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

capitan. "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney. the crews had a hard team reaching the crash site due to the rugged terrain. >> reporter: another run at it today. highway 140, this entrance into yosemite is closed. chp here with the road closed sign up. right now take a look at the fire. calling it the dog rock fire. it started about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. it was spreading, cal fire called in the air attack, that included helicopters and s2t air tanker to drop 1200 gallons of fire retardant. about 4:30, a craft slammed into the side of the cliff, killing the pilot. the only person on board. rescue crews had to get through difficult terrain to get to the site. they say the plane had disintegrated. the family's asked the pilot's name not be released yet. it was a military aircraft designed in the 50s to drop torpedoes. cal fire purchased a couple

dozen and used for many years to drop fire retardant. they have had an incident in 2001, two of them crashed in midair fighting a fire. the cause of this crash is still under investigation. as we've mentioned, highway 120 -- rather, 140 closed. you want to foe to yosemite national park, 41 as well as 120 are still open investigation into the crash and what caused this fire in the first place under way. live near yosemite, terry mcscem mcsweeney. the new fire is miles away from another large fire, the meadow fire, sparked last month, burning close to 5,000 acres before contained. the meadow fire spread quickly, catching a lot of people off guard. this gopro video, shot by a daly city man, when the fire moved up their way. the group rushed through the forest to get to safety.

new details on officer-involved shooting near at&t park. gunman is dead and officer is on administrative leave this morning. shooting happened near second and bryant, just as last night's giants game was ending. stephanie chuang live in san francisco. what led the officer to actually open fire? >> reporter: good morning to you. well, police say it all began when officers witnessed three people in a four-dur sedan casing this area, vehicles here. a few blocks away from at&t park, that way on jack london alley. cars parked here. even more during a game. you can see there is broken glass there on the street. the suspects apparently parked their car just around the corner from here on the 400 block of bryant street. now police say this all went down around 9:00 last night when the giants game was still going on. officers who were assigned to patrol the area around the ballpark saw the suspects break into a mercedes suv, go back to

their car on bryant. police say that's when officers approached the suspects, saw the driver had a handgun, ordered him to drop the gun but when he allegedly refused, the officer fired his own weapon, hitting both the drive somewhere suspect. someone in the front passenger seat of the car tried to run away but police caught him almost right away. the two hit were taken to san francisco general hospital where the driver died. the second suspect is expected to survive. investigators took the third suspect in for questioning. this comes just three weeks after san francisco police shot and killed a carjacking suspect who was just publicly identified yesterday as 34-year-old giovanni sandoval of richmond. he pointed the resolvolver at officers. after he allegedly tried to kidnap a woman in richmond and led police on a car chase into san francisco and crashed in the financial district.

back here live at the scene on bryant, police say is where they recovered the driver's handgun as well as stolen property. the officer who fired his weapon has been put on paid administrative leave, and that is standard protocol. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. for the second time in as many days as man exposed himself into a young girl walking in palo alto. bob redell is live in palo alto. they think it might sound the same guy. sounds like a repeat of what we heard yesterday. >> reporter: that's the thinking here at palo alto police department. good morning, sam. they are bumping up patrols in the area because, yes, suspect's descriptions similar. incidents happened back-to-back days, monday and tuesday, and locations very close to each other. police tell us that the last one happened last night. you can see on the map monday's happened on the 1600 block of bryant only a half mile away from yesterday's incident at the

intersection of seale and byron. last night around 6:40, a 10-year-old girl walking her dog when a man in a white volvo pulled up, asked her if she wanted to touch him, exposed himself to her, she ran home where her parents called 911. he was gone by the time officers arrived. she tells police he was a white man, late 20s or 30s, brown hair, wearing a black and blue checkered shirt with white collar. again, driving a white older model volvo sedan. though the suspect in monday's incident driving a newer navy blue full-sized pickup truck, police believe the two are connected. monday around 4:45, the suspect pulled up by a 14-year-old girl walking down a sidewalk on the 1600 block of bryant, he exposed himself and took off. she called 911 on her cell phone and gave police a similar description, again, of a white man, 20s or 30s, with brown hair. reporting live here in palo alto, bob redell, "today in the

bay." >> no less disturbing the second time around. fremont police investigating a string of robberies where thieves stole over $1 million of electronics, all caught on camera. the surveillance videos, you can see suspects walking out with computers and video production equipment. police say at least three tech businesses were hit and believe the same man were involved with all of them. workers say the criminals cased it out the week before by claiming to be building inspectors. they also say the burglars cut phone lines and network cables before they went in. unique plan to fund neighborhood security in san jose shot down by city leaders last night. san jose right now has a $17 million budget surplus. the city councilman proposed taking $2 million to combat the recent surge in home burglaries, he wants to subsidize city residents for buying alarm systems and security cameras but the council nixed the idea.

