year including one district that's trying to crack down on cell phone use. and on shore flow means a cooler than average start to your workweek. but all good things must come to an end. that subtropical moisture lurking at the end of your forecast. we'll talk about it in just moments. and the beginning to your workweek means a beginning to the commute. plus the school coming back in means more folks on the road. slow down showing up already. and no lurking here, just a beautiful, iconic bay bridge in the early morning hours, live look right now in san francisco. it is monday, august 18th. and this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good monday morning, thanks so much for joining once i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. new details about this morning stemming from a major crash in san jose last night involving eight different cars. the fire department tweeted out these pictures of the crash that

injured ten people. it happened on east capitol expressway around 9:30 last night. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live from the scene this morning. stephanie, do you know if alcohol played any role in this crash? >> reporter: hey good morning, laura. we do know that police say the preliminary investigation shows that alcohol and speed were a factors in this crash. you can see almost eight hours later, and this intersection, capitol expressway still closed and at the heart of this police say was a black mercedes you see in the distance. it's getting ready to be towed away. san jose police officer in the area saw the driver of that mercedes speeding eastbound on o'colla. it was running a red light here. broadsided another vehicle. the mercedes rolled over several times hitting several other cars and a light stopping in the middle of a lane on o'colla.

the driver got out and started to run. officers did catch that person. meanwhile, three people were trapped inside the mercedes as it started to go up in flames. check out the images posted on the san jose fire department twitter. firefighters were able to put out the fire and extra date the three passengers. you can see that mercedes completely crumbled, the rear is in the air, most badly burned. it was a two alarm fire. we spoke with a witness by phone who described the moments right before the crash. >> as soon as i noticed on my rvmd there was a car coming really fast, which i knew that if i kept making the right, he was going to take me out. so i moved over. he squeezed in between my car and the pole, and that's when i noticed that he had plowed through everybody that was crossing the intersection. >> reporter: paramedics took all four people in the mercedes to local hospitals where they were being treated for life threatening injuries.

there were six other victims also taken to local hospitals treated for various injuries. again back here live, you're looking at the scene. there are still several cars on the other side of capitol expressway. what we understand is police have been allowing investigators to take a look at all the evidence when they are done with each vehicle. that's when the tow trucks come and take them out of this area. again, alcohol factors so far police say factors into this crash. ten people hurt. eight vehicles involved. this still blocked off. we're not sure when it'll be back open. we'll have more on "today in the bay." live in east san jose, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you, stephanie. we are inching towards the fall. summer vacation has officially come to an end for many children in the bay area, sorry to pass that news along. live look right now this morning. oak grove in san jose, san francisco unified, and berkeley city cleveland, all of them headed back to class this morning. that's just some of the 17 k-12 schools and 11 colleges that

will be returning today. >> big back to school happening in the south bay. bob redell live in san jose where thousands of kids are backing up the backpacks and heading to class, good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. one of the largest groups of students to be going back to school in the bay area at once. they're right here in the south bay. we're talking about roughly 270,000 students for more than 30 school districts who will be saying good-bye to summer breaks just just a few hours to ring in a new school year. those fall under the santa clara county office of education which provides them the oversight and services and the person in charge of that office is john grundy. now i bring this up because he is the fourth superintendent in recent years at office, the county board pushed out the previous three soups after relatively short terms. he started just a couple weeks ago. it's a fullbright psychological already, english and spanish. served of superintendent at the

pasadena unified school district. we'll talk live coming up within the next half hour to get a sense of what he thinks the challenges are facing him as he takes on this very big job again back to school for the santa clara county office of education starting in just a few hours. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. adjustment for students in palo alto, putting their phones on vibrate, that is not going to cut it anymore. the palo alto unified school district is instituting a new policy this year. that requires students to turn their phones completely off and put them away before students could use their phones in class. so long as they weren't being disruptive or cheating. the changes aren't in response to any particular event, but earl whier this year, palo alto high school had to invalidate the results of more than 100 tests after finding out that students cheated by sending each other text messages. >> sign of the times. let's get the back to school

