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, this

is "today in the bay." from northbound bay area -- nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and very good wednesday morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. fire investigators are figuring out what sparked an early morning fire that scorched several cars and forced dozens to evacuate. this happened around 4:00 a.m. at an apartment complex on the 100 block of union halve. that's why where we find kris sanchez joining us live from the scene, what is the latest? >> reporter: well what a wake up call for the folks who live in about 16 apartments in a building all way towards the back of this apartment complex, the fire was knocked out quickly, but according to santa clara county fire, this is really a matter of a hazardous materials situation and once the flames are out. we have kendall pearson from the department. >> good morning. >> reporter: you made quick work of the fire, but there's hazardous material after that. >> considering the gasoline, we

consider a hazardous material, we don't to want release into the environment. these are deep apartment complexes here on union avenue and campbell. they back up to highway 17. the other side of highway 17 is the creek. natural repairing environment. the fire did compromise a couple of the fuel tanks, we have three cars on fire when we got here. we're fortunate the fire station about 300 yards away from the incident. but the fuel tanks were compromised, and not knowing how many gallons was let louis. we recognize the fact there was fuel in the water to fight the fire and quickly covered up the storm drains of plastic and using our has mat unit which is a standard of the response. >> we saw the booms if they're still in the bay or other bodies of water. trying to mop all of that up. you think none of it made there? >> we recognized the sheen in the water from the fire fight, again, our has mat unit is -- hazmat unit is part of the

regular response. >> reporter: you all are quickly getting ready to come out. >> we are. >> reporter: made quick work of it and no spill, no hazard to the creek. so here we are in campbell, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> good news there, thank you very much, kris. now to a developing news in northern california where gusty winds today are expected to create new problems for those battling the most destructive fire in california this year. nearly the entire town of weed near redding remains evacuated while the bulls fire swept through destroying 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 an update on the situation. some folks are left with nothing, jodie. >> reporter: that's right, it really is sad to see. now cal fire as you mentioned is calling this one of the, or actually the most devastating fire the state of california has

seen so far this year, and it is easy to see why. i'm standing in somebody's doorway, you can see the stone entry way is still standing, but the rest of the house, it is gone. just one of dozens and dozens of homes that have been destroyed out here in the city of weed by this wind-whipped fire. as you mentioned, some 150 structures have been destroyed out here, many of them homes. now firefighters want to make sure that no more houses are lost, but i'll tell you, mother nature is making it mighty challenging. wind are expected to be stronger today, the humidity lower, not a good combination, especially when there are still so many hot spots smoldering. >> we need to get all those hot spots out, they'll sit there and continue to burn down into the tree trunks or the roots or even the trees. you sigh the trees standing that are burned also and the fire can be held up in those where with these wind, it'll promote that fire as far as the embers and what not and can blow across the

firelines. >> reporter: and we're back here live, looking at somebody's wood stove. one of the few items that you can actually still identify in this house. again, so many homes are, look, just like this, very, very devastating. the winds have already started to pick up, again, it's supposed to be windier, gusts of up a 44 miles an hour. we are told a red flag warning throughout the day, the active fire is no longer burning, but again the big worries are the hot spots. reporting live in weed, i'm jodie hernandez, "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot, jodie. there are 11 other major fires burning throughout california including the courtney fire. the dog bar fire in nevada county, the black fire near the lake and the massive king fire burning between lake tahoe and sacramento. team of specialized firefighters have now left the black fire in the county to help out with the king fire burning near pohlic pines. that fire has forced

firefighters to partially close highway 50, that's the primary route into south lake tahoe. crews are worried embers will jump the highway and threaten more homes. its burned nearly 13,000 acres and only 5% contained at this hour. if you're confused, we don't blame you. now to the latest reversal concerning a huge impact player in the nfl, star running back, adrian peterson. arguably the best in the nfl who is now facing child abuse charges. has been banned from even coming to the team's facilities. "today in the bay's" bob redell has the latest on adrian peterson and why the team, bob, has changed its heart again for a second time here. >> reporter: sam, it appears that money talks. sponsors of adrian peterson and the minnesota vikings pulmoed their financial support or threatened to. after the vikings decision on monday to reinstate its star running back whose been charged with a spanking his four-year-old son with a branch. last night the team reversed course, responded to that public

