shootings targeting drivers on a busy san jose roadway. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. you don't have to be coastal, a little bit breezy for the rest of the people now, too. >> and in fact yesterday temperatures in the 0s. triple digits, nothing like that today. temperatures cooling off. 50s and 60s right now as you get going to start off this morning and you can see from every vantage point, clear skies. no fog at the coastline. limited from half moon bay and santa cruz. in the afternoon we will see sunshine. 70s and 80s for most of us. albeit, cool at the coastline. 69 for san francisco. that's ten draes coegrees coole yesterday. even cooler into the weekend. and week ahead for next week. we'll talk about that seven-day forecast coming up in 15 minutes. mike, what are youing looking at right now on the roads? >> seeing the commute to build.

typical pattern in most areas. south bay starting to build. peninsula, no delays. and the east bay standard commute. concern has been the bay bridge since overnight last night. we still have some slowing showing up eastbound 80 getting out of san francisco. but just got word from chp they have reopened all lane on that lower deck and the upper deck should have all lanes open as well after the earlier police activity has cleared from the scene. show you the shot from emeryville. we had a couple of issues. a stall as well as one lane closed. the metering lights are on. the traffic smoothly across the bridge. pete has been asked to leave. now you're at a new location. what's going on there? >> reporter: good morning. we're here now moved to the i'm bar der ro. all that activity we were just talking about, you see the flashing lights from our vantage point there on the eastbound side of the bay bridge. and it all started around 11:00 p.m. according to chp. we can show you some of that scene video we had on the bay bridge.

they say there was a man who got involved in an altercation. and we've later learned that he is actually an assault suspect in an assault that took place near the trans bay terminal. he started walking along the ledge of the bay bridge. causing quite a ruckus. that's when people called the chp to see what was going on. here's what they said he was doing when they showed up. >> they were called first that hechesz just walking on the -- in the lane of traffic. not on the side. there was calls that he was jumping towards cars, obviously very dangerous situation. and then he was throwing cones that i guess were located on the bridge rail into the lane of traffic. and then there were further calls that they thought he appeared to be under the influence of drugs. >> reporter: now, this man was taken into custody. like i say, you could still see caltrans there. seems to be activity there. we're also being told that the man has been taken to sf general for a mental evaluation.

we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks, pete. also new this morning. santana row turned crime scene. overnight we learned san jose police are investigating an armed robbery right in the middle of the busy shopping center. happened just after 9:00. alleged victim called nbc bay area overnight and said she and her friend were held up at gun point. she said the suspect took her friend's cash. kris sanchez is at santana row this morning. she will join us with a live report at 6:30. also right now in the south bay, police say this is the man who has been shooting at drivers along a busy stretch of blossom hill road in south san jose. "today in the bay" sharon katsuda is live at the main jail in san jose where the suspect is being held. sharon, this man was initially arrested for a separate crime and then police found a clue. >> that's right, sam. the san jose police chief says it was great detective work. he is behind bars here at the santa clara county main jail being held without bail this

morning. he's accused of terrorizing drivers between may and august. police say 30-year-old michael lewis is behind the shootings along blossom hill road between monterrey and coddle roads. they took place over the past several months. some neighbors said they stopped going out at night out of fear but now neighbors are relieved to hear the suspect is the custody. >> because my wife and myself travel through this area quite frequently. like i said, we live less than three minutes away from here. >> now people can live in peace and they don't have to worry about getting shot. >> reporter: in the ten shatt g i shootings he shot only one time. two people were wounded. san jose police say lewis was arrested last month on an unrelated charge. during an investigation at his house they found a handgun that matched the shell casings and bullets connected to the shootings. lewis faces four counts of attempted murder. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in

the bay." developing right now, still smoldering. firefighters swapping up after battling a fire at a recycling center in san carlos. it happened at the shoreway environmental center onshoreway road. the massive conveyer belt that sorts recyclables is what caught on fire. it grew to a four alarm fire, meaning more crews had to be called in. the fire is now out. firefighters will continue to keep watch throughout the morning. no police chief now to less us aers as well. oakland mayor libby schaaf says 12 officers are being disciplined and four fired after an internal investigation. the mayor says the officers were let go for attempted sexual assault, lewd conduct in public, and assisting in the crime of prostitution, among other charges. the woman at the center of the investigation, self proclaimed prostitute said she t slept with more than a dozen police officers. some she says while underage. >> i am deeply sorry for the

harm that this scandal has caused, particularly to community trust. >> i'm hopeful that there are criminal charges because they should be prosecuted. >> the now 19-year-old at the center of the controversy is currently in florida at a rehabilitation center. she was recently put in jail for biting at a guard at the center. two attorneys from the bay area are heading to florida to represent her. politics now and division 2016. hillary clinton will be in north carolina, donald trump in ohio. last night they shared their views on national security, the military, and veterans rights here on nbc bay area. it was the first ever commander in chief forum. clinton outlined how she would deal with isis and admitted her vote for the iraq war when she was a new york senator was a mistake. she also faced tough questions about her e-mail server. >> it was a mistake to have a personal account.

