rolls into levi stadium overnight. what's happening inside right now to make sure the field is ready for sunday's kickoff? and good friday morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren taking a live look at a clear sky over pleasanton and san jose. we have a spectacular day ahead and good looking weekend. microclimate forecast is moments away. that's right, it is friday, but look at your commute at the bay bridge, big backup here. there is a crash in the area and we're going to update you for the tri-valley we had a head on for highway 84. update as well. looking live outside, the sun's arrival over the bay area making way for a great day. this friday, august 22nd, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay"."." have good friday morning, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock.

berkeley police are asking the public to keep an eye out for this woman. she was last seen around 11:00 last night, about a block away and durant avenue. she was wearing a dark green downed jacket and blue pants. police say the woman in her 70s is living with dementia and considered to be at-risk. 6:01, released this morning as health officials confirm the patient being held in isolation at a sacramento hospital does not have the ebola virus. the news comes as two american aid workers are released from the hospital following three long weeks of treatment. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now, and kris, the family of one of the workers opening up about her experience this morning. >> reporter: she didn't to want speak for herself, but nancy writebol's sons said that the miracle serum that helped to save their mother's life was key, but mostly they say she credits her faith and the care she got from her doctors. more on that in adjust moment. first doctors at a south sacramento hospital say the tests for the ebola at their,

with their patient all came back negative. that good news came in a late night press conference at kaiser permanente south sacramento. doctors followed the guidelines for the disease control and prevention in isolating the patient. because of patient confidentiality laws, they can't reveal more about the patient's condition only to say there is no risk now. now california's public health director at the same press conference said that there are no cases of ebola in california and no suspect patients with high risk exposure. back to nancy writebol whose sons told matt laur she was eager to leave and be with her husband. >> there's still physical recovery that has to gone on there. her color's good. they were taken adjust few days ago. she's pretty happy there. >> reporter: dr. kent brantly, the other patient who is now virus-free spoke yesterday, both

he and nancy writebol credit their faith with their recovery along with the care from their doctors and that miracle serum. coming up in the next, watch the full interview after this will newscast, you'll have to hold on to that until 7:00, but in the next half hour, we'll tell you what nancy writebol's family says about her returning to africa and the aid work that she was doing right in the middle of the ebola danger zone, laura. >> i would imagine they'd want her to just stay home. >> i would think so. happening now, individual sl being held for a -- vigil is being held for a san francisco man shot and killed by zpraens police. this. happened back in march at a park. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live in san francisco. steph the last time we spoke you to you, there was an active ceremony going on, what are family members and supporters doing right now? >> reporter: good morning, sam. well the whole morning, the last half hour, 40 minutes, there was a dance of myan aztec dance happening for supporters for alex and his family.

it is more quiet there, entering a chant right now. these all in memory of the 28-year-old man shot and killed by police back five months ago. that's when police chief greg says officer responded to a man with a handgun in the park. officers responded, said they told him to hold his hands up and he spointed a firearm. he was pronounced dead at scene. turns out that he was not armed with a firearm. he did have a taser stun gun on him and no criminal rorld. police say it was in self-defense. but we did speak with a community organizer here who says that it has been a tough five months for the family searching for answers. >> well if you don't have even the most basic answers as to how your child was killed, you know, you're not doing all right. >> this is all part of the pros to move -- process to move forward? >> absolutely, that's the civil lawsuit filed today from the family, is getting answers.

>> reporter: and today the family's attorney john burris is set to file a lawsuit against the city for violating the rights. the police used excessive force. again, back here live, they are in the middle of a buddhist chant as part of this ceremony. they say will help move everything forward. there will be a march at noon to the federal building and then a rally at 3:00 this afternoon. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> stephanie, thank you very much. new morning, california company has recalled more than 90,000 pounds of chicken cesar sald kits. this. because of a possible listeria contamination. the food company based in corona shipped the kits to sam's club stores nationwide, for sale in the store's caves. now the boxes are labeled appa fine foods sam's club chicken cesar salad kit. a lot of info there. they were produced on several dates between july 49 and august 8th. the used by dates are august 149

and september 17th. it is 6:05 on a friday morning. time to check that microclimate forecast. take a peek outside this morning. beautiful vista of the basis bridge. we'll check the morning commute, see how traffic's going across the span right now. right now let's check the all important forecast with christina loren. >> hey good morning to you, laura, sam, everybody at home. happy friday to you, temperatures are comfortable out there. we're going to look at the getaway forecast and what's happening right here across the bay area as we sbr into your all important weekend in just a moment. i want to start with the live picture monterrey, just to give you an indication of how quiet it is out there, this is going to be a great spot to hit this weekend. temperatures really comfortable in the central coast, we're going to be show you how comfortable in a moment. let's bring it back home to the bay area where temperatures are looking good, we're in the 50s and 60s to start. this is mt. hamilton overlooking the beautiful twinkling lights at the valley which you can see here. not a lot of low cloud cover to

