good morning, it will be a warm afternoon as we reach into the upper 70s and even some low 80s. i'll talk more about the fire danger coming up in a few minutes, and mike will get you out there on the roads with a look at the morning commute >> kari, we got report of a crash last minute here coming into the traffic center. i swung our camera around in san jose, this is 101 northbound at 280, exactly where the crash is reported in your left two lanes. i don't see any problem here. little brake tapping. i swung through the area and we'll check again. so far, this is where it's reported northbound 101 approaching the 280/680 interchange, reports of a single car that scraped the center divide and over there in the left two lanes. again we'll watch for the slowing and i'll track that with the live camera, all around the

bay and none of them see any problems in front of them. smooth drive in the tri valley and looking toward contra costa county where you're at speed. new crash highway 4 just west of 680 not presenting a problem. it's on the shoulder. the bay bridge toll plaza a few cars there, we'll watch it build over the next hour. breaking news in the fremont neighborhood, where a manhunt is under way for a killer, after an overnight homicide. >> "today in the bay's" roz plater is live on 680 and the auto mall parkway. you've been out there for about an hour. anything new? >> reporter: well, we just learned that there may have been a little bit of time lapse that may have allowed the suspect to leave the neighborhood. more on that in just a second, but let me show you a little bit of where we are. this is the grimmer neighborhood in fremont. in fact not far from the grimmer elementary school. now, police have been cordoned off this area for a large perimeter search and they are searching for a suspect on foot and we're also told this morning

that officers are heavily relying on a drone in that search. now, here is what we know so far. witness called police around 12:30 this morning after hearing gunshots. police tell us that officers arrived and found a victim inside a home. paramedics pronounced that victim dead at the scene and now there is this manhuntif you wery

point yesterday you probably smelled the smoke choking a big chunk of the bay area. a wildfire in solano county and southern santa clara county sent smoke spewing into the skies - and this morning another warning is going out before you head out the door. today in the bay )s pete suratos is live in sunol with the alert impacting so many of us...

-toss to kari -more on smoke new this morning:

an oakland man is behind bars following a standoff with police. it happened on eighth avenue near international boulevard. the armed suspect eventually gave himself up to officers peacefully at about (7:30 last night. police posted these photos of the scene on twitter. it )s unclear why the man was holed up inside the car in the first place. also overnight in oakland:

police arrest five suspects believed to be involved in a series of robberies. they were taken into custody just after midnight last night near 98th avenue and macarthur boulevard. right now, we )re working to fid out more details on the arrest and robberies. new this morning... san francisco is reportedly launching a new policy supporters believe may save the lives of inmates released from custody. maybe you remember this story in july - when alameda county authorities released a female inmate from santa rita jail during the overnight hours. that woman - jessica saint- louis - was soon found dead at the dublin bart station from an overdose. the sf examiner reports san francisco )s sheriff vicki hennessey plans to allow inmates to delay their own releases until normal business hours. a similar statewide measure is now working its way through the legislature. new this morning -- san jose police are reportedly in the midst of a new push to crack down on and solve a growing number of burglaries.

the recent surge in neighborhood crime is prompting new concerns even special meetings in places like willow glen. the mercury news reports in the last month -- the department launched a new unit specifically focused on investigating burglaries. it includes 8 dedicated investigators. this will be the department )s second largest investigative team - behind its sex crimes unit. also new -- a new report on climate change is creating waves of concern around the globe. a nobel-prize winning u-n panel released its findings in south korea. experts suggest rapid and unprecedented changes will be required to stem global warming. they are urging a new plan to cut forecasted rising temperatures in half. if not -- impacts including flood and droughts and sea level rise may begin to be felt in 20 years. tracking a "traffic break"...

coming up - a hacking hoax. you might see some friends talking about it online. the warning for facebook users this morning. scott ad libs tease and at 5:25 - 20 people killed in a limo crash.

what we )re learning about the people killed in one of the worst car crashes in years.

