federation's decision. police say five people may have been involved. >> plus, entire towns reduced to rubble. rescuers now racing to save survivors as the death toll continues to climb in central italy. and awaiting the governor's signature. the next step for the california bill aimed at trying to keep stolen guns out of the hands of criminals. plus, it's a major reversal from a major drug maker. the changes the company behind the company epipen is making after pressure from the public and from the congress. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. as you come far away and then come back. >> don't go away. come over. >> on this thursday, happy that you're with us. looking at another nice day. temperatures are coming down. >> we have the morning clouds this morning. it's going to lead to a cooler day as we get into the afternoon. same deal for the weekend.

clouds will hang along longer as we get into the weekend. looking at air quality that will start to improve. here's a shot in san jose. you can see we're looking at cloudy skies this morning and 57 in the peninsula. palo alto, 56 in san francisco. later on it will stay cool and cloudy in san francisco but we'll see full sunshine for inland valleys. 70s around the inner bay. 83 for san jose. 85 for fairfield and same deal for morgan hill and livermore. talk about that weekend cooldown. in the meantime, mike will get you to work on time. >> on time for most folks except for sunol and loek oakland. i want to show you the speed sensors. question had the slowing. it's not made its way back to the stone ridge area for the backup but holding steady. sunol boulevard and the approach, very slow over toward what must be the scene of the crash around andrade. emergency crews having trouble finding the exact location of the crash. look at this, 84 does not give you the relief. foothill road might give you relief. 880 past the coliseum, also very

slow because of a car that rubbed the shoulder and left debris just south of our camera show. oak port, one of your roadways on the side of the freeway. might offer relief right now. slow southbound. >> thank you very much, mike. new this morning, authorities in oakland investigating a late night shooting near lake merritt at 10:30 last night. police say the victim suffered gunshot wounds in the stomach and that he is now listed in stable condition. police also say up to five people may have been involved in that shooting. so far no arrests have been made. right now the latest developments out of central italy and amatrice where we are getting a glimpse of the scale of destruction follow that deadly earthquake yesterday. this is new video. as you can see it's aerial video that comes from a drone and you can see entire towns. you've heard about how they were reduced to rubble. this year a visual proof of of that.

rescue crews are using their bare hands to dig through the debris of hopes of finding anyone who could still be trapped underneath it. kris sanchez has been monitoring this story since early yesterday and, kris, the death toll there continuing to climb. >> it was revised slightly this morning down just because of view victims were counted more than once. still 241, nearly ten times what it was this times yesterday. yet there are moments that are giving people hope. this 10-year-old girl julia was pulled from the rubble. you can hear the applause. you can see the relief on the rescuers' faces before they go right back to work. here's what that little girl's town looks like from above. survivors sleeping outside, fearing injury from aftershocks as those buildings continue to crumble. the u.s. geological survey predicts those aftershocks will continue for about a week. much of the rescue work is early quiet as searchers use dogs and

audio equipment and as you said, sam, their bare hands to find the survivors under the rubble now a day and a half after the earthquake. the moment of the earthquake, the moment it struck was caught on camera. traffic cameras, before that quake wiped nearly three towns right off the map. >> incredible because it's like a bomb fell down on it. it's nothing there anymore. >> reporter: now here's what amatrice looked like before, the little town picturesque. here's what it looked like after that magnitude 6.2 quake. the death toll again was revised down from 247 to 241. that is because it is a fluid situation and in one of the towns some of the victims were count i'd moed more than once. it is possible that number will go up once again. sam and laura. >> thank you very much, kris. 6:04. friends and family are remembering the 18-year-old woman who died after being involved in a car crash in san

jose. she was seven months pregnant. luckily her pay by lived and his condition is improving. ♪ dozens of loved ones climbed to the rooftop of the parking a garage across the street from valley medical center to help remember dulce hernandez. she died in that horrible crash last week near tully road. friends and family prayed for her newborn that survived. >> the actually are allowed to take the baby and carry the son and feed him with a bottle. so that, we just heard that earlier today, so that for us is -- was very emotional. >> some progress for 7-month-old baby. the car crash happened last wednesday when her brother was driving her to herher fiance's k in san jose. police say the driver of the bmw

