buttbut enjoyable. >> in the shot. >> cooperate see it with the lights. good morning, thank you for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. find out what we're dealing with weather wise, car issuing, a cool one out there? >> a jacket day, cooler, breezy winds. even in the afternoon you'll probably be wearing some long sleeves. as we start out this morning, your out-the-door temperature in san jose 55, 52 in fairfield and also in napa, san francisco and half moon bay 54. we start out mild and still cool along the coast with upper 50s in san francisco. low 70s inland today in san jose. 67 degrees. we'll talk about what's ahead as it heats up tomorrow. mike says it's still bad on 880. >> it is. past the coliseum. our shot right here shows you the approach to the 66 over crossing past high street, traffic basically jammed solid to 23rd where they are in the process of clearing overpass

road crews. then a crash in the back as well. the closure at 23rd, this will continue to be a problem. stanley street is an option of the rest of the bay will be smooth. back to you. thank you very much. not so smooth for firefighters overnight. this is breaking news we're following this morning. a fire erupted at the california teachers association building in san jose overpass. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez is live there now with a closer look at damage. kris, we're talking about putting money into education. this is going to cost a lot of money, i would imagine. >> these are different associations that are housed here at the san jose teachers association union. you see the firefighters, though. they are starting to wrap things up right now and leave the scene. but we do know there are a lot of questions because this is not the first time there's been a fire or some sort of incendiary device at this union office. take a look at what the scene looks like at 2:00 this morning as those firefighters were battling those blazes. i've been in contact with brian

wheatley of the evergreen teachers association. he tells me there are four different union presidents that are housed out of this building. the fire appears to be burning right above their offices. so that could compromise their operations for today. now, we do know firefighters were able to knock down those fires. the hot spots are out. we did see a construction team here. usually they are showing up with plywood to secure the location. we do expect some of the teachers association folks to be out here assessing the damage this morning. by the way, you heard that really loud rig next to me. this is an unassociated story, but the tow truck had to just tow a fire rig. they had a power steering failure on their way to respond to the fire. they managed to make it here in time but said it was nerve-racking. they knew they needed to be here to put that fire out and at the same time they were dealing with a fire truck that didn't have power steering. you can't steer those without

that. that has been towed away. so questions here at christinta. this impacts evergreen teachers association, san jose teachers association as well. by the way, they have an end of the year party planned for next week. there's a chance they are going to have to move it or perhaps even postpone it. we'll get more details and see you back at 6:00. in shoes, kris sanchez. >> busy morning out there. thank you, kris. to a developing story in san francisco. there are a lot of questions about how a woman's body ended up in a stairwell at sf general. we broke this story yesterday afternoon. in a few hours we could get an update on what exactly happened. "today in the bay" pete suratos with what we know about the victim so far this morning. so many questions left unanswered here. tell whaus what we do know, pet >> good morning, laura and

marcus. we were hoping to get more details later this morning. what we do know is the body of 75-year-old ruby lee anderson was down here behind me in the stairwell of the power plant building across the street from san francisco general. the big poiquestion at this poi is how she ended up there. we know san francisco sheriff's department issued what they are calling missing persons bulletin for anderson just last week saying she walked away from the behavioral home center at sf general. a week later her body found in the stairwell in front of the building we're standing in front of. it's still unclear how she got there. the department of public health said she was not a patient at the hospital but did receive services on its campus. the sheriff's department said it notified sf about this but did not file a missing persons report. as of this morning there's a lot of questions as far as how this all went down. >> we're very concerned that this happened.