i would certainly not do it again. i make no excuses for it. it was something that should not have been done. >> in the meantime, donald trump maintained his plan to defeat isis is not for broadcast. he says he's not going to give our ken enemies his playbook but he would ask generals to submit their plan on how to fight isis. trump also said this about u.s. military generals. >> i think under the leadership of barack obama and hillary clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble. they have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our country. >> trump also spoke about russian president vladimir putin, saying that putin has a, quote, strong control over a country he's been a leader far more than our president. back now to hillary clinton. as far as potentially putting american soldiers in harm's way again. clinton said that would be the last possible option. trump said she would also be very cautious. laura? >> thanks, sam.

colin kaepernick getting the support from one of the country's biggest sports stars, steph curry but we love that there's freedom of speech and he can stand for what he believes in. there's going to be people that disagree with him, there's going to be people that agree with him which is what our country stands for and hopefully will drive the conversation to bettering the equal rights and treatment of african-americans and people of color. >> the mayor of santa clara is also weighing in. mayor lisa gillmor said, just as police chief kaepernick has the right to sit down for the national anthem, off-duty police officers have the right to sit out football games. however, i wish they would not. the statement stems from the santa clara police officers association warning officers might not work the 49ers games because of kaepernick's statement about police. happening today, warriors fans get those credit cards ready. or maybe your cash. bring a lot of it. tickets go on sale today. today's presale event is at

10:00 for season ticket holders only. at 2:00 p.m. tickets will be available for everyone else to buy. if you're interested you can head to warriors.com. those are never hot tickets. >> they are impossible tickets. >> they're fun. >> but you're talking basketball. we're also talking football as well. it's season for that and it's starting to feel a little bit more like football weather, anthony slaughter. >> it didn't feel like it yesterday but today you're going to notice you step outside, even right now temperatures in the 50s and 60s. you can see in san jose, clear skies as far as the eye can see. no fog this morning. that's the general case across the bay area. some fog across half moon bay and santa cruz, over highway 17. temperatures are remarkably cooler this morning. we're talking in some places livermore close to 100 degrees yesterday. you're at 60 degrees right now. so, yeah, about a 40 degree difference here. as we go through the day today, temperatures will come down quite a bit from where they were yesterday. 87 degrees for livermore today. 87 for san jose. 82 for palo alto.

and we'll see 60s return to the coastline. unlike yesterday we're at san francisco back in the 80s. 69 degrees for today. now mike has been tracking issues this morning. what do you get for the peninsula driver? >> a crash and debris. i'll also talk about the bay bridge in a second. we see san jose where your typical pattern starting off for silicon valley. no surprises unless you're coming down the peninsula into mountain view. reports of a crash. may be a big rig involved. that was the initial report off to the shoulder. now some glass and debris reported in that same area. be careful between shoreline. we don't see any additional slowing. it's been five minutes since that was reported. meanwhile here, the bay bridge has been about ten minutes since we reported all lanes clear. all the slowing has cleared from that lower deck out of san francisco and all lanes are open in both directions from the earlier police activity. pete suratos was following that this morning. down the east shore freeway. we don't have real problems. some folks might avoid the bay bridge. may be more traffic across the san mateo bridge over the next half hour.

live look shows us no additional problems. we see a good amount of traffic heading across the westbound direction. i'll track that closely as well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we first told you yesterday morning about a fire at an iconic peninsula inn. coming up next, new information about an arrest and connection to a domestic dispute. speaking out from behind bars. >> if you want to talk to somebody and you walk away, that's not kidnapping. that's even not attempt. >> the jailhouse interview with the convicted sex ander accuse of trying to kidnap two women in san jose. the reason he says he's innocent. and on a lighter note. we'll look at what apple introduced including some headphones they want you to stick it in your ear. in a jailhouse interview with

nbc bay area, the sex offender -- welcome back. it's 6:14 on thursday morning. in a jailhouse interview with nbc bay area the sex offender accuse of trying to kidnap and sexual assault two south bay women says he didn't do it. >> you have to physically talk to them and then you -- right? if you do to talk to somebody and you walk away, that's not kidnapping. that's not even attempt. >> david lee russell said he had no idea he was a wanted man after two alleged kidnappings.

