after the tragic loss of a little boy hit and killed while playing ball near the street. the details we're learning about this painstaking investigation. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the forecast for the last couple days were a little tough to take. you promised we'd get cooler temperatures and now you're delivering. >> temperatures cooled more yesterday and will continue to cool today. looking at 70s replacing those 80s like we saw just yesterday. a couple days ago we were dealing with 90s. we've got light showers on the radar. a lot of the stuff not reaching the ground. keep in mind you may encounter a few sprinkles as you get going. a lot of that is crossing the east bay and south bay in san jose foothills and near the fremont foothills. everywhere else filled with

mostly cloudy skies. temperatures 46 in santa rosa, 50s and 60s everywhere else. you'll notice the cooldown. 60s and 70s widespread across the area. in the meantime, mike, what's happening. >> the peninsula and south bay look good. the south bay starts the typical pattern there. mentioned a little radar activity in the south bay and the e froo month hills. looking over here to fremont as well for a crash southbound 880 at mowery. three vehicles are involved in the crash and in one of your middle lanes at mowery. we see the backup forming in the last three or four men us. 680 running smooth out of the tri-valley and the south bay. the bay bridge toll plaza has the standard backups. the metering lights are on. back to you. we have breaking news we've been following since we came on air at 4:30 this morning. mystery continues to loom over

the community of vallejo after a strong odor sent dozen of people to the hospital and has prompted a shelter in place for people living there. a story we've been breaking since 11:00 last night. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with what we know right now. there's been a varying description of the smell from asphalt to gas to natural gas. what are you hearing so far this morning? >> reporter: kris and sam, the city of vallejo has still not been able to identify the source of the smell. they had a recommended shelter in place in effect, but it is our understanding -- waiting for official word from the emergency operations center here at fire station 21, that that shelter ns place is going to be lifted around now. this is according to a conversation we had with the vallejo fire department. it was around 7:30 that many people in the southern part of vallejo, specifically glen cove and beverly hills park started smelling this strong odor.

the it city says they received about 800 complaint calls. a number went to the sutter solano medical center with symptoms raenging from nausea to problems breathing. >> when we smelled it, i thought they were doing -- laying asphalt down the street. when they redid our street, that's about the only time i ever smelled it like that. >> it hurt. it was horrible. it was on the way to our daughter's house in beverly hills. let me tell you, it's horrible. it's something you don't want to smell. >>. >> reporter: the vallejo fire department set up gas monitors. according to the last report from the fire department, those gas monitors continue to register safe readings. the city doesn't believe the smell is coming from any local oil refineries. they have been working with pg&e to see if it may be natural gas

related. the coast guard received aa call from a ferry on the water reporting a sheen. they're supposed to go up this morning to see if they can find that. that was off the waters of rodeo and vallejo. with word they might be lifting this recommended shelter in place, it's possible the smell has blown away. this was something in the southern part of the city. live in vallejo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. 6:04. a developing story out of north carolina where protests erupted after police shot and killed a black man. many people there were chanting and holding signs, some even throwing objects at police. as a result up to seven officers and a civilian were all taken to the hospital for treatment overnight. authorities say the officers were searching for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when

they say they saw a man with a gun get out of a car. his relatives insist he was in a car reading a book waiting for his child to get out of school. the man identified as keith lamont scott did not appear to be the man wanted in the ch is warrant. a san francisco camp counselor is accused of molesting three young campers during field trips. he was arrested in arizona. 24-year-old evan blanchard is accused of fondling three girls all under the age of 15 while he was working at the 'em barrick darrow ymca. he's also cuesed of sending sexually explicit videos to those girls and trying to get them to do the same. parents who sent their kids to the summer camp hope their kids never met him. >> as i tell my kids, i'll watch out for you as much as i can. but you also need to watch out for yourself and tell me what's going on. >> he's also supposed to have back ground checks. the y says a director called

