in. we )ve got full coverage on thes tt matter to you.. theoting is over but results continue to pour in. we have full coverage of the races and measures that matter to you, including an overnight upset in san francisco. the new leader in the race this morning for mayor. i'm lauragaia >> i'm marcus washington. right now, kari, looking nice outside. >> going to be cool today and breezy and today is the coolest day of the week before it heats ll wt to get out and enjoy it. let's get a live look outside where it's a clear start as we go to sunnyvale. we'll see a few clouds in the mix throughout the morning and normally we're up to 78 degrees but we're not going to get up to that warm today. it will stay in the 60s there. but for the inland areas,

mid-70s from antioch and also the north bay. san francisco today 59 degrees. g warup in the forecast. i'll have more on that in a few minutes and mike tracking the cruise in palo al. >> we have down to one lane for northbound 101 as you approach university. that's the construction for the overpass. during the daylight you'll see coinue to work on the overcrossing. over the next half hour we'll see lanes blocked fort about five minutes as they move a couple of trucks out of the area. for next half hour, you're swin he embarcadero area andg up in university. it's not long enough of a backup to show up on sensors but you saw i right there. in the south bay, traic smoothly but overhere 101, there's capital expressway and off the freeway we have a lot of

activity, for that i'll send it off to you, marcus and laura. >> thanks, mike. we'll get you caught up on election coverage shortly but we have breaking news out of san jose, a driver slams into a fire truck as those firefighters are battling a small fire. crews are working to save the people inside that car. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez rushed to the scene and there with the very latest. a lot of activity behind you, kris. >> reporter: the good news here is that the folks in the car are out and headed to the hospital but we have san jose fire here. one of your firefighters nearly in this crash. >> yes, the driver of this fire apparatus is actually out, he's the pumper of the apparatus and walking back to prepare the cones again when the car went past him nearly striking him before it struck the back of the fire apparatus. >> reporter: do you think the drivers saw him and tried to get oust way? >> i don't think the driver saw him at all. my driver saw the car coming and

able to dive out of the way. >> reporter: diving, that's pretty cloegs. >> yes, he was nearly injured. >> reporter: this is a stretch of east capitol expressway, pretty dark, it is 'precarious situation to fight a fire here. >> capitol expressway is known to have high rates of speed but it's fairly straight. with the emergency lights, i'm curious why the driver did not see the fire apparatus. >> reporter: what can you tell us about the folks that slammed into your rig. >> there was one person trapped in the vehicle for some time and later taken to the trauma center. >> repr:in right nearly out when the accident happened and was subsequently extinguished, the fire was extinguished. >> reporter: clearly not a typical response this morning. >> no, not for a vegetation fire, no. >> reporter: the fire is out, the one person in the car is now headed to the hospital and i'll tell you that one firefighter must be counting his blessings this morning as you heard from

the officer and firefighter, it was a very close call. we'll continue to follow this for you throughout themorning. , bay." >> active morning there. thanks, kris. back to our election cerage this moing. first, some stunning changes overnight in the race for san francisco mayor. while you were sleeping mark leno is now ahead of london breed. if you look at the graphic right here, it's so close that they are virtually tied. >> "today in the bay's" thom jenson, they are closen this race, thom. >> reporter: very close, it is too early to call this race because this was a special election so a little bit different after the sudden death of mayor ed lee in december after he had a heart attack. this is a ranked choice system. are distributed with the first place votes and second place vote going to the candidates and then the third place finisher would then leave

the race. that was jane kim and those firsla votes for her would be redistributed. at this point london breed has the most fir place votes. it'setermid though that leno would possibly win because most of the mail-in ballots, tens of thousands coming in late usually go to the progressive candidate. the latest results with just over 1,000 votes difference are razor thin. nbc b area did talk to breed late last night when she had a small lead and she said, she was cautiouslyar returns, it loo very promising but it's not the end result. we're just holding on tight and waiting until the votes are all counted to see what it says. >> reporter: leno does have a long record of public service as all three candidates had public service experience. his dated back more than 20 years where he fought for tenant

rights in san francisco and board of supervisors and in the state senate, most recently where he championed health care reforms and same-sex marriages. it is projected that leno would win even though there are tens of thousands of votes coming in. again, this was a quick special election that was very divisive and there are tens of thousands wchotes still in there could keep coming in until friday. and we will keep you upto date. wee live in san francisco, thom jensen, qu"today in the b." >> you can actually see how all of those races and measures did in your county. you can head o nbcbayarea.com. "today in the bay," the change red with instagr videos sure to have some users excited and others may be annoyed. you've heard of magazine subscriptions but what about a subscription to use a car? we'll tell you which high end car maker is rolling out this new service and how much it will cost you.

