the impact the investigation could have on businesses and employees in that area. >> flames in wine country. the latest on a wildfire that's brynn ching closer and closer to homes and wineries in napa county. oh the cheers from last night. wouldn't be giants baseball without a little torture. giants hopes for another world series championship alive. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> wasn't torture the tleem one year? >> yes. >> they like to give us as much game as they can. >> more for our money. >> all right. let's do it again tonight. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> sam brock off this morning. i'm scott mcgrew. rob is manning the radar. >> a lot of low clouds this morning. temperatures in the 50s for most

places outside. the low clouds and sea breeze ensuring that afternoon temperatures will be running fairly cool. low 60s in san francisco, low 70s inland as we with await the rain. now to see what's happening with your tuesday morning commute. >> you have changes for the weather coming up. we have the changes for the traffic. right now we have your build at the altamont. nothing unusual in toward dublin or the dublin interchange. southbound 680 builds from 580 clearing by the time you get to the merge out of highway 84. slowing for hayward and union cit city. the south bay shows more slowing. we'll show you that live shot, a typical pattern. i'm show you how things have changed over the last few. an update to breaking news we've been talking about since we went on the air at 4:30, a

massive xfinity comcast outage all over the country. this map shows how big that outage is from california to washington state, the east coast, denver. so far no word on what's causing this outage or when service will be restored. we'll bring you an update when we get one. comcast is the owner of this television station. to more breaking news this morning. police in san jose are investigating a homicide in the parking lot of a lowe's home improvement store close to interstate 880. police say officers arrived last night to find an unidentified man unconscious. right now they're only saying he suffered visible injuries. kris sanchez is at the scene as she has been all morning long. she's check fg the lowe's and other businesses are being impacted this morning, how it will affect you. she'll join us with a live update at 6:30. three east bay police officers are out of the hospital after being exposed to high

amounts of ammonia and bleach. bob, this was found in a car? >> reporter: it was. here in this shopping center. all three pinole police officers have been released from the hospital and are expected to be okay. this happened late last night. officers were called out to investigate this car parked at the pinole vista shopping center off appian way. not clear if the call was for has mat or something else. the fire department says two household chemicals were spilled inside the car, about five gallons of ammonia and seven points of bleach. if you remember your high school chemistry class, when those two chemicals are combined, it can produce chlorine gas. the toxic fumes overwhelmed the officers. >> the complaints from the officers were difficulty breathing and some of the tightness in their chest. we had our medic unit check them out and take them over to the

hospital and get evaluated. >> reporter: the officers checked out okay at the hospital, went back to work at the police station. it took cocoa fire and has mat several hours to clean up the spill. police and fire have yet to say how or why those chemicals ended up spilled inside that car. bob redell, "today in the bay." another developing story. we've gotten word a wildfire burning in wine country is 25% contained. that fire dangerously close to home in napa valley. mandatory evacuations under way for people living in campbell flats and campbell creek. police attacked the fire from the air tnd the ground but it still grew to 53 acres. people are hoping for the best. >> it's nerve-racking, but there's nothing you can do about it. you have to go see for yourself. >> what stuff do i care about? >> cal fire says cooler temperatures and lack of wind will help crews get a handle on

that fire. >> a sign of relief in the south bay. firefighters say the loma fire now 100% contained. as the rainy season ramps up, there's a new threat crews are facing. the area recently burned in the fire will be more prone to erosi erosion. the focus has solicited to shoring up burned out land that may be susceptible to slides during the winter. cal fire is putting together a winter emergency response team to help prepare in the event of a major slide problem. three students from mountain view high school behind bars accused of making violent online threats against students and staff. police say the threat was made on social media. authorities aren't being specific about the threat. they only say the posts vowed to do harm to students and staff. all three were arrested yesterday morning. >> we detained them and brought them in for questioning here at the police department, and they were subsequently arrested late this morning for making threats and for conspireing to commit a

