gunman. police say 59-year-old john houser killed two people and wounded nine others last night before taking his own life. they said he had been in louisiana for a month staying in a motel. police say they found wigs and disguises when they purchased his room and police believe that housier intended to escape afte the shooting. >> the gunman's original plan was to he leave the theater alive, his car was parked at the exit. as he was leaving in the crowd, he saw the law enforcement, local police officers, went back inside, that's when he shot and killed himself. >> police say of the nine people injured in the shooting two have been released from the hospital, one is still if in critical condition. authorities have not identified a motive for the shooting but they believe houser wasz8sñ wor alone and there are no other suspect or threats. happening today, the man accused of killing a hayward police officer heads to court into this afternoon mark estrada is going to make his first court appearance for the shooting

sergeant of sergeant scott lunger. the investigation into the shooting continuing it this morning. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live at the santa rita county jail. bob, you also have video of a car that hayward police are looking for as well. >> reporter: correct. while mark estrada sits in santa rita jail awaiting his first court appearance scheduled for later this afternoon. his family attorney is telling us that he not be judged, that mark estrada not be judged until his case is put before a court of law. police transferred the 21-year-old man, mark estrada, from oakland here around 9:00 last night from an oakland hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound. estrada allegedly shot and killed hayward police sergeant scott lunger during a traffic stop. sergeant lunger's partner turned fire hitting estrada. hayward police say they have no idea why estrada did it this,

but they are looking into another lead in this case and that's what you were just alluding to. investigators would like to know if you recognize this video. a surveillance camera recorded this sedan in mark estrada's oakland neighborhood shortly after sergeant lunger's murder early wednesday morning. >> either it fits in the puzzle and we put it as part of our case or it doesn't and we eliminate and move on to the next thing. >> reporter: this was a heart breaking scene yesterday as sergeant scott lunger's colleagues escorted his body from the coroner's office in oakland to the chapel of the chimes in hayward. throughout the route officers saluted his casket while members of the public paid their respects to this 15-year receipt ran of the hayward police department. his funeral is set tentatively for thursday morning at the neighborhood church it in castro valley. bob redell, "today in the bay." we do have new details about the man shot by a fremont police officer earlier this week. prooemt police say troy francis

threatened and chased two women with a kitchen knife inside a home on monday night. when officers got to the home police say francis then charged at the officers still holding that knife. he is now recovering in the hospital. the officers were not hurt. today we could learn more about the two men and a woman who were shot in val low. right now police calling this a murder-suicide. neighbors say they heard several gunshots last night coming from a home on songwood drive. when officers arrived on the scene they say they pound one man shot at the front door. essay life and in critical condition it in the hospital. inside the home, though, this they found another man and a woman also shot, but they died of their injuries. neighbors tell us there were several children at home at the time. >> fortunately from what i know no kids were hurt, but sadly, there were kids in the house when this happened. >> investigators are not releasing the names of the victim just yet and they are also not saying who pulled the

trigger. at 6:03 a big break in a recent deadly south bay shooting. police say they have made two arrests. it happened on june 26th in east san jose near terilyn avenue and pensacola drive. the victim 17-year-old jonathan natareno died at the scene. police say two san jose men ages 18 and 21 are now facing murder charges. investigators say one of the two opened fire after some sort of argument. san francisco's reportedly launching a new effort to help reform policing strategies, particularly when it comes to minorities. the examiner reports that the city will track demographic data involving all police stops and all people who are detained. it is hoped that a benchmark can be derived to ensure law enforcement teams avoid racial profiling. the move comes in the wake of recent charges of racist and homophobe i can texts exchanged by some san francisco police officers. the plan is it still has to get approval by the board of

supervisors. in new this morning, if you saw flaring coming from the chevron refinery in richmond, don't worry. chevron says the flaring allows for equipment depressurizing and is perfectly normal even though you may think it looks out of place. in less than an hour we hope to learn the latest conditions on a wildfire burning right now still near lake berryessa. it's the third day that crews will be battling those flames. the fire is only 15% contained and some who live in the area are still being kept away from their homes. we have live team coverage of the fire this morning. let's begin with "today in the bay" stephanie chuang who is live at the incident command post. there are 1,300 fire personnel on this and they recently this a shift change. >> reporter: more than 1,300 actually and they are waiting for a briefing this morning at 7:00. you can see here at the command post in vacaville there is firefighters as well as support staff. private contractors, dozers and water tenders who are grabbing breakfast right now before they

