tradition coming to an end. the last freedom train in the nation will make its final trip in the bay area this morning. >> starting off this work week with lots of fog especially across the south bay and the peninsula. little bit of drizzle out there as well and better air quality is on the way later on this afternoon with the return of 70s by friday. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter in for christina loren, with the full forecast ahead. and looking live at the story of the morning, a little bit of fog there at the golden gate bridge but it seems to be pouring on down to the south bay. we're seeing it build, we'll talk more about that forecast on this monday, january 19th. this is "today in the bay." we do have some breaking news to report to you this morning. san francisco store will be doing some major cleanup right now after a u-haul slammed right through the front of the store. people got out, grabbed the goods. you the it on the truck and then

sped off. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is near the front of the store. police are calling this a smash and grab event. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kris and sam. big kind of smash and grab using as you mentioned a u-haul van. we're here at hyde and north point, the pategonia store, the front is completely smashed in and one of the racks targeted in front, several of the racks, these jackets which don't look like much but looking online they're $140 to 200 bucks apiece. two men were involved in this, hopped into a u-haul van and took off, happened within a minute. we spoke with the sergeant who said that there was no police chase, although police officers did spot the getaway van. >> units in the district, after we had given the description of the u-haul spotted it. they were they were able to

catch up to the u-haul. >> reporter: and what is the policy when there's a crime like that? >> usually the pursuit is canceled because it's a property crime. >> reporter: back here live there is at least one security camera there and police are trying to determine if they can get any video. of course that would be extremely helpful in this situation. sergeant wong also saying it looks like someone was probably sent in to case the story beforehand, so that the people involved knew exactly where to go here, again they targeted the front here and also the front over there, really didn't go into the back, cash rentalsters are still in place and that is the very latest live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> we'll see if the police get a visual on the perpetrators there. thank you very much, stephanie. 6:02 right now. two san jose teenagers are under arrest after leading police on a chase that ended with a crash in morgan hill. it all started just before 9:00 last night when a chp officer saw a car swerving on highway

101 and figured out it had been reported stolen. the officer tried to pull the car over but instead the driver kept going and took the east dun avenue exit. officers say the car struck a median, flipping over onto its roof. you see the pictures here. they were tweeted out by the chp. the driver and the passenger ran away but later found and arrested. the boys are 14 years old and they think those teens had been drinking. happening across the country today, hundreds of thousands of americans will pay tribute to the civil rights leader dr. martin luther king jr. >> reverend al sharpton is holding be like king events to honor and promote the work of dr. king. >> and the ninth annual mlk peace walk. >> president obama and first lady michelle obama will both be participating in a community service project in the d.c. area

lsz in celebration of his 86th birthday. >> rob rededd joins us this morning. the final train leaves in less than four hours. there's been declining interest. what is the case this year? >> reporter: thufrl is the last ride at least that's what the dr. martin luther king jr. association is telling us. good morning to you, sam and kris there. for several years people who organized this freedom train from san jose to san francisco have been saying it's on the verge of shutting down because of declining ticket sales. 1600 people rode this train just after president barack obama was elected. so he was elected obviously in '08. the train was in '09. this year the association has only been able to sell 700 tickets, which is a sold out amount but only half of what is needed to keep this event funded. this particular freedom train is

significant because it's the last one still running nationwide. one of more than two dozen started by dr. king's wife 30 years ago. coretta scott king chose the san jose to sf route because it's 54 miles long, roughly the same distance her husband marched from selma to montgomery 50 years ago which inspired countless bay area freedom train riders throughout the years. >> we've been barely running the train for the last five or six years and there's just no interest anymore. >> reporter: unfortunately the interest has waned too much. as i mentioned, tickets are sold out for this morning's train which departs at 9:45. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "nbc bay area news." >> back here to the bay area the last train in the country, thank you so much. >> stay with us throughout the day as people around the country honor the life and work of dr. king. we're not on the air, head to

our website nbcbayarea.com and find us on facebook and twitter. protesters say they're going to be back on the streets again today using the holiday to spread awareness about what they're calling police brutality. yesterday protesters demonstrated in oakland once again. this video here captured by our nbc helicopter showing the demonstrators blocking roads there. oakland police say the protests this weekend were mostly peaceful. four people were arrested to are various crimes including assaulting a police officer. 17 people were ticketed for other lesser crimes as well. >> wildlife experience plan to go out to the shores along the east bay this morning, looking for birds with feathers that have been coated by a mysterious substance. yesterday teams went out in san lorenzo and hayward area trying too rescue threatened birds. the seabirds are being cared for at international bird rescue in fairfield. her here's a look at one of them. more than 150 animals have been

