highs in the 60s and 70s across the bay area. and the time line starts out for late morning for the north bay and late evening for the south bay. i give you a better idea of what to expect coming up in a few minutes how much rain we're expecting. that's coming up in the next microclimate forecast. let's check in with mike to see how the commute's going. >> folks who thought they were going to get a break on left approach is gone. it was there for two minutes. now all lanes filled in past west grand avenue on the approach to the bay bridge. that's not an unusual traffic pattern neither is the slowing from hercules to richmond, past highway 4 starting to tap the brakes to the berkeley curve. i will track that crash closely. 880 south through hayward in union city the build is on. same thing for south bay and north bound routes 101. 6:00. to a developing story, 67,000 acres and counting. it is among the largest

wildfires in california this fire season. and now getting a look at just why so hard -- why it was so hard to put out. >> terrifying video, burning embers, smoke across the road. crews have the fire about 30% contained. but even more importantly, forecasted rain should help even more. >> investigators have an idea where it may have started. live team coverage. let's begin with "today in the bay's" bob redell live in lake county. >> reporter: laura and swcoot a few miles outside middletown, suffered destruction along highway 175. we are seeing small reminder of the wildfire that raced through on saturday. now if you're to head several miles up 175 from where we're at to the small community of cob, you can see in the video the fire is still burning heavily.

within the past 90 minutes cal fire strike crew had to set backfires to force the fir to burn into itself and burn up the fuel. that's a common technique putting out fires. high valley road in cob is where investigators believe the valley fire started on saturday. in a shed, if you take a look at the shed, you can see the inside are tools and cleaning supplies, and one side is burned. from there, extends a trail of burned grass which extends to the rest of the area, burned by the valley fire. a house 30 feet away escaped any damage. cal fire says people who first reported the valley fire live right across the road from the shed. they don't know what started the fire. they believe that is the source, that's where it started. as you can imagine the community suffered a lot of destruction. one lake county supervisor, who knows a lot of people in the community, fears there might be one or fatality as well.

>> always been confirmed deaths and you know, i would like to think there wouldn't be any more but i know there will be. these people couldn't get out of here fast enough. >> reporter: "mercury news" reporting a former news reporter has been missing for several days. lives in anderson springs not far from the community of cobb. his wife, according to the newspaper, did speak with him urging him to get out of the car and flee. his house burned. they found his car burned. but they have not found him as yet. one person reported midsting according to the "mercury news" since saturday's fire still burning in small pockets of areas here in lake county, this one along highway 175 just a few miles out of middletown. reporting live in lake county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. we are learning more about the four firefighters hurt while

fighting the fire. the press democrat reports four men jumped off a helicopter into the fire zone after the fire started saturday. but that fire grew so quickly, the flames overtook them. men had to hide in their protective tents as the fire burned down everything around them. still at uc davis treated for second degree burns. one told the press democrat their captain suffered the worst injuries because he's the last to take shelter. he made sure other firefighters were protected. >> it's been days since evacuees made the drive to escape the flames. so are getting to see what, if anything, is left in their home. >> stephanie chuang is in calistoga evacuees have been living in tents since saturday. >> reporter: it's very cold here overnight and in the morning and people here estimated 1,000 here at the napa county fair grounds sleeping in tents, cars, trucks. around now is when things pick up and heat up. you can see the grill is on.

>> reporter: coffee and breakfast served. this is a highlight. for some yef the biggest finally getting to go home. >> you little fur ball. >> reporter: just for brief time. but at least these two not only learning that their middle townhouse was standing they found their cat myron alive and doing okay. others still have not been able to check if their homes are fine like john wood, who told me he's happy to have his dogs and bird with him but starts to choke up thinking about families who have lost everything. >> like i start talking to you and others, too, i start getting nasally, getting close to start, you know, tearing up a bit. >> reporter: still plenty of people waiting. deputies set to start escorting people back to their homes. for 15 minutes at a time.

