this is "today in the bay." and a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we mentioned it right off the top of our show, happening right now, hopefully time is on your side because doyle drive is closed and it will be for the next several face. a messy and a packed commute is expected for thousands of people trying to make their way around san francisco right now. >> our "today in the bay" team is in place to help you get where you need to go. we begin with stephanie chuang she's live in san francisco. how is it looking so far? >> reporter: it's picking up trafficwise but everything is still running smooth limit i just spoke with police who said right now the 6:00 hour is when they start to get a little concerned here along the highway 1 park presidio which turns into 19th avenue and california. the traffic coming off the of the golden gate bridge, this is a major dee tour drivers are taking to leave the city. all of this happening so crews can remove the temporary bypass

built three years ago and connect the final pieces of the new roadway. this has shut down the major access road for people between marin and san francisco off the golden gate bridge. there are police officers monitoring the major detour sbebs. they say last night went smoothing. they will be here until 7:00 in the morning. at that point is sfmta some of the meter maids will be taking over and monitoring until company 7:00 at night. this will be going throughout the weekend. the officers say this morning and tonight could get pretty bad. >> commuter traffic coming in the morning and also people -- there is event going on throughout the city so it does affect a lot of the cars coming in. >> reporter: significant here in the city. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: if you want to avoid a traffic headache, the suggestion is to take the golden gate it ferry which is tripling service this weekend. it starts at 8:00 this morning. there is an extra boat that can carry 500 passengers.

they say try to avoid parking, though, the terminal parking will be very difficult. it looks pretty good on our end. let's check in with our traffic anchor mike inouye who has a better perspective on areas outside of here. it's great to have you, stephanie, right there because that is one of the focus points we're looking at with the closure of doyle drive right here, this cuts off the folks through this entire region and they have to go south to the presidio area or california and geary are your only avenues over to highway 1, presidio parkway. a lot of folks call this 19th but it's 19th a little farther south. that's the stretch of roadway. looking are pretty good right now. we'll track that in the city itself. over in the east bay, bay bridge toll plaza had the metering lights turned on partially because of an earlier crash. the lights are on. look at the backup too the maze and the live camera, they are packed all the way back here. this is unusually heavy getting into san francisco and this may be added by a lot of folks'ded across the richmond bridge, east shore freeway and across the bay into san francisco. let's get another live look at that traffic backup along

19th avenue right where stephanie chuang was reporting or is reporting this morning. both steph and mike are tweeting out new details all morning long and they keep a close eye on how traffic goes in this part of the city. right now it is 6:03. new details this morning, four suspects behind bars accused of breaking into a san jose home and assaulting a man before taking off. putting the entire neighborhood on high alert. the intense search ended just hours ago. "today in the bay's" bob redell live at san jose police headquarters to tell us more and where it all happened. good morning, bob. >> reporter: san jose police rounded up the last of the suspects about five hours ago after locking down and setting up a perimeter in this neighborhood in east san jose. not far from mount pleasant high school. it was around 7:30 last night, four men, at least one of them with a gun broke into a house on harvest drive, police calling this a home invasion robbery. they ransacked the house, assaulted a man who lives

inside, possibly slashing him with a knife or some other sharp object. his condition is unknown. the four suspects then fled with the man's money but they didn't get far. officers arrested two of them right away jewett side the house, the other two hopped the fence, hid out am in different places throughout the neighborhood until officers found them around 1:00, 1:30 this morning. all four suspects are locked up, two in county jail, the other two in juvy hall as they are just 17 years old. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." happening today, in exactly one hour the confederate flag is going to officially come down in south carolina. yesterday governor nikki haley signed a bill to ban the flag from flying on state grounds. this this morning there is going to be a low key ceremony to lower the flag and move it to a military museum. that debate reignited last month after nine people killed at a historic black church in charleston. coming up in the mention half

hour we will have a live report on where the controversial flag is headed next and the passion behind its approval. it's about 6:05. we could learn more today about what led to the shooting of a woman on san francisco's pier 14. sheriff ross mirkarimi is holding a press conference this morning at 10:00 to talk about why juan francisco lopez-sanchez was released in april. lopez-sanchez is accused of killing kate steinle as she walked along the pier with her father on july 1st. the gun he reportedly used was stolen from a federal officer's car four days before the shooting but lopez-sanchez says he found it on the ground. he has pled not guilty. this morning the chronicle reports san francisco police never assigned an investigator to look into the gun theft. from the bay area to washington, d.c. the couldn't vrgs death with dignity act will be up for debate. it would allow an adult with a terminal illness to end their life with medication. members of the health and human services committee and d.c. city council members will be at that

