clouds will increase steadily and showers move in late wednesday into thursday. i have all the details for your microclimate in moments. >> you have it all there, christina. we are going to update you on a crash coming up. >> let's take a peek outside on this monday morning. it is september 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >> from. in -- from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> we begin with the largest fire burning in california. despite help from mother nature, the king fire continues to rage out of control in el dorado county. 12,000 homes are still in the fire's path, which has grown to 82,000 acres in pollock pines.

bob, more local firefighters are now heading out to help. >> reporter: you are correct. station 9 here in san jose has sent a team of firefighters east to that king fire. and yesterday the alameda fire department isn't a team of five engines along with 21 firefighters. they should be on the front line as we speak. i bring this up to show you the sense of how large this fire is and how far they're having to draw outside their own area. ten homes burned, 12,000 more threatened, as you mentioned. as you can imagine, the smoke is having a significant impact on air quality in that part of california. yesterday organizers of the ironman race in lake tahoe pulled the plug on the event just minutes before start time.

the dee dcision was because of h amounts of particulate matter. some spent months and years training. >> i'm a school teacher. i don't know. i've been dreaming about this since i was a little boy. i don't know how we're going to make this happen again. >> reporter: that school teacher from brentwood said he had never seen anything like it. what i'm referring to is the reaction from the competitors, his fellow competitors, some of them grown men sobbing. the poor air quality also cancelled several other events in the area. >> horrible for those athletes. >> but it is so much better for their health. >> christina, the air quality such an issue out there.

what can you tell us about that? >> we were dealing with some bad air quality on the east end of the bay area over the weekend because our winds were coming from the southeast. now, as of this morning, they have shifted out of the west. so basically that's going to take all that smoke and keep it out of the bay area, but it is pushing into reno. it's pushing into tahoe. if you are going to be headed out and about, there's an alert in place because of that air quality. officials are urging people to stay indoors and not spend any time out there enjoying what people like to do in tahoe this time of year on the bike, on the hiking trails. it's just not a great time to get out there. there are traffic and visibility issues because of that smoke as well. we have good air quality for today. looks like the winds are going to stay out of the west as we head throughout the week. we might get heavy downpours at that location. we'll talk more about that coming up. now i'll send back to you for the top stories of the day.

>> a popular swimming spot is off limits in san francisco this morning. stephanie chuang joins us live in the waters near fisherman's whatever. >> reporter: we're at the historic pier 45. you can see that there's a submarine docked here, as well behind that a fully functioning world war ii ship. that is the "s.s. jeremiah o'brien" and the source of the oil spill that caused the issue. sign reads "danger biohazard, no swimming." the water is just too close to the spill of less than 50 gallons of heavy grade crude oil from the ship as the california

department of fish and wildlife works to make sure there's minimal impact. the coast guard has worked to make sure that applies to the fishermen as well. >> we haven't had any notification that beaches have been closed. we're working to establish the best way to do the clean-up efforts and do them with men ma'am impact. >> the coast guard putting up 6,000 feet of boom around where the oil sheen had built up. it it happened during an internal transfor on board. they're still trying to figure out the exact cause of this spill. no exact word on when when this will over, though the approximate estimate was two to three days. >> now, moving to an update on recovery efforts on the south napa earthquake. the city is scrambling to find

places to house hundreds of workers whose offices were damaged during that quake. the building that houses the district attorney's office, public defenders office were all damaged by burst times. health and human services office was also damaged. the city hopes to have damages repaired within the next six months. >> police have arrested a third man in connection with a deadly shooting in san jose last month. he is expected to be formally charged this week. two other suspects were arrested on murder charges last month but those arrests were not announced until yesterday. all three will. >> char-- all three will be cha with the shoot death of a man in san jose. >> police are searching for a

woman who stole a package from the front porch of this livermore home. >> within seconds, the woman grabs a package and if you know anything about the incident, please contact livermore police. >> a mountain lion, a new one. the lion was spotted 8:00 sunday morning in redwood city near the open space reserve. if you see a mountain lion, stand and face animal, make noises, wave your arms, throw rocks to get it to go away. this is the fourth sighting on the peninsula in the past two weeks. >> wow. it's kind of sad to say good-bye to summer -- >> was it a good summer for you?

