>> kris sanchez will have more in a live report. just one of many problems plaguing the new eastern span of the bay bridge. flooding at the foundation of the big tower. plans being revealed by caltrans to possibly fix the issue. they call them the splash brothers. does that qualify as a flood of points last night? another win in the books for the mighty warriors. that did not come without a fight. it's been a close series. the excitement boiling over in the bay area as warriors clinch and move on to the western conference finals. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning. thank you for joining us on this thursday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm lawyeria garcia-cannon. i'm also glad it's thursday. moving through the week. >> it got hot yesterday. >> it was warm yesterday. pretty much the same thing today. then it cools down as we get into the weekend. expect the morning clouds,

afternoon sunshine and quickly warming temperatures. this is where we begin now. it is 53 now in san francisco and 7:00 in the south bay. we start out with clouds but then once again seeing things clearing up and warming up as we go into this afternoon. highs in the 80s for a few inland spots. i'll talk more about that. let's head over to mike with an update on the roadways. >> a clear view from emeryville to the to you ir. we'll talk more about the tower. as you pass it, no problem. south of there, speed sensors look great. the one incident has been going on for a while here. southbound 280 on to 285. no major injuries reported. we track that concern here and look toward the tri-valley. live look at dublin. traffic here what you expect. we'll show you the slowing coming out of the farther east in tracy. to developing story that is still unfolding in the south y

bay. two deadly crime scenes from los gatos to campbell. it started inside the home of the redwood estates area. >> kris sanchez live with more on how the two seasons are connected. >> reporter: good morning. the road leading to that home where neighbors say they heard gun shots around 11:00 yesterday morning still closed at this hour today. usually quiet neighborhood is back to its quiet self though we do know investigators are still in the neighborhood above us. santa clara sheriff investigators were here at the scene late into the night last night. it appears they are here this morning gathering evidence at the home where a young father was shot dead and two others were injured. investigators headed into the neighborhood here yesterday, another crime scene was developing on highway 17 near

hamilton avenue exit in campbell. officers spotted a prius described as having left the scene. the driver was apprehended. sheriff investigators have not revealed how the two men who died are connected. here is how the two described by a neighbor and sheriff's spokesman. >> nice guy. he had nice kids. he was active in their lives. he played sports with them and stuff. it's sad. >> the driver fled on foot. he was later detained. the passenger was transported to valley medical center where he was later pronounced dead. >> reporter: investigators aren't naming the driver of the prius nor are they calling him a suspect, but we know that he is with the investigators. we are trying to find out more information for you here this morning. kris sanchez, "today in the

bay." >> puzzling for that community. 5:03 on your thursday. case against the undocumented immigrant charged with killing kate steinly could be moving forward today. juan francisco lopez saufrnnche facing second degree murder charges in the shooting death of steinle. he had been previously deported five times. the shooting sparked a debate over san francisco's sanctuary city policy. a live look at the new bay bridge span and a concerning problem that is starting to emerge from the water. transportation leaders plan to meet to discuss the eastern span's iconic to you ir. flooding left suspension rods vulnerable to corrosion. nbc bay area first reported yesterday an additional $10 to $20 million needed to fix that problem but the bridge's bunt is

$90 million in the red. >> it's been a lot of work and a long hard road. everybody had a good sense of this is important to do. >> to improve the strength of the suspension rods, caltrans crews have to remove old grout and replace it with a waterproof seal. that process is expected to take at least two years. steph chuang is following this story closely and will bring us a live report in the next 30 minutes. 5:05. two earthquakes struck the north bay within 45 minutes of each other. 3.5 magnitude quake hit three miles from the geysers. a 2.6 quake hit the area 11:15. firefighters gained control of these flames eastbound i-80. it started as a car fire but the flames jumped to a neighboring

hillside. our shopper was over the scene yesterday afternoon. firefighters stopped the flames from spreading. 20 acres managed to burn but no one was hurt. crews are working through the weekend to fix this sinkhole. they already stabilized the area, but now they need to install a temporary pipe to replace a broken sewer line that dates back to 1875. it was the collapse of that sewer line that caused the sinkhole which opened up tuesday, trapping an suv with a family inside. fortunately, no one was hurt. a down has come up with a temporary solution to get around its sinkhole in moraga. the boulevard is back open and cruise infalled a four-way stop where the sinkhole is. the town is spending more than $3 million for repairs which could last three more months.

