6:00. consider that your alarm clock. thank you for joining us on your wednesday morning. >> i'm some brock. we do have a lot going on. an update in europe in just a second but first, a warming trend right now taking over in the bay area. >> yeah, mid week warmup. talking the valleys. see more in san jose. to start off the morning, some hazy skies. more wildfire smoke as opposed to low clouds and fog for the moment. you see the view over downtown san jose. currently 61 degrees. temperatures around the central bay and north bay though in the mid 50s. so dress in layers as you send the kids off to schools. mid to upper 80s around the tri-valley. lower 80s around san jose. 60s closer to san francisco. now for an eye on your south bay commute, mike. >> you talk about kids going to school but young adults hitting san jose state and san francisco state. cal state not for another month. finals coming up, that's tough

there. not a tough drive but looking at typical patterns. the built we expect at 280, 7th, 11th, exits as students arrive at sjfu. i think that's the beginning of the south bay trend. we'll see the build there. there's 101 for traditional slowing. pattern holds up. bay bridge toll plaza has your backup there as well. you can't escape that. back to you. >> thank you. we go to breaking news right now that we've been tracking all morning long. entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble as a powerful ate quake rocks central italy. is the this point 38 people are confirmed dead as rescuers are trying to reach people trapped underneath debris. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been following all the latest information coming into our newsroom this morning. authorities worry the death toll could rise because this earthquake actually hit people while they were sleeping. they're trying to find out where some people are. >> reporter: right. it was just after 3:00 in the morning. and there's an american basketball coach who was in rome

at the time. and describes feeling it as somebody kicking the mattress. here's what he said. >> my mattress was shaking that way and the room felt like the entire building almost was swaying back and forth. but it lasted a long time. it lasted like over 30 seconds, which doesn't seem like a long time but when you're in the middle of it it was a pretty long time. what's going on? >> that coach and his team from rhode island are okay. they were in rome. 80 miles away in amatrice homes scrummed on top of them. the mayor is quoted as saying the town isn't here anymore. here is a look at daylight hours there as the search continues. nearly 12 hours after the quake. rescue workers are working as the ground is still shaking there. you can see one of the bridges in the distance that appears to be compromised by that quake. the death toll right now is at 38. but it is expected to rise as rescue workers reach some of the more rural communities.

firefighters counted at least 70 people buried in rue i understand in amatrice alone. the aftershocks continue. this epicenter is about 80 miles northeast of rome. nbc news reports seeing residents and priests even digging alongside the rescuers looking for survivors. and we do have video of one survivor who is trapped in the rubble as we speak. we're going to bring you that story coming up in in the next half hour. sam and laura? >> we'll be checking back with you, kris. thank you. breaking news on the peninsula where authorities are investigating a shooting not far from the daly city b.a.r.t. station. you see police cars on the street there and obviously police tape is up. it's a very active scene. it happened a little bit after midnight on vendome of. the victim was shot in the stomach. there's been no update to this point on his condition. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is right at the scene. he's going to bring us a live update in our next half hour. in just a matter of hours

san jose police are expected to release more information on a gang sweep that landed one of their own officers in jail. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at police headquarters this morning. bob, the veteran officer is accused of leaking sensitive police information to gang members. >> he is. good morning, laura. we should learn more at a 3:00 news conference with officer -- chief eddie garcia, san jose police department along with the fbi and dea. that's when they will discuss the arrest of san jose police officer derrick antonio around 20 other people in connection with the vietnamese street gang. officer antonio was a nine-year veteran, arrested yesterday for allegedly providing sensitive police intelligence to gang members. he faces five felony koubs op unauthorized computerized access and one felony count of accessory after the fact. the 21 arrests are the result of a five-month investigation called "operation gang of

thrones." law enforcement executed 33 search warrants of homes, businesses, and vietnamese cafe where's the gang based some of their operations. police have accused this gang of numerous crimes including assault, drugs, and illegal gambling. reporting live here outside san jose police headquarter, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you very much. to the police shortage in san jose. city leaders have come up with an emergency proposal to put more police officers into patrol cars. that plan would actually give the police chief emergency powers that would allow the department to find a way around state law to make staffing changes. that would put shift supervisors and detectives in patrol units and out on the streets. >> this is critical so we can get more officers out there out on the street in the neighborhoods in the short term to hold us over until november. hopefully we will get voter approval of measure f at that time. >> mayor talking about measure f

