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that man one of hundreds hurtd in the biggest earthquake to hit the bay area in 25 years. 208 people were treated for injuries, 17 of whom were hurt so badly they had to stay in the hospital. this morning, more than 100 people were banned from returning home because their homes are just too unstable. and many more have a lot of work ahead of them in the days to come. very good morning to you, 5:00 right now, i'm lawrie la garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. >> downtown napa saw the worst of it. it was not the epicenter of the 6.0 quake, but na a did experience the most damages. 33 business condemned, some with gaping holes in the walls. the quake was centered between napa and american canyon just west of both cities. we begin our live team coverage this morning with bob redell in downtown napa. bob the good news this morning, if we're going to taking something good out of this, is that most people have power back. >> reporter: think about it, 24 hours ago, sam, there were 70,000 pg&e customers without
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electricity, i just spoke with the pg&e spoks person whose out here, they only have 150, 99% of the people do have their lights back on. you're talking about the damage here in the downtown area. and it is quite obvious where these buildings crumble. their old buildings are historic. made of brick and stone. and that's why one reason why this area's still shut down because there's fear that these buildings could collapse further if there was another aftershock. fortunately, no more overnight. now as i mention, many are historical structures. as a result, the city did put a deadline, 2009 deadline for the buildings to be retrofitted. there are 18 here in the downtown, the city was concerned about. a dozen did get retrofitted. six never got retrofitted. three of those right here on brown street suffered severe damage during yesterday's quake, raising an obvious question for the city's manager. >> could the city have taken enforcement action against those
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three building owners and why didn't they? >> we are in the process of doing that. we've acquired the notices on their buildings informing people that they're about to enter a building that posed a hazard. and we are going through a process, if needed, go to court. >> reporter: as i mentioned, pg&e restored 99% of the power outages, only 150 customers still waiting for their lights to be turned back on. starting right now, the utility said they will do courtesy gas safety checks. so if you had a gas line issue yesterday. you can call the utility, they prefer if you did turn it off that you to not turn it back on. let them do that so they can get gas leaks and make sure get your pilot light relit. they are beemploying new technology. we're talking about technology that's less than 12 months old. it's a vehicle, like a car for natural a gas. vehicle that will drive through neighborhoods and as it device that's very sensitive. it's an electronic nose if you will that can detect the
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slightest hint of gas. this is much more efficient than spending a person, man or woman out there with a gas detector trying to go up and down cheque gas lines. they are deploying that in neighborhoods affected by this earthquake that took place just over 24 hours ago. and if you lost water at all, either use bottled water or cooking or drinking. also they've set up two portable water stations, ones on pearl street, that's one block west of main, another at the flores center on linda vista avenue. the water does remain safe for bathing and cleaning, it's just the drinking issue until they give you the all clear. they want you to take the precautions again if your water went out again yesterday, water line break in your area, that's something to keep in mind. as far as the downtown area, this is not an inviting place. they are letting the media in here, but this is -- there is security. they have this area taped off for the obvious reason it's not safe right now. reporting live here in napa, bob
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redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> one woman said napa will never be the same. and it's not safe right now because there's that threat of continued aftershocks. we are feeling some overnight. christina has a look at that. >> we've had over 85 aftershocks so far, and most of which have been below ae 3.0. the strongest was a 3.6 nap occurred at 5:37 after the initial quake yesterday morning. the last one we clocked, 1.8, that was at 1:27 this morning, we're going to keep tabs on this for you. most occurred right around that initial epicenter. let's talk about the west napa fault. now this is a small fault, but it's an extension of the calaveras fault. largest ever recorded ever earthquake 56s.3 magnitude in 18.98. we rivalled the largest ever reported, and the usgs terms us this could get up to a 6.7 from this fault line. the last noticeable was a 5 bnt 1. that occurred in 2001 and 3:20,
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that's when we saw that action yesterday morning. it was very, very scary time for us. but i can tell you right now, things are winding down. all the aftershocks are definitely less strong than even that the time yesterday morning. that continues to be the trend. we're still in the woods for the next five to seven days, and we'll keep tabs on that for you. actually, back to you, sam and laura. >> thanks christina, interesting historical tid bits there. >> because of the quake, unify school district schools are closed today. as for private schools, justin seen in high school and st. john's lutheran school are also not holding their classes. we advice you to check in with your preschool provider to see if those are open. napa valley college and sonoma state university both plan to hold class as normal. it's 5:05 and in about an hour. hospital spokesperson will release new information about the people who were injured so badly they had to spend the