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they get someone else to clean up the cheet ooxt s that your kids leave -- sounds like a great idea. $3,000 a month. chump change. >> yes, for some. >> i don'thi needhose sticky fge in that car. thanks, contessa. coming up here on "today in the bay," kari, looking at the forecast and it's looking good. >> really really good today, getting outside as we take a live look outside in palo alto. you srt out with a few clouds and we'll see the sun peeking through. highs today in the mid-60s with breezy winds, we'll talk abo what's ahead as it heats up in the forecast coming up next. a kari just showed that construction still going on in the peninsula but the tail lights ine just f hav clearer l someone just cleaned this lens. e

new video -- good morning, taking a live look outside from the south bay, a nice kind of mild start to our day. ook at the temperatures coming up. see if they are going up. in just moments. quarter to 5:00 right now. take a look at this video, you can see right here, these are wha swimming in monterey bay. pretty common sight there but look at it pretty cool, huh? a whale watch group posted this

c see those humpback whales swimming with sea lions and dolphins, something to make you go, hmmm, if you're tense, watch over and over aiit rax yo >> unless you're scared of whales. >> okay, maybe now this is the time to go on those tours. >> yeah, definitely. >> last time i went on a while watching tour, wasoa so rocky, everybody was sea sick and laying around. i was like -- we did get to see some whales. >> there you go. >>the as we start out. and it's still going to be breezy, we've had this trough set up along the coast that brings in a strong ocean breeze and you've been feeling the breezes. livermore and 54 in san degrees d sanjose.and 54 in palo alto let'so rtinez, where our in the 50s and it is going art to be beautiful day with highs reaching into the low 70s by

early afternoon. and mostly sunny skies looking at all of our highs for today in san jose, up to 69 degrees and 70 today in los gatos. for the eastay in oakland, expect a high of 63 degrees 72 in danville. for the coast, upper 50s there. it is still going to be windy and cool and at times clouds rolling by. palo alto up to 68. outer sunset at 53 degrees and high in napa will reach up to 74 and winds coming in from the west. as you're getting dressed this morning, it is a day for a nice warm jacket at least to start, later on today it will be so comfortable and sunglasses and short sleeves and good day for that. as we go through the forecast. a lot ofre. mid-70s and we'll see the same thing tomorrow but by friday, we get a boost in our temperatures, we'll be up to 84 degrees. it does come down a few degrees

on saturday but that's before we get a really big ramp up in our temperatures, check out early next week. it looks like the heat will stay with us all through next week with 90s for inland areas and san francisco goes from 59 today to low 70s by the end of the weekend. we'll talk more about that but mike says the commute is pretty calm right now. >> so the reporter but 96 for tuesday next week. my goodness. we'll check the hot temperature changes over the next week. we're looking over here, not a lot of change except for right here. peninsula slows slowing northbound 101 towards the one lane open at the construction at university. we're continuing to followthat. i'll leto changes in overnight crews, they should change in next ten minutes. a little slowing southbound 880 and there may be another crew right in and out bnow. the approach through concord and upper east shore freeway moving nicely and we'll look at the richmond and san rafael bridge,

green sensors through the area. getting over to the north bay is no problem. we have no delays also reported for our transit agencies, b.a.r.t. has 29 trains on time, ace train and if you board at the tracy station, you have to display your ticket before you get on the train. that's a little different than the typical pattern. i don't know if they are trying something different as far as verification or different pattern over there but that is the note they sent to me. display your ticket. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 4:48. back to our decision 2018covege santa clara appears to head towards a runoff. laurie smith needed 50% and she's falling short of that, former undersheriff and second in command john hirokawa in second place with 30% of the vote. sheriff smith is seeking a sixth termac lot of controversies over last four years, including the death of

