tv Today in the Bay NBC August 13, 2016 7:00am-8:01am PDT
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>> i think you did. 90s on the way. >> we do. even some 100s for parts of the inland valleys. we do have fog this morning though starting off with zero visit in santa rosa and half-moon bay, so watch for areas of that patchy dense fog. should clear out as we head into the afternoon. temperatures right now, a little chilly to the north. santa rosa and napa in the upper 40s. we're at 59 in palo alto. 60 in san jose. for the afternoon, here comes that heat sunshine. upper 90s for concord and livermore. 86 in palo alto. le 8 in santa rosa. 76 degrees, pretty nice day to head over to the coast, santa cruz looking good. >> just another bay area day. 61 to 102. >> wide range of temperatures. >> we have something for everyone. jenny, thanks. >> sure. we want to give you a live look now at the olympic flames. i can't believe today already marks the halfway point of the games in rio. team usa is continuing its medal run though. there were a couple surprises during yesterday's competition. "today in the bay's" jay gray has a closer look at the golden moments as well as the
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surprising loss for the americans. jay sfwoin joins us live this morning from copacabana beach with the very latest. good morning to you. >> good morning as well. yes, strong as always. the american team in the pool. but there is some harsh reality for team usa. for the first time in olympic history the women's soccer team, they will come home without a medal. in a shocking upset, heavily favored u.s. women were kicked out of olympic soccer tournament losing 4-3 in a shootout with sweden. from that heartache on the pitch. to the pool. typal race in rio katie ledecky shatters the world record in the 800 free for her fourth gold medal here. >> i'm just honored to be on this team. >> reporter: a team that's continued its dominance with 35-year-old anthony ervin winning gold in the 50 free and stauned maya dirado touching first in the 200 backstroke.
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>> i can't believe it. >> reporter: also hard to believe no gold medal for michael phelps in the 100 fly. he finished in a tie for silver. but things were golden for team usa on the first day of track and field. michelle cart we're the winning throw in the shot put. carter also setting a new american record there. so what's on tap for today? well, michael phelps in the water for the last time here in rio. and possibly for the last time in international competition. he's part of the 4x100 medley relay. usain bolt on the track for the first time at these games. is he still the fastest man in the world? we'll find out as they continue. and the americans taking on austria right here in cope a ka bban that trying to get not quarterfinal round of the beach volleyball tournament for the men. now back to you. >> a lot to look forward to today. jay gray for us live in rio. thanks so much. we have more on our bay area olympians who jay just told us a
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bit about. maybe maya dirado should rethink her impending retirement. the stanford grad made it known going into these olympics that her first games would also be her last. the santa rosa theyive made it four medals in four events with two golds. last night dirado won in dramatic fashion in the 200 backstroke. look at that, edging out hungarian favorite at the wall by .06. we spoke to her youth coach after that thrilling victory. >> i just kept see that little girl, you know, that we've been coach for so many years. she looks so genuinely surprised and happy. it was fabulous. >> now to fellow stanford cardinal simone manuel and historic win in the freestyle thursday. she followed it up by qualifying for tonight's final in the 50 meter freestyle. incredible. as for the men, it was all about cal yesterday as jay gray mentioned, anthony ervin's
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incredible story. he won the 50 meter freestyle 16 years ago in sydney and then he did it all again all these years later at the age of 35. ervin becomes the oldest swimmer to win an individual olympic gold. fellow cal bear nathan adrian took the bronze. team usa's first gold medal ever in track and field was won by san jose native michelle carter. carter won the shot put with her final throw upsetting the gold medalist from new zealand. carter is the daughter of former 49er defensive lineman michael carter. carter played nine seasons with the niners from 1984 through 1992. he not only won three super bowls with the niners but also competed in the '84 olympics, also in the shot put. and he won the silver. today is a another huge day and night of competition. the east bay and stanford's maggie steffens hits the pool with team usa water polo as they
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take on hungary. as we mentioned, stanford simone manuel goes for her second gold in the 50 meter fry steeestyle. and track and field kick in to high gear today. turning to other news now. police want you to take a good look at this jeep grand cherokee. they say it's a key piece of evidence in the latest round of bb gun attacks happening in san leandro. and their suspect is just 13 years old. the latest attack happened along east 14th street near 159th avenue on thursday night. witnesses tell us they recognized the 13-year-old who was shooting from the backseat of this black 2013 jeep. a woman was hit in the head as she is expected to recover. but this shooting comes after a number of similar bb gun attacks that terrorized the same area along east 14th street back in march. police say they're not linking all these shootings together but the return of bb gun at tabs is making residents there nervous. >> that's -- that's crazy, man.