appeared to be intoxicated. that person was charged by dulce's brother had no drugs or alcohol in his system. in other news, b.a.r.t. trains had to bypass san francisco's civic center stop for much of the night last night. it was closed down after a person was suffering from stab wounds. it happened about 10:00 last night. it's unclear when or where that victim was stabbed. the person is in critical but stable condition and no arrests have been made. the b.a.r.t. station is back up and running this morning. it was a dramatic rescue in pittsburg where a police officer saves a blind man from his burning home last night. you can see all that heavy smoke just billowing out of the top of the house. that fire started just before 7:30 near west 11th and york streets. not very far from the birg post office. by the time crews were able to arrive a police officer was already pulling the blind man out of the home to safety. now, the homeowner is being treated for smoem inhalation and officer that rescued him is also

in the hospital. >> we also had one police officer who injured his arm during the course of the rescue. he was also transported with a serious arm injury from falling glass. >> brave intervention there. it took about 20 minutes to get that fire fully under control. there's still no word on what started it. 6:07. the man accuse of killing hayward police sergeant scott lunger is expected to enter a plea today. mark anthony estrada will appear in a hayward courtroom this afternoon. investigators say estrada shot the sergeant last summer during a traffic stop. lunger was a 15-year veteran of the hayward police department who lived in brentwood. new details in the operation known simply as gang of thrones. that was the take down of a san jose vietnamese gang. this morning we're learning what officers found during a massive sweep that also ended with a police officer's arrest. 23 suspected gang members are facing charges. officers also found nearly 70 gaming machines.

san jose police officer derek antonio was the one arrested. the police officer arrested. he's accuse of giving the gang confidential police information. >> his acts were deplorable. and in no way represent the character of the remaining members of this department who under extraordinary circumstances protect and serve the city with great honor. >> investigators also carried out a similar sweep last year cracking down on gambling and violence at vietnamese cafes. a bill inspired by last year's deadly shooting of kate steinle is sitting on governor brown's desk. the weapon was stolen from a federal agent's car. the state senate yesterday approved a bill requiring all officers in california to lock up any firearms they leave in unattended vehicles. san mateo state senator jerry hill authored that measure. hundreds of guns over the past decade have been stolen or lost by federal and state agencies in california. many were taken from personal

vehicles. politics now. decision 2016, hillary clinton is heading to reno, nevada, today, following two days of sfund raising in the bay area. last night the democratic nominee attended a party hosted by apple ce oer erksceo tim coo. tickets cost up to $27,000. the event was held in a backyard of a private home in the has altos hills. >> she really wants to hear from everybody. she wants to know what is on everybody's mind. >> because i want to show my support, particularly because my parents are immigrants, my brother is in the military. >> clinton also told the crowd that she wants a national train structure bank for ongoing road projects. donald trump meantime is once again taking an unusual approach in trying to attract voters. this time minority voters. trump turned the tables on his presidential rival with fiery rhetoric about accusations over her personal beliefs. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings,

worthy of better future. >> so trump argues that clinton and democrats have done little to improve the lives of minorities. when clinton speaks today in reno she is expected to address trump's latest comments and what she argues is his disturbing extremist views. all right. we can't clear the political air but we can bring in a breath of fresh air. that's anthony slaughter this morning in for kari. >> you're going to notice that ocean air as well breezing on through today and that will lead to cooler air. 56 degrees in san francisco. 59 forth tri-valley. south bay looking at a temperature of 61 degrees. later on this afternoon, expect for a warm sunny day for inland valleys. 88 for the tri-valley. 83 today for the south bay. cool and comfortable along the inner bay. 70s along the peninsula and 60s for san francisco. those clouds will linger through most of the day. just a few peeks of sunshine in the city. let's talk about that weekend cooling. in the meantime, toss things

over to mike. >> we had the problems in sunol and i did just find a crash in front of our camera in oakland. so let me show you the two slow areas. the rest of the bay looks great. that's a relief for most folks. here the tri-valley has a big problem. jamming up now from before you get to south of stone ridge down 680 over toward approaching andrade and just off of highway 84. emergency crews from what i understand are still trying to find the exact location of this crash but a motorcycle is down and people reporting that fast lane is blocked. so may just have trouble navigating. foothill road will take you toward the other frontage roads. i think you still have to join that backup. meanwhile, backup southbound 880 in toward hayward. hayward is fine but oakland the approach is jammed up south of high street. the live camera i saw this, from high street down to right there. look, just below our camera. and our building. now, no major injuries reported but this pickup truck suffered a lot of damage taking out about 12 of these little posts on the side of the road. this is a big distraction relating to all of this backup

and no lanes are blocked. we'll track this as well. back to you. >> a lot of people will slow down to see that. up next on "today in the bay," the flames are about to sizzle for wood burning stoves but if you've got one, very soon you can get money to upgrade them. plus, what went wrong? we hear from the driver of this taxi that slammed into a shoe shine vendor right in the heart of san francisco. plus, we will hear from the ceo that makes those epipens coming up. business and tech.

