clouds and we are now in the lower 60s, though 50s in the north bay. north bay we will see a high of 90 degrees, in the south bay 89 degrees and san francisco 74. we will check out that weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. let's see how traffic is moving. this morning the bay bridge toll plaza is jam packed already, folks gets an early start on the weekend. now and again we are getting a lighter flow but things are backed up here not only from this vantage point but all the way from 880 coming in from oakland. traffic flow not all that bad but once you do get towards lake merritt you may ran into some smoke. also finding there's slowing on 880 southbound near fremont. once you get past the accident things it to start to improve but there is an accident right at fremont boulevard that's going to keep things slow on 880 southbound. we also have an update to that breaking news. that fire you mentioned, it is out now, but not before forcing who are than a dozen people out of their homes in oakland.

the huge fire broke out overnight am a strip mall at international and 8th avenue. that's in oakland's chinatown neighborhood. firefighters say at least six is apartment units above the shops were damaged in the fire and that displaced about 15 to 20 people. luckily no one was hurt. more breaking news, this from the east coast where a new york city firefighter is in the hospital this morning after a fugitive shot him outside of a satten island home. you are looking at video from earlier in the morning but this is an ongoing situation. authorities say that it happened after federal agent -- we now have a live picture -- tried to serve a warrant for a fugitive inside of that home who then tried to set is the home on fire. when firefighters responded the fugitive shot one of them in the leg. we've learned that the firefighter's injuries are not life-threatening and the fire did not damage. right now as you can see there is still an active standoff going on with new york city s.w.a.t. teams with that fugitive apparently hunkered town in the basement. this morning the contra costa sheriff's office is

remembering one of its own. a deputy tround in lake tahoe trying to save someone else's life. "today in the bay's" damian trujillo live at the sheriff's office am martinez. dami damian, authorities from will actual areally going to lake tahoe we understand this morning. >> reporter: they should be there though actually. just another tragic turn of events here in the bay area. the bay area has lost mother peace officer. lots of heavy hearts here at the contra costa share testify office in the city of martinez. the sheriff's office says that deputy carlos francies was off duty vacationing in south lake tahoe. that's where he tried to save a person who was apparently drowning in the lake but deputy francies ended up drowning himself. there were choppy conditions on the lake yesterday, winds were 20 to 30 miles per hour. there is no word at this hour if the person he was trying to save also drowned. the sheriff of contra costa county put out a statement, sheriff david livingston wrote, did deputy carlos francies died

doing what he was sworn to do, putting himself in harm's way to protect the lives of others. he is a hero and an example of exactly what is right in law enforcement today. the investigation is being handled by the so south lake tahoe police, but again a team from contra costa county is it in lake tahoe right now to look into this tragic incident. the sheriff's office says they are trying to gather more information into exactly what happened in the lake. we're live in contra costa county, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." nine years later still no answers, this morning a mother is going to return to the are very spot where her 17-year-old son was gunned down in front of his san francisco home. this happened back in 2006 and every year since she's handed out flyers hoping somebody will remember something. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang is live in our san francisco newsroom with more on had mother's heartache but also determination and hope, steph. >> reporter: it is a story about determination and hope. tough to imagine what paulette

brown has been going through and still going lieu losing her son, wanting answers. with the killer or killers still on the run. as you mentioned, every year since 2006 she has done the same thing, she's gone back to grove and baker, the corner where her son was gunned down in 2006 on august 14th he was just 17 years old, we are talking about aubrey abrakasa, his mom says that he saw six men with guns, walking down the street, headed to shoot someone else it looked like, she said aubrey yelled run, the other group scattered but aubrey himself was shot 30 times. despite a $250,000 reward there has been no leets but paul let says she will not some until her son's killer or killers are behind bars. >> this is the way i heal. also the way i keep my sanity is by keeping him alive. even though he is dead he's still alive in my heart. >> reporter: paul let says she believes witnesses have not stepped forward because they are scared of what will happen to them but she is stead fast am

her goal and will be at grove and baker at 3:00 this afternoon to hand out tliers and answer any questions. 3:00 in the afternoon is when her son was shot and killed. paul let is not just focussed on her own son, she is there are 100 other unsolved killings in is san francisco and continues to work with those families. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." it is 6:05. happening today, a black lives matter rally will take place at the site where oakland police killed a robbery suspect early this week. it comes days after intense demonstrations following the shooting. protesters took to the streets blocking traffic and smashing the which happened dose of a starbucks, at least one person was cited. new details about that shooting that really sparked some protests. oakland's mayor told us the officers' body camera showed the man pointed a gun at the officers. police say three officers then fired at the man. right now there's still mixed reaction about the deadly

