look at timing coming up. and i'm tracking an earlier crash, activity on highway 101 in the north bay and also instances on 880 and 580 already this morning. >> picking up out there on this wednesday morning as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge. it is september 17th, this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning and thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. stunning reversal, adrian peterson facing child abuse charges has now been banned from coming to the facilities. >> bob redell has the latest and why the team has had the change of heart. >> reporter: frankly, sam and laura, money talks, sponsors of the adrian peterson and the vikings pulled their financial support or threatened to after the vikings decision on monday to reinstate the star running

back who has been charged with spanking his four-year-old son with a tree branch. last night the team reversed course responding to the public pressure and put peterson on the exempt list which means he must stay away from all team activities, we're talking about practices, games, and what not until his case is resolved. now his first hearing isn't until october 8th. the owners released a statement which read in part, quote, we want to be clear, we have a strong stance protecting child and welfare of children. at the same time, we to want express our support for adrian and acknowledge his seven plus years of commitment to this organization and this community. adrian emphasized the desire to avoid further disreaction to his teammates and -- distraction to his teammates and coaches. the vikings actually deactivated peterson for the game on sunday before reinstating him on monday. peterson not the only player to be charged with some form of

abuse. ray mcdonald, he's been charged with domestic abuse, baltimore ravens ray rice suspended for beating his then fiancee in an elevator, and carolina panthers greg hardy arrest arrested for assaulting and threatening his ex-girlfriend. group advocates on behalf of wrim flew a banner calling for the resignation of roger goodell. >> and this just changes on a dime too. one moment, they've going to reinstate adrian peterson, the next succumbing to public pressure. >> money too. >> money more than anything. yeah. fans are angry, but when you have these sponsors already pulling their support for peterson and one fulling for the family and other the same. going to have. >> interesting priorities. >> very. thanks so much. okay now to a developing story in a northern california, strong gusty winds are expected today to fuel al destructive wild -- a destructive wild fire near mt. shasta.

firefighters have only contained 25% of the fire so far. nearly the entire town of weed near redding was evacuated while the bold fire squept on through. zroiing more than 150 homes and buildings, including two of the town's churches. "today in the bay's" jodie hernandez joining us live with the latest, jodie, this has been an impactful fire so far. >> reporter: it really has, sam, i'm standing on one of the many blocks that this fire destroyed. in fact, i'm stand income somebody's doorway. you can see the entryway remains, but the house is gone. just one of the many, many houses out here that the fire destroyed. and the conditions continue to be challenging. two days after this fire started, firefighters as you mentioned have contained just 25% of the fire. now, last night at a community briefing, firefighters explained to residents just what they are up against. conditions are expected to be more severe today, wind are

expected to be stronger, humidity is expected to be lower. that is not good news. now, this fire has not been discriminating, among the fire victims, four firefighters who lost their homes including a cal fire battalion chief. >> you know my fame didn't get hurt, we got our -- family didn't get hurt, we got our pets out. it's a bummer to lose all your pictures and we have four kids. and you know, just all those family memories are gone, but it's the same across everybody here. so that's kind of the hardest part. >> reporter: and we are back here live where you are looking at the damage that fire battalion chief lives on wood bridge court. we're not sure if this is his home, but we are on wood bridge court this morning. again, conditions are expected to be severe today, the wind has already started to pick up. it will be a very tough and challenging day. reporting live from weed, i'm jodie hernandez, "today in the

bay." >> no question about that, we'll check back for more details, thank you. 5:04, we have new details now on the deadly plane crash in reno that killed a pilot from san jose. according to the mercury news, part of a wing detached from the experimental aircraft causing it to roll and crash. it hammed during qualification -- happened during qualification heats during the championship races last week. the pilot, 64-year-old lee bethel of san jose died in that crash. marin county's district attorney and center for domestic peace have come up with a different kind of gun buyback program. excuse me. according to the marin independent journal, every saturday in october, parents and children can surrender toy guns and violent video games, this in exchange for ben and jerry's ice cream. they told the paper getting rid of toy guns and violate video games could change the way children handle conflict later on in life. parents who surrender items will

