hawaii. >> and we have some really hot weather to get through today. feeling that heat tomorrow. could be the hottest day since 2012. we're looking at the south bay and san francisco for that. getting relief by sunday and monday. lots to go over in moments. >> plus, a major change coming to one of the biggest interchanges in the south bay. how your commute around stevens creek boulevard is about to become very different. >> and as you approach that interchange, we'll talk about what you will see as far as the traffic flow coming up as well. >> and a live peek outside. it's clear, it's going to be a hot one as christina mentioned. we'll tell you when and where. it's october 2nd. this is "today in the bay." >> and a good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock.

>> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. major changes to one of the south bay's busiest freeways that could impact the upcoming shopping season. bob redell, shoppers are going to see a relief near steven's creek boulevard. it can get backed up there? >> reporter: absolutely, especially during the holiday season. workers just opened up two brand new on and off ramps that will connect people from beaver's creek to the 280-880 interchange. now, this represents a significant step towards improving that flow of traffic. there's going to be a total of three new on and off ramps. now, this is part of a $62 million project that started in

2012. by thanksgiving, there will be -- that would be another improvement that will help improve the flow of traffic during that shopping season. the project will end next year with the opening of a new flyover from northbound 280 to northbound 880. again, reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> if we can talk about -- >> let talk about one issue at a time. reminder, it is not summer, it is fall. >> fall fashion. we need to pull out the short, right christina? >> and sam has on shorts.

i don't know if they make shorts for someone that tall. he's 6'4". they're always in fashion. it's going to be dangerously hot for some of the people who live out in the east bay/tri-valley region. if you do not have a c-4 today, you're going to try to escape the heat. today we're at 8 at the beach. some of your inland valley spots in the east bay. the hottest readings over the next couple days are going to come in from the south bay. gill roy, for example, tomorrow, 105 degrees. still counting on shower activity for the 13th through 16 ts of this month. get ready, a roller coaster pattern coming your way. right now back to you. sam, laura. >> christina, thank you.

a developing story right now. it's there's fear another person could be infected with the ebola virus. the person is now at a hawaii hospital. and there's worry that the first man diagnosed with the virus may have come in contact with other people. >> reporter: the texas case, the man already diagnosed with ebola. it was just last night that texas hand officials hand delivered orders to four of thomas duncan's close family members to stay home and not have approval -- the family members don't have symptoms s y

stay. a mistake at a local hospital could have costly consequencesduncan was sent home after feeling sick. that means 18 people may have had contact with duncan, monday them five children. the children are being monday serd but, still, there's no enough where i know -- you're just wondering why she came. when she tells me, i got really scared. >> and in hawaii, officials have identified one patient who might have ebola. so far the patient's clinical preducks and it's spread by direct contact with blood or

other bodily fluids. the health department there has to decide whether it's going to do further testing for ebola and if show, so the tests would have to be sent to the mainland for analysis. now coming up in our next report, you'll hear directly from one of the health officials in hawaii. >> there are concerns across the country right now. thank you very much, stephanie. >> ten months after an oakland teen-ager was declared brain dead, the family of jahi is trying to get her medical status changed. the family says new tests show brain activity and they want to reverse her birth certificate. last december the teen-ager went into yard yack arrest and declared brain dead after undergoing a routine procedure for sleep apnea.

if she's declared alive, usfc could be responsible for the health costs. >> police believe this man stole the wheels off of a car in the civic city parking lot. eye ron include the. if you know anything about that suspect, you're asked to please call police. >>nd a purse snatcher is hitting school campuses. police believe she's responsible for thefts at six different schools. they say she steals them during school hours. police say several of the local credit cards have been used at local stores. >> let stee if this morning. >> we are going to be very

successful moving along for motte spots in the bay. we have very level. no big surprises. we will zoom into the south bay where we're going to get a pleasant change. bob redell has been talking about this. 880 has cleared as crews have started to open two of your ramp there is from 880 to stevens creek. the on-and-off ramps continuing to change tonight. we'll see improvement for the next couple of days and early next week, we'll see some folks confused as far as the on-and-off ramp. for the long term, this should add to a better traffic flow through that area. over here tonight, elton john is playing at the saf ten.

