southbound at andrade. this is causing them to close that exit from 680. that's a factor in your commute. look at all the dry grass in the area throughout the hills and the trivalley. we have a number of fire crews scrambled out to the area. more are arriving now. it looks like they have closed one lane of southbound 680 causing a backup coming out of pleasanton and send ole. two hot spots in this shot. chp heard about three spots with fires. there may be more or they are actively putting them out as we speak. the live shot shows you two lanes blocked approaching andrade road from south 680. no injuries reported, no crashes. a big distraction during the commute.

with the dry roadways out there there is always a concern -- not the roadways, the dry grass alongside the roadways there is a big misdemeanor the good news is we don't have a lot of wind. but we do have very dry conditions. starting out with clear skies. getting ready for cooler temperatures to start. then we will see the temperatures starting to warm up as we head throughout the day. we are going to see our highs in the area of that fire reach into the low 90s while the south bay reaches the upper 80s. we will talk more about that in a few minutes. we will also have a look at when our temperatures spike coming up next. sounds good. we are monitoring the fire burning at southbound 680 near andrade road in the sunol grade. firefighters are on hand. it look like a big fire from these pictures because we are zoomed up to it.

et cetera not large. hopefully they can keep it under control. but it is a distraction. mike will keep tabs on it and we will check in with him. a ride share driver is suspected of driving a bay area woman 60 miles away and sexually assaulting her. this morning bob riddel has lyft's response. he was a driver for lyft. are they saying anything. >> reporter: they say they are cooperating with authorities and has blocked the suspect for ever driving for them again. the suspect, the driver in question, take a look at his photo, a 46-year-old man who was arrested on saturday who is still in the san mateo county jail awaiting his first court appearance which could be later today or tomorrow. law enforcement says he was working for lyft when he picked up a 25-year-old woman early sunday morning after she became

intoxicated. instead of bringing her home he allegedly took the women an hour away to his home in tracy and raped her. he also face as charge of false imprisonment. his neighbors in tracy say they have never seen police activity at his home and don't know much about the man who has lived next door since 2017. lyft tells nbc bay area it adheres to strict criminal background checks on all drivers before hiring and updates that information daily. in a written statement, the company wrote, safety is fundamental to lyft. what is being described is terrifying. and the driver's access to lyft has been permanently removed. we responded immediately and have reached out to the rider since the incident. we are working with authorities and will continue to help in every way week. 603 right now. there are a lot of questions about the death of jeffrey epstein. he is the man accused of child sex trafficking and considered a disgraced financier who hob knobbed with world leaders.

we could learn more about this today. craig boswell is live in washington as the justice department investigates. and president trump spreads more conspiracy theories on line. a lot going on with this one, jeff. >> reporter: indeed marcus. good morning. yeah, epstein' death has triggered multiple investigations and conspiracy theories. an autopsy report is expected to reveal more information about the death of jeffrey epstein. epstein was facing federal charges for sex trafficking. he was found dead in his manhattan jail cell saturday in an apparent suicide. the new york city medical examiner's office says it completed the autopsy sunday but delayed the release of the report saying it needed more information. >> i am confident in our medical examiner's office. i am not confident at all in the justice department on many levels. >> reporter: william barr says mr. epstein' death raises serious questions that must be answered. among them did guards conduct routine checks every 3s on

minutes on inmates including epstein as required. another his alleged sex trafficking. >> that means charge koss come. >> reporter: president trump retweeting a baseless conspiracy theory implementing the clintons. >> more recklessness. what he is doing is dangerous. >> reporter: epstein had ties to the clintons and president trump. >> the president just wants everything to be investigated. trying to connect the president to this monster where they are seen dancing in a video opposed to other people actively i suppose flying around with this monster on his island, which was known as pedophilia island, pehaps there is a public interest in knowing more about that. >> reporter: epstein had been on suicide watch but was taken off late july. deliberations in the postship warehouse fire trial will continue this morning. the jury goes into its third