to undo the retirement and benefit cuts for police officers brought on by measure b approved by voters in 2012. the city council is looking to vote on the emergency proposal next tuesday. we may learn by the end of the week if a judge plans to move the upcoming trial for the man accuse of murdering sierra lamar. lamar was last seen four years ago. her body has never been found. attorneys for the suspect ant lynn garcia or ris wants the trial moved out of santa clara county. they cite an over scaturation o exposure. surrounding the change of venue motion. the judge's written decision is expected sometime this week. a san francisco shoe shine worker is in critical condition this morning after a cab jumps a curb and crashes into his stand. now another shoe shine employee was hurt. we told he's in fair condition this morning. that crash happened yesterday where market, samson, and shutter streets all meet together. >> what i did see was the old

man just plyi ingflying up in t like a movie. >> he was down on the ground and he had a bunch of debris on top of him. and i was in shock. just in shock. >> quite a chaotic scene there. there was no passengers in the cab at the time and it's not clear why the driver jumped the curb. witnesses say that the driver seemed pale and was lying down on the street. he was also taken to a hospital. we do not at this point have an update on his condition. this is a gut wrenching story out of the north bay. two sisters, 4-year-old haley and 7-year-old caitlyn marcus drowning as their mother's truck plunges into the rushing river. the two girls were in the backseat with their mother sara behind the wheel. they were heading off to school when police say somehow the truck spun out of control and landed in the river. the mother survived that crash byic canning out a window. we talked to a witness. he said he jumped in the river to try to save the two girls. >> apparently the two girls were strapped in car seats and

couldn't get out. and it was like 20 feet deep. there was no way i could get down that deep. there was nothing else i could do. >> so sad. the families from the small town of jenner. it's a small community coping with the loss of the only children living in that tight knit town. residents say they will be coming together to try to get over this horrible los. >> hard to imagine anything more painful. a developing story as fire crews are rushing in to battle flames in the chimney fire yesterday. but they were not able to save the number of holmes and structures. that fire, so many, were trying to keep track of them all. this one is burning in the san luis obispo area already destroyed 45 homes in central california. firefighters say the biggest problem they're facing is people refusing to evacuate their homes. at least one family has bulldozed their own fire break and they do not plan on leaving until the threat is right at their doorstep. >> it's important to me to stay here because this is our home. this is where we've lived. and i want to protect our place.

>> that fire started almost two weeks ago. at this point, it's scorched almost 40,000 acres of land and is only 35% contained. >> boy, smoke from so many fires across california has been a very big hindrance. >> an issue but the wind is helping out. >> let's check in with rob in for kari this morning with a look at our forecast. >> a view outside san jose. does show you a little bit of that wildfire smoke across the bay area this morning. 61 degrees. the wind though at least the upper level wind should help us out heading through the afternoon. you can see the haze across central california over the bay area. wildfire smoke coming up out of the south. higher concentrations of smoke this morning and north northwest winds pick up a little improvement in air quality around the central bay and south bay this after. highs near eighty in san jose. mid 60s for san francisco. north bay temperatures in the 70s. just a little bit warmer in the tri-valley today. see high temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 80s. for issues if your east bay

drive around oakland, here's mike. >> we do have a note for drive verse through oakland as we look through the big shot of the bay. see a typical pattern. a note, san jose and san francisco state, you will see more traffic. we have instructions starting back for those classes. we have a typical slower drive but typical spot for the slowing through sunol south of 680. 880 through hayward and clearing. you're already for the anymore it's in freeway and acrossover the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. live look at oakland. nice flow of traffic. midday to note is that we do have a game. as are playing 12:35. just keep that in mind. so far you're great up to the toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks. up next on "today in the bay," we've been talking a lot about skyrocketing price of epipen. now we know the salaries of the drug makers top executives. those are skyrocketing, too. the possible cost connection next. tesla comes out with what is apparently the fastest car on

the street, fastest production car. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech.

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seemingly on life support. >> if you shut the school down you're going to have hell to deal with. i'm telling you. >> this is in livermore. livermore school board members last night approved a notice of violation against the tri-valley learning corporation which operates two livermore charter schools. both of those schools are under investigation right now accused of integrity issues, mistreating students, and lacking proper funding. the notice issued last night may lead to the schools shutting down. parents believe that would cause chaos. >> don't burn down the house to make repairs. right? you have to find a good clean way to do it without, you know, forcing all the kids out. >> the operating company calls the notice incomplete and premature. the district says that its public schools are dealing with a flood of new students that have abandoned the charter schools. the charter school closure is being called a last resort. we've been reporting on epipen prices skyrocketing. now we know executives with the