forecast right now, we're happy that christina loren is finally back from a well deserved vacation and big wedding as well. >> big wedding, but bigger days for those of you who have little ones. back to school. back to school. >> first day of kindergarten. >> wow. >> on thursday. >> it's going to be really nice, especially for kids headed out today. and the fall wardrobe, typically short sleeves and longer sleeve items. today you can go for either or. it's not going to be too hot. and in the city by the bay, san francisco only touching on the mid-60s. that's where you can water long sleeved shirts and pants. break out the short sleeves and the shorts today in the south bay. this is what we're working with. as they head out for lunch. 71 degrees today at noon, that's room temperature at lunchtime. that's really comfortable. then we'll finish off the day as they finish off school between 2:00 and 3:00, upper 70s. not a bad day whatsoever. then evening this evening as you start in on your first night of homework, that's right, that's

what comes with school. it's going to be comfortable out there. looking live at emeryville. nice clear start for the most part, you will notice the low clouds are starting to settle in. we can see the visible moisture here in san francisco. overall, still looking good on the golden gate bridge. check on your drive with mike in moments. temperatures 50s and 60s on our way towards a gorgeous bay area today. 81 for the south bay. 77 along the peninsula today and 76 degrees on the east shore. warm spots in the tri-valley, only the mid-80s. we have changes to tell you about. i'll dive into that in my next report, right now back to you guys. >> thank you so much, christina. let us know how you get ready for school, share a picture of your school back to, back to school routine using the #backtoschool. twitter handle is @nbcbayarea. developing now in the heart of the country for an issue that's changing to the second. two or three people shot

overnight in ferguson, missouri, by protesters firing off guns and lobbing homemade bombs at police. jay nixon brought in the national guard to help state patrolman fire back at protesters shooting cans of tear gas and smoke grenades in the crowds of people who refuse to leave. dozens were caught on camera looting a convenience store as you see right here. and at least seven others were arrested. police say the night took a bad turn when protesters started to overrun a command post. but the protesters say they were demonstrating peacefully against the police shooting that killed 18-year-old michael brown. preliminary private autopsy reported by the new york city found that brown was shot at least six times, including twice in his head. the sonoma county deputy who shot 13-year-old andy lopez will be back on work this week. he hasn't said which day. deputy shot and killed him last

october. the district attorney decided not to file charges. he was carrying a replica rifle in the park when deputies shot him. the prosecutor believes the deputy honestly believed the gun was a real assault rifle. saddens news from san francisco, the bay area family of a develop-year-old hit and run victim is asking for help to find the driver. he was is in a crosswalk with a family member on mission street between fourth and fifth streets in san francisco friday night. that is when a car struck the tolder and didn't stop. last night, family and friends held a vigil for the little girl. handed out fliers on information to the accident hoping to bring the driver to justice. >> they just came from seeing teenage mutant ninja turtles with a relative and her twin brother who is also two and a car went through the crosswalk and killed her on impact. >> the san francisco police trying to hunt down the person responsible. they released a surveillance photo of the car they believe to

be involved here. it's a white mid-90s four dor sedan. the car was either a camry, honda, or lexuss with a dark colored mismatched front bumper and dark rims. banking executive accused of posing an tsa agent will not be charged with any crime. 53-year-old eric slighten was set to be arraigned this morning, but the da's office will not prosecute him. deputies arrested him last month after he was caught in the international terminal. authorities were also investigating claims that he patted down a woman in a private screening area. according to investigators, the victims have not stepped forward or have been identified. 5:10 right now on your monday morning, let's look at the commute right now with mike. >> good morning, good morning sam, laura. 580, picking up the volume a bit. still going close through the speed limit. we'll show you the tri-valley commute on the maps. speed sensors. showing slowing here out of the altamont pass.

there's the orange zone. around 45 miles per hour this time of day. smoother drive into livermore. you're at speed down to the sunol area. now northbound shows a little bit of slowing, that's a few more cars hitting the roadway. no incidents reported, but no problems for the tri-valley, predictable. same thing for the south bay, we have construction road crews still going on here, 880 around steven's creek and the remaining crew will stick around far half hour or so. also where stephanie was reporting. capitol expressway, o'colla. the middle school last week saw it, there was still activity, avoid the intersection if you can. you'll be rerouted a couple blocks. watch for that as well. rest of the bay looking good. speed throughout the areas approaching san francisco. either side of the bay moving nicely up towards the bay bridge which experiences no delays. no delays for the agencies either. none reported and quick look at the north bay. southbound 101 no delays for the north bay through san rafael, back to you. >> thank you, mike. so-called hot cop of san