full week of deliberating trying to figure out if the master tenant and second in command have guilty of involuntary manslaughter. each man faces one count for each person killed in the warehouse fire. 36 people died. stay with nbc 6 bay area for the verdict. we will of course bring it to you live as it happened happens. time the put the video gams away and forget sleeping in. happening today in some districts it is the officers day back to school this week.among those starting this week oakland schools. of course the district faced its challenges last year, including a bitter strike. now teachers have a new deal and a big turnover in leadership. 20 school principals left over the summer. the district says that's about double the normal attrition. a couple other notes, pleasanton unified school starts today. so does east side union high school in san jose. breaking news that we are

covering from alameda county this morning. live picture from sky ranger, look at firefighters at the scene. s that fire that is burning off the sunol grade. this is southbound 680 near the andrade road exit there sending smoke into the air. certainly a distraction for the muters there. looks like they are pretty much driving by and moving at this point. but no doubt just a lot of looky-loos will add to the stretch of backup in that area. mike is keeping tabs on the morning commute. that is such a popular thoroughfare in the bay area. expect some delays to happen there. there are some power outages, we are told n the area. dry conditions as you can see, usually they are so green out there in the beginning of the year. but with the dead heat of the summer dry, dry, dry conditions out there. carry, are there concerns of winds out there? >> our winds are very light this morning. >> good. >> in fact, win speeds less than

10 miles per hour at tombs through parts of the trivalley. also our humidity is fairly high this time of morning. right now it is at about 70%. when we see it drop below 30% that's when we have concerns of mo of a wildfire danger. we know there is a lot of dry vegetation out there. hopefully they can get containment on that soon because temperatures will be heating up today. here's a live look from oakland this morning getting ready to head out the door. getting ready for the first day of school for oakland unified. we are going to start out cool and then warm up throughout the day. upper 70s expected there with some of our temperatures in the inland valleys reaching the low 90s today. we will talk about the peak of our heat which comes mid week. more on that. and mike you are tracking the grass fire in the trivalley and the back up. >> it is alongside the roadway. and two lanes at the very least are blocked. we have seen that with a couple of crews, fire crews there. southbound 680. right around andrade road. i learned that -- well you see

the backup here. sky ranger shows you. we lose lanes around call elevators, another plume of smoke. we are losing that picture. we will take you out to the maps and show you the extent of the backup. roadside fire alongside 680 at andrade. another one here at call elevators north of that ction. that's a long section of 680 where two roadside crews are battling a fire. ed a dran's off ramp is closed. you see the build through pleasanton as well as into sunol. in freemont you are fine heading into south bay. northbound will be distracted as well. with all of that activity in trivalley, do focus on the commute, distracted driving has a potential for a lot of problems over there, highway 4, slow for pittsburgh bay point. a crash at san pablo moves to

the shoulder. the bay bridge toll plaza has metering lights. we continue to follow the road fire in the trivalley. >> weep keep checking back. sometimes you hear things that are so obvious that it makes you laugh, like michael jordan is a great basketball player, and meryl streep is a great actress. >> the no brainer advice apple's cofounder steve wojniac is talking about on line.

good month morning. right now it is 6:13. as we wake up and head out the door it is a cool start. here's a live look at freemont with a lot of sunshine, our temperatures will heat up fast, going from 60 to 85 by early afternoon. this won't even be the hottest day of the week. i will have a look at when our temperatures peak, and ahead for this weekend what's coming up, in less than five minutes. we are looking at with sky ranger. a tremendous backup for southbound 680. they are addressing a fire which looks like it is out. look at the dry hills there. southbound 680 at andrade. we do believe the fire is out. but two lanes are blocked as you hit call elevators and andrade

road. good morning. a very happy monday to you as well. markets are in the red again. comcast, the owner of universal says it is going to spike a movie called the hunt after recent mass shootings. comcast is also the parent owner of the television station. investors have all but given up on a trade deal with china. in fact they worry things are going to get worse. when we look at losses on the stock market, and will be the a lot of them, keep in mind the money isn't actually lost, it just moves. you might have lost money sure but the money moves like a river out of the stocks and secretaries into gold and safe havs. when investors are worried they buy bonds and the yields on those bonds, the payoffs get smaller. lower yields by the way are also a sign of a possible coming