let the party begin or let the party continue. live look at oracle arena this morning. thrilling night for the golden state warriors and their fans. san francisco city hall on the right lit up. beautiful golden state warrior colors. >> blue and yellow suits city hall. we are looking that. warriors moving on to the western conference finals after they beat the trail blazers 125-121. >> tough game and they fought hard to come back in the second half. fans are excited steph curry is back in the mix. >> i'm so excited curry is back. he's exciting to watch. he adds an element they are missing. >> we love the whole team. bring on san antonio or perhaps oklahoma city. tonight it's the sharks turn to try to advance to the next round of the stanley cup playoffs. warriors said we showed you what

we've got. what have you got? game seven is tonight at 6:00 at home at the sap center if sharks win they advance to the conference finals against the st. louis blues. >> bay area sports on fire. >> best in the country right now. giants had a good run, too. >> so many competing colors. >> today will be heating up. we take a look now. morning clouds and clearing and warm weather this afternoon. during the lunch break it will be nice and comfortable in san francisco. 61. still clouds overhead. that will be clearing in the north bay at 68. the high temperature there reaching 79. 82 in the tri-valley. we have 60s along the coast and in san francisco. now let's head over to mike with an update on the crash in

cupertino. >> looking at the smooth drive around the bay. talking about the bottom of your screen south 280 to 85. activity there for quite some time cleared up with no additional injuries reported. we'll take you over to the center. 580 out of the altamont pass. typical pattern. things are really smooth over toward that dublin interchange. live look at north bay southbound 101 smooth to san rafael. reports of a truck with overheated brakes. coming up next, the apprentice no more. donald trump's much-touted deal making skills are being put to the test. a meeting between the front-runner and gop leaders that might bring unity to the party. >> volvo says you can have a robot car now. now. we'll talk about it coming up.

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will meet with the speaker of the house of representatives to see if they can maybe find some unity within the republican party. =laura/boxes= in an hour trump will meet with paul ryan to see if they might find some connection to unite the party. >> ed lawrence live in washington with what might be discussed. >> donald trump feeling more embolstered going into the meeting because of the large number of votes he received through the primary. he says he has great respect for

the speaker of the house. trump may be slowly winning over traditional support. he just received endorsements from seven republican house members who chair various committees. this as hillary clinton criticized trump for not releasing his tax returns, something trump says he hopes to do before the election but not before an irs audit is finished. senator bernie sanders says he's the best candidate to defeat republicans in november. sanders says he will win the democratic nomination but back to the republicans, donald trump now has the largest, the most number of primary votes of any republican in history. reporting live from washington, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you. >> he'll be the first to tell you all the stories. brazil's president dilma roussak

has been impeached and ousted. brazil's vice president will take charge while the impeachment trial begins. the president has been accused of illegally concealing the nation's looming deficit ahead of her re-election two weeks ago. the thing everyone is talking about today, brighter note, is the warriors advancing. >> scott mcgrew, you're looking at steph curry shoes. curry is worth billions for the company. those shoes aren't available. though are called back-to-back mvp shoes. sales increase 350% last year

alone. >> north bay starting today lasting two days. increasing video game curry's ability. there have been criticism the video game curry wasn't as good as the real-life curry. for two days he will be totally unbeatable. >> let's check in with the cnbc mvp landon dowdy. >> if only i had steph curry's talent. so far off. stocks sank wednesday. wall street giving back all of tuesday's games. dow having its worst day in three months. nasdaq snapping a three-day winning streak on disappointing earnings from disney and macy's. dow down 217 points. nasdaq losing 49 points. back to you. >> i talk about automated cars a

lot because every day in silicon valley we make news. we make them, we crash them. every day news. not today. today goes to the swedes. volvo says it will put 100 automated volvos on the streets. putting them in the hands of regular drivers like you and me. coming out of the labs into regular garages. they'll start with london. we are talking about totally automated cars. feel free to read a book, those kind of automated cars, on the streets within the next few months. >> the nice thing is volvo name has been synonymous with safety. >> absolutely. these are such safety features. >> that is a really good point about the safety. is volvo being talked about as one of the major players? >> no. it is not.