meeting. brittany maynard's husband been there to testify in favor of the right to die legislation. she moved from the bay area to oregon to end her life last november after being diagnosed with brain cancer and became a national advocate for the legislation. the sports world now and he was an all timer, the raiders and raiders fans are remembering a length end this morning, quarterback kenny stabler. of course to many fans stabler was known for affectionately as just the snake, that was for his ability to slip away from defenders. the raiders drafted stabler out of the university of alabama back in 1968. he teamed up with john madden, nine seasons later he led the team to its first ever super bowl title. many who knew stabler said he was just as much a legend off the field as he was on it. >> he could go out and party much like his counter part bobby lane and he'd show up -- he might show up with a hangover and sick, he'd lead his team to victory. >> performance on the field.

stabler played for the raiders until 1979. he retired in 1984. his family says he tied wednesday from colon cancer, surrounded by loved ones. ken stabler was 69 years old. legendary raiders head coach john madden whom you just saw released a statement saying in part, quote, he was a perfect quarterback and a perfect raider. when you think about the raid rs you think about ken stabler. kenny loved life and this is a sad day for all raiders. the last quarterback to lead the raiders to the super bowl also issuing a statement, rich gannon tweeted, quote, so sorry to hear about the the passing of a true raider legend ken stabler, the original number 12. it was a pleasure to know him and to wear his number. to see more of ken stabler's memorable moments with the raiders head to our website nbcbayarea.com. >> may he rest in peace. in the bid st of a drought federal officials are telling hundreds of people in san mateo they have to buy expensive flood insurance. fema added 270 homes to its

updated flood map. many of their homes are on hillsdale boulevard. laurel creek is nearby, but homeowners who got the notice say they have never seen it overflow. >> we got that letter that said that if we purchase it before july 16th it might be cheaper, but that's just for a year and then it might go up again. we're not really happy about it. >> the new fema flood zone map becomes official july 16th. homeowners are being urged to buy that flood insurance before the date. city leaders in san mateo say if they don't they could run into trouble with their lender. you know what it's time for? >> time for a microclimate forecast check as we take a live look outside right now at the bay bridge. the bay bridge a little bit backed up today, but at least you can get back and forth. it is our other bridge, the golden gate bridge that has those closures today. might make it hard to get into wine country. >> a little moisture in the air as well. >> we see low clouds, all across

the bay area, and as we get our view from mt. tam we see the clouds just kind of brushing up against the top of those mountains. we also have some rain moving through this morning, had to turn on the windshield wipers on my way to work this morning, something unusual for this time of year, and it's still raining, a little bit of light rain for parts of the north bay. this may head over towards the east bay giving you a little bit of some wet weather before we head into a dry weekend. today all of the microclimates will give us some morning clouds and then clearing this afternoon, reaching 79 degrees in los gatos today, san mateo 70 degrees and 67 degrees in the castro. 76 degrees in napa today, vallejo reaching 68 degrees and livermore expect a high of 81 degrees. not a bad way to start out the weekend. at least the weather is looking nice, mike, how are the roads looking? the golden gate bridge, for example, had a little example of what you were talking b a little mist and drizzle.

we had wet pavement. not a i think maar concern. very light traffic as folks are avoiding t that's good news. because of that doyle drive closure. let's look out there, we're concerned about the surface street congestion, no problems out of the north bay, across the golden gate bridge, even lombard through the city looking all right, california and geary getting over towards highway 1, where stephanie chuang to be on the scene. over in the east bay we do see a lot of backup for the bay bridge, slow down the east shore freeway and the maze on the approach. this is unusually heavy for a friday. likely a lot of folks avoiding that golden gate by coming across the richmond bridge. we do have a camera over there, approaching san rafael, over on the right, farther over there we see a very light volume. you can hardly see any cars going away from us. those would be the volume of cars heading off of that bridge from the north bay. no drama through that stretch just a few more cars choosing to use that bay bridge. in the south bay making sure we

round out the rest of your traffic earlier crash north 101, that looks like it's out of lanes and recovery here, no other problems. doyle drive is the big trouble spot but so far we have avoided any major issues as stephanie chuang advised try to use the ferry system it but parking is the issue there and not the transport. >> these people are maybe heeding the warning. happening now, this is great, people lining outside of sacred heart in san jose hoping to be a part of the nonprofit's latest get away. look at the crowds that are out there. this is because today is the first day families can sign up to get one of 3,000 backpack. they're filled with new school supplies. they will actually pick them up close err to the start of the school year. this he have to sign up first. they certainly could always use your help. a lot of pens, pencils, paper, crayons, the works to to fill knows bags. you can donate money or even the new school supplies themselves. they do it every year and it goes for such a great cause into generosity on full display in

