terror in the mission wednesday--- in br nchsh terror in the mission wednesday in broad daylight. a man stalks the roof of st. luke's hospital armed with two guns. what motivated him to put an entire community on edge. new details at the santa clara main jail. a former inmate will release a claim today saying what he says is proof of a brutal beating. the crackdown on vaping. the public space you might not be able to reach for that e-cigarette any more. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a good thursday morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> let's get straight to weather and here's kari. >> as we get a look at some of those temperatures and a look at

all the microclimates. in the north bay, that is where it it is coolest and we do have patchy fog developing that may be freezing, so creating some icy spots on the road and in san francisco with 47 looking at highs today in the lower 60s. north bay 68 degrees and the south bay 67 degrees. another beautiful afternoon, so owhat what about the weekend? i'll let you know in a couple minutes. >> still early, we don't have any major concerns. we do have a couple of stalls on 101 near san mateo and poplar avenue and another breakdown, 101 at 280 right at the connector. otherwise, things looking pretty good, sam and laura, we'll toss things over to you guys. it is 4:31 and shots fired and streets blocked and a chaotic scene that uncovered. in the meantime, we're learning more about the deadly

confrontation between the suspect and police. police say a man with a rifle and handgun climbed up several floors of what will be the new st. luke's hospital and fired his shotgun at lst twice. the old adjacent hospital went on lockdown. construction workers scrambled to safety. >> and when we went down the south stairs, man shooting a gun, was actually shooting like a long duck hunting shotgun. >> police shot and killed the gunman who stole the gun and shells from the big five sporting goods in san bruno just a few hours before the attacks. he has not yet been identified. no one else was hurt. so, where this all went down, a very busy part of town. that neighborhood alauong cesar chavez. a lot of people terrified watching it all unravel. some took out their cell phones to capture the confrontations and others watched in fear of what might happen next.

>> i started to follow the cops, stupidly and as soon as i turned the corner here, i heard a single gunshot so i stopped. cops kept going. >> which is why you stay away. no one on the ground was hurt. we've been floodinged of pictures of that chaotic scene. you can, of course, always send us breaking news photos or videos to isee@nbcbayarea.com. you can also sign up for breaking news alerts or download our free app. happening today, the man accused of killing an east bay ice cream vendor expected to appear in court in just a few hours. lopez shot and killed the driver of an ice cream truck early last month. this happened at an east oakland neighborhood. police made that arrest on tuesday night. also new details about a former inmate who said guards beat him up at santa clara

county jail. today he is expected to file a claim. two correctional deputies beat him and broke his jaw last july when he was behind bars at the maine county jail. his attorney showed pictures of garcia a month later. at the time, he did not report the incident because he was afraid of retailiation. and then in august he heard about the beating death of michael tyree that now has three jail workers facing criminal charges including murder. >> felt guilty because if i would have reported what happened to me at the time, maybe mike would still be alive right now. >> garcia admits there may be an issue complicating his case. he says the day after his confrontation with guards, he had a fight with a fellow inmate. the sheriff's office says it's now looking into all of garcia's allegations. vaping is the new smoking one more bay area city should be able to treat it as such. the palo alto city council

recommend ecigarette smoking be banned. if the full council approved new signs would have to be involved. the committee talked about new regulations on the sale of tobacco and efforts to raise legal age from 18 to 21. outside it feels like 30s and 40s are the new 50s and 60s, if that's kind of, i'm saying it backwards. it's cooler, kari. >> it's cooler. it's november. we expect the temperatures to go down. it's very cool stepping out the door. gilroy up to 70 degrees. absolutely perfect. highs mid up toer 60s and san francisco up to 6 4 degrees on the embarcadero and 67 in oakland and also 67 degrees in livermore. a few of us hitting that 70 degree mark and more weather like this into the next couple of days and more rain in the

forecast and i'll detail that coming up in less than ten minutes. let's check in now with anthony for a look at that commute. >> things are moving good, no major accidents and no minor accidents. some slowing here east bay to san francisco and things not too bad. as we switch over to the maps, you can see, lots of green. things moving smooth from the aa altamont pass and 880 through hayward and fremont. all the way through mount view, redwood city and up to san francisco as i mentioned earlier, a couple accidents on 101 not affecting traffic all that much and lots of cars still have yet to get on the roadways. we'll continue to follow that as the morning goes along. back to you guys. coming up next, a southern california firefight is so quickly. got a tip for nbc bay area investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or oe-mail

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these companies and shows us how they could help solve the drought. steven will talk with the people and all the money who want to invest in the technologies but cannot. that is in the second part of our ongoing series "surviving the drought, we investigate california's water crisis." tonight at 11:00 right here on nbc bay area. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 88 -996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. a spooky new trend across many bay area neighborhood. could a ghost house be next to yours? why it is happening more and more and so far no way to stop it. anything haunting on the hurisison in downtown san jose. nothing but a little cold. things are getting warmer. kari hall will have your live weather forecast right after this break. got a tip for nbc bay area's

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4:44. what were you going to say? >> some of us have a hard term coming to terms with this than others. >> i need the couch.

