bob redell is joining me live with more on that part of the story. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, garvin. that information coming from at least one neighbor that we have spoken with who told us that within the weeks leading up, a few weeks ago, they had smelled gas, pg&e came out, we'll hear from that neighbor in a moment. i want to give you a little bit of a lay of the land. we're about -- if you look where those flashing lights are, to the right of that, which might be hard to see in the darkness, about a half mile to a mile south of where the fire scene is now. you can see the trucks out in the distance, to the right there's white smoke where the fire is. if you were to go to a live picture from our chopper, you would get a good sense of what the situation looks like now, compared to last night which is much improved. there are still little hot spots out there, but i spoke with a fire official with the california department of emergency services, they said the things they have going for them are the moisture, the fog, the inversion and the lack

bob redell joins me now. there were some suspicions among neighbors that this was a problem even before yesterday. >> reporter: correct. i'm located on the south side of the fire, at the command center. pg&e won't comment on the allegations, they want to see how the investigation plays out. one neighbor said they had the smell of gas in this neighborhood a few weeks prior. they said it was a distinct smell. then a week and a half ago, they said pg&e came to the neighborhood, told residents to stay inside, close their garage doors that they were investigating the smell of gas. then they took off and that was the last they heard of them. >> it's very, very disturbing that innocent people, innocent lives, the burn victims, people losing their houses, it's ridiculous. pg&e should have had a better grasp on the public cries for help of a gas smell. gas is nothing to mess around with. this is ridiculous. >> we know we have a gas line in the area and it has a rupture in it, but we don't know what the cause is. it's

bob redell is live where many people are still in shock. we heard people say they have been to war zones and even that doesn't compare to what's in san bruno now. >> reporter: that has been a comparison hearing from the people let into the neighborhood. that is still not the case for many with the road blocks are set up. that could change today. the city manager saying it is possible that homeowners could be let back in the neighborhood today to take a look to see what is left of their homes. it's going to depend on the safety of the neighborhood and how the investigation is progressing. right now road blocks have been set up to keep the public out because this neighborhood has been considered a crime scene. no one is is suggesting there is a crime. this is more standard operating procedure until foul play can be ruled out. the general thought is that this was an accidental rupture of a pg&e gas line. authorities gave us a tour of the neighborhood yesterday. a different perspective from what we see from the helicopter footage above. amid al

i'm bob redell.ll take you live to the city and tell you what the board of supervisors has got up their sleeves. >>> and here's a live look at oakland, traffic is picking up, heavier volume, but you will still get where you're going because mike inouye has your traffic report coming up. ria will update us on wecointrd as. g tr well. rogressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> 6:43. if you're waking up in richmond, here is a look outside your window as you struggle to get where you're going, whether it's in richmond or anywhere around the bay area, we have you covered. we will talk with mike inouye in a bit. >>> the dieting roller coaster is a crowded ride. just one in six of us who lose weight are actually able to keep it off. tracie potts is live with the news that only is comforting in the fact that at least we're not alone. >> it's a good news/bad news thing this morning. good news, you in the b

bob redell is live in san bruno this morning. neighbors say they have been smelling gas coming out of gutters for a week. >> yes, neighbors say aboutfor they smelled gas, then last week pg&e came out and told them to close garage doors and stay inside, and that was the last they heard from them. pg&e said regarding the gas leak claim, we will be looking into the reports and sharing the facts as part of the investigation. right now we're just south, probably about a mile to a half mile south of the fire scene itself. it's still smoldering. as far as whether there are flames, a fire official says they do not see flames, it's more of a smoldering mess, and they're trying to pray that the windo wind doesn't whip up and cause this to flair up again. i asked is it 100% yet? they said, no, but they hope to have that by the time the sun comes up. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> let's go to christie smith. you were talking earlier about the smell out there, just like you were at a fireworks show. we are eight, ten hours after this, and

bob redell is live this morning. we understand this lawsuit was filed weeks before the deadly gas line explosion. >> reporter: you can correct, a few weeks prior. good morning to you, laura. it should be noted this whistleblower has never worked on the gas pipeline that exploded here in san bruno, but mike wiseman, from los altos has worked on other pg&e gas lines for ten years. he claims that the utility giant often ignored safety rules in violation. he's quoted as saying one of the jokes in my department is pg&e management put the safety cap on during safety meetings and takes it off when we all hit the field. that's mike wiseman. in one instance pg&e sent workers into a ditch, the one that you see wiseman standing in, to repair a gas line. the problem is, according to wiseman, none of those workers had proper training. when he'd bring up these concerns with his supervisors, wiseman alleges that they retaliated. he claimed that one time pg&e detained him overnight in this stockton hotel, pressured him to hand over

