good thursday morning to you. 4:30 right now as we take a live look on downtown san jose. it's thursday, friday eve. doesn't it feel good? >> it's your friday. of course it does. >> thank you for joining us. let's get a morning commute. already busy out there? >> we had one spot. i thought it was construction. overall green. in hayward we have southbound approaching tennyson where we have a crash. the southbound side is by traffic. there may be one lane blocked by a crash and there may be a lot of activity as there is reports

of injuries, one pedestrian. i don't know why that person was walking along the freeway. we're tracking details as well as the slowing you see kicking in over the last ten minutes. this patch of hayward down to 92. we'll track this. and you'll track the weather. >> yeah, today it looks nice across the bay area. a live look outside across san jose. at noon we're at 67 degrees. it will be cooler day with highs reaching 70 gr bay, 78 degrees. 7234 as we get a look at hurricane florence, this storm has spread out this morning. and we are looking at that line, the measuring tool, showing you how large it is, 771 miles.

i'll send it over to you. >> as you just mentioned hurricane florence is bearing down on the east coast this morning. hundreds of thousand evacuated from vas down to the carolinas. >> we want to show you a live look from wilmington. look at the winds whipping that flag. now the forecast is saying that area is going to get the brunt of the storm. the eye of florence is about 230 miles off the wilmington coast. we he look wind speeds have dropped from 140 miles an hour to 110. it is now a in part because it's moving so slowly, the hurricane is called a once in a lifetime storm with potential to cause historic flooding in the carolinas and mid-atlantic states. officials say it's time to move

to higher ground. it's run out for most in that strike zone. >> storm surge alone is likely to flood tens of thousands of structures. >> the outer bounds of hurricane florence will arrive later today and make landfall some time type. a string of shootings in southern california leave six people dead, including the gunman. it was in central california about 5:00 yesterday when people say the gunman went to a bakersfield trucking business along with his wife and confronted another first he shot and killed the man, then his wife and another man showed up at the same business. he was also shot and killed. perhaps because he witnessed it is first two shngrjacked a vehi another home. that's where he killed two more men. >> certainly there's a

connection. you don't go to a random residence. i'm speculating at this point. i'm pretty comfortable there will be a connection between all these players. >> one of sheriff's deputies confronted a gunman at that home, he killed himself. a woman and child in that carjacked vehicle managed to escape. board of appeals reversed an earlier appeal and will now allow the removal of a statute. it depicts a native american sitting on the ground. critics say the statue is a symbol of oppression that represents california american history from a euro-american point of view. and it's a ten-second ad running at b.a.r.t. stations that says, simply, history matters, but it's the historical

accuracy of the ad's backers known holocaust deniers that has some riders angry. >> those ads won't be going anywhere any time soon. >> reporter: the ads can be seen at b.a.r.t. platform. >> your gut reactions is, this is awful and wrong. >> reporter: it's an orange county based group that's drawn from civil rights organizations, and they have titles that praise adolf hitler. the ad running in the b.a.r.t. station says, history matters. >> that doesn't give you much information about what they're trying to do or say. >> reporter: they say, we are bound by law to carry the ads as written since they comply with the speech laws that allow

advertisers. not all riders agree to run ads on a group that regularly publishes holocaust deniers. >> things that are factuals and things that are fact is not a platform, is not something i would want b.a.r.t. to provide a platform for. >> reporter: because of the content on the website for the institute for historical review, b.a.r.t. did insist their web address be removed from the ad before it run. in san francisco, sergio quintana. a teacher has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a student before he began working in the bay area. he is charged with statutory rape. san martino began at the school here at harker school.

they released a statement sayi w hear of these charges. in this case, the charges weren't filed until after the school had done extensive background checks. with the hype surrounding apple's newest products. the one item no longer shipped with your new phone. with many americans expected to buy the new phones, how much are we really splurging these days? a new study looking at how much we spend on vices and eating out.

wall street is indicated to open higher this morning. the dow and s&p 500 eked out a gain yesterday amid report of potential new trade talks between china and u.s. on today's watch list, reports on unemployment and consumer prices. the dow closing up 27 points to 25998, nasdaq slipping. this news may have been lost in all the product announcement at apple's iphone event yesterday but the company will no longer ship a free headphone dongle with your free phone. they had included the jack with the 10, 8, 8 plus, 7 and 7 plus. it will now be sold for $9.