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night in the hospital. >> "today in the bay's" reporter is live outside of queen of the valley medical center in napa this morning where most of the patients are being treated, what is the sta tugs, what do we k w know -- status, what do we know? >> reporter: sam, i can tell you that the tirage tents are now gone. that is certainly a positive sign. doctors here treated more than 208 people in the emergency room yesterday who came in after the quake. and location of them were treated and released. only 17 remain in the hospital this morning. also a 13-year-old boy was air lifted to uc davis medical center yesterday with critical injuries after a chimney collapsed and pieces of a fireplace fell on him. he's now in serious condition. most people suffered cuts and bruises from falling objects. >> common thing we saw were cut feet. people walking on broken class. we saw a lot of folks who had
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furniture come down on them. mirror came off the wall. the one gentleman had a big gash in his head. he told me it was an entertainment center that tipped over and had hit him in the head. those were the most common things we saw. it wasn't they were bleeding from the feet. >> reporter: as for the adult who is in critical condition, we don't know if it is a man or a woman, but the hospital says the patient suffered some kind of heart problem which doctors say is not uncommon after an earthquake. reporting live in napa, "today in the bay." >> thanks mary-ann. 24 hours after the quake, and people are still bracing for more aftershocks. and the damage that could come along with that. >> in vallejo, all eyes are on georgia street where buildings could crumble. kris sanchez joins us live from downtown vallejo with that part of the story. >> reporter: good morning, we are held off at bay because this is danger zone right now. we're talking about the two
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building behind us. the red brick and the one with the yellow there, actually one in the same. now brick from the rooftop fell down through three stories all the way down to the ground level. and now that is one of the buildings that's red tacked and could come down in an aftershock. now from the aftermath of the earthquake, now to the moment that that earthquake hit. we're looking at surveillance video from a convenience store in american canyon. at the moment that the shaking all started. and you can see the store shelves rocking, smashing bottles on the ground. the mayor of american canyon, garcia says that in his city, the overall damage is not severe, and the good news there is that the infrastructure is good. the water, sewer lines are in tact. people still are feeling like they're waiting for the other shoe to drop. >> notice that some of the buildings have severe damage. just want to make sure that if something happens in the middle of the night, i'm not thinking it's another earthquake. >> reporter: back here in
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vallejo, this is georgia street by daylight where the building was evacuated because of structural concerns. some of the folks are out of their homes today because of the eight pamplts there -- apartments there, they are also red tagged in addition to the store front there on the ground level. now in all, there are more than 40 buildings that sustainabled damage mere in virginia halo, in the downtown area, also mayor island was hit. the total is about $5 million, but that is a figure that the city expects will continue to grow. now inspections will clearly be key because as we showed you before, not all of the damage is visible to the naked eye. so until those inspectors come through and they are in high demand, those red tags will not be lifted. folks will not be allowed back home or in businesses. certainly a cost to their lifestyle. noufz coming up in the next half hour, we will take you back out to american canyon and talk more about that video. in vallejo, kris sanchez, nbc bay area. >> thank you so much, kris.
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and the quake was felt up and down the bay in cribs and in homes. the shaking and rumbling was caught on one san francisco family's baby monitor. this video sent in by a man, you can see baby matthew who is almost two years moving around in his crib as the grounds starts to crib. hopefully he wasn't too unsettled. looks like he might have slept through it. you can see it was still strong in the city of san francisco. he says that serve okay. >> i want to go pick him up. you can find many more videos and pictures on our website, click on the upper left box. we have a slide show to check out. it's at nbcbayarea.com. it's pretty amazing, all of the photos coming in yesterday. >> only a baby i think could sleep through that successfully. live look at fremont this morning, traffic is light, currently, but you can expect things to pick up. 18 different school districts are headed back to class this morning including newark
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unified. also returning, four community colleges can including mission boulevard college in fremont and west valley junior college in saratoga. >> if you're traveling in the south bay, allow extra time. san jose state back in session. san francisco state also rumts class -- resumes class today. for a look at the forecast, let's check in with christina loren. >> beautiful day shaping up. for everybody headed back to school also there's going to be a lengthy clean up process up in napa. and the weather is going to be nice. weft strong on shore flow, lots of cloud cover coming in from the pacific, and as we head throughout the day today, that'll continue to be the trend. we'll get that nice westerly flow that are moving all the way inland. for today, general forecast. overcast start, nice pleasant finish, little bit of drizzle, little bit of fog at the immediate cost coast. especially here in the south bay. we're expecting the burn off by about 10:00 a.m. 80 degrees on the way for us.
