e better sleep. not promise. prove plus 0% interest for 24-months on all beds. ends sunday. and good morning to you on this friday, september 6th. oh, yeah, friday. we love the sound of that. here say live picture for you, something else we love, a nice picture of the oakland skyline. what a way to start our friday. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get things going. a nice weekend ahead? already jumping to the weekend, sorry. >> it's friday, looking ahead to the weekend, you want to get out the door this morning with a live look in fremont, rather palo alto, and we're going to see our temperatures in the lower 60s, a few clouds rolling by, low 70s by 11:00 and a slightly cooler day with our south bay high temperatures in the upper 70s downtown and mid 80s for the south county.

we'll look at what's ahead for the a deadly crash. >> i adeadly crash on the east shore freeway. i'm showing you the bay bridge toll plaza because our camera sees the area around powell. we can't make out any problems. we're swinging our camera around the emeryville side east shore freeway, see what we can see. i'm told all lanes of westbound 80 at powell are blocked, the same direction as yesterday's problem way up here in san pablo. san pablo is clear but powell coming through berkeley and emeryville, word is they just closed the lanes for a deadly crash on the east shore freeway approaching the bay bridge. we'll track that. traffic is light but a closure of that freeway will be a major problem again today. we'll bring you more detail coming up. backewsight now in the south bay where one woman has died in a mobile home fire. it started a little before midnight at a mobile home park in san jose on el bosk drive

south of highway 237 close to the al viso salt pond. firefighters confirm one death. neighbors say the person who lived there is a disabled elderly woman and say anotherer. inside made it out in time. bob redell is following the story and will join us with a live report at the top of the hour. we're following reaction and fallout after the verdict in the ghost ship warehouse fire trial. >> families of the victims are in shock. jurors aquitted so the called mpbd man max harris on all charges. harris walked out of jail yesterday a free man. the jury could not reach a verdict on the charges against master tenant derick almena. ten jurors thought he was guilty but there were two holdouts. we don't know what the hung jury will mean. prosecutors are expected to try next month to re-try him or strike a plea deal. victims and families will be able to move forward with a civil suit against the city, the

building owner and pg&e. >> but yesterday's outcome opens the door to many possibilities. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana takes a closer look at what may come next. >> reporter: fresh flowers were placed. the trial is over but nbc bay area legal analyst dean john son says most of the people who took the stand will likely have to go through this process all over again. >> no matter what happens in this criminal trial this is not over. there's a civil trial pending in which all of the people said to be responsible for this horrible tragedy are going to be in the same courtroom. >> reporter: private attorney mary alexander described her client's civil case. they're going after the city of oakland. >> the city knew, the police knew, firemen knew that this place had people living in it, that they were using it like a cabaret, that there were events that were happening, and they failed to stop it.

>> reporter: they're suing the owners of the building. alexander says they should have made sure the property was safe and going after pg&e because the ghost ship imer if know possibly started as an electrical fire. nbc bay area legal analyst dean johnson says the judge or jury in the civil case will be making an important decision. >> there are many more ghost ships out there. there are many more tragedies like this, waiting to happen, because of the way our economy works here in the bay area, because we're creating so many homeless people. >> that was sergio quintana reporting. we have more coverage ahead at 5:00. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez pouring through the details and following the emotion reaction. go to nbcbayarea.com for more g. the long time leader of zimbabwe died. robert mgabe ruled for 40 years and his legacy is complicated. many praise him for leading

zimbabwe'say heducation and his filled with repression, starvation and violence against his opponents. the military ousted him in a coup two years ago. voters gathered at the the santa barbara harbor where the "conception" once docked to remember the 34 lives lost. the investigation is ramping up. ntsb agents are talking with crew members who survived. we're learning the boat's owners are filing a lawsuit, the suit is meant to shield the owners from costly lawsuits filed by the victim's family and it cites a 19th century maritime law. many legal experts call it an expected move albeit can questionable timing considering searchers are still still looking for one victim. as for possible causes investigators looking into the boat's wiring with a possibility that lots of batteries were being charged and trying to

determine if smoke detectors were working. >> there may have been gear charging. there was a lot of photography, videography, cameras, cell phones that were charging on the vessel itself, so we are not ruling out any possible ignition sources. we are focused on everything. >> crews have not removed the boat from the water. it's still sitting about 60 feet under the surface near santa cruz island. 4:36. moving on to some lighter news now, sports fans may be talking about this morning, everyone knew antonio brown would add excitement to the raiders but this probably wasn't what they had in mind. >> he may end up sitting down for the season opener. the team talking about suspending him. nothing is confirmed but we know that brown is nowhere near headquarters in alameda yesterday after he and gm mike mayock reportedly got into a heated exchange. they believe this stems from ace

posting of a letter about training camp fines. mayock is not addressing the specifics. >> short and sweet, antonio brown is not in the building today, he won't beformation for and when i have some and it becomes appropriate, you guys will all get it, i promise you, but that's it for today. >> here is the letter he posted, indicating the fines were more than $50,000 for missing practices and meetings. there are also reports brown may have threatened to punch mayock. now we don't know how long the suspension might last night here on nbc bare area nfl kicked off its 100th season, pretty much went down field from there. this is the only touchdown as the packers won it 10-3. as for the 49ers, they take on the buccaneers sunday afternoon in tampa. and the raiders will open the season monday night at the coliseum against their heated rivals the denver done broncos.

