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.

reported eastbound 80 heading away from the toll plaza. sounds like all lanes are clearing right now. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza shot. i did see a fire truck traveling west in oakland and the san francisco drive. the fire was reported in the eastbound direction. it should be right around this area. no lanes are blocked on either side. i don't see any problems. again, they're saying whatever little fire there was has been put out. back to you. a popular bay area walking trail has gone up in flames. this happened last night in pleasant hill, one of dozens of suspicious fires popping up in the east. "today in the bay's" bob redell live with the investigation into how those flames sparked, bob. >> reporter: good morning, scott. a contra costa county fire battalion chief says he's definite concerned, this is the 12th fire to have been started over the past couple months on a popular walking trail in pleasant hill.

the latest fire started just before 9:30 last night a little ways behind me along this east bay mud walking trail near oak park and 680. witnesses tell the fire department they did hear people out here but no one got their eyes on the situation. firefighters were able to put it out before it spread and caused any damage. >> another small fire in the city of pleasant hill during the night hour. even though it's a small fire, it could grow into something larger. definite a concern of ours and we'll definitely vase it to see if we can find out what may have started it. >> reporter: more than 30 fires have also been set along the iron horse trail in the neighboring city of concord. fire investigators has already declared those to be arson. not clear if they're connected to the ones in pleasant hill. live in pleasant hill, bob redell, "today in the bay." a san jose state water polo player accused of sexually

assaulting two fellow students is no longer in the country. we're told the school and san jose police have been investigating these accusations since the report first came in a month ago. the crime allegedly happened at an off campus party over the labor day weekend. police are not releasing the name of the player accused because he's not been arrested or charged. university spokesperson told nbc bay area the player is an international student. >> i feel like the school has failed and not notifying us. we should have been notified from day one. >> if you hear about it, you stay more on guard. i would have felt safer. >> school officials tell us the campus alert was not sent out because the student was already being interviewed and investigated by police. a live report coming up with more information in our next half hour. a police dog is recovering this morning after he was stabbed. the suspect was eventually shot and killed by police in concord. this happened yesterday

afternoon as police were investigating a stabbing z on crawford avenue. police eventually found the stabbing suspect in someone's back yard. that's when officers released a dog named jelle to capture the suspect. the suspect fought back, allegedly stabbed the dog with gardening shears. residents say they're stunned this happened in their neighborhood. >> i was in my living room, in my house, when i saw someone run into my back yard. i was like who is that? like, it happened so fast. >> the dog is expected to be okay after undergoing surgery last night. again, the suspect is dead. police have not released the identity of that suspect. happening today, the department of justice will release the findings of a ten-month review into the san francisco police department today. the doj launched that review in january following the police shooting of mario woods. according to "the examiner," san francisco police officers focus

too much on color, the force recommends uses tasers, something sfpd does not use now. in the meantime, the city is still searching for a new police chief. there are reports a selection may be announced this week. "the examiner" says the commissioner will narrow the choices down the three to five finalists during a closed-door session. mayor ed lee could choose someone from that short list. lawmakers approved $750 million in public money for a new stadium. the stadium would be used to lure the raiders to las vegas. that bill heads to the nevada state assembly. even if this bill is ultimately okayed, the nfl would still have to approve the move. alameda county leaders are working on their own plan to try to keep the raiders. you really can't sugarcoat this. >> not this morning, the giants and their fans still sund this morning after our season came to a crushing end.

>> being waved around and chicago has taken a 6-5 lead. >> the giants are warming up their plane back to chicago and the blue pen blew the lead in the ninth inning. 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. in the end, going home a loser is never fun. >> the feeling now, kind of shell shocked. >> for sure, for sure, man. we had them on their heels and we've got to get the ball club some credit. they kept fighting. >> i think we're more in shocked how it happened, the way it happened. >> we would have loved to win it every other year for the rest of my career. that's probably not realistic. >> they're so down.

guys, you're not losers. the loss sent fans home in disbelief. hey, you've got to praise the team for yet another play-off run. >> we could have done it, but hey, i'm still a giants fan all the way. >> giants! >> let's go giants! whoo! >> we had a great year. they'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. >> fans believe it. the even-year streak is over, but they're now hoping to start a new streak next season called the odd-year magic perhaps. let's check in and get your forecast with rob. >> a lot of folks waking up sleepy this morning. a bit of a fog over san francisco. mid 50s outside. san jose, 58 degrees. something to look forward to, nhl begins tonight as the sharks host the l.a. kings. let's go sharks. it's hockey season now. 58 degrees in san jose. should see temperatures around