francisco whom i guess is already laenld. i don't know who this is. will take the ice bucket challenge today. >> and here we're going to show you who it is. this officer, chris cortz became a viral sensation created a page called hot koch san francisco. 20,000 likes. today he's using the fame to raise the money for lou gairg's disease research. including officers killed in the line of duty. he'll be at cafe on market street where variety visitors can pour a bucket of ice over his head. i don't know. >> worthy cause, i'm sure there'll be a big crowd. >> lineup. he's going to be constantly wet if they're going to keep doing it. good luck to him. big change coming to targeting that has many thaep morning. police on the scene after reports of a multiple shooting incident overnight on the peninsula. we'll have a live update from the scene with new details, next. plus a live look outside, a

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> good morning, this is principal michael fong of john d. suter elementary school. i want to welcome back all of our suter frogs, back to another, and i say another great school year. >> and i can tell you the students are just as excited as the principal. >> go frogs. >> go frogs. one of the epic mascots of the area. that was a special welcome back for the students at suter elementary at santa clara unified school district. lots of kids headed back to class this morning. we'll a have a look at your back

to school forecast coming up in a few minutes. it is 5:15, east palo alto police are continuing the investigation of deadly overnight shootings. happened after 11:30 last night on hunter street near perdue in east palo alto. lucero benitez joins us live in east palo alto this morning, police are still looking for that shooter? >> reporter: that's right. good morning, police are still looking for that shooter. and this morning detectives are still out here at the shooting scene on hunter street in east palo alto. they're trying to gather more information and details about this fatal shooting that left one person dead just before midnight. total of four people were shot last night while sitting in a toyota camry on hunter street. one of them an 18-year-old male was pronounced dead at the scene. three others are still in the hospital. and actually right now, that car is being taken away from the streets. police tell us the four victims, two males, and two females who

were tweern the ages of 18 and 20 were sitting inside that car when someone pulled up and began shooting at them. the sergeant jeff blue also told us they're still questioning people here in the area trying to gather more information. they've gone door to door trying to get any witnesses who may have heard or seen anything to cooperate with them and help them determine the cause of the shooting and also any suspects. although the victims have not been identified yet, like i mentioned, police tell us that the victim who did die was an 18-year-old male, three others are still in the hospital with severe injuries and police are asking anyone who may have heard or seen anything last night to call the detectives as soon as possible and remember that they can remain anonymous. live in east palo alto, "today in the bay." >> thank you so much, lucero. this morning target is making a major change that store managers hope will help boost

its bottom line. hampton pierson joins us live at cnbc washington bureau with a look at that story plus your market headlines, good morning. >> reporter: hey, sam, yeah, futures are higher as the markets are coming off a second straight week of gains. led by tech and transport stocks, oil prices closed down for the fourth straight week. and they're trading below $97 a barrel this morning. we do get data later today on housing and reports later this week on housing starts, existing home sales and consumer prices. as well as the mibs from the last federal reserve meeting and key speech by janet yellen on friday. dow losing 50 points, at nasdaq up 11 to close at 4464. target is going to be keeping a lights on later at many of its stores. hoping to snag customers who put off shopping until well after dark. target is typically open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00. reports say stores will say open

to 11:00 or midnight. the new hours will start this month and run through the holidays. target is cutting prices to try and woo back shoppers after a series of missteps including that massive data breach last year. news you can use for some of the shoppers, guys. >> couple hours help and consider us normaled -- informed, thanks very much. we welcome back christina loren. >> more news you can use from christina loren coming your way. >> we need it. >> i'm so jealous of hampton's deep can. i was in hawaii, i can't touch that man. 5:19, we have a gorgeous day. if you're trying to work on your tan afterall today in the bay area, it's not something we're known for. off couple opportunities where it's not too warm this week. i have to tell you this week my friends, it is going to be really sunny, make sure you keep account of that high uv index. nine to ten throughout the next couple days. especially if you're going to be

outdoors for longer than 15 to 20 minutes. really want to make sure you have the sunscreen and make sure the kiddos have it at school if that's the case. 61 degrees right now in san jose. good morning to you, concord, you are waking up at 59, to kick off dmat half-moon bay. and really holding on to some comfortable levels. if you ten joyed yesterday, more of the same today. cool ocean breeze. l continue into the afternoon and overall looking good. here in san francisco, golden gate bridge, monitoring the fog for you. mike's going to let you know how the drive is shaping up. overall, temperatures are going to be perfect. hard top believe we're getting into the end of august at this point. 81 degrees. that's it in the south bay. 77 on the peninsula today. and 66 degrees with the building breeze in san francisco, that's the only place you'll probably need to jacket today or send a little one off to school with a jacket. 87 in the tri-valley, nice warm finish for you.