police when another counselor was concerned about blanchard. blanchard is in arizona waiting for e decision back to california. a toddler has died after being struck by an ac transit bus. this morning the family is trying to figure out how to move forward without 2-year-old jeremiah. he was hit and killed outside a home in east oakland. his aunt says the toddler chased a ball into the street, slipping away from adults who were looking out for him. they're reviewing video cameras from inside and outside the bus. >> we see the mother of the child pick the kid up and see her holding him in her arms. you see people in the bus crying. we saw the bus driver walk over. you could see he was crying. he had a panic attack. >> all of this just happening in an instant. the operator has been with the transit agency since 2011. >> so sad for everybody

involved. san leandro police catch a break in a violent attempted kidnapping case. a man suspected of using mace to strie to abduct a woman in broad daylight is under arrest. police say the 43-year-old suspect was released from parole in orange county just in july. for unknown reasons he drove north. on the morning of july 28 kt, detectives say he tried to drag a 23-year-old asian woman into his car in san leandro. a good samaritan fought him off and the suspect got away. >> within one hour of attempting the kidnapping here in san leandro, he abandoned his vehicle in east oakland and made his way to the oakland airport where he got onto an airplane. >> the break in the case finally came from a business owner near the oakland airport who saw the suspect's car abandoned there. police found evidence linking the suspect to that attempted kidnapping. ultimately u.s. marshals arrested the man in orange county. a judge has reportedly refused to break up courtroom

charges against the man accused of murdering sierra lamar. defense attorneys asked for breaking up the charges. the judge denied that request and all four cases are going to remain linked into a single trial. jury selection is scheduled to start next month. a san bruno man has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges in the case of abuse that led to the death of a small dog. paul solder is accused with intentionally scalding his girlfriend's dog in april. the couple chose not to seek treat for the dog for more than a week. the dog died soon after arriving at an emergency clinic. he suffered third degree burns over 40% of his body. more shonames on the short . one of the names on the list is

acting police chief toney chapl chaplin. the next step for the police dhigs will be to select three candidates from that list of 11 to present to mayor ed lee next month. despite some opposition, san francisco transportation leaders yesterday approved a major change to a busy muni line. the mta approved renovations to the line along tear val between 15 kt and 46th. those plans include eliminating some spots and painting red transit only lanes similar to the ones you can see on mission street. those changes are supposed to boost safety and lower commute times by three minutes each way. every minute counts in the morning. but opponents fear it is going to hurt their business. >> three minutes, the difference between geding in trouble and sliding in right on time. >> making the top of the newscast or not. we are seeing something on the radar we have not seen in a little while.

anthony slaughter joining us. rain in the forecast. >> nothing major. i don't want to alarm folks. it's sprinkles. when you encounter sprinkles, what do you do? you keep on going. not a huge deal. keep in mind as you get going this morning, you may encounter that. it may be more of a shock factor than anything. our roadways may get a little wet. other than that, we'll clear out. we'll have a nice day after the sprinkle activity clears out. 83 degrees later in the tri-valley. 80 for the north bay. we'll check the radar in the next hit. in the meantime, let's check mike's report. >> we have a crash in fremont. we're looking at the build. the peninsula not seeing any slowing. the south bay just 101, mild slowing for the silicon valley as well. we do have this big slowing here, south 880 a crash at mowery, a number of vehicles in the second lane, one of the middle lanes is really jamming up traffic heading south of the dumbarton bridge. it looks like a lot of traffic on the approach as well as we

may be seeing more folks heading to 84 instead of 237. we see more travel on the dumbarton bridge than the san mateo bridge right now. we've been talking about this for a while, hearing about it. now changes are coming to a popular bay area park. the plan just approved that will macon jegs near mission peak a little easier for visitors. taking to the air. a bay area city that could soon start using drones to improve security despite all those privacy concerns. mark zuckerberg and his wife dr. priscilla chan set to give away a lot of money, we think. we'll tell you all about it coming up in business and tech.

