bob, you are hearing a car might have been the cause? >> reporter: either a car or minivan, that's something the contra costa fire department is looking into. you will get bet get a better understanding as to why it took firefighters 70 minutes to put out these house fires that hurt seven people, fortunately all of them expected to survive. why it cause add a lot of destruction and damage in anchor point. damaged two more, burned up the two cars as i mentioned that were parked in driver waist. the fire started at a house and then spread to houses on the left and right side of it, the wind also carried embers to a fourth house across the street. a fire chief tells us when they arrived the two initial homes were already fully involved, they had immediately to go on to the defensive. also had to be careful because a power pole was on fire t took pg&e around 45 minutes to dee energize that line. a young man was inside one of

the homes when the fire started, he described to his aunt what happened. >> he said he heard a loud explosion, that's what woke him up and he opened the door to his room and just a bunch of smoke came at him and he saw the fire, closed the door and put -- kicked down the ac, jumped through the window and got out and that's when he called her. >> reporter: is he okay? >> yeah, he's fine. they checked him out. >> thank god that he is okay. >> reporter: that was the young man's mother who was at work at the time. you can see this is the video of the aftermath. you will notice the minivan, you will notice the could you please both of them burned up in the driveways. the fire investigators are focusing on those vehicles to see if one of them might have been the initial source of this fire. seven people hurt, three treated on the scene, the other four taken to the hospital, they all had smoke inhalation except for one who also had minor burns.

none of these injuries are life-threatening. reporting live in bay point, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. more breaking news this time in the south bay. one home burned in a brush fire off bear canyon road in the los gatos hills. that fire started after 12:30 this morning. the fire small, only an acre in size but crews are working on full containment. no word on injuries there. we will check back on both of these breaking news stories throughout the rs morning. when we are not on air you can get the latest information on the digital platforms. these fires a difficult sight to see and the heat is not helping out as we are expecting another day of triple digits. >> meteorologist kari hall joins us with a look at that microclimate forecast. >> good morning. yes, another hot day, but at least we are starting to see a few changes as we get a look at what's happening all across the bay area this morning. it is 57 degrees in the north bay and san francisco, it is 66 degrees in the peninsula and the south bay 67 degrees. mostly clear skies, but some fog

near the coast and a high today of 96 degrees can be expect in the south bay. so still sizzling in the north bay, 100 degrees, east bay 94 and the tri-valley 105. yesterday we had some 90s in san francisco, how about 84 degrees today? our temperatures are heading in the right direction. we will take a look at that weekend forecast in a few minutes. let's get a look at some problems on the roads with mike. first a warning so we don't have problems, carl the fog returning to the bay area after the labor day weekend off, we are looking at an easy drive perhaps some visibility issues at the span. south of there that's where the big issue is coming into san francisco, it's not the bay bridge, the metering lights are on, typical backup, it's northbound 101 jamming up, a crash before it reaches 28 0rks we have two right lanes blocked possibly past 6:306:45 before they open up those lanes. 280 is a good alternate to get

into san francisco. 880 starts a bit of a build so does the tri-valley. and there is a fire up in the hills around milpitas and san jose. we have a crew heading out there but they reported seeing it from montague expressway, it might be a distraction. we'll track this. back to you guys. 6:04. a developing story and some dramatic rescues unfolding in japan north of tokyo. that's where heavy rains from a tropical storm triggered massive flooding. at least one person is missing. 90,000 people were evacuated when heavy rain broke liver levees, flooding and mudslides have completely washed away homes. look at the rescues going on there. in some areas two feet of rain has fallen since monday. so problem here, something that could have been very tragic, investigators now saying an electrical issue is what's to blame for a fire that burned a limo on a south bay freeway. that fire started as the limo was traveling on 880 near the

steechbts creek exit in san jose. right next to valley fair mall. that hummer was care members of the band red dragon cartel. the brand is in town for a show tonight and everyone mate made it out okay. images brought back this horrific site on the san mateo bridge back in 2013. a limo cross that go bridge caught fire killing five women trapped inside. that led to safety changes for limo companies in california. in southern california no students were hurt when this school bus went up in flames along interstate 5 in irvine. that cellphone video caught by another driver shows the flames shooting through the bus windows sending thick black smoke billowing into the air. they were coming home from a water polo match and at this point there is no word on what caused the fire. another bus came to the scene and picked up those students. happening today, demanding action. the father of a reporter shot and killed while on live