>> we found so many fond memories are formed. we have a good consolation prize. >> it's beautiful, beautiful around here. i like throwing a couple shrimps on the barbie, putting some drinks in the cooley, diet soda. the equinox is tonight. we'll hit 77 degrees on the peninsula today and meanwhile, 80 degrees, not a bad day coming your way up in wine country. as we get into the next couple of days, some significant changes coming your way including our first fall showers, right on queue, right as we get into the new season. we have rain in the forecast. i'll tell you how much for your

microclimate coming up. >> thanks for explaining that. i was wondering where the rain was. it was just waiting for the fall. >> again, more cars mean more slowing a bit. we show you the overall look at the silicon valley. overnight closures tonight continuing through tomorrow morning and we'll talk about that a little bit later on and i'll post that on my facebook page. here the immediate concern, an overnight crash that took out the transition to the two major roadways to the sunnyvale area. a little distraction as you might be getting on your way, over toward 101 without any problems down there. no delays reported for any major transit agencies.

an easy flow of traffic. the bay bridge connecting the oakland area with san francisco moves very nicely. an earlier backup on the left that has cleared from those cash lanes and it looks like it's all business off the berkeley curve and north short freeway. >> now a a bit of a scare on pennsylvania avenue. a white house fence jumper making his first court appearance today. >> kris sanchez following the story for us. a huge security breach bringing about concerns. >> yes. and it could change the way you visit the white house. the suspect managed to make it all the way into the courthouse with a knife is expected to make

his first court appearance today. a man identified as omar gonzalez jumped the fence, ran the length of the lawn and made it through the front door of the residence. moments later, guards inside and handed him. >> how anyone, especially in the days of isis and with concerns about terrorist attacks someone could get into the white house without be stopped is inexcusab inexcusable. >> also on saturday, another man was arrested for trying to drive into the white house on to the ground there is. white house fence jumpers are not totally unusual. people do try to get closer. but this seems to be the first time an intruder has made it inside the presidential mansion. coming up with the next half hour, we're going to take you

back to washington to see how the president is dealing with not only this threat here at home pu the threat of isis world wide. >> which is huge as well. >> so door unlocked. >> unlocked. >> maybe they need to look into that. >> i think so. >> 5:12 on your monday morning. >> a melting glacier sparks mud slides. >> got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips.

amazon's e distribution unit are joining in a two-day strike. according to the wall street journal, amazon employees, around 9,000 workers are in germany. amazon has not commented on the strike. >> italy's prime minister will be among those going to school in san francisco today. he'll be stopping by the school with a unique language program. he'll also be meeting with several san francisco businesses. this marks his first visit to the u.s. since becoming prime minister of italy.

>> expect a big number today. apple will announce just how many i6s it sold during its release. hampton pierce is here with our news before the bell. good morning, hampton. >> we are going to start with the markets where futures are lower after the markets hit new all--time highs following the fed's meeting and alibaba's ipo. we get data on existing home sales and later this wook on new home sales and durable goods. so get set to pay more to fly the friendly skies. the ultra low cost carrier spirit airlines will raise baggage fees by $2 per bag

during the holiday travel season. those fees apply to tickets booked after flights booked december 18th and january 5th. have a great day. >> you as well. >> crews are assessing the damage after a melting glacier sent miles of mud sliding down mt. shasta. officials say it was the largest melt on mt. shasta in 0 years. >> we could really use some rain. some coming in the forecast? >> we're not going to get a ton of rain, but areas to our north, we're looking at a very impressive, almost looks like a winter storm. we officially kick off fall at 7:29 our time, 10:29 east time. you are going to notice a crisp feel out there, starting to feel

like fall already, although it's mild out there, overcast. we have this blanket of clouds overhead. it's not going to last long. we have high pressure in control and some pretty significant wind out there, which is going to mix up our atmosphere and keep that dense fog from settling right at the surface. although it is overcast out there this morning, i have to tell you. san jose starting out mostly clear here. you will notice as the sun starts to make an appearance. we have plenty of clouds overhead. we're starting out in the 60s. about 72 degrees on the east shore, 77 on the peninsula today and 78 for the south bay. let's talk about what's cooking in the pacific and it's a pretty good looking storm system and another one on its heel. we stop the clock at 10 p.m.

precipitation from the north. the precipitation rates will be the highest in the north bay. we're still fair game for a quarter of an inch here. the models are really in disagreement right now. it looks like we'll pick up anywhere between 3/4 to an inch. like i said, we could get up to a quarter of an inch here in the south bay. the storm system looks good, packing a lot of moisture. first i want to check your drive and say good morning. happy monday, mike inouye. >> happy monday, christina loren. if you're trying to get here in the city, a crash at mcarthur tunnel. watch there there may be some work being done. an easy drive through sauce leyte owe and across the bridge

himself. and your typical build for the tri-valley through livermore and dublin. nothing dramatic there or around the rest of the east bay, across the bay for the san mateo or dunbar bridges, we'll get a live look out there. 92, we talked about that and farther south in fremont, we talked about that. and the northbound commutes for sought bay are all moving close to the speed limit. good stuff for you. >> we like good stuff on a monday. now for the latest from the investigative unit, pg&e says it has high level security in place to protect the grid. 18 months ago, the substation was attacked. following the incident, pg&e promised to make upgrade.

