you can see what i was talking about, there's the so the that we were showing you, you can see the slowly. 880 northbound at 237 we had an earlier accident, they have cleared that from the scene so all lanes are open now. across the peninsula pretty good driving it this morning. over towards the bay bridge toll plaza this is where we have an incident, it's not actually at the toll plaza itself, but it's actually the san rafael richmond bridge coming in from westbound directions moving eastbound. there was a four-car accident so just keep am in mind if you are using the richmond san rafael bridge expect some slowing in that direction. an update to breaking news. a man shot and killed overnight at a south bay business complex and now san jose police are reviewing surveillance video to try and piece together what happened. all of this happening on lundy avenue in the city's berryessa neighborhood. "today in the bay" damian trujillo broke this story overnight. this is the 19th homicide of the year for san jose. what are police telling you?

>> reporter: well, the little information that's trickling out at this point, but homicide investigators have been here at the scene for the last five hours or so is. they say someone heard gunshots just before 1:00 a.m. this morning and they called 911. that's when officers were dispatched here to the scene here on the 1800 block of lundy avenue. they found a body on the first floor of this industrial complex. that victim was in fact transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police say he was shot in the ground -- on the ground floor of the building. there are several different businesses inside of that three-story building. there are surveillance cameras around the perimeter of the complex and investigators say that will be key -- a key point in solving this murder. at this point police don't know if the victim is a work or what his relationship is to the building, but they are actively looking for the shooter or shooters. >> initially we were told there might be three suspects, but again, we're still interviewing witnesses and trying to determine what information we can get from them.

>> reporter: there are several people coming into work today in the surrounding buildings who are shocked by the news, but they didn't want to appear on camera and share their thoughts on what they thought of this homicide that occurred next door here on the north end of lundy avenue just two blocks north of the main post office. we're live in san jose is, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." thank you. 6:02. outrage in oakland, protesters shut down a freeway after oakland police shot and killed a suspected car jacker. protesters blocked traffic on 880 at about 27th and martin luther king jr. way last night. earlier in the day officers shot and killed a 24-year-old man at that spot. now, it started when an officer tried to stop a car that was involved in a july armed robbery. the driver took off and collided with a car on 27th. a police department helicopter pilot then spotted the man attempting an armed carjacking. when that didn't work the is suspect ran. three officers confronted him ordering him to to drop his gun.

>> they actually advanced towards the officers while holding a pistol in his hand. the three officers then fired at the suspect. >> i don't believe the officer life was in jeopardy like had a to where you have to shot a person, you know, to kill him. >> police say all three officers fired their weapons. those officers were wearing body activated cameras. investigators are reviewing that video. new this morning, isis claiming responsibility for a truck bombing at a market in baghdad that killed at least 62 people. 86 others were also hurt in that blast. isis commonly targets predominantly shiite neighborhoods with a goal of sending a message to the shiite dominated government. the islamic military group holds about a third of that country. a massive fireball in china. one explosion, then another, even bigger blast and right now rescuers are scouring through burning debris to try to find

anyone who might be trapped under that rubble. it happened at a chemical warehouse and so far 50 people confirmed dead, though that number is likely to rise. "today in the bay" kris sanchez is tracking the develop story. kris, people near the blast say they thought there was an earthqua earthquake. >> reporter: we know what that feels like here, but we can only imagine what it was like for the folks who were living through this explosion and watching that fireball rise into the air as they captured it on their cell phones. now, this is some of the latest video into our newsroom, daytime look at the nightmare before night full and the smoke still billowing from that original explosion and the others that were triggered thereafter. at least 50 people confirmed dead and according to chinese media at least 12 were firefighters who were responding earlier nearby. there are also hundreds of people still in the hospital and no official count for the missing. along with the first responders will on the scene are the investigators trying to figure out what caused the blast as that hazardous materials warehouse. back to those early moments

after the explosion, you can see the flames from that primary explosion that triggered the other explosions nearby. the blast so powerful whole store fronts just fell aside, doors were knocked off their hinges, windows shattered several miles away. many of the victims are in the hospital am tianjin which is about 90 miles from beijing but there isn't enough room for everywhere there so the chinese military set up medical tents for sever of the hundreds injured as well. adding to the disaster is a seeming lack of official information from the government. people in tianjin and even as far away as beijing are telling nbc news on the scene that they don't know yet whether the chemicals that this explosion is spewing into the air are making it unsafe to breathe. all new at 6:00, a scary scene for neighbors as the at particular of this redwood city home catches fire. it broke out around 2:30 this morning at this house on upton street off of jefferson avenue.

