air drops will resume this morning. >> so far 2,500 acres are burned and it's only 5% contained this morning. >> we do have team coverage of the wildfire, meteorologist kari hall tracking the winds in the area which have picked up some steam, but we begin with bob redell. he is live near the fire line line in livermore. >> reporter: sam and kris, i can tell you we are definitely feeling that breeze out here, as kari has been mentioning for about the past hour or two which is not helpful for 50 firefighters who are trying to put out this fire several miles +n behind me. fortunately this wind is blowing east away from the population. this fire is only 5% contained, this is according to cal fire. and they've only -- they've already burned -- this fire has already burned 2,500 acres. as is the case in any fire the

priority for 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 uninhabited structure but saved numerous other structures to that was a feel good moment for us. very aggressive fire, fast moving, wind driven and topography driven as well. reporter: the one structure lost was vacant, it was located at the carnegie motorcycle park. again, several miles down the road where this fire was burning. you can't tell by the video it's very remote, a lightly populated area. as far as that air assault, hell be remorse launching aircraft once the sun gets up. yesterday they had two choppers and five tankers out here. not clear if they will have that same numbers again. we expect that to increase once the chiefs get a better look. 5% containment.

reporting live here in livermore. bob redell, "today in the bay." we turn things over to meteorologist kari hall who is tracking the weather conditions near the fire. earlier you were talking about gusts nearing 35 miles an hour. >> yeah, that's what we are expecting as we go through the day. the winds coming from the southwest. the temperature is at 58 degrees and today headed up to 89. so with the gusty winds and then the humidity dropping of course conditions will go down hill as the crews try to get that under control. this morning the best time to try to get a handle on that brush fire. winds coming in from the southwest blowing the smoke toward the tracy area and it will be moderately humid today and dry weather conditions heading into the weekend. so unfortunately hopefully they will get had under control before those temperatures unfortunately warm up as we head into the weekend. i will have who are on that, what to expect elsewhere across the bay in a few minutes. back to you. stay with us as this story

continues to unfold. we're going to keep you updated on the livermore fire and fire conditions throughout the bay area this morning. when we are not on the air we are updating our digital plat forms. now it to a developing story. fire officials say they are devastated by the tragic loss of three of their own killed while battling a wildfire in central washington. the firefighters were involved in some sort of crash before flames overtook their rig. it happened near the town of twisp about four hours northeast of seattle. the three firefighters were fighting a smaller fire when the winds shifted unexpectedly and turned back on the crews. four others were injured, one of them is injured critically and two towns are under evacuation orders so about 1,000 people were forced from homes. >> they just said leave. like leave right now. and the wind shifted. we were -- the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. >> 200 homes are still threatened at this hour but

meanwhile we mow the three firefighters who died worked for the u.s. forest service. however, their names and their home towns have not been released. some people taking note of the firefighters' efforts before evacuating. take a look at this sign. firefighters, had also just a house. please stay safe. one of our reporters from our nbc station in spokane, washington, pound that sign from folks who want to protect their homes but also don't want a loss of life. >> good to have some perspective. we have an update on a local a fire, it burned for 16 days, stretched firefighters to the max. this morning we mow now the cause of the rocky fire in lake county. cal fire tells us a gas water heater malfunctioned in an outbuilding and that triggered the 77,000 acre wildfire. the rocky fire forced 13,000 people to evacuate and it burned 43 homes. happening today, the contra costa county sheriff's deputy who drowned while trying to save a friend will be honored by friends and family today. carlos francies jumped into lake

tahoe last thursday in an unfortunate and deadly chain of events. his friend had just leapt into the water to help francies' sister. everyone made it out of the water okay except for the deputy. funeral services will be held at 10:00 this morning in sacramento where francies lived the 30-year-old deputy worked at the martinez detention facility. an unusual move by the oakland police department. they held a private screening of body camera video stemming were last week's deadly police shooting. the goal is straight forward to help vin the skemt iks about what happened. nate wilks was killed ben officers opened tire. jodi hernandez was among the select reporter's at yesterday's viewing. jodie reporting she saw officers repeatedly yelling to drop the gun and bet on the ground. the suspect ran towards officers with what+puñ appeared to be a in his hand.

