flames rip through a south bay strip mall--- sandwiched between homes and a gas station. a vervolatilrisk, thatreaches 4 >> breaking overnight, flames rip through a strip mall sandwiched between homes and a gas station. you see crews are still on scene, at this hour, it was a volatile risk that reached four alarm status. plus men and women in blue come together in the streets of san jose overnight after losing one of their active duty officers in a crash. plus, responding to terror. we have continuing live team coverage of the attack in orlando as new details emerge about the shooter and the role that his wife might have played in the days leading to a mass shooting. "today in the bay" starts right now. and good morning on this wednesday, thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get a look at the weather

this morning. certainly a lol cooler out there. >> yes, it is cooler, especially in the north bay, temperatures have dropped back into the 40s. we have mostly clear skies. it will be a cooler day, we are in for mostly sunny skies, it's 53 degrees now in san francisco as well as the south bay. highs today and mostly in the 60s with some low 70s in the south bay, north bay and the tri-valley and san francisco up to 64 degrees. so i'll talk about what else to expect. rain moving in tomorrow. that's coming umm. mooic is heiling road work. what's going on? >> actually, they're highlighting the road work. that's about it at fremont, 880 south of auto mall parkway. circle that area, you see no slowing. don't look directly into the light. highway 13 off 24, there is another construction zone there. that's another one we see slowing. some points you get out t. rest of the crews still out there typical for overnight road work.

we go back to the south bay. flames ripped through a strip mall in san jose, destroying several businesses. >> look at the size of that fire. "today in the bay" chris sanchez live at the scene where hundreds of firefighters are monitoring this situation. chris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. good morning to you, sam. there are still firefighters here on scene, some of them wrapping up hoses because the fire is largely under control. you can see behind me, there is still spoke billowing from some part of this strip mall. it is an l-shaped building here on santa ter res ra and catalan in south san jose. this is whatt looked like outside that strip mall. the problem is it was spraying quickly through the attic space of this building. at the height of the fire, it was a four alarm. there were more than 100 firefighters here on scene. the firefighters were not only budget out that fire, they were trying to make sure it did not spread the homes behind part of

the strip mall nor to the gas station here in this same parking lot. it took about two hours of firefighting to get it under control or contained. it was three-and-a-half hours of firefighting before the battalion chief gets it under control. there will be slowing on santa teresa avenue. no road closures, people will be stopping looking at these 20 businesses that will now not be opening today. >> thank you very much, chris. it is 4:33. the police department mourns a fallen officer, an 11 year veteran of that department. thousands of officers gathered last night for a procession in his honor. . a violent crash in north san jose yesterday afternoon. >> left to go to work. he wanted to see his family when he got off. he didn't make it.

>> a minivan struck the motorcycle officer on north 10th street near heading yesterday. police said that van made a left turn right in front of the officer that collided and his bike came to a stop about 100 feet later a. passerby quickly jumped in to try to save his life. >> he provided first-aid to the officer and used his police radio to call for help. >> officer katerman was taken to regional medical center. sadly, he later died. the minivan driver not facing any charges t. fallen officer leaves behind a wife and two children. funeral arrangements are expected to be announced later this woke. of course, we will have live updates following a look at the after math there. a very sad day. our condolences go out to the department and the family as well. >> to the police community in general. a developing story out of

oakland, where a celebration of life quickly turns tragic when a 16-year-old girl is shot and killed. it happened right near city center. hundreds of people were gathered there. why? because they were at a funeral remembering two 15-year-old boys. . they both tragically died in a water accident last month. they were being laid to rest when a fight broke out in the street. that's when two young men walked into the crowd and started firing and four people were hit. >> we heard several shots, probably about six in a row. then at that point i saw a bunch of kid running. >> there were a group of people in the 1,300 block of franklin. there was a group, or two individual striking the victims and then fleeing. >> ken-year-old regina jeffreys was taken to highland hospital,

where she later died t. other three shooting victims are in stable condition. breaking news this morning out of florida where there is a desperate search continuing right now for a two-year-old boy dragged by an alligatoror into a la began to at disney's grand floridian resort. these are like pictures from the scene. overhead, they're still trying to search for that boy. the boy and his father were wadeing in a foot of water when the alligator came up out of nowhere and attacked. it happened about 9:00 last night t. boy's father and mother tried grab the boy from the alligator's mouth, but they were unsuccessful. 50 law enforcement officers spent the entire night searching for the little boy. as you saw earlier, they are still searching. the alligator is believed to be between 4 and 7 photolong t. family of five was visiting from nebraska. they were vacationing at that resort. >> that is just the latest in