rescued and unfortunately 20 died. the substance they're coated in is described as thick and sticky. >> it is a lot of birds. there was some type of release in the bay of this unknown product. we know it's not petroleum oil. we're fairly certain it's not vegetable or fish oil. it shows up kind of like rubber cement. >> the state wildlife agencies will be testing the substance and the results could be complete this week.a]7p 6:07 right now. we'll take a peek outside the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza there and not a lot of congestion, people observing the holiday or perhaps sleeping in. >> and not a lot of fog either. it seems to have poured down to the south bay as anthony slaughter said it was going to. good morning. >> good morning to you both. in fact that fog has started to make its way down into the south bay, really from the south bay over towards the peninsula, where we look at the worst of it. we have a storm system overhead that's what's kind of making that fog thick out there and also keeping the clouds in place.

unfortunately it's not producing any rain, and for us, that's really what we need unfortunately not going to get that today or on that extended forecast either. what you'll notice the visibility is starting to fall off. across the north bay not that bad. nine miles in santa rosa over towards napa four miles, fairfield dropping down to three miles. last week it was really concentrated across the east bay and the north bay, and this week more so across the south bay because you can notice some san jose visibility down to one mile, even san carlos and mountain view down to 1.5 miles and near half moon bay looks like visibility has fallen down to just a few hundred feet so yes, it is very thick across the peninsula and coastline this morning but elsewhere not all that bad. you can see in palo alto you can make out the cars down below, same for theality month pass through dublin, not that bad, even in san francisco we are seeing improved visibilities. later on this afternoon, temperatures comfortable, 63 in san francisco, 67 for the north

bay and good mix of mid-60s from the east bay to the south bay with sun and clouds in there as well. if you are taking part in that martin luther king jr. day parade in san francisco, it starts at fourth and king and works its way up toward yerba beau with a in a garden. might a light jacket but by 3:00 temperatures climb to near 60 degrees in the city. now because of that system that's overhead right now, mixing out over our atmosphere we have better air quality on the way today. don't have to spare the air. we've had 20 spare the air days over the past few weeks. better air quality today and notice by the end of this upcoming week, 70s across the board, not only for friday, but for saturday and for sunday as well, if you're headed to the beach, maybe think being it already because you see the numbers and how good they look, oh, yeah, santa cruz boardwalk, mid-70s all the way to the upcoming weekend. so if you're already starting to make the plans, guys, back to you. >> motivation is everything. i really like that, oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah.

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here are today's top stories. the end of the line for the freedom train. today will make its last run to san francisco. at one point it was one of dozens nationwide that would commemorate civil rights on mlk day. this year's train is sold out. investigators right now looking at two more suspicious fires overnight in san francisco's castro district. one involved a truck at the

corner of 19th and castro. the other one was outside of a home about one block away. this is just the latest in a series of suspicious fires in the same area over the past two months. >> san francisco police say a u-haul was involved in an overnight smash and grab at a store on fisherman's wharf on tnúç with north beach.ab at a someone drove it through the window of patagonia outlet store and took off with items inside, though leaving the cash registers intact. police are looking for the two suspects who did it. facebook right now is on a hiring spree of sorts. the social media giant is looking for 1200 new employees. some of the jobs revolve around virtual reality. oculus rift a company facebook bought last year is looking to add to its team. oculus rift developed the virtual reality goggles. other open positions in facebook's drone division and status center. it is a regular day at work at apple, and that's caused a lot of criticism for the company.

>> scott mcgrew is not a paid holiday at apple which creates some irony here. good morning. >> it does. number of companies including ibm and adobe do not consider this a paid holiday. before you say wait a second you're at work, we are but nbc considers this a paid holiday. most of our co-workers are off. the special criticism against apple is that apple has used dr. king in advertisements before. this point was first raised by gawker, which by the way also does not give employees the day off today. all the traditional sorts of things are closed, the stock market, for instance. dr. king would probably be alarmed by a report from oxfan that predicts by 2016 the richest 1% in the world will own more than half of the world's wealth. we're now a little less than a week away from the elections in greece. if the serisa party wins or it can create a coalition to take power it would mean that greece would stop its painful austerity