crime. >> hopefully they'll take this as a warning call and people will learn that you're going to get in trouble if you do something like this. >> police say the students will be charged, but because they're juveniles, we don't know exactly what those charges will be. >> crews will try to salvage the boat that capsized over the weekend. we're hoping to learn what caused it to tip over. 27 adults and three children were rescued from the water, all doing okay. this is the second time in five weeks a boat has capsized in the kba. >> what a night for giants fans. a live look at at&t park where the giants pulled off a thrilling extra inning win, staved off elimination for at least one more day. "today in the bay's" colin resch was there as all the drama unfolded. >> reporter: an absolute postseason thriller here at at&t park last night. first it looked as though chicago pitchers were going to

win this series both on the mound and at the plate, but then 2016 postseason hero connor gillespie came through again. for once, madison bumgarner didn't have his best stuff. second inning cubs started jake arietta, gone. all over the bumbarner fastball. insult to injury, a cubs fan catches it. 3-0 chicago and they were going crazy in the cubs dugout. still the giants stay the course. chicago held scoreless the next six innings, trailing 3-2 in the eighth. wildcard hero connor gillespie facing aroldis chapman. brandon belt and buster posey score. giants take a 4-3 lead. pandemonium here at at&t park. kra crawford follows with a single. san francisco takes 5-3 lead in the ninth. hand it over to sergio romo. chris bryant hammers the slider, it scales the wall in left, a

game-tieing two-run shot, 5-5. we go to extras. over five hours after the first pitch, joe panik, his third hit of the game, he drives in brandon crawford after his lead-off double. giants win it 6-5 in 13 innings and stave off elimination once again. >> to win a game like that in the 13th inning for your team when your back is against the wall like that, it's definitely up there. the thrill of doing it is pretty special. >> regardless of what happens moving forward, this is -- this team fights. this team battles. whatever happens, i think all of us can hold our heads high and keep competing. >> bruce bochy now 10-0 in elimination games as manager. matt moore will toe the rubber tonight. we'll be back to see if he can help the giants even up this

best-of-five series. at at&t park, colin resch, nbc bay area. >> we'll find out if it's good cubs beating weather. >> rob has a look at our forecast. >> the weather should be the same. rally fog in place today. 58 degrees and we'll see similar conditions as the game gets under way a little later this evening, maybe close to 60 around first pitch time and staying in the upper 50s. around the rest of the bay area, we have low clouds everywhere you go, 50s and 60s all day. partly cloudy skies, below average temperatures today, san jose, just 72 degrees. low 60s closer to down down san francisco and 70s around the tri-valley. big changes in your seven-day forecast. getting started friday with wind and rain. san francisco into our valleys. north bay may see rain late on thursday. the main event, friday, with another round due in late saturday night into sunday. >> tuesday's traffic kicking in. typical patterns throughout the

tri-valley and the east bay. hayward and union city. we'll take you to the south bay. we told you about the changes in travel time have been reflected by the little build for 101. 101 and 85 split down here. the travel times, from where they split in san jose, each route showing a different travel time. 101 more slowing around the 680 area. adds three or four minutes there. we'll take you over to the bay bridge toll plaza. standard as the metering lights were turned on going in towards the maze. no surprise. >> hurricane matthew long gone. the fear of flooding could remain for quite some time. coming up, an update on the dangerous situation still impacting millions of people across dozens of states. >> the sikh man attacked and many say the political climate is to blame. the new information we've learned about the suspects.

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fears of flooding in the carolinas after a the aftermath of hurricane matthew. a state of emergency remains in effect across the region. thousands still out of their homes. water levels are actually still rising. within the last 36 hours, emergency personnel say more than 1500 people have been pulled from rooftops. >> it's emotional everywhere.

everybody is crying. 30 people have been killed in the united states. many rivers and creeks not expected to kreftd until later this week. the situation is so much worse in haiti. this is video from haiti, the coastal town ravaged by strong winds, rain and wind. power still out across the nation. authorities say food and water are growing scarce. the death toll in haiti is more than 1,000. two southern men have been arrested accused of committing hate crimes against a sith man. the city's mayor believes the current political climate might be to blame. the man was brutally attacked while driving home from work. he says the suspect started hitting him through his car window and when his turbine fell off, they cut his hair with a knife. the mayor says comments made by donald trump about minorities are fueling these hate crimes.

