first major ticketed it event to take place here at levi stadium since it broke ground about two years ago. after a lot of work. and while it will not be the 49ers taking the field, the earthquakes are excited. they've sold out more than 44,000 tickets sold, that was their cap despite the stadium's ability to house more than 60,000 fans. while we le have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. i can tell you both teams say they think everything will go very smoothly. now, as for the 49ers, they will take the field for the first time on yours truly's birthday. august 17th, on a sunday, i do believe. as for the earthquakes, they are taking et field, that is because their facility is not quite ready. and a team representative

hopefully will be talking to us in our next hour, talking about their excitement. that's coming up in the 5:00 hour. for now live in santa clara, i'm derek shore, "today in the bay." >> good ploy to get a cup cake on the 17th. we'll bring you one. 49ers meanwhile will not play their first game at levi, still august 17th, that's denver, 1:00. the first regular season game, september 14th. sunday night football against the chicago bears. and of course you can see all that right here on nbc bay area. and the kwarld at levi -- calendar at levi stadium is filling up. they're holding an skber national soccer -- international soccer match. tree college football games will also play there this season. cal oregon on october 24th, pack 12 championship game on december 5th and san francisco bull game on december 30th. lrnd the stadium there's -- around the stadium there's bricks that are paided for by die hard 49ers fans.

these images from levi stadium. each brick layed with a special personized message. they're already sold out. those made up the sf logo at entrance of the stadium. there are bricks available in the plaza location. somewhere in that mix is a brick that was purchased by a group of seattle sea hawks it fans. group won't say exactly what e personalized brick says, they say you'll know when it they see it. instead of keeping it, they donated to the rest of bryan stow, his fund for him and his family. they also sent the family a seahawks t-shirt saying 12 is greater than 49 in reference to seattle's 12th man and the rivalry with the 49ers. that's nice, you keep it civil. >> still need to beat them in the game. this is a look at how the parking will be laid out around the stadium. lots of lots around levi stadium

within walking distance in an effort to alleviate traffic jams before and after the game. the 49 erts in the city of santa clara have come up with an elaborate scheme. mike inouye is going to break it down in about 30 minutes. levi stadium coverage will continue on our website, just click on the stadium guide. you'll find everything you need to know about going to the game. whether that's football or soccer. including what you cannot bring into the stadium, and what to eat when you get there. that's at nbcbayarea.com. in other news this morning, san jose postal worker charged with a stealing mail could enter a plea in court today. juan howard was arrested for reportedly stealing packages with coins, gift cards, and jewelry. investigators searched his home, they also reportedly found about 18 pounds of pot. he now faces up to 15 years in prison. and a follow up story now to a story that certainly has gotten our attention here in the bay area. suspended state senator leland

ye pleaded not guilty to numerous charges including corruption, fraud, and racketeering yesterday. prosecutors say ye and former san francisco school board president keith jackson solicited bribes and campaign donations in exchange for political favors. ye has talked to his attorney about where to go from here. he now faces 165 years in prison. six people will spend the weekend recovering from injuries after an elderly man drove his car on to a busy sidewalk in palo alto. happened during lunch hour yesterday in front of the university cafe. you have the 19-year-old driver himself. police say the man hit the gas instead of the brake. two people were hurt much worse than others. they have long recoveries ahead of them. >> two people here who look to be in very bad shape so much

that we didn't to want move him. >> been impacted on the lower half of their body and had significant broken bones. one a femur, the side bone, then some other tibia fractures in the lower leg. >> police say the driver is cooperating with investigators and not expected to face charges. it is 4:39 now, and it is the first day of august. >> that's right. >> and it's a doozie in the weather department. good morning, christina. >> good morning, but might be a payday friday. that's the only silver lining can find. we don't have a lot to talk about good today. if you're joining us from the extreme east bay, it's going to be hot. cool spot will be the coast. ooefb in san francisco reaching pretty hot levels for this time of year. we're talking about 75 degrees potentially. in san francisco downtown in the airport today could hit 80 degrees. as we get into the this afternoon, spare the air day. you want to keep that in mind if you suffer from asthma or

respiratory issues or your kids do. limit outdoor activity for today. best time to get outdoors is in the morning hours. that's the best air quality. as we get into the this weekend. we're going to take the temperatures down just a touch. you'll notice considerable cooling at the coast by sunday. and it's going to stay hot in your inland valley spots all the way through the weekend. next week, prolonged warmth will continue, but i can tell you it doesn't look like we're going to see levels like we're expecting today at all. this is the hottest of the next seven. 91 degrees for the south bay. 84 on the peninsula. 82 on the east shore today, and 72 degrees. san francisco. meanwhile, wine country, you're going to hit the low 90s as well. hot spots out in the tri-valley. that's where we're expect kpk 99 to maybe 105 degrees. we will keep you updated. i have some great tips on how to beat the heat, plus there's a lot going on across the bay yay and we have tabs on all the big events. first let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> unfortunately we have a big event for 580.