kick off the day. quite a different scenario know san francisco where we're waking up with a full deck of the low clouds this morning. so we're going to see burn-off here by lunchtime. meanwhile clear skies to start the day for most of the bay area in your inland valley spots. otherwise around the inner bay, at the immediate coast, gradual clearing, comfortable conditions across the board today. no 90s on the map, we're starting out in the 50s and 60s, headed towards the low 80s at best, comfortable day headed your way and superb summer weekend. not just here in the bait area, across the state of california. hitting lake tahoe this weekend, welcome nice, mid-70s, could see a little bit of thunderstorm activity on sunday, you want to stay tuned to the forecast right now, looking good. 85 degrees on friday and the russian river valley. this is an exquisite place to hit if you have not yet, head north of the bay area, specifically it's just fantastic out there. i love the russian river valley. 78 degrees on the central coast friday, mid-70s saturday and sunday. comfortable conditions for all your getaway plans, and locally

we're looking good as well. we'll take a close look at what's happening if you're staying in town in my next report. first, let's check your friday on a drive, here's mike. >> behind you, superb weekend. outstanding. the weekend goes without saying. >> bay bridge, this is no typical friday over here. heavier than normal volume here. there was a crash just past the metering lights. there's a slow drive here as we look at the camera from emeryville looking at thes curb heading into treasure island, we had one of the vehicles involved having to be take nl off the freeway because they this h to continue on. that was likely the flashing lights. no dra pa ma. we're looking towards the tri-valley where we have an increase clearing for highway 84 after the earlier head on crash between the ge plant and ruby hill. this morning, no problems for the bulk of the morning commutes. a crash west 580 at grant line road. clog things up a little bit, but light volume here as well as around the bay nice smooth

drive. we'll check in with san jose, slowing north 101. we don't see a problem. we see more cars traveling north of 680 then foster city side coming off the bridge, we, cameras on both sides of the bay. as folks are westbound with the headlights, over towards 101, the peninsula, and the bridges are moving nicely. just a little build to the north which is typical this time on friday. >> you have cameras everywhere. >> we have a sky cam network. >> there you go. >> okay. thanks a lot. 6:09 on your friday morning. keeping the peace. kbrt national guard says it's pulling out now out of ferguson. plus move over wine country. the effort under way to do to put silicon valley on the wine tasting map. under the gun in the south bay. of a live look from chopper over levi stadium where you can see the 49ers are installing a new playing surface with the hopes they'll be ready for sunday's preseason game. just over 48 hours from now. that story, coming up. (gnome) instead of hanging out on the couch,

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you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back now. good friday morning to you. as you're starting to make those plans for the weekend, i want to tell you about santa cruz today. 727 degrees out there -- 72 degrees out there, comfortable conditions. still getting the warm water temperatures as well. after i note for beach goers as we get into your weekend. we are looking towards dangerous rip currents, courtesy of two tropical cyclones. lots to go over and your microclimate forecast in moments. but with that nice forecast for the weekend note for highway 17 go's, might get company.

17 turns to 880. this is oakland for 880, smooth drive past the coliseum. tail lights may be heavier than expected crowd at the bay bridge. we'll talk about that and why coming up. thanks so much. meantime, let's look at today's top stories. the national guard is leaving ferguson, missouri, after a third night of relatively peaceful protests. missouri's governor ordered the withdrawal yesterday. protesters continued in the wake of the killing of an unarmed black teenager. berkeley police are asking for help to find a missing elderly woman considered to be at risk. she has dementia and was last seen just a few blocks from uc berkeley's campus. . you know anything, please contact berkeley police. california company is recalling more than 90,000 pounds of chicken cesar salad kits due to possible listeria contamination. the products were sold at sam's club with use by dates august