thankfully no one was inside at the time and firefighters were able to get that fire under control within about a half hour. the fire never threatened any near bi homes, either. investigators are on scene trying to figure out how it started. the man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed four in the south bay could answer to vehicular manslaughter today. anthony imbronone iii is set to enter a plea in morgan hill tort. prosecutors say he was intoxicated when he lost control of his car causing it to flip into a ravine in gilroy back in may. three of those killed were high school students. he's facing more than 22 years in in prison. this morning one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives on the run for nearly 15 years. finally behind bars. you're looking at 52-year-old frank month it neg grow. police say he sexual assaulted two children while working as a fremont elementary schoolteacher in 2001. the fbi says he escaped to mexico but agent recently

received a tip that he was living in los angeles. yesterday agents arrested montenegro and essay waiting extradition back to the bay area. yesterday afternoon the woman was resting in her home on west ridge drive near alpine road, that's when a burglar stuck in through an unlocked sliding glass door on the side of her house. the thief rummaged through several is rooms before making off with two pieces of artwork and cash. no far no suspects and no arrests. 6:07. happening today, many folks have pay day right around the corner, more options to spend your money. keep that in mind, though, but traffic through the tri-valley is about to get a whole lot worse. >> the outlet's over in livermore are expanding and while shoppers are thrilled, neighbors not so much. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in livermore with what to expect. >> reporter: you said it, traffic in a nutshell, more of it. in fact, you can see 580 from here, it's been active all

morning long here at the outlet center where people are doing finishing touches for the opening of 30 stores today and 20 more the rest of the year. what's now known as the san francisco premium outlets in livermore, the first opening was back in november 2012 when the traffic situation was described as chaotic, that's according to people who live around here who spoke with us, some are preparing for even more gridlock because of bumper to bumper traffic jamming up their daily commutes. those with the outlets say the traffic would be a headache even if it the stores weren't here. >> it is the only east/west corridor through here. every day if you drive this on a commute as do so many of us, we know. everything bottleneck up here. >> which are just hoping that by getting the word out everyone else will be aware that perhaps carpooling or taking public transportation may be the best way to make it out there. >> reporter: this is now the largest premium outlet center in california and with the size outlet officials say come more

jobs, an additional 800 or so. as for how to ease traffic concerns, the outlet officials say they're adding hundreds of parking spots and will be working with the city to determine if there need to be more traffic controls in the area. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." it's an outdoor shopping mall. get your vitamin d when you are to go some shopping that's a win/win. >> kari already put in an toward for shoes i know that this morning. >> it will be hot if you are heading to livermore today to go shopping. it will be topping out in the near 90s today, in the lower 90s. right now it's 64 degrees in the east bay, we're seeing the low clouds and fog near the coast and it's 59 degrees now in the north bay. this afternoon it will be a little bit warmer than yesterday, that's the trend we've been on throughout the week, it's been so comfortable outside, today is pretty much that last day before the heat ramps up this week yent. 83 degrees will be the high in the east bay, 72 in san

francisco, the north bay will be at 86 degrees, east bay 83 and expect a high of 87 degrees in the tri-valley. a lot of sunshine this aftern n afternoon, we will see more this weekend with the heat. i will talk about that in a few minutes, less than ten minutes. yesterday the san jose union pied school district started yesterday, so more cars are on the road. not too bad. across the rest of the san jose area things are moving pretty good from 280, same deal for 17, up towards 880 that earlier crash at 237 has been cleared. no problems there. across the peninsula no problems for 101 or 280 either. towards the tri-valley starting to see the typical build especially once you get towards livermore and pleasanton. in dublin not too bad, cars are moving right here, that's really grade news. back to you. gone in 30 seconds. thieves stole dozens of phones from a michigan rick apple store. split seconds, hundreds of