1:00 approaching the 70s around san jose. highs similar to yesterday, 60s in san francisco, mid 70s inland. here come the big changes in the seven-day forecast. very rainy and windy friday into saturday and sunday. showers into monday. so next few days look fine for outdoor plans. a lot of wind, rain and high surf on the coast friday morning. mike? >> although it's odd, we're watching out for a number of incidents. a fire in san jose at the off-ramp at story road. i want to also talk about this overturned truck. it's the on-ramp at hacienda, eastbound 580, counter commute, not much of a slowdown. you'll use -- no major injuries for the overturned truck getting into the freeway. in the south bay, 101 and 85, the same travel time from where they split in san jose to where

they meet in mountain view. we'll talk about what's going on at the bay bridge coming up. emergency workers will be out in full force in san francisco at the airport today for a disaster response drill. this is done every year, simulating a passenger jet crash. dozens of volunteers will play victim allowing first responders to track tis triage and transport. it will start at 9:00 this morning. coming up, turmoil within the republican party. >> i don't want his support. i don't care about his support. what i want to do is win for the people. >> donald trump taking on the gop as we learn new details about hillary clinton's leaked e-mails. all the fallout happening on the campaign trail as we inch closer to election day. eventually you'll need your clipper card, b.a.r.t. on the way to the south bay. the funding that could help the problems that come with b.a.r.t. we're getting down to the wire-

to decision 2016. we are now getting down to the wire, 27 days to go until november 8th election day. if you thought the gloves were already off in the campaign, donald trump appears to be saying you ain't seen nothing yet. right now top republicans are abandoning him as trump is that

right ens his attacks on hillary clinton. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts monitoring all the fallout. the flip side as we hear more details about hillary clinton's leaked e-mails. >> reporter: exactly. a lot of though details being pushed by donald trump as he tries to go after what he says are everyday voters as opposed to the washington elite. he says he's not so concerned about losing all that support. but what he is concerned about is doing well in a very important swing state. he'll be there again today. >> we have to investigate hillary clinton -- >> reporter: this is donald trump, as he puts it, shackles off. trump tells fox news' bill o'reilly he's unfazed losing support of paul ryan. >> i don't care about his support. i want to win for the people. >> reporter: to win, trump needs florida. clinton leads florida by just a few points. >> your vote really, really, really counts a lot.

you can consider me as an exhibit a of that truth. >> reporter: clinton is out west today after campaigning in florida with al gore, focusing on his signature issue, climate change. >> we cannot risk putting a climate denier in the white house at all. that is absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: leaked e-mails from the clinton campaign show an aide checked with the justice department about lawsuits over her e-mails. >> hillary clinton is one disclosure away from potentially having this race flip-flop once again. >> reporter: she's sending top democrats to swing states to talk about trump's lewd comments on women. >> i do believe in forgiveness and redemption, but that doesn't mean i'm going to elect the person president. >> reporter: to hillary clinton's contact with or her campaign's contact with the juts tis department has become an

issue with these leaked e-mails. they were asking about lawsuits. the white house says there was nothing wrong happening with the level of contact that they had. but we still don't know what more may come out in these leaked e-mails. so far, no smoking gun, but a lot of talk about whether or not some of the things they were discussing via e-mail were appropriate. >> all right, tracie potts. as we mentioned, just a month away. some people in the bay area are voting. people in santa clara county were heading to the polls. if you would like more information on the races and measures you will be voting for, head to nbcbayarea.com. there you can check out our voter's edge guide for information specific to your own neighborhood. >> as expected, samsung shares continue to dive after the company is halting production of the latest smart phone. zbr for more on that, let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you both. wall street could add to tuesday's losses, markets

tumbling as earning season got off to a disappointingtion start. alcoa stocks sank 11% after the numbers badly missed expectations. look for data on jobs survey and earnings from csx after the bell. the dow falling 200 points to 18128, the nasdaq sliding 81 to 5246. meanwhile, shares of samsung are sharply lower this morning now that it's been forced to halt production of its latest smart phone. the galaxy note 7 was supposed to be a bestseller in the run to christmas. some of the phones overheated and burst into flames. company losses could run into the billions of dollars. big cities beat smaller communities for happy, healthy residents as long as they offer sidewalks, parks and good public transportation. new york city, boston, san

