down is on for the closure of doyle drive. the changes you need to know about getting back and forth over the golden gate bridge. we start the morning with low clouds and mist and there may even be a couple of storms for the north bay. more on that coming up in the microclimate forecast. we're also starting the morning with road crews on the peninsula and a big problem for the bart lines. we're talking about a system wide delay. i will explain what's going on. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a good thursday morning. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we do begin with an update to breaking news, lock down lifted but nerves still rattled in an upscale bay area neighborhood, this after a late night home invasion robbery returned into gunfire. >> "today in the bay" bob redell joins us live from san leandro. the robbers are on the run, do they know if it's two or more suspects? >> reporter: at least with two, possibly four. just within the past 30 to 60

minutes san leandro police has cleared the home and neighborhood here on lake view drive, lifted that shelter in place. a lieutenant just informed us that the elderly man who lives in that home who was shot is expected to survive, even though he was badly hurt. it was around 12:45 this morning that those suspects, at least two of them in their early 20s, invaded that home here on lake view drive where this elderly couple lives. there was an exchange of gunfire between the husband who had his own gun and at least one of the suspects who had their own weapon. the husband was taken to the hospital, the wife was not hurt, she told police she believes her husband might have shot one of the suspects and at the time that she thought he height still be inside, hence the s.w.a.t. presence early on. as i mentioned police do believe the suspects got away. >> i don't know why this house, if you know this neighborhood it's a pretty quiet

neighborhood. not a lot of activity up here. so a lot of surprised by that. >> reporter: does it seem like it was targeted? >> i don't know. it's possible they were followed. >> reporter: police also don't know what if anything the suspects might have taken during this attempted home invasion robbery because there was that gun fire. police noticed at least one of the maybe's homes has a surveillance camera, detectives will be checking that later today to see if it captured any of this crime. reporting live in san leandro, bob redell, "today in the bay." new this morning, investigators spent much of the night investigating a deadly crash involving a person and a is vta train. this happened late last night off of tasmin and alder drives next to the cisco campus. no passengers were on the train at the time, investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened. morning vta service is not going to be impacted. a series of commuting concerns today from the possibility of rain to a major road closure. >> we have a team in place to help you get around had this

morning and through the weekend for that matter. we begin with meteorologist kari hall and, kari, could some drivers see rain this morning? >> we're seeing some light rain and mist across parts of the bay area, especially for the north bay where there was some lightning earlier this morning, just to the south of ukiah and now the rain develops there, but there may be just enough of a mist coming through the air to wet the roads and that could cause a few concerns but of course not expecting think heavy rain and nothing that will help out with the drought. as you head out today keep this in mind, that you to want to leave just a few minutes early in case you do encounter one of those potty light showers, sunrise coming up in about 50 minutes. a mixture of clouds and sun later today and the possibility of some rain and thunder continues for the north bay and some lingering showers in those areas tonight while the rest ofs us continue on with clouds and the sunset will be at 8:37. much cooler today, but it will continue to warm as we head into the weekend with all of that

moisture moving out. more on that coming up in the next microclimate forecast. i will send it back to you. >> we mentioned a few possible obstacles, are you ready? tonight the main route on to and off of the golden gate bridge is going to be shut down. >> "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live near toil drive. it's going to be trick yie with that closure. >> reporter: that's right. it starts at 10:00 tonight. this will all be closed, richardson avenue as well as marina boulevard behind me. the concern is for tomorrow's peak commute hours. delays could reach up to four hours for some drivers. this shut down is happening so crews can put the final touches on the presidio parkway ro swrekt. they will go over a new short bridge and then into two new tunnels. this will eliminate the twists and turns and narrow lanes of the old doyle drive experience. project leaders say it this will lead to more safety and better views. >> i'm going to take tomorrow off and look forward to monday

morning. i think it's going to be beautiful. the work was done before time and i think on budget and i think it's going to be spectacular. >> reporter: take a look at what will be open and closed 10:00 tonight through 5:00 monday morning. you will not be able to access or enter the bridge from 101 in the marina. that leaves a giant bottleneck for drivers in both directions at park presidio and 19th avenue, golden gate bridge to highway 1, 19th avenue will stay open but expect major delays. parking lots at the bridge pavilion and vista points will be closed. if you have to access the city this weekend from friday through monday morning try the bay bridge. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." let's turn to mike inouye. you've got some work around. >> steph outlined everything. but one of the biggest work around is taking the ferry from the north bay over toward the ferry building. the east bay we offer ferries as well. we're looking over here because of this closure, cutting off between the marina trickett and

