pleasanton at this hour. good morning. i'm marcus washington. >> today in the bay live at the scene with bob redell. the flames were big out there earlier, bob. >> reporter: this is something you'll definitely notice between livermore and pleasanton. it has been burning for about an hour and a half right now. right now within the past 30 minutes i have seen a lot of white smoke. it is a good indication but there is a section over there that the fire department has been dumping water on far long time. not clear what burned inside of this building. i did ask a captain. he wasn't sure. it is hard to tell this is not

on fire. if you're not familiar with the area that is what is near by. a lotover items inside still burning. three different agencies called to dump as much water as they can on here. you a bunch of lines on the ground. bob redell, today in the bay. >> thanks so much. download the bay area app.

>> it was about the traffic surrounding that area. mike, what is it going to look like right now? >> we have this camera right here. i did swing the camera around. i didn't see the glow from up here. let me show you in relation to where you'll see the fire. the camera is way up here. another fire location is near valley and stanley. stanley is open. the sun starts to come up. we'll track the response closely. we'll show you a big view. no major problems for the commute just getting started

this friday. things are looking very pleasant. as you make your way out you'll be in the upper 50s as you start out the day. upper 70s by noon. take your lunch outside. after that it might be a little bit too hot. temperatures for the weekend coming up in about five minutes. police arrested a suspect within one day of the attack. wilson's sister was also stabbed. the stabbing happened at the c

macarthur bart station. attorneys plan to ask for security clangs hanges on bart. >> back in court and the plea deals off to the table. he says they were showing up. it is something that could be decided bay judge today. >> a follow to a troubling attack on an elderly man. one of the suspects heads back to court today a town hall meeting was held last night about the beating. the community is asking what can be done to stop the violence. one of two people has bay area

ties. this shows the man walking in a park last week when two young men attacked him. it is the son of a union city police chief. he is expected in court today for an arraignment. they issued a statement condemning the attack. a scary story as kids head back to school. a teacher accused of asking a 16-year-old student for sexually explicit images. we are live in san jose. it is a look at the disturbing allegations out there. >> reporter: hi there. where we are is one of the places where the suspects would have had contact with students. at this point he is only accused of having inappropriate contact with this teenaged girl.

their say he kplun kated to solicit sexually explicit images. he interacted in san jose and at the california youth symphony where he was a conductor. he was the music teacher here. i did reach out to the school for comment and have not heard back. akofrdi according to police he worked and reached out to the similar fon any. i'll let you know what i hear. was backed in the county jail last night. does not appear he is still there. if your kids were his students either music students were in

the similar fon aymphony you mi have a conversation with them. if not, stale good conversation to have. >> always. thank you very much. 5:06. neighbors are stunned after an apparent confession bay colorado father who says he killed his wife and two young daughters. he did so after faking being concerned about everything. the 33-year-old appeared in court yesterday. she being held without bail and prosecutors say that he has not admit today killing his pregnant wife, shannon, and their two young daughters. he is expected to be formally charged monday. neighbors say they can't believe this. >> he was very interested in the kids and doting and a little shy. other than that he was a really good guy. >> they say watts lead them to the bodies of all three victims yesterday.

they found on the property of an oil and gas company where he worked. >> so tragic. 5:07 right now. looking for the man you see at the register here in a convenience store last month. take a look. within a few minutes the situation gets pretty dramatic. he yanked the drawer over and he got away with the cash and he is also behind another robbery at a pizza parlor. fighting a judge's order rather than the current city wide model. the ruling was handed out earlier this year. a judge ruled was in violation of the state's voting laws. asians make half of the city's population. the judge ordered the city is to be in six districts. it almost seems like it has become an annual california

ritual. wild fires causing destruction and devastation. california's largest fires have broken records. now the white house promises to work more closely with other western states to prevent this from happening. they say a new effort is in the works to try to reduce the frequency of the fires. right now at 5:09 get ready to head out the door. we are getting a few clouds rolling out with a few clouds in san jose. let's head over where our kids are getting ready for their second day of school. starting yesterday we'll be in the low 60s today. 61 as you walk to school. at 11:00 it is 73 degrees. won't be noticeably warmer today with the temperature as they get out of school at about 80 degrees. we are heading it to 88 in san jose, 95 in livermore and

concord. it is 75 in oakland and for the north bay santa rosa reaching 84 degrees. it will be warm today but temperatures will be tomorrow. we'll see more widespread 90s for the inland valleys. we'll talk more about this coming up. it is a pleasant drive right now. >> yeah. that's what i think for the conditions of the road. i don't know who will be sharing that ride for you. hope you a good car pool or maybe you enjoy the radio station. a smooth flow here. this is where bob continues to be at the scene of the fire in pleasanton. those are bigger roadways through the area. they are not blocking the roadways. this points out where we expect to see the slowing later on in the commute. a very easy drive out. a smooth flow of traffic here as well. no delays reported from mass transit. back to you. >> all right.

