good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m marcus washington. right now at 5:00, breaking news, a horrific crash in the east bay. two people are dead, and northbound i-880 is completely shut down. good morning and thank you for jo >> and i'm, go xw laura garcia. that crash is having a major effect on the morning commute. mike, is it expected to be closed for some time? >> that's right. bob redell is on the scene. i want to point out two closures for the nimitz in addition to a b.a.r.t. alashbee station. north 880 at 23rd overnight crews should be clearing from the scheduled construction closure but this is the unexpected jam last night, abou

fremont through union city, forced off the road at alvarado niles to the west and get over to dire and back up to whipple. folks familiar with the area will know that will take you past the union landmarkings. let's get a live look and see how the traffic flow is. folks are getting forced off of the freeway. another landmark is that crowne plaza hotel. from time to time the traffic backs up as the volume increases. bob redell is out there in union city and bob, you said originally they were hoping for 6:00. what do we have as far as chp's mate now? >> reporter: that's still the estimate, mike. chp still shooting to have all lanes reopened in an hour at 6:00. one reason why this is taking so much as a result, they're tryingo happened. that takes time and you also have the issue of separating the wreckage and removing the

bodies, which is also a process. around 10:40 last night, a small tour bus hit stop-and-go traffic northbound 880 near whipple and hayward on the border with union city. that bus failed to stop and it collided with two cars. it ended up on top of a lexus and pushed a ford sedan under a ups big rig. the drivers of the cars, one a man, the other a woman, died on the scene. there were no passengers in the tour bus or big rig. the drivers are cooperating with the investigation. >> at this point, we ort alcop >> that's still under investigation. we're looking into all causes of this collision. >> reporter: the far left lane of this section of northbound 880 was closed last night for construction. chp is looking into what role, if any, that played in this fatal collision. the backup at alvarado niles, northbound 880 is where your

traffic pattern is diverted until they reopen this section of road. i reiterate, chp is trying to have this open by 6:00, so within another hour. reporting live here in hayward, bob redell, "toda the b." >> a r thank you, bob. we are continuing to follow microclimate weather alert for you this morning. red flag warning still in effect. >> meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the windy conditions for us. how long do you think this warning will last? >> for less than an hour, so we are going to see this expiring at 6:00 a.m. the good news is that we haven't had any reports of any wildfires. hopefully we'll keep it that up and winds sta t the calming down for elevations above 1,000 feet. s with' g -- cupertino's foreca chilly in the mid-50s, and into the mid-70s throughout the day. our high temperatures reach into the low 80s for many of our

inland areas, and livermore reaching 80 degrees. san jose 79 and san francisco today reaching 68 degrees. we'll talk about our microclimates and warm temperatures coming up in a few minutes. in a developing story we first brought to you last week on "today in the bay," a tennessee woman sits behind bars this morning, arrested in connection to a deadly dui car crash in contra costa county, killing a father and his baby girl. >> "today in the bay's"s. . s is live s. >> today today's pete suratos is live in walnut creek. tragic story here. >> reporter: the tennessee woman sits behind bars at this hour and faces serious charges we'll get into in a moment. this woman is accused of driving drunk and causing all of this. her name is jessica martin and according to police, she's accused of driving drunk and causing a multicar crash near 680 in walnut creek this past thursday. now when it comes to those charges that i mentioned, the

alameda county da's office filing those charges yesterday. the charges are two counts of murder and one count of dui. now this crash did kill a father and his baby girl, a very tragic story here, hector garza was the father, dying on the scene, his 8-month-old camilla was also in the car, she died last night at children's hospital. here's reaction from his neighbors to the news. >> we'd see them coming up and down the street. you know, it's just a horrible thing. >> just makes you realize you should take some time out and spend it with your kids. >> reporter: martin's bail was set at $2.1 million and a go garza family, get that information on our website at nbcbayarea.com. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> very tragic, hard to see, thank you, pete. 5:06 right now. deputy accused of secretly recording juvenile robbery