shooting in the community. >> no, i don't trust the police. huh-uh. because he had a gun, he didn't want to drop that gun. oakland's mayor is urging people mott to rush to judgment. happening today it really is a question of life and death, the sensitive debate taking lace in center stage in san francisco in a courtroom this morning, terminally ill patients and the doctors who treat them are suing the state for the right to die. "today in the bay" kris sanchez joining us live in our studio. this is a case a lot of people will be watching carefully. >> reporter: they are. a san francisco woman is hoping that a san francisco superior court judge will do something that the legislature and another court failed to do in recent weeks which is to protect doctors who help their patients end their lives. christie white watt ld leukemia twice and succeeded but should it person she wants to make sure she has the right to die on her own terms. attorneys for her and two other plaintiffs will argue in court today in san francisco for an injunction which would protect

doctors from prosecution for prescribing life ending medication. a hundred-year-old statute prevents them from doing that. for christie white it is the difference between dying at home or not. >> i don't want to have to leave california. i live here, my family and friends are here. i have a farm two hours north of here. you know, i have my vision if that day comes of what i want it to be and it's not in a strange place in oregon that i don't know. >> that reference to oregon is a are reference to another california woman, brittany maynard, who moved to oregon with her husband in order to end her life before the suffering from terminal brain cancer became too much. i mentioned another court's action just a moment ago, that was about three weeks ago, a san diego superior court judge dismissed a similar lawsuit to the one that will be heard today saying that the issue is not one for a superior court judge but rather an issue for legislators to decide or voters to decide but four iams in the last 20 years voters failed to pass an

aid in dying initiative. clearly a difficult issue no matter who is deciding it, the courts, legislature or voters. 6:07. police in fremont want your help finding a driver who hurt a woman in an apparent case of road rage. this happened wednesday just before noon. police say the woman was driving to work when the suspect cut in front of her and slammed on the brakes. the woman pulled over on to bar tease low court but the suspect made a u-turn heading straight towards her. police say the suspect was in a new we are model dark gray toyota highlander with tinted windows. dozens of people who live in this san francisco building are suing the owner. one person died in that fire, a lawsuit filed this week claims the owner reflected repairs to the building. ten plants say that that definitely played a role in starting the fire while dilapidated conditions helped the fire to spread.

this is the second lawsuit filed against the landlord who has not commented ond the allegations. time for a look at that microclimate forecast. temperatures creeping up, pretty mild today, but tomorrow the heat is on, kari. >> it will be a hot weekend and we are starting out this morning with some clouds in spots and a clear view of the bay bridge. something we didn't see yesterday at this time. 62 degrees now in san francisco, cooler had in santa rosa 52 degrees and san jose is now at 64 degrees. highs reaching the low 90s kbrt south bay and gilroy, burlingame 80 degrees and financial district will be at 74 degrees, napa 89, oakland 77 and dublin a high of 90 degrees. more of those 90s this weekend, even over 100 degrees. more on that coming up this less than ten minutes. let's get a look at how the roads are moving with anthony. we have an stent right now on 880 southbound at mowery avenue that's keeping things slow past the dumbarton bridge. heads up if you are using 880

southbound in the next 15 to 20 minutes travel through prooelt. things looking pretty good for san jose down towards 101. i want to show you what's happening in fremont. this is past the accident and you can see cars moving without a problem there but again back to the south bay, this is where school did start this week so just want to show you what's happening across the south bay, just the typical flow, not seeing any major accidents from 85 over towards 280, 101 but the typical slowing, the building on 101, not all that bad, cars moving pretty good here this this morning. back over to you. 6:10. coming up, mott just any used car, this one belongs to apple co-founder steve jobs. and it could be yours if the price is right. a group caiming toelp bayarea vl

grocers a group claiming to help bay area veterans has collected cash for months in front of local grocery stores. after a viewer a veteran himself called us with questions our investigative unit looked into gift a vet. here is investigative reporter vicki nguyen with what she under covered. reporter: day after day we watched as men outfitted in military clothes sat at tables with flags and ammo boxes, they accepted cash donations and made big promises to our hidden cameras. they said gift a vet gives money to homeless and disabled