>> i'll bring you a space heater and put it under your desk because it's cold. it's cold in here, too. you're probably having to deal with that as you head out this morning. the heater, crank it up. as we take a live look now at the bay bridge. every one getting the day started with these chilly temperatures. you may even have some patchy frost to scrape off before you get the car rolling. as you take a look at all the microclimates now, look at the north bay. it's 35 degrees. it's 39 degrees in the east bay. san francisco, a little bit better there at 47. we're at 37 in petaluma and also in napa, so, with those temperatures dipping into the mid 30s, patchy frost, once again. it will be a very pleasant afternoon. i think it will be even a little bit warmer than yesterday in the peninsula at lunchtime, 61 degrees and also in the north bay, 65 degrees. in the east bay, 68 degrees as you ride home. and look at the north bay, 70 degrees. san francisco up to 65 degrees.

so, looking very nice. not much of a wind as we go trow t through the day. the wind off shore. we see the temperatures warming up, but isn't anywhere for the warm air to come from. so, we will have more of the cool mornings, crisp, too, and some sunny afternoons and into the next couple of days. we're getting ready for some more rain. the next cold front moving in will bring in some showers and this starts early sunday morning and you want to make sure you put that in the weekend plans because it does roll through here and brings quite a bit of rain in the forecast. some of the initial runs of the computer models show at least a half an inch of rain for the north bay. let's keep that going. we will have some good soaker of a rain for the end of the weekend. meanwhile, we'll have a dry start to the weekend with friday and saturday in the 60s and 70s. and much cooler on sunday. let's check in now with anthony for a look at the commute. >> hey, good morning. just want to start off with the

golden gate bridge. don't have any fog, any rain and show you how eventful it is early this morning. look at that. wow. packed. let's toss things over to the traffic map and you see what i'm talking about. we don't have any major accidents to report across parts of the north bay from napa over towards santa rosa. berkeley no problems approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. coming through the altamont pass and over towards 238 and 880 no problems there and off towards the south bay as we switch over to the maps or to the traffic cams, you can see, again, very uneventful, guys. >> they're coming, just wait. >> watching all six cars out there on the road. walmart unveiled its black friday plans and you can expect things to be much simpler. >> good morning. >> hey. good morning to you both. stocks will try to recover from wednesday's losses and futures are relatively flat and markets

trading lower for most of the session on low volume likely due to the veteran day holiday as the bond market was closed and data on unemployment and several federal reserve officials are speaking. investors listening for any comments about interest rates. the dow falling 55 points to 15702. the nasdaq losing to 5067. apple is reportedly in talks with several banks to create a person-to-person mobile payment service and could compete with venmo app and let users transfer money from their checking accounts and apple pay. apple could launch the service some time next year. and walmart unveils its black friday plans and offer the same doorbuster deals online and in store this year starting on thanksgiving day on walmart.com at midnight and also blow out all the same deals at the same time. and you can check out all the black friday deals right now on walmart's app and, laura, i got

it right here. we can tell sam what you wanted for christmas. my personal favorite, the starwars loilth sa s light sabe >> you take the red one, i'll take the blue one. new details this morning on the warriors planned wattfront marina. looks like it's already kicking into second gear. port of san francisco members are using two large parking lots right near the proposed arena location. the port commission yesterday approved plans to create a parking management proposal and to look at logistics behind converting those sites into space for 1,000 cars during marina events. the next step comes december the 8th. we could learn more about what is next for the silver and black. a live look at 0.co coliseum the raiders current home but that all could soon change. today, oakland's mayor will give

an update on the team's status after yesterday's meeting in new york. she was there to convince nfl executives to keep the raiders in the bay area. while oakland is trying to keep the raiders, the team announced they hired a heavy-hitting ceo to make them move back. bob ieger will leave the process. near downtown l.a. to be shared by the raiders and chargers. since the announcement, mayor libby shaft released this statement "i thought it was a positive discussion and that we we were well received. the raiders could move as early as next year. 4:50 right now. million dollar homes on the peninsula purchased but left sitting dark and empty. they're called ghost houses. and many people say they're actually damaging the neighborhood. house hunters have been buying homes without the intentions of moving in and they have been using tools without doing so