kickoff scheduled for 7:20. here we are, football season. ♪ are you ready for some football ♪ 4:38. coming up on "today in the bay," amazon is testing a new way to improve your online shopping experience. learn how you'll be able to more quickly identify brand new products. >> did you watch the nfl's 100th season kickoff on nbc bay area? hope you didn't fall asleep. see why some fans inside the stadium this season will be able to experience the different kind of kickoff.

good morning. i'm contessa brewer at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. dow futures up 80 points. wall street trying for three in a row after stocks rallied again yesterday the dow rising 373 points boosted by optimism over new trade talks between the u.s. and china set for next month. also a series of upbeat economic reports on jobs and the services sector. on today's watch list, the labor market front and center with the jobs report out before the opening bell. forecasts call for another solid month of hiring in august, a trend that could power this economy through a recent rough patch. amazon's making news by testing a new badge to highlight newly released products on the site. the company's latest attempt to help shoppers decide what to buy. amazon has been testing other on es including top brand anded factors such as customer reviews and pricing but critics have often called out amazon for poor

navigation tools that make it harder for items they didn't know they wanted to buy. and the nfl kicks off its 10. some stadiums are getting a big upgrade. verizon is light willing up 5 g wireless service in 13 stadiums across the country with more added throughout the season. fans will have access to higher capacity and faster speeds. however, "the verge" reports the 5g service will only be available in parts of the seating areas. marcus, law camera, you think it's the cheap seats? hmm. >> i doubt it. >> probably not. >> all this means is that more people will have access to facebook and instagram. >> instead of watching the game. you got to watch the game. >> we're at the game. hmm. >> take a lot of selfies. thanks. coming up for you here on "today in the bay," check your friday weekend forecast? no, don't 'rs

friday. concord today we're still going to reach the low 80s but we're not talking about upper 90s here, so some better weather for the weekend. more on that coming up. and we found the closure of the east shore freeway, once again westbound 80 is closed this morning, much closer to the bay bridge. you see the lanes of traffic which are stopped right now. flares are out. this will not be a short one. more chp arriving. we'll talk you through that coming up. come try my really big chicken two patties for $4.99, or three for $5.99, or four for $6.99.

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emeryville this morning, where all lanes of westbound 80 are shut down due to a deadly crash. mike is monitoring the latest. he'll join us in just moments. get ready for a loud opening night at san francisco's new chase center. tonight the new warriors arena will open. metallica taking to the stage along with the san francisco symphony. if you're going to the hoe you may want to take b.a.r.t. or ride share. there are only 900 parking spots at chase center and spo at ucsf parking lot across the street. apparently they're off limits to the so-called regular joes or josephines so make sure you plan ahead. >> hmm. >> probably wish you could do more planning this morning but along westbound 80 it's shut down. >> same freeway yesterday but yesterday was san pablo. today it's a person involved from what we understand, not chickens. headlights coming toward us the

bay bridge, this is westbound 80, east shore freeway. at the bottom of the screen we have the flares laid out across the freeway blocking off all westbound lanes. they're releasing a few lanes here. we'll get details from chp but look at the backup through berkeley and in to emeryville. frontage road was always accessible. ashby avenue folks getting off the freeway and traveling down this frontage road, one or two lanes and it is a small wood way. if folks are in a rush the high rate of speed could be a danger zone. warning folks traveling west coming out of richmond, san pablo in to berkeley you'll have a big backup, quickly building not yet to golden gate field. if that is the case when you get there, use your patience. looks like a few lanes of westbound 80 reopened but the frontage road ashby avenue use good caution over there. folks will be rushing around. you can enter back on at paul because that long on-ramp takes

you past that crash. once you're past that scene, everything is fine at the bay bridge toll plaza. the approach is through the maze and coming out of the rest of contra costa fine. coming down off the carquinez bridge everything is smooth into richmond and you're jamming up at powell, where it looks like all but one lane are currently blocked because of the deadly crash and investigation. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive as we would expect at this time on our friday, big suook inan going to see temperatures reaching into the low 60s as you across the bay in antioch we're head out the door, and then gradually warming up. we will see our warmup happening a lot more slowly. we'll be at 77 at 11:00. our south bay temperatures reaching 86 in morgan hill, with los gatos up to 83 degrees. we're going to see a high of 87 in concord today, it's going to feel much nicer with some cooler air moving in, but it will stay foggy and windy in half moon bay with a high of 64 there.

