there were about 300 people onboard. the entire top half of the plane ignited. evacuations in the north bay. a state ravaged by flames see another wildfire break out. this time in yolo county. we have the latest information from yolo. "today in the bay" starts right now. very good wednesday morning to you. halfway through your workweek. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we will not start out with sweltering conditions. that is the good news. kari hall has a look at your forecast. >> it will be heating up in the inland spots again today but a nice cool coastline in places where you can go to cool off. it is now 58 degrees in the tri-valley. 56 degrees in the peninsula. and 49 degrees in the north bay. really cooled off there but we're heading up to 87 degrees. 88 degrees in the south bay and. 77 in the peninsula. hot spot will be in the tri-valley today, up to 91 degrees. while we will have a comfortable

67 in san francisco. once again we will talk about the hot temperatures today and then a cooldown. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is tracking an early traffic jam in berkeley. >> because of the road crew that's picking up so we see there. there's the truck. traveling backwards. you see that you lose a lane just before you get to ashby, university is at the top of the screen. westbound 80 really jammed from golden gate field to this scene. the rest of the cones will clear and the morning commute as we look an our map will start to clear through the area. east shore freeway from basically the golden gate field area past university. as we look at the rest of the bay we do have a car fire reported around the coliseum. i'll show you what our traffic camera does show you. no lanes blocked there. the issue is that all lanes are blocked for highway 9. we have a deadly crash. talk more about that and what happened but the traffic impact is highway 9 is closed or big basin way is closed at redwood gulch road. take highway 35 down to highway 17.

that's a big reroute. locals should know the way but a note, this is not a major commute spot. for now we'll hand it off to you. >> appreciate it. we go to international breaking news. learning more this morning about an emirates jet that crash landed in dubai this morning. look at that. someone at the airport reported this video of the boeing 777 as it ground whered to a halt. you see the black smoke pouring out of the plane. passengers say the pilot spoke to them as the plane was approaching the dubai international airport saying there was a problem with the landing gear and the pilot would have to make an emergency landing. so far all the airline is saying is there's been an accident. the plane caught fire the entire top half of the plane was on fire. crews got the situation under control within about 20 minutes and, amazingly, despite how all of that looked there were no injuries. about 300 people onboard that plane and it just flown in from southern india. we're learning there were six people on the plane that were from the united states. breaking news this morning.

19-year-old woman is dead and a 15-year-old girl in serious condition. after their vehicle went off a cliff and hit a tree. mike was talking about this in saratoga in his traffic report. 29-year-old man is also missing right now who was in that car. the chp believes he may be trapped underneath the car or he could be dead. crash happened on highway 9 near big basin way about one mile north of redwood gulch road just after 1:00 this morning. right now the highway, as mike mentioned, is closed in both directions with now word on when it's going to reopen. more breaking news this morning. just getting word that a fire in yolo county has grown to 2200 acres and it is only 5% contained. some fire evacuees spent the night at the winters public safety center north of vacavi e vacaville. this new fire that forced them from their homes broke out east of late yesterday. it's being dad cold fire because it's near cold springs canyon. evacuations are in place at the

canyon creek resort and golden bear estates. it started around 5:00 last night at you winters. more than 500 firefighters from nap that, solana and yolo counties are on the front lines right now. we'll bring you a live update in our next half hour. bracing for a chaotic day at the south bay courthouse. today union court employees plan to walk off their jobs over wages and staffing issues. nbc bay area was the first to break the news this week. >> chris, this strike could impact a number of cases, and that includes the sierra lamar case. >> reporter: right. this is going to be very, very busy spot year outside the courthouse. inside the courthouse could be a very different story. we caught up with the workers as they were on the picket line on monday morning of this work stoppage that's to begin this morning at 7:00. at issue for the nearly 400 union workers county wide as you

mentioned are wages and staffing issues. and that will mean issues for nearly anyone who has business with the court. in preparation court management put a contingency plan in place closing the clerk's offices in morgan hill, palo alto, and sunnyvale and limiting business here at the main courthouse as well as the civil family and traffic court. now, here at the superior court where we are this morning the court may file what's called injufrktive relief to force some workers to show up anyway for a criminal proceedings because in some of those cases the court matters are time sensitive. you mentioned the murder trial of the suspect accused of killing sierra lamar. this could impact that. we talked with her father and people fighting for closure on their homes. >> i mean, we've had to suffer through delays all along for four years now. so it's -- that would be hard if it's for an extended time.