101 getting on to the golden gate bridge, that will cut folks off 19th avenue the only way over there is south of the presidio, california and geary boulevard, this is going to jam up this entire area and ripple out to the rest of the city. we will warn you again and talk about some other options as well. got more bart problems coming up in the traffic report. for more information on specific routes and transit options for getting around that doyle drive closure, just go to nbcbayarea.com or download our free nbc bay area app. the confederate flag is coming down in front of the south carolina state house. early this morning representatives voted 94-20 to remove it. that's more than the two-thirds needed, but it came after a handful of lawmakers mounted a tenacious last stand. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such

as take a symbol of hate off of these grounds on friday. >> obviously very emotional for some. the bill now goes to governor nikki haley who says she will sign it into law. back at home now, this afternoon family and friends will gather in pleasanton to honorer kate steinle, the 32-year-old who was walking along with her father on pier 14 in san francisco last week when she was shot and killed. steinle graduated from a.m. adore valley high school and cal poly. the man accused of killing her juan juan frz pleaded not guilty earlier in the week. some surprising new details on that case. the chronicle is reporting not only was the sheriff's department aware of the return of the suspect to san francisco, the department apparently requested to have him returned. the chronicle says the sheriff's department asked to gain custody of lopez-sanchez upon his release from a 46-month federal

prison sentence. a few weeks after that in april san francisco deputies released him. sheriff mirkarimi has publicly questioned why federal authorities returned lopez-sanchez to san francisco. a teenager charged with stabbing a nine-year-old boy to death in his own bed is back in court. a judge must decide whether the man is competent to stand trial. defense attorneys for 18-year-old william shultz say mental illness did play a role in the staubinging of jordan almgren. the teen has pleaded not guilty. a former teacher from the east bay admitted to having child pornography. according to the mercury news mitchell wolf pleaded guilty to charges of having 50,000 pictures and videos. wolf used to work for diablo vis ta middle school but school officials say they did not find any pictures of had his former students. he faces ten years behind bars. it is a hotly debated topic,

the potential danger to fracking. that's when a state sponsored assessment of fracking risks is set to be released. the timing of the release is off. governor brown had asked for ahead of the release of a new set of tracking rules and regulations, but those rules were announced on july 1st. it is 5:09. time to check that forecast with meteorologist kari hall. some changes today? >> yeah, some mist, clouds and a little bit of drizzle in spots. maybe just enough to wet the roads and of course create some much cooler conditions all across the bay. it's 59 degrees in san francisco, the south bay is at 61 degrees, but let me take you to the east bay where now it is 60 degrees this in dublin, walnut creek 59 degrees and or rand da it is 56 degrees. a lot of clouds today but peaks of sun in spots in afternoon, only reaching 71 degrees in los gatos, palo alto 71 degrees and mission district at 64 degrees, napa 73.

much cooler than where we should be for this time of year, but does it warm up this weekend in yes, it does and i will show you that coming up in just a few minutes. let's see how the roads are flowing. >> the roads are doing all right but i've moved our camera over to the coliseum station. there are no trains coming in here right now. major system delays reported. between the coliseum station and fruitvale there is no service at either of those stations and there was a bart train reporting smoke in the cars. folks have been moved out of that car safely but the trains are still not moving between no he is two stations. the free ways are a great option for you, light flow of traffic into and out of the city, a little back up for cash lanes over at the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to show you palo alto overnight we continue to have that closure. our palo alto camera on 101 shows you the southbound side, as you see the light traffic flow getting by all right. mike, thank you. controversial changes coming out

of medicare. doctors now paid to counsel patients on their death beds, plus wall street back to normal.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back. it is 5:13. california public school districts are now barred from keeping their own rainy day funds. that's frustrating some district leaders. board members from five bay area school districts today will speak if in san francisco. they want sacramento lawmakers to change a senate bill approved last year forcing districts to spend surplus cash. reserves are capped at 6%. not enough they say to cope with unexpected costs. california teachers union supports the cap. san francisco leaders are going to try to cool the jets on red hot development going on in the mission district. the planning commission is going to discuss an initiative to slow future real estate and commercial projects in the mission. recent surge in development there is angering long time residents who say that rents are soaring out of control and jobs are being lost. supervisors recently rejected a similar plan. voters are going to weigh in on

