this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, i'm sam brock. >> a live look at south balanced budget amendment 880. that right there is not your normal morning traffic for a monday. a massive pile-up on northbound 880 has both directions shut down for now and for some time. almost a dozen cars were involved in that crash and at

least two helicopters have been called out to take victims to local hospitals. we're learning that nine people were hurt, including three who have critical injuries. let's look at how this was impacting the community and for how long. >> good morning. we don't know how long but we do think it's going to be quite some time. as you look past the coliseum, let's show you the maps of what's going on here. this is the crash on the "nimitz" freeway. we're told that's a big rig, busted out the guardrails, there's so much clean-up, this is going to take at least a few hours as well as the injury and

maybe some investigation. for the time being big rigs are allowed to use 580. you can use san leandro street and the area between marina boulevard and washington. if you're headed toward oakland airport, you're going to have to get familiar with the local roadway as well. this is going to be a big problem going soit from the oakland area to san mateo. there will be a lot of slowing for the "nimitz." stephanie strong is out there and she'll get us more details. this is an active situation. the "nimitz" a closed between marina and san leandro street. we'll give you an update. back to you guys. >> we'll be checking back with

you throughout the morning off. >> the coast of baja was battered by hurricane odile. rob, this sounds really extensive. >> sam, you bring up a good point. winds were at 125 miles per hour as it made landfall. they're very near cabo san lucas. since it's a category three, it will slowly start to spin down as it continues to move through central baja and changing over to a tropical storm as odile

begins to weaken. notice california and southern arizona. we'll certain we'll see rain across parts of southern california as we get into tuesday and wednesday, some of that actually may get redirected toward the bay area. one of the reasons why we could see a slight chance of some showers in our own forecast as we head toward the middle part of the week. a full look at that coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >> a disappointing end to the 49ers' regular season home games in more way than one. a brutal fourth quarter loss and more frustration for thousands of fans trying to leave levi stadium after the game. this is the green lot. fans were trying to leave and there was no staff to direct people to the exit and no signs to show them the way either.

it was slow and go all the way. >> it was really frustrating. we lost the game and now we're sitting in the parking lot and we've been here 45 minutes and we were parked three stalls up. >> there are no pedestrian walkways. people are darting in and out. >> this is the worst. there's no one directing, no signs. >> it frustrating. we have to go to work tomorrow. this is not good. >> we saw folks driving over curbs just to get to the roadways. we saw folks driving not just over just the curbs but the grass as well. some people say they waited as long as three hours to get out of those parking lots.

transit stations say 9,000 people used the transit the system to get out of the stadium. the next test will be september 28. >> a little trial and error. ray rice is expected to appeal his indefinite suspension from the nfl today and it could be the nail in the coffin for roger goodell's tenure. rice's appeal is expected to say he did not lie about what happened. in fact heeshs clai, he claims league and the commissioner months ago. after the meeting rice was suspended for two games. the commissioner has contradicted rice's report saying he was, quote, ambiguous about what happened inside the

elevator. when video was released last week, the raven terminated rice's contract and goodell suspended him indefinitely. a woman's advocacy group flew this banner over the stadium with the hash tag "goodell must go." ray mcdonald was supposed to be in court today to face felony domestic violence charges. the court has post end to the hearing to saying he needs more time to review his case. until they, he is being allowed to play.

the governor statement said it's a pain african-american affront to every victim of domestic violence and it sends a troubling message to our community. >> now to a developing story overseas. leaders from 30 companies are meeting to talk about how to deal with the islamic state terrorist threat. a new poll shows americans largely support the president's plan for attacking isis radicals in syria but the majority are also skeptical the plan will succeed. other countries have said they are willing to seasoned fighters to syria to tackle the fight from the ground. >> prince jordan just two days ago said he is ready today to put his troops into syria to fight isis. >> we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region in addition to the united states, all of whom are

prepared to engain in military assistance. >> the latest poll shows 6 in 10 americans back action in syria but almost 70% of people do not think it will stop isis. >> george shirakawa, jr. returns to court this morning. he's expected in a santa clara county court for further trial sending. >> crews spent all night battling three different wildfires that have already burned at least ten homes in an area still recovering from a previous fire. the largest campaign began yesterday in the bass lake area.