just happened over the last few minutes. smooth flow in dublin and the interchange. it's further east, look at maps, we'll locate you, the live shot we showed you over there. it's out of the roadway. the crash we're worried about is here involving a big rig and big rig parts all the way across the roadway here. just past first, we have reports of debris across lanes, two or three lanes are blocked at the scene. we're hearing about a fuel spill as well. out of the altamont and livermore. you are completely clear again. trz the zone where the focus starts. we see as starting already. it's all held upcoming out of the pass. the rest of your commute look like your friday commute bay. we're looking at the muni lines in san francisco. stephanie chuang gave us the update, no p.o.w. at the function. all inbound trains are stopped

as far as the muni metro, and so you have of a bus shut until place between the castro and embarcadero stations. meanwhile look at the roads, 101 looking fine into the city, just haze. back to you. 4:42, hours after a cease-fire, four more deaths. update you next.

developing story in the middle east where an israeli-hamas truce has unravelled just hours after it was put in place. a palestinian official say israeli shelling killed 35 palestinians in southern gaza. u.s. and u.n. announced a three-day cease-fire starting today. the railds military says militants have fired eight rocket ts at israel since the cease-fire began, and within the past hour, israeli army says it

feared gaza militants have captured one of its soldiers. series of gas explosions in taiwan killed at least 24 people and injured hundreds more. four firefighters are among the dead. explosions tore through the second largest city in an area where the chemical companies operate pipelines and that makes it so that crews can not put the flames out with water. they have to wait for the gas to burn off. the faa is putting new restrictions on u.s. airlines flying over iraq. the new restrictions ban u.s. carriers from flying at or below 30,000 feet over iraq. several european airlines have also made alternate flight plans. authorities fear militants may have weapons capable of shooting down planes that move comes two weeks after a malaysia airlines flight was shot down in ukraine. dow saw the worst performance in months on thursday and the jobs number comes in a few minutes. jackie deangelis live with a

preview, good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, busy day for a friday actually here. we're watching the futures closely. they're pointing to a lower open on wall street. after stocks sold off sharply on thursday. now the dow had the worst day since early february. it's monthly to climb since january. and traders are pointing at several factors including the debt default and tensions in russia and israel. there's also some fear ourt there that recent economic data may prompt the fed to raise interest rates sooner than expected. big news today is all-july's jobs report which is expected to show solid hiring for a sixth straight month. dow tumbling 317 points. the online retailer's staff is 95% white and asian. more than half are men and three quarters command the highest salary. women make up less than 30% of

management. silicon valley under pressure to release diversity data from a campaign launched by jesse jackson. >> thank you, we're going to talk about the diversity numbers here they are coming sunday. santa kru officials say it'll take days to clean up tons of anchovies that turned up dead in the harbor. huge school. listen to that. yuck. fish swam into the harbor wednesday night. not enough oxygen to keep them alive. not only does it stink, the chemicals are not good for boats either. this is the worst fish kill they've seen since the 80s. >> they did try to save them. they oxygen natoed the water, it still wasn't enough. >> too many fish. 4:48, time to check the weather forecast. the hottest day is today. then we can kind of relax a little, maybe? >> little bit, little bit.

we're going to take your temperatures down by about five to ten degrees between today and tomorrow. we're going to level off, but bovr average for this time of year. not too bad though. i have to tell you, we're sparing the air for today, as we get an onshore flow over the weekend. we will spare the air by sunday. tomorrow, likely to stir the air again. 67 livermore and 61 degrees in san jose. high pressure bringing in that stagnant air mass. it also forces all of our moisture right to the surface. we have a lot of low level fog out there this morning. mike and i will be simultaneously be tracking that for you. that'll impact your drive at the immediate coast. quick warming today, it's going to warm up rapidly by lunch time, you're going to be in the 90s. then even once that sun drops off, it'll be mild overnight. 91 degrees for the south bay. 84 degrees on the peninsula. 67 degrees. today in san francisco, that's the cool spot where you're getting the low cloud, however, that's the ocean side of the city.

