>> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning, 4:30, i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> yosemite, a cal fire air tanker crashed while fighting a fire yesterday afternoon. last night we learned the pilot died. the crash happened near elle portal road. that's near the arc rock entrance of yosemite, not far from el capitan in half dome. for the fire the tanker was trying to put out, 130 acres and growing. the entrance to yosemite is

closed at this time. we have a crew on the scene gathering the latest details. we'll have a live report at 5:00. >> upsetting news this morning. 4:30 on your wednesday morning. let's find out what's go on outside and check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> ♪ total eclipse that's all. for those of us who are early risers, and, yes, there are some benefit to it believe it or not, you're going to get a xlans cha see it because the next half hour it begins weep have a lot of cameras strategically placed across the bay area. we'll show that if we company plus, we have cool footage. if you are awake and want to poke your head outside and collect it out, you'll get good visibility from inland valley spots. fog out there, temps in the 50s and 60s. speaking of which, mike inouye. >> speaking of fog, golden gate bridge, chp says watch out,

there's fog across the bay. not the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge. the bay bridge may have low clouds as well. here, a smooth drive. on the deck, you're okay on the south side. san francisco side. look at maps, talking about the traffic and weather index, road weather index tied in with. system, orange with mill valley and along the coast, heavier fog, tougher to see, especially 101 at 37. light roll um around -- volume around the bay keeps things smoothly. westbound 580, good amount of traffic despite the early hour. crews cleared the westbound side. eastbound slowing out of livermore toward at altamont. new details about a deadly officer-involved shooting in san francisco. this happened blocks away from at&t park, near second and brine streets as the giants game concluded.

stephanie chuang is live. it started as car burglary investigation. what happened after that? >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. perspective, we're on alley, a few blocks away from at&t ballpark, that way. you can see broken glass and cars parked in the area, but even more so when there is a game. you can tell, of course, it's very quiet now but a different scene 9:00 last night. this is where officers saw at least three people in a car, casing the area. san francisco police say these officers who were assigned to the area around at&t park saw the suspects park their car nearby on the 400 block on brine street and break into a mercedes suv and go back to their car. they approached the suspects right then and saw the driver had a handgun. one officer ordered the driver to drop the gun but when the driver allegedly refused, the officer fired his firearm, hitting both driver and someone in the back while someone in the front passenger seat tried to

run off but police caught him on bryant just 50 feet away or so. the two hit by gun five were taken to san francisco general hospital where the driver died. the second suspect, who was shot, is expected to survive. investigators took the third suspect in for questioning. here at bryant street where the suspects parked their car police found the firearm as well as stolen property from the mercedes. for the of who fired his weapon, he has been placed on a ten-day paid administrative leave, standard protocol. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> last thing you want to hear coming out of a sporting event. for the second time in as many days, investigators say a man exposed himself to a young girl walking in palo alto. the latest incident happened near brian and seal yesterday, blocks from where investigators say a man exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl on monday. both happened blocks away from

the school, an all-girls private school. palo alto police say yesterday someone drove up alongside a 10-year-old girl walking her dog, and the driver asked the girl an inappropriate question through an open window and exposed himself. the girl ran home, and her parents called police. in both cases the suspect described as white man, late 20s or 30s with brown hair. monday's incident the suspect reportedly driving a newer blue pick uptruck. yesterday's suspect driving an old, white volvo four-door sedan. though the vehicles are different, they think there's a chance it was the same man. they've added more officers in the area and asking neighbors to keep an eye out for anyone acting suspicion. new this morning, a stanford professor won the nobel prize in chemistry, william moerner. he and his colleagues figured out how to enhance what you see with a microscope.

giving you the ability to identify a single molecule at a time. this offers a new way to see structure and functioning of cells. he was born in pleasanton and began teaching the stanford in 1998. he's going to share that prize with a german chemist and another american. >> what an honor. two men who police say are responsible for causing chaos in a walmart could enter pleas. cruz charged with attempting to use a gun anding ex-felon in possession of fi arm. investigators say the two were trying to shoplift in a san leandro walmart sunday when they were confronted by a security officer. cruz reportedly pull out a gun and fired several shots. both men were arrested. san jose state holding a meeting to let public know about recent developments with the task force formed after an

alleged hate crime occurred on campus. the commission was created after three of the four students accused of bullying their black roommate were expelled last year. a fourth student suspended. they put a u-shape bike lock around his neck and made fun of his skin. a chance to voice concerns, a meeting nell santa clara, 100 people showed up. planes flying banners rattle their homes and worry crews won't be able to access packed neighborhoods if something goes wrong. >> listen to it try to figure out if we can make the changes and if we can make them, we will. if we can't, we'll find out awhy, crompromise on areas. we'll take it seriously. >> another complaint, noise on game day. some neighbors suggested people who have a problem should go somewhere else when the 49ers

