a patient quarantined after possibly contracting the deadly virus. what we learned about the case overnight, next. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. lots of fog out there this morning, even drizzle. we'll clear you out gradually. a beautiful day shaping up. muggy conditions return to the bay area. i've got that and your weekend forecast in moments. love that except the muggy. we'll listen for the report. here the east bay moves smoothly, fremont. a crash in the north bay. a peek outside. clear shot of the bay bridge, glistening in its glory, wednesday, august 20th. 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 sam brock. the ebola scare is starting to hit closer to home. a sacramento hospital confirms it's testing and monitoring a

patient for that deadly virus. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez with more on what we know about the patient and risk to everyone else. >> we know that patient is in isolation, laura and sam, and submitted blood samples for testing. what we don't know is whether we're talking about a woman or a man, what their age is, or why they think they may have had contact with the ebola virus. that patient is in isolation at kaiser permanente south sacramento medical center and that all of the doctors and nurses who are coming into contact with that person are using protective gear, in case those tests come back positive. those test results could take several more days. the main thing doctors look for is fever. the hospital is not saying whether the patient is showing symptoms of the deadly virus, only that that person may have come into contact with it. a doctor unaffiliated with kaiser but who has studied ebola for years says we should remember though the virus is contagious, it doesn't spread like the common cold. >> they've been to an area that is affected or been in contact

with a person who might have been infected, are citizens locally here and globally, doing right thing. >> it has to be intimate contact with bodily fluids. so the same thing is the same message what the infectious disease specialists at kaiser permanente northern california says in this statement reading in part, in order to protect our patient, staff and physicians, though infection with the virus is unconfirmed we're taking actions recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention as a precaution. there were two aide workers infected in liberia, transported back to atlanta for treatment. nurse nancy writebol stood at the glass in the isolation unit and saw her husband for the first time this weekend. dr. ken brantley is recovering in every way and looks forward to reuniting with his family. coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk more about the toll that that virus has taken

worldwide on lives and why there is another number that shows a silver lining to this infection. laura and sam? >> thank you. developing now in ferguson, missouri, officers hope last night's relatively calm will last. protests were mostly peaceful but a minor scuffle when someone threw bottles of water and urine at police officers and then hid behind media. >> media, go to the designated media area now. >> police used batons and pepper spray to try to get through member of the media to the attackers. several people were arrested including a man who appears to be a journalist. there was less violence but more arrests. 47 people take noon custody for various things including threatening to kill an officer. overnight, captain ron johnson called last night a turning point and said the change came from within the community.

>> tonight the elder in this community, volunteers, activists and clergy came out in large number. they walked, talked with people. they urged order, calm and peace. >> johnson said officers did not use tear gas, smoke bombs and protesters did not throw molotov cocktails or fire shots. he hopes calm will continue while a grand jury hears evidence on the shooting deaths of michael brown later today. also later today, protests held across the bay area in solidarity with protesters in support of michael brown. in san jose people meet at 1:00 at most holy trinity church, chant hands up, don't shoot. leaders and clergy will be part of the protest. also developing this morning, president obama will make a statement today about the beheading of an american

journalist, james foley, isis militants. isis says his killing is retaliation for u.s. air strikes in iraq. also threatening to kill american journalist who was kidnapped near the syrian/turkish border a year ago. foley's parents have never been prouder for their son, he gave his life trying expose the suffering of the syrian people. the arrest of a hit-and-run death of a toddler in san francisco. i not the drive who are police nabbed. stephanie chuang live. police arrested the 2-year-old victim's aunt. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, laura. police say it was 10:30 friday when that aunt was bringing two kids over from that side of the street over this way. on the crosswalk but against the pedestrian signal. she left mi'yana in the middle of the street to get her twin brother and that's when the girl was hit by a car that kept on going. police are looking for that