without seeing the properties in person. international buyers are able to take these virtual tours, thanks to marketing videos posted online and pony up their cash, bid and buy homes from wherever they happen to be in the world that is causing some concern among locals. >> wi >> what are they doing to us? >> they are take up inventory, that's for sure. the company behind the marketing videos was recently named the number one real estate team in the country. much of its success attributed to international buyers who oftentimes do business for investment or tax purchases. coming up, a local vet steps off on veterans day. the quick-thinking action that saves a family dog.

4:53. this morning is just moving along, sam.

>> just ticking for, you know, a thursday morning at 4:00 in the morning. >> we're making it closer to the weekend, guys. yes. it is thursday and it is cold out there. check out these temperatures now in oakland and also 42 in san jose and napa 49 degrees and a dip a few more degrees before these temperatures will warm up throughout the day. today in san mateo 66 and embarcadero at 64 degrees today and 68 in santa rosa and 71 in pittsburgh and livermore looking at 67 degrees. our temperatures right on target for average for this time of year. we're getting ready for another cold front and more rain. i'll talk more about that coming up a little bit later. but now let's check in with anthony for the morning commute. >> things pretty average and no major concerns. same thing all morning long. things are fairly light. we'll show you the bay bridge approach still see some cars pile up here and got our little friend the spider hanging out

with us early this morning. as we search over to the maps. lots of green from and things moving without a problem there. coming through the altamont pass, no concerns. down in the south bay, you can see for yourself, no accidents at all. as we switch over to the traffic cam and show you what is happening in palo alto, looking pretty good here this morning. i'm so swamped. >> it will come, just you wait, my friend. students are organizing another march today in response to a racially charged incident last week at berkeley high school. one week ago, more than 1,500 students marched to protest a racist message posted on a berkeley high school computer. a 15-year-old student soon admitted to posting the message and now facing expulsion. students are organizing a solidarity march that is supposed to start at noon. separately students across the nation organizing marchers to protest student debt later today. they are calling it the million

student march. one of those marches is planned to start at 2:00 this afternoon at berkeley plaza. also this afternoon, city college of san francisco supporters will march right through downtown san francisco. they are protesting looming cuts to csf staff and shrinking classes in meeting new accreditation requirements. one quarter of the faculty may be at risk of losing their jobs. 4:56 right now and it is over before it even began the first half moon bay crab fest will not happen as originally planned. festival organizers say not enough crabs to eat and instead an sos sea food fest where they will inform the community on how to sustain. this comes after toxins were found in bay area dungeness crab. the toxins forced the department of fish and wildlife to delay crab season. this new event will take place at the end of january. they've already served our

country. this gentleman certainly has now and now a livermore veteran is being called a hero for saving a dog. >> this is destiny on the left and her sister lacy. the two were driving in livermore when they say a home caught on fire. the sisters got out to make sure no one was trapped inside when destiny went around the back, she noticed a family's pet pug. destiny was a marine sergeant also a big-time hero. >> risked her life there. coming up next, fear of retaliation, that's why former county jail inmate did not come forward right away with abuse allegations and now moving ahead with legal action, but even the man admits a possible setback to making his case. a san francisco neighborhood watched in terror as the violenviolent standoff continued.

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an already embattled south bay jail.. the >> might still be alive right now. the guilt this man says he is facing and the action he's taking to make things right. plus, chaos. chaos six stories up in the air. a gunman opens fire in the middle of the city. the details we're now learning about the terrifying incident that unfolded in a busy area of san francisco. and too much happening too fast. the details we could learn today about a new housing project in the east bay neighborhood. "today in the bay" starts right now.

and a very good now thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. busy start to your day. meteorologist kari hall joins us right now. >> we're raking it on through the work weekend. still cool this morning and we're dropping down into the 30s in the north bay and our sensors are picking up on some fog in the santa rosa area. that may cause some freezing fog with our temperatures dipping near 32 degrees and we're at 46 degrees in san francisco, so milder there. we're looking at 60s all across the bay, once again today. a few spots hitting 70 degrees and i'll detail that coming up in a few minutes, but let's check in now with anthony to see how the roads are moving. >> we actually do have weather, right? let's talk about some traffic. right now the bay bridge approach, things are looking pretty good here. what's happing in dublin because we see some slowing here. today not the