plan which hasn't worked anyway and will thus be kicked out of the eurozone. even greeks don't want to use drachmas so we could see a run on the banks and if greece decides not to pay back its loans it will have no access to money, the government will be market. people voting for serisa know all this but for many reasons the voter, simply out of ideas. speaking of crashing and burning spacex's elon musk sent out this vine video here, six seconds of the first stage of the rocket, the unmanned falcon rocket trying to land on that seaborn platform. it clearly does not work. apparently not enough hydraulic fluid. scientists by the way call this rapid unscheduled disassembly. musk later tweeted out next rocket landing on drone ship in two to three with way more hydraulic fluid. at least it should explode for a different reason. i love that attitude, guys. the thing outside of the tech museum in san jose that says if

you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough. >> that's true. >> i love that idea. >> but his other tweet, it didn't go as planned doesn't really illustrate what happened. >> the rapid unscheduled unstructured delivery. it blew up. >> a mea culpa of sorts. >> luckily unmanned. a hawaiian vacation got off to a rocky start after a scary landing. >> the airlines flight had just taken off from oakland en route to honolulu. the pilot was re-routed to san jose airport after a crack developed in the windshield. plane spotter got this video. the plane landed safely and emergency crews quickly arrived. passengers were able to get on to other flights. no word yet on what caused the crack to form. happening right now, icy roads being blamed for crashes that killed at least five people yesterday in the northeast, by far the biggest crash involved some 50 cars on interstate 76

outside philadelphia. one person died in that pile-up. two others died in a separate crash on a nearby interstate. meanwhile, an incredible story on the west coast, where icy roads were also a problem and if you look at the pictures from oregon on saturday, it's shocking that anyone survived being sandwiched by those two big rigs. this is the man, you can see his face there in the windshield. caleb whitney was trapped in a chevy silverado. >> i was protected. that's all i can say. somebody was watching out for me and i just closed my eyes and hold onto the wheel and it happened to be that everything in the entire pickup was smashed to the bare rim. >> not only did whitney survive the crash, all he suffered was a couple minor cuts. >> unbelievable there. looked like he was in a vice almost. closer to home, the latest surnl of king tides could turn some bay area roads into ponds. king tides occur twice a year.

anthony has been talking about it this morning, when the earth, moon and sun are aligned in a way that causes a strong gravitational pull. king tides also generate high surf. the latest round will stick around through wednesday and then return for the final time of this season at the end of february. and it is time to check the forecast as we look live at san jose, and the fog that was in san francisco earlier this morning has descended on the south bay this morning. meteorologist anthony slaughter here and i would assume that maybe we're seeing some flight delays? >> yes, in fact at sfo looking at over an hour now. you can thank the fog. it happens really almost every day here across the bay area so if you are here living here, either you're used to this but visitle, yes, up to 75 minutes and earlier just about five minutes ago there was an hour delay at washington, d.c. it looks like that's been wiped off the map but if you are doing some traveling to the northeast this morning, it does look like they're looking at rain across

washington, d.c. elsewhere things are quiet. here at home we told you about the king tides. it occurred today, tuesday and wednesday, looking at the main threat comes in the morning hours where we have high tide from 9:00 to 10:15 and this evening the low tide. the really high tide is what's causing the water to pond on some of those roadways especially near sausalito, mill valley and san francisco at the embarcadero the water comes up to the embarcadero so it's really a sight to see but very dangerous if you are doing any traveling. the south bay looking at that thick fog this morning, same for the peninsula. the east bay and san francisco not too bad, but even in the north bay we're looking at patchy fog. later on this afternoon, once the fog burns out of here, plenty of sunshine. temperatures 65 in the south bay, same for the peninsula. east shore at 65. san francisco at 63 and the north bay at 67. we have the fog with us this morning and the cloud cover, because the system is washing out and as it does so it's not going to produce any rainfall and this fog is going to be out of here by noon and everybody

from the north bay down through the peninsula, even the east bay and trivalley and the south bay expected plenty of sunshine, full sun once we get rid of this fog. tomorrow morning we'll wake up to another similar pattern with morning fog as that ocean breeze continues to mix out in our atmosphere. because we are seeing that onshore wind return and that is producing better air quality, in fact we don't have to spare the air today and even across the east bay, we're looking at good air quality. that hasn't been something we've been able to tell you really in over about two weeks so enjoy the outdoors over the next few days. it will feel comfortable out there and at least our air quality will be better. mid-60s for the most part, even as we head towards thursday, we're going to continue a gradual climb. another weak system will move through thursday but not going to produce any rainfall and after that, a big ridge builds in as we head towards this weekend. 71 for san jose on friday, 70 for livermore on friday and if you're making plans for the beach, because i know you are for this monday, yes, we've got you covered. talking about mid-70s in santa

