another fire. oc: "...anotherire trt=4 !bob/cont. vobob/live =laura/voplus-- a historic nigh here we go again. another dry year, another fire. >> a historic night. we will continue to follow what is going on with the loma fire burning in the south bay. live reports from the front line and evacuation centers. and the presidential debate last night. they took hands at the start of the event, donald trump and hillary clinton, and the attacks started shortly after that. a recap of the firstmental debate. a bay area couple brutally attacked and robbed in a normally quiet east bay community. "today in the bay" starts right now.

a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we, of course, are following breaking news in the south bay. the fire burning in the santa cruz mountains along the loma-pre prieta ridge line. all the residents there. >> this fire has rapidly grown over the last, not even 24 hours. started about 3:00 yesterday afternoon. we've been in touch with cal fire overnight, reaching out to emergency crews. the glow clearly visible even on my drive in this morning, up 101. 1100 acres have burned so far, already up. those mandatory evacuations for the area covering 300. the red cross set up three emergency evacuation centers, one in morgan hill, one at so cal high school as well as the presbyterian church in morgan hill and the jewish community

center which is familiar to so many in that so cal area up there. >> 1100 acres, as you mentioned, burned so far, laura. the questions this morning become wind patterns and the hundreds of firefighters trying to establish that fire line as this fire has moved south and east again. this is a story we've been following as breaking news since about 3:00 yesterday. it broke about 2:45 but aloma shah keita road. >> bob redell is on the scene following the latest. kris sanchez is there at the evacuation center. let's start with bob right now. what are you seeing in terms of efforts this morning to contain the fire? >> reporter: good morning, sam. we're off loma prieta avenue at one of the turnouts here. you're looking northeast at loma prieta, the mountain itself, where you can see the flames are definitely at the ridge line. we have seen at least one fire vehicle going up loma prieta avenue to go up there. the turnout where we're standing

is where a bun of santa clara county sheriff's deputies are. if you head further south, as we were driving up, we saw fire stations stationed at different homes, just in case it jumps in a southerly direction and makes it this way. if you look at the smoke, fortunately the wind is not blowing in that direction. you're not seeing is the laydown you typically see overnight. you can see the fire is still burning overnight. the latest numbers from cal fire, 1100 acres burned. containment only at 5%. cal fire issued new mandatory evacuations. this entire community near uvas park and uvas road. they had been advisories yesterday but are mao mandatory.

cal fire looking at the wind patterns and the temperatures, they believe that fire will be in that area tomorrow, wednesday. they want people out now so there isn't a last-minute mad rush. this fire started yesterday afternoon around 3:15. first reports were it was roughly 100 acres, then 200 acres and quickly jumped to 500 and over 1,000. cal fire deployed choppers, even a d.c. ten. when you see that arriving, that's usually a concern of how concerned they are about this fire getting bigger than it is. you had the high temps yesterday that of course did not help the situation. add to that the steep terrain which makes access to this fire difficult for the firefighters. at least one home as burned. as many as 300 others have been threatened. >> unfortunately if we have people that don't heed our evacuation requests, we're at a point of providing rescue.

>> i'll be the last one to leave if i have to. >> there was some concern about, if you come back out here live, communications equipment including tv towers. the sheriff's deputy told me it already burned over that area. obviously the fact we're on air means the equipment did survive. still no cause of what caused this fire to burn over 1100 acres. i'll send it over to kris sanchez with more on the evacuation. >> reporter: hi there, bob. as you mentioned, the evacuation orders are mandatory and they are for a greater area. we expect there could be more foot traffic in those three red cross evacuations that have been set up around the south bay. the mandatory evacuations were expanded. last night only about a dozen