veterans and partner with groups in santa clara county. both the county and court leaders say they have never worked with gift a vet. with en we asked the co-founder fallean mintz questions he jumped in a car. we heard they are not registered with the irs as a charity or nonprofit. when we dug founder into the co-founder's history we now mints was arrested for brand theft. dorothy arndt is listed as the group's founder but we never saw her out collecting cash. she was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a 15-year-old in 2007. she never returned our messages for comment. nonprofit experts say this is part of a troubling trend, groups taking rang of the good will toward veterans. they say unless it's an organization you recognize, steer clear of donating cash until you have had a chance to look up the group on a site like guide star.com. you can see our full report

right now at nbcbayarea.com. just click on the investigations tab. guys. >> thank you very much. if you have a story for us our investigative unit please give us a call at 888-996-tips or end an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com. this might be the most famous used car in the bay area. steve jobs' old set of wheels for sale on craigslist. a white 1995 bmw 325 convertible. 138,000 miles on it. the mountain view man who owns the car paid $3500 for it earlier this year, but now he is asking 11 grand. a nice markup. >> i like it when people are riding in the passenger's seat and they're going, so i'm actually maybe riding in a steve that steve jobs was once in this and that's kind of fun. i have had people take selfies of them sitting in the car. >> how do we know steve jobs actually owned the car? there's dmv documentation showing that steve and his wife

were the original owners. >> and cars tushl alley go down in value, not in this case, going up, which makes sense. tesla wants more money right now smooths going to sell more stock to try to get it. scott mcgrew, something not current shareholders will want to hear. >> they don't want to hear that because the dilutes the value. a lot of people don't rel lies companies can manufacture stock just like they do cars. tesla does not own stock in itself, but it can make more and sell it for cash. this is not the first time tesla had done this, it's sold stock to pay off its department of energy loan. tesla is going to sell 2.7 million if you shares worth about $600 million. this will help it pay for all the factory conversions it needs to make the model x and the model 3. now, logically tesla's share price should fall because there are more shares out there, but investors seem pleased that tesla is going to have all that extra money and had a seems to

have offset the worry. not every company can get away with this. this fellow is ron johnson, he created the apple stores, the single most successful retail store on the plant when you measure profit per square foot, wise as profitable as tiffany's, he made target cool, too. he was so amazingly successful he was hired to turn jcpenney around, make it cool like apple. one of the very first things he did was to away with sales and coupons. he said instead of lowering the price on the sweater or whatnot in a sale, how about we just sell you the sweater for less all the time. instead of having you cut a few upon for furniture, we will give you the discount on the furniture all the time. middle america hated it and he lost his job. >> if i did it over again i would have thought through how we communicated or value, you know, i probably wouldn't have aiken away the coupons so quickly. but i would still try to end until the same place because all of the successful retailers today are every day price.

>> ron johnson my guest on press here it in sunday. i do not understand had idea of people not liking the lower price but liking sales. if i've got to inflate the price to create the sale -- right? >> but i think that was maybe the habit of the customer from jc penny. >> it was and it did not work with that particular type of customer. >> we want to think we're to go something to get a lower price. i found this coupon, great, i get a lower cost >> interesting guest, though. we are also looking for two big events happening this weekend, it's all about giving cute little animals a good home. this is a very special weekend for us here at nbc bay area. there are nearly three dozen animal shelters taking part this our clear the shelters pet adoption happening tomorrow. >> among dozens of volunteers one from the humane society of silicon valley says helping out is her way of giving back. here is "today in the bay's" raj mathai. >> reporter: were lounging

around or jumping for joy to being the center of a child's attention, the animals at the humane society of the silicon valley is are never bored. a team of 1100 volunteers help care for the animals as they wait for a new family and a new forever home. >> i started volunteering with my husband 13 years ago because we had a pet dog, it was our first and we fell in love with all dogs at that point. rather than getting a second dog we decided to volunteer here and get doggy love every day. people come here not just to adopt an animal but to find a companion. dogs and ats a cats and pets just make such a difference in all of our lives and i think that when i get to make that love connection that i'm enhancing not just the life of the animal that i've really come to move and enjoy but the familc that takes them home as well. >> for mrs. lafrty it's a no-brainer you offer these pets a home, they offer you uncan believe love. >> it will be the best time you have ever invested.