san jose police tracked him down near oakland road tuesday. when asked if he shaved his facial hair to avoid detection he offered this explanation. >> i don't like gray hair. >> so you didn't do any of that to change your appearance? >> no. i didn't even know none of this was happening. >> the prosecutor says he will seek a life sentence. russell is being held without bail. he returns to court in one week. new details now on a fire that we first brought to you yesterday morning at a local institution. palo alto police say they have a suspect in custody for starting a fire at that inn. flames raised through a second floor room of the glass slipper inn about 9:00 tuesday night. the glass slipper zin is right on el camino real. investigatoring believe miguel gamero started to fire after continue front his estranged wife in the room at the inn. officer says that gamero threatened him with a knife but they took him into custody

safely. a court rules driving suing uber must resolve their claims individually and not through a class action lawsuit. ruling came over a lawsuit by drivers claiming uber's background checks violated their right bus most drivers signed an agreement with uber three years ago opting to resolve disputes through an independent arbitrator. the federal court is uphold that agreement. this ruling could affect another class action lawsuit that claims uber exploits drivers by treating them as independent contractors and not employees. all right. a lot of hype heading into yesterday and apple pretty much did as expected introducing the new iphone 7 on wednesday. >> scott mcgrew, more people interested in those new headphones. >> new headphones interested, maybe rolling their eyes a little bit. the headphones called air pods and wireless. they don't come with the new foeb. ex150. many people immediately pointing out how easy it would be to drop one and lose it. don't leave them in your pocket. throw your jeans in the wash. others saying it looks like you've got cigarettes in your

ears. >> we're doing a reveal. >> whoa. >> this poor kid. we run that fairly often. apple did not mention this in this announcement but reduced the amount of machine any apple care customers have to pay to repair the front screen. from $79 to $29. you still have to pay for apple care. but the deductible is less. mazda is recalling more than 759,000 cars and suvs because the rear hatch can fall on people. now, this recall covers certain 2010 through 2013 mazda 3com pact cars. 2012 through 2012 mazda vance and 2016 cx-3 suvs. sam, i know you don't watch top gear but surely you've seen an episode of two of star trek. i want to geek out for just a moment and point out that "star trek" aired for the first time 50 years ago today.

it ran for three seasons right here on nbc. the san francisco chronicle at the time said the opening yarn was a breath catcher. i guess they talked that way in the '60s. the clip we just showed was not the very first episode. we know that. to them we just wanted to say live long and prosper. we know. >> am i going to be living with this albatross for the rest of my life that i haven't seen "top gear" yet? >> one way to solve that. >> watch it? >> yep. you might want to watch it. >> i have seen "star trek." >> i have, too, for that matter sdm you. you, i know. you, i know. >> thank you very much. as we go to galaxy far, far away, the u.s. could soon be one step closer to learning more about our galaxy. the first mission to sample an asteroid is going to launch. that marks the third mission in na nasa's new frontier program. the spacecraft will collect surface material from a near earth asteroid and return to it earth for studying. scientists expect that the

recovered samples may hold clues to the origin of the solar system. that when we see near earth, the spacecraft is expected to reach that asteroid in about two years and will return back in 2023. so near is kind of a relative term. interesting information. >> i'm going to be asking are we there yet, over and over again. >> backseat driver. >> exactly. >> in the near future we're going to feel like fall. cooldown coming our way. >> it will get cooler over the next couple of daysnd by next week, you're going to notice it again today as we get going. really going to be cooling off more noticeably. even in san francisco, yesterday got up to 82 degrees. nothing like that coming for you today. back into the 60s. but you can see we are waking up to clear skies at the coastline. at least from that vantage point in san francisco. and in san jose. we don't have any fog either. sunrise coming up as we speak. traffic moving nicely. as we get a peek at the temperatures, 50s and 60s for the most part. chilly in the north bay. 59 in palo alto. and 60 in san jose.

later on this afternoon, we'll see a good spread in temperatures unlike what we saw yesterday where we had 80s stacked up at the coastline and 90s for everybody else. today nothing like that. back to 60s at the coastline. 70s and 80s around the inmore bay. 87 today for san jose. same for livermore. 89 for concord. still be warm spots but again this morning not seeing as much fog. a lot of cloud cover is held back to the coastline for places like half-mo moon bay and santa cruz. that's really all as far as we're seeing in terms of cloud cover this morning. high pressure, that starts to back off as we head towards the next couple days. trough starts to dig in across the west coast. that's the jet stream. highway for storms. as we put this into motion you will notice the weekend, we will see that storm system to our north. that's going to dive south, sunday and monday. by tuesday, it will be over the bay area. and even showers and thunderstorms could be possible as we head towards the mountains. here at home, just cooling off. if you're headed to sonoma wine country this weekend, temperatures cooling back from 84 on friday. back to 76 on sunday.

