where a fire rips through several stores at a strip m ==laura /team coverage== let's get right to our live t breaking news in santa kara where a fire rips lou several stores at a strip mall. >> let's get right to our team coverage this morning of that fire, today in the bay chris sanchez is at the mall, what is the very latest? >> reporter: good morning to you, lawyer. >> reporter: -- laura. >> reporter: you see behind me the huge flames earlier are gone. we keep hearing the sound of the building collapsing inside. right now we can count, one, two, three, four, five water streams coming on to this fire.

this looks like what was an indian vegetarian on the corner of this strip mall. it appears it is in more than one building. as you mentioned, it is a five alarm fire. santa clara is here. they have asked for assistance from other apartments. we were trying to get a better van tage point for you. certainly a very big firefight this morning. the fire started around 3:14 here in the 3400 block of el camino. it went big and fast. we could see in the darkness of the night dark, black smoke. it was an active fire as we rolled up this morning. again, firefighters are making quick work of it. they are pouring patriots on to this building which appears to be to be a total loss the roof caved in on more than one

location. lots of smoke in the area. because this is el camino real, we have spoken to folks that said they will not take the bus, they have been waiting, calming for folks to come and pick them up from the area. but that is not going to happen. we will track that largely this morning. mike, what can you tell us? >> that huge flame and smoke on el camino real, which is a major thorough fair in santa clara. let's tell you it's el camino east of lawrence expressway. for those familiar with that stretch of roadway, it's between palmroy or vista. fire scenes on scene. huge amounts of flame and smoke as well. it's a huge distraction. folks on scene are not able to take tear bus. buses aren't arriveing. we'll get you more detail from

the mass transit service. we are work, local law enforcement, to give you their approved roadway each of the expressway. other than that, no major issues on the roadways, back to you. >> you can get breaking news alerts on your smartphone by downloading our nbc bay area app. now to developing news, yet another freeway shooting in contra kosta county. this one happening last night about 9:00 on eastbound 80 in hercules. chp says one person was shot in the leg. we don't know the condition of that victim. the shooter was driving a plaque chevy el camino with tinted windows. the suspects did get away.

today in the bay is there gathering the latest information. we will get a live report coming up in about 25 minutes. >> an explosive night on the campaign trail for donald trump. protesters rushed past the barricade outside a trump event last night in albuquerque, forcing police to block the entrance. later, demonstrators threw bottles and rocks. officers responded with smoke cannisters and pepper spray. several people were arrested. while those protests were happening, people in washington state were voting. donald trump and hillary clinton were winners. >> securing the presidential nomination. clinton didn't pick up delegates because washington state held

caucuses in march. the voters picked clinton as their choice last night. hillary clinton is in northern california. she is headed for salinas and san jose on thursday. we caught her husband former president bill clinton campaigning in san francisco yesterday. he is holding a rally if fremont, same day. 4:35. it is unfamiliar territory for the golden state warriors, they're on the brink of being eliminated for the first time two years ago. somewhere along the way they lost their mojo, now the nation is wondering if they can get it back. last night the warriors on the brink of another blowout in oklahoma city. they were down at the half and a valiant effort by clay thompson who scored 19 points in a row t. final score 118 to 94. game five will be thursday at

oracle arena. the biggest became the if sharks' history is hours. after 25 years the sharks find themselves on the brink of their first ever stanley cup finals. on monday night the sharks took a 3-2 lead in the series with the absolute plus. tonight the game will get under way at the shark tank. if the sharks win, they go to the finals for the first in history. >> good morning. we start out with cloudy skies and mild temperatures. as we go through the day, more clearing pretty much we've seen the past few days. as we get a live look outside, across all of our microclimate, it's 55 degrees as well as the north bay and vacate degrees in the east bay with highs reaching 67 degrees there a mix of sun and cloud. 73 in the north bay, feeling very comfortable again this

afternoon. then the heat starts to ramp up as we head into the weekend. i will talk about that more in less than ten minutes. i will have a look at what to expect for the holiday weekend. >> thank you very much. we continue to follow breaking news, back to the scene of that massive strip mall fire in santa clara. >> plus, san francisco city leaders extending the sanctuary city policy. details ahead. you are watching "today in the bay." we'll be back in two minutes.