the matter this november. it is 5:14. greece's government is racing to finalize a plan of reforms for its third bailouts. the country's new prime minister is meeting with finance ministry officials after requesting a new three year aid program from its european partners. the prime minister promises to enact reforms to taxes and pensions in return. details must be submitted by tomorrow morning so creditors can review them ahead of sunday's european union is summit. some glitches on the market yesterday, wall street hoping for a new start a day after a computer not trading offline for hours. >> one of several computer problems hitting corporate america, scott. >> good morning to you. let's talk about that. united airlines suffered problems, too. many of us said that can't be coincident, right, new york stocks exchange, wall street journal, united airlines. it turns out it was coincidence. the company that runs the new york stock exchange says it was an internal problem that knock it off line wednesday morning.

came at a rough time with greece and china weighing on investors. it came shortly after united airlines said a router knockeds booking computers offline, people without paper tickets tonight get on airplanes. it comes after united continues to suffer through years of trouble. ear is united head of customer service on twitter. >> first and foremost let me apologize for the technology issues we had this morning. we absolutely recognize this is a disruption to your travel and we do appreciate your business and loyalty. >> let's find out what happened when landon you had toy tried to log into her cnbc computer this morning. good morning, landon. >> it wasn't my fault, scott. throwing me under the bus. it has been a very busy summer. stocks looks set to rebound from wednesday's losses. asian markets rebounding overnight as gains in china appear to restore confidence in

beijing's efforts to rescue it's struggling stock market. look for unemployment data today, the dow dropping 261 points to 17,515, the nasdaq down 87 to 49.09. scott, back over to you. >> steve would say neek is swaeg in in on the apple watch. he told a rchs can he does not wear one and has not bought one. he told australia's financial review he has used smart watches in the past and they didn't change his use of smart phones so he is not sure he sees the value. he said there are 20 models of apple watch from $500 up to $1,100 and the only difference is the band. i'm wondering if apple is selling watches or bands. we'll watch and see what he does. >> he's not on the market for the $20,000 gold watch. >> he likes the $20,000 gold watch because he says at least that gives you prestige.

he likes that one. >> which rules out 99.9% of us. >> he should probably get a deep discount i would say. it is 5:17. new study has identified specific factors that increase the risk of a suicide attempt among enlisted soldiers. researchers analyzed data on soldiers enlisted during wars in iraq and afghanistan. 4 out of every 1,000 soldiers attempted suicide during that tiechlt researchers say the highest risk was among soldiers in their first risk of service, other risk factors being female, under po 30, single and not having completed high school. >> such a sacrifice in general. medicare planning to pay doctors to counsel patients now about end of life care. that counseling would be voluntary for patients, the goal is to figure out what kind of treatments patients want in their last days. a lot of physicians is it this anyway without extra billing, but the new policy will take effect next year. west nile virus is on the

rise in california and experts say it's only a matter of time before we see the first human case this this year. 31 counties in california have reported west nile activity, ten more than at this same time last year. in the bay area all but san francisco and napa counties have seen signs of the west nile virus. tri-valley homeowners struggling to keep their lawns green during the drought have another way to get free recycled water, the dublin san ramone services district has opened up a second fill station and how brown with is your lawn? does it need 300 dwlons of water, maybe more? northeast how much you can get. 300 gallons of water per visit. there is no limit on visits per day. that station is located on clark avenue near the 580/680 interchange in dublin. >> that sounds tempt to go a lot of people. i would imagine you would have to be a dublin resident. >> and also have a water tank to move it back and forth. are he with going to see any rain today? >> just in the north bay, that's

the only place we have seen the rain. it looks like it fizzles out as it moves towards the east bay. maybe a slight chance of a shower there but otherwise we are staying all dry as we go into not only today, but the meck several face. let's get a look at what's happening out there now as you walk out the door. you see the low clouds and patchy mist. you feel that, too, and it's just in some areas to give us some very minor accumulation and make the roads wet, sidewalks wet, too. 61 degrees in the east bay, san francisco 59 degrees. today expect a high of 65 degrees. we see that chance of a showers and thunderstorms in the north bay but there will be some clearing had this afternoon and highs reaching into the mid 70s. here is a look at the radar. we've seen some lightning strikes across parts of the north bay, ukiah and north of santa rosa. we are still seeing lightning in those spots and this this is where we will continue to see some wet weather moving in and possibility of lightning