we don't know how the woman gained access to the area she was found and we're looking into that. remember it was just five years ago we had a patient at san francisco general found dead also in of a building, inside of a building on a stairwell. officials say security and search procedures were changed after that deadly incident but those changes likely don't apply to the power plant building. of course all this is still under investigation. hoping to get more details this morning at a press briefing at 10:00 a.m. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos, for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, pete. 5:05. mysterious sighting. debris from a boat found in pacifica prompted a search by coast guard. someone found pieces of the boat along with clothes and a lifejacket on the beach. the coast guard launched a chopper and ship to try to search for anyone, signs of life. pictures show identifying marks from the vessel with is the

words barka andreyo. after a tip they believe the boat's full name is barka del rio. >> there are multiple databases. >> authorities don't have any reports of vessels accidents or mayday calls. the search ended overnight but could be relaunched in the coast guard gets any new information. continuing coverage, danville police needs your help in a bizarre investigation. the officers will talk to this man here. they think he might know something about a pipe bomb that exploded in east bay city over the weekend. investigators say he was driving a white sedan, possibly a jaguar. you see it right there. you may recall on sunday night a small pipe bomb exploded in the parking lot. that damaged two cars. luckily no one was hurt. up to nine san francisco police officers caught in a notorious texting scandal now

face dismissal after a state appeals court ruling. then police chief recommended firing seven of the nine officers for racist and homophobic tests sent three years earlier. federal investigators discovered those texts with separate probes. the officers argued by law too much time passed. every since the case has been in limbo. yesterday state appeals court overturned a ruling blocking disciplinary proceedings. >> president trump is still talking about roseanne this morning. again, demanding an apology for himself from abc. roseanne did tweet a string of apologies after comparing a former obama adviser to an ape, even incurring wrath from ambien maker sanofi after she blamed the sleeping pill. since then she started defending some co-stars and fighting with others. here is one of her blasting her tv son there.

so you threw me under the bus. nice. here is another quote. i just wish abc had not thrown two of the greatest actors in the world out with me, laurie metcalf and, of course, john goodman. another one writing in part, i'm not a racist. i never was, i never will be. of course the damage is done. her show is canceled. reruns pulled. she's scheduled to talk to a podcast tomorrow. you can bet the world will be listening to that. it is 5:08 right now. president trump today meets with survivors of last week's school shooting in texas. this as the white house presses on with a summit with kim jong-un. secretary of state mike pompeo set to meet with a trusted adviser to the north korean leader. two this dinner last night in new york. according to the state department, president trump will still be willing to hold that summit or even extend it provided north korea commits to giving up nuclear weapons. but that right now is a big if.

>> we are preparing and expect that to take place on june 12th. >> there's also a chance the summit gets rescheduled. if that happens the white house team meeting in singapore where the summit is supposed to take place. 5:09 right now. a live look at oracle arena. it is going to be rocking soon. dub nation, get ready. it is on. >> we're talking dubs versus king james, all kicks off tonight at 6:00. all right. do we have to refresh you on the history, probably not. the warriors won last year's finals matchup after the team with their first two finals. looks like andre iguodala will not be playing, still recovering from the bruised knee but the warriors still like their chances starting at home. >> starting at home is huge. we're lucky to have it every nba finals we've been in. we've got to take advantage. you can't give away games at this stage of the year. it's too important. >> if you don't have your tickets yet but you have a few

hundred dollars to spare, tickets on stub hub starting at $350. court side we're talking four figures. it would be fun. it would be expensive. >> a lot cheaper to watch it on your couch. as we go into this evening, if you'll be going to the game, lucky you, upper 50s. it's going to be cool and also quite windy. earlier in the day, we've got the a's game at the coliseum right next door. it's going to be partly cloudy skies, only low 60s throughout much of the early afternoon hours. busy in that area right there off the interstate. our high 63 in oakland. it's going to be cool there. nice and comfortable in ant a i don't care, 70 degrees and cool in san francisco. upper 50s. going to be windy as we go in through the afternoon. i'll break it down for palo alto coming up. mike, you should see some relief for oakland. >> that's right, coming up. they have just reopened lanes. chp added in their report all lanes now open at 23rd.

take a while to ripple back about three miles, your approach to the coliseum. kari talked about a's playing this afternoon, warriors playing tonight. it will be very crowded later on today. right now this is what you deal with, the jam all the way up again to 23rd where there's also a back-up. i'll let you know if chp has that cleared up. west highway 4, port chicago highway, crash blocking two left lanes. that's causing early jam out of baypoint and concord. the rest of the bay looking great. >> thanks so much. how about not looking great. many people actually hate it, their driver's license photo. that could soon change, the way you could have the opportunity to pick your own photo. here is a strange problem. the u.s. economy is running out of people. let's take a look in business and tech. >> later, driving on drugs. coming up at 5:26, the action lawmakers can take to prevent tragedy on the road.