>> what do you think is going to happen? >> probably going to have a lot longer wait tomorrow. >> now, the court did put out a response reading in part, it's terribly unfortunate that it has come to this, which will surely impact access to justice. however, the court will do everything it can to maintain essential operations and continue to serve the public despite this work stoppage. we expect the workers to start gathering here at 7:00. in fact, i think some of them may be starting to gather here ahead of the picket line expected at 7:00. that is of course unless the court seeks legal action to force some of them to show up for work anyway. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you very much. at 5:06. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a charter bus to veer into a pole north of merced on the highway killing five people. it was a breaking story we brought to you on "today in the bay" yesterday morning. you can see the bus nearly sliced down the middle. you will certainly on those

aerial shots where you will see a pole sticking out from the very middle of the bus. this happened on northbound highway 99. the bus driver suffered major injuries as a result of that crash. investigators are hoping to tried and interview him as soon as today. right now though we're told he's not speaking. the bus was outside of livingston where a fresh driver was set to take over. 18 other passengers were injured. that bus was on its way from mexico to washington state. 57-year-old mario vasquez was the driver. new this morning, argument between roommates turns deadly in the east bay. 47-year-old pittsburg man called police earl yit yesterday morning and told them he had shot and killed his roommate during a dispute. when police arrived at the home on trident drive they found the 23-year-old roommate dead and the gun used in the shooting. the 47-year-old is in custody and awaiting his first court appearance. former san mateo police officer has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault

charges. noah winchester is accused of raping, assaulting and kidnapping four women and 17-year-old girl. investigatoring says all of the assaults happened while he's an on-duty police officer in the sacramento area. winchester worked for the san mateo pd for ten months last year before he submitted he's resignation. he entered his plea yesterday. time for a look at our microclimate forecast. i certainly noticed a little cooler as we walked at the door this morning, kari. >> good morning, yes, sam and laura. we will have cool temperatures to start out the day and look at where we are now in santa rosa. it's dropped down to 49 degrees. some spots much cooler. it's 55 in palo alto. livermore is at 60 degrees. so we will have another day very warm for the inland areas from fairfield up to 95 degrees. livermore up to 91 for those areas it will be the warmest day of the week. not much of a difference as you head down to palo alto as well as san francisco. it will be up to 67 degrees. now, we are in for a cooler weekend ahead.

i'll detail that and what to expect as we go into even early next week. that's coming up in a few minutes. let's head back over to mike for an update on what's happening in the east bay. >> that's right. we have a car fire reported at the coliseum. i found that on the camera. shoutout just seconds ago we got the update that chp has reopened highway 9. the deadly crash we told you about in the saratoga hills. we will continue to update that situation. one person has died. two others were reportedly involved in that crash. highway 9 has reopened right at redwood gulch road. the rest of the bay, major freeways moving well. in oakland and berkeley. berkeley is slowing because of that construction crew clearing the cones. should clear up in the next 20 minutes. love like past the coliseum, fire crew on scene after the earlier car fire. one fire truck on the slow lanes blocked north 80 just about coliseum way. back to you. >> thanks. scott mcgrew right around the corner with business and tech news. >> working on looking into a yak into yahoo!. we'll find out the latest and

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the obamas in the north cortico of the white house. the four of them were all smiles as they poeed for photos before heading inside for a toast. the state dinner marks 50 50th anniversary of their relationship. that dinner followed a dramatic day in politics. president obama had tough worts for druch saying he is not fit to be president. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live from washington, d.c. this morning. the president called on republican leaders to withdraw their support for donald trump. good morning. >> reporter: exactly. good morning, sam and laura. some of those leaders have actually seen their support withdrawn or haven't received it from trump. so it sort of goes both ways. as you noted, we're now seeing money head to the other side as we well. hewlett-packard executive meg whitman tells the "new york times" she will give six figures to help hillary clinton.

