fire continues. >> cal fire telling us the loma fire did grow overnight. i'm bob redell, i'll have the latest numbers coming up. >> it's unexpected, an accident, students were just in shock. >> remembering a dedicated police officer. a community is mourning the officer, ken zink, the father of seven killed while riding his motorcycle on his way to work. south bay teacher behind bars. what authorities say he did to one of his former students. "today in the bay" continues right now. you made it to friday. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> now you've got to make it through your day. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's make it at least through the morning commute or get a jump on it and check in with mike. >> pretty easy as far as volume goes because it's friday. we are are looking at a crash on westbound 237 in santa clara, slow on your approach to lawrence expressway.

a vehicle spun sideways in the middle of the roadway. traffic moving slowly on the approach. a little build for hayward. as i said, anthony, the roads are dry. what do you have ahead. >> showers ahead. the sunday forecast includes some rain. keep that in mind on this friday. cloudy skies for the most part. winds not all that gusty. as we head through the day because we have the fire burning across the santa cruz mountains. around 5:30 is when they'll be at their strongest, 15 to 30-mile-per-hour gusts. then it will relax into the overnight hours. you may need to hold on to that jacket until the afternoon with low 70s for our warmest locations. 50s and 6 os at the coastline. back to you guys. >> anthony, thank you very much. such an emotional night for families in the santa cruz mountains, many of whom have learned they might not have anything to go back home to as flames from the loma fire continue to rage this morning.

"today in the bay's" bob redell has been tracking firefighters' progress. what can you tell us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're at christmas hill park in gilroy, base camp for cal fire. i don't know if these trucks coming in are reenforcements or firefighters coming off the front lines. to your left you can see they've got one of the inmate workers here resupplying the water for the inmates who are to the left and lining up for what would be their fourth day of firefighting, trying to get some foot in their stomachs first. cal fire informed us that fire did grow overnight. instead of it being around 4,000 acres, it is now at 4,300, just over that. still 34% contained. there are still more than 1900 men and women fighting the fire which has destroyed eight homes. cal fire's goal is still to have the fire fully contained by monday. they have no news on the condition of the firefighter

taken to the hospital on monday. last night residents who live within the fire zone showed their appreciation for firefighters. there was some frustration and concern. some of the people last night at the meeting, concerned, they haven't been able to go back into the fire zone to find out if theirs is one of the eight that burned to the ground. >> smack right in the middle of the fire. we don't know if our stuff was destroyed. >> we know the area around it has burned. we're hoping we'll have a home. >> reporter: cal fire told the residents they are trying to get them back into their property some time next week. residents also have another concern, over the heavy fire equipment that could be damaging the roads inside the fire zone since some of those roads are private. cal fire promised they will fix whatever they break. back out here live at base camp where you can see some of the firefighters are waiting in line for nourishment, breakfast, so

when they go out in the front lines -- remember these are 24-hour shifts. they will be well energized for what will be a long day. cal fire will be having a briefing in about an hour for now. the updates on what they can expect weatherwise. we do know they are predicting winds later in the day which is not a good thing. live in gilroy, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> a friendly face in the hallways for so many years. now a school community is in mourning after losing a beloved police officer and the father of seven kids. >> officer ken zink was on his way to work when he was killed. he was a well-liked school resource officer at helms middle school. 300 students yesterday wrote messages an notes to him. the principal said he learned every single students' name and was seen as a very good friend. >> unexpected, an accident.

the students were just in shock. >> there was a number of kids that, you know, he worked with them and their families. this is an officer that not only did it during his time, but also on his own time. >> the school has a plan to hold a memorial in the next couple weeks so the students can honor him. 6:05. new this morning, three suspects were reportedly in custody after police say their car nearly ran down a police officer only to crash following another chase in the east bay. that chase ended in a park on alston way in berkeley late last night. police say the driver slammed through barriers protecting a park and wound up, as you see there, against a tree. earlier police say the driver tried to run down a richmond police officer during what started as a routine traffic stop. three people in the car were arrested. 6:05 right now. no trains coming in and out of hoboken, new jersey. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a train to crash during yesterday morning's rush hour. a young mother was killed and