5:11 for you right now. you're watching "today in the bay." when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first responders went to work. and mayor gavin newsom, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull, he only showed up for work at the state capitol one day a week, tops. gavin's not gonna work as governor.

it is 5:14 on this thursday morning. we wake up and walk out. it's nice and cool. take a live look outside in palo alto, it's going to start out with mid-50s. our temperatures and mostly cloudy skies. sun starts to peek out by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, breezy and high, only in the low 60s. we do have a major warm-up in our forecast for the weekend.

we'll talk about those skyrocketing temperatures coming up in five minutes. >> road crews cleerz -- the crash has cleared. this shot is not clear. the coliseum jammed. i do see relief at the top of the screen. i'll point that out coming up. a very happy thursday to you. you know, you could call this a rally, but keep in mind the markets were making up for a drubbing on tuesday. so we're going to call this breaking even. interesting companies in the news. shares in dick's sporting goods jumped after the store said they were strong and making lots of money. keep in mind dick's is a store that said they would stop selling assault rifles after parkland meeting. people said they would boycott but apparently not. sanofi, maker of ambien, that stock got hurt by roseanne barr's name. it's a french company, buy it on

the paris exchange. president trump said he's ready to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum on our closest allies, canada, mexico and european union. canada warns this will end up costing american consumers money. hats off to tesla which was able to fix model 3 braking problem with over the air update. consumer reports say they can recommend it now. we get the big jobs report tomorrow. you may have come to expect really good news every month but we're kind of running out of people. that can hurt the numbers. there are lots of job openings. at some point everybody has a job. that's where we are now. economists call where we are now full employment. tomorrow's job numbers ar bit lean, it's because the economy is so good. marcus and laura, you remember the woman who invent silly robots that don't do what they are supposed to do. we're talking about it a couple

weeks ago because she announced she had a brain tumor. she went into surgery yesterday. >> so i'm at the hospital and i'm about to go into surgery. yeah. the surgeon offered to take photos of my brain. i've always been convinced i have a beautiful brain. i'm excited about finally getting pictures. >> good for her. >> obviously out of surgery, although very, very long. her partner, companion says she was able to make some inappropriate jokes so he knows she's going to be fine. >> wow, good. wishing her the best. >> absolutely. thanks. this next story you're going to go, hmm. you think waiting in line at the dmv is going to be long, wait until people start doing photo shoots. you heard me right. a bill is going to allow drivers to take more than one license photo. and they get to pick the best one. if the assembly proves and the

governor agrees, you can take up to three pictures. this is to make sure the camera catches your good side, although you have to stay facing forward. anything good is going to cost you a little more. each additional picture would cost $5. that extra money, driver's education in public schools. okay. so the new national spelling bee champ might be from the bay area. spellers across the country are done with the preliminary round. >> there are four kids from the bay area. we're going to put their picture up on the screen here. a seventh-grader from san jose. and another from san jose as well. 12 years old and sixth grade. now to the ladiest 12 years old, a sixth-grader from santa clara and a sixth-grader from dublin. >> do us proud. bay area proud. >> make us embarrassed.

>> we have that profile of all of the bay area competitors. her favorite movie star is the rock. look out, guys. >> good luck to them. it will be fun. >> a lot of kids are about to wrap up the school year. >> they are ready. >> looking for things to do for the summer. it's going to definitely feel like summer by this weekend. today, take a break from the heat. that's exactly what we'll do. we've also been monitoring what's going on with our wind speeds. the wildfire that we have near delta and byron right now, wind speeds at 24 miles per hour. it already starts out windy and those winds stay up as we go throughout the day. more updates on this. temperature trends, nice and gusty. 32 miles per hour as we take a

look at sunnyvale. normally up to 77 degrees but we're not going to make it today. staying in the low 60s through early afternoon and some upper 60s in parts of the bay area. here is our break from hot temperatures, 67 in san jose and palo alto, 63 in oakland and napa and concord today. 71 degrees. if you're heading out to the summer concert series in concord today, the plaza, it will be right about 69 degrees as you're heading out there. 67 as the concert begins. dropping down into the lower 60s as we go into the evening. as we're making weekend plans, let me know what you're doing, we talked about kids getting out of school for the summer. this weekend it's going to be one for the beach. let me know which beach you're heading to. you may get a personalized forecast. meantime inland areas are going to heat up into the 90s. 93 on saturday, 90 on sunday, then cooling down just a bit early next week.