>> these people may have come from the part of the kun tray that tolerates that kind of thing, they may have come from donald trump land or something like that. we don't tolerate that here. >> the two men arrested for the hate crime are workers visiting the richmond refinery. both face felony assault charges. a donated request full of donated supplies to benefit injured veterans was stolen in oakland. the 26-foot u-haul was last seen friday night parked on reinhart drive north of the 580 /13 split. the course is nearly 500 miles long. for the first time in two decades, a woman has taken the top spot at the pumpkin weigh off. >> our winning gourd weighed in

at more than 1900 pounds. it was grown by third grade teacher cindy toback from washington. she says it wasn't easy to grow the winner but it was a dream come true. >> this was my ultimate pumpkin fantasy, to win half moon bay, to hit 1900 pounds, new washington state record. i might just die. >> that and go to pumpkin heaven. >> after they leave the parade next weekend, orange crush is off to vegas where it will be put on display. probably a little glitter. >> i started growing pumpkins for the first time. >> my daughter loves them and says how cute and perfect. >> i don't realize they don't get bigger. >> i can get you more. >> perfect. >> perfect for pumpkin spice lattes or pie.

1,900 pounds worth. let's look at the weather. we have half moon bay weather. low clouds, misty skies across the peninsula. north bay and san francisco right now, 50s for most and for the afternoon, 60s to low 70s in reach today. today, cooler than average day in san jose where the average high should be 76. expecting 72 today. low 60s in san francisco. mostly 60s down the peninsula. 68 degrees. 70s around the tri-valley, 74 in walnut creek. the second half of the seven-day forecast has rather big changes. thursday into friday, stronger of two storms on the approach. what's different about this storm is we do think it will have a tap into the subtropical moisture plume moving the the south and west, north of hawaii. you can see the rainfall rates per hour, that's what we'll be watching thursday and the friday morning commute. north bay, you say friday looks to be messy.

the next round comes in in your seven-day forecast. this will be late saturday into sunday. so rather big changes on the way. and rain totals, blue and purple for the bay area could be a half inch to two inches which would be the monthly average falling in about four days' time, thursday into sunday. not for san francisco. we'll see the rain on friday. the north bay, thursday late in the evening, you'll see a chance of rain on approach. friday it looks like wind, rain and big waves on the coast. temperatures too warm for sierra snow. looks like up by 9,000 feet. another round comes in saturday and sunday with clearing skies by next monday. rob? >> we're happy to hear you mention sierra snow as part of that forecast. we're looking toward the south bay. a little build gentle over there. peninsula not a major problem. over here for the tri-valley and in the east bay as well. we see more slowing building. south 880 slows out of san leandro. here is the san mateo bridge,

west 92 and the dumbarton bridge and west 84. we start to see the volume build a bit over there. traffic starts to feed out of the dublin area. the live camera westbound 580 shows a smooth drive out of the altamont. things slow down right at 680 and south of 680 you saw it slowing through sunol: the bay bridge toll plaza has your standard backup. farther up as you come through san pablo, that's a typical pattern there. no delays for the north bay. transit moving well as well. 6:19. happening today, the beginning of fall, looking a lot like christmas in the big apple. live pictures of the skaters at rockefeller plaza. this is the first day the rink is open. that will be a ceremony about 30 minutes from now. 7:00 this morning. traditionally the opening of the ice rin marks the start of the fun leading up to the christmas tree lighting in rockefeller center. up next, facebook at work.