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we do still have the high fire danger. i'll have that coming up in less than five minutes. >> a nice look here fremont at the truck scales and the cars and trucks traveling by, this is 880 travel through that portion of the bay, no problem. we'll show you the build and the changes to the south bay. it )s . the bond market is closed.. but the equities market a happy monday to you. it's columbus day so the bond market is closed but the equity markets are open. the stock markets. they'll be open for business as usual. we saw stocks fall on friday, probably will again today, as investors wonder about rising interest rates. spacex launched a rocket from vandenburg air force base in california, thrilling people in southern and northern california who posted all kinds of pictures to social media. its first stage landed successfully, the first west coast landing. interesting data from redfin this morning, showing one in four families selling a house in

the south bay have actually lowered the price on the house, but before you think high prices are over, two big asterisks. number one, sales are always slow in the fall. people don't move after kids go back to school, and two, just because the asking price is lower doesn't mean the sales price is lower, not if there's multiple bids. "the washington post" says the head of google has met secretly with the defense department to discuss google's involvement in something called project maven which would help the military interpret pictures and videos coming from u.s. drones. it's something google employees have said they're against. silicon valley companies are running into a problem that they themselves created. all along, the googles and the facebooks have encouraged people to bring their whole selves to work, including their personal politics, but that means employees now feel they have a say in what they build at the company, and what the company does. facebook in fact held an all

hands meeting on friday after employees were upset about the appearance of a top facebook executive at brett kavanaugh's hearings. facebook vice president joel kaplan is friends with brett kavanaugh and sat behind him during the hearings into alleged sexual assault. facebook says kaplan was making a personal choice, not representing the company, but you got a problem here, because this goes bigger than poll tingting ticks, this is more than left and right. this is do you believe brett kavanaugh or do you believe dr. ford and it becomes a gender issue as well so facebook is trying to deal with not just the politics but the gender issue, as they try to walk through what's okay to do, what's not okay to do, what's your personal choice. >> what's your personal choice. >> they were in each other's weddings apparently. >> so they're friends. >> they're friends, but you're also representing the company. >> but they're saying he wasn't representing it. >> you're right, but when you go out, you're representing nbc bay area.

>> exactly, so i don't jump in fountains. >> no. >> there's actually a policy for that, though. you have to watch what you do. right? i wouldn't do it anyway, though. don't worry about that. 5:16. new this rng mmorning, if you'r waking up to find your facebook account is hoaxed, some are finding posts warning their accounts are copied. it recommends forwarding the message to your facebook friends. i received plenty. experts advise ignoring the message. if you want to check weather your account has been cloned search your own name on facebook and see what comes up. if you're feeling a little more pain at the pump, the latest numbers back you up nationally. gas prices rose about seven cents per gallon over the past two weeks, just to under $3. in the bay area drivers are paying far more than that. aaa reports oakland's average is up six cents per gallon over the past week to $3.82.

san jose saw a similar spike and in san francisco, the average cost is now $3.90 per gallon. >> ching ching. a question about the facebook story if you find your name has been cloned what do you do about it? >> report it. >> they'll make an effort to shut it up to. >> i'm @karihallweather. >> the only one. >> the only one. >> we have some great weather starting out this morning, but take a look at the range in temperatures that we already have, as you're getting ready to step out the door. morgan hill is at 50 degrees, while we have 71 now in fairfield, and it's 65 in palo alto, so we have some cooler temperatures in some spots, but yesterday, it was all warm, and then as we look at how much cooler it is this morning compared to yesterday morning, well, we have a 12-degree drop

in livermore, that's one of the cooler spots where we are feeling a big difference in our temperatures, starting out on this monday. we go from 60 degrees in walnut creek to the upper 70s by noon, and then some low 80s by early afternoon. it's going to be another warm one, with some very low humidity for the inland valleys and that's the reason why we do still have the high fire danger. when you get a gusty northerly wind that has a very low humidity, and some warm temperatures, any fires that develop could spread very quickly. so just a heads up about that. you have to be careful as we go into tonight. our humidity coming back up, but as you're styling your hair this morning, the frizz factor is pretty low, so i think you'll have some smooth hair today once you go through it with the flat iron, it should be a good hair day. lower humidity today but still gusty so that may mess it up just a bit for the afternoon as well. we're looking at our high temperatures in the south bay, heading up to 81 degrees in