also gate raffle ticket. facebook officials and drag queens will meet today to try to resolve a dispute involving one of the most talked about rule. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco, steph, facebook's real main policy is at the heart of the problem here. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, laura. the policy stating you have to use your real or legal name to log in. after local drag queens said this is discriminatory, david kpoes requested facebook meet with the group, set to happen here today. very often drag queens will use alternative or chosen names for instance we spoke with one who goes by eric lucy and jacqueline in san francisco. and many say in recent weeks, they've been locked out of their facebook accounts and would only be allowed access again if they listed their legal names like the one on a credit card or driver's license. facebook statement in part said that it is to protect user safety and if people to want use a different name, they can

provide an alias on their profile or create a business page. a move some say is not only discriminatory, but also damaging. >> people that have, you know, gone by their drag name for their entire career, they've accumulated all these friend on facebook, and if you have to create a separate page, you're starting from scratch, and that's not fair. >> there are people who are closeted for different reasons, may not want to use their name. >> reporter: now originally members of the local drag community were going to protest at facebook's headquarters in menlo park scheduled for 11:00 yesterday morning. they were planned, but signs and bull horns to make noise, however that was canceled when facebook agreed to today's meeting. already though a big social media campaign has taken place with a #mynameis. again a meeting set to be here at city hall today. coming up in the next report, facebook is not the first to try this. another social media giant did try this, what happened with that effort coming up in about half an hour.

live at san francisco city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you, stephanie. 5:07 on your wednesday morning, the opportunities have been few and far between to get rainfall, perhaps there's something there now, let's check in with rob mayeda. >> pretty excited tonight and tomorrow morning. that'll be the window of opportunity we think maybe to get showers moving into the bay area. not a lot, but it's a little something that'll help especially one of the drier months of the year which typically is the month of september. right now we have 60s out, not much wind, not much mt. way of cloud. -- in the way of clouds. that's change tomorrow afternoon. the clouds will spill in generally out of the, out of the west just in the afternoon and eventually it'll see the chances of seeing rain showers on the increase. so low 60s outside right now, if we could switch over to the other weather computer, we can take a look at how things are shaping up through the morning. right now we just have the partly cloudy skies and our temperatures will be climbing

eventually into the 70s and 80s inland. so, we'll try to get things cleared up here. the chances of rain obviously have frozen this morning. we'll get it cleaned up now for a check of the morning commute, let's go to mike. >> sometimes the chance of rain freezes us all up. so far the strask moving smoothly. san rafael, tiny build for the traffic, but my concerns are a little further north. we have an earlier crash with activity over on the shoulder. may be one lane blocked, that's a tough time as the commute building further north in the that area. look at oakland, 880 a smooth drive as well. northbound past the coliseum. flashing lights back and forth, potential for a round robin heading towards 29th, that's further north from the coliseum. that's one that chp like you see right here goes back and fourth to -- forth to slow the traffic down. they are going to slow the traffic, you see it's backing up here. they're going to let these folks travel north, as the break forms, they are going to all in

pallet out. high street heading north, there's a traffic break towards 29th because of a pallet in the roadway. meanwhile the rest of the roadways moving smoothly. the bigger issue is west 580. earlier crash causing a big backup is cleared from lanes. we see traffic slowing in towards livermore, better out of the altamont, back to you. >> thanks a lot. 5:10 on your wednesday, new numbers showing how much business ride sharing companies are stealing away from san francisco taxi cabs. and the iphone is not out yet, but the reviews are. what people think, coming up in just a bit.

a report, the number of rides taken by taxis have plummeted 65% in the past 15 months. taxi officials warn the drop has hit so-called wheelchair capable taxis hard. meaning fewer transit options for the disabled. the agency is making moves to try to help them stay competitive. this is just my iphone 4. sthie love the phone, but the

wall street journal and new york times comment that they think the iphone 6 plus which is the larger of the two at five and a half inches corner to corner was simply too big. the iphone six is bigger than the iphone 5. the iphone 6 plus is even bigger than that. jeffrey fowler of the wall street journal points out quote, carrying an iphone 6 plus could be uncomfortable, especially for people who wear tight pants. so hipsters, beware. they like the phone. if you are not planning on getting a new phone, you can have a new operating system. it'll be released today. usually around 10:00 a.m. adds interesting features including a keyboard you may easier to use, it's free, it'll work on anything iphone 4 s and better but not iphone 4 itself. we thought nasa would give space x a slice of the big space contract to ferry astronauts to the international space station. i understatemented it a --