san francisco upper 50s today and upper 60s by saturday. heading over to mike, we've got two jams. >> i do, kari. one of them is a changing situation here. north 880, widen out the shot. it's slower for a longer stretch from 98 past high street. then it really let's up as far as those speeds go. that overnight closure as well as the crash in the back-up have all cleared north of the coliseum. so we see this really quickly moving much more smoothly, much higher rate of speed. walnut interchange. traffic jammed up coming into the area. bay point out of pittsburgh, over he -- pittsburg. concord, one lane blocked. it's one better than before, your left lane blocked. critical point, a problem for contra costa county south of the bridge. overall things looking great. there is yellow over here, not

smoke registering on the radar, high winds. we talked about the fire in that area. 580 is open, so 205 open for business the washington area, continue to follow fires north of there. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:22 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," preparing to strike. the walkout looming in "sin city" this morning. devastating consequences the casino business is facing. the weather is finally cooling off. not for long. we want to know how you plan to beat the heat when it returns. kari posted this cute picture on facebook, firing up the bubble machine. on social media, we're all jumping on and we've love to hear from you. 5:22. heavy rain slamming north

carolina are turning deadly. a landslide hit a gas l this a developing story out east. heavy rain slamming north carolina and turning deadly. a mudslide hit a gas line and blew up a home killing two people inside. this morning there are still concerns that a dam in that area will fail at any moment. thousands are already evacuated. more than 50 roads are closed because of the mudslide and 7" of rain from tropical storm alberto. >> at 5:25 right now, this could affect your travel plans. a critical day in las vegas. tens of thousands of casino workers could walk off the job

if they don't reach a new contract deal by midnight. housekeepers, cooks, bartenders. they want more money and benefits. if they walk off the job mgm international and caesars entertainment could lose more than $10 million a day. a disturbing investigation into the south bay. a 7-eleven clerk stabbed stocking shelves. police say that man here. inform oland terlep walked in and stabbed the clerk. this happened friday afternoon. he was found sometime later and arrested. he's facing attempted murder charges. the clerk is expected to be okay. a new study strengthening state alcohol parties by nearly 10% could save 800 lives. the big headline doesn't deal with alcohol, it actually deals with drugs. 44% of drivers who died have been positive for drugs. that's up 28% from just ten years ago. more than half had marijuana, opioids or a combination of the

two. >> the warning this morning for parents with young kids. the fda wants companies to stop selling certain teething rings. specifically one that contains a popular numbing ingredient. it's usually gels and creams. fda says it can cause rare but deadly side effects especially for toddlers two years and younger. ora gel is a popular brand and the company making it says it will stop making teething products. the fda said it will take legal action against other companies if they do not voluntarily comply. >> gosh, every mom and dad knows of oragel for their kids. a mysterious fire at a teachers education building. an investigation under way to find out what happened. plus -- >> it was scary because i didn't know where the smoke was coming from. the battle to contain a

string of brush fires in the east bay. a long summer ahead for fire crews. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years.

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and good morning as we take a live picture from inside oracle arena. it will be shaking tonight with dub nation roaring as we root on our warriors tonight, taking on cleveland. anyway, good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington.