70 on the east shore, 83 degrees in the north bay. weather headlines tell the story. what you can expect for the next few days, on shore flow firmly in place through wednesday. then as we head throughout thursday into friday. temperatures will creep up label the, in addition to that, we can see that monsoonal moisture surge back in. it'll be humid starting thursday and ramping up throughout your saturday. but your five day forecast for san francisco, and san jose really tells the story. temperatures staying put, no extremes. looking at good air quality for today. not sparing the air likely through wednesday, and then we'll bring in that monsoonal moisture towards the end of the week. as promised, here's mike inouye. >> i like the temperatures, the humidity, all right, we'll see about that, christina. we'll reserve judgment. slowing here and the low clouds not really a problem as far as the view of the roadway lighting. and that's good news. can't see the tops of the towers, they're hovering around. north of the golden gate bridge, smooth drive as well for highway 101 along the coast. don't have as much fog as we do

last week. we watched for the low clouds to continue developing. over here, the approach to the bay bridge is moving smoothly. christina showed you this as well. i want to show you again. this is our view of the bay bridge from emeryville across the span and low clouds have sunk down. you can't see the tower lights. the san francisco side of the treasure island area. smooth drive nonetheless on the span itself. and no backup at the toll plaza. back out to a live shot, smooth drive as well. by comparison, you can make out the high-rise clearly. this sign over here, there is that closure for northbound 280 from 101 up to at&t park. the end of next week we'll warn you about that again. fremont southbound 880 moving smoothly past the truck scales here. easy flow of traffic. more company into and out of south bay, no delays, back to you. >> in case you don't have mike inouye guiding you, you might be familiar with the parking crunch in palo alto. city council members will try to

fashion a solution to the issues in downtown palo alto. they'll be discussing programs that would help people find available parking spots in garages located downtown. one is called a parking guidance system that will include putting digital signs outside of parking garages that will inform drivers how many spots are available. sounds pretty useful. another idea would let drivers park longer than the current three hour limit. the two programs would cost the city by estimates, about $2 million. it's 5:23, the girl that's turning heads that the year's little league world series, coming up. >> she's a nasty curve ball. that's just a hint there. place live look right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. looking good for the time being. we'll continue to keep an eye on things and your back to school forecast and commute. here's a special welcome back though to the chargers of wilcox high school.

you're watching "today in the bay." how about a live look this morning at at&t park. the giants off traveling to chicago. the g-men about to start a three game set with the cubs that begins tomorrow. on the other side of town, the a's will try and right the ship and get things going. the team lost to the braves 4-3 yesterday. that makes it five losses in a row. a's trickled back down, tied with the angels for the top spot in the al west division. a's will play host to the mets tomorrow night. 13-year-old girl is taking the little league world series by storm. >> i'd say, her and her philadelphia team continue to astound the team's pulled off a comeback victory last night thanks in part to a single by monet. she is just the sixth girl to ever hit a little league world series game. hit in one. she can also pitch.

on friday she threw a two hitter and struck out eight batters in 4-0 victory over nashville. expected to take the mound again on wednesday night against las vegas. that's one of the best things about baseball. >> hitting homers. and striking boys out. >> she's getting a lot of celebrity coverage too. magic johnson, michelle obama, new york times all tweeting about her. >> two way player in baseball often. she's good with the bat and her arm. >> and no hutting, exactly, what a talent. the time now 5:27 on monday. students all over the bay area heading back to school. team coverage, coming up. plus bge plans to answer from charges stemming from the deadly explosion in san bruno.

we continue to get new details about a major crash in the south bay. at least eight cars involved and close to a dozen people hurt.

