in a live report. bay area teacher found dead just days before school is scheduled to start. what investigators are saying about the circumstances surrounding his death. and an american doctor hit with a deadly ebola virus is expected to be released from the hospital this morning. our own bob redell is tracking the latest developments from the news room. and good thursday morning to you, another gorgeous day coming your way. warmer conditions, we'll tell you how much with your microclimate and weekend changes as well, your forecast is moments away. we have the big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. let's talk about santa clara out of san jose for the bay shore freeway. and now christina mentioned a nice day to come. live peak of the bay bridge on this thursday, august 21st, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is

"today in the bay." beautiful start to the morning, good morning, thanks for joining us i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. new this morning, glowing flames suffocating smoke shoot from the roof of an apartment complex in oakland. dozens of people stand on the sidewalk helplessly watching their homes burn down. stephanie chuang is live outside of the two story building. witnesses tell you they heard loud bangs before the flames erupted. >> reporter: that's right, investigators now have to figure out of course the cause of this fire. there is one investigator and some firefighters on scene, but they're waiting for sunlight so they can better look at the toefd pinpoint the cause. we also have some folks here who were called by the property manager to take a look at what needs to be done to secure the building. they're using flashlights to look at the building. this started as a one alarm fire. you can't see the back from the street and that's where the flames were spreading. they quickly grew and grew into

a four alarmed fire. oakland firefighters ducked through thick black smoke pouring out of a doorway, chain saw a gate to gain access and cut in through apartments to put flames out. witnesses say they first heard a couple of bangs followed by a pop or boom niez noiz, then started seeing the smoke that was around 10i 45 last night. seconds later they saw the flames. one woman says it didn't take long for pan toik set in for some neighbors. >> she was screaming. i guess the whole thing, it is scary. i mean we haven't gone through this, it was very scary. and yes, i heard that her dogs passed away. >> reporter: and now there is good news. no reported injuries from the people, but at least ten units damaged, including a couple of businesses. the roof is gone, the skeleton of the building exposed. ten of now we're getting an update of 37 people displaced. needed shelter. and a little over an hour ago, the american red cross was able

to help find the people to stay nearby. as for the cause of this, of course it's still preliminary and as mentioned before, investigators waiting for the sunlight before they can really go in and check it out, but they said, there's a grill in the back, no evidence of cooking when this all happened. live in oakland, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> tough situation, thank you, stephanie. u 30, dwhou -- 6:03, now to a developing story in the east bay. gunman who jumped into the back of a car and robbed two men inside. it happened last night as they were leaving a business on pocahko boulevard a few blocks away from martinez junior high. the gun mesne jumped in through the back door. he ordered the driver to keep driving and pistol whipped the passenger, then he took their wallets. ten minutes later one the gunman jumped out of the car. while the victims drove away, the suspect shot at them hitting the war twice. neither of the men were hurt by that gunfire. police in livermore are warning women walkers and

joggers to be on alert after someone attacked a teenage girl. the 16-year-old was walking last weekend when a man grabbed her. she managed to escape and call police. no one has been arrested and police have not said if they have a suspect in mind. new morning, some encouraging news, the american doctor infected with ebola is expected to be released now from an atlanta hospital. is this a miracle? bob redell is tracking the latest developments, bob, the hospital expected to talk about that patient's health in just a few hours. >> reporter: and the patient as well, good morning, sam. this is a test document modern medicine. doctors here in the united states were able to rid this man of a virus that kills more than half its victims. dr. kent brantly, 33-year-old physician who contracted the ebola virus arrived august 2nd at emory hospital in atlanta. spent the next three weeks in an isolation unit. latest blood test show he's negative for the virus now. he will be discharged from the

hospital later this morning. he's apparently doing so well that will he has the energy to speak at a news conference scheduled for 8:00 this morning. emory will update us on a second ebola patient under treatment. it is expected that aid worker nancy writebol who also contracted the disease could soon be released from the isolation unit. back here in california, state health workers are trying to identify people who may have come in contact with a possible ebola patient. being treated at kaiser in south sacramento. the hospital is testing them after they might have been exposed a couple of weeks ago, again, while in west africa. no identification yet on this patient. members of sacramento's night knit -- tight knit african church are afraid it might be somebody they know. >> anybody who comes from africa, it's scary. especially from the area. we're afraid. >> reporter: in spite of this person's possible exposure, doctors at kaiser consider him to be a low risk, sam, laura.