strikes, too. we will be watching that throughout the day but this is what the computer models shows and the future cast shows what the radar could look like. om of those source moving into fairfie fairfield. as it moves into the east bay it dries out and we will be left with the clouds. we still have that possibility of some clouds and mist all across the bay because of this low pressure system sitting just into our area -- or moving into our area. temperatures will be warming up, though, as we head into the weekend. warming up by another 5 to 10 degrees. a quick look at the weekend forecast, it will be beautiful, so go ahead and make some outdoor plans. that's a look at weather. let's get a look at some of the problems happening with the bart with mike. we're looking at the outdoor bart staying at oakland coliseum, i haven't seen any rain activity because of the stoppage right now. let's look at the map. we're talking about the stoppage between the bare fare and lake merritt stations. a richmond bound train was reported with smoke inside the car, they had to stop that and that's the reason for the halt

for the service. bart advising alternate forms of transportation. there is a crash highway 14. meanwhile the rest of the bay looking good, the bay bridge toll plaza minor cash backup, back to you. do you remember those goose bumps books you might have bought your kids or maybe you read hem when you were a kid? they are coming to live on the big screen, a movie based on the book "father of frights" from r.l. stein. jack black is going to play the author. the 3 d film is expected to mix comedy, horror and fantasy and it will definitely give you a '90s throw back. 5:22. attitudes towards marijuana changing across the country. several states have even legalized t there's one place that allows you to take the drug on airplanes under one condition.

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fires-- that burned several people. welcome back at 5:24. a live look outside at san jose. mid 70s temperatures for today. kari is going to have a close look at your raft coming up. gchl m recalling 165,000 hummers after 42 vehicle fires that burned several people. gm says ventilation fans can overheat and possibly start a fire. the company says three people received minor burns and several cars were completely destroyed. models being recalled include the hummer h 3 were 2006 to 2010 and the hummer h t3 from 2009 to 2010. gm no longer makes the hummer but it still honors those warrants. land recovery is recalling more than 65,000 vehicles due to a glitch in the door latches. the problem is cause the doors it to fly open while the vehicle is in motion. the recall covers 2013 to 2016 range rovers and 2014 to 2016

range recovery sport models. dealers are going to update the keyless entry software at no cost. they may be the leaders of tomorrow in the automobile industry and they are about to unveil a one of a kind car. each year stanford students take part in a solar car pro correct. this is video of the car that was created back in 2013. tomorrow the team's newest vehicle called octon will be unveiled. octon will take place in a race this october called the bridge stone world solar challenge, it's a 2000 mile race across the australian outback that includes dozens of solar cars made by teams from 25 countries. lots of changes happening in oregon, ever since recreational marijuana was legalized, one in particular is starting to raise eyebrows. you can now board an airplane in oregon with up to an ounce of marijuana as long as your flight has to stay within the state. how is it possible? airlines are regulated by the

federal government. the tsa website says security officers do not search for marijuana or other drugs. if they find drugs during a screening they will hand it over to law enforcement. in oregon that officer will now check your ticket and send you you on your way. >> a new definition to the mile high club. delays of up to four hours, miles of backups, the main route on to the golden gate bridge is about to shut down. how is this going to affect your weekend plans? we are back with team coverage right after this.

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for the weekend? i will have the answer coming up in the microclimate forecast. i think this backup at the bay bridge is going to get much worse because we have a system wide problem that's resulting in an issue in the east bay for the bart tracks. we will talk about that coming up. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you and thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we start with an update to breaking news. a violent home i'm vague robbery in an affluent bay area neighborhood. police told people to stay in their homes and they searched for the is suspect. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live in san leandro this morning. the s.w.a.t. team cleared that neighborhood about an hour ago? >> reporter: correct. after police k-9s couldn't capture any scents of the suspects and after the s.w.a.t. cleared this neighborhood of any threat. san leandro police describe what must have been a horrifying experience for the elderly couple who lives in this home here on lake view drive.