suspects is expected to be in a courtroom this morning. four times sergeant james russell illegally recorded young suspects as they spoke with their attorneys in interview rooms. instll luded to doing so in conversations captured by police body cameras. he now faces felony eavesdropping charges. struggling to rebuild, more than two-thirds of homeowners who lost their homes in the wildfires last year still have not had a chance to set well their insurance companies. according to the state, 10,000 structures were destroyed last year, more than the nine previous yearscomb tha. 68,000 claims were filed, totalling $14 billion. now in total, 52% of homeowners have not made agreements and santa rosa alone roughly two-thirds learned they were underinsured by an average of $300,000. we are less than a week out from election day, and voters will be faced with making several decisions on a lot of ballot measures. one of the most divisive

measures is proposition ten. voting yes means state law would not limit rent control laws in cities and counties. instead, a rent control authority would be established in each community. those opposing the measure say it would actually make the housing crisis worse, because it would allow more fees on top of rent. those in favor say prop ten would help people getting pushed out of their homes because it would control how muchan increase rent per year. tune in to "today in the bay" after the election. we'll have the latest results and analysis of all the races locally and nationally. in up early with us. the morning. happening today, facebook is teaming one an east bay community college announcing a education initiative. this is part of the social media giant's pledge to train 1 million workers by 2020. facebook leaders as well as leaders from peralta community college and oakland mayor libby

schaaf are said to present the details at 11:00 this morning. new this morning and happening today, calling all boo bookworms out. >> organizers in san francisco claim it's the largest book sale on the west coast, and here you can see why. at least 300,000 used books will be up for grabs later this morning at ft. mason. it's part of the 54th annual fund-raiser put on by the friends of the san francisco public library. the pricing said to be presentee reasonable $4 for hardback, $3 something ok, $2 for media, a vinyl. >> a few years ago we had someone found a nice first edition of "the catcher in the collections of first editions. >> reporter: what did that go for? >> $10,000, a very expensive book. >> that would be better than getting a lottery ticket. $4 for "catcher in the rye" first edition?

better go dig for books. the sale runs from 10:00 to 6:00 through sunday at the festival pavilion at ft. mason. and all on sunday the prices are cut to just $1. >> w.re going to right now at 5:09, as you make start out with some nice weather your way out the door, headed to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, grab a nice, warm jacket, maybe put it over your costume as you're heading out this morning. we are going to see those temperatures very nice and comfortable today, upper 60s around oakland, and then as you're getting the kids up and dressed for school this morning in san jose, those low 50s will make you feel a little bit cool. it will be at about 51 degrees walking to school and at 11:00, we're at 66 degrees and then warming up into the low 70s today, and i know you're making plans to go out trick-or-treating. your bay forecast, let's say spots like oakland and hayward and also for parts of the peninsula will be in the low 70s at the time you head out, and then dropping down into the upper 50s tonight. so i'll have an eye on that, as

we head over to mike. you're starting with a b.a.r.t. station closure. >> kari, we were notified about police activity, unspecified what is going on but the ashby station is closed because of police activity. early commuters riding with b.a.r.t. want to go to the downtown berkeley station as an alternate. that's your closest station. we're tracking what exactly is going on or how long it's going to take, but no word from b.a.r.t. police. the rest of the rails are operating with no o alternates as far as any station issues.oadws as well, a build for the east shore freeway and the bay bridge toll plaza, those metering lights turning on probably in the next ten minutes or so. right there north ooks88 like sd be clear from the ad schedule j after 5:00 a.m. this will not clear until probably 6:00. bob redell is here. this is the deadly crash we've been talking about. two people have been killed as a result of an overnight crash, it happened at about 10:40 last

night, and that has northbound 880 completely closed just shy of whipple road. folks taking alvarado niles to dire past the shopping area, get you back onto the freeway. looking for 6:00 a.m. for that to reopen. rest of the roads are moving smoothly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. still ahead, big concerns in the north bay as the number of deadly crashes involving cyclists and vehicles continues to rise. plus a possible protest at google by people in google. ahead in business and tech. and coming up for you at 5:25, today" sharing movies. >> look at the halloween you don't want to miss that. a lot more ahead.kari weather te