this is a jump ahead for them. >> not like you're standing on your soap bach talking about automated cars. new video. the solar impulse two in phoenix took off 3:00 this morning. the solar-powered airplane is headed to oklahoma. you remember the plane taking off from moffett field in mountain view last week. we showed you the moment live here on "today in the bay" when it took off. the plane is in the midst of a historic trip around the world. its journey started and will end in dubai. >> i hope they make it. >> maybe a year from now we'll be celebrating them in dubai. may take a while. one of the world's most treacherous climbs. three foreigners scaled the top of mt. everest. >> two british and one mexican climber reached the 29,000 foot peak earlier today with three guides. last year's season was canceled after an avalanche triggered by

the earthquake. 16 sherpa guides died a year before in another avalanche. quite the accomplishment to make it up. you have to have nerves of steel to do that. know is there a good chance you are not going to supply. >> unlimited oxygen. >> what do you do? >> the sherpas that do that hope so many people to go. put it on your bucket list. >> done. that's the peak right there. kari hall joining us. what is on your bucket list? are you going to climb everest? >> probably not. >> we'll try mission peak. something like that. twin peaks. we are going to have great weather. getting outside, enjoying the sunshine and warm temperatures. as we get a look at the golden gate bridge. we see that everything looks nice and clear with the exception of low clouds and

patchy fog that started to roll in. we've seen that all week. it's 51 in concord and napa. 54 in oakland and palo alto 56. let's break it down. our temperatures go from 56 to 60 by 9:00 this morning. mostly sunny skies by lunchtime. 66 into the low 70s today as you get ready to head home from work. a look at all the microclimate today. 80s for the south bay and peninsula at 73. we'll have cool temperatures along the coast and still heating up in spots like brentwood up to 76. low 80s for parts of the tri-valley. looking at that seven-day forecast, you see our temperatures will be coming down as we go into the weekend. all because of a stronger onshore flow. we haven't seen much of that as of yet. we will see clouds by tonight into the start of the day tomorrow. we'll do it all over on saturday with nice comfortable weather.

some mid 60s for san francisco. 74 on sunday. let's head over to mike with a look on bay area roadways. >> need that warm weather. not everybody wears as much clothe as as other people. that transition there may be activity. should be off to the shoulder. that is a little unusual pattern there metering lights not yet on. we'll track it.

a look toward fremont. there is your volume. 880 in toward the south bay. no problem. back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. 5:21. is what you're eating this morning considered healthy? the answer might surprise you. new guidelines the fda is working on today that might redefine what you eat. now to an investigative unit

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health. the stigma disappearing but people with severe mental illnesses are facing road blocks to critical treatment. a south bay family reached out to the investigative unit after their health plan denied coverage of their daughter's eating disorder treatment. doctors and psychiatrists recommended intensive therapy but the health plan's medical team determined care was, quote, not medically necessary. the family paid more than $100,000 to get their daughter the help they believe she needs. >> besides being hurt and frustrated and angry, i wonder if my daughter had a medical illness would it have been different? >> why are health plans continuing to deny coverage for critical mental health treatment? >> that is a really good question. each plan has its own process for how they determine whether or not they think a service is medically necessary. >> tonight at 11:00, the investigative unit takes the family struggle to the regulator in charge of protecting health care rights. we'll reveal how often the state

finds health insurers are improperly denying coverage for mental health services. if you have a tip give us a call. 5:25. food and drug administration is redefining what healthy means when it comes to food. >> current food guidelines are from the 90s 90s. in an evolving nutritional research, department will reevaluate regulations. >> we can make it easy and accessible for the consumer, the more it ends up doing some good. >> the fda has been under pressure from the public and from law makers to provide accurate and reliable nutritional information. the public will get a chance to add its voice into the discussion in the near future. two people are dead and two crime scenes spanning several miles.