today we go -- how aggressive is pg&e in protecting critical substitutions? the investigative unit made more than a dozen unannounced visits. amongst the largest and critical substations during the day and late at night. >> we spent almost an hour within about 200 yard of this apparent security vehicle. he has not moved. has not asked us any questions. >> would you call pg&e high level security? >> i think, yes, we could ha have -- >> the investigative unit will have the exclusive story tonight

at 11:00. >> over 700 newborns were exposed to tuberculosis. more than 40 employees who came in contact with a sick worker have all tested negative. >> a bay area group helping residents of ferguson, missouri, better track the actions of their police department. the ferguson police department has ordered 50 body cameras. the cameras serve a very specific purpose. >> it's a non-violent observation of the police, where people go out with video cameras and they document the police when they stop members of their community.

>> as part of the initiative, the bay area group is holding classes to help educate ferguson residents on how to respond when stopped by police. critics have said the group's tactics can be inflammatory and read to an. >> 5:23 on your monday morning. starbucks reportedly working on a latte that tastes like beer been

. a little something now on popular beverages. starbucks is working on something a little bit different for its customers. >> there's a report the company is tested out a dark barrel

drink that mirrors the taste of a dark beer. it's getting mixed reviews. i do like a guinness and i do like a coffee. >> you like a guiness? >> yeah. i like a bitter beer like that. >> some things are very nice in their essence and when you pair them, you never know what's going to happen. we know what will happen at 5:26 on your monday morning. we think we're going to get a glowing report from our meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, i got a pair for you, traffic and weather every morning. right now temperatures are mild. we're only going to climb into the 70s for today. 78 in the south bay, you're at

77, and we have a lot to go over, including heavy rain in the forecast. we're talking about that coming up. and as promised, here's my partner in all things traffic -- not crime, traffic. >> we don't do that but if i did, i could plan a good getaway. whoa, whoa, hypothetically. the cash lanes are starting to back up. a little build for the typical westbound. through dublin, we'll get one quick look of the san ma tay owe bridge. easy drive across 92. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >> it's 5:27 on your monday. a deadly crash ties up a major roadway in the east bay overnight. >> plus stanford students can expect an extra lesson as classes resume today. the specific issue that campus leaders are focused on for incoming students.

the king blaze is impacting events from tahoe to reno. >> warnings at a popular swimming spot after an oil spill close to one of san francisco's best known landmarks. >> and new week, brand new forecast and a new season. warm finish to your summer. we officially kick off fall at 7:29 this evening. clouds are going to increase tomorrow. >> and the bay bridge shows an early backup for the cash lanes getting into the city. a crash in the city most affect folks heading across town and a slowdown on 680. >> and new season perhaps, same old bridge, gorgegorgeous, spar on this early morning, of course a live picture of the bay

bridge. it is monday, september 22nd and this is "today in the bay." a good monday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> the king fire burning near pollock pines has now burned an area twice the size of oakland. more bay area crews are joining the fight and the blaze has forced the cancellation of an internationally recognized race. bob redell joins us live from san jose where fire crews are among the thousands on the front lines trying to battle this blaze. >> cal fire is not over the hump yet on the king fire. it's only 17% contained, which is why they are calling on firefighters from bay area to help them out. station nine here in san jose, they've already sent a team of firefighters. here's a photo from the alameda fire department which sent a team of five engines yesterday. they should be on the front

lines as a speak. it's only 17% contained, has grown by 5,000 acres over the past 48 hours, ten homes burned, 10,000 more threatened. as can you imagine that, smoke is having a significant impact on air quality. it was so bad yesterday of the organizers of the ironman race in lake tahoe had to pull the plug on the event just minutes before start time. the air pollution index had high levels of particulate matter, which can get in your lungs. it's not a good thing. a huge disappointment. >> as big a disappointment as it was, everybody was still in very high spirits. we all understand the amount it took to get here, the amount of work, effort and money. >> i claim here to acclimate,

i've been trading for a solid nine months. >> if the ironman had been an event that lasted two to three hours, they could have probably put it on. but it's a triathlon that involves biking, running and swimming. but it was seven hours. reporting live here in san jose, today in. investigators are trying to figure out what led to a deadly crash involving a pedestrian on the east bay freeway. chp officers were called to the scene just after 11:00 by somebody who had hit that prn. now, investigators say it's unclear how many cars struck the pedestrian or why that person was on the road in the first place.