she calls donald trump a demagogue. >> it's a crooked system. it's a rigged system. >> reporter: trump is refusing to back house speaker paul ryan for re-election. i'm just not quite there yet, he tells the "washington post." exactly what ryan initially said about trump. but trump is not supporting john mccain either and he calls new hampshire kelley a weak leader. president obama calls trump unfit and he's challenging republicans to unendorse. >> if you are repeatedly having to say, in very strong terms, that what he has said is unacceptable, why are you still endorsing him? he's woefully unprepared to do this job. >> i think barack obama knows something about being woefully unprepared. >> reporter: analysts doubt republicans will abandon trump. >> some people will walk away i'm sure. others will hold their nose. but the fight will be engaged, donald trump is the standard

bearer. >> florida is really, really important to us. >> reporter: tim kaine hit florida tuesday. trump there today. and then in another battleground state today, in colorado we've got hillary clinton and mike pence both downtown about 45 minutes apart. both of them with campaign events happening there this afternoon. >> drawing their battle grounds in the battleground states. thank you, tracie. yahoo! is looking into reports of massive yhack of users. >> how bad is it? >> depends on how old the data is, how many the accounts hackers are putting up for sale are current accounts. obviously one way or the other it would be a good idea to change your password if you use yahoo! mail or flickr or tumblr. a blogger found account information up for sale. yahoo! says it's looking into it. tesla reports profits today though tesla is unlike any other car company we cover.

it tends to lose money. it never hits production targets. you can see the company doesn't make money, it doesn't make cars fast enough. we'll soon have to factor in solar city into the whole stew. though not this time around. the deal hasn't closed yet. matthew business insider says tesla is a carmaker was never easy to understand but tesla as a sustainable energy manufacturing and transportation conglomerate is going to be baffling. let's check the rest of the news before the bell. landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hi, scott. wall street could extend losing streak after stocks fell tuesday. futures, the dow dropping for the seventh straight session. that's the first time that's happened in nearly a year amid earning reports and economic data on the consumer. you want to look for da too today on hiring in the private seconder and nation's business sector. dow falling 90 points. the nasdaq down 46 to 5137. scott? >> thank you, landon.

we are seen lot of lawsuits over sports video games. athletes have sued over their own likeness. it never occurred to me tattoo artists would also sue over their artwork. take a look at lebron james from the cavaliers. we have a photograph, video game style from the bay area's take two interactive game nbc 2k. this is a video game. his tattoos are incredibly accurate. so the artist sued. reuters say lawyers want $150,000 per tattoo violation which you then would multiply by a number of games sold, right? they say they can sue but they're to the going to get that much. >> look at the levels it goes into. i didn't think about that sglin credible visible and just banking now on body art. thank you for that. look at this. can you imagine this opening up in your backyard? australian homeowners surprised this hole just started growing and growing. it was a sinkhole that quickly expanded to more than 25 feet

south of brisbane. homeowners say they first noticed the hole yesterday morning. an old mine shaft sits nearby and some residents believe that may have played a role in causing the ground to just give way. >> squishing going around in that pool water, if you will. no thanks. a very pleasant forecast though in store for you today on your wednesday. let's check in with kari hall. >> it will be a great day but a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. effort inland areas. as we get a live look outside right now in san jose, mostly clear skies to start. and our high today up to 86 degrees. just about actually achlk for this time of year. as we go into today, a clear and mild start but once again a little bit warmer there and for the inland valleys. and then it will be cooling for the rest of the week. going down a few degrees each day with a breezy wind and this weekend we're back to below average temperatures and there's a nice weekend ahead. as you go ahead and start to make those plans. also planning for today in oakland, we will start out at 60

degrees. lunchtime temperature at 70 degrees. and mostly sunny skies. and up to the mid 70s today with a breezy wind. and our wind coming in from the north and west, it does pick up a little bit more today and it will keep it cool along the coastline but once again, it will be a hot and dry air moving into the east bay at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. even a little bit more breezy for tomorrow as we get ready for some cooling temperatures and also more morning clouds and some fog. in morgan hill today expect a high of 89 degrees. 72 in pacifica and mission strict dristrict at 67 degrees. fairfield today up to 95 degrees. and we've had the hot weather for the past several days because of this stagnant area of high pressure that will slowly start to break down and move off to the east. it will be replaced by an area of low pressure to the north. and that gives us that rising air, a few more clouds, and also around that flow the area of low pressure will give us a stronger onshore flow and bringing our

temperatures back into the 70s and the 80s. and near the coastline and in san francisco it will be in the 60s for the rest of the week. and we will see a little bit more of a drastic change in temperatures for the inland areas. up to 90 degrees today. some low 80s tomorrow. and then for the weekend we'll trend more into the mid 80s. looks like it does start to warm up more as we go into the start of next week. we will be in the upper oughtitys and possibly into the low 90s as we go beyond next tuesday. now as we head over to mike he's still tracking a slow drive for the east bay. >> that's right, kari. tracking a big slow drive for the east shore freeway. i want to show you the main commute for most folks just a little bit of slowing out of the altamont pass. no problems as you get close to the water there for either side. the peninsula side of the east bay. over here, this part of the east bay. berkeley, live look out there. that's what we saw. all the slowing. speeds are improving. red to orange to yellow. this is as you pass university. traffic thinning out now after the big backup and that crew