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where is his parents? definitely concerning. something should be done about it. >> witnesses tell us a woman was behind the wheel of that jeep. the first numbers in the license plate is a 7. she and the teen are both wanted by san leandro police. the family of the man found dead many westfield mall in san francisco is now helping with the investigation themselves. the body of 28-year-old frank galicio was found inside a stairwell of bloomingdale's on wednesday morning. his family traveled here from l.a. and his brother spent dwred me yesterday meeting with police. his brother says he doesn't understand why it took so long formal security to find his brother's body. >> that's what i fear. that he was just there over night for hours and possibly breathing his last breath there if he was still alive. >> luis galicia also met with his brother's co-workers helping to find more clues into his death. frank galicia worked as a chef
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at the upscale star san francisco restaurant sons and daughters. police are not saying how he was killed. a 36-year-old mother is in critical condition this morning after a 100-pound tree limb suddenly snapped and fell on her in a busy san francisco park. it happened at washington square park in north beach yesterday afternoon. the woman was watching her two children play when the massive limb fell about 60 feet and landed on her. she was knocked out in front of the playground full of children. emergency crews rushed her to the hospital with a serious head injury. >> just devastating beyond words. and obviously our primary concern right now is this woman who is in critical condition. >> supervisor aaron peskin joined other city officials at the park yesterday to review the health records of the tree. it's a canary island pine tree. san francisco rec and park tell us a private tree company
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trimmed the tree two years ago and that it has a history of good health. it is just about 7:08. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, members of the seek community in the east bay are looking to police for help after someone ripped holy scripture to sl shreds. we had back to rio for more olympic coverage. jessica aguirre shows us a small device giving olympians a big edge.
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union city. a man approached a group of and ripped pages from their holy bhook of scriptures. police would like to talk to him even though he didn't break any laws. "today in the bay's" sheryl herd has reaction from the community and a u.s. congressman now getting involved. >> everybody, they are really upset. >> reporter: very angry over what happened here at con tempo park and union city on tuesday. they were holding a daily meeting when someone walked up and desecrated the holy scripture book right in front of them. >> why he did that? we didn't say anything to anybody. so why they do that to us? >> reporter: he and his brother tried to tackle the man before he got away. he and his daughter explained what happened. >> first he wasn't speaking because i guess he didn't want them to know like what, you know, what was his nationality. but when he saw that they were coming after him, he ended up saying, like, he said, i'll pick it up. >> reporter: he did not pick up
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the pages. the elders showed us the holy book similar to the one that was torn in front of them. >> i know it's a crime. for us it's a crime. >> reporter: congressman eric smalwell was told and responded by saying this act was hateful and wrong, but we must reject the invitation to be divided. but union city police says even though the incident was a disturbing about, no crime was committed. >> it might be repugnant, absolutely offensive, but he didn't break any lawes of the united states. he had a first amendment right to do what he did. >> reporter: in union city, sheryl herd, nbc bay area news. much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, is being called a game changer, we take you back to rio where jessica aguirre will fill us in on how technology is transforming the way olympians train. and i'm jenny toste looking at san francisco. a little foggy starting off this morning but sunshine on the way for the afternoon. we'll have your weekend forecast, next. jose
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(adlib) m. welcome back. just shy of 7:15 op your saturday morning. we're taking a live look outside in san jose. temperatures will be reaching in the 90s today. if you don't like that go to san francisco. it will be in the 60s. a bizarre case of vandalism in san jose has happened once again. someone is chopping new downly planted asian fringe trees. this is in the esco willow glean neighborhood. last month the same thing happened on the same street. the city paid about $50,000 to plant and care for the trees. city crews will again replant the trees and also install surveillance cameras in the area. police continue to search for the person responsible for that destruction. back to rio we go. the u.s. women's volleyball team beat italy yesterday continuing their quest for gold. and there is new technology that's revolutionizing the way
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some members of the team train. the athletes are using sensors to measure how high and how many times they jump. as jessica aguirre shows us from rio, it's changing the game. >> with every bump, set, and explosive jump, the usa women's volleyball team is vying for its first gold medal in history. to get a leg up the team began tracking the height and number of vertical jumps in 2014 when vert came out. >> the players always seem to have more energy in the games because they're not as gassed. >> reporter: founder works closely with team usa's coach who cut the number of jumps during practice in half. >> for us of course it's really exciting because found out about our tech and started use ourg tech. then they go into the fivb world championship games and wore them for the first time ever. >> on that winning team and on the current olympic team is former stanford player raduo.
