these united states. >> and it's official. donald trump is the republican nominee for president. we'll have reaction from last night's convention coming up in a live prort from cleveland. welcome to "today in the bay" on this wednesday. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. welcome to wednesday. welcome to the forecast. >> it's doing to be a niece day. no reason to complain about today. yesterday it was so beautiful with all of that sunshine and a nice breeze to keep those temperatures down. but it does start to warm up a little bit today. so we will talk about that. let's get a live look outside now at all of our microcloi mates. 60 degrees now in the east bay and 50 in the north bay. we will see a spread in our temperatures anywhere from 65 in san francisco and along the coast to 83 degrees in the south bay and the tri-valley. a look ahead to a hot weekend ahead. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is tracking the distraction along the nimitz freeway. >> along 880. looking at all the freeways have a nice smooth flow of traffic. early slowing right here.

south highway 84 that's coming down through pleasant on the and livermore. the nimitz is the concern not because of any lanes blocked but because of the flashing lights off off the freeway. train track and on the other side, a lot of police activity for what's going on exactly off the freeway you're handling that. we are following breaking news, mike. this out of ek land where there is a standoff still under way. intense police activity near east 12th street and 15th avenue. this call came in at 3:50 this morning. some people inside the home surrendered to police but another suspect is holding them at bay inside. our damian is on the scene with updates as soon as we get them. more breaking news, where people's possessions went up in flames overnight. >> a wave of flames. dozens of storage units destroyed this morning and now firefighters are trying to figure out how it happened. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with a closer look at the damage left behind there.

bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this fire starting around midnight here at the all-safe storage facility on alameda. some of the units that were destroyed. it's hard to tell what was inside. you had boxes. looks like you had an auto engine, maybe some chair, some tables. you had about six or seven units that were destroyed and some had smoke damage. the fire department tells us when they arrived there were six or seven units involved. then they had ten more showing heavy smoke. smoke pouring out of those units. you can see that they did cut holes in a lot of the doors, the roll-up doors for these units so that smoke could escape. they're still trying to determine the cause of the fire. again, it started at midnight. destroying these units and, again, there was about 25 more units that suffered heavy smoke damage. fortunately no one was hurt when this happened here at the all-safe storage in alameda.

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." more breaking news, this time out of the north bay. a fire ripping through a large barn overnight in petaluma. that fire broke out at 2:30 at the dary on chilean valley road. the barn was loaded with hay andal fan andand alfafa. two people in the hospital in serious condition after a rollover crash in san francisco. crews say it happened a little before 10:00 last night. 43nd avenue not far from the legion of honor. so far no word on what might have caused that crash. berkeley police believe a man who reportedly had a rifle near the berkeley marina yesterday is still on the loose. authorities searched the area for most of yesterday afternoon and evening but never found the suspect. shortly after noon police got a call about a man on a pedestrian

overcrossing that appeared to be carrying a rifle and heading to east shore state park. officers shut down roads nearby while they conducted this search. happening later today a trial date could be set for three santa clara correctional deputies accuse of beating an inmate to ded. jerry, rodriguez and matthew far rest has been charged with murdering michael tyree last year. tyree was mentally ill. all three deputies plead not guilty and out for $3.5 million each. two former santa clara deputies are being sued by a south bay woman who claims they roughed her up during a traffic stop. the woman's civil suit is now playing out in federal court. it centers around a traffic stop that quickly got physical. dash cam video shows everything escalated between the two officers and the woman. the woman's hand-made contact with either the deputy's hand or

flashlig flashlight. >> certainly when you saw what the officer did at the end of the tape and you start with the way this citizen contact was initiated, that was a recipe for disaster. >> the woman is reportedly accusing the former deputies of abuse. that suit also calls out the county for improper training. it is 5:05. san francisco man under arrest this morning after allegedly threatening the active police chief on social media. the tweet posted earlier this month calls for tony chaplin's head. police say donahoe againson posted chaplin's picture next to a guillotine. police arrested the 60-year-old for making criminal threats at his home on monday. neighbors say hoganson put swastikas on his window and one neighbor shared a racest note she says he left for her. the chief says the department is taking all threats seriously. >> the kkk was passing out flyers in san francisco. and as you just said, we've had