that starts at 8:30 and goes until 5:00 at night just for middletown, lower lake, hidden valley area. they cannot pick up personal items yet than may have to wait another week. live here in calistoga, stephanie chuang "today in the bay." >> 6:06. for hundreds who still don't know if their homes are standing, it is an agonizing wait. one woman from middletown waited to get the news from us. one of our crews went to middletown to see if grace bowman's home was destroyed in the fire. took a while to find it. when crews got there, sadly it was burned to the ground. >> air-conditioning unit, yeah, wow. i just lost my house. oh! i got some angel wings that are wrapped around me. >> people are clinging to little things left behind.

small mementos, lives changed forever. >> beyond the fire perimeter hundreds of homes without power. down and destroyed power lines causing outages. crews able to inspect less than one quarter of the damaged area. as the latest numbers, pg&e says more than 7,000 customers are still without electricity. crews are working extended shifts sleeping on site in middle town to restore power as soon as possible. >> it's amazing how quickly they're working and taking down poles that have been completely burned, he removing vegetation and it's a sea of blue trucks with poles on the back. >> utility among companies that are stepping up and donating money to the red cross as well. >> jessica aguirre headed up to the fire where she will host the news coasts. coverage continues on our website 24/7. also view some unedited video and find information about how to donate. right there on the front page at

nbcbayarea.com. >> some good news this morning. middletown may get an inch of rain. that will help enormously. >> we don't want that all at once, hopefully kind of spreads out over several hours, comes down at a steady pace. seeing pockets of heavy rain just looking at some of the characteristics of some of the rain as it continues to move closer to land and into the day. that will be moving into the north bay. i expect it to santa rosa by lunch time and some farther to the north earlier. and then it continues across the bay area. the rain does spread out and get lighter as it moves into san francisco as well as east bay and inner bay as well. and then into the south bay, this evening. we may not see rain in san jose until 7:00 or 8:00 this evening and then even later as you head towards morgan hill and gilroy. more spotty light rain as it continues to progress across the bay area. as we keep an eye on the valley forecast, the chance of rain

today and highs today only 64 degrees. and then tomorrow 76 degrees and temperatures jump up heading into the weekend. today ideal for the best fire conditions, trying to get some containment on the valley fire we'll keep you up to date and heats up elsewhere. i'll have details coming up in less than ten minutes. leets see how the commute's moving with mike. >> this is on the east shore freeway the ashby off-ramp, commute direction. on ramp this crash blocking your second lane. got traffic backing up now coming into berkeley. on the sensors slowdown starting golden gate field and building past university towards ashby and that's a problem for the lower east shore freeway. that might make things lighter at bay bridge until they can get to the shoulder. highway 4, another crash, ten vehicles on the shoulder

reported. i'm tracking that as well affecting antioch. the rest of the bay, despite those two incidents, not a problem. coming up type of tack too common someone targeted fiber-optic cable, next. and there goes the van! >> it's being called the worst weather-related disaster in utah history. inches of water fell in a half hour. water stopped rising but the search for survivors just getting started.

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a-t-and-t is offering a quarter-of-a-million dollar reward - for anyone with new this morning, taye offering a quarter million reward for anybody with information who cut two fiber-optic cables in the tri-valley. cables were cut in livermore earlier this week. they carry data for everything from phone calls to e-mails to security cameras. 14 similar attacks throughout california. the fbi launched an investigation into all attacks including latest in livermore. 6:13. only gun shop in san francisco says it can't seem to keep weapons on store shelves. the reason, city looking to tighten gun laws. under the proposed law, all gun buyers would be videotaped and ammunition sales would be recorded and sent to police on a weekly basis. that way officials will know if someone seems to be stocking up on bullets. >> you see the rack is empty,

people are -- they're buying them and i assume 7% are san franciscans. >> i'm not surprised by that. >> city fishes say they hope the proposed law will help stop crimes before they happen. owner of the gun store reports ammunition sales over 500 rounds already, as mandated by current law. he thinks sending information about everyone who buys bullets is unrealistic. >> once in a lifetime weather event, not a positive way, this much rain fell so fast if a flooded utah town it took over. this morning volunteers looking for anybody who could have survived this. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez with where searchers can begin to look. >> they're looking in zion national park, what you see here. we've learned this morning that the hikers that got swept up in the flash flooding there are from california and from arizona. rather nevada, i should say. searchers continue to look for three people still missing. the park, 20 miles south of the