underestimated it, the company would get $2.6 billion to develop its dragon capsule for man use. boeing still gets the lion share, but space x got way more than i figured. it's wednesday, fed day, let's turn to morgan brennan at cnbc, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, scott. futures are all lower, that's because investors are awaiting that news, this afternoon, stocks reversed early loss and rallied on tuesday with a dow posting its best day in four weeks. markets turned higher after the blooet hinted that the fed won't take major action. there's been so much speculation now that the interest rates are going to north carolina sooner than has been -- increase sooner than has been expected. data on consumer prices and inflation. the nasdaqadd iing 33. >> after the fed makes the

announcement, janet yel listen hold a press -- yellen will continue a press conference. the fed has a press conference guys is still kind of a miracle for most of its history this is this murky group of super powerful people who aren't event elected. -- even elected. i don't want that to get away from us, but that is amazing. >> one to watch. thanks so much. good to see you. >> murky and oe page. also love the hipster diss glamour. you are tracking the possibility for some precipitation. >> yes, speaking of that, cloud coming in later on we'll see that towards the bay area towards the afternoon it'll be a welcomed sight. we could talk about some chances of seeing some rain. not a lot, but just a little something even by september standards, it'd be quite nice. right now no worries about

showers for your wednesday morning forecast. partly cloudy skies out right now, and we will see patches of low clouds, coastal fog for the morning heading towards lunchtime, we should again to see high clouds sweep in. areas in the north bay today, to the north of santa rosa, there is a chance of seeing showers later today, but looks like most of it is going to hold off to later on tonight into thursday morning. so that's a look at the rain there offshore. you can see the cloud band here. so we're going to manage at least sunshine to start the day, then eventually the clouds will continue to increase as we head through the afternoon. rain totals here, notice where the accumulations begin, mostly overnight into tomorrow morning. higher totals here in the north bay, but enough that it should wet the ground around the planes towards the north bay where it could cause issues for tomorrow morning's commute. maybe plan ahead for that and dust off the umbrellas maybe for the morning. we'll see a chance of the two few showers coming in early on thursday. highs around the bay area today, close to 80 degrees in san jose. warm temperatures south of san

jose. san francisco upper 60s to near 70 and for the north bay, you'll see highs running cooler as the clouds thicken up later on, see the highs in the mid-70s closer to santa rosa, pleasanton and livermore with highs in the low to mid-80s today. and we will continue to see those temperatures in the mid-80s for now, in fact as we get towards the weekend though, high pressure's going to return so the temperatures beginning to climb back up. look at the tri-valley. you'll see numbers closer to 90 as early as sunday. for a check of your commute, here's mike. over towards oakland, we saw the traffic break or the rolling round robin, no more delays, held around high street, slowly moving north towards 29th. the item has been removed from the lane. no major problems for the speed sensors. here's the coliseum. further north, smooth drive. just use caution through downtown as they may have activity in the area. 580 clear. so the bay bridge toll plaza. typical pattern there. same thing for the dublin interchange. slowing off the dublin grade,

that's typical as more cars hit the road. no problems, i took the crash off. all activity smooths out and livermore, typical pattern for the tri-valley. south bay shows a nice easy drive here. typical construction here for 880 and 280 around the interchange. also watch campbell, union at campbell, there may be traffic control, there was an earlier carport fire nearby that does not affect highway 17. although we see slowing through the yairt. so far, no effect on that for the morning commute. rest moves smoothly. we'll look at fooster city. the approach off the san mateo bridge, easy drive across 92. back to you. 5:19 right now, be ware of the bugs. the deepening drought isn't the only thing threatening our crop. a very dangerous bug arrived eating its way through the bay area. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live in san jose, now is it the bagrotta bug moving north? >> reporter: well laura, welcome back by the way, this is a bug

that doesn't look particularly scary, as it ravenous ab diet and no -- appetite and no enemies. my skin's going to crawl. hopefully you haven't seen any of these guys in your garden. the painted bug is smaller than a penny with a black head and orange and white markings. this is video from the extension, and the bug have a needle-like mouth they use to attack plants from the time they sprout from the seed from the time they are fully mature end a the favorites are coming up soon. cabbage, kale, japan mustard seeds, in a bind they'll feed off the wild mustard. and the sweet plants that we use just have ornamental gardens around our homes. while some pesticides do work, those are not on option for organic farmers and gardeners. and the bugs don't seem too interested in the bait trap that