==anim== ==sam/cu== park leadersre giving e green light to a new parking lot at a popular bay area hiking spot. some day you can go to mission peak and find a parking shot without looking around for hours. parking leaders are giving the green light to a new parking lot at that very popular parking lot. the east bay park district june you nan mousily approved the parking lot. it's scheduled to open in early 2020. the crept lot only fits about 40 cars. neighbors say usually hikers end up filling street parking up all over the place right in front of their homes. san francisco getting on board when it comes to using drones in certain situations. the examiner reports a handful

of departments including the fire department and public utilities commission will use drones in the event of major emergencies. the administrator is working on drafting an official drone policy. it will begin as a one-year pilot program, no pun intended. >> there are some new calls this morning, strong calls from the head of wells fargo to step down. >> wells fargo stock has been downgraded and the bank faces potential lawsuits from investors. scott mcgrew all over those phantom accounts. >> phantom accounts. i'm not sure who started calling them that. that is a perfect description of what happened. millions of bank accounts created by wells fargo tellers for customers who didn't want them or didn't know they existed at all. the ceo of wells fargo was grilled for hours. senator elizabeth warren asked how much he made from the wells fargo scam. that's what she calls it, a

scam. >> first of all, it was not a scam and cross sell is a way of deepening e relationships. >> i asked you a very simple question. do you know how much the value of your stork went up while this scam was going on? >> all of my compensation is in our published -- >> do you know how much it was? >> it's all in the public feelings. >> you're right it's all in the public records because i looked it up. >> warren says stump made an extra $200 million as his stock in wells fargo got more and more valuable from those phantom accounts. warren would later demand stumpf resign, something he says he's not going to do, though he says he's ultimately responsible. >> you may have noticed stumpf had a kban damage on his right hand. he hurt his hand playing with his grandchildren. mark zuckerberg and his wife have a major announcement.

they posted this picture saying they were ready to announce something big. we'll cover it on nbcbayarea.com and on our 11:00 a.m. news. also, the fed is going to announce around the same time whether or not it intends to raise interest rates. so we'll have that as well all ahead this morning. >> all right. we're looking forward to that. thank you. in the meantime, columbia, maryland, you maybe have never heard of it. you're about to. money magazine has named it its annual best place to live in the u.s. is columbia really better than say san ramon that checks in at 21 on the list. fremont was 46. that's the only other northern california city to crack the top 50. so you might ask, kris, what gives columbia the edge? median home price is $310 million. that's about a half million less than san ramon and fremont. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. i was excited about fremont.

that's the first time they've ever been in that top 50 list. >> a big boom in that area, fremont to the peninsula side, all the activity in the south bay. in oakland they have that rebirth as well. basically filling any open space they have. >> don't tell anybody. >> now they're all going to go up. >> also, it snows in maryland. so i think we have the edge. >> you're saying we need more houses? i think i heard something about that. >> don't tell them. we don't need more people. we need more houses. >> what we need more of this morning is rain. wish we could squeeze out more of these clouds. rain on the radar. it's enough to add to the shock factor as you get going this morning. what is that stuff on my windshield? it's rain. remember that? you can see a little light green on the map. more so sprinkles. that's what we're doing with this morning. you can see it slide across the tri-valley and the altamont pass. sprinkles towards the santa cruz

mountains. >> let's talk about what's happening. you can see our satellite and radar, we have our tropical system. this is why we have rain in the area, because of tropical system, was hurricane payne. not much, but it may give you the shock factor as you get going this morning, not seeing any rain gauges just yet. managing 60 in san jose and 60 in concord. later this afternoon, temperatures will feel nice, comfortable. you'll notice more clouds in the area this afternoon as well. 60s at the coastline, a few 80s in walnut creek and pleasanton. we've got a trough to the north. that's going to pick up our winds over the next couple hours. we have a red flag fire warning posted for monterey county and also lake tahoe area. air quality alert still in place for the central valley because of the soberanes fire. that's still been burning well

over two months. we have a troch of low pressure. breezy at the coastline and our hilltops. and then over the next couple days temperatures cool off. look how cool it gets back into the upper 70s for places that will be in the 80s today, even cooler as we welcome in the first day of fall. we go right back up for the weekend. if you're trying to get in the last final days of sun bathing, it looks like the weekend will be nice for the beach. cooler weather on tap. let's toss it to mike. >> we have trouble for folks heading to fremont. listen up, folks, the peninsula, no problems there. easy drive for 101 and 280. the south bay, starting to see the typical pattern building for 85 and 87. it is southbound 880 jamming up before you get to dakota road out of union city. jammed toward mowery avenue where the crash still blocks your second lane. one of your middle lanes, a few vehicles still involved there.

