finger off. blattleing flames while fighting for better wages. the way firefighters plan to ask for higher pay in just hours. "today in the bay" starts right now. we are happy you're starting off your workweek here. good morning on this monday. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get to the workweek forecast with rob in for kari. >> an interesting forecast. we're watching the radar now seeing partly cloudy skies around the bay area. 50s and 60s out there. for the afternoon trvels pretty comfortable. 60 closer to san francisco. this is one thing to watch as we go through the morning. we're seeing showers moving away from the sierra east to west. north bay locations seeing a stray shower or two. we'll have a closer look at the forecast in a few minutes. right now a check on the south bay commute. >> oakland schools back in session today. also liver more. we'll look for shifts in the

patterns around the bay as a result. meanwhile in the south bay the only pattern issue is watching 17 northbound at 280 watching for any issues because of a disabled vehicle which sounds like everything is out of the roadway. chp is arriving. a live look at the 101 in the area and show you how light the traffic is. back to you. >> thank you. mike. thank you very much. developing story now two people have died after a shooting only blocks away from san jose state university spartan stadium. bliss are searching for the gunman. today in the bay bob redell joining us live at the scene with what we know so far. good morning. >> good morning, to you sam. i spoke with san jose police. they said it's possibly gang related this happening right behind me here near martha. it's about a half mile away from spartan stadium. police are doing their work at the crime scene. this shooting happened around 8:45 last night. and according to police and according to neighbors who we

spoke to, at least two summits pulled up in a white car and started firing shots. neighbors say at least a dozen possibly as many as 20 shots. they hit two brothers. one in their 20s another one in their 30s. one of the brothers died on the scene. the other one died at the hospital. now a source tells us that the people, the suspects used an ak 47 to commit to these crimes. police are saying it's possible it is gang related. those suspects still on the loose. they were seen taking off in a white car. police not classifying this as a drive by because the way they believe it happened they pulled up in the car and got out of the car, committed the crime, and got back in the car and sped off. it wasn't a situation where they were driving as they were doing -- committing the shooting there. again, they are looking for two summits, at least, two killed two brothers last night. and what police believe was a gang-related crime. reporting live in san jose bob

redell. "today in the bay." new this morning san francisco police looking for a man who bit off a bartender's finger. take a look at the suspect. officers say the man attempted to enter a bar after closing time last month when the bartender tried to stop him. the suspect bit off the bartender's ring finger. the suspect also hit the bartender in the face multiple times as you see him trying to get the man down and to stop him from attacking the bartender. call san francisco police if you recognize this man. church left side week at st. dominic's. someone stole a piece of the true cross. they wrote the relic has no monetary value. they're praying the people involved will return it. new details on a wild fire in lake county that is almost fully contained. cal fire said the clayton fire, which destroyed 300 structures

is now 95% contained and close to being out. a serial arsonist is suspected of starting that fire on august 13th. the valley fired burned miles away last year from the same site killing three people and destroying almost 600 home naps fire was sparked by a faulty hot tub wiring. right now there are currently six large fires burning up-and-down the state of california. thousands of firefighters are battling the active fires working long hours with strained resources. the blue cut fire in sbernardin county is 85% contained. thousands of people were vangted from their homes are allowed back. many, though, are returning to find their homes levelled to the ground. the chimney fire is threatening the historic hurst castle and other communities nearby. firefighters are saying they have a plan already in effect to protect the castle if it comes to that. meantime at 5:04 firefighters are gearing up to

take on another battle. this time at the state capitol in sacramento they will be rallying for higher pay. the group plans to walk five blocks from their union offices to the capitol steps. last time they rallied like was in '70s. cal firefighters make way less than the other top fire agencies in the state. as you can say it was a fitting end to the olympics where rain extinguished the torch in rio de janeiro last night. there was plenty of the rain and wind and lightning. but that did not put a stop not closing ceremonies. >> it was punctuated with music from brazil. recognizing the country's indigenous people. the closing ceremony looked forward to the future toward tokyo 2020. japan's prime minister appeared dressed as mario. he received a standing ovation. last night's main focus was to celebrate the athletes, of

course. >> thank you! and to you the olympics athletes, you have amazed the world with your incredible performances. you have shown us all the power of sport to unite the world. >> simone biles carried the american flag during the ceremony. she, of course, won four gold medals in bronze during the games. at one point there was a line of athletes trying to get selfies with her. we have the gold medal basketball game yesterday. and the newest warrior kevin durant stealing the show. leading team usa in serbia. team usa won 96-66. gold for clay thompson and dry -- dry mono -- dre monogreen. steph curry tweeted out a big congratulations. big congratulations to them.