most of us sneak it in every day. now the company rolling out a new prom for that very purpose. tesla getting bigger with the expansion plan in the works. pushback from the people not so happy about it. coming up on a tuesday here on "today" a batch of key republican lawmakers abandoning donald trump including speaker paul ryan. with just a month to go until election day, is there time for trump to rebound? more bad news for samsung and millions of galaxy note 7 users, what you need to know about the latest recall? a candid conversation with justin timberlake on fame, music and how being a dad has changed him. it's always a fun morning when meredith vieira stops by. she'll talk about a brand new project as we get started on a tuesday here on "today."

tesla may double its size if proved. fremont's mayor says he loves the opportunity. >> we're looking for future growth in employment, obviously, but also looking for companies that want to be around tesla. right now we're in the heart of our innovation district. tesla is the main tenant in that innovation district. people want to locate around tesla because of that innovation. a big concern from critics is that growth will lead to traffic. the b.a.r.t. line is expanding to fremont. it will open in warm springs. the fremont city council will discuss the expansion plan thursday night. facebook is rolling out a new service it hopes businesses

will like enough to pay for. the new business collaboration product is called workplace by facebook. co-workers can use the app to communicate through text, group chat and video. facebook is charging businesses up to $3.00 a month per user. san francisco leaders will help dedicate the new air control tower at sfo. the new tower, 221 feet tall. it's received high marks for being state of the art for being environmentally friendly. today's dedication event takes place at 11:30 this morning. let's take a peek outside at the oakland coliseum the morning. the raiders home for now, but for how long. today alameda county leaders will try to keep the team even though it's looking more and more like a hail mary. supervisors will hold a closed door meeting to consider a deal to entice the raiders to stay. right now lawmakers in nevada are discussing funding a brand new $2 billion stadium. during yesterday's hearing, leaders of the casino industry

including steve nguyen urged lawmakers to approve the deal. >> this is an absolute dead-bang winning opportunity. >> we have a billionaire worth $32 million asking for a $750 million taxpayer buyout, handout. that's ridiculous. >> two-thirds of the nevada state senate and assembly will have to green light that plan. a new study says climate change is to blame for recent fires. forest fires have doubled in the western united states. scientists now say because of the hotter and drier conditions, they're to blame. last year was the hottest year on record. 2016 is on track to top it. >> "mercury news" talked to new olive growers by har resting earlier. the olives will deliver a more pungent and less buttery taste.

growers hope it will make their olives stand out more. an update to breaking news. kris sanchez live in san jose tracking an overnight homicide. >> reporter: just getting a closer look at where police are looking for clues in this homicide. we have an update about the schedule for the store in this parking lot all coming up in a few minutes. donald trump moving forward despite a big split with republican leaders. i'm tracie potts. coming up, more on that. plus why hillary clinton is still looking over her shoulder.

a very good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock this morning. rob is in for kari. >> we're seeing low clouds for the bay area. all over the place. low clouds up to 3,000 feet. tall spilling into stockton. sea breeze means our temperatures are running below average. especially around livermore and san jose. average high should be in the mid 70s. 72 in san jose, 63 in san francisco and 74 in walnut creek. >> we have clouds for everyone. slowing in the south bay. about '6:15 we see things change for the volume of traffic. we have now the difference between 101 and 85, still minimal as far as the travel time from where they split in san jose to where they meet in mountain view.

more slowing has built up in the last few minutes. san mateo bridge also sees that volume build. gog going on on the bridge but the commute. the peninsula remains at speed. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. at 6:30, we begin with an update to breaking news we've been following since we first came on the air at 4:30 this morning. another homicide on the streets of san jose. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live on the scene at ritter park drive. this is right by the lowe's off 880 near brokaw. what's the latest? >> reporter: it's actually in the parking lot of that lowe's hardware store. perhaps you've stopped by for a weekend project. in the last half hour, we got a closer look at where police are gathering evidence. you see what appears to be a upon tea yack aztec in the distance. they were gathering clues out there this morning here in the parking lot off ritter park drive and interstate 880. this is where san jose police found the body of this victim

