into early afternoon. the rest of the activity winding down and still some light showers in san jose and some more rain is approaching parts of the south bay. so, you'll be seeing that in gilroy here in the next few minutes. as we go into the rest of the morn oing, some off and on shower os and some cloudy skies. mild temperatures and it will be cooler today with highs mostly in the 70s and 80s all across the bay. i'll detail that and a look at the closer at the rain coming up in a few minutes. let's check in now with mike with a view of what's happening in the south bay. >> yeah, kari live look here at san jose. the first burst of traffic calmed down and the second one start up in 20 minutes. we'll show you the map that we earlier had wet roadways registered but things look like they dry out as far as the freeways and watch the surface streets sprinkle throughout san jose. 87 and 101 for the build we show you. watch 880 just north of 280. a crash there and it sounds like that car was in lanes had been

cleared butt track that and slowing from an earlier crash in hayward. behind me, your typical build for the tri-valley and an incident reported right at the dublin interchange. i'll be tracking that, as well. more happening as folks get on to the roadway. earlier crash from antioch and, of course, the toll plaza is full. back to you. >> mike, thank you. a developing story. a growing sinkhole near a middle school is going to force some parents to reroute the drop off their kids. it's now more than double the size of a few hours ago. right now alvarado is shut down not far from the middle school in union city because the road is unstable. >> pete is live in union city and parents are going to have to rethink how to get the kids to school this morning. we don't have a lot of free time in the morning, pete. >> yes, kris and sam, you better get your kids here early if you're going to alvarado middle school. drop them off at fredi street.

you see the huge massive sinkhole and official os have told me it have grown by 20 to 40 feet. want to show you guys more images closer to that sinkhole. the good news is no one was hurt, thankfully. but crews are right yesterday around 2:00 p.m. and still no word on exactly what caused it. use a roobought to go bot to go has grown in size tremendously. now, water in this area has been shut down. there was no water line breaks or anyone was worried about roads splitting in the area. official os say you should be okay. expect to be here through the morning and here's an official with alameda county water district. giving us an update on today's challenges. >> we do know at some point later in the day yesterday that the actual asphalt did collapse on to our main and then it broke the joints and that's when water appeared in the main. >> so, remember, parent, if

you're dropping off your kids at alvarado drop them off at fredi street because crews expect to be here throughout this morning and possibly this evening. >> thank you, pete. new this morning, president obama is pushing back the timetable for most u.s. troops to leave afghanistan. the president now expects 5,500 troops to remain in afghanistan after he leaves office at the end of the year. originally, you might remember the plan was to have just 1,000 troops left by 2017 and only in the capital city of kabul. right now close to 10,000 troops in afghanistan. grieving friends and family members looking for answers after a deadly street racing crash in the south bay. mourners gathering in san jose last night for a candlelight vigil at the scene of the crash. the night before, three teenagers died after what police say was a crash during a street race. the victim, 15-year-old jaylen and 15-year-old anthony ramos. loved ones at a complete loss.

>> she liked having family around. i mean, my daughter was one of her good friends. she always wanted her to spend the night. she's a bright girl. >> hugging them a lot right now because they're affected by this, too. >> a fourth victim survived and is in the hospital. investigators a also say the teen's car wassen and looking for the other car involved in that race, said to be a dark colored acura. the man accused of torching kids' halloween costumes at a san leandro walmart store heads to court. antwan johnson is charged with arson and will face a judge for the first time in this case. on tuesday, police say johnson took a bottle of lighter fluid from the store and sprayed it on the costumes and then set them on fire. you see the employees there trying to put out the flames before they take over the store. the good news is no one was

hurt. security guards did hold johnson until police got there to arrest him. >> that video does not get any less crazy each time you see it. putting out a different kind of fire now. a new emission allowing inmates to help fight wildfires. california leaders now say nearly 40% of the state's inmate firefighting crew have previous convictions for violent offense os. for years, the state claimed only violent inmates were admitted to this program. a corrections department spokesperson says that inmates with a violent history have been serving since at least the 1990s. nearly 3,800 inmates helped professional firefighters across the state of california. themakers are now calling for the lawmakers are calling for a hearing to reevaluate that program. preparing for the next quake and students across california, mine included, will get a lesson on what to do if a quake hits. >> bob redell live in san jose