a final check of the medal count. medals 121 in total. next closest, as you see, was china with 70. the usa had 46 gold and 37 silver, and 38 bronze. china at second and then great britain with 67 medals overall. not bad. >> no. crushed the competition. ever wonder what 121 medals look like? nbc olympics posted a montage of every medal winner all in one video. this is a snippet of it. we probably have to take about five minutes to watch the whole thing. more than half the gold medals won by team usa were actually won by women. impressive! i'm sure simone biles has a large chunk of that. >> it was a good game. >> for the athletes. unbelievable. >> for the fans, too. let's see what the story line for the workweek weather. rob is in for kari.

>> a little bit of an interesting one. 61 degrees in san jose. hazy skies this morning. check off the radar to the north and the east. around the north bay toward marin county and north of petaluma stray shower from the ooets. and a few more of those that can be drifting away from the sierra for the first half of the day. a chance of isolated showers. temperatures through the afternoon 82 in morgan hill. for the afternoon today mid 70s for the north bay and low 80s closer to the tri-valley. speaking that have, a first check of your commute with mike. >> that's right. we see the first change for the green sensors you see around the rest of the bay. we zoom in. it's not 580 or 680. it's over here. they have the overnight or continuing roadwork. we see a typical burst of volume there. volume holding pretty steady a

few more cars. a couple of cars waiting to pay cash. that's about it. changing up his stance. the key issue that donald trump could be showing signs of shifting on. nasdaq sets an interesting record and mark zuckerberg sells a lot of facebook stock.

=sam/2shot= is donald trump having a change of heart over immigration? his campaign is suggest 5:12 on your monday morning. is donald trump having a change of heart over immigration? his campaign is suggesting that trump may actually soften his stance on a key issue. the clinton campaign doesn't believe it. edward lawrence joins us live from washington. what is trump saying about immigration? >> well, sam and laura. we may know a little bit more about how he's changing his position. he has a major speech on thursday. at the moment, it's who his campaign manager and other folks in the campaign showing a softening of his message there. his campaign believes this was his best week yet. however, hillary clinton still believes this is just the same old trump. >> after meeting with newly formed hispanic advisors. donald trump may be

reconsidering his stance on deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. be we need a, quote, fair, and, quote humane way of dealing with what is estimated to be 11 million illegal immigrants. >> kelley anne conway said his position is to be determined. >> i believe that donald trump's upside is far greater than hillary clinton's upside. >> in a new tv ad, hillary clinton questions trump's temperament. >> the calm judgment. >> you can tell them to go [ expletive ] themselves. >> reporter: the clinton campaign says her foundation will no longer take foreign donations should she become president. >> the foundation has been the process of figuring out how to refocus, reshift. this is a highly contentious race. the more scrutiny than other races. >> reporter: and experts say that donald trump's new management team is trying to

broaden his appeal and bring in new voters. reporting live in washington edward lawrence. back to you sam and laura. >> okay. we'll see if it works. >> thank you very much. with the olympics over the presidential election will return to the forefront. this weekend hillary clinton's running mate senator tim kane was in the bay area attending fundraising events in san francisco. neighbors in atorton said they're used to political heavy weights come into town. >> people get excited about it. i'm on a neighborhood chat and i hear everything. did you see biden in town or did you see the motorcade. >> mrs. clinton will be in the valley soon. today hillary is expected to answer questions about her private e-mail server after conservative legaledadvocacy gr

filed a lawsuit. it's part of a long running records lawsuit filed by the group judicial watch. the group is seeking all of clinton's e-mails between 2009 and 2013. the judge gave the group until october 14th to give clinton questions. she then has 30 days to answer them. it's starting to look more as if the hackers who attacked the democrats are attacking republicans. >> john mcgrew all fair in cyber. the first to report it that hackers targeted the donald trump campaign. washington has all but said russia is behind these attacks. mark zuckerberg on friday filed papers to sell more than $90 million worth of facebook stock so he can give the money to charity. part of his plan to sell or giveaway most of his wealth over the course of his life. facebook set up is special stock structure that will allow zuckerberg to remain in control