pressure and put peterson on the nfl's exempt list which means he must stay away from all team activities, practices, games, and what not until his case is resolved. now his first court hearing isn't until october 8th. i am quoting here, we want to be clear, we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children and we to want, sure we get this right. adrian emphasized i had desire to take further attention away from the team. this resolution accomplishes these objectives as well, unquote. the vikings actually deactivated peterson for the game on sunday before reinstating him on monday. now peterson's not the only player to be connected with some form of alleged abuse. 49ers ray mcdonald was arrested for domestic abuse, baltimore ravens ray rice suspended for beating his then fiancee in an elevator, allegedly. carolina panthers arrested for assaulting and theretoening his ex-girlfriend. group advocating on behalf of

women flew a banner over several games calling for the resignation of roger goodell. >> bob, thank you very much. it is 6:07 right now, time to check that microclimate weather forecast this morning. as we take a peek outside, look at the glorious bay bridge, glisening with the lights on still. waiting for the son's arrival, don't have to wait long for him. he's right there with a look at the forecast. >> we have interesting things to talk about, actually as we can see over the shoulder, we have the radar dusted off for you this morning as we're seeing showers approaching the north coast. the coastline, i think today, begin to see the showers crossing over around midday. most of it staying away from the bay area for now, but, that is subject to change as we get into the afternoon, we'll begin to seelt clouds spilling closer to the coast. north of san francisco, we'll see a chance of those showers showing up a little bit later on. right now, we're seeing temperatures in the low 60s outside. one thing you might notice before the clouds roll in, the winds are going to pick up out of the south too. so just patches of low clouds

for the morning increasing high clouds around lunchtime, then breezy and mostly cloudy skies. showers off to the north as we quickly show you the timeline for the showers filling in. mainly affecting into tomorrow morning, and through about midday tomorrow and rain totals probably still less than a.10 inch of rain, higher totals locally up here around the north bay over the next 24 hours. most of it coming down tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures around the bay area today, close to 80 degrees in san jose. still low 70s around san francisco and we'll see mid-70s around santa rosa and low 80s towards the tri-valley. >> all right rob. watching for the changes coming up over the next day or so. changes at the bay bridge toll plaza as well. it is backup forming quickly. nothing unusual far wednesday, but the it is much more traffic flow than we saw half an hour ago. looking at the maps, there are no major problems where we have slowing now for westbound 580 off of 24 and east shore freeway. as you saw, the shift from yell throe green at the 580-24

interchange. they're right around the speed limit or just below in in spots. slow as you recover from earlier, jammed south 880 towards the parade. we had an earlier crash which has cleared the lanes, and before you get there, we have south 880 at a street, another crash moving to the shoulder there. the northbound side still moving close to the speed limit. tri-valley, typical build, south 68 o is the latest slow down. fremont, no problems out of the tri-valley, also down in towards the south bay, smooth drive past the truck scales with the headlights into san jose and northbound through san jose. build just starting for 101 whereby a little slowing right here, not a big deal, but it is slower towards 880 as well as 87 coming into downtown. this is not a surprise. >> you have another routine. >> you feel it. >> yeah. >> thanks a lot. still ahead on "today in the bay," new water restrictions far peninsula city what a state two

water shortage will now mean. plus the new iphones aren't out yet, but the reviews are. what the experts think, coming up.

you're watching "today in the bay." good wednesday morning to you, waking up to the radar this morning. you're seeing showers there lurking as the system brings some much needed rain to parts of the bay area as part of your forecast, we'll look at that, coming up. live look at the san mateo bridge moving smoothly, but getting there may be an issue. we have a couple of crashes through hayward for the southbound side of the area. late et cetera, coming up. here's a look at the top stories. dozen wild fires are burning

across southern california. the worst steroid more than 151 homes and buildings in hours. it's burning in weeds near redding. closer to home, the king fire shut down highway 50, the main road into south lake tahoe. residents are being told to conserve more water this morning as drought conditions continue to grow. state two water shortage yesterday. that means the people who live there are being told to use 25%less water than this time last year. new warning for anyone with a garden this morning. the barotta bug moved into the bay area affecting crops and backyard gardens. experts say the insect has been known to cause millions of dollars in crop damage destroying plants as soon as they sprout. this may sound like an odd pairing, but today facebook officials will sit down with bay area drag queens for a very closely watched meeting. at the center of the meeting is a controversial policy that requires all facebook users to register under their real names. the policy could actually put