that cleared blocking that fast line. again, that's clear. that set more folks near the bay bridge toll plaza. more traffic flowing in over in last five minutes. starting to see slowing on the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza and cash lanes are starting stack up. nine more minutes and we should see the metering lights turn on. 5:30 on the clock. >> that's accurate. nine minutes to go. thanks, mike. coming up next, south bay county clerks are walking off of the job this morning. and this could impact a very prominent case. plus, good-bye gunny. saying so long to a member of the san francisco police department after nearly 20 years in service. gunny, you can run free. it's graduation day at the

facebook academy. happening today. graduation day at the academy. 20 bay area high school students are going to take the stage this afternoon to show off the apps they created. this group of students was the first to learn coding at a six-week internship program at company headquarters. facebook also says the program gives underprivileged incoming juniors a chance to work with the variety of the company's top professionals. a popular south bay camp is about to get an unexpected bonus. >> the youth connections foundation of san jose is getting ready to donate $10,000 to the parks and rec department to support annual san jose fit camp. the ycf is a non-profit organization committed to provide opportunities for san jose youth to engage in recreation, learning and culture. donation will be made at san jose city hall. the event starts at 11:00 to morning. fshl later today mountain police will send one of their own off into the sunset.

>> she was fit for the force for a long time. gunny the horse going to miss that one. sfpd decided to coral the 19-year-old horse and take gunny off the streets. talk about being put out the pasture. >> no naysayers. >> there we go. she's punier than i am. not before the department throws gunny a retirement department at lefty o'doole's at union square at 11:00 this morning. gunny started riding back in 2009. in retirement, the horse will be a stable mate for another now retired police horse. how many did we get in there? three? >> yes. if you had a chance would you swim with bears? that sounds enticing, right? check this out. people at lake tahoe did this. >> amazing video. i love it. captured by a viewer her phone. family of bears was playing in the water on lake tahoe's pope beach. it's on the south shore. look how close some of the people are nearby. mama bear and baby cubs. just kind of going in and out of the water. they stayed there for quite some time. >> that is what is the craziest

thing is you have all of those people around the bears and they're just acting like nothing is going on. there's bears in the water. >> and they're really been coming down a lot in tahoe lately. a friend they broke into their car. i have seen one in a garage in a cabin. >> always down for a fun. coming up next, breaking news this morning. there was a plane crash as a plane was landing at the dubai international airport. we're going to have that, plus this local story. >> i'm bob redell live here in the south bay where one woman is dead, a teenage girl badly hurt after a horrific crash off a cliff in the santa cruz mountain.

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a good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us on "today in the bay." i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get to that forecast. a slight cooling in the air. i'm excited but i don't think i should be. a fresh breeze. but, yes, later in the afternoon, turn on the ac, up to 91 degrees in the tri-valley. 88 degrees in the south bay and 87 degrees in the north bay. nice comfortable 67 degrees in san francisco today. heading into the weekend our temperatures will start to dip and we will have not only cool mornings but for some of us cool afternoons. i'll detail those in a few minutes. let's head over to mike now. the commute looks like it's right on schedule. >> at the bay bridge, that would be a euphemism for the metering

lights. a little bit of slowing out of the altamont and a fender bender that's not unusual t 05 viewers are not seeing any real problems getting close to the water. the bay bridge, smoother drive and a lot of traffic headed to berkeley over the last few minutes after that earlier construction crew clears. that's back at speed. they all sort of met over here at the bay bridge toll plaza just as metering lights are turned on the fastrak lanes are filled and all but the last cash lanes are filled. like we said, it took nine minutes for that to happen over there and that's what the schedule is. back to you guys. thank you very much, mike. breaking news. look at this. within the last hour we're learning so much more about an emirates jet that crash landed in dow buy. someone at the airport reported the airport of the boeing 777 as it came to the ground to just landing in a halt. passengers say the pilot spoke to them as the plane approached dubai saying there was a problem with the landing gear and that he would make an emergency landing. so far all the airline will confirm is that there's been an

accident. the plane obviously caught fire and the entire top half of the plane was burning. crews managed to get it under control in 20 minutes. amazingly, there are no injuries. there are about 300 people onboard that plane. they adjust flown in from southern india. also learning there were six people on the plane from the united states. we're also following breaking news at home this hour as well, a major crash in the south bay. you see the car there. this was a crash after a car went off a cliff in saratoga. a teenager has died. it happened overnight. it's a story we've been following since we came on air at 4:30. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live at valley medical center in san jose with what we've been able to gather so far. good morning, bob. >> good morning to you, laura and sam. doctors and nurses here at valley med are taking care of a 15-year-old girl who is also in that car who suffered major injuries in this overnight car crash that took place in the santa cruz mountains.