go to that briefing where cal fire will go over the plan of attack. the feeling is they will be here for some days. you can get that settled in it feeling. almost 1,400 of the firefighters and personnel, almost triple of how many started yesterday morning. the wragg is fire still at 6,900 acres. containment still only 15%. although they do expect that figure to climb. cal fire spokesperson telling us this morning that the winds died down yesterday and humidity was up really helping that fire fight. >> we do expect similar weather today and we are going to focus on effort on controlling the perimeter and getting evacuation areas lifted as soon as we possibly can. >> reporter: now, san francisco fire crews scanned neighborhoods yesterday checking for hot spots. there are many bay area out here working as well as air support. they helped fight with water drops. cal fire spokesperson saying this morning that people are

feeling, quote,vv÷ cautiously optimistic that the containment figures will be going up today although we won't hear the specifics until 7:30 this morning. live here in vacaville, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." another fire could change your weekend plans. this one shut down it the main road to south lake tahoe. right now highway 50 is closed as crews continue to battle the flames there. there are about 100 acres burning on both sides of the highway near sly park road and west of myers. there's a campground in the area, that's being evacuated as well. firefighters say the flames are only 5% contained this morning. ironically, the cause of this fire called the kyburz fire might be the same as the napa county fire. this is video that investigators are looking at right now, it shows a truck that lost a wheel and then caught fire on the side of the road. time to check your microclimate forecast as we give you a live look outside, the

golden gate bridge, the weekend is beck thing. >> it will be a nice weekend. humidity starts out nice and low as the crews try to battle those wildfires, especially the one south of lake berryessa. the temperature now at 56 degrees, look at the humidity, 88%, and that drops down to the upper 30s and lower 40s today as far as the percentage of humidity in the air as we go through the day. right now as we start out the day you see temperatures in the it -- mostly in the 50s. look at the north bay, nice cool 49 degrees, a little more sun than yesterday at this time with the sun coming up, not as many clouds. in san francisco today's high will be 67 degrees, 73 east bay and upper 70s, lower 80s elsewhere. if you are heading out to the giants versus the a's game tonight, if you don't have a ticket you can watch it right here on nbc bay area.

that became will have the first pitch at 7:15, it will be 63 degrees, in the upper 50s by the end of the game as those clouds move back in, breezy and cool as at&t park this this evening. i will show you theest rest of the microclimates and help you plan outdoor activities for this weekend, too. it's friday so i'd say pretty typical. let's give you a big look at the commute right now. mostly green all over the bay. a little slowing on north 101. we will show you this in san jose. not much of a big issue, we just this that early first burst north of 680. let me give you a look out here as well as we show you the speed sensors out of the tri-valley. altamonte pass no big drama. at speed at the dublin interchange, the bay bridge toll plaza, this is friday, a backup here, but this is great as far as i'm concerned. the fast track lanes, those are the middle ones, they are moving well so that's a pleasant flow believe it or not. >> i believe it. with our commute hours we are

driving to work -- >> we are spoiled. >> 3:00 in the morning. i'm like there are seven cars on the road, this is horrible. >> there were a lot of taillights, like a to see cars. >> no. >> did you say this is the traffic god's appearing justw? >> no, that's in your head. time is now 6:10. still ahead on "today in the bay," in san francisco the flow of cash from the federal government could be cut off if donald trump has his way. >> new calls for the jd to look into hillary clinton's e-mails, we will take a look coming up in business and tech. and several silicon valley companies are taking on the feds this morning. we are going to explain. =kari/wsi 1= adlib and looking live at a glorious start to this friday morning. sure hope you have good plans for the weekend. it's going to be nice and mild. if you have yard work on your honey do list you might want to do it quick because the heat is