14th and september 17th. new video in this morning, inside of levi stadium, bird's eye look where crews are hard at work laying new sod on the field. this is of course a live image you're look at. this is going on right now. crews had to rip out most of the grass yesterday after it got torn up during last monday's preseason game. bob redell is at levi stadium this morning. the big question, is that field going to be ready, it's hard to believe in time for sunday's game. >> reporter: but the 49ers are confident that will be the case. now a source within the city of santa clara, sam and laura, terms us that the sprob not with the grass itself, but rather the sand surface underneath. the 49ers have not said what if anything they're going to do to correct the sand problem just that they will be ready for sunday's preseason game. now if you look live from the chopper view over levi stadium, you could see there's not much field there. there's a lot of that sand, then you have these lines of sod. they have a lot of work to do. they start within the past hour

or so of installing new sod. there's five truckloads of sod that pulled up here early this morning. they are now in the pros of rerolling out the grass, laying it down. one of the drivers tell us us of the sod trucks that this is bandara bermuda blend of grass. it's grass that the 49ers chose officially because of its durability and low water needs. >> it has the ability to recover a little bit quicker. it keeps its color greener longer into the season, and it's lateral grow so that it makes that network where the cleat plants in holds up nicely without wear traffic. >> reporter: that's the 49ers head grounds keeper when we spoke to him months ago about four months ago after the initial installation of the sod. but you can see the grass hasn't held up so far. you can see the team tore up a huge section of the field yesterday, talking about the organization having to take out

a big section yesterday morning so that the new sod could be installed this morning. now the problem with the playing surface was very evident during the 49ers open practice wednesday afternoon. pieces of the turf came up, a couple players got caught up in the divot, it was so bad that coach harbaugh moved the practice to the training field out of fear that his players could get hurt. again, source within the city blames the sand for the sod not properly taking root over the past four months. the team says they will have the field ready for sunday's game which is only 48 hours away. and here we are friday morning, and you've got half of levi stadium, it's just dirt. it's just sand. but they are confident that they are going to have this ready again in just over 48 hours from now. reporting live here in levi stadium in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> that's amazing because if the problem is with the field itself, with the sand, you could have the continues, same continuing problems. >> needless to say, they have their work cut out for them.

>> counting down the days until the big regular season home opener. that game just over three weeks, 23 days away to be exact. 49ers welcomed the chicago bears. and you can catch it all right here on sunday night football on september 14th. the storied history of a bay area high school football team hits theaters nationwide this morning. >> don't let a game define who you are, but the way you live your lives through that. >> that speech came after delasalle had fits 151 consecutive game winning streak snapped. it highlights what led up to the game for the concord high schoolers including the death of clarence kelly. also forms on the head football coach that led that team during the 12 year winning streak. he's played by jim cavisil. >> reporter: hardest part of playing him is he's alive. you know, you can play jesus,

but there's no footage on him and people will judge hard. >> we had a tough time getting the team started. overcame a lot of adversity, and that's what the film is about is kind of overcoming obs kms too. -- obstacles too. >> he still helps out as assistant coach. current players say they're honored the school is featured in this new movie. when you look up california wine, the south bay probably not the first place to come to mind. we'll be honest here. new wine trail hoping to change that. >> i've seen billboards up, santa clara county board of supervisors are launching the santa clara valley wine trails. the trail will have signs posted throughout the county guiding people to more than 20 wineries in morgan hills, gilroy, and santa clara county. 6:18 on your friday morning, sounds good to say it. let's look at your forecast as we check out a live picture of downtown san jose. just a beautiful blue haze over the sky there. we are joined by meteorologist christina loren, and i think you have some good news for us.

>> yeah, great news. it's that beautiful weather here in the bay area that makes it conducive for growing all the across the board. you know what, we have a shoutout, san martin as well as santa theresa where they're getting the grapes grown for us wine drinkers. 64 on the east shore to kick off the day. we're at 56 degrees, good morning to you out in the north bay, the official destination for wine country. but you know what, that's probably going to change as we head through the next few years. out in the livermore, big things with wine as well. hey out in the tri-valley, mid-80s coming yar way. 83 degrees, that's your forecasted high for you today. and your kids headed off to school, comfortable, not too hot as we get into this afternoon. couple things to point out when it comes to your weekend. humidity's going to creep up noticeably by sunday. but overall, we're looking towards more of the same for much of your weekend. and there's a lot going on. let's start with some of your summer concerts that are still

happening. music on the square, redwood city courthouse tonight at 6:00, going to be a good time. 79 degrees, 6:00 p.m., as you know, these events are coming to a close as our summer time is as well. so you might to want get out there. also danville, music in the park happening on saturday, 6:00 to 8:00, comfortable conditions out there. 82 degrees at 6:00 p.m. should be a good time, a lot of people headed out there. maybe you want to go to the beach this weekend. couple things to point out there. temperatures are going to be comfortable been but you want to try to head to a guarded beach. we have interesting waves to tell you about. overall temperatures in the 70s and upper 60s at your local beaches all weekend long, but two very strong systems cyclones are it generating these big waves. and we're getting these southwest swells in combination with the typical northwest swells. we are counting on some of those chaotic swells as we head throughout this weekend. keep that in mind, mixed swell could be dangerous when it comes to rip currents. try to go to a guarded beach, never turn your back to the ocean, and we're still also