the attorney for the involved involved said they feared for their lives. >> the suspect's mother who also saw the video says she believes her son did not appear to be pointing a gun. instead just running with an object in his hand. >> they were wrong and there needs to be justice for him because they had no -- they had no reason to shoot him like that. >> the oakland police chief says the video will be available to the public after the investigation is over. new had this morning a wet mess on the streets of san francisco following a high speed cha is that spanned a couple counties. it started just before 3:00 this morning in san leandro as a chp officer tried to pull a woman over who they suspected of driving drunk, but that woman did it not stop and instead she drove through oakland and hopped on to the bay bridge topping speeds of 100 miles an hour. eventually she crashed into a fire hydrant on mission street and you saw the water shooting hundreds of feet into the air.

ultimately that driver was taken into custody. this is disturbing video to watch, but the hope is it might put a to.to future animal abuse. a woman who runs a dog sitting business in in burlingame accused of abusing a client's dog. investigators asking for help in building a case against her. steph, investigators trying to get in touch right now with the dog's owner. >> reporter: that's right, sam, as well as the owners of any other dogs that have been in this woman's care. the peninsula humane society and spca says this woman is paid to take care of other people's dogs and a warning the video you are about to see is pretty disturbing. in it in the footage you see caught on camera by a neighbor the woman appears to grab a small dog by its neck, carried a little distance and slams the dog to the ground at least twice. investigators with the humane society are working to build a case against the woman who they say has run a dog walking and sitting business in burlingame

for some years. they are also trying to find the opener of the dog in the video to make sure the dog is okay. >> size getting slammed to the ground so forcefully the dog could have a broken bone or several is broken bones. that's what we want to make sure the dog is getting treated. >> reporter: animal care workers seized 11 dogs from the woman, 8 of hem are clients dogs and the other three are her own. the humane society says it will not return her dogs until she can prove that they will be safe. she has not been charged with a crime so investigators are not releasing her name nor her business but the attorney says the charge could be animal abuse and that can be either a misdemeanor or pell knee. live here in burlingame, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> hopefully they are able to build a case. police in palo alto want you to take a good look at this sketch. a couple told police that they were walking tuesday night on the san francisquito trail own a man that looked like this pulled

a gun on them. the couple say he was wearing a red baseball cap at the time. all right. as school back in session right now in san francisco police want you to take a close look at this surveillance video of an armed robbery near the san francisco state campus. the gunman came into a gas station earlier in the month wearing a jacket with a hood pulled tight around his face. he goes behind the register and moves a handgun at the clerk's side and hen empties the cash register and takes off. he was wise enough to conceal his face, i suppose. >> absolutely. our temperatures have been taking off here for the last couple of days, we saw a bit of a cool down yesterday, hoping that continues one more day. >> it does continue. yesterday was nice, today more of the same. the same weather pattern and i don't think we're complaining about this. it's in the lower 60s starting out with some clouds that have clear this afternoon, a high of 77 degrees in the east bay, peninsula 78 and south bay reaching 84 degrees. in the tri-valley 85 and north

bay 82, san francisco expect a high of 69 degrees overall a very nice day. i will show you the weekend what it look like coming up in a pew minutes. let's see how the morning commute is going. looking at the dublin area, the dublin grade moves nicely, it's west 580 approaching from the livermore side that is jammed up right now. we will he will tell you why. look at the map. there are no more flashing lights. they have all arrived on scene at 680. two lanes blocked for westbound 580 at the dublin interchange. this is a bad spot. chp doesn't know how long it's going to take to clear that overturned pickup. that will impact folk coming down highway 84 as well wl in sunol. in the south bay also a slow down north from capital to curtner for 87 because of a crash on the southbound side that's a distraction. the rest of your south bay commute is moving smoothly. any recovery over at the bay bridge. the bay bridge toll plaza has all lanes cleared, that earlier crash is out of lanes.

a new push begins to improve safety on one of san francisco's most dangerous traffic corridors. at this leaders will help to launch the upper market street safety project, it's designed to make streets on market between octavia and castro safer for cyclists and pedestrians. some of those new safety measures will include bolder crosswalk, painted safety fwloens and more no right on red remorse tricks for drivers. coming up next, a burglar, a kidnapper, even a convicted killer all drove for uber. the shocking new accusations against the popular ride sharing service. >> big changes may be coming to visa that's going to affect a lot of immigrant students. plus 21 to light up, california one step closer to upping the legal smoking age.

