down another violent crew in downtown san jose suspected of knocking out and robbing innocent bystanders. plus word of a second american killed. while fighting alongside isis militants. what we're learning about his ties to the extremist group, next. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren, another beautiful day in the bay. especially by the coast. completely clear. just about all day long, we'll have your full forecast coming up in just a few moments. all across the bay area, and for your specific microclimate. and i'm trafficologist mike inouye. you have company, we'll talk about the slowing there and getting into the city coming up. and let's give you a live look at downtown san jose right now, it is thursday, august 28th, and this is "today in the bay". from nbc bay area, this is

"today in the bay." well good morning everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm scott mcgrew. and laura garcia-cannon is on assignment this morning. we begin with a story you will see only on nbc bay area. the streets of downtown san jose should be a little safe they are morning. that's because police officers took down another violent gang that had been ie tacking innocent people. "today in the bay's" reporter joins us live in downtown sanl jose with more details on the story that he broke, good morning. >> reporter: vicky, police have had their hands full with the violent crews in downtown san jose. just a few months ago, they took down a group called snot nosed kid. that's because a lot of these suspects were juveniled between the ages of 11 and 1 years old. the suspects would flirt with women and distract them. that's when a female member would walk up and punch the unsuspected victim to the ground and rob them. police on the regular beats

arrested nine of the them earlier this year. but the violent crime sprees did not tlend. violent assaults kept happening downtown. the midnight shift of sjpd keeping a closer eye on things. and in the last few weeks, they've been able to take down another crew. police say this was a group of four men, both juveniles and adults. they called themselves the squad. and they're m.o. was the same, walk up to unsuspected aring victims who happened to be walking downtown and cold clock them. the suspects would take off with watches, purses, and other items. the midnight crew worked the beat and sponlded to one of the robbery calls, they spotted the suspects and they took them down. again, two of these violent crews taken down by the downtown crew, the central division here in san jose p.d. snot-nosed kids and now just recently, the squad, but they asked people to be individual lanlt as they're walking through

downtown san jose. we're waiting for the midnight sergeant to arrive here for a quick interview on what this means for the fight against crime in downtown san jose. we'll have that live interview for you coming up at 5:30. live in downtown san jose, i'm here with "today in the bay." new this morning, a second american has reportedly been killed while fighting for isis militants in syria. he was reportedly with douglas mccain, that's the american jihadist killed earlier this week in syria. the u.s. believes as many as 100 americans may have joined isis and they are concerned they could get radicalized, trained, and then come back to the united states. coming up at 5:40, nbc's tracy potts will have a live report on the investigation into the reported killing and the latest on the the attempts to free another american held captive in syria. more now about our coverage of the south napa earthquake. there are signs of progress overnight in vallejo, new video of al red cross shelter that

just opened at the florence douglas center. dozens have been damaged. at least ten red tagged. last night, at least two people stayed at the shelter. >> but the red cross says two, that's a good thing. >> we're hearing from people that it was a very scary event, and there are people who have told us they're out of their homes. others who said they didn't get hard and their neighbors did. its been quiet, and that's a good thing. people are being helped by family and friends. >> earlier this week, vallejo city leaders estimated $5 million in damage. crews responded to at least 21 water main breaks, 49 injuries were reported after that 6.0 quake. in napa, the damage may be worse than we first thought. the city released new numbers about how many homes were severely damaged and how many the recovery could cost. "today in the bay's" nannette miranda is live in napa, the city hopes the tourist will

still come despite all the damage. >> reporter: well that's right. this is a multiwinery tasting room behind me. as you can see, this suffered a lot of damage with a lot of brick and stone that have fallen to the ground, but a sign outside says we're down, but not out. and that's the message businesses want to get out that tourists should still come and enjoy the region. businesses are worried that with the widely circulated images of fallen buildings that the images would encourage people to avoid the area. key part of napa's economy. visitors spend more than $700 million a year when they're here. so locals hope they still come because it tourist money will help with earthquake recovery. >> a lots of places are open, and not everything's closed, we're still having napa valley wine fun and good times. come on down, we're still going. >> reporter: now the city of napa released new numbers yesterday. we're talking about preliminary