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halloween morning, and as you step out the door, it's going to be co go throughout the day. it's going to be a warm afternoon, and then we'll talk about our trick-or-treat few minutes. and why are these folks getting off the nimitz freeway? because they're forced off by chp. there's a deadly crash north of this shot, headed out of union city in toward hayward. i'll talk you through the detour and we'll talk about when they hope to have these lanes reopened. and very happy hallow to you. today is the last day of the month and what a month it has been for the stock market. regardless of this, all tricks, no treats. dow down 7% for the month. facebook reported profits. we'll talk more about them in a second. alphabet got clearance to test its driverless cars in the south bay without drivers inside. speaking of alphabet, the "new

york times" says another going the executive has resigned after accusations of sexual harassment. there is a lot of talk on the google bulletin boards about a walkout at work, particularly among women engineers protesting past instances of google executives accused of sexual improprieties leaving with bonuses or exit packages on their way out. i mentioned facebook. it says growth isil concentrate social feeds and more on messaging and video, which seems to be what peoplet slowing grow the housing report which for my money is the schiller, i hopeoi over 10% for the year. one of my ways of saying growth is slowing. they're still going up, just not as fast, only 10% less

affordable houses than last year. other news, lime says some of its scooters might catch fire. the ones taken off the street are not in san francisco but in the south bay. lime had to call the fire department to its own warehouse. part of the problem is where the battery pack is located on the bottom of the scooter. the weight down low for the center of gravity but that's also where rocks and other things will hit it and damage it, and we've seen this pro a fine. >> i wonder how often they check them or able to. >> they have to charge them so i would imagine they train their charging people to check for damage. >> thanks, scott. it's 5:17 right now. "today in the bay" viewers are gearing up for the holiday today. thank you for all your pictures. this one is from clint cardoza showing us his dog, that's dude

dre dressed up like a werewolf. >> make sure you tag nbc bay area on twitter and facebook, once you post pictures and be sure to tune in. we will be sharing the photos here on air on "today in the bay." it's always great to see all the costumes, how people dress up. >> it's great. there's a big soccer match last night at the earthquake's avia stadium. look at the game highlights, see if you can tell what is wrong with this video. bob redell, that's bob redell in the bright yellow cleats there trying to pretendskills. bob and other journalists took on the quakes front office in the first ever media appreciation match. the final score at least 5-1. you can guess who won. bob did great. he actually plays soccer, like in a league, i think, on the weekends. >> pretty cool. congratulations, bob. i did that one time. i'm not in shape. >> that's a lot of running. >> have you stopped t

bob's legs. >> from a distance. >> okay. >> from a distance. >> all right, well, let's head out the door this morning. shorts weather, mt. saint helena wind gusts up to 62 miles per hour. the wind was howling diablo -m gusts, which prompted this red flag warning. everything has been quiet and this is allowed to expire at 6:00 this morning, as we start to see those winds calming down. humidity still fairly low, especially compared to yesterday for some of our inland areas, bay and the coast. have some higher humidity and throughout the morning with some breezy winds across the north bay at about 15 to 20 miles per hour, elsewhere very light winds, but because we do have such low humidity, it should be a smooth hair day and looking at low humidity at least for the next couple of days.

looking at our highture for today, it's going to reach up to 78 degrees in milpitas, and gilroy 83 degrees. we have a lot of low 80s for our inland east bay areas and in the valleys and for the mostly some 70s. san francisco up to 64, and the marina district, and for the north bay still dry and very warm for this time of year. we're reaching into the low 80s there, and then we're seeing this high pressure keeping it warm and dry, keeping the rain and the clouds farther to the north, and we are not going to see this budge over the next few days. in fact, as we go into november the cma prediction center showing that pretty much all of california will be expecting some warmer than normal temperatures and equal chance of course as we look at this of r here, and then some very warm temperatures. looks like even to start the month, that will verify, and we're going into the low to mid