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>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." good friday morning. here is a live look from mt. hamilton and a clear start to the day it in the south bay. temperatures this this weekend will be nice but i have a headsup on a warmup coming up in the microclimate forecast. and here is a mice look over hear, i showed you the speed sensors for 580 through it dublin, that's the reason we are at the speed limit. good spacing, a lighter volume of traffic. we will show you how things are shaping up over in the north bay coming up. while many presidential candidates are hitting key

states like iowa and new hampshire, donald trump took his campaign right to the border with mexico. trump spoke yesterday at the u.s./mexico border in texas. sticking to his calls for tougher border control, although not use aing the controversial language that he has been using in the past couple weeks. in washington the so-called donald trump act cleared the house. this would prohibit federal funds for sanctuary cities that protect immigrant sus is spects from deportation. it is a big issue in san francisco where an undocumented immigrant is accused of murdering a woman along the embarcadero. >> there are cities more interested in providing a sanctuary for those criminals than theroux viegd a sanctuary for their law abiding citizens. >> presidential candidates will be on the road this this weekend promoting their own views on immigration policy. a new poll shows voters don't prefer one political party over the other when it comes to immigration in particular.

if the continuing asking between privacy and national security twitter, yahoo, facebook, google are pushing back against new legislation that would require them to tell the feds of possible terrorist activity online. am private meetings on capitol hill industry officials told lawmakers they already ban grizzly content like baeheading, but tech officials also worried the proposed legislation is way too broad and would put companies on the hook legally if they miss a tweet, for instance, that hints of an attack. presidential candidate hillary clinton plans to make a major economic address today. >> scott mcgrew is, she want american companies and investors to think more long-term. >> we are all guilty of thinking short term, i contribute to this, i tell you how a stock did over the course of a couple days or how a company did over a quarter. that's too short term. secretary clinton plans to ask american businesses to think long-term.

one of the things she is going to criticize is the stock buy back. companies do it to inflate their stock price. clinton will ask wouldn't it be better if companies took that money and used it to build something or use it for research and development. >> meanwhile, back am washington there are calls for the justice department to investigate secretary clinton's e-mails. inspectors general at the state department are recommending the justice department launch an investigation into whether any of those e-mails were classified and thus should not have been sent through a personal server. >> on a lighter note, have you read that book "the martian?" it's going to be a movie this fall starring matt damon we are talking super blockbuster movies. the book was written by a software engineer from mountain view who just started posting chapters to the internet. he said he had no idea it would become a book, much less a huge

movie. >> my readers said can you make an e book version and then this i did that. then they said i don't know how to download an e book version can you put it up on amazon kindl and kindl said you have to charge a buck so i did that. then it got up into the best seller list and that got the attention of fox and i have no idea what i did right. >> he will be my guest after "meet the press" on sunday is. he reminds me of tom clancy. you remember tom clancy was an insurance salesman who wrote about is sub marines because he thought they were interesting. >> does that mean we can't expect a sequel. >> he's got one in this his head he says. but he never expected to make a single dollar. >> good for him. >> he is going to do well. we saw matt damon is in that. sign me up. >> that's going to be great.  angry santa cruz residents apparently looking to

the heavens for the source of their anger. the problem, a new flight path from santa cruz airport to sfo flies a little too close to homes. today the faa is actually going to santa cruz to discuss ways to reduce the if you say. city leaders will also attend the private meeting where we presume they will get an aerful from critics. but that meeting is closed to the public including the media so we won't know for sure. a popular east bay pier is off limits due it to safety concerns. inspectors first noticed trouble with berkeley's municipal pier before the july 4th celebrations. at the time the city closed the pier to vehicle traffic, kite citing a crumbling deck and supports. now pedestrians are not allowed there, either. time to check the microclimate forecast as we give you a live look outside this morning at 6:18. the sunol hills. >> kari, a nice start to the

weekend overall? >> yes, it also nice, quiet, morning low clouds, afternoon sunshine, typical stuff. what will not be typical, next week the heat. we could for the first time hit 110 degrees in parts of the bay area. i just hope the computer models aren't right. as we take a look at the live at&t park, they are warming up and just getting that field ready for the big game later on tonight. giants versus the a's. it will be great weather for that as we take a live look also outside across the bay bridge and you see those clouds, beautiful sunrise, the sun peaking through. along the coast it has been cloudy these past couple of days, expect a little more sunshine today and a tad bit warmer, but the fog returns tonight, expect sunset at 8:22. right now it's 58 degrees in livermore, 57 degrees in sun sunnyva sunnyvale. a nice cool start to the day also fairly mild temperatures into the afternoon.