cruz so you may not have it plans up until now, maybe. guys back to you. >> you're just holding on to the good bit of news to get us through the week, anthony. thank you very much. 6:20 right now. authorities in southern california are investigating the death of a popular fitness model known for his television and magazine work. 37-year-old gregç,plit was struk and killed by a train saturday while filming a,tz with two other men, happened on train tracks near burbank. i6 on numerous magazine covers and appeared in bravo's "workout." he failed to move even as the train horns of blaring. others believe they saw him stumble. burbank police have ruled out suicide. a bizarre story coming out of hawaii where professional golfer robert allenby was beaten and kidnapped. surveillance video shows him leaving with a group of people and then allenby says he doesn't really remember much else but he thinks he was drugged.

he was found later in a park. his face was swollen as you saw in the picture, he was robbed of his wallet and of his phone. allenby was in hawaii for the sony open where he missed the cut. he will speak out about his ordeal this morning an the "today" show. a team couple compared to bonnie and clyde was finally caught by police after weeks on the run. 18-year-old dalton hayes' mug shot, he along with his 13-year-old girlfriend are accused of stealing pickup trucks in kentucky and georgia. police arrested the couple in florida yesterday after finding them asleep in one of those stolen trucks. the teen girl's mom has been pleading with her daughter to give herself up. >> called her every day, i've texted her, you know, saying please come home, i love you, i miss you. >> the pair are also accused of using stolen checks in south carolina. hayes is also wanted on a charge of interfering with child custody. the 13-year-old is now in the care of child services. >> and they're lucky to be okay.

6:22. still ahead on "today in the bay" one silicon valley company making big changes to make sure that new parents spend enough time with their kids.

an old school silicon valley company is offering a new school perk. intel is offering eight weeks of paid leave for new parents. the new program is for mothers and fathers and comes in addition to 13 weeks of paid leave it already offers new moms. than adds up to 21 weeks total.

the news comes after the santa clara-based company announced last week that it will spend $300 million to improve diversity in its workforce. nearly three-quarters of intel's workers are male and two of its top 15 executives are women. in the hierarchy of popular baby names, move over jackson and sophia. >> so yesterday. you are no longer the most popular baby names at least not in san mateo county. >> here's a new list from the records office, show that olivia was the most popular girl's name in 2014. and on the other side, lucas topped the charts for most popular boy's name last year. >> emma was the second most popular girl's name, while alexander, nice classic, came in second for boys. for the record, there were more baby boys born in san mateo county than baby girls last year and that holds true worldwide with slightly more boys than girls born each year.

>> just flooding the peninsula with lukes. okay, there are lots of those out there. 6:26 right now. if you match mtv you'll notice something a little different in morning. we'll tell you why the channel is going black and white today. >> that plus shots ring out right in front of the vice president's house. now the search is on for whoever pulled that trigger. and looking live at the bay bridge this morning, a bit of a mysterious shot there. it's a lovely shot. we do know that the forecast looks pretty good if you don't want to wear a sweater today. we'll talk more about that coming up in just a bit.

this morning the president putting the finishing touches on his state of the union address. what he's expected to announce and why it's already drawing harsh criticism. and a little bit of fog out there this morning and some drizzle as well. especially across the peninsula. along with that, better air quality later on this afternoon and if that's not good enough for you, we've got 70s on the way later on this upcoming week.

i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter in for//with the full microclimate forecast. >> anthony giving us that push to get us through the week. right now a lot of fog in the south bay. live look outside downtown san jose. anthony will get into that as well. today's monday, january the 19th and you are watching "today in the bay." >> good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. avoiding bullets not exactly in the job description but vice president joe biden who is speaking at a martin luther king day breakfast this morning is waiting while the secret service tries to figure out who fired off a gun this near his delaware house over the weekend. >> "today in the bay'"''s" tast potts is live on capitol hill. the latest possible threat against a politician this morning. good morning. >> good morning. going back to the fall fence jumper and then just in the last

week or so, the u.s. capitol bomb plot that was uncovered around the same time that we learned about the plot to poison house speaker john boehner, now shots are fired near the vice president's home. this morning, the secret service is trying to figure out who drove by vice president biden's home saturday night and fired multiple gunshots. the secret service heard it, so did a neighbor. one agent saw a car speeding by. soon after county police report more shots fired in the area. >> they're going to be questioning people trying to bring it all together, maybe checking some cameras in the last retail place they passed and see if they can find out who the car, who was shooting and what it's about. >> reporter: an hour after the shooting a man drove by, he was questioned and detained after resisting arrest. he is not charged in the shooting. last week a delaware national guard base the vice president uses raised security after five cars stopped by in two days to ask for directions. authorities found that

