parts of northern california. a look at that interesting part of your forecast. now travel problems on the 850 commute towards tri-valley, dublin. a look at both weather and traffic in a couple minutes. let's take a live look outside bay bridge. wednesday, august 13th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. hundreds of bay area families getting up early this morning as they prepare for the first day of school. live look outside overlooking downtown san jose. students in san jose unified are among those returning to clasp classes resuming in antioch, south san francisco, and archbishop mitty and de la salle in concord. >> districts see an influx of central american refugees attending classes.

live in oakland, the district preparing for new additions to the student body and hundreds and hundreds of kids. >> reporter: yeah, at least hundreds are expected to attend bay area schools for the first time this school year oaklandland unified bracing for the influx considering highering privately funded consultants to deal with the minors. they would be the point person for the students having deal with new country, different language and trauma of fleeing violence in their homeland. board of education will be voting on whether to accept 45,000 from the foundation and 30,000 from the y&h foundation. 75,000 total to hire a quote/unquote, unaccompanied minor specialist to track down central american kids and monitor their adjustment. bret heart middle school, oakland international high school enrolled a large number

of students so any financial and staff help would be welcomed. >> the question for schools, how do we identify the needs of students in a quick manner so we can provide necessary resources. that comes with costs, depending when the children come, how long they stay that may impact the funding that we receive from the state. >> more than 30 3 40 undocumented children signed up in oakland. 150 are known to be unaccompanied minors. san francisco was trying to accommodate 200 new students, hiring two to three more teachers. 64 students signed up to take classes throughout contra costa county, while 19 plan to attend schools in mt. diablo. 62,000 unaccompanied minors enters the u.s. since october. 4,000 taken in by california. we've taken in the third largest

group behind texas and new york. nanette miranda for "today in the bay." as we mentioned, south san francisco unified starting school. many elementary schools returning with a focus on physical education. over the summer, the board discovered some schools were not meeting state standards, according to the san mateo daily journal. elementary school students must have 200 hour of p./e for every school days or 20 minutes a day. the district found 44% of schools meeting the requirement for all grade levels. district thinks the shift to implement common core, focus on math and language arts, allowed p/e to slip through the cracks. south bay returning to school. >> parents getting kids ready for clasp the district bracing for a very busy day. bob redell, the district bus

drivers starting to show up? >> reporter: they are. after few months off for the summer, this is their first day back as well. where you get the first sense that school is getting back into session. some of the drivers already showing up to get ready for runs starting shortly. so san jose unified, one district going back to school today, already mentioned south san francisco unified. antioch unified also going back. and some local high schools, archbishop mitty in san jose, carondelet and de la salle. san jose unified, serves 32,000 students roughly, 3,000 teachers and staff working at 42 schools located southbound here up north to downtown san jose. coming up, we will be speaking with the man in charge of all of those people in charge of the schools. talking about dr. vincent

matthews, the superintendent of the the san jose unified school district. we want to address common core standards, something they started implementing last year. in this year, something new for the high school students in the district, they only now need 220 credits to graduate, that's 20 fewer credits than the years prior. that will be an issue discussing with superintendent within the next hour. live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> rumble of the buses behind you. >> before we talk to rob, i want to point out, i said you need 200 hours of p/e every ten school days, that's too much. we'll find out what the actual number ipz the irony, concentrating too much on math. apparently not me. we'll figure that out. >> common core. >> in the meantime, let's check our weather. >> weather for p/e outside, nice. it can be hot around the bay

area. today comfortable. south san francisco, you don't expect heat there, 72 as we go through the afternoon. antioch, though, can get quite hot this tile of year. today mid-80s, not bad. we'll start to see temperatures climbing up, though, as we go towards the second half of the week. let's show you san jose right now. looking at close to 82 degrees as we go through the afternoon out of the san jose unified school district. schools around san jose, willow glen, temperatures approaching 80 around 2:00 today. leyland, temperatures warmer, mid-80s through the afternoon with mostly sunny skies today. temperatures light jacket should be fine as you send kids off to school. upper 50s to low 60s. a lot of low clouds out there. at least away from ground level, marine layer up. but the base of the low clouds closer to 800 feet up. to the north, if you're going head up to northern california and parts of redding or crescent