the assassination of police officers across the country right now going on. so any threats to my public afity official i'm going to look at and take it seriously even if it's me. >> the threat comes as activists continue to protest sfpd's tactics. chaplin has been leading efforts to reform the department. first the voters, now the delegates they selected to represent the republican party. it is official. donald trump is the gop nominee for president. we're going to hear from trump tomorrow night for his official speech. but tonight the spotlight is going to be on his running mate indiana governor mike pence. tonight's tracie potts is live in cleveland with more on what we can expect to hear from pence later tonight. good morning. >> expect to hear mike pence make the case not just for donald trump but for himself because people here, people throughout the republican party do not know who he is. many of them don't know who he is. that's evidenced by our new poll that came out this morning. nbc poll finding that nearly

half of registered republicans don't know enough about mike pence to like him or dislike him. we'll also hear from donald trump's third child eric trump tonight. >> 89 delegates. >> reporter: it was donald trump's family that put him over the top. >> congratulations, dad. we love you! >> i formally declare donald j. trump and michael r. pence the republican nominees for president and vice president of these united states. >> reporter: a divided party settles on trump with more than 1700 votes. >> together we've achieved historic results with the largest vote total in the history of the republican party. >> reporter: tonight indiana governor mike pence accepts the number two spot, brought in to balance this ticket, he's expected to continue the case against hillary clinton. >> she fights for the wrong people. she never fights for us. >> reporter: trump's attack dog chris christie conducting a mock

trial on stage. >> guilty or not guilty? >> reporter: making a more personal case, trump's children. >> my dad is a natural born encourager. the last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dreams. >> when people tell him it kabts be done, that guarantees that he gets it done. >> reporter: tonight newt gingrich and two former trump rivals ted cruz and marco rubio speaking on progress and opportunity, making america first again. okay. so in terms of what's mapping today donald trump arrives at the convention today. hear briefly on monday, hear briefly via video last night, in one form or another every day so far but he arrives today, this afternoon. he's got a rally-tight vercht with mike pence and then he will be here for pence's speech tonight. >> a lot of activity from insued

the queue there. reporters and politicians. thank you. another look inside a quicken loans arena where the republican national convention continues as tracie just mentioned again tonight. our coverage doesn't stop here. stay with nbc bay area for continues coverage throughout the day. nbc news as crews there for the rest of the week. oakland voters will decide on a rent control measure in the november election. city council members at about 2:00 this morning finally agreed to place the rent of protection act on 2016 on the ballot. it follows a series of measures. if voters approve, one requires landlords to petition for rent increases above the allowable amount based on annual inflation. >> one thing all voters can get behind, another nice day of weather. who is going to argue with that? >> let's enjoy it, right, kari? >> yes, we should because all of next week looks like it will be sizzling for the inland areas. right now we have a nice koor start to the day.

it is 60 in oakland and 58 in san jose. napa and santa rosa now at 50 degrees. a look at all of the highs today reaching into the mid to upper 80s. up to 87 degrees in fairfield. in palo alto, 81 degrees. in oakland, 75. half-moon bay, the place to cool off, 68 degrees. we'll talk about a hot weekend coming up in less than ten minutes. and now we are seeing it's calm in the traffic center right now. >> that's right. calm as far as the roadways, reports. chp says no major incidents as far as lanes blocked on your freeways and that's why we have freeways at your speed except for right there. the altamont pass west 580 and we know to expect that. here's the upper east shore freeway and north bay, a nice, smooth easy drive. the colors change right there at the toll plaza. we'll show you why the live camera shows you traffic has the backup over here but just cleared. that backup will then clear from the sensors. there's a little lag on the averages. but a smooth flow off the maze and over towards san francisco. back to you.

>> thank you very much rchlt. up next, the kidnapping scam authorities want you to know about. plus, from sand city to salad city. the monterrey coast beach is dealing with a pretty slimy rituation. emoyee ys e w taetebywo men.===