eight hours ago. if there were clues as to who the killer was, police have not revealed that yet. the man was unconscious and injured badly enough it was obvious to officers this was not an accident. this is in the 700 block of ritter park drive near the intersection with schallenberger road, not near the elementary school of the same name. we can't say at this point that the two are related, but we can say police have been investigating a rash of kilgts of homeless people, eight so far in the city of san jose this year. this man today is the 38th homicide victim of the year. again, we don't know whether or not this man is homeless. you should know that, if you have a lowe's customer or a lowe's employee, the store did open as scheduled at 6:00 this

morning. the investigation is confined to two parts of the parking lot. you can still come here and do your business. the investigation will continue a little longer. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." more breaking news at 6:32 this morning. a massive xfinity comcast outage spanning a lot of the country. this map shows you where it is. the yellow and the red, california, washington state, denver, the east coast, the midwest. so far no word on what's causing that outage or when service will be restored. we'll bring you an update when we get one. we should point outcome cast is the owner of this tv station. this morning, three police officers are recovering after a late night hazmat scare. it started when pinole police approached a vehicle. firefighters say the car contained five gallons of ammonia, seven points of bleach and they spilled.

has mat rescue crews were killed. the officers are expected to be okay. our bob redell is at the scene. he'll give us an update at 6:55. right now there are mandatory evacuations as flames chew through dry grass and brush. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is in napa county with more on this developing story. >> reporter: good morning, guys. according to cal fire, this creek fire has reached 53 acres and is at about 25% containment. we're at the crosswalk church in napa. no evacuees have been sent here so far. we see a number posted here with campbell fire for non-energy number for folks that end up showing up here. crews have been here through the night, working hard to contain this blaze. there you see the air tankers

that have been used to coin this fire by the fire crews that have been brought out here to napa county. close to 200 firefighters were brought in to contain this fire dubbed as the creek fire. mandatory evacuations are in place for campbell flats and campbell creek areas of town. it all started yesterday afternoon on a hillside west of yountville and dry creek road. that road closure has since been lifted. >> it's nerve-racking, but there's nothing you can do about it so you have to go see for yourself. >> take the pictures, grab the dog, bring along the life and just get out. >> reporter: that fire threatened one home off clear creek road but crews were able to save it. cal fire says the cooler temps and lack of wind help crews to get a good handle on the fire. we expect an update from cal fire some time this morning. at this time they still don't know exactly what caused this

brush fire. in napa, pete suratos for "today in the bay." gang members accused in several violent home invasions and robberies in the east bay will be arraigned. investigators say six suspects, age 18 to 20 armed with guns targeted at least five homes since march. one of those homes was in fremont. that robbery was caught by surveillance cameras. police are looking to see if the suspects are wanted for any other crimes. the next president of the united states will be chosen one month from today. this morning, major turmoil within the republican party stemming, of course, from donald trump. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington, d.c. traits zee, trump is slipping in the polls. >> reporter: he is slipping in the polls, but he doesn't seem to be fazed by it. he'll be in florida today. so will hillary clinton. there was a reprieve because of the storm to register. the storm that is really brewing is within the republican party.

>> reporter: donald trump difficult fient as ever promising more to come. >> if they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we'll continue to talk about bill and hillary clinton doing inappropriate things. >> it's caused a big rift in the republican party. the party is sticking by trump but top republicans on capitol hill are not. house speaker paul ryan says he won't defend trump, won't campaign for him, but won't pull his endorsement ever. >> paul ryan is trying to make the very best of a bad situation. >> reporter: so is hillary clinton. >> he is an equal opportunity insulter if there ever was one. this election is our chance to show who we are. we are better than that. >> reporter: new numbers show clinton 11 points ahead nationally since the video tape was released showing trump's vulgar language about touching

women without their consent. he calls it locker room wanter. >> no, real meant aren't that way. donald trump is wrong about that. donald trump is wrong about that. >> let's make it official. donald trump won that debate. it wasn't even close. >> reporter: trump's running mate trying to right the ship as polls show him losing ground, especially with women. so hillary clinton atop the polls right now. also still looking over her shoulder, it's still unknown what the wikileaks leaked documents might say about her campaign or her paid speeches. back to you. >> final stretch here. one month away. tracie potts, thank you. >> the giants will win tonight! here is crawford with the winning run, and san francisco survives to see another day!