city, rainfall there. that system will help to keep the sea breeze going today and low clouds right along coast as we head towards afternoon. a mild day today. coastal low clouds tomorrow and in into friday, temperatures climb up into the upper 80s south of san jose. maybe close to 90, tri-valley. today, near 80. 60s closer to san francisco. north bay, highs in the mid -70. back to you. >> thanks so much. let us know how you get ready for school. share a picture of your back-to-school routine using #backtoschool. we're up, online, on facebook and instagram. the coroner says it could be several weeks before we find out if robin williams had any drugs or alcohol in his system before he dies. we learned more about his final hours. the coroner says williams'

assistant knocked on his bedroom door monday around noon, and when he did not answer she went in. she found williams hanged himself and immediately called 911. the coroner says williams was seeking treatment for depression. stephanie chuang joins us. despite the sudden death and tragedy, williams remembered as a great actor and comedian by people all over the bay area. >> absolutely. his wife asked people to celebrate his life as opposed to mourning this great loss. he lived in marin county for years, took drama classes at college of marin, performed in the bay area, a regular at the throck morton. for the first time in ten years the theater canceled its tuesday comedy night, out of respect for williams. tributes continued into the hollywood walk of fame to a growing memorial at his tiburon house. jimmy fallon started with a tribute to williams, the host getting emotional and choked up

as he spoke of the legend. >> before we get into the show, we like all of you, shaken up last night. genius cheed yee comedian, acto williams passed away. unbelievable. if you ever saw this guy stand up -- if you don't know his stand up, just watch. amazing. >> very emotional there. honor how amazing williams was, rare moment for only its eighth time in 87 years, the famed chinese theater in hollywood dimmed its lights last night for one minute in tribute to the 63-year-old actor and comedian. the chinese theater where many of williams' filmed premiered, "mrs. doubtfire," scott, you know as well as i do, the reach around the bay area, including sports, williams huge fan of the giants. more on that coming up.

>> stephanie chuang, thank you much. hollywood is not only mournimour mourning williams' death but passing of lauren bacall, she died yesterday at age of 89. bacall tony-award winning actress, award-winning author, friend of the kennedys and one of the last survivors of hollywood's studio age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> it was in "to have and have not" that a young, husky voiced bacall delivered one of the most memorable lines in history to humphrey bogart. a year later, they would marry. the marriage led to three more movie collaborations before his death. last night, fans flocked to his star on the walk of fame. bacall earned a tony in 1971 for her stage work and later nominated for a supporting role in "the mirror has two faces." new this morning, new lanes on highway 101 in santa clara

open following two years of construction. crews have put up auxiliary lanes to ease traffic and improve safety. the area we're talking about, three-mile part of highway 101 between highway 85 and mountain view and embarcadero road in palo alto. the northbound auxiliary lanes opened a few weeks ago. this morning southbound lanes are open. >> let's collect in with rob mayeda. he's doing traffic for us, as mike inouye is enjoying well-deserved time off. >> well earned. we're seeing lanes opening up on 101, adding lanes the tri-valley commute into dublin and livermore, a problem. westbound, grant line road, center lane blocked. you're seeing right in the heart of the volume increase that we see this morning coming out of the tracy area to the altamont. you see travel times starting to slow down. grant line road to 680 dropped off to 50 miles per hour. livermore south along highway

84, 41 mile per hour drive times. 580 to dublin, looking good now. but again, towards areas east of livermore, seeing slowing there, grant line road, west bound. fine, not too windy or foggy for this morning. around the golden gate bridge, clear skies, except higher up towards the towers, clouds. but no fog in the commute out of marin. drive time looking good. mass transit still running on schedule for you on this wednesday morning. back to you. >> it's 5:12. new efforts to make sure part-time workers get paid sick leave. a bold statement from a warriors' all-star, steph curry says lebron has nothing on him.

good morning. this is principal from san jose high wishing all of those bulldogs a wonderful school year. >> sj bulldogs, go bulldogs! >> kids, i happen to know, it's her first day as high school principal, go easy on her. special welcome back to bulldogs of san jose high. returning to class, san jose unified district. back to school forecast in three minutes. >> it's 5:15. in a few hours south bay workers, employers and community leaders will testify in front of the state assembly today about getting paid sick days. it's the latest hearing regarding a proposal requiring