getting those warmer than average water temperatures, 60 to 65 degrees just offshore. typically we're in the upper 40s to low 50s in the water this time of year. that's unusual. and looks like that's going to hold up through next week as well. now when it comes to your temperatures, staying put all across the board by the end of next week, that's where we're going crank up the heat just a touch. still no extremes in the forecast, we're not talking about records, and i think this month subpoena going to go down as cooler than average. speaking of which, here's mike inouye. >> all right. thank you, christina. i'm going to keep that and show the kids later when they think, well they think i'm not cool. these are the metering lights, they have this backup here and they send everybody loose on the bay bridge. the crash just past there cleared from the roadway as well. you see the backup here and at the toll plaza itself. look at the maps, nothing unusual for the friday easy drive out of the maize and just a little slowing on the approach.

we have am playing at 7:05 tonight. postwork likely through the area, not a concern right now. we'll look to the rest of the bay and an easy drive. we have slowing for the tri-valley, easy drive though, and after the crash cleared to highway 848, livermore has not been of a problem. south bay just a little build for northbound 101, live shots out there, we have that network of taerms southbound through fremont past the truck scales and tesla, easy drive just building. slowing between the san mateo and the dumbarton bridges. san mateo bridge itself, usually good volume of traffic, westbound, commute over the high-rise, haze around the area, but not a major concern. reminder for the sign around the bay, north 280 closed from 101 to at&t park starting next week at 2:00. . northbound, southbound, light volume through the curves approaching north. no problems down towards the richmond center or across that span for 580. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. 6:22, four year degree from a local community college.

the bill on the governor's desk hoping to make that a reality. plus commuter compassion. dozens of drivers risk their own lives to rescue a lost dog running wild on a busy southern california freeway. and we're taking a live look at levi stadium this morning where workers are frantically trying to lay down some new. sod. will they get it done? will it take by sunday's game? bob redell live at the scene. we'll have the very latest.

awaiting the governor's approval this will morning. new measure allowing some community colleges in california to offer four year degrees. the bill allows 15 campuses from different districts to offer one back lor yacht degree each. lawmakers say the bill helps use all of the state's resources to fill a vital gap in the work force. here's what happened in southern california, people came together to rescue a wayward dog running wild on a busy socal freeway. >> you know how busy those are. last night a black dog was seen zig zagging in lanes right during rush hour. at one point, look at the motorcyclist trying to ride next to the dog, move it over to the shoulder. other drivers turned on their emergency lights working like a fence to try to keep that dog on

the side of the freeway. one woman pulled her car over and was able to rescue the dog. must have been so tired. the dog had a collar, but no tags. she was taken to a local animal shelter. talk about a community kind of banning together. >> that's amazing. she was running like she was in a track meet there able to flag him down. time right now 6:27 on your friday morning. opening up and speaking out. still ahead, we hear from the parents of the american journalist executed by isis militants. the exclusive interview with increase next. -- nbc next.

chilling words. the family of an american journalist behead bids isis militants sits down with nbc. and good friday morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. just a spectacular day and weekend coming your way by august standards here in the bay area. the next week we are going to bring up that heat, significantly. full forecast is in moments. and look what i found, flashing lights leading to brake

lights, this is 880 past the coliseum, jam here and heading to another backup, we'll talk about the shift and why it even happened in the first place. i too can find things like the opening bell at the stock exchange. today is friday, august 22nd, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and a good friday morning to you, welcome, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. in just a matter of months, terror group isis risen from an chaed offchute to one of the greatest threats against the united states. the execution this week of a american journalist and the threat to execute another has shown just how vicious this terror group can be. brian moore joins us live from washington where the pentagon is taking these new threats very seriously. good morning, brian. >> reporter: absolutely, laura. and with good reason. today we're hearing from the family of james foley and also

from the top general of the united states who says this could be a long, difficult fight. as the world reels from the execution of american photo journalist james foley, his parents are speaking out this morning about a phone call from pope francis. >> huge comfort. huge comfort. because pope francis, like jesus loves, like jim. he understood jim's heart. >> reporter: they're also talking about the last e-mail they received from isis terrorists threatening to execute foley. >> i actually hoped we could engage in negotiations with them. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the execution reveals just how brutal isis is. >> they are an imminent threat to the every interest we have, whether it's in iraq or anywhere else. >> reporter: with u.s. air support, iraqis are gaining background, but america's top general insists it will take more than bombs to crush isis. >> this is an organization that has an apock lip tick vision and