more than 100 others hurt. the commuter train plowed through a barrier, jumping the track and slamming into the role. authorities say the train did not have positive train control, ptc, it uses gps and computers to monitor trains to stop them from speeding or derailing. >> year after year we're going to continue to see accidents that could have been prevented by ptc. >> only 22% of trains in the country currently have that advanced braking system. a live report from new jersey in 30 minutes. officers on the wrong side of the law. two more police officers implicated in the sexual misconduct scandal in the east bay will be arraigned later today. former contra costa county deputy ricardo perez and oakland police officer giovanni verde will appear this afternoon. both are accused of engaging in sexual acts with jasmine who used to be known as celeste guap. the inappropriate relations

allegedly happened when she was a minor. police say a south bay middle teacher is facing serious charge. david graham worked at harper academy in san jose. investigators san jose graham sexually assaulted a student back in 2007, and it's coming to light now. graham was her algebra teacher. a friend of the alleged victim reached out and contacted police next week. 6:07. seeing justice in person. the woman at the center of last year's bizarre vallejo kidnapping was on hand to see her kidnapper enter a guilty plea. matthew muller entered that plea in a sacramento courtroom. the woman he kidnapped, denise huskins, was there as was her boyfriend aaron quinn who muller tied up. police initially considered the whole report a hoax. as part of the plea prosecutors are recommending a sentence of no more than 40 years in prison and dropping other charges including sexual assault. >> mr. muller took ownership of

what he did today. he did not want to have a trial where miss huskins would testify. >> muller, a one-time harvard trained lawyer is scheduled to be sentenced in january. for months he terrifiesed a south bay neighborhood. now the man accused of shooting at on coming cars late at night is expected to enter a plea in court. investigators say michael lewis was targeting cars along blossom hill road in san jose all summer. he has a long criminal history, one that accuses stealing money and assault. in this case lewis is facing attempted murder charges. a bay area mother says hir teenage son was groebd by a san jose medical worker explains why she's suing the institution. investigators believe robert lasinger is accused of groping several patients.

during a news conference yesterday, the mother said she believes the whole thing could have been prevented. >> i think it's sick, and i feel partly responsible. i feel guilty for that because i sent him there. as a mother, you just want to protect your children. >> stanford issued a statement saying there are extensive inaccuracies, and any claim that they knew he was a predator and did nothing is false. stanford health care says the firing had nothing to do with the hospital investigation. fremont police are looking for this man who may have witnessed a hit-and-run. the surveillance video comes from ac transit moments after the crash. officers are emphasizing he didn't do anything wrong. they just want his help in solving it. the hit-and-run happened in the irving ton area. the woman hit remains in critical condition. investigators have not released any details about the suspect. 6:09 right now. a lot of people gearing up for

the weekend or at least thinking about it as you get through this work day. let's check in with anthony slaughter in for kari hall. >> looking for rain as we head towards the sunday forecast. keep that in mind as you make plans for your weekend. 54 is where we're at right now in san francisco. same for the tri-valley, 56. cloudy skies across the entire bay from the north bay down to the south bay. high temperatures later this afternoon, comfortable. you may need to hang on to the jacket across the peninsula. only 66 today. we'll talk about the chance of rain. let's talk about your morning commute. >> making good time. on the roadways, a little build, friday a lighter, easier drive. we'll take you to the south bay where santa clara has the concern, westbound 237, the crash involving 304. vehicles may still have one trying to clear. trying to get clear into the

shoulders. you see the slowdown on the approach. that's really unusual as you're heading past north first street in san jose. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. the good news is the fire crews have cleared from the right side. there was a little brush fire earlier. no big problem. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. gearing up for another grilling on capitol hill. >> something is going wrong at this bank, and you are the head of it! >> wells fargo ceo is back in the hot seat again, a day after taking more attacks from lawmakers. what testimony revealed about the fallout here next. preparing for the next big one. how your phone could soon save your life during an earthquake. a show in the skies. the rare phenomenon happening tonight. because she doesn't know that it kills 40,000 californians...