proposals to give workers three days a year. app many business owners oppose the bill, calling it a job killer. first for twitter, video embedded inside the tweet. not talking about vine attachments or links. an actual video in the tweet, sent out by the michael jackson twitter account will premiere the video of the single "a place with no name" tweeted 7:00 our time, simultaneously debut on the jumbotron in new york city's times square. >> we can sense that's going to trend. san francisco, ebay water agencies will have mandatory water restricts to help out with the drought. the east bay's municipal board voted prohibit potable water for lawns, gardens and washing cars. in the meantime, san francisco voted to reduce the potable water by 10%, while restrictions are mandatory, the agency won't

be taking active measures to enforce it. instead, the agency hoped to get customers on board with restrictions by beefing up public outreach. restrictions start next month. >> we were saying mikey was taking a break. as is christina. >> crew. >> she's getting -- >> she's married. >> she's married. got a ring on the finger. >> rob mayeda's doing double duty. >> i'll be taking a break on monday. but the weather in hawaii, nice right now. and around the bay area, interesting weather this morning. we've got mist and drizzle on the coast. but not too bad temperature wise with back-to-school forecast. light jacket weather fine, 50 around san martin, livermore. 63 san jose. 61 san francisco. but notice santa rosa, north bay, mid 50 with low clouds well inland. towards fairfield, tri-valley, san jose gilroy. low clouds to break up by

midmorning with misty skies, lunchtime, coastal low clouds, sunny breaks and for tomorrow, we'll see mild to breezy conditions. but tomorrow, we'll see a warm-up, high pressure tries to strengthen. the satellite radar, interesting here to the north. we have rain coming into eureka and crescent city. some showers can show up north of santa rosa, as the system continues to move through, it's going to keep the sea breeze going and marine layer close to 2500 feet thick, which that is ocean air-conditioning, keep us mostly mild temperatures for now, mid-80s inland, 60s, 70s around the coast and peninsula. but beginning tomorrow, we'll see temperatures climbing more degrees, 90s for parts of the tri-valley. today, near 80 san jose. upper 60s, closer to san francisco east bay. 72 oakland, 79 north bay for napa. pleasanton, livermore, climbing into the 80s for now. mid-80s around the tri-valley.

numbers climbing on up, friday into saturday, that's where we'll see highs approaching low 90s in the tri-valley and trending cooler towards sunday. closer look at your weekend temperatures. you'll see that close to 90 tri-valley, south bay locations great as kids take their first weekend off from the first week of classes. we'll see numbers comfortable, mid-80s in the forecast in the south bay this weekend. commute challenging this morning. incident northbound 101, on ramp to southbound 880 has since been cleared. issues towards tri-valley, grant line road. westbound center lane stall. you can see the backup behind that westbound 850 at grant line. the travel times from grant line towards 680 down to 50 miles per hour. slowing from livermore to 680 on 84. we'll see how the stacking up effect of the accident or problem in center lane affects the rest of the 580 commute

coming up in a few minutes. beginning of the school year brings growing concern about the safety of children who play school sports. a study found parents and copes are not doing enough to keep kids safe. former u.s. surgeon general attacher said kids need to play sports to fight obesity but parents should pay attention to dangers. in the study, 42% of players have hidden injury to keep playing, 54% said they've played injured and most kids said they've told a coach or parent they were hurt but kept playing. 33% of students surveyed said they've been hurt in a game as a result of a dirty play from opponent. 53% of coaches have been pressured by parents to put injured kids back in the game. in the meantime, the giants launching a fantasy football challenge to benefit local charities. >> giants pitcher tim hudson will host that event, part of huddy's huddle, the football

challenge. participate in a fantasy football draft, randomly assi assigned captains by players. fans get weekly interactions. draft day experience, participants get a ticket to draft day, and autographed baseball and pregame field visit. entries $3,000 fee. >> good luck. the warriors' steph curry says he's the best offensive player in the league, better than lebron james. >> during an interview on the dan patrick show, curry put on the spot, who's the better offensive player? curry, what else could he say? me, it's got to be, right. >> during the interview, curry stood by klay thompson and david lee saying good call not to trade them for kevin love. >> speaking of the warriors, spending the summer at usa

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this is your new principal welcome you to the new school year. >> i'm your new vice principal.