play. >> also clearly more going on in the sports world right now. giants partied well into the night, celebrating a big win over the washington nationals. champagne flying there. a brief celebration because today they say it is back to business. team right now preparing to head off to st. louis. another playoff matchup with the cardinals, another storied franchise, a team they had to beat twice before to win world series titles. >> that's the key. they did it before, let's do it again. giants beat the nationals 3-1. belt kind of put it best. >> it doesn't matter how you get it done, it matters that you get it done and we did that. >> that is googles like a new thing? every player celebrating has a pair on. giants two-run lead early. kratched out two runs only to have the game tied in the seventh. a wild pitch in the bottle to of

the inning gave the giants the lead. closing things out in the ninth. giants win 3-2. >> fans will tell you the win thanks to the lucky charms they brought to the park. check it out. >> necklace, because that's orange and green -- orange and black, because it represents giants. >> i found material in a store and i sent it away, had someone make it into a blazer. here for the world series where pablo hit three home runs. >> that's a cool jacket. >> first of all, you shouldn't be wearing that. thousands of people that think what their rituals are, that's going to dictate, the sports gods. good job, giants fans, wearing your best stuff. >> got to get you baseball pants. what do you think? >> baseball pants on sam? >> this took a -- >> he's so tall. he's such a tall man. i don't know. 57 in concord. 58 in san jose.

they get cut off here. 57 degrees right now. temperatures are comfortable. and you're getting a good shot this morning of that total eclipse. take a look, from sunol. so cool when we get this live with you in the morning. we love experiencing this stuff with you. you can see right now, all you have left of that eclipse as we head throughout the next couple of hours, hopefully we'll continue to clear you out at the immediate coast and you'll be able to sneak a peek on your way to work. you don't want to get distracted. so cool you'll want to look up. give yourself extra time if you're leaving right now, check that out. 70 san francisco. 76 east shore today. 81 on the peninsula. here's the deal. i have extra spring in my step because rain chances are looking better as we head into next week and better for the week after that. that's one thing. also, the weekend around the corner, mike, and we've got

fleet week. got to work for the weekend. >> it's work this weekend with fleet week, congestion through the city but worth it. a great chance to see ships in the military as well. bay bridge crossing over the bay, we'll have that parade of ships coming in friday at 11:00 a.m. bay bridge parade of cars but not a big deal now. no surprise. flashing lights in the corner by the clock. a car that's been sitting in the parking lot for 20 minutes. maps new yo no problem on the to the maze. rest of the bay, easy drive. typical pattern for 580 to livermore and altamont pass. san jose light right now. 101 at 680. palo alto and 101 continues up there bay shore freeway new york delays along the peninsula or san francisco. 280 even lighter than that. 4:41. bay area tech company rumored to be following in the footsteps of

hewlett-packard and possibly splitting up. >> bad news for apple and the iwatch. it may not be doing well with key customers.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." 4:44 on wednesday morning. this morning, there's concern about american troops headed to africa to contain the ebola outbreak. the pentagon says, just over two dozen of the 4,000 soldiers headed to africa will have direct contact with blood samples tested for ebola. >> this is their primary skill. this is not a, you know, medical guys trained. this is what they do for a living the cdc reports outbreak is nearly contained in some areas in africa. a dallas patient infected with the virus is still in critical condition. health official says people who had contact with him are show nothing symptoms, thankfully, of the virus. santa clara county health officials preparing for the virus just in case. the health department is working with doctors and local hospitals

and checking patients' travel histories. they need to find a company to remove and transport infectious waste, also in search of places to live who may have been exposed to the ebola virus while quan r quarantined. bloomberg reporting the company symantec wanted to create two businesses. it comes after a slow year of sales. ebay and hewlett-packard made similar moves. symantec declined to comment on the report. san francisco's twitter has filed suit against the u.s. government. kate rogers live at cnbc world headquarters with details for us. good morning, kate. >> good morning to you. twitter is suing the justice department and fbi. the social media site wants to be allowed to provide more details about the extent of u.s. government surveillance programs and request for information on users from federal agencies.

this morning futures are higher after stocks fell sharply tuesday, as investors fret about slowing economic growth in europe and the impact that could have on corporate earnings. the dow suffers its worst day in two months and posted triple digit moves in 13 of the past 17 sessions. look for minutes from last month's fed meeting later today and earnings from alcoa. the dow dropping 272 points to 16719. nasdaq losing 69 to 4385. teenagers love to shop as we know but fickle buying habits can boost or burst retailers' fortunes. piper jaffrays out with the latest teen retail survey, finds that most kid own a smartphone, no surprise, but two-thirds have iphone and most are loyal to the apple brand, saying their next phone will also be an iphone. but few teens have a smartwatch and 16% are interested in paying that $350 price tag for the

apple watch. piper jaffray says concept of wearing a watches foreign to teens. back to you guys. >> always have it on their phone, the time. new video this morning of a blood moon eclipse. this happened less than an hour ago as the full moon turned red. eclipse happens when the earth's shadow covers the moon, which takes on a reddish hue due to the earth's atmosphere. the next lunar eclipse in april. this was a treat for anybody out to see that. >> what a perk being up at 3:30 in the morning. >> if i had the inner strength and note moat vation, luckily you did. how amazing is this in. >> it's amazing. you can still see it from some parts of the bay area. so it's cool. you have the sun, the earth, the moon, and so, yeah, sun's shadow is what causes that effect. pretty cool stuff, though. i love showing you live things as they happen on our program. a cool opportunity.