driver. you see a memorial for the 2-year-old, stuffed animals, posters, balloons. police arrest aunt, 25-year-old lorysah gage. over the weekend, family members passing out flyers about the hit-and-run. gage had just taken the kids to watch "teenage mutant ninja turtles" when the girl was killed. the question is whether the driver knew he or she hit the girl, the driver had the green light when it happened. >> obviously a tragic incident, emotional, as you can imagine with the arrest of the aunt and the passing of her niece and someone's 2-year-old daughter. >> reporter: again, police looking for the driver of the car that hit mi'yana, shown in this video. it's a mid 1990s white four-door sedan, could be a camry, lexus, honda with a dark mismatched bumper. back here live, one of the

posters in that memorial for mi'yana. the aunt, again, gage, facing felony child endangerment charges, booked into san francisco county jail. coming up in our next report, half an hour, how you can help the family other than helping police with information about the driver, how you can help them in moving forward. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> so sad all around. here in the south bay, more of the same. police releasing new information about two other hit-and-run investigations in the same san jose neighborhood. officers have a new suspect vehicle description involved in sunday's deadly crash on center road. officers say a 2001-2005 black or dark-colored honda civic hit this man. the victim of monday's crash one block away remains in critical condition this morning. police are questioning a potential suspect. switching gears, students across the bay area headed back to school this morning.

a live look outside at the south bay. a number of districts returning to school, including franklin-mckinley elementary. 11 districts headed back to class, as well as san jose, menlo college resumes class. >> when going back to school, the first outfit, so critical. >> if it's not a uniform. >> even that, it's nicely pressed, in good shape, ready to start the school year. >> you know what accessory everyone takes with them every day, their harass well. even if you have a uniform, enjoy what we have going right now because that humidity is going to be back as we head throughout the end of the week. we've got this beautiful dry trend. yesterday, spectacular. temperatures today are going to hold steady. then we bring in changes as we head throughout thursday into the weekend. 63 degrees for livermore. 63 ann san martin. 61 san jose. 63 san francisco.

so it's really plild. our temperatures are uniform and has everything to do with that blanket of low clouds covering the bay area this morning. coastal fog, heads up, use windshield wipers. this afternoon, mild, a mix of sun and clouds for the first part of the day. mostly sunny after lunchtime just about everywhere with the exclusion of the immediate coast. building ocean breeze is going to kick in tonight. open up the windows in your home, enjoy it. great barbecue weather, not too hot. keep in mind you don't want to leave that barbecue out there. you want to monitor it at all times we're in a drought. we haven't had red flag warnings and part of the reason this onshore flow. fog will head back in 5:00 to 7:00 tonight. sun sets at 7:53. temperatures are going to be spectacul spectacular. tomorrow they'll climb by three to five degrees, a noticeable difference. 66 in san francisco.

75 east shore. 80 in the south bay where a lot of kids and parents are waking up. want a smooth drive to work. at least a smooth reporter to get them there on time. >> thank you. appreciate it. a relatively smooth. oakland, 880 southbound, major crash sought of here, that's the initial report. talking about 880 southbound through hayward, industrial, reports blocking right two lanes, getting details from chp but it sounds like there may be major injuries southbound 880 approaching industrial, slowing you down towards the san mateo bridge out of oakland. we'll track that. approach to the area coming out of the castro valley y and the east bay is so far moving smoothly through the rest of the number mi number mits. altamont pass, no big surprises. southbound 101, crash at highway 12. that's the second crash for the

santa rosa area over the morning, blocking one lane. san rafael, smooth flow of traffic. across the golden gate bridge, where i just saw crews move the cones for the morning commute, traffic moving smoothly across the span. 5:11, new violence in the middle east after ten days of peace, israel resumes air strikes. latest details, next. plus, live look at livermore. the annual grape harvest is about to start. the drought issing are a big impact on this year's crops. a live report.