palo alto gets some clearing and we'll see temperatures in the upper 70s. in san francisco, expect a high of about 66 on the embarcadero and the north bay at about 83 in sonoma and clearlake reaching 90 degrees. our weather setup shows some cooling temperatures and also more clouds, as we go through tomorrow. looks like it does start out with some mostly cloudy skies and it will in some spots especially aening lot coastline be drizzling at times. going into next week that low moves out. we'll have slight warming but there will still be storm systems to our north to keep it from heating up hot. so we're looking at some milder weather in the forecast. enjoy tonight out in campbell with the first friday, live music happening, starting at 5:0. it will be at about 75 degrees. looking at our inland forecast, we have some low 80s expected today. tomorrow is the coolest day in the forecast, reaching 79 degrees. we'll see some low 80s on sunday and then reach back into the mid 80s by the middle of next week. we will be heating up while san

francisco stays cool. mostly in the 60s and lower 70s. we'll have another look at this forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much, kari. 4:50 right now. new details on looming lawsuits tied the deadly santa rosa wildfire in 2017. "the press democrat" reports pg&e attorneys are appealing a decision that would allow for a jury to weigh potential damages against utility. that decision green lights a potentialiveily suit even though the utility is bankrupt. cal fire concluded private equipment not operated by pg&e started the fire. the plaintiffs filing suit want to challenge that conclusion. a former bay area football star is now a suspect in a million-dollar cell phone robbery ring. isaiah langley is among 12 people charged in the crime spree. robbers were holding up u.p.s. and fedex drivers making deliveries at cell phone stores. the group could be responsible for more than 60 robberies in the past nine months in the bay area and central valley.

langley was with the raiders briefly this year and also a graduate of foothill high school in pleasanton. the search is upon for aana berkeley. police released surveillance video showing the man they believe was involved. he groped a woman while she was drinking from a water fountain last month in the student union building. 4:51. summer camp that brings together california inmates with their children is proving to be a big turning point for some men. >> at camp grace, children spend a week with their fathers, activities include a party for the birthdays missed and talk about having loved ones in prison and they paint murals with images of what a perfect day might be with a father and his "today in the bay" show anchor craig melvin spoke with inmates and the warden. >> the warden at the prison told me that this is a program that actually makes the prison safer, because you have a lot of guy who are basically sta the storyt

now, "nbc bay area responds." >> they're out money and no one's listening, except us. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. but first, happening now, we now know what sparked a grass fire earlier this week near boulder creek in santa cruz county. calfire says it was from embers from an illegal garbage fire on private property. ten acres burned, it destroyed a structure. there's no word of anyone facing criminal charges or penalties. it's 4:52 on your friday morning. a lot more ahead. stick around. need a nice reward today?

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nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thank you, chris. 4:56 right now. quite an honor for basketball legend jerry west who has been awarded the presidential medal of freedom for his career both on and off the court. >> and president trump yesterday praised west as an extraordinary american, saying that the highest nation civilian honor was a richly deserveed award. the 81-year-old hall of fame player played his entire 14-year career with the l.a. lakers, but more recently he's been a warriors executive who helped build the warriors dynasty, and the image also forms the silhouette for the nba's decade's old logo. >> i think it's really cool. >> that is. >> he looks great at 81. >> he does. coming up next on "today in the bay," the latest on the breaking news in san jose, sadly a woman has died in a mobile home fire overnight.

we'll have a live report on what witnesses are telling us this morning, coming up next. and another tough morning getting to the bay bridge, this again is westbound 80, the east shore freeway. all lanes, well maybe one lane is open but nothing's moving as you get toward the berkeley curve. we'll talk you through one of your alternates, maybe you have a couple. and we have cooler weather headed our way in walnut creek, expect a start in the low 60s. low 70s by 11:00. we'll get a look at all of our microclimates and an update on hurricane dorian.

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we're looking at a grouped shot from it looks like an investigation scene over there, off of westbound 80. if i can show you the maps as well, that scene with chp investigation going on, leads up to here, this is the traffic jammed up. you see the flares and the investigation must be somewhere around here from across the freeway, you saw that center divide. we're looking at maximum of one lane open right now. no traffic moving. once in a while i see a few cars creep through. frontage road, the on-ramp the

relief valve getting you past the scene. a pedestrian was somehow on the roadway, we don't know about that. the investigation will continue. we don't know why that person was there but someone was hit and killed westbound 80 at powell, has you jammed up coming out of berkeley and toward em y emeryvil emeryville. the backup at least to university. one of your options in san pablo avenue a major surface street. the other green line gets you to