suspicion. also last week the fbi revealed separate plots to bomb the u.s. capitol and poison house speaker john boehner. four months earlier a knife-wielding fence jumper made it all the way into the white house. the secret service is under scrutiny. and as a result of that, there's a big shakeup going on in the secret service right now. they've got four top positions where managers are being replaced. >> wow. >> okay, very interesting. tracie potts from washington, d.c., thank you very much for that report. >> i suspect we'll be talking with tracie tomorrow about presidento owbamobama's state o union address. he hasn't delivered it yet and it's already drawing criticism from republicans. >> president obama spent the weekend working on the speech and will deliver it to the first capitol controlled by republicans in quite some time. the president has a huge wish list which includes a tax increase for the rich and more spending on the middle class and poor.

republican lawmakers are lining up against the president's plan. >> and i'll call on this new congress to join me in putting aside the political games and finding areas where we agree so we can deliver for the american people. >> raising taxes on people that are successful is not going to make people that are struggling more successful. >> in terms of the viewership of the state of the union, last year more than a million people watched from their mobile device. the white house expecting to top that record this year. we'll have live coverage of the president's state of the union address tomorrow on our air waves, that begins at 6:00 right here on nbc bay area. maybe the only thing worse than paying taxes is paying a tax you didn't really have to pay. that is apparently what millions of americans will be doing this year when it comes to their health care coverage. the affordable care act requires americans to have some sort of health insurance for 2014, or pay a tax penalty. but the company intuit estimates more than 20 million people who were eligible for an exemption have not filed for that waiver. that means that they paid an

average tax of about $300, which can be easily wiped away for those who qualify. speaking about getting by here, typically you have to do that to get over the bay bridge if you want to come into the city, however, not too many folks out right now as it is of course a national holiday, mlk day. >> it is a lovely weather forecast for those holiday events. we know there are marches and we know the freedom train is running. anthony, looking good. >> it is looking good. we have the fog that's going to run off eventually. after 11:00 we're expecting full blown sunshine across the entire bay area and really it's going to start to warm up over the next few days as a big ring starts to build in place, bringing 70s back to the bay area. not today. we have a cold front moving through right now, kind of washing out and falling apart so that's why we don't have any rain. i think the only thing we're going to get out of this is a little drizzle we mentioned from time to time and yes the typical fog we're looking at this morning. lot of the cloud cover has made its way ahead of the cold front now, so once we get rid of this

fog we are expecting to see plenty of sunshine, even visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile in novato, kind of been the spot this morning across the north bay, where it's been fluctuating. even now in san francisco down to a quarter of a mile and down through the peninsula and south bay looking at visibility anywhere from one to two miles and half moon bay down to less than one mile, only just a few hundred feet there. so keep in mind as you get out on the roads this morning, we're seeing traffic building a little bit but the good news is at least you can actually make out the cities down below and make out the roadway ahead of you so it's not all that bad. we'll be in the mid sects for the south bay, shore and cooler at the coastline of san francisco after the morning fog at 63 and expecting 67 for the north bay. now the martin luther king jr. day parade starts at 11:00 this morning in san francisco at fourth and king and works towards the yerba buena gardens. expect cloud cover for the first half of the day. by 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures

in the 60s. because of the system working its way through the bay area we have better air quality across the bay today. good levels across the east bay and moderate levels elsewhere. at least we don't have to spare the air after 20 winter spare the air days over the past few weeks. finally question breathe in and breathe out without worrying about any dirty air in our lungs. the next few days temperatures remain seasonal but by friday temperatures spike, that's when the ridge builds in and looking at 70s not only for friday but for saturday and sunday as well. so a little something to help you get through that work week. in the meantime, i'll toss it back to you guys. >> thank you. mtv is taking the color out of its programming today tone courage people to talk about race and its role in their lives. >> the tv network is broadcasting its programming in black and white, a first in the channel's 34-year history. mtv will include interviews with public officials and entertainers with personal reflections on race. the metro-looking programming airs for 12 straight hours on this martin luther king jr. day. >> that's a good idea, gets

people talking. 6:36 right now. still ahead, can cows cure ebola? the testing now under way to see if special cows can help fight the deadly virus. plus a disturbing discovery, several razor blades left at a california park on purpose. people injured. details right after the break. looking live at san jose this morning, you can see the area is socked in with fog. we're watching that forecast for today, and for the rest of the week in which we could see 70s. we'll be right back.