we'll have new details in a live report. plus we're keeping an eye on developments in ferguson, missouri. police clashing with protesters yet again overnight. a live update from ferguson is just ahead. and whether you're headed back to work, back to school, maybe back to sleep in the next couple hours. weather is going to be comfortable for today and tomorrow. then big changes coming your way. your microclimate forecast in is in just moments. backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. new hazard for drivers at the tri-valley. and let's take a live look outside, overlooking downtown san jose. made it to monday morning, hopefully you're coming off a great weekend. it is august 18th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good monday morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have new details this morning

stemming from a major crash in san jose last night involving eight different cars. the fire department tweeted out these pictures of the crash that injured ten people. it happened on east capitol expressway around 9:30 last night. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live from the scene this morning. and stephanie, we understand one of the drivers actually tried to leave the scene? >> reporter: that's right, good morning, laura. we're told by polices that he tried to run away, but he was caught quickly. we also just spoke with a man who was involved in the crash. and he's okay, but eight hours later, he's still here waiting for his car which is on the other side of capitol expressway. you can see that there are some tow trucks still out here taking away just the last couple of remaining cars here. the driver was heading eastbound which is the direction you're looking at on o'colla. he took out a traffic light here before hitting some of the cars. and public works authority put

up a new one. investigators have been collecting evidence out here. towing away the vehicles after. including the mercedes that just left. police say started this whole thing, saying that an officer in the area around 9:30 last night started the drivers speeding, run the red, broadside one vehicle, rolling over hitting several cars as well as the traffic. some cars then hit others. now police say the driver, a man in his 20s we've learned actually got out of the mercedes, tried to run, but he was caught. meantime, three people were trapped inside the mercedes or inside one person was trapped in that car as it started to go up in flames. he spoke with a witness who described the chaos right after the crash. >> i noticed a lot of cars that were hit and pushed on that way, and a car burst into flames and there was just too much going on to focus on every detail, but it was just, cars up in flames. >> reporter: now some, the san jose fire department was saying that seven balances in one air

balance responded, paramedics took four people and a mercedes to local hospitals where police say the three passengers are still in bad shape, but the latest is that they are expected to survive. good news there. there were six other victims taken to local hospitals, treated for variety of injuries from broken bones down to just complaints of pain. back here live again, you can see the scene is clearing up. we do see some people on the other side working to clean up the debris, and that is really when this intersection will be back open, police say they hope it will be back open an hour before the capitol expressway heavily used. we've also learned that the driver again, male in his 20s, has been treated and released from the hospital and is set to be charged with felony dui. so yes, police from the preliminary investigation believe that both speed and alcohol were factors in this crash. we'll keep you posted throughout the show this morning. live in east san jose, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, stephanie. 5:33, we are breaking news to tell you about with a live

look at oakland this morning. you see the glow at the center of the screen. that is a fire. fire crews are on the scene of a three alarm warehouse fire. these are flames that you can see from our traffic camera. you can actually see the water they're trying to pour on it. it is happening in a warehouse near the intersection of san leandro and stone streets. that's just blocks from the 98th avenue exit of interstate 880. we are in contact with the oakland fire department, we'll of course get you the very latest details as soon as we get them. lawyers for pge will be back in the courtroom this morning answering to charges stemming from the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. the explosion of course killed eight people and injured 66 others. several years ago. it destroyed an entire neighborhood in san bruno. now last month. a grand jury issued an indictment against pge accusing it of 27 charges including willingfully violating the pipeline's safety act and obstructing the investigation into that explosion. state senator jerry hill whose

district does law in san bruno says one of the key issues moving forward will be the close relationship between the cpuc which oversees pge and the utility itself. >> it's clear that we have to see the u.s. attorney making some actions and headway, and that's what they're doing. and i think more importantly, in the long run, is that we need an independent monitor. someone in san bruno has been the city of san bruno has been asking for this for more years now, but we need someone independent, other than the public utility's commission. >> and when asked for comment, pge referred us back to an earlier statement which reads in part, we still do not believe that pge employees intentionally violated the federal pipeline safety. 5:35, happening today, live look at san jose this morning. families all over the bay area waking up a little earlier, getting ready to return to class. headed back to school, 11 different community colleges

including city college in san francisco, college still fighting to maintain its accreditation. issue sternally weighing on student's minds this morning. also 17 different school districts returning to class this morning. among them, campbell union in the south bay and san francisco unified. maybe apropos, let's go to a dad for perspective on this. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose where a majority of the students will be headed back to class, right? >> reporter: i have children? forgot. yeah, good morning to you there sam and laura. talking about one of the largest chunks of kids going back to school. starting today and throughout the week here in the south bay around 270,000 students. 31 districts, and they all fall under the santa clara county office of education. and the new man in charge is the new suspect, excuse me, john gundry, congratulations on the new job. >> thank you. >> reporter: number one challenge? >> the number one challenge facing all of us shh funding for