milpitas and cupertino 83 degrees and it kind of still feels like summer, as we look at antioch reaching 87 today. 78 degrees in oakland and for the peninsula some mid-70s for san mateo. we're up to 75 degrees today in the mission district and the north bay up to 86 in santa rosa, napa today 85 degrees, and then our forecast still stays very warm, as we look at our numbers, this is actually for san francisco, we'll be in the mid-70s, and then reaching into the upper 60s for the middle of the week, and then for the inland areas, we are going to reach into the mid 80s for most of the week. now, mike, you're checking on a road closure. >> one left over from the weekend, kari. folks said they would be clear at willow at 101. willow right now is closed between the dumbarton bridge basically accessing 101 itself and vice versa and we see a cluster of new headlights and flashing lights. folks we're slowing as new trucks arrive there in the area,

but i do believe they're getting ready to start clearing these cones. i've seen a lot of dust. the sweeper work going on at willow for the off-ramp of northbound 101. expect this to clear before 6:00 but right now you have to use university between the dumbarton bridge and the bay shore freeway or use marsh to the north. those are your two avenues around the weekend closure which is still there. we saw that on a live camera. the rest of the peninsula is just fine. the south bay we still have a slowing from the earlier traffic break north 101 approaching tully, earlier car crash no, major injuries but early slowing that is a little bit of an alert for folks here through the area. 87 through the area and capital expressway getting around those are just fine for your morning commute. the rest of the bay shows no problems, tri valley, east bay all still in the green and we'll likely see a wider flow of traffic as it's a federal holiday today and a number of businesses are not working either. the upper east shore freeway a smooth drive toward the bay

bridge where we should see the metering lights on any second. live look at sensors showing a 15-minute drive from highway 4 down to the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks, mike. much more coming up for you right now on "today in the bay." >> today marks one year since the deadly north bay wildfires began. at 5:30, a look at the way people will honor lives lost. plus -- >> can i get in, please? i'm sorry, i don't know. >> concert chaos. imagine this while seeing your favorite band, that false alarm will send people running and screaming. and also right here, whul i am while i'm tweeting about my weekend, the 40th anniversary gala was so much fun, i've posted some pictures on my facebook pag page @marcusmbingbayarea or follow me on twitter @marcusnbc. a

welcome back everyone. it is 5:25. new this morning, a false alarm sparks panic and a stampede at a hip-hop concert in atlanta. last night, headliner lil wayne was about five songs into his set when witnesses say there were screams in the crowd, some sort of altercation. people initially thought there were gunshots, that also sparked a lot of chaos. some people were injured, jumping over fences and getting

caught in the rush to the exits. police later determined no shots were fired. 5:25 this morning. developing right now, friends and loved ones expressing shock over the deaths of 20 people killed in the weekend limousine crash in upstate new york. >> amy and axle steenberg, this is video from their recent wedding. all 18 people in the limo were killed and police say the suv blew a stop sign, plowing into a parked car and killing two others standing by. friends and family really stunned here. >> we're a small community and they're all our friends and nobody should ever have to see what happened yesterday. >> investigators are at the scene trying to determine the exact cause of that crash. this is the deadliest u.s. transportation accident in almost ten years. hayward is putting millions of dollars towards creating more

affordable housing. >> city council approved a nearly $29 million plan to build three new housing developments on vacant lots in the mt. eden neighborhood. the project will include 259 new apartments for low income residents. happening today, a sign of the fall season. mega sized pumpkins, look at that. they will be rolling into half moon bay this morning. the 45th annual world championship pumpkin weigh-off kicks off at 7:00 this morning. the weigh-off is the kickoff event for the half moon bay art and pumpkin festival which takes place this saturday and sunday. the winner will take home a prize of $30,000. the current world record is 2,624 pounds. it was set back in 2016 at a weigh-off in germany. >> wow, big gourds there. >> huge. you got some big vegetables in your garden as well, not that big, though.