east shore, 59. we're at 60. fog n. why san francisco. it's nice out there for today. here's the deal. we are going to boost that heat up for the weekend. and then completely different pattern to dive into as we head through next week. i think it's the one you might be looking for if you want rain. we'll talk about that in a moment. let's focus in on our beautiful day. you had to get through heat. temperatures comfortable for today, not a bad day whatsoever. 81 on the peninsula. temps going to continue to fall as we head through thursday. brief hot streak for the weekend. and as we head through next week, towards middle and end, pattern completely changes. we're talking about cold that we haven't had in months in the bay area and significant rainfall chances as well. so let me focus in on the weekend as we head through friday and saturday. temperatures creep up up offshore flow coming in. temperatures going to come up, dry out there, we're also going to see that fire danger

increase. as we head through next week, temperatures slowly drop back off. you can see here, 80 degrees on sunday for the blue angels fleet week, comfortable conditions in san francisco. notice seven-day forecast temperatures start to fall as an area of low pressure moves into the bay area. by thursday, 8:00, tapping up what we think we're going get in terms of rainfall totals. over a tenth of an inch in san jose. here's the kick, the following week looking act everybody where we could see three to four consecutive days of rain which could produce flooding in the bay area. just want to make sure you're aware, things are going to change. we have to wait for changes but i like to keep you two steps ahead of the game. we'll take a look at what the giants are in store for for the next game. back to you. >> thank you. teachers and staff at california state campuses will be rallying for higher wages. yesterday san francisco state faculty protested marking the 99th day without a new labor

contract. students and other organizations are joining in the fight. teachers have been working under an expired contract since july, leading to demonstrations at csu campuses all week long. today is a milestone for medical, a bay area woman celebrates 30 years of living with a heart transplant. >> lizzie craze, the longest living pediatric heart transpla transplant recipient. >> they told me five years expectancy, here i am today hitting 30 years. >> amazing. lizzie's running marathons, continues to live a healthy life. she works in customer service in silicon valley. yesterday her family and team from 30 years ago, came together to celebrate for a good reason. after the celebration, she's not sure what she'll do today. >> doubt they were planning the 30-year celebration. amazing. >> to thank those doctors, she

was just a baby. >> 5:51. 4:51. let's not get ahead of ourselves on wednesday morning. sharks open the season in enemy territory. how the team plans to deal with the surly atmosphere. >> san mateo bridge. we'll track what's go on further north.

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welcome back. 4:54 on your monday. we are looking at remnants now what was formerly a blood lunar eclipse. christina talking about that all morning long. interesting information to glean there. more coming up. san jose sharks open the season on the road tonight in enemy territory. team will be in los angeles when the kings hoist their stanley cup banner. sharks plan to stay in the locker room during ceremonies. for those that don't want to remember, we won't force you. sharks 3-0 lead last spring but kings came back to win four straight and bounce sharks out of postseason. the game begins at 7:00. >> cover their eyes. that's okay. new year. new year. >> fresh start. neiman-marcus christmas book in the mail. >> this year's book features a number of fantasy gifts including the quad ski. it's a recreational vehicle, use

it on water or land. take it on the water, drive up the sand. other fantasy gifts include peacocks, custom racetracks and trips. the guide features items from 15 to $475,000. something for everyone. >> where on that scale do you think the quad ski is? >> pretty high in many ways. pretty high in the list, on price. >> if you need an alternate way to get around the traffic, drive over the cars. >> i went to school with the quad skis. not sure. kidding. here the end of the lunar eclipse. seeing more and more of the moon. it's changing quickly. if you can see this, this may be a distraction for drivers, letting attention wander. be careful. here's why you might not be able to see it. golden gate bridge, low cloud cover here. not a problem for drivers but issue if you're trying to see that lunar eclipse. look at the maps and even more fog in the orange second in the

north bay along highway 37, novato, san rafael, fog as well. rest of the bay, easy drive. we'll track that altamont pass. getting busy. 456 on wednesday morning. newest nobel prize winner, shoger, stanford professor. how he's reacting to the big win. high-tech burglaries in one city. crafty way thieves get away with over $1 million in electron exes.

developing news, a cal fire pilot dead after an air tanker crashes battling a fire near yosemite. live with the latest details. peninsula police looking for a suspected serial flasher. this time the man accused of exposing himself to a 10-year-old. we are going to get spoiled for today and tomorrow. temperatures will continue to fall. then we'll heat you right back up for the weekend. that means you can hit the beach

comfortably. the big weather story. pattern change coming your way, rain, cold, feeling like fall as of next week. we'll tell you what that means for your microclimate in moments. >> a clear view of a clear drive past the oakland coliseum, not clear in some spots of the day. watch for an early morning warning. >> a clear view of what is left of the blood moon. there's a perk for getting up this early. we're here for you, it's wednesday, october 8th. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. developing news to tell you about this morning. investigators looking into the cause of a deadly crash involving a cal fire air tanker. it went down battling a wildfire in yosemite national park. you can see from the map right here, near ator. rock entrance, not far from el