lure other kind of sink bucks. experts say a hard freeze this winter may not help because those bugs burro in and high in the soil. so here's what you can look for in your garden. bugs are about the size of a water melon seed black with orange markings, you can watch for plants that have leaf damage or wilting holes in the stems and such. and the bst chance is after you water because they will kind of try to get away from the water and also during the warmest part of the day when they are most active. the bug has been spotted in california for years now, the problem is now it's here in santa clara county and gilroy, hol ster, and the big fear is it could freed spred on to san mateo county where they grow all those winter crops, the kales, cabbages and such. so, take a look around your garden, if you see anything, call yrl master gardener where you live. in san jose, kris sanchez,

"today in the bay." >> and let the garden go instead of grow, hopefully it won't affect it. >> lots to chew on there. childhood obesity has been the center of debate around the country. army officials are joining this fight by urging lawmakers not to weaken school nutrition standards. the standards were implemented four years ago under the hunger-free kids act. maintaining that program is important because children consume half of their calories while in school. now army officials say obesity is the leading cause for why many young adults are not making it into the military. schools are fighting back arguing the healthier food is unpopular, bland and costly, of course it's unpopular with the kid. but the parents probably shouldn't -- >> it's good for you. >> exactly. >> get some oranges in there. 5:22 right now, we're going to meet the kids at the heart of the inaugural halftime show at levi stadium. ...we need to break up.

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5:24 right now, california's drought is about to affect your sushi. rice growers in california produce most of the country's rice. the drought has forced themle to leave many fields just empty. goers say production could be down by more than a billion pounds, as a result, sushi lovers could see prices go up as soon as possible. >> supply and demand action. 5:25 on your wednesday morning. local dance team is getting praise this morning after taking center stage with rap superstar snoop dog during the halftime show at levi stadium. i think it's snoop lion now. >> right. >> culture shock. we're told they'd be working with snoop until an hour before the show at levi stadium. the team's choreograph knew about a week earlier but was not allowed to tell the team.

>> snoop is a big hip hop artists, for us to share the stage with this type of music and artist that we all look up to is pretty big. >> snoop lion, he is quite the act. it was so big the group reached out to the entire bay area dance community for a few extra dancers. in total, around 200 people shared the stage on sunday night with that hip hop superstar. >> and learned them so fast. maybe he is snoop again because did did you see his jersey. >> you know what, he tried to go lion, it didn't take. >> remember the prince symbol. >> absolutely. let's get at quick check of weather with rob mayeda. >> yeah, right now partly cloudy for now, as we head towards the afternoon, few more clouds for the north bay which will lead to a chance of seeing showers which right now seeing if they're on the radar. this should hold off for later on today, tomorrow morning's commute could be dealing with the rain drops, for now, things are looking dry. >> for now all right at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have your right approach with

the start to the backup. map shows no problems around the approach. we have slowing on 980, i'll track that for you. the rest of the east bay looks nice across the north bay and south bay. slight build, good stuff, back to you. >> thanks so much. right now 5:27, san jose sharks players that's turning his focus to the surge for sierra lamar today. hundreds of homes evacuated and major roadway into the tahoe area closed as a fast moving fire continues to burn. we'll have the latest on the fight to contain the king fire.

firefighters from all over california converging on the town of weed trying to save the remaining homes. we're there live next. and it took a little military help, but some women from the bay area stranded in baja, california, are finally on their way home with tales of

riding out a hurricane. things are more calm around the bay area, partly cloudy in san francisco, but the radar will show a welcomed sight, chance of rain in the forecast. we'll let you know when coming up. we're watching through the calm while the storm isn't building, not storm, just the crowd. bay bridge toll plaza and others further south. and a live look this morning at the eastern approach to the bay bridge. it is wednesday, september 17th, on a still somewhat darkened wednesday morning, you are watching "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and a good wednesday morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock joined by -- >> laura garcia-cannon. good to see you, sam. we begin with an update on a developing story this morning, destructive wild fire burning in northern california and fire