even if he sells most of the holdings. a separate issue facebook was featured over the weekend. an potential upside for the stock. sometimes it's called the barn renditio -- barrens bounce. landon dowdy is live. good morning. >> good morning. wall street could start the week off on a down note. futures pointing to a lower open. it was a mixed week for the markets with the dow finishing slightly lower but the nasdaq notching gains for the eighth week in a row. the first time it's done that in more than six years. you want to look for data on home sales, durable goods, and gdp. investors will be paying close attention to a big speech by fed chair begjanet yellen on friday. the nasdaq slipping one point. back over to you, scott. >> thank you. we've talked a lot about how the east bay is the new hot spot for tech. the folks who do the east bay novation awards want your

nomination for the best of the best in the east bay. and tech these are pictures from last year's awards. a generously allow me to host these. you can submit your nomination to east bay eda.org you saw it there for a second on the screen. last year's winners include a company that make elect carical boxes and a company making packaging out of potatoes. yes, they put potato chips in them. >> i wonder if i can eat the packaging. >> exactly. how many carbohydrates in there? you probably don't want to hear it this morning. it's your last chance for a late summer vacation. it's coming up. record travel is expected because of some huge travel bargains out there. airline tickets might be cheaper as well. they say don't plan on using

your frequent flier miles. labor day weekend is another black out period. disthat, experts say are plenty of offers out there. >> affordable air fare and strong hotel market are makinged a venn teenage use time for travelers to get away. if you plan on hitting the dusty roads. you might like the historically low gas prices. the national average for a gallon of regular $2.16. of course, in the bay area a little higher. gas prices, though, overall remain pretty low. below $3. cheapest gas in oakland about $ $2.67. hovering around $2.80 in san francisco. filler up. >> the minivan will get it filled up. >> if fits a lot of people. >> three kids and also three adults, too. while we're road tripping or talking about it, what kind of conditions are we looking at?

>> a little interesting outside. we have the radar fired up this morning looking scattered showers and speaking of radar. we have a new tool at c bay area. it took up parking spaces all by itself. a live picture there on the left. doesn't even fit on the left-hand side of the screen. we have a mobile doppler radar. doppler on wheels. it's interesting to have around want bay area. we have a number of different weather conditions we track. jeff has it on last night tracking scattered showers and we can also track wild fire smoke plumes as well. here is the issue around the bay area. some mountain top radar sites overshoot a lot of weather across the bay area. what storm ranger is able to go in places like the tri-valley or over to san francisco. you have the radar gaps. so as a mobile radar now we can hit the from san mateo and take you to the tri-valley and give you a high definition view and head back to san francisco tracking the severe weather as it moves around the bay area. or, in some cases, as we talked about, look at a chance of those

wild fire plumes sending smoke into the bay area. so it's mobile and gives us higher resolution detail to improve storm accuracy. all the reasons why we're excited to have storm ranger here at nbc bay area. this morning we have 50s and 60s outside. around the north bay an offshore of san francisco very interesting on the radar this morning. not a lot happening now. at least in the south bay. offshore we have thunder showers here moving off to the west from east to west away from the sierra as an upper level low moves around the central coast. some of this may try to drop into the east bay as we head through the second half of the morning commute. you can see the showers picking up and shutting down by the time we approach the afternoon and evening commute around the bay area. high today upper 70s. low 80s around the south bay. we're talking mid 60s for san francisco. 70s into the north bay. a slight chance of isolated showers around santa rosa and the tri-valley. highs in the low 80s and san francisco not much change next couple of days.

watch out valley locations you'll see temperatures start to climb up closing in on 90s degrees approaching wednesday. now for another check of the south bay commute. here is mike. >> that's right. a big look at the bay and show you no surprises in the south bay. in fact, a pleasant surprise. quickly cleared the disabled vehicle at 280. too early to cause a problem. that's going to stick. a smooth flow of traffic in the northbound silicon valley commute. a nice flow of traffic. the image is frozen but the cars are not -- there we go. that's accurate. and the bay bridge. we can see the san francisco side of the bay bridge. the clouds hovering no problem for drivers. >> thank you. mike is tracking traffic. we're busy investigating. got tired air traffic controllers, overworked air traffic controllers. >> air traffic controller towers are facing a staffing crisis. why the fix is years away. today-- former penn state

assistant football coach jerry sandusky will continue his appeal to get several child today former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will continue his appeal against several child sex crimes overturned. jerry sandusky lawyers argue there was various errors in his initial 2012 trial. jerry sandusky was convicted for sexually abusing several boys.