after ten days of peace, the israeli military resumed air strikes in gaza today, a day after a cease-fire between israel and hamas collapsed. the palestinian militants also fired at least seven rockets from gaza. israel says hamas broke that truce yesterday. the israeli government and hamas leaders left cairo where peace negotiations were under way. happening now, two children and a woman are being held hostage near chicago by two men accused of shooting a police officer. three child hostages were released by the suspects overnight. it's happening in the town of harvey. investigators say somebody called 911 yesterday around 1:00 to report a burglary at this home. when officers got there, they got into a shoot-out with two suspects who then took the woman and five children hostage. an officer was hit in the arm and will undergo surgery this morning north korea one was grazed. major recall to tell you about involving popular peanut

and almond butter. inspired natural foods recalling the products on the screen because of possible salmonella contamination. the recall includes arrowhead mills organic peanut butter, maranatha almond and peanut butter safeway open nature almond butter. trader joe's almond butter and whole foods almond butter. head to nbcbayarea.com and search recall. keep an eye on shares of apple this morning. the stock is approaching an all-time high as the company prepares to release the newest version of the iphone. shares closed in over 100 yesterday, equivalent to $700 presplit. a lot of rumors about the new iphone 6, including two different screen sizes. sapphire glass display and more ram and processing power. the phones are expected to go on sale next month. for a quick check of the marks, less turn to hampton pearson live at cnbc's washington

bureau. good morning. >> laura, maybe apple and give help to the markets. right now futures pointing lower after u.s. stocks climbed higher on tuesday, with the nasdaq furthering gains that have it at a 14-year high. today we get news from the fed on minutes from last month's meeting which could hint when interest rates will start going up. plus earnings from key retailers, target and lowe's. the dow jumping 80 points yesterday, closing at 16919. the nasdaq adding 19 and closing at 4527. but, yeah, it will be all about what happens after 2:00 eastern time when we get the fed minutes that are going to make or break what happens with markets today. back to you. >> we appreciate you. let's watch our vineyards now. let's not watch our vineyards. >> think about it. >> let's go there. >> we'll get to that. >> well, it's so interesting it is connected to weather because

the picking is happening so early this morning. it's happening now in livermore. these are live pictures right now. these grapes made into wine. a lot harder to come by this year. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in livermore with more on this year's harvest. >> reporter: good morning, laura. looking at workers out here picking in south livermore. they are out here a couple weeks earlier than normal because of, you guessed it, drought. rob sorenson is in charge of the grapes, that will become fine fruit. he's the senior manager. so the drought, whats that done? made you have -- have to pick earlier? >> drought has been an influence. certainly harvest date, we're 2, 2 1/2 weeks early there is year. >> reporter: what else? >> well, we've been -- certainly managing our water usage very,

very tightly this year. >> reporter: you're not seeing as many grapes on the vine? >> yeah, it will be down, compared the last couple of years. probably maybe below an average, five-year average would be just below that probably this year. >> reporter: okay. turning it into nice wine, but you're saying you don't think it's going to have a tremendous impact on the quality of the wine when you release it early next year? >> i don't. i've seen in tasting through the vineyards in livermore, i've seen high quality. we've seen degradation of the canopy in certain parts and that might hurt yields, as rob was saying. overall we've had enough leaves on the vine to get stuff ripe and flavors are terrific. >> reporter: why is that? i would think the drought would be, it's going to stress the fruit and not bring the sugars up. of course i'm not a farmer. >> we're picking on taste. we're not picking on specified sugar levels. we want balance between acidity,

ph levels and sugar. we're picking on flavors. told we'll have in the next eight or nine months it will be 13% alcohol range. later on you get less of the tropical fruit flavors that make the wine interesting. >> reporter: a bunch right there how do they taste? >> fabulous. >> reporter: go ahead. >> tropical fruit notes. various other things that translate into the wine nicer than they would be if we waited another week and a half and got sugar levels two points higher. >> reporter: later, 11:00, they'll have the blessing of the grapes. of course, trying to bring good luck for a good harvest. starting in a couple weeks earlier. but as you heard, not having a tremendous impact on the quality. >> sounds good. >> he wants to try grapes. hopefully he'll bring back some for the rest of us. >> i have seen bob before and