on the bay side, you're talking about a 77 degree day potentially right downtown. it's going to be hot out there. make sure you're ready for that. if you want to get out of town this weekend, we have you covered. sonoma wine train, mid-90s out in wine country by saturday. low 90s for sunday. 17 mile drive. this is a perfect time of year to check that out if you have not had an opportunity to central coast, gorgeous. 82 degrees on saturday, 79 degrees on sunday. then yeah, the board walk as you know, this closes up when school starts in the fall. so if you want to get throughout, one last hurrah, 86 on saturday. overall the hot streak will continue to next week. we're going to drop from the 90s and keep them from the 80s in the south bay. upper 60s continue for san francisco. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, christina. new this morning, tow trucks have been streaming into and out of a parking garage on the ucla campus that was swamped during tuesday's water main break. yesterday crews removed nearly

300 yards on the upper levels and did not get damaged. those will be taken to another lot where owners can pick them up. no word yet on when the damaged cars that were all in the water will be removed. lawyers say it could be another year for discrimination lawsuit filed against bart reaches a courtroom. seven african american men who work the at bart's track departments filed this lawsuit in december claiming they've been dealing with racism at workplace. the men report things like being passed over for promotions and having threats and races for marks squalled over their markers. they do say management did not properly respond no their complaints. >> the first manager, he told me he was too busy so i went to the next manager, he was very slow reactive of handing a the situation. >> we are in 2014, and it is unspeakable to have to deal with this. >> yesterday, bart's general

manager said the agency is investigating the incident in which someone wrote racial slurs on lockers. she also says bart hired outside investigators to look into the relationships. among the workers in that affected department. members of an east palo alto church say they have been robbed by the last person they would expect, their own pastor. and now they're suing him. members at born again christian center say they allowed pastor andre harris and his wife, as shown in this photo to live in a church-owned home rent-free since early 2000. pastor harris abruptly announced his retirement in may and put the house and the church up for sale. when church members pulled deed, they discovered that the two properties had been transferred to harris's name. members say he did that by appointing his own family members to the church's board of trustees. >> it dwindled down to just his family being on the trustee board which he knew wasn't right. >> the house was recently sold

for just less than $400,000. church members are suing to have that sale rescinded and to prevent the church building from being sold. well it's 4:52. newest member of the oakland a's is a bay area native and he's talking about his goals next. and we're looking at the golden gate bridge, traffic into the city this way is just fine. through the city we have a problem for your line. j through n, metro line has a problem. and we have an issue for 580 both directions for livermore. both of those coming up.

you're watching "today in the bay." well the trade everybody's talking about, cepedes to boston. pitching ace john lester. it is a return for pith lieu in a native johnny gomes as well. video as he's leaving fenway park in boston headed for a flight back home to oakland. this is not the first time he will don the green and gold uniform. he had a brief stint in 2012. he says he's looking to go all the way with the a's this season. >> record goes to zero once post-season starts. just now getting in, best team, who's the hottest. so hopefully john and i can go back to back. >> despite going from the best team in baseball to one not in the playoff contention, he tweeted the a's gave me my first

mlb home, always great to me and my family, grateful forever, gracias. >> that is nice to see graciousness. 4:56 now, we want to the look at the traffic situation, it looks hairy in two different spots. >> roads and rail problems. west 580. let's look at the map. jam from both directions in fact as you're heading past vasco. westbound you're block, three lanes are blocked, parts reported across the lane and big slowing already developing into livermore out of livermore eastbound we have the slowing as well because your left two lanes are blocked. sound like debris made it over the center divide and no updates from chp. they're going to have a big slow down there. muni issues in the city and we'll talk about that right after the break.

north bay teen accused of stealing this pricey car prepares to answer to a judge. details, next. plus the final touch is put

on levi stadium as santa clara prepares for the first test of the new venue. we'll look at what's inside and plus what you need to know if you're going to tomorrow's match. all right. we're also looking at problems over in the east bay. 580 as the lanes are closed in both directions. in the city we have a disruption for your muni service, latest on that, coming up. and a live look outside at the bay bridge this morning. it is the first day of august, and christina says the hottest of the next seven days. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." fwoorng, and thanks -- good morning and thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. muni power outage threatening to make a mess of the morning commute. stephanie chuang is live at the castro station and stephanie nothing running