this was due west of saratoga on highway nine west of redwood gulch road. there were three people, 29-year-old man who is behind the wheel is around 1:15 when he lost control. the car ended up hitting a tree, went over a cliff. landed on its side. looks like it's 30 feet down. it was the 19-year-old woman who was killed. 15-year-old girl badly hurt as i mentioned. chp still looking for the driver. a chp officer tells us they did a thorough search of the area. still haven't been able to find him. raising the possibility that he fled the scene. officers did cancel the sig ale alert. they have reopened both directions of highway 9 in that area. they did that within the past half hour. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you very much. happening later today, santa clara superior court workers are planning to walk off the job in just a couple of hours. here's some video of them picketing on monday.

the 330 members of the superior court professional employees association authorized the strike for today after contract talks broke down. clerks say they have not gotten a raise in years. the court is offering clerks a 4% raise in the first year of a two-year long contract but many clerks say that that is not enough. that's a story we're going to continue to follow this morning. also investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a charter bus to veer into a pole north of merced that killed five people and injured more than a dozen. this is breaking news story we brought you all morning long on "today in the bay" yesterday. you can see that bus is nearly sliced down the middle after it struck a pole on northbound highway 99. the bus driver suffered major injuries. but investigators are hoping to be able to interview him today to perhaps gain some insight into what led to the crash. the bus was outside of livingston where a fresh driver was set to take over. 18 other passengers were injured. >> the right seat because of the

post, taking them out on the right side were not there anymore. >> the bus was on its way from mexico to washington state. the driver has been identified as 57-year-old mario vasquez. students in south bay community colleges are mourning the loss of a popular professor gunned down on a south bay street. david was shot and killed while chasing someone who had just robbed him. it happened last thursday in downtown san jose. he taught economics in evergreen college in southeast san jose and foothill college in los gat gatos. >> he was a authority in the class. he was the instructor who would listen to the students and open to the our perspective. >> he is a father of two young girls. foothill college is working on setting up a scholarship in his name.

a redwood city high schoolteacher's aide made his first court appearance today after being change with having sex with a student. police arrested 22-year-old rodriguez after investigators say an anonymous tipster sent graphic video of rodriguez and the student to the school's vice principal. they say he approached the 15-year-old sequoia high school student and two began a relationship last spring. rodriguez is accuse of having sex with the teenager multiple times. >> they started out just as a friendly relationship and it turned into a sexual relationship. the victim was never forced into it but it is a crime to engage in copulation with a minor. >> rodriguez works part time with the school for the past two years. remains in jail on $300,000 bail. on the look out of a bank robber. this woman is accused of ronning a credit union on el camino real on ventura avenue. she wrote a note to the teller demanding money and walked right out. anyone who can identify that woman is asked to please contact

palo alto police. there's so changes coming to the oakland unified school district after the way a special needs student was treated in class. that student was held down by educators more than 90 times in less than a year. something the u.s. department of education says violates his rights. the oakland unified school district placed 9-year-old stewart candle at a nova center for education in 2013 because he was autistic and had special behavioral needs. but complained to his mom ant being repeatedly being held down by the staff. >> it means the child is put facedown usually on the ground with two or three adults holding him down, so usually adults holding their arms an adult holding their legs. >> so the department of education is requiring the school district to terminate contracts with providers that use restraint and develop an education plan for candle that addresses the lasting effects of the treatment. oakland unified says its committed to providing a safe

environment for all students to learn. we did reach out to anova staff. they're on summer break and we have not heard back. 5:36. stunning turn in the criminal trial yis pg and eks over pipeline safety. the judge agreed to a request from federal prosecutors to reduce pg&e's maximum fines to $5.5 million. that is down from the previous $562 million. jurors are still deliberating the case. utility is accuse of violating pipeline record keeping and testing requirements before and after the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. prosecutors did not explain why they requested the massive reduction. concord police are search for a man accuse of sexually assaulting a teenager at a neighborhood swimming pool. this happened about 235k on sunday evening. 16-year-old lifeguard closed up tort night at the walnut county pool. despite cameras and security surround that facility the man somehow got in and waited until