people at risk. >> stephanie chuang is joining us live. drag queens at the center of this debate today, but people don't use their real names, lady gaga for example. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, laura and sam. the policy requires you to use the name you'd find on something like a driver's license or credit card, but there seems to be plenty of support in reversing this kind of policy which at least a nearing 18,000 sixties on a change.org petition as of now. san francisco supervisor david compost organized this meeting with facebook today, and he brings up the fact that celebrities like lady gaga and charlie sheen for instance have pages that don't use their real names. facebook has said that its policy helps to protect users and hold people accountable in particular to discourage cyber bullying. this could also hurt those people who don't use their real names in order to keep

themselves safe. people that have gone by their drag name for their entire career, they've accumulated all these friends on facebook, if you have to create a separate page, you're starting from scratch and that's not fair. >> people closeted for different reasons, may not want to use their name. >> reporter: facebook is not the first to have this policy. google plus ha h enacted a similar real name policy three years ago when it launched this summer decided to ditch those guidelines and apologize in a july post for quote, the unnecessarily difficult experiences for some users. now originally local drag queens were going to hold a protest yesterday morning at facebook headquarters in menlo park with a lot of noise, signs, bull horns, but canceled when facebook agreed to this meeting. however they add that they may still take action depending on what happened here at city hall today. live at san francisco city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> definitely some logistical obstacles posted here.

thank you very much, steph. how big is the new iphone 6 everyone's been talking about? some say you better try it out in the store first. >> the question is can you fit it into your pocket or pants? scott mcgiroux, you were saying -- mcgrew, you were saying too big for demographic hip stester. >> reporter: they're both bigger than the iphone 5, they aren't in storing until friday, fwhu morning, the wall street journal, the new york times, usa today published their reviews of the phone, all very positive reviews, though again, size is the question. it felt fine in my jeans pocket, but it won't fit in every snug purse or small pair of pants says usa today. the new york times asked will making calls with an iphone 6 plus make you look like gordon gek co. just in case you don't get the

reference, let me take you back to 1986, right there. for the rest of you bud foxes who can't afford the iphone 6 and keeping the old phone. you get a new operating system. apple will release ios later this morning. remember when we went to 7, changed the look and feel to your phone. this is not so radical. other news, redwood city announced box will move into a new development in downtown redwood city at middlefield in jefferson. the new building shown here in a computer rendition is right on the trainline, it'll will have offices for 1700 employees. that's amazing when you consider levy and his company employee adjust few hundred last year, box is expected to ipo at some point. now if you work at oracle or virgin america, any companies are the areas stopover at the marine park this morning. skid mark hosting the annual bay area heart walk on the pebs la. here's the -- peninsula.

here's the event last year. when it comes to raising money, the development team is in first place noled by union bank and then san francisco-based sephora. but those numbers could change. >> my kids have a walk-a-thon coming up, can uncle scott -- >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> you mentioned michael douglas, one other giant cell phone reference out at you. zack morris from saved by the bell. going as a different -- >> one more generation forward there. yes. >> my parents were one of the first to have cell phones, they had the bag. on a strap. >> yeah in the car. >> yeah, and of course you said, guess where i'm calling from? i'm on a cell phone. >> no way. >> roaming charges. all right, thanks a lot. time to check the forecast with the pro, meteorologist rob mayeda with the forecast, waiting for the sun's arrival, but nice start. >> dry for any walks or fund raisers this morning, good news,

the weather will be fine -- >> or cell phone conversations. >> i remember my dad's was the plug in one with the card inside the car. >> old school. >> but right now, today if you're heading the roads, don't have to find any rain drops for now unless you're around the county. later on this morning, begin seeing some of the showers drifting to the south as they have an impressive looking system here offshore which managed to tap into tropical moisture north of hawaii, and that may help power up a slight chance of thunder showers. perhaps even overnight tonight. some of the moisture begins to come in across the north bay. now this morning, not too chilly outside, mostly 60s across the board, yesterday we're down to 51 in napa, right now 59 degrees, clouds helping to keep the temperatures up a little bit there. we will see increasing clouds during the day, and for the north bay, that'll be the best bet for seeing showers during the daylight hours today and later on tonight, we will see the chances of showers on the increase. so your microclimate spotlight around the bay area for san francisco today, near 70 degrees. pleasanton obviously warmer