he's currently serving a minimum sentence of 60 years in prison. an investigative unit exclusive. hailed as the safest most efficient sar space system in the world. experts say a crisis is hitting america's aviation industry. >> the bottom line it's going to cost you time money in the near future. senior investigative reporter joins us to explain. >> good morning, guys. you know, the number of certified air traffic controllers keeping our skies safe is at a 27-year low. we spoke with several controllers in the bay area concerned this nationwide shortage will increase flight delays for you and me and possibly impact safety. if it's not addressed and soon. according to the faa's own data, many towers like san jose only have 3/4 of the staff they need due to a recent wave of retirements. faa officials acknowledge the problem and they announced recently they're working to hire 1400 new controllers to fill the gap. but with pending more retirem t

retirements and an ageing work force, this shortage has been in the works for decades and could take many more years to fix. you can see our investigation online as well as details of the hundred of close calls involving overworked air traffic controllers. it's all on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigative unit. guys, back to you. >> steven, thank you. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. send us an e-mail to the unit. cue the school bell in oakland. the first day of school for thousand of children. the oakland unified school district is expecting a busy day. the district superintendent will be riding a school bus with students this morning. the district biggest concern is the number of students missing immunization records. new state law requires all students have proper imnations. oakland unified superintendent will hold a news conference at 3:00 this afternoon. hopefully everyone is caught up.

coming upshots fired in a busy part of san jose. the search to find suspects behind the killing of two brothers near san jose spartan stadium. police have released new surveillance video of a suspect who is accused of biting the finger off of a bartender. we'll details coming up in a live report. and cal fire firefighters will be very busy today. not only on the front lines of the wild fires. we'll show you their contract negotiations and what they hope for in sacramento today.

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i'm laura garcia-cannon. =sam/4shot= a very good monday morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. kari hall is officially on maternity leave. >> yeah! >> we're going to show you the baby later on in the show. >> yeah. >> for that, rob is tracking rain in the forecast. >> yeah, unusual. august a chance of showers outside today. right now north bay been seeing activity. outside temperature wise not too bad. upper 50s to low 60s. 58 degrees. as the kids head back to school liver more temperatures in the low 80s this afternoon. a chance of isolated showers across the north bay. 78 around napa later on. we'll let you know how much more there is a chance of thunder showers in a few minutes. for a check on the crash of the

san raf fell bridge. >> this tow truck saying get over to the right. there's a back up on the bridge. the cash lanes off to the right have the back up. off to the left are closed by the crash. we'll track that. you see nothing other than that going on for the ya. bay bridge should see the metering lights turn on around now. the back up at the toll plaza. and there's the rest of the bay. new this morning a disturbing crime in san francisco. police are trying to find a man who allegedly bit a bartender's finger off during a scuffle. >> "today in the bay" pete suranos joining us with more. it sounds like a bizarre story. the bartender lost his finger. >> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. the surveillance video gives you a good idea of a description of the suspect. let's get to the video.

you see the suspect walking around eating. we tonight know before and after that incident. you see him getting in a tussle with his friend. the specific video doesn't show that incident. but according to san francisco police they say it happened on the 1900 block of lumbar street on july 17th around 2:15 a.m. that bartender turning away the suspect who had been drinking with friends inside the bar earlier that evening. the bar was getting ready toy close. it lead to a fight between the two of them. and the suspect biting one of the victim's fingers which was eventually amputated. 6'0" hispanic hair with black hair and brown eyes. if you have any information to help with the case, contact sfpd. >> thank you very much. a developing story out of the south bay where police have just confirmed the two brothers were killed in a shooting near the san jose state campus. police say it happened on south eighth street just blocks from

spartan stadium. just before 9:00 last night. the first victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the other person died at the hospital. police don't have a motive and they don't know what might have lead up to the shooting. the suspects are still on the loose this morning. tod"today in the bay" bob redels tracking the latest. he'll bring a live update in the next half hour. anger boils over in san francisco as protesters hit the streets to speak out against the recent attack outside of a gay bar. earlier this month tom ymy castalani. police are not ruled the attack a hate crime. they see it as part of an ongoing problem. activists rallied to increase awareness and encourage members of the gay community to look out for each other. >> there's continuing violence and harassment and bullying of lgbt people in san francisco. i want to know why we have to be victims or targets. you know, are we easy prey?