i'm bob redell. we'll fill you in coming up in a live report. >>> and traffic is not the only concern for people heading to the beach this labor day weekend. a shark expert will join us to tell us if we need to worry about any danger in the water. >>> the sun up over the south bay. actually over the entire bay area. pretty warm temperatures. how warm will it get in your neck of the woods? we'll have your full forecast, coming up. >>> 6:12 right now. we have breaking news on that deadly crime spree spanning the east bay. several cities are involved in that investigation. christie smith is in vallejo. she's been following it this morning. christie, you have some brand-new developments just coming out about this killing spree. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. i just spoke with vallejo police investigators and they have confirmed with me this morning that the bodies of two women were found inside of this home here in vallejo. those bodies were taken out overnight. now, they're not confirming that

bob redell is live in san bruno this morning. neighbors say they have been smelling gas coming out of gutters for a week. >> yes, neighbors say aboutfor they smelled gas, then last week pg&e came out and told them to close garage doors and stay inside, and that was the last they heard from them. pg&e said regarding the gas leak claim, we will be looking into the reports and sharing the facts as part of the investigation. right now we're just south, probably about a mile to a half

bob redell is live in san francisco with a look at what that could mean for your next cocktail. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. this is a proposed tax that could trickle down and make a night out on the town here in san francisco a bit more expensive for you, your date, your friends, whoever you are taking out. later today the san francisco board of supervisors is expected to vote on what they're calling an alcohol cost recovery fee, if passed the city would impose a 3 cent tax on each 12 ounce bottle of beer, a 4.5 cent tax on a six-ounce glass of wine, and a 3.5 cent tax with any drink with 1.5 ounces of hard alcohol in it. the new fees would be levied against wholesalers and dri distributors, but the thought it the costs would trickle down to you. the new tax is said to raise $16 million a your for san francisco, money that would help the city recoup costs associated with alcohol abuse. each year $18 million is shelled out to cover er visits, and other things. in an e-mail to us it was said this fee will make our sidewalks safer and provide hope and

bob redell is live in san bruno this morning. neighbor says they smelled gas coming out of street gutters for a week? >> about a week and a half. good morning to you. you are correct. i'll have more of that in a minute. i wanted to update you on information. the last we heard officially from the fire officials was this this fire was roughly 50% contained. but this morning, about 20, 30 minutes ago i talked to a fire official with the cal department of emergency services, and they tell us that they believe that number has increased. let me give you a lay of the land. we are on glenn view that cro cross street is san bruno. if you zoom in, will you see a white glow of smoke. that's where the fire is contained. this person i spoke to said they were under the impression that this fire should be close to 100% contained by dawn. right now everything in that area that is going to burn has burned, according to him. in other words, the homes caught in that zone are gone. the foundations is all that remain. what they have is smoldering deb

bob redell is live with more on where inspections all across the bay area stand this morning. bob? >> in the state of california, eeg result oarors reassess the high risk gas lines that run through densely populated urban areas after a series of accidents about 10 years ago. these inspections have been going on since 2002. to date, a quarter of those lines have yet to be looked at. let's give you a break. pg&e has 21 miles of gas lines classified as needing stricter inspections. they looked at 750 of those miles. in those lines, pg&e found four leaks and five failures like a knick in the wall of the pipeline. that means there over 270 miles of high risk lines that need to be looked at. the utility is on track to have those inspectioned by 2012. that's on schedule with the original mandate issued by regulators. because of the explosion here, there is now a call for pushing up the schedule. the california public utilities commission that regulates, they are asking to speed up the inspections. saying it's an adequate and inappropriate inspections are taking so long. where are the high

bob redell is live in downtown with the latest move from 75 ceos. bob?rvin, the ceos of yahoo! cisco, ebay and 72 other silicon valley companies signed this two-page letter directed to bud selig urging him to move the a's out of oakland and here to downtown san jose so that the team could build a new stadium here in the downtown area. now, they argue that there would be a lot of corporate support, the a's would bring in a lot of new jobs, economic development to the downtown and they point out that the bay area is the only major league baseball market with two teams that is divided in two territories, the a's have the east bay and the giants have the peninsula and south bay. you compare this to chicago, l.a. and new york, where both team there's share the geography. bud selig is looking into the issue, but no word when they will come up with a recommendation. the a's have hired an architect to start designing the new stadium. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> organizers had to double security because of larger crowd at the annual event i