>> that was raj mathai reporting. if you'd like to volunteer just go to nbcbayarea.com where you can find a list of participating organizations, you also learn more about the adoption it marathon happening tomorrow where fees will be waived or reduced. it's hard for us to be out in the heat, it's harder for doggies to be out in the heat. >> get those walks in early probably today. >> yes, early in the day best time, even today it will start to heat up across parts of the bay, not all of us will really feel that heat million tomorrow. as we take a live look at what's happening now, a clear start to the day. you do see low clouds in spots but at least we don't have to teal with the fog. check out this seven-day forecast coming up at the bottom to of the screen. look at how hot it will be this weekend and unfortunately it takes a while before we go back to some milder weather. so i think today one of the days that will be still uncomfortable in spots but probably better than what we'll experience this had weekend.

81 degrees will be the high today in the east bay, tri-valley making it into the lower 90s, south bay 89 degrees and 90 in the north bay, san francisco topping out at 74 degrees, a little bit more sunshine than yesterday and our winds have shifted and we are getting more of a northerly wind. it will start to pick up, though, as we go into the afternoon. here we are at 4:00, winds coming in at about 15 to 20 miles an hour, look at what happens this evening along the coast, half-moon bay a wind at 27 miles an hour, it may be even more gusty as we go into the weekend and some clearing across the bay except for around ocean beach, you will see those clouds holding on a little bit longer, also down to about pacifica, but the rest of us seeing mostly clear skies and the heat continues to build as high pressure moves in the next couple of days and here is a look at those numbers, some 90s even hitting over 100 degrees, tri-valley 102 on sunday, monday still pretty hot across the bay

with widespread 90s and some 70s coming back into san francisco by the start of the new week. we will keep you up to date with that right now anthony is keeping you up to date with traffic. earlier had morning we were telling you about a fire in oakland and some of the smoke over the highway. now that we can see the horizon i'm zoomed out to show you not much smoke out there across 880. that's good news do remember drivers. elsewhere across the bay as we switch over to the maps you can see headed down soords san leandro, hayward not a problem. the first accident at mowry avenue and the other one off the highway but you can see that one near mowery one lane blocked there keeping things slow. we will continue to follow that. the rest of the bay area moving pretty smooth. coming up right now at 6:22 a potential game changer, a local lawsuit with national implications as a former cal bear accusing the university of turning a briend eye to concussions.

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breaking news right now coming from southern california. our nbc chopper over a brush fire burning in semi valley, this is a live look, you can see all of the smoke. how did it start? we are told a car went over the side of the 118 freeway and ignited the flames. as you can see there are not a lot of homes in that area, it is removed from residential developments, but if crews don't get those flames out soon they will soon be facing triple digit temperatures later today. we will keep you updated as a story develops.

a new lawsuit surrounding head injuries may change the face of college football at cal and across the nation. ber marred hicks is suing the school for medical malpractice. he says he suffered permanent head injuries are from con can ugss am his playing days. it accuses cal of paling to take adequate measures to prevent concussions and failing to warn will long-term consequences. >> what a wrir is ultimately going to decide is did the university of california, did coach ted[b ford and his traini staff act reasonably under the circumstances for what was known back in 2004 through 2008 into the university responded to the suit saying, our coaches, physicians and medical staff and everyone involved with cal athletics are dedicated to the safety of our student athletes. while we cannot comment on any student's specific medical history we were saddened to read the lawsuit's statements about mr. hick' health. a face to the case. take a look look at this picture. she is the woman that

authorities say fell were the bay bridge and now they need your help trying to find her.

joinings. i'm m brock=laurashot garciaannon. laura/bes== wee trag thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're tracking the weather and of course the roadways.