>> whatever. i'm laura garcia. let's get to the forecast this morning. cooler out there, kari. >> yes. i love, love, love this sunrise shot. take a live look outside in san francisco this morning. isn't it gorgeous? all right. we're going to have a very nice daiya mix of sun and clouds. if you're going hiking in the east bay, we will start out with clouds rolling by. at 7:00, 51 degrees. a cool start. for us to feel nice, it will ab comfortable day with mostly sunny skies. whatever you're planning to do, i've got your forecast for it. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes. mike, one less jam to track. >> you've got your beautiful sunrise. look at this. it's moving much more smoothly. this is great. a great use for drivers. 880 now back at speed past the coliseum where the a's play this afternoon and the warrior play tonight. so there will be crowds throughout the afternoon and evening but right now looking much better. construction and crash from the nimitz. over here bad, worse out of

antioch, pittsburg and baypoint. jam up to concord, chicago port highway, one lane. walnut interchange with an early break right now. we'll track that right now. a little blip for san jose. back to you. >> thanks, mike. back to breaking news we continued to follow out of san jose this morning. firefighters still trying to figure out how a fire started at the california teachers association building in san jose overpass. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez live with a closer look at that damage. kris, do we know what happened here? >> we don't know yet, but we do know that firefighters were able to pull all of this debris out of the building after they battled the fire. it started around 2:00 this morning, firefighters were called out to the scene here. we can tell you that firefighters say they don't know how this fire started, nor exactly where the fire started, but they can confirm there was fire inside that building. now, the fire was put out within about 30 minutes but now the

question is how did this fire start and was it set intentionally. this the office for four different teachers association president, evergreen, san jose, mount hamilton, and also east side union high school. that's the difference for them. all of them are here. this office is reportedly right underneath the fire. i have been in contact with the evergreen teachers association president who says he's going to come out and assess. they do have an end of the year ceremony or party planned for next week. they are going to have to move it. we're going to continue to look into this fire for you this morning. thanks so much for that. 5:33 this morning. firefighters still working hard in the bay area this morning from that building fire kris was just talking about in san jose to a string of brush fires in the east bay. take a look at this. yesterday crews in contra costa

county dealt with several wind whipping fires. yesterday afternoon, about 500 acres burned in one hour. this is near byron. still only 35% contained. those fires burned along remote stretch near byron road. smoke combined with wind made it challenging for firefighters and anyone else caught in the commotion. >> it was scary because i didn't know where the smoke was coming from. >> an hour and a half, a dead stop sitting here. no movement at all. >> firefighters say that the flames briefly threaten some of the structures. still no word on how this started. of course, we'll bring you a live report coming up at 6:00. >> new details now and word of new allegations against a high school music teacher already facing a sexual assault charge. he turned himself in two weeks ago, turned himself in, in connection to the allegations he inappropriately touched milpitas high school staff member last year. a student at the school claimed

she was assaulted last year. police rearrested him last week. he's now in custody on that charge. 5:34, happening today, a teenager accused of a deadly stabbing in sonoma state university is expected to appear in court. two weeks ago police arrested tyler bratton. investigators say he stabbed a 26-year-old acquaintance in a student dorm. witnesses told police it followed a loud fight, some kind of altercation happened and he said he was defending himself. so far he's not entered a plea. a school district, this could affect you in the south bay. tonight advocates are organizing an event that may shape its future. earlier this week parents ahead of the alum rock meeting. the board is under intense scrutiny. this is due to conflict in interest allegations and connection with construction contracts. many believe the board is in a power struggle with the district

superintendent. tonight a grassroots group holds a voters forum ahead of next week's school board election. how are your kids doing in the city? details on child care and early education in san francisco. a new report due at 10:00 a.m. overnight we looked through the council's 2017 report where the city needs to improve license and subsidize program. >> cat lovers at google are to blame for dwindling owl population. that's what some wildlife activists are claiming. the group of google employees have set up cat feeding stations. this on the mountain view campus to help the feral cats nearby. activists say the cats are hunting burrowing owls and threatening species. you're increasing the fumble of predators that can be going after the owls just by putting out the cat food.