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>> two or three people on her team who can bunk on the basket. touch way it in 10s, almost 11 feet. she can easily touch that high. she's ridiculous. she just flies. >> reporter: stanford coach john dunning also adopted the technology. >> we knew we had something very special when we ran across that. >> reporter: he says when his players reach 120 jumps that day, they're done. >> now it's like, just a rocket ship taking off. how to help athletes achieve what they want to achieve without having such a big impact on their body long term. >> reporter: jessica aguirre, nbc, bay area news. >> team usa isn't using the technology during the olympic games. vert isn't a sponsor, an official sponsor but they are keeping track at practice. tomorrow they continue their quest for gold when they play china. if you can believe it, we are halfway through the games. our coverage continues from rio. jessica aguirre is reporting throughout the games for us.
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and back here in the bay area, let's check in with jenny toste with a look at ur weekend forecast. it's hot. >> it's hot. good news if you want to go to the beach. nice weather there. >> yes. this is good because you're going to stafilling in for anth and he always talks about the beach. >> okay. >> you are right on queue. >> i like it. yes. it's the weekend. you're thinking about the beach, it's august. let's look out v outside. live look at san jose this morning we're of sky view camera there. you can see that clear skies, 60 degrees had a little bit of clouds this morning. but what we're going to expect for today, hot and sunny. winds will pick up in the afternoon as a weak trough moves through to tomorrow. things will be cooler on sunday. still though going to be hot and sunny. not much of a difference there. temperatures will continue to stay hot as we head into next week. so dry and seasonal over the next couple of days. we are dealing with fog there. visibility down to zero in some areas this morning. especially along the coast. up around santa rosa as well. half-moon bay has improved.
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santa cruz was at zero. that has improved. we will start to see that continue throughout the day. our fog futurecast shows that by about 2:00 we'll see that fog recede. a little bit along the golden gate bridge still around the san francisco area and then watch what happens this evening. it's going to pour through the bay area into san jose, up around fairfield, santa rosa with fog. right now though starting to clear out. tri-valley nice at 58 degrees. san francisco still with some fog there. and the camera from north bay looking at alcatraz also showing that fog. so that will stick around for a little while before that clears out. 58 in the palo alto area. this afternoon we'll top out at 70. nice along the peninsula. 97 degrees though tri-valley and areas inland are going to see temperatures close to 100 degrees. 65 in san francisco. nice and cool if you don't like that heat, 92 for the north bay. we'll also see 90s around san jose. and that's all thanks to that big ridge of high pressure keeping skies clear over the entire state. if you head out it's going to be warm across california. but notice the clouds to the
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north. that's that weak trough we mentioned. that's going to move through as we head into tomorrow. that's going to change the wind. it's going to make it a little bit windy for the afternoon. but notice most of the clouds stay out of the area. no real rain with that system. we will stay dry. we will have a deepening of the marine layer. that means fog continuing for the morning, painly along the coast. staying hot for our area. wind speeds you notice by the afternoon they pick up. so about 5:00 on sunday we will see winds around 14 miles per hour in napa. again tomorrow afternoon getting into the teens. that will continue into monday. so we will see those breezes. sonoma showing temperatures in the upper 80s. 90s by monday. it is the weekend so if you want to head to monterrey, temperatures there in the 60s and 70s. 70 today, a little cooler tomorrow with that weak trough. santa cruz will see temperatures in the 70s. so nice day to head to the boardwalk and enjoy some sunshine for the summer. seven-day forecast. temperatures in the 90s for the inland areas. we'll be at 95 around san jose. staying in the mid 90s through
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the week. could be cooler by next weekend. for this san francisco area, temperatures in the mid 60s for now. up near 70s for next week. but consistent and around average for what you would expect this time of year. good time to head to the beach. isn't it, kira? >> always. jenny, thanks. it is 7:21. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. having, you know, disabilities, i would say i'm different. >> a very special chance. changes the life of a young
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person always makes for a great story. but what if the person didn't mean to do it? today in the b' . an act of kindness makes for a great story but what if the person didn't mean to do it? "today in the bay's" garvin thomas shows us that that can be even better in this morning's bay area proud. >> reporter: for someone who has been on this earth for 21 trips around the sun, kayla jimenez