the details from neighbors about one of the victims. bob redell in pittsburgh. police looking for a person who shot and killed a pregnant mother of four as she was heading down a major freeway in the east bay. i'm stephanie chuang live in san francisco near the eastern span of the bay bridge plagued by many problems that could cost millions more to solve. the decision on possible repairs coming up. for joining us.

i'm laura garcia-cannon. =sam/4shot= and i'm sam brock. =4shot= ad lib toss to weath a very good thursday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. mike will tell us about a crash in the santa cruz mountains. >> let's check in with kari. we talked about the weekend during the commercial break. too early to talk about it? >> no. today is thursday. we are looking at beautiful weather this weekend. nice weather today but it will be warm for those inland valleys today. with a lot more sunshine. 50 now as you start out the morning in the north bay. patchy fog and also looking at highs today in the low 80s in the south bay and tri-valley. mid 60s for san francisco. very pleasant day and mostly

sunny in the east bay and 72. i'll talk more about that weekend forecast looking pretty nice, but let's head over to mike to get an update on that crash. >> it's highway 17. there is nothing unexpected at the bay bridge. easy build. no other dramatic changes around most of your bay's commute. santa cruz mountains. northbound 17 around the summit. chp has a report that a deer was hit. they have to take care of that situation. sounds like one lane is blocked by the activity. no slowing shows up on the sensors. looking towards san jose and the rest of the south that has build for the volume. this is the most severe backup just at the 681 interchange. that will clear up over the next ten minutes. >> thank you so much. we move to a developing story in the south bay. two people are dead at two different crime scenes spanning

several miles. this morning investigators are expected to continue looking for clues in the los gatos mountains. santa chara sheriff's deputies spent hours at a home after neighbors heard gun shots. >> they found a man shot to death inside a home on two other people injured. witnesses reported a silver prius leaving the scene. deputies chased down the driver. the driver crashed at the hamilton avenue exit. the passengers in the car was did he claired dead at the hospital. neighbors say they believe the shooting william was the father of a two who moved into the community a year ago. >> nice guy, nice kids. he was active in their lives. he played sports with them and stuff. it's sad. >> investigators aren't revealing who the victims are or what led up to the violence. >> all new this morning, firefighters springing into action to save a person whose car crashed overnight right

outside of their station. this happened a little bit after 1:00 this morning in san jose at the intersection of hillsdale and ross. firefighters from station 9 just returned from another scene when they heard a car roll over multiple times. the driver was trapped in the wreckage. firefighters say it took almost a half hour to remove the person from the vehicle. >> the crew just returned from a call and was getting back and heard another call. >> so far there's been no update on the condition of the driver or what might have led up to that crash. 5:32. an investigation is under way after another shooting on highway 4. this time a pregnant woman is dead. rob redell live in pittsburgh with details on this very latest shooting. investigators think it's connected to the previous one.

>> they do not think that yesterday's shooting on westbound highway 4 was connected to the nearly 20 other shootings that have taken place on east bay freeways and highways. investigators believe in yesterday's instance, the pregnant woman's car was targeted. this happening around 10:45 in the morning. the 25-year-old woman whose family identified as chanique marie was driving with a man heading westbound on highway 4 when someone in a white mercedes opened fire. the man is expected to survive. but chanique marie pregnant with her fifth child died. >> someone on that highway seen something. please come forward. she has four kids. >> we are definitely concerned about the shootings that have

occurred, not only in our city but throughout our county. >> police do not have a description of the gunman. chp tells us the suspect was driving a newer white mercedes sedan with paper plates. law enforcement is asking for your help. if you saw anything. again, this is around 10:45 yesterday morning westbound highway 4 near railroad avenue in pittsburgh. chanique marie is the fourth person shot and killed along highway 4 since last june. bob redell, today in the bay. >> tragic. thank you very much. it's 5:34 on your thursday. a santa clara deputy accused of abusing a young girl. investigators say he abused that girl in 2012 when he was living with the girl's mother. diaz was a seven-year veteran with the force and has been