an unsettling discovery at a park in san diego. police say that somebody placed at least seven razor blades in the grass near a popular playground. police used metal detectors to find the blades yesterday afternoon after somebody called about the discovery. it is the fifth time that police of this park in the last year and a half. so far a total of three people have been cut by those hidden blades and police say the blades seem to be intentionally placed. researchers hope a herd of genetically engineered cattle hold the key to curing the ebola virus. the cattle were genetically engineered with human dna so their bodies produced human ant bodies. researchers vaccinated them against deadly virus about ebola. the idea is they'll produce an bodies with the vaccine which can be transferred to people.

survivor dr. kent brantly has given more than a gallon of his own plasma for such treatment. when it comes to the spread of california's measles outbreak, researchers say location may ultimately play a factor. they have identified about a dozen hotbeds across northern california. they say are under immunized. that means parents are either skipping their children's measles vaccination or just delaying it. doctors say most of the people stricken with measles have not been immunized. more than 50 measles cases have been in four states, reported i should say from an outbreak that may have started at disneyland. >> the time is now 6:41. the tradition comes to an end, the last freedom train in the nation makes its final trip in the bay area this morning. >> an historic day. plus an update to breaking news right now, thieves drive a u-haul straight through the front of a bay area store making off with some pricey merchandise. the latest on the search for the suspects next. an arsonist on the loose in san francisco. what we're learning about two

new suspicious fires. right now we're going to take a peek outside, the golden gate bridge, not too many people out on this holiday morning and the fog at bay right now at least in that section of san francisco. we're become with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather, after this break.

an update now to breaking news right now. authorities in san francisco keeping an eye out for a u-haul truck that slammed through those windows on the front of this patagolia store in the city's north beach neighborhood. >> chn cstephanie chuang is nea store in north beach. they are calling this a smash and grab and this morning a

search for the suspects. >> reporter: we an north point at hyde near, new york giarardeli square. the front of this store xheetly smashed in. they put up the rope and signs to keep people out. this happened 3:45 this morning. two men in a u-haul van, partial plates ag135 backing into the store and targeting several racks of jackets that can cost up to $700 apiece. store employees are assessing the damage right now. police say the thieves sent someone in to case the store because they knew exactly where to hit, getting these racks of jackets. sergeant fitz wong with the sfpd says the burglary probably lasted a minute or less, very fast, and a police officer spotted the getaway van but did not end up chasing it >> some units in the district after we had given the description of its hurks-haul spotted it and tried to catch up to it. they were speeding away and

unable to catch up to the u-haul. >> reporter: what is the policy when it's a property crime like that? >> reporter: if there's an actual pursuit and the supervisors are notified, usually the pursuit will be canceled because it's like it's a property crime. >> reporter: back here live you can see there's at least one security camera in front where all this happened. police are trying to see if they can make out any more details about who did this, if they're able to get video. the cash registers seem to be here and ul intact. again employees in there trying to assess the damage and clean up the store. they would not say if they're going to be able to open it up for today. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> kind of surprising that the cash registers were there. doesn't quite add up. thank you very much. we also have more breaking- news out of san francisco where it appears the arsonist behind a string of car fires in san francisco may have struck again. this morning firefighters responded to two separate fires within blocks of each other in the castro neighborhood.

just before firefighters doused a fire and half hour later they were called to another fire outside a home on the corner of 18th street and hartford. arson investigators are there right now. five other suspicious car fires have been reported in the area in just the last month >> it is mlk day and happening across the country, hundreds of thousands of americans will be paying tribute to civil rights leader dr. martin luther king jr. in new york, reverend al sharpton will hold be like king events to honor and promote the work of dr. king. president obama and first lady michelle obama will take part in a community service project in the d.c. area. >> the nation's last freedom train will make its time journey from san jose to san francisco. >> and out of that, "today in the bay's" rob redell joining

us, the final train this morning say sellout. >> reporter: it is good morning to you, sam and kris. at 9:45, the annual freedom train will depart here at the station here in san jose from what will be its 30th and as we mentioned final time because the people running it can no long ear ford to keep it running. >> we've been running the train, barely running it for the last five or six years, and there's just no interest anymore. >> there had once been tremendous interest especially right after president barack obama was elected into office. back then, 1600 people rode the freedom train from san jose to sf. this year only 700 people and while yes, that is a soldout crowd it, is less than half the number of tickets needed to charter the ride from caltrain. this particular freedom train is significant because it is the last one still running nationwide, one of more than two dozen started by dr. king's wife