the bay area. 6:11. up next, fireworks fallout, why a poll popular bay area amusement park in hot water for polluting a nearby lake. uber tries to improve its chances in court and apple moves to san jose, at least a little bit, we'll take a look coming up in business and tech.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." good morning. we're looking at highway 1, folks are tausing to get a little camera time. we have traffic control in the area. this is at california, one of your major points we're worried about folks getting into and from the golden gate bridge. that's in san francisco. let's look out here over at the bay bridge. this is one of your alternates getting a view of the bay bridge and the richmond bridge instead of the golden gate. this is complicated by the crash on the incline, the big back into the maze and the metering

lights are on. a system designed to improve gun safety in california which is reportedly shooting blanks. that is the verdict from california's state auditor. in 2013 the department of justice issued a series of recommendations to root out potentially dangerous people who illegally own guns. according to the l.a. times a am am you state audit finds that program is barrel working and plagued with delays, the backlog of 2,600 outstanding cases is six times higher than the department's target goal. it is 6:15. service's uber wants to find a way to will down the number of people suing it from 30,000 to three. uber wants a judge to cancel a class action lawsuit. >> the strategy here for uber is to take the lawsuit against it and make it sounds like just a few unhappy drivers and not a problem with every single one of its drivers. three drivers have filed suit saying they should be treated like employees, not contractors.

they want the san francisco judge to widen that out to a class action suit. uber wants the judge not to do that. so uber filed paperwork with the courts on thursday with testimony from other drivers who say they like being contractors, they don't want to be part of the class action. this whot thing is supposed to be to trial in auchlgt either way it has huge implications for san francisco startups, many of whom rely on part-time contract workers. other news, we have new information this morning that two -- the two hacks of the federal office of personnel management were much worse than we thought. the old estimate was 4 million, now it's 22 million. and in the case of that second hack, anyone who applied for federal security clearance in the last 15 years has had their data stolen. wall street looking at two things in morning, january met yellen speaks at 9:00 our time and greece has turned in its last request for a bailout.

the finance ministers, we will look at it now, the european commission makes a final decision on sunday. a big win for san jose this morning. apple is going to open a very big office on the north side of the city. even as apple buildings that big space shift headquarters in this cupertino. the silicon valley business journal reports that apple will take over the building across the street from pal pal where highway 87 and 101 meet. apple employs 32000 worldwide not includes the stores. the building is 300,000 square feet so about 1,000 employees at the new office in san jose. >> perfect. >> new employees or relocated employees? >> probably a mix of both. >> okay. thank you very much. >> start making that apple pie. this morning vallejo's six flags discovery kingdom coming under fire for its fireworks show. environmentalists say they've

been pulling debris like this out of lake chabot. shall shallow's fire chief is looking in the matter and saying there will be talks about making the event more environmentally friendly. they say they are made from mostly bio tee gradeable materials. what kind of look can can you expect this this morning? let's get your microclimate forecast right now. that of course from san francisco you see the bay bridge in the distance. lots of folks getting ready to get that weekend started. we're here. >> there you go. a little rain to start the weekend. i wasn't mad, though, even though i washed the car recently because it's such a welcomed sight. >> i had to turn on the windshield wipers this morning and i'm thinking i'm going to have to wash your car again. that's just -- we're not going to talk about that because we to need the rain. the rain we've seen this had morning has been very light, though, we're still left with the cloudy skies as we take a life look now over san jose and you see the seven-day forecast now coming up at the bottom of the screen.

no major warm up headed our way. we will see the temperatures warming a couple of degrees each day and into the next few days we will get rid of a lot of this humidity and the low clouds like we're seeing this morning. we've also been tracking some light rain moving across the north bay. let's get a closer look at that because it continues to move up around areas like santa rosa and farther to the south like an rafael seeing rain moving through. this could head over to the east bay, 580 may see some of that rain this morning. you are probably already seeing some of of the streets are wet as you walk out and head to work, it's in the lower 60s this afternoon reaching into the 70s. another comfortable day with some clearing later on. the phillies face off with the giants today and at first pitch it will be 63 degrees and a few more clouds moving back in during the evening. so this area of low pressure that's bringing the wet weather this morning and that humidity in the clouds will be moving to

the east. getting ready for a mixture of some low clouds in the morning and sunshine during the afternoon which gives us some great weather for the obon festival in japan town in san jose in weekend. the weekend forecast all across the bay area will be in the 60s, 70s and some low 80s for the tri-valley. a mixture of sun and clouds and very comfortable for the next few days. that's a look at the microclimate forecast. let's get a look now at traffic with mike. we don't have a great look but i do have a view from this camera, emeryville, the flashing lights, though all the activity on the bay bridge span, this is at the bottom of the incline has cleared out of lanes. that should improve things. now look at the map. a big backup and that add to the problems as folks were avoiding the golden gate bridge for the doyle drive closure, east shore freeway, 580 and 880, the maze approach is jammed up but the rest of your bay looking very good, getting over toward the city that closure at doyle drive will force more folks on to