recession. congress may be out but sacramento is in. the sacramento state house will take up ab 5 an move that would make uber drivers and others employees and not independent contractors. i had a talk with a linguist yesterday, mo on our show "press here "she studies the use of language on the internet. she has a new book, because internet on the subject of how the internet has changes the way we speak. people now say i didn't do my homework because internet. i decided i would ask her about an argument i have with my sister. i said settle this. my sister says i shouldn't use the word super. you shhh i use the word super?

you are a linguist. i want this on record in i don't know. i don't want to insert myself in the argument between you and your sister? remember this is my show and i am promoting your book. >> you are right. whatever you say. >> she talks about the use of emojis and how the language is changing. did you know we have a professional linguist in house. >> mike. >> linguistics. >> super. >> that's all settled. two of them. thank you. 6:16, continuing to follow breaking news. look at all the smoke. this is this alameda county. sky ranger giving you an overhead view of the area. there was a vegetation fire southbound 680 near andrade road. fire crews were there. the fire is now out. no doubt there was a lot of distraction in that area. we heard of some power outages, pg&e reporting some power

outages there. such dry conditions out there on the sunol grade. we see it every time this year how dry it is. it is always so concerning because you don't want the flames to leap at all. >> sky ranger widened out and we saw all the dry grass. a couple of spots caught fire. they jumped on that right away. >> and there was not a lot of winds in the area. what about the morning commute. >> i want cary to talk about that also, because of the dry conditions there was a potential for that to be rather bad. >> it is going to be a hot day. the good news is we are starting out cool. we don't have a lot of wind and the humidity this morning is fairly high. we are seeing drifts of fog around the golden gate every now and then. right now it is mostly clear on this morning with a lot of people heading out the door. in the south bay, expect it to be right at 62 degrees. it will be a cool start. but those temperatures warm up

fast. 76 at 10:00, leading to upper 80s by early this afternoon. and we have kids heading back to school today in the trivalley. in pleasant ton unified school district, we will be at 60 degrees as they head out the door. as they head out for recess it will already start to warm up. throughout the afternoon we are reaching into the low 90s. cool to drop them off, but really hot as you pick them up later today as our temperatures reach 94 degrees. we will up to 93 in concord. and santa rosa today, 92 there. while san francisco stays in the mid 70s. here's what's going on. we have had a fairly mild weekend. now high pressure is building. we see the clockwise winds that go around high pressure is going to give us more of a northerly wind and at times blowing offshow. even though it heats up the i would in of the week it quickly backs off as a storm system moves into the pacific northwest

by the end of the week. friday, saturday, and sunday, feeling cooler winds and much cooler temperatures -- some breezy winds i should say. and for the middle of the week we are looking at dangerous heedth heat as the inland valleys peak at 98 degrees and come down to the low to mid 80s by the weekend. while san francisco for the next few days stays in the mid 70s. mike you are tracking the grassfire and the impact on traffic? >> yeah we will start with sky ranger, show you out here as they are looking at the hills through sunol and freemont. we are showing a smooth flow of traffic but a slower driver through the area right now. as laura just told you the traffic flow is improving because they cleared one more lane and put the fire out that was there. it was a roadside fire at call elevators and andrade road. the andrade road offramp was closed.