after. >> happy quality not suffering. >> the vineyards and growers need water. >> they do. >> any coming in the future? >> certainly not in the forms that we need. it's going to take a lot to bust the drought. but i can tell you, a little bit of drizzle. yeah, about 11:00 when they bless those grapes, beautiful conditions out there. grapes, i'll say a little prayer for you. 63 in san francisco now. 65 oakland. as we get into your afternoon, spectacular conditions. looking towards a comfortable weekend. see that humidity creep up. overall temperatures staying steady. for us, that means get outdoors with really no worries when it comes to heat or anything that's going to keep you inside. 65 for oakland. 63 now, san car close, good morning. san jose, beautiful start. we are going to see low clouds thicken up throughout the next couple of hours. a good picture to show you what's going to happen. you can see that marine layer

moving onshore. it's going to lower as we head throughout the 7:00 to 8:00 hour. and at that point, we are looking towards reduces visibilities and measurable drizzle this morning. as we head through the afternoon, strong onshore flow, temperatures in the 60s. at the immediate coast, 70s and low 80s. inland, spectacular treat for late august. 77 degrees on the peninsula today. 80 for the south bay. 66, mild finish in san francisco. you hit 70 degrees on the east shore where the a's have a day game. we'll show you the forecast coming up in a little bit. 83 in the tri-valley where we typically could see 110-degree range this time of year. we'll hit highs, it's this timing of year. this is a nice treat. 80 degrees in the south bay. peninsula 77 degrees. getting into the next couple of days, staying steady temperaturewise. when we bring that humidity, friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures stay steady, feels

like 85, 90. no triple digits. >> we'll take that good news. looking to your bay, right now the news shows a typical build. i have to call your attention to the major crash south bound 880 here in hayward. south bound 880 approaching industrial, word of a pedestrian down. i don't know why that pedestrian was on 880 the freeway but two right lanes blocked two left lanes get by. big slowing starting around tennyson and jamming toward industrial parkway. on surface streets in the area and get on over by union landing using whipple, use that. south of there, smooth drive south bound 880 through the area. we'll track this and chp and find out what the impact and duration is and also what happened coming up. looking here to west 580, actually both directions, smooth drive toward the dublin interchange. no big surprises out of the altamont pass. rest of the bay smooth. south bay no drama. peninsula, easy flow of traffic.

san jose, northbound 101 toward it more company. we should get a burst of traffic in 15, 20 minutes and the bay bridge toll plaza, no bursts yet. more cars, east shore freeway at speed. >> thank you. one of robin williams' favorite theaters planning a special show next month, the second one at tl throck morton. >> i feel like i owe it to robin and everybody else to be here. this is my community, this is my town. i come here all the time. yeah. >> a lot of emotion tied up in robin williams' death. the first hour of the sold-out show was filled with personal stories about williams. williams was a regular at theater. the theater will hole a special show in the next several weeks. 5:23 on your wednesday morning. 49ers apparel hits the runway. how to get a sneak peek. >> are you going to model?

>> the fashion trend coming up. >> with our shoulders, you'd sport a jersey better than i. a number of bay area school districts return to clasp here's a special welcome back for the students. >> good morning, this is your principal, mrs. talg got. looking forward to a great year.

welcome back, everyone. 5:26. 49ers are holding another open training camp at levi's stadium, giving fans a chance to see the team in action. 10,000 fans will be invited to view the practice start agent 4:00 today. tickets have already been handed out. if you don't have them, you're out of luck. also happening at levi's stadium, a fashionista experience for fans.

so-called style lounge will feature newest nfl fashion pieces and co pieces a pieces a pieces and a chance to meet the gold rush cheerleaders. >> football fashion accessories, like what? >> nail polish. >> cleats. >> bob costa did a double take. >> the sports announcer threw out the first pitch not once but twice. ouch. first one, first offering went wide. contesting something. causing the st. louis catcher to lunge for the ball. it's not the catcher's fault and he missed. costas called for the ball back. do it again. the announcers were not happy, saying costas should get one shot at a first pitch. costas persevered and tossed a strike on attempt number two. >> not going to hold it against you. we'll be right back.