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san francisco today, the cool breeze and mid-70s coming your way. that's going to be on the bay side. the ocean side, you're going to have to stick with the 60s as the fog settles in. upper 70s coming your way in the north bay. we'll hit about 81 degrees out in the tri-valley. spectacular out there for today. a close look at your seven day forecast coming up in just a minute. right now though, mike, you're there this time. and i sure am glad about it. >> christina, always here for you. whether i have my mike on or in the restroom. looking over here, san jose state, folks back in session over there. west valley college over here and things are moving smoothly, expect more commuters as those comes back online. we're watching, early slow down through dublin, but that's sorted out through the tri-valley pattern. live look shows you the earlier backup in the cash lanes here, left approach cleared. no problems reported from the quake yesterday. no problems this morning. looking at the north bay, easy drive for san rafael as well. some of the quake damage. great video coming up.
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this house in the back caught on fire first. i think a gas explosion because we could hear it explode, you know, the flames were going way up. >> the largest earthquake to strike the bay area in 25 years. ruptured gas lines, and breaks water pipes keeping frfrlts away while numerous homes burn. the shaking caused chimneys to tumble and the ground to split. hundreds hurt, more may not be allowed to return home. at least for a while. crews spent the daze checking for gas leaks, water main breaks throughout the area. >> in one neighborhood called
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meadow brooks, some turn a road into a skate board ramp. pg&e crewser to up the streets just to check the gas leaks. neighbors described the sounds and showed us the cracks. many people told us they do not have earthquake insurance. they're unsure about the area. this is taken from the chopper. most of the windows are shattered. the quake left the tower inoperable, but the airport remains open. it will open with the tower unmanned like it usually does during the evening. the faa says it could take weeks to have new windows manufactured and installed, other than the windows, no structural damage to that tower. the unarmed teenager who was shot to death by a police officer in ferguson, missouri, will be layed to rest today. scott mcgrew joins us live.
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>> reporter: this is something we'll continue to monitor all day. the death sparked outrage in the community, spawned two weeks of protest and violence. michael brown's family calmed for a day of peace so that they can bury their son. jay gray joins with us more. including how the white house is going to pay tribute. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, scott, good to talk to you, thousands expected to be here at the friendly temple missionary baptist church in just a few hours for the funeral of michael brown. it holds more than 2,000, there is an overflow facility that may hold that many as well. they expect both of those buildings to be filled as so many gather to pay their respects to the 18-year-old whose death sparked outrage here and across the nation. last night, hundreds gartsed in the largest park here in the st. louis area for a peace rally, calling for calm. actually michael brown's father pleading with this community and others who have come here to make it a day of silence.
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a day about his son and not about the ongoing push for answers and justice in the investigation. not that they want that to go away, but they want this day to be about michael brown. brown's ung sl a minister -- uncle is a minister. al sharpton is also expected to speak here. jesse jackson will be in attendance among others. the white house has sent three representatives, one of those actually who went to school with michael brown's mother. the brown family has received more than $150,000 in donations to help them pay for this service today and to bury their 18-year-old son, scott. >> tell me about the police presence there. obviously there has to be some, but they don't want to be obvious about it. >> reporter: yeah. well inside the memorial we expect to see officers from both st. louis county, st. louis, and ferguson. outside, i can tell you there's already a strong presence here. they are here and they are watching, and they say they are
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here because they want to honor the wishes of the brown family. to make sure that this is peaceful. to make sure that others don't use this event to promote something else. there is a strong presence here, not out as you've seen at the protest, but in vehicles, surrounding the church, and watching to make sure thing goes the way they should. >> all right jay gray, thank you so much. of course we continue to monitor this sam and laura. we'll monitor online as well as this develops throughout the day. >> thank you very much, skouts. >> thank you so much going on across the country. of course a ton to worry about here with the napa earthquake. but there are also people going back to school today, christina. and what can they expect for this first day of class? >> it's going to be nice. more of the same. beautiful weather that we've been getting spoiled with. 5:19 now, probably good idea to get that earthquake kit ready for school for the school kids as well. that's something we have to do. it's a reality here in california. temperatures mostly in the upper 50s to low 60s right now. it is comfortable, maybe you