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high-profile taet--- coming up on 6:14. talk about taking on a high profile target and it's a crime that happened in the blink of an eye. four thieves on the run after pulling off a brazen crime at apple's flagship store in palo alto right in the middle of the day. police say four men walked into the apple store on university avenue in downtown palo alto and quickly snatched 22 i phones, ripping them right off the display cables. police called it a grab and go. it happened tuesday afternoon around 4:00 in the afternoon. those phones are valued at $16,000. the suspects were last seen running east on university avenue. that actually marks the second time this year that store has been hit by shoplifters. this morning samsung is preparing to unveil a new payment system and new product. samsung is plans on taking on apple pay and revealing its own new system for payment. company officials will end the suspense at an event in new york in just a few hours. the tech giant will show off its

new west phablets -- >> phablets. >> they're fabulous. they are smartphone tablet hybrids. that's just can a you will them what they are. prosecutors dropped some but not all of the criminal charges filed against the founder of wikileaks. prosecutors in sweden say they are dropping of three cases of sexual misconduct against julia asange. they have been unable to question him. prosecutors say they will continue to investigate rape allegations that expire five years from now. in a statement asange insists did he nothing wrong. >> decision 2016. bad news for hillary clinton this morning. a new poll has her down in the critical early voting state of new hampshire. new revelations about her private e-mail server aren't helping out. though she is being forced to do

something she vowed she would never to. here is "today in the bay" brian mooar. >> reporter: while democrat hillary clinton was nowhere to be seen her republican rivals sounded off on news her private e-mail server has been turned over to the fbi. >> looks like she's hiding the way she's going about this. >> the question is why hasn't she done this already. >> reporter: clinton's campaign is in damage control mode today after an inspector general found two e-mails sent through the server contained top secret information which clinton has dee employed. >> i never sent more received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received. >> reporter: a new monmouth university poll shows over half of voters believe clinton did nothing wrong but still support a criminal investigation while republicans see weakness. >> on the last poll done in new hampshire we are ahead of hillary clinton by two points. >> reporter: democratic challenger bernie sappeders is refusing to capitalize saying. >> i like hillary clinton, i respect hillary clinton. i disagree with hillary clinton on many issues and that's what i will be talking about. reporter: everyone else is talking about the latest poll

numbers that have sanders leading clinton by 7 points this new hampshire. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. the future debates will no doubt be a show. so was this last night, the annual perseid meteor shower lit up the skiesover night. if you missed it you can catch it again tonight. >> astronomers say the best time to watch the perseid is midnight to 5:00 a.m. they are a result of small particles falling off the comet maimed swift tuttle. as the earth passes through them they disintegrate and we see those flashes of light. >> you are seeing meteors that came off the comet in the past 5,000 years. so during the past 5,000 years the comet has been dumping debris, dumping little particles. >> astronomers say this is the best snow eight years because it is a new moon so the sky is dark and the u.s. has the best view. a flash of love had morning

as well that's going to stay there for a long time. on saturday nbc bay area is teaming up with our sister stations for a massive pet adoption marathon that we are calling clear the shelters. >> you take those pets home. during the drive adoption fees will be waived or reduced at more than two dozen bay area shelters. this morning raj mathai shows you why now may be the time to open your home and heart to a new pet. >> reporter: let's face, it, most of us have mornings when we don't just want to get up and face the world or when we come home from a rough day feeling like nothing went right. it's in those times that having a best friend makes all the difference. for emma ienz that's exactly what she found in niles. >> he offers unconditional love. >> reporter: emma's previous dog was killed in a car accident, leaving a hole in her life. that void was filled by the shih tzu. >> i went the day before christmas. he was the favorite at the shelter. >> reporter: who seemed to know emma needed him.

>> it was funny because when i showed up there i asked if he was still there and he actually came like trotting out of the back where i guess their offices are or something. so it was pretty ;> that was raj mathai reporting. look at those faces. >> right? >> again, clear the shelters is this saturday adoption fees will be waived or reduced at dozens of bay area shelters. we will all be out there. i have a feeling a some of us might be walking home with pets as well. for more specifics visit our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> that's going to be the hard thing to resist. little furry faces. >> you guys have way too many people running around your home. >> what's a few more? >> maybe you might adopt. >> i don't know. with a three-year-old. >> come on. >> you can still help even if you don't adopt. >> that's true. >> you can to something, right? >> as you head out this morning it is nice and mild, we do have the low clouds back. here is a look now the bay bridge is in there somewhere.