the girl walked out to a shed to get some supplies. police say he followed her in there and then proceeded to touch her inappropriately. when she asked him to stop he took off. >> our gates are usually locked. but people let each other? >> yeah, it does seem like he was, you know, staking things out so to speak. >> he actually sits down next to her, and touches her by putting his hand on her thigh. >> police and members of the homeowners association are scouring surveillance footage hoping to find a clue that leads to that man's arrest. it is 5:38. new this morning, cockroaches on campus. now after a three-year battle with the bugs students have a new plan to fight the infestation. students and parents in ukiah high school say the problem has been going on for three years. they started a facebook page tos for the school to beef up assault on the bugs. that page has now more than 1800

members. ukiah high school is increasing pesticides and doing some cleaning on campus. >> debugging. police, firefighters and neighbors all in one place at one time. last night block parties cookouts and parades happened across the bay area all of this as part of national night out. the annual event of course is taking on new meaning in recent years specifically this year because of recent violence that's been directed against african-american men and targeted police officers. that violence is part of union city history that police would of like to forget. >> it's interesting to know the history behind it. 42 years ago police chief was assassinated by a sniper's bullet during a police community conflict. one of the reasons why national night out is special for current union city police chief daryl mcallister. >> if trust is what we're all after to try to turn this narrative around, then it kind of makes sense that we know the people we're seeking the trust

from. arou and that they know us. >> chief mcallister recently traveled to washington, d.c. to discuss the president's 21st century policing initiative. it's a program to work on improving that trust and transparency in policing. i took part in it last night taking the triplets out to it. it's a great illustration for your kids as well, that great relationship that you should have. >> i have the picture you have posted on your facebook page. adorable. >> it was a lot of fun. >> nice night last night, too, to do it. >> perfect night for it. got to love the bay area evenings in the summer, kari. >> we will have another one just like that one today, laura. it will be a touch warmer in spots. right now in livermore, 60 degrees. meantime we have 49 degrees in santa rosa. so a little cool in spots. maybe a jacket needed. but no jacket this afternoon. we'll be up to 95 in fairfield today. 91 in livermore. morgan hill and concord in the upper 80s. mid 80s for san jose. oakland today expect a high of 75 and upper 60s in san francisco and in half-moon bay.

in to the next several days in for cooler weather. cooler than normal for the beginning of august. i'll let you know more about that coming up in less than ten minutes. as we head over to mike now, looks like there's slowing now for the south bay. >> that's right, kari. that's not unusual at this time. call that the first burst you will see. talk about that as well as the standard flow building for the tri-valley and the east bay. you guys all got a look at your commute. go down toward the south bay, thats tls that first burst of traffic for 101. while we have this wide shot, highway 9 has reopened at redwood gulch after the overnight deadly crash. may be more investigation over the morning but the highway that has reopened through the saratoga hills. live look at the camera we have where there is that early slowing. typical build. first burst of traffic we see a lot of folks head toward 101 at the 280/680 interchange. that will ease up. kicking once again about 6:30. back to you. >> thanks. scott mcgrew joining us next. something on google drones?

>>ing goal is cleared to fly drones in the united states. probably going to take a look at a trump plan to spend a trillion dollars. all ahead in "business and tech." and breaking news this morning. we're learning a lot more about a wildfire that's burning out of control near napa. it is certainly growing rapidly. the story we've been covering since last night on nbc by area news at 6:00. while you were sleeping. we've been on the phones with officials on the ground fatherifather i gathering information.

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growg. . breaking news that we're following this morning. this is a wildfire burping out of control near napa. it is rapidly growing. trying to attack it from all angles. we've been covering it since last night on nbc bay area news at 6:00. >> there are new developments just within the last couple of hours in terms of how much that fire has expanded. we've been speaking with officials on the ground gathering information there. and this morning our very own pete is in yolo county with the newest details on the firefight. pete, good morning. >> i just spoke with the cold fire pio and he says that fire is at 2200 acres, about 5% containment. we're also hearing that high voltage lines along highway 128 are being threatened as a result of this fire. the fire started around 5:00 p.m. yesterday just east of the lake. 500 personnel from different agencies have been called out to this fire. fire is wind and terrain driven,

making access for the personnel difficult when they're going to the ground. and as they use ground resources to fight the blaze, a dc-10 tanker was used yesterday to drop retardant from the air. mandatory evacuations are in place for nearby canyon creek resort and golden bear estate. evacuation center has been set up at the winters public safety center in winters. we'll continue to bring you updates as they come in. we're live in winters, pete ssu "today in the bay." we know the cause of the soberanes fire. investigators say it all started with an illegal camp fire left unattended in the state park south of carmel. now they're hoping the public can help find those responsible for that camp fire. the fire is nearly two weeks old. burned more than 44,000 acres and it is only 25% contained. bulldozer operator died while helping to fight that fire when it overturned.