crews can't seem to catch a break. strong gusty winds are expected to fuel the blaze. towns have been evacuated because of the bowles fire. flames have destroyed more than 150 homes and buildings including two of the town's churches. "today in the bay's" jodie hernandez joins us live from weed this morning with the very latest on some of the damage done, look at that behind you, jodie. >> reporter: it is really unbelievable, laura. and conditions will be very, very severe today. tough day, the wind have already started to pick up and again the conditions are expected to be severe. now we are standing in front of somebody's home. on one of the many, many houses destroyed by this wind whipped fire. many people saw everything that they've worked for gone in just mere minutes. now firefighters want to make sure that no more homes with lost in the city of weed, but they do have their work cut out for them. at a community briefing last night. fire officials explained to

folks what they will be up against today. wind will be stronger, and the humidity lower. not a good combination. but residents are very grateful for everything that firefighters are doing to protect their town. >> there are no word, there are not enough brownies in the world. you know, you can't thank them enough. they saved the town, the fire was on its way to downtown, they saved the town. unfortunately we lost our library and part of the grammar school, and part of the high school. but it's, the town is here. and the firemen are wonderful. >> reporter: now firefighter victims gave firefighters a standing ovation at last night's community meeting. a very touching moment for everybody out there. we're back here live again you are looking at the damage, very, very severe, again, conditions are expected to be very, very

tough today. folks are certainly hoping that no more homes will be lost. reporting live in weed, i'm jodie hernandez, "today in the bay." >> wow, they've lost so much but remain so appreciative. thank you very much, jodie. fire in weed may be the most destructive, but not the only ravaging california this morning. just east of us, hundreds of firefighters are battling the king fire. that fire is blurning between lake -- burning between lake tahoe and sacramento forgs the closure of highway -- forcing the closure of highway 50. crews are worried embers will jump the highway and threaten hundreds of other homes. its burned 13,000 acres and it is only 5% contained. specialized team of firefighters were pulled from the black fire overnight to go help out now with the king fire. a number of other bay area fire agencies sent strike teams to battle the dozen major fires burning across our state. >> good collaboration, thank you, lawrie program. much like a very talented

running back who finds himself in quite a bit of hot water this morning, the minnesota vikings overturned a decision to allow their biggest player to play. he was deactivated, now could play. another change, another reversal, what prompted this? >> reporter: public pressure namely. the tea deactivated for sunday's game because of child abuse charges. then on monday, they reinstated him, but apparently now the public pressure has gotten to the team's owners, especially with sponsors pulling out or threatening too to. last night they put adrian peterson on the nfl's exempt list which means he must stay away from team activities until the legal case plays out. law enforcement arrested peterson last week for allegedly spanking his four-year-old son with a tree branch. the team owners have released a three paragraph statement which reads in part, we will support adrian during this legal and personal process, but we firmly

believe and realize this is the right decision. we hope that all of our fans can respect the process that we have gone through to reach this final decision. peterson not the only player to be connected with some form of alleged abuse. law enforcement arrested 49ers ray mcdonald for domestic abuse, baltimore ravens ray rice is suspended for allegedly beating his then fiancee in an elevator, carolina panthers greg hardy arrested for assaulting and threatening his ex-girlfriend. a group advocates on behalf -- advocating on behalf of women flew a banner calling for the resignation of roger goodell. >> it's a lot there. and you know what, complicating this whole thing, all the players, most of them, especially adrian peterson, arguably the best in the nfl. sometimes when you're dealing with that talent level, expectations are -- exceptions are made the. >> reporter: radisson pulled

their support out. anheuser-busch and papa john's threatening also. >> thank you very much. thank you very much, it's 5:35 right now, new this morning, investigators hope the light of day can help them figure out what led up to a crash that sent a car over an embankment on 580 and dublin killing two people inside. it happened last night at about 11:00 in the eastbound lanes near the interchange. investigators say the car was speeding, hit an suv carrying children, then ran off the road down an embankment and burst into flames. investigators have not yet identified the victims, but say the family in the suv were not hurt. the road has reopened this morning. police have not arrested an 18-year-old who say they killed a homeless woman, beating her to death in san jose. this is kevin, investigators say he beat 58-year-old betty jennings to death on friday. it happened outside a burger king near the interchange.