people came through here where we are at so cal high school looking for a meal and perhaps even more important looking for information about where the fire was headed and where they should head next. the new evacuation orders cover croy road. that includes the community near the uvas community county park, summit road, mount madonna road, croy ridge road, those were issued last night. in all about 300 people did leave voluntarily as of last night. the red cross evacuation centers are at so cal high school where we are here until 9:00 and then folks have to find some place else to go. the jewish community center has also opened its doors. morgan hill presbyterian church on dewill avenue in morgan hill is also open. if you're looking for an evacuation center, you can find those addresses on our website, nbcbayarea.com. we will also tweet them out throughout the morning and put them on social media on facebook

so you can find them wherever you are. folks may not be in front of a tv. if your relatives or friends in the santa cruz mountains are calling you for information, tell them we'll keep them posted on our media platforms as well. there is one person who decide to stay here overnight, we'll contact the other shelters to see how folks are doing there as well. we'll see if more people end up at that's evacuation center. in the meantime, we saw the live picture from the ridge line. this is a very critical period right now. we know temperatures are in the 60s and winds are calm now. >> very similar conditions to when the fire started yesterday around 3:00 in the afternoon. seeing 60s outside. watch how quickly it fills in. temperatures quickly soaring through the 90s and making things more challenging. very dry conditions. as you see there, the humidity levels in the teens in the

higher hills. bone dry conditions, typically the climatologically dry conditions. winds pushing south into morgan hill and into santa cruz, you may see more coming into morgan hill and san martin again. a big concern south of san jose today. 60s in the hill, 6 os in the bay area. cooler in san francisco and we'll be watching areas of smoke at times. in that fire, mike, you can actually see it if you drive down the sunol grade this morning. >> you were telling me that from the hills over here. let's show you what we're talking about. here is what we normally focus on for the morning commute. no major issues as far as crashes go. rob is talking about being up here in the sunol area coming off the grade and seeing the fire way down. between highway 101 and 17. it's not affecting closures. we talked about laura seeing the

smoke off 101. you can see it through morgan hill and shea. i turned our rooftop camera to the south and to the right of where we typically show the traffic flow, you see silhouetted right here with the glow are the hills as well. definitely a distraction in the early morning. as the sun comes up, the smoke will be visible. this will be a distraction for a lot of drivers. folks, try to focus on the roadway even though i'm sure it's a spectacular sight. >> that's right. don't let it be a distraction. you can stay with nbc bay area. we'll have the latest on the fire, as we continue to update you across all the digital platforms as well, take a look at these live pictures. it is really burning out out there, over 200 firefighters on the line. you can download our nbc bay area app or head to our website for more details. all talk, no action, sounds good, doesn't work, never going to happen. our country is suffering because

people like secretary clinton have made such bad decisions. >> i have a feeling by the end of this evening i'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened. >> why not. >> why not, yeah. >> why not watch? decision 2016, what a night it was on television sets across the country. donald trump, hillary clinton facing off in their first presidential debate last night at hofstra university in hempstead. so many people anticipated watching this one. >> the tone of that sure changed quickly. when he got up on stage, may i call usec tear clinton. within about five minutes the attacks were flying back and for. lester holt mod rate. among the issues, taxation, race, fighting terrorism and nuclear policy. as we said, the verbal bars were going back and forth. >> as soon as he travels to 112

countries and notes a peace deal, a cease-fire or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina. >> hillary has experience, but it's bad experience. we have made so many bad deals, so she's got experience. that i agree. but it's bad, bad experience. >> all right, folks. trump and clinton said they would accept the outcome of the election if the other person wins. election day only six weeks away. two more president debates to go. the latest polls show the race is extremely close. latest on the loma fire burning in the santa cruz mountains, more than 1 1100 acr consumed. more on "today in the bay."