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worries of a possible ebola case right here in california. patient quarantined while doctors do new testing. a live report. check out the video, a san francisco father says his daughter was almost attacked by a coyote at a popular tourist destination. good wednesday morning. temperatures are going to be absolutely lovely by late august standards as we get into the end of the week the humidity will creep up. gorgeous weekend to tell you about and your microclimate forecast. >> a major injury crash, from what it sounds like, 880 south of the san mateo bridge. the bridge itself picking up volume. we'll talk about the approach and as folks are traveling through the area, coming up. and a live look outside this morning. beautiful look at the bay bridge from a distance. halfway through your work week. it's wednesday, august 20th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay."

>> good wednesday morning, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. ebola in sacramento, the tests are under way, but the diagnosis not confirmed. >> it's not. "today in the bay's" chris sanchez joins us with what we know about the patient currently in isolation, not far from the bay area. >> the closest that we've got tonight ebola here in the bay area. we don't know why that person thinks that they may have had contact with the deadly virus, nor whether it is a man or woman or what their age is. we know that patient is in isolation at kaiser permanente south sacramento medical center, and all of the doctors and nurses who are coming into contact with him or her are using protective gear, in case those tests come back positive. those test results, blood tests, could take several days. the main thing doctors watch for is fever. the hospital is not saying whether the patient is showing symptoms of the deadly virus, only the patient may have come into contact with ebola. a doctor unaffiliated with kaiser but studied ebola for

years, says we should remember the virus doesn't spread as easily as the common cold. >> that's the first thing to know, it's very hard to catch, you have to be intimate contact with fluids of the person that has it and is sick with it. >> infectious disease specialist at kaiser permanente northern california released a statement saying, quote, in order to protect our patients, staff and physicians, even though infection with the virus has been unconfirmed we're taking actions recommended by the cdc as a precaution. the ebola virus claimed the lives of 1,200 people worldwide, particularly west africa. but there are another 1,000 people infected and still living and fighting the disease. one person made a complete recovery. watching the two aid workers who came from liberia to the united states. >> look forward to it. it's 5:32. senters will scour a forest for

a man not seen for more than a week. authorities say gregory muck left for a hiking trip ten days ago and hasn't returned. the 46-year-old, who teaches in fremont, hiking in king's canyon national park when he disappeared. muck's wife says he's an vav id outdoorsman who has made trips into the back country for more than 20 years. san francisco father is releasing this video, claiming a coyote tried to attack his 7-year-old daughter as she rode her scooter at lands end. he posted this last week. his daughter got ahead of him when he spotted the coyote going straight for her. he got his kid to safety and started filming. he called the nonemergency line but on hold so long he decided to hang up. an expert says, coyote attacks against people are rare and there is nothing in the video to indicate this one is aggressive. a sad twist to a tragic story in san francisco. police have made an arrest in

the hit-and-run death of a 2-year-old girl. they didn't arrest the driver. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live, where there's a growing memorial for the little girl. the person they took into custody was the girl's aunt. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. tough for this one family. police arresting 25-year-old lorysah gage, the aunt of the 2-year-old, killed by that hit-and-run crash friday night. you can see the memorial for the 2-year-old, mi'yana, there's flowers and candles lit here. police say that gage was crossing the street here on mission friday night around 10:30, coming to this side, when she was going against the pedestrian signal, left mi'yana in the middle of the crosswalk to grab the 2-year-old's twin brother on the sidewalk and that's when mi'yana was hit and killed by a car that never stopped family members were passing out flyers about the hit-and-run over the weekend.

gage had just taken the kids to watch "teenage mu[ mute ] ant ninja turtles." it's a difficult development for a family grieving the loss of a young girl. >> bubbly girl, close to her brother. they always rolled together. no one's prepared for that. it's hard on all of us. >> reporter: police are looking for the driver of the car that hit mi'yana, shown in the photo. it's a mid '90s white four-door sedan, could be camry, lexus, honda, with a dark mismatched bumper. one question, whether the driver knew he or she hit the girl. the driver had the green light when this happened. there's a memorial set up, a fund, to help pay for the funeral costs. you see the flyer there, put out by the family trying to set up a memorial on gofundme.com.