>> not that big but i do have some that are big. 5:27, coming up a scheduled slowdown today on b.a.r.t., the big test and how the new technology could spread outside the bay area. and continued breaking news coverage, a search for a killer right now in fremont. what we know about the person police are trying to find. ♪ lord, we bless your name plus one year later, our new look at life in the north bay, after the devastating lava fires. how the community is coming together today.

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for joining us. i )m marcus washington. good morning to you on this monday. thank you so much for beginning it with us. i'm marcus washington. >> hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. let's check that forecast right now kari. how are we looking today? >> it is still looking a little iffy in terms of our fire danger because we have such dry and also low humidity along with some warm weather, as we get a live look outside in san jose. our air quality will be an issue today because of the nearby brush fires and the drifts of smoke. we have the smoke advisory. you're probably still waking up with the itchy eyes and burning throat like you had from yesterday and as you head out on your way to work, the dublin b.a.r.t. station starts out cool but warms up quickly today. we'll talk more about that and the weekend. mooib, y

mike, you have a new crash in the san jose. >> a backup from the previous crash and traffic break. north 101 around story road we have more activity there. sounds like it's a minor crash but adding to the backup from the earlier traffic break. you're slow approaching capital expressway. this may have more folks heading over here on capital toward monterey or over toward 87. overall i think we're seeing a lighter volume of traffic and we probably will because of the federal holiday today but looking at commute traffic coming through the east bay and no major issues but there is a disabled vehicle 880 at 23rd down the bottom of the screen. you see green coming through cocoa county approaching the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. cash is a little slower, a little lighter. back to you. >> 5:32 right now. the breaking news right now in a fremont neighborhood where a manhunt is under way for a killer after an overnight homicide. >> "today in the bay's" roz plater is live near 680 and auto mall parkway. set the scene for us.

>> reporter: indeed, we are in the grimmer neighborhood of fremont not far exactly from the grimmer elementary school. this is charleston way at the end of this block here is the home in which investigators are, crime scene investigators are going in and out of. we are told they have sent off a rather large perimeter of this neighborhood to search, using a drone heavily in that search this morning, we're told, and they may also be having to search beyond this neighborhood as well. now details are sketchy but here's what we know so far. witness called police around 12:30 this morning after hearing gunshots. police tell us that officers found the victim inside a home and paramedics pronounced that victim dead at the scene. now, there is this manhunt for a male suspect. that is all we're being told about the suspect so far. no description. no information on the victim being released as well at this time. now, they are focusing on this area but a spokesperson says there may have been a bit of a delay between when the shots were fired and when police were

actually called. likely just minutes, before that could have been enough time for the shooter to have left the area. so again, homicide detectives are on the scene, they are canvassing neighbors, looking for any kind of clues that they may have, that could give them some information about what happened here, and maybe lead them to that suspect, again, as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. for now we are live in fremont, i'm roz plater for "today in the bay." >> hoping they find that suspect. thank you, roz. 5:34 right now. happening today, b.a.r.t. tests its high-tech shake alert system, this is designed to detect major earthquakes, so the trains can slow down before disaster strikes. the trains will reduce speed about 11:00 this morning for the test. all trains and all stations will broadcast that alert to passengers to simulate the early morning earthquake alarm. after the test, b.a.r.t. leader also join lawmakers and seismologists to talk about the expanding shake alert system. the goal here is to someday have it running across the entire

west coast. today marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly and destructive north bay wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed dozens of people. "today in the bay's" tom jensen was the first reporter on the scene this night and into the early morning hours as well. he joins us live in santa rosa right now. revisiting that really unbelievable night and how the north bay has responded, it's hard to believe it's been a year. >> reporter: isn't it, in typical north bay fashion we remember how our neighbors here responded with that community spirit of selflessness and those celebrations of that community spirit continue today here in santa rosa. we've seen crews here for the past two hours already preparing for a ceremony tonight that starts at 4:00, lasts until about 8:00 tonight. the city of santa rosa is handing out colored chalk here at courthouse square to anyone who wants to create their own expressions of the fires on the sidewalks here in the downtown.