we have a new details on this frightening crash in the middle of san francisco. investigators say that the taxi cab driver who was driving was not impaired at the time when he slammed into a shoe shine vendor tuesday. that crash seriously injured the owner and an employee. this was on market street and sutter. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. he told us over the phone that he's limited as to what he can say right now. >> i'm not allowed to comment, okay? i'm sorry. i'm hoping they will be okay. that's the best i can do. i hope they will be fine. i wish them the best recovery. >> investigators are looking at possible mechanical issues with the taxi and a potential medical condition with the driver. they are also reviewing surveillance video. it is 6:15. new this morning, the pressure

seems to be working. the maker of the life-saving epipen now says it will cut the price by as much as half. that comes after the company milan has been under fire for increasing the price by more than 400%, charging as much as $600 per epipen. during that time the ceo's salary jumped from $2 million to $19 million. other executives also received raises. mylan stock took a hit yesterday after hillary clinton and other lawmakers called the price hike outrageous. so you now get a $300 coupon for a $600 product. >> as opposed to, scott mcgrew, just lowering the price. >> just lowering the price. seems more simple. yes, exactly. mylan this morning offering a $300 discount on its epipens. now, the mylan ceo was on our sister station -- sister network cnbc just moments ago. our reporter asked her that, why not just lower the price? >> look, no one is more

frustrated than me. i've been -- >> but you're the one raising the price. how can you be frustrates? >> my frustration is there's a list price of $608. there is a system, there are -- i laid out that there are four or five hands that the product touches and companies that it goes through before it ever gets to that patient at the counter. >> that reporter never got a solid answer on why the price went up so much and it was very clear the ceo was often giving canned answers. one thing to keep in mind about pharmaceuticals, it's like college tuition. very few people pay list price but 400% increase in this price is none the less shocking. mylan ceo heather you just saw will appear before the house like her colleague martin did a while back to answer many of the exact same questions about price gouging. he is the daughter of a u.s. senator. uber is offering a discount in september. sort of an all you can ride.

pay uber $20 and ride in uber x cars won't cost more than $7 tops, less sometimes. it applies anywhere in san francisco. so long as you stay north of caesesar chavez. just 7 bucks. >> $20 to get in the car. >> 20 bucks up front for like i want to be part of the plan. from then on never more than $7 for your ride. >> for a month. >> for a month. >> use it all the time. >> next month, $20. >> or regular uber. >> stay north of the city. >> exactly. >> okay. >> got all the dei'll ttails wo out. money will be available starting tomorrow for 1500 bay area home owns and landlords who want to upgrade their wood burning stove. it's in an effort from the bay area air quality district to reduce winter air pollution. the money will go towards cleaner heating devices. the program goes live tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. residents and landlords are encouraged to apply as soon as possible because the money is

first come first serve. you can sign up by going online or by phone. sign me up right now, sign all of us up for lower temperatures. we've been seeing that trend working right now. anthony slaughter is going to continue that today. gooding looking weather. >> we've got clouds this morning if you want to lead to afternoon sunshine and not as hot later an this afternoon as temperatures come down. that's going to lead to cooling as we come into the weekend as well. notice the clouds will be with us a little bit longer eef and every day as we get towards this weekend. right now we're looking at cloudy skies. temperatures will eventually climb back into the 60s for san francisco. 63 is where you're headed there. 88 degrees later on for the tri-valley. 73 degrees for the peninsula today. lit still be warm across places like the south bay and the north bay reaching back into the low 80s. again, not as hoot as it has been. here here's your day planner for san jose. waking up to clouds this morning. start to part out noon and back to 83 degrees. day planner for oakland brings in the clouds for the morning. by lunch time we will start to see that clearing. 71 expected there. in san francisco for today looking at temperatures in the

mid 60s but again, low clouds will be the story this morning. by lunchtime i think we will eventually start to clear out. if you're headed around the state over the weekend, keep in mind temperatures coming down everywhere. while it will still be warm, look at maces like the central valley coming out of the triple digits where they've been looking at up with 00 degree weather all month long. going to see cooling there. across parts of the bay area was we get into the bay area. temperatures not as hot. danville, looking at low to mid 80s over the course of this weekend. so here's your forecast for those inland locations. again, temperatures coming down for saturday and sunday. that's when the temperatures will be at their coolest. eventually next week we will start a gradual climb. it's not going to be all that hot. temperatures stay cool and comfortable in san francisco. mostly cloudy through most of the day. we will only see a few peeks of sunshine. let's talk to mike right now tracking the east bay from sunol oakland. >> that's right. two spots with problems again, an on this by. the rest of the bay moves well. zoom in toward 680.