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bridges and ports. the solution may involve a hike am vehicle registration fees and higher gas tax. several measures are being debated and separately lawmakers have given initial approval to a package of new anti-tobacco measures that includes raising the legal smoking age up to 21, regularity e-cigarettes and allowing more tobacco tax measures. the om is some some democrats are floating the idea of a $2 per pack tax hire. pg&e flips the switch on a new nerve center in l.a. they mark the completion of a new $40 million grid control center in concord. it's being touted as a state of the art facility to improve crew response times across the bay area and along the central coast. this is one of three new grade control centers that pg&e is opening to monitor its massive electric distribution is system. berkeley's controversial

right to no cell phone policies is expected to get its first legal test later today. in may berkeley city council members voted to warn customers about the potential for radiofrequency ex poesh you are from cell bones. the cell phone industry filed suit. a hearing today in san francisco will include the pocket of an injunction. bay area activists claim stave labor responsible for putting food on local tables and blame costco for not to go anything to stop it. they say they know the farmed prawns that they buy were southeast asia are linked to firver man shackled, or toured and murdered. the they work on ships that gather trash fish which is what's fed to the braun's. >> it's base lee dredging everything up off to the ocean, the floor, near the floor, put together and ground into fish meal. so the slave is labor portion of

the food chain is on the shipping -- on the ships. >> the law p firm in charge of the lawsuit cites documentary films, investigative journalism and united nations reports which document this practice. costco responded to the lawsuit saying, quote, we will continue to work with various stakeholders to address the issues that have surfaced. new information about the kind of people that uber may be hiring. san francisco's district attorney says he found convicted sex offenders, kid manners, even a murderer among uber drivers. the d.a. blames it on the type of background check that uber perfo perform. the company doesn't go beyond seven years, also does not require fingerprinting as tacky companies are required to do. now the d.a. is going after uber for monetary damages. we spoke with uber about the investigation and a spokesperson told us no system is 100% foolproof. >> certainly safety still

paramount. an issue that effects a lot of people in the bay area. college students on a visa might be forced to return right away. >> these are the kids who want to stay and work in american businesses and arguably we need them >> well, yeah, particularly in high tech. this f1 visa let's college students stick around after their graduation for a little while. my oster boy or missourier man for this is pj kabu, a belgium student who started his new high tech company. people like him can face deportation simply because they graduate. the f1 visa let's them stick around for an extra year. a court case this had morning is threatening the f1 visa. it was brought over on the east coast by american workers who feel threatened by ihm grant students taking their jobs. if you're wondering about pj, he got an h 1 b. it does affect thousands of kids in bay area schools as they

graduate. now, donald trump is weighing had on this f1 visa. he has been very anti-immigration, he has blasted undocumented workers, mostly against the h-1b visa, but a short time ago he tweeted, when foreigners attend our great colleges and want to stay until the u.s. had he should not be thrown out of the country. let's talk about something more civilized than politics like fighting robots. mike inouye and i remember big fans of this robot wars, these have been around for years, a bay area tradition. forget these little guys, we have giant robots for you you. a team in oakland has been working on this. this is mega bought mark 2 created by bay area engineers who want to turn their mega bought into a sporting league. they found a team in japan, they want to take on the japanese in first combat, the problem is the japanese have a chain saw on theirs, guys these geist in oakland only have a paint ball gun. they want your help, america.

