two buildings erupt into flames overnight near one of the bay area )s most news we're covering in san francisco. two buildings erupt into flames overnight near one of the bay area's most iconic landmarks. we are live with a closer look at the after matt. good morning and thanks for joining us, it's friday, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now we want to go to vianey arana in for kari hall. you say today will be another beautiful one. >> it always seems to be the best day when i fill in, it's either friday or a sunny day. now, we are seeing some milder temperatures right now in the 40s, look at santa rosa 47 degrees, hayward 51, san jose 51. we've been waking up to warmer temperatures thanks to high pressure that's been sitting over the bay area. it looks like it's going to be sticking around for a while.

temperature trend into the afternoon does show high clouds rolling through, but if you notice those temperatures eventually will climb to the upper 60s by 12:00. so we will be fast warming this morning. i will get more into what you can expect not just for today but also the weekend in just a bit. mike is already tracking a traffic alert. this is a sig alert as far as chp has declared, that means it will have significant impact for at least a half an hour. let's look at the roadway. overall the east shore freeway moves well, this is westbound your commute directional coulding off of the carquinez bridge. we do have slowing as you approach the scene of atean way. they hope to have all lanes clear over the next 15 minutes. we saw it turn from orange to yellow. that traffic break may have cleared that way, if not it is one lane that is closed as you travel through the area. no major injuries reported but there may be police activity in the area. also a couple other issues, i will check on 101 on the

peninsula and san jose coming up. back to you. back to that breaking news that we are following, a fire near one of san francisco's most visited tourist spots. firefighters responding to at least two homes on fire, this is a block away from the named painted ladies. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos live near the scene near alamo square. what do you know so far, pete? >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, we're here in that area near the painted ladies and we are on the 1200 block of fulton street. i want to show you guys where that fire took place. i just spoke to san francisco fire, they're saying it is under control. they're expect to go clear out the scene in the next half hour or so. let's show you guys video to give you a closer look of what took place. according to san francisco fire they're saying that there was a heavy fire at a three-story victorian that was under construction in the area. of course, those are the popular type of homes in this area, but there was a heavy fire when they showed up around 3:00 a.m. all together they are saying five people were displaced including one child and one of the units right next to that victorian

that was under construction. the good news is there were no injuries, but this was on an uphill slope, but they were able to contain that fire by 4:00 a.m. now, they're saying it should be done by 5:00 a.m. and of course fulton street is a busy corridor, but the goal is to have this all cleared out by 5:00 a.m. we will continue to monitor this thing and have another update for you guys in the next hour. live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." happening today the white house is expected to give the green light to release a classified memo about russia investigation despite warnings from the fbi. #g loca spear spoke out last night warning about the dangers of releasing, sergio quintana has more. >> reporter: at town hall meeting representative jackie spear fielded questions on a number of concerns about the

federal government including the gravity of the contents of the three-page memo that was drafted by the chairman of the intelligence committee, devin nunez. >> it speaks to what are called sources and methods and they are closely held, that's why when you serve on this committee you are in a position where you learn things that you are never ever supposed to talk about. >> congresswoman spear has seen the memo, she says is risks members of the government and sources they used to identifity jens. >> it depends whether or not the president redacts these names, unclear whether he will d@ tha or not. >> reporter: the whole aim of the document hopes to show that the fbi and u.s. intelligence community may have abused their wire tap powers when they listened in on members of the trump campaign and possible communications with foreign actors during the 2016 election. by releasing the memo president donald trump hopes to show the fbi is biased againstlu him.

nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston says this all leads back to the russia investigation. >> it's a crapshoot. the president is taking a shot. he thinks it's going to help him stave off the investigation. >> reporter: members of the president's own administration have voiced serious concerns about the memo. >> if the president releases this, he is basically telling the director of the fbi, the deputy attorney general, the person at the justice department who is overseeing this thing that you don't matter. >> reporter: sergio quintana, "today in the bay." at 4:35, union city police are looking for this man who they say has a diminished mental capacity. 35-year-old eric aiken is 6 feet tall, he was last seen wearing cutoff jeans without a shirt. he has been reported missing several times before. people who say corporate buses in san francisco do not mix plan to air their frustration in the morning commute today. a protest is planned in san francisco against the growing tech and bus phenomenon. those buses transport workers to

and from silicon valley. even though the city now has a deal in place with companies and bus operators, opponents say the system needs fixing. protesters plan to gather at one of the busier tech bus stops near noel valley. >> beer efficientian dose will be waiting in line to down one of the world's most prized beers. the nextózk two weeks starting today the russian river brewing company will lease it's triple ipa and it only has that day's allotment until it runs out. the wait in line can take up to eight hours. folks bundle up out there. although we are told there are special off site locations that do have special deals to serve it up as well. >> i bet they're happy it's not raining. >> they would wait anyway. coming up on "today in the

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alto. the city has been trying to ease congestion in the south gate neighborhood. the homes along with a medical office complex sit at the corner of el camino real and church hill avenue. the city tried giving out parking permits to residents and issued permits to medical workers. there were not enough permits given to office workers so they are parking in the neighborhood so the city put a two hour time limit on parking last month. neighbors say emergency vehicles can't get through the crowded street. the medical offices are mad because the companies have to buy daily permits for their workers. building owners are worried that tenants may leave over the issue. also new this morning researchers want help understanding the human impact of the north bay wildfires. the press democrat reports uc davis researchers have opened up an online survey. the paper reports this is part of a larger study of health and environmental hazards that existed during and after the

fires. new this morning, visa executives in foster city smiling today thanks to all the charging americans were doing during the holidays. visa reporting its profits are up more than 20%. during last quarter the company earned half a billions more than the year before. they are also benefiting from trump'szm?  incyteased the amount they watch foráw 401(k) accounts. comingáñ up next on "today the bay," cool start to your day, but vianey says thad.f@ al going"cz to change. pretty mild overall, 47w933 sana rosa, 51 inm3 how long is this dry warming trend going to last? i will have the answer to that question coming up. and over here there's the east shore freeway, those head lights your commute direction westbound 80 through berkeley toward the bay bridge. we are talking about that direction a little farther back and i see slowing on the sensors, we will let you know what chp says coming up.

plus will he or won't he? we wait to see if the famous groundhog will spot his shadow today revealing a longer or possibly shorter winter.

good morning, i'm jackie deangelis live at wnbc global headquarters. qualls street is set to open lower this morning after a mixed session yesterday. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 are all

on pace to break a four-week winning streak. investors are awaiting the key economic news of the week that is the january jobs report out before the opening bell. it's expected to show that employers boosted hiring last month and wages increased. the dow rose 37 points yesterday to 26,186, the nasdaq fell 25 to 7,385. watch shares of apple today, the company reported earnings last night that beat wall street's draft, even as it sold fewer iphones. it's the first time iphone sales have dropped during the holidays since the phone first launched in 2007, but apple did sell those phones at higher prices. the iphone x retails for about a thousand bucks. apple stock is higher in premarket trading this morning. >> and americans plan to spend on super bowl sunday, the national retail federation says people will spend an average of $81 or a total of $15.3 billion on food and drinks, team apparel, tvs and decorations.