television is vowing to do whatever it takes to end what he calls senseless killings across the country. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now. kris, today's rally stretches from san francisco so washington, d.c. >> there are similar rallies organized all across the country. the group moms against guns will join that heartbroken father to call to an end of gun violence. after alison parker and her cameraman were gunned down by a disgruntled former coworker park's father called for the country to mobilize and do what it takes to end gun violence. today andy parker will attend a rally in washington, d.c. and the san francisco rally along with others across the country are in support of this cause. whatever it takes, in fact, is the social media hashtag that supporters are use to go mobilize and show support. they are also invoking the memories of the victims of school shootings in new town and virginia tech along with the shooter of gabby giffords in arizona. there is a gun in 38% of u.s.

households and according to 2012 fbi data regarding gun deaths 259 people were killed by someone using a gun in self defense but more than 8,300 people were killed in gun-related homicides. 500 children and teenagers die from gunshot wounds every year according to the academy of pediatrics. the rally today is planned for the noon hour right in the center of union square. sam and laura. >> thank you very much. a civil rights group calling for change at whole foods stores nationwide after a security guard allegedly beat a shopper unconscious in oakland. since last week's incident whole foods has hired a new security company and eliminated armed guards from its northern california locations, but the group color of change says that is not enough. it's holding a rally later today demanding an end to armed security at all stores as well as a public apology. police are investigating that incident and the victim is recovering. >> the countdown to kickoff is

off. we are now less than 12 hours away from the official start of the 2015 football season. while the golden super bowl here in the bay area still months away that party is already getting started. >> it's never too early to start a party. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in san francisco and, steph, big names will be on hand, on stage in the musical world and bay area sports heroes later this afternoon. >> reporter: that's right. all the way around, sam and laura. we have former super bowl champs from both sides of the bay, fans from everywhere can envoy joy that. they will be signing autographs. we have the stage lit up behind me where ellie goulding and train will take the stage. joining me a peter o'reilly. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: obstacle course, you can take pictures with the lombardi trophy and pier 35 we have steve young in town. talk toe me about the importance of the kickoff event especially for super bowl 50. >> this is a huge year for us

and starting it off in the bay area where it will all culminate at the end of the year it important to us. obviously you have the game in new england but this is a bi coastal kickoff and creating this free fan celebration where everyone can experience kickoff in a huge year. >> reporter: and bay area is right in the middle of t talk to me about the last time the super bowl was in the bay area was 1985 at stanford stadium. how important is it that you have levi stadium as an option for the west coast for future super bowls. >> it's great. levi is a beautiful stadium, we're so excited the host the super bowl there, it's one of the most innovative stadiums in the league. having that as a culmination of our 50th super bowl to kick off the next 50 with a great innovative stadium, nothing better than that. we're thrilled to have a new option. >> reporter: we would love the raiders and 9ers to be involved in the final game of the year but you said there's never been a team that's been able to play, right, at home? >> no. the home team has never hosted

the super bowl in their own stadium. so that would be a first. the 9ers make a run that could be history in the making for super bowl 50, but it's never been done before. >> reporter: thank you so much, peter. 9ers right here super bowl 50, it could be the year. we will have more coming up in our next half hour as well. a lot happening for kickoff for the super bowl 50 event. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." as you mentioned, our coverage will start tonight at 4:30 for the opening game of the nfl season. kick off is at 5:30 followed by a special edition of nbc bay area news after the game. then stay with us for bay area revelations and nbc bay area news at 11:00. 4:30 this afternoon maybe find a well air conditioned home because the temperatures continue to climb. >> or if you are heading to san francisco for that kick off to 50 is it will be a nice place to be as it won't be as hot as we've seen the past couple of days. as you head out we are taking a live look at san jose before the

sunrises, that happens in about 30 minutes and still some coastal fog developing, something we haven't seen the past couple of days. it will be not as hot along the coast but staying hot inland. we are not going to be able to do anything about that. the coastal fog returns as we head into tonight and a heat advisory in effect as highs will be from the 9 0sz to 105 degrees today. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. we're watching two crashes right around the bay bridge. we're looking at first of all, the toll plaza nothing unusual from this view, as we look at your map i'll point out the maze west grant just off the maze reports of a crash there in lanes, chp yet to give me the update but traffic flow looks pretty standard there. on the san francisco side we're looking at northbound 101 coming up toward the bridge at the 280 split. crash blocks your two left lanes. 280 will take you up the peninsula and into the city. mild slowing for 880 and 680 heading down into fremont. a standard flow as well as the south bay and peninsula. back to you.