anthony slaughter in for mike inouye today. let's start out with meteorologist kari hall. going to be a hot weekend. >> it will be a hot weekend. kind of not looking forward to that, but, yeah, looking forward to spending some time in the coastal areas where it will be much cooler. right now here is the way we start out the day, it's 52 degrees in the north bay and the lower 60s elsewhere across the bay area. today's forecast, highs slightly warmer than yid, 89 degrees south bay, east bay 81, tri-valley 91, 90 south bay, san francisco a high of 74 degrees. we will take a look at the weekend's numbers in a few minutes. this morning we do have an stent on 880 southbound right at mowery avenue one lane is blocked you can see the blackup starting to pile up, it's extensive across parts of 880 back towards union city. i want to show you what is happening past it. once you get past the accident it's pretty good. on the san mateo bridge this is

what we're starting to see slowing going over towards the westbound lanes. back to you guys. 6:30. happening today for the first time in 50 years the american flag will fly above the u.s. embassy am havana, cuba. a special ceremony will take place in a few minutes. the event is being soured by accusations by fidel castro. brian moore has more reaction from washington, d.c. >> reporter: we are about a half away from a that historic moment when the flag goes up outside the u.s. embassy. secretary of state john kerry will be residing over this event, joined by a delegation of americans, including some members of congress and also three marines who lowered the flag there at the embassy for the very last time 50 years -- 54 years ago, not knowing when it would be raised or under what circumstances. who won't be there at this ceremony today, political

dissidents, in deference to the cuban government had they have not been invited though the united states says had this wasn't room anyway, secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with them after this ceremony to talk about human rights and civil rights issues by which the united states promises it will be pressing with the castro government. did the castros get too much, a lot of cuban americans believe that's what happened, but as far as the former leader goes, fidel castro says his country is demanding a lot more. he wrote an editorial yesterday on his 89th birthday saying the united states owes cuba and the cuban people millions of dollars in preparations for the decades of the embargo. back to you. brian moore live were wds. thank you. several term male ill patients and their doctors are suing the state of california, they are seeking protection for

right side who help patients end their lives. attorney general harris' office is arguing kben that request saying california law prohibits assisted suicide, but one of the plaintiffs says when a patient is terminally ill choosing to die peacefully is not suicide. >> allowing someone to suffer needlessly is doing harm. >> that lawsuit comes after efforts to pass the death with dignity act in the state legislature stalled. had this morning the kront county sheriff's office is remembering one of its own. a deputy drowned in lake tahoe trying to save someone else's life. "today in the bay" damian trujillo live they sheriff's office in mar nez. authorities from the sheriff's office we understand are in lake tahoe right now. >> reporter: yes, such a tragedy for the contra costa county sheriff's office, lots of heavy hearts here in the city of martinez behind me today. they are trying to find answers as to what happened to one of their own in south lake tahoe.

this happened yesterday. winds were between 20 and 30 miles per hour in south lake tahoe yesterday, the waves were choppy. deputy carlos francies saw a person on the lake who was drowning. that's when the deputy who was spray tags thing jumped in the lake to try to save that person but the deputy tragically ended up troung himself. there is no word if the person the deputy francies was trying to rescue also drowned, but the loss has left a huge void here in the contra costa sheriff's office. sheriff david livingston issued a statement it read in part, deputy carlos francies died doing what he was sworn to do, putting himself in harm's way to protect the lives of others, he is a hero and example of with a exactly is right in law enforcement today. the south lake tahoe police department is handling the investigation into the drowning, but a team from contra costa county arrived there yesterday to gather information on what exactly happened. a lot of unanswered questions here in the city of martinez. we're live am contra costa

county, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." thank you very much. nine years later and still no answers. this morning a mother is going to return to the very spot where her 17 year old son was gunned town in front of his san francisco home. this happened back in 2006 and every year since is she has handed out flyers hoping someone will remember something. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang joining us live from our san francisco newsroom with more on had this mother's determination and hope, steph. >> reporter: that's right just so put into perspective nine years that's almost 3,300 days for paulette brown not knowing where her son's killer has been, a person or people who stole the life of a young man headed into his last year of high school here in san francisco. now, every year paulette brown has put up a picture of her son aubrey abrakasa at the corner of grove and baker near golden gate park that's since 2006 hoping someone will finally come forward with a lead. the 17-year-old died august 14th that year, gunned down in front of his house. paulette says he saw six men

armed with guns heading down his street apparently going to shoot someone else so he yelled run, the gunman then shot aubrey 30 times. despite a $250,000 reward there have been no leads. >> when the funeral is over no one is there for us after months down the line. we're still grieving and crying. >> it's a shame that there were people around am this neighborhood because it was broad daylight that saw something that won't come and step forward. >> and that's george arant who works for the san francisco sheriff's department reentry project that's been helping to track down leads. paulette says there are more than 100 unsolved killings in san francisco. she is trying to help get breaks in those cases to help those families as well. paulette along with homicide detectives will be back at grove and baker at 3:00 this afternoon. you hay wonder why 3:00 in the

