week, of course we had halloween. the scary thing this morning is the fact the temperatures have dipped. >> one of our burr months, november. low to mid 40s around the north bay valley. chilly, clear skies, a little patchy fog which mike is tracking. in the north bay, around fairfax, 45 degrees. oakland 50 this morning, right near the water's edge. as we head through the afternoon, 70 in oakland, not too bad after the chilly start. 67 with mostly sunny skies today around san francisco. the roadways are moving smoothly. as we move to the north bay, the orange highlighting talks about whether there might be fog registering the road weather index. that's novato and areas north. keep that in mind as you drive through the area. grant line road over towards 680 a little slowing. a crash at grant line road.

a little slower at vallecitos. breaking news in iowa on a story changing by the minute. here is what we know right now. two police officers from two different departments were killed overnight in ambush-style attacks. right now the search is on for the killer. a news conference was held earlier this morning of a des moines police department says the shootings happened about midnight. that's when officers responded to a report of shots fired. when they got on scene, they found an urban dale police officer who had been shot while sitting in his squad car. about 20 minutes later, an officer from a different department, this from from des moines, also found shot in his patrol car just blocks away. both of those police officers have died. at a news conference, a police spokesperson says there's, quote, clearly danger right now for officers in that area. >> we or just a few hours into this. it doesn't look like there was

any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is that shot them while they sat in their cars. that's the best we've got that we can explain right now. both of them were in their cars. >> still absorbing the gravity of this news. so far no arrests have been made. also we're just learning that one of the local school districts there is closed for the day. we're going to stay on top of this as it develops throughout the course of the morning. stay with nbc bay area for the latest coverage or download our free app for instant updates. b.a.r.t. expects service to be on time this morning after a rail problem late last night damaged a train car. b.a.r.t. says electrical arcing on the third rail damaged a train approaching montgomery street station in san francisco, sending smoke onto the platform. b.a.r.t. ended up closing that station. riders were forced to get out ot the embarcadero station. no delays expected this morning. we'll continue to month it for

you. a developing story comes down to three, the san francisco police chigs has chosen its finalists for chief. "today in the bay's" pete suratos live at san francisco city hall this morning -- at least we thought he was going to be there. wait, there you are again. pete, thanks for joining us this morning. we know the commission is expected to hand that list over to the mayor sometime this morning. it will be interesting to see who's on it. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the mayor will be giving that list shortly. while the commission is keeping this list confidential, sources tell nbc bay area that the current interim chief, toney chaplin, is on that short list. chap lynn stepped in when the then police chief resigned back in may after the high profile officer-involved shootings. this new chief will have to deal with a couple of big ticket items. one of the more notable ones dealing with implementing use of

force reforms. shear the president of the san francisco police commission talking about the process. she says it started out with more than 60 candidates. >> i can say the guiding principle the commission had was passing on people who are highly qualified, with the doj report, everything facing the department to meet the challenge and deliver for the community and the department. the department of justice report she's referring to came out less than a month ago claiming that the police department used force against african-americans more than any other krashl group, mott to mention african-americans were pulled over at a disproportionately higher group. the list will be handed over to mayor lee for a final decision. if he's not satisfied, they'll have to start the process all over again. live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." happening later today, two men accused of beating a disabled homeless man to death will be ar raped today.

a warning now that some of the video you're about to see is graphic. 67-year-old tie lamb was kicked to death almost two years ago as he was sleeping in the financial district. this is surveillance video of the attack. officers called it one of the most brutal killings that they had ever seen. earlier this week joseph stull and david peters were arrested. authorities are upping the reward to find a man of shooting and nearly killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend. authorities say 26-year-old tried to abduct his ex-girlfriend from her job at a senior housing complex. instead, he ended up shooting her in the head. she and her unborn baby both survived. u.s. marshals are offering a $10,000 reward for information