>> no real problems. all the way past 580 to the golden gate bridge. and across the bay bridge, we saw all the earlier traffic has completely cleared and now we're on schedule for a nice, easy build. things are going to get really hot. but i'm already a little sweaty. >> don't put on the right guard, mike, or it might turn left today. sam loved that one. he's out of his seat applauding me but you can't hear it. we have mostly clear conditions out there. today is the day you don't want to skip out on the deodorant. here is the reason why: you are going to have some really hot temperatures. we are going to see

everything i'm looking at leads me to believe that. here's the deal. when you have a dry heat you're not sweating as much so dehydration occurs a lot easier so you're not sweating. so dry mouth and fatigue of your first signs of dehydration. you want to make sure you're filling up on water, at least an glasses. ladies, we pay so much money for the expensive creams, you don't want it to all go to waste. we have a really high index, then just as far as you climbed, your temperatures dropped like a rock. right now back to you, sam and

laura. >> it's and a little comedy today, too. >> the a's locker room is now empty. after that hard breaking 12th inning -- heart breaking 12th inning. >> the skipper, bob melvin, says he'll be evaluating things but he has one regret already, not playing veteran adam dunn, his first playoff appearance in his 14-year big league career. dunn has hinted he will retire. >> now to the giants. a live look at at&t park this morning. the stadium is quiet now but it certainly wasn't the case less than 12 hours ago. >> hundreds of fans gathering at

at&t park to watch the game together. as you can see, they enjoyed the 8-0 win. >> i think it's pretty cool. pittsburgh fans did all they could to help their team win. some are bringing hunt are pence sighing with like "hunter pence says i love you on the first day" and "hunter pence creates soup with a park. >> so hunter pence can eat soup with a fork. maybe he's extra human. >> maybe he's a man. >> 5:12 right now on your thursday morning. pepsi is getting ready to debut a brand new product bull you'll only be able to get it through the mail. odd. details next.

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we do have breaking news this morning. police investigating a stabbing at a home in santa clara. it is on cabrio avenue. police say a man was in his home early this morning when someone broke in and stabbed him. the suspect is now in custody. we have a reporter on the scene. we'll bring you more informing when we have it. >> lawmakers are trying to figure out how to deal with the new device that allows anybody to make untraceable guns. they're called ghost guns. anybody can produce one of these for just over a thousand dollars. this week governor brown vetoed a bill to ban those guns, but democratic senator wants to make them illegal. >> they're called ghost guns because they do not have serial numbers and the own verse not undergone a background check because nobody even knows that they exist. >> when we saw senator leon propose his ban on ghost guns,

so when california decided to contemplate banning homemade weapons, we thought this is too good of a challenge to not meet. >> he the sound are disstrp -- >> it is 5:16, just after 8 p.m. in beijing. and leaders are warning of chaos if protesters don't stand down by the end of the day. thousands of students have been protesting, pressing for more democratic process. >> support for the people of hong kong continuing to grow around the globe. this is the scene outside a chinese class lat outside ticket

organizes are called on pill pineaults to post selfees. >> good morning, kate. >> futures are lower after stocks fell sharply on wednesday. a combination of factor may have contributed. first, positive economic data, sparking worries that the fed may rise interest rates sooner than later. worri worried. >> and pepsi is launching its next soft drink brand on the web, selling it only on amazon. it's called pepsi true and has

fewer calories than regular pepsi, made with real sugar and a natural sweetener called stevia. it it will allow them to gauge customer response before pepsi true hits stores shelves. >> santry hundreds of drag queens campaigned to change the policy after facebook forced users to update profiles with their legal names. transgender and abuse victims were they did not reverse the new policy. >> it is 35:18 right now. so you say this is going to be so hot it's going to rival some temperatures back in 2012? >> yeah, 98 degrees, 2012. it's the hottest we've seen it. >> you're stretching the

confines of our memory, christina. >> hey, hey, it all about data. we like to look at data here. it is very hard to get all this information, just for me to find out how much rain it would take to get us out of the drought, that was not an easy feat, but we did that for you. now, we've gone ahead and done the research for you. we know exactly how hod it's going to be in the but, hey, it the south bay and san francisco where we're expecting really warm air. let's tell the story with your satellite imagery. you see cloud arcing up and around that big ridge of high pressure. we've got clockwise flow. as that big ridge of high pressure moss ed we'll see anne

crease fire danger for today and there's a seat advise i didn't in the tierp bay area. it goes into effect at noon and stays all day long. temperatures aren't going to cool enough for you to claek so i want to show you the experience trend. you're at 68 degrees. as of noon, temperatures will climb into the 80s and you'll finish off the day in the mid 80s. and then as we head throughout saturday and sunday, slowly breaking that heat. what will cool us off?

