crews have never seen anything like this. the rocky fire north of the bayrea burningvirtually f control. growing 20 acres in just five anything like this, rocky fire burning virtually out of control. growing 20 acres in just five hours. the plan to put it out. and a hero to the rescue, a deputy pulling the driver in the path of a caltrain out of the path of danger in the nick of time. >> announcer: were nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a good tuesday morning it's 4020. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's first heck that forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> we start out now with the lower 60s across the bay and it's 64 degrees in the

livermore, san francisco already at 63 degrees and we're watching some clouds moving in, and interest there will be a slight cans that there could be a little bit of some light thing along the co-pacifica reaching 66 degrees, los gatos today 62 degrees and san francisco 70 degrees on the embarcadero in the north bay 80 degrees, in the napa, while oakland tops out at 73 and livermore reaching 81 degrees. another mild day across the bay. there could be a few changes as we head closer to the weekend. more on that coming in the microclimate forecast. how are the roads looking? >> so far looking grood today. in dublin west of el charro a little slowing coming in out of the altamonte pass. as we loo look at or speed sensors it nothing draks tick. starting to go from yellow to green out of the altamonte passing by west grant line road

and we are looking over toward the rest of the bay. no problems heading toward the san mateo bridge or on the peninsula. we begin now with the latest developments on the rocky fire. this morning tens of thousands of acres scorched as the flames still lingering on. right now that fire remains at just 12% containment. >> firefighters are now calling the quick spread of the rocky fire as historically unprecedented. at one point it grew 20,000 acres in just five hours. here is a look at where the fire is burning. evacuations are underway with more than 6300 structures threatened. but for maniless homes it was just too late. "today in the bay" kris sanchez has been following the story for us. what are we learning about this really tough fire fight this morning? >> reporter: laura, firefighters are using words like unprecedented, as you mentioned, and historical because the fire is so erratic and it continues to spread relatively unchecked. veteran firefighters say that part of the problem is that the

fire is burning where there have not been a fire in record history. the fire is voracious, continuing to grow and deny all efforts to contain it. though firefighters were able to hold the line at 12% containment, the fire continues to grow overnight and it jumped a fire line and it it was a big one. the flames spread across highway 20, winds pushing the fire north towards thousands of homes. cal fire says the fire driven by plumes rising up and when they create -- when had he fall they create new paths for that fire. >> once it gets heavy enough it just falls down and spreads the fire in all kinds of directions and that creates all kinds of challenges. >> for the missouri part this fire has a mind of its own. >> reporter: resources are pouring in, we told you about two air force reserve c-130s that are dropping water and fire restarred ent that are cycle through in 50 minutes time. that's on top of the 19 helicopters, four air tankers and 300 fire engines that are

already there in place. there are also more than 3,000 firefighters who are on the ground and they must be exhausted as they have been on this fire fight for six days now. the lake fire just one of many burning across the state right now. firefighters are being pushed to the brink as they battle 21 fires in total. several of them sparked by lightning. 9,000 firefighters out on the fire lines right now. the one near clear lake remains the largest. 134,000 acres of land total burning right now in california. we've posted a slide show of the fire fight on our website. you can see the challenges the crews are facing. all of this is on our front page at nbcbayarea.com. new this morning, flames closer to home now. firefighters battled this three alarm fire this san jose early this this morning. broke out at a barn east of william court near midnight. so far there are no reports of

injuries, crews were able to keep the flames to that barn. in had what could have been a fatality we move now to a dramatic rescue in sunnyvale. incredible video captured the moment the deputies pulled a man off the tracks just before a caltrain passed on by. a move that ultimately saved that man's life. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in sunnyvale with with a we're learning about that amazing rescue. it's hard to believe even watching it. >> reporter: this happened right over there over my shoulder at this caltrain crossing at mary and west evelyn avenues here in sunnyvale. you can see workers still repairing the signal equipment damaged during this collision. it was captured by more than one camera and posted to you tube. a driver who law enforcement believes was under the influence tried to beat a train across the

tracks, got caught by the crossing gate and sat there. fortunately for him two san mateo county transit deputies happened to be nearby, one ran down the tracks it to try to warn the train and the other went to the car. inside he found the driver. a man in his 20s conscious, but impaired, according to the deputies, and not getting himself out of harm's way. as you can see in this video one of the deputies dragged him from the vehicle and then a moment later the northbound 385 plowed into the front of the man's car, spinning it off the track. >> it was close, yeah. just glad that we were here because obviously it would have been a different result. >> reporter: and that was one of the deputies who pulled the man from the car. deputies did have to handcuff him, again, her looking into whether he was upped the influence of alcohol. the crash did delay service for about an hour. caltrain does not expect the work going on right now behind me to affect this morning's commute. reporting live in sunnyvale, bob redell, "today in the bay." a follow-up now at 4:36 to a

