assaults.. the criticism now being pitteda a san jose state athlete under investigation for two sexual assaults. the criticism being pitted against the university for how it responded. and another suspicious fire in the east bay. how it could be connected to a string of arsons along popular trails. a police canine stabbed in the line of duty. we'll have an update on the dog's condition coming up. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock this morning. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. all right. let's see what we have in store for this halfway mark through the week? >> we've got low clouds again to

start. mild temperatures for the afternoon. the calm before the storm we're expecting later this week, 50s around the bay area, 50s and 60s out. coast flood advisory and a high surf advisory. we'll talk about how much rain and wind we're expecting for the friday storm in a minute. now a look at early troubles for your 101 commute. we don't have a lot of issues as far as the speeds go. but taking you to san jose, off highway 101, a crash northbound coming into san jose at story road. the story road off-ramp is closed because of a crash and car fire. take you to a live camera north of there. black smoem billowing out of the area. fortunately no one in that car. the fire is out. the off-ramp -- >> whoever got out was lucky. it was pretty engulfed in flames

there. san jose state water polo player accused of sexually assaulting two fellow students. it happened over a month ago over the labor day weekend. students are wondering why they're just now hearing about it. >> "today in the bay's" the kris sanchez is at san jose state. where do we stand now, kris? >> reporter: according to the university, that student was immediately interviewed by san jose state police and san jose police. more than a month later, it appears he has left the country. the two women who say they are sexually assaulted are spartans themselves, they say thar were sexually assaulted by that freshman water polo member at a party between september 3rd through september 5th. that was labor day weekend. the team had a match in santa clara that saturday so they were in town. a university spokesman told us the students were not notified

immediately again because the accused attacker was identified and interviewed by police, though not arrested. >> i feel like the school has failed, failed to notify us and it's concerning. we should have been notified from day one. >> if you hear about it, you stay on guard, knowing these kind of things were happening around here, i would have felt safer. >> the university has not released the name of that student who is accused because he has not been charged, but there are 19 water polo players, five with hometowns out of the country. the university does confirm this is an international student. the accused student is not allowed at any team events nor anywhere on campus. that point is moot because it appears he's left the country more than a month after those alleged sexual assaults. a popular walking trail in

pleasant hill may be the target of an arsonist. about a dozen small fires have started on walking trails around contra costa county in the past few months. laters are trying to figure out what or more likely who is causing it. a police canine is still recovering this morning after being stabbed. the suspect was eventually shot and killed by police in concord. it started yesterday afternoon as police were investigating a stabbing on crawford avenue. police eventually found the suspect half naked in someone's back yard. that's when officers released the canine named jele to capture the suspect. the suspect stabbed the guard with gardening shears. >> i was in my living room, i saw someone run into my back yard. i was like, who is that? it happened so fast. >> jelle is expected to be okay

after undergoing surgery last night. police have not released the identity of the suspect. happening today, the department of justice will release the findings of a ten-month review into the san francisco police department. the doj launched that review in january following the police shooting of mario woods in the city's bayview district. according to the examiner, the review concludes san francisco police officers focus too much on people of color, especially when it comes to the use of force. the report also recommends using tasers, something the sfp doesn't do right now. meanwhile, the city is still searching for a new police chief. there are reports the selection could be announced this week. the examiner says the police commission will narrow its choices down to three to five finalists during the closed-door session tonight. mayor ed lee will choose a permanent chief from that short list. an update on the boat that

capsized saturday in the san francisco bay. divers plunge d into the water and plugged fuel leaks on the boat as they prepare to raise it. police also released this sonar image which shows the boat sitting up right on the bottom of the bay. it's the image in the center just below the green area that you briefly probably saw there. investigators say the boat might have sunk because it was overloaded. they'll know more when they bring it back to the surface and examine it. a scary discovery in the east bay. a little girl's abandoned bike and clothes were found negotiate a reservoir. those items were discovered monday at the edge of a boat dock. the sheriff's office scoured the area, sent drivers into the lake but found no signs of a child. they're understandably concerned, but there are no reports of a missing girl.

the october magic apparently runs out, the gut-wrenching end to the giants-cubs game that has the boys in orange and black packing up their lockers this morning. very quiet right now in san francisco, 55 degrees. low clouds as we track a stream of moisture here across the pacific that has a connection way out here to the west, how it will impact our weather as we head into the weekend. a look at that coming up. right now 880 past the coliseum moves well. no problems for the nimitz. we'll talk about an issue, an overturned truck in the tri-valley. ♪ music