>> i mean, these are the most patriotic dollars that you are going to spend in 2015. we can do this, america, but we are going to need your spo. chip in and let's make history together. >> i am so glad i have lived long muff to see giant robot combat u.s.a. >> i can't believe we only have paint balls. we are the greatest nation in the world. come on. >> we sent a man to the moon. >> do not bring a paint ball gun to a chain saw fight. >> sam, a point for sam. >> thank you very much, scott. a let's get back to our top story this morning. as you'd out the door you should know that that wildfire burning near the border of livermore and tracy still raging, 2,500 acres, 5% contained, with daylight we may get better numbers on that. at this point at least one rubbing tour is burned. bob redell is out there, he is monitoring the progress of the fire fight as well. as we continue to follow this story we mow wind gusts are

a major issue this morning in livermore. >> it will still be windy throughout the day, sustained winds at 15 up to 20 miles an hour, wind gusts even higher. as we get a look at the bay bridge we see the low clouds back with us this morning, they will slowly clear to give us a sunny day and because we can't see the sunrise let's take a look from atop mt. hamilton from the lick observatory. the marine layer is thick in morning and clouds settling am below the mount taun tops. our temperature is at 63 degrees am livermore, our temperatures will be climbing as we go through the day but still fairly comfortable and winds coming in from the west to give us a nice cool day with that natural air conditioning continuing. the wind speeds at lunch i am will be at 10 to 15 miles per hour, getting stronger today as the skies clear we will have slight sunshine and nice ocean breeze. highs today average for this time of year in some spots slightly below. san jose 83 degrees, palo alto

78 degrees and the castro at 67 degrees. mostly sunny skies for the north bay, 84 degrees in napa, concord also 84 and dublin 87 degrees. that hot high pressure we had to start out the week has moved to the south and east. the coastal fog keeps a cooling trend in place for the next couple of days but this weekend will be kind of in between weather systems and our temperatures going up a couple of degrees, but we are not talking about a sizzling weekend across the bay. mainly 70s and 80s, no 90s, no triple digits. it looks like a great weekend for outdoor activities and also for that firefighters weekend after you send is the kids back to school. let's see how the commute is going. we are looking at a better commute promised for dublin. west 580 still jammed up. look at the map. but the crash that kicked it off has cleared, that overturned pickup made quick work.

the tow crews doing quick work here. 87 the earlier crash at cleared, no dis traction for the northbound side. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza a nice one now the metering lights are on. that crash at the top has already cleared, no drama for the maze or north bay. we will get you more right after this break. onof st ar'virseatis inoweincrin

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silicon valley standards were a third more likely to suffer a stroke. >> coming up a dramatic end to a dangerous high speed chase lieu the bay area overnight. plus an update to breaking news, hundred of firefighters on the front lines working to douse flames neefr livermore. we are live with bob redell who has the latest right after this break. ikrisanez folaugaia nno ==m/2o

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garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. an update to breaking news right now. moek and flames spreading in the tri-valley. right now a fast moving wildfire still burning out of control just east of livermore. those flames are moving towards tracy and homes are in the fire's path into,500 acres are burned and the fire in blanketing the area with thick smoem. we have team coverage of the wildfire this morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking the winds in the area that will affect the fire fight but we begin with bob redell who is live near the fire line in livermore. as day break comes, what do you see? >> reporter: fortunately this fire is burning in an area southeast of our location here at this road block at tesla and greenville an area that is very remote, there are few people and few homes. cal fire are reporting 2,500 acres burned, as the sun is coming up we do expect them to update us with new numbers. they will probably show that this fires has extended over the

nighttime hours. right now the containment is only at 5%. this brush fire started yesterday afternoon around 2:30 near tesla and corral hollow roads. first report was 100 acres, then it grew to 500, within four hours it quadrupled to 2,000 acres. because of the conditions that have been very cry, very windy and very scary for a couple of horse ranchers to live out in that area. >> we have got 61 horses out. luckily we have pleny of rigs that can do it. that one hauled six and the rest hauled four and good friends that came and family and -- >> the smoke came and the fire chief said it's time to evacu e evacuate, in ten minutes. >> reporter: the 250 firefighters working this event called the tesla fire did save the few homes that are located in that remote area, they only

lost a vacant structure at the carnegie motorcycle park. reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." thank you. we will turn things over to meteorologist kari hall. we have been talking the weather conditions, kari. anything change is this. >> it's been to windy there overnight and throughout the day we're expecting more of the same. the temperature is a cool 58 degrees but about will warm up to 89 degrees today, humidity high at 95% and some low clouds there today, expect the humidity to drop down to 33%. with the winds coming in from the southwest sustained at 15 mile an hour we have once again hose higher gusts, it is blowing the smoke over toward tracy. the temperature trend starts out at low clouds, the sun comes out, the wind picks up and we will also have lower humidity back down into the lower 60s tonight. so of course we will keep you up to daten o the wildfire conditions there. also heading into the weekend.