==laura/fiber19== update on the breang ne we've been following since yesterday afternoon. here's the last we have an update on the breaking news we've been following since it broke yesterday afternoon about 3:00. here is the latest on the loma fire. take a look at the glowing in the distance from the camerasality morgan hill. clearly see it from 101 as you head into the bay area. about a thousand acres have burned so far. the fire is only about 5% contained. over 200 firefighters on the front lines this morning. it's burning along the loma

prieta ridge near summit road this morning. three evacuation centers are now set up. they've got centers to bring livestock and pets as well. these are live pictures. you can literally see this glow from the freeway, from many parts of the south bay this morning. live reports from the evasion center and the front lines coming up in moments. >> an urgent sags there. a lot of work to do. quick work done successfully by firefighters in novato. it burned about five acres. this is sunset parkway and sean drive. firefighters did get control about 8:00 last night. in the process, 15 homes in the area were briefly evac eighted. investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of that fire. >> new details now on last friday's mall shooting. turkish immigrant arcan setin

admitted to being who police were looking for. he had anner difficult dinner with his stepfather and said he was headed to work. instead he went to macy's and shot five people at a makeup counter. a bay area business could be facing legal trouble over the issue of discrimination. palatir is accused of discriminating against asian software engineering applicants. they're asking for an end to the bias and benefits for those discriminated against. pal land tear obtained government contracts dating back to 2010. the department of labor wants current contracts canceled and future contracts put on hold until this issue is resolved. china eyeing the american entertainment industry looking for a bigger piece of hollywood. >> remember when people would pay for things using cash? for that and the rest of the

news before the bell. we turn now to landon dowdy joining us from cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. wall street could bounce higher today as the markets seem to score the first presidential debate for hillary clinton. asia is in the green this morning. overseas en vesters see clinton as the status quo candidate while few are sure what a trump presidency will mean for international trade deals. stocks falling monday weighed down by the banking sector. the dow dropping 166 points to 18,094. the nasdaq losing 48 to 5257. chinese media giant dalian wanda is in talks to buy dick clark productions. a deal could be worth $1 billion. they already own amc theaters and legendary entertainment which co-produced "jurassic

world" and "the dark knight." >> people are choosing plastic over paper. credit card payments have surpassed cash worldwide for the first time ever. analysts say the shift has happened gradually over the past two decades aztes technology ha made it easier to get access to financial services. >> you also can't earn any points on your cash. landon dowdy live from cnbc world headquarters. although you can control your spending. yesterday raj was interviewing the spokesperson from cal fire who said they hoped to contain it at 1,000 acres. it's already at 1100. >> you saw the fire grow up like a thunderstorm during the afternoon where you had the strong updraft developing its own winds during the day. very dry and hot conditions this afternoon. right now the coolest point of

the day. we're starting off the morning fairly warm in the south bay. mid 60s around san jose and palo alto. tri-valley, 61 degrees. i want to show you temperature trending. close to 90 by 1:00 this afternoon. some relief starting to show up on the coast. we're starting to see a developing sea breeze that's going to kick in tomorrow with temperatures dropping by 10 to 15 degrees by thursday. today likely the last of the hot days, thank goodness, around the south bay. north bay low to mid 90s, tri-valley upper 90s today. here is something very interesting showing up in the long range forecast, could impact the end of the weekend, showers and rain showers showing up into monday. not only will our temperatures cool down. could see measurable rainfall into northern california and the bay area possibly this time next week. good news after another hot day. temperatures across the valley, hot one more day.

midweek cooling and stay tuned, late next weekend, early next week, cooler temperatures and a chance at much-needed showers. that comes in next monday. >> no major freeways closed due to the fire. but fires south of here, we'll talk about that in a second because it will present a problem in the morning's commute. we do have a disabled vehicle to tell you about right here, westbound 80 over at university. haven't seen a lot of slowing. our camera at 101 and 680, want to show you the live view, traffic starting to build a bit. just south of here there's the fire and you can see the glow from 101. rob coming off the sunol grade. that will be a distraction for the freeway this morning. back to you. coming up next, lots more live coverage of the loma fire, the latest on evacuations. >> an inspiring lesson on finishing what you started.