cherry takes you to ottawa parkway or stephenson is south of all the backup. i'll end with one final shot of the bay bridge toll plaza and show you the backup. of course, you can't miss that. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up next, sticker shock. the reason water prices may be skyrocketing for south bay residents. the state refuses to register a brand new car. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. roadblock trying to register his

new car. this morning nbc bay area responds to an east bay man who hit a bit of a roadblock trying to register a new car. >> this is an interesting one. consumer investigative reporter chris chmura has more. kumar moved to the bay area from houston last fall. he brought with him the new mazda 6 he recently purchased. when he went to the dmv here in california to register the car, the dmv said he couldn't because it didn't meet california's emission standards. he was forced to consider selling the car and take a $9,000 loss. before he did that, he reached out to us. it's a good thing he did. california does have tight emissions laws and residents can't buy cars from other states that don't mass our standards. but people who move here from other states are allowed to bring their cars with them. when we spoke up, the dmv registered the mazda. a spokesman said he doesn't know

what went wrong when kumar tried to register his car. in a statement the dmv says they regret the error. for helping him prevent a $9,000 loss, kumar told us i'm really thankful to nbc. if you have a consumer complaint, you can call 1-888-996-tips. or logon to nbc bbayarea.co nbcbayarea.com/responds. once you're there, click the yellow submit tips bar, share your documents, video and stories to help investigate your case. tomorrow morning, fighting for a new phone when that water resistant feature doesn't hold water. have a great day. >> chris, thank you, saving folks money. some south bay water customers are experiencing quite the opposite. sticker shock after a recent hike in water rates. san jose water company recently received state approval for a rate hike retroactive to january 1st. then in july, a rate hike in the santa clara valley water district raised rates nearly 7%.

one los gatos woman told us she expected a $500 water bill. it ended up more than three times that, as you saw on that bill, $1,800. >> it was $1800, and my lawns are dead and my trees are screaming for water. while the woman admits she went above her normal allotment, she insists it still doesn't explain that whopper of a bill. >> i live in santa clara county. it's been the biggest talker on all the neighborhood boards. a bay area home, causing problems for a subway system like b.a.r.t. the tunnels in downtown san francisco are below the water table and thus, water seeps through. it's so damp that maintenance crews call it the rain forest. b.a.r.t. is considering using a naturally occurring mud called

fent knight. it's sometimes used as a lotion. >> sounds relaxing. up next, new development in a breaking story we've been following since we came on air. >> reporter: a mysterious odor here in vallejo that september a number of people to the hospital is gone. the shelter in place is lifted. i'm bob redell. i'll have the latest. a bay area camp counselor is arrested for child molestation. i'm karen cat summa. i'll show you what charges he faces coming up. i'm sam brock.

=kris/4shot= and i'm kris sanchez in forlaur. (toss anthony) beautiful start to your wednesday morning. 6:30. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. the roadways are picking up. but it's one day away from fall. >> we've got sprinkles out there this morning. you may be shocked as you get going out there. may see stuff on the windshield. you can see we don't have the low clouds in place like we usually see. we have actually got some mid and high-level cloud cover here. as the sun comes up, you'll notice not foggy. that's because of the system that's in place. tropical weather to our south. that's creating light showers on the roads, especially near tracy. if you're coming from the altamont pass, that's before you might experience wet roads. temperatures are cool. grab the jackets. >> we did see the road weather index indicating damp roadways.