a look at the microclimate forecast is coming up in a few minutes. we will check back with bob as well. for updates when we are not on the air you can always go to nbc bay area.com or download our free app to find the latest updates. we move to a developing story, tire officials say they are devastated by tragic loss of lee of their own killed while battling a wild fire in central washington. officials say the firefighters were involved am a car crash before flames overtook their vehicle. it happened mere the town of twisp, four hours northeast of seattle. the three firefighters were battling a smaller fire when the winds shifted unexpectedly and turned back on cries. four others were injured, one person krit he clee. two towns evacuated, 1,000 people forced 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 threatened at this hour. meantime we know that the three firefighters who died worked for the u.s. forest service but their names and where they are from, that information has not yet been released. some people taking note of the sacrifice and the effort here for firefighters before evacuating. tim martin our reporter were our nbc station in spokane found this sign left on an evacuated home near twisp. as you can see it says, firefighters, also just a house. please stay safe. happening today the contra costa county deputy who drowned while trying to save a friend will be honored today. carlos france sees jumped into lake tahoe last thursday to help his friend who had jumped into the water to help his sister. everyone made it out of the water okay except for francies. funeral services will be held at 10:00 this morning in sacramento toe where he lived. the 30-year-old deputy worked at the martinez detention facility. questions are being raised about how san jose police handled the deadly shooting of a homicide suspect earlier in the

week. yesterday the former head of san jose's office of the independent police auditor filed a complaint against the department saying that shooting raised a number of red flags. the suspect richard jacquez was not armed when he was shot in the back running away were officers on monday night. michelle alley police said swraks was reaching for his waistband when officers opened fire. they have since backed off of that statement. sjpd leaders continue to stress that the shooting was justified because police believed jacquez planned to kill a woman who knew too much about the killing of another man in san jose last week. a high ranking police official says officers are being unfairly for raid in the media. the president of the san francisco police officers association says that people and the media post stories and pictures online and then judge officers with no context. often those incidents involved minorities. >> they are constantly under the microscope and they are being second guessed and monday morning quarter backed by certain members of the media or

politicians or activists. many times it's -- it's just unfair. >> to counter that the association fully supports the use of body cameras, but some people dispute those accusations that police across the country are being misrepresented. >> police officers have a long egregious history of abusing black and poor beam in our community. to tell us that we are overraekting and stair owe typing them is not only irrational it's insulting. >> the san francisco police officers association plans to make its case by working with local radio stations and releasing videos of officers doing positive things in the community. new this morning, a wet mess on the streets of san francisco following a high speed chase that spanned a couple of different counties. started just before 3:00 this morning in san leandro as a chp officer tried to pull over a woman he thought was drunk. the woman drove through oakland,

hopped on the bay bridge topping speeds of 100 miles per hour and finally crashed into a fire hydrant on mission street as you see right there sending water spewing into the air. that driver was taken into police custody. it's been a long road in a very painful one to getting a suicide barrier on the golden gate bridge but it's about to get a little shorter. last year board district members approved a new barrier, now that price tag is expected to run about $70 million, maybe a little higher, and take three years to build. in meetings planned for today and tomorrow the board is expected to approve the first real funding to hire a project consultant. any construction likely won't start before next spring. it is disturbing to watch but this next video could help put a stop to future animal abuse. a woman who runs a dog sitting business in burlingame is accused of abusing a client's dog. now investigators are asking for help in building a criminal case against her. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang is live. steph, investigators are trying