the college junior who is now a senior. are you getting what you pay for

when you take your car into the shop? tonight at are you getting what you paid for when you take your car into the auto shop? to night at 11:00 our investigative unit is exposing a loophole that allows repair shop owners to legally keep doing business. >> even after they've been shut down for taking advantage of customers. remember this car we showed you earlier this year, damaged at

the repair shop, but mechanics tried covering up what happened. after our story, the attorney general's office went after the shop and is now trying to collect penalties. now we've discovered those owners may not have to pay a dime. and the state says there's nothing they can do about it. >> they're there for the people, which is us. give us what we lost. >> you can watch our full investigation coming up tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call, 1-888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. when the new school year started this week at stanford, one student was in the awkward position of being a junior and a senior at the same time. >> and the senior is not necessarily what grade he is in the school. at 65 years old, bob king is actually a senior, but also a college junior. he's returned to the farm to finish the undergraduate degree he began more than four decades ago.

>> i was here in 1970 and 1971, i left to help build a clinic in a low-income community that needed health care. i'd like to find a way to improve health care so it doesn't cost so much. >> that is wyatt king, focussing specifically on health care. he plans to graduate with the class of 2018. >> i love that. that's fantastic. 5:25. the latest on the loma fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. remarkable pictures coming into the newsroom this morning. 1100 acres so far. >> fiery conditions on the stage as well last night. did you see it? donald trump and hillary clinton going head-to-head. highlights from the debate and a recap right after this.

breaking news right here on nbc bay area news-- these are live pictures of a fast-moving breaking news right here on nbc bay area. these are live pictures this morning of a fast moving wildfire in the santa cruz mountains. specifically this shot is from loma prieta avenue. as we are monitoring conditioning this morning and learning about new mandatory evacuations, if you're just waking up and getting the latest, it is still about 1100 acres, 5% contained. >> a tough, hot day ahead.

good morning and thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we are following that breaking news in the south bay. the fire burning in the santa cruz mountains which started along the loma prieta ridge line. you can see it throughout the south bay. you may see it on your morning drive this morning depending on where you start out. >> we've been in contact with cal fire overnight, reaching out to crews on the fire burning ten miles southwest of morgan hill. clearly visible from 101. the mandatory evacuation orders covering at least 300 strictures, 1100 acres burned so far and it's only 5% contained at this point. we've got continuing coverage all morning long. breaking news we've been following here on nbc bay area since 3:00 yesterday morning. our live team coverage continues right now. let's start with bob redell. live on the front lines, very close to the fire with new

information coming in. >> reporter: good morning, laura. right now you're looking east at loma prieta. i spoke with a firefighter. he and a string of colleagues started retreating down the mountain because the fire got a jump on them. they were on the ridge on loma prieta, but the fire has gotten so bad that they decided to move down the mountain towards a fire station where they can get a command center established. their concern is the fire will head in this direction. if you look at the smoke and the way the wind is blowing, unfortunately it's blowing in a southerly direction towards the community of stadol. that's where the latest evacuation has been established. all people who live in the area are being told to leave. it's mandatory, not an advisory like it was yesterday. the reason why cal fire is

ordering this now is based on the wind patterns, based on what the temperature projections are, they're afraid that fire will be there by tomorrow, on wednesday. so they want people to get out of there now instead of it being a last-minute rush tomorrow. the latest numbers for cal fire, this loma fire has burned 1100 acres, only 5% contained. cal fire immediately had a dc 10 on scene. a couple attacks in the air from a chopper. they've had ground crews out here as well. this is a fire that is of course burning under very dry conditions. look at the temperatures we had yesterday, approaching 100. we're expecting high temps again today. add to that the challenge the challenge of just getting in there. access is not good. >> travel distances are long, terrain is very steep, the