in san jose 79 degrees, mountain view 76 degrees and the castro at 64 degrees. in the lower 80s in the north bay, calistoga and also in walnut creek, in the tri-valley still low 80s there and this weekend one of the events you will want to check out, the gilroy garlic festival. this weekend great weather for that. maybe you will want to try some of that garlic ice cream. it will be warmer this weekend, just a few degrees. we will really feel that heat cranking up as we go into next week. by the middle of the week it will be down right uncomfortable, maybe unbearable in many spots. enjoy the weekend, still some mild weather, nice and school with mostly 70s and 80s across the bay. let's see how traffic is moving with mike. we will start in the north bay, a good deal of sunshine bright thing this shot. southbound 101 no need for slowing. all the way down to the golden gate bridge. the bay bridge we will show you the toll plaza it's a little cloudier and we have a lot more traffic. the backup for these cash lanes

and the fast track lanes, left approach easy flow of traffic just like yesterday. the bay bridge approach on the map shows you no real slowing through the area. reminder the giants/a's tonight at 7:15. expect game time traffic around at&t but not a lot of other traffic. it's friday. happening today, you bet it's getting hot in gilroy. that is where garlic breath will be everywhere this weekend in the best possible ways. >> this is he can sighting, the south bay loving this event. there were almost 80,000 people who went last year. >> these guys are already rolling up their sleeves and getting started. it's one of the bay area's most popular events. >> the doors officially open as 9:00 this this morning and here is what some of what you can expect. >> there's a lot of food going on so we have garlic bread, cal marie, scampi, pesto, mushrooms,

everything is laced with garlic. >> how have you beat that. you can even wash down all that garlic food with garlic beer. we're going to say two tons of garlic will be say vord this weekend and they will host their first ever garlic dream wedding >> how much time are you going to be spending around other people today after the garlic festival is the question. still ahead on "today in the bay" a new twist on a clas sick shoe. and the way one city is fighting back against people who urinate on city streets.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." san francisco has a splashy new idea aimed at getting people to stop urinating on the streets. the public works department is installing -- or putting on liquid repellant paint in ten locations in the city. here is the guy has going to tell you how it works. >> when people urinate on the wall the pee actually bounces back and hits your pants or gets you wet. so we are piloting it to see if we can discourage people from peeing on many of our hot spots. >> this isn't a crazy idea. some german cities have used it already and this success with that paint. in san francisco the paint is paired with signs saying, hold it. this is not a public restroom.

>> the pee would not u.s. go on your pants but also on your shoes. keep that in mind here. >> fighting fire with fire. one of the world's most popular line of kicks is getting it's first makeover. you can call this one an inside job. >> change is here for the iconic chuck taylor all stars. converse say you will notice the changes in the new shoe when it hits stores on tuesday, but the kicker is you will only notice it when the shoes are on your feet. the classic look is going to stay the same. that means change from within, including more support, better cushion thing and breathe ability. so breathe easy, chuck taylor fans. >> what's old is new again. those were always sweet shoes. still ahead, an update to developing news, what we are just learned from investigators about a deadly shooting inside

of a movie theater in louisiana. and he tied in the line of duty 40 years ago. how a sonoma sheriff's deputy is going honored today. and a live look outside right now, the s curve in san rafael, the weekend ever so close. we will have a look at your forecast right after this break. who is john houser? what we've

learned about the man who police say - opened fire inside louisi who is john houser? what we've learned about the man who police say opened fire inside a louisiana movie theater. and make outdoor plans this

weekend. we will all want to stay inside under the ac next week. more on that coming up in the microclimate forecast. and a pretty calm commute, but we do have a vehicle fired reported upper east shore freeway. coming up. it's been three days of losing on wall street. we will hope for a better day today as we take a look at the nyse. now over to the nasdaq as well. some green confetti. today is friday, the 24th of july. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a good friday morning. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> here are today's top stories. in the next half hour cal fire is expected to give us an update on that wildfire burning in napa and solano counties. right now sergeant scott lunger 15% contained with nearly 7,000 acres burned since wednesday alone. flames have destroyed one barn and damaged a home. the man accused of killing