at around 12:45 they awoke to find at least two strangers who had broken into their home, both men in their 20s with possibly two more atom polices, there is a possible four people who were in the home. the husband drew his gun, there was an exchange of gunfire, he was taken to the hospital but we have heard he is expected to survive. the wife was not hurt. she called the 911. s.w.a.t. locked down this neighborhood, ordered a shelter in place. police are looking into whether this was a targeted attack given that this neighborhood in bio vista is considered to be affluent, it's up in the hills of san leandro, a place hardly touched by crime, at least until this morning. reporting live here in san leandro, bob redell, "today in the bay." new this morning detectives spent much of the might investigating a deadly crash involves a man and are cta train. this happened right next to the

cisco campus in milpitas. no passengers were aboard the train and investigators are trying to figure out what happened. morning vta service is not going to be impacted by that crash. there is a series of commuting concerns today from the possibility of rain to a major road closure. >> we have a team in place to get you completely up to date on all of those issues, through this morning and the weekend. we begin with meteorologist kari hall. kari, could we see some rain probably in the north bay today? >> yes, and we've seen lightning, too, starting out this morning. we are looking at some of that rain moving in and it's been very light for the most part, but we've also been able to detect a few lightning strikes on the radar. it's been around hulls burring moving towards bodega bay. you will have some wet roads. we've also had just enough low clouds elsewhere across the bay area where we could see the roads just muff to -- just a little bit of a sheen on the roads and slick enough to create

some problems, too. so the patchy fog, mist and also the low clouds staying with us this morning as you walk out the door. it's in the lower 60s, 59 degrees in san francisco and the north bay still cloudy now at 60 degrees. we will continue to track that possibility of rain for the north bay as we go into the afternoon. i will have more on that and a look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. right now back to you, sam and laura. it's 5:33. drivers beware, the count down is on for the closure of doyle drive. tonight the main route on and off the golden gate bridge will shut down. >> that could be problematic for many. "today in the bay" steffy chuang joins us live. >> reporter: we're told this could cause delays for up to maybe four hours for some drivers, especially those heading from san francisco towards golden gate bridge. this approach will be closed. richardson avenue as well as

marina boulevard, all shut down it. this is so you can say good-bye to the old doyle drive where its winding narrow lanes and welcome the new presidio parkway. drivers heading north will cross a short bridge and into two new tunnels. project leaders say this will make the drive much safer along with softening better views. traffic will be heavier especially for the peak hours tomorrow. you might want to avoid that golden gate bridge or if you can't get an early start. >> i come here every day. i have to get to my office every day and i have clients coming in the morning, i have court hearings. it's a lot, yeah. >> reporter: again t it starts at 10:00 tonight through 5:00 monday morning, you won't be able to access or exit the bridge from 101 in the marina district. that leaves a giant bottleneck for drivers in both directions at park presidio and 19th avenue, golden gate bridge to highway 19th avenue expect major delays. parking lots at the bridge pavilion and vista point will be

closed. one more note, as people get used to this new drive delays are expected for at least a couple of weeks. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang. let's turn to mike inouye where you have om work ards for folks. >> taking the if errey from the north bay over into san francisco, that's the water route, a beautiful one, that's what we suggest. you can take golden gate transit across the bridge but i wouldn't advise surprise it. also did he have talked about richmond bridge over across the bay bridge, that's a big work around. this section will be cut off so everybody coming from this side of the si anywhere in the city has to take 19th avenue up through the presidio area which is beautiful but cuts off traffic to and from the golden gate bridge. those are your options but better overall if you just avoid the area. if you don't have to go through the area. it's beautiful but maybe not this weekend. >> if you do have to get through this we have more on traffic routes and transit options for

getting around the doyle drive closure on our website nbcbayarea.com, you can also get the same information on our free app as well. 5:35. family and friends will gather in pleasanton to honor kate steinle, the 32-year-old who was walking with her father along pier 14 in f last week when she was shot and killed. steinle graduated from alma do remember valley high school and cal poly. the man accused of killing her, juan francis co lopez-sanchez pleaded mott guilty to murder charges earlier in week. some surprising new details on that case. the chronicle is reporting this morning not only was the sheriff's department aware of the return of the suspect to service, the department apparently requested to have him returned. the chronicle says the sheriff's department asked to gain custody of sanchez upon his release from a 46 month federal prison sentence. a few weeks after that in april san francisco deputies released him. share rift ross mirkarimi has approximate publicly questioned

