live look at downtown san jose - good tuesday morning to you. 4:30 right now and let's start the day off right as we take a live look. well, look at that, golden gate bridge and can't see too much there. that's not the way our morning is going to look. thank you for waking up with us. i'm marcus washington, mike is here and we'll start out with kari coming in it was nice and cool. windows down. >> nice and cool and the fog is back in parts of the bay area. it's going to be a cooler day an we do srt out with mostly clear skies for the inland areas and here's a look at the cool temperatures right now as you get ready to head out, we're starting out with some 50s around the bay area. it's 55 right now in san jose but check out santa rosa, 46

degrees. it's also cool in morgan hill with 48 degrees now and primary election forecast for san jose starts out at 60 degrees at 9:00 and it will be windy but also much cooler with highs in the low 70s. we'll talk about a warm-up in the forecast when we can see some 90s coming up in a few minutes. and mike tracking two crashes on i-80. >> both crashes are on the map right here, contra costa at the walnut creek and concord area just fine. we're worried about getting across the bay and east shore freeway. eastbound 80 out of the city, saw slowing of the sensors in the treasure id area. reports that your three right lanes are still blocked by a crash, traveling towards the oakland side. again those speed sensors cleared up over the last ten minutes, trying to get an update from chp to see if they made quick progress like they often do at this time.

all lanes are open and counter commute not much of a commute off the carquinez bridge. a smooth flow of traffic to the south bay but i do have a spot to watch on the peninsula. we'll talk about that coming up. i'll hand it back to you for now. >> 4:32, your vote matters, one of the closest watched local races the one for san francisco mayor. and this case if one receives more than 50% of the vote, the race will then be decided by ranked choice. more than half a dozen candidates are in the mix. the top candidates include supervisor london breed, jan kim, former legislator mark leno and another former supervisor angela al yoet to. it is a crucial election day in santa clara as well. one of the most controversial issues, recalling judge aaron persky after he sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in county jail for

sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. people behind the recall say the judge was too lenient. persky says he followed the law. voters will also choose between two candidates to replace persky today. voters will decide whether to i raise tolls on our bridges, regional measure three. if it passeay brie tol would eventually go up to $9. quts tod"today in the bay's" chd breaks down the measure this morning. >> reporter: you can blame it on the economy. bay area commute traffic is awful. those in favor of regional measure three believe the toll increase will make it better. >> regional measure three represents 35 specific traffic relief and transit improvements throughout the nine county bay area. >> if it passes, that means more money towards adowntown san jos and santa clara. a south bay extension and rail cars and rebuilt freeway

interchanges and new connections. passing out flyers telling potential vo w they should vote yes on measure three. >> this is how we fund the 35 improvements we know we've needed for decades and they don't happen for free. i hate tolls. i hate traffic more. >> cupertino vice mayor is against the toll increase. >> it's very hard to support a measure when our transit needs are so great here, we have over half of our teachers say they are leaving employment in the district within six years. what's our answer to those teachers? this measure does not address that. >> the tolls are already too high. the tolls like $6 and i feel like that's too much for people to commute. >> cheryl herd, "today in the bay." >> we have much more election coverage ahead including the governor's race. that's coming up at 5:00. and of course you can head to nbcbayarea.com for all things election.

4:34 right now, today at the white house, president trump hosts almost a thousand philadelphia eagleanso quo honor our great country but the super bowl champs will not be there because the president disinvited them. a statement from the white house says that the eagles wanted to send a smaller delegation but the fans planning to attend the event deserve better. the statement also said the eagles disagree with the president because they insist that they've proud stand for the national anthem. you probably remember back in february the warriorsed not to attend a victory ceremony at the white house. the players instead met with students from a maryland school. >> now to a disturbing story in the east ba on saturday oakland police stopped a man who was allegedly tried to strangle a baby pit bull. while threatening to kill an adult pit baull. the man had a knife in his hand and they eventually got him to drop it and he gave himself up.

fortunately the dogs weren't hurt. investigators are trying to determine if the suspect has any connection to another case of puppy abuse we told you about last week. three puppies found injured and abandoned in trash one of the puppies was missing a paw a another had a broken jaw. you are talking -- the question right now for you, are you taking more lyfts and uber. less and less people are taking buses around the marin area. the golden gate transit ridership is down 10%. muny is down 9% and san trans an 8% dr ac. >> translator: -- transit, about 2%. that equals to thousands not taking buses. this is the same across the country. experts say one reason could be that bus times are going down because congested freeways and roads. a live look at at&t park last night the giants won again.