>> we can't wait to meet you. see you soon. >> meet them in the hall, kids, not in the principal's office. live look at san jose. students in san jose headed back to school. also returning, south san francisco unified, archbishop mitty in san jose, and de la salle in concord. >> today, stanford professor will be the first woman to receive a prestigious medal referred to as mathematics nobel prize. studying theoretical concepts, she'll be the first stanford professor in nearly 50 years to be awarded the field's medal, given every four years to a few select mathematicians. she'll be give than award in south korea today. >> very impressive. yesterday we took a look back at what "today in the bay" team looked like in high school. today, we take you back further to elementary school. kicking things off, scott

mcgrew. >> this is like my first day of fifth grade. >> in the hospital? >> yes. you can see, they've cropped it, i have a broken leg from football. so i was on crutches my very first day of fifth grade. >> wow. >> there we go. >> nice. >> look at kris sanchez. what a doll. she has the day off. you know what? she's taking her kids to the first day of school. >> good for her. >> she's a big part of our team. we wanted to include that. look at those locks, nice. dashing, young man. that's our on bob redell. you can tell about that great grin of his. some things never change. >> of course we have laura's picture as well. there she is, once again. in the collar with -- >> i know, what's with me and collars? my mom made that dress. >> always so immaculately dressed, dates back to second, first grade? >> kindergarten. >> i was tall for my age.

>> a look at the dapper rob mayeda. what grade were you? >> this looks like the fifth grade science project on the space shuttle. >> look at that. >> goodness. >> i thought i had a rough first day of school. >> a lot of fun back then. working on the science projects and the space shuttle. i had that interest in weather and science. >> already. >> look how far you've come. the places they'll go. well, good luck to all of the kids heading off to school this morning. >> time now 5:27. concerns at local schools can be flooded with lots of kids and what the districts are trying to do to prepare. >> plus, bay area homeless woman who stowed away on a flight out of san jose returns to court. what her attorney's asking.

i had a bad feeling in my stomach. >> a teenage girl cowers in the

bathroom as thieves ransack her home. she tell us about the ordeal, next. families all over the bay area are up early, packing those backpacks, making school lunches. back-to-school coverage next. >> temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s, bundle the kids up with a light jacket. delays on 580 this morning, due to a stall at grant line road. a look at weather and traffic in a couple of minutes. live look outside at bay bridge. today is wednesday, august 13th. this is "today in the bay." well, good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. thousands of bay area kids head back to the classroom today. many attending school in this country for the very first time. hundreds of children and teens from central america signed up

for school around the bay area. >> "today in the bay's" nanette miranda live in oakland, where more than 300 refugees set to take to classes this year. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the new students from central america will certainly need a lot of help. oakland, which is getting a large number, expected to vote tonight on whether to hire unaccompanied minor specialist. more than 340 undocumented students have signed up for school in oakland, at least 150 unaccompanied minors. san francisco trying to accommodate 250. 64 students signed up to take classes throughout contra costa county, while 19 plan to attend schools in mount diablo. children will need a lot of help dealing with a new country, different language, and trauma of fleeing violence in their homeland. the vote tonight by the board of education will on whether to

accept $75,000 in private foundation money for a point person. without it the money will have to come somewhere else. >> with a lack of federal and state funding, the worst-case scenario might be that schools would have to limit courses or course work or activities and shift teachers around. there may be an impact on how they deploy their personnel. >> reporter: in oakland, bret heart middle school, fremont high, oakland international high school have enrolled the most. california has taken in nearly 4,000 new students since january. that's the most out of any state behind texas and new york. live in oakland, nanette miranda for "today in the bay." in the south bay, getting close to the first ringing of the bell to start the new school year. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live at san jose unified bus depot.

the district is bracing for a big day. drivers are already there. >> reporter: yeah. you know, the world of education, you think that teachers and the students would be early risers but that's not the case here in the south bay. we've seen bus drivers arriving since before 5:00 this morning here to san jose unified school district. the bus barn here to test the buses, perform multipoint inspects and make sure that these vehicles are safe, ready to carry the precious cargo. >> exciting and nervous at the same time. >> reporter: how so? >> a lot of responsibility. you have to love what you're doing. that's my passion. kids. >> reporter: here's a list of the districts going back to school today. san jose unified, south san francisco unified, and antioch unified. in the following high schools,

archbishop mitty in san jose, carondelet and de la salle in concord. san jose unified, serves 32,000 students, 3,000 teachers and staff to pull that off. and covering 42 schools located here south in the valley up north to downtown san jose. within the next half hour, we'll be speaking with man in charge of all 0 the schools. of course, talking about superintendent dr. vincent matthews, an issue we'll be discussing lower credit requirement for high school students, something new. back in years prior you needed 240 credit to graduate, now 220, 20 less. bob redell, "today in the bay." of course, we'd love to see how you're getting ready for school this morning. tweet us, using #backtoschool. find us on facebook and