estimates in the $300 million damage for damage. and that's not including buildings and waterlines. 632 structures were tagged, so far of those 116 red tagged and the rest yellow tagged. the ground still very active here. now $3900 million damage estimate system preliminary, and some estimates are gokd to a billion dollars. nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> thank you. well the property damage in the north bay is extensive, the loss of pets is gut wrenching. casey myers woke up during the earthquake and realized her dog chance was missing. her family is going door to door, putting up fliers and using snead spread the word. >> i think he freaked out and maybe even before it happened. he might have sensed what was coming and just took off. >> the animal shelter says

several dogs have been reunited. so far the best thing to do is have your pets microchipped. the general manager of the los angeles kings hopes the stanley cup help raise sfeerts in napa. he and his wife have a second home in the north bay. cup will be at the napa weston on saturday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. the hotel was closed but it should be back open by saturday. for up to date coverage of the earthquake, head to nbcbayarea.com, there you can find an interactive map on red tacked homes. water main breaks and debris drop off sites. meanwhile, emergency crews in san francisco are making sure companies will be more prepared for an emergency. police and firefighters, building owners as well will practice emergency scenarios near first and mission in the south of the district. don't be alarmed if you see a lot of emergency vehicles in the area between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00

in the afternoon. well what to do about burned out trees from the rim fire. do you remove them or let them billion? environment tamists would like them to stay. it's now a court case. the blackened trees and new growth beneath them create a vital habitat for animals. supporters of the logs industry say logging would pay to replant the forest. the decision is expected to be finalized today. the rim fire burned over 400 square miles of the stanislaus national forest. redwood city joined other cities in limiting what you can do with water. residents will not be allowed to use drinking water to clean driveways or sidewalks, unless the hose has a shut off nozzle. lawn sprinklers and other irrigation will be restricted to two days a week. violators could be fined up to $500 a day. i have to admit, for just a minute, i used a power sprayer to clean the section of

something. i feel better saying that. >> we will not report you, although you self-confessed there. >> 30 seconds. >> governor brown is considering a bill that would bant use of the power sprayers. >> yep, it's a waste of water. >> drought severe, meteorologist christina loren joining us now with a look at the forecast, any rain in sight? a little bit, we have a slight chance for that. i feel better now that you have a clear conscious, scott mcgrew. 59 in san carlos, you have to love honesty which is what we bring to the table ere morning to our best ability. when i'm telling you the forecast, we're doing a lot of leverage to bring you the most accurate information, so today's forecast. tricky. here's san jose, clear to start the day. widespread low clouds over the bay bridge this morning. and probably i'd say a third as much cloutd cover as we had at this the time yesterday morning. i should say a third of more cloud cover. as a result, temperatures will stay cool for the most part of the day, that fog is going to fade so fast by 9:00 a.m. crystal clear from the coast all

the way through your inland valley spots and hot day ahead as a result. 91 degrees for the north bay. 84 in the south bay, and 81 degrees on the peninsula. san francisco looking good as the giants continue that long home stretch. they have a good looking day game coming up for us as we get into your friday. for today, comfortable conditions out there. and by monday, maybe you have the day off, another day game, 73 degrees, comfortable conditions out there on labor day. and don't forget. if you like the giants, stick with us, we are the official broadcast home of your san francisco giants and we'll have a game on our station here on sunday night. 6:05 p.m. we'll keep you updated. a lot going on this holiday weekend around the bay area. we're going to take you on the tour coming up. here's mike and the drive. i want to look behind me, we're talking about a stream of headlights, no problems, good number of foerks traveling westbound 580 through dublin and livermore. get out of your way, we talk

about the maps over here. smoother drive, but slowing out of the altamont. compute direction with your arrow, slowing coming off the other side, that's a little bit right down to 16 miles per hour between the dublin blij, no problems there. rest of the bay moving smoothly. quick look at the south bay with the live camera in san jose, and you see this nice, easy drive. number of cars medding northbound. burst over the last couple of minutes, no zinlts. we should see this simmer down as it is right now. folks eager to get to work, as christina mentioned, maybe getting out early today. reminder, the arrow from 280 to 101. that closes at 2:00 p.m. today. and that will remain closed throughout the labor day weekend bought the hinge repair work. any time after 2:00 today, 101 into the city. continuing hopefully clearing well before the 5:00 a.m. on tuesday mark. and another look at the system, we have a smooth drive with now no delays reported for agencies from the vta all the way to the

bart system into and out of san francisco and on the bart, over to vicky, back to you. >> thank you. 5:11% in trouble -- 5:11 in trouble for tweets. tweeting she wanted to stab some of her students. plus the mystery illness making hundreds of young women sick. how it could be linked to a popular vaccine. next, don't go away.