bob redell is live in san francisco testing it all out. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. we have olive oil cake with raspberry. >> a whipped cream fresh. >> these are all the thing that is the top chef -- >> the contestant. there were 12 of us. >> i'm saying this in the past tense. wednesday something happened. >> i was actually kicked off the show. >> you got them together and you had the competitions. you have the great desserts. what happened wednesday? >> i think there was the cocktail competition. you choose a favorite cocktail and smug like to drink and something somebody else likes to drink and create a dessert around it. it's called a plantation and it's a rum grapefruit lime. i will put it together as a basil custard and top it with -- >> you don't have much time to come up with this. >> i didn't. you had to raid the bar. you were watching other people take your ingredients. don't take that one because i need it. >> how is the dessert? >> when you see it, if i was serving it in a minute, it turns out a lot better than

. >> i'm bob redell live in north san jose. home to many homes and businesses and now we are learning who the highest risk pipeline in the state of california. that story is coming up. >> a free ride and how commuters are taking advantage of a multimillion-dollar system today monday, september 20th on today in the bay. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. it's 5:00 and rob has a look at the forecast. >> we are is seeing patchy fog in spots around the bay area on the coast and right around san francisco. 50s and 60s to get the day started. t-shirt weather for inland valleys. 78 in san jose and upper 60s around san francisco. speak of that, we have thick fog across the golden gate bridge. we will watch for that. things are moving smoothly there. we will show you an issue. the off-ramp at 98 marked right here. reports of a disabled vehicle and a live look from the camera at the coliseum and you will see that there no major disruptions of flow with the overpass and the on ramp of

bob redell is live outside adson elementary school in palo alto with what's behind the crack down. bob? >> research nationwide shows one in six drivers in a school zone is distracted. basic like a drunk driver according to the group that ran the research. hence the reason why police will be running operation safe passage this week. this is something to do a few times a year through friday. they will be patrolling school zones outside adson elementary. they will be at other locations and in the south bay. officers will be strictly enforcing the traffic laws to get drivers to pay attention. accidents in which a child is hurt. stop for school buss with stoplights and a slow down. stop at stop signs and yield to pedestrians, don't jay walk and make sure your kid is wearing a bike helmet, buckle up in your cars and make sure your child as a child seat. don't text and drive and who is more likely to drive distracted in a school zone? in research put out by safe kids usa, a grass roots group that promotes safety, those people are women and drivers who don't wear seatbelts. the thinking goe

bob redell shows us why. >> very funny. california enacted the law to make the road safer, but if you believe the research from the highway lost data institute, it's possible that this ban is having the opposite effect. what they did is compared insurance claims in four states. california and three others before and after the ban. it found that in three states, the number of crashes actually increased slightly. california there was a 12% bump among drivers 25 years old and younger. why? here's the theory. before the ban we were able to drive like this. one hand on the wheel and texting. your eyes would be level with the road. now the ban is in effect, people are still texting, but trying to avoid police so they keep the phone down here and you can imagine your eyes are nowhere near the road, not as near as before. they are doing this thing and there is a better chance of getting in an accident. that's the theory. it's not proven and they did test it out in and they think it might be happening. the institute which is funded

nbc bay area bob redell has a look at how victims are being help and what needs to be done. bob?od morning to you, brent. the response for red cross in terms of what they receive friday donation run from the public has been tremendous. what are you telling people? >> we are saying thank you for the overwhelming response from the communities and our partners, et cetera, that we now longer are accepting funds or donations to this disaster relief. we are always needing donations of time and money to maintain our relief responses to local disasters which are ongoing. we have that on a daily basis. >> for people want to donate, you are asking them to not to designate it for san bruno, but you can donate your time. there have been two other fires on the peninsula that could have used the attention of volunteer efforts. i got that straight, correct? salvation army in conjunction has been receiving clothes and i noticed at the recreation center, they have more clothes they could need. >> correct. the response of donation of time and money has been overwhelming. the community and the part

she is in san bruno and so is bob redell. we tried to getting to w him and had a problem with his signal, but got it worked out and he has the latest on the ntsb investigation. >> good morning. the ntsb is focusing on wells that has been made on the pipe, the rupture from the crater at the end of glenview drive and levelled the neighborhood with the explosion last thursday night. investigators are also reviewing videotape of the explosion and in particular, this is video from the econogas station up the street from the blast site. this footage will be helpful because it shows the explosion itself. you can see customers responding to a sound and there is a blast of debris and the massive fireball. one drives off without filling up and the other runs inside. what's interesting is how other people respond. in one shot a woman is running away from the fire towards the gas station with her baby in her arms. in another shot, people are running towards the fire presumably to get to home, cars or loved ones. this documents some of th