francisco all topping the list. tulsa, durham, indianapolis, oklahoma city and ft. wayne are at the bottom. back to you. >> thank you. twitter getting credit for saving a man from his flooded house after hurricane matthew. when craig williams found out his brother was trapped, he came across this drone photo on twitter and realized his brother's house was in it. he jumped into action. >> he told me he was getting out of the drone to bring a boat. i was like, is he messing with me now. i was in disbelief. it worked. there was a drone hovering right in front of me. >> the photographer was able to flag down a fema rescue crew who saved chris and his dog. good use of social media. >> amazing pictures coming out of there, really giving an understanding as to what that looks like. >> stuck with week-long

flooding, historic floods around north carolina and around here we're about to see a big shift in our own weather. a lot of rain by october standards coming our way. the good news at least for today, no impact on your morning commute other than some fog around some spots. you can see some of that in san francisco, 54 degrees, low clouds over downtown san jose. overcast skies. partly cloudy skies outside sap center. around the peninsula, low clouds into palo alto. not too chilly outside because the clouds overnight acting like a blanket. daytime highs mid 0s around the south bay, 60s from the peninsula. north bay highs around 73. 74 in livermore and 73 in fremont. fast forward to friday. storm timeline taking shape. you can see the rain totals will be looking at most of this falling through the morning commute. one to two inches here in the north bay. lesser amounts in the santa clara valley.

higher totals around the santa cruz mountains. we could see three to five inches. this is the interesting part of the forecast. typhoon songda's moisture getting absorbed and that will power up another storm, bringing a lot of wind and rain. you see the moisture giving us round two from friday into saturday. wind and rain at times. big focus on this next storm for the start of the weekend. looks to be in wet earn washington. you can see a big impact on your weekend forecast as wind and rain will make a comeback again saturday afternoon. really friday morning commute, midday saturday and sunday with midday showers. forecast impacted by the weather. especially friday and saturday with a few more showers following us into early next week. mike? >> looking at an odd report this morning. the system is not odd, but odd reports in the system.

the south bay, san jose northbound at story road, the off-ramp closed. a car fire, a lot of smoke and activity. the story road off-ramp remains closed. you use tullie and take you to king or mclaughlin. light traffic throughout the south bay and most of the day. still okay taking the ought nat, adding a couple minutes extra into the area. the north bay, swb 101 south of the robin williams tunnel, a crash reported. there may be mud in the roadway. chp will give us an update. earlier truck fire cleared, the second issue for the morning. the third over in dublin. we talked about that onto eastbound 580. that's at hacienda. 92, no problems across the san mateo bridge. back to you. even though b.a.r.t. still years away from running to the south bay, a push is under way to prepare for its arrival.

vta leaders announced a grant to develop areas around b.a.r.t. stations built in san jose and santa clara. that will go toward making the area more accessible and affordable. >> a major opportunity for us to see economic development, affordable housing and other quality-of-life benefits here. >> south bay leaders are banking on b.a.r.t.'s expansion not only to improve affordable housing but to ease the commute. new dna technology debuted here in the bay area that could solve decades-old cold cases. a prepaid trip, a terrorist attack and a refund that just won't happen. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. cancel. erything changes at you

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5:25 right now. thanks to work in the bay area, one strand of hair may soon be all that's needed to identify and convict criminals. >> working to perfect dna printing from a single strand of hair. the technique separates and analyzes proteins found in a hair which can be linked to one specific person worldwide. >> if we find that hair at a crime scene and we compare it to a hair from a suspect, if those patterns match, then we can say within a statistical probability, about one in a million right now, that that hair came from that person. >> one in a million, scientists say once they perfect this idea, that probability will increase to one in ten billion which is more than the earth's population. hair breakings down so slowly the evidence could last for years. a string of suspicious fires in the east bay with the latest just last night. the hunt for a suspected serial arsonist this morning targeting

popular walking trails. >> reporter: a san jose state athlete is accused of sexually assaulting two fellow students. i'm kris sanchez. i'll tell you why he was allowed to leave the country. >> reporter: pete suratos in san francisco where later this morning the department of justice will release recommendations for the san francisco police department when it comes to their use of force policies. there are some who believe these recommendations won't go far enough. i'll have those details coming up in a live report. 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. i'm scott mcgrew in for sabrock.