leading to his arrest. hillsborough police are investigating two home burglary attempts, both within a few minutes of each other about a mile apart. in both cases someone forced open the home's front doors but got scared off by alarms before stealing anything. laura, we have new details this morning about the five-alarm construction fire we covered on "today in the bay" at a construction site in oakland. we've uncovered some legal troubles facing the owners of the property. federal agents with alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosiveless agency are arriving there today and they're going to investigate the fire that burned down the majority of an unfinished apartment complex by lake merritt. we learned tenants find a lawsuit in 2015. tenants say their building was uninhabitable and unsafe. they say when they complained to the city, al del foes started to demolish that property while they were still living there. strange flyers criticized

for being anti-semitic are showing up again outside a b.a.r.t. station, this time in walnut creek. more than 500 riders returned to their cars to find this flier. the wording doesn't make sense to most. but there are references to race wars along with the star of david on one side. people also found flyers at a lafayette b.a.r.t. station in late september. >> it's plenty of bad words, of course. so i absolutely have no idea. it's very strange to me. >> walnut creek police say they know who did this. they tracked him down and found there were no threats on the flyers so the man is not facing any charges. 'tis the season, how many times will you hear that in the next few weeks. >> hopefully not. lays up your skates, a holiday tradition returning to san francisco. the ice rink at union square is later this morning opening, the season opening ceremony is taking place. the rink closes in mid january. so lace up the skates and get

ready to skate. not the only holiday ice rink opening, the rink at justin herman plez sa is opening up until january 8th. at least it's cold enough this morning. at 5:08 this wednesday morning, we're saving on the power bills for the ice rink opening around the bay area. we've got low 40s into the north bay. san francisco actually the warmest spot. it's 52 degrees with clear skies. patchy fog as we head into marin county and napa county. high 60s to low 70s, san jose 72 degrees. 67 at san francisco and about 69 in walnut creek. for the weekend, expect more clouds after the rest of the week warmup puts san francisco into the low 70s by friday. inland spots 70 to near 80. we'll see a chance of mainly north bay showers late saturday night into sunday morning. >> rob, right now calm around the south bay has a new crash. we'll zoom in down here towards san jose, southbound 101 at

trimble, not far from the airport. this is southbound. it's in the fast lane. we have emergency crews on scene. we'll let you know if chp gives us more detail. it sounds like everything should clear relatively quickly. a quick drive for the eastshore freeway. 13 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. at speed from hercules down to the berkeley curve. coming up, a battle over selfies, the tug of war expected in court today over that right to snap photos at the polls next tuesday. a big buy off in the south bay laifs. we'll take a look at and tech.

rob wx tse= ike/traic= mike traffic ase ==traffic mapsull== =laura/anim=to decion 2016. =lra/2sho to 680. no delays across the bridge. the bay bridge, six minutes. that's your minimum. >> thank you a lot mike. moving on to decision 2016. the last-minute campaigning if

full force with less than a week away until election day. this morning the big unknown is how soon the fbi will wrap up its clinton e-mail investigation. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts joining us live from washington with more on where the candidates are spending their remaining time. as laura just mentioned, they're doing it with this huge unknown hanging in the balance. >> reporter: exactly. we still don't know when or if that will be done before election day. we know the candidates are bearing down on the battleground states, especially florida where right now, when you take a look at the polls and the numbers and the early voting info everything seems to be right down the middle. >> with six days to go, frustration is mounting. >> i am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump. >> reporter: that's her response to a trump protester. her immediate concern, the probe

of her top aide's e-mail. more than a quarter say it makes them less likely to vote toward her. sources say the fbi is nowhere near done and may not have results by election day. with 26 million votes early cast, donald trump is urging democrats to go back and change their votes before election day. >> you live here or in michigan or pennsylvania or minnesota, those four places, you can change your vote to donald trump, we'll make america great again. okay? >> reporter: trump is rolling out $25 million in ads in 13 states, all but one voted for president obama. he's in florida where polls show early voters and support evenly split. clinton campaigns out west in arizona and nevada, rallying female voters. >> don't be exploited.