57 homes have been destroyed. >> such devastation. crews are had trouble with drones up in that area in past fires. scott mcgrew. >> particularly in yolo county, people flying their hobby drones trying to get pictures of the fire. they were grounded twice during the trail head fire. the u.s. government has cleared the way for google to test its delivery drones here in america. now this is video from google of tests in australia of their delivery drones. washington gave google the green light tuesday to test closer to home. no word if we will see them in mountain view but watch the skies. the dow fell for the seventh time tuesday. tesla reports its profits after the bell today. oil prices much lowerer. that's part of what's weighing offen the markets. an interesting statement from donald trump. not about the baby or the soldier's family but about his plans for the economy. he told the fox business network

he wants his administration to borrow a trillion, with a "t," a trillion to build american in a infrastructure. if you're talk close to a trillion, he asked, where are you going to get that money from? trump said, people, investors. people would put money into a fund. the citizens would put money into a fund. by which we assume he means a government bond. many economists say, well, a trillion is a lotf money. it's actually twice the amount hillary clinton says she would spend. this is not a bad idea at all. interest rates are incredibly low. you would put people to work and you would fix the nation's in a infrastructure. it is a stimulus. it's a workable idea but what it isn't, sam and laura, is a very republican idea. it's a terribly democratic idea. >> it is and on top of that, donald trump is someone who has been talking about the fact that our deficit is already ballooned too much that our debt is so big

and now here he is coming out and suggesting we spend a trillion dollars. very interesting. >> okay. a lot going on in politics. how about when you start to talk about the weather. >> the political winds, winds out there to keep you cool today. >> good morning. we will have hot air and some cooler temperatures near the coastline. so a wide spread in temperatures today. let's start nout san francisco. we see the clouds. as the sun begins to rise. and it will be nice and comfortable there. up to 67 degrees for this afternoon. and after mostly clear start we will have a sunny and comfortable day. and rest of the week our temperatures will cool down as that fog builds up the coast and this weekend looks like a nice one with near average temperatures. let's get a look at what to expect today in san jose. up to 61 degrees at 8:00 in the morning. lunchtime temperatures at 71. and then 86 degrees by 4:00. so it will start to feel a little bit warm at times

throughout the day. and winds coming in from the north and west at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. may get more breezy over towards the delta and moving into the east bay. we can expect the same thing tomorrow but that fog during thursday night and friday morning starts to reach a little bit farther inland and once again that will bring in some cooler temperatures. and it will be up to 72 in a p sif fik a. san jose, 86. financial district up to 64 degrees today. fairfield, 95 while hayward is at 76. and 92 today in danville. into the next couple of days, a little bit of a change in our weather as high pressure continues to shift off to the east. low pressure moving in. it will give us a stronger onshore flow. make you feel cooler. also bring back some clouds as our temperatures back off in the 70s and low 80s. meantime, we will be in the 60s in san francisco. over the next seven days. 90 today for the inland areas. and then dropping back into the mid 80s in time for the weekend. let's head over to mike now for a look at what's happening as

you head out towards the morning commute. >> that's right, kari. we have the commute trending towards the bridges as that is the pattern we typically see. folks coming farther east and moving west toward the water. we see slowing now as we zoom in over here we see 680. volume increases through pleasanton and son sunol. typical build there. 880 south of 238, start to sew sooe the slowdown. and just south of there making its way toward the dumbarton bridge bridge. we keep referencing bridges. the san mateo bridge, 92, live look. westbound moves nicely. flat section over the high rise. foster city side. a good steady volume toward 101. no slowing on the peninsula just yet. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. backup filling the lanes in on schedule. back to you. >> all right, mike. thank you. filming up those planes getting our athletes down to rio. the rio olympics only two days away. opening ceremony on friday. preliminary round soccer matches get under way today. u.s. men's and women's