an entire pattern change as we head throughout the 13th to 16th of okt, it shouldn't changed we'll still getting the mott else. >>. >> what's going on up there? i. right now we're looking at the traffic just starting as folks are getting on shift or heading towards their shifts here. northbound 101 in san jose shows an increase in volume of traffic. let's show you the south bay map ps. 101 is not a big deal. there was some early yes debris. it is over here with bob redell will continue to report as folks edge over towards stevens creek. we know what a mess it can be

two mob raltles will owl toult molks about 24 hobz from of of of of of -- we know what a mess can be. two more routes will open tomorrow, about 4 hours from now. a good number of headlights and taillights pass the coliseum. no delay at the bay bridge toll plaza. just a few people waiting to pay for cash. with fast track, you don't have to worry. >> speculation that george clooney's latest marriage was a political move. aw, where's the love? >> i'm sure it's still there. george is genuine. >> she's beautiful! closed captioning presented by frontier ford.

despite the calendar saying october 2nd, it will feel more like june or july. take a look at this. the former home of two of california's form are giants is up for sale. the estate that once belonged to clark gable and his wife is going on the market. it is currently owned by film producer joel douglas, the brother of michael douglas. >> a british bookie thinks that george clooney's marriage is a sly political move.

according to "time" magazine, the book maker puts odds of clooney running for the oval office of 100-1. he still thinks the odds he'll win would be somewhere around 500-1, which is not terribly good. >> doesn't he believe in love? i think they're just a beautiful couple. >> well, physically i don't think anyone is arguing that point. 5:26 right now on your thursday morning. drivers in new mexico have a new reason to drive the speed limit. the highway is kind of singing to them. ♪ >> do you recognize that? it's "america the beautiful," embedded in the rumble strips of route 66. new signs are telling drivers to

go to the speed limit so you can hear it. if you go too fast or too slow, it doesn't play. that's pretty tricky. a production company created the rumble strip for free. it's going to be part of a national television show. >> they want you to slow down so you can hear "america the beautiful." it goes to your patriotism here. >> which we have plenty of. breaking news this morning. a home invasion happened and went terribly wrong. one person stabbed. we're live with the details for you. >> and a south bay principal filing a restraining order against a school board member. what she's claiming coming up next.

we continue to follow breaking news. a man stabbed during a home

invasion robbery. >> plus a possible new case of ebola. this time in hawaii. health officials scrambling to keep that contained. >> and we have absolutely no cooling clouds for today as our natural a.c. shuts off, temperatures soar to levels we haven't experienced since 2012. i'll let up know what that means for your microclimate in moments. >> and in crash in fremont. we'll talk about that all coming up. >> a live look outside this morning from downtown san jose. it is thursday, october 2nd. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> and a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock on this thursday. we're following breaking news where police are investigating a home invasion stabbing that happened about two hours ago.

we're live with what we're just learning about this incident. good morning and what can you tell us? >> good morning. definitely a scary situation for the homeowner here in the 3,100 block of santa clara. investigators are still here on the scene investigating this burglary. police tell me a suspect broke into a home and was then confronted by the homeowner. that's when the homeowner confronted the suspect and they got into a confrontation and the suspect stabbed the victim several times. police say then the suspect fled from that scene. right now they have they do tell me that the suspect was hiding around the corner on the other side of the street and they found him. the suspect was arrested.