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has that power. >> both sides of the political aisle crushing the ceo to take more responsibility for what happened after wells fargo created as many as 2 million phony accounts without customer permission. >> did wells fargo employees steal from a million to 2 million other customers? yes or no. >> in some cases they did. >> maxine waters from california says she's going forward with legislation that would break up the bank. >> contra costa county workers locked in a bitter dispute will begin a three-day strike. the last contract expired in june. in a statement issued earlier this week, the union said workers will walk off the job friday if a new deal can't be reached including the weekend workers will return on wednes y wednesday. >> what is next for hundreds of thousands of students in limbo

after a sudden clothier of corinthian cleej including heald and wyo tech. the department of evidence case is under fire for how it's handling the situation. the education department is pursuing debt collection against nearly 80,000 former students. elizabeth warren wants them to focus on debt relief for students. a new law in california could mean retirement help for millions. governor brown signed a law to let workers join a state-sponsored saifr vings program called secure choice. nearly 7 million workers were enrolled once it was signed. it's similar to a 401(k). when the big one hits, every moment counts. now california is a big step closer to an early warning system. governor brown signed a law to pay for it. the key to the system is sensors

which would detect the shaking and automatically relay warnings through the internet and smart phones and niece media. even a few seconds of notice would be critical. >> little things. the b.a.r.t. trains, it can stop. the caltrains, it can stop. the manufacturing equipment, it q stop. all these things are phenomenal, just for someone to be able to duck and cover. >> it will depend on how close someone is physically to the epicenter. emergency officials hope to have the system up and running within two years. the spirit of sacramento is finally out of the water. an unusual sight in the delta yesterday as the ship was toured. the former tour boat capsized earlier this month near bethel island. it spent weeks under water. it's on route to the army corps of engineers facility where crews will off-load the fuel and the oil. tonight a lunar event that you probably won't notice.

it's called a black moon and it only happens once every couple years. the black moon is the second new moon within the same month. hard to see because the moon is actually blanketed in darkness. nasa doesn't officially recognize the term black moon but it makes for great conversation among stargazers. some have called the black moon a sign of new beginnings. that's always a nice hash tag. >> something creepy going on. anyone hear that noise in the background or is it just me? >> i didn't hear anything at all. >> nothing spooky at all about the black moon. bright days ahead as we head into the weekend. >> we are tracking some rain. we're excited about that. no mystery there. we'll try to time it out for you coming up. we have clouds in the area this morning. a sign of that cool marine air that's pushed inland. great news especially for firefighters trying to get a handle on the loma fire still

burning here. all week long we've been looking at that continuing. right now temperatures in the 50s, 57 in san jose, 54 in half moon bay and 54 in san francisco. you'll notice in the seven-day forecast, we have some rain on sunday. winds will start to gust later this afternoon, especially by the lunchtime and points there after, anywhere from 15 to 30 miles at the coastline. we may have higher gusts. after dinner winds will subside, but that's the one small caveat we have to deal with, especially for firefighters battling that fire. 71 for you today in san jose. 68 in palo alto and 60 today for san francisco. only 63 for oakland. here comes the storm system i was telling you about. you can see the cold front ahead of it. that will push through. that will be a dry cold front. it will pick up the winds as i

mentioned. when the rain comes through, that's going to be on sunday. time it out for you, right around lunchtime, the showers will push through, a quick burst of rain, by about 3:00, 4:00, we'll dry out in the north bay. the showers push to the east and the south bay by the afternoon hours and we'll dry out towards the evening. we may get another burst of rain for monday morning. we'll continue to keep tabs on that. overall, rainfall amounts really impressive for this go zsh around. we're talking from trace amounts at the coast, maybe some of the higher thunderstorms may get a burst of maybe .25 inch and maybe .5 inch. overall temperatures cool and rebounds for next week. here is mike tracking your morning commute. >> we expect a couple of problems for mass transit. concerns popping up now. 237, that crash looks like it's cleared from lanes. 880 southbound toward warren. near the interchange there, reports of a crash blocking the lane. sensors slowing over the last couple minutes.