they say he and jennings were part of a group gathering in the area that night. he is homeless as well. san jose sharks are joining in the search for morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. they will be at britaautographs exchange far $20 donation. it'll go towards the search for lamar. but they also hope to keep the missing teen on everyone's mind. lamar disappeared in tlel while she was walk -- 2012 while she was walking to school. fundraiser was organized by shark's forward logan couture. more details now, investigators think lamar was kidnapped and killed by antolin garcia torres. grand jury indicted him for her death earlier this year, but the trial has been put on hold until at least november. garcia torres pleaded not guilty. investigators say they found lamar's hair on a rope inside torres's trunk. and that his dna was found on her clothing. state of arizona could get

lashed with the remnants of tropical storm odeal this evening. the storm which was a category 3 hurricane will likely bring rain and strong wind to tucson and phoenix. meanwhile, mexico's government is now using military aircraft to lift thousands of tourists out of the hurricane-ravaged resort. one is from the area. she sent us this picture yesterday before she evacuated her hotel. 5:38 right now, i want to check in with rob mayeda in for christina this morning. we've been tracking that storm. >> tropical weather and rain coming up in the next 24 hours. the latest on the tropical storm, 45 miles per hour, barely holding on to status. and the wind not the story heap. it's what happens with the moisture as it tracks across southern arizona. we're still expecting flooding rains for places like tucson down toward the green valley and near nogales on the mexican border, could pick up a half

foot of rain here. meantime the bay area, we're going to see a chance of this rain offshore get closer by later on this evening for parts of the north bay and spilling further south, just in time we think for tomorrow morning's commute. rainfall totalsless than a.10 inch of rain, but could get your attention later on tonight. today's highs near 80. upper 80s around morgan hill. low 70s near san francisco, and mid-70s towards santa rosa where the clouds will thicken up with highs today in the low to mid-80s around the tri-valley, and these mild temperatures should hold up with clouds, chance of showers on the thur. then the weekend we warm up, you'll see the highs going from the upper 80s on friday to 90s in the forecast there as you wrap up the weekend. now for another check, here's mike. hey, now the crowd is building. fast track slowing a bit. we should see metering lights turned on in the next five minutes. parking lot basically for all lanes. we had another slowdown coming

past golden gate field just merging off the bridge. and i always watch the east shore freeway like a hawk. could be an issue, but right now things are sorting themselves out nicely. smooth slow from the tri-valley. all the way to the dublin interchange. live look at fremont shows you no problems heading down to the south bay for 880. south bay routes starting a build into the planes and it's clear, back to you. 5:40, bay area city that is increasing water restrictions. bay area drag queens meeting with facebook officialed today to get the company to -- officials today to get the company to change one of its policies.

this as the congress votes whether to approve a plan to arm syrian rebels battling isis militants. tracy pots joining us live on

capitol hill with all the very latest, and tracy, he says it doesn't matter if congress gives him approval or not, he has the right to do this. >> reporter: right, and but he does need approval, and he needs some money to help train those syrian rebels that he wants to do. and so, that vote in the house is happening this afternoon, and there's been key republicans behind it, some democrated concerned about it, some saying as one lawmaker put it, we could be training and arming the next taliban. now the president set to speak today from tampa mcgill air force base where he's down there checking out the overall situation with st. tom there in charge of the military there in the middle east. and will he or will he not address the joint chief chair yesterday? we're waiting to see, martin dempsey told lawmakers here they are leaving the door open, he may have to go back to the president and ask for u.s. combat troops on the ground

depending on what happens over there in iraq and syria. >> make a great point, the power of the purse always in the hands of the congress. thank you very much for that report. >> uh-huh. it is 5:43, house committee formed after the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi will hold the first open hearing this morning. they are expected to focus on what the obama administration has done since the attack on september 11th, 2012. it'll look specifically at security at u.s. embassies and other locations around the world. it kills four americans. he was a california native who graduated from uc berkeley. people in guam are bracing for aftershocks that rattled the ocean floor. to date, no reports of injuries or damage so far. and officials have not issued a tsunami warning. they say the eric which initially was reported at a 7.1 was too deep to trig aerotsunami

