49ers in the history books. in hours the greatest nachl ts in history will flock for a team tribute. today in the bay kochbts right now. a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> marcus has the week off. let's get your morning started right with a check of the weather. >> it looks great out there starting out with clouds, slightly cooler temperatures across the bay area. it could be what we expect today. here is a look. a little bit of a breeze. you can see the flag waving. we are going to see the clouds clearing out. temperatures in the upper 50s as we start out heading into the upper 70s by early afternoon. if you're on your way out around san jose it will be about 58 degrees. if you wait a little bit later it will start to heat up. at noon 76. we'll take a look at that coming up. we have a look at the morning

commute. i'm seeing a couple of yellow cones on your map. >> yeah. nothing to be concerned about it a couple of spots not causing any heavy delays. it is more off the shoulder here. look at the overall bay area. we have some slowing in the south bay. it is due to typical morning commute. let's get to things you can keep in mind as you make your way out the door this morning. one is the metering lights have been on since about 5:30 this morning. you can expect heavy delays. another thing i want to bring your attention to is the san mateo bridge. chp did issue a high wind advisory as you head out the door this morning. a couple of things to keep in mind. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> want to get you caught up on the major firings burning in california. these are live pictures in lake county where the fire is still burning. this is the river fire.

we will have a live report in about 20 minutes. more than 80,000 acres have burned. it is 22% con daned rigtained r. the car fire has burned more than 112,000 acres, nearly the size of san jose. right now the search continues for four people who remain missing. we'll continue to follow those fires. also happening today former 49er star will come together to honor the man wloz cast launched a dynasty. >> we are live in san francisco. we are sharing exclusive new interview. >> yeah. it is taking place a few hours from now.

dwight clark will also be remembered for when he scored the winning touchdown during a championship game propelling the 49ers to their first super bowl victory. former team owner was with clark just before he passed away from als it was this past june. he kissed lark on the fore aid and that he hloved him. he said he has written it and rewritten it seven tieps. clark spent his final months also living in montana. >> i don't think there was a person throughout his entire career that didn't like him. he had names for guys.

>> he was the type of naern made a really tough game fun. >> guests will include joe montana, steve young, nancy pe low say, former mayor willie brown. by the way, today's memorial service is at 11:00 here. it is a private ceremony. the it's not open to the public. >> what a legacy he they asked what they are doing we um m.

>> showed him throwing belongings in lake merry. you maim recall the charges have to do with a separate incident. a man filmed the confrontation. cente pleaded not guilty to robbery charges. >> a to what happened. no one died and at least l 0 are hurt. passenger. >> you kind of felt like something was wrong.

at that point i just started out of instinct bracing for impact. i was slamming into the groubd. >> he said it's a miracle everyone survived. the exact cause of the crash is still under investigation. >> with less than a hundred days of midterm they found new efforts to influence our elections. there are fears russia is behind it again. >> we are live from capitol hill with what senators plan to do about it today. good morning. >> hey. good morning everyone. so they will do some listing today to see what the situation is. om are wondering if more sanctions. facebook anouchnounced they fouf 2 fake accounts and pages.

some of them urging people to demonstrate at homeland security headquarters against immigration and customs enforcement. some of them setting up a counter protest similar to the rally we saw in charlottesville earlier. all of these not legit. they are designed to incite racial tensions among the public and voters leading up to this election. as we realized we saw that the russians were behind the fake ads that were on facebook now it looks like there are other social media accounts, groups that are being set up to try to do the same thing. congress leaning on social media companies to try to root them out and get rid of them. they are also looking at what they can do to get russia to back off.

>> back to you. >> time to check in with kar. huh way through the week. >> yes. >> you can see the hazy skies. a live look outside in dublin. it will be nice and cool, some upper 50s. be mindful of all of the smock out there. if you have breathing problems limit your time outside and turn the air-conditions on recirculate. you'll meet that from the upper 50s to the low 80s today. a look at our san jose forecast. we will see some clouds rolling by early but all of that clears out. we go from the upper 50s to about 76 at noon. it is 79 at 1:00 today. we'll take a look at our temperature trend coming up. we are looking at issues on the bay bridge. >> i'm trying my best to be like

mike. a couple offi issues on the bay bridge. this is causing delays there. this is due in part to the fact that the metering lights are on. there is a stalled vehicle. a stalled limb moe on the eastbound side. this is right at treasure island blocking the number four lane. i'm not seeing any major slowing. i don't know where they were going maybe not so fancy the fact that it's sold out. aside from that no bigger issues. back to you. think of. >> it is 6:09 in the morning.