>> it is studying and will make a decision in the future. good morning, happy to not start with nimitz, bay bridge toll plaza, nimitz construction-free right now. this back-up formed more gradually. we're just seeing left lanes fill in for left lanes. metering lights are on at the bay bridge and you do have a back up. over here starting to form as well to the north. richmond to san rafael bridge westbound 580 showing slowing and back-up on the richmond side, toll plaza but you can't see that on the map. another problem for that east bay area, contra costa county westbound highway 4, a new crash at summersville blocking two right lanes. that is an additional issue for the bay bridge toll plaza. >> people starting their weekend a little early. >> want to get out. >> the weekend and start early on the week. >> it's going to be a hot weekend, too, for the inland areas. we're talking about the valleys where it's going to be topping

out at 93, bay at 5. at least the coast will be comfortable. 70 degrees, right near there. we'll be up to 90 on sunday. really no big changes here, just hot and sunny all weekend long. if you're planning to go to the filoli flower show in woodside, that's going to be much more comfortable. beautiful weather. we're checking out the grounds there and taking insights. we have highs reaching into the mid-70s with sunshine. we also have the biggest air show happening in san carlos. a couple of events on the peninsula where our temperatures will be much more comfortable as we see temperatures inland heating up. low 70s if you're hitting the road planning to go see yosemite, a live look at the background shot. we'll be at 64 degrees tomorrow and on saturday a high of 71 degrees. we've got some great hiking weather. if you're going to hit the road, kids out of school, going to santa barbara, 70 tomorrow.

upper 70s by the end of the weekend with some sunshine. in the tri-valley going to vineyards, tomorrow the best day, up to 82 degrees and much hotter on saturday. 93 degrees and 87 on sunday. we've got hot weather, hot temperatures this weekend. i'll talk more about that as we enjoy this cooldown we'll talk about today coming up in about three minutes. >> sounds good. thanks, kari. coming up on "today in the ba bay"t stopping concussions. the steps they are taking to keep athletes safe. plus -- >> my mind is saying, move your hands, kick, can you do anything, i don't want this, why is this person doing this. >> the woman at the center of the criminal case against bill cosby speaks out for the first time. what she's revealing about what happened to her that night. exclusive interview coming up next. you can't call them childish questions. a very young reporter has tough

questions for the white house. "today in the bay" continues. we all know guys like gavin. boasting. overselling his achievements. making false claims. as lieutenant governor, he skipped many of his duties, saying the job was "so dull," he only shows up to work at the state capitol "like one day a week, tops." the same gavin who, as mayor, "split town" during a massive oil spill and "jetted off...to hawaii." gavin's... not gonna work... as governor.

are. the flag waving in fremont this morning with a few clouds moving by, it will be partly cloudy skies, cool to start, some upper 50s. then only up to 64 degrees at 3:00 today. the coolest day of the week and

ramp up in temperatures for the weekend. also an update on the fires over the delta. that's coming up in less than five minutes. happening right now in san jose, one in the northbound direction. nothing major but wanted to show you the commute on highway 4 coming up. thanks. it is 5:43. new this morning we're hearing from the woman at the center of the criminal case for bill cosby for the very first time. andrea constand tells her story of the night bill cosby assaulted her. >> what is your mind saying. >> my mind is saying, move your hands, kick, do anything. i don't want this. why is this person doing this. >> kate snow will be on the "today" show sharing more of that interview at 7:45 this morning. tomorrow night the full interview airs on "dateline."

>> a story you've certainly heard about. we could learn more about the accused golden state killer. the judge is expected to decide if some evidence is must be. several outlets want arrest and search warrant of suspect joseph deangelo unsealed. the judge says he's inclined to reveal some of the information. this is video of the suspect in court as you see in the cage. the attorneys will determine what needs to be redacted. the information could be released as early as tomorrow. attention surrounding golden state killer is in overdrive where the story once played out. this is not far from many east area crimes occurred. the widow of michelle mcnamara who wrote the book about the

search for the killer. two other writers finished the best seller after mcnamara died. >> he's violent. >> so many came out to the community to support. >> that's someone whose parents died at the hands of golden state killer in ventura county in 1980. filmmakers shooting the documentary also covered last night's event. at quarter to 6:00, happening today, two bay area football players work to keep athletes safe. they will join the congressman to talk concussions. the three will take questions ignacio in concord 11:00 a.m. to 12:30. they say they are going to talk about dangers of concussions and offer best practices for prevention. anyone can go. the congressman talking about a bill he's backing nationwide

