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 while trying to fight flames in yosemite

national park. the pilot died in that crash. "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney live. the rough terrain made it difficult for crews to reach the wreckage. >> absolutely did. back at it today as the fire continues to burn right now here on highway 140, western entrance into yosemite national park, it is closed so firefighters can get trucks in and out without any other traffic. i can see the glow of that fire. it flares up and then calms down and has been throughout the night. right now i want to show you a picture. take a look at the exact aircraft that went down here in yosemite yesterday afternoon. this is an s2t, number 81, video from october 2009, fighting the loma fire in the santa cruz mountains to bring it home to you. let's take a look at video of the dog rock fire. started about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. it was spreading rapidly.

the town had to be evacuated. cal fire went with the air attack, including helicopters and air tankers, which are capable of dropping 1200 gallons of fire retardant at a time. 4:30 one slammed into a canyon wall, as you mentioned, rescue crews had to fight through the thick, difficult terrain to get to the site. hoping to be a rescue. we heard the plane had gone down, everybody hoping for the best. the pilot, only person on board, was dead, and the plane, they tell us, disintegrated. the family asked the pilot's name not be released. the s2t originally a military aircraft designed in the '50s to drop torpedoes. cal fire reworked them and used them for years to drop fire retardant. you've seen pictures of the red fire retardant coming out of the planes but today the planes are grounded until the cause can be determined. two of them did crash back in

2001, a midair collision in mendocino county. the cause is still under investigation. but the planes are not going up to help firefighters in this effort. it's that much more difficult to fight this fire. live near yosemite, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. more details now. this is the first death involving a cal fire aircraft in eight years. in 2060 a spot plane crashed killing two on board. the cause of that crash was pilot error. new details, one suspect is dead, another at the hospital, this after being shot by a san francisco officer. it happened near at&t park before thousands of fans left the giants game. stephanie chuang joins us that scene. the driver had a gun and did not back down when confronted by police. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. that appears to be the start of

this. now, san francisco police say, this area, right by at&t ballpark, a few blocks away, is particularly vulnerable for criminal activity. you can see here jack london alley, on the ground, shattered glass. that's why they assigned extra officers to the area. last night some officers saw people park their car around the corner here on the 400 block of bryant, after it appeared they had been casing the side streets. that was around 9:00 last night. that's when police say the suspects broke into a mercedes suv parked on jack london alley, they returned to their car, officers approached, noticed the driver had a handgun, ordered him to drop it but when refused they hit the driver and a passenger. both taken to the hospital where the driver died. the second suspect is expected to survive. a third suspect tried to flee. investigators are took him for questioning. this happens a day after we learned i didn't of a carjacking suspect shot and killed by sfpd

september 25th. the 24-year-old tried to kidnap a woman, stole her suv, led police on a car chase where he crashed in the financial district. the officer involve shooting, the officer who fired his weapon has been put on paid administrative leave for ten days, standard protocol for the department. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> multiple examples of this incident now. thank you. for the second time in as many days, investigators say a man exposed himself to a young girl walking in palo alto. "today in the bay's" bob redell live at police headquarters there. they think it might be the same guy in both cases in. >> reporter: three reasons why, lawyer rap palo alto police say one, the suspect's description are similar, two, happened back-to-back days, monday and

tuesday, and three, incidents took place so close to each other. we put this map together. you can see monday's flash attack happened on the 1600 block of bryant, a half mile away from yesterday's incident at seale and bryant. last night around 6:40 a 10-year-old girl walking her dog at that intersection when a man in a white volvo pulled up, asked her if she wanted to touch him, then exposed himself to her. she ran home where her parents called 911, and he was gone by the time officers arrived. she tells police he was a white man, late 20s, early 30s, brown hair, black and blue checkered shirt with white collar, driving a white older model volvo sedan. though the suspect in monday's incident driving a newer navy blue full sized pickup, police still believe the two incidents are connected. on monday, around 4:45, you have the suspect pulling up behind a 14-year-old girl walking down the sidewalk on the 1600 block

of bryant, exposed himself, and took off. she called 911 on her cell phone and gave police a similar description, again, of a white man, in his 20s, 30s, with dark hair, as a result of this, we were out here yesterday saying the same thing. police reiterating it today. they are bumping patrols up in that area because they want to catch this man. again, they believe both incidents are connected, that they are looking for the same guy. live here outside palo alto police, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> everyone needs to be on guard. thanks, bob. a pleasant week thus far here. 6:07 on wednesday morning. a live look from san bruno mountain. ethereal. a lovely picture of the bay area on a day that should be pretty nice. >> let's check the temperatures with meteorologist christina loren. >> you can see that thin veil of low clouds this morning. good morning to you. happy wednesday. temperatures are chilly out there. we do have plenty of low cloud cover at the immediate coast.