80s foret the next few days, we set our clocks back early sunday closures. >> ashby station closed still usf at ashby station earlier this morning and they were bleeding so they closed that for an investigation. no word on when the ashby station will be reopened. right now, it is closed. downtown berkeley station is the next farther south so that is an issue for folks, you might have to reroute and take the bus over. the ashby station is currently closed there. the rest of your transit agencies are on time and the roadways are moving smoothly. ashby station right about here. the metering lights should be turned on at the bay bridge. you see slowing up the incline. the maze no delays. the overnight construction and closure for the nimitz around alvarado niles, folks forced

off the freeway because of the that opened. waze traffic moving smoothly up to the scene. the blue route takes you through the closure but it'utes maybe more if you just get off of the area we told you to get off and take dire toward whipple. aside from that closure and the jam on the approach north of the dumbarton bridge, everything else is moving smoothly for your morning commute. we continue to follow the deadly crash and the closure getting into union city and hayward. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it is 5:22. coming up, marin county leaders made their decision on flavored tobacco. we'll tell you if the products will be banned all together. rebel wilson the star of the "pitch perfect" movies is on ellen dressed up for halloween. >> so i saw that everybody in "pitch perfect" was posing with the number four. does that mean there's going to be a "pitch perfect 4"? >> that was "ellen" j

like the wilson ball there, rebel wilson. >> what she had to say about her "pitch perfect" movie coming up. this morning, we're up and online as we were on twitter yesterday as well. i got to sit and meet and talk to dr. anita hill. she spoke at yesterday's ywca inspired luncheon. i was inspired and honored to be the emcee of that event. it was a great one. follow me on twitter, laura garcia nbc. give us a shout out.

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hit it's 5:26. in santa rosa, a biker hit and killed by a dump truck. that accident happened on stony point road at highway 12 yesterday afternoon. police say that that woman was struck in the crosswalk before she became pinned under that truck. this is the third traffic related death in the intersection in the last six weeks. and west marin, another bicyclist was hit and killed by a drunk driver on monday afternoon, that happened on sir francis drake boulevard west of railroad avenue. that driver was arrested for a dui. a follow-up now, it appears sales of vaping and flavored tobacco products will be banned in marin county within a matter of months. supervisors unanimously approved the ban yesterday. it will apply to all unincorporated areas including eliminating the sales of menthol cigarettes. stores will also be given a few months to wind down their remaining supplies.

final vote is scheduled for next tuesday. so you know it's a good time wilson stops by ry. reb "ellen." >> the "pitch perfect star" dishes whether or not the cast will return for a fourth movie and also revealing more about an upcoming newan, but we just love each other, all of us girls. >> you all took pictures with four? >> you know, we just, i mean definitely i'll be filming another musical film in the next 12 months. z>> "i mean" model chrissy teign exploring a haunted house and watch "ellen" at 4:00 and stay tuned for "nbc bay area news" at 5:00 followed by "nightly news with lester holt" at 5:30, and then take the kids trick-or-treating. check out your wednesday morning forecast and traffic. >> speaking of traffic, it is our top breaking news story right now, northbound 880

completely shut down, after sadly two people killed in a crash overnight. we've got bob redell live on the scene. he'll join us with the latest, coming up next.

lanes of a busy east bay freeway are shut down right now. a 5:30 right now. lanes of a busy east bay freeway shut down. team coverage of two people are a live l

commute. first we want to get a chance to say good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to get straight to the crash that might affect your morning commute. mike inouye is standing by. mike, are people going to have a lot of trouble getting around that area? >> right now folks northbound 880, these folks can't continue on the freeway and haven't been able to since about 10:40 last night. this is northbound 880, folks familiar with union city right here, the crowne plaza sign there for the hotel, just off northbound 880 at aarado niles, exiting in the area south of union landing mall. getting out to the maps showing you aside from that closure right here, there is green for the rest of the bay. let me take you out to the traffic system, that is indeedo from this right here with you the distraction for the southbound side as the commute starts to build. north 880 folks were forced off there, alvarado niles. you get toward dire street and whipple road and back on to the