monterey bay temperatures cooling as well back from 9 degrees for tomorrow. 71 for saturday. and then 62 degrees for sunday. and santa cruz if you're headed to the beach this weekend, saturday looks like your best bay with temperatures in mid 60s. every other day temperatures cooling back in the -- i should say 70s back to the 60s as we round out the weekend. inland value is will stay warm. 80s go back to the 70s for next week. san francisco you stay in the mid 60s with more clouds cover for next week. temperatures taking a little bit of a dip even at the coastline by monday. low 60s there. mike, you've had a busy morning. >> fortunately we're tracking a pretty enough calmer drive across the bay. we'll talk about the bridge in a second. the south bay shows no problem right now. that first burst kicked in. we should see the second one hit and stick coming up in the next few minutes. this one is sticking around for at least the last five minutes. southbound 680 at stone ridge south of the dublin interchange. we do see a slower drive-thru

pleasanton. clearing up at sunol. and toward fremont southbound 880 slows as well heading down through hayward. standard past the san mateo bridge. easier drive through the east shore freeway. down over towards the maze and berkeley curve and look at the toll plaza where the metering lights are on. backup has filled in the toll plaza but the span is cleared of that police activity we had overnight and back at speed across that interstate 80 span as well. now on the peninsula side, we have a nice easy build. we expect more traffic flow. this is the bay shore freeway in palo alto. back to you. >> thanks, mike. bringing mosquitos to the house floor. coming up next, bold move by a florida lawmaker as the fight over funding of the zika virus heats up on capitol hill. serious accusations of sexual harassment against a san jose state professor. the reason his lawyer says the teacher's actions were justified.

you see i brought these mosquitos here today. can you imagine, colleagues, the fear and anxiety if this chamber if these 100 mosquitos were outside this jar not inside this jar? >> making a bold point about the zika virus. yesterday a florida congressman stepped into the house floor carrying that jar of mosquitos from his home state. congressman used that container to criticize congress for failing to pass legislation to fight the virus. a bill that would provide more than a billion dollars in aid is

stalled in the senate. a san jose state professor accuse of sexually assault sexually harassing one of his students was allowed to keep his job. growing anger on the campus that is forcing the university to re-evaluate the situation. he said he wanted to date her. aptekar's lawyer says the class was discussing romantic relationships and his comments were made in context. but the university investigated aptekar and found him to be inappropriate. he was suspended for ten days but not fired. all this was brought to light by a mercury news investigation. >> makes me question like what other things have they just pushed under the rug. >> i mean, it's pretty shocking. i haven't heard anything other besides right now. so it makes me uncomfortable. >> this week the new university president said that the allegations are troubling and that aptekar will be investigated again.

the proes tfessor is on paid le coming up next on "today in the bay," underground explosions sent pieces flying and knocking out power in several neighborhoods. local family says it was the target of a hate crime. the reason police say whoever vandalized this family's home could be charged with attempted murder. i'm kris sanchez live at santana row where two women say they were robbed by armed men. we now know who police are looking for. joining us on this thursday

morning. i'm laura garcia cannon. =sam/4shot= and i'm sam brock (toss rob) thanks to such more join uks. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. anthony slaughter joining us this morning. westerly winds, not wicked winds. >> no. no, it's going to cool off and be a nice wind later on. nothing coming out wicked part of the department. we're looking at cool conditions. it's going to be nice. so, yes, get out there and enjoy. we've got patchy clouds across the north bay. but everywhere else we've got sunshine. and that's going to be the trend as we get going through the day. that sunshine not going to be as wicked later on this afternoon. 69 degrees in san francisco. 89 for the tri-valley. 88 today for the south bay. temperatures not as hot. no 90s across the bay today. talk about cooler weather for the weekend and next week. maybe some rain. we'll talk about that all coming up in my full forecast. mike, tracking the morning commute. how is it looking? >> defying gravity on the commute. so far, smooth light commute. build northbound through silicon