but we're waking up mostly clear, just about everywhere else, with exclusion of your north bay valley. good morning to santa rosa. 46. that's a chilly start for you. 57 san carlos. we're at 56 degrees here in san jose. low clouds to start. once those low clouds burn off, we'll keep that westerly flow coming in. for us that cool ocean air will stream all wait through the delta, it's going to reach all the way into the scram valley, for us, you can give your ac a break again. what we're expecting from low clouds. stop the clock on the futurecast, lunchtime, high noon, a lot of the cloud cover peeling back to the coast. but we're still going to have enough of the marine layer formation here to keep that cool ocean air coming in. the fog will roll in between 3:00 and 4:00, and tomorrow cooler. 84 for the south bay. 77 on the east shore, 70 degrees

in san francisco. 88 degrees in the north bay. actually starting to see what's left of that full moon here from our lake observatory camera. we'll show you a closer shot coming up. the big story in the weather department, warm you up for the one and then a major pattern change with cold and rain on the way to the bay area. we'll talk about that in the next report. if you've got to leave, hold up one more moment. mike to help you get to work. >> when did we get an observatory camera? you have that, i don't. the dublin camera, then. a lot of headlights moving westbound through the area. typical bill for the tri-vally. i'm not concerned about 580. 680 shows the build through pleasanton and sunol, that's the concern, as folks make their way south toward fremont, the crest, blocking the fast lane, southbound 680 at auto mall, the off-ramp uses the same exit to get to the roadway, changes name there. no injuries but the crash

blocking the fast lane and the commute is starting to build heading south toward mission boulevard. south bound 880 slows towards hayward. typical past san mateo bridge. you see the map here, bay bridge toll plaza, where metering lights are on, we know you have your backup filling in the toll plaza past west grand and heading in toward the maze. low clouds with visibility on the roads is fine. visibility of the bridge impeded by clouds. golden gate bridge has fog on the northern side. you can't see the south tower and you can't see northern lights across the bay into san francisco. but typical slower drive building into san rafael where there may be fog. under the golden gate bridge friday at 11:00, fleet week. folks might start to come into town early as tomorrow. >> the crowds are coming. fleet week's back. >> high octane, you might say. >> exactly. >> 6:10 on wednesday.

wake-up call of a lifetime, another stanford professor, the newest nobel prize winner. >> who's got it better than us? china apparently. a live look outside. bay bridge from a different angle this morning. looking from emeryville as mike mentioned, haze in the air as well traffic picking up.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back now. a live look at san jose. mostly clear to start. i've got to tell you, though, we've got thick fog at the coast. we'll let you know went that will clear, if that doesn't pique your interest, how does rain and snow in the next seven days sound? yes, lots to go over in your full forecast moment as way. >> i'm curious, i can barely

talk about fremont but i will. 880 moves smoothly. 680 the cash, around auto mall parkway. latest coming up. 6:13, a look at today's top stories. two people shot by a police officer near at&t park last night as the giants game was coming to a close. investigators say, three men broke into a parked car, and when police confronted them, one of the men pulled out a gun. the man with the gun was killed, another man wounded, the third suspect arrested. crews right now trying to figure out what caused a cal fire air tanker to crash yesterday afternoon. the pilot died in that event. he was helping to fight a fire burning near yosemite. >> the person who recovered from ebola is donating his blood to the nbc cameraman who contracted the virus. brantley one of the first americans to contract ebola and has recovered.