vegetation is very dry. >> reporter: at least one home has burned. at many as 300 others have been threatened. there was also concern about the communication, radio towers, tv towers on top of loma prieta. we were talking with a sclera county deputy this morning, it was their understanding a fire had burned through that area sparing the equipment. from a firefighting point of view, this is not a good thing. the flights on this side of the ridge have retreated down. their fear is this fire is going to be coming this way, again, 5% contained, the loma fire. it's just been burning for a little over 12 hours now. live in the santa cruz mountains, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> that fire on the move in the southeast. let's go to "today in the bay's" kris sanchez who is following the evacuations. she's live at so cal high sch l school. one of three evacuation centers open, despite hundreds have left their homes, you're not seeing a

lot of people there. >> reporter: we're not seeing a lot of people here, but that could change because now, as bob mentioned, these evacuation orders are now mandatory and they are for a wider area. so although only one person chose to spend the night here at so call high school, we expect there could be more foot traffic as people start arriving looking for some food and perhaps some information this morning. there were about a dozen people who came through so cal high school last night. got a bite to eat, visited with their neighbors trying to find out what was going to happen next. again, those evacuation orders are mandatory for croy road. that includes the community of speedal which covers about 110 acres in the santa cruz mountains. it is a swedish community. summit road, madonna road, croy ridge road, under evacuation.

people did leave voluntarily last night. they will be ordered out today. evacuation here through 9:00 this morning. the jewish community center in los gatos opened its doors. the morgan hill presbyterian church on dewitt avenue. and the santa cruz animal shelter is accepting pets. we know that sometimes in a deterrent for people to leave their homes. they don't want to leave their animals. they have some place to take their animals should the need arise. we are here at so cal high school. these folks will be clearing out at 9:00 this morning. we will try to follow them where they go -- as they go to the other shelters. in so cal, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris and bob talking about that expanded mandatory evacuations. it looks like that fire is moving south and east. >> we're going to be watching the winds probably picking up again as we head through the afternoon. right now temperatures in the 50s and 60s across the hilltops. temperatures later today soaring

into the 90s, around where the fire is burning, 3,000 feet. humidity levels at times in the teens. as sam mentioned, the winds will be pushing the fire we think making a run to the south and east. interesting to point out this morning, the national service radar to the northwest of that fire has been shut down as that fire continues to burn off to the south and east, a fire which, by the way, mike, you can see as you drive in from the tri-valley you can see. >> the traffic flow moving around the bay well. i want to point out where palo alto is on this map. now we'll move to the other map where they have the fire down here. between 101 and highway 17. it's visible from highway 101 through morgan hill. look at our palo alto camera. i've turned it to the south just off 101. we're seeing the silhouette of these hills, the glow from the hills by that loma fire.

as the sun comes up, smoke will definitely be a distraction as well. back to you. >> thank you very much. stay with "today in the bay" for the very latest on this fire. we'll continue to update you on air and of course online across all of our digital platforms. you can also download our app. we'll head to nbc bay area news for updates. all talk, no action, sounds good, doesn't work. never going to happen. our country is suffering because people like secretary clinton have made such bad decisions. >> i have a feeling by the end of this evening i'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened. >> why not? >> why not. >> decision 2016 and the first presidential debate in the history book. donald trump and hillary clinton facing off in their first presidential debate at hofstra university in hempstead. "today in the bay's" tracie potts has some of the highlights. >> we had a great debate! >> reporter: hillary clinton on

what came out. >> get the economy to work for everybody. >> reporter: drm on what didn't. bill clinton's infidelity. >> were you tempted? >> i was very tempted. >> reporter: this first debate exposed competing views on jobs. >> typical politician, all talk, no action. >> reporter: trump tax imports and lower business taxes. >> trickle down did not work. >> reporter: trump challenged to release his tax return. >> when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. >> there's something he's hiding. >> reporter: trump unapologetic for how he does business. >> for the thousands of people you have skipped over the course of your business not deserve some kind of policy. >> i take advantage of the laws of the nation. >> reporter: unapologetic for backing stop and frisk or questioning president obama's birthday. >> i want to get on to defeating