placed on unpaid lead. san francisco supervisors calling to replace police chief greg suhr. findings by a blue ribbon panel criticize the police department for targeting minorities. >> i don't see how this chief can continue to lead this department an effectuate the type of systemic change needed. >> mayor lee continues to support the chief. "the community has asked us to fastrack change and not put politics before police reforms and unfortunately, that is exactly what this does." only the mayor and police commission can remove the police chief. chief suhr says he will not resign. taking on more problems. a live look at the bridge this morning ahead of a meeting today to discuss fixing flooding.

stephanie chuang is live in san francisco with the plans caltrans is expected to unveil. what are we looking at? >> good morning, sam. it's not an easy fix. you can see the eastern span beautiful behind me. the foundation of this 525 foot tower waterlogged during construction letting bay water in creating concern over corrosion. cal strans caltrans discovered this problem in 2014. they drained the rods and then discovered water had gotten in. there is a price tag for the plan, $10 mchlt plus another $1 million to protect the

foundation from corrosion on top of the budget already $90 million in the red. the grout fix would be a milestone fixing the water problem. >> i'm excited about that. that wraps up the construction of the self-anchored suspension bridge. >> the process could take two more years. the engineer says it will mean the rods would be dryer and better in terms of an earthquake. rods were stewing in rain water five years. this afternoon, a three-member bridge oversight committee will make a determination. we'll see what happens then. stephanie chunk, today in the bay. >> thank you very much. 5:37, a world war ii era cannon taken from outside of the

richmond city veterans home. you're looking at surveillance video. thieves managed to drive away with the cannon in a manner of seconds. the community, especially the veterans are disappointed by this step. >> people died for this community. you don't steal from them. that's not right. >> the cannon is made of brass and iron. police suspect thieves are going to melt that cannon down and sell it for cash. a heroic act for a bus driver who helped reunite a missing boy with his family. >> he was honored at the ac transit board meeting in oakland. april 30th he was driving his bus when he saw a boy riding a scooter on the sidewalk. he said the 7-year-old looked too young to be riding along. >> got him in the bus, started talking to him. i realized he was lost and he didn't realize he was lost. >> he says after talking to the

boy, he learned his name was danny and he traveled all what it from his family's home in piedmont. danny has a mild form of autism. he worked with police to bring him home safely to the delight of his family. >> heads's up move by the bus driver. >> i remember doing that missing boy report. happy ending. >> it will be like yesterday. morning clouds, temperatures in the 50s and heading into the 80s for spots again today. morning clouds once again will be clearing very quickly and warmer than normal. here is a look at lunchtime temperatures. 69 in the north bay and south bay. as you drive home, up to 81 in the south bay. 82 in the tri-valley, san francisco. still in the mid 60s in the peninsula and east bay. up to 72. we'll talk about this week forecast. just a little bit cooler. mike is now tracking a new crash

in san jose. >> as we look at the fremont camera we see folks headed to the south bay 880. we see there is not a lot of slowing that builds up. we are seeing that volume starts to build. north bound 280, transition ramp on 880 right there. we are looking at a crash blocking one lane. this may cause more slowing as the commute is just about to build there. i'll track those details closely. bay bridge shows a backup. metering lights are on. almost ten minutes backup forming. lanes to the left are slower. gradual build and no problems. little recovery coming out of the maze. trying to bring unity to the republican party. meeting scheduled to happen in a matter of minutes now on capitol hill between donald trump and gop leaders. could videotaping police officers cause crime? the strange theory from an important person.

it wasn't pollution that clogged up skies in china. a powerful sandstorm whipped through parts of the country.