fremont pd and fremont fire sounds like they both been on scene of this injury crash. southbound 680, andrade south of highway 84 and the merge. this has the backup start i don't guess you see top of the screen just around stone ridge, just off the dublin interchange. tough drive right now for the tri-valley. 880 moves well until you get to high street and jazz up toward the coliseum. i do also want to toll you that we have reports of a garbage truck on the shoulder and san leandro and marina. you may see spoke we coming out of that vehicle. live look at oakland shows you that crash. the camera auto focused to this wall. over here, this banged up pickup truck that took out part of the side railing. no major injuries but a big distraction there. and bay bridge toll plaza, backup. that's standard. left approach looking great. watching the east shore freeway with the new lights. 6:21. coming up next, infecting people

with zika on purpose. the new study in the works that has scientists hoping you will make one big sacrifice for the sake of research. chris chmura is joining us with one bay area woman's travel troubles. more on that. her flight is canceled well in advance but the travel sergeant isn't helping reschedule. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds, next. first, programming changes to tell you about. we have a special edition of nbc bay area news tonight at 4:30. followed by thursday night football. tonight's preseason match-up features atlanta falcons and the miami dolphins. then we'll have more news for you right after that game wraps up. more news coming up this morning as well. (scal): good day, m'lady!

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>> once a vaccine clears human testing hurdles it's likely to be fastraked on to the market. nbc bay area responds to a redwood city woman who had problems with a vm tra company. >> the dispute bounced back and forth. now consumer investigator chris chmura shows how we helped to end it. >> goods morning. gretchen grant used airticket.com to book a flight. tkt. a few months after booking she called the airline united to get her seat assignments and learned the flight had been canceled to gretchen called airtkt.com to ask to get on a new flight. they said they would call her back but never did. gretchen went back to united, booked her on a new flight that happened to be $330 cheaper. united refund the difference to her travel agent airtkt.com, not her. when gretchen contacted airtkt for a refund she got no response so she reached out to us and we responded. we contacted airtkt.com and they

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good morning - and thanks for joining us on this thursday mornin 6:30 on your thursday morning. good morning i'm sam brock. this week seems to be ticking right along. >> not a bad thing. we're in it together. laura garcia-cannon. anthony is in this morn norg kari on maternity leave. >> yes. >> and you are bringing with you cooler temperatures. >> finally. are you ready for the cooldown? just in time for the weekend. cooler temperatures slightly for tod today. these morning clouds will stick around each and every morning just a little bit longer as we get into the weekend. san jose right now, completely cloudy. 61 in the south bay. 57 in the peninsula.

56 in san francisco. later on this afternoon, the clouds will stay put at the coastline. that will leave for a mostly cloudy day in san francisco. 63 there. everywhere will see full sunshine, 70s around the inner bay. 80s for the inland valleys. mike is tracking that morning commute. how is it looking? >> we have two specific trouble spots. the rest of the bay looks great. this is a nice thursday for most. tri-valley suffers southbound 680 still jammed from basically 580 all of the way down to just past highway 84. and the merge at pleasanton and li livermore. the motorcycle rider has been taken to the hospital. minor injuries or at least nothing major. that's better news, better than the commute there. very slow 880 from 23rd down toward the coliseum where we see speeds improving. look at your camera. we had that crash took part of the side railing out. that was a distraction. you see the light right lane slo

slows considerably. now, that type of information hopefully will be brought to folks over there in the east shore freeway. i'm going to hand it off for that story. >> let's talk about monitoring that flow of traffic, mike. thank you. staying on the roadway starting today the commute through one very busy stretch of the east bay is supposed to get a whole lot smarter. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from interstate 80 in the east bay where drivers may notice more than 100 new electronic signs. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning. this has been a project that's been in the works with caltrans for some time. it's the smart signs that are part of the i-80 smart corridor. right behind me there. the way it works is they're going to light up if there's any issues. this morning we haven't seen them light up here off of the powell street exit in emeryville. the project broke ground in 2011 and meant to release the traffic congestion we see along the 80 west corridor for 300,000 drivers who use the free way daily between the carquinez and bay bridges. i briefly mentioned how it's going to work but with these