horrible scene where two vehicles full of women and children were just swept away. >> there goes the van! oh my goodness. oh dear, it went over the fence. >> you can hear the terror in the voice of that homeowner who watched her backyard turn into a deadly river. unbelievably three children were saved from the wreckage. but 12 women, teenagers and children died and one person is still missing. >> first thing was worried about the people in the vehicle, wishing i could do something. but just started to realize we were in trouble, too. >> folks who live in the region are used to flash flooding that we've seen. it is part of their weather pattern. but this is described by the national weather service, as you mentioned, a hundred-year event. 2 1/2 inches of rain in two hours. back to zion national park, seven hikers set off into the canyons before the warnings posted so they didn't know what was coming.

according to the park spokeswoman, the hikers were from california and nevada. they are in 40s and 50s. three still missing but certainers did, sadly, find bodies of four hikers already. the ground was already saturated before the historic flood struck and there is more rain in the forecast and flash flooding for today. >> thank you. with too much rain in utah not enough rain in the bay area, cities are looking for ways to boost water supplies. looking for answers, water and technology experts attend a symposium today. fogt cuss of the forum, new ways to recycle waters. helping capture, store, treat waste water. organizers hope cities can get a blueprint how to reuse that. >> it would be nice to get some water and looking ahead to kari's radar, some is in the work for the bay area. >> we get the first heavy rain,

makes roads slick. mike will keep you up to date. we start out with dry conditions, mostly clear skies, cool temperatures but the rain is approaching. as we tack a live look now at the bay bridge, busy start to the morning and into the day, we'll start to see more activity on the radar as rain starting to fall and the clouds moving in, too. we can see this cluster of rain as it approaches northern california. we are seeing some splotches of yellows and reds there indicating some heavy rain moving toward ft. bragg and closer to ukiah as we go into the next couple hoff hours, spreading across the bay area today. only 50 in santa rosa. cool in the north bay, 57 in hayward. and san jose 54 degrees. not much of a win now. the wind coming in light from the west and will turn more southerly as we head into the launch time hour. all of the win and energy feeding into an approaching cold front and ahead of that as the

rain, gusts approaching 30 miles an hour today. even this afternoon it will be very breezy with a southerly wind. most of the day it will be dry in the south bay. we will get sunshine, high of 74 in san jose. palo alto, 73 degrees. mission district, 65 degrees. windy, cool in the north bay we see that rain moving in earlier. highs in the upper 60s and east bay and tri-valley highs in the low to mid-70s. as this approaches, we're watching this cluster of showers gettingite act together as it draws in that energy and moisture over the water. as it moves into the bay area, unfortunately, a lot of this rain does spread out. it does weaken. it becomes less intense. but some of the heavier rain will be in the north bay. we see it moving in before lunchtime into san francisco by 4:00 this afternoon. and then spreading into the peninsula early afternoon. east bay as well as inner bay,

approaching the south bay later tonight by 11:00, you can see how the rain falls apart. seeing clouds, some spotty, light showers later on. but by tomorrow morning all is going to be clearing out and it will be a cool start to the day as the cold air filters in behind this rain. looking at the amount of rain looks promising for the north bay. a quarter of an inch and possibly approaching close to an inch around the valley fire. and some trace amounts for the south bay. i'll have another update coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with mike for the commute. >> better news for the east shore freeway. damage has been done as far as speeds go. crash moved over to the shoulder past the ash -- just before the ashby on-ramp and the merge. slow past the scene. bay bridge toll plaza past this, another fender bender reported but i didn't see anything in the live shot. perhaps that closer to the berkeley curve. two incidents at critical spot

causing more slowing. build from golden gate field down to and including berkeley curve. westbound highway 4 jammed up as there's a crash at leverage blocking one lane. slow for antioch. lighter for pittsburg and bay point. crash for walnut creek. rest of the point typical pattern. palo alto, easy drive. that's not cool. this is a beverly hills neighborhood. it is not the latest "fast and furious" sequel. neighbors filming what any parent of any child would say, no, stop this. this video viral showing exotic cars racing high speed. the owner of the car live there. right there in the neighborhood. from qatar. he told one neighbor he can do whatever he wants because he has diplomatic immunity. police are investigating but so far no arrests. santa clara becomes fourth

county in the bay area to make a controversial agreement with the feds. >> how republican candidates hope to grab your attention in the presidential debate.