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time now for a check of this anchts cloudy start. mostly in the low 60s. we are at 66 degrees. looking at 77 at 3:00 this afternoon. our temperatures coming down all across the bay area. we'll talk about wras hay head coming up in less than five minutes. it the bay bridge toll plaza. you a couple of things you need to worry about. there are two traffic hazards out on the road. chp reporting another traffic issue. a taxi just lost a wheel you definitely want to take aeks that time as you head out the door this morning. a check of morning business

headlines. stocks did rally yesterday. markets rose on reports that the u.s. and china are back seeking talks to the trade dispute. they say president trump seeking additional tariffs on chinese products. on today's watch list we have reports from hiring in the private sector. they were better than expected. the dow rose, best month seance january. it sold more phones and did so at higher prices. apple also upbeat about the current quarter. that could trade at a record high. also apple is closing in on another milestone. it could be today, the first company to top a trillion in market value. and you'll be able to use

your iphone to pay for a big gulp and your prescription. they say 7-eleven and cvc -- they day apple pay handled more than a billion transactions in the past quarter, more than paypal and square. putting on end to one fall election battle lt the company agreed far per sengtage of their revenue. the city expects to receive about $30 million per year for transit related projects. federal judge temporarily stopping the release for instructions for th3d printed

guns. a texas man is behind it. he reached a settlement with the federal government to release the files online. wilson who runs a company called defense distributed says it is about first and second amendment rights. >> i don't think you should have the ability to control access to it or ability to print it on the machine. >> democrats urging to reverse the decision to release the blueprints in the first police. the president said he is speaking with the nra about the issue. new this morning we have an important question for you. when and in which state was key lime created? >> two are fighting it out. the author of brave tart, iconic american desert says the first key lime pie was whipped up in new york city in 1931. not so fast. the author of the key west key lime pie cook book says the

desert was in key west florida in the late 18 hundreds. there are articles and ads to prove it. also in 2006 florida's legislature voted key lime pie the official desert. sorry, this one might go to key west. >> that is my favorite desert. >> i had it in key west. it was the most amazing desert. i don't know if it was because i was pregnant or what. >>. >> i didn't know there were state deserts. i'll have to look up california. >> maybe it's something with avocado. all right. starting out this morning with nice weather as you make your breakfast and get ready to head out the door. we have nice weather today. here is a live look outside. still cool and foggy here. we will get some clearing for the afternoon. we know we haven't had a break

from the clouds there. looking at upper 70s. it is nice and warm. check out antioch today. it is going to be hot but at least not unbearable. seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen. we were going to have beautiful weather out there. after you get off work tonight in walnut creek here is live music. we'll be at 82 degrees.

i have also been tracking what's happening across the state. we have a surge of moisture coming in from the southwest that sparked up lightning strikes across southern sierra yesterday afternoon. we'll see if it happens again today but haven't had a lot of rain looking towards lake county. a lot of smoke in those areas. we are sharing our weather pictures so that everyone knows what it looks like across the bay area where you live. >> we are going from the low 90s. we'll bring it back down for saturday and sunday. san francisco no changes here. >> look at the bay area maps.

let's take you to the bay bridge. chp reporting issues along that area. east of the toll plaza there is an earlier crash. you can see slowing there. on the eastbound side at treasure island there is what appears to be a limo. chp reporting what appears to be a taxi at the same exact spot. i don't know what's going on at treasure island. definitely try to take extra time today. one of those lanes being blocked out by two out on the road. bay bridge about 12 minutes. there is a high wind advisory. westbound 85 about ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you.

we were debating a little while ago the state desert of california it is lemon cake. >> i have never tried it. >> colorado is hot candy. that's their desert. >> you learning something today. >> nbc bay area. and did you feel it in a 2.5, nbc, you're watching today in the bay.

napa family who says their earthquake insurance -- left them on shaky ground. consumer investigator chris chmura took a look at this case for us. chris has talked about earthquake insurance before. people in concord a welcome back. chris talked about earthquake insurance before. >> yeah. we have. all earthquake policies add minu ministered by the california earthquake authority. the napa earthquake destroyed his home in 2014. they were confident it woulgd cover the cost of rebuilding. he says they were still shorting him about 18,000 dlarsz.