and tesla is pushing to deliver a record number of vehicles by the end of the month to potentially achieve a profitable quarter. that spike is causing frustration for some customers as it's now taking longer for tesla's customer service to respond to problems. elon musk says it'sow top priority to resolve that issue. >> he's got a lot. thank you very much. americans love to splurge and a new study by bankrate.com finds we're nearly spending $3,000 a year on financial vices such as eating out. 38% of people who say they dine out at restaurants or buy takeout, at least three times a week. so, those lottery tickets also a big splurge. this among lower income households. 28% play the lottery at least once a week. >> holding on to hope there. 4:41. coming up next on today in the

bay, dropping temperatures. i think it feels like a little taste of fall. >> w 64 degrees at noon. t e aoo the microclimates and the weekend coming up. a pleasant look at san mateo bridge. we don't have a problem right now. the problem is getting to the san mateo. we have changes for hayward and i'll show that to you coming up.

mike this one is for you! welcome back. taking a live look outside. overlooking fremont.

folks up and out the door. mike keeping a look on the them. >> every one of them. >> every one of them. we're keeping tabs on you, too. >> mike, we love what you do with the traffic. this is a cop in india. he's bringing his dance moves to the job, getting everybody on the job. he's a local celebrity there. he says he started dancing four years ago as a way to catch people's attention and make sure drivers follow the rules of the road. >> that would lead to stracted drivers. >> i was thinking, you're like, look at that guy -- >> he said stop, break it down. >> or trying to figure out what is he saying, stop, go? >> yeah, exactly. couldth. >> could be dangerous out there. >> that's a great way to start out your thursday.

we have beautiful weather across the bay area. here's a shot to go, wow, as we take a live look outside over san francisco, a few low clouds rolling by. you can see them moving across the shot with all the city lights and clear skies overhead. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen as we step out the door to the temperatures in the upper 50s. morgan hill the coolest at 50 degrees. in antioch we'll see a few clouds. temperatures in the upper 50s as you start out the day. at 10:00 we're seeing temperatures at 64 degrees. it's going to be another day like yesterday. kind of during the afternoon when it cooled off. it's going to be breezy and only seeing those highs. reaching up to 73 degrees in san jose. keep in mind that normally we're up to 81 degrees. we're not going to be that warm. looking at the nice little taste of fall in morgan hill reaching 75 degrees. looking at the east bay, pittsburgh, 77 for the high.

danville reaching 79 degrees. oakland, 66 today. 60 in half moon bay. 59 in daley city. san mateo reaching 67. the embarcadero up to 63 degrees. for the north bay, we're going to see those highs mostly in the mid to upper 70s. as we get dressed this morning, because of the cooler air, especially to start out the day, grab a need that to keep you comfortable and also some pants, maybe jeans that will be comforwe'r seeing the deck of s high clouds moving across the bay area because of this trough that's ushered inlerir across the bay area. so, that's going to keep it partly to mostly cloudy for at least the first part of the day. still shining through those high clouds made of ice crystals. our high temperatures today reaching into the upper 70s. more of the same tomorrow. still really nice on saturday. heading into next week we return to some more seasonable weather

with highs in the low 80s for san francisco. it's still going to be brisk today with those winds. looking at mid-60s for the weekend. mike, you have an update on the situation in hayward. >> a number of things going on. overall the sensors are showing green, but 880 southbound through hayward, that's the problem. less red now, orange and yellow. it's cleared lanes. there was construction going on, both directions overnight. and there was a crash, sounds like someone had an injured leg as a result of a crash. someone drifted into a cone zone. no major injuries. not enough to delayt reopening. everything is clearing now. south 880 at tennyson, a little activity on the shoulder passing by the san mateo bridge may be a little slow. getting to the dunbar ton bridge, you may have slowing as well. it looked like the on-ramp because fremont police are handling this situation. that usually indicates city streets. the slower drive may be just off 880 but by the time they get to

the done bunbarton bridge. we're looking at all these folks with headlights under the university overcrossing. that's berkeley. >> wow, that looks pretty crowded out there already. thank you. happening today in san jose, the deadline for people living in a south bay homeless camp, state authorities expect to clear them out later today. the camp called hope city is at russ drive, just south of the airport. big tents there. each houses up to ten people with access to showers and clean water. but there's growing support for the community that popped up not too long ago because it's actually on state land. the state will have the final say. meantime, san t old city hallnt comnity. there's one problem.