public education. california is well known these days for underfunding its schools, and even though we're doing better after the passage of prop 30 and under the governor's new local control budget, we're in a better situation. but all that did was avert disaster, didn't give us the funding we need to provide the best we can for the kids here. >> reporter: schools are on the second year of the implement takes of common corps. there were controversy on that. sop people don't agree, your naughts? >> i think generally common core is taking us in the right direction because it's forcing us to move away from the stand and deliver type of teaching and learning in classrooms and do more hands on, integrated type of learning that's more connected to the real world. so, the real challenge will be how it's assessed. we really don't know what common core assessment is going to look like and the assessment will drive our practice in classroom naps remains to be seen, but in general, i'm very optimistic about where we're going with common core.

>> you're roughly two weeks on the job. the previous three people that had your job were pushed out after relatively short terms by the board. your boss. do you have pressure? you feeling pressure? >> there's always pressure for every superintendent. it's not a job with a lot of job security, but i'm very optimistic that this is where i'm going to be until i retire. >> reporter: hey, congratulations, and thank you very much on your back to school. of course starting today and running through the week. again around 270,000 students here. just under the per view of this man right here who runs the santa clara county office of education. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> feverish excitement on the first day of school, thank you, bob. >> for some kids. probably have their outfits laid off. they're -- if they're not in uniforms. if they are, here's the forecast. >> you want to make sure the kids have water bottle ready to go and definitely the sunscreen as well with a high uv index. let's talk about your back to school forecast. hour by hour break down. right now in the 50s and 60s.

we're going to stay in the 60s to about 8:00 a.m. lunchtime, 71 degrees here in south bay. comfortable conditions. then they'll finish off the day in the upper 70s. overall today, little cooler than average. i want to talk about the wind right now because we just told you about the near oakland. more information in just moments. right now the wind is relatively strong in the area. seven to 12 miles per hour sustained, gusts to about 25 miles per hour. that's something we're watching for you and like i said, more information in just moments. today's highs, cooler than average, we're going to hold on to the beautiful temperatures for most of the week. unfortunately, we do have to bring in that humidity towards the end of the week. we'll talk about that in adjust moment. for today, 81 degrees in the south bay. 77 on the peninsula, and 80 degrees in the norts bay. weather headlines tell the story, nice, comfortable start to the week. we'll see a warm-up towards the midsection and the muggy seal returns. we'll show you the weather maker, what's going to bring in the humidity coming up in my next report. right now though, i want to get

you off to a good start. here's mike inouye. >> hurry up and wait at the toll plaza. we have all of the lanes starting to slow quite a bit as you're approaching the toll plaza itself. no metering lights just yet, but probably another five minutes or so. and christina mentioned, laura told you there's a fire in oakland. we're watching this. this is southeast of coliseum. you see the flashing lights and the crews on scene. this is close to 98th and san leandro street. south of there. here's the off-ramp. stay clear. haganburger, that'll take you to the north side to keep you clear of the activity. of course we're tracking this in the newsroom as well. freeway itself not great affected by the flow. you can't see the smoke because it's still dark there and we're showing a smooth drive ashtd rest of the bay. plent in san francisco, back to you. >> thanks mike. 5:40, wikileaks founder julianne assange making a big announcement, we'll have details coming up. live in ferguson, missouri, high friction and violent protesting continuing overnight. anger over the deadly police

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yet another night of unrest in ferguson, missouri. there was more looting overnight in that st. louis suburb. police now using smoke grenades and tear gas to disperse protesters angry over the new details just released about the deadly shooting of an unarmed teen of a local police officer. this morning the governor is sending troops to the area to try and quell that violence. "today in the bay's" jay gray joins us in ferguson with the overnight developments. jay, there have been many. >> reporter: yeah, there has. a lot's changed here. and the latest happening right now. an alderman reporting that the national guardsmen ordered in by the governor have arrived in st. louis city. i'm reading this, it's just happening now. there's about 80 members will help with the police and protect the police command center here in ferguson.