threat. too deep within the ocean floor. today both sides will meet to talk about the facebook issue today. that's where we find stephanie chuang. stephanie, this is happening after drag queens noticed they were getting locked out of the facebook accounts. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, laura. and they were going to hold a protest yesterday at facebook headquarters in menlo park, but canceled when the company agreed to meet, however, they say the protests could still happen depending on what happens here at the meeting at city hall today. now we spoke with local drag queen whoo goes by bsh who goes by several names. many in the community use quote chosen names for both business

and safety reasons. local drag queens saying they've been locked out of facebook accounts only allowed to regain access if they use their legal names like the one on a driver's license or credit card. now facebook says this is a policy that protects user safety by holding people accountable. san francisco supervisor david compost who coordinated the meeting said it can do just the opposite. >> there are people that could been closeted for different reasons, may not want to use their name. >> people that have gone by their drag name for their entire career, they've accumulated friends, and if you have to create a separate page, you're starting from scratch, and that's not fair. >> reporter: facebook season not the first to have this policy. google plus enacted a similar quote real name policy three years ago when it started, but this summer ditched those restrictions and apologized in a post in july saying, sorry for the quote unnecessarily difficult experiences for some users. now this is all part of a

mounting social pressure on facebook to do the same. as you can see from a tweet by the snvrz week. the #mynameis is used as a campaign. how much public support is behind this effort to get facebook to change its policy? that's coming up in about 30 minutes. live at san francisco city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thanks stephanie. water emergency in mountainview is getting worse by the day, and that means new restrictions for residents there. according to the mercury news, the city council declared a state of water shortage yesterday. that means the people who live there will have to use 25%less water than they did this time last year. the elevation comes with new rules as well. among the new rules, people cannot wash their cars unless they use a buskt, hotels have to ask people to rel use towels before offering them clean ones. and lawns and flowers can not be watered between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. notes to keep in mind if you

live in mountain view. >> everybody has to cut back. rain in the forecast, where's it going to hit? >> right now especially the north coast. little bit of rain coming in. right now the radar view is encouraging. we'll put it at that for if this time of year, it's late september we see the first chance of fall showers rolling into the north bay, but looks by this time tomorrow morning we'll have some of what's showing up north to the north pushing further south around the bay area. the cloud cover off to the west. the focus for now with the moisture moving from south to north will be on the north coast. areas mainly north of santa rosa, it'll begin to move southward tonight which will bring us the opportunity for seeing rain. this morning we're seeing temperatures low to mid-60s, not as chilly, we'll see numbers mainly a bit more mild now as the clouds continue to thicken up during the day. you can expect here patches of low clouds for the morning increasing high clouds around lunchtime and then later on in the day, especially north of santa rosa will begin to see the chance of the showers moving in from off the ocean. hour by hour for 7:00, obviously

we have partly cloudy skies around the bay area, then tomorrow morning, right there, 7:00 in the morning tomorrow, you're seeing the showers push through the bay area and probably through about midday before thing begin to dry out for the second half of the day, then friday, we transition back into drier weather. rainfall projections here. bigger numbers towards santa rosa, looks like an opportunity for all the bay area to get something out of the system and slight chance of isolated thunder shower or too with that unstable air during the day thursday. it's still possible to get locally higher amounts especially in the north bay hills during date tomorrow. today highs in the 80s around the south bay with partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy tonight and highs in the 60s to low 70s around san francisco. pleasanton, livermore, highs in the low to mid-80s. temperatures are actually going to cool off a little bit into tomorrow, obviously chance of seeing the showers for thursday, but the weekend high pressure returns and temperatures climb again close to 90 inland in the

tri-valley with mid-80s out towards the south bay. now for another check of your wednesday commute, here's mike. >> good morning, rob. it was four minutes since we showed you the bay bridge metering lights turned on, we take a look here. took a peek, look, i don't know. smooth drive here. big buildup forming at the toll plaza itself, no problem out of maize for the east shore freeway. let's look at the maps. i'm concerned about 880 because we had reports of a crash around industrial. we don't see any major slowing, but northbound with the chunk of concrete reported around tenson as well. the crashes look like they're moving from the roadway. we have standard flow of air. 580 out of the dublin area, slow here, same thing for livermore. standard for the tri-valley, nothing unusual heading south toward the south bay and roads and rails all looking nice. no delays reported for the agencies into the city, many through the city, cal train and vta, along the peninsula a smooth drive. san jose, live look shows you a build starts here, 101 towards