>> thank you very much, bob. saddening news to report, crews are in the process of recovering the body of a bay area elementary school teacher who died in a hiking accident. rescue crews discovered the body last night in the king's canyon national park. that's near fresno. they believe he fell in steep rocky terrain, but the accident is still under investigation. muck left near twloi weeks ago to go hiking alone. popular teacher at gomes elementary school in fremont. 46-year-old was an experienced hiker and friends say he shared his love with nature with his students. san mateo county officials will spray for moe ski co.s after a several bugs and dead bird were found infected. the mosquitos and bird were found at south san francisco's clay park on tuesday. crews will spray areas surrounding that park. separation will take place frp 9:00 p.m. to -- from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. quick look at what's going on outside right now on your thursday morning.

san jose looking quite spectacular in the early morning hours as many people getting ready to go to the school for the first day. >> yay, how exciting. tearful for the parents here. >> you too. >> yeah. >> kleenex handy. >> three little ones, they are starting kindergarten i believe today. >> right. >> it's hard for the parents and kids noon day not to cry. we're all rooting for you laura, it's going to be hard for you. 59 in livermore, 63 dpleez san carlos. as you make your way out the front door, it's brisk, this is actually the coolest start that we've had all week long. 50s showing up on the temperature map this morning. we have plenty of low clouds, you can see it live from pacifica, mt. hamilton, pretty start here overlooking the santa clara valley. as we head throughout the next couple of hours, sun makes an appearance.

sun rise at 6:30. as a result a warmer day here in the south bay. we're expecting about 84 degrees as your high. becoming sunny as we progress throughout the day. peninsula's at 79 degrees and 69 degrees fog to sunshine in san francisco. if you're waking up with us in the north bay, comfortable day again, 84 degrees for you. east shore looking fantastic at 72. that's room temperature, and little on the warm side, may have to use your ac for today in the tri-valley, not as warm as where we're headed as we get into the end of next week. i want to help you plan that weekend. maybe you want to get out of town locally one last hurrah as you know, summer weekends are numbered that the point. sonoma wine country, mid0u all weekend long. good on the central coast as well. 17 mile drive, pret think weekend. friday season saturday, sunday, upper 60s to low 70s and the santa cruz board walk will be open this weekend. we're talking about the low 70s really comfortable conditions here. we'll talk about what else is going on locally.

maybe you're making it a staycation weekend. your forecast for that are coming up. first though you have to work through the weekend and mike can help you get there. >> looking towards the highway. slowing right now, south bay tough for northbound 101. look at the red stretch below 20 miles an hour where it's crawling where you're really clamping down. the better news, the crash that's causing this all is northbound 01 approaching the expressway. so great america parkway where the original port was, if you're get on there, you're fine north of santa clara and the crash just cleared from lanes. recovery will take a few minutes, but this could bleed in toward the backup for the morning commute, i shouldn't say bleed in because of injuries, but there are no serious injuries there. toward about the area. reports of a crash there blocking your slow lane still as you approach by one set of crew there. sounds like a fire department helping with minor injuries. and also some oil reported on lanes. just be careful through that portion of the south bay. rest of the bay moving snoothly

and nothing else unpredictable. whether your approach to the bay bridge. san mateo showing a heavier volume, that is your commute with the taillights, again no surprises over to the peninsula. low clouds kind of hovering around the hills. and the bay bridge across from oakland into san francisco. the metering lights turned on according to schedule just before 6:00. there's your backup and slower drive out of maize. we can't get out of that. >> at least the sunrise is beautiful. >> it is beautiful. let's look at that. oh, the cars too. if you're driving. >>s at love green, thank you. time now, 6:10. >> ferguson, the new developments from overnight. all coming up next. plus a calling for backup. the new officers ready to hit the streets of san jose today. and kutding down on -- cutting down on campus crime. the new app allowing students to call for help with just the push of a button. and live picture right now of the bay bridge with that beautiful blue lens over te in these early morning hours, a nice day in store for you, we'll

hear from christina right after the break.

you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back. now we've got at good looking day shaping up. i do have to tell you the truth, it's going to be warmer out there and a little more humid. that humidity will creep up even more so as we get into your weekend. we have sop big waves headed toward the bay area and a lot going on locally. your full forecast is just moments away. live look, fremont for 880, smooth drive past the truck scales you're seeing here approaching mission. there is a backup south of the dumbarton bridge, earlier crash

causing that and of course the big jam through the south bay. we'll follow san jose's highway 101 coming up. 6:13, here's a look at today's top stories. woman arrested in connection with her niece's death will face a judge for the first time today. police say last week, she left her two-year-old niece in the crosswalk to go get the little girl's twin brother who was still on the curb. the girl was then killed by a hit-and-run driver. police are still looking for that driver. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive fire in oakland overnight. flames ripped to two story complex near 23rd street and international boulevard. the red cross is now helping 33 people who were forced from their homes because of that fire. thankfully nobody was hurt. american doctor infected with ebola is expected to be released from an atlanta hospital today. dr. kent brantly was flown out of liberia earlier this month. the hospital will talk about that release later this morning.