today in the bay's bob redell is live in san bruno this morning. bob, the employee is now suing the company for what he believes is an attempt at a cover-up. >> reporter: this whistleblower has never worked on the gas pipeline that exploded here in san bruno, but mike wiseman, that's his name, has worked on other pg&e gas transmission lines for ten years. he claims that the utility giant often ignored safety rules and violations. he's quoted as saying, quote, one of the jokes in my department is pg&e management puts a safety cap on during safety meetings and takes it off when we hit the field. in one instance pg&e sent workers into a ditch to repair a gas line. the problem is, according to wiseman, none of those workers had proper training. when he'd bring up these concerns to his supervisor, wiseman alleges that he ret retaliat retaliated. one time they detained him overnight in this stockton hotel, pressured him to hand over his car keys, threatening to fire him if he didn't and they drove his car to a locked location. >> pg&e has bonuses that are

bob redell is live with a run down of where the pipelines are located. bob? >> reporter: good morning. turns out the bay area is littered with the pipelines, some of them on the peninsula and others across the bay. let's take number 14 on the top 100 list. a three-mile long section between vargas and mission. santa clara county is home to four pipes. some in san jose. novato and an 1800 foot segment that runs through a suburban area of lynn darro street. the 6,000 footlong pipeline between page mill and sand hill. segments of that stretch of line made the top 100 list around the middle. because there was potential for corrosion that pg&e is monitoring. a university spokesperson said they don't want anyone to be alarmed, but they said they want to meet to find out what pg&e has done and will do to improve the segments. . >> get pg&e on it right away. this was good rchb at stanford that i would hate to see the campus injured for lack of a better term from an explosion. >> do you trust pg&e? >> trust is an interesting word. what else can we do? >> interestingly,

bob redell is live with where they are located. bob?re is four segments located on campus here at stanford. a spokesperson from the university said they don't want anybody to be alarmed at the campus's home to at risk pipeline segments. releasing this top 100 list of the pipelines in response to an explosion ranked in the middle. the four segments of a 6,000 foot section that run along the southwestern edge of campus. this is roughly between page mill and sand hill. they put them on the list because they have the potential for erosion. something pg&e is monitoring. still the university is concerned. the spokesperson telling the stanford daily they want to meet to find out more as to why the pipelines are on the list and what pg&e has done to improve them. a sentiment echoed by people who live in the area. pa. >> all facts should be investigated. it happened before and we are trying to prevent the next disaster. >> coming up in the 6:00 hour, we will highlight the other parts of the bay area that have at risk pipelines in the neighborhoo

. >> per i'm bob redell live in san bruno where it's been two weeks since the explosion levelled this neighborhood. today the official clean up begins. that story is coming up. >>> a police warning to women in the east bay. a man dressing like he is on the s.w.a.t. team, but he's not cop. a suspect that uses a badge to burglarize victims. september 23rd on today in the bay. . >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. we take a look at the forecast. >> the warm upstarts today. we are forecasting the temperatures to get up into the the 80s in the east bay. 60 no, sir san francisco and as we look at the forecast highs, expect to add another 15 degrees to those once we hit the weekend. the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> we are looking at the 60s and above there as well because of the freeway spees we are seeing with an easy drive. over the bay bridge, no wind advisory. it's still chilly, but keep that in mind and bring the jacket for now. we are looking at the rest of the maze. no problems for the approach, but off of highway 24, the bi

today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from san jose with more. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. this is hunger action week and it's actually the number is $4.50 a day per individual. that's what they must survive on for food if they are on food stamps. so the united way of silicon valley and the second harvest food bank of san mateo and santa clara counties have teamed up and done this eat on $4.50 a day challenge. we've got the ceos of the respective organizations, carol and kathy here, you started this on monday. how's it going? what was the most startling revelation you've had so far? >> okay. the biggest discovery is that it's expensive to buy groceries. we're sitting here in the produce department. fruit is a lot more expensive than i realized. vegetables are a lot more expensive than i realized. >> reporter: which means you've got to go without that, i assume. >> or have very little of it. when you're not paying attention to the prices and not managing your budget that closely, you find yourself probably enjoying

"today in the bay's" bob redell will have a live report on how much manage up. >>> plus the east bay county jumping on the no smoking bandwagon. >>> and we'll have the latest developments in the san bruno pipeline explosion investigation. i was told that i was at risk for sudden cardiac death. i was 23 years old, i wasn't overweight. i never dreamed this would happen to me. when the doctor told me i had three blocked arteries, i felt like i was punched in the gut. i found out that one in three women die from heart disease. how did i not know that? leaves residue behind? finish jet dry rinse agent removes residue and dries dishes better than detergent alone two times better. for a brilliant shine every time. finish jet dry rinse agent. finish. the diamond standard.