watch the area, big distraction, one and two lanes still closed. >> south 680 tends to slow down around bernal past stone ridge. it has built up over the last ten minutes. a tremendous amount of slowing compared to what we typically see on a month morning. 25 minutes for the five and a half mile stretch. adding 15 minutes onthe your drive. as we back it out, we notice 880 is moving slowly. you can still use the side streets and get through the area quicker than you can if you head over towards the nimitz. keep that in mind. thing may change. 680 is starting to improve a bit. 84 coming into the area out of livermore and pleasant ton, that's starting to back up as you hit the interchange. it will be a factor making that merge. the rest of the bay, south bay

peninsula, no delays. just the start of slowing in hayward. the bay bridge toll plaza we had the metering lights on on time. schools are coming back on line, including oakland unified as well as pleasanton schools. that will be today. it will cause a kmapg in the patterns throughout. and that will continue for the next three weeks. back to you. don't forget, we are always on social media, even during the newscast. >> i am back from in the saddle. this is after a truly wonderful time at the national association of black journalists. this was a conference in miami. that's one of my friends i used to work with in nashville. he is down in miami. 4,000 people attended that conference over the weekend. >> nice to is he your colleagues. >> i am at a workshop. i have that on my facebook page. the founders of the national association of the journalists. i had a workshop with them. i moderated the event was on the panel at the event. check that out on my facebook

page. you can also follow me on twitter as well as instagram. because when i am not here i am always on line. >> you are everywhere. >> i try to be. we'll be right back.

6:24 for you right now. this week is a special one here at nbc bay area. we along with our sister station telemundo 48 are teaming up to help clear the shelters. this is our annual campaign, to help find forever homes for animals in shelters. last year's campaign was a

massive success. over just two days nearly 2,800 animals in bay area found a forever home. across the country er 100,000 pets were adopted over the same period. we hope that you will come out again this year. 90 local shelters and rescue organizations are taking part. most of them are either waive or reduce adoption fees. for more information, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. click on the clear the shelters section, and find all the information you need to know. >> we will be live at the berkeley humane on saturday marcus and i. >> a lot of fun. >> yes. come out and enjoy it and maybe tined a new friend. it is 6:25 trending receipt now video that may give you a lift. et cetera amazing. zion clark was born without legs. but it certainly doesn't stop him. video of his slam-dunk is going viral. the southern california man says the biggest obstacles were the

challenges in his personal life but his trainer says he finds a way to overcome. >> growing up it was really rough. i got ridiculed a lot. >> no matter what challenge i throw in front of him, he will find a way. >> he is slightly over three-peat tall. he has been in the paralympic track championships, he does wrestling and he has other thing posted on video. >> he has a short video on netflix. it is less than 30 minutes but it is cool to see how his life changed when got involved in sports. his wrestling coach took to him and changed his life around. look at that. >> i can't even do that, 6'4". 6:26 right now. new today was this a stipe that steve wojniac seems to think so. he tweeted out a fortune cookie

message he says he got after his birthday dinner in cupertino. it says you will do well this the field of computer technology. >> that's cute. >> how do they know that? maybe it means that he should actually get back to work. he is still considered an employee but he anti-worked there in about 35 years. maybe if he goes back we could get something even more exciting. that's pretty cool. an early morning fire in the trivalley we have been telling you about is causing a backup along the sunol grade. mike has a look at work around next. also breaking news from overseas. look at this massive protest inside the hong kong airport. the services the airport is suspending because of all the protests. here at home, milestone day for the embattled sales force transit center in san francisco. what people using it this morning are telling us. plus -- ♪

>> you know who they are. the boy band fan of your life may be in meltdown mode this morning. the announcement from bts overnight. all of that coming up. you are watching today in the bay. ♪

breaking news to tell you about in alameda county. reports of a vegetation fire in

sunol off of 680 and andrade. this is close to the top of the hour. flames were burning close to the highway. >> lets take you live there right now. the fire is out. crews remain on the scene. the charred vegetation that burn there had certainly causing backups and delays as people are looking there. bob riddel is live at the scene. let's go to him now. looks like they got it out. but they were looking for hot spots, bob? >> reporter: there were three spot fires along the southbound shoulder of 680 between call elevators and andrade. this is one of the fires here where the fire department, they do have all three fires out. they are still trying to determine the cause. they were initially talking about possibly something with a pg&e power line sparking or something along those lines or maybe a transformer blowing. but i asked the firefighter of this team, he says there is no