update now to a developing story, protests in ferguson, missouri, remained mostly peaceful throughout the night for the second night in a row. good news, the area has seen nearly two weeks of sometimes violent protests following the shooting death of an unarmed teen. last night only a handful of people were arrested. a sharp decrease from tuesday night when nearly 50 were taken into custody. the man tasked with keeping the peace thanked the people of ferguson for helping officers stop the violence. >> i like to especially thank and express my gratitude top our elders of this community and the encouraging leaders and activists who assisted us. >> and attorney general eric holder was in ferguson yesterday where he met with residents and the family of michael brown, the teen shot and killed by an officer. san jose police are getting new backup today. the city's first class of

community service officers will graduate this afternoon. kris sanchez joins us live at san jose city hall this morning. officers will be responding to low priority calls. >> reporter: that's right, laura. if you are in san jose and you want to report a crime like a burglary where there is no suspect or a car that's been stolen, chances are you will have a chance to meet one of these 25 new community service officers. they will graduate from their economy todayed with a five week training, once they officially take the pledge to serve, they will be ready to serve to the low level nonemergency calls. that's like a stolen car, traffic accident, in which no one was injured. theft or vandalism. they will look a little different from their police counterparts. they will wear light blue shirts instead of navy blue ones and their badges will read community service officer, not police officer. but perhaps most notably the cso's will not carry guns, instead they will carry pepper spray. one of their instructors says it'll be okay because they will only go to scenes where there is

not a suspect on the loose. one recruit is a former dispatcher who knows exactly how long some victims of low level crimes have had to wait for police response. >> police had closed in for hours, called back to frustrated or angry victims. hopefully we can alleviate some of that by having the cso's go out, handle those calls and maybe everybody a little bit happier. >> reporter: the hope is that the 25 cso's will free up police officers to respond to more serious calls of crime. now the san jose police chief has said that he hope the cso program will strengthen the ties between the city and residents. after graduation today, the officers will have three more weeks of training out in the field, and then they will begin to work independently. this really doesn't go very hard in fulfilling the deficit that the police department now has at about 900 strong when it has

been 1400 for a city the size of san jose. coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk about how much the city saved by paying 25 community service officers rather than hiring 25 new full fledge police officers. san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. and while we are on the topic of the san jose police department, this morning there will be extra patrols around schools all across the city as part of operation safe passage. in all, eight bay area school districts are starting classes today. congratulations kid, this includes hayward unified where the million father march is taking place. the 30 school sites will welcome kids and fathers to the first day of class. it is a national event designed to allow fathers to demonstrate their commitment to their kids's education by walking them to school. while it's called the million father march, it is in fact open

to everybody. >> they should make lunch for the kid too, right? uc berkeley kicking off class today. they've launched an morning app for students. it's used as a resource guide for every type of an emergency situation. it notified police when there are 911 situations. realtime info on that app telling students what to do, who do to call, and where the emergency is happening. the call has other ways to help out the students. >> what's really intriguing is it has a lot of resource information for people that may be a victim of a crime, whether it be a sexual assault or a robbery. >> now the app does not replace the warn me system. that's managed by university police. it was created because of of a power outage and explosion that left some students trapped in elevators last year. type to get a check of your forecast. right now 5u69 19 on -- 6:19 on

this beautiful day, first day of school. live picture there of the bay bridge, and christina you mentioned this is second ago that those clothes which start out so sparkly new end up -- >> getting dirty. >> the cannon triplets. >> can you believe this? they're headed to kindergarten, their first day. is momma going to cry? >> i already am. >> she's tearing up. 6:20, you know what, very, very big day for a lot of kids across the bay area. of course our own laura garcia-cannon and the weather today is going to be really nice out there. temperatures mostly in the 50s and the 60s to start the day. as we get into your afternoon, temperatures are going to creep up by three to five degrees and that might barnt the -- warrant the air conditioner. i didn't use mine yesterday, hopefully you won't have to use it. here's plentton. i want to start with a live look