now donating his blood for a transfusion treatment for the cameraman working with dr. nancy snyderman in africa. twitter just the latest company to take on the federal government, push back over spying and security. >> scott mcgrew, tech is making progress. >> let's take national security letters as an example. orders from the government to turn over data, not only tech companies not allowed to specifically say how many they received until recently, they weren't allowed to say they hadn't received one. twitter filed this lawsuit against the federal government, saying that violates twitter's first amendment rights. twitter and other tech companies want to assure you and me that, yes, they do have to turn over some secrets but they turn over a very small number and want to be more honest about. meanwhile this morning in the 9th circuit court of appeals a trial starts that could take it farther. the electronic frontier

foundation, among the litigants fighting back against the constitutionality of national security letters and they've been victorious in federal district courts, which is what got them this far. super important case today there. turning to the markets, the dow had one of its worst days in months yesterday. if it feels like the markets have been all over the place, they have. the last 17 days of trading, the dow's moved triple digits in 13 of those days. new this morning, by some measures, china is now the world's largest economy, by gdp we're still number one. but theent national monetary fund says when you measure purchasing power average able of the average person to buy a product, then china is number one. china has four times as many people we do. that's something to keep in mind when you look at thing looks this. ali baba, which ipo'd recently, when it comes to growth, companies that sell in china have a huge explosive path ahead of them. >> man, do they know how to

march. >> everybody together now. >> thanks. yes, yes, yes! whoo! >> bubbly is flying. one giant step closer to the world series now. one nlcs, to be exact. giants and the fans lookly sleeping in after a long night of celebrating. >> wake up. we've got to keep celebrating. game was torture until the end. giants took a two-run lead early, to have the game tied up by harper's home run in the seventh. giants retook the lead in the bottom of the inning thanks to the wild pitch. proved to be the winning run. giants beat the nationals, 3-2, and take the series. >> to be able to do it at home, you know, take the journey that we took, a lot of hard work, a lot of pulling every last bit, a

lot of will. collective effort from the fans, players, from management. it's a great feeling and honor to have an opportunity to go to nlcs. >> we're celebrating with you this morning. next stop, st. louis for championship series rematch against the cardinals. >> hunter pence is the official spokesperson of the san francisco giants. >> he does a great job. >> pumped up about it. huge series, cannot wait, starts saturday. our spokesperson right now at 6:18 on the weather front, a live peek outside at san jose in the still early morning dark at 6:18. it has been scott mentioned a second ago a turbulent stock market, it's turbulent on the weather front as well. all sorts of patterns coming and going. >> talking about gdp, what's interesting is that 30% of gdp is actually, let me tell you, influenced by the weather. that's something that we're really investing our time in, is finding out how weather impacts the economy. so we're going to be bringing

you more of that stuff. i know, i'm a geek, i've got time on my hands. 56 degrees in san jose. 55 in san martin. i can tell you now, we're not looking at anything that is going to drive the markets weather-wise because there's really nothing going on across the nation today. even with that said, still the envy of the nation. temperatures really comfortable, 57 degrees, good morning to you, livermore. 56 in san jose. and 53, good morning, oakland. as we head throughout the day today, i've got to tell you, interesting things happening out there starting with the total eclipse. at this point the eclipse is over, but look at this, the moon still full, starting to set here from our lick observatory camera. it's going to be really cool as we monitor the time lapse from our friends at weather underground. look at how brilliant and bright it is out there. and that's also courtesy of our good air quality. temperatures today work like this. we'll be in the 80s for the most part, inland valley spots, 70s

around the bay. 77 for the east shore. 70 in san francisco. and 84 degrees in south bay for today. here's the deal. everybody wants to know what's the weekend going to be like? that might be what's getting you through wednesday. temperatures are going to creep up but this is it for the weekend after that, they steadily fall as we have major pattern changes coming your way with our next rain event slated for thursday. so we're going to keep tabs on this. it's the week after that i'm really monitoring the 20th through the 23rd. we'll keep you updated on that. it's looking good for us, mike. we sure need that rain. over to you. >> we keep saying we sure need the rain because we keep needing rain. here the traffic flow. glow to the lights, not a lot of moisture in san rafael but more cars. expecting slowing for 101. the maps, the bigger concern is not the speeds because you see green on 101 through san rafael, here's where the camera is, the orange, that's where traffic and weather system tied data