it's called mymy memorial fund. they have raised $955. the goal $5,000, hoping for help after this incredible tragedy. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> double pain. thanks so much. the secretary of veterans affairs will be in palo alto to evaluate the peninsula's facility and ask patients how they're doing. secretary robert mcdonald plans to talk to employees, leadership and patients at v.a.'s facility in palo alto. he wants to make sure patients are getting care they need when they need it. earlier this year a scathing report found 1700 veterans at a phoenix v.a. hospital were kept on secret waiting lists with majority having to wait two weeks just to be seen. the palo alto facility says that's not the case on the peninsula. 5:36. we are following breaking news this morning. mike told us about a report of a pedestrian possibly hit on southbound 880 on industrial in

hayward. hour chopper is over the scene, as you see in live pictures. two lanes closed. traffic backing up for miles. mike is tracking that incident. what are you hearing now? it's interesting, a pedestrian on the freeway? >> a big question mark. but if you look at chopper shot behind me, this is the industrial, overcrossing, south bound 880, right in the same area, stopping traffic before you get to the overcrossing. and traffic control on the overcrossing itself. we put things together, sometimes folks walk across the overcrossing and that may be how the pedestrian got there but that's speculation. now looking at traffic flow and this is a huge impact it's having on the east bay traffic. heading south down toward the san mateo bridge, before you get there, slowdown past the bridge, tennyson, trial parkway. there's the big jam. we'll show you the extent on the maps. slowing towards 8 street boggs down. folks jammed up here. if you're getting on to 880 and

in hayward, whipple and south of there, clear of the crash. you can use surface streets, i suggest doing that by union landing. south of there, you are clear. northbound side, there will than distraction and you'll see more slowing. we're starting to see creep up around tennyson road as well rest of the bay arc side from that, moves smoothly. south bay, no delays, 880 there at stevens creek boulevard. approach toward the bay bridge, north of hayward, smooth for 880 as well. heading to the bay bridge toll plaza, cash lanes back up. big problem for southbound 880 through chopper's on scene. christina, you have a pleasant note. >> checking for updates all morning. 64 concord. 61 san jose. 65 in oakland. temperatures are mild out there. so if you to wait in traffic

this morning it's nice, comfortable. we're going to stay just beautiful all day with temperatures in the 70s and low 80s. 83 degrees in the tri-valley. that puts things into perspective. san jose today, hit low 80s, clear here for now as i told you, low clouds moving in, settling in over san francisco and immediate coastline. but if they're going to clear in time for today's a's game. o.co coliseum, 12:35, 67. 3:00 p.m., 68 degrees. if you're headed out, bring sunscreen. high uv index for today. 80 in the south bay. 77 on the peninsula. and as we get into the next couple of days, this is it. our last day of getting completely spoiled. we have that dry air mass overhead. temperatures below average. tomorrow, we'll hold on to the temperatures and bring in humidity, maybe showers. we'll talk about that coming up in my next report. back to you. >> thanks so much.

5:397 a pair of major stories oversees the president expected to talk about the death of an american journalist at the hands of islamic militants. the latest from washington in a live report into a possible turning point in missouri overnight. we are live in ferguson with more details.

welcome back. we could hear from the president about the death of an american journalist at hands of isis militants. the terrorist group has released horrifying video, showing the execution of a journalist kidnapped in syria in 2012. the militants are threatening to kill another captured journalist. "today in the bay's" brian mooar live from washington, d.c., with what we're expected to hear from the white house. what do you know?

>> reporter: well, sam, photojournalist james foley lived and worked in some of the most dangerous places in the world, where death and suffering were common place. in fact, he was kidnapped for 44 days covering the libyan civil war and after that, he said he was committed to front line journalism. he disappeared back on thanksgiving day of 2012, his family had no idea where he was until this brutal video was released within the past 24 hours, showing his beheading. also in that video, another journalist, steven sotloff, a writ writ write whose work has appeared in "time," isis threatening to kill him as well unless president obama pulls out u.s. forces out and stops all u.s. military action in iraq. the white house cannot and will not do that. today the offensive continues against isis militants in