company who own the rights to the life saving drug are seeing their salaries soar as well. here's tom costello. >> there's a good chance you know somebody who carries an epipen with them just in case they have an allergic reaction. schools across the country are required to have epipens in case a child has an emergency allergic reaction. the company that makes epipen has hiked the price 400% over the last eight years. and now we know company execs have seen their total compensation go up by 600%. the ceo's compensatiassion goin $2.4 million to $19 million. now members of congress are calling for an investigation of price gouging and raising the question why can you buy this for $189 in canada while it's approaching $600 here in the states? we'll have that story coming up on "today." >> we look forward to that, tom. tesla, the one problem the company is having the cars don't

go fast enough so they into duszed a new version of the model s, fastest production car in the world. >> that's why i haven't gotten one yet, scott. this is the most expensive of the teslas. >> keeper than a ferrari. you were looking at poshes, too, right? new tesla model s has a special battery pack that will allow it to go from 0 to 60 in 2 1/2 seconds. that makes it the fastest car currently in production. there is a ferrari faster but they're not making any new ones. now, you can get that new battery pack added to your current tesla for $20,000. it will extend the range assuming you're not flooring it all the time. it will go 315 miles on a single charge. take a look at something tesla says buried in this. while the p100d ludicrous which is what they're calling this, is obviously an expensive vehicle, we want to iemphasize every sal helps pay for the smaller and much more affordable tesla model 3 in development. without customers willing to buy

the expensive model s and x we would be unable to fund the smaller, more of forndable model 3 development. now, tesla is not saying we need people to buy a $170,000 or we can't build the model 3 thousand they're coming close to saying that. tesla which makes wonderful cars and is led by a visionary, goes all in every dayle financially. as do other companies. solar city now selling boonds at 6 1/2% interest. that's a great return but it shows us the company was not able to get a lot of takers. also, according to financial filings on tuesday, the person buying half of those bonds was elon musk. sam and laura, we were talking about tim cook earlier. i mentioned steve jobs and john sculley were ceos of apple before cook. a viewer says, hey, ding dong, hobbit emilio and spinler. the truth is i completely forget about them. >> it's been some time.

>> i'm not saying was gil who called. >> you're not a ding dong just to correct the record. >> you're a hoho. spring forward, fall back. the push to end daylight saving fell short. california lawmakers are trying to put it on the november ballot so voters could divide. some lawmakers were worried ending it would put california four hurs behind the east coast and this could cause problems for business. in the end the bill didn't get the votes it needed to move forward. california has had daylight saving since 1949. by the way, set your clocks back november 6th. this is the good one, i think. this is when we gain an hour, right? >> that would be the good one. >> fall back. >> fall back. >> we work on this show, it's good. i don't like the spring forward one. >> that's the bad one. we were trying to get our timing back as people are going back to school. and you need to bunch of different options for school for your kids because the weather is kind of changing no matter where you are. >> depending if you're on the coast, peninsula, or across the

valleys. see about 30 degrees. temperature separation as we head through the afternoon. right now you've got low clouds, misty skies. again, in san francisco, 58 degrees right now. we'll see those numbers eventually rising in the low 60s. you can see the cloudy skies there over downtown. 58 chilly degrees. warming up a whopping six degrees. heading into the afternoon. that's the effect of that ocean air conditioning. san jose right now ksz 61. looking at a high of close to 80. and speaking of san jose, spartan is back in session. temperatures around san jose state, upper 70s, close to 80. haze out there this morning. that is a look at the wildfire smoke. high resolution wildfire smoke model. hrrr looks at the wind patterns during the day. notice air quality may get a little bit better for parts of the south bay. so today, moderate areas of smoke for the peninsula and south bay but improving air quality around the north bay and east bay. one other thing, the marine air

has comes pred by 300 feet. again, the compression from 1800 feet yesterday. when that happens sometimes the valleys begin to see the temperatures rise up a couple degrees. we should see that today around the tri-valley. low clouds keeping the coast in the upper 50s to mid 60s today. high close to 80 around downtown san jose. mid 80s south of downtown. north bay comfortable, south wind there keeping your numbers in the 70s. seven-day outlook keeps san francisco cool with drizzle at times. notice the inland temperatures. we've got weekend plans, sea breeze the taking control. highs cooling in the 80s. >>ing loos like a great weekend. a great commute as well. we saw more traffic flow hitting the roadways yesterday. rob talking about san jose state. san francisco state. we're going the see more traffic in the areas because instruction begins today. of course, after the deadline and see that meanwhile looking over here and we're going to zoom in toward the dumbarton bridge and san mateo bridge. those look great westbound toward the peninsula and no big