the dissput centered on skruks costs. it estimated $154 a square foot. he was paying 2,200 dlarsz a month for a rental while waiting to rebuild. bob turned to us. csaa insurance group, we asked it to take another look. bob told us it offered him $9,200 and he accepted. csaa told us we pride ourselves on providing excellent service and are glad we were able to address this member's concern. we talk about property insurance a lot, whether it's for earthquakes or fires or flood make sure you understand your policy. if you feel you're not treated fairly you can contact the california departmentover insurance. you can also contact us any time. the number is 888-996-tips or

visit nbc bay area.com/responds. >> thanks. it is 6:25 right now. people in concord and clayton have tools to help in case of an emergency. it is called smart 911. you can log in and create a provide. that information would be helpful for first responders when an american si happens. people can share as much or as little information as you want. >> coming up next, some families in sudden need of a new school, the sticking point sticking in the way of dallas getting started. and wild fires raging across southern california, the flare ups as a new blazes out. -water !

good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m laura garcia. and i let's take a live look outside. thanks for joining us. >> marcus has the day off. let's get your wednesday started right. a check of your weather. >> yeah. we start out this morning nice and cool. mostly clear skies for the inland areas. still the fog for the coast. here is a live look outside. i'm showing this shot because we are still looking at the drifts of smoke moving by because of

northern fires. we are looking live right now. let's head over to evergreen. it is 61 degrees heating up into the mid-80s. we are half way through the week. we'll look ahead to the weekend coming up in about seven minutes. we have a look at the commute. >> it is 6:30. no surprise we are starting to see issues in the east bay. it is typically one of the hotter spots. i want to take you right to one of the accidents. a lane being blocked along southbound 880. there was a crash earlier and now you can see the heavy delays. so far we have seen our speed sensors really slow down from green to yellow to red.

there was a crash earlier that was blocking lanes. they are working to clear that out. i'm happy to report that the stalled vehicle along the eastbound side right at pressure island has been cleared out. back do you. >> thank you. >> this is video we shot not even an hour ago. overnight more homes burned as fair fighters try to continue to control the fast moving flames. here is the latest numbers. the fire currently at more than 80,000 acres. that's four times the size of concord. we just got an update that says the fire is 12% contained right now. we don't know how many homes

burned overnight. thousands more are in the flame's path this morning. we have been bringing live reports from the fire zones all week. he is live in lake port to show us what's happening there. the last hour there were flare ups happening behind you. still a lot of smoke in the air. >> yeah. that's right. the biggest battle for firefighters is there. it is so close to this home. firefighters have really been working to try to protect as many homes as possible. you can see the smoke smoldering. this is lake port near highway 29. the fire really kicked up last night. she says the fire jumped the containment line and began to set fires to homes at unincorporated lake port. the complex fire is made up of two fires. the ranch fire and the river fire which is close.

they say the fire picked up along with the clang in wind. she says the winds shifted from the west to a more hot and dry wind blowing north which only added to an already hot day. just to give you an idea how destructive the fires have been here is a look from earlier this morning. it shows you a before and after picture of this multi-million dollars home that was destroyed last night in the fire. we are also told at one point upwards of 19,000 people have been evacuated but as of yesterday some people were finally allowed to go home. others never even left. >> we don't leave. we won't. we'll be fine. we'll be okay. we always are. >> power crews have been working overnight. heading into today the priority will be to reenforce the containment line. firefighters are being brought

in from florida and tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the high school there will be a town hall meeting. they will be out to answer questions and give an update on the fire. today in the bay. >> thank you. another fire burning. evacuations underway for the so called eel fire. this is burning to the east. now, a little bit more than a hundred miles of where he was reporting. right now burned a little more than 900 acres. we are posting realtime up dates on nbcbayarea.com. new this morning dozens of south bay families are cramabling to find schools for their kids. >> the charter school says it is not going to open. we are looking into this with chris.