with the words of wisdom and advice, bob, that everyone should hear. >> sam and kris. the great shake out of 2015ing place at 10:15 this morning. this is an annual event. many events throughout the bay area here including here at the tech museum here in san jose where many elementary students will come here to practice in an earthquake simulator and to practice the three phrases. drop, cover and hold on. that's what the experts are telling you to do. drop down, find some cover under a sturdy table or desk and hang on until that quake is done. what you do not want to do is get in a doorway, do not stand in the doorway and do not run outside, even though maybe that is your instinct because you're afraid the building is going to collapse. the experts say a greater chance of getting hit and hurt by falling objects like glass or objects on a shelf than there is getting hurt in a building collapse. also at 10:15 this morning, i bring this up in case you are trying to get to work by

b.a.r.t. b.a.r.t. will be running their own drill and trigger an earthquake alarm and make an announcement this is a drill and slow trains down to 27 miles an hour. this will give the transit agency to practice its own response for the next time a big earthquake happens. seismologists have been telling us that there is a high probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater quake in the state within the next 30 years. you might recall 26 years ago this saturday, you're looking at the video right there and the damage it caused. that was a magnitude 6.9. killed 63 people in the bay area and injured thousands more and caused billions of dollars worth of damage and who could forget just over a year ago that magnitude 6.0 hit napa causing one death and creating hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in that area. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> try to learnila a little bit

from history there. we have beautiful green on the radar. >> yes, so great to see rain moving into parts of the bay area and great that we're getting this before the weekend, but we may have another chance heading into saturday. i'll talk more about that coming up, but let's get a look at what's happening now before you head out the door. a lot of the rain is taking a break and just seeing the cloudy skies and some more waves of rain. we're seeing the next wave approaching the south bay as it continues to move through this morning. we will also have some breaks. and a warm day also more humidity. expect it to be up to 85 degrees in los gatos and redwood city 73 and in the north bay a little bit more sunshine. 79 degrees in napa. and 86 degrees today in livermore. with these temperatures that are about average for this time of year coming down from the heat we had to start out the week, i'll show you the weekend and what to expect coming up in less than ten minutes. let's check in now with mike to see what's happening as you head

out for the commute. any slow downs? >> the bay bridge toll plaza and the approach is looking good off the maze and upper east shore. a typical pattern there and also antioch into concord for westbound highway 4. we're showing a crash at the dublin interchange at the bottom of your screen and no lane in. ation. i'll watch that. but i don't see any slowing and the earlier crash south 880 has cleared to the shoulder, not so bad from san leandro heading down towards the san mateo bridge. we have that 92 camera and see a good volume of traffic heading over to the peninsula. expect some slowing, some congestion on 101 and near 84. that's over towards east palo alto. a smoother flow of traffic, northbound 680 does show a lot of slowing. stall around jacqueline and getting cleared to the shoulder. i'm waiting for an update on the chp and, of course, tracking it. the rest of your south bay for san jose shows a typical build there. back to you. >> thank you very much. tragedy on local trains and

now cal trans working on new strategy after a string of collisions involving trains and cars. the latest incident happened last week in burlingame when the car got stuck after the driver made a wrong turn. one of seven collisions this year alone involving cars and trains. three of them happened in burli burlingame. roll out new safety measures in the area around its railroad track that includes developing new engineering and traffic management plans. some of which cal trains says are already taking shape. coming up, a bottle of wine sparks an international controversy. the severe punishment that has this bay area woman fearing for her father's life. its ipo will have the latest and startling news about one of silicon valley's most valuable private companies. we'll take a look in business and tech. a bottle of homemade wine landed

a man in a saudi jail. now -- a bay area woman is taking action out of fear for her a bottle of homemade wine landed a man in the saudi jail, that's the start of this. now a bay area woman taking action out of fear for her father's life. british citizens and carl andre faces a year in jail and 350 lashes for having that wine. this comes after he was caught with it in his car last year. kirsten who lives in albany started a petition on change.org to stop the lashings. so far she's garnered nearly 200,000 signatures her father a