why federal authorities returned lopez-sanchez to san francisco in the first place. former 49er ray mcdonald expected to appear in a san jose courtroom. the district attorney's office has not indicated what the case involves. mcdonald has been arrested three separate times over the past year, the last two arrests were tied to a domestic incident in am may. prosecutors is have not charged him in any of those cases. new this morning, a suspected bank robber under arrest after a heist in santa cruz. police say it happened at the wells fargo on river street yesterday. the suspect michael holt reportedly walked into the bank, simulated he had a gun and demanded money he then took off with cash. police say they later found him hiding under a bridge near the san lorenzo river. someone am if trouble this morning, actor tom sell electric, actually hot water, the "magnum p.i." star is accused of stealing water for

his ranch. he was pumping water interest a hydrant for 18 months. witnesses say that he drove truckloads of water back to his 60-acre property. the local water district is suing sell electric for $21,000, which is the cost of the investigation. he faces no criminal charges but was asked to top pumping the water. sell electric meantime has not commented on the controversy. >> too bad he doesn't live it in dublin. aren't they giving it away there? >> 300 gallons approximate per visit. >> tom, come on north. in fact, the temperatures should be pretty nice out there today. let's check the forecast. >> it will be much cooler than normal for today, but we will have also to teal with these low clouds all day long as you head out, we're feeling some mist and a little bit of some light spotty rain this morning, but most of the accumulating rain has been for the north bay, the sunrise coming up here very soon within the next 20 minutes. a mixture of sun and clouds later on today and the possibility of who are rain and

horms for the north bay and lingering showers as we head into tonight, but all of that clears out just in time for the weekend. i will highlight the weekend and some things you can do to enjoy the weekend outside. that's coming up a little bit later. let's get a look at traffic with mike. the freeway traffic is doing all right and that's good, folks can take the freeway through oakland, for example, here behind me the bart station, bart lines is big problem. we have the green, blue and the orange lines here on the map, all affected because of a problem between lake mare and bay fare, there is no service on lines. train reporting smoke inside the train. affecting all these lines including folks from the tri-valley over to the city. you should be okay on the wrel row and red lines, but we'll track that. look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and toll plaza is filled. the confederate flag is coming down, south carolina representatives voted to remove

early this morning and already lawmakers are having strong reactions. scott mcgrew plays a game of would you rather? >> i will have that question, laura, plus a look ahead to the day's trading when we come back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after the break. ♪ how's it progressing with the prisoner? he'll tell us everything he knows very shortly, sir. as you were... where were we? 13 serving 14! service! if your boss stops by, you act like you're working. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do.

==sam/ots== out of a job - again. >> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back. 5:42. out of a job again. oakland's former police chief has now been ousted as the top cop in baltimore. baltimore's mayor says she fired anthony batts because of the violence and chaos polling the death of freddie gray. gray's death while in police custody three months ago sparked national protests. six police officers are facing criminal charges in that case. before taking the job in in baltimore batts was oakland's police chief but resigned after a critical report from a court-appointed police monitor. the confederate flag is coming down in south carolina. lawmakers voted to remove it early it this morning. >> this took a few weeks and

plenty of debate. "today in the bay" tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. tracie, when can we expect the governor to sign that bill into law? >> could be as soon as today. it was a 94-20 vote, so the majority of those in the house and that's where we expected the bigger battle, voted to take this confederate battle flag down from in front of the state house. now it has to be certified by both chambers, they're sending it over to the govern officer's desk we are told sometime later today. after that they have 24 hours to get that flag down. some south carolina lawmakers say they want to see it happen quickly. >> i cannot the belief that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a is symbol that is hate off of these grounds on friday. >> reporter: boy, you really get

the sense there of how emotional this debate was. really on both sides. so now it looks like that flag is going to be coming down fairly soon and when it does they're taking it to a confederate military museum that's about a mile away from the state house. back to you. thank you very much. a lot of passion there. it's 5:44. it's official, the white house population -- the white population i shouldáznpt say california now the minority. according to u.s. census data latinos are officially the state's largest ethnic group. they make up 15 million strong in the golden state. here is is the progress over the years. u.s. census bureau reports back in 1970 there were 2 million latinos, 20 years later that number quadrupled to 8 million and as of last year the number has doubled once more. community leaders hope with greater growth comes better representation and in the workplace and in government. >> it really doesn't matter if we're 40% or 20% or 5% of the

population if we're not engaged, whether it's voting, whether it's being involved in the local industry, the high tech industry, and the jobs, the business community. >> researchers say the growth is primarily fueled by second and third generation immigrants settling down and starting families. california joins new mexico as the only other state where latinos outnumber whites. there has been a hole in our hearts for a little while now. for those of you who love the bay bridge and its lights they should keep on twinkle when they come back. the bay area toll authority approved a ten year long $2 million contract to keep the popular bay lights art installation running. that contract is with phillips lighting north american cooperation who is going to maintain the lights once they return next year. the 25,000 lights were first installed in 2013 as part of the bay bridge's 75th anniversary celebration. just another change adding to