four out of five people who plan to watch the game will spend on munchees and drinks, the highest before since the nrf began the super bowl survey in 2007. >> a lot of money to have a great time. >> there you go. thanks a lot, jackie. good to see you. it's 4:4:46. the world's most famous groundhog punxsutawney phil saw his shadow. that means we will have six more weeks of winter though the winter is always beautiful in the bay area, like 70 degrees, so you go, punxsutawney phil. >> if it's anything like we've been experiencing, bring it on. >> okay, that means flip-flops. >> it's going to be another day of near record highs again in the bay area. 70s for san francisco, can you believe that? and we are still in winter here, but that's why you're right it doesn't really affect california, right? south bay 51 degrees, peninsula 50, tri-valley 45 right now. another thing you will notice all in all the skies are fairly

clear, a couple low lying clouds in the east bay, eventually we will welcome in high clouds and in san francisco right now it's at 54 degrees, a little chillier in the north bay at 47 degrees. overall, though, the temperature change not really a significant amount in terms of the drop. look at napa, a little bit of five degrees cooler but san jose we are a little warmer, san jose 1 degree warmer, sunnyvale 1 degree warmer, santa cruz 4 degrees warmer at this hour. the reason that we are still waking up to warmer temperatures is because we do still have that ridge of high pressure that has been warming us up and that's what's been keeping the bay area nice and dry as well. let's talk about those overall highs because i did say that we are going to be near record highs. look at the daytime highs for san jose, 76 degrees, east san jose also at about 76 degrees, 74 degrees for milpitas, east bay also into our low mid 70s for oakland, a high of 72 and your walnut creek 75 and the interior valley 73 degrees. now, along the peninsula you can

expect to see a little bit more of that cloud cover into the afternoon but eventually that will clear out nicely making way for another fairly warm night into tonight. daly city 72, check out san francisco, yes, those are 70s across the board. definitely going to be a great day to enjoy the outdoors, mission 74, embarcadero 74 degrees and for the north bay upper 70s in some spots like sonoma 76, santa rosa also expected to top out into the mid to upper 70s. let's look at the long range outlook because we have had this period of warm dry weather for the past couple of days and i want to show you what's been keeping us that way. as i mentioned this big h is that ridge of high pressure that's been sitting over the bay area and if you notice fast forwarding this timeline through february 9th it looks like those warmer temperatures are expected to stick around and then unfortunately no rain in sight for the next several days, possibly each the next ten days. we will have to look out in terms of the drought situation

and snow pack for sure. let's check in for mike for a look at the roads. those weeds in my garden are going to start dying. toward the rest of the roadway greener on the sensors. easy flow, the south bay the disabled vehicle is cleared from 101. over here this was the traffic alert was past tens, we are in recovery mode for westbound 80, that slowing shows up on our sensors but chp cleared it from the report. highway 4 a little slow in through el sobrante out of hercules. that's it for the slower drive down the east shore freeway. the travel time right now registers at 25 minutes because of that one slow section for about a mile there you will have brake lights tapping and recovery should clear up in the next few minutes. no problems through oakland toward the bay bridge and a live look out there shows you a smooth flow of traffic across the bay and bart that goes under the bay here is moving smoothly

on all systems, yesterday was a different case, today everything is fine. developing news out of southern california, investigators this morning are trying to figure out how a gun accidentally went off inside a los angeles middle school classroom hitting two students. we brought you this live breaking coverage during yesterday's midday newscast. a 12-year-old is now in custody following the shooting yesterday morning. police say the suspect whose name has not been released due to her age was transported to the los angeles county central juvenile hall and booked for negligent discharge of a firearm. the two victims are expected to survive. police describe the shooting as an isolated incident. now moving on to our investigative unit's ongoing coverage of a sexual abuse scandal at a catholic school in san jose. >> vicki nguyen first broke this story. this morning we're learning victims say they told presentation high school about the teacher's inappropriate behavior, but nothing was done. >> reporter: good morning.