there, clear skies for the most part this morning, high clouds, 83 in the forecast for pleasanton. so the chance of summer showers will be at the highest by this time tomorrow. we'll see increasing clouds during the day, also winds picking up out of the south too during the afternoon as we await the bands of rain to come down. again, not a whole lot of rain, in fact the rain totals looking like less than a.10 for most of the bay area. higher totals will be up towards the north bay, but still that slight risk of a thunder shower during the day tomorrow. something to watch out for more more of the moisture comes in your thursday. 80 degrees in san jose, mid-80s towards morgan hill and saratoga. winds ten to 20 miles per hour out of the south. and for the north bay, 70s to low 80s, pleasanton and livermore, highs until the low 80s for today, but notice these highs for tomorrow into the 70s, and then the temperatures rebound as high pressure builds in for the weekend. another check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> all right rob. the peninsula view of the san mateo bridge. this is the high raise westbound

commute direction clearly we have plenty of traffic flow here. getting there, look at your maps, issue going through hayward and approaching. we have an earlier crash at a street. and the activity on the shoulder causing a distraction coming off of 238. we see slowing through san leandro on the approach because of approaching a. break, then towards the san mateo bridge, you are moving very nicely. and then another slow down as folks head down towards industrial, the scene of the first two crashes in that stretch for the southbound jam northbound is nice easy drive coming out of fremont and union city. now also look further south and we have no problems for the northbound routes, in fact the earlier slowing we saw for 101 has cleared itself out. now 280, there you go, 85, 87, all start that northbound push in the next 20 minutes. live looks outside, we see oakland, 880 north of hayward, there's a slow easy drive. a's play tonight at 7:05, keep that in mind heading towards the toll plaza, moving smoothly until you make that final approach with the metering lights on and the backup here, there's the fast track lanes,

north bay, no major surprises, we have the build for san rafael, slowing into novato and west 38 out of vallejo, back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:22 still ahead on "today in the bay." high-tech thief caught on camera, and he knows it. now bay area investigators hope you can help track him down.

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the bay." welcome back. caught on camera, santa clara police hope that a newly released video will help you identify a man who stole laptops at local computer store. here's the vid dwlee police posted to yew tuk. you can see -- youtube. he stole several earlier this month at gold track in santa claire la. if you recognize this man or know anything about the whole incident. please contact police. new numbers showing how far the tech industry is being hit by the increasing popularity of ride sharing companies. report from the municipal transportation agency found the number of rides taken by taxis have plummeted 65% in the past 15 months. the officials warn that the drop has hit so-called wheelchair capable taxis especially hard, meaning fewer transit options for the disabled. the agency is making moves to try to help taxis stay

competitive. it's already reduced in the limited some taxi fees and required electric system in cabs to help with the use of dispatching apps. >> regulation goes for those ride sharing taxi cabs. we'll see. time right now, 6:27. still ahead, president obama gets an update from the military about the u.s.'s plan to take out isis. lawmakers prepare for a major vote that could impact this ongoing fight. plus a bay area woman forced out of her hotel by a hurricane odeal. heads home, the story she's telling as the storm now heads for arizona.

a crucial vote for congress today. the move they could make to help syrian rebels in the battle to beat back isis terrorists. now cloudy skies around the bay area right now before we see more clouds on the increase for the afternoon. we're also tracking a chance of seeing some showers coming back to your microclimate forecast, a

look at that straight ahead. and the build is on, for instance, for fremont, but i'll show you why two incidents in hayward will lead traffic bursting down to the area soon, and now fire reporters approaching one of the bridges. the markets just opening this morning, but they'll probably wait for news from the fed, that's an ipo on the nyse. there the nasdaq as well. releases information at 11:00 a.m. our time. and the live look outside right now at 6:30, early on your wednesday morning as traffic there appearing to be okay for the time being. we'll get a check with mike in just a second. this is wednesday, september 17th, and you are watching "today in the bay." from northbound bay -- nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and a wonderful wednesday morning to you, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening today, congress set to vote on a plan giving president obama the okay to arm and train

syrian rebels as they battle isis militants. "today in the bay's" tracy pots is live on capitol hill with more on who lawmakers will hear from before that crucial vote. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning, they're hearing today from secretary of state john kerry debriefing from his trip overseas to gather more support for this campaign. this morning, they're hearing from jay johnson who is the homeland security secretary, he's going to talk about threats to the homeland, but before all that, we're also expecting to hear this morning from president obama. he's down in tampa today at mcgill air force base which is the headquarters of central command. they oversee all the operations in the middle east. and we're waiting to see if the president will address what his top general said here on capitol hill yesterday. joint chief's chair martin dempsey left the door open to possible u.s. boots on the ground, ground troops in iraq and or syria.