we to see the thick fog so as you head out allow some extra time to get to work. you may be running into some of those matches of fog, windshield wipers on in some spots. here is a look now at the golden gate bridge. yes, it is in there. back there behind the shroud of fog and clouds. i've been watching these cars driving by, they do have the windshield wipers on this morning. a milder start to the day but it will clear up especially inland and some warmer temperatures, but the clouds roll back this tonight, sunset at 8:02. it's 64 degrees in concord and napa 59 degrees, highs today will be nice and warm in some spots but if you are heading out to the giants game at at&t park it is going to be chilly. you will have the clouds, the mist, the fog and temperatures in the lower 60s by the end of the game. a look at all of the microclimates expect a high of 83 degrees in redwood city, los gatos 85, outer sunset 66 degrees, the north bay 87

degrees and napa oakland 74 and pleasanton reaching 89 degrees. now we've been talking about a change in this pattern that will allow for a hot weekend across the bay. a look at all of those numbers, seeing 80s and 90s wide spread for the weekend, we may have a pew spots hitting over 100 degrees. in the tri-valley by sunday it's up to 102 degrees. get ready for the commute, too. hopefully we don't have any 102 on the roads this morning. things are moving smoothly. definitely slower than usual this morning coming in from emoeryville on the 80 westbound headed over towards the maze. want to show you this shot of the bay bridge toll plaza, it is stop and go right now, obviously a parking lot, that's going to be in place at least for the next few hours. the other thing i want to show you is the san rafael richmond bridge, we are seeing some slowing here because of an accident right here the toll plaza, on the eastbound side,

keep this mient if you are coming this from the north bay you will run into that. fremont, no problem there, seam deal towards 580 towards dublin, also towards sunol as well. the peninsula things moving smoothly from palo alto down towards redwood city and great news for the south bay, parents if you are getting the kids out the door no problems for you. >> driver slow down for that kids out there, too. unexpected company not always a bad thing in this case, though, a scary situation as a bay area man coming face to face with a coyote in an unexpected place. >> at and. it park, tonight more than 40,000 fans will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the grateful dead when the giants take on the nationals. you can catch all the action right here on nbc bay area, our coverage starts at 7:00 right after our 6:00 newscast.

an agressive cote, has me pet ownerslong the ast - a bit nervous imorning. ==map aac an aggressive coyote has some pet owners along the coast a bit nervous. a pacifica man says he was walking his dog early tuesday when a kity ran towards him. happened about a block from the ocean. he says he was able to scare off the animal and he and his dog were not hurt. wildlife encounters are not unusual but police think they are increasing because of the

drought. here is something you can definitely blame on the drought, the phases out of high pressure shower heads. yesterday the california energy commission adopted stricter low flow shower head standards, the move will cut water flow by 20% which could save billions of gallons of water every year. you will no longer be able to buy one a year from now. >> some of the programs that work with san francisco general are getting a boost from the hospital's foundation. san francisco general's charity foundation is awarder more than $1 million so two dozen programs connected to the trauma sent err. it's being provided through the proceeds collected by the hospital's hearts grants program. coming up, an update on those two fires that could merge into one in lake county. and the latest on breaking news we're tolling, san jose police on the scene of the city's 19th homicide of the year, what police are telling us about the deadly shooting next.

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cannon. =sam/2shn a very good thursday morning. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we are tracking the weather and roads right now. anthony slaughter is in for mike inouye this morning, but we begin with meteorologist kari hall. kari, one of our last cool days before a warmup this weekend. >> yes, cool this morning, low clouds and fog, but all of that clearing out to give us a sunny afternoon and a touch warmer in a few spots. right now it's 65 degrees in the south bay, north bay 59 degrees,

today's highs topping out in the 80s, north bay 86, san francisco 72 and a bit warmer in the east bay, too, 83 degrees while the tri-valley makes it up to 87 degrees. yes, a hot weekend, i will show you those numbers coming newspaper a few minutes. right now let's get a look at traffic. good thing i have on my running shoes this morning. i will show you what's happening on the east bay, we don't have any major concerns, that's the good news out of all the traffic not only for the bay bridge toll plaza but across the bay. we have one stent and that's the only thing we're finding, it's on the san rafael richmond bridge on the eastbound side. 880 and 660 looking pretty good towards dublin and pleasanton. 101 and the peninsula same deal for 2830, no problems there. great news for the south bay no accidents as we are on the second day of school for san jose unified school districts. breaking news we're following a man shot and killed overnight at a south bay