74-year-old cancer survivor with asthma and diabetes might not survive the punishment. >> and to speak to the man who is dealing with my father's case and he had left and didn't know anything about my dad. i just really hope to see him home soon. she is asking the saudis to grant clemency. that has not yet been confirmed. decision 2016 and what will it be, joe. that's what a lot of folks are still wondering today. will joe biden answer the race for president or not? the short answer is, we still don't know. biden this morning continues to the big questionmark. now, originally the pundits believed that biden would wait until after tuesday night's debate to make his announcement. still, biden supporters are optimistic. >> come back next week and say,

hey, guys,ets let's do this. we can put together a campaign that could win. >> critical filing deadlines looming over the next few weeks the issue is becoming now or never if it becomes now biden's team will have a lot of ground to make up, in particular in the fund-raising area. a computer glitch in the terror watch list data bank is responsible for delays at several major airports last night. this one from the backup at jfk, just one of the airports affected. the computer system that checks airline passenger lists against terror watches wasn't working properly. we're told that problem is now fixed. and there's no evidence the glitch was due to sabotage or any kind of cyberattack. if someone steals your personal information, it could cost you everything. but it turns out, it doesn't cost the thieves more than a soda to buy that information. researchers say stolen data like credit card and debit card numbers sell for as little as 55 cents online. in the u.s., stolen debit and

credit card information typically sells for $5 to $30. on olin media streaming accounts seem to be in higher demand, although many hbo now and hbo go accounts were recently listed for less than 10 bucks. 6:16 right now. startling investigation in "the wall street journal" this morning calling into question the value of one of osilicon valley's hottest new start up. >> captured the imagination of investors and turned its ceo into a super star. >> elizabeth holmes and dropped out of stafford to become the self-made billion in world history. her company has what it says is a revolutionary new machine that can test just a drop of blood for 200 different health problems. revolutionized the health industry. but "wall street journal" quotes employees as saying, while the

company is taking in blood samples from doctors, in many cases it's not using its super advanced machine to test that blood. in many cases, "the journal" says, it is using standard industry machines you might find in any testing lab. remember, soranos is worth an estimated $9 billion because it has the super advanced testing machine. san francisco-based square has updated its ipo plan saying it will offer stock under the symbol sq. no word on an oeppening price o when or how much stock. but another step towards a much anticipated ipo. we'll drag this graphic out, again. jack dorsy is the head of this graphic. he just took a job as the ceo of twitter. this seems that square is going to have a part-time ceo. for that matter, so, too, will twitter. part-time ceo. that sounds harsh, right?

that's exactly what it is. square is acknowledging this in financial filings saying this may affect adversely affect dorsy's ability to devote time, attention and effort to square. so, we'll continue to watch this. but if you were an early square investor, kris and sam, you cannot be happy about what's going on here. >> part-time ce, is that a part-time salary, too? >> he only makes $3,000 as square ceo per year. of course, he owns 25% of it. >> thank you very much, scott. and we have a follow up now. a happy ending to the tale of this puppy dognapped from a san francisco animal shelter. the little guy will be ready for adoption again soon. a good samaritan returned him to san francisco animal shelter on tuesday night. surveillance video captured a man and a woman walking out with that puppy last week. a good samaritan who brought him back said the person who had him

was going to let him go on the street. he was not hurt. >> took louis out of a shelter to put him on the street. >> dumping the evidence, i would assume. >> that's heartbreaking to hear. >> a lot of people want him. we have mike in the house to talk about your morning commute. first, kari is talking about a little bit of rain. >> things may get slick out there because we have wet roads in spots. a live look now at the bay bridge. things look like it's flowing smoothly the bridge and we just had some clouds in areas of mist of san francisco and the rest of us are seeing mostly cloudy skies. it is mild as you step out the door feeling humid. it is 70 degrees right now in livermore. really didn't cool off that much overnight and we're also tracking some rain, some spotty showers. you also can tell here in the central valley that we did have some lightning strikes, too. a lot of that lightning fizzled out before it moved into the bay