>> with that, the giants keep their play-off run alive. i'm sure you stayed up late to watch this. it took five hours. finally in the bottom of the 13th joe panik came up with that huge walk-off double. opposing pitcher jake arietta took madison bumgarner deep, they battled back, a two-run triple from connor gillespie. in pure giants torture, chris bryant got just enough to tie that up in the fifth. then here is the 13th. the rest is history. giants win 6-5. >> just because we're down, doesn't mean we're out. if we're breathing, we're still fighting. does it mean we'll win every game? no. but we're not going to go down without a fight. >> the giants are a perfect 10-0 in pest season elimination games. certainly they're going to hope to make that 11-0 tonight. at&t park, starting pitcher will be matt moore. first pitch 5:30.

giants win would force a winner-take-all game five back in chicago. that, if necessary, will be thursday. >> let's be tired again tomorrow morning. we'll just count on that. >> hopefully not as long. let's play nine. good baseball weather always. it doesn't matter, rain or shine. at least it's shine today. >> a little sun around san francisco. the weather will be shaping up very similar to last night. looking at temperatures as the game goes on. upper 50s with low clouds around san francisco. similar to what we're seeing right now across most of the bay area. turning over to partly cloudy skies later on, low 60s in san francisco, low 70s around san jose. we should see low to mid 70s around the tri-valley for today. the next three days look dry. big changes coming up for friday, san francisco. wind and rain for the friday morning commute. north bay might see rain on thursday. you see the first storm coming in on friday and more rain for the weekend.

>> we'll worry about those later in the week. right now we just worry about the giants' win. no surprises, i'll take you toward the east bay and the tri-valley. the problems and the slowing we had around stoneridge have condensed toward brunell. more photographic across the san mateo bridge, 92 of course. extra slowing around the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. i'm scanning the reports, no problems reported there. our live camera in san jose. you have it for 85. this is a live shot north of 680. we have both 101 and 85 showing a typical pattern there. >> coming up, before you feet your dog breakfast, there is a recall you need to know about from overnight. >> plus the creepy clown hysteria hitting the bay area takes a different turn on a whole new level. >> let's take you out live to new york city and the big board there. dow industrials losing 70 points. we're back in earnings season.

russia says it's ready to cooperate with the united states to bring peace in syria.

the russian defense minister is in china at a security forum and says russia is needed in defeating international terrorism. the u.s. suspended talks with russia over syria following new russian and syrian attacks on the city of aleppo. russia backs the syrian government, the u.s. does not. new drone footage just coming in to us this morning providing new insight into the sheer devastation in the war-torn syrian city of aleppo. take a look at the rubble left behind. a syrian activist group released the video. it's not clear when the video was shot. you can certainly see the area is deserted, reduced mostly to rubble and bombed out build deposition. this is part of an area that is currently rebel-held territory. a search to track down robbers who stole millions in jewels from reality star kim

kardashian west. french television reporting this morning one of the stolen pendants has been found near the scene of the mansion hotel where kardashian was tied up and robbed. someone walking by discovered it. police believe it is the real thing. investigators are examining it for traces of dna hoping they might be able to identify the thieves. a 5-year-old boy left in a hot car as his parents gambled in a casino, police in scottsdale, arizona, say it happened sunday when the temperatures were in the mid 90s. someone spotted the boy, called police. the couple claims they checked on the boy every 30 minutes and he was safe and sleeping. both adults face child abuse charges. creepy clown threats made against schools in the bay area and around the country have gone international. police in london and australia say schools there are receiving similar threats. there are reports eight schools had to be evacuated in england.