. yet another kidnapping story out of vallejo. a kaiser employee says she was targeted by two men. hospital's call center employee claims that she was out walking on monday morning when two men in a green minivan tried to lure her into their vehicle. one of the men allege lid started running after the woman but she was able to get away. sanchez knows all too well how serious the situation could have become. she was kidnapped from the streets of vallejo when he was 8 years old but escaped. >> it just saddens me. we share something so -- so hearts wrenching. >> vallejo has had three kidnappings in just the last year. is a-year-old pearl pen son and 57-year-old elvira babb remain missing. feeding off fears the union city woman who didn't want to be identified says someone called her claiming to have her daughter and they would kill her

if she told anyone and didn't pay up. in the meantime the woman's daughter received a call claiming her mother was kidnapped. the mother asked the co-workers to call police while she tried to wire money to mexico. before she could complete the transaction, union city police were able to find the daughter and the mott mother. >> they said we have your daughter, we have her. right before i gave them the transaction number for the money to have it in his hands. >> police say they cannot trace the call because the number used was fake. police say if this happens to you you need to ask to speak to the person kidnapped and try to contact your family members to make sure it's not a scam. more popular eating smotsz are ramping up efforts to stop customers from surfing pornography on their in-house wi-fi systems. mcdonald's is the latest chain to do this and add filters to wi-fi systems to keep customers from viewing adult content. internet safetiedy advocates,

pressuring them to block x-rated material. starbucks you see there is also following suit. wi-fi hot spots in many public places including the kansas city zoo already use a firewall which updates nightly. in a statement mcdonald's say the company made that change not because there's a problem but as a way to stay consistent of providing an enjoyable family experience. >> can't have it your way, not if it's that way. hooper is teaming up with a salt light imaging company to track down their customers. >> for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell this wednesday morning let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. wall street will try to keep the good times rolling today. the dow managing to close at record high for a sixth straight day. the broader market falling on netflix disappointing earnings. that is up in 13%. its worse day many nearly two years. look for earnings today though from morgan stanley and american express as well as intel.

the dow rising 26 points to 18559. the nasdaq slipping 19 to 5036. the second busiest shopping season is on the year is upon us. they plan to spend $488 on back to school items this year. but those who started shopping before july will spend nearly $700 and they plan to buy higher ticket price items early to have enough time to learn how to use them. back to school sales are rise up 3%. that's the slowest growth since 2012. uber is teaming up with a satellite imaging company to improve maps for drive verbs. it provides images for google maps. digital globe updates maps frequently. changes such as traffic jams and construction zones. sam and laura, back over to you. >> thanks so much. landon dowdy. beaches on the monterrey coast this past weekend, look at that.

they've turned green. sand and surf, beachgoers are finding seaweed. one beach there sald sand city now is more like salad city, experts say the particular kind of sea wood issed i believe. it's like your own farmer's market on the beach. >> delightful. >> beachgoers are shocked when they find their favorite spot completely cover kred this stuff sglts i like green lettuce. the other day they thought people were throwing their lettuce out. >> it looks like a salad. >> bring your dressing. seaweed is expected to wash away but actually could take a week or more. >> this is not a surprise to father-in-law. they used to go out to the coast and they would collect seaweed. >> and dry it? >> dry it, use it for seasoning and use it in salads because seaweed salad. >> good source of eye dine? >> but some folks who wash across it so wash it. >> nothing in life is free. yeah. that's free. free seaweed.

>> continue the family tradition. >> weather is free. >> nice weather. you want to pay for it later on because we will have some hot weather as we head into the weekend. and we're going to see major changes over the next few days. a live look outside now. we start out this morning with mostly clear skies. as you head out the door, it's also nice and cool. no ac on just yet. even over the next couple of days. now as we get a live look outside, over the south bay we see the temperatures at 58 degrees with the high of 83 degrees. and mostly clear skies. the humidity now at 72%. we will have some calm winds and we've seen a shift in the wind direction. coming in from the south a light start to the day as far as our wind speed at about five to ten miles an hour. and then it starts to shift a little bit more onshore coming in from the southwest. that will keep the coastal areas cool. and also the inland areas, just a little bit warmer than yesterday. so this is what's to expect in san jose.

all clear, sunny, comfortable. at least through noontime. then it starts to warm up into the low 80s. and at 8:00 we will be at 68 degrees as we get ready for that sunset. a look at all the microclimates today in saratoga, up to 84. 74 in redwood city and 65 on the embarcader embarcadero. low 80s for the north bay. cop co concord, 84. in san francisco, highs will be in the mid to upper 60s this weekend into the lower 70s. upper 90s for the valleys as that heat continues to build. it stays with us in to the start of next week. mike is watching some lane closures as you cross the bay. >> that's right. so we're focusing on that, kari, because there are no major traffic incidents. chp is not worried about those but still talking about the lane closures. commute through the sensors. now move them out over here where we have nice drive through the castro valley y and the dublin interchange. earlier slowing we saw for 84 has simmered down to what we