area. we can see plenty of energy coming from the south and we can also see some of that moving into the bay area. although a lot of the showers are fizzling as now one approaches the south bay. we'll be watching out for more rain as we go through the morning and earl afternoon. so, let me take you hour by hour in san jose, it will be 65 degrees at 8:00. we're warming up into the 76 degrees by lunchtime. it will be a cooler day. eventually hitting about the 80 degree mark in some some spots and palo alto 78 degrees and embarcadero up to 78 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds. highs reaching 83 degrees in santa rosa, pittsburg and a high of 85 degrees. still warm and here's something that will cool us off as we go am to the weekend. a cold front moving in and, unfortunately, a lot of the rain out ahead of that front wants to sizzle out, but still bring a chance of showers to the north bay. the rest of us feeling some breezy winds. some of the models showing the

possibility of tenth of an inch in santa rosa on saturday while the rest of bay area, especially the farther south you go. this will get trace amounts of rain. this weekend, we're bringing it back down to the upper 70s to low 80s and chance of rain in san francisco in the north bay. on sunday, it is looking nice. you can make plans to get outside and it will be comfortable and little bit breezy, though, with highs in the 70s and 80s. let's check in now with mike to see where you may be slowing down. >> probably going to be slowing down here north 101 right at 680 and a little farth north towards 80. that is your typical pattern and i want to show you something unexpected on our maps. the slowing we talked about. 101 and 87 and it is northbound 680 heading up towards jacqueline and somewhere between the two exits we had a stalled vehicle and been there for half an hour as far as the report goes and see the slowing continuing around the area. try to get an update from chp. sounds like they have somebody there, but we don't have any

word on any progress or what their actions are going to be. dublin interchange moves smoothly and on the shoulder, still. south 680 shows the build and slowing down towards fremont. 880 from san leandro and a build for the san mateo bridges. not an unexpected slow down. we have the maze and we know we'll have the slow down towards the bay bridge toll plaza and a quick look at san rafael shows you southbound 101. just more company down towards the golden gate. >> more to come after that. thank you, mike. coming up, a lot of people eat things like leafy vegetables to ward off cancer, but not so fast. why those foods could actually boost your risk. a cup of black tea may do more

than give you a little wake-me- that cup of black tea made you more than give you a little wake me up. a new study shows that women in their 70s who drink at least three cups of black tea a day reduced their risk of a spinal fracture by 34%. they cut their chances of a hip fracture by 42%. compared to women who rarely drink tea. health experts say more studies are necessary to determine how anti-oxidant teas work to benefit bone health. same benefits healthy people get from antioxidants may do the opposite for people who are battle cancer. a new study published in the journal "nature." antioxidants that protect healthy cells from damage caused by free radicals could actually

turbo charge the growth of cancerous cells. in a test of mice with skin cancer, those given added doses of antioxidants grew tumors larger and faster than mice whoed nothing. for some people purple today will have symbolic meaning part of their wardrobe because today is spirit day, to fight against bullying. >> millions of people around the world will wear purple. including our own network, nbc. sports leagues including major league soccer, nba and major league baseball are all taking part. the oakland a's are helping lead major league baseball campaign. coming up next, a welcome sight. one we haven't seen in a little while. some rain falling in parts of the bay area. that's not the only thing lighting up our radar. your full forecast with kari in just minutes. a massive sinkhole that will affect the morning commute here

in union city. specifically for one middle school.

my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locate and mark fieldman for pg&e. most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. laura garcia-cannon is off this morning. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia-cannon is off this morning. >> i'm sam brock. somewhat eventful start to your thursday morning. a welcome sight. you might see it showing up on your windshield. rain in the bay area right now. >> is that rain impacting your morning commute.

we'll check in with mike inouye in a second. we'll see if we can get more of this because we'll take anything we can get. >> very light and very hit or omiss throughout the morning and now most of ous are seeing cloudy skies and some more showers moving in as we go through the rest of the morning into the early afternoon. activity winding down for now, but the roads may still be wet in spots and temperatures are very mild in the low to mid-60s with highs today topping out around 80 degrees in the east bay, 85 in the south bay and we still have that quake form going on in san ramon. so, we just had a 3.2 magnitude earthquake there and feeling the rumbles there and problems on the san mato bridge. >> actually on the span, kari. we have cameras on both side and see all this traffic jammed up coming down the decline to foster city. we had it jamming up there on the flat section and the pattern has shifted. i think been able to slowly move