==laura/4shot== good morning. thank you for joining us on this wonderful wednesday. >> it's a wednesday. life will go on after the giants. i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. >> there's always next year. i'm laura garcia-cannon. now there's hot cakes. >> our stanley cup finals. >> change our jersey. >> we've got a lot of low clouds in san francisco. a little hangover from yesterday's game. right now you can see the low clouds lit up by the city lights. look at that view across san francisco. 50s across the board thanks to the low clouds keeping temperatures fairly mild to start. for the afternoon, 60s and 70s

later today as we attract wind, rain, high surf. for another check of your wednesday commute, here is mike. >> no major effect on the freeway but in the tri-valley talking about an overturned truck still affecting the hacienda on-ramp. out of pleasanton, that's an off-ramp you can't use. taking you over to transit, no problems. thesis stems reporting no delays including trains one and three at a great start. the bay bridge toll plaza, we have the backup forming because the metering lights turned on just seconds ago. a standard pattern coming out of the maze. >> a san jose state water polo player is accused of sexually assaulting two fellow students more than a month ago. in that time, students say they were not notified. now they've learned the alleged attacker left the country. >> "today in the bay's" kris

sanchez is liveality san jose state. left the country, how does that happen? >> reporter: scott and laura, this young man was allowed to leave the country. he is an international student and was allowed to leave because he was not arrested nor charged after these two alleged sexual assaults on labor day weekend. he was also interviewed by not only the san jose police department but also university police which is the reason that the university gives for not immediately notifying students about the two alleged sexual assaults nearly a month ago. the two women who say they were assaulted by the water polo player are also san jose students themselves. we don't know where this off campus party where the alleged assaults happened, but it did happen sometime between september 3rd and the 5th. we do know the water polo team was in town. this is them playing a match in santa clara that saturday. it has been more than a month since then. >> i feel like the school has

failed, failed to notify us and it's concerning. we should have been notified from day one. >> knowing these kind of things happened around here, i would have felt safer. >> reporter: the university is not releasing the name of the student because he has not been charged. there was 19 water polo players on the 2016 roster, only three international students who are freshmen, only one missing a photo, so we have a pretty good idea of who we're talking about this morning though we won't reveal his identity either. the santa clara county district attorney is weighing whether or not to file charges. if that student returns to campus, he's not allowed add san jose state nor any team function. whether or not the district attorney can compel him to return to face charges is unclear. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> today the department of justice is unveiling findings

find following a ten-month review. "today in the bay's" pete suratos live in san francisco with the impact this could have. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning, scott. that investigation was started by the department of justice back in february. it was called on by many city officials and members of the community really wanting them to look into the use of force policy with the apartment, and this comes on the heels of a number of deadly officer-involved shootings involving sfpd. that's cell phone video of woods being shot and killed last year. i want to point out this investigation is voluntary and will be done at the department's community oriented police services division. that's important to note. today's news conference will not end in any court monitored settlement for the police

department. the justice department held a public meeting in san francisco explaining what this investigation will entail. >> policies, procedures. we interview people both on the department. we bring in experts to drill down. we drill data. we go in ridealongs, training, hiring, a very rigorous process. >> reporter: plenty to look at. since this investigation has launched, sfpd replaced the police chief. but the "san francisco examiner" is reporting that mayor ed lee may announce a new police chief some time this week. we're still going to wait to hear on those recommendations which will be announced by the department of justice during that news conference today at 11:00 a.m. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." 5:35 right now. a shakeup within the san francisco police department. we've learned a commander has been stripped of his position

ama amid accusations of sexual harassment. sources tell nbc bay area that ken lombardi was notified friday that the department is investigating the sexual harassment allegations that came from a former subordinate. we attempted to reach lombardi but he did not return our calls. this is the latest harassment scandal to hit the san francisco fire department. we told you about allegations, intimidation and hazing targeting a female firefighter. that is still under investigation. today community members will honor officer ken zink was killed last month when his motorcycle crashed into a truck. he was on his way to work. today's celebration of life will be held at the father hill church in vacaville. officer zink had seven children. a popular walking trail may be the latest target for a