you're watching "today in the bay." time is 5:14, a newark memorial high school teacher says she didn't mean when it when she tweeted terrible things about her students. according to her news, she was

slapped with a written reprimand and apologized for posting tweets about violent things she wanted to do to students. the superintendent of the district told the paper there is an investigation into the tweets. but hojs is still teaching. see if you agree with the teachers and parents who say, they are absolutely not okay. in one, she says stoipt stab some kids. is that bad? and on another one, so happy to be done with school for ten days, but especially to be away from the ones who truly try my patience and make my trigger finger itchy. she told the paper she was kidding and never thought people would take her comments on twitter seriously. meanwhile in the next few days, grand jury could indict workers of a preschool who are accused of duct taping a kid to a nap map. the in addition to taping her son to the map, the heart to

heart academy in texas left a child alone, also withheld water from other children in an effort to save money on diapers. >> i was, i was shocked. i still feel an extreme amount of guilt about how i could have chosen a place that could do to to my child. >> the day care is open, but with fewer kids. it plans to cooperate with the investigation. this morning, health officials are strugglingtology fwig out -- struggling to figure out what's making hundreds of girls sick in colombia. more than 200 girls have been hospitalized various symptoms ranging from fainting and headaches to numbness in the hands. all the girls received a vaccine guardssil. blood test results should be ready soon. experts stress the vaccine is safe. this morning, investors are

pulling over the books of the bay area lending club after it filed its paperwork for an ipo. half a billion dollars, one of the biggest ipos in tech. we've seen it quite some time. lending club run by this man who disrupted banks by allowing anyone to lend money to anyone else over the internet. it would appear with little risk. lending club customers pay back loans more often than bank customers. welcomed news if you're hitting the road this labor day holiday. gas prices are dropping. for that and the news before the bell, let's turn to morgan brennan, live at cnbc world headquarters, good morning. >> thanks scott. summer slide and oil pushing gas to its lowest labor day level since 2010. gas should average $3.41 a gallon nationwide. that's 18 cents lower than last year. prices are expected to keep falling through midautumn. futures are lower as the costs

are there. another record high that was just at the closing bell. today we're getting data on unemployment and pending home sales. also the second record which should show the rebounded following that harsh winter. the dow rising, the nasdaq flipping one point to 4569, back to you. >> thank you much. in the men time, let's -- meantime, let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, scott. 59 degrees, half-moon bay, 59 in san carlos to start. and we're at 61 degrees this morning in san jose. it's really nice out there. headed out and about for this thursday morning, mostly clear conditions, sun will rise at 6:37 this morning. sop keep that in mind, we're getting shorter days, starting to feel a little bit like fog. it's crisp out there this morning. temperatures surge into the 80s and 90s. no triple digits. in fact we're not flirting with the triple digits across the extended forecast.

remember you can always see that. it's scrolling right here for you at the bottom throughout the weather reports. here's tonight. your sun will set at 7:47, the midlevel clouds increasing, painting a beautiful sky tonight as that sun goes down. but for us, it's going to feel kind of sticky out there as the remnants of marie move to the north. as a result of that, we have rough seas. if you have a fisherman or mariner, keep in mind, we're going to see unusual and strong currents out there today. 68 to 73 degrees on the sand. 62 degrees in the water. still getting those unusually bathroom ocean currents. 70 degrees for san francisco later today. you're going to hit about 81 degrees on the peninsula. 84 meanwhile here in the south bay. east shores looking good. bay a's win last night. 81 degrees there. and comfortable conditions even out in the tri-valley. not too bad. 93, and we're going to cool you off as of tomorrow. more on that coming up, here's mike and the drive. all right. let's look out here, live look