in iraq, depending on the situation there. that's something the president has said he does not want to do. finally the vote that you were talking about, it's scheduled to happen late this afternoon, the house vote to arm the syrian rebels to provide them money for training for those rebels on the ground. >> one to certainly watch, thank you for following that for us, tracy. all new this morning, strong earthquake struck off the coast of guam overnight causing minor damage and power outages, the magnitude 7.6 quake hit after midnight pacific time, that's about 4:00 p.m. in guam. the epicenter was 30 miles northwest of the island. no injuries have been reported so far, but many people say cell phone service has been hampered to this point. now, the latest on the south napa earthquake. people's whose homes were badly damaged in the quake have been given permission to temporarily live in campers on their properties. this as they try and rebuild after the earthquake. napa valley register reporting that supervisors approved that plan last night. planning director told the paper that there are several homes

that cannot be lived in. and the owners of the home have been asked to be allowed to move into motor homes and trailers. normally that would violate county ordnance. people in arizona are bracing for the worst as tropical storm odeal now heading inland. >> the storm which hit initially baja, mexico, is a category three hurricane, will likely bring rain and strong winds to tucson and phoenix. in the meantime, mexico's government now started air lifting thousands of stranded tourists out of hurricane-ravaged resort. one of the resorts, tourists is from los altos. she sent thus picture yesterday before she evacuated her hotel. trip they'll surely remember. >> that'll billion lasting in the memory bank. meantime u69 33 right now on your wednesday morning. this storm, rob, waning in strength, no long aerocategory three, but it is making its way inland into arizona. >> yeah, and all that moisture is going to spin off the storm

as it heads towards the desert southwest. the winds will back off. again it's the moisture associated with it that's moving into southern arizona. right now sustained wind down to 35 miles per hour, probably just a matter of hours or so from losing its tropical storm status as it continues to drift off into southern arizona, and what we'll get out of this is a system here that will just become a remnant low across the southern arizona but brings again perhaps up to a half foot of rainfall and the university of arizona there. that is something we'll be watching closely over the next 24 hours. notice what's happening off our own coast. we have rain here on the north coast, clouds that'll come in during the afternoon. wind that'll also pick up during the day today out of the south. partly cloudy skies for the most part to start, and then during the afternoon, we'll see a few high clouds coming in and a chance of seeing showers at their greatest potential for tomorrow morning, we could pick up about a tenth inch of rain for parts of the north bay, littleless further south into the south bay. high's today close to 80 with north carolinaing clouds, wind out of the south for san jose.

occupy closer to san francisco and low 80s for the afternoon around the tri-valley, mike. >> hey rob, i told folks about a fire that was approaching one of the bridges, this is off of i-80. first the bay bridge and show you that things are calm here. typical full plaza approach and slow drive off of 880 in the overcrossing and we'll talk about the vicinity around the interstate 80 and the bridge. and just before you get there around magazine street, reports of bushes on the side of the road. someone reported seeing a fire there. there may be activity, we're still following up on details, but we don't have anything major to report just now, watch it as you're approaching the bridge out of the north bay and in towards the east bay. typical slow down starting in hercules and through the area for westbound 80. upper east shore freeway. highway 37 at the top of your screen slows towards highway 121. smooth drive starting to build for 37 and 101, then south and toward san rafael with a slight build in traffic and slight slowing for speeds. over here towards oakland and hayward, that's the big issue.

getting down in towards hayward and a street. earlier crash there caused a big backup. it's still slow from 238 to the san mateo bridge which is the westbound direction is looking happy for that commute. live look at fremont, we'll see flashing lights at the bottom of your screen. just before you get to warren, looks like there's some people looking for something on the side of the road, i don't have any details, but we are checking that out. there are no lanes blocked, just distraction, just be careful in you're using that off-ramp there. and toward the peninsula side as well. we have no major problems, no major delays, good a. traffic traveling northbound here. standard floep for the peninsula as well as the south bay. looks lighter than we see an a wednesday. get out there while you can, get a break. >> early start. >> thank you. no major news from you a good thing. 6:36 right now on wednesday morning. it's that time of the day, the markets have been open far few minutes now. let's check the numbers now with scott mcgrew. >> no major news is, i can do it too. the fed is going to report its decision on interest rates come

about 11:00 a.m. our time. i don't think the markets are going to move much until then. dow industrials up 24 points this morning, 17,156, we did see a jump yesterday when a single wall street journal reporter said he thought the fed could do nothing today. that's entirely possible. the markets would very much like that, it's already baked if in, we'll see you in a short bit of time here. >> sounds good, thanks a lot. 6:37 on your wednesday, still ahead. you've heard of gun buybacks, but what about a toy gun buyback? the new program launched bay bay area da.