problems there. 880 shows a little build hayward down in toward union city. clearing for the nimitz. watch that crash 101 where we have seen no slowing for the coast of that as that is on the shoulder now. bay bridge toll plaza, only source north slow down and green through the maze. look at the bay bridge toll plaza camera. backup fills in all lanes. fastrak moving well. carpooling a big advantage. dubli dublin 508, you have a smooth drive. much different than yesterday where we had the big jam and crashes, plural, nothing going on today. >> thanks, mike. coming up next, on campus, the university where students are now allowed to bring guns to school. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a refund bloing. >> he bias new car and service contract. now he wants to cancel and get his money back. i'm consumer investigators chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. coming up on a wednesday,

the breaking news coming out of italy. the death toll rising from a major earthquake there. survivors now being pulled from the rubble. we'll have a live report from the scene. also ahead, jeff rossen goes undercover to investigate the true cost of wedding planning. are you being gouged for your party because it's your big day? and the legendary dolly parton is here. she will perform some of her biggest hits live in our studio as we get started on a wednesday right here on "today." (scal): good day, m'lady!

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in all classrooms. 6:24 on wednesday morning. classes begin at the university of texas at austin and students will be permitted to carry guns in all classrooms. new state law requires public universities to allow concealed handguns in classrooms and buildings but three professor at ut austin sued for the option to keep their classrooms gun free. their lawsuit referred to campus carry legislation as dangerously experimental. on monday a federal judge denied their request. 50 years ago a gunman shot and killed 14 people on that very campus chltsz all right. changing topics at 6:25. nbc bay area responds to a san bruno man who hit a roadblock getting a refund from a car dealer. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a story plus a piece of the law that applies to everyone. >> mark bought a new car and 1300 prepaid maintenance plan from hyundai. he says when he received the terms of the maintenance plan in the mail he believes they were

different from what he agreed to in person. so mark contacted the dealer and hyundai's corporate office to cancel the plan. mark says the corporate office approved the cancelation andry fund saying the refund check would be sent to the dealer. mark never got the refund check. after a lot of back and forth between the dealer and the corporate office. so he reached out to us and reresponded. they refunded mark $1376 for that maintenance plan. the company declined to provide a comment for the story. hyundai didn't comment either. california law clearly gives consumers 60 days to cancel a vehicle service contract. if you don't have any climbs and you file the cancelation in writing you're supposed to get a full refund. it's your right. if you have a consumer complaint please call us 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. then submit the yell he tips bar four our complaint form. share document, photos, videos to help us ininvestigate your

case. the airline completely cancels her flight but the travel sergeant doesn't issue a refund, until we step in. have a great day. >> thank you. 6:27. coming up next on "today in the bay," clinton cashing in on california amid plenty of controversy. the new ties we're learning between the clinton global foundation and hillary's time at the state department. pete suratos in daly city where police are investigating aen overnight shooting that leaves one man seriously injured. we'll have the details coming up in a live report. morning.

a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with "today in the bay." i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we were talking in the break about the incoming heat. >> and you're already feeling it. >> i'm sweating here. >> microclimate. >> that wool suit. >> 80s on the set. we were looking at wide spread, the temperatures around the bay area not so much this morning bebe the afternoon. from the low 60s to maybe 90 in the warmer spots. low clouds, 58 degrees. san francisco. you're seeing haze. more spoke as opposed to low clouds in san jose. 61. jacket weather certainly north north bay. the afternoon pleat santa ana. 78 in napa. mid 80s around the tri-valley. low 80s for parts of the south bay. the you're heading to the peninsula, mike says avoid the san mateo bridge. >> here's your chance to do that. here's the reason why. look, showing a smooth flow of

traffic. west 92 is slowing more slowing as, look, 82 is not slowing any. that's the dumbarton bridge. the live camera shows you why or the results of why i was tracking this. let's look at the san mateo bridge camera. from hayward. moving now. for the last five minutes i saw traffic almost completely stopped. i saw one of the still tremors we have access to showed looked like traffic stopped. that traffic looks like it's flowing on with the live shot and camera. maybe you have a slower drive for the time being. back to you. 6:31. update to breaking news. peninsula neighborhood turned crime scene overnight as man is shot not far from the daly city b.a.r.t. station. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live near the scene and john daly boulevard and mission street this morning. pete, any word on the victim this morning. >> reporter: good morning. last time we checked with the police we know that victim was transported to sf general for surgery. but we're here on vendome avenue, residential area where this investigation continues. you can see the police tape in the distance.