>> reporter: he's bearing down on baem kaer with less than a week to go to make their case. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. an election day battle is heating up but has nothing to do with the candidates or really the issues. it has to do with first amendment reelgts and your ability to take a selfie when you're casting your ballot. a judge in san francisco later today will hear arguments on a lawsuit filed this week by the aclu that challenges california's ban on ballot selfies. while some states ban ballot selfies, california lawmakers initially did, then passed new legislation to repeal it. the hitch is that repeal ban isn't actually going into effect until january. >> you may have to be happy with an "i voted" sticker. >> we talk a lot about the fact that the bay area economy is humming right now. but the bay area's visa losing more workers. >> kind of unexpected lay-offs.

>> good morning. the san francisco business times says hundreds of jobs are at risk at visa at the foster city headquarters being the center of the lay-offs. visa will only say there will be a variety of cuts. visa has about 4,000 employees here in the bay area. it recently bought visa europe. the cuts may be part of that deal. a new report from the commerce department once again shows manufacturing in the united states increasing while employment, in factory decreases. the reason is robots. more data to support the idea the economy is changing. if you're a factory worker, it's not changing in your favor. we've been talking about brocade looking for a buyer. it found one this morning, broadcom. facebook, investors have high hopes the company stock hit an all-time high. let's check the rest of the news

before the bell with landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. wall street could trade lower again today. futures are down this morning and stocks fell tuesday with the s&p 500 falling for a sixth straight session as investors corporate to monitor the run-up to the election and wait for news from the federal reserve. the fed is wrapping up its two-day meeting this afternoon and is expected to signal it will raise interest rates next month. you want to look for data today on hiring in the private sector. that data just in, and coming in slightly below estimates. the dow dropping 105 to 18,037, the nasdaq slipping 35 to 5,153. apple is building a new store in downtown chicago. it's going to be one of the biggest apple stores in the united states. big glass windows will look out over the river. for those who know the area, it's just down from the trump building. here is a look at the finished product. sam and laura, we're 53 days

from christmas. i counted that on my calendar. some stores are finally deciding not to be open on thanksgiving. black friday obviously still on. coming up, the secrets that stores probably don't want you to know about black friday. >> interesting. by the way, real quickly. apple, there is one already on michigan avenue. >> this will be down on the river. >> cool. thank you. take a look at this. it's actually called a survival capsule. it was created by a see eightal aerospace engineer. it's meant to save lives on the coast if there's ever a devastating tsunami. the creator calls it an insurance policy. the invention will basically let you shelter in place. >> i thought what happens if a tsunami comes now -- >> okay. so here is how it works. when an earthquake hits offshore, you would strap yourself inside the pod which is tethered to the ground and you

float on top of the wave. the capsule is built to withstand the tsunami. the pod costs about $13,000. you have to choose how many you're going to get or where are you going to keep it. >> how big is it? >> big enough for two. >> as long as you stock it up with lots of goodies, food, water. >> put your pods away. i don't mean to make light of that situation. i did think of that when i watched "star wars" because that's how they escaped. >> that is so perfect. this is like mr. "star wars." >> you had the r2d2 tie on it. >> very subtle. >> carrying halloween over for the week. we're seeing a reminder that, yes, we're now in november. we get chilly mornings. how about 15 degrees cooler than

the same time yesterday. that's what's happening right now in the north bay, 52 degrees, san francisco, no fog there. we can show you san jose pretty chilly relatively speaking. friends and relatives on the east coast think we're silly. talking about it being so cold, in the 40s. been seeing 50s and 60s to start the day. this will catch you by surprise as you step outside. 40 degrees in napa, 45 in livermore. 46 along the coast. look at the temperature drop-off, clearing skies, much cooler air around the bay area to start the morning. patchy fog. visibility has dropped to less than a mile in napa. watch out for that this morning. a big storm not going to bring us rain, but it will bring big surf our way. by tomorrow, breakers to 20 feet on the coast thursday into friday, high surf advisory in the forecast. chilly start to the morning, nice rebound and temperatures south of shea will see highs in the low 7s. upper 60s toward concord and