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has an awfully small orbit. in her room drawing and painting is where you will find her most of the time. >> well, having disabilities i would say i'm different. >> reporter: kayla's disabilities came at birth. a very premature one along with twin brother kris, says mom shelly. >> chris had a 50/50 chance of being born alive and kayla has a 0% chance. >> in spilt of those odds care for him is why the family spends most of their time at home. >> 24/7. pretty much, yeah. >> about the only time kayla ventures out is to walk along lincoln avenue in downtown willow glen. though never meeting or even talking with anyone. >> i've never had friends. >> reporter: which explains all that time doing art. enough time, in fact, that
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something special happened along the way. kayla got really good. though no one outside of her family knew it. until, that is, on one of her walks she made this sketch of the garden theater. her mom e-mailed it around and it was forwarded to the building's owner who liked it so much he asked if he could hang it tr. >> i wanted to cry. at the time that was the biggest thing to ever happen to me. >> reporter: the biggest thing until others started noticing her talent as well. bob piaz asked her for some art for her barber shop and michael, the owner of the garden theater, asked for another painting of a restaurant he owns. >> awesome. >> reporter: michael says he had no idea of kayla's special needs when he asked for the first picture. he just loved the art. to know that he's drawing such a talented young woman out into the world is just a wonderful bonus. >> i'm so grateful that we actually got to know kayla.
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>> reporter: kayla says having her artwork displayed along the avenue makes her happy. to have friends there, too, now, well, that's even better. in san jose, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> as always, if you know someone doing nice for others garvin would love to hear from you. please go to our website nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, we go back to rio for a live report on the olympic games. plus, she made history and now she's inspiring others. we have the impact simone historic medal is having on swimmers. also, you don't have to go far to get the taste of the best bakery in the u.s. we'll take you to the bakery of the year crowned by "bon appetit" magazine.
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good saturday morning to you. we're giving you a live look outside in san jose, communications hill. the sun is shining. a bit hazy there. ahead of a hot saturday. we appreciate your joining us. i'm kira klapper with jenny t t toste. you have a look at the microclimate forecast. >> that's right. a nice afternoon on the way. should be a nice sunny summer day for us here in the bay area. let's look outside now. you can see starting to have some clearing around tri-valley peninsula, south valley, sunshine there. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. but as you look toward san francisco and the north bay, back looking toward alcatraz there, still some fog in the background. that should clear for the afternoon. but it's keeping temperatures in the 40s to low 50s right now. for the afternoon though, sunshine will warm us to near 100 in the tri-valley areas. 90 degrees in san jose.
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78 around palo alto. 65 though for the highs in san francisco, 92 in the north bay. check out more on your forecast, what you can expect for the rest of the weekend in a couple of minutes. >> 32-degree spread. just another bay area day. >> incredible, yes. >> jenny, thanks. we want to give you a live look now at the olympic flame. today marks the halfway point of the games in rio. hopefully you've been watching. team usa is continuing its medal run. though there were a couple of surprises during yesterday's competition. "today in the bay's" jay gray has a closer look at the golden moments as well as the surprising loss for the americans. jay is live for us this morning from copacabana beach with the latest, it's about, what, 11:30 right now, jay? how is it looking? >> it is beautiful on the beach here. just a perfect day to come out and take in the waves. water is a little chilly, i'm told, kira. i haven't been out there. i'm told it's just a little
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cold. look, a strong effort in the water in the olympic pool for team usa last night. but the american team also dealing with the new reality that for the first time ever in olympic history the women's soccer team will leave without a medal. in a shocking upset, the heavily favored u.s. women were kicked out of the olympic soccer tournament losing 4-3 in a shootout with sweden, with that heartache on the pitch. from the hero to the pools. final race this rio katie ledecky shatters the world record in the 800 free for her fourth gold medal here. >> pretty cool. i'm just honored to be on this team. >> reporter: a team that continued a come nansz with 35-year-old anthony ervin winning gold in the 50 free and a stunned maya dirado touching first in the 200 backstroke. >> i can't believe it. >> reporter: also hard to believe, no gold medal for michael phelps in the 100 fly. he finished and a tie for
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silver. things were golden for team usa first day of track and fill. michelle carter with the throw in the shot put. yeah, and carter with that gold medal also setting a new american record. today michael phelps back in the pool here in rio for the last time. may be the last time ever in international competition. he's part of the 4x100 medley relay team. also usain bolt, is he still the fastest human alive? his first heat is a bit later today as track and field gets running. the americans right here in copacabana taking on austria and trying to get to the quarterfinal round in men's beach volleyball. that is the latest live right here in rio, kira, back to you. >> jay gray for us live in rio. hopefully you get to enjoy that ocean at least once before your leave. >> i'll try my best. thanks. >> good. so he's so busy working for us and as jay just showed us, it is the end of the road after an