business complex and now san jose police are reviewing surveillance video to try to piece together what happened. it's happening on lundy avenue in the city's berryessa neighborhood near montague expressway, damian trujillo broke the story overnight. what are police saying so far? >> reporter: they've been here for more than five hours, they're still gathering evidence at the scene but so far they have no suspects in custody. they are looking for one, maybe as many as three potential suspects here in the city's 19th homicide of the year. the first report of a shooting came in just before 1:00 this morning when officers arrived at the said they found a body on the ground floor of a two-story still building in the north end of town. police don't know if the victim was an employee inside the building or what he was doing there. he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. first reports came in suggesting there may be as many as three suspects, but police are trying to confirm that information. for now homicide investigators in san jose are trying to solve the city's 19th homicide of the

year. >> what we do know is that the shooting did occur inside a business, but beyond that we're still trying to piece together what happened and trying to determine the motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting. reporter: and there are surveillance cameras around the perimeter of this facility, police say they will be key in finding the suspect or suspects who committed the city's 19th homicide here in san jose just before 1:00 this morning. we are a couple of blocks north of the main post office on lundy avenue. we're live in san jose, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." now to a developing story, a massive tire ball in china. one explosion followed by another, a chain reaction and right now rescuers are scouring through burning debris to find anyone who might be rapid underneath the rubble. this happened at a chemical care house and so far 50 people confirmed dead, a number that is likely to rise. "today in the bay" kris sanchez has been tracking this developing story and, kris,

people near the blast say they thought it was an earthquake. >> reporter: that's how powerful the jolt was. last night this was the worry. today the worry is whether the chemicals still billowing interest that explosion are making the air unsafe to breathe. here is what it looked like by day light, you can see the smoke still spewing into the area hours after the explosion and the secondary explosions as well. we know at least 50 people are confirmed dead and according to chinese media at least 12 are firefighters. there are also hundreds of people still in the hospital and no official count for the missing. along with first responders our investigators are trying to figure out what caused that blast at that hazardous materials warehouse. whack bank to those early moments after the explosion, you can see the flames from the primary explosion and then the ones that were trig kberd shortly after in in buildings nearby. the blasts were so powerful storefronts fell to the side, doors were knocked off their hinges, windows were shattered even several miems away.

some of the victims are in the hospital but there is clearly not enough room for everyone so the military set up medical tents outside the hospital. adding to the disaster is a seeming lack of official information from the government. people in teen swren and even in beijing, which is about 90 miles away are telling nbc news reporters on the ground they don't know yet whether those chemicals are unsafe to breathe and that for some time according to the "new york times" this time the official news station was airing soap on brass rather than information about the explosion. laura. >> thank you very much. it is 6:34 right now. well known inmate is dead following a riot at poll some state prison. hugo pinell was stabbed to death at a prison which is located 30 minutes outside of sacramento. the department of corrections say the riot happened yesterday inside a maximum security yard. they used inmate made weapons to

stab each other. several other inmates were hurt during that fight. pinell was serving time for rape but he was also a part of the infamous san quinton six, their 1971 escape attempt resulted in six deaths. pinell was later a convicted vikd of attacking two officers. is suspect has now been arrested and this morning san francisco police say they are closing in on two accomplices as well. our crew was reporting on the kate steinle shooting along the embarcadero last month when they were attacked along with another news crew by three men driving a black bmw. one of the suspects pistol which happened our photographer. cameras also captured this attacker, 23-year-old michael jones who was arrested last month. he is suspected of being the get away driver. police say these suspects could be behind five tv news crews rob crease. a follow-up on a deep that

has rattled the city of alameda. a 17-year-old turned himself into alameda police yesterday. he is accused of breaking into a home in the middle of the night on sunday and sexually assaulting a young girl. that's not all. police say they have evidence linking him to five other break-ins. the victims were all females living in the west end neighborhood. in each case the suspect woke the women up and then took off. >> we had been watching them, learning their patterns, knowing if they were home and home alone. >> the teen currently faces charges of sexual assault and four counts of burglary, but investigators believe he may be responsible for as many as 11 break-ins and another sexual assault. just in, a missing teen on the peninsula reported safe and back at home this morning. daly city police say 18-year-old james hogan left his relatives house just before 6:00 yesterday morning. officers were very concerned because hogan has a developmental disability, but, again, we have just learned he has been found safe. more on a bizarre story on the bay bridge.

