breang ws:houndsf acs srch th me thousands of acres scorched as a fast moving wildfire continues to spread from the tri-valley towards tracy. we're monitoring the latest from the front lines. and i'm racking the weather conditions for that fire. also, we're enjoying some cooler temperatures, more on that coming up in the microclimate forecast. and flames turn deadly in washington state. what we're learning about the fire that claimed the lives of three firefighters. good thursday morning. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. let's get straight to that breaking news we've been following since overnight. smoke still billowing over part of the tri-valley this morning as crews continue to battle the

tesla fire between livermore and tracy as we speak. the fast moving flames already scorched more than 2000 acres and it's not contained yet. >> we have team coverage on the fight to knock down this fire. meteorologist kari hall monitoring weather conditions but first let's go to bob redell who is live on scene tracking what's happening on the front lines. bob, any improvement? >> reporter: so far nothing new to report in terms of improvement, it's still only 5% contained, sam and kris. fortunately this is burning in an area southeast of livermore, it's a remote area where there are few people and homes. based on the wind we're feeling this morning it's definitely being pushed away from the population, the winds coming from the west pushing it to the east. cal fire still reporting 2500 acres burned, though we expected that number to grow once the firefighters get a better look in the sunlight and again, only 5% containment. now, this brush fire started yesterday afternoon around 2:30

near tesla and corral hoe low. first report was 100 acres, then 500, within four hours it quadrupled to 2000 acres. the conditions have been very dry and windy. very scary for a couple of horse ranchers who live out in that area. >> we got 16 horses out. luckily -- luckily we have plenty of rigs that can do it. that one hauled six and the rest haul four and good friends that came and family and -- >> the smoke came and the fire chief said it's time to evacuate. in ten minutes. >> reporter: those people did get out okay and as far as we mow no damage to their property. 250 firefighters working this event called the tesla fire did save several homes, they only lost a vacant structure at the carnegie motorcycle park which

is behind the road block behind me several piles down the road, we are here at greenville am tesla. they have shut down in tech of tesla road. once the sun comes up we assume according to cal fire that they will resume their air he attack as well. yesterday they had two choppers and five tankers out here. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." we know that the dry windy conditions are certainly not helping with that fire fight. meteorologist kari hall with what the firefighters might face today, kari. >> it is still very windy out there. right now the humidity is at the highest point at 96% and that may help at least during the morning hours with the higher humidity. temperature also down two, it's 57 degrees, but look at the wind combusts, 35 miles per hour and it's just blowing that smoke over toward tracy and the wind will continue, a steady wind at 15 miles an hour, but once again higher gusts. looking a at all of the

microclimates we are this for cooler temperatures than we had to start out the week, that also working in their favor and we will keep you up to date on what to expect heading into the weekend adds temperatures heat up early next week as well. it's coming up in just a few minutes. stay with us as this story continues to unfold. bob will be out there all morning long, we will keep you updated on that livermore fire and fire conditions throughout the morning. when we are mott on the air we continuously update our digital platforms. crews still battling a wildfire that killed three firefighters in central washington. officials say the firefighters were involved in a car crash before the flames overtook their vehicle. this happened near the town of twisp, about four hours northeast of seattle. they were fighting a smaller if a fire when the wind shifted unexpectedly and turned back on crews. four other firefighters were injured, one of them was injured critically. two towns are under evacuation orders which butt about 1,000

people from their homes. >> they just said leave. like leave right now. and the wind shifted, we were -- the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. >> about # 200 homes are still under threat at this hour. meanwhile, we mow the three firefighters who died worked for the u.s. forest service, but their names and where they're from have not yet been released. happening today, another emergency responder who risked his life, the contra costa deputy who drowned trying to save a friend will be honored by family and friends later today. carlos francies jumped into lake tahoe last thursday. his friend had just leapt into the water to help francies' sister. everyone it out of the water okay except for francies. the 30-year-old deputy worked at the martinez detention facility. it is the most common hand mark in the western hems peer