to get in touch with the dog's owner in that video and they say it's hard to watch but you might actually help if you to. >> reporter: that's right. that's the hope. you know, the dog owner is out there somewhere in the peninsula humane society here and spca hoping to get am in touch with the owner to make sure the dog is okay. they're worried the dog may have suffered broken bones. on that note the video you are about to see is pretty tough to watch. investigators here saying that the woman you see caught on camera by a neighbor is a professional dog walker and dog sitter. you see her pick up the dog by the neck and it appears she slams the dog to the ground twice. they say unfortunately this is not the first time he have gotten complaints about this woman and they are asking for more help in building a criminal case against her. >> we had heard from 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: animal care workers

took 11 dog from the woman, three are her own and they say they will not return hose three dogs until she can prove they will be safe. investigators are not releasing her name or business that i am because she has not been charged with a crime which could be animal abuse, hack be either a misdemeanor or felony charge. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." it's been a very humid start to our morning so far, actually a good thing for firefighters. >> it is a good thing for firefighters though the wind still heavy there near the tri-valley. >> and it will be breezy throughout the day. as we get a look at sunol you see the clouds pretty much block the view of the hills. with a cloudy and humid start to the day our temperatures are in the mid 60s for most of us, san francisco 62, santa rosa napa in the upper 50s, san jose at 65 degrees. a high of 83 degrees in san jose. san mateo 73 degrees, castro 67. looking at 70s and 80s in the north bay as well as the east

bay, oakland 74 degrees and dublin a high of 87 degrees. overall a very comfortable day, great way to head closer to the weekend. i will show you that weekend forecast as it gets a little warmer. that's coming up in a few minutes. let's get a look at traffic with mike. we have a chp and tow crews making quick work all around the bay this morning. this jam north 101 getting a little bit better or at least better news. north of 680 at mckee there was a crash, it was in lanes for a short period of time until they were able to complete clear all lanes. a slow down from clal expressway. look at 87, a jam from 85 jamming up around capital up to curtner. better speeds towards downtown. the build is on for 85 and 1280. westbound 580 better news that earlier crash at the dublin interchange cleared. another one over to the shoulder. that backup builds out of livermore and toward the dublin area. a slower build southbound 880

toward award but that is a standard flow and to be expected for commuters there. a little debris getting cleared from right by the oakland coliseum, no lanes are blocked. coming up, stepping up security and changes you may notice the next time you head to the movie theater. the u.s. navy honors oakland and we will take a live look at the big board where the dow industrials are down another triple digits. another asian country lowering the value of its currency weighing on the markets this morning. aevepinsto inhaind:==is/== d

6:44. now a developing story in thailand. today military officials are saying the deadly bombing in bangkok earlier this week is likely not linked to an international terror group, but they to say they believe at least ten people are responsible. still thai police are releasing a detailed sketch of the one man they say planted the bomb near a popular shrine. police compiled the sketch after studying surveillance video minutes before the explosion. 20 people died in that blast including four chinese tourists. a powerful explosion rips through a motel 6 in washington state. you see it right there. now we're learning it may have been intentional. this happened in bremerton just

west of seattle tuesday night. quick thinking employee evacuated the entire building when she heard and smelled a leak as a result of the blast. witnesses say they saw someone coming out of the building near the gas meter shortly before this happened. one person is hospitalized with severe burns this morning, thankfully no one died. new video this morning, police have made nine arrests after violent protests in st. louis overnight. dozens of people took to the streets after police shot an alleged drug suspect. police say the 18-year-old hand was pound with drugs and at least four stolen guns. they say he was shot when he pointed a gun at police. in retaliation protesters chanted and threw rocks, bricks and water bottleless at officers. fires were also set in the streets and a vacant home was burn to the ground. it's a changing climate right now, here is another example. dinner and a movie now with some extra security. regal cinemas has quietly increased its security at its

theaters. employees are started searching bags and backpacks. it's not clear when this new policier started but it does come after deadly shootings inside theaters am in colorado and most recently louisiana. regal entertainment group owns almost 600 theaters across the country. in the bay area that includes berkeley, oakland, dublin, san ramone and san francisco. sks offenders, kidnappers and even a convicted murderer, scathing accusations about the kind of people oouber might be hiring. san francisco's district attorney blames it on the kind of background checks that uber performs. the company does not go beyond seven years. it also doesn't require fingerprinting as taxi companies are required to do. now the d.a. is going after uber for monetary damages. we spoke to uber about the investigation and they told us no system is 100% foolproof. so is amazon one of the worst places to work. >> a lot of people talking about that after a recent new york times article exposé certainly