misswill turn anan asphalt parking lot into a new neighborhood for san franciscans. a vote for "yes" on "d" is definitely a vote for more parks and open space. a vote on proposition "d" is a vote for jobs. campos: no one is being displaced. it's 40% affordable units near the waterfront for regular people. this is just a win-win for our city. i'm behind it 100%. voting yes on "d" is so helpful to so many families in our city.

soon have a new look. a memorial bench is set to be installed -- at the spot where kate steinle -- was shot and san francisco will have a new look. memorial bench set to be installed at the spot where kate steinle was shot and killed. the 32-year-old killed in july allegedly by an undocumented immigrant who had been deported self-times. the shooting sparked a national

debate about sanctuary cities like san francisco. the bench and plaque will be installed next week. a spokesperson says the steinles are expected to visit the bench but no plans for public ceremony. jeh johnson says san francisco's sanctuary city's policy is counterproductive and unacceptable. he made the comments yesterday at san francisco's commonwealth club. sanctuary law prohibits san francisco employees from helping federal authorities with immigration, investigations or arrests. unless required by law or a warrant. santa clara county about to become the fifth county in the bay area to agree to cooperate with federal law enforcement since steinle's death. according to the "mercury news," santa clara county supervisors will notify officials when inmates who face deportation are about to be released if inmates have been convicted of violent crime. this is not official yet. like san francisco, santa clara county stopped cooperating with

i.c.e. last year. decision 2016, will there be fireworks in september? today top republican presidential candidates take the stage for a second debate. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington. a lot of the focus obviously will be on donald trump. >> well, certainly. and that's who the ten candidates on the stage are going to be taking aim at. he's the 11th -- carly fiorina is the former bay area executive, now the 11th candidate having worked her way to the stage with rising poll numbers. donald trump in california last night said he's not concerned bye b. what people may say about him or say to him on that debate stage. he's solidified his number one status. his status as front-runner among republicans. however, carly fiorina has shown on the campaign trail she's not afraid to take him on. now that she's number 11, she'll have an opportunity to do that tonight. ben carson in second place since

the last debate. jeb bush could face a challenge, his numbers dwindling. he's at 6%. and if he's going to stay in the race and be successful, republican strategists are telling us he's going to have take on donald trump but walk a fine line not be donald trump in trying to do so. back to you. >> thank you. >> as republican presidential hopefuls take the stage for tonight's debate, hillary clinton will be making a very different kind of appearance. clinton is visiting jimmy fallon at "the tonight show," her first late night talk show appearance since announcing her candidacy and her first visit since fallon took over "the tonight show." the front-runner has seen sagging poll numbers in recent weeks amid controversy surrounding private the e-mails. a shell of a shed and a charred path of grasp investigators may be zeroing in on the origin of the valley fire. they refuse to leave.

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in for sam brock. =laura/2shot= good morning. happy wednesday. thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're tracking the weather and the roads. let's start with meteorology kari hall. a look at microclimate forecast. something called rain. yes, things will be quickly changing as we go through the day. keeping an eye on cluster of showers approaching the north

bay and bringing light showers along the coast and that will be spreading all across the bay area as we go into the day. so great news there. it is cool this morning, as you step out the door. north bay it's 53. clouds, 54 degrees in the south bay and the rain moving in later this morning and afternoon. most likely late day for the south bay. highs in the 60s and 70s, and cool weather for a little while. and then it heats up. i'll detail all of that coming up. let's see how the commute is moving. >> a tough one for east shore freeway. berkeley curve, ashby out of the roadway. another one cutting and that should be cleared in the next couple of minutes. slow drive for west 8 on pittsburg out of antioch, a crash here blocking three of your five lanes. only two left lanes get by. that traffic jammed up out of antioch. slowing for the walnut creek