antioch. down the peninsula 69 degrees. palo alto. mid to upper 60s in san francisco. nerkt chance of rain, looks like less of a chance for areas south of san francisco. this will come in early on sunday morning, and the rainfall projection is highest north of san francisco. it looks like less than .10 inch out of this next system. the seven-day forecast will have warmer temperatures through friday. more clouds this upcoming weekend and areas in the north bay will have a chance saturday night into sunday. mostly dry weekend across brare >> in san jose a couple of incidents, no problems on the peninsula and the east bay, pretty standard here. it is southbound 101 at the top of your screen at trimble. we still have crews on scene for the crash southbound 101 at trimble just before highway 87. south 680 looks like it's clear

from the chp report. that's a much better drive through that area as well. we do have a delay reported for the b.a.r.t. system, but this is completely unrelated to the fire we talked about having happened overnight. this is out of pittsburgh, possibly a ten-minute delay as there's some sort of equipment issue. a minor delay for that particular line out of pittsburg and bay point. another drive toward the east bay, smooth flow of traffic. 11 minutes from san leandro to broadway. the bay bridge toll plaza, a few folks paying cash. coming up, "nbc bay area responds." >> a consumer caught in a scuffle between a retailer and a manufacturer. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds" next. first, a live look right now in the south bay, very clear to start off your wednesday morning, but also very cold. big dip in temperatures that rob

has been talking about. grab the warmer jackets as you send the kids off to school. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic right after this. to an east buy m whe new

camera broe ande couldn' welcome back. "nbc bay area responds" to an east bay man whose new camera broke and he couldn't get any help fixing it. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here with the story. >> good morning. albert gurg ratto brought a sony

cyber shot camera from best buy. he said he used it a handful of times before getting an error message. they told him he couldn't return it because he had just missed the 15-day return period. albert says best buy then told him to take the camera to a sony authorized repair center. he did that. but albert says the repair center wouldn't fix it, citing previous damage to the camera. albert said he had no idea what the damage could be, so he decided to rooech out to us. he's caught in the middle. after we talked to best buy, best buy gave him $270 in store credit to replace that camera. in a statement the company said it found a manufacturing defect with the camera and it was pleased to resolve the matter. if you have a consumer complaint, you can call, the number is 1-888-996-tips, or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. have a great day. >> thanks very much.

a very unsettling morning in the midwest. breaking news we've been following all morning long. a tragic scene unfolding in iowa where two police officers were ambushed and killed. new details corporate to come into our newsroom. we'll have a live update right after the break. >> reporter: i'm bob redell live on the peninsula with details of a late night electrical explosion on b.a.r.t. train tracks. we'll have that story coming up. >> reporter: and i'm kris sanchez in downtown palo alto where a woman was robbed using something many of us carry in our bags and backpacks for protection, pepper spray. what you need to know. they prey on our children, spending billions.

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support prop 56. or the tobacco companies trying to kill it. vote yes on 56. surprise attack. two shocking sceneses breaking in iowa after two police officers were shot and killed in two separate apparent surprise attacks. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. straight to the forecast this morning. you'll certainly notice a chill in the air. >> skies have cleared so we're seeing again temperatures in a few spots, as much as 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. napa is a good study in that. pleasanton 5 degrees, san jose 50. palo alto 50 degrees. in fairfax seeing temperatures in the low 40s. a little cloud cover at ground

level at napa. visibility at times has been less than a mile. watch out for patchy fog. highs in the 6 os to low 70s despite the chilly start to the morning. >> we'll show folks there's nothing of note on the peninsula. the crash at 101 and trimble is out of the roadway now. so no problems. a little distraction southbound at 101. this is a little distraction for some folks. the orange indicates where you might have some fog. moving down toward highway 37, we're tracking that issue from vallejo toward novato. a little slowing across the bay bridge. the volume building. the flaz looking all right as the metering lights just turned on. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it is 5:31. breaking news in iowa on a story changing by the minute. two officers from two different departments killed overnight in ambush-style attacks. right now the search is on for the killer. a news conference was held earlier this morning and another