here this morning. they're going to burn off faster. that's the general rule for the bay area today. san jose waking up with a very shallow marine layer. this is going to burn off quick. as a result, one of the warm spots later on today climbing out of the 50s, 60s within 84 degrees for us. peninsula today at 79 degrees. east shore same for you and 68 degrees in beautiful san francisco. really nice weather for the next couple of days. we'd like to tell you about what's happening across the bay area, especially wli it comes to free events. redwood city courthouse square tomorrow at 6:00. the boys of summer, oh, they'll be performing out there live. it's music on the square. temperatures are going to comfortable out there. then we have a really plent bay area weekend coming your way. temperatures in the 0u, low 80s at best in the south bay all weekend long. peninsula upper 70s coming for you. getting into next week, stay nice and mild.

seven day forecast, temperatures creep up towards the middle and end of next week. here's mike and the drive. we have a smooth drive anywhere north of the dumbarton bridge, nothing unexpected. we will focus on the south bay where we have better news indeed. all lanes have cleared. there's activity over on the right hand shoulder. northbound 101 approaching the expressway. now look at all this jam coming from the airport and actually san jose all the way up into the area. north 280, and then joining up with lawrence expressway heading north is the a good option for you if that is convenient. other you have the jamming to contend with. that'll also take you just north of all the activity and you should be cleared from there. still that recovery continues. now we'll look at the tri-valley, dublin, westbound 580 shows you a typical build. slowing towards the dublin interchange and more heading south through plentton. no surprises there. bay bridge, you're going to have the metering rights on. backup is here.

no drama out of the maze, just the build approaching the area. golden gate bridge, smooth drive out of north bay. note for golden gate bus riders, we have the system, they apologize for the tardy service, southbound 24 and 54, complimentary service. you're not paying this morning. they're sorry, trying to make good, that's good, back to you guys. >> thanks mike. it is 6:23 right now on your thursday morning. it is the selfie police want you to see. the big mistake that could land these two folks behind bars.

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you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back. police in southern california are trying to identify a couple whose selfie appeared in a woman's cloud storage after her home was burglarized. >> look at the selfie. police say thieves entered through a woman's window steal lg money, jewelry, and electronics. now days after the break-in, the woman saw selfies on her cloud storage, and it was a couple she didn't know. happened just a few weeks ago in santa calrita. police are questioning if the couple bought the stolen property or if they in fact are the burglary suspects. >> if they are, how would that end up on her cloud storage? using her devices to take a selfie. >> exactly. if it's linked, it'll go to cloud. >> burglarizing 101, evidence in the business? >> yeah, it's the new tech world. as we have mentioned this morning, thousands of students

are headed back to class this morning, or in some cases going to school for the very first time. you might know something about that. >> i know three things about that. my triplets are going to kindergarten. mommy duty calls, i'm leaving right after this break to go take the triplets to their first day of class. but first, welcome back to the students at valley vista elementary school in san jose. >> good morning, i'm patty, the principal at the elementary school in san jose. wishing my students an awesome school year. go vikings.

record breaking settlement asback of america agrees to pay up for selling shoddy mortgages. we have live with more our this deal will affect you, next. and good thursday morning to you. so close to the all important weekend now. we're going get another nice day, san francisco plenty of clouds, they expand all the way inland into plentton. they're going to burn off earlier, warming trend as a result. but then we bring in the real changes for your weekend.

microclimate forecast in moments. a lot of activity traffic wise south of the dumbarton bridge. this crash in fremont, another just north there have, and two for the south bay we'll talk about highway 101 coming up. first, let's get a quick check of what's going on on the markets. this. of course the opening bell with the u.s. open folks there. this is today is thursday, august 21st on "today in the bay". from northbound bay area -- nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and good thursday morning to you, i'm sam brock. we start this morning with breaking news. sjpd is working a a shooting at the intersection of king and story roads. no other information is available at this time. we do however have a crew headed to the scene. and we'll bring you an update as soon as we can. twhel morning, bank of america is announcing it has reached a $17 billion settlement over its mortgage crisis. the settlement is the largest of its kind between the u.s. and a

single company. "today in the bay's" brian moore joins us live from washington, d.c. this morning, and brian, so much anger still swelling over the bank's role in the financial crisis. what does this mean for people with mortgages from b of a? >> well what it means for some people with mortgages at bank of america is they should be getting some relief, it's a jaw dropper of a deal that is expected to be announced later today. bank of america agreeing to pay $16.9 billion, nine billion in cash, 7.5 billion in strans to struggling homeowners. bank of america though was really resistant to accept this deal. because it says two units that it was pressured to buy. during the height of that mortgage meltdown. that would be merle lynch and county wide mortgage. . they were the ones behind many of these toxic deals, and now that bank of america has taken them on, they've also taken the liability and potential criminal