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want to walk the dog, go far bike ride or jog this morning. weather not going to hold you back. comfortable. 63 in san francisco, and we're starting out at 65 degrees comfortably on the east shore. mid-70s for most spots today. 77 degrees on the peninsula. 74 on the east shore. 80 degrees south bay today. and 79 degrees up in the north bay. so really, its been status quo or in our case, stratus quo over the past seven to eight days. we're going to continue that trend for today. clouds settle in early burning off by about 10:00 a.m. 80 degrees for us. peninsula 77 degrees. 75, beautiful conditions on the bay side of san francisco. cooler on the ocean side where the fog is going to settle in. you'll get a couple hours of sunshine. comfortable conditions persist for most of the week, and it's going get a little on the hot side wednesday into thursday, we bring the temperatures up towards the 90 degree mark. staying just below it, that's good news for us here in the south bay. use your ac towards the end of
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the week. then friday, saturday, sunday, very slight chance for subtropical showers to come through up. it's going to feel sticky around here. overall, we're talking about a 10ed maybe 30% chance of showers. depends on where you live in the bay area. south bay, higher elevations, we have the best shot of that. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> over here right here, american canyon, napa, that's the area where we had the quake yesterday. i want to tell folks about the roadway. we have a number of closures, as far as the highways are going, and as far as the bridges are going, chp says they're safe through the area. immediate vicinity of main street down to third, just avoid that immediate area. of course the buildings are cordened off. other than that, track the rest of the drive. the issues with capital corridor yesterday, those cleared up. they are back on service this morning. and cal train was back in service before the niners game at levi stadium, they were able to believe take folks to and from there. bart had no problems, and vta
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helped quite a bit a both of the agencies. get you a look at the rest of the bay, smooth drive right here. fremont, no problems for southbound 880 past the truck scales. and all the way throughout the freeway. another live look shows you the san mateo bridge off the high-rise over to the peninsula without delay for 92. and there across the golden gate bridge, easy drive south from the north bay and into the north bay as well. again, quick damage on the roadways that you'll see in the next report, back to you. >> thank you. bay area's largest quake in a quarter of a century damaged roadways. look at whether the damage will actually affect that morning commute as mike mentioned, coming up.
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breaking news, at 3:20 there was an earthquake that struck the bay area. >> biggest earthquake since 1989. >> for the latest on the south napa earthquake, stay with nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com. i wanted to get your attention because i have something fornt tell you. you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back, time is 5:24. this a live picture of course of
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downtown napa. still recovering this morning after the events of yesterday. here's a look at the latest numbers. 33 buildings in napa have been condemned along with more than 100 homes. >> 208 people treated for injuries. 17 still in the hospital this morning. all public schools in the napa valley school district are closed along with several private schools. numerous gas and water lines burst in the quake. if you actually think you smell or hear a ruptured gas line, you are urged to call pg&e immediately at 1-800-743-5002. the quake also damaged a number of roads in the napa area causing trouble for drivers. >> indeed, mike inouye has been keeping an eye on this since yesterday. what happened lately? what's happening this morning? >> first of all, let's show you the video from yesterday. look at this crack, this is the thing that hollywood movies are made of. look at that elevation.
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this is about six, maybe eight inches and some are greater difference from one side to the other. that had to be addressed. they had folks going through the center of the freeway with traffic control so they could figure out what to do. the repair work that went on yesterday, until just after noon. they had to smash it down. look at that, these are now misaligned. they are misaligned because of the shift in the roadway. again, these roadways are reopened after this initial, what they're calling temporary repair. imagine if if those were the tracks. here the corridor had them inspected from the central valley down to san jose. and that's what took them out of service for much of the day. capitol corridor reports no problems. i haven't had any specifics on their updates, no delays reported from them this morning. things okay for bart around the bay as well. both come into the south bay. here is the live look. rest of the commute this morning looking guidelinen fine. we're looking at the rest of the bay area, south of the golden gate bridge, easy flow, and typical drive out of the
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tri-valley and the altamont pass. and note for the north bay as you continue to follow that, napa, downtown area, only one with official road closures. they are going through that district that we're talking about, back to you guys. >> thanks so much. time right now is 5:27 on your monday morning. our coverage of the napa quake continues next. today, crews will be in the task of trying to clean up the mess left behind. cars covered in debris. there are cars under that. buildings in danger of toppling over. we will have live team coverage coming up.