there is a fire truck and ambulance unit there. being told by daly city police it's unrelated to this shooting investigation. we do have some scene video from earlier this morning. and according to daly city police, they tell us they got the call around 12:30 a.m. about a man who had been shot in this area. when they arrived they found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the stomach area. and as i mentioned he was rushed to sf general for surgery. and we're going to getten update on that victim's condition and we still don't know at this time if this was targeted or a random act of violence. at this time, police have not made anier rests. so of course if you have any information that can help out with this case, contact daly city pd. we're live in daly city, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> pete, thank you very much. we have more breaking news to get to now. this time overseas. this happened in central italy about 3:30 in the morning their time. an earthquake struck. rescue crews are digging through the rubble in a desperate search to find survivors of that deadly earthquake. the quake registered magnitude

6.2. centered about outity miles east of rome. it struck in the early morning hours as we said about 3:30 in the morning. most people. >> reporter: sleeping at the time. right now there are 38 confirmed deaths in three separate towns. firefighters in the town of amatrice have counted 70 people trapped inside the rubble. numerous aftershocks have been reported there as well. kris sanchez is tracking all the nfths coming out of italy this morning. she's going to have an update in 20 minutes. >> rescue effort is under way in italy, sam. here in the bay area we are remembering the destructive napa earthquake. today marks two years since that 6.0 quake struck. damaging more than 600 structures. combined rebuilding costs exc d exceeded is billion. for members of the first presbyterian church the recovery process has been a long one. that church was built 150 years ago and the earthquake caused extensive damage. xwl when you go through a tough time like this the church really

pulled together. i think our town is stronger for having gone through the earthquake. >> until last month church members were meeting regularly at a gymnasium next door. it took that long to reopen. now the church, like much of napa, is back up and running. san francisco has classes commemorating loss of history but historians say not really marked the post pivotal day the great earthquake of 1906. according to the con kl it's about to change. city historians want to mount a blass plaque where people still gather every year to mark the quake. the san francisco history association is trying to raise close to $20,000 for that plaque. they hope to unveil it on the quake's anniversary next april. demonstrators are planning to resume their protests against the south bay judge who recently sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner. the group has been leading a drive to recall judge aaron persky. persky sentenced turner to six months for sexually assaulting a woman outside a fraternity party

at stanford. that is a sentence they consider too lenient. today's protest is being organized a the california commission on judicial performance building. that's in san francisco. at 6:35. decision 2016. the presidential race coming to the bay area today. hillary clinton is in town and it's the usual game plan. quick visit for big money. democratic candidate attended an event yesterday in piedmont. this afternoon mrs. clinton will be at 100 chon in redwood city. tickets range from $1,000 to $27,000. and then tonight the headline event, los altos hills cohosted by tim cook. all of her visits are private and closed to the immediate yachlt media. donald trump will be in the must win state today doubling down on his call to get a special prosecutor on the clinton e-mails. bracing for release of 15,000 additional e-mails this fall. in the meantime a new "associated press" report shows

more than half the nongovernment people hillary clinton met with while secretary of state were also donors to the clinton foundation. >> it is impossible to figure out where the clinton foundation ends and the state department begins. it is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. >> the clinton campaign responded to the ap report saying, quote, the data does not account for more than half of her tenure as secretary. and it omits hundreds of meet g meetings she took with world leaders. let alone countless others she took with other u.s. government officials while serving as secretary of state. it is 6:36. and new this morning on your wednesday, another robbery. san francisco's twin peaks. it looks so beautiful but this crime keeps happening. two tourists were robbed at gun point monday about 10:00 at

night. the victims say the two suspects took their backpack with two tablet, camera, and cash. both suspects ran off after that robbery. moping police someone recognizes the people or even the car you're about to see in these surveillance photos. police believe one of the people seen here is the suspect in the shooting death of a musician. emil emilio navarez was killed in april. here is the car. early 2,000 mercedes benz silver s series. there's a $35,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. 6:37. a suspect connect "today" a murder in san francisco captured in arizona with the help of social media. 19-year-old samantha was wanted in connection to a may 24th murder at golden gate park. the san francisco district attorney's office note fade police after runstrom posted on facebook that her vehicle had broken down in flagstaff, arizona. officers were able to track her down and arrest her. rundstrom is one of four