you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back everyone, it is 6:40. the sharks have been joining the search effort for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. several players will be at britain middle school in morgan hill tonight to sign autographs in exchange for donations. the money will go towards the search for sierra fund, but the sharks also hope the event will keep the missing teen on everyone's mind. lamar disappeared in 2012 while walking to school. a suspect has been charged with a her kidnapping and murder, but her body was never found. volunteers still search for her every saturday morning. the fundraiser was organized by

sharks forward logan couture. marin county district attorney and center for domestic peace have come up with a new twist on the old idea of a gun buyback program. according to the marin independent journal, every saturday in october, parents and children can surrender toy guns as well as violent video games. this in exchange for ben and jerry's ice cream. the district attorney told the paper getting rid of toy guns and violent video games could change the way children handle conflict later on in life. interesting idea though. we'll see if it works. coming up, cars catch fire in the south bay forcing residents out of their apartment complex overnight. no, your honor california town moving into recovery mode now this. this after losing more than 150 homes from other structures to a wind driven wild fire. and a reversal for the minnesota vikings one day reinsay thing peterson, he's back on the bench. possibly for the entire season. and laura, quick peek

outside at downtown san jose, looking a little overcast in that particular shot. turns out we have some chances for precipitation in the next 24 hours or so. we're checking with rob mayeda, we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news right after this break.

you're watching 15 minutes of continuous news, weather, and traffic on "today in the bay." welcome back. now to the latest on a developing story, strong gusty winds are expected to create new issues for those battling the most destructive fire the state has seen this year. we are talking about the bowles fire at the base of montana shasta. the entire town was evacuated as flames swept through that town, destroying more than 150 homes and buildings including two of the towns churches.

>> jodie hernandez joins us live in weed with the very latest, good morning, jodie. >> reporter: good morning, laura. firefighters are calling this the most devastating fire the state of california has seen all year. and it is easy to see why why. we are standing in front of two houses you can see both of them destroyed. everything that people worked for, we are told gone in what seemed like mere minutes. you can see this family's van is still parked in the driveway. apparently not enough time to drive it out, and it is a scene that is repeated all over this city. so far, again, 150 structures have been destroyed by the fire, most of them houses, firefighters want to make sure no more houses are lost, but mother nature is making it mighty challenging. winds are expected to be stronger, humidity lower, not a good combination, especially when there are so many hot spots smoldering out here. now despite the losses, residents say they are so

grateful for everything firefighters are doing to protect their town. >> there are no words, 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 the town is here. and the firemen are wonderful. >> reporter: now residents gave firefighters a standing ovation at last night's community briefing, a touching moment for everyone there. again despite their losses, residents are just so grateful. now we are back here live, you can see what is left of this house, you can see the stove, not many items that you can actually identify, again, this is repeated throughout the city, i don't know if we can pan over across the street, it's light

outside now, so we is get a better look. this entire street is gone. again, this is repeated throughout the city, now the wind is already starting to pick up, i had to actually put my hair in a ponytail because of this blowing so hard. again, this is one of the many challenges firefighters are going to be facing out here today. reporting live in weed, i'm jodie hernandez, "today in the bay." >> so many people just left with nothing, thanks so much, jodie. there are 11 other major fires burning throughout california, including the massive king fire, that's burning between lake tahoe and sacramento. specialized team of firefighters from alameda county have now left the black fire just to go help out with the king fire burning near pohlic pine. that fire forced firefighters to partially close highway 50. the primary route into south lake tahoe. crews are worried embers will jump the highway and threaten more homes. its already burned nearly 13,000 acres and is only 5% contained at this hour.

6:47 right now on your wednesday morning, we'll take a quick look right now outside at the transamerica building in san francisco as we talk about these pervasive fires and the need for relief right now. rob mayeda joining us, rob, precipitation so needed throughout the state of california, but in the bay area, you have a new development here on that front. >> yeah, we could see rain coming on in now. unfortunately the bind are accelerating. we have a red flag warning and a fire watch warning for parts of northern california right there near the bowles fire near weed. we have those areas in red showing for gusty, dry wind which will accelerate for the afternoon, and also we have a lake wind advisory down towards the lake tahoe basin. and up around the crest of syria where fire conditions will not be helped around highway 50 and pohlic pines. but here is potentially some of the good news for areas across extreme northern california aechbt coastline, we will see a chance of this rain starting to push in by tonight and tomorrow.