would expect to see. let's look at the san mateo bridge. over on the peninsula side because we had a couple of issues here. flashing lights eastbound right there. and the crew that's still visible at the flat section. bay bridge though, no lanes blocked. smooth in towards san francisco westbound. back to you. >> mike, thank you. coming up next, caught on camera, the search for in man accused of shooting at multiple parked cars in morgan hill. massive bust on mt. hamilton. how authorities uncovered thousands of marijuana plants there. before we go to break a reminder nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are partnering up to clear the shelters this weekend. some bay area shelters will be waiving their adoption fees and others will be offering a discount. head to nbcbayarea.com for more we de tails. and w -s

first they lost their apartments and now some things are missing, too. you may remember the blaze in emeryville that took hours to extinguish on july 6th. several people say their apartments were ransacked by looters. security gates took two weeks to fix and thieves were able too walk right in. oakland police have increased patrols in that area. big marijuana bust on mt. hamilton. there are some of the 4700 plants that santa clara sheriff's deputies confiscated along with pvc piping and other grow materials. this brings the total number of raids this summer by santa clara

sheriffs deputies up to five. they say $33 million of pot has been kept off the streets as a result. in the most recent raid that happened last friday sheriffs arrested a suspect and confiscated an assault rifle. >> it's a safety people for people who walk through this property, we've seen on state property, county property, uc santa cruz property and large acre where's the suspects are going on their property and making the marijuana growth sdpls the sergeant says the environmental impact is bad, too. because that includes pollution from all the fertilizer that growers use and the water they're stealing to feed the thirsty plants. san francisco police investigating two separate carjackings that happened within 24 hours. first happened monday afternoon at 2:00 at 3rd street and yosemite avenue. they took a manes a acura legend at gun point. the victim wasn't hurt be the car was later found abandoned. the second carjacking happened

at 2:00 in the morning. yesterday at silver and san bruno avenues. two suspects allegedly beat a man, took his honda accord. that car has not been found and no arrests have been made in either case. morgan hill police are hope that you recognize this man seen running across the video in this surveillance. police believe that man shot nun i rounds into multiple parked cars. monterrey and third streets on saturday night in downtown morgan hill. no one was injured but those cars were shot and damaged. a fire ripped through a storage facility here in the east bay. i'm bob redell. live in alameda coming up. a police standoff in oakland with a suspected gunman. i'm live on the scene. the latest is coming up next. and nomination clinch. donald trump, the presidential nominee for the republican party. full recap from last night's convention as vice presidential

nominee mike pence prepares to take center stage.

a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the whole country is about to heat up throughout the rest of this week into the weekend, that includes the bay area. >> yes, we are enjoying a nice cool start to the week but no, doesn't last. as we get a live look outside now we start out with some 50s. even some low 60s in a couple of spots. a look at all of our microclimates but really cool in

the north bay. it's only 50 degrees there. light jacket needed now in the east bay at 60 degrees with mostly clear skies. we start out without the low clouds and fog we've seen past r for the past couple of days and it will be a touch warmer for the inland areas reaching into the low 80s and the north bay, south bay, and tri-valley and 65 in san francisco. we'll talk about that warm-up coming up. mike tracked something you may see from the nimitz. >> the nimitz here through fremont had early morning road work. south dumbarton bridge. cleared without slowing. issue is just off the freeway as you drive up northbound 880, you may see flashing lights across the train track. again, that's on the east side -- northbound side of the freeway. there's a lot of police activity for that critical situation. we're going to hand it back to you with that blaking news. >> that's our breaking news following out of oakland this morning. police standoff under way right now. >> "today in the bay's" damian

is joining us live on the scene. this has been going on for hours. what's the latest? >> it's a police standoff at this point. right now there is a man in the backseat of this patrol car behind me. he is not in handcuffs. presumably a witness. a sergeant on the scene is telling me is that there was some sort of gathering in one of the warehouses here on 15th avenue and 12th street in oakland when somebody bran dished a handgun and that's when police were called. that they surrounded the place. evacuated everybody from there but apparently at least one gunman remains inside. using a bullhorn right now to try to coerce him to come out at this point. there is an alley here to my left. there are some officers here guarding the back entrance of this warehouse here. i did see at least one person handcuffed here on the scene on the corner of 12th and 16th here in east oakland. not much information is coming out here from the scene but again, they are guarding the perimeter of this warehouse. 12th street is closed between