instagram. the bay area homeless woman who stowed away on a flight out of san jose will be back in a los angeles courtroom today. marilyn hartman appeared in court monday, her attorney has requested doctors do a more detailed mental health exam. she was arrested last week for sneaking on to a southwest airlines flight from san jose to l.a. days later, arrested again when she returned to l.a.x. against a judge's order. the court-appointed attorney claims homelessness and mental illness led her to keep trying to get aboard planes. another home invasion robbery, in what's thought of a safe section, this time a 13-year-old girl home. she locked herself in the bathroom, hid in the tub, called her dad. >> going through drawers and stuff. >> the girl got into the bathtub because she didn't want thieves to see her feet in the crack between the door and the floor. the dad called 911. of course she waited in the bathtub. police dispatched at least ten

police cars. they caught all three suspects. >> for me, it was amazing. i told her the same day i was proud of what she did the way she handled herself. >> the family did not want their faces shown to reteprotect thei safety. >> brave, young lady. check in with meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina. a look at microclimate forecast. >> forecast this morning looks cloudy across the bay area. but not the low level fog that we sometimes see this time of year. rather overcast skies starting up 800 feet at the base of the clouds, up to 2500 feet at the top. 50s to 60s outside. low clouds inland to napa, concord, tri-valley, patches of low clouds closer to san jose. interesting across northern california, chance of frontal boundary that could cause rain for extreme northern california, crescent city, eureka, north of

ukai, the same system reinforcing onshore push of marine air, keeping temperatures mild, low clouds and drizzle on the coast. late day shower north of santa rosa. most of the action, the system will stay off to the north. temperatures close to highs we saw yesterday. downtown san jose 80. drive ten minutes south towards santa teresa, upper 80s. pacific 67. north bay, mid to upper 70s around santa rosa, san rafael. highs mid-80s sunol and livermore. weekend forecast starting off in the 90s near tri-valley turning cooler as we head towards sunday. speaking of the tri-valley, that issue that we saw westbound on 580, grant line road, starting to slow down. average speeds from grant line road towards 580 to 38 miles per hour. slowing as you move through livermore, starts to slow right

there near hacienda, 580 into dublin, this is how it looks, approaching santa rita road, westbound. tri-valley trek time, down to 38 miles per hour, from grant line road to 680. seeing travel times down to 42 miles per hour. from the tri-valley to bay bridge, getting on schedule once you get past 850 section out by livermore. you can see that mass transit for now running on schedule for you on this wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. hollywood mourning passing of golden age star lauren bacall. she died at the age of 89 yesterday. bacall was a tony-award winning actress, national book award winner, friend of the kennedys, one of the last survivors of hollywood's studio age. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. >> who does not know that line?

"to have and have not," a young, husky voiced bacall delivered what is possibly the most memorable line in movie history to humphrey bogart. a year later they married in real life. marriage led to three more movie collaborations before bogart's death. bacall acknowledged their two lives will always be intertwined. >> they just lit up the screen together and fell in love on camera. they fell in love while making the movie. and audiences responded tremendously to this. >> last night, fans flocked to her star on the walk of fame, many leaving flowers and notes for the actress. bacall earned her tony award in 1971. later nominated for supporting role in "the mirror has two faces." we have extensive coverage of death of lauren bacall on nbcbayarea.com. go to home page, learn more about her acareer and life and how fans are remembering her legacy. it's 5:39. coming up, remembering another great hollywood actor, tributes

pour in for robin williams. we'll take a look at what the tone show host jimmy fallon did overnight. plus, continue to watch the situation in iraq. dozens of military advisers sent to the region to stabilize the government. we'll have a live report from washington, next.