members plan to use the surplus to hire additional police officers instead. san francisco board of supervisors passed the so-called air b&b law, making it landlords have to register before renting out homes and apartments short terms. renters limited to 30 days and homeowner would have to prove he or she paid the hotel tax. supervisors will hold a final vote in two weeks than could change the landscape. >> the city getting their cut, too a. 5:08. free forecast. >> no charge. >> thank you to our sponsors. good morning. we have a good-looking day coming your way. i've got to tell you, it's one of those days where we are going to be the envy of the nation. there's no major extremes happening now. nation's looking okay for today. could see extreme weather later on tomorrow. severe thunderstorms through the midwe midwest.

talking about temperatures comfortable. you don't even have to use your ac. 57 degrees, comfortable start for you in fremont. starting out in the upper 50s here in south bias well. let me break it down. via microclimate, for wednesday cool start in the north bay. it's chilly out there. a lot of fog at the coast, compressed marine layer, high pressure in control. travel kraushsly. we don't have widespread thick fog. mild afternoon and east, north, south bay valleys. chilly for today, though, in san francisco and immediate coast. meanwhile, in convenient, around the inner bay, just perfect today. cool and foggy at night, sun will set at 6:53. that's your wednesday. temperatures looking comfortable. big weather news starts to come in as we head throughout next week when we bring in the rain and a big pattern change. that's what we're going to talk about in my next report. let's welcome in mike inouye. how's it looking out there?

distractions from the total lunar eclipse. >> just about seeing the moon christina. where you can see through low cloud cover in spots around the bay, it might be a distraction but don't bother look up in the next three minutes, you're not going to see any evidence of that. bay bridge, we see a little evidence of a building commute but a slight build. no real problems. no metering lights, it's only 5:10. map will show you smooth drive down the east shore freeway out of 24, lafayette area. also highway 13, warren freeway, 580, 880 smoothly toward san francisco side. no big drama there farther north, an issue, this orange paint, weather data travels towards the traffic system as road weather index. thicker fog through san rafael, 101, novato, highway 37, valai yo, fog drifting around. smooth drive for the rest of the bay. no major problems, south bay and peninsula at speed. here in the tri-valley, bill out of the altamont and a quick look, expected flow of traffic,

predictable pattern. 5:10. today ac transit's board will look at b.a.r.t.'s plan to add late night weekend bus service. service could begin mid-december if a contract's worked out. ac transit would increase the number of buses along existing routes between san francisco and east bay. ac transit would start service between service and pittsburg b.a.r.t. station which would stop at stations in oakland, walnut creek, pleasant hill. 5:11. stanford professor getting a good wake-up call. >> i'd say. >> just won the nobel prize. congratulations. we'll hear from him, next. >> good news. will teenagers wear the apple watch? a look coming up in business news.

new this morning, stanford professor has just won the nobel prize in chemistry. it's for his work developing new methods allowing microscopes to see finer details than they could see them before. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joining us talk with the professor who had the great achievement. we won't make you say mycroscopy. >> i'll say it. it's one smart thing. w. moerner in brazil. the folks from the nobel institute couldn't reach him. he got the news from his wife instead and admits he got to react differently to the news than had he gotten the official call. the professor shares that nobel prize in chemistry with two colleagues for developing super resolve fluorescence mycroscopy. what does that mean? it means that, remember when you looked through the microscope in high school and saw all kinds of

stuff, right? his work allows scientists to see not cells but individual molecules within the cells, what he calls motors. already scientists using that technology to look at individual proteins within diseases like parkenson's, alt mimer and see things smaller than synapses between the nerves. >> if you obaserve an individua molecule, that light source -- it's a way to measure shapes and motions of how things move inside the cell. >> to bad he didn't develop better skype technology, right? we're excited to talk with him. as mr. moerner was fielding phone calls from stanford university, his wife, us, other media, people were reacting on twitter. stanford saying, congratulations, to professor william e. moerner, winner of the nobel prize, right? but that one's sterile. then they were more excited in