. >>> and i'm bob redell. will tell you how silicon valley's biggest players are making a pitch to bring the a's down to san jose. >> good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm garvin thomas in for brent cannon. the time is 5:30. mike joins us with a look at commute. >> yeah. looking at construction. it's like watching paint dry, a little more interesting than that, for me. an extension from the 4:00 pickup to the 5:00 and now 5:30. consider some slowing through downtown because of construction crews on scene. i'll follow this and let you know what we have to report. right now no major delays through oakland. the bay bridge toll plaza, a few lanes huddling up. the carpool lanes t may be the cash lanes are not open yet, or it may be the case that they're cold. what is it like today? >> some spots, 40s to get your morning started. let's show you the temperatures hour-by-hour. 50s around the bay area. lunch time, feels like fall, partly cloudy, the weekend we will finally start to warm up. a look at the foreca

today the bi's bob redell has new information about the pipe that rupture. bob?e ntsb is focusing part of the investigation on the wells that were made on the steel gas pipeline that ruptured from the crater at the bottom of glenview drive here in san bruno. investigators are reviewing videotape of the explosion. it does exist and this is surveillance video from the gas station a few blocks up the street. the ntsb said the footage will be helpful because it shows the explosion itself. it is responding to the sound and in the upper left part of the screen, there is a massive debris and a fireball. one customer drives up and to give you a sense of how frightened they were, person runs inside. in shot you can see a woman running away with her baby in her arms. you can see people running towards the fire, presume ebl to get to their hopes, cars, loved ones. a rupture caused this inferno causing the section to blow. it has several welds in it. the thought is they pieced it together so it curved with the terrain. investigators are driveing it to a lab in washington, d.

police will be cracking down and today in the bay's bob redell is live in palo alto with a look at whatwill be looking for. bob? >> reporter: police call this operation safe passage. it's an effort to make school zones like this here in palo alto more safe for pedestrians, particularly for kids. that's important when you consider this. nationwide, almost one in six drivers in the school zone is distracted. in effect, behaving like a drunk driver. this from a group called safe kids usa, a group that promotes tuesday safety. who is more likely to drive distracted? a school zone? this organization found that those people are women and driver who is don't wear seatbelts. they are already engaging in one risky behavior and they are more likely to engage in another. the most dangerous time in school zones will be in a couple of hour when is people are rushing to get little ones off to class. afternoons according to the research. coming up, we will you about the bad behaviors i'm sure you are familiar with. a reminder that police will be on the look out starting today through friday as part of

bob redell is live to illustrate just how hard that is for people and how your family can actually take part and learn a valuable lesson. good morning, bob. >> reporter: laura, it's $4.50 a day per person in a family. that's what food stamps provides. second harvest food bank in the south bay and united way of silicon valley is issuing a challenge to you to see if you could get by on $4.50 a day and the respective ceos have taken up the challenge. they came here to show us what they stocked up at home. we've got basically it's going to be turkey chili, right? >> turkey chili. >> reporter: you've got some milk, pb & js for lunch, not much in the way of fresh produce. one yogurt. carol lee, you've got corn flakes, lots of potatoes, rice, some bread, not much in the way of fresh produce. if you could impress upon people one thing based upon your limited experience so far, what would it be? >> it would be that those of us who can need to make sure we support programs like those at united way silicon valley and second harvest food bank to make sure we're helping the community that is exiting

in san francisco, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> and your manners don't matter, i suppose. next, it is kitten season. we have beautiful little kittens looking for a loving home. take a look at that face. how can you say no. >>> finally this morning we have special guests from the humane society. we have elizabeth here and you say that you have celebrity sightings. >> very famous kitten, you've got justin timberlake and i have jessica biel. >> tongue in cheek obviously. name them whatever you want. but you have plenty of kittens and you encourage people to maybe adopt two. >> those with the celebrity names are two for one adoptions for the rest of the month. we also think taking two home is a great idea. kittens are active and they play with each other. tire themselves out by the time you get home. >> now, you always come up with good ideas to try and get people involved but you have pretty good traffic there at the humane society of silicon valley. >> we're up to 5,000 adoptions annually and aiming for 10,000 in our new green facility. >> jessica and jess justin, they are r