valley. we just saw 85, 87, 101 start to show speeds just below the speed limit. typical pattern for a thursday. meanwhile looking over toward the crash. south 680, stone ridge just south of dublin interchange. right shoulder. slowing. i'm tracking that. that's the only incident for this section. here we have hayward and in toward the san mateo bridge with a standard flow. on top of the screen, metering lights are on at the bray bridg. westbound looks like traffic has stopped. its a not. we typically see this. burst of traffic hits. watch as it slowly makes its way to the peninsula and smooths out. so far standard there. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:31. robbed at gun point at santana row. right now san jose police are investigating an armed robbery right in the heart of the popular shopping center. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live at santana row this morning. kris, i understand you just got an update from police. >> we just got confirmation from police that they know who they are looking for at this point. we want to give you the lay of the land. this is near where that armed

robbery happened. we're right in the middle of san tan no row where the valencia hotel is, tommy bahamas. somewhere between here and olin and hatton street where there is a parking structure where these two women were robbed at gun point. santana row and olin and luxury apartments 400 feet away. now we know san jose police say say the suspects are either two asian or two hispanic men who were armed with a handgun and they stole the victims' purse. they then fled in a small white four-door car. the suspects have not been identified by name. nor have they been apprehended. we do know that one of the victims reported the robbery to police but also contacted us because she wanted to make sure that people are aware as they walk around here at night. a victim told us she and her friend were held up. the robber took her friend's cash and took her purse. i did post a nap of the incident where this happened on twitter. you can find me krisnbc if you

want to see it for yourself in case you frequent santana row. >> popular place. sigh of relief for south bay drivers as it appears that a violent crime spree could be coming to an end in south san jose. police say they caught the man accused of terrorizing drivers. 30-year-old michael lewis is allegedly behind a rash of shootings along blossom hill road. each time he was firing just once, sometimes after midnight at oncoming cars. those shootings date back to may and continue through the early part of august. some people tell us they stopped going out at night for fear of what was happening. >> because my wife and myself travel through this area quite frequently. like i say, we live less than three minutes away from here. >> now people can live in peace. don't have to worry about getting shot. >> there were ten shootings and in two instances people were wounded by shrapnel or flying glass. lewis was arrested august 16th on often unrelated charge.

but detectives say they found a handgun that matched one connected to the shootings me faces four koubts counts of att murder. developing now, underground explosion so strong it destroyed a manhole cover leaves it in pieces. these pictures are from the fire department. firefighters say underground electrical volt exploded last night about 10:00. it happened at center street and grove way. no one was hurt. thousands of homes and businesses lost power but it's all restored so far. pg&e is looking into what caused the explosion. later today the mayor of antioch is expected to address an alleged hate crime that targeted an african-american family and it could have been fatal. here's what it looked like after the fire was extinguish especially. family members found the home on fire around 3:00 yesterday morning. this happened on mccormack court in antioch. there were three adults and four children inside at the time. they managed to get out. but once outside the home, another very disturbing discovery.

>> the "n" word and a swastika on the front. >> which is why we're treating this as a hate crime. >> whoever did this could be facing attempted murder charges because the fire was strategically set to trap those people inside their house. the homeowner says surveillance video did capture images of the suspect but so far no arrests. new charges for the man accuse of starting the devast e devastating clayton fire now accuse of starting four additional fires. pashilk pleaded not guilty yesterday to four new charges of arson which attorneys say are related to various grass and brush fires. pashilk who was once trained as an inmate firefighter is accuse of intention fally starting the clayton fire last month. along with more than half a dozen other fires. close to 200 homes in lake county were destroyed by the clayton fire along with more than 200 other structures. a first of its kind forum put both presidential candidates in the hot seat. nbc's matt lauer and u.s. veterans asked them how they would perform as commander in

chief. >> tracie potts is live from washington with a recap and the issues of national security and foreign policy. really front and center last night, tracie. >> yeah, they covered a lot of things from russia to isis to vets committing suicide and trying to get health care and reforming the va. and of course, this issue came up, hillary clinton's m e-mails. hillary clinton rallies in charlotte today after answering tough questions from an military audience about e-mailing classified information. >> i communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. i took it very seriously. >> reporter: she drew the line on ground troops to fight isis. >> we are not putting ground troops in to iraq ever again, and we're not putting ground troops into syria. >> reporter: and she insisted that donald trump also supported the iraq war. >> i have taken responsibility

for my decision. >> let me go -- >> he refuses to take responsibility for his support. >> i was totally against the war in iraq. >> reporter: trump heads to ohio after being challenged repeatedly by the audience to explain his policies. he said immigrants who are not citizens should be allowed to serve in the military. >> it would be a very special circumstance, yes. >> reporter: he defended praising russia's leader. >> if he says great things about me i'm going to say great things about him. >> reporter: he criticized our military leaders. >> the generals have been reduced to rubble. they have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our couldn't. >> reporter: trump and clinton clashed over va reform. >> i will not let the va be privatized. >> i never said take the va, take the veterans administration private. i wouldn't do that. >> reporter: setting the stage for their first debate later this month. just before that forum got under way democrats here on capitol hill released e-mails between hillary clinton and her predecessor secretary of state

