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good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. a tractor traile waer a fire in this one. >> it's the tracker part and not the trailer part and it's blocking the upper part of the east shore freeway. horrible place for that to be happening but at least it's early. all lanes are reported blocked right under the over crossing there. our crew is just about on scene getting details there. the tractor part of the rig caught fire and they may be able to pull the trailer out of the way once the right-sized tow
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truck gets there. folks are being forced off the freeway and then back on, and that will delay those getting into richmond. i hope wcl walnut creek, it fee and we will have a nice start to the day and a warm afternoon. we will be at 74 degrees at noon. and our south bay high reaches into the 80s downtown and upper 80s in the south county. we will get a look to the weekend coming up. developing now, a manhunt is under way across the state after a deputy was shot in the central valley. this is who police are looking for. you saw him there, herrera. he open fire on a merced deputy
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county. he fired several times during a traffic stop, and hittingn the chest andhe wearing a ve, okay. if you are headed out the door, be aware of the alerts you will see like this on the freeway. more breaking news. this time police activity in the south bay. it's happening on america avenue in sunnyvale. police are not telling us what happened but say the situation is no longer active. we are certainly going to update this story as soon as we have details. dive teams have recover but
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boat as disaster. >> ntsb investigators spent much of yesterday interviewing the sir virgin islandse survivors and boat's owner. more names are emerging of the victims and where they were from. >> the latest names including an apple employee who lived in berkeley. >> there's a sign icints home i asking for privacy. neighbors are in shock. >> i feel so bad. i feel like i lost a part of my family. >> apple confirming garcia was
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on "the conception" when he got fire. he was as passionate about his job at apple as he was about diving. his long-time partner is believe to have also been killed in the fire. as neighbors here are trying to comprehend the loss. >> i knew that his wife says hed daughter were diving partners. >> it was a passion and andpl doing things, you know. never wasting time. >> kendra was a wildlife biologist with the u.s. fish and wildlife service. her father left the tech world to teach physics in american high school in fremont.
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in that greece, they choose to focus not how they died but how they lived. >> we have much more coverage on our website that includes this video showing the conditions the coast guard faced right after the fire. and then the staff of the cathedral basilica of st. joseph's discovered tagging early sunday morning. these are the pictures of the images but since have been painted over. the minister was greeted by hateful messages. >> that's uncalled for and not the kind of spirit we want to have in our city. >> it's unfortunate to bring that into the community when you should be promoting kindness and not that hate.
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>> and in the meantime, gomez, the man that owns the restaurant next to it, he said tagging has been a common thing but maybe they should have murals. >> if you have a nice mural, they will respect it. 4:36 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," twitter is turning off one of the features. and then decades away from retirement. a look at better ways to better secure your golden years. and a photographer arrived on the scene showing us what remains on the back of a tractor trailer. the reason westbound 80 is closed in san pablo. this is a jam coming down towards the bay
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economic activity around the country is steady or improving. today there will be reports on the services sector. and twitter has turned off the ability to tweet via text message. the hackers used a feature to tweet bomb threats and racial slurs and other abilities. the feature allows you to text the number and have that message posted to your account. not all americans are looking forward to a relaxing retirement. only a quarter of workers are confident they will retire comfortably. matrix include cost of living,
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and availability of activities. san francisco is 20th on the list. i will send it back to you. >> i am already planning my retirement. >> yeah? >> would you like fries with your order? it will be a nice day starting out with all clear skies, and we will see how the morning shapes up at concord. we will be in the mid-60s through about noon. we'll talk more about that and what is ahead for the weekend coming up next. a live shot over here from the east shore freeway where westbound 80 is shutdown. the freeway, there's a shouldering tractor trailer. we will talk about this coming up.
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we only buy things where fruit's the first ingredient. two breaded chicken patties plus fries and a drink for $4.99. three patties for $5.99. or even four for just $6.99. four patties? well, tickle my elbow! no thank you. try my really big chicken sandwich combos. starting at $4.99. we continue to follow the live breaking news thi morning. a tractor trailer fire, and all the westbound lanes shutdown on san pablo. the fire is out but it continues to smolder. mike is keeping tabs of your work arounds this morning. >> bad place.