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people were screaming and stuff. the house next door, two houses down, it had flames coming out. i ran down through, there was gas shooting out and it was like a bonfire. i couldn't do anything about it. we had to watch the house burn down. >> four homes burned beyond recognition are still cooling this morning after yesterday's earthquake in napa. ruptured gas lines, and water mains in the north bay. more than 100 penal in napa --
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people in napa can't go inside because the damage is too great. rubble too dangerous. mrn a dozen others have to spend the night in the hospital to let their bruises and bones heal. good morning, it's 5:29 i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. this is what people are wake up to this morning. the headline in the san francisco chronicle, wake up call. the barrels of wine one of the amazing images coming into us of the damage that we're seeing. >> and this picture was tweeted out overnight by the office of emergency management showing dozens of people working through the night responding to emergencies. the team is made up of members of the red cross, national guard, and the chp among others. now one of the things they're tracking are aftershocks. let's bring in christina loren, she joins us with the very latest. >> good morning to you. 1:27 a.m., 85 plus aftershocks
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so far, the past three hours, just the one. the strongest was a 3.6. we're not out of the woods just yet. there's a 29% chance of a 5.0 or greater in the next seven days. now as time draws on, this will decrease. the opportunity becomes less and less. now as we head throughout the next three to seven days, we're going to continue to see the aftershocks wind down, become less powerful, but we're still under the gun. we're going to keep those on your mind because we to want make sure you don't let your guard down. have that plan in place and get the kit ready. back to you sam and laura. >> i think people will, thanks christina. the south napa quake has many looking at old buildings that were not retrofitted. >> bob redell is live in downtown napa where several buildings are red tagged this morning, good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning laura and sam. and it could be time before they clean up the downtown area. this is just basically out of safety concern. you have the gold structures, a
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lot of historic stlurs that had their facades and corners of the roofs crumbled during yesterday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake and the concern being if there's another aftershock or if the things are still waiting to fall. they don't to want get people too close. what they've done is they've taped off this area. they've started installing chain link fencing around the old courthouse to keep people out. the only people that are allowing in are the media and security. there are definitely sheriffs with the napa county sheriff's department and private security guards out here keeping the area clear. again out of safety. many are historical structures made of brick and stone. what's remarkable is the city did have a 2009 deadline for the historical buildings downtown. there's about 18 of them. there was a deadline in 2009 for them to be retrofitted for an earthquake. 12 of them got up to code, six were not retrofitted. three of those right here on brown's street suffered severe damage during yesterday's quake.
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now we did catch up with an optometrist whose business is located in an old house downtown. that house was ran successed during the tumbler, but structurally the woman, the business owner, she came out okay thanks to some smart advice she followed. >> my inspector said it was critical to get the building anchored down. there was no bolting of the stole plate, and he said that was extremely dangerous in case there was an earthquake. which now, we know it was definitely important to get it fixed. >> reporter: we just spoke with pg&e who are updating us on the number of people who are still without power. it's only 150 customers. they hope to get them restored throughout the day. if you look at the fact that there were 70,000 without power right after that quake, they've obviously made a lot of head wooin. 99% had their lights back on. reporting live here in napa, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> a lot of recovery, thanks so much, bob. today, claims adjusters will
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be in napa to look at about 20 cars that were damaged by the quake. they are under that carport. it just collapsed during the shaking. too many hard to tell right now how badly the cars are damaged. brown's valley one of the hardest hit areas in napa. tough news to get for the drivers. also difficult to watch some of this dramatic video coming from a mobile home park in papa. this happened off of orchard avenue that is near highway 29. flames destroyed four homes, and having enough water right now a major issue. fortunately, no injuries due to that fire. but there were hundreds who showed up to the hospital. >> we are live outside queens valley medical center in napa with an update on the conditions now of those victims. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this hospital was so busy yesterday, hate it had to set up a triage tent here in the parking lot. doctors treated 208 people who showed up here after the