hayward police sergeant scott lunger is scheduled to make his first court appearance today. mark estrada expected to answer to charges. and the after smooth of those shooting rampage, this time in louisiana. about an hour ago lafayette police give us a better idea of the victims and gunman in in last night's shooting in a movie theater. >> tracie, what are police telling us to far? >> reporter: we're learning more about john russell rusty houser a fan from phoenix city, alabama whose original plan was to leave that theater, but as we learned early this morning there were three victims, one a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he killed himself there at the theater and now they are trying to figure out why. they searched his car, they searched his home, there was a search going on in a motel 6. the bomb squad went in first before authorities went in to

search that area. a 58-year-old man who according to what police say went into that theater, was sitting there with the patrons and then all of a sudden opened fire. we know that two other people were killed, nine other people were shot, one was critical as of early this morning and they are still on the scene investigating at this hour. we will continue to follow that story thank you for the update. happening today, a final good-bye for two of the marines killed during last week's shootings in chattanooga. funerals will be held for staff sergeant david wyatt. his family will bury this him in chattanooga national cemetery because of the outpouring of support in that community. there will also be a service in georgia for lance corporal squire wells. four marines and a sailor tied when a gunman attacked two military services. a bay area's father plea for

immigration appears to have worked. the house passed a bill to crack down on sanctuary cities like san francisco. this it comes after the murder of kate steinle. the suspected gunman is an undocumented immigrant with multiple prior deportations. the bill would block federal funding for cities that refused to enforce federal immigration law. republicans support the bill, democrats call it an irresponsible spub lick policy. the white house says president obama will veto that bill. all this new at 6:00, five miles off highway 116 off the sonoma coastline have been renamed to honor a deputy. the stretch of highway will be known as the deputy sheriff mare receipt wp deeds memorial highway. the sonoma county sheriffs honor guard is going to unveil signs alongside the highway. deeds was shot by an ex-con in 1975. time to check the microclimate forecast as we look out our window on san francisco

and at&t park, battle of the bay going to take the diamond in evening, giants taking on the a's, you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. >> good weather out there. >> great weather foot today and the next couple of days for that matter especially when you consider what's headed this way next week. let's get a look at what's happening right now, 48 degrees in the north bay, san francisco 58 degrees and the east bay starts out the morning at 60 degrees. as we go into the afternoon there will be a lot of sunshine, temperatures pretty much just like yesterday with the ice topping out in the 70s and 80s, san francisco today expect a high of 64 degrees. i will talk more about that and what to expect as we head into next week. those temperatures are going to go way up. i will show you that coming up in a few minutes and mike gets you out the door on time to work. we have this car fire that i'm tracking so let's put this into perspective. the map will show you no big

slowing around the bay, san francisco, the a's giants game later on today, prepare for post work traffic there. look at the bay bridge approach, the maze an easy drive,th the upper east shore freeway where there is a concern westbound 80, reports of a car fire on the shoulder. the latest update i just got was that the car is engulfed in flames, that means it's going to be quite a spectacle. no injuries reported. no one reportedly in that fire. as we look at the rest of the bay we pass by the san mateo bridge. i will jump in there and show you that westbound is moving smoothly, light volume back out to the maps we do have a disabled car mortgage bound 87, not a major concern. the south bay easy, just that traffic we expect heading south toward gilroy for the garlic festival. >> gates open in two and a half hours. thank you, mike. 6:35. still ahead, swimming 30 miles

is stuff enough on its own, now try it in shark-infested water. two bay area athletes plan to jump in next week. we will tell you why next. and let's look live out our window over san jose. we see traffic moving smoothly as mike said and the skies are all blue and clear. if you have some chores to do around the yard, make sure you get them done this weekend because next week you are going to want to crank the air conditioning kari hall says. and a reminder that there is the big faceoff, the a's against the giants in the bay bridge series, you can watch it right here on nbc bay area, coverage starts at 7:00. =reopen= =kris/livepix= adlib live look at san jose adlib live look at san jose