the next tweet. next week, they're like, the farm is now home to 21 living nobel laureates. we did ask mr. moerner for a message to young students. he was like asked questions how do things work, use science and math to figure it out, only way we're going to propel our world forward. >> once again, once again, every year they come around. cal professors, stanford. >> 21. get bragging rights in there somewhere. >> i'll check how many my university has. >> i like how you broke it down. teenagers are not interested in apple's smartwatch technology. or scott mcgrew, watches of any kind. >> teenagers don't wear watches. apple would like to change that with the watch it announced last month due out next year. the stock analyst at piper jaffray says his research shows

only 16% of teens say they would be willing to buy an apple watch. now, keep in mind apple really good coming up with things we didn't know that we wanted. remember, there were rumors of tablet computers that started to leak out, this thing that would become the ipad. nobody could figure out why they needed something that was like an iphone but bigger but didn't make phone calls and the ipad, by the way, turned out to be a success. it can be hit or miss. google glass created a huge amount of buzz and in many ways similar to the apple watch, google's larry page said people are tired of looking at their phones and that's why they'll like google glass, it brought the phone's functionality out of your pocket where you can see it. apple said something similar about the watch, it's easier to go like this than oh, wow, this is -- okay. that's worth $380. walmart is cutting its health insurance for tens of thousands of part-time employees. it appears to be a side effect

of affordable care act. part-time employees can move to the government mandated health care coverage instead of walmart's. it's raising premiums for full-time employees. walmart cutting health care for 30,000 part-timers. walmart was one of the only companies to give health care coverage to part-timers in the first place. put another way if they worked at some other big box discount store they wouldn't have health care coverage in the first place for it to be taken away. for what than worth. >> a perk for a short time. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. >> also, now no watches, relevant what it sounds like. people have replaced them with cell phone technology. >> but you can't check your control fen if someone's talking. >> something to be said for subtle subtle. >> 5:18. not subtle if you looked up in the sky. you saw something absolutely

beautiful if you're up really early. >> 5:18. what's left of the total lunar eclipse. this is coming in from our sunol cam where you can still see. if you watched the karate kid, like me, wax on, wane off. you have the waning phase, what's happening, a bit of the shadow left over. throughout the next 15, 20 minutes it will be done. thanks for waking up with us. that's what you had to enjoy with us. we never get that live activity. but when we do, it's a beautiful thing. 59 degrees, good morning to you, san francisco. we're at 54 degrees to kick off the day in oakland. i want to tell you the weather story of the day, we are waking up with plenty of low clouds at the immediate coast but they're going to burn off quickly. nonetheless, that westerly flow will continue to come in, for us, that means it is going to be cool and comfortable, just about all day long, we'll clear you

out by lunchtime, sunshine, even in the city by the bay today. we'll keep that cooling coming in as we head throughout your thursday. then changes for the weekend. so here we go. 80 degrees from the peninsula today. 77 degrees, comfortable day on the east shore. 84 for the south bay. as we get into your thursday, we take those temperatures down, even more so for friday and then we'll bring it back up as we head throughout saturday into sin sunday. you might be thinking, it's fall, why are we in the 90s sunday? we still have two very impressive weather systems on the way. one on the way as of next week. and you can see here from your futurecast rainfall totals, already tracking the chance, a really good opportunity for a tenth of an inch right here in san jose. and this is preliminary data which is usually off. we could end up with an inch of rain, if everything works out, with more on the way for the following week. we'll talk about that coming up. get ready, though, for a big

pattern change. at this point, mike, it's wise to go out and invest in an umbrella if you have not yet done so. that's right. >> perhaps new windshield wipers, too, if you had a problem as far as visibility goes. some places having a problem with the visibility. i did turn our camera, from foster city camera, moved away from the roadways. we can catch a gap in the clouds. that's the very end of the lunar eclipse that we're seeing more of the moon. we see this happening quickly. no longer a distraction for folk as long the roadway. golden gate bridge view, it's not a distraction. clouds between the moon and the roadway here. smooth drive across but tougher visibility. over on the north bay side. as we look at maps north of san rafael, marin county, a tougher drive. here, south of the golden gate bridge and bay bridge, easy drive developing. typical pattern for this part of the bay, slowing for 580,