is made it sound that way, but was the hup being fair? scott mcgrew, some amazon workers don't think so. >> they were mostly managers and executives but there was significant push back including one executive who wrote an he is is a on linked am about it. "the new york times" public editor took at look at her newspaper's own coverage and said perhaps they could have kbin the story more balance and con ekt it. if you missed the story it it told of kworkers forced to take long hours -- hours long conference calls on easter sunday, put on job probation after returning from cancer surgery and lots of tears at meetings. one can infer the times editor meant amazon is not the only place where things can get rough and the reporter should have acknowledged that. the satirical newspaper the onion is weighing in. it says ceo jeff bay zeros has

promised. no one will be allowed to see their family until the amazon policy is if i canned to allow people to see their families. again, this is the onion. also a literol combat ship. it's spelled differently, it means a ship that sales close to shore and the next one is going to be the uss oakland. pretty school. >> that is school. >> coming right at you head on. our neighbors are sinking fast, the san joaquin valley sinking up to an inch and a half each month. you can blame the drought if you want to. the canal sunk so far that that truck basically eye level with the water. mass is a says farmers are depleting groundwater reserves and that's what's causing all that sinking. farmers are forced to use even more ground water speeding up

the sinking process. >> as they pump out the water the ground sinks and those bridges, so lots of structural damage as well. another impact of the drought. >> just another way that it's playing out. absolutely. >> i'm fascinated, saddened and a little scared about that. >> it is frightening. people going to school, lots of kids out today. >> it's looking good today. we've had great weather the past couple of days. today will be pretty much like yesterday so if you enjoyed it you will have more of that to see this afternoon. not much to see here, right? we have low clouds as we get a look were san bruno mountain towards san francisco, kind of hard to see the city there, but as we go through the rest of the day we will get some clearing and our cool morning start will make for a warm afternoon and this afternoon expect a high of 82 degrees it in the north bay, san francisco topping out at 69, south is bay 84 degrees, a beautiful day once again.

we do have more of an on-shore flow that was mott the case earlier this he can would. our natural ac is back. our winds coming if in at 15, maybe 20 miles an hour but not good in spots like just to the east of livermore where the crews are trying to get that wildfire under control, sustained winds at 15 and the gusts of winds have been even higher, up to 37 miles an hour. let's go hour by hour in san francisco. at 9:00 we still see those clouds, 62 degrees, 1:00 bright beautiful sunny 68 degrees so comfortable today and then the clouds move back am right around 7:00 and we will be dropping back into the 60s. after that high pressure was centered right over southern california giving us a hot start to the week, it has since moved off to the east. our coastal fog keeps the cooling trend in place at least for now. as it slowly changes we will be in between weather systems and a slight warming trend is on tap for the weekend. weekend forecast getting things

planned out it will be in the 70s and 80s, we are not talking about 90s here or highs over 100. am fact, our highs today all across the bay area will be about average for this time of year. so very mice weekend on the way. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. >> overall things are moving very well. the san mateo bridge is seeing one of those instances, the flashing lights, there was a tow truck with a van hooked up to it right here for about ten minutes. it's always been in the service area along that flat sec but still a dis straks adding to the slow down. overall we are looking at a smooth drive, san mateo bridge, dumbarton not a big rob, a little slowly through award. we will take a look at the toll plaza, traffic flows up to the toll plaza just fine, even the fast track lanes looking good this thursday. great flow into san francisco. school started this week so watch that surface street traffic. overall highway 4 the walnut

creek interchange moving nicely and north bay 101 just starts to see slowing coming towards san rafael. the south bay recovered nicely after a few crashes. 85 seeing the most slowly highway 17 up towards saratoga. happening today, this in just a few minutes former president jimmy carter plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis for the first time since revealing that he had cancer last week. in a statement 90-year-old carter said he will undergo treatment at an atlanta hospital. it was earlier this month he had surgery to remove a mass on his liver and learned that the cancer this spread. mr. carter says he will reveal more about his condition at a news conference set for 7:00 our time. a woman carries a dog by its meck before slamming it to the ground. it's all caught on camera. we are going to show you the troubling video mention. plus an update to breaking news.