no major concerns. you don't have to get off the freeway. warm springs boulevard is nearby. we'll stick with the map -- we'll show you the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic is flow smoothly. back to the maps, it will be great. we're looking over here toward the ferries. two are canceled, 7:30 to alameda and 7:40 to oakland. b.a.r.t. says they're still recovering out of sfo, but i think those delays should just about be cleared. back to you. >> 6:21 right now. a priceless piece of history recovered more than a decade later. the art heist story you have to see to believe.

all new this morning, and it's making international headlines. the van go in amsterdam say i italian police uncovered two paintings by van go in naples. the paintings were stolen in '02, have been removed from their frames but appear largely undamaged. it's unclear how those paintings were recovered. recouping more money for our viewers, this week close to $38,000. >> consumer investigative reporter chris kmuch rah shows us how. good morning. we've opened 190 new cases in

just the past two weeks and closed a wide variety of others this week alone. christine in redwood city had trouble getting money from her father's estate which she says the state has held up since 1998. she spoke up and we reached out. soon she received a check for the full amount, $32,000. joyce in san jose was next. she spent six months trying to get a $3,000 energy rebate. we helped put that money right back where it belongs, her bank account. $3,000. we also helped ray in alameda settle a dispute over furniture that festered since the spring. he's getting a refund of $2,800. if you have a tip for us, please call us. the number is 1-888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. have a gray weekend. >> thanks so much, chris. mark tolbert felt like he was being shortchanged by a local auto shop, when he did that, he did it in chain. >> the squabble started when tolbert took his 1975 chevy

caprice convertible to the shop to get an engine installed. he said when he checked in with the shop about why the work hadn't been completed yet, the bill shot up more than $10,000. to satisfy the debt, he paid it, he decided to pay it with $3900 in coins. >> i didn't like the fact that they were trying to take advantage of me. he didn't like the fact, he said i was penny pinching because i was a millionaire. >> the shop said they tried reaching out to tolbert but hadn't heard back from him in quite some time. 6:26 right now. up next on "today in the bay," flames grow, houses burn, the fight to contain the loma fire continues this morning. the new numbers just coming into our newsroom next. federal agents continue to comb through wreckage in new jersey. full details on the commuter train crash coming up. a middle school math teacher is arrested after a former student accuses him of sexual misconduct. she says it happened ten years

ago at a prestigious private school in the bay area. i'm chuck coppola. that full story coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

we can't go back to the years of devastating cuts to public education. exactly why i urge you to vote yes on prop 55. prop 55 prevents $4 billion in new education cuts without raising taxes on anyone. and there's strict accountability in prop 55. with local control over school funding decisions. and mandatory annual audits guaranteeing the money goes directly to our classrooms. not to bureaucracy, not to administration. so vote yes on 55. because it helps our children thrive. good friday morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we're getting ready to roll the calendar over one more month, last day of september. >> how about some

brocktober-festing. >> excellent news as we get into the turn of the calendar. that's a look at your temperatures right now. you can see we're in the 50s for the most part. we'll see winds pick up today out of the northwest. that will blow a lot of the smoke over towards san martin, morgan hill, even gilroy. it will become breezy this afternoon with gusts 15 to 30 miles per hour. then they will subside towards the evening. high temperatures a bit cool. hang on to the jackets, oohs and 60s for most of us wi. mike, what are we tracking this morning on the roads? >> a smooth flow of traffic except for this slowdown in fremont. the crash looks like all the weeks have cleared to the shoulder. i've seen a little improvement over the last couple minutes, stephen son past ottawa parkway towards the mission boulevard cutover.

then things improve. there are reports of smoke near the 85/87 interchange. maybe a small brush fire. we're on alert for those types of things. >> another fire we've been following big time this week, the loma fire. within the last ten minutes or so we've learned that fire has grown to more than 4,300 acres. that's up from the last look. this morning we're also learning eight houses have been destroyed. but there is good news this morning. progress is actually being made. the containment is up to 34%. cal fire says most of the fire is holding at casa loma road. they're hoping to get people living in the area back into their homes by next week. evacuations are still in place for the santa clara county side of the loma fire. most residents in santa cruz county are being told they can actually go home. we're constantly updating our digital platform on the loma fire. you can always get the latest on our app as well as our facebook and twitter feeds.