signs if there's a green over the lane that you're driving in it means you're in the clear. if there's a yellow sign over it, a yellow x on one of those signs, it means there's an issue ahead. if it's red, it means the lane is blocked up ahead of you. should head over to one of those green lanes. now, the signs will not light up at all if things are all clear. and today when they go on live we're talking about 100 signs that will be activated along the 80 corridor. according to caltrans, 25 lane blocking incidents happen daily along this corridor. so the goal is that these signs will hopefully fix that problem. we're live in emeryville, pete suratos for tonight. >> thank you, pete. new details at 6:33 on san jose's plan to shift police detectives to street patrol. it will go before the city council for a vote . last night they agreed to allow that vote that will take place next tuesday. the police union says it needs 500 officers patrolling the streets. right now they have 413.

kit was a brutal unprovoked attack on a woman and it was all caught on camera. now san francisco police is asking for your help to try of catch the person responsible. this attack happened in the pacific heights neighborhood on saturday. it happened right here. investigators tell us that man walked up to the victim, punched her repeatedly. gets her on the sidewalk and keeps going before walking away. police believe this was a random attack. it's difficult to watch. they tell us the suspect didn't take anything from the woman. they're hoping someone sees this video and recognizes him. 6:44. muni operator recovering this morning after being struck in the head with a skateboard. it happened tuesday night at van ness and bush. examiner reports the operator was attacked by a man on the inbound 47 van ness line. the operator was hospitalized. a female operator allegedly beaten by a man earlier this month rchltsz one more person has been arrested in the beating death of a homeless man. investigators say steven

williams was found floating in a pond in san francisco's golden gate park three months ago. police believe he was brutally assaulted for three days. detectives announce a man from san francisco was arrested yesterday. a woman was caught in arizona earlier this week. two transients have already been charged in the killing. to the hunt for two homicide suspects in hayward. police released these sketches recently in the hopes of nabbing the men who stabbed a 42-year-old man to death earlier this month. that attack happened on cottonwood avenue on august 14th. witnesses told police that they saw the two suspects take off in a white car after the stabbing. if you have any information or if you recognize the faces in the sketches, you're urged to contact hayward police. 6:35. there are loud calls to improve safety on a stretch of highway 116 next to the russian river. after two little girls died in a terrible accident this week. sara marcus lost control of her pickup truck tuesday morning.

it ran off the roadway and plummeted 40 feet into the river. marcus tried to reach 6-year-old caitlyn and 4-year-old haley marcus but just couldn't save them. the family was from the small town of jenner. now some sonoma county leaders are calling for the state to make safety improvements on highway guardrails and flashing lights. 6:36. now to a story we first broke on our news at 6:00 last night. it is another twist in a vallejo woman's bizarre kidnapping for an some case. new documents move that her case is not a hoax. documents come from huntington beach police. officer there's interviewed husband skins last year soon after she was released by her alleged kidnapper matthew muller. huskins account was clear that she and her boyfriend had been drugged by an intruder who then kidnapped huskins. according to that report huskins was never evasive during questioning. that is the opposite of how flis had described the situation. they initially called the case a

hoax saying that huskins denied being a victim. >> these documents are the beginning of a cascade of evidence in the real world that the vallejo police department not only didn't do its job but made things up about the way it did its job. >> vallejo police and city of vallejo are not commenting citing a pending lawsuit. california stays laumt approved a little that allows schools to develop xwhoi ehousing on district property. soaring rel estate prices have been a major barrier in attracting top talent to the san francisco unified school district. that new legislation would allow at least 100 households along with rental assistance for educators. the city has already set up a $2 million development fund that measure now needs governor brown's signature. it's 6:37. time to get another look at our forecast. kind of a cloudy start to our thursday morning. but cooling down. >> yeah. in fact those clouds is what's going to mean for this natural ocean ac to kick in.