at least one. >> at 3:00 this morning, crews work to clean up an oil spill. stephanie chuang is live with the details for us. good morning. >> reporter: gorngod morning, laura. there will be a lot more than tourist activity. clean-up activity. a world war ii ship is docked behind the submarine and that is the source of the bunker oil spill over the weekend. it happened around saturday around 11:00 in the morning. not too much, we're talking about less than 50 gallons but the concern is the fuel was a heavy grade crude leaking from the s.s. o'brien." the coast guard tried to recover

showing all the boone. >> the cole coast guard has deemed it necessary to take control of the response and we have contracted an oil service response organization to deploy an additional boom and contain what was identified in hyde street harbor. >> as a result, a very pop already swimming spot is closed off. these signs posted all around the aquatic park, no swimming along with the hot line quality line was listed for those upstairs. the u.s. coast guard is also working to make sure it's men mall inpacts of rain life say it shouldn't be very big. >> all good things to know. thanks, steph.

>> this morning expect the roads in the south bay to be a little more crowded than maybe normal. students at de anza and santa clara return to class today. this effort comes after stanford student cam forward and claimed she was raped by another student. she said that student was not punished enough. >> guzman contacted his victims through churches in central and

east contra costa churches. >> the union city police hope the public can help them find an elderly man who has been missing for five days. lee land prior left his home around 11:00 thursday morning and has not been seen since. the department issue a so-called silver alert. he did not have a wallet or sell cell phone on him. zit >> it's 5:37 right now. we want to get a check on the forecast. >> today is the last official day of summer. should we go to the beach? >> considering we have a drought we haven't had to deal with, i can tell you right now we are happy about the new season.

it brings to the an opportunist look at the rain. let me get you out that front door on that good note. live action for you. picture of emeryville. beautiful shot here. mostly cloudy conditions. all across the board we've got this overcast sky this morning. that's what's going to keep your temperatures really comfortable later on today. 72 degrees for the east short. meanwhile, 67 degrees, that not a bad day in san francisco. let's take it right to the futurecast and talk about the main weather story of the week. rain and possibly generous amounts coming into the bay area, wednesday at 10:00, we stop that clock. i think it's looking pretty impressive. if you have to get out that

front door right now, mike is here to show you what could slow you down. >> a brightly little way. everybody is lining the sides of fast track. good if you do have a transponder, if you don't you have to wait in line. if you use fast lane, you don't have to pay anymore so go ahead and pick one up. >> we'll give you a look at the rest of your approach into san francisco. highway 1 at doyle drive, a crash reported may have a little slowing now in toward the dublin interchange down to about 60. >> it is 5:39 right now. as the united nations prepares to address the issues of climate change, some of the world's richest groups get ready to show

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the army veteran accused of scaling the fence and getting into the white house with a knife will be in court today. kris, why the fight against isis is adding new urgency to the security calls. >> the president prepares for a

trip to the united nations this week to try to convince the world to back his plan to defeat the terrorist group isis. there is skepticism as to whether or not the plan that he has will work. >> reporter: chris, some here on capitol hill are concerned it's just not enough and they want to know who's backing the u.s. if we launch more air strikes in iraq or new air strikes in syria. wednesday the president will address a general assembly, chair the security council and push a member that will prevent people from using their passports to go into syria and fight that fight and go back home. the military plan, that plan for iraq on at this point, but he hasn't approved it yet. u.n. ambassador says there are countries backing the u.s., 40

of them but they want those countries to make an against mount. . >> clearly the threat against isis is top on the mind for the president but the president for the secret service is how did an armed man make it inside the white house. 42-year-old omar gonzalez is expected to face a judge for the first time today since this happened. the veteran jumped the white house fence, ran across the lawn and entered the front door of the familiar lip residence. moments later, the man was and henned. >> how anyone, especially in

these days of isis and we're concerned about terrorist attacks, somebody could actually get into the white house without being stopped is inexcusable. >> reporter: on saturday, another man was arrested for trying to drive on to the white house grounds and access the white house from there. the white house fence jumpers are not that unusual. there was one last week even. people do like to get a little closer, but this seems to be the first time. coming up, we'll let you know what we learned about the 42-year-old that is now accused. >> in the bay area and internationally, hundreds of thousands of people rallied this weekend demanding immediate action on climate change. the rally drew a large crowd yesterday. it was one of more than 2,000 demonstrations staged across 150