is there not a better solution we could have come to? if they gotten to know me, they would see i'm a pretty okay guy. >> investigators have yet to make any arrests in the attack. a man diving for abalone died yesterday. life guards pulled that man from the water after a dive. he was pronounced dead on the beach. the man's identity hasn't been released. several bay area residents died last year while diving for abalone which is a group of small to large sea snails. at 5:34 now. an uphill battle for firefighters. crews continue to fight vicious flames across california. currently there are six large fires and thousands of firefighters on the front lines. today many will be facing a different battle. let's turn to "today in the bay" kris sanchez. they're rallying for higher pay at the state capitol. >> right. this is a same time that corral firefighters are battling the

front lines of the wild fires. some of their firefighters will march the state capitol grounds today asking for better wages and better working conditions. here is why. according to this comparison provided by union leadership for local 2881 a cal fire captain earns up to $4600 a month with no retirement or benefits. their workweek is 72 hours a week. a captain in one of theest earns up to $8700 gross. no benefits. no retirement there. their workweek is 56 hours. one of the union leaders for cal fire local 2881 writes, quote, "we will not roll over at the expense of the men and women who spend so much time away from their families fighti ining the fires on the front lines. our brothers and sisters deserve better." they're focussed on negotiations. they say it's not a band aid but a stopping of the bleeding.

the negotiations are underas they have peers on the front lines of six major active wild fires across the state. the two of them closest to us are the sbrab sbran knows fire. it's 60% contained. they're worki ing that actively. to to the north in lake county. that fire is 95% contained. the current cal fire deal is expectedin expected expire next summer. there isn't a lot of time to wait until fire season is over before the negotiations can begin. it's an ongoing process. clearly at a difficult time. we have so many fires burning now. >> yeah. we've been watching these firefighters poring their energy and resources into battling so many fires. thank you very much. as we talk about the state of wild fires in california, a live look at downtown san jose this morning. there's been a lot of smoke in the skies over the south

recently. of course, due to fires like the s fires around us. a new study from harvard and yale university finds in the coming decades people living in three different bay area counties are going to be at the greatest risk of exposure to dangerous levels of pollution specifically from wild fires. counties are san francisco, alameda, and contra costa. smoke contains fine particles that can stay in the air for hundreds of miles. time to check the microclimate forecast. showers out there? >> yeah. and smoke a big part of the forecast, as yo can see across the south bay. seeing qui ining quite a bit th. notice the transition to tomorrow morning. it looks like a wind shift.

we hope we'll begin to push more of the denser smoke to the south and east. this is the next 24 hours of the winds. we hope more of that smoke will head toward the california coast. that is one of the changes we'll see in the next 24 hours. the other check it out west of san francisco lightning strikes as scat earth showers are rotating from the east. between now and midday today. especially in the east bay hill tops. a chance of scattered showers. decreasing chances as we head through the afternoon. some mild temperatures to look forward to. the hazy sunshine today. temperatures in the 70s and low 80s. mid 60s closer to san francisco. highs in the mid 70s and fairly comfortable firefighters wi ste >> a look over here south bay all the way to the san mateo bridge north of there we have our two incidents i'm concerned. the bay bridge back up as well as this one. let's take the bay bridge and show you the back up.

we're looking at richmond to san rafael bridge. coming up next a toxic warning in the bay area. health officials are saying to stay away from specific kinds of shellfi shellfish. plus good news in the real estate market. the amount of apartments fwhilt san francisco moving up.

a developing story right now and a complex of storms brought record-breaking rainfall and flash floods to south texas. heavy rain pounded the austin rain this weekend. several people had to be rescued as the floods swept across the area. high waters, also, took over streets and bridges impeding traffic. so far there are no reports of any injuries. tracking zika. it looks like the virus could stick around for some time in gulf coast states where it's

most vulnerable. the zika virus could hang around the u.s. for a year or two. states like texas and louisiana could see cases. florida already hard hit. zika has been found in two neighborhoods of miami-dade county. wynwood and miami beach. last week nontravel related infections were found in miami beach. there's a travel warning heading for pregnant women heading to those neighbors. people are being told not to eat raw crabs caught in half-moon bay. this warning is from coming from state public health officials after dangerous levels of acid were discovered there. the warning applies to shellfish. raw crabs found in waters south of pigeon point in san mateo county and north of cypress point in monterey county. toxics can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness. an investigative unit ebs collusive. many of our states injured