i'm going to say 17th and 14th street here in oakland. and so you might want to avoid that area. we're live in oakland, damian truijillo "today in the bay." alameda flames ripped through storage units over night. >> firefighters are trying to figure out how it all happened. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with a closer look at the damage that's now left behind this morning. bob? >> good morning to you, laura and sam. at the all safe storage facility in alameda the fire department is out here to make sure nothing flares up. this fire started around midnight. you can see the destruction lefd behind. we count six yin it ins destroyed, possibly a seventh. hard to tell what was inside. you can see filing cabinets. looks like table, chairs. i see an engine. cardboard -- what used to be cardboard boxes, small appliances. this started around midnight. when they arrived, the units

that were destroyeder were fully involved. part of the challenge in putting out the fire is once they got to the metal roll away doors you have a lot of material in there, a lot of fuel. so trying goat in there to get the fire out was difficult. they also found ten other units that happened smoke. so they had to cut those doors as well so that the smoke could evacuate. again, six to seven units destroyed. another 25 units they say suffered heavy smoke damage. no one was injured. there's still again trying to figure out the cause of this fire that ripped through the all safe storage facility here on alameda. reportingive loo on alameda, bob redell, "today in the bay." i'm so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. >> and it is official. donald trump is the gop presidential nominee. last night california delegates helped put trump over the top and officially secure the gop's nomination. trump getting all 172 delegates from the golden state.

now, overall trump received more than 1700 delegate votes. trump accepted the nomination via satellite. in cleveland his children shared why their father should be america's next president. >> my dad is a natural born encourager. the last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dreams. >> when people tell him it can't be done, that guarantees that he gets it done. >> tonight indiana governor mike pence accepts the vt shul nomination. new details now on the continued debate over whether or not melania trump plagiarized michelle obama's speech from 2008. a bay area journalist was the first to notice similarities when he heard this. >> the only limit to your achievement is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> the only limit to the height of your achievements is the

reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. >> fairfield native jerry hill knew mrs. obama's speech so well he found himself reciting parts of the speech. quickly took to swit twitter to expose similarities. his tweet caught on like wildfire and left the entiretal >> i said to the screen as she was saying it and your willingness to work for them. i'm like, that's kind of weird. i was like, that's really weird. >> we should mention according to the bay area company turnitin.com only 6% of melania's speech matched portions of michelle's. the trump campaign said they're moving on and are not going to fire any staffers who might have helped to craft the speech. live look inside quicken loans arena as we go back to the republican national convention. relatively empty right now but things are going to heat up this afternoon into the evening. our coverage does not stop here. stay with nbc bay area for

continuing coverage throughout the day. we have crews in cleveland all week. a former gilroy teacher is accuse of luring teenage boys into sending him explicit pictures. he's expected to enter a plea today. douglas le will appear in a san jose courtroom charge with 20 sex crimes against nine boys. he allegedly posed as a girl online and tricked the boys into sending him nude pictures and videos. some of the boys are former students at gilroy high school where he was a science teacher. trant transient accused in a movie theater stabbing is expected to appear in court later this morning. authorities on tuesday arrested 23-year-old delante hart. blood evidence led tome to arrest him and charge him with both crimes. hart is accused of stabbing a man multiple times inside the theater. two days earlier police say hart stabbed another homeless man more than 50 times.

that victim also survived. four asian cafes in the zhou bay may be linked to murder cases that have a all gone cold. san jose police are looking for the man seen walking in a black sweatshirt in this surveillance video. he actually points a gun at a man. we won't show you him pulling the trigger. it happened at the golden king tea house on allen rock avenue in december of 2014. police think the homicide may be link we'd three others. the most recent was last month. the four cafes on that same general area. >> can't say that these are gang homicides but i won't be surprise fd if that ends up bei the case. >> this video is from inside the cafe in march. police believe the man seen here holding a gun in his right hand shot two people. only one survived the attack. a burglar eer punched his w into the waiting arms of a