downed power lines, no indication of what might have caused it. they have a fire view a little bit south of here where they are going to check on a report of a dump truck leaning up against a power pole and see if that could be possibly the cause for the three spot fires. look to the right, livermore pleasanton fire department, handling this fire. they are cleaning you up right now. what you can't see is the commute traffic is -- well here look over to your right. this is the commute traffic, after they get through the backup. one lane, the slow lane, the far lane s shut down. you are going to have a backup coming from walnut creek dublin heading southbound on 680 because of this, again, three spot fires, grass fires on the shoulder, did not burn onto the road. just burned through some vegetation. crews are out trying to determine the cause. reporting live in sunol, bob riddel, today in the bay. >> thanks for getting out there so quickly, bob.

mike has been tracking how the fire is affecting the traffic out there. one lane is still close? >> with the lane closed it is going to slow the traffic. but the bigger thing is the distract with multiple fire crews and fire engines out there. this is southbound 680. on-ramps and 680 south seven or eight miles past andrade. once chp even shows up on a scene folks start to slow down for curiosity. there are fire crews. one lane blocked at call elevators, one lane blocked at andrade. there were three spot fires and a lot of smoke which is now starting to clear. this is after 84 joins with folks out of livermore and pleasanton you can almost more traffic through miles canyon. stick it out.

another quarter mile and you should be in the leer for south 680. that will prevent a ripple over there. 880 can be used as an alternate but it doesn't save you any time. traffic flows smoothly through the rest of the bay. and the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. >> the one thing that may help them get the wildfire, the grass fire under control so quickly is that we didn't have a lot of wind. looking at freemont, the flag is barely moving. as we start out, cool temperatures, that will lead into mid 80s. it will be a hot afternoon. i will talk more about that and the weekend forecast. it is 6:34, breaking news we are covering out of hong kong. all flights going out of the city's airport now canceled because of more protests. this is video from overnight showing thousands that are

gathered inside that terminal. it is the fourth day of protests at the airport. here at home we checked with sfo. no impact here so far. earlier today riot police shot off water cannons near protesters on the streets of one of the city's main shopping districts. here's what protesters want, democracy in hong kong, and an investigation into the city's police force. they are also asking for people who were arrested in previous protests to be released. happening today service for all bus leans are running again at the sales force transit center after nearly a year of repairs. pete durado is at the transit center. i know a lot of riders are excited about today. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. we are here on the upper level of the sales force transit center with ac transit service is resuming. herself a bus arriving that we know is a part of the service. that is arriving all morning

long. we will show you video from earlier as the buss were arrives. it has been a long time coming getting to this point. remember it was back in september of last year when there were infrastructure issues that shut down the center. specifically fissures in the two level bus track. it took several months to finally reopen the transit center. it reopened this past june, but it was only the roof top park the grand hall and the food trucks outside. last month muni and golden gate transit resumed service on the lower level. this morning, ac resuming full service on the upper level. the bus deck opened yesterday. but today is the first day of full services. i spoke with riders getting off the bus this morning about the relaunch of service at the sales force transit center. >> it was annoying for all of us riders to be going to the temporary place.

it has been temporary for seven years. hopefully this is the final time they open it up. >> it was-2 minutes. of course traffic wasn't bad on the bridge either. it was okay. >> it is a nice easy commute. i get on at hercules, i got off here. i nap on the way here. it is great. >> reporter: take you back out here live to the sales force transit center where ac transit is back up and relationship running, there will be 26 lines and 4 early bird express lines for riders. ambassador will be on hand to help riders with information. live in san francisco, today in the bay. >> starting tonight and for the next two weeks catching a muni train may be trickier. each night muni will shut down some of its light rail service for maintenance. closures start at 9:30 p.m. and will run until 1:00 a.m. the entire underground between embarcadero and west portal will be closed. and the elor theo val will not