california. look at the san rafael a.m. camera, a lighter flow of traffic and no problems all the way down across in toward the golden gate bridge. a fighter friday commute. in the south bay we did have one crash northbound, right here we do have activity on the shoulder that was a crash, the crash at allen rock has cleared from 101. happening today, the first case of a second novel many believe would never happen. harper lee's "go set a watchman" will be released in full next week. today the first chapter of the book is being released online. this is lee's first novel since her highly acclaimed debut "to kill a mockingbird." i just tweeted out a link to it. i can't wait to read it. >> you already started i think the first page into in the commercial break. >> during the commercial break. she multi-tasks. a historic day for the u.s.a. we are talking about a ticker tape parade for the u.s. women's national team. >> should be amazing. plus, from california to the vatic vatican, why the governor will

soon sit down with the pope.

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to the vatican later this month - for a summit on climaha governor jerry brown is heading to the vatican later this month for a summit on climate change hosted by pope francis. the summit is being held as a way to get communities around the globe to take action on climb change. earlier in the year the pope said that combating global warming is one of the biggest challenges that the human race faces. in fact, one of the workshops at that conference will be talking about how global warming causes

poverty and is a breed ground for human trafficking and prostitution. the two day conference begins july 21st. while we are talking about the pope and while he was on his way to bolivia he ran into a little problem. he needed to make a quick wardrobe change but didn't have anywhere to change his clothes so he pulled over at a burger king and went inside and said, hey, i think can, i will trade you a paypal hat for your crown. and then he switched up his vestments. the restaurant obliged, putting up white sheets on its windows to give him some privacy. history in the big apple. >> that's right. for the first time ever the u.s. women's soccer team will be honored with a ticker tape parade down broadway. here is today show is it stephanie gosk. >> good morning. the u.s. women's soccer team is a historic team and today in new york city it's going to be a historic day. they're being honored with a ticker tape parade in the canyon of heroes. had this is the kind of parade that this city has been putting own for over 100 years.

what makes today special is it's the first time that an all women's sport team has been given the honor. they're expecting hundreds of thousands of people here to line the streets. i already saw them, very, very early this morning. little girls wrapped in american flags with their parents coming here to honor this team. it's going to be a really fun day. we're really looking forward to it. guys, back to you. >> i'm so glad they're doing that as well. >> one of the best teams in the history of sports. good that they're getting their day here. still ahead, the fda wants you to think twice before reaching into your medicine cabinet. we'll explain why coming up. plus a controversial symbol of our country's past is about to come down, we're live at south carolina prepares to remove the confederate battle flag. a live look right now outside downtown san francisco, some folks finding some traffic issues this morning, but a nice day ahead and a beautiful weekend in store. we will be checking in with kari hall and giving you traffic

updates right after this.

good friday morning. you may feel some sprinkles as you walk out the door, but by the time you head home we'll have a lot of sunshine. more on that coming up in the

microclimate forecast. we do see windshield wipers in the north bay. a big jam over in the east bay and a clearing for the south bay coming up. unless something amazing happens today, it looks like we're going to have three straight weeks of declines on the markets. there's the bell on the nyse. we'll take you over to the nasdaq as well, as they sign their names with the teletub wrees. w why not on this friday, the 10th of july. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." it's a costume friday, i guess. >> they were teletubbees. don't want to see them anymore. 6:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon here is a look at today's top stories. so far no major problems so report in the first real test of the doyle drive closure in san francisco. crews closed doyle drive last night. it will remain shut down through early monday morning. four suspects are behind bars after a violent home

invasion robbery last night in san jose. the homeowner is hospitalized. officers made the last of those arrests early this morning. in 30 minutes the confederate battle flag will be removed from the grounds of the state capital in south carolina. that flag will soon go on display at a nearby military museum. "today in the bay's" dave wagner is live in columbia, south carolina this morning. dave, governor nikki haley signed the bill into law yesterday. like lawmakers in south carolina it took her a little while to switch her position. >> reporter: if you look behind me, laura, you will see that there is a cross sks of people here, some very much opposed to this flag and others who believe this flag should stay right where it is. it's been three weeks since that hate fueled rampage at a charleston church in which nine people were killed. today in about a half hour or so this flag is coming down. it's been a long time since the civil war but emotions still run high over the future of this flag. >> the confederate flag is