isis. >> clinton doubled down on what trump said about women. >> he has called women pigs, slobs and dogs. >> rosie o'donnell i said a very tough thing to her. i think everyone would agree she deserves it. >> reporter: did either candidate move the needle for million z of undecided voters? >> that was tracie potts reporting, the latest from hofstra. in the meantime it's national voter registration day. if you're not registered yet, there are places you can stop by all over the bay area. as we've said, we are six weeks away from the november elections. starting at 10:00, santa clara county voigters can stop by th l campbell heritage theater. it's 5:38 right now. thanks to a big federal grant, more bay area law enforcement

officers will be wearing body cameras. yesterday the department of justice awarded $20 million in grants to counties nationwide to improve the use of body cameras. among them, alameda county which won a $1 million grant and the foothill de anza community college district won nearly $30,000 for its police force's use of cameras. at 5:39 this morning, a peninsula man in custody accused of molesting a 10-year-old boy. authorities in redwood city arrested benjamin ruiz, now being held without bail in san mateo county jail. investigators say he repeatedly abused that victim over the last year. 5:39 right now. happening later today, suspended bay area football player alden smith is scheduled to appear in court for what's called a trial readiness hearing. charges came out earlier in month hours after it was announced he was signing with the oakland raiders. smith facing three charges that include dui.

smith has been arrested five times since 2012. two santa clara county jail correctional deputies arrested in connection with an inmate beating last summer will face a judge. phillip ab dario and twaun lay are accused in a beating that left an inmate severely injured. both phase one count of felony assault. the former inmate rubin garcia say the guards gave him a fractured jaw and other injuries. turning tragedy into education, after four children drown this summer, north bay leaders are teaching evacuation safety. at howard park in santa rosa, a life lesson after three submerged cars there and a glass breaking demonstration were held. this comes after two separate sets of sisters drown in cars that their mothers drove into sonoma county rivers this summer in a matter of weeks. in both accidents, the mothers were able to break their

daughters-free from the glass. >> seeing it in person and imaging seeing my kids, it's kind of a hit in the gut, like a punch. >> it will make you feel that way. the chp says people in the area have been asking how to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. >> it is hard to imagine. a san jose landmark may be in jeopardy. the national registry of historic places say the willow glen trestle cannot reach status. the report was published in july. according to the "mercury news," it's only now beginning to circulate. the merc says many residents who love that old trestle are not happy. following breaking news this morning. we'll continue to bring you more live team coverage of the fire burning in the santa cruz mountains this morning. more than 1100 acres consumed so

far. mandatory evacuations under way. our live coverage continues on "today in the bay." dad leaves behind more than $30,000, but the state keeps that cash. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next.

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contra costa county, a couple attacked right in front of their own home. >> in normally quiet orinda. police are trying to track do you think the men who shot a woman and pistol whipped a mo man last night. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda has more. >> reporter: police say it happened here on claire month avenue. the pair approached a couple after they just returned from shopping at the grocery store. they were in their driveway. that's when police say the suspect wearing halloween masks approached them and asked for their purse and wallet. even when the male victim gave them his wallet, they pistol whipped him and shot the wife twice. the wife is in stable condition. if you have any information you're asked to call the orinda police department. quarter to 6:00 right now, homeowners seem to be leaving expensive markets in favor of more affordable ones. an analysis by core logic shows for every out-of-state buyer

moving to california, 2 1/2 sellers are leaving. it shows texas and north carolina are getting more buyers than sellers. the data was collected for 15 years starting in the year 2000. regular exercise could be the best way to keep elderly adults mobile and independent as they get older. a yale university study put 60 adults over the age of 70. people in the exercise program suffered from fewer disabilities over the next 3 1/2 years and also more likely to recover from disabilities. the exercise program mostly entailed walking. more details this morning. another fire burning in the bay area. the sawmill fire in sonoma county. the outlook is looking much better this morning. cal fire says all people who were evacuated have been allowed to return to their homes. that fire started about ten miles east of cloverdale. neighbors say they raced to get