colin powell about his use of personal e-mail. back to you. >> there will be more e-mails to come for sure. a lot of people want to say good-bye to politics but say officially good-bye to all the football fan it is your life because the season is officially back. >> i like to consider this more of like a temporary hiatus. it is game day in denver. the nfl starts off right where it left last season, a rematch of super bowl 50 between the denver broncos and carolina panthers. >> after seven months we're ready for that rematch. >> it will be unbelievable. this is the type of energy you want. this kickoff game is like the super bowl. i mean, the magnitude of it. >> that's rodney harrison. he would know. he played in a few super bowls. music stars dierks bentley and one republic will be kicking things off today. you can watch all the action right here on nbc bay area. the nfl kickoff pre-game show at 4:30 after an early edition of "nightly news" and then the game

with kickoff set for around 5:30. it starts and stick around after that for a special edition of nbc bay area news. yes, i'm excited. >> yes, you are. you're so excited. nice knowing, you sam. 49ers don't kick off their season until monday but today levi stadium is serving up a fresh idea. all vegetables and food sold is now being grown on-site. 49ers will be unveiling the first ever rooftop farm later this morning. it's called the faithful farm. 4,000 square foot farm produces vegetables and herbs being used in food available for all events at the staydium. >> get some healthy servings at the game. >> also of them. it's feeling like football weather. that fall feeling in the air. >> it is. it's really nice actually because we've seen so much heat, anthony. winds are cooling things down now. good morning. >> the fact we have clear skies at the coastline and many spots but i do want to show you spots that have fog. this is tiburon. the fog is building at the golden gate bridge. and even from sals alito,

clouds. everywhere else, crystal clear skies. walnut creek looking good. clear skies from that vantage point. san francisco, no fog downtown but again coming over the golden gate, that's where you do have patchy clouds. in san jose, looking good. sun rise under way. highs today, comfortable. you mentioned that fall air in place. 50s and 60s right now. later on this afternoon, nothing like we saw yesterday. in fact those 90s out of here even the triple digits. back in the 70s and 80s for the most part. 60s in san francisco for today. mike, you're tracking a crash in pleasanton. >> a little bit better. initial distraction. things calmed down. lets me show you what we're talking about. south bay, silicon valley. standard flowing northbound direction. peninsulaing looking good as well. the east bay not so bad. here's the tri-valley. and the crash i was concerned with at stone ridge. again, on the shoulder. slowing southbound b past the dublin interchange and clearing by the time you get to sunol

boulevard. 880 south from 238. coming out of san leandro we have traffic slowing all of the way down in toward the dumbarton bridge for highway 84. west 92 across the span. we're seeing more traffic flowing but no slowing yet over on the san mateo side. easy drive across that bay bridge. all activity cleared from the earlier police activity early this morning. the east shore freeway has your standard lslowing. down to the berkeley curve. back to you. >> all right, thank you, mike. coming up next, say good-bye a po. particular south bay movie theater. why camera 12 in san jose right downtown closing its doors. and the complications this creates for one of the bay area's biggest film festivals. how to listen to music on new iphone and an artist stuck on a ship. out to the big board. nyse, dow industrials down 60 points. a once popular movie theater in

the south bay is closing it's doors for good. ===ta v . hold the popcorn. a once popular movie theater is closing its doors for good. the owners say after a decade of lost revenue they just couldn't keep the cinemas open. a trio of self-professed movie film geeks opened camera 1 in 1975. then they tack over the failed

united artist theater turning it into camera 12. it complicates things for film festival that starts in march and now they're scrambling to find substitute venues. a new student living learning community is cause an uproar in southern california. cal state los angeles has campus housing set aside for students with similar interest or common academic goals. when cal state l.a. opened a new black living learning community some were taken aback by thatco. the university counters that it's for students, quote, interested in the issue of concern to the black community. the school even says there's a wait list to get in. >> this is not segregated housing. this housing is open to all students. it focuses on academic excellence and programs that are inclusive and nondiscriminatory. >> uc berkeley also offering african-american, asian-pacific

american, native american, among other themed housing options. the way california schools are graded is changing. new school report cards will be more detailed. state board of education will consider new grading systems today and tomorrow during their meeting in sacramento. the last grading system was suspended three years ago. officials and teachers say that report card which graded schools by three digit number called api scores was too simplistic. criticing say the new grading plan officials are considering is confusing. in d.c., flunking a drug maker, lawmakers on capitol hill are going to be investigating the massive markups of epipens. senate panel is opening an inquiry in what matter. mylan raised the price from $100 to $500. mylan blamed the health care market for the price increase. following public anger the company is now offering coupon and developing a cheaper jenngec version of the same drug.