at a ceremony in sonoma last night, they rang the town hall bell 44 times in memory of the people who lost their lives, and last night's first responders from across the north bay were honored for their heroic efforts. people who survived shared their stories. rachel hundley was the mayor of sonoma a year ago and she says her life changed forever. >> fire brain, as a friend of mine calls it, who lost her house and she goes around and she reaches for things that she's been reaching for, for her whole life, and they're not there. >> i've got young kids, dealing with the process of grief with them, you know, like we still this morning are dealing with that. >> reporter: rachel hundley the former mayor of sonoma told us her experience was carrying the weight of the 11,000 people in her city, still thinking about that tonight. hundreds of homes have been rebuilt across the north bay.

some are still in the process but hundreds more, may take years or never be rebuilt, due to being underinsured or because their water system has been destroyed, which could take hundreds of millions of dollars to repair and that's here in the city of santa rosa. still trying to figure out how they'll get that money. we still are looking at more celebrations here tonight. the one that we talked about, and around the north bay, actually over the next week. we're live in santa rosa, tom jensen, "today in the bay." >> that's nice that they're finding the reason to celebrate as well. tom, you were here with us that morning on "today in the bay." talk about that a little bit. remember they were evacuating that hospital? >> reporter: gosh, i remember that and i remember that iconic shot as we were sitting there talking that really explained it all there at kaiser santa rosa, as a gurney was coming out of the flames it looked like almost, with ivs hooked up and oxygen, and nurses and other staff from the hospital actually

putting patients in their own cars and taking them to different locations, other hospitals or areas where they could be treated for whatever it is. it was quite a night, and then into the morning hearing those explosions. i know we went back and forth talking about that. we didn't know what was going on and then what we saw, just the devastation, even just on the back side of the hospital, where hundreds of homes were just flattened in a matter of what seemed like just an hour or so, the flames just moved so quickly. it was pretty scary last night, wasn't it, when the winds kicked back up and they were really gusting up here. i was really praying there wouldn't be another re-enactment of last year. >> exactly. you know, we're in that season as well, high fire alert today. thanks for joining us this morning, as well, tom. we'll check back with you in our next hour as well. just a few hours, several events are being held in wine country to mark today's anniversary. at 10:30 the napa county sheriff will reveal new safety concepts in the event of the next

emergency. tonight the city of santa rosa will hold a bell ringing event in honor of the victims of last october's deadly wildfires. that starts at 6:00 tonight at the old courthouse square. >> the memories, my gosh. so we're focusing on anything out of the ordinary for your commute this morning as well but so far it's been mild. we expect that mild because today columbus observed for some businesses it's a federal holiday. looking toward the south bay we only have this red showing up on our speed sensors. there is a slow drive coming up toward capital expressway, the second crash of the morning around story road, earlier traffic break as well. sounds like one of the vehicles involved has bad damage. some folks might shift over to capital expressway and 87, monterey highway. so far it's just 101 showing a lighter flow of traffic, getting toward palo alto, we have better news, with speed sensors, no slowing and a live look we have out here, no more flashing