basketball teams are making their way to brazil right now. klay thompson is the one who posted this picture on his instagram account a few hours ago, men's and women's team there's with the caption "rio bound with the squad, #questforgold." the men on saturday and women on sunday. among the thousands of athletes participating in the games, ten are part of the olympic refugee team coming from countries affected by war and conflict. the athletes are from syria, south sudan, congo, and ethiopia. this year's games first to include a team entirely of refugees. isn't that interesting? >> amazing. >> nbc bay area is your home for all things olympics. our website is great guide to track our bay area athletes and to check out the top events that are happening every day. you can find all that and so much more on nbcbayarea.com. and jessica aguirre also already in rio. she's going to be joining us with live reports every day on

"today in the bay" starting tomorrow night as well. >> so exciting. >> pretty cool. a rare birth is being celebrated at a -- not one but two critically endangered leopard cubs were born. >> you can see these two leopard cub s cuddle up if their mop. pair of newborns is creating new hope for the survival what is considered toog precious big cat bread. they originate in far east russia but it's only believed that only 70 still live in the wild with another 200 protected in zoos around the world. >> beautiful coat. coming up, breaking news we're following. a plane crash lands at an airport. we're going to show you more of this very dramatic video coming up after the break. but first, happening now, we're tweeting out updates on breaking news in dubai as we just showed you, that passenger jet burning on the runway of international airport. no one was hurt but as you saw there, the images there coming in are very intense.

plus, more than four decades ago union city's police chief william can was assassinated by a sniper's bullet during a police community conflict. though it was a very long time ago, the tight knit community is still working to rebuild relationships continuing with tuesday night's national night out across the bay area, across the country. so many people came out to join with law enforcement, fire personnel. see the story now on our facebook page. we're all sharing personal photos as well. shooting of two san dgo police

officers last week. ==take vo== we're learning the circumstances surrounding the shooting of two san diego police officers last week. investigators say a man named jesse gomez opened fire immediately on officer wade irwin. orrer win approached him to ask him if he lived in the area. gomez then shot five bullets into that patrol car killing irwin's patter in as he was sitting there wearing his seat belt. irwin was able to shoot gomez found unconscious in a nearby ravine. gomez pled not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges. some eye opening findings as federal inspectors release results of investigation into an east bay refinery. the federal chemicals safety board has been reviewing the

tesoro refineriey after a serie of leaks left workers with burns in to 2014. the board says the refinery has a history of safety deficiencies dating back as far as 1989 when a fire killed four workers. tesoro failed to implement lessons learned from that tragedy. since then, they've had 15 sulfurics a sed releases resulting in injuries. state and county officials are grateful for the federal findings. >> i hope it's a wake-all call for t the refineries throughout the country. although the case study focused on tesoro the lessons in here are applicable to refineries inside and outside california. >> tesoro says since 2014 they worked to modify safety procedures and update protective equipment. it is a stunning turn in the criminal trial gainlg pg&e over pipeline safety. without explanation yesterday the judge agreed to a request from federal prosecutors to reduce pg&epg&e's's maximum fin

$5.5 million. that is down from a possible $562 million. almost the entire almost slashed. jurors are still deliberating on this case. the utilities is accuse of violating pipeline record keeping and testing requirements before and after the pipeline explosi explosion. prosecutors did not explain why they requested this massive reduction. decision 2016 now. a surprise endorsement for hillary clinton from a high profile silicon valley republican. former hewlett-packard ceo meg whitman says she will vote for the clinton and donate to her campaign. whitman is worth about $2 billion. she also called gop candidate donald trump dishonest. whitman ran for governor in california in 2010 losing to jerry brown. she also served as krrksz eo of ebay from 1998 to 2008. okay. right now at 6:00, just a major announcements around team usa and rio olympics. >> tracking several breaking

news stories. first, dramatic video from overseas as passenger jet with nearly 300 people onboard crashes while landing at a dubai airport. >> and a deadly night on the roads near saratoga as a car flies off of a cliff right into a tree killing a 19-year-old woman and sending a teenager to the hospital. but the driver is nowhere to be found. new wildfire is growing forcing evacuations in the north bay. update from crews on the scene right now on "today in the ba.". lot going on. good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. firefighters still battling multiple fires throughout the state. conditions are more moderate today. kari hall has a look at your forecast. >> good morning. it will start to heat up for those inland areas as we will have some cooler air near the coast. and now we are having a temperatures in the mid to upper 50s so a nice cool start. up to eg