suspects in the murder of steven williams. investigators say the group of vigilantes targeted him for exposing himself to children in the park. it was a car ride that went horribly awry. a man accused of gouging a cab driver's eye eye is now behind bars. san francisco police say henry martinez got mad at the route the taxi driver was taking early sunday. you see him highlighted in the back there. he allegedly punched the driver in the face. the cab driver stopped the car and tried dragging martinez out of the car. right there on the surveil lns video. during the altercation martinez gouged the driver's eye with his thumb. the driver had to have his eye treated at a hospital. a rescue for a group of german tourists in yosemite. rescue workers scaled the side of a roadway through thick brush in a effort to get the women out of their car. the chp says the group of ten tourists left san francisco monday for yosemite. seven of them rented motor psychologistles to drive to the national park while three rented an suv. the women in the suv never

arrived at their destination. so chp spent the night and morning searching for them. they were eventually found yesterday afternoon appearing to have been in an accident. >> this isn't something that rereally deal with a whole lot. really, really technical exry indication like this. so it's a challenge for the crews. >> two of the women were airlifted to hospitals. no word on condition of the third woman this morning. 6:39. let's get a check of your weather with rob mayeda in for kari and a little something for everyone this morning. >> yeah, if you like fog and drizzle, the coast. and maybe ports of the north bay. mid 50s to start. into the peninsula and south bay, you're seeing patchy low clouds right now. in san jose, currently 61 degrees. expecting a high of about 80 this afternoon. some areas of drizzle and mist p ch. in the lunchtime, clear out the hazy sunshine. the winds will be picking up around 3:00 from 15 to 35 miles per hour. a little gusty through the san bruno gap at the sea breeze turns stronger later on.

highs today, 60s still for san francisco. close to 80 in san jose. tri-valley temperatures starting to warm up a bit as you see the numbers climbing into the upper 80s and around the north bay. santa rosa and napa looking nice with those highs in the mid 80s. mike, you are still watching issues close to the san mateo bridge this morning. >> rob, we will show you overall the bay, the usual suspects have the slowing south bay northbound into the silicon valley. east shore freeway westbound. move over toward the san mateo bridge across the bay as we look at the live shot westbound does continue to show slowing and right there you see that, i'm checking out i do think i see a set of lights. i have pulled over to the right shoulder. and that may be what's causing the slower drive. all lanes are open. looking at the rest of the bay and smooth flow of traffic. san jose as well with north 101. bigger note for the overall speed coming up. back to you. >> 6:40 right now. coming up, the bacon festival in san jose.

postponed. it isn't due to a lack of ikt interest or pork. on the wrong side of the law, the gang sweep lands a veteran by area police officer behind bars. what specifically he's accused of doing to help aid criminals. plus, tim cook celebrates five years at apple. we'll give him a grade. the markets struggling this morning to make any headway. dow industrials losing about 17 points.

6:44. a veteran santa fe police officer is in jail accuse of leaking sensitive police information to street gangs. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at headquarters are the department is expected to release more information about what's being called operation gang of throne, bob? >> correct. good morning, laura. officer derrick antonio, a nine-year veteran of the san jose police force was one of 21 people arrested in connection with operation gang of thrones. this was a five-month-long investigation into a local vietnamese street gang conducted by the sjpd, da, and fbi.tonio y counts of unauthorized computer access and one felony count of accessory after the fact for providing sensitive police

intelligence to gang members. sjpd placed him on leave two weeks ago while they conduct an internal dpainvestigation. operation gang of thrones resulted in 33 search warrants of homes, businesses, and vietnamese cafes where this gang based some of their operations. police have accused this gang of numerous crimes including assault, drugs, and illegal gambling. police chief eddie garcia will join the dea and fbi at a 3:00 news conference. further discuss results of this investigation that netted one of their own. reporting live here outside san jose police headquarters, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you very much for that update. this update might be a little disappointing to some. it looks like bacon fans are going to have to hold the bacon. at least when it comes to the bay area's best known bacon festival. the third annual bacon festival of america, bacon on cupcakes? am i see that? it was scheduled for the

upcoming lay door day weekend. it's being moved back six weeks to the weekend of october 15th at san jose plaza de caesar chavez. it has nothing to do with the supplies or food but inadequate police staffing related to dwindling number of officer. anyone who purchased tickets can get a full refund and you still, might guess, bring up the bacon. 6:46. high tax on sugary drinks means less people will drink them. a new study from cal shows few people with low income neighborhoods are drinking soda. it happened right after berkeley passed a soda tax two years ago. in 2014 berkeley voters approved a one cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. first city in the u.s. to approve such a tax in an effort to reduce obesity and diabetes. the similar measures are on the ballot this november in san francisco and oakland. all right. perhaps bubbly drinks at apple and a toast to steve jobs and