>> commutes can be tough out there but commute chaos to tell you about. changes to a peninsula road leading to gridlock and a lot of outrage. the latest chapter in a strange story of a san francisco millionaire who can't seem to stay out of court. we will take a look in business and tech.

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answer to child molestation and pornography charges in crt later today a south bay camp counselor is going to have to answer to mild molestation an

pornography charges in court. edgar cavarrubias-padilla is set to enter a plea this morning to nine felony counts of molestation and child pornography. authorities say they have two victims but believe that cavarrubias-padilla may have molested as many as 30 campers. a follow up on an apparent hate crime in san francisco. officers arrested john scenone for painting graffiti slurs in the pert la neighborhood. that information came from witnesses. the words no more chinese were painted in several spots over labor day weekend. scenone faces felony charges. a young san francisco millionaire dogged by accusations of domestic abuse is headed back to court. >> and scott mcgrew it's alleged he has been looking for powerful friends to help him clean up their legal mess. >> jahal was convicted of one count of battery for hitting his girlfriend and sentenced to

probation, but they be a lot of the evidence against him was thrown out. then on probation jahal is accused of striking another woman and the wall street journal says san francisco d.a. george cass cone will try to revote jahal's probation in a court hearing tomorrow. jahal's legal troubles have been a problem both for him and for the companies he has founded. the journal took a look at court documents and e-mails and the paper's reporter jeff elder has published an article says jahal worked for venture capitalist and one time controller steve wesley to try to convince willie brown the former mayor of san francisco to convince the d.a. to go back off. the fees for all this was a million dollars. there's nothing illegal being alleged here and it's not even clear the plan was carried out. the reporter learned about all of this through court documents. the journal of course tried to get responses from all three people in question.

none would comment, though jahal did respond on twitter saying @jeff helder, the reporter, same story with no facts or comments from real sources. never cared to remember journalistic ethics, but it's 2015, page views win. other news, do you remember this scene, it was the first day of trading for bay area based sun run, the heart warming scene as the ceo and her brand-new daughter range the nasdaq bell, then things went totally south, the stock just crumpled. today we will hear from sun run since the first day of awful trading as it reports profits for the furs time. i said this before, i am not a stock adviser. i'm mystified why this stock trades so low. >> do you know what it's at? it's at about 12 bucks. we will be wrapping our babies fighter, maybe keeping them out of the sun in general today because the heat is coming. >> yes, that's right. in fact, for a lot of kids in

the south bay they are going to get a half day. campbell union high school district let students go home early yesterday and plan to do the same today. many of the older builds do not have air conditioning so kids will have the afternoon off. >> kari, you were saying earlier that it's not going to be as bad as it's been earlier in the week. >> along the coast t will be a little better this weekend but we let the kids out for a half day so they can go outside and play. i don't know. it's still going to be really unbearable outside. >> they're teenagers. >> as we take a live look at the bay bridge you see the clear sunrise and mostly clear conditions to start out the day, a lot of sunshine this afternoon as temperatures heat up, but look at the temperature spread this morning, it's 54 degrees at half-moon bay and livermore starts out at day at 70 degrees, we can already see the difference now, not much of a wind coming in from the north at

5 to 10 miles an hour, a mainly calm wind at lunchtime today but it does start to pick up along the coast and that's where we have the concerns of rip currents today and also some choppy waves. as we go into the evening it turns back on shore and we will have some cooling, especially along the coast. san jose not much cooler, 96 degrees today and 95 degrees in palo alto. noe valley 84 degrees, 102 novato, 99 napa, oakland 90 degrees and danville today 103 degrees. we've had mostly an offshore wind but we are starting to see that coastal fog come back and the inland temperatures will still be anywhere from 100 to 105 degrees. one they think that may change our forecast and weather as we head into the weekend, here is tropical storm linda and it is moving farther off towards the west of baja, california and into the next couple of days it will spread some moisture into the bay area. looks like for the most part it will be just an increase in cloud cover, but the humidity