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incredible run. team usa's soccer is out. and the team is getting a lot of heat for its post-match comments. so much so that bay area soccer legend brandi chastain is now weighing in. here's "today in the bay's" ian cole. >> reporter: historic run ending in heartbreak. the u.s. women losing to sweden, the first stumble in two decades. >> we just weren't lucky today with the penalties. >> reporter: emotional comments turned down another path. u.s. goalkeeper hope solo saying i am very proud of this team, you be i also think we played a bunch of cow wars. the best team did not win today. the headline sent another shockwave through the soccer world. former u.s. women's team member and south bay native brandi chastain denouncing the comments. >> i can hear the frustration in her comments but it's unacceptable, to be honest with you. you go there to compete and be your best and they did a better job. >> reporter: chast stain and of those add that solo was talking
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about the swedish strategy and not them personally. chastain's husband and soccer coach said solo could do better. >> disappointing when we don't show respect to our opponents but also i think we give somebody a little bit of a hall pass when it's moments right after a devastating loss. >> reporter: the team now moving forward. captain carli lloyd tweeting, this one hurts. i am proud to be a part of this team. i am not stopping and will be more motivated in 2019 and 2020. back to work soon enough. ian cole, nbc bay area news. now to people still buzzing about swimmer simone manuel and her historic gold medal. stanford swimmer is the first black female swimmer to win an olympic gold. she's of course motivating young athletes around the world and especially right here in the bay area. "today in the bay's" christie smith has this report. >> take your mark. >> i definitely now feel like
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i've really had the drive. >> reporter: kayla craft hits the pool with big dreams that seemed just a bit closer now. >> i i think like she set the bar. a lot of african-american women, especially, they know they can get to the top. >> manuel is going to do it. >> reporter: she is simone manuel who became the first african-american woman to win gold in an individual event in olympic swimming. >> for all the people after me who can't believe they can't do it and i want to be an inspiration that you can do it. >> manuel in the water, we're like, okay. we can do it. >> reporter: at the recently reopened pool they know there's a lot of stake. >> africa meshes staytistically 70% of our youth don't know how to swim. >> a large part of what i'm trying to break right now. get the kids in here. teaching them a life skill. >> reporter: accessibility has been a challenge, too. here summer rec teams are wrapping up the season and feeling her impact. >> the phone started ringing a little bit more. i'm very thankful to simone for
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that. >> reporter: christie smith, nbc bay area news. today is yet another huge day and night of competition. the east bay and stanford's maggie steffens hits the pool with team usa waterpolo as they take on hungary. as we mentioned, stanford simone manuel goes for her second gold in the 50 meter freestyle. and one of the many highlights of the olympics, track and field, kicks into high gear today. turning to other news now. police want you to take a good look at this suv. they say it is a key piece of evidence in the latest round of bb gun attacks happening in san leandro. their suspect is a 13-year-old boy. san leandro police say the latest attack happened along east 14th street near 159th avenue thursday night. witnesses tell us they recognize the 13-year-old who was shooting from the backseat of this jeep. it's a 2013 grand cherokee. the first number on the plate there is a 7. a woman was hit in the head by
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the bb gun pellets coming out of that car. she is expected to recover. that shooting though comes after a number of similar bb gun attacks that terrorized that same area along east 14th street back in march. right now police are not linking the two similar shootings. but the return of bb gun attacks is making residents nervous. >> that's crazy, man. where are his parents? definitely concerning. something should be done about it. >> witnesses tell us an adult female driver was behind the wheel of that suv. she and the teen are both wanted by police. now to a case of animal cruelty in the east bay. a cat shot in the head and found clinging to life. it happened on tuesday night in walnut creek. the cat's owner says she found phoenix, the cat, badly injured on her front doorstep and found two pellets in her yard. she hopes whoever did it is
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caught soon. >> not just somebody, teenagers driving by, shooting out, which they shouldn't be doing, but it's not something like that. it seems like whoever it is intentionally sought out the pet. >> as you saw in that video, the cat lost an eye and a pellet is still lodged in the cat's draw. phoenix, however, is expected to survive. 7:38 right now. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the silver and black kick off their preseason with a victory. raider nation hopes this is a foreshadowing for the season to come. highlights against the arizona cardinal, next in sports.