police officer. officers say they were looking for a burglarer after neighbors reported seeing someone breaking into homes yesterday. he apparently was trying to hide in an attic. when officers found him that's when he punched the ceiling and found right down into the waiting arms of police. 5:38. let's check the forecast with kari. nice day ahead? >> yes, it will be another nice day. start out with 61 dprees h san jose. the high will be up to 83 degrees. and as we go into this afternoon, another nice and warm day. and then turning breezy this evening. it will get slightly warmer for the entire bay area as we go into the rest of the week into friday. and then it really ramps up in time for the weekend with highs reaching into the 90s expected for the inland valleys. and we will see that heat sticking with us for several days. we will talk about that. let's head over to mike now. we've got a crowd over at the bay bridge. >> it shouldn't be surprised, two veteran commuters. looking at the rest of the bay. this is not a surprise at

pleasant peninsula and south bay drive. the build just starting over here into the tri-valley out of the altamont pass and no problems for the north bay or over here for the upper east shore. bay bridge toll plaza. it has filled in. the metering lights were turned on 5:30. it took just nine minutes for this to fill in all of the way back past the 880 overcrossing. fastrak lanes moving well. they will slow down soon, too. back to you. >> thank you very prumuch, mike calls for violence against san francisco's acting police chief. in moments the investigation and the response from toney chaplin himself. what researchers are saying about dead bat rays washing ashore in the san francisco bay.

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you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. a san francisco man is under arrest for allegedly posting death threats against the acting chief of the san francisco police. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live in the newsroom with how the acting chief himself is reacting. >> toney chaplin says he's too busy to reform the department to give the threats too much thought. but given the timing of the threats within weeks of two sniper attack on police, that is a threat that has to be taken seriously. let's show you what we're

talking about here. user by the twitter handle of lambofgod will let us behead this black man, please. it was posted earlier this month. the tweet also has a picture of guillotine and acting chief toney chaplin. don was arrested on monday, a home that bears swastikas in the window and one neighbor says he left her a racist note as well. >> the kkk was passing out flyers in san francisco. and as you just said, we've had the assassination of police officers across the country root now going on. and you know, so any threat to any public safety official, i'm going to look at and take it seriously even if it's me. >> that threat directed at the acting chief. it also references white supremacy and praise for violence. hoganson is in custody but the district attorney will wait for the full sfpd investigation before deciding how to charge him in at all.

representative for the police officers association, officers for justice, says that it is important for the rank in file to know about this threat against their acting chief so that they can be on alert. kris sanchez, in the newsroom. quarter to 6:00 right now. san francisco supervisors yesterday blocked plans for a police reform measure. board member malia cohen called for expanded role for the office of citizen complaints which investigating police misconduct and officer-involved shootings. cohen's plan also would have made the office independent from the san francisco police department. supervisors instead are throwing their support behind a separate measure that would create an entirely new public advocate position. kaiser nurses launched in a contract dispute will launch trust traces today. the strike is planned and all hospitals will be fully staffed. the nurses plan to picket outside four bay area facilities for a short time this afternoon. nurses say kaiser is not meeting the staffing levels agreed to in

is a deal reached two years ago. kaiser disagrees saying 3,000 nurses have been added nationwide over that span. facebook is planning to expand its campus but the city of menlo park has to okay it first. council members debated proposal last night to build additional office space and even a hotel right next to the company's current headquarters. this is all along state route 84 at the foot of the dumbarton bridge. if you drive that route you know it's clogged with traffic during commute hours. facebook is pledging millions to tackle the traffic problems as well as to build a affordable housing. quarter to 6:00. will driveless car bs a big part of the future? there may be answers today as the automated vehicle symposium continues in san francisco. among the speakers, mark rossskin, the administrator of the national highway traffic administration. google is one of the companies experimenting with the self-driving cars. you see them across the bay area. this is a rare thing but it's happening.

dead bat rays washing ashore in alviso and no one knows why. >> a woman noticed a dozen dead rays. marine experts say large die-offs of rays and sharks have periodically been reported from san francisco bay for decades. however, the reason why are not always clear. prevailing theory is that a combination of low oxygen and high salt con at the present time may have contributed to the die-off. >> everything is kind of a theory until it's actually looked into is the way i look at it. so oxygen levels, do i think it is? it's a possibility. do i think there's something in the water? there's also a huge possibility. >> experts do add that 12 dead rays is actually quite a large number. all sorts of weird things happening on our shores there. that and rt roing on seaweed washing up an seaside. >> the monterrey beaches over