serial arsonist. firefighters were called just before 9:30 last night. about a dozen small fires started on walking trails around contra costa county in the past few months. investigators have been trying to figure out why and who are causing all these fires. only on nbc bay area, the bay area school board member who is the victim of a violent crime is sharing her horrific ex-peermt. carol brown was shot in the hip and arm in front of her orinda home last month by two masked men. the suspects were trying to rob the 70-year-old and her husband. he was pistol whipped. a bullet is still in brown's body. brown did not want to show her face on camera, but shares how close she came to losing her life. >> i was literally an inch away from having that bullet penetrate my lungs and i would have been dead immediately. >> yesterday the contra costa district attorney office charged

six men in with a connection of home invasions and armed robberies. they believe two of those suspects also attacked brown and her husband. a shooting left one man dead and a family running for cover. it happened late monday night at lemoyne pausch. police arrived to find two men shot and bleeding on the sidewalk. 21-year-old eric brown, a local mechanic died at the scene. in the crossfire a bullet hit the bedroom wherein dough of a nearby home. the woman inside was grateful she wasn't hit. >> i was praying my rosary. i heard the sound. i was scared. the blessed mother saved me, the blessed virgin mary saved me. police are looking for the suspect and motive. >> 5:38 right now. 57-year-old south san francisco man is in jail for an alleged sexual relationship with a teenager who was his co-worker at safeway.

michael anthony lopez was arrested yesterday at the grocery store in burlingame. the alleged victim is just 16. her mother turned lopez in to authorities. a scary ordeal for a north bay teenager. police want to warn the community after a man tried to lure her into his car. this happened around 9:00 a.m. yesterday on dover avenue in fairfie fairfield, close to gordon elementary school. police say that teenager was walking when the man tried to convince her several times to get into his dark gray sedan. after she said no, the man drove off. a bizarre discovery in the east bay. a little girl's abandoned bike and clothing found right next to a reservoir in livermore. the items were discovered monday at the bethany reservoir at the edge of a boat dock. divers went into the lake and found no sign of a child. there have been no reports of a missing girl. an update on the boat that capsized saturday in the san

francisco bay. a chaotic rescue was captured on camera when divers plugged underwater fuel leaks on the 34-foot boat as they now prepare to raise it up. police also released an image of sonar which shows the boat sitting upright on the bottom of the bay. it's the image in the center. investigators say the boat might have sunk because it was overloaded. they'll know more when they get it back to the surface to examine it. let's check your micro climate forecast this morning with mike. good morning, rob. >> good morning. the only concern we have weather wise for now, low clouds, fog, a little mist on the coast in san francisco. you can see the view, 54 degrees with the haze over downtown right now. highs approaching the low 60s. visibility to the north bay, about four miles in santa rosa. eight miles in half moon bay. next two days, weather very similar. 60s in the coast. low to mid 70s inland. big changes in the weather coming up for your friday

morning commute. that's going to involve wind and rain and big waves for the coast. that's the way the weekend will start, and we'll still see showers into monday of next week. >> rob, we're looking for an issue in the north bay, the issue for the closure in pleasanton, that should reopen hopefully they're hoping in the next half hour. over here southbound 101 showing better speeds over the last few minutes. there was slowing for a traffic break, actually a couple of traffic breaks heading toward the south end of the robin williams tunnel where there was the crash we told you about. hopefully all lanes have cleared. no confirmation from chp. the golden gate bridge, everything moving smoothly. back to you. we'll show you what children do that some mothers consider morally wrong. >> speaking of kids and parenting, how do you raise boys to grow up to being happy, secure marriages. what a new study says works. you're watching "today in the bay." a happy ending in florida -- asl

reunited with her family. love to report happy news. this is one with a happy ending in florida. a missing 4 yard girl reunited with her family. rebecca lewis vanished saturday setting off a massive search. she was rescued in memphis two days later after nurses at a hospital recognized her.