still absorbing a surreal scene across the country. this disaster on the east coast. a mother is dead after a new jersey commuter train plows into a platform. this is breaking news we first brought you this story yesterday. >> >> reporter: laura and sam, good morning. it's been just over 24 hours since the crash. most mornings 15,000 commuters or more pour through the hoboken station behind me. this morning only a handful of people inside. teams pulling away, bringing in investigators hoping to figure out what went wrong here. in just minutes the morning rush unraveled. >> i have heavy structural damage. major, major casualties. >> reporter: the train sped into the hoboken station slamming into and over the bumpers at the end of the track. >> it was just -- it was

horrific. an explosion of concrete dust, electrical wire. >> the canopy collapsed. 34-year-old fabiola bittar de kroon was killed. >> we heard people screaming, they couldn't get out. >> more than 100 on and off the train were injured including the engineer who is said to be cooperating with the national transportation safety board investigation into the crash. witnesses say the train never seemed to slow down. ntsb agents hope to get key data from the crash from the train's black box. >> from the event recorder we hope to get information such as speed and braking. >> reporter: investigators have access to the locomotive. but to this point structural damage to the station has kept them out of the rest of the train.

agents have confirmed this morning they did remove the black box. they hope to get inside those other cars later today. the ntsb plans to be on the ground here a week to ten days. that's the latest from hoboken. laura and sam, back to you. >> tough time for those people there. thanks so much, jay. >> still a lot of questions that need to be answered. augt thortsds say there's at least one thing that could have mitigated if not prevented yesterday's crash. positive train control or ptc. it uses gps and computers that stops them from derailing. caltrain is working to i'm ploemt ptc throughout its rail system. our investigative unit is monitoring the progress. caltrain says it's in the midst of testing the ptc technology. a south bay teacher is behind bars this morning accused

of sksly assaulting one of his students. "today in the bay's" chuck coppola has more on the investigation. good morning, chuck. >> reporter: good morning, laura and sam. police say the teacher used his position of authority to exploit the victim into a sexual relationship. the teacher has been identified as 64-year-old david scott graham of los gatos. he's a math teacher at the mid ld school campus of harker school, a private academy in san jose. that's where police arrested him yesterday. the former student now in her 20s say it happened when she was 13, back in 2007. police say she told that to a friend two months ago, that led to a police report. spokeswoman for the school told the "san jose mercury" news this is the first time the school has been made aware of these allegations. we were shocked and deeply dismayed when the reported situation was brought to our attention. harker school has bay area roots going back to 1893. graham taught there for the last 13 years. live in san jose, chuck coppola,

"today in the bay." >> no doubt they may be looking for other victims. pleasanton police say a student posted violent posts. happening today, the man accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar is scheduled to return to a courtroom. anthony torres is charged in the murder four years ago. the body has never been found. last week torres' attorneys argued for more time before a trial begins. they're requesting all death penalty related issues be decided first. the start of the trial has been delayed numerous times before. but it may begin as soon as next month. 6:36 right now on your friday morning. in california, go where you feel comfortable. gender is no longer going to matter when using single stall public bathrooms. the changes you will notice is

the signage outside rest rooms at some restaurants like starbucks and other public places will change. some cities including san francisco have had gender neutral bathrooms for yeez. now the rules will apply to the entire state. this morning remembering one of israel's founding fathers. >> for the people of israel, i could not be more honored to be in jerusalem to say farewell to my friend shimon peres. >> world leaders did say good-bye to the great leader and the former president of israel. >> edward lawrence live in washington, d.c. this morning. it was a grand farewell for the israeli leader. >> reporter: sam and laura, it really was. it was the largest gathering of world leaders in 20 years. president obama right now is on his way back to the united states. you saw there he did euligize shimon peres. he said in the eulogy he's a