it'll have to be defeated. >> reporter: i.c.e. sis threatening to execute a second american journal itself, steven sotloff, and calling for attacks on other american targets. it's a fight the obama white house doesn't want, but can't ignore. president obama still promises no u.s. combat troops on the ground, but the state department is requesting 300 additional troops to guard u.s. facilities there. laura, back to you. >> so frightening how aggressive this group is, thanks so much, brian. continuing with this story, james foley's parents spoke to the today show's tamran hall this morning. >> courage and particularly his compassion and love in that box which they called it, was, was a prayer. we had so many people praying for jimmy, we had begged for prayer. but we didn't need to, everyone

was so good and praying, and jim's strength and love was the answer to prayer. jim was held up by all that prayer. >> perfect. >> inspiring words you can't begin to imagine what those parents had to go through. hear the full interview coming up in about 30 minutes on the today show. >> so much sorrow for them. 6:33, county attorney general will appeal a judge's ruling that's called the state's death penalty unconstitutional. attorney general harris says the ruling undermines important protections for defendants. federal judge resumed last month that the state's death penalty takes too long to carry out, and the delays are often arbitrary and unfair. harris says the amount of time it takes to execute inmates ensures they receive due process. breaking news over san jose this morning. our chopper is over the scene of a fire. you see the smoke bill lowing up, this is near the jungle

homeless encampment in san jose. that's at story and centre road. chp called saying there were flames leading into the air, smoke as well and called the fire department which we see live in the pictures is arriving on the scene. you see the fire at the center of your screen. this is in the site of numerous fires there after the the jungle. of course it's a homeless encampment. city has tried to clear it out. they continue to have problems. this is one we are following this morning. we'll continue to monitor the live pictures for you. 6:34 right now. another live picture to  check out downtown san jose. as we get ready and look forward to this weekend, finally let's check in right now with the meteorologist christina loren and a look at the forecast. >> hey good morning to you, i was just checking in on wind speeds out in the san jose area where we do have the jungle. and i can tell you relatively calm right now. the wind will pick up throughout the early morning hours. so keep that in mind. temperatures right now mostly in the 60s, we'll have an update

for you on that in just moments. as we head throughout the day today, gorgeous conditions coming yar way. just spectacular. could be baking in sun, overall its been a really mild august. we're going to hold on to those standards this weekend, by the end of next week, temperatures will climb. we'll be out of the 80s, back in the 90s out in the tri-valley and even here in the south bay towards the end of next week, but not before we get just a spectacular bay area weekend. fantastic for all your plans. these are your numbers my friends, low 80s in the south bay, peninsula upper 70s, upper 60s for san francisco. out in the east shore, low 70s coming your way. the tri-valley, no 90s on the map just yet. hey, up in wine country, comfortable conditions for you as well. mid-80s, now if you have plans of going to that 49ers game on sunday, weather definitely played a big factor last time, and it likely will this time as well. we're going to show you where the best seats are and the most comfortable seats in the house

coming up in the next report. first though, i want to check your drive. it's a busy morning, even though it's a friday, i don't know mike, what are do you think? how does that work today? >> help its because we did have a busier than normal friday in some spots. let's show you the latest culprit. this is 880 in your area. northbound look over on the right, i've wide nld the shots from the last time we took a look. flashing lights just past the 66 avenue overcrossing that's at the bottom of the screen right into the clock there. smoother drive now, but the ripple, the slow down ripple back past 98 and clears as you're approaching the coliseum. slow right here, there's a about it until you get to the bay bridge toll plaza where the live camera shows you the backup. the left approach is clearing there as well. we had an earlier, haeflier backup because of a crash that was just past the metering lights early on the commute, about 5:45, that's what caused them to turn them on early. there's the smoother drive down the east shore freeway. as traffic is lighter today, friday lighter as we like to call it, that has helped over at the bay bridge where there are

no more problems. smooth drive for the rest of the bay on the speed sensors. the tri-valley recovered nicely after an earlier crash for highway 848, no dra in a there. san jose, 101 northbound dooming up past, oh i'm sorry, the camera moved. there's the fire you talk abouted there. not causing a problem for the drive, that's over there in the years we were talking about of the jungle. >> story centre jungle, they had fire after fire there. you don't think, i mean it's righting there by 101, the smoke will distract people. >> the smoke is there. it will be a little distraction, but it's a smaller plume and haze in the area air, some might say it's just something going on there. maybe a building lit or factory or something like that. >> we have a crew head the to the scene as well. thank you very much. right now it is 6:37 on your friday morning. still ahead, tensions escalate this morning as a russian convoy crossing into ukraine. what ukrainian officials are saying about concerns over a possible invasion.