at fremont, southbound 880, coming towards me, you see it right over here, easy drive through the area. heading down into the south bay. in fact look at the speed sensors around the bay. we have a nice flow of traffic. we're going to zoom in over here towards the approach and the bay bridge. smooth flow of traffic over here. the raiders are playing tonight, keep that in mind afterwards. and the giants are playing a midday game, 12:45 at at&t park with the added issue as in 2:00 p.m., up to the ball park, that will cause more of an issue. not too much for more getting into this game. that is a concern. over on the bay bridge side, toll plaza, smooth drive, look at that light easy drive. back up and the cash lanes has cleared from the area. back to the maps, we'll show you that approach to the bay bridge and in fact the entire portion of the east bay and coming through the north bay, nice flow of traffic right now. live look at san rafael will cap this off. good volume starting to build

southbound. you're still at the speed limit and lighter flow, but from time to time, like right now, you see the burst of traffic, things are calming down. smooth drive across the golden gates. committee investigating the scandal involving new jersey governor chris christie and the george washington bridge now trying to get its hands on the cell phone records of a christie staffer. according to the new york times, the committee subpoenaed a cell phone carrier hoping to find a text message conversation between the governor and his staffer. critics say christie and his administration orchestrated traffic crippling construction on the bridgetology get back at a -- bridge to get back at a political opponent. attempt ld phone call caused crews to shift their search area for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. searchers are now focussing their attention on an area of the indian ocean south of where they had been looking. investigators say a failed satellite phone call from the plane suggests the aircraft may have turned south much earlier

than previously thought. they didn't say where the phone call came from, and why they're getting that information just now. the plane that disappeared in march with 239 people on board. well it is 5:22. a star football player says his historic story was a lie. his punishment from usc still ahead. live look now at san jose. christina loren says a little bit of fog and cloud cover, but that'll clear up more. mike inouye will be back with your traffic update in just a minute. stay with us.

and a follow-up now, ufc football star josh shaw has been suspended from all team activities indefinitely. after he admitted to making up a story about how he hurt both ankles over the weekend. shaw claims he have sprained his ankle jumping off a second story balcony to save his young nephew

from drowning in a pool. ufc trumped his hero. but yesterday, shaw admitted the entire thing was a lie. the head coach says we are extremely disappointed in josh. he let us all down. as i have said, nothing in his background led us to doubt here. so how did shaw really sprain his ankles? police are investigating whether smau was the man seen shimming down the side of a building after an apparent break-in at his girlfriend's apartment. well, speaking of faith, giant panda suspected of faking a presentation. >> zoo keepers in china say this panda was showing signs of presentation last month, but after tests it was discovered she was not pregnant. biologists believe pandas understand that being pregnant means more food, sleep, and around the clock care. scientists say the endangered animals are notoriously reluctant to breed in captivity.

and fake presentations are common. >> i don't think they're that far off. >> right. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren for an absolutely genuine forecast. >> that's right. nothing fake here. good morning to you, temperatures are going to be warm this weekend. we are just a couple of days away from your holiday weekend. want to get your mind on the good stuff, and that's beautiful weather kochling your way all weekend long. everything that you would normally associate with the unofficial end of summer time barbecues, beach going, anything you want to do outdoors, look good. we'll tell you what's happening. maybe haven't made those plans just yet. first i want to check your drive, he's a busy man, especially this time. >> looking great right now, i can see all the folks traveling southbound all the way up towardsle 80. we had the first burst, things calmed down quite a bit. how things are shaping up, just that construction 880 at

stephen's creek boulevard. little bit of a build. just a slight one through dublin. we have a shift, leading edge over here. the rest of the westbound 580 commute moving nicely. oakland, a live look, past the coliseum, no problems, we have company for you traveling high street into download and the broadway onramps to southbound 880. earlier roll of carpet that cleared from the chp reports, back to you. >> mike, thank you. welg it's 5:27, busted and behind bars. only on nbc bay area, how police managed to take down a dangerous gang attacking innocent people on the streets of san jose. and charges could be filed today against the mom accused of attacking her daughter's bully. the details just ahead. ...we need to break up.