what's been -- happening. >> more information and details. lee anne greg is joining us from orlando with the very latest. >> reporter: the gatherings continue. this one last night in orlando and supported the victims. as we learn more about the man that caused this chaos. omar mateen lived two hours from the crime scene in his apartment with his wife norah salman and their three-year-old son. salman told federal agents, she was with her husband when he bought ammunition and a holster and she tried to talk him out of his plans and once drove him by pulse because he wanted to scope out the club, where he would later kill 49 people and injure 53 others. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me and i'm just

there laying down, i'm thinking, i'm next, i'm dead. >> reporter: angelcolan was shot three times. patients carter, among those held hostage in a restroom describe the moments when a s.w.a.t. team broke through and rescued them. >> they punched through the wall. they started engage physical gunfire, they told him, "put your weapon down, put your when condown." he didn't, so they engaged in gunfire. >> reporter: investigators continue their search for answers. lee anne greg, nbc news, orlando. >> a potential lawsuit. the latest accusations hitting the santa clara main jail officials. what a former inmate is now claiming.

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took place last summer, allegedly by three guards. he was serving a sentence for an assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence convictions. the santa clara office is now investigating that information. tracking city vehicles using black boxes. if that sounds familiar, it's the same kind of technology used on airplanes. it could be coming to san francisco soon with one major department exempted.

>> welcome back, everyone, a very good wednesday morning. hamway through the workweek. >> words we haven't heard in a little while. the temperatures are dipping, kari, it's a welcome sight. >> you should take it in. this weekend is really hot. >> really? you are scaring me. >> we haven't heard that. every weekend, we're in the same pattern, now san jose, mostly clear skies, it is going to be a clear start for mote of us in the bay. it's also very cool with those temperatures starting out in the 40s and 50s. a light jacket needed as you head out the door. as we go into the rest of the day, expect those temperatures to go from the 50s where we are now into the 60s and 70s. let's get a closer look at morgan hill. it is 45 degrees there. 47 degrees now in willow glen as you head out the door, santa clara, 49 degrees. a look at all of the

microcliemts, 70 in saratoga, redwood city. >> a lock at the future-cast shows tomorrow we have a chance of rain moving in. starting out in the north bay, yes, a rare june ryan moving in with the possibility of some pretty good measurements there him as it moves san francisco farther to the south, a lot of that rain falls apart. there is still that possibility we could have trace amounts of rain anywhere around san francisco into the south and to the north, looking at about a quarter of an inch of rain. we talked about temperatures warming up for today, it will be 69 degrees and some upper 70s for the end of the week, by the weekend, we'll be in the upper

'80s, that continues into early next week. i'll have another look at the forecast. like has a look on the bay bridge by emeryville. >> you are tracking a 20 degree change over wednesday through sunday. we will have a different flow of traffic i guess. no problems across that bay bridge. southbound highway 13 just has construction crews clear down towards highway interstate 580 the merge there, making it a little more congested. some folks are headed toward the giants game. keep in mind, that is a mid-day game. here i am on the left side of the screen. 12:45, both side of the bay. you can hit both of those games if you are lucky. best of the bay, let's show you a like look at san jose, northbound 101. we see a good number of cars. we will track it, see if this is a trend.

probably not. back to you. >> whole foods is being warned about serious violations in its prepared foods. >> for that and for news behind the bell, we turn to landon dowdy, who joins us live. good morning, landon. >> reporter: good morning to you both. wall street could recover some of tuesday's losses today. futures are higher and textiles for a fourth straight session as investors awade the fed's growing decision and the u.k. vote on the brexit next week t. fed wraps up its two-day policy meeting this afternoon. it is not expected to hike interest rates, but chair janet yellen could give clues to the next move. up 57 points t. nasdaq down four to 4843. meanwhile the fda says whole foods has until the end ofdown to fix serious violations found during an inspection earlier this year. other massachusetts plant that supplies prepared foods across the northeast and issues include keeping dirty dishes near food

and restoring water dripping from the ceiling and doorways. whole foods says it's already corrected the problems. and you could soon boy a tesla at the mall t. electric car-maker will start displaying the model x suv at a nordstrom outlet in los angeles. customers can take test drives. they have to call a tesla field dealership if they want to buy them t. pricey cars may appeal to its upscale shoppers. if it's successful, they may expand to other stores. one way to get a man to the mall. >> they better expand the aisles to test drive a tesla. >> thank you very much. the same idea, black boxes, data recorders we use for aich airplanes will soon applied to almost all city-owned vehicles. >> interesting. supervisors approved that plan yesterday t. goal is to attract city vehicles and perhaps reduce