responsibility. so, bank of america has had to pay out already $60 billion, jpmorgan chase and citigroup have already settled. >> brian, thank you very much. a mind numbing a. money involved. we appreciate the report. meantime computer virus may have exposed credit and debit card information from more than 100,000 customers of ups stores. security firm identified 51 stores with the virus including one in campbell and in plent hill. ups says that names, credit, and debit cards as well as numbers and e-mail addresses could have been exposed. the transactions between january 20th and august 11th. the company says so far it has not received any information. it's providing credit monitoring help to affected customers just in case. it is now 6:32 on your thursday morning. time to check your forecast on this thursday as we take a live

peak at what's going on in san jose. let's check the forecast with christina loren on what is for some folks the very first day of school. >> the very first day of school. including the cannon triplets. and you know what, if you're got little ones headed back to school today or maybe at home. haven't started school. we have a really gorgeous day for outdoor plans. in the 60s, but i can tell you it's noticeably cooler than it has been over the past few mornings. many 50s out there in sports. dropping into the mid-50s to start the day. as we get into this afternoon. we have a number day that'll be warmer. forecasted high in the south bay. meanwhile, upper 70s on the peninsula, the east shore, same for you, and 66 degrees in san francisco, we still have some of those high and midlevel clouds coming in as well. you're going to notice that increasing throughout the next couple of days. subtropical moisture surging to

our north. today, noticeably warmer as we get into this weekend, really notice that humidity, sunday, looking to be an active day. we may get a little shower activity, best chance is going to be in the higher elevations of the south bay and also two tropical systems impacting the bay area providing some unusual currents and some really erratic bay area waves. we're going to dive into what's happening and what we're expecting from these two cyclones as they continue to move north. how they'll impact the bay area's weather as we get into the next few days. that's the next report. first let's talk to mike and check out your drive on a thursday. >> all right, let's give folks an overview of the bay with the speed sensors anywhere north of the dumbarton bridge, pretty standard, nothing really unexpected. but we are looking south of there because all the activity, look at northbound 101, this is jammed from 680 all the way up to the expressway. the earlier crash has cleared lanes, but till have a number of cars on the shoulder. that distraction keeps the slow down there.

going through that slower drive heading back up towards north 101 as well. and north 280, still very slow, they have your two right lanes blocked there on the left side of your screen. there's oil from an earlier incident and that will have to have those sweepers for the clearing. southbound 880 at stevenson, we have a slow down there as well. let's talk about the affects on your views, here are the live looks here. slower drive developing from 680 up towards the scene. we told you down the expressway. that's from san jose all the way into santa clara. in fremont, slower drive towards stevenson, but the better news, the earlier issue i showed you at the gore point just south of the onramp, has cleared from this scene and smoother drive towards mission boulevard. the bay bridge toll plaza, last look here and a standard backup. the fast track lanes of course are an advantage to the cash lane because you have the sprans responder. they can go through it 25 miles per hour. that's what they're requesting. that's what's safe. >> convenient, easy and out. there was so much green on that

map. now 101 back to its old ways. >> that's the south way, dumbarton, you're okay. >> thank you, appreciate it. today the 49ers grounds key will be working tirelessly to make sure the field is ready in time for sunday's game. 49ers head coach jim harbaugh ordered players off the field during yesterday's practice because of poor and unsafe field conditions. divots kept popping up and many players were losing their footing on the four month old sod. this happened in front of dozens of fans on hand to watch the workout in person. the 49ers issued this statement saying quote, we have determined the appropriate measures necessary to have the field ready for sunday, and look forward to hosting the san diego chargers in a california show down. it is 6:36 right now, still ahead, the giants do something no other team has managed to accomplish in nearly 30 years. plus a live look right now at the big board. the dow jones industrial average up this morning so far about 23 points. sitting just above that 17

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baseball. at 2:00, the san francisco giants will finish the game that was initially called as a result of what is now being termed tarpgate. that's when the grounds crew that wrigley field screwed up and did not properly cover the infield leading to unplayable conditions in a rare rule, the league decided the cubs were at fault and the game will pick up in the bottom of the fifth inning with the cubs leading 2-0. this is the first time a major league team has won that kind of protest since 1986. after that game wraps up, the regularly scheduled series finale will follow, amy gutierrez from comcast sportsnet has a preview of the matchup. >> so the giants kicking off the final game of the three game series against the cubs this evening. madison bumgarner on the mound. he has been stiller on the road. np 14 away game starts with a 1.70 e.r.a. he's going to square off against the cubs veteran travis wood. now at wrigley field, so far this season, wood is 3-3 with a