the charm of the bay area. >> i think there's great sponsorship by phillips as well. >> it's going to light up our night sky, during the day we're going to get some sun today as well. >> just a little bit across post of the bay. not a lot. it won't be as warm, though, but we will have some cooler than average weather today and then the next few days if this is too cool for you it will warm up. let's get a look at what's happening out there right now, we've been tracking wet weather moving across the north bay and it continues to develop some isolated lightning strikes just to the south of ukiah, north of santa rosa and moving towards bow dega bay. we've seen the lightning picking up across parts of the central valley and sierra. there will be that cans that we could see some of that moving into parts of the bay area along with the low clouds and the reason why we have an area of low pressure, it's picking up some monsoonal moisture, kind of unusual for this i am of year, but something happening as we get the day started andw;va÷

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service. service between lake merritt and the bay staying is cut off because of an earlier fire or smoke reported in one of the bart cars. this is not affecting the yellow or ridge lines, pittsburgh or bay point lines into the city. the free ways are a good alternate for the bart system. we do have a smooth flow of traffic into and out of the city, minor crash 580 at 980 and the bay bridge metering lights are on. donald trump is refuse to go back down on his conversion remarks on immigration. in fact, in an interview with nbc news the republican presidential candidate says he thinks latinos will still vote for him. trump also says he has a great relationship with the mexican community. trump is heading to arizona this weekend where he is expected to give another speech on illegal immigration. despite calls for its removal bill cosby's star on the hollywood walk of fame is going

to stay at least for now. the hollywood chamber of commerce announced it has received numerous requests to yank the star amid ongoing sexual assault allegations from 20-plus women, but the organization says that cosby's star is going to stay, citing stars essentially being awarded for professional achievement not for behavior. civil rights leaders are expected to hold a news conference later today asking the chambers of commerce to reconsider its position. take off aborted, southwest airlines says no one was hurt overnight when a plane engine caught fire during takeoff forcing it to return to the gate at midway international airport in chicago. about 150 people were on board the plane bound for boston, they were evacuated safely. southwest says it's now expecting the plane to try to figure out what went wrong. it is mcgruff who once say remember taking bite out of crime. one man in tennessee took that idea to a new new level. the chattanooga man says another

guy came to his door claiming to have car trouble. once inside at that man became an attacker and reportedly hit the homeowner with a tire iron and then bit into his wrist. that's when the homeowner bit back, ripping off a piece of the attacker's ear the size of a quarter. >> when i finally was able to break free i was running out of the house, i spit out his ear on the floor and kept running. i ran across cross the street. >> and that is a gruesome looking crime scene. the victim is recovering with injuries to his face and wrist. a follow-up now. 30 years to life, that is the sentence for a drunk driver convicted of killing a man low park couple. marjorie receiptsel was sentenced ned, she struck and killed can can a knew singh and -- she already had a prior dui conviction. a bay area come warmed in the death of her two-year-old

niese has been acquitted of child endangerment charges. she was caring for gregory last august when the girl was hit and killed in a san francisco crosswalk. this happened when gauge left the toddler standing on the median in if mission street while she tried to reach her twin brother. she could have had faced ten years in prison in convicted. here is a look at some of the stories for 6:00. a violent home invasion robbery leaves one person hospitalized and a neighborhood on edge. we will jup date you on the search for the robbers who got away. everyone is asking why was the suspect in the deadly pier 14 shooting released from custody? the latest twist seems to turn up the heat on san francisco's sheriff's department. we may learn today if former 49er ray mcdonald will face charges related to two separate arrests back in may. fifa blowing the whistle on the man who blew the whistle on fifa. fifa has issued a lifetime ban

on chuck blazer. blazer had informed federal agents about bribery allegations after he was charged with tax evasion. he played guilty back in 2013. fifa cited some of that evidence when it issued the lifetime ban against mr. blazer. wall street looks like it will be back to normal this morning after a day after a computer glitch shut down trading on the new york stock exchange. >> scott mcgrew, it looks like investors are going to be trying to make up for lost ground. >> futures calling for a big buying spree, the new york stock exchange knocked offline for hours on wednesday with trading returning about 11:30 in the morning our time. the exchange hasn't said exactly what went wrong but said it was a glitch not a cyber attack. these days you really don't even need to necessarily trade through the nyse, even a stock that only trades on the nsse, twitter, you can go on your e-trade account, hit buy, there's going somebody else on