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violent crew assaulting innocent bystanders, that's coming up next. and we're waking up with a lot of fog across the bay area. it's not going to last long though. burning off just hours after your sunrise. as a result, hot day ahead, then changes maybe some shower activity over your holiday weekend. your forecast in moments. >> christina mentions fog, we'll talk about that, see if it's a problem andly give you a warning for folks heading in towards the city any time this weekend. and let's take you live now outside, that's beautiful san jose. it is thursday, august 28th, and this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning and thank you for joining us, laura garcia-cannon is on assignment this morning. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. it is a story you'll only see here on nbc bay area. members of a violent street gang who targeted innocent people in downtown san jose are now under

arrest. "today in the bay's" damian tajia joins us live, how were they able to track these guys down? >> reporter: well, it's excellent police work is what's being attributed. we first noticed them. they call them that because they were in the ages between 11 ae 17 years old. they would take moneys with watches or purses. but the violent assaults continue. the police midnight crew while on their own beach cracked down a second group in the last few weeks. they took down another crew, they called themselves the squad. and their mo was the same. approach people at random, near downtown and cold clock them before taking their belongings. police arrested four people, juveniles and adults. now with me here on nbc bay

area, sergeant brian spears who is a sergeant. absolutely damian. >> these attacks were absolutely 100% unprovoked. and it made no sense whatsoever. these were true victims of a heinous crime. >> reporter: and these were not special units assigned to take down this crew, these are your patrol officers taking them down. >> you're correct. my midnight patrol team along with several other officers executed just perfectly. they were absolutely relentless in resolving this matter. >> reporter: thank you very much sergeant brian spears. taking down this second violent crew, they call themselves the squad. a few months ago, they took down another crew calmed the snot nosed kids. they asked people just to be vigilant if they're ever coming toen downtown san jose. we are live in downtown san jose. >> damian, thank you.

and thank you to sergeant spears and his crew as well. well new this morning, the bay area mother accused of attacking her daughter's alleged bully will find out if the she'll be charged. she was arrested in may after investigators say she went to the elementary school, grabbed a 12-year-old boy by the throat. she's been back in court several times and in each instance prosecutors asked for more time to consider the case against her. she claimings the boy was bullying her daughter. her attorney says she did confront the boy, but never touched him. turning now to the south napa earthquake. the city of napa expected initial damage estimates to go much higher. right now they say the quake caused $300 million in damage. than does not include damage to public buildings and infrastructure like water supply lines. city leaders say there has never been this kind of earthquake damage in napa before. in just a few hours, the napa valley food bank will hand out

canned food to people who were hit hard by the south napa quake. this as we learn more about how bad the damage really is. "today in the bay's" nannette miranda is live in napa. nannette, both people and businesses really responding to the call for help this morning. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. the picture though is becoming clearer on just how much damage sunday's earthquake caused. take a look behind me. you can see that a lot of debris is remaining on some of the streets here. here are some new numbers by the city of napa. the estimate is $300 million in damage. 632 structures were tagged, of those, 116 were red tagged. the rest were yellow tagged, and more than 40 aftershock os curd yesterday in the napa area, the largest being 2.6. the clean up continues even four days after the 6.0 earthquake. people and businesses have a better idea of what needs to be replaced or rebuilt. the question now is, who's going to pay for that are?

so few californians have earthquake insurance, just 12%. brown valley for instance is a private development where ridges are closed and damages are obvious. a lot of anxiety as to where the money for repairs will come. >> homeowners and what not who has the insurance, the hoa's and various areas of the city and the county. we're just waiting to see that and it's a concern for the neighborhood. it's not just hours, but everyone. >> reporter: it's surprising to see the number of californians who have earthquake insurance down. it was about one-third in 1996, as i mentioned before, it's 12% today. now that preliminary estimate of $300 million in damage is just an early estimate. it's expected that it could go as high as a billion dollars. live in napa, nannette miranda, "today in the bay." >> thank you. it could still be days or weeks before the obama administration decides whether to send federal funds to napa.