freeway. again, that mall union landing and the target on the other side are the area. bob redell has been on the scene so i know you have more on that. oh, we'llake it ove t bob redell. you have the lanes expected to be open in the next 30 now? >> reporter: chp gave us an update and still think they'll be able to get northbound 880 reopened at the border of hayward and union city reopened as you mentioned, by 6:00. they've removed the two vehicles that were involved in this accident. you can see one of them is on the back of the those vehicles . they've got them on the flatbeds and doing a sweep of all the debris on the today. this is the result of a horrible accident happened around 10:40 last night. there was a small tour bus, it hit stop and go traffic on northbound 880 near whipple. we're in hayward on the border with union city. the bus failed to stop, collided with two cars, ended up on top

of a lexus, crushed that vehicle and pushed a sedan, a ford sedan und underneath a ups big rig. the drivers of both the cars, one a man, the other a woman, they died on the scene. there were no passengers in lcoh or drugs were involved. they will be lookingheth this p role, ifllision, so right now, they're just not sure what caused this accident, but it's such a severe accident, they had their major accident investigation team, their m.a.i.t. team trying to recreate what happened here to get a better sense of what caused this horrible accident here in hayward. you're looking at live pictures of the backup at alvarado niles where traffic is diverted. if you're sitting at home looking what the commute will be like, they are hops,

around 6:00. reporting live in hayward, bob redell "today in the bay." >> rough commute there ba tragi. thank you, bob. we continue this morning with our microclimate weaert. red flag warn somhifect >> let's chen itions. you say it's not going to last l improve. we're not getting r flag warning will be set to expire at 6:00, and light breeze, as you make your way out the door, maybe on your way to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station. it's going to be chilly out there, only 46 degrees, as you head out the door. but we go from 46 to 66 at 11:00, and continuing to the low 70s today. nice warm halloween forecast. i'll have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much, kari. 5:35 right now. happening today, a man caught on video with two chainsaws at a b.a.r.t. train is due in court. patrick bingham boarded the train during the monday evening commute and started waving the chainsaws around. he was arrested at the lake

merritt station in oakland. the passenger who recorded the video says she was stunned and couldn't believe her eyes. >> and then he's like trying to start it and he'li chainsaw talking about how he's the b.a.r.t. massacre. >> bingham faces several charges including exhibiting a deadly weapon and threatening to commit a crime with the intent to terrorize. a cupertino community group is saying it has a way to stop development where vallco mall was located. kris sanchez is live in cupertino. >> reporter: they have gathering signatures to put a referendum on the ballot before the voters. you can see the demolition here at vallco is already under way, and the heavy equipment moved in basically the same day that the

city council approved a move to accept that development deal from sand hill property company. the group better cupertino says this is happening too fast. it announced it has enough voters to decide.that issue on this is the same group that sued the city of cupertino over this same issue. but in the time that it will take to qualify those signatures and perhaps get that issue to the voters, construction he affordable housing. it allows projects with a certain level of affordable housing to bypass some local ordinances. so the developer now says that instead of the community plan, which it had been working on with the city, it will now focus on that plan that is fast tracked by sb35. in a statement, the sand hill property company managing director says "this latest obstruction and the two-year delay it causes gives the community plan no chance to catch up with the already approved and underway vallco town center project. we consider ourselves patient people, but our patience has

finally run out." referendum mo, so, too, will the demolition and the construction here at vallco "today in the bay." date with what's going on, kris, thanks. today, san jose mayor sam li liccardo is backing several measures on the midterm ballot that includes proposition 2, homelessness prevention. the measure would allow the state to use funds from county mental health problems to housing for the homeless with mental issues. the approval of the proposal would not increase state taxes. several homeless advocates, social workers, doctors and emergency responders are urging voters to say yes. those against it say it makes n mental health services to build homes. be sure to tune in to "today in the bay" after the election for the latest results and analysis of all races locally and nationally. as those numbers come in, we'll

have them fresh in the morning. our coverage starts at a.m. folks in our coverage, it continues about the ashby b.a.r.t. station which is still closed for police activity. i told you that someone had walked into the station and they helped by a medical team but they have taken from the station. was getting addressed with medical help, and so that will be the delay. for the time being, cket and hed the downtown berkeley station, or macarthur, a little farther down the line, options for you. the roads in the area are just fine. the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on, as is standard there. the big issue northbound 880, bob redell continues to be at the scene of that crash, where two people were killed last night, north 880 still closed at alvarado niles. folks get off and around the union landing shopping mall, on the western side of the freeway. the rest of the commute is just fine. >> let's hope it half way through the work week. >> yes, we are.