afternoon, that's the time her son was shot and killed. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." it's 6:36. sunnyvale is not known for violence but this morning police are investigating the death of a woman who hwas apparently kille with a hammer. lindy smith was arrested outside of her home at a plaza del rey mobile home park. police say she called officers herself to report the incident yesterday. after investigators arrived at the discovered the body of a woman inside the home who had blunt force injuries and there was a m had aer mere bi. neighbors on vienna drive say the victim and suspect were related. a follow-up now, we now have a face to go along with a bizarre case. the chp released a picture of the woman had they believe fell from the bay bridge earlier this week. it's 25-year-old erlen sanchez edwards from richmond. she is accused of crashing ael stolen car on the bridge and running from the scene.

thee then fell off the bridge as a chp officer ride to grab her. investigators say she swam to shore and was picked up by a dump truck driver and still on the run this morning. a fairfield man behind bars for intentionally setting several fires. this is the suspect's second arson arrest. david loflin was arrested wednesday. investigators say he set five fires in fairfield in one night. a witness saw loflin watching one of the fires. police say loflin had a lighter and a box of matches in his pocket when he was arrested. progress for firefighters as conditions start to heat up they are gaining ago handle on the jerusalem fire burning in lake and napa count wrees. that fire is 52% contained. 24,000 acres have burned so far though luckily no homes have been destroyed. firefighters are bracing for triple digit temperatures expected had weekend in the north bay. the goal is to have full containment by monday. with all those fires and a lot of heat it's odd to say get

ready for a rainy winter but our chances of getting slammed by an el nino increased to # 0%. this that is is a animation shows the 1997 el nino that's the red and white part. you can see the weather pattern that is coming for this year, scientists say the comparison shows that we could actually be hit with the strongest el nino on record. >> we are not climatology cal experts but you can see the difference wean those two images. >> you better get the boots and a umbrellas ready but not for this weekend. >> we have quite the opposite going on. extreme heat that will be moving into the bay area and we start out the morning with low clouds and we will see this clearing as we head into tomorrow, but today it won't be too bad. a little bit warmer than yesterday, but we feel that heat ramping up tomorrow. san jose will be up to 82 degrees, half-moon bay 74, outer sunset at 67 degrees. a wide range in temperatures

from the bay into the inland areas. 84 degrees in petaluma today, oakland 77 and dublin a high of 90 degrees. once again that heat rolls in here tomorrow, i will highlight those temperatures coming up this am a pew minutes. let's see how traffic is moving. we had an accident earlier this morning that's still on the scene of the highway and keeping things slow. 880 at mowry southbound that's keeping things slow all the way back towards union city. heads up it you use that route it's a slow go it had morning. across the south bay not many problems. we do have one accident right at the 101 and tully, this is 101 northbound. our camera is positioned right there. there's 101 authority bound, you can see the traffic flow moving without a problem. the stent is back off in the distance once you get past that not too bad. towards the peninsula things moving good for 101 and 280. problems as we take you outside and show you what's happening in palo alto wide open lanes on this friday. >> looks good. coming up mention, from

yeast to painkillers new details on a ground breaking experiment by stanford scientists. presidential candidates try to be cool on twitter. they try to be cool. we will take a look coming up. a firefighter pulled from the rubble of the massive explosion in china. an update mention on the search to find more people who may still be trapped in debris.

new develoes in cha...=laurao= - some 3h at 6:43 new developments in china where rescuers pulled a trapped firefighter out of rubble after explosions killed dozens near beijing. he is recovering at the hospital. 17 of the more than 50 killed were actually firefighters. there are still others missing this morning. investigators are searching for any clues to figure out what caused the explosions at a warehouse used to store toxic chemicals and gas. we have incredible video of a fiery truck crash on the east coast. the driver escapes alive. some of the video might be disturbing. it shows a tractor-trailer on fire on the new jersey turnpike. you can see the driver if you look closely here actually running out of that burning -- there he is, out of the truck, his leg still on fire.