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after well, you can't really sugarcoat this at all. >> giants and their fans a little stunned this morning after the season suddenly came to a crushing end. >> trying to keep that go-ahead run at bay. single back up the middle. he's being waved around. the chicago has taken a 6-5 lead. >> that's what did it. giants were getting ready to warm up. they're flying back to chicago. instead of a decisive game five tomorrow in the windy city, the giants will be cleaning out their lockers at at&t park today. >> it absolutely just sucks. we had a good season we fought our butts off to get to this point. at the end, going home a loser

is never fun. >> the feeling right now kind of shell shocked. >> for sure. we had them on their heels. got to give that ball club some credit. >> more shocked about how it happened, the way it happened. >> would have loved to win it every other year for the rest of my career. but that's probably not realistic. >> oh, everybody is so down. well, the loss stunned the crowd as well, sent fans home in disbelief. many we spoke to praised our team, we love our giants for yet another play-off run. >> hey, i'm still a giants fan all the way. >> let's go giants! >> we had a great year. we're going to come back next year. don't just give up. it doesn't have to be an even year. we're going to do it every year! >> even-year streak is over. fans hoping to start a new

streak. you heard it there. we'll call it the odd-year magic. >> that will work. coming up. it's donald trump versus the gop. the war of words happening on twitter. plus the new details emerging about hillary clinton's e-mails coming up. they prey on our children, spending billions.

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>> you're just in time. >> the weather updates. watching four days of active weather. we had two new advisories come up. san francisco, an interesting view. look at the fog lit up by the city lights. 55 degrees. the onshore winds making for another mild day. no problems with the weather today, but a little on the cool side. san francisco and the coast, low 60s, mid 70s around the south bay, north bay and tri-valley, similar to the high temperatures we saw yesterday. let's talk about what's happening friday. first coastal flood advisory, this is high surf plus wind and high tides, watch out for localized flooding as all this picks up on friday. wind speeds friday, 25 to 35 miles per hour. rain progression here, some light rain thursday into friday. that's your friday morning commute, looks like a mess, changing over to scattered

showers. that friday storm system, some of the latest numbers just in. you can see from the first storm, one to two inches of rain around the north bay. about a third of an inch in san jose, close to one to two inches in the santa cruz mountains. typhoon songda in the western pacific will eventually get absorbed into the westerlies and make what will be our second storm as we head into saturday. you see the system going along for the ride friday into saturday. the next storm with more wind and rain for the weekend forecast right now. two days of windy, stormy weather around the bay area. friday especially for the morning commute, saturday, the rain makes a comeback for sunday. monday, things finally calming down. cat center saturday starts the pumpkin festival at half moon bay. that brings in the system and brings in a little tougher drive on highway 92.

it will be crowded all the way through halloween. hopefully it goes well. looking over here toward the tri-valley where this didn't go well for one truck driver, the on-ramp to 580 eastbound getting out of the area. the on-ramp is closed right now because of an overturned u.p.s. truck. that truck didn't make that turn. they closed the on-ramp for the time being. the commute westbound is moving find out of the altamont and toward the dublin interchange. the off-ramp north 101 at story still close friday that earlier car fire after a crash. no injuries there either. use tullie instead. a quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza to show you how light it is. >> thank you, mike. as expected, samsung shares continue to dive after the company was forced to halt pro tucks. >> for more on that, let's check in with landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> scott and laura, good

morning. wall street can add to tuesday's losses, markets tumbling yesterday as earning season got off to a disappointing start. alcoa starts down 11% after the aluminum makers badly missed expectations. earnings from eastern transport csx after the bell. the dow falling to 18128, the nasdaq sliding 81 to 5246. meanwhile facebook, twitter and instagram are pulling access to their data analytics company accused of selling information allowing police to track activists and hackers. the american civil liberties union says the firm allowed the authorities to sneak in through the side door to monitor protests. shares of samsung sharply lower this morning. now that it's been forced to halt production of et cetera latest smart phone. the galaxy note 7 was supposed to be a bestseller in the run-up to christmas, but some of the