a lot of celebrations tonight, going out trick-or-treating and it's going to be nice ross the halloween forecast. looking a little spooky there. we are going to keep the most of's cro the b area, the sun sets at about 6:10 and it's going to be warm for the inland valleys, in spots like the tri valley and the north bay, we'll be in the low 80s at 5:00 and starting to become more comfortable with some low 70s at sunset for the bay. san jose, oakland and also over toward the peninsula, we'll be in the mid-60s and then dropping back into the upper 50s later on tonight. your saturday forecast is looking great, but still very warm, reaching into the mid 80s. the coast at about the mid-60s and then on sunday 67 degrees will be the coastal high, with the bay reaching at about 71 degrees and 82 for the inland areas. i'll have a look at all of our microclimates and today's temperature trend coming up in about three minutes.

there's a huge rd to it, kari. push to keep pedestrians safe. the big milestone san francisco is achieving. ac on the campaign trail and a bizarre plot maybe against robert mueller. we'll take

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teresa. only some upper 40s as you step out the door. then we'll see it becoming a lot nicer as we go throughout the day. wide range in temperatures, i'll have a look at that and the weekend, too, come up in a few minutes. sky ranger just arrived over the scene of the deadly crash. two people killed here. north 880 the freeway is closed. slowing and tell you the latest for the b.a.r.t. station we'll talk you around the closure. this is a question a lot of people ask, how do you eliminate traffic deaths? it's a question that leaders in san francisco and other cities are asking themselves. turns out the vision zero program seems to be ped in 2015 eliminate traffic deaths by the year by redesigning streets, enforcement and

education. >> historically, we've had about 30 people a year killed on the streets of san francisco, just trying to get around the city. last year, that number was 20. it was the lowest number of people killed since we started counting that statistic in 1915. >> san francisco is ramping up the campaign. you may hear more radio ads and see more billboards at bus stops. quarter to 6:00 right now. new details this morning, one power company'sti, acknowledging possible responsibility for a massive southern california wildfire. the thomas fire scorched ventura and santa barbara counties last december. rains one month later in rigger montecito mudsli equipment likely sparked at least one ignition point. investigators have not fi cause but this is similar to recent admissions from pg&e including the devastating tubs fire in

santa rosa. new this morning, in san diego, a hepatitis "a" outbreak is over, nearly two years after it began. the contagion killed 20 people and sickened nearly 600. the outbreak led to focus on unsanitary living conditions among the region's homeless population. city and county governments promoted vaccination, wash streets, install portable toilets and hand stations stations and shelters capable of housing hundreds of people at a time. in a major shocking news. it finds the state paid at least $4 billion questionable medi-cal premiums. over 450,000 people marked as eligible in the system were listed as ineligible in county systems. they found that some people were improperly denied services. 5:47. there are six days to go until midterm elections. >> and the president is back on the campaign trail, scott

mcgrew. >> yes, he after a stop in pittsburgh, laura, to visit the scene of the terrible shooting on saturday. there were mixed feelings about the president and the first lady coming to the scene so the mayor of pittsburgh asked them to wait until after the investigation and the funerals were complete. the president received largely respectful welcome at the of life synagogue. the president is back on the campaign trail, pushed a number of ideasople minds off right win to immigration, and other issues. in the meantime, let's talk about the accusations against special counsel robert mueller, a man famous for making these sorts of accusations, jack burkeman, has called a press conference for tomorrow. burkeman says "we will refeel the first reveal special kocounsel robert mueller sex assault problems. they point to sewerfire