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maname b.a.r.t. directors are set to vote on ratifying the recent contract extension agreed to by b.a.r.t.'s management and its unions. last month b.a.r.t.'s three major unions agreed to full-year contract extensions. the peaceful negotiations differed from bitter talks in 2014 that led to shutdowns. 5:44. next month voters in san jose will decide whether or not to loosen the rules for medical marijuana clubs. today they have a chance to become more educated about the initiative. measure c grew out of response by leaders to the explosion of pot clubs across the city. the city created strict zoning rules and sparked a backlash. tonight san jose's vice mayor will host a forum to answer questions about measure c's potential impact. this is happening while we speak.

donald trump is meeting with house speaker paul ryan. presidential candidate will meet with other house and senior senate members this morning in washington, d.c. trump's trying to get republican leaders to back him in his nomination and to unite a fractured party. paul ryan has not endorsed trump yet. >> i really believe if we are going to be successful this fall, we have to unify our party, go forward with a positive message that americans see we have solutions to their problems. >> the democratic front-runner hillary clinton is taking her shots at trump for his refusal to release his tax returns. >> i've got to ask yourself why doesn't he want to release them? we're going to find out. >> trump says he's under audit by the irs and is not going to release his tax returns until the audit process is over. >> hillary clinton working the female vote. hillary clinton campaign volunteers reached out to women

voters in california last night. it's all part of a new weekly phone banking campaign called women's wednesdays. taking place in 34 locations including this one in san francisco. >> they are talking about the issues that matter to them and issues that matter to secretary clinton. issues like equal pay, paid family leave. >> california senator barbara boxer joined in on the campaign via a statewide conference call. one ripple effect is a smaller middle class. that is what a new pew report finds. they are no longer the majority. in about 25% of all u.s. metro areas. since 2000, the pool of middle class residents has shrunk in 9-10 u.s. cities. middle class adults make up about 51% of the population down from 55% previously.

the head of the fbi says people videotaping police officers causes crime. >> james comey, the fbi director says videos make police officers less aggressive and that somehow leads to more crime. >> it's a tough logic to follow. the latest fbi statistics show there has been a jump in violent crime, murder in particular in some american cities. comey has said several times he worries about the so-called ferguson effect. an unproven phenomenon where officers worries about ending up on the internet of a police officer who cuffed a man in a shopping mall for riding a hoverboard while onlookers ask why he's being arrested. comey says that fear of ending up as a viral video makes police officers less aggressive and that might cause violent criminals to get away. even the head of the national police union disagrees, telling "the new york times" this morning, director comey has no proof that is the case. director comey said something

similar this last fall. that prompted the white house to respond it could find no evidence cameras cause problem. the obama administration has been pushing for and funding more police body cameras. one day after its best day in two months, the dow had its worst day in three months. dow industrials were down 217 points, nasdaq down 49. pinterest hired its first female board member despite the fact pinterest is largely used by women with. michelle wilson, a former amazon executive. i ask one thing of you. did you watch every single episode of "top gear?" the most popular show on television. 315 million people watched it in 214 countries every week, twice as many people who watched the super bowl and the super bowl is just once a year. have you watched it? >> there's got to be quid pro

quo. >> they move to amazon and announced their new show will be called "grand tour" which doesn't sound like cars. >> you are going to let me drive all these cars i'm going to be watching? >> will you go on twitter and facebook and make sam watch "top gears." >> why don't i have to watch it? because i'm a girl? s get out of here. your segment is over. >> look at this. a man spent three hours perched 80 feet high on an l.a. tv tower yesterday. it happened near that famous sunset boulevard and hollywood, busy area for tourists. the road had to be closed off. he was up there smoking, talking on the phone. eventually he agreed to come down. no word why he went up there.