that vehicle over towards foster city. hayward side where you are jammed up coming up across the flat section and 92 on your map is the slow drive. 84 on the map just further south a lot better as far as the traffic flow and you see folks getting there on 880 and typical pattern and made worse because of that stall reported in the last few minutes on the san mateo bridge. the peninsula move very fine and south bay nothing expected for the pattern change there. 680 the issue disabled vehicle near jackson and cleared from the roadway and bay bridge toll plaza top of your screen as you expect the metering lights are on. back to you. >> thank you very much. kari just mentioned a second ago more detail just into our newsroom. a small quake in san ramon. a magnitude 3.2 that struck around 6:10 this morning. no reports of injuries or damage and this one comes on the heels of yesterday's quake swarm. more than 20 quakes struck in the san ramon area all within a 24-hour period.

and a developing story this morning. a big bay area sinkhole and now more than double the size. right now part of alvarado boulevard is shut down and trying to stabilize the road there. >> make things very tricky for parents trying to drop their kids off at school. pete live in union city. pete, parents are going to want to leave a little extra time for dropoff today. >> yeah, sam and kris they should leave early and drop off because if you drive here on new haven street you have this big sinkhole sitting there and growing in size 20 by 40 feet and crews working with alameda water district and saw some pg&e trucks. images close to this this morning. the good news is, no one was hurt and crews arrived here yesterday around 2:00 p.m. they are still trying to determine exactly what caused it. they sent a robot down there

yesterday and still trying to determine it. it has grown in size tremendously. the water valve in this area has been shut down and they're telling me there was no water line break. so, there shouldn't be any concerns of roads flooding. spoke with an official of alameda and they gave us an update on this cleanup process. >> we do know at some point later in the day yesterday that the actual asphalt did collapse on to our main and then it broke the joint and that's when water appeared in the main. >> so, parents, remember to drop your kids on fredi street and get here early as crews expect to be here through the morn oing and ev and through the evening. >> thank you very much, pete. good information for parents. also new details this morning on a fight that sparked the evacuation of the library at city college of san francisco. 2-year-old stude 21-year-old student is now under arrest.

on wednesday three men started fighting near the rosenberg library and one of othem was armed, causing the campus to go into near lock down. no one was hurt and there was no evidence of shots fired, but police are stilling for the two other suspects who ran away. there is still no plea from a trio of drifters accused in two separate bay area quillings. charged in the murder of steve carter and audrey carey. the three appeared in front of oa packed courtroom yesterday and didn't even look at each other. they also had their heads shaved for undisclosed medical reasons. the judge is giving them more time to get separate defense attorneys. some of the things a popular uc berkeley professor is accused of doing to some of his students. stepping down amidst angry pressure from former students. those complaints date back to 2001. the world renowned astronomer apologized on his personal

website last week saying he disagrees with some of the accusations, but is taking full responsibility. a local professional photographer is now accused of child pornography. san francisco police say duane ackerman had thousands of videos and images stored at his home. investigators say ackerman was also using hidden cameras to film up women's skirts. it appears many of those videos were secretly recorded near pier 49 and japan town. happening today, the fate of two financially troubled hospitals taking center stage in the south bay. state attorney general car mela harris wants to gauge reaction to the proposed sales of o'connor hospital in san jose and st. louis hospital in gilroy. each is part of the daughters of charity network. last year the group tried to sell facilities to the prime health network, but that deal fell through. this time the potential buyer, a hedge fund. one of today's hearings takes place in san hooza and tjose an

in gilroy. happening today san jose state university will hold a campus forum with ingothe goal helping narrow its search for president. that meeting is planned for later today. the school is looking to hire a permanent replacement after his abrupt departure. last summer he went to be an adviser to the afghan president. susan martin is now the interim president. happening today, drop, cover, hold on. that is what thousands of students across the state are going to be doing later today in anticipation of today's california big, the next big california earthquake. >> it's not if, but when. bob redell joining us in san jose with more on the great shake out. you were saying earlier, not just classrooms in san jose, but all over california. >> and all over the country for that matter. millions of people, sam and kris, expected to take part in this year's great shakeout of