workers say california workers comp system is stringing them along. some warn the problem is too big to ignore. tonight at 11:00 the investigative unit digs into claims that workers' comp is dragging out medical care. you'll hear from ryan schneider injured in the line of duty. his doctors requested treatment more than 300 times. some of those treatments were repeatedly denied. >> they take so long to get approved or they just never get approved at all. and it's hard to get better under those circumstances. >> is officer snyder the exception or the rule here? >> the rule. >> some doctors say injured workers are being denied treatment now more than ever before. we'll tell you why. if you or a loved one has been hurt on the job, you want to catch our full investigation. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. or send us an e-mail. hundai and mitsubishi are recalling thousands of cars that

increase the risk of crashes. hundai is recalling more than 6400 2013 elantr app could shi out of park. mitsubishi has a problem with acceleration. trouble for volkswagen, as well. >> they cannot afford more trouble. >> no. it'll be back in san francisco courtroom on thursday. in germany the company having huge problems with the part suppliers and that's a stop to production of the pa sat and golf. they refused to play compensation to a suppliesuppli. the supplier is not delivering key parts in response. like seats. you seats.

apartment construction is needed in the united states it's hit a 10-year high. rent cafe took a look at construction all over the united states and says san francisco will have added more than 9,000 new apartment units in 2016. san jose is just under 6,000. these are encouraging numbers. take a look at what other american cities are doing. i remembered to include seattle. it's smaller than san francisco. sam, you like summer slam. where is john cena? all numbers negative on the boards on friday. don't let that fool you. the nasdaq traded higher for the week in total. making it eight weeks in a row. that hasn't happened in six years. i knew you got something even more important than the nasdaq to talk about. >> i don't know. >> i thought we were talking

about wwe summer slam. >> let's talk about strong boys. you got any pictures? we have. a big brother. that's because we would like to welcome the newest member of our "today in the bay" family. this is baby kimora! kari hall gave birth to this little baby girl over the weekend! she weighed 7 pounds and 1 ounce. look at her! the big brother there. kari wants everybody to know both her and the baby are doing great. congratulations to the hall family! a lot of viewers asked when she was going to have the baby. >> she forecasted she was going to have it. >> we noted that laura loves

love. >> i do. >> loves babies. it's in your wheel house. i'm available after what time in the morning for nanny hood. >> my twins, perhaps? >> i'll take them! >> it's a new addition to our team. we have a new technology that you're about to unveil here. >> yeah. you miss it. it's taking up half the parking. >> big. >> there's a live picture of storm ranger on the left. this is game-changer for the first time in a broadcast television network fleet of storm ranger vehicles heading out. doppler on wheels normally reserved for research and colleges brought to your broadcast television station. there's storm ranger on the left. some of the features of why it's important to have something like this. a lot of mixed mountain top radars. unfortunately due to the curvature of the earth it misses critical data. especially around at bay area.

a lot of times the radar can overscan what is happening there. put the radar on wheels and we can fill in the gaps from the peninsula to the inner east bay, tri-valley, or back to san francisco. we can track the weather as it happens in real time. now this weather radar also can track fine details. it has high resolution capability. almost seven times faster in terms of gathering in those scans as it moves around the bay area. and can detect wild fire smoke. our sister station in southern california is using storm ranger to look at the fire and the smoke across southern california. very excited to bring that technology to you here at nbc bay area. temperatures out now and 60s and dusting off rate dollar. there's a light chance of a few scattered showers from east to west. it's rare we're talking about showers. the movement, too. a little unusual. low pressure to the south. counter-clockwise flow bringing showers to monterrey this morning. a few more on the short term

future cast mod that can clip parts of the east bay for the morning commute. and north bay, too. as we move into the afternoon the chance of showers decrease. cloudy skies on the coast. if you led to the sierra big thunder showers in the forecast today through the afternoon. high today 70s and low 80s around the south bay. mid 60s closer to san francisco. palo alto looking pretty nice about 76 degrees. livermo livermore school district getting underway today. oakland unified getting started today. storm term forecast include scattered showers. middle part of the week tracking a little bit of a warm up. the numbers begin to rise. mid to upper 60s wednesday. valley temperatures comfortable today. 70s and low 80s. climbing closer to 90 degrees approaching wednesday. you have the debut of storm

ranger. it's a large truck. if you're on the road, don't be alarmed by it. it may cause slowing if you run into it. >> don't run into it. over here the bay looks good for the speed sensors. we zoom up richmond to san rafael bridge. we're looking at the live shot from richmond bridge. we see the lanes off to the left approach are flock blocked. they're moving vehicles out. a car rammed into the divider. that's being taken care of now. look at the back up on the right approach and coming around the bend, prepare if that. all right. thank you very much. preing to go somewhere, you probably don't want to hear it but a last chance for a late summer vacation is coming up. it's a long labor day holiday weekend. record travel is expected to get a huge travel bargain. airline tickets might be cheaper. don't plan on using frequent flier miles.