congressman mike thompson says he expects help top arrive soon. >> at the federal level, we're working from day one on sunday, fema had folks on the ground, both in napa and in vallejo. they continue to be here today. they're out assessing the damages today. >> officials say it can be tougher to assess the losses after an earthquake than any other disaster. the damage is often found beneath the road or a building days or weeks larts. now for complete coverage of the quake, head to nbcbayarea.com. you can find an interactive map there as well as information about debris dropoff sites. that's nbcbayarea.com. 5:36 right now, let's turn to our microclimate forecast as we give you a live look at san jose this morning. and i don't know, i'm thinking baseball weather here. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> it's out of there.

no, no? booid a good ball girl, i don't know scott, maybe. 63 in san jose. and 57 degrees in san martin. yeah, it's always a little bit more exciting when your team is winning. and our team, the giants, oh they're winning. two back to back now. comfortable conditions for the game today as we've got a nice clear day ahead. and temperatures are going to be warm as we cut off that on show flow. 84 degrees in the south bay. 84 degrees for the peninsula today. 69 san francisco and up in the north bay, 91 degrees coming your way. it's a little warm out there. talk about the giants, shall we? oh, what a beautiful day for a game. 12:45, 71 degrees, taking on the rockies. they won two back to backs. they'll be taking on the brewers as of tomorrow at 7:15, 73 degrees for that evening game. and then as we head deeper into your holiday weekend. another day game on sunday at 1:056, that'll be comfortable as well. as we head across the week.

i can tell you right now, tornl, not as hot -- tomorrow, not as hot as today, then humidity and shower activity throughout your sunday. we're going to focus in on that. hey, maybe you're leaving this weekend. i don't know why you would, it's going to be beautiful around here. the russian river valley is a nice spot. just takes a couple hours to get there from the south bay. 88 degrees on saturday, monday looking good, upper 0u for you. if you haven't seen the redwood national parks. this is a really cool trip and temperatures are going to be comfortable. upper 60s to low 70s there. shasta, trinty area, comfortable. low 80s for saturday then warmer sunday for 88 degrees. and what's happening locally coming up. first let's check the drive, good morning to mike inouye. >> good morning christina, good morning folks, over here, the cash lanes, and look at the smile of these folks must have on their faces because they have fast tracks. they don't have to wait yet. another few minutes before the

metering lights turn on because the volume is moving smoothly. and on the incline. you don't see problems again we'll track that with a change. the giants play 12:45 game today. note about the raiders playing tonight as well. 7:00 game, there will be pregame traffic over there. mark my word, both directions through the area. 7:00 game for the oakland raiders over there at the coliseum. smooth drive westbound. you have a little build through dublin. the altamont folks are making their way over towards 580 and 680. we haven't had crashes like in previous days this week. looking at san jose, live look, smooth drive. continues to gently build this volume. we have slowing from 680 up towards allen rock then clearing by the time you get towards the airport. palo alto moving nicely as well. 101, 280, no problems for the peninsula fort north bay, back

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you're watching "today in the bay." this morning, a second american may have been killed fighting alongside the militant group isis in syria. "today in the bay's" tracy potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning with the latest, plus an emotional appeal by the mother of another american being held hostage. tracy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we'll show you in just a moment what she said on video that apparently the white house did not know about before that video went out. but in terms of who was killed over the weekend, in that incident in syria. it wasn't apparently just one

american, but two a law enforcement official tells nbc. douglas mcarthur mccain was not alone. this morning there are reports a second american has been killed fighting with isis militants in syria. the concern -- >> foreign fighters could go over there, get radicalized, get equipped, get trained and come back to the homeland. >> reporter: 100 americans may have joined isis. the beheading of james foley raised concerns about another american hostage, steven sotloff's made an appeal. >> be merciful and not punish from my son for matters he has no control over. i asked you to -- ask you to use your authority to pair his life. >> reporter: they're working to bring him home, but will not pay ransom. >> it serves to allow the organization to finance their operations and only puts greater risk at the lives of other american civilians. >> reporter: peter theo curtis

is home, he was held by a different radical group in syria linked by al qaeda. >> i no idea that so much effort was being extended on my behalf. >> reporter: the administration is doing surveillance over syria and considering air strikes to hit isis strongholds. considering air strikes, but that's not a done deal yet. and some lawmakers are saying they want the president to come back to congress to get the authority. >> we'll be watching, thank you. new this morning, the first ever human trials of an ebola vaccine will begin as earlies a next week. medicines, but never a vaccine. this comes overnight from u.s. government and the vaccines maker. the vaccine is one of several being developed right now. and the trials will be sponsored by national institutes of health. human trials are being fast tracked because of the ebola outbreak ravaging three countries. sop far 1500 people have died. two american health workers who