in australia several people have reported seeing people dressed in clown outfits acting strangely. just three cities are left in the running for the 2024 summer olympic gaels. the ioc suspended rome's bid. it comes after city council withdrew support for the bid on the recommendation of the mayor there. the ioc is leaving open the possibility to revive rome's bid. the three cities in the running are los angeles, paris, budapest and hungary. 6:36. security tight in jerusalem ahead of the jewish holiday yom kippur. there's a closure on gaza and the west bank. the entrance is almost deserted. yom kippur begins at sundown. a recall to tell you about this morning involving a popular brand of dog food. sect cesar classics fillet mignn flavor wet pet food is recalled

because dogs can choke. the makers of the product mars pet care is recalling the food. one in four registered voters say their medical conditions got worse after the fear of high costs caused them to delay needed treatment. a new poll from morning consult found 30% of voters feel their health insurance coverage has gotten worst in the past year compared to 50% who feel it's improved. more than half say they're paying more for coverage. the world health organization is urging countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks to fight obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. obesity worldwide doubled between 1980 and 2014 when nearly 40% of people global lip were overweight. the oakland raiders yesterday hosted a night of fun and fashion for a special group of cancer societies. the american cancer society helped organize the events to

help celebrate and pamper 15 breast cancer survivors. raiders team members helped escort the ladies walking down the runway modeling clothing. what's the best place in the world to be a girl? not in opportunity yoo states. a new report says sweden is the best place. u.s. came in at 32 on the 144-country list. worst place was considered niger in africa. the rankings are based on a series of five factors of organizations selected as key predicteders of the ability for girls to thrive, rates of early marriage, adds less sent f fertili fertility, maternal mortality, women in government and lower secondary school completion. if you've noticed, kari hall has been absent because she's busy with this one. baby kimora was born in late august. mother kari said to be doing fine. how can you not with that beaming face. >> kari looks so young.

>> exactly. motherhood is very good to her. she's a fantastic mother. let's not forget big brother k.j. as well who celebrated a birthday. kari holding down the fort there with the help of her good husband we should add, too. >> we've all been at that stage, you most recently. >> yes. it gets better, right? >> you want to do it again? >> well -- the twin-ados doing great. we have cloudy skies, 50s out there, low clouds all over the place. in fact, if you were to drive right now to sacramento, you'd see similar weather. low clouds through the sacramento valley, too. visibility not a problem. we've got 1,000 feet to 3,000 feet above the ground. you saw the winds onshore today. that will keep our temperatures running cool.

partly cloudy skies a round san jose. low 60s around san francisco for the north bay and tri-valley. now, big changes coming up thursday into friday, you see this system here, not your typical october storm. it's tapping into this atmosphere which we call subtropical moisture aiming in on northern california. that will double rainfall rates at times as the miss stem moves through. late thursday night into the north bay into the friday morning commute, not just the rain, but look at the wind speeds, up to 45 mines on the hills and high curve on the coast. the system should be out of here by friday evening's commute. round two comes in saturday night into sunday. so totaling everything up, thursday night through sunday, rainfall totals across northern california can be higher than the monthly average. the blue and purple on the map, at least a half inch to two inches of rain or more for the north baby the time we wrap up the weekend. in the meantime, partly cloudy and cool conditions will

continue through thursday. winds picking up thursday night in san francisco. rain coming back on friday. inland locations staying mild, rain in the north bay maybe late thursday and into friday. rain off and on as we head into saturday night and sunday. mike? >> i'm smiling because i'm looking at another monitor. tamron hall is learning to ice skate. stick around for the "today" show. it should be fun. a smooth commute. one issue just popped up in the last few inus, west 24 just off that walnut creek interchange. three cars have been moved off to the shoulder. that may slow things down out of walnut creek and pleasant hill as the build happens for 680 southbound. in the south bay, this build through san jose, north 101, north 85. look at that, north 280 shows the biggest change over the last few minutes. as far as the travel times go, look at this, folks, we have the biggest pronouncement of change through 280 joining 101 toward