tim cook. >> that's right. tim cook celebrating five years at ceo. >> that's right. took over for steve when he was at his sickest, tim cook going from interim ceo to full-time ceo five years ago today. i got some milestones for you. cook is the first ceo of a fortune 500 company to come out. he's also fought congress and the fbi over user's pry vas is si. and he says he plans to donate his entire apple fortune of apple stock, about $120 million, to charity in his lifetime. cook also brought a human sensibility to apple. he addressed many of the problems that steve jobs perhaps ignored from time to time. things like poor working conditions, child labor. what he hasn't really done so far is move forward with apple's starting new projects and new products. the apple watch is the only new product since steve jobs' death.

others news, looking for huge return in the days of low interest rates. solar city is offering bonds at an unheard of 6 1/2%. a financial filing on tuesday elon musk snapped up half of them. musk's company spacex is also a frequent buyer of bonds from solar city. remember musk created all three of these companies. solar city, tesla, spacex. the relationship between these companies is very tight. you got spacex after all buying solar city bonds. right? and tesla is going to buy solar city. solar city buys batteries from tesla. there's nothing illegal or unethical here but the trouble for one company could 19 trouble for another. in fact, you will recall a couple weeks ago the news was announcement about a chinese bus straddled the traffic. well, reporters did some digging and suspect it might be too good to be true. first of all, the bugs is too tall to get under city bridges in beijing. bloomberg reports it's probably a scam.

china has been struggling with this peer to peer lending. where companies or people say i've got this idea, let's ignore the stock market and ignore banks. you just give me some money for my great idea. i'll give you a lot in return. this may have been one of those situations. >> it almost doesn't look like a bus. it look like a b.a.r.t. >> genius was it was going to go over traffic. >> minor detail in the whole thing could have really worked out. thank you. >> all right. speaking of b.a.r.t., a frightening ride to the east bay. a man onboard started swinging a golf club at a train car out the windows while still onboard. look at the damage. it happened at the dublin/pleasanton b.a.r.t. train. causing wide spread delays. the suspect got out and started smashing more windows at the station. luckily the man was quickly apprehended and arrested. transportation now update as most certainly materializing. happening today vta and b.a.r.t. officials will brief u.s. transportation leaders on that

transit agency's long-term expansion into the south bay. u.s. transportation secretary anthony foxx is going to survey the nearly completed first phase of b.a.r.t.'s expansion extending from fremont into berryes berryessa. that phase will be up and running next year. phase two will eventually extend b.a.r.t. into an jose. that might take a couple years. >> eventually mike will incorporate that in his traffic reports, too. >> sometimes i pull off the roadway and down milpitas and fremont and you get to see the expansion and the progress on the station. it is pretty amazing. although later than people wanted but it's amazing. >> start rebuilding the maps. >> realtime. let's get a realtime weather check. rob is in for kari. >> sbepeaking of b.a.r.t., livermore, pleasanton, from shorts to winter parka perhaps. lock at the numbers right now. 58 degrees, san francisco. misty skies. interesting part of the weather story. it's 58 degrees this morning. going to sea highs in the 60s. you're going to find the last

day above 80. may 17th. last day above 75, july 26. head just about the last day above 70. that was august 8th. so, yes, it has been a very cool summer lately in san francisco. if you want to find agencys, san jose looks good heading to the afternoon. 61 right now. and san jose state back in session. temperatures in the upper 70s. afternoon high, 83 degrees. but smoke still an issue here in the south bay. seeing the hey ski skies. looks like the upper level winds will support pushing more of the smoke away from the south baby the time we head towards tomorrow morning. so air quality again for the central bay and north bay has improved somewhat. some moderate levels of smoke pollution around the peninsula and south bay. temperatures today in the 80 frz san jose south. 60s closer to san francisco. north bay temperatures climbing through the 70s and warmest spots today, livermore over towards concord or antioch. you will see the numbers today in the mid to upper 80s. san francisco, cooler again for the weekend. more drizzle. valley locations, too.