so things may improve. today social security windy and dry, but we're watching this weather system getting closer to us that will bring us some changes here in the next 24 hours. so for temperatures today, we'll be close to 70 in. san francisco. the clouds filling in right now, but the winds will pick up out of the south. you'll notice those picking up for the afternoon and out toward pleasanton right now, overcast conditions, highs about 83 degrees with temperatures running cooler than yesterday. so the timing for when we think the showers will come in, at least for the bay area is concerned, probably holding off until about tomorrow for most of the bay area, you'll notice the clouds filling in and the showers picking up tomorrow morning's commute through midday tomorrow and rain totals obviously will be higher here up towards the north bay. picking up close to a.10 inch of rain. we hope we'll get enough to get the south bay. as the rain comes down, we could see issues there for your morning commute tomorrow. now today that's not a problem, breezy at times, heading into the afternoon, close to 80 in san jose. low 70s around san francisco. 70s for santa rosa today, low

80s around the tri-valley. you'll notice temperatures cooling a little bit tomorrow as we see the showers and the numbers rebounding, mike. towards the mait bridge with the westbound traffic picking up a bit. may be an issue getting here. let me show you why. we have three crashes in the area. let's look at your maps, we talk aboutson 880 around 238, and there was a new crash reported here, should move quickly to the shoulder. that's in the back of the form as we have another crash at set things off here over here at industrial. this whole corridor slow for southbound 880. not an unusual spot, but unusually slowed care compared to the rest of the freeway. southbound 680 at sunol boulevard, another crash in the center divider there, that's a distraction making sunol a little bit lighter. and we got this update my friends over at the desk tell naes now westbound 80 has a magazine where there was a fire reported. we have two lanes blocked by fire crews there, cause a considerable slowdown heading

west and towards the bridge. that might make it lighter, at least temporary. looking towards fremont. we have the live shot, we have the activity over on the shoulder that just cleared. now clearer south 880 down into south bay and wednesday this, the golden gate bridge clz clearing sailing between the north bay and the city, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:51, new this morning, firefighters mopping up after a fire destroyed several cars and forced residents out on to the streets earlier this morning. it happened around 4:00 a.m. at an apartment complex on the 100 block of union avenue in campbell. kris sanchez joins us live from the scene this morning with more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. what a way to wake up for the folks who live in the 16 apartments closest to those fires. take a look at the video that we shot this morning, this is all that's left of that van, a car, and an suv which we're completely burned out. the santa clara county fire made quick work of the flames. car fires, the work kwiek quickly goes from firefighters

to dealing with a hazardous situation because of the gas and other kpusables. as in this case, it was critical because the creek is just on the other side of the barrier wall separating the apartments from highway 17. >> we are recognized fairly quickly the sheen in the water from the fire fight, and again, our hazmat unit is part of our standard response even just to a regular standard fire. >> reporter: now only one engine remaybes here on the scene in campbell, but the department is very busy, just yesterday, the santa clara county fire department assent strike team, the king's county fire in el dorado county, that's six engines with personnel along with the staff that they have on a state office of emergency services rig. they will help with the fire fight and with the evacuations there. and also the same county fire department sent a public information officer to the weed fire where jodie hernandez was reporting earlier this morning. he landed just at 10:30 last

night, that person will help keep people in shelters informed of the latest along with evacuation routes and you will also brief public officials. now the battalion chief says that santa clara county is still protected. there's no fear that the county did is not protected, but he says they are happy to send earn el to the wild land fires because we never know when we'll need the help here at home. in campbell, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks, kris. one of the real talkers this morning. first he was out, then he was in, now he's out again. the minnesota vikings announcing overnight they have now decided to ban their biggest star from the field while he faces child abuse charges. we're talking about adrian peterson. "today in the bay's" bob redell laz the latest and why the team is once again put him on the bench, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, sam, now remember, the team deactivated the star running back for sunday's game because of the child abuse charges, then on monday reinstated him. well apparently the public pressure got to the team's

owners, especially wli sponsoring pulling out or at least threatening to. last night, they changed their mind again. and put adrian peterson on the nfl's exempt list which means, he must stay away from all team activities until his legal case plays out. law enforcement arrested peterson last week for allegedly spanking his four-year-old son with a tree branch. the team own ders release a three paragraph statement which reads in part, quote, we will support adrian during this legal and personal process. but we firmly believe in 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's 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, suspended for allegedly beating his then fiancee in an elevator. carolina panthers greg hardy arrested for assaulting and threating his ex-girlfriend.