phones overheated, burst into flames. even replacement devices that samsung thought had been fixed seemed to catch fire as well. company losses could run into the billions of dollars. back to you. >> landon dowdy, thank you. decision 2016 this morning. republican presidential nominee donald trump is fighting a two-front war with detractors on the left and within his own party. trump tweeted insults as house speaker paul rye wran who is refusing to support him. he pushed new claims that wikileaks secretly joined or worked with the justice department while her e-mails were being investigated. in the meantime trump clinton i trying to shift the focus back onto trump. >> let's focus on what's important in this election and the future of our country. >> we have to investigate hillary clinton and we have to investigate the investigation. >> a lot of investigating. trump is visiting through south

florida today. clinton leads florida by just a few points. the election now less than a month away. some people in the bay area already voting. early voting started in several places across california this week include iing santa clara county. head to nbcbayarea.com to check out our voters edge guy, learn more about the issues and candidates specific to your area. >> even though b.a.r.t. is still years away from running the the south bay, the push is under way to prepare for its arrival. leaders yesterday announced a new $1.5 million federal grant to develop the area around b.a.r.t. stations that will be built in san jose and santa clara. that money will go toward making the stations and the area around the stations more accessible and affordable. >> it is a major opportunity for us to see economic development,

affordable housing and other quali quality-of-life benefits here. >> south bay residents are banking on b.a.r.t. to help with affordable housing and ease the crunch for consumers. amazon looking into building brick and mortar stores. customers can order other items for delivery later in the day. today amazon is also launching its own on demand music streaming service. >> it appears bigger cities beat smaller cities for happy, healthy residents according to a new survey. new york city, plus boston, san francisco and d.c. all topped the list while tulsa, durham, indianapolis, oklahoma city and ft. wayne are at the bottom. coming up, good-bye to ronald mcdonald. how the creepy clown craze is forcing the giant to make changes. how twitter helped save a man trapped inside his home amid

floods from hurricane matthew next. happening now, google opens a coding lab to teach computer science in the fruitvale neighborhood, looking to get black and latino students involved in technology. plus colin kaepernick gets the starting nod as san francisco's quarterback this sunday. a lot of people talking about it on our facebook page. you can, too. we're back in two minutes. from his flooded house afterhur.

welcome back. good wednesday morning to you. at which timer getting credit for saving a man from his flooded house after hurricane matthew hit. when craig williams discovered his brother chris was trapped in

his home, he immediately looked on twitter for flooding updates. that's when he came across a drone photo. he realized his brother's house is in it. craig says he figured the guy who took the picture must have been in the neighborhood so he jumped into action. >> he told me he was going to bring a boat. i was kind of in disbelief. it worked. there's a drone hovering right in front of me. >> the fema rescue crew actually saved chris and his dog. the creepy clowns in the news are affecting one of america's most enduring brands. ronald mcdonald is now keeping a lower profile. for five decades he's represented the hamburger chain. the company says he's being, quote, thoughtful by sending him to fewer community events. a rash of creepy clown sightings started weeks ago in the carolinas, spread to more than a dozen states including here in the bay area.

>> now he's hanging out with the hamburglar. a hiker encountered not one but two angry bears. >> dan richmond was jogging alone on a trail when he ran into an aggressive bear. police say he backed away from the animal when he was mauled by a second bear. he ran back home be having gashes to his head, upper body, legs and feet. >> i looked up and there was this bear standing on its hind legs looking right at me. it was really surreal. >> i bet he'll never forget that image. officials say he may have come between a mother and her cubs. tripadvisor will no longer sell tickets to attractions of

endangered animals. >> tripadvisor is the first travel booking site to limit access to those kinds of more common tourist attractions. coming up, we'll get a look at the forecast with rob. >> this morning we're seeing fog and low clouds around san francisco. you see the clouds, bringing an increasing chance of big rain totals by october standards. a look at that and your forecast coming up. >> something about the trucks this morning. another truck fire reported right here at the bay bridge toll plaza. i saw a fire truck travel through this shot. we'll talk more about what's going on coming up. a popular east bay walking trail turned crime scene. the hunt for a suspect serial arsonist coming up next. 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. ♪ music

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>> suspect killed and a police canine stabbed. the investigation under way following a deadly officer-involved shooting in the east bay. "today in the bay" starts right now. very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. sam brock has the day off. let's get a start with your weather with rob. >> seeing low clouds. this view in san francisco perhaps is how you feel after last night's game, a bit of a fog this morning. mid 50s outside. by the afternoon, 60s and 70s for the afternoon. check out the other types of clouds lining up in the pacific. that tropical moisture set to bring big rain, win and waves. let's check the commute. >> we have an issue with a car and fire down in san jose, a truck overturned in the tri-valley, both off the freeway. this off the bay bridge.