investigators say her abductor who was arrested is a former family friend. they're not saying why he took the little girl. luckily she was not physically hurt. quarter to 6:00. warriors star draymond green can navigate the course but can he code? he'll do programming with kba area high school students today, part of a program called warriors code, bringing commuter science education to underrepresented students. green will be coding at the oakland high school later this morning. good news for south bay hikers, the popular san jose trail will reopen on halloween. the "san jose mercury" news says the trail has been closed all summer for a million dollar restoration and a first for downtown san jose, a dog park, harts dog park opened yesterday, it's on santa clara between san may dough and al men dean. the secret service is

opening up with the help of bay area tech giants. you can get a taste of life on twitter, facebook and youtube, the social media blitz comes as the agency works to improve its image after a string of bad press about security breaches and agent misconduct. tripadvisor announced it will no longer sell tickets to attractions with endangered animals. the company says it's banning tickets to attractions including elephant rides, swimming with dolphins and petting of species like tigers. tripadvisor is the first travel booking site to limit access to these kinds of tourist attractions. you play have to leave your comfort or service animal at home the next time you fly. animal advocates say the pets help with unseen ailments and help them cal undown on airplanes. the tsa says the number of animals coming onto planes is skrie rocketing. 100,000 animals a year now t. tsa is working with advocates and airlines to limit which

animals and how many can fly. amazon is set to be looking into building brick and mortar convenience stores where customers can pick up mill, meets and other groceries. customers can order other items for delivery later in the day. today amazon is launching its own on demand music streaming service. a warning for people who take calcium supplements. you may be incriesing your risk of heart disease. some are 22% more likely to have calcium in their coronary arteries. that's a sign of heart disease. the good news, people who consumed high amounts of calcium through their diet were considered safe. fire prevention week and we practice fire drills at school and at work. does your family know what to do when your home smoke alarm goes off. it turns out only one in five parents practice fire safety plans at home. only 55% of parents say their children know what to do if there's a fire. families are encouraged to have

an escape plan and practice it regularly. parents, just because your kids have certain food allergies doesn't mean you have them to. researchers say 70% of parents they studied said they had food allergies similar to children but actually had never tested for it. experts say the most accurate way of knowing if you're allergic to something is to taste it. when it comes to misbehaving babies, and all babies misbehave. a new study finds that mothers are more likely to react to so-called moral misbehavior. nab is more appropriate for toddlers. researchers observe mothers and their 14-month-olds. they found mothers were more likely to respond with a physical restraint or forceful command when their baby risked hurting other people or pets. researchers also found that young children typically obeyed their mothers after they were disciplined. after 14 months, no more. more evidence that childhood experiences have lifelong

influence on romantic relationships. a new harvard study followed a group of men for six decades. those who grew up in married homes had more secure happy marriages into their 80s. it took some time. this bridge in arkansas finally came down. you see it there, into the water. it's become demolished to make way for a new one except when they blew it up yesterday. the bridge refused to come down. listen. [ explosion ]. >> they had to go kablam a couple times. fire hours later crews used cables to bring that thing down. in the meantime, in north carolina firefighters rescued more than a dozen dogs from an animal shelter that was flooded by hurricane matthew. it happened in lumberton, one of the hardest hit areas. the flooding concerns there certainly are not over. about 10,000 people in greenville under evacuation

orders as the tar river is expected to crest. the death toll for the storm is up. it now stands at 36. that's a tough thing because you want the animals to go to the shelter, but then the shelter is not even safe. >> exactly. affecting the entire infrastructure throughout the whole area. they've got to dry out there. in the meantime, we'll get wet weather coming our way. >> the monthly average meeting and exceeding that. in about three days' time for most of california. later this week, outside this morning, fog the main issue. you can see it right there on the right side of the screen. san francisco right now, you've got the misty skies. 56, low clouds, and the clouds are going to kind of linger around the coast today. another reason why we'll see 60s closer to san francisco and downtown. low to mid 60s around san jose, upper 60s to 70 around palo alto. i want to jump to the storm time line. begin to see light rain on the coastal hilltops. friday's commute should see the

main event with the first of two storms, wind, rain and big waves heading to the coast. scattered showers to follow as we head into friday afternoon. rain totals very impressive for the north bay. one to two inches o of rain there, about an inch from san francisco to oakland. look at the santa clara valley, a classic rain shadow where all the rain hits the santa cruz mountains. the valley might miss out for the most part for friday morning. another storm will come in as we head into the weekend which will continue to add rainfall total for parts of northern california, may approach three to five inches from mendocino county northward. the extra component is the tropical moisture being drawn in by the weather pattern. this is tapping into moisture from a weakening typhoon. as that gets absorbed into the westerlies and fired in towards the west coast, that will help to power up the second storm developing into saturday. a lot of wind and we think more rain heading back into the bay