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hard to beat there. the starter didn't play enoumuc. it was all about the backup. the son of a raiders legend george atkinson iii scored twice and ran for 97 yards on five carries. that one was a 53-yard td run. raiders beat the cardinals 31-10. the 49ers kick off the preseason tomorrow. at 7:41. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- >> need a standardized system in the whole state. what i'm saying is common sense. it's a no brainer. >> we investigate a serious threat to the east bay if a major earthquake hits. how cities plan to fight fires without a reliable water source. and i'm jenny toste. starting off a little cloudy in some areas. had some fog, sun line on the way. hot forecast. let's check out the weekend, next.
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. good morning. i'm jenny toste. it's going to be a nice summer day with a wide range of temperatures starting off with fog though as we look toward the golden gate bridge. you can see how foggy it is. hard to see anything beyond the roadway there. that should clear up a for this afternoon. that is keeping temperatures chilly to start things off in san francisco. 54 degrees. humid because of all the water particles in the air with that fog. but we will see some clears for the afternoon. more areas of dense fog again for tonight. slightly cooler though. we will see the breezes pick up this afternoon. and into tomorrow as we have that weak trough move through. still going to be hot and sunny though as we head into the rest of the weekend. right now visibility starting to increase in some areas but still at zero miles. half-moon bay in santa rosa. santa cruz last her was down to -- up to ten miles. now down to two miles. we have the patches of fog. things start to clear out. again, watch for that this evening. we have high pressure right off the coast. that's keeping clear skies over all of california if you're traveling this weekend. you're doing the see sunshine
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and warm temperatures in most areas. notice those clouds just to the north of us. that's a weak trough that's going to move through. as it does move through for tomorrow it's going to increase the winds for the afternoon. that onshore flow will continue. but notice most of the clouds stay offshore. no rain or worries with this system. but we do have a deepening marine layer which means the fog continues and again you will see the afternoon breezes for the next couple of days. temperatures will warm up near 100 degrees for the inland areas. 97 concord and livermore. over 102 in fairfield, getting into the triple digits. 8 santa rosa. 86 in palo alto. if you're headed toward the coast, 76 in santa cruz. with those clouds, clearing for the afternoon. coastal area, 67 in san francisco for your high today. if you're traveling though, temperatures in the triple digits for the central valley. temperatures also getting toward 10 vegas. 112 in palm springs. along the coast, 60s down through monterrey.
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into santa barbara and low 80s in l.a. and san francisco. going to be comfortable there. similar as we head into tomorrow. that weak trough moving through. that will keep temperatures similar to what we've seen. that means temperatures will stay in the 90s for the next couple of days, inland areas. 95 today. 91 tomorrow. and a little low 90s as we start off the week. back to 95 on wednesday. 80s on friday. and then for the bay area along the coast, san francisco, mid 60s. today and tomorrow with some morning fog. afternoon clearing. those breezes picking up in the afternoon. 70s though by tuesday. 74 by mid week with a 60s returning as we head into next weekend. so clearing skies, 60s to 100s, whatever makes you happy, some of the best weather around. >> we are lucky, indeed. jenny, thanks to you. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. when a major earthquake hits, fire can be the biggest threat. we investigate how east bay
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hurry up! i like that bee. seismologists tell us the next big earthquake will likely happen along the hayward fault. it's not just a major quack, it's the fires that follow. a large tumbler may cut off the east bay's critical water supply and there won't be enough water to fight those fires. here's investigative reporter
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jackson vanderbeckon. >> it's a huge danger and soon. >> reporter: at 81 nor wean smith has been organizing her berkeley neighbors for more than a decade to respond to a disaster that she knows is sure to come. >> what was the original motivation for me? i didn't want to be stupid when something happened and i hadn't done what i could. >> reporter: while smith works to help stock up supplies and train ordinary citizens emergency officials are behind in efforts to deal with the main risk after a major earthquake. fires. >> it will be many hundreds of fires and billions of dollars in losses. and losses of potentially thousands of homes. >> reporter: charles is an internationally recognized uc berkeley researcher su difficulting the fire danger. he says the areas in vivid read on this u.s. geological survey map are at greatest risk of a large quake on the hayward fault. they may also be prone to post-quake fires.