the top county executive is against the idea. jeff smith took us inside the old city hall to illustrate his point, saying that it's not designed for people to live in because there are verment, pests and water damage. the final decision will be made on september 25th. it's 4:50. the trouble millennium tower could soon be yellow-tagged. san francisco inspectors have given managers of the tower until the end of the week to make safety improvements or else access to the building could be limited. an investigation is under way as to why a window on the 36th floor cracked. the crack has inspectors concerned. they want an overhead protection system installed around the perimeter of the building too protect pedestrians from any potential falling glass. the city also wants the tower to repair a broken window washing crane so inspectors can inspect the window from the outside.

our investigative unit first broke the story that the tower is tilting and sinking. michelle obama getting ready to hit the road on a book tour and she's coming to the bay area. >> mrs. obama has just announced ten cities on her upcoming book tour. it kicks off in her hometown of chicago and includes a stop at the s.a.p. center in san jose on september 14th. we're not talking bookstores, we're talking areas arenas. those tickets go on sale next week. coming up on "today in the bay," american girl doll versus chalk. both finalists for this year's toy hall of fame. they're not the only ones. the list of finalists on the list. happening now, russia's biggest war games still under way.

president vladimir putin with 300 troops from russia, mongolia and china. most of the tension in the tropics focused on hurricane florence. parts of the caribbean braced for the storm. dominican republic hunkering down as tropical storm isaac takes it aim. more news in two minutes. ad li

.dublin. mike will have a look at your traffic coming up in a bit. donald trump jr. and his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle flew united from new jersey to

sfo. a lot of people are talking about the fact they flew coach. according to blogger trump junior ordered a soda and was recently heckled. guilfoyle is the ex-wife of gavin newsom and host at fox news. with california's open enrollment set to begin this fall, a new report shows an historic amount of californians have health insurance. the uninsured rate dropped 10%, the largest decline in the country by far. more than 3.7 million people have duaned health insurance coverage in california over the past four years. colin kaepernick is making headlines again, but there is nothing controversy about the latest news. >> being inducted into his high school hall of fame. pittman is about 90 minutes east of the bay area.

kaepernick played basketball, football and baseball at pitman. last week's just do it nike is this the year the tictac makes it into the hall of fame? girl doll, chutes and ladders, chalk and tickle me elmo. fans can vote online for their favorites this week. the winners will be announced november 8th, joining classics like barbie and play-doh. coming up, another look at that forecast. certainly cooler. you can feel the dip today. >> yes, you can. it's going to be like that all day long, where our temperatures reach into the 70s in some spots. we're heading over to east san

jose to evergreen where our temperatures will be in the mid-50s as you step out the door. a look at all of our microclimates coming up next. and just a few trucks here, west 580 traveling from richmond over to the san rafael side. no problems here, but i will show you where i report for 580 coming through oakland and we'll sort out the details. protesters expected at the second day of the global climate action. why are they targeting governor brown? that's coming up in a live look. o

a very good thursday morning to you. are you headed out of town? this is a live look at sfo. you should probably bring a jacket or light sweater. cooler temperatures across the bay area. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >>smoment. first, mike, you've been keepin >> thererash clearing froms wel clearing around tennyson and th. crews are on the move, clearing on 680. at 580 we have a crew headed out there. chp addressing a crash. sounds like a deer hit earlier by a large 250, a large pickup truck. they're on the shoulder addressing issues. no lanes are blocked, from what

i understand. that's really your issue getting over to the bay bridge if you're traveling through oakland hills. south bay looks very clear. a light, easy drive. 101 from south county to here, just under that 680/280 interchange. we'll get more light and what are we going to feel out there? >> it's going to be cool out there, mike, as we head out the door. here's a live look in palo alto. a clear stt.