intelligence as the source of the allegations against mueller. just like there's a dossier against trump, now there's a dossier against mueller except sewerfire intelligence was quickly outed as a fake. reporters and internet users were able to connect the surefire intelligence to a fellow named jacob wall. i apologize for the picture, we'll get this fixed but whether wall they discovered some of the executives at surefire intelligence aren't real. simon frick, igce financial investigator, located in zurich, sounds like a real person, but you look carefully at mr. frick's picture on linkedin, he looks strikingly like christoph walz, from the quentin qua tarantino's picture. yep, exactly. he stopped talking to reporters at all, why? nbc reports wall stopped

responding to nbc news after being sold surefire's official phone number redirects to his mother's voice mail. we'll continue to watch these strange allegations against robert mueller and how the fbi is going to handle them. we'll follow that on twitter. follow me there @scottmcgrew. >> your weather and traffic, ka and this is looking nice out there. lot will be out for halloween. >> and cool this morning, but i think with a lot of extra layers, maybe your costume on, you'll be comfortable. we start out as you get ready to head out the door with a look at numbers, they're all over the place. we know that when the wind starts to rush over the hills, eady warm and that's why fairfield is at 60 degrees, and then you head over to napa and degrees. so we have a ws yoget ready to start out on this wednesday, getting the kids up maybe ,eaie livermore oy atbo 4 and very nice by the ie the

degrees as you head too school low 70s. here is a look at our highs that will be a little bit warmer in some spots, compared to yesterday or about the same, like spots in oakland. we'll be up to 74 degrees and 81 in santa rosa. san jose 79 degrees and palo alto reaching the upper 70s. our winds will calm down today but we still have some cool weather, so you do need a hat and a jacket to start out, and then as we go through the forecast, it warms up, so you'll be taking that jacket off. we'll be in the mid 80s once again, keep in m bac t one hour on sunday morning at 2:00 a.m., or saturday night before you go to sleep. we'll stay in the 60s in san francisco. now mike, you're tracking the continued closure of the nimitz. >> behind me our picture from sky ranger that arrived over the scene a few minutes ago. you see these two larger tow trucks are eiumr than your standard tow truck for a passenger vehicle because they have to pull these rigs off of the roadway.

northbound 880 that's the dark section here completely closed. folks are getting off at alvarado niles. getting you out to the maps talking about the alternate. waze talks if you take 880 from fremont to the san mateo bridge it takes you 40 minutes. we can save you time if you take alvarado over to dire and back onto the freeway. join nbc bay area wazers to help you through this big unexpected delay. back out to the maps, we're showing you traffic flows here in the backup, we've had a second crash, moving to the shoulder. beware folks coming up north of the dumbarton bridge, that's unexpected. the rest of the bay moves very smoothly, aside from the bay bridge toll plaza, where the metering lights are on, we're hoping the lanes reopen at 6:00 a.m. we're tgin that spot on scene. back to you. coming up next, a story parents must hear before the kids leave for school. >> almost 35 years for me in this business and never seen anything quite like it and my heart is broken.

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for the animals especially dogs, when you're walking up to the homes. >> that's right, walk around with your kids, too, give them flashlights. new details this morning, horrific crash at a school bus stop. trans you saw the headlines light up social media. three young siblings are dead after a driver hit and killed they were tg in indiana. investigators say the stop arm p truck hit 6-year-old twin boys and their learned their s, years old, critically hurt and in the hospital right now. he >> i heard the bus honk and i wasn't sure if it mornihonked i front of my house and i heard sirens, my dogs started going crazy and we came outside and we saw the commotion. >> i can't imagine losing all those children. the driver was not hurt, but she is facing reckless homicide

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election day gets closer, president trump makes the campaign blitz. where he's headed. our report from the white house, as "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good wednesday mornino you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we start with team coverage of the crash on 880. bob redell is there, live for us this morning, but we start out with mike inouye, with the traffic and how itommu this morning. >> good morning, folks. take you out with sky ranger right now over the scene. you see the jammed up traffic on the southbound side. we expect that out of hayward but look, all the darkness northbound, there is no traffic flowing north of alvarado niles. folks are looping around the freeway and getting back, it looks like they are changing the configuration a little bit over there at the scene. now, we have this c