run as wul. mooni will delay work any night there is a giants home game. a veteran sheriff's sergeant accused of secretly recording juvenile suspects is due in court. sources say herd roed four robbery suspects as they conf conferred with their attorneys. heis if as felony eavesdropping charges but he has not entered a plea. the case force the four juveniles have all been dismissed. 6:38, a possible shark sighting prompting a warning al half moon bay over the weekend. pacifica police sent out a text notifying people threw its alert system. they say a great white was spotted a quarter mile south of pillar point hare bar on saturday no beaches are being evacua evacuated about this but they are warning people. the korean boy band bts is taking an extended break. when it comes to bts, you may

say idk. if you don't know, bts sold over 10 million albums in five years. the ban has never taken a break. no word how long it may last but band members feel they are due some r and r. so far reaction on social media seems to support the fan. they have mega fans. >> they do. and cool dance moves, [pbbutoo. >> thank you. oh, were you talking about them still? whatever. >> this could be your -- with them going off? you could fill in. >> my back up commuters. a lot of them. this shot from sky ranger shows you live the backup that continues for eight miles southbound 680 winding through the mills in pleasanton towards sunol. we have lanes blocked. we have fire crews that continue to be there. the fire is out. the roadside grass fire that was there is ouflt but they are still making sure that is completely the case. we don't any flare ups.

it is a distraction in addition to blocking the right lane and the shoulder heading south through sunol in through freemont. we continue to follow this about 20-minute backup. i want to he show you the rest of the commute. 84 is also jammed because of that fire activity just south of where they merge. that's the worst commute of the bay for the trivalley there. everything else moves smoothly. the bay bridge toll plaza as the usual traffic. >> makes you want to -- >> think ahead to the weekend. >> you will be ready for the weekend by the time it gets here after a hot week. let's get a look at the numbers for the inland areas. we will see our temperatures peaking on wednesday. and then coming down to much more comfortable air by saturday and sunday with some low 80s. for san francisco, we will number the mid 70s through mid week. and then back to our normal upper 60s as the fog returns.

where are you going this weekend? how about the trivalley? if you are going there, upper 80s and sunshine. then some mid 80s throughout much of the rest of the weekend with breezy winds. if you are going to the beach this weekend it will be right at about 70 degrees for the high temperature on saturday and sunday. that's a live look at the sun rising over the sierra where our high temperature also also be right at about 70 degrees or staying just below for the weekend. we will get a look at today's temperature trend as it heats up. that's coming up in about three minutes. >> looking forward to that carry. 6:41, coming up the 11th hour steps one local school district may take to try to avoid a strike. what teach remembers asking for with less than an hour to make a deal. >> a sexual assault claim against a lyft driver. what the company is saying and what neighbors are saying about the dryer. president trump is making

promises about gun control. can he keep them. dow industrials once again falling, down 206 points. you are watching today in the bay. later an upset win for a bear area table tennis star who we introduced you to before. the story is all new this hour. a lot more ahead. you are watching today in the bay.

good monday morning. right now at 6:44 as you get ready to head out it is nice and

cool now. but you may have the air-conditioning blasting later today. a live look outside. sunnyvale, temperatures in the low 60s. warming up to 78 at noon. and 85 at 2:00. our temperatures going up today and through the middle of the week. more on that coming up in less than five minutes. carry, look at the travel times for the trivalley. this looks like a problem for 680 and 84. this is what it looks like on the map. yeah, the earlier fire, still leave fire crews blocking one lane on south 680. the chp says that's a traffic alert. that's headache. we will talk about the slowdown, the delay, and a possible work around for you. quarter to 7:00 rite now. a lyft driver accused of sexually assaulting a female passeng passenger. police say the female victim sbot into a lyft late saturday night in san mateo. officers say she thinks she passed in and out the back seat