police tell me that they have more information that they will be releasing later on but at this point that's all they know so far. the incident happened at around 3 this morning. >> thank you very much, lucetta. >> a developing story now. doctors and health officials in honolulu are keeping a close watch on a patient who may be infected with the ebola virus. stephanie, the new case comes after a texas hospital mistakenly released a patient infected with the virus. >> that's right. there's a lot of worry concerning wesh. >> there's a rb, though it's still unknown whether the

patient has a case of the deadly disease. so far the patient's history and clinical assessment does not. >> you're going to get a lot of people who have a lot of other things that aren't ebola. there's a lot of malaria in that part of the world, there's typhoid. that being said, it's being done this way to be careful. >> that comes from the first case of ebola virus and that's in texas. 18 people have come in contact with the man before he got sick, five of whom are children, after

he went to the hospital feeling sick but went home with a prescription for anty bite bye ot iks. those four kids are be being monitored. now, coming up in about half an hour, why the flu is popping up in this conversation about ebola. >> thank you very much, steph. >> a south bay school administrator is in hot water this morning for allegedly threatening a principal. chris stampolis is accused of threatening the principal of peterson middle school where his son attends school. the prn pal has restraining order a temporary regard against stampoliis and he defines doing anything wrong. >> absolutely not. all of her photos have her in

them, they don't have me. there's no evidence being submitted to the judge of us together. >> if he can't change his ways, i'd like to see him step down. >> the school board right now is defending champless and en. there's holding back the giants. the fans are riding high after a win last night over pittsburgh. >> they are now headed to the divisional series. >> great work last night, job well done. another big series coming up. who will be at home this year again? >> yes, yes, yes! >> kind of reminds you of that great speech from "animal house" by john blue chippy, right? >> so how did they get there?

and giants won 8-0. after the game, bruce bochy. >> he helped us in 2010 at 20 years old. he was battle tested at an early age. he just looked very determined tonight. >> giants not headed home. they flew straight to washington to get ready for the national league division series against the nationalsgame one is friday at noon. jake peavy will be on the mound for the giants in game one. former star third baseman matt williams is in. >> wnbc bare. >> so the giants are hot. >> oh, yeah. >> and they've got the temperatures to match. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren.

>> that was a great game. let's go giants. temperatures are mostly in the 50s. good morning to you, happy thursday. you made it to the end of the week. it's going to be hot today, hotter tomorrow and we will start to cool you off getting into your all-american weekend. temperatures rival. >> you should be running about 15, 20 degrees cooler in most cities. it's completely clear out there this morning. as we get into your afternoon in san francisco, this is what we're expecting. temperatures are going to climb pretty rapidly. at lunchtime, you're at 82 degrees. by 3:00 p.m., you're up to 89 degrees. because of that heat island effect in san francisco overnight, temperatures will be in the 70s. so even baumier tonight. it lab hot one friday night in the city.

95 degrees in the south bay, where we had 77 earlier this week. that 93 today, hotter for tomorrow and cooling for the weekend. i'm scholl you what that means for where you live and we're still counting on that chance for rain. little system out there just won't give up. but now let's check your drive. >> it sounds like "the little system that could." we have the trucks on the truck scales. everybody else moving slowly but northbound. as you head up to el drad owe boulevard, a driver is hurt but up and walking around. the rest of your bay no real surprises. the tri-valley shows that volume

build. south 880 just opening an offramp. that will be an issue for the next few days. that closure -- open right new pins to. >> bob anyone who commutes through the 280 interchange knows how bad that commute can be. what's happened here this morning represents a very significant step towards improving that traffic flow within the past hour, the bally transportation authority has opened two new hon-and-off ramps. you're looking at one right there. this is steph.

>> and tomorrow the third on and off ramp, northbound 880 to stevens creek, again, with new signals. what kind of improvement are you expecting with the flow of these enough on-ramps? >> the new on-ramps with the new signalization will help. we'll control cars here. we'll have signals that will take care of all of that. >> and then just in time for black friday, blumably, are you going to. >> so 880 before monroe -- >> yes, that's will open br thanksgiving. that will separate traffic from stevens creek. >> thank you very much. this is part of a three-year, $62 million project that ends early next year.

that's going to be the big thing, a flyover from northbound 280 to nkd 880, opening up early 2015. reporting live, bob renn del. >> i can't believe we're talking about the holidays already. >> it is ask well, the flight over history could come to a head today in colorado. the tail deand the suit that could soon be spilled and filed against spillman.

this morning we're join by tracie potts. >> it seemed to be an elevator incident that shook lawmakers here and had them questioning whether they needed new leadership at the top. so did the white house. the white house spokesman said the president supported the change at the top. the new man is joe clancy, the interim director for now. he was brought back out of retirement. he used to lead the president's security detail until three years ago when he went to comcast, which is the parent company of nbc and now he's headed back to the secret service. meantime, miss pierson, who testified here on capitol hill for three hours, never mentioned that elevator incident in atlanta. department of homeland security and an independent panel are going to be taking a closer look. >> laura?