5:42 right now. today, 130 additional u.s. military aediedy advisers in ir help the humanitarian effort. "today in the bay's" richard jordan live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. that u.s. support team made up of u.s. marines and u.s. special forces. but defense secretary chuck hagel says they will not be fighting there on the ground then are there simply to provide security and to help in the humanitarian effort and calm political tensions unfolding in

iraq. there is krits simple to obama's strategy here. peter king says the u.s. air strikes should be more widespread. right now the air strikes have been centered in erbil, where isis militants have a stronghold. but there are militants spread out throughout the country who believe the obama administration could cast a wider net. jack reid of rhode island says the issue is the political climate in iraq. a new president elected a few weeks ago, but the old administration, prime minister nuri al maliki, refusing to step aside. having trouble gaining control of the new government, the new president. that's one issue. also seeing international support, starting to step up. france agreed to send weapons to kurdish fighters taking on isis militants and australian's prime minister considering sending combat troops to iraq. >> contributions from many din countries.

it will take a couple of weeks before we learn whether robin williams had alcohol or drugs in his system when he died. williams' wife was the last person to see him alive sunday night, adding she said she thought he was still asleep in a separate bedroom when she left monday morning. later williams' assistant knocked on his bedroom door. within he did not answer, she went in, found him that he had hanged himself. williams was seeking treatment for depression. he's being remembered for his love of the bay area and comedic prowess. >> good morning. scott, last night, "the tonight show" host jimmy fallon paid tribute and got joked up as he described williams as a unique, one of kind, amazing, and encouraging people to watch youtube. williams' love of sports in the bay area, giants, williams kicked off the first game of the 2010 playoffs, a moment giants fans won't soon forget.

>> let's go, giants! let's go, giants! >> that's what they are remembering. robin williams, energy, never quiet in rooting for his favorite sports teams here. there was a quiet moment last night when the giants paid tribute to williams at at&t, fans sent messages in honor of the 63-year-old, posted on the scoreboard. they say he was a man who could bring them all to their feet as a fellow giants fan and talented actor and comedian. >> he brought a lot of laughter in all of our lives and he brought laughter into people's lives that were more sad than his. god bless him. >> williams was a regular at the throckmorton theater going there weekly. the theater canceled tuesday comedy night out of respect for williams. in southern california, for only the eighth time in its 87-years open, the chinese theater in hollywood dimmed its lights last night for one minute, in tribute

to the 63-year-old. the chinese theater is where many of his films premiered, includes "popeye," "good morning, vietnam" and "mrs. doubtfire." williams' depression, we heard from a psychologist who had an exchange with williams eight months ago, that's coming up. the death of robin williams has really hit home for a lot of people. more so than the death of any other celebrity. people -- person after person we talked to in san rafael told us how williams death brought on unique hurt. >> saying she was, you know, she didn't know why she was so affected by it but she felt like it was just a huge, profound loss and affecting her. >> came across as incredibly genuine person. you read about all of the things he's done. all of the ways he's reached out to other people he touched

people's hearts in a sincere way. >> a clinical psychologist and professor in psychiatry at uc san francisco. she says public persona of williams masked a different person who suffered from severe depression. the suddenness of the loss explains why so many feel so much. if you or someone you know is battling depression or having suicidal thoughts, there are people to talk to, including national suicide prevention lifeline. numbers on your screen, 800-273-8255. well, switch gears and talk about back to school. students all over the bay area getting ready for school a live look at san jose. san jose unified, kindergarten to high school starts today. let's check the back-to-school forecast with rob mayeda. >> nice forecast.

not too hot. comfortable for the morning. cool enough you might need a light jacket to pack with the kids this morningen parts of the south bay, classes under way at san jose unified and antioch. antioch unified and south san francisco, temperatures 50s to low 60s with areas of low clouds. part of the story, too. also early start to the giants game. extra traffic from that as that game time is 12:45. should be upper 60s at ballpark, at&t. low clouds and drizzle along the coastline as we head towards midday. see coastal low clouds, clearing skies inland. mild and breezy. afternoon temperatures as you pick kids up, not too bad. towards thursday and friday, we will see warmer temperatures coming back, could be approaching 90 in the warmest places in the inland valleys. low clouds around the bay area. weather system here that looks more like late september, early

october, outer fringe trying to head to the north bay. mid and high level clouds back over the bay area like yesterday. and areas north of santa rosa, might see a stray shower, most accumulations north of yukai. it will help the sea breeze. mild temperatures, including closer to 80 downtown san jose. upper 80s around the south. palo alto, 60s. around the east bay today, fremont, 77 degrees, 75 in santa rosa. temperatures around pleasanton and livermore, climbing into the low to mid-80s. but for thursday, friday, weekend, notice tri-valley close to 90 on saturday. maybe cooler come sunday. see if the sea breeze turns stronger as you wrap up the weekend. east bay commute, troubles from the earlier stall in the center lane at grant line road. parts of 580 this morning.