welcome back everyone, we are covering breaking news coming out of san jose. these are live pictures from our chopper over the scene of a fire that has broken out near the

jungle. that is a homeless encampment that has seen numerous fires in the area. you see crew ace reporting lived on the and a bit earlier as we've been monitoring the story. looks like they have most of the flames out in the small little area, but the smoke is bill lowing in the air. you could see it off of story and centre roads. mike season checking to see if that will affect your morning commute. we'll continue to monitor it. 6:41 right now, new this morning, a witness says a mass gunmen has killed seven suspected israeli informants near a gaza city mosque. this happened worshippers were ending midday prayers. today shees shooting the numbers in the coastal strip to 18. earlier in the day, hamas killed 11 men by firing a, by a firing squad in gaza city's police headquarters. now these killings come just a day after israel killed three top hamas military commanders in an air strike on a house in southern georgia ga za.

more new video this morning, the convoy has been stuck at the border since ukrainian officials feared the trucks were a cover for a russian invasion. russia insists the convoy is bringing humanitarian aid to the city and nothing else. which has seen heavy fighting between forces and rebel groups. the red cross says it's not escorting the convoy to the quote the volatile security situation there. it is 6:42, a bay area woman disappears overnight. up next, why police fear she could be in trouble. plus clean bill of health. relief this morning at the sacramento patient tests negative for the deadly ebola virus. ♪

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traffic on "today in the bay." at 6:44, happening now, berkeley police are asking the public to keep an eye out for this woman, take a look. she was last seen around 11:00 last night about a block away from the cal campus near bodage street and durant avenue. she was wearing a dark green downed jacket and blue pants. police say the woman's in her 70s, she's living with dementia and sensitive to be at risk. this morning, family and friends of a san francisco man shot and killed by police holding a vigil where the shooting took place in the heights. he was gunned down back in march during a nighttime confrontation with officers. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live, stephanie, what course of action is the family now pursuing this morning? >> reporter: there's a lawsuit involved today. good morning to you, sam, we're at the sunrise ceremony vigil that's wrapping up right now

with 40 to 50 people. they are in the middle of a prayer. they are going around talking, half hour of aztec dancing and a booud igs chant because 28-year-old was buddhist. his parents are here. they did not want to talk to journalists here. it was five months ago here at bartle heights park when police responded to a man who may have a firearm. police officers got here and told him to put his hands up and said that instead, he pointed what they thought was a firearm at the officers, and that's when they opened fire. he was pronounced dead at the scene. turns out he had taser stun gun on him. he was a security guard at city college of san francisco. this morning, we spoke with a woman who worked with him at city college who says the family five months later is still fighting strong to get some answers. >> this afternoon at noon we'll be marching through city hall to refile a civil lawsuit. the day refused to file the lawsuit, but his family put out because there is no defendant

named. but the only reason there is no defendant name ld because the sfpd is protecting the officer and not releasing their names. >> reporter: the family has, the attorney is filing a lawsuit later today against the city for violating the civil rights. they said the police used excessive force and that's supposed to happen after a day of action. so after this sun rice vigil, people plan to come back here and march at noon to the federal building and then have a rally at 3:00 this afternoon. we'll have more coverage here on nbc bay area throughout the day, for now live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> emotional morning, thank you, steph. 6:47, time to switch gears checking that microclimate forecast this morning. let's take a peek outside this morning, taking a live look at the bay bridge from the distance there. cloud cover to start our day. like it has for most of the workweek, making way for a nice day. >> yeah, it's going to be really, really lovely and we made it to friday. a lot of kiddos, first week of

school will be finished after the someday done. and it's going to be nation out there all weekend long. you probably want top get outdoors this weekend. as you know, fall comes in rather quickly here across the bay area as our daylight is limited. our days aren't as long at this point. overall though, we're talking about comfortable conditions, all the way through this week and the beginning of next week and we'll crank that heat up a touch. remember, you don't have the to wait for the forecast. we like to give you instan takens you information. that's what you want. you can find that here at the bottom of your screen through the all of my weather fwrasts. morning in the 60s, it's comfortable out there. oakland, 64, 61 here in the south bay. 61 for concord as well and san francisco waking up with 60 degrees straight up. mostly cloudy sky here, definitely have just about as much fog as we did that the time yesterday. we're setting up for a repeat performance, although i have taken temperatures down. just a touch, little bit of low cloud cover there in pleasanton and the sun is now officially up