still no sign of a woman who reportedly fell from the bridge. the chp since thinks she survived a fall. they were in a car crash early yesterday morning, we told you about it, it happened on the eastbound direction of the new span. after the crash the women took off on the bike path. chp officers say when they approached the woman -- women, rather, one of them started acting erratically and climbed over the railing. an officer ride to pull her back but she slipped and fell. a dump truck driver says he later found a soaking wet woman at the toll plaza and drove her to a safe place. the chp thinks they know who she is based on an id they found at the scene. well wishes are pouring in this morning for the 39th president of the united states. jimmy carter has announced he has cancer and the disease is spreading. "today in the bay" brian mooar is live in washington, d.c. we should learn more about his health mention week. >> reporter: yeah, we're hoping to, sam. really we don't know a lot right zo typical down to eart

jimmy carter style he made the announcement on his own, written statement, but really the critical missing piece here is what type of cancer does he have. he said it was discovered after that procedure that he had done recently to remove a spot from his liver. it was called elective at the time, but it should be noted that the 39th president who is 90 years old has a family history of panik treat it tick cancer, it claimed his father, both of his sisters, his brother and his mother had it as well. of course, had also not some typical 90-year-old we're talking about, he is just been robust, even recently taking several trips, he has been in the bay area, participating in habitat for humanity, one of the many issues that he has been so passionate about, as well as peace around the world, promoting democracy. president obama reached out to jimmy carter by phone last might and the president also released a statement saying, jimmy, you are as resilient as had he come

and along with the rest of america we are rooting for you. sam. >> okay. brian, thank you very much. a lot of people heartbroken over that news. >> hope he doesn't suffer. at 6:38. there are new developments overnight to tell you about in had that fight against a fire burning just north of the bay area. just moments ago ruse announced they have the jerusalem fire now 33% contained. that's actually up from the 2% we reported just earlier this morning even. the fire is has now consumed 23 1/2 thousand acres, there are fears the jerusalem fire could merge with the nearby rocky fire was 95% contained. >> firefighters put out one, another one pops up. a very dangerous time of the year right now. >> let's hope them quench all of those. want to get a look at a forecast today. >> we don't have to deal with the high heat but as we get a look now we can see the low clouds thinning out across the south bay, a milder start to the morning and there will be some clearing with some warmer

temperatures. that's a little bit warmer than yesterday. the clouds roll back in tonight and sunset in san jose at 82, the high reaching 86 degrees, redwood city 83 degrees and the outer sunset at 66 degrees. there are still some cool spots to go and we will see those highs warming up into the 90s, already in the tri-valley, livermore 92 degrees, fremont 83 and novato in the north bay at 82 degrees. it will be a hot weekend. i will show you those temperatures coming up in a few minutes. right now let's get a look at traffic with anthony. this morning things have been moving pretty good. we to have a sig alert issued from chp. also north of the benicia bridge. it's actually 680 northbound headed towards fairfield. it's kind of the pop sit way of traffic throw but a sig alert for 680 northbound past the bay bridge, a big rig blocking two lanes there. the san rafael richmond bridge we have had a series of cars

that have had a cash on the eastbound side from the toll plaza. mott really affecting traffic all that much. as we take you outside, show you what's happening across the emeryville area you can see things are slow but not all that bad. also as we show you the bay bridge toll plaza itself, jam packed, no big surprise here, at 6:41 had morning. back to you guys. 6:41. a midair catastrophe avoided, a drone comes within feet of hitting a medical helicopter. is there an elk in your bed?

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four people suspected in a cruel prank at a southern california movie theater turned themselves into police. they allegedly came into a showing of the movie "the gift" revving a leaf blower and yelling. the audience panicked and rushed out. the prank comes after several recent theater shootings left people on the edge. all four are cooperating with detectives. a close call involving a drone and medical helicopter in the skies above fresno. that helicopter was flying 1,000 people above the ground yesterday afternoon when the pilot spotted a large drone in its flight path. the pilot swiftly turned to avoid the drone missing a potential catastrophe by only about 20 feet. the faa says encounters between drones and aircrafts have become an increasing problem. the contra costa sheriff's office is moving forward with a controversial plan to expand the county's main detention facility. this morning the sheriff's

office is offering a tour of the west county detention center in richmond. they're hoping to get state funder for a high security wing. city leaders and many in the community oppose it, but supporters say it would provide treatment and programs for inmates. the sheriff's office will present its proposal to the board of supervisors next tuesday. an oakland woman is facing felony identity theft charges after a search of her home turned up hundreds of fake bank cards and the equipment for making hundreds of more bank cards. police stopped her am her car after first linking her to a responsible child endangerment days. inside the car police turned up a stash of fake cards. dudley remains am custody and her first court appearance is set for later in the month. a new deal for santa clara county's largest union. on tuesday supervisors approved a new four year labor deal with service workers including 911 dispatchers, social workers and janitors. it comes after an on again off