>> a fire started shortly after 3:00 this morning. >> in fact, it has been so intense. we are there live, gathering information as well, trying to tackle the massive fire, mike is tracking the traffic situation. we could have problems with buses in that area. we will check in with mike coming up at 4:50. san francisco lyders have afwreed to a new deal that both expands and modifies the controversial sanctuary city policy. supervisors last night agreed to that compromise. it bars them from notifying the feds.

it also gives new sheriff hen see wider discretion to five agents under certain circumstances. critics point out the new law would not have kept last year's shooting suspect from being released. the mayor has to sign off on the agreement before it can become law. now to an investigative unit exclusive. a teenage girl says she was sexually abused by her stepfather for years. she finally found the courage to report it. after waiting nearly two years, she turned to the investigative unit for help. we uncovered startling details how they moved through the justice system. arare apology and admission from the santa clara district attorney's office that this case was mishandled. >> it seemed like they didn't care. i thought no one was going to help me. and i have been through this enough. >> a tremendous apology is owed

to the victim. i apologize to her. >> tonight at 11:00, hear from the san jose police department about why tear investigation took 11 months and the district attorney explain what is it is doing to make sure no other sexual abuse suspects hold the same delays. if you have a tip, give us a call. . coming up next, we will head right back to santa clara, after a massive fire at a strip mall, a fire that's engaged several businesses. chris sanchez is reporting live from the scene. 3402. we'll have the latest coming up after the break. clara this morning.

you're looking at live pictures of a strip mall on el camino real, near flora vista avenue--- an j >> right now we're following breakb news out of santa kara this morning. you are looking at pictures of a strip mall fear flora vista avenue east of the lawrence expressway. you see that smoke still billowing out of the top of that structure. several businesses have engaged in a fire that started about 3:15 this morning and was recently upgraded to a five-alarm fire. the flames ripped through five shots, chris sanchez recalls seeing columns of black smoke when she arrived early this morning. she is monitoring this situation. she will bring us a live report

momentarily. there were several restaurants, so a busy thorough fair. >> the traffic for those who aren't driving as well. >> first a quick check at the weather. it will clear later, not just yet? >> not just yet, grab a light jacket before you head out. as we take a live look towards san francisco, low clouds out there once again, so as we start out this morning, there may be some spots that have to deal with low visibility and patchy fog, elsewhere, we have a nice start to the day with pictures in the 50s, we break you down for oakland, it will be in the mid-50s, then into the low 60s, by 10:00 the sun may not start to come out until 1:00 and those temperatures making it into the 60s. it will be breezy as well, a strong on shore flow coming in at about 15 miles an hour, so the wind starts to kick up later

on today. we will feel breezy as our temperature drops later on tonight into the 50. looking at those highs today, in the low 70s, right about where we should be, upper 60s to low 70s for the peninsula and san francisco making it up to 63 degrees, 73 degrees in nevada. the 7-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. you see our temperatures warming up over the next several days. this will be the last day, we will be slightly cooler than average. especially in san jose, tomorrow up to 78 degrees, then some low '80s in time for the weekend and the holiday weekend looks pretty warm for many spots, in the north bay in the mid-80s, so definitely some beach weather. we will keep some 60s and 70s right along the coast. san francisco will be in the low 70s and the peninsula up to 78

degrees and '80s for parts of the triyale, i'll have more in the forecast in a few minutes, mike is tracking the effects of the fire in santa clara. >> right now the bay bridge and the rest of the bay is looking light t. freeways not showing up with slow down, there is a new incident in dublin. i want to zoom in towards santa clara. it's on el camino real. here's lawrence expressway. to the east over here some folks familiar with the area, chili's is over here. another restaurant, jack in the box is over here off pomeroy. it's a huge scene, use grenada as an alternate. it should affect folks riding the bus as well, in any case, we're looking at the live shot here. this is what's going on, look at