lights. you could see folks are able to exit north 101 at willow. the construction looks like it cleared from a weekend closure so yet more progress on the interchange they continue to work on. >> getting it done. >> get it done. on a monday, sometimes something to make you smile. the weekend is coming up. >> on a monday we're already looking. >> it seems like life is flying by so fast. it's monday, then it's friday. it's monday, then it's friday. it goes by so fast. let's plan out your week with our temperatures, there are some days in between there, and it's going to cool down a little bit but we'll be back into the mid 80s by the weekend once again, and pretty much a repeat of last weekend's weather, with some warmer temperatures, as we go throughout the weekend. so what are you going to do, maybe head to half moon bay to see the gigantic pumpkins there? it's going to be in the mid-60s as we look, it looks like it's going to be mostly clear. if you want to go hiking this weekend, going into muir woods, low 70s there with a lot of

sunshine, and then if you're going to the sierra, squaw valley is looking nice and going from the mid-50s on friday to the low 60s by sunday. we'll talk about what's going on for the weekend. i'll have a look at today's temperature trend coming up in about three minutes >> sounds good, thanks, kari. 5:41, next and all new, a bad reputation at one peninsula high school. two spots are becoming known as vape bathrooms. what leaders are doing to crack down on kids smoking ecigarettes. plus a huge day for fans of football, the high-profile new coach for san jose sharks -- quakes and our sister station telemundo. >> i'll be coaching the quakes this season -- no, i won't. >> stop it, you're not. >> we'll talk about a new debut of a controversial judge, i bet you can guess who, when "today in the bay" continues.

the time is 5:44 and it's a clear start. already a wide range in temperatures and as we take a live look outside in san jose, it's mostly clear but still kind of smoky and then our temperatures go from the upper 50s to the upper 70s by early afternoon. breezy wind starts to calm down throughout the day. i'll talk about what to expect as we go throughout the week. it's coming up in less than five minutes. i'll take a look at san jose, the freeway. 101 moves smoothly here. we do have a gem, an unexpectedly slow area on the approach and we're also looking

at the rest of the south bay and the bay. see how this monday is affecting your drive. thanks so much, kari and mike. quickly approaching quarter to 6:00. one phase of the repair work on the transit center is expected to end this week. authorities say things are on track to reopen fremont street on friday and the focus will then be shoring up first street. traffic on first street will not be affected during the day t will only shut down overnight. cracked beams have not been found on that side but it has a similar design to the problem spot they found along fremont street. two palo alto high schools are trying to crack down on students vaping during school hours. they are concerned about the use of ecigs on campus. schools are installing more cameras and adding staff where students have been caught vaping before. it's not just an issue in the bay area. according to the fda over 2 million middle or high school

students were regular users of the ecigarettes last year. the sharks will be introducing their newest head coach, he is mattias almeida, he comes from mexico' first division. he is from argentina and guided chivas to this year's champions league crown. 5:46 right now. president trump will introduce the newest supreme court justice to the world later this afternoon but we all seem to know his name. >> absolutely, brett kavanaugh, scott, has already been sworn in but will be sworn in again? >> sworn in again, this time in public. good morning, marcus, this will happen around 4:30 our time. the senate voted to confirm kavanaugh of course on saturday and as you point out he was sworn in for real on sunday. the head of the court did the honors there, kavanaugh will sit on the bench starting tomorrow. mitch mcconnell said over the weekend he thought all the fuss over kavanaugh, fuss was his

words, would blow over soon. he said he'd be opening to con -- open rather to confirming another nominee as late as 2020, which is the year of the next presidential election. now when president obama was president, mcconnell said nobody should be nominated for supreme court position in a presidential election year and blocked merritt garland. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place, i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> that was president trump mocking dr. ford during a rally in mississippi last week. ford's attorneys tell msnbc dr. ford was horrified to hear the president of the united states make fun of her and ford by the way still in hiding. >> her family has been through a lot. they are not living at home. it's going to be quite some time before they're able to live at home. the threats have been unending. >> nbc is going to have coverage of brett kavanaugh's public swearing in as it happens this

afternoon again on "nbc nightly news" and nbc bay area at 5:30 and 6:00 tonight. we'll monitor what is going on. president trump headed to florida this morning, then back up to washington this afternoon. you can watch all of that happen on twitter. i'm @scottmcxwgrew. 5:48, that's me with susan l. taylor, former editor-in-chief of "essence" mag scene. you may remember that. this weekend i had the opportunity to emcee the 40th anniversary of the african-american community service agency right here in san jose and for 40 years they have giving back to the community, and this was the first gala they hosted and it was an amazing time, miss taylor gave inspirational words about giving back to your community, and she was just talking about situations here in the bay area, and how we all have to come together to give back to encourage each other and uplift our community as one. so it was great seeing her there and hearing those great words. >> look at the tuxedo.