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bob redell is live and it's only been a week since the explosion, but already they caught several people trying to take advantage of free food and take aid from the people who need it most. >> that was their intent according to police. police arrested four people for trying to pretend to be san browno fire victims. they were caught trying to apply for new driver's licenses with that id and new driver's license and they could have been eligible for financial aid being handed out to the real victims. some of whom are seen sift their homes at the blast site. they want all homeowners to be careful about being victimized a second time. the state licensing board and the department of insurance will hold a news conference to warn homeowners about possible scam when is it comes to having their home repaired or rebuilt. the differently insurance made a few recommendations. you see the pocket license and you know they are licensed and they have the license number off that. you can go online or call the california department of insurance and check the status to see if they have major violations to

bob redell is live with an early look at a report from pg&e. good morning, bob. >> the location of one gas line, good morning to you, laura. north first street, a major intersection here in san jose. it's central to one of the redevelopment districts for the city. cisco and samsung had the locations here and the vta has the station and pg&e has a presence here underground and it's not very reassuring. the city of san jose confirms with us that they learned that one of pg&e's pipelines runs near the intersection, one of two within the city limits and the other further north with the border. later this afternoon, the utility will release the risk with the 100 riskiest pipelines throughout the state in response to a gas pipeline explosion with san brown bruno. they notified them of two lines that run west of 880 through the city limits. that city is supposed to meet sometime this week to figure out how to move forward. as for san jose, the gas pipeline located here underground at north first, pg&e is supposed to be upgrading this in 2012. live in s

bob redell has more on the title no one is bragging about. orning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's not unusual to be driving down market, van nuys, mission in san francisco and come across some sort of collision, like a fender bender or perhaps something more serious. perhaps you have been the one in the collision. the thought has crossed your mind in san francisco, is it exactly the safest place for driving? it's not and you're not the first to make that observation. allstate insurance just released america's best drivers report. it finds the best drivers or best driving conditions are not in the city. out of 193 cities nationwide san francisco ranks at 185, worse than l.a. slightly. drivers here are almost 50% more likely to get in an accident than the national average, with the average driver getting into an accident once every six and a half years. oakland ranks 153. sunnyvale, 143. san jose, 131. hayward, 122. by the way, ft. collins, colorado, tops the list. washington, d.c. rounds out the bottom. to minimize your chance of g

but as nbc bay area's bob redell found out, it wasn't much. >> a few mementos but everything else is pretty much gone. >> reporter: everything that is material in bob pellegrini's life can now fit into the back of his pickup truck, sadly with some room to spare. but he still has what matters most, his wife and son, and this morning for the first time since thursday's explosion, the pellegrinis were allowed to suit up in protective gear and sift through what was left of their home on the corner of glenview and clairemont. >> i was surprised that my brother's cds were still some of them intact. we were able to find some photos of my mom and my aunt who had passed away, which was nice. >> reporter: he decided to keep those items away from us. why give up that privacy when that's one of the only things you have, when everything else has been taken away. >> this starts the healing process actually seeing it, though, now. my car is destroyed. >> reporter: how does it help in the healing process? >> well, it's there. it tells you that this is it. this is what you have. this is what happened.

reporting live here, bob redell, today in the bay. >>> good morning and welcome back. we will show you the peninsula. northbound 280 at highway 92. reports of a minor accident and the fire department arrived on scene and that may cause a bit of slowing with the flashing rights. that should be clear friday the roadways over the next to 10 minutes. i just showed you the map. the yellow that has cleared up like we talked about, we will take you across the bay. a live look at the toll plaza shows a steady number of cars. this is friday light and no major issues from oakland over to san francisco. from the top of the screen, you can't see much because the low clouds are hanging out. including across the span in the city between third and fourth. over by the oracle arena in oakland, that is moving smothly and we see the glowing lights. the volume is starting to increase on the nimitz freeway as well. >> the mist in a few spots as we check your weather before 5:51. look how muggy and mild it is outside. 67 degrees in san jose. no need for a jacket unless you are in the north