coming off the ground of the south carolina state house. >> reporter: of it a moment of pride. >> it is a great day in south carolina. >> reporter: spurred by a crime of hate. >> you won't ever get bast what happened this charleston. >> reporter: 150 years after the civil war ended a contentious debate continued this this week in the state where the war began. kykyk6n most recognizable symbol of the confederacy. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful. >> reporter: three weeks ago nine people were gunned down inside emanuel ame church by a 21-year-old man fueled by hate and photographed with the confederate flag. on thursday south carolina governor neighboringy haley used nine pens to sign the bill removing the flag, one for cynthia hurd whose brother malcolm witnessed the history making moment. >> my sister and eight others

serve as the benchmark for why this flag is coming down, a senseless murder. >> reporter: outside the state house some protests, but mostly praise. a symbol that one divided our country bringing people together in a state still reeling from a shockingly violent summer. i have been here over the past six and a half hours and i have seen the crowds go from just one person to a few thousand right now. police are taking a lot of precautions here, they have bomb sniffing dogs, they have removed all trash cans just to make sure there are no bombs in those trash cans. an abundance of caution here in columbia, south carolina. back to you. our coverage of this story continues on "the today show." you can watch an exclusive interview with south carolina governor nikki haley coming up at 7:00 this morning. you've got a headache or some back pain in maybe of us grab something from our medicine cabinet, medications like advil or ibuprofen. now the fda says not so fast.

"today in the bay" tracie potts joining us live from washington, d.c. tracie, that federal agency is now amping up its warnings about over the counter painkillers >> exactly. for a long time they've been concerned about the risk of heart attack and stroke and now there's new information suggesting that painkillers in this category carry that risk even if you don't have prior risk factors. more likely if you use more of it with higher doses and also, and this was sort is of viedsing, even if you only use it for a short time, had in some cases as short as a week. so the fda now wants to beef up that warning that they've had on these medications since 2004 when they pulled vioxx off the market. we're talking about advil, aleve, motrin known as ibuprofen in its generic form, celebrex if you use a prescription version. pretty much everything in that category of nsaids pept for aspirin. so what you can you do? they're not necessarily saying that you need to drop using them, but they do suggest that

you try acetaminophen first, most of us know that as tylenol. if that doesn't work then you can use these medications, but they suggest doing it in the lowest dose possible. sam. maybe just tweak your habits a little bit. thank you very much. it's time to check the microclimate forecast this morning. it's 6:35. taking a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge. woke up to some rain this morning. what are we in store for today and the weekend? >> we're seeing the low clouds and even a little bit of spotty light mist coming town, but unfortunately it's not enough to turn off the sprinklers, we are not really measuring much of that. as we get a look at sunol, can you see anything? we have some low visibility in many spots with some patchy fog this morning. this is what's happening on the radar. we are seeing some green showing up here across parts of the north bay, moving across interstate 580 and into the next few hours there will be this rain moving off towards the east. so affecting the east bay, too, but once again, a little bit of wet weather, but not enough to

really make a difference. now the temperatures this afternoon will be heading into the upper 70s in the south bay, in the peninsula, in the low to mid 70s, a mixture of sun an clouds. we will get more sunshine this afternoon as all of this moisture rolls out of here and setting the stage for a great weekend. i will show you that weekend forecast, we will get a look at more of the microclimates coming up here soon. let's check in with mike. we do have friday slowing, unusually heavy over on the east shore freeway, for example. this is our camera sewing you traffic away from us, down the maze, bottom of the screen you recognize that denny's yamd from the golden gate field down to berkeley curve. this may be additional traffic, come some, because approximate folks are avoiding the golden gate bridge. look at the golden gate bridge very clear getting in towards san francisco although the volume buildings. the reason you avoid the golden gate bridge is because of that closure at doyle drive. we do see a little slowing for highway 1, presidio parkway getting to and from the area nothing unusual. the bay bridge and approach over the right that's where the brig

drama is. we should see some recovery, but that's a tough drive right now. the rest of why you are bay moving smoothly, crash 101 mill berry at the peninsula. and in the south bay san jose northbound 101 the earlier issue, tow truck and car in that point there has cleared and there is recovery for speeds from 680 up toward the airplane airport. that's better news. >> looks busy for a friday. >> we have congestion there about now every friday. we will track it and see if it clears up as it should. >> thank you very much. 6:37. forget about clearing the air. clearing the water. new details about actor tom sell electric and accusations he was stealing water from a local water district for months. and a live look at the big board this morning. already up 220 points. not so bad. we'll check the numbers.