=kris/cu= two bay area athletes arein 6:38 right now. take a look at this pretty picture of the performing arts center there in downtown san

jose. the trees looking green from here although we know that the draught has taken the toll around the bay area. two bay area athletes are hoping to swim into the history books by attempting an unprecedented feat. they are trying to swim 30 miles through shark infested waters from the golden gate bridge to the farralon islands. oh, by the way, they are to go it without wet suits, too. so there's that. the bay area news group reports simon dominguez of marin county will make his attempt sometime next week depending on the weather. and then kim change percent of san francisco hopes to be the first woman to complete the swim sometime around august 8th. this swim has been completed four times before, but only in the opposite direction. speaking of shark-infested waters, this is a map showing the last 100 years of shark attacks in the bay area. of all these attacks only one proved to be a fatal attack in

the recorded history of the region. the san francisco chronicle posted the map online. statewide only ten people have been killed by sharks since 1926. a family visiting glacier national park in montana narrowly escaped a wildfire this week and it was caught on camera. the duncan family was in the process of leaving the park because of that fire. the fire broke out less than a mile from where they were camping. the son pulled out his cell phone and started recording. at first it looked like the fire was at a relatively safe distance but it catches up to them as they're driving away. >> oh, my gosh. go. >> we need to go. >> go. >> no, fast. t dad, go. holy crap. >> the family did make it to safety, the wildfire has burned more than six square miles and forced the evacuation of a small town and two campgrounds and firefighters say evacuate,

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we begin with new developments in the movie theater shooting in louisiana. within the last 90 minutes authorities identified the gunman. police say 59-year-old john houser killed two people and wounded nine others last night before then taking his own life. they say he had been in louisiana just for a month, staying in a motel. he is described as a drifter. police say they found wigs and disguises when they searched his hotel room. police believe houser intended to make an escape after the shooting. >> i want to emphasize the gunman's original plan was to

leave the theater alive, his car was parked at the exit. as he was leaving in the crowd trying to mingle in the crowd he saw the law enforcement local police officers, went back inside, that's when he shot and killed himself. >> of the nine people who were injured in the shooting two have been released from the hospital, one still in critical condition. authorities have not identified a motive for the shooting but they believe ouser was working alone and that there are no other suspects or threats. later today we will learn what's next for the man accused of killing a hayward police sergeant, that was sergeant lunger. >> this afternoon mark estrada will face a judge for the first time since that deadly shooting. as he heads to court there are more details emerging about the investigation and something that police are also looking for this morning. "today in the bay" bob redell is live at the santa rita jail where estrada is being held this morning. >> reporter: police transferred the suspect mark estrada here to the santa rita jail in dublin around 9:00 last night.

this is after an oakland hospital finished treating him for at least one gunshot wound that he received in his encounter with hayward police early wednesday morning. later today at 2:00 estrada, a 21-year-old plan from oakland will make his first appearance in court where we expect he will be formerly charged in the murder of hayward police sergeant scott lunger. police say he shot sergeant lunger without warning during a traffic stop. estrada was hurt when sergeant lunger's partner fired back at his. estrada's mother tells our sister station telemundo that estrada is a good son with a good heart. here is what his family attorney this to tell us where he had. >> they ask that no judgment be passed until the entire case is before a court of law. >> reporter: hayward police would like you to take a look at this surveillance video and see

if you recognize the is sed tan. a camera recorded this vehicle in mark estrada's oakland neighbor shortly after the murder. hayward police would like to speak with the driver of that car, officers won't say why, but they feel that this person could play a significant role in their investigation. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." we do have new details on the knife wielding man who was shot by a fremont police officer, two of them, earlier this week. fremont police say troy francis threatened and chased two women that he lived with inside the home that they shared on monday night. when officers arrived to the home police say francis then charged at officers still holding the knife. both officers so the francis. he is now recovering in the hospital. no officers were hurt. now to a developing story we've just learned crews have made progress on the wildfire burning near lake berryessa. this is the third day crews will battle the flames and at 6900

acres that fire is now 20% contained. up interest 15% last night. some who live in the area are still being told to keep away from their homes. we have live team coverage of the fire this morning. let's go with "today in the bay" stephanie chuang who is live at the incident command post with more. steph. >> reporter: right now lots of vehicles are passing by right now coming in, some are checking out. this is part of a shift change going on. you can see behind me hundreds of fire crews getting breakfast i'm told it's a very big breakfast, eggs, sausage, everything. they deserve it. then 10, 15 minutes there is a briefing to go over the attack plan for the day. this is a much bigger command post than the previous one, firefighters will likely be here for days. again, containment numbers were expect to go up and they have, up to 20%. we got video of the only building to burn town, this burn highway 128 west of winters, the only other structure damaged was a house. damaged by flames.