3.72 e.r.a. but he has not won a game in his last 11 starts. that is your giant's update, i'm amy gutierrez for "today in the bay." >> giants we know need to get their act together, string together some wins. they are hoping posey will be good to go today. posey was kept out due to tightness in his hip. brandon belt will be on the bench. belt has not been able to shake a concussion and the symptoms thereof. he was checked out by a specialist earlier this week. this is his second time he's been on the disabled list after being hit by a throw. we wish him a quick recovery. 6:41 on your thursday morning. still ahead, 15 minutes of nonstop news including an update to breaking news. police on the scene of a shooting in san jose. kris sanchez is headed there right now. she'll have an update for us as soon as she gets to the scene. plus intense flames forcing dozens of people to run in the east bay overnight. we are live there with an update

coming up. progress in missouri, how the weather may help to diffuse tensions in ferguson overnight. first now a live look at san jose. we have a beautiful day ahead of us. before we headed to break though, a message for the students of august middle school in san jose.

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burned. this all started late last night outside of a two story complex near 23rd street and international boulevard. that is where we find "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang. steph, we know a challenge for investigators working in the darkness, how's the progress out there right now? >> reporter: well you can see, good morning, sam, it is lighter out which is good news for the investigators who've been waiting for this. actually, some minutes ago, they just brought in this engine here after a neighbor reported seeing flames still in the building, but firefighters have gone inside. they only saw smoke, say that's natural because it was such a hot and large fire. they got the hose inside just in case for hot spots. now they did encounter the massive orange flames in the back of this complex. heavy black smoke pouring out of a doorway, chain saw on a gate to gain access. witnesses telling us it was around 10:45 last night they heard bangs, pops, boom sound, some thought it was fire crackers, othered fear it was

gunshots. >> ladies were screaming and stuff. so yeah, and i was very nervous trying to find my husband and my dog that i couldn't see or hear around me. just focussing on finding him and my dog. >> i left my wallet and my keys, all my money inside. i was nervous. i didn't think of that at the moment. >> reporter: the second floor of the building covered the most damage, the roof, now exposed for two of the three apartments. structural integrity compromised so they'll have to wait a good while before they can live there. damaging ten units including at least two businesses. thaebl this it began in the back of the bait shop where you see that's behind me. but the latest update is that 31 adults and six kids were displaced. now reported injuries and the red cross was able to find shelter at the community center nearby. live in oakland, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> nice to hear the victims are

getting help, thank you very much, stephanie. now we move to a developing story in the east bay. police in martinez are looking for a gunman who jumped into the back of a car and then robbed the two men inside. this happened last night as they were leaving a business on the boulevard, a few blocks away from martinez junior high. now police say the gunman jumped in through the back door. he ordered the driver to keep going, then he pistol whipped the passenger and took wallets. ten minutes later, the gunman jumped out of the car while the victims drove away, the suspect shot at them hitting cart twice. thankfully neither men were hurt by the gunfire. 6:47 right now on your thursday morning, time to check your forecast, this as we take a gander out at san francisco. overcast as we look at the transamerica building. we are entering, christina, one of the nice times of the year for the bay area. and you i think have some good news for these kids. >> good news, good news for the kids out there. in fact it's going to be, we're doing it for the kids, sam, each

and every morning. 6:47, plent conditions when which -- pleasant conditions, parents can rest easily knowing it's not going to be too hot. i would advise sunscreen and water bottle. bob redell gives me thumb's up, he has kids. 63 degrees to kick off the day in oakland and san carlos. and we're in the upper 50s meanwhile here on the south end of the bay area we have mostly clear skies. those clouds serving as a blanket, keeping temperatures mild on the north end of the bay area, throughout the day, we're going to see the clouds burn off faster than yesterday. as a result, temperatures are going to creep up by about three to five degrees. look look at heelsburg, mostly cloudy, definiteliless fog here. pretty unrise coming your way, live look over the santa clara valley. pretty start here, but a warmer day with the shallower marine layer. 79 degrees on the planes. you're going hit the upper 60s today in san francisco and really holding on to that trend