for someone to take their life. a long road to a suicide barrier is about to get a little shorter. board district members approved the new barrier, price tag expected to run a little over $70 million and take three years to build. in meetings planned for today and tomorrow the board is expected to i approve the first real funding to hire a project consultant. construction likely wouldn't start until the spring. a new push begins today to improve safety on one of san francisco's most dangerous traffic corridors. city leaders will help launch the upper market street safety project designed to make streets on market between octavia and castro safer for cyclists and pedestrians. new safety measures will include bolder crosswalk, painted safety zones and more no right on red restrictions for drivers. >> we talked earlier about the firefighting conditions out on the front lines of the wildfire, but you also have to get your kids out, get yourself out, so what's the weather like for the rest of us?

>> it is looking nice. we are starting out with the clouds and temperatures in the lower 60s this morning some mid 60s on the peninsula, north bay at 59 degrees, here is a look at the highs this afternoon, in san jose 83 degrees, palo alto 78 degrees, castro will be at 67 today and 79 degrees in novato. concord 84 and also 84 in danville. we are looking at more comfortable weather for today and the next few days. more on that coming up in a few minutes. let's check the traffic with mike. the live look shows you flashing lights east and westbound right around tas that are ra and el charro. they're clearing this area. we're seeing the big slow drive we had but speeds are improving as they are removing the road crew. you're talking about the tesla fire, that's over here closer to 205 and 580. for most of the drivers it's not even a consideration. 580 drive it's not a problem, no smoke or visibility issues.

back to you. coming up next, a very disturbing investigation and it is all linked to this video. troubling allegations bens a dog sitter. how you can help out investigators next. arbli institioon epensu stm

now to a troubling investigation on the pens stemming from this video. that is a dog sitter there, it shows her at a local dog sitting business grabbing the dog by the neck and what appears to be slamming it on the deck there.

very, very upsetting to see. >> stephanie chuang live in burlingame where investigators are asking for help in had building a criminal case against her. steph, initially you can say maybe had woman she had to brab the dog quickly but then you see more of the video and that's apparently not the case. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, kris and sam. we are here at the peninsula humane society and spca which say this is not the first time they have gotten a complaint about this woman. just a warning and you saw a little bit of it already the video you are about to see is disturbing and the investigators pointing to the woman in this video saying that she runs a dog walking and dog sitting business in burlingame. in the video you see her pick a dog by the neck and a slam the dog to the ground at least twice. the humane society says that was a client's dog and it's not the first time they have heard about this woman and complaints about this woman and now it's asking for help in building a criminal case against her. >> that neighbor and another

neighbor previously over the last ten years but we never had any real solid evidence until we received that video clip. >> reporter: the humane society says after getting and seeing that video it took 11 dogs from this woman, three of them are her own. the humane society and spca say they will not return those three dogs this will she can prove they will be safe. the woman has not been charged with a crime so investigators are not releasing her name nor the name of her business. she works in a neighborhood behind burlingame high school. something else that's important is investigators want to find the dog owner to make sure that it is okay. they say that that kind of action can actually make the dog suffer some broken bones so again some concern there as well. live here in burlingame, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> people generally rise to the occasion when it comes to the safety of animals. >> that poor animal. 4:42. up next, slave labor is it responsible for putting food on

your dinner table. >> the allegations trickling in from bay area activists and why they are blaming costco for not trying to stop it.