85, speeds in the 50s. and 101 and 85, that's average into mountain view. transit, no problems, we have more b.a.r.t. trains on time. we have everything running pretty much without delay. that's good stuff. a live look at the peninsula. palo alto, a smooth flow. northbound with the stale lights towards san francisco, southbound moves well past the lane shift. back to you. >> thank you, mike. a politically-engaged bay area fifth grader has used the presidential candidate's ideas to create his own seat on the student county government. >> shane declared if elected he will erect a wall to divide the school yard play yard. one section for the fourth and fifth graders, the other for third graders. as to who will pay, he says that's up to the third graders. keep in mind his brother is a third grader. not only did the crowd laugh,

but it proved to be successful. he's now the school tlez your after beating out 60 other students. >> they were screaming build a wall, build a wall. >> my brother is a political consultant. he did face timing with my brother. >> shane says he actually has no plans to build that wall, to leave third graders out because his brother is in third grade. >> maybe next year. three students have been arrested for making violent threats against their school. we'll tell you about where those threats were made coming up. a homicide investigation in the parking lot of a lowe's. we have the very latest from the scene. first, happening now, a hikeser survives a bear attack east of los angeles. apparently the hiker backed away from the animal only to be mauled by a second bear he hadn't seen. on nbcbayarea.com, we have report of the man fighting the animal off with his bare hands. a fond letter from albert einstein to his son goes up for

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>> police in san jose are investigating a homicide. live pictures from the lowe's parking lot where that vaks is taking place. the store is on ritter park drive next to interstate 880. police say officers arrived last night to find an unidentified man unconscious in the parking lot. right now they're only saying he suffered from visible injuries. a developing story just into our newsroom. a wildfire burning in wine country is now 75% contained. burned 60 acres, that fire dangerously close to homes near napa county. at last check, mandatory evacuations are still in effect for people living in campbell flats and campbell creek. this morning three police officers are recovering after a late night hazmat scare. it started when pinole officers approached an suv. firefighters say the car contained five gallons of

ammonia and seven points of bleach that spilled. hazmat and rescue crews were called in. officers were said to have difficulty breathing and tightness in their chest, but they're expected to be okay. at 6:57 this morning. crews will try to val vag the boat that capsized. investigators say the boat was overcapacity. 27 adults and three children were rescued from the water. all doing okay. this is the second time in five weeks a boat has capsized in the san francisco bay. nchts three students from mountain view high school behind bars this morning accused of making violent online threats against students and staff. police got wind of the threat when a person called and told them they saw a disturbing post on sociability media. officials aren't being specific about the threat. they only said the post vowed to do home to students and staff. it didn't take long for police to track down those students. all three were arrested yesterday morning. >> hopefully they'll take this

as a warning call and people will learn that you're going to get in trouble if you do something like this. >> police say students will be charged with a crime. because they're juveniles, we don't know what those charges will be. right now we're watching a lot of low clouds, cool temperatures by october standards outside. you can see 50s to near 60s around the peninsula. 60s to low 70s inland. you can see highs in the 70s. the main attention will be friday when rain and wind make a comeback. as we head into the weekend, two storms, one friday, another for saturday afternoon. new crash in san jose. >> a small one it sounds like. chp getting us details. let's look at your map. no major surprises as far as the flow of traffic. northbound 101 around trimble by the airport. three cars involved in a crash. it sounds like lanes are clearing, an ambulance has been called because they think there might be minor injuries. slowing continues through san

jose. look at the san mateo bridge, jammed off 880 towards the san mateo bridge toll plaza, no incidents reported. we'll track those spans as well. >> giants, rest up, they've got a big game again tonight. we leave you live with a look at at&t park where it's all going to happen. hoping for clear skies and a good game tonight. >> and clinton not backing down. >> he wants to talk about what we've been doing the last 30 years, bring it on! >> her lead, now the widest it's ever been in our new poll. with exactly one month to go, can trump rebound? matthew's wake. the water still rising in parts of the south hit by the hurricane. more than 1,500 people rescued, an entire north carolina town evacuated. we are there live. pulling the plug.