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breaking news. that fast moving wildfire still burning through extremely cry land near livermore. "today in the bay" bob redell is live near the fire lines with the latest. bob, you have some updated numbers for us? >> reporter: well, kris, in spite of the breeze we have been feeling in livermore the firefighters are making

progress. you might recall they have been reported head 5 rs containment. within the past 20 minutes cal fire reporting he have 25% containment on this so-called tesla fire. still 2,500 acres burped. this is burning in an area several miles away from the road block at tesla and greenville. this is mere the border with san joaquin county where there are few people and homes. it did burn a structure but the 250 firefighters were able to save the pew other homes that were threatened during this fire. it started around it 2:30 yesterday afternoon. reporting live near in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." meantime, a developing story, crews battling a wildfire that killed three firefighters in central washington. officials say the firefighters were involved in a car crash before flames overtook their vehicle. all of this happening near the town of twisp. it's four hours northeast of

seattle. the three firefighters were battle a smaller fire when the winds shifted unexpectedly and turned back on the crews. four others were injured, one person critically. happening today, the contra costa county deputy who drowned trying to save a friend will be honored by family and friends today, carlos francies jumped into lake tahoe last thursday to help his friend who had jumped into the water to save francies' own sister. everyone made it out of the water okay except for the deputies. funerals services will be held at 10:00 today. we've seen this video a number of times. a disturbing case of animal abuse caught on camera. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in burlingame with the shocking video that could lead to criminal charges. >> reporter: that's right, charges of animal abuse, misdemeanor or felony. the video can be tough to watch. it appears the woman picks up the small dog by the neck and throws it down at least wise. peninsula humane society and spca investigators say she is a

professional dog sitter and they have gotten complaints about her before in the last ten years but didn't have real proof million this video evidence they want move of it to build a criminal case. animal control seized 11 dogs from her, three her own. they are also lookinger for the owner of the dog if the video. they say it could have suffered broken bones. live in burlingame, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." food city leaders in san francisco will help to launch the upper market street safety project. this is designed to make the streets on market between octavia and castro safer for cyclists and pedestrians. some of those new safety e measures, bolder crosswalk, painted safety zones and more no right on red restrictions. they recently shut off i believe four blocks on market street for drivers. >> for turning, yeah. >> we turn now to our weather. >> great weather today. yesterday was really nice after the skies cleared, we will have more of the same today. check out these highs, 85 los

gatos, gill roy 83, half-moon bay 72, castro at 67 degrees and 84 in napa, oakland 74 and pleasanton a high of 86 degrees. and how are we looking on the roadways is? >> not bad. we have a lot of schools coming back online last couple of weeks, mention week or so we will see east bay schools coming back online. we will see the changes over the next couple of weeks. right here we is it see flashing lights westbound clear interest our shot but making its way over the plat section is, a tow truck on the right side in the service area adding a distraction and slowing. the rest of your commute north of the san mateo bridge no big issues. some debris reported 880 right around thatover crossing toward the bay bridge i have that on the map to let you know i'm watching that and a the south bay a smooth drive, typical build for 85 and 280. san jose state back in full session today we will have a lot of commuters coming into downtown. >> move in stay tai for san francisco state. but they probably won't get

moved in hl noon. that's waste happening "today in the bay" we will be back at 7:25 with who are live local news. >> we will have updates on that tesla fire as well. we will be back in 25 minutes. good morning. fallen heroes. three firefighters killed balting a wildfire in washington state. four others injured. and there are new evacuations under way this morning. >> we'll see if i have a house tomorrow. i don't know. >> the flames now covering more than 1 million acres across the west. deal with it. republican front-runner donald trump lands on the cover of "time" magazine. the morning after he and jeb bush had dueling events just miles apart. >> he was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican. >> you know what's happening to jeb's bush as you know right down the street? they're sleeping.