together. orange shows where you may have denser fog on the highway. moved away from highway 101. might be better visibility south of novato, coming into novato out of santa rosa may be an issue in patches. 37 typical build. bay bridge usual flow, slowing at toll plaza approach off of the maze. south 680, we have 680 cleared, just the auto mall parkway off-ramp affected by the crash. slowing towards mission but that's not an unusual pattern. rest of the bay typical. slowing northbound 101 san jose, past the san mateo bridge. a live look at san jose, north 101, first burst kicked in, eased up. now the second burst. 87 should start slowing soon. >> we're getting our 6:00 burst right here, thank you, mike. >> burst of excitement from a stanford professor. he can add a nobel prize to list of achievements. how his wife was the one who broke the news, next.

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folks couldn't reach him in brazil but he was all smiles, very pleased to have gotten that award. the stanford professor, born in pleasanton, shares the nobel prize in chemistry with two colleagues for developing super resolve fluorescence microscopy. there is video today for technology that allows scientists to see into what they consider the nan toe world, something that was considered impossible by fellow scientists. that scientist using technology developed at this lab in stanford to look at not the cell but at individual molecules within the cell. talking about proteins within diseases like parkinson's or alzheimer's and things smaller than the synapses. >> if you observe an individual molecule, it's like a light source on the objects inside the cell, and so that light source is a way to measure the shapes and the motions of how things

move inside the cell. >> next, he's going to conquer skype technology. even as mr. moerner was fielding phone calls from us, stanford, nobel folks and media, people reacting on twitter. first, stanford university, congratulations, and of course that's a nice one. but then, more revealing tweet, more excitement from the next one, is the farm is now home to 21 living nobel prize laureates. there it is. very proud. we asked mr. moerner for a message for our young students who maybe struggle with math and science, and he says, always ask the question of why things work the way in they do, use math and science to answer those questions. professor moerner will share a $1.1 million prize with colleagues. the announcement officially happens in december. >> that, he heard about. >> that, he heard about. >> got that one. 6:26.

we are moment as bay from the opening bell, scott mcgrew joins us next with a look at markets. plus, how the fbi is joining the fight against isis. why that agency wants your help coming up.

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tell tom torlakson to keep fighting for a plan that invests in our public schools. a fiery crash, as you see there, and among the flames a pilot is dead, this after crashing his cal fire plane into a mountain in yosemite. new developments, just ahead. more beautiful weather coming your way for today. i've got to tell you, though, big changes, as of this weekend. we get back into the heat and then we are talking cold, rain, even sierra snow within the next seven days. a lot to go over. i'll give you the time line for your microclimate in just moments. and right here, a look over my shoulder, we know about the backup by the bay bridge. my concern toward the san mateo bridge where it's slow. a new crash may make things tougher toward hayward. >> markets all over the place in the last 17 days.

the dow has been up or down triple digits in 13 of those days. there's the nyse and the opening bell over on the nasdaq, as well, countdown winds down to another day of trading. >> i like when the bell went off a little girl covered her ears. quiet here on the go bridge. if you're just starting your day, wednesday, october 8th. happy you're here. 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. taking down isis, it will be the hot topic when the president meets with the national security team at the pentagon. all of this as the fbi now joining that fight. it's asking for your help identifying alleged isis executioner, it says could be an american. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us from washington, d.c., live. what is the latest?

do we know anything about potentially putting boots on the ground. >> is it a possibility? >> well, it's something that pentagon officials have said could be a remote possibility but this is not what the administration wants to do. frankly, what they want to do now is identify this isis executioner. take a look, the picture, the video, audio that the fbi wants you to see and listen to, asking for the public's help in identifying this man who they believe could be an american or a canadian. he speaks english and arabic in the isis propaganda video, he's masked and camouflage and a holster with syrian soldiers digging their own graves. they think someone can identify him by voice or taking a look at video. president obama, as noted, headed over to the pentagon for a high-level briefing today on what's happening in iraq, what's happening in syria, and the air strikes. just today we learned that

canada is sending six jets plus people and other resources to back up the u.s. in these latest rounds of air strikes. >> thank you very much. 6:31. update to a developing story. crews trying to figure out what caused a cal fire air tanker to crash fighting a fire yesterday afternoon. late last night, we learned the pilot died. he was helping fight a fire burning near the entrance to yosemite. that fire has burned 130 acres and, as you see, it is still growing. we have a crew at the scene gathering the latest details. a live report in 15 minutes. time right now, a look at forecast. 6:30 on wednesday morning. that is a beautiful shot right there of san jose, the cars coming in as people are in fact starting to make their way out to work. nice day. >> beautiful hue of the sky there. a look at the forecast. >> it's still dark enough for people to catch a glim of what's left of the full moon.