some tourists stopped to help him out obviously understanding the dangers. the man is now recovering in the hospital and tells the nbc station in new york that his hands and leg are badly burned he is not sure if he is ever being to be able to work again but essay life. >> it was exploding as well. we now have a better idea of what caused a massive tree to come down in southern california trapping three dozen children. it happened at a pasadena park. we told you about it. tree experts say the drought coupled with a lack of strong roots and a burst of heavy rain caused that 85 foot pine tree to fall. 33 children attending a summer camp were trapped beneath its branches. eight kids were hurt, two very seriously. wildlife officials[/ u seag for a bear who attacked a man at his california home. it happened not far from yosemite. police say the bear attacked the man from behind. the man was able to fight off

the bear and drive himself to the hospital. wildlife officials say encounters like these are becoming more common, likely because of our drought. all new at 6:00. stanford scientists found a way to develop painkillers from yeast. the study appears this morning in science magazine. a team of scientists genetically modified yeast cells to convert sugar into hydrocodone. hydrocodone and other painkillers are developed were opium popeyes, it can take more than a year to produce the batch of medicine but with the stanford's team experiment they found yeast cells can produce the drug within a matter of days. 6:46. new details we're getting some idea about the sensitive and perhaps top secret information discovered on hillary clinton's private server. the "associated press" spoke exclusively with some u.s. officials. they reviewed clinton

correspondence deemed top secret earlier this had week by an auditor. one e-mail involves a drone operation, the other apparently refers to highly classified material, but still the sources say the reporting of that information may have been inadvertent and clinton did not actually transmit the information. hillary clinton is also being unveiling pieces of her platform we will get to that in one second >> you are right. the question just hanging there this morning like a chad on the florida ballot is al gear ready to make a run for president against hillary clinton. the answer we're hearing is absolutely not. an adviser to al gear says there is no truth to the rumors. an adviser says gear is focused on solving the climate crisis. the gear rumors probably coming from people inside the democratic party with growing doubts about clinton's chances. back to hillary and her platform. she had a proposal earlier this

week to make college easier and more affordable for kids who spend so much money trying to get into school >> when clinton tried to appear cool on twitter it it was a bit of a flop. >> yeah, clinton proposed a series of somewhat vague ideas that would allow can kids to attend state schools for four years without having is to take out any kind of loan. she also proposed lowering interest rates on current loans. the clinton campaign tweeted out this message, how does your student debt make you feel? tell us in this three emojis or less. she got lots of responses but the most notable one said people who graduate college use words, not emojis. several twitter users also took issue with the tweet pointing out gram clee it's three emojis or fewer not reemojis or less. the dow industrial up slightly this morning, looks like a fairly quiet day. we are watching tesla. tesla just issued millions of

new shares priced at $242 each in order to raise more money for the battery factory and for those new model x and model 3 cars. it does look like they sold hem all and tesla stock is actually up, which is usually a surprise when when talk about a secondary offering. >> watered down to for some of those previous investors. >> actually. to be determined, would you ever swim at alcatraz challenge jumping in the bay? >> i'm no 12-year-old texan with competitive experience, so no. >> she's got the fighting spirit. the alcatraz challenge is happening on this sunday. >> here is what we're talking about. when the athletes jump into water for that event it's going to be a chilly water temperature but a 12-year-old is going to be long them. lily redwine is among the 400 athletes who have signed up with that race which includes a two

mile swim and seven mile one run. she is from texas and has been swimming competitively since kindergarten and says that she trains ten hours a week. and her favorite stroke is the back syndrome. >> i was thinking we better remember that name. how many years from now i bet we see her somewhere. >> we are not jumping right in yet, we will let things heat up a little bit which they will had weekend. >> everyone will be at the beach jumping in the water. when those highs hit the triple digits in the tri-valley this weekend, as we take a look at san jose now we have a fiery orange sunrise. we do have some clouds moving in that will quickly clear out and a fairly mild start to the day. right now it is 64 degrees in the south bay, peninsula also at 64, the north bay is a cool 52 degrees and we will see highs reaching 89 in the south bay, peninsula 84 degrees, 81 in the

east bay and the tri-valley up to 91 degrees today. so it does start to heat up, if you are heading out to the giants game later on this evening it will be 68 degrees at first pitch, we will also have mostly clear skies and wind coming out of the west at 10 to 15. this weekend a lot happening around the bay area including moja the african festival and soccer tournament in oakland at 10:00. it will be 75 degrees, but temperatures jump up to 86 degrees so is you will want to bring lots of water and remember the sunblock, too. in burlingame it will be also bright and sunny, warming up there for the festival, the vendors going on during the day on the treats. you will want to also try to stay hydrated and combat that warm weather. we're talking about 80s, 90s and even over 100 degrees this weekend. by sunday it's 102 in the tri-valley, on monday it's 94 degrees and the peninsula will also be pretty warm, reaching the lower 90s this weekend.