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nightmare - all because of ash spewing from a volcano on indones m happening now, a travel nightmare, all because of ash spewing from a volcano on indonesia's main island. right now at least three airports are closed and the transport ministry is warning airlines to avoid routes near the mountain. this morning the volcano shot ash and debris more than 12,000 feet into the air. so far no mandatory evacuations for people living on the island, but officials are urging everyone to wear masks. 6:40. today the house expected to approve a bill that will speed up federal drug approvals, but it is causing a lot of backlash. those against the measure say it will weaken the government's safeguard against dangerous or ineffective products. supporters counter right back, it's about time it they speed up the process to get new products out on the market to help

people. the white house gave the bill a mixed review but didn't threaten to veto it. new this morning, they say it's time to turn off the spigot on all the talk involving tom selleck. and the water' apparently stole from a fire hydrant. a private investigator discovered selleck repeatedly hitched his tanker truck to a hydrant to steal water for his farm. authorities say no crime was commit, but the agency sued. now both sides have reached a settlement, but the details have not been revealed. "magnum p.i." being investigated. coming up next, a girl spotting a suspicious man in her backyard now an investigation is underway in the xi?ñpeninsula. and commute chaos, complete coverage of the doyle drive closure next. several arrest four suspects in after overnight home invasion in the south bay. what we now know about the suspects. and a live look outside, beautiful iconic golden gate bridge this morning, we're back with 15 minutes approximate of

nonstop news, traffic and weather after this this break.

>> announcer: now 15 minutes of continuous news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." happening now, doyle drive is closed and will be for the next several days in san francisco. this as a result, getting busy out there, pretty packed commute for thousands of people trying to make their way around san francisco right now. our "today in the bay" team is in place to help guide you where you need to go we begin with stephanie chuang who is live in san francisco from the looks of it, steph, behind you not too packed yet. >> reporter: no, not at all.

that's the good news. traffic has picked up in the 6:00 hour but really no problems. it's very smooth, maybe this is the friday light happening here at california along highway 1 and park presidio which turns into 19th avenue. there was so much concern about gridlock there are four officers actually who have been posted at this intersection, some since 7:00 last night when the first closures went into effect. now, this had rerouting is happening because of the doyle drive closure. crews are working to remove the temporary bypass and to connect the final piece of the new roadway. this has shut had down the main access road for the golden gate bridge on the san francisco side. they are monitoring these major tee tour intersections fault through monday morning to help in case there's major congestion. >> commuter traffic coming in the morning and also people -- there's events going on throughout the city so it does affect a lot of the cars coming in. >> reporter: significant here in

the city? >> yes. yes, it is. >> reporter: the golden gate ferry is tripling service this weekend. starts at 8:00 had this morning with an extra boat that can carry up to 500 passengers from larkspur into san francisco. the tip is to get a ride or bike to the terminal because parking will be very difficult. now, earlier mike inouye sewed some shots of the golden gate bridge. mike, it looked like it was pretty smooth, it was pretty good. how is it looking now? we do have a smooth flow of traffic so far from your shot and behind me the golden gate bridge not so bad, folks are slowing on ate appropriate to the toll plaza but that's standard, you have to to that. there you go. we will look out there as well at the maps and show you that the doyle drive closure that's . highway 1 po moves slowly, that's presidio parkway and a little slowing for van ness and bomb lard. no drama in the city. the big backup that's the east shore freeway and also slowing for the richmond bridge, that's not mess i will due to the shift. let's take a look over here at

our live camera. we do have the approach from the maze, jammed here from earlier crashes on the span complicating issues. we will look at the traffic getting off of that richmond bridge. on to it that is our direction. it shows a backup on the approach coming toward the area heading to the north bay but from the north bay, very easy drive coming off of that span down through richmond to the east shore freeway. that is bus of an earlier crash which has cleared from the bay bridge. back to you. another live look at traffic along 19th avenue. zoom in. hey, no u-turns there. we will have much more on had this closure with mike every half hour through "the today show" and of course on our 11:00 newscast as well. just head to nbcbayarea.com or download our nba bay area app. let's take a quick peek at another location, san francisco. you know what the north bay saw a lot, a little rain, now a couple sprinkles.