thanks. coming up next, the end of an era for the silicon valley. >> driving up and down 101 and seeing that sign is still important. >> the fight keep the sign in r redwood city. >> i can't believe they tore that down. maybe every few years we'll hear of an incident at one of our weddings or colleague's wedding. >> the rise in theft that every engaged couple needs to know about.

good friday morning. let's head over to martinez. we head over to mid-60s at 9:00. if you want to get outside or work out outside look at our temperatures heading into the low 90s today. it gets hotter tomorrow. i'll have a look at our micro climates coming up in about five minutes. we are looking over here. travel times have a little bit of slowing. it is in livermore and pleasanton. we'll have a look at that coming

up. talk of new negotiations with china. we gave you that as well. suffering again after health officials confirmed that it caused customers to get sick. a fascinating interview in new york times takes us inside the moments he decided to make the tweet that landed the company in so much controversy. he announced he had funding to take the company private but he didn't. he says friends are concerned ability his health and well being. he says he is looking to hire a top lieutenant. moments ago president trump

tweeted he swas going to tell them to change to every six months. it we'll watch for progress on that. i want to introduce you to phil. he works in artificial intelligence and he doesn't eat for days at a time. that's right. he doesn't eat wh. what does it feel like that you haven't eaten in four days? it. >> feels really good. our bodies have two engines, carbs or burn fat. all of us have never turned on the fat burning engine. we only ever been using one of

them. you start using the other one it feels great. >> i can't imagine feeling great after not eating for four days. it is a fasting idea. it has science behind it. >> it is a complete fast? >> nothing but water and coffee and things for four days. i want to warn people that obviously there could be dangers in this. i'm not endorsing it. >> i heard some people say it keeps you focused. one of us ought to try it. >> i could probably do the three hour fast. [ laughter ] >> all right. thank you very much. you can see press:here on sundays at 9:00 a.m. police are helping with a

gun buy back. first of all if you bring your loaded or unloaded firearm to the civic center you'll get up to $200 in gift cards. that metal will be repurposed as material for an art project. >> sign of the times in the silicon valley. >> it is the ampex sign that's been there. it was torn down a long time ago and they say the sign didn't qualify as historic. they say the company doesn't want them. they hope to donate the signs to

a historical society now. th >> if you look at the genology charts the one for media and technology. was it a sign in that exact spot or some place near by. does a food fight seen in animal house strike a cord? for some it is a classic that will live forever. >> this takes the scene over the top. it happened during a minor league baseball game on tuesday. take a look. >> food fight. >> and it's on. talk about insanity. this was a planned night. food started flying after the fifth inning.

this is at the st. paul saints game. it is to mark the 40th anniversary. every fan receive add waterproof pancho. the team also organized a food donation drive. that's where they get all of that food from. >> you don't have to bring your own food. >> we talk about food uncertainty. >> i think they should get the queen of crazy. >> yeah. >> all right. so we are starting out this morning with foggy skies over san francisco. we'll see everything clearing out fairly quickly as we'll have slightly moderate temperatures. it will be 60 at 7:00 as you make your way out the door.

at 11:00 it is 69 degrees. nice and comfortable through early afternoon as it starts to heat up. the morning commute looks pretty good. as we go through the day it will be nice and sunny. in pittsburg it will be nice and cool, around 60 to 61 degrees. heading out of school is when it starts to heat up. we'll be at 85 degrees at 1:00 today. a look at temperatures today reaching 55 at half-moon bay. it is 90 in napa and 95 in

livermore. tomorrow we'll have it starting out in the mid-70s and reaching 92 in the afternoon. here is a look at temperatures. it will be heating up and cooling off a bit for early next week. >> that's right. when i say that i mean it's a lighter volume. we'll usually see late morning picking up a volume of traffic. south bay no problems for the peninsula. this shows you some slowing. it was reported by target girl, that's her handle. there is a little slowing. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up here on today in