one set a short time from now. the des moines police department says the shooting happened about midnight central time when officers responded to a report of shots fired, they found an urban dale police department officer who had been shot while sitting in his patrol car. about 20 minutes later, an officer from a different department in des moines was shot in his patrol car just a few blocks away. both officers are dead. at a news conference the police spokesperson says there is clearly danger right now for all officers in the area. >> in all appearances it looks just like that, that these officers were ambushed. on the surface right now, like i said, we're just a few hours into this. it doesn't look like there was any interaction between these two officers and whoever the coward is that shot them while they sat in their cars. >> so far no arrests have been made. also one of the school districts there is closed today. we'll continue to update you on this breaking story. new this morning, laura. overnight problems for b.a.r.t.

after an electrical explosion on the tracks. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in millbrae with more on what happened. are things runsing smoothly again, bob? >> they are expected to. a b.a.r.t. spokesperson this morning tells us that last night's minor lex cal explosion in san francisco is not expected to affect this morning's commute. this happened just before midnight last night. there was a minor electrical explosion on the third rail at the montgomery b.a.r.t. station in san francisco which resulted in a small fire. it also damaged a b.a.r.t. train as it passed over that location. no one on the board the train was hurt. everyone did get off okay. the fire department extinguished the fire. b.a.r.t. shut down the montgomery street station until the smoke cleared. >> there was smoke and he was like, okay, we should get out. everyone get out. and i think he knew it was going to take a long time. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has taken

that damaged train out of service. the transit agency has not indicated what caused that minor explosion on the third rail. to reiterate, b.a.r.t. says service has returned to normal and what happened last night not expected to impact this morning's commute. live in millbrae, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 5:34 this morning. an alarming crime in a popular downtown district. a woman pepper sprayed and violently robbed of her jewelry in palo alto. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez with more on why the search for the suspect is troubling officers. >> reporter: good morning. we want to show you where we are. we show you the map on your screen. this is university avenue. the apple store is right at the intersection, and about half a block behind this block of businesses that the woman was robbed with pepper spray. it was only 7:00 in the evening. it happened on halloween night. the woman was approached by two men, one of whom sprayed her

with pepper spray in the first and while she was temporarily bliepded, the other ripped the necklace from her neck and ripped her hoop earrings out of her ears. police say they may not know who the suspects are unless somebody else comes forward. >> i always park down random streets, right? it is a little frightening. >> because of the pepper spray that was in her eyes, he was unable to give us a better description. >> reporter: because this happened in the alleyway behind the businesses, so far it does not appear that police have any surveillance video to work with. if you know anything, make sure you give them a call. in a meantime, police give the same advice they do when people are victims of crimes, try to stay in well-lit areas and make sure you travel in groups if you can. in palo alto, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> very frightening there, chris.

5:35. the man accused of killing a warehouse worker in the east bay is set to enter a plea in court. 27-year-old kadeem edwards will be arraigned in court. he struck and killed a co-worker as he tried to stop him from stealing wooden pallets. officers found the suspect five hours later after a crash in oak lapd. 5:36. pacifica police made an arrest in a potential kidnapping. investigators say 41-year-old mark s solomon drove up to a young girl and tried to force her into the car. the girl was able to run away. he was arrested and is facing charges of annoying a child. an uber driver is under arrest accused of sexual assault and stalking. palo alto police say pedro liborio anorve picked up a woman and her husband and took them

home. she left her phone in the car. he called her saying he was outside their home. she called police who tracked him to his home and arrested him. no more pot smoke in san jose. a new ordinance prohibits recreational marijuana use ahead of a november election. the san jose city council adopted that ordinance yesterday reaffirming the city's rule that non-medical marijuana can't be manufactured, distributed, tested or sold. it allows the city to rooch out to the community to hold public hearings on whether or not to allow medical marijuana should they approve prop 64 next week. problem 64 does allow individual cities and mps. how much would you spend to up great b.a.r.t.? voters in three bay area