of the car. the lyft driver, this man then allegedly took her from the bar to his home in tracy. once there police say he sexually assaulted the victim. neighbors we talked to recognized him. and lyft had this to say about the incident. safety is fundamental to lyft. what has been described is terrifying the and driver's access to lyft has been permanently removed. we responded immediately and wrooechd out to the driver since the incident. we are working with the authorities and will continue to help them in every way week. forestville teachers will meet one last time this morning to try to reach an agreement. if the deal cannot be reached by 7:30, less than an hour from now it will mark the first time since 1980 that the teachers in sonoma county striked. the teachers want a two year contract that gives them a 5% annual increase and better

benefits. starting today the city will feature three public toilets to not only be offered 24 hours a day but also seven days a week. one will be in the tender loin, another in soma. and one at castro and market streets. that program will be tested for a few months the see how well it works. the cost? 00,000. 6:47. the president has retweeted a conspiracy theory blaming president clinton for the death of jeffrey epstein. >> this must add to some of the confusion? >> it does. . go. there is no question e79s apparent suicide death neds to be investigated. the attorney general is leading the investigation. but of to the president of the united states casually retweet an accusation that the clintons are somehow behind the death is unprecedented and objectively irresponsible. the tweet, sent out by a comedian. president trump's spoke person, kellyanne conway was asked about the president's action on fox news on sunday.

why, the interviewer asks, would the president retweet such a thing. >> why would the president then retweet that clinton suggestion. >> i think the president just wants everything to be investigated other news, joe i had intoen has written an op ed for the "new york times" calling toer for the reinstitution of assault weapons ban. it is a reminder we did have a limited ban at one point put into place after the 101 california shooting spearheaded by california's dianne feinstein. president trump startled the nra saying he supports new gun laws and background checks. this has happened before. back in 2018 watch dianne feinstein's face when she thinks she has president trump on her side. >> when you think you can enter

the bill. can you do that joe? can you do that pat? >> whatever happens, if anything, it is not going to happen soon. congress is on recess. the president is on vacation or at least away from the white house. presidents can't and really don't get to take a vacation. we will be on twitter. find me, @scott mcgrew. >> thanks, scott. have you seen this? trending the, mo, gold medalist gymnast simone biles became the first gymnast to land the triple-double twisting summer salt in her floor exercise. three times around plus a double back flip. she won the u.s. gymnastics title for the sixth time. amazing. a power house. then a flip and a flip and around. isn't that amazing. >> power. >> and nailing it. >> a power house indeed. >> solid there. we are 346 days away are the

start of the 2020 olympics in tokyo. the members of team u.s.a. already celebrating with a big victory. >> the u.s. men's table tennis team took home gold this the pan american games. we profiled a local olympian's preparations last month here on today in the bay. his equip is considered an upset. the last time the team took home victory was 1999, 20 years ago, before three of the teammates were even born. >> 2020 here we come. >> you and me, in about an hour. >> all right. yeah, this morning we are going to start out nice and comfortable. but i wanted to give you a very cool shot this morning. let's get a look at the golden gate bridge. i love that. can't you just watch that all day. >> we have two streaks of fog

rolling across the bay. it is giving us a little bit of a frame for the golden gate bridge. all clear skies inland. in san jose it is a beautiful sun rise as the kids get ready to head back to school. moms are like yes, bye. temperatures will be at 60 degrees as you head to school. look at how warm it is going to be when the last school bell rings. it will be in the mid 80s with mostly sunny skies heading up to 89 degrees today. we will be a touch hotter than it was yesterday. that's going to be the trend over the next few days. 94 will be the high in antioch. santa rosa reaching 92 degrees. and 74 in san francisco. our seven-day forecast showing temperatures peaking by the middle of the week. we are going to have potentially some dangerous heat in some spots by wednesday. then it starts to cool off as we at the time more of an on-shore wind flow and mostly clear skies leading into a few clouds by the weekend. san francisco will get more fog. mike we have an active traffic