countries. world leaders are set to meet in new york this week for a united nations summit on climate change to consider a critical carbon reduction agreement. >> we insist take climate action today and we must move toward climate justice, a more equitable, redistribution of our resources. >> california governor jerry brown said he will participate in the summer. >> another major environmental milestone today. more than 50 foundations, institutions and individual controlling $50 billion in assets are pledged to begin pulling their investments from oil and the john and marsha

goldman funds will announce plans as well. >> the ravens' red light reached the planet. haven was stunned the neck and trying to answer questions about the red planet's climate. >> some out of this world type of questions. right now we're going to say within an extraordinary place, the bay area. i guess we've been talking about it all morning long. we are now changing seasons. it is officially fall. >> that's it, summer's out as of today, 7:29. we're going to talk about what that time frame means. we're going to talk about the equinox get into a little bit of what i like to ka science on a monday morning. more science. and this is the kind of fire weather watch that key don't

want to have the at this point they're having a good opportunity, firefighters who are out there. but because of our our drought, it's producing a really, really dangerous environment out there. the winds will shift today. humidity at 95%. you get some really good humidity recovery overnight. as we head throughout the day today, that wind is going to shift again. today the wind will be moving out of the bay area. this is really a warning for people traveling towards tahoe. you want to keep in mind you'll have reduced visibility with the fog and smoke mixing. all the smoke will continue to move toward reno and tahoe as we head throughout the week. that's because we have a couple

of areas of low pressure on the way. that's going to keep our area coming out of the west. plenty of fog carried in off the ocean this morning. your temperatures are really mild out there for the final morning of summer, 63 degrees in the south bay, we're at 64 on the peninsula and 66 degrees right now in san francisco. you're going to hit 67 that cool ocean air will continue to pumpinland all day long. now, as we get into late wednesday into thursday. this system does look very im, we're even counting on potentially a quarter of an inch of rain right here in the south bay and we desperately need it.

like i said before, we're going to talk about the equinox coming up. stick around for that if you can. if you can't, at least help get you where you're going to at exactly the right time. >> the earlier backup we saw still sticking around as you're heading over toward the san heave bridge. not as the slowst looks like it's only affecting the off ramp and not 683 alamo. the walnut street interchange is moving smoothly. a typical slower drive so that's

all. just before you get here. and across the san ma sayio bridge. >>. >> the city council will talk about the report and proposed responses at today's meeting. >> it's 5:51 on your monday. still ahead, the giants rookie whose home run came with a unique autograph from the fan who is caught it.

recalling 221,000 cadillac stss and chevy sedans because the brakes may not retract when used raising the risk of fire. chrysler is recalling 189,000 jeep grand chaerokee and dodge durangos. >> a walkoff bomb by josh donaldson. you see him there as he chucks the bat.

the a's have seven games left and they begin a three-game series against their rivals, angels today. >> the giants still have a shot at the national league west division title. but it all depends on a huge series against the dodgers. game one of the series starts at 7:10 tonight. >> here's the this evening, thes are just a little bit better than the padres. >> sam, we don't say that here. >> and the home run ball came

back with a few messages, some hearts and flowers. the girls wrote happy birthday, love m. >> and there was a message on there that said "beat l.a.," b subliminally. >> last home stretch of the regular season. let's go giants. we're still rooting for you. 66 in san francisco and a comfortable day coming your way for the final afternoon of the summertime. after that you're really going

to notice your days getting shorter, your temperatures cooling off. first let's check your drive and say happy monday. >> with your days getting shorter, the evening commute will get tougher, especially after the time change. the south bay also slows down north 101 from the earlier crash. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. thank you, jack. >> you never know what's going to happen on live television. >> it's a very active newsroom. still ahead, the troubling discovery that has one hospital telling hundreds of parents to test their newborns for tuberculosis. >> and the brazen thief doing her shopping on the porch of somebody else's east bay home.

light rain and cooler temperatures helping crews fight fires in california. >> plus a car slams into a person walking into a bay area freeway overnight. officials are still trying to figure out how many times the victim was struck. >> and oil spills into the bay near a popular tourist attraction. the impact it's having on a popular swim spot this afternoon. >> and it's the final day of summer. warm finish to the season as we head through tomorrow. your clouds increasing all courtesy of a storm system slated to bring us some rain by mid week. your full forecast is just moments away. >> the bay bridge metering lights are on. there's a mattress on fire. we'll let you know what's going on coming up. >> and a live look at the bay bridge. no matter how many times you see