>> every little bit counts. >> it does. even though it's in the 100s of an inch. trace amounts, at least it's wetting the plants a little bit in time for the weekend. you still have to really water the plants, but now as we get a look now at san jose we see those low clouds as we get ready to start out the weekend. check out that seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. no major swings in the temperatures, we will see them warming up, a couple of degrees much day. i had to turn on the windshield wipers this morning. i was like, what is this stuff? you're probably seeing it now in the north bay and as we go into the afternoon it all clears out, we will get some sunshine and highs reaching into the upper 70s for the south bay, east bay 72 degrees and the tri-valley expect a high of 80 degrees. overall these temperatures are very comfortable as we see the highs in the upper 60s for san francisco and 78 degrees for the north bay. in today's forecast we see a little bit of some rain that we're seeing moving across the north bay, moving towards the east bay as it fizzles out,

getting a closer loosh at what's happening around santa rosa, 101 further to the north the roads may be a little wet. later on today we will have more traffic concerns with the phillies and giants around at&t park, but great weather to spend at at&t park. first pitch will be at 63 degrees. had this area of low pressure that's bringing us the clouds and the sprinkles will continue to move off to the east. it was drawing in some hon soonl moisture as that continues to exit we will get more sunshine, but still some showers in the sierra. if you're heading over in that direction keep in mind that there will be some rain still will and our temperatures will be rebounding as we get ready for a warmer weekend with highs reaching into the 70s and 80s, especially for the inland valleys. here is the weekend forecast, 77 degrees in the south bay today, but up to 81 degrees on sunday. san francisco stays in the 80s and the tri-valley makes it into the mid 80s by sunday. that's a look at weather. sam and laura, back to you. new details now, four

suspects behind bars accused of breaking into a san jose home and assaulting a man before taking off, putting an entire neighborhood in east san jose on high alert. the intense search ended just hours ago. "today in the bay" bob redell live at san jose police headquarters. good morning, problem. >> reporter: san jose police here at headquarters tells us they did arrest all four suspects in what they are describing as a home invasion robbery, this taking place on the east side of san jose at a home on harvest drive, but it did take sometime as you can see in this video here as police did have to set up a perimeter and do a with regard to yard erch is. this happened around 7:30 last night, there were four men, at least one with a gun, a all four burst into that home, ransacked a house and assaulted a man who lives there, possibly we're hearing slashing him with a knife or other sharp object. had he also tried to escape with a that hand's money but officers arrived, immediately arrested two of the suspect, the other two hopped a fence leading to an intense search.

area. it wasn't until around 1:30 this morning that they found the other two member hiding in a garage that they had broken into. of the four suspects it turns out two are just 17 years old. they are right now locked up at juvy haul hall, the other two in county jail. reporting live here, bob redell, "today in the bay." happening today, 6:51, we could learn more about the shooting of a woman on san francisco's pier 4. sheriff ross mirkarimi holding a res conference this morning at 10:00 to talk about why juan francisco lopez-sanchez was released in april. lopez-sanchez is accused of still kate steinle as she walked along the pier with her father on july 1st. the gun he reportedly used was stolen from a federal officer's car four face before the shooting. lopez-sanchez says he found it on the ground. he has pleaded not guilty. this morning the chronicle reports san francisco police of he ever assigned an investigator to look into the gun theft. a loss for the sports world

and for the raiders and raiders fans who are remembering a legend this morning. quarterback kenny stabler. of course to many fans he was known more affectionately as the snake, that was his nickname. also named for his ability to slip away from defenders. the raiders drafted stabler out of the university of alabama in 1968. nine continues later he led the team to its first ever super bowl title. many who knew stabler say that he had just as much of a legendary history off the of the field as he did on it. >> he could go out and party much like his counterpart bobby lane and he would show up -- he might show up with a hangover and sick. he would lead his team to victory. >> stabler played for the raiders until 1979 and retired in 1984. you see a quote from john madden. stabler's family says tea died wednesday from colon cancer surrounded by loved ones. kenny stabler was 69 years old. now to raiders head coach john madden who had this to say,

that's also rich began non's comments we're going to get to that, too. there is a swrorn madden's statement. he said he was a perfect quarterback and perfect raider. when you think about the raiders you think about ken stabler. it is a sad day for all raiders. the last quarterback to lead the raid irs to the super bowl, rich gannon also issued a statement, he wheated, quote he, so sorry to hear about the passing of a true raider legend, ken stabler, the original number 12. it was a pleasure to know him had and to wear his number. see more of ken stabler's memorable moments with the team just head over to our website nbcbayarea.com. let's hope he didn't have to suffer at the end of his life. the controversial death with dignity act, in fact, will be up for debate today, it would allow an adult with a terminal illness to end their life with medication. members of the health and human services committee in d.c. city council members will be at that meeting. brit me maynard's husband will be there to testify as well if favor of the right to die legislation. she moved from the bay area to

oregon last year to end her life in november after being diagnosed with brain cancer. she became a national advocate for the legislation. in a matter of minutes the confederate flag will officially come down in south carolina. in fact, we have live pictures right now breaking up just a tad, but quite a few people, the crowds have grown offer the last hour or so. yesterday governor nicki alley signed a bill to ban the flag from flying on state grounds. this morning there will be what they're trying to consider a low key ceremony to lower the flag and move it to a military museum. the debate reignited last month after nine people were killed at the historic black church in charleston. stay right here after "today in the bay" they will have a special report on the flag lowering on "the today show" this morning. they are taking extra security precautions as well as we found out were a reporter live at the scene actually is having bomb sniffing dogs out there as well hoping there will be no