and beautiful san jose. temperatures today work like this, 83 degrees for us. 80 degrees on the peninsula. you're going to hit about 70 degrees in places like oakland for today, but 77 degrees on the east shore in fremont, really nice there. and temperatures are really going to hold up this way as we get into your saturday and more of the same for sunday as well. but that is the day you're probably going notice the midlevel clouds moving in as we have the subtropical moisture headed our way. it will be more humid, but temperatures really staying put. look at this, 82 degrees in the south bay for the saturday and sunday. upper 70s on the peninsula. san francisco, 68 degrees on saturday. 69 degrees for sunday. let's talk about that game, i promised you this forecast. as you know, all things that are new usually have to have a little bit of a kink worked out or quirks worked out as we head throughout this sunday, temperatures are going to be just about as warm as they were last sunday when we had 40 people plus streeted for heat exhaustion. you want to watch the heat for

the second half of the game, that's when the temperatures will be the warmest. at 3:00 p.m., you're going to be at 83 degrees out there. couple things to keep in mind, you're trying to get the assets, find more shade near the suite towers on the home side. and you can actually clearly see that here. let me show you what it look likes on the home side, you get quite a bit more shade than the visitor's side. and that's really going to have a lot of people reporting that heat exhaustion. for this weekend, this sunday, make sure you don't overdo it out there and drink lots and lots of water. let's check your drive, here's mike. >> the home team side was a little bit better than the visitor's side. >> how did you know? how does that work out? over here, we're looking at san jose, we had a nice easy light friday drive, haze in the hair, smoke from the fire, let's show you the maps within that was just near story and centre, it was getting under control. the smoke was breaking up a bit, but it was visible. here near happy hollow park. viz frbl 280 and 101. we didn't see slowing. i don't see any additional

slowing, just the traditional light friday build for that portion of the bay. the rest of the bay showing a typical friday build as well. we're showing you live looks out here. we'll show you the san mateo bridge, eastbound not the concern, it's westbound that's your commute over the high-rise. make a nice easy drive across the peninsula side. that reminds folks next week starting thursday at 2:00 p.m. aets park, we did that a few months ago to continue with the hinge repairs. oakland 880, earlier traffic break, the cars moved over to the right hand shoulder just past the 66th avenue overcrossing. still has the slowing, and no problems up to the bay bridge where the left approaches a little lighter for the cash lanes than the right approach. golden gate bridge, easy drive no matter what your approach heading down towards the toll plaza and northbound, clouds well clear of the span, folks in the area for a vacation, well they can get a view and a picture of the bridge which is not always the case. we'll send it back to you. >> mike, thank you. relief this morning as health officials confirm the patient held in isolation at a sacramento hospital does not

have the ebola virus. this news dooms as two american aid workers are released from the hospital following three long weeks of treatment. taik's kris sanchez joins us now, and kris, the family of one of the workers is now opening up about her experience this morning. >> reporter: that's right sam, nancy writebol's son says the miracle serum helped to save her mother's life, but mostly credits her faith and the doctors in atlanta. doctors at the south sacramento hospital where the patient was in isolation say the test there all came back negative. the good news coming in a late night press conference at kaiser permanente's south skrebt. the they followed the guidelines for the centers and disease control and prevention in isolating and monitoring for symptoms. because of patient confidentiality laws, the hospital cannot reveal more. but at the same press korves, california's public health director said there are no cases of ebola in the state and no suspect patients with high-risk

exposure. now back to nanl si writebol whose sons talked with the today show this morning. these are new photos of her take an few days after she left the hospital. fully recovered, though her sons say still regaining her strength at home. they say she has not ruled out returning to west africa where she was infected with that deadly virus. >> africa's still in the heart and suffering of the people is still deep for them. and so, maybe through this and their time to recover, that'll give them some clarity on what to do next. and where to go. >> reporter: dr. kent brantly the other patient who is now virus-free, spoke on his own behalf yesterday. both he and nancy writebol credit their faith with their recovery. you can hear the full interview with nancy writebol's suns coming up today on the today show at 7:00 after this newscast, but i can tell you that the sons say the last three weeks have been the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs. >> what a relieved family, thank you very much.