area. as the rain gets started on friday, we'll see another storm ramp up the rain totals for saturday afternoon into sunday. notice the seven-day forecast, it will keep the rain going into early monday morning. four days with big weather impacts as we head into the start of next week. >> we've had a number of issues around the bay where we have some slowing. they clear up and we'll give you the updates. 580 affecting the on-ramp for hacienda. looks like it will employee by about 6:15. the freeway itself in the tri-valley is moving well. recovery after the earlier crash. the traffic breaks have been cleared, also, from southbound 101 around the robin williams tunnel. the earlier issue here with the um in ber of vehicles on the shoulder, westbound 80 off the bay bridge, those are all gone, no more slowing and nor more distraction, only the bay bridge backup out of oakland and towards san francisco. in the southbound, northbound 101, reports of the story road off-ramp being closed. it has reopened after an earlier

crash and car fire. no major problems here. slowing from 101 creates a little more travel time atop your screen. 85 will move faster. a quick look at fremont. the southeast bay moving well. back to you. tim tebow scored big in his first professional baseball game even if it wasn't really on the field. >> it happened following his arizona fall league debut yesterday as he was signing autographs. that's when a fan suffered a seizure, falling to the ground. witnesses say tebow stopped what he was doing, comforting the man, even praying with him until medical units arrived. as for tebow's day on the field, let's say he's got a little work to do. he went 0 for 3. coming up, the clown scare kicks into high gear. check out this clown caught on video hanging on a bus. we'll show you how people reacted. first, happening now, google opens coding class to teach computer science in the fruitvale neighborhood, aiming to get black and latino students

involved in technology. read more on our website, nbcbayarea.com. colin kaepernick getting the nod as quarterback this weekend. you can hear firefighters therek

right now yes have to make sure this doesn't explode again. >> you can hear firefighters trying to keep people back.

two townhomes exploded near chicago last night. two workers with the gas company were hurt. they were fixing a gas leak when this all happened. we don't know how serious those injuries are, but nobody else was hurt. today prosecutors plan to announce charges against a man accused of shooting two palm springs police officer. john felix is expected to be charged with the murder of jose gilbert vega and leslie brennan. felix opened fire on the officers as they responded to a domestic disturbance. the suspect will make his first court appearance tomorrow. decision 2016 and just in overnight, the u.n. human rights chief says, if elected, donald trump would be, quote, dangerous from an international point of view. meanwhile trump says the shackles are off.

trump tweeted insults at house speaker paul ryan who is refusing to campaign for the candidate. he pushed new claims from wikileaks that hillary clinton secretly worked with the justice department while her e-mails were being investigated. meanwhile clinton is trying to shift the focus back on to trump. >> let's focus on what's really important in this election and our future and the future ouf our country. >> we have to investigate hillary clinton and we have to investigate the investigation. >> trump there calling for the investigation of the fbi itself. trump is visiting two stops in florida today. he needs to win that state. clinton leads florida by a few points. we're now 27 days away from election day. some people in the bay area are already voting. for more information on the races and measures you'll be voting on in this year's election, you can head to nbcbayarea.com. it's 5:58 right now. people in one detroit neighborhood say a clown clan

prankster went too far when he rode on the back of a bus, literally riding on the back of a bus. he was caught on video over the weekend. take a look here. one of detroit's busy commuter lines. the video has gone viral. for some riders, it was no laughing matter. >> everybody want to try, you know what i mean, end up getting somebody hurt. now police are investigating. the creepy clowns in the news affecting one of america's most enduring brands. mcdonald's iconic mascot ronald mcdonald is now keeping a lower profile. the rash of so-called creepy clown sightings and threats started weeks ago in carolina. we've seen it spread to over a dozen states including here in the bay area. right now at 6:00, get ready for the rain, lots of it. has more coming up in moments. a san jose state water polo

player under investigation for two sexual assaults. now the athlete has left the country. a string of fires popping up across the east bay. if it felt like a bad dream, it's over. giants fans were a little sad this morning. we'll take you inside the giants clubhouse and see the players as well as they prepare to clean out their lockers. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you. wednesday now, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for sam brock. let's get started with rob. you say there's rain in the forecast. >> especially by the time we get into friday morning and again on saturday. this morning, technically it's rain in san francisco when you look at the camera lens. misty skies for downtown with the low clouds.