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he fears that crews will not have the water they need to douse the many fires. that's because the water system in the east bay is vulnerable to mass failures. >> after a really major event it would potentially see thousands of leaks. >> reporter: xavier is the east bay municipal district head engineer. he says quake-vulnerable cast iron pipe accounts for one-third of the more than 4,000 mile water supply system and could easily rupture. perhaps the greatest risk is here in the hills of berkeley where the hayward fault runs straight through the center of the uc berkeley stadium. after the devastating 1991 oakland hills fire, berkeley voters approved a bond measure to install a network of quake resistant pipes in the city. along with several 50,000 underground of hillside reservoirs like this one being built in san francisco. but that plan went nowhere. skauthorn says that was largely due to neighborhood opposition.
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>> no one on the street goes up in front of their business or their house. >> reporter: instead the city bought a portable water supply system pioneered in holland. the idea is to pump water out of the bay or nearby lake ansa in the hills and distribute it via six miles of 12-inch thick hoses. >> that would protect the downtown area, the campus, it would go -- it would protect most of the flats. and to some extent protect portions of the hills. >> he said the state should vastly up great post quake weighter supply system and essentially outfitted fire trucks with a mile of backup hose. one truck for every 25,000 people. >> the system. the whole state. it's -- what i'm saying is common sense. it's a no brainer. >> but his calculation there should be 100 touch trucks for the bay area alone. right now oakland has just four and there are a dozen may area
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wide. >> if we have a more severe earthquake on the hayward fault, it will provide us water that we would not otherwise have. but if we had multiple fires around the city and we lost our east bay mud water, no, we would have a problem. >> norine smith recognizes the city has made progress. >> it's much better prepared than most. and it's still not anywhere near what it needs to be. >> nbc, bay area news. when you are hurt on the job, the state's workers compensation system promises to take care of you. but injured workers across california are falling through the cracks. our investigative unit found nowhere is that more apparent
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than in the city of san jose. we have video of a building falling on part of a fire captain. the weight of the wall crushed his legs back and pelvis. this is back in 1999. the city awarded him lifetime medical benefits to treat the long lasting effects of his injuries. two years ago he needed a series of procedures but the company that handles workers compensation claims for the city decided the treatments weren't necessary and denied them. >> the business model is denied first. and deny again. >> is that right? >> no, delay and delay. in hopes that it will go away. >> tonight after the olympics our investigative unit silts down with the company that denied treatment for the fire captain and dozens of other fire injuries. now, to controversial tech executive garbash. he plans to fight a jail sentence handed down yesterday.
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san francisco judge ruled chahal violated his probation. surveillance video in that case captured him punching and kicking his girlfriend but that evidence was thrown out when the judge ruled the footage was illegally obtained. chahal made a plea deal and sentenced to three years probation. a year later in 2014 he was accused of attacking another woman. so the judge sentenced him to 12 months in jail. the former tech ceo is free on bail while his attorney works on this appeal. much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up -- it's the sweet taste of success. a local bakery hits the big time and ends up in the national spotlight. we'll show you where it is, next. it's no secret san francisco is
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arsicault opened last year. yesterday as you see here lines stretched for more than a block. the owner says he's to manage mutual funds until he turned to baking 15 years ago. he learned about the big "bon appetit" announcement when a friend called to congratulate him. >> really i feel like i have a responsibility. i mean, huge number of people waiting in line. >> well, if you decide to swing by, try the most popular item, the butter croissant. and now i'm hungry. one of the most iconic bands in the world is returning to the bay area. u2 will play at the cow palace in october. it's not your usual concert. this is a benefit concert for ucsf children's hospitals in san francisco and oakland. tickets start at $1,000 and run as high as a million dollars. that is the concert i will be missing. >> wow. >> at 7:58 we want to thank you so much for joining us this morning. our weekend newscast will be on
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