dublin. hi slowing highway 84. not a lot of drama as far as speeds. live look through dublin, give you an idea of the volume, going to build from el charro to as it 15 haro. we'll keep checking with you. the nfl will address serious issues with players. the league ready to unveil the new domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse training program. owners will get a first look at the program, expected to be rolled out to the team in the next few weeks. the announcement comes on the same day that adrian peterson appears in a texas courtroom. expected to plead not guilty to charges of child abuse. arrested last month for using a switch to discipline his 4-year-old son. peterson didn't mean to injure the child. he's on played leave until legal problems are resolved. the latest troubles facing

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>> welcome back, everyone. 5:25. nearly half of americans are cutting back on necessities in order to pay for technology. nationwide cnbc survey found nearly 20% spending less on clothing and health care. also going to fewer movies and not going out to restaurants as much. maybe technology's new necessity. >> i was going to say the same thing, though health care important. >> got to take care of yourself, very important. students from the bay area, they're walking to school this morning. >> sounds californian for you, part of the international walk or bike to school day. more than 40 different countries joining, including dozens of bay area cities. this is meant to encourage walking or biking to schools in groups rather than driving alone. annual events began almost 20 years ago with record breaking participation every single year. >> did you used to walk to school, bike? >> no. i'd like to say back when i was a kid i had to walk seven miles in the snow. but, no, i waited for the bus. >> exactly. there you go.

>> standard operating procedure. >> let's collect the bus stop forecast or walking forecast. >> a good day for a walk. remember for kiddos, everybody walking to school, be extra cautious. sun will rise before 7:00 a.m. we're up to 70 later today. 84 for the south bay. more on that rain coming up. back to you. >> we'll look forward to it. 5:27. two men accused of opening fire if an east bay walmart prepares to face a judge. >> easing racial tensions on campus after an alleged hate crime involving a freshman. latte or au lait? cozy or cool?

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>> a deadly shooting blocks from at&t park as the giants game was getting out. what officers say led to the gunfire. we've got big news for you in the weather department this morning. today will be nice. we'll stay comfortable through the end of the week. then we've got a hot streak for the weekend to tell you about. the big story, rain on the way for next week and a pattern change like you wouldn't believe when it comes to that drought. stick around. your forecast moments away. >> you better believe this, the bay bridge toll plaza has cash lanes starting to stack over last five minutes. we'll talk about the traffic flow here as well as a problem across the golden gate bridge. >> a live look outside right now at downtown san jose. christina said we're in for some changes. highs and lows coming up in the next few days. she'll have more on that. check news, weather and traffic. this is wednesday, october 8th you're watching "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay."

>> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing story in yosemite national park where investigators are look into the cause of a deadly crash involving a cal fire air tanker. the pilot, only one on board, died. the plane went down near the arch rock entrance of yosemite, not far from el capitan and half dome. terry mcsweeney joins us live from yosemite where the terrain made it difficult for the crews to reach the crash site. >> reporter: that's true. firefighters don't have any time to rest, mourn the loss of one of their own. highway 140 closed here, western entrance into yosemite national park. they're letting the firefighters get in and out as rapidly as possible. i want to show you something here right now. up to the top of the mountain. you can probably still see the flames burning up there. this is the arch -- the dog rock fire. take a look at video of this fire. started about 2:30 yesterday

afternoon and it was spreading rapidly, so rapidly the town was evacuated 60 people there. cal fire take nothing chances, called in the air attack, that included helicopters and air tankers. those air tankers capable of dropping 1200 gallons of fire retardant. about 4:30 one of the aircrafts slammed into the side of a cliff. crews had to fight through difficult terrain to get to the site, hoping it would be a rescue but there was no rescue. the pilot was dead. and the plane, they report, disintegrated. the family asked the pilot's name not released. the s2t, a military aircraft designed in the '50 to drop torpedoes. cal fear purchased dozens and used over the years to drop fire retardant. two crashed back in 2001 after colliding midair in mendocino county. the cause of the crash and the cause of the fire unknown here. but a very difficult day for