2015 at precisely 10:15 this morning. there will be events throughout the bay area, including here at the tech museum in san jose where elementary students, school students wile come here to practice their drop, cover and hold on technique in an earthquake simulator and drop and cover under a sturdy table and wait for that earthquake to finally finish. at 10:15 b.a.r.t. will trigger an earthquake and slow trains down to 27 miles an hour. this will give the rail agency a chance to practice its own response. a sampling of some of the events taking place this morning. seismologists have been telling us for a number of years now a high probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater quake in the state within the next 30 years. you're looking at video from loma prieta. that was 26 years ago this saturday. a magnitude 6.9 quake that injured thousands more and caused billions of dollars worth of damage. and just over a year ago, we had that magnitude 6 in napa that

caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage and injured a couple hundred people and caused one death. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." the follow up now. last month's valley wildfire that burned through parts of three different counties is now being called the costliest wildfire in eight years. the press democrat reporting the valley fire caused in total more than $1.5 billion of damage. in terms of economic losses, not only is that california's worst wildfire since '07 but also believed to be the fifth worst in u.s. history. the valley fire killed four people and destroyed close to 2,000 structures. about 1,300 of which were homes. now, let's begin with meteorologist kari hall. we saw some lightning strikes and hopefully that won't cause any wildfires. >> we'll watch out for that as we go through the day. also some rain moving into the bay area, too. that would be a positive as we look now at some of the rain that continues to move into the

south bay. we could see some of these showers that continues to fall apart. some of that light rain moving in still a warm and humid afternoon with highs in morgan hill reaching 84 degrees and 78 degrees in palo alto and the castro at 73 degrees and off and on oorain possible and 88 in pittsburg and 85 in danville today. i'll detail what more to expect and what we're looking at for the weekend as far as another chance of rain. that's coming up in than ten minutes. let's check in now with mike. more problems for the san mateo bridge. >> yeah, kari. looks like the stalled vehicle cleared and then we had a crash right in front of the camera looked like a fender bender. they have started to move along that flat section. look how jammed it is. i don't know if that's the result of the first crash or the second disabled vehicle. look at your map. i'm just going to say, if you

can use the dumbarton bridge. not yet picked up a lot of commute for the 101 corridor but watch that, as well. to the north, smooth drive towards the bay bridge and off the carquinez down to the bay bridge and now we have concord and walnut creek for south 680 showing slowing. typical pattern northbound. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up next, the president changing his plan. the overnight announcement that could impact the lives of thousands of american families. a company better known for sexy ads make surprising moves in gender equality, coming up. ==kris/cu== a chang

new this morning a change in strategy from president obama just hours ago. he announced the plan to keep nearly 6,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan into 2017. "today in the bay" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning. tracie, the president set to talk about that plan. >> exactly. in just koppel hours we'll hear him in detail on why he wants to keep more of our service men and women there than originally planned. it is supposed to be only about 1,000 to cover the embassy after 2016. but as of today, the president is set to announce that 5,500 troops will end up staying in afghanistan after next year. why? because of the violence and vulnerability in that area, instability still in that region. and in addition to the embassy, there will be three different

bases. bagra bagram. right now 9,800 people there. siphoning off and coming home over the course of the year, but now it looks like not as many as originally planned. the mission the president will say is still the same. counterterror. in other words, dpoeg after al qaeda and advising the afghan troops not fighting the fight for them. back to you. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you very much. happening today, a new push to beef up california's gun control laws. san francisco lieutenant governor gavin newsom set tapropose a ballot initiative tastrengthen state gun laws that would require owners to report loss for stolen guns to banning of large capacity magazines and background checks at the point of sale for ammunition. if his measure becomes law, california would be the first state to require such background checks. on to decision 2016 and the

burning question of the day is, what's it going to be, joe? will vice president joe biden enter the race for president or not. the short answer is, we still don't know. biden this morn oing continues to be big question mark. originally the pundit believed that biden would wait until after tuesday night's debate to make an announcement. that debate is quickly fading from memory. still biden supporters -- >> guys, let's go do this, put together a campaign that can win. >> there are some critical deadlines looming over the next few weeks which is really going to turn the issue into a now or never issue. if it becomes now, biden's team will have a lot of ground to make up, especially when it comes to fund-raising. the company better known for its sexy ads may lead silicon valley in gender equality. >> go daddy pays its female employees very well. >> even the ceo, kris, was surprised by the latest data. many silicon valley companies