they beat arizona for the fifth straight victory and no matter how they do tonight, pencil this one in as a win-win because for takes the mound. he broke his pinky on a line drive during preseason. he has had some good rehab starts in sacramento and san jose. 4:37 right now. coming up here on "today in the bay," we know from the apple developers conference that iphones are about to get faster. but sry has learned new tricks as well. we'll tell you what theare. plus, the housing markets red hot but how hot is it? we'll showou the bay area city outranking the country in increasing home value and other american cities h wree prices are climbing fast. a live look at the bay bridge on this electioday. the city by the bay in a e mayor raising the rainbow artf

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seattle is third with nearly a 14% se. and coming up here on "today in the bay," kari has a look at the tuesday forecast. you can tell us about the cooldown. >> it will be nice as we look outside in palo alto. starting out with low 50s and as we go through the rest of the morning, low 60s at 11:00 and eventually reaching near 70 degrees today, just perfect but does warm up as we head through the forecast. i'll talk more about it coming up next. over here the other side of the bay we're looking at fremont, the nimitz freeway at the truck scales, soth drive, a little construction north of here, not a big problem. i'll show you what is going on though coming up.

latest on wall street - here )s cnbc )s landon dowdy. 4:44. let's get the latest on wall street. here's the news before the bell. good morning, landon, good to see you. >> good tuesday morning. let's get a quick check on the mains. nasdaq closing at the record and helped by amazon and apple which both hit new highs the first record close for the nasdaq in nearly three months. you want to look for a report on job openings and turnover in the labor market, the dow raising 178 points to24,813.

the nasdaq closing up 52 to 7606. starbucks founder howard schultz is stepping down as chairman effective at the end of the month. he's also stepping away as an active member of the board. but will take on the title of chairman emeritus, he handed over the reigns to kevin johnson more than a year ago. he originally planned to announce his departure last month but that was delayed due to the pr crisis following the arrest of the two black men at the philadelphia starbucks back in april. shultz won't say specifically what he plans to do although he has alluded to possible public service. there's been much speculation he could run for president in 2020. >> and apple takes the wraps off several new features for iphone and ipad at the developers conference, theware available for devices later this year. apple sayst wl faster and siri

getting shortcut features allowing predetermined queries that will launch specific apps. it can suggest you play shorter through a coffee app little bit earlier and ahead of time. apple will provide a summary of how much time you're spending on your iphone each week and will offer apps that help limit those screen times. >> back over to you. >> i like you can facetime up to 30 people or something like that. i'm excited about that one as well. landon, it's good to see you again, welcome back. >> we've got live pictures out of oakland thishis hour, warriors are miles away infford flight to cleveland, you can certainly afford tickets for game three of the nba finals the dubs which i'm happy to remind you are up two gameso none, taking on the cavs tomorrow night. those tickets on stubhub right now are starting at 235 bucks a

pop. courtside reasons a little bit higher, we're talking four figures here and $5,000. we'll have you sitting behind the warriors. that's close enough to high five -- we did look this morning for the airline ticket and that one will cost you about $1200 for a nonstop flight there. if you can afford, give me a call. >> maybe three or four. >> if you've got 35 people to facetime, you've got three people you can -- >> like a family reunion. all right, today here is going to be a another cool one. >> looking forward to cooler temperatures. it was w start out this morning we're seeing a little bit of light patchy fog. we'll have more of this rolling in as the morning goes along and as you look at a live view of san francisco, let's look at the 7-day forecast at the bottom of the screen heading out to the polls in san francisco, we will see a few clouds during the morning and 9:00 it will only be 55 gree grab a jacket and then mostly