firefighters have been struggling with the steep terrain plastered in dry brush and grass. with homes still in the path of flames cal fire is not letting up on the attack. >> approximately 150 to 200 homes are still threatened. even though we have increased containment percentage on the fire there's still open line and that leaves the possibility for the fire to blow up if we do have extreme weather conditions again. >> reporter: this has been a fire fight extremely dependent on air. that progress means mandatory evacuation orders golden bear has lifted, the others still under evacuation orders. there is going to be a briefing shortly here. we will get you the latest when we have the update. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." another fire could change your weekend plans. this one has shut down the main road to lake tahoe. right now highway 50 is closed as crews continue to battle

flames there as well. about 100 acres is burning on both sides of the highway near sly park road and west of fires. a campground in the area is being evacuated as well. firefighters say the flames are only 5 pr contained this morning. ironically the cause of this fire might be the same cause of the napa county fire. a car crash. investigators are looking at this video of a truck that lost its wheel and caught fire on the side of the road. >> it looked like it lost the whole axel. you can see how that would spark a fire in those dry grasses and brushes along the side of the road. a check of the forecast now with kari hall. we're looking forward to beautiful day if san francisco and really all around the bay. >> look at the difference there. you could see the sunshine this morning and that was not what we saw yesterday, pretty much all day in san francisco. as we go into the afternoon more sun and also we keep the comfortable weather. just a touch warmer. that will be the trend as we go into the weekend and early next week. we've been talking about the

wildfire, some of the conditions that they have had to deal with. right now the weather is favorable. looking at the seven day forecast at the bottom to of the screen as it comes up look at how those temperatures go over the next few days. it starts to get very hot next week and that could cause some problems for the crews out there trying to get those wildfires under control. the humidity this morning for that wragg fire, 88% and the temperature nice and cool, 56 degrees. across the bay mostly some 50s and 60 degrees in the east bay. today expect highs to top out in the 60s am san francisco and 70s and 80s elsewhere. as you head out this morning a few of those clouds will still linger but clear out quickly. it will be a warmer day and more sunshine at the coast and also for oakland as well. the fog returns tonight and sunset at 8:22 but not before we have this first pitch of the giants versus the a's game. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. if you have ticket to the game be sure to bundle up, it will be

cool and breezy, temperatures dropping back be into the upper 50s. also this weekend we will have the berkeley kite festival, great weather for that with highs in the 70s and a lot of sunshine and also at levi stadium tomorrow if you are going to watch some football it will be in the low 70s at 11:00 and then rising into the lower 80s. once again mostly sunny skies. we have been talking about that heat you can see it once again in this that seven-day forecast this weekend will be warm but nothing compared to next week. unfortunately temperatures will soar into the triple digits in the tri-valley. we will keep you up-to-date on that. it's pretty light all around the bay except for the upper east shore freeway. i want to show you the build for north 101. let's look at the map, the speed sensors starting to slow for 101. it's starting to ease for 87 after the earlier stall cleared. we are looking at a smoother drive throughout the east bay, slowing through hayward southbound and toward the bay bridge where the metering lights

are on. upper east shore freeway for westbound 80 it does jam up. it looks like they might have put that fire out on the roadside. back to you. today we could learn more about two men and a woman who were shot in vallejo. right now police are calling it a murder-suicide. neighbors say they heard sufrl gunshots last night coming from a home on songwood drive. when officers got there they say they found one man shot at the front door. essay life but in critical condition this morning. officers say that inside the home they found another man and a woman. they were also shot, but they died of their injuries. neighbors tell us there were also several children at home. >> fortunately from what i know no kids were hurt, but sadly, there were kids in the house when this happened. investigators are not yet releasing the names of the victims. they are also not saying who pulled the trigger. a big break this morning in a recent deadly south bay shooting. police now say they have made

two arrests. the shooting happened june 26th in east san jose near terilyn avenue and pensacola drive. the victim 17-year-old jonathan natareno died at the scene. police say two san jose men ages 18 and 21 are now facing murder charges. investigators say one of the two opened fire after some sort of argument. san francisco is reportedly launching a new effort to help reform policing strategies. particularly where it comes to minorities. the examiner reports that the city will track demographic data involving all police stops and the people who are detained. the hope is to create a benchmark to avoid racial profiling by law enforcement in the future. the move comes in the wake of recent charges of racist and homophobic texts exchanged by some san francisco police officers. the plan still has to get approval from the board of supervisors. judges in san diego are going to hear a new right to die argument that may allow california doctors to prescribe