did the abuse have to happen. >> it is a question leslie gelfand has been asking for years. her parents first went to school leaders at presentation high school in 1987 to report a teacher for touching, kissing and giving gifts to their daughter. leslie says her parents reported that teacher with a letter land delivered to the school. the school now says no one recalls receiving that letter but leslie says her teacher confronted her about it. we have learned that a woman we're calling jane dough says that same teacher sexually molested her three years later. jane dough and her friend cheryl went to the principal marianne stuckey and the vice president, but the school never reported the allegation to police. presentation high continues to decline any interviews saying it regrets that any graduate of presentation felt unsafe because of anything they perceived the administration did or did not do. we posted our full report and links of a timeline to the claims involving past and

present teachers. and if you have a story for our investigative unit give us a call, that number is 888-996-tips or visit our website nbcbayarea.com. continuing coverage now of new schools coming to the south bay. new this morning here is our first look at one of the two schools that will be built at the site where the agnews development center is. the renderings were shown during a community meeting this week. elementary, middle and high school will be built on the santa clara side and a park on the san jose side. the campuses are slated to open in the fall of 2019. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> thousands of dollars go missing and it's in the bank's hands. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. how does that happen? nbc bay area responds next. but first happening now a developing story, the search for

survivors off the coast of libya. 90 people feared drowned after a smugglers boat carrying mostly pakistani migrants cap sizes. ten bodies have already washed ashore. the creator of some of the most famous superheroes is recovering this morning, stan lee rushed to the hospital on wednesday after having shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat. the creator of spiderman, x men have had many health scares recently. nbc bay area responds a

san jose man who has been battling his bank for years. nbc bay area spopds to a san jose man who has been battling his bank for years now. >> consumer investigator chris

chmura tells us about the dispute. >> good morning. about 5 grand was on the line here, supposedly parked in a certificate of deposit. >> i know i did not cash in this money. >> mike wentz bought this cd for his daughter when she was born in 1983. mike left the certificate sit and earn interest for the next 26 years. in 2009 he gave his daughter the cd but there was just one problem. >> she calls me the next day and she says, dad, i went to the bank, they don't know anything about it. >> mike fought his bank for the next eight years. late last year he called us for help. we had lots of questions, where did the money go? why wasn't the certificate accepted? and is anyone else complaining about cds going dark like this? tonight at 11:00 we get answers and results. plus, the surprisingly short time period banks keep your records. it's really a wake-up call for all of us. if you have a consumer complaint

please call us. i will see you again tonight at 11:00. thanks, kris. coming up on "today in the bay," taking a look at what's going on weather wise. you walk out the door it will be a little chilly. not too bad this morning. >> it's very calm this morning, it's really a nice trend we have been seeing all week long. 52 degrees in san francisco but check out the temperature trend. by 11:00 we will already be above the 60s. exactly how warm will we get today? you will have to stick around for that answer. mike? i will stick around. no one is sticking around here, moving smoothly across the san mateo bridge and those twinkling lights visible across, even reflecting from the water. the update, still some slowing shows up on the east bay. we will see how things are going. plus breaking news that we're following this morning. fire crews rushing into action near one of the bay area's most popular tourist locations. we will have a live report from alamo square. a live look outsidn

francisco.. and good friday morning to you as you take a look outside live right now, this is san francisco, the embarcadero, at&t park there. taking a live look and looking pretty nice out there and it's going to shape up to be a nice day if you head outside. good morning and thank you for starting your day with us, i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. look who is in for kari this morning, bringing a little bit of sunshine. >> good morning, guys.

you are not going to need heavy coats, i know you were mentioning when you went outside it's warm but inside your house was chilly. >> that was yesterday. >> i'm used to sleeping with my ac on. you don't need it during the day and even overnight because it's really nice outside. night and mild. we have a combination of 40s and 50s across the board. santa rosa 48, napa 42, oakland 47 and hayward 51 degrees. yes, we are not on the -- no 30s in sight. we haven't seen any 30s all week long. we will be climbing into the 70s but first let's check in with mike, he is tracking something on the east shore freeway. we had the earlier issue with the traffic break and the big rig involved in what sounded like a crash. we are looking at the rest of the bay and speed sensors are green all over the place, should be getting up toward the green level but still a little slowing around the scene where there may be activity over on the shoulder pest 580. chp said no problem after earlier traffic breaks but we are watching a little slg