true statesman that created a close bond with the united states. there were 90 delegations from around the world here. prince charles was representing the queen of england. also mahmoud abbas, a palestinian leader was there. this is the closest abbas has been to benjamin netanyahu in a very long time. the two have not sat down for peace talks. you may remember that peres negotiated a short-lived peace between israelis and palestinians. immense security was around this funeral here. the israelis say they had 8,000 troops on the ground to make sure the world leaders were protected. they created a ring of steel, as they say, around this. it did last about 2 1/2 hours. now all those folks are going back to their respective countries. edward lawrence, back to you. >> 6:38. let's get a check of the

weather. anthony slaughter is in this morning. anthony, nice start to our day today. changes in store. >> starting cloudy for the most part. we'll see the winds pick up, and then rain on tap as we head into sunday. great news there. as we start off your day, here as we round out the last day of september, we're looking at cloud die skis. once the sun does come up, we'll see a nice day. 60 degrees, so staying cool in sf. 71 for the tri-valley. 73 for the south bay. it will become breezy as we get ready for the system to move 234 for sunday. let's talk to mike right now and track that morning commute. >> looking at a pleasant day. my concern is getting through the east bay. here is fremont. the earlier crash at warren. looks like cars cleared by that roadway, but the slowing starts back at thornton. in that slower drive, another crash report at stephenson. that is a tough drive for 880 through that stretch. you can get over to fremont boulevard, that's an alternate

or get on to the freeway later. getting over towards the bay bridge toll plaza, a slower drive as you pass a disabled vehicle. around carlson is where i see most of the slowing, and the bay bridge toll plaza has the backup because the metering lights are on. back to you. coming up next, nearly two dozen states targeted. the concerns this morning over hacking attempts on election systems. the warning from state health officials about the zika virus. the market showing renewed signs of life this morning after deutsche bank and issues with fines dragging down everything yesterday. in early trading the dow jones industrial average is up 90 points. more news after the break. got a tip for the bay area's biggest investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate.

with a break like this, we could do a cast or surgery. whichever's faster. surgery means recovery time. a cast will get you back out there right away, but it's bulky. and can it take a beating? how did you break it again? roller derby. hip-checked. there's a rematch next week. snarling clementine has to be there. that's me.

okay. so what color should the cast be? orange. orange is good. yeah, i like orange. it's kinda my thing. at john muir health, we know how big the little things can be. john muir health. be heard. sam ad lib 6:43 on your friday. a quick peek outside. things going smoothly on the golden gate bridge. anthony has been talking about low clouds out there this morning. you see a few dotting the horizon. more on the cooling trend that continues in just a second. at 6:43. election systems in at least 20 states have been the target of

hackers. the department of homeland security outlined numerous attempts of intrusions on the election system. they also say only registration databases have been targeted, not actual voting or tabulation machines. russian hackers have been tied to some of the election-related hacking. u.s. troops could be going back to iraq. american soldiers are needed to help reclaim mosul from isis fighters. they will be needed to train and advise iraqi troops. u.s. officials will be making an announcement later today. their operation is expected to begin in a few months. today is the last day for governor brown to act on the latest registration approved by state lawmakers. there are closely-watched bills still hanging in the balance. one is called the brock turner bill. it would have closed the loophole that would have allowed the stanford swimmer to receive what many thought was a light sentence for his assault of a

woman on campus. california governor jerry brown did sign a bill allowing the contra costa transportation authority to test the first fully autonomous car. the transportation authority plans to test the car at a former u.s. navy weapons station in concord. with rain in the forecast, health officials are issuing a zika virus warning. officials are asking for everyone to search for standing water around their home and clear it out. about 300 cases of the zika virus have been counted statewide. a new study reveals the language doctors use has a strong influence on parent's willingness to get their child vaccinated for hpv. health news right now as well, asian-americans have lower cancer death rates than caucus