will be going up as temperatures go down. expect highs on saturday in the 80s and 90s for most of us in the bay area, by -- in san francisco by monday we are down to 72 degrees. we do have some 70s and 80s in the forecast, more clouds, though, more humidity. won't really feel that much better than what we're going to have today. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. we are looking pretty slow, northbound 101 getting into san francisco. there is a crash just shy of that 280 split. the sand barrels at the split were busted up by an earlier crash, two lanes are blocked until they can clean it up. folks are taking third. the south bay moves smoothly as does the east bay and tri-valley. there is a fire in the hills just off milpitas around weller, reports we could see it from montague expressway, that may an distraction. meanwhile, the san mateo bridge does move smoothly westbound across 92. that's the start for the building over at the peninsula

just getting kick started now. talk being that peninsula as a local government to blame for commute chaos there? changes to one road are leading to gridlock and outrage for calls for the city to put their plan into reverse. red wood sfi is reducing the number of lanes on parts of farm hill boulevard between alameda de las pulgas and canada college. they showed video of cars snaking their way up the hill. what used to take two minutes takes more than ten. drivers say it is time to put the brakes on the test run. >> where you have to plan another five to ten minutes everywhere i go. >> every minute counts. city leaders say the goal is to slow drivers down to prevent accidents. back in 2014 there were 24 crashes just on farm hill. almost a third of them were speed related. >> it's 6:21 coming up a major step forward for terminally ill parents fighting for the right to die on their own terms in california. a controversial bill - allowing

welcome back. it's 6:24. a controversial bill allowing terminally ill patients to determine when they wish to die is one step closer to becoming law. the state assembly approved the death with dignity bill yesterday. the bill would allow doctors to prescribe life ending medication to terminally ill patients. it comes after the highly publicized case of 29-year-old brittany may in order. may nerd. the state senate is expected to approve the bill as well.

it's been a rocky start for california's standardized tests. fuhrman half of california's students proved proficient in math and english. those results released yesterday. statewide to be more specific one-third of public school students tested proficient in matt for their grade level and 44% from proficient in english. low income and minority students had the lowest scores on the smarter balance test. those are considered more rigorous. education officials say they are disappointed with the results but not surprised and that these first scores should be looked at as more of a starting point. new this morning, scientists say fossils found deep in a south african cave reveal a new member of the human family tree. they say the creature shows a surprising ris mix of human life characteristics and may be a group that includes modern people and closest i can tingt relatives. scientists don't know how old those bones are or how he they

ended up in the cave in the first place. today presidential hopeful hillary clinton will sit down with television host ellen degeneres, she's expected to discuss everything from the investigation into her e-mail servers to her granddaughter. >> we have a sneak peek of that interview here is how she responded when ellen asked her about being one of the oldest presidents ever elected. >> i think it's very important but the way i look at it is i would be the youngest woman ever elected. >> you can watch the full interview right here on nbc bay area later today. she will be on a bit earlier than normal because of tonight's football game, ellen will start at 3:00 p.m. today. >> coming up next, it's going to be another hot day, kari is going to have a look at your complete microclimate forecast in just minutes. an update to breaking news, a wall of flames sends people in an east bay neighborhood running for safety overnight and now firefighters say they're getting close to pinpointing the cause. and a warning this morning

after a man posing at a fake cable network employee forces his way inside a home and sexually assaults a woman.

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damaged. >> this is happening on anchor drive in bay point, not far from highway 4. "today in the bay's" bob redell live on scene with the breaking details. bob, some of those folks had to bust their way out of the house. >> reporter: we know at least one young man who had to do that. right now which are in front of the two homes that were destroyed on anchor drive and you can see where the fire investigators they are focusing attention on that minivan in the driveway trying to see if that might have been the source of the fire, also focusing on a could you please that's off screen to the right. they are looking at two vehicles to see if one of them caused the fire that caused a lot of destruction on anchor drive. the fire started around 1:20 this morning, sent four people in the hospital with smoke inhalation, one of those people was also burned, we were informed they were transferred to the burn center, fortunately everyone is expected to survive. the far destroyed two houses, damaged another one next door and annum ber started a fire across the street that damaged the house there. now, the fire marshal tells us

when they arrived the two initial homes were already fully involved. they had to immediately go on to the defensive. they also had to be careful because there was a power pole on fire, took pg&e 45 minutes to dee energize that line. we are talking about somebody who tried to break out. we heard the story of a young man who was inside one of the homes when the fire started, he heard an explosion, opened his door to a wall of smoke, immediately shut the down, evacuated and made it to safety. >> i'm happy because my son is okay because he is the only one in the house at the moment. besides that we totally lost everything. >> reporter: again, you can see the contra costa county fire department, the investigators out here focusing their attention on this minivan that is in front of one of the homes that was destroyed when this fire started around 1:20 this morning. you had four people taken to the hospital, three more suffer smoke inhalation but they were treated on the scene. the fire marshal telling us that