85 degrees on monday and it looks like this heat stays around even into the start of next week. let's see how traffic is moving with anthony. i've been thinking about the beach since monday. i am ready. let's talk about traffic right now. had this is the bay bridge approach, you can see the metering lights are on, it is a parking lot stop and go approaching the scene. we do have a stall on the shoulder once you get past the toll plaza. also the smoke we were reporting earlier near 880 doesn't seem like it's a big problem. good news for drivers there. across the rest of the east bay things are slow 880 southbound, there is an accident at mowry avenue that's blocking one lane. keep had a in mind if you use that route there will be some slowing over towards 880 down towards the san mateo bridge. in the south bay things liking pretty good. the typical slowing on 280 and 101. there is a small fender-bender at 101 and tully. you can see not all that bad, cars still getting through. you have the sunshine this friday morning so remember those shades. back to you. coming up an update to

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this morning. fire broke out overnight in a strip mall at international and 8th avenue. that's in oakland's chinatown neighborhood. firefighters say at least apartment units above the shops were damaged in the fire. about 15 to 20 people now don't have a place to live. the good news, how, none of them were hurt. a family vacation turns tragic. a contra costa county sheriff's deputy drowned in lake tahoe. he was off duty, trying to save someone else's life. "today in the bay" damian trujillo joining us live from the sheriff's office in mart mez with more on had sad story. >> reporter: just a tragic turn of events. also a loss here at this sheriff's office, a lot of unanswered questions so par here am mart thez. the sheriff's office says deputy carlos francies was off duty, that's when he drowned trying to save a person who was also drowning. the sheriff issued a statement saying deputy carlos francies died doing what he was sworn to do. he is a hero and example of what

exactly a right in law enforcement today. investigation is being handled by south lake tahoe police, but investigators here from contra costa county are there now. we are ee live in martinez, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." this this morning a mother whose son was gunned down in san francisco nine years ago will pass out flyers with his picture hoping someone will remember something from that deadly day. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang joins us live from our san francisco newsroom with her emotional plea. >> reporter: it's often said the worst thing for a parent is to bury his or her own child. that's with what one san francisco mother is struggling with on top of searching for the person or people who killed her 17-year-old. every year since 2006 paulette brown was hut pictures of her son up, aubrey abrakasa, on the poles at the corner of grove and baker near golden gate park, that's where sherñ says he was just outside their house when he saw six men with guns apparently headed to shoot someone else, he yelled run, but he was shot 30 times. despite a $250,000 reward there

has been no real leads in this mine-year-old cold case. paulette remains stead fast in her goal. she will be grove and baker to hand out flyers and answer sequence. live in our san francisco newsroom, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." 6:58. the sensitive debate over the right to die takes center stage in san francisco? kris sanchez in our newsroom with more on that story. reporter: a san francisco woman is in remission from leukemia but want the option to die on her own erms when that time comes. christie white's attorneys will argue in court for protection for doctors from legal action stemming from an 100-year-old law that prevents from prescribing life ending medication. >> i have my vision if that day comes of what i want it to be and it's not in a strange place in oregon that i don't know. >> another california woman brittany maynard moved to oregon to have the option to end her life. just three weeks ago a san diego

superior court judge dismissed a similar lawsuit saying this is really not a matter for the courts. >> we will continue to follow that. thank you very much. >> it's friday looking forward to the forecast no matter what is it is, kari. >> and it will be hot. you will want to do something to try to cool off. but as we look at today it will be -- we will see hose highs in the 70s and 80s, a few 90s popping up today. you will still find a place to cool off, point reyes today will be 69 degrees. >> one of the merks of friday, friday light. >> we to have one accident it's on 880 southbound at mowry avenue and past had a things do improve but it is slow past union si. we will show you what's happening in oakland as we approach the bay bridge maze things moving pretty good for this time of moving. coming in from emeryville no major concerns there. friday light living up to this its name. >> we are expecting a special report this morning as the american flag is going to fly in

cuba for the first time am more than 50 years. a live look at where it will all take place. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. have a great weekend.