>>. >> reporter: we have been getting uniforms raetd di. a lot of people have bigger worries than now, what it plans for that digsal. well, the charter position was approved. it was the reports it is the only building that has 25,000 square feelt available and

dallas are appropriate for middle school student ch they said they are too far with tech museumover innovation. the only option was the to delay the opening until next fall. now promise academy leaders will work to find another site while also looking for perhaps a private site as another possible option. now, in the meantime they will continue registration for next fall, 2019 they will kick it off with a block party next month. they are also offering free tutoring to try to support the students through academic year. >> i did good is in terms of campus availability. >> thank you. it is 6:36 right now. a man accused of sexually assaulting women is expected to appear in court this morning.

he pleaded not guilty last month in the so called ride share rapist case. he waited outside bars and targeted women looking for their ride share vehicles. he is accused in at least four sexual asoughts. 6:37 hoping to improve public transportation. this is based on the coast side transit study. it gives guidelines for improvement like adding more trips. that line goes on the coast to daily city park. long term plans include extentding all the way down to half-moon bay. hoping to revitalize downtown. it is something many don't realize exist but it does. this is the area we are talking about. this is a map downtown along dub lib between highway 680. they are hoping to create more

vibrant downtown. you can hear more tonight at 6:00 at city hall. >> it the part of the morning commute. we have some pretty hef savy delays. the south bay very typical morning slowing. let's check out 880. there is not one but two earlier crashes. one was blocking the lanes. that cleared out and we have possible debris that is blocking some of the lanes along fremont boulevard. i want to show you how heavy delays are. they are backed up passing 92 connector. head out and take surface streets and avoid that section of it all together. i want to give you an update. it has gotten a lot better. metering lights are still on. we are seeing delays from an earlier crash that happened east of the toll plaza. i want to show you east bay drive times. i have noticed slowing where that crash was southbound from 238 to highway 84.

you're looking at 23 minutes. head out now. we are almost to the weekend. we are half way through the workweek. a lot going on as far as events and our temperatures really spread out. let's start out friday with music in the park. we'll we'll be ns upper 80s. doing we'll have a wide range from bay area beaches into the upper of 0 upper 60s. a little bit cooler than we have been throughout the week and more of the same on sunday.

if you want to get away from the crowds up to 90 on saturday. during the morning and evening hours it will feel much more comfortable. this weekend if you'll be there in caramel valley going to the restaurants and heading to the beach expect ton saturday to high to reach 81 degrees and 77 on sunday. let me know what's going on. i had my friend gary reach out and send me a picture. let me know about your weekend plans. i'll have a look at today's temperatures for fremont coming up in about three minutes. >> thank you. >> hijacking results for some of the biggest names in hol lie wood. >> these are regular search results that are coming back with the ambitious content you can consider. a big morning for parents

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good morning. right now it is 6:43. we take a live look outside in fremont. mostly cloudy skies and starting

out with upper 50s. at 8:00 we are at 58 degrees. as the day goes along a lot of sunshine with skies quickly clearing. heading into the upper 70s here. we'll have a wide range in temperatures from the upper 50s to the upper 90s. i'll show you what to expect for the next few days coming up in less than five minutes. we have a nice shot of the san mateo bridge. we definitely have building traffic along all of the bridges along the bay area. you may want to head out now. there is also a wind advisory for the bridge. i'll have more details coming up. >> thank you very much. 6:44. it is happening later today. a 49er legend will be remembered there. hundreds are expected to attend a private memorial service. he will always be remembered for the catch in the 1981 nfc championship game. former team owner says clark was

always the team machlt zbli don't think there was a person throughout his entire career that didn't like him. he had names for guys. you know, he was the type of person that made a really tough game fun. >> clark died from als in june. dozens of former teammates are scheduled to be there including jerry rice, and steve young. our team is working on a documentary. it debuts in october. it is right here on nbc bay area. football returns tomorrow. the bay area playing the ravens and the hall of fame game kicks off at 5:00 a.m. many promises of containing

my information on its plat form still falling short. in fact just this past monday some of the top search results on the site were radical far right conspiracies targets celebrities making false allegations they are part of a child exring. this is the same thing that happened during the ptd shl election. ben has been tracking the videos on. >> you tube. >> they have -- if you're getting your kid a kplutcompute play on this is what he is safe with. >> millions are watching these videos created by a right wing group. they created new tools.