>> i clean up on the weekends sometimes. but it was really a great event and then after, there was a live band. >> do they have pictures of that? >> i have the video. >> oh. >> go to my facebook page to see people dancing after the event, in their gowns and tuxedos. >> i'll put a picture of what i did this weekend, quite different, on facebook. >> working in the yard. >> wait until you see my outfit. >> it's going to be another weekend as we go throughout the week, where we're going to have some warm temperatures, and we still do have that high fire danger, that continues from yesterday, and red flag warning will be in effect through 9:00 a.m. we still have the wind advisory in effect as well and that's because it is just so dry out there, and those wind gusts and some of the hills have been topping over 55 miles per hour, so all of the area shaded in red we have to be really careful out there today, and our temperatures are all over the place. we have 50 degrees in morgan hill, and 71 in fairfield. it's 59 in oakland.

61 in san francisco, and 62 as you head out the door in san jose. if you're on your way to diridon station headed to work this morning, it's going to still be clear. you may still smell a little bit of that smoke and that's going to create moderate air quality today, because we do still have some nearby brush fires. our temperatures today heat up fairly quickly into the mid-70s and as you get the kids ready for school this morning in antioch, we go from 61 walking to school to some upper 70s by the time they get out of school. our high temperatures today will reach up to 87 degrees in antioch. livermore 85 degrees and 82 in san jose. in san francisco, reaching 75 degrees. as you are getting dressed you could probably make it a pool day if you're off from work and if you're just going out and about it's going to be a short sleeves and shorts kind of day. we're going to see more weather like that as we go throughout the week, we're running ten degrees above normal in some spots and we are going to only see slight cooling for the

middle of the week, while san francisco stays in the 60s and 70s all week long. mike, you're starting off with a look in the south bay. >> i am, kari, where we're seeing the slow drive. the rest of the bay easing into your morning commute and will likely see a lighter morning commute, as folks get on there federal holiday, columbus day observed by a number of businesses. northbound 101 shows slowing, the only slowing for the south bay here toward story where the second of two crashes still has activity there, and there may be another bit of debris around oakland road. sounds like it's out of the lanes but chp still notes about that. the other issue for the south bay a brush fire reported 17 around lark. we'll watch that closely for any other reports. usually it's a small brush fire or trash can fire nearby. we'll follow that, on alert this season. over here, the tri valley and the peninsula all moving very nicely. there's a little slowing west 580 approaching tassahra. notice the tow truck on the shoulder, three vehicles involving something which cleared quickly to the shoulder. no injuries reported so we'll

talk about your commute which is just a little bit slow there. slow be for upper east shore freeway, 18 minutes, highway 4 to the backup an the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. >> thanks so much, mike. new and next for you, a massive fire engulfs a california wood shop. plus taylor swift gets political for the first time. two candidates she's endorsing, ahead of the upcoming midterm election. and the florida panhandle is bracing for a powerful tropical storm to hit this week. it is 5:52. you are watching "today in the bay." but first, happening now, secretary of state mike pompeo is in beijing, talking about trade. chinese officials are trying to repair relations they said may have damaged by u.s. tariff hikes. the countries have raised tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of goods over the last few months. we'll have more news right after this break. mike inoyue is tweet