30 years ago. coretta scott king chose this route because it's 54 miles long, roughly the same distance her husband marched from selma to montgomery 50 years ago. >> spent a lot of time reminiscing about what it must have been like for people of that particular era and what the struggles for people and people of color and women. >> want to help the community keep dr. king's dreams alife, and hopefully the kids will see the train and remember. >> reporter: that's robert lopez, one of many who have raised money over the years to try to keep the train running. unfortunately, the interest has waned too much. this being the last freedom train from san jose to sf after 30 years. as i mentioned, tickets are sold out for this morning's train which departs the station here in san jose around 9:45. once it sf the people will march in honor of the late civil rights leader. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay."

>> nostalgic and kind of sad to see this chapter ending. thank you, bob. there's a big push for students to see the movie "selma" this martin luther king day. >> a group of african-american businessmen and women raised money to pay for their tickets. group wants all seventh, eighth and ninth graders to see that movie for free at participating theaters. supporters say students are learning about the civil rights movement but few actually know about the specific historic march from selma to montgomery, alabama. >> if you'd like to find out which 11 theaters in the bay area are taking part in the "selma" for students project, go to nbcbayarea.com and just search "selma." throughout the day people around the country are honoring the life and work of dr. martin luther king jr. when we're not on the air go to our website and we have a presence on facebook and twitter. protesters say they will be back on the streets again today using the mlk holiday to spread awareness about what they call

police brutality. yesterday protesters demonstrated in oakland again, this video captured by the nbc news chopper. protests this weekend were mostly people. peaceful. four were arrested for various crimes including assaulting a police officer. several others were ticketed for lesser crimes. to the surprise of probably no one, fog very much a part of the weather story this morning. this as we give you a live look outside at the bay bridge from kind of an aerial perspective there as we try to figure out what your day is going to be like. >> yes. >> if you're trying to fly somewhere, whether or not you can get out. >> we're looking at delays right now here at sfo but that seems to be the general trend, seems like almost every other day there's delays at sfo. if you're visiting town, keep that in mind. if you're here to stay no, big surprise for you and notice as we zoom out a bit we are looking at delays near washington, d.c., so if you're headed that way, a

little rain causing some delays up to 45 minutes. here at home we have that fog and because of a system that's moving overhead it's mixing around our atmosphere a little bit so later on this afternoon we'll have better air quality but unfortunately for us, this system that's moving through not producing any rainfall, just a little bit of cloud cover and that fog as well and it's going to continue to move through and fall apart and weaken as it does, but just a good enough push of wind that's made its way into our inland valleys, that means for better air quality across most of the bay from the north bay too t the south bay a east bay looking at good air quality and that's great news because we've had really over the past two to three weeks very unhealthy air quality across the bay area. our sky cameras do show the fog and the cloud cover that's out there this morning, especially across the south bay, where visibility is down to one mile, across mountain view and palo alto, visibility to 1 1/2 miles and once you get past the locations not all that bad from the east bay over toward san

francisco this morning. san francisco at 63 this afternoon. 67 for the north bay and a good mix of mid-60s for the east bay, down the peninsula and towards the south bay today. now the king tides have returned across the bay area today, tomorrow and wednesday, and the high tide comes around 9:00 in the morning so again if you are doing any traveling especially across the low-lying areas, especially coming in from the north bay right around mill valley, sausalito, you could be looking at water on the roadways. this happens again every few months here across the bay area so no big surprise there either but notice this is what may be surprising to you as you head towards this week, thursday and friday, we're talking about a big warmup, in fact, friday into this next weekend we're talking about widespread 70s. friday, san jose at 71. livermore at 70 and here's the place to be. santa cruz by saturday, 73 degrees and by sunday even warmer, 74. so yes, a little bit of motivation to get you through this work week. guys, back to you. >> we could always use some of that. thank you. wildlife experts planning on going back out to the shores