counterparts. but there are some exceptions. aches have higher rates of stomach and liver cancer deaths than their white peers. and lung cancer was the leading cancer of death among men of all asian-american groups and most women as well. a fall hazard prompted walmart to recall more than 46,000 tripod stools. it includes maco incorporated with a camouflage fabric seat. you see it there. the plastic collar that connects legs can break. they were sold exclusively in walmart this year from june through august. this might take you a second to digest. only in the silicon valley. zoom pizza in mountain view says it's the only restaurant in the world using robots to make its pizza, literally an assembly line for pizza. the robots are used for squirting and spreading marinara

sauce. they still have people tossing the dough and adding personal touches. lady gaga will headline the super bowl show at the nrg stadium in houston. reports say her performance last year was the reason she was chosen to headline the show. one of the hottest bay area music festivals getting ready to kick out the jams. >> hardly strictly bluegrass is kicking off at san francisco's golden gate park. it will start with a concert for some 3,000 san francisco middle school students. in all, more than 100 acts are performing on seven different stages. it concludes on sunday with cake on the swan stage. break out the banjo and get ready to party. >> all kinds of music. that's what i love about that. >> good variety. >> there will be congestion there and the castro street fair. we have a bridge on sunday. the giants and dodgers game.

vin scully's last announcement. also rain coming. and moscone center. >> never anything to do in the bay area. >> good point. bring your umbrella if you're outside on sunday. >> that's what i was going to say. we haven't seen rain, not real-time rain all season. fall just started a couple weeks ago. you go all the way back to may and april, that's how long since we've seen anything as widespread as what's coming our way for sunday. so you will definitely notice it. you'll notice the clouds out there as well. not as cloudy as san francisco from this shot across the golden gate bridge. we have clouds. across walnut creek, you can see clouds scooting by. 50s across most of the bay right now. 51 in santa rosa. 56 in palo alto. later this afternoon, winds out of the northwest will begin to become grus stay towards about lunchtime and around dinnertime, from 15 to 30 miles per hour. again, the smoke from the fire

burning, the loma fire, the santa cruz mountains over toward morgan hill, gilroy and san martin. more most of the bay area, we'll see temperatures coming down. 71 degrees for you in san jose today. 67 in santa cruz. only 60 in san francisco and only 63 in oakland. so a nice comfortable finish to september. as we go into october, here is what's coming our way for sunday. we were talking about all those activities. let's time out the system as it moves in for you. a dry day today, again for tomorrow. sunday around lunchtime is when the first showers will push in. it will be a quick burst of rain. by 3:00, 4:00, we'll start to clear out in places like the north bay, across san francisco. the showers still with us for your dinnertime on sunday for your tri-valley and towards the south bay. we may get another quick burst of rain for your monday morning commute. it looks like most of that will come through on sunday. rainfall amounts continue to back off at least with the computer models. still thinking we'll get

about .10 inch, maybe .25 inch. maybe higher elevations could squeeze out about .50 inch. firefighters trying to get a handle on the fires across the state. the loma fire is just one of many burning. temperatures will continue to cool off as we approach sunday and rebounding next week for the first week of october. even in san francisco, a chance of rain and thunderstorms for sunday. let's switch gears and track the morning commute. >> we're tracking a lighter build for friday. it is kicking in now. unusual. most of the pattern is stanford for the south bay. unusual slowing, call out fremont south of the dumbarton bridge. past the scene of an earlier crash at stevenson. another one at warren. that's what kicks things off there for the nimitz. 680 moving smoothly. the camera north of mission in the slowdown shows right by the truck scales this is what we're talking about. a lot of extra time this friday. this portion of fremont heading down into the south bay, a tougher dry.