being a "wazer". make sure yo well you know, mike inouye is tweeting about being a wazer. i'm a wazer. are you? if you're not join the "today in the bay" waze group, it's a fun way to keep track of what's going on with traffic. >> 5:55 right now. new video to show you, flames engulfing a wood shop in southern los angeles overnight. crews battled the massive fire shortly after it broke out about 9:30 last night. at last check, no one was hurt but the cause of that fire still

under investigation. happening today, thousands are expected to attend a funeral service for the fallen south carolina deputy. terrance carraway was killed in the hail of gunfire serving a warrant to a home last week in florence county. six other officers were injured. the suspect is in custody. carraway was a 30-year veteran of the department. >> 5:56. developing now an aftershock rattles northern haiti one day after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake toppled buildings. this morning, nbc is learning that at least 12 people are dead, 188 injured. the aftershock came as haiti was assessing damage from saturday night's quake. emergency teams tried to deliver relief supplies to so many victims. tropical storm michael is churning toward the florida p panhand panhandle. the storm is expected to enter the gulf of mexico this morning and strengthen to a hurricane by

early wednesday before it hits the u.s. that storm is expected to bring strong winds and rain. >> 5:56. if you vote by mail, your ballot should show up in your mailbox very soon. california secretary of state's office is mailing them out starting today. if you want to switch from voting in person to voting by mail, you still have time to change the preferences. if you want to vote in the november election you have two weeks to get registered. and as you prepare to cast your vote, the two candidates for governor will square off later today. democrat gavin newsom and republican john cox will take part in a debate for the first time since the june primary. the radio matchup is being hosted by kqed and starts at 10:00 this morning. recent polls show newsom in the lead. new this morning, pop star taylor swift is getting political. she took on instagram to show her support for two democratic candidates from tennessee. that's where she's registered to vote for the upcoming midterm elections.

she endorsed phil brettison for senate and congressman jim cooper for the u.s. house of representatives. apple's top security officer is telling congress the tech giant found no evidence it has been hacked on the sophisticated attack on the supply chain, coming just days after an explosive bloomberg report revealed china may have used a tiny chip to infrill trait the u.s. company through hardware devices. it claims chinese surveillance chips were embedded into data center hardware. it reported no consumer data is known to have been stolen. right now at 6:00 breaking news to tell you about a, an east bay neighborhood on high alert. the manhunt under way right now for a killer, after a homicide nearly an elementary school in fremont. we have crews on the scene trying to get answers. >> plus smoke and haze blanketing bay area skies as the wind-driven fire continues to burn. team coverage with the alert you need to know about, before you head out the door. and cracking down on crime. the new unit in the bay area's

biggest police department is adding to try to prevent crooks from getting into your home. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> a very good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike will have a look at traffic in a moment. first we want to talk about the conditions outside today. meteorologist kari hall is tracking all of that and dangerous situations when it comes to fire. >> because the winds are still high. we've had gusts continuing through the overnight hours and we are still going to have that high fire danger that will contin continue. >> you know what, kari, we are having trouble hearing you right now. she was talking about the wind conditions that are high and the air quality that's not so great out there. it is a spare the air alert today. as she tries to figure out, the temperature trend throughout the bay area, palo alto looks like we're creeping up to nice temperatures, maintaining those for the rest of the day. let's move on to mike with a look at the morning commute. >> in the palo alto shot you

showed willow the off and on ramp reopened. you also notice all over the bay, green, green, green. lighter volume expected for the early morning commute as we see right now because of the federal holiday for many businesses, they're observing columbus day. northbound 101 is where we see the slow drive, for the south bay, north 101 had a couple of crashes, the most recent at story road, still on the shoulder, still a distraction but a light and mild build for 87, just plan on that for the south bay. over here we're looking at no major problems from cocoa county. on the peninsula northbound 101 at candlestick a crash reported and maybe blocking two of your left lanes. that was the latest update but chp has yet to arrive. i will track that, and of course the bay bridge toll plaza has your backup. we've just filled in almost all the cash lanes, all the way back. that's a slower build but it's still there. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. back to that breaking news we were telling you about at the top of the show. new story we've been working on since we came