francisco in the upper 50s. red flag warning for the mother bay right now. and this is -- to the north bay right now. and we have a chance for a few isolated thunderstorms. because we have this low pressure offshore and that has to move across the bay area and into tonight. we have to hold on to the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. partly cloudy skies in the forecast model. there's still a chance that you can see early tomorrow morning little bit of activity here. so break it down for the coast. 8:00 this morning, low clouds out there and patchy fog this afternoon and lee to mid-60s -- low to mid-60s. partly sunny and breezy this afternoon and the temperatures down a good three to six degrees from yesterday's highs. and the warmest locations inland to reach the upper 80s to 90 out to fairfield and san francisco 66. coming up, we'll take a quick look at your five-day forecast. and sal has an update on traffic. good morning. we're looking at a commute that looks good if you are driving

almost anywhere in the bay area. it is nice and early and traffic is moving well into san francisco. no problems on the upper deck of the bay bridge. no problems on the lower deck of the bay bridge heading out to oakland from san francisco. and we're looking at oakland freeways. 880 north and southbound looks nice and westbound 585 traffic off to a good start. and if you're driving in the south by, 281 and 85 are doing very well. 4:31. back to the desk. developing news in the peninsula. a shooting victim is dead after being found slummed over in his car last night. the gunfire activated the city's shot spotter system. and they found the 19-year-old man in a car just after 10:00 p.m. and he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. detectives canvassed the neighborhood looking for witnesses. but so far no suspects or motives. it detect at least eight shots

fired. and we'll have a live report on the developing story within the next hour. >> and firefighters in the bay area remain on high alert this morning. we join us live with the story. >> reporter: good morning. we're near martinez along highway 4. you can see it's windy and the grass is dry. and that combined with lightning risk has put much of the bay area under a high fire danger. let me show you video from overnight of a grass fire that shut down highway 4 around 9:30 last night. the fire charred about three acres. a car fire sparked the grass fire and no reports of injuries and they are still working to determine what caused that car fire. and the speed at which the car fire turned into a grass fire

shows the high fire danger. in the latest statewide report, the agency said that the lightning sparked 40 new fires in a 24-hour period. there were 3400 stricks for the entire state of california. and the red flag warning for the bay never include the north bay areas and hills. and there's a risk of thunderstorms with dry lightning. live near martinez. a huge wildfire on the outskirts of yosemite of national park has doubled in size and doubling every hour. it forced the highway 120. you don't news crew took this dramatic video on the fire lines last night and the u.s. forest service said it surged to 15 square miles with zero percent containment and it burned at least two home and

threatening 2200 others. >> it's kind of like turn over to god deal. you're totally helpless. >> my daughter has a home up there. reportedly her place burned up. >> fire is not affecting yosemite park itself. but many tourists are turning around and going back home. people from the bay area that are enjoying a late summer vacation are back home as well. 200 seniors left san francisco's camp m atm . a falling tree killed a young counselor from the same camp last month. the 21-year-old womans with a student at uc santa cruz.

air national guardsman from the bay area are helping on the fire lines at yosemite. they left the field to join the growing fire fighting effort. we have new video from the sit-in at san francisco city hall. 20 people were arrested and cited by the police. they were mostly students from city colleges san francisco. it began around 5:00 p.m. yesterday outside mayor ed lee's office door and they wanted him to stop the possible closure of city college. >> it's unclear why the mayor is not willing to meet with the students. so we decided we would wait hoping that the mayor would come and listen to us. >> group was charged with disturbing a public meeting and trespass. they were later released and mayor lee's office said that saving the school is one of his highest priorities.

today marks six weeks since the disappearance of daffany web from oakland. she was reported missing by her father. he said that someone killed napped her from his car while he went into a store. daffany's family is desperately seeking any information in her disappearance. and they will put up her picture and the phone number for a tip line an led billboard in front of the oakland arena. there are new revelations about the man kidnapping hanna anderson and killing her mother and brother. the reason that james dimaggio family is demanning dna samples from hanna anderson's family and why he may have rigged his car with explosives. we're one week away from

the closing of the golden gate bridge for the labor day festivities. >> these are the areas that we expect to see more chp deployment and depending on the jurisdiction, maybe more local police. >> and another busy area willing the 880 and 990 interchange. the most congested dates and times will be the august 29th and 30th. and monday afternoon as people return from their holiday travels. a news briefing this afternoon, law enforcement and bridge administrators will discuss in depth public safety other than the closure. the san francisco bay ferry will operate additional boats. fair managers willout line their plans on friday. and ktvu.com, you'll find a couple section dedicate to the bay bridge and the upcoming