throughout brentwood, discovery bay and out of the altamont pass. no problems reported because of that. we'll call out fremont, now in recovery mode. the crash at pouri has cleared from southbound 880. you're jammed up past the dumbarton bridge. add about 10, possibly 12 minutes through the area. in the south bay we have a crash bogging down at our am kra. a bigger look coming up. all clear for residents now. a developing story. a shelter in place has just been lifted in vallejo after officials warn people to stay inside because of a mysterious odor that sickened dozens. "today in the bay's" bob redell live with what we know. the mystery continues this morning though people can now leave their homes. >> reporter: yes. the shelter in place should be noted was just a recommendation, especially if you had immune or respiratory issues. the city has announced around

6:00 this morning, within the past half hour, they did lift this recommended shelter in place. unfortunately the cause of the odor is still unknown. up to the vallejo fire department to investigate that. they don't believe it's related to any local oil refineries. there's report of an oil sheen on the waters off rodeo and vallejo. they'll go out and investigate this morning. the city of vallejo last night received hundreds of phone calls of people complaining of a strange strong odor in the south part of the city, specifically in the glen cove and beverly hills park neighborhood. the city said they received around 800 phone calls. a number of those people ended up at the sutter solano medical center with problems breathing and feelings of flaws yeah. >> probably around nine-ish we

spelled it. it smelled like asphalt, like black tar. had a friend who -- my neighbor for 20 years. we always had a tar pot burning. that's exactly what it smelled like. >> reporter: the city did partially activate its emergency operations center. they had a hazmat team out and about in the city. the fire department set up these gas monitors, but the readings always registered safe levels. again, they still don't know what the odor was. there was a report from a ferry captain around 8:00, they called the coast guard and said, hey, we're on the water, we smell oil. we see a sheen. when the coast guard chopper went out, they couldn't find the sheen. the coast guard planning to send another chopper out once the sun comes up to check the waters off vallejo and rodeo. we're in a central part of the city. we haven't and still haven't smelled anything unusual. live in vallejo, bob redell,

"today in the bay." now to a story that may have a lot of parents feeling nervous this morning, a bay area camp counselor is behind bars accused of molesting three young girls. police say 24-year-old evan blanchard fondled them while he was working at the 'em barrick darrow ymca. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuma is there. ymca says they did a thorough backgrou background check, baugh at the same time he seems to have a criminal past. >> reporter: that's right. he worked here as a summer camp counselor. authorities eventually found him in phoenix last week. the u.s. marshal service arrested 24-year-old evidence vonn, known as devon blanchard in arizona. he's accused of molesting three young campers during field trips this past summer, accused of fondling three girls while he

worked here. blanchard is accused of sending sexually explicit videos to the girls and trying to get them to do the same. kids who sent their kids to the camp are wondering how he passed a background check for employment. >> there's only that someone could have screened, a counselor from doing that. maybe he snuck under the screening process. someone who sees something, they ought to speak up. i would if i were a counselor. >> the y says the director called police when another counselor voiced concern about blanchard. in a statement ymca says safety of the kids is paramount. it does not allow staff alone with campers, has a no contact policy. blanchard has an extensive criminal history including an arrest nor weapons offenses in california. once he's back, they'll ask the d.a. to charge him with five

counts of child molestation and production of pornography. i'm sharon cat sued da, nbc bay area news. 6:35. hopping today, furn ral services for a little boy killed by a suspected drunk driver. it happened on friday night when his mother's car ran out of gas on interstate 680. an suv plowed into their car killing 3-year-old elijah dunne. the suspect is the wife of an alameda county sheriff's deputy. this is not the first time she's been charged with driving while impaired. she was arrested for a dui in pleasanton back in june. search is on for a hit-and-run driver in san jose. police say just after midnight on monday, a white suv hit a victim, 37-year-old nathan martinez. you're asked to call san jose police if you have any information on the crash which now marks the city's 29th deadly collision this year. disturbing details emerge in