problems. a lot of emotions down there. police hope that the public can help them track down a burglar linked to several crimes in concord. this he know who he is. concord police have issued a warrant for jason harris. police think that harris breaks into homes while people are sleeping and steals purses and other small objects. he has been linked to burglaries that have happened as far back as yan. even though police don't think he has hurt anyone they do consider him armed and dangerous. on the peninsula police right now are looking for a possible prowler. officials say a teenager -- a teenage girl spot issed a man walking in the backyard of her palo alto house earlier in the week. the girl quickly told her parents who then auld police. officer searched that neighborhood with a dog but did not find anyone. so far no other sightings have been reported in the area. hang on to your bag, a rise in purse thefts has women in morgan hill on high alert. police say in the past couple of months alone someone stole four people's thursday purses in the

downtown shopping area. in all the crimes the victims had had their purses next to them when a bicyclist rode by and grabbed t he has been seen riding a dark colored mountain time and one time the suspect rode a bmx style bike. in the midst of a drought federal officials are telling hundreds of people in san mateo he have to buy expensive flood insurance. fema added 270 homes to its flood map. many of those homes are on hillsdale boulevard. laurel creek is nearby but homeowners who got the notice say they have never seen it overflow. >> we got that letter that is a id that if we purchase it before yul 16th it might be cheaper but that's just for a year and then it might go up again. we're not really happy about it. >> the new fema flood zone map becomes official july 16th. homeowners are being urged to buy flood insurance before that date. city leaders in san mateo say if they don't they could run into

trunl with their lender. caltrans is reportedly going to get a cash infusion to prevent more damage to the rods anchoring the new span of the bay bridge. the problem has grown since last year, concerns about rods in the span's signature tower being exposed to water and becoming weak through corrosion. the chronicle reported last night that a committee voted to spend an additional $1.1 million to come up with a wide ranging plan to prevent further damage to the bolts. more than $3 million has already been spent to that end. new this morning, 6:57 bus riders in alameda and contra costa counties can use google maps to plan their traps. they are partners nerg to let people know exactly what their -- what time their next bus is coming. riders will also get alerts on construction and special events detours. >> be able to time that perfectly. we timed this with scott mcgrew has more on the new plan to bail out greece written by greeks which is now in the hands of european union. >> the eu looking it all over

now and what it says will likely decide the fate of the greek nation. any early word? >> nothing yet. this is the actual proposal, it's 13 pages when i printed it out. calls for everything from the sale of many of greece's airports to a 23% tax on food at restaurants. the irony here is of course the greeks were just celebrating their no vote last weekend where they said no to the european's proposal of higher taxes and budget cuts, then they wrote their own proposal where they're willing to do many of the same things. it's as if the greeks said nobody can tell us how to be miserable kept us. this photograph is making its way into looks of greek newspapers and on to facebook pages. these people are germans. the time is 1951 and they are signing a deal for their own german debt relief. how quickly they forgot. the greeks are pointing to this and saying something to the effect of forgive us our debts as other countries forgave the debts against you. the markets waiting on news

from greece and a speech from january this thet yellen, the teletubbees bringing the opening bell. sam, i know you are not much into teletubbees. i know we will see you at the hello can kitty super friendship festival. >> you should test how many hello kitty characters i can name. i can name hello kitty. >> flaunting his knowledge. let's get a quick check of weather. >> there's a lot of events going on this weekend. the jack of all trades market in oakland, we will have great weather for that. also in san jose on saturday we will have a mixture of sun and clouds and also on sunday. more sun. >> let's see how the roadways are looking. >> the big issue is the doyle drive closure. let me show you the east shore freeway it's jammed approaching the maze but this is largely due to an earlier crash on the incline by cleared. folk using the bay bridge as an alternate, you will get jammed in this jam. all weekend, folks, so far the

surface streets are moving slowly. slow drive north 101. south carolina governor nikki haley is coming up right now on "the today show." this as they take that flag off of the south capital grounds there. it's coming up now. good morning. breaking news n just a moment, the confederate flag at south carolina's capitol will come down for good. the end of a long fought battle over what some see as a symbol of hate. but others consider a symbol of southern pride. we're there live with an exclusive interview with governor nicky haley who led the charge to remove the flag. last best, bill clinton and george bush all smiles in a rare appearance together. >> my daughter spokeo