along ithe east bay this mornin looking for birds with feathers coasted with some inis tierious substance. yesterday teams went out in san lorenzo and the hayward area to rescue threatened birds. they're being cared for at the international bird rescue in fairfield. more than 150 have been rescued so far and unfortunately 20 have died. the substance is described as thick and sticky. >> it is a lot of birds. there was some type of release in the bay of this unknown product. you know, we know it's not petroleum oil. we are fairly certain it's not vegetable or fish oil. it shows up kind of like rubber cement. >> state wildlife agencies will be testing the substance and the results could be out this week. a woman is recovering this morning after falling from a cliff and into the freezing waters of the san francisco bay. happened around 4:30 yesterday afternoon near the legion of honor museum. the woman floated in the frigid waters for an hour and a half

until rescue crews arrived in boats and then on jet skis. she was taken to a waiting ambulance but was not hospitalized. this morning the extent of her injuries has not been released. 35-year-old lionel aleni is accused of attacking a 28-year-old woman while she was sleeping in the passenger seat of her car yesterday afternoon. police say he struck the woman with a wrench. security guards chased him away when they heard the victim's screams. he was later arrested when he returned to get his car from the casino park. he's being held on $100,000 bail. the woman's condition has not been released. two san jose teenagers are under arrest after leading police on a chase that ended with a crash in morgan hill. it started just before 9:00 last night when a chp officer saw a car swerving on 101 and discovered it had been reported

stolen. the driver kept going and took the east end avenue exit, when officers say the car hit a median on east end near the freeway and flipped onto its rooftop. these pictures were tweeted out by chp. the driver and the passenger ran away but they were later found and arrested. investigators say the boys are 14 years old and they think those teens had also been drinking. a hawaiian vacation off to a rocky start after a scare in the air ended with an emergency landing at oakland airport. the flight had just taken off from oakland en route to honolulu but the pilot was rerouted to san jose after he noticed a crack developing in the windshield of the plane. plane spotter got this video right here, you can see the plane landed safely. emergency crews arrived. passengers were able to get on to other flights and no word as of yet on what caused that crack to form. >> yakz.

scott mcgrew, the stock markets are closed today, perhaps we could talk you go into a gadget? >> i don't not. making an electric drive hub for bikes, you can put it on any kind of bike and gives you a pedal assist, so it's that white thing right there and they call it the smart wheel. >> so inside you have a motor battery, electronics, some blue tooth. so everything in such a small space and fits on any bike. when you start pedaling the motor turns on and helps so you makes it easy to peddle and ride arounded city. >> we tried it out in the small parking lot. the pedal assist is so good you have to pedal and then hit the brakes because it's so fast. it's $1100, just for the hub. that said if you did use your bike to get to work every single day, this would make a lot of sense because it would be cheaper than a car and you wouldn't ever break a sweat because the minute you start

pedaling it's like having somebody you know on a bicycle built for two doing all the work. >> i like that analogy. very good. >> you're also a brave man, scott mcgrew. personally i would think my pants would split if i got on a bike like that. >> i suppose i should have been wearing a helmet, huh? >> yes. >> kids, wear a helmet. >> good life advice. thank you, scott. san francisco police say a u-haul van was used for an overnight smash and grab at a store on fisherman's wharf in giardeli square. they drove through the window of the papagonia outlet, grabbing items inside and speeding off. it is the end of the line for the bay area's historic freedom train. today will t will make its last run to san francisco. at one point the train was one of dozens nationwide that will commemorate civil rights on mlk day. in recent years the interest

just waned, organizers say, and made no sense to run it. this year's train is sold out. are we looking to dry out snt latest search fr. the latest surge from king tides, which generate high surf t will run from today through wednesday with the final series returning next month as well. meteorologist anthony slaughter has been watching that and watching for some fog delays and some 70s in the forecast. >> yes, we've got a gamut of things this week, we've got the fog and the king tides and this morning looking at delays at sfo up to about an hour. temperatures not that bad because of the fog and cloud cover acting as a blanket. once 11:00 hits we see the sunshine and after that this afternoon back into the 60s. san francisco 63 and north bay 67. everywhere else a good mix of mid-60s and then 70s on the way by friday so there's your little push to get through the work week and then next weekend, 70s for everybody. maybe you want to take the weekend off, kris?

>> maybe. >> maybe we'll all go to the beach. with your two kids, too. we'll see you again. thank you so much for joining "today in the bay." good morning. deadly ice storms. freezing rain and black ice trigger thousands of accidents coast to coast. in oregon, a man pinned between two big rigs but miraculously he survives. we'll hear from him. high alert. security boosted at vice president joe biden's house as somebody fired shots near the property on a weekend he was home. was the vice president targeted? greatest of all time. lindsey vonn has broken the top wins record, 63 and counting. and she's celebrating with us live this morning. and super matchup.