you tube wants to expand headquart rs. they want to know what you think. you tube want to build there's a a -- you have until august they are back at it again. they are calling for the new plan is another long shot. there would need to be a special election or congress will need to make a new she roared back to

life 90 days ago and more than 700 homes have been destroyed. >> it is fascinating to watch that video. >> 90 days and no stopping. we have a look at coastal fog. the sunshines on the stop layer of that fog right now at about 1,000 feet and below. it is nice and clear above that. it is mixing in with smoke. it is a nice looking sunrise. this is heading north into san jose. our temperatures will be in the upper 50s. as you start out nice and cool with maybe the heater on inside the car. as the day goes along you'll go

from the heater to the air-conditioning. temperatures reaching into the upper 80s. if you're heading out far jog this morning in san jose it is nice and cool. it will be in the mid-60s by 9:00. our temperature trend goes up but it stays comfortable for today. still very warm in walnut creek with our 10:00 temp at 70 degrees. lunchtime at 78 and going through the afternoon reaching the upper 80s there. they are cooler than we have had recently. it is up to 90 in concord. expect a high to reach about 64 degrees. we have had a surge across the state. it triggered a few lightning strikes across the southern sierra. there the humidity will be high. that's what we'll be watching but we continue on with our weather with a steady weather pattern across the bay area.

temperatures will start to come down. the big stories we'll have, hot temperatures but as we go towards the weekend we will come down several degrees. san francisco keeps the fog and more of the same temperatures. as you get drivers out there on the roads any problem spots? >> eastbound still seeing major slowing. if this is your commute -- >> i will look into that and post it on twitter. this is along the southbound side. one at fremont and one up ahead. you can see it is working to

recover. i will get to your drive times. this one strange just changed about 15 minutes. your drive times are definitely slowing down. we have a couple of minor issues along westbound 580. you're looking at 26 minutes. as we inch closer to the 7:00 a.m. hour the thing that will get closer is the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:51. coming up we'll have today's top story. >> including facebook under fire again, the steps lawmakers will take to keep foreign countries from interfering. thieves steal the crown

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fire raging in mendocino and lake counties. welcome back. we are awaiting an update on a fire raging. as of last night the two fires combined had burned more than 80,000 acres. seven homes are destroyed. right now about 12% contained. there is a third fire burning. it is called the eel fire. it burned about 800 acres. we have updates on a nbcbayarea.com. this is trump's former campaign manager. yesterday they said he made billions and then hit that money overseas to pay taxes. >> a live look this morning where senators will take up the issue of social media and the u.s. election specifically how foreign actors tried to influps

flu social plead ya. it comes a day after facebook revealed it discovered 32 fake we counts. they aren't sure who is behind the accounts but they may be connected to members russia. well, apple closing in on another milestone. stock market krould strad at a regard high today. apple reported quarterly earnings. earlier this morning about 4% off. it is 6:56 this morning. bay area organized by london breed and san jose attending the summit in stan san francisco. >> they want to know what's going on with muny.

calling for a hearing to get to the bottom of recent slow downs. they say it is effecting 30 routes across the city. >> new video of passenger planes. all 103 people on board survivored. the plane was headed from durango to mexico city and crashed shortly after takeoff. we don't know about a cause yet. coming up on the today show one passenger describes the terrifying ordeal and we get an update on what investigators are saying about the crash. at 6:57, plans far new south bay charter school are on hold. this is a live look.

a lot of people trying to fight a plan b if thr time of year. the school curriculum one tied to the leaders. report ts says americans spend on average 11 hours a day according to the total audience report. older generations spend the most times, adults 50 to 64 spend 13 hours a day. the reason is more time spent on things like google chrome, apple tv and video games. the other con day butters, computers, smart phones and tablets. >> that's right. they call it turkey neck or

something because everybody is looking at their phones. >> just watch tv. >> yes. watch us. download our app. >> stay informed. >> we are also checking out the seven day forecast. we'll see highs rieching into the low 90s. an sfran ciscoe, we have an up day. >> the oes bay is. you can see it is taking up plenty of red and yellow. they wiare working to clear out some of that debris. you're looking at 24 minutes. we are also seeing slowing in the tri-valley due to westbound 580. >> all right.

we'll have a check of traffic and weather in our local news update coming up at 7:25 and ever half hour after that. >> and we are looking at nbcbayarea.com. have a great august 1st. miracle in mexico. images just in from the scene of that aeromexico crash. 103 people survived. the plane in flames. this morning what an american on that flight saw and heard. it's happening again. facebook sounds the alarm after discovering a covert campaign to influence the november election. >> i can say with pretty high confidence, i think this is russian related. >> just ahead, what's the u.s.'s next move. no jail time. the first penn state fraternity member sentenced in connection with the hazing death of