alert? >> we do. one big slowdown. but it is not on this section of contra costa county and alameda county. that's the good news. we have a smooth drive, tip clue through concord, wall mutt creek, even highway 37 holds standard coming out of voyage into mayor island. south bay and peninsula seeing more traffic building. in the trivalley, south 680 is jammed up. same thing for west 84 approaching the merge where the fires were active south of the merge there. they are out but fire crews are on scene. waze has timed things out. if that is your commute, considering the longer drive because it is 20 minutes faster than coming through the eight or nine miles of sluggish traffic traveling through sunol out of

pleasanton. that's the advantage it brings you, if you use waze it will adapt. ways users share information and give updates as well. sky ranger is over 680. there is the back up in real life mg irl. few crews still have one lane blocked. that's why the chp issued the traffic alert. even though the fire is out and the smoke dissipated we still have the traffic jamming up the trivalley for south 680. 6:53 right now. happening now amid recent mass shootings across the country police say they plan to charge a man for causing a weekend scare at a houston mall. they say he jumped on a table at the food court and announced he was going to kill himself yesterday. then he pd droan a unknown device on the floor that sent hundreds of shoppers running. a mother and a 16-year-old boy were trampled in the chaos. police plan to charge the man

with making a terrorist threat. coming up, a look at top stories including the breaking news that mike just reported. a grass fire along a busy stretch of 680. who fire crews are telling us. we will be back in just two minutes. you are watching today in the bay.

welcome back. before you head out the door it is 6:56, here are the top

stories on today in the bay. >> want to show you live pictures from nbc bay area's sky ranger this morning. we have an update on the grass fire we have been following in alameda county. this is interstate 680 southbound at andrade in sunol the fire started over an hour ago. look what it led to. quite the backup on the sunol grade. the good news is that the fires are out. our reporter on the scene spoke with the fire captain. we are being told a dump truck in a quaurry on private property might have hit a power pole creating a surge sending sparks from these wires. this is what the fire locked like earlier. the fire captain as well also said they are not ruling out arson as the cause. power was knocked out to 3700 pg&e customers in the area. it won't be restored until about 10:00 this morning. deliberations in the ghostship warehouse fire trial

will thin this morning. the jury goes into the third full week of deliberating trying to figure out if the master tenant and second in charge are guilty of involuntary manslaughter. each man faces one count for each person killed in the warehouse fire. 36 people died. stay with nbc bay area for the verdict. we will bring that to you as it happens live. important state measures hanging in the balance as california legislators return to the state cap toll today. the session is expected to run four weeks ending on september 13th. once it ends lawmakers adjourn for the rest of the year. one of the bills to watch, forcing uber and lyft to treat drivers like full-time workers and capping rent hike at 7% annually. the perseid meteor shower happens today. you will have to contend with a nearly full moon. prime viewing time is 11:00 tonight until 3:00 tuesday

morning. the science center in oakland is hosting a viewing party. astronomers will be there to answer questions and visitors canse t observation deck. at its peak, the shower could have up to 70 meteors in just the span of an hour. >> i love this time of year because literally you can see shooting stars when you drive to work. >> i did this morning. >> did you make a wish. >> i made a wish. i am not supposed to tell everyone. it does peak tonight. but it is still ongoing for about a two-week span. we will have mostly clear skies as the high heat ramps up in the inland areas. then it cools down for the weekend. >> what about the morning commute? sunol grade is what we have been watching. >> very slow because of fires. fires are out. crews still blocking the slow lane. 680 and the 84 merge. jamming up the trivalley. >> thank you very much. that's what's happening on today

in the i about. we are back at 7:25 with a live local news upte. >> here is the back up from the vegetation fire michael was just talking about. we will get more on that admitday. make sure you have a good day. good morning. breaking n good morning breaking news. the autopsy on jeffrey epstein now complete, the justice department and fbi demanding answers this morning why was epstein taken off suicide watch? and how was he able to take his own life under the watch of federal prison guards? this morning the latest on the appalling. under the gun, the democratic candidates turn up the pressure on president and the congress to take action to stop mass shootings. >> who in god's name needs a weapon that can handle 100 rounds, for god's sake >> america is with us in demanding common sense gun