680 and 880. not a big deal. same thing for palo alto, 101 moving smoothly. camera froze a bit. moves snoothly, let's jump to the north bay. curve's at terra linda, standard flow. the fan that caught a home run ball, but lost something a lot more important in the process, next. plus the new consumer protection bureau tries to get some kids tuition money back. we'll look at whether you can get yours, coming up.

you're watching "today in the bay." 5:53 right now, tens of thousands of people here in the bay area have spent money and time at trade schools run by

corinthian college. now the government says they may have been ripped off. scott mcgrew, there's a chance students could get their tuition money back. >> could. the big question is how much money does corinthian college still have? it's the company of heels college and everest college, schools that taught in dental hygiene and security and other professions. the feds sued corinthian for $500 million, alleging a couple of key things. first if the school would intentionally charge more tuition than the government was willing to lend in student loans so you were forced to get a private loan. counsellors created the genesis loan. if students fell behind, the lawsuit says corinthian staffers would pull kids out of the class, ask them why they weren't paying, give staffers and teachers bonuses if they got the student to pay up. and though everest and job placement in some cases, they were single day, in other cases,

paid employers to temporarily hire graduates from corinthian schools. the law enforcement says students who found jobs on their own got no career guidance presumably because the school had nothing to gain and those kids got placed. so again, consumer protection bureau wants $500 million from corinthian to pay those kids back, it's not clear if corinthian has any kind of close to that amount. >> yeah, exactly, let's see where it goes from here, thanks a lot, scott. and moving forward now, this a live picture of mccovey cove near at&t park as the giants make their push to the playoffs. they are still on the road right now. day game today against the arizona diamondbacks, game time for that is 12:40. all right. we're going to talk baseball, but not necessarily in a sense we usually do. check this out, fan at last night's cubs game snags a home run ball, nice work, sir. as he was high fiving all the boys in the stands, he froze and realize, i have a problem, and

actually it is concerning my hand. it's my wedding ring whereby where'd it go? it fell on to the warning track in wrigley after several minutes of panic, the ring was returned to the fan, and i would have to think, laura -- >> look at no though. i give him a credit. >> would you be accepting if he was like i got this baseball. >> i think. oh right, that would have been a little suspicious. he noticed it right off the bat. i was impressed. >> immediate reaction, that's the important thing. >> once you're wearing one, you're used to it. >> indeed. more happy for him that he's not in the dog house this morning at 5:56. well, checking in with rob mayeda as now. >> it's attached. >> that a boy. >> you feel it after a while. >> you do notice, the reaction was instlant. good resolution there, he was able to get the ring back. look, we have rain coming back to the forecast. you have clouds off to the west, we'll see more of that as we head towards the evening and temperatures today right now we're in the 60s for the afternoon, 70s and 80s, no worries about rain this morning,

but mike tomorrow morning could have light rain on that commute. >> rob, fair warning if folks, make sure the blades are checked throughout before you get on the road. over here, folks already on the road, metering lights on the standard approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. oakland, cameras south, 880, not in oakland, but hayward, there is an issue, crash reported at industrial and maybe getting more information that could affect you heading towards the san mateo bridge which is moving smoothly, back to you. >> thanks a lot. 5:57 right now on your wednesday, new and invasive bug that has us worried. coming up next. and the reviews are in, what tech experts are saying about the new iphone. plus do you know this guy? the video that police in one south bay city hope will help them id a burglar. it's never been easier to find a dentist.

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bay -- battling a fire at a south bay apartment resident. surveying the delaware station, fast moving wild fire strikes northern california timber town destroying more than 150 homes and other structures. how the weather would make things worse. and now banned from all team activities while he faces child abuse charges. the late night move that could keep nfl superstar adrian peterson off the field all season long. and we're seeing dry conditions out there this morning with temperatures in the 70s this afternoon. beginning later on today, all of this rain offshore will be a welcomed sight for parts of the bay area here over the next 24 hours. look at your forecast is straight ahead. and the build is on for many popular commute spots. 580 with a crowd through livermore and the approach to the bay bridge coming up. and let's take a live look outside from the south bay overlooking san jose waiting for the sun's arrival. halfway through your workweek, wednesday, september 17th,