again agreement at that included a revote that happened when workers shot down the deal the first time. workers will receive a 4.5 pay increase in year and 4% increase each year willafter. boston out, it appears los angeles is in. the u.s. olympic committee says it is optimistic l.a. will be a viable option to compete to host the 2024 summer games. what about the bay area? this news comes two weeks after the usoc dropped boston's bid, but a joint bid between l.a. and san francisco still on the table, it's an option. san francisco mayor ed lee says he is deferring to l.a. for the time being. meantime, public policy group known as the bay area council says it welcomes any opportunity to work with l.a. in support of a bid. once a u.s. city is selected it will compete with international cities including the likes of rome and paris to host the 2024 games. if you are not a 49ers season ticket holder now is your

chance to get in on that action. had this morning at 10:00 a.m. single game tickets go on sale. they are available through ticketmaster. tickets will be offered for each pre-season and regular season game. the team is using dynamic pricing with the cost pegged to demand. also a maximum of eight tickets per purchase. >> also happening today, the final chapter of a homecoming years in the making for a multi-million dollar master piece. that's a picasso, pill period in 1998 from the center in france. earlier had this year it turned up in newark after being shipped were bell swrim. today u.s. officials will return the painting in a ceremony at the french embassy in washington. that painting, the hairdresser, is valued at a mere $15 million. you are going to want to see this next story if you haven't yet, probably the largest shark that exists that's been caught on film.

>> tell steven spielberg about this. all caught on camera, this is a female great white shark nicknamed deep blue. she is estimated to be 5,000 pounds, 20 feet long and pregnant. that's right. there's going to be shark kids swimming around. the diver in this video says it was shot two years ago off the coast of ba is that but he just posted it online this week. it's already been viewed 1.5 million times since yesterday. >> bus that's as close as you want to get to big blue. >> 20 feet, that's like a whale, not a shark. oh, my goodness. is it a good transition to say is it a good day to go to the beach, kari? >> yes, lay on the beach, put your toes in, if you see something going on, then, yes, time to run out. as we go into the next several days a lot of people heading to the beach with this kind of heat coming in as we take a look at this beautiful shot of san jose you see a lot of color in the sky as we get some clearing and it's been a cloudy start to the day.

we will see some clearing heading into the rest of the afternoon. today the last day to get in on some comfortable weather before it gets very uncomfortable this weekend. today in the east bay it will be 83 degrees, the tri-valley warming up to 87 degrees, san francisco 72 degrees. you can barely see the golden gate bridge in there, so don't rush out the door thinking you're going to get some great shots of the bridge just yet. though as we start out the wind draft you can tell by the arrows the direction of the wind, mott much of it right now, but the which happened will start to pick up as we go through the day at about 15 to maybe 20 miles an hour. still briezy and if you are going out to at&t park bundle up this evening. i am going to be watching from my coach. we will be able to see it right here on nbc bay area. 66 degrees and the clouds moving in, drizzle mist and 62 degrees by the end of the game. we are in for major changes am had weekend, high pressure moving this will cause the desert heat to build and then start to move into the bay area

by tomorrow and this weekend will be a hot one. seeing highs in the 90s, even some triple digits in the tri-valley. by saturday a high of 101 in the tri-valley, north bay up to 100 degrees by the end of the weekend, even in the south bay we could have some upper 90s while san francisco sees a high of 82 degrees on saturday. you will want to keep checking in for updates on this heat. let's get an you update on traffic. we told you in the last report there was a sig alert issued for the benicia bridge. just north of that there was an accident, a big rig hit the guardrail there, two lanes are blocked headed northbound into parts of the north bay. as you will notice the flow headed towards the bay bridge approach not too bad. we dozff still have that stent the san rafael richmond bridge on the eastbound side. down towards the east bay looking things good for 880, 680, even 580, but we are seeing some slowing getting on to the

san mateo bridge. jam packed heading over towards foster city. as we move down to the south bay we aren't seeing a lot of accidents, really no accidents, no small stents, no big ones, we are seeing the slowing from 101 all the way through santa clara. also starting to slow towards could you please teen know. down near 85. back to you guys. >> commuters have to be patient this morning. 6:52. when we come back a recap of the top stories of the morning including our breaking news. an early morning homicide in san jose. and there are massive explosions killing dozens of people in china. now the frantic search is on for survivors. an update tbreaking ws:

killed ornight inan jose'sberrys at 6:55 an update to breaking news. a man so the and killed overnight in san jose's berryessa neighborhood. damian trujillo broke the story early in morning. what do you know so far? reporter: they're still here at the scene of crime, investigators are, this marks the city's 19th homicide of the year here in the city of san jose. investigators are on the 1800 block of lundy avenue, that's where we found a body on the first floor of the industrial complex. that victim was transported to the hospital where he was pro moupsed dead. police say he was shotten o the ground floor of the building. there are surveillance cameras around the perimeter of the complex and investigators say that will be a key point in sole is spring this murder. we will bring the latest as it

develops on nbc bay area news. protesters blocking traffic in oakland on i-980 at 27th and martin luther king jr. way last night. earlier in the day officers shot and killed a 24 year old man at that same spot. officers believe the suspect was tied to an armed robbery from last month. yesterday when they found him they ordered the man to drop his gun. officers say the suspect advanced toward hem and they opened fire. investigators right now reviewing video from police body cameras. heart stopping video of the moment a chemical warehouse in china exploded bursting into flames. raz here now with more on had this developing story. >> reporter: that explosion was the worry last night, today the people are worried about breathing in those chemicals that were spewed into the air after that explosion. in had daylight video you can see the smoke still billowing into the air. according to chinese media at least 12 of the 50 people confirmed dead are firefighters. now the injured count has gone up to 700.

there is no official count for the missing. the blasts were so powerful full storefronts just fell to the side, doors knocked off, windows shattered several miles away. at one point the fire fight was stopped so that chemical experts could assess the hazardous materials on site. adding to the disaster is a lack of official information from the government, people say nbc news is reporting that some social media posts are being deleted outright and "the new york times" is reporting that the main news channel in tianjin was airing soap operas for a time shoo a follow-up now, this 17-year-old has turned himself into alameda police accused of breaking into a home in the middle of the night on sunday and sexually assaulting a young girl. that's not all. police say they have evidence linking him to five other break-ins and another sexual assault. new at 6:00, a scary scene for neighborhoods as the attic of this redwood city home caught

fire. it happened just off of jefferson avenue. who had wun was inside at the time. firefighters had had it under control within a half hour. the fire never threatened nearby homes. investigators are on scene trying to figure out how it started. i'm stephanie chuang here in livermore at what's now moan as the san francisco premium outlets where crews all morning long have been repairing for the opening of 30 stores today and another 20 throughout the rest of the year. these outlets first opened back in november 2012 when the traffic situation became chaotic, that's according to people we spoke with who live around here, some are preparing for even more gridlock because of bump to bumper traffic jamming up their their commutes. those at the outlets said the traffic would be a headache even if the stores weren't here. they've added merely a thousand more parking spaces and will add more traffic controls if it's determined that's a necessary step. this livermore, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." 6:58. it's being called the best show in years, the perseid meteor

shower lit up the sky last might. if you missed it you have another chance tonight. astronomers tell us the best time is from midnight until 5:00 a.m. foggy by day, we are starting out that day. >> i don't know if you are see those meteors as we go into tonight because the clouds roll back in, especially in san francisco. a high of 86 degrees today and 72 on the embarcadero. napa 87 degrees, oakland 74 and san ramone a high of 90 degrees today. >> warming up out there. getting busy, too. >> we have a sig alert issued for 680 northbound north of the benicia bridge. pur headed that way two lanes are blocked there. we still to to have that crash near the richmond san rafael bridge on the eastbound side but not affecting traffic all that bad headed over towards the bay bridge, maze it is stop and go. at the toll plaza no big surprise there. that's what it always looks like. >> exactly. tough for those commuters. we will be back with a look at news, weather traffic in half an

hour with a local news update. >> we hope you have a great day and join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. we leave you a live look at our local giants at at&t park, that game is going to be on our air tonight starting at 7:00. good morning. breaking overnight. a terrifying ceiling collapse during a concert in minneapolis. at least three people rushed to the hospital. death toll rising. 50 people killed, hundreds injured after a massive warehouse explosion in china. the fire still burning this morning. shocking, illegal, and abusive. kelly rutherford slams the judge who ordered her two children be returned to their father. will those words come back to