release what they call diversity report. showing how many women or minorities they employ. go daddy which recently opened an office in sunnyvale took it a step further and showed how much it pays its employees. the company best known for its risque super bowl ads says much to its own surprise pays employ on average more than it does its male employees. just one penny more. women make 1 the number is slightly lower in the engineering department and 6 cents lower in management. now, square has updated its plans for its ipo saying it will trade under the symbol sq and updating some of its financials. also warning its ceo jack dorsy may be distracted from business by his job as ceo of twitter.

he may be distracted at his job at twitter by his job at square. twitter went down for a short time this morning. other news, how do passengers on a flight from phoenix to portland feel about american airlines? >> we are seeing the first video of an incident of a woman kicked off the flight by one of the flight attendants who is trying. she didn't hear the flight attendant talking to her asking her to sit down. apparently quite rude so she complained to another flight attendant and they kicked her off the flight. as you can hear, the passengers are quite sure the passengers on the right and the flight attendant is in the wrong. the passengers then approached the pilot as a group and said they witnessed the whole thing and it is the flight attendant who should be kicked off that flight. >> sticking with your fellow passenger. >> passenger protesting there. all right. well, from boo to raindrops. we're not booing, we're cheering.

>> yeah, we're so glad to see at least a little bit of rain. not a drought busting rain, not a lot, but spotty here and there and may walk out the door and say, hey, the ground is wet. we've seen that this morning, even though the rain is taking a break and as we get a look now at the bay bridge from san francisco, things are getting started on this thursday morning with cloudy skies and it feels really muggy outside. take a look at these temperatures, too. it's 70 degrees in livermore and, yes, this is starting out the day. it is 60 in napa and san francisco is now at 62 degrees and 58 degrees. and we've seen the rain off and on and right now it's more off, but there may be another round of rain moving in as we go through the rest of the morning. we've seen the showers spinning with an upper level low that continues to bring some rain. mainly across southern california, but streaming some of that into the bay area, too. our models show that there could be some more rounds of it and the possibility of some additional accumulation. once again, it won't be enough

to really bust the drought, but this is better than nothing. 0.02 in san jose. maybe some higher amounts on the peninsula. going hoir-by-hour in san francisco. a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures in the mid-60s and rising about 70 degrees by 3:00. this evening, we'll have more clouds moving in and the mild night dropping to 63 degrees later on. the future cast shows another chance of rain out ahead of a cold front moving through on saturday and now it looks like a lot of that rain does fizzle out, but it at least brings measurable amount of rain for the north bay. the rest of us feeling some breezy winds and the model forecasting an additional 0.01 for santa rosa and napa may not be exact, but we're looking at the heaviest amounts of rain for the north and then sizzling out as it approaches the south. now, that happens on saturday and our temperatures will be in the 70s. some upper 60s for san francisco and by sunday we've got a lot of osunshi osunshine going on and comfortable temperatures.

whether that is average for middle of october and many events going on, you will be able to enjoy comfortable weather looking very nice as we head into the weekend. let's check in now with mike checking a problem on the san a mateo bridge. that's one issue. let's take our other camera from the foster city side and see a slower drive and smooth drive coming off that flat section and by the time we see that, very slow up to that high rise, as well. the map will show you how tough it is across 92. it will build up off of southbound 880 and more folks will head over towards the dumbarton bridge that it looks like they are already doing and a problem for the east bay commute over to the peninsula which is seeing slowing from 101 and coming off the palo alto. pretty typical pattern for your thursday. no big drama. 87 shows that slowing and a trouble spot this morning and looking at the rest of your approach it for the bay bridge, pretty standard here.