life ending drugs to the terminally ill. christie o'donnell is a mother with cancer and a support of the end of life option act inspired by brittany maynard. maynard moved from the bay area to oregon to end her life. o'donnell would like to remain this her southern california home. judges will hear a motion to dismiss o'donnell's lawsuit. that suit seeks an injunction against the current law preventing prescriptions for life ending drugs. amazon is living up to its name. it's bigger than walmart. >> scott mcgrew, that is a first. >> it's a first for amazon topping walmart like this. amazon turning a profit in the last quarter. so its stock jumped on the news. it is up a staggering 20%. it puts amazon's market cap above walmart for the first time. now, the big if you say was not the profits of amazon the way you and i think of it, these boxes coming to our homes. what amazon made a ton of money on was its cloud servers, made

huge money there. now, the markets, the dow industry industrial is down again this morning, the nasdaq at least is in the green. if we continue this trend we are also on three days of a losing streak on the dow, now it looks like four. that's the worst we will have had in about six weeks. >> trying to ride it out there. thank you. here is something to think about before you map out your meals today in case today is your cheat day, who knows. researchers say that having a glass of wine with dinner might make you eat more. scientists found alcohol made a portion of the brain fixate more on food aroma. two-thirds of the women in the group this a larger lunch after consuming alcohol, but don't worry, experts still don't discourage the benefits of some drinks like red wine. >> of all places to say this, in wine can country. it is also garlic country. better believe it's getting o hot in gilroy. that's where garlic breath is

going to be a common theme this weekend in the best possible ways. here is a live look inside the fwf gilroy garlic festival. >> the doors open at 10:00 this morning, but the flames are already roaring down in gilroy this morning. lots of folks headed to the festival. last year attendance was at 80,000 people or so. and there's good reason why. >> there's a lot of food going on, garlic bread, calamari, scampi, pest toe, mesh rooms, everything is laced with garlic, it's garlicky goodness. >> organizers say two tons of garlic will be savored in every conceivable way this weekend. i was looking at some of the recipes for the eight chefs participating in the great garlic cook off. one of them garlicky chocolate short ribs with rice. >> what? >> garlic chocolate short ribs

and rice all paired together. >> you have the coconut and chocolate so it's not so crazy. >> it might be crazy good. we don't know. >> all the other standard garlic stuff also available for those interested. >> sometimes the festival is so blazingly hot. this time it's going to be comfortable. >> it will still be warm but still warm enough to enjoy garlic ice ream. in the mid 80s today and tomorrow. on sunday a touch cooler as we get a few more clouds, but overall, yeah, it will be a great weekend for thact. the heat hits us next week >> get down there quickly. >> as the day continues we are just getting started with the opening time, it will get crowded for 101 heading south to san jose in towards gilroy. we are light around the bay. this is one of the two sloes spot of the bay, the bay bridge

toll plaza where the metering lights are on. the clouds are getting ready to take off on the weekend. in the upper east shore freeway is an issue, all is well for the giants game later on in the day, but here the recovery for the upper east shore, that early car fire looks like it is out, no injuries. we will zoom in map back out to the south bay where traffic just starting to build in the northbound direction and south toward gilroy we have the congestion all weekend for the gilroy garlic festival. >> if your weekend plans include camping or going to south lake tahoe that road still closed. >> you can't take i-50. you can sake i-80 and 89 will take you down there as well into the other information we have learned is that the napa fire is now 20% contained, it was 15% at the start of the morning. so firefighters do seem to be making some progress there. >> stephanie chuang still out there, if anything develops we will take you back out there live. in the meantime we will let you get on with your day.

we will be back with you with more local news in about 25 minutes. >> we also have a baseball game coming up tonight, the a's are taking on the giants, 7:15. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. good morning. breaking news. a gunman opens fire in a crowded movie theater in louisiana, killing two people, wounding nine others. that shooter just identified as 59-year-old john russell houser, a drifter who took his own life after running into police while trying to sneak out of that theater. >> it is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. >> what police are saying about the shooter as a teacher emerges as a hero for her bravery in the gunfire today, friday, july 24th, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is a