>> as they should. thanks so much, tracy. >> new this morning, more rattling news from the nfl. former 49er c.j. spillman now being investigated for another alleged sexual assault. he has not been arrested or charged. officials say he's cooperating the investigation. this allegedly happened on september 20th, the day before they played against st. louis. spillman played for the niners from 2012 until last year. >> students in a denver kookt teachers are staging sick-outs and students are organizing

protests in response to the proposal. the controversial changes could face a vote tonight. >> it's i'm to check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. how are the temperatures looking right now? >> it's really comfortable out there right now, but things are going to change so quickly this morning. hey, thanks for waking up with us each and every day. you make it worthwhile coming in, at 3:30 in the morning because that he what we have to do, my friend. we're could be serving water -- i can only speak on behalf of mike inouye and myself. we're trying to go for it for you guys. san francisco is looking mostly clear at this point. but we don't have any cooling clouds. we're starting out in the 60s. we'll end up close to 90 degrees right here by the city on the bay. tomorrow looks like it could be the warmest day we've had in almost two years here in the bay

area. the reason in is. >> as you can see here, look at this broad area of clearing that extends all the way from the eastern pacific to the four corners region. that's how big and wide and powerful this big mass is. as that moves from land to sea, it's warming up along the way, we're drying out as well and the temperatures will reflect that. 93 degrees, no marine influence you on the peninsula. and that's who one in san friend 80 degrees on the east shore and the tri-valley today at a hot 97 degree gres. as we head throughout your saturday, it's still going to be hot, but we will take your temperatures back down to the upper 80s.

by sunday, look at that, a ten-degree drop-off. on monday and tuesday we're back to average with some drizzle in the forecast. is that will continue through wednesday and we might be looking at shower activity by next weekend. i really am lucky to get to work with such a great guy, mike >> mike: they say greats are the routes. they have that first person we've then list. >> the construction soons construction will continue through 2015 as bob just told us prks but we have a change already. the new off ramp is open, a new signal at the bottom.

this will change the flow and tomorrow folks will have more time. allow for adjustment times in the area. even spectators will say now you kn kn know. >> meeting lights have caused traffic across all these lanes. and the golden gate bridge shows you the traffic flow coming in from the north bay. a crystal clear picture. >> joseph mcmara led the police department from 15 years from 1976 to 1991. he gained notoriety across the

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company has agreed to work with netflix to make four films that will only be available to netflix kreeb. >> happy gilmore and billy madison there, too. great ones. >> tesla said it will be making a major announcement today and ceo elon musk is not helping curb that curiosity. he says "it's about time to unveil the d" and something else been repreet. >> could this something else be a motorcycle or something we've never envisioned. the company has already named dropped its next car and that's

the model 3. it's not due out until 2017. >> so they're watching something. no doubting, it is going to be a shot one. i've got to warn you, temperatures are going too come on strong for today. we're talking about a good 5 to 8 degree jump. yesterday was bearable but today may not be. it might be worth the extra ten minutes to find a good parking spot in the shade this morning. when you leave the office at about 3:00, 4:00, that's hot theest part of the day and it going to be warming your vehicle. just give yourself a little extra time. mike? >> a couple of days ago we saw no glow here but just a hud

joanie, we have the wrt we'll take the maps. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> 5:37 on your major commutes. >> and new action in the mad mccain case. officers not trying to protect the girls' parents. >> plus, a san a clara huge buy one, get one half hour

. as the ebola virus spreads in the u.s., you details about a patient this morning. >> and what drivers need to know this morning. >> and we'll talk about effects in the surrounding area. i'm looking at the build as you're approaching the bay bridge. >> and that heat will build today, coming on rather strong. a sizzling october afternoon, even hotter for tomorrow into saturday. good news, we'll cool you off just in time for the weekend and we're still tracking a chance for rain. >> and no heat just yet this morning as we take a live look outside a darkened san jose getting ready for this thursday morning. it is october the 2nd and you are watching "today in the bay." and a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock.