>> we may be dusting off the umbrellas in time for the weekend. rain may be headed the to the bay. more in the forecast coming up. >> a couple of slow spots now. i'll talk about the tri-valley as well. that change coming up. . >> announcer: from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay.." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> we are going to bring you an update. a multi-million dollar home still smoldering after flames ripped through it overnight. >> this is happening at a home on los gatos saratoga road along the border of los gatos. kris sanchez has been at the scene all morning long. we understand a woman inside the house woke up to what she called popping noises. >> yes. she heard popping noises. ended up being spray paint cans from an art studio on the second floor.

that floor was fully engulfed. firefighters standing outside, waiting for it to extinguish. it's cover had had in foam. the flames keep coming up and up. the danger is that the whole thing will collapse. the fire investigator says he can't even get close enough to try to determine what the cause mean. it was 2:30 this morning. all of the five people in the home at the time were sleeping. the woman woke up, smelled smoke. went to see what the source w was she woke everybody up and got home out alive. >> i walk around the back and see smoke off the roof. i ended up seeing smoke coming out of a window. i knew the house was on fire. i ran back in, woke everybody up. got everybody out. >>. >> the fire is still burning and that's why the rigs are on the roadway. that's the reason why the road is still closed as mike has been

watching. we have been keeping in touch. they cannot open one lane of traffic here on highway 9. because they have to make sure the rigs are are a safe distance from the fire. listen to the might the fire department had in this area. before the fire they were responding to a bad crash a half mile down the road. a woman crashed into a tree. they had to use the jaws of life to get her out. before that there were power outages. they were running around dealing with that. that's not going to happen with the crews right here. unknown how these things are related. we foe it creates a tax on the subpoena. -- system. strained for resources here. kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> another story developing

overnight and a drop tick rescue in china. a passenger ship carrying more than 450 people capsized, killing at least five people. crews are rescued more than a dozen people after they heard sounds coming from the partly submerged ship. about 12 hours after it went down. the captain says the ship sank kwekly after being caught in a cyclone. >> many lives saved. >> developing closer to home, what went wrong? this morning federal investigators hope daylight could deliver answers as to why a small plane crashed, killing the pilot. >> bob riddell is live near the scene of the crash. now we know the pilot is from the bay area. >> not from livermore. the medical examiner confirmed he 's local. they are not releasing his name yet. the sheriff's office is out by the wreckage. it's a piper aircraft that crashed in north liverhr many.

we are expecting the ntsb to come out here. the pilot had a problem with the aircraft are. here is a clip of his conversation. >> i have a slightle control problem. i'm going to circle and check it out and head back to the president pattern. >> take notice of how calm he was. it's not clear how soon after that bit of conversation his plane lost kro and crashed into the field. you can see in the photos from people who live near the field, they heard the plane crash a temperatured images. the fire department was able to put it out. the pilot did die at the scene.

this is fortunately a remote area. the closest is a good mile away. no one on the ground was in danger. the ntsb expected this morning to get a better sense of what caused the craft to go down unfortunately i willing the one man. >> hopefully his family could get resolution. 6:05 now. happening today a court hearing for the woman accused in a road rage crash that killed a ser vase vis man from the bay area. new cell phone video shows dar la jackson's nissan altima closely following a motorcycle on i-5. you see it spotlighted there. this was last week in san diego. the chp said jackson hit and killed the motorist identified as zachary bi ub, a chief petty officer this the fay vi. he was from san jose. officers say the two got into an altercation on the freeway that led to the crash. jackson now faces murder charges. >> it's 6:05.

this this morning a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in the east bay. it happened friday night on 28th street in oakland, not far from mcclimate high school. this is a photo of the victim royce vaughan. he may have been at a local restauranter or bar in the hours before his death. investigators are looking for a vehicle sip to this one. white toyota sj cruiser. >> now in san francisco, a dramatic end to a dangerous police chase. all of this on camera. you soo police mounting the top of cars. the went down during rush hour next to the popular westfield shopping center. police say the suspect hit several cars and a patrol agent.

everyone will be okay. we know the suspect was a wanted parolee. >> a once beloved day the care worker, now accused child mo mes lester is out on bail. 22-year-old alex kurtz was arrested on suspicion of lewd acts on a child. he was taken into custody at the school. his alleged victim attended the after school program there last year. the alleged molestation happened in december of last year. last night parents had an emotion al meeting with police. >> it breaks my heart somebody had to go through it pt. >> i hope it never happens again. >> ongoing investigation. so far, no other victims have come forwardment. >> the san francisco giants are looking at opposition as they try to develop the area around at&t park. sp giants are building a 28-acre

development that would include 1500 housing units and three 22 story buildings. that goes to voters in november. jane kemp says she'll introduce a competing measure today taking the oomph out of the plan. they want to reduce the buildings to half the size with more affordable housing. whichever he sure receives more votes could win out. >> it's 6:08 now. we are winning in the weather department. look at the top of the trans america pyramid. you can barely make it outment. >> the giants will look to try to get back. maybe the wind will be at their back. >> good morning. heading out the door to an absolutely beautiful day. it's tuesday. get a look at mount tam as we see the fog rolling over the mountains and sunshine through the morning commute.

may encounter fog as you head out. here are the headlines. clouds to start the day. by lunchtime it will be clearing with a warm, breezy afternoon. the fog returns. sun set at 8:26. those days are getting longer. 57 degrees. santa rosa, a chilly 49 degrees as you start the day. micro climate forecast through the afternoon. morgan hill, now seeing highs reaching 79 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds. redwood city, 71 degrees. san francisco for the marina. 63 degrees and the north bay, napa, 76. upper 60s to 70s for the east bay and the tri-valley warming into the up you were 70s and looking ahead to the next three days. by friday we see temperatures warming into the 70s for the

south bay peninsula. upper 60s in the forecast. overall the general trend will be for a touch warmer air in time for the weekend. we may also be track aring rain. another look. how traffic is flowing with meek. >> as you would expect we have some of the traffic starting to build. unexpected it's a lighter flow. well we have been talking about it. as far as the volume goes even today. look at northbound 101. just north of this shot. we'll sow you the happen. the arrow points to the camera. 87, 85, 280. not even the yellow zone. not even dipping below the speed limit yet. that will kick in in about a half an hour. over here we have continuing highway 9 with the closure because of the fire that kris sanchez is reportingment the

reroute over to santa cruz gets you back to highway 9 and 17 where with where tim said you could see the smoke from the fire. that will be at least a distraction. not a lot of slowing. the rest of the day looks standard. the tri-valley has the build. standard pattern, lighter flow. the bay bridge toll plaza shows it as well. i want to point out the golden gate bridge shot here. they are hitting the roadways. that's a to or from the north bay. >> there is a bridge there? system is. >> trust me. i see the cars. >> it's june gloom. up next, preventing a disaster in the oakland hills. what some want to do with trees and why some say not so fast. >> there's been a shake up at cisco and hand made signs. that's coming up.

breaking news. government officials say five flights were named in bomb threats. four of the five flightses are are on the ground already. the airline said the the threats have been determined to be not credible. go of the flights involve san francisco airport. one is a united airlines flight to chicago still on the ground. the other is still in the area. a korean airlines flight number 23 are from seoul. that will land shortly after # 11:00. the threats are similar to previous threat overseas the last two weeks suggesting chemical weapons are on board. today's threats are of low concern but all claims are being checked out of an abundance of caution. >> ellen pou headed back to court. >> she's appealing the the case. that will cost her a good amount of cash. >> close to a million dollars. she lost her civil lawsuit against cliner perkins with the

jury clearing them on all points meaning pao who brought the suit has to pay their legal fees. clinerer said it would waive the fees if she didn't a peel the case. pao filed an intention to appeal with superior court monday. in it she and her lawyers do not say what they will be appealing. you don't appeal a verdict. you have to name an error in the trial. she has 40 days to spell out what the error is cisco's chief officer is leaving. it's not uncommon to see top executives leave during a change in leadership. turning to your money, a squeaker of a win on wall street means we are positive for the month. sometimes you will hear the term june swoon. it's a period of negativity by trader ifs june.

i saw this website the other day. it's called trash day. it says it is a service to take your trash to the curb for you. never take the trash out again, it says. let us do it for you. here is a closer look, walking you through it. we put your cans out, it says. your trash is picked up. we put your cans back. here is the big question. is this real or satire? i have contacted the company and forthing. i would like to get your vote, sam a and laura. realer or not real? >> i think it's real. >> i have a realisticer hear for laura. >> sam? >> trash? >> this is an app. they rl roll your trash out. >> i'm going with real. any service on demand. >> i figured at least one not real vote.

real and not -- well with, your picture went away. >> the reason i bring it up is we are even having a conversation about whether or not a service is real or not real shows i think that san francisco and tech in general has gotten a little bubbly. tosh it's real. >> i think it is though. >> roll aring the trash cans to the curb. >> that's why i have a husband. >> he's real. >> he's definitely real. >> we'll see at some point. >> i'm voting not realment. >> i love those shots. >> we need to retake those. >> millions of dollars to boost fire safety in the oakland hills. >> it's fuelling a big debate. "today in the bay" stefan many any trung here to explain the

vote and the controversy. homes in the hills surrounded by trees small and big. some people who live if in the area are worried the plan is too dras are tick. some of the most vocal against the plan you are survived the fire storm that killed 25 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes. they are worried about eradication of trees like the eucalyptus, mud slides and herbicides potentially contaminating ground water. the oakland fire department said it is targeting fuel that's flammable to help improve public safety for everyone. >> the intent is to gradually over a couple of years remove all the nonnative invasive species that pose a hazard. >> oakland would thin the trees in two areas. more than 50 acrers above the

caldecot. if the city council approves the plan the fire department could be clearing and trimming smaller trees, a foot in indictment, asser early as next september. live in the oakland he wills, stephanie trong, "today in the bay." >> let's look ator your micro climate forecast. 6:19 as we give you a look outside at oakland. plenty of cloud cover to start the porning. >> that's reegt. keri hall with a look at forecast. ale cool start again. >> yesterday, really starts to get toasty in spotsment then change hs in type for the weekend. right now as we look across the bay area. san francisco. breaks in the clouds. 49 degrees in a few spots in today's forecast. brings it up to 77 degrees for the east bay.

north bay 76 and sunny skies. still fog on the bay. especially for the coastal area. you are seeing the fog roll through. as i take you through the forecast we see mostly clear skies throughout the afternoon. later tonight the clouds roll back in. then a few more clouds for the morning. clearing in the afternoon. same story for wednesday. look what happens on thursday. we see the cloud cover increase. it is what the radar and satellite look like as we start to see splotches of green here indicating a little bit of rain for the north bay for thursday and fridayment a better chance of rain for the weekend. i will be talking more about it as we go into the next few minutes. the micro climate forecast for today, morgan hill s, 79 degrees. redwood city, 71 lt 60s across san francisco, the north bay into the low to mid 70s in fremont. 72 degrees while livermore today tops out at 77 degrees. looking ahead through the weekend, looking at a chance of

showers in the forecast. what may be a hemoglobin chance of rain for parts of the bay area, the east bay reaching 68 degrees. 67 on sunday. south bay into the mid 70s. in the a big change. a few showers in the forecast. all because of a trople call system. i will update you on that in a few minutes. now let's send it to pike. >> san francisco holds out. look aring at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> look at golden gate bridge on the city side. you can barely see it. when driving across you're okay as far as visibility. slow it down. we'll look at the map and through the area we have a smooth flow of traffic. north bay. slowing here.

that's where the big issue is. first of all, the traffic tuesday. a much lighter flow around the bay. we have a crash over at greenville for west 580 cleared to the shoulder. the distraction helps folks up. look how nice it is. the two sides of the coin, two sides of the crash. the south bay shows northbound 101. a build from an earlier stalled vehicle. the rest of the roadways are moving green as far as the speed goes. the issue here, continuing to report about a house fire that continues. smoke off highway 17. highway 9 has hopefully local traffic control. we have a closure. you have to get over to santa cruz avenue. we are tracking that. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it is 6:22. next, controversy at the state capital. your money allowing lawmakers to have a night on the town withouter worries.

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just in this morning the faa is grounding every single united airlines flight worldwide because of a computer problem at united. we are not sure of the extent of the problem so far. the warning is posted on the faa website and says every airport is affected. we are of course working to get more information about this. new details for you as soon as we get them. the headline here, computer problems at united this morning according to the faa. call the airline if you have a flight. so far grounded until at least

7:00 this morning we believe. 6:25 you may want to stand up for the next story. a group of british medical experts say workers should stand at least two hours every day to avoid developing health problems. the panel recommends workers eventually increase standing time to four hours per dayment companieses are urged to provide sit-stand desks to allow employees to take walks to break up long periods of sitting. >> which you all need to do from time to time because quite franklier your eyes start to glaze over after a while. private drivers thousand with taxpayer dollars. angry taxpayers say it is just protecting lawmakers from getting duis. two drivers are on stand by during the overnighter hour s specifically for lawmakers. a senator was arrested for driving drunk last year. the leader of the senate says the drivers are on hand as a matter of security but community

watch dogs are upset. >> there are cabs available, uber. secondly, this whole program sets up the expectation that legislators will be out there getting drunk. top stop are.

well, so far no june gloom

on the markets as we take you to the nyse. the markets had a win yesterday. there's the bell on wall street. today is tuesday, the second of june. >> from nbc bay area. this is "today in the bay." >> good tuesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. five residents scrambled to safety after a house went up in flames. victims awoke to some kind of popping thoiz. right now the cause is under investigation. >> there was reported trouble with a plane shortly before it went down. many ntsb investigators are expected on scene today. also the faa grounded every single united airlines flight

worldwide because of computer problems at united. the warning posted on the faa website says every airport is affected until at least 7:00 this morning pt. >> happen ing today on capitol hill, a top official from takata testified before a. >> giving us a little bit of a glimpse of what the company is doing to try to fix the problem. >> they have come up with a new design. they hope will solve the problem. the matter is how quickly they can manufacture it. and get it out to deal with 34 million cars. they are using competitor parts to do this. the government believes it's the inflater that's the problem.

takata has taken that out in the hopes of resolving a problem. it seems to ignite. today takata's vice president will come to capitol hill and tell lawmakers they have a new design to get out. they have taken the chemical out and they also deeply regret what's happened. they believe only a small percentage of the nearly 34 million cars actually have are a problem. they are in charge of the recall. >> a will the of drivers impacted. >> meantime we could soon learn more about a dead le amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. a congressional committee also beginning to push for answers on a hearing on the tragedy.

all seven cars off the tracks. eight peep died in the tragedy. soer far there is no definitive report on why it was going so fast. >> a big shake up at the tsa after an embarrassing report. testing showed tsa screeners missed weapons and fake explosives 95% of the time. among the failings, a test case where alarms sounded prompting a pat-down but still the screening officer failed to find a fake plastic bomb taped to an under cover agent's back. the homeland security secretary reassigned the head of the tsa and told them to change security procedures and retrain officers. >> it's been a rough day for airports and flights so far. 6:33 as we look outside the for the micro climate forecast. their signature patches of brown on the hills as we hope for more rain in the works. >> a little cloud cover.

>> you have to dust off the sunglasses and put them on . sunshine peeking across parts of the bay area. starting in the upper 50s to lower 60s. maybe long sleeves needed. as we go through the door warming into the mid to upper 70s across most of the bay. the east bay reaching 77 degreesment you can see the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen with the temperature trend staying pretty much the same after the morning low clouds and drizzlement mild temperatures in the valleys. also for most of the inland areas and the peninsula at noon today. we'll take you through the day hour by hour. 67 degreesment the east bay. 64 degrees in the north bay. 72 degrees. we are up to 77 degrees and

bright sunshine. the peninsula reaching the mid 70s by friday. san francisco, the up er 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. a lot of sunshine for the north bay as we make it to 77 degrees by friday. the next three days are looking fairly dry. we may get train in time for the weekend. i'll talk about that and the micro climate forecast. let's get a look at traffic. >> first of all, i want to point out the craziness ka are ri has to deal w. look at this shot. thick clouds. layers there like the layerered jello my mom makes. oh, mom. no problems westbound. just the build. eastbound we saw the last of the crews clearing from the roadways. all lanes open as you approach the hay iward side. only up to the toll plaza. a light volume of traffic is unusually for tuesday.

>> southbound 880 shows a lighter build. typical pattern here . mr. more school experience, graduation and folks drifting around for summer time schedules. a slow down for highway 4. typical there. watch the fog coming across the golden gate bridge. in the south bay, northbound 101. 87 and 85 with speeds below 60 miles per hour. we continue to follow the fire kris sanchez reports. highway 9 had a few closure because of the fire west of santa cruz avenue. they may have traffic control opening up one lane. they may have opened it up. the speed sensors are changing. chris will update us with a change. >> eyes and ears on the ground. thank you very much. still amade, back on the field. star rung back adrian peterson

will suit up for the first time since he was suspended for child abuse. >> an american woman mauled to death by a lion in south africament what she did wrong that likely cost her her life. >> that's a big cat. here is the big board at 6:37 and the dow already down 90 points so farment i believe scott mcgrew termed out the june swoon. we'll be right back.

new this morning a russian arms makerer con if i wered one on its missiles was use shoot down a flight last year. flight 17 was shot down over eastern ukraine last summer. there is controversy over who is responsible for attackment because of the fighting between russian backed rebels and the ukrainian government. the maker of the missile says

russia doesn't use that version anymore but the missile is part of ukraine's arsenal. investigators stopped short of blaming ukraine's hill tear for the attack. >> new this morning, something most football fans thought would not happen again. star running back adrian peterson expected to return to the minnesota vikings. the team holds the first of three voluntary practices. he's excited to put on the bads and the vikings have been in a bitterer dispute. peterson played in one game. many believe the vikings would trade him. >> officers in i iowa had an unusually rescue on their hands. a deer got caught in a soccer net. dash cam video shows the deer trying to escape. one of the officers had to lie on top of the deer to hold it down while another officer tried to cut the net away. once it was free the deer sprinted quickly into the woods. >> poor guy.

didn't know the strength of his antlers. >> frightening. >> new video of the wild life park in south africa where an american woman was pauled to death. the lion lunged at the woman as she was taking pictures. 22-year-old woman died as paramedics were trying to help her. peep are the told to keep windows closed but hers were open. >> 6:41. we have an update to breaking news fleeing from the flames. the family makes it auto oy live only to watch a multi-million dollar home burn to the ground. >> searching the for answers. investigators opening the daylight will give them an idea are of what caused a small plane to crash in the tri-valley. >> more breaking new this is morning. live over sfo where a computer problem caused massive delays for united airlines flight across the country. i'm just getting word that the ground stoppage has just been

lifted. no doubt the delays are happen ing now. we are back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after the break.

>> announcer: now 15 minutes of continuous news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >> breaking news to follow up on this morning. two major stories as we look outside at sfo where flights had been grounded. all united flights across the krand the world due to computer problems. >> there were issues worldwide. imagine all the united flights

that were completely stopped. now they have started them again. we understood it was because of computer problems but there are additional concerns this morning because be there were bomb threats. >> we'll start with the bomb threats. government officials telling nbc news the bomb threats were made against five flights this morning. the airlines say the threats aren't credible. four of the flights are on the ground at the moment. two at san francisco airport. one is a united airlines flight to chicago . that flight never took off. it is still on the ground at sfo. the other is in the air. it's a kerr yans airlines flight. it's halfway across the pacific now. that will land shortly after 11:00. the threat is similar to similar threats over the past few weeks suggesting chemical weapon call weapons on board.

that turned out not to be true. officials tell nbc news the threat is a low concern but they are being checked out. as an abundance of caution. here is the other issue are. there was an issue with united airlines computers. just a few minutes ago, the faa lifted a ground stoppage that had affected every single united airlines flight in the world. apparently because of a pilot's computer problem. the faa saying every airport, every flight affected. now add been liftedment if they are on a flight in the air, this is not an issue you need to worry about. this is an issue with the pilot's computer system with mapping or something. we have seen problems before post recently with american airlines. if you have a loved one with a flight in the air, don't worry.

it's going to be fine. two issues, bomb threat, computer problem, terrible day to fly. >> doesn't sound good out there. at least it's lifted now. we have another update to breaking news. this one is local. a multi-million dollar home still smoldering this morning after flames ripped through overnight. >> this is happening along the border of los gatos and mon monte sarino. a woman inside the house woke up to what she called popping noises and woke everyone else up in the house. >> there were spray paint cans in an art studio on the second level of the home. that's where the fire appears to have started on the second level. you can see waes left of the home now. firefighters dousing it with water. you can see flames licking the rooftop. much of the second story is down. collapsed down on the first floor.

the good news is everyone made it out. >> i ended up seeing smoke copping out of a window. i knew the house was on fear.mi. i knew the house was on fear. i went back in and got everyone out. >> there were two cats, one is unaccounted for. but the people are out. there were power outages in the area.

traffic control is allowing others. it will be slow going ear . not under investigation. can't even get inside. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. it's 6:49. now a peek outside to get the day going. the top of the pyramid there shrouded in clouds. a little bit of clearing. >> as if on cue the clouds move out. we now have breezy conditions as well. >> we do. started out this this morning with low clouds but the marine layer will clear out faster allowing the temperature s to warm up. this is what you need to know headed out today. clouds to clear out. the seven-day forecast for the peninsula. you can see temperatures don't change over the next several days. by lunch type, you can take it outside.

clearing by lunch. breezy ander warm this afternoon. the fog returns this evening. sun set at 8:26 as the days continue to get longer. this is the future cast. this shows what the clouds and radar could look like into the next couple of days. fog near the coast. as we go into the rest of the day, a couple more clouds moving in by tomorrow. out to the pacific, a category two hurricane with wind speeds of 105 miles an hour. to the southwest of cabo, maybe making a turn closer to cabo over the ethics couple of days. we are watching another tropical system behind that. this is tropical storm blanca, currently a tropical storm but may become a category two hurricane. this one looks to take more of a direct hit toward cabo.

working together to stream moisture over southern california. give us rain in time for the weekend. possibly even thunderstorms toward sunday. we'll be watching that, keeping you updated each day. taking you back to today. the micro climate forecast in the 70s. livermore, 77. getting a look ahead to the weekend. mid 70s in the forecast. really not warming up much except for the tri-valley in the lower 80s. we have rain icons showing a chance to have rain. stay tuned with the showers possible for this weekend. we'll have another look at that. get a look at traffic now with mike. >> leave ing the toll plaza

across the flat section. no incidents reported. no problems. i want to show you westbound away from us on the foster city side. we'll see traffic coming toward us with the continuation. we see traffic flowing nicely. jamming up off the flat section up the high rise. look at the map . slower drives getting over from the east bay. over on the shoulder. the east shore freeway moves well. we have slowing coming througher for southbound 101. typical pattern. lighter than typical. we shift toward the summerer time commute which sees the traffic lighter shifting toward the later morning southbound. through fremont into the south bay. northbound routes through san ho say show 101, 87, 280 and 85 with speeds toward 15 miles per hour at their worst.

the bottom of the screen here, highway 9 has one way traffic control past the scene of the fire causing a slow drive from highway 17 to north santa cruz. from time to time you can see the smoke. just a note for drivers through the area. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:53. twoping news close to home. this morning federal investigators hope daylight could bring answers as to why a small plane crashed, killing the pilot. >> bob riddell joins us live near the scene of the cash. that pilot reported issues control aring the plane moments before it went down, not far from the local airport. >> you can see in this field a couple hundred yards from where we are north of 580. a few mile it is from the livermore municipal airport where we know the alimeda county medical examiner arrived on the scene. we believe there are investigators with the ntsb to determine what caused this single engeneral aircraft to crash, killing the pilot.