a court hearing about the three thrifters accused of killing two people in separate incidents last year. one of the drifters has confessed and will testify against the other two. this is 19-year-old lila alley good. her boyfriend, morrison lampley, both are accused of shooting stephen carter last october. police say three days before they shot and killed a canadian tourist inside golden gate park. alley good told detectives it was another drifter named sean angle who pulled the trigger. her cell mate in the marin county jail told investigators that alley good confessed it was her boyfriend who did the killing. >> she stated she was protecting lampley and she loved him and that was the only family she had left and she'd do anything for him. >> the preliminary hearing is expected to take a week. it's sinking and tilting. that we know. but did the builder let condo

owners know? it's a story our nbc bay area investigative unit first broke. city attorney dennis herrera issued a subpoena demanding millennial partners turn overall information disclosed to the home roane owners. the developers say it's the transbay joint powers authority that should be handing over information. >> if you dig a 60 foot hole and drop the water table by 20 feet on a major high-rise structure, you're going to cause a problem. the transbay joint powers authority responded, releasing a statement late yesterday refuting millennium's accusations that the tower is to blame for the sinking. a lot of green on the radar, but maybe not a lot of wetness on your windshield. >> our atmosphere is so dry, as

the rainfalls, it evaporates. it looks more impressive than it actually is on the radar. keep in mind, coming in from the altamont pass, we've had reports of wet roads through the altamont on 205. we have clouds in place this morning. it's not the low clouds we see, it's the mid level that produces the rainfall. that's what we have out there right now, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, later into the 70s and 80s. winds will pick up as well. we'll talk to mike right now and see what's going on. you have a crash you're tracking? >> in san jose. one earlier in fremont as well frmt that's complicated things through the south bay. at the bottom of the screen you see the northbound push kicking in. we see that through san jose, moving through the silicone valley. this crash over here, 101 at 880, i don't see any additional slowing, not a lot of detail. note we're still tracking that. still no major impact on the sensors. recovery does happen south of 880 towards mowery. the earlier crash has cleared. there's slowing for the nimitz

as well as 680. coming up, demanding answers, the ceo of epipen corporation takes the shhot sea on capitol hill over the massive price hike of that lifesaving drug. the questions that could be answered today. did donald trump use money earmarked for charity to pay his own legal fines? i'm tracie potts. that story is next. >> a car just for women. don't blame me, i didn't make that up. let's take you outside to the big board where all genders will care. the dow is up 81 points. donald trump is facing new

troubles on how his charity money is being spent. we're learning more about money, but not just campaign money. donald trump is facing new trouble on how his charity money is being spent. >> tracie potts is live in wad right now. what's the big question? >> reporter: did he use his charitable foundation to pay his legal fines? that's what the new york attorney general wants to take a look at. plus today hillary clinton back from a day of debate prep focusing on putting some of the most vulable americans to work

hillary clinton's economy speech in florida today will focus on more jobs for people with disabilities. donald trump calls her an insider. >> she represents the donors, the politicians, the big banks, the multinational corporations and everybody getting rich off a very rigged system. >> reporter: new sec filings show clinton and trump had their best fund-raising months yet in august. clinton raised nearly $60 million and outspent trump 6-1 on tv ads. trump brought in over $40 million, half of which he donated himself. his foundation's money is in question. if "washington post" reporting the charity making donations so trump could avoid paying legal fines. trump's campaign claims the story is peppered with inaccuracy and omissions from a biased reporter. >> it's clearly unethical to use charitable dollars to pay for expenses that one ought to be paying for out of their own pocket.

>> trump and pence rally in ohio today doubling down on hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton's solution is very simple, more of the same. more taxes, more regulations. >> reporter: and trying to catch up, our latest poll puts clinton five points ahead. we always follow the money. >> answering questions to sosh tant price hikes. congressional lawmakers are expecting to get answers about the speaking cost for epipen. the ceo of the company that makes epipen is scheduled to testify before the oversight committee. mylan has faced major backlash over the prices which jumped six fold since 2007 to about $600 for a two-pack. >> self-driving cars are here to stay. the future is now. the u.s. department of transportation has given c

carmakers guidelines. >> scott mcgrew, they're giving us a new nickname. >> highly automated vehicles. i always called them robot cars. the dot wants us to call them havs. we'll have to adopt whether we'll adopt that term. the guidelines are pretty simple. things like the cars ought to be able to report whether they were in a automated mode at the time of the crash. the big takeaway is that the government supports automated cars on our roads. now, there are still some fundamental problems to solve. let's go back to driver ed. let's say the white car is run by a computer and there's a red car in front of it. maybe it's parked or stalled or whatever. the computer programming says don't run into the red car. but computer programming also says it's against the law to go across the yellow lines. what do you do?