temperatures dropping approaching saturday. mike? >> rob, we're giving you an overall note for a couple of key spots in your commute. over here off of 280. having san francisco state coming back for their first day of instruction there. as well as san jose state as rob talked about. i'll give you a second to look at your overall commute. it's great this morning. that's why i'm watching for 280 off in san francisco and san jose as well. there's a 11th street, 7th street. marked the on and off-ramps that will be concerned as more folks flood into the aer over the next couple weeks. see adjustment because they could still add and drop classes for the university. northbound commute shows the typical pattern. 85, 87, 101 and 280 in the south bay. quick look at dublin. 580. at the dublin interchange. slower drive-thru livermore. no problems in dublin. back to you. 6:5. coming up, we'll continue to track breaking news overseas where desperate rescue effort is under way right now to try to

find survivors trapped under the rubble in italy. kris sanchez has been tracking the update since we first came on air. she will yoin us with an update right after this break. first, state news now happening in california. a local baker is facing backlash on social media after posting a cake that she made of a ken doll in a pink butter cream fosting dress. to read all about it on nbcbayarea.com. plus, on our facebook page, see for ril la koko jamming with flee from the red hot chili pepp peppers. koko jamming with flee red hot chili peppers. gkoko jame red hot chili peppers. okoko jam the red hot chili peppers. rkoko the red hot chili peppers. ikoko the red hot chili peppers. lkokom the red hot chili peppers. a kok from the red hot chili peppers. from the red hot chili peppers. m the red hot chili peppers. lakok from the red hot chili peppers. from the red hot chili peppers. an update to breaking news:

entire neighborhoods reduced to 6:56. welcome back to an update to breaking news we're covering. entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble after a strong 6.2 earthquake hit central italy. >> while people were asleep. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been tracking the develop lts all morning long. we've now seen the death toll jump significantly. >> we have a drastic increase in the death toll this morning. now 50 people in one town alone according to firefighters there on the ground. and the frantic effort to save people who are trapped in the rubble continues. they will make it out alive. this is a very dramatic image we're about to show you. you can only eis arm of this person as a rescue worker tries to reassure them that they will

make it out. that quake struck at 3:30 in the morning as many people were sleeping including an american basketball coach in rome. >> we felt like it was -- like the entire building was swaying back and forth. but it lasted a long time. it lasted like over 30 seconds, which doesn't sale like a long time but when you're in the middle of it it seemed like a long time. >> that coach along with his team from rhode island are okay but 80 miles away and on the homes just crumbled on top of people. it is one of three towns nearly wiped right off the map. firefighters in amatrice say there are 50 dead there alone. there are at least 21 victims in other towns as well. and the news is expected to worsen as rescue workers reach some of the more rural communities. firefighters counted at least 70 people buried in ruins again back in amatrice and the aftershocks continue as they work. some of the roads and the

bridges are compromised so the rescue effort will be hampered by that as well. it has now been 13 hours since the quake struck. sam and laura? >> simply tragic. the story will continue to follow all of that. more drake breaking news. police on the peninsula investigating a shooting not far from the daly city b.a.r.t. station. happened a little after midnight on vendome avenue not far from mission street. police say the victim was shot in the stostomach. we were told the victim is expected to survive. so far, there have been no arrests. now to the officer shortage in san francisco. city leaders have come up with an emergency proposal to put more police officers in patrol cars. the plan would give the police chief emergency powers that would allow the department to find a way around state law to make staffing changes. specifically we're talking about the ability to shift supervisors and detectives out on to the streets. the city council will vote on the proposal next wednesday. a quick check of weather and

traffic. microclimates in motion this morning. that is keeping you very busy, rob. >> by the afternoon you will see them split further apart. upper agencys litter on. notice san francisco, 58 degrees. cool spot north bay, 54. san francisco warming about five or six degrees. mid to upper atitys around the tri-valley. if you want to find summer, take take b.a.r.t. to dublin and pleasanton. >> there we go. a lot of schools have been starting lately. so slow down near them. >> that's right. definitely for the school zone. this might affect the commute more. san francisco state, while commuter goes to that school off 280 in san francisco area. we also talked about this one just off 280 in san jose. san jose state is a commuter college as well. for the most part. we will see more slowing for 280. overall holding up stay drink from yesterday's commute was tough but some folks probably headed to campus earlier. we'll watch the next couple of weeks as folks add or drop class sdples try to switch.

remember those days? that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> hopefully a passing grade. see you again tomorrow bright and early. good morning. breaking news. a powerful earthquake rocks central italy overnight causing widespread devastation. at least 37 people killed as crews dig for survivors out of the rubble. trouble looming. a big storm brewing in the atlantic and gaining strength. it could become a hurricane as early as this weekend. florida, louisiana, texas, all potentially in its path. blurred lines. donald trump back on the attack. >> it is now abundantly clear that the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. >> this time over a new report showing more than half of hillary clinton's non-government