the bay, remembering the queen of soul. there you see it, the world honors aretha franklin a day after her death. reaction from emotional fans this morning. yesterday i took my kids to school for their first day back. i raced out the door for them to tell me my new shoes aren't fitting. >> first day of school. >> yes. follow me at laura garcia nbc bay area. today in the bay --

we open up with live pictures of the detroit skyline on this friday morning -- motown in mourning over one of its >> you're watching today in the bay. we have live pictures of the detroit skyline. it is over one of its brightest stars, aretha franklin. songs humming in our news room. ♪ >> that is in detroit outside the church where her father was once the pastor. fans lined the outside of the

church. the queen of soul actually sang will as a little girl. the fact here in the bay area has been spinning aretha hits. >> you pull back the rug and you cut it up. so she immediate us think deeply and she made us groove. >> how to touch her own emotions and touch your emotions. >> her hits definitely make you cut a rug there. you also heard from north bay music producer. aretha frank llin died yesterda morning. we are still waiting to hear about her funeral plans. a woman shows up attempting to steal wedding gift cards.

it is a well flown problem in the wedding industry. nick and tiffany now enjoying their honey moon after an alleged wedding crasher. she took 2,3$2,300 cash, checksd gift cards before being caught. >> i realized she seemed out of place and she was also carrying a jacket and propping it up as if something was in the jacket. they do offer some tips creating an online registry and forgo a gift table all together. 5:28 right now. a scary moment. a massive building fire. we are live as crews battle those flames. remembering a fallen chp officer. he was killed in the line of

duty making a traffic stop. frem

folks up and out the door already. hopefully heading towards something great like the weekend. thanks for joining us. we want to get a check on your weather. >> get ready for hotter

temperatures today and we do have the drifts of smoke moving by. we will have hazy skies moving by coming across northern california. we have seen drifts of smoke. as you get the kids ready for school we are going to see those temperatures in the mid-50s as you get ready to head out the door. nice cool start. make sure they are wearing a jacket later on today. temperatures in the low 70s. here is a look at all of our micro climates today. it is 88 at san jose. we'll talk about the weekend events going oncoming up in a few minutes. >> yeah. it is friday. so only the fast track lanes show a little back up. that's traditional when we have a lighter volume. heavy duty commuters are the ones. bring cash on a friday. we are starting to see the cash lanes backing up as well.

that's the standard at the bay bridge. a nice easy drive. we have one ear issother issue. we are getting details from chp. a nice dry for most of the rest of the freeways. this is a fire on surface streets. back to you. >> that's right. it is breaking news we are following this morning out of pleasanton. it was a massive building fire. right now firefighters are still out there battling it. >> this is off of stanley boulevard. what updates have you been i believe to -- been able to find out? >> reporter: it started around 3:30 this morning. here we are two hours later and you can see the fire department has one ladder hose and several lines trying to put it out. you're looking at what used to

be a commercial warehouse. it was a steel structure that caught fire. you can see the smoke. it has been this way about the past hour now. if you're driving between livermore and pleasanton on your morning commute you are going to see this. now you know what it is. a commercial warehouse that burned down overnight. no cause determined. the captain did tell us that the warehouse was vacant at the

time. kill killed in the line of duty. today pete joins us as friends and family prepare to say their final good-bye here. >> reporter: yeah. you can expect colleagues as well as family maeembers to mou to loss of the motorcycle officer was in a traffic stop behind an suv on the right shoulder of the highway when a man speeding in a pickup truck struck the officer and the suv killing both the officer and the man inside of that suv during

the traffic stop. he has been identified. they say he but distracted when he hit the officer and suv. he faces gross vehicular manslaughter charges. he will be arraigned in september. i was going to show our viewers some of our details on the services taking place this morning. we are live right now, i'm pete, today in the bay. crime is on the upscale.

last night several rez doesn'ts showed up at a community meeting. the police say that those who are attending did not want to go up on camera. it is for safety concerns. they say things often got heated. this is because in recent weeks willow glenn that has seen a lot of home invasions and burglaries. rez dent residents complained. >> a lot of frustration. i'm right there with them. it is super scary to live in a neighborhood and feel like you are under siege. >> what we found is that the best thing we can do is get to know our neighbors.

i'm going all i can and i have a healthy baby due on november 4th. after that i'll consider running in 2020. so it remains to be seen if he will in fact run. it is not clear how many or where these sites will be.