tikrit, the united states will not bow to the will of terrorists. >> so upsetting. thank you. 5:43. happening now, more than 1,000 people who were evacuated from a smalltown near yosemite are adjusting to being back home the junction fire is not nearly as large as crews thought. it's only burned 600 acres. yesterday they thought it was twice that size. crews have it 35% contained and surrounded. further south, firefighters say drought conditions are contribute together spread of the wildfire that destroyed several homes. the fire burning near lake isabella, five families lost their homes and everything inside. the fire's burned more than 3,000 acres and only 5% contained. developing news in missouri. things appear to be changing in ferguson. overnight, more protests but

mostly without violence. we've seen for more than a week. "today in the bay's" jay gray live in ferguson where we could learn more about the criminal and civil rights investigations into the police shooting of the unarmed teenager, michael brown. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. it could be the most pivotal day we've seen here since the death of michael brown. consider this, 47 arrests last night, three guns confiscated, several items thrown at police officers. and that was a good night here. but when you look at the scope of what's happened, it was a much better night than likely we've seen in the last 10 or 11 nights here. there were protesters, made sure their voice was heard, but helped police themselves. that's what police are saying. they say it was thanks to the help of the community and leaders from within that community that came out for a part of what happened last night and a part of making sure that they diminished anything that looked like it might escalate into a problem there were still skirmishes and police had to move in a couple of times.

but overall, a much better night and a move in the right direction, laura. that's something that everyone here is cautiously optimistic about. new evidence of primary and early evidence will be given to the grand jury today, first time they've seen anything on this. that's a sign that this investigation is moving forward criminally. u.s. attorney general eric holder will be on the ground here in ferguson today. he'll meet with community leaders, likely meet with the brown family and agents and prosecutors from his office on the ground continuing theirself rights investigation. a big day. a lot could be changing here. >> let's hope calm remains for now. take care, jay. happening right now, grape growers are up early pulling grapes off the vines. the wine harvest kicks off in livermore. later today a group of clergy members will gather to bless the first grapes of the vine.

winemakers are hoping the blessing will help the harvest expected to feel the pain of the drought, coming up in 30 minutes live to bob redell who is getting a firsthand look at harvest. they can bless the grapes or you can show off your pipes which you left before earlier. >> this is serious business. >> yeah. >> in the bay area, for those of us who like to partake in a fine glass of wine, cheap glass of wine as well. we have a really, really good perspective on what we can expect. i know a lot of people questioning how is the drought going to impact that wine crop for this year. we've got all of the answers coming up in a bit. stick around. bob redell is out there. he always brings fun to the table as well. 63 degrees. good morning to you, livermore. 61 san jose. 63 waking up comfortably in san martin. story of the day is, same as yesterday, repeat performance, mostly cloudy start, drizzle at

the coast. and then we'll see a nice sunny finish and beautiful conditions. i enjoyed yesterday. hope you did as well. more on the same for today. 60s at coast with the strong onshore flow keeping it cloudy for most of the day here. we'll see full sunshine inland between 10:00 and noon, and temperatures are going to be comfortable for those headed back to school on the peninsula. if you've got little ones headed out 68 at lunchtime. have the sunscreen ready to go, high uv index. 3:00 p.m., 74 degrees. that's not a bad school day. as we head throughout the rest of the bay ago, as you can see, low 80s, upper 70s. that's a general trend. mid-60s at the coast for one more day boosting numbers up a touch throughout tomorrow. want to get over to mike inouye who has a traffic alert this morning. >> we have a major, major backup for 880 southbound. look at this, stream of light coming through hayward, passing by the industrial parkway overcrossing where eastbound we have traffic control there as

well. and flashing lights blocking two right lanes southbound 880 at industrial parkway. a pedestrian who ended up on the roadway there at south 880 and tru struck by a vehicle. two lanes blocked causing this jam. this is slowing upon the approach to the san mateo bridge coming out of san leandro to the scene. alternates ice his pe s use misd and if you're coming across the bay from the peninsula in towards hayward, you might want to avoid that if the dunn is an alternate then take 880. the smooth flow but metering lights are on. the maze will slow in a bit. back to you. thank you, at&t is planning to bring super high speed internet to cupertino. this morning the mayor of cupertino and at&t will announce arrival of giga power, a service

they say is 100 times faster than the average home connection. the service should be ready as early as december. at&t hopes to roll out giga power in other bay area cities in direct competition with google's high speed internet. the redwood city school district will talk about adding more than 155,000 to its budget for pizza. pizza a favorite lunchtime meal for elementary and middle schools. kitchens don't have the facilities to cook them. the pizza has to be delivered. san carlos' new york pizza will provide with 25,000 pizzas this school year alone. just over six bucks a pie. most district schools offer a pizza meal once a week with milk, fruit and veggies. the meal meets national school lunch standards. >> nice if there were pizza when we were growing up. >> no, i didn't either. 5:50.