4:45. we are suffered were some tremendous heat but it was so comfortable yesterday. >> it was nice yesterday. tomorrow more of the same and then we starting to back up over the next few days. you know how it goes. we will see some for heat in that forecast for early mention week and right now as we take a live look from at&t park and we

are seeing some clouds starting to move in, can't really see it yet, but it's dark and i'm telling you there is clouds overhead. at least the visibility is nice and clear. right now it's 65 degrees in the south bay and peninsula, it's 63 in san francisco in the east bay, north bay in the upper 50s. you will see a high of 82 today. in san francisco 69 degrees and 77 in the east bay. our temperatures once again generally comfortable compared to the way we started this week. winds coming in now from the northwest and here we go as we go through the morning, winds on shore and that makes it feel so thighs, the winds will also be quite breezy. we have been talking about them trying to get that wildfire under control with sustained winds especially later on today will continue to pick up, up to 20 miles an hour. right now today as we take a look at san francisco it's going to be in the upper 60s, some of us only in the mid 60s, marina district at 66 degrees at 4:00,

and then the winds start to pick up as the clouds roll in later on today. hot, high pressure moving away from us. great news as we head into the weekend, but it will be a warm one. warm, but at least mott sizzling with highs in the 70s and 80s in san francisco, around 70 degrees in the city and the rest of the weekend is looking nice all across the bay. let's see how the roads are moving now with mike. you're talking about the low clouds being there and i trust you they are but it's not being an issue as far as they are not appearing between the emeryville camera and our bay bridge. we are able to show you that clear drive and clear view of that tower. that's beautiful. we will look at your map. actually a beautiful commute on the approach on the maze and east shore freeway, north bay not showing any delays. coming across the benicia is bridges, antioch has not started that slowing. san jose northbound 101, we're going to seasoned you to the maps and show you there are no problems for the south bay.

san jose state coming back online today. tech workers may be getting paid more than most but that does not mean that they are happier than most. >> for that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. wall street could see more red arrows today after stocks fell sharply on wednesday. they briefly turned higher after suggestions that the central bank is moving closer to raising interest rates but a slide in oil prices fueled the declines. look for data today on unemployment and housing. the dow falling 162 points to 17,349. the pass dak down 40 to 50.19. tech workers have sought after skills and their starting pay is higher hand other sectors but that doesn't mean they're happy with their jobs. a new survey finds just 36% of tech workers see opportunities for growth, 50% for other workers.

the reason they say opportunities aren't spelled out at their companies or they don't exist or the requirements to move up are inconsistent. and the growth of new businesses in the u.s. has stalled, but new data shows the number of women-owned companies is on the rise. the census bureau says women-run firms road 23% between 2007 and 2012 versus 2% for all companies. the number of self-employed women and those who own companies with employees has climbed to nearly 10 million. experts say women still face challenges getting access to capital. back over to you. >> very important here in silicon valley is we've been talking about that. >> thank you very much, landon. bay area activists claim hat inexpensive shrimp that you find at your supermarket may be because of slave labor and had he blame costco for doing nothing to stop it. the activists say the company knows that farmed prauns that it buys from southeast asia are linked to fisherman who have been shackled, tortured even

murdered. the abused men and women work on ships that gather trash fish which are pedestrian to prauns. >> it's basically dredging everything up off to the ocean, the floor, near the floor, all put together and ground into fish meal. okay. so the slave labor portion of the food chain is on the shipping -- on the ships. >> the law firm in charge of the lawsuit cites documentary film, investigative journalism and united nations reports which document that practice. costco responded to the lawsuit saying it will continue to work with various stakeholders to address the issues that have surfaced. security improvements by the social networking site meet me now mean the end of a legal dispute with the city of san francisco. last year city attorney dennis herrera sued meet me accusing the site of paling to protect privacy for its youngest users saying sexual predators and

stalkers were targeted kids between 13 and 17. herrera dropped that suit yesterday. he calls the site's modified privacy and safety protections ground break breaking and believes it may set a new interest industry standard. how weather and traffic is shaping up as we head out the door this morning. >> your kids going back to school, plus after powerful explosions ripped through this motel in washington state why investigators think it might have been intentional. next.