interchange. no big deal for 680 south. bill for 880, southbound 680, sunol, stall in lanes that caused additional slowing. a mild backup for the tri-valley and your standard bill for the south bay. update to developing news, new video of the valley fire shows just how scary it was as people tried to escape those flames. >> look at flames. they're on both sides of the person's escape route. embers flying at windshield and thick smoke billowing across the road. as of this morning fire's burned more than 67,000 acres, a number of homes burned, 585, along with hundreds of other buildings. >> crews made progress, fire 30% contained. hoping forecasted rain may help them gain even more ground. >> we have live team coverage this morning. let's start with "today in the bay's" bob redell live in lake county. bob? >> reporter: laura and scott as

the sun comes up on day five of the valley fire you can see a lot of smoldering areas here just off of highway 175 and every once in a while you come across a scene like this. you've got a stump on fire, obviously the cal fire crews are busy with other things where they don't feel they have to be out here. they'll let this burn because it's surrounded by ash. it's not a threat this anything at least not right now. up the road into the community of cobb, around 4:35, you had significant fire activity, so significant that come cal fire strike crews were manning it let a becomefire so the fire would burn on to itself, consume the fuels and extinguish itself. that's the scene here in the fire zone still shut down to the public where you have pockets of fire and a lot of areas where you have the haze, smoke and smoldering remain. near that fire activity that we showed you this morning, a

couple of miles away at end of high valley road, see the shed that we're showing you. if you look on this map, at the end of the road, there's a shed. the shed partially burned. cal fire now investigating that shed as a possible source of the valley fire that started on saturday. they haven't indicated why they believe that it might be the source or what it was about that shed that started the fire but if you look at the shed you have the burned out side, the shed that holds cleaning supplies and tools. and in that burned out side extends to the gras and from the grass to the rest of the valley fire. there is a house on the property that remains ununtouched. a person across the street who first reported the valley fire on friday. cal fire focusing on that shed as a possible source, not clear what started the fire. one of the owners of the property did tell "the san francisco chronicle" that that shed does not have electricity and they think it's the other way around, the shed did not

start the fire but burned in the course of the fire. cal fire investigating that. and as we stan back out here along highway 175, just one of the few hot spots remaining day five of the valley fire. live here in lake county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> looks smoky where you are. learning more about the four firefighters hurt while fighting the valley fire. the press democrat reports the four men jumped a helicopter and into the fire zone shortly after the fire started on saturday. the fire grew so quickly, flames overtook them, the men had to hide in protective tentds as the fire burned everything around them. firefighters at uc davis treated for severe second degree burns. their captain suffered the worst injuries. the last to take shelter because he made sure the other firefighters were protected. >> lots of people in the fire zone did evacuate but some are saying they are not going to

leave. >> that's right. they have a reason to stay. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in calistoga. they're not just worried about the fire, they're worried about vandals and looters. >> reporter: they are. imagine you're worried about fire already taking your house. not that, looting. reports of that and of suspected people. those who left are at places like the evacuation center where it's picking up here. this is where there's a sense of community. breakfast on the grill and people are happy to be with each other. but some people decided not to leave at all. we found two families that lost their homes and one lost its business, auto repair shop and they remain in middle town staying with friends and family who refused to leave. sticking around to keep watch for looters, knock down hot spots and treat animals left behind. >> the city's close, tight-knit, hard working, strong people. and we will get through this. we will rebuild our town and it

will be better than it was. >> reporter: some people who did leave were allowed back briefly yesterday, escorted by deputies set to take people back 8:30 until 5:00. this is just to pick up pets and livestock. visits for personal items have to wait. that's going to take another week. for today, fema hpeople people minutes. live here in calistoga, strothman, "today in the bay." >> it's not just evacuees, they have their pets as well. one family has a truck load of pets, three dogs, cat, four kittens and a boa constrictor. another cat had to be left behind to evacuate. the family got great news about their abandoned pets. >> someone went outside, they found my cat, the cat told her exactly where to go for the food. this is where the food goes. i was so grateful.