out of their homes as fast as they could. >> very dark smoke and very -- in flames you could see from the freeway. >> cal fire reopened those roads last night. the 1500 acre fire is now 45% contained. more fallout right now from the fires raging throughout the bay area. alum rock park in san jose is closing due to high fire danger. the closure is based on weather conditions that have continued for the last couple days. temperatures in the 90s and even higher in some places. right now there's no timetable on when that park might reopen. rangers plan to re-evaluate the situation at about 2:00 this afternoon. 5:47. an nbc bay area viewer sent us this video. take a look showing the moments right after the start of the loma fire burning now in the santa cruz mountains. remember the fire started about 3:00 yesterday afternoon. look how quickly it spread.

this whole video was recorded in just over seven minutes. you can share your pictures and videos with us. send them to i see@nbcbayarea.com. it's been amazing to see all the pictures and video that have come into our newsroom as well. the way the fire started, i guess it had its own kind of weather system with it. >> showing up on the radar, behaving a bit windwise, drawing a lot of winds in the center. you saw the plume over the south bay. unfortunately that means ash and smoke, kplugs problems, south san jose into santa cruz. high temperatures today very hot. looking at humidity levels eventually in the teens. so bone dry conditions again around the santa cruz mountain, not good for fire news today, but tomorrow and as we head through the end of the week, we should see cooler temperatures. winds picking up from the

northwest into the afternoon. mild temperatures to start this morning. mid 60s around parts of the bay area. we have another spare-the-air day around the east bay and south bay. also smoke particle pollution from the south bay into morgan hill. numbers today in the upper 90s. the fog is making a comeback. seeing it on the satellite approaching the coast. as we head into tomorrow and thursday, a big drop in the temperatures, low 80s inland after hot weather. we'll see another hot day around the south bay. 7 os to low 80s in around san francisco. i do want to point out, a big change coming for this weekend. not only are we talking about cooler temperatures, but watch that, sunday into monday there's actually a chance we may see the first rain of fall. what a pleasant change that would be. we can see on the computer models the best chances for accumulating rainfall may look to be around the north bay. maybe we'll see a quarter inch

of rain or so. time frame would be late sunday into monday. in the meantime, summer continues, at least for another day, at least according to this seven-day forecast. going below average as we head through the weekend, as the humidity levels come up and the chance of showers. that should help with fire danger. today, very dry conditions and air quality issues. >> our thoughts go out to the firefighters. we're looking at the bay area freeways. nothing unusual as far as anywhere north of morgan hill. looking at a smoother drive, 680 and 880, you see the traditional slowing toward the fremont area. seen slowing northbound 680 toward highway 84 through the sunol area. chp has nothing to report just yet. it may be a road true. b.a.r.t. still reporting the ten-minute delay out of the north concord/martinez station.

the 8:00 a.m. vallejo ferry replaced by buses. we're looking toward the bay bridge where the metering lights are on. palo alto, turned the camera to show you you can see the silhouette of the hills. that fire visible for quite some way. >> thank you very much, mike. nbc bay area responds to a redwood city woman who could not get access to thousands of dollars from her deceased father's estate. >> chris chmura has the story of how he helped out. christine roiter's father unexpectedly passed away in 1998. the family was able to clear up his estate through the state except for one $32,000 bank account. christine says she tried a few times to get the money, but her claims were denied and she couldn't get an answer. she eventually gave up. then she heard about nbc bay area responds and decided to try one more time.