it's cloudy everywhere right now from the north bay into san francisco. same deal for the tri-valley, peninsula, and south bay. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. later on this afternoon, not going to be as hot as it has been. this by a couple of degrees cooler. 63 in san francisco later on this afternoon. 83 for the north bay. 88 still today for the tri-valley. 83 for the south bay. temperatures cool off even more for the weekend. we'll talk about that in the meantime, less toss things over to mike track that morning commute. >> that's right. we have a new problem for the san mateo bridge. i also want to update the few of other problems most of the bay moves very well. 680 should start moving better. just got word all lanes are clear southbound 680 around andrade. the slowing doesn't go toward highway 84. that's for folks coming off this cut through from pleasanton. slow off of 680 approaching the area. still slow past sunol boulevard. over here we continue to see recovery as well. south 880 towards the oakland coliseum up that activity no longer a distraction. no lanes blocked. still there is activity from

earlier crash. over at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 jams up for the volume of traffic and also there, you see flashing lights off in the center lane. the shoulder area. but reports are that there won't be a tow truck available to pull that car away from the area until 7:30. that's a distraction. more slowing anticipated. maybe the dumbarton bridge bridge, guys. back to you. >> thank you. 6:39. coming up next on "today in the bay," a very special birthday for our national parks. but you could be the one getting in on the big gift, just in time for the weekend. i'm sharon katsuda live in oakland where as fans are very excited about a possible new ballpark. i'll have more on a special tour taking place today. plus, our amazon subscriptions worth it? we'll run some numbers. speaking of numbers, let's take you out live to new york city and the big board. dow industrials down 21 points. good morning. coming up on thursday here on "today," that sky rocketing death toll from the earthquake in italy.

survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. we're there live. also ahead, al is track that trouble in the tropics that could bring heavy rain and high winds to the south in the coming days. and the outbreak of devastating tornadoes across the midwest. and then two big stars in studio 1-a, actress, entrepreneur, and mom jessica alba will stop by and john krez ski opens up about starring in and directing his new movie. all that and much more ahead on a thursday morning as we get started on "today."

coming up on 6:43 on thursd thursday. >> saga continues for volkswagen after they admitted to rigging them to pass tests. in june they reached a $14.7 billion settlement to head off civil claims against the company. today there's going to be a court hearing on those proposed settlement agreements. among the points that volkswagen agreed to, the company is offering to buy back any of the 475,000 effected vehicles or to develop a fix to get vehicle repaired. let's take a live look outside right now. the oakland coliseum, the home of the arss. today team aeners will look at new site. they will be heading out about six miles up 880 from the coliseum to take a tour of howard terminal at the port of

oakland. >> might be a little cloudy and hazy out there but the prospects for a new stadium are not. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live in oakland. this is a big sign the as are getting serious about building a new stadium in the city of oakland. >> reporter: that's right, laura and sam. it's been busy here at the stadium with delivery trucks coming in, getting ready for the game. but you know what? this would be very exciting to have a ballpark, a new ballpark along jack landon square. pretty exciting for oakland as fans. the howard terminal located at the port of oakland, not as close to the b.a.r.t., but a what a spectacular view along the bay. this tour won't be open to the media but mayor libby schaaf says there will be a tour. this one is going to be with experts and it's going to show that the a rz very serious about a new ballpark. the site does have om challenges. >> i don't want to get everyone too excited. the exciting thing is the as are

definitely staying in oakland. they are evaluating their options. they're doing serious analyses of sites like howard terminal and that's why they're touring the site tomorrow with technical staff, engineers, people who understand the soil conditions, the seawall. >> reporter: mayor schaaf says she can work out public transportation issues. she says the good news is it looks like the as will stay in oakland. and if the as do move to the howard terminal then that would re-up the space for the raiders which could mean both teechls would stay in oakland. reporting live in oakland, sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, sharon. quarter to 7:00. menlo park the latest bay area city to take a stand against drones. according to the mercury news, city council members last night approved a ban on drones flying over city parks. the ban extends to radio controlled planes and unpowered gliders. menlo park city staff recommended the ban after recent

near miss on a drone and inability to enforce park rules. >> something else taken to the air now. sometimes when you're bigger than everyone else, it's just a lot easier to look clumsy. it doesn't mean that your clumsy. that extends to the world's largest aircraft. new 302 foot air lander pen which had a rough landing during the second test flight yesterday in britain. there it goes. this unfolding like a slow motion nose drive. the aircraft did sustain damage to the front of the flight deck despite the bumps crew members suffer noed no bruises and weret hurt. gliding to an end there. engineers are trying to figure out what went wrong. >> i bet they were holding on inside. amazon offers a subscription service that delivers things you may need regularly, shampoo, coffee, that sort of thing. >> but they're not giving it away. is eigit is a good deal? >> maybe not. the price varies. that's weird when you think