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earthquake. now the good news is this morning, only 17 remanl in the hospital -- remain in the hospital, one in critical condition. also we want to tell you about a 13-year-old boy who was air lifted to uc davis medical center with critical injuries after a chimney collapsed and pieces of a fireplace fell on him. he is now in serious condition and improving. most people suffered cuts and bruises from falling objects. >> i just hit my head on the shelf i have next to my head. that's how i cut my forehead open and my eye. and i bumped me knee too on i don't know what it was. few bruises. and, you know, when i fell. >> something went bam, right thereto, right there. it was scary. it was about the scariest thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: the most common injury was cuts to the feet from stepping on fallen glass. now the one person who remains here in the medical center in critical condition, we don't know if that is a man or a
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woman. woe know that that patient suffered some kind of heart problem doctors say is not uncommon after an earthquake. we are supposed to get an update shortly after 6:00 this morning from hospital staff. giving us an update on the patients who remain in the hospital. we'll bring that to you later this morning. reporting live in napa, "today in the bay." >> thanks mary-ann. let's check in now with kris sanchez who joins us live from vallejo. so much damage in that downtown area as well. >> reporter: i think inspectors are going to be just as busy today as they were yesterday because not all of the damage was visible to the naked eye. there is a building here behind me. it looks like two different ones, yellow on one side and red brick on the other. that's one of the buildings that's red tagged here in vallejo because there's fear that the internal damage could be enough that in a sizable aftershock, the whole thing could come down. in fact, this whole stretch of georgia street is roped off because some people think there
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is grave danger here. now, here it is by daylight, the building is red tacked and the folks who live in the eight apartments were evacuated fireman their homes. they're saying elsewhere tonight, the store front on the ground level is cloesd, and you can see debris on the inside. here's video inside a grocery store, it's a raley's that was just a disaster in the hours after the earthquake. in all, more than 40 buildings sustained damage here in the downtown area and on in vallejo, totaling $5 million. it is a tally that could grow. even when the tags are cleared. folks are still going to be feeling the effects of the earthquake for a while. >> it was dprimpbt earthquakes i've experienced before. i thought a jet or something had hit the hillside. i mean, it was total terror. >> reporter: now two american can your -- now to american canyon, the moment with the earthquake hit.
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store shelves in a convenience store rock, smashing bottles on the ground. mate your of that city, american canyon says overall, the damage there is not severe, but his city's infrastructure did survi survive. people are feeling like they're waiting for the other shoe to drop. again inspections will be key today and this stretch of duties and responsibilities vallejo will remain closed until those inspections are complete and until the red tags are lifted or until it determines what is left for the buildings. coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk about how many aftershocks question expect in the coming days and how big some of those aftershocks could be based on scientific predictions. good information to know. in vallejo, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> we have to be prepared, thanks so much, kris. for more information on the earthquake including pictures and videos, you'll find them on our website, nbcbayarea.com. the upper left box, bring up a
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slide show. that's at nbcbayarea.com. she has been bringing data this morning, all sorts of advice, christina loren, we understand also has a day job, that involves forecasting the weather and how is it looking today, christina? >> i prefer my day job. it's looking fantastic, sam, laura, everybody at home. live look here at san jose, you can see mostly clear sky as that sun is starting to make an appearance or official sunrise this morning right around 6:30. and it's still nice and dark here over tiburon. we have a lot of cloud cover out there. mid50u6 for most spots. temperatures will climb nicely today. not by much, we'll end up in the upper 70s to low 80s. we don't have any extreme swings to tell you about throughout the next few days. overall, the strend going to be on shore flow and it is pretty strong for today. i want to kind of zoom in and show you what we're expecting for this onshore flow. you can really tell how the day is going to shape up based on the low clouds where they set up
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during the morning hours. you can see they extend all the way down here along the east shore. we're waking up mostly clear in the south bay. same for the deal. same for the tri-valley extreme east bay. it's going to be warm out there today. but hey, 80s, that's deaf nitsly bearable, right? low 80s for us. 77 degrees on the peninsula. mid2340u7 san francisco. 60s meanwhile on the coastal side with the fog lingering. 79 for the north bay. 69 degrees for the east shore. 81 degrees in the tri-valley. all good things must come to an end. we're going warm up quickly. we'll talk about that forecast coming up, back to you sam and laura. >> that is a tease. 5:40 right now. >> it's a special tribute to robin williams planned at the emmy ie wards. we are live in los angeles with the details. plus the earthquake leaves behind millions of dollars in damage, but local businesses are doing to recover this morning. latte or au lait? cozy or cool?