good morning to you. happy wednesday. temperatures are feeling like fall to start the day. they're going to be a touch above average later this afternoon. but basically, we are setting you up for a repeat performance, if you liked yesterday, you're going to love what we're cooking up today in the weather department. 55 degrees in half moon bay. 57 in san carlos. and good morning to you, san jose. want to show you something cool. monitoring this time lapse from lick observatory. watch this. as the moon sets, it's so big, so brilliant. you're only going to see it throughout the next 15 to 20 minutes. give yourself extra time before you leave work if you want to catch what's left of the full moon. you can see it from woodside as well. really big out there this morning. 80 degrees on the peninsula later today. we'll abthe 77 degrees on the east shore an i good looking day in the south bay. 84 degrees, bearable, got to tell you, though, bring temperatures down through friday and then right back up as we get into the weekend. but the good news is, we are

still counting on some fall showers as we get into the next seven days. notice on the seven-day forecast, scrolling at bottom of the screen, temperatures going to drop off, and that's fantastic news. as we get into next wednesday into thursday, we're counting on our next round for rain. but it's after that that we're really looking forward to seeing our pattern change significantly. i've got to tell you, my friends, everything i'm looking at for the second half of the month is looking good. so get ready. i will say it mike, invest in new windshield wiper blades if you need them. >> wow, that would be an investment choice, thank you. that's true, they're not cheap. looking toward the san mateo bridge, bridges aren't cheap either but you pay the toll to maintain those. it's moving smoothly, well maintained san mateo bridge moves nicely. a lot of company here. my concern is getting to the san mateo bridge south from 238 jams up in toward hayward. just south of that san mateo bridge we have a crash at

whipple that should be out of the roadway, two cars involved. anywhere north toward the bay bridge, smooth drive, anywhere south of there, no problems. the tri-valley has slowing for 680 toward fremont, the crash at auto mall parkway clear. but watch the south bay, north bound 101 and 85 at bottom of the screen, slowing, typical pattern. the bay crossing over toward the palo alto is moving, we saw with the san mateo bridge and it's a smooth drive for 101, bay shore freeway. bay bridge toll plaza has backup because mountain are on. if it wasn't backed up, that would be the news. but today, no news because it's bad at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> not good news today. >> a lot of people out the door. >> it not bad, it's normal, i should say. >> exactly. thank you very much. it's been a rocky last few weeks

for the markets. open today for a few minutes now. >> let's check the numbers with scott mcgrew. >> smooth from this in desk as well. dow industrials down two points this morning, the nasdaq ever so slightly lower as well. talking about symantec and the rumors that perhaps it might break up, symantec up better than 2% on the talk. there's a live look at smoothness, the dow industrials, up a simple ten. back to you. >> not a lot of activity. see where we'll go. 6:36 on your wednesday. still ahead, his day in court. what vikings star running back former star running back adrian peterson expected to say as he prepares an answer to child abuse charges today. a live look outside at&t park. quiet now. boy, was that place rockin' last night. the giants, they took it. now headed to st. louis for a saturday game. yep, might be an orange october. >> feeling good. cardinals, you're going down. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars

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we will check the forecast coming up in just moments. 6:39 right now. new this morning, home of the quickie wed willing begin marrying same-sex couple this after noon yesterday nevada and idaho joined the states where same-sex marriage is legal. las vegas saw this moment coming and no doubt prepared accordingly. counties of marriage licenses went gender neutral a couple of weeks ago, just in case. >> up to 35 states now in the u.s. suspended minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson will likely plead not guilty in court this morning. this is peterson's first court appearance since indicted last month. he admits he hit his 4-year-old son with a tree branch but never meant to hurt him. if convicted, two years in prison and fines as well currently on leave from the team, pending outcome of the investigation. today's hearing starts in a few minutes at 7:00. 6:40.

up next, suspected serial flasher strikes on the peninsula. this time the victim a 10-year-old girl. also, shots fired overnight just as thousands of fans are leaving at&t park after the game. new details surrounding a late-night police shooting. cal fire plane slams into the side of a mountain trying to fight flames at yosemite. we have the developments next in a live report. live look now outside at san jose. the day begins anew, hope and optimism abound especially for our giants. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news after this break.