sunny. as we go into the rest of the day with those highs in the low 60s there and some gusty winds. as we go to concord, our temperatures start out in the 50s and we'll be at 59 degrees at 8:00. 72 degrees at noon and also sunny with highs in the upper 70s there, very nic with upper 70s in antioch today. 78 in santa rosa, palo alto 75 degrees and san francisco 62 and in san jose, only up to 71 degrees. that's cooler than normal. so as you're getting dressed today, you need a jacket and it is a cool start but also a good day to wear some pants because it will be very nice and comfortable today. also windy, our winds coming in from the west and northwest in san francisco at about 23 to possibly 30 miles per hour today. even the inland areas will be quite breezy at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. and then as we go into the day tomorrow, more of the same, windy and cool and this is our little break from the heat because we will som see changes

on the way. we do have this trough moving in, this elongated of low pressure and bringing rain across the pacific northwest. but for us bringing in cooler temperatures and stronger ocean breeze. highs in the low to mid-70s over the next couple of days and then it starts to warm up. by the weekend, we'll be in the lowerle 0's and then up to 90 degrees early next week. it's going to get hot once again but we have several days to relax and enjoy the cooler weather. san francisco going from 59 with morning fog tomorrow to 73 by sunday. i'll have more on that and mike checking on the peninsula slewing. >> overnight road work going on and it stands out because we have mostly green around the bay right there. we'll zoom in towards northbound 101 through palo alto and approaching university. right there is a lot of slowing just the focus embarcadero and oregon expressway. we do see crews and flashing lights starting to move around

where they had the traffic down to just two lanes overnight and now we're starting to see things clear up. when the daylight comes over here, you'll see this area right there, that's the overhead bridge they continue to work on. wood scaffolding around it and the configuration shifts as we have progress over there. still the overnight road work causing some lane con striks, should clear by just after 5:00. the bay bridge moves smoothly in getting out of san francisco, eastbound at treasure island. chp told us a couple of minutes ago, everything is clear and that's great news, no problems for the morning ba to you. ks,than 4:50 right now. today new punishment possible. this is against an east bay scrap metal company. richmond may revoke operating permits for sims metal corporation. in january a fire burned and air quality officials cited the company saying the fire released dangerous chemicals in the air. the shell refinery in martinez is promising to clean up its act. it's also paying a penalty to the epa as part of a settlement.

repeat inspections since 2014, the epa found multiple violations, including quote, failure to follow procedures in handling hazardous waes. shell has agreed to make improvements which epa says will being released in the ous from environment every year. talk about gun shows, they could soon be a thing of the past in the cow palace supervisors will consider to support a bill to ban sales at the van enue. it is making its way through the legislature right now. gun control advocates recently protested the cow palace, demanding a stop to gun shows. americaly got a glimpse of the first lady after 24 days. melania trump attended an event at the white house alongside president trump to honor military nore allowed inside so all america got was a glimpse of

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francisco giants new top draft pick, it should probably mean free fast passes for life. this is what i'm talking about. the giants yesterday selected georgia tech catcher joey bar the second overall pick in the draft. guess who already lik the pick? b.a.r.t., as it bay area rapid transit, never go wrong when choos b.a.r.t. welcome to the bay, joey. although it may take a little while for this b.a.r.t. train to arrive. pretty fu there, huh? >> coming up here, another quick check on the forecast. >> and nowe're going to sunnyvale as we take a live look outside in san jose, our temperature trend will be in the upper 60s today, much cooler and it's going to warm up in this forecast, more on that coming up next. >> remember how i said everything is clear on bay ge not anymore. that was quick, two minute change and now we have a crash westbound. i'll explain what you're looking

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good morning at 5:00 here, today marks the beginning of a pivot alley leks cycle here in the golden state. we're breaking down all of the major races and ballot measures for you and all you need to know before hitting the polls today. good morning and thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. of course we're going to get your traffic and up to date with that in just a moment with mike

inouye. first, kari, another beautiful day. >> it's going to be really nice and also much cooler for the inland areas you're going to notice that difference and we'll be coming down out of the 80s and 90s. upper 70s for anttoday. we start out with cool temperatures and sunshine at 9:00, heading out to the polls it will be 64 degrees. noontime temperature 73 and eventually making it up to the upper 70s but it will be windy today and that keeps the coast cool with san francisco reaching 62 degrees. in san jose, 71 and in napa today 78 degrees. we'll talk about more of those temperatures and warm-up ahead and mike has a problem on the bay bridge. >> we do. this is tuesday, we expect more traffic than yesterday and also h