all weekend long. north bay today, 84 degrees, beautiful day on the east shore, 72 degrees is room temperature. that means you don't have to use a ac at all on the east shore. comfortable out in the tri-valley, not too hot. 88 degrees with the warm sunny finish. i told you we have some interesting waves coming our way. i'm going to show you why. two drop cat cyclones, you have lowell, that's a big one, then karina just to the south. this is going to kick up a significant southwest swell here in the bay area, but we're also going to be getting our traditional northwest swell. we are counting on chaotic mix swell out there. and that could produce dangerous rip currents. if you're headed out to the beach, keep that in mind. but if you want to safer option, we're always looking for those for you. dive in movie night. this is happened in san ramone, they're showing finding nemo, 7:00, it'll be 73 degrees. what a fun way to watch a movie out there. it's absolutely free and so is the popcorn. nice and pleasant all weekend

long, upper 60s coming your way in san francisco. looking good for outdoor plans. here's mike to help you get to the weekend. if you have popcorn, feel bad fortunate clean up crew at the pool. overhere, westbound 580 moves smoothly here el charro over to tassajara. isabell, earlier crash and another one further over towards castro valley. just keep that in mind. they're over on the shoulder. look at san jose northbound 11. it jams up before 680. all the way up to the expressway where the earlier seven or eight vehicles involved in the crash. a number of them still over on the shoulder along with law enforcement doing the paperwork, and look at this jam all the way back here from where we took a look, things with slowing around capitol expressway. 87 and 85, 280 as you're coming up towards the hills, around the area and on the approach, middle lane is blocked because there was an oil spill earlier they have to clean that up. folks are getting by on either side.

use foothill expressway that's a good alternate. you know it well. still moving smoothly even though off few signals. nothing unpredictable southboundle 80 slows a bit into union city. we'll look at the san mateo bridge getting over the bay there. we have a lot of company for you, but nothing unexpected off of the high-rise until 101 and of course the toll plae za has metering rights on toward the maze. back to you. >> mike keeping an eye on things, thank you very much. new developments from ferguson, missouri, where the city saw the calmest night since the protests erupted nearly two weeks. the chaos in direct response to the police shooting of an unarmed teenager jay gray has been following since the beginning. jay, how did weather overnight potentially diffuse the situation? >> reporter: hey sam, great to talk to you. we had a thunderstorm move through the area just about the same time protesters started to gear up. probably cleared out the streets for a bit, calmed things down just a little bit.

there were still protesters it only slowed them. certainly didn't stop them. overnight police are calling it a good. and that's the first time they've said that since it started. six people arrested, compare that to 47 the night before. there was no gunfire, there was no need for tear gas for the second night in a row. that's a good thing. they didn't even confiscate any weapons last night. it's a turn in the right direction. one that comes on the heels of a visit from attorney general eric holder here who spent about 20 minutes with brown's family, also visited with members of this community, officers working the protest lines and the fbi agents who were here at one point, 40 strong. we learned that they already have 100 potential witness interviews that they've done. the independent autopsy that's a part of that civil rights investigation also has been completed. so a lot of mooing forward there. on the criminal side locally. for the first time yesterday, evidence presented here to the grand jury. but they don't expect to make any decision on charges until

some time in october. that's the latest near ferguson, sam back to you. >> anything that's calm the violence, weather even, we'll take it, thank you so much. breaking news now to tell you to about, police are investigating a shooting in east san jose. officers are at the intersection of the lane. gathering evidence. that's just blocks away from the 680, 101 interchange. kris sanchez just got to the scene. what have you learned? >> reporter: well we owe that they are just putting up crime scene tape. in fact we were here as they were rolling this out. we just moved out of the way. we can see the officers are laying down evidence markers. we can tell you that the shooting happened at 5:50 this morning. right in the middle of the intersection where light away meets the lane. it is not a fatal shooting, we do know that the victim has been transported to the hospital. we were just moved out of the way so that the perimeter could be set and we will gather more details for you. bring you more information as we

get it. reporting live in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you kris, breesht it. also new this morning, american doctor stricken with the ebola virus is expect to be released from an atlanta hospital this morning. encouraging news. bob redell joins us, great signs of recovery for this patient. >> should be released within the next few hours. >> reporter: consider this, when dr. kent brantly arrived in atlanta three weeks ago, he was so sick he to wear a contamination suit, put into isolation because of this deadly virus he was carrying in his body. something that contracted while doing aid work in west africa. and of course we're talking about ebola. what's remarkable today, the blood in this 33-year-old testsing me if fif for the disease that has a mortality rate of over 50%. now he's expected to talk about overcoming those odds at a news conference a few hours from now. again, 8:00 this morning. emory will update us on nancy writebol who is also being treated for ebola. the expectation is that she too could soon be released from the