that huge structure again, use grenada a little to the south, get through the local traffic. we will continue to follow that. that's the big deal in the south bay. we have your morning commute, just shy of 680, this stretch outside of our camera's view, i'll have more details coming up. >> mike, thank you very much. talking about travel as the summer travel season starts to heat up. tsa finds itself in the hot seat. today a top administrator will testify about long lines that are enrageing airline passengers. this week they announced the replacement and a centralized command team at tsa

headquarters. airlines are still encouraging people to arrive three hours for travel. lawmakers are expected to delay plan, puerto rico is swimming in several billion of debt. they will restructure the debt. that bill has bipartisan support. unions are among those opposing the plan. one north carolina school system is considering telling its students, leave your city jeans at home or else -- skinny jeans at home or else. some argue they show off a little too much. a school district in north carolina is proposing banning leggings and skin my jeans unless the accompanying top covers the poster you posterior.

business news now, uber, helping people getting around, tweets are coming to twitter. >> for more on that, let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you both. wall street will look to build on tuesday's rally t. dow rose 200 points. the markets rebound in tech and bank stocks. oil stocks are trading on reports of u.s. energy supplies. the dow closing up 213 points. the nasdaq rising 95 to 4861. twitter is making tweets, it's keeping the 140 character limit in place, the photos won't count towards the length of the pete iss. the changes will broughten the appeal as the user growth has

stalled. together is hailing a ride with the popular ride sharing service reports say it's more than $100 million. over to you. >> toyota is along for the ride share. thank you very much, appreciate it. coming up, sam may not be a fan. >> is that chew-baaca accurate? [ laughter ] >> oh. you got to love that. okay. so, she was in the bay area. but she wasn't alone. we will show you pictures from the "trib." it's a must-see coming up after the brake. happening right now, staying on top of that breaking news, a massive fire along a strip mall in santa clara, we will bring you another live report. we are working on putting

together a slide show right now on nbc bay area.com. plus the search is on for a freeway shooter after another person is victimized by gunfire on i-80. we are tweeting updates. we are back in two minutes.

>> a change of plans of thousands of people sounded off. san francisco parks and rec department is can selling the reservation opposite for dolores park. >> we just told you about it yesterday it draws thousands every week. during the summer it's beautiful. as we told you, the parks department wants to try it out. more than $300 for a larger crowd. thousands complained online so

the parks department is apan doneing the reservation plan. facebook's biggest sensation is along with a tall furry friends. who are we talking about? >> it's a rettoringal question. can anybody get enough from a scheu-bacca mom? jed they invited candace cane to visit menlo park for a stare down or a drink down there. she brought her plus one chew-bacca. [ laughter ] there's the laugh the video first bonified viral video seen by hundreds of millions of people over the past week, just 130 million in the first couple days alone. we have now lost count because we are so busy laughing. >> you know, it's 15 minutes or

a couple days. >> or 400 million views. president obama's approval rating keeps going. >> going straight up. probably because he seems to be having more fun. check out what he did when he met a rapper during his trip to vietnam. >> why don't you give me a little rap? let's see. do you need like a little beat? >> yes, i do, actually. >> come on. viet namese or english? >> in viet namese. i won't know what it means, but just a short version. because i got to get going. >> so she did go on to rap in viet namese. the president didn't understand, but it looks like he enjoyed it anyway. president obama has rapid up his trip to vietnam. he landed in japan overnight. >> all right. let's check in, you will not rap the weather this morning, will

you? >> no, not at all. we are headed into the holiday and it's still fairly cool out there now. we will talk about it coming up in the microclimate forecast. >> they are wrapping up that crash. we are still tracking that closure over there with that big fire. >> as you mentioned, we will be check income with chris sanchez, that's earlier this morning, chris is describing progress. it's still very active. a strip mall fire in santa clara, a live report coming up

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