mission boulevard between 680 and 880, traffic incident there has both directions unusually slow this morning. you can see how the freeway traffic is fine, it's bottle neck between two at mission boulevard between 680 and 880 this morning. as we show you 101, northbound san jose, starting to see volume slowing there. as it passes camera, traffic slows down more. 580 and dublin, traffic does slow down through livermore and stays roughly average speed of 40 miles per hour as you approach 680 and head to the south or north. bay bridge, volume picking up heading into the city but no incidents on that stretch of the bay bridge. drive times, the tri-valley, dropped down to 34 miles per hour from grant line road, 68 and lowing down 84 away from livermore. mass transit good alternative, b.a.r.t., muni, caltrain and vta on schedule. >> thank you. tonight a wake will be held for the race car driver hit and killed on the dirt track.

kevin ward jr. died saturday after hit by tony stewart's car in a race in new york. no charges against stewart so far. tomorrow, funeral services for ward will be held at his old high school, also in upstate new york. five cal poly football players free on bail, accused of taking part in an armed robbery at a frat house. students who live at delta sigma pi shaken up over what happened saturday. 19-year-old football player barged into the house and pointed a gun at them. the victims tried to keep calm before fighting back. >> tackled hyim down the stairs. cops came and dog piled on him. >> four other suspects in a get away car. all suspects football players, some with scholarships. motive could have been drugs or money, but nothing was taken from the frat house. it's 5:51.

why hidden cash drops are stopping. look outside, we are remind you students over the bay area return to class after summer off. a special welcome back to students in san jose. >> good morning, this is ruth smith, principal at schallenberger. i'm excited to welcome the owls back to the brand-new school year. all getting classrooms and school ready for you. we're excited to welcome you to the new school year. welcome.

it 5:54. today, getting a job in san francisco may get easier for

ex-cons. the latest ban the box will stop most employers from asking about a person's history on a job application. but employers will be allowed to do background checks after an interview. the law applies to businesses with more than 20 employees. earlier, california adopted a similar policy for state employees. >> apple started production in the new ipad air ii, could be unveiled in october. expected to have an anti-glare screen. ipad sales sluped, down 9% in apple's latest quarter. analysts fear they'll suffer more when the company launches new iphone 6. say good-bye to hidden cash, for now. >> jason buzi announced on twitter, he will no longer make hidden cash drops. he realized the only way to keep the scavenger hunt going was with sponsors. approached by several big names

but after thought, he decided against it, saying turning hidden cash into advertising business was not his goal or mission. buzi hopes to do more fun things to help people out in the future. let's collect your back-to-school weather with rob mayeda at 5:56. good morning. >> good morning. off to a pleasant start, chilly. you might want a sweatshirt or jacket. 50s and 60s. towards the afternoon, t-shirt weather for san jose. 80 degrees. 86 saratoga. san francisco, the light sweater or jacket will do you fine. south san francisco, we've seen classes going back into schedule today. we'll see temperatures closer to 70. north bay temperatures in the mid-70s around santa rosa, livermore mid-80s. trend over the next five days, see the tri-valley warm up with temperatures approaching the 90s, closer to the tart of the weekend. right now speaking of the east bay, slowing, livermore, 40 miles per hour from grant line to 680. north bound 101, through san

jose, you are seeing slowing there. that's how it looks. northbound 101, 28 on 580 and dublin, delays. metering lights turned on at bay bridge, slowing the commute out of the east bay. new water restrictions in two bay area counties. >> changes coming to the san bruno neighborhood devastated by the gas pipeline explosion. why people in the neighborhood are not happy. police near st. louis shoot someone again overnight, close to where that unarmed teen was shot and killed by an officer a few days ago. the very latest.

desks won't be empty for long. back to school for three major school districts. brace yourself for a crowded commute. real life lesson for bay area schools.

how districts are dealing with influx of migrant children. light jacket in store, if temperatures around the bays 50s to 60s sends the kid off to skoom t school. the rest of the forecast coming up. beautiful way to start your morning, lights on the san francisco bay bridge. wednesday, august 13th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." very good wednesday morning to you, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. grab your backpacks, lunchboxes, time to go back to school. today's the first day of school for students in several districts including san jose unified, antioch unified and south san francisco unified. so the start of the school year means much more crowded commute. >> this morning we have team coverage. nanette miranda will tell us h