a banner was flown calling furz rez nation of nfl commissioner roger goodell. sam, laura. >> we'll wait to see what the latest twist of this is. thank you sch, bob. 6:54, happening today, battle between facebook and drag queens takes center stage in san francisco. facebook officials and several local drag queens will meet to discuss the website's policy requiring people to use their legal names to register for an account. drag queens say they've been locked out of their accounts under their stage names and can only regain access if they use their real name. many said the policy koud put some people at risk including fellow drag queens and political activists worldwide. it was agreed to earlier this week after the group threatened to protest the menlo park headquarters. as if college students don't pay enough for tuition as it is, right now the brand new federal consumer protection agency says thousands of bay area students should be getting some of that tuition back. >> they were all students at

heald and everest colleges. >> yeah the feds allege the parent company called corinthians prayed on -- preyed on students, faked their job placement records. in a lawsuit filed tuesday, the government alleges corinthian raced its tuition above what the government would lend in student loans so that students were forced to get private loans from corinthian itself. but, corinthian, the allegations are, failed to tell students it owned that loan company. further, corinthian is accused of placing graduates in jobs that lasted one daddy in order say yeah, our graduates gets jobs. its accused of playing employers to employ students for a second day. the government says it wants $500 million. corinthians charged in tuition from students. but its money corinthian doesn't have, it sold those loans, sam and laura, to another company. how bad were these loans?

corinthian sold $500 million worth of loans outstanding for $17 million. >> wow. >> that's a lot. >> shocking. >> thanks a lot. san francisco is now considering doing something no city has ever done before, supervisor has introduced a proposal calling on the city to give out an hiv prevention drug to anybody who needs it. this free of charge for expensive medicines. yesterday, david compost rolled out his proposal to provide it to any city residence regardless of the ability to pay. it is the first drug approved by the fda. currently only from scribed to high risk groups and significant price tag. according to health officials, it has been shown to eliminate the risk to contract hi have if taken correctly. time right now, 6:57 on your wednesday, top stories. a dozen wild fires are burning across the state of california. the most destructive of which the bowles fire gutted more than

150 homes and buildings. that fire is burning in weed. that's near redding. mountain view residents being ordered to conserve more water as drought conditions grow. city council declared a state 2 water shortage yesterday. that means the people who live there are being told to use 25%less water than this time last year. city council delayed a its decision on developing kwun of the priciest parks of the day area. current proposal on the table calls for the land to be used to build more than 340 homes, and half a million square feet of commercial and retail space. the biggest concerns here are traffic and school overcrowding. 6:5le right now -- 6:58 right now, any concerns with the weather? >> winds. temperatures running cooler than yesterday near 80 in san jose. 70s closer to san francisco. and low to mid-80s out towards the tri-valley. here's the interesting part of the forecast heading into tonight and tomorrow. temperatures drop, 70s around santa rosa, chance of showers

warming for the weekend and the same trend too for san jose and san francisco. we could get showers later tonight and impacting we think tomorrow morning's commute. >> hopefully the wind won't stand the flames of the fires right now. >> how about the morning commute right now? >> actually in the north bay, we're looking over here on the approach to the bridge, westbound 80 does have that fire we talked about in the bushes on the side of the road. now we have two lanes were or two right lanes blocked. and that's jamming up traffic through vallejo approaching the bridge. that's going to provide benefit for the upper east shore as folks are held up from getting in across the bridge. slower drive for pleasanton, southbound direction and also for the northbound commute for the south bay. >> all right. you have to see this one. baseball fan's great catch left him with two stories to tell. one to the world, the other to his wife. >> jury's still out on the second one. check out the video, fan snagged a home run ball game. as he's celebrating, his throws, he realized i have a problem on my hands. he just lost his wedding ring.

turns out it fell on the warning track, happy ending to this paralyzing story initially. >> look, i got you this ball too. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay," we'll be back with a local news update in half an hour. >> see you then. good morning. breaking overnight. the minnesota vikings course and order adrian peterson to stay away from the team as he deals with the child abuse charge. public pressure mounting and corporate sponsors lashing out what will the nfl do next? >> flames of war, isis releases a new hollywood-style video threatening the white house and u.s. troops. and it comes hours after a top military official said u.s. boots on the ground may be needed to defeat that terror group. >> fire and rain. more homes destroyed by the out-of-control wild fires in