the only person who was on board. they will hopefully get a clue from the pilot's radio tower communication just before the crash. here is a snippet of the conversation courtesy of live atc.net. >> i have a slight control problem. i'm going to circle here, check it out. and then head back to the pattern. >> the pilot reporting a slight control with his aircraft. this is around 9:00 last night. his plane went down in the field. the foiz was loud enough people who live on the edge of the field a good mile away were abe to hear it. these are some of the images shot of the plane on fire. the fire department was able to put it out. this this happened in wide open space a good mile away at least from nearby homes. no one on the ground was in danger at the time.

they have identified the pilot. they are just not releasing his nape. they tell us he's not from liverer more but is from another place in the bay area. he's local. they are not identifying that of yet. we believe the ntsb. the engine around 9:00. near the intersection of north livermore and hartford. bob riddell. "today in the bay." >> thank you. happening today a court hearing for the woman accused in an apparent road rage crash that killed a service man from the bay area. new cell phone video appears to show dar la jackson's nissan altima closely ol following a high school on i-5 last week in san diego. chp says jackson hit and killed the motorcyclist identified as zachary byub. a chief petty officer in the fay

vi. he was from san jose. officers say the two got into some kind of argument on the freeway that led to the crash. jackson is facing murder charges. >> shock and disbelief in the tri-valley. a once beloved day care worker now accused of sexual assault. police arrested 22-year-old alex kurtz on suspicion of lewd acts on a child. he worked at building kids day care in pleasanton and was taken into custody at the school. his alleged victim is a 13-year-old girl who attended the after school program there last year. she is not a student now. the alleged molestation happened in december of last year. now this morning he's out on bail. police say this is an ongoing investigation. so far, no other victims have come forward. a plan years in the making may be on the verge of reality for oakland's residents scarred by the deadly 1990 fire storm involving million os dollars to clear nonnative trees. >> stephanie is live in oakland. not everyone is on board with this idea.

the eucalyptus you are looking at, a nonnative invasive species. the four million from the federal government would help prevent what happened 25 years ago when the east bay hills fire damaged more than 3,000 homes in this plan. it would send it i more than 50 acres above the sports center and 60 acres above the tunnel. the plan is not in favor with some peep. september of next year. live in the oakland hills, stephanie trong, "today in the

bay." >> we have been following breaking new this is morning about the united airlines ground stoppage that kept every united plane on the ground until a few minutes ago. scott has new information for us. >> good news for traveling. the ground stop has been lifted by united airlines. let's take you out live with the helicopter to san francisco. you can see one of them has at least pushed away from the gate. united airlines does say it is trying to get everything back to normal. this is apparently a dispatching issue. a computer issue that forced airlines -- united airlines all over the world to hold at their gate. aircraft in the air, of course, continued on tear way. united did release a statement saying united began delaying flights at approximately 8:00 a.m. central time or 6:00 a.m. or time to be sure aircraft left with proper dispatching information. flights are are now departing and we are accommodating our customers to their destinations.

this from united airlines. we continue to watch this. do expect delays. that's just a natural side effect of all of this. we'll continue to update you as we know more. >> back to formal. three words that all travellers want to hear. the airports are cooperating. what about the skies? >> the skies between 9:00 and noon san francisco airport may have delays because of fog. so just check with the airline as we look from tiburon it's gorgeous. areas of fog and as we go through the day, warming into the upper 70s across parts of the bay. 65 degrees for san francisco. >> looks good. what about the roadways? >> it's not bad today. typical pattern on the maps. mostly yellow and orange. red is seldom seen. red is below 20 miles per hour. not really the case here. the pattern, typical for slowing southbound. 680 and 880 down to tfremont yo

have the most build. >> no drama. that's a good thing. that's what's happening "today in the bay." >> bizarre situation on the airways. we'll be right back with a live local update in 25 minutes. thanks for joining us. mock weapons nearly every time. a shocking 95% fail rate. the agency deals with bo threat this is morning. breaking overnight. a cruise ship capsizes in china with more than 450 people on board. the search for survivors is on as cries for help are heard from inside the overturned vessel. close call. the video just in of a lightning strike hitting dangerously close to a pe