yes humans would do this. we would go over the yellow line, we'd break the law, make sure everything was safe, go around and figure the police would understand. these kind of fuzzy rules are very difficult for computers to understand. "cosmopolitan" magazine is getting grief this morning after it announced he was teaming up with your carmaker seat to make a car for women. they bill it as the most feminine car ever. it will be designed to meet women's daily needs and will be easy to park. sarcastically saying the steering wheel will be small and dainty and will come with a copy of "love actually." as a red-blooded american male you wouldn't catch me dead driving that car. i love "love actually." >> my husband and i had to

replace our cars. we walk into these dealerships. the salesman says it has a key you can keep in your purse so you don't have to carry the key around. i'm like, how much the brakes, can we tow this, cannot -- my husband was like, stop talking about the cup holders and the keys. we didn't buy that ka car. >> if somebody is interested in those things, fine, sell them that. but i don't need a lady car. i don't buy those stupid pink razors either. >> just to set the record straight. >> let me take it from here. some non-gender specific technology, siri, if you were

asking her what's going on siri outside the desert in arizona, mystery solved. turns out apple is building a 300-icc 300-acre solar facility. it was a secret. the builders admitted to a non-disclosure agreement until the truth finally emerged yesterday. the plant is going to help power an apple facility in mesa. how do you hide rows and rows and rows of solar panels? >> i don't think that was the secret. i think it was that it was an apple facility, right? >> you ask siri and siri says, if i told you, i would have to delete you. or she'll say let me find you the newest solar panel facility. and then it doesn't show up. >> find us some sun today. >> the sun coming up right now behind you guys. the clouds as well. we've got our jet stream in place. that's allowing enough lift in the atmosphere to squeeze enough

moisture from the clouds that we have overhead and we've got showers as a result. we'll zoom in to some of the showers producing a little damp roadway over tracy. a lot of this coming in from the altamont pass is where we're seeing the showers right now. most of it is associated with the tropical system to our south, has spread rain all the way in the bay area. light stuff, mostly sprinkles. you can see this is the tropical system to our south, actually tropical depression paine. here at home, temperatures have cooled back to 46 degrees in santa rosa. 60 right now in san jose. 59 at livermore. as we get going through the day, a good mix of sun and clouds. unlike we've seen for the past couple days, crystal clear blue skies clearing the atmosphere. 78 degrees later in san jose with better air quality. same deal for the tri-valley, back into the low 80s and 65 degrees for san francisco today. there is the trough that will kick off the winds later this

afternoon. red flag fire warnings posted for las vegas over near palm springs, same deal for monterey. that's where we still have the soberanes still burning. winds will gust into the evening hours up to about 40 miles an hour into the higher hilltops. that's enough to spread that fire that is still burning. firefighters really have their work cut out for them. kudos to them, they've had a hard summer across the state. 78 tomorrow. temperatures cool. even in san francisco temperatures are going to get back into the 70s. let's toss things over to mike right now. what are you tracking? >> watching for any effects from the rain. nothing reported to chp. we have your typical build, the peninsula still clear but more traffic heading across there as well as north through the south bay. all crashes cleared. crash cleared here in fremont. we have the residual slowing hayward down in toward union

city. extra slow between the san mateo bridge and the bridge. we'll look at the span across the bay, the bay bridge, backup at the toll plaza. san mateo bridge, we mentioned that, west 92 moving smoothly. the volume edging toward 101. a little slowing there. the bay bridge toll plaza, we have the backup with the metering lights. the left approach looking lighter. got a break for about 20 minutes. looks like it's starting to fill in once again. back to you. >> normal sight there, mike. thank you very much. things getting normal for the warriors about to start training camp. right now giving something back to the community before they kick into overdrive. >> warriors guard shaun livingston pitching in yesterday. he and a team of volunteers including our own raj mathai helped to pack lunches for 5,000 needy kids. look who else was there, tall guy. >> another basketball player. >> it's you, sam. >> i was there in the morning. raj was there in the afternoon.