pedestrian deaths. the law does not apply to law enforcement vehicles. >> we are talking planes, train, automobiles and airplanes. so what to do about airplane noise? people across three counties will be coming towing to discuss that issue today. there is a community meeting tonight 6:00 at sequoia high school in redwood city. the meeting second of three organized by a federal committee addressing the airplane noise issue. that meeting will mostly focus on south bay airplane arrivals that impact san mateo, santa clara counties. the city of san jose is cutting down on trash that lead into the bay. mercury news reports the city settled a lawsuit filed by the environmental group that accuse san jose of not doing if you have to clean up the trash and sue annual spilling into cuyota creek and the guadalupe river. they did not admit to

wrong-doing, but city leaders are promising to roll out a few ten-year cleanup program. you can call eight slight break when it comes to water conservation, drought conditions are relaxed. people are reminded the drought is far from over. santa clara water district lowered its water use restrictions from 30% to 20% yesterday t. district says past winters rains were helpful. there are a long ways to go before conditions return to normal. mission accomplished. the kid who conquered alcatraz swims himself into the guinness world records. the journey to alcatraz and back now his opening act. >> what is to come? first happening, it's a very busy morning in our newsroom. right now, chris sanchez is tweeting up to the minute reports in south san jose that wiped out fume russ businesses. plus the search is under way right now after a toddler was yanked into the water by an alligator at a disney world

resort in orlando. we are posting updates to nbcbayarea.com. we will be back in two minutes with more information. a dead bird in antioch has

tested positive est nile. it's the first confirmed case in contra costanty th we just learned that a dead bird in antioch has tested positive for west nile. it is the first confirmed case in contra costa county this year. officials are warning people to dump standing water where mosquito larvae hatch and to use repellant. also anyone with severe flu-like symptoms, including body aches and fevers is urged to seek medical treatment. good news this morning the risk of the zika outbreak expanding to the summer's olympic games in rio is considered very low. that's according to world health

organization. say the virus is barely spreading in rio now because of cooler weather and the word being done in brazil to reduce mosquito populations. brazil is at the epicenter with more than 100,000 cases reported t. virus is now in 40 countries and could spread to the southern and southwestern portion of the u.s. this summer, including southern california. lawyer remarks a future olympian perhaps, and a record is set. a 9-year-old central valley boy has become the youngest person ever to swim to alcatraz and back. >> oh my god! >> good for him. >> he will need rest of that one. james savage that lives 60 miles from the ocean completed this track. he trains with his parents in a nearby reservoir, it doesn't have as many waves. >> or as cold. >> i wanted to turn back, they

kept on going. i believe you could do it. >> oh, wow. >> you got to love this kid every second hear him. he is now waiting, he is actually going to wait for the guinness world of book records to certify his swim, then he gets into it. he says his next goal is to swim the length of the golden gate bridge in the background there. as if alcatraz isn't enough. >> that is one kid to watch. last night oakland as game, people paid tribute to the orlando victims. a night of baseball dedicated to all of them t. teams and the fans are standing together for the victims and the loved ones. >> it was pride night. instead of a ceremonial first pitch the baseball was handed from one person to the other. the chain went all the way from center field to 2nd base. all of the participants of the supporters of the lbgtq community as a symbol of remembrance. >> we're not going to be, you know, scared to go out as a

group in this quantity, we're here to have fun and support our athletics. >> kind of a nice way. the national anthem at the game also sung by the oakland east bay men's chorus. >> certainly serendipitous it happened now. >> very much so. did you notice the chill in the air this morning, to start our wednesday morning. we are told to enjoy it. because kari is telling us, it will be short lived. >> it will be. we'll have a little rain in the forecast tomorrow for parts of the bay area, i'll talk about that coming up if a few minutes. >> also, hopefully, short lived, the jam we saw if fremont, forming, hopefully clearing. we'll track that coming up.

kris tease =sam/vo= and morragic new- breakinout of. >> firefighters on scene with a gas station and homes nearby. i'm chris sanchez, i'll show you the after math. more tragic news breaking out of orlando. a terrifying attack by an alligator. and the search that is still under way at this hour for a missing toddler. and a dark day for the san jose police department. this morning, we remember officer michael katerman killed in a traffic accident. the life he's leaving behind coming up.

"today in the bay" starts right now. >> a very good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. >> i'm sam brock. >> laura garcia-cannon. >> it is noon, you may be able to grab a fleece out the door today. >> it's cool. to think we have rain in the forecast. not typical the time of year. but we will definitely welcome, especially that rain. it's freight degrees in the north bay, low 50s for the south bay in the peninsula. we get a little light in the sky. you see it's mostly clear there in the south bay with mostly sunny skies expected this afternoon. highs near 70. some mid- to upper-60s for the coast and part of the bay. i'll tell you what to expect. mike is tracking slowing now through fremont. >> i believe 100% of that slowing, the crew cleared. they were going backwards, clearing the construction zone. now it looks like that scene is clear. let's show you the ma