firefighters. we saw a truck load of firefighters pulling out of the fire, i'm sure more coming in as the day goes on because this fire's nowhere close to being contained. live near yosemite, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> the fight against the fear but also that loss that they have, too. thanks a lot. >> very tough. right now, 5:33 on your wednesday. investigators back here in the bay think a man who flashed a young girl in palo alto may have struck again. "today in the bay's" bob redell live at police headquarters there the latest victim younger than the first one. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. recall on monday palo alto police looking for a man who flashed a 14-year-old girl. now they're looking for what they believe is the same man who last night flashed a 10-year-old girl. this happened again not far from p.d. here in downtown palo alto at the intersection of seale and byron, this 10-year-old girl last night 6:40 walking her dog

when a man in a white vol svo pulled up, asked her if she wanted to touch him and exposed himself. she ran home, where her parents called 911. by the time police arrived, this man was gone. i want to put up a map on the screen. you can see how close the flash attack last night was to the one that happened 24 hours prior. you can see location of byron and seale and less than a mile away, a half mile away, actually, monday attack on the 1600 block of bryant. that instance, a 14-year-old girl walking down the sidewalk, around 4:45 in the evening, and in this instance, a man in a newer navy blue full-sized pickup pulled up, trailing behind her, and finally they made eye contact and in that instance he exposed her, took off. this girl, the 14-year-old, called 911 on her cell phone. again, police arrived in this man was long gone.

in both instances, you do have a similar suspect description that was given by the girls. he's a white man, either in late 20s, early 30s, and has dark hair. even though the man yesterday was driving a older sedan, white volvo and the man on monday driving a newer navy blue pickup truck, police believe these incidents are related. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> if that is the case, we hope we find the person responsible. the two men who police say responsible for causing chaos inside a san leandro walmart could enter pleas in court today. cruz charged with attempted murder, robbery, using a gun. and lovato charged with robbery using a gun. two were trying to shoplift in a san leandro walmart sunday when they were confronted by security officer. cruz reportedly pulled out a gun, fired several shots at

guard. both men were arrested. a follow-up now, san jose state holding a meeting to let the public know about developments with the task force formed after alg an alleged hate crime occurred on campus. that commission was created after three of four students accused of bullying a black minority roommate were expelled last year. the fourth student was suspended. investigators put say they put a u-shaped bike lock around his neck and made fun of him for the color of his skin. an officer-involved shooting in san francisco, one suspect is dead, another recovering at the hospital. it happened blocks from at&t park near second and bryant, just as last night's giants game was ending. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in san francisco. and, stephanie, police say it started as a car burglary investigation. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. we are right by south park.

just a few blocks away from at&t ballpark here at jack london alley. shattered glass, this is not uncommon along the streets here. last night with the big giants game, extra officers patrolled the area and some officers saw people park their car around the corner on the 400 block of bryant street after it appeared they had been casing side streets. police say around 9:00 the suspects broke into a mercedes suv parked on jack london alley. the officers approached, saw the driver with a handgun, ordered him to drop it but when he allegedly refused the officer fired his own gun, hitting both driver and a suspect in the backseat. someone in the front passenger seat tried to run away but police caught him 50 feet away. two hit by gunfire were taken to san francisco general hospital, where the driver died. the second suspect expected to survive. investigators took the third suspect in for questioning. this happens a day after we learned identity of a carjacking

suspect shot and killed by san francisco police september 25th. the 34-year-old allegedly tried to kidnap a woman in richmond that morning, stole her suv, led police on a car chase where he crashed in the financial district. he pointed a revolver at officers who then shot 32 rounds at him, killing him. for last night's officer-involved shooting the officer who fired the weapon will be placed on paid administrative leave. there are businesses and start-ups, officers hoping that security camera footage from those places will help in the investigation. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> a lot of times cameras surface. thanks so much. new video of a blood moon eclipse, happened less than two hours ago as the full moon turned red. the eclipse happens when the earth's shadow covers the moon. the next lunar eclipse will happen in april. but for the time being, good to

get up early to see something utterly captivating. not too late to catch a glimpse of something really cool. >> just about, so, we start this broadcast at 4:30. i don't know if you know. but good things happen to those who wake up early and watch "today in the bay." spectacular, spectacular video. basically what happens is you've got the sun here, the earth here, and the moon here. and so the moon falls into the shadow of the sun that was really cool to see and even better. we have more video coming into our newsroom. we'll show you those shots today during midday broadcast. temperatures today are chilly to start. we've got a big-time temperature swing comin way, especially the north bay. we'll fall to our lows at about 6:45 this morning before the sun's arrival. and temperatures are going to be very warm. so we're going to so a good 40-degree spread for today in the north bay. 40 to start, 80s to finish.