bob redell is live to show us what new research indicates. bob? >> good morning.ew research finding that the bans on texting in three out of four states that were cited had crashes increase. you used to be able to do this. >> bob, quit texting. >> something happened there. we lost bob's signal. maybe somebody trip over the wire. bob will join us later to give us the latest update on what the survey says. it turns out maybe folks are looking down and hiding their phone so that the police can't see them, therefore taking their eyes off the road even skmoer that is causing problems. i want to check jennifer with the forecast. >> when you are texting in your live shot, things go down. we are waiting for the heat to go away and last night the weather model said no way. we will hang on to the heat more day. we saw that very strong offshore flow, meaning no cool air coming in from the pacific to cool us down and the air quality is pretty bad. look at the temperatures. a warm 73 in san francisco and 70 in san mateo. 67 in concord and 65 in livermore. you know it will be a

reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, bob.ow with labor day just around the corner, bay area beaches could be busy. but with several recent shark sightings, people are being asked to be careful if they go into the water. sean van summerman is a bay area shark expert. he joins us this morning. good morning and thanks for coming by a little bit early. >> good morning. >> so we've talked about some of these warnings. i think they've had sightings in capitola, pacifica, we tried to get a video of that yesterday near pacifica. are we seeing an unusual sharks in bay area waters right now, or is this fairly common? >> it is common. it's becoming common knowledge that as the summer progresses into late summer and all the way through to early winter, that's the time when the sharks are coming in from the open ocean. the only really potentially dangerous shark we have off of california is the white shark. that being said, they don't often bite people. there's more people in the water now than ever before, as well as the reported network

bob redell is live on campus. i guess we should say, they want some organized fun. >> reporter: do you think the jones brothers gets this kind of turnout? tickets for the jones brothers. there's probably just over 1 hurricane c100 cal students out here. every semester, this is a ritual, if you want to sign up for intermural soccer. just soccer. tomorrow is basketball. because there's a limited number of spots, and people who really, really want to play, they line up early. some since yesterday. what time did you guys get out here or what time did your group get out here yesterday? >> around 1. >> reporter: yesterday afternoon? and you're pretty aggressive to get a spot on the team. my question is, when you're out there on the field, are you just as aggressive? >> more so. >> reporter: you don't have the lazy people here. just the die-hard -- >> yeah, the signouts weed out the teams that don't really want to play. so if you want to play, you show up early. >> reporter: and it's worth it for you? >> yeah, totally. >

i'm bob redell. we'll tell you what one pg&e employee tells us what happened to him

nbc bay area's bob redell live at uc berkeley this morning where dozens of students are in line to gettheir first shot at joining some teams. pretty dedicated. >> reporter: my ear piece just went out, so i don't know if you can hear me okay, but i'm going to keep my voice down, because there are a lot of students that are still asleep out here, outside the recreational center here on campus of uc berkeley. they've been lined up, some since yesterday, early yesterday evening. in line to sign up for the limited number of spots for soccer, intermural soccer, by my estimate. there's probably about 100 to 150 students out here. what makes this so significant, we were just talking to this gentleman over here, hey, good morning to you. hey, quick question. you were saying you've been here four years as a student. what have you notice offerd ove years as far as the line? >> the line just gets longer and you have to get here earlier and earlier every semester to get a better spot, like here or something. >> reporter: you think that's a function of budget cuts? >> that's what i think. it's just

bob redell giving up breakfast and going straight for dessert.ry to take care of this sweet tooth. making call kinds of rules. >> which? eating dessert -- i'm like a fly. i will eat anything. trying to get another cavity. we are outside union square inside the sir francis drake where they opened up early to serve us sweets. you are familiar with bravo, the cable channel where they get chefs together and compete to make different entrees. just this past month, they premiered a show about pastry chefs competing and trying to come up with killer desserts. they have a dozen of these guys and present desserts and they are judged and each episode, someone gets voted off that brings us to this gentlemen right here. good morning. you got quite the gig here. you made it on the show. i didn't want to let people know what happened yet. i know last wednesday was a big night. how did you get on the show? >> it's a huge application. you have to fill out -- i was spoiled because i have executive chefs from season 4 here in the building. i got a little heads up

i'm bob redell in the neighborhood that was levelled bite the disaster where the clean up officially begins. >> are president obama and the iran president speak and what both are expected to say, coming up. >> a live look at the nimitz freeway. cutoff as well as heading to the bay bridge, we have service street issues that might affect you and closures that might affect more of the east bay on today in the bay. >>> good thursday morning to you. >> straight up 6:00, thanks for waking up with this. we begin with jennifer hill in with rob this morning. >> feels like fall outside this morning. we start with temperatures in the 50s at 8:00 a.m., forecasting them to be around 56 in oakland and 53 in santa rosa. at noon the warm upstarts. most of us reaching the 70s. the city will be at 87. at 4:00, a bit breezy and that's the sea breeze for the inland areas. coming up, a hot weekend forecast. possibly seeing triple-digit temperatures. >> getting warm out there. new this morning, it's a tense morning for families forced out by a new gas leak. this comes on the two-week anniversary of the sa