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weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >> at 6:43, developing now, federal investigators trying to figure out what caused an air tanker to go down while trying to fight flames in yosemite national park. the pilot died in that crash. "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney live near yosemite. the rough terrain made it difficult for crews to reach the wreckage. >> reporter: it did. they've got more work to do today. i'm here on highway 140, western entrance in the yosemite national park. you see the california highway patrol has the road closed so firefighters can have access to work they have to do. as we look up to the top of the cliff, off to your left, you can see what they're going to be dealing with. you see the fire burning up there smoke coming up, and that is at the top of a very sheer cliff and that's going to play into this story. right now let's take a look at some of the video of the dog -- first, a look at the plane, the exact plane that went down here yesterday.

this is a cal fire plane number 81, the exact one that within down yesterday. this is video from 200 9, october, five years ago this month, as it fought the loma fire in the santa cruz mountains. now, a look at some video of the dog rock fire out here near yosemite. started about 2:30 yesterday afternoon, it was spreading so rapidly they evacuated the town. cal fire not fake taking chances, called in the air attack, including helicopters and the s2t tanker you saw in the video fighting the loma fire. can carry 1200 gallons of fire retardant. yesterday one slammed into a canyon wall. crews having to deal with difficult terrain, trying to get there hoping for a rescue. when they got there, there was no rescue to be had. the pilot dead, the plane disintegrated. the family asked the pilot's name not be released.

the s2t originally a military aircraft designed in the '50s to drop torpedoes. cal fire purchased a couple dozen and has used them over the years to drop fire retardant. you've seen the pictures, but you're not seeing any more of the aircraft flying until the cause determined. two crashed in 2001 after colliding midair fighting a fire in mendocino county. the cause of this fire, the cause of that crash under investigation, hoping to get answers at 8:00 this morning, cal fire announced a press conference. in the meantime, firefighters get no rest. they have a fire to deal with, with a heavy heart after losing one of their own. terry mcsbeenweeney. >> miguel almaguer at yosemite national park this morning. he will continue our conversationage of the story coming up on "today."

closer to the bay, back in the bay, we'll be taking a look at your forecast at 6:46. that as my good friend christina loren would say, my friends, at&t park, at a time when laura, christina, all of us pumped up about the fact we're moving forward to the next stage here, we being the giants, of the nlcs against the cardinals and back at home with hopefully good weather to greet them. >> could be rainy at that point, though. could be rainy. i don't care. i want that right back home. we want them to go as far as they possibly can. what a game last night. you might be bleary eyed this morning if you're like me you stayed up watching the game but it was worth it. we have big changes to tell you about. at this point i'm feeling very optimistic for a very active finish to this month of october. so, starting next week, we get our first round of rain, obviously putting this on the

forefronts of my forecast because you want to know, are we going to get out of the drought? what happens if we don't get the rain we need this year? i can tell you, that will equate to mandatory restrictions. really we need this rain and everything i'm looking at leads me to believe the second half of this month is going to be active. you know what? we kicked off our rainy season, that is good news. hopefully that will maintain. 84 degrees today in the south away still pretty weather today and tomorrow. feeling like california, part of the reason we love living here. temps in the 70s, east shore. same for san francisco. continue to get spoiled in the city for next couple of days. temperatures climb back up as we head through friday into the upcoming weekend. for us, another warming trerngd offshore flow returns. a couple of things we get out of the offshore flow, great beach weather, clean waves and, yeah, looking towards a big pattern change. it might be your last hooray for