that's where a lot of the violence unfolded here last night. and the first time its been involved in the violence here. what officers are saying is that two molotov cocktails were lobbed at officers in the area of the police command center. again, we haven't seen the violence reach this far into this area. this has been really a clean zone if you will. officers rushed back in, armored vehicles as well. they were dressed in tactical gear. also dressed in riot gear. they lock the down this area, waited and looked for who may be involved here, but made sure that no one could get through. they were wearing that riot gear, dressed in gas masks. the area filled with tear gas. i can attest to that. when it was all said and done, what police are saying is they found eight people with weapons in the crowd. two, maybe three people injured by gunfire. they say officers not involved in that. four businesses that were damaged and looted. one other quick note, as all

this was unfolding, the family of michael brown lawyers for that family announced that an autopsy showed he was shot six times the day he was killed. we expect to find out more not only from the family, but the doctor who performed the autopsy, sam, back to you. >> the situation just continues to spiral into dangerous territory. 5:45, new many morning, wikileaks founder julianne assange says he'll be leaving the embassy in london soon but not when or why why. . he has been holed up for more than two years. he fled to escape extradition to sweden where he's wanted for sex crime allegations. ecuador granted him refugee status, but british police refused to let hem leave the compound. during the news conference, he told reporters he suffered health issues recently. 5:45, happening now, hot, dry weather fuelling a fast moving wild fire burning near

downtown los angeles. it broke out yesterday in the national forest about 25 miles northeast of the downtown area. 200 people were forced to evacuate this morning. the most popular campground in the forest was evacuated. 400 acres burned sending a plume of smoke visible across the basin. state route 39 is closed at the base of the mountain. the fire is just 5% contained. of course dry conditions are driving that. today we have a important day, it is the first day of school, find out exactly how to be dressing if you are a wee one, over to meteorologist christina loren. >> even if you're a 6'2", like our own sam broeck, i can tell you to dress warm, but not hot. he is a tall man, let me tell you. 55 san martin, 59 degrees this morning in concord. it's comfortable right off the bat. and if you enjoyed yesterday, basically a repeat performance

and more of the same on the way tomorrow. not too hot. and we're not talking about red flag warnings or even a really significant fire threat here in the bay area when it comes to your weather conditions, potentially until the end of the week. we'll bring in the dry lightning strikes again, not expecting much, towards thursday and friday. overall on shore flow stays in control for the next couple of days. for us, that means cloudy starts clearing by noon. then 70s and the 80s for most of this yeek. not a bad week shaping up. by any means, 81 degrees for example in the south bay. peninsula is 77 today. 66 in san francisco. and you had about 70 degrees in oakland. 83 for the north bay. 87 degrees, a nice warm finish for you in the tri-valley, but no 90s on the map. all week long, we're looking really good. as we head throughout the next couple days. the cool ocean air will keep moving inland. midweek, bump up in the temperatures, not by much, maybe a couple degrees at best. then the subtropical moisture

surges as we get into the end of the week. it's going to feel muggy and true temperature, 82, 83 degrees thursday and friday. it's going to feel closer to 90 when you add the humidity. we'll talk about that coming up. right now check your drive. it's a back to school monday for some, but some kids actually started last week, mike, i can't believe it. >> some kids are into their first, oh, monday routine. over here towards 580 where this has seen a big burst of traffic. this is packed el charro heading towards the tassajara. we see the slowing right there. and also, build still coming out of the altamont pass. that's a good volume of traffic. nonetheless, 84 looks typical. we have this, we have a fire in oakland. 880 itself moving past the coliseum, the fire here near san leandro street. this is going to affect the intersection likely, but we do also have word, no word from the agency on delays.

we're tracking that, the fire close to the bart tracks. again no delays reported from the agency. tracking that in the newsroom. meanwhile the rest of the bay moving smoothly. we'll look at the bay bridge where the metering lights just turned on. fast track lanes, the lanes on the left suddenly light noerp crashes in the back-up that might be a shift in pattern. back to the maps, we want to show you rest of the bay moving smoothly in the south bay as well. north 101 has the first burst. slowing because of the volume, back to you. one week after the death of actor robin williams, fans are still looking for ways to honor the late actor. facebook campaign is calling for, quote, one last curtain call far man who made our lives a little better. one laugh at the same time. asking people to stop what they're doing at 1:00 and pause far minute. standing ovation far minute. people are reportedly gathering in cliszy field and justin herman plaza to pay their respects. the event comes on the heels of