closure. and you'll find live time traffic. look for the hot topic section. a man a victim of a hit-and- run will unlikely ever walk again. he suffered a break enback and severely damaged spinal cord last friday. he was riding a motorcycle and he was hit from behind. and he was married with three children and the sole bread winner of the family. >> it's a mixed emotion from anger to confusion and happiness that he's still alive. >> suspected hit-and-run drivers that has been identified. they say that he i don't think into an altercation with a chp did officer after the crash and wounded by the officer and he faces possible felony charged, including attempted murder. there's a new report on how far into on line communications the national security agency

can reach. the wall street journal has developed surveillance programs that go into internet communications than has been reveal to the public. they can reach about 75% of all intertraffic. a military judge is scheduled announce the prison sentence for army private bradley manning. manning faces up to 90 years in prison for passing classified government documents to wiki leaks. the prosecutors have asked for a sentence of 60 years and manning's defense team have asked for no more than 25 years. and others call on president obama to pardon heim. mark zuckerberg is leading a group to get more people on line and get internet to the 4 billion people that have no way to get on line. he said it's one of the our greatest challenges of our

generation. and samsung and internet is part of the organization. but facebook is the only silocon valley member. reenacting the trayvon martin following. a college baseball player shot and killed and the teenagers committed the crime did it because they were bored. and the charges that they may now be facing. we're doing pretty well on the bay area bridges. and road work on the lower decks not causing major delays. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. and in weather we're off to a mild weather. we'll break down the thunderstorm chances, red flag warnings and the temperature shift over the next few days.

this is video of people being treated. the claim of a poisonious gas attack comes as the united nations's team is in syria investigating the reported use of chemical weapons in past attacks. the area isan government calls the claim baseless. michael he has questioned three of the prosecution nearly 90 witnesses. it's not clear whether he will testify in his own defense today. if he does, he is expected to discuss religious justification for his actions. joseph nato is eligible for

the death penalty after a jury found him him guilty of four women yesterday. investigators say that dna on one girl's panty hose was a match for him. a his brother attended the hearing. but he said that the verdict will not bring any closure. >> it won't help. he's a waste of life right now. he's taken too many lives, not just any sister's. >> he has been acting as his own attorney. and the penalty phase begins next month. the journalist michael hastings had drugs in his time when he died. he died in a fiery crash in hollywood in june after his car hit a tree. he had traces of methamphetamine and marijuana in his blood. but they say that the drugs did not likely contribute to the crash. hastings is best known for a

rolling stone magazine article that led to the resignation of army general stanley mccrystal. more information coming out about the abduction of hanna anderson. and they said that james dimaggio used a time tore set fire to his home this month. and the bodies of hanna's mother and brother were inside. james dimaggio's family is trying to resolve rumors the father of hanna or ething. the andersons have not replied. it was revealed that he left $110,000 life insurance policy naming hanna's grandmother as the beneficiary. a former prime minister is avoiding people to travel to the u.s. after an australian baseball player was shot and

killed by three teenagers that said they had nothing better to do. christopher lane was jogging and he ran by three teenagers. the oldest of the three said they were bored so they followed him in the car and shot him in the back. and he died in the hospital and thousands of miles away, his family reacted to the news. >> it's wrong. and we try to deal with at the time best we can. >> a 15-year-old and 16-year- old are being charged as adults with first-degree murder. the 17-year-old is being charged as an accessory to murder. australian prime minister said there are far too many guns and american streets. classes are to resume in georgia this morning where a 20- year-old man opened fire on campus. michael brandon hill slip into the school yesterday and held one staff member cap at this time. they say that he got into a shootout with the police before he surrendered. and children and teachers were evacuated and the police made an arrest and no one hurt.

san jose police are reviving a student that keeps students in school. police finds and picks up students. this one student said he just doesn't like school. >> reporter: aren't you supposed to be in school? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you not there? >> it boring. >> that student later told us after his experience at the tabs program, he'll return to school. may of the daytime break-ins are students that should be in school. right now 4:48. we want to check in with sal for a complete look at traffic. good morning once again. we're doing well in the bay area. we're looking at mostly clear conditions on the roads as we

two to 80 westbound and this is down to the mccar thursday. no major problems here and -- mccarthur. and the traffic is moving along pretty well getting into the city. from hayward to fremont, 880 southbound, that is off to a good start. 4:48 and now mark. good morning. off to a nice, quiet start. and low clouds and fog still in the bay. and a bit of a breeze out there and we have it concerns of the forms and the bulk of the activity, not much yet. we're in the 50s to 60s. wind speeds, we have a strong