i'm really -- we found out our house is standing. >> the family's been told they can't go to their home yet. >> we're just getting word now of new numbers coming in about the valley fire. it's grown to 70,000 acres. it remains at 30% contained. 585 homes have been completely destroyed. >> there is progress there, because as the fire got bigger the containment went around it as well so they continue to try to catch up. we're hearing a lot of stories about neighbors helping neighbors. >> great thing. last night a mother and daughter went to dozens of property in the burned out neighborhoods, worried about the at kas and dogs ledog s left behind. two left pet food on driveways. >> worried about the animals here, their parents had to run and we're out to get cat food, dog food, make sure they're okay, if we can catch them, get them to the vet we'll do that,

too. >> just like yesterday, deputies escort people to their homes only to look for their pets and pick up livestock. people wanting to return home to pick up medications, clothing or personal items will have to wait longer. >> jessica aguirre at the fire, anchor the 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 p.m. newscast. coverage on website 24/7. look for video. fine information how to donate on nbcbayarea.com. want to check in with meteorologist kari hall a look at microclimate forecast which includes rain. >> it does. most of us start out with clear sunrise and cool temperatures this morning, rain quickly approaching the north bay and we're seeing that moving closer to the coast up there around ukiah. we're also picking up on scattered light showers near cloverdale and towards healdsburg and bodega bay. that will spread into the bay area into the afternoon. starts out by lunchtime santa

rosa, approach san francisco early afternoon. moving into the east bay and the south bay later on this evening just to give you a time line of when to expect showers. most of the day will be dry for us in the south bay. you'll get sunshine, highs in the 70s, gusty southerly wind and the peninsula highs in the 60s and 70s. san francisco 65. calistoga 67. rain moving in earlier for the north bay. east bay and tri-valley get rain later on this afternoon into the evening. but not before hitting the 60s and 70s, having sunshine throughout the most of the morning and early afternoon. an idea how much to expect. that's coming up in less than ten minutes. >> it's kicking in for places like the san mateo bridge westbound. we've seen folks crawl across the flat section. you see the jam. reason folks are feeding across

bay from the castro valley area, north through oakland, san mateo bridge, dumbarton bridge, south of the san mateo, another report 84. smooth drive into south bay northbound build for 101, 85. 87 holding steady, slowing past curtner. recovery from earlier crashes on the east shore freeway. three lanes blocked at loveerage go a possible attempted kidnapping in the east bay. and -- >> there goes the van! >> terrifying moments caught on camera. a wall of water rushing through a small utah town. weather event. so much rain -

that fell so fast a once in a lifetime weather disaster, so much rain fell so fast, flooded a utah town. volunteers looking for anybody who may have survived. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now. californian may be missing in the flooding. >> some hikers swept up at zion national park are from california and from nevada. this morning searchers will continue to look for the three who are still missing. that park 20 miles south of the horrible scene where two vehicles full of women and children were just swept away. >> there goes the van! oh my goodness. it went over the fence. oh, no! >> that is the voice of a homeowner who watch her backyard

turn into a deadly river. this flooding, described bit national weather service in utah, is a hundred-year event. 2 1/2 inches of rain in two hours. >> first was wherried about the people in the vehicle, wishing we could do something. but started to realize we were in trouble, too. >> three children were saved from those two vehicles. 12 other people died, one person is still missing. 20 miles south back in zion national park, seven hikers set off into the canyon before those flood warnings were posted. they probably didn't see what was coming. according to the zion national park spokesperson those hikers are from california, nevada, in their 40s and 50s. searchers did find the bodies of four other hikers. the ground was already saturated before the floodwaters struck. there is still more rain, flooding in the forecast for today. >> thank you.

police in the east bay looking for a man who tried to kidnap 13-year-old girl while she walked home from school. the man in the sketch suspected in the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old san ramon girl. he's about 40 years old with short blond hair and a beard. happened monday after school. the girl was walking in the neighborhood of 680, she says the man called to her to get into his white minivan. she revused but he got out and managed to pull her wrist. the city of san jose could be getting its second minimum wage hike in three years. the city's joining other cities in santa clara to consider a regional minimum wage increase. city council voted to hire consultants to study impacts of raising the county minimum wage to $15 or higher. voter as proved raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour.