so far the fire has burned more than 300 acres. >> north of there, several nakeds have been evacuated because of a different fire. many residents were told to get out at king fire burned through thousands of acres of brush and trees. this fire is only 10% contained. the forecast calls for cooler  weather and the crews on the ground hope that will help them get the upper hand. >> mandatory evacuations were listed for people living in the silv silv silv silverado canyon fire. crews say they have the fire mostly surrounded. >> and two strike teams from the

bay area are lending a hand tore the black fire. gusty winds were a big factor in that fire, spreading the flames which destroyed three fire instruction. so far. the fire has burned more than 400 acres and is said to be about 50% contained. >> this has been a theme for months obviously, a premium on water. with a single vote today, palo alto could approve new punishment for people wasteful with their water. they will decide whether to fine people and businesses who ig northed water restrictions put in place back in august. last week a city report revealed that officials had responded to about 40 report since people wait and blornt whether or not

we get to. >> for now it's 50s and 60s joust side, kind of a chilly start into north play. we're going to see a few high cloud missed with patchy low cloud and a mild forecast today, close to 80 in san jose, upper 60s closer to san francisco. to the north bay pleasant fund but keep an eye on thursday can. >> now for a check of a very challenging community. >> challenging is an

understatement. you have 880 completely closed. both directions are closed because of a truck that went into the center divide and an ensuessing crash. as many as 11 or 12 vehicles from what i understand. 880 south into the area is going to get really packed up. you take the bancroft and stanley history. for we'll have break and come back with today's top headlines.

a semi truck was going southbound when it crashed into the center divide when it sprayed asphalt into the other lane and center divide, causing

them to crash. we're told that at least three of them have critical injuries. this will be a story we will watch for you all morning long this morning. >> los gatos leaders will vote on what to do with a 44-ache orchard. for years the town has been working on a plan which calls for the construction of more than 300 homes along with retail space. if approved, dozens of current residents would be forced to move. >> i would have to move if this went through. when it first came about, they said they thought the thing that was most important was to maintain the integrity of los gatos. if the orchard is gone, it will

compromise the integrity of los gatos. >> opponents fight concern over traffic congestion and increases in class sizes. >> and one final plea to keep the united kingdom together. 4 million scots will decide whether to leave the u. u.k. altogether. cameron is reminding scots there's no going back if they decide to leave britain. >> the battle over e book prices continue. we go live to the washington bureau for details on that.

good morning, hampton. >> yes. we have a group of authors and they plan to appeal directly to amazon to resolve a dispute over ebook prices. >> the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all had their biggest losses since august 1st. there's speculation the fed could tweak language in its post meeting statement. the dow fell 61 points on friday to close 16987 p the nasdaq down

24 to close at 4567. if you're hoping to get your hands on the new iphone 6 plus this week, you may have to wait a while. a record number of requests is straining supplies. the wait for for an iphone 6 plus is up to a month. verizeor, at&t and sprint. >> 4:50 on your monday morning. dry conditions right now. but a hurricane developing in baja. what can we expect for the state? >> right now 60 outside. the north bay waking up to 64

degrees. we'll continue to see our temperatures running a little bit more mild here the next couple of days. mostly mild for now. you got the low cloud at times for the morning and a few high cloud drifting by, too. valley temperatures today mostly in the 80s. you'll see patches of the clouds on the coast. hurricane o'dile with winds of 125 miles per hour, weakening to 115 miles per hour. as the our chance of seeing september showers could come from a bat pa. >> here tapping into hous tur

north ryan owens that could drink us a chance of seeing more showers, however, it will most and fran, upper 60s today for the north day. in the for santa rosa and with. >> rob, thank you very much. swimming for his life. a swim erp is attacked by a a white shark. he says the shark knocked him off his surf board mid wave.

the shark came up out of the water and landed on his board, splitting the. >> popped into the air probably 10, 15 feet and i looked down and saw. >> browning says he was still tethered to the board so when the shark began to pull deep exit pulled him out of water for five seconds. this 2. . a andin nch now we have a look at the highlights and surprise

halftime guest. >> the entire nimitz highway is closed. we're uking about some major injuries and a morning impact on yo your. >> can i say this makes meer in rouse. >> duane: plus, a shocking new twist

you're watching "today in the bay." >> chaos on 880, shutting down

traffic in both directions. what is the latest in the san leandro/hayward area? >> you still can't move. up see here they have some flares going on here. i don't know if this is -- i think this is second 880, they're letting folks get off in the marina area. we have folks caught between the closure and the last on-ramp. they're routing folks on to that freeway backwards. the entire section here is closed as your alternate. we'll track this. send it back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> it is just about 5:00 this morning. that cash on the 880 is causing a major traffic backup. >> plus firefighters are now investigating after a south bay playground goes up in flames overnight. more on this story as well.

. we are following breaking news, a crash on 880 involving as many as a dozen cars and the freeway is shut down in both directions and it will stay that way for a while. nine people are injured, including some people who had to be airlifted right from the scene. we are live at the scene next. >> that's causing a huge traffic nightmare. look at this traffic backed up on the nimitz highway and i'll talk about the ripple that will happen as a result of this crash. >> and a category 3 hurricane touching down in baja overnight and could cause devastating damage to a popular resort town. >> and moisture could impact the bay area. but today we're looking at mild temperatures and mid-week shower chances. a look at your forecast coming up. >> and a