counties will make that decision on measure rr. a yes will authorize b.a.r.t. to issue $3.5 million in bonds to be repaid by property taxes in alameda, contra costa and san francisco counties. it will cost homeowners $9.00 per $every $100,000 of their home home's assessed value. some voters aren't on board. >> i know there are some issues with how it's been managed, bup i think overall, it will make it better for everybody that's on the b.a.r.t. system. >> i agree there are a lot of problems with b.a.r.t., but it doesn't seem to be the solution. measure rr needs a two-thirds vote to pass. don't forget to check out our non-partisan voter's edge guide. head to nbcbayarea.com. all you have to do is punch in your zip code and you can get informed about the issues and candidates specific to where you

live. the vta this morning will break ground on a new tunnel designed to improve access to a very busy caltran space connecting brokaw rode with the santa clara cal trane station. an 80-foot tunnel will provide safe passage over three railroad tracks. it's a $14 million project expected to be finished by next summer. it's time right now, 5:39, a couple hours away from sunrise. the temperatures outside right now as chilly as they are, may get cooler. 50 degrees in san jose. in the north bay, 43 in napa, 44 in santa rosa. look at the nice temperature recovery we'll see after the patchy fog clears. close to 67 in san francisco and close to 70 in oakland. the rest of the workweek will warm up. those are san francisco temperatures, in the 70s through friday. notice the clouds on the increase through the weekend.

a chance of rain for the pewee d weekend. less than .10 inch into early sunday morning. >> looking over here towards the rest of the bay. peninsula no delays southbound, just the little bit of 101 caused a little slowing through hayward, south of the san mateo bridge. we'll talk about the travel times into the east bay toward hayward and oakland. 25 minutes, a couple minutes longer from grand line road, slowing through livermore and the dublin interchange. nothing dramatic. i want to show you the san mateo bridge itself, as well as west of all the slowing we saw, just starting to build for southbound 880, there is 92. crystal clear view toward the peninsula with no delays. >> nice to be able to see everything. coming up, the bay area lgbt center burglarized self times. by police say the latest attack is concerning. anthem blue cross should be checking their plans, why one group says the insurer is trying

to pull a fast one. black friday secrets. christmas and holidays not that far away. i'll tell you about it coming up on business and tech.

rob wx tse= =miktraff= temperatures in the north bay in the low 40s, despite the chilly start. los gatos, pretty nice with

highs approaching the low 70s. >> a look at the times across the bridge. the bay bridge, eight minutes now. doesn't seem like big deal. but starting to creep a little higher for the travel time across the span. the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, highway 24 at the bottom. the toll plaza is where you'll find the slowing. an lbgt community center in concord has been the victim of repeated burglaries. police are calling it a hate crime. the rainbow community center on willow pass road has been burglarized four times in the past two weeks, burglars stole credit cards and charged up to $10,000 on them. in the latest incident burglars painted homophobic graffiti all over the building. investigators are looking closely at the roadway. 13 people were killed when the tour bus slammed into a truck late last month.

the stretch of road was under construction but the area not marked. documents show no lighting or reduced speed limit signs that were required at the time of the crash. anthem blue cross is being accused this morning of misleading customers, switching them to cheaper plans and charging more money. consumer watch dog, an add cassis group has filed a lawsuit. that lawsuit says anthem is switching several hundred thousand customers to strip down en shurns plans and some are paying more for it. anthem says state regulators approved the changes. it's a h 5:45 right now. city attorney dennis herrera announced yesterday the city is dropping its pop situation to a federal lawsuit challenging the state's bail system. herrera calls the system unconstitutional and says it treats poor and wealthy

defendants differently. a non-profit legal group has filed lawsuits across the country. californians may not be saving as much water today but much better than before the drought emergency was declared. this time last year, conservation was up 26% because of mandatory requirements which were lifted earlier this year. santa clara valley water district officials say people should keep saving. >> we're not definitely in the clear. we're still in the drought. we still have a 20% water reduction target. >> water officials could decide in january whether to reimpose more mandatory water conservation. 5:46. in benicia, you'll hear loud sirens around town. don't be alarmed, it's just a