>> new video of a powerful sandstorm rolling through china. this is one of a series of storms forecast there over the next few days. in some cases, people could see less than 50 yards in front of them. as you might imagine, it disrupted traffic and impacted farming. masks were a common sight on people walking the streets. the sand was so heavy, it actually lowered temperatures in some areas as much as 14 degrees. >> can we get sandstorms in the california desert? >> in the desert. they have haboobs. >> how are we looking today? >> it's looking great for heading to the park or playing

in the sand box. more sunshine and warmer temperatures today. especially inland. as we get a look at san jose, we start out with clouds. no difference today. a nice cool start and we also have those clouds hovering over san francisco as we look at this shot. you see the city line is all lit up. we have clouds that are low in the atmosphere. now it's in the low 50s in san francisco in the east bay and south bay 7:00. as we drop in on the east bay to get a closer look, walnut creek at 49 degrees, dublin 52. walnut creek 50 sunol 53. 50 in the north bay. as we get a look at the hour by hour forecast for san francisco, more clouds. 10:00 we start to see the sun coming out. 11:00 more of an appearance of the sunshine. as we go into the rest of the day, bright beautiful sunshine and temperatures reaching into the low 60s today. more clouds right along the

coast. the forecast shows that the clouds will whoever there throughout most of the day. then it rolls back inland as we go into tomorrow morning and do it all over saturday. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. that seems to be the trend with no major changes except a stronger onshore flow. temperatures will drop more each day. today one of the warmer days of this week up to 81. down to 74 on saturday. a very nice comfortable weekend ahead in the peninsula as well as san francisco into the mid 60s there. 72 for the tri-valley after hitting 82 today. for cooler temperatures, i'll be talking more about that. >> in san jose we have a major freeway connection closed. this is not a major backup. there is the live look. let's take you to the maps and talk about the rest of your commute. most of your bay area seeing a

smooth drive. you do have a nice flow of traffic. northbound routes are moving well. this is a problem. north 280. right as you get toward that 880 interchange. that section of roadway is blocked by a big rig crash there. i normally tell you go past there and loop back. you have to go to saratoga before you loop back and get on that interchange. we'll track that. the rest of the bay looks like this. >> thanks, mike. >> coming up next, no paycheck because of flaws in the system. we investigate the department of social services. find out the reason so many home health care workers wait weeks or months to receive a paycheck. happening now, story getting a lot of attention this hour. learning george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed trayvon martin is set to auction off the gun that killed the teenager.

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==sam/ots== malaysian officials say two more pieces of debris found in the indian ocean are quote "almost certainly" from that m two more pieces of debris found in the indian ocean are almost certainly from that missing passenger jet. the debris was found back in march. one piece is part of an engine. the other is part of an interior panel. so far, search crews found a total of five pieces of debris believed to belong to malaysian airlines flight yies believed i into the indian ocean. an nbc bay area investigation that uncovered the california inhome support services system fails the very people it's supposed to help. >> the team spent a year interviewing recipients and providers digging through data asking how the system got this way. >> good morning, guys. california's department of social services oversees this system of inhome support

services. it was designed to save taxpayer money having approved care delivered by qualified providers in recipient's homes. people in need don't have to be institutionalized. or put in a long-term hospital or nursing home. they then get paid by the state of california to take care of those people where they live. our investigation found the system of antiquated rules, paper time sheets and frustrated participants, often left in limbo with no money and many times no recourse. the state's own data shows hundreds of people working under the ihss system are paid late or not at all. one woman had to supervise and sign official time sheets for her caregivers even though she was heavily medicated and barely conscious at times. a spokesperson for dss would not answer our questions on camera

and would not make the official in charge of the system available for an interview either. you can see our story on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com, click on the investigative unit. almost 6:00. dramatic video of a driver getting pulled out of a burning car in l.a. on tuesday. the driver crashed his car, landed up side down in front of a store. the samaritan said he started recording after the crash but then ran out to help. >> i knew there was human life in there. i wasn't going to witness that get roasted. >> there were several people nearby recording the horrific scene. the driver is doing fine and he

may have been racing and could face charges. >> get out there and help the man. dramatic rescues. one happened in san jose a few hours ago. wright this crash happened that may have saved the driver's life. i'm kris sanchez at redwood estates where a crime scene is under way. how it's connected to another scene on highway 17. >> mvp does it again. hitting the daggers. what's next? the dove's quest for back-to-back titles right now on "today in the bay." good morning tyo