story we told you about yesterday. an suv suddenly accelerated after going through car wash. no you car wash lois say it wasn't the first timefemtime. the 1999 jep grand cherokee accelerated out of a car wash am in green bay over the weekend and across 101 all with a wash employee inside. he said the jeep was in knee tropical when it took off. people at other car washes have reported similar problems with that type of car. the chp says water may be short-circuiting the vehicle's electronics. >> we are to go research that indicates there may be a recall involving these vehicles. we did take the vehicle to be inspected by chp investigators. >> no word from jeep this morning. a source tells us the car wash is considering banning some jeep grand cherokees. a car wash back east has said a

similar move. heels burring is part of a list to offer free recycled water during the drought. people can get highly treated recycled water from the city's sewer treatment plants. it is only good for using on grand earns and land. until this year recycled water hadn't been used approximately this year. >> pretty soon we will be drinking recycled water as well. we have definitely in the tuesday state of mind right now of. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. >> it is looking good. we starting to see a few more clouds rolling in on shore and the cloud cover is all because of the moisture streaming in from tropical storm gillermode that's well to the west and continues to move towards hawaii. a very slight chance there could be sprinkles along the coast, maybe lightning. otherwise it stays mainly quite

all across the bay. lower 60s right now, into the afternoon highs reaching into the 70s and 80s. south bay 80 degrees, 81 in the north bay, east bay 72 while the tri-valley tops out at 83 and san francisco today look for a high of 69 degrees. i will have more on what to expect as we go through the week as we start a slow warming friend that's coming up in a few minutes. right now let's get a look at traffic with mike. we are looking at not a slow trend, that's good stuff, for fremont. this is 880 past the truck scales. heading south with lease headlights past mission boulevard let's take a look at your map. we do have an early morning crash westbound 237 that's circled there. it had your right two lanes blocked early morning just after 3:00 but there has been no real update. chp still reports being on scene there. don't see any slowing. the rest of your bay looks nice, no problems across the golden gate bridge or bay bridge.

the palo alto tens lpeninsula, smooth drive. happening right now, if you have to drive through palo alto this morning, a reroute might be in order. a busy intersection is closed to crews can install new traffic signals. this is new video of the area that we're talking about. several lanes of embarcadero -- of embarcadero road, i should say, near town and country village are going to be shut down until 7:00 this this morning. that is right near stanford stadium. traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and there will be crews out there directing you if you get caught up in the crunch. if you are familiar with at that area you know it can get pretty crammed. the new signals prorpdly come with a new timing program. happening now -- no, you already read that one. >> we already talked about palo alto. silicon valley has long been suck in the stone ages when it

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people are dead after a building collapsed in india. all new in morning, at least 11 people are dead after a building collapsed if india. right now india's national disaster response force is hz to save anyone trapped underneath the three-story building that's collapsed. all of this happening on the outskirts of mumbai. investigators right now looking into the cause of the collapse but reports say that authorities had previously declared that 50-year-old structure too dangerous to life? a construction company owner and a project manager will spend the next two years behind bars for the death of a worker in milpitas. the two men were sentenced after they were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of raul zapata. he tied after a wall david in at a construction site in in 2012. it happened three days after city inspectors said the project wasn't rain because of recent rain. lawyers for an estranged couple in a fight over their

embryos will give their closing arguments. mimi lee is in a divorce with steven finley over the five embryos they froze together in 2010 after lee was diagnosed with karns. now she wants control of the embryos because she says they are her only chance to have kids. lee testified that the contract she signed with fiply for the embryos was just a consent form and could be changed. finley wants the embryos can destroyed, which is what the company agreed to do in case it they split up. an effort to dee fund planned parenthood failed on capitol hill. the senate voted down the bill where he had t it would have taken away more than a half a billion dollars from the women's health organization. the funding may become a sticking point as congress faces a september 30th did deadline to pass a bill to avoid a government shutdown. we now have an idea how the republican debate stage might look in cleveland on thursday, most of the candidates showed up for a voters forum in new hampshire last night trying to make their last work here to get

on that stage for thursday's debate. today is the deadline for republican candidates to qualify, only the top ten in the polls are going on invited. some candidates will easily make the can cut like donald trump, jeb bush and wisconsin governor scott walker. you see rick perry there. he along with chris christie and john kasich are on the fringe. all three were at last night's voters for rum. >> we can't negotiate with terrorist. >> you can secure the border, it takes boots on the ground. >> we need balanced budget amendment. >> donald trump with as a no-show. that does not appear be to affecting his numbers. the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows trump on top. silicon valley leaders may be ready to turn over a new leaf when it comes to diversity. leading venture capitalists are gathering for a high profile event at the white house. there according to u.s.a. today a trade group will recommit to

creating new opportunities for women and my forts. the national venture capital association wants to find long-term solutions to tackle its diversity problem. it's recent is survey found 11% of investors are female and 13% people of color. >> nice to see them keeping in the public conscious. are you seeing a lot more people on their cell phones this week, maybe more than normal. rap that's because angry birds 2 is out. >> not everyone is happy. for more news on that and news before the bell we turn to landon downie. >> let's get a check get of the markets. stocks look to rebound from mondays losses had a saw the dow drop for the third straight session. markets were impacted from falling oil prices, the below $46 a barrel and apple fell into correction territory down at 10% were recent ice. look for data on factory orders,

the dow down to 17,598, the knack dak 51.15. . low gas prices are prompting consumers to buy more suvs and pickup truck. they are on track for an annual sales pace of 17 million vehicles for the first time before the recession after posting a monthly sales rate of $17.5 million in july. 5% more for a pickup this this july with many choosing on more expensive options. the battle between birds and pigs are still popular. one facet of the game is rustling feathers. some players are frustrated with having to wait 30 minutes if they run out of their lives.