isolation unit. meanwhile, back here in california. >> working to identify those people who have been in contact with this patient since the person became ill. >> reporter: doctors at kaiser and south sacramento are still keeping a person in isolation after they might have been exposed to ebola a couple weeks ago, also in west africa. still testing them to see if they come up positive. in spite of the person's possible exposure, sam, doctors at kaiser consider them to be a low risk. >> comfort there to be green, thank you very much, bob, appreciate it. san jose police officers are about to get a little bit of much needed help. today, 25 recruits will graduate from a five week academy and become sworn community service officers. the community service officers will help police collaborate with them on lower priority calls. they will not make arrests or carry guns, instead they'll take reports and arm themselves with pepper spray. >> we designed this whole program so that we are sending

them into safe situations. >> we had self-defense courses and we've also had training in pepper spray. >> as you know, the department is struggling to hire new officers because of issues surrounding pay disability and pension. those issues have shrunk the force from 1400 officers at its peek in 2008 to now about 900. the woman arrested in connection with to her niece's death will face a judge for the first time today. she left her two-year-old niece in the cross walk to go get the twin brother who was still on the curb. the girl was then killed bay hit-and-run driver in the middle of the street. this happened friday night on mission street near the marian. she is facing charges of felony child endangerment. police are still looking for the hit-and-run driver. time now is 6:56 on your thursday morning. one final check of the top stories. three senior hamas commanders were killed in an israeli air strike today. analysts say the death will like will be a major blow to the organization. crews are recovering the body of a bay area elementary school

teacher who died in a hiking accident. gregory muck was hiking in a steep, rocky terrain in the kings canyon national park. muck was a teacher in fremont. the red cross is helping 33 people in oakland find places to stay right now after a massive severely damaged two buildings. no one was hurt and the cause of the fire is under investigation. we now have breaking news to report to you. a lane of northbound 280 closed in redwood city while crews try to clean up an oil slick that caused a vehicle to flip over. this. happened around 5:30 this morning near magdaline avenue. cars swerved and flipped the car. at least one person in the car was injured, but thankfully not badly. the chp is obscene and have not heard from them yet when the road will reopen. what we do have for you which is a good something oversight now on what's happening on the roadways from the person who would know, mike ib eye. >> give you -- mike inouye. >> give you a look at that.

it does have a standard backup. anywhere north of the dumbarton bridge on the maps, standard flow of traffic, southbound 880 towards union city. slower of the drives there. and there is it the south bay. north 101 recovering, still has activity. big jam there from 880. and actually a slow drive from capitol expressway. the rest are kicking in. here's what savms telling you about. earlier crash that cleared, but there's oil in the lanes, one of the middle lanes north 280, look at that slow drive from 85 up to the scene. we still don't know when the sweepers are going to arrive. we have that issue. one of your middle lanes is blacked, foothill expressway to magadlina or el monte. then you're clear the jam and that'll take you north of 85. that's a better drive for folks heading out of the south bay. in the men time, stickiness for drivers. here's what we know right now. here's the reality of the situation.

christina loren would love to see warm it weres, loves to tell you about warm temperatures, do you know why? because you're going to be cold in the not too distant. >> and you were yesterday. check out that video if you want to see the drop getting reality checked by ice water yesterday. >> let me know thousand goes. >> taking a live look here at mt. hamilton. haze in the atmosphere. i want to show you how shallow the ploen layer is this morning. nice day heading your way. headed towards the 70s and 80s, inland, mid-60s at the koes. that was a mash jer, i got -- harbinger, i got ahead of myself. ice bucket challenge to raise awareness and money for als. very own christina loren pictured below with robert honda was challenged by the san jose giants. minor league baseball team called out christina and robert challenging them to dump a buskt ice water on their heads. christina has graciously accepted. she will not be alone. this is all part of a fundraiser if san jose's als emergency treatment fund. fans at tonight's game will have

a chancen to bid on personally dousing a giant's player at tonight's game. i'm amazed it took this long. but it's happening. >> i got a drought busting way to do it too. >> nice. >> ho can you -- how can you resist that? okay, we'll see you later. and nancy writebol have beaten the disease and brantly will an walk out this morning. walk out this morning. a failed rescue attempt, it appears james foley was killed by his captives. tives. lates summer says him, lates summer says temperatures soaring into the h 90s from the deep south to mens