contracted the virus were ginn an experimental drug made by a san diego company. and they have both made a full recovery. scientists may have found a way around a deadly allergy, one that tripled in children. according to the u.s. department of agriculture, researchers in north carolina have found a way to remove allergins from peanuts. that could be good news for the 2.8 million americans who suffer from peanut allergies, and parents go to great lengths to keep peanuts away from children who are allergic. sometimes even home schooling them. it is estimated two kids in every class have a food allergy in the united states. we are getting a new look at the moment before a robbery suspect and a film crew member for the show cops were killed in a shootout. >> we have a cops cameraman hit. he's not conscious, he's slightly breathing. >> the cop's crew was riding along with police in omaha when officers got into a shootout at a fast food restaurant.

these pictures were just released and they show what happened second before the shooting. they were taken by 38-year-old bryce. he's the ud owe supervisor. police say he got caught up in the cross fire and he was accidentally shot and killed by an officer. >> personally, i will live with this forever. and if i'd have known this would happen, of course i wouldn't have done it. >> the suspect was also shot, his weapon turned out to be an air soft gun painted black. now dion is believed to be the first member of the cops production staff killed in the show's 25 year history. dion was recently here in san jose filming an episode of cops. happening now, huge waves hammering southern california. some reaching 20 feel the. these are from kat lee me that yesterday -- catalina yesterday. this is tropical storm marie, it has been swirling off the california coast causing waves

to turn and flooding along some beach communities. sop far, waves have killed one surfer near malibu. forecasters predict waves will come down after today. and christina loren subpoena here now, good morning, christina, to term us about the waves down here in our area. >> we're going to get a little something. definitely not to that magnitude, but we could see five to eight footers, and scott mcgrew's excited about that. he'll be hanging ten. 5:47, let's know you what we are working with out there as we have the oakland clyde this weekend. we're going to talk about that. what you can experience, or what you can expect if you're headed out thereto, just keep that in mind. it is going to be atmosphere warm weekend, but thousands -- a warm weekend, but thousands of people coming out for that. and 62 dwreez to start i -- degrees to start the day in oakland. if you're heading out this thursday, this is what you can count on. sunrise, 6:37, sun is rising later and setting earlier, ie,

our days are getting shorter and you're already starting to see some of those leaves fall off the tree. we haven't hit the unofficial kick off of fall just yet, and the official kick off as you probably already know is september 21st this year. that's when we'll see that september solstice. temperatures look really good for the first part of the day. it's going to be warm by noon to 3:00 p.m. that's the time you want to bullseye to stay indoors if you can. and it takes a while for your house to catch up to the heating. takes a lot of energy to heat up your home, so your house is feeling the impact between 3:00 and 7:00. open up windows after 7:00, and yeah, that cool ocean breeze. 70 degrees in zpraens. 84 degrees in the north bay for today. east shore, big oakland a's win last night. 81 degrees out there for today. and comfortable conditions coming your way. even in the tri-valley. i want to talk about what we are expecting. we have a little bit of moisture coming up courtesy of the remnants of what is now tropical

storm marie. marie is going to continue to weaken and lose energy as it moves over cool water up here. hurricanes and tropical systems, they need that warm water, that's what fuels them. as she moves up over cooler water losing that steam. however, coming up far enough to the north to reach our latitude and possibly bring some of that moisture our way. it does look like it's going to be muggy. sunday, higher elevations of the south bay. overall, no extremes, in fact temperatures stay pretty steady all across the board. we're going to bring up that humidity for the weekend. looking good for your labor day. man who's always labor toerg get you to work on time is mike inouye. we'll get an update in adjust minute. back to you guys. happening today, big stretch of interstate 280 will be shut down over the labor day weekend. crews will make the freeway safer for drivers. >> and closure is taking place