. >> reporter: in an bruno, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> any wonder that one customer was so scared that he drove off without paying. yesterday he went back to settle with the gas station operators. >>> pg&e tonight says there are no strings attached to the $100 million fund to help rebuild that damaged san bruno neighborhood. utility officials talked about the money and other issues today at their own news conference. among all of the technical explanations about gas delivery and pipeline inspections, the simplest question was asked twice. what happened? >> again, i'm not going to speculate on what could have happened. there are too many different things that can go into any kind of event like this and so for us to speculate, it doesn't help. it doesn't help the citizens. it doesn't help the ntsb. it doesn't help the public to start to speculate with all kinds of different reasons that this could have happened. >> pg&e told residents in the affected area they would immediately give them a check up to $50,000 to help them get started. as we mentioned just moments ago, now you get to

today in the bay's bob redell is live in san bruno this morning. bob, a family of one of the victims say they smelled gas before the blast. >> reporter: elizabeth torres who lives in this neighborhood had called pg&e thursday the day of the explosion because she said she smelled gas and her stove wasn't working. she was waiting for the utility to arrive when the pipeline blew up, killing her at three other people. the ntsb is looking into this report and is asking anyone with any more information to please speak up. >> we've had almost 90 e-mails in response to our request for that information and so far only one of them has said they called pg&e, but that was two or three weeks before and pg&e responded to that. >> reporter: the ntsb is taking a section of the ruptured pipeline to washington, d.c., for analysis to see if the welds might have failed and caused that gas line to rupture. coming up we'll have rob mayeda with our forecast right after this. >>> welcome back. our cloudy skies eventually will clear up inland with 78 san jose, 65 around san

live here, bob redell here in the bay. >> thanks a lot.k at the forecast in just a bit. >>> 7:58 and we have patchy fog along the golden gate bridge and a nice day. 78 degrees and low 80s inland towards concord and livermore. the seven-day forecast will cool off a little bit towards the middle of the week. notice what happens. friday, saturday, and sunday with high pressure building in with a taste of summer. this weekend will be the first weekend of fall. bret? >> more local news in a half hour. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great monday. >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning, it's the 20th day of september, 2010. we have got some people swaying because we're playing the song "misery" and that's our way of reminding you that tomorrow right here on "today," an indoor concert, great music and we encourage everybody to come on down as we do every day. i'm matt lauer, along with ann curry. mr. roker returning back from two days off. >> thank you. >> did you have a good time? >> i had a fantastic time. >>> comin

bob redell in the bay. >> another update in a half hour >>> 7:30 now on this friday morning, september 17, 2010. i'm meredith viera alongside matt lauer. and just ahead, what is appropriate for a 6-year-old child to say? a michigan family voiced concerns about the lyrics used by their daughter's cheerleading squad. here's how it went, our backs ache, our skirts are too tight, we shake our booties from left to right. but instead of changing the cheer, officials removed that little girl from the team. we're going to talk to her and her parents just ahead. >>> a miraculous story of survival, a toddler comes back to life after his heart stopped for nearly an hour. he's here along with his family for an exclusive interview. looks like he's doing great. >>> and how would you like to drive 100 miles on a single gallon? we're going to show you some remarkable cars that can do just that. >> we will begin this half hour with a stunning development in that acid attack in washington state. police now say the 28-year-old victim has admitted that she carried out the attack on herself. nbc's kristen

. >>> bob redell, when it comes to america's safest cities for drivers, san francisco comes out not on top. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >>> and would you want this in your backyard? some south bay neighbors ask a cell phone company can you hear me now about their big towers. >>> right now it's 6:10. it's the tale of david versus goliath on the gridiron for one bay area football team this weekend. can you guess which team we're talking about based on this fight song? ♪ >>> welcome back. nice shot of the bay this morning. along the waterfront may be one of the places you will want to go today because it's going to be a scorcher. temperatures getting close or above 100 degrees. a l along the coast may be the best spot. >>> it may be obvious to people on their way to work this morning that a lot of drivers are not that good. >> mike is following what's happening on the road right now, first bob redell is live and a big secret is out, drivers are not make the grade behind the wheel. >> here is a number that might surprise you. drivers here in san francisco are 50% more likely t