>> streamlining the process to add new affordable housing. ordinances to remove the red tape that kept some affordable housing projects from ever getting started. one measure will allow the city flexibility into defining what constitutes affordable housing. another provide new incentives for developers to take on and complete affording housing units. >> a north bay school district feeling financial heat as food workers feeling it worse. the press democrat reports the school district is losing money from its school lunch budget due to a deal that fell through. now the district wants to lay off its cafeteria workers and hire most if not all, back at reduced hours with no benefits. the move would save the district $150,000. critics call the plan tasteless and devastating to longtime worker. decision 20167 all 16

republican presidential candidates debate in california but the focus on the top 11 and front-runner donald trump. those candidates meet face to face for the first time in over a month at the reagan library in simi valley. a lot has happened since the last debate. carson surged, bush tanked in the polls, trump the party's undisputed leader. tonight could be an opportunity for carly fiorina who fought her way on to the main stage. >> she has an opportunity here to kind of punch trump in his face but at the same time stand out as being a strong outsider. >> people are disgusted with our incompetent politicians. >> someone comes at me, bam, i'm come back at them, don't worry about that. >> so much punching. the five candidates who will not get main stage have separate debates two hours earlier. >> in this corner, donald trump. interesting to watch. watching the radar for somebody. >> rain in the works.

much needed moisture moving in. some cooler temperatures today and tomorrow. then we go back to our dry heat we've gotten used to. a live look, you can see in san francisco absolutely gorgeous sunrise. just a few clouds moving in there. we will have a clear start to the morning and it is cool as you step out the door. but we're starting to see that rain moving closer to the north bay. this large cluster of showers moving onshore. great news as we continue to watch the valley fire and much needed help will be arriving here in the next several hours. looking at some clusters of yellows and oranges in there. that shows possibility of heavier rain and even towards hillsdale and cloverdale we have light rain moving in there. the rain starts out light. it gets heavier through the day and moves southward across the bay area. and look at these temperatures now. we have 53 degrees in the north bay and 54 in the south bay.

highs today will be in the 60s and 70s. rain moving in late morning for the north bay and early evening for the south bay. we have a light onshore flow and then a shift in the wind as the wind starts to feed energy into that approaching cold front. and the winds will be picking up, too. a gusty day from the south up to 30 miles an hour sustained winds at about 20 to 25 miles an hour. and even this evening it will be breezy as that system continues to move on through. so here we are with that moving in, showers moving into the north bay, seeing that rain now up around ukiah. to give you a better idea of the time line, we still see that heavy rain pouring on the north bay at lunchtime and it will be approaching san francisco. the closer look, moving through there as well as parts of the east bay by 5:00 this evening. as it moves through the south, rain kind of falls apart, more of a scattered light rain for

the south bay as well as the parts of the peninsula and the east bay. and we're looking at the possibility of accumulation as we go into the evening. and the possibility of close to an inch of rain near the valley fire and the bay area getting some lesser amounts but any little bit will help. let's see how the commute is moving with mike. >> we'll see activity in the afternoon, evening hours. now the morning commute kicking in for the san jose area. this burst of 101 adding more slowing. look at your map. now from 9:30, 8:30 to 9:30 the worst for the south bay likely if things go according to typical pattern which they are now. silicon valley, seeing that traffic from san jose. slower drive from the nimitz across the done barten and san mateo. 101 sees more slowing. earlier stall southbound 680, cleared. so crashes on the east shore freeway but recovering from hercules to the scene. here's the north bay with the

build and the slowing through san rafael. back to you. >> thank you. >> in san francisco, jane kim will unveil new pedestrian safety banners in the soma district. the banners will act as a reminder for drivers to slow down. it's part of the vision zero safety project to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries in collision heavy neighborhoods. the city adopted vision zero as policy with a goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2024. new numbers on the valley fire, it's bigger but they could get a break today. an update to a developing story

- =scott/vo= and new numbers on the valley fire. cal fire says it's grown by 3- update to developing story. new numbers on the valley fire. cal fire says it's grown by 3,000 acres overnight. >> the fire has burned 70,000 acres total. number of homes burned stands at 585 with hundreds of other buildings. >> the fire remains 30% contain. hope forecasted rain will give then more ground. let's check in with nbc bay area bob redell live in lake county. >> reporter: we're along highway 175, a few miles outside middletown. you can see what it looks like now, this is what's greeting people as they're allowed in here. this area like an ash and moon scape, you come across stups burning. cal fire will let that burn out, it doesn't appear to be a threat. up the road, the scene around