everyone is expected to survive. reporting live in bay point, bob redell, "today in the bay." thank you very much. we have more breaking news. this time in the south bay where one home burned in a brush fire off bear canyon road in the los gatos hills. that fire started around 12:30 this morning. only an acre in size. no word right now on any injuries. we will be checking back on both those breaking news throughout the morning. when not on the air you can get the latest information on the digital platforms. these fires certainly something we do not want to see and the heat is not helping as we are expecting another day of hot weather. meteorologist kari hall joins us with a look at that microclimate forecast. >> we're still talking about highs over 100 degrees today for many inland valleys and starting out this morning mostly clear skies but we are tracking some fog, a thin layer of fog near the coast. it's 57 degrees in the north bay and san francisco 66 degrees in the peninsula. here is a look at those highs. in the east bay 94 degrees, 84 in san francisco, the north bay

up to 100 degrees, 105 in the tri-valley and the south bay today up to 96 degrees and 92 in the peninsula. we will take a closer look at those numbers and what to expect this weekend coming newspaper a few minutes. let's see how the commute is rolling with mike. it's really kick nothing for the south bay. here is northbound 101 at 680, doesn't look so bad, we will look at your maps. starting now yesterday 24 hours ago and building over the next two hours we had a huge commute for the south bay, i'm looking at a similar commute this morning. slower for 101, 87, 856789 the earlier fire we told you about it's not threatening any structures. of course your commute not impacted though you may see that still, maybe smoke visible from montague or 680. service northbound 101 still two lanes blocked shy of that 280 interchange. we have cleanup continuing. no word on any progress from chp they just said two lanes still blocked use 280 as your

alternate in towards san francisco. the build for 880 and 680 heading south in toward fremont and 92 slowing down heading towards san mateo because westbound is your commute. 6:33. only on nbc bay area a nurse allegedly the victim in a sexual assault, is now filing suit against the alameda county sheriff's office. investigators say last september a man cited and then released for indecent exposure was delivered from the santa rita jail to valley care medical center in pleasanton. that's where they say the suspect attacked the nurse. he previously did time for a deadly stabbing and was later treated at napa state hospital, but the nurse's attorney says the hospital never got any warning about the man's violent past. >> nobody was ever alerted to the fact that this was somebody who had been acting out sexually before or that this was somebody who had a significant violent history. >> just as we don't release people out of our jail that get on the bus we don't tell people

on the bus by the way this guy was in on this charge and has had medical history. we don't dough that because the inmates have their privacy rights as well. >> the sheriff's office maintains it would have been against the law to release the suspect's information. the nurse's suit asks for mon danny damages. don't open your doors to strangers, that's the message going out in union city after a man posing as a cable network employee sexual assaulted a woman. here is a sketch of the suspect. that attack happened nearly three weeks ago at a home on san ramone court. police say the man was wearing a red comcast shirt, knocked on the victim's door, when she opened it up he forced his way inside the home. police are warning everyone not to open your door unless you are expecting someone. >> if they are wearing some sort of identifying feature, either a shirt with a company name on t give the company a call and verify that someone should be in the area. >> the suspect here is described adds a white man in his early 30s about 6 feet tall, he has short black hair and a muscular

build. happening today, calling for more gun control in california in response to the shooting deaths of a television crew in virginia. "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us now. kris, today's rally stretches across the country. >> reporter: this is a call to achblngts there are similar rallies organized all across the country. a group moms against guns will join a heartbroken father to call for an end to gun violence. after virginia reporter alison parker and her cameraman were gunned down by a disgruntled former coworker parker's father called for the country to mobilize and do what it takes to end gun violence. today andy parker will attend a rally in washington, d.c. today and the san francisco rally along with others across the country are in support of this cause. whatever it takes is the social media hashtag that supporters are use to go mobilize and show their support today as well. some of them invoking the memories of the victims of school shootings in new town and virginia tech along with the shooting of congresswoman gabby giffords.