yesterday for the most part things went as expected. apple getting rid of the headphone jack on the new iphone 7. >> you say it's not about the headphones. >> good morning. it's about the things that go in the headphone jack that aren't head phones. i have some of them here. the square credit card reader. and we talked about this thermometer that kinsa that plug into the iphone headphone jack which means the company doesn't have to pay a licensing fee to access the phone. if there is no headphone jack companies will likely in the future have to pay to access the lightning jack. that's why at least in my opinion, yesterday apple announced no headphone jack. now, as how are you going to listen to music on the new iphone with no headphone jack, the new phone comes with new headphones that connect to the lightning port. you can also use old headphones as well with an adapter that will come with the phone or use blue tooth, wireless headphone or speakers. we talked about the hanjin

bankruptcy that left a number of ships out in the ocean in purgatory. they can't dock. they're anchored offshore. at least three off the coast of leaks. that's left billions of dollars of goods in containers. also left this woman stranded. artist in residence, rebecca moss, won a 23-day at sea contest and now she's stuck aboard that same ship. stocks barely moved wednesday. anheuser-busch on the stock market celebrating the start of football system with frosty beverages. you mentioned thursday night football debuts tonight on abc. panthers and broncos. most of us like the 49ers and the raiders. if you type #goniners in your twitter you will get a little niners icon. now, this works for all teams. so #raidernation for the raiders for instance or #feeddabears for the bears. >> and dikta. >> they did that as well during the olympics. rio.

>> you get the fun symbol. >> more sports to come. thank you very much. >> have that #cutebaby. we've been talking about this for a while. kari hall out on the maternity leaf. >> while she's leaving her time she's not forgotten she says about her family right here on the bay area. >> because we keep calling her. >> good morning, everyone. thank you to all of the viewers who have given me your well wishes and notes of congratulations. it's been great being at home with bella every single morning we're watching "today in the bay." and also want to say thank you to sam and laura, mike, rob, anthony, all of you guys who are holding down the fort while i'm enjoyi ining every second with a at home. see you soon. >> doesn't kari seem so serene? >> very peaceful. >> yeah. >> nice. >> newsroom. >> yeah. she's -- >>y i this before. >> yes, yes. >> practice makes perfect.

>> the first time i did it, i scrambled. >> this is going to be your last? >> oh, yeah. no more. >> no, no. >> you're a great dad. you are a great dad. >> you are a great mother and you're a great dad, too. >> sam? >> i just love dogs. >> just a matter of time. >> everything in time. let's take things a little bit slow this morning. take it back. talk about our forecast. we've got some cooler weather. you can see the temperatures right now, yes, much more comfortable. if you are outside at any point yesterday you're probably notice it was a little uncomfortable especially by the afternoon hours. even at the coastline. san francisco yesterday up to 82 degrees. this morning we just got some fog across the north bay in san francisco. everywhere else looking at clear skies and temperatures will respond nicely. strong westerly winds. that will cool us off as we through the afternoon hours. futurecast, you will notice what i'm talking about.

san francisco, half moon bay. even in our inland valleys today, 10 to 15-mile-per-hour sustained winds out of the west. that's going to keep the temperatures in check. things relaxed tonight and winds will start to shift around an area of low pressure that's going to dive south for the weekend. for today again, looking at 69 degrees. 72 for santa cruz. not the ideal beach weather week rehad yid. but if you've got pool still open, 87 degrees for san jose today. 87 for livermore. 89 for concord. if you got to get out to work this morning. mike, is going to get you there on time in a little bit. you can see high pressure is going to break down allowing four our storm track to dip farther south and that is going to mean for temperatures cooling and maybe, yes, maybe, just some showers as we head towards tuesday. mostly across the mountains but something we'll have to watch as this system dives south. if you're getting out of town, here across the bay area, sonoma wine country looking good. temperatures cooling off in the 70s there. monterrey bay, looking good as

well. 60s for the most part. saturday will be your warm day. santa cruz, saturday your best day to get out and enjoy the beach waters. 74 for saturday every other daying looking at 60s across the coastline. temperatures the cool off over the next seven days. back in the 70s for next week. san francisco same, in the 60s with more cloud cover for next week. let's toss things over to mike and track that morning commute. >> we have your standard build on for the south bay. silicon valley sees more commuters coming into the area. that's why we see slowing here on the speed sensors. northbound standard for that section of your commute. also standard slowing southbound 880 from san leandro down through hayward. earlier crash leaves a distraction on the shoulder. more slowing before the san mateo bridge. look, san mateo, dumbarton bridge, westbound sees more traffic flowing over there. now we have slowing for the bay shore freeway through san mateo as well as getting over there through east palo alto, menlo park on the peninsula side of the dumbarton bridge. east shore freeway, talked about