test. the test will continue on the first wednesday of every month. in contra costa county, schools, child care centers and other organizations are all taking part in the county's 15th annual shelter in place drill, an emergency response drill. surfers get ready. the five-month window for the big wave contest is now open. surf expected to be between 22 and 27 feet. the competition draws surfers from around the world. today the california coastal commission will look into extending the competition's permit which is set to expire. the meeting starts at 9:00 at oceania hotel in half moon bay. >> let's get you caught up on what's going on around the bay. the ingleside community is holding a vigil in response to recent shootings. there were two shootings in that neighborhood just last month including one where a suspect wupz shot by a chp officer. today's veg ill starts at 10:00. in hayward, a powerful exhibit on student suicide. more than 1,000 backpacks

donated by families of students who took their own lives will be on display all day. the coast guard air station celebrating 75 years of aviation and service. the hangar will be open to the public today and a wall of heroes with the names of coast guard members also set to be unveiled. bicycle parking is on the agenda for smart train stations in the north bay. the commuter train station is currently under construction. this afternoon, the transit board will consider final investment plans for bicycle parking. would you be willing to show a car insurance company your facebook feed in exchange for lower rates. >> scott mcgrew, how does that work? >> the thought is you can tell if a person is a good driver based on their sociability networking behavior. a company called admiral in great britain wants to be the first to test it out. it's kind of like our general

car insurance. they want to look at facebook feeds for certain clues. do people use specific times when they meet, meet you at 8:00, or do they say see you tonight. do they use proper spelling, a sign that you're very careful. the question is whether the insurance company can get facebook to agree. it launched the idea yesterday, facebook shut them down this morning. we shall see. facebook is in focus. the company reports profits this afternoon. that stock hit an all-time high late last month. the fed makes its interest rate announcement later this morning. most likely will wait until after the presidential election to announce it's raising rates. a really interesting article in the "wall street journal" this morning about black friday ads. take a look. on the left is target's ad from two years ago and on the right from last year. they with almost identical. the journal reporter says this happens all the time with stores. the black friday sales each year

are the exact same items. black friday coming up. i know it's exciting. if you did it once, you've actually done it as many times as you need to. >> doesn't that show what the popular items are? >> could very well be. it's one of those where the circulars, the more you compare them -- you ever see someone compare the "cosmopolitan" magazine covers and you're like, wait a minute -- >> the same girl. >> the articles are the same. >> sometimes, right? >> just take the quizzes. >> astrological signs. >> black friday essentially ground hog's day is what we learned there. we are not seeing the same forecast we saw last week. much clearer, much cooler conditions. >> not much rain. a big drop in temperatures. some places seeing temperatures in the low 40s, definitely back to some wenter coat weather

around the bay area. right now it's 52 degrees in san francisco. that is the warmest temperatures we're seeing outside right now. right around the peninsula, share 50. you can see some patchy clouds this, patchy fog around belvedere, 48 degrees. temperatures outside in the north bay have dropped to 43. check out the coast. clear skies in santa cruz, 45 degrees. 45 in livermore. in the case of the areas in darker blue, napa, the north bay, 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. everybody cooler as the clouds moved on. look out for a little patchy fog. the exception to the rule that we're clear in the north bay, low level clouds, visibility less than a mile right now in santa rosa. big storm offshore, big waves our way. the swell up to 15 feet during the day tomorrow. as the energy arrives on the coast, it slows down, the wave heights begin to creep up as high as 20 feet or higher during the day tomorrow. high surf advisory on thursday.