there. >> which will be a shame for my friends coming in from new orleans because they're really excited about going to see monterrey beach and then they're going to get there and it's going to be all green. >> salad waiting on them. >> lit be a beach weekend though for all of the bay area. a lot of people trying to find somewhere to cool off as we get a live look outside now at the bay bridge. we see mostly clear skies. and also a few clouds on that side. but it's not affecting the visibility. and we will have a nice start to the day. a mostly clear there. as we get a look at the golden gate bridge i see the sign that says caution, accident. we'll check in with mike on that and see what's happening there. otherwise we do have all clear skies and now the temperatures at 57 degrees. it will be up to 65 degrees after a lot of sun. getting a look now at san jose. we will see the planner showing us that we will warm up into the 80s today. something that hasn't happened

all week long. we will be up to 83 degrees at 4:00. so feeling nice and warm. and later on this evening the breeze kicks in. we'll see the same thing in oakland but much cooler. only reaching the mid 70 there's by 4:00. and then gilroy today up to 90 degrees. 81 degrees in palo alto. the mission district today, 63 degrees. and some low 80s for the north bay. napa, 82 degrees. 84 in concord. oakland, 75. pleasant pleasanton, a high of 84 degrees. we do still have this area of low pressure that is to the north of us. giving us the onshore flow. keeping ur temperatures down. what happens as we go into the weekend we won't have the morning clouds and fog. and the inland temperatures in the valleys will warm up into the 90s. and that also increases the fire danger as high pressure builds just to the west of us. so something we'll be watching as we go into the rest of the week. a look at san francisco's forecast for the next seven days. highs in mid to upper 60s. still feels very nice there. we'll be in the low 70s into the

start of next week. but the valleysen, inland areas will go from the 80s to upper 90s between saturday and sunday. and that heat stays with us for the start of next week. heading over to mike now, tracking the build starting in the east bay. >> quick shoutout to the control room, sara. if you can, get the golden gate bridge shot at the very end of my report. i would love to see that camera one more time because kari did notice a sign on the span. we're looking at the rest of the bay and the commute showing a nice smooth easy drive. no problems. a little slowing northbound 101. first burst in san jose, of course. and over here in the tri-valley we have your little slowing south 680 and 880 down hayward and union city. again, this trend typical. we'll get a live look over here. slowing toward the dublin interchange. traffic flows. on pace here for the tri-valley. across the bay westbound, that's your commute. eastbound, the crews still there. lanes still blocked just over the high rise. we know about that. and then, yes, thank you, guys.

we got that shot from the control room. and right there, that's the sign, caution, accident. you see that traffic is not flowing northbound. this just happened a couple of seconds guy because kari noticed the sign but no updates from chp. i will find out there is a bus. traffic does look like it's allowed to flow across that bridge. better news. only two lanes would be available. i'll see how much restriction there is. back to you. mike, thank you very much. as we see a beautiful sun rise now on your wednesday morning. 5:50. contra costa county is getting a boost in efforts to protect drivers from freeway shootings which have been rattling people for months now in the east bay. county supervisors have approved $100,000 for new monitoring systems along highway 4. that money will pay for increased surveillance along the stretch from bay point to antioch. if you're keeping track here since the beginning of last year, authorities have reported almost 40 shootings on five different interstates and

highways in contra cost to and alameda counties. when it comes to pokemon go just about anything you hear these days can be hard to believe. it would have to include the expected turnout tonight for first of its kind crawl. organizers are using social media to plan a pokemon go crawl through san francisco. it starts at 6:00 tonight at both deloris park and embarcadero. if you believe the event's facebook page, 8,000 people will be taking part. another 28,000 are interested. nothing to sneeze at. police reportedly plan to add more patrols along the route. >> you've got to love that. pub crawls. now you have pokemon crawls. this guy might have been crawling a little bit after putting down 80 some odd hot dogs. happening today though may be a lot of digest but the bay area's top dog in competing competitive eating is going to be more than just wined and dined. they are throwing joey chestnut his own victory parade in san francisco. his name is joey chestnut,

scarfing food down is his game. the san jose native does it better than just about anyone on the planet. on july 4th chestnut reclaimed his title in the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> freeze it there because you didn't want to see it. >> you do not want to see anything from this point on. fans are organized at 1:00 in the afternoon. joey, get this, is going to be riding, what do you think he's riding in? >> a big hot dog. >> yes. >> no, but we were watching it as it was happening. i was with friends. we had to say like, can you change the channel? >> turn my head right now or i will -- >> all right. coming up, remembering an icon. how the world is honoring garry marshall. just a day after his death. but first, happening right now, looking to redeem all those water bottles at a nearby recycling center. good luck, folks. why recycling center closures are costing customers millions in unredeemed deposits. find that story on our facebook page. and queen is blasting donald