according to harvard researchers there is a gun in 38% of u.s. homes and according to 2012 fbi data regarding gun deaths, 259 people were killed by someone using a gun in self defense but 8,300 people died in begun-related homicides and 500 children and teenagers die from gunshot wounds each year according to the american academy of pediatrics. now, today's rally is planned for the noon hour right in the center of union square. sam and laura. >> some sobering statistics there. thank you. the entire san jose city council, the entire council, under investigation right now. the mercury news reports that san jose ethics commission announced yesterday it was launching an investigation into nearly 40 city council members and candidates. that list includes mayor sam liccardo. it's an unprecedented move. the committee thinks that council members and candidates may have violated and election law by not properly reporting late campaign contributions.

also in san jose, crews spent the night checking for hot spots after a brush fire came dangerously close to a mobile home park. that fire started around 6:00 last night at oakland road and cory court next tots san jose municipal golf course. firefighters had a tough time getting to the fire. heavy brush in the area helped to push the flames toward the river bend mobile home park. >> we were spraying down our house, the palm trees caught on fire. sorks yeah, it's very scary. >> in total about eight acres burned. no word on how it started but there are several homeless emp camp mts in that area. a big fire overnight, it's breaking news this morning. it happened in bay point. a live look at the charred remains. these are cars that were completely destroyed. two homes also destroyed. two others damaged. seven people were hurt. escaping those flames, four taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, but said to be taken to the burn

center in morning. a rather dramatic account of the people that escaped the fire pushing out windows, jumping from them just to escape. now investigators at the scene trying to determine how it all started. >> one woman described getting out to bob redell. he is keeping tabs on that story. let's get a check of your weather as you're heading out the door with meteorologist kari hall. >> good morning. as we take a live look at the castro we do see a thin veil of clouds giving us a beautiful colorful sunrise which will happen in about ten minutes. coastal fog coming back this morning, but it does stay hot inland. that will do nothing to cool off our temperatures except at the coast. so we will feel the difference there and then the fog returns tonight. sunset at 7:28. here is look at all of those microclimates. 105 in gilroy, 90 burlingame, mowy valley 84 degrees, napa 99 degrees, antioch 102 and 104 in pleasanton. the sizzle continues today and tomorrow, but a little bit of

some relief this weekend. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. it's moving but we do have more volume of traffic through the north bay. i want to jump to our maps and show you the biggest issue for highway 101. unexpected slowing northbound getting in towards san francisco. now, it looks like things may be shifting as far as those speed sensors but the chp still reports two lanes blocked northbound approaches 280. the jam comes from candlestick up to the scene. use 280 to get around. the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on, there's a slower drive developing for the east shore freeway. here is that area through san rafael, that volume just starting to pick kik in. a lower drive across the san mateo bridge because of the=.@ volume of traffic. a crash southbound 880 has cleared from the roadway but look at a slower drive across the dumbarton bridge as well. 680 toward 880, northbound push through the south bay and the sensors are slowing, a live look at fremont shows you that volume

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=sam/2shot== the 2015 season kicks off in less the count down to kickoff and it's not going to sound as good as maybe al michaels might say t but are you ready for football? the 2015 season kicking off in less than 12 hours. >> you will have to wait until february for super bowl 50, the party here in the bay area already getting started. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang live in san francisco. steph, big concert kicks off everything this afternoon. >> reporter: it does. so a little bit of everything for people out there. just 150 days until the super bowl so not too early for the party but it's a big year, the 50th. joining me this morning here is peter o'reilly, he is senior vice president of events for the

nfl. good morning. >> noorng. >> reporter: the lights are on the stage, we have ellie goulding and train performing this afternoon but there are big names in football also on stage. >> great music but you've also got three super bowl mvps, jerry rice, marcus allen, jim plunkett, dwight clark, a lot going on from football perspective. a huge free fan football festival at pier 35, the first time you have all eight super bowl trophies that the bay area has won together, take your picture in front of. a lot going on, a lot of firsts. >> reporter: finance cath autographs and pictures. >> absolutely. the players spend time with them, send autographs and want to connect with fans. they as much as we all are excited for the run up to super bowl 50. >> reporter: is the hope to also reach the nonfootball fans. >> a little bit of something for everybody, clearly you've got great music if that's what draw people in, but family activities

for kids and everybody. so not just about that xs and o's fans for everybody. >> reporter: big year, not only super bowl 50 in the bay area but you were talking earlier about no team has ever been in a sbourl at home. the 9ers could have a shot here. >> that's right. all 32 teams have hope today and that would be a first, the home team hosting the super bowl in levi stadium. that all begins tonight. we will see what happens. >> reporter: all right. peter riley, thank you so much. this happening ahead of the first game tonight here on% bay area, a treats versus the steelers. start of the season and big event kicking off super bowl 50 in the bay area. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." look to go make a little history this year with maybe the 9ers or raiders hosting the super bowl. we'll see. the regular season does kick off on nbc bay area, steelers taking on terrific tom brady and the patriots. our coverage starts at 4:30. kickoff is at 5:30 followed by a