he met shaun livingston. it was to give lunches to school kids in the area. >> it gives you perspective, to be able to go and play a game for a living and come back and actually work day and day with others throughout the community that want to help. we look forward to that. the warriors and their players are very dedicated to making an imprint in their community. that's more proof of it. as for the warriors upcoming schedule. the w's get their preseason under wear with a game in san jose on the 6th. the regular season tips off october 25th with a home game against the kings at oracle. season ticket waist list is now approaching a mere 33,000 people. >> that's like a whole nother arena. coming up, a story still developing, a mysterious odor sweeps a bay area community

prompting a shelter in place. the investigation under way to find out the source of that smell coming up. >> happening right now, california lawmakers are collecting per diem pay even when they're absent. legislators collectively took 325 days off during last session, collecting $56,000 in taxpayer-paid expenses. that story is on nbcbayarea.com. a young bear led police on a two-hour long chase through the streets of downtown anchorage. watch the video that shows nature way more close and personal than those officers expected. back in two minutes. bay area...

welcome back. before you head out the door, here are the top stories. >> a developing story out of vallejo. the shelter in place that was voluntary is completely lifted. overnight dozens of people rushed into hospital emergency rooms saying they were having trouble breathing and they were feeling nauseous. hundreds of other people called 911 concerned about a noxious smell. firefighters say so many people showed up at sutter solano medical center, overflow was september to fairfield. right around 7:30 when the calls first started coming in to 911. some people said it smelled like gas, some people said it smelled like asphalt or tar. in some cases it did trigger physical reactions. >> hurt your throat, made you can't breathe, eyes watering,

dizziness, nauseating, made you sick, want to throw up. it was like a big muck right here. >> poor lady. some people we spoke with said they thought it was a refinery-type smell. that is not what authorities are saying at this point. the coast guard briefly believed it could be from a sheen of oil in the bay, but they could not find that slick. the only thing determined so farp is the odor did not originate within the vallejo city limits. we're learning about the arrest of a san francisco camp counselor accused of molesting three young campers during field triples that happened at u.s. marshals stormed a home in arizona and arrested him. 24-year-old evan blanchard is accused of fondling three girls under the age of 15. that happened while he worked at the embarcadero ymca. he's also accused of sending sexually explicit videos to those gerls and trying to get them to do the same thing. the y says a director called police when another counselor had concern about blanchard.

he's in arizona awaiting expedition back to california. we know the commute is starting to pick up and the rain is picking up, though not falling all the way to the ground. >> looks more impressive on the radar than making it to the ground. most of it's vap ate rating. we have rain clouds producing the green stuff. a lot of it on the east bay, mostly against the foothills, east foothills and the fremont foothills over at san jose east -- 70s later today and 60s at the coastline. >> as we're watching those couple of sprinkles coming down, maybe the windshield wipers going a bit. >> no major issues for the rain. but we're looking at the map, the south bay moving well, so does the peninsula. recovery on the east bay from an earlier crash. slowing in hayward, allow another five minutes south of the san mateo bridge. quick clear by the dumbarton bridge. in walnut kreerk a crash in

lanes southbound 680 at main street. >> that is what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with you live at 7:25 with more local news. good morning. breaking news. violent protests erupt in charlotte overnight after another deadly police shooting. demonstrators vandalizing cars, trucks, and lighting fires closing down an intetate. at least 12 officers injured in clashes. we're there live. motivated by hate, first terror charges brought against bombing suspect ahmad rahami, writings from his personal journal including praise from osama bin laden and terrorists. in the hot seat, the