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welcome back. it's 5:53. pet smart exploring a possible sale of the company. the news comes in response to

mounting pressure from shareholders. pet smart reviewing strategic alternatives to maximize its value for shareholders but the company adds there's no guarantee it will sell. people who use snapchat could see something different on their feeds. the mobile app popular for vanishing messages wants to offer more services like disappearing tv and movie clips, news articles and advertisements. snapchat reportedly held talks over the past few weeks about the service called snapchat discovery and could launch as early as november. a live look now at o.co coliseum. in a sports mood? the a's are wrapping a short two-game series against the new york metropolitan, first pitch 12:35. the a's of course have beaten the mets 6-2 yesterday. if you can't beat the mets who can you beat? snapping a five-game losing

streak. mean while, the giants could protest last night's controversial loss. the team was down 2-0 in the fifth when it started pouring rain and the grounds crew decided to bring the tarp out on to the field but it didn't get it right on the first try. they left parts of the infield sitting in pools of rain for more than ten minutes. fans booed their attempt. the rain stopped but the crew spent four hours trying to clean up the pless thmess they made. the game was called and giants lost 2-0. >> from the bigs to the littles. today all eyes on 13-year-old mo'ne davis. >> davis the first little leaguer ever to grace the cover of "sports illustrated." "remember her name." last friday the first girl to throw a shutout in little league world series history. this afternoon looking to repeat the feat or give her team a chance to beat a tough team from las vegas. first pitch for that is at 4:30. >> good for her. i think that's great. >> tough team from las vegas?

how do you determine what the tough teams are? kids play baseball year round, it seems like. >> yeah. you know they have that up in petaluma which is a cool place. especially this team of year getting gorgeous weather. i've got to say for women and girls of all ages we love you, mone. gradual clearing, comfortable conditions today. just a bay area stunner. 75 for the east shore. 75 north bay. hit mid to upper 70s today. talk about mid 60s at the coast. not a bad day in san francisco. 66. check on the traffic alert. here's mike inouye. >> looking here behind me. enormous jam southbound 880 traffic basically grinding down to a crawl as you head through hayward approaching industrial parkway. between industrial, overcrossing there, and whipple, we have two lanes closed two right lanes over to the left.

you can use his spear onor union city boulevard. watch for the jam which continues to build. we don't have an eto from chp but i'll say another hour and a half or so. if you're coming across does the dumbarton bridge. it may build as far back as here. we'll track this. back to you. >> thank you. 5:57. >> the wine harvest currently under way early this year in livermore but concerns the drought towel affect this year's crop. bob redell with a live report. we watch developments in sacramento where a patient is being quarantined after possibly contracting the ebola virus. we'll have details coming up.

breaking news out of the east bay. this affects drivers and a lot of folks in the hayward area.

880 southbound slam jammed because of a pedestrian hit on the freeway. we have traffic covered. i'll bring you alternates to and from the east bay. a gruesome act of retaliation. an american journalist beheaded by terrorists. now, another reporter's life is in danger. plus no tear gas on the streets of ferguson for the first time in days. we'll tell you who's credited with keeping the peace. has ebola arrived in california? new details about the patient being tested for the virus. good news in the weather department. we are going to get spoiled again, comfortable conditions by august standards in the bay area than humidity will creep up, as we head towards the end of the week. great outdoor weekend shaping up. we'll tell you what's going on in the weather to accommodate you in moments. a live look outside right now. if you can make it out, at&t park, a giants team that has a lot to complain about today.