special edition of nbc bay area news right after the game. then stay with us for nbc bay area revelations and nbc about bay area news at 11:00. moving on to decision 2016. donald trump continues to lead in most of the polls, but he is not making many friends along the way. thanks to some new controversial comments. the latest against carly fiorina. in a "rolling stone" article published yesterday the reporter calls -- recalls trump mocking fiorina's looks. the reporter said trump said about fiorina, look at that face, would anybody want to vote for that? >> shortly after fiorina told megyn kelly she's getting under trump's skin because she is climbing in the polls. to jerry brown who has vetoed a bill that would have restricted drones from flying over your property. >> scott mcgrew, it's not clear the law would have stood up to the courts if it survived really in the first place. >> i don't think so. there is a lot of case law that establishes you don't control

the air space above your home. you may recall i told you the story of a chicken farmer once. if you don't remember it you need to watch more often. california lawmakers like the idea, they did pass the bill which would have restricted drone flights over private property below 350 feet, but the governor retoed it wednesday. just because there's no specific law, though, that prohibits you from flying around your neighbor's backyard doesn't mean you are free to do it all you want. there are laws against harassment, but passing through would be okay. >> you guys were talking about football, a palo alto company called fooze is warming up an app this morning that will tell you when a game gets exciting. if you're watching packers and bears and the saints/cardinals game is better your phone or tablet will tell you so. fooze says its computers are watching the games, deciding what's most interesting. >> basically we're using computers to model the excitement of games and matches but it's all based on the input

from fans based on why they find particularly -- games particularly exciting. >> you could totally see this being adapted for the new apple tv. the one apple announced yesterday. it will be open to app developers like fooze and i think this is where we're going to see the real power of there apple television is not something that came from apple, but came from a couple of guys in palo alto who said, do you know what we can do? >> interesting. >> with good timing, nfl season upon us. no one really wants to work on their wedding day, but when you are a firefighter and trained to save lives you are really never off duty. >> springing into action you can hear someone saying in that video someone call 911. while listening to a toast at his own wedding los angeles county firefighter cody campbell heard people yelling she's choke and jumped into action.

campbell ran over to the one who was one of his new wife's relatives, her lips were turning blue, she wasn't breathing. campbell gave her the hiem lick maneuver and a piece of food came flying out and she is doing fine today. >> she told me she really didn't know how she could thank me. i gave her a hug and told her that's what we do. >> campbell just became a firefighter about a year ago, too. >> and the new bride saying isn't he dreamy? >> choked up over that speech, i guess. >> you were holding on to that. >> don't mess with the improve master. 6:50 we will get a check of your weather on another hot day. starting to sound like a broken record. >> absolutely. especially since this is the longest stretch we have had of temperatures that have been well above average talking about 90s and highs over 100 degrees as we take a beautiful view from san bruno mountain towards san francisco. we do start out the morning once again with mostly clear skies. but in a few spots we start to

see the clouds and fog rolling back in and a wide range of temperatures even starting out the day. it is 54 degrees in santa rosa, half-moon bay. head over towards livermore you are starting out at 70 degrees, no need for a jacket there. as we go through the day not much of a wind, either. this has been the case we've seen for the past few days. that on-shore flow not really kick nothing and allowing those temperatures especially inland to heat up, but there will be more of an on shore breeze later on this evening. 4:00 winds coming in at about 10 to 15 miles an hour, a little more choppy along the coast and that's where temperatures will be a little bit cooler, but look at these highs today. just like we've seen throughout the week, 100 degrees in los gatos, burlingame 90 degrees, palo alto 95, noe valley 84. there will be a wide range of temperatures in san francisco. napa 99 degrees, oakland 90 and danville today 103 degrees. if you're going out to the beach to cool off keep in mind that there will be high waves at