san francisco. the house was packed yesterday with people paying their respects to the oscar winning actor and comedian. williams was a supporter of many local charities including glide. as part of the service, the reverend thanked him for lifting people's spirits and reminding him to smile. >> he was just a good laugh and a good soul. what he said and what he did and the way he did it. >> williams died monday in his tiburon home. more tributes are in the works. hollywood is working to put together a tribute worthy of the acting legend at the next monday's emmy awards. this was definitely one to forget. disappointing start to the 49ers first game out at levi stadium. the niners shut out by the broncos. of course luckily it doesn't count. the final score, dismal 34-0. many fans left early, not sticking around to see the entire debacle. they do say however they are happy with the new digs.

>> the view's good, you can still see player's numbers, the facility's nice in terms of the bathrooms and accessibility to the food. i really like it. >> told getting to the game wasn't a problem for fans, the hiccups apparently ironed out. vta planned to get 10,000 people to and from levi stadium and managed to do it with few problems. with fans leaving early, the system was not tested on the back end. but vta says it would have been prepared if tan fans had stayed. >> we had training lying in wait and ready to develop. we deployed them as needed and as people started coming out of the stadiums. >> parking at the stadium not as smooth. traffic flowed out on the freeways, but on city streets, it was pure gridlock. >> one hour and 30 minutes from the time we got on the highway until our parking lot. >> then others complained that tailgating lots were actually too far away from the stadium. levi is still working out some of the kinks.

the stadium ran out of the hot dogs, beer, and nachos. that could lead to disappointing fans, however most of them were understanding know that is correct new stadium is of course a work in progress. laura. >> thanks, som. it's 5:52, tesla's new promise to customers coming up. pluses a live look at san jose this morning, welcoming thousands of kids back to school. that's a beautiful start. here's a nice special greeting for the pirates of peterson middle school.

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you're watching "today in the bay". surp's over, school is starting, the cougars are coming back to the middle school. wifl ball's played every day and kids can play the flute and we're ls also the home of the leadership institute of the 49ers. >> that is fantastic. we to want thank the crew at the middle school in santa clara unify for the welcome back video. live look outside, santa clara in fact one of 17 school districts in the bay area headed back to class this morning. number of community colleges also headed back. christina loren is back as well. she's going to have a look at the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> you have to love a little afternoon wifl ball. tesla is boosting its warranty coverage on its model s sedan

after consumer reports highlighted problems with the electric car. tesla is extend lg the warranty on the drive frame to eight years and infinite miles. matching coverage on the battery back. this move is retro active for all vehicles produced since 2012. stanford university researchers are looking for volunteers to drink mill shakes. children age 4-8 are needed for the study looking at how the brain responds to pleasurable food. just the anticipation of the food can be more pleasurable that be eating the food itself. researchers say that could lead many to overeat. anyone wishing to participate can call the lab, there's a number on your screen. >> i love researchers, but i am not entirely sure that the thinking about food is as eny isable of consuming food. >> but it gets you excited. they look good. look at this the, overliqueurs you raccoon found himself in a sticky situation in santa cruz.

>> it's sticky because animal control officers were called out to find him with his head stuck in a drain cover and adorable look on his face. vet was able to sedate the animal and someone else cut the metal away. after 20 minutes, he was free. the raccoon reportedly covered quickly. shelter workers set him free last night after a meal of what raccoons like to eat, grapes and water mel. >> life was good again. 5:57. oakland firefighters are bat american league warehouse this morning. we're going to have a live look coming up. we'll check in to see what the three alarmed fire, you can still make out the red glow in the middle of your screen. crews are on the scene. we'll have details coming up.

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in the east bay. alcohol in a smash car. new details about the eight car hit and run that sent eight people to the hospital overnight. serial stow away out of lockup. why she was released more than 100 days early. and instead of cranking the heat for the final weeks of august, we have comfortable conditions to tell you about. little bit of a warmup towards the midsection of the week then muggy conditions will return soon. i'll give you the time line in your microclimate in moments. we have that fire sam showed you just off of 880. we have the slow down, and now a new issue. stalled big rig for some folks, that's going to cause slowing on the bay bridge. let's kick things off right now with a live look at the golden gate bridge where things are moving smoothly for now. it is monday, august 18th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area,