summer-like readings. by next thursday planning on measuring rainfall. i'm watching the pattern change for the following week. that's when it starts to look active. so hopefully that will maintain but i've got to tell you, we could be looking at localized flooding. it's feast or famine here. nobody knows that better than mike inouye. zbloorm good morning. feast. here toward this, yeah, like that for oakland, for exampling, totally clear or totally bad. right now totally smoothly i should say, it's not totally clear. easy drive. clear incidents past the coliseum. the coliseum, where we have an event marked, disney on ice, that's a big deal for folks but not the traffic flow. it's a smooth drive toward the bay bridge where metering lights are on. east shore freeway, typical build. across the bay, smooth flow. san mateo bridge, earlier crash at whipple looks like the crash cleared mostly from the shoulder and not as much of a distraction. now recovery from hayward into

union city. the build off of the castro valley y and areas east of there for the tri-valley and 680 and sunol slower speeds, through the 40s. peninsula side easy drive. north bound san mateo starts to build as well as south bay, northbound routes, 101, 85, 87, 280 showing the build typical of this time. palo alto itself, live looking turn cameras south, south of university around embarcadero, a rolling traffic brak. golden gate bridge, fog on the deck and you can't see the south tower or the north tower, that's an issue between the city and north bay but only issue. everything else predictable. >> thank you. new details at 6:50 on your wednesday. one suspect is dead, another in the hospital. this, after being shot by san francisco police officer. it all happened near at&t park last night.

just before thousands of fans emptied the stadium after the giants game. stephanie chuang joining us from the scene. the driver had a gun and refused to drop it, sparking this entire thing. >> that's right. good morning. as you spoke of, this is close to the at&t ballpark. that's why responding officers were here in the first place, assigned to patrol this area as the giants' game was going on. you can see shattered glass on the street. not an uncommon sight here. officers spotted people casing this area, then parked their car around the corner, here on the 400 block of bryant street. police say the suspects broke into a mercedes suv around 9:00 last night, returned to their car, officers approached, noticed the driver had a hand gun, ordered him to drop it. hitting both a driver and a suspect in the backseat they were taken to san francisco general where the driver died. the second suspect expected to survive. there was a third suspect who

tried unsuccessfully to flee, investigators took him in for questioning. this is happening a day after we learned the i didn't of a carjacking suspect shot and killed by police september 25th. the 34-year-old sandoval tried to kidnap a woman in richmond that morning, stole her suv, led police on a car chase into san francisco, where he crashed in the financial district. he pointed a revolver at officers and that resulted in six of them firing 32 rounds at him that did kill him. so, two officer-involved shootings, fatal in a month, this latest officer-involved shoot, the officer who fired his weapon put on paid administrative leave for ten days, standard protocol for the department. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay.." >> sad and avoidable loss of life. o6:52 investigators who thik a man flashed a girl in palo alto may have struck again. the latest victim younger than the first. >> remember, on monday it was a

14-year-old girl. last night, yesterday, tuesday, a 10-year-old girl, this taking place at byron and seale around 6:40 last night, this 10-year-old girl was walking her dog near the intersection when a man in a white volvo pulled up, asked her if she wanted to touch him, and then exposed himself she did the smart thing, ran home, got her parents, called 911. by the time officers arrived, this man was gone. put up a map on the screen, you can get a sense of how close the two incidents respect last night's at byron and seale, over a half mile away was the incident on monday night. that was the 1600 block of bryant street at 4:45 monday, it was a 14-year-old girl walking down the sidewalk, she noticed a man in a navy blue full sized pickup trailing behind her, he eventually pulled over, they made eye contact, and he exposed himself, took off. she called police on her cell phone, 911.

but when they arrived he was already gone. both girls are fine, they're safe, they weren't touched or attacked. but they also did get a good look at this man. and this is why police believe these two incidents are related because the suspect descriptions are similar. they say the man is white, he's in his late 20s, early 30s, and he had dark hair. though in both instances cars were different, they think incidents are related and that's why palo alto police, again, bumping up their patrols in that area which is not far from police headquarters, to try to catch this guy because there's a suspect description similar, back-to-back incidents, monday and tuesday, and locations, again, very close to each other. live outside palo alto police, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> exactly. it's creepy. he continues to come out. 6:54. a meeting held tonight in sunnyvale to give people who live there and near levi's