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the bay." tonight television's biggest stars will all gather for the industry's biggest night, it's the emmy awards. you can see here on nbc. it's all taking place in los angeles. and that's why "today in the bay's" -- where "today in the bay's" tracy potts joins us live, good morning, tracy. >> reporter: hey laura, good morning, good morning everyone at north hollywood at the academy where the decisions have, made. and while everyone's watching what's happening on stage, backstage, the red carpet, something else they're watching closely tonight, the tribute to robin williams. it's being done by his close friend, billy crystal. you know these two funny guys teamed up together far long time. they made people life in the gis along with whoop any goldberg, they found comic relief. they raised two and a half million dollars for people in need through comic relief. that is still going on, and so that is expected to be a very special moment tonight. now when it comes to the emmy's, you know, the nominations are
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in, the winners are in, we just don't know who they are yet, but we do know that game of throwns has the most no, ma'am nations of any -- nominationings of any show -- nominations of any show, 19. matthew may be the first person to accept an emmy and an oscar in the same year. we're watching that and also watching laura to see how many people tune in. last year, it was 17 million. >> wow. all right. well if i have to watch matthew, i will. all of the sake of news, thanks so much. you can catch the 66th prime time emmy awards right here on nbc bay area. our coverage starts at 4:00 this afternoon. you know what, join us earlier at 3:00, we'll have a special edition of nbc bay area news. the man accused of burning down the old kntv studios in san jose is expected back in court today. 55-year-old spillman pfefer pleaded not guilty back in april
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as he tries to evade our cameras. today he'll baa back in court for a prim their hearing. he deliberately started a fire in that building burning it to the ground. as many as 30 homeless people often stayed there, but investigators do not believe anybody was inside when the fire started. the woman accused of attacking a four-year-old girl with a tire iron at a san jose walmart is set to enter a plea in court today. maria entered the walmart back in may and hit the little girl in the head. the girl's father blocked the second blow. officers say that is when the woman started singing show tunes, and posing for the surveillance cameras. the 20-year-old farss charges in -- faces charges including assault with a deadly weapon and hate crime enhancement. the young girl is expected to thankfully to fully recover. it's 5:45 right now, i want to check the forecast with christina loren. starting on a monday morning, it's going to be nice. >> really nice day.
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things are going to change rapidly for us. so cease the day, my friends, 5:45, let's take you outside, show you what we are working with. mid20u6 start on the -- mid0u6z to start on the -- mid-60s to start. upper 50s rather refreshing as i like to say in the north bay and the south bay. you know what, this is good weather for doing any of your outdoor activities, maybe you want to do a little gardening this morning. temperatures are really going to be comfortable. we're getting the dry heat out there as well. 80 degrees for the south bay. 77 degrees on the peninsula today. the east shore, 79 degrees in the north bay. hard to beat. temperatures like this as we are now just days away from the kickoff of september. can you believe how fast this mornt has gone by? we've had good weather all august long. we're going to see an overcast start. pleasant finish, repeat performance of the weekend and what we had last week. on shore flow stays strong.
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below average temperatures by the midsection of the week. the heat is going to surge and temps will climb up to 90 degrees getting close to the 90s here in the south bay. but by this weekend, we'll cool you off a touch and bring in showers as well getting our first taste of fall showers. afterall, we have a holiday weekend coming your way. temperatures for today, low 80s in the south bay, you can see the steady climb through the week. then by friday, touch down just a touch. overall though, looking towards the shower, chance for saturday and sunday, best chance right now looks like the south bay, higher el vagtss. let's check your drive, here's mike. in the last few minutes, dramatic change. the metering lights turned on. stack up all of your lanes past the 880 making their way already to west grand avenue. there you go, happy monday. over here, oakland coliseum, northbound, we saw flashing lights and reports of cars blocking two lanes.