standards for schools on concussion safety. the president is on his way to texas to meet with survivors of the latest school shooting. >> the president that made a lot of promises. >> he has. good morning. after the shooting in parkland, florida, he made those promises. we made a list. if you're counting that was eight school shootings ago. the list where the cool shootings, where children died, not where they were shot but survived. interesting birmingham, there were two in a row and maryland. here is your santa fe, texas, shooting. on the same day, i didn't realize this, there was a shooting and killing in jonesboro, georgia. you may recall the president surprised everybody at a meeting at the parkland shooting where 17 people died saying he wasn't afraid of nra and wants states to raise age limit for assault rifles and babb bump stocks. this came to a head at a white house briefing wednesday where a

guest reporter, a student of "time" magazine. >> at my school we recently had a lockdown. one thing that affects students mental health is the worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. specifically, can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent senseless tragedies. >> i think as a kid and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be mortifying for kids to go to school and not feel safe. so i'm sorry you feel that way. this administration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the president convened is meeting this week again in an official meeting to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools and make them feel safe and make their parents feel good about dropping them off. >> the president will meet with families of the dead from san jose high school after a fundraising trip to houston.

this is the second trip of the month. earlier he was in dallas to give the keynote at the nra convention. we can follow the president today and you can follow me on twitter @scott mcgrew. >> forget about madame tussau tussauds's max museum, kids from dublin brought to life wax figur figures. >> i am the greatest. >> i float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> could you make that out there? she's saying, i float like a butterfly, sing like a bee. muhammad ali. this is how the elementary school third graders presented their oral book report. the teacher has to touch them and activate them and they become whoever their book report is about. it's great. thomas jefferson, walt disney an

more. >> good luck eagles. >> i can't wait for my son to do that. either hard to turn him off. he'll be waiting. i don't know where he gets it. >> i don't either. >> kari, take this one. >> we've been following breaking news. we continue to keep you updated on those fires that have been happening around byron. we've just learned that one home has burned. so here is a look at some live video coming to us as the sunrises. you can still see those flames and the smoke as fire crews continue to try to get containment on this. the one thing that's kind of been fueling these fires, dry conditions, and also wind speeds, we still have gusty winds. right now wind speeds coming in from the southwest at 29 miles per hour. it's still quite gusty there. that will possible continue to give us unfavorable conditions as the morning goes along. at least it's cool. we have slightly higher humidity

at 77%, and it's going to be partly to mostly cloudy throughout the morning. temperatures in the 50s. by noon we'll be at 65 degrees. another very dry day. also looking at some gusty winds. partly cloudy skies as you head out the door, morning commute through the south bay starts with mid-50s and rises to low 60s today. it is going to be nice and cool. as you're getting dressed this morning, make sure you have on something nice and warm. today you've got to put on warriors colors and we're going to show lebron who is king around here. we are going to have some great weather for wearing the layers today, keeping it cool because tomorrow it's going to also be warming up. we're only up to 67 today in san jose and palo alto, 63 in oakland. today's high in napa, 71 degrees. our seven-day forecast goes from low 70s today to low 80s tomorrow and really hot this weekend. inland areas up to 93 degrees. it's still going to be low 90s

on sunday. next week we'll cool things off once again. san francisco upper 50s today and upper 60s on saturday. mike, you're tracking a number of crashes. >> i am, kari. a couple them just happened. we'll watch as development happens on speed sensors, south bay, easy. peninsula, no problem. over here in hayward heard about a crash southbound 880 approaching 92. disabled vehicle passed that. this may become a slow corridor from san leandro toward union city. we will track this. volume building now. bad timing for those two incidents. sounds like they should clear from the road quickly. this not yet cleared westbound 4 in summersville, out of antioch. this portion towards pittsburg, another jam up towards port chicago highway, a crash blocking one lane, that jams you. baypoint to concord, toughest section for contra costa county highway 4. that does keep 482 and 680