i promised you the bay bridge toll plaza. there you go. isn't that worth waiting for? the metering lights are on. not a major problem down through the maze, getting over here. let's get back to the maps. we're talking about your mass transit system. two ferries canceled, no 7:30 to alameda, no 7:40 to oakland. 55 trains in service for the b.a.r.t. system. i'm going to say there may be no delay out of sfo, earlier problems out of richmond. back to you. laura, you mentioned this a second ago. that voice right there. there was never anyone like him before him. there will never be anyone like him again afterwards. vin scully, legendary broadcaster for the dodgers is going to do his final game this sunday, and it's going to happen at at&t park in san francisco where the giants and dodgers are squaring off to wrap up their seasons. scully says he's not doing any postseason games. comcastsportsnet will take the third inning of the dodgers' telecast on sunday. you can check it out. by the way, the giants right now

are in the heat of trying to clinch a wildcard spot. >> such a big part of baseball. >> i've never heard anyone who tells stories like vin scully. a heckler in the crowd got the best of some of the best golfers in the world. he did this in front of thousands of fans and millions of people watching on tv. >> it happened yesterday at the ryder cup practice session in minnesota. european team members were having a hard time sinking the same putt. they were getting grief from team usa fan david johnson. the european team challenged him to come sink that putt. pulling him from the crowd. justin rose sweetened the pot laying a $100 bill by the ball. imagine the crowd going wild. that's because he nailed it. he nailed it. and he got to take home that $10. up next, a much closer look

now at the aftermath of the loma fire that is continuing to aggressively spread as firefighters try to gain ground on the flames. more details next. first happening now, the head of yosemite national park retiring amid employee complaints that he created a hostile work environment. on nbcbayarea.com read about what the employees called a corrosive culture. fleet week in san francisco is around the corner. more than a million people expected to attend. on the facebook page, how the city is preparing for all the festivities. we're back in two minutes. t door -

here are the toptories onbc 6:56 on your friday morning. welcome back. before you head out the door, here are the top stories. >> first, the latest on the developments of the loma fire. eight houses are gone this morning. there's good news to report. progress is being made. containment up to 34%. more than 4,300 acres are scorched. cal fire says most of the fire is holding at casa loma road. they're hoping to get people in that area back into their homes at least by next week. evac aches still in place for the santa clara side of the loma fire, most residents in santa cruz county can go home. a face everyone knew at school. now a school community is in mourning after losing a beloved police officer and father of seven kids. officer ken zink was on his way

to work when he was killed. he was a school resource officer at helms elementary school. the principal of the school says he learned every students' name and was seen as their friend. the school has plans to have a memorial in the next couple weeks so the students can occasionally honor him. new this morning, three suspects in custody after police say their car nearly ran down an officer only to crash following a brief chase in the east bay. it ended in a park on alston way late last night. police say they slammed through barriers protecting the park and wound up against the tree. earlier the driver tried to run down a richmond police officer during what started as a traffic stop. three people in the car were arrested. a middle school teacher at a prestigious school in san jose is in jail this morning. accused of sexually assaulting a former student. investigators say david graham sexually assaulted the student

back in 2007. graham was her algebra teacher at hasker academy in san jose. officers say he used his position of authority to force the student in a sexual relationship. officers on the wrong side of the law. two more officers implicated in the sexual misconduct scandal in the east bay will be arraigned. dechity ricardo peres and oakland police officer giovanni veer day will appear in court. both accused of sexual acts with jasmine who used to be known as celeste guap. a lot of folks right now getting ready to make those weekend plans. and a dry start. first time in a while we're talking about significant rain. >> today is a dry day. clouds in place. it's not everywhere. but in san jose, cloudy. and other areas have low clouds. we'll get rid of the clouds

quickly. it will be a breezy and cool afternoon. as you get ready to get the kids out the door, dress them warmly today. >> bring those jackets. >> friday's commute still had delays. >> we had earlier crashes in fremont, plural, multiple crashes. let me show you the pattern now. focusing mostly on the south bay. there's the build toward the bay bridge toll plaza. this is the northbound routes. really seeing a big change through san jose heading north. the rest of the silicon valley not seeing the build. that will kick in about 7:30 on friday. 880 a tougher drive past the dumbarton bridge toward warren where we have the second crash there. an earlier crash at stephenson. this section very slow on the approach to mission boulevard. this is unexpectedly slow for a friday. the san mateo bridge, this is not expected. friday light, that's what it means on the san mateo bridge. >> a little friday heavy to me. all right. that is what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back at 7:25 with a

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