about it. when you subscribe to, say, sunset magazine, the magazine is going to cost the same every month. not so though with amazon subscriptions. the new times reporter brian chen tracked a whole lot of different subscription products at amazon and found their price can vary wildly month to month. so for instance, let's talk about a 30 1/2 ounce container of folger's coffee. get it delivered once a month, the coffee would cost you $6.64 in june. if you know anything about coffee prices that's a great deal. but the next shipment when it comes the next time will cost twice that, that doesn't make any sense, does it? if the coffee came today would be back to cheaper again. now, amazon does warn you before it ships your subscription. tells you the price. but kind of the point of a subcrisp subscription is to be able to ignore it. let's not ignore the markets. mildly lowerer. we're waiting on janet yellen. she's going give a major speech

tomorr tomorrow. and hewlett-packard is a bit lower. uber is planning to bring robot cars to pittsburg next month but got bit anuton r omy. they just launched in sing for today. robot taxis. i said this was going to come faster than we expected. the future is not coming next month. it came today. there will a person in the driver's seat because of the legal ramifications. but he or she is not driving. the car is. >> which i guess gives you a little reassurance knowing there's someone there to take over just in case. >> eventually that will disappear. the transit at the airport, there's no driver. >> plus, the amount of money you would be able to make doing it driving versus sitting in a car. people worried about job losses as you see robotics displacing people. that's the trend that is disturbing about this. >> yeah. >> thank you very much, scott. >> you bet. here's something to get out and celebrate. national park service

celebrating the centennial birthday this weekend by giving you the gift, letting you in for free. today marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the u.s. national parks service. to celebrate it's waiving admission fees to all of more than 400 national parks across the nation. it starts today through sunday. >> it costs $20 or $25 to get in the yosemite. you may remember tellinging you about 9-year-old james savage, swimmer who is known to give a good hug. he swam round trip to alcatraz in june. now he's going to have another accomplishment to put on his young developing resume. tonight he's going to be featured as a guest at the ringling barnum and bailey show in san jose. he thinks the honor is, quote, kind of cool." it's tonight at 7:00 at the s.a.p. center. >> maybe they will use his phrase, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the kind of cool show

on earth. >> step right up. >> describe the experience of being in the water, kind of cool. >> the temperatures is kind of cool today, that's a good thing. >> they're going to be cooling off in a big way, especially by the time we get into the weekend. today you probably won't notice a huge cooldo you knwn but you notice the clouds. marine layer, 2,000 feet. it's going to shallow out and disappear as we get towards the lunchtime hour. 61 in san jose. up to 83 later on this afternoon. after these morning clouds again, seasonal afternoon not much in terms of very warm temperatures. right where we should be for this time of year. this weekend though, air quality does begin to suffer as the smoke moves back in from the soberanes fire to the south. next week little to no change expected in the forecast. things will stay where they're at right now. 50s and 60s awe as you keep going. from the north bay and san francisco all of the way down into the south bay. later on this afternoon, looking at comfortable conditions. 63 degrees for san francisco. 83 for the north bay.

still warm today though for the tri-valley. 88 degrees. 83 for the south bay. there's the fog that's with us right now. it will peel back to the coastline this afternoon. in san francisco just like yesterday, we're going to stay mostly cloudy through most of the day. santa cruz, you will see a few peeks of sunshine in the afternoon. tonight, the fog rolls back in. it's going to be thick as we start the day off tomorrow. you will notice clouds off towards the tri-valley and the sacramento and south bay as well. winds out of the west. that will keep the air quality good. as we head towards tomorrow, look at the way the winds are coming. from the south to the north. that's going to bring smoke into the south bay and for the east bay as we go towards tomorrow. that will be the general trend as we head into the weekend. your air quality forecast begins to suffer. the east bay and south bay as we get towards tomorrow. also for saturday, but for today, comfortable conditions. looking at 60s at the coastline. 70s around the inner bay. oughtit itit ititys for inland .