walnut interchange because of lighter traffic. bay bridge, back up, it is there. easier drive throughout the north bay. traffic for 880 through fremont, not a major problem. no problem. back to you. >> all right. thanks, mike. a wild goose chase in the middle of a baseball game. coming up, we'll show you how this all ended. you don't want to miss it. at 5:52, first happening now, you're going to have a harder time finding sears stores. the company is closing another 72 stores across the country. a list of stores will be revealed later today. another site for the family to see a hearst castle. the neptune pool will be filled for the first time in years. they are spending $5 million to fix up that pool. no word when it will be ready for visitors just yet. more news after the break. mike

the )unicorn birthday party ) at his house over the weekend. he just posted this picture on welcome back to "today in the bay." mike has leftovers from unicorn birthday party he threw over at his house over the weekend. he posted this picture on facebook a real rainbow coming from lucky charms. what is that, mike? >> magically delicious. >> i guess so. go to his page to read the post, join our conversation every morning, the whole team, we're on facebook and twitter in the midst of anchoring the morning news. >> 5:55 for you right now.

we all know this. the cost of housing is sky high in the bay area. some worry minorities are facing even more hurdles. the federal government monitors lending patterns by banks to make sure all are treated fairly. >> investigative reporter liz wagner found data to detect may be missing key statistics. >> when you apply for a home loan, banks are required to ask, what's your race? lenders have to report that federal government. when we crunched data in california we found surprising results. one lender reporting data with race information missing. they use it to identify skim nation in their cities. cities like concord, part of the contra costa consortium. >> what does the lack of race or ethnicity mean in a county trying to do the analysis.

>> it is hard for us to determine what the impacts are, who is being denied loans. it is harder to get at if there is unequal treatment. >> coming up tonight the mortgage lender at the center of this problem and explain why this trend could be catching on. that's tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. see you then. >> thanks, liz. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, reach out to them. they want to hear from you. 888-996-tips. or go to nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. we are watching sacramento closely this week. lawmakers are busy voting. state senators passed a bill requiring misconduct by law enforcement officers to be made public. there will be a limit on what records can be released. but if an officer uses serious force, suspected of sexually assaulting someone or is dishonest, it can be made public. the bill heads to the state assembly for a vote. at 5:57, this may come as no

surprise, california, the most populated state, has the most credit card debt. texas is second. geese love at comerica park. the goose got loose on the field in the middle of that game last night. it actually ready for something right here. look at this. you see it gets on there, got loose, wild goose chase, of course. the poor little thing took flight. look right here. ouch. yeah, that hurt. it ran into that electric sign, landed in the stands. don't worry about that. the story has a good ending. that goose is actually going to be fine. it was caught and released into a safe location. take a look at the board. can you see they are showing it there. also, look, they gave an update on it, the goose is healthy. >> that's good. that's tough to see.

5:58. searching for answers. a woman's body found in the stairwell at san francisco general hospital more than a week after she was reported missing. what we're learning about the victim and why safety protocols didn't work. >> plus breaking news for you. a home burned if the east bay. this as firefighters are battleing a series of fires. we're live with the progress crews are making and how that weather is impacting the fire. ready for game one, taking a live look inside oracle arena this morning. excitement building for finals. the reason the dubs will have to fight harder to take the first game. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. of course we'll get to traffic in a moment. right now you've been telling us about this cool down we're faci facing. >> it's really nice. inland areas enjoying it but the coast is like where are summer. it's all over the place as we

look across the bay area if you're going to the a's game first pitch at 5:35. we'll see low 60s in the afternoon with a high in oakland up to 63 degrees. san jose 67, also 67 for the high in palo alto. a comfortable 70 in antioch today and much hotter weather for the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is tracking traffic in the east bay. >> that's where we have the biggest slowdowns. bay bridge toll plaza, obviously a slowdown. what i did want to show you fasttrack lanes are moving moving well for 6:00 in the morning. we do have a back-up off the berkeley curve, a smooth drive through the maze. highway 4 is really jammed up as under the circumstances over toward antioch, a crash in summersville, slowing through pittsburg and antioch as well. the commute shows nice, smooth flow, hayward 880 right around ma