>> how many lives do you get as a bird? i know you get nine for a cat, but -- >> i don't know. >> thank you very much. all right. if you're trying to split up the cost of an amazon prime subscription among a few friends and pham lirks lots and people do this. not to fast. amazon.com is placing new limits on a subscription service making it more difficult to split that service with several other people. account holders used to be able to share the $99 account with four other people, but now a new prime membership can only be split between two adults who can add four children. in order to share knows benefits the two adults must authorize each other it to use their debit or credit cards on file. time to check that forecast. it already feels a little cooler out there had had week. >> nice and cool this morning, a few clouds moving in this spots and it's in the lower 60s a across the bay. this is where we're headed in san francisco by 10:00, 63 degrees in ocean beach and haze

valley rising into the mid 60s. it won't be a very arm day, i think you will have for cloud cover in san francisco an eventually just maybe for an hour or two a couple spots hitting 70 degrees but mostly 60s throughout the day. the rest of the bay can expect mild weather, in san jose a little bit more sunshine, up to 80 degrees, palo alto 79 degrees, mission district at 67 degrees and the north bay healdsburg reaching 83 degrees, 73 had this oakland, pleasanton 82 degrees. the next couple days a little bit more cloud cover with some subtropical moisture rolling in. that unfortunately doesn't look to bring us any rain but there may be a couple of lightning strikes near the coast. into the day tomorrow a little bit more sunshine and then the temperatures start to warm up and that will be the trend heading into thursday as well. we've been tracking what's happening out there in the central pacific here is tropical storm guillermo that continues

to more close to go hawaii and that's what's bringing the clouds to us this morning. looks like that storm stays just to the north of hawaii which is great news, but may create some higher waves there. into the weekend highs will be topping out in the 70s and 80s, in san francisco highs right around 70 degrees and then elsewhere like the tri-valley it will be a little bit warmer as we head into sunday with a high of 86 degrees. to many people this summer heat sparks lots of get together, cookouts, tonight it also means community. thousands will rally for national night out as bay area leaders ban ogt to bring down crime. and a live look here, san mateo bridge moves very smooth ri. we will show you what's going on a little farther on the coast today. a little warning. and a live look outside right now, downtown san jose, one of the many cities that will

be participating in the national night out later this evening. we will be covering at that, and also your mind conditions for this this tuesday. we will be right back. ri. also your mind conditions for welcome back, time is ...

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a live look outside at the bay bridge. lit brightly, cars are flowing, everything is in order on this tuesday morning. >> let's get the week going. it is 4:54. neighborhoods around the bay area getting ready for national night out. the annual event to fight back against crime. in san jose along 133 national night out events are scheduled for a evening. that's according to the sort of mayor sam liccardo. thousands are expected to take part, that includes the mayor and others am his office. across the u.s. close to 40 million people will participate in national night out events. >> it's really about safety and in martinez today bike safety will be the focus of a national night out give away. the group promises to hand out free bicycle helmets and lights. it happening at the chp office in martinez, it starts at 3:00 p.m. they will also do free child car seat inspections.

getting those things in the car you need a little help. trying to get somewhere where you are going to be this morning safely, mike, is the key objective. how are the roadways looking? so far lighter and still safe as far as those chp reports go. this is oakland 880 past the coliseum. it typically will get crowded later on in the community. nice drive right now for the nimitz. the same thing had, a's play again, a's versus o's, the or yaels, after work, bay bridge no problems. you guys showed a crystal clear view there. north of the san mateo bridge and south there just clear at the limit, but over on the peninsula a warning for pacifica. yesterday paving work took a little longer, six hours longer than they thought on the southbound side, the northbound side starts should be cleared by 4: 4:30. a major road on the peninsula shut down, the work around you will need to know if you are anywhere near stanford's

campus. in the nick of time, the amazing video you have to see to believe. and a live look outside. there is the san rafael s curve looking very lightly rafld this morning, lots of space on those highways but things will be ticking up here in the hours to come. mike keeping a close eye on your traffic at earns. we are keeping an eye on local news. we will be right back with more after this.

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the massive fire north of san francisco refuses to stop and refuses to slow down. more clouds and mild weather today and we're starting a gradual warming trend into the next couple of days. more on that coming up had in the microclimate forecast. and we've already got some folk or pulled over where they are not supposed to be pulled over, this is the bay bridge toll plaza. we will talk about the changes going on right now in a few minutes. >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we begin this morning with breaking news, a hayward neighborhood shut down at this hour. police have swarmed the area to investigate reports of a shooting. all of this happening near the corner of the arf and morningside in hayward. we started hearing with some sort of incident around 1:00 this morning. the area has been blocked out for a police investigation. we have a crew headed to the scene and we will bring you the te