back in low 80s this weekend. that trend will continue. staying cool and kol for theable in san francisco. bottoming out in the low 60s this weekend. so not a bad weekend coming our way. better air quality or today. let's talk to mike and track that morning commute. >> pretty well. we have three key spots i want to point out with issues, slow downs. the rest of the bay, peninsula not a problem. south bay looks good. northbound route is just start your typical pattern. same thing for hayward, 880 southbound from 238. the dumbarton bridge for a little slowing. big slowing but big recovery. from 580 down toward sunol boulevard we have a big slow down and recovery as the earlier crash cleared at andrade. that's not so bad for the tri-valley. we do again have better speeds southbound through pleasanton. 880 better through the coliseum. things start to slow down south of high street and the camera right by hegenberger and the coliseum itself. this is the only stretch with slow traffic. just by the camera across the

street from the coliseum is where we have activity on the right shoulder. that's the distraction there. san mateo bridge has a distraction as flashing lights looks like chp cruiser has arrived westbound across that flat section. one vehicle blocks that shoulder area so no lanes blocked but that distraction may be there until 7:30 as they can't get a tow truck there until about that time. there's the slow drive. back to you. >> thank you very much. the olympic flag has arrived in tokyo on time. it's the host of course of the next summer games. tokyo's governor was waving the flag as she arrived in tokyo yesterday. she received that flag during sunday's closing ceremony of the rio games. you may remember this, she appeared at the ceremony right after japan's prime minister popped up as super mario, the music gave him away. preparations are well under way for the 2020 olympics in tokyo. that's where the opening and closing ceremonies, you can expect a spectacular high-tech show. >> no doubt. 6:53. coming up, fire near a popular

east bay lake. the hunt for at least five different suspects, next. plus, towns that are buried under rubble. the search for sign of survivors after that earthquake in italy. but first, happening now on our digital platform. a woman is savagely beaten by a stranger in san francisco was all caught on video. the footage shows the woman being struck some 20 times. it also may be the clue that leads to an arrest. link to the story on our home page. and it's time to pay up for one man with a long overdue book. 60 years late. he found the book in a box but you know he paid up, calling it the right thing to do. the fine could have easily covered a nice plasma tv. link to that story on our twitter feed. before you head out the door -

here are the top stories on nbc bay area... good thursday morning. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on nbc bay area. >> first new developments out of central italy. a moment of hope as a 10-year-old is pulled from the rubble. this is what that town looks like from above. it's one of three towns essentially leveled. it it tall year leaders say the death toll is 241 people. nearly 300 others are in hospitals receiving treatment and thousands are displaced. some survivors are sleeping outside because geologists say that more aftershocks might rock the shell shocked region for a

week to come. new this morning, authorities in oak had investigating a late night shooting near lake merritt at 10:30 last night at lake mar rhett boulevard. the victim suffered gunshot wounds in his mid section and is now in stable condition. police say up to five people may have been involved in the shooting. to far no arrests have been made. dramatic rescue in pittsburg where a police officer saifts a blind man from his burning home last night. right here you can see all of the smoke coming out of the top of the house. that's near west 11th and york streets. by the time the fire crews arrived a police officer was already pulling the blind man to safety out of the home. the homeowner is being treated for smoke inhalation and that officer that rescued him is also hospitalized after getting hurt from falling glass. no word yet on what started that fire. 6:58. a cooler temperatures you may notice as you head out the door. high temperatures not bad, anthony. >> looking at pretty good conditions. inland valley will feel like a summer day. 70s around the inner bay.

60s at the coastline. overall temperatures do cool off. we will have updates throughout the morning. >> thank you, anthony. on your roadways, slow in sunol. mike, you're a man of mystery, mystery in oakland. >> look at the maps. south bay and peninsulaing looking great right now. it is sunol southbound 680 where the earlier crash caused all of this jam and now it's rippled back still in pleasanton. recovery continues. foothill road might be a good option if you're local and know that area. if not, pick out 680 because it continues to improve. slow southbound, 880 approaching the coliseum. down to the scene of this crash. i moved the camera. this crash happened early this morning. that pickup truck really damaged. took out some of the side railing. i don't know when it happened. chp is not giving ausz lot of detail but they are still on the scene investigating what to do for repair work and what other evidence you can find. that distraction will continue. >> hopefully the driver okay. >> no word on any major injuries. i don't think they found anybody there. >> interesting. okay. 6:59. that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live

local news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. good morning. death toll rises. now at least 241 killed in that powerful earthquake in central italy. residents desperately trying to dig out more survivors where their bare hands. moments like this one bringing hope. fighting words donald trump goes after hillary clinton questioning her true intentions when it comes to minority voters. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. >> this as she dismisses claims that clinton foundation donors were given special access to her while she was secretary of state. >> what trump has said is ridiculous. my work as secretary of state was not influenced by any