e-trade selling is at the same time so e-trade or is that want can match up those buy sell orders internally. the private company by owns albert sons and safe way has filed to take the chains public. they list a lot of challenges ahead including whole foods trying to reduce their legendary high prices and amazon offering direct grocery shipments. let's play a game of would you rather. would you rather have your financial information stolen or your nude pictures posted on the internet? according to a survey by mastercard 55% of americans would rather have their nude pictures posted than lose their financial information to hackers. sam and lawyer ration i'm not quite sure what your answer would be, but we are standing by, we can release either one. >> speaking from experience right now or you just want to know in general? >> experience? no. >> i suppose the financial one is the more dangerous one. >> i think it is. >> i would think so, too. >> once it's out there, i mean,

you're always going to be living in perpetual fear. >> okay. release the pictures. >> release the hounds. >> you are never as yuck as you are today. are you speaking were experience? my goodness, mr. brock. 5:54. west nile virus on the rise in california, experts say it's only a matter of time until we see the first human case this year. 31 counties in california have now reported west nile activity. ten more than at this time last year. in all the bay area all but san francisco, napa counties have seen signs of the west nile virus. we have definitely seen our fair share of brown lawns. tri-valley homeowners struggling with that thing right now during the drought have another way to get around the situation with free recycled water. the dublin san ramone services district has opened up a second fill station, people can get up to 300 gallons of water per visit and there's no limit on the visits per day. the station is located on clark

avenue near the 580/680 interchange in dublin. the thing is some of those lawns like the one you just saw in that video it's not coming back. >> there's no bringing that back to life. >> i think when we to eventually have the rain there's going to be a lot of sod installers making good money. >> buy stock now. there you go. your financial adviser, laura garcia-cannon. any rain in our forecast? i think in the fort bay, right, kari? >> that's the only place we have seen the rain this morning. we do have the low clouds and mist elsewhere, especially near the coast and around the bay. in the south bay you just see the clouds and some patchy mist in the peninsula and also for parts of the east bay, san francisco and the north bay, once again, that's where we're seeing the rain now with temperatures around 60 degrees, reaching 65 degrees in san francisco, north bay 73 degrees, a chance of spotty shower or storm there, and a morning shower also possible for the peninsula. for the south bay a mixture of sun and clouds today and look at

that high temperature, only 74 degrees. i will have another look at the microclimate forecast coming up. let's get a look at some travel issues with mike. the roadways status a little lighter than you might expect for a typical thursday. bart riders, listen up, oakland 880 and 580 are your alternates. look at the bart map, the reason why you have no service between lake merritt and bay fare. they turned off that power to the third rail because of earlier reports of a smoking bart car through the area. they have it shut off from the tri-valley as well as the fremont area. the yellow and red lines are okay getting through the transbay tube. over toward palo alto we see the overnight road crews still there but not much of a distraction south of university. do you remember the goose bumps book? you might have bought one for your kids or maybe even read them. they're coming to life on the big screen, a movie based on the book "father of the fright" by r.l. stein.

jack black will play the wild author in the film adaptation. it will it definitely give you that e. 90s throw back. >> i'm hooked and on the edge of my seat. an east bay police department evacuated while the bomb squad deals with a live tank round. wait physical you hear where this came from. grass fed? mhmm. i'm super into health. bottled tap water? well all bottled water is the same right? you need crystal geyser alpine spring water. made by nature, not by man. crystal geyser alpine spring water. bottled at the mountain source.

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snarl traffic in and out of san francisco. >> 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. >> and i'm sam brock. we start with a problem for commuters here an update to breek big issues for bart. smoke on one of the trains this morning is causing system he wide delays for riders using several lines through the east bay. >> we have multiple reporters this morning, bob redell is at the san leandro bart station. let's start with mike inouye. what do people need to know? >> we're going to focus on the impact to the bart line. the free ways are a good alternate rate knew. service between the lake merritt and bay fare station right side are shut down. bob is going to give more details on what happened, the impact cuts off the tri-valley, the it dublin plen an ton, as well as the orange and green lines. all threes of those lines are