a slower drive from san pablo over towards the maze. let me show you our camera. earlier incident. police activity on the bay bridge. that cleared just about 6:00 all lanes recovered very nicely. we may have a slower drive down the berkeley curve. metering lights may be a tad bit slower than you expect. allow another ten minutes perhaps on the approach through berkeley. san jose, lighting just changed. looks like our cars are washed out, maybe they need a new iphone 7, i don't know. smooth drive-thru silicon valley. back to you. >> thank you, mike. you mentioned the bay bridge, that morning traffic nightmare is over. but we'll have more. we'll have the pictures to show you about a peaceful ending to that hours long standoff after a man climbed on the side of the bay bridge. plus, robbed at gun point at place where many of you have probably shopped. santana row. new information police are telling us this morning about the armed men they're looking for. first, happening now, colin kaepernick says he has no regets about his national anthem protests. now he's getting support from

warriors star steph curry. read what curry has to say on nbcbayarea.com. plus, we're getting a new look at the transbay transit center in san francisco and design includes a mini bay bridge. check out the photos yourself on your facebook page. before you head out the door -

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bay area. >> more than just a scare at santana row. overnight police are investigating a an armed robbery that happened at about 10:00. one of the alleged victims called nbc bay area overnight and said that she was held up at gun point there. she said the suspect ended up taking her friend's cash. police have just released a suspect description saying they're looking for two asian or hispanic men who are armed with a handgun. the suspectses fled in a small white four-door car. police say they caught the man accuse of terrorizing drivers along blossom hill road. 30-year-old michael lewis is allegedly behind a rash of shootings along blossom hill road tweent monterey and coddle roads. each time firing just once. in the ten shootings two people were wounded by shrapnel or flying glass. san jose police say lewis was. >> reporter: rested august 16th on unrelated charge. detectives found a handgun that matched the one connected to the shooting. lewis faces four counts of

attempted murder. early this morning there was a seven-hour long standoff that created a traffic nightmare on the bay bridge that just ended about an hour and a half ago. chp says a man who allegedly assaulted someone at the transbay terminal in san francisco ended up on the lower deck of the western span. that was around 11:00 last night in the eastbound direction. drivers say the man was walking in a lane, jumping towards and throwing construction cones at vehicles. the suspect was finally taken into custody about 5:30 this morning. he was taken to sf general for a mental health evaluation. also developing right now, still smoldering. firefighters are mopping up after battling a fire at a recycling center in san carlos. all this happened at the shoreway environmental center onshoreway road. the massive conveyer belt that sorts recyclables is what caught fire. it grew into a four alarm fire which means more crews had to be called in to help out. nobody was injured and the fire

is out now but firefighters keeping a close watch on that area throughout the morning. watching the forecast, anthony is in for kari. a cooler sense of that forecast. >> yeah. it's still going to be warm but not as hot as it was yesterday. still talking upper 80s for inland locations. through the weekend, temperatures cool off a little bit but next week you're really going to notice it. 70s for daytime highs. san francisco stays cool in the 60s for the next several days. more cloud cover as we head towards the weekend. >> thank you. it was dramatic to say the least early this morning. a lot of that has been erased. >> you talked about the activity that was on the bay bridge. all cleared up. let's show you the map of recovering nicely. we'll look at the standard pattern around the bay. south bay because right now is where we see that traffic hitting the south bay freeways. north 2890. no surprises down here. no surprises for sunol out of pleasanton. easy drive for 680. 880 earlier crash may slow you a bit. peninsula looks great. >> sounds good. and we'll check back in with

mike and anthony. we have a local news update at 7:25. >> we will see you then. nbc bay area news at 11:00. join us then. ♪ good morning. top guns. donald trump and hillary clinton make the case for being the next commander in chief at our exclusive forum. trump courting controversy for suggesting it's time to replace some military leaders. >> the generals have been reduced to rubble. >> and heaping praise on vladimir putin. >> he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader. clinton going out on a limb with this vow -- >> we are not putting ground troops into iraq ever again. >> while defending the way she handled sensitive information as secretary of state. >> there's no evidence my system was hacked. >> this morning did either of them prove they're ready to lead? banned from the pool? suspensions expected to be