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i did see the flashing lights just clear. they may have gotten off to the roadway. i'll track the the whole area. no delays here. another look outside, slow down northbound 101 just kicking in, north of 680. 880, note of the area, schools and colleges getting in session today. two south bay commuters schools going to be a big issue for the roadways on the roadways starting at 9:00. continuing to adjust over the next couple of weeks. the rest of the bay looking nice here. west 580 and looking at the north bay, san rafael where the volume's holding steady light here and the curves no problems down across the golden gate bridge. remember, downtown napa is where they continue to do all the work. just avoid the area if you don't have to go there from main street to clinton and third, that's a closure there. back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:38 right now. >> i think a gas explosion
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because we could hear it explode, you know, and the flames were going way up. >> an unwelcome wake up call in wine country. powerful earthquake caught many people who were sound asleep in the north bay. dressers, mirrors, pictures crashing down. hundreds were injured including emergency a doz whon had to spend the night in the hospital. shaking caused gas lines to rupture, sparking several fires, ripped up roadways as you see there. 6.0 magnitude quake. the largest to hit the bay area in the 25 years. the losses alone from the quake could be significant. >> no doubt about it. according to the new york types, many businesses have to remain closed for clean up this morning. scores of folks have to stay home from work and other financial losses, all of these individual tabs will rack up some $1 billion in economic losses nap figure does not include how much it'll cost families and businesses to rebuild. many napa restaurants remain
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closed this morning. workers will show up to work to find broken written does, pieces of ceiling on the floor while some restaurantly completely boarded up. one restaurant owner feels lucky the damage wasn't worse. >> we did that earthquake retrofit to our building in 2010, and we're so proud of our engineers. and its already been a long day. >> understandably emotional. many restaurant owners not sure exactly when they'll be able to reopen, but many owners are just trying to keep their fingers crossed. >> and we'll keep ours crossed with them. that napa squak becoming a wake up reminder for colleges across the bay area. >> many are now looking at how to prepare. "today in the bay's" derek shore joins us live at sanl jose state university. how are schools trying to make sure they're ready, derek. >> reporter: they have the alert systems in place. this morning, students are showing up here, it's pledge
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week, of course the first day of classes here at san jose state university, and it has a lot of people obviously talking about that napa quake. it's not the only school that's starting today. west mission, excuse me, west valley mission community college district is starting. and like most in the bay area, they rely on technology to get to students and staff. here at sjsu, they have something called alert sjsu. it'll send a mess took -- messages to let people know about an earthquake. the reason, the state really doesn't have a full flenged alert system -- fledged alert system. uc berkeley says it worked, it gave a ten second alert. right now it has not been rolled out statewide. the reason, $80 million. students here as well as the governor say it should be.
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>> we have to funded it. we had a ten seconds warning here, we can get up to 60 seconds most of the experts believe. cal tech and berkeley perfected this development. taiwan, china, japan, why we're not is beyond me. >> i think it's necessary. it's really scary to hear that smoir close as napa had such sbsh somewhere as close -- somewhere as close as napa had such a harsh effect. i hope the earthquake alert system follows through and we feel safer. >> reporter: back out here live, you can see the students setting up again and schools across the bay area are reminding everyone to make sure that their contact information is on file with their alert system at their given school nap way, they can at least tell you when an has happened and obviously not to come tom class -- come to class. or stay on campus. those things are very important and very important information to get to the people as quickly as possible.
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you're watching "today in the bay." this morning if you're just waking one 24 hours after the napa quake, more than 100 people are banned from returning home because their damaged houses are considered to be too unstable. 208 people were treated for injuries. 17 of whom who were badly injured, badly now have stay at the hospital. yesterday, 6.0 earthquake rupture gas lines and water mains in the north bay.
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downtown napa was the hardest hit area. was not the epicenter of the quake, but it did witness the most damage. 33 businesses condemned, some with gaping holes in the wall. the quake was centered between napa and american canyon just west of both cities. zblamplts live look at -- a live look at san jose this morning where childrens in san jose among those headed back to class. 18 school districts returning today as well as the number of colleges including san jose state. let's check in with christina loren for a look at the back to school forecast, good morning. >> remember what it was like, therm thermos, lunch pail, ready to go. it's going to be nice for the kids headed back to school, and even the big ones. san jose state, spartans, 59 degrees in the south bay. low 80s today. and mid-60s to low 70s. much more to the drive. let's check your drive. >> spartans, we're talking about
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the traffic though that might be related to the schools. this is 101 with a typical slow down between 680 and 880. looking outside as well, on the maps we're talking about a approach to the bay bridge where metering lights are on. one lane blocked there and across the san mateo bridge, no problems, just more folks, back to you guys. it is next on "today in the bay." assessing the damage and rebuilding from here. we'll have more from napa a day after the earthquake. >> plus we'll let you know about school closures in the area due to the earthquake as well as damaged roads. and friends and family get ready to bury the unarmed teenager shot by police in missouri. what michael brown's family is asking for this morning.
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>> a nightmare wake up call turned a daunting reality. this the headline many of us will see and read this morning as we wake up as several communities must now come to terms with losing everything. >> you could hear for explode. you know, the flames were going way up. >> i couldn't do anything about it. we just had to watch the house burn down. >> entire homes burned to the ground, buildings crumbled, now the clean up begins as people whose lives changed in a matter of second start to try to pick up the pieces. good morning to you and thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. best news this morning, the majority of people who were injured did not have to spend the night at the hospital. only 17 people are still getting care this morning. meanwhile, kids in napa are sleeping in, schools are closed of broken windows and scattered books. some are staying home because 33 buildings are deemed too dangerous to go into.
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