4:53 right now. as you mentioned it for a lot of kids today, first day of school. >> for a lot of kids. >> how am i going to get dressed? we have had nice temperatures lately. >> it's going to be nice again today. check out the highs am afternoon. as a you get the kids ready you don't need to pack them with om gear to stay cool or some shorts

or whatever. it will be nice and comfortable and some long sleeves as you walk out. it will be 85 degrees, though, this afternoon in los gatos, palo alto 78 degrees, embarcadero at 69 degrees and in the north bay 84 in napa, 74 in oakland and dublin 87 degrees. let's see how the commute is going. we're looking towards san jose. 101 at 680. nothing spectacular. now we will look at the map for the south bay. san jose state that's coming on, a lot of commuters agenda in, 87 and 280. new residents of those halls as well. we've seen that south bay shift happen over the last week because schools came online for public schools am had san jose as well. looking at the rest of the bay an easy drive towards the bay bridge toll plaza. a developing story now am thailand. military officials saying a deadly bombing in bangkok earlier in the week was likely not carried out by international wrists. this as we get a closer look at the person police say is

responsible. thai police released this sketch. police compiled that is sketch after studying surveillance video of the scene minutes before the explosion. in all 20 people died in that blast including four chinese tourists. a follow-up after a powerful explosion ripped through a motel in washington tate and now we're learning it may have been set on purpose. that happened in bremmer ton just west of seattle tuesday night. a quick thinking employee evacuated the building when she heard and smelled a leak. witnesses say they saw suspicious person coming out of the building near that gas meter shortly before the blast. one person is hospitalized with severe burns, but miraculously especially given the video, no one was killed. after recent attacks in movie theaters now folks remorse thinking things. dinner and a movie with extra security. remorse gal cinemas has quietly increased its security at

theaters: they have begun searching bags and backpacks. it comes after deadly shootings inside theaters in colorado and louisiana. riegel entertainment group owns almost 600 theaters across the country. in the bay area that includes berkeley, oakland, dublin, san ramone and san francisco all of which have regal theaters. safer nail salons in san francisco is the goal of a special task force created to protect mail technicians who work with toxic chemicals. advocates for nail salon workers will join david chu to launch the so-called helping thals salon task force. it focuses on educating a long owners and technicians on alternatives to toxic chemicals that are currently in use. heading to the capital? the new drive begins in sacramento who repair roads across california. lawmakers gathered for a special session called by governor brown. the governor pushing for major repairs on roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure. the question, of course, how are you going to pay for it all?

lawmakers are considering several different bills, the solution may eventually involve a hike am vehicle registration fees and a higher gas tax. >> isn't that always the case? how do you pay for it? >> a common solution there. coming up next, deadly flames in washington state. what we're learning about the fire that took the lives of three firefighters as crews it continue to battle flames up and down the two west coast. >> flames in our own backyard, a vicious fire in livermore is thchg closer to homes there. th brkinnew- tusasofcre- bnedora

about. thousands of acres burned on burning this morning as a wildfire continues to spread were the tri-valley toward tracy. it's a rural area, but there are homes and businesses in the fire's path. it started yesterday afternoon just before 3:00 off tesla road where it turns into west corral hollow road. the fire has burned 2,500 acres and is blanketing the tri-valley in thick gray smoke. >> we have live team coverage this morning. we will begin with "today in the bay's" bob redell who is in livermore. bob, you menned earlier million

it gets lighter out it might be hard to gauge how much progress they've made. >> reporter: well, and also a breeze out here, i don't know puck tell from our camera angle but there is definitely a gust here which is not helpful for the roughly 250 firefighters who are trying to put out this fast moving wild land fire that's burning several miles down the road here from this road block here at tesla and greenville in livermore, but it is blowing east away from the population. cal fire reports they only have 5% containment on this fire that has already burned 2,5 a 00 acres. we expect an update once the sun comes up and the battalion chiefs can get a better handle. the priority for the firefighters has been to save and protect life and property. >> we're just trying to get ahead of the fire. back there you've seen a couple structures that have burned and our crews were able to save three of them. >> we did lose one