88 there. 70 for san francisco. 80 on the peninsula. this is exciting because missed it last year. fleet week san francisco, the blue angels are back. spectacular conditions. notice on this temperature trend, numbers are coming up for the weekend and then we've got rain on the way for next week. we'll talk about this in my next report. but, hey, all families who like a good air show, that's going to be great, single ladies, they enjoy fleet week as well. >> maybe single guys as well. we have folks floating on the seas, both sexes, going to use liberties here. san francisco, golden gate bridge where we do have the parade of ships coming in friday at 11:00, when they'll all come sailing in. hopefully clearer view than now. fog may be an issue for drivers. along this area, embarcadero, fleet week has ships parked, if you're heading there and not familiar with numbering, north of here, north of the ferry build, odd numbers south, that's

the even numbers. rest of the bay, fog in the north bay with orange. rest of the bay, low clouds, no problems as far as traffic flow. slowing starting north 101 in san jose. and the bay bridge toll plaza where cash lanes, now the fas-trak starting to back up. metering lights in two minutes. >> new friends out there. >> mike keeping an eye on things. 5:41. local professor taking home nobel prize. giants move to the next round of the playoffs. we'll show you what it was like inside the locker room after last night's big win and break down what's next for the team.

welcome back. the fbi is asking for your help identifying an alleged isis executioner that could be american. this, as president obama heads to the pentagon to discuss taking down isis with his security team. no easy task. "today in the bay's" tracy pots live on capitol hill with the

latest. what can you tell us? >> sam, the president's going to get an update from experts at pentagon today where we're going with this air campaign and help on the ground, though the administration continues to say no ground troops. serious situation going on in syria right now. meantime, the fbi needs your help they want you to take a look at a picture of a man in an isis propaganda video, they think it's possible he may be american. he sounds like an american or possibly a canadian. definitely a north american accent. you don't see a lot of him. he's got on the mask and camouflage, wearing a holster but speaks both english and arabic, and fbi thinks someone out there may have some knowledge, may have a tip based on mannerisms, his appearance, and his voice, as to who this man is. the federal government has said, as many as 12 americans may have crossed over and may be fighting with isis right now. this man, they suspect, could be

one of them. the fbi now has a page on their website where you can enter anonymous tips of people who you believe or suspect may have crossed over and gone to syria or iraq to fight with this terrorist group. reaching out to the public to try to figure this out. >> good. chilling prospect. new this morning, celebrating in the bay area, stanford professor's just won the nobel prize in chemistry for his work allowing microscopes to see finer details than before. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez just talked to professor moerner. >> yes. he's william but goes by w.e., that's what we're calling him, though the folks from the nobel sfl institute couldn't call him. he's in brazil. he got the news from his wife and said it was more exciting. he got to react differently to that news. the professor, born in pleasanton, now shares that

prize in chemistry with two colleagues who developed super resolve fluorescence microscopy, looking through the microscope even finer than it was when we were back in school. talking about the teeniest molecules within cells which allow scientists to look at connections between -- synapses between nerves and individual proteins in diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's. >> if you can observe an individual molecule, that molecule is like a light source on objects inside the cell, and so that light source is a way to measure the shapes and motions of how things move inside the cell. >> now we got to talk with him right after he learned that news this morning. but he was also fielding phone calls from colleagues at stanford where he's been since 1998 and other media outlets as well. people were reacting on twitter,

stanford university sending out this tweet, congratulations to professor william e. moerner, winner of know pell prize 2014 in chemistry. and then this one revealing more excitement. the farm is now home to 21 living nobel prize laureates. we asked for a message for young students who struggle with science and math. he says ask questions why the world works the way that it does, it's the only way to propel things forward. remember, what he is doing and what he and his colleagues developed was once considered impossible by fellow scientists. by the way, professor moerner will share $1.1 million prize with two colleagues and official ceremony's planned for december. >> excellent. very nice. very impressive. thanks, kris. >> yes, yes, yes! >> raw emotion on display. the giants partied well into the night, celebrating the big series win, in case you couldn't