trump's use of "we are the champions", the same song he came out to on night one of the republican convention. that story is on nbcbayarea.com. we'll be back with more news in just two minutes. ..abo thdroingf abeelefatr a hia

new details about the drowning of a berkeley fathernd his daughter in hawaii. it happened saturday on the

island of away hue. large wave knocked mina further into the water. her father, mark horner, tried to save her but a series of rogue waves swept them away in the process. family members they is a horner's two older daughters were also in the water at the time. >> bigger girls, 12 and 8 years old, clinging to rocks. didn't know another wave was coming. >> a stranger was able to save the other two girls. lifeguards pulled the father and mina out of the water but at that point it was too late. >> what a sad thing for that family. 5:56. hollywood mourning the death of a directing, producing, and writer legend this morning. garry marshall, the man behind the string of tv hits including "happy days" and "la verne and shirley" died last night from complications of pneumonia following a stroke. marshall helped launch the career of robin williams, just one of many. he cast him in "mork and mindy." he also directed nearly 20 foils

including "pretty woman." right now people are leaving flowers on his star along the hollywood walk of fame. garry marshall was 81 years old. >> quite the life rhistory and resume. for the first time in eight years the red cross is issuing an emergency request for more good donations. the red cross is asking eligible donors to give blood as soon as possible. it says in the case of an emergency it has less than five-day supply of blood r blood on hand right now. the zika virus is partly a factor because visiting zika hot spots makes a donor ineligible for a month. the red cross is extending hours of donation sites in the hopes of making up for that shortage. 5:57. mosquitos in parts of the south bay tested positive for the west nile virus. earlier this month infected mosquitos were found in west and south san jose. these are the neighborhoods. parts of san jose and campbell near the 280 highway/17

interchange the. crews will treat that area tomorrow night into friday morning. swimmers and surfers in southern california want to mow when they can be treated to getting back in the ocean after a massive sewage spill. closed a wide stretch of coastline. so far more than 2 million gallons of sewage spilled since monday. that's when a broken pipe started sending wastes into the los angeles river which then found its way into the pacific ocean. beaches between long beach and seal beach are closed still. it's apparently leafing a major stench along that area. health experts are going to test the ocean waters again today to figure out if and when it will be safe to reopen the closed coastline. in the meantime, the beaches on the monterrey coast are turning green. >> yes. it's the strangest thing. instead of sand and surf they're finding tons of seaweed. one beach there called sand city but ask more like salad city experts say the type of seaweed is eligible.

beachgoers were shocked when they arrived to find their favorite spot covered with the stuff. >> looks like green lettuce. that's kind of what the kids thought the other day. they thought people were throwing their lettuce out. >> it looks like a salad. >> seaweed is expected to wash away. get your salad quickly. they say it could take a week or more. >> wash it before you eat it. right now tracking several breaking news stories. first, flames light up the night sky as the fire tears through a north bay barn. the reason this fire was so tough to fight. plus -- >> an overnight fire here in the east bay destroys several personal storage units. i'm bob redell, live in alameda coming up. i'm damian trulillo in oakland. the latest is coming up next. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. it has been a very busy morning but first, a check of your forecast with kari and our nice

weather continues as well. good morning, kari. >> good morning. it does continue with some 50s as you head out the door. it is now 52 degrees in the peninsula and 49 degrees in the north bay. kind of cool. and we'll warm it up to 82 degrees in the north bay. also 83 degrees in the south bay. 80s ♪ south bay, tri-valley, up to 65 degrees in san francisco. the warming tend don't through the week so i'll talk about that coming up in just a few minutes. mike has b.a.r.t. delays and what's going on at the golden gate bridge. >> so we'll talk about the b.a.r.t. delays first. fremont line reported, mechanical equipment problems so we don't know factually what but that is causing delay for the fremont line. major delays specified. that means anything 20 minutes or no, more than 20 minutes, i should say. that will be a problem. fremont in through hayward and downtown oakland. across the golden gate bridge we saw that sign that kari pointed out. there's a crash causing some slowing it looks like from the paer