it's a good thing we did. we contacted the state controller's office about christine's case. she and her brother just received a check for $32,000. the controller's office says because this case is so old -- remember back in 1998 -- it can't determine why christine's claim was rejected in the past but it has approved it now. christine thanked us. she said she's so happy to finally close this chapter. she told us dad would be happy, too. if you have a consumer complaint, please call us at 1-888-996-tips or logon to nbcbayarea.com/responds. once you're there, click on the yellow submit tips bar so we can investigate your case. tomorrow, fighting for an energy rebate that is way past due. the baseball had to go on but a very emotional night as the marlins honor the memory of one of the game's rising stars. pitcher are jose fernandez died

in a boating accident. >> please bow your head and reflect with a moment of silence. >> the entire team wearing fernandez's number 16 jersey. they took to the field to play the new york mets less than 48 hours after learning their staff pitcher had been killed. sunday's game against the atlanta braves was canceled. the 24-year-old from cuba was immensely popular in south florida. in another sad twist to last night's game, fernandez had been scheduled to actually be the starting pitcher. both teams, the mets and the marlins honoring his memory, nice to see. up next, team coverage of the fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. let's take a live look out there from loma prieta road. there was a lot of smoke and fire. this started at 20 acres, spilled to 300 this morning. now 1100 acres, only 5% contained. happening now, nbc bay area news has many resources

dedicated to that fire that is happening in the santa cruz mountains. keeping in very close contact with cal fire as well. as soon as we get updates, we'll send out a push alert to your mobile device. fact or fiction? nbc news continues to fact check what was said between donald trump and hillary clinton in last night's debate. head to nbcbayarea.com for that story. we'll be back with a lot more news in two minutes.

the shop? tonight at 11 -- ouinvestative a are you getting what you pay for when you take your car into the auto shop. tonight our investigative unit exposes a loophole that allows repair shops to legally keep doing business after they've been shut down for taking advantage of customers. that's not all we found. remember this car we showed you earlier damaged at the repair shot. the mechanics tried covering up what was happen. the attorney general's office went after that shop and is trying to collect penalties. we've discovered those owners may not have to pay a dime and the state says there's nothing they can do about it. >> they're there for the people, which is us. give us what we lost. >> you can watch our full investigation tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our vittive unit, give us a call at 1-888-996-tips or end us an e-mail to

theunit@nbcbayarea.com. a law signed yesterday by governor jerry brown closes a previous loop hope. the 2015 shooting death of kate steinle was committed with a gun stolen from the car of a federal ranger. two months later in oakland antonio ramos was shot to death while painting an anti violence mural. the gun used to shoot him was also stolen from a law enforcement officer. the new mandate requires all officers to store guns in a lock box or a closed drunk. the department of justice awarded $20 million worth of grants to counties nationwide to improve the use of body cameras. among them, alameda county which won a $1 million grant and the foothill de anza community college district won a nearly $30,000 reward for its police use of force cameras. happening today, national

news, the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee is holding a hearing on threats to the united states. department of homeland security jay johnson and james comey will be in attendance. t breaking news right now at 6:00, hundreds forced to flee their homes as flames burning in the santa cruz mountains explode in size. from the air to the ground we're tracking the fight to contain the loma fire this morning. "today in the bay" continues right now. only about 5% contained, the fire burning along the loma prieta ridge, right between highway 17 and los gatos on the west side. we've been bringing you this story since 3:00 yesterday

afternoon. that is when it started. this morning our live team coverage continues. first let's get straight to "today in the bay's" bob redell. he is live near the fire line. bob? >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. about a mile away from loma prieta. right now you're looking east where you can see the fire has been burning on the ridge at least for the past couple hours. if you look at the smoke, you can see the wind is pushing that fire towards the right side of your screen which is the south where there are new mandatory evacuations. kris sanchez, my colleague, will have more on that in a moment. as far as the fire is concerned, within the past 30 minutes we saw a number of firefighters retreat, going back down the mountain to another fire station. their concern is the fire will eventually head this way. they're retreating to go back to set up another command post to come up with another plan of attack. this is on the western side of loma