tell, over the washington nationals. a brief celebration, though. today it is back to business for that team. they are headed to st. louis for another playoff matchup with another storied mlb franchise, the cardinals, team they had to beat twice before to win two world series titles. >> giants beat the nationals 3-1, all close. fun to watch. brandon belt put it best. >> it doesn't matter how you get it done, it just matters that you get it done, and we did that. >> champagne in your eyes, nice googles. giants took a two-run lead early, scratched out a couple of runs and game tied up when bryce harper hit another home run in the seventh. a wild pitch in the bottom gave the giants the lead and they would not cough it back up. steps up to the mound, closes things out in the ninth. giants win 3-2. >> lots of hugs in the dugout. fans tell you the went could be thanks in part to the lucky

charms they brought to the park. check it out. >> necklace, that's orange and the ring, that's orange and black, because it represents the giants. >> i found the material in a store and i sent it away, had somebody make it into a blazer. here for the world series where pablo hit three home runs. >> lucky jacket. you never know. >> you think it's the jacket that's the lucky charm. it's the curly locks. >> lot of superstitions. >> whatever it does to win, we did it. 5:49 on your wednesday morning. we'll check in with christina. what's been an interesting morning. blood lunar eclipse. >> by the way, we like your harass well. >> oh. >> you also have a very flowy head of hair like a field of wheat. but scott mcgrew, he's got my favorite head of hair on any news anger. 5:49. i've told him that. i think you will all agree with me. by the way, it's our reports on

knbr helping those giants win. we know what's going on. 56 degrees in concord. we're at 57, good morning to you, livermore. i know wednesday might not be your favorite day of the week. we want to help you get over the hump to get closer to the weekend. you know what? you might want to make outdoor plans. 59 degrees, good morning san francisco. 55 in half moon bay. 55 degrees right now in san jose. that's chilly for us. this is what we're working with for today. cool start in the north bay. fog at immediate coast. westerly flow continues to move in today. for us, that's that ocean air transported all wait through the delta. it's going to be nice out there as a result. mild afternoon in the east, north, south bay valleys. chilly for the first part of the day in san francisco downtown and at the immediate coast. keep that in mind. just depending on your microclimate, that will dictate whether or not to bring the jacket. yeah, you need it at the coast. you need it in the north bay. you can probably get by snas

jacket everywhere else. 84 degrees for the south bay. not a bad day coming your way on the east shore, 77 degrees. so here's where we're headed as we get into the next couple of days. keep cool you off through friday and bring numbers back up as we get into your weekend. so that means if you want to hit the beach, you can do so comfortably. here's the deal. we're still counting on rain as we head through thursday of next week. looking to measure somewhere around a tenth of an inch here in the south bay. but the bigger news is what's on the way for the following week. a rich atmospheric river potential throughout next week. we could be talking about localized flooding. stick around. more on that coming up. right now, check your drive. mike. >> every time you see that, think of tina turner, atmospheric river. flow of traffic toward san francisco side looks different than typical view of the bay bridge because you can't see lights. low clouds drifting around. not a problem for visibility now

but fog may develop over across the span. it's affecting the golden gate bridge. maps, talking about a smooth flow of traffic. as we take a look at dub len, smooth flow of traffic for 58 on typical build out of the tri-valley. altamont pass toward dublin now, slowing here, south 680 pushing through sunol. we have a crash south 680 south of there, right around mission. reports of a fast lane blocked but we don't have slowing showing up right now. watch that transition between the parkway and mission boulevard itself. track the crash. no major injuries reported. bay looking smooth. fog north of the godalden gate bridge. watching south bay, san jose shows traffic slowing down for north 101. typical, guys. 5:52. more news after this.

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flasher striking again in the peninsula, this time the victim a 10-year-old girl. you made it through the heat. we're are going to get spoiled today through friday. then a hot weekend to get through. the big weather story for the second half of the month, a big-time pattern change, cold, rain. we've got it all in your microclimate weather forecast this morning. and it's a typical pattern, big-time slow at bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on. talk about fremont, the crash for 680. >> a busy commute under way for wednesday morning, nice clear, live look from the south bay. overlooking san jose. it's wednesday, october 8th. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing right now, federal investigators are trying to figure out what caused an air tanker to go down