stadium a chance to voice concerns. a similar meeting held last night. planes flying banners and helicopters on game days is rattling their homes and worry emergency crews won't be able to access packed neighborhoods if something goes wrong. 49ers plan to address all concerns. new this morning, stanford professor of chemistry in physics is a nobel laureate. w.e. moerner all miles as we spoke with him via skype from brazil where he got the good news from his wife. the announcement at moerner's lab, he and his colleagues developed technology that hows scientists to see individual molecules within a single cell. >> if you can observe an individual molecule, then that molecule is like a little light source on those objects inside the cell and that light source is a way to measure the shapes and the motions of how things move inside the cell.

>> easily breaks it down for us. stanford university reveling in professor's moerner's award tweeting the farm is now home to 21 living nobel prize laureates. he'll share $1.1 million prize with his two colleagues. >> pretty good package there. also the farm being stanford's farm cultivating nobel laureates, where we're going with it? >> nowadays, yet. >> future. the young folks weighing in on what they don't and don't like this morning. >> they're not fond of facebook. >> yeah. they say that, but somehow they keep using it. stock analysts from piper jaffray interviewed 7,000 teenagers, four times a year, in their latest report found things that won't surprise. teens spend most money on food and clothing, like they did when i was a teen in the '80s. just like you were a teen in the late '90s laura. other interesting facts here.

t.j. maxx on the list of popular clothing stores for the first time. not high but in the top ten. teens say the next hot thing is leggings and crop tops. now, i want to ask you, what do you think is the next thing they'll ask for christmas? it's gopro. and the number one restaurant, jump in. >> for teens? >> yeah. >> not the cheesecake factory. >> no, it's not barely a restaurant. it's of course starbucks. >> starbucks, interesting. >> i want to mention before i go, tech case hitting 9th circuit court of peels, unnamed tech company will fight with the federal government over national security letters. you have a three-judge panel hearing that argument. we don't know what tech company it is because they're not allowed to say, point of the case. but we'll continue to follow it. >> thank you, scott. right now 6:57 on wednesday. one final check of the top stories.

investigators trying to figure out what caused a cal fire air tanger to crash yesterday. the pilot died. helping to fight a fire still burning near yosemite. >> two people shot by san francisco police officer near at&t park last night as the giants' game was coming to a close. investigators say three men broke into a parked car and when police confronted them, one of the men pulled out a gun and refused to drop it. the man with the gun was killed. another man wounded. the third suspect arrested. one giant step for mankind here, giant kind. closer to the world series. giants and fans, probably sleeping in this morning after a long night of celebrating the win over the nationals last night to take them to the al -- to the nlcs, excuse me. next stop, st. louis, for a championship series rematch against the cardinals. >> a quick look at the forecast. >> you know, we've been talking about the eclipse this morning. show you a time lapse. really cool time lapse from lick observatory. you can see what's left of the

full moon. look at that if you look at woodside ka ra around the peninsula, you can see it. beautiful. 58 on our way to comfortable level. low 80s inland. >> what's going on on the roadways. >> typical build. pattern for wednesday, nothing uninterrupted, expect slower spots like the bay bridge. >> nice start to the today. >> today a milestone. >> for medical history. bay area woman celebrates 30 years of living with a heart transplant. >> amazing. lizzie craze america's longest living heart transplant recipient. the heart she got as a baby just as strong today. >> told my parents life expe expectancy was five years and here i am today hitting 30 years. >> wow. lizzie's running marathons, continues to live a healthy life, good for her. yesterday lizzie's family and friends even doctors that performed the surgery 30 years ago all came together to

celebrate. a good feel-good story. we need more of those. we will see you again hopefully with more good news coming up in 25 minutes. >> that's right. that's when your next local news update is. have a great day. good morning. breaking overnight nbc news learned the american photo journalist battling ebola will receive an emergency blood donation from kent brantly t doctor who survived the virus. we're live at the hospital. >> tragic crash. a plane being used to fight a wild fire goes down in yosemite, killing thepy lot. investigator racing to the scene. scandal. police called to the home of steven collins overnight after getting a report of possible gun shots inside. this after the actor allegedly confessed to molesting three girls dung