from the 101 -- 280. we are live in san francisco, this is the third time 280 has been shut down in the past few months. >> reporter: good morning, that's right, and it's a project that's been coming a long time. and it's finally happening, although it's good news for the drivers in the long run, not so much for those traveling aloeng interstate 280 during this three day weekend. today, this portion of interstate 280 will be shut double, and there's already a light up sign letting drivers know of the closure. it's right here on northbound interstate 280 at the 101 interchange where caltrans workers will be replacing two hinges as part of an upgrade to make the freeway safer during the closure, drivers will have to take a detour on to highway 101. caltrans will be working along this stretch of the highway because the last sprosz expected, but giants fans who

plan on heading into the park in the next few days will have to use public transportation or use alternate routes to avoid heavy traffic in this area. meanwhile southbound lanes on the interstate 280 will not be affected. those lanes will remain open. meanwhile, the northbound lanes on interstate 280 are expected to reopen on tuesday at 5:00 in the morning. in san francisco, lucero benitez, "today in the bay." far look at ways around -- for ways to look around the mess, let's go to mike inouye. >> not effect until after this morning's commute. 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. but this is a section that will close. anywhere after 2:00 p.m. until they reopen at the latest scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on tuesday morning, this portion will be closed from 101 up to at&t ball park. as an alternate through the area, you have to take 101 if you want to travel north of there. you can cut over there, cesar chavez is easy over there. get off at mary poe is a, the

same thing up towards the area as well. keep those in mind, but the they are major surface streets, that's going add congestion in this area. but as lucero pointed out, it's northbound that has the closure, southbound away from the ball park. this afternoon after the game should be all right as folk goes southbound towards 101 on 280. you're fine all weekend there as well. now if you want to avoid the roadways, that's a good idea. bart will take you to san francisco and out of san francisco from the peninsula or the east bay. typical routes over there, holiday weekend schedule. we're looking towards cal train, good option this weekend to try that over, gets you blocks away from the ball park as well. no delays reported for the systems this morning. bay bridge toll plaza, we have all lanes just filled in. two minutes ago, we had no metering lights turned on. we have the backup lines, you have no problems best west grand

avenue. peninsula has the camera turned south because there's a crash southbound 101. look at that. reported around em bark dash row, that's back and forth. they may be doing a round robin. not a full traffic break down towards the off-ramp. meanwhile the south bay has have build as well. continuing volume. slower drive from 680 and 280 on 101. then again, by the time you get to sjc, fine for 10e 1, back to you. >> yes, they were doing that round robin, thank you. 5:53, history at at&t park, major milestone reach after last night's walk off win. let's give you a live look from the sky camera network time 5: 5:53, and it's beautiful out there.

you're watching "today in the bay." and welcome back to you, the time now 5:56, live look this morning at the home of the giants at&t park. the g-men looking to make it three straight over the colorado rockies. first pitch today, 12:45 this afternoon. >> high drive, left field, it is out of here. and this one is over. >> oh yeah. buster posey on fire. posey put the team on his back last night blasting this two run walk off home run to lift the giants over the rockies. the win kept the giants within five games of the dodgers and it also earns bruce bochy his 1600th win as a manager. >> i just feel blessed and you

know, i would like to have this one a little bit easier, just got a few more gray hairs on this one. but it's a number, and i appreciate it very much to have been able to do what i love to do for this long. >> pitcher tim hudson had a milestone evening. he knocked his 2,000th career strikeout. still ahead, members of a violent gang now off the streets thanks to the san jose police department. the story of you'll see only on nbc bay area. right next. new video as massive waves pound southern california beaches. the dramatic rescue caught on camera just ahead. stay with us.

women attacked in downtown san jose, the violent crew now behind bars, including one suspect who's just 11 years old. and dangerous waves. the high surf warnings putting life guards on alert.

and the surf's up here in the bay area today as well. we'll tell you how high our surf is going to get. hot finish to the week, then we have a slight chance for some showers over your holiday weekend. it will not be a wash out. we'll show you what's going on in your microclimate in juts moments. high-rise over the surf, the san mateo bridge moves smoothly. we'll talk about that and the warning for folks heading into the city. live look now at downtown san anamosa. today is thursday, august 28th, and this is "today in the bay." in nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning and thank you for joining us. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. new morning, second american has reportedly been killed while fighting for isis militants in syria. the man was reportedly with douglas mccain, the american