wind out to fairfield, the usual spot and winds out of the southwest that is a sustained wind speed, 26 miles an hour easily topping 30 miles an hour. not much of a strong wind here and sfo, winds out of the west at six miles an hour. so the strongest wind around the delta this area of the low pressure is just offshore and 200 miles to the south and west. and with that, partly cloudy skies spinally -- especially tonight. the focus of the thunderstorm activity will be up in the northern portions of the state. temperatures do cool off, mainly 60s, 70s and 80s through the day. with still have the osability of lightning strikes and we have a red flag warning basically targeting the north bay and napa.

and we're showing you some low clouds up here. and there's a chance of rain in the north bay. and tomorrow a slight chance for a thunderstorm only up in the north bay. so we begin to scale back on the probabilities in the next couple days. and the fire danger remains elevated. around the rim of the bay, upper 60s to low 70s. the warmest inland 70s to 80. san francisco 66 and back to school this anytime livermore. the first day of school today and the temperature profile on track to reach the mid- to upper 80s. look ahead at your five-day forecast. a chance of an isolated shower and thunderstorm today mainly up in north bay and slight chance for tomorrow and we clear things up by friday and the weekend are typical fog and clouds. the cost for putting on events have not changed. the examiner reports that san francisco paid $482,000 to

attorneys and planners that helped the city comply with california environmental laws that money was paid last october assuming that there would be many more boats and spectators. san francisco estimates it will pay $22 million to host the regadia. the waters off this beach after a white shark spotting this was in the same area where a young fin whale beached and died on monday. they travel to the north right now hunting sea lions. >> this is some of the best surfing spots. >> beach-goers are allowed into the water to their knees. if there are no other shark

sights, they will fully reopen by saturday. it may appear to be a kind deed. but it's not what it seems. the new thing that thieves in san francisco are doing to scam cell phone owners. >> a san francisco dog owner confused after his dog falls 40 feet out of the window. and the vet calls with disturbing news about what may have caused the whole thing. look at 'em.

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u.s. marshals are now working the oakland police to sweep the streets clean of violent criminals. the joint operation has captured 25 high risk felons, four were wanted for homicide. the arrests were announced yesterday by u.s. attorney melinda hag. and she said that the level of violence in the streets should not be tolerated. last week alone three people were shot and one died. >> maybe if they put more patrol on foot, it might work out a lot better. keep us safer. but you're not going to stop it all. >> oakland police are promising a more focused effort to stop the violence. it's not clear how long the federal officers will be involved. san francisco police are looking for witnesses after a dog was shot with a pellet gun

and fell from a third story window. this is john and his dog fred ditch. freddie is in a pet hospital with injuries to his pelvis and hips being knocked out of place and the vet called to tell him that a pellet was in freddie's leg and now freddie is facing a long recovery and john is prepared to get him through. >> i'll carry him up and down the stairs and i'll do whatever i need to do because he deserved it. >> shooting happened as his apartment. san francisco police are warning being a new tactic by thieves to scam cell phone owners. the most recent scheme involve two people. one will swipe the phone from a victim and the second person will act as a good samaritan and chase the suspect down.

and the suspect will return t but may ask for a cash reward in return. 4:56. coming up next in the 5:00 hour, a deadly bike accident in the streets of san francisco. the tragedy last week that prompted a rally this morning. and developing news and what we have learned about this deadly shooting. a good start for this wednesday morning. traffic is moving along pretty well on highway 24 between walnut creek and oakland. pretty nice out there and quiet. still the possibility of thunderstorms through the day. we'll have the forecast model coming up in a few minutes.

police investigating a deadly shooting that happened late last night. we'll tell you about the teenager shot inside the car and a search for the shooter. a car fire and grass fire shut down part of highway 4 overnight. i'll tell you who is looking at high fire danger today and the red flag warning. >> san francisco students arrested after demanding from

mayor lee. and sentencing day for the former army pilot in the center of a scandal. . morning, we want to take you out live to the bay bridge. beautiful shot all lit up. there is a red flag warning again in place for some counties in the bay area. we're talking about dry lightning. we have windy conditions. we'll have all of that coming up. it's wednesday, august 21st. >> check weather, traffic. steve is off. >> anytime, mark is welcome. >> good morning. thank you so much for the invite. at least right now it's fairly quiet. we have a concern of lightning. there's a chance for today much we have elevated fire danger. the bulk of the shower is not much. as you could see,