labor day weekend is considered another black out period. despite that, experts say there's plenty of offers out there. >> affordable air fare and strong hotel market are making advantageous time for travelers to get away. if you plan on hitting the dusty roads. you might like the historically low gas prices. the national average for a gallon of regular $2.16. of course, in the bay area a little higher. gas prices, though, overall remain pretty low. below $3. cheapest gas in oakland about $2.67. hovering around $2.80 in san francisco. coming up next on "today in the bay." we investigate. >> what do you miss most? >> having my dad. >> a veteran biker is killed as he was lane splitting. the practice is totally legal, but is it safe? we investigate why the state may not have all information it needs to keep drivers and bikers

protected. but, first, happening now. would you want it? steph curry's supposedly game-worn mouthpiece. it fetches thousands at an online auction. it can be yours read about it on nbcbayarea.com. social media is on fire this morning after the japanese prime minister appears as super mario at the olympics closing ceremonies. you can see the pictures, the theme song, and the video now on facebook. we're back in two minutes.

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decision 2016 donald trump may be shifting his stance on a key issue this election year. immigration. the gop presidential nominee met with a group of latino supporters over the weekend and just yesterday his new campaign manager suggested trump might be reconsidering his pledge to deport nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants. this doms just ahead of an important gracious speech set for this thursday. >> we need a, quote, and, quote, humane way of dealing with what is estimated to be about 11 million illegal immigrants in this country. >> kelley anne conway said his position is to be determined. >> i believe that donald trump's

upside is far greater than hillary clinton's upside. hillary clinton will be in the bay area at a fundraising event como-hosted for tim cook. tim kane made stops yesterday in san francisco and in atorton. president obama is in baton rouge tomorrow to visit with the people of the city ravaged by severe flooding what is being called arguably the worst natural diaster since hurricane sandy. he's going to be touring the area's hardest hit where at least 13 people were killed last week and thousands more were forced from their homes. the president wrapped up a 16-day vacation on martha's vineyard yesterday. certainly received criticism for not cutting his trip short to head to louisiana sooner. the governor of louisiana said weekend he told the president to hold off his visit because

resources needed to help people not protect the president. now to an investigative unit exclusive. during your morning commute, chances are you spot a motorcycle zooming past traffic traveling in between lanes. >> the bikers soon will have to follow new safety guidelines as part of a new law signed by governor brown. will it be enough to protect you on the roadway? z>> if you're trying to determine how safe it is, you probably want to know how often lane splitting accidents occur. we discovered california doesn't track that. for years the state has allowed lane splitting without knowing how often people got injured or even died. california did start tracking that information for a period to study the issue but then stopped. after our investigation, assemblyman bill quirk of hayward hopes to change that. he imposed a bill that would institute speed guidelines for

lane splitting. last year california released the first and only report on lane splitting crashes. it looked at nearly 6,000 motorcycle accidents over a 14-month period. lane splitting played a role 17% of the time. that ended three years ago and they haven't kept track since. citizens don't understand how the state plans to make it safer if they don't understand. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. a disturbing crime in san francisco. new surveillance of a man who police say a mbit off a bartender's fipger. two brothers shot and

killed. the search is on for at least one of the suspects. we'll have the story coming up. and rain and lightning didn't dampen the festivities in rio. the world came together to bring the 2016 summer olympicss to a close. look at the highlights from the closing ceremony right now on "toda "today in the bay." lots of dancing out there. good morning! thank you for joining us on this monday morning. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm sam brock. laura talks about rain and lightning. seeing maybe a little bit of it in the bay area. >> yeah. >> let's take a look at the temperatures outside this morning. not your typical morning as we've beening. 50s and low 60s now. not too bad today. this is what we're talking about this morning. the purple on radar is hail dropped from a former thunderstorms moving offshore. could see more of that dropping in from the