inmate michael tie rea beaten by ef smiths deputies. but the sheriff says she's making improvements. she spoke to us last night. >> we have done a lot of jail reform. but we're doing great work in the sheriff's office and i'm looking forward to another four years. >> numbers show me right now that most likely there will be a runoff in november but the majority of the voters who cast their ballots are indicating they want change. >> we'll see if that change will come in the fall. that was john hirokawa. now to a proposition h, it woul equip san francisco police officers with tasers, 50% voted no on the pressure and 39% voted yes. now to other news this morning. today the fbi will shed new light on a student accused of threatening to shoot up his classmates in the east bay. >> the boy attends valley view middle school in pleasant hill. he posted a message o snap chat

with gun ee moejgys whe he la week of school. people during snapchat alerted the fbi which will hold a press conference this afternoon. >> disturbing accusations, 27-year-old brandon gen he is, is a chemistry teachener la fay yaet. police say he forced one child he was baby-sitting to touch him inappropriately. he's on administrative leave and investigators are trying to find out if there areore victims. san francisco police arresting a man for beating a four-month-old puppy to death. mark haberman facing animal cruelty charges. forens evidence from his home showed blood belonging to skunky. a woman in is in serious

condition after she was hit by a car crossing the street i berkeley. it happened last night at 7:30 at sacramento and delaware streets. that driver who is cooperating with police says that they did not see the woman. police say drugs or alcohol does not appear to have played a role. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. a chance for us to take your consumer complaints face to face. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. but first, happening now, your next package might be delayed. union workers at ups have voted in favor of a potential strike. the ups and the union are negotiating on a number of things, including expanding deliveries to seven days a week along with wages and benefits. >> plus, the international space station could soon be sold. nasa i talking to several companies to run it as a commercial space lab. it cost the united states

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there you have it. thank you very much, chris. it is 4:56. you won't be able to find certain cigarettes in parts of san mateo county. it wasn't on the ballot. the supervisors decided to ban the sale of menthol and flavored tobacco products. this would be for unincorporated parts of the county. county leaders unanimously passed the ordinance last night. it came on the same day voters in san francisco through their support behind a similar ban. >> you can get a glimpse of the future of the bay area. we talked about before the bay area action plan, this is a push to lower the cospurt o economic and protect the climate. theio pnning committee is meeting at the bay area metro nt san fr> comingp nexn "today the bay," pleasant weather across the bay area today. >> it will be much cooler than normal with san jose looking at the nice clear start this morning. we'll see a few clouds moving in and our willow glenn temperatures show we'll be at 55 degrees at 8:00.

normally we're at 78 degrees but we're not going to get there today. but there's a big warm upin the forecast. more on that next. since you mentioned san jose, let's mention the drive as well. here's 101 at 680. we're still tracking the fire department involved crash just off capitolsway, we'll talk about that of course as the rest of your commute >>hareaking news we've been telling you about in bay, two emergencies on their hand. while battling a fire, a driver slams into the fire truck. a live report coming up for you.

>> quickly approaching 5:00 this wednesday morning. the morning after the election. the voters got their say. we've got complete coverage on all of the measures and races you need to know about including one that will impact your commute. a live look at the bay bridge and san mateo bridge this morning when you can start paying more at the tolls. thanks for starting your morning with us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm lauragarcia. cooler temperatures prevailing today. cast your ballot for that. >> you better enjoy it because we have major changes- >> i vote for cooler. >> me too. and it's going to do what it wants to do. we're going to see those highs in the 60s today, let's get a live look outside in san

esda star we' seeing the light patchy fog but overall mostly clear visibility and it's a mild start with mid-50s there. you're getting out the door in san jose to 54 degrees and 51 now in livermore and our highs today heading into the mid-70s for concord and antioch and san francisco, 59 degrees. we'll talk about thoot temperatures ahead and mike still tracking one l palo alto. >> it's always open for mornino 101. crews blocking all but fast lane approaching the university off ramp. you see the lights flowing as you get up towards the area. from embark zer de