all right. it is light traffic. overall a great kplut. we will zoom in and talk about where bob is near here. we will see smoke. you'll see smoke from the fire more prominently displayed. this is towards 680. the lanes on the roadway are open. slowing out here. it looks like they are picking up the construction crew. expect slowing there. no problems getting towards the bay bridge. zblo so we are going to have a hot weekend too. here is a look at spread in temperatures. 70 degrees there. the bay at 85. it is 98 degrees for the inland valleys. on sunday we'll see more of the

same, still in the 90s for the valleys. the bay at 81. 70 for the coast. we'll be clearing the shelters. make sure you take care of them. this is happening on saturday. the parades on sunday it will be really nice and comfortable. upper 60s and then heading into the mid-80s during the middle of the day. we also have the polk street blues festival happening in san francisco. it will be a nice and cooler event to check out. reaching into the low 90s.

still a nice and comfortable weekend. if you're going to monterey much cooler with upper 60s to 70 on saturday. we'll talk about what's going on today with our temperatures coming up in about three minutes. >> looking forward to it. >> thanks so much. it's 5:41 right now. coming up next, the solution to long lines at the dmv, the creative concept that could save you some time. trump's military parade has been cancelled. we'll tell you why when we continue.

mike traffic tease new this morning - how would you like to pay someone to wait in a d-m a smooth flow across the san mateo bridge. it is 5:44 right now. how would you like to pay someone to wait in a dmv line for you? it is now a thing.

? would you pay someone to wait in plien for you? >> no. >> why not in. >> i'm broke. >> if i had the money i would. >> our digital editor put the service to the test. you can check out how much time he actually saved by hiring a stand in. brand new this morning president trump has cancelled his military parade. >> not delayed. just cancelled? >> that's right. the plan was to delay the parade until next year after high costs. now, the president says he is not going to do it at all. estimates went from around $10 million for the parade to $92 million. president trump got the idea last year. he watched the best parade. he says he will return to paris for among other things, the military parade marking the

100th anniversary this november. a number of military officers rebelling against the president's decision to revoke the security clearance. in the last 24 hours william webster and japs claerp joined retired navy admiral. he was the man that oversaw the killing of osama bin laden published in the washington post. he told the president to revoke his security clearance too. the white house indicated it is planning to revoke more. he says through your actions mr. president you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children and worst of all divided us as a nation. it's worth remembering that the white house acknowledges and the

security done city given off is not for the ben few of the bishl but through the white house to get advice when you need it. >> all right. thanks. here is a story that may break your are. his nape is le ork. someone noticed him trying to -- he is forced, back to om. he has also been fixed. all that's needed is a living home. >> yeah.

zblfl what they naped dogs off the owned the nape to mike tyson. >> they probably had to change the name because mike, that dog is a big one. >> yeah. >> oh. >> that's mike tyson. >> maybe take home your own mike. find a list of participating shelters. happening throughout the bay area head to nbc bay area.com and find a shelter near you.

we will be there live tomorrow morning. >> yeah. adopt out live. >> okay. >> we have the weather now. >> let's get a look at our air quality. let's clear the air here. it will be hazy. there will be off and on smoke during the middle of the afternoon. reaching to low 70s. enjoying enjoying to second day of school. make sure they wear long sleeve

shirts. temperatures warm up to 80 degrees by the time nthey get ot of school. it is 95 there antioch and in concord. it is 75 in oakland. so as you're getting dressed this morning wear something to stay cool. youm be able to see the cat in my name sake. we'll have hot temperatures inland. it is cooling off into the beginning of next week. you're tracking the changes at the bay bridge. >> yeah. we have some sparkle. this is the last time we take a look. it is about 6:00 on a friday.

a nice drive. we have that crash i told you about. everything is off to the shoulder. it is north 680. north 680 right here still slow. that is presenting a bit of delay. we are track tg fire in pleasanton. not effecting the freeways. here is the slower drive. you saw that. we may see traffic over the next few. use 880 through the area. it is going not far from the slow down. back to you. >> good deal. thank you.

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1,000 kids. here is a brand new interview with what he wants to see happen next. >> it is important that the bishops open their files that they be truly transparent. don't just tell us the number of abuser priests in your diocese new parents of newborns, a warning about baby food now. consumer reports just tested 50 different types. every one of them had measurable levels of at least one heavy metal. organic foods were just as likely to contain heavy metals

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pleasanton. stopping wild fires, the pledge to work with states like california to help prevent wild fires. an excruciating year. the revealing new interview. the problem he says he is dealing with. today in the bay continues right now. good morning to you. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> let get a look at that forecast. we had a slight cool down. now it is ramping up again. >> yes. temperatures peaking tomorrow. if you have a late lunch it will feel very