6:53 right now. police are hoping new surveillance video can help them track down whoever beat a san francisco man to death. police are calling the man in the video a person of interest for killing brian higgins. hig bs was found -- higgins was found brutally beating in fact castro two weeks ago. the man shows a man chasing him the morning he was found unconscious in the neighborhood. higgins was taken off life support last week. he was a member of the radical ferries. movement of gay men searching for a spiritual kmengs do their -- dimension to their sexuality. they do not know whether yet this is a hate crime. homeowners being fined for trying to save water during the state's severe drought. fran pepsi maxton put in drought-resistant landscaping without the approval of her homeowner's association. and now, she's facing a monthly $50 fine until she replaces part of her front yard with grass. >> then they could give me for

denying the ground cover the lawn was that it would look better. >> pepsi maxton season getting re -- paxton is getting a rebate and will pay the fine. this is a story that's garnering intense interest inside levi stadium where crews are hard at work laying down new sod on the field. crews if you'll recall had to rip up most of the grass yesterday after it got torn up during last sunday's preseason game. >> you can see them hard at work out there. rob redell live today. the big question this morning is this is the field going to be ready for sunday's game, it's hard or it believe it could be. >> reporter: laura and sam, the 49ers expressed confidence they're going to have the field ready here at levi stadium in time for sunday's preseason. that's just over 48 hours from now. and we did speak with the turf company yesterday, even though they weren't supposed to comment, they did tell me yesterday that everything is going to be quote okay in spite of the fact that right now, they

do not have a playing surface. you're looking at a live shot inside levi stadium where about half the field has been toorn out. you can see there are grounds keepers in there right now. what they're doing is they're rolling out new sod that we saw about five truckloads of new sod being delivered here this morning. and based on our conversation with one of the delivery truck drivers, the team will be reinstalling the same kind of sod, it's a strain of grass that the team has chosen becaused it needs lelsz water and can handle the rigger was an snvl game -- nfl game. yesterday the organization tore up the huge section of the original sod. we're talking about a section that's roughly 100 yards long by maybe 25 to 30 yards wide. a very large chunk of the field taken out because of problems with the playing surface. these are problems that became apparent during wednesday's open practice with when a couple players slipped during maneuvers as pieces of the field came up. there were divots. apparently the sod hadn't taken

properly, taken root yet, even though it was planted about four months ago. a source tells us that the grass isn't the problem, it's the sand surface underneath. now given that the original sod did not take root over that four month time period, it's not clear why the team thinks the new sod will take root in time for sunday's game which again is only 48 hours away. and here they are within the past couple of hours startsing to reinstall the middle section of the field. again, they did an initial install about four months ago, it did take root, but apparently not properly because you had divots, you will parts of it coming up. now they're trying it again and the team again expressing confidence that this field will be ready for sunday's preseason game. reporting live here at levi stadium in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> wow, if they can pull that off. i have a lawn they can work on. thanks a lot, bob. >> as you mentioned, it's a systemic issue with the grass.

we have a problem with the sand below the grass i should say. >> exactly. right now on "today in the bay," one final check of the day's top stories. california company is@w recalli more than 90,000 pounds of chicken cesar salad. this due to possible listeria contamination. now these products were sold at sam's club with use by dates between august 14th and september 17th. crews put out a fire in san jose's homeless encampment called the jungle. around 6:30 this morning, officers saw flames coming from the area. the story and centre road that called firefighters, crews were able to put the flame noufgts about 20 minutes. no word on any injuries, but its been a constant problem there. and health officials in sacramento say a patient dmept isolation does not have the ebola virus. the patient was hospitalized after a recent trip to west africa over concerns of possible exposure to that deadly virus. but officials say all blood tests are back and they are negative. it is 6:58 right now, i want to check the morning commute. see how things are rolling out there on this friday.

>> it is friday, lighter volume finally after earlier incidents. bay bridge had a crash past the metering lights that cleared and so the early slow down easing up now. you see the left approach, lighter, traditional there, no problems approaching there. 880 moving smoothly oakland and now fremont as well. remember, the warren avenue are the connecter over towards mission has cleared up, and we have san jose moving smoothly, even though there was smoke visible. that's near san hoepz muni, the home of the giants. >> all right. speaking of the san jose giants, christina loren, she was called on by the san jose giants to take on the ice bucket challenge. >> ice bucket challenge with coconut water, afterall drought sensitive. >> yeah, christina doing the responsible thing, did you hear there as the meteorologist dealing with a drought, she used an ice cold bucket of coconut water instead. maybe should have used cucumber

water, she was as cool as a cucumber out there there. she didn't clinch. >> compressed the video so you can't see the mascara running down my face. >> smart. >> coconut water used in ice bucket challenges, we'll be back with more. good morning. chilling words. good morning. chilling words. news that isis militants sent the family of james foley a threatening e-mail just days before his murder while the white house now says that group is more dangerous than al qaeda. we'll talk with foley's parents in an exclusive interview. medical miracle. the two americans treated for the ebola virus now out of the hospital and back with loved ones. so what was the life and death battle like and how are they doing now? nancy writebol's sons are here exclusively. walking tall. >> walking.