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>> but nobody was injured? >> no reports of injury, but there may have been live chickens on the back of the truck. >> oh, how sad. >> folks, in the center of the screen we have the tractor trailer. you can see the outline, the frame of what appears to be the kaopz on the back of the truck. you see the smoldering cab area in the front and the fire crews, chp, these folks right here they were likely originally traveling westbound on i-80 and forced off the freeway and then allowed back on, and then that's skwajag up traffic. we will get you out to the maps and show you traffic is backing up a hilltop drive. if you are coming out of san pablo, and in towards pinole, if
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you jump on right here, you can just get right past everything and once you get on that freeway, everything else is completely passed all the jam. from the north bay, it will start to build up in the next couple of minutes, and then highway 4 is a big concern. if you are coming out of pittsburg, you can have thi standard commute, and right now walnut creek looks standard. we are tracking the truck fire on theup east shore freeway. anything south of the bay bridge, it's standard. northbound past university we typically have crews clearing there as well. the upper east shore in san pablo has the traffic alert, and
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that will hold folks up from getting to the bay bridge. we still have one toll taker that has to open their toll lane. back to you. a live look outside in the north bay. san rafael, there may be low clouds and patchy fog as you head further to the north. santa rosa, 56 degrees. oakland and livermore at 61 as you head out the door with low 60s in the south bay. cupertino, how the morning will shape up is through the low 60s through 8:00 and then overall staying in the mid-70s, reaching about that77 degrees by 2:00 to. we're still seeing temperatures warm in the south county, a couple low 90s but not as many as we had to start out the week. we are cooling down a degree or
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two each day. redwood city up to the upper 70s. san francisco, mid-60s. the north bay reaching up to 92. as we head through the forecast, we also continue to monitor hurricane dorian now off the east coast, and it's just starting near georgia and south carolina. it also has intensified, and the hurricane is a category 3. as we go into the next couple days, it will be near the mid-atlantic coast and going up further and rushing off towards the north and west over the next couple of days. we are keeping an eye on that and the impacts on south carolina as well as north carolina. check out saturday, we are seeing upper 70s, just a little taste of fall before it warms up going into early next week. we will have a look at the forecast coming up in the next
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few minutes. now to a warning in the east bay. that's where deputies are searching for a man that tried to lure young people into his car. alameda county deputies say it has happened -- this was about two weeks ago at two separate locations on heyer avenue. investigators do not believe any students ever got into the car. berkeley city college says it wants to help bay area teachers buy a home. the school is teaming$120,000 p family in exchange for gains or losses when the house is sold again. hundreds of well-dressed people getting what you might call the pink carpet treatment last night in san francisco. >> they were there for the
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symphony opening night gala. it raises money for educational programs, and it kicks off the final season for the famed conductor, mr. thomas. >> amazing food and music. >> it's a mix of quiet and loud, and, you know, there's nothing wrong with that. >> it's the loud that we like. the symphony will also be performing with metallica tomorrow night. football season begins! the bears unveiled two major figurers in their history. that's a lot of football. in the meantime, niners play on sunday in tampa, and the raiders don't play until
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in another big he's ready to go, especially after last year's disastrous season. >> you can only prepare for so much. but at the end of the day, you know, they still have those players. >> again, back to tonight here on nbc bay area, a special edition of football. coming up here on follow-up controversy in contra costa county. neighbors are weighing in on what is a fast-food fight. the feedback they are giving to resize a proposal. and president trump will jerry west. 81-year-old west was the laker's legend and eventually immoralized the logo for the
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reopening of the lanes. and then people on both sides on hand for the restaurant on north main street. some neighbors oppose the plan, and some say nearby chick-fil-a already causes a lot of traffic. >> it makes zero sense to have a line of cars on second avenue. >> i believe it's the best opportunity to use this space. >> members of the design review board recommended the developers rework their plan and take criticism into account. if the planners approve it it would go to the city council. the bruce bochy fair well tour continues. >> last night car
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honored the retiring giants manager. he was given bottles of wine. the giants held on to win it 9-8. a special night unfolded at the coliseum centering around 24-year-old rookie, murphy. he hit a home run, and his parents were there to see it. they will hold on to the second wildcard spot there. >> yeah, let's go a's. >> what a thrill for the parents. all those little league games. >> yeah. here we go with a look at the forecast. >> looking good as you head out the door, clouds for the early hours and low 60s to start. we'll stay in the 60s throughout the morning in oakland. we will get a look ahead to all of the microclimates and the weekend coming up next.
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we're getting a look at a traffic alert already. way bound 80, that important cut off now, and you have a freey and step in the road to clearing, and the roadway to get around it because we have an alternate coming up. and then the storm once again strengthens, and we will look at its path as residents rush to evacuate. good morning..h
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breaking news. a fiery big-rig crash is shutting down all lanes of good morning. we begin with breaking news. a big rig crash is shutting down all lanes heading towards the bay bridge. >> a tractor with live chickens caught fire. mike is tracking the news for us. there's a lot of crews on the scene. >> yeah, josh, one of our photographers iscross freeway. just getting a few more details running around the news room. all the lights, you fire trucks, they are blocking the roadway because they have to take care of the tractor trailer. it looks like there may have been live chickens in there and some may have fallen off the back of the truck.
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what i am hearing is that the fire was at the over crossing. they can't open the freeway until they get the okay. here are all the flashing lights directing traffic off the freeway at san pablo, and then back on the freeway. even though it looks like a simple move, with the volume of traffic coming off the
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