4:30. there was a much more significant fire activity. crews had to backburn that, let it consume fuelsing a common technique. that fire will go out. not far from that location at end of high valley road, you'll see the burned out shed. cal fire investigators tell us that shed is what they believe where the fire started on saturday. they are investigating that is a possible source. how it started on fire, they haven't said or they're not sure yet but looking into that shed on this piece of property as the source of the fire and about 30 feet away from that shed is the home. that home is untouched. the shed is still stand, part is burned. a shed that holds cleaning supplies and tools. the fire extents from the shed. you can see the burn pattern and that keeps going on until the rest of the valley fire part of the air that we're in now. again, this fire as you heard is

30% contained and it's spots like this, spots like the ones we showed you earlier in the morning, a lot of fire crews here trying to make sure that this doesn't get any worse. reporting live here along highway 175 in lake county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> learning more about the four firefighters hurt fighting the fire. the "press democrat" reports the four jumped out of a helicopter into the fire zone after the fire started saturday but the fire grew quickly they had to hide in protective tents as the fire burned down everything around them. the firefighters are still at uc davis, treated for severe second-degree burns. homes intact or not, people in the fire zone say lake county's their home and they plan to protect it. >> stephanie chuang live in calistoga. people refusing to leave, despite the danger. >> reporter: they are. and that's not just for the fire but also reports of looting. people reluctant to leave.

those who did a lot of them here in calistoga at napa county fair grounds waking up for coffee and breakfast. we found two families that lost their homes and one lost a business. staying with friends and family whether refuse to leave. sticking around to watch for hot spots and treat animals left behind and looters. in fact, lake county sheriff deputies yesterday arrested a man, 26-year-old royster ling, accused of trying to steal things from homes of people forced to plflee because of the fire. he had burglary tools on him. some who did leave were allowed briefly back yesterday escorted by deputies who plan to escort people 8:30 until 5:00 tonight for 15 minutes. just to pick up pets and livestock not medication or personal belonging. this is for people in middletown, lower lake and hidden valley lake areas. people who want to go back home

for a longer period of time. that might not happen for another week. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 6:57. beyond the fire perimeter, hundreds of homes still without power. downed and destroyed power lines insigh fire zone are causing outages across three counties. so far, crews have been able to inspect less than a quarter of the damaged area. for the latest numbers, pg&e says more than 7,000 customers without power. crews working extended shifts, sleeping on site in middletown to help restore power as soon as possible. >> jessica aguirre up at the fire anchoring 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 newscast. website, 24/7, video and fine information how to donate on the front page nbcbayarea.com. >> a lot of news in the weather department. we'll get rain. >> looking forward to the rain. all of us will get accumulation. livermore, 75 degrees.

once that rain clears out, we go into some high heat this weekend. highs near 99 on sunday in the tri-valley. a look at all of the microclimates and weekend forecast. it is going to be hot again. today's rain will be very beneficial especially for the north bay, possibility of at least 3/4 of an inch around the valley hire area. after that moves out, it is going to start to turn hot this weekend. >> welcome news. >> sprinkles. especially light sprinkles an issue because we haven't had rain in many areas. grease climbing up the top of the water. commute looks nice. typical pattern here. i will call out antioch, highway 4 jammed to bay point. that crash has three complains cleared, two right lanes jammed. providing benefit for concord. the slowdown east shore freeway. and north bay crash into san rafael on the shoulder. we'll give you a live look this is in the north bay where kari

talked about the rain. >> be careful that's what's happening "today in the bay." back with a livealews update. >> join us at nbc bay area news at 11:00. good morning. wall of water, wall of flames. at least 16 people killed, four others missing in those flash floods in utah. while crews battle what is now one of the most destructive wildfires in california's history, this morning dramatic images as part of that fire explodes. round two of the republican field descends on simi valley for tonight's second debate. trump's rivals vowing to hit him harder this time. can they say or do anything to stop his momentum? we're live at the reagan presidential library. out loud of bounds. high school football player rips