about 5 to 7 feet and also some rip currents will be possible. so exercise caution and never swim alone. keep an eye on the family and also those pets. our temperatures along the coast will be in the 70s and 80s, but still 90s and 100 degrees inland. over the next couple of days the coastal fog returns and our inland temperatures near 100 degrees, but by this weekend we will get ain't crease in humidity because of this, the remnants of linda that will be moving in, we will be talking more about that and also heading into next week some cooler temperatures looking good there. let's see if this is tooking good on the golden gate bridge with mike. it's hard to tell how good it's looking because there is some return of that carl the fog that kari is auk talking about. traffic is throwing well. we're look at your maps, getting into san francisco on 101, from the peninsula i see the speed sensors clearing up. that trash north 101 at 280, i

think they've reopened those lanes. the east shore freeway moves smoothly. the building through hercules, richmond and berkeley for westbound 80. the south bay starts the build in general 101, 87, 85 and 280 all pushing through san jose and building through silicon valley. a look at palo alto shows you the peninsula traffic starting to build the volume but not so bad at university. coming up, a recap of our top stories this morning including an update to breaking news. families forced to watch their homes burn as these massive flames tear through an east bay neighborhood overnight. [female announcer] if the most challenging part of your day

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people are hurt - and several homes either damaged or ro an update to breaking news. at least seven people hurt, several homes either damaged or destroyed after massive flames erupted in an east bay neighborhood. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live from bay point with the breaking details. >> reporter: you can see we have a fire investigator with the contra costa county fire department, they are looking into whether that minivan or a could you please that is right off to the other side of your tv screen, if one of those two vehicles was the cause of this fire that caused a lot of damage and destruction on anchor drive in pay point. i want to show you new video. this is the point of view from one of the firefighters, helmet cam video. this is what it looked like when they arrived on the scene around 1:20 this morning. you can see why they had to

immediately go on the defensive. two of the homes were fully involved. two homes destroyed. two more damaged and seven people hurt. three were treated on the scene, four more -- the other four taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, one of those people was also -- one of those persons was also burned, we heard that they have been trans forward a burn center. fortunately all seven people are expected to be okay. reporting live here in bay point, bob redell, "today in the bay." just into our newsroom, another fire we're tracking in the bay area this morning. in one in milpitas. it's happening on weller road near calaveras road in the milpitas hills. so far it's burned four acres. firefighters say it's not spreading quickly. crews tell us there are no structures threatened at this time. happening today, activists across the country including right here in san francisco will gather to demand new legislation on gun control. >> after more tragedy. kris sanchez in our newsroom

with who is spear heading this day of action. >> reporter: this rally is born out of a father's call to action after alison parker and her cameraman were gunned down in virginia. her father called for the country to do what it takes to end gun violence. today he will attend a rally with that battle cry in washington, d.c. there will be similar rallies playing out in san francisco and across the country. on social media supporters are using that hashtag whatever it takes in support. there is a gun in 38% of u.s. homes according to harvard researchers and per 2012 fbi data 259 people were killed by someone using a gun in self defense but more than 8,300 were killed in gun related homicides. 500 children and teens die from gunshot wounds each year according to the american academy of pediatrics. the rally today is at noon right in the middle of union square. >> thank you very much. it is 6:58. switching gears, the bay area certainly getting ready for super bowl 50. a live look at some of the preparations underway for

today's kickoff party in san francisco. it all comes as the nfl season kicks off tonight. brand-new super bowl champs will take on the pittsburgh steelers, you can skach it all right here on nbc bay area. it is a feast is that that features stephanie chuang and kari hall. >> i will be out there later you can watch me on the midday show at 11:00. it's going to be fun. getting the football season started. as we start out this morning in the upper 50s. it will be a few degrees cool be on the embarcadero, 84 derks 100 north bay so still scorching inland. >> we're ready for football. are we ready for traffic? >> we have traffic so whether or not here it is. san mateo bridge westbound on the right, that is your typical slowing right now that glut of traffic coming off of 880. we're showing the arrow there is that volume coming off the nimitz. north 101 at third has cleared. that earlier crash cleared north

101 at san francisco. much better in the peninsula. that northbound build happens in san jose as typical. >> a lot of those folks do have to wait to get the party started but it will get started. good morning. good morning. on edge. a tense commute for drivers in phoenix this morning in the wake of ten interstate shootings in 12 days. the latest happening on wednesday. we're with police as they try to track down a possible serial sniper. look at that face. donald trump's own words mocking the appearance of the only woman in the republican race. this morning, how carly fiorina is fighting back. >> excessive force? former tennis star james blake slammed to the ground and handcuffed by the police in a case of mistaken identity. >> it shouldn't happen and it's something we'll deal with with the blees. o