crash eastbound 88 and gilman away from the bridge and not a lot of slowing there and concord and walnut creek interchange and southbound 101 slows out of novto and petaluma south 101. a crash. watch for that. that is a significant slow down. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. grieving friends and family members just want answers after a deadly street racing crash in the south bay. mourn oers gathers in san jose last night for a candlelight vigil at the scene of the crash. the night before three teenagers die after a crash during a street race. the victims 15-year-old jayleen ciriaco, oscar toledo and anthony ramos. loved ones at a complete loss. >> have me around. i mean, my daughter was one of her good friends. she always wanted her to spend the night. she's a bright girl. >> i have teenagers and i just really hug them and hugging them a lot right now because, you know,ffected by this,

too. >> a fourth victim survived and is in the hospital recovering. investigators say the teen's car was stolen. they're also looking for the other car involved in that race said to be a dark-colored acura. later today the man accused of torching kids halloween costumes at a san leandro walmart will face a judge. he will face a jauj fudge for t first time today. he took a bottle of charcoal lighter fluid and sprayed them on the costumes and who knows why. mro employees rushed to put out the flames. security guards grabbed johnson and held on to him. more man power to put out flames outside, but now a new involving a long-standing program to allow inmates to help fight fires. california leaders now say that nearly 40% of the state's inmate firefighting crew have previous convictions for lnt offense os.

for years, the state claimed that only nonviolent inmates were admitted to this program. the corrections department spokesperson that inmates with violent histories have been serving since at least the 1990s. nearly 3,800 inmates and firefighters across the state. lawmakers now reevaluating calling for hearing to discuss and look, again, at this program. coming up, 20 feet wide, 40 feet long and still growing. a massive sinkhole forces some bay area parents to leave for school a little early this morning. right now, 'tis the season for corporate earnings. we're seeing it unfold here in the next couple of days. right now the markets showing they're right around 17,000 for the dow industrial average and hopefully rising. we'll have much more on what the markets have in store for you, coming up after this. got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail

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- could cause some big problems for students trying to get to class in one east bay cause big problems for students trying to get to class in one east neighborhood. pete is live for us in union city this morning.

that sinkhole doubled in size just the last several hours. >> yeah, sam and kris. at 8:30 a.m. and drop off your kids on fredi street. i want to show you dpis what it looks like right now and crews arrived here at 10:00 p.m. and they still don't know the cost, but it has grown in size tremendously. giving us some information on the challenges ahead today. >> we do know that at some point later in the day yesterday that it broke the joint and that's when water appeared in the main. >> now, parents are encouraged to drop off their kids on fredi street and crews expect toby here throughout the evening. >> pete, thank you. also happening ahead the great california shake out. in just a matter of hours sirens

are going to blare across the bay area telling people to duck, cover. >> bob redell is practicing in san jose. i did not know your not supposed to go into a door jam or go outside. >> and it will be the great shake out. many events throughout the bay area. ining one here at the tech museum and downtown san jose where they'll practice quake safety. again, the mantra drop, cover and hold on. preferably find some table to get under. we were mentioning, do not stand in a doorway and do not run outside a greater chance of getting hurt by broken glass than a building collapse. according to experts. another event, especially if you're taking part this morning because at 10:15 trigger an earthquake alarm and as a result, they will be slowing

trains down to 27 miles an hour. so, again, seismologists have been telling us a number of years now and high probability of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake or greater within this state within the next 30 years. so, again, very important ofor you to remember drop, cover and hold on for when that does happen. reporting live here in san hooza, bhooz jose, bob redell "today in the bay." >> we still have the rumblers in the san ramon area. we'll be watching out for that, as well. temperature wise, still warm. 80s in the south bay and 70s in the peninsula and san francisco. in the north bay, 79 degrees and 86 in livermore. >> mike, what kind of rumblings are you hearing about on the road? >> also towards the san mateo bridge, the flashing lights. across 92 moving better now and still across the peninsula. heersz here's san jose representing the build and, of

course, the bay bridge toll plaza and the backup here and in the north bay coming through san rafael. >> and the sunrise at 7:00. >> yeah. >> the rain, too. we'll see you in 25 minutes. >> have a great morning. the draw down of u.s. troops from afghanistan. the white house announcing it will keep five times more troops than originally planned. too soon? oscar pistorius set to be released from prison on parole, just a year after being imprisoned for killing his girl friend.