day, low 70s around the south bay for san jose and tri-valley. 68 in antioch, 68 in concord. mid to upper 60s around the peninsula over to san francisco. far the north bay we'll see highs close to 70 degrees. next chance of rain we think will hold off until late saturday night into early sunday. a slight chance of showers. now it looks like areas to the north of san francisco will see less than .10 inch of rain. that really is the only chance we see in the next seven days. notice the clouds filling in for the weekend. don't plan on a lot of rain. most of that will fall saturday night into sunday. temperatures inland could get close to 80 by friday. >> remember time change on sunday. not a lot of change ton the roadways. in san jose we're tracking the crash, northbound 680 coming off north 101. seeing slowing as the crash clears. there may be a second in the area. we'll take a look at our live camera because we do have one right there, 101 showing the slowing we have on the map,

northbound 680, we don't see cars stacking up just net. we talk about a little slowing we showed you. southbound 880 starts to build. we should see more slowing south of stoneridge where they may be a fender bender. i'll track that issue as well. the b.a.r.t. recovering from the slowdowns. a smooth flow over in the maze. b.a.r.t., no delays. 18 minutes from highway 4 toward the maze in the upper eastshore freeway. b.a.r.t. has no delays, but had equipment problems overnight that rs toed b.a.r.t. to shut down one of its stations in san francisco. we'll have more on that story. in fact, on november 8th b.a.r.t. is asking bay area voters for money to upgrade its syst system. we'll hear from both sides of measure rr and how much it will cost you. we're also staying on top of the breaking news out of iowa where the area around the state capital city is shaken as two police officers were shot and

killed just sitting in their patrol cars. we'll post immediate updates to our twitter page as soon as we get them. here at home, dhek out before and after animations of a map maker using satellite imagery from 2001 to 2016. what a change. back in two minutes. stake around. the last momen omalaysiaairline-

which plunged in the inan ocean in march 2014. us new clues into the last moments of malaysia airlines flight 370 which plunged into the indian ocean in 2014. australian investigators say based on their analysis of recovered wing flap debris, it suggests the plane was driving with no one at the control, ultimately killing 239 people. previous theories -- 5:57. they've become targets, retail gun stores now the focus of thieves dealing stolen firearms. >> our senior investigative reporter stephen stock brings us this report. good morning, guys. according to the fbi more than 2 million guns were stolen nationwide in the last ten years. now, as we first reported a year ago, police and civilian gun owners are often targets. but we found another group who has been targeted more recently

here in california, gun stores. this security camera footage shows exactly what federal agents call a gang of gun thieves intent on stealing as many guns as they can get from an armory in rockland outside sacramento. this footage was taken back in july. within three months, five different gun stores were hit around the sacramento area. in fact, at least 240 guns in all were stolen. rockland police tell us the young men seen in the surveillance video are all juveniles and face various charges. the number of retail gun store thefts have gone up in california over the last three years. federal atf agents say part of the problem is that stores just don't lock up their merchandise. this store took extra precautions and only one gun was stolen here. after our series of reports first ran a year ago, local state and federal lawmakers introduce new laws requiring gun

owners especially police officers lock up their guns. you can see all our reporting on this issue on our website, just go to nbcbayarea.com. back to you. >> steven, thank you. if yu have a tip for our vittive unit, give us a call at 1-888-996-tips or you can send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. strange flyers criticized for being anti-semitic showing um again outside a b.a.r.t. stakes in wall nurt creek. more than 500 riders returned to their cars finding these flyers. there are references to race war along with the star of david on one side. people also found them at the lafayette b.a.r.t. station in late september. >> plenty of bad words, of course. i absolutely have no idea. it's very strange to me. >> walnut creek police say they know who did this. they traced him down and found  out there were no threats on the

flyers so the man is not facing any charges. 6:00. an update to breaking news we've been tracking all morning. two police officers are ambushed, two iowa officers gunned down in two separate attacks all while sitting in their patrol cars. men us ago police say they have identified the suspect. an electrical explosion on b.a.r.t. causes big problems overnight. we'll tell you if your local commute can be impacted. >> dirty secret underneath your feet. the filth on the streets of san francis francisco. what's being done to